The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

ST. PETER'S WARD.

A meeting was held last night, at Mr. Whiteman's, the
Brunswick Hotel, for the purpose, as stated in the placard
convening the meeting, of memorialising the Town
Council to suspend for the present any further steps in.
the Rivington Pike scheme, until such time as an oppor-
tunity for ft frill. irkvaafigatinn intn.the. suaal pcicritin. of 4/no
town, with respect to its supply of water, had been fully
and satisfactorily entertained.
On the motion of Mr. M. THOMPSON, Mr. Frodsham
was called to the chair. He adverted shortly to the
position of the Council, and expressed his opinion indi-
vidually as to the duty of that body. In relation to the
water question, he did not conceive they had any right to
inflict a permanent tax for that which, in its present state,
was but a problematic benefit.
Mr. BURDEN then rose. He said the object of the
meeting was not to express any particular view on any
particular project, but to give the rate-payers time to de-
cide on the best and the cheapest means of obtaining a
better supply—to solve the discrepancy of evidence, sci-
entific evidence; and more particularly to urge our local
legislature to ascertain whether the present works would
yield a more adequate or continuous supply. He moved
the first resolution, which was as follows :--
"That, while admitting the necessity of an adequate
supply of water, and willing to support the local authorities
in their endeavours to provide the requisite supply, at the
least necessary expenditure, it is the opinion of this meet-
ing that, until the rate-payers are in possession of evi-
dence of a more satisfactory character than has yet been
submitted to them, on this important subject, the Town
Council are not justified in proceeding with a scheme
involving the expenditure of so large an amount of public
money, and respecting which so great a diversity of opinion
at present exists."
Mr. A. HENDERSON, in a suitable address, seconded
the resolution.
Mr. MARPLES proposed the second resolution, which
was seconded by Mr. MACTAGGART, and carried unani-
mously. It read as follows :
" That a deputation from the ratepayers of this ward.
consisting of Dr. M'lntyre and Mr. Arthur Henderson,
be appointed to wait on their representatives in the Town
Council, to convey to them the views embodied in the
foregoing resolution, and to request them to urge on the
Council the postponement of a decision on the subject,for
the purpose of affording the ratepayers an opportunity of
obtaining fuller information, and of expressing their
opinion thereon."
A vote of thanks was then proposed to the :chairman,
and the meeting, which although not numerously, was
highly respectably attended, then separated.

The House of Commons stands adjourned until Thurs
day.

RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIGGINSON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR—In the report on the affairs of the late firm of
Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, attributed to Mr. Turner,
the official assignee, which appeared in the Mail of to-day,
I find a statement, which as book-keeper to the house in
question, 1 feel it due to myself to notice. The statement
is to the following effect :—" The delay which took place
in filing a balance sheet arose chiefly from the books of
the firm not having been correctly balanced for two years
prior to the bankruptcy." In reply to the assertions
contained in the above paragraph, I beg to say that no
delay whatever arose from the cause stated, and to refer
to Mr. Badham, the accountant, who prepared the balance
sheet, whether such is not the fact. Nor is it true that
the books had not been balanced for two years ; and it
will only be necessary to state the facts to shew that a
very erroneous idea is conveyed by the report. The house
stopped payment in October, 1847, and although the
balance to December, 1846, had not been arrived at
within some such amount as £lO, yet it must be borne in
mind that in no year was the annual balance made earlier
than the September following, in consequence of having
to wait for balance papers, &c. from Barbados, and the
delay in question (a delay of only a month beyond the
usual time) arose from the necessity of preparing numer-
ous statements, proposals, &c. of which the assignees
were well aware. In no sense could the books be said
not to have been balanced for two years, and, in conclu-
sion, I may be permitted to say that the balance complete
to December, 1847, was effected in March or April, 1848,
and to repeat that no delay whatever was experienced
from the cause assigned in the report.
I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
J. H. YOUNGHUSBAND.
Elm Vale, Fairfield, 10th June, 1848.

RE-BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIGGINSON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—In reply to Mr. J. H. Younghusband's letter,
which appears in the Albion of this day, I beg to state
that at the time of the bankruptcy, in November last,
no correct balance sheet had been obtained of a later date
than 31st December, 1845.
I have before me the trial balance sheet for the year
1846 in Mr. J. H. Younghusband's writing, which shows
a difference of £2l 18s. 10d. The error was not dis-
covered until March or April, 1848. Mr. Younghusband's
services having been retained by the assignees of the
estate in order that he might perfect his own work.--I
am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
CHARLES TURNER, Official Assignee.
53, South John-street, Liverpool,
June 12, 1848.

