The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

The Liverpool Spring Assizes will commence on M°°.
day, before Justices Matteson and Coleridge.
The action for crirn. con., which was to be tried at :°
,
approaching Cork Assizes, in which Mr. Browne, of
moy, was plaintiff, and Major lbhetson defendant, P 1
been settled, the gallant defendant having paid £750 111'
that

It ha; been held by Courts of Quarter Sessions --tho
where a farm-servant takes oats, without leave, f°t.
..
purpose of feeding his master's horses, he is 85 1".
eO,
guilty of larceny, or robbery, as if he appropriated tddlif,
to his own benefit. At Winchester assiz,s, on Tuesieh
however, Mr. Justice Erie expres,ed a different 00"eiftt
and reserved the point for the consideration of the tW

judges.
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%.,.1-11 ,
A CASE FOR THE LONG ROBE.—A bill in hip
has been filed by Sir Edmund de Beauvoir, Bart.... qtri
Richard Benyon de 13eauvoir, Esq., of Culford
the recovery of a sum of money, and other property, "bol
value of £1,000,000 and upwards. 'Mr. de Beauvoir mo.
some years ago a long and protracted law suit with oto
Rhodes, which rendered that else memorable. Theel+
smt, it is expectad, will be equally fruitful to the stir'
Sir John claims as next heir, in virtue of his wife• john
de Beauvoir is a widower, without children, and Sir

has an only brother, Mr. C. Browne. • a se'
CHIM. CON.—At Bedford Assizes on Tuesday, !gift
tion cf this kind was brought against the Rev. Dr. ,ct
by his groom, John Coultas, whose wife, the solve"
the action, was also in the service of the defendant. ~.et
O'Malley stated the case for the plaintiff, and detslZo,o
series of suspicious circumstances extending Oyer 'erg
years. In 1845 (continued the learned counsel) the4it pit
duct of this guilty man was such 10; to excite the tiettv
the kitchen ; doubts became convictions, and the P
lof
sought around his fellow-servants frr witnesses
s.
watceria eft
shame and dishonour. He emploNed them to
from September to November did they keep a gill,
the house; but it was not until the 29th of that
that anything like proof of guilt was discovered. 1";tillw
fell on a Saturday, and on Monday the plaintiff taliticlls
master with his guilt in terms of manly reproof °,`: fief,
nation. The defendant met the imputation 01 n'tiocss
with meekness and humble remonstrance, prates-vtow
innocence before God, when the plaintiff vowed he teeit
remove his wife from his roof. This was in the mod e,
At night he called for that purpose, but his wife hl hot,
removed from the house in the meantime, ar.:,e,
Though the defendant. in the most earnest lengeeo
Glared his ignorance of the wife's movements, ant rt..ff
pacified the plaintiff as to induce him to write t° fteert'd,
soon as his back was turned, he sent a messenger a ot,
to warn her of her husband's pursuit, and afterto;belL
dressed a letter to her in Yorkshire, thus showitez 15,
was cognisant from first to last of her moYelaltilt°;;ol7,l
evidence on both sides was very lengthy. and the; I,lOUf
cupied two days. The Attorney-General was elOr
for the der-lice. The jury gave a verdict for the P
damages £250.
WALLASEY SCHOOL IN CHANCERY."—VICISO/117,r,
CELLOR WIcRAM'S COURT, THURSDAY, 12111" e
f
—THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. nE A I.IN G.-"Ajttorle
oration and bill in this case was filed by the 4',„iot-d
General at the relation of Mr. Winch, to racer—collt'eol
ther some lands in the parish of Wallasey, the, Ine Ech
which is applicable to the maintenance of the treke
f tu
in that parish, together with the appointment ° debit- A
ter of the school, is legally vested in the rector 0.0010
wardens of the parish of Wallasey, or in the Parligol'ibi
at large. The earliest notice of the school aPPtitiflof
will dated in 1644, bequeathing £125, to be laid °Olt,
land, the rents to be paid to the master of th,mbero
grammar school, to teach the poor children. ‘"not,e oe'
were afterwards made by other persons. A d';IP tbeil
time ago arose as to whether the property was, -tff 0-00:
for or the vestry. Mr. Winch was also a plalodo
bill. He was a purchaser of a part of seine. b Of,
had formerly belonged to the charity, and wh2c lot ptA
had been exeh mged for others. Mr. Lownue-rereflf"
rre
Sm:th appeared for the information, and Mr • , 01
Mr. Bnzalgette for the rector and churchwarneoptej
as well as boys had been admitted ; but it wit,iisesigeot.-oe
by the latter gentlemen that it was always "t re bole'
" grammar school," and that girls ought n?..,,d 01' elf,.
mitted. Another question was, whether the 171-t force"
to had been legally exchanged. The lands ti; Weep,
belonged to the charity had become of ereatlY- eof
value. If the rector and ehurchwardeps vrelloitioer
trustms, the exchanee was not valid, and the tbe coif
entitled to recover the former property. (-1110,00,_de'
band it was contended that the waster of tbethis sys'oelf
entitled to the rents of the charity lands, bu,., esito
Fttj
Died by Mr. Bazalgette, who said he cour,„„tlid.,oo_
£BO a-year. His Honour mace decree e
reference to the trusts and the nature of the a beffita„

also of what the lands of the charity hu:"„ftP
excliqrr;,e, and of what they now consisted, svinv.d 0-per
report any circumstances specially. It sv"s tV,4
pv
plaintift was the purchaser of a very stroll rh'..ers 'fro 0,.‘
perty only. and there were many other Pure"; woulo r
f;
hindre the
parties e r)ur
their in i honourabsenc saide,
andthe t
tnrcribi ,fls
filed.

