The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

TIE LlVERi'ota STAADVID,

CORRESPONDENCE.

AGItICULTIT

RAL DISTRESS AND THE
CURRENCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR,D
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mercifully bestowed, impress upon our minds a gracious of the London Times, whose editor not only admitted
admonition to prove the sincerity of our thankfulness, by un- this article, but, lam told, in an editorial article, asserted
wearied perseverance in the cause of Orphanism." that the American ships were not only badly built, and
Yours, BENEVOLENS. notoriously so, but badly found, badly arranged, and
Liverpool, March 9, 1850. badly commanded ; and that the " Caleb Grimshaw was,
P.S.—The institution of the School for the Blind is doubtless, what, she claimed to be, a fair specimen." "A
about to be removed to Hardman-street. This will afford fair specimen !" In such company, then, I take leave of
a good opportunity for the editor of the Mercury inquir. Captain William Huxie. late of the packet-ship Caleb
ing into the propriety of only one religion being adopted Grimahaw. I think, if he is " a fair specimen' of the
there.
American shipmaster, that America may challenge com-
parison with the world, confident of the result. I wish
him, and all like him, every success. I believe they
deserve it. And I hope the day is far distant when their
A letter published in the London Times of Friday states countrymen will allow any one of such a class of men to

A SIGN OF THE TIINIES.—The Shropshire Journal, of
Wednesday last, contains advertisements of nearly seventy
sales of farming stocks. Most of the other provincial
papers in agricultural districts are similarly filled. The
Newcastle Journal' of Saturday contained announcements
of tea farms to be let, and of several sales of farming
stock.

