The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

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market. The business transacted yesterday was rather more
extensive, and in a few instances at a trifling improvement
in prices; but the market generally, for all descriptions not
paying regular dividends, must be considered much depressed.
United States Bank closed at 1.21 ; Delaware and Hudson,
714; Harlem Railroad, 552; and Stonington Railroad at
40 a decline of 1 per cent. on the closing price of the pre-
vious day. Sales were made of 10,000 in 6 per cent. Trea-
sury Notes, at 2 per cent. premium.
The packet-ship St. Andrew, for Liverpool, being still de-
tained, some further sales of bills on London have been made,
for transaction by her, at 91. to 9 per cent. prem. the pre-
vious rates.

NEWFOUNDLAND.-W' have been favoured with a
copy of the Newfoundland Public Ledger of the 9th
ultimo, in which we find the Tolloiving apposite and
and forcible remarks respecting the conduct of the
Popish faction towards Dr. Kielley :
" Long previously to the commission of the late foul
offence against the liberty of the subject, on the part
of the House of Assembly, there was an assurance in
the mind of every man of ordinary observation, that
the priests' party were prepared to go any and every

length in the accomplishment of the one great object

of subduing all things to themselves; for almost every

species of the most abominable tyranny was had re-
course to, for the purpose of coercing individuals into
a line of conduct which neither their judgments nor
their consciences approved. The thunders of the
church were had in requisition, and were dealt forth
in all their sickening, disgusting, and—to weak minds
—in all their appalling ferocity ; and those from
among the best of our ,Roman Catholic population
who have paid the common debt of nature during the
prevalence of this infernal system, have died and

awe been buried like the brutes which perish—with-

out one ray of consolation from the lips cf any Christian

pastor, or one solitary rite at the final inhumation of

the mortal remains It was not enough that they were
persons of strictly moral or religious habits—they had

died in the midst of their POLITICAL sins, and were,
of course, accursed !

" It is, however, a partially redeeming feature in
the Roman Catholic population of this country, that
there are a few, although a very few, of the members
of that faith, who openly avow their sense of the

utter wickedness of the course which the Priests have

been pursuing. There are doubtless very many others
who secretly entertain the same sentiment with regard

o it, but who are deterred from any open expression

of their views, from an apprehension that it would
involve in it the thorough ruin of all their temporal

concerns. Among the former class of these Romanists
is the very Dr. Kielley whose late noble stand against
the despotism of our villainous house of Assembly
has done him such immortal credit, and which has, at
the same time, contributed so largely to bring our
affairs so prominently before the British public.—Al
Priests' Assembly as it was, it had no terrors for him
—he nobly refused to do that which his own sense of
honour and his own conscience forbade him, and there-
fore frustrated the intention of establishing a precedent
which he felt would be deeply injurious to the liberty
of his fellow-citizens.--The Doctor, it should be
mentioned, was once a surgeon in the British Navy,
but having lost his commission in consequence of pro-
tracted illness in the West Indies,* he sat himself
down here, and has laboured to provide for a respecta-
ble family all the ease and comfort befitting his pro-
fessional rank ; but being one of those who come under
the vulgar denomination of " Mad Dogs"—(an epithet
applied by the Priests to all those who have sufficient
firmness and moral courage to resist their imperious
and unlawful commands)—he has been the object of
ceaseless persecution—the Priests not only refusing to
associate with him in funeral processions, but to per-
form ire last offices to the dying, where the parties
had been guilty of availing themselves of the profes-
sional services of a gentleman on whose skill and ability
they were disposed wholly to rely, and in whom the
Protestants, besides, generally entertain the utmost

confidence.
"We have been thus particular in noticing the cha-
racter of Dr. Kielley, because it is to that gentleman
we are indebted for the stand which, in the present
important instance, hi.s been made; but there are se-
veral other individuals in the community who are at
this moment suffering under the politico.ecclesiastical
ban for sins of political.otnission or commission, who
are certainly entitled to our sympathy.
"With the religious tenets of the Roman Catholics,
as a distinct class of Christians, we have nothing
whatever to do. Matters of that nature are better
suited to the pulpit, or to that portion of the press
which is of a much less ephemeral character than is
that of the newspaper. And, indeed, speaking of the
religious tenets of the Roman Catholics, we hut sel-
dom hear of them ; they appear to have altogethe r
merged in some peculiar doctrines regarding the
safety of the State; and so it is that we find the
priesthood (we mean the priesthood in Newfoundland)
assuming the character "of politicians. It is in their
character of politicians that we have had to deal with
them. And what has the Roman Church in New-
foundland taught us, but that instead of being a reli-
gious establishment, it is purely a pot at—restless
in the extreme—impatient of control—disaffected to-
wards British (because they are Protestant) institu-
tions—and secretly, yet strongly opposed to every
principle of public liberty ; in short, that it is one PO-
LITICAL humbug from beginning to end. Such is the
Romish Church in Newfoundland ; and it is to that
very church that we owe all the miseries which we
have endured since the first moment when the govern-
ment perpetrated the folly of giving to Newfoundland
a local legislature. The power of the priests must be
restrained, and the most effectual way of doing that is
by disfranchising their subjects. We want nothing
less than a strong government, and a rigorous admi-
nistration of British laws."

* The Doctor's character is well known to Professors Sir
Astley Cooper, Henry Cline, sen., John Heighton; James
Blundell, W. Bebbington, sen., James Curry, and others at
St. Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals; as well as to those
under whom he has practically served, in the British Navy,
viz., Barry O'Meara, John Saumerez Downe, Sir W.
Burnett, Drs. Alexander Denmark and Dewar, Physicians
of the Mediterranean Fleet. Further, the Doctor's charac-
ter is to be found in the records of the Admiralty; and if the
dead could rise and speak in his favour, there would he found
in the list, Lord Exmouth, Sir Israel Pellew, and Sir James
Brisbane,—to say nothing of the living witnesses, Sir Chas.
Hamilton and Sir Thomas Cochrane, the late Governors of
this Island.

