The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

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gag Ethel-pool cttanbarb. . the present? The rate-in-aid. Well. England expects ' LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
-RATING OF RAILWAY PRO
Ireland to contribute something to the national burdens,
- and will be exceedingly dissatisfied if this measure is not $i ,
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1849. passed and rigorously enforced. But what is it, after all, (BY EXPRESS.) A meeting of proprietors of railway shai
terday in the Clarendon Rooms; it was
attended, and amongst the number wet
for the single result of the sessional parturition ? It is
on the
The Viennaotelii Lithographich theCorrespondence brings the
leading gentlemen of the town and neigh!
WE have already on several occasions called the only a temporary measure, to last for two years, and in startling
egveennnegt
ofat
attention Of our readers to the fact that some im- thef courserotsfitliaat re tobstrretz
relief
arniallieon of money Pesth H 'arum army entered
the 7th inst.' This statement, following area few of the names: the Ea
posters are going about the town soliciting relief unions.
the I
It isi non landowners for
• n
r of
.. f.e, bankrupt
~ reform ,no recon- however, way be looked upon as premature, to say the Bramley-Moore, Esq., L. Heyworth, Esc
least. Esq., W. Earle, Esq., J. A. Tirane, Esq.,
by means of forged letters from clergymen. We stnriZtiOn,
• no foundation for better things; no earnest of
E. Arnaud, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., C.]
BOULOGNE, APRIL 14.
find it necessary to repeat the caution. No person a more propitious era. It is nothing but a sum in arith- The ball •English visi- and Messrs. Samuel Holme James Holm
given for, and in honour of, the Falcon, . ,
should assist any such applicant without having inetic written in the sand; which the next wave will wash , tors, took place last night. There was not less than
Harrison, Harvey, Sidney, Hall,
some communication with the clergyman whose theyout. When the two years are over, all thins will be as 2,000 personspresent, and in all candour it was a splendid I object which brought these gentlemen tog,
•with interest,only
were before, except those spontaneous changes affair. The
Y left this day at 2 P.M. by the Princess
name is made use of.
which Ireland is undergoing by the fell necessities of its cie • •
and district in the kingdom, where capital
mentma, with many a hearty cheer, evidently highly 1
- condition."
THE emigration of last year was one of a suffi- Two precious "cubs," indeed, for a cabinet, like delighted with their reception in France. It was to take into consideration the propriin parliam
ciently startling character. The number of souls a lion," to produce in two sessions; or, rather, to RUSSIA AND TURK gEY. of railways.ent to amend the laws in respe
The Morning Chronicle, in a late edition, publishes the Mr. E. J. MOZLEY moved that the May
which left this port alone, including a few hundreds attempt, for the accouchrnent is not yet over ! The
followingis intelligence :- the chair.
of whom we keep no official record, would be little first has been already mutilated by its own parents,ttalnseudnttartsttoboedmthiittathe Empaerraotroonfsßussion,fohrawvainz
dip MAIYOR having complied with the it
under 130,000. The bulk of these, however, con- and is not yet out of danger ; and the second "is ascer
sisted of poor forlorn beings, fleeing from famine nothing but a sum in arithmetic written in the sand, in the Turkish Empire wee undertaken at going
eminstigation ho so
ittibaatgarneoattbdeeral
eonfselemaasunre ;
present,
entrni
in the sister island, or of wretches expatriating which the next wave will wash out." Poor Lord of Sir Stratford Canning, acting under orders from Lon- filled the position so muchg better, was prey
themselves to avoid the consequences of their John ! The last and most powerful of your backers don, despatched on the 28th March his aide-de-camp, in consequence of its precluding his detailir
General Grabbe, to Constantinople, with an ultimatum ing some interesting statistics. At this pe
crime; and, much as we might deplore the state of is deserting you, under most cruel circumstances,
things which promoted their removal from home But in what direction is our fickle contemporary rwsdioentisriniaTruerskethe
aismwmgiaatse
tzessateieolofofwtaiti•leik)tet)orepa- ceedings, the Earl of Sefton entered the
and kindred, there was the consoling reflection left, veering ? He is a bold man who would dare to troops assembled' on the Danube. recall
further requiresmth Ottoman
regrettingchairman
tacceptime t
0a se
that society would lose but little by their absence. say. There are symptoms at the conclusion of the Porte's acquiescence in the occupation of the principali- honour. The Chairman went on to say in
ties of Wallachia and Moldavia by Russia during her good the grievance of which they complained,
Ireland contained already too many of their class ; article, from which we hive quoted, of adhesion to
Pleasure. merely quote a few instances of the dispr
fe' lel_ ee. • pef,,, In • eed been spent in abject Sir Robert Peel's Irish panacea; but the Times P Failing nsg thesacceptasnce of
stheee terni by the Divan, unjust assessment with which railway pro]
ml-,•ry or turbulent outrage, and whose prospect knows better than adopt a statesman, who has only th R 1
e ussian minister is to quit Constantinople, and the dened, and slected for this purpose
for the future was one of utter hopelessness. one great idea--one arrow in his Quiver. Besides autocrat's troops, which are already in Transylvania, are in the subjoined 1. hh •
ist, t roug which the
The present year, however, promises us an emi- the Times has been coquetting of late with Mr. to advance on Constantinople, turning (not crossing) the Manchester line passes.
gration, fearfully increased in amount, and of a Disraeli's plan of equalization of the pressure of Balkans. The Russian fleet from Sevastopol is to lend
widely different character. From the Ist of Janu- taxation. He is rather conservative, too, upon the its co-operation. Such is the climax of Lord Palmerston's Acreage Tota
Total occupied
mock mediation and pacific. policy ' ToWnship. Acreage. b Asses
ary to the 31st March, the number which sailed, West India question; and has intimated misgivings •• We ' - .
are assured that Baron Brunow has been in- 5' , meni
under the provisions of the Emigration Act, exclu- upon the subject of the inflexibility of our gold structed to communicate the contents of the ultimatum ----- Railwa-
•
A. R. P. .W
sive of those who left our port in vessels not inclu- standard, in case of large imports from California. to our Foreign Office."
Childwall BBO 02 0 2,97
ded within the surveillance of the government Whether lie is, at this moment, "fish, flesh, or
Huyton-with-Roby. 2610 25 020 15,03
LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Whiston
office, was 35,462 souls, against 23,943 in the cor- good red herring" is rather a difficult problem ;
responding months of last year. During the fort- and, with the consent of our readers, we shall leave d Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of Satin- Rainhill.
3350 29 0 3,47
night from the Ist to the 14th of April, 11,615 it to time to solve. In the meanwhile, by abusing nmevy.izgel tnolfoeernttllnenaecdcost:enst;iyarAculrtiboutthethme
osrame fort
_Buoltdun
2
3910 4 2 0 7,57
additional sailed, making a total, from the corn- the incapables of the present ministry, he is acting those quotations. The Three per Cents. Reduced are quotedga Burtonwood
901 to I; the New Three-and-a-Quarters at 911 to Z. Bank Newton 3070 25 2 0 18,86
mencement of the year, of 47,077. The bulk of upon the principle that,-
Stock is a little weaker, and is quoted 181 i to 31. Exchequer Lowton 1689 sj‘ n ..00
these fon. consist cif a very auPerior class-off "Tis good to be off with the oli love Bills maintain the prices of Saturday. 45% to 414.4 rm.!. 8.P.V...
small- farmers, and even substantial yeomen ;an Derore you are on witia tne new; eee,a ~,,,,e. ie. eeerly rue same, flawing een done at 61s. to ulcheth
