The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-03 00:00:00

Jane 3, 1851.

TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

tag Atuo.

The Postmaster-Gereral has directed a money order
office to be opened at Wavertree.
Mr. Francis Ayrton, of this town, passed his examina-
tion at Apothecaries' Hall on Thursday.
The Birkenhead rioters have been discharged from
Prison, and arrived at Birkenhead on Friday.
A beautiful new clock has been placed in the Town-
hall, Lancaster. It was manufactured by Mr. Condliff
of this town.
The lunatic who lately attacked the Rev. Mr. Pollock in
the Pulpit has been sent to a private asylum, that of Hay-
dock-lodge, by his friend..
The cry of the corncrake a rare bird in this neighbour-
hood, may be heard nightly, in some fields near the mill,
in Higher Tranmere.
On Wednesday a child seven months' old, named John
Gallagher, residing with his parents at No. 19, Shaw's-
alley, died from the effects of a severe scald.
Mr. Bennet Strother, of 35, Bridport-street, while
walking in Finch-street on Friday morning, dropped
down in a fit, and expired ten minutes afterwards.
A failure occurred on the Liverpool Stock Exchange on
Saturday, the liabilities of which are reported to be
£lO,OOO.

Lieut.-Col. Campbell and the officers of the 91st Re-
giment have kindly granted the use of their excellent
band at the Bebington flower show on Thursday week.
Mr. Parker will move, at the Council meeting to-
naorrow, for a grant of £lO,OOO to supply the public
baths with salt water.
Some friends of the Rev. E. Hull, chaplain to the
school for the blind; have presented him with an elegant
sold snuff-box.
In seven days. ending on Wednesday, 143 vessels, with
a tonnage of probably upwards of 70,000 tons, left this
Port, exclusive of multitudes of coasters.
Mr. S. Holme gave evidence on Wednesday, before the
.Sinitbfield Market Committee of the House of Commons,
In favour of the removal of the cattle market.
At the Council meeting to-morrow, Mr. Woodruff will
ask for the appointment of a committee to consider the
Most suitable site for a depot for smothered cattle and
diseased meat.
Sermons on behalf of the Female Orphan Asylum were
preached on Sunday at St. John the Evangelist's, by the
aev. H. H. Higgins and the Rev. Rector Campbell,
d £26 collected.
Mr. flawkesley met the Water Committee on Saturday,
tnelnd his plans and specifications will be presented at the
th-o'aeil meeting to-morrow. The total expenditure for
fa`vington scheme up to the present time is £185,497.
lap aa'ery handsome silver snuff-box, the manufacture of
nip . ''''''a nYer, Lord-street, subscribed for by the praeti al
toters of the Philharmonic Society, has been presented
,a, • Henry Sudlow.
colne offence of child stripping is now practised to a great
chili" in Liverpool. On Saturday no fewer than five
and ren were robbed of their boots and other articles,
a-irevery day many cases are reported to the police.
-41'• Best, the organist, formerly resident in this town,
has been spoken of in very high terms by the editor of
the Athenteum, in connexion with his performance on the
treat organ in the Crystal Palace.
Sll.Pri Tuesday after confirmation, the young ladies of St.
as's Church Schools presented the Rev. Mr. Duck,
curate of that church, with a handsome butter cooler,
Mounted with silver, as a token of their esteem of his
valuable services.
I' °II Monday a fire broke out in the premises of Mr.
rtio tallow chandler, Marybone. Owing to the
ammahle nature of the stock, the building was burned
oven. The Premises were insured for £6OO, and the
Steack for £9OOl
J*. ltecentiv a letter, from Ireland of course, addressed to
puierica, passed through the Liverpool post-office, with
t follow notice above the address:—" This letter te to be returned until it is received by the person to
Whom it is directed."
During the week, from the 12th to the 19th instant, 28 !
vessels entered the Albert Dock, eight with cargoes from '
the East, one from the West Indies, eight from the First Innings.
.second Innings.
United States, four from South America, and the re- L. Rees, b Bevis 9 b G2iffiths 1
raining seven from other places. The total registered T. W. Cook, c Griffiths, b Bevis.. 2 b Bevis
tinage was about 17,000 tons. Bell, b Bevis ll b Griffiths I
b„.4r. J. B. Martin, chief engineer of the Pacific, has Schofield, c Hore, b Griffiths l9 Not out. - 25
,'..c.!! presented, by several of the passengers who sub- Greig, ibw, b Bevis 8 c Jeffreys, b Griffiths.. 9
Cleaton, b Evans 0 c Hore, h Bevis 2
seen
for that purpose, with a complete and handsome Benson, b Griffiths sb H Griffiths 0
rrivllee of plate, tea and coffee-pot, &c., as a testimonial Payne, b Griffiths 7 b Bevis
IL 'lability- The plate is from the manufactory of Mr. Gibson, b Griffiths . . b Bevis
asourg Chur h street Roberts, c Bromfield, b Griffiths sc. Bromfield, b Bevis 2 I‘l, I.: ' c - '.
of
cie Liverpool and Philadelphia screw steam-ship City W. Rees, not. out
Byes 1, wide balls 4 5 Byes, 7 overthrows 6-13
!tsgow, Captain Campbell. with mails from Ph
(ifall'illa of the 15th ult., £29,000 in specie, and 131 ]pas_ Byes
_7,gers, arrived in the Mersey, on Saturday morning,
rer a very fine run, against a constant succession of First Innings.
'asSterlY winds. E. Glover, b Greig
di-E"Nn NORTH -UNION BUILDING SOCIETY.—A J. Evans,io enG,
run out
b W. Rees
aotlper, to celebrate the successful termination of this r
J. Bevis; c Gibson, b Greig..
nacletY, took place at Mr. Whiteman's Brunswick Hotel, A Hore. Greig
dta'_!ednesday. the 28th ult.,—Mr. Joseph Ricker, presi- H. Griffiths, run out .
1,6.5:, in the chair ; Mr. Saul, vice-president. Mr. Wm.
R.
fri•aozmegreoldo,kcbßell,b Greig...
`rl st was the secretary of this society. Greig
An a E. Gaskill, b W. Rees
Si a_ ‘american, writing to the Times, denies that the F. Fox, run out
o,,:us was the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic. He IR. Jeffreys,. not out 4 ves4snois that honour for the Savannah, an American built Byes 4, wide balls
-
and II ProPelled by steam, which arrived at Liverpool,
52
parts which subsequently made several voyages to various A
FALSE ALARM.—As a steady-going, placid old gen-
tleman, Europe The fact is recorded in "Gore's 1„--eora ff •
tleman, of Higher Tranmere, who is very punctual in his
Un V:
habits, was retiring to rest at the respectable hour of ten
Persormariday evening, the band of the .91st Regiment
o'clock on Friday night, he received a shock which quite
great wad ein the Liverpool Botanic Gardens, and, so
unstrung his nerves, and considerably disturbed the
welLds the attraction considered, that upwards of 6,000
of his quiet' mind, for a short time at least.
lYvoaaaaase,adPersons passed the gates and promenaded the equilibrium
putting out .
After
tinlo the g.aadtehis was a much larger number than ever seen
up the window-blind, preparatory to ensconcing himself
Wer sha,„. tis at one time, even upon the occasion of a ~
between the sheets," his attention was drawn to what
gates tO all'. It was found necessary to open the great
appeared to him to be "a house on fire !" The flames
An . yv the egress of the crowd at closing time.seemed to spread with awful rapidity, dense volumes of
0,„ InqUest was held on Saturday, on the body of a smoke rolled up to the wasp"ad the old gentleman was :,-.,-.an named Elizabeth Hudson, who had died under firmly persuaded that there
aa•Pleiouseireumstances, in Tatlock-street, her husband perceptible to his olfactory organ. His heart was at once
in refused to let any of the neighbours see her dur- filled with sympathy for the supposed sufferers by this
411 an illness which resulted in death. A post mortem domestic calamity, who, he had no doubt, would be de- 1
bled from inflammation of the bowels, which might have was succeeded by instinctive fears for the safety of his own
the
remedied had medical assistance been called in ; and abode. In this state of mind he struck a light, and pro-
Ihusband was censured for his neglect. seeded down stairs again to make sure that "all was right"
ine'unlitßENElean DOCKS.—We understand that arrange- below. Having satisfied himself by carefully searching
bo_tas have been entered into by the Trustees of the through every nook and corner, without discovering any
to ec4 of Birkenhead and the Dock Warehouse Company " latent spark" likely to burst into combustion ,—except
docks-operateo for carrying on the outer works of the the usual fire in the kitchen grate, which had been
lsill,en the plans of Mr. Abernethy, C.E., and that a " raked," by the maid before going to bed,—he returned
gnat the purpose is now before Parliament. We con- to his room, provided with his telescope, wherewith to
Pres_ ,e the promoters of Birkenhead on the important enjoy a better view of the " raging element." The win-
araifect these arrangements foreshadow that a deep. dow was thrown open,—the candle was placed upon the
ep4l(l..!ntrance suited to the exigencies of the times will floor, so that its light might not interfere with the pros-
t,„°3' be obtained.—. Albion.
