The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANIDA_RD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1853.

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NEWS

A NEW STONE PIER is being erected alongside the land-
ing-slip at Eastham.

THE JUBILEE of the London School Union was cele-
brated in Myrtle-street Baptist Chapel, (the Rev. Hugh
Stowell Brown's,) on Tuesday evening last.
MR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES MANIFOLD has been
Razetted as ensizn and assistant-surgeon in the Second
Regiment of the Lancashire Militia.

4. GENTLEMAN, upwards of 70 years of age, who
resides in Clarence-street, fell from the forecastle of the
Chinese Junk on Friday, and fractured his leg, just above
the ankle.

THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION takes place
on Thursday next. The Rev. Thomas Jackson, of Stoke
Newington, will preach on the occasion, at St. Peter's
Church.

llusnAsn PotSONED.—Martha Walker, of Ashton-
lander-Lyne, has been committed to the Liverpool Assizes,
charged with attempting to poison her husband, Philip
Walker, by administering to him acetate of lead.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF WAVERTREE have resolved
to lay down a line of pipes from the tank now in course of
formation for drawing off the refuse of the village—the
said pipes to run down the private line for 100 yards, awl
farther, if found necessary.
THE Pt7r:LIC BATHS AND WAVFI-TIOUSES are reported
to be in a most hopeful condition. At the last committee
Meeting; it appeared that a new and gratifying featzre is,
that the wires of the Liverpool artizaus are found ?.ttend-
ing the cheap private baths.
BEN NEVIS.—A letter, from a passenger by the
Ben 'Nevis, speaks very highly of her performances on the
!Idles
voyage to Australia. The best day's sailing was 304
; 285 and 295 miles was common euen she had
Winds, and she was the easiest ship.
AT A MEETING held at Newington Chapel, Renshaw_
street, on Tuesday, Charles Robc.rtson,
it w nsq., presiding,
as resolved to promote local petitions to Parliament,
vind to memorialise our Town Council also to petition,
against the Education Bill of Lord Join Russell.
Tnt onia-ex -which was established in
1847, for the Cultivation ractice of orchestral and
instrumental rattsic of the best class,P held their fourteenth
dre concert at the Mechani s' Inslitution, Mount-street,
dossWednea evening last.c
LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—The concluding
lecture of the present season was delivered on Tuesday
e‘Nveini:hg, hY Xr. C. Millward, et the society's-rooms, in
:*"",Street, under the appropriate title of " The Pre..
Eiden street, Budget."
Dav
TlNto7or-7. CoNNow, " contractor," for intimidating
id Doar, a brother workman wile he was at work on
Wednesday morning, was cn Fridayh bound over in :Cf: and
two
n s
aoureties of £lO each to keep the peace for one calen-
dar rith.

C AN- oR 'tyre men
N
PE ER GARLAND Alji MARTIN -
‘VIIO had conspired to obtain a marine store license under
false pretences, were brought before the magistrates on
I'6*, by Inspector Kehoe, and sentenced each to a
moan's imprisonment. Garland is, or was, etcployed at
°Ttlan's music-store in Manchester-street.
STPANGE AND FY-TAL ACClDENT.—Duriniethe election
Processional display, at Clitheroe, last week,lMr. Chris-
topher Holgate, aNvery large man, put his heed out of an
obilling mnibus, when his great weight overbalanced the vehicle,
himself acci a ch Id sitting on the tor, as well as
Injuring a number of the passengers.
t ICENv AND tlrePUI. INVENTION.—The spirited proprie-
..pors of the Patent glass enamel, Messrs.l-. Cooper and
of Liverpool and Manchester, have a stock of articles
class
from wrought-iron, and coated or enamelled with
which are not only distinguished iy their strength
are all3jcitY, 13,4 t by their elegance and taste, and which
keepers: worthy the patronage of shippers and house-
-

• •
TETE If Af°a• SAMUEL HOLMC, Eee,-, was
Tuesday eveninpresent on
g at a dinner given by the Lord Mayor of
London tt about eighty mayors and provosts of the prin.
acsiPsael cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland,
r,_ nahled with a view to aid the eforts of her Majesty's
sjuverranent, bv promotinga uniform organisation through-
out the country for the diffusion of a more general and
practical 'knowledge of science and art among all classes.
, AT"PITE ADJOURNED SPECIAL Ilis-rnNo of the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway, held on Wed-
nesdarlast in Manchester, a committee was appointed to
consult and advise with the directors upon the present
andfutere policy of the company, aria, to report thereon to
the shareholders at a special general meeting. Messrs.
J.
Higbfield and W. C. Fosbery, of Liverpool, are among
the gentlemen forming the committee.
TIM LOCAL PENSIONERS, under the command of Col.
Swain,Sw have been called out in companies, since the 20th
Ved
,each company being under drill fur two days. On
dismissednesday they marched through the town, and were
had a field.datay the Exchange. On Thursday the veterans
and on Friday they-were inspected on the
Parade-ground,' at the Everton barracks, by Colonel Tul-
lough, commander of the whole of the local companies.
`WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT
d SurP.--The ship Squan-
ont, emigrant ship, Crookes, for Easton, with 250 emi-
grants on board, went on shore on• Wednesday night in a
dense foe, near Port Greenock, six miles S.W. of Douglas,
Isle of Man. The crew and passengers were landed. She
,svill scarcely be got off, being on the rocks. Her Majesty's
steamer Porcupine is gone to render assistance. The
ISquantum left Liverpool on Tuesday.
KILNER'S FIRE-PROOF SAsEl'..—The certificates of
the utility of these safes daily accumulate. The Percha Company in London were fortunate enough tota
hara their books and a large 4..uantity of valuable papers
enclosed in one of them. After the fire the books were
not only found uninjured, but property to the value of
45;(100 in bills, cash, &c., was found perfectly safe.
e Theeen
test to which the safe was subjectedmustl v been
the
intense, as the brass work was completely
melted
front, and there was not a trace to be seen of the knob or
eaeuttheon.