they take away from our shores not only consider- and the fun of the performance is quite enough 635. prem. Bedford
Astley
able capital, but the very blood and sinew of a for us, at present.
2120 11 120 6,481
LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Worsley
nation's strength, their industry and agricultural -s e: ____
The settlement of the account has chiefly occupied the atten- Barton
Pendleton
1720 15 120 45,32(
EXCHANGE NEWS Room, MONDAY EVENING. tion of the dealers this morning. There is a slight tendenc
experience. A large number have been from
yto Pendlebury 930 00 20 9,06(
Opinions have been very freely expressed respecting the Inmvsolermnetnninnrieriscews ;,rihArearteiussit:Less:rtehlas beensdone, except
Wales, consisting of farmers, miners, hardy labour-t d
r jrere eirinneogtleoct on the part of the officials at the Foreign tral shares are 10s. higher and East India
onwa eilia.ve
teoetntisliCenat- His worship then went on to spew that the r
ers, &c.; and the fact that they carry with them,opening certain propositions from the Dan-
.41premium. In French'shares there is
no variation. done ing railway property to the poor-rate was
generally, a large quantity of luggage, implements, ish government, a ready answer to which, it is stated,and in proof of his assertion adduced the folio
&c., sufficiently sbews that we lose in them a valu- might have prevented the shedding of blood which has LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY Annual value
since eventuated. At the meeting of parliament this even- • '
Ex d d '
peu e
able class of our population, which will be prized A very moderate supply of English Wheat was readily cleared of Prop erty Adult n
ing, Lord Palmerston will doubtless be called upon for an
on relief of
off this morning, at an advance of fully 2s. per qr. upon the rated to Poors populati
highly by whatever country may be fortunate explanation ; and although no one can suppose otherwise quotations of Monday
last. A similar improvement was esta- Rates in the the Poor for accordi
enough to acquire their services. The remainder than that he will be able to justify himself, the importance • •
blished in the value of Foreign Wheat, but the amount of year ending.
the yearend- 'to censu
2'tl
the ~
1841.
have been Englishmen-mechanics and artisans of of this imputation on his vigilance as a minister is sufficient business transacted was not so large as at the close of last 25th March. March, 1847.
every description. It is worthy of observation, to create a strong suspicion of negligence somewhere, and week. The 'sraheektown milers have advanced the top price of Flour 1847.
his reply is looked forward to with much anxiety. As 2sasellildearer. BarleyFrench
w andai n countryfaifair
marks
too, that nearly the- whole of the emigration has
quoted Liverpool .. I 021 898 67,184 63,075
usual, just before the arrival of the steamer, business is is. higher. A like advance was request,andetablsied must the value of Rainhill .. . '' . 7,454 231 326
been directed by way of the United States, scarcely not very brisk, besides the unsteadiness caused by the un- Oats, but the sale was not brisk.Wl ' lite Pease were Is. dearer. Bold
any proceeding direct to our own North American favourable political news from the continent, which has Other sorts and Beans without alteration. Newton
colonies. caused export buyers of manufactured goods to operate
This state of things is one which invites our with caution, and Cotton, which had receded id. to Id. per SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARK ET. V -..ESTERDAY. The London and North Western Railway ss
very serious consideration, What are the circum- lb. on Friday, (the latter being a decline of id. per lb. We have a considerably larger supply of Beasts than on rated at £8 per head on the different operativ
from the highest point,) still continues at the prices then Monday last. Thu dead markets being clearer than of late, by them.
stances which are driving such large and valuable
and the weather being good, trade is active; however, the in- Mr. D. NEILSON rose to propose the firs
quoted, being for fair-Boweds 4d.: )Mobile, ditto •
masses of our population from our shores-which and 41d. Orleans. To-day the' market dull, , creased quantity causes on the average rather lower• prices. and in doing so stated that the ch • hi
airman I
are precipitating them to our port faster than, with steady, and the sales amounted to 5 bales,oooYas but Our top quotations are not so readily obtained as of late. The
including number of Sheep is rather larger, but still it is small. Trade isobservations embraced halfthe •
injustice w
all our efforts, and all our facilities, we can find 1,000 for export.more cheerful, but prices are very little higher. Lamb is in , proprietors suffered. The burdens were an
vessels to transport them ? The ordinary excuses The Share Market opened this morning with a firmer request, and the choicest make 2d. per Sibs. more than on Fri- 1 vast capital invested, up to the end of 1848, pr
appearance than for the last few days : but after the Lou- garli raVtYe havel only a few Calves on offer, and they are not of a return of £3 12s. 4d. per cent. Even th
will not accolint for them. These are not the men don prices were received gave way a little, and closed and
haTvreadlLopetaiantusesms,ra.p,Faronttni4?zratrvaelaiy. 1 which were
,Tometimes, as investments, like
driven out of their homesteads and cabins by the weaker. London Stock closed 133 a 5 • Midland 75' Norfolk and Suffolk, 2500 Beasts.ofnot
Californian &gems," yielded up to the sat
per tentage
evictions of Irish landlords, and of whom we have 761. The Account turns out a bear- ' ' @ from
account. In the
eeeeee,,,,,e,,......... income-tax was deducted, he would ask whet
heard as starving in hedge backs or on the high- week past there has not been much change in prices, and
ways. Neither are they the dissolute paupers from a great amount of stock has been taken by the public. We understand that the next anniversary of the Liver- I turn realized the anticipations of the original
There is a fair inquiry for Sugar, but nothing of any pool Church Missionary Society will be held on Sunday,
expended on Railways to June, 1848
RAILWAY PROPERTY.
the union workhouses of that country, transported
moment has been done since the circular. Our stock of May 2O, and following days. The Bishop of Madras, and , Less amount unproductive
Capital
at the expense of the unions, to be thrown penni- West India is in small compass, and we *are waiting for theßishops
(designate)
of Victoria, Hong Kong, and of 1
less and helpless upon a foreign strand. They are arrivals. 3,000 mats Mauritius have been sold since
I Rupers' Land are expected to be present.
men who see in their own country no prospect for circular, at 38/6 @ 43/6, and 1.000 bags Bengal at ex- A letter received in this town from Rome, under date Revenue from traffic for the half ra
the future ; men who are hastening to escape from treme rates, chiefly 42/6. There is rather more inquiry April 4, says that Gibson has finished his model of ending 30th June, 1848 £4,722,719
clot. Rum, and 20 puncheons of Demerara 35 overproof Stephenson, the engineer, which is to be placed in St. Working expenses
the increasing pauperism which they see around
them, before they are dragged down to mingle in smavaellheweanitsionlo.dfaretr perrgallofn. Ourdstock ofs Coffeee is
andG3-rwgi-
I'ls bean-h a".
Itis at sittingtil figure, simple and dignified, Leaving a profit equal to .3 12s. 4d. per
general mass ; men who, find attached to the little stirring in IhissePaPrtliecle °.
new,
°A'altth
eetrreeismtahrir,eetories
is, I think, one of hishonour
fienest
ewtoorwkns..,, The writer adds, " It
Licent. per annum 2,380,949
eabovewhich a- no dividend...
nes included in th p y
name of Englishmen, or Irishmen, no privileges firm; 2,000 bags are advertised for sale' by auction on EARLY CLOSING.-We perceive that Mr. Moody has:
which are not accorded to aliens; in a word, they are Wednesday. In Nitrate of Soda there is rather more consented to give one of his interesting vocal entertain-
