The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

_ TO CORRESPONDENTS. m irt lines of " A Self-educated Lad " do credit to his head and lieut. but they must be improved before they are suitable for publicati on. yrc should have been most happy to have inserted the letter of " Expositor " had vie received IL earlier. He will find else- Where a communication somewhat on the same subject. Vibe letter of "i. e.",j is smart and painted, but as our previous correspondent had not made use of any argumentum ad fiamiken, we think he should not be replied to exclusively in that way. • Ma absence of the Mayor from the Agricultural Society's D nne r, is satisfactorily accountedjor by the fact, that le was unavoidably out of town. Cbc Eibtrpoot g§tanDarb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29, 1846. Our contemporary, the Albion, is determined, apparently, to push us to extremities, with respect to the relative advantages of the Birkenhead and the • Liverpool Docks, as available for merchants and shipowners, or as offering security for parties wish ing to invest by way of loan. We have no wish to press the controversy. What we have said already, , ia defence of the Docks of Liverpool, we should be quite ready to leave to the judgment of an impartial public; but we must correct a few statements into -attach the ignorance of our contemporary has led The Albion comments upon our supposition that 1330,000 would pay the expense of working the docks of Liverpool, independent of repairs. We need not say to any party who has read our article that it was a mere off-hand supposition, meant only to show our contemporary how small was the . alliance of any docks, which merely charged tonnage • dues, paying decent interest for the outlay required in their construction. How he makes out that £82,000 are the cost of the repairs of this year, "from the Dock Accounts just published," he will perhaps be good enough to tell us. With respect to the surplus revenue of our docks ior the present year, which we said would be little short of £lOO,OOO, we must endeavour to enlighten eur contemporary, whose arithmetical faculties ap pear to require it. s. d. On the 24th June, 1845, the Dock Estate owed the sum of.. 2,357,090 7 2 .- This year the Estate has borrowed 324,323 13 0 £2,681,414 0 2 From this we have to deduct the sum of paid off during the year ; which leaves £2,665,289 0 2 am the liabilities of the present year, against £2,357,090 7 2 ,Showing an increase of a debt of.. £308,198 13 0 To set against this, we have, from the published accounts, expended upon new works as follows : New south works £3,887 0 5 River wall central works 19,478 17 5 Ditto; tiew north works New north works 186,326 3 4 Landing stages (new works) Parliamentary expenses (new act) Albert Dock 9,404 19 1 Property purchased for new works 31,911 3 10 Albert Dock Warehouses Balance due to bankers reduced 13,419 16 7 Excess in materials on hand £391,129 7 8 Increased revenue.... £82,930 14 8 Oar contemporary, who is evidently unacquainted -arith figures of arithmetic, however apt he may be at figures of Billingsgate, will say this is not s sur plus of £lOO,O 0. He may also complain of the deductions we have made; and particularly the de ductions of the expenditure upon the Albert Dock and Warehouses. So long as these have not their income brought into the accounts, they have a right to be taken as new works, not within the reach of the ordinary expenditure of the Dock . Committee. We have also a right to deduct the interest on Dock Bonds given for the payment of - the Albert Warehouses and the other new works in progress, which will make out the surplus revenue at the working docks to be fully one hundred 4-thousand pounds. When, -moreover, we have she -- Albert Warehouses paying twelve and a half per cent., which the Albion's friend, Mr. Eyre Evans, assures us they will pay, we shall have more of this surplus, and may defy all competition. We shall neither bother ourselves nor ou r readers about Adam Smith's productive and re-productive expenditure. Vie sever studied dictionaries much, nor Adam Smith either. We leave such abstruse . . matters to men of genius like our contemporary. We know, happily, that two and two make four, and that is sufficient for our present purpose. When we want more learning to enable us to reply - to our powerful contemporary, we shall be content to quit our present avocations and go to school again. Some proceedings have just taken place in the City of London Registration Courts, which ceariy show the necessity, on the part of the Re vising Barristers, to check the efforts made year by year by societies, such as our Anti-Monopoly Asso chtion, formed for the express purpose of working the registrations. We give a brief extract of the proceedings with respect to one case, as reported in the London Times of Saturday : " A. witness proved that he had served a claim to be rated on the overseer on behalf of Mr. Bates. He had tendered payment of the rates due from Mr. Bates, but ' the overseer informed him that he did not know whether anything was due or not. "Mr. ARsoLn.—At the time you tendered the money did you intend. land fide, to pay any rates that might be due? don't know how far 1 am obliged to answer that question, as the case has not arisen. - The witness, in reply to questions from the Revising Barrister, said, I cons dered that, in making the tender, I was fulfilling the requirements cf th • Reform Act. I • had no instructions to do more than make a tender of the money. I generally received my instructions from Mr. Sidney Smith. If the overseer had told me what amount was due from Mr. Bates, I should probably have with drawn the claim, but the case did not arise. " Mr. A.IiNOLD.—Did Mr. Smith ever direct you, in terms, to make a payment ? "The witness, after fencing some time, replied—l can not say that he instructed me to do more than to make a tender with the service of each claim. " The witness continued,—l considered that I complied with my instructions by producing the money. I have tnade a good many tenders of the same kind—some in every parish in the city. I never had occasion to make a payment. I have withdrawn claims more than once, when the overscrs have told me what was the great amount due for rates. I generally informed Mr. Smith of these cases, and h approved of the discretion I had exercised. The money I tendered was in all cases my own." Here, it will be admitted, is a direct case of, at least, meditated fraud upon thn Constitution. A hired agent, instructed by the solicitor or some other officer of a registration society, waits upon the over seer of a parish, probably at the last hour, and pro - clueing a hundred or two hundred claims, requires to know what rates John Noises or Thomas Styles owes, and produces a sum of money in his hand sufficient to meet the possible amount required, and a. makes a sham t nder of it. If the overseer, in the absence probably of the collector, cannot say at the moment what each of these large number of claimants owes, the case goes before the Revising Barrister. If, however, the overseer can turn to the account at once, the claim is dropped like a red hot brand. Our cunning hireling had no idea of paying. He was Maly to make a tender 69 The law of the case, and the decision of the court, was thus given by the Revising Barrister : "Mr. Arnold observed, that, under the 30th section of the Reform Act, persons whose names were on the rates were entitled to claim to be registered; but the section required that they should actually pay or tender the full amount of the rates then due or owing for the premises in respect of which they were rated. The Legislature evi dently contemplated an actual payment, or Lona fide tender of the rates. The authority which had been given to Mr. Sidney Smith by a claimant, and which was pro - dueed on Monday, did not adept the words of the 30th • section of the Reform Act; it did not authorise Mr. Smith to " pay " or " tender " the amount due, but 'merely gave an authority to tender payment. He (Mr. Arnold) had given effect to that and similar authorities in several cases, in consequence of the statements of the claimants, that they considered they authorised Mr. smith, or his agents, to pay the rates on their behalf. What he had heard to-day, however, had led him to r e g ret that he had placed those claimant., on the list, for he feared he had registered a great many persons w h o were not entitled to the franchise. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Mum that his intention was merely to make a tender, without making an actual pay scent. Mr. Aime had stated that he would probably have - withdrawn claims with respect to which he had tendered payment of rates, if the overseers had informed him of the amount due; and he bad also admitted that he had ac tually taken this course on more than one occasion. Under these circumstances, he (Mr. Arnold) could only come to the conclusion that the tender was not made bona fide with the view of paying the rates if any had been due, but that the tender was altogether fraudulent and fictitious. He considered that the 30th section of gig Moral Act had not been complied with—that a NO. ficient tender had not been made by the claimant or any auttiolised agent on his behalf. He would, therefore, disallow the claim. _ _ " Mr. Wansey hoped the Court would grant a case. "Mr. Arnold.—Certainly not. If I did so, I .hould state to the Court of Common Pleas that the tender was fictitious and fraudulent." Our readers are aware that the incumbency and prncipalshin of St. Bees College have been bestowed upon one—the Rev. R. Parkinson—learned, no doubt, and eminent for his talent and ministerial zeal and usefulness, but already holding high pre ferment as Rector of Manchester, and Fellow of the Collegiate Church of that town—a clergyman with already as many duties to perform as any one man, however able and indefatigable, can get through, with advantage to the large and populous parish placed under his pastoral care. We must not be understood to maintain the slightest objection to the fitness of the reverend gen tleman upon whom this preferment has fallen. We are aware that his learning and excEllence as a mi ister of the Gospel are undoubted, and rightly appreciated by the large body of his parishioners, who, by the resolutions entered by their church wardens a week ago upon the parish journal, object to his appointment apparently upon the same grounds as ourselves, viz.,—that it is inconsistent with the proper discharge of his already numerous duties:— " Memorandum,—The churchwardens of Manchester being informed that the Rev. Canon Parkinson has ac cepted the presidency of Saint Bees, with the incumbency of that parish, and that he intends to hold these prefer meets in addition to that of rector of Manchester, feel bound to record their opinion,— " That it is of the highest importance to the spiritual interests of the parish, that the clergy of the Collegiate Church should be resident in Manchester. "That the additional duties which the Rev. Canon Parkinson bas undertaken, will require his residence at St. Bees for the greater part of the year, and that his energies will naturally be directed to that scene of his labours. " That however earnestly the Rev. Canon may strive that the parish shall not suffer from this step, it is impos sible but the parish will suffer. " The churchwardens deeply regret the loss thus sus tained, and feel that the large parish of Manchester re quires an increase rather than a diminution of clerical superintendence. "Resolved,—That a copy of this memorandum be for warded to the Rev. Canon Parkinson, and to the dean and chapter." . _ . These objections are moreover infinitely more telling, at a time when the church is urged to seize unon the revenues of a poor see now vacant, for the purpose of erecting a bishopric in Manchester. That large parish, we are told, and the manufac turing district around, require increased pastoral su perintendence, and are save the mark ! too poor to pay for it, without the extinction of a bishopric in Wales. Yet, with this plea upon the lips of Government, and acceded to by a portion of the church, the pastoral superintendence of a rector is permitted, if the memorandum of the Manchester churchwardens be well founded, to be withdrawn from Manchester, and his learned and pastoral la bours are henceforth to be pursued in a remote parish upon the western borders of Cumberland. We grieve sincerely to see our Church, by ar rangements such as this, putting weapons into the hands of her enemies for her own overthrow as an establishment. This appointment of the Rev. R. Parkinson would no doubt have been excellent in itself; but it ought never to have been permitted to be held along with his rectory and fellowship. One result, however, the perseverance of the rev. gentle man in his present design so to do may bring about, which we shall scarcely regret. If the parish of Manchester can dispense with the residence of its rector, it might, probably, not be very inconvenient, but, on the contrary, greatly to the benefit of its vast population, if the large revenues now drawn from it by the clergy of the Collegiate Church were dispersed more equally amongst the clergy of the parish, or devoted to the endowment of additional places of worship. It is far from our wish, as lovers of our venerable establishment, to direct against her the hand of innovation, already anxious enough to be dealing with her revenue and privileges. Ei her, however, every reasonable excuse for her enemies to assail her must be removed, or the task of setting her affairs in order, and rJrnoting her increased useful ness and efficiency, must be taken in hand by her friends. The condihion to which Ireland has been reduced by the almost total failure of the potato crop is becoming, day by day, more appalling; and so practically injurious is the operation of the measure, hastily adopted, to provide a remedy fir the distress of the labouring classes, that it is now almost a matter of certainty that Parliament must meet, within a few weeks at furthest, to divine some efficacious legislation upon the subject. A perusal of the reports of the presentment sessions, which at present almost fill the Irish papers, is quite sufficient to satisfy a man of ordinary perception that whilst we are pauperizing the minds of the Irish peasantry by our present system of relief, we are at the same time opening the door wide for every species of jobbing, and winking at an enor mous waste of money, expended upon works which can never return a shilling to either the Government or the Irish people. A few samples of the pro ceedings of these presentment sessions may not he uninstructive to the English reader. We should premise, however, that these sessions are equivalent to our meetings of justices and county ratepayers, assembled to vote money for public works, to be assessed upon themselves. This will account for the struggle made by different parishes or baronies to get a large slice of the grants, for outlay upon their own particular localities. Take the following, then, from the proceedings of the Miltown Malbay Sessions, Thomas J. Morrony, Esq., J.P., in the chair : " After some further discussion, public works were pre sented for in the parish of Kilfarboy to the amount of 8940. It is worthy of remark, that the chairman cried down some presentments for useful works in this parish, and affixed his signature of rejection to them, th.iugh a poll was demanded by respectable cess-payers. " Chairman—l think we had better now proceed with the parish of Killard. `• Sir Burton M`Namara—l would wish to take the sense of the cess-pavers as whether we proceed next with Killard—(cries of Kilmurry ! Killard! Kilmurry! Kit lard ! chair, chair. order, poll, poll, great uproar, and shouts of laughter.) " Chairman—' Come a'on; Jusey,' let us hate a poli for it. (Laughter.) "Mr. Singletim—lf I were the chairman, I would not be put down by clamour in this kind of way. The chair man should decide as to which parish we go on with. (Renewed uproar.) " A poll having been called for, the numbers were in favour of Kimura y. " (Here, among other voices in the body of the court, a country schoolmaster bawled out, ' The Kilrnurryenians have it ! Bravo, Sir Burton !' (Laughter.) " Public works were granted for Kilmurry, to the amount of £104118; and to the parish of Killard, to the amount of £9OOO. " Among the presentments sought for in the parish of Kilfarboy, was a fever hospital for Mil:own ; and this presentment was thrown out. though the Rev. Mr. Hill stated that sixty persons at least died of fever every year, for the want of an hospital."