The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-20 00:00:00

Varliatritntarp gotirto. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is 11 intended to be made to Parliament in the nest Session for leave to bring in a Bill or Bills for power for the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to purchase, and for the Council of the Borough of Liverpool to sell and convey to the Trustees, the Graving Docks Number 1,2, and 3, belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough, with the Quays and Appendages to the same, (all which Docks, Quays, and Appendages, together with all other the Docks, Basins, Piers, Quays, Wharfs, Strand. Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Streets, Ways, and Passages hereinafter mentioned, are within the Town and Parish of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.) And for power to fill up the Graving Dock Number 1, when purchased, and also the South-West Corner of the Canning Dock, and the South- West Corner of the Gut or Entrance Basin of the same Dock, on the West Side thereof, as described in he Plans hereinafter mentioned ; and to use the Sites they f respec tively in constructing the Piers, Wharfs, and nays of the intended Wet Dock hereinafter mentioned, d for any of the purposes connected therewith. And for over to make a Wet Dock, together with Basins, Piers bads, Quays, Locks, Bridges, River Wall, and other ti ks on the West wardly Side of the Salthouse Dock ; an to widen, deepen, extend, enlarge, and otherwise alter the Salthouse Dock, and the Entrances thereto, and to make additional Entrances, and to widen and otherwise alter the Quays thereof ; and to widen or otherwise alter the said Gut or Entrance Basin of the Canning Dock. And for power for the Trustees to ex tend, enlarge, and otherwise alter and improve the Graving Docks Number 2 and 3, when purchased, and also the present Graving Docks of the Trustees, or any of them respectively, and the Quays, Entrances, and Works be longing to the same. And for power to erect Inclined Planes or Patent Slips to the Northward -of the Cla rence Dock on Land of the said Trustees, in the said Parish of Liverpool. And for power for the Trustees to erect Warehouses on the West Quay of the Prince's Dock and Land adjacent thereto, within the Dock Walls. And to erect Warehouses on the Wharfs and Quays of the said intended Wet Dock to the Westwardly Side of the Salt house Dock, and Land adjacent thereto ; and to manage all such Warehouses, and to use the same for the Deposit and Custody of Goods and Merchandise ; and to grant transfer able Warrants or Certificates on the Deposit therein of Goods and Merchandise (the Occupancy of the said Warehouses by the Trustees being subject to Parochial Rates). And to de mand and receive Rates and other Charges for and in respect of Goods and Merchandise warehoused or deposited therein. And for power, so far as relates to the Prince's Dock and the said intended Wet Dock, to take charge of, and to load and unload, all Goods from and into Vessels lying in the said Docks ; and, for facilitating the Business of the said Docks, to unload and take charge of Goods from Vessels in the said Docks, or any other Docks of the said Trustees. And to wareho . use or itwe the said Goods, with power to pass all ne cessary Entries thereof with the Officers of Customs, and to demand and receive Rates and Charges in relation to the Matters aforesaid. And to make Byelaws for regulating the ruse of the Warehouses, and for the government of all Pe- sons employed in and about the same, and the carrying on o the Business of and connected with such Warehouses. And for power to make, and to authorise the making of, Tram roads on any of the Quays or Wharfs of the present or in tended Docks or Basins of the Trustees, and across or along the Streets or Highways upon such Quays or Wharfs. And,' for the purposes aforesaid and of tha improvement of the Docks of the said Trustees and the navigation of the River, power to Purchase, and for the Council of the Borough of Liverpool to sell and convey to the Trustees, Strand of the River Mersey, and Lands, Tenements, and Here ditaments belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur gesses, and to erect a River Wall along the west side of such Strand. And for power to purchase, and for any Per sons or Bodies Politic or Corporate interested therein to sell and convey to the Trustees their several and respective Estates and Interests in the said Lands, Tenements, or liereditaments, or in any other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments which may be required for any of the purposes herein mentioned. And for power for the Trustees to stop up, use, inclose, and alter for the said intended Wet Dock, or any of the Works connected therewith, the Streets or Ways called Cornhill, Trentham-street, Corn-alley, and number 1 Graving Dock Quay, and all other Streets, Ways, and Pas sages to the westward of the Salthouse Dock (except Gower street.) And also powers for such confirmation of title, and such settlement of Divisions and Boundaries relating to the respective Estates of the Trustees, and of the Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses, as may be proper and advisable. And to confirm an arrangement relating to an Observatory to be erected by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses on land of the said Trustees, to be vested in the said Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses, for such object, subject to resumption on payment of the compensation if such Land should here after be required for Dock purposes. And also to empower the Trustees to raise a further sum or further sums of Money for the purposes herein mentioned. And for power for the Trustees to levy and receive Rates and Dues for the using of the said Graving Docks, Inclined Planes or Patent Slips, and Graving Blocks. And for power to fix and levy a Rate on Steam-vessels, Craft, or Boats plying on the River Mersey for the time any such Vessels, Craft, or Boats may lie in any of the present or intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees (except for protection from storms.) And also an extra Rate or Duty on any Vessel lying in any of the present or intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees for any time exceeding three calendar months. And for provision for preventing the ship ment in any Vessel in the present or intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees of Aqua Fortis, Oil of Vitriol, or other Goods of dangerous quality without the contents being duly marked and specified on the package containing the same. And for power for the Trustees to make Byelaws for the good government of the present and intended Docks, Basins, Piers , Wharfs, Quays, and Works of the Trustees, and for the regulation of Steam vessels and other Vessels resorting thereto. And for autho rising and regulating the permanent payment of a fair and rateable proportion of the expense from time to time attend ing the maintenance of the Dock Police, and the Police of the Borough of Liverpool, as now united and maintained, and forcontirming and permanently establishingthe union thereof, as the general Constabulary Force of the Borough, Docks, and Harbour, under the appointment, regulation, and go vernment of the Watch Committee of the Borough. And also provision for making the expense of maintaining Pri soners summarily convicted and committed to the Gaol of the Borough, for offences contrary to the provisions of any pre sent or future Act relating to the Liverpool Docks, a charge • upon the Borough Fund in like manner, as the maintenance of other Prisoners now is. And for such further powers as may be necessary for placing the said intended Wet Dock, Graving Docks, Piers, Wharfs, Quays, River Wall, Ware houses, and other Works herein mentioned, within and sub ject to the regulations, management, and government, and jurisdiction, and correction of offences, now belonging or ap plicable to the present Docks and Works of the said Trus tees, as if the same were part thereof, and were comprised in the several Acts hereinafter mentioned. And for power for the said Trustees to apply any sum not exceeding One Thou sand Pounds in one year, for the charitable purposes men tioned in the Act of the 51st year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, hereinafter mentioned. And for the better effecting all or any of the purposes aforesaid, to amend, extend, enlarge, alter, and explain the powers and provisions contained in an Act passed in the Eighth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, intituled " An Act for " making a convenient Dock or Basin at Liverpool, for the " security of all Ships trading to and from the said Port of " Liverpool." And an Act passed in the Third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the First, intituled " An " Act for enlarging the time granted, by an Act passed in the " Eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, " intituled an Act for making a convenient Dock or Basin at " Liverpool, for security of all Ships trading to and from the " said Port of Liverpool." And an Act passed in the Eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Second, intituled " An Act for enlarging the time " granted by an Act passed in the third year of the " reign of his late Majesty King George, intituled, An " Act for enlarging the time granted by an Act passed " in the eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen " Anne, intituled, An Act for making a convenient Dock or " Basin at Liverpool, for the security of all Ships trading to " and from the said Port of Liverpool, and for enlarging the " same, by making an additional Dock, and building a Pier " in the open Harbour there, and for enlightening the said " Dock ;" And an Act passed in the second year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act " to enlarge the term and powers granted by An Act passed " in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, for " continuing several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liver " pool, and for enlarging the said Harbour, by making " an additional Dock, and building a Pier in the open Har " bour there, and for enlightening the said Dock, and for " making another Dock, with proper Piers, in the said Har " boar, and for erecting Lighthouses and other proper Lights " in or near the Port of Liverpool ." And an Act passed in the twenty-fifth yea r o f th e reign of Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and powers " of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and " for making two additional Docks and Piers in or near the " Port of Liverpool;" And an Act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, in tituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge " the powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li " verpool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and " Piers in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering " more safe and commodious the said Port and D oc k s ;" And an Act passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for the " improvement of the Port and Town of Liverpool, and " amending the several Acts relating to the Docks, Quays. " and other Works belonging to the said Port ;" And an Act passed in the fifty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to authorise the ad " vancement of a certain sum of money, for carrying into " effect the several Acts for the improvement of the Port " and Town of Liverpool, and to amend the said Acts ;" And an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for " improving the Lighthouse on the Isle of Anglesea, belonging " to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and for further " amending the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of Li " verpool ;" And an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for " the further improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of " Liverpool, and for altering, extending, and amending the " several Acts relating thereto," A n d an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his Majesty Ki ng G eorge the Fourth, intituled " An Act to enable the Trustees of the " Liverpool Docks to raise a further sum of money," And an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act to explain and amend " two Acts of the fifty-first year of his late Majesty, and the " sixth year of his present Majesty, for the improvement of " the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and to autho " rise the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to pay for certain • Lands and Hereditaments purchased under the said Acts ;" And an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for ex " tending and amending the several Acts relating to the " Docks and harbour of Liverpool ;" And to continue the Rates and Duties authorised to be levied by the said Acts, subject only to such exemptions (if any) as Parliament may think proper. AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the plans and sections of the said intended Works, with books of reference thereto, will be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the County of Lancaster, at Preston, in the said County, and at the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the Borough •f Liverpool, at Liverpool, on or before the Thirtieth Day of November instant, and copies of the same plans, sections, and hooks of reference, will be also deposited for the inspection of the public, with the Clerks of the said parish of Liverpool, at Liverpool aforesaid, and with the Clerk of the Parish of Walton-on-the -Hill, at Walton-on-the-Hill aforesaid, and with the Clerk of St. James's Church, in the township of Toxteth-park, in the county of Lancaster, at Toxteth-park aforesaid, at their respective places of abode, in the said parishes and township, on or before the Thirty first Day of December next ensuing. GEORGE WORTHINGTON, Solicitor to the Trustees of the Liverpool DoCks. Liverpool, 7th November, 1840. THE HARRINGTON DOCK COMP y. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that / the ensuing plication is - 1 - 1 intended to be made to Parliament, 1 Session, for an Act to alter, amend, exte , and enlarge, or to repeal some of the powers and provisi sof an Act passed in the third and fourth years of th eign of her p resent Majesty queen Victoria, intituled ' n Act to enable the Harrington Dock Company to sue and be sued in the name of any Member or Officer of the said Company, and to ex empt all Vessels using the Docks belonging to the said Corn pany, and all Goods shipped or discharged therein, or on the Estate of the said Company, from the payment of certain Rates, Tolls, or Duties to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks ;" and to repeal the clause in the said recited Act restraining the said Company, or any other person or persons, 7 . - from erecting Warehouses within the limits therein men tioned ; and it is also proposed, by the said intended Act, to make provisions for regulating the use of the Docks and other Property belonging to the said Company, and for car rying on the business of the same ; and for more easy re covery of the Rates, Toils, and Duties which shall be demanded by the said Company, either under the authority of the said intended Act or otherwise, on all Vessels and their Cargoes using their said Docks and other Pronerty ; and to enable the said Company to raise more money for the purposes of their undertaking. And it is also propcsel, by the said intended Act, to incorporate the said Company with power to hiild Lands and levy Tolls on all Vessels using the said Docks, or their cargoes, and with such other powers as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the said recited Act, and the general purposes of the said Company.—Dated the ninth day of November, 1840. JOHN NORTH, Clerk of the said Company. I%TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is in -11 tended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for leave to bring in a Bill, or Bills, to alter and amend a Local Act, passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for , " the building a Chinch in the Town of Liverpool, in tie" " County Palatine of Lancaster, and for enlightening! .nd " cleansing the Streets of the said Town, and for kee i ' i g and " maintaining a Nightly Watch there ;" And als • another Local Act, passed in the second year of the reig sf his Ma jesty King George the Third, intituled, "An ct for build " ing two new Churches, and providing Bu ' Places, with " in the Town of Liverpool, in the Count' 'alatine of Lan " caster, and for the better preserving t g - 'avements of the " Streets in the said Town, and for ascertaining the Fares " and Prices to be paid Carters, Carmen, Hackney Coach " men, and Chairmen, and for regulating their behaviour " within the said Town;" And also another Local Act, passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for enlarging and varying " some of the powers contained in certain Acts of Parliament, " relating to the Watching, Lighting, and Cleansing the Streets " and other places within the Town of Liverpool, and for re " moving and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein." And also another local Act passed in the Thirty ninth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in tituled, " An Act to enlarge the term, and alter and enlarge " the powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li " verpool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and " Piers, in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering " more safe and commodious the said Port and Docks. ' And also another local Act passed in the Fifty-ninth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in tituled, " An Act for abolishing the payment of certain " Tolls called Ingates and Outgates, collected at the several " entrances into the Town of Liverpool, in the County of " Lancaster, and of certain Tolls and Stallage now pay- " able in the Markets and Fairs there, and for granting " other Tolls, and Stallage in lieu thereof, and for the " better regulation of the said Markets and Fairs." And also another local Act passed in the first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An "Act for reviving, extending, and varying the powers of an "Act passed in the twenty-sixth year of his late Majesty " King George the Third, for making and widening certain " Streets, Passages, and Places in the Town of Liverpool, in " the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for several other pur " poses in the said Act mentioned, and also for further improv " ing the said Town." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the better regulation of " Buildings in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine " of Lancaster, and for authorizing the making of Bye-laws, " Rules, and Regulations for Vessels frequenting the Docks, " Basins, and Quays belonging to the Corporation there." And also another local Act passed in the said sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the further Improvement of the Port, " Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for altering, extend " ing, and amending the several Acts relating thereto." And also another local Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for widening and improving certain Streets in the " Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, " for the further prevention of Nuisances and Annoyances in " the said Town, for the regulation of Weighing Machines, " Weights, and Measures, and the establishment of a Fire " Police therein." And also another local Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for amending the " proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the " Borough of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lances " ter." And also another local Act passed in the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for altering, " amending, and extending the powers andproyisions of an Act " of the sixth year ofhis late Majesty King George the Fourth, " for the regulation of Buildings in thetown of Liverpool, and " for other purposes therein mentioned, and for granting " further and additional powers for the improvement and " regulation of the said town and the preservation of pro " perty therein from fires and otherwise." And also another local Act passed in the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and improving the " maintenance of the Fire Police, in. the borough of Liver " pool." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to amend and ren der more effectual an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act for amend ing the proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan caster. •And to repeal an Act passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled " An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of " small debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties " thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster; and to give " further power for the recovery of small debts within the bo " rough of Liverpool." And also another local Act passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Vic toria, intituled " An Act for altering, amending, improving, " and extending the provisions of certain Acts of Parliament " relating to the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine "of Lancaster." And also another local Act passed in the first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for amending certain Acts relating " to the Civil Court of Record of the borough of Liver " pool, and improving the proceedings thereof." And to take powers to restrict the letting or using of cellars in the said borough fbr habitation, where such occupancy would be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and in other cases to secure that reasonable conveniences should be attached to or provided in such cellars ; and to secure the proper ventilation of back courts hereafter to be made in the said borough, for small dwellings to be let or used for habi tation, and to secure that reasonable conveniences shall be attached to or provided in such dwellings; and also to enact for the borough of Liverpool the powers, clauses, limitations, penalties, and provisions of an act passed in the session of the second and third years of the reign of her said Majesty, intituled, " An act for further improving the police in and near the metropolis," or such of them as may be deemed fit and proper to be enacted in relation thereto. Dated this ninth day of November, 1840. RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-Clerk of Liverpool, Solicitor. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is 11 intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Ses sion, for leave to bring in a Bill, or for leave to introduce Clauses into any Bill relating to the Liverpool Docks which may be depending in Parliament in the next Session, for exempting all Vessels entering into or departing from the Port or Harbour of Liverpool, and consigned or trading to or from the Port or Town of Runcorn, and iot making use of the Docks or Quays vested in the Truste of the Liver pool Docks, and all Goods and Merchandi shipped or dis charged in or from any Vessel at the sai Port or Town of Runcorn, from payment of the Tonna Rates and other Rates and Duties now payable, or claim to be payable, to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, respect of Vessels coming into or going out of the Port Harbour of Liver pool, and of Goods, Wares, and Mere ndise imported from Parts beyond the Seas, or brought C astwise into the said Port or Harbour of Liverpool, or ex orted thence to Parts beyond the Seas or Coastwise, exce ng such just Propor tion of the same last-mentioned T nage and other Rates and Duties as Vessels consigned to r trading from the Port or Town of Runcorn, or other the Goods and Merchandise on board the same Vessels, ought to contribute and pay to wards the Maintenance of the Lights, Buoys, and Land Marks established, or to be established, for the guidance and security of Vessels entering into and going out of the said Port ; and for such purposes, or any other purpose, for which it may be necessary to alter, amend, explain, or re peal, so far as relates to Vessels so consigned or trading to or from the said Port or Town of Runcorn; and the Goods laden on board or discharged from the same, so many, or such part or parts, of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned, as enable the said Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to levy and recover such Tonnage and other Rates and Duties (that is to say) : An Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for making a convenient " Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for the security of all Ships " tradingto and from the said Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in the third year of the reign of King George the First, intituled, " An Act for enlarging the time granted by an Act " passed in the eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty " Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for making a convenient " Dock or Basin at Liverpoole, for security of all Ships " trading to and from the said Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled, " An Act fbr enlarging the time " granted by an Act passed in the third year of the reign of " his late Majesty King George, intituled, An Act for en " larging the time granted by an Act passed in the eighth " year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, inti " tuled, An Act for making a convenient Dock or Basin at " Liverpool, for the security of all Ships trading to and " from the said Port of Liverpool ; and for enlarging the " same, by making an additional Dock and building a Pier " in the open Harbour there, and for enlightening the said " Dock :" another Act, passed in the second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to " enlarge the term and powers granted by an Act passed in " the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, for con " tinuing several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpoole, " and for enlarging the said Harbour by making an addi " tional Dock and building a Pier in the open Harbour " there, and for enlightening the said Dock ; and for making " another Dock, with proper Piers, in the said Harbour, " and for erecting Lighthouses and other proper Lights in " or near the Port of Liverpoole :" another Act, passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and powers of sew " ral Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and for " making two additional Docks and Piers in or near the " Port of Liverpool :" another Act, passed in the thirty ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and alter and enlarge the " powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liver " pool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and Piers " in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering more " safe and commo di ous th e sa id Port and Docks :" another Act, passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for the improvement of the " Port an d Town of Liverpool, and amending the several " Acts relating to the Docks, Quays, and other Works be " longing to the said P or t :" ano th er Act, passed in the fifty -third year of the reign of King George the Third, inti tuled, " An Act to authorise the advancement of a certain " Sum of Money, for carrying into effect the several Acts " for the improvement of the Port and Town of Liverpool, " firt a y nd -n i t n o t h a m y e e a n r d o te said fl thereign A c t o s f : ' K ' ianngo Georgether Ac thet, passed Third, in inti tuled,thAn"gAtensenA,Act e f l o o r og i i m og pr t o o vi t n i g ie t4 r e n l s , t i e g e h s th o o f u t s h e e on Li t v h e e rp l o s o le l of " Docks; and for further amending the Acts relating to the " Docks and Harbour of Liverpool :" another Act, passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the further improvement of the " Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool ; and for altering, " extending, and amending the several Acts relating there "to another Act, passed in the ninth year of the reign of passednr King George the Fourth , intit uled , " An Act t o enable the in the saidsea Majesty, jhes yearty, fo of the " Trustees of the Liverpo ol Doc ks to raise a further Sum of Moneyreign : '' of Kinganother George Act, the Fourth, i n ti tu l ed, " An Act " to exp l a i n and amend two Acts of the ouefirf, pre ty a - n fi d rs T t o , e , a n r o o f f L hi i s_ latethe improvementMajestyand theof thesixth po y r e t a , r t o i of h " verpool ; and to authorise the Trustees of the Liverpool " Docks to pay for certain Lands and Hereditaments, pur " chased under the said Acts :" and another Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and amendin g the several " Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool." — Dated this Sixth day of November, 1840. TINDALL & VAREY, Solicitors for the said Bill. King-street, Manchester. ~•~ ~. • • THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBI YON. rr HE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBI' ON of the LIVERPOOL ACA DEM Yof WORK f MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Seaso► row Nine until Dusk. Admission, is. Catalogues, is. ea.son Ticket, ss. Also, every Evening, BRI LLIANTL LLUMINATED BY GAS, from Seven o'clock until Ten. Admission, is. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. 