The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-12 00:00:00

ORAL

MISCEI

, Sir p k
44, 9.ert peel who is .
„, lre, .._._,,,., is in ex
ut 4t 0 p ...e hooting.
i'''' kid rum COMPENSATION.—Upwards of X 1,200.000
44'4 a- t°n YVednesday, at the treasure' to those East
)1111;417 Chinese government at Canton,
kitilyilej Sc"ot,--A. considerable increase has this
t. Thereatai sickenta place with regard to the number of
kr now between 440 and 450.
Ilse' Palte h
tutOth lyira-taara, the English minister in Mexico, Lord
`',,of;•„(Paery Bulwer, and Mr. HU. Ellis, are all
eirl.N.3, "el), to succeed Mr Ashton at Madrid.
,211tergfuaY the inhabitants of the charming village of
erects
snrprised by a visit from the Queen Dorm-
ot, ~,the Duchess of Kent.
Ilt Anew
„Iktor ~, aY last two stacks of hay belonging to Mr.
NoyedVopenharn, and valued at £lOOO, were totally de-
kittyo„ I are. The origin of the fire is not known.
,44g in._
&,) thfc, man
Wag drowned a few days ago at Not.tingd-
."•‘04011•1:111 trusting to a life preserver, which slippe
1,140,.:1, ws middle, and held his head under water.
LI spb•!;z°1•1 oP TAXES.—From a return just published,
Ateti,,,. that' nearly fifty millions of Taxes have been
11,4 doliht /tee 1814,
ulili ,early fifty
exact amount is £48,110,824,
llt thleßticir,cl has been at,. .ed _to the centrifugal rail-
c '44argh Zoological b..'rden.s.
Cllntrattc.to Dr. Braham, the numbF. of children an-
T., in consequence of
Zelothes lt° death in Great Br; rain,
litre regret trig fire, is nearly 3,,'"• •
I,4.°lltnwie to hear of the stoppage of a firm in the pro-
'elt ore %well known in the city, and thliabilities of
. said to be £ls,ooo.—Sun.
t‘V I edark, be
It,
.4esda en feet in length, ea-ham,
was caught off S
c,
1 asos„.) morning by some fishermen. Thisfish,... Af.ter "'IP seen in the German Ocean.
tilts:l,T' interval of twenty years, our Scottish friends
tfl,,lleatt's, to have a musical fstival at Edinburgh.
2Asktnra ence on the 9th of October, and be entrusted
L'144,. 'ld experienced directorship of Sir H. Bishop.
allACtilifart, bookseller, Halliwell, Leeds, christened
caklise, ti an Sunday ; of that number twenty-five are
Q4-444,,,ed should the prolific pair live a few years
4441470115 to their family may be expected.
4; 1".18111P.—Accredited number of members,
irohatri:flr,ting
po ;000,eaPital invested in government securities,
Capital, £20,000, exclusive of buildings,
lishtthea",Y, foundry, library, &c., £lO,OOO.
htieles t`"tee months ending the 31st August, there.
0,3414 a increase of drunkards committed to Cork
19. 'ltaeftpared with the same months last year,
1.4
.Let week
loZted )„.11r. Cave a respectable farmer of Frithville,
hil'erY th.„-'erY large mushroom growing under his desk,
0414 ' t°°ro ; it had forced up the bricks to make
il ,ta Itowth.
Itt7 iv i, tetild.l tea the report on a survey of Lincoln Ca..d.
1401 to pre 4 .tlOlOOO must be expended on it imme i-
t 41411% it eiten,t its coming down, and £lO,OOO more as
14,,, 41 oe procured.
Itoktiliol'riast.taklNNG ix LEEDS.—Though an improve.
that Place in trade, we understand from good
ttliiithi at there are still no' less than fifty mills now
that ill tl'e borough of Leeds.—Leeds Mercury.
lista
Alientaay ari aeeS have occurred to show the advantages
hlik,„hosple ant of the cartoon exhibition. Mr. Ste-
n-'t orhicceived acomrnission to paint a picture of the
14,Lbjtrrs cartoon, at the price of 200 guineas.
Vrala°eltvllolW AN CATHOLIC BlSHOP,,hoos..onar
FOR THE
Sharpies,
ket4raerly ..'-',"! .E