ME ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN LANZ ASIIIIIE.—Amongst
the anecdotes related of the " sayings and doings" of
souse of the militia, in Burnley, this -week, we may record
the following. In the early part cif last week, the sub-
sequent dialogue as said to have beer. held between some
officers and a private or the sth Royal! Lancashire Militia,
in 'Lumley :—Captain. A : " V,7hc cut your hair ?"
Private;:
" Wor ?" Captain " Who cut you hair ?"
Private : •' Oi corn'd till wod ye meon." Captain B.
then interfered, and said he would a:ndertake for a glass
of ,13 randy and water to elicit an answer the moment he
Put-thesquestion, which was agreed to immediately, when
The
B. said to the man, " Who }you'd te', lad ?"
man instantly .replied, " My mars, to be seur."-
-lc-I"Rn oi 29.40 t.

eleus
A.Ncrrifra. NEW BRUNSWICK CL1..1..r teat., called the
, And commanded by Captain•Giml3er, arrived in
the Mersey during the past week. Her builders are
'w&Etrs. 'Brawn and Anderson, and Mr.-Brawn, who has
come over.with her, is one of those men who rise by genius
and perseverance, having gone through all-like degrees of
his Prafsskil- The Neleus made the passage in twenty-
one dasTs• stShe is a full rigged ship, and' her spars look
193
rakish.. tier (length of keel is 175 feet—over all, about
feet:; beam, 35 feet 10 inches ; depth, 20 feet 4
inches; old ,cessuretnent, 1,117 tons. 'Her model is
extr
remely sharp at both ends, with a concave bottom at
cessfull
he tnidnl4 .sect rbion. Her handsome appearance is suc-
y
"n/bieci with great strength; and in the latter
Particular she is.:.sid to be the finest ship hitherto turned
out from stay 'yard in New Brunswick. She has a top-
gallant forecastle, and deckhouse aft, the latter oat yet
furnished. She has been expressly designed for the pas-
senger trade, and,catries an upper and lower deck. She
is at present discharging in the Brunswick look.
A LANcAsstan.r ,CASE.—Court of Queen's 'Bench,
Westminster, June .9.—Tbe Queen v. l'ilkiegton and
Another. In this case a rule had been granted to sheer
cause why two justicae of Lancashire should not issue a
distress warrant upon the goods of W. 1114 Cue, to enforce
payment of 19s. Gd., beinle the arrears of a weekly sum of
15..6d., ordered by two ,ustices to be paid to one Bliza-
beth Gbrimes, for the maintenance of her bastard child,
of .which the said W. 'Cue was the putative father.
Therjestices had declined to issue their warrant Lugpaoonthhet
ground that the order of maintenance which it :‘,
to put in force was invalid. The mother of the bastard
child .was a married woman
transportd, but he had returnedhose husband had been
to this country, and co-
habited svith his wife after the 'birth of the bastard child,
the
,he had since abseoed2d• Lord Campbell said
...'"e object of the statutes was, to' provide
tenerice ,f, for the main.
bastard children, and',to relieve parishes
their maintenance ; and it would be stran
this Child ..s huld be left destitute, and the pguet'ative father
by the 7th
ndeedfr,o from
.?,f,,,th,?.e. lii_lfl,fred from liability to maintain it,
i.,l6th
opinion' c. 101. The other judges expressed
similar
Rale absolute.

SE
.e Li,:c*r v.
z.rx.r.—The Rev. Rector Campbell re-
nd d at the meeting of this body on Tuesday. It appeared
la•et the P;
ttuelieerxteriVino for
r°f relief
are making arrangements
relief in kind, in substitution of money
varo. a, far as
, uo sheds d it is practicable. The admission to the
tuark lis,,ial
In tiring the week were 896, a lamer number
achooltnast; e°nstuence of the dismiazal of the late
the first aril hitl been agreed that James Bardsietynbte.
ochoolmaster. 'aniel Cullivan the second.,
was reported to be a.:7lshoause
e total number of inmates in tip ,
..
SICg eases. art. j. • Amongst 28
POraril o fill ' "Illes D. Kelly had been appointed tem-
death of his brother.i flaw,
the Medica trict rendered vacant by the
cornalit•
Mr. Durkan. The sub-
taitted •,ee on the medical arrangements of the house sub-
the ,l_l report on the statements made by Mr. Moss at
the fr' 41, eting of the ernrl board with reference to
satelate °g-guat of the boys, Murphy and Marsden, by the
of the boys, Murphy and Marsden, by the
-re 9ter, Scarratt, in which they repudiated any
weree " their part to stifle the inquiry. The proceedings
the pc,firmecl,.—Mr. Savage was elected a member of
cost 'Rance Committee.—lt appeared that the average
and Per head per week in the Industrial School is 2s. Old.,
that" the Workhouse 2s. 3d.—Mr. \Villmer gave notice
rile he should, at the next meeting, move the appoint-
-1.5Q Of an •• at a salary of
1.5,,
.assistant to the vestry-clerk, ' a year.
LECTURE
Rep,4, ON IN-DIA.-011 Thursday morning, several
Association
connected with the East India and China
whoattended at the Chamber of Commerce, to
a discourse on India, by Julius Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.5.,.
lehas been long a resident in the east. The chair was
,cupied by 11Ir. I3ouch, vice-president of the. chamber.lo_
IPfll,e lecturer described the people of India as incapable f
-government and self-advancement, and argued that
,u
ritish rule was a blessing instead of a curse. The mode
li_. which justice was administered was scandalously bad,
care
it was tardy and expensive. In reforming that matter,
I, re should be taken that British born subjects shoula not
..,e al.
lito wowed to continue under the administration of native
iuges—subject to the caprice of those who were born
a.,av,,es• The land ought to be irrigated, canals should be
Iri,aue, wells should be sunk, and money advanced to the
culturists, who ought also to be instructed in the use
(t), Proper ploughs and harrows, instead of being allowed
t3t as.te time and labour over clumsy and ineffectual in-
rutnents lofartmight also be established for
the • •
Schools
Instruction of native boys by soldiers who understood
different trades ; and thus, tl, by giving knowledge to the
Aeo
i Pie, advancing money, and laying down a solid basis on
wnich they could work arid develope the land, India would
5`,011 preoent a different picture to what it does now.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Earl of Harrowby
will preside on Friday next at the prize delivery.
ROYAL INSTITUTION' SCHOOL.—At the annual exami-
nation, just terminated, at St. John's College, Cambridge,
Mr. Rees, pupil at the above school, was elected to a
Wood's Exhibition. Mr. Rees's name appeared second
in the list of the men of his own year. He was first in the
classical part of the examination.

