The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

AIJSTRIA

)TIENNA, Sept. 17.
Count de Toll, Aide-do-Camp keueral of the
Emperor of Russia, has arrived here, the I;e4rer
of an autograph letter from the Czar iriviting the
Emperor of Austria Jo an interview at Warsaw.
Baron Prokesch, Austrian Internuncio at Con-
stantinople, will proceed next week to his post.

ARREST QE THE CORRESPONDENT OF
THE CONSTITUTIONNEL BY THE
AUSTRIAN POLICE.

PANS), Sept. 18.
The correspondent of the Constituqw!nel, by
whom letters were 9.4(4064:t0-the newspapers
from Bulgaria, has been arrested by the Austrian
police at Orsowa. He was ituraelUtely claimed
by the French Consul at Belgrade.

THE SARDINIAN NAVY.
The addition of Garibaides ships and the
Neapolitan navy renders the navy of Sardinia
the first in
,Europe after France and England.
numbers nearly 140 ships.

GARIBALDPS FUTURE MOVEMENTS.
The Constitutionnel says that Garibaldi has
sent a note to Victor Emmanuel 001.4.4 he
shall not regard his mission as terminated until
'he has ,arrived at Rome and Venice. lie con-
concludes by saying that he 444 no congdeuce in
Count Cavour, and therefore cannot listen t 9
counsels from Turin, and that despite his ardent
desire for the immediate annexation of Naples
the interests of the continuation of his enterprise
are opposed to that measure.

AAREVAL OF' THE NEAPOLITAN
SWIAPII,ON OFF ANCONA. '
riptiN, Sept. 18.
The Neapolitan squadron, under the command
of Vice-Aditiral Persano, has ariv.tveroff 'Ancona.
The, citadel of Spoleto has capitulated to the
Sardinian troops. The Karig:" numbering €OO
men, were made prisoners of war.

STATES OF THE CHURCH.
MARSEILLES, Sept. IS.

Letters from Rome assert that the Pope is
about to issue a manifesto, calling upon the
Catholic Powers for assistance. The same letters
add that several deta.e4m;ientti of French soldiers
have left Civita Vecchitt, in order 19 abate the dis-
turbances at Viterbo.
PARTS, Sept, ltd.
The Patric and the Pays publish the following
under reserve • The last news announce that
General Lamoriciere, with 9,000 men, had made
a movement towards the Neapolitan frontier, in
Qr4er to effect a junction with the Neapolitan
soldiers, who remained under the command of
the King. The latter would then have 30,000
men at his disposal,"

RO4E, Sept.
The telegraphic communication with Naples
has been interrupted. The French Ambassador,
the Count de Grammont, has of announced
to the Pope that diplomatic relations between
France and Sardinia have been 'interrupted.
Citta, Piera, Castello, Orvieto, Perugia, Urbino,
Pessaro, Sinigaglia, Fano, and Fossombrone have
bees occupied by Sardinian troops. The column
under the command of General Kangler, 1,000
strong, has returned to 4ncona, after a hot. fight
with • the • Sardinian troops. This T49ll.ilingt
General Lamoriciere Was at Macerata, pursued
very closely by General Peneodan's corps. The
Sardinian army is 40,000 strong. Numerous free
porps are menacing the Neapolitan frontiers. The
brother of Mgr. Berardi has been arrested at
Velletri, said
will be tried by a council of War.
General Guyou vyi larriye 4 Rome to-morrow.

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DAILY. TIMES, WEDNESDAY StPTEMBER 19, 186f1:

THE-- TIMBER TRADE AT
THE SOUTH END.
PUBLIC MEETING, YESTERDAY._

Yesterday, at noon, a publie meeting, convened by
Mr. Edward Chaloner, of 'those desirous of keeping
open the present market at the Brunswick Dock for the
purposes of the timber trade was held in the Wood
Sales-shed at the Brunswick Dock. There was a con-
siderable muster of gentlemen immediately interested,
and also a large attendance of working men and other
residents in the district. - •

