The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The excellent letter of "H. C. S. C." did not reach us until officially informed of our intention, the lighter will
yesterday morning, or we should have been in a better posi- be the amount they will be enabled to recover.
tion to have given it publicity. The arguments of our car- The next step will be to ascertain the amount of respondent deserve to be read and circulated.
m. S.—The incorrect spelling of a signature by one of our the money liabilities thus brought upon us, and to
contemporaries in the same paragraph in which he criticises arrange for their settlement. This task will be one
the orthography of two simple words, is no doubt a • •
typo-
graphical
error. Or the word may have been ur:tten soby requiring great tact, judgment, and experience.
the person subscribing it; this would not, however, warrant It will involve the conducting of many intricate
the perpetuation of an error which none but an' ignorant inquiries, and require some knowledge of men and
person could make.
____ localities; for, we may depend upon it that, so soon
Ely Riberpool tt tanbatt. as ever it is noised abroad that the Corporation
_ purse of Liverpool is about to be opened, there will
_ MORNING, MAY 8, 1849. be hundreds of hands held out to grasp a portion
THE report of Messrs.. Simpson and Newlands, of its contents, and hundreds of heads at work
upon the important question of the water supply manufacturing cases for compensation. A select
of Liverpool, has now been for a week before the committee might with advantage be appointed for
public; and we can safely say that no document this particular object,, on many grounds, the first
of the kind has ever been received with more uni-
of which is that the water committee, upon whom
versal satisfaction. The authority of these gentle-
the duty would regularly devolve have already
men to give an opinion upon such a question seems
ample business to attend to, which must shortly be
to be generally acknowledged. In them we have increased; and on another, and that a verystrong one,.
extensive engineering experience in hydraulic viz., that the negotiations and settlements required
works, combined with accurate and practical will be more satisfactorily conducted by a few
knowledge of the geology of the district ; and we tlemen from amongst the body of the Council than
breathe more freely, from the weight being removed by a committee, known to be hostile to the pike,
from our minds of vast expenditure and probable and who may already have had to come into colli-
claims upon us, of incalculable extent, to arise out I sion with some of the parties to be settled with.
' -- shunted in rash The next nuestion is as to the nemfl. ir, ‘,4,:,,l-

TUESDAY

e partial failure of

ww
haste, and sought to be pressed forward in the
teeth of our awakened reason. The verdict of the
people of Liverpool is unmistakeably
Pike project, and in affirmation of the conclusion of

against the

our reporting engineers that an ample supply of
water is to be had from the new red sandstone
strata under our feet ; and the only question which
now presents itself for our consideration, and which
ought to occupy the attention of the Council at its
special meeting on Monday next, is, what are the
steps to be taken to realise such supply, and to
extricate the town from the disagreeable dilemma
into which we have been dragged by the parlia-
mentary sanction of the Rivington bill.
roceediug to offer our own views upon the
must bestow a glance at the letter
Hawksley, the engineer for the Pike
ed to his Worship the Mayor,

subject, ;