men who have learnt, from bitter experience, that in dispositiont to sell at 11/6 @ 11/9. The advance in the ments for the benefit of the funds of the Early Closing ' The tr traffic, ct,h
ehrneesver, duringn '
paying Ciliverdhenalcf
the prairies and back woods of the United States,
ferrtnheriiedweehraLesaeurisel nansore4lnzig forb Rvieceb, penarticula Association. This Tanhisdiaiss ArmoAt important object in every yearamounted to
.e 376,244
y's entertainment gene- ; Working expenses 241,033
they will be enabled to bestow their industry to of since the circular,'' descriptions
;ether stiffergs rates,a goode brokendisposed ciPrally and deservedly draws. a fulld house we hope that the Deducting the capital expended in the non-payin
more advantage, and to reap more profits even in bringing 8/6.funds of the institution will be replenished. 1 lines (23,810,000), and the traffic receipts and v
the markets of their own mother (?) country, than Our market for Scotch Pig Iron has been very flat for SENTENCE ON QUINN AND MOORE, THE SWINDLERS. ' penses belonging thereto, the sum of £107,390,000
some days, and business is almost suspended to-day, all -On Friday, these two worthies, who had been commit- asra
ftfiheerea:egi aggregate
et7.24p314.71. theand dtiiiireidwernidtkfnaying
by remaining upon the beloved soil, in the houses parties, being inclined to wait the arrival of the steamer led for trial
sfor swindling Messrs. Simpson and Co. of a .'2 100 737, showing a profit of .t 2,245,738, eqgaelxti
and by the graves of their forefathers. Let our from New York. Mixed numbers may be quoted at 47/6 large quantity of rice, were brought up for sentence peicent. per annum.
statesmen and free-trade philosophers ponder well g 48/ ; No. 1 Gartsherrie at 50/, f.o.b. at Glasgow. before Mr. Adolphus, at the Sessions'-house, when Quinn DIVIDENDS ON THE.PRINCIPAL ENGLISH Li
upon these signs of the times. If not, they may There has not been much business done in foreign was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with N'sme of Railway. June. 1848.
be rudely awakened from their present dreary state Wool this week, but holders are exceedingly firm at late hard labour, and Moore to four months' imprisonment, Eastern Counties
rates. Scotch is taken freely at former prices. There with hard labour. Great Western
before very many months pass over their heads.
Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 ' •
have been no arrivals of foreign this week. DEATH FROM BURNING.-Yesterday, an inquest was
....._
L d d N 1 W
on on an ort i estern
held on the body of Thomas Sullivan, aged 5 years, who
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Londons, and South Western
IT may be remembered that a few weeks ago we c HARGE OF MUTINY- ON THE HIGH SEAS_ resided with his parents. in Brielit,d-L.l-, 7`.t..t1. 'la ric . ,El i 12tuu, outl ZUUI.II Wyo 2I ..
offered to our readers a short statement of the pro- The mother had occasion to go out to work, leaving the Midland 6
..
ceedings of a meeting of guardians of the poor, Yesterday, at the Police
-court, a seaman named George deceased and two other little children at home. The South Eastern 6
6
8 ..
..
and other parties, held at Newton-on-the-Willows, Forrest was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of neighbours heard screams, and on going in, found the lernorrt,aNnr
is%atsline,Ardrla Bnedrwick
8 • •
mutiny. A number of witnesses were in attendance, and deceased's clothes on fire. He was so much injured that
on the subject of the unequal mode in which the
he died on Sunday.
the case excited considerable interest. Mr. Yates ap-
60i
county rates throughout England are levied; and -
peered for the complainant (the captain of the vessel), AN INFANT SMOTHERED AT SEA.-An inquest was Average equal to 6.2 ..
appended a brief abstract of the expenditure in our and Mr. Owen, upon a short notice, for the prisoner. held yesterday before Mr. Curry on view of the body of Average profit as above (June, 1848), tl4 3s. 7d., e,
own county, and in the Hundred of ,West Derby. The former briefly opened the case, as it afterwards ap- Maria Doyle, aged 10 weeks. On Sunday morning, the 7mber to .W 3 Ils. 3d. per cent. per annum ;or o
to .3 Is. 70., (less income tax
The public will he glad to learn now that the agita- peered by the evidence, which, indeed, implicated others mother of the child (a poor woman) was on her passage expendeddoerniiipposnyeiynges.
lion of the subject has been thus far successful. f3lefitilijt crew who
owahcooohsaedd
. i. e purposedw
witnesses,
easps
ep:aortatsbewirteneusseesst on from
of when Coftrt
bteoilih is port
Lightship,ard
she
fsotuenarx 7,rerNzarnotd,daenj GOVERNMENT DUTY ON PASSENGER TRAFFIC, A
..,..NEA.DRTIABX4BE.S, ON THE PRINCIPAL ENGLISH LINES
A Bill has been prepared, and read a first time in Mr. Owen, and with the full approval Mr. Yates,qere at her breast, to which she had placed her half an hour I
the House of Commons, by Mr. Hume ; and we all ordered out of court.-Captain Nicholas Denough was before.-Verdict, " Accidentally suffocated."
learn that it is likely to receive the favourable first called. He stated that he commanded the barque THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD -1600 BAGS OF
COFFEE Govern-
countenance of Lord John Russell and the govern- " Mary Hartley," of this port, which sailed hence for
AND 1100 MATS OF SUGAR.-Another week has
ment. Calcutta on the sth of May last. The prisoner had ship- passed over, and this affair is not yet cleared up. A very
-----
Duty.
indignant feeline at this delay is revalent amonest the
.e
ned with him as an able seaman. On the 9th of Febru-
-16,817
un les
The main principle of the Bill is the establish- i, • • , t.: - P . '' Eastern Co t•
ry, while (on the homeward passage) between the Cape merchant on Change, who are very desirous that the , .
29,603
ment, by clause 3, of financial boards in every of Good Hope and St. Helena, the prisoner was at the truth should be sifted out as speedily as possible, and are Lancashirereat Westernand Yorkshire 4,336
county, in whose hands is to be placed the controul wheel steering when witness went to him and asked him of opinion that too much time has already been suffered London and North Western
i‘f he could not keep the ship to her course, without to elapse without bringing the inquiry to a conclusion. London and South Western
of the entire county expenditure, of the building
We believe however that the police have been exceed- London, Brighton, and South Coast
and repair of roads, bridges, &c., and the manage- I'lT'rilearg'b'elearmtewvoi
violent
tre e posints on one side or the other. . _ , !
Midland
and insolent, and witness ordered ingly busy at the Sessions.
r uth Eastern 14,893
ment of prisons, lunatic asylums, and other busi- him to leave the wheel. He refused to go, upon which TRIAL OF ►MESSRS. RATHBONE'S WAREHOUSEMAN.-
6,571
ness, at present directed by magistrates at annual witness took hold of the wheel and pushed him from it. On Thursday, John Meiklejohn, late a warehouseman in yoerrlicean
i r Newcastle,n ixidlaßnedrwick
7,092
or quarter sessions. The boards are to consist of Prisoner then took hold of the witness by the shirt breast the employ of Messrs. Rathbone, Brothers and Co., was
a mixed body of guardians, one of whom is to be and swore at him. Witness ordered him to be put in tried at the borough sessions, on a charge of having de- fetal 182,271 1. chosen from each union, and of justices (not being iorfouncse.rs
were The irons were lanrought on deck, andavwhite thte fraundleeadnso
his
of charging
employers twoa t hese ifiemr oluat
labour
rf
n ever upwards o £ 500.
Mr. Neilson showed the mode of assessing rail
ex-officio members of boards of guardians) to be put them on, he drewg raolid thkedaferisonerende ardrsinwgereo byThe prisoner was found guilty.g On Friday, performed,lr. Adel- Perty, and the means of appeal; first before ti
elected by the bench of magistrates at every April he would be the death of clasp(produced)offered 1 •
any one who to put trim P ,
hus afters suitable admonition, sentenced the prisoner traces at Quarter Sessions. and Ili.. t,, .4,,,
quarter sessions. The (win-inn] ~,,,,,,,,,;(4,,,-, „a .r._ :__ :____ ~. ,