pect—the instrument adjusted and brought to bear on the
/t°l,lttealaclus DUTIES.—Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., has just scene of conflagration, when, to the old gentleman's in-
ar eZ,U. a return of the customs duties last year. In the finite astonishment, the flames were found to proceed
,el,4rg ;ring the sth of January last, the duty on goods from—a brick-kiln !It turned out that in a field ad-
,,,-`l,llis%?fith duty at first landing from the importing joining the new Chester-road the manufacture of bricks
Z`0,3,58t1,760,396 13s 3d. ; on goods warehoused, is going on pretty briskly, and that on the night in ques-
7lree '603 15s. 4d., making the total amount of duty re- tion a quantity of fire-bricks were being burned. These,
'len the nt_; goods imported £22,064,680 Bs. 9d. At Lou- it appears, have to be prepared by a peculiar process,
Poia duty received was £11,095,145 14s. 6d.; at Liver- somewhat differing from the usual method, the bricks
aad'ar-$56,570 7s. 7d.; at Manchester, £271,211 19 7d. composing the " kiln" being piled higher, and a much
1,44,0 -"eweastle, £331,960 13s. Id.
~, greater amount of fuel used. Hence the increased blaze
'tido irnEa ROBBERY FROM A POST LETTER.—tiII which had nearly frightened the old gentleman out of his
the seY, Yilliarn Bent, 13 years of age, an office boy in wits, who this time retired to bed in good earnest, his
streetrlime of Mr. William Lawton Hall, of Hanover- mind relieved from a load of anxiety, and happy in having
letter' ill this town, was charged with having stolen a post so fortunately discovered his mistake.
and a Containing £55 in bank-notes, two bills of exchange, THE LATE T. D. LEWIS, ESQ.—Few men were better
beim, ftn,st-office order for £3 15s. Bd. The prisoner on known in Liverpool than the late Mr. Lewis, the talented
tirde; 'Ken into custody, said he had cashed the post and successful manager of the Theatre-Royal. His many
laitJNo; and the bank-notes and bills of exchange being social and amiable qualities endeared him to a large circle
ed, he had torn them up. The prisoner was corn- of friends; for his upright and honourable conduct lie
.L., u for trial.
vAT.A,
was esteemed by a still more numerous class. Some years
-a. jo, LITy THROUGH THE FIRING OF A SIGNAL-GUN. since Mr. Lewis retired to London, with the view of pass-
, iseek°lll3 Brown, a seaman who was seriously injured last ing the close of his life in the ease which his ampe or-
anotheJ the explosion of the cartridge whilst he and tune justified him in desiring. During this period toff his
hurt man were loading a signal-gun, died on Sunday life Mr. Lewis was never more gratified than when, in his
4114, Isg week. John Fraser, his fellow-seaman, was quiet daily rounds, accident threw in his path some quon-
'Blest 'la is recovering. The coroner's jury held an in- dam Liverpool friend. On such occasions, after a cordial
aceidea°,n Tuesday, and accompanied their verdict, of interchange of the customary salutations, the discourse
Was innutal death, with a presentment to the effect that it invariably turned on Liverpool and its old associations.
habitt '4lnbent on the captains of all vessels who are in the In the dispensation of Providence, Mr. Lewis was removed
0 auger; having salutes fired, to have a competent person from the scene of his earthly anxieties and pleasures, not
Lxntend the work.
quite two years ago • but death found him still mindful of
4114181;11R8 FOR THE CAPE, WEST INDIES, &c.—The the scene of his early' career. He bequeathed no less a
of Good obe forwarded by the contract packets to the Cape sum than £lO,OOO to the different charities of this town.
readeue'd Hope, Sierra Leone, &c., will continue to be To Christ Church Schools he left £1,500, a proof of the
taoetaaP in London on the evening of the 14th of each feelings of attachment with which he regarded the temple
!Ice4etee 7, and in Plymouth on the morning of the 15th, in which lie was early taught the value of religion. The
b when the 14th falls on a Sunday, and on those
laa of°,Ps the mails will be closed in London on the even- mortal remains of his father, mother, and several sisters
11l taeLne 15th, and:in Plymouth on the morning of thel6th lay interred in this church. A surviving sister, resident
in London. has recently caused a very beautiful mural
bail, 0 Month. In future, when the 2nd of the month monument, in memory of her brother, to be placed in the
a sa n
eau unda the West India and Mexican mails will church, as well as one to the memory of their sister, who
tile lid • y'
3rd,.3 in the General Post-office, on the morning of died several years ago. The two monuments are placed
instead of on the night of the Ist, as at present. near to each other, at the extremity of the church, oppo-
irti'llnaaa Ith ni. tea
Monday last the fa.mily of Mr. site the pulpit : they are unpretending in design, of white
sa Mit eia, armer, of Wadworth, numbering altogether Italian marble, and are exquisitely executed. The artist
2,4 tie "l'eeri persons, passed through this town en route is a Londoner. The two tablets were placed in the church
a few aerPool, from which porethey intend embarking in last week. The larger one, in memory of Mr. Lewis, con.
laPlt ele4aYS for America. Mr. Birtwhistle is reputed to be sists of a female figure ; the head inclining, as if in grief.
ieertit,lnd skilful practical agriculturist, and he has oc- In front of this figure, inscribed in the foreground, is the
iNleeaue farm which he has just given up for upwards of following extract from the writings of the poet Gray :
L'arLite ineears, but finding that with all his energy and all " Can storied urn or monumental bust
kSe,t'ilat_tY he could, to use a homely but expressive Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?
be::ljni_/rlei ely
Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust,
" make both ends meet, ' he determined
spestyegourlhs unprofitable occupation before his capital Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
.....,•.,„,haunted and seek his fortune in "the land of the The aat,l,et beneath the figure bears the following inscrip-
aucetaaaanis is not the only instance which has occurred. tion : In perpetual memory of Thomas Denison Lewis.
'roe -.""er Pa
of . tic A... per.
Esq., youngest and last surviving son of the late W.
Ito he aisirr'all'OF WIRRAL UNION.—The census returns Thomas and Henrietta A. Lewis : born Sept. 11, 1787;;
*ail le4 within
Union show that the population has nearly died September 7, 1849. Affectionate in the relations of
hei 1,342 , the last ten years. In 1841 the population son and brother ; constant and true in his friendships ;
het an ja• whilet in 1851 it has increased to 57,598 munificent, .yet discriminating, in his charities • respected
1 nntea
:......nerease of
desteemed' by all .
R•Sebs. y, iK3, Birkenhacquaintance, an
26,252. The population is thus dis- by a large circle of .
ead, 24,146; Tranmere, 6,516.; Wal- knew him. This marble is erected by a beloved sister,
:in!' 4,048 ;42 vessels in dock, 110; Burton 467 a Nes- who `sorrows not without hope.' 1851." The other
272, , taidusioHesivall, ,657; Eastham, 2,487; 'Bromboro, monument is rather smaller. The emblematical portion
141 leßest. Kirby, 1
?276; n' 1,533 ; Bebington, 3,490 ; Woodehureh, consists simply of an urn, over which a_bLancalciroed I
,966 ; Thurstaston, 142 ; Upton, reclines. The inscription is as follows :
JS
or. willow
411.0114ediaten Increase has been chiefly in Birkenhead and its memory of Henrietta Lenthal Lewis ; born,
.uly -a, oe,
'll 8' 40 nnalitY• In the agricultural districts, the re- died February 11, 1842. To record the virtues of. the
t e.POp ,t 1 the whole, may be taken to show a decrease. most dutiful of daughters, the most affectionate of sisters,
fill appear to of Birkenhead, in 1841, was 8,217, so that and the most benevolent of ft/ends,
family,Rosa F
gin''llaat 'to have increased three-fold. been erected by the last survivor of the
„.,,
A.
ae, l'a'xiaa p this monument has
tarails, nu , 11F:se:ea.—St. Bartholomew's confirma- Lewis. 1851. She is not dead, but sieepeth.
