The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

:=-airs tin .-auction. WALKER and ACKERLEY, Wednesday). the 27th instant, at Six o'clock in at the HOuSe of Mr. Johnson, Sign of Geo. 111., 'oad, Liverpool, in one or more lots, and subject to such conditions as maybe agreed upon at the time of sale, ALL those Two L eas eh o ld DWELLING-HOUSES, being Nos. 4 and 6, in Greek-street, Liverpool, and on the west side thereof, and now in the occupation of Mr. Chester and Mr. Thomas Levesc,n, as tenants thereof, and containing In front to Greek-street 30 feet 6 inches, and at the back 30 feet, and on the north and south sides severally 42 feet. The Premises are demised by the Corporation of Liverpool, for 75 rears, from the 6th December, 182 S, at a Pepper-corn Rent. TO -MORROW the Evenir For further particulars apply at the Offices of WILLIAM OWEN, Solicitor, 7, Clayton-square, Liverpool. IMPORTANT TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. By Messrs. WALKER and ACKERLEY, On MONDAY next, the Ist day of August, at Eleven o'Clock precisely, on the Premises, No. 6, Pitt-street, Liverpool (unless disposed of by Private Treaty, of which due notice Rill he given), THEwhole Genuine STOCK-IN-TRADE, FIX -IL TURES, and GOODWILL of a CHEMIST and DRUG GIST'S SHOP, of thirty years' standing', situate as above, and iaow in the occupation of Mr. Drew. A Party now interested in the Shop, would be glad to intro duce any respectable Purchaser to a large connection with the above Shop, of many years' standing, in the Shipping Line. There is also a good Surgery Business in connection with it, all of which, if properly conducted, would yield a good return, and well worth the attention of any gentleman who, with a Etnall capital, would devote himself to the business. For farther particulars, apply to Messrs. WALKER and ACKERttY. Auctioneers. 53, Cl urch-street ; or to Mr. Wm, Row - Err, Water-street, Liverpool. MODERN AND EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, 'WEST DERBY-STREET, TOP OF PEMBROKE-PL4CE. MR. BYFORD begs to announce that he is in structed to SELL by AUCTION, on TH'URS'DAY next, the 26th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely. upon the Premi ses, N. 27, West Derbv-street, opposite the Chapel,—by order f . the Executors e( the late Mrs. Lyon, rleceasea, .The whole of the modern and excellent HOUSEHOLD FUR NITURE, Plated Articles, Glass, China, Books, Square Piano forte, Eight-drys' Clock, in Mahogany Case, by Harrison. Chandeliers, Venetian Blinds, large Iron Safe, and other Effects, The FURNITURE Of the DRAWING-ROOM, DINING -ROOM, and PARLOUR is principally of Mahogany, and'embraces Sets of w ell-made - Cnairs and Couches, in Hair-cicith, Dining Table, on weeded Legs and Castors, with Two Shifting Leaves, 8 feet 4 niches long by 4 feet 5 inches wide, Loo, Sofa, Card, Snap, and Ladies' Work Tables, Bookcase, with Folding Glazed Dcors and Cupboards under, a Ditto, with Secretaire, Whatnot, Rosewood Cabinet, with Marble Top, 'Pair Berlin Worked Ot tomans, Pair Fire Screens, Shields, pai n t e d by B ur l an d , on O a k Telescope Stands, a Reading Stand,'Chimney Glass, in Orna.- ta,..!ntal Gilt F rame (Pl ate 50 i nc h es b y S 3 i nches), Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets, Hearth-rugs, Bronzed and Ormolu Chandeliers, Cast Fenders, Polished Fire-irons, Damask Win clOW Curtains, Ornamental Articles, &-c. The BEDROOMS contain Polished Birch Half-tester Bed isteads, with Figured Damask Ilani - s ings, and other Bedsteads, Hair Mattresses, capital seasoned Feather Beds and appropriate .1 3 edding, Gentleman's Mahogany Wardrobe, Chest s o f D ra w ers , Pressing Glasses, Polished Birch Toilet Table, and Washstand, ,Painted Chamber Articles, large Linen Chest, Toilet Ware, Ca_mets, &c. The useful Kitchen Re4uisites, Gas Stove, &c. The BOOKS include Rees' Cyclopmdia and Plates, 45 v015.;4t0,, Henry on the Bible, 6 v015., , 1t0., Burkitt on the New Testumerit, .olio, Bunyan's Works, Cl vols., H mite's History of England,' .(48 ., Baptist Magazine frac' 1840 to July, 1853, Life of Adam lark, 3 vols. Holy Bible, 2 vols. 4to, Oxford Edition, and Other Miscellaneous Works. May be viewed TO- M ROW (Wednesday), the 216 inStant, By Catalogue s may be bad on the Premises, or 'of Mr. Ponn, at his Rooms, Clayton-square. SALE TO . -MORROW (WEDNESDAY). STO CK-IN -TRADE eta TAILOR and DRAPER'Reiidy . - -made Clothing, Shirts, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Chrmney- G lass, Dining-Tables, Feather Beds, &c. BOSOMWORTH will SELL by AUCTION, UTO-NIORROw ;Wednesday), the 27th instant, , r.t Eleven le,,,ck prompt, at his Rooms, 34, Duke-street, the STOCK !tutI'II:ADE of a TAILOR and DRAPER, comprising Broad Tv tee avrow Woolin Cloths, in various colours, Doeskins, Ve stin N Cassimeres, Fancy Tronserings, Beavers,. , Pilot Cloths, tog et ON Ready-made Clothing, Geirtlemen's Shirts, &c. NITu" a • quantity of useful HOUSEHOLD FL R.; Toilet • comprising e se B d t ads Drawers, Tablt,s and Stands, ir tsses, - Sidelioard, Sofa, Mahogany Chairs, Loo Tables, ....ora Bed, E 55 1. in Gilt anJ Rocking Chairs, 'Chiffonier, Pier Glasses, Dra • rames:sfweral fine Framed Engraving:3. Water-colour excellent Feather Beds, Blankets, Carpets, and other effect s , ' • • May he Viewed•on the Morning of Sale. THIS DAY (TUESDAY.) GE NUINE FIRST , H andsomeapestry Carpet, a Turbey ditto, CLA.SS 19 FURNITURE feet fi inches .hy 15 feet T , Hanel sortie 'Pai r of Marble Tables end Stands, Massive Pier Table, Richly-carved, with Plate-glass underne.t.h. Zebra-wood Loo Table, by Gilfew, Rosewood Tea Poy. :Handsome Whatnot, Massive Four-post Bedsteads, Rods, Rirgs, and Carved Foot board, Superb Drawini--room Suite 'Covered in Rich Silk Tabaret,' and Curtains,slarge Chimney' Glass, and Effects of a Lady going Abroad. A ir R. -GI ME has instructions-:to SELL by AIIC 1. TION, THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 20th instant, wt Eleven O'clock prompt, o n th e Premises, 17, St. A nne -street. near Islington, the whole of the vglnable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising, in Drawing-room, set of tight Rosewood Chairs, Chiffonniere, with "Plate-glass back, Easy Chairs, a Pair-cf Couches, very Handsome Centre Table, large Chimney Glass, Whatnot. Tea Poy, TaTestry Carpet. Fenders. Fire-irons, Ornaments, Handsome Mnble Table, on Carved Claw Feet:Tea Set, Trays, Rug, &c. TherDirting , ttel Sitting Rooms are furnished with sets' Of Modern Mahogany Chairs, a Handsome Sideboard and Chif fonniere, both of very Rich Wood, Capital Dining Table,•on Telescope Frame, Easy Reclining and Rocking Chairs, Dinner Service, Chine and Glass, Handsome• Chimney Glasses, China Ornaments, Pair of Capital Sofas, and a very Handsome Couch, in Hair. very Rich Set of Trays, Dinner Knives and Forks, Brussels and other Carpets and 'hugs. Fenders, Fire-irons;, c. The BED.ROOMS include massive: Mahogany Fourpost Bed- Stea&, capital Half-tester. Hair, and Wool Mattrsesee., prime Seasoned Feather Beds, Pair of Marble Toilet Tables and Marble Tray Glass, Winged and Single Wardrobes, Commodes, Bidet, Mahogany 'Drawers, Toilet Ware, Carpets, Chairs, Painted 'Washstands and Table. Cheva I Giaes, The HALL and STAIRS include handsome Mahogany JUR Table, Hatstand, Stair Carpet, Stair Rods, Oil Cloth, Gat Chandeliers, &c. The Kitchen Utensils and other Effects. The whole may he viewed on the Morning of Sale, and de scriptive Catalogues had from Mr. GRICE, 40, Whitechapel. By Mr. HILL. On MONDAY, the Ist day of August next, at Nine o'clockin the Evening, at Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, Hanover street. Liverpool, APIECE of LAND , w i th the MESSUAGE - or DWELL/NG-HOUSE, and SHOP and PRE NIISES thereon erected, and now in the occupation of Mrs. Sandiford, situate en the East side of the Road leading from Liverpool to Evertor. Village, containirtg in front to the said Road 16i yards, and In rear or deptit backwards, on the East side, 213 yards or thereabouts, and o n t h e West side 37 Yards or thereaboutt, and in breadth at the back 15 yards-er thereabouts. The Tenure - isC_%opyhold of Inheritance, under the Manote West Derby. For further rarticulars apply to' Mr. RICHARD WrtLiAms,' Solicitor, 3, Lord-street, Liverpool. TO BREWERS AND OTHERS. On FRIDAY the-sth day s, Sof r. AuBRANCH, gust next, at Two o'clock in th Afternoon, at - the Clarendon-roomou n- th John street, Li e TVerpool, subject to conditions then to be produced, HE following FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate lit seacornbe, in the county of Chester, consisting of all that ziREIVERY, called F.EACOM BE BRFTVERY, with the Steam engine, Working Plant. and Fixtu r e s n o w b e i ng t h ere i n. And also all that fhe NIE3SUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, with the Stable, Outbuildings, Yard, Garden, and Premises thereto adjoining and belonging,.as the same were l a t e ly occup i e d b y Mr. Thomas Warriott. e Ground Plot of the above Premises contains 1,3441 sta ifil square •yards, and has a frontage to the north sioe of e PUblic road 'reading from- Seacomlse Ferry to Wallasey, in com mon c y of aiester, of - 77 feet S inchez, including half of a ~., passage on the east side thereof. 