The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. unfortunate blunder rely There are only two term ~ inferred from the periods of time men mdent is required to reside four terms The error is important, as the fees, in to ..C-10 per annum, are only £2O, or £lO ach year, as might 1, 41,11 MCI 111. have received a communication signed by sixteen of the rew of the Great Britain Steam-ship, complaining of their axing received a small gratuity alleged to have been pro- I them. The document is written in a temperate spirit, - " inking that either a mistake was made gned it, as to the small amount stated, its have not, in the hurry ident to the ship, been upen the and we recei to allow u; tc k e the necessary enquiries on the led by W. R:fc;'r us to )nsult an attorney no more information than that fur e a very• definite reply. He had The power to enforce the claim Just stand over. It is generally im t any letters received on Monday. Ebe tibtrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 20, 1846 It is an old game of the Whig Radical party when they cannot win a fight in a fair stand up fashion, to attempt to win it by guile. Their politics have for years past been at a woful discount in this borough—bear witness their miserable minority in our Town Council. And now they approach us, with oily tongue and bated breath, insinuating, " good sirs,—kind sirs,—let politics be put out of sight on this occasion. The important matters which the Council has now to deal with are not po litical matters at all —have nothing to do with the question,— Whig or Tory ?—at all. Return us on our personal merits alone !" In dealing with the merits or the modesty of this petition, we shall not resort to the past, although it reminds us strongly of the adage, " When the Devil was sick," &c. We shall confine ourselves to the task of ascertain ing the amount of sincerity by which it is dictated, and the prospect of any concession on our part being justly appreciated. We readily acknowledge that there is at present before the Council, or likely to come before it, very little business to which any difference of political opinion amongst its members ought to intervene, to prevent their applying themselves harmoniously, and with the public good as their sole object. We admit, too, that we want in the Council men of practical business talent above every other qualifica tion, save that of honesty; and business talent and honesty are confined to no party. But we must ever bear in mind that there is a great question in the distance, involving a great principle for the maintenance of which the ward constituencies of Liverpool fought through an arduous up-hill fight ; and only rested when they saw it, as they thought, permanently established in safety—we refer to the question of scriptural education in the schools of the corporation. Suppose, then, we lay aside all political considerations as the test of fitness for Corporate honours. Suppose—what we should be very sorry to admit—that business talent is more abundant in the Whig Radical party than amongst the Conservatives, and that we strengthen materially the former party in the Council ; is this quasi-po litical question of the schools to be considered a shelved question—one which the voice of the con , atituencies has already decided ? Or when we have given Whig Radicalism an accession of strength, are we to have that strength, of which, in our sim plicity they have beguiled us, by their insidious business capability better than political lotto— principle"—turned against us ? No sane man can doubt that the latter will be the result of such a con cession as that to which we are urged. Our oppo nents, and the opponents of the scriptural system, know it and contemplate it. They feel the hopeless ness of an open attack upon the sound Protestant principle of the people of Liverpool ; and they are rr king of sanatory questions, water questions, drainage, sewerage, and other non-political matters, a kind of Trojan horse, for their introduction to the citadel, where the blow is to be struck against the object of their intensest hatred. But let us look at their own conduct thus far in the present elections as a test of what our own ought be. We want business men, par excellence, they say, for the carrying of such measures as the Sana tory Bill : men whose services on committees will be made valuable by the possession of practical know- Ige. Such a man, no one will deny, is Mr. Samuel Both parties admit his eminent fitness for office at a period like the present, when there are sueh questions to be dealt with. Well, so long ago as in May or June last, this gentleman was requested and consented to stand for the representation of Rodney-street Ward, replacing a Conservative, who retired from the council this year. He sought to oust no man forcibly of his pre-existing claim to the seat. What would have been the conduct of the Whig-Radical party in this case, had their argu ment, that business ability, and not practical opinion, in proper test for a candidate, been sincere? Mr. —e's return would hare been unopposed. But 28 been their conduct ? Just what any one, th their hollow hypocrisy, would have as been attacked in ribald wall throughout the ward and gainst him as a trades- 1.1 Hoime cquainted wi Kpected Mr. Holm ards upon e e borougi man, in the execution of an important public work, have been trumped up by the Whig-Radical cress. And even, after he has triumphantly righted iimself in the face of a public meeting of the ward which he seeks to represent, the charges are repeated, ais honest explanation is explained away; his straight brward English is tortured and twisted to give a teeming fairness to the reiterated venom, and the able before all the world that it is ,el Hohne, the excellent tradesman, h stands p not against hat Whig-Radical opposition is levelled, but upon Samuel Holme, the lover of his Church and his Bible, and the supporter of the Qucen and her any length the alleged le for a seat in the Council on Dent, under Mr. Tomkinson, acute the brick-work of St. George's Hall. It i 6 clear that his connexion with that building never rought him within the letter of the law excluding ►terested parties from entering that body; and the girit of the law, it seems to us, would, as interpreted Mr. Holme's detractors, exclude, equally with en, the party who furnished Mr. Tomkinson with or erected his steam-engine. Mr. Ho!me, , betrayed a nice sensitiveness of honour when he formerly resigned his seat on account of his -ork ; and now, that his por . few rows of bricks of com see that he should, for a CG punctilio, be deprived of an object of ho arable ambition, or his fellow-townsmen of his v of Mr oweve :onnexion with th of it is wit we c ,ble ser w well which would lose tely be goaded into the he storm with which he assiduously Infinitely, indeed, are for his " honour !" Mr. good care of thatcommo- py his present high posi of his fellow-townsmen. tv, or he would not ore tam pretence—for it is but opposition to Mr. Holme, and to ...le real inducing cause of his opponent .g brought forward as a candidate on the Whig adical interest. The committee of that gentleman onestly confess, in a placard with which they have corned the walls, what is that cause. It is nothing rsonal to Mr. Holme ; no objection to him, as a an, a gentleman, or a man of honour. It is 'se state of the Register !" There's with mask for you with a vengeance. "The 'tzister affords fair grounds for the re ' '" and hence to the winds with all ling politics, and choosing men 'ness capabilities only aituency not only in this a town, to do their duty ible principle of choosing principles, political as well as social, they coincide the nearest, and to distrust as hypocritical and designing this new doctrine of a defeated party, that business fitness is alone to be considered. Do they want the council chamber made into a debating room ? Then reinforce the strength of Whig-Radicalism in that chamber, and you will be gratified. Do you want the meetings of every committee to be interrupted by a faction fight ? Again, reinforce the Whig-Radical section in the council. On the contrary, do you wish the vast and increasing business of the town to be per severingly and uninterruptedly attended to ?