The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-10 00:00:00

CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION of valuable pharmaceutical information. It is in conten plation to have a soiree, such as oils which we held scm The first Meetin fth' h h . 0 of thi .' t years ago, which was numerously attended, and gave Brea h od last ni ht g o e elg t sessi n L s socie y was 1 . , k satisfaction. Should the proposition take effect, efforts wil . g in the Royal Institution, the President, Mr. 1 Abrah am, k be made to provide literary and scientific attractions of y e ,.. in the chair. The attendance of members was , vario us kinds, and the council hope to have the cordial t 'i numerous. Messrs. J. Woodcock, M. Martin, A. 1 co - operation of the members. The delivery of the ,3 „ . r° 2 7 . ; W. Hughes, E. Watts, J. M. Buck, - Prescod, microscopic prizwehisierwientmernessttinnegxtfea.ture our r n this evening's ~.. u e lyton, Proceedings, i n . g , t .----- Welch, R. Cordon, J. Shaw, E. Morris, and H -s Su., o gden Evans then pre g se iv n e te o d the microscope . l'atitip_nnant, were elected members, and Messrs L. Pattiuson I prize, of the value of £3 3s, that he had placed at the dis , / W. Taylor associates of the society , posal of the society to the successful competitor, Mr. R. G. West, and in doing so, expressed his gratification with the libr 4he Secretary, Mr. Mercer, announced donations to the competing essays, which were of a very creditable character. .I-. nar y and museum from Messrs. G. Hamilton, G. Barber, kt. S . E The Rev. Mr. West received the prize for his son, who is , v ans, R. Clay, and G. D k absent from town. Dr. Edwards moved a vote of thanks The President then read the .Bans .f, to Mr. Evans for the very handsome prize he had placed at the disposal of the society. 'I he President then presented to Mr. W. H. Samuel, one of the laboratory pupils, the second prize, which the council presented to him for the second best essay, and consisted of a case of microscopical ADDRESS. tscilhaving again, at the commencement of au os onour to Occupy this chair, I offer a few ohs. tolantiatters of general interest to us. First, let me congra. e You that since the last similar occasion on which I a ddreBB,d ntiji t ' You, the society has increased in numbers and in apps Y• T he museum has be gun t o assume a creditable ofaranco and the library co n t a i ns an i ncreasing number att:alliable works. Th e museum comm i ttee are diligently both /1 1 41 g to your interests in that quarter, and I hope that f 't and th e museum of the Royal Ins'itution will be .re n „, 414 1' visited by you. Ido not know that any remark: tith r east progress in ch em i ca l sc i ence has been made during the In thi s coun t ry great interest has been excited dea t h "Peet to the detecti on o f po i sons i n t h e b ody after of > and it h as certa i nly been ascertained that the detect, mor e Vegetable poisons under such eircemstar thei; practicable th an was prev i ously sus is not se emposition in the tissues, if it talcs fo r e v erY rapid, Th e pro d uct i on of the metal e. itit er `ftniercial purpo ses , h as cont i nued to excite sneer' deei t it t, and, according to a newspaper paragraph, has made HEALTH OF THE TOWN. kit „ Progress. It is said now to be made for 300 francs a The Medical OffiFer of Health reported that the health of low°rTllnv?, which is about 8s per oz., and, owing to its the town . continues in a satisfactory i7be s e ta n te,the mortality in the tha n P e , e ,ifie gravity it will, weight for weight, go much further week ending last Saturday iavm r , 20 per cent below the preceding eight years. The th e e e s uver in the manufacture of articles of domestic average . of the same week of the per,,7° Which it is said to have already been formed. The deaths in a l 19 i then2.a smallerpari sh were nomd ibs l ee 3 r : ste , l an and n i n ,n tl y ie o o f u t t he townships previous if 1; 186 i°11 of the government to use spirit free from duty I s a t n he deaths ' were 67, against 88 into - ' 1411 'with a per centage of naphtha, which bas come weeks. From . zytnotic stiger4Peration during' the last year, is an important and in the preceding week. They include—from diarrh tea, 24 an s , L easure m which will cheapen some valuable prepare. ( a b ou t th e average) . ; scarletina, 13 ; typhus, 11 . .; measles, 4 ; 4 s esubject of the adulteration of articles of food small-pox (unvaccinated), 1 ; cholera, 1;. syphilis, 1; mumps, regard roedicine continues to agitate the public mind. In 1. Diseases of the lungs, with consumption, caused 50 deaths. P h r"o - 111 . 0 " t !° the latter, the pharmaceutists have . be en leaders in During the quarter ending on 27th of September, 3,018 deaths tirto.,'llg i mprovements. 'I he pharmaceutical society was were registered phap'' fifteen years ago, " for the sdvaneement of inquests were held. This number is 321 less than the average in . the borough, including 152 on which ede -ela eY, by furnishing such an uniform system of mortality of the same q . uarer of former eaused years, , deaths, oeaxtchlsu,di theng the e4ti ° l l as shall secure to the profession and the public epidemic cholera. Zymotic diseases . 4 t t l i t af - est and most efficient administration of medicine." average o r th e same quarter of former years, without cholera, A11 4 °4 first annual meeting the president, the late Wm. being 1,080, Of this number 537 were . flom diarrlzea (the is th:a Baid ' " Another end to be answered by the society average being about 450), 124 from . scarletina, 90 from typhus, adie us ‘Setection and prevention of adulteration." And the N ol ' of the society has been a vehicle for the constant 7 (0 5 f fwrolliniehintewaosi o es n , ly ss we fr r o e m hoopm , g ero cou 2 g s h, f., 2 o B ni fi d . vacinna l6 o y m sen sm te a r l y i , " 2 x 2 he tir e of adulterations and errors. Reform has therefore ett i o ,„ from croup, 21 from cholera,from syphilis, and 2 from Whey e ' t ted by the pharmaceutical body, or at least by the mumps. •shel t:epPectable part of it, and that a very large number. Mr. Kiel observed that these reports were the barometers With ~..- a4_ , in effect, " the public are not properly supplied of their labour s in th e improvement of the sanitary condition the „447tiein es — pharmaceutists ought to be educated to of the town. It was most gratifying to find that the mortality 44 er'°lesaion, and should prove their compet ency by passing of Liverpool was now twenty per cent, below the average, kr.!damination." They urged the matter on the legislature. while London, with all its centralisait:eonavaenrdanea.tionsaeleenxgpendi i that, obtai,4o:b Bell, the bead of a house eminent as pharmists, ture, was only five per cent givebelow t qtai n e " a seat in parliament, and made it hi s business to b e hoped the public would them credit g for their labours. dor,u - „ A an act for the haprovement of pharmacy. Some In reference to an alleged nuisance from a sugar manuf_ac liitfsellin-q`'ed that all but themselves should be prohibit e d from tory in St. Paul's Ward, brought before the committee by Mr. , Lnii,,edicines. The legislature took a medium cou!se. Hodson, on the complaint of Dr. Osborne, it was stated that the 41 (1D - Z i nk, the only just one. The pharmaceutical society medical officer had long had the place under notice, but that he 448 gin r-..°1181 3', besides providing a pharmaceutical college, could discover no nuisance. their limed the functions of examiners. Parliament sanctioned A letter from the principal of St. Edward's College, St. batnes"atnination, and;after permitting them to enrol the Domingo, Everton, in reference 81101thi t hink t : such persons then practising pharmacy as they s was refer' ed to the sub-commi t te e t o the . drainage of the district, elie4l, fit, restricted to them, and to such persons as 1111 afterwards ass their examination, the title of and neighbourhood, com- In reftrence to a memorial from Mr. Shaw, churchwarden, i and the y p a ec rni e ee,entical Chemist." After some time, therefore, and the inhabitants of Copperas-hill . or ession of the name will denote either long practice ur , Proem plaining of the nuisance occasioned by Messre:Glendenn Glendenning pil AnA-s. ac quirements. It is expected that the public Wilson's soap factory, it was agreed that th in e ti w ie or p k r s ese s o h o o e ul o d f be put in motion in the course of next week,. oeses„.