The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

March 17, 1846. Loral anb proinntial f/rlll5. The Great Liverpool steamer was insured for £30,000. Workmen are erecting at the Zoological Gardens a co vered saloon, which will contain 4000 persons. CELLARS.—On Wednesday nearly thirty parties were fined by Mr. Rushton for letting off cellars for habitation Which were not in accordance with the act of parliament. Captain Clarke, son of the venerable Archdeacon Clarke, of Eastham, fell in the late battle in India, bravely fight ing for the honour of his country, On Wednesday, a man named Williams, in the employ 'of Mr. P arra t t, o f t h e r i ce m ill , S ee l -street, met hi s d eat h from the breaking of one of the grinding stones. A very splendid silver candelabrum has been presented to Mr. James Wheeler, solicitor, Manchester, for profes sional services in many arduous public undertakings. William Brown, Esq., of this town, has purchased from the Marq berland,uis of Wateforr£3oo, ford t OOO he extensive estate of Ford, in Northum. MacLoughlin, aged 16 months, residing with "is parents in Albert-street, Toxteth-paik, pulled a pan of boiling water off the fire, and was so dreadfully scalded as to die almost immediately. On Tuesday, John Bennett, of Boundary-place, was fined 40s. by Mr. Rushton for refusing a billet. The de fendant said the soldiers left his house in a hurry before receiving a proper answer. lii h vessels continue arriving at Liverpool and in the river, laden with heavy freights of provisions ! This ° Peaks well for Irish landlords, who can thus drain a land Which is on the eve of famine. O Thursday,g several parties were fined 10s. and costs, for s n e l fish unfit for human food in St. John's Market. Also several dealers in pork were fined 20s. and costs, for selling unwholesome pork. On Wednesday week, a whale, weighing twelve tons, and measuring 44 feet in length, was cast on shore at Pen b'aco, Wales. It has since been towed into Liverpool, and is lying on the shore at Tranmere. Mr. Ingram, of Birmingham, has been selected by the committee to execute the enamelled paintings and decora ,"ons for the grand staircase of the Town-hall at Liver- P o ol- The estimated cost of these decorations is nearly £ l ,OOO. Mr. Robert Angus has been appointed manager of 'the Liverpool Commercial Bank, in the room of Mr. 141. 9 r egor, who has been elected a director. The nett t,'Profitsh of the year 1815 were £46,752, and after paying balancae of lfye x a l r 2m lyd 2 i 9 v . idend of five per cent., there was a I,I3IRRENHEAD HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—On Irriday the annual meeting of the above institution was bneld. During the past year upwards of 280 patients had be en attended to at a cost of 6s. each. The total expen diture for the year was £657, and there was a balance of A:4l due to the treasurer. LOCAL BILLS.—The Herculaneum Docks Bill passed '• ,ding orders on Tuesday. The object is to sell the i l lc cics to Birkenhead parties. The following bills have b e en read a first time : —The Birkenhead Improvement ▪ the Birkenhead Small Debts Bill, and the Warring ton Waterwork s Bill. f "'he Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, recently launched r om M r. Laird's building-yard, at Birkenhead , has been nr de e r e e t d ive to l Sheerness to be fitted for sea. She is the lar - Rest iro n steamer in the B r i t i s h navy •, her engines being e on of 560-horse-power, and her tonnage, car- Pen ter's measurement, 1,400 tons. te S r rhe ne which left New York the day before Patrick Henry, and was supposed to have been de atehed by Mr. Pakenharn with the Oregon correspon dence, arrived at Cork on Friday week. She had encoun t !red very bad weather, and had been obliged to lie to for elev en d a y s . T he P atr i c k H enry arr i ve d at Li verpoo l on AndaY fortnight. o ds of 11,000 tons were offered for sale &hursday, cons i s ti ng of Ichaboe, Saldanha Bay. Chi /V' B 'c. About 600 tons sold£6 for Chi tic aboe. The remainder was taken in chiefly at £7 17s. , I nd 8 for fine Ichuboe, £4 Peru Saldanha Bay and Pos jee'Vori Island, and £9 15s. vian. The sale was but 'll.fferently attended. LeVECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting was it g g ez " Wednesday. The girls' school is not only paying gen er Pen ses, but has contributed a handsome sum to the e lle al funds. The institution will have been in exist eifoe,tFenty-one years on the Bth June next, and a strong still 15 to be m a d e t o p a y o ff by that time the debt which r wilt mains against the institution, by the time that it clect e d ave attained its majority. 11r. \V. Brown was SR A ,„F r esident for the ensuing year. COr nit iol., CRUELTY.—On Wednesday Mr. Rushton ed two men to gaol for fourteen days, for having tin e Y tortured a cat. They applied spirits of turpen adriftt° the animal's tail, set it on fire, and turned it v., It ran into the street in extreme agony, and was Bents"Enaty killed by some persons passing. The defen_ were employed at the Coalbrookdale Ironworks, tea b row; but the manager, on being apprised of their el conduct, had dismissed them. THE S TRIKE AT BIRKENHEAD. — Th e joiners, who tur ned out l as t wee k f or a n advance of 3s. per week, still rem ain idle, the masters refusing positively to give the addition. Yesterday week, the ranks of the idlers were Joined by the masons, who refuse to work under 28s. per We ek, their forme r wages b e ing 265. Nearly all the ;vorks in Birkenhead are consequently stopped, The cricklayers and plasterers have declared their intention 14 striking to-day. COMMERCE OF LIVERPOOL.—The town dues for the half-year ending 28th February, as compared with the c orresponding period of last year, is in excess by upwar la of £4,5i0 and it is more than probable, the gross in "me from this source, for the whole year, will produce IlPvyards of £BO.OOO : this amount, when contrasted with the 3 ,A lt r eceipts for the years 1824.5 (a little over X-1 , 1,000). Tr at once, evidence the rapidity with which the corn ' Tr of the port has increased in the last twenty years. Plet e e ßi b uildine; business in Manchester is all but at a com ogula2:e,;r:4enrutis'ingMasons, bricklayers, joiners, plumbers and cases S Painters, are all out; the masters in fact, in many to employ even the few that object to turn ehe c il l° doubt influenced by the opinion that no effectual 'With ca ° be put to the unreasonable demands of the men eorn:ut turning the entire adrift, and by this means, in fro m _degree, prevent the few who might be employed "ntributing to the funds of the various trades' Cla `lona. At a meetin g of the select vestry on Saturday, it was ,erm ined that a deputation, consisting of Mr. Scholfield, pat e k l oughton, and the Vestry Clerk, should be dis the I'ed to Lo n d on th a t even i ng , with full powers to adopt boest means of having a clause inserted in the new 04 c. 1 , 11 / 4 ,1 3 in, which would have the effect of making the Wap lioal. "ock Warehouses liable to the payment of church and tha t :;?•tes, like the Albert Dock Warehouses. It appeared le et, ` L ue Dock Committee had been written to on the sub view but that they declined to insert the clause. An inter- Will j be obtained also with the Mayor. .%It k "usY.—At Salisbury assizes, on Tuesday, Daniel t' se ,_ther, a private in the Ist Dragoon Guards, was tried illuoting at his wife. He had been absent a fortnight, Wif e 7 tv e , and on his return heard some reports against his itft er B character which, however, were unfounded, and logs explained. Writhing under the pangs of jea tredihe went ou t an d go t i n t ox i ca ted, and on his return Hi s lls carbine a t hi s w if e , but without wounding her. ex tre c haracte r had always been good, and he had been Iteci a i t t 4 cly kind to her. She pleaded for him and he was p ool. ted._ his friends and his wife belonged to Liver siu hite, 9e was then a ver wel-behaved young man. He ie t i to s friend s i n Liverpool ) during the furlough that 1, 40 t his unfortunate occurrence.] Ins ) 411 SOCIETIES.—On Thursday, upwards of twenty g stl l l l"ses against defaulters to various lean societies, tr ace s orromers and sureties, were heard before the magis etali The defendants were generally of the humbler Pt1,,,0.f. society, many of them apparently in distressed rst — ''ances. Some of the sureties stated that they un cne od their liability only extended to the payment of t her s ualf . or one-third the amount borrowed, according as bre, nalght be two or three sureties. Mr. Rushton ex -11„,, sed his belief that loan fund societies were a bounty t ru ll th tkdi e Prodigality of the poor, for whom they worked o Y. I . -r a f e directed that an account be kept of the num leve., eases brought into court by each society, as he be °f th e there was some defect in the management of many St 4 . 41 . There were some societies who never came there 1 \‘' :tte,..r DERBY UNION.