7dhe Purchaser can have early possession; and further parti ars may he known -on application to Mr. BRANCH, the -;„;aCtionee r , Hanover—street, L i verpool ; to•Josix LA OWORT it, Stain fo rt , near Doncaster; or to )ir. GEO. KENYON, So licitor, Thor ne , Yorkshire ' ' ° ''ne, 20th July, 3853. ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COWS. 12 VERY choice ALDERNEY man 'GUERNSEY ue L, HEIFERoS ITO RS, Y nem. Calving, now on !Private Sale at As-s REF, AP T N E:i LENT on PLATE, WATCHES, JEWEL 4eScrit,,LY, SILKS, vuvors, WOOLLENg, and every lbrok er ',7 b ,n of Manchester and Leeds Goods, at Half the Pawn- Ann - h,. ' ' a te of Interest. Prsvat e H us. a t 66 . Seel-street, two doorsfroni Back Colguitt-street TO CORRESPONDENTS. 43 " 'tire shaltbe happy, at all times, to-receive communications MI subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends Will good.enough to authenticate the same by theft: signa tures. tor our own satisfaction, we slut/I-feel obliged. Xibmioot gganbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1853. PUBLIC BUSINESS. WHILE the House of Commons is occupied with M ultiplicity of legislative details, which causes 411t4 0 ,. °4 t a continuous sitting—meeting one day at of Zs and not breaking up till late in the morning tau , L t ext day—there is in reality very little which J said to occupy public attention. The Soap doh, has been repealed, the Tea duty has been re `inced, the Income-tax has been perpetuated, and for the minor details, they are not worth the trouble of agitating for or against them. We have r.eached the dog-days, and though the temperature not quite so high as it is sometimes at this season of the year, the public have become thoroughly Wearied with the idle twaddle in which their repre sentatives have indulged all the session, and now leave them to the disgraceful hurry with which they are making up for lost time at the fag-end of it. We can easily understand that Mr. GLADSTONE does not find the Chancellorship of the Exchequer a bed of roses, particularly as upon him has de tolved the crushing weight of :the Coalition Cabinet ; but he made his own election when he I lenepted such companionship, and must bear with the consequences. The proceedings:in the Lower Rouse can now only be reported as a long list of Me asures passing thei r severa l stages, c l auses torried through in Committee without reference to their sense, grammar, or - coherence; and unless the session be prolonged almost indefinitely, this Wholesale legislation will have to be passed by the Rouse of Lords with barely time to read the titles of the several Bills, or they must be postposed until another session for a similar farce to be repeated. Such a the improvement in public business effected THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1853. by a Reformed House of Commons ; the best time of the day is spent in asking Ministers ridiculous questions or talking on impossible projects ; and in the dead of night, when the greater part of the members are away and the rest asleep, the real business is done in passing Bills, which are thus briefly reported in the daily papers :—" The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned." After numerous sittings in Committee, the last clause of the Ministerial India Bill has only just been reached, the Bills for attempting to settle the long disputed questions between landlords and tenants have not yet arrived at the concluding stage ; the Commit tee on the Pilotage Bill has only been commenced, and the most important clauses have still to be discussed; the Merchant Shipping Bill has not yet passed; the Bills for manning the navy are still un discussed ; numerous other measures are in a state of hopeless incompleteness ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL was last night to declare the number of Bills that, having gone through several stages, were to be given up, and yet as late as Thursday last no fewer than six new Bills were introduced by members of the Government. We were told, as an apology for the Coalition Ministry, that the Liberal party con• tained all the practical men of business. Here is a proof of it in as pleasant a melange of hurry and confusion as ever disgraced a conclave of talkative old women. If the present state of public business be an evidence of administrative talent, it would be as well to choose the next ministry from men who had never been in Parliament before, and the country might benefit by the change. When GEOIeGE 111. was threatened with a desertion of his ministers, because he would not surrender a cherished principle, he said he would form a cabinet from the first twenty reepectablc-looking mon ho Ind at Charing-cross. What the old KING offered to do from necessity Queen VicTourA may do from 'choice, for the country will soon become convinced that a change must be for the better, when it is im possible to be for the worse, DUTY ON SUCCESSIONS. THE key-stone of Mr. GLADSTONE'S financial policy having at length - escaped the tedious dis cussions in the House of Commons, from which many of its clauses narrowly escaped by bare majorities, has undergone a more dignified dis cussion in the House of Lords, and met a well deserved exposure of its enormities by the Earl of DERBY. In his able-speech on Friday—which wt are only preventecHrom giving by its great length— he showed the monstrous injustice of the scheme, which would involve the owners of real pnipertyin endless litigation, and fail of recruiting the Exchequer except - by the grossest oppression. It was, however, determined not to divide the . House on the second reading, but Lord DERBY gave'rotice that he should move several important amendments in'Committee, one of which would be to make the measure prospective only, instead of retrospective, for twenty years, as at present, and another to limit its duration to'five years. This announcement has been eagerly seized upon by Radical sticklers for Constitutional privileges as an infringement of a tacit understanding, that no Money Bilis shall ori ginate or undergo alteration in the House of Lords -a principle which, however judicious in the abstract, is not absolutely compulsory, and which, if carried to the extreme, may, as in this case, produce serious inconvenience. The objection was ably met by the Earl of DaTtry, who said :—" If your lordships are to bow to every injustice which the House of Commons thinlcs fit to impose upon your lordships —if you ere - to submit to see the rights of the people infringed upon—then, I say, you had better abandon at once your functions, and you had better not go through the farce of having the tax sent up to you for your consideration at all." We should strongly condemn any unnecessary tampering with the respective privileges of either Home of Par liament, or The persistence in any -course which would needlessly lead to a breach of - the good un derstanding , which should exist between the two branches of the