March 17, 1846.
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...--.! . total anb tarobinrial prlus. , DENSE FoG.—During the dense fog which prevailed SUPPLY Or WATER.—No a
a wee here on Thursday morning, the Sarah, Cromwell, which large additional supply of orate
__......._
put into this port on the 7th instant, from St. John's, N. 8., but it is not so easy to calci
e go Tl?e Great Liverpool steamer was insured for £30,000.
satingbound to Liverpool, in coming up the river, got on shore needed. The amount taken f
v..re_ Workmen are erecting at the Zoological Gardens a co- near Rownham . Ferry. With the assistance of three course, vary according to the
e pro' e d saloon, which will contain 4000 persons. steamers she was got tiff at seven the same evening, very Those who are cleanly in their
arch, CELLA '
fin..., , RS.—On Wednesday nearly thirty parees were much strained and otherwise damaged.—Bristol Journal. use more than others who Bret
I, two
. Irt, ,oy 11Ir. Rushton for letting off cellars for habitation DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIHRSDAY.—Present, Mr. Bram- do not consider that our work
,'„co were not in accordance with the act of parliament. ley-Moore and sixteen members. Mr. Dawson, of Gro- informed as to the great impor
,alit
ti`„eal3,tain Clarke, son of the venerable Archdeacon Clarke, nant, reported the loss, on the Bth instant, of the " Com_ agent, to mite use of the glum
steads iet_ stham, fell in the late battle in India, bravely fight- mender," on West Eloyle, and the services of the crew of see consumed. The present
ained 'lB.tor the honour of his country,
ehora . the life-boat. Mr. Henderson stated that Lieutenant poses, is probably much less It
efOxell Wednesday, a man named Williamsil:, in the employ Lord's vocabulary for enabling vessels to communicate town in the kinedom, for it is I
to hie
lealY femr. Parrett, of the rice mill, Seel-street, met his death with each other at sea, was ready for circulation, and it in different places. Dr. Playft
from the breaking of one of the grindiag stones. was referred to the sub-committee to fix the price. Mr. to the evidence of well-inform
proud 104,,evrery splendid silver candelabrum has been presented Ripley stated, that not only the Bencoolen, but the barque consumption of Liverpool, ever
iis.'_'l,. James 'Wheeler, solicitor, Manchester, for proles- Helen was recently wrecked on Taylor's Bank, the crew more than ordinary cleanliness
u,WI services in many arduous public undertakings. of the latter saving themselves with difficulty. The lights tons daily." Taking the avert
ti, eilfiane Brown, pssq,, of this town, has purchased from were seen by the life -boat establishment, but they could tages at 7 persons, as given by
s eloelatireuis of Waterferd the extensive estate of Ford, in not effort! any assistance. He mentioned this to show the low less than 3 gil'ons a day to
Nor not berland, for £300,000. necessity of a life-boat being stationed at the place pointed laces the consumption for dome
(1, hag Willi
Lis am MacLoughlin, aged 16 months, residing with out by him. He had mentioned the matter to Mr. Mann at 4 gallons a-head per diem.
?Is 'riling
..., Parents in Albert-street, Toxteth-park, pulled a pan
to the of the marine sub-committee, hut had received no support gisatn and Preston is, that a
water off the fire, and was lio dreadfully scalded frem any member of the committee. It was stated that quires between 40 and 45 gallop
Ales' 4
,) die almost immediately. 278 applications had been made for situations of clerks, about 8 gallons for each ; and
h4)11 Tuesday, John Bennett, of Boundary-place, was wharfingers, warehousemen, coopers, &c. for the Albert the amount actually taken for
°tics,
fen," 40a. by Mr. Rushten for refusing a billet. The de- Dock and warehouses; and it was directed that advertise- gallons a day per head. How
ersitY teceuia..at said the soldiers left his house in a burry before ments should be inserted in the papers, fixing a day, be- most, do these supplies appear,
at its tevii.:)g a proper answer. yond which no further applications could be received. A we lately mentioned of modern
sty's .i vessels continue arriving at Liverpool and in the
essrs.
~_re laden with heavy freights of provisions! This letter from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company was arte d spensed to every inhab;
received, urging the formation of the cut to connect the oe still greater quantity of 3
pis
w`ircs vvell for Irish landlords, who can thus drain a land canal with the river to be executed with as little delay as the empire ! Only a small port
,clod' frill,i.‘s on the eve of famine. possible. Referred to the Sub-committee of Works. used for household purposes; h
fo -uhutsday, several parties were fined 10s. and costs, CHARGE AGAINST Ma. BRY,DEN.—On Tuesday, in ple involved in it, which we wis
Sin' f.s'lli
AIR,. ng 6,11 unfit for human food in St.
eehsws market. compliance with a requisition, a general meeting of the and adopted in practice, namely
eon'-...
Belli seeeral dealers in Perk were fined 20s. and costs, for Licensed Victuallers' Society was held at the institution, stout supp'y for all who choose
on a og unwholesome pork. St. Anna-street. Mr. Godfrey stated the nature of the of this will ever extend the ue
atia 4 Wednesday week, a whale, weighing twelve tons, case. He read four letters, to the effect, that the late We must have a water F pests
Sod' 41_ measuring 41 feet in length. was cast on shore at Pen- Mrs. Warren died on the 2d May, 1815. He referred to water must always be on at pr
. the
,i titir, Wales. It has since been towed into Liverpool, evidence which bad been taken, and which went the those who are so poor as not ter
'mace eel 'Sing on the shore at Tranmere. length of showing that her will had been drawn un by Mr. ate rate required, they must 1}
, "Ir. Ingram, of Birmingham, has been selected by the Bryden, from an original written by the late Mr. Hughes, fountains.—Liverpool Health ei
nee' il3lntnittee to execute the enamelled paintings and decora- of the Towle-hall, and that it was attested by the said THE LATE DEARLY•PURCHA
bell e°ll4 for the grand staircase of the Town-hall at Liver- Mr. Hughes, and also by Mr. Bryden's son. By this will The following abstract of an efl
Tile' wee.
The estimated cost of these decorations is nearly she left the sum of £lOO to a Mrs. Barton, an old nurse, an intelligent and gallant sold
alter' '.OOO. and £2O to a Mrs. Nicolls, a servant of the family. She his sister in this town, forms
Mr e
IN'
Live• ohert Angus has been appointed manager of appointed Mr. Bryden her executor, and Mrs. Bryden her the three days fighting betwe
i tree at' pool Commercial Bank, in the room of Mr. residuary legatee, by which, it was alleged, a sum of £3OO Sikhs ; and as it contains, mow
'yr the 'Br
Profi egor, who has been elected a director. The nett or £4OO had been realised by the Brydens. By disposing may not have transpired from o
i was me. ;8 of the year 1815 were £40,752. and after paying of her property in this way, she had passed over her con- apology for its insertion. The
Ise' cal half yearly dividend of five per cent., there was a sin, Mr. Rothery, and other members of her family, and pore. Feb. sth, after stating that
g theh 1,,,,nee of £12,829. it was insinuated, but not satisfactorily proved, that at the heed attacked by fever and ague
tires' nrsiscatt istehe ne a D HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—On time she trade the will, a day or two before she died, she hospital, sacs :
