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VIVA lilarriants anb Eleatbo.

MARRIED

Same day, at Donaehmore
dale. brother of the bride, Captai
to ELIZABETH, widow of the
Armagh.

,
On the sth instant, at St. Genrge's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. John Greg, WILLIAM lILTLBFR.T, eldest son of Major
WOLSLEY, of Russell-place, to ELIZABETH, daughter of the
late JOHN DAWSON, Esq., of Annamartin, county of Fer-
managh.

Same day, at St. Saviour's Church, Bath, by the Rev. F.l'.
Bayly, Rector of St.
.John's Church, Gloucester, JOHN
RAIKES BAYLY, Esq. solicitor, Devizes, to SARAH,
youngest daughter of JAMES BURBRIDGE, Esq., of Bail-
brook Villa, Bath.
Same day, at All Sain
Rev. F. C. Wilson

Islington, London, by the
ES H. WILLIAMS, Esq.,
shire, eldest son of the Rey.
Imes's, Rateliff, to MARY
)f JOHN ANDERSON, Esq.,

surgeon, Stockwith, N
James Williams, Incur
FRANCES, eldest dans
White Conduit-grove,
Same day, at London, by the Rev. Thomas Horsford, do.
mestic widow the Marquis. the Marquis of THOMOND, to ANNE, of Rear-Admiral PANE, and sister to the late Sir Charles Flint. •
Same day, at St. James's Church, Paddington, by the Rev.
H. H. Norris, Rector of Hackney, the Rev. THOS. EDWARD
POWELL, of Oriel College, Oxford, youngest son of the late
David Powell, of Loughton, Essex, to EMNIA, daughter of
EDGAR CORRIE, Esq., of Purley Lodge, near Croydon,
Surrey.
Same day, at Christ Church, Chiswick, by the Rev. R. C.
Jenkins, M.A., •incumbent, FRANCES WYATT, eldest son of
JAMES TRUSCOTT, Nelson-square. Southwark, to ELIZA,
youngest daughter ofJAS. FREEMAN, High-street, Borough,
London, and Turnham Green; Middle..,-
Same day, at Marylebone Church 5
WILLIAM ADAM LOCH, Esq.,
M.P.,to SOPHIA BROWNRIGG, youngest daug late fajor BATES, Royal Arti'lery.
Same day, at Chnrcli Stretton, by the Rev: Preston Nunn,
Mr. E. W. MANSELL, of Shrewsbury, to SOPHIA, only daugh-
ter of Mr. ROBINSON, of Church Stretton, Shropshire.
Same day, at Wroxeter Church, by the Rev. Henry Beckwith,
Rector of Eaton-Constantine, Captain WILLIAM RUSSELL,
R.N., to MARY LOUISA second daughter of the Rev.
EDWARD EGREMONT, Vicar of Wroxeter, Shropshire.
Same day. at St. David's Church, by the Rev. IV. Hughes,
Mr. GEO. LOGI ER_to Miss A PPLEBY, both of this town
Same day, at the Parish Church, Huyton, by the Rev. Ellis
Ashton, vicar, JOHN CLOW TENNANT, Esq., of this town,
to ELIZABETH, second daughter of JOHN HEYES, Esq.,
of Prescott

t of St. Ja

he Rev. Hay Erskine,
on of James Loch, Fsq.,
hter of the

Same day, at Leyland, GEORGE HARGREAVES, Esq., of
Birch House, near Bolton, to ELIZABETH, only daughter of
R. SNELL, Fsq., of Leyland.
On the 6th instant, at Christ Church, GEORGE STOCK -
DALE. Esq., of London, stockbroker. to CATHERINE, second
daughter of Mr. BENJAMIN ELLIS, of this town.
Same day, at St. James's Church, Westminster, JOHN W.
PROUT, Esq., barrister, Lincoln's-inn, to CATHERINE
MARIA, only dna. hter of the late Colonel NICOLL, of Cropt
Hall, Hendon, Middlesex.
On the 7th instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. W.
Hesketh, Mr. RYAN, mariner, to FANNY, eldest daughter
of Mr. JAMES HARBIN, of her Majesty's Customs at this
port.

