The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

DIED.

On the 25th instant, azed 10 years, JOHN FRANCIS, eldest
son of Mr. WILLIAM ROSCOE JONLS, librarian of the
Athenmurn.

Same day, at the honse of his brother, Regent's-park, Lon-
don, aged 32, the Rev. JOHN 1115111,T0N IORSYTH, A.M.,
curate of Ihr.v:y Chapel, Clifton, and late of Weston-super-
Mere, second son of Thomas Forsyth, Esq., of this town. •

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6 TVIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
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TO ADVERTISERS. brink of insolvency, in order, it is shrewdly sus- REV. F. CLOSE. THE STEAMER
petted, to produce a colourable and fictitious THE NEW TRAINING COLLEGE AT To ALEXANDER RYRIE, ESQ.,
We beg respectfully to call the attention of prosperity, which might be pleaded as the pro- CHELTENHAM. BRITISH AND NORTH Am
-- STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S ST
duct of our free-trade policy, and as realizing those. Before this comes into the hands of the greater part of Sir,—We, the passengers on be
Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, ~ •
exaggerated expectations of enlarged trade" which our readers, the subject will have been explained by the unwilling to separate from her at
to the important fact that the were held out to us ; and the Bank, in its effort to Rev. Mr. Close himself to the friends assembled to meet nation of this, her first homey
LIVERPOOL STANDARD
right itself, has produced the evil of which we corn- him, at the breakfast announced for this morning at the Atlantic, without expressing our
plain. Yet the finding of this intelligent Commit- Adel Phi• But as many more of those interested in the magnificent ship, and our great s
IS NOW THE tee is, that the Bank is to be left alone ! We are subject of national education, through the instrumentality and urbanity which have chart
of our national church, may be expected to attend the Since the " Niagara" left Amer
told, by one of the most thoroughgoing advocates meeting at the Concert-hall this evening, than could but a few hours' fair wind, ye
ONLY NEWSPAPER of the present system, the London Times—and it make it convenient to be present in the morning, we voyage within the shortest perioi
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, is all the comfort we receive—that " the Bank has deem that a word or two may not be out of place in the but ten days and a half from Bost
acquired more feeling of its tremendous responsi- meantime, were it only to account for the apparent We earnestly hope that the y
anomaly of asking Liverpool, already burdened with the your company are embarked may
which can be read on that day by the thousands bility, and a truer discernment of its real and ulfi-
weight of numerous and some of them insufficiently sup- of national advantage to the twc of Manufacturers and others attending mate interests. No change is necessary to control ported, educational establishments herself, to contribute inediately connected in its pros
it in the exercise of its own enlightencd discretion." towards the erection of an additional one in Cheltenham. lasting credit to its spirited p o
THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN A more impudent assumption was never placed upon First of all, though Cheltenham happens to be the site, And now, with ourbst wisrhePsr
MANCHESTER. record. It is, however, only an echo of the opinion the operations are designed to be national, of the insti- piness, we have the honour to be
of her Majesty's very wise Chancellor of the Ex-
tution projected, at this moment, and for some time past, vants, (Signed)
The STANDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms chequer.
actually in operation, but still requiring something to- Alalden, Wi
wards its final completion, by the Rev. Mr. Close. J. W. Tetley, J. ]
and respectable Inns in that town and the The two great educational bodies in the country, are the Richard Roy Elwes,Chi
DURING the debate, on Friday night, the Protect- National. Society, representing the Church, and the Thomas
surrounding manufacturing district.
tionist leader, Lord George Bentinck again admi- "Lords Committee of Council on Education," represent- Bryan Robinson, J.
A SECOND EDITION is published at Half-past nistered merited castigation upon the Under Secre- ing the
iscountry at large. The importance of training Wm. Dinneford, E.
schools felt and acknowledged ; and the Committee of Chas.N.Hubert,
tar for the Colonies, poor Mr. Benjamin Hawes,Fre
Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the Council are willing to give every encouragement to the John Stalker, Jar
d held his face to the grindstone, whilst he ex- establishment of such schools, and are most liberal in the MARKETS, and any news of importance that an • Henry Adderley, Ale
posed further delinquencies in the dispatch-sup- amount of grants ready to be bestowed, when the party Elijah Hughes, Fre
may arrive in the course of the morning. pressing line. Not one only, but three important making application for them is able to satisfy the condi- Edward Cachard Jar
-- - M. Meyer, A.
panty of the institution and its efficiency towards pro- J. M. Walker, E.
Ely. Riberpooi gPtanbatt. evidence which would have decided the question moting the object for which it is designed. Besides the Joshua Follansbee, A. before the West India Committee, had been kept training schools in London, in connexion with the Na- Nathan Rambo, Jar
-- back ; neither produced to the Committee when tional Society, and thus aided by government, there are Samuel Gunn, R.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1848. sitting, nor referred to by Earl Grey in his state- but two other Diocesan Training Schools, we believe, R. S. Lee, Da
ment in the House of Lords. The case was evi- through the entire kingdom, established on a similar P. E. Praderes, T.
dently felt by the Premier to be too flagrant to be footing. This is manifestly insufficient for the increasing J. W. Fraser F.
A PERFECT Godsend for our politico-economical demands of the Church throughout the kingdom; especially Se i Stephen '
tp e ave,
philosophers has been the potato rot of 1846. For treated in the ordinary ministerial way. The nail when it is borne in mind, that these schools must ere long,
whatever has gone wrong with us, the universal plea had been hit too hard on the head to be easily from their superior excellence, enloy the monopoly of sup-
COURT OF CHANCERY, LI:
is, this visitation of Providence. If we ask, where wriggled away from. The Premier, therefore, plying masters and mistresses for the whole church. No
HIGGINSON V. S