—do you wish the vital necessities of your population to be studied and patiently cued for, their health im proved, the condition of their dwellings bettered, and their social and moral character raised, ke e p your present high hand over afactton, which is n ever industrious except when in pursuit of some object of its owl—never at ease, unless it has all who, presume for their pra, call ur ery war men in whose entir to differ from it, under its feet. " A more equal division of parties," indeed ! rather say honestly, " a wrangle on a large scale once a month, and as many small wrangles as there are committee meet ings." Far better give up the whole than a part. The council might then possess something like the usefulness of a metropolitan parish vestry ; and spend half its time in usurping the functions of one of the three estates of the realm, and the other half in parish affairs ; one hour in debating a question of national politics—the corn-laws, the state of the libel laws, or whatever other crotchet was upper most; and the other in determining what portion of the borough funds should be devoted to the repeal rent, or the Cobden testimonial. Such a council would at least do something to make itself notori ous. A council equally divided in politics would _ only talk. Indeed, we are not at all sure that, under the cir cumstances of a much stronger infusion of radicalism being let into the Council, the total withdrawal of the Conservative members would not naturally follow. Those who remember the consequent badgerings, the personal abuse, tile bawling and clamour, which the Conservative minority in our Council had to undergo, during the few years of Radical supremacy, will agree with us that such persecution could only have been borne by hardy men, conscious that it would endure for a time, and that the Augean stable was shortly to be cleansed. We have before us at this moment an instance of the whole Conservative party in the Council, at the improving town of Sunderland, shrinking from so harassing an ordeal, and retiring from all inter ference in the municipal affairs of that borough. The first of these, Mr. Crozier says, in conveying to the constituency his intention to retire from the Council : " Since I have represented you in the Council, it has been my study conscientiously to perform my duties, without being biassed by any political feeling ; but, in consequence of the treatment of persons who, like myself, profess Conservative principles, we have considered it our duty, to our constituents and ourselves, to withdraw from a body, in which any efforts of ours for the benefit of the town are met, not only by the opposition, but the vulgar abuse, of a majority who make the Council board a low political arena, and whose conduct we cannot imitate." Another gentleman well known, and of high per sonal character, has been induced to follow this course, not only from his own convictions, but by the advice of friends, who think that he " can longer continue in connection with a Corporation governed by an unscrupulous majority, influenced by political and private spleen, whose meetings are characterized by gross personalities or degraded by vulgar abuse, and which, as at present consti tuted, can never be of any service to the town of Sunderland." A third gentleman, Mr. John Brunton, retires " mainly from witnessing the repeated disputes which have taken place at the Council Board, commencing upon questions of local interests, but too frequently terminating in political and personal strife;" and of the Cuncil's acts, he adds, " that measures are settled more by the influence of po litical and party feeling, than the true merits of the queltion." We trust that, to some extent, even Radicalism is better mannered here than in the locality of Sunderland. But the instincts of a vicious animal are the same, whether reared in the drawing-room or in a stable. It is quite possible to be annoying, and even insulting; and yet to convey your meaning in the most refined English possible, arid accom panied by the most elegant of court salutes. We have in another column noticed at some length a work written by Mr. M`Geachy, crown surveyor, Jamaica, in which he propounds a plan of rapid communication by steam navigation and railways, between the eastern and western hemi spheres. The author has evidently devoted much of his attention to the subject, and his suggestions appear to us to be well worthy of the serious con sideration of the Board of Trade, and of the general mercantile community. The plan embraces in the first instance, what it is assumed may be accom plished by continuous lines of rapid steam-ship and railway communication, along the coast of North America, from Halifax to Tambo Bay, on the West side of Florida, thence to Havana, across the island; thence to Jamaica, and thence to the isthmus of Panama, which it is proposed to cross by railway, and thus obtain ready access to the Pacific ocean. He properly considers, that if such a scheme were carried out, (either by a great joint stock company, or by the coneorrent operations of the respective governments, through whose territories the lines of railway would pass,) Panama would Lecome the grind point of commercial concentration. ' - The subject recalls to memory a project which we have entertained for many years, and which, though much less comprehensive than our author's would we think accomplish more effectually one of the prime objects which he has in view, and if com pleted under British auspices would be of incalcu lable advantage not only as regards our trade, but as affecting our national and colonial security in refe rence to the whole of the western world. A rail way, (as proposed by Mr. M‘Geachv) across the isthmus of Darien would undoubtedly be highly advantageous, but our plan would comprise, in ad dition to this—or rather as the more important—a canal of sufficient size to admit of the passage of the largest ships. The idea is by no means new, and we had long hoped that our government would have taken the project up, but though it has been fre quently talked of from time to time over a series of years, it appears to have again fallen into abey ance. Some years ago the Admiralty ordered a sur vey of the ishmus with a view of forming a commu nication between the two mighty oceans, and the ; late Captain Foster, R.N., of the " Chanticlear" ' gun-brig (son of the Rev. Mr. Forster, of Wood plumpton, near Preston,) was appointed to conduct the expedition, which he did successfully to a cer tain point, when his death* deprived his country of his further services. We are not aware of any fur ther effort having since been made on the part of our government to renew the survey, and arrange for the purchase of the requisite land. All travel lers, however, who have crossed the isthmus, and amongst them latterly Captain Liott (the superin tendent of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company) concur in opinion that a railway may be formed at no very extraordinary cost, and there can be no doubt but that, with the engineering experience and appliances of the present day, an ample ship canal may be formed, a choice of several points more or t or less eligible, also presenting themselves. The difference in the levels of the two oceans (of, we. believe, about seventy feet) would form no obsta cle, as locks might as readily and safely be employed in our ordinary canals, notwithstan 4 - ing the respective breadths of the two oceans. The isthmus is but 30 miles across at one place, and the highest land not above 640 feet above the level 1 of the Pacific. It is said that a company of French gentlemen contemplate the project of a communica tion between the two, but it does not appear that', they have yet commenced operations, and it is high i time that England should adopt the motto, "carpe diem," and bestir herself while she may. She has but few possessions, and these comparatively minute and far between, on