—At the meeting on Tuesday a 4 rtbijas read from the Poor law Commissioners, con uqficerg the election of Mr. John Rowland, as relieving t or Toxteth-park district of the union ; but decli ?,ther sanction the appointment of Mr. Tristram for the tlae , tw o districts • and urging the board to proceed to Z r, c t t t w ec h t 4 i° i n of a separate . for each ;to 'r. -ien, at the next sitting, a notice was entered by the-.eatherbarrow. The next subject was the proposal 4 tlns co mmissioners to assign to each of the more popu ta,, to w ,. ,A nlps, — Toxteth-park, West Derby, and Ever !top, a n additional number of guardians. The additions Vont ) " were, seven for the Park, making the whole . ‘°W t4 e h r i twelve ; two for West Derby, making five for that tr eade P and one for Everton, in addition to the two t p s, i f sent from thence. The expenditure of those town °' the three years ending on the 25th of the pre ,. estsl;mth, was as follows :—Toxteth-park, £6,412 ; itts, e .-uerb y tk_ £ 3,33s ; E verton, £1,078. Mr. Lloyd Te co„ls, motion of last week on this subject, assuring „ue pr,s-'ll3lssioners that the Board cordially acquiesces in ittErtreet'teP‘ ti ed to arrangement; and that they be 'respectfully Ise et Ni ,` ,to issue their instructions to have it carried into " , tr. b qflout delay. A long discussion took place, when 't4t _ ll (l 4t ed" t k ell Proposed an amendment, that it be recorn thvesten .%) the commissioners to give to West Derby and e na nl jne additional guardians proposed, and to reduce ent % ,.."'er for the Park from seven to four. The amend li,AitusTearried by a majority of l 2 to 5. . pe, a CONDUCT.—About six or seven months e , po ol ; of Lockwood, near H ucl de sfield, being at fell In with a yo u ng girl, a Miss B. 8., and •thr, wh it In obtaining permission to pay his addresses to l e ! h oy : it l fact, he had a wife and four children. Since ho . ti alls ,neriod he has been most unremitting in his at frequ' Ills visit being rarely less than once a fortnight. Wh i 'v i ish e e d ly twice and thrice a week. A short time since ja he j e e r to prepare everything for . the marriage, % Inrroed her should most certainly take place le tt t e l r ll last Week, month. In this . . way the affair passed fro o , , when the lady receiving a very ambiguous then s h e ,er deceiver, determined to pay him a visit, a n d "Id on Sunday last, in company with her bro tst4d t o up at the Swan Hotel. The brother pro heat'lled to " - Vek,004, to find his sister's lover, and . both th... ti es , vy the inn, where they took tea, after which the to7.raeatit, retch escorted his dupe round the town. In lip e c t oa, east, the neglected wife having heard what was tst e c ted e d `, l C ompany with her mother, and other friends, hmru, lo the hotel Her husband however, on inns . • __ t ti‘th he bade further than the front door of th, bli ss l n g 'le his still ignorant victim good night. On tfe.ged viliroom, and being informed of his accom tit sh ort 4 .7 , she was completely horror-struck ; but tt e ,_ Cre time she rallied, and her indignation and dis cttil,.rinaa.,.:wounded. The wife returned home in a state qled b ed than • described. The brother and sister "" Liverpool the next day.-Ikfanehr. Guardian. rd, bag n otice , ve rsiti bat itt if es sq. jos include E r . Sin in con' r on 5 ;, Soei' ns, t be A betaecw le Re v. as been• n ,,„tea ) f alter' d. lon Ws s by the ion wag grae, t i n g the cbureb" Co e- t of m ot 1 0 inst the 1 Of Sa : 3t rp °l.- ; had °O. o f Of ;hed htfi a • I te l c er YQ Ells test the intea t° )Ito cop" a fo ol?' ) f crei2: lexanu— toocoro, Ed by ' he [levitat' of Pre' p s c riches , " f i 15 e t() " ) ce.• is P. 1 .1 5 t r ;95 f dated 1 lurbood• RA Tl Ol4 p c d rob ": 1 0 first Ps., rosl yers ~,0 plicst w a ; Ox i°r Wbs t bo ed ; w Arati9l3 rn no g aOt e. et?'o P f or. : ted t" ort of t l t b. ears °' in I ll : itsid w hic h tbe and to ntat ic clodfeo, a ugi, es ?). el 0" Eu d 4 fl e tbo t and tber e. 18 n 0 ; v _ f , t he o of oi a? of 14 ill' iss ior no , five bol sag I, d 0 4 a n q u its ; 0 , s ae° f the' to t knterbtul. e on 14°P. ' DENSE FOG.—During the dense fog which prevailed here on Thursday morning, the Sarah, Cromwell, which put into this port on the 7th instant, from St. John's, N. 8., bound to Liverpool, in coming up the river, got on shore near Rownham Ferry. With the assistance of three steamers she was got off at seven the same evening, very much strained and otherwise damaged.—Bristol Journal. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present, Mr. Bram ley-Moore and sixteen members. Mr. Dawson. of Gro nant, reported the loss, on the Bth instant, of the " Com mander," on West Hoyle, and the services of the crew of the life-boat. Mr. Henderson stated that Lieutenant Lord's vocabulary for enabling vessels to communicate with each other at sea, was ready for circulation, and it was referred to the sub-committee to fix the price. Mr. Ripley stated, that not only the Bencoolen, but the barque Helen was recently wrecked on Taylor's Bank, the crew of the latter saving themselves with difficulty. The lights were seen by the life .boat establishment, but they could not afford any assistance. He mentioned this to show the necessity of a life-boat being stationed at the place pointed out by him. He had mentioned the matter to Mr. Mann of the marine sub-committee, but had received no support from any member of the committee. It was stated that 278 applications had been made for situations of clerks, wharfingers, warehousemen, coopers, &c for the Albert Dock and warehouses; and it was directed that advertise ments should be inserted in the papers, fixing a day, be yond which no further applications could be received. A letter from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company was received, urging the formation of the cut to connect the canal with the river to be executed with as little delay as possible; Referred to the Sub-committee of Works. CHARGE AGAINST MR. BRYDEN.—On Tuesday, in compliance with a requisition, a general meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Society was held at the institution, St. Anne-street. Mr. Godfrey stated the nature of the case. He read four letters, to the effect, that the late Mrs. Warren died on the 2d May, 1815. He referred to evidence which had been taken, and which went the length of showing that her will had been drawn up by Mr. Bryden, from an original written by the late Mr. Hughes, of the Town-hall, and that it was attested by the said Mr. Hughes, and also by Mr. Bryden's son. By this will she left the sum of £lOO to a Mrs. Burton, an old nurse, and £2O to a Mrs. Nicolls, a servant of the family. She appointed Mr. Bryden her executor, and Mrs. Bryden her residuary legatee, by which, it was alleged, a sum of £3OO or £4OO had been realised by the Brydens. By disposing of her property in this way, she had passed over her cou sin, Mr. Rothery, and other members of her family, and it was insinuated, but not satisfactorily proved, that at the time she made the will, a day or two before she died, she was either drunk or insane, or, at all events, that she was not competent to make her will. Mr. Brvden, in defend ing himself, said he had made the will according to de ceased's dictation, and that she positively refused to leave her relations anything. He had lent her considerable sums of money, and when accounts were settled he should be very little in pocket. A motion was made that Mr. Bryden be removed from the office of trustee of the Li censed Victuallers' Society. This was met by a direct negative, and, on a division, the original motion was lost by the casting vote of the chairman. The numbers were —for it, 25 ; against it, 25. THE LIVERPOOL SAN ATARY REGULATIONS AND IM PROVEMENT BlLLS.—These bills were submitted to the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons, on Thursday last, The committee consisted of Mr. Home Drummond, (chairman,) Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Forbes Mackenzie. The Sanatary Bill was opposed on the part of the Toxteth-park commissioners, by Mr. Coppock. Mr. Burke appeared for the Corporation of Liverpool, assisted by the Town Clerk. The petition was read to the effect that it was desirable to improve the drainage and sewerage, which could not be done without an act. The petition from Toxteth was also read. Mr. Burke object ed to the reception of this petition, on the ground that it referred to the paving, sewering, and watering bill, and not specially to the sanatary bill ; but the committee de cided to receive it, as it was headed " Liverpool Sanatary Regulations Bill." The whole of the formal proofs of serving the notices being completed, Mr. Coppock pro ceeded with his case ; he contended that due notices had not been given to the commissioners, who held property in Toxteth ; bad sewered three miles of street ; had leased a public office for 14 years; and had borrowed money under the act. The Corporotion, however, sought to take their power from them, and to vest them in the council. He called a witness to prove the facts stated. It appeared, however, that the Commissioners had no personal interest except as trustees, and that they held the property merely as representatives of the public; and as they had received notice as such, the committee unani mously decided that the standing orders had been com plied with. The other allegations, which depended on the main question, were then withdrawn, so that the bill passed its first ordeal. The Improvement Bill was next taken, and there being no opposition, it was declared to have passed the standing orders. MORE ROMISH SQUABBLES.