bele. v e annual meeting of the above institution was was either drunk or insane, or, at
Mfr. events, that she was " Dear sister,—l have in far
ot of 14, During the past year upwards of 280 patients had not competent to make her will. - tle, and such a one as has not be
it io eiten attended to at a cost of 6s. each. The total expen- ing himself, said he had made. the will according to de- back. This station is the high
t the ere for the year was £657, and there was a balance of ceased's dictation, and that she positively refused to leave lish, and is only divided from
fS' 'f., aue to the treasurer. her relations anything. He had lent her considerable Punjeuh by the river Sutledg
sore' ste, °CAL Brees.—The Herculaneum Docks Bill passed sums of money, and when accounts were settled he should called Sikhs (pronounced Seeks
d not 4„ing orders on Tuesday. The object is to sell the he very little in pocket. A motion was made that Mr. being disciplined and COMMA!'
becks to Birkenhead parties. Pie following bills have Bryden he'removed from the office of trustee of the Li- Some dispute arising between or
fOr niir read a first time :—The Birkenhead Improvement ceased Victuallers' Society. This was met by a direct they crossed the river some tin
a bis tat, istle Birkenhead Small Debts Bill, and the Warring- negative, and, on a division, the criginal motion was lost up a strong position about six m
,rood se," aterworks Bill. by the casting vote of the chairman. The numbers were in the camp, were immediately r
p°d ' ne ll* se
tett 10441 ,„.
rii eel.
!head, iron steam-frigate, recetly launched —for it 25 ; against it, 25. barracks, with the other troops
LIVERPOOL SANATARY ..EGUT.ATIONS AND ..M. s.'rveth with 60 rounds O. J . ca:
etr.Al • Laird's buildieg-yard, at Birkenhead,. has been 'lnc ''
W 7 f b li
e 14
Best ied to Sheerness to be fitted tor sea. She is the lay- PROVEMENT BlLLS.—These bills were submitted to the 15th, 16th, and 18th December,
wl to sottee'r?n steamer in the British navy ; her engines being Standing Orders Committee ef the House of Commons, enemy was marching for our ea
Peetnyele of 560.hereespower, and her tonnage, car- on Thursday last, The committee consisted of Mr. Home and marched about two miles, w
011 The S measurement, 1,400 tons. Drummond, (chairman,) Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Forties lion ; but. thank God ! notleng
ireilf tle. we Pikt-schooner which left New York the day before Mackenzie. The Sanatary Bill was opposed on the part had heart to come they would ha
revel . satti is Henry.shell ee . and was supposed' to have been de- of the Toxteth-park commissioners, by Mr. Coppock. as all we could muster was at
Leder
uet), e" by Mr. Patenham with the Oregon cnrrespon- Mr. Burke appeared for the Corporation of Liverpool, 70,000. However, there was at
core, heed t arrived at Cork on Friday week. She had encoun- assisted by the Town Clerk. The petition was read to marching here under the come
r the Veseetery bad weather, and had been obliged to lie to for the effect that it was desirable to improve the drainage and commander.in-chier, arid Sir He
aftef
Aloud days. The Patrick Henry arrived at Liverpool on sewerage, which could not be done without an act. The General. It consisted of the I
pee- q-t, 37 fortnight. • Petition from Toxteth was also read. Mr. Burke object- 80th, the Ist Regt. of Bengal
411,1`10. -Upwa-ds of 11,000 tons were offered for sale ed to the reception of this petition, on the ground that it Light Dragoons, besides a large
'stet
lean w'ut'sday. consisting of Ichaboe, Saldanha Bay, Chi- referred to the paving, sewering, and watering bill, and and foot. The Sikhs attacked
,000' lelis'e'ec• About 600 tons sold. at £7 12s. 61 to £6 for not specially to the sanatary bill ; but the committee Je. were beaten. Twenty one. guns
„two
4141. "e• The remainder was taken in chiefly at £7 17s. tided to receive it, as it was beaded " Liverpool Sanatary We marched out on the 21st, a
' as 0 f
Ii lewier for fine Echaboe, £4 10s. Saldanha Bay and Pos- Regulations Bill." The whole of the formal proofs of 12 miles, met the other brigad
aro!
;J' iewir 1 Inland, and £9 15s. Peruvian. The sale was but serving the notices being completed, Mr. Coppock pro- body on the enemy, who opened
i 4,,re.ntlY attended. ceeded with his case; he contended that due notices had about four o'clock in the afterna
4 ~Gin
'41(1 -.1 ANlcs' INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting was not been given to the commissioners, who held property half a mile. Our regiment beire
ood• its Ott Wednesday. Tile girls' school is not only paying in Toxteth ; had sewered three miles of street; had leased verely. In the first charge we w
to :4; genereiP:ees, but has contributed a handsome sum to the a public office for 14 years; and had borrowed money in the second charge I was shot
ettort ;:epty-ene
brie/
epee we'unds• The institution will have been in exist- under the act. The Corporotion, however, sought to shot. It passed through withou
Raj years on the Elth June next, and a strong take their power from them, and to vest them in the I crawled to the rear, and was i
rear t,till t ;1,0 be made to pay off by that time the debt which council. He called a witness to prove the facts stated. ground all night, my wound un
toe° Rill heee4ins against the institution, by the time that it it appeared, however, that the Commissioners had no of water, until I was found next
iord; e-eeted e attained its majority. Mr. W. Brown was personal interest except as trustees, and that they held charge which our brave chaps ga.
OP! SRA:resident for the ensuing year. the property merely as representatives of the public; and confusion, leaving behind their c
wile' a "Ilt.
tomentted CRUELTY.—On 'Wednesday Mr• Rushton as they had receieed notice as such, the committee nnani- nu in the whole captured Oat fit
on'" bly tortt..wo men to gaol for fourteen days, for baying mously decided that the standing orders had been corn- tied fining all night, and tat
;,e 5,
,sine to te ered a eat. They applied spirits of turpen- plied with. The other allegations, which depended on morning, the 22d, but were again
Ines
s?rift, sue animal's tail, set it on fire, and turned it the main question, were then withdrawn, so that the bell which time we have heard noihit
paw nitie, il ran into the street in ex.rerne agony, and was passed its first ordeal. The ImProtement Bill was next been told they are about for
icilk la atelY kill
tit' were ed by some persons passing. The defen- taken, and there being no opposition, it was declared this, and preparing for anothei
f tbe ...eabro_ . employed at the Coalbrookdale Ironworks, to have passed the standing orders. army here is all to be presented
cruel C w, but the manager, on being apprised of their for their good conduct in the ff
MORE ROMISH SO.UABBLES2—Mr. Eastwood, of Brin- - '
that' THEnduct, had dismissed them.
1 lie' tttr Sr die Lodge, hoping that the parties against whom a true _troops ran away. Our regiment
BIKE AT BIRKENHEAD.—The joiners, whowere wounded, besides 7 officers.
11 is reels,ne n bill has been found for an assault upon him in Brindle Out last week for an advance of 3s. per week, still In a few years more I will be hot
Rowan Catholic Chapel, would refrain from a repetition
i the . ?Itid`,.',l idle, the refusing positively to give the
to one Lion -se . . masters . .. • .2 - •, , of their outrageous conduct. r esoleed not to brine the enco .