is the fulfilment of all the magnificent promises mounted the ancestral chair, wrapt himself in the master, after a while, will, or ought to, have a chance of This was a renewed motion for
timariltojtiinonerai.t, but one trained in one of those accredited
which were made to us at the outset of our free-trade robes of the Russell that " bled upon the scaffold," the Royal Bank of Liverpool fro
ite lantiff a bankrupt. It app
career ; why it is that, instead of universal prospe- and stood for protection upon the honour and A series of circumstances, that will be detailed by Mr.
rity, we see only universal prostration ; why our dignity of himself and his colleagues, betraying, Close at the meeting, led to the formation of a school by bank answers i
in
that
o o s theti, i to
1 ao
cover ti ht ado 11;1
exports are declining, our mills are standing idle, however, in the act a portion of the innate littleness him in his own parish of Cheltenham, of a something vanced t(c)ithe firm of Barton,w hi
our labouring population is only half employed, and nastiness of his mind, which is evinced in the higher character, and on
.a somewhat larger scale, designed extensive merchants at Liverpo
and bankruptcy is staring our trading community in following mean sneer directed against Lord George to supply masters and mistresses to the Church_ schools in
the neighbourhood, or through the diocese. This led to further advances. Messrs. Bartoi
rupts, and the bank then looked '
the face; why we have a revenue deficient by seve- Bentinck : the present effort, when the ministers of the privy council for the firm, and proceeded uncle
ral millions, and increased taxation becoming inevi- " Now, I must say, generally," remarked his lordship, held out the hope of sanction and encouragement. A sum,
sth and 6th ,Victoria chap. 122, tc
table;—the answer comes trippingly fromtbe tongue " with regard to these matters, quite apart from the con- however, of £12,000 was required for the erection of suit- Higginson then filed this bill to
of whatever political sage we address ourselves to, conductduc of my noble friend, and generally with regard to the I able buildings, &c., &c., and an aninival subscription list,
from so doing, alleging that the
and, as he speaks, he elevates his eyebrows as if in '-vmdipsZobrlzzo'curoal
iee,trttakts, thweacilm mean ,of specifiedconnec connection
amount,oa t
ie in
committeeord ertootf
council.s 1 beingTki
s lattern guarantee by not performing certt
fras extremelythofeseme
bound to do, and also by having
sheer wonder at our amazing obtuseness—" My noble lord imputes to them, are not the faults and charac- is nearly completye, and, by means of the subscriptions
value of several ships belonging to
dear sirs, you quite forget that we have had a dis- teristics of men who are high in public office in this coun- already received, the schools are now partially in operation,
ease in the potatoes, and been compelled to raise try. (Cheers.) They are characteristics of men who are During the lastyearMr. Close, with untiring perseverance, was
ergrodr before Lord Chancellorhil o tha i pm lastora
eight millions sterling for the support of the people engagedee in pursueilsbwhiqi)theolTple lord long followed.— hasa succeeded in raising £6,000 ; the committee of
tceotamactlll
said that all the allegations set ui
of Ireland." Turn which way we may, this rotten t e
eTt
ihneg noble lt?rlaeu lord rt,. if
tiveryat
xh
2v
(e)
opor
additional
met by counter allegations in the
VisteiodaXai4i)oeofOor;tll2ecaoviniting theßrromr.licngnilcaomm,p
Brighton,
g(reatlyrsdiasntisnwgeurishedyhimself in d'e)
potatoe argument is poke]. in our eyes at every step. nature with respect to the name or the age of a horse— Bath, Bristol, Clifton,Worcesterg..&c., &c., have responde and
pozseent
observed
he passages
theot x 3 guaranteeo 000 es It does duty, either as a plea of not guilty, or a plea (great laughter, followed by loud cries of Oh, oh")—in generously, and now the appeal is to be made to Liver-
cover thervt o that
in mitigation of their sentences for every conceivable which he showed very great quickness of apprehension. pool, which has hitherto taken a lead, and whose zeal has
advances to be made by the bar
(Renewed laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh !") But when provoked many. We have no doubt that the meeting will
sort of political impostors. these circumstances the motion fo the noble lord comes forward and imputes to a man of the be well attended ; and we hope that, notwithstanding the '.
We have just had placed before us the finding of character of my noble friend—(some cries of " Oh," which pressure of the times, and the other numerous demands, refused with costs.
a Select Committee of the House of Commons, were immediately drowned in loud cheering)—when he a suitably generous response will be rendered to this appeal
appointed to enquire into the causes of the recent imputes to a man of the character of Lord Grey—(renewed on behalf of an object so important. The *Rev. Dr. WOODSIDE FERRY.—We believ
lion of the Woo.dside. Commission
and present commercial distress, and especially into cheers)—fraudulent conduct, with a view of suppressing M`Neile takes the chair, which is in itself a sanction suffi-
the truth, with the view of evading the disclosure of the dent to the objects of the meeting. ferry tickets, which will be purchase
its connexion with the working of the Bank Charter
qu.antities of not less than six. It i
h i S
truth, I say he totally misconceives the character of Lord We perceive that Mr. Close is also to preac nt.
Act ; and here, once more, we have the same into- Grey. (Much cheering.) • )He totally • •
eering. misconceives the Barnabas' Church, Parliament-street, on Wednesday will remain as a present. This
lerable nuisance foisted upon us. The Report, character of any man with whom I have been acquainted, evening, when, doubtless, he will be greeted by a nu- ferry charge will, no doubt, have
which has had the advantage of having been drawn of any party who has been in high office in this country for merous and attentive congregation. His efforts certainly the number of passengers ; but we
up by our present most talented Chancellor of the a long term of years, in throwing out those imputations, deserve the amplest measure of success. ceived will equal that obtained
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..ee of the House of Commons,
appointed to enquire into the causes of the recent
and present commercial distress, and especially into
- with the working of the Bank Charter
-gore, we have the same into-
lerable d upon us. The Report,
which has had the advantage of having been drawn
up by our present most talented Chancellor of the
Exchequer. states that

