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

ales 1.112 Auction By Messrs. WALKER and ACKERLEY, TO -MORROW (Wednesday), the 27th instant, at Six o'clock in the Evening, at the House of Mr. Johnson, Sign of Geo. in London -road, Liverpool, in one or more lots, and subject to such conditions as may be agreed upon at the time of sale, ALL those Two Leasehold DWELLING-HOUSES, being Nos. 4 and 6, in Greek-street, Liverpool, and on the west sid e th ereo f , and now in the occupation of Mr. Chester !Ind Mr. Thomas Leves3n, as tenants thereof, and containing In front to Greek-street 30 feet 6 inches, and at the back 30 feet, and on the north and south sides severally 42 feet. _ The Premises are demised by the Corporation of Liverpool, For 75 years, from the 6th December, 1828, at a Pepper-corn Rent. _ For further particulars apply at the Offices of W ILLIAM UTvEzi, Solicitor, 7, Clayton-square, Liverpool. IMPORTANT TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. By Messrs. WALKER and ACKERLEY, On Mom)Ay next, the Ist day of August, at Eleven o'Clock precisely, on the Premises, No. 6, Pitt-street, Liverpool (unless disposed of by Private Treaty, of which due notice will be given), THE 'whole Genuine STOCK-IN-TRADE, FlX j_ TITRES, and GOODWILL of a CHEMIST and DRUG GIST'S SHOP, of thirty years' standing, situate as above, and bow in the occupation of Mr. Drew. A Party now interested in the Shop, would be glad to intro duce'aby respectable Purchaser to a large connection with the above Shop, of many years' standing, in the Shipping Line. There is also a good Surgery Business hi connection with it, MITT which, if properly conducted, would yield a good return, and well worth the attention of arty Tntleman who, with a Small capital, would d evote himself to t le business. For further particulars, apply to Messrs. WALKER and ACRERLEY, Auctioneers, 55, Church-street ;or to Mr. Wm. Itovvarr Water-street, Liverpool. • MODERN AND EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, WEST DERBY-STREET, TOP OF PEMBROKE-PLACE. R. BY FORD begs to announce that he is in stKucted to AUCTION, on THURSDAY next, o lle 28th instant, atEleven o'clock precisely. upon the Prom vp.,lll3. 27, West Derby street, opposite the Chapel,—by order tee E xecutor-a of the lee Mrs. Lyon, deceased, liltkole of the modern and excellent HOUSEHOLD FUR forte 'p , P tt ed Articles, Glass, China, Books, Square Piano- Cban'd„Vnl-dayS' Clock, in Mahogany Case, by Harrison. Thi - a e rs, Venetian blinds, large Iron Safe, and other -H Effects, rAki n tkIV - 'ITURECif the DRAWING -ROOM, DticrlN - 0 - OOM, and well is principally of Mahogany, and embraces Sets of Iteed, --- le Chairs and Couches, in Hair-clotb, Dining Table, on ineb;'„ ~„L ' egs andrastors, with Two Shifting Leaves, 8 feet 4 Ladi''",,, n B by 4 feet 5 inches wide, Loo, Sofa, Card, Snap, and and ,i'Ork 'Fables, Bookcase, with Folding Glazed Doors llos. , sy o u g° 4 Ms under, a Ditto, with Secretaire, Whatn ( ot, toirl' i i„ Cabinet, with Marble Top, Parr Berlin Worked )t -.„i Pair Tire Screens, Shields, painted lryEkurland, on Oak sti—`?Pe Stands, ' a Reading Stand, Chimney Glass, in Orna iictial'Oilt Trame (Plate 50 inches by 53 inches), Brussels and tharYill„inster Carpets, Hearth-rags, Bronzed and Ormolu top7c.."„ e lrs, Cast Fenders, Polished fire-irons, Damask Win- Th e 7k ai nSt Ornamental Articles, lize. Itead;•%,...snaoolis contain Polished Birch Half-tester Bed litt* -- v ; " It h Figured Damask Hangings, and other Bedsteads, topfattresses, capital seasoned Feather Beds and appropriate tirepg, Gentleman's Mahogany Wardrobe, Chests of , Drawers, Pai,,,14 Glasses Polished Birch Tdilet Table. and IN ashstand, c"rtitt CBzhe.mbe'r Articles, large Llrien Chest, Toilet Ware, u seful Kitchen Requisites, Gas Stove, &c. ". 0 0 s include Rees' Cyclopedia and Plates, 45 v015.,4t0" olio, Y on the Bible, 6 vols., 4to , Harkin on the New Testament, vo turiyan's Wrks, vols., flume's History of England, 5 Ci ar y t, !Mist Magazine from . 1840 , t0 July, 1853, Life of Adam Othe r Ar.,.", 1 ,5., Holy Bible, 2 "rdls. 4t0., Oxford Edition, and .....yuroßria,talogues ' -c elianeous Works. Ybe viewed To-Nc V' (Wednesday), the 27th instant, may' ° b ß e " had on the Premises, or of Mr. at his Rooms, Clayton-square. STOcK ~SA LE 'PO-111011110W (WEDNESDAY). _ ." - TRAUP of TAILOR and DRAPER, Ready-Ma:le Clothina sh• a WlGlass HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Chitnnoy- RI b — , l "g - Tables.'Featiter Beds, &c. To.7,, uS rAllVOltril will SELL by AUCTION, (Wednesday), the 27th instant, at _Eleyen 4 A - TRAiji""ln . at his iLooms, 34, Duke-street, the . STOCK -6114 Nar TAILOR and DRAPER, comprising'Broad Tweeds r r „ . ",,, 0 011en' Cloths, in various colours, Doeskins, 'vestin,L --- j'tineres;Fancy Trouserings, Beavers, 'Pilot tloths, tgethg,',,,„LadY-made Clothing, Gentlem_en's 'Shirts, &c. ; ire a qUatitity of useful Tables. Toilet G , itettinrising Bedsteads, Drawers, , and - Stands, Sofa r.l„„?",„ a a , "Sideboard, Sofa, Mahogany Chairs, LCro Tables, Gii, - ",—orsy and• Rocking Chairs, Chrtunier, Pier'Glasses, bra -;„" mutes, se7eral fine Framed Engravings. Whter-colour efri4i"gai-excellent Feather Beds, Blankets,Carpets,and other May be Niewedtn - the Morning of Sale. PirillS DAY (TUESDAY.) GTNUINE FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE, Handsome Tapestry Carpet, a Turkey ditto, 19 feet 6 Mallen by 15 feet, Hand some Pair of Marble Tables and Stands, ItlassiveTier Table, Rich'lyccarved;--with Plate-glass underneath 'Zebu:wood Loo lytasatre Table, 'by Giltaw, Rosewood Tea Poy. 'Handsome Whatnot, Four-peat Bedsteads, Rode, Rings, and Carved Foot board,-Superb Drawing-room Suite, covered in Rich Silk Tabtrret, and Crartains, large ChimnerGlass;,aynd Effects of a Lady goinroroad. MR. Mt' CE has instructions tto - SELL by AIX *TION, Tins DAY (Tuesday), the 46th instant, at Elevetr o'clock. prompt, on the Premises, 1-7,'St. Anne-street, near Islington, the whole of the trainable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, - comprising, in Drawing-room, -set of Eight Rosewood Chairs, Chiffonniere, 'with 'Plate - -glass back, Easy Chairs, a Pair a Couches, very Handsome Centre Table, l arge Chimney Glass, Whatnot, Tea Pay, Tapestry Carpet, Fenders Fire-irons, Ornaments, Handsome Marble Table, on Carved Claw'reet,PerSet, Trays, Rag, LT. modern Mahogany Sitting Rooms are l e l urnish with sets of Mahogany Chairs, a Handsome Sideboard and Chit ionniere, both of very Rich Wood, Capital-Dining Table, on Telescope Frame, Easy Reclining - and Rocking'Chairs. Dinner Pervice. China and Glass, Handsome Chimney ( Glasses China r naments, Pair of Capital Sofas, - and trveryHandsome ' Couch, I _ ll Hair,' very Rich Set of Trays Dinnet•Knives and Forks, kirusaels and other Carpets and Ititgs; Fender.