The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

_ 8 . TIIE LIVERPI
TO CORRESPONDENTS. directed to the overthow of all that is stable in the THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE DOCK
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"A Proprietor of both Companies" has furnished us with institutions of the country. COMMITTEE.
what is very likely a pointed reply to our correspondent who But we must make a parting remark, and we do wrote to us last week on the subject of the Royal Assurance The following is a copy of Mr. North, the dock soli-
shares, but we ought to have been furnished with the name it in sorrow and in shame ; sorrow that we should citor's letter, referred to yesterday in the Council-chamber:
of the " proprietor." have to speak harshly of a gentleman, of whose SIB,—I intrude upon you with extreme reluctance, but my
"An Inhabitant and Constant Reader" wishes to know why talent and personal worth we have always thought services, such as they are, being now the property of the public,
the Birkenhead Commissioners object to the vacancies occa-
itthseems scarcely
.consistent with my duty to be silent under
sioned by the disqualification of any members of their body highly, and shame for the reproach which his con- Irt peumtatioe which lam about to answer.
being filled up (when such vacancies arise) before the expira- duct, with respect to this measure, reflects upon the 11meeting of the Council, on Wednesday last, the Town-
tion of each year.
clerk advised that " a minute of the 10th of February and a
character of the public men of these days of sad apos-
INDIAN WARFARE.—" Vigilans '' very properly asks if great
oreepofot of the 22nd of February," entered in the book of pro-
benefit might not arise, if the '° Prayer in time of War, &c." Lacy. We remember perfectly well the impression ed gs of the Dock Committee. "were not proceedings of the
was constantly read in our churches. • which Mr. Cardwell succeeded, during his canvass,
istaldwc Enmotittee," and they were, therefore, in effect annulled.
We have been requested to state that the person who is goino•
trouble you with any argument to reply to this, for
about th._ town soliciting subscriptions, with a note purport- in making upon his friends, with respect to his
not interest the Council now,and would worse than
ing to be from the Rev. D. D. Stewart, and giving particulars views on the subject of the Navigation Laws. We uselesslyvou revive an unfortunate controversy. But notwith-
. of a loss sustained by the fall of a horse aud cart into a quarry, admit that he pledged himsalf to no definite mea- standing the above opinion, I maintain, and am ready to prove,
is an impostor.
that the said minute so called, so far as it purported, on the
sure; but his whole language and conduct led to face of it, to be a resolution of the committee, and that the re-
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Erg. Eibtrpool ginanbarb. the conclusion that he was favourable to the prin- port, and all other proceedings of the deputation and corn-
ciple upon which they are founded. Even on the mittee under that resolution, were as legal, binding, formal,
and proper, in every respect, as any resolution or proceeding
-- -- - hustings, he appealed, in reply to a question on the that ever emanated from the Dock Committee or any other
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1849.
subject, to his position with the chairman of the public body.
tiolnt,wardmmTadauspartadouoreinfotahivlaaetenontest,
.with littletpreplra-
THE question, what will be the course taken by Shipowners' Association on one side of him, and
Rortant and difficult questions of lawe commit
construction onreoef tTie.
the representatives of Liverpool, with respect to the chairman of the Dock Committee on the other.
yirre Acts. Upon itteeup three
Now we cannot think for a moment that the mind each question the Town-clerk's opinion
the Government measure for the repeal of the
d from mine. Which of us was Town-clerk's
I by no means pre-
.
Navigation Laws, has received its solution, so far of our representative was at that time quite at sea sume to say; but if I erred, four eminenecounsel, including the
at least as one of them is concerned. Mr. Card- upon so important a subject. He must have en- Attorney-General, afterwards erred with me. Now, I claim no
tmweeroitryi-vfilviaeteyveearrafrom that result, but I do claim that it (and
well will vote for the second reading of the bill, tertained opinions very nearly similar to those ' practice) ought to have saved me from the
in the hope, he says, of arriving, by the aid of which he has now promulgated. He knew that imputation of being so ignorant as to have penned, under the
" the wisdom of either side of the house" at such those opinions were most obnoxious to the majority ziaomneoicttleofDpo
that arlirent,: document purporting to be a resolu-
anpretensiontom
improvement of its provisions as will ensure for of those who gave him their support; very differentcharacter. hiltmhaareierfo, icrionifoprillannt
,c 1
le,
effoeacot;
en 7
am quite sure that my friend, the Town-clerk, intended me no
it the general concurrence of the country. We to the opinions which he heard his friends express- wrong; but it would have saved ou this trouble, and myself
must "progress" he says. We must effect some ing on his behalf, and conscientiously representing much pain, if I had been asked, inyprivate, to support myopi-
nion, before it was publicly and so summarily condemned.—i
alteration of our present system. It may be im- as his own. Either, therefore, we must have better
portant, therefore, to his constituents to see how reasons for the entire change which has taken place have the honour to be, sir, with much respect, yonr very obe-
dient servant, (Signed) JNO. NORTH.
To the Worshipful the Mayor.
far the hon. gentleman is willing to progress, and in his mind, or we must adopt a conclusion, to
where he designs to stop. The impression forced which we should be very sorry to be driven, that Dock Solicitor's Office, Liverpool,
upon us by his speech is that he is prepared to go there was concealment, if not something worthy of 12th March, 1849.
very far indeed. a harsher name, most unjust towards those friends SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VESTRY THIS DAY.
In thb first place it is evident that he is favorable who so warmly interested themselves in his success, to the overthrow o: that main principle of the Navi- and dishonest towards the entire constituency. Our local readers will have been pretty generally informed of
the special vestry meeting which is to be held this day at St.
gation Laws, contained in what is commonly termed