with which railway proper
,d for this purpose a few of
list, through which the Li.

Acreage
Total occupied Total
Assess.
Acreage, by
Railway. ment

o 2 0 2,970
25 020 15,039
14 2 0 9,992
10 030 7,454
29 0 0 23,473
4 2 0 7,576
13 120 9,441
25 2 0 18,362
n ...Do
20 015 6,165
15 2 0 10,059
10 3 0 9,638
11 120 6,489

2 125 19:556
41 122 43,827
15 120 45,320
0 020 9,060

His worship then went on to shew that the sy
ing railway property to the poor-rate was m•
and in proof of his assertion adduced the followi

rhe main principle of the Bill is the establish-
by clause 3, of financial boards in every
county, in whose hands is to be placed the controul
of the entire county expenditure, of the building
and repair of roads, bridges, &c., and the manage-
ment of prisons, lunatic asylums, and other busi-
ness, at present directed by magistrates at annual
or quarter sessions. The boards are to consist of
a mixed body of guardians, one of whom is to be
chosen from each union, and of justices (not being
ex-officio members of boards of guardians) to be
elected by the bench of magistrates at every April
. .
' propositions of the
deputation, appointed to draw up and forward the
bill, was, that the number of guardians and magis-
trates was to be equal. This, however, by the
suggestion of Mr. Hume, has been altered ; and
by the bill as printed, the hands of the rate
payers have been strengthened by the proportion
being made two-thirds guardians and one-third
only magistrates. It is generally thought. however,
that the original proposition will be adopted in
committee. Not less than one-fifth of the entire
number is to constitute a quorum. The board
would accordingly consist in this county, there
being 24 unions, of 24 guardians and 24 magis-
trates, or 48 in all, of whom ten would form a

in irons. tie (prisoner) then called out,—" Come aft
here men !" when Frank Merry, Levi Jenkins, Alfred
Brown, and some others came aft, and swore the prisoner
should not be put in irons, using also much abusive
language. The captain saw from the disposition cf
some of the crew that he could not put the man
in irons without blood being shed on one side or the
other ; and he ordered the refractory off the quar-
ter-deck, but they and the prisoner refused at first
to go. He ordered Alfred Brown to take the wheel,
but he would not. The prisoner meantime stood
laughing and sneering at witness, who, about an
hour atter, ordered him to go aloft and grease the masts,
to which he replied " Yes ! and I'll grease you after."
Witness then ordered the irons to be brought, when pri-
soner got up the fore rigging, and, when ordered down,
used abusive language, as did Merry, Jenkins, and others.
The prisoner was called aft, but snapped his fingers and

quorum
eyi

3y such -a
bc

ie committee wi

be enabled to print their

nditure would be rely

Tice, instead a

keeping it

week. He Was at last ironed, and put in the halt'-deck.
Merry at the time requested to be put in irons too.
Prisoner succeeded in breaking the irons, and another
pair was got. By this time prisoner had got into the
forecastle, and stood at the half opened door, holding a
huge bolt or bar of iron (produced) in both han
titteatcning• to

nitherto, until October. We observe that it is intended
to entrust the interests of the society exclusively to local
advocates, an arrangement which many of our friends
will highly approve of.
MONSTER SAFE.—We had the pleasure of inspecting
some very superior strong safe work, at Milner's works
in Lord-street and Cable-street, the other day—amongst
which were alarge strongholdfastand fire-resisting safe, for
1 1• . . - - -

on the pros

rt of the suc,

my any one who touched him. ]
with iieat difficulty secured head and rout, and
Merry, Brown, and Todd were act
Mr. Owens cross.onestinn

in the haft-de

a public company beret six feet high and wide, and weigh-
ing from two to three tons ; and a strong bullion chest,
for conveying bullion over the mountains in South Airs
rica. We would stron

in preventing his capture
the witness, but did not in the least shake I
The chief mate, Henry Davies, was examined, and pro-
duced the log-book in hi own writing, setting forth the
particulars stated, signed by the captain and himself,
and,also certified.by several of the crew as being true.

could

evidence

gly advise our mercantile an

w can aria see tnem netore they leave in a day or
two. We have also seen copies of several letters, ad-
dressed to Messrs. Milner, from parties in Glasgow,
whose books and papers have been preserved by means of
their safes, during the late conflagration in that city,
whilst others have been totally destroyed. Another
correspondent says—" Our Milner's safe was attempted
to be broken open last night; but, notwithstanding the
great and persevering violence with which the robbers
have worked at the door and back of the safe (bath of
which are beaten in and cut through the outer plates in
numerous places), the lock and bolts remained true, and
saved the contents."