MR. URQUHART.—A correspondent, who expresses
himself in terms of warm approbation of the very
spirited, enlightened, and energetic addresses of Mr.
Urquhart, an abstract of one of which we published
last week, suggests the propriety of inviting that
gentleman to attend a public meeting of the mercan-
tile interests of Liverpool. We trust that the sugges-
tion thus seasonably offered may be speedily acted
upon. We understand that the Chamber of Com-
merce at Hull intend to give 'him an early ifivitation•
Mr. Urquhart, from the position which he occupied as
Secretary to the Eastern Embassy, and from the long
intercourse which he has enjoyed with those patties
who are best acquainted with the commercial and
political affairs of the East, is peculiarly qualified to
render the most essential services to the mercantile
and trading communities of Great Britain. From a
note which he has recently addressed to Mr. Cargill,
of Newcastle, it appears that the recent commercial
treaty entered into with Turkey owes its origin to his
suggestions. When we consider the important nature
of his communications, and their direct bearing upon
our commercial prosperity, we cannot avoid echoing
the wish of our correspondent, that Liverpool may be
favoured with his lucid and powerful expositions of
our foreign policy.

THE LATE STORM.—In another part of our paper
we give insertion to a small portion of the information
which has reached us respecting the devastations of
the late hurricane, the effects of which on shipping,
we regret to find, have been of the most destoctive
character. Our contemporary, the Mercury, vary
shrewdly anticipated the melancholy news which vre
have received within the last day or two, by observing
the extraordinary and continued depression of the
barometrical column. In corroboration of the obser-
vations of the Mercury we find, from the Cork Cotati-
tution of Saturday, that "at Monkstown,at 4, p.m., on
Wednesday last, the wind blowing a heavy gale from
the S.W., the mercury sunk below 28, the lowest nutn-
on the scale, and reached a point which may be ex-
pressed by the number 27. 6." In Cork a shill* de-
pression was observed. In the circular barometers
the index descended to "stormy," and proceeded in
reverse course to "fair," and in some to " set fazr,
from which it slowly retraced its unusual course during
that and the following day. We fear that we are
destined to hear of many more disasters than we have
yet been apprized of, is it is probable that; from the

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striking indications of the barometer, the storm must
have raged over a very large portion of the northern
hemisphere.
We cannot conclude this passing notice without re-
ferring our readers to the affecting trait of canine
sagacity mentioned by the Cork Constitution, and
which was the means, under Providence, of saving the
lives of no less than seventeen individuals !

INLAND BONDING.—Mr. Poulett Thomson is stated
to have recently remarked, at a consultation with cer-
tak of his constituents, on the subject of obtaining
tl privilege of bonding for.the town of Manchester,
tltt " the Lords of the Treasury had the power, by
11,4 navigation laws, to grant any town the privilege
the bonding system, that vessels of 70 tons could
Ix) brought up to; and that it would be granted to
Minchester, if this condition were satisfactorily
proved." "Make," said the right hon. gentleman,
"Manchester a port, and you have no occasion for a
bill of any sort; but by my simple order, I can give
You the privilege of bonding."
We are not going to call in question the power of
the Treasury Lords, but we should fillip be informed
by what means Manchester could be made a port,
available for vessels of 70 tons burden, without sub-
merging a large portion of Liverpool, and inflicting
irreparable injury upon this great outlet for the com-
tuerce of Manchester and the neighbouring manufac-
turing districts. A ship canal is quite out of the
question. Vested interests interpose an insuperable
objection to any such scheme. A continuous line of
embankments along the Mersey might realise the
object—but the consequence would be precisely what
We have indicated. Mr. Thomson may, therefore,
have well afforded to give such an impracticable piece
of advice. He could not have better avoided " the
obstacles that would be raised to the measure by.sea-
Port towns." We know not whether we should most
admire, his magnanimity or his prudence.

CA uTioN.—We understand that several begging impostors,
under the garb of sailors, are carrying about petitions, pur-
porting that they have been shipwrecked off the coast of Ire-
land, and producing certificates to the same effect. As seve-
ral ladies and gentlemen have been already imposed upon
by these fellows, we are requested to state that no attention
should be paid to any such petitions or certificates, unless
countersigned by Mr. Cort, the secretary of the Underwriter?
association.

TH. CHARGE OF 11 APE.—We are given to understand
that the Captain Fell, charged with the committal of this of-
fence, at the Police-office, on Thursday last, is not at pre-
sent engaged in the East India trade. We understand that
the magistrates, after a long consultation, determined that
no rape had been committed, and thetefore acquitted the
Prisoner.

RAPID CONVERSION.--111 the columns of the Albion yes-
terday we remarked a paragraph, headed " The Small Tene-
ment Act," copied from the Standard of Friday last, with-
out any acknowledgment The Editor has therefore adopted
it as his own ; and as expressing his own sentiments. In the
body of the paragraph the following sentence occurs, relating
to the Small Tenement Act :—" It is characterizd by the usual

blundering which marks almost every act of the present Minis-
try, and, as near as may be, defeats its own object.." Here's
a conversion ! Here's a pretty announcement for the Albion
to make! We, however, forgive the plagiarism, in our satis-
faction at perceiving that our contemporary is opening his
eyes to look about him, and is beginning to arrive at just
conclusions.

THa CHASE.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet this day,
the 4th, at Norton Priory; Thursday, the 6th, at Black llog,
on the Barnhill Road; Friday, the 7th, at lluddon Heath, at
half-past ten o'clock.—Mr. Leech's Fox Hounds will meet
this day, the 4th, at Worthenbury ; Thursday, the Gtb, at
Pen y lan; Saturday, the Bth, at Hampton Heath, at half-
Past ten o'clock.—The North Shropshire Hounds will meet
this day, the 4th, at Child's Excall, at a quarter before eleven
o'clock.—Sir Thomas Stanley's Hounds will meet this day,
the 4th, at Badger's Rake Gate, at half-past ten o'clock.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION
HOTEL.—Capt. Maughan, the Governor of South Australia,
Capt. M‘Clintrell, John Moore, Esq. and family, C. H. Ven-
torn, Esq., Capt. Berkeley Caicon, J. H. Mulderny, Esq.,
W. Hill, Esq., Mr. and -Mrs. Hughes and family, Major
Dalrymple, W. Gordon, Esq., C. Armstrong, Esq , J. Scott,
Rsq., Miss Millar, R. Reinkin, Esq., W. H. Parnell, Esq.,
Hon. Col. Dillon, C. H. Duffin, Esq., M. J. Staunton, Esq.,
H. Davis, Esq., Capt. Amherst, Rev. E. Hallard, Mr. and
Mrs. O'Grady and family, C. H. Williams, Esq., 'l'. Mellor
Esq., W. Urquhart, Esq., Capt. Williams, C. H. Gaseoigne
Esq , Capt. Bathurst, Rev. H. Croft.