din,. AoefAthaAckb.u—rnrhielaßsebeen consecrated at
It's_r. Sear. ""`r'r Bishop of the Lancashire Vicariate.
.111-slt Cot:" Goulburn has been removed from the
hapeN%ryt. of Bankruptcy, to the London District.
Sir-kh. -°t the London Commissioners is £2OOO a
lir4 Qe
cNe s• .
s.ket,t.44rdi Int:lair has published a letter in the Scot-
'4l'4 regardat' repeating his condemnation of the govern-
ess to the church, particularly with reference
olZeltee,,lll.e of Lord Aberdeen.
ttlk,§his Rev, a
Mathew on Monda metropolis,nlls;tlitter:tal abstinence labours in the by
P%.r'e' add the Pledge in Calmel-buildings, Manchester-
q, /1. Hwhich is called the St. Giles's of Marylebone.
I I,Of for th.,l.Vilintz has resigned the commission of the
Vtdera', aorough of Birmingham, in consequence of
Or th-e`atTling between himself and the Secretary of
Vitot 4,0 me Department.
tiltret' etio'vtij.r...--In the parish of Painswic.k, in Glocester-
-1%24" •alng population of not quite 4,000 souls,
' I,‘le76°resent receiving relief 84 persons, whose ages
„ kt,,, ream
Ole i'h.,ttivii,
Ict. add ' • ORGANIZATION.—Under the above
104 Ate take the Protestants of the North in several dis-
, Iselsohi',lng active measures for the reconstruction,
tlet,,ktek ctatiable shape, of the old orange institution.
ttlbills,n °P THE PEGASUS.—The attempt to lift the
tost/ the-rd.to save any of the mechinery, is now abandon-
theZo 441°,,,er5, and we believe the company mean to
re1t.....x,", efforts for the recovery of their part of
the A'ttwar""taburgh Post.
1111 e :4114:E lionEEßy.—On the night of Tuesday last,
00 ."'lliy '' f Mr. Trimbey, jeweller and watchmaker.
..ette,_, litreet, Exeter, were broken. into, and nearly
'4,.7;,,c;e5, beoid
4 're st 1 ea numerous articles of plate and jew-
S .o 0 en,
tete titlailt•
teottltitio_ltT of
'et 4to g the tobacco imported from the United
._ ; L th,./, Past year, as given in returns just pre-
Nes.- utir, -.louse of Commons, amounted to 38,618,012
11°,44 ,g,,:! decrease of several thousand pounds, as
titsop,l e ottri,4ll the preceding year.
hts lataent h„ proceeding rapidly; the
tsLtei,„ on th_
ni r houses are
tros.lzost t of thi•counVe
from sculptured figures of the
h remotest period down
1(11144 rgrael°ll, s Majesty Queen Victoria. The time
/Pttspttiaills °lnwell's protectorate is left blank.
tiNe.4l4l) ~` eight hundred quarters of foreign wheat
K,'Ast; a few",," of bond at Newcastle-on-Tyne by one
'llO4, there is ago, a significant hint that, in their es-
r, t Werthlo re is little chance, for some time, of the duty
4 h aa it now is.
I, 416 _eev
tt, .'lnig.of the Committee of Proprietors of the
kilteklitettt.l4,ll, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, held on Saturday
d tentitoe, of the Birmingham Theatre, was ac-_
Lloe„'"'r tioollaat for the next three years, at a rent of
Zts,,,"ttlist3,,4'.
t''4t.",fartne'°anor has so far left politics, and is about
ti,thit;fostnaji•
„He has published a work o;n thee masatnialegeen-
,,l,l4'st_tit to ;.ins.,. and has for some time m
i lof locationp on
s 'loot at
of ~,11 rollow.ep the superiority
I,,ts, 404 •.ere political agitation.
IP I:): rabhitT.---Lord Eglintoun and a select party had
ti '3 el' pa , shootin at Auchans on Wednesday last.
4t041/I)a_etel otfl,,w_a_s the scene of aperations ; and in the
42%4,1,7 s 35`0......r hours the total number killed among
tbnild ''.--A • Ayr Observer.
1
Vith . 4 1.1 correspondent of the Eastern Counties
"ith NI 11111-1
kit A th 4 8110,1,,e,, sPaper, inquires " what is thecaused
tO!• ' e ast ". be contrary way in pod this year?" an