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II?* Great Liverpool steacc er was insured for £30,000.
Workmen' are erecting at the Zoological Gardens a co-
tered saloon, which will contain 4000 persons.
ELLARS.—On Wednesday nearly thirty parties were
uneCd by Mr. Rushton for letting off cellars for habitation
Which were not in accordance with the act of parliament.
Captain Clarke, son of the venerable Archdeacon Clarke,
1)f Eastham,the late battle in India, bravely fight-
Ing.for the honour of his country,
„Qat Wednesday, a man named Williams, in the employ
Mr. Parrett, of the rice mill, Seel-street, met his death
r°lll the breaking of one of the grinding stones.
lotvery splendid silver candelabrum has been presented
,; ""-Ir• Junes Wheeler, solicitor, Manchester, for proles-
al services in many arduous public undertakings.
William Brown, Esq., of this town, has purchased from
sr Ma
mquis of Wafoterrfor 00,d toohe extensive estate of Ford, in
"orthberland, £3O.
h;Williatn MacLoughlin, aged 16 months, residing with
ParelHS in Albert-stret, Toriteth-park, pulled a an
of boiling
water off the fire,e and was so dreadfully scalded
to die almost immediately.
a On Tuesday, John Bennett, of Boundary-place, was
lene,d 40s. by Mr. Rushten for refusing a billet. The de-
.. noant said the soldiers left Ins house in a hurry before
recei;„
I -tug a proper answer.
h vessels continue arriving at Liverpool and in the
ihivo'. laden ith heavy freights of rovisions! This
-Peaks well for Irish landlords, who can thus drain a land
nich is on the eve of famine.
f ,1
° Thursday several parties were fined 10s. and costs,
Unfit for human food in St. John's Market.
80 several dealers in pork were fined 20s. and costs, for
aelhnn unwholesome pork.
IQti" Wednesday week, a whale, weighing twelve tons,
measuring 41 feet in length. was cast on shore at Pen-
'"pria,en, Wales. It has since been towed into Liverpool,
-air" is 'Ong on the shore at Tranmere.
r. liagrarn, of Birmingham, has been selecte deco he
t-9intuittee to execute the enamelled paintings andea-
s%B for the grand staircase of the Town hall at Liver-
eta)
I. The estimated cost of these decorations is nearly
th?•
1,": Robert Angus has been appointed manager of
ti... Liverpool Commercial Bank, in the room of Mr.
"regor, who has been elected a director. The nett.
4t2b', of the year 1815 were £40,752. and after paying
1),-1 half }early dividend of five per cent., there was a
bas of £12,829.
PZIaIKENHFAD HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—On
the annual meeting of the above institution was
lie„' During the past year upwards of 280 patients had
We're
attended to at a cost of 6s. each. The total expen-
e're for the year was £657, and there was a balance of
L
due to the treasurer.
5t47,,,6e An Bints.—The Herculaneum
Docks Bill passed
,)ng orders on Tuesday. The object is to sell the
h,:eas to Birkenhead parties. j'he following bills have
tall read a first time :—The Birkenhead Improvement.
t r',.!,le Birkenhead Small Debts Bill, and the Warring-
(); " aterworks Bill
Warring-
fro he Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, recently launched
ni'rl4-' I\lr. I.airii's building-yard, at 13irkenin ad, has been
rest tred to Sheerness to be fitted tor sea. She is the I.ar-
iron steamer in the British navy ; her engines being
Pe'etirelyelY of 560-hrase-power, and her tonnage, car-
measurement, 1.400 tons.
thA he Pilot-schooner which left New York the day before
ph,',.altick Henry. and was supposed' to have been de-
-11,41-bect by Mr..l3,ilenham with the Oregon correspon-
tr, ee, arrived at Cork on Friday week. She had encoun-
tlev very bad weather, and had been obliged to lie to for
Alo"wldays. The Patrick Henry arrived at Liverpool on
GUy fortnight. •
°a IIANro• -Upwa-ds of 11,900 tons were offered for sale
snap.,".lrsday, consisting of Ichaboe, Seldanha Bay. Chi-
leh About 609 tons sold. at £7 12s. 6:1. to £6 for
ittaia."°„e- The remainder was taken in chiefly at £7 17s.
terc•fine Ichaboe, £4 10s. Saldanha Bay and Pos-
ipripn Island, and £9 15s. Peruvian. The sale was but
mit-rently attended.
1441-Et" auics' INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting was
its Wednesday. The girls' school is not only paying
tetrPier:ses, but has' contributed a handsome sum to the
'neeta' "Inds. The institution will have been in exist-
trrt enty.ebe years on the Bth June next, and a strong
r'S to be made to pay off by that time the debt winch
-hern'ins against the' institution, by the time that it
e!eetere attained its majority. Mr. W. Brown was
SH,president for the ensuing year.
he(Y`rnitt
„, t• CRUELTY.—On Wednesday Mr. Rushton
two men to gaol for fourteen days. for baying
tine tj tortured a cat. They applied spirits of turpen-
"rift ,the animal's tail, set it on fire, and turned it
tilii; it ran into the street in ex.reme agony, and was
datitsatelY killed by some persons passing. The defen-
ea..)) were employed at the Coalbrookdale Ironworks,
ettio rt'w ; but the marager, on being apprised of their
l'ne"duct had dismissed them.
141.4" STRIKE AT BIRKENHEAD.—The joiners, who,.
tarp,. out last week for an advance of
.3.5. per week, s
scid.ri idle, the masers refusing positively to give the
joist . mas
.Yesterday week, the reeks of the idlers were
viest.4 by the mason': who refuse to work under 28a. per
stp;,Z, their former''wa es 'being 265. Nearly all the
141,.1,",s Birkenhead areg consequently stopped, The
of brit
and plasterers have declared their intention
Oikiag to-day.
14,,Nucticn OF LIVERPOCL.—The town dues for the
e4„.'year ending 28. h February, as compared with the
Of period of last year, is in excess by upvrerls
isc4r)( 0, end it is more than probi ble, the gross
tio,,Yne from this source, for the whole year, will produce
the ards £BO.OOO : this amount, when contrasted with
wiiireceipts for tie years 1824.5 (a little over £44,000).
tnere:t °one, evidence the rapidity with which the cot:tr-
il- (),.' the port has increased in the last twenty years.
Pletc,esialldidiug business in Manchester is all but at a corn-
%tatters. „": Masons, bricklayers, joiners, plumbers and
-rera.l.riters
,11'ng to
are all out ; the masters in fact, in many
employ even the few that object to turn
Pek ()c bet"u iefluenced by the opinion that no effectual
*4l'olllo Put to the unreasonable demands of the men
torpe . turning
the entire adrift, and by this means, in
Ite„,
_degree, prevent the few who might be employed
eirqeenntributing to the funds of the various trades' asst.). •
a ans'
ntept -,tneetina of the select vest.ry. on Saturday, it was
tha-t a deputation, consisting of Mr. Scholfield,
reh,tr.
rughton, and the Vestry Clerk, should be dis-
los b to London that evening, with full powers to adopt
,Ckeil't, Means of havi a chi' use inserted in the new
b tit Which would have the effect of making the Wap-
tbhc4:. \iYarehouses liable to the payment of church and
144 t the like the Albert Dock Warehouses. It appeared
Cuttl'ek Committee had been written to on the sub-
,lat they declined to insert the clause. An inter-
hat' °e obtained also with the Mayor.
fo4,lingt,,"Y.—At Salisbury assizes, on Tuesday, Daniel
et; ,'3lle),' Private in the Ist Dragoon Guards, was tried
Weave ug at his wife. He had been absent a fortnight,
e' and or his return beard some reports against his
ilorter:tierhdaracter, which, however, were unfounded, and
44% h 8 explained. 'Writhing under the pangs of jea-
-01 hise went out and got intoxicated, and on his return
ekltB rate.thine at his wife but without wounding her.
4 teroe, Lter had always 'been good, and he had been
101.144 kind to her. 'She pleaded for hint and he was
101. [Gallaghertr and his wife belonged to Liver-
led
this
was then a very ,thenwell-behavd g man. He
Ito thi: friends in Liverpool during furlougho h that
s unfortunate occurrence.l
ticIETIES --On Thursday, upwards of twenty
teat'4l) 'eS against- defaulters to various lean societies,
elssorre,
Thee and sureties, were beard before the inaeis-
cir4, of 'B4e. and
were generally of the humbler
dertl. rnstr,,ee'etY, many of :them apparently in distressed
np,,'lood 'ices- St me of the sureties stated that they un-
thtr..hif
°their liability only extended to the payment of
Dr e ntte-third the amount borrowed, according as
lii)„''netiVt be two or three sureties. Mr. Rushton ex-
inp " belief that loam, fund societies were a bounty
e,„Prodigality of the poor, for whom they worked
li,rtpof 0,441 e directed that an account be kept of the num-
t,tl the" brought into court by each society, as he be-
-117, was some tlefect in the management of many
here were some societies who never came there
letter kss.
tt,at, REY "Uarrou.—At the meeting on Tuesday a
pcipt th
' real d from the Poor law Commisas relieving-
sioners, con-
%leer of ',,er-ction of Mr. John Rowland,
thee
to oreth-park district of the union ; but decli-
ihnr t„,:tFtiori the appointment of Mr. Tristram for the
keleeti,ulatriets; and urging the board to proceed to
ret,tyl,Q. of a separate relieving-officer for each ; to
t,.1.aat,.. at the next sitting, a notice was entered by
oqa er,erbarrow. The next subj-ct was the proposal
top, tow'rinois,ioners to assign to each of the more popu-
Dre'an 'll'Ps.—Toxteth-park, West Derby, and Ever-
atirPeard aoditional number of guardians. The additions
tni,4ln't t,:re, re, seven for the Park, making the whole
g"e; two for West Derby, making five for that
ent one for Evertor] in addition to the two
for" from thence. The expenditure' of those town-
-11',11,11,11e three years ending on the 25th of the pre-
"' wns as follows :—Toxteth-park, £6,412;
1110 eeod hist 3,335; Everton, £1,078. Mr. Lloyd re-
Di!r)rnissi. '°ll of last week on this subject, assuring
.aie-anose,3 !nets that the Board cordially acquiesces in
ii!ttct''ttd ;_a_rrangernent ; and that they be respectfully
~..t..,itoithoilit'njeleatheir instructions to have it carried into
'Perled 8,4'11 'IY. A long discussion took place, when
thtertp -0 the c Proposed
. at, amendment, that it be recom-
tee risetlt,tile adatCamissioners to give to West Derby and
eat
a--er for guardians proposed, and to reduce
ti,.;`1ar,,,,8 carried b k from seven to four. The amend-
ee, rtltgas j,a majority of 12 to 5.
I,,qer,,_ Ir. b.
._`;NDucr.—About six or seven months
it'lt,eseeeril, 01,.Lock wood, near Hudde• sfield, being at
v‘41,11 ot'4lwth a young girl, a Miss B. 8., and
ahol" facalmng Permission to pay his address?s to
Atio ve -t, he hail a wife and four children. Since
118, 1"
be
11,has been most unremitting in his at-
,Wiailttently tw!' being rarely less than once a fortnight.
r)tlecii
heed her
tioce and thrice a week. A short time since
Mebro, _ Prepare everything for the marriage,
L tin , ed her should most certainly take place
:lte„ pita „`" pre
month
whi fro, qeek, wh • In this way the affair passed
th,tb her' hen the lady receiving a very ambiguous
teen,lto did
on esceiver, determined to pay him a visit,
ret_ded to Put or.
_?n day, last, in company with her bro-
h,anrr,tieti", LoeVw" the Swan Hotel. The brother pro-
ane,,,.`Yreteh
th_ I() the i opti, to find his sister's lover, and both
nn, where they took tea, after which the
zlatoteg
ororoe,
..,escorted his dupe round the town. In
r,,ltceedr. sin co.!' e tieglcted wife having heard what was
rn, t.„ pley with her mother, and other friends
s,et're h'etit e hotel. Iler husband, however, on his I.l4,'irte b,atlentth. er than the front door of the inn,
itf 'IN the hisr in.orfant victim good night. On
• -Dm, and
shnrtarly, w being informed of his accom-
tt, ere tioie
B.le as
.cotnpletely horror-struck ; but
tetti.:r nbotin,,l rallied, and her indignation and die-
rileettogirtOttn"-laeril. delehrll.ve.dif returned home in a state
• The brother and sister
1.1)°°1 tlie next day.—Manchr. Guardian.