year 184;

description

a general concurrence of opinion
,ses examined before your committee,

')rovidi

forced s

to crop, in the year 1846, and

the means of payment in the
lented importations of various

took place- in that year

h for tt

primary cause." We were
lispensation of Providence,
Free-trader had been telling
'est to do permanently, viz.:
portion of our food. We sent
llions of money into the markets
of the world to buy corn; and, as a nation, we are
nuch of that thirty millions as we have
The thing is palpable

not paid

;ely wt

or in

_
The whole case may lie in a nutshell.
precisely in the position of the farmer who
green grocer's for the vegetables he
w in his own garden ; or, of the work-
) spends threepence a-week for shaving,
has a razor and soap at home. The
er of corn has not taken our manufac-

Ought to

ing man, w 1
though he
foreign gro,

tured

our imp

thirty m
the othe

at least in the first instance

derable portion of the value of
and now let us see how the

.1 specie ;

3oorer as a nation by, say half of the
ons which we have had to pay for food,
half having been paid in labour. We

n millions of our capital

that to

!preciation which
y description of property,
4- moderate estimate, to two
It does not more than
es in foreign produce of in-
its during the last twelve months.
In itself such a sacrifice of the nation's capital
would be utterly incapable of creating the mass of
suffering which we see around us ; but when we
t sacrifice in connexion with our existing
and, above all, when we turn
of history thirty or forty years, and
year after year, we lavished double
nses and subsidies to foreign
ithout creating anything like the present
ial disorganization, the cause and
id relief, and must be palpa-
an not utterly infatuated with the pet
s, or not dishonest enough
periodical plunder which,
list, at the expense of the in-
rprise of the nation. To pro-
ed supply of food for our people, we
4- gold which we have declared
pledged with the bank as a se-
ation of the country; and we
the position of a community
We had goods and property
enough of all kinds to sell amongst ourselves, but
none of us could give cash for his neighbour's five
pound note. We could not balance our transac-
tions ; and we had therefore to set about getting
back our gold from the foreigner to relieve our-
selves, or rather to unloose the knot with which
Sir Robert Peel and the bullionists had tied up the
hands of the bank. How was this to be achieved ?
How was our gold to be got back ? How has it
been got back ? By an indiscriminate sacrifice of
British products in every market of the world; by
paying thirty shillings in materials and labour for

amount

'ee hu

I millions
mt. 1

tern of currency

back the pag(
observe ho
thi.

sum in war el

power

ble to (

placed c

tand out in

Zionist

circul

Without change

even/ sovereko

Now, I must say, generany," remarked his lordship,
with regard to these matters, quite apart from the con-
duct of my noble friend, and generally with regard to the
conduct of men high in public office, that these mean
frauds, these extremely dishonourable tricks, which the
noble lord imputes to them, are not the faults and charac-
teristics of men who are high in public office in this coun-
try. (Cheers.) They are characteristics of men who are
engaged in pursuits which the noble lord long followed.—
(Cheers, answered by " Oh, oh.") The noble lord very
greatly distinguished himself in detecting a fraud of that
nature with respect to the name or the age of a horse—
'great laughter, followed by loud cries of " Oh, oh")—in
'.;h he showed very great quickness of apprehension.
Renewed laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh !") But when
the noble lord comes forward and imputes to a man of the
character of my noble friend—(some cries of " Oh," which
were immediately drowned in loud cheering)—when he
imputes to a man of the character of Lord Grey—(renewed
cheers)—fraudulent conduct, with a view of suppressing
the truth, with the view of evading the disclosure of the
truth, I say he totally misconceives the character of Lord
(Much cheering.) He totally misconceives the
character of any man with whom I have been acquainted,
of any party who has been in high office in this country for
a long term of years, in throwing out those imputations,
utterly unfounded as they are—(cries of " Oh, oh !" met
by renewed cheers)—utterly unfounded as they are, I re-
peat again ; because to charge Lord Grey with anything
like fraud—with anything like meanness—is an imputati,-
hich h-

(Loud

to ne, of almost all men, is the least liable.
cheers.) I say it is true, generally, that no such charges
can safely be preferred."

ve received

The " mean frauds" referred to ; the " extremely
dishonourable tricks," as we are glad to perceive
Lord John Russell admit these suppressions of
evidence to be, used not to belong to the conduct of
" men high in office" in this country ; and we trust
that such men as Lord Grey are above their practice
still. But the " mean frauds" and " extremely
dishonourable tricks" are practised by somebody,
nevertheless, and obviously for a purpose. If Lord
Grey's own hands are clean, as no? doubt they
are, it is his duty to see that those of his subordinates
in the Colonial Office—a suspected one, wherever
the case of the West India Colonists is in question
—are equally free from taint.