----- Mr. Edward Chaloner was' appointed chairman, and
immediately proceeded to deliver the following address :
—Gentlemen, I have been induced to call this meeting
under. the conviction that the removal of the timber
trade entirely from this locality to the north end of the
town will be a serious injury to the trade itself, and to
the inhabitants generally of Toxteth Park, because
the compulsory and sudden removal of any trade
from one district to another must cause a great depre-
ciation in the value of property, and result in the par-
tial ruin of shopkeepers and others engaged in busi-
ness in the neighbourhood, during the transition from
one trade to another. As an evidence of this, I may
mention that many years ago I offered 50s. per yard
for land in this neighbourhood, which has lately been
sold for about 20s. per yard, and my late brother's
house in Grafton-street, which a short time ago was
worth £1,200, was sold within the last few weeks for
about £5OO, and yards which you now see empty around
us, looking like the "City of the Dead," were a short.
time ago full of timber, and yielding considerable
incomes to the proprietors. This destruction of the
trade at this end of the town has not benefited those
who have removed their establishments to the north
end, because the pressure there is so great, and the
accommodation so limited, that they have been the
greatest sufferers by the change ; and, I assert.,
that no class of persons will be more benefited
by ' the preservation of the south timber market,
than those who have established the north mar-
ket, because one market will be a relief to the
other, and both will work more freely together,.
whilst the trade is large enough to require all the
aceenehledatieti which now exists at both ends of the
town; besides, the town has become so extended that it
has become absolutely nereseare'. to have. two timbermarkete. As r'eaSonalaiy might the autheritiei-close St.
James's and St.-john's and' compel yoo to go to St.
Martin's Market, io Scotland-road, to make your 'pure
chases as compel you to go to Bootle bay -to buy your
timber, when you have a market long established in
your neighbourhood, and surrounded with every aerpip-
11194fiti4111T1 lh@ gla27 9( RAlTillills• Vuarves,
&c., and not least important, convenient and suitable
dwelling-houses for the labouring classes. I have
long and consistently advocated the necessity of
having two timber markets--one north mid The other
south of the pert—and have also pointed out the evils
attending the entire. removal •of the trade. from this
locality; and I have forwarded memorials, numerously
signed by those connected with the trade, both in town
and country, to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,
but all, as yet, without any favourable result. I have
now before me another memorial, which is already
signed by nearly all the mostinfluential men who frequent
this market for the purchasing of timber, and who are
really the bitekbone of the timber trade, and which I intend
for Warding to the Mersey Pocks and Harbour Board
after it has received the signature of such here as are
favourable to its request. Most. of you here are, no
doubt, aware of, and have witnessed, the confusion in
which the trade has been thrown since the commence-
ment of this season's import, through the want of room
for its accommodation, even with both north and south
markets open, and through the deficient means in
getting the wood forwarded into the interior after being
sold, end through other causes which yoo are as well
acquainted with' as i stn- few mach more mould hive
beep the confusion if the Brunswick Dock had been
closed (as it was once announced that it would be on
the 15th of August) and the whole import crowded into
the Canada Dock, which of itself gives less accommoda-
tion to the trade than the Brunswick Dock. To show
you how these obstacles to the free working of the trade
operate to the prejudice of the trade of the port, I may
mention an instance which occurred this season, where
two cargoes of timber, the import of one house, one
of the Liverpool ship
beinz leaded here, and the other in Londou; the regis-
tered burthewas 1,114 tons, her
days for dis Charging befep teeming dh deneenriege were
twelve, it took tweoty-ene days to 'discharge, conse-
quently she was nine days on demurrage at £lO per
day, arn,Anting to VC); whilst on the other -hand, the
vessel sent to London, a fekip of 1,831 tons register, had
on the eleventh day from her arrival finished her dis-
charge, and was actually on her return voyage to Quebec
for another cargo ; a d this is not by any means a soli-
tary instance, as maul shipowners in Liverpool can bear
witness, to their cost. You must understand that every
exertion must be made, and no time lost, to enable a
vessel to make a second voyage to Quebec during the
iielison, and if, from any delay here, the ship is prevented
from doing teis, it is a serious less telhertrtvner; and, as
a matter Of Prefer. Seidl:o'MS ship to
another port, where he can insure greater despatch even
at a lower rate of freight.; end • as a proof of this the
freic,hti betieen Quebec and the east and west coasts
which were formerly much in favour of the
west' coast, have latterly lost that distinction, and are
now nearly on a par with each other. Last Thursday.
I was at Hull, engaged in selling by auction a cargo of
Quebec timber by the Liverpool string measure, and
then I filed theY are about building extensive new docks
with every modern improvement, and these are to be
almost entirely for the accommodation of the timber trade.
There, too, they have the advantage of getting their
timber carried into the interior at about one-third the
rate at which it is currjed frcim here. 411 theie circum-
stances combined, must inevitably haYe the effect Of
diverting the trade !pore or lees from this to other ports,
and I call upon those assembled here to give expreesion
to their opinion on the subject. in the farm of a rceoln-
tion, to be laid before the 'Mersey Docks and harbour
Board; and I now earnestly wish to impress upon your