NEW CONSULS.—The Queen has been pleased to ap-
prove of Don Juan Arellano Hall as Consul at Liverpool
for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen
has also been pleased to approve of Don Giovanni di Ma-
zarredo as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness
the Duke of Parma.
STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BALTIMORE.—
American advices inform us, that the bill incorporating
the Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Company, with a
capital of ~541,000,000, had passed. The object of the
charter is to organise a company to build steamships to
run regularly between Baltimore and this port. It fixes
the capital of the company at a million of dollars, but
authorises it to be increased, if necessary, to two millions.
Ts NEW AMERICAN CONSUL—HINT TO LIVER-
Poot.—We have noticed the suggestions in various
quarters, that we should welcome the arrival of the new
Consul at the port of Liverpool, by some public demon-
stration befitting the advent among us of one who, de-
servedly, occupies a high position in the Americun re-
public of letters. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has produced
an infinite variety of works, the excellence of which is
attested by the fact, that they are quite as popular in the
old, as in the New World. We know men of the best
judgment and taste in England who regard Hawthorne as
really the first literary man in America, and he certainly
surpasses the American minister, Ingersoll, in this point
of view. And ss he is our consul, surely it is the least we
can do to him that honour which was so gracefully paid
to the American Minister, at the Cogst of St. James's, by
this great 'commercial community. Were Mr. 'Samuel
Holme to take the initiative in the welcome to Haw-
thorne, it would be an act worthy of his mayoralty, and
would be a graceful recognition, on our part-, of the
respect we entertain for the literary class of America, and
the joy with which we hail the improved feeling for
literature and literary men, new manifested bythe govern-
ment of the United States,

?LEASING TESTIMONIAT,-.-The Rev. James Philip
Shepperd, the zealous minister of the North Shore
district, Kirkdale, has been presented by the labouring
poor of his congregation with a pleasing token of their
esteem for him as their minister, as well as a testimony
of their gratitude for the several institutions he has been
enabled to establish ,for their benefit, and that of their
children. The present consisted of thirty volumes of
books, on religious subjects, each bearing a suitable in-
scription. The poor met their minister last evening, and
deputed Mr. Ambrose Smith (an inhabitant of long stand-
ing in the district) to present the volumes in their names,
after which Mr. Shepperd replied in a very affecting ad-
dress. One of the most pleasing features in this present
is that it proceeds entirely from the poor—the dock and
other labourers, who have contributed their pence weekly
for the last foul. months. It r ppears that in the short
space of two years this district has been thoroughly or-
ganised ; boys', girls', and infants' schools have been
established, as well as a Missionary Society, Bible Depot,
and a system of religious tract distribution, solely by the
untiring exertions of the present minister, and we do
hope that ere long the present small chapel (which is
supported by the united generosity of the Earl of Derby
and the Liverpool Dock Committee) will be supplanted
by a church with suitable accommodation for such an in-
creasing poor population.

LIVEFOOOL CASES IN THE ADMIRALTT COURT.—
On Tuesday last the following cases were heard, and dis-
posed off.—The Gipsy.—Salvage. This was an action
brought by the steamer Cambria, to obtain 'remuneration
for salvage services rendered to the Gipsy, on the 27th of
February last. The Gipsy, bound from Charleston to
Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton and turpentine, met
with a violent storm, and when off the South Stack
lighthouse, near Holyhead, being dismasted, came to
anchor and hoisted signals of distress. When the
weather had sufficiently moderated to 'render it practi-
cable, the steamer went out of the harbour and towed
the vessel in. The only point in dispute was the safety of
the anchorage ground. The property salved exceeded in
value £21,000. The learned Judge allotted .£l,-200.--
The•E. 11.—Salvage.—This also was a cause of salvage,
and was promoted by 12 men, forming the crew of the
Broadstairs lifeboat, and by two luggers, the Ondine and
the Ruby, to obtain remuneration for services rendered
to the E. on the 27th of December last, off Margate.
The bound from Antwerp to Liverpool, anchored
in the Downs, but, by the violence of a gale, drifted,
struck on the Brake-sand, and made water very fast.
The-salvors put off to her aid, and, as they alleged, -their
services•were accepted, and the charge of the vessel was
given up to them. They endeavoured to conduct her to-
wards land.; one of the luggers remained by thewessel,
lest-she should founder, while the other was employed
in carrying an anchor and cable. She was subsequently
aband-Caed, and found by a steamtug, which beached her,
and for which she was remunerated. A tender was made
of .C2OO, and refused. On the part of the owners it was
contended, that however good the intentions •of the
salvors, their services were comparatively useless, and
would be amply rewarded by the tender. The value of
the property salved was £44'95. The learned ...Judge,
having characterized the services of the salvors as most
meritorious, over-ruled the tender, and decreed £3OO.
—Thnßravo.—Dr. Addams applied to the Court for a
warrant of arrest against the Bravo, under the following
circumstances :—Messrs. Bliedberg and Co., of Liver-
pool, shipped a cargo of salt on board this Prussian
vessei, which was bound for Stettin. Having experienced
bad 'weather, she sustained some damage, and a portion
of the cargo was thrown overboard. She put into Inver-
ness, and the captain wrote to Messrs. Bliedberg and
C 0.., stating that he was without funds. They replied
that he must act according to the laws of the country.
if he could not obtain funds from his owner, living at a
distance of three days' post, meaning that he should
raise money on bottomry. He afterwards sold the cargo,
and applied the funds to assist in paying the shipwright's
and sailmaker's bills. The-shiT having returned to 'Liver-
pop!, the present motion was made. The learned 3udge
acid thc.t it was a very hard ease on the owners, but he
had nojFisdiction. However reluctant he was to leave
the parties without any other remedy than going to
Prussia, he could not attempt-to enforce the authority of
the Court.