t'tit,,, r°logers to say what is the sign thereof, if
iliie.',,hia",,'N t,,,,
ko 'lts 'otifid "‘BEZZLEASENT.—A Mr. Tyler, sales-
11144ded and
~..ential clerk to Messrs. Rayner Brothers,
~Nied With"„anufacturers, Ashton, has, it is, said, sb-
AlithtNan, Lue large sum of £2OOO. Mr. Tyler is a
ttlaY4l"‘'R Th,„
voli lie st, --ORTATION OF FOREIGN FRUIT.—On
of
4 stet Packet Antwerpen arrived at the St.
flt,:rh„a era.T-nack et wharf, -from Antwerp. She
etp-ii I,2ol:uerable
, number of passengers, and no 1
btob,4tl,_ bushels of pears, apples, walnuts, and
iseien`,4l4,
teePh 4:1. rrhe Quay in this town has been
rammed
at n everal stdnes have been laid down. The 1
Vw„at ti.lu,aY will be s'o feet, breadth at the top 27 i
s); "le we base 35 et'. Iti hoped that ere another
sittsVite he°l.K will bosomleted.
10014 d, informed, on good authority, that the 1
kiit ,4tlrit;„""°4l London to Bombay, which foundered
1 Pettei;:a on the 13th of May last, had on board
kyti 4,1_, 5,000 dollars, £lO,OOO worth of copper,
ds,r'iti a'btre.,, tu or steel.
ilkltk4,lthi',4l4,l,lllvE,—Mrs. Woodhouse, of Airley
'te'4le; Year th"pnd, has a hive of bees which has pro-
:, b tthe the cree swarms • and, what is still more
Aswan„:re-
-10,1%41414 all these 'swarms has also produced
e,'li ,of which appear healthy.
t4itillttott,;, lost hri‘lEosoTE.—Dr. Boardman, of Hart_.
%tp,tc'llistro„, life on the 25th ult. from using this
,el,,' the°,throa`," for the tooth-ache. A particle of it
,Ate`4 oreath'i, and caused such an inflammation as
1,1,1 jPotto nt Passage,
ealttil, wethotalitl ic' KNOW B
TF.R —Three old women,
C tli%inse „„`';'ffs, SophiaETHillia. rd, and Mary Sim-
s: kei,lttet•.ted ages exceed 196 years, have d
SI:1 illstritt t° Abingdon gaol by Mr. J. Field, one
t 4,1? es for the county of Berks, for stealing
Not 'llesa/' last
sr )I'4 t t Bate a
large cod fish, weighing 251b5., was
lw,etl, hey rulish. The captors,on opening it,
llott'ot°h? 1, feu a museum. A fishing hook and 1
11 L'll, ktiehl'ielc,'„`ne ivory handle of a penknife, a small I
tit.loe4,•`-Gial,,d,„!..brass breast-pin, were all found in
qtitle'rbo;ppera 4'',"' Paper.
tit' 'tlLe. CliffsgZe an account of experiments tried
skttott,triblveritio ith a new plan for exploding gun-
-1114,,h050,,°P elect t! (!t. a Scotch engineer named Thom-
Slite s' Nit" s tood‘,ll •'tY is the agent, and it is said that
slettretthlitocf gaiva'nietutctberiir,esore simple and conveni-
-I,'iltetW oa VrPthibition of cartoons in Westminster-
Oo Icr 'isiteVay evening Thenumber of persons
iilli thedihte this exhibition, since its opening, is
'th ,Opoe liktlia More than 20,000' persons have passed
1,14: o' °tie daythe
, tttrtneleri e general average exceed-
tohl,,ti that
tOrres
Itoilehe
„Pr:l:doer of the Dublin Evening
State have had an injurious
tlItIl):(1 lill:ad iticirita Peel's health, and that he was
.corn-
i4 thet Wish ,P,osttion when her Majesty graciously
iNsti,rt ir ,ititt
tuitit be
D should accompany the Royal
Ist Ce,llts ACA ° -L' ranee.
ktioi ne Anßtt
1 Llll ~s' Tae ela raceA t a meeting of the Dumfries
hltit'i 'eh itnt. allY Mr. James Grierson, of the
4 iopt;.artrnet;•?on, Li;er c:ol was elected to the
ls!lt 4 41"trnen ' in the academyP''n that town, vacant
4tll.ktt, 'lLlsiot °f the Rev. William Burnet to the
y4,4:4,,,,,,„"0n.
it,zpo, ),con Wednesday last, Mrs. Sande-
-1 ~,,,, r le.,heti eof the _
landlord of the Coach and
NS bt'tntti le at Xensin t London, destroyed
kW"' aZ dc'lcn her tghrcent:t piece of rag whilst
'44, of dflit ism irttntna caused by ex-