the long voyage clause. He would allow the irnpor- A few months
ago, during a period of excitement Nicholas' Church, though we hope to see it adjourned to a
tation of the produce of Asia,Africa,and America into and apprehended danger to the peace and prosperity more suitable place, for the purpose of receiving a report from
the Equitable Rating Committee, of their proceedings in Lon-
this country, hitherto carried only by British ships, of the town, it was determined by the Watch Corn- don in support of the bill for Rating the Dock and Corporate
or ships belonging to the countries in which the mittee, and acquiesced in by the magisterial bench Property. We trust that those who are favourable to this im-
produce was grown, by foreign vessels without any and the Council, that, instead of relying solely portant object will make an effort, by the sacrifice of an hour
restriction. This is a pretty sweening change to upon the services of the special constables, an ad- or two of their time, to strengthen the hands of those gentle-
begin with. It is, in effect, an abrogation of the dition should be made to the number of the regular men who have kindly taken upon themselves the cause of their
entire system, all that will be left behind being police force. In common with the rest of our fel- fellow-townsmen with respect to this important matter.
mere shreds and patches. Mr. Cardwell's reasons low-townsmen, we fully expected, that when the
for the conclusion at which he has arrived are so occasion of its augmentation had passed by, the POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—LAST NIGHT.
original that we shall make no apology for giving body would be, as soon as possible, reduced to its .
them in extenso : strength in preceding years; and we have waited MTe..BALLANTYNE reade an interesting paper "On an Im- ]
"They were told," he said, " that reciprocity was to be anxiously for an assurance of the fact through the pp
e
Apparatusnt.
He
ifioertb Administrationsuccinct
iaryoof
of galvanism
farsoma
the order of the day. Let him, then, ask what was their medium of the Council proceedings. No such as- gave a succ
the time of its discovery by Galvani to the present day, ex- (
plaining the various and successive imprevements in the ap- (
position in regard to one of the most important interests surance, however, has transpired. The worst period pastas, with the names of the distinguished authors, and each
of this country ? He knew of none more important than fth winter has, passed over; the working classes illustrated by drawings. He then exhibited some beautiful 6
that which was known by the name of the ' warehouseapparatus in action, and noticed at some length the most ap- (
oof thee town Ire moderately well employed; no ap-
system,'—a system which was the growth of recent years,proved modern medical application of the subtle agent to the
and resulted from a judicious relaxation in the navigation prehension, or sign, at present exists of more than cure of various diseases, especially those of a nervous character.
laws, by which this country was made the great entrepat, ordinary amount of disturbance or crime : and, in Mr. Dixon's paper (reported elsewhere), on the improved I not only of Europe put of the whole civilized world. the absence of official information, we have been patent ventilator, was then read. V
England imported cotton from America, sugar from the led to make enquiries upon the subject for our- RAILWAY GRIEVANCE AND NARROW ESCAPE c
tropics, and all kinds of produce from the different por. - selves, the result of which we proceed at once to 1
tions of the globe. These she sentlargely to the ports in the Baltic Sea. Last year she sent 200,000 bags of cotton lay before our fellow-townsmen. FROM ACCIDENT.
to the northern ports." The following is a comparative statement of the A case was laid before us which occurred yesterday, strongly P
This " Warehouse system," which has grown up strength of our police force, for the docks and ifirloumstrtreinegagtekreceoxntfeezelfarnievearl rag
am %rolesp ualati
et os
to eel;ilu brloisc4
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under the operation of our Navigation Laws, aided for the town, during five years, commencing fromtraffic t ]
the of the districts in which their lines are situate. A
by our vast capital, is to be destroyed, unless we January, 1844, arranged for each quarter, showing Laarttly ofttentleomnenthsetafitneed
3,7stte;clay m
h East oaningsltorem Rail eany-„I
the averages of each year. At the head' of each
now repeal those laws. England is no longer tobooked to Manchester, at which they were assured by the ,
be "the great Entrepot, not only of Europe, but column, we have placed the names of the gentlemen time-tables that they would arrive at a certain hour. It has 1,,
of the whole civilized world," unless we uproot the who filled the office of chairman of the Watch shot
distance alit parnt oil:
srt tehr
alongn
tshoef anise
hirelai ar un
(II
yfoorrka. s t
system which contributed to make her such entre- Committee for the respective years : shire line. On their arrival, however, at Clifton Station, the Ii
point of junction, they found a notification, we are told only „,
pot ! Russia and Prussia will insist that if we do J. Law- D. Hodg- J. Law-H. received a day or two before, that in future the former corn- ".
km
not allow them to send their vessels to Asia, Africa, rence. son. rence. Turner. Tinne. Turner. pany's trains would not be permitted to run along the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, and the Junction was blocked up com- nc
and America to load cargoes for Great Britain, we _____ _______
1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. —1849. pletely with empty carriages, engines,
. and other obstructions. 11E
shall not be allowed to ship a hogshead of Sugar,
a bale of Cotton, or a chest of Tea from Liverpool, Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. it was only after threatening legal proceedings that they were tll
Jan. 1.. 464 194 469 200 509 218 515 239 555 235 660 310 anden enabled to make anyo impression upon the Company's servants, _1
London, or Hull, except in Russian or Prussian April 1.. 463 201 489 204 516 293 541 2441 615 237 Yorkshire Company, to prevent the "'
threatened proceedings, volunteered to send them on to Man- th
vessels. We are to lose, in short, "the whole car- July 1.. , 467 201 485 210 506 226- 566 243 i 569 241 : • •-.
acrhreisvtel fr ee of charge, in a train of their own which had just el(
Oct. 1..1 468 200 483 219 , 510 222 556 235; 791 274 .: :
Tying trade of the Baltic"—a possession which we
never knew that we enjoyed to the extent which we Average.! 465 199 481 208 1 510 222 544 240' 630 2471 660 310 This was certainly fulfilled, but only by forwarding the train fuji,