Lis-e.s.RooL TowN CouNcre.----On Wednesday, the ad-
journed meeting was held, Sir 'John Bent, in the absence
of the Mayor, presiding. The Markets Committee recom-
mended-that the yards and sheds adjoining Gill-street
Market Should be let, as they were not required longer for
the purposes of the market.—Mr. Cooper, in moving the
confirmation-of the proceedings, eeplained that the market
was a partial failure, though the income from it ..was
between •stlisoo and £3OO per annum. By the proposed
letting an additional £lOO would be obtained.—Mr. Jef-
freys seconded the motion.—Mr. Banner suggested that
the Gill-street Market might be advantageously converted
into public.,lle.ths.—Mr. Bigham approved of Mr. Ban-
ner's suggestion, which was referred generally to the com-
mittee for consideration, and the proceedings approved.
The Educat ion Committee's reports,. ikc., were confirmed.
The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the goal and
House of 'Correction Committee, comprised:—Recom-
mendation to increase the salary of Mr. J. M. Wade,
chief clerk, from sf,llo to £l3O per annum, the considera-
tion of which was postponed at the last monthly Council,
pursuant to the -standing orders.—Recommendation that
Mr. C. Coneannon be appointed permanently third clerk
in the gaol, at a.aalary of £BO per annum, being the same
salary as that paid to his predecessor.—Recommendation
to increase the salary of William Buckle 7, taskmaster,
from £lOO to £l2O-per annum. There was considerable
opposition to the increase of Mr. Wade's salary ; but the
increased renumeration was carried by a majority of 15 to
12.—0 n the proposed appointment of the third clerk, at a
salary of £Bd, Mr. 'Dover pleaded that the peculiar state
of the money market ought to make the Council pause ;
and Mr. Bigham, urging also the necessity of putting
a check to the present .system of advancing salaries,
alluded to the contingency of a European war. The
proceedings of the committee, however, with-the pro-
posed advances, were _sanctioned. The minutes of
the Town-hall Establishment Committee were con-
firmed.—The chief item of the Health Committee's
minutes was the recommendation as to the ,terms
on which the East Lancashire and the Lancashire :sad
Yorkshire Railway Companies shall be permitted to arose
the highways on the level. The crossings were recom-
mended to be allowed on sufference, to be constructed at
the railway company's cost, who were also to pay men
(appointed by the Council) to watch and open the gates
night read day. Mr. Langsdale moved, and Mr. Dover
seconded the adoption of the proceedings. Mr. Parker
movecl,and Mr. Bennett seconded an Amendment, that
the recommendation be referred back. It having been
decided:that members interested in either of the railways
could not vote, Mr. Holt agreed to be the seconder of
the motion, ,f,ice Mr. Dover, and the vote; were taken.
The amendment was lost by 21 to 2, the two being
Mears. Parker and Bennett.—Mr. Parker gave notice of
a motion for a r.eturn of the slaughter-houses licensed as
private slaughter-houses, with the number of butchers
licensed for each slaughter-house, together with the
amount of cattle killed.—The proceedings, resclutions,
anti reports of the Water Committee, comprised a recom-
mendation to increase the wages of the followiug ser-
vants : viz., surveyor, .ss. per week ; superintendent of
distribution and pipe-laying, ss. ; superintendent of turn-
cock, 35.; storekeeper, 2s. ; four enginemen, 135.; .five
stokers, 6s. ; four repairers, ss. 6d.; five dock turncocks,
ss. ; two smiths, 3s. ; two assistant pipe-layers, its. ;
eighteen labourers. 235. ; watchman, Is.: the considera-
tion of which subject was postponed at the last monthly
Council, pursuant to the standing order. It was also re-
commended that William Bryan, one of the clerks in the
treasurer's office, be appointed collector of water-rents
and charges, vacant by the resignation of John Pritchard,
at a fixed salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, with the
usual bonus for good collection.—On the motion of Mr.
Holt, seconded by Mr. Bradley, the recommendations
were individually approved, anti the general proceedings
sanctioned, after a protest from Mr. Bennett that, while
small matters were detailed in the reports of the com-
mittee, there was no mention of such large sums as
£7,500 being paid to the contractors, " not by way of
certificate." Mr. Bennett objected also to the limited
number of tenders likely to be received for laying down
pipes from Rivington to Liverpool.—The Library and
Museum Committee's proceedings were adopted.—Mr.
Woodruff moved, and Mr. John Gladstone, jun., seconded,
the adoption of the hackney carriage, &c., committee's
proceedings, which embraced the advance of inspectors'
wages from 30s. to 31s. 6d. per week. The proceedings
were confirmed.—The Baths Committee's proceedings
were sanctioned.—Mr. Thomson's motion for a select
committee to inquire "as to frauds or evasions with refe-
rence to the payment of town dues, and to report upon
the best means for the prevention thereof," provoked
some little discussion. It was seconded by Mr. Dover,
but opposed by Mr. Bingham, on the ground that the
Dock Committee themselves, next session, intended
taking action in the matter. Mr. Bingham took the
opportunity of stating his belief that, in the export and
import trade coastwise, the frauds upon the town dues
amounted to at least fifty per cent. Mr. Thomsons'
motion was neither lost nor won, as the members, during
the conversation upon it, gradually glided out of the
room ; and, when the chairman rose to put the amend-
ment, there being " no Council," the proceedings came
to au abrupt close.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE on railway bills have reported
in favour of the St. Helens and Warrington and Altrin-
cham bills ; also in favour of the bill of the London and
North-western Railway Company, for making a line from
Crewe to Shrewsbury.
EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of
vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is
33 ; the total amount of registered tonnage 21,493. The
number of vessels despatched last month from Liverpool,
under the Emigration Act, was 51, and the number of
emigrants 24,202.
THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN have been admitted
fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons :—Messrs. Thos.
Mather Ashton, Orrnskirk ; George Henry Hope, Sea-
forth ; King Ellison, Liverpool ; John Lonsdale Min-
shull, Liverpool ; Robert Thomas Lodge, Liverpool ;
Alfred Whittle, Liverpool.