- Same day. at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. D. Stewart,
ALEXANDER, fifth son of Mr. J. GEMMELL, of Garple,
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, to MARY, youngest daughter of the late
Mr. CUTHBERT HEATLEY, of Rowley Fold, Samlesbury.
Same day. at Woodchurch, by the Rev. J. King. M.A., JOHN
FREDERICK WILLIA MS, Esq., to ELIZABETH BARNES,
youngest daughter of WILLIAM VAUGHAN, Esq., both of
Landican.
Same day, at St. Gsorge's Church, IL mover-square, London,
by- the Rev. E. Baffle, JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., to
MARIA HENRIETTA, eldest daughter of E. H. BAILLIE,
Esq., of Portman-square. London,
Same day, at the Parish Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, by the
Rev. J. Handforth, JOHN FERGUSON, Esq., of Elm-vale,
Fairfield, in this town, to AGNES, daughter of HENRY RACK,
Esq., of Oldfield, Cheshire.
Same day, at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man, Mr. JAMES
FORREST engineer of the British North America royal mail
steam-ship Britannia. to ISABELLA, second daughter of Mr.
C. CRAINE, tanner, Douglas.
On the 9th instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J.
Jones, M.A., Captain BEVIk R.N. conducting her Majesty's
packet service at this rort, to MARI', eldest daughter of Lieut.
G. S. PARSONS, R.N., Admiralty agent at this port.
Same day, at St. Philip's Church. by the Rev. C.,H. Burton,
M.A., Mr. THOS. RICHARDS, mariner, to Miss SUSANNAPII
LEE, of this town.
On the 10th instant, as St. David's Church, by the Rev. VT.
Hughes, Mr. JOHN GRIFFITHS to Miss THOMAS, both of
this town.

DIED

On the 26th November, at Hamilton. Upper Canada, North America, NANCY, wife of Mr. GEORGE LEIGH, formerly pl Stockport, Cheshire.
On the 4th of Deeember, at Toronto, JANE, daughter of the
late Colonel Jones, of the 71st Regiment, and widow of Limit.
CHARLES JONES, R.N., brother of Mr. Gco. Jones; solicitor,
South John-street.
On the 21st December,agecl 29 years, Mr. DANIEL CRUICK-
SHANK, late of Manchester.
con
Onel aged n the of December, suddenly at Burnthead of Kids-
-83, MARGARET HA INiNG. wife of Mr. ROB?.
WYLIE ; and on the 25th of December, at the same place, aged
R 6, Mr. ROBERT WYLIE. The aged couple were married
thr
the long period of sixty-two years, and were iuried together in
the same grave.
On the 2nd instant, aged 22 years, JOHN, eldest son of Mr.
JOHN WOOLFALT„ Walton-on-the-Hill.
Same day, about the same hour, and near the same town, tin,
gentlemen, the oldest in the rank of gentry in the county of
Cork, namely. WILLIAM WRIXON, Esq., of Ballygiblin,
father of Sir William Wrixon Becher, in his 91st year, and the
Rev. J. N. LOMBARD, Rector of Kilshanig, in his 90th year.
They were old friends and associates, and both retained their
facn:ties to the parting moment.
Same day, in Upper-Islington, in he-
lid of Mr J. BUCK LEY.

:h year, BETTY, re

,-•
Same day, aged 54 years, Mr. WILLIAM BARRETT, Brad-
shawgate, tolton.
Same day, aged 5 years and 4 months, GEORGE, youngest
son of Mr. WILLIAM GROCOTT, letter-press printer, of this
town.
• On the 3rd instant, GEORGE lIOGG, Esq., of Lynn, and
Thornham Hall, Norfolk,
same day, at Sydenham, in his 81st year, GEORGE CHM-
- r.sq., late one of the Masters of her Majesty's Court 01

Excieg

Same day, in the 51st year of hi. up
of the Commercial Inn, Canning-placc.
Same day, at his residence, Duke-street,
BURKE BETHEL, Esq.
Same day, LOUISA ELLEN, infant daugl
DERICK T. JONES, Queen Anne-street.
On the 4th instant, at his house, l'embroke-street, Dublin,
JOHN MACKAY, Esq. barrister-at-law.
Same day, at his seat, Avnlane, Northamptonshire, in hfa
Vith year, W. B. CARTWRIGHT, Esq., late M.P. for the
southern division of the county.
Same day, Miss CAMPBELL, the postmistress of Bolton.
Same day, at his residence, Earlham, near Norwich, in the
59th year of his age, JOSEPH JOH VGURNEY, an eminent
minister of. the Society of Friends, and author of many works
on religious subjects. He was a man of greet powers of mind,
both naturally and acquired, of much religious experience, and
of the most enlarged benevolence.
Same day, aged 17 years, after a lingering illness, borne wits
Christian patience, MA RGARET, youngest daughter of the lite
Mr. WILLIAM MERCER, Oak Vale, West Derby.
Same day, in the 76th year of her ace, Miss ALICE H6O-
- eldest daughter of the late Mr. Richard Hooton, of Farm-
worth.