% Tire-irons, &c. tteThadesitA4RM74lB include massive - Mahogany Fourpost Bed tal Half-tester. Hair, 'and Wool Mattrseses, prime lim:.erasoned Feer Beds, Pair of &fart le Toil eliaLles and Marble y Glass, Winged and Single Wardrobes, Commodes, Bidet, ..;;4110gany Drawers, Toilet Ware, Carpets; Chairs, Painted nashstands and Table, Cheval , Gines, &c. The HALL and STAIRS include handsome Mahogany Hall .able, Hatstand, Stair Carpet, Stair Rode, Oil Cloth, Gas Ch andeliers, &c. The Kitchen Utensils and other Effects. The whole may be viewed on the Morning of Sale, and de scriptive Catalogues had from Mr. GRICE, 40, Whitechapel. By SfrfflLL. On MONDAY, the Ist day or August next, at Nine o'clock in the Evening, at Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, Hanover street, Liverpool, A PIECE of LAND , w i th the MESSIJAGE or 1. DWELLI NG - HOUSE, and SHOP and PREMISES thereon erected, and now in the occupation of Mrs. Sandiford, situate en the East side of the Road leading from Liverpool to Everton Village; containing in front to the said 'Road 16i yards, and In rear or depth' backwards, .on the East side, 29 yards or thereabouts, and on the West -side 37 yards or thereabouts, and, in breadth at the back 15 Tards or thereabouts. rest Derby. F or further tartic u l ars a p p l y to Melts:RD Wt LLIAMS, ISO • licitor - 3, Lord-street, Liverpool. TO BREWERS AND OTHERS By Mr. BRANCH, ° I I Faunvz' the sth day of August next, at Two,d'clock in the fternoon at the Clarendon-rooms. Southriolin. street, Li ?tr1)0Olf subject to conditions then to be produced E, s, 'fallowin g FREEHOLD ESTATituate at 13it it te..tcomb, in the county orChester, consisting of all that tb R r" ll Y, called SEACOM'BE IBilVWERV,•with the Steam tle-0 orking Plant, and' Fixtures now being therein. And the CLatt the MESSUAGE or 'DWELLINC-HOUSE, with ibiy,r`•; , Outbuildings, Yard Garden, and Premises thereto Mr. Th ng and belonging, as the same were lately , occupied by Th e 6 ' ,, ln at'llarriott. rfiej a i' ° ilnd Plot of the above Premises contains 1,34 g, su tne p l 4,. B fluare yards, and has a frontage to the north slue r : if th e 0 0 road leading from Seacombe Ferry to , Wallasey, in votoi t ntY of il,LPaage Chester on the east of 77 side thereof. , ticlies, including half of a 'll ie eciers. urcnaser can have early possession; and further parti klictio„maY be known on application to Mr. B RA N CH , the itsq ,49*,,Ilianover-street, Liverpool-4 to JOH re: 111.i.nwoaTti, So li . cito r a ' nfe Ttli, near Doncast er . , or to Mr. GEO. tKENYON, Thorne, Yorkshire. 20t1: July, 1853. l'24""11 V" NEY AND GUERNSEY COWS. -r-' choice ALDERNEY and GUERNSEY LucAsl/4il Rsi y I T fitIPE near Calving, ow on Private-Sale at P41 40R! . m M' NE Y LENT on PLATE, WATCHES, JEWEL- Lfty d escrinth,„ _;_ , bILKS, VELVETS, WOOLLENS, and every brok e ' ,"" u. Manchester and Leeds ooda,at Half the Pawn- PrigrS Eateaf Interest l Y at 6C iSeel-street, two doorsfroncrßack Colquitt-street effouse , TO CORRESPONDENTS. esball be happy, at all times, to receive.communicatio ns 11 stliejects of +local or general interest; and if ourfriends Will b e good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tur 'es. for our own-satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. ktbapoot -;-Dtanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1€53. PUBLIC BUSINESS. , N a Vii _ I LK the House of Commons is occupied witl wrilotiltiplicity ze st a .of legislative details, which causes day . at zoo n. am continuous sitting—meeting one of the not breaking up till late in the morning 22324 , be said t - iere is in next da3r- sti ' reality very little which duty has been° ° ecuPy public attention. The Soap re Peated, the Tea duty has been re aBdueed., the Incor ne . tax has been perpetuated, and t t I.°l. th e minor d etails, they are not worth the re ouble of ag i tating for or against them. We ha ve ach ed the d og -d ays, and t h oug h t h e t emperature 10-r not quite so high as it is sometimes at this season t he Year, the public have become thoroughly we aried wi t h the id le twa ddl e i n w hi ch their repre rntatives hav e i n d u l g ed all the sessio n , an d no ' e re the m to the disgraceful hurry with which they ware makin g up f or l os t ti me at the fag-end of it. d e' C an easil y un d erstand that M r. G LADSTONE moes not find the Chancellorship of the Exchequer a bed o f roses, particularly as upon him has de- Ca v ed the the crus hi ng weight of :the Coalition Cabinet ; but he made his own election when he t a , c eepted suc h companionship, and must bear with econs equences. The p rocee di ngs 'i n t h e L ower hou se_ can now only be reported as a long list of Ileasures passing their several stages, clauses hur ried thr oug h i n Committee without reference to thei r sense, grammar, or coherence; and unless the session be prolonged almost indefinitely, this liol esale legi s l a ti on w ill h ave to be passed by the 1-1 ° use of Lords with barely time to read the titles of the several Bills, or they must he postposed until another session for a similar farce to be repeated. BUch is tile improvement in public business effected THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY by a Reformed House of Commons ; the best time of the day is spent in asking Ministers ridiculous questions or talking on impossible projects ; and in the dead of night, when the greater part of the members are away and the rest asleep, the real business is done in passing Bills, which are thus briefly reported in the daily papers :—" The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned." After numerous sittings in Committee, the last clause of the Ministerial India Bill has only just been reached, the Bills for attempting to settle the long disputed questions between landlords and tenants have not yet arrived at the concluding stage; the Commit tee on the Pilotage Bill has only been commenced, and the most important clauses have still to be discussed; the Merchant Shipping Bill has not yet passed; the Bills for manning the navy are still un discussed ; numerous other measures are in a state of hopeless incompleteness; Lord JOAN RUSSELL was last night to declare the number of Bills-that, having gone through several stages, were to be given up, and yet as late as Thursday last no fewer than six new Bills were introduced by members of the Government. We were told, as an apology for the Coalition Ministry, that the Liberal party con tained all the practical men of business. Here is a proof of it in as pleasant a melange of hurry and confusion as ever disgraced a conclave of talkative old women. If the present state of public business be an evidence of administrative talent, it would be as well to choose the next ministry from men who had never been in Parliament before, and the country might benefit by the change, When GEORGE 111. was threatened with a desertion of his ministers, because he would not surrender a cherished principle, he said Ile would form a cabinet from the lust twenty respectable-looking men he met at "Charing-cross. What the old KING offered to do from necessity Queen VICTORIA may do from choice, for the country will soon become convinced that a change must be for the better, when it is im possible to be for the worse. DUTY ON SUCCESSIONS. THE key -stone of Mr. 'GLADSTONE'S financial policy having at length 'escaped the tedious dis cussions in the House of 'Commons, from which many of its clauses narrowly escaped by bare majorities, has undergone a more digniked dis cussion in the nouse - of Lords, and met a well deserved exposure of 'its enormities by the Earl of DERBY. In his able speech -on Friday—which we are only presented from giving by its great length= he showed the monstrous injustice of 'the scheme, which would involve the owners of real property in endless litigation, and fail of recruiting the Exchequer excepeby the grossest oppression. was, however, determined not to divide the House tra the second reading, but Lord DEVS -- s . -gave notice that he ihoulchnove several important amendments in Committee, one of which would be to make - the measure prospective only, instead' of retrospective, for twenty Tears, as at present, and another to limit its duration to five years. This , annonncement has been -eagerly - seized upon by Radical sticklers for Constitutional privileges as an infringement - of a tacit understanding, that no Money Bills shall ori ginate or undergo alteration in the House of Lords — a principle -*bleb, however judicious in the abstract, is not absolutely compulsozy, , -arad which; if carried to the.extrcme, may, as in thiscase, produce -serious inconvenience. The objection was ably met -by the Earl of DZRBY, who saicll---=" If your lore:ships are . to bow-to every injustice which the ticuse of Common thinks fit to impose upon your lordships —if you are to submit to eee the rights of the people infringed upon—then, I say, you had better abandon- at once your functions, and you hid better nut go through the farce of -having the tax-sent up to you for your consideration at