—Mr. Eastwood, of Brin dle Lodge, hoping that the parties against whom a true bill has been found for an assault upon him in Brindle Roman Catholic Chapel, would refrain from a repetition of their outrageous conduct, resoleed not to bring the case before the grand jury. This, it appears, was taken by the men who had been held to bail to answer the charge for assaults at the sessions, as a triumph; since, no sooner were the grand jury discharged on the Saturday, than they, with several of their friends, assembled at the Crown Inn, where refreshments on a liberal scale were ordered for them, and ribbons were purchased to decorate themselves with. With these decorations they proceeded homeward, stopping to regale themselves at several public-houses on the road. At Brindle Chapel the demand of a penny a head, which led to the first assault, has continued to be made on Mr. Eastwood, and each member of his family, every Sunday ; and every one of the family persists in re fusing to pay the demand. The consequence has been, that in the scuffles that have taken place, the plates of mo ney have been emptied on the pavement, and the chapel has presented a scene of brawling, such as the old reform ers describe as scandalising the early church during the collections of " Indulgence money," and " Peter's pence," prior to the purifications which followed the preaching of Martin Luther, Ridley, Latimer, and others. On Sunday last, Mr. Eastwood and his family were escorted to and from the chapel by policemen, in consequence of alleged threats of outrage to which they would be subjected if they again attempted to occupy seats without paying a penny each. The appearance of the police prevented any open act of violence being committed, but the scene that took place on Mr. and Mrs. Eastwood leaving the chapel after the service was over, was of a character which can not be too strongly reprobated. From the chapel door to the entrance of the burial ground, a distance of about 20 yards, a number of ill-conducted persons arranged them selves, so as to form an avenue, through which hi r. East wood's family had to pass; and, no sooner did the family make their appearance, than they were assailed with hisses and other coarse and offensive modes of testifying disre spect and malevolence. This, we understand, has been the case almost every Sunday of late ; and, it is added, that many of those who now attend at Brindle Chapel, go avowedly to " see the'fun," and not to worship.—Preston Chronicle. [The preceding is from a liberal paper, and it affords a melancholy instance of Romisb irreverence for the House of Prayer.] HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—At the weekly meet ing there were present Mr. Holmes, (chairman,) and 14 members.—A clause was ordered to be inserted in the new act of parliament, making it compulsory on parties erecting coal-vaults to adopt an improved and more secure iron cover than that now in use, according to a pattern. —An application from Mr. Hammond to put up four lamps opposite the Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street, was referred to the Commissioners of the district to re port upon.—lt was agreed to serve a notice on Mr. Ford, prior to removing a step at the corner of Renshaw-street, he being compensated.—The Chairman said a deputation from the board had waited on the Dock Committee, but that body had refused the introduction of a clause as to the warehouses paying rates. Mr. Cooper was astonished that no one of the Council bad attended to the interest of the burgesses by getting a clause introduced into the dock bill making the warehouses to be built round the docks li able to parish rates. The Chairman stated that the amount of property which would be destroyed in the making of the docks would be in value £26,447. The parish rates on it would be £2920 3z. 9d.; the paving and sewerage £1212 3s. id. ; lighting and cleansing, &c., £550 19s. 7d., making a total of £1,683 6s. 5d., in the shape of rates now paid to the parish on the property. Besides, they bad paid £3,052 for sewerage, £714 for water pipes, and £2,934 for pavement in that district. The Law-clerk said be had received a note from the Dock Solicitor, stating that the Dock Trust would not intro duce any such clause as that proposed by the Board. Mr. Proctor said the only course would be to oppose the bill, unless the clause were inserted, Mr. Gladstone was not disposed to rate the warehouses, as these and the docks were for the benefit of the community generally. Great numbers of railways were now being made in various parts of the country for the purpose of connecting towns and facilitating intercourse, and Liverpool would, no doubt, be brought into the race of competition with those places ; because, by means of those railways goods might be sent to Manchester and other places. He contended that it was not a question for the warehouse owners merely, but one affecting every trade in the town, for it was to the interest of all that as many ships as possible should be brought to the port. His advice was, rather than make a stand against what, in his opinion, was for the benefit of the town, to make a compromise. Mr. Lawrence said that by taking down the property in ques tion the rates were increased on another class, and he thought the mercantile interest ought to pay in such a case. Mr. Cooper could not see the benefit of taxing all other property, and leaving the warehouses untouched. If Mr. Gladstone's principle were sound they ought to take the taxes off the present warehouses. Mr. Tinne said Mr. Gladstone owned as much property in the town as any one present, and he believed bad spoken disin terestedly- It was a principle of free trade. (Laughter.) It was finally understood that the clause should be ap plied for, rendering the warehouses liable to the rates.—A letter from Mr. W. Rathbone, referring to the slippery state of some of the macadamized streets, was referred to the surveyor to report upon, and the Board adjourned. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—AdmiraI Sir Hyde Par ker has it is said been a martyr to the Gout during the whole cruise, and confined V) his cabin for half the time, and compelled to carry on his observations under intense suffering; but had he known of Blair's Gout and Rheu matic Pills, so serious a calamity to himself and inconve nience to the public service would have found a full and speedy antidote. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA. —Read the following cure :—James Holmes, a cotton spinner, residing at Ancoates, Manchester. had been asthmatical for these last three years ; he was frequently so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarcely speak or breathe, and would cough and spit for half-an hour together, and often expected he would be choked. He was much reduced in strength, and after every other means of cure failed he used these wonderful pills, which have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as free from it as when he was a child. VIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SUPPLY OF WATER.—No one can doubt that a very large additional supply of water is requisite for Liverpool ; but it is not so easy to calculate the precise quantity needed. The amount taken for domestic uses must, of course, vary according to the habits of the consumers. Those who are cleanly in their persons and ;houses will use more than others who are not so ; but in any case, we do not consider that our working classes are sufficiently informed as to the great importance of water as a sanitary agent, to 'mike use of the quantity which we yet hope to see consumed. The present supply, for domestic pur poses, is probably much less than it ought to be in every town in the kingdom, for it is found to vary considerably in different places. Dr. Playfair states, that, " according to the evidence of well-informed witnesses, the cottage consumption of Liverpool, even in the case of a family of more than ordinary cleanliness, rarely amounts to 20 gal lons daily." Taking the average population of our cot tages at 7 persons, as given by Dr. Duncan, this would al low less than 3 gallons a day to each. Mr. Gravatt calcu lates the consumption for domestic purposes, in London, at 4 Gallons a-head per diem. The experience of Not tingham and Preston is, that a labouring man's family re quires between 40 and 45 gallons a day, which would give about 8 gallons for each ; and at Greenock and Paisley, the amount actually taken for domestic use is about 12 gallons a day per head. How truly insignificant at the most, do these supplies appear, when compared with what we lately mentioned of modern Rome, with its 250 gallons a day d spensed to every inhabitant who chooses to use it. or the still greater quantity of 312 gallons,' in the days of the empire ! Only a small portion of this could ever be used for household purposes ; but there is a great princi ple involved in it, which we wish to see fully recognized and adopted in practice, namely, —an abundant and con stant supply for all who choose to take it. Nothing short of this will ever extend the use of water as it ought to be. We must have a water pipe to every cottage, and the water must always be on at pressure; and if there be those who are so poor as not to be able to pay the moder ate rate required, they must be provided for by public fountains.