cellent health, is gone into

SUICIDES PROM WANT.—From "An account of in-
quests in the borough of Birmingham. in the year 1842,"
compiled from official documents, and just published in
the Birmingham Journal, we learn that during the past
year, there have been twenty undoubted suicides in that
town, and that of these fourteen belonged to the working
classes.

Six general officers have been added by the commander-
in-chief to the list of those already in receipt of pensions
for d;stinguished services : they are NI ajor.Generai Alured
Faunce, (late commander of the Bristol district,) Sir H.
Watson, Sir D. Hill, Sir R. Armstrong, J. Ferguson,
and T. W. Brotherton ; all of whom commanded regi-
ments during the Peninsular campaign.
SUICIDE FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest
was held on Friday, at the Falcoln Inn, Little Bolton, on
the body of a pensioner, named James Harrison, aged 48
years. Having received his pension on the Saturday
previous, he commenced drinking, and continued in-
toxicated up to Thursday night, when he poisoned him-
self by taking laudanum.—Verdict, temporary insanity.
RETURN OF THE SOUTH SBA. EXPEDITION.—Captain
James C. Ross has just returned from his voyage of ex-
ploration to the South Seas. He transacted business at
the Admiralty on Tuesday, having run up to town leaving
his ship at Portsmouth. The gallant sailor was in ex-
cellent health and spirits, and expressed the greatest sa-
tisfaction at the result of his voyage.

Husn MONEY.—The new libel act will contain the
following excellent provision :—" That if any person
shall publish, or threaten to publish, any libel, or offer to
prevent the publishing of any matter, with intent to ex-
tort money, or to induce a person to procure any appoint-
ment, every such offender shall, on a conviction, be liable
to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years."
THE PITMEN'S BARRISTER. —We inserted a para-
graph last week, to the effect that the miners' association
had engaged a barrister to give them general advice, at a
-lary of £3OO a year. "Thomas Borrow, an operative
pi
•tma. - has written us to say that the gentleman (who is
.• • a
Mr. BouCrts) is to have a salary of £l,OOO for the first
year, and £5OO nually hereafter.— Tyne Mercury.
—Two farms, lying in the town-
SINGULAR TENl3Rl.lwhich belong to Earl
ship of Swinton, in YorL`hireP
:_heir parish ,for one year,
Fitzwilliam, every year change
from Easter-day, at twelve at neon, till next Easter-day
at the same hour, they lie in the pa: ash of Mexborougb ;
same hour they
and then, till Easter-day following, the
are in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, anti ,;,"' alternately
(vide Blount's Tenures.)