all." We -should strongly-condemn any unnecessary tamperirg with the •respective privileges -of -either House .otf Par liament, or the persistence in any course which would needlessly lead to a' breach of the good un derstanding which should exist between- the two branches of the Legislature ; but the measure is one which imperatively demands a more careful revision , than it has yet received, and it-is 'perhaps full time -the fact was made more apparent than it seems at .present, that the `ti of Commons is not, either- de jure or de facto, • the whole Government of the -country. FREE-TRADE POLICY. ME assertions as to the success of Free-trade have been -so pertinaciously reiterated by cur .ce3 , dern political economists, that the, public, unaccustomed to weigh-causes and effects, have been too ready to accept the conclusions without taking the trouble to think for themselves. They know that the Corn laws were -repealed in 1846; -that this measure was followed-by-reductions in the sugar duties, which admitted the produce of fortlgn slave labour on nearly equal terms with that of the free labour of our own colonies; that the shipping interest:was afterwards exposed to foreign competition; and that these measures were all parts of the Free-trade system. They now experience tle benefit of im proved prices, and active demand for the products of industry,:-with unceasing trade in imports and exports, and having the positive assurance of the advocates of the Manchester school that the present state of affairs is the promised reisult of the new commercial -system, the unthinking portion of the public adopt the theory without troubling them selves with any farther inquiry. Thezubject, how ever, is of tco great importance to Le allowed to pass without further investigation, or it may be found, when too late to apply an efficient remedy, that we have been persisting in a hazardous system, and giving it credit for a success which is solely owing to exceptional causes. It would . .be well to bear in mind upon what grounds the success of Tree-trade was confidently predicted by those who were its warmest advocates, and whose perseverance, whether right or wrong, was rewarded with success. They complained that the closing of our ports by prohibitory duties to the produce of the corn growirg, countries of the north of Europe not only deprived our artisans of thesupply of cheap food, which was essential, but deprived manufacturers .Of a market for their goods to clothe the peasants of Prussia, Denmark, and Germany. With un restricted importation we should exchange our cotton goods for the cheap earn of northern Europe, so that the increased employment of the operatives would .convert Lancashire into a paradise of remunerated industry more than sufficient to compensate for any loss to the agricultural districts. Wages would be high while bread would be low, so that every man would have enough and to spare. They even went further, and Free-trade orators drew the pleasant picture of Manchester being virtually laid alongside the valley of the Mississippi —on one side all engaged in making calico, and on the other all occupied in growing wheat to feed them. England was to be the workshop for the world, a huge factory, which should produce suffi cient calico to clothe all the population, and agricul ture might be neglected, for with cheap bread the fac tories would find employment for all. It would be hard upon political prophets to refer them to all their predictions, as it is cruel to read a defendant's love letters in a court of law; but it is a duty to ourselves to consider how far any of these predic tions have been realised. It is true that our exports have considerably increased, but the demand has arisen from our neglected Colonies, which were denounced in Parliament as incumbrances to be shaken off. Northern Europe, instead of exchanging corn for calico, has every year taken less of our manufactures, and even the United States, from which we were to receive an abundance of cheap food, has found other markets for her breadstuffs, leaving us the once contemned sources of the ports in the Black Sea to make up for the deficiency of neglected agriculture in England. Almost the first effects of Free-trade were universal complaints of agricultural distress, and such a diminished home trade for our manufactures, that goods were ex ported at a loss to prevent the greater loss of closing the factories. Ireland was prostrated to a depth of misery which cannot be recalled without a shudder, her population decimated by famine, hundreds of thousands flying from their homes, her landlords impoverished and her land desolate, and English markets deprived of that supply of wheat which up to this time had been steadily increasing. All was complaint, trade was unremunerative, capital was diminishing, rents were rapidly falling, and distress was becoming general. It was then, when Free trade, having accomplished the single object of cheap bread, had well nigh shaken the Empire to its base—when the Bank of England was only savea from stoppage and consequent national bank ruptcy by the suspension of the Currency Act, and when even a Free-trade Ministry were compelled to admit the existence of distress,—that the discovery of gold in California gave an impetus to our foreign trade, and induced a glimmering of hope that prices would recover under this unexpected accession to the' stock of the precious metals. A similar dis covery was shortly afterwards made in our own neglected Colony of Australia, and then it was that under such a startling stimulant a movement was made which for extent and rapidity is almost with out parallel. The exciting news aroused the popu lation, and produced a mania for emigration to the new El Dorado, the Shipping interest revived under the impetus, and the increasing demands for manu factures raised our exports not only in amount but in value, gave full employment to our artisans, and bustling activity to our shipping ports. Prices were raised, because there was a new source of wealth' o meet it; and under the stimulus of com petition decreased, and demand augmented, by emigration, the country recovered from its depres sion, and quickly reached that state of prosperity for which the Free-traders 'have the unblushing iftrontery to claim all the - credit. It is true that some of their writers, witbrrore modesty than their leaders, have the candour to admit that the gold discoveries have assisted to develope their theory ; but, in doing so, they admit too much tit too little. The avowed object of tree-trade was to increase the export of manufattured goods by lowering the cost of production. 'Cheap bread was to be the means of reducing the wages of the operatives, and this was to operate' in a general lowering of prices and consequent - raising of the value tf money, upon which the predicted prosperity was to be founded. It did so operate, prices were lowered, the interest of money was-so high that the necessity of the repeal of the tsury Laws for tilt first time became evident, and the result was general distress without prospect of 'remedy. The discoveries in California and Australia changed all this—Free-trade was virtually upset, prices were raised instead of lowered, the interest of money reduced, and out of his direct revers al of the "modern theory vre now experience that state of prosperity which is falsely attributed - to Free-trade. While,l2owever, all appears so fair, both present and prospective, we should `be cautious not to feli- citate ourselves too confidently on our immunity from reveries. We have . for the present escaped shipwreck from our adheretce to the Manchester polity ; 'but it is still trareversed, and the dangers to which- re are liable spring from the same.source. The increased dernwids for our manufactures have led to apprehensions as sto a sufficient supply-of the raw material, while the improves value 'of labour , has prompted the 'operatives to hold them selves independent of tlicir employers, and - refuse to work except upon their own terms. The dis couragement of our home agriculture it making -us every year more dependent upon foreign countries for our supplies of necessary food, and the danger of such a state is just-now evident in the recen t threatened stoppage 'of much of our , foreign supply, owing to the - 'disturbed state of poli tical nTairs in the East of Europe. This --is an evil of no trifling magnitude, not only rendering our internal condition :more and more 'dependent upon the preservation of peace, however 'disho nourably obtained, but: , by discouraging our agri cultural population, and , T.reakening those -sources of •national strength by , which alone we can hope to secure permanent peace. Those who counselled active interference .in 'behalf of Turkey, .little thought of the danger -of-such a course,:if.Ruseia had been insensible' to-the efforts of diplomatic skill. Active hostilities , in the Black Sea .would have deprived us of an- important supply of food; and, with a rural population which has beendimi nished-at the rate of a thousand a day by emigre.