e last aid's, prtnuenng 103 persons, after returning from third monument will shortly be erected in memory of
Ilhea taraeti esented as a memento that they apPreciated another sister ; the church also contains monuments in
?'al' 'n foll".mParted to them by the Rev. l'• Robin- remembrance of the father sand mckher of this amiable
lilt/at Eielewia,ng,books :—A beautiful- copy of Bagster's family.
yalwarten,. ~aannaet's Dictionary, Bind three volumes of GOING TO rue EXHIBITION.—The people in Lamm-
e awe f,„, ' "I yin Legation,
e Before presenting these shire and Cheshire who are going to the Crystal Palace
thZelaa.7tittionials, an address was read by Mr. Milburn, will, on Monday next, have an advantage hardly afforded
csitit
witizr of the 1
h , "Ss, expressing their gratitude to elsewhere, for the cheap trains will be under the direction
tte nal coad.r.aaving awakened them- to a sense of their of Mr. Marcus, who has for several years conducted these
a_ ala.; aeition and
V''"e bo ase unto . : . as a father in Christ having made things, not only. without accident, but without blame.
ent t.," were ' '
a ration. After these and other remarks Railway companies and railway passengers lia,ve alike
e. th --enner offered. • The rev gentlemen, in an elo- complimented him ; and it is fortunate, at a time when
eft. urne his sincere fee air°, and titPatiated upon the several dutes required all the world are going to London, that they will be cam-
eneere thaWif fox their unme- 1 witted to the care of one 50 experienced, fpreful, arid
1 polite.

VICTORIA.

Secohd Innings,
11 c and b Greig
. 5 b Greig
1 b nV. Rees
O b W. Rees
3 b W. Rees
13 c Greig, b Bell
O b W. Rees
O Run out.
10 b W. Rees
O b W. Rees
1 Not out
8 Byes 2, wide balls 3,

troll
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ellimEcOw
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dee7s uTEahl Tawri:seAdeakGyl y,S..iviAm
rerl.eogtnßaiongogaddkoissifcpauet
shri
ft;
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.-On Thursday the 8141 PS, COLONIES, AND COMMERCE. equally to protect our SHIPS and our COLONIES, and,
annual examination of the children belonging to this use- - above all, the labour market of our artisans, mechanics, ifititiire anb I?ortirulture.
ful institution took place in the lecture-room of the Royal On Thursday evening, Mr. Jonathan runean delivered and labourers. (Applause.) Noes Protection really The pendulum experiment for demonstrating the pheno-
Institution, Colquitt-street. The audience, which COM- a lecture in the Toxteth Hall, on " Ships, Colonies, and meant remunerating rents, profits, and wages ; and by rueetenoneorffetchtuaarth'tsattitioenhasannodwr,bheileonsubrhoiucgahltstaoccioamty:
prised many ladies and gentlemen of the highest respect- Commerce, as operated upon by our present monetary remunerating prices th.ey were to understand a ri.se of I
aPt the Sailor's Home. Tlaierysixtv feet pendulum now chiaalifr. Whe omamiree
arl
11,veortirremmended that
ability, appeared to take a warm interest in the proceed- .and commergial laws." William Fisher, jun., Esq., was prices up to the taxation. level as contra-distinemshed
vibrates over a concave table which is divided by lines morietted topelizliensytoill'qu eoa n tyhe dock quaysg.
hies. The children went through their exercises very In the chair, and addressed a few appropriate nemaeks to from the barter level. This led him to explain the Man-
in,to 360
.degeees, so.efute its exiiilct divergence from the sion ensued, the legality of the charge being questioned,
plane ot its first oscillation can e exactly seen. Dr. D.
satisfactorily, and Mr. Rhind, the principal, fully explained the audience on the important subject which had called chester doctrine of cheapness, which was reported in the
Ultimately the recommendation was sent back to the
the mode of tuition, and entered into numerous details them together. STANDARD of last Tuesday, and which, therefore, we
P. Thompson and Mr. Hartnup are in daily attendance committee After the roceedings of the master tort '
explaining the 'principles of this interesting experiment.
re
eosmp
erne lei Ilene ers
evincing the proficiency and intelligence of the pupils. Mr. JAMES HARVEY spoke briefly but emphatically in need not here repea.t ; but we must observe, that on the
c,senevraespipodn,
osfomthee claownv,earasadtiaonp taopoa'klapgleatceie
The Rev. Rector Campbell concluded by reading some favoue of Mr. Duncan's system being adopted for the pro- present occasion this part of the subject was illustrated
We cannot too highly praise the liberality-of the Liver-
commendatory le secution of the Rivington Pike scheme and other local
tters from the employers of various . , . . .
by some beautifully-executed diagrams, showing that,
*Bharedenb
pupils who had left the school, and said that Mr. Rhind extensive works.
I b
with a limited currency, the reward or wages of a our pool Literary and Philosophical Society, which has, at its letter fro h f d h '
m t at person was re erre to t e master porters
was entitled to all praise for hit. persevering energy. • declined exactly in proportion as labour created more
Mr. ROBERT Jorirs, an operative, ably addressed his , . . own expense, supplied the apparatus, and now gives the conimittee --A letter was then read in connection with,
sum charged for admission, without reserve to the Sailors' h * ' • fle st vedo •
t e repent application ot i e res in the Council.'
Some fancy-work made by the female pupils WRS after- fellow-workmen, and shewed that with our present sup. rtoduce, so that the !more Industrious the working classes
H Th dl tt lb t d
ome. e pen uum appears o rave aou one egree Mr. Fisher, Mr 1 ockets, and several others expressed
wards offered for sale, after which the audience separated, Ply of money the labourers must continue unemployed, becamr, the more they
.were punisl.Td„ . For instan.ce, .
assumin that one soverei n w f r creatin
evidently gratified at the interesting examination at which He contended that the question before them was of g g ere a fair price o g .
fi ' t d • th• l t't d 11 f 't • • •• - . A . •
in Ye minu es, an in is aiu e wt per orm i s jour- their opinion that the subiect of the letter was one with
they had been present. greater consequence than a cheap loaf-which they could a commodity, then five sovereigns would be a fair price 29h 50 When left in motion, and the doors • ' - .
ney in . na.
which the committee could not meddls.
locked it was found to have traversed 150° when the T p
OUT-DOOR PREACHING.-Some time ago, an arrange- not purchase withput employment-which could not be for creating five of such commodities • but if stimulated ,_ , . TIE OWDER MAGAZINES.-A meeting of gentlemen
went was made amongst the established clergy of this given without an increase of money. industry created a fivefold produce, arid an act of parli a° . b •I ' '
a. ors were again opened and to e stil in motion. The connected it
w h property at the south end of the town was
town, to devote themselves to open air preaching in order ' went rohibited aro ortionate incr.
Mr. Duncan, who was received with loud applause, P . .1) P ease of money, then magnetic meridian Is found to have no perceptible effect held ithCl d ft Th da t • '
n e aren on ooms, on urs y,. o ippose the
u on the endulum and the demonstration of the earth's
to the evangelisation of the poorer classes. Several mi- commenced by observing that before the pernicious the five commodities, all other circumstances remaining P repdolval of the powder magazines from Liscard, to the
rotation iPs consider'ed perfect and complete. The best
nisters have already commenced. On Friday evening doctrines of the utilitarian school of political economy equal and the same, must be exchanged for one sovereign ; 130 dth e of the Mersey, opposite Tosteth Park and Aig-
ractical illustration of the experiment is furnished by .1
, week the Rev. S. Minton delivered an impressive sermon had influenced British legislation, " Ships, Colonies, and in which case the reward of labour fell from twenty shit- It was argued with considerable force, that not
sPmall circular table with a revolving top, on which is 017 •
,to the crowds who, unable to gain admission to St. John's Commetee" were the watchwords of nationality and lings to four shillings, and thus it was that the familiar n yiwould the magazines be brought into contact with a
fixed at i dof feu' feet hi h from this a small ball is
Church to hear the lecture by the Rev. J. B• Lowe, re- Patriotism ; but after the battle of Waterloo new doe- cry of " the rich becoming richer and the poor poorer"
spen 17° r there ntre gof ;the table, which, like the amauc i larger population, but that in relieving- the smaller
mained in the yard outside. It is understood that the trines were broached in Parliament, and the MONIED became a palpable
ltruth, capable of the most rigid de-
suendultuem oovsecillates ine an iven plane, and continues to guarnboewrdoefr ijihabitants at Liscard, who had followed the
Rev. F. Barker, of Edge-hill. the Rev. H. M. Mosse, and POWER aimed at rendering itself dominant. When we rnonetratien. (App ause.). Now the only remedy for 1!