,1/4._.„,_..„
1/4..._.„.__,
,1/4_,.___, t_.„__, ~._,__, ~_..„...._, on the wrong line, which, of course, was liable to a collision at
are now assured that we have done. We have all Totals of with any train coming from Manchester. Many of the passen-
I
along thought, in our simplicity, that Baltic yes- Tn. &Dk' 664 689 1 732 784 1 877 I 970 gers, in consequence, preferred walking; and those who wen- Pr'
eels took such produce as a part of their return tured took the precaution, some of having the doors open, and gel
e to leap in
too, to speculate whether the repeal of the long ar
cargoes from this country. It may be worth while, It will be seen from this statement, that previ- others of
Istanding on the steps of the carriages.
t ...th a whistle
at thata part being foretnnately siltrianiglft, Ehen
force had been gradually increasing in numbers cthorlitlontraiiiisalTezeenabled to be stopped in time to avoid a wh
voyage clause may not have the very effect of
each successive year. Thus, there were 25 men curves, Of which they linarepirsofaucll, the consoeqthueernciels must-
illhathve n°'
damaging the warehouse system, and establishing
added in 1845, 43 in 1846, 52 in 1847, and but been an awful loss of life. cat
great entrepots in other countries, which Mr. Card-
one man more up to the January quarter of 1848. ti We leave the above facts, as. stated to us by respectable gen- pa:
werele in the train thus recklessly exposed to dan
well dreads, instead of contributing to keep them
- the
here. Probably the increase thus far was justified by the get, esiiiid`‘lehaove 1 public to make their comments, and say aro
We are told in addition, that " a new trade is exte cottage nsion of buildings, and especially of
what course should be adopted to put a stop to such dangerous
proceedings. we:
springing up in California," and that the Ameri- property, in the outskirts of the town. In the
cans will not allow us to carry tea and other pro-
cot
April quarter, however, when it will be remembered
YESTERDAY' S P OLICE. hoi
duce to that land of gold digging, from China and an uneasy feeling had been excited amongst our
to
--
the Philippine Islands. How many cargoes per working classes by Chartist movements, and the NOVEL MATERIAL FOR A BUSTLE.—An Irish girl, named w°,l
Mary Kelly, was charged with having stolen some beef from a N
incendiary appeals of the Irish Repealers to their vessel lying at the west side of Prince's Dock. When app re- (Ro
annum of tea and spices are thus placed in jeopardy
fellow-countrymen, we find an increase of 62 fended, and searched in bridewell, 141bS. of beef were found I%
we are not told ; but the consideration is very
small when compared with that of surrendering men. In the quarter ended July Ist, the force was mgtlestdetdo agabolorhaermrr pe by way of bustle. She was com-
Nsyuacr to America the carrying trade of Great Britain and again decreased by 42 men ; hut in the quarter CAUTION TO CABMEN.—A cab-driver who had been em- In„al
ended Ist October, an increase took place of 255 filoeyteodwant tahnedpii,"eflotohatraefteargweanrtcliesmyvavienddileiso.elluititage into ti hl
her vast Colonial Empire. There is the produc-
men, the number being in the July quarter 810, looking lifter bis things, taken up another person, andmralwseacsl 31
tion and consumption of short of 20,000 souls at
one end of the balance, and of 150,000,000 at the and in the October quarter 1,065 men. The force to take the former, unless he went with the other, was fined wasother. Mr. Cardwell remarked that : up the Ist of January, 1849, averaged 970 men. 20s. and costs.
.m
VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.—A woman named Mar-
said
It will be seen, however, that during the last quar- garet M‘Laughlan was charged with having violently assaulted lonP,
" He knew a gentleman who was reaping a large reward
in having sent out tea. from China and sugar from the ter, probably on account of the area added to our a fernittle, Mrs.e.!;,Tittlor,thweho appearedl with her head bandaged as,.,_
a"
Philippine Islands to California. Was it not to be ex- dock space, that portion of the force has been au g- ma gdatneLn tr roe natrerde
arrears
o cellarfre init
,11;aald-
petuo
itle)i-streeltp,lievamr the 'prisonecro, petted that the American government would have an mented considerably. But there is still shown an distrained upon her. On Saturday afternoon they saw each bang
establishment themselves in California ? and then would increase of 116 men belonging to the town division other in the court in which they lived, and some disagreement ,Con
probably took place, though there was no evidence to that (Lot
come into operation that clause of their navigation laws
effect. The defendant at length seized a joiner's tenant saw, V
which had been made on the model of the English long .
over the number employed in 1847.
In these days .of economy and retrenchment, we and attempted to stake complainant,. who ran away. In doing ~,
voyage clause, and so made because there was such a so, she fell, and while down, prisoner struck her violently on t-mo,
clause in the English navigation law, and then no more shall be excused if we inquire a little into the the head with the saw, cutting the scalp to the bone, and also to P
tea, no more produce of the Philippine Islands, could be money part of this question. What, then, has wounding her on the leg. The case being proved, the prisoner inter
carried to the western coast of America by British COM- been the increase of expenditure caused by these was fined .e 5, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for
one r
A
merce. It was important, therefore, for the sake of the progressive augmentations of our police force? month.
R DINARY CASE OF HOUSE ROBBERY. —A servant
to th
commercial interests of this country, that they should We find
upon the average strength of the force in girl, named Sidney Douglas, in the employ of Mr. Wilkinson, spTeri,
acco
come to a right understanding with regard to the long
1844, as compared with its average strength in the of No. 34, Springfield, was placed at the bar under the follow-
ing extraordinary circumstances :—lt appeared that on Sunday cattl
voyage clause. Mr. Huskisson warned them to be care-
ful not so to arrange their navigation laws as to call up quarter ended January Ist of this year, an increase night, between eight and nine o'clock, the family being then at Tb
. , church, two lads heard a noise in the house as of a female in
q great maritime power in opposition to them. What of 306 men. The maintenance, clothing, &c., oL distress, and on entering found the prisoner tied with a horse- Tb. ,