•'''' that those who possess this name are more . -,in . 1 1t1 bg of confidence than those who are only " Chemists the officers of the committee, who would, in a report, state the result of their observation. Surveyor, Will b rtiggists,o and that the public preference and Inspector a r : so decidedly manifested that all who aspire The Borough Engineer, Building . th e titisPectable position will be compelled to qualify for of Nuisances, reported various particularsothe operations in DOsse,nie• Pew men seek for medical practice without their several - departments during the week, the which it 40%1,% or pretending to possess, the sanction of some appeared that 102 nuisances complained of by t e he in m ha . bitants had been inspected, and means . taken . to remedy 1 231 to w e authority. Public opinion weighs on them, 4 e e/Pect the same influence in our case. We have ea c i u . houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3,0 ' apart_ w , i ments, and 428 cellars had been put under examination, h :IN i t iss've privilege except that of a distinctive title, the view of improviving their sanatory condition, th e , not desirable that we should. If we are better This concluded the business. think hat a man who has studied anatomy and physiology oat, is .'a t 0 knew much about the means of curing disease ; ii qt4ekaother thinks otherwise, and chooses the advice of c 'bject of 4 , ° , one has a right to restrict his access to the Practice his one and I apply the same principle to the 4 '4' ex of Pharmacy But all experience shows that we tittolieePdect thea pharmacy act to provide a body of men well h ere _ to s erve the p u bli c i nterests. They will be far s pec u t i o luter o re nal and far more efficient, than any body of g e i gnora ec : ,Whoin the Government can provide. It is the actiecis°' Phormists far more than the wilful adulterations d4 olv e s „ 'y a he m which injures the practice of medicine. Prep a , - . a Mbe expected to supply acids and alkaline es„vat thaeLion4s of the correct strength, if be has not . _ skill to e snobi t '". • Raise their qualifications, and, besides the , e heet t e'en_ge influence of knowledge, you provide , men . who °ee ls 10 each other and expose fraud. The sale of poisons has i l t 'teed o li c e t h a sPek . en of lately, owing to tragical . events which w e , th e „P ee ifY• Every thing possible might be done to can e s e a ; - tit of the hand of the secret assassin ; and . , if We toes , e the suicide from the effects of his insane passion, ag o, 'g do so. '1 he Arsenic Bill was passed some years , / and i t 0 , , _ . , c s e annot b ° gat to be strictly observed and enforced , and, c o de ath , oth ink it has been useful, although the number ,R 9 9 I lliiel l 3 ° soning, according to tables recently quoted, %imee- iLlielieve to be authentic, do not show a diminution 'lnd bans s p a s s e d of more than a very small per centage, good n guine that the legislature can do much good their interference ; and, even if you could keep n ot folic4ePletely out of the hands of the suicide, it does 4 kis;v:, there being so many other means ef terinating :beatteropinle life, that you would benefit that class ; n and, in liens in the ta for it, it is to be hoped that those who need powerful 1104)13,04 tegitirnate purposes will not be prejudiced. The mad) ari,, In g of prescriptions by chemists and druggists '' q edic a i ° out of the ascertained fact, that this branch of W ho r.,_peraeti can be much better performed by persons t hee Tv thricewhole time to the business of, pharmacy, trileopa,7onthoofse, whoa° duty it is to vi--it the sick. The a P e con le , , toese two employments has become more and T ...sia e . .„toeLe,and the public interest demands that the tltreeieot:°ool4 progress. No doubt it will often be cone edioai and particularly in country localities, that the ti at in Man should be able to supply the medicine, metilarh, in vast majority of instances, and part '''''onla ' In town s , el it is far better not only that he rol'eo, bet be interested in the sale of medi -1 kle th e that it should be left to those who have -11 PPly o f PhYsiOal properties, as well as the commerial fjttollierous_ Medicines, their proper study. This fact is very rl,ofillicrY acknowledged by the medical profession, and, for a tisoos ZateMent of it, I refer you to the speech of Dr. 1,") Wh o '''aelagan, reported in the journal for December t o / ee t!le a b a 'Pe 4 king of the advantages gained in Edinburgh are Neal ndoninent of the practice of " drug selling by men ~ f 0 tenf,j,, 7 (these are his words) says, that " the public Eiti.nler ezutpetter supplied than they lad been under the seaette`unt." It is our business to see that the same 01 „ta'S eo la are realised here, and I do believe that there are a t . thos e , 5 11 , ° 1 38 of the chemists and druggists, and still fewer tr"lot a.' P h armaceutical chemists, in which medicines mangy til e ,7Pensed with more advantage to the public, than 47,1 eogagettargeries" of medical practitioners. A medical madame i n lu anything like tolerable practice, cannot be e . - give, the necessary attention to the supplying of f ‘ eW i h ill ea to • Let t ,- Whi m , t"8 patients generally ; and the cases are very conedl43 su i ,', 4 l he can afford to employ an assistant compe eub,Miptal his place, and when he can, the variety and 1 4 - Mkred 4 °f drugs in his surgery must be very trifling, 0 ;hose ivi t t h the number - and quantity employed e lie,,, i Netiu, sv .,"° have to lispense for a number mist goer -, lers . . reoi, ~- and A • I mention this to show to the iv.. i s thsiruggists, and to the pharmaceutists of Livers e t the). og ee may hope by increasing the advantages the ° hey to the public to increase their business. 1 Pali B°44:e t hena to take every possible means to deserve i entB Cefl or ss aqui oe ' yth the medical profession, ft tid ' 4 83 e oareful attention which they pay to the 141 c1 Pr°lll pt;. °f the medicines they nse, and the accuracy ti t . ~s iel • . Plast o , 11, I e With which they supply ens. tefe r ,"' of eir,°°le'ht not to omit to mention the injurious "1 th -eci to a -ggiqs prescribing in cases which ought to be ee s s e inadietaniedical men. We ought to know something asa7 . l3e ansi th e action of drugs, and there may be urgent l appl in tnad e ~,_ trifling cases, in which that know edge ht e not to f or , t l . l to our customers ; but we ought to tell ti t , 0 t qtialia rnedleal advice that we arenot medical men, and ge e k ?edl al ed to treat disease. It is not as an injustice to tit:4B4on of Profession that I condemn this practice, it is a to lay „fte°,4Beience and honest dealing with the sick ; bpBrk With'/ that we cannot expect the medical profession A ne s% to a "ur upon those who neglect their proper l Dr new d;encroach upon that of the medical man t st e e l sss , e a ' n ' a ti° ol 4 e ~,,?f the L . endos . .Pharmgcopcea is in woe' s notion, ~,eena reaacuetical Society are on-operating in ' -toe entertained a strong hope that the college ttillbi Polity ad tor t Polity o pted a system of weights, by which all f r Nees Would have been avoided, time saved, and °ll l 4 Prompt d " th, t Pe4 nns fr e e Prom what I have been able to learn . i lt _ the e _ ,ons different parts of the country, I believe es: (1 f or 4 ti v ° i 'oirdup e i s ounce is very commonly substi 00114ding tw e t roY, and that the latter, in quantities tiee eg e ws tad 9 drahms pre almost a myth with many. If the I,4esiaatu always scribe bY grains, of which 7,000 1 ,..a . et,,qe`o .an avoirdupois pound, every one using the r l 'ghts , oftaceta would be compelled to have - a proper set of ow - w ould have the benefit of a decimal system. etieMea l , "le to remird those of our members, who are not 14 l t e i e; e s t e s f 0 e f trhe P4rinaceutical Society, that, besides the 14 esieesuu meetings Which the local papers contain, our ,sr rnets,"ge are regularly reported in the Pharmacet!ticy , °ugh trequently at length,. that they may obtain it 44 bo okseller, and will find in it a great amount another session Tvatior s instruments An interesting discussion took place on the subject touched in the address, after which the meeting seperated. HEALTH COMMITTEE The asual weekly meeting of this body was held at half past two o'clock, yesterday, in the Town Hall—Mr. Langsdale in the chair. Other members present .