The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-30 00:00:00

TO CORRESTON DENTS.

Several communications, acknowledg,ed iri our preceding pub-
lications and receivertsince, are already in type, but: are un-
avoidably postponed, owing to the great length of our local
reports. . . .
We have received several works for review, which we shall
notice, if practica.ble; on Tuesday.
The length of our reports has compelled us to withdraw' several
original articles.

Zip` 31.thrrposl tii,tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1838.,

The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn
ing at 5 o'clock.

THE lIVCENT ELECTIONS..—There electionsshave taken
place within the..last week, of which the conservatives

In the other case the radicals havb

have gained two.
obtained a temporary victory.
The election forf)evi4es took place on Monday, when
two candidates went to the p 011.,. At the close thenurn
bers appwed as fOltows:—

Dundas (Radical) Polled Tendered- •
109 ... .: .:. 40
Heneage (Conservative lO2 • '5B
Majority of pc lied votes for Dundas .... 7
Majority of polled and tendered votes for
_ Ileueage
Mr. Heneage announced his intention of
against the return. There can- be little doubt of the
success of his-fairly
appeal
' ••to apetitioning
constituted committee
of the House of Commons.. If he succeeds in dis-
placing the member returned, another vote will be
d b '
gaille .y the conservatives. , • . • .
The election for Maidstone terminated on TUesday
evening •in•• 'Abe triumphant .•.rttlT,n At
,of,-.Mr..Fector. •
the final close.of, the.ptill the;numbera.ware'as,follnwg;
...,:::Mr,.. EeetOr (codseyvothie)....l,...r •.• •''• ' ' - "9-
. .ICir. ILlarts (Radical) . •. • 581
..,. ,
...

Majority • •• ; pS
The contest was relinquished by Mi. aurne-7, on the
part of Mr, Robarts, at.twelve- o'clock. Had it conti-
nued-until•
the usual hour the taajority would have' been
•
considerably greater.
At Sudintry also the conservatives have been Octeri-
ous. At the close of the poll on Tuesday night the

numbers Were—
Sir John Walsh (Conservative)
Bagshaw (Radical)

Majority ,„ . 26
We are glad to perceive that these elections afford ad 7
ditional proofs, of the steady growth of conservative'
principles in the country: Mr. Fiume remarked, with a
degree of candour Which we could hardly have expected
from him, in his recent letter to the electors of Kilkenny,
that " another general election would bring Sir Robert
Peel and the conservatives into office." We confidently
anticipate that this propitious event will take place with-
out the
intervention of a general election. Our re6qe!'
are aware that, the. liberal papers in the ministerial inte-
rest have announced the intention of Lord Melbourne to
create about fifty
new at the approaching' corona-
tion. This will involveministers in a dileMma from the
h`orns.Of which they will find it hopeless to seek an' es-
cape. Who are the individuals to be selected for. this
honohr ? If the minister should seek to strengthen his
interest in. the Hooke of Lcirds by 'choosing persons- who
are' not members of the House of Commons, foreleva—
lion to the peerag:o; be will inevitably give offetice to
-those of his supporters in the house who have. been long
expecting son►e return for .their adherence to his party.
pri from the. ministerial benches':, If lie makes his selecti

lU the house, he will. find that !„-he.elPeters of Great Bri-
tain will be loath to replace the members transplanted
to
`the npper hOuse by others of the same. principles. He
is, in short, by no means in a position to risk fotty or
fifty fresh elections.
-The only alternative that we can imagine to be left
for adoption is, that of creating fifty of Dan's nominees
in Ireland as peerS of the realm. This course would be
perfectly safe, inasmuch as Dan. and the priestscould easily
manage to-send as many fresh members into the House
of commons. Besides, it would be in perfect keeping
with all the proceedings of the present obsequious. mi-
nistry, and would give them an opportunity of rewarding
every member of the tail for the faithful services which
they have rendered. We need scarcely add that it would
be the best ,plan in the world for investing the court
of Queen Victoria with a dignity which nothing pould
eclipse. •

TUE NEW MARRIAGE ACT.-This- act 'was passed in
compliance With the clathour of a knot of political dis;•
senters,. who pretended that they represented the feelings
of their fellow subjects of like profession, and to ease
whose consciences our ..vhig rulers consented . to.
.take
away from the Celebration of marriage the solemnity of
a religious sanction. Tire act has now been in operation
for a term sufficiently long to judge of the estimate
which the public have formed of its utility. What, then,
is the deliberate opinion which the people of England
have pronounced respecting this act for secularising the
ceremony of marriage ? We are indebted 0' the Man-.
• ckestvrCuardian for our reply.: From a return Of the
number of marriages celebrated within ,the 'Manchester
Superintendent Registrar's District, during the half
year ending December 31, 1837, we deduce tire follow,
ing particulars:— •

Marliages by Banns-
" License
Sup. Registrar's Certificate. 7638979 -
The number of marriages celebrated in the Church of
England, by banns and by licenses, was, for the above
period, 1908'; whilst the marriages which were solem--
nised under the act only amounted to 87!
From the report of the latter quarter in the half year
we find that the marriages which were celebrated were
as follows:
. In the Church of England
In the Catholic Chapels
In the Register Otfice 7
In the Scotch Kirk
In the Dissenting Chapels