LOCAL PATENTS. - The following patents, amongst
others, were sealed during the week ending June 4, 1853,
—George Isaac Jackson, of Castle-street, Liverpool, and
Henry David Jackson, of the same place, for improve-
ments in fastenings for buttons.—Joseph Bentley, of
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gun and pistol
manufacturer, for improvements applicable to fire-arms.

A HANDSOME ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC CLOCK has
been erected by the Electric Telegraph Company opposite
their large new offices in Castle-street, which will be
opened for business during the present week. In a few
days the company will, it is understood, fix a ball on the
roof of the building : both the ball and the clock will be
electrically connected with the Royal Observatory at
Greenwich.
LIVERPOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. The fourth
and final sessional meeting was held on Tuesday last, pre-
sided over by Mr. Newlands. Thirteen new members
were proposed. Mr. Frank Howard read a paper on
" Photography in connexion with the Fine Arts ;" and,
on the suggestion of Mr. Chadburn, it was arranged that
a general rendezvous of the members would be held at
seven o'clock, on the Thursday evenings, at the society's
rooms.

A DRUNKEN ENGINEER, named Lewis, in the service
of the Liverpool Steam Tug Company, while in a state of
intoxication at Widnes on Sunday last, met two deaf and
dumb lads, who were conversing by signs. Lewis fancied
they were making fun at him, and commenced beating
them. Some man came to the assistance of the poor
mutest but in the course of the struggle the drunken man
was thrown down and had his arm broken. At the Pres-
cot police-court on Tuesday, he was fined in 245. 6d.,
and costs, for the offence.

THE MEIVIBERS OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB
held their monthly dinner and meeting at the marine
station, Birkenhead Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Mr.
Archibald W. Clarke, Manchester. Mr. Henry Schwabe,
merchant, Aigburth, and Mr. Joseph A. Robinson, of
Liverpool, were elected members. A decision of the sail-
ing committee was to the effect that the Stanley yacht,
having violated sixth rule at the recent match, was dis-
qualified from receiving the prize, which was accordingly
given to the next yacht arriving in time, the Surprise.

SINGULAR PLAN OF PICIC,..NG POCKETS. -It has
transpired during the past week that four Chester thieves,
named respectively William Hughes, John Davis, Eliza
Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, follow the Bishop on all
his visitations throughout the diocese, in the pursuit of
pocket-picking. On Thursday they stole a gold watch
from Mrs. Green, of Everton-road, during the late con-
firmation ceremonies at 'St. George's Church, Everton.
The same gang robbed two ladies of sums of money in
St. Faul's Church on the previous day. The unwelcome
visitants have been committed.

PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening last, when the
Rev. W. Taylor, M.A., the much respected incumbent
of'St. John's church, was leaving the vestry at the close
of the service, he was met by a number of young people,
who had been examined by him prior to their confirma-
tion, and by whom he was presented with a very hand-
somely bound copy of Matthew Henry's Commentary, in
three volumes, as a slight return upon their part for the
very great kindness and attention they had received from
him during their examination. The rev. gentleman ap-
peared much affected at this entirely unexpected mark of
the esteem in which he is held.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE SCREW-STEAMER TIMES.—
Thirty-three persons were severely injured, and seven have
died from the effects of the explosion on board this
steamer. Three poor women still lie at the Pigeon-
house in a deplorable condition. The engineer, n account-
ing for the accident, states that in one of the landings or
compartments of the boiler a portion of the rivets had been
frayed, and, when the pressure was put on, the part that
was thus undurated gave way. At an inquest on Mon-
day, the jury attributed the accident to " the gross neg-
lect of James Haigh, government engineering surveyor, in
not making a proper inspection of the boiler in April last."
A vrarrantevas placed in the hands of the police, with direc-
tions to take Mr. Haigh to Kilmainham.
THE MARCO POLO.—At the latest dates a newspaper
had been started on board this outward bound ship, en-
titled "Sayings and Doings on board the Marco Folo."
Mr. W. H. Fisher writes, " April Bth. On the line.
I am very glad indeed that .1 have c)me in this ship..
Nothing could be better than her performance, and the
captain is a first-rate fellow." Mr. James Galt, of this
town, has received a letter from Mr, Thomas Staggs, a
Sunderland emigrant, in which he -says, We have
passed several vessels, hut not one has come up with us.
I have not been sick at all, and we have had very little
sickness since the day of leaving. We have the church
service on board on Sundays, when the weather is tine.
Considering the large number of passengers, (between six
and-seven hundred,) everything proceeds very orderly."
Mt. EDMUND SHAW has been appointed office-clerk
to the Runcorn Improvement• Commissioners, at a salary
of .£45 per annum ; his salary as assistant-overseer and
collector of taxes had been previously fixed at £75 per
annum. At the monthly meetingeon Monday week, ten..
ders for the excavating, sewering, .&c., of Brunswick,
King, Mill, Water, and Queen-streets, .were put in by
Thomas Jones, John White, Thomas Harper, Samuel
Hughes, George Hunt, and William Shaw ; the tender of
George Hunt was accepted. Advertisements for a loan
Qa
act was
Company,as tto
be
of £1,500, at four per cent., on security of the improve-
ment
heem°e ni dtrated which
at
rate for five or seven years, was ordered. The,Bbyriadgcelwaautseer tinrusttieleesimanpdrotv
one-third its full value, was assessed at £1,500 rateable
value.

War DERBY GUARDIANS.—Mr. Hayes presided at
the meeting on Wednesday, when the clerk was ordered
to cancet the indentures of a boy apprenticed from the
'Work-house, to amen in Warwick-street, named Richard-
son, by whom he was badly treated. Leave of absence
for a fortnight was granted to the ,chaplain. A letter
was read from Mr. Fitzpatrick, medical officer for West
Derby rural district, in reference to an order of the board
requesting the medical officers to furnich weekly returns.
Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that only 2a returns were attributed
to him during the year, whereas he had furnished 37, and
during his connection with the Union, 4 years, he con-
-sidered that he had furnished his returns with as much
punctuality as was consistent with a due regard to his
duties. Mr. Wensley moved that a. copy of the letter be
sent to the Poor-law Board.