Legislature ; but the measure is one which imperatively demands a more careful revision than it has yet received, and it is perhaps full time the fact was made more apparent than it seems at present, that the House of Commons is not, either de jure or de facto, the whole Government -of the country. manufactures, and even the United States, from which we were to receive an abundance of cheap food, has found other markets for her breadstuffs, leaving us the once contemned sources of the ports in the Black Sea to make up for the deficiency of neglected agriculture in England. Almost the first effects of Free-trade were universal complaints of agricultural distress, and such a diminished home trade for our manufactures, that goods were ex ported at a loss to prevent the greater loss of closing the factories. Ireland was prostrated to a depth of misery which cannot be recalled without a shudder, her population decimated by famine, hundreds of thousands flying from their homes, her landlords impoverished and her land desolate, and English markets deprived of that supply of wheat which up to this time had been steadily increasing. All was complaint, trade was unremunerative, capital was diminishing ; rents were rapidly falling, and distress was becoming general. It was then, when Free trade, having accomplished the single object of cheap bread, had well nigh shaken the Empire to its base—when the Bank of England was only saved from stoppage and consequent national bank ruptcy by the suspension of the Currency Act, and when even a Free-trade Ministry were compelled to admit the existence of distress,—that the discovery of gold in California gave an impetus to our foreign trade, and induced a glimmering of hope that prices would recover under this unexpected accession to the stock of the precious metals. A similar dis covery was shortly afterwards made in our own neglected Colony of Australia, and then it was that under such a startling stimulant a movement was made which for extent and rapidity is almost with out parallel. The exciting news aroused the popu lation, and produced a mania for emigration to the CIV El Dorado, tho Shipping intorGct revivPri under the impetus, and the increasing demands for manu factures raised our exports not only in amount but in value, gave full employment to 'our artisans, and bustling activity to our shlppimg ports. Prices were raised, because there was a new source of wealth to meet it ; and under the stimulus of com petition decreased, and demand augmented, by emigration, the country recovered from its depres-- -sien, and quickly reached "that state of prosperity - for which the Free-traders have the unblushing effrontery to claim all the credit. It is true that some of their writers, with more modesty than their leaders, have the candour to admit that the gold discoveries have assisted to develope their theory:; but, in doing so, they admit too much or too little. The avowed object -cf Free-trade was to increase the export of mantf:ctured goods by lowering the cost of production. Cheap bread was 'to be the means of reducing the wages of the operatives, and this was to operate in a general lowering of prices and consequent' raising of the value of money, upon which the predicted prosperity was to - be founded. It did so operate:, prices were lowered, the interest of money was 'es high that the necessity of the repeal of the.Usnry Laws for the first time became evident, and the result was general distress without prospect of 'remedy. The discoveries in California and Australia changed all this—Free-trade was virtually upset, prices were raised instead of lowered, the interest of money reduced, and out of his direct reTers al of the modern theory we now experience that state of prosperity -I;Thich is falsely attributed.toFree-trade. While, however, all appears so fair, both present and prospective, we should be cautious not to feli citate ourselves too confidently on our immunity from reverses. We have for the present escaped shipwreck from our adherence tc the Manchester policy but: it is still unreversed, and the dangers to which weare liable spring from the same source. The increased demands for our manufactures have led to apprehensions as to a -siliflcient supply-of the raw material, while the improves value of labour has prompted the operatives to hold them selves independent of their employers, and refuse to work except upon their own -terms. The 'dis couragement of our home agriculture is making us every year more dependent upon foreign countries for our supplies of necessary food, and the danger of such a state is just now evident in the recent threatened stopi:age of much of our foreign supply, owing to the disturbed -state of poli tical affairs in• the East of Europe. This is an evil of no trifling magnitude, not. only rendering our internal condition more and mere dependent upon the presertuAion of peace, -however disho nourably obtained, but by discouraging our agri cultural population, and weakening r.those sources of national strength by which alone we can hope to secure permanent peace. Those who counselled active interference behalf of -Turkey, little thought •of the danger of such a comae, if Russia had been insensible to the efforts of diplomatic skill. Active hostilities in the Black :Eea would have deprived us of ar. important supply of food ; and, with a rural population which has been dimi nished at the rate of a thousand a day , by emigra tion, we &boai'd find unceasing difficulties in re cruiting our .forces with those stalwart frames of thews and sinews which we. should look for:in vain among the manufacturing operatives. We have raised a numerous militia , force, and, under the blessing of Providence, may be able to hold our own against an :invading foe.; but Free-trade has weakened the long and .strong,,arm which England was wont to stretch in the pride of her might over the defenceless and oppressed :in every quarter of ,the globe. We must preserve peace with Russia on any terms, for she helps to nourish our popu lation with food ; and we owe -this humiliating position to the vaunted ,policy,whiclLis persisted in, 'because, with all the predictions of .its advocates directly reversed, our rulers cannot perceive, or will not admit, that the whole of our present com mercial prosperity is owing to causes which Free trade had not the slightest influence in producing. It gave :us no gold, but diminished what we had ; it opened no new foreign markets, but reduced our previous ones ; it impoverished our home trade, ruined Ireland, and almost ruined our colonies. The discoveries in Australia have ,recruited cur finances, given ass colonial markets for exports, raised prices, and given employment to labour,- and yet, in the teeth of facts which ought to - be : self-evident, we are met with reiterated assertions ,of the success of Free,trade policy. ABDUCTION OF A CHILD IN LIVERPOOL BY A ROMANIST PRIEST. - REMARK. ABLE CASE. ON the afternoon of Sunday week, a somewhat singular incident took place in Grove-strut, in this town, which has given rise to many rumours in that locality, and which furnishes another proof of the unscrupulous character of the Church of Rome, and the Pope's instruments in England. From the information which we have been able to glean, it appears that, late on Sunday afternoon week, as several people were passing along Grove-street, they were somewhat surprised to see a child snatched from the custody of a gentleman, carried into a cab which was in waiting, and driven off in the :direction of the Lime-street railway station. The crowd, excited by thi s singular exhibition, ran after the vehicle, which was driven off at a rapid pace ; but they were unable to over take it, and in a few minutes it was out of sight. The occurrence, witnessed by several individuals of respecta bility, has revealed a melancholy story, which ought not to remain unpublished. It is now several months since a clergyman of the Church of England, whose name had become notorious in connexion with cer tain Popish practices, became a convert to the Church of Rome. He, therefore, it