Mr. Owen, before proceeding asked permission to see
two of the witnesses, which was of course granted. On
his return be said he should not on his own responsibility
call any of the witnesses.

Mr. Rushton then ordered Merry, Brown, Todd, and
two others who had come as witnesses for the prisoner, to
be taken into custody, and they were placed at the bar;
but the two not named were discharged, as they were not
stated in the log-book to have resisted the Captain, but
only to have used abusive language. Merry and Brown,
In hearing the log read, attempted a defence, but it was

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have now had
for some weeks an almost continuous succession of cold
winds, varying chiefly within the north-east quarter of the
compass, and the spring has consequently been kept in
check, so that with a change, we may almost anticipate
summer at a bound. The air during the past week has
been rather unusually thin and piercing, night and morn-
ing, for so advanced a period of the year. In eleva'ed

unavailing-

Rushton, addressing Forrest, said that he had
been brought there on a charge of mutiny, but that
charge could not be legally sustained by the evidence,
although his conduct had very nearly approached to it.
He had certainly been guilty of a gross assault on the
captain, who, in the exercise of his duty, would have
been justified by law in firing upon him. It was the cap-
tain's duty to maintain strict subordination, as he was
entrusted wiih the safety cf the ship and such valuable
property, which were endangered by such disgraceful con-
duct. The court required that he should pay a fine of £5
or be imprisoned two months, and further to find two
sureties in £lO each to keep the peace, or be further im-
prisoned. The other two must, he said, pay
£2 105. each, or be imprisoned for a month. The con.
duct, too, of all of them had been such that they had not
only forfeited their characters as faithful seamen, but
would lose the whole of their wages for the entire voyage.
He (Mr. R.) concluded by saying that he had never
known a case in which the master and mates had exhi-
bited greater forbearance. He ordered a warrant to be
taken out for Todd, who was not in the court.

..eed, a little ice has appeared at dawn, and
vegetation has been covered with a hoar frost. On Friday
morning many parts of the Welsh mountains were covered
with snow, and a few flakes fell even in this town. No
injury, however, has been done to the crops, nothing
being sufficiently forward to be affected. The field crops,
..specially wheats, look well and healthy, and as the down-
'l since the first of January has been below the usual
, showers and sunshine are alone wanted to push
Jn vegetation at a rapid rate. The moon entered her last
quarter on Sunday, and a genial change of atmosphere
may now be looked for. The glass has ranged during the
past week between fair and change, and yesterday morn-
ing the thermometer, in the open air, stood at 50 degrees.
The easterly winds have retarded the arrival of many ves-
sels from the westward. The same cause has prevented
the tides from rising quite as high as usual in our outward
channels and estuary. Yesterday forenoon the wind veered
to the N.W., but was still cold. The change in this ciirec-
tion, however, augurs the approach of a more genial season.
Rain began to fall yesterday evening. We regret to hear
that the potatoes in Wallasey—which are generally the
earliest in the north of England, and on which the market
gardeners of the locality depend much for their support—
have suffered severely by the cold winds, many of them
having been destroyed. This crop is, in favourable wea-
ther, generally ready for the Manchester, Liverpool, and
other markets, early in May—that is in the Chester race
week—at which time they generally fetch a shilling a
pound. The cost and trouble of rearing them are, however,
very considerable.

a fine of

,verage,

THE Puovzstort TRADES.—The demand for American
Bacon continues good, and the chief part brought for-
ward by auction last week sold freely, inferior Wes-
tern at 32/ @ 34/ rib in ; 33/ @ 41/6 free frontbone.
Irish Bacon is quoted the same as last week. In American
• Pork somewhat lower prices have been accepted for Wes-
'e I ter Cheese can - • ter' it.ef corn,

de had on easier us ; aria A,—
mands no attention. The arrivals of Irish new Buttes
increase, but as the quality is generally middling, sales
are not easily effected, and 96/ is the highest figure
quoted for the finest samples ; the old Butter now on the
market meets a very languid demand, at irregular prices.
American Lard has advanced 6d. to 1/ per cwt.

ence, and talent present in that room, he felt that the
resolution should have been placed in other hands than
his. After expressing his opinion that the whole system
of rating, general as well as railway property, was defec-
tive, he stated that his advocacy of the object for which
they had met could not be assigned to interested motives,
as ho possessed very little railway property, and as far as
Childwall was concerned,the desired alteration in the rat-
ing of that parish would probably he attended with a loss
to him. Mr. Holme went on to state that the subject
was one that had been exhausted, and consequently little
was left for him to remark upon. He alluded to a meet-
ing held at Birraingham,at which a pamphlet had been read
on the subject, and from which he quoted. He alluded
to one railway, which in 1848 paid in rates for a single
parish the enormous sum of £300,000, during which
time there were only two paupers to be maintained ; other
instances shewing the disproportionate amount of assess-
ment on railways were adduced. The statute of Eliza-
beth assessed neither personalty nor stock-in-trade, but
The MAYOR having complied with the motion, said, he since then we have become refined. If the principle on
did so with a great deal of pleasure ;he rather regretted, which railway property was taxed was carried out, consis-
however, that another gentleman present, who would have tently the stock-in-trade of every shopkeeper should be
filled the position so much better, was prevented doing so taxed : if the locomotives were taxed, the horse ought to
in consequence of its precluding his detailing to the meet- be; and if the railway carriages were rated, how could
ing some interesting statistics. At this period of the pro- wagons be exempted ; and on this principle, every loom
ceedings, the Earl of Sefton entered the room, and the and spindle in Manchester must be rated. The locomo-
chairman invited his lordship to accept a seat by his side, tive was only the substitute for the horse, and the railway
regretting he had not arrived in time to have the post of carriage for the old stage coach. His observations on this
honour. The Chairman went on to say in elucidation of subject went to shew that every person possessing pro-
the grievance of which they complained, that he would perty, even down to the articles of dress worn by the
ne- -- a fee- - • _n—..",,ortional and shopkeeper or manufacturer's workni •

