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and more
e was not disposed to say what he would allow for ex-
enses until he had ascertained the extent of the damage
sustained by the ship. It was his wish to act generously
to the passengers. The chairman stated that Mr.,-De
Wolf had admitted to the deputation that the ship bad
got on shore inconsequence of gross-negligence. The
general fee-

s to sufi

ng of the meeting was that the passengers had
been badly treated, and.come of the emigrants, who had
been formerly averse to resorting to any harsh measures
against the owners, and -had been willing to go again in
the ship, said they considered themselves insulted by Mr.
De Wolf's answer, and would join with those who were
determined not to sail in the Ebba Brahe in•any measures,
legal or otherwise. that were deemed necessary to
enforce their claims. Mr.. Armstrong hoped-the press and
the public of Liverpool would sympathise with them. One
of the emigrants said that he had had an interview with
the mayor of the town on the matter, and be recom-
mended them to appeal to the Marine Board, and he (the
emigrant) urged the adoption of that course upon the
meeting. It was decided that they should wait upon the
magistrates to seek their advice and assistance. Thefirst-
class passengers were said to be provided for. Nearly 200
of the passengers are residing at the Government Emigra-
tion Depot, Birkenhead. We understand that the Ebba
Brahe will not be ready for despatch for some time,
and, in consequence, Messrs. De Wolf and Co. have de-

tided upon forwarding her passengers by the clipper ships

'Asia and Albinus, which belong to the same line, and
were to have succeeded the Ebba Brahe. This arrange-
•ment will, no doubt, be satisfactory to the emigrants, as
.the vessels named are new ones, and considered equal to
any in the Australian trade. They will be despatched
a few days.

THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL GENERAL SESSIONS for
the county of Lancaster, held at Preston on Wednesday
last, were presided over by Mr. Addison. The committee,
on the division of the county into coroners' districts, did
not propose any alteration of the present system. In
regard to the funerals of drowned persons, and the
question -as to whether the expenses of those funerals
should .be borne by the county or by the township in
which the body might be found, it was left to the dis-
cretion of the finance committee to determine whether
they should pay the expenses or not. A representation
was laid before the court, from the lord-lieutenant of the
county and the colonel of the third regiment of the Duke
of Lancaster's Own Militia, of the insecurity, unfitness,
and inconvenience of the militia store-room ; a committee
was appointed to inquire into the subject. On the subject
of the expenses incurred for refreshments during the
Ramshay inquiry before the Earl of Carlisle. a letter
was read, signed by Mr. Danvers, the clerk to the Duchy
of Lancaster, stating that an application for payment of
the account had been made. He was instructed to state,
that as the refreshments were not supplied by the order
of the chancellor ,or his officers, they did not consider
as liable for any portion of the charg
rs' to I ,f an account could be furnished of so mu
rom the
the refreshments as were consum

EXTRAORDMARY CLAIM FOR SALVAGE. —At the
admiralty court, on Monday, the claim made by the
Owners of the Independence steam-tug, of this port,
against the Clianzellor, a vessel of 864 tons, was disposed
of. On the 7th of November last, the Independence
descried the Chancellor between the Crosby and the
Formby lightships, at the entrance of the river Mersey,
and offered her services to tow her to Liverpool. An