With respect to the personally offensive part of
the Premier's remarks, we leave him to writhe under
the keen and polished weapon of Mr. D 'lsraeli :

" I hardly kno

potato crop was the "primary
.
ng we have had to go

through during the past two years. True, most
excellent philosophers !_ Perhaps a few more pri-

dr, whether I should deign to notice

some of tne ooservations of the noble lord. (Cheers from
the opposite benches.) How one of his sneers against a
noble pastime of this country may be estimated by hon.
gentlemen in this house I stop not to inquire—(a laugh) ;
but this I know from his own admission, that the pro-
ceedings of my noble friend, in the very case to which the
noble lord referred, as on subsequent occasions in this
house, proved of good service—(cheers) ; and I believe

—the s
courage

indefatigable spirit of investigation, the same
that will not be cowed (hear, hear,) by any bravo
may be his position—(loud cheering)—
that will not be bullied either in the ring or on
bench—(cheers)—the same acuteness, and
the same courage, may be brought to bear with great
effect in an investigation of the manner 'in which our
colonial affairs are carried on. (Hear, and cheers.) I ask
you to remember that that case in private life to which
the noble lord the first Minister of the Crown referred
with such excessive taste and such perfect temper—(loud
cheers)—led to this consequence—that some of the gentle-
men of England. as great noblemen as any of the noble
lord's colleagues, met together to express their gratitude
to my noble friend for his conduct, and to thank him for
having vindicated the purity of a pastime which has de-
generated with the spirit of the age. (Cheers and laughter.)
And who, sir, was the chairman of that meeting ? His
Grace the Duke of Bedford. (Loud and continued cheer-
ing.) But, because the Duke of Bedford is a steward of
the Jockey Club, because he was the chairman of the
meeting which did honour to my noble friend, and
founded that contribution which my noble friend, unlike
other public characters, refused,—(laughter, and loud
cheering)—and handed to that club whose honest feeling
he wished to improve. as he wishes to improve the moral
tone and honest spirit of the Colonial-office—(laughter

high spir

the treasury

the same

and cheers)—is the Duke of Bedford on these accounts
disqualified for the office of a Privy Councillor? (Hear,
hear.) Does the noble lord the first Minister of the
Crown shrink from his Grace of Bedford when any sub-
ject of importance, especially respecting the administra-
tion of our colonies, is concerned ? Does he never con-
descend to consult that man of great sagacity, experience,
and honour ?—or, when he meets him, does he say—

" Avaunt ! I and my colleagues are men of such high
character that we cannot condescend to speak to a man
who has been seen at Newmarket ? " (Laughter and
cheers.)

His Lordship will, by this time, agree with us
that he had better have been quiet.

The Chinese junk Keying will shortly be brought round
to this port.
Mr. Jackson has been chosen manager of the new
bank in the Isle of Man, which is to be c'lled " The
Bank of Mona."

LOCAL MEETINGS,

ate an

have taken

The Baptist connexion are endeavouring to
interest at Birkenhead. With this view the
the Craven-rooms as a meeting-house.
We regret to hear that Mr. Sheridan Knowles is in a
bad state of health. ' He accompanies Mr. Driver, of this
town, in August next, to Madeira, to pass the winter.
On Thursday, a little boy, named Dalim, was drowned
in the canal through falling from a flat, of which his father
was a boatman.

WEST DERBY UNION.—At the weekly meeting of the
guardians on Wednesday, an important communication
was read from the Poor-law Board in London, that if the
guardians should come to a clear and distinct resolution,
it will be for the advantage of the ratepayers and the poor,
that the West Derby union should be divided into two
separate and independent unions, the one to comprise the
townships of Toxteth-park, Allerton, Chiliwall, Garston,
and Wavertree, and the other to comprise the remaining
townships of the union, the board will be prepared to give
effect to such a division ; or suggesting, as another plan,
the maintenance of the union as now constituted, with the
erection of a new workhouse in the north-east of Toxteth-
park. Discussion on the subject was deferred till Wed-
nesday week.

Mr. Simpson will open the Theatre Royal on the 10
of July, with the new play of " The Wife's Secret.

Charles Kean- will appear.

About three week's since Dariiel M`Monniss, living
with his parents in Prescot-row, was so severely burnt,
his clothes hawing caught fire during his mother's absence,
that he died in the Dispensary on Sunday week.
The Mail says that legal proceedings have been taken
against Mr. Henry Watson and Mr. Ravenscroft, to re-
cover the sum of £5OO from each, for having acted as
Commissioners for Birkenhead without being duly quali-
fied.

THE NATIONAL CONFEDERATION.—Meetings have
been held in several of the districts of the town last week,

)e purpose of organizing ward committees, and afford-
ing a working staff in connexion with this excellent asso-

ciation

A deputation on Birkenhead Dock business, consisting
of Baron Goldsmid, Mr. Bailey, jun., M.P., Mr. Laird,
Mr. Pike, Mr. Cole, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Wain, had
an interview with the Commissioners of Woods and Fo-
rests on Friday.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The tender of the
Rugby Iron Company for 1000 tons of iron railing was
accepted.—The Chairman announced that a number of
the members, according to the resolution of last week,
had visited the new north docks, and he (the chairman)
was directed to say everything was progressing very satis-
factorily, and in a manner highly creditable to the engi-
neer. A report of the solicitor was read as to the con-
struction of the New Dock Act, with respect to payment of
freight out of deposits, and the sale of warehoused goods
liable to freight. The solicitor was of opinion that
freight might now be paid out of all deposits that may
have been paid upwards of fifteen days, and he was also of
opinion that all goods deposited in the dock wareholAes
on account of freight, in respect of which the deposit was
not paid, within ninety days, might, without reference to
the time of the passing of the act, be legally sold after
ten days' notice. The solicitor added that the only legal
gentleman whom he had consulted on this point thought