RATING OF RAILWAY PROPERTY

A meeting of proprietors of railway shares was he!cl yes-
terday in the Clarendon Rooms; it was very numerously
attended, and amongst the number were many of the
leading gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. The
following are a few of the names : the Earl of Sefton, J.
Bramley-Moore, Esq., L. Heyworth, Esq., D. Hodgson,
Esq., W. Earle, Esq.,Esq., T. Booth, Esq.,
E. Arnaud, Esq., John Stewart. Esq., C. Lawrence, Esq.,
and Messrs. Samuel Holme, James Holme, E. J. Mozley,
Falcon, Harrison, Harvey, Sidney, Hall, &c., &c. The
object which brought these gentlemen together is one rife
with interest, not only to this town, but to every town
and district in the kingdom, where capital is to be found.
It was to take into consideration the propriety of petition-
ing parliament to amend the laws in respect to the rating
of railways.

Mr. E. J. MOZLEY moved that the Mayor be called to
the chair.

wen ought to be
taxed, if this system of railway rating was just, for what
was done now but taxing the same kind of property
consumed in the service of the railway. So far from
railways inducing poor-rates, as had been observed before,
they brought employment in their train, and the railways
of England would be wanting to themselves and the in-
habitants generally, (for he contended that the public were
interested in the question, (if they did not rise up and
procure the alteration of the present system. Why, he
s. d. contended that the wires of the electric telegraph could be
529067 0
0 0 rated with as much consistency as railway property.
3012 15 6 Whatever was inquisitorial would be deprecated by him,
2182 0 0 and he contended that the mode of assessing railway
6352 10 0 property was the most inquisitorial process, always ex-
-937 0 0 cepting the income tax, that could be well conceived. He
5540 0 0
2725 0 0
+mu k.
eh ropetahietoqrtarratielwr
aSyePirnonpQriewtocirrcs-7h3yti,tbuytedthe
000 o
3482 3 4 very persons through whose property the railway passed,
29x5 6 o and it was no wonder these gentlemen, of whom, indivi-
-1968 15 0 dually, he would say nothing in disparagement, should
2083
10 0 give their decision with a certain bias. If he (Mr. H.)
505 2 9
8909 0 0 were called upon to arbitrate in a matter which affected
3122 0 0
his pocket, he should most certainly consider that
39 o 0 in such a case he would not be the fittest party to
adjudicate. English jurisprudence strictly guarded against
this. If they talked of a beneficial interest in extenua-
tion, the overseers should be constituted judges, for they
were interested in a greater degree than the magistrates.
Mr. H. also impugned the Court of Queen's Bench, on
the ground that in matters of practical import, such as
the one they were discussing, sach men as Mr. Stewart,
who had seconded the first resolution, were better able to
give an opinion than Lord Denman, notwithstanding the
deservedly high character of the latter, as a judge and a
lawyer. In speaking of the heavy expenses attending the
moving in cases at present, Mr. Holme stated that the
law expenses for taking a case to Kirkdale amounted to
£5O or £6O, and an appeal carried to the Court of Queen's
Bench was £1,500. Mr. Holmes concluded an admirable
speech by proposing the resolution which, with others,
will be found in another part of our paper. Lord Stan-
ley's name occurring in it, he desired to add that of Lord
Sefton.
Mr. J. CROSFTELI seconded the resolution, after which
The Earl of SEFTON addressed himself to the meeting
in a brief speech, in which he concurred in the justice of
the objects of the meeting, and concluded by applying the
old motto, " fiat justitia ruat ccelum."
The MAYOR read the petition, after which
Mr. C. LAWRENCE proposed a vote of thanks for his
able conduct in his chair, which was seconded by Mr.
LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, and this terminated the pro-
ceedings.

rty was bur-
the parishes
Lverpool and

Assessment

Railway

;tern of rat-
ost unjust,
ng figures :

Annual value Expended
of Property on relief of Adult male Rate 1
rated to Poors !the Poor .
; e
for
headur on
according t 13
Rates in the the year end- to
o census of
such po_
year ending •
Ii
. °
pulation.
,-• , March.;mg the 25th 1841
march, 1847.
1847. I population, expeen
per

326 0 14 0
211 1 1 0
815 0 12 0

The London and North Western Railway were actually
rated at £8 per head on the different operatives employed
by them.

Mr. D. NEILSON rose to propose the first resolution,
and in doing so stated that the chairman had not in his
observations embraced half the injustice which railway
proprietors suffered. The burdens were such that the
vast capital invested, up to the end of 1848, produced only
a return of £3 12s. 4d. per cent. Even the ten lines
which were sometimes, as investments, likened to the
Californian " diggins," yielded up to the same period a
per tentage of not more than £5 2s. Od. ; and when the
income-tax was deducted, he would ask whether this re-
turn realized the anticipations of the original promoters.

_ .
RAILWAY PROPERTY.
Capital expended on Railways to June, 1848 £148,400,000
Less amount unproductive

The subscription for Eliza Chestney amounts to £336,
and that for Emily Sandford to £2lO.

£131,200,000

23,810,000

The French Government has received a telegraphic
despatch, dated Turin, the 12th instant, which announces
that the submission of Genoa is complete.

ATTEMPT TO ROB A HOUSE.—Yesterday, at the Police-
court, a youth, named George Walton, was charged with
having, on Saturday night, night, entered the Coach and
Horses public-house, Low-hill, with intent to commit a
robbery. He was found concealed under a bed, before he
had time to remove any article. He was committed for
trial at the Sessions.

.6107,390,000

_ ,a, 2xpeni _ le non-paying dividend
unds of the institution will be replenished. I lines (28,810,000), and the traffic receipts and working ex-
SENTENCE ON QUINN AND MOORE, THE SWINDLERS. ! lar get& belongingaoae tchaeriett:l, theof
tshuemf .* 'O7, , willnlersemwittiil
dividend 3p9oaying
—On Friday, these two worthies, who had been commit- traffic re:elrpt of A),346,475. and the working expenditure of
ted for trial for swindling Messrs. Simpson and Co. of a .t 2,100,737, showing a profit of .t 1,245,738, equal to .e 4 3s. 7d.
large quantity of rice, were brought up for sentence per cent. per annum.
before Mr. Adolphus, at the Sessions'-house, when Quinn DIVIDENDS ON THE.PRINCIYAL ENGLISH LINES.
was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with Nsme of Railway. June. 1848. Dec.
hard labour, and Moore to four months' imprisonment, Eastern Counties
with hard labour. Great Western
DEATH FROM BURNlNG.—Yesterday, an inquest was I Lancashire and Yorkshire ....London and IsTurth Wetern
held on the body of Thomas Sullivan, aged 5 years, who
London and South Wesstern
resided with his narents. in Itrieht..trpm-, irnwtoth purl, 1 London, Da i-thlxlcon, o.udZULLI.II 'Ova.,
The mother had occasion to go out to work, leaving the i Midland
deceased and two other little children at home. The South Eastern
Berwick
stern
neighbours heard screams, and on going in, found the
York,
and North stleMidland, and
deceased's clothes on fire. He was so much injured that
he died on Sunday.