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A farm servant, in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, near
East Boldon, Northumberland, was working in a field on
Saturday last, when he observed a flock of wild geese to
alight in the adjoining field. Having obtained a gun, he
at once took aim at six birds in a line, five of wich he
killed at one shot. They proved to be fine young birds,
and averaged Gibs. weight each.
An agricultural labourer named Watson, who carried
a " big loaf" at the head of the free trade processions at
the last Beverley election, and who was much made of at
the time, has been compelled to go into the workhouse
tra- I saigneua
___ for want of employment for labourers of his class. He
iv +bp British barque Sarah. I now feels his position grievously, and repudiates free
trade doctrines altogether.
i which 0 While Mr. G. E. Danberry, a student of Magdalen
College, Oxford, was returning thither a few days since
from Godston, he fell over an unfinished bridge on the
Birmingham and Rugby Railway,•and was so severely in-
jured that be was carried to the college in a state of insen-
sibility, from which he never rallied, but died on Tuesday,
n after lingering about a week.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—George Perkins, eleven
years old, is in custody in London, charged with having
a set fire to the apparel of a little girl, five years old. A
companion of Perkins put brimstone on the little girl's
a pinafore; Perkins set fire to it, and the poor child was
instantly enveloped in flame. She was horribly burned,
v
and lies without hope of recovery.
h THE SABBATH AND THE POST-OFFlCE.—Numerous
t meetings continue to be held through the country to peti-
t tion Parliament to close the post-office on Sundays. Up
to the 4th of March, no fewer than eleven hundred and
0h twenty five had been presented, bearing the signatures of
149,003 persons. And these were chiefly from the smaller
I towns ;—the larger having notyet forwarded their petitions.
a The general average price of wheat for the week ending
Saturday last has fallen to £1 18s. 6d. per quarter, whilst
a
the average for the six weeks was only £1 18s. Bd. per
a
quarter. The grain trade throughout the country is in a
very stagnant state. Now that the weather has improved,
u immense supplies are expected from abroad, and there is
a no prospect for the home grower but greatly reduced
Pc prices.
ii On Tuesday an alarming accident occurred at the Albion
s Brewery, Camden-town, belonging to Messrs. Baker and
Son, from the explosion of a boiler, of six horse-power,
c which has resulted in the total destruction of the interior
of the premises, besides causing a great devastation of
It property to the houses adjacent. There were only five
workmen on the premises at the time of the accident,
none of whom have received any serious injury.
e The Gazette contains an offer of a reward of £20,000,
T by her majesty's government, to any persons who shall
discover and efficiently relieve the crews of H.M. ships
Erebus and Terror • and secondly, a reward of £lO,OOO
c
to any person who shall discover and relieve either of the
ii ships, or shall convey any intelligence which shall lead to
1 to the relief of either; and thirdly, to any party who
n shall first succeed in ascertaining their fate.
it At Grantham, the other day, a poor travelling woman,
f who was said to have been turned out of a lodging-house,
si in order that she might go to the union-house, was seized
t with labour on the great north road. On her condition
being known, a surgeon was sent for, and admission soli-
il cited at a public-house, but refused. Before the surgeon
e arrived, one child had been born, but she was still in
re labour. She was then removed to the public-house, and
ti
there delivered of another child. Both were still-born.
i At the Hertford Assizes, a lad named Mead brought an
action, and obtained.a verdict of £l5 damages against a
R Mr. Bodger, a cockney sportsman, who must needs " go
e out a shooting" with a friend named Green, at Finchley,
; ; and in the course of the day the two succeeded in bagging
es
a partridge, a sparrow, and a blackbird, but unfortu-
as Brooklyn narely in firing at the latter, the shots entered the neck,
cud
shoulders, and other parts of the defendant's body, he
•
and • being at the other side of the hedge.
.t sir
THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT EXETER.
re
.iude
—On Wednesday last Mr. Samuel Foote, who is now
; s
te confined in the city prison, awaiting his trial on the charge
ao-us
of setting his house on fire, attempted to commit suicide.
said He tied his silk neckerchief tightly round his neck, and,
atie- by fastening one end of it to the window frame of his
not, untess
cell, attempted to strangle himself. He was discovered
i
when life was almost extinct, cut down, and by proper
means restored.
A carter who was proceeding towards the neighbour-
hood of Wigton, on Friday week, with two horses and
carts, imprudently attempted to cross the river Waver, at
I fling
the Lesson Hall ford, although the stream was much
of swollen at the time. Before he reached the middle of
al the river, the horses and carts were floated away by the