—Messrs. Godfrey, McGuffie, Diver, Hodson, Crosthwaite, Shell, Halhead, Johnson, and Haydock. is much and that The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. ' In reference to the complaint of a cowhouse, at Everton, which was converted into two shops, and subsequently used as dwellings, it appeared that the violation of the law rested with the tenants, and that no blame attached either to the building nosed minum, surveyor or landlori TOXTETH PARK BURIAL BOARD A special meeting of the members of the above haul was held yesterday, at the Public-offices, Toxteth-•park, for, the purpose of assenting to, or dissenting from, the alteration in the scale of charges for interments in the general cemetery. In the absence of the chairman of the board, Mr. JI. S. Alpass was requested to take the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. J. Wilson, J. D. Carter, A. Pickup, I. Harrison, D. Craig. J. Plaw, 3, Robertson, and Avison. At the request of the Chairman, the secretary then read the alterations which were proposed to be made in the scale of fees, &c., and which, as so altered, will stand thus : SCALE OF CHARGES For freehold graves and vaults, including charges for the first opening, 9ft deep, (and for every additional foot, 7s 6d) : Reserved portions : Surface 9 ft. by 4 ft. 6 in. ....£l5 15s. Ditto, Class I.—Surface 8 feet by 4 feet ... ... , . ..... „ 7 7s „ 2. Ditto, „ 3. Ditto, . .. Charges for subsequent interments : —Reserved portions : ..,..2 2s. Class 1. £1 11s. 6d. Class 2. £1 ls. Class 3. 15s. By this alteration, persons living without the district will be charged the same as the ratepayers of Toxteth-park. For single interments the charge will he for adults, 9s. 6.1. ; under 7 years of age, 7s. 6d. ; stillborn children, Is. 6d.; ditto in separate graves, 7s. 6d. The Chairman said it was necessary that he should state the reasons that had induced the board to make these alters. scale of fees and charges. There was a large district just without the boundary of the cemetery who, he had no doubt, would now avail themselves of the cemetery, as, by the alterations, they had made the charges the same, and he thought, by taking the step they had done, that it would be found beneficial to the ratepayers, as the revenue would be increased, and thereby render it more unlikely that they would be called upon to contribute towards its support. That was the most important alteration, the others merely related to the more convenient working of the plans. They had done away with the extra fee for excavating the graves, and had set it down in one amount. The other alteration was, that they had as<imilated the charges as near as possible to those of St. James's Cemetery, in order that the poorer classes might have the opportunity of interring there; before, the charges were made higher than at any cemetery in the district. He concluded by saying that, if any further explanation was required by any member of the board, he should be happy to give it. No questions having been put, on the motion of Mr. Plaw, seconded by Mr. Pickup, the altered scale of charges was unanimously agreed to. There being no more business to transact, the board adjourned. GARSTON BOARD OF HEALTH TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—As the Garston Drainage has become, to some extent, a public matter, I send y ou a copy of a resolution forwarded to me by the Garston Board of health, with my reply to the same.—Yours, &c., J. GIBBS. Extract from the minutes of Garston Board of Health, 7th October, 1856: " Mr. Gibbs letter of the 6th inst being read— " Resolved—That the board regrets that Mr. Gibbs has imposed a condition upon the board, which it prevents being given sufficient consideration to the subject, and that the sur veyor ret.rn the plans and papers to Mr. Gibbs immediately, agreeable to his desire ; and that Mr. Gibbs be informed that if he will send in his plans unconditionally, they shall have full consideration." The following is my reply to the above resolution : " To the Chairman of the Garston Board of Health. " Sir,—On re-consideration, and in accordance with the resolution of your board, I submit the drawings showing the principle of drainage I advocate, unconditionally. I have no pecuniary interest to serve, my only aim being the welfare of the district in which I reside, and that motive, I presume, actuates every member of your board, and although a feeling adverse to my views appears to exist in the minds of one or two of its members, I think, if they consider the sub ject more attentively, they will see that the system would be applicable to three fourths, if not the whole, of the township of Garston, and would be a great saving of expense. I contend that the evil spoken of at your last meeting is in the abuse and not in the use of the catch cesspool as applied to country districts. 'With these remarks I forward my plans to be dealt w i t h as you may direct, and remain, sir, your obedient servant. "Mayfield, Aigburth, Oct. 9, 1856." " JOHN GIBB 3-: " THE NEW SAFETY INKSTANI), we can bear p ersona l witness to, secures to all classes one which will keep the ink always clean and good, will prevent that accumulatio n o f oxide which spoils the finest writing, and destroys the best pen ; by means of this inkstand, too, the amount of ink taken up by the pen can be easily regulated."-- Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.—Sold by all Book sellers. Price 4s, 3s, and is 6d. —Advt. On Sund ay morning last Mr. Whesett, fruiterer, who carried on business in High street, Marylebone, near the Waterloo Tavern, went to the St. Marylebone baths and washhouses, near Sting o .l ane, to have a b ath, as he was going by rail to see some friends in the country. As he remained a considerable time in the c bath, some anxiety was caused, and ultimatelyan entrance es was obtained,. by the attendant, who found Mr.vvh tt apparently in a fit. Medical assistance wa s promptly obtained, every means were applied to restore consciousness, but without effect. man, has left a wid ow w i t h one Deceased, who was a youn g child, DOCK COMMITTEE The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at one o'clock, yesterday—Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The other members present, were—Messrs. Palmer, Robin son, Evans, Gregson, Rounthwaite, Mann, Langsdale, Holme, Mondell, Anderson, Hubback, Bold, Rathbone, Rankin, Lockett, Smith, and Littledale. The tender of Messrs. Jones and Jump was accepted for roof and slides to complete the work on the sheds of the north-west quay of the Wellington dock, and the tender of Thomas Kidd and Sons, for bleached sail cloth, tarpaulin, and twines. It was agreed that ie2s be allowed to the superinten dent of the Stanley Warehouses, for expenses of removal to his new residence, but coals, water, gas, and taxes, were not allowed. The Chairman stated that since the last meeting there had been very large wo3l sales held at the Wapping Warehouses, and he was glad to say that the arrange ments had given universal satisfaction. Mr. Evans : And all that without a luncheon. (Laughter.) _ - The Chairman : Yes, sir ; the circular of the Messrs. Littledale speaks thus of the sales :—" The largest sales ever held in Liverpool, commenced on the 26th of Sept., and, terminated on the 3rd inst. They drew together a very large attendance of buyers, both home and conti nental, all of whom were profuse in their laudations of the additional facilities for the trade supplied by the recently erected Wapping Warehouses. The building is capable of showing 5,000 bales on each floor, and, together with the Albert and Stanley Dock Warehouses (all under the surveillance of the trustees of the Liverpool docks) furnish an