A very considerable body of the livery are, it is said'
anxious to re-elect the Lord Mayor for another year, on
the ground of the admirable mariner in which he has dis-
charged the duties of the mayorality, particularly the ex-
ercise of its ancient, and in this case, highly honoured,
virtue of hospitality. Many are disposed to this step as
the most significant way of treating the claims of Alder-
man T. Wood.— Whig paper.
MARRIAGES EXTRAORDINARY.—August the 28th, at
Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, Mr. George Cole, of St.
Giles's Hospital, to Mrs. Elizabeth Wainscot, both of
Hereford. The bridegroom is aged 85, and the fair bride
71• the latter, moreover, has been the mother of thirteen
children. At the same place, Mr. Cole, grandson to the
above Mr. Cole, to Miss E. Davies, both of Hereford.—
Staffordshire Mercury.
POPISH PROPAGANDA.--By a return in the popish
prints here, we perceive that in less than one month from
the 7th of August to the 4th of September, the sum of
£534 6s. W. has been gathered up in Ireland for the
Propaganda, being at the usual average of about £7OOO per
annum. This export, considering the repeal rent, is pretty
well from the oppressed peasantry of the poorest country
in the world.

A WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—On Thurs-
day last William Wright, a shoemaker, of Manchester,
after dragging his wife from the bed, kicked her violently
from the top to the bottom of the stairs, inflicting an aw-
ful gash on the back of her head. She died while a sur-
geon was dressing the wound. Wright was immediately
apprehended. Both the prisoner and the deceased were
addicted to intemperance.

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT DERBY.-011
Saturday week William Grocock was brought before the
magistrates at Derby charged with rape and attempt to
murder. The girl (Eliza Allwood) whom he had so bru-
tally treated was so far recovered as to be able to appear
against him. She described the injuries which the priso-
ner inflicted on her, and stated that before he struck her
he had violated her person twice. He was fully commit-
ted for trial.

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, a horrible
accident occurred to a man, whose name we were unable
to ascertain. He was standing at the mouth of a coal-
pit, at Thurstonland, near Huddersfield, when, by some
inexplicable mischance, he fell against the fly-wheel of an
engine, and his head coming in contact with the spokes
of it, it was completely severed from his body, which was
thrown on one side, and the head on the other side of the
wheel. —Ha lifax Guardian.

BRISTOL PULLIC SALE OF TEAS.—On Tuesday last,
the first phblic sale of teas took place, and as this may be
considered the commencement of a series of importations,
it will be gratifying to the trade to know that it went off
with considerable spirit. The disposition manifested to
buy at the present prices, and to encourage this market,
will be seen from the fact that heavy purchases were made.
Out of the 4100 packages offered, nearly 3000 found buy-
ers, at prices in many cases below the London market.

DESTRUCTION OF MALDON POWDER MILLS.-011
Wednesday a terriffic explosion took place at these mills,
which are situated at the village of Maldon, near London,
and by which two powder mills, which are situated at one
extremity of the village, were destroyed. Upon the scene
being visited, nothing appeared but a ruinous heap of the
mills, of which only two remained. Everything con-
tained in them had been destroyed; but, most provi-
dentially, no lives were lost.
CORN GRINDING ACT.—The Lords of the Treasury
have, by their order of 25th ultimo, allowed fancy biscuit
to be received in substitution for wheat, under the follow-
ing conditions :-1. That the quantity be higher than that
of the first class (captain's biscuit) named in the act. 2.
That wheat be the main ingredient, and any other article
purely subsidiary in the manufacture thereof. 3. That
the revenue officers be convinced in each particular case,
as it arises, that there is no detriment to the revenue.
THE MURDER OF MR. DADD.—We have just seen a
gentleman from Calais, who states that the son of the late
Mr. Dadd passed through there three days since, en route
for Marseilles. The fact of the murder having been com-
mitted was then not fully known, but the passports being
all regular, he was permitted to proceed. The authorities,
however, set the telegraph to work, and on his arrival at
Marseilles, no doubt he will be arrested. He bas plenty
of money with him.—Sun.

FATE OF DUCROW'S HORSES.—The company of eques-
trians under the management of Signor Hillier, who suc-
ceeded Mr. Ducrow, after having performed in the vari-
ous towns of England, Ireland, and Scotland, were in-
duced lately to visit Hamburg. After a few weeks' stay,
during which time their performances were very misera-
bly attended, the director has been compelled to announce
for sale the stud of horses. dresses, property, &c., to sa-
tisfy his creditors, and return with his company to Eng-
land.