would appear, applied for admission into the ranks of the Papal priesthood, but was refused until he could make an arrangement with his wife to separate from her, and to live a life of celibacy. He accordingly had a document drawn up, which would have the effect not only of enabling them to live separately, but would also convey her marriage portion to him. With this proposal she would not comply. She said she would agree to a separation upon one consideration only— that being that she should be empoweredto retain the fortune which she had brought to him at the period of their mar riage, or at least such a share of that fortune as would enable her to support herself and her child comfortably. But this did not suit his notion of propriety ; he refused, point blank, to allow her a penny, and the document remained unsubscribed. When he could not prevail upon his wife as he first wished to do, the pervert determined to work upon her maternal love and fear ; and, accord ingly, to preserve her child, she was driven to leave her home. It seems that she came to Liverpool with her child,—the fruit of her lawful marriage with her perse cutor,—and for some time past she has been residing at a house in Grove-street. Thither, it would seem, her hut- band, or some of his Popish friends, dogged the poor woman ; and it is thought that, for a long time, they must have been assiduously watching the opportunity to take from the lonely and exiled lady the last comfort which was left to cheer her life. Be this as it may, the result has been that they have stolen her child, in the way which we have attempted to describe. The matter, as might be anticipated, has created an unwonted sensation in the locality where the gross outrage upon maternal love and right was perpetrated ; as well as in the circles of those gentlemen who witnessed the abduction, with which the evening of Sunday week and the streets o f Liverpool were disgraced in the face of the open day. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS, YESTERDAY. TEE quarter sessions of the peace for the borough com menced yesterday, in the New Assize Courts, St. George's-hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., recorder. The calendar contained 118 prisoners, and the offences charged were of the ordinary character. The most important cases are those of Thomas Pattison, solicitor, who stands charged with having fraudulently obtained money from a client, and Matthew Mudd and John Gore, alias Brown, who are charged with obtaining the sum of £3OO from the North and South Wales Bank in this town, by means of forgery. The following gentlemen were sworn on THE GRAND JURY. Mr. Robert Crnabie, tobaooo broker, North John street, foreman ; Henry Curry, broker, Fenwick-street ; George Robert Clover, shipbuilder, Queen's Dock ; Jas. Dalglish„ merchant, Harrington-street ; Louis Henry Macintyre, merchant, Cooper's-row ; Robert Makin, jun., corn merchant, Brunswick-street ; William Pierce, mer chant, Castle-street ; Charles Paul Phipps, merchant, Cook-street ; Robert Rankin, merchant, South John street ; Charles William Reade, gentleman, Shaw-street ; George Bates Richardson, shipchandler, Sparling-street ; Halsall Seger, jun., corn merchant, Brunswick-street ; John Samuel Swire, merchant, Cook-street ; Robert John Finley, share broker, Peel-street; Joseph Browning 141 ndle. The grand jury having been sworn, and the usual pro clamation against vice and immorality having been read, The RECORDER addressed the jury to the following effect. He commenced by noticing that he regretted that the proceedings of the court that morning had been delayed, for some time, in consequence of the absence of several gentlemen who had been summoned on the grand jury, It was painful for him to have to refer to this matter, for it was the first time during the last ten years that he had had to make any complaint on what had now occurred. Since the time that he had been recorder of this borough he had uniformly re ceived assistance from the gentlemen of the town, in his desire to forward the administration of justice in the borough. Under the circumstances, therefore, he was willing to accept the absence of the several gentlemen who had been summoned rather as an accident, than as an intentional disrespect to the court, or an evidence of an indispositionto petform those public duties which he was sure that any gentleman, having a right feeling, would be willing to undertake. He should, however, impose theline on each of those gentlemen whose names had been called 'upon as members of the grand inquest, but which fine . he should be willing to mitigate on any suEcierit reason swhieh might be assigned. The grand jury would`find that there were 118 prisoners whose cases would be brought before them for investigation. Now, considering theiperiod which had elapsed since the last sessions, he (the recorder) was free to confess that this was not a lame relative number, and the calendar showed that the crimes committed now as com pared with the last ten years, were decidedly on the decrease. At the same time, although the calendar ' :proved that the more serious class of crimes had been ar rested, looking at the statistics of the town, when they found that the population had increased by one-third within the period of which he was speaking, yet it was not, perhaps, a proper criterion of the actual state of crime in the town, as shown to 'them, as grand jurors, because, in addition to what would come before them, as grand jurors, the committals and summary convictions before the magistrates had increased very much, and he thought he might fairly say that that increase approxi mated very nearly to the relative increase of the popula tion. Nevertheless, and notwithstandingallthis, there were very many proofs of an increasing desire for order and a re spect for the laws on the part of the people. In proof of this he might name the abandonment of public processions on the part of thosewho had been in the habit of taking part in them, and which, in their effects, only led to disorder and bloodshed. This abolition of these processions was not only creditable to the magistrates and the head con stable, but it-was also creditable to the people themselves —because, without their concurrence, tbe objects of the authorities could-not have been carried out. The inhabi tants of the town, notwithstanding what their particular feelings might -be, -had yielded to what the magistrates considered was 'desirable for the peace of the town, and, under this feeling,-had agreed to abandon any participa tion in processions. In this respect, a - very excellent ex ample had been.aetby the tow n , an d i t was cre di ta b le to it. A reasowabr respect had b een s h own f or t h e op i nions of the authorities, and it could scarcely be doubted that the community would-reap the advantage. 'Lately, a sec tion of the labouring classes in this town showed, by their conduct, that -seasons of prosperity ought to extend to all. In the exisring• state of, society, it would aiw-crs happen that the working classes would struggle to obtain what th e y considered was their right. Such a struggle had recently takes ;,place -in -this town, and it was highly creditable to those classes, who thought they had a right to that far which they , were contending, -that, in the pursuit of it, they had uniformly shewn the greatest re spect for the law. H ere aga i n was a proof Of the im proved intelligence of the inacabler classes in the•commu nity. After making a slight reference to the calendar, the Recorder observed that,- in reference to criminal law, -t h ere were at the present ti me severa l questions under the consideration of the ,Legis;ature which must-have a , ve ry important bearing on the country. It was h i g hly probable that t ransportat i on from this country, f o r criminal offences, would =be entirely ab o lish e d, an d that imprisonment and penal labour would be su bstituted in its -stead. This was a result which could not surprise any one -who had been a close observer of the effects of transportation from -this „ ov