SOME THINGS SHOWN IN THE DllELlN,Eynieirioie.
—Glasgow is an extensive contributor; and, although she
did not send her Lord Provost to the opening ceremony,
.she forwarded a greater number of articles than any
other-town or city except Dublin. Among the most use-
ful of the many excellent articles shown was,tvve sets of
dental forceps, patented by James A. Young, of A. S.
Young and. Son; surgeon-dentists, 185, Buchanan-street,
Glasgow. These reduce to a minimum the pain of the
extraction of teeth or roots, and ought to be more exten-
sively known. Then, there was M`Bride's patent
checking loom, the agent for which in Preston-is Messrs.
J. and J. Atherton, and which is yet destined .to be
better known in the manufacturing districts of England.
This, with all the other specimens of machinery,
are shown in operation, and the Scottish girl from the
banks of the Clyde .rho presides over this loom of the
enterprising Messrs. M'Bride and Co., of Glasgow, is a
a very fine specimen of the class to which she belongs.
Messrs. Henry Pooley.and Son, of the Albion foundry,
Liverpool, exhibit theiepatent dormant platform machine,
as used in the merchandise department of the London
and North-western and other railways, and for general
weighing in warehouses; .various other kinds of the weigh-
ing machines; counter scales, the computer balance, the
bank weighing machine, and -the weighbridge machine for
common road and railway waggons. Simple in workman-
ship, and of good workmanship, the Messrs. Pooley's
machines are the finest specimens of the kind we ever saw.
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DocK COMA! ITTEE.—Mr. Shand presided at the weekly
meeting on
;Nova Scotia, occupied as a seaman's reading-roomp and
School, was granted.—A report was read from the super-
intendent of the Albert Dock, relative to the strike of the "
operative porters. The porters at the Albert Dock re-
ceived 3s. Gd. a day. Mr, Bigham had received offers
from men to work for 18s. per week. The Chairman said
the porters wished to make it imperative to give 4s. a day
to all who were employed, and_ that -no man was to be
taken .except from the That was a principle they
could not recognise. No resolution was come to upon the
matter..--Mr. Bigham stated that a letter was read at the
last meeting, (he being absent,) from Giannacopulo and
Co., in which they say that he (Mr. Bigham) " made a
statement ealculated to be highly injurious to them, and
in itself so completely devoid of truth that, in justice to
themselves, they felt it necessary to give it their most
distinct denial.' He stated not only what he ,conceived
to be correct, but what was correct as before the core_
mittee at the time. Mr. Tobin : Did these parties send
in a manifest ? Mr. Bighorn : Yes; and it was a mani-
fest signed by themselves. Mr. Tobin conceived that was
a strong circumstance. Mr. Bigham: I don't think there
was an intentional fraud. The Solicitor stated, in refer-
ence to the matter, that a clause had been carefully pre_
pared, and submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury,
but no answer had been received.
HEALTH CONIMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman L. angsdale pre-
sided at the meeting on Thursday. A petition was pre-
sented from the inhabitants of Edge-hill and its vicinity,
complaining of the water-carts not visiting those locali-
ties.—The paving of Washington-street was postponed...—
Mr. Beckwith observed that on the committee there
were sixteen members, yet they frequently had the
attendance of only five or six, and he suggested that
those parties who did not attend should '' be struck off."
—Another letter was read from Mrs. Lowndes, the widow
of a porter in the service of the corporation, who had died
suddenly, asking for a trifling pecuniary advance. Mr.
Moss spoke in favour of the request being conceded.—mr.
Beckwith (sarcastically): " Well ! but you know there
are no funds for this ; there were to give to the town_
clerk an addition of five hundred a year,"—Mr. Moss
brought before the committee the subject of smoke
nuisance.—The borough-engineer explained that by proper
remedies being adopted, in nine cases out of ten all the
grievances complained of might be remedied. The sub_
ject was referred until next week.—An application from
Mr. Rose for an extension of time to fulfil his contract
was brought before the committee.--Mr. Rose was intro-
duced, and explained the position in which he was placed.
He said he was in a " fix," and could not help it. lle
merely asked for a fortnight's time, and any other of his
competitors in the contract would have asked for six
months.-13Itimately the time asked for was conceded.—
The subject of an application from Mr. Itvlands, the
borough-engineer, for leave of absence to go to Germany
to recruit his health, Wll3 complied wi;bl

AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL, 011 Thursday last,
Mr. James Fielden Steward Shaw, Lancashire, and Mr.
William Hewitt, of Liverpool, passed their examination
in the science and practice of medicine.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The police
have received instructions to prevent ginger-beer and
confectionary stalls being placed on the high-road in the
vicinity of the Botanic-gardens on Sundays.
IcEs.—Those who desire the cooling influences of these
seductive luxuries should visit the Merchants' Dining-
rooms, near the Exchange. The proprietor has announced
a collection of unique flavours.

MAN FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday morning, about
six o'clock, the body of a man, unknown, and bearing the
appearance of a labourer, was found in the George's Dock
Basin. The body was taken to the dead-house. An in-
quest will be held today.
WE understand that the Postmaster-General has, at
the request of a number of the inhabitants residing in the
district hitherto called Cabbage-hall, assented to the name
of the Post-office there being changed to that of Anfield.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.--We have the pleasure of
announcing another University distinction obtained by a
pupil of this Institution. Mr. Rigby, who was elected to
the Canning Exhibition last year, is placed in the first
class at Trinity College, Cambridge.
MissioNs.—On Thursday evening a public meeting
will be held in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the
Patagonian Church Missionary Society. 9. deputation
will attend for the purpose of detailing missionary labours
now being made on behalf of the native tribes of South
America.

MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.—A deputation from the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com-
pany had an interview o❑ Saturday with the Right Hon.
E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the
Merchant Shipping Bill. The deputation consisted of the
Earl of Yarborough, Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. C. Geach,
M.P., Mr. Allport, Mr. Stable, and Mr. Parker.
A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION, which occurred at the
factory of Messrs.. Marshall and Son, Stockport, on
Saturday morning, scalded two men named John Marley
and Benjamin Dawson, in such a serious manner that
they died before they could be rescued from their situation
in the boiler hole.
PRESENTATION.-At a meeting of the officers of the
Public Bakers' Association, held at the house of Mr.
Williams, on Thursday evening, an elegant silver snuff-
box, lined with gold, was presented to Mr. Hugh Kinrade,
their late president, as an acknowledgment of their res-
pect for his services in conducting their affairs.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-Mr. Josh. Silsbee, the Ame-
rican comedian, has been playing during the past week in
several of his favourite characters. His delineations of
Yankee character are exceedingly rich. On Friday
evening he took his benefit, in " Sam Slick," and as
Deuteronomy Dutiful, in the " Wool Dealer." On
Saturday evening he appeared for the last time. During
the present week a series of tragedies will be presented,
in which Mr. J. H. Anderson will appear.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DOCK LABOURER.—Yesterday
an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the
body of a man named Neil Callaghan, who died on Satur-
day morning last, from the effects of an accident he met
with on Friday, the 3d instant. On the afternoon of
that day deceased was assisting to discharge stones from a
schooner, lying in George's Basin, when the handle of the
crane caught the deceased, and knocked him into the
basin. His scalp was fractured, and he also received
other internal injuries. Verdict, accidental death.
THE Glasgow Citizen, of Saturday, informs us that a
bottle containing the following, written in pencil, was
picked up on Wednesday last, on the shores of Dunoon,
by Peter Morris,:—" 28th December, midnight, midst of
the Atlantic, on board the Rover, of Panama.—Dear
friends in Liverpool, should this, our only means of trans-
port, reach you, we are at present tossing in the billows.
John, I believe, is very ill. We will put in as soon as
fair weather comes; and should this meet the eye of my
dearest wife Mary, let her know that lam well. Captain
is in good spirits.—l am, John Thomas, jun."
AmtrsiodENTS.—The grand concert of the Philharmonic
Society takes place this evening, and the names of Botte-
sini, Herr Pischek. and Mad'lle Bury, announced. in the
programme, m
amanager of
thesecureTfhoeraittrea-nßaovyaallanhctia
seaonfnpoautnrcoend nagae.
—The
amateur performance, on Saturday, for a benevolent pur-
pose.; and at the Royal Park Theatre, Mr. Charles Pittis
appearing this week in some of his favourite characters.
To-night he performs Richelieu, under distinguished
patronage. —At the Zoological Gardens, the variety
of entertainments is daily attracting crowds, who
enjoy the music and dancing al fresco. —At the
Rock Ferry, the Chinese Junk divides the interest
with the beautiful scenery around ; while at Eastham
Ferry the Catageloseum performs its mission of exciting
laughter.—Those who seek more distant joys will shortly
have the cheap railway trips to enable tnem to visit the
camp at Chobham.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A FORTUNATE ESCAPE
PROM MATRIMONY.—At the Warrington County Court
the other day considerable amusement was caused by the
case of Longshaw v. Dootson. Mr. Longshaw, who
keeps the Vine Tavern, Market-street, brought a claim
for the restitution of a gold watch and musical snuff-box,
feloniously kept or taken from him by Miss Maria Doot-
son, and now in possession of her father, Mr. Dootson,
farmer. He said Miss Maria (or Maria, as he persisted
in calling her,) and he were in company, and she par-
ticularly requested him to let her wear the watch for
a week. He consented to let her have it for that time,
but said he would not part with it altogether, as it had
been been his late wife's, and he promised to keep it for
her sake. Miss Maria gace a very different version of
the affair, affirming that the articles were love-gifts, and
that, when the match was broken off, she went to Long-
shaw's and offered him the articles., but he refused to take
them saying—" I'm not a child to take back my play-
things ; I gave them to you, whether you have them
or not." She therefore took them back. Ultimately the
case was adjourned.