THE LIVERPOOL, STEAM-SHIP.—The New York papers

reoeived yesterday:by the St. Andrew, which sailed 'on the
16th ult., in noticing the arrival of the Great Western, steam-
ship, on the 15th, in 181 days from Bristol, describe the very
natural fears inspired by the non-arrival of the Liverpool,'at
New York. The citizens knew that she had sailed hence on
the 20th of October, seven days before the Great Western,
and they naturally expected that she would have reached
them four or five days before her competitor. The Journal (f
Commerce, of the 16th, contains the following very sensible
Paragraph respecting the non arrival of the Liverpool:—
" The steam-packet Liverpool sailed from Liverpool, for this
Port, on the 20th Oct., agreeably to announcement. Her
non-arrival, of course, creates some uneasiness here, but the
Presumption is, that her supply of coal proved deficient, and
that, finding this to be the case, she either steered for some
nearer port, or is making the best of her way to New York
pith no other propelling power than her sails. A scientific
friend, who is perfectly acquainted with steam-boats, remarked
to us a week ago, that, if the account given in the Liverpool
Papers of the dimensions of the ship, the space allotted for
freight, &c. wascorrect, it was impossible that her fuel should
hold out till she reached New York." As the Liverpool

sailed from Cork on the 6th of November, and the Great
Western was to sail on her return to Bristol on the 22d of
that month, we may expect to hear of her having arrived at
New York before that vessel's departure.—Albion.
LECTURES ON THE LAWS OF HEALTH.—The subject of Dr.
Thorburn's third lecture, on Friday evening, was the Physi-
ology of Digestion. We have seldom seen the theatre of tbe
Medical Institution more crowded; upwards of three hundred
ladies and gentlemeri were present. The lecturer confined
himself to the digestion of solids in that important and inter-
esting organ, the stomach. The laws of its healthy action
Were lucidly explained, and as usual, the illustrations of the
Principles touched upon were varied, and rendered amusing
as well as instructive by the introduction of anecdotes in con-
nexion with many curious details. The lecture occupied an
hour and half in the delivery.
The extensive viaduct across tly river Mersey and Valley
at Stockport has been contracterfor by Mr. Tomkinson and
Messrs. Holme, of Liverpool, at a little below £70,000. This
tnagnificent erection will form a portion of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway, and will have twenty-twd arches
of between sixty and seventy feet span, the centre arch cros-
sing the river at a height of 100 feet. The lowest estimate
Was 62,000. One tender exceeded £lOO,OOO.
LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—The following commissions have
been signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county palatine
of Lancaster:-2d regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own
nilitia, Henry Fletcher Rigge, Esq., to be captain, vice
freeman deceased; John Weld, gent., to be lieutenant, vice
Mercer, deceased; Robert Augustus Aspivall to be ensign,
vice Barton, deceased.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, at an early
hour, a man upwards of seventy years old, who resides in a
Court leading from Christian-street, attempted to put an end
to his existence by taking laudanum. It appears he went to
the shop of a druggist in the vicinity, and purchased an
ounce of the above-mentioned tincture. He wished the
druggist to refrain from putting a label on the phial, but with
his request to this effect the former refused compliance. He
went home, and swallowed the wheie of the liquid. Soon
after his daughter found the empty phial on a table. When
she saw the label, she suspected that something was wrong,
and immediately ran to the druggist, who iuforined her what
quantity of laudanum her father had purchased. On her
return the opiate had began to take effect. She immediately
Called in Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bulled, surgeons, who found
the old man in a dangerous state. The applied the stomath-
'Pump, and used other active remedies whereby the dan-
Rerous symptoms were in time removed, and the man is now
Pretty well recovered from the effects of the dose. It is
worthy of remark, that the firmness of the 'druggist, in ad-
hering to what should ever be a stringent rule of the profes-
sion, probably caused the old man's life to be saved.

A COACH RUNNING WITHOUT A' DRIVRII.—On Thursday
evening, about six o'clock, a police constable saw a coach
end horses running in Abercrombie-square, without a driver.
He stopped it, and found within Dr. Banning, who enquired,
"what was to do?" being unconscious of any defalcation.
The coach was taken to Mr. Gardner, to whom it belonged.
The driver, it afterwards appeared, was picked up in Myrtle.
street, somewhat injured. He had fallen off accidentally, at
he was sober at the time.

DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.—On Friday, an inquest was
Weld on the body of Jane Parry, who kept a lodging-house
In Drinkwater's Gardens. She was represented by the wit-
;apses as a sober, respectable woman, and a widow. On
I hursdav morning, a person who lodged in the house left the
deceased alone in her customary state of health, and on re-
turning again, at twelve o'clock, found her dead. Medical
assistance was procured, but without effect. Mr. Piling,
surgeon, made a post mortem examination, and gave it as his
opinion that the deceased had died from apoplexy, produced
by natural causes.
WATERLOO COURSING MEETING OVER ALTCA R.—The
r!ntries for the important stakes to be contested at this meet-
ing are now complete, and comprise the names of a number
of the most influential noblemen and gentlemen celebrated
for the quality of their studs of greyhounds; amongst whom
are to be found the Earl of Stradbmoke, the Marquis of
bouglas, Lord Talbot, Sir H. H. Campbell, Mr. Hugh
liornhy, Mr. King, Mr. A. Graham, Mr. I'. ltedish, Mr. P.
Boughton, and ahost of others equally worthy of enumera-
tion. From the unprecedentedly large amount to he awarded
to the owners of the successful dogs and the high character
of the animals expected to run, there can be no doubt of this
being one of the most successful courses ever run over Altcar.
On Wednesday last, as a man in the employ of the Bolton
ltailway Company was attempting to cross the road when a
train was close at hand, he was thrown down and one of his
thighs was severed from his body, close to the hip. Ile soon'
xPired.—Another man was killed on the same railway on
Wednesday evening, in consequence of having been thrown
Out of an empty waggon, which, by some means or other not yet
ascertained, was upset. The man was thrown upon the rails,
and most of the waggons passing over him, was killed on the
spot.