DERBY HOTEL.—We perceive that this commodious
house, near the Zoological Gardens, has been taken by
a new tenant, who appears determined to make the whole
of his establishment available in the best possible way for
the comfort and entertainment of his guests.
COUNTY VOTES.—Persons who are qualified to vote for
county representatives may be usefully reminded, that
from the 20th June to the 20th July is the period within
which claims must be sent in to the overseers of the town-
ships in which their respective qualifications are situate.
MANSLAUGHTER.—On Wednesday, an inquest was
held, in Birkenhead, on the body of Thomas Evans. who
was killed from a blow he received whilst fighting Joseph
Sherlock, the principal, and Samuel Pownall, William
Minshull, and William Sherlock, were committed by the
coroner for manslaughter.

On Thursday evening, some persons who had engaged a
coach near St. George's Church were thrown down by the
breaking of the pin which connects the carriage pole. The
horse took fright, and plunged madly down Lord-street :
he struck one or two lamps in his progress, but was stopped
in Whitechapel without having injured any one.
The District School, at Lane-End, in Waberthwaite,
near Ravenglass, after having undergone a thorough repair,
and been converted into a boys and girls' school, was
opened on Monday last, by Mr. and Mrs. Fenby, late of
Chatham-street, Liverpool, who have been appointed to
conduct the respective departments, and under whose able
management the school is expected to rise to great impor-
tance.—Whitehaven Herald.

differently, and he (the dock solicitor) thereforo recoin-
mended the committee to require an indemnity from
parties applying for the benefit of the act. This course
was ordered to be adopted, and counsel's opinion to be
immediately taken on the construction of the act. Mr.
Gladstone said in a great many cases the goods would not
realize the amount of the freight and charges. He had
that morning abandoned a cargo of rice.

HISTORIC SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening a meeting
was held in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institution,
Shaw-street, for the purpose of forming an Historic So-
ciety of Lancashire and Cheshire. The attendance was
both numerous and respectable; and if the first meeting
be a• criterion, the society gives promise of being emi-
nently successful. A collection of curiosities was exhi-
bited, which were of an attractive character. Amongst
these the following may be enumerated :—A view of Great
Crosby, from the west, on porcelain, dated 1716. (This
method of painting views on porcelain was invented in
Liverpool.) An ancient seal of Liverpool, deposited by
the Corporation ; an object of great interest, bearing the
initials J,O.N.S. A parchment deposited by Mr. Eyes,
of considerable antiquity, giving a bird's eye view and
perspective of the parishes of Childwall, Wavertree, and
Allerton. Mr. Moore deposited " The Moore Rental."
There was a finely painted parchment of the original
grant of arms to the family of Ashton of Croston, dated
1588, deposited by Mr. Varty. Dr. Hume also contri-
buted a copy of a seal of the Lord High Admiral of Eng-
land about the reign of Henry VII. There were a series
of rubbings from monumental brasses, chiefly from the
county of Kent, which were intended to show what might
be effected in Lancashire and Cheshire. The Mayor de-
posited a view of Liverpool, in oil, dated 1616. Mr.
Herdman also contributed several of his original drawings
of scenes in Liverpool. The chair was occupied by his
Worship the Mayor.

charged

THE STEAMER NIAGARA.
To ALEXANDER RYRIE, ESQ., COMMANDER OF THE
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP " NIAGARA."
Sir,—We, the passengers on board the " Niagara," are
unwilling to separate from her and yourself on the termi-
nation of this, her first homeward voyage across the
Atlantic, without expressing our high admiration of this
magnificent ship, and our great satisfaction with the skill
and urbanity which have characterised your conduct.
Since the " Niagara" left America she has experienced
but a few hours' fair wind, yet she accomplished the
voyage within the shortest period on record, having been
but ten days and a half from Boston to Liverpool.
We earnestly hope that the vast enterprise in which
your company are embarked may prosper, and be a source
of national advantage to the two great powers more im-
mediately connected in its prosperity, and of profit and
lasting credit to its spirited proprietors.
And now, with our best wishes for your health and hap-
piness, we have the honour to be, sir, your obedient ser-
vants, (Signed)
William Denny, Lieut. Col.
J. R. Bulkley,
Chas. Edmonstone,
Ward Cheney,
J. W. Clarke,
E. J. Xanfi,
Frederic° Badiali,
James T. Fisher,
Alexander Fielder,
Frederick Cunningham,
James R. Jennings,
A. G. Sloo,
E. N. Dickenson,
A. M'Alpine,
James M. Wray,
R. Earle,
David Mason,
T. Lockhart,
F. W. Fredenthal,

Jnne 17, 1848.

nistrirt lelys,

COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S-INN, JUNE 24

HIGGINSON V. SHAND

This was a renewed motion for an injunction to restrain
the Royal Bank of Liverpool from proceeding to make
the plaintiff a bankrupt. It appeared from the bill and
answer that the plaintiff had been a guarantee to the
bank in question to cover two bills of £30,000 each, ad-
vanced to the firm of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, the
extensive merchants at Liverpool ; and also to protect
further advances. Messrs. Barton and Co. became bank-
rupts, and the bank then looked to the plaintiff as surety
for the firm, and proceeded under the act of parliament
sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 122, to mate him a bankrupt.
Higginson then filed this bill to restrain the defendants
from so doing, alleging that the bank had forfeited the
guarantee by not performing certain conditions they were
bound to do, and also by having omitted to realise the
value of several ships belonging to the firm. The motion
was argued before his lordship last term.
The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment, and
said that all the allegations set up in the bill were fully
met by counter allegations in the answer. His lordship
then went through the passages in the bill and answer,
and observed that the guarantee was given not only to
cover the two bills of £30,000 each, but also all further
advances to be made by the bank to the firm. Under
these circumstances the motion for an injunction must be
refused with costs.