array of accommodation which, for extent and commo diousness, are surpassed by none in the kingdom." (Hear, heir.) Mr. Robinson said all the brokers had borne equally high testimony. In the harbour masters' department it was reported that the resolution of the 10th July, appointing the Sandon graving docks I, 2, and 3 for the use of steam vessels, was resci n d e d, an d 2,3, 4, and 5, appropriated instead. The following recommendations were made with regard to shod; on the dock quays :—That, a depot for wrecked goods be placed on the north-west side of the Sandon dock That a shed be erected on the west quay of the Bramley-Moore dock. That the shed now on the east quay of the King's dock be removed from thence, and placed on the east quay of the Victoria and Trafalgar docks. That the crane on the east quay of Trafalgar dock be removed and placed on the south quay of the Wellington half-tide dock. Mr. Hubback suggested that in erecting the new sheds, an upper floor be rvided for storing inward caroes brought by American ships. He expressed an Opinion that American merchants would gladly pay such a rent as would amply repay the accommodation. He therefore urged that, in erecting the new shed upon the Bramley. Moore dock quay, the experiment should be tried. Tho Chairman said he had broached the subject the previous day in the committee, but Mr. Hartley said it would double the expense. Mr. Hartley said, to support the upper floor there must be pillars below, which would interfere with the carts using the shed. . Mr. Smith thought the subject would be well worth considering in dealing with appropriated berths. Mr. Holrne said the whole question of shed accommo dation was one which required very serious consideration. He presumed they could charge rent for goods in such an upper room. ' - the Solicitor (Mr. N or th) : N o doubt. • Mr. Holmes said if that were the ease, he thought they could invest their money in no better way than in making upper rooms. He might be accused of speaking as one in the railway interest, but any one who went down there could see what could be done upon the high level railway between the Wellington and Bromley-Moore docks. There they had three low sheds, each one storey high, which were on a level with the railway. If they were raised one storey, the goods could be turned off to the right and left, ready for loading into the ships. Mr. Rathbone urged that the erection of an upper floor would be, in fact, doubling their quay room. The great difficulty against which parties had to contend in the un loading of American vessels, was the want of sufficient accommodation in quay room, and any man discharging these vessels, would gladly pay for the additional room. Such parties were paying dock fines constantly at present, and if they got that amount in the shape of rent, it would pay them handsomely. After some further conversation the question as re garded the Bramley-Moore dock shed was referred, on the motion of Mr. Rathbone, back to the harbour masters' committee, and the other recommendations were con. firmed. THE ST. GEORGE'S DOCK BASIN The Chairman said, with reference to the - communicu tion made by Mr. John Laird to the Town Council, and sent by that body to the docki comm i ttee, the harbour masters' committee, to whom it was handed over, had come to the following resolution :—" The sub committee report that, in their opinion, it is inexpedient to entertain the idea of closing the George's Dock basin, but when the corporation are prepared to carry out the improvement contemplated in their bill of 1854, will he the proper time to consider the whole ques tion of the approaches to the river." Mr. Bold objected to that resolution, as having been passed without the committee having seen the plans pre pared by Mr. John Hartley. That resolution, if passed by the committee, would ptOdgiS every man not to sanction any plan which might be laid before the committee. He asked the committee to defer giving its sanction to that resolution for a week, and, in the meantime, Mr. John Hartley could lay before the committee the plans which he had prepared. Mr. Evans said, after the experience he had had of the results of closing up the old dock on which the Custom House now stands, he should certainly oppose any similar ' project in this instance. Mr. Bold said, Mr. Hartley's plans would give 180 yards more of quay space, and instead of decreasing the dock accommodation, would increase it in the most central part of the town. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Evans : It would shut up the entrance to two docks, the George's and Prince's. Mr. Holme said, the plans would provide another entrance to the George's Dock basin, instead of the pre. sent. entrance. They would remove the basin to the southward, and considerably increase the water space of the George's Dock. He hoped gentlemen would not come to a conclusion until they had seen the plans. He did not see how they could deal with the matter until the property was out of lease. Besides, if the Goree was to be pulled down, the whole of the subject ought to be taken into consideration together. He would earnestly ask gentle men to see the plans before they came to any conclusion. Mr. Evans : What will you do for the Prince's dock ? Mr. Holme said the entrance was left open to the' Prince's dock, and that involved another very serious matter. The committee should bear in mind that, so far, they had escaped fire in that dock, but it stood singly, and was an isolated dock after high water. That was another question which ought to occupy the attention of the committee. By the altered plan they would have access in case of fire, and vessels might be drawn through, , which was not the case at present. They had there the only dock in Liverpool which was isolated after high water. Mr. Gregson said no doubt the whole dispositon of Mann Island would have to be taken into consideration, and that would be the time to consider the question of the George's dock. He, therefore, thought the resolution of the harbour masters' committee the correct one. Mr. Holm° : That is what we generally do in Liverpool. When property, which we could have bought cheaply, increases to five times the value, then we go and buy it. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman said the committee would all recollect:that this question was discussed in the council at great length about two years ago, on the motion of Mr. William Earle, for the filling up of the George's basin, and at the time they received a strange report from the harbour masters, deprecating in the most earnest terms the closing of the entrance of the George's basin, either by filling it up, or putting gates to it. Mr. Brocklebank, as a large ship owner, deprecated it in the strongest terms, and he believed all the shipowners, who made use of that dock, deprecated any project of closing it, by putting gates there or filling it up, which would be still worse. The harbour -masters' committee was, therefore, the proper tribunal for it to go before—that committee addressed themselves fully to the question, and now came forward with the opinion that it was not expedient. _ _ Mr. Smith said he presumed the plans which were spoken of were plans produced privately by the surveyor, .thich had never been authorised by the committee, and ,vere, therefore, not their property. He did not think the committee was in a position to call tor them. Mr. Holme : I beg leave to differ with Mr. Smith. The plan is not perhaps an authorised document, but the surveyor can, in his position with regard to this estate, bring forward his plans and suggestions as to what can be done. Mr. Lockett contended that the approaches to the river were altogether in the hands of the corporation, and not of the Dock Committee. Mr. Bold said Mr. Hartley was prepared to show that when the basin was altered as he proposed, it would be able to do all the work required for the Prince's, and all the other three docks. He therefore urged that gentle men, if they voted now, would be voting in the dark, as they had not seen the plans. Mr. Rathbone supported the suggestion for postpone ment. Mr. Holme : There must be some mystery