POST-OFFICR SAGACITY.--The charge for conveying a
'lngle letter from Liverpool to Manchester is 7d. if a letter
!tumid contain a couple of bills it will be charged is 9d, though
Its weight is no more than a quarter of an ounce. This is the
fariii, though hundreds of people are performing the journey
"ickward and forward at all times of the day, and the time
Lkcupied in going from p
one lace t the other occupies onl
minutes. Can anoy one be surprised that the revenue of
the Post-office stands still, notwithstanding the enormous
Increase of business in the country, when no notice is taken
"f circumstances by the Post-office? Can any one believe
lhat the Liverpool people will not take advantage of the traffic
the carriage
their town and Manchester to avoid paying is 9d for
carriage of a quarter of an ounce? It is downright
'lnpidity to charge more than 2d.—Morning Post.
r 'We understand that the Superb, which arrived here on
rlday last, from Sydney, brought several men who had
'en transported from this country, and besides having
,"rved the time for which they were banished, have realised
4,indsoine fortunes in the colony.
liC AT BEBBINGTos.—On Tuesday night last, a fire of
._4!ilrniing nature broke out at Bebbington, on the farm
Clldings belonging to Mr. 'Thomas 1 eardsley, which were
:tally destroyed. We are sorry to hear that his stock of
attle and horses, with the corn, &c. on the premises, fell a
L'r” to the devouring element : and to add to the sad cala-
Mr. Yea.rdsley-, we understand, was not insured.

CORRESPONDENCE.

CHARGE OF RAPE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STrINDARD.

SIR,—My attention was on Saturday directed to a pars-
vile!) inserted in the Mail of that day, with the Editor's
initials at the bottom, which 1 here transcribe.

"CHARGE OF RAPE.—On Thursday, there was an exami-
nation in the magistrate's private room, at the Police-office,
respecting a charge of rape, said to have been committed upon
a girl about sixteen years of age, by the captain of a vessel
residing in the house in which the girl was a servant. The
examination, after having lasted for some time, was postponed
until yesterday, when further evidence was heard, at the con-
clusion of which the magistrates consulted together, and at
last intimated that they would give their decision this morning.
Although the particulars of the case are in our possession, we
think it unjust to the parties to publish them at this stage of
the proceedings, nor should we now have adverted to the case,
had there not apperred in yesterday's Standard a report of
the affair, not only incorrect and partial, but implicating an
innocent individual. In that paper the person charged is said
to be a Captain Fell, engaged in the East India trade,
whereas the fact is, that the Captain Fell engaged in that
trade has nothing at all to do with the matter, and the indi-
vidual charged is not and never was engaged in that trade.
We may also remark that Mr. Hall intimated to the reporter
of the Standard, previous to the commencement of the exami-
nation on Thursday, that whenever he heard a charge in his
private room, he did so for the express purpose of keeping the
details of, perhaps, a delicate case from the public in their im-
mature state, and if from the public, of course from the press
also. If the gentleman, he said,•chose to step into the room
after what he had stated, he was at libeity to do so, but it must
be upon the understanding that no publicity was given to the
matter. A report, as we have stated, nevertheless appeared
in the Standard, and we are informed that Mr. Hall yester-
day, in his private room, commented severely upon that fact,
and stated that he must now make it an invariable rule that
no reporter shall be admitted to the magistrate's pt ivate room
when cases are being heard there. The practice heretofore
has always been, we believe, to admit any reporter who chose
to present himself, and for all notice of the affair to be sup-
pressed unless commitment fook place.--[We think that Mr.
Hall has no right whatever to protnulge, or attempt to carry
into effect, any such determination. Police stipendiaries are,
however, oftentimes despotic in act as well as in thought, and
it is possible that he may do what he threatens. We beg to
say that in such a case he will be guilty of an act of gross in-
justice. Why should ho visit the offence of an individual
upon all reporters? We do not pretend to attempt to palli-
ate the conduct of the erring party; but we must state a fact,
of which Mr. Hall seems to be ignorant, that there is a gen-
tlemanly feeling extant even amongst reporters, and that du-
ring tba. whole of his future experience he may never witness
a sitnilar breach of conventional rule.]—ED. L. M."
It is no unusual occurrence that there should be misstate-
ments, partial statements, and impertinences in the Mail.
The above paragraph, though of no great length, abounds in
all these three qualities, as I shall soon prove. First, then,
"the particulars of the case," excepting from an ex parte
statement, are not in the possession of the editor of the Mail,
for he had no reporter present when "the particulars of the
case" were stated. Secondly, there appeared in Friday's
Standard no "report of the affair," but merely a paragraph
stating a fact. Thirdly, that paragraph was neither " incor-
rect" nor " partial," but the reverse of both. Fourthly, it
did not implicate "an innocent individual." Fifthly, the
individual charged is a captain in the East India trade, if
his own attorney is to be believed. Sixthly, I had no under-
standing whatever with Mr. Hall that publicity was not to
be given to the matter, but distinctly the reverse. And,
seventhly, I believe Mr. Hall knows the duties and powers
of his station better than to state that "no reporter shall in
future be admitted to the magistrates' private room when
cases are being beard there," nor do I believe he ever said
any such thing. It is only a part of the Mail's impartial
statement.