—Limerick Examiner. Or the following, from the proceedings of the ses sions at Cahir, the Earl of Glengall in the chair : " The next presentment was to make a line of road be tween Ardfinan and Brien's-road.—Co,t, £2036. " Lord Glengall—z£2o36! Oh! nonsens'. " Mr. Butler Lowe, J.P.—My lords awl gentlemen, I most strenuously urge on you the necessity of passing this presentment. Nothing can exceed the distress of the unfortunate people in that locality. I think lam not mistaken in saying that this meeting was convened for charitable purposes, but laying even humanity aside, I think the necessity for this road demands of you to pass it. (Hear, hear, bear.) The county of Waterford have completed their portion of this road, which, if you now pass will be one of the most perfect in the country. I say, my lord, that the people of that lo cality deserve employment, for the manner they have borne their misfortunes. They came to my gate in hun dreds the other evening in the most peaceable manner, and begged of me to get them employment, as they were actually starving, and I promised to do all in my power for them. " Counsellor MULCAHY bore witness to the utility of this undertaking, and the good character of the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood. The learned gentleman con cluded by saying. I call on the mapi , trates and cess pay ers to pass this preFeutment, or when we go borne the people of the district will say that you were unable or un willing to assist them." What, we ask, is likely to be the utility of works thus decided upon ? Are they at all likely, except by some unforeseen chance, to be profitable? Kilfarboy has got £8,940; ergo, Killard must have £9,000. But Kilmurry demands to be served first ; and " the Kilmuryenians had (it," to the tune of £10,418. The parish of Ki?farboy wanted a fever hospital for Miltown ; but a fever hospital the far mers and other cess-payers would not tax them selves for, although " sixty persons, at least, died of fever every year for want of an hospital." Again, what is the main argument used for a line of road between Ardfinan and Brien's Road, the cost of which was put down at the Cahir ses sions at £2,036 That " nothing can exceed the THE I•IVERPOOL STANDARD. distress of the unfortunate people in that 'locality.' The farmers and landlords of the entire district are called upon to tax themselves for, probably, a very useless road, to benefit a particular loca ity, or, perhaps, a few interested individuals, lest when these individuals go home " the people will say that they were unable or unwilling to assist them !" A. most unconvincing reason for throwing away the money granted by government, with such very little security of its being repaid. It would surely have been within the power of a wise government to have devised some great public works, upon which the distressed people of Ireland could have been employed, the benefit of which to the country was not merely problematic ; to have taken some precautions against that system of pri vate or local jobbing which has been the curse of the social system of Ireland from time immemorial. 'there are lands to be drained there; bogs to be reclaimed ; mountains, only requiring the outlay of capital to enable them to produce food for man, in stead of cover for grouse or scanty pasturage for a few sheep. Ireland has fisheries capable of sus taining the whole of her population ; but her fisher men have neither boats nor nets. The formation of railways is calculated to give a vast impetus to the future prosperity of that country; cannot these great works be 'pressed forward by the aid of go vernment loans properly secured ? Surely none of these remedies are beyond the reach of adoption; yet, in the words of an Irish proprietor, addressing Lord John Russell upon the subject of the present Relief Act, the entire bounty of the British nation, willingly extended towards their suffering Irish brethren, is being ` laid out in works of public inutility; in en deavouring to make mountains of mole hills, laying out roads which lead to nowhere, and planning works which will benefit no one but the county surveyors; creating, in fact, a gigantic system of unproductive labour, to be repaid by borrowed money, introducing habits of laborious indolence, in the shape of break ing stones, amongst an agricultural population, whilst the land which is to pay for all will derive no benefit from the labour which will be wasted on the roads." If this is the best that the present Ministry can do ; if to sink the labourer in the social scale, and, at the same time, to hang an increased burthen of debt round the necks of the Irish landowners, is the extent of Whig capacity to legislate for that country, the sooner the duty devolves upon other hands the better for all parties. We feel it a duty to call the attention of our readers to the letter which we annex, from a mem ber of the Pilots' Committee, and an intelligent shipowner of this town, with respect to the satisfac tory working of the Albert Docks. We must bear in mind that these new ware houses are not under the management of the crentlemen who originally projected them ; and that, therefore, they are not supposed, or represented, by these gentlemen, and others, to be managed with the same consummate wisdom possessed by their :)riginal projectors. Our correspondent's letter, however, will show that such complaints are not exactly founded upon reasonable grounds; that the warehouses are efficiently conducted ; that the officials are most courteous and well acquainted with their duties ; and that the prospect of their future operation is encouraging both to the dock corn-. mittee and to the merchant and shipowner. What may be the profitable return to the Dock Estate of such expensively-constructed warehouses, of course, we do not pretend to guess. This much, however, we repeat, that they will be used extensively and in preference to warehouses of the ordinary construc tion ; and here we would have a word of ad vice to offer to our fellow-townsmen. We see a great amount of warehouse construction going on in various parts of the town —some of them not the most eligible. We say to them, «pause awhile." The new system is ab stracting the business from the best warehouses in the town. It is hopeless, so far as profit is con cerned, to attempt the erection of warehouses in in ferior situations. Those who take our advice will thank us hereafter. We give here the letter of our correspondent. with further comment : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sint, —Having observed, ever since the opening of the Albert Dock and Warehouses, a strong dismclination on the part of shipowners—how produced I do not know—to make use of these magnificent facilities for our com merce, I deem it but a duty to state my own exper'erce of their working. My ship, the " Paragon," Captain Coleman, from Calcutta, came into the Albert Dock, on Thursday, the 17th instant, having on board a cargo of sugar, rice, and saltpetre. She commenced discharging on Friday, at one p.m., and finished on Wednesday followit g, at three p.m., thus occupying four days and two hours. I should state that we had every day to kaock off at half past three, only one landing waiter being appointed for the ship. If we