- tion, we should find uneeasing difficulties in:-re cruiting our forces with , those stalwart frames of thews and sinews which .we.chould look for -in vain among -.the manufacturing operatives. We lave raised - a :numerous militias:ferce, and, under the blessing cf Providence., may be able to hold .our own against an invading foe:; but Free-trade has weakened: the long and strong: arm which England was wont-to stretch in the pride of her might over -the defenoekss and oppressed in every quarter. of -the globe. 'We must preserve peace with Russia on any terms, for she helps to,nourish our.popu lotion with , food ; and we owe this humiliating position to , the vaunted poliay , whioh is persisted because, with all the predictions -of its advocates directly reversed, our rulers cannot,perceive, or swill not admit, that the whole of .our present com mercial. prosperity is owing to causes which Free trade had not , the slightest inguencein producing. It gave us nozold, but diminished: hat we had ; it opened no new!foreign markets, but reduced our previous ones ,; it impoverished our home trade, ruined Ireland, and almost ruined our colonies. The discoveries in Australia have recruited our finances, given us-colonial markets for .exports, raised prices, and given employment to :labour ; and yet, in the teeth .of facts which ought Ito be .self-evident, we are met with reiterated assertions of the success of Free-trade policy. ABDUCTION OF A CHILD IN LIVERPOOL By A ROMANIST PRIEST. - REMARK,- ABLE CASE. Os the afternoon of Sunday week, a somewhat singular incident took place in Grove-street, in this town, which has given rise to many rumours in that locality, and which furnishes another proof of the unscrupulous character of the Church of Rome, and the Pope's tustruments in England. From the information which we have been able to glean, it appears that, late on Sunday afternoon week, as several people were passing along Grove-street, they wen somewhat surprised to see a child snatched from the custody of a gentleman, carried into a cab which was in waiting, and driven off in the ;direction of the Lime-street railway station. The crowd, excited by this singular exhibition, ran after the vehicle, which was driven off at a rapid pace ; but they were unable to over take it, and in a few minutes it was out of sight. The occurrence, witnessed by several individuals of respecta bility, has revealed a melancholy story, which ought not to remain unpublished. It is now several months since a clergyman of the Church of England, whose name had become notorious in connexion with cer tain Popish practices, became a convert to the Church of Rome. He, therefore, it would appear, applied for admission into the ranks of the Papal priesthood, but was refused until he could make an arrangement with his wife to separate from her, and to live a life of celibacy. H e accordingly had a document drawn up, which would have the effect not only of enabling them to live separately, but would also convey her marriage portion to him. She said she With this proposal she would not comply would agree to a separation upon one consideration only— that being that she should be em poweredto retain the fortune which she had brought to him at the period of their mar riage, or at least such a share of that fortune as would enable her to support herself and her child comfortably. But this did not suit his notion of propriety ; he refused, point blank, to allow her a penny, and the document remained unsubscribed. When he could not prevail upon his wife as he first wished to do, the pervert determined to work upon her maternal love and fear ; and, accord ingly, to preserve her child, she was driven to leave her home. It seems that she came to Liverpool with her child,—the fruit of her lawful marriage with her perse cutor,—and for some time past she has been residing at a house in Grove-street. Thither, it would seem, her hus- band, or some of his Popish friends, dogged the poor woman ; and it is thought that, for a long time, they must have been assiduously watching the opportunity to tako from the lonely and exiled lady the last comfort which was left to cheer her life. Be this as it may, the result has been that they have stolen her child, in the way which we have attempted to describe. The matter, as might be anticipated, has created an unwonted sensation in the locality where the gross outrage upon maternal love and right was perpetrated; as well as in the circles of those gentlemen who witnessed the abduction, with which the evening of Sunday week and the streets o f Liverpool were disgraced in the face of the open day. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS, YESTERDAY. Tut quarter sessions of the peace for the borough com menced yesterday, in the New Assize Courts, St. George's-hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., recorder. The calendar contained 118 prisoners, and the offences charged were of the ordinary character. The most important cases are those of Thomas Pattison, solicitor, who stands charged with haying fraudulently obtained money from a client, and Matthew Mudd and John Gare, alias Brown, who are charged with obtaining the sum of £3OO from the North and South Wales Bank in this town, by means of forgery. The following gentlemen were sworn on THE GRANT) JURY. Mr. Robert Crosbie, tobacco broker, North John street, foreman ; Henry Curry, broker, Fenwick-street ; George Robert Clover ' shipbuilder, Queen's Dock ; Jas. - Dalglish, merchant, Harrington-street •, Louis Henry Macintyre, merchant, Cooper's-row ; Robert Makin, jun., corn merchant, Brunswick-street ; 'William Pierce, mer chant, Castle-streets; Charles Paul Phipps, merchant, Cook-street • Robert nankin, merchant, outh John street; Charles William Reade, gentleman, Shaw--street; George Bates Richardson, shipchandler, Spading-street ; Halsall Seger, jun., corn merchant, Brunswick-street ; John Samuel Swipe, merchant, Cook-street ; Robert John Finley, share broker, Peel-street ; Joseph Browning Windle. The grand jury having been sworn, and the usual pro clamation against vice and immorality having been read, The Recontstet addressed the jury to the following effect. He commenced by noticing that he regretted that the proceedings of the court that morning had been delayed, for some time, in consequence of the absence of several gentlemen who had been summoned on the grand jury. It was painful for him to have to refer to this matter, for it was the first time during the last ten years that he had had to make any complaint on what had now occurred. Since the time that he had been recorder of this borough he had uniformly re ceived assistance from the gentlemen of the town, in his 'desire to forward the administration of justice in the borough. Under the circumstances, therefore, he