minds the necessity of using everylawful means, both now
and at the approaching elections, to ensure the carrying
out of this resolution, and by this means conserving the
old established wood market at the Brunswick Dock, in
which, let me tell you, I have been located for 39 years.
I may he abad specimen of the 39th Aeticle--e(a laogh)-se
but it was here that 1 served my wentiP.e4biti here
that. I Piave been 'subsequently employed al a roker ;
and this is what makes me so self-sufficient in stating
what are the opinions and interests of those who employ
me. (Applause.) I beg to propose the following reso-
lution :—" That this meeting has heard with astoniah-
ment and regret that the South timber market in Liver-
pool is denied the facilities and advantages which are
requisite to carry on, foster, and develop that trade, and
which are being afforded elsewhere,"
Mr. Joseph GARDNER, who was spoken of as the
senior Member of the trade, seconded Oe.inotion.
• Mr. Matters, grocer, esl;ed.if it was the wish of the
promoters of the meeting to retain the Brunswick Dock
in its present position as an auxiliary dock to the trade
of the north end, and for laying up empty vessels.
The CHAIRMAN believed 'it was their desire that the
Brunswick Dock should be sustained in its entirety, in
connection with the other docks, and applied to the
pUrposes for which it was built.
Mr. MULLINS was instructed that a general dock
'would be much more advantageous to their interests,
and should therefore move as an amendment, "That
this meeting it of opinion that the interests of the inha-
bitant's efloxtelh Park Vionlel be 'better promoted by
the appropriation of the Brunswick Dock to the general
'
Purposes of trade, than eelely far the ...areas... .a
timber trade.
• Mr. BRUNDRITT seconded the•amenclment.
The CHAIRMAN invited remarks upon the subject.
Mr. MULLINS—We have great •iespect for Mr.
Chaloner as a neighbour, but have more respect for our
pockets as ratepayers.
The CHAIRMAN said if the gentleman would read the
handbill he would see that that was a meeting of then!
who wished to preserve the 'trade at the south end.
However, he should. have the aniendment put.
The amendment 'was put, when five hands only were
held up for it ; and the original motion was carried by
an overwhelming majority.
The CHATRBIAN recommended the dissentients to have
anatber meeting, which he promised IQ attend, and
. rlNfvt
m
offered the use of the Wood-shed for the purpose.
(Applause.)
LINS said they did not oome there' in any
spirit of factious opposition.
The CHAIRMAN—YOll are quite right; but I think
you have prejudiced your own case.
Mr. Mina:meg complained that the present meeting
had not been sufficiently advertised. He had seen it
only in the Nail of, Saturday.
The CHAIRMAN replied that from 800 to 1,000
placards had been posted, some of them at the Canada
Dock.
Mr. JAMES BORERTSON9 Tpwn Coemeilioe moved the
second reehlOtioh• ITO'er4(l, gelliUman long inte-
rested in the timber trade, he believed he could refer to
the time when Mr. Chalotier sold a cargo of timber to
him in 1823, in the Queen's Dock,—(Mr, Chaloner :
"By the Sir Walter Scott.")—and also as one of the repre-
sentatives of the ward, he had great pleasure in taking part
in tbeproeeedings. He should not enter into details as to
whythe Brunswick Dock should be retained for the timber
trade, and discuss the question whether the trade should
be wholly taken to the north end, or partially kept at
the south. These points had been so fully entered into
by Mr. Chaloner that it was unnete.aary. E 6 pro..
posed : " That this meeting most strongly calls upon
the Dock Board of Liverpool to give the facilities and
advantages at, the south end which are necessary for the
timber trade, and to preyent it being driven to other
ports."
Mr. Marrwaw GREGSON seconded the motion. He
thoUght it most desirable that a certain portion of the
timber trade should still remain at the south end. It
would be of great advantage, not only to importers, but
also to consumers of timber ; for he held that the dis-
tance of the neeth clocks foul the centre of the town
would be a great injury and impediment to the general
consumption of timber. He believed the distance from
the Exchange was a mile-and-a-half further to the
north than it was from the Exchange to the south, and
that the principal consumption of timber in Liverpool
was within the centre, as he might say, represented by
St. George's Hall. Nearly all the principat timber
consumers had their premises and their shops within
the space of half a mile from St. George's Hall, and
principally to the southward and eastward of it and he
thought it most desirable that the timber trade should
be centiiiiied there as well es at the oorth: he-eed
one of the large importera of timber say he was most
anxious'theY ahbuld have both the markets—that they
should not only have one at the north as at the south,
but he went so far ies to sap that they should also have
one at Birkenhead; that it would he a gzgreatben4t to
consumersto have a market in all' the three places. He
had great pleainie ip secouding the resolution.
The motion was then put, and carried, only five sands,
as before, being held up against it.
Mr. THOMA.S FAIRCLOUGH was then introduced by the
chairman as " having lived amongst them for fiftyHe said he did not think it necessary to occupy their
time by describing his experience in the trade.- -He
was sure the sentiments uttered by Mr. Chaloner, and
confirmed in some degree by ,Mr. Gregson, were quite
« .i*
sufficient. There was no doubt they bad great incon-
venience in getting timber from the north end to their
places of business, and it. was impossible they could con,
tinue as they. were. He moved het thiy eetiag
pledges itself to use its IItILOO Q/IletuidArtl to .144 v.,
foregoin3 eteoleetione eu ed°At ill QY.4Ty. pietieable
way". ' ' • -
MT, JOHN FALAKERLY seconded the motion. He had
Qome experience, he said, it the timber trade, haring
entered it the Ist of March, 1828. He wished to remark
that the Purpose of supplying consumers with tiraLtir irk Liverpool could not possibly tk.:6ll7:the,