s
om
' current ; and it was with much difficulty that some per-
f ' sons, who chanced to be at hand, succeeded in rescuing
him and one of the horses ; the other horse was drowned.
limit
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R cart
The extent and importance of the Alkali Trade of the
tic ;ht o i Tyne may be inferred from the subjoined statistics. The
G; mete upon his chest. annual consumption of salt is 42,000 tons ; sulphur
1 -,e, Hermann steamer arrived off Bowes on Friday,
14,000 tons ; nitrate of soda 1,100 tons ; coals 80.000
OM and proceeded to Bremen after landing the mails and
chaldrona ; coke 40,000 chaldrons ; timber 700 keels. The
f passengers. She left New York on the 20th Januaay,
commercial product of these materials is about 37,000
f t Her late arrival is owing to bad coals. tons of crystals of soda ; 20.510 tons of alkali ; 1,500 tons
of bicarbonate of soda ; and 2,000 tons of chloride of
Mr. Allan Glen, a citizen of Glasgow for half a c-ntury,
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who died last week, has left the greater part of his fortune, lime. Direct employment, too, is given to nearly three
; I
amounting to nearly £20,000, for the endowment of two thousand.
met schools in Glasgow.
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CHARGE AGAINST CALCRAFT THE HANGRAM.—Wm.
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The Rev. T. Cornthwaite has headed a subscription list Calcraft, the public executioner, was charged at Worship-
!pi with £3,000 for a new church in Forest-gate (part of West street police office, London, on Wednesday, with having
is I and East Ham), and the Vicars of the two parishes will refused to support his aged mother, Sarah Calcraft, who
heal endow it with £5O each.
had become chargeable to the parish of Hatfield Peveril,
ibe French Teas-'es, let in by free•trade, will soon drive
he being of sufficient ability to do so, and legally liable
English teasles out of the market, as they can be sold at for her maintenance. The case was adjourned for a week
_ _ • 6,_ limseir, ana at Luau time they all agreed that Capt.
to afford the relieving officer an opportunity of adducing
much lower rates. It is well known that sonic of our poor
H. was fully equal to the emergency, and that, under
ees
heavy soils will grow nothing else than teasles, the formal proof that the defendant was in a condition to
God, they owed their lives to his prompt and energetic A meeting of the Great Western Steam Ship Company support his aged mother.
HOW THE GOVERNMENT EMIGRANT SHIPS movements, to his ingenious and udicious measures— dramatric version of the "Vicar of Wakefield " was
was held at Bristol last Thursday, and all " who wished In
ARE PROVISIONED. which, by the way, this "narrative" itself abundantly produced, with entire success, at the Strand Theatre,
close the concern and get anything out of the fire" were
proves. It then adds ?—" But why Captain H. left his London, on Monday night. Mrs. Stirling played Olivia,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.requested to attend.
ship and went into hislong-boat, remains to be explained." Sir Peter Laurie announced to some vagrants that six Mr. Farren Doctor Primrose. The drama is the pro-
SlR,—The London emigrant ships, from the complaints We know that, in emergencies, no captain ever stops to new machines for punishments are now in the course of duction of Mr. Tom Taylor, and a question has arisen
already before the public, as per late numbers of the explain or give reasons for the steps he is taking • yet, in erection, which will be far more severe than the treadmill. which does not seem creditable to Mr. Farren. 'ln 1847
London Shipping Gazette and the London papers in this instance, I believe, most of them knew at ;he time They are called " cranks," and are in use in Scotland. Mr. Coyne adapted the " Vicar of Wakefield "for the
general, are infamously provisioned, going to sea with the Capt. H.'s motives for taking charge of his boats in per- The estates of the late William Russell, Esq., of Haymarket Theatre. The manager not producing it,
worst salt meat for passengers' use; whilst for the cap- son. Every one capable of junging is now fully aware Barncepeth Castle, devolve upon that gentleman's sister, Mr. Coyne offered it to Mr. Farren, who accepted it, but
tains' officers and crews none but very best are ever taken. that it was this step that saved their lives, not excepting Mr. Webster refused to give it up. Mr. Farren then
the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, who will in consequence assume
No wonder that sickness and deaths, disaffection, and the "Cabin Passenger" himself, who lives, and misrepre- the name of Russell. applied to Mr. Taylor, and thus Coyne and Webster were
open mutiny, have appeared recently ere they left our
- " done "
tents these steps and the man that took them. A fire occurred on Thursday in the premises of Mr. •
shores. The London papers salve all over by saying "the The following will explain why Capt.H. took to his boats REMARKABLE FAMILY HISTORY.—On Friday last,
White, Stepney, an elderly person and bedridden. On