country would carry cotton to Russia and Prussia, and each man may be put down at £55 per annum. hair rope to the bottom rails of the stair, and her face covered nut,'
the 1
tea and sugar to California, if our jealous restrictions We have thus an increased expense, with our pre- with blood. She said the house had been forcibly entered by
were maintained ? That one country of which you were
sent force, of £16,830, as compared with the ex- some men, who had struck and abused he and
superintendent of sevei
and tied her as she Betio
'
afraid, and with which you have made it your particular was found. The boys gave the alarm, and
consideration not conclusively to decide—America." pence in 1844. This is certainly a large amount, go lice was soon on the spot._ She told him that some men had note g
It is painful to think that we shall be able to and suggests the importance of a very searching ii ii fvx,°z=dy,
zAreriex,, d gott into
was
=al He found then
inquiry into the whole subject of our police expen- or mark of violence about it, and began to suspect the truth of MP,
send no tea, no more produce of the Philippine
into the cellar, and found from the state or at
diture and management. Taking 1847, as a year ohrtriteofints ;17 HO. ...entwindow that it'had been broken open from with
Islands to California. We must bear up under the
affording a fair criterion of the force required by the
infliction; and, if we want to reap our large re- the inside,- not the outside. The sashes were laid on the floor, Nyhic
town under its present circumstances, we find that exanadmt liineegdl rear unbroken.
minut
he
eonotA rfillaTooGroi%rtuar:fesodno,lewoheoe ties
examined her minutely, and he could find no marks of violence howe
wards in that quarter, employ foreign tonnage.
the increase in the present over that year will cost upon the prisoners face ; and the inference was that she had Parts
The quotation from Mr. Huskisson strikes us as
us no less than £10,230. It may be asked, how- bled her nose, and smeared theblood over her. She also tom- troa.aelti
singularly out of place. We know of no other
examinedwel(lleor
ever, whether even the expenditure of 1847 was 14arl.nallo:woilhoervloienc which
to ap
afterwardse
way " to call up a great maritime power in opposi-not
i4igaarrtAceudl particularise, t
tion to us" than to foster the shipping of that attended with greater efficiency of the body, as a ment, found no proof whatever of anything of the kind. The other
whole, than the greatly reduced one of 1844. The inspector and another afterwards searched the house, and in a in ,1'
closet
power, by giving it increased employment, at the near the prisoner's bed-room 14 sovereigns and a .e 5 pi
üblic, we may remark, are not at all satisfied of note were found in a bag. A quantity of valuable property was Mr
sacrifice of our own. Moreover, we know of Lave/
Illisoo found in the attic, and in other parts of the house, inch- tion
nothing in our present laws to prevent America that fact. With our present largely augmented
bagg, all e pqsownac't bedo-aroom,
vei n
bweehoicllmt4n7tsilewraesdisolilionodesilil
dishonestly. Conn
-5
Coun
carrying cotton to Russia, and Tea and Sugar to force of 970 men, we are not aware that crime is at
The whole of the property missed was found in the house, ex- 1,11,1
California; nothing, in short. except the fact that all more completely suppressed, that our streets at
cenpivteash,ofuotrit's26suingamolieeay.balcioirizeo.nertswroaser:lerde. alseovironode
it pays the American shipowner better to bring his night are at all more safe, that disorder and out-
ell cc
cotton here, where he has a certainty of getting a rage are less frequent, or that members of the force that the prisoner wras found with her hands tied in
nehind her being
return cargo. The whole argument is very puerile. are to be found when wanted more easily than in
back, in such
She was committed for trial.
to a way that she could not have done it herself. bar
Mr. Cardwell goes also the whole length of tae 1844 or preceding years. The above statementker, 1
shows a feature, independently of the large in- THE REV. MR. CRUMMELL A NEGRO CLER- terts c
ministerial measure, with respect to the Colonies.
no
C
crease of the force made in the autumn of that GYMAN) IN CHESTER. bills:
Canada especially is aggrieved by being required to
shout
year, which .worthyis of notice. We refer to the --
employ British or Colonial tonnage. We give an
essed two very crowded the pi
gradual increase which had been going on from
bill?
instance of the nature of her griefs, as related by On Sunday week Mr. Crummell addr
audiences in Chester—that the morning at St. Peter's, and
1844 up to that time. The rate at which we pro- in
was ti
him :
i
that in the afternoon at old St. John's. The solemnity of h s Mr.
aressed from 1844 to 1847,-120 men, or 2-lithe <<A t him the other day, stating that - devout• and unassuming manners; the fervour and perspicu- ceedi:
gentleman wroteo
he had received, by an American vessel from New York, of the whole force additional in three years—was its of his language; and the.point aid pathos of his unadorned Mr.
eloquence, left a very pleasing impression upon his hearers, The
a quantity of flour. By the brand he perceived that the not warranted by the increase of our population, or
corn was grown in Canada, and, being an honest man, he any other circumstance of which we are at present ho cheehully e ponded to hi all fr'd by •
about .E3O to the Ands for building his ochuairch in Newor ng ceedii
Y R. fir
The Vicar of St. John's afterwards invited the clergy of if he,
stated the truth to the Custom-house, when he was told aware.
g.
seemed Chester to
.meet Mr. Crummell at a social party, where all first p
that it could not be admitted, and he prayed him (Mr. In bringing the subject before the public, we be gratified with his varied and general information. Mr. decid(
Cardwell) to go to the Treasury. (Laughter,) Would
the hon. gentleman who sneered tell him why they should to disclaim all other motives beyond a desire to Crummell had several interviews with the Bishop of Chester at answe
the Palace,s and we understand that his lordship manifested mr.
protect corn grown in the United Sintee, end not protect promote the utmost economy. consistent with ef-
corn grown by her Majesty's subjects in Canada ? But fectiveness, in every department of our local admi- 70710 all *in -
Hiscialip th-e.(.,
has licensed Mr. Crummell to preach throughout his diocese. on the
it was said that a plan had been devised to meet this (lit& nistration. We had hoped, in fact, to be spared
proce
culty. They were to nationalize Canadian corn, by caus- the trouble of entering upon the task ; and that -
inn. it to pass throueh the United States. But corn could