Total

. 1113

Thus it would appear. that only siven marriages took
place, under the new marriage 'act, -in the dissenting
town of Manchester, in all the dissenting chapelsin the
district; and that only fourteen marriages out of televen
hundred .were celebrated without, the. sanction of a
_reli-
gious service I Does not this atrord a triumphant proof
of the folly of saddling the country with, all the expen-
sive machinery of this preposterous enaetinent ? Does
it not show that the act is an insult td the religiatis feel-
ings of the community ?
. We know that this act has been attended by
,the. same
Testa in Liverpool. It has been a dead failure, and the
sooner it is repealed the better. None but Sociniaiis
can approve of its principle.
• •

THE DOCK TRUSTEES AND THE WAREHOUSE OWN-
ERS.—On Wednesday last a numerously attended meet-
ing of the owners of land and warehouses was held at
the Clatendon•rooms; for the purpose of resisting the
proposed scheme of the Dock Trustees to erect, ware-
housds on the west side oll• the Prince's Dock. This
meeting was cnnvened in corisecidence of the appearance
of a paragraph in the Albion, announcing that such a
scheme was in contemplation. The gentlemen'who were
present comFilained that the Dock Trustees had not given
a►iy authentic information on a. subject of such great
iturortance to the mercantile interest of the town, and
that an application, on the part of the warehouse-own-
ers, for such information, was left unanswered. Consi-
dering the immense amount of wealth atstake, and the:
manner in which it would be affected by the proposed
planf,the silence of the Dock Trustees could not be de-
signated other Wise than inexensable. -
• Ode of the•strongest reasons urged iu opposition• to
the scheme was based,upon the circumstance that,a very
large proportion of the land upon which the existing
Warehouses are erected will, by the falling in of leases,
revert to the Corporation, and that the value of this land
would suffer a must material depreciation in consequence

of the erection of warehouses by the Dock Trustees.
This consideration, it was hoped, would influence the
corporation in favour of the resolutions passed at the
meeting.
Among the other reasons urged in opposition to the
plan the following may be enumerated :—That was a
misappropriation of the powers of the Dock Trustees to
erect warehouses out of the public money—that the
warehouses already in existence were found quite suffi-
cient for every purpose connected: with:the increasing
commerce of: the to..vn--that the charges upon produce
were as low in Liverpool as in any other place=-that the
fears of the Dock Trustees as to the competition among
warehouse-owners were perfectly groundless—that, on
thetn other
th e
inr
ref hand,ere
reference
seriousthe
competitionbetween a body might be enter-

having at their disposal the public money and the:owners
of private property—that the Dock Trustees had little
stake in the immovable property of the town—and that
the. Town Council could not, consistently with their ho-

nour, sanction such a proceeding.
We are, of course, unprepared to. say what reply the
Dock Trustees may give to the-preceding reasons. The
Subject, is one which demands an early explanation,
which, we have no doubt, the Dock Trustees will Consi-
der it to be.their duty to afford.
We append the reasons of objection which were sub-
mitted to the meeting of :the wareho-use-owners, _They
appear to us to be unanswerable.
OBJECTIONS TO THE BUILDING OF WARE-
'HOUSES ON THE VERGE OF THE DOCKS
PORT OF LIVERPOOL. BY THE TOWN-COUNCIL
OR DOCK' TRUSTEES: •
"Ist—Because the erection of such warehouses would not
benefit the corporate estate. .
"2d. _Because the corporation have sold land contiguous to the
docks with the restriction that warehouses only should be erected.
thereon, in which land the corporate .estate has a reversionary
interest to the amount of nearly two millions sterling.
".Bd--,Becanse that reversionary interest Would be materially
decreased, Which fact could he :proved by aseertainin4 the sen-
:iiinents,pf..those whohave been purchasers of such-land, and who
have not built thereon ; and in future no person would purchase
porpora -don' laud with that restrictiritc.nor at the fOrmir prices,
eif the',Dock Trustees be poSsessed of the power to build War-

houses.
4th.—Because it would be a violation of the trust, acts of par•
liament having been obtained expressly to preyentsuch erections;
consequently land has been purchased hitherto on ,the faith of
the stability of those laws, which have been considered a suf-
ficient guarantee for such investments.
• "sth.—Beeanse the crown some years since endeaioured to
compel the authorities to have enclosed warehouses for the docks,
which was most strennotisiy opposed by the corporation and the
inhabitants of this port:
"6th.—Because the corporation have opposed attempts of the
inland towns having Warehouses for the reception of bonded
goods, on the plea that it would tend to injure the corporate
estate, of which a great portion is at present vested in warehouse
property by the respeetile lessees.
" 7th.—Because it would involve property to the amount of
nearly four millions sterling, a great part of which is the only
source of existence for widows, orphani, and large families.•
" Bth.—Because the warehouseS now erected are more than suf-
ficient for the trade of the port, and are equal in capacity and
quality to those of London.
"9th.—Because merchandise is depoSited at this port con-
siderably under the London charges. •
" lOth.—Because the discharge of shipi is not retarded by the
present situation of the warehouses of this port, but is solely
caused by the want of organiiation in the porterage and dock
accommodation. Should these be afforded, the same facility
Would be given with the present warehouses as with those in
London. Yet notwithstanding the impedimenti; now existing
goods are ready fur sale and freights can be settled much earlier
at this port than in London, the former taking ten days, and
the latter three weeks, before the landing process is finally

completed.'
•" 1111:I.—Because plunder would not be checked by the mere
erection of warehouses within the dock walls, it being well
known that petty thefts are as frequent within the walls of the
docks,as in the present warehouses. The teasoti why pilferage

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