Ir. THOMAS LANE,

Dublin, ISAAC

0 Mr. FRS-

Same day, at her residence, Ccrnwal
ELIZABETH FISHER.

64, Mrs.

On the sth instant, at his residence, Burlington-street, Mr.
BENJAMIN TUBBS, for fifteen years in the employ of the
City of Dublin Steam-packet Company.
Same day, SUSAN GEORGINA, infant daughter of the Rev.
C. W. LAWRENCE, incumbent of St. Luke's Church.
Same day, aged 25 years, WILLIAM THOMAS, son of Mr.
JAMES WILSON, of this town.
Same day, aged 73 Years, THOMAS HARGREAVES, Esti.
Same day, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. JOHN ROWLAND-
SON, of the Stag's Head, Hood-street.
Same day, after an illness of three years, aged 75, Mrs. MA-
RIA HENRY.

Same day, nt his father's residence, Bute-Qtreet, Everten, of
consumption, in his 18th year, EDWARD, eldest son of Captaln
KING. formerly of Whitehaven.
On the 6th instant, at Lcighani House, Streatham, LOUISA,
wife of EDWARD FOWLER BEAN, Esq.. of Ashburton, po-
von, and daughter of J. W. LIDDIARD,
Same day, at her house, the Grapes, Titchfiold-atreatiagea
45, CATIIA N CA DDICK.
Same day, in Warwick-lane, London, aged 93, ANN, wife of
Mr. E. SIIERNIAN.

On the 7th instant, In Hyde-par
Hon-Lady MARY SHEPHERD.
On the Rth instant, aged 65, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr
JOSEPH DINSDALE, licensed victualler, Russell-street.
Same day, after a short illness, MARGARET MARY, infant
daughter of Mr. JOHN DUNN, jun., of Marsden-street,
Low-hill.

k• terrace, London, the Right

Same day, in Norfolk-street, Strand, London, aged 40, M. C.
STRITCH, Esq., of the Middle Temple, and who for upwards
of twenty years was connected with the Morning Herald.
On the 9th instant, at her residence, in Rathbone-street, agedli
67, Mrs. ANN MACK, relict of the late George Mack, formerlp
of the east side Salthouse Dock.
On the 10th instant, at his residence, Old Swan,' aged 69, Mr_
THOMAS LAWSON, for more than 46 years a faithful servarti
to the late Tbonias Case, Esq.

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171

Latey, at the Manor HBIRTHSo
WALKER, of a son. -
On the 31st ultimo, at the Vicarage, Podford, Northamntdn:.
shire, the wife of the Rev. WM. THORNTON, of a daughter.
Same day, at Galashiels, Mrs. W. COLTART, of twin sons.
On the Ist instant, at the Vicarage, Maple Durham, Oxon,
the Lady AUGUSTUS FITZCLA RANCE, of twin daughters.
On the 2nd instant, the wife of HUGH M'DOUGALL, Esq.,
of Highbury Villa, near London, of a dauebter.
Same day, at the residence of her father, the lady of T.
FOWELL BUXTON, Esq., of twin sons: they survived only a
few hours.
On the 4th instant, a
HENRY W. TREVEL'

ushey, Herts, the Lady JANE

It Sion 1111, Bath, the wife of Major
'AN, of a son.

.• • •
On the sth instant, the wife of.• Mr. J. W. GULL, of Peek:
ham, of twin daughters. 1
On the 6th instant, in Eaton-place, Be'grave-square, London,
Viscountess NE WRY, of a son. •
On the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. DAVIESQN, Seel-street,
of a son.
On the Bth instant, at Aigburth, the wife of G. A. TINLEY,
Esq., of a daughter.

On the 3rd instant, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. C. H.
Burton, M.A., Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, to GEORGINA,
daughter of the late Mr. ADAM RUTHERFORD.
Same day, at the Parish Church, Blackburn, by the. Rev.
W. F. Pierson, 8.A., Mr. PETER WALSH, plumber and
glazier, to ALICE, daughter of Mr. JOHN HACKING, Can-
non-street.