at the bottom, or else why not lay thl plans upon the table ? The Chairman urged the board to be careful in taking up the matter, which belonged more properly to the corporation. Finally, however, it was agreed, with the assent of the chairman, that the re solution should be postponed for a fortnight to allow of the plans being laid upon the table. A letter from Mr. Inman, on behalf of the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Packet, Company, in reference to the docking of the steam-ship City of Washington, was referred to the harbour masters' committee. APPROACHES TO THE RIVER. Mr. Bold proposed a motion of which he had given notice, to the effect that the committee take a step to impress again upon the notice of the Town Council the necessity of widening the streets which lead to the docks..al He said the committee were aware that, i n 1854, a special committee was app o i nted to take into consideration the general extension of th e d oc k accommodation. In their report, it was recommended that the whole of the street, from the Brunswick to the Waterloo Dock, should be widened to the extent of 60 feet. The course pursued upon that occasion was, that the Dock Committee re quested their chairman to write to the Mayor, requesting that the Town Council would take the matter into their consideration. That letter was written, bearing date the 15th September, 1854. The question was taken into con— sideration by the council, and they prepared a bill for THE NORTHERN TEVIES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. palriament, but from reasons which it was not then necessary to state, the bill was withdrawn. All he now wanted was, that those steps should be renewed, and, per haps, the way they took before would be the correct one now to follow. The whole extension was then estimated by Mr. Stewart at £332,000. The dock estate would take land to the value of -'llO.OOO, leaving £222,000 expense to the town. A great part of that land would be applicable for building warehouses, on the east side of the George's and Queen's Dock, it desirable. The necessity of the motion was so obvious that it was unnecessary to dwell upon it. He would simply state that the narrowest street they had-19 feet 4 inches wide —was opposite the Prince's dockmaster's house. At the north end of the town, the narrowest part was the south end of the new quay—only 25 feet. He therefore moved that the chair man be requested to write a similar letter to that pre viously written, and forward it to the Mayor. Mr. Smith seconded the motion. Mr. Rankin : There can be no difference of opinion upon it. The Chairman : Not the slightest. Mr. Rankin : But I think the corporation are fully alive to the necessity. Mr. Holme : Like all other public bodies, sir, they want pushing. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then unanimously adopted. This closed the general business at large, called, and, THE SMOKE NUISANCE ON BOARD THE FERRY STEAMERS Yesterday, Messrs. W. R. Coulborn and Brothers, the owners of the steam-boat Wallasey, plying between Liverpool, Egremont, and New Brighton, were summoned before Mr. Mansfield for permi ting dense volumes of smoke to issue from the funnel of that vessel, and likewise for not having the furnace of the same vessel properly constructed, so as to con sume the smoke. Mr. M`Gowan, of the Health Committee, appeared to conduct the case, and Mr. W. R. Coulborn appeared in person to defend it. Mr. M'Gowan said, on the present occasion, he appeared to prefer a complaint against the Messrs. Con!horns', in respect of their boat the Wallasey, the same boat with which ho had to trouble the bench some time during the last year. He believed that steps had been taken to remedy the evil complained of, hut they had not succeeded: This case bad been adjourned from time to time, and at last it was appointed to be heard this day. On the last occasion, Mr. Coulborn had stated that the carrying out of this act was to persecute him, and injurious to the shipowners _ Such a statement as that, they, as the prosecutors, did not like to hear, and therefore it was to that point that he should just make a few observations. Ho thought that such a statement would he disproved when he stated that, since the last time the case was before the court, the defendant had been served with no loss than fifteen notices of the nuisance occasioned by this boat. After that he did not think that the bench would say that the defendant had been persnuted. He would not trouble the bench with any further observations, would prove the case. Inspector Wiguall was then answer to Mr. M'Gowan, said : The Nun Ence in this heat is not constructed so as to consume or bum its own smoke. By Mr. Coulborn : On this occasion I did not give notice to any person on board the boat, baton the following day I served you with a notice. By Mr. M‘Gowan : From January to September, I served Mr. Coulborn with fifteen notices. I have spoken to the men at different times, and instructions have been given them as to the course they should pursue to prevent the nuisance. Mr. M'Guwan : Mr. Coulhorn was advised to keep this boat on the Seacotnbe trips only, as it was thought that the nuisance might be prevented, if the boat made only short trips, and while he did so, there was less smoke. He had also been advised to use the smoke less coal, and on that point he hod some infer motion of a most important character to mention. Since the act had come into operation, Messrs. Maclver had only used the Welsh smokeless coals, at 20s per ton, not alone on board their tenders, the Sattelite and Jackall, but also on board their large America❑ steamers, and they had found that it answered much better than the other. Mr. Coulborn said, that to save the time of the court he would admit the case, but, at the same time, he wished to be allowed to state, that he had done all he could to prevent the nuisance. So far front wishing to evade the act, lie had seven steamers on the river against which no complaint had bee❑ made, and this was the only boat that. did smoke. After the last information ho was told to raise the funnel, that ho did, but it had not the effect it was thought it would. He had put it on the Seacombe trips, but the boat was not adapted for the slip, and in one day had done him £2O worth of damage, and lie had had to shut the slip up for the day. As to careful ness, ho said he had already discharged three engineers and three firemen for carelessness. He regretted to say that the vessel was not constructed so as to consume its own smoke, and the only way that it could be made to do so, would be by taking out the engines, which would cost about £BOO, which lie could not afford to do, but would do all he could to prevent a recurrence of the offence in future. Mr. Mansfield said the case had been admitted, and he should therefore inflict a fine of £5 and costs, The other information would be withdrawn, Mr. Edward Forster, the owner of the vearn tug the Duke of Sussex, was summoned under the same act, but as that vessel was being altered to prevent a similar recur. recce, the information was withdrawn. INIPOB,TANT TO PUBLICANS A case, involving a considerable amount of importance to the licensed victuallers, and also to the public, was, yester day, heard at the police-court, before the presiding magistrate, Mr. Turners The question at issue was, as to whether publicans were allowed to use earthenware mugs for the sale of their ale or porter, or whether the measures so used must be regularly stamped by the weights and measures authorities. The case was as follows: —John Clarke, publi can, of Sun-street, was summoned by the inspector of weights and measures, for having in his possession two measures not of the proper measurement. Mr. Rymer, instructed by the Licensed Victualler's Association, appeared to conduct the case for the defendant. The inspector and another officer proved that, on a certain day, they were at defendant's house, where they saw two men come in and call for a pint of ale each. The ale was drawn from the tap in two earthenware mugs, and handed to the parties, who drank it on the premises. The mugs were subsequently' tested, when