the South American continent —namely, Demerara and Esequibo, British Guiana, and Honduras.. The recent " doings" of the United States of America, and their grasping at t new territorial dominion in Mexico, California, &c., render it imperative in us to. endeavour to obtain, by fair means, a further 'footing in that country. Our proposition, therefore, is, that a strip of land, of some considerable breadth, should, after survey, be selected for a ship canal across the isthmus,, and that negotiations should be made by our govern ment for its purchase, and, if possible, its integrity under the flag. The canal might then readily be formed either by the government or a joint-stock company. The purchase coul.l, in all probability, be easily effected, for the government of Panama is proverbially poor, and the commerce which such a canal would bring to themselves would be an induce ment to accede to moderate terms. The advantages of such a project appear to us to be so obvious as to supersede the necessity of detail We should, in the first place, hold the key to the Pacific and its boundless shores on the west of both the American continents, and a ready access for European shipping would be afforded to all the norts in the North and South Pacific, from Cali fornia (or even farther north) to the southern extre mity of Chili. No ship, sailing or steam, bound direct to Valparaiso, Lima, or Guayaquil, would require to double the stormy apex of the South American continent—Cape Horn—if this canal were opened out to them. To reach most of the principal * This amiable young man was drowned from a canoe in the Rio Chagre, but whether through the treachery of some of the natives, or by accident, was not precisely ascertained, THE LIVERPOOL gTAlthAtib. ports, they would save some thousands of miles of sailing. Our own ships might pay a moderate toll for passing through the canal, and foreigners some. thing more. All, indeed, would gladly pay a con siderable sum to save time, tear and wear, wages, &c., and at the same time the western coasts of the Americas would be commercially approximated, and the trade probably doubled. Direct steam and sailing conveyance could also be had from Panama to Canton, and also to New Zealand and New Hol land, &c. Another grand advantage of a ship canal over a railway across the isthmus would be that the expense, inconvenience, and loss arising from trans-shipments would be entirely done away with; and Panama would, moreover, (warehouses being constructed,) become a grand depot for British and European goods and manufactures, as well as for American produce,—to be dispensed as required throughout the several countries in the two hemi spheres. We present our readers, this day, with a slightly condensed summary of the Corporation accounts just published for the financial year, comparing them with those embracing a similar pei iod immediately preceding, sheaving a surplus revenue, in 1846, of £26,9')7 178. 81d., against £42,997 18s. 9d., in 1845. As it may not at a first glance appear how this falling off from last year arises, we shall en deavour briefly to point to the items by whose in crease or decrease it is occasioned. First, the interest account to our debit this year, is £19,750, or a little over £7OO, more than last year. This, however, is at all times a slightly fluctuating account, according to the balances due or owing to the estate. In 1844, its amount was £39,305 12s. 4d.; in 1843, £35,365 4s. 3d. Our present sum, therefore, chews a very material permanent diminution, which is to be attributed to the good policy of the Finance Committee in getting the dead weight of the Wallasey Pool estate off their shoulders. We have a further increase in the item "on ac count of the Town-hall," which is this year £4507 17s. 2d., against £lB6 2s. sd. last year. This in creased expenditure, of course, is the cost of the recent decorations of that noble building. Again, we have had an additional £3OOO voted to the Mayor, towards the expenses of Prince Albert's visit, which, with variations in several minor items, will make out the increase which appears in " ordi nary expenditure." In the " additional expenditure under the Muni cipal Corporations Act," the first item of constabu lary force and police expenses, shews an increase from £4212 17s. 9d. in 1545, to £BO6l ls. 7d. The only way in which we can account for this, is that which appears upon the face of the accounts. The wages of the borough force appear to have been £24,894 1 ls. 4d. last year, against £23,431 9s. 9d. the previous year. There is an increase of nearly £6OO also in the dock division. The rest is in part composed of the increased amount put down for clothing this year, viz. £5,904 4s. Id., against £3,378 Is. 9d. in 1845. We profess we do not understand this; but on a board where Mr. William Thornhill sits, we should think there can be no extra expense allowed for surperfiuous finery. Under the head of " Lighting, Cleansing, and Fire Police," we find an increase, the sum put down this year being £8,061 ls. 7d.against £4,212 17s. 9d. last year. The bulk of this increase has been most usefully applied to scavenging, paving, and sewerage. The Court of Requests this year has improved in productiveness. It has only cost the borough the sum of £854 18s. 9d. On the credit side of the account we find an in crease in the receipts of Town Dues, from £77,388 6s. Bd. in 1845, to £80,129 ss. 3d. in the year thus ended—an increase which satisfactorily establishes the improving state of the commerce of the port. In 1844 we had £73,129 14s. Id. under this head ; and in 1843 only £63,364 15s. 7d. The increase is, therefore, upwards of one-fourth since 1843. The fines, however, (a fluctuating item) have decreased about £3,000, and the income is altogether only about £l,OOO more than last year. These, and a few other variations in unimportant items, not worth noticing, make up the difference observed in this year's amount of surplus income. It is satisfactory, however, to find that the extra expenditure is not of a character likely to be per manent. The " General Statement" is of a highly satisfac tory charact r. The amount of bonds outstanding has been reduced from £871,449 4s. Iod., on the aiat nf_Auguar.,- 1:84s, -to £835,167 195.. tod., out standing at the close of the financial year of 1846 ; whilst the balance in favour of the Borough Fund is £545,562 Bs. 3d. against £463,324 4s. 3d. at the close of last year. As a whole, therefore, the posi tion and prospects of the Borough Estate are highly flattering, and reflect great credit upon the chairman and members of the Finance Committee of the Town Council, by whom its funds have been so prudently administered and husbanded. On Sunday morning last, a collection, amounting to £5l, was made at St. Andrew's Church, for the Chester Diocesan Church Building Society, after a sermon by the Rev. Herbert Jones. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile has thrown open the large school-room in Oakes-street, four evenings every week, for the purpose of instructing adults. The present masters of the schools will be in attendance, and several gentle men have in the kindest manner promised to give gra tuitous assistance. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the Police-court, yester day, a Swedish sailor was fined 20s. and costs, or, in de fault of payment, to be imprisoned for seven days, for il legally bringing on shore 4lbs of tobacco from a ship in the Queen's Dock. BIRKENHEAD FERRY.—The first stone of the improve ments at this ferry was laid yesterday, by Mr Seymour Willoughby, one of the lessees. The trowel was purchased by the workmen employed by the Liverpool Corporation, and presented to Mr. Willoughby, a guarantee sufficient to satisfy the public of the high estimation in which that gentleman is held. COMMITMENTS.