Lord Ranelagb has written to the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don on the subject of his Lordship's invitation to General
Esaartero and his suite to partake of the civic hospitality,
in which the noble lord informs his lordship that one of
the generals composing that suite is named Nogueras, cx-
Minister of War, and that it was the same Nogueras who
ordered the execution of the aged and infirm mother of
Cabrera at Tortosa ; of which deed Lord Palmerston says,
in one of his dispatches, " It is impossible to express in
adequate language the disgust and indignation which this
atrocious crime has produced in the minds of all persons
in this country."

IURN-OUT IN THE MINING DISTRICTS.—The mining
districts of the country are, and have been for some time,
in a very disturbed state, the miners, especially those con-
nected with coal-mines, complaining of oppression in the
shape of long hours of labour and scanty remuneration,
combined with the oft-execrated " track" system. The
colliers in the employ of the Earl of Lonsdale, at White-
haven, have issued an address to the "consumers of coal",
in which they state, that they are now forming a general
union throughout Great Britain and Ireland, the object
of which will be the shortening of the hours of labour or
increasing the rate of remuneration.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. A correspondent of
The Times announces the following novel experiment
made recently in Surrey :—" In July, 1842, Mr. A. Pal-
mer put one grain of wheat in a common garden-plot.
In August the same was divided into 4 plants, which in
three weeks was again divided into 12 plants. In Sep.
tember these 12 plants were divided into 32, which in
November were divided into 50 plants, and then placed in
open ground. In July, 1843, 12 of the plants failed, but
the remainder, 38, were healthy. On the 19th of August
they were cut down, and counted 1,972 stems, with an
average of 50 grains to a stem, giving an increase of
98,600 ! "

A NOVEL CHURCH-GOER.—On Wednesday, as some
butcher's boys were driving a cow from the market up
St. Peter Gate, Nottingham, the animal deliberately
walked into the churchyard, and was speedily followed by
her drivers. After perambulating the churchyard several
times, and performing several feats among the tomb-
stones, she bolted into the church just at the moment
when the congregation were assembling for prayers, and
it was some time ere the animal could be got out.
Various attempts were made by parties at the doors to
drive her out, but without success. The clerk himself
was amongst the first to set the example of fleeing from
his four-footed antagonist, preferring for once to be with-
out the pale of the church, whilst in the possession of
such a formidable mistress.—Derby Reporter.
THE TEA TRADE, Sept. 4.—The deliveries of tea last
week from the London warehouses again show a decline
as compared with the preceding week, being 441,776 lb.
The Overland Mail being expected, there is very little
business doing, and at the public sales last week only
7,000 packages found buyers at a decline, the present rates
being—for congou, ordinary to good ordinary, ls. Id. to
ls. Idl, ; rather blackish leaf, Is. 4d. to Is. 7d.; pekoe
kind, 2s. to 2s. sd. ; souchong, good ordinary to but mid-
dling, Is. to 25.; middling to good middling, 2s. 10d. to
3s. 3d. ; pouchong, 7d. to ls. Id. ; twankay, good ordi-
nary to but middling, Is. 3d/. to Is. sd.' middling to
hyson kind, ls. Bd. to 2s. 2d.; hyson, good ordinary,
Is. 101 d. ; middling to good middling, 2s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. ;
gunpowder, 3s. to ss. ; Canton kind, ls. 6d. to 2s. per lb.
A large supply is expected this season, and this keeps
prices down. The stock is 25,774,000 lb., against
31,274,000 lb. at this time last year. The imports this
year have been 22,294,000 lb. against 24,932,000 lb. to
September. 1842, and the deliveries 24,434,3001 b. against
23,485,0001 b. to the same date last year. The imports
increased
and deliveries of congou have in nearly epual
Proportion this year, but the stock is less by upwards of
2,500,000.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was
held on Wednesday.