'l'llE LIVERPOOL SANATARY REGUT.ATIONS AND IM-
PROVEMENT BlLLS.—These bills were submitted to the
Standing Orders Committee ef the House of Commons,
on Thursday last, The committee consisted of Mr. Home
Drummond, (chairman,) Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Forbes
Mackenzie. The Sanatary Bill was opposed on the part
of the Toxteth-park commissioners, by Mr. Coppock.
Mr. Burke appeared for the Corporation of Liverpool,
assisted by the Town Clerk. The petition was read to
the effect that it was desirable to improve the drainage arid
sewerage, which could not be done without an act. The
Petition from Toxteth was also read. Mr. Burke object-
ed to the reception of this petition, on the ground that it
referred to the paving, sewering, and watering bill, and
not specially to the sanatary bill ; but the committee De-
cided to receive it, as it was headed " Liverpool Sanatary
Regulations Bill." The whole of the formal proofs of
serving the notices being completed, Mr. Coppock pro-
ceeded with his case ; he contended that due notices had
not been given to the commissioners, who held property
in Toxteth ; had sewered three miles of street; had leased
a public office for 14 years; and had borrowed money
under the act. The Corporotion, however, sought to
take their power from them, and to vest them in the
council. He called a witness to prove the facts stated.
It appeared, however, that the Commissioners had no
personal interest except as trustees, and that they held
the property merely as representatives of the public; and
as they had receited notice as such, the committee unani-
mously decided that the standing orders had been com-
plied with. The other allegations, which depended on
the main question, were then withdrawn, so that the b5ll
passed its first ordeal. The Improtement Bill was next
taken, and there being no opposition, it was declared
to have passed the standing orders.
MORE ROMISH SQUABBLES.—Mr. Eastwoed, of Brin-
dle Lodge, hoping that the parties against whom a true
bill has been found for an assault upon him in Brindle
Roman Catholic Chapel, would refrain from a it-petition
of their outrageous conduct, tesolced not to bring the case
before the grand jury. This, it appears, was taken by the
men who had been held to bail to answer the charge for
assaults at the sessions, as a triumph; since, no sooner
were the grand jury discharged creGthe Saturday, than they,
with several of their friendwesserubled at the Crown Inn,
where refreshments on a Illsetaskecale were ordered for.
them, and ribbons were purctipsed to decorate themselves
with. With these decorations they proceeded homeward,
. •
stopping to regale themselves at several public-houses on
the road. At Brindle Clopel the demand of a penny a-
head, which led to the first assault, has continued to be
trade on Mr. Eastwood, and each member of his family,
every Sunday ; and every one of the family persists in re-
fusing to pay the demand. The consequence has been,
that in the scuffles that have taken place, the plates of mo-
ney have been emptied on the pavement, and the chapel
has presented a scene of brawling, such as the old reform-
ers describe as scandalising the early chtirch during the
collections of " Indulgence money," and " Peter's pence,"
prior to the purifications which followed the preaching of
Martin Luther, Ridley, Latimer, and others. On Sunday
last, Mr. Eastwood arid his family were escorted to and
from the chapel by policemen, in consequence of alleged
threats of outrage to which they would. be subjected if
they again attempted to occupy seats without paying a
penny each. The appearance of the police prevented any
open act of violence being committed, but the scene that
took place on Mr. and Mrs. Eastwood leaving the chapel
after the service was over, was of a character which can-'
not be too strongly reprobated. From the chapel door to
the entrance of the burial ground, a distance of about 20
yards, a number of ill-conducted persons arranged them-
selves, so as to form an avenue, through which Mr. East.
wood's family had to pass; and, no sooner did the family
make their appearance, than they wet e assailed with hisses
and other coarse and offensive modes of testifying disre-
spect and malevolence. This, we understand, has been
the case almost every Sunday of late; and, it is added,
that many of those who Dow attend at Brindle Chapel, go
avowedly to " see the:fun," and not to worship.—Preston
Chronicle. [The preceding is from a liberal paper, and it
affords a melancholy instance of Romish irreverence for
the House of Prayer.]
HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—At the weekly meet-
ing there were present Mr. Holmes, (chairman,) and 14
members.—A clause was ordered to be inserted in the
new act of parliament, making it compulsory on parties
erecting coal-vaults to adopt an improved and more secure
iron cover than that now in use, according to a pattern.
—An application from Mr. Hammond to put up four
lamps opposite the Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street,
was referred to the Commissioners of the district to re-
port upon.—lt was agreed to serve a notice on Mr. Ford,
prior to removing a step at the corner of Renshaw-street,
he being compensated.—The Chairman said a deputation
from the board had waited on the Dock Committee, but
that body had refused the introduction of a clause as to
the warehouses paying rates. Mr. Cooper was astonished
that no one of the Council had attended to the interest of
the burgesses by getting a clause introduced into the dock
bill making the warehouses to be built round the docks li-
able to parish rates. The ( heirman stated that the
amount of property which would be destroyed in the
making of the docks would be in value £26,447. The
parish rates on it would be £2920 3z. 9d. ; the paving and
sewerage £1212 3s. ld. ; lighting end cleansing, tke
£550 19s. 7d., making a total of £4,683 6s. 5d., in the
shape of rates now paid to the parish on the property.
Besides, they bad paid £3,052 for sewerage, £714 for
water pipes, and £2,934 for pavement in that -district.
The Law-clerk said he had received a note from the Dock
Solicitor, stating that the Dock Trust would not intro-
duce any such clause as that proposed by the Board. Mr.
Proctor said the only course would he to oppose the bill,
unless the clause were inserted. Mr. Gladstone was not
disposed to rate the warehouses, as these and the docks
were for the benefit of the community generally. Great
numbers of railways were now being made in various
parts of the country for the purpose of connecting towns
and facilitating intercourse, and Liverpool would, no
doubt, be brought into the race of competition with those
places ; because, by means of those railways goods might
be sent to Manchester and other places. Ile contended
that it was not a question for the warehouse owners
merely, but one aff-cting every trade in the town, for it
was to the interest of all that as many ships as possible
should be brought to the port. His advice was, rather
than make it stand against what, in his opinion, was for
the benefit of the town, to make a compromise. Mr.
Lawrence said that by taking down the property in ques-
tion the rates were increased on another class, and he
thought the mercantile interest ought to pay in such a
case. Mr. Cooper could not see the benefit of taxing all
other property, and leaving the warehouses untouched.
If Mr. Gladstone's principle were sound they ought to
take the taxes off the present warehouses. Mr. Tinne
said Mr. Gladstone owned as much property in the town
as any one present, and he believed had spoken disin-
terestedly. It was a principle of free trade. (I aughter.)
It was finally understood that the clause should be ap-
plied for, rendering the warehouses liable to the rates.— A
letter from Mr. W. Rathborte, referring to the slippery
state of some of the macadamized streets, was referred to
the surveyor to repot t upon, and the Board adjourned.
EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—AdmiraI Sir Hyde Par-
ker has it is said been a martyr to the Gout during the
whole cruise, and confined to his cabin for half the time,
and compelled to carry on his observations under intense
suffering; but had he known of Blair's Gout and Rheu-
matic Pills, so serious a calamity to himself and inconve-
nience to the public service would have found a full and
speedy antidote.
HOW•WAY'S PILLS, A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA.
—Read the following cure :—James Holmes, a cotton-
spinner, residing at Ancoates, Manchester, had been
asthmatical for these last three years ; he was frequently
so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarcely
sneak or breathe, and would cough and spit for half-an-
hour together, and often expected he would be choked.
He was much reduced in strength, and after every other
means of cure failed ho listed these wonderful pills, which
have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as
free from it as when he was a child..