had gone to the expense of another land ing waiter, we could have been cleared out in three days. The Bill which I have paid is the following : Discharging 435 Tons, at 91. . . £l6 6 3 Ship mending, and materials lB 6 Receiving and putting Kentledge on board 15 0 £l7 19 9 Now, sir, for the contrast. My vessel, on her previous voyage, came from the same port with the same cargo, and was taken into Prince's Dock. She occupied five weeks in discharging, during which time I had one man doing little else than running up and down after the own ers of goods imported "to order." I had no trouble with this class of importers here, although in this respect my cargo was precisely similar. I paid for discharging on that voyage, to a master Lumper . . £l6 10 Clearing decks .. £l7 0 Wages of man running after importers, losg by pilferage, and personal annoyance, I do not, for I crihifot, estimate the cost of. I may state that on this voyage I have not lost a package, or, I believe, an article of sty description. To parties not acquainted with shipping, the advantage to me may not appear very great. I will, therefore, state what they consist of. I have my ship now chartered and ready to receive cargo, having been already in the gray ing-dock. If my last voyage was a criterion of the old system she would not now have been discharged. Iler lay days commence to -day. I, therefore, gain a .full montlz,—the value of which to me may be judged of by the fact of the demurrage in my present charter being five guineas per day. In some weather—a prevalence of calms or adverse winds for sailing, or the opening of a season,—no man can estimate the advantage of having a few weeks in hand. I cannot conclude without recording my sense of the kindness and courtesy of the superintendent, principal clerk, and every party connected with the management of the Albert Docks. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, BEN. SIMPSON. September 28th, 184 G. A fire broke out in some unfurnished houses in Low ther-street on Friday night. The whole of the woodwork in the interior of one of the houses was destroyed. DISMISSAL OF A POLICE-OFFlCER.—Yesterday, at the Police•corrt, a man named George Nelson was charged by Ins ector Rimmer with being drunk and noisy in Scotland-road. An offer was made to see him home, but he declined, and followed Mr. Rimmer to the station house. On being remonstrated with, he became abusive, and on the inspector attempting to remove him, he struck him. It did not appear until towards the close of the case that the prisoner was an officer in the police force. Mr. Rushton ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. and costs, for the assault, and, at the same time, dismissed him from the service. BRIEF BUT ALARMING FlRE.—About half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, an alarm of fire in Bachelor street, (out of Dale-street), reached the fire-station, Temple -court, and a large force of firemen was instantly despatched. The engine, owing to some obstructions, could not proceed by the direct route, (Te m pl e - street ) but bad to pass along North John-street, and Mr. Hewitt, superintendent of the fire-police, reached the spot s h ort l y ' before it. He found the fire to be in one of the cellars of the premises—two large warehouses—occupied by Messrs. Moore and Vickers, rectifiers, near thebottom of the street • and the blaze, arising from ignited spirits, was ter r ifi c .' The men in the employ had exerted themselves to the utmost in carrying water in buckets, and endeavouri ng t o subdue the flames, otherwise all additional efforts would have been in vain. The fire had originated in a peculiar manner. A carer was delivering a load of whiskey into the cellar, and through carelessness, after rolling down one puncheon in the usual way with ropes, he omitted to scotch the puncheon next to it in the cart, and it rolled from the cart and fell into the cellar. The cask-bead flew out, and the contents rushing out, great part ran into the ash -pit of the furnace that works one of the stills, then at work. Immedia t e ignition of the spirit was the consequence, and it became instantly evident that unless the fire could be arrested, the spirits in puncheons all round would also take fire, and a terrific explosion, involving the destruction of these and probably the adjoining warehouses (which also contained highly inflammable substances), would he the result. Mr. Hewitt and several of his men fearlessly got into the cellar, in the middle, it may be said, of the very flames, and there being a copious supply of water from the mains of the Bootle Company, the flames were happily subdued in about half an hour, with a probable loss of £4O to £5O. Mr. Hewitt states that the men, clerks, and others in Messrs. Moore and Vickers' employ exerted themselves to the utmost, and as one man, throughout . the trying occasion ; and this testimony to their merit the more to be appreciated inasmuch as it is perfectly disinterested. He adds that in his long experience at fires he never wit nessed such zeal, intrepidity, and unison of action. One of the partners was also equally active, and had the mis fortune to have his foot and mule rather severely Scalded by the burning spirit. LAUNCH OF "THE SURAT." On Thursday, there was launched from the building yard of Messrs. 'Thomas Vernon and Son a fine iron sailing and steam vessel, called the Surat, the property of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company, and the first of a series of similar ships to be built for them, to navigate, —chit fly, we believe, with passengers,—the Seabord and large rivers of India, for which they will be admirably adapted. The following are the dimensions of the ship Length of keel Length between perpendiculars .. 155 „ Beam .. Depth of hold SI „ Tonnage • _ She will be provided with engines, driving paddle wheels, on the oscillating principle, built by the celebrated and long-established house of Messrs. Bolton and Watt, who have a large establishment in Birmingham, and another in London. These may be considered as auxiliary only to her sails, the two together giving but 60 horse power. The Surat is in form and appearance one of the most beautiful, if not indeed the most beautiful, light, fairy looking craft we have ever seen launched at our port, and when completed may challenge comparison in neatness and rakish effect with any steamer yet turned out. She was constructed from a model by John Grantham, Esq., C. E., and resembles a good deal " The Fenella," (also modelled by that gentleman) launched a few months ago, but in our opinion exhibiting considerable improvements for certain purposes on the form of that also fine vessel, especially as retards fullness of bottom—giving greater capacity on a light draft of water, and greater stability nder sail. Her extremities are very fine, particularly her long bow, than which we know of none more elegant and graceful. The hold line of beauty and grace which the cut water presents terminates above in a very hand some figure of a Hindoo Princess. The trail-boards are chastely decorated with gilded carved work and over them, and further aft, and within a foliated scroll work is the name of the vessel also gilded. The stern is carved in corresponding taste, and in lieu of quarter galleries she has neat carved quarter badges, —with the lyre &c., as a centre-piece to each,—which are more light, and, we think, more appropriate, in a yes sel of moderate tonnage. There are nine port windows to the after cabins on each side, with each a bull's-eye in the middle; also several stern lights, and a row of small square lights on each side forward for the five cabins. She will be lightly rigged as a three-masted schooner, with fore and main topsail, &c. The calculated depth of water she will draw, with her engines, machinery, &c., on board, is abon' 3 feet 1 inch only. She has a very long raised quarter-deck, extending over nearly three-toughs of her length, for the purpose of giving additional