contractors are of the highest respectability in the city"— as he did. When the alarm of fire was given, Capt. a breakig into his room, his body was found on the bed, Mr. Susan Clarke, of Rushmere, near Ipswich, died at
"an old cask of beef was put on board by mistake"— went below to see and direct, in person, the efforts to ex- black as a coal from burning, the advanced age of 90, leaving her husband, who is now
" the captain knew nothing about it." tinguish it. This, at the time, he deemed indispensably A man named Eiger, who has been married only three 95 years of age, to lament the loss of an affectionate
I have just learnt that Messrs. Fielden, who are esta- necessary. (Would not any one ?) During the time he weeks, has absconded,' and left his wife at Lambeth partner, to whom- he had been married no less than 70
blishing a line of Australian packets, make it a sine qua was below the most disgraceful scenes were enactingyears. There are 10 children now living, and, it is sup-
nenniless havin robbed her of £4OO, the produce of her
non that the provisions to be furnished to the contractors upon deck. The man had deserted the wheel, joined • *
previous industigifor many years. He has sailed from posed, at least one hundred grand-children, but at present
shall be of the very best quality, without reference to by others, and, headed by the boatswain, they bad rifled Southampton for America. the number is not accurately known. Sixty-eight years
cost.
the pantry of its eatables, the binnacle of both compasses,since they lost one child, since which lengthened period
On Friday, at Swansea, damages to the extent of £l5OO
What is her Majesty's Government about to permit the and the cabin of charts, baggage, &c., &c., had got intothere has not been a death in the family ! The West
were awarded to a young man, named Rhys, in a suit
London vessels to be fitted out as they now are ? Who the stern-boat, lowered her, veered her astern, and were againstf Me.ssrs.. Hall, guts-cotton manufacturers to re
connives at it ? Qui facit per cilium, facit per se. Arechild is now 68 years of age; the youngest is 47.—Ips-
wick Express.
now quiet spectators of the scene, and at a safe distance. cover . for injuries sustained from an explosion to
tha-t
they not responsible for the agents—the inspectors or Others had attempted the same thing with a quarter-boat, material. WELSH SIMPLICITY.—A correspondent writes :—A
emigrant agents appointed by Government ? had swamped her, and all of them, some sixteen in num- friend of mine received a letter from Wales the other day,
Let me draw your attention to the following figures : beg, were drowned. On Friday, Ann Merritt was condemned to death at the
Central Criminal Court, London, for the murder of her and, as it lay on the table, he observed that it was marked
PRICES OF OLD BEEF, PoaK, AND NEW TAINTED, When he came on deck he restored order, but tben,
"twopence more to pay," although stamped in the usual
Liverpool, 7th March, 1859. while doing this, everything went equally bad below. The declaring
husband, at Hackney. The prisoner was very firm in
her innocence, but the chief baron in passing manner. He took it up and opened it, when, to his sur-
per tierce 455. a 50s.
„,.. _ ~.,s. passengers scuttled both tanks, containing 2,200 gallons, sentence was very much affected, and almost unmanned. prise, a halfpenny fell out, and in the inside of the letter
?a! vs " being all the available fresh water in the ship. Captain
11. now armed himself, expecting to be obliged to resort The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng-
there was a postage stamp. From the letter which I
to indiscriminate slaughter. On consultation with his
land had increased from £17,122,221 to £17,125,860, be- have seen, it appears that the writer, after stating what
mate, however, they thought better to try what energetic ing a difference of £3639. The paper in actual circula-
information he wanted, concludes by saying that, to make
exhortations and cheering could do, before resorting to
tion had increased from £20,000,213 to £20,104,581, being all sure of a reply, he encloses a postage stamp and a
such sanguinary measures. From this time matters a difference of £104,363. b halfpenny to buy a sheet of letter paper—hence the fur-
rather improved, until two or three o'clock, p in., of the The Cambridge Chronicle says that scarcely a night Cher charge of twopence.
PLOUGHING BY STEAM.—Atrial in this way was made
12th. The raft was now ready ; so were all the boats. now passes in which the glare of blazing stacks does not
at Grimsthorpe, on Thursday, the 7th, by Lord William
All were again exhorted to continue subordinate, while affright the country, and proclaim alike the pitiable con-
-1 dition or the misguided despair of the labouring 'stipule- d'Eresby. It will be sufficient at present to say that the
the captain should cause an equal division among them . machinery employed consisted of a small locomotive
of the trifle of provisions and water that remained. But, lion
as if every soul had bee engine, with a capstan attached, moving on a portable
THE SWEATING SYSTEM.—Lord D. Stuart presented a
n fired from the infernal regions, all