SUPPLY Or WATER.—No one can doubt that a very
large additional supply of water b requisite for Liverpool ;
but it is not so easy to calculate the precise quantity
needed. The amount taken for domestic uses must, of
course, vary according to the habits of the consumers.
Those who are cleanly in their persons and ;houses will
use more than others who are not so ; but in any ease, we
do not consider that our working classes are sufficiently
informed as to the great importance of water as a sanitary
agent, to m .ke use of the quantity which we yet hope to
see consumed. The present supply, for domestic pur-

poses, is probably much less than it oug Je in ever
town in the kin,-tdom, for it is found to vary considerably
in different places. Dr. Plavfair states, that, "according
to the evidence of well-informed witnesses, the cottage
consumption of Liverpool, even in the case of a family of
more than ordinary cleanliness, rarely amounts to 20 gal-
lons daily." Taking the average population of our cot.
tages at 7 persons, as given by Dr. Duncan, this would al-
low less than 3 gil'oris a day to each. Mr: Gravatt calcu-
lates the consumption for domestic purposes, in London,
at 4 gallons a-bead per diem. The experience of Not-
tingham and Preston is, that a labouring man's family re-
quires between 40 and 45 gallons a day, which would give
bou' I at Greenock and Paisley

Liverpool, March 12, 1846

If the quantity of the food is increased in any country,
there is a corresponding increase of the people.

the amount actually taken for domestic use. is about 12
gallons a day per head. How truly insignificant at the
most, do these supplies appear, when compared with what
we lately mentioned of modern Rome, with its 250 gallons
a day d spensed to evety inhabitant who chooses to use it.

or the still greater quantity of 312 gallo.ts, in the days of
the empire ! Only a small portion of this could ever be
used for household purposes; hut there is a great princi-
ple involved in it, which we wish to see fully recognized
and adopted in practice, namely,—an abundant and con-
stant supp'y for all who choose to take it. Nothing short
of this will ever extend the use of water as it ought to be.
We must have a water F.pe to every cottage, and the
water must always be on at pressure; and if there be
those who are so poor as not to be able to pay the moder-
ate rate required, they must be provided for by public
fountains.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate.
THE LATE DEARLY• PURCHASED VICTORY IN INDIA.
The following abstract of an affectionate letter written by
an intelligent and gallant soldier, named O'Connell, to
his sister in this town, forms an interesting epitome of
the three days' fighting between our troops and the
Sikhs ; and as it contains, moreover, some few facts that
may not have transpired from other quarters, we make no
apology fir its insertion. The writer, who dates Feroze-
pore. Feb. sth, after stating that he had over three months
heen attacked by fever and ague, for which he had been in
hospied, says:—
" Dear sister,—l have in fact been in the field of bat-
tle, and such a one as has not been seen in India for years
back. This station is the h'ghest belonging to the Eng-
fish, and is only divided from the large territory of the
Punjauh by the river Sutledge. The inhabitants are
called Sikhs (pronounced Seeks), a strong warlike nation,
being disciplined and commanded by French officers.
Some dispute arising between our government and theirs,
they crossed the river some time in November, and took
up a strong position about six miles from this place. We,
in the camp, were immediately ordered about a mile from
barracks, with the other troops of the station, and were
s,,rved with 60 rounds of bill cartridge per man. On the
15th, 16th, and 18th December, reports coming in that the
enemy was marching for our camp, we were turned out,
and marched about two miles, when we took up our posi-
tion ; but. thank God ! notleng occurred, for if they had
had heart to come they would have cut every one of us up,
as all we could muster was about 8000, and they were
70,000. However, there was at this time a large brigade
marching here under the command of Sir Hugh Gough,
commander-in-ehier, and Sir Henry Hardinee. Governor-
General. It consisted of the 9th, 29th, 31st, 50th, and
80th, the Ist Regt. of Bengal Europeans, and the 3d
Light Dragoons, besides a large brigade of native horse
and foot. The Sikhs attacked them on the 18th, and
were beaten. Twenty one guns were taken from them.
We marched out on the 21st, and after moving on about
12 miles, met the other brigade, when we marched in a
body on the enemy, who opened a fire on us with cannon,
about four o'clock in the afternoon, at a distance of about
half a mile. Our regiment being in advance, suffered se-
verely. In the first charge we were forced to retire, ard
in the second charge I was shot in the thigh by a vane-
shot. It passed through without fracturing the bone, and
I crawled to the rear, and was obliged to lie on the cold
ground all night, my wound undressed, and not a drink
of water, until I was found next morning. On the third
charge which our brave chaps gave them, they ran in great
confusion, leaving behind their camp, and 80 guns, mak-
ing in the whole captured 101 fine brass ones. They con-
tinued fiting all night, and attacked us again on Monday
morning, the 22d, but were again completely routed, since
which time we have heard nothing of them. I have since
been told they are about forming about 70 miles from
this, and preparing for another attack. The European
army here is all to be presented with a medal each man,
for their good conduct in the field. Most of the native
Stoops ran away. Our regiment lost 93 in killed, and 193
'were wounded, besides 7 officers. My leg pains me much.
In a few years more I will be home, wearing my medal."

much improved by the exportation of corn, and they
might, on, that account, begin to eat the wheat which they

raise themselves, or war may suddenly stop the supply.
Ireland arid British North America would be injured by
the abolition of the corn laws, as those countries are much
favoured by the present laws. _ _

All agricultural labourers would be injured, and conse-
quently the poor's rate will increase.
Factory labourers will have the 'r wages lowered to meet
the new price of corn. The home consumption of manu-

factored articles will be lessened, and perhaps to a greater
degree than the expected increase of articles exported.

The abolition of the corn laws would cause corn to flue

be a not serious evil. It would alsq be followed by the
Poore► lands !Ring thrown out of cultivation, and turned
into shtep walks. C. ARTHUR.