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north end of the town. If a line were drawn from the
bottom of Water-streg, taken up Dale-street, Shaw's-
brow and Islington, and so on until it- entered West
Derby-road, the distance from the Canada Dock to that
place was 3,840 yards, or rather better than two miles—
nearly two miles and a quarter. The distance 'to the
same spot from the north of Brunswick Dock was 3,160
yards, or nearly one mile and three-quarters. Now, the
cost of carriage from the Canada Dock to any place south
of those lines must be very much greater for tiae consumer
than it was from the Brunswick Dock. (Hear.) If they
took again the distance from the Brunswick Dock to the
bottom of Water-street or the Exchange, it would only
be a mile and rather more than an eighth ; whereas, to
the Canada Dock it was two miles, or close upon it.
Now, he thought it was impossible for the consumer of
timber in Liverpool entirely to get his supplies from the
Canada Dock; but the Brunswick Dock, he bad no
doubt, might be made to answer more purposes than one,
for, during the time the dock was not occupied with
timber, it might be appropriated for cotton, corn, or any
other article. It might be suggested to the Dock Com-
mittee that they could afford some accommodation for
the steam trade by appropriating the west side of the
Brunswick Dock to that purpose. He was sure that the
land at the west side now not used might be advan-
ot af gceaor ut
as lgye lot soendl
dfo thuss cbr eews steamers,ayed. T
h earned
waogreats amount
from the Brunswick to the Waterloo Dock, than from
the new steam dock to the Huskisson Dock; and he