ary. The system of t ranspor t a ti on was i mmora l in principle, and was widened by -the fact that in the count(; to which our convicts were sent—our colonies, labour. was so in of h ywere e scarcitywillingtoofrelacebiovuerto Wiivreceive :people, any e—'lelionglt consequence e, even of damaged character. But the time would eozie when labour -would be lees valuable in our c olonies,and when it wou ld be: said by ,the m , " W e are not willing to receive such damaged characters." He believed that the time would soon arrive-when the aria ciple-would,be this, in reference to the treatment of crime, that every country would have to deal with-its own crime in its own country. And, as a principle, the justice of this theory must be admitted, It was clear that the time was arriving when :we should have to deal with our own crime in our own country, and not send them to other countries, -for the purposes of contamination. The learned gentle man, in continuation, gave 'several illustrations of the objectionable system of transportation, and then pro ceeded to show, in graphic terms, that the prevention of crime ought to he more attended to than it was at present. He.next referred to the measures now before Parliament with reference to criminal jurisprudence. One question, he said, which was now before Parliament, was the treat ment of juvenile offenders. In connexion with this im portantsubjecit there were two bills at present before Par liament. One was the bill of the Earl of Shaftesbury. which had already passed the House of Lords, and the principle of which , 1311/ was that all children who could not be found to have any parents should be taken into the workhouse. Another bill was that which had been brought forward by Mr. Adderley, a bill of a mare comprehensive character than that of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and which 'involved a juvenile reformatory. The learned gentleman &I - lowed that this bill, if ,passed, would give the magistrates a dis cretionary power -of committal which they did not at present possess, and by various illustrations made it apparent that it would be a material improvement on the present system. Speaking of a reformatory, the Learned gentleman observed, that, without having say objections to a reformatory, as such, he thought it was only an: expedient, and his opinion was that the attention of the authorities ought to be directed to placing society in such a state as to render a reformatory unnecessary. There was another question which was now under the consideration of the House of Commons :—he referred to the question of licences to public-horses. Now, no person who looked into the causes of crime generally, could fail to perceive that it arose either from gross ignorance or from drunken habits. The question of granting licenses was now before the legislature ; but he (the Recorder) was satisfied that whatever might be done, a greater restriction than existed at present, oughtto be put on the number of public-houses in Liverpool. He thought the black colours in which this town had been painted by Mr. Clay.* as well as by all other writers who had studied the condition, socially, of our large towns, was painful to reflect upon. It seemed to him quite clear that all that these gentlemen had written against the town was mainly to be attributed to the prevalence of drunkenness amongst us. Last year the magistrates did not grant any licenses to public houses, and he, for one, thought it was a great honour to those magistrates who at those sessions refused to grant any licenses at all. He knew there had been some in crease of licenses in consequence of transfers, but still he did say, that those gentlemen—the magistrates—deserved great credit for the course they pursued, and more par ticularly so, because he knew they gave great dis satisfaction to certain interested parties. It was natural to suppose that people would complain who had an interest, but it was not to such people that they were to look. The protection of the public was what ought to be looked at, and he (the recorder) felt satisfied that the conduct of the magistrates at the last licensing session would be properly appreciated by all right-minded persons. A great deal had been said about the evil of the beer houses, but his experien ce ena bl e d hi m t o say it was th e spirit drinking that did the greatest mischief. The state of the public houses —the licensed houses—in this town * The Rev. John Clay, chaplain of the Preston Ifouee of Correction. was disgraceful. Week after week we saw one public house after another fined, which distinctly chewed that that caution in the granting of licenses which ought to take place, was not observed. A great deal had latterly been said about relaxing the present system in regard to licenses, but surely, when they referred to a neighbouring country—Scotland—which had suffered from this -unre stricted system, they ought to be careful how they granted licenses in this town. He certainly thought that not only were the number of licenses to public houses in this town too extensive, but he was also persuaded that there were many persons in possession of them who ought not to have them at all. It would, perhaps, be premature in him to say more upon the subject, because it was quite clear that the legislature was now inclined to deal with the entire question, but he did feel an interest in it, and therefore he thought it right to show that this highly important subject did not escape the public observation of those who sat in authority. The learned Recorder then dismissed the Grand Jury to the performance of their duties. No trials of any importance tooK place during the day. THE DOCK COMMITTEE. On Thursday, at the usual weekly meeting of this body, Mr. Charles Turner presided.—A letter was read from Mr. Locke, on the part of the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, offering an additional sum for a widening of the passage between Duke's Dock and the new Wapping Dock, which was agreed to.—The offer of Mr. Blakeley, for a supply of wall-stones, was accepted. Mr. BIGHAM brought under notice the mode of dis charging herring sloops in George's Basin, and the inde cent exposures to which it led ; which, after a brief conversation, was referred to the harbour-master's sub committee. Mr. LANGSDALE called attention to the fact that, although hide ropes were 75 per cent. or more cheaper than those made of hemp, yet Mr. Cowen, the superin tendent of the Albert Dock warehouses, had ordered 12 cwt. of the latter.—Mr. ROBINSON, the chairman, in timated that the matter would be attended to. The deaths amongst the crew of the Formby life-boat was announced, and it was referred to the sub-committee to fill up the vacancies. The annual inspection by the committee of the various floating-lights, and also of the lighthouses along the coast, was appointed to take place on Tuesday, the 2d of August. It was agreed, on the suggestion of Mr. BIGHAM, that, in addition to the corporation, the pilot commissioners should also be invited. The Mayor forwarded communications which he had received, stating that Lieutenant Maury, of the National Observatory, at Washington, would shortly be in town, to provide wind and current charts.—Mr. RANKIN stated that a great part of Lieut. Maury's treatise had been taken from a work by Mr. Towson (of the Sailors' Home), with out any acknowledgment.