was willing to accept the absence of the several gentlemen who had been summoned rather as an accident, than as en intentional disrespect to the court, or an evidence of an indisposition to perform those public duties which he was sure that any gentleman, having a right feeling, 'would be willing to undertake.. He should, however, impose the fine on each of those gentlemen whose names "hid been called upon as members of the grand inquest, but which fine he should be Trilling to mitigate on any sitlicient reason which might be assigned. The grand jury would find that there were 118 prisoners whose cases would be brought before them for investigation. Now, `'considering the period which had elapsed since the last - sessions, he (the recorder) was free to confess that this -was not a large relative number, and the calendar -showed that the crimes 'committed now as com pared with the last ten - years. were decidedly on the decrease. At the -same time, although the calendar proved that the more-serious class of crimes had been ar rested, looking at the statistics of the town, when they found that the population had increased by one-third within the period 6f which he was speaking, yet it was not, perhaps, a proper criterion of the actual state of crime in the town, as -shown to - them, as grand jurors, because, in additioreto what would come before them, as grand jurors, the - committals and summary convictions before the magistrates - had increased very much, and he thought he nught 4 fairly say that that increase approxi mated very nearly' to theTelative increase of the popula tion. Neverthelesssarel notwithstanding all this, there were very many proofs dean increasing desire for order and a re spect for the mss"-on the part of tiae eeople. In proof of this he might name the abandonment of public processions on the part'efthose'who had been in the habit of taking part in them, and Whiela, in their effects,'only led to disorder and bloodshed. 'This abolition of these processions was not only creatable-to the magistrates and the head con stable, butit was also creditable to the people themselves —b ecam e, without' their concurrence, the objects of the authorities'oeuldenot have been carried out. The inhabi tants of 'the townenotwithstandingswhat their particular feelings atigent be,' had yielded to what the magistrates considered was desirable for the peace of the town, and, under thislessling; had agreed to Abandon any participa tion in processions. 'lr. this respect, a very excellent ex ample had 'been eetlerthe town, and it was creditable to it. A reasonable respect had been shown for the opinions of the authorities, and it could scarcely be doubted that the community woeld teap the advantage. 'Lately, a sec tion of thelahouring 'classes in this town showed, by their em e n d, that seasons.ofprosperity ought to extend to all. In the existing state Of society, it would always happen that the working classes would struggle to obtain what they considered was• their' right. 'Such a struggle had recently'token; place , in this town, and it was highly creditable 'to those classcs, who thought-they had a right to that for 'which they- were contending, that, in the s p p u e r e s t ui f t ar o f • t i h t , a la they w. ha n; d u re a-. i a fo g r a m i a l uniformly a s a shewnsthe greatest re proof of the im. proved intelligence of the humbletectassessin the commu nity. After - making a slight reference 'observed that, i n re f erence to cr i m i na l l aw, to the calendar, t thheereitecivorerederat the present time several questions under the consideration of thee:Legislature which must have a very important bearing on the country. It was hi g hly probable that •transportation from this country, for eriarinel Offences, 'would be entirely abolished, and that imprisonment and penal labour would be substituted .in its stead. This was a result which could not -surmise any one who had been a close observer of "the effects of transportation •'from this country. The system of-transportation was immoral i n pr i nc iple, end was- widened by the fact that in the country to whites our convicts were sent—our..colonies, labour was so-scarce that they-were willing to receive any one —willing, inconsequence of the scarcity of labour, to receive people, even of damaged character. But the'time would come when labour wouki be less valuable in our colonies, and when it would be: said by them, •"We are not willing to receive such damaged characters:" 'He believed that the time would aeon arrive when the prin oiple would be this e in reference to the treatment of crime, sthat every country would have to deal with its own crime in its own country. And, as a principle, the justice of this 'theory must be admitted. :It •was-clear that the time .was arriving when we eheeld have to deal with our own crime in our own country e and not send them to other countries, 'far the purposes of eantaminatioe. The learned gentle man, in continuation, gave several "illustrations of the objectionable system of transportation, and then pro ceeded to show, in graphic terms, that the prevention of ,crime ought to be momettended, to than it was at present. Hesext referred to the measures now-before Parliament with-Deference to criminal -jurisprudence. One question, ha ssiet. which was now before -Parliament, was the treat reent.of juvenile offenders. 'ln connexion with this im portant:subject there were two bills at present before Par liament. One was the bill ()Übe Earl of Shaftesbury,which bad already passed the House of lords, and the principle of which bill was that all children who could-not be found to have any parents should be taken into the workhouse. Another-bill was that which had beenbrought forward by Mr. Adderley, a bill of a mote comprehensive character than that of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and which involved a juvenile reformatory. The learned gentleman showed that thiebill,sif passed, would give -the magistrates a dis cretionary power of committal which .they did not at present possess; and by various illustrations made it apparent that ,it would be a materiel improvemoot on the present system. Speaking of as -reformatory, the learned gentleman observed, that, without having any objections -to a reformatory, as 'web, 'he thought it was only ate expedient, and his opinion was that the attention of the authorities aught to be directed to plaeingsoseety in such a state as to render a reformatory unnecessary. There was another question which was now undentho consideration of the House of Commons :—he referred to the question of lieences to public-houses. Now, me person who looked into the ceases of crime generally, could fail to perceive that it arose either from gross ignorance or from drunken habits. The question of granting 'licenses was now before the legislature ; but he (the Recorder) was satisfied that whatever might be done, a greater restriction than existed at present, ought to be put on thessumber of public-houses in Liverpool. He thought the black colours in which this town had been painted by Mr. eAay.* as well as by all other writers who had studied the condition, socially, of our large towns, was painful to reflect upon. It seemed to him quite clear that all that these gentlemen had written against the town was malt* to be attributed to the prevalence of drunkenness amongst us. Last year the magistrates did not grant any licenses to public houses, and he, for one, thought it was a great honour to those magistrates who at those sessions refused to grant any licenses at all. He knew there had been some in crease of licenses in consequence of transfers, but still he did say, that those gentlemen—the magistrates—deserved great credit for the course they pursued, and more par ticularly so, because he knew they gave great dis satisfaction to certain interested parties. It was natural to suppose that people would complain who had an interest, but it was not to such people that they were to look. The protection of the public was what ought to be looked at, and he (the recorder) felt satisfied that the conduct of the magistrates at the last licensing session would be properly appreciated by all right-minded persons. A great deal had been said about the evil of the beer houses, but his experience enabled him to say it was the spirit drinking that did the greatest mischief. The state of the public houses—the licensed houses—in this town I • The Rev. John Clay, chaplain of the Preston Houee of Correction. 