VOLUNTEER MOVEMENTS

THE ST. ANNE'S WARD CORPS.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF
• ALLEGIANCE.

Last evening another splendid display of the interest
:aken in the good old town of Liverpool in this move-
ment was manifested, byidding to its former laurels
the inauguration of another company of volunteers,
which is to be distinguished henceforth as the 74th
Lancashire Vohinteer Rifles. This ceremony—the admi-
nistration of the oath ofeallegianee—took place at the
Oddfellows' Hall, St. Anne-street, under the auspices of
Mr. William Brown, the colonel to the First Regiment
of the Lancashire Artillery, whose name is not only iden-
tified with this great national movement, but with all
other movements connected with the advancement of
the people, and the sole erector of the Free Library for
the town„ which is already constructed, and at some
future day, which is not far distant, will be publicly
opened, when not. only the volunteers, but the whole
population of this town and county will come forward
and do homage to such princely liberality and muni-
ficence. It would be a work of sapererogation to
attempt to describe the appearance of the Oddfellows'
Hall on the occasion ; therefore we will only say that it
was filled to overflowing with the "youth and beauty"
of not only the ward but of the town,. as far as the fair
sex was concerned, while the masculine gender was re-
presented by a goodly number of the sons of toil, who
will, no doubt, eventually appear on parade and on
drill, clad in a military uniform. Shortly after seven
o'clock, a company of the 22nd, who acted as a Guard
of Honour, entered the hall. There were also repre-
sentatives from most of the other corps belonginc, to the
town, amongst whom were some members of the.
who, with their scarlet tunics, attracted much, attention,
as did also the members of the Highland Corps and the
boys belonging to the Collegiate Institute, the latter of
whom excited much attention from the neatne.ta and
simplicity of their uniform. The hall was crowded long
before the hour appointed for the commencement of the
business, and it Was -ircie time after eight before Colonel
Brown, accompanied by the following gentlemen,
arrived :—Messrs. Woodruff, Kitchen, Nickson, Byford,
Elakle, Parker, Brew, Shakeshaft, Jones, Hathord, and
Parry (of tbe2nd Cheshire Rifles), Drs. Flynn, Stoekford,
Taylor, Watts, with the Rev. Mr. Twist. and Mr. Ken- !
worthy. It is scarcely necessary to say that their
arrival was greeted with considerable pleasure, and. as
they passed through the 22.0, they: we4e. received with
all military Ilona" The,dresa 0,t7 the 74th is invisi- •
ble" green, and scarlet;facings, awl shako with black

thought if the Dock Board would give it their attention
they would find that the Brunswick Dock, besides accom-
modating some of the timber trade, could he also applied
to smother purpose.
A Ratepayer said—Hearing from gentlemen con-
nected with the timber trade that the south end was so
much better than the north, the residents would like
very much that the timber trade should return to that
end of the town. (A laugh.)
The motion was then put and carried, with again only
five dissentients.

The CHAIRMAN congratulated the five gentlemen on
the prospect opened to them by Mr. Fazakerly,—that
they could have steam, cotton, and corn to alternate
with timber—in fact, meat, drink, washing, and ludging.
(Laughter.) Remove thcl hridge whiCh connected the
Brunswick with the other, docks, and they might then
carry, out such a project. '
A •• RittepayerThere is a, dock nearly half made to
the south of this. Could not that be clompleted for
timber, and warehouses be placed around the Brunavvick
Dock

The PIiA.IRMAN would recommend especially to all
those gentlemen the ~"`.tlig of a pamphlet issued by
the late I.T: u
IAPAICOI in 1849. It would cost little to
have a republication of it ; but they would be amazed
at his predictions, and the practical character of the
plans which he had suggested. So far as. tnet ralway
interest was concerned, his sriggeitions had beep acted
on ; but he was sorry to say that so far as regarded the
water carriers, his advice had been ignored, and to the
serious injury of the trade. Pointing to the working
men present, the Chairman said they had there the
material by which all the work was done, and by which
the late Emperor of the French had been kept from our
shores. Those men had to go, to make their hard earn-
ings, three or four miles, where they would muchl, 7efer
being in the park. (Applause.) He was 114ppy tosee
them there. He had been with awl-4 frinn his boyhood;
and they had as much to say as any of them. They had
come there of their own accord. He asked was it busi-
ness-like to take those men three miles north, even if
they carried them in hired vehicles, and to leave desola-
tion there, in the south, the quays covered with grass ?
Mr. MULLING—What is the cause that there has been
no improvement at the south end of the town for four-
teen years, while we see the trade moving to the north ?
The CHAIRMAN-It is because we have net had these
meetings : 'we have pot 444 174qA lilie yolAradtto provoke
discnastoy, that we may'llear hnth sides of the question.
(Applause.) I hope you will do me the favour to call
your meeting specifically for the object which you have
mentioned here.

Mr. Mimi.irts—l shall be happy to do so.
The CHAIRMAN—And I shall be happy to attend.
Mr. BRUNDRITT—II is the raw material we want.
.