1 MR. DUNCAN'S PICTURE OF PRINCE CHARLES DWARD AND THE HIGHLAND 4 S. MR. HILL respectfully announc , that this splendid I- NATIONAL WORK, now on PRIVATE VIEW, at Mr. LAcEv's, 108, Bold-street, will positively leave on SATURDAY, at Twelve o'clock. Tickets (gratis) to be had at Mr. LACEY'S. GREAT SUCCESS OF THE PANORAMA OF NEW YORK. ALL GOING TO NEW YORK! HAVE you any Friends or Relatives in New ork ? Have IX you been in New York ? Are you going New York ? Then go to NEWINGTON BRIDGE, a in the Large NEW BUILDING, most comfortably fi dup and agree ably warm, you sit and make the voyag p the Bay and go round the City, and in one hour and a h f you are at home at your own fire-side ! Day Exhibition of the Panorama commences at One ; in the Evening, ILLUMINATED BY GAS, at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight. Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. N.B.—A CHANGE of VIEWS will shortly to place. THE THREE CARACCI. THE celebrated PAINTINGS of Subjects rom Religious History, by ANNIBAL, AGOSTINO, nd LUDOVICO CARACCI, are NOW ON VIEW at the GALLERY, Slater-street, (out of Bold-street,) from T n till Four o'clock by daylight, and again from Six till Ten clock in the Even ing by gaslight. These splendid Works were originally painted for the GIUSTINEANI PALACE of ROME, and were; after two cen turies, acquired by LUCIEN BUONAPARTE, in whose posses sion they were engraved. Lucien afterwards sold them to Ex-Queen of Etruria ; and from her Son, his Royal High ness the DUKE OF Lucca, they were purchased by William Buchanan, Esq., of Pall-mall, London, (Author of the Me moirs of Painting,) through the means of the Signor Gal vani of Florence, a distinguished Artist and Connoisseur. ADMITTANCE-ONE SHILLING. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, Will Open for the Season on MONDAY next, Nov. 23, 1840. MISS LAND, (Niece to Mr. Liston,) the popular Vocalist, from the The atre Royal, Covent-garden, will make her Fi Appear ance, being engaged for a limited period. THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ROPE ANCERS. From the principal Parisian and other Cont . ental Theatres, called THE CHIARINI FAM Y, Whose recent performances at the Theatre-Royal, Drury lane, Surrey, Vauxhall Gardens, &c., have been received with universal approbation, are engaged for Twelve Nights ' only, previous to their departure for America. Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND Will appear every Evening during the Week. Mr. C. F. MARSHALL, The popular Comedian, is engaged for the Season as Stage Manager. Mr. CHARLES BLAND, - The admired Vocalist, from the Theatre-Royal, Covent garden, is also engaged. Several popular Performers of last Season and others, it will be found, are likewise added to the list. ON MONDAY EVENING, the 23d instant, and every Evening during the Week, the Entertainments will commence with a Drama of deep interest, as acted in London with the most distinguished success, with additions and alte rations arranged expressly for teis Theatre, called the WIFE OF CORN HILL; Or, THE FATAL SECRET. Martyn Lessamour Mr. Barton. Robert Laidlaw.. (with Songs).. Mr Charles Bland, (From the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden, his First Appear ance these Six Years.) Gamiel Gander...... Mr. C. F. Marshall. . . Cyprian Gossamer (a Page).. Mrs. Barton, in which she will sing " 1 love but thee." Burley George~ . Bath, his First Appearance.) Longfinger.. Mr. Montague, (from the Theatre-Royal, York, - his First Appearance.) Bald Mr. Smithson, (from the Theatre-Royal, Glas gow, his First Appearance.) Eliab. Amy (with Songs) Miss Land. (From the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden, engaged for a limited number of nights.) Margaret Lessamour .... Mrs. Gordon, (from the Theatre- Royal, Bath, her First Appearance.) . Miss Brown, (from the Theatre -Royal, English Opera, her First Appearance.) A CHARACTERISTIC DANCE, By Miss DE BLAQUIERE, (from the Theatre -Royal, Drury laue,) and a General Dance by the Characters. After which, THE CHIARINI FAMILY Patience . Will appear, with their extraordinary Performances on the CORDE VOLANTE, _ Which will he represented in Three Parts. Pas Sent, by Monsieur*Chiarini, with the Balance Pole. Chinois Mandarin Pas Seul, ley Carl Chiarini, concluding with a most extraordinary Performance. Pas Seul, by Mademoiselle Virginia Chiarini. - - In the course of the Evening, Miss Land will sing the following popular Songs :—" Lo, here the gentle Lark," " Kate of Kenmare," and " Banners of Blue ;" and, with Mr. Chas. Bland, the Duet of " I've wandered in Dreams." Miss De Blaquiere, the popular Dancer from the Theatre- Royal, Drury-lane, will make her appearance in the CRACOVIENNE A LA ELSLER,. Mr. Mungall—The Highland Fling in Character. Mr. C. F. Marshall will sing the popular Song, called " Ladies' Tongues." Mr. Charles Bland will sing " The Flag that Braved," and " My Heart is still with Thee." THE WHOLE OF THE CHIARINA FAMILY, Five in number, will Dance their original and universally admired PAS DE COCO! Which has afforded such unprecedented gratification throughout the different Theatres in England and on the Continent. To which will be added an entirely new Farce, written ex pressly for Mr. Raymond, by E. Stirling, Esq., the popu lar London Author, entitled CHARLES OrMA.LLEY,THE IRISH DRAGOON. Taken from the original, talented, and widely-read work of that name, by the mysterious Harry Lorrequer. The Drama will be found to contain several of the most strik ing features of the admired novel, with living illustrations. Charles O'Malley (the Irish Dragoon, in love) Mr. Raymond. Miss Judy Maccan (the Female Dragoon, in petticoats! Mr. Raymond. In which characters he will sing " The Pope he leads a Happy Life," and " 'Twas in the sweet Town of Athlone." Captain Power, Mr. Barton I Capt. Slasher, Mr. Montague.. Sir Gorge Dashwood Mr. Gordon. Mr. Simon Fitzaaley Prettyman Mr. C. F. Marshall, Miss Dashwood (Daughter of Sir George) Miss Brown. Jenny Jinks.... (her Sentimental Maid).... Mrs. Raymond Ladies, Visitors, Gentlemen, &c. In the course of the Evening, the Band will play the follow ing Overtures :—" Clemenza de Tito," and Christine." To conclude with a new laughable Farce, never acted here, written by E. Stirling, Esq., called the JEWELLER OF ALDGATE; OR, THE BACK PARLOUR. Mr. Simon Tubbs.... (a Jeweller).... Mr. C. F. Marshall. Mr. Snooks.. (an exquisite).. Mr. Montague. Billy 81ue.... (Servant to Tubbs).... Mr. Morris. Mrs. Simon Tubbs.. (Wife of the Jeweller).. Mrs. Raymond, Miss Lucy Buggins (beloved by Snooks) Miss Brown. Leader of the Band, Mr. D. STUBBS. Tickets and Places to be had'of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.—Second Price, llalf past Eight, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven precisely. Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, price £1 Is. Stage Manager, Mr. C. F. MARSHALL. MR. TILBURY and Mr. HIGGIE are engaged, and will shortly appear. 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It is said in diplomatic circles that Lord Palmerston is coquetting with the French government, t.nd that his lordship is determined on coming to no accom.no dation until St. Jean d'Acre be taken or surrendered, — Morning Herald of Yesterday. USEFUL INFORMATION.—At a time when conservatives are exposed to every trick which official menials can devise and put in force against them, it may be of some use to cir culate the following just decision as widely as possible :—ln the City of London last Registration Court, Mr. Mylne de cided that, where a rate had not been demanded, it was to be considered as not being tine, and that a party could not, under such circumstances, be considered a defaulter. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET, LIVERPOOL, UNDER the MANAGEMENT of Mr. EGERTON,' (Lessee of the Queen's Theatre, Manchester ) 1 IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON, Deco Zd with Unparallelled Magnificence in the Moorish St eof Archi tecture, from Designs by Mr. GEORGE JAC SON, jun., of Manchester, Composition Manufacture t her Majesty.— The NEW ACT DROP, painted by 1 srs. PARKER and JOHNSON, Artists of the Theatre-roya rury-lane, and the Theatre-royal, Liverpool, represents a restored and splendid view of the COURT of LIONS, in the ALHAMBRA, which, in conjunction with the DECORATIONS of the THEATRE, will fully realize to the spectators the Grandeur of that Palace, and show the extent of knowledge in the arts possessed by that extraordinary and renowned people, the Moors of Spain. . Principal Artists engaged in the Decorations :—Messrs. PARKER, JOHNSON, KELSHAW, MATHEWS, &C., &C. The Gilding, by Mr. KEARSLEY. The whole under the imme diate superintendance of Mr. GEORGE JACKSON. THIS EVENING, and DURING the WEEK, the Per formances will commence with the Gorgeous Spectacle, with new and beautiful Scenery, of novel and peculiar construc tion, magnificent and characteristic Costume, splendid and correct Banners and Properties, and most extensive Ma chinery, called JANE OF THE HATCHET; Or, THE WOMEN OF BEAUVAIS. In which ONE HUNDRED FEMALE WARRIORS will appear in full costume of the period, and go through a variety of Military Evolutions. • The Scenery painted by Messrs. Parker, Johnson, Kel shaw, Mathews, and Assistants —Properties by Mr. Light foot, and Assistants—Dresses by Mr. P. Macready and Assistants—The Machinery by Mr. Aitken, Mr. Morgan, and Assistants. Buonaventure (a young farmer).. Mr. W. J. Hammond. Babet.. (a market woman) .... Miss Daly. Mathieu (an old soldier) Mr. T. Taylor.—Jaques de Villiars, Mr. Emery—Nicholas, Mr. Weston—Jeanne, Mrs. Weston. To be followed by the new and laughable Burletta, now act ing in London with most decided success, entitled THE RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones .. (first-class passenger) .... Mr. W. J. Hammond. During the Evening the Band will perform several Overtures, " Era Diavolo," " Eduardo e Christina," and " Tom." The whole to conclude with Dibdin's Extravaganza of DON GIOVANNI ; Or, A SPECTRE ON HORSEBACK. Don Giovanni. Leporello Mr. W. J. Hammond. Mr. COOKE, and the whole of his unrivalled Establish ment of Artists and STUD of HORSES, the most beautiful docile, and numerous in Europe, are engaged ; an early in. timation will be made of their appearance. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Correspondent suggests that Mr. Rathbone will require a dose of Blackburn's consolation balm after his defeat. We think a bottle of Brown's American soothing syrup would be equally acceptable. The " Stanzas inscribed to Mr. K—" are too irregular in their construction to appear in their present shape. The first five lines are severally composed of 16, 11, 14, 12, and 9 syllables. The rhythm is also sadly defective. " Verses written in a Fancy Ball" are carelessly written. The imagery is frequently of the most original character. Take as instance—" old chivalric meteors"—and " warm necks of living snow." The writer is evidently capable of better things. " 0 P" suggests that the new lessee of the Theatre Royal should adopt the plan of half-price. We doubt its expe diency. Our fair correspondent " Julia" will certainly feel glad, on reflection, that we have not inserted her pathetic lines on " Inconstancy," especially as they are inscribed to the " faithless swain " by name. If our correspondent be anything of a " blue stocking," (we mean no offence,) she will understand us when we say, "Arnanlium bye amoris integratio eat." The article on " The Renovation of the Atmosphere 'from Vegetable Sources" is under consideration. We shall en deavour to simplify some of the 3alculations. We shall avail ourselves, in our next, of the statements fur nished by "A. Member of the Committee." The radical faction have little cause for chuckling. The communication to which we referred, under the signa ture of " A Conservative Correspondent," has already ap peared in the Standard. We have received another letter under the same signature, which is too hastily written for publication. " T. W." may rely upon it that we shall not lose sight of the subject of his note. The letter of " A Play-goer" has already been received. Our present impression is that it will not suit our columns. The letter of "A North Toxteth Conservative Elector" is out of date. " Winter—a Fragment" is too defective for publication. The ideas are good, but the measure is irregular. To "0. Z." we would say, " try again." Your last was evidently hastily written. " ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY."—I most firmly believe the late object seen passing over the surface of the Sun was the Reform Bill, on its way to the Planet Saturn. Can any of your intelligent readers inform me if I AM 'WRIGHT. Mercury Observatory, Frog-lane, 17th Nov., 1840. The letter on Banking" is in type, and shall appear in our next. monials, countersigned by the Bishop of Chester, were forwarded to the secretary of the society. The ques tion here naturally occurs, were those testimonials " satisfactory" to the society, the society itself being, of course, the only proper judge of the matter ? Un less this was the case, the society could not, consistent- ly with its own rules, grant any assistance. Let us see. One of the clergymen who signed Mr. Browne's tes timonials certifies that he "had known him for a con- siderable time, and that he believed his life and conver- sation to be such as became a minister of the Gospel, and that his views and doctrines were in accordance with the articles and homilies of the church." Another clergyman states that "he had known Mr. Browne about five years," and that "he believed him to be a strictly conscientious man, and a devoted admirer and supporter of the ritual of the church," and that "he had no doubt but that he would exert himself diligently in any sphere of usefulness to which he might be ap- pointed." A third clergyman expresses himself much to the same effect. He says that he " had every reason to believe that Mr. Browne would prove himself quali- fled for the holy office he sought, having made it his study to become thoroughly acquainted with the doc trines and discipline of the church," and that " he thought Mr. Browne was fully alive to the responsibi- lities of the ministry, and anxious to devote himself to the laborious duties of the curacy" to which he might he appointed. We have extracted all the material points in these letters of recommendation. These tes timonials, at least the first and second, were counter signed by the Bishop of Chester, who merely states that the parties signing them were " beneficed clergy in the diocese of Chester, and worthy of credit. Upon these testimonials the society had to decide. Did they appear " satisfactory" to the committee ? The secretary of the society, Mr. Were, in acknow ledging their receipt, states that " Mr. Browne's testi monials were satisfactory as far as they went," bui that " they were not sufficiently decided and explicit as to his christian character and qualifications." Fur ther evidence was therefore requested. Mr. Clark wished to be informed " what the society meant by christian character and qualifications ?" In making this request, however, he intimated that Mr. Browne's testimonials had been submitted to the bishop, and that a room had been hired for him to officiate in. The secretary of the society, in reply, very properly re marked, that Mr. Clark " had acted prematurely in presenting Mr. Browne's testimonials to the bishop, with a view his being ordained on one of the society's grants, and in engaging a school-room." The propriety of this remark will be evident, when we consider that, in the first instance, the society ought to be satisfied as to the character and qualifications of the candidate. This preliminary was indispensable, in order that the regulations of the society might be strictly com plied with. The society, in explanation, wished to be satisfied that Mr. Browne was " a spiritually-minded and devoted man; one who would preach faithfully and fully the truths of the gospel, and give himself up to the duties of the ministry." On these points—all important as they must be considered—the testimo nials were almost silent. Indeed, what is stated in them, with respect to Mr. Browne, might be said of any man of outwardly moral conduct, ordinary talents, and who might possess a desire to exercise the functions of the Christian ministry. The Pastoral Aid Society requires more than this vague and indefinite sort of testimony. It requires to be assured that the candi dates submitted to its notice are, as far as human judgment is cognisant of the matter, converted cha racters, anxious to become instrumental in the conver sion of others, and that with a single eye to the glory of God. Nothing short of this, with the superaddition of the requisite degree of general learning, ought to satisfy the Pastoral Aid Society or any other society similarly constituted. Mr. Clarke's reply to the letter in which this explana tion was offered is a complete petitio principii. He takes it for granted that "if the testimonials were satisfac tory to the Bishop, they must be so to the society, as the society could have no intention to insult his lordship." A more complete case of begging the question we never met with. It is notorious that some bishops are easily satisfied as to the qualifications of candidates for the Ministerial office, or we should not so frequentlyhear of card-playing,ball-room frequenting, and sporting clergymen, not to mention other charac ters of a worse description. We are bound to speak our minds plainly on this question, because the matter at issue most deeply affects the vital interests of the church. Unless Mr. Clark can prove that all the Bishops of the Church of England, including the re_ cent Whig creations, (we mean no disrespect to the Bishop of Ripon, whom we believe to be a pious and devoted prelate,) are men who themselves " preach fully and faithfully the great truths of the gospel," he has no right to assume that the previous episcopal sanction given to the testimonials of a candidate ought to satisfy the Pastoral Aid Society. But, as Mr. Clark imagined, to remove all doubts on the subject, he forwarded to the society Mr. Browne's own assurance as to his " Christian character and qualifications." This is contained in the following letter, which we quote at length, in order to complete our vindication of the course pursued by the Pastoral Aid Society : 3, Portland-place, Everton, near Liverpool, 20th October, 1840. My dear Sir,—l this morning was favoured with your let ter of yesterday, and in reply, beg to state that I am truly surprised that any society, especially one which assumes to itself the character of a church association, should believe that any man is capable of diving into the inward thoughts of my soul, and thus constituting himself " a discerner of spirits." Were Ito obtain such a testimonial as you think the society will require, what would it amount to after all? Why just to this—that as far as the writer thereof knew, I was a spiritually-minded and devoted man. Now how is it possible for any man to assert this with truth, excepting in as far as be can judge of my frame of mind by my outward 1, actions ? • And to these I think the testimonials which have been already forwarded to the Pastoral Aid Society bear am ple testimony. If I did not conceive that I were inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost so to do, I should consider that I was committing an actual sin by applying to be admitted to holy orders. I trust that, as far as I know my own heart, I am spiritually-minded—at any rate I endeavour to live under the influences of that blessed Spirit, who, at my baptism, took up his abode within me. As to my devotedness, I can sin cerely say that I am prepared to spend and be spent in the ser vice of the church, which I believe to be the kingdom of God upon earth, and into which it shall be my constant endeavour to bring all those who have strayed from the true fold of Christ Jesus the Lord. It is my determination to preach not only the great truths