On the 4th instant. at St. Clement's Church, Mr. THOMAS
TOY, to Miss HARRIET MARKS, both of Bedford-street,
Toxteth-nark.

rch, by the Rev. T. Carpen-
n DONNF.LAN, Staff-officer,
late Major SHAW, both of

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Session, to introci

We purios

zt the *fling of the Parliamentary
ace several -new and valuable
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that 9, 'one by any of our con-

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eral arrangementsa;e
gratification of those rell-

temporaries, the most lea
being made. For th

the dry details of politics, or party
warfare delight not, we are likewise preparing a
we trust will be received

deri, tvh

siveness,

There is some truth, too, in the plea of hardship
adduced by the landowners that they, as a class,
ought not now to be called upon to bear the whole
weight of the calamity which has befallen Ireland.
All ought to bear their fair proportion—the land-
owner, the trader, and the housekeeper ; but they
must be the Irish landowner, trader, and house-
keeper. A union of Ireland with Great Britain
never meant that the latter was to keep Ireland's
poor. Lancashire never calls upon Yorkshire to
do so, or either of them upon the state. We
welcome the plea, however, as containing an im-
portant admission. If other
besid.— • own it

wi ,ers of the SOH are to contribute to
relieve the temporary or other destitution of the
people, this can only be done by the adoption of a
poor law, with liberal provisions. Without such a
poor law, moreover, similar calamities to the present
can never be prevented from occurring.
The following remarks upon the subject contain
so pertinent a reply to the only objection which
can be made against such a measure, that we
cannot refrain from quoting them. They are taken
from the third edition of Mr. M'Culloch's "Account
of Great Britain " -
"It is said that