A tolerably few "misstatements" in a small space. And
now fur the simple facts. I was informed by Mr. Yates, the
prisoner's attorney, that the prisoner's name was Fell; that
he was a captain in the merchant service, of respectable con-
nections; and that an East India ship was now building for
him. I therefore styled him as Captain Fell,. in the East
India trade. He further said that this charge would very
probably ruin him, and wished me not to publish the case;
and I told him I would not do so, if it was not likely to go to
trial, and come before the country again. It was, as I thought,
likely to come before the country again, and therefore I
published it. If there be two Captain Fells in the East India
trade, and the statement has done injury to the innocent one,
I am sorry fur it ; but it is an injury which can only be of
very brief duration, and it is an injury to which every man
is l►able, as every man may be of the same name as a dis-
reputable character. Am I therefore to be blamed because
of this coincidence in name and profession? On taking my
seat in the magistrates' room, and preparing to take notes,
Mr. Hall said he could not allow reporters to take notes of
the case, his object in hearing it in a private room being
that the hearing should not be made public, as there might
be a good deal of indelicacy in it; but that if I chose to stay,
he had no objections to my doing so. I bowed to this deci-
sion of the magistrate, but with the instant determination to
publicly question, in the proper place, his right to prevent
my taking notes in that room. The judges of the land,
in the superior courts, order the courts to be cleared of women
and children when such cases are tried, that they may not
be corrupted thereby.; but I never heard of reporters being
prevented taking notes of such cases, lest the public should
be corrupted thereby; their common sense of decency, and
the credit of the journal with which they may be connected,
guiding them as to bow much of it they shall publish. Mr.
Hall, however, afterwards spoke to me, telling me his reason

for objecting to my taking notes was for the sake of the pub-
lic, as many indelicate details might be disclosed. I told
him, that of course, for the sake of the journal with which I
was connected, I should certainly publish no indelicate de-
tails ; what I wanted to ascertain was merely the fact of the
offence, and the committal or acquittal of the map. Mr.
Hall made no objection to this; and told me distinctly that
unless the prisoner's evidence greatly contradicted what had
been stated against him, he should most certainly commit
him to take his trial. I heard that evidence ; it did not appear
to me to contradict the evidence for the complainant, but left
a doubt whether there was consent on her part: and other evi-
dence was brought out which made the prisoner's identity still
stronger. I therefore, in publishing what I did, " implicated
no innocent individual." Mr. Hall was anxious to hear what
another lodger would say. who was in no way implicated in
the charge, to ascertain, !suppose, whether he could corrobo-

,
rate or contradict any of the evidence which had been brought
forward, and it not being possible to find Win in town, Lite

case wa's adjourned. I afterwards had communication with
Mr. Dowling, who gave his opinion that there was not the
slightest doubt but the man would be committed, and politely
promised to send me a note stating the fact, if the evidence
of the other lodger could be got that night. So that there
never was the least concealment or doubt, but that I should

mblish the fact, which I (lid ; I told Mr. Hall 1 should pub.

,
lisp the fact, hut. of course not the details: I told •Mr.
Dowling so; and even if I had not, could Mr. Hall suppose

sat in'his firivate room two hours to listen to the filtliy. de•

tails of the case, for my own special amusement. So ninth
for my "partiality and incorrectness;" and so much for my
breach of any understood gentlemanly feeling.
One word on the latter point. The Editor of the Mail
charges me by insinuation with a breach of the conventional
rules of gentlemanly feeling which generally exist "even"
amongst reporters; of that fact also, I leave the public to
judge. I have been connected with the press of Liverpool
before the Mail was commenced; and amongst all my ac-
quaintance with men connected with the press of the whole
country, I never met with so many men who never had, and
could not understand what gentlemanly feeling was, as 1 have
seen connected with that paper. Nor in my whole reading
of the rest of the newspaper press have I ever seen so many
imperflnencies against the respectable members of the local
press—(to say nothing of the rest of the publie)—imper-
tinences which have been generally treated as they deserved,
with silent contempt—as have appeared in the columns of
that journal. Such impertinent personal attacks, however,
carry their own refutation : the public rightly appreciate the
source whence they spring ; and that appreciation takes away
their sting.
Sir, as this attack has been made a personal matter, I trust
for your indulgence ; if it had not, I assure you I should not
have noticed it. _

I am, sir, yours respectfully,
THOS. CAMPBELL FOSTEIt.

DOCK MONOPOLY.

TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

GcNTLFolliN,—As the Common Council has referred to
you, for consideration and report, the application of the
Dock Committee to be allowed to apply to parliament for
Permission to build warehouses on the dock quays, and also
requested your report on the subject generally, 1 take the
liberty of calling your attention to the effects of the dock
monopoly in Liverpool, as compared with the effects of a
free competition of docks in London, and which 1 humbly
suggest affords an unanswerable argument as to the impolicy
of permitting a warehouse monopoly to be established in
Liverpool.
The annals of our town record with laudable pride that the
first wet clock in the British empire was constructed in Li-
verpool, about the year 1708. The country is indebted for
this great improvement to the old corporation of Liverpool,
but that enterprising body had also the foresight and true
liberality to create the docks a distinct estate, wholly sepa-
rated from their landed estate; It appears to me that the
reputation of that wise and successful enterprise has given
rise to an imaginary notion that the Liverpool docks are in
all respects superior to all other docks, and it is my object
to endeavour to prove to you that this is a mere delusion—
that the Liverpool docks and quays are insufficient—are in-
ferior in almost every kind of accommodation and facility—
the expense greater, and the management offensively oppres-
sive and bad,—by presenting a slight sketch of the systems
as practically in operation in London and Liverpool.
It is well known to most ship-owners in the country, that
on intelligence arriving that a ship has commenced loading
in any foreign port for London, the secretaries of the various
dock companies in London immediately address courteous
applications to the owners that the vessel may be directed to
go to their docks, and intimating that a steamer will await
the ship's arrival at Gravesend, and tow her up to the dock
(upwards of 20 miles), at the dock's expense. Accordingly
she is towed up to the dock; on her arrival there, boatmen,
hawsers, a capstan, and every requisite assistance, are in-
stantly applied to get the ship into dock; she is put into a
quay berth to discharge or load the moment the owner
wishes; excellent cranes abound round the docks, both for
discharging the ships and for loading off heavy goods—(the
dock parties do all the work of landing cargoes and weighing
them, at forced rates); ships are moved in the docks entirely
at the dock expense ; no shipkeeper is required ; the docks
are surrounded with excellent sheds for landing and weigh-
ing inward cargoes, and there- ate secure depots for the tem-
porary reception of export goods, the sheds and depots for
the most part flagged and provided with tranlroads and trucks,
for the more convenient receiving of cases and fine or heavy
goods. In going out, every requisite assistance at the gates,
and a steamer to tow the ship four or five miles down the
river, are provided by the dock company. The only charge
for ockage, towing the ship up and clown, boatage, use of
warps, assisting into dock, berthing and moving in the dock,
ez.c., is the regular rate of dockage, which, if the ship is only
a short time in dock, is less than the charge for dockage
alone in Liverpool. I am willing that this account be consi-
dered as an assertion of the practice at the St. Katharine's
Docks, the most modern and most convenient, if not the
most improved, in London.
Contrast the above with the actual system in Liverpool at
this moment, under the management of our theoretic Dock
Committee. No courtly letter from the secretary invites an
owner to allow his ship to come into the Liverpool docks;
no steamer awaits (at dock expense) to tow her from the
Light-ship; no boat (at dock expense) attends to warp her
in ; on the pierhead no capstan is manned, nor hawsers pro-
vided, at dock expense; and not improbably the first saluta-
tion that greets the astonished captain is conveyed through a
trumpet, insolently ordering him to take his ship into. the
river again,—some favoured ship, or litter, outward bound,
having been allowed ,to remain so long in the gateway, that
it is too late for the inward ship, often deeply laden, to dock.
In this manner, from want of adequate assistance and proper
management, many valuable ships have grounded in the
dock basin, to the great loss of the owners and underwriters.
The docks are generally insufficient for the shipping : pro-
bably half the ships resorting to Liverpool are obliged, from
want of quay room, to discharge at stage berths at additional
expense of porterage to the owners) ; yet the Dock Com-
mittee provide no stages (the hire, cartage, loading, fixing,
and returning of which cost each vessel about 5 per cent. on
the amount of her dockage). The sheds are very rude con-
trivances, and only partial : there are no depots for the tem-
porary reception of manufactured goods awaiting the vessel
by which they are to be exported, for want of which the
_shippers of such goods are compelled to be at the expense of
warehousing them, though only for a few days; the dock
quay room being so notoriously deficient for the purposes of