52*
AN INFANT SMOTHERED AT SEA.—An inquest was 1 Average equal t 0.... 60+
6.2 .. 5.2 held yesterday before Mr. Curry on view of the body of Average profit as above (June, 1848),
£4 3s. 7d., equal in De-
Maria Doyle, aged 10 weeks. On Sunday morning, the comber to .W 3 118. 3d per cent. per annum ; or on all lines
mother of the child (a poor woman) was on her passage for money expended to £3 is. 7d., (less income tax,) on divi-
from Cork to this port on board the steamer Nimrod, and dend-paying lines.
when off the N. W. Lightship, she found her infant dead
AN , GOVERNMENT, DUTY ON PASSENGER TRAFFIC, AND RATES
at her breast, to which she had placed her half an hour YEAR tax4sE, ON THE PRINCIPAL ENGLISH LINES, FOR THE
before.—Verdict, " Accidentally suffocated."
THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD 1600 BAGS OF
COFFEE AND 1100 MATS OF SUGAR.—Another week has
passed o cer, and this affair is not yet cleared up. A very
indignant feeling at this delay is prevalent amongst the
at 'Seer
merchants on 'Change, who are very desirous that the Eastern Counties
truth should be sifted out as speedily as possible, and are Lancashire
and' Yorkshire .
of opinion that too much time has already been suffered London and North Western ...
to elapse without bringing the inquiry to a conclusion. London and South Western
We believe, however, that the police have been exceed- London, Brighton, and South Coast
lardy busy at the Sessions. Midland
TRIAL OF MESSRS. RATHBONE'S WAREHOUSEMAN.— Southor Easterne
Newcastle, and Berwicknd
Yorleandwl%%asrllhe
On Thursday. John Meiklejohn, late a warehouseman in
the employ of Messrs. Rathbone, Brothers and Co., was
tried at the borough sessions, on a charge of having de-
frauded his employers to the amount of upwards of £5OO.
by means of charging wages for labour never performed, Mr. Neilson showed the mode of assessing railway pro-
The prisoner was found guilty. On Friday, Mr. Adol-
perty, and the means of appeal; first before the magis-
phus, after a suitable admonition, sentenced the prisoner trates at Quarter Sessions, and then to the Court of
to nine months' imprisonment, and to pay a-fine of £2OO, Queen's Bench, from which there was no further appeal ;
or to be further imprisoned until such fine be paid. this was taking a most unjust view of the question. The
PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS. assessment was laid on the principle of the improved value
—Our readers will perceive that a meeting of the of the land through which the railway passed, and on this
Liverpool Auxiliary Jews' Society is announced in our Principle Mr. Bretherton, the coach-proprietor, might
advertising columns for Monday evening next. It is felt have been taxed for the whole line of turnpike-road over
that a large proportion of the friends of this society, which his coaches passed. Mr. Bretherton had made a
among the middle and lower classes especially, are pre- large fortune arising out of the profits of his business,
eluded by distance from attending the anniversary meet- railway proprietors had just as good a right to the profits
ing at the Collegiate Institution in October ,• and we un- accruing from their capital. Mr. Neilson went on to
derstand that the present meeting in the Music-hall has show that under the present system railway property was
been resolved on to give those so situated a more conve- burdened with poor-rates which it had no part in occasi-
nient opportunity for gaining information as to the pro- oning. On the contrary, it was universally admitted, that
ceedings and prospects of this important institution. It railways gave rise to employment in the districts through
has also been determined, and we think wisely so, to which they passed. An instance of railway property being
transact at this meeting the annual business of the asso- called upon to pay rates, which in justice ought to be met
ciation, instead of deferring it until the anniversary meet- by the occupiers of premises, was given in the case of
TT P I •

THE DERBY HOTEL BOWLING-GREEN. - Since this
hotel has been under the management of Mr. Adcock,. it
has undergone many improvements, but none is more
important than the increased accommodation on the
green. The great demand for building property in the
suburbs of the town has in a great measure frustrated the
promotion of this healthful exercise, and it will be grati-
fying to learn that by the exertions of Mr. Adcock we
have now in close proximity one of the best bowling-
greens in England.

PASSING BASE COIN.—At the Police-court, yesterday,
four men, Thomas Barnes, John Dun, Robert Kane, and
James Kane, were charged with having uttered several
bcco.h.c.lf ...d hoc. chilling, lltr “kykocaretl biliSIG LIM
persons were seen together, and that Barnes had uttered
a bad half-crown at 'Mr. Simcos', druggist, on the 15th
inst., and a bad shilling at a Mr. Day's, a retail beer-
house. The whole four were followed, and it was found
that they or some of them uttered base coin at a beer-
house kept by one Bradford. Dun also uttered, and on
Sunday, when the whole were apprehended, he also threw
a bad half-crown over a yard wall, which was afterwards
found. The evidence against the two Kanes was not so
strong as against the ether two. They wereall committed
for trial.

38,555
16,793
58,649
19,491
22,834
33,125
24,367
14,513
13,930

SMUGGLING WHISKY.—At the Police-court yesterday,
an Irishwoman, named Margaret M'lntyre, was charged
with this offence. A Custom-house officer said that on
Sunday afternoon, from information which he had re-
ceived, he went to the steamer Sea Nymph, from Newry,
and there saw the prisoner. Observing her to be bulky,
he asked her what she had, when she became very violent.
She had a bandage round her neck, and stated that it was
her purse. On the officer attempting to see what it was,
she got out a bladder of whisky, which she attempted to
tear open ; but not succeeding, she bit a piece of the skin
out with her teeth, and the whisky flowed out. The offi-
cer, however, succeeded in saving about half a gallon of
the liquor, a sample of which he produced. The prisoner
was ordered to pay a fine of 405., or to be imprisoned for
two months.