The effect of this pressure upon the value of
property in Liverpool, and upon tradesmen and
other occupants within the Borough must be
scarce,
disastrous. All parties, who can, will migrate into
lie
„ai,ion can be prevented. Doe4s4an—y ornes-up-
- the suburbs. Everton, West Derby, Kirkdale,
.
..._
pose, that if the existing state of things be permitted to Bootle, and Toxteth Park; are exempt from con-
run its full course, rents will also continue to be paid ?, tributing to the relief now being administered at
They are already on the verge of destruction; and can the parish offices in Fenwick-street, and will be
-___
only be secured by providing other means for the
than
tection of the peasantry against the extreme of want than filled with parties seeking to escape from the im-
the possession of small patches of land. •But, indepen- mense taxation which Liverpool will have to en-
WE gave, in our last, the substance of an im- dently of these important considerations when under the dure. The parishioners will thus havedecreased
present sy
ry, stem any circumstance occurs to deprive any means to meet increased burthens—decreased trade
portant article in the Quarterly Review for Janus
considerable number of the people of their accustomed and decreased employment to pay rates advanced
in which the views of the Conservative party, as means of subsistence, they are, as at present, (December, fourfold in amount.
to the best means of tranquillizing Ireland, and 1846 0 employed on public works, under the superintend-
nee of Government servants, bydmbeangoWe do not wish to sound an unnecessary alarm.
improving her social condition, were laid down ; cede by the Treasury, to be the fan
moneyrcsadvt3nui It is necessary and wise in all cases to look
and we have now to direct attention to an article, it is needless to say, that reical wyell it may be a.chnin- our difficulties in the face this is• a case o
equally important, which appears in the Dublin istered, this cannot be otherwise than a most wasteful andf
University Magazine for this month, and which no ordinary difficulty : one too for which a remedy
improvident mode of providing relief. The public works may very reasonably be demanded at the hands
may be regarded as the manifesto of the Irish land- on which the poor are employed are often unnecessary ; and of the Legislature and the nation. They are
lords. For months past the Government of this muchw heii they are necessaryeli theeyticioest twos or three re not our own poor for which we are being taxed.
mss
From a statement given elsewhere, it will be
country, or more properly the nation, has been act- nary way. yThis plan,wteoro, hays constructed
further and very
ing as bankers to the owners of property in Ire- serious disadvantage of interfering with the ordinary em- seen that at least three-fourths of the objects re-
land. , Hundreds of thousands sterling have been I
p_oyments of the people, and of withdrawing them from ceiving casual relief are Irish. It is not our fault
furnished weekly for the making of roads, and for husband lltboUrouttll,everyiteir
eenwhelie, setrohaerpse, it iswn
all, mosttl that the port of Liverpool is the key to the.
public works of other descriptions, for rainage, landlords n e cssar
al h
are to pay the Treasury the vast sums thus im- manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, Lancashire,
and Cheshire, and it is hardly fair that upon us
and even for coffins, the former designed for em- providently expended.. No doubt they all but universally
should devolve the task of passing forward, or home,
Toying the starving peasantry, and the latter for flatter themselves with the belief that this condition will
burying them in decency ; and all along this has not be enforced, and that England will' not demand pay- or of keeping all the starving wretches whom Ire-
been done under the understanding, provided for meat of her just claims. In this, however, they may be land can supply, or shows such alacrity in getting
by the law, that the money thus furnishe,d—with- disappointed.England may
a at .ilnend it is
gth bteoeeltreee hopedsens that theatthttthat
t hpeeroepilse
no
ef rid of. In ordinary years the burden thrown upon
out which Ireland must have been in anarchy and real charity yor benevolence, but own poor
, in taxing us is sufficiently onerous ; and now that it is be-
utter, instead of partial, famine—was to be repaid themselves, and submitting their own poor to serious pri- coming intolerable, some means might surely bee
by the owners of the soil. We have sent cargo vations, that the landlords of Ireland may be exempted devised to relieve us from its very unequal and
after cargo of food to her shores, always believing from burdens which are borne by every landlord in En g- unjust pressure. Many modes in which this might
land, and the imposition of which is indispensable to their be effected suggest themselves. We might borrow
that we were supplying it under a guarantee that
own well-being, as well as that of the Irish nation."
funds to meet the temporary emergency, the repay-
it should be paid for at some day, however remote.
Bsubmitting
BY gracefully to this necessity of ' ment to be extended over a given number of years.
And, whilst we have been doing this, the food
their position, the landowners of Ireland would We might extend the boundaries of the parish, to
which she herself produces has .been duly shipped,
earn the respect of their British fellow-countrymen, take in the population of our extra-parochial
or at least a large portion of it, to our own markets ;
as well as advance their own permanent interests. suburbs. It will be a strange anomaly when we
and the money as duly gone into the pockets of the
The course which, instead, they seem inclined to see, as we shall shortly do, a small shopkeeper in
landowner, the mortgagee, the middleman, and the
farmer. We have not complained of this anoma- pursue can only damage them. London-road or Great Howard-street payintirdouble
lons way of doing things—this selling for cash, on
the amount of poor's rate which is paid by his
the one side, and at long credit, on the other. We THE promoters of the Tidal Harbours Bill, the wealthy neighbour in Shaw-stret, Everton, or in
saw the people in a strait—famishing, or in danger arbitrary and iniquitous provisions of which we Kirkdale. Or the payment of the extra amount
of famishing—and.the landowners at ihe moment exPosed last week, are not, as some of our readers levied might be extended over the county of which
incapable, or at least not prepared, to employ or to may imagine, sleeping over the task which they Liverpool is the port. The nation at Iprge might
relieve them. We, therefore, advanced them the have proposed for themselves. No ordinary obstacle • even be called in aid in a case where a particular
means ; but for all this, we expected to be repaid. will stay the Whig appetite for a job. Once upon locality is so hardly dealt with.
The owners of the soil of Ireland, however, seem a trail, like sleuthounds they pursue their prey, In the meantime, it reflects great credit upon
now disposed to repudiate their part of the contract. quietly, perseveringly, through mire and missiles, the authorities and the inhabitants of Liverpool
The opening paragraph of their manifesto thus lays never giving mouth until the last spring is made, that they have not shown a selfish or unfeeling
down the ground-work of their plea of nil debit : mad the hunted object is within their clutches. spirit upon an occasion when they might, with so
"A great calamity has befallen the United Kingdom. Already they have their emissaries prowling about much reason, have grudged the relief which has
The principal food of one-third of the imperial union has 'rorn nort to port, snuffing the air for abuses, real
been so lavishly drawn from them.
been destroyed by a blight from heaven. It is even ,more - imaginary, .
it upon which to base their claim to
a calamity than war ; for war is of man's own choice and
provocation; but famine is here amongst us from causes absorb so large an amount of property and patro-
which no human prudence could foresee, and no human nage. They have their secretaries and assistant
power prevent. We are, indeed, involved in the
-national calamity." greatest secretaries, clerks and officials, of the usual class,
The conclusion drawn from these premises is,
and have already compiled two blue books, styled
that, as the calamity is a national one,. the cost of 1 reports, which are, no doubt, by this time in thehands of
removing it should be borne by the nation. Before
leged to peruse that portion of the public who are privi-
such documents.
considering the correctness of this conclusion, let
us briefly examine the premises themselves. " At the moment at which we write we have not
great calamity has' befallen A had an opportunity of seeing either of these; and
Admitted. England, Wales, and Scotland, are llen the United Kingdom." as we are not aware that their "commissioner," or
any one else connected with the bill, has as yet sufferers as well as Ireland ; and the next sentence
ventured Upon an invasion of this port, we do not
of the paragraph, quite correct as to the fact,
explains the reason why the people of England feel any anxiety to examine the documents. From
and. Wales, at least, are not suffering so severely as communications before us, however, we find that
Ireland—why famine is not amongst them. The they have paid their respects to Glasgow, made crop upon which calamity has fallen is not the surveys and examined evidence, in the approved
"principal food" of that people. Famine, the memo-
fashion of Whig officials who desire to arrive at
rial says, is amongst the people of Ireland, "from any
only one sid • particular conclusion—viz., the fashion of
•
e of the questi •
on. They have
causes which no human prudence could foresee, andhearing
no human power prevent." To the correctness of
also visited the little harbour of Wells, in Norfolk, this assertion we must demur. The most influential the commissioners of which harbour, in acknow-
ledging the receipt of a copy of the bill and the
of those causes has been long foreseen and often
two reports already published, thus designate the
foretold. We have pointed to it, and others have
latter :
pointed to it. That cause is not so much the loss or " First, we observe, on the reports of the commission,
deterioration of the potato crop as the reduction of that, if they may be fairlyiktimated by that portion which
the people of Ireland to acondition of sole dependence relates to the harbour of Wills, they are totally unworthy
upon that article of food. Had this dependence of any credit,"—rather strong terms ! " Every state-
not existed—had the Irish peasant been taught and ment initisuitrueitineofeatcatinor false in_ inference ;
_buttle
encouraged to depend more upon
,his own active the
misrepresentations
proper limits of this lettesr.
cannoti sbinereneetaimmed withinisis commissioner
exertions than upon the precarious produce of a who visited and personally inspected oizir harbour, con-
precarious crop—had he been emancipated from ducted his in (miry in th...........
the exactions of the priest, the demagogue, and
the sturdy beggar—privation there might have
been, suffering there might have been, but famine
there could not have been. To say that no human
power could have prevented such a calamity, or
-famine—
that the