The CHAIRMAN said if he would go under the crane
which was near, he would see the raw material : he
would see two logs of mahogany whieli came from, a
district in which hitherto mahogany had only Bien cut
for two cargoes. That wood 'Was being presented at
the pcxt 0f shipment" for -the' identical cost of Quebec
oak ; and they could have a cargo every six weeks, if
they chose to receive it. If they cleared a way for it,
they might have such a s4e¢esSiOn of trade as they were
anconsolons of ; but it was not by the isolation of a
dock, and disconnecting it with others, that this could
be done, when for the sake of connecting their docks
they
had spent three-quarters of a million opposite
the Duke's Dock. That was not business. They
could all understand the object of ‘putting down a
street and pavement, where gates should have been
made; any man could naderataad that tiiat, had been
made a city of the dead for • the•tlarpdses of gentlemen
whom be nein' "Clicied 'to 'follOw. His business was to
sell Wood fOr`those who employed him; and it was, no
satisfaction to him to be complimented, as be had hen last
week, foi having done for the part el' Ru,ll wli4t no other
mancoUld, and to have q gelitletnan from London testifying
to the fafct. These were commendations which he should
rather he without. But if they grafted upon the east
coast the facilities which had been so exclusively the
advantage of the west coast, they were just cutting their
own throats. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
Mr. GARDNER said he bad been in the timber trade
for fifty years. If the timber trade was to be closed at
the south, it would then be for our merchants to calcu-
late whether Hull was not 4 better market; fox. them.
He was of opinion it would be the est Market for Man-
chester. Th'e ekiiiVeyalie!Of timber was cheaper from
min lo -man'oho4-er thap, it Was from Liverpool to Man-
eh est er.
The CHAIRMAN, after same slightly discnvsive remarks,
said. be had been requested to mention a fact by Mr.
Smith, of the firm of Smith and Wilson, who were
amongst tke most respectable consumers in Manchester.
It appeared that on a given day they had bought timber
at both the north and south ends; that, the timber from
the north end, that land of promise, was delayed nine:
weeks before it reached them, whilst the timber bought
simultaneously at the south end was delivered within
two days. (Hear, and applanse.) Now, what ey
wanted were the simple unsophisticated Teets,
'Mr. Gniqsbi4 innVed a ycii,te .0 thanks to the chair-
man. They bad always been indebted to him for the
energy he had shown for the retention of the timber
trade at the south end of the town. _

Mr. ROBERTSON. seconded the motion, and reminded
the meeting of the circumstance that when he was
elected a member for the South Toxteth Ward,. seven
years ago, he was pledged to do his utmost to keep, the
timber trade at the south end of the town; and at: that
thne one i..pipreparea ;c) give a similar pledge would
Kaye been elected for either of the Toxteth wards.
Mr. BRuNDRITT—J }me Po doubt the ratepayers
wolll4 l e glad if the timber trade were wholly kept
here,

Mr. ROBERTSON understood that the object of the
promoters of this meeting was to make the Brunswick
Dock most efficient for trade.

The CHAIRMAN said that their complaint was that the
dock answered no trade ; it was so isolated and cut off
from the other docks, that if a ship wanted repairs it had
first. to go into the river. He then returned thani;s for.
the compliment paid to him, wnit
•folloiving
memorial, which he said h,ad already received two hun-
qigrAtve.4 at the last sale hy auction

TO THE NIEB.SEY DOCRS AND lIAIROVIi. 1101110. -
Gcrur.ar.x,—We, the underaigned, being resident and non-
Midalk taireArlfartfiefUe WsPredildi§"tereikgeneteiciif
the importance to the trade of keeping open and ealciently
maintaining the south timber market of Liverpool. '
We have no wish to interfere with or lessen the facilities
given to the timber trade at the north end of the line of docks,
but we feel strongly that any attempt to force or confine the
•trade to the north end will inflict a serious injury on us per-
sonally, and materially damage the trade here, by fciroing it to
other ports.