do s h ' th 'olyign table and tripod may be sane% t a oepot, elle proposed bill would bring the nui-
Dr. M`Neile, have also gone out into the " highways and declared war against revolutionary France, it became this injustice was to permit money to expand exactly in .
meet. owever e res v g o p pulation of 100,000, whose concurrence had
hedges," and that other ministers are about to follow necessary to increase taxation, and as this became impos. proportion as
.commodities increased, for by this alone tu d never been solicited. It was fur h
t er urged that the bill
their ex.tmple.-On Friday evening the Rev. Dr. M`Neile sible in gold money, Mr. Pitt suspended cash payments ld the parity of relation between the instrument of LIVERPOOL AND THE EXHIBITION. confirmed and perpetuated the monopoly of the present
eouh
dth d" ie b The Prince of the Netherlands, who has lately honoured lessees in the trade. A
preached, in St. John's Church, on " Repentance for and substituted paper money. As taxation increased, exc ange an r e commo it s. to e exchanged be pre-
petition embolying these views
our town with a visit, in compan with the Prince of was adopted, and a d
Sin," in answer to Dr. Cahill's sermon. The church was his paper money fell in its purchasing power over corn- served.
hDea neasss wiass no evil to the working man, eputation consisting of J. A. Tinne,
Prussia assured his Worshi the Mayyor that his desire to Esq', T. E. Moss, E
again crowded ; and such an immense mass of persons modities, and this fall is usually expressed hy the word whose la oil!
rew 0 h sole capital, and whose whole
tlderman J. B. Moore, was
see Liver 00l arose from aPn ins ection of the splendid appo*inted to act on begnifaol
were, in addition, assembled in the churchyard, that they " depreciation." The paper pound at the close of the income consis d
dfaewages. For it was clear that every
Model of the Docks and Town which he had seen in the SELECT VESTRY.-The usuta; frneeting*
were gathered into three groups, one of which was ad- war was only worth about thirteen shillings in silver ; but wolking man pro. e.df much more than he consumed.
ortnightly meeting was
dressed by the Rev. S. Minton, another by the Rev. J. in 1819 Parliament determined to resume cash payme t This would be obvious iwe reflected as an extreme case Ctl P l Th 1 l •tt 1 h ser hld Tu ad th R R
rys a a ace. e oca commt ee um er w ose up - e on es ay, e ey. ector Campbell presiding
B. Lowe, and the third by the Rev. R. W. Wolseley, and the pound was raised to twenty shillings. By this
n.s, ' ' intend th 11 'lf L• • 1 and the Collection of The Finance Committee recommended s.
on the manufacture of steel pens and lucifer matches. , ence e s oae o iserpoo
that the Chairman
curate of St. John's.-The Rev. S. Minton will deliver a act fifty per cent. was really added to the effective weight But only let it be assumed that the working man produced T.! ts were made have resolved to resent these valu- should place himself in communication •
with the members
lecture at St. Paul's Church, on Thursday evening, on and. pressure of the National Debt. (Hear, hear.) five articles, of which he consumed one, and sold four. Let , . „
ablrleontributio 1 'to the Co •1)
f I r ose of for the boron h and ont d i h
1 s rporatertn, or t ielu p . . . g
.... c. 9 !,. an. w t other members of
the Roman Catholic doctrine of " Intention." . Taking the interest of the debt, at the close of the war, us now contrast cheapness and dearness. If things are 'orming the commencem.ent of a Muset . T
im hey have constituencies attectee by Irish immigration, with a view
CONSECRATION.-On Thursday the new church of St. at thirty millions in paper money, this interest was paid a v that each of the five things sells for one shil
cheap, .a, • _ cost about £1,600, of which £7OO has bcen subscribed bY to the amendment of Mr. Labouchere's Irish Steam
Stephen the Martyr, Crown-street, was consecrated by in five million ounces of gold ; but since the act of 1819 ling, of which the producer, as a consumer, consumes one, seven e tle i h I 1 f d a
f d bg n 1
• ahen wo. vo untari y orme guairte . .
e Navigation Bill introduced into tbe house -In
, - • reply to
the Lord Bishop of Chester, assisted by a numerous body has been in force, it takes seven millions and a half or a shilling, and sells the four, for which he gets four un. ,h yw ne the project was saved from total failure, a communic,tion from Mr. G. J. Jackson, of Castle-
of the local clergy. The congregation was highly re- ounces of gold to pay the annual interest. As this coun- shillings. But let prices rise to two shillings, then.the d
a.n t e credit of the town vindicated. The only stipule- street, asking the Vestry to assist a poor Germanwoman,
spectable, and the church was crowded. Amongst those try does not produce gold, we are compelled to buy it of working man consumes two shillings, but he gets eight tion to be made by the committee is, that the money thus with seven children, to emigrate to New York, word had
present were the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, of Chester, the foreigner with the products of our labour, and are shillings for what he sells. He therefore is as well off advanced should be repaid to those gentlemen-the been sent by the committee that they were prohibited by
the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, now obliged to give 50 per cent. more of those products with dearness as with cheapness. In fact, it is obvious town would then possess property worth £9OO more than law from doing so. The proceedings were confirmed, and
the Rev. Mr. Anderson, incumbent, late chaplain to pay the dividends of the fundi older than we gave before that cheap produce must mean depreciated labour, since the sum given. Had it not been necessary to call upon cheques authorised to be drawn upon the treasurer for
of the Workhouse, and a large body of the local cash payments were resumed. But if we assume that it is labour that creates all produce, and is the real source the guarantees for the sum of £7OO, the whole would £5,061 and £5,029 respectively.-The Workhouse Com-
clergy. The usual consecration service having been read the interest was paid in corn, the iniquity of the system of all wealth. Cheapness alone benefits the idle rich, who have been given up to the town unreservedly. We sin- mittee reported 2,008 inmates, against 1,669 in the corre-
by the bishop, the Rev. Mr. Barker, of Edge-hill, read may be made plain by another mode of illustration. consume but never produce ; for a fall in the price of c%reelyffehropie niotthinglijilleinducettlie coriporatieont toi neglect sponding week of last year ; the admissions to the vagrant
the lessons, and the Rev. Mr. Anderson the prayers. During the war the average price of a quarter of wheat commodities is equivalent to a rise in the purchasing th
to let a v;orolic. of wrotulike tl an ederinoai agerac
10 tle town sheds during the last week had been 502 males, 277
His lordship preached the consecration sermon, taking for the whole period was eighty shillings ; since the free power of money. If, however, the Manchester school ~ . a . le mo e rpo..a pass ow:ay !females,
.and 89 children.-A return was read (included
his text from, the second Chronicles, chap. ii, v,. 40:- import of foreign grain has been admitted, the price has still persist, after reexamining their doctrine in a spirit of from the town ;of its value werceed say nothing • the in- in the minutes of the M •
edical Relief Committee) of the
"Now, my God. let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, been undfr. forty shillings ; during the war, therefore, the cando.ur, trbuth, patriotisr2, and !Ailanthropy, that cheap- cessant praise of the metropolitan journals, and' the im- c tof he D's
' pensaries for the year ending 31st Decem-
portance it has attained in the Exhibition, have decided beers, 185t0.
and let thine ears be attent to the prayer that is made. in annual dividends to the public fundholder would have ness is a enefit to the industrious classes, how do they .
It may be summed up as follows :-Kent-
een di.cha ed b the deliver of 5 0
y 7, 0 ,000 quarters of O 9unt for the eople of Ireland fleein from their father- i s meri s.
t 't
street £353 Os. 6d. ; Burlin ton str
g -- eet, .£446 16s. 7d,
this place." His lordship, in the course of an eloquent
b h 2b rg
• yf
• I ced
as fro pll 1 1 g •d • The executive committee of the Great Industrial Exhi- Mount- l t £203
and impressive sermon, reviewed the history of Christi- w eet , ut since (reign corn has been admitted it has an m a pes i ence,
.w iere. c leanness is omit-lent,
p easen , ss. ld.. The proceedings,
mred 15 000 000 quarters of wheat to eatiefy the claims
anity from its earliest introduction into this country down refq . ! ! . - - where wages are at the famine point and where thous Inds bition have applied to th NI fL' 1 f 'lk '
e . ayor o iverpoo or asi en some discussion upon the Propriety of dispe- 's
to the present time, noticing the institution of parishes o tne national creditor. (Hear, hear.) The general h d d •
ave ragge on a wretched existence by eating sea-weed .