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Whaur,e to the ship, and the latter was rescued from- hat and secretary, it would be paid. A motion,
beat part:„.rePjesented to be a very perilous position. On the account be paid., was lost.by a vote of 31 to-30.
to vv,-„ 'L.' the owners it was contended that the steam- Mr. Jonathan Peel adjourned his resolution for the
thin .Z,',„°tirld by the original agreement; but, if not, regulation of the county police force. The salary of Mr.
eq„,-"", Vute ship was not in such a state of danger as to John Etherington, inspector of weights and measures in
Kirkdale and Prescot divisions, was ordered to be increased
of ,';`4 this into a salvage service. They made a tender
lise—lr guineas for towage service, and two artiness for the . from £BO to £9O. The following retiring allowances were
sal
granted out of the superannuation fund to disabled police
of the tug's hawser. The value of the property
that was was £31,445. The learned judge was of opinion constables :—to Thomas Crowther and Wm. Moatt, is.
per day, and Jeremiah Kelly ls. 6d. per day ; and the
the Independence was bound to complete the service
following gratuities :—Malcom M'lntyre, Robert Eller-
egill she had commenced. If the breaking of a hawser
slum, and Thomas Sumner, 13 months each, £46 2s. 7d. ;
0 " convert suds a service into one of salvage, it would
cenr in and Robert Johnson, five months, 420 ss. sd. Two
aide, many of the cases which came under the con-
t_ _ation of the court. He therefore pronounced for the additional constables were appointed in
foreth Higher Black-
ende burn diviaion and a suitable building a police station r, and conderaned the salvors generally in costs.
was authorised to be rented at Newchurch, in the same
14r, c$ COll/131ITTEE.-At the meeting, on Thursday, division, at a rent not to exceeed £2O a year. It was
the leurner. M.P., presiding, the chairman announced agreed that land should be purchased and a building
e,s_rou.inise of the late Mr. Claxton, a member of the erected, for a police station and strong rooms, at Black-
te'co'ordit,t,ee., and moved,—" That the committee desire to pool, at a cost not to exceed £460. Similar aceommoda-
death loft feelings of regret at the announcement of the tion was ordered to be provided at Heywood, in the
setvi,, of Mr. Claxton, and their sense of the valuable division of Bury, the expenses not to exceed £s6o.—Mr.
140_os redered by him to the dock estate." Mr. Reason moved the appointment of an additional constable
roo,!,.:Jeux seconded the resolution, and it was unani- for Ormskirk, which was seconded by the Rev, Mr.
tlie,4' adopted. Friday, the 22nd instant, was fixed for Jacson.—lt was opposed by the Rev. Mr. Kershaw, and
An dock ratepayers to assemble to elect a gentleman to was lost on a division. Six additional constables were
A lette vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Claxton. ordered to be appointed in the Manchester division, and
e. et was afterwards read from Mr. John Grantham, a police-station and strong rooms ordered to be erected at
woril on the subject of his proposed improvements in Stretford, in the division of Manchester, at a cost not
ves,orng the docks, and the report from the dock sur- exceeding £350. It was agreed to receive no memorials
meets on on those improvements, read at the previous or petitions, except such as related to a matter actually
everrngs.,. Afr. Grantham says :—" Liverpool, as well as before the court, until all the motions of which notice
het, ;Liter Port, must become what the Messrs. Hartley had been given were disposed of. The committee on
every s° much to fear, viz. a ' great railway station,' as prison accommodation and discipline was empowered to
are 4„11_oll place is, in fact, a great cart station—for what continue their sittings till the annual session in June.—
teafitinaYs and their termini but roads and streets ? A The Rev. J. S. Birley moved the adotion of a memorial
own ci:c,' policy may retard, but it cannot, except to our to the secretary of state for the home department, on the
avert' rnent, prevent the extension of this system into subject of the county rates and expenditure bill. The
high., eeartment of our commercial traffic. That the bill is objected to because it proposes to set up a financial
Will bfvel railway in our streets, where it can. be applied, board, representing only a portion of the guardians of
talastu,„,,Mpre efficient than a railway upon and in the the poor ; and, further, because that while the manage-
trove iil;Lnem, is too manifest to require any argument to merit of the constabulary. force,
.the county gaol, the
_ow,
~_ and the sooner we set to work to lay out the houses of correction,. and the lunatic asylums is to remain
Wheill'ft,sepuitable scale, the less we shall have to undo ostensibly with the justices. the expenditure is intrusted
vvaa ~' is forced upon us at a more distant period." It to the financial board. The motion was agreed to
lelinc7 ed that the receipt of Mr. Grantham's letter be unanimously.—The court adjourned at half.past six,
'visaged, No discussion took place upon it. having eat upwards of seven hours.