feathers. colonel Brown had no sooner taken the chair
E then 15(1 men can forward to take the oath
of allegiance to bet Majesty the Queen. This ceremony
being over, the hand, conducted by Mr. Green, the
band-master of the Ellie Coat School, played a rivertial
air, which was much applauded. The 4th were then
called upon to "right-about-face," which simply Means
that they were to look at the chairman, and which
they did with vreat alaeri,ty 41111 precisinn amidst the
cheer of the audletica-
Colonel BRoveN then addressed the volunteers. He
v?es received with the most hearty applause. He
assured them that it gave him the greatest pleasure to
be called upon to perform the duties which he had per-
formed that day. He was sure that the ladies wha
were present would be highly gratified to see such a
noble body of men stepping forward to defend the
dearest interest of their oountry—ewhether they were
wives, whether they were sisters, or whether they were
sweetheartseeehe thought they would. be very well
pleased. After. defending the volunteer movement gene •
he said they had the dearest interests to protect.,
more„ probably, than any other country could have. in
this country a man could do what he pleased, pro-
vided he did not violate any of the laws; hut in
some other despotic countries a man could scarcely call
his heart his own. There was no class of people
more interested in the volunteer movement than the
industrious and working classes, many of whom were
now embodying themselves in, corps, and going to
after their hard day's, work. If a foreign foe were to
desecrate the soAl of this country, the 'commerce of the
epuntry would be paralysed, and the working classes ne-
cessarily thr.own out of work, ite.was glad to find that
Government were becoming more and more alive to the
importance of the movement. He- had been for some
time in correspondence with the War Office, and had
prevailed upon them to place thellastings at the service
of the first battalion of the Artillery Volunteers. The
Artillery Volunteers could now go- to that vessel, and,
under cover, acquire a knowledge of those chtties which
were necessary for them. He hoped the. Town Council
would be alive to the wants and necessities of providing
accommodation kr volfmteers. As, far as they hack
been applied to, they had readily conceded to the requests
of the vohmteers, granting them. the use of the markets
and other places. They might go further, -however,
and he wished they voiad grant eight acres of the
Newsham estate t2u, the purpose of target practice.
They roust remember that arms were useless in the
heads of the volunteers if they knew not how to use
them; and he felt sure that all the volunteers . then
present were anxious to make, the best use of them
when the occasion should occur. He was informed
they had already forty honorary members, and he
wished every other ward in the.town would pursue the
same course. It was infinitely better that yonne inert
shoUld go to their drill than to the billiard table, and
other places of amusement not of the most moral char-
acter. By exercising themselves at drill, they would
acquire stamina, health and strength, and everything
that vas desirable. He concluded by again expressing
his pleasure at. presiding upon this occasion.
Ensign lireciever • then rose to address his brother
volunteers, to propose a vote of thanks to the chairman,
whom he highly eulogised for the promptness with
which he had always responded to any communication
relative to the volunteer movement.

We believe the timber trade of Liverpool is now suffjoiently
large to require and Maintain. tWo markets for its storage and
sale, and we most tespeetfull,!) •ntire that the expenditure
necessary for tite purposes' of the trarie''onght at least to be
divided between the present inarketS of the north and south
ends, the latter, we Must ask you to remember, is the market
established many`years since, and after mu9lt consideration,
expresslT for the timber trade; and saW Mills, carriers' wharfs,
Vic., are establiShed in the ileiglihenrhood
- The'BruntWieli'llook. hating been hunt for the trade, and
hitherto 'aPprOpriaod to it, we have to ask that any repairs or
afteratiOns Which are required to be made in it may be done
with the least possible uelay, and that in carrying out such
alterations and repairs regard may be had to the necessities of
the trade, and all passible facilities Ia the meantime given to it
in the neighbourhood.---Your obedient servants.
Liverpool, 7th September, 1560.
' Three cheers were given for Mr. Chaloner.
The memorial was handed round for signature; and
the meeting, which had been of a most interesting
character, then broke up.