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate. THE LATE DEARLY-PURCHASED VICTORY IN INDIA. The following abstract of an affectionate letter written by an intelligent and gallant soldier, named O'Connell, to his sister in this town, forms an interesting epitome of the three days' fighting between our troops and the Sikhs ; and as it contains, moreover, some few facts that may not have transpired from other quarters, we make no apology fur its insertion. The writer, who dates Feroze pore, Feb. sth, after stating that he had over three months been attacked by fever and ague, for which he had been in hospital, says:— " Dear sister,—l have in fact been in the field of bat tle, and such a one as has not been seen in India for years back, This station is the highest belonging to the Eng lish, and is only divided from the large territory of the Punjaub by the river Sutledge. The inhabitants are called Sikhs (pronounced Seeks), a strong warlike nation, being disciplined and commanded by French officers. Some dispute arising between our government and theirs, they crossed the river some time in November, and took up a strong position about six miles from this place. We, in the camp, were immediately ordered about a mile from barracks, with the other troops of the station, and were served with 60 rounds of ball cartridge per man. On the Isth, 16th, and 18th December, reports coming in that the enemy was marching for our camp, we were turned out, and marched about two miles, when we took up our posi tion ; but, thank God ! nothing occurred, for if they had had heart to come they would have cut every one of us up, as all we could muster was about 8000, and they were 70,000. However, there was ahthis time a large brigade marching here under the command of Sir Hugh Gough, commander-in-chief, and Sir Henry Hardinge, G overnor - General. It consisted of the 9th, 29th, 31st, 50th, and 80th, the Ist Regt. of Bengal Europeans, and the 3d Light Dragoons, besides a large brigade of native horse and foot. The Sikhs attacked them on the 18th, and were beaten. Twenty-one guns were taken from them. We marched out on the 21st, and after moving on about 12 miles, met the other brigade, when we marched in a body on the enemy, who opentol a fire on us with cannon, about four o'clock in the afternoon, at a distance of about half a mile. Our regiment being in advance, suffered se verely. In the first charge we were forced to retire, and in the second charge I was shot in the thigh by a grape shot. It passed through without fracturing the bone, a n d I crawled to the rear, and was obliged to lie on the cold ground all night, my wound undressed, and not a drink of water, until I was found next morning. On the third charge which our brave chaps gave them, they ran in great confusion, leaving behind their camp, and 80 guns, mak ing in the whole captured 101 fine brass ones. They con tinued firing all night, and attacked us again on Monday morning, the 22d, but were again completely routed, since which time we have beard nothing of them. I have since been told they are about forming about 70 miles from this, and preparing for another attack. The European army here is all to be presented with a medal each man, for their good conduct in the field. Most of the native troops ran away. Our regiment lost 93 in killed, and 193 were wounded, besides 7 officers. My leg pains me much. In a few years more I will be home, wearing my medal." CORRIISPONDENCE. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DEAR MR. EDITOR,—What think you of that " mttn dug alter et idem" (that other world, and yet the same), where a "good old old town—previously supposed to be the pink of salubrity and pattern of a seaport by its doat ing inhabitants —was, in an evil hour, as many thought, demonstrated, by the revelation of facts and logic of figures, to be the most unhappy specimen of a dense po pulati.m ; whilst her crest-fallen inhabitants, instead of congratulating themselves upon possessing a healthy home stead, had to walk humbly in that day of proof that their town was not only low in the scale of provincial towns, but absolutely the "lowest of the low"—that the rate of her mortality, the density of closely-packed population, and her street ventilation and drainage, for badness ex ceeding that of the teeming hive of the metropolis itself— a Modern Tyre, in the several points of crowding, filth, disease, and death, far outstripping a modern Babylon ? What think you, Mr. Editor, would these modern Tyri ans do ? Would they slumber upon the humiliating de monstration, and, like the ostrich when hunted, hide their head under their wing, and because no longer seeing the pursuer, fancy such pursuing facts to be reduced to a similar non-plus of extremity ? Would such a course be wise, or would it not rather be the infatuation of the for mer conviction presenting itself a second time under the paralysed attitude of a dilemma ? What if that town suddenly found itself precipitated from the supposed regions of health, into the depraved condition of some serious and dangerous malady? would she act wisely in neglecting to arm herself with all the means and appliances for restoring her lost sanitary state? Were she to make a Turkish fatalism the grave ci her Elope, c , uld such a course be commended ? Or, suppose she may have languidly raised her arm first in the theatrical attitude of appalled dismay at so close a danger, then dropßing it slowly, taken up the pen between her but half-energized fingers, and at the dictate of a re turning semi-consciousness, applying for an act of parlia ment, which might be intended to remedy some at least of those evils staring her in the face daily and nightly ; then let the arm of prowess subside into harmony of inaction with its listless fellow reposing beside the trunk entangled gracefully in the folds of the wrapper of despondency. And suppose further, that " an act is obtained, and that it was innocently designed by its legal framers and House of Commons manufacturers to remove some sources of disease, some abuses of the body social, and to evacuate some dens of their in-humanized inhabitants. Yet, if the benevolent purposes of such act were frustrated in a thou sand ways through its imperfect provisions, so that a coach and six might be driven between its clauses, or if it be so deformed respecting its purposes as to resemble a Pro crustean bed—" a bed shorter than a man can stretch himself on it"—or, if like Gulliver's coat, it be constructed upon the mathematical principles of engineers and survey ors alone, without:practically taking the dimensions of the party to be fitted,—if the measure have not been taken by the tailor himself, nor obtained from the only party who ever did or could take the measure rightly,—how should a fit be obtained? • _ Again, if the working of this " blessed act" be difficult —he next to impossible —an issue in absurdity—whereby, unless matters be closer glappled with, the condition of those upon whom this act is fired off will be rather da maged, if it be possible to compute and express, by adjec tives of comparison, evils incomparably great,—the adage " out of the frying pan into the fire" might be written, as embodying the bitter experience of modern Tyre, touch ing the in-sanatary working of her Act of Parliament, upon the back thereof, and it might be tied up with red tape, and duly enrolled amongst the obsolete memorials of the past. What think you, Mr. Editor, of " bearding the lion in his den," unless you are well prepared for the encounter you provoke? Would you not arm yourself so as to se cure all the chances of final victory over the provoked strong one? Would you pass from the effort of a manly combat, on to the child-like act of toying with his mane, until his blood boil, and his fired eye announces the awful bound of his fury upon you, his rash challenger and un guarded victim ? Or, what think you of that happy marriage of acts of Parliament with local police regulations, in this mundus alter et