of the gospel, but the whole truth as it is in Jesus ; and, whilst I shall make it my study to set forth in all its fullness the atoning sacrifice of Christ, I shall not fail to impress upon my hearers the observance of the divine ad monition—" If ye love me keep ray commandments." I shall make it my constant care to instil into the minds of my con gregation the awful nature of the sin of schism, to show them the evil which they contract by not avoiding those " which cause divisions among them," and to lay before them the great benefits attending a worthy receiving of the holy sacra ments, which they neither do nor can participate in when in a state of separation from the church. To you, as a minister of God, I have no objection to make this confession, though I might refuse to do so to a Lay So ciety. I shall be glad if you will let me know the result of this matter as soon as you conveniently can. And I am, my dear sir, yours ever faithfully, T. BRIARLY BROWNE. Rev. John Clark. Now, three things are very evident in the preceding letter ; first, that the writer does not display much of that Meekness which is one of the leading features in the Christian character; secondly, that he despises the very society by whose assistance he expected to be or dained : and, thirdly, that he is a thorough going Puseyite. Yes ! we feel justified in using the term in reference to any one, who deniewsalvation to all . who are not within the pale of the church—meaning, there by, as the Puseyites do, the Church of Rome or the Church of England. After the receipt of the preceding letter we are not in the slightest degree surprised that the society directed the following answer to be addressed to Mr. Clarke : Temple Chambers, Falcon-court, Fleet-street, Nov. 9, 1840. Rev. Sir,—ln reply to your communication of the 7th in stant, I beg to state that, agreeably to your request, I have enclosed to you Mr. Brown's letter and testimonials. With respect to the last part of your communication, in which you not very courteously accuse the society of " obtaining sup port under false pretences," and announce your intention of publishing the correspondence which has taken place on the subject of Mr. Brown's nomination—l have only to observe that the society is quite prepared to maintain its principles and practice, should it deem it necessary to do so. I must request that you will have the candour to publish, along with the other letter, Mr. Browne's communication, which came before the members of the clerical committee in the form of a testimonial, and which had the effect very mate rially of deciding the judgment of those members. In the very first sentence of that letter there is evidently a sneer at the character of the society. For what else could Mr. Browne mean, by talking of the society as one " which as sumed to itself the character of a Church Association ?" Could any one, after such an expression of Mr. Browne's real sentiments, be so simple as to imagine that the friends of the society would sanction the appointment of a gentleman wIA3 evidently despised it ? If, then, there were no other reason for refusing to confirm Mr. Brown's nomination, is not this, I would ask, amply sufficient? Allow me to say, moreover, that this fact more than justifies us in not acqui escing at once in the appointment of the gentleman in ques tion, and in requiring further evidence as to his character and qualifications. If we had not done so, we should not have had the oppor tunity of perusing his letter, in which he expresses his con temptuous feelings towards the society, which he does not r ~~ POLL BOOK. We are glad to find that acomplete list of the voters polled for the election of Sixteen Councillors for this Borough, on the 2d of November, is already in the hands of the printers, and will be immediately pub lished. It will shew the duplicate qualifications of the voters, and the wards in which they polled. The list has been examined with the polling papers in the possession of the Mayor. It will be found of great value as a book of reference, and will prove of great service in carrying on the canvass for the ensuing year. Ebt Ziberpool FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1840. According to the latest accounts from the East, a large force of the allies, consisting of between 10,000 and 12,000 men, were proceeding to attack Ibrahim Pacha in the interior of Syria. We may, therefore, daily expect the news of a decisive engagement between the belligerent powers, the result of which will pro bably be, the evacuation of Syria by the Egyptian forces. It is true that the communications which have proceeded direct from the camp of Ibrahim would lead us to believe that his resources were far from being exhausted, and that he was so strongly entrenched by the natural defences of Syria, that the war would he a very protracted one, even under the most favourable circumstances that could fall to the lot of the allied powers. On these representations, however, we place but little reliance. St. Jean d'Acre a pp ears t o b e the most strongly fortified point in the possession of Ibra him Pacha. The operations for the reduction of this place do not appear to have been commenced at the date of the last despatches. The blockade of Alexan— dria has been again postponed to the 21st instant. There is no other foreign news of any importance, if we may except the accounts which have reached us respecting the barbarous cruelties perpetrated by his dunceship, King Otho of Greece. This young Nero had better take care what he is doing, or he may be sent back to Bavaria. A correspondence has just been published in the Leeds Intelligencer, with the view of materially injuring the character, and detracting from the usefulness, of a society which has already been the instrument of effect ing incalculable good in various parts of the country : we mean the Pastoral Aid Society. As this society has conferred great benefits upon the town of Liver pool, by the appointment of several additional curates, and as the gentleman to whom the correspondence re lates is also a resident of the town, we feel constrained to bestow a few remarks upon the subject; and the more especially so because the Pastoral Aid Society, while it contributes so largely in providing for the spi ritual destitution of Liverpool, derives, in return, such a very inadequate amount of support. During the past year this excellent society has bestowed upon the necessities of Liverpool between £5OO and £6OO, in seven grants made to as many churches ; whilst the whole return made for such grants, during the same time, has fallen short of £l5O. Whilst, therefore, an attempt is made, through the medium of the public press, to disparage the claims of this admirable asso ciation, by representing it as " obtaining support un der false pretences," we feel bound, from motives of gratitude for what the society has done for Liverpool, to take up the gauntlet in its defence. The correspondence to which we refer has been pub lished by the Rev. John Clark, curate of Hunslet, and has relation to the appointment of Mr. Briarly Browne, a gentleman of this town, as assistant curate under the Pastoral Aid Society. Before we proceed to comment upon the correspondence itself, it may be here neces sary to premise that the Pastoral Aid Society, in the " Synopsis" of its regulations, states, that " when aid is sought and granted, the parochial minister must say how it is to be employed ; he must nominate the per sons to be employed; he must engage them, as well as superintend and entirely controul them. All that the society does is to provide fOr their remuneration, and, while so doing, to ask satisfactory proof of their qua lifications." We itrust that we shall be able to show, in the sequel, that the society has strictly and consci entiously acted upon the principles thus set forth in the case before us. Mr. Clark acknowledges that " nothing could be fairer" than the regulations to which we have referred. He was perfectly aware that such were the conditions upon which the society granted its assistance. With this consciousness he proceeded to nominate Mr. Briarly Browne as an assistant curate of Hunslet, under the sanction of the incumbent. On his nomination, Mr. Browne's testi- cruple, in another part of the letter, to stigmatise as " a Lay Society." With what consistency Mr. Browne or yourself could apply for aid to such a society, I leave you to deter mine; and only requesting that you will publish this letter with the rest of the correspondence, I remain, reverend sir, yours faithfully, ELLIS B. WERE, Sec. Ch. P. A. S. No orthodox member of the Church of England can do otherwise than commend the Pastoral Aid Society for the course which it has taken in the matter. When we use the term "orthodox" we, of course exclude the Puseyite heresiarchs, whose doctrines are diame trically opposed to the sound, evangelical articles and homilies, and other formularies of the Church of Eng land. Mr. Browne's letter is an eminent proof of the extreme caution necessary before the Pastoral Aid Society can extend its grants. As to the sneers of Mr. Clark respecting the Pas toral Aid Society, we feel assured they will do no harm. The charge of " obtaining support under false pre tences" we have proved to be absurd. The society only acted in strict accordance with its own regula tions, and as long as it continues to do so it will meet with that support from every true lover of the Church of _England, which its character deserves and its use fulness demands. Long may it continue to be the in strument of carrying the glad tidings of the gospel into the "dark places" which, even in these days of christian effort, still too frequently abound in this country. The contest in North Toxteth Ward has resulted in the return of Alexander Smith, Esq., the conservative candidate, and in the contumelious rejection of William Rathbone, Esq., the unitarian enemy of the church, _ _ and the bitter adversary of scriptural education ! Twice have the electors of Liverpool evinced their marked disapprobation of this irascible, gentleman's politics and principles. Will he ever again have the hardihood to show his face on the hustings, to claim the suffrages of his fellow-townsmen ? We trow not. We question whether he can ever again summon a' sufficient degree of moral courage to pass through another such ordeal as those which have proved like gall and wormwood to him during the present month. Will the " tyrant majority" in the Town Council (which, by the bye, is becoming " less by degrees and beautifully small"), have the temerity, or, rather, we should say, the auda city,to pitchfork him into one of the aldermanic chairs? We guess not. Little as the faction care about " pub lic opinion" and " the voice of the constituency,' , we do not think that they will have the presumption to offer such a deliberate insult to the electors of Liver- pool. Such a daring outrage would only tend to con summate still more speedily the rapidly approaching downfal of the self-styled liberals. Already they have rendered themselves obnoxious enough, in all con science, to the constituency. Already have they sick ened the town by their nauseating twaddle. The disgust which is felt at their selfish and tyrannical pro ceedings has already become all but universal. Let them not, therefore, venture upon a step which will cause them to stink still more in the nostrils of the public. The contest yesterday was one of the severest tha Liverpool has witnessed for some time. The Conser• vatives were strong in the consciousness of having a good and noble cause to struggle for, and doubly powerful in the affections and sympathy of a large majority of the inhabitants of North Toxteth. The Radicals were also strong in the appliances of bribery, intimidation, and disgraceful trickery. They were strong also in the influence which was brought to bear upon the election. The struggle was, therefore, severe; but honesty and principle have achieved a noble tri umph over hypocrisy and delusion. Another knell has been rung over the departing spirit of Radicalism as it wings its flight to the shades of oblivion. During the earlier part of the day Mr. Rathbone maintained his lead over Mr. Smith ; but as the hour for closing the poll approached, it became evident that the Radical recruits were nearly exhausted, and at four o'clock Mr. Smith was in a majority of three, the numbers being— - For Alexander Smith, Esq 259 For W. Rathbone, E5q..... The Angel-clique did not calculate upon such an untoward result. This is evident from the pertinacity with which the Radical committee clung to the fond hope that there was a majority for Mr. Rathbone. On the strength of this persuasion, that officious personage Mr. Paintpot Atkinson announced to the gaping strag glers in front of the committee-room that Mr. Rath bone was returned by the glorious majority of one ! Great was the joy of the " unwashed" at this result, and loud were the Id Pceans with which the com mittee-room rung. Mr. Rathbone and his friends were in extacies. But, alas ! the cup of bliss was soon destined to be dashed from his lips. On proceeding to the Town-hall, Mr. Rathbone's exultation knew no bounds. But when, after arriving there, the voting papers were deliberately counted up, and it was ascer tained that there was a majority of three for Mr. Smith, oh ! what a change came over the dreams of the twice rejected ! Confounded, - disconcerted, and humbled, he walked away like a sulky cur with his tail between his legs. We congratulate the electors of North Toxteth upon the spirited manner in which they have manifested their determination to emancipate the ward from radical thraldom. May their neighbours of South Toxteth benefit by the noble example which they have shown. We congratulate the town of Liverpool on the acces sion of strength which the conservative phalanx in the Town Council have obtained. There are now 28 con servative councillors opposed to 20 radical councillors, and 16 pitchforked aldermen. Next year we must have a conservative mayor. If that obstinate and tyrannical local faction, which styles itself, par excellence, the liberal party of Liver pool, had been actuated, in urging forward their pet scheme of dock warehouses, by motives purely and disinterestedly honest; if its members had really had in view what they professed—the permanent interest of this great trading community—they must have per ceived, in the opposition which that scheme met with during the last session of parliament, the manifestation of great approaching danger to the future prosperity of the port. Already the concession of the privilege of bonding to the large inland towns had been threat ened by government. The town of Liverpool, we were told, was to be no longer the great depot for the foreign produce consumed in Manchester and the manufactur ing districts around. But it was reserved for the com mittee upon the dock hills, in the last session of par liament, to menace us with the recognition of a prin ciple, the carrying of which into practice would at once strike at the root of our commercial supremacy in Western England, and eventually drive back this now flourishing port towards that obscurity from which the privileges which it has hitherto enjoyed have so mainly contributed to raise it. We need scarcely inform Our Liverpool readers, that what we have ever regarded as the great source of the prosperity which we now enjoy, is the power which our dock trustees possess of levying tolls upon all ves sels trading within the estuary of the river Mersey. That power—that monopoly, call it if you like—in the hot-headed pursuit of a favourite object, our enlightened and liberal local rulers allowed to be infringed upon, by the concessions which they yielded up last session to the Harrington and Herculaneum Dock Companies. The principle was thus established that the Dock Trus tees of Liverpool were no longer to be the sovereign masters of the waters of the Mersey; and prudent men, one would imagine, would have paused before venturing to tempt further encroachments, by persist ing in the pursuit of an object, the mere attempt to attain which had already been attended with so weighty a sacrifice. But prudence, wisdom, or a regard for the real in terests of their fellow-townsmen are not the attributes which distinguish the tyrant majority of our liberal council. A political object was sought by the pro moters of the Dock Warehouse bill ; and when a poli tical object is to be attained—when a dirty and dis reputable job is to be perpetrated —your thorough-going liberal is seldom particular in his choice of weapons, and, kss seldom still, looks beyond immediate results. Again, therefore, the same bill is to be struggled for. In defiance of the adverse opinion of the public—with a bare majority in its favour, within the council—in the teeth of all danger to the existing privileges of the port, the note of preparation for a new parliamentary strug gle has been sounded ; and we now ask our readers to examine, calmly and coolly—apart from all considera tions of mere party interest—what must be the inevi table result. When the Dock bill went into committee last session it had to encounter merely the opposition of the Ware house owners, backed, it is true, by a strong feeling known to exist against the scheme amongst an influ ential portion of the people of Liverpool. But in the approaching session it will be found that a more serious opposing aspect will present itself. The parlia mentary notice of the Dock Solicitor, will be found in our advertising columns; and the same medium will show at what a fearful price the object sought will have to be purchased. Encouraged by the fatal con cessions of last session, the trustees of the Bridgewater Estate claim an exemption from Liverpool Dock dues for the rising port of Runcorn ; the legal agent of the Harrington Dock, at the south end of the town, seizes the opportunity to amend his act of last session, and extort further powers and privileges, and the proprie tors of the Cheshire Strand, at the same time, claim the right of erecting there new docks, which shall likewise be free from the charges hitherto levied,.for the support of the docks of Liverpool, upon all vessels loading or unloading within the mouth of the River Mersey. Here, then, we have openly and distinctly placed before us the concessions to which we must submit before we shall he permitted to obtain the fulfilment of the pet scheme of our liberal corporation. If the Dock Warehouse Bill passes in the ensuing session of parliament, it must carry upon its face clauses utterly and for ever subversive of those exclusive privileges, by the enjoyment of which our present splendid docks have been erected and supported. The corporate body of Liverpool may bid adieu to the hope of any further improvement in their dock estate, and prepare to wit ness the diversion of a great portion of the coasting trade of the port, into the various new, and compara tively inexpensive, docks which will spring up in the course of time on both sides of the river. That an aggression of so threatening a character— so fatal, to the future prosperity of the port, and so subversive of existing interests—should be lightly tempted by a body professing to represent the interests of their 'fellow-townsmen might well excite surprise. Yet it is tempted wantonly and wilfully ; and not only is it tempted, but we cannot see that it is oppoSed. A body of patriotic and loyal men would, we are per suaded, at once throw overboard a scheme, however ardently cherished; the agitation of which was calcu lated to encourage interests so completely hostile to those of their fellow-townsmen at large; but the scheming clique of Radicals and Jobbers,• who have originated this measure, have no such loyal and pa triotic feelings. Their pet project is still pressed for ward ; and we have no hesitation in affirming, that to promote its success they will not only fraternize with the aggressors upon the privileges of the port, but readily and eagerly accept their object, although, en grafted upon the bill which secures it, are clauses which will eventually reduce this once flourishing town to the condition of Tyre and Sidon of old—the condition of a depopulated and deserted city upon the waters. We cannot afford space at present to do more than call the attention of our fellow townsmen to this impor tant subject. Of the Dock Warehouse Bill .we have frequently expressed our opinion; but the question is no longer now of the merits of that bill. The question has now become one of more vital import. To the creditors of the Dock Estate it involves the very ex istence of the security upon which they have advanced their money; and to the owners of property within the existing port of Liverpool the stability and future value of that property. On an early occasion we shall enter into the details of the subject; and in the meantime we call the serious attention of the public to the few remarks we have advanced. LOCAL NEWS. MATE COAT 'HOSPITAL.