it was discovered that they would not hold a pint each, being half a gill short. Several other mugs of a similar description were found upon the premises, all of which the inspector directed to be taken from the premises, but took the two he had seen used into his own'possession, and they were produced in court. Mr. Rymer said that the present question was one of great importance to the trade. The Inspector : And also to the :public. Mr. Rymer admitted that it was, and hoped the bench would decide the question. Tie then raised a legal objection to the effect, that by the 21st section of the act, publicans were allowed to use other than the imperial measure, and it had not bean proved that the defendant had sold it for any measure. Mr. Wybergh : It has been proved that the men asked for a pint of ale, and it was measured in these mugs. Mr. Rymer next argued that the act under which the information was laid, was not intended to apply to ale, as it stated " goods and other articles exposed for sale." Now, in this case, ale was not exposed, as it was in the cellars. Mr. Wybergh : But it was for sale. Mr. R)mer said, as the objections be had urged had been overruled, he could only say thethat p t u he bl d e ed . fe n H a e n t had never had pn re ased intendedthe mugs to w commit n h t i h m e i t fulla fraud oi impres sion that they each held ani t m il pe t t h ia e l y p w in e t r , e a e n x d al l n ia in d ed7b t y the slightest idea to the contrary, until inspector. Ile also add e d t h at all the other measures on the premises had been tried and found correct. Such being the case, ho expressed a hope that the summons would be dismissed. Mr. Rymer then took an objection to the summons. He said they had been summoned there for having in their possession " two mea sures," and contended that as those two mugs did not con tain a pint, they could not he measures, according to the late act of parliament. Mr. Wybergh : But you used them as measures. Mr. Rymer, in conclusion, again urged that the defendant was ignorant of the circumstances, and never intended to commit any fraud. The Magistrate : We do not believe that the defendant knew of the error in the measure ment, or that he had the least intention of defrauding the public ; therefore, we shall only fine him in the mitigated penalty of one shilling, and one shilling costs. Had we though, that it had been done intentionally, a much heavier fine would have been levied. At the same time he wished to state that it was illegal for publicans to have in use any measures except those which had been tried, and found correct by the authorities. The case excited considerable interest amongst the licensed victuallers, a number of whom were present MUNICIPAL REVISION The revision of the list of municipal voters for the borough of Liverpool commenced at ten o'clock yesterday morning, before his Worship the Mayor, John Stewart, EFq., and Mr. H. Bremner and Mr. W. A. Jevons, assessors, in the Sessions House, Chapel -street. Mr. E. Harvey appeared on behalf of the Reforniers, and Mr. Buckmaster for the Conservatives. In Vauxhall-ward there was one claim which was allowed ;in St. Paul's four, of which two were allowed ; in Everton three, of which one was allowed ; and in Scotland-ward three, of which two were allowed. The claims refused in St. Paul's ward were those of Mr. Daniel Warburton Kellet and Mr, Thomas Kellet, stationers, Old Hall-street, who did not appear on the rate books as having paid the rate of 1855. It appeared that the premises which Mr. D. W. Kellet occupied at the time the rate was laid, were pulled down before three mon'hs of the year had elapsed, and that ho offered to pay the proportion of the rate for that period. The overseers would not accept a part, and when the matter was brought before the magistrates they refused to interfere, on the ground that it would be a hardship to exact the rate for the whole year. Mr. Kellet paid the rates for the other premises which he occupied for the remaining portion of the year. His Worship and the assessors considered that the act gave them no power to allow the claim. The case of Mr. Thomas Kellet was precisely similar. Among the objections was one made by the Reformers to Mr. John Higson, of the firm of Higeon and Shand. Mr. Higson was qualified out of a warehouse in Queen -street, but as he did not appe ar , h e was struck off. Mr. Harvey then applied to have M r . Hi gson struck o ff t h e li s t a lt oge th er , on the ground that it was c l ear l y t h e i n t e ntion of the ac t t h at the if a p erson was objecti on was objected name of a pers on s h ou ld not ho in more than on e war d ; for though he m i g ht be rated, in respect of premi ses , i n two or more wards, he could not vote in more than on e . H e might select the ward he would stand for, but he cou ld not be in morn b Besides,not pe abpytlater, andlBth tlia section,t t proved as in this case, the M a y or was bound to expunge the name of such person from the lists. That would not h o e ffected, if his name was me re l y struck off in one instance—it i should be expunged wher ever it appeared, ee t e l d 'an to, ono. and did It being proved that Mr. Higson was on the lists in respect Exi of the warehouse in Queen street, and an office i n ang,Ye-ward, his name was altogether expunged from the lists. Richard Hartley, who was was on the lists for a house in Union t Falkland street, was struck off the listssre u et, d and st for il gr soother circu m _ stances. In Exchang e ward the Conservativesn under similar objectedm right and left to the Reformers, even William to such men as Mr. lllthbo , ne. At the last moment they withdrew these objec tions in the cases of influential gentlemen, but pressed them against the poor and working men—a great hardship. The business of the day closed after the list for Castle street-ward had been gone through. This day the list for St. Peter's -ward will be first taken up, and the revision will probably be brought to a close. COUNTY COURT.- - v EST ERDAY (BEFORE MR. JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) At the opening of the court, Mr. Gray made a special ap plication to the Judge, under the 48th section of the new County Courts' Act, 19 and 21 Vic., c. 108, for a commit ment summons, in an action in which Mr. Broadfoot, of Lord street, Liverpool, obtained a judgment in the month of April, 1854, for £l2 I Is 7d—debt and costs agp: of lower lane, London. His Honour This was one of the first applications of the kind made under the new act. TI,; chlnge In the t Mr. Revington A the application ettab:es the plaintiff to Slll/IMOIIB the dehto: ,o the court where the judgment was obtained. Dy this a debtor who has removed his residence to a distance, or absconded, may be summoned to the court where the judgment watt obtained, to show cause why he should not be committed to gaol for no,— - payment TRADE WITH THE RIVER PLATE BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Oct. 6.—The Right flonourable the Lards of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Parana, enelos. ing copy of a law recently passed by the Argentine Legislature levying duties, as follows, upon merchandise brought into any of the provinces of the Argentine Con federation from within the Capes at the mouth of the River Plate, and which law will come into effect in the month of February, 1857. Article 1.-Ist. Merchandise not subject to specific duty shall pay double the ordinary duty. 2d. Merchan dise subject to specific duty shall, on its introduction, be subject to an additional duty of 30 per ceat., ad valorem Article IL—Merchandise which may be introduced directly from outside the Capes by the said ports sh a ll continue to p a y on l y t h e ordinary duty. Article llL—The natural and manufactured products of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, of the Republic of Paraguay, and of the Brazilian possessions situated within the Capes, introduced directly by the said ports come within the preceding article. Article IV.