Mr. Town-Councillor NicKsox, amidst much applause,
seconded the proposition.
Mr. Alderman WOODRUFF supported the proposition,
and in doing so observed, that he hoped that. the Town
Council would not make any, fr,ivcdons objection to ren-
der assistance to the xolauteer movement. They might
tell'them that atay subscription of that description would
be, illegal; but when it was considered that they dis-
posed of the funds for much more irrelevant object',
and when they were asked for a portion of the Newshana
House Estate, as it had been snzgested, he did hope
that there would be no cry 1-,ised that they 'W oak' lose

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the rent, and the finances vionld be reduced, because in
such a cause it was the duty of all to. support such a
great national movement.
The Rev. Mr. Twis:r. then addressed the meeting, and
spoke in, favour of the movement as a good way of spend-
ing. the spare hours they had placed at their disposal by
the kindness of their employers, withont going into the
excesses sibieb often take place at public-houses.
Captain 117iflings, of the 74th, also briefly gave his
support to the proposition. •
Three times three good cheers were then called for
the Chairman, and most heartily responded to .hy,, Rot-
only the volunteers, but by the whole audience.
Colonel Brown briefly returned thanks, and• the meet-
jug separated with three hearty cheer:, for the queen
and the volunteer InnTM,C-Ut..

etl!nvt.g., Pram: MEETTNG.—Prizes for all
conlM trom Cheshire will he shot for at this meeting
to-morrow (Thursday), entries for which can be made
up to six o'clock this evening. This meeting, we have
110 doubt will be numerously attended, the electric
target for the Aunt Sally ranges being a novelty.
14ORD LYTTELTON ON THE VOTAINTF,ER MOVEMENT.
arl-- el
silver bugle to the Ist Kidderminstir (3rd Worcester-
shire) Rifle Corps took place at Greenhill, the residence
of Captain A. Talbot, Esq. The, presentation was made
by the Hon. Miss Lyttelton, at the base of a platform
which had b,een erected for the spectators. Lord
Lyttelton who was present in his uniform as lord lien-
' tenant of the connty made a long speech upon the
' volunteer movement, with practical suggestions worthy of
the attention of the corps of the kingdom.
Tin ROYAL, NATIONAL RIFLES.—The following
has been addressed by Lord Palmerston to Mr. Wal7
misley

DREADFUL MURD,Eff, IN LIVERPOOL,
LAST NIGHT,

The greatest excitemsut was created in the neigh-
bourhood of Soho-street, between eight and nine o'clock
last night, by a widely circulated report that a man bad
murdered his wife in a house in Gomer-street, off Soho-
street, where a large crowd of persons speedily con-
gregated.
It appears that a man named Thomas Neasham,
thirty-nine years of age, a labourer, but long out of
work, resided in a room at the house, No. 39, in Gomer-
street, with his wife, about thirty-five years of age, and
his mother and brother. In the evening the wife re-
turned home about eight o'clock, coyl, shortly afterwards
a quarrel ensued lietween her and her husband, and high
words and some blows Were the result. Ultimately, the
wife taunted, her husband with haying been once trans-
ported; which so irritated him that he took a large knife
from his pocket and stahbed her in the left aide. The
unfortunate woman screamed for e,asiptauCe, and ran into
the street ; bit she ouly. proceeded a few yards before
she fel/upon the pavement and almost immediately expired.
Medic.ai aid was procured, but of course it was of no avail.
Megutline the man escaped from the house ; but the
police officers arrested him about eleven o'clock, iu a
street at no great distance from his residence. On being
taken into custody, the prisoner acknowledged that he
had inflicted the wound on his wife, and expressed his
sorrow, adding that she had been a good wife to .him.
The prisoner was taken to the bridewell, and will be
brought before Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate,
this day.

MARRIAGE (11y. LOlth EUSTACF, CECIL
AND,ILAIA GERTRUDE SCOTT.
• • •

"Downing-street, Sept. 6.
"Sir,--I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 3rd, proposing to Lord Palmerston to
become the patron of the ‘P.Oyal National Rittes,' and
to inform: you in reply that Lord Wnikerston wishes
success to all Volunteer corps fc,rwol or forming.
" He fully appreciates the patriotic feeling which
impels the mar berg of such corps to enrol themselves,
and he estimates at its full value this important national
movement, but in his otlicial position Lord Palmerston
does not think it right to connect himself as patron with
anv one particular local organisation, and in the present
instance it seems the less necessary that any such ex-
trinsic aid should be required, because any corps which
is to be organised under so able and experienced a. chief
as Sir De Lacy Evans is sure to he prosperous and
efticient.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant.
" C, ,G. BARRINGTON.

"Mr. J. Walmisley."
We are; informed that for the winter evening drills of
the Ist. Battalion of this corps the atithoriitiea will allot
them a part of Westminster Hall.