WOODSIDE FERRY.—We believe that it is the inten-
tion of the Woodside Commissioners to issue halfpenny
ferry tickets, which will be purchasable by the public in any
quantities of not less than six. It is said that the contracts
will remain as a present. This further decrease in the
ferry charge will, no doubt, have the effect of increasing
the number of passengers ; but we doubt if the money re-
ceived will equal that obtained on the rates hitherto

DEATH OF A. Boy WHILE BATHING.-011 Friday
evening, Michael Bellinger, a boy aged 14, who resided
with I.is parents in Whittle-court, Shaw's-brow, and
some other boys went to a pit near the Zoological
Gardens, and stripped to bathe. One of them got into
the water before deceased, and shortly after heard a shout
that a boy was drowning. The other lad attempted to
get him out as quickly as•possible, but before he could do
so deceased was drowned.

The new market at Lytham was opened on Saturday.
Several children were playing at the Rochdale Canal,
last week, when one fell in and dragged in his brother.
who had hold of his hand. They were both drowned.
Several estates were sold at Chester lass week, by Messrs.
Churton, at amounts considerably above the valuation.
This is a good sign of improvement.
About one o'clock on Monday morning a fight took
place in the Wallgate, Wigan, which resulted in the death
of a man named Peter Meadows, who is supposed to have
been killed by being brutally kicked on the head.
A fight took place at Runcorn last week between James
Montgomery and Thomas Stanley, chain cable makers,
which ended in the former's death. A verdict of man-
slaughter has been returned against Stanley, and against
another man as abettor. .

•
EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF RYE GRASS.—In a field on
Longton Marsh, Lancashire, belonging to Mr. J. Pye, such
has been the extraordinary yield of the same, that from two
acres of ground, 24 large loads of hay have been taken, the
acres in question being 71 yards to the rod !
THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT PRESTON.—WO regret
to find that three more persons (making seven) have
perished by this sad calamity. The cause of the accident
appears to have been, the negligence of the engineer in
not properly supplying the boiler with water. At the
inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.
EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The return up to
Tuesday last is of an unfavourable character, owing pro-
bably to the imperfect resumption of work after the
Whitsuntide holydays. There were 882 fewer hands on
full time, 502 fewer on short time, 1043 more out of em-
ployment.

On Thursday week Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., M.P.r
gave a dinner to the Forest Troop of Cheshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, the command of which he has lately relinquished
to accept promotion in the regiment as Lieutenant-Col.;
Earl Grosvenor succeeding him as Captain of the Troop-
The scene of the festivity was the Red Lion Inn, at the
rural village of Eaton, near Tarporlev.
Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, has intimated
that he can see no sufficient ground to commute the sen-
tence passed on Conolly and O'Brien, for the robbery of
the Rev. Mr. Germon. It is said that the additional
evidence adduced tends to show that the whole four
parties—the two convicted at Chester of the Adlington
murder, and the two convicted at Liverpool of the rob-
bery of Mr. Germon—were closely connected ; that they
were all, in fact, concerned in the robbery, and that they
had been co-partners in many daring outrages.
FESTIVAL AT BEESTON CASTLE.—The annual festival,
held on the romantic site of Beeston Castle, took place
on Monday and Tuesday, in aid of the Widows and Or-
phans' Fund, in the Peckforton District of the Manches-
ter Unity of Odd Fellows. About 1500 were present on
Monday, 600 of whom sat down to the tea-tables, which
were arranged in a spacious tent erected for the occasion.
The receipts realised about £l2O. John Tollemache,
Esq., M.P., visited the happy party, and was received
with those demonstrations of respect which so kind a
landlord and courteous a gentleman justly enjoys among
his tenantry

ENCAMPMENT OF TROOPS AT MANCHESTER.—A novel
sight is to be seen near Manchester—a grand military
encampment on the old race-course at Kersal Moor.
The camp will probably remain on the moor for the sum-
mer. It will consist of the entire strength of the 9th
Regiment, and three companies of the 63rd. There has
been no military encampment on Kersal Moor since 1812,
when the Louth, Royal Buckinghamshire, and Stirling
regiments of militia were concentrated on that ground.
Tents have been sent down from the ordnance stores,
London ; but they will not be pitched until the arrival of
the soldiers, who will immediately on reaching the moor
proceed to make the camp.
The annual meeting of the Salford Protestant Associa-
tion was held on Tuesday week, in the school-room,
Hulme-street. The attendance was numerous. The
chair was taken by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. From the
report which was read, it appears that the association had
distributed 24,000 tracts during the year, and that the
books of the society's library had been more read than in
any preceding year. The chairman addressed the meet-
tng, exhorting his audience to renewed exertions in behalf
of Protestantism, The Rev. J. Currie believed the time
was coming when all true Protestants of every denomina-
tion would be driven together to contend as one man for
the faith once delivered to the saints. When that time
did come, should Protestantism itself be polled, he (Mr-
Currie) would venture to say that there was not a true
Protestapt either in Manchester or Salford who would
not vote Tor the chairman (the Rev. H. Stowell) to be the
leader of the united body. Shortly afterwards the meet-
ing separated.