—The natural and manufactured products of the Province of Buenos Ayres shall be admitted free of duty as national products. THE TIMBER TRADE. • AMERICAN TIMBER. PINE TIMBER : From Quebec, since Ist Feb., the import of yellow pine amounts to 38,938 logs, against 29,153 at the same date last sear; there has been but little varia tion in prices. A cargo of good quality, 72 to 73 feet average, sold at 20,3 A per foot ; larger averages have realised more money, but for small and inferior there is less enquiry. From St. John the import is 26,023 logs, against 20,069. During the week a cargo of fair quality has been sold at 6d over the average girth, or equal to 2s per foot for 18 inches average. Several attempts have been made to obtain a similar figure by auction, without success. Buyers in this market prefer making their pur. chases by private treaty, when lull prices are generally paid. Of Lower Port, a parcel of Richibueto sold at Ind per foot. RED PINE is worth our quotations. OAK AND ELM : The former has been sold at 2s id to 2s 4d, and the latter at 20d to 21d per foot with the cargo. HARDWOOD: St. John is saleable at 183 to 22(1 per foot. Nova Scotia 161 to 19d, and Prince Edward Island 14d to 16d, as in size and quality. N. B. and N. S. PINE AND SPRUCE DEALS : Since the Ist February 2,203,923 pieces pine and spruce deals have been imported, against 3,679,841 pieces last year; the stock is moderate and prices are steady. St. John cargoes have been placed at prices ranging from -el() 2s 6d to £lO 6s 3d, as in quality. Nova Scotia deals have realised from £9 15s to £lO -per standard. St. Stephens have yielded £9 17s 6t? to £lO ; few of the latter have been imported. QUEBEC DEALS : First quality is worth £l6 to 4'17 ; second, .411 10s to £l2; and third, 49 15s to £lO per standard. SPRUCE SPARS are saleable at 146 to 16d per foot. PrTcra PINE': A cargo from Savana of fair quality has beets sold during the week at a full price, the figure not to transpire. TEAK WOOD : The transactions are confined to retail from the yards ; the stock is much reduced. Since our annual circular, dated Ist February, 217 ves sels, 169,653 tons register, wood-laden, have arrived from British North America, viz., 66 from Quebec, 86 from St. John, N. 8., and 65 from other ports ; at the same date last year, 288 vessels, 220,225 had arrived. TABLE OF IMPORTS. From Ist F , .bruary, 18;6, to this date. IMPORTED bq I th r ' 4 PROM 0 06: LT : 0 a a 2. -4 . -4 0 h . 4 " cd !7) Quebec St. John, N.H Other Ports 38938! 4143 2977 14383 I 411 230 ! 2172907 26023 . i ! 6930 : 1.5271 932592 55 961 .. .. !.. 1.. 5003 ; 676,30 .. 70557 i 4143 2977 4383 , 411 12183 242121312592 Same time I ast year IMPORTED el 4 3 'to 0 " • " • " • 4-d r." - 4 FROM O= 0g cA ....0 ha E bt ..Fl_ ,746 4 8 .4 .4 . 4 8 4;- 4 ..` 34° 40 1 c..z..2 = l a ,„ 31 1765 2511 Quebec....... 290 , St. John, N. 8.. 200691 Other Ports .... 2312, 2244 I 10 7672 12360590 51 534 1745 2511 2244 10 13 -5 0 3 8 7 2 4 8583317962-511 BALTIC TIMBER. The tonnage employed this year is 14,263 tons, against 6,675 last year. The sales have been made privately, and prices are not to transpire. Our quotations are ob tainable. SPARS have been sold at various prices ; 9d for large sizes ; 16d to 18d per foot. for small fresh ones. RED DEALS AND BATTENS are worth our quotations; viz :—for St. Petersburg .t'l7 to £lB 10s; Riga, to £l6 15s; and other kinds in proportion. LATIINvoon: Separately is saleable at 37s 6d to 40s per foot; with the cargo less has been taken for it. STAVES : No sales to report. Since Ist February 45 vessels, 14,263 tons, have arrived, against 2t vessels, 6,675 tons, to date last year. A. F. & D. MACKAY. QUARANTINE NOTICES --- - OPORTO, Sept. 28, 1858.—The Board of Health at Lisbon has ordained that all coasters or other vessels bound to ports on the coast, either northward or southward of this, shall proceed first to Lisbon. The sanitary condition of this city and suburbs was never more favourable. LISBON, Sept. 29.—8 y an order of the Board of Health of the 26th inst., this city is declared free from disease from that date. The cholera, as an epidemic, has fortu nately ceased, but a few caws still appear, which, with vessels coming from other countries where the disease had prevailed, would infallibly subject them to quarantine in this. Sr. MlcuAxes, Sept. 10.—The Board of Health has decided that all vessels arriving from Lisbon or Madeira shall be subject to from 5 to 10 days' quarantine. MARRIAGES. On the 24th Sept., at Hill Side, Essex County. N.J., by the Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, D.D. J. Walter Wood, Esq., New York, to Sabina, eldest daughter of ' Wm. Redmond, Esq.. of Hill Side. On the 7th inst., at St. MichsePs-ir-the-Hamlet, by the Rev. Mr. Hassell. Mr. Charles Hamilton, to Jane, daughter of Ralph Lyon, Esq., Toxteth Park. On the Bth inst , by license, at St. Peter's Church, Ashton-ur der- Rev. W. Wi niow, Lyne, by th e Rev, F. W. Morris, incumb en t, an d ass i ste d b y t h e broker and insurance agent,to Miss Hannah Townsend. both of Ashton. M.A., Mr. Samuel Vernon, licensed passage On the Bth inst., at Childwall Church, by the Rev. Mr. Bagnar, James Wright, Esq., corn merchant, of biv-rpool. to Selina second James of the late John Bowers, Esq., of Greenfield House, Olive Mount, Wavertree. On the 9th in.t., at Great George-street Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, John William Cook, Esq., of Holmfield-house, Aigburth, t o Jane, second daughter of Thomas Haigh, Esq., Gambler-terrace, Liverpool. On the gth inst , at Walton-on-the-Hill, by th e R ev . Wm. Wryer, R LYnnn Rec tory, ' Cheshire, A. Graham Smith, Esq., to Ch ar l otte osamonde, second daughter of John Anderson, Esq. On th e DEATH o Lawrence, Margaret Marian, aged 13 months, dau g ht er of Captain 6 th inst., n board the ship Glencairn, in th e G u lf of St. John Fiulford, master of the ship Glencairn. Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Office duly authenticated. An accident of a frightful character occurred on Satur day morning, at Mr. J. Bunyar's steam flJur-mill, Maid stone. A warehouseman, named John Saunders, was engaged i n oiling the joints of the m ac hi ne , when it is supposed that h e slipped forward. He was immediately caught by the flywheel, which was revolving at the rate of forty revolutions per minute, and which whirled him with fearful velocity into the wheelpit, at the same crushing and mangling the poor fellow in a most dreadful manner. li e died the same afternoon, Deceased has left a wife and six children. TRADE REPORT -THURSDAY COTTON : LIVERPOOL. The market opened this morning with a good demand, and holders being less disposed to sell, prices were very firm. Since noon a large speculative enquiry has sprung up, and 1-16 d per lb advance has been obtained. The sales including 130 Pernambucos 6,id to 7id, 600 Bahii=s 6id to 6Ad, 70 Maranhams 6id, 400 Egyptians fid to Bid, 1,000 S urats 41d to 5 1d—are reported 15,000 bales, of which 7,000 are on speculation and for export. SUGAR: The market continues firm, and extreme rates have been realised; 40 hhds Jamaica have brought 455, 550 bags Dates 475, and 2,000 mats Mauritius 47s per cwt. MoLAssEs : Nothing has taken place. Rum : 100 puns Demerara have been sold without change in prices. COFFEE : There continues a very good demand for Jamaica, particularly for the fine descriptions, 65 tierces having realised 60s to 103 s per cwt for good ordinary to fine. RICE : There has been a fair enquiry, the fine qualities of Bengal being rather dearer; the sales are 2,700 bags, 1,509 pockets, at 9s 91 for broken, to 14s 6d per cwt for fine. GINGER : 2,000 bags African were offered at auction and withdrawn, 24s 6d per cwt duty paid being refused. RAPFSEED: 250 bags Bombay are reported at 68s 6d, and 1,000 bags Calcutta at 57s per qr. SUGAR: The market LONDON has been firm, at yesterday's prices. Groc e ry l umps 55s to 58s. COFFEE : The public sales are too small to give quota tions, but the article has a steady appearance. TEA : The public sales are progressing without spirit. Common congou sold by private contract at 81d per lb. RICE : 600 bags Bengal sold in public sale at lOs to lOs 61. nTRE : 800 bags refraction, 7 to 111, sold in le at 34s to 34s GI; 36s GI has been paid for fink. refraeCon 2 COTTON : 150 bales sold at full prices. In