The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

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TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 16, 1852.

THE WEEK.

OUR respected townsman, Mr. SAMUEL HOLME,
was, on Tuesday last, elected as Mayor of Liver-

pool ; and, what is more, his election was unani-

mous, notwithstanding the suggestions of opposition
indulged in by certain of our contemporaries, who
have become very aristocratic of late, and affect a
dread of the dignity of the Town being lowered by

a tradesman sitting as its chief magistrate. If
there he one feature in our Constitutional system
more strongly marked than another, or more prized
by honest Englishmen and patriots, it is this :—that
it throws open to merit and successful industry,
however humble may have been the commencement
of their career, the road not only to Civic honours,
but to the highest offices of the State. Yet, the
journals who have sought to deprive Mr. HOLME of
the well-earned reward of valuable services rendered
to the town, with one unworthy exception, are
" liberals" of the first water—advocates of popular
representation, and loud railers against oligarchies
and clique domination. We rejoice, therefore, at
Mr. HOLME'S election, as a compliance with the
genius of our institutions, although on every other
ground of high character, integrity, and his posses-
sion of a thorough practical knowledge of the re-
quirements of his fellow-Townsmen, we do not
know any gentleman more fitted to fulfil satisfac-
torily the duties of his office.

Our Manchester neighbours are generally reputed
to be an eminently practical people, yet they occa-
sionally blow bubbles, which burst before their
eyes. Such appears to have been recently the fate
of an institution, called " the Manchester Day Nur-

ery," which was originated about a couple of years
go with a vast amount of philanthropic profession.
:he real object of the promoters of this "day nor-
cry" was to provide a central receptacle for the

is, who were

ie intervals of

em the neces-

stem was to

►afty bottle; and
to be kept fast
g frame, by the

thought that their offspring were enjoying advan-
tages equal to those offered by a " slave-raising"
establishment in Virginia or Kentucky. In a pecu-
niary point of view the establishment has proved a
failure. From a recent report by the registrar for
Ancoats district we find that, mothers employed in
factories prefer leaving their offspring in the care of
those of their own blood. To this bigotted and

ignorant obstinacy on their part—not at all, of
^ourse, to the fact of their mothers being compelled

'o leave unperformed their natural duties towards
heir infant offspring—we are told by the report

n question to attribute in a great measure the fact
hat in the Ancoats registration district, during the
luarter ended 30th September last, out of 547

deaths, no less than 343 were under two years of

age ! Truly, cotton spinning, as well as cotton
growing, has much to do with human suffering and
degradation 1 We want a Mrs. BEECIIER STOWE

in our manufacturing districts.
On Thursday next the remains of the lamented
Duke of WELLINGTON will be deposited in their
last resting-place in St. Paul's Cathedral; and we
observe that it is the wish of the authorities in this

town that the solemn occasion should be marked,
io far as is practicable,by a total cessation of business
on the part of the inhabitants. It is probable that
the day will be observed as a holiday throughout
the kingdom, and it is obvious, from the fact that
a short Bill is to be passed through Parliament for
the purpose of obviating any difficulties as to the
payment of drafts, &c., due on that day, that a
desire is entertained in the highest quarters that
the tribute of respect thus paid to the departed hero
should be emphatically a national one. We trust
that the loyal people of Liverpool will not be behind
any other community in giving up a day for a pur-
pose so laudable.

On Saturday last, as will be seen from a para-
graph in another column, a robbery was effected
from the counter of the Bank of England in this
town to the large amount of £3,000. A few days
previously £BOO were obtained in the same esta-
blishment by the light-fingered gentry ; and on Sa-
turday week a gentleman who had to pay in a con-
siderable sum, consisting of notes and £3O in gold,
had the latter extracted during the few moments
that his hand was withdrawn from the pocket which
held it to draw up the particulars of the payment.
In fact, the Bank appears to be infested by sharpers
of the most adroit kind—first-class practitioners,
who must be tolerably well " made up" to be mis-
taken for parties likely to have legitimate business
to transact with the establishment. Such a state
of things ought not to be permitted to continue.
The Bank ought surely to take some steps to pro-
tect its customers from these frequent robberies.
We understand that the board do provide occa-
sionally the attendance of a policeman during the
press of business on Saturdays ; but the true remedy
is the constant attendance of a detective officer, to
whom the persons of the members of the swell
mob are familiar ; and it might be even desirable
to attach some such officer permanently to the
establishment, as hall. porter in livery, or in a similar
capacity. The mercantile community have long felt
the danger of encountering the crush at the counter
at busy periods, and they will, after these serious
robberies, have much more cause to do so.

FOREIGN NEWS

AMERICA

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC

The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain
Comstock, arrived in thellersey , on Wednesday afternoon,
from New York direct, from which port she sailed at
noon on the 30th ult., with 105 passengers and .8'50,000
in specie on freight.
The U.S.M.S. Washington arrived at New York, with
the mails from Southampton, on the 27th ult., and on her
arrival was seized by the United States marshal, and her
captain and chief officer placed under arrest for smuggling.
They were afterwards admitted to bail. The most striking
item of news brought by this arrival is the funeral of Mr.
Webster, which took place at Marshfield on the 29th ult.,
in a manner entirely consonant with the last wishes of
the illustrious deceased. Throughout the entire Union
the people manifested the most profound sorrow ; the
bitterness of political strife appeared to be suspended by
universal consent, and in the principal towns the buildings
were mostly draped in black, and business was entirely
suspended. The funeral was attended by General Pierce
and several of the leading members of Congress.
Two arrivals had taken place from California—the
Falcon, which arrived at New Orleans on the 27th, with
300,000 dols in gold, and the Georgia, which arrived in
New York on the 29th ult., with 2,000,000 dols in dust.
Innumerable murders and robberies at the gold mines
were reported, and several predatory attacks of the neigh-
bouring Indians have been repulsed. Alining intelligence
satisfactory.
CANADA—Great excitement has been suddenly pro-
duced at Quebec, in consequence of several deaths having
occurred from cholera. A member of parliament and a
messenger of the house having died, it is thought that the
legislature will be immediately adjourned. The governor
of New Brunswick, in his speech on the opening of the
-egislature of that province, strongly urges the adoption
1 secure the speedy construction of
American railway.

of such measures

the European a:

WEST INDIES.—Late accounts from Bermuda and St.
Thomas represent the September storm as having been
extremely disastrous in the vicinity of those islands. The
British brigs Waterloo and R. H. Parke, and American
brig Rainbow, were greatly damaged by the gale. A
flood on the south side of Bermuda is reported to have
destroyed 200 lives.

TURKEY.—Accounts from Constantinople of the 2Gth
ult. state that the finance question continues to absorb
the attention of the Turkish Government. The Ministers
perceive how important it is for the credit of Turkey to
prove that, in refusing to ratify the loan, they have not
acted with levity, and were sure of being able to prpyide
for theinut4 of the present mQuitot,