' banner emblazoned with the arms of the twt be h •th fh• • • ' - ''3
on. o un.g wi. one ot e institutions, were confirmed. er t.
and their sub•divisions as population increased. He then .
effect of the resumption of cash payments was to drag all and nettles ? Or, what may be more pertinent to Man- e
tl t h d 1 1.,*
in ie gr a nave over temo e of iverpool. The Fi- miscellaneous business, a motion of Mr. Woodi. 's,
rices down from the t t• t th b t 1 l d cheater why do its n s d't • ts s
referred to the period of the Reformation, showing that P . axe lon o e ar er eve ,an • - , . ew papers an i s price-currin o , ~
nance Committee have agreed to recommend it to the the y rinting of the
, annual accounts of the parish, was
no new church had been established, but the church this of course lowered all profits and wages. Great dis- frequently complain of low prices of yarn and fabrics, ‘-'ouncii.
agreed to.
of England got rid at that time of many serious evils contents broke out, and Government,. alarmed at the since if cheap wages are good for the working man, cbeap - - , BIRKENHEAD RATES.-On Friday evening, a meeting
which previously existed in the church. After the sermon consequences of its own folly and ashamed to csnfess the profits ought surely to be an advantage to those who ern
Th efi rst hillvii
OOLTON
IFLOWER SHOW. of ratepayers of Birkenheed was held in the Craven-rooms,
a collection was made, and the sum of £62 9s. 11d. was error it had committed, sought to afford-relief by intro. Ploy them ? (Hear, hear.) Brought to this test, Man-
TI d ld on
ex . tion o.f tle Woolton Society Was he . for the purpose of nominating seven persons ,to fill the
realised towards the endowment of the church. ducing the principle of universal cheapness by th chester itself furnishes abundant and frequent proof that
e agency iurs ay last in a spacious tent well supplied with speci- office of commissioners in the room of those who retire by
CRICKET.-On Saturday last, a match was played of foreign competition. The silk weavers of Spitalfields cheapness may be carried to an injurious extreme; and mens for the exhibition. The company was very select, rotation Mr James Hi ht
g on was called to the chair,
between the Liver and the Birkenhead Victoria Cricket were among the earliest victims of this new policy, and' the philosophical rule to be fairly inferred from the ad- and the day being fine th at' 1. tffst• f t 1 ** * •
The Woolton Villa e Baend ao s wenattoend ais seder' y. and having stated the object of the meeting, Mr. Bailiff
Clubs, on the ground of the former, near the Prince's- some relaxation of the navigation laws was effected by mission is, that wherever prices fall from the taxation to formed very creditagbl Thewaton . . erica_ an
_per- proposed
.the firpt reFolution, which was as follows :-
1 'lowing is a list of the " Tnat this meeting highly disapproves of the conduct of
park, which resulted, after a hard struggle, in favour of Mr. Huskisson. Since that period we have been extending the barter level, cheapness is an evil both to the employer
rizes awarded :- y.
the Liver, by a majority of 33 runs. The batting of the principle of free trade in all directions, excepting in and the employed ; for when this occurs, all taxes are paid 'l' certain of the commissioners of Birkenhead in attempting,
NU - SERYME N.
in defiance of the wishes of the ratepayers, to levy a new
Schofield for the Liver, and Griffiths for the Victoria, was money, and the Act of 1844 was passed to make more by labour, whether of the hand or the head, and property Ist Prize-T. Davies and Co., Wavertree, for Chironiti
very much admired ;as also was the " round" bowling cruelly stringent the Act of 1819. While Peel was. is wholly exempted from any share of fiscal burdens. glutinosa, Erica Cavendishii, E. ventricosa minor, E. inter- rate on the very eve of the election of commissioners,
of Mr. William Rees, for the Liver, particularly in the promising us more trade, he contracted the monied in- This division of the subject was also illustrated by a dia. media, E. perspicua nana ; Pelargoniums-Exquisite, Rein de such practically disfranchising a large majority of the
second innings of the Victoria, when it proved most struments in which alone trade is carried on, and such a gram, explaining the difference between the taxation and francais, and Jenny Lindfyremandra(tetratheca) Verticillata, ratepayers." Mr. Gough seconded the motion, which,
effective in lowering his opponents' wickets. This young course is as irrational aieto invite our merchants to intro- the barter level; and we recommend Mr. Duncan always Ei
moshirY&lnicePollartlrawriramrleAluizariaanedoctihneeeianLceyschenanitia. for- after some ob.servations by Mr. Craven and Mr. Towns-
gentleman has a very good " style," and no doubt, after duce more goods into Liverpool, and at the same time to to use diagrams, as they make his reasoning immediately Annals and Statuiski. 1 ' Pelargoniums end, was carried by a large majority.-Mr. Townsend pro-
a few years' practice, he will rank " first-rate" among prohibit their increasing the warehouses in which and clearly understood by his hearers, as was the case on 2nd Prize- Mr. George Davies, of Green-lane NurserY, posed the following resolution :-" That Mr. John Laird
our local players. The day was beautifully fine, and the goods must be deposited. (Hear, and applause.) this occasion. Mr. Duncan concluded by pointing out Tuebrook, for Eriostemon huxifolium, Erica ventricosa lireri- having advanced a claim against the commissioners of
there were a large number of spectators. The following ADAM SMITH pronounced our Navigation Laws the 'the bountiful provision which the Deity had made for all flora, E. V. superba, E. hybrids, E. odorta, E. Sprengetia. L. Birkenhead for pecuniary compensation to a large amount
is the score of each club :- noblest and wisest monument of British legislation. the wants and comforts of the human race in the three intermedia and E. vestita rosea, Polygala cordate, Oxyloblurri on account of their having sold land in Birkenhead-park
LIVER. They were enacted be Oliver Cromwell, and respected at kingdoms of nature-the animal, the vegetable, and the capitatune six Calccolarius aml six Cinerarias.
Charle 0.
s Wilson, Esq., (Mr. Thomas, bardener,) Ist
,anod upon conditions approved by himself as a commissioner.
the restoration of Cliarles the Second. Under their pro- mineral; that He had given man power to subdue the 2dTporize fo' and such claim being disputed by the commissioners, and
tective influence our fleets covered the ocean, and enabled 'earth and all that it contains, and convert its whole ceras reflexra is pgercei
emn e. Li
osut
seer ep palna I ist sfs
tI, x ,g,
acnote.tir
faonrdpiCnylele likely to become the subject of legal investigation, it is the
' us to establish colonies in every sea. From Blake to raw material to his use; and from this unfailing bounty, Neippergiana, Azalia variegata and Erica Cavendisliii-lst for opinion of this meeting that, while that question is pend-
Nelson we had been victorious over all our enemies, but thus munificently bestowed, he deduced that human pri. four Eetargoniums, viz., Bouquet toul Fait, Lady Ri% ers, Queen ing, Mr. John Laird cannot, with propriety. act as a com-
we have now entered upon the rash experiment of yations and destitutions were the result of human error 'Victoria, and Ytolinski ;2d for three Azalias, and let for Pine- missioner of Birkenhead." Mr. Hughes seconded the
changing a system recommended by the experience of and human selfishness ; that God had been just to man, Pi! ts
a rolen. Aliso E M
H, i . motion, which was carried.-The following gentlemen
two centuries, and have offered to foreigners a trade but man had been unjust to his brother. He then as- e
eouse plant Iro'isl'serrri'llatall ,ys it-daennA,cl iiodr pjiinzeerfaori;aGareelnst- were then nominated as fit and proper candidates at the
that truly belongs to our own people. (Loud applause.) sailed the fallacies of over-production, overtrading, and tor twelve cut roses ;2d for tvventy-four cut roses ;2d for ;four election this day. Messrs. J. Ravenacroft, James
We have forty colonies : the United States have none. overpopulation, denying that there could be any overpro- Ericas ; D
--. PYriformis, E. odorata, E. Beatunontia and E. lighten, Richard Hughes, Charles Cook, Wm. Graham,
We allow the Americans to trade to our colonies : they duction until every man, woman, and child, had more of Vernix ; Ist for three Azalias ; Ist for basket of cut Flovvers; and John Craven.