idem, which passes away precious time in doings thousand unasked-for things—performing officious ser vices in one quarter, bestowing partial cures in another, a sort of french polishing of some streets, and a coating over of others with black japan varnish! That mundus alter et idem to which I have thus, Mr. Editor, intro duced you, in the pardonable language of allegory, for the sake of illustration, is the good old town of Liverpool itself. You may feel, perhaps, indignant at the portrait. and accuse it of being a caricature. We often quarrel with the truthful profile of a friend or acquaintance, just be cause it does not correspond with our ideal of that friend ; and, therefore, we may discard the accurate for the ficti tious tracery of features, because our own judgment is warped by the prepossessing ideal. But I shall be able to convince you in my next letter, that, with a trifling con ventional allowance for figurative expression, the truth holds good in the main, and that your flattering ideal of your own town is as much a fiction as the Apollo Belvidere himself is a fiction of human form—a correctly formed figure of a man, plus the infusion of the ideal of the sculptor—an embodied fable of splendid Greece—but ne ver a fact, scarcely, perhaps, a truth. I purpose to show you, unveiled, the insanitary working of the present act. You may feel rat her melanchol y wh en I have sketched in the features of " Liverpool Proper ;" but weigh all, and let conviction, when wrought, energise your pen and voice, and all other pens and voices, and all other heads, and hearts, and hands, until the wretchedness and degradation be mitigated a hundredfold, and the cen sus of Liverpool can be fairly taken as that of so much human life. Sanitary Acts, and Building Acts, and Water Acts, and Highway Acts, and Anti-Landlord Monopoly Acts, and all other similar acts, ought to be based upon medical evidence as well as engineering data, or they must ever be only so many folio sheets of law descriptions and parodies upon the first line of Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk !" In concluding this first part, though in one sense I write for the public—that is, for their benefit—yet in another sense I don't write for them, merely to give them pleasure. They may be pleased or they may be dis pleased ; such is only an accident either way, incident to the path of duty. For the present I remain, Sir, Yours, faithfully, G. C. 'WATSON. Liverpool, March 12, 1846. EFFECTS OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN LAWS. If the quantity of the food is increased in any country, there is a corresponding increase of the people. " When goods increase, they increase that eat them.". Feel. v. 11. The effect of the abolition of the corn laws will, therefore, increase our population to the extent that foreigners can supply this country. Suppose two millions of English people to have been brought thus into exist ence, and to be fed upon foreign corn ; this would be a most precarious subsistence. When the people of any country become dependant on foreigners for the supply of the staff of life, they are thereby subjected to the loss of their own liberties. The condition of the Poles would be much improved by the exportation of corn, and they might, on that account, begin to eat the wheat which they raise themselves, or war may suddenly stop the supply. Ireland and British North America would be injured by the abolition of the corn laws, as those countries are much favoured by the present laws. All agricultural labourers would be injured, and conse quently the poor's rate will increase. Factory labourers will have their wages lowered to meet the new price of corn. The home consumption of manu factured articles will be lessened, and perhaps to a greater degree than the expected increase of articles exported. The abolition of the corn laws would cause corn to fluc tuate in value more than it does at present, which would be a most serious evil. It would also be followed by the poorer lands being thrown out of cultivation, and turned into sheep walks. C. ARTHUR. MR. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH'S FLIGHT FROM STAFFORD. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is far too virtuous and pure minded for this naughty age of ours, or for association with the unscrupulous gentry who compose the Anti- Corn-law League. A few days ago, in a fit of exuberant love for cheap bread, he see off, per rail, for the truly pa triotic purpose of indoctrinating the cobblers of Stafford with his own beloved principles of free trade, and procur ing his return to parliament as their representative. There was every disposition on their part, we learn, to listen and applaud; but the " men of wax" are a dry generation. With Shakspeare, they felt disposed to exclaim to the can didate, " dost think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale ?" They loved cheap bread and free trade well ; but they loved free taverns and eleemo synary beer better; and atter listening to an hour's lec ture upon enlightened commercial policy and other mat ters, they thought fit, it seems, in imitatioo of Canning's " needy knife-grinder," to suggest that " Maybe his honor would give them each a sixpence, to Drink his honor's health." Whether the reply was precisely that of the patriot in the poem— " I give thee sixpence I will see thee -- first, Wretch whom no sense of wrongs can rouse to vengeance! Beer-bibbing vagabond, reprobate, degraded, spiritless cobbler !" —or a free parody, such as we have furnished, we know not. Certain it is that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth turned his back upon Stafford, and returned to Liverpool dis gusted with the degeneracy of that shoe-making consti tuency. A correspondent of the London Times says that a deputation waited on Mr. Heyworth from 300 freemen, who drew him into town, and who demanded 2s. 6d. for their work. To this Mr. Heyworth is said to have ob jected on principle, which, no doubt, was the case, as the Staffordshire Mercury says that on being informed by his committee that the expenses were £l3O he gave a check immediately for £250. At the nomination, however, on Thursday, an opposi tion was got up. Capt. Carnegie, who has accepted the office of a Lord of the Treasury, was opposed by Dr. Sleigh (a protectionist), and Mr. Watkins (a member of the Anti-Corn-law League.) The show of hands was greatly in favour of the latter, and next for Dr. Sleigh. A poll was demanded by Capt. Carnegie and Dr. Sleigh. Only the two latter went to the poll, and at the close the numbers were, for Carnegie, 733 ; for Sleigh, 25. THE WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB. The annual ploughing match of the Wirral Farmers' Club took place on Thursday, in a field near Hooton Hall, the seat of Sir Wm. M. Stanley, Bart. The day was fine, and a large concourse of farmers, spectators, and gentlemen of the surrounding district, was present. There were thirty-two competitors, and the ploughing was pronounced to be unsurpassed in this part of the kingdom, or even in Scotland. The teams were much admired, and the whole proceedings showed that the so ciety had been the means of rousing the energy and acti vity of both farmers and husbandmen. Draining and manuring are consequently now more in vogue than for merly throughout the hundred, and were strongly urged by the speakers at the dinner. The country, in fact, is undergoing a surprising and gratifying change, and has already become much more productive and attractive. 'Sir W. Stanley invited the judges, the committee, and other gentlemen, to lunch with him at Hooton Hall, after the matches. The dinner took place in a pavilion erected for the purpose, near the Eastham Hotel, and tastefully decorate.d. The dinner and wines were excellent, pro vided by Mr. Nichol!, and about 120 gentlemen sat down ; Sir Wm. M. Stanley in the chair, supported by distin guished guests. After the usual preliminary toasts, and " Success to the Wirral Farmers' Club," the Rev. Mr. Fielden, in terms of high eulogium on his character, as a skilful and ener getic farmer, an excellent landlord, and a gentleman, proposed the health of the Chairman, who feelingly re plied. Since, he said, be had been in possession of his estate, he bad drained upwards of 900 acres, at the rate of 2000 tiles to the acre. (Cheers.) This, he did not disguise, had been a work of considerable expense, but he did not regret one shilling that had been so expended. He hoped all his neighbours would follow his example; for, although it had been the practice of some to speak with disfavour of the hundred of Wirral, he was convinced it only required industry to bring the land into the finest state of cultivation. (Cheers.) When first he came there, be was told it would not grow barley, and it would not grow turnips; indeed he did not know what it would grow—(applause and laughter); but let them look at last year, the weather of which was not generally considered the most favourable, and for himself, be asserted fear lessly that he never saw finer crops in any part of the world. (Great cheering.) The list of prizes was then read, as follows : PLOUGHING. FIRST CLASS - TWENTY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. I.