the calamity—

under which Ireland is sufferm

of om

is to say

VIAG 1111.1 bit lenne sons upon
ffthe globe is for ever to remain one of the most
degraded and impoverished in Europe. Will any
Irishman believe this No. Then we say, what
can be done might have been done.
But now to the conclusion deduced from the
e landowners con-

above prem.

Ind, therefore, it ought to
ttional funds. if Ire-

tend, is a national on(
be provided for out of the
land was an independent stat
have to bcar the bur+
" pledge her land

they say, she would

hen imposed upon her, and to
[ industry in buy ft-m(1 fnr her

out she

)uld not,

a measure of this sort would be equiva-
lent to a confiscation of the land ; but, in truth and reality,
it is the only means by which it would appear nossihi,
that ita

destruction of her gentry, wit,---
ment upon them, as a class, to the exonei,
*he rest of the co,,mmunity. With the latter posi-
to do at present. The prayer
th just now, for the first time, is for " the
to provide for the calamity out of the
and to pass an act indemnifying the
-crainst more than their rateable
This is about as reasonable
he landowner of any well-
to contribute for the
aell's rack-rented and
England, are bearing
'n, and we; in Liver-

Unless she desired the

inn in quiz ylu fine most reprehensible manner; He
performed his duties here with precipitancy and indiscri-
mination ; he received with eagerness, and without inves-
tigation, every
.report of abuses ; he set them down as
proved as soon as they were asserted, was impatient at
every attempt at refutation, and in consequence heard
only fli.t y4.;oh fa 1 cph nn ---1 - - _ •

Lee, or ignorance, in-

vented or believed
It is not for us to say how much of this is true.
A Commissioner employed by a Whig Government
to prepare the ground for the perpetration of a
Whig job must, however, earn his salary. He
would, no doubt, find plenty of people, malevolent
or ignorant; in 'the town of Wells to invent abuses
for him, and to assist in making out a strong case
for Government interference. When he favors us
with a visit, he will doubtless discover many simi-
lar people, ready to give him a helping hand—to
spy out malpractices for him—to show how rates
chn be expended in pet projects of their own
point out obstructions in the river, and nt

_.,....- --lat.
ters ; and, out of all this, it will be strange if h(

ition of

WORKING OF THE ALBERT DOCK

Our new contemporary, " The Liverpool Express,"
has fallen into error in commenting upon our
statement
in last week's paper. We feel assured this was uninten-
tional, and that he will thank us for setting him right.
The Nicholas Biddle he states to be 900 tons register,
but it will be found she is only 783 tons. The Waterloo
is 983 tons register, being 200 tons more than the Nicho-
las Biddle.