26, 1.853. was disgraceful. Week after week we saw one public house after another fined, which distinctly shewed that that caution in the granting of licenses which ought to take place, was not observed. A great deal had latterly been said about relaxing the present system in regard to licenses, but surely, when they referred to a neighbouring country—Scotland—which had suffered from this unre stricted system, they ought to be careful how they granted licenses in this town. He certainly thought that not only were the number of licenses to public houses in this town too extensive, but he was also persuaded that there were many persons in possession of them who ought not to have them at all. It would, perhaps, be premature in him to say more upon the subject. because it was quite clear that the legislature was now inclined to deal with the entire question, but he did feel an interest in it, and therefore he thought it right to show that this highly important subject did not escape the public observation of those who sat in authority. The learned Recorder then dismissed the Grand Jury to the performance of their duties. No trials of any importance tooie place during the day. THE DOCK COMMITTEE. On Thursday, at the usual weekly meeting of this body, Mr. Charles Turner presided.—A letter was read from Mr. Locke, on the part of the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, offering an additional sum for a widening of the passage between Duke's Dock and the new Wapping Dock, which was agreed to.—The offer of Mr. Blakeley, for a supply of wall-stones, was accepted. Mr. BIGHAM brought under notice the mode of dis charging herring sloops in George's Basin, and the inde cent exposures to which it led ; which, after a brief conversation, was referred to the harbour-master's sub committee. Mr. LANGSDALE called attention to the fact that, although hide ropes were 75 per cent. or more cheaper than those made of hemp, yet Mr. Cower., the superin tendent of the Albert Dock warehouses, had ordered 12 cwt. of the latter.—Mr. ROBINSON, the chairman, in timated that the matter would be attended to. The deaths amongst the crew of the Formby life-boat was announced, and it was referred to the sub-committee to fill up the vacancies. The annual inspection by the committee of the various floating-lights, and also of the lighthouses along the coast, was appointed to take place on Tuesday, the 2d of August. It was agreed, on the suggestion of Mr. BIGHAM, that, in addition to the corporation, the pilot commissioners should also be invited. The Mayor forwarded communications which he had received, stating that Lieutenant Maury, of the National Observatory, at Washington, would shortly be in town, to provide wind and current charts.—Mr. RANKIN stated that a great part of Lieut.llaury's treatise had been taken from a work by Mr. Towson (of the Sailors' Home), with out any acknowledgment.—lt was agreed, on the CHAIR MAN'S suggestion, that an answer should be sent, expres sive of the willingness of the committee to receive every information. MR. BOLD'S MOTION FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF THE NAME OF THE BRAMLEY-MOORE DOCK. Mr. BOLD'S notice of motion, that the name of the " Bramley-Moore Dock" be changed to that of the " Sef ton Dock," came before the committee. Mr. MALCOLMSON hoped Mr. Bold would withdraw his motion. By doing so be would consult his better judg ment, as well as the unanimity of the Dock Committee, and prevent a discussion which could not be profitable. The CHAIRMAN stated that there was a memorial against changing the name of the dock, which was signed by a great many highly-respectable merchants. He then read the numerously-signed memorial which had lain in the Exchange News-room for the few previous days. Mr. Tostrr ventured to impress upon Mr. Bold the propriety of withdrawing his motion, and to second Mr. Malcolmson's suggestion. They should be most careful to divest themselves from appearing to act from any per sonal or political motives. Their acts should be such that not the slightest breath of suspicion should attach to them. If they did otherwise, they would inevitably lower themselves in public estimation. With reference to changing the name of the dock, he would only say that, if any change were made. it should be on public grounds alone. He appealed to Mr. Bold's good sense with re gard to the withdrawal of the motion. Mr. ROBINSON was opposed to the motion, because, from the excitement prevalent, it could not be considered calmly. Mr. RAN KIN regretted exceedingly that Mr. Bold should have brought forward his motion. Every member of the committee must be sensible that , seven or eight years ago, there was a great want of dock accommodation, and that they were very much indebted to Mr. Bramley- Moore for the completion of those north docks. Mr. EVANS : That I deny, sir, altogether. Mr. RANKIN : The committee were unanimously of opinion — Mr. SHAND thought that Mr. Rankin was rather enter. ing into the merits of the question. Mr. BIGHAM submitted that, as there had been a recom mendation permitted, on the part of two or three, to Mr. Bold, not to persevere, the other members of the com mittee should be allowed to express their opinions. Mr. RANKIN went on to say that, the nomination hav ing been unanimous on the part of the committee, and unsought for by Mr. Moore, the present was not the occasion to alter that decision: He hoped Mr. Bold would withdraw the motion. Mr. EVANS hoped Mr. B would persevere. There was a good deal to be cleared up yet on the opposite side. Mr. BIGHAM also hoped Mr. Bold would persevere. The public had a right to be satisfied that the committee was not governed by political bias or personal feelings. If Mr. Bold did withdraw his motion, it ought to be coupled with the opinion of the committee, that they did not at all coincide with him. It ought to be shown that he was left so/us to fight a battle which those secretly inclined towards the motion did not dare to do. The CHAIRMAN : The real question is not whether Mr. Bold will withdraw, but whether he will bring for ward his motion at all, or not. Mr. SHAND thought the reasons given by Mr. Bigham were just those which ought to be urged for not bringing it on. Political motives had never entered that room, and never would. Mr. Lerreenwee trusted Mr. Bold would be induced to withdraw it. Mr. EVANS said if the motion came on he should con sider it his duty, above all other considerations, to treat it upon its merits alone ; and he thought that if it went on be should be able to show the propriety of an alteration of the name. It was well known that the motion for naming the dock took the committee by surprise, and that, perhaps, nobody, except the proposer himself, was in fa vour of Mr. Moore's name being given. He had heard, too, that the oldest member of the committee was indig nant, and had expressed a hope that one of the first acts of the new committee would be to alter the nomination of the dock. Since Liverpool had attained commercial noto riety there was no other instance of a private person—not y a o lw r— ay h s av n i a n m g e h d is t n h a e m ir e transmitted to poste r i ty. They had always named their docks after Nelson and Wellington ; and it certainly provoked the tev e o i t e l p l n e o r sate ro yaltyr i c ha i rm a nty T i n hoe a ry ll a h i m t a s da degrees, or