—lt was agreed, on the CHAIR MAN'S suggestion, that an answer should be sent, expres sive of the willingness of the committee to receive every information. MR. BOLD'S MOTION FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF THE NAME or THE BRAMLEY-MOORE DOCK. Mr. BOLD'S notice of motion, that the name of the " Bramley-Moore Dock" be changed to that of the " Sef ton Dock," came before the committee. Mr. MALcoLmsos hoped Mr. Bold would withdraw his motion. By doing so be would consult his better judg ment, as well as the unanimity of the Dock Committee, and prevent a discussion which could not be profitable. The CHAIRMAN stated that there was a memorial against changing the name of the dock, which was signed by a great many highly-respectable merchants. He then read the numerously-signed memorial which had lain in the Exchange News-room for the few previous days. Mr. Toms ventured to impress upon Mr. Bold the propriety of withdrawing his motion, and to second Mr. Malcolmson's suggestion. They should be most careful to divest themselves from appearing to act from any per sonal or political motives. Their acts should be such that not the slightest breath of suspicion should attach to them. If they did otherwise, they would inevitably lower themselves in public estimation. With reference to changing the name of the dock, he would only say that, if any change were made, it should be on public grounds alone. He appealed to Mr. Bold's good sense with re gard to the withdrawal of the motion. Mr. ROBINSON was opposed to the motion, because, from the excitement prevalent, it could not be considered calmly. Mr. RANKIN regretted exceedingly that Mr. Bold should have brought forward his motion. Every member of the committee must be sensible that, seven or eight years ago, there was a great want of dock accommodation, and that they were very much indebted to Mr. Bramley- Moore for the completion of those north docks. Mr. EVANS : That I deny, sir, altogether. Mr. RANKIN : The committee were unanimously of opinion— Mr. SHAND thought that Mr. Rankin was rather enter. ing into the merits of the question. Mr. BIGHAM submitted that, as there had been a recom mendation permitted, on the part of two or three, to hav ing r. Bold, not to persevere, the other members of the coni miltitere. R should AN K uc b eal went lowoend t 0 00 sexpressthat, e i r nominationopinions. o in c g cas b i e o e n n u t n o an a i l m te o r us th o at n d th e e cis p i a o r n. part of the the ho co pe rn d m l it ir tee . , B a o n ld d unsought for by Mr. Moore, the prese n t was not t h e would withdraw the motion. Mr. EVANS hoped Mr. B-1d would persevere. There was a good deal to be cleared up yet on the opposite side. Mr. BIGHAM also hoped Mr. Bold would persevere. The public had a right to be satisfied that the committee was not eoverned by political bias or personal feelings. If Mr. Bold did withdraw his motion, it ought to be coupled with the opinion of the committee, that they did not at all coincide with him. It ought to be shown that he was left so/us to fight a battle which those secretly inclined towards the motion did not dare to do. The CHAIRMAN : The real question is not whether Mr. Bold will withdraw, but whether he will bring for ward his motion at all, or not. Mr. SHAND thought the reasons given by Mr. Bight= were just those which ought to be urged for not bringing it on. Political motives had never entered that room, and never would. Mr. LITTLEDALE trusted Mr. Bold would be induced to withdraw it. Mr. EVANS said if the motion came on he should con sider it his duty, above all other considerations, to treat it upon its merits alone ; and he thought that if it went on he should be able to show the propriety of an alteration of the name. It was well known that the motion for naming the dock took the committee by surprise, and that, perhaps, nobody, except the proposer himself, was in fa vour oflir. Moore's name being given. He had heard, too, that the oldest member of the committee was indig nant, and 'had expressed a hope that one of the first acts of the new committee would be to alter the nomination of the dock. Since Liverpool had attained commercial noto riety there was no other instance of a private person—not even a chairman or a mayor—having his name transmitted to posterity. They had always named their docks after either royalty in all its degrees, or eminent heroes like Nelson and Wellington; and it certainly provoked the amazement of the whole community to find Mr. Bramley- Moore's name upon a dock between the Nelson and Wellington, and a dock, too, the largest of the three. It had been observed that Mr. Bromley- Moore planned the north docks. Why, they were planned before ever he came into power. They formed a portion of the old Albert Dock scheme. The land upon which these docks were placed was purchased during the chairmanship of Mr. Sands, from the Corporation and the Earl of Derby ; the land bought from the Earl of Derby, on which the dock itself stood, having been negotiated for by himself (Mr. .Evans) with Mr. Richard Earle, as the agent of the Earl of Derby. Therefore, there never was a more complete .usurpation upon a supposed merit than that of giving Mr. Bramlev-Moore's name to one of these docks. The CHAIRMAN war, sorry to interrupt Mr. Evans, but there was no motion before the committee, and such state mente were exceedingly premature. Mr..EvANs said what he had given was a mere preface, and -there was a great deal more behind, which would come out at the proper time. Mr. BOLD placed himself entirely in the hands of the committee, and he could not help bowing to the unani mous or rather almost unanimous wish. But, before he did so, he wished to disabuse gentlemen there, and the public, of one of the heavy charges made against him in a public print, namely, that he was the mover of the name given to that deck. He was not only not so, but he disap proved of it most highly, as their worthy secretary could bear him out. Me should call upon Mr. Mason to read the names of the gentlemen present when the name was given to that dock, at the meeting of the 27th July, 1848, to show that he was net present at the meeting at all. This Mr. Mason did. Mr. Boer, then called upon the secretary to produce the list, which he believed was the origical one, made out ) in a loose manner, of the names i n t en d e d to b e g i ven to the docks. Mr. MAsox read two eifferent lists, in one of which the name of " Mr. Bram - ley-Moore " appeared, and a second in which it did not. The list was as 'follows :-1. •Sc.lisbury. 2. Coilingwood. 3. Stanley. 4. Nelson (orginal name Derby). 5. The name of Sefton was put in, but Bramley-Moore substituted. 6. Sir Howard Douglas, and afterwards changed to Wellington. Mr. BOLD said, in the list which he saw Mr. Bramley- Moore'e name was absent. All those attacks made upon him, as being the promoter, and even the proposer, of the name, were false. With regard to the motives which had induced him to bring this forward, he did think that he might, perhaps, be to blame then; but he would also sar, at the same time, that, if he should hereafter have a seat at that table, he would always, as he would have done before, if it had been brought forward, vote for and support any motion for the change of name. With refe rence to Mr. Moore himself, he (the speaker) thought that, personally, he was entitled to very little courtesy at his hands. The CHAIRMAN interrupted Mr. Bold. was Air.entitled t o thought repl that,y .Whe n after t had took been upon himselfattacked, he to call, as a friend, upon Mr. Bramley-Moore, after his re turn from London, to point out the impolicy of his public conduct towards the town and his own party, it would scarcely be believed when he told them that behind the screen of that gentleman's office (interruption, and cries of Go on," &c.)—when Mr. Moore received him to talk over the subject with him—behind that screen were the very two gentlemen who invited Sir Erskine Perry to this town—Mr. Mellor and Mr. Hodson. A gentleman who could receive a friend at that time, and could have two gentlemen behind the screen in his office, listening to all he said, was entitled to very little courtesy. Mr. BIGHA.M.—Mr. Moore is not here to defend himself. Mr. 80LD.—.4 had the information from you, and there fore it rests with you. Mr. BIGHAM.—That was a strictly private conversation. Mr. BOLD.—It was in an omnibus. Mr. BIGTIAM begged to be permitted to explain, and t b h c e e o would e d l e c ti o r t e t e e t h t e y pu purposely h l u i o c r ploo o stee j lr u ye d n g be e. eeh 17n T ads h , e t f ie a l a c st t heaeodntnwto to gentlemen were placed listen. Whereas, what be stated to . Mr. Bold was, th a t Mr. Moore had two gentlemen waiting upon him when he called, whom he put into another room. Mr. Bon:p.