MR. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH'S FLIGHT
FROM STAFFORD.

Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is far to virtuous and pure-
nniiided,for this naughty age of ours, or for association
with the unscrupulous gentry who conatose the Anti-
Corn-law League. A few clays ago, in a fit of exuberant
love for chess bread, he set off, per rail, for the truly pa-
triotic 'purpose of indoctrinating the cobblers of Stafford
with his own t' -4 free tra4- - '

beloved principles oi and procur-
ing his return to parliament as their representative. There
was every disposition on their part, we learn, to listen and
applaud; but the " men of wax" are a dry generation.
With Shakspeere, they felt disposed to exclaim to the can-
didate, " dust think because thou art virtuous there shall
be no more cakes and ale?" They loved cheap bread and

synary beer better; and after listening to an hour's lec-
ture upon enlightened commercial policy and other mat-
ters, thee thought fit, it seems, in imitation of Canning's
" needy knife-grinder," to suggest ►.hat
" Maybe his honor would ghee them each a sixpence, to
Drink his honor's health " •
Whether the reply was precisely that of the patriot in the
poem—

3 637.231 tons, and 216,350 seamen

1839
1840,
1811,
184 L

Revenue.
£21.583,997
21.784,499,
21,898,814.

20,195.859,

" I give thee sixpence ! I will see thee - first,
Wretch whom no sense of wror.gs c in rouse to vengeance!

Beer•bibbing vagabond, reprobate, degraded, spiritleis cobbler !"
—or a free parody, such as we have furnished, we know
not. Certain it is that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth turned
his back upon Stafford, and returned to Liverpool dis-
gustedrwith the degeneracy of that shoe-making conqi-
tuency. A correspondent of the London Times says that
a deputation waited on Mr. Heyworth from 300 freemen,
who drew him into town, and who demanded 2s. 6d. for
their work. To this Mr. Heyworth is said to have ob-
jected on principle, which, no doulJt, was the case, as the
Staffordshire 2lftreury says that on being informed by
his committee that the expenses were £l3O he gave a
check immediately for £250.

CORR r SPONDENCE.

ON THE SANITAIIYATE_OF SOME PARTS

OF LIVERPOOL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—What think you of that " man.
dus alter et idem" (that other world, and yet the same);
where a " good old old town —previously supposed to be
the pink of salubrity and pattern of a seaport by its doat-
ing inhabitants—was, in an evil hour. as many thought,
demonstrated. by the revelation of. facts and logic of
figures, to be the most unhappy specimen of a dense po-
pulati ill ; whilst her crest-fallen inhibitan:s, inst-ad of
congratulating themselves upon possessing a healthy home-
stead, had to walk humbly in that Jay of proof that their
town pas not only low in the scale of provincial towns,
but absolutely the "lowest of the low"—that the rate of
her mortality, the density of closely-packed por.ulation,,
and her street ventilation and drainage, for badness ex-
ceeding that of the teeming hive of the metropolis itself-
a Modern Tyre, in the several points of crowding,. filth.
disease, and death, far outstripping a modern Babylon ?
What think yon, Mr. Editor, would these -modern Tyri-
ans do ? Would they slumber upon the humiliating de.
monstratioii; and, like the ostrich when hunte,i, bide their
head under their wing, and because no longer seeing the
pursuer, fancy such pursuing facts to be reduced to a
similar non-plus of extremity? Would such a course be
wipe, or would it not rather be the infatuation of the for-
mer conviction presenting itself a second time under the
paralysed attitude of a dilemma ?
What if that town suddenly found itself precipitated
from the supposed regions of health, into the depraved
condition of some serious and dangerous malady? would
she act wisely in neglecting to atm herself with all the
means and appliances for restoring her lost sanitary state?
Were she to make a Turkish fatalism the grave cf her
Hope, c uld such a course be commended ?
Or, suppose she may have languidly raised her arm first
in the theatrical attitude of appalled dismay at so close a
danger, then dropping it slowly, taken up the pen between
her but half-energized fingers, and at the dictate of a re-
turning semi-consciousness, applying for an act of parlia-
ment, which might he intended to remedy some at least of
those evils staring her in the face daily and nightly ; then
let the arm of prowess subside into harmony of inaction
with its listless fellow reposing beside the trunk entangled
gracefully in the folds of the wrapper of despondency.
And suppose further, that " an act is obtained, and that
it was innocently designed by its legal framers and House
of Commons manufacturers to remove some sources of
disease, some abuses of the body social, and to evacuate
some dens of their in-humanized inhabitants. Yet, if the
benevo:ent purposes of such act were frustrated in a thou-
sand ways through its imperfect provisions, so that a coach
and six might be driven between its clauses, or if it be so
deformed respecting its purposes as to resemble a Pro-
crustean bed—" a bed shorter than a man can stretch
himself on it"—or, if like Gulliver's coat, it be constructed
upon t-e mathematical principles of engineers and survey-
ors alone, without:practically taking the dimensions of the
party to be fitred,—if the measure have not been taken by
the tailor himself, nor obtained from the only party who
ever did or could take the measure rightly,—how should
a fit be obtained?

Again, if the working of this " blessed act" be difficult
—be next to impossible—an issue in absurdity—whereby,
unless matters be closer glappled with, the condition of
those upon whom this act is fired off will be rather da-
maged. if it be possible to compute and express, by adjec-
tives of comparison, evils incomparably ereat,—the adage
" out of the frying nan into the fire" might be written, as
embodying the bitter experience of modern Tyre, touch-
ing the in-sanatary working of her Act of Parliament,
upon the back thereof, and it might be tied up with red
tape, and duly enrolled amongst the obsolete memorials
of the past.
What think you, Mr. Editor, of " bearding the lion in
his den," unless you are well prepared for the encounter
you provoke? Would you not arm yourself so as to se- •
cure all the chances of final victory over the provoked
strong one? Would you pass from the effort of a manly
cotohat, on to the child-like act of toying with his mane,
until his blood boil, and his fired eye announces the awful
bound of his fury upon you, his rash challenger and un-
guarded victim ?
Or, what think you of that happy marriage of acts'of
Parliament with local police regulations, in this mundus
alter et idem, which passes away precious time in doing a
thousand unasked-for things—perfotrning officious ser-
vices in one quarter, bestowing partial cures in another, a
sort of french polishing of some streets, and a coating
over of others with black japan varnish I That mundus
alter et idem to which I .have thus, Mr. Editor, intro-
duced you, in the pardonable language of allegory, for
the sake of illustration, is the good old town of Liverpool
itself.

You may feel, perhaps, indignant at the portrait. and
accuse it of being a caricature. We often quarrel with
the truthful profile of a friend or acquaintance, just be-
cause it does not correspond with our ideal of that friend ;
and, therefore, we may discard the accurate for the ficti-
tious tracery of features, because our own judgment is
warped by the prepossessing ideal. But I shall be able to
convince you in my next letter, that, with a trifling con-
ventional allowance for figurative expression, the truth
holds good in the main, and that your flattering ideal of
your own town is as much a fiction as the Apollo Belvidere
himself is a fiction of human form—a correctly formed
figure of a man, plus the infusion of the ideal of the
sculptor—an embodied fable of splendid Greece—but ne-
ver a fact, scarcely, perhaps, a truth.
I purpose to show you, unveiled, the insanitary working
of the present act. You may feel rather melancholy when
I have sketched in the features of " Liverpool Proper ;"
but weigh all, and let conviction, when wrought, energise
your pen and voice, and all other pens and voices, and all
other heads, and hearts, and hands, until the wretchedness
and degradation be mitigated a hundredfold, and the cen-
sus of Liverpool can be fairly taken as that of so much
human life.
Sanitary Acts, and Building Acts, and Water Acts, and
Highway Acts, and Anti-Landlord Monopoly Acts, and

At the notnination, however, on Thursday, an oppcsi-
tion was got up. Cipt. Carnegie, who has accepted The
office of a Lord of the Treasury, was opposed by Dr.
Sleigh (a protectionist), and Mr. Watkins (a member of
the Anti-Corn-law League.) The show of hands was
greatly in favour of the latter, and next for Dr. Sleigh.
A poll was demanded by. Capt. Carnegie and Dr. Sleigh.
Only the two latter went to the poll, and at the close the
numbers were, for Carnegie, 733 ; for Sleigh, 25.