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, the following parties were sent for trial at the sessions :—Sa rash Bushel, charged by John Jeffereys with stealing a pair of boots, worth 175., from his shop in Byrom-street, on Saturday; Jonathan Burns, on a charge of stealing 14.11 b,. of copper, worth 125., from a vessel at the Cla rence Dock. There were only about /5 to 20 prisoners charged with felonies, and none of the cases presented any feature of general interest. THE WEA.T/IER, since our last publication has conti nued to be rather broken and unsettled, with frequent continued small rains, interspersed with heavy showers. This has retarded field operations, especially the sowing of wheats, for which, we believe, a larger breadth will this autumn be put into requisition thandast year. Many fields of potatoes are yet ungathered in this neighbourhood, it being deemed advisable to keep them in the ground as long as possible—that is until treat sets in—in order to prevent the further progress of the-disease, which happily does not now appear to be gaining ground. Many of the crops turn out better than was expezted. Some of the low lands have suffered from the floods, Tux GREAT BRITAIN.—This noble steam-ship lies in the same position. Mr. Gabriel, R.N., who assisted in bringing off the Gorgon, steam-frigate, when aground, in February, 18-15, has been at Dundrum for several days, ex amining_ the position of the vessel, and communicating with the agents and owners, with the view of undertaking - to float her, which he expresses himself perfectly able to do, provided he is supplied with the requisite materials and hands. He has made drawings and calculations, from which he feels quite sure of success. Mr. Coppin, from Derry,, who succeeded in raising the engines, &c. of the Rambler, lost on the Maidens, went there on Thursday, and had communication with Capt. Hosken. All hands on board now muster about thirty-four ; but several are about to quit her soon. Mr. Patterson examined her very minutely ; and- expressed his opinion, that she had. not suffered any injury at all likely to affect her being got off. Her bedding, and the internal fittings, have been taken down ; and the cabins and saloons present the appearance of lumber or store-rooms. The removing of the coals has occasioned a good deal of dirt to be about the decks; and things don't look neat and tidy. At a meeting, on Thursday, on board, on The part of the direc-_ tors, it was decided, that all hands should be ordered to lodge and board ashore. Captain Hosken arrived here on Sunday, and has had interviews with the agents here. NEW SIGNAL ROCKETS.—Those who have read the disastrous effects of the late gales, as well as the public at large, will, we are satisfied, hail enthusiastically the introduction of any invention that would tend to mitigate thsi chances of ordinary casualties becoming fatal; and it gives us great pleasure in bringing before the public a ne w signal rocket, the peculiarities of which render it most available for maritime purposes. These rockets were in vented on the Continent, and exhibited on the Rhine during her Majesty's visit to Cologne, but have since been greatly improved, and adapted for ships purposes by our townsman Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens. The principal object aimed at, is to give duration to what is generally so evanescent ; and in this they have fully succeeded. The rocket is of the ordinary shape, bit rather larger than the usual site. On being fired, and at taining its elevation, it emits a ball of white fire, which remains apparently perfectly stationary, like a fixed star, the colours changing from brilliant red to green, crimson, and blue. From some, showers of fire are displayed ; while others, after being suspended, as it were, from the heavens, explode with a most terrific report. The time that these aerial lights remain permanent is quite incre dible ; for though it appears in direct opposition to the laws of gravity, they remain fixed nearly a quarter of an hour at a time. We learn that Mr. A. intends to make a trial of them on the river in a short time, and we might suggest the exhibition of one at the next meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. THE APPROACHING MUNICIPAL ELECTION The first day of November, and with it the election of sixteen gentlemen to fill up the vacancies occurring in our municipal body, is fast approaching; and, perfectly in ac cordance with our frequently expressed apprehensions, it has found the Conservative party, in several of the wards, unprepared. The registry has been lamentably neglected ; and, what is even worse, there is an evident damp upon the spirits of the working men of the party. They demur to being called upon to fight an up-hill battle at the polling booths,when one-halt of the same energy bestowed upon the registration would have rendered victory an easy achievement, in wards which at present there is every ap pearance of our having to resign. uncontested, into the enemy's hands, Accordint to our usual practice, we shall briefly notice the position, thus far, of the wards. No. 1, EVERTON.-Mr. Wm. Atherton, Conservative, who goes out by rotation, is opposed by Mr. William Walthew, Chairman of the Houseowners' Guardian So ciety. If we may take his address to the electors, in that capacity, as an exponent of his views, of his own fitness, they consist in his superior ability, arising from his con nexion with household property to see to the efficient carrying out of the sanatory bill. We suspect that the constituency of Everton will not consider Mr. Walthew's claim as an overwhelming one. His appearance at the poll may deprive other candidates of a few double votes; but no more. No. 2, SCOTLAND WARD.—Mr. Wm. Thornhill, Whig- Radical, goes out by rotation, and Mr. James Holme is the candidate in the Conservative interest. Every effort will, we hope, be made to return Mr. Holme triumphantly. Mr. Thornhill is the pet cf our Whig contemporaries. He is the only one of the old Whig-Radical clique who has occupied the same seat since the passing of the Municipal Reform Act. No. 3, VAUXHALL WARD.—Mr. J. G. Morris, a highly respectable Conservative gentleman, opposes the re-election of Mr. Thos. Chalmer. We must confess we never saw any thing very great in " the Doctor." He is a speaker who physics the patience of the Council un mercifully. No. 4, ST. PAUL'S.—Mr. R. B. B. Hollinshead re tires here; and Mr. James Stitt is the candidate on the Whig-Radical side. This used, however, to be a soundly Conservative ward ; and it must not be left uncontested. Can Mr. J. C. Thompson not be persuaded once more to give his valuable services to the Council ? No. 5, EXCHANGE WARD.—Mr. James Tyrer seeks his re-election here, and is opposed by Mr. James Mellor on the Whig-Radical interest. With such a man as Mr. Tyrer to fight for, in such a ward, success is certain. Success, however, is not all that should be aimed at; but such an early assurance of success as will allow the spare votes of the ward to be bestowed in other wards, where they are more imperatively wanted. The double votes should, therefore, be kept as much as possible in hand. Whilst upon this portion of the subject, we must take the opportunity of correcting an unfounded statement of the Mercury, to the effect that the Conservative committee, in serving the notices of objection, broke faith with the Radicals. The following are the direct facts:—An offer was made by the Conservatives to the Radical agent not to make a single objection, if the Radicals would consent, or to take only a few, so as to purge the list, and the Re formers were to intimate in writing—as was the case in two preceding years—what was their intention. This was never done ; a passing verbal remark was made at the Conservative office by one of the Reformers, but no agreement, or offer of agreement, was ever sent to the secretary of the ward, as promised. After calling at the Reform office, and not meeting with any satisfaction, through the reputed absence of the agent, nothing re mained but to prepare to meet the anticipated attempts of the Radicals to swamp the ward with objections, as in Castle-street and St. George's wards. The result of the revision added four to the already large majority of elec tors in this Tory ward. The objections made were not filled up till the last moment ; and indeed were never in tended to be made, except in self-defence. No advan tage was contemplated ; and ail over-reaching or superior cleverness is disclaimed. The register in this ward is in good condition for the Conservative interest—thanks, chiefly, to the untiring exertions of the excellent secre tary, Mr. Jackson. No. 6, CASTLE-STREET.