Both are good instances of rapid discharge, and should
only be noticed as such,—but the remark, " to show that
the Albert Dock is not so effective as it might be," and
that " the discharge of the Waterloo is not so very extra-
ordinary," savors somewhat of unfairness, inasmuch as we
did not put forth our stitement at all in a spirit of rivalry.
However, as the matter-has been so brought forward, it is
infinitely in favour of the working of the Waterloo, of
which the following comparison is proof. The Waterloo
was discharged at the Albert Dock, and the Nicholas
Biddle at the Transit Sheds.

Nicholas Biddle, register Waterloo, register 983
783 tons ; cargo, 3516 pack- tons ; cargo, 6701 packages,
ages and 19,796 bushels and 21,088 bushels wheat.
wheat. In ' four days was In 41 days was discharged,
discharged, and 2853 pack- and 4,362 packages and
ages, and 19,796 bushels
se-
veral 21,088 bushels
hindranceshfeoart
wantvfere
wheat were taken to account takentoaccountan and
and delivered. livered, notwithstandingt-
of sacks ; and in addition to
which, during 6-

he disch.

'fifty tons of bar iron were
put on board as stiffening.

SUPPLY OF WATER

The question as to the quantity of water which 'the
present water companies are capable of supplying having
been again raised, we have felt it our duty to make further
inquiries on the subject, as, a few weeks since, we demon-
strated by facts and figures, which no one as yet has ven-
tured to controvert, that there is abundance of water in
and around Liverpool, without going to such a distance as
either Bala Lake or Rivington Pike for a supply. We
here give the result of our further inquiries, and may
state that we have the strongest conviction of the truth
of the following particulars.

We know it Übe a fact that the Harrington Company,
by merely boring an Artesian well in the bottom of their
lodgment in William Henry-street, obtained a supply of
water so abundant that they are actually obliged to allow
upwards of 100,000 gallons daily to run to wage, in order
that the works may not be inundated. We know, more-
over, that although the engine at the company's station
at Windsor has been kept at work both day and' night, for
the last twelve months, in order that the mains may be
T 1 II ;—___
kept constantly charged, in the pv.„4.

LII/1/ ,avwvaakaaa vax uaa IJWII riatisraction, and that
of his employers, quite sufficient grounds why they
should grasp the property of the Dock Trustees of
Liverpool, and he should have a nermanent 1 n.sa

event in lire, im impres-
sion has been made on the spring. And we know it is a
fact, for we had the pleasure of seeing it, that there is
now constructing, at the company's works, an immense
•

Lion we have nothing

provided for him under the Board of

:onservators

nuen compieue., VVIAL cuaule
them to supply from the Windsor station 500,000 gallons
more than they do at present. All these circumstances
tend to confirm our expressed opinion, that we have at
command abundance of water. All we require is to have
it judiciously distributed.

public rev

of .Tidal Harbours

Irish landlo
share of the burthei

• The Commissioners of Wells Harbour take the
same view of the Bill itself which we have already
expressed. They remark that—
The bill is conceived in a harsh, offensive, insulting,
and despotic spirit. It is unconstitutional in its aim,
asserts a vague extent of prerogative in the crown beyond
the limits of all law, commits violence upon all the exist-
ing... institutions, puts' in jeopardy—if it is not meant
indeed to subvert—the rights of property over considera-
ianctosn,
eansdho,
rbt
y cal aruusdee force,'all law-s, considera-
ble tracts of land hitherto held under the most formal
sutnatsuktilefus,llaynadppuliseadg,esa,nnaunlds
all royal and other
~ grants and charters inconsistent with
its
_provisions.'
It is earnestly to be hoped that such a law, con-
taining such provisions, and with machinery so
complex and expensive, may never be inflicted upon
the country. But to prevent such a consummation
no merely silent opposition will avail. The Whig-
Radical faction in the Government are working,
tooth and nail, for its accomplishment. They will
take a part, if they cannot get all. They will gorge
up the minor ports, if even they are prevented, for
the present, touching Liverpool, London, Bristol,

as it would be to ask of t

iucted estate in Ire

support of Mr. Daniel O'Conr

The full increase of the Customs' revenue at this port
last year over the previous one was £189,253.
The presentation of a piece of
plate and purse will be
made to the Rev. George Dover on Friday next. Since
we announced the testimonial in our last it has been in-
creased to £lOO.