—John Morris, ploughman; W. Webster, jun., Up ton, owner ; Moreton, maker. 2.—Joseph Griffiths, ploughman ; Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., owner; Barrowman, maker. 3.—Robert Disbury, ploughman; R. W. Barton, Esq., Caldy, owner; Wilkie, maker. 4.—Charles Birse, ploughman ; Tinley Barton, Esq., Barnston, owner; Moreton, maker. SECOND CLASS=FOUR COMPETITORS. I.—George Johnson, ploughman ; Mr. J. Broster, Upton, owner; Dloreton, maker. 2.—Charles Bythell, ploughman ; Mr. George Jackson, Noctorum, owner ; West, improved by Moreton, maker. 3.—Joseph Davies, ploughman ; Mr. J. Belman, Brom bro', owner; Moreton, maker. 4.—Wm. Knowles, ploughman; Mr. John Knowles, Ledsham, owner ; Thomas Edwards, maker. A number of toasts, general and agricultural, were then ably introduced and as forcibly responded to,—the prin cipal speakers being (besides the Chairman), H. Craken thorpe, Esq., of Eastham ; J. R. Shaw, Esq. ; Charles Stanley, Esq., uncle of Sir W. Stanley ; W. Neilson, Esq. ; John Stanley, Esq. ; Robert Neilson, Esq.; Wm. Jackson, Esq.; and Mr. Hicklin. Mr. Jackson, after alluding to the rising prosperity of Birkenhead, and its inseparable connection with the agricultural welfare of the surrounding district, announced that he would give a prize of £lO for five successive years, under the regula tions of the society, to the best thatcher and stacker. — (Great applause.) After the Chairman and principal guests had retired, Mr. Cooper was called to the chair, and the harmony of the evening was admirably sustained until a late hour. THE " NEW" THEATRE IN CHRISTIAN-STREET. The theatre in Christian-street, recently known as " The Queen's," and in former years (when it was a win ter adjunct to the then only " Theatre-Royal," and un der the same proprietary) as" the Circus," has for a con siderable time past been, through the enterprise of new parties, undergoing a renovation and change in every de partment (even in name), which promises to render it an entirely new and respectable place of recreation, and, at the same time, through its exterior adjuncts, to be an adornment and an example to the locality. The inn, forming the distinguishing frontage, has been, we may say, remodelled and beautified, presenting, in place of the former plain brick building, a highly orna mental facade, of greater elevation, in the decorative " composite" or Italian style, with handsome cornicing, and an entablature and coping to be surmounted by three classical figures in statuary. The entrance has been en larged, and its cornicing, as well as that of the windows, is architecturally enriched by florid trusses. The building presents two small wings ; the corners are embellished with rusticated quoins ; the lower windows glazed with huge sheets or plate glass; on the attic appears in Grecian raised letters the inscription " Royal Adelphi Theatre;" and the whole has a novel and pleasing effect. It should be stated that the former internal communication with the theatre (which was in many points objectionable) is cut off; so that it stands in its integrity as an inn, so newly planned and improved within (with a coffee-room below, and a spacious saloon above), that various grades of customers can be adequately and separately accommo dated. The theatre itself, which was originally one of the best.. planned in this country, had become, from neglect and disuetude, much out of repair; and it has outwardly and ' inwardly been entirely redeemed and highly improved at a great outlay. The box and pit entrances arc still from Christian-street, but " the gods" must make their " en trances and exits" by a separate wide passage in Mans field-street, which will prevent confusion of classes. The lobbies are most spacious; a new and approved system of ventillation has been introduced, and no pains have been spared to ensure the comfort and convenience of all. The Pit, boxes, and gallery have been fitted up with much taste and judgment. The style of ornament adopted is of the Elizabethan order, rich in ornament, and light and cheerful in colouring. The procenium has been raised by eight feet, and every one seated in the house will have a full view of the whole scenery and performances. The stage department has a decided advantage over tbat of the other theatres in the town, in receding much further back, so that processional and distant scenes may be brought out to great advantage. The pit has been renewed on an incline, which admits of every one obtaining a distinct and easy view and hearing, independent of huge bonnets, should they unhappily again come into vogue. The lights, amongst which is a splendid central chandelier, are dis posed in a novel and brilliant manner. The stage, the machinery, and all the scenery are new and beautiful ; and the drop scene, yet unfinished, will be in itself a chef d' ceuvre. Mr. W. J. Hammond is the lessee, and he purposes to engage the first-rate talent of the land in the legitimate, as well as the lighter walks of the drama. Amongst the first performers announced are the Miss Cushmans, Ma dame Celeste, and Mr. Webster. There will be an excel lent orchestra, conducted by the zealous Mr. Cummins, second leader of the Metropolitan Italian Opera. Many distinguished families and individuals, becoming aware of the spirited operations in course of completion, have al ready declared their intended patronage, apd the " Royal Adelphi," will assuredly put all the other " Royals" upon their mettle. OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. The papers laid on the table of the House of Commons on Monday night, and ordered to be printed, exhibit some very interesting results. The first of these is an account of the number of ves sels, the amount of tonnage, and the number of their crews, on the 31st of December in each year, from 1820 to 1841. In 1820 the number of vessels was 25,374, the tonnage 2,648,593, the number of men employed 174,514. In 1841 there were 30,052 vessels, of 3,512,480 tons, manned by 210,198 men. In 1844 there were 31,320 vessels, of 3 637,231 tons, and 216,350 seamen. The number of British vessels entered inwards in 1832 was 10,762, whose united burden was 1,936.846 tons ; the foreign vessels were 3,865, of 561,047 tons. In 1845 the number of British vessels was 15,964, and their tonnage 3,662,855 • the number of foreign vessels 7,895, and their tonnage 1,353,735. The declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries and our colonial possessions was in -1827.... ... £36,860,376 1 1843 £52,279,709 1841........ 51,634,623 11844.. 1842 47,381,023 I The net revenue of the Customs, and the amount of duty received from corn, from 1839 to 1845, were as follows: Revenue. Corn Duties. 1839...... 1840. • 1811.... 184 1 . . 1813 1844 1815 20,196,859.... 367,008 The quantity of silk of all kinds entered for home con sumption in 1814 was 2,119,974 lb., in 1824 it bad risen to 4,011,048 lb.. but in 1834 it had only reached 4,522,351 lb., while in 1814 it amounted to 6,208,021 lb. The declared value of British silk goods exported from the United Kingdom in each year between 1826 and 1815 exhibits since the year 1835 a comparative decrease. The value of the silk exported in 1826 was £168,801, but in 1835 this amount bad increased to £973,786 ; and al though from that time the value declared continues to in crease, it bad in 1845 only reached £764,424. The quantities of foreign silk manufactures retained for home consumption since the removal of the prohibition upon them in 1826, exhibit a gradual rise from 115,278 lb. in 1827, to 310,153 lbs. in 1845. The table respecting wool and woollen manufactures, proves that an increased importation has had the effect of increasing instead of lowering the price of domestic pro duce. In 1821 the number of pounds of foreign and co lonial wool imported was 22,564,485 ; and the price of Southdown wool ls. 2d. a pound. In the following year the duty upon colonial was removed, the import increased to 43,816,966 lb., and the price of Southdown wool simul taneously rose to is. 4d. a pound. During the next 20 years the price fluctuated from 6d. to Is. Bd. a pound, and in 1843 it was IPd., with an import of 47,78.),061 pounds. In 1844 the duty upon foreign wool was entirely removed, the quantity entered for consumption increased to 65,079,524 lb., and the price of English wool rose at once to ls. 2d. In 1845 the amount imported had fur ther increased to 76,828,152 lb., and the price of domes tic wool had risen to is. 4d. Between 1831 and 1845 the declared value of British exports of woollen manufactures had risen from £5,389,124 to £8,741,728. In 1842 the total amount of revenue, exclusive of the corn duties, was £32,178,814; in 1845 it was £33,415.431, although during that period the amount of Customs and Excise duties remitted was £5,197,074. The amount of reductions in the public expenditure effected by the repeal of the duties on auctions and glass, in 1845, is not less than £52,636. _ _ A number of extracts from the letters of glass manufac turers in every part of the kingdom, stating the immense increase of consumption consequent upon the removal of the glass duty, is appended. SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE. ALTCAR.