which M
project, h

addre

Nay 8)184

We eTanirtEion
A LARGE ADMISSION BY A SUPPORTER OF
"THE BILL AND NOTHING BUT THE BILL."
cone 01
----
its first formation, against lacing implicit _ 0 0
All the world will remember the earnestness of the the body calling itself "the National Confedenno
Times on the subject of the reform bill ; and his furious Liverpool. It had at that period, to stre ,1-opty
diatribes, from " The Queen has done it all," to his appeals to public sympathy, a few rather exciti°,g ',roe
celebrated recommendation of " Brickbats and bled- NedAoTulrOCNoAnlaserCvaOtiNveFEfrDieEndßsA,
aTtlZledeti%ool
geons." What will they think of the following descrip- questions, in which we, as well as they, heartnY_eire Of
tion of a parliament returned under the operation of that
pattern measure ? The Times is glorifying upon the scheme
chuhiesesemtdi
question
7w
oiatfnhrda itstai o the
pe
twrho
efoedst
hsoieeorkns sa.oufd Amonleesorsp
oigrmas
ttpeo these,retsatna
tceshbiee;o
return of Mr. Roebuck for Sheffield—of the same man could not fail to observe'that, notwithstanding,sTorffee
whom, a few years ago, he fell foul upon with his choicest to observe fair play, and to eschew the exerovith,e,
Billingsgate—and thus he delivered himself yesterday:— political bias, its most active members were, toot! As a phenomenon in the history of parliament, we could solitary exceptions, of the whin-radical, or ill•tutio9
hardly afford to dispense with this single exception to the con-
co oft
school. We had, besides, an aversion on ~i,e reo,
sequences of the reform bill, which has left the representation
of the people, for the most part, to men with large purses or grounds to bodies sitting in judgment upon L"
to le,
accommodating consciences ;to those who will bribe with money merits of competing candidates, dictating ~,A 4 and those who will bribe with servility ; railway directors or encies the parties to be chosen; and we do 01'.",05 0' platform declaimers.
Shade of Lord Durham ! Living presence of Lords the policy of basing that choice upon their olrelunt to
inspect only to one or acc
Brougham and \Tama, Russell, Lansdowne-, and the rest ! tions, irrespective of those whichidenta others holds °f e4'
what think ye of such a contemptuous description of the
eeer
general importance.
eisAedt fiarsttotlhee
raChloynfefadierr atsi:lneemtioiguh.t saidbeThey
pet achievement of your political lives ? 0 ha' d $
The world has an axiom, however, and a true one, that
a certain class of people ought to have long memories ; influenced the return, of• conservatives as wreelti,utnlik'big.
and the Times has a particularly short one. We could radicals. But of late they seem to have gathereo n'ot? imagine such a journalist forgetting, whilst asserting that and restricted their favours to parties who reproicl
black was white to-day, that a year ago he swore-as con- opinions of the majority of their members.
11,siel Iv
fidently it was blue ; but it is an outrageous instance of
forgetfulness to find him contradicting himself in the War i'conset
instance of this party leaning has just been d'sl_ rep
the return of Mr. Freme for St. Anne's
same publication—holding up the House of Commons as to which we are sorry to observe that some of mu ,tf, composed of " men of accommodating consciences," vative friends have permitted themselves to be 111°:_erif
assenting parties. It was known that Mr. Thoe..D_°9o‘ is?,
" bribers with money or bribers with servility." in one
column, and in the next threatening the lords with eater- willing to be put in nomination ; and if a gentle;
coot
minationi if they presume to hesitate in registering the be found in the town who has more than auc'tilderal
dicta of that same venal parliament. The writer has- puled to forward the local objects which the con
rested,
been abusing Lord Stanley for daring to oppose the pass- profess to have in, view ; who is more into is iir
ing of the navigation laws' repeal bill, and prophesying seeing our local expenditure economized, and who is
othlo
h's certain defeat ; and thus he proceeds :
With this certain prospect of failure and disgrace, there can
be found men who cry, " Thank God, we have a House of conducting of public bu •confess that sve ono
business, we
sessed of more local knowledge and experience do
persona )ft:
Lords." With this sort of flattery are weak minds excited to know where to find him. He was the rc, Al their destruction. We are ready to say with anybody, "Thank moreover of the late lamented member for the `O, in
God, we have-a House of Lords." We cam say also, " Thank POole ; had worked side by side with him for year,, resej,
God, there is a House of Commons," and "Thank God, there conducting of parish affilirs ; and was in erer'coan /
is a Queen." Nay, we can add to the list of mercies for which mostweeligsaibwl,e
atan dthliekellaysttohobuer,vmalura.blein eted...,5:0
thanksgiving is-due. We can thank God for the people, for the Yet CISIW. bil
Dover's •la
press, for the constitution, for the blessings of a representative
aside, and a Whig candidate, Mr. Frame, aaoll,,,tsblfr,
legislature and responsible government.
We certainly could scarcely say " thank, God there is a stead. Mr. Avison, a Whig, and quite as ren 00,',
House of Commons," if that house is as the Times Mr. Freme, had been previously in the field ; °"„,s 01;
describes it ; or add to the list of mercies for which Dover's name being announced, that gentlerna"oppOli
thanksgiving is due, by thanking God " for the press,,_, was withdrawn. Mr. Dover, therefore, stood 9n 00,,
if the Times is a fair specimen of that power; We would, and, upon his own merits, would have been trelrecl,,
with all due respect for our contemporary, be willing to elected. Why a crusade was immediately cornet` for l',:
say " thank God for an (honest) press," in-which case the Confederation to procure a Whig candidatereoeno
we should run the risk of leaving his own sheet out of our ward, and a portion of the Conservative party were ean° thanksgiving ; and also " thank God for the- people," ing parties to his nomination • and return, " who, at any rate, are not with the Timesu ponthis question. fathom.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