—Mr. James Aikin will pro bably be unopposed in this ward ; and of his party, we do not know a man, whom we should rather see in his place in the council. His politics are, of course, wide as the poles asunder from ours. We know him, however,. to be consistent and sincere ; and in every effort to ad vance the interests of his fellow-creatures, his exertions are beyond all praise. In such efforts, moreover,. as in the promotion of the establishment of a Sailors' Home, he has shown that he can divest himself of party leaning, and co-operate cordially with those with whom, in ordi nary matters, he differs. No , . 7. ST. PETER'S.—Mr. J. A. Tinne will be returned here without opposition, having bought golden opinions of all sorts of men by his excellent discharge of the duties of his office. On the Health of Towns Committee especially, his services have been unremitting and most praiseworthy. No. 8, PITT•STREET.—Mr. Toulmin is opposed here by Mr. George Holt. We trust, however, that Mr. Toulmin's past services to the ward will not be lost sight of; and that Mr. Holt will not be allowed to supersede him. No. 9, Gr. GEORGE-STREET.—Mr. Joseph Cooper, an excellent Conservative, and a useful member of the council, is at present the only candidate in the field, Mr. Sothern, the present member, retiring. No. 10, RODNEY-STREET.—We have already, in ano ther place, spoken of Mr. Holme's peculiar fitness for the representation of this or any other ward. His-oppo nent, Mr. Booth, is.doubtless an estimable and honour able man—so is Mr. Holme. In every other quality required for a seat in the Town Council, Mr. Booth is that gentleman's inferior. The electors must not be humbugged by flying squibs or worse :slander, by which we are sorry to see that, on the part of Mr. Booth's sup porters, the contest has begun. No. 11, ABEacßottult WARD.—Mr. Kaye, the pre sent member, offers himself again ; and is opposed by Mr. Thomas Todd. Mr. Kaye is a useful member ' • and from his long connexion with the Highway Board, his services will be even more valuable in carrying on the various new duties imposed upon the Council by the bill of last session. We trust Abercroibby won't lose him. No. 12, LIME-STREET.—Mr. H. Danson, Radical, is at present the only candidate for this ward ; but surely some Conservative can be induced to come forward to op pose him. No. 13, ST. A/c-re's.—Mr. William Bennett, a good Conservative, and an excellent man of business, offers himself for this ward, against Mr. Joshua Hornby. We trust the electors will be up and stirring; and repeat our warning to them t) beware of tricks from their opponents. The ward ought to be won. _ _ _ No. 14, WEST DERBY. is safe for Mr. G. H. Law rence, the able chairman of the Finance Committee. Nos. 15 AND 16, NORTH AND SOUTH TOXTETH.— MesETs. Harbord and Glazebrook, the present members, do not present themselies to encounter another con test in these wards. Vl e view this result with deep regret. It would be ingratitude towards Mr. Harbord—one of the faithful few, who, in the early days of our struggle with hydra-headed corruption in the pub lic affairs of this borough, withstood so firmly, day by day, the insults and the brawling of the• then Whig- Radical majority, directed against himself and his little band of compatriots, who fought so earnestly the battle of scriptural education to its triumphant issue, and who recently so stoutly opposed the attempts of Popery,. dissent, and time-serving Churchism to persecute poor men engaged on our police force for their Protestant prin ciples :—for the gloss of such a man, or of his able• colleague, Mr. Glazebrook, it would be ingratitude to say that we grieve not. We are, however, extremely happy to find that two gentlemen of great respectability have been induced to come forward to represent the ward on the Conservative interest. This is as it should be, espe cially as we are credibly informed that the state of the register in both wards is extremely flattering. In South Toxteth it is raid the Conservative wilt be returned by a majority of 50d If there be any truth in the following description „from the Journal, of what ought to be the character and-capa bilities of a Town Councillor, we are afraid that some of our contemporary's Radical friends.will be found wanting. " If," says the Journal, speaking of a man smitten with the ambition to represent a constituency,—" If he have not education—a goad education—he is not fit for the Town. Council. That body is a popular assembly ; it requires popular talents, gentlemanly manners, and an acquaintance with the tacit obligations of polite life. The man who cannot speak—that is, who cannot embody tangible ideas in a clear style—is comparatively useless ; there is no doubt about the fact. All talk about honesty and judgment, in the absence of power of expression, is deluding twaddle. The man who cannot say promptly what he thinks may be a good man ; in public assemblies be is utterly useless, except for his vote." This is an unkind cut at several of our contemporary's friends ; but it is not ours. On Sunday last, in compliance with the Bishop's letter,, a sermon was preached in St. Barnabas Church, by the Rev. Thos. Nolan. and the sum of £IS collected for the Chester Diocesan Church Building Society. List of cabin passengers per packet-ship Columbia, Captain Rathbone, for New York ; sailed lith instant : Dv. Scheferdecker and lady, Philadelphia ; Mr. Wilson and lady, Baltimore ; Mr. Glover and lady, New York ; Mr. Blain, West Indies ; Mrs. Lockett and child, Brook lyn ; Mr. George Wilson, Ohio ; Wright and child, Manchester; Mrs. Keenan, New York ; Mr. Stott, lady, and child, Philadelphia ; Mr. Layton, Manchester : Mr. Danna aoi Mr. M`Laughlin, New York ; Mr. Kitchener, Canada; Mr. Kenny, Connecticut; Mr. Livesay, Rhode Island ; and 400 in the steerage. MEETING OF THE REFORMERS OF ST. ANNE'S WARD. —A meeting of the Reformers of this ward was held last night, at Mr. Sefton's, Christian-street. The room, which adjoins the Adelphi Theatre, was most comfortably fitted (by the bye, the most satisfactory part of the meet ing) with seats for the number of electors expected, and calculated to accommodate about 60 persons, which number were present. Mr. W. Earle was, as announced, called to the chair; and, in a lengthened address, catalogued the mis-doings of the Conservative party, and designated the Highway Board as a body who bad held office for the purpose of maintaining the conservative faction. Touching the popular feeling, he gave to the radicals the credit of all that had been done to promote the health of the town. Mr. :Joseph liornby, as a matter of course, was mentioned as the candidate :—moved, seconded, and carried. A question was then put (in a note) from the Reform Committee of the ward, to the effect, " Wo ul d Mr. Hornby assist in reforming the Court of Requests ?" Mr. Earle replied, and then Mr. Hornby replied ; but both answered indefinitely. They were not aware of the management of the Court of Requests ; but should they find abuses they would endeavour to reform them. This answer was, however, given in such a manner, that a per son on the platform considered it necessary to enter into further explanation. THE ANTI-SLAVERY LEAGUE AND THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE A meeting was held last night, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, for the purpose of receiving a depu tation from the association called the " Anti-Slavery League," on the subject of American slavery. The de putation consisted of Mr. George Thompson, the well known lecturer, Mr. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and Mr. Frederick Douglas, who is described as as escaped slave. The meeting was numerously attended. Among those present we noticed several members of the Society of Friends. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON was moved into the chair; and in opening the proceedings, he said he should have preferred that some other person should have occupied that situation. But the fact was, that no individual re siding in the town had been asked to preside. The de putation were present to atter the language of truth upon certain topics in reference to which they were ignorant of the feelings and opinions of those assembled, and of others out of doors. The meeting had been convened for the purpose of having brought before them the true character of American slavery, and of those religious pro fessors in the United States who were connected with it, as well as the conduct of certain parties in this country ; and all that he asked was, that the deputation should be listened to with impartial and unprejudiced minds. The speaker then eulogized the long and consistent efforts in this cause of Mr. Garrison in the United States. and spoke in strong terms of some alleged misrepresentations of him by Dr. Cox, whom he characterized as a recreant abo litionist, a coward, and a mis-called minister of reli gion. He challenged Dr. Cox, or any friend of his in Liverpool, to meet him. He challenged his esteemed friend, the Rev. Wm. Bevan, to come forward and de fend Dr. Cox from the charge he brought against him of having desecrated the office of a Christian teacher, of having violated his vows to the Saviour of the world, and brought disgrace upon himself as a minister, by speaking the basest libels ever uttered by human lips against the friends of humanity and truth. The Chairman then in troduced the name of Mr. Fred. Douglas, the runaway slave, describing him as a " chattel personal" and a "piece of property," in his master's ledger in the United States. This gentleman, he stated, had been grossly maligned and abused by Dr. Cox, for having spoken some unpleasant truths at the meeting of the World's Temperance Con vention, lately held in Covent-garden Theatre. His offence consisted in haying stated that the black popula tion, in the United States, were neglected by the ministers of religion, and abused by their masters, and in conjuring the American delegates not to forget, when they returned home, that there was there a coloured population which demanded their :sympathy and assistance. The Chairman then read a letter, addressed by Dr. Cox, on the subject of Mr. Douglas's speech at the convention, to the New York Evangelist, in which he charged him with being an instrument in the hands of other parties, who paid him to denounce the temperance communities of America. Was there, be asked, in his letter, no lurking prejudice against colour? (Hear.) Dr. Cox began by speaking of him as " the coloured agitator and ultraist." (Hear, hear.) The doctor held just the same prejudices in 1833 against men of colour. In the same letter he (Dr. Cox) stated that Mr. Douglas had been " spoiled, petted, and paid by certain abolitionists of the ne plus ultra school," —an assertion which he (the Chairman) denounced as a wilful falsehood. Mr. Douglas had never been paid by the abolitionists of this county. He had in fact supported himself by his pen. This minister of the religion of him who was meek and lowly of heart, also spoke of another person who bad confirmed Mr. Douglas's statements as a "cold-hearted parricide,"and,as amen who had no feelings of piety or patriotism about him. The Chairman read other passages from the letter, and warmly commented upon one wherein the Doctor, speaking of the Anti-Slavery spirit in his country, said that with reference to the United States, it must be exorcised out of it before any good could be done: The libels of Dr Cox, however, would do more to raise than to exorcise that spirit (Hear, hear.). He concluded by asserting that with the ex ception of three or four, all the delegates from America to the late meetings of the Evangelical Alliance - were the greatest enemies of emancipation in the United States. (Hear.) Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLAS then came forward, and was loudly applauded. He commenced by justifying the propriety of agitating the question of slavery in the United States in this country. In that country there was not moral stamina enough to attack the evil. It had blunted both the moral and religious sense of the people, although it was in direct contradiction to the declaration of independence. Three millions, or one-sixth of the whole population, were held in the chains of slavery, under the sanction of the law and religion of the country. There was nothing in the heart of America to which appeal could be made for the overthrow of the evil without the assistance of Christian Britain ; and he was of opinion that the work of abolition must be mainly carried on by the people of this country. A denunciation of slavery uttered in this country would be heard in ten days on the other side of the Atlantic; so that our moral, religious, and intellectual power would be felt on this question. And why, he asked, should we not interfere with Acne rican slavery? Did we not interfere with the domestic institutions of other countries, and were we to stop, be cause our convictions alarmed and perplexed American slaveholders ? (Hear.) Should America escape the con demnation due to sin, because she sinned in the name of Christianity ? America bad been spared by the Evange lical Alliance, because she professed to be Christian ; taking the name of Christian did not necessarily make her so. On this question the American people must,. in point of fact, be considered as heathens, because they took advantage of the ignorance of their slaves to keep them in bondage and fetters. Her name must be made a bye-word among the nations before she would be cured of this degradation, and he believed that by appeal- I ing to her, through her reputation in other countries, more good would be done than by agitating the question upon her own soil. He had himself been mobbed and beaten, and had his right arm broken, for telling his wrongs, as a slave, in Christian America ; but in this country, he rejoiced to say, he had received the sympathy of every audience,:and had his denunciations of the crime of slavery listened to,.and published, and sent across the- Atlantic, without fear and without dread. He denied the charge of having uttered denunciations against America, or reflecting upon her as a nation ; he had spoken only against her institution of slavery, and he would continue to denounce it, for he believed it to be a duty which all good men must commend. The Americans, indeed, saw the blot upon them ;.they saw the cancer eating into their vitals; they saw that their system of slavery stamped their declaration of independence as a lie ; and they saw that while this was so they would not be able to lift up their heads among Christian nations. Slavery, be asserted, was upheld in the United States because it was reputable, and it was reputable because its character was unknown out of the United States ; but when its true character became known here and elsewhere, Brother Jonathan would begin to think of its abolition. He con tended, too, that the churches of the United States were corrupted by it. Mr. Douglas then proceeded to describe the practical working of slavery in the United States, founded upon his own experience, drawing a most ani mated contrast of the perfect freedom prevailing here. His late master had sworn, he said, that if he ever once set his foot again upon Christian democratic soil, he should be reduced to bonds again. To this he replied,. " Before you cook the hare. first catch it." (Laughter.) There could be no more vivid description of the working of slavery in the Southern States of America, than was to be found in the laws of those states. There were 72 crimes in Virginia for which blacks might be executed, for only two of which a white could be capitally convict ed. They were not allowed to be taught to read the Bible. Marriage was prohibited. The speaker then gave a num ber of instances of gross inequality