railway. An ordinary plough, followed closely by a sub-
petition on from ,70 journeymen tailors of the rushed as one man upon what there was. The ice. house,Friday lB
soil plough, was drawn by a chain from the capstan,
metropolis, complaining of the evils of the sweating sys-
harness casks, the store-room, &c., were instantly broken tern, and praying for a committee to be appointed to in- working with perfect precision, and at a greater depth
open and rifled of their contents, and if, in their haste,and speed than usual. Several gentlemen and farmers
quire into their grievances. something had not been overlooked, few that remained
could have been living when I fell in with them. Most Death has been busy in the high places of Edinburgh. who were present expressed a favourable opinion of the
In Jeffrey she has lost her most distinguished man of let- experiment. Should the plan be found advantageous, it
raft, which was immediately cut adrift by the thirty or
of what was secured in the scramble was taken to the
tors ;in Alloa, her most talented and accomplished painter; will be published in full for the benefit of the public.
forty who had possession of it, and has not since to them is now added Sir James Gibson Craig, the most TAMENESS OF THE ROBIN.—A friend took us, the
stalwart and consistent of her liberal political eders. other day, into his garden. At a certain spot we were
been heard of. Insubordination and villainy, such' as As Mr. Edward Evans, joiner, of Holywell, Flintshire, told to halt, while he himself advanced forwards for a few
this,i must be instantly. suppressed, or certain destruction
..stay on closing
in many ways inevitable. What could be done ? Who was walking through Bagilt, on Thursday week, with his yards. He then called on some one to come near perch him,
where : how the editor la- head down in order to evade the dust and wind, he was when a robin instantly issued from the trees, and ped
could be singled out as leaders where revolt was so
arse would be, using knocked down by a horse, and the wheel of the cart on his hand. He fed it from his palm, and then placed
general ? At this awful moment, Captain H. called his
nently answered, passed over his head, killing him on the spot. it on his shoulder. Here it fed itself from his mouth,
e our grand mate and said—" Sir, I see that while these creatures The enormous quantity of potatoes lately brought into ',and it remained seated on his shoulder till he approached
al again think they have the means of escape, violence will con- London from the Continent has reduced the price from within a short distance of the dwelling-house. At this
tinue, and every means of preserving the ship be neglected. 90s. to 70s. per ton. As many as 5000 tons have been spot it invariably leaves, and cannot by any means be
- Immediately about our persons we can procure order, imported within the last week, principally from Dnnkirk, prevailed upon to enter under a roof. This pleasing trait
This, however, will not save us. I have decided, there- Dieppe Ostend, and Antwerp. of docility may any day be seen at Bank-street, Girvan.
fore, to take every means of escape from them. I shall 'On Sunday' the Rev. George Rowe, sen., snperinten- —Ayr Observer.
take charge of all the boats in person—shall put my cabin dent of the Wesleyan Connexion in Maidstone, whilst on ALLEGED MURDER AT BRISTOL.—A coroner's inquest
and such other passengers into them, as all know I would his knees in prayer at the administration of the ordinance sat on Monday, at Bristol, to investigate the death of
be most anxious to save, and together we will all drop of the Lord's Supper, was seized with a fit, became un- Margaret Culley, aged 25 years. A number of witnesses
astern. You, with eight or ten seamen, will remain on conscious, and expired. were examined, from the evidence of whom it appeared
board. One boat we shall always bold in readiness for There seems no longer any reason to doubt that the that the deceased was brought to the infirmary about one
you and the seamen who are with you. When they find Sarab, West Indiaman, perished during the late storm. o'clock on Sunday morning, quite dead. 'There was a
all hope of escape cut off, and that to save their lives they She went down, apparently, on the Long Sand. Quanti- wound on her left temple, and a contusion over her left
must save the ship, they will come to order. If they do ties of West India produce have been picked up. More eye. Death was occasioned by a concussion of the brain.
not, tell them that you are well armed, and that. you will than thirty men are supposed to have perished in the ship. It further appeared that, about ten o'clock on the previ-
cut your way to the boat in spite of them and leave them The mayor and burgesses of Flint have agreed to peti- ous night, a man named Joseph Prigg had threatened to
to their fate." This was done at once. Capt. H., with tion against the bill now before Parliament for the Im. kill her, for not having washed his shirt : he knocked her
all his boats, dropped astern. Fear of being deserted by provement of the Dee. The petitioners, amongst other down and kicked her on the head and side. The coroner