eminent heroes like amazement of the whole community to find Mr. Bramley- Moore's name upon a dock between the Nelson and Wellington, and a dock, too, the largest of the three. It had tbeen observed that Mr. Bramley-Moore planned the north docks. Why, they were planned before ever he oame,into power. They formed a portion of the old Albert •Dock-43cheme. The land upon which these docks were placed was purchased during the chairmanship of Mr. Sands, -from the Corporation and the Earl of Derby ; the land bought from the Earl of Derby, on which the dock itself stood, having been negotiated for by himself (Mr. Evans) with Mr. Richard Earle, as the agent of the Earl of Derby. Therefore, there never was a more complete usurpation upon a supposed merit than that of giving Mr. Bramley.Moore's name to one of these docks. The CulastroAre was sorry to interrupt Mr. Evans, but there was no motion before the committee, and such state ments,were exceedingly premature. Mr. EVANC said what he had given was a mere preface, and there was a great deal more behind, which would come out at the proper time. Mr. BOLD plgeed himself entirely in the hands of the committee, and the could not help bowing to the unani mous or rather almost unanimous wish. But, before he did so, he wished to disabuse gentlemen there, and the public, of one of the heavy charges made against him in a public print, namely, that he was the mover of the name given to that dock. He was not only not so, but he disap proved of it most highly, as their worthy secretary could bear him out. He should call upon Mr. Mason to read the names of the gentlemen present when the name was given to that dock, at the meeting of the 27th July, 1848, to show that he was not present at the meeting at all. This Mr. Mason did. Mr. BOLD then called upon the secretary to produce the list, which he believed was the original one, made out in a loose manner, of the names intended to be given to the docks. Mr. MASON read two different lists, in one of which the name of "Mr. Bramley-:More" appeared, and a second in which it did not. The list was as follows Salisbury. 2. Collingwood. 3. Stanley. 4. Nelson (original name Derby). 5. The name of Sefton was put in, but Brainley-Moore substituted. 6. Sir Howard Douglas, and afterwards changed to Wellington. Mr. BOLD said, in the list which he saw Mr. Bramley- Moore's name was absent. All those attacks made upon him, as being the promoter, and even the proposer, of the name, were false. With regard to the motives which had induced him to bring this forward, he did think that he might, perhaps, be to blame then ; but he would also say, at the same time, that, if he should hereafter have a seat at that table, he would always, as he would have done before, if it had been brought forward, vote for and support any motion for the change of name. With refe rence to Mr. Moore himself, he (the speaker) thought that, personally, he was entitled to very little courtesy at his bands. The CHAIRMAN interrupted Mr. Bold. Mr. BOLD thought that, after he had been attacked, he was entitled to reply. When he took upon himself to call, as a friend, upon Mr. Bramley-Moore, after his re turn from London, to point out the itnpolicy of his public conduct towards the town and his own party, it would scarcely be believed when he told them that behind the screen of that gentleman's office (interruption, and cries of " Go on," &c.)—when Mr. Moore received him to talk over the subject with him—behind that screen were the very two gentlemen who invited Sir Erskine Perry to this town—Mr. Mellor and Mr. Hodson. A gentleman who could receive a friend at that time, and could have two gentlemen behind the screen in his office, listening to all he said, was entitled to very little courtesy. when 3 11 , 1 1 r r . . B B i o u L i D l y d o e u fe , n a d nd hi t m h s e e r l e f : fore it rests with you. strictly private conversation. Mr. BIGHAM.—That WaS a Mr. BOLD.—It was in an omnibus, lie would leave the public to judge. The fact had not — h r ib l e fo h o lf r o e r i m s n a o ti t o l n lere from to been stated correctly. The inference was, that the two placed purposely behind the screen to gentlemen were Mr. BIGHAM begged to . be permitted to explain, and listen. Whereas, what lie stated to Mr. Bold was, that whom be put into another room. he called, Mr. BOLD.—I beg . your pardon. Mr. Moore had two gen!lemen waiting upon him Mr. BIGHAM denied that there was a screen in Mr. Moore's office at all. Mr. BOLD denied that there was a room in Mr. Moore's office at all. Mr. BIGHAM.—I did tell Mr. Bold that Mr. Moore wail awkwardly fixed with two persn§ waiting upon him horn he would r ke Mr. Bold to meet, them into another roor and so he put Mr. BOLD.—That is quite false. There is not another room in Mr. Moore's office ; they were behind a screen six feet high ; and, unless they were locked up in the safe, they could not be elsewhere. And now, sir, I beg to withdraw the motion. Mr. BIGHAM.—What I said to Mr. Bold was told to me by Mr. Hodson. Motion withdrawn. ELECTION OF NEW COMMITTEE-MEN. The next business was a ballot for the names of the eight members to retire preparatory to the election, which will take place in Council, as well as amongst the dock ratepayers, on the first Wednesday in August. Those elected by the Council were first taken. The twelve names were put into a hat ; and, after being " well shaken" by the secretary, the four taken out as those who retire were Messrs. Littiedale, Gladstone, Royden, and Gregron. The names of the twelve elected by the dock ratepayers were then subjected to a like process, which resulted in the declaratory retirement of Messrs. Nicol, Bold, Steele, and Healing. There was some laughter on Mr. Bold's name being drawn. This closed the public business. he [ w W a s i th ha r v e i f n er g e a nc p e r t iv o a t t h e e c s o ta n t v e e m rs e a n t t io o n f that while with Mr. Bramiey. Moore at that gentleman's office, Messrs. Mellor and Hodson were behind a screen, Mr. Mellor has published a letter, giving a most unequalified contradiction to the whole statement.—Mr. Bigham has also published letter, in which he gives a detailed version of the affair. He was with Mr. Bold, in theWestDerby omnibus,he says, when he told him that he had heard from Mr. Hodson, that a few days before Mr. Moore issued his address he (Mr. Hodson) was in the office when certain gentlemen waited upon Mr. Moore on business connected with the representation, and that Mr. Hodson, not wishing to be seen, went with Mr. Dickinson. Mr. Moore's partner, behind a sceren, and there remained until the others had retired ; that in Mr. Moore's office there are two rooms, with a screen in each ; and that it was behind the screen in the furthest room, eight or ten yards from the interior of the private office, that they withdrew.—Mr. Bold has written a letter in answer to the one proceeding from Mr. Bigham, stating that, in company with Mr. R. Horsfall, he had waited upon Mr. Councillor Godfrey, who was sit ting close to Mr. Bigham and himself when the conversa tion in the omnibus occurred, and that Mr. Godfrey had authorised him to state that Mr. Bigham had told him (Mr. Bold) in his (Mr. Godfrey's) hearing, that Mr. Mellor and Mr. Hodson were behind the screen inMr. Moore's private office during the interview, and heard all that passed.—As to the statement of Mr. Bold that Mr. Hodson and Mr. Mellor were "the very two gentlemen who invited Sir Erskine Perry to this town," Mr. A. C. Stewart subse quently writes :—" Sir Erskine Perry was invited to this town' by a deputation sent to London by the unanimous vote of the tried and consistent leaders of the Liberal party of Liverpool ; and neither Mr. Mellor nor Mee Hodson knew anything about Sir E. Perry being invited here until after that gentleman had arrived in town and issued his address."