trade already, that there is a clause, I believe, in the Dock
Act, authorising the monstrous rent of ss. per hour as a
penalty on any goods remaining above two days on the open
quay, which clause is rigorously adhered to. The.-e are few
cranes, and no tramroads, trucks, &c. Every ship must
have a shipkeeper. There are only one dockmaster and two
or • three gatemen to each dock, but they are armed with
despotic power to order, and can put riggers on board to
move any vessel at the expense of the owner, though it may
be for the convenience of other vessels.

The dock dues now are heavy, with penalties for the
slightest infraction of any of the numerous and oppressive
regulations. The fines on ship-Owners and merchants, in
all the array and expense of legal form, are vexatious enough ;
but perhaps the most disgusting is the system of espionage
to detect those old weather-beaten sailors (the shipkeepers)
when guilty of napping at night. The police-courts have
often rung with the deep and indignant curses of those poor

Thus I have endeavoured to prove that the docks, quays,
Sze., provided by the dock monopoly of-Liverpool, are inade-
quate to the trade, and very inferior to the docks, quays, &c.,
which a competition of docks in London has caused the
various dock companies there to provide. In conclusion, 1
feel assured that investigation and reflection will convince
you, that the whole of the space that has been or can be
procured adjacent to the river, is absolutely and exclusively
necessary for providing ample docks and quays, and fur-
nishing them with the modern conveniences and facilities,
even for the present trade of Liverpool; and that docks and
quays are the genuine and best purposes to which such space
can be appropriated.-1 remain, Gentlemen,
A DISFRANCHISED FREEMAN.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

7'O THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—l enclose you a copy of the Railway Times; and, as
you are no doubt aware that a large proportion of shares in
the Eastern Counties Railway are held by our townsmen,
you will be doing an act of justice to the shareholders; by
transcribing the mistatement cit the Railway Magazine, and
the answer of " Veritas."
It will he in the recollection of your reader., that an action
was brought, and a verdict obtained, against the Editor of
the Railway Magazine, for a libel on some parties connected
with the Eastern Counties Railway, which will at once ac-
count for the dishonesty of his general statements regarding
this line.—Yours, &c.
Liverpool, Dec. 3,1838.

A SHAREHOLDER

THE EASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY.
Extracts from the Railway Mayazine for December, with
. Notes by Yeritas.

THE MAGAZINE. VEILITAS.
. ".There is about 11 mile at There is not a single rood
this end, which is to be a via- of the 11 mile at this end un-
duct, totally untouched." touched; the whole has been
fenced in and contracted for,
and much of it already ex-
ecuted.

" The permanent rails are The permanent rails are
only laid in small. patches of laid to the extent, in one part,
half to three quarters of a of about two miles, and in
mile in length, in all Ishould two other parts of a m►le
think about two miles." each, and the extent in all is
upwards of four miles.ll
" Some of the permanent Finer rails are nowhere to
rails appear to be in pretty be seen; nor is there a single
good order, but others are bad one amongst them. It
n►►serablY bad." may be enough to state that
they are from the forges of
Messrs. Guest and Co., and
Messrs. Bailey and Co.,
weigh 75lbs. to the yard, and
are every one carefully ex-
amined before delivery.