the mate kept them all in perfect obedience for ten days, things, allege that the passing of the bill into a law will having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Man-
when I succeeded in getting the last person from her that interfere with Flint as a " free port," which seems to be slaughter" against Prigg.
famine had spared. This, then, is why Captain H. left their principal objection to the measure. his strip. Who will say it was ill judged ? Who will say MORTALITY OF LONDON IN SEVEN YEARS.—A table
The Globe bas every reason to believe that the water accompanied last week's report, arranged in the order of
it was not his only wise course ? For one, I assert, un- bills, introduced by
hesitatingly,
sitatingly, that I think it was. So thought "private companies and corporations the rate of mortality from all causes during the seven
e when I
talked with him, and I remember Cabin during the present session, will not be proceeded with years 1838-44. By this arrangement it appears that the
the
conversation well. for some time aaleast, as it is the intention of the govern- West London District (in which Smithfield market is
ment to introduce a general measure upon that important situate) is the unhealthiest in the metropolis. The mor-
payln winding up his narrative, " A Cabin Passenger"
sanatory subject. tality is at the rate of 302 annually in 10,000 inhabitants,
s a just compliment to the first mate, Mr. Hoxie. Two MENj SHOT.—Another serious occurrence took while in Hackney it is 197 ;in the Lewisham 173 in
No doubt it will be appreciated, and much in the same
place at Barnsley, on Wednesday, arising out of the game- 10,000 inhabitants. Only fourteen in thirty-eight dis-
way Ido the one to myself, that immediately follows it, laws, on an estate belonging to Lord Wharncliffe, by tricts of London experience a mortality of less than 230
True to his point, be falls again upon Captain Hoxie,
and accuses him of hurrying off from Fayal, deserting which a poacher named Moody *as shot in the thigh and inhabitants in 10,000 ;of twelve the mortality lies between
wounded severely, and another person, named Hunt, was these extremes. The densest, lowest, poorest districts,
again his passengers. He says, one " elderly lady" even wounded in the left arm and side.
in which the water and the sewers are the worst, experi-
begged of him to take her along ; but the captain gave The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have madetheir report enced the greatest mortality.
the preference to his officers, and even his servants, relative to the defalcation of their secretary and treasurer, At the Windsor:Assizes two men were indicted for steal-
The truth is this,—We had not been one hour at anchor Mr. C. C. Murray, which it appears amounted in the first ing some coal from a barge. The jury having deliberated
at Fayal before Captain Hoxie had provided a free pas- instance to £6999, 10s. Id., but has been reduced to for some time, Mr. Justice Talfourd asked them whether
sage to New York for all who wished to go, giving £6047 Ils. Id., by a sum of £6OO refunded, and the sale they would wish to retire. One of the jurymen said there
them this choice of vessels in the port. The " elderly of Mr. Murray's furniture, &c. was a doubt among them. The evidence was not satis-
lady" came home with me in the Sarah, simply be- A veterinary surgeon at York lately removed more factory to him ; they were nine to three in favour of the
cause she preferred doing so to going in the C. C. Bell, than 200 warts from the throat and mouth of a valuable prisoners. A bailiff was then sworn to take charge of the
in which the captain and several others took their passage. dog, which those excrescences had rendered almost ince- jury, and to lock them up. In a short time it was inti-
Is it not fearful to think how the best measures,
and the best men, are liable to be misrepresented, Pablo of swallowing food. Before the operation was per- mated that some of the jury were lost. The bailiff said
and to be placed in such a light before the public, formed, chloroform was administered to the dog, which he had to take them through the ball, where was a great
crowd of persons, to a room at the back of the building,
that they will appear not only unwise, but even disgust- 1 s since' completely recovered.
laAun was discharged on Tuesday evening last, at a and when he got there, four of them had escaped. After
ing. How careful editors of influential papers should train of carriages as they were passing along a cutting some time, the Under-Sheriff intimated that the four lost
be of admitting into their columns that which will towards Berwick, on the Kelso Railway, near to Norham. men had been found, and that they. were locked up in
injure an already unfortunate man, when, ten to one, the The man who discharged the gun was seen by the guard another room ; and, by-and-by, the jury came into court,
wretch who brings it owes his life to the skill and forecast doing it deliberately ; unfortunately the scoundrel has and found the prisoners " guilty," but strongly recom-
of the very man he is traducing. What can we say, then, hitherto escaped detection. mended them to mercy.