FELONIOUSLY ENTERING A DWELLING-HOUSE.—YeS-
terday, at the Police-court, a young man named James
Wright was charged with entering the house of Mr.
Dutton, in Beau-street, on Saturday night at eight o'clock,
and stealing therefrom several articles. On Saturday
night, Mr. Dutton being from home, Mrs. Dutton had
occasion also to go out for a short time, and in
doing so secured all the doors. On her return she
observed a light in one of the rooms, and on entering with
other persons, the prisoner, who was within, ran out, but
was soon afterwards appreherded. He was seen in the
house with a candle. A crowbar or jemmy was found
under one of the windows, but it appeared that he had
effected an entrance by means of a false key. He had
opened threedrawers, and alsoaboxcontaining money, but
was disturbed before he found the latter. Upon him were
found a gold watch key and a silk apron, which he had
taken from the house. He was committed for trial at the
sessions. Had the offence been committed after nine
o'clock it would have been a burglary.
Loss OF THE BARQUE TYNWALD, OF LIVERPOOL, BY
FIRE.—We are put in possession of the facts relative to
the total destruction of the barque Tynwald, 203 tons,
Captain Mills, of Liverpool, in lat. 50 i N, long. 8 31 W,
bound to the Cape of Good Hope, with a general cargo.
It appears that the ill-fated barque sailed from Liverpool
on the 16th of March, and that on the 24th the fire was
discovered, and from the rapidity with which the flames
spread, and the hold it had on the barque, attempts t,
sub'

Hartord, where, prior to the existence of a railway, the
poor-rate was nine shillings, but now that the railway fur-
nishes a large proportion of the rates, it is reduced to one
shilling and sixpence ; thus railway property has relieved
those of burdens to whom they legitimately belonged,
at its own cost.
Mr. J. STEWART seconded the resolution, and illus-
trated the case as though a millowner was called upon to
show the amount of his profits, from which, after deducting
incidental expenditure and rent, he was allowed to appro-
priate a small per centage—the residue—the larger por-
tion being demanded for rates. The present system
would never be allowed, were the parties involved as in-
dividuals, instead of in their capacity as constituent parts
of a public comnan's

ie objected to the mode of assess-
ment : it:taxed the industry, skill, and trading power s of the

~due it were rendered impossible, and the captain and
crew were compelled at once to abandon her to her fate
and proeeed to the barque OTerrall, bound to Malta,
which ship they reached in safety, at the time steering
towards the burning ship, having observed the flames.

country.
Mr. E. J. MozLEY moved the second resolution. He
trusted that it would not be considered for one moment
that there was any intention or wish on their parts to
escape the demands to which property is necessarily liable ;
they had met there to decry a system of unjust taxation.
He attributed the evils of the system of which they com-
plained to the fact of the law which regulated the assess-
ment having its origin at a period anterior to the existence
of railways, and charged the railway commissioners with
omissions of duty in not bringing the question before
parliament. Mr. Mozley referred to the items adduced
by the chairman as making out a strong case for parlia-
ment. After reading the resolution which had been
entrusted to him, Mr. Mozley concluded by repudiating
the notion that the movement had been commenced on
the ground of the smallness of the returns of railway pro-
perty; that was a matter of fortune to which, as speculators,
they were liable. But the fact was they had found their
property yearly decreasing in value, and the annual paro-
chial assessments increasing, which as ratepayers they
naturally were anxious to remedy, and it was with this
view they came there. If railway property had been
represented in parochial and vestry meetings as it was
entitled to be, it would not have been necessary for them to
have met there. For instance, in the parish of Kenyon, in
which railway property was so heavily taxed, six farmers
of that parish possessed more power than the proprietors
of the railway property ; it was not to be wondered that
they legislated for the relief of themselves. He felt con-
vinced that if they went before parliament, with a simple
statement of their case, they would obtain that redress to
which they were so well entitled.
Mr. WM. STEWART seconded the resolution, and be-
fore it was put from the chair,
Mr. SIDNEY rose to make a few remarks relative to
what had fallen from previous speakers. With reference
to the heavy assessment in the parish of Childwall, three-
fourths went to the county expenses. He thought Mr.
Mozley should have propounded some remedy for the evil,
for without a defined object all their meetings would be
unavailable.
Mr. HALL said a few words condemnatory of the pre-
sent system of rating, and
Mr. MOZLEY, in reply to Mr. Sidney, said it was not
his business to propose a remedy ; he had merely to pro-
pose the resolution entrusted to him, but he doubted not
it would be no difficult matter to find a remedy.
Mr. S. HoLmEs proposed the third resolution. At ris-
ing ho said, when he looked around at the wealth, influ.

vvlng twaIUUS so renaer assistance. Having taken
the captain and crew on board, they proceeded on their
course, it being found impossible to near the Tynwald, as
at this time she was in a complete blaze, and there was
not the least hope of saving anything out of her. It is
the captain's opinion that the fire had been generating
for a long time, and must have originated in Liverpool;
otherwise it could not have broken out so suddenly, not
more than 15 to 20 minutes elapsed from the time the
smoke was first observed until the vessel was in a complete
mass of flames. Nothing was saved except the chrono-
meter, which the second mate (Mr. Russell), at great
risk of suffocation, ran below and secured.

GRAND CONCERT ON THE 20TH.--This concert, as ap-
pears by our advertising columns, is to be given by Miss
Emily Grant. and comes off on Friday next at the Con-
cert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, under very flattering pa-
tronage, that of the officers of the 46th and 62d Regts.,
and the consuls representing foreign states at Liverpool.
For general novelty, distinguished composers, and their
most favourite compositions, nothing can be superior to
what appears in the programme, which presents the names
of Horsley, Bellini, Guglielmi, Benedict, Mayseder, Do-
nizetti, Kallawoda, Dibdin, Bishop, T. Cooke, and the
immortal Handel and Mozart, two of whose master pieces,
" 0 ruddier than the cherry," and the English version of
" Non pin Andria," will be given by Mr. Leffler on this
his first appearance in our town. and who so signally dis-
tinguished himself in the " Figaro" of Mozart, when that
opera was for the first time produced whole and entire in
an English form, at Covent-garden, for Adelaide Kemble.
We are glad also to perceive that Miss Sara Flower will
now have a fair opportunity of displaying her contralto
voice, and sing several pieces in which she has given such
general satisfaction at the leading concerts in London.
Another novelty will be the first appearance at the Con-
cert Hall of Mr. C. A. Seymour, the distinguished vio-
linist
and leader of all the musical performances in Man-
chester. With such patronage and talent we anticipatefor Miss Grant a bumper, the more so when considering
the well deserved popularity and high position she acquired
during her professional career in London, where
i her ef-
forts, whether in the concert-room or as leading n grand
opera, have,been tested by the unanimous approval of the
press.

A MARKED SALMON.-0110 of the Duke of Atholl's
marked sdraon, " No. 168," was caught at Benchill, on
Monday last, and was found to weigh fully 121 b. The
same animal was a kelt of 51b. weight when first caught
and restored to its native element, which took place at
Pool-in-arn, near Logierait, on the 25th of February last
year.—Perth Courier.