SUICIDE UNDER INSANITY.—On Wednesday, a man,
named Benjamin Huddard, was taken, in a precarious
state, to the Northern Hospital. He appeared to be in a
state of insanity, and remained delirious for some days.
On Friday night, at eleven o'clock, he was put to bed in
a ward where there were other patients, and he was not
observed by any of those present until between two and
three o'clock, when he was found suspended by a silk
handkerchief from the head of one of the posts of the bed.
POVERTY AND RUIN.—Our police court is the daily
scene of the truth of the axiom that poverty is the parent
of crime, and perhaps this connection is most evident in
the cases which occur about the docks and warehouses,
where thefts of the most petty description are committed
by women and children, apparently with the notion of
appeasing the impatient calls of hnnger. On Friday, an
Irish woman named Catherine Macdonald, was brought
before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a small
quantity of cotton from a lorry, as it was being loaded.
The policeman who took her into custody stated that on
making his appearance no less than seventeen women ran
off. The magistrates dismissed her, with a caution.
Several Irish girls were brought up, on similar charges.
An alphabetical list of 451 ships, giving the old and
new tonnage, has been exhibited in the Liverpool Under-
writers' Room. The result gives the amount of old ton-
nage as 192,951, against 226.360 tons new, showing an
increase of 33,409 tons, or more than 17 per cent. addi-
tional dock and light dues, that the British shipowners
have been subjected to since the alteration of the law in
1836. It has always been understood that the late Mr.
Charles Wood, of Greenock, and Mr. E. F. Young, were
the chief advocates for the introduction of this mischievous
measure, likely to become more onerous if ministers suc-
ceed in carrying the proposed Light Bill and Merchant-
Seamen's Fund Bill, which exact a levy of ls. per ton for
lights, and ls. per ton for the Seamen's Fund.
BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPLETION BILLS.—The Select
Committee of the Commons met on Tuesday, for the
purpose, first of proceeding with the Transfer of Powers
Bill, and secondly with the bill taking powers to impose
additional rates.—Mr. Webster, for the promoters, said
the main question was upon the clauses, and not upon the
preamble ; and when the Committee arrived at that stage,
Mr. Pemberton, as representing the Crown, might state
his objections and the nature of the words he wished to
be inserted to protect the Crown. It was proposed to
strike out the power intended to be given to the Crown
to appoint a chairman, and the provision consequent
thereon, because the Crown was not now to find the
money to complete the works ; and, instead, management
clauses were introduced, by which there would be thir-
teen trustees under the bill. of whom the bondholders
would appoint seven, the Birkenhead Commissioners four,
and the Wallasey Commissioners two. The bill, in its
present shape, was promoted conjointly by the Commis-
sioners of Birkenhead and the bondholders. Among
other provisions, there was a clause introduced to em-
power the bondholders; to raise a sum of £50,000, as pre-
ferential bonds, for the purpose of penning up the water
so as to make the pool available. In the proposals made
by the Board of Commissioners, the Board of Works
saw no security for the construction of the outer works,
which it appeared might be abandoned ; and the latter
body, as at present advised, therefore refused to sanction
them.--Mr. Pemberton said the completion of the outer
works had all along been 'the first object of the Woods
and Forests and the Dock Commissioners; but the bill,
as now altered, was nothing less than a bill for the aban-
donment of those outer works. The money authorised
to be raised for their completion was proposed, by a ma-
nuscript clause, to be made available for deepening the
pool, which was no part of the outer works. It was fur-
ther proposed that the interest of her Majesty, in right of
her Crown, should not be represented in the newly-con-
structed trust. The consent of the Crown, therefore,
would not be given to the bill as altered. Mr. Baron
Goldsmidt, on the part of the bondholders, did not object
to the Crown being represented. Thediscussion was
concluded by Mr. Laird consenting to an adjournment to
Monday.— The Committee then proceeded with the
Rating Bill, and after arguments pro and con., by Mr.
Webster for the promoters, and Mr. Lloyd for the Rail-
way Company, the Committee decided that they were of
opinion that " the preamble of the Rating Bill is not
proved."

ROSSALL HALL SCHOOLS.

LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF ARCHBISHOP SUBINER'S

CHAPEL

On Tuesday last, the annual meeting of the supporters
of the Rossall Hall School was held at that establishment,
near Fleetwood, and the customary distribution of priies
to the scholars was made. The Lord Bishop of 'Man-
chester arrived at the Poulton railway station by an early
train, and was there met by the Rev. J. 0. Parr, vicar ,of
Preston, and the Rev. J. Hull, vicar of Poulton, Olt
man of the Council and Board of Management of the
school, who accompanied him to Rossall Hall at a short
,
distance from which a triumphal arch of flowers and ever-
greens had been constructed in honour of the occasion.
There was also a similar arch over the road leading from
the hall to the chapel.