" Over the Stratford Mar- —7l'le- invention"
sties is 'an embankment. to is an embanking appara-
* • * It was with tus of great ingenuity, by
some difficulty I could under- which more than twice the
stand why a most expensive quantity of work can be ac-
frame-work, and piling into complished in a given time
the solid ground, are carry- than by the old or any other
ing on here. But it seems to plan yet hnown. The "frame-
be an invention to discharge work and piling" spoken of
the earth-waggons, the merits is simply a temporary stage
of which, however, like those erected to facilitate the pro-
of the discoveries of Gulliver's gress of the work. The quan-
academy, have not yet be- tity of soil discharged by
come visible to vulgar eyes, means of this apparatus, in
unless it be to add to the ex- one day, is upwards of 2,000
peuse and retard the work. tons, which is nearly three
For it appears that not unfre- times more than was .ever
quently only 30 or 40 wag- , done by the old plan upon
Bons are discharged instead of oneembankment.
between 400 and 5(0, which

might be emptied on the old
plan. It is altogether. in my
•
mind, a very useless and ex-
pensive whim"'
"As to the time of finish- It is well known, that owing
ing, 1 should think it very to the• state of the money
unlikely the line to Ilford market, hardly any thing was
could be opened under twelve done in the execution of this
months. The works are cer-. railway for the first year after
tail-fly much more backward the Act of Parliament was
than'l expected to find them. obtained (July, 1836) ; hut
Indeed, 1 had no conception since then, such has been the
that so little was done." progress made, that there is
now nearly a certainty of the
line being opened—not to Il-
ford merely (7 miles), but to
Romford (12 miles),—in the
course of the ensuing spring.
1 refer for an enumeration of
the works executed, and re-
maining to be executed,* to
the list which I subjoin. I
firmly believe that on no
other railway has so muth
work been done in so short a
space; I will venture to add,
too—nor done so well.

"The total cost of the first The total cost of the 11
twelve miles will be £960,000 miles (from the temporary
or £1,000,000." terminus, in Cambridge-road,
to Rumford) including a
great deal of house property
—will not exceed £450,000;
and of the extuurion :front
Cambridge-road to the per-
) manent terminus in Shore-
ditch (all house property)
will be under £300,000. _

. .
" Leaving only £600,000 of Leaving inure than double
the capital to finish 114 miles £600,000; for the capital au-
of railway. So much for the thorised to be raised for the
dependence to be placed on execution of this railway -is
the assertions of the engineer, not 1,600,000/. but2,loo,oM/.;
who lately maintained that be and it was for this tatter sum
would complete the line fur the engineer estimated the
the original estimate." railway could be executed.
"It is somewhat extraor-
ifVery extraordinary indeed,
dinary that the engineer of true, but as usual, there is
the Eastern Counties, should not a shadow of truth in the
follow in his pilings the plans assertion.
and principles of Mr.Brunel."
"The broker [the writer is The Broker did not obtain
is here speaking of certain the shares in the usual way,
shares, 80 in number, stolen from a servant of the Com-
from the office of this Com- party, for the Company has
pany, and sold by means of a never, since its incorporation,
forged transfer to a broker] been - known to sell shares,
obtained the shares to all ap- either by its servants, or
pearance in the usual way, through any one else, and it
from a servant of the Corn- forms no part of the " usual"
pany." duties of a transfer clerk in a
railway office to sell or traffic
in shares. The way in which
the broker obtained them,
had, on the contrary, so little
that is "usual" in it, that it
commenced in theft, and
ended in forgery and swind-
ling (1 mean on the part of
those by whom he was gulled
and cheated). Neither was
the broker, as I have heard,
wholly free from blame on the
occasion, having neglected to
make any reference to the
alleged principal, though he
was said to be "in the office,
waiting," and paid the sum of
which he was defrauded in a
cheque, not crossed to any
bankers, but, payable to. the

bearer.
"The documents were de- The Company had nothing
posited in the possession of to do with the possession of
the Company." the documents—and what if
they had ? In what particu-
lar can stolen certificates of
registry differ from any other
stolen property?. Can theft
give any one a legal right?
"The Company are bound No more bound than any
to make good the loss." other party who is robbed is
bound to compensate an in-
nocent buyer for any loss he
may sustain through the pur-
chase of the stolen goods.
"If it he better, that due No care or vigilance, on the
care or vigilance would have part of the Secretary, could
prevented the forgeries, the have prevented the forgery;
committal of them is a proof but what the Secretary could
it was wanting." do, he did—he detected the
forgers, when presented to
him. 'lt was the broker alone
who was deceived by it.
"Is it true, as reported a- Not true; the pretended
bout, that there is one certiti- rumour is a pure invention of
cate, if not more, now out, the writer's own.
bearing the official signature
of the Secretary, and a tramp
not to be found iu the Com-
pany's books ?"
"Is it true, that it fell to Not true ; the forgery was
Mr. Johnson (the accountant) first detected, and no sooner
to detect the scandalous for- detected than made known,
genies that have been corn- by the Secretary.
milted ?"
London, Dec. 1, 1838. VERITAS.
* We have no room for the enumeration of the works
executed.—E. L. S.

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.

TO 7HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDiIRD,

Sin,—ln justice to the gentlemen who were present at the
meeting of the conservative electors of South Toxteth Ward,
on Tuesday, the 27th instant, and who are so impertinently
and falsely accused "of behaving in a very unbecoming
manner," by a person signing himself A Constant Reader,
in a letter which appears in the Liverpool Standard of to-day,
lam very reluctantly compelled to address you. The style
of this letter at once points to the writer. So far from there
being any objection to Mr. Cooper's appointment as chairman
that evening, I was the first person to propose him, and he
was unanimously chosen at once. A few facts will suffice to
prove, that the majority of the persons resent were brought
together, not for the purpose of furthering the conservative
cause, ut of passing resolutions in support of Mr. T. M.
Gladstone.

Mr. Oxley, who is not an elects, though he mentioned
that be should be one the ensuing "ear, proposed certain per-
sons as officers of the Association, whom he stated had
been fixed upon at a meeting held at the Farmer's Arms on
the previous Friday, which persons were pledged to support
Mr. Gladstone at the next election.-'

A resolution was passed electing my friend, Mr. Petrie,
chairman, to whom, divested of the pledge, there could he
no possible objection; but, coupled with that, my friends
and I, deeming it so utterly at var►ance from the real object
for which we were convened, left the room. _ _ _

The impartial measures to which A Co-estant Reader refers
arc, I presmne, the proposal which was politely made to
associate Mr. Sheppard and me with the persons named as a
committee, of whom one was inhu Hennessy, a journeyman
cabinet-maker, frequently employed by my family and my-
self, who is not an elector, nor has any prospect of becoming
one. The other names 1 do not remember. Mention is
made of an elector who left the room with my " small party,"
but afterwards returned, " and declared fir Mr. Petrie."
This is very possible, as one person, who was present, em-
phatically declared, "he knew no more than a pig why he
had been brought up into the room;" and another was at-
tempted to be held down by force when he was rising to
vote. The former person had been drinking his ale quietly
in the bar below, when he was summoned up stairs. Such
was the meeting.