it could not be admitted, and he prayed him (Mr.
zdwell) to go to the Treasury. (Laughter,) Would
e hon. gentleman who sneered tell him why they should
otect corn grown in Me United Staieey and not prefect
'7, grown by her Majesty's subjects in Canada ? But
said that a plan had been devised to meet this diffi
. They were to nationalize Canadian corn, by caus-
,t to pass through the United States. But corn could
!cnveyed from the interior of Canada by the Welland
al and St. Lawrence as cheaply as it could be conveyed
Ey way of New York. The right
gentleman greatly lauded the Americans for giving a
back for the transit of Canadian corn through their
it But, if it were sagacity on the part of the
,er an government to give a bounty on the transit of.

In bringing the subject before the public, we beg
to disclaim all other motives beyond a desire to
promnta tbia MOSt eennamy. nonsistent with ef-
fectiveness, in every department of our local admi-
nistration. We had hoped, in fact, to be spared
the trouble of entering upon the task ; and that
the subject would have been mooted in the Coun-
cil yesterday, a motion having been put upon the
books to that effect. Such motion having, how-
ever, been withdrawn, we had no choice left us but
to take the initiative ourselves. Looking at the
onerous amount of local taxation, which is pressing
upon the inhabitants of Liverpool, and the diffi-
culty with which it is met in these times of pres-
sure and commercial suffering, there is not an item
in our expenditure to which a rigid scrutiny ought
not to be directed ; and this item of increased ex-
pense in our police force is by no means an insig-
nificant one, amountingin the aggregate, as it will
have done from the end of 1844 to the end of the
present year, to a sum of no less than £40,000.

The petition against the repeal of the Navigation Laws,
in Liverpool, received nearly 25,000 signatures. The
counter petition gets on very slowly.
On Sunday, at Trinity Church, Woodside, after a ser-
mon by the Rev. J. Baylee, the sum of £l5 ss. was col-
lected as a jubilee offering to the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge.
On Sunday next, as will be seen, two sermons will he
preached in St. Peter's Church, Aintree, when collections
will be made for the choir, which, on this occasion, will
be strengthened, as it is intended that full cathedral ser-
vice will be performed.
AIR. HARBORD'S TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting was held
last night in the large room of the Great George Tavern
and Lonsdale Arms, Upper Pitt-street, for the purpose of
promoting the testimonial about to be presented to Mr.
Councillor Harbord. The books will be closed in a few
days, when a deputation will wait upon Mr. Harbord to
ascertain his wishes as to the form of the testimonial.
REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS.—A deputation from
Belfast waited on the Home Secretary on Saturday, and
proposed, with reference to the removal of Irish
paupers from England and Scotland, that the English
precedent should be adopted, that when the Irish pauper
become chargeable on the English parish, and had
I no settlement in England, the justices should inquire
respecting, his place of birth in Ireland, and that he should
be sent there. Sir George Grey said he would communi-
cate his determination to the deputation.
THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS.—To their credit, be it
spoken, the shipowners of Liverpool have always
been ready to assist the agriculturists and colonists ; but,
at the time when most wanted, the London shipowers
did not respond to the call made upon them ; they too
confidently relied on the Navigation Laws being out of
the category of Free Trade. This we shall show by re-
printing a letter, which appeared in the columns of the
Morning Post at the time. As the predictions of the writer
(Mr. H. C. Chapman) have been so remarkably fulfilled.
they cannot but prove extremely interesting as coming
from a practical Liverpool merchant and shipowner, and
entirely disposing of the
—Morning 'Post. --Morning of Canadian complints.

the Erie Canal and

prOVinCeS
res— •

grain from Canada to New York, what was the virtue of
that policy which gave a positive discouragement to the
conveyance of grain by means of the canals in Canada ?