-I-In a second letter, Mr. Bigham replies to Mr. Bold's letter :—" I saw Mr. Thomas God frey yesterday. He says, `On Friday morning, the 22d instant, on arriving at my office, I found Mr. Robert Horsfall and Mr. Bold waiting to see me. They pre sented a note written in pencil, and requested me to copy and sign it. In that note I was made to say something similar to what appears in Mr. Bold's letter to your paper. I refused. I then told them I had heard the conversation in the omnibus, and that 1 thought Mr. Bigham mentioned Mr. Mellor's name in connexion with Mr. Hodson's, but could not swear it.' There are other parts of Mr. Bold's letter equally unfounded, and, I cannot help thinking, wilfully perverted to suit his own purposes. I regret mentioning the conversation which passed between Mr. Hodson and myself. I thought I was speaking to one not quite so unscrupulous as Mr. Bold ; and, even in his hands, I considered myself safe after his saying, Recollect, this con versation is strictly private. I rely , upon you as a man of honour and a gentleman.—ln a second letter from Mr. Bold, that gentleman says, " I beg to inform you that no other persons were visibly present at the time but Mr. Moore and myself. If Mr. Dickinson was in the room, he must have been behi n d th e screen , as d escr ib e d by Mr. Bigham on the authority of Mr. Hodson. I only related what Mr. Bighorn mentioned in the omnibus as to the parties behind the screen."—ln yesterday's Albion there ap peared a letter from Mr. Thomas L. Hodson, in which the following statements are made :—" The whole state ment made by Mr. Bold at the last meeting of the Dock Committee, and every inference which be would desire the public to draw from it, I unhesitatingly assert to be downrightly and absolutely false. I never was, indivi dually or with another, in the position described with such unction by Mr. Bold. I never imagined, nor do I at this moment know, nor yet do I believe, that Mr. Bold and myself were at any one and the same time occupants of Mr. Moore's office. In con clusion, sir," says Mr. Hodson, " having given you, in mere justice to myself, this statement, I desire to say that, the election over, I wished all animosity to cease ; and felt that such was the sentiment of all high-minded and right feeling men."—We have been requested by Mr. Bramley- Moore to give the most unqualified contradiction to the statement that any one was concealed at his office at any time while Mr. Bald or any other person was there, such statement being altogether untrue.—A third letter from Mr. Bold will be found in another column.] DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP BY FIRE. The ship Ebenezer, which arrived here yesterday morn ing, has brought intelligence of the total destruction by fire of the ship " I Z," on the 7th instant, in lat. 42, lop. 62. The I Z sailed from New York, for this port, on the 2d instant, under the command of Captain Spencer, with 20 hands on board, including the captain, all of which were taken off and landed here by the Ebenezer, from New York. She was an American-built ship, be- Innting to Messrs. Zeraga, of New York ; was registered 756 tons, and her cargo consisted principally of turpen tine, flour, and cotton. Captain Burstovr, of the ship Robert Kelly, from New York, which arrived here yesterday morning, and who witnessed the fire in the vessel, gave the following report. to the Underwriters'-rooms :—" On Thursday, July 7, in lat. 41, lon. 60, at 3 30 p.m., I observed smoke, which at first I supposed to be that of a steamer ; but, thinking,it strange to fall in with a steamer in the above position, and observing something unusual in the appearance of the smoke, took my glass and went aloft, when I at once dis covered a vessel on fire, and immediately took in all steering sails and made for the wreck, with a good look-out at the mast-head for her boats. Upon nearing the wreck we observed her long-boat about a mile to windward of her, and steered for it. We passed within 20 feet of her, and I found her in good order, no one in her, and the oars and moveable articles gone. We-then bore away for the wreck, and, at 5 15 p.m., passed under the stern of the burning vessel, and found her to be the I Z,' from New York, to Liverpool. She was burning• fore and aft, upper works burned off, and decks fallen in. The flames were breaking through her stern, and a part of the letter I' was consumed at the moment of passing, At the same time a sail was observed from aloft a con siderable distance to the eastward (likely the Ebenezer,) which probably picked up her crew ; and I am well sa tisfied they were nowhere in the vicinity of the wreak at the time of our leaving it." The firs is stated to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. EXPOSURE OF AN INFANT.—The other evening the body of a new born male child was found exposed in an entry adjoining the house, No. 110, Great Homer-street. An inquest will be held this day (Tuesday). TUE BLACK BALL LINE.—LAUNCH AT WORKING TON.—On Thursday, a fine ship of 1,200 tons was launched from the building yard of Mr. Lamport, of Warkington, which has been built expressly for the Australian trade. She is the largest ship ever built in that locality. This vessel will leave Liverpool early in September, and is to compete with the fastest ships afloat. She is named the Aerolite, and will form one of Messrs. Jas. Baines and Co.'s "Black Ball" line of packets. Her accommodations for passengers upon the upper deck, ranging like a barrack from the forecastle to the poop, with a gangway on each side, are amply sufficient for the evolutions of her crew. Her state-cabins are fitted up in the most superb style; elegance and ease surround you on every side; sofas and couches covered with crimson damask; tables, escritoires, cabinets, and ornamental fittings of polished East India teak, the best and most costly wood procurable for the purpose. It is surprising that the residences of Our gentry are not ornamented with furniture made of this beautifully-grained material, some specimens of which we noticed in the cabin of the Aerolite, quite equal to the finest rosewood or mahogany. The poop cabin will accommodate 40 passengers, the second cabin or "house" upon deck, 60, and 300 between decks, besides officers and crew. Her length over all is 209 feet, her extreme breadth 36 feet 4 inches, depth of hold 20 feet, height between decks 7 feet 9 inches. Tonnage, old measurement, 1,160 ; new measurement, 911. She is classed at Lloyd's A 1 for nine years. The Aerolite is built with the canoe bottom; and the result of this form is to give a ship of, say 200 feet length, the bottom of one of 220 feet built in the ordinary fashion, and to give a greater relative capacity and stability, and more ease in her motion. 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The only question has been to supply such a degree of elasticity as may compensate for the stretching of the shrouds when fully strained. This has been effected by a packing of vulcanized India rubber between the mast wedges, which by slightly giving way will allow the head of the mast to vibrate 4 in. to 6 in., if ever the shrouds should stretch to such an extent, Her steering apparatus is a screw, in place of the common barrel and chain. It it is so arranged as to have each arm of equal length, so that each one may describe equal arcs of equal circles. To prevent the rudder being held perfectly fixed, small India rubber buffers are introduced so as to allow of four or five inches play, if strained by a heavy sea. She is also fitted with the common tiller and barrel, to be use in case of accident. Her mizen topsail yard is fitted with a patented invention of the builder for reefing the sail from the ship's deck. A reef or double reef can be taken i n as quickly as the top sail yard can be lowered, and taken out again as fast as the yard can be hoisted. The Aerolite will be commanded by Captain Joseph S c ott, late of the " Confuciu s ," i n th e China trade. ent 01 rand,