The minutes of the Finance Committee embodied a re-
commendation for an exchange of the site for the Northern
Hospital ; the appropriation of the Old Tobacco Ware-
house as a depot for saltpetre and nitrate of soda; the sale
for 75'years of a piece of land in Cheshire to Mr. John
Laird ; the sale of the advowson of the Cemetery.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE pointed out that, when the Fire
Bill came into operation, there would be much difficulty
in finding a place adapted for the storeage of saltpetre
and nitrate of soda. He moved the confirmation of that
portion of the report.

Mr. AI KIN said they ought to make cellars in the
building. He had heard the chairman of the Finance
Committee make allusion to elevations. He asked him
if the plans were on the table, and the reply was, " No--
the plan would only take up the time of the council."
They were, therefore, confirming what they knew nothing
about.

Mr. EARLE said the old corporation had a box In which
plans of all buildings were placed for reference.
Mr. EVANS pointed out the great value of the building,
and the probability that it would be again wanted for to-
bacco. He moved that the subject be referred back, and
that estimates be obtained of the cost of alterations, of
the probable rental, and that no arrangements be made
that would permanently dispossess the corporation.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the cost of the alteration
would be £2,300, and no doubt it would pay a good rent.
The last tenant paid them £350 per annum, and let the
building to the crown for £l,OOO.
Mr. ATKIN said, that guano and other articles could
be deposited in the warehouses with saltpetre.
Mr. Evans's motion was carried without a division.
Mr. EvANs said, with regard to the sale of the land in
Cheshire, ten shillings a yard was a good price, and be
had no objection to the sale of the back land, but they
ought to retain a power over the laud fronting the river,
which was a power over the estuary. Mr. Evans spoke
of the feelings of the landed proprietors in Cheshire
against the corporation of Liverpool, of the power which
the possession of this land would give to those proprietors
to control the future operations of the corporation on the
river, and showed that the land being sold to receive pay-
ment in ten years, when land was continually increasing
in value, in consequence of the increase of population,
no allowance had beet; made for such increase in value.
He proposed that the subjec► be referred back to dispose
of the back land, but to resercc a right of resumption
ever the front land at any time the council might please.
on ieoayment of first cost and improvements. This would
not be Inflicting the least injury on Mr. Laird. He main-
tained that they had no right to take any measure that
would disturb what he would call their lordship over the
estuary.

Mr. PARKER said the back land was of itself absolutely
worth more per yard than the corporation were about to
sell the whole for. He gave great credit to the old cor-
poration for buying it.
Mr. BIRKETT opposed Mr. Evans's amendment.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES spoke strongly in favour of the
amendment, and said that to part with the margin of the
pool, without the power of resumption, would be an act
of folly.
Mr. HORNBY opposed the amendment.

Mr. AIKIN, Mr. DAVID HODGSON, Mr. BARCLAY,
and others supported it, several of the council expressing
their opinion simply in favour of postponement.
Mr. EVANS was about to alter his motion, so as to
make it simply one of postponement, but the Mayor had
already called the first name in the division, the result of
which was, that the amendment was lost by 35 to 10.
A motion by Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS, to the effect that
the subject be postponed till that day fortnight, was car-
ried, and the proceedings were confirmed.

The proceedings of the Watch, Dock, and Courts of
Law Committees were severally read and confirmed.

MARKETS

The proceedings of the Markets Committee comprised
a recommendation for the opening of Gill-street Market,
and for the closing of Islington Market on the 23d inst. ;
and a recommendation to exchange a small piece of land
at the North Haymarket, with Mr. Henry Robinson, for
a piece of land belonging to him.
The proceedings were confirmed.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

The report of the Education Committee gave the fol-
lowing returns of the number of children in the schools:
North School.—Boys 250, girls 190, infants 170; total
610. Number on the books, 863.

South School.—Boys 183, girls 161, infants 183 ; total
527. Number on the books, 667.

The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Gaol
and House of Correction Committee, and of the Church
Expenditure Committee, were read and confirmed.
The proceedings of the Town-hall Establishment Com-
mittee comprised the appointment of Wm. Drummond
to the situation of resident joiner at the Town-hall, the
consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly
council, pursuant to the standing orders. The proceed-
ings were confirmed.