The proceedings commenced at twelve o'clock, when a
procession was formed, in which the Bishop, the Makers
and Prefects of the school, the clergy present, the friends
of the school, and the scholars joined, and proceeded to
chapel. Among the clergy and gentry present, besides
those we have named, were the Rev. Dr. Woolley, head
master of the school; the Rev. Garbutt, the Bishop's
chaplain ; the Revs. Canon Sharpe, Vincent BeecheY,
incumbent of Fleetwood : A. Rudd, curate of Fleetwood;
R. W. Russell. Thornton ; R. B. Robinson,
Lytham ;
L. S. Parsons, Kirkham ; L. Wood, J. Absolam,
T.
Preedy, L. W. Jeffray, S. F. Page, W. M. Farish, T.
Hornby, R. Hornby, E. Girdlestone, J. Clowek
Mackreth, J. S. Master, W. Birley, and others : with
Royds, Esq. ; R. Ormerod, D. Hornby, T. B. Addlsour
and J. Winstanley, Esqrs.
Te Deum having been sung, a Latin oration was de-
livered by the senior prefect, Mr. Sharpe; and a highly
favourable report was then read by the Rev. A. Day-
man, from the Examiners of the school.
The names selected for prizes :—ln classics, 6th form,
Sharpe; sth form, Wood; 4th form, Master and Allen;
4th form, lower division, Haliburton ; 3rd form, Cooley;
lower division, Mandell ; 2nd form, Whyley ; lower
division, Cobb; first class, Pountney ; lower division,
Baldwin. The Hornby composition prize for a Latin
essay, and the prize for Latin poetry, and also the
Hornby prize for Greek lambic trimeters, was awarded to
Ward. In mathematics, Sharpe, Smethurst,
Smith,
Woodhouse, Luard, Cooley, Kerr, and Barber were the
prizemen. _
'W

THE ACCIDENT AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The
inquest on the body of Richard Howard, the keeper who
was killed by the elephant, took place on Tuesday. Mr.
Liversedge said :—I reside about three miles from Stock-
port. On Saturday morning last, my wife and myself
were at the Zoological Gardens. 0 n going into the
house where the elephant was kept I saw the deceased in
the den with the elephant. He was cleaning it out with
a besom. When he had swept one side of the den he
told the elephant to move. It walked away. When he
had swept a little more of the den he called upon the ele-
phant to move a second time. He then struck it with the
tail of the broom and ran away. The elephant followed
him, and caught him, and jammed him against the side of
the den, and he fell down. I ran to the door and gave the
alarm. Several parties came, and I then left the house.
After the deceased fell down, the elephant appeared quite
tractable. He was perfectly quiet before he was struck.
The deceased only struck him once, but it was a very sharp
blow on the trunk. I did not see the elephant place his
foot on the deceased after the latter had fallen on the
floor of the den.—Another keeper stated that Howard
had beat the elephant the night before very severely, and
latterly had been in the habit of doing so.—The Coroner,
in summing up the case to the jury, said—Gentlemen,
there can be no doubt whatever that the deceased has
been killed by receiving a stroke from the tusks or the
foot of the elephant, thereby causing injuries, and, almost
immediately after, death. This cannot he called an acci-
dent, because it was evidently done on purpose—if I may
so express myself—by an animal who, though not having
reason, yet had instinct ; and instinct, we all know, is
nearly allied to reason. Therefore, you must find that
the keeper received certain injuries that produced his
death. Gentlemen, the more I think of this case the more
regret I feel—and regret that I cannot but express—that
so noble and so fine an animal sho.uld have been killed in
the way this elephant has been. lam quite sure that the
act was done with the best and kindest intentions upon
the part of Mr. John Atkins, who has just been examined,
and also on the part of his mother. I regret as much as
any man that the lives of two men have been sacrificed :
but when they themselves have provoked the elephant
to do this, I think I will have a majority of the public of
Liverpool with me when I repeat, that it was a great pity
the animal should have been destroyed if he could have
been preserved with safety to the public, and I think he
could.—The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned the
following verdict :—" We are of opinion that the deceased
came by his death in consequence of having beaten the
elephant unmercifully, thereby causing the animal, in his
fury, to kill him."

- The report also awarded the following prizes :—French
Class: sixth form—first prize, Sharpe; fifth form C•
Wood and Spencer; fourth form, Broughton and Spencer
third form, Evans, Plumtre, and ,Smethurst ; second faro;
Darwin and Grierson ; first form, Irving, Broughton, and
Holt ; second division, Barber, Maue, and Hopkinson.
Germ an : Brown.

The prizes having been delivered by his Lordship, with
a corenlimentary address,
The Bishop expressed the satisfaction he derived from
that meeting, from the report which he had heard of the
high character of the school, and from the good conduct
of the scholars.

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21 3010 3012 67 58 4 N. 65 55
22 30'02 29'92 73 60 6 s.byw 72 53
23 29'82 29'68 69 55 7 o'2o E.S.E. 69 34
24 29'50 29'50 66 57 5 014 E. 64 56
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26 30'05 30' 7
THE WEATHER.-20th: bright.-21st: morning, misty;
bright.-22nd : bright
,breeze.--:23rd Lbright and clouded;

The procession then again formed, and moved on to the
site of the new church, where, prayers having been
offered, his lordship addressed the assembly around on
the importance of the work in which they were engaged;
and the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey then presented to the
Bishop a handsome silver trowel, bearing a Latin inscrip-
tion, of which the following is a translation :

" TO THE HONOUR

OF THE BLESSED AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY,

AND IN ORDER THAT

A PERPETUAL MEMORY MAY BE PRESERVED

THE WEATH ER. —l.
bright.-22nd : bright
strong breeze; night,
afternoon, bright.-261
ing, showery.

oth : bright.-21at
breeze.-23rd ; brii
heavy rain.-25th
1: brilliant ; afternoo

OF THE KINDNESS, COURTESY, AND WISDOM
WITH WHICH THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN Go°'
JOHN BIRD SUMNER,
LATELY BISHOP OF CHESTER,
NOW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY,

PRESIDED OVER THE FORMATION

morning, misty ;
gilt and clouded;
morning, clouded ;
lon, clouded ; even-

AND ESTABLISHING