cannot give us any equivalent, not possessing any colonies, the good things of life than they could consume, which tisstafaonry2a,c4c_aonods ist fo.r white Grapes, Peaches, Strawberries, HEALTH Costsinzsree.-At the weekly meeting on
G bernes, Currants r B n d
, F ench ea s, an 2d for Thursday, Mr. Parker iu the chair, after the reports on
-so that all reciprocity is here out of the question. Such condition had never been recorded by history ; that over- t '
Asparagus. e
a bargain is an act of commercial suicide. In the bill that trading was equally fictitious, since it could never exist To S. R. Healey, Esq., (Mr. Askew, gardenero lst for stove buildings and nuisances had been read, the medical officer
repealed the navigation laws, we exclude foreigners from till all human wants were amply satiated ; and as to over- plant (boys carnosa) •2d for basket of plants, (this basket was reported the mortality of the borough during the week
our coasting trade, and the Americans exclude us from population, he affirmed that an excess of people where remarksbly well made up, and contained some good plants); ending the 24th instant, amounting to 203, showing an
their coasting trade. In consequence of this exception, . goods were not sold was a contradiction in terms; that if Isst
atoraro.suers.ruschias ;2d for apples; Ist fox rhubarb; and Ist for excess of seventeen over that of the previous week, and
no British ship can take a cargo from New York to Cali- every hand was capable of being a producer, every mouth a Pe,o t'
Mrs. Joseph Ashton, (Mr. Hyslop, gardener,)l,t for four seven over the average mortality of the same week of the
fornia, now annexed to the States. (Hear, hear.) The was capable of being a consumer; and therefore, that ericas, eventricoso superba, roma, coccinea, and e. brevillora ; three preceding years. The prevalent diseases were those
freight from New York to California is 48 per ton ; • the Owing to God's bounty there never could be a deficiency 4th for stove plant (lipiphyllum Jenkinsomi); 3d for pelargo- of the lungs, scarlet fever, and small-pox, while zymotic
American is well Paid with this, even though he should of the raw material, and owing to the implanted desires Ilium t• Isl for basket of plants; Ist for twenty-four pansies . diseases had decreased. The rainfall was one-third of an
return in ballast ; but instead of so returning he can run and appetites of mankind there never could be a natural 2d for tuschias ;2d for black grapes ;2d for cucumbers ; anei inch.-From a report by the Borough Engineer, it ap-
to Canton and bring to Liverpool or London a cargo of limit to consumption, since those desires and appetites Isrfoorr si;ci rcirti7ile.nngioxts._ s peered that 162,000 gallons of water per day had been
~ E q (Mr. Hughe ,e rd )2d for.
tea-(cheers)-and whatever freight he gets is additional were insatiable. The fallacies referred to, therefore, all pelargoniums; Ist and 2d ar white cabbsageb;a Isetn;ori curled used during the past week in watering the streets.-A
profit,-so that he will take twenty shillings a ton from originated in an underproduction of money, money being parsley. long discussion took place respecting a building erected
Canton to England-and thus ruin all British ships the instrument of exchange and distribution, for produc- To Ambrose Lace, Esq., (Mr. Houlgrave, gardener,) 3d for in Tithebarn-street, for a spirit-vaults, by Mr. Godfrey.
engaged in the China trade. (Load cries of hear, hear.) tion was arrested when distribution ceased. But it was four ericas ;ed for basket of plants; Ist for calceolarias ;3d for It projected three or four inches over the street line, but
Mr. Duncan then quoted some startling proofs of the in the power of man to construct any instrument of ex- potatoes; 2d for rhubarb; Ist for lettuce; Ist and 2d for as the law allowed a projection for shop-fronts the ques-
decline in British freights from the June number of change that he pleased ; if he limited that instrument, mushrooms. tion was whether this came within the definition. The
To Mr. T. Hamer, 2d for basket of cut flowers and Ist apples
Blackwood's Magazine. [These we have given in an and periodically, in cycles of five to six years, offered the To Mr. Jas. Hamer, ist for hardy herbaceous plant. • Town-clerk and Borough Engineer were in doubt on the
article in another column.] He then referred to the foreigner a premium to abstract it as the cheapest corn- To Miss Simpson, (Mr. Sinnott, gardener,) Ist for pears, 2d subject, but Mr. Wightinan, the surveyor, being consulted,
amount of capital invested and expended in British men. modity in the market, human misery, thus resulting, was for gooseberries, and 2d for currants. the projection was allowed.-The Chairman announced
eantile shipping, citing as his authority W. J. Mitchell, the act of human legislation, not designed by God, who '
ro Mr. John Longton, Ist and 2d for Potatoes ; 3d for that he intended to move in the Council for the introduc-
of Leith. It appears that in 1848 the tonnage of British willed the happiness of our race, and had prepared the Rhubarb.
tion of salt water to the baths. The Borough Engineer
shipping was 3,817,112 ; the number of seamen, 229,275 ; earth as a fitting habitation for His creatures, by the won- .
To Thomas Riding, cottager, Ist for the best Collection of had been in communication with Mr. Hartley. who gave
Vegetables, and the two best %I indsor Plants.
capital invested in ships, £38,171,120 ;in trades connected drous combination of perfect power, guided by perfect some outline as to an arranoetnent. The florough En-
with shipping, X 15,983,607 ; artisans, ecc., employed in wisdom, both prompted to action by perfect benevolence. To Ambrose Lace, Er'sqx.T,RtorPNeztEhs,:a as-toe-ea sixteen feet gineer saYs that for £lO,OOO 'we can get salt water to an
shipbuilding, 79,517 men ; expended in building ships He therefore called upon society in all its grades, from , hip in pot.
elevated tank at the top of the town, and su .ipl all the
and repairs, £10,722,538, of which £4,968,104 are paid in the pulpit of the clergyman, the counting-house of the re S. R. Healey, Esq., for Neriuin splendens, well flowered. baths with any quantit they •h. t Illy F
want. i r. erni-
wages ; the freights earned were, £28,628,290 ; and the merchant, the building-yard of the shipowner, and from To the Rev. S. -it. Phillips, for a pan of Anemmies, and a pan bough said that bat hs w oyu ldno t °I
oi gn
l
wages and victualling of seamen, £9,218,806. This the senate-house of our representatives, to study the ne- of Ranunculuses. y pay the interest on
their cost, but also on the £lO,OOO. Mr. Newlands said
gigantic interest was to be exposed to peril, for the pur- glected and hitherto perverted science of money, that The Child - •
wall Flower-show, which, from its superior they would ay the princi • ' -
s •srl th 13
• - pal in six years. Mr. Chalmer
pose of procuring cheap freights by foreign competition. through its reformed instrumentality we may keep labour at . e public had a right to such expenditure. The
excellence and the beauty of the locality in which it is
And what would be the gain to the consumer if our constantly employed and honestly rewarded, and elevate Council had sold one lot of the shore for which they
held, has deserved! become a favourite amuseme t, will
shipowners were sacrificed to this insane policy ? The the universal platform of our common humanity by re• n received £240,000, and deprived the inhabitants of their
take lace this earyon the 19th of June
freight on cotton, if reduced 4-d. per lb., might reduce the jecting class legislation in every form, by adapting the in- WP uld diye tth tt t: f * de t ad- rights thereto. The Council five years ago passed a reso-
price of cotton goods one-fifth of a farthing per yard. strument of exchange to the powers of production. The vertiseewmoent in arneethear ac
o leunmi no n roe s
poeuerti rn e.
ra r
th e inn taenn de d lution in favour of salt water baths, and he thought they
The freight on wool, if reduced .-4d. per lb., may reduce lecture lasted about three hours, when a vote of thanks had a just claim to a sem of money which was voted some
rand Floral, Horticultural. and A ricultural Ex osition
the price of flannel one-third of a 4d. per yard, and coats was given, amid much applause, to the lecturer and the agt Tare' 1. • •
in-ha i. So extensively is this novel proposition
g. Is , . years ago. The great majority of the committee agreed
ld. each. The freight on tea, if reduced 4-d. per lb., may chairman.
to support the chairman in his application.
reduce the price of tea Id. per lb. (Hear, hear.) It is - supported, that arrangements have been made to have
--..e..--,....e..=
trucks provided on all the great trunk lines of railway for
curious to observe the contradictions involved in our new B 15trirt lath) 5 . the conveyance of the specimens. The London exhibitors
-DARING INFRINGEMENT UPON LIBERTY OF SPEECH !
legislative processes. The importation of mahogany, I
In Forbes's Dahomey and the Dahomans we are in-
.....___.,_____
alone have promised to fill several trucks • whilst Paul
rosewood, and satinwood, used for the superior kinds of '
' • ' formed that if a cock crows in the highway, it is forfeited
A bunch of ripe red currants, grown in the open air, Riv • .
ers, Cheer, &Hey, and a number of other eminent
domestic furniture in the houses of the rich, is free of was plucked in a garden at Preston last week. r wers will send lar e quantities of the roduce for which
• to the tax-gatherer, and, consequently, on the whole dis-
duty ; but the oak, required by the shipbuilder, is heavily The population of the township of Manchester is 89 '32 ghe 1 b d g p tance from Abolimey to Whydah, these cocks are muz-
t ey are ce e rate .
taxed. The duty charged on the raw material of oak males, -and 97,255 females ; total, 186,987, bein 'd
g an zled.
timber ranges from 50 to 75 per cent. ad valorem ; but if increase of 23,320 since /841.