cabin room and height, We need scarcely say, that in fidelity of construction and excellence of material, the Surat is all that can be wished. She is clencher-huilt throughout, with the excep tion of the two top streaks ; and the straight and smooth jointing of the plates, together with the general finish, in so obdurate a material, was a theme of admiration amongst many nautical men who examined her. It is a remark able fact, as showing the rapidity with which Messrs. Vernon have constructed this ship, that she was built on the same spot in the yard from which the Fenalla was launched on the 2lst of June, and she has consequently been "erected" in three months. All being in readiness for the launch, she was let go about half-past twelve o'clock, and glided slowly, steadily, and beautifully into the bosom of the Mersey, amidst the acclamations of hundreds on shore and on board. It is enough to say that the launch was easy and magnificent, and that when she became fairly afloat, she presented a beautiful and light appearance, drawing a remarkably small depth of water—about, we believe, 2 feet 7 inches. Her name was spiritedly given by Miss M`Nicholl, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. M'Nicholl, and sister of Dr. M`Nicholl, of this town. The vessel was taken in tow, and, in a few minutes after the daggers were struck down, payed down the river close to the yard at great speed, showing that she will in all probability turn out to be very fast, under her own means of propulsion. The friends of Messrs. Vernon afterwards partook of slight refreshment in oce of the offices, when a few of the toasts, usual on such occasions, were heartily drunk. Mr. Hamilton, a partner in the house of Messrs. Bolton and Watt, was present, and afforded some interesting infor mation relative to their increasing business in engine building, and especially is marine engines. They had now about seventy pair of engines on the stock., and had, for the last few years, been doing much work for the Govern ment. After an agreeable conversation of about an hour, the little party took leave of each other. THE LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF MODERN ART. NOTICE THIRD. In Room No. 1, Mr. E. A. Goodall has an excellent Interior. No. 14, which is described in the catalogue as " The Chapel of St. Erasmus." The light and shade of the picture are very good ; and although it has no gaudy pretensions, no great arcitectural effort to display, it cannot fail to please as a perfect portraiture of the sub ject. Tie painting and effect of the flooring are excellent. The same artist has another picture in this room, No. 27, a " South Porch of the Cathedral of Chartres," more full of subject and th tail, but not so elaborately wrought out, although an excellent picture of its class. No. 26, A Shady River—Summer, by F. R. Lee, is an unfortunate picture. We observe, from some of our con temporaries, that it has spcilt the effect of several neigh bouring pictures by its greenness. It is a racy and sweet pa'nting nevertheless, and better deserving of purchase by any lover of genuine art than many now marked as" sold." 76 is a well-painted portrait by H. W. Pickeregill, R.A., es is No. 85, Portrait of John Cropper, Esq., by Philip Westcott. /No. 100, Thunder Storm, and 106, On the Thames — Moon Rising, by E. NiV illiams, sen., are beautiful pictures. We have already referred to the merit of this artist. No. 101, Amiens from the Old Bridge over the Somme —Evening—Twilight, by W.G. Herdman, is a fine paint ing, well treated. 121, W. P. Frith, A.R.A. A beautiful fancy piece, as is 137, A Lady in a Venetian Dress, by the same artist. 129. Alex. Johnston's Repent Murray and Queen Mary, is not worthy of the artist. 133. View down Loch Katrine, with Ben Venue — Scene over Glen's Island, West Highlands, by Copley Fielding, is a pretty little picture. The misty distance is very fine. 145. Brandford Mill Stream, Kent—Morning, by A. W. Williams, is a pleasing effort. The morning effect— half moon, half dawn—is cleverly given, and the repose of the whole scene perfect. _ . 169, The Pandy 1111118, Denlighshire, J. B. Pyne, is a clever picture in the peculiar manner of this artist. No. 170, A Scene on the Wharf; by J. Stark, is also clever. 212, A Peep into Futurity, by H. M. Anthony, is a very good picture, full of talent. The landscape is bold, and striking. Boddington's two pictures, near it-219, Entrance to a Village, and 211, A Gr2en Lane—Scene in Kent, are also fine specimens of the painter. 216, in this room, A Virgin and Child, by Mrs. J. Robertson, is a sweet subject. No. 15, Portrait of Dr. Muspratl, by W. Trantschold, is the perfection of portrait painting, and an excellent likeness. No. 695, The Misses Muspratt, and 696, Mr. Muspratt, are equally good pictures, and we doubt not excellent likenesses. _ _ _ _ • 690, Fruit, Miss Mutrie, is decidedly one of the gems of this style of subject in the exhibition. The basket is worthy of Landseer's elaboration ; and the strawberries are excellent. No. 699, Flowers, from the same pencil, is equally good. No. 725, Embarkation of H. R. H. Prince Albert on board the Fairy, by F. Lloyds, whom our townsmen ate acquainted with as the very clever scene painter of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, is a very meritorious effort, and conveys well the picturesque character of the scene. Of course we cannot expect an elaborate picture of such a subject, so recently witnessed, from the artist. Tois ef fort, however, is highly meritorious. 705, Bay of Naples, by Miss Charlotte Naysmith, is a pleasing landscape, in her bright style. 724, by the same clever artiste, is A View from Stirling Castle, in a more sombre but not less pleasing vein. AIRS. MARY PARKES' PICTURES. It will be seen, on reference to our advertising columns to -day, that the valuable collection of engravings, the property of Mrs. Parker, is about to bepurchased by a club subscription. There are few who have not heard of this enormous collection, the value of which, at publishing price, exceeds eleven thousand pounds, and which, in point of talent, cannot be outvied by any extant. Yet they are about to be disposed of for two thousand four hundred guineas ; so that each subscriber of one guinea will be entitled, at the lowest ratio, to a print valued at one guinea and a half, while the more fortunate may ob tain prizes worth over one hundred pounds. The follow ing list of the prizes will fully illustrate the scheme:- 2 of 100 guineas ; 1 of 60 guineas ; 1 of 35 guineas ; 1 of £35 ; 1 of 30 guineas ; 2 of £25 ; 1 of 24 guineas ; 2 of 16 guineas ; 1 of 15 guineas ; 5 of 14 guineas; 1 of £l3 15s. ; 1 of 13 guineas ; 1 of £l3; 8 of 12 guineas; 4 of £ll ; 207 of 10 guineas ; 3 of 8 1 1 guineas ; 2 of £8 10s.; 25 of 8 guineas; 15 of f:8; 5 of 71 guineas; 4 of £7 10s. ; 1 of 7 guineas; 4 of £6 165.; 280 of 6 gui neas ; 2 of 14 guineas ; 445 of 5 guineas ; 6 of £4 17s. 6d.; 1 of £4 16s. 6d. ; 2 of 41 guineas ; 155 of 4 guineas ; 2 of 31 guineas ; 403 of 3 guineas ; 1 of 21 guineas ; 457 of 2 guineas ; 50 of £1 12s. ; 295 of LI Ils. 6d. The total value of the prints to be distributed amongst the 11,400 subscribers is £11,040 ss. 6J.; but we must call the attention of our readers to the fact that to-morrow is the last day on which subscriptions can be received and, as this is an opportunity seldom presented, there is no doubt many will avail themselves of it. The Telegraph reports that a steamer, on Sunday night, ran ashore on Great Burbo Bank in No. per chart thirty_ one. Her name is at present unknown• APPREHENSION OF TurEvEs.