Canada sought"only to be put in a position to compete
)n equal terms with the United States ; and was the Bri-
tish legislature to refuse that reasonable demand ? He
could not come to any such conclusion."

The question, which we have marked in italics, is
rather a naive one. The whole passage, indeed,
comes well from a member of the very ministry
which placed Canada in this disadvantageous po-
sition, and invented the evasion, by which grain is
naturalized, for the purpose of giving its freight to
the foreigner, which evasion Mr. Cardwell's friend,
being an honest man," was not satisfied to

Another vessel with a cargo of mahogany has arrived in
the Birkenhead Docks.
The Rev. Benjamin Strettell Clarke, incumbent of
Thorp Hesley Church, Yorkshire, has received much
assistance from the congregation of Christ Church, Liver-
pool, of which he was formerly curate, and from the
noblemen, clergy, and gentry, in and adjoining his parish,
towards the purchase of an organ for the use of his church.
The organ, which is new and very handsome, has been
built and purchased in Liverpool.
SIR ROBERT'S PANACEA FOR IRELAND.—The demon-
strations against the rate in aid project have been quite
cast in the shade since the Peel panacea was thrown into
the political market as a more tempting bait for the pens
and brains of Irish journalists. Never was a " hit" so
complete—its success has been all but universal. With
some few exceptions, the press, whether Whig, Tory, or
Repeal, has yielded an assent to the justice of the propo-
sition, and although one may deny its feasibility, another
object to its details, and a third affect a pious horror at
the bare reference to the " plantation of Ulster," all seem
willing to forget the right hon. baronet's manifold back
slidings, and to accord him full credit for the aiueerity of
kitggtnu§ IA the pregent ingauce,

actopv.
The hon. gentleman referred to "anomalies in
the Navigation Laws, which it was impossible to
allow to remain as they at present stood." What
these may be we are uninformed ; but it is a signi-
ficant fact that, from the first to the last sentence
of his speech there is not a word of reprobation of
any one portion of the government scheme. It is
thoroughly ministerial throughout; and might, but
for a certain tone and mannerism, peculiar to the
head of the school of which Mr. Cardwell is a fol-
lower, have been spoken by a member of her
Majesty's present 'Whig government. We there-
fore hand over Mr. Cardwell at once, with respect
to this question, and we fear some others, to the
party whoa paimc,lcu,s counsels seem especially

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.--YESTERDAY.

An adjourned meeting of the Council was held yester-
day, at eleven o'clock, at which time there was but a thin
attendance of members. His Worship the Mayor pre-
sided.

MR. NORTH AND THE DOCK COMMITTEE

The MAYOR, on the sitting of the Council, observed
that he had received a letter that morning from Mr.
North, the solicitor to the Dock Committee ; but, as this
letter did not come before them in the ordinary course of
the proceedings of the Dock Committee, and as the letter
confined itself to some remarks on the recently discussed
legal points involved in the proceedings of the Dock Com-
mittee, in strictness it could not now be received, inas-
much as this was an adjourned Council. But it would be
for the decision of the Council, whether they would hear it
now. He felt bound, however, to state that it would not
be in order if the Council did not please to extend their
indulgence to Mr. North, and hear what ho had to say.
Mr. S. HOLME—What is the nature of the letter ?
Mr. HODGSON—What has it reference to ?
Mr. NicoL—lt is an explanation from Mr. North,
stating what were his intentions when he penned the
resolution on the subject of the Dock Committee.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE— In point of fact it is a matter
personally relating to Mr. North alone.
The MAYOR—In fact it is a matter which in strictness
could not come before the Council, if you are not pleased
to extend your indulgence to Mr. North.
• Mr. HORNBY objected to the reading of the letter, on
the ground that it would lead to a renewal of the discus-
sion which had already been disposed of.
The MAYOR thought not, for so soon as the Council
had decided whether they would hear Mr. North's letter,
and if it was their pleasure to do so, he would ask them
not to take any discussion upon it, except an explanation
from the Town-clerk.
Alderman HODGSON thought that it was highly inexpe-
dient that such a letter should be read, however much they
might desire to hear Mr. North's opinion on this subject,
as to do so without allowing the question to be fully dis-
cussed, would be unfair to all parties concerned. No
person entertained a higher respect for Mr. North than
he did, and, therefore, he felt the greater ease in opposing
the present application.
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL objected to the reading of the
letter on another ground. If the resolution and report to
which the letter referred had been the resolution and
report of Mr. North himself, he would allow any expla-
nation from that gentleman to be read ; but as it was a
resolution and report of the Dock Committee, they might
leave it to the members of the Dock Committee to explain
their own actions.
Mr. NicoL—That is the question we desire.
Mr. HARBORD—In what capacity does Mr. North
come here ?