)earing, and always bear, more than our
We have those whom we make poor, or
ecome poor, to keep. We have also shoals
's poor to keep. We tax ourselves, year
) maintain, by rates, those of our popula-

The wardens and congregation of St. Philip's have, in
the most gratifying manner, presented the Rev. R. L.
Townsend, A.M., the late incumbent of the church, with
upwards of £126, to be expended in a testimonial, as a
mark of their esteem, and in remembrance of his valued
services during a ministry of 18 years.
LIVERPOOL LOCAL BlLLS.—Amongst the list of peti-
tions for private bills to be presented on the 15th instant,
we find, No. 1, " The Liverpool Gas Company's Acts
Amendment, and for raising a further sum of money;
No. 2, Birkenhead Commissioners Dock Acts
15, " Birkenhead Dock
Amend-
ynstructionß ir of new dockso, and
s alteration of cub.
vert; Amendment, ad
Compan
n and on the 16th, p oas.
to ,9
construction Birkenhead Co
f mm
sea-wallis io neal r so
along
Dock
WallaseyA ct
Pool ;"No.
and Herculaneum Dock Company Amalgams- 1
tion.

die Irela
by year

tfori who cannot maintain themselves; and we fur-
ther tax ourselves, by an increased price of labour,
to enable our population to maintain themselves.
When have Ireland's gentry sliewn a disposition to
do either of these things ? Never. Surely, then,
it is not fair for us, who have. not brought it about,
to be asked, whenever calamity falls upon Ireland,
to repair the evil which Irish improvidence and
_neglect have brought about. If we have a burthen,

which we bear from year to year, and the owners of or Glasgow. Places for hungry dependents are to
property in Ireland choose to postpone meeting be created ; and they will be created, and a large
theirs until, at every ten years of interval, it becomes portion, if not the whole, of the property in tidal
a grievous burthen, almost amounting to the con- rivers throughout the kingdom taken possession of,
fiscation of such property, we ought not to be asked unless a combined movement in self-defence is
to share that confiscation. A man whatiays his made by our Dock Committees. Let the leading
servant's wages weekly is not required to assist him ports of Great Britain bestir themselves to protect
who, besides mismanaging his concerns, finds him- their weaker brethren; by that means they will be
self when a year's wages have-become due, incapable protecting themselves.
of payment.
It is quite true that the sums voted at present- THE advancing tide of pauperism, which is in-
ment sessions in Ireland, and advanced by the vading the port of Liverpool from every port of
British Government, have been improvidently, and I Ireland, is a subject worthy of the serious considera-
in many instances uselessly, laid out, although we tion, not only of the authorities and rate-payers of
scarcely see that the blame is ours. We had to Liverpool, but of the legislature. Our docks form
perform a great work in a hurry—to provide food the gate of the great highway from that wretched
for a whole people, with no machinery provided to country to the manufacturing districts of the north
our hands to enable us to escape the evil of pan- of England. Day by day hundreds of miserable
dering to imposture and rewarding thaw worthless. famishing wretches are laned upon our as,
Hence we have done our work at a cost which we destitute
of food and of money to buy it—beggars
might have avoided; and some of the very men from the hour they land ; and the majority of them
who might have protected us from error, and who incapable of working for a meal, if work was to be
now complain of its cost, have aided us to err. had for them. We cannot see them die in our
Many of these men might have done themselves, streets. Their immediate necessities must be re-
for half the price, what we have to charge them lieved ; and all endeavours to send them back to
extravagantly for doing. Still the fault is not their own'country, and to induce them to remain
ours. If a man refuses to protect his own pro- there, prove abortive.
perty, and another is called upon to protect it for How long, we ask, is this to go on ? Nay, we
him, the party receiving such protection has no right to demur at payment on the score of ex may go further and ask, how long can the• rate-
pen- payers of Liverpool sustain the pressure upon their
means which it is creating? Our parish authorities
are spending money at a fearful rate, every shilling
of which, be it remembered, has to be paid by the
owners of property in the parish of Liverpool,—
by the tradespeople, shopkeepers, and others who re-
side within the limits of the Old Parliamentary
Borough. Without taking into account the great
probability of an increase of applicants for relief,
a poor's rate of five shillings in the pound will
scarcely see us through another year. And, when
to this is added, the Government, and other exist-
ing taxes, and the sewerage, water, and other rates
to be levied under the Sanitory Bill, which has
,just
come into operation, a sum not far short of half the
entire rental of rateable property in the town will
have to be raised. Nor is the prospect by any
means cheering of an early release from the inflict-
tion. It may be a few years to come before Ire-
land will be able to take back the wretched out-
casts she is supplying us with ; and thousands will
become permanent squatters in our back streets,
existing precariously somewhat in a half-way state
between starvation and dependance upon parish
bounty.