WORDSWORTH'S DEATH-BED.----On or about this day,
the oak is manufactured into a book-case, or any cabinet m T ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mrs. Wordsworth, with a view of letting him know
aHE LATE MURDER AT LEIGH.-Nothing has tran- J. C. Bell.-Ca tain Bo Ibbe -h d•
p _ a scawen tson was t e is-
what the opinion of his medical advisers was concerning
ware, the duty is only 10 per cent. ad valorem. In spired which tends to unravel the mystery hangine over co h
verer of t e method of preserving the forms of flowers .
his case said gently to him, " William, you are going tO
Norway, the finest and most durable timber, fitted this murder.
by means of the electrotype
Dora" ('his daughter who had died not long before.) He
both for housebuilding and shipbuilding, may be On Saturday last, a very " extraordinary scene" tok * ' '
N., Southport-7We agree with you in thinking there
bought for 3d. to 30. per solid foot ; our tariff puts on
made no reply at the time, and the words seemed to have
1 he Borough Court, Manchester, between °the
p ace at t
is some mistake tn the paragraph respecting the power
this cost a duty of 34d. Thus the Freetraders tax this
passed unheeded. More than twenty-four hours after-
sitting magistrate Mr. Maude, and Mr. W. P. Roberts, of the Platy t •fr t h• • •
pus o in lc suc injuries.
wards, one of his nieces came into the room, and was
raw material 100 per cent. (Hear, hear.) It must be attorney during Which hard words were spoken • and Mr - -
always remembered, that when the Navigation Laws were Maude intimated that he should take steps to pr'event the. ZOOLOGICAL GADDENS.-In addition to the numerous drawing aside the curtain of his chamber, and then, as if
repealed, the repeal was retrospective, affecting the pro- repetition of such conduct. - attractions at these gardens, the visitors were last week awaking from a quiet sleep, he said, "Is that Dora ?
perty existing at the time which was built of taxed tim- Some malicious person lately destroyed a large num- exceedingly amused by the antics and truly astonishing CENSUS RETURNS.-The following is a copy of part of
ber ; and of course our shipowners were entitled to ber of title deeds yand other dsgell,ments in the Friends' performances of a troupe of dogs and monkeys, who go the schedule given to an enumerator in Kidderminster :-
freights proportionate to the tax they had paid. (Hear.) meeting house at l'ascaster. it 's supposed the guilty through a series of laughable feats, which keep the risible 1. William Moore, King of the Castle, or head of the
It may, therefore, be instructive to state, that the rate of
faculties of the audience constantly excited. They dance, family, widower, 50, respectable labourer, ell right.-2.
arty had secreted hitnselfin the chapel whilstthecongrega-
import duties on wood, which in 1787 was only 6s. Bd. per lion were present, and after they had departed the de- jump, sing, and display a degree of instinct truly surpri- Hannah Brown, sister-in-lavr, spinster, 46 a lady without
load of 50 cubic feet, was gradually raised, till in 1819 it predator had taken the deeds out of a box and set them sing, and this without the exhibition of that langour and a purse, ditto.-3. Alice Moore, daughter, not Married
reached £3 ls. per load ; from 1821 to 1840, it was £2 158, on fire. Many were destroyed before the fire was dis. terror which is usually observable under similar circum- , yet, 18, a forlorn sempstress, ditto.-4. Agnes Ruth
per load, and from 1840 to 1842, £2 16s. 6d. per load, covered, and the guilty party escaped. stances • the animals, in fact, enjoy the fun as much as 1 Moore, daughter 15, a forsaken boot-binder, ditto.-5.
and afterwards gradually diminished to 15s. per load. In MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday a party, eon. tbe spec'tators. In the imitation of a horse race, in which Absalom Moore, 'tail of family, son, ditto, lad, 11, a dull
1848, a ship of 600 tons, built of foreign wood in this sisting of six persons, left Preston for Lytham in a boat. the monkeys ride on the dogs, their eagerness and ardour scholar, at home, ditto.-The foregoing is a true return
country, would have paid a duty on such wood of 15s. The day was fine ; but when off Warton, where the river is both natural and amusing. In the day time both dogs i concerning all the members of this family. Witness my
per ton, or £450. All the ships, therefore, built at the is probably about three to four miles wide, the boat was and monkeys promenade the gardens, dressed in tbeir ! hand, Alice Moore. I have written this for the aforesaid
dates mentioned, were thrown into competition with tacking, when a sudden squall struck her, and, before motley garbs, to the great delight of the younger visitors. 1 head or king of the castle, he not being competent. I
foreign ships built of untaxed timber, and navigated by anything could be done bY those managing her to prevent From the advertisement it will be seen that Mr. Atkins I hope I have given every necessary information.
sailors whose wages and victualling are very much infe- it, she capsized, and the whole party were precipitated has re.engaged M. Desairais and his troupe this week, YANKEE PHRASES.-We were to change stages here ;
rior to those paid and given to our own seamen. (Hear.) into the water, which, in consequence of the tide flowing, and that two morning performances will be given, viz., and as I was the only passenger, I asked the new coach-
This is flagrent injustice :it is, in fact, to transfer pro- was then a considerable depth. One of the females, on 'Wednesday (to-morrow) and Friday. A new ballet in man, as soon as I had dined, if he was waiting for me.
tection from our own countrymen to foreigners, for fo- Hannah Jewett, housemaid to Dr. Winstanley, was im_ which the talented Leder(' family appeared, has been pro- "I am not waiting for you, nor anybody else," was the
reigners reap all the benefit of this unpatriotic legislation. mediately swept away by the current : and a man named duced in the Hall of all Nations with decided success- not very civil reply, as I caught it. T made no remark ;
(Applause.) Mr. Duncan then proceeded to comment Thomas Smith, butler to the same gentleman, also sank the graceful dancing of Miss Louisa Leclerq being the but, after lingering about some time longer, and seeing
on our colonial policy. He dwelt forcibly on their extent, and was drowned. The other persons saved themselves theme of universal admiration. It is in contemplation to bim still in the house apparently waiting, I asked him
their population, their riches ; showing that in British by clinging to the overturned boat until assistance came. give a grand gala every night during Whitsun week, when again if he was ready. He answered he was waiting for
India alone we had 100,000,000 subjects, while we might This was speedily rendered by two men from Kirkham, the holiday visitors and others who arrive by the cheap me. It then came out that his answer to my first ques-
add to them, in a commercial sense, another 50,000,000 who were gathering cockles on the sands, and who saw trains will have access to the grounds on liberal terms. tion was, "I am waiting for nobody else"-a singular
souls, subjects of native princes our tributaries or allies. the accident. They immediately ran to a boat which was FROM BABYLON TO JEauseeem.-The above is the I round-about form of expression, not uncommon in some
If these were enabled to consume our goods to the extent moored at a short distance, and pushed off to the spot. title of a work recently published by the Bohemian parts of New England. "Do you know So-and-so?" a
of ss. only per head, this would give us an export trade They took the four on board • but Smith was drowned, Countess of Hahn-Hahn. The lady in question was long person will ask. " I don't know anything else," will be
of 40 millions sterling. (Hear, hear.) It is our interest, ancrJowett carried down the stream, and also drowned known as a sort of German George Sand. She was a the reply-meaning that he met the person, and probably
therefore, to enrich British India and there create mar-
writer of very equivocal novels, and all that was known many others besides. It is rare in any country to meet a
before they arrived.
kets for the produce of our industry. We should con-
of her religion was that she was not a Romanist. Sud. provincialism so obviously awkward as this. " I don't
struct railways in that country, to bring down its cotton LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON BUILDING SOCIETY.- denly she has changed her no religion for Popery, and know as I sha'n't" whieh is common in eastern Massa..