LIVERPOOL AND THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The confe-
rence arranged by the Council of the Society of Arts,
between the members of that society and the representa-
tives of the educational institutions throughout the country,
took place on Wednesday, in John-street. Adelphi, and
was very fully attended. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the
council, presided. One hundred and sixty representa-
tives from various institutions in the Union were present.
Each speaker was limited to five minutes, and the chair-
man
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speeches
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voeesfrtpelOrio;r; ; and Mr. Nicol, Liverpool ; are men-
amndetirmoppoolrittaannt pparerstsinasthaembounsgisntetssh.osemwrihtho
refereneeto the subject of class instruction, it was resolved,
ottioilno:ntkwel propositioni€de:niab'aycttil'ee of the Rev. I. S. Howson, of Liver-
pool, " That it is desirable that the training schools of
this coeitirothroysuhgoluildknionwtrloeddugcee
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physicalof study
a more
sciences, and a system of instruction in art, and that
the Councilof the Society of Arts be requested to forward
this resolution to the President of the Council of Educa-
tion, and to the various training institutions." A public
dinner of the members of the Society of Arts and of the
representatives of the Institutions in Union was held in
the evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Lord Granville
presided. Speeches were made by the Dean of Hereford,
Dr. Lyon Playfair, Lord Granville, Mr. Hutt, 11. P., Mr.
G. Knight, Mr. Dvart, M.P., Mr. Slaney, and Mr. S.
Holme, the Mayer of Liverpool, whose name was coupled
with the mayors who were present. In responding, he
said he conceived it his highest privilege and his bounden
duty to promote the cause of practical education. The
railways, the electric telegraph, and the other facilities of
modern times, were working with the most salutary
results upon the minds.of the people ; and he trusted that
Liverpool, as it had already surpassed the metropolis in
its maritime development, would also do so with reference
to the question of education. If the metropolis did not
move in that voluntarily, it would be compelled to do so.
,;Cheers.) This speech terminated the proceedings of the
day.-0a Thursday morning the Lord Mayor of London
held a grave conference at the Mansion-house, the evening
being devoted to the lighter labours of a conversazione.
The conference assembled in the long parlour, and con-
sisted of nearly all the mayors who had attended the ban-
quetof the previous evening, and Mr. Cole and Dr. Lyon
Playfair. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the
chair, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lords
Provost of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Lord Mayor of York,
and the Mayor of Liverpool. The mayors explained the
,position of educational affairs in their respective towns.
Mr. Samuel Holme stated, that in Liverpool schools had
been _successfully established ' • sixty thousand pounds are
annually spent on educational objects; and the working-
classes exhibit marked improvement as compared with
their predecessors of thirty years since. Workmen can
now understand the most elaborate plans, and have actually
become critics on the designs of their employers. At the
conclusion of the conference, an invitation was accepted
to dine with the llayor of Southampton on Monday (ves-
terday).--On Friday the members of the Society of Arts,
the representatives of the literary, scientific, and mecha-
nics' institutions in union with that body, and many of
the mayors invited to the recent hospitalities at the 'Man-
sion-house, went down to Sydenham in a special train
provided for their accommodation, to visit the works and
grounds of the Crystal Palace Company. The Daily News
states that only one of the mayors, his Worship of Liver-
pool, showed himself with the excursionists, his brethren,
it was presumed, having waited upon the movements of
the great central sun, who drove up in bis carriage to one
door as the delegates departed by another.
THE CENSUS OF 1851.—The first portion of the
census returns for 1851 has just been issued, from which
we glean the following :—The total number of the popu-
lation returned was 21,121,967, of whom 10,386,040 were
males, and 10,735,919 females. On the night of the
census 12,924 people are believed to have been sleeping
in barges, 9,972 in barns, and 8,277 in the open air or
under tents. In Great Britain the number of families
has risen from 2,260,802, in 1801, to 4.312,388 in 1851.
The last halt-century has seen 1,815,567 "new lines of
families " established in England, while in Scotland the
number has increased from 364,079 to 600,098, notwith-
standing the migratory propensities imputed to its inha-
bitants. The number of "inhabited houses " in Great
Britain was returned at 3,648,345, against 3,446,797 in
the last census, and 1,870,476 in 1801. Omitting deci-
mals, we might state that there was 1 family to a house, 5
persons to a house, and 4 persons to a family. Of villages,
that is to say of " places having defined boundaries and
separately- returned in population tables," there are
17,150; while of genuine towns there are in England and
Wales 580, in Scotland 225, and in the Channel Islands
10. The " British isles " are five hundred in number,
though only 175 were found to be inhabited on the morn-
ing of March 31, 1851. Of these islands we have a list,
with their names and population. Great Britain had
over 20 millions of inhabitants, and Ireland over six
millions; Anglesea, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the Isle
of Wight had each more than 50,000 ; and Guernsey,
Lewis, Skye, and Shetland over 20,000. From these,
however, we descend very rapidly to classes with 10,000,
1,000, 500, 400, 100, 40, 30, 20, and 10 inhabitants each,
till we finally get to a man with an island all to himself.
The name of this British Selkirk we cannot give, but
his abode is called Inchcolm, and is apparently a territo-
rial appenage of Fife. The report contains nearly 1,000
pages of =closed and analyzed matter.

THE LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS.

(From a Correspondent.)

No department of the civil service has become so
notorious for paltry economy as the Post-office ; and this
economy is brought to bear chiefly upon that most
laborious and deserving portion of its servants, the
letter-carriers. The numerous petitions lately presented
to Parliament, from this class of men, have revealed facts
respecting their scanty wages which the public could
scarcely credit. The present promoters of the system
appear to have no regard for the merit or well-being of
their servants, in order to carry out this wretched theory.
In proof of this we need only go to the Post-office in this
town, where we shall find about seventy letter-carriers, in
a worse condition, as regards pay, than the commonest
labourers at our docks. Their wages are only 2s. lOid.
per day, or £1 for seven days' work, while dock la-
bourers receive from 4s. to ss. per day, and are only
employed six days iu the week. Another bad feature in
the case of these carriers is, that no distinction is made
between the oldest hands and the most reeently ap-
pointed ; the men who have been but a few weeks in the
service receive the same as those who have been employed
from ten to thirty years. This is great injustice ; and the
more so, when it is borne in mind that the rules of the
department are so strict, and the duties so responsible,
that none but the most attentive, honest, and meritorious
men could retain their situations for so long a period. it
can scarcely be wondered at, under this state of things,
that the Post-office has become so notorious for lost and
stolen property. Seldom a year passes without two
or three being transported from this office for embez-
zling money-letters. It would be well for the public to
bear in mind, that in no case is the Post-office respon-
sible for lost property; so that it is a matter of no con-
sequence to the authorities, in a pecuniary point of view,
what amount of money is stolen by their officials ; the
poorer classes ought to remember this in particular, for
they are the sufferers in the majority of cases. But to
return : How is it that the London letter-carriers are so
much more favoured than their brethren in this town?
The authorities recognise among them seniority and merit,
by giving progressive wages, from 235. to 30s. per week ;
besides, they are clothed, superannuated, and frequently
promoted to superior situations, privileges totally un-
known amongst their brethren here. Why this remarkable
distinction is made is a mystery • for the duties and re.
sponsibilities of both classes of men must, to a con-
siderable extent, be the same. If so, then why this ex-
traordivary difference? Why give seventy men in Liver-
pool 20s. a-week for performing duties exactly the same
as those in London, for which a similar class of men
receive from 3s. to 10s. per week more? There can be
no satisfactory solution to these questions, except upon
the hypothesis that, if they make one provincial town
approximate somewhat near the metropolis, all the rest
would demand the same. This is, no doubt, the secret of
the whole matter ; and yet how absurd. Surely, the largest
towns have the strongest claims ; and are the carriers of
such a town as this to be refused a just compensation for
their responsible duties, because, if granted, it would
cause general dissatisfaction amongst their provincial
brethren ? Surely not. We would suggest that the men
in each particular town be remunerated in proportion to
the responsible and arduous nature of their duties. This
would be true economy. With the letter-carriers, as a
whole, it is not a question of labour ; the grounds upon
which they ought to be better paid is the weighty respon-
sibility of their duties ; for it is a well-known fact, that
an immense amount of property is daily under their con-
trol, especially in such a town as this. Why not, then,
have them proportionately paid, so that they may main-
tain their position in society with decency and respect.