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Old Beef
Tainted New Beef
New American hest Beef
New Irish best Beef
Old American Pork, of most i

EMIGRATION TO CANADA

rior quality, per Jul. of C 0011).,
325. 345.
New Irish, suitable for Australian voynges, 655.
From these quotations, taken from our broker's circu-
lars, will be shown the difference in profit to the char-
terers of emigrant ships, betwixt shipping bad and good
suitable salt provisions. I leave philanthropists and
her Majesty's Government to look after the results ; suf-
fice it to say, that, under this beneficent system, the Irish
trade in salt provisions has become ail but extinct.

Yours, &c.,

DICKY SAM

---- •...., ..... j c.... kout, a 1..., alit'', I/ 11l .Lunginnu 1.11411. iAII:UUUI-• buner in Lneir criaracters trom a statement by any annny-
pletion of the canals on the Canadian waters has opened mous scribbler, even if he do sign himself " A Cabin
out a new channel of communication with the western Passenger." With high respect, I am, dear Sir. truly yours,
districts, and that steam-boats of the first class no (Signed) DAVID COOK.
Of the British barque

THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY AND ITS LOCAL
POLITICS.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL NTANDARD.
SIR,—You are aware that the Liverpool Mercury has
changed its proprietors lately. In some particulars the
change is for the better ; but I fear not in all. ]tit me
call your attention to the remarks last Friday on closing
the Postoffiee on Sunday everywhere : how the editor la-
bours to show how wicked such a coarse would be, using
arguments which have been already frequently answered,
and taking care to put then: forward long after cur grand
public meeting, fearing they would bc answered again
even to annihilation.
The popular voice used to be the great rallying point of
the Mercury ; but in this instance the editor has set it at
defiance.

_ ,urwaruea utrect from trio
hips . _y have crossed the Atlantic, thus escap-
ag the expense of disembarkation and living at Quebec.

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There are wheels within wheels, and the Mercury may
have its reason for supporting postage Sabbath desecra-
tion, thereby keeping thousands of postotlice clerks and
servants, as well as many others, in unnecessary and for-
bidden bondage.
But take another case from the same paper (last Fri-
day's). The editor deipv laments that the proposed
Orphan Boys' School should be attached to the "Church
of England exclusively. This in his eyes is a
grievous
drawback. But may I ask him, or those few who think
with him, what would he have instead ? Would he have
it, like the Mechanics' Institution, with no religion—nay,
no Bible—or would he have it, as used to be advocated
for the Corporation School, with spiritual teachers of
several religions ?
The editor seems to mistake the case. There is no
compulsion to send an orphan to this school ; and if its
friends arc so horrified with the tenets of the Church of
England. they will do well to keep the boy away, and
send him to the Roman Catholic Orphan School, (what!
is there another school in Liverpool where the tenets of
only one religion are acknowledged ?) or persuade the
Unitarians to attach an orphan school to their new chapel
in Hope-street.
I fear very much that if parents and friends of children
took the same view as the Mercury does, many of our
public schools would not be half filled.
Our noble and time-honoured Blue Coat Hospital re-
ceives with open arms children of all denominations, and
I never heard that any evil consequences ensued, either
to them or the public, arising from the fact that they
were brought up in the doctrines of the Church of Eng-
land, and in none other.
The benevolent promoters of the Female Orphan Asy-
lum have bad God's blessing on their labours, and which
their report, now being delivered to the subscribers,
gratefully acknowledges, and all true friends of orphans
will say to them " see that ye go forward," and I greatly
regret that any public journal should say anything less.
I cannot do better than close these remarks with the last
clause from the report I have just referred to :
"Year after year have we abundant reason to render the
homage of thankful hearts to Almighty God Who, ever the
father of His orphan children, continues to venclisafe His
watchful care over this institution ; and may His blessing, thus