I have only, in conclusion, to state, that I am not an
elector of South Toxteth Ward, and, therefore, had no vote
to tender to Mr. Cropper. I did inform this gentleman, that
it was not my intention to oppose him at the last election, as

Ld, in common with many of those who had supportedme

on former occasions, a great respect for his privilie charac-
ter, and also for his independent conduct on various occa-
sions. I believe my -zeal in the Conservative cause is pretty
well known both to my own and the opposite party; but I
am determined that I will never suffer myself to be made the
tool of a party, nor will I be restrained from the free exercise
of my judgment, nor the perfect liberty of acting as I may
consider most for the interest of my party and of society in
general.
How far the publication of the letter of A Constant Reader
is likely to promote the cause which he professes to have so
much at heart, I leave the public to judge.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ALEX. SMITH, Jun.
High Park-street, 30th Nor., 1838.

THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST4ND.4RD.

Si I:,—Permit a little space in your valuable columns with
reference to certain negligence in in our noblest institution—
the established church. In some of our churches in Liver-
pool, but more especially in the parish churches, where there
is generally more accommodation than the rest, a stranger,
or any person going there not renting a pew, is under the
disadvantage of standing up, in many instances, till the ser-
vice is terminated, notwithstanding sometimes nearly half of
the pews are empty or vacated, and which has caused great
dissent from the establishment. Some of our parish churches
have three sextons, and there is mote negligence exhibited
there than in other large churches where there is only one.
I am also aware there are many bumble Christians that, when
they enter the church, do not want "upper rooms furnished,"
but would be contented with any seat, so that they hear with
pleasure the engrafted Word which is able to save their souls.
At a time when infidelity is laying its soul-devouring snares
to catch the unwary—when we consider all Dissenters our
enemies, (with the exception of the primitive followers of the
revered and immortal Wesley,)when Popery is spreading
its self-formed ungodly doctrines through our highly favoured
land, it is the great duty then of the authorities of our church
to banish all negligence from within its pale, and not only
to be accommodating, but to seek diligently for the stray
• sheep which are lost, or in danger of being lost, and also all
the members of that same church, to the best of their ability,
assisting them in the same. Trusting that this will be a suf-
ficient hint, I beg to remain, yours, &c.,
A CONSTANT READER.

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4ND.4RD.

Stu,—My attention has been drawn to the following para-
graph in your paper of Friday, Nov. 30th, signed "A Con-
stant Reader," animadverting upon what had been said at
the conservative meeting which had been convened for the
purpose of forming a separate association for South Toxteth
ward.—" Mr. Sheppard said that he would go five hundred
miles to support the cause, and this gentleman declined voting
at ttie election ! This is not working: but boasting."—What
I said was : —" If it lay in my power, I would sooner go five
hundred miles to assist an humble individnal than 1 would go
one hundred to assist a rich one."—Sir, at a time when pre-
judice is so violent, and clamour so loud, that the still small
voice of truth can scarcely be heard, it is, sotne pleasure to
observe that all are not borne away by the stream. There
were some at the meeting in question who laboured, and I
do sincerely hope, not unsuccessfully, to undeceive the bur-
gesses from the strong impressions ofartfu I misrepresentations,
which were attempted to be practised upon them. Had "A
Constant Reader" confined himself within proper bounds, and
argued about nothing but what be knew. be would have won-
derfully abridged his own labours, and have imposed much
less upon the patience and credulity of your readers. Allow
me to state what I did tell the meeting upon the subject of
my not voting main the occasion alluded to :—From January
last up to October, 1 was most anxious that a conservative
candidate should be named for South 'l'oxteth ward—l spoke
to many persons on the subject—A few days prior to the 26th
of October, I was told that a requisition was that evening to
be sent to Mr. T. M. Gladstone, and asked to support him.
1 replied, "I know nothing of it"; and advised a general
meeting of the burgesses of the Toxteth wards to he called,
and that I would then give my opinion on the subject. On or
about the 26th of October, 1 saw placarded on the walls, a
placard to the following effect :—A meeting of the friends of
Mr. I'. M. Gladstone will be held on such an evening, and at
such it place.—This meeting I declined attending, because I
thought the chairman of the North and South Toxteth wards
(Mr. Alexander Smith) should have been previously informed
of it, and that the wards generally ought to have been sum-
moned. I declined intermeddliug' in any way in the election—
because I conceived, that being upon the committee of South
'l'oxteth ward, and having always taken a very active part in
the elections for those wards, and having voted for Mr. T.

Murray Gladstone in the year 1836, that it would have been
only candid towards me to have shewu me the requisition ere
it had been presented. Having previously received great at-
tention from the North ward, being twice their candidate, I
declined attending the meetings of South Toxteth ward, until
both wards mutually agreed to dissolve; they having been
joined, up to the period in question. Part of both wards did
meet upon the night alluded to by "A Constant Reader;" I, of
course, then attended: but left the place, owing to the scene
I there witnessed. In conclusion, 1 hope to be forgiven if I
give one hint to "A Constant Reader" and theiToxteth Park
wards. Let him, and others, attend at the proper period
next year, and get themselves placed upon the highways'
committee, the local committee, and woi k for the good of
the township, as 1, and very many others have done, for some
time past. If he follows this advice, he will deserve more
credit from an impartial and discerning public, than he at
present enjoys for his great talent of invention.—l have the
honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN SHEPPARD.

Mill-street, Dec. lit, 1838.

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION

LECTURES ON PAINTING

On WednesdaT;vini4, Mr. liaydon delivered the third
.ecture of his interesting course; in which he described and
illustrated the various muscles in the huma❑ face, as well as

the principal ones in the human body. This lecture must
have been partivularly useful to young artists; in as HILICh as
the particular actions and tendencies of the various muscles
being lucidly pointed out, the merest tyro in art must have
been able to have discovered whether he had been previously
delineating nature upon true principles. Being entirely of a
practical kind we are unable to give any report, but the lec-
ture of Saturday evening was both practical and theoretical;
and will prove useful to our readers. It shall appear in our
next.