_
. of
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONER„.„. tbe ,01
A meeting of the board took place last evening, 4-nctiir,
pose of passing the annual accounts and for the tra
„t: vt,
other business. The following gentlemen were presev'enscrv;
Bryans, (in the chair,) Robert Hughes, H. Fox, —,lttoulbsr
D. Appleton, Adamson, W. Stevenson, and T. p farpet
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called fitS• 03
purpose of the examination and passing of the accou.-40t, e
had been audited by Mr. John Bewley, public accon.t. wser
were there for the inspection of the meeting. A desire a j
pressed to hear them read, which was complied Id isito
which it appeared that the financial year cormnenedurAe
balance on hand of ''f4 lls. The total receiPts,,, disbni
year were .e 10,351 10s. 4d., which, after meeting t'',. PPP ments, left a balance in the North and South wales
..I
£174; exclusive of £lO in the treasurer's hands. rove
M
r. RAVENSCROFT was of opinion that as the im,q,,, D,
rate did produce a surplus, there was a chance of "
.10
holders receiving something*

(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY

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There is a considerable depression in the market for English
funds,—as well as other securities, this morning. Consols
opened at 91/ to 92, being about / per cent. lower than the
closing prices of Saturday, and'are now quoted 91i to /. The
Three-per-Cents. Reduced are quoted at 9O to ; and the New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, at 91i to I. Bank Stock is
quoted at 192 to 4; and Exchequer Bills at 458. to 48s. prem-
LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
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The share market is more depressed again to-day. Nothing
to alleviate the distrust which has been so manifest for some
days coupled with the fall in the English funds this morning,
has increased the desire to realise, and the quotations are lower
than on Saturday. London and, North Westerns are quoted-
-126 to 8 ; Great Westerns, 83 to 5 ; Midlands, 64 to 5 ; South
Easterns, 20 to ; Eastern Counties have been as low as
73 to 0, and are now 74 to 0. North Stafferdshires, 5 to 5i
discount. Great Northerns, 10 discount.

Mr. Fox concurred in the view that so

thin" shoo'

.aL
reserved from the surplus for this purpose. de
Mr. RAVENSCROFT considered £2,000 might-beset set ail
this object.
tliOor,J
Mr.APPLETON, in referenceto the improvement ride,
w
naiad
the The informed him that the amount 0f v
rateoeisohliilelisng
CHAIRMAN
would producesixpenemore than the con
e teate
wraa aosna subject already decided on at the general wee'. 01
could not now be discussed.
Mr. APPLETON was under the impression that flit,t. ir
this rate was one object of their meeting there thaten,ancl,i,„
would ask the chairman, when that rate of one shilling
riold
pence was laid, for he believed it would operate very n; bo
No man under heaven, nor any junta. of men, but that,ose
had a right to lay a rate. Referring to a contemplated n' roge
e
of doubling the present charge for the ferry, he thouls of ,
proof had been furnished during the past few months
good effect of the penny fare, which had produced ni',osr•
the old fare in the corresponding period
of the former./ortj
The CHAIRMAN, after reference for the purpose, Intora ""il
Mr. Appleton that the meeting at which the Is. 6d.
„do,
determined en was held on the 30th March, and confirs—ent
the 3rd of April; and that he (Mr. Appleton) was Pre
that occasion.
Mr- APPLETON considered that the measure v(55
o'Tleettle'
broached then, but not agreed on.
the
The CHAIRMAN must proceed with the business of - at
ing, which was to pass the accounts.—A resolution
,tt,,
accounts be passed, and printed for circulation wig:4l'ole;
Aa the 00,
board, was unanimously carried.—He then inform •„a be, bi ing that they had to resolve themselves into a sPectretia to
the purpose of which, as appeared from the summon:a, OA
the clerk, was to make a rate of Is. 6d. in the Poo"' teliw
improvetnent rate ; also, one of Is., for lighting and vira
and one of 4d., for sewerage &c.
Mr. APPLETON contended, that the very words of the llee!,
just read confirmed his opinion. They were sumln°' rein
to make a rate," and he would move that the rat.e.j.
t
the same-as last year.—The motion was not entertipo'id the
the Chairman informed Mr. Appleton that the wordnlgietos_saj
)
ppper, though it might seem to confirm his (Mr. APvre le.yo
views, had really no effect in the matter ; they were n_4.-ftago
terms, and the business- of the meeting then was to
books in confirmation of what had previously been 011,0
Mr. Appleton left the room protocting that hie helie!6,lio 01
the measure never passed the general meeting, after :yate,,,
buuk. biAacd, and the meeting separated after,;sed_fe
thanks had been passed to the chairman, who exCrt—prtiw th3nks, and gave his opinion as to the approach of be
for the affairs of. Birkenhead.