—An open meeting will take place-over these grounds on Thursday and Friday next. It is said that on one of the days a match for £lOO will be run between " Harlequin," the winner of the Waterloo Cup at Altcar the week before last, and " Oliver Twist," which in that race was " ran up." AQUATIC.—A match has just been made between Cambridge and Oxford Universities to row a match from Putney to Mortlake, on the 3d of April. SPORTING MArcti.—Last week, Thomas Harrison, Esq., of Harrogate, backed his hunter Bachelor, for a bet of £5O aside, to leap 15 feet of water. Turnham Brook was selected, and the hone cleared 16 feet with perfect ease, winning the wager gallantly on his first essay. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Tuesday, some interesting foot races came off at the Beehive-ground, Walwortb. The first race, for a silver cup, was contended for by Martin, Patterson, Fibbins, and Jenkinson (the London Stag), 300 yards, with 15 hurdles at equal distances, and was won by Martin in two heats. RAILWAY INTLLLIGENCE. Tht Ely and Peterborough line will be opened in June. There are 3,400 men employed on the line. The railway receipts for the last two months of the pre sent half year amount to £789,155, being an increase over the corresponding period of 1845 of £114,294. It was decided at Croydon assizes last week, that a director on a railway is responsible although he never acted. RAILWAY MISDEMEANOUR.-At Maidstone, James Bowney, 24, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, for throwing a stone at a train on the Rochester Railway. The London and Yoik railway bill was read a third time in the House of Commons on Friday; so were the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, and the Direct Lon don and Portsmouth Railway Bill. The Chamber of Deputies of Bavaria adopted, on the Bth instant, by a large majority, a bill for the construction of a railway, at the expense of the state, from Bamberg to the frontier of the kingdom. The Admiralty have decided against the plan by which the promoters of the Mold Junction Railway propose to cross the River Dee, at or near Queen's Ferry. This re solution, we presume, will be fatal to the bill. At the Chelmsford assizes, last week, a clerk named Jones recovered from Mr. Watts, a provisional director of the Irish West Coast Railway, remuneration at the rate of 7s. per day for his services to the " company." On Friday evening the London and York Railway Bill was read a first time in the House of Lords. It only passed the Commons the same evening, so that parties can move at " railway" speed at other places than the " rail." At a meeting of the inhabitants of Wolverhampton, on Tuesday, an amendment against the proposed conversion into a railway of the Birmingham and Liverpool Canal, which runs from Antherly to Nantwich, was carried by a large majority. A verdict was given, last week, in favour of the pro prietor of the Surrey and Kent Mercury, at the Maid stone assizes, to recover the amount of the bill for adver tisements connected with one of the projected Kentish railways, to which the defendant acted as solicitor. The total number of labourers and others employed in constructing the various railways in Perthshire are 2057, of these 1768 are Scotch, 114 English, and 175 Irish; 1582 are employed on the Scottish Central, 393 on the Dundee and Perth, and 82 on the Scottish Midland, which has only recently commenced operations. As an instance of the facilities for locomotion afforded by " rail," we may mention that Mr. P. Miles, M.P. for Bristol, took part in the debate on Monday evening, in the House of Commons, and was also present the same evening at the Batchelors' Ball at the Bath Assembly rooms, more than 100 miles distant. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—This company have again a locus standi in parliament, the committee on standing orders having reported to the house " That in the case of the West Riding Union petition, for leave to present a petition for a bill, the standing order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pre sent a petition accordingly." The Liverpool and Leeds dii ect railway bill has been withdrawn, and they have abandoned all opposition to the West Riding Union line. The proprietors of the former are to be paid £5OOO towards their expenses, and have allotted to them 12,000 shares in the West Riding Union. These 12,000 shares are to be delivered at 335. each—being an allowance of Os. per share, or £5,400 to wards the expenses of the Liverpool and Leeds district. RAILWAY TELEGJI.AP II BETWEEN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.—At a meeting of the Trent Valley Railway Company, at Manchester on Monday last, Mr. Edward Tootal announced the intention of the directors of the amalgamated companies to have a telegraph laid down immediately from London to Liverpool, and from Lon don to Manchester, by which communications may be transmitted from London to Liverpool in three minutes or less, and an answer received in three minutes more ! FURTHER LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE-MEN.—MORE " DIRECT" LI N ES.—At the Maidstone Assizes, on Wed- , nesday, Mr. M'Dowall, a printer, of Fleet-street, reco vered £167 from a gentleman named Dunnington, being the amount of his bill for printing supplied to the " Lon don, Nottingham, and Sheffield Direct Railway." On the same day, and at the same place, Mr. Finlayson, a sur veyor, recovered from Mr. Pilbrow (known for his atmo spheric apparatus) £32, the balance of an account for sur veying the " Gravesend and London Direct Atmospheric Railway." In the latter case, the brother of the speaking of a visit to the offices of the company, said " he took away one or two of the prospectuses, in order that he might see whether they cont , dned the names of any responsible persons from whom he might recover the money due to him one of these odd days." One of the witnesses for the defence was Mr. Beaumont, the " Engi neer-in-chief of the company." He stated that " about the beginning of October they were desirous of preparing to go before parliament. He went to the Hall of Com merce, and saw th e p l a i n tiff wa lki ng a b out w i t h a l eve l on his shoulder. (A laugh.) Mr. Chambers-1 suppose that was to indicate that he wanted a job? (Renewed laughter.) Witness supposed it was." POLITICAL NOTABI LIA. Ralph Neville, Esq., has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury, and was re-elected for Windsor on Saturday without opposition. At a large meeting of the protectionist peers last week it was resolved to offer the most strenuous opposition to the government measure in the Lords. Lord Ashley last week attended meetings at Bradford, Huddersfield, and other places, to forward the short time bill. Sir Howard Douglas was prevented, by unavoidable business, from voting against Mr. Duncombe's motion for the release of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Lord Fitzwilliam is returning from Rome to vote against the government measure in the House of Lords, his lordship being in favour of a fixed duty for the pur poses of revenue. BIRMINGIIAM.—It is said that a requisition is now in progress in Birmingham, addres,ed to Sir Robert Peel, soliciting him to become a candidate for the representa tion of that borough at the next election. On Friday, in the House of Commons, Lord J. Russell gave notice that on Thursday, the 26th of March, he would move that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house on the state of Ireland. WIGAN ELECTION.— We believe little doubt now exists that Mr. Gladstone will be'brought forward, it being un derstood that there will he no opposition on the part of the Balcarras family to his return. in all probability the right hon. gentleman will be elected without a contest. A report has existed for some days that Government were prepared to reduce immediately 10s. a load on foreign timber, instead of a gradual reduction in 1847 and 1848. In reply to a memorial frmn Hull, the petitioners have been informed that ministers adhere to the proposal already submitted to parliament. FOR AND AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. —From the sixth report of the Committee on Petitions, it appears that up to the 17th of last month there were 582 petitions presented to the House of Commons for, and 1766 against the repeal of the Corn Laws ! There were also presented up to that time, 70 petitions in favour of Sir Robert Peel's proposed measure, and 632 against it. STRANGE TITLE TO OREGON.