and other valuable commodities to the coast. In the The general meeting of this society, as will he seen hy an left off writing objectionable books-that is to say, she chusetts, is not nearly so bad ; though both imply a kind
some manner we should deal with our other colonies, to advertisement, will be held on Monday evening next, for no longer writes works that are offensive after the fashion of grudging spirit, which is unwilling to favour you with a
enable them to buy more largely than they now do the the adoption of the rules, election of officers, &c. From of her old productions. In other respects her last volume, direct answer. "Do tell," used in New England tor
products of our skill and ingenuity. (Applause.) A trade the number of members and their respectability there can named as above, is intentionally offensive to the church Indeed! wonderful! has much brevity, and a little waggery
promoted and fostered in our colonies could never be en- be little doubt this will be one of the best societies in of which she was, formerly, not a member. She affects, in it. A stranger, when telling a story, is greeted, when
dangered by the jealousies or hostilities of foreign tariffs, town. Already an enlarged interest is being taken in its however, to have gone out from Protestantism, and the he has finished, with the exclamation, f.',De tell!" mean-
and we may judge from existing facts what would be the welfare by those whe have been for years officers in other title of her volume of travels, " From Babylon to Jeru- ing simply, "Do you tell me so!" b-utegking him really
probable results. British produce consumed in Prussia societies. salem "is intended to indicate the sense entertained by to tell it again. But, if he do repeat the.etory in his sin).-
amounts to only 6d. per head of their population ;in The Rambler (Roman Catholic) for this month has a her oilier change. If we accept it in the sense that re- plicity, his hearer listens to him with amazement ; and
Russia to Bd., in France to Is. 6d., in the United States long and learned (!) article to prove the truth of the fable, jecting infidelity. she embraced Christianity with tbe when he has finished, repeats also, to Isis still greater
to ss. Bd.; but in Canada it reaches £1 155., in the West that at Nazareth formerly stood the house of the Virgin, additions made to it by Rome, it is significant and ex- surprise, "Do tell!"- Johnston's Notes on North
Indies £2 17s. 6d., in the Cape of Good Hope £3 25., which once grew weary of remaining in a land where it pressive enough ; but, if she affects to call Protestantism America.
and in Australia from £7 to £lO. This comparison de- had so man rivals in the relic line, and flew over to Italy, " Babylon," and to figure Popery under the title of "Je- SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE .
TeerWORTH RIOT.-Sir
monstrates in what quarter our commercial interests where it couyld have the field more to itself! On its way rusalem," the manner is as offensive as the matter is Robert Peel has written to thehTimes to thank the con..
really lie, and stamp with ignorance the folly of neglect- from Nazareth to Loretto, a goodly journey, and some- false. Passing this over-allowing this very strange lady stituency of Tamworth " for t e spontanFous burst of
ing our own colonies, who are our best customers. Par- what unusual for a house, it stopped to breathe awhile in to write after her own fashion-and congratulating her on indignation whichhgreeted those musty pilgrims of protec-
Bement is now influenced by mercantile members, whose
bt d eitf l I f tl •
Dalmatia, it may be to plume itself and arrange its fair any departure from the unbecoming style and subjects tion who sought t ere a
lu ec .u re uge or le enjoy-
interests are as foreign as the goods in which they deal ; roportions so that it could leap the Adriatic and appear whereon she used to treat, we look carefully through her went of festivity, aed amentation, and abuse." He
but, looking at our own labour market, at the duty ins- Fri its new 'home with greater effect. There it has ever last book for some explanation of the impelling causes concludes his letter with the following disgraceful para.
posed on us of securing constant employment and good since remained, says the Rambler, "an object of the which carried her to Rome-some reason for the hope graph :-" I trust most earnestly that should a repetitt6n
wages for our own mechanics and artisans, we should
she now says is in her. Our readers will hardly suspect be meditated on any future occasion precautions may be
d p st veneration to all the faithful."
again build up the dilapidated British Empire, and regard eeß
%Num JENNy LIND, AND Toe! THUMB.-The what induced her to take the final step. We will impart taken, if possible, for preventing the effusion of blood.;
our colonies as merely separated from us by a stream of DeltAa an A'merican paper, gives the following account of it to them• This roving authoress happened to be at and that by the binding over to keep the peace of such
salt water, even as the Mersey separates Liverpool from an interview between Jenny Lind and Tom Thumb :- Treves when the exhibition of the " Holy Coat" was miserable impostors as Mr. G. P. Young, we may not
Birkenhead. (Hear, hear.) We should allow our colo- 4, Yesterday the gallant General Tom Thumb, who had made there, two or three years ago. She does not profess have to lament excesses which sooner or later must inevi-
nies to send members to sit in the British Parliament, •ust arrived from Mobile, did not rest from the fatigues to have anY faith in its history, or any belief in the mire- tably be the consequence of their reckless folly, particu-
who would enlighten legislation by local knowledge and jof his 'ourney, before he proceeded to pay his respects des said to be performed by the power of its presence. She larly• should they again attempt to foist themselves upon
, experience. Distance is nOw no impediment to such an and tojtake leave of Miss Lind, who was just about to does, however, confess to having been deeply touched at the notice of the borough of Tam worth." Mr. G. F.
arrangement, for Jamaica and Canada are as near to leave on tbe Magnolia. The meeting of the General and the sight of the thousand dupes who bent their heads in Young replies, in the Times of Yesterday, to thisvrretched
London in 1851 by steam navigation as Edinburgh was Miss Lind was very cordial and interestine. The General worship, and paid their pence, at the altar above which effusion in the following spiriteil style :-" And now, sir,
when the Union of Scotland was effected. In case the knelt at the feet of the Nightingale andskissed her hand tl'e Pseudo-relic was suspended. The faith was great, having shown what is not, allow me briefly to describe
Continental powers were arrayed in warlike attitude yen, devoutly. He had also many little, appropriate, off. and in its greatness was beauty : that it might lack truth what, in my judgment, is an imposter. If a man should
against England, we could then look for aid from our hand compliments, which he showered upon the fair was of little moment. She was a lady of impulses, and be discovered who, representing a pure and virtuous Sove-
coloniee ; and it would be a noble spectacle to see men- Swede with great gallantry, concluding by taking out his she beheld a gigantic one before her, and a thousand in- reign in a foreign embassy, should be discreditably dis-
of-war, manned by Britons from the West Indies, Ca- beautiful little jewelled watch, which he offered to Miss dividuals obeying its influence. She at once embraced tinguished as a profligate and a gambler ;ifas a member
nada, New Zealand, and Australia, coming to the rescue Lind as a keepsake : she respectfully declined the offer, popery for no better nor worse reason. 'Protestantism is of the British House of Commons lie should aspire to the
of the mother country in her hour of peril, prompted by remarking that it was too small for her. After the inter- too cold and reflective for her ; but a religion which can dignity of an orator, write his speeches, and break down
these feelings of filial piety which urge dutiful arid grate- chan eof mutual good wishes, the General departed with fling a multitude Prostrate before a rag-that was the re- in delivering them ;if after breathing for years the atmos-
ful sons, when arrived at adult age, to assist the parents ansf rofound bows and kisses of very small fineers. ligion for her. Such is the account rendered by the phere of the very land of freedom, he should return to
who rocked and watched over the cradle of their helpless The GePoeral and Barnum had also a very tender seee'e at yhadige Grii.fin herself of her conversion. Were she to his native soil, professing to be the champion of . liberal
infancy. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Duncan then proceeded ailing • tbe General boped Barnum would take care of go to Japan, we have little doubt but that the strong and principles, and be found practising on his vassal tenantry
to discuss the question of commerce in relation to ships hiniself 'and not get too wild and frolicksome since he had multitudinous faith she would there witness would make the most contemptible freaks of impotent tyranny-should
and colonies, and here strongly observed that the NA, ot from his (theGenerars) control ; and Barnum enjoined her an ardent follower of the " Yellow Bonze." She such a man be discovered, well indeed might he he
TIONAL ASSOCIATIONyOR TOE PROTECTION OF NATME the General tO MCC ED cock-tails and cigars, ond take the mely „sms to isdge of religions, not by the test of the branded as an impostor, and if lie should have ventured to
INDUSTRY did not confine their efforts to the mere pro- pledge ; whercuPon the general suggested to the Ewe,. Bible, hut by their power of enacting delusions. The fling the foul epithet at men more upright and consistent
tection of agricultural produce by import duties, but that 6,a).6 that he had bumbergenooeit on hand, withont under- more startling the cheat, the more she would be con. than himself, deservedly might he be set down as a calum-
they were pledged, solemnly pledged, before the cotwtry, taking that a teetottdisnsi. They embraced and partea I 'Weed of its orthodoxy.-Church and State Gazette niator also."

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