LONDON CORN

MARKET

YESTERDAY.

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Our market was fairly supplied this morning with English
Wheat by land carriage samples from the near counties. The
demand, however, was far from brisk, and a decline of Is. per
qr. upon the quotations of Monday last had to be submitted to
before progress could be made with sales. The arrivals of
foreign Wheat during the past week have been very heavy, and
business to a very limited extent was transacted to-day at a
reduction of ls, to 2s. per or. Barley, both English and
foreign, was rather easier to purchase. Oats, of which receipts
from abroad are large, must be quoted 6d. cheaper. Beans
and Peas fully supported late rates. Ship and country Flour
barely maintained previous value.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAy.
The supply of beasts is smaller, and there is a more numer-
ous attendance of buyers. There is, however, a large weight
of meat on offer, and our top quotations are obtainable only for
tke most selling kinds. The weather being good, no doubt a
lair clearance will be effected. The number of Sheep is also
less—quite adequate however to the demand ;-,prices are rather
higher, but they are not cheerfully given. fhe weather is
rather too cold for lamb; still prices remain about the same as
of late. Calves are not quite so plentiful, and make an advance
of fully 2d per 81bs.. From Germany and Holland we have 274
beasts, 860 sheep, and 72 calves ; from Norfolk and Suffolk,
2000 beasts; and Scotland, 500.

MEETING OF THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY

The monthly meeting of this society. (the last before the
summer vacation,) took place at the Royal Institution, last
night, Mr. Milner, the president, in the chair. The attendance
was pretty numerous, and the matters discussed of general
interest. Amongst the private business in the Council, a high
eulogium was passed upon the late Rev. T. Dwyer, an origi-
nator and warm supporter of the institution, and a motion of
a member having' for its object to do honour to the memory
or tin. atato,..l.heu anu tamenteu gentieman, ~.euany
with the approval of the meeting.
A discussion took place relative to Messrs. Newland and
Simpson's recent report on the supply of water to the town, a
question in which the society had taken an early and steadfast
interest, and it was, decided that an adjourned meeting of the
society should be held on Thursday evening next, when a com-
pendium of the report, with abstracts, should be read, as the
groundwork of a discussion on the question as it now stands,
with a view to put the public in possession of the facts, without
reference to party feeling. Several gentlemen present ex-
pressed their willingness to do their utmost to promote the
good of the town by an unbiassed consideration of the sub-
ject, and we doubt not that the result will be a most interesting
debate.

,7,420-41rf'd
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ;fere 0
Sir,—l beg to state that the person mentioned in thet.„oo,
of the 27th ult., and erroneously styled "Captain of the': col 0,;
is not Captain Beazley, of the Prince steamer, who hag
manded the City of Dublin Company's vessels (and 110°'
for the last 22 years. Your obedient servant, ,01'.
WALSINGHAM BEA",
46, Great Mersey-et., Kirkdale, 7th May, 1849.

The public business commenced by Captain Purnell reading
an excellent paper on his patented invention for preventing
timber and other vessels from being waterlogged—which we
have already described. He illustrated his views by appro-
priate models—one of them a large cutter. The plan was
highly approved of by many practical gentlemen present, and
excited much interest amongst all. Mr. Grantham thought it
the best plan yet out for the purpose.
The thanks of the meeting were passed to the several gentle-
men who had contributed to the intellectual entertainment of
the evening.