enteral

The sum of £B,OOO has been subscribed towards the
erection of a large music or public hall at Bradford.
&t Northampton assizes, last week, there was only one
the civil side and sixty-three barristers.

is received in the Thames Tunnel during the
past year amount to £3,480, and the rents to £906.
No fo wer than five persons died in an awfully sudden

manner at Woree:

in

Birmingham a

It is in contemplation to esta
market for the sale of hides and skins
A coloured butterfly was caught near Halifax, on
Friday

Salomons, charged in London with the assault on
his father's servant girl, has absconded.
Mrs. Jefferson, a lady of fortune, was accidentally
drowned in the river at Fulham on Friday.
Several English schooners have been chartered at the
Azores to convey cargoes of oranges to New York, whence
they have been hitherto excluded.
Last whit

~itst hunting near Coldstream, Mr. Wolfe
Murray's horse's feet went into a ditch, which caused
him to fall and break his collar bone.
Mr. Cobd,m has placed his son under the care of Dr.
Heildenmaer, of Worksop, for the purpose of receiving
his education according to the Pestalozzian system.
The press has lost a worthy member of its executive
department, by the death of Mr. Treleaven, for nearly
forty years reporter to ilia; Exeter Flying Post.
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Lieut. Noble, of the 27th Regiment of Foot, destroyed
himself at Paisley, on Tuesday. He was found suspended
from the stair-rail in his quarters by his own sash.
The screw steamer Grappler, 557 tons and 220 horse-
power, sold out of the service for £550, cost the coun-
try, in building and fititings, £13,035."
Some thieves are stated by the Doncaster Gazette to
have stolen two hires of bees from premises at Brins-
worth, near Rotherham, on Saturday night week.
The Messrs. Marshall, of Leeds, are about to erect a
flax-spinning mill that will rival their famous building at
Holbe:tk

Franklin very properly regards the intelligence
said to have been received at San Francisco of the safety
of Sir John Franklin as utterly devoid of foundation.
The Rev. H. Thompson, rector of Fobbing, in Essex,
while driving home from a Protectionist meeting on Fri-
day, died suddenly in his vehicle.

Fives courts have been ordered to be formed at several
of the barracks in the United Kingdom, with a view to
enable the soldiers to enjoy a healthy pastime during their
leisure hours.

A man named William Vost was married in London
last week, and whilst sitting at his wedding dinner with
his bride and a number of friends was accidentally choked
by a piece of meat which he was eating
At the Central Criminal Cc

rt, London, Elizabeth
Higgens, charged with attempting to drown herself and
three children, was declared not guilty, as labouring
under temporary insanity, She remains in custody.
The Marquis of Londonderry has given the Primitive
Methodists a large piece of land in one of the best situa-
tions at Seaham Harbour, on which to erect a chapel; as
also the stone required for the building.
A Scotch paper mentions that a fishing boat, belonging
to the parish of Barvas, in the Isle of Lewis, was lost in
a gale of wind on the 21st ult. off the Butt of Lewis, and
'' • .

were all drowned

A flock of wild geese, computed to number between 200
and 300, flew over the town of Ulverstone on Saturday
week, about half-past eight in the iirection
from east to west.

It is reported that Mr. Heald, husband of Lola Montes,
is now residing in the house of a medical gentleman at
Westminster, and that he is suffering from an aberration
of mind, and raves about his wife.

While a farmer named Byers was returning home from
Penrith market, on Tuesday week, his cart turned over,
nressed to death by the weight of the fore end

and be was

of the vel