—The most singular and exciting portion of the debate in the House of Represent atives, on the 9th ult., on the Oregon question, was the speech of John Quincy Adams. After some preliminary remarks, he requested the Clerk of the House to read the 26th, 27th, and 28th verses of the first chapter of Genesis, and then went on to say, " That, in my judgment, is the foundation of our title to Oregon, and of all the title we have to any of the territory we possess. It is the foun dation of the title by which you, sir, occupy that chair, and by which we are now called on to occupy Oregon, and cannot do it without the termination of the convention in which we have agreed that we will not occupy it." Mr. Adams then requested the Clerk to read the 6th, 7th, and Bth verses of the second Psalm, from which he said his case found additional strength. The Times says on this subject, " There are moonstruck madmen both in and out of Bedlam, whose lunacy takes a colour from Holy Writ, and is the more awful and distressing from the distortion and debasement of the sublimest truths which are em bodied in human laittkusge ; but when we learn that the ravings of one of these fanatics were listened to with in terest and excitement by one branch of the most import ant legislative assembly of the New World,—when we are told that the text of Scripture, which was to be polluted by this insane commentary, was read by the clerk at the table of the House of Representatives at Washington,— and when we remember that all this blasphemous extra vagance is uttered as the apology cr the pretext of an at rocious war, and that the promises of God are invoked to justify the rapacity and the lawlessness of man, we look in vain for any parallel for such an exhibi4ion except in the midst of anarchy and revolution." TO THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., &C. &C. &C. Sra,—No minister that has hitherto wielded the desti nies of this mighty empire ever commanded appliances more ample and means more potent for carrying on the government of the country than you did on your advent to power in 1841. With overwhelming disgust prevailing from one end of the kingdom to the other, at the unexampled imbecility and criminality of a previous ten years' destructive Whig government; with a total bankruptcy of the exchequer, and an all but total bankruptcy of the country ; with the experienced difficulty of shaking off the bloodsucking leeches that clung to place with a tenacity that defied all shame, that repudiated all responsibility to public opinion, and resisted every attempt to dislodge them from the clutch of office; with public favour running high in your behalf, and an administration formed by yourself, and conse quently on your own model, there was nothing to prevent your carrying any measure calculated for the public weal. Without supposing you to be a profound, still we were disposed to consider you, probably the best, but certainly the most honest statesman of the age. With all these ad vantages it is little to be wondered at that so large a por tion of public confidence was yielded as to enable you, without particular offence, to impose a property and income tax, so generally obnoxious as well to that portion of the community to which you looked for support, as to your political foes, and also to carry other measures, including your tariff, without jeopardising your own position, or weakening the confidence of your friends. This was a proud eminence to attain—one that any individual, however exalted, might envy, and one well calculated to carry down its fortunate acquisitor with honor to posterity, and clothe his name and character with imperishable fame in the annals of statesmen, and in the list of benefactors to his country. Upon this high pedestal stood Sir Robert Peel during the first and second sessions after his re sumption of office. From this apex could you look down on your political opponents with unshaken firmness and unblanched cheek. But, alas ! how short a period was requisite to shake that pedestal to its base, to humble that pride to its fall, to destroy that confidence, and to alienate that affection which would have supported you against all opposition, carried you through all difficulties, and vindi cated you against all defamation. Your first act of delinquency was to desert your prin ciples by proposing and carrying an increase to the May nooth grant, notwithstanding the tables of the house groaned with the number and weight of the petitions pre sented against even the original grant. This was the more obnoxious, inasmuch as it was gratuitous on your part, not only not being expected. but not even called for, by the Romanists themselves. This was a stab to confi dence unworthy of you to give, unworthy of your party to receive. Nothing could justify your wounding the feelings of your supporters—the protestant, and conse quently the more enlightened and respectable portion of the community—by an act so revolt ng to their minds as this most iniquitous proceeding. If there were one hope, one wish more deeply indulged than another, it was, that you would stop that headlong career of destruction to the Protestant Church which had formed the characteristic of your predecessors, and brought upon them that distrust and odium which ultimately overthrew them. This was a proceeding that staggered your most confiding friends— that robbed you of that countenance and support which would have enabled you to carry a specific bill to put down Ireland's agitator and agitation, and give the full benefit of that prosperity which had set in for her in the increased improvement of the times generally, and in the erection of her railways particularly—to have crushed, by another specific measure, the Anti-corn Law, and conse quently the anti-English, League. These prime and ne cessary measures might have been propounded and carried by you with the greatest ease: the times demanded and the country looked for them. These advantages and opportunities were thrown away • nay, the very opposite course of procedure was adopted. Steps antagonist to Protestantism, and derelict of principle, were taken with an avidity that emphatically proclaimed the desertion of our leaders and the disruption of our party. Roman Ca tholic colleges were endowed for the •propagation of error —more priests created to distribute the poison of diiaffec tion, which is now deluging Ireland with blood by the midnight assassin and the face-of-day murderer, render ing that country a byeword and a proverb, clearly prov ing it to stand unequalled in ignorance and cold blooded atrocities by any country of savages in the known world. What crime and responsibility does this state of things fasten upon these priests and that religion which can only be maintained by keeping the people in a state of the most barbarous ignorance ? What a still heavier respon sibility must attach to the minister who, knowing these things, encourages them, not negatively only, but by act of parliament, thereby destroying the integrity of the em pire, by making the non-consenting Protestant portion of it parties to the crime. I will not charge you with hypocrisy in religion,, but I must confess my utter inability to reconcile your sincerity in the belief of those articles of the church of which von are a member, with that conduct in the state of which you are the minister—conduct that depresses the one church which you declare to be true—and that elevates the other which you declare to be false. With all true Protestants, this gratuitous and uncalled for countenance and support of an heretical and idolatrous church and its demagogues and incendiaries will be looked upon as the crowning iniquity of your administration. By politi cians, however, the palm of guilt may possibly be yielded to the last act of the farce: your attempt to withdraw protection from the most important and overwhelming interest in the kingdom—the agriculturd. Taken toge ther, they are monuments of man's contradiction and weakness, and will denude you of that fair fame with which you might, but for these two acts, have passed to posterity. To prove your own dishonour and impolicy of the measure, we need only look how whiggerv, radicalism, and dissent, watch like vultures over a dead carcase, for the consummation of this diabolical ovation of the anti corn-law league, by which they hope to realize their fell intention to destroy the church in its temporalities. Well might O'Connell say, that if he " did not succeed in car rying repeal now, it would be his own fault," and well did his compatriot Bowring add, " that in four yours they would rid the House of Lords of the presence of the Bishops." These are declarations and signs of the times too significant to be mistaken. In another letter, I shall enter further into the subject of your political conduct in still more recent days. I have the honour to subscribe self FAITHFUL. \l.s.-11 i Wa g gay ,ating ~ pro arcb, I, d t wo . u tiful erous w i n ed w hom to his Lad°, prOUL)