SPORTING I N TEL LI GENCE,

all other similar acts, ought to be based upon medical Pit,. boxes, and gallery have been fitted up with ranch
evidence as well as engineering data, or they must ever be taste and judgment. The style of ornament adopted is of
only so many folio sheets of law descriptions and parodies the Elizabethan order, rich in ornament, and light and
upon the first line of Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk !" cheerful in colouring. The procenium has been raised by
In concluding this first part, though in one sense I eight feet, and every one seated in the house will have a
write for the public—that is, for their benefit—yet in full view of the whole scenery and performances. The
another sense I don't write for them, merely to give them stage department has a decided advantage over that of the
pleasure. They may be pleased or they may he dis. other theatres in the town, in receding much further back,
pleased; such is only an accident either way, incident to so that processional and di,tint scenes may be brought
the path of duty. out to great advantage. The pit has been renewed on an
For the present I remain, S;r, incline, which admits of every o7:e obtaining a distinct and
Yours, faithfully, eaey 'dew and hearing, independent of huge bonnets,
G. C. WATSON. should they unhappily again come into vozue. The lights,
amongst which is a splendid central chandelier, are dis.
posed in a novel and brilliant manner. The stage, the
EFFECTS OF. THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN machinery, and all the scenery are new and beautiful; and
LAWS. the drop scene, yet unfinished, will be in itself a chef
d'oeuvre.
Mr. W. J. Hammond is the lessee, and he purposes to
engage the first-rate talent of the land in the legitinnte,

" When goods increase, they increase that eat them." as well as the lighter walks of the drama. Amongst the
Fed. v. 11. The effect of the abolition of the corn laws first performers announced are the Miss Cushmans, Ma-
will; therefore, increase our population to the extent that dame Celeste, and Mr. Webster. There will be an excel-
foreigners can supply this country. Suppose two millions lent orchestra, conducted by the zealous Mr. Cummins,
of English people to have been brought thus into exist- second leader of the Metropolitan Italian Opera. Many
ence, and to be fed upon foreign corn; this would be a cistinguished families and individuals, becoming aware of
most precarious subsistence. When the people of any the spirited operations in course of completion, have al-
country IN.come dependant on foreigners for the supply of ready declared their intended patronage, and the " R
the staff of life. they are thereby subjected to the loss of Adelphi," will assuredly put all the other " Royals
their own ,liberties. The condition of the Poles would be th, it mettle

OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

The papers laid on the table of the House of Commons
on Monday night, and ordered to be printed. exhibit some

very interesti:q results.
The first of these is an account of the number of ves-
sels, the amount of tonnage, and the number of their
crews, on the 31st of December in each year, from 1820
to 1841.

In 1820 the number of vessels was 25.374, the tonnage
2,648,593. the number of men employed 174,514. In 1841
there were 3099
052 vessels, of 3 512 480 tons, manned by

vessels, of

The number.of Briii:b vessels entered inwards in 1832
was 10,762, whose united burden was 1,936.846 tons ; the
foreign vessels were 3,865, of 561,017 tons. In 1845 the
number of British vessels was 15,964, and their tonnage
3,662,855 ; the number of foreign vessels 7,895, and their
tonnage 1,353,735.

The declared value of British and Irish produce and
manufdctures exported from the Untied Kingdom to
foreign countries and our colonid possessions was in—
£36,860 376 1843........ £52.279.769
1841... 51.634,623 1841. 58,f)84,292
7842 47.381,023
Ti, ,f the C.-

—le net revenue o. —ustom., and the amount of
duty received from corn, from 1839 to 1815, were as
follows:

Corn Duties
£l,t 98.858
1,156,C36
568,310
1,363 969

U 98.382

367,000

The quantity of silk of all kinds entered for home con-
sumption in 1814 was 2,119,974 lb., in 1824 it had risen
to 4,011,048 lb.. but in 1834 it had only reached
4,522,351 lb., while in 1814 it amounted to 6,208,021 lb.
The declared value of British silk goods exported from
the United Kingdom in each year between 1826 and 1815
exhibits since the year 1835 a comparative decrease. The
value of the silk exported in 1826 wag £168,801, but in
1835 this amount had increased to £973,786; and al-
though from that time the value declared continues to in-
crease, it bad in 1845 only reached £764,424.
The quantities of foreign silk manufactures retained for

home consumption since the removal of the prohibition
upon them in 1826, exhibit a gradual rise from 115,278 lb.
in 1827. to 310,153 lbs. !n 1815.

The table respecting wool and woollen manufactures
proves that an increased importation has had the effect of

increasing instead of lowering the price of domestic pro-
duce. In 1821 the-number of pounds of foreign and co-
lonial wool imported was, 22 564,4 M ; and the price of
a
Southdown wool Is. 2d. pound_ In the (Mina/Inv vgnr

the duty upon colonial was remoed, the import increased
to 43,816,966 lb., and the price of Southdown wool simul-
taneously rose to Is. 4d. a pound. During the next 20
years the price fluctuated from 6d. to ls. Bd. a pound, and
in 1843 it was 110., with an import of 47.78a,061 pounds.
In 1844 the duty upon foreign wool was entirely removed,
the quantity entered for consumption increased to
65,079,524 lb., and the price of English wool rose at
once to Is. 2d. In 1815 the amount imported had fur-
ther increased to 76,828,152 lb., and the price of domes-
tic wool had risen to Is. 4d.

Between 1831 and 1845 the declared value of British
exports of woollen manufactures had risen from
£5,389,124 to £8,741,728.
In 1842 the total amount of revenue, exclusive of the
corn duties, was £32,178,814; in 1845 it was £33,415,431,
although during that period the amount of Customs and
Excise duties remitted was £5,197,074.
The amount of

reductions in .ke public expenditure
effected by the repeal of the duties on auctions and glass,
in 1845, is not less than £52,636.
A nu:uber of extracts from the letters of glassmanufac-
turers in every part of the kingdom, stating the immense

increase of consumption consequent upon the removal of
the glais duty, is appended.

ALTCA.R.—An open meeting will take place over these
mindc nn Thnrculqty anri PrMau ripiet th.,«

onnne of the clays a match for £lOO will be run between

" Harlequin," the winner of the Waterloo Cap at Altcar
the week before last, and " Oliver Twist," which in that
race was " ran up,"

AQUATIC.—A match has just been made between
Cambridge and Oxford Universities to row a match f►om
Putney to Mortlake, on the 3d of April.

_ • .
SPORTING MATCFI.—Lest week, Thomas Harrison,
Esq.. of Harrog4te, backed his hunter Bachelor, for a bet
of £5O aside, to leap 15 feet of water. Turnham Brook
was selected, and the horse cleared 1G feet with perfect
ease, winning the wager gallantly on his firs' essay.

PEDESTRIANISM.—On Tuesday, some interesting foot
races came off at the Beehive-ground, Wa'worth. The
fir..t race, for a silver cup, was contended for by Martin,
Patterson, Fibbins, and Jenkinson (the London Stan), 300
yards, With 15 hurdles at equal distances, and was won by
Martin in two heats.