—We yesterday learned at the Police-court, that two gangs of thieves who were wont to infest this town, and who committed many ware house and other robberies, have for the most part been secured,—one gang at Warrington, and the other at Bel fast, after numerous depredations in these towns and their neighbourhood. The conduct of Mr. Jones, chief con stable of Warrington, in detecting the gang there, was most praiseworthy. Two of the fellows had robbed th e bed-room of a lodging-house of £lO in gold. and other va luables. and one of them had broken into a warehouse, and abstracted a quantity of tea and tobacco, which he sold in Liverpool. The gang at Belfast had committed two desperate burglaries. They have all been committed for trial at the assizes to be held in the respective coun ties. DISASTER TO THE GREAT BRITAIN. LATEST PARTICULARS. At ten o'clock yesterday forenoon the adjourned meet ing of passengers by the Great Britain was held at the George Inn, Mr. Rennie, president. A deputation (in cluding the chairman) immediately proceeded to Messrs. M'lver and Co's to learn whether they could send the Acadia out to America as had been contemplated and expected. The interview lasted about an hour, and on their return Mr. Rennie requested Mr. Watt to state the heads of what had resulted. _ _ _ Mr. WATT said they had waited upon Messrs. M'lver and Co., who said they had examined their government contract, and they had it on the table for the inspection of the deputation. The substance of it was that the penalty they would incur if they had not a spare vessel ready to be dispatched was five hundred pounds for every twelve hours of delay. The contract, moreover, must be taken all through as a whole, and a difficulty occurring at any one time might produce, they said, a recurrence of difficulties which might extend throughout the whole term of their contract. On that ground, they were under the necessity of declining to send out any vessel of theirs. They said, in further explanation, that in the event of any difficulty to any vessel of their line, there was no vessel in the kingdom which they could take up or charter to meet the emergency —none, indeed, that would pass the required Admiralty survey. Their vessels must be. of a certain power, and were not to do more work than was allotted to such power. They also stated, that in this matter money was of no consideration to them. They would desire to accommodate the applicants, and if they could do so, the rate of fare would be altogether of secondary moment. This was the substance of this interview. In reply to a question put to the chairman, why they were not told on Saturday about the government con tract, the Chairman replied that Mr. M'lver was not then in town. _ _ A passenger thought it desirable to send a deputation at once to the Admiralty, to ascertain if they would, as regarded this particular case, waive that portion of their contract alluded to. _ _ A. member of the deputation said that Messrs. M'lver were averse to running any risk. They were asked if they would reconsider the matter for two hours, and emphatically declined. It was urged by the deputation that from the 4th of November they would have to send out only one vessel a month, and other arguments were used, but without avail. It appeared, too, that even if the Admiralty entertained their application, the post office authorities (whom they must afterwards petition) might demur, or refuse, and much time would be lost before they could obtain a final reply, and the passengers could not, in the meantime, be kept together. There was, therefore, no hope for them in that quarter. A passenger suggested that application should be made to the captain of the New York, or some other comman der, to fit up the steerage for their exclusive aconmmoda tion ; but it appeared that the New York had already her complement of passengers, and the suggestion was not taken up. At the instance of the Chairman, who said there was now no alternative but to separate without coming to any satisfactory result, the committee was absolved from fur ther duties, and the meeting adjourned sine die. Prior to the return of the deputation from Messrs. M`lver's, a number of passengers had signed a paper in timating their intention to proceed by the Acadia, pro vided the passage money per berth did not exceed £4O. Most of them took one berth each, but some two,—a few 14, others 3, and one 44, making in all 651 berths certain ; with a prospect, especially if the vessel went to New York, of making the number up to 100, or upwards. It was stated by a gentleman present, that the passengers whose final destination is the Havana, would sail from South ampton. Several passengers have advertised for berths, at a considerable premium, in the Caledonia, which sails on .Sunday next, the 4th October. The fallowing letters from Lloyd's agent at Warren , . Mint, the Lieutenant of the Coast Guard at Dundrum Bay, and Captain Hosken, were received yesterday : Warrenpoint, September 26, 1846. SIR,-1 wrote to you from Tyrella yesterday, which letter was forwarded over here to go per Sea Nymph, last night, for Liverpool. I left the Great Britair last evening at seven o'clock. The steam-tug No. 1 reached the bay at four o'clock from Liverpool, and anchored. Captain Hosken had a second bower anchor and chain all ready to be taken out by the tug this forenoon. I fear they will not be able to accomplish it to-day. We have had a very severe night of rain and wind, from the south west, up to one o'clock to-day. The wind has veered round to the westward, and moderate. In my letter to you of yesterday, I mentioned that an anchor of three tons, with chain, would be required, and in readiness on board the steam-tug. We will require to be well pre pared, and to act with promptness when an opportunity offers on the next springs, say from 3d to ith October. By the tide table, we are t have twenty feet tides. Captain Hosken has succeeded in securing the rudder to act, which wilt be a great matter, with the machinery uninjured at present. I arrived here this morning, and will return again on Thursday or Friday next. I forwarded two anchors this morning, ten cwt. and five cwt., to the ship, at the request of Captain Hosken. No further as iistance can be rendered more than discharging a portion of the coal on shore. No 1 steam tug will return with all the Great Britain!. cargo to Liverpool to-morrow. It would be advisable to have two steam-tugs, of good power, to be in attend ance to act on the next tides. Sincerely hoping this fine vessel may be got off the shore, I am, sir, your obedient servant, " LEONARD WATSON." " Thomas Court, Esq." " P.S. I would recommend a good rope, of nine or ten inches, ninety fathoms, to be put on board one of the steamers, in CM it would be required to use in towing." " Tyrella Watch-house, Sept. 26, 1836, 3 30. p.m. " GENTLEMEN,—Captain Hosken, of the Great Bri tain steam-ship. having deputed me to write to you in the event of his nct being able to get a letter on shore by post hour, four o'clock, I beg to inform yt u grit it is now blostin2 a hard gale from the S.S.W., with a very heavy sea, preventing any communication with the shore until low water. " I am happy to say they have got the rudder straight ened ; consequently have now the power of the screw, which was before jammed. They have also got three anchors out astern, which Captain Hoskin laid out as well as he could. Had the weather been more moderate, it was his intention to have tripped and laid them out further, but, in consequence of the heavy gales, the tug boat from Liverpool has been compelled to get under weigh, and, I think, has gone to Newry, as she went in that direction. " The Great Britain, under all circumstances, has not worked so heavily as might have been expec'ed, and up to this morning, nine, a.m., had made little or no water ; and I trust sincerely that, should the weather be favou rable at Fpring tides, she has every chance of getting off. The gale has moderated considerably within the last hour. —I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient ser vant, (Signed) " N. W. MORRIS, " Lieut. R.N., Commanding Coast Guard Station." " Great Britain steam-shin, Dundrum Bay, Nth Sept., 3, p. m. . , . " DEAR SIRS,—It came on to blow hard from the S. and S.S.E., with a heavy sea, last night, and continued until about an hour since, when it