other articles no material alteration. Markets generally dull. TALLOW: The market is firm, at the annexed quota tions, viz. :—Town tallow, 51s 91 nett cash ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 51s 6d to hls 9d ; last three months, Os. lllzziEs: In the home mining stock market the prin cipal enquiries of late have been for shares in Condurrow, Wheal Trelawney, Trewetha, Wheal Mary Ann. Sort ridge Consols, Great Wheal Alfred, Great South Tolgus, and Great Wheal Baddern. Prices in few cases present any important alteration. In the Stock Exchange to-day no transactions are officially reported in mining securities. Subjoined is a list of yester day's transactions in the Mining Exchange: Chancellorsville, is 6d, 7s, 8s ; Great Alfred, 10i, ; Sor tridge Consols, 3g, ; Wheal Edward, 2i, i; Wheal Ludcott, 32s 6d, 35s ; Wheal Trelawney, 213 ; Wheal Zion, 2, I-, In the Stock Exchange:—Sortridge Consols, 3g, 7-16, 5.16; Trewetha, 3; ; Great South Tolgus, 11 ; Wheal Edward, 2g, a ; Wheal Zion, 2fr, 2; Lady Bertha, 123 6d; Great Wheal Baddern, 28s 64, 20s, 21s; East Tamar, 3s 6d; Mariquita, Ils 3d; Lusitanian, dis., dis. ; Chaucellorsville, 7s, 7s 6d. IRELAND. BA LLINASLOE FAIL—The following account of the second day's sheep fair at Ballinasloe is supplied by the correspond ent of the Freeman's Journal:--" Ballinasloe, Monday, October 6.—The sorry appearance of the fair green this morning showed in the most unmistakeable manner the enormous sales that were made on Saturday. Flocks are certainly still coming in, but up to the present the show of sheep is much less than I ever saw it on the second day. There were some very fine lots that were not exhibited at all on Saturday, and which have brought us good prices. Of these Mr. Tully, Rafarn, had 700. Mr. Tully always has his sheep in pens, and his show this morning looked in prime condition. It would appear from the slackness of the biddings this morning that the buyers hod all supplied themselves on Saturday. Certainly, with the small supply, I never saw the demand so backward. Prices are seemly so high as on Saturday, but the transactions that have taken place as yet are so few that I can scarcely say th e prices are down." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETbea3l.rNislnGc,ierlBBssGt.l2lb Acceptances for the Great Autumn Cup, of 200 Sovs., given by the Captains of America and the Stevedors of Liverpool, with 200 Sovs. in Specie added by Mr. E. W. Topham, the Lessee and Clerk of the Course, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 Sovs. each, 10ft. The second to receive LO sovs. out of the stakes, the third to save his stake, and the winner to pay 30 sovs to the Judge and Sta;der. A winner of any Handicap of the value of 100 Sovs., 3 lbs ; two or• 200, 7 lbs ; and the winner of ithe Cyr arewitch, 12 lbs ; second, 5 lbs extra ; but no horse to carry lucre than 12 lbs extra. Thirty acceptances or no race, and net less than Six to start. Entrance 3 sovs., to go to the Fund. One mile and three quarters, 47. Weights published on Thursday, Sept. 2:), at 10.0 a.m. 8 5 Mr. Sykes, ()yrs 0 Cardsharper, syrs 8 0 Rifleman, 4yrs JO 0 Imogene, 4yrs 7 10 Hungerford, aged t 6 0 Claret, 4yrs 710 Speed the Plough, Gyrs 510 Border Chief, 4yrs • 7 10 Early B rd, syra 0 10 Red Robin, 4yrs 7 10 Wild Huntsman, syrs 5 10 Cii/carr, 4yrs 7 10 Pole Ste , , 4yrs 5 10 Laura Selina, 4yre 7 7 Saraband, 4yrs 5 10 Alice Wentworth, 3yrs 7 7 Lance, 3yrs 5 9 Termagant, 3yrs 7 0 Brother to Grey Tommy, 6y 5 ti Ba•Reur, 3yrs 6 12 The Chicken, 4yrs ,5 6 Falstaff, yrs 612 Lundyfoot, 33, - s 15 6 lady Ilorence, 3yrs • 6 10 Pantomime, 6yrs 13_ 6 Gandy, 3yrs 6 10 Cockatoo, 4 yrs la 4 Delember, 4yrs ~1,! 1 4 5555. i 7,02 4 4 4 : ‘ALK : P BlT l l : rzil a t,tictei c i et:i fl k ieela , Hoe o N.3 3 f, fayY Scotland, rl:/1yse.,r t ryb y a r t s. 6 10 T.:e Earl, 4yrs 3yrs 6 8 Lough Bawn. aged 6 8 Gamekeeper, syrs 6 8 Flatterer, 4yrs 6 8 Hospitality. 3yrs. 6 6 Illorean 'tattler, syrs 6 6 Jolly Marl: e. 4yrs 6 4 Polmoodie, 3yrs ) 6 2 Prince of Orange, 3yrs t 7 Arago, 3yrs 6 2 Cerva, 3yrs N.B.—lf the highest weight accepting it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. BEDFORD RACES --.YESTERDAY PREPARATION STAKE Glenlee 1 I Weathercock Seven ran. ARRIVED —New Brighton, Pope Joan, Mabel, Alastor, Ada, Nuisette, Pampanero, Little Tom. Fisherman, Sirocco, Westminster, Weathercock, and Foam. WREXHAM RACES,YESTER DAY ALAS POWOR STARES Coal Black Rose .. l I Miss Birch..... 2 I Betsy B Five ran GOLD CUP Sul geon - General... 1 I Mary........ 21 St. Dunstan 3 Three ran. Won by a length. BRYN Y PYS HANDICAP Janet Pride 1 I Blossom Six ran. TWO .YEAR OLD STAKES Tournament . 1 I GPrnmy di Verge Five ran. A unry ED.—Surgeon- Gmeral, Cossey, Blossom, Whale bone, Lily, Betsy 8., Janet Pride, Jane, Bromnton, Br. to Broughton, Bright Eye, Miss Birch, Minerva, Croxton, and Cigar. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, OCTOBICR 10. 11.10f1 WATER-Morn. 8 I—Even. 836 —Height, 11ft. 9 in. ARRIVED, . ... Oct. 9. —Atlantic (U.L1.3f.5./, Eldridge, from New York—Rita (..s.), Santander—Belmont. N ewfoundland—Endeavour, Al-at tn. dris—Beaver (s.s.), Havre—Gouisian Cronsta it—Dolus, Riga— Fight Sisters, Pillan—Paragon, and Otte Sodskende, Konigtherg— Asabe, Archangel. SAILED Grove, for Naples General Parkhill, Charleston Ele nor, Genoa OUT PORT, Queenstown, Oct. 4.—The Royal Charter (s.s.), from Liverpool for Melbourne, arrived off here at 7 a.m., all well. Sailed on the 2nd inct MARITIME EXTRACTS 929 Eldridge,43d ola;rinvtrdi 2 A 7 t t l h an u t l i t e . ; (U sh . e S. b M rn S 4 .) ; from Liverpool, N ew yYork, Oct, l e 71 passengers. On the 4th inst., in lat. 44, ;17, paused the 'm g .,' for .13.04211• . fgt.o—nTthlee p:inionth, Oct' 6. —The Merrimac, from T iv erpool to Calmat', which put in here. Oct. 4, strained will have to discharge.—Ars Ennlish barqtte, in distres, with a great hit, care.° having' appa rently shifted, was seen, Oct. 3, in lat. 43 N., 100. 8, by the llferri- VV, .1 Holyhead, Oct. B.—The Wm. Hitt, from Liverpool to Havana, has discharged part of h er cargo, and been stripped of her rigging. She will have new t ops, &C. Wexford, Oct. 7.—The Chance, Rossiter, of Wexford, from New port. went on shore last night in the south bay. Crew saved. Constantinople, Sept. 29 —The hull end stores of the Isis, from q Liverpool, which went on shore on the reef of the Rabbit Isls,d., Aug. 4, have been sold. The s Ile terminated on the 2(tth instant. Tullocb of and from Liverpool to Bombay, put in here. dept . "ndsto lighten hat discharged part of her cargo. Toe masteri to continue her still more, then to put to rea. and, if tbe leak • to bear up for ceases , England. St. Vincent, Cape de Verds, Sept. 11.—The Birmingham, and tl.o voya,te to Bombay, but if otherwise, m. lost, is reported to have been safely anchored Orleans, Sept. 20.—The Sept. 5, by H.M.S. Tartar, at Ha s.) previoasly renorted bottom up, of about 6o(1 tons, was B anchored off Tampico Bah New York, Sept. 25.—A ve s s el, iv lon. 82 W.—A Ship of about 1,000 passed, Sept. 11, in lat. 2w. Tay ( s seen ; shore Se t. 14, on Carysfert tons, with painted port. , 11 of a vessel, of abut 40G toas, painted - —The hull Reef. Sept. 2/. streak, was passed, Sept. l I, in lat. 24 N. lon. 82 black with white Io another vessel, Sept. 14, in lat. 26, long. 85, by W. • and the hal at New Orleans. ,_, the Bennington, FOREIGN PORTS. d A Ellen, and Mermaid —b oth hence at Bom b ay . usten an . n c . at Old Calabar. Petrel, Le . Nigger (Ft li,S.) and Amphitrite —both hence at Liberia Nuremberg, and NVnderm , !re—both hene at Ne w Orleans Fanny F - tri. I ence a t Ch arleston. i Capitol, hence at Baltim,re. Tuscorora, hence at Philadelphia. John :Milton, and C onst i llation—both hen ce at New Yo r k, for Liverpool, petit,, Marie Louise, from Q ue b ec at Sy d ne y, C. 8., and to rep air damages. ce at Genoa, Imm acolata, and B en it a —b ot h hen POCKE T PICKING.—On Wednesday, a 'young lady had her pocket picked of a purse containing 14s 6d, while en gaged in looking at the fashions at the Liver House, Church street. There was a great crowd at the time, amongst which were some very fashionably dressed females.