—The annual sermon in behalf of this institution was preached in St. Peter's Church on Sun day last, by the Rev. Rector Brooks, when a collection was made, amounting to £34, including £lO from Thos. Bolton, Esq., mayor. - - • RIBBLE NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT. —A large and hand some vessel, called the Albion, came into this port by Thurs day evening's tide. She is from Quebec, laden with wheat and flour, and belongs to Messrs. Humber, merchants, of this town. She draws ten feet of water, and is registered at 120 tons, but, we believe, freights upwards of 150 tons, and is fully as large again as any vessel that has ever yet reached the New Quay, at Preston.—Preston Chronicle. THE WOUNDED POLICE-OFFICERS.-We are happy to learn that the two policemen, who were so severely wounded_ in the attempt to apprehend the housebreakers in Laurel street, as we mentioned last week, are fast recovering, and are now considered to be quite out of danger. On Friday they were able to sit up to dinner, and to receive the visits of some of their friends. They are still, howeirer, inmates of the Infirmary. STEALING APPAREL.—Mary Killbride was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Tuesday, with having been concerned in stealing a quantity of clothes from Mrs. E. Copeland. Mrs. Copeland stated that she kept a public-house in Pembroke place. About three o'clock on Monday afternoon she had a quantity of wearing-apparel in a tub in her yard, which she missed about seven o'clock in the evening. She gave in formation to the police. Yesterday morning Police-officer Lynch found the greater part of the clothes at the residence of the prisoner in Lace-street. The prisoner, who laid all the blame on her husband for having left her destitute, was committed for trial. WIGAN CORPORATION. — The members of the Wigan town-council, With their friends, assembled on Sunday morn ing last, to partake of the mayor's breakfast, at the Eagle Inn ; after doing justice to which, they proceeded in proces sion to the parish church, amid hundreds of spectators, not forgetting, of course, to carry the insignia of the corporation, hich had not been honoured with a visit thither since the passing of the municipal act. On this, as on former occa sions, two sermons were preached ; that in the morning by the Rev. H. J. Gun - ging, rector, and the other in the even ing by the Rev. T. Birch, one of the curates, and a collec tion was made after each sermon, amounting together to about £63. ESCAPE OF THREE PRISONERS FROM WIGAN GAOL."-- On Friday evening last, about five o'clock, three men, nam ed respectively Jackson, Jervise, and Rhind, who had that day been committed to Kirkdale, to take their ti ial at the next Wigan borough sessions, on a charge of felony, made their escape from prison in the following manner :—lt i wee found that the prisoners bad torn up a flag in the cell where they were placed, and thence descended into a cellar under it, which was used for a lumber room, and then opened the cellar door, as they could easily do, which leads into the pri son yard, from where they would be able to make their exit with the greatest possible ease and safety. Surely the Wigan authorities will some time be convinced of the necesity of providing better security and accommodation for their pri soners. CHEAP AND QUICK TRAVELLING. —Now-a-days la crossing the Atlantic, which is 3,000 miles broad at one place, and 2,500 at another, we can eat dinner at New York , on the ocean, and in London or Paris, on three consecutiv e Sundays, and have a day or two to spare here and there with perfect ease. No less than seven steam ships and 47 packets, now run between New York and Boston, and England an d France. They depart hither and thither every week, and in a few years perhaps they will dot the Atlantic as thicklY as the tabernacle is dotted with whites and blacks at an abo lition meeting. But this en passant. Travelling never was so cheap as now. In the packet ships a passenger can go in the cabin for 100 dollars, even in Collins's famous ships "the prettiest models and fastest sailers in the world." T o go in the steam ships, however, he must pay twenty dollars mo re. Some prefer cne—some the other. There is no want of ac commodation now. Those who like to steam it have e n opportunity to satisfy their propensity in that line ; and those who like t o bl ow it can sa ti s fy th e i rs t oo by go i ng in one s f " the prettiest models and faste s t sa il ers i n th e world 2, New York Heruld. REVIVAL OF ST. HELEN'S FAlR.—After period of some forty-five years cessation, a horse and horned cattle fair took place in the prosperous and much-increasing tow n of St. Helen's, on Saturday. The weather proved extremely unfavourable, rain pouring in torrents during the greater part of the day, but, notwithstanding that great disadvan tage, the attendance of both buyers and sellers, and the eN' hibition of live stock of every description, far exceeded to e most sanguine expectations of the promoters of the fair . There was a large show of both carts and nag-horses ; th e cart-horses, generally speaking, were excellent. In cattle and pigs considerable business was transacted at good prices. The Judges appointed to award the prizes offered for the best stock were for cattle, Mr. Almond, of Standish, and Mr . Scotson, of Croxteth •, for horses, Mr. Woods, veterinarY, surgeon, of Wigan, and Mr. Scotson. After the business of. the fair, between one and two hundred of the inhabitants o! the town, and the leafing farmers and cattle dealers dillea together in the large room of the Fleece Inn. UnfortuualelY the company in number exceeded that for which acconono; dation had been provided, and the consequence was, sayers, F gentlemen had to take their meal down stairs. No doubt; next year much better arrangements will be made. aced of Esq., took the chair, and Frederick Fincham , e' s s s' e 'd of the Ravenhead glass works, and L ee W a t s on, Earl. , ac— as vice-presidents. OBTAINING BREAD UNDER FALSE PuErEsscEs.s....garY. Scarisbrick, a pretty and i n t eres ti ng l oo ki ng g irl, aged a bout twenty years, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Tues s ' charged with havi ng o bt a i ne d cer t a i n l oaves o f bread untiede pretence that they were for parties with whom she had T r ,. as servant. Richard Phillips, son of Thomas Phillips , b a e t. 107, Copperas-hill, stated that on the 7th Novernder In he had charge of a shop which his father occupies ln John's Market, when the prisoner came in and said she wanted a loaf for Miss Podmore. As be knew that Miss,, f. dealt with his father, he delivered the prisoner a loaf the vr.i of two shillings. On the 9th instant the pris oner went s&ai. to the shop, and asked again for a loaf f or Miss Podmoi,r. He again gave her a two shilling loaf. She went in a sum manner on the 10th and 12th, and each time obtained a t shilling loaf. On Saturday, the 14th, she went into then h. ° _ P s' when Mr. Phillips and his son were both present, and s‘k.l. the elder Mr. Phillips for three loaves for Mrs. Wed,'; - 5, The son asked if they were for Mrs. Worsey or Miss ry" her more. She replied for Mrs. Worsey. Mr. Phillips gav e she three loaves, which amounted to four shillings, which_ . s s. took away with her. About on e o'clo ck the s ame day, ad Worsey called to pay her bill, when it was discovered she _Ps, not sent the prisoner for any bread. About six o'clockalud Monday night last, the prisoner called at the shop a gain s said, I want a loaf for Miss Podmore. Mr. Phillips .1 °" ;t '• who was in the shop, gave her a loaf and said , I wish to sedei:s this loaf is right. He sent a police-officer with her, sv", rhs covered that Miss Podmore had not sent for any bread. is; prisoner had lived in the service of Mrs. Worsey and I ;t is . Podmore, and knew that they purchased their bread from S' n Phillips.. The prisoner in her defence said she bad obatati the bread to keep her from starving. It appeared tl?s ie .0 5 , 1 0 has a father in Liverpool, who is a respectable man. ti bad Committed for trial. Mr. Rushton said he would take in a low amount for her appearance at the sessions. We - are flax receive claatur to this port a Hits. S. Play at one Winter. Pianiste 01 THE PI will be rei wish to see visit. LIVER and we ant Per, The One, and 3 Widow of company i lected tog( NARRO , (Principal Was feedin Pose of sui forthe hai after tearil to resign b upon his h We believe ARRIVA SIDENT.— been anxii Say, arrive from New tained at t soon as wa between fi' to the Slol engaged , a Porter had the less, a later date supply an teresting t S ÜBSCR concert wi good one ; new to the is one of tl ing even '1 of executi, splendid a Governe Mr. Liszt' most extra so full. 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