The MAYOR—As the solicitor of the Dock Committee.
Mr. BALLANTYNE read an interesting paper "On an Im-
And he is desirous of explaining a matter which affects
his personal character.
proved Apparatus for the Administration of Galvanism as a Mr. HARBORD—I asked the question because I was
Medical Agent." He gave a succincthistory of galvanism from
1 of opinion that the Town-clerk was the solicitor to the
the time of its discovery by Galvani to the present day, ex-
plaining the various and successive imprevements in the ap- dock trustees. (Hear, hear.)
paratus, with the names of the distinguished authors, and each Mr. AIKIN suggested that, by hearing the letter read
illustrated by drawings. He then exhibited some beautiful gentlemen would have an opportunity of reflecting on its
apparatus in action, and noticed at some length the most a contents between this and the next Council. (Oh, oh.)
proved modern medical application of the subtle agent to the Mr. NicoL.—Perhaps it will answer Mr. North's pur-
cure of various diseases, especially those of a nervous character.
Mr. Dixon's paper (reported elsewhere), on the improved pose as well if the Council refuse to hear his letter, as if it
patent ventilator, was then read. was read.
RAILWAY GRIEVANCE AND NARROW ESCAPEAfter a few words from Mr. MANN, the Council de-
cided that the letter should not be read.
FROM ACCIDENT. THE OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE.
These proceedings comprised interesting reports on the
... case was laid before us which occurred yesterday, strongly present state of the Liverpool Observatory ; a report of
illustrating tke extreme danger which may result to the public, the Royal Observatory, and also a letter from Professor
from the eager contests of rival Railway Companies to engross Airey, the Astronomer Royal.
the traffic of the districts in which their lines are situate. A Mr. AixiN, party of gentlemen started yesterday morning from Rawten-
ceedings, begged in proposing the
to call the attention of the Councilpro-
stall, a town on the line of the East Lancashire Railway,
booked to Manchester, at which they were assured by the the gratifying fact that the Observatory was now com-
time-tables that they would arrive at a certain hour. It has pleted, and that Liverpool could boast of having a
been customary hitherto for the trains of this line to run for a set of instruments, and an observatory that could not be
short distance into Manchester along the Lancashire and York- surpassed in any portion of the Empire. (Hear, hear.)
shirt line.
On their arrival, however, at Clifton Station, the In addition to these, they had an observer (Mr. Hartup)
point of junction, they found a notification, we are told only who was one of the most competent practical men in the
received a day or two before, that in future the former com-
kingdom, and who was devoted to the pursuit of pany's trains would not be permitted to run along the astro-
shireLanca-
and Yorkshire, and the Junction was blocked up com- nomical knowledge. This Observatory had already been
pletely with empty carriages, engines, and other obstructions. used, to a very considerable extent, by the authorities in
The party strongly remonstrated against this proceeding; and London, and by the Royal Society, for the purpose of
it was only after threatening legal proceedings that they were transmitting chronometers to various parts of Ireland
enabled to make any impression upon the Company's servants,
and the officials of the Yorkshire Company, to prevent the where surveys were now being made. In transmitting
threatened proceedings, volunteered to send them on to Man- these chronometers there, and back again to the Royal So-
chester free of charge, in a train of their own which had just ciety, they had been enabled to ascertain the exact lon-
arrived.
gitude of their observatory, as compared with the longi-
This was certainly fulfilled, but only by forwarding the train tude of Greenwich, so that now the two balls fell together
on the wrong line, which, of course, was liable to a collision at noon-day almost instantaneously. Mr. Aikin then
with any train coming from Manchester. Many of the passen-
gers, in consequence, preferred walking; and those who ven- proceeded to pass a very high eulogium on the various
tured took the precaution, some of having the doors open, and gentlemen who had assisted the Observatory Committee
others of standing on the steps of the carriages. ready to leap in their efforts to establish the present institution, which,
out. At length a whistle ahead warned them of a train ap- he regretted to say, was not so well supported by the
proaching, and the line at that part being fortunately straight, English captains as it was by the American ; in fact,
the two trains were enabled to be stopped in time to avoid a whilst almost all the American captains sent their chro-
collision, Had they approached. each other in any of the
curves, of which the line is full, the consequences must have nometers to be regularly rated, not a tythe of the English
been an awful loss of life.captains did so. The Observatory was not at present a
We leave the above facts, as stated to us by respectable gen- paying concern ; it was not self-sustaining, but he hoped
tlemen, who were in the train thus recklessly exposed to can- the time was not far distant when it would be so. This
ger, and leave the public to make their comments, and say arose from various causes, one of which was that they
what course should be adopted to put a stop to such dangerous
proceedings.
were differently situated from private individuals—they
could not puff off their wares. (Laughter.) He hoped,
however, that the attention which would now be drawn
to the institution, through the reporters for the press,
Nov.._ _ Foit A BUSTLE.—An Irish girl, named would have some good effect.
Mary Kelly, was charged with having stolen some beef from a Mr. PARKER,—You ought to advertize like other tradesmen.
vessel lying at the west side of Prince's Dock. When appre- (Roars of laughter.)
hended, and searched in bridewell, 1411,4. of beef were found Ar • was quite sure that there was no necessity for
adjusted about her person by way of bustle. She was com- such course,iKE asthepress had always supported the institution
nutted to gaol for a month.
warmly. In conclusion, he begged -leave to move the confir-
CAUTION TO CABMEN.—A cab-driver who had been em- mation of the proceedings.—Seconded by Mr. HOR,',."
oye' 't " "- to take a gentlemP- ,
-is .'TV Mr- HAILBORD wished tom,. ><. -• ---t

',now wilat amount the
tion paid per annym foy the support of the Observator

;ozioora-

•
giving some details, stated that.. the cost
...

s fined I was about .4'300 a-year.
Mr. PARKER complained that nothing whatever had been

iuu . rte mut
long been of opinion that it was a failure,oobervato ry
and he thought that
as it suited the docks it should be handed over to the Dock
Committee. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was to be sure a nice little
pet bantling of Mr. Aiken's, from its birth ; and as he was the
bantling of the Dock Committee, they should allow the Dock
Committee to take charge of and nurse his little pet for him.
(Loud laughter.)