-1 beg your pardon. Mr. BIGHAM denied that there was a screen in Mr. Moore's office at all. Mr. BOLD denied that there was a room in lir. Moore's office at all. Mr. BiGnam.—l did tell Mr. Bold that Mr. Moore was awkwardly fixed with two pereons waiting upon him whom lie would not like Mr. Bold to meet, a them into another room d so he put Mr. BOLD.—That is quite false. There is not another room in Mr. Moore's office ; they were behind a screen six feet high ; and, unless they were locked up in the safe, they could not be elsewhere. And now, sir, I beg to withdraw the motion. Mr. BIGHAM.—What I said to Mr. Bold was told to me by Mr. Hodson. Motion withdrawn. ELECTION OF NEW COMMITTEE-MEN. The next business, was a ballot for the names of the eight members to retire preparatory to the election, which will take place in Council, as well as amongst the dock ratepayers, on the first Wednesday in August. Those elected by the Council were first taken. The twelve names were put into a hat ; and, after being " well shaken" by the secretary, the four taken out as those who retire were Messrs. Littledale, Gladstone, Royden, and Gregson. The names of the twelve elected by the dock ratepayers were then subjected to a like process, which resulted in the declaratory retirement of Messrs. Nicol, Bold, Steele, and Healing. There was some laughter on Mr. Bold's name being drawn. This closed the public business. [With reference to the statement of Mr. Bold, th a t w hil e lie was having a private conversation with Mr. Bramley- Moore at that gentleman's office, Messrs. Mellor and l con a t l r s a o dt p c u ti b o l n ish to ed th a e Hodson were behind a screen, Mr. Mellor has published wholea le tter s , ta g te h m it e i letter, in which he gives a detailed version of the affair. He was with Mr. Bold, in the West Derby omnibus, he says, giving m A o l s r t . " B e irha al m ifie l l as when lie told him that he had heard from Mr. Hodson, that a few days before Mr. Moore issued his address he (Mr. Hodson) was in the office when certain gentlemen waited upon Mr. Moore on business connected with the representation, and that Mr. Hodson, not wishing to be seen, went with Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Moore's partner,. behind a sceren, and there remained until the others had retired ; that in Mr. Moore's office there are two rooms, with a screen in each ; and that it was behind the screen in the furthest room, eight or ten yards from the interior of the private office, that they withdrew.—Mr. Bold has written a letter in answer to the one proceeding from Mr. Bigham, stating that, in company with Mr. R. Horsfall, he had waited upon Mr. Councillor Godfrey, who was sit ting close to Mr. Bigham and himself when the conversa tion in the omnibus occurred, and that Mr. Godfrey had authorised him to state that Mr. Bigham had told him (Mr. Bold) in his (Mr. Godfrey's) hearing, that Mr. Mellor and Mr. Hodson were behind the screen in Mr. Moore's private office during the interview, and heard all that passed.—As to the statement of Mr. Bold that Mr. Hodson and Mr. Mellor were " the very two gentlemen who invited Sir Erskine Perry to this town," Mr. A. C. Stewart subse quently writes :—" Sir Erskine Perry was invited ' to this town' by a deputation sent to London by the unanimous vote of the tried and consistent leaders of the Liberal party of Liverpool ; and neither Mr. Mellor nor Mr. Hodson knew anything about Sir E. Perry being invited here until after that gentleman had arrived in town and issued his address."—ln a second letter, Mr. Bigham replies to Mr. Bold's letter :—" I saw Mr. Thomas God frey yesterday. He says, 'On Friday morning, the 22d instant, on arriving at my office, I found Mr. Robert Horsfall and Mr. Bold waiting to see me. They pre sented a note written in pencil, and requested me to copy and sign it. In that note I was made to say something similar to what appears in Mr. Bold's letter to your paper. I refused. I then told them I had heard the conversation in the omnibus, and that 1 thought Mr. Bigham mentioned Mr. Mellor's name in connexion with Mr. Hodson's, but could not swear it.' There are other parts of Mr. Bold's letter equally unfounded, and, I cannot help thinking, wilfully perverted to suit his own purposes. I regret mentioning the conversation which passed between Mr. Hodson and myself. I thought I was speaking to one not quite so unscrupulous as Mr. Bold ; and, even in his hands, I considered myself safe after his saying, Recollect, this con versation is strictly private. I rely upon you as a man of honour and a gentleman.' "—ln a second letter from Mr. Bold, that gentleman says, " beg to inform you that no other persons were visibly present at the time but Mr. Moore and myself. If Mr. Dickinson was in the room, he must have been behind the screen, as described by Mr. Bigham on the authority of Mr. Hodson. I only related what Mr. Bigham mentioned in the omnibus as to the parties behind the screen."—ln yesterday's Albion there ap peared a letter from Mr. Thomas L. Hodson, in which the following statements are made :—" The whole state ment made by Mr. Bold at the last meeting of the Dock Committee, and every inference which he would desire the public to draw from it, I unhesitatingly assert to be downrightly - and absolutely false. I never was, indivi dually or with another, in the position described with such unction by Mr. Bold. I never imagined, nor do I at this moment know, nor yet do I believe, that Mr. Bold and myself were at any one and the same time occupants of Mr. Moore's office. In con clusion, sir," says Mr. Hodson, " having given you, in mere justice to myself, this statement, I desire to say that, the election over, I wished all animosity to cease ; and felt that such was the sentiment of all high-minded and right feeling men."—We have been requested by Mr. Bramley- Moore to give the most unqualified contradiction to the statement that any one was concealed at his office at any time while Mr. Bold or any other person was there, such statement being altogether untrue.—A third letter from Mr. Bold will be found in another column.] DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP BY FIRE. ♦ The ship Ebenezer, which arrived here yesterday morn ing, has brought intelligence of the total destruction by fire of the ship " I Z," on the 7th instant, in lat. 42, lon. 62. The I Z sailed from New York, for this port, on the 2d instant, under the command of Captain Spencer, with 20 hands on board, including the captain, all of which were taken off and landed here by the Ebenezer, from New York. She was an American-built ship, be longing to Messrs. Zeraga, of New York ; was registered 756 tons, and her cargo consisted principally of turpen— tine, flour, and cotton. Captain Barstow, of the ship Robert Kelly, from New York, which errived here yesterday morning, and who witnessed the fire in the vessel, gave the following report to the Underwriters'-rooms :—" On Thursday, July 7, in lat. 41, lon. 60, at 3 30 p.m., I observed smoke, which at first I supposed to be that of a steamer ; but, thinking it strange to fall in with a steamer in the above position, and observing something unusual in the appearance of the smoke, took my glass and went aloft, when I at once dis covered a vessel on fire, and immediately took in all steering sails and made for the wreck, with a good look-out at the mast-head for her boats. Upon nearing the wreck we observed her long-boat about a mile to windward of her, and steered for it. We passed within 20 feet of her, and I found her in good order, no one in her, and the oars and moveable articles gone. We then bore away for the wreck, and, at 5 15 p.m., passed under the stern of the burning vessel, and found her to be the ' I Z,' from New York, to Liverpool. She was burning fore and aft, upper works burned off, and decks fallen in. The flames were breaking through her stern, and a part of the letter I' was consumed at the moment of passing. At the same time a sail was observed from aloft a con siderable distance to the eastward (likely the Ebenezer,) which probably picked up her crew ; and I am well sa tisfied they were nowhere in the vicinity of the wreck at the time of our leaving it." The fire is stated to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. EXPOSURE OF AN INFANT.