moderated. About one o'clock our chain parted, and we lost our eight-inch haw ser at the same time. The ship had been forging on all the morning, bringing our anchor home. The rudder post is broken off at the upper part, and there is a plate of iron broken away at the upper end of the st-rn-post,at the top of the rudder-post. The ship makes but little water in the bottom. I am now preparing cargo and storesfor getting out. The former I will, if I can, send by No. 1 Liverpool steam-tug, who get here yesterday about four o'clock, but was this morning compelled to leave the bay from bad weather. I presume she has taken shelter in the neigh bourhood. " I am glad to say everything is going on as orderly as possible, with all our difficulties, and we have received and continue to do so, all assistance and attention from the authorities and the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood they can give us. " I am, dear sir, yours truly, " J. HOSKEN. " Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co." We understand that a proposition has been made by the Conservatives, in answer to one from the Reformers. wherein they urge a partial withdrawal of the municipal objections, that they (the Conservatives) cannot agree to this proposal, but they are perfectly willing that the whole shall be removed nn both sides, and a note to that effect has been sent to Mr. Hartley. the secretary of the Reform Association. The Conservatives have made about three hundred more objection! than the Reformers. COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE COURT YESTERDAY. —Robert Lindon, charged with assaulting Thomas Roberts, and attempting to rob him in Scotland—three months imprisonment and hard labour.—John Owen, for stealing 35 h. of ropes at the Brunswick Dock—three months.—Alice Stockforth, for stealing a kettle in Leeds street—two months.—Elizabeth Iloulgrave, for robbing .Tohn Powell of a half-sovereign in St. James's-street— three months.—John Hatt, for stealing a h a t- case — t h ree months, and Georgeina Dowling for stealing £1 in Wa terloo-road from John Polio—three months. BODY OF A CHILD FOUND IN A CHAPEL YARD.— Yesterday an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Fsq., on view of the body of a new-born female child. Police officer John Carter said that while he was on duty in Scotland-road, on Sunday mor n i ng , soon a f ter 8 o ' c l oc k, a little bov told him there was a little chill in St. An thony's Chapel Yard. He went there with another officer, and they found the body wrapped in a linen rag, and a sort of shawl, and placed beside the chapel-yard wall. Mr. Woods, surgeon, who examined the body, said it was a full-grown female child. The body wag in a state of great decomposition. lie was of opinion that the deceased had been still-born, and the jury returned a verdict ac cordingly. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—A man named Peter Nowlan, employed at the new gas works, in Toxteth-park, whilst lately blasting a portion of rock, was much injured by an explosion, and died on Tuesday.—A man on the Liverpool and Bury railway named William Clayton, met with such serious injuries, while at work in the tunnel at Walton, on Friday, the 18th instant, that he exvired on Thursday last, at the Northern Hospital.—On Monday, an infant, 14 months old, son of James Bell, of Spitalfields, was standing on a settle placed under the window, before which there was a wire blind. The child got hold of the blind, which be pulled down, falling with it. He received such injuries that he died on Thursday.—On Monday, James M`Corville, two years old, was standing in the middle of Stewart-street, and was run over by a cart. The child survived until Wednesday. An alarm was given to the driver, who continued to drive on, not bearing the alarm. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against the driver, who has been, committed to Kirkdale for trial at the mixes. Sept. 29, 1846. THE POTATO DISEASE.-IMPORTATIONS OF FOREIGN CORN. We are glad to state that, within the last few days, accounts have appeared in the newspapers and letters received from Ireland, and also from most of the pro vincial towns in this country, of a far more cheering cha racter, relative to the potato crop generally, than the alarming statements of interested parties, as to the pre sent, and their still gloomier forebodings as to the future, would, had thee been well founded, have warranted us in anticipating. That the disease has prevailed to a great extent ire many localities there is no question, but other parts of the country have almost (it appears) escaped the disease; and when the immense breadth of land occupied by this edible in the present year is taken into account, and which, bad all been well, would have yielded much above an average crop, a deduction of say one-third or even one-half, from the weight that was expected iu the middle of the summer, will still leave a considerable supply. The present high prices will also, no doubt, in duce economy in the ;zonsumptiun, at least for the present, and from the favourable facts that have now transpired, the evil will not, in all probability, be nearly so extensive as was some week's ago apprehended. The general tenor of the accounts is, that the general crop, and especially the wint , r kind (forming the lareest and most important portion,) will turn our sound and good ; and that In some places, where the greatest despondency had existed from the decay of the tops, the roots are healthy and abundant. The speculators in corn have, as usual, been busy in en deavouring to screw up prices still further, but holders of grain would do well not to rely upon their statements, for, in the first place, the importations from abroad have al ready been heavy, and in the second, still heavier easgoel are in preparation for shipment to this country, in the United States and elsewhere, of immense quantities of flour, grain, and " any quantity " of Indian corn, both from America and the shores of the Black Sea. Last week, five ships alone brought to this port, from America, 25,000 barrels of flour. In two or three days, too, 50 00 qrs. of wheat and a large quantity of Indian corn, were also landed, and other vessels similarly laden have since arrived. Our own farmers would therefore do well to bring their own stuff to market, while prices remain at their present point, for keeping back in expectation of a still greater reversion, will, in all probability, only lead them to disappointment and unavailing regret that they did not "make hay while the sun shone," especially as the large stocks being purchased in America, at a com paratively low figure, will, if sold at our existing quota tions, realize an immense profit to the shippers. Let them remember that "a bird in the hand, is worth two in the bush." The packet ship Shenandoah, from Philadelphia, brings back upwards of one hundred returning emigrants. The Rev. J. Cordeaux, minister of St. Silas's Church► has paid to the treasurer of the Penitentiary, a B an k of England note for £5, No. 02 189, which was sent to bins anonymously, in June, 1845, and intended for a person for whose benefit he could not conscientiously apply it. Having failed to discover by whom it was sent, be has given it as above. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGSI THE JEWS.—The ennual sermon for this society in SI: l3arnabas', which had to be postponed on the evening of Sunday, the 20th inst., owing to the indispo-ition of the Rev. T. Nolan, was preached by him on Sunday morning last, and a collection made of £l5 12s. towards the funds of the society. FURS.