from the laws of Maryland, and other states, and narrated many cases of cruelty to his. own female relations, for which the owners could not be brought to punishment. His own back, he said, was scarred by the slave driver's whip. Another fearful aspect of this question was the internal slave-trade that was carried on. In 1837 Maryland and Virginia alone realised 1S -millions of dollars by trafficking in slaves. So brisk was the trade then, that night after night he had been awoke by the clanking of chains upon:slaves who wer being driven on board vessels bound for the New Orleans market. Yet America boasted of having been the first to put an end to the foreign slava trade ! Shameful incon sistency He then described some of the slave auctions in the New Orleans and other markets, and drew affecting pictures of the separation of husbands from wives, and children from parents. These things were done in view of the capital of the land of "the free and the brave " in Christian, democratic America. Who were responsible for them ? He believed tha American church and clergy were mainly responsible for this state of things, and those in the northern states too. (Hear.) It-was the religion of the land that was responsible. The ministers had the power either to will slavery out of existence, or to decree its perpetuity—and they had willed its perpetuity. All denominations were implicated in the guilt. The Metho dist Church had 90.000' slaves, the Episcopalian 80,000, and the Baptist 125,000. Men were sold to build churches, and women to buy bibles. The church-going bell and the slave auction bell chimed with each other in the same street. The pulpit and. the auction block were found together: the auction block supported the pulpit, and the pulpit in return covered the infernal business. Ministers of religion traded in human flesh. Grave doctors of divinity defended slavery from the bible. (Haar, hear.) Human beings were sold to buy sacramental services—all with the sanction of the religion of the land. And it was with such religion and with such professors that the Evangelical Alliance would wish the people of this country to ally and link them selves.—(Hear.) Slavery and religion in America had never yet had a fight with each other ; a striking fact, which, in his opinion, showed there Was no true religion there; and it accounted for him and others being charged with infidelity. He asked any one who was an American to deny the truth of the picture be had drawn. [A per son in the meeting, who said he came from one of the slave states, denied the accuracy of the speaker's state ments.] He declared that he had not exaggerated the real condition of the slaves, nor the religious teaching which was commonly given to them. Tho texts invari ably taken in the sermons to that class were, " Servants obey your masters "—assuming that servants meant slaves ; " Servants, obey your masters in all things," &c. &c. The speaker here imitated the words and style of a sermon to slaves by a slave holding minister in a manner that excited considerable risibility in the audience, from the ludicrous repetition of the advice to be obedient. This was no caricature. Bishops, conferences, synods, and associations had preached the same :doctrine. But while bishops and synods preached obedience to the slave from the Bible, they positively did not allow the slave to read the Bible at all. Bishop Meade, of Virginia, had published two sermons intended to be read by owners to their slaves, in whicla he laid down the principle that they were to serve their masters as God himself. And a letter had been sent to the Evangelical Alliance. by this same Bishop Meade, which wasread with eulogy by Dr. Bunting! The abolitionists were charged, with, attempting to set the Oei, 20, 146. slave population against their masters ; met he (IVir: firmly believed, that had it not been fof the peaceful efforts of Mr. Garrison and other abolitionists, the whole south would have been by this time in a state of fire and insurrection. Dr. Meade thus taught slaves as tb what was softly called " correction :"—" You may deserhs correction, or you may deserve it not; but in either case it is your duty to bear it patiently. Suppose you deserve it, you cannot but say it is right you should receive it; and suppose you do not on this occasion, you cannot but think you have deserved a great deal before, and so you are paid once for all." (A VOICE : " What is the title of thebook ?") "Familiar Discourses, intended to be read by Slave-owners to their Slaves, by W. A. Meade. Printed at Winchester." He (Mr. Douglas) looked upon it as a gross libel to call such religion as this Christianity. It was at war with pure and undefiled religion, which was to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions. By all ties, therefore, he felt himself bound to expose the slavery of America, for it was at war with Christianity; and the man who defended it was at war with God. (Hear.) The speaker then energetically defended the abolition. ists of America and himself from the charge of infidelity, and he called upon the public to sustain the efforts of the " Anti-Slavery League." It was a lie that the American professors of religion were anxious to circulate the Bible. Thrice had the American Bible Society refused to send the Bible among the three millions of slaves at their own doors. Every Sunday ten thousand pulpits in that country belched forth a simultaneous lie, "We thank thee, God, that we dwell in this land of civil and:re- ligious liberty." What r. with three millions of slaves in fetters ?—where they denied the institution of marriage? —where they would not allow their slaves to hold re ligious meetings among themselves ?—where they refused them the privilege of reading the Bible? where they subjected them to the brutal cat-o'-nine-tails—and lastly, where the advocacy of abolition exposed a man to death in fifteen of the states of the Union ? (Tremendous cheering, amidst which the speaker resumed his seat.) _ The CHAIRMAN stated that he held in his hand a book, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Donglas, who had just addressed them, and which was on sale, price 2s. 6d. The profits derived from the sale of the work formed the principal source from which he could defray his travelling expenses, and support his family in America. (Several copies of the work were afterwards sold in the room.) The Rev. JOSHUA V. HYarus next addressed the meet— ins-, corroborating the statements made by Mr. Douglas. He said he could not defend the conduct of the alliance in their proceedings as related to slavery. He was wounded in spirit when be read the statement of Dr'. Cox, and he believed it tended to lead the people of England- into• a wrong impression. on the *object. - Mr. GARRISON, the Editor of the Liberator, and for many years well known as the friend and advocate of the slave, spoke at considerable length, and with no little eloquence, on the condition of the slave states, and on their laws, which impri soned all coloured persons going there, although British sub jects and nnaccused of crime. He stated that he .had been several times in Great Britain and Ireland, and had always found his opinions on slavery to be well received. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at great length and with much energy, dealing out heavy blows•at the Alliance, for their rejection of the words proposed to be appended to a re solution at the Conference, that " slave-holders•should not be admitted intathe association," and finally rescinding the ori ginal resolution, so that the question of slavery was left un touched, not a word against it being recorde6 in their pro ceedings. The Rev. Mr. CLARE said that if the Alliance really did not intend to take slaveholijers into their communion, they should explicitly state so to the world at once, and vindicate them selves. He moved the following resolution : "That the conduct of the Free Church of Scotland, in taking the money of slaveholders, and in return extending to them the sanction of full communion with that body, and that of the Evangelical Alliance conference recently assembled in London, first in adopting a proposition that men might be slaveholders without any fault of their own, and from disinterested motives, and then, to gratify the pro-slavery spirit of the American de legates, erasing from their proceedings all reference to the subject of slavery, in order to prevent a disunion, evinced in both cases an utter disregard of the uncompromising spirit of Christianity, and was a virtual approval of the act;-of those who, while they profess to be the followers of the Great Re deemer, make mercnandise of the bodies and souls of men." This was seconded by Mr. GARRISON, and unanimously carried. It was stated that another meeting, at which Mr. Garrison would more fully adiitess a Liverpool audience, wc,uld be held on the 3d November, prior to his departure for America on the following day. The meeting then dispersed,"and a col lection was made towards defraying the expenses of the room. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) The Cabinet dinner, which was announced to be given Thy Lord John Russell on Tuesday, the 27th instant, is postponed to the following day. The clergy of the diocese of Dublin are about to meet 'and . petition the Queen to adopt measures for the appointment of tt bishop to the vacant see of Kildare. Under Lord Stanley's. Irish Church Act, this see merges into that of Dublin. The new Irish Poor Law Commissioner is a son of Mr. JOs tice Ball, of the Irish Bench.. LONDON CORN EXCIIANGE.—YESTERDAY. There was a moderate supply of English wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, this morning, which was cleared at fully the prices of last week. For free fOreign the business was not ex tensive, but our extreme quotations were realised. Barrel Flour continues rather neglected. Barley of every description is 2s. to 3s. 6d. per quarter higher. Beans and Peas were in small supply, and their value unaltered. Oats met an. improved demand, and are fully as dear. ,-YESTERDAY SMITFIFIELD CATTLE MARKET. The supply of home-fed Beasts on offer to-day was verY ex tensive, but of middling quality. Of foreign stock the sh embraced 600 Beasts, 690 Akeep, and 20 Calves. The Pri . T e ni t other kinds were heavy, and the prices were 2(1.d Scots, &c., moved off slowly, a last week's quotations; uuL p e r 81b. lower than on this day se'nnight. Ache close of the marke t a clear- ante was not effected. - from m ro t m h e t h w e es n t o e r r t n h northern midlanddistricts n r t e i c e e s i , v B 7 , l o 1 22 IMf s o h rd ort s, Devons, &c. ; and from all parts of England, 700 of various breeds. bon's Although the numbers of Sheep were comparatively small, the Mutton trade was by no means so active as on Monday last ; yet that day's prices were mostly supported. The number of Calves was Tod; while the Veal trade wsur;: ;eavv at Friday's reduced fig wed off slowly, Nearly 200 Beasts have been sr. pin Holland during the past week )thered on The banking establishments in Sheffield have agreed ta allow their clerks a half-holiday every Thursday. It is said that Mr. Rowland Hill has been offered the situation of Secretary to the Post-office in Ireland. The salary is £BOO per annum. At a meeting of the burgesses of Scotland Ward, ott Friday. it was resolved to bring forward Mr. James Holm? in opposition to Mr. William Thornhill. Mr. Hole address will be found in our advertising columns. The mayor entertained a select party to dinner at the Town-hall, on Thursday evening, and has issued invita tions to the gentlemen of the bar, attending the next sea sions, and a number of others, for his last official dinner,- which will take place on Thtrsday, the 29th instant. SPLENDID SPECIMEN OF INDIAN CORN.-1 Magnifi: .nt specimen of Indian corn, grown in the open air, upo the farm of Mr. Thomas Baines, proprietor of our con temporary, the Liverpool Times, was exhibited in the E% change, yesterday. The Cork Examiner, radical paper, of last week, after a more recent examination of the potato crop, again de— clares its conviction that the evil has been overrated. Ite for " famine," says our contemporary, " it is a bugbear which a few months will remove. Two sailors are now at Cork wbo were taken off the mast of a vessel called the Rose, which had been wrecker' at sea. They state the horrible fact that a third man, 00 of their companions, who was with them on the spar, W ll5 eaten by them, they being driven to that frightful extra" mity by excess of hunger. EXTENSIVE CONTRACTS..—The Irish Board of Works have issued advertisements calling for contracts to be sqlt in on or before the 30th instant, for supplying some 60, 0 W or 70,000 wheelbarrows, immense quantities of clay-picitar quarry-picks, and other implements for road labour , There are about 100 towns named at which these tools are to be delivered. At Dundalk, for instance, 1500 barrowor with a corresponding number of picks, &c., are to be de' livered. At Dublin, 1000; Cork, 1000; Youghal, 1000 ; at several of the smaller towns 500 each, and a few are, marked down for 250 each. The mere manuf ac ture of these articles will give immense employment, but the portance of the advertisement is in the assumption tbs' the implements are to be supplied gratuitously to the la: bourers, and that they are to be instructed in a high er class of work than mere digging and shoveling ..,.- /,' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, Igth OCTOBER.—Wind S., fresh. ARRIVED.—Fanny, Wheeler, from Cape of Good Hope —gi t . ridan, Cornish, New York—Glencoe, Gailbraith, Quebec—Lt.."' Milton, Hayes. and Laurence Forestal, Poo* Pictou—Oc e. "" (steamer,) Hall, Havre, and Norfolk Hero, from Belfast. SAlLED.—Melicete, Hunter, for New Orleans, and EN Graham, Fergeson, Oporto 4th Sept. Left the Mary Queen of Scots loading for this Tor Ratchford, of Waterford, abandoned. On 7th Hopewell, Carter, from M aranham at this port : sailed on ittle. On 6th October, in lat. 46, long. 33, passed the wreck ° f 11 lat. Oc t of r, o aebec, 47, long. 31, passed the wreck of the EuphrosP e, - also abandonea. eQ Ann, Johnston, hence at Maranham. h WI . Minalto, Tregarthen, from Rio Grande at. rairriOUt . mainmast sprung, and loss of bulwarks mailed 24th AagtlSt, 10 company with the Belle Barbaric, for this port. The Adino, of Dundee, was to sail for this port in about 14 days. LIVERPOOL CATTLE We have had a fair average T, Oc lay. The supply of Sheep, partic; imited. With a numerous attemtar )r nearly so, was sold at little or statement. Beef, Sid to 6d per lb. ; - - market to quality, We astomers, the whew." ation from our line LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OcT. 19. The Cotton market for some time past has puzzled the riles wary observer; each morning the demand has been very olltA rate, and as the day has advanced, the excitement has incre to fever height. To-day, for instance, the inquiry was, eatT but very moderate, but we close with a bus ness of 14,000 hal"' one-half of it on speculation. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET , OCT. 19, 1846. ‘.. s. d. s. d. s. d. l e Hay, old 2016 0 B@o 10 ,Potatoes, y , 901 b. $ $ N ew 0 si 0 9 i Kemp Clover 0 6 0 7 , New 0 0— 0 i • G rass Straw, Wheat... 03— 0 4 Shoit Tops .. 39 4 0 Oat e 3 0 4 i Cattle Barley . Carrots MARRIED. Yesterday, at Rock Ferry Church. by the Rev. Mr. Redhe6_, Mr. JNO. ORTON HUDSON, flour dealer, Scotland.roa d, ELLEN, only daughter of Mr,WM. LEA, New Ferry, Cheat° ED of the barque Nith, of this On the 15th instant, aged 41 years, Captain JOHN GRA H - Ag; p D or l t. . On the 16th irstant, at Belle-rue, Shrewsbury, in her 'ear, SALLY -- lint of Mr. JOSEPH EDGERLEY, of that year, ac. _., relict of _ Yesterday, aged 4 years, ARNOLD, infant son of Mr. J. , GAGE, Kirkdale. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 1846. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED al EVERY TUESDAY MORNI - ‘ IT JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove-street. and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14. Great Orford-street. At No. 4, St. GaWlll3l'll. CAUCA= LIVIIIITOOI. MARK DPIY of ueasts