The Record announces that leoll measures have been„it'cle,ol
by the Bishop of Oxford against Mr. Allies, in consequ',,,ill
his Popish book of continental travel, and that theY
prosecuted with all possible vigoar.
The Lord Bishop of Manchester, on Saturday 18-s"„,cscisirrej
crated a new church, St.Margaret's,Whalley Range, )"- tb' D
near Manchester, capable of holding 500 persona,
of the sittings are free. It is a very handsome buildtß7,',lo,
spire, in the early English style. The cost of. builetU'doil
fitting up has been between .e 5,000 and .c 6,000, besides
ments, &c., all obtained by private subscriptions. ossify
ATROCIOUS MCrRDERs.—Last week, an aged woinan,bretit,,i
Trainor, and a young female, named M'Court, were ,ereiPto
murdered at Drumferneskin, Monaghan, for a few cover {to
of which they.were possessed. The murderer endeav°"rosto
strangle his victims with his thumbs, and black indentetbleeo!
were found on their necks, but as this appears to have r.,.5111
slow a process he used some weapon like a hatchet, cd
through the skull into the brain. To cover the crime at' or
drko,
it the appearance of accident, M'Court's body vvs-Are, 'et from the far end of the cabin and placed opposite the "4. wliLi
feet towards the hearth, the body resting against a posisitli
supported the roof. Trainor's body was placed in lost,tdi
position onler straw bed, with her back supported a.ga'agi',,
gable of the house • and in those positions, face to face,,;s `ti
social converse, the murderer set fire to the clothes of ,f 5
tiros in the hope that the flames would destroy the promo
his crime, and communicating with the.thatch would c
the entire cabin, and bury the bodies of the murdered ""01,
in its ruins. The bodies of the unfortunate creatutetiso,e'
frightfully burnt, but the fire did not reach their 11,3111 e Per,
necks. It was the opinion of the medical men that eitl,4.
was applied to both the bodies before life was extinct in rest-,
Five individuals, relatives of the.deceased, have been ~,ar vtP7
DERBY HOTEL.—The opening dinner of the P,3,4°,
Club on the New Green, at this hotel, is to take pvtlf
Thursday next. As it will be a recherche affair,
can be little doubt that it will be well DEATH.—On attended.
o'l3
SUDDEN DEAT—On Saturday night, John
65,years of age, was taken to bed in a state of intoiLic"rooo
and next morning was found
on the floor of his OF,
t
quite dead. From a post mortem examinations i.h
~f
found that the cause of death was ossification
valves of the heart.
A gentleman connected officially with the poor
partment states it as his positive belief that the dea„011
Ireland from privation within the last month ontn" fot
those of the whole winter of 1846-7, and that a nwrcieotl
season has yet to come, inasmuch as he apprebenv A
what in April and May is no worse than a sear° '
amount before Midsummer to a positive famine. 0.04
mer;
On Sunday, John Bennett, better known ag
Bennett," was found drowned in the river near Tra
bridge. The deceased was a man of dissipated I'o3 gt;
frequently slept on board an old flat belonging tcriatsilej
Chamberlain, laid up. in the pool. On Saturday n/'o
was seen in the neighbourhood drunk, and it is aqo tP"
that, in attempting to get to the vessel, he fell nil
of
water and was drowned.

5 ;1$
THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD-1600 BAG
COSTA RICA COFFEE AND 1100 MATS OF MAUL Fr
SUGAR.—We do not know whether we shall have t.,jelir
tience to keep this affair before the public until the .005`
quency is brought home to the proper parties ; the 1060
tigation is now altogether in the hands of the Cils',ol"
but the transaction has been so dexterously ei"11- det;
„
that although there is an appearance of delay, we
"'jot-
stand that every possible exertion is really being
to unravel the mystery.
No EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION AT MANC."" iff."l
The public discussion between. Mr. E. Baines and °
Watts, on the respective merits of the voluntary sli'Asf
education and that of the Lancashire Public Sale"' I%oll'
elation has been slinked. The committee of thectiaci;
Chester auxiliary to the Congregational Board of l'iirablej
tion have resolved that "the most fair and 11011°00 0
method of discussing a question which must be detereal,
by the accuracy of the statistics adduced, will be by ;ess,
of counter-lectures, and through the medium of the Pat
'"
In other words, they dare not let Mr. Baines :t 111
antagonist face to face. We are not surprise" ma
decision.

DIED. 70,
her ner
On the 3rd instant, at Bootle, awfully sudden, in year, Miss HANNAH ROPER, niece of the late Richard
Esq., of this town.

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