•
The pro-ceedings were then confirmed.
Mr. AIKIN again rose, and moved that the thanks of the
Council should be conveyed, through his Worship the Mayor,
to Professor Airey, the Astronomer Royal, for the very great
interest which lie bad always evinced for the welfare and pro-
sperity of the Liverpool Observatory.—Carried unanimously.
THE FERRIES COMMITTEE.
The minutes of this committee comprised a recommendation
to the effect that the Seacombe stage should be so altered as to
accommodate sea-going steamers, and admit of the landing of
cattle from the ferry-boats.
The proceedings were confirmed without comment.
THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL RATES.
This committee reported that a deputation from the com-
mittee had proceeded to London, to attend to the progress of
the bill for rating the Dock and Corporate Estates ; but in con-
sequence of the expression of opinion which had fallen from
several Members of Parliament, to the effect that they could
not give their support to the bill in the shape in which it was
then brought forward, they had withdrawn the bill
Mr. HORNP-

in moving the confirmation of the proceed-
ings, observed that it was not his intention to occupy the time
or attention of the Council, at the present stage of the business,
with any remarks of his. He regretted the want of success
which had so far attended the efforts of the parochial authori•
ties to rate the docks for the support of the poor. He was,
however, convinced that whatever party was in power—whatever
party held the reins of government, they would be obliged soon

unequal and unfair. system of levying the
rate for the support of the poor. (Hear, hear.) This he meant
to apply generally ; but whatever might be the position of
other towns with regard to this burden, there was not a town
in the kingdom where such a bill was more required than in
Liverpool. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. COOPER had great pleasure in seconding the confirma-
tion of the proceedings.
Mr. Nicol, inquired whether the report now before the
Council was to be considered as the final i eport of the com-
mittee, or only a report for the time being ?
The MAYOR stated that none of the proceedings of the Coun-
cil could be considered as final ; they were all for the time
being.

Mr. Nicol, said he was glad to hear that this was not intended
to be the final report of the committee, because, like Mr. Par-
ker, he was desirous of seeing something of the financial mat-
ters connected with the working of this committee. He did
not mean those paltry matters generally comprised in tavern
bills and the like; but he took a higher stand, and therefore he
sh^

....,,.t,,1 tue kAntucii were to pay
the parish for the part they had taken in promoting the rating
bill? Andhe should like also to know in what shape this money
was to be brought before the Council?
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL.—It will come in the ordinary pro-
ceedings of the Finance Committee.
Mr. Nicol.—Well I will ask the Town-clerk that question.
The MAYOR.—There is nothing on that subject in the pre
'eee -q of the committee which VA., •

..... you are called con-
firm, and therefore I think thatn Mr. Nicol will notupon be in order
if he presses the latter part of his question. He may ask the
first part, and it will be for the Chairman of the committee to
decide whether he give him an answer at all, or what kind of an
answer he will give him.
Mr. Nicot then repeated his question.
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the committee had made any payment it would have appeared
on the face of their proceedings; and when any part of their
proceedings came before the Council in which such payments
were mentioned, then it would be for the consideration of the
Council whether they adopted them.
Mr. Nicol, explained that he had asked a similar question
before the resolution empowering the council to bear half the
expenses of that bill had passed. He asked the Town Clerk
how it would be in case the bill failed? His answer was, that
in that case there would be some difficulty as to the payment.
Those were his words, and now he would ask him how that
difficulty was to be got over?
Mr. HORSFALL thought it would be quite competent to dis-
cuss that question when any bill from this committee came be-
fore the council for payment. (Hear.)
The MAYOR repeated that the last question was quite out of
order; but he thought it might be in order to ask if any money
had been paid at all by the committee. If Mr. Nicol confined
himself to that question, it might be in order.
Mr. Nicol. : Then I will ask that question.
Mr. S. HOLSIE objected to the question being asked. When
payments were made by the committee, they would be entered
on the books, and they would afterwards be brought before the
council, when it would be quite time enough for Mr. Nicol to
ask the question, if he were so inclined.
Mr. COOPER : If I understand Mr. Nicol to ask whether any
money has yet been paid to the parish authorities? lat once
say " not a penny."
The MAYOR then read the various resolutions of the council
on the subject, and repeated his former opinion, that it was
quite optional with Mr. Hornby whether lie answered the ques-
tion or not,
Mr. lloaNny said if he understood Mr. Nicol's question to
be whether under the resolution of the Council, the committee
had made any payment to the parish for the expenses incurred
with respect to this bill, in the first place he would say that he
thought it a very unnecessary question, as they had not made
any payment yet. He was not aware, however, whether the
deputation that went up to London had received their expenses,
but whether or not, he looked upon that as an entirely different
question from the one which had been put.
Mr. HARBORD was rather astonished that Mr. Nicol could
have imagined for a moment that the functions of the commit-
tee had ceased. He would remind him that it was quite within
the province of any member of Parliament, or the Govern-
ment, to bring in a general bill, which would comprehend all
they requir in Liverpool ; and he would also remind Mr.
Nicol that it was quite competent for the committee to act in
conjunction with the promoters of such a bill, therefore he
begged to assure Mr. Nicol that he never was more mistaken
than when he imagined the committee had ceased to exist.
Mr. Ai xix said the question which had been asked by Mr.
Nicol had induced him to ask the same question ; but he would
put it in a different form, Hg Mid ask the Town-clerk whe-