—The other evening the body of a new born male child was found exposed in an entry adjoining the house, No. 110, Great Homer-street. An inquest will be held this day (Tuesday), THE BLACK BALL Ltsc.—LAUNCH AT WORKTNG. TON.—On Thursday, a fine ship of 1,200 tons was launched from the building yard of Mr. Lamport, of Workington, which has been built expressly fbr the Australian trade. She is the largest ship ever built in that locality. This vessel will leave Liverpool early in September, and is to compete with the fastest ships afloat. She is named the Aerolite, and will form one of Messrs. Jas. Baines and Co.'s "Black Ball" line of packets. Her accommodations for passengers upon the upper deck, ranging like a barrack from the forecastle to the poop, with a gangway on each side, are amply sufficient for the evolutions of her crew. Her state-cabins are fitted up in the most superb style; elegance and ease surround you on every side ; sofas and couches covered with crimson damask; tables, escritoires, cabinets, and ornamental fittings of polished East India teak, the best and most costly wood procurable for the purpose. It is surprising that the residences of our gentry are not ornamented with furniture made of this beautifully-grained material, some specimens of which we noticed in the cabin of the Aerolite, quite equal to the finest rosewood or mahogany. The poop cabin will accommodate 40 passengers, the second cabin or "house" upon deck, 60, and 300 between decks, besides officers and crew. Her length over all is 209 feet, her extreme breadth 36 feet 4 inches, depth of hold 20 feet, height between decks 7 feet 9 inches. Tonnage, old measurement, 1,160 ; new measurement, 911. She is classed at Lloyd's A i for nine years. The Aerolite is built with the canoe bottom, and the result of this form is to give a- ship of, say 200 feet length, the bottom of one of 220 feet built in the ordinary fashion, and to give a greater relative capacity and stability, and more ease in her motion. Her stern is round, and her bow long and fine drawn as a steamer at the load line. She has a lofty poop, connected with the , forecastle by a 3 inch spar deck, covering a substantial and elegant " house" between, containing accommoda tions for sixty passengers. A si ng l e g l ance i s suffic i ent to perceive the advantage of this arrangement in securing will e. c llinbnaygs actually t t um h a arr machinery, llcd u yh g i in h nheoh t r h lye d e r more cffectun! -entilation, greater cleanliness, and other wise insuring Lne health of the passengers. Her upper or spar deck is therefore an unbroken line of 200 feet from . stern to stern. She is perhaps of her class and materials more strongly built and more thoroughly fastened than any ship yet launched in England. The aggregate thick aewnndeadgsl edges ss o n ftoi is two s e eto r wve o ocr i l t of s es i e ; tli e s.y first and second cabin fittings and arrangements to pro vide air, light, and ample space to her passengers. Her takve:tt timber been er mast hapnal planed fore and main masts and bowsprit are of iron. The water withouto2:lvweototidnegn. ones,At t t h h e e re d c e a ck n b i e s te p t N . l h a l a on i contrivance to cut away the mast in case of need. About the strength . and durability of these masts, in comparison with The only question has been to supply such a degree of elasticity as may compensate for the stretching of the shrouds when fully strained. This has been effected by a packing of vulcanized India rubber between the mast wedges, which by slightly giving way will allow the head of the mast to vibrate .1 - in. to 6 in., if ever . the shrouds should stretch to such an extent, Her steering apparatus n a o doubt. simp le is a screw, in place of the common barrel and chain. It it is so arranged as to have each arm of equal length, so that each one may describe equal arcs of equal circles. To prevent the rudder being held perfectly fixed, small India rubber buffers are introduced so as t o a l low of four or five inches play, if strained by a heavy sea. She i s also fitted with the common tiller and barrel, to be use u in case of accident. Her mizen topsail yard is fitted wit h patented invention of the build er f or ree fi ng t h e sail from the ship's deck. A reef or double reef can be taken taken out again as fast as th e yar d can be hosted. The i n as quickly the top Aerolite will be c ommanded b y C ap t a i n J osep h S cott, late of the " Confucius ," in the China trade. sail yard can be lowered, and i FREE-TRADE POLICY THE assertions as-.to the success of Free.trade have •been so pertinaciously reiterated by our modern political economists, that the public, unaccustomed to weigh causes and effects, have been too ready to accept the conclusions without taking- the trouble to think for themselves. They know that the Corn laws were repealed in ; IS-16 ; that this measure was followed by reductions in the sugar duties, which admitted the produce of foreign slave labour on nearly equal terms with that of the free labour of our own colonies; that , the shipping interest was afterwards exposed to foreign competition; and that these measures were all parts of the Freenti - ade system. They now experience the benefit of.im proved prices, and active demand for the products of industry, with unceasing trade in imports and, exports, and having the positive assurance of the advocates of the Manchester school that the present state of af'airs is the promised result of the new commercial system, the unthinking portion of the public adopt the theory without troubling them selves with any further inquiry. The subject, how ever, is of too great importance -to be allowed to pass without further investigation, or it may be found, when too late to apply an erneient remedy, that we have been persisting in a hazardous system, and giving it credit for a success which is solely owing to exceptional causes. It would be well to bear in mind upon what grounds the success of Free-trade was confidently predicted by.those who were its warmest advocates, and whose perseverance, whether right or wrong, was rewarded withzuccess. They complained that ,the closing of our ports by prohibitory duties to the produce of the corn growing countries of the 'north of Europe not:only deprived our artisans of the supply of cheap food, which was essential, but deprived manufacturers -of a market for their goods to clothe the peasants of Prussia, Denmark, and Germany. With un, restricted importation we should exchange our cotton goods for the cheap corn of northern Europe, so that the increased employment of the operatives would convert Lancashire into a paradise of remunerated industry more than sufficient to compensate for any loss to the agricultural districts. Wages would be high while bread would be low, so that every man would have enough and to fpare. They even went further, and Free-trade orators drew the pleasant picture of Manchester being virtually laid alongside the valley of the Mississippi —on one side all engaged in making calico, and on the other all occupied in growing wheat to feed them. England was to be the workshop for the world, a huge factory, which should produce suffi cient calico to clothe all the population, and agricul ture might be neglected, for with cheap bread the fac tories would find employment for all. It would be hard upon political prophets to refer them to all their predictions, as it is cruel to read a defendant's love letters in a court of law ; but it is a duty to ourselves to consider how far any of these predic tions have been realised. It is true that our exports have considerably increased, but the demand has arisen from our neglected Colonies, which were denounced in Parliament as incumbrances to he shaken off. Northern Europe, instead of exchanging corn for calico, has every year taken leas of our