—We were not a little surprised in visiting, t few days since, the fur-manufactory of Mr. Ireland, 01 Bold-street. There are few in Liverpool, we believer that did not conceive us to be dependent on London fa, manufactured furs ; but if th e y exam i ne th e exten t o f these premises, they will find that the growing importance of Liverpool is spreading in this as in every other branch of business so rapidly, that we may even shortly surpt . ds the metropolis itself in extent while the economy With which the country manufacturers work, has fully demon' strated their ability to supply really good , articles at $ price that cannot be competed with. Mr. Ireland hat just completed many extensive alterations, and though we may not be warranted in saying that it is the molt extensive concern out of London, we are perfectly justi fied in saying that the retail establishment is unequalled in beauty or facility by any in town ; indeed, those of our fair readers who may be provided for the chilling cold. of the coming winter would do well to visit this establish• went, for if extent or variety be any promoter to a par" chase, each will be found in this establishment. The rumour of an early dissolution of Parliament lot again obtained extensive currency, and some degree ns colour has been given to it by the fact that Lord Johis Russell's private secretary, Mr. Grey, is already in tb, 6 field for Tynemouth, Mr. Metcalf havin g i n ti ma ted 1316 intention to retire. Sir Robert and Lady Peel have arrived in town.frora Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, having received her 1‘ 46. jesty's command to join the distinguished circle•assern bled at Windsor Castle to meet the Qu een D ow ager sad Princess of Prussia. Lord Morpeth now a "minister of the Crown, sad A consequently with increased power, has, in his effiel'" character, given instructions or permission that nine acre. of a park which is even yet in the course of formation, th 6 Victoria Park, situated somewhere b e l ow Whi tec h sP ei r shall be reserved and prepared as a cricket ground for the lithabitante ef the district.- -.Landow party._ Mr. Smith O'Brien has at last been restored tcwo"'"" commiss'on of the peace. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.--X few days ago. M r ' Kennifrez, brother-in• law of Mr. Pierce Mahony, droPP e , dead from his jaunting-car as he was d r i v i ng throng ' Sackville-street, Dublin. MORE SECESSIONS FROM O ' CONNELL.—Mr. Geore. Smith. of Liverpool, has published a letter, giving hi ' opinion of the Repeal A.-sociation in no very flattering t terms. To the funds of the association he was a tn 6t if liberal subscriber. Indeed, hardly a wee k p ass ed without a vote of thanks being given to him for his I ' i. dustry and success in rent-raising. at At the request of the Lord Chancell or , t wo mine medical gentlemen have visited M r . Dy ce S om b r e, 613 have declared their belief that he is perfe:Aly sane. On Saturday a rencontre took place in Sackville Stree,, Dublin, between Mr. K e lly, a tt orney , an d Robert Di.,11°,7 Browne, M.P. for Mayo. M r . K e ll y ro d e up to It' Browne and struck him several blows with his horseelli and then quickly disappe are d. M r . B rowne i s at and under heavy recognizanc es t o k eep t h e peace, and til, conduct of his assailant is considered, therefore, mo a t tw justifiable. 'th A very elegant little box, tastefully ornamented shells in various devices, collected by the Princess R°l during the recent visit of her Majesty to the Corois., coast, was on Saturday presented to her Royal Highne; by the Duchess of Kent. The arrangement of the sh,' ane the whole execution of this very pretty little were completed by Mr. Frederick Pierce, of Windsor, command of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken t ' The letter " V was very skilfully execute d, and tm work generally admired for the taste displayed by t bd artist. SAFETY LErrzn-Box.—Mr. Pearce has i nv ented, new safety letter-box, which combines t wo essen tials 0 simplicity and security. Letters when deposited is fall fall first on one inclined plane and thence o n to anotT o standing in an opposite direction, before they reach tr., bottom ; a contrivance which effectually pr e vents the av, straction of letters from without—the practice so o °_, C cessfully adopted in the case of the Gloucester post-olfw"' as well as on many other occasions. A plate g l ass doo',', through which the contents can be seen, secured 199,1 good lock and key, affords ample protection from intertn" intereerence. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough have left tol for Brocklesbury, Lincolnshire. The superb testimoni, li ii valued at 1000 guineas, call e d th e " W orsley Testimonial:, subscribed for by the con s tit uen t s o f h' s lordship, soal:f have been formally presented at Brocklesby on Tneali list, but in consequence of th e sa d i nte lli gence of death of his revered father reaching this country on _ o esday se'nnight, the ceremony w as p os t pone d. Sir Jo b Copley, Bart., and the Hon. Ciptain Dudley Pellasvm_: leave town to.dav for Lincolnshire, to attend the obse quies of the late Earl of Yarborough. LANDSMEN ADRIFT.—The pilot cutter Nettle, Wi nte n r i master, of Hull, returning from a cruise off Spurn, thi r t i be the late hazy weather, picked up a boat which, °;: gna i first discovery, having a shirt raised on an oar as a m ; yes of distress, was supposed to contain the c r ew of 61° Op sal that had been probably run down in the f o g . pbringingilots to s h s e i s c t r a a ft s h a l i o p n w g r s e i c d k e e , d h c o r w e e w v ewr was the heenal invxeineet d y of y t t h_ 0 : admixture of mirth, while they heard and relieved t,". miseries of two tailors and two shoemakers, from SO' fleet, who had a most mela.icholy tale to tell— " Of how they had been cast away, Far, far from love and home, And how they wailed by night and day, O'er the briny ocean's foam." • TAE BRAZILS.—The fast-Faili ng merc h an t s hip SWor a fish arrived in Liverpool o n Th urs d ay l as t, f rom Pernsc r li e j buco, which she left on the 26th of A ugus t. The Pete, packet sailed a few hours before her direct for Falmohl but has not vet arrived. By the Swordfish we ha dates from Rio Janeiro to the Ilth of August, wIlOl mention that Mr. Hamilton, our Minister to the Cout"4, Brazil, had sailed for England, and that exchange had li o s vanced to 27d. per milrei. By the same opportunitY 0 have accounts from Bahia to the 19th of August. Sa b li b io had advanced, n consequence of the news from , I ' l6 , country of the alteration in the duty on that ar t ,'"ors Wnites were quoted at 2800 reis, or 245. 11d. per cvoki , board ; and browns at 2200 reis, or 19s. Bd. per cwt. Y - 0 , change was firm at 26iii., and money exceedingly sca r e d, At Pernambuco the old crop of sugars was about finishoe and for the new the weather was most propitious. 0 1 quantity was expected to be l arge , the quality good, '1 the receipts at th a t por t ear l y . he first vessel with !il i a sugars would probably be despatched in November. supply of cotton limited. Exchange, 261 d. per irtilrel LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1846. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ..i• EVERY TUESDAY MORNI;.` By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At No. 4. Si'. GEORGE'S CRESCENT LIVERPOOL. Orders and Advertisements received by Messrs. Newton .0 Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet- s, ld' Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell,Chancery-lane; Charles 1100' Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cc:MAIM; den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mitchell, s, Red .: 0 0 1 court, Fleet - street ; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court , y. O Ol hill; at the London Commercial Cotee-house, Mincing - V at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; Chapter A ce fee-house, Paternoster-row ; North and South AroTie Coffee house, Threadneedle - street ; Parsons, 9, Ave -iw t olo / lane, London ; Johnston and Co.. Eden Quay, fO u t , et' Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, Market- F l O 4 Manchester ; Haddock, and J. arid W. Booth, 8001 l Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston, aqd Wtig h DO; Horal4-olfice, Birmtinhara. 1 . 01 oti CO SW He