THE SHIPPING AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,-1 shall not attempt to apologise for trespassing
on your valuable columns, on a subject of such vital inte-
rest to Liverpool as the repeal of the Navigation Laws,
respecting which the London Times, in attempting to be
jocular on so serious a question, dared to insinuate
that most of the shipping were sailing about empty under
the present laws—by hinting that even the owners of car-
rying donkies did all they could to avoid the want of load
or freight on their return homewards.
There is, however, no semblance of truth in the afore-
going inuendo, as respects Liverpool ; for, in each of the
last three years, out of 2800 British le ssels that arrived
here from foreign parts, only five came in ballast, which
is but little more than 1 in a 1000 ; and of foreign vessels
that left this port, only 53, on the average, sailed in bal-
last, out of more than 1200 vessels each year; and any
one conversant with trade is aware that, from the incapa-
bility of some places to supply a return cargo, it will ne-
cessarily happen that a vessel is obliged to leave it in
ballast ; and should any change in the Navigation Laws
take place, I am quite persuaded that there will be many
more empty ships sailing about than there are now.
I consider also that Sir It. Peel's peroration on Friday
night was far from a happy one, as he referred to the
advantages that had ensued from Huskisson's opening the
East India and China trades, without considering that in
that instance it was extending the trade from one class of
our countrymen to all of them, whereas, in what is now
contemplated, it will t 4 lavishing it on foreigners.
Yours, ALIQUIS.

FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MR. W. J: HAMMOND.
Last night, this old and well known favourite of the
Liverpool public took his farewell benefit in the Amphi-
theatre, previous to an intended professional visit to the
United States, on which occasion it was announced that
he would deliver a farewell address to his numerous friends.
The attendance was good in all parts of the house ; and
the feeling displayed towards Mr. Hammond was most
kind throughout. After the close of the entertainment,
certainly a most rich one, entitled " Heads of the People,"
he came forward and spoke as follows, which, we need not
say, was warmly received by the whole house :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—An intimacy of twenty-one
years with a Liverpool audience will, I trust, justify main
the familiarity of saying—for some time at least—fare-
well. lam further emboldened to hope that the recollec-
tion of the many occasions upon which we have met—the
pleasant memories of the many nights passed in the sym-
pathies of audience and actor—may assure to me your
kindly wishes across the Atlantic, to my new home ; or,
at least, to my- some time abiding place ; where, though I
may not propose to become a " settler," I at least hope to
be permitted for a year or two to " squat."
" With, I hope, only a fair share of modesty—for I
would not monopolise the virtue—in my own stage capa-
bilities, I assure you that at this moment of parting, I did
not think it possible that I could be so little of an actor
as I really feel.
" The greater part of my career as a public man has
been passed in this town. A good space of the journey of
life, both as passenger and coachman, have I travelled
upon the Liverpool stage—a journey, it must be owned,
of ups and downs ; now all smooth and pleasant as a
bowling-green, and now on somewhat heavy roads. Now,
too, a wheel may have come off ; but I hope, Ladies and
Gentlemen, you will not lay such mishap to the rashness
or neglect of the driver. If, too, the stage has stuck now
and then, I trust it will be allowed that the coachman did
not seat himself upon a mile-stone—light his pipe, and
call upon Mr. Hercules—the public—to clear the vehicle ;
I hope it will be, at least, allowed of an old servant, that
he put his own shoulder to the wheel, and did his best to
make all right again. .
" If this be so, I am bold enough to ask for a twenty-
one years' character at your hands ; for folks here are
known across the Atlantic to be rayther men of business ;
and New York may haply not give a less kindly welcome
to a stranger for bringing a character direct from Liver-
pool, his last place. .
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln all sincerity I thank you
for the'expression of your sympathy and good wishes ; and
with mingled emotions of gratitude for the past, and hope'
for the future, 1 respectfully and cordially bid You—
FAREWELL l"

In parting with Mr. Hammond we do not conceal our
opinion that we lose an actor of no ordinary power, full of
versatility of talent and racy humour; and we do not
scruple to predict that, in the new land to which he is pro-
ceeding, he will win fame, and perhaps fortune.

HISTORIC SOCIETY.—We have already noticed on seve-
ral occasions the steps which have been taken in the for-
mation of this interesting society, and we are glad to find
that his Worship the Mayor will preside at a public meet-
ing, on Tuesday next, for the purpose of formally estab-
lishing the society, which it is proposed shall embrace the
counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—On the Ist instant, while
the ship Harvest was on her way to this port, where she
now lies, in the Prince's Dock, one of the Seamen, named
Edward Sage, fell from the topsail-yard down to the deck,
striking a rail in his descent, and was much hurt. The
vessel arrived in the Mersey on the sth instant, and the
man was taken to the Northern Hospital, where every
attention was paid him, but he died on Saturday last.
GAMBLING BOARDS IN THE STREETS.—A woman was
yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, charged by a po-
lice-officer with having been found in the street with a
large folding card with points, with a turning horizontal
spindle, called, we believe, a " wheel of fortune." The
officer said that he saw the prisoner take money for play-
ing at the game, but none of them won anything. Indeed
he thought the chances 1000 to 1 against the player. The
only prizes (for some of them were brought into court by
the prisoner's husband) were, apparently, neat looking
ladies' work-boxes, made, it appeared, of glass of various
colours. The officer said there were various parties up
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in uniform went towards them, the cry was " !" and
the owner of the board folded it up, and escaped by
flight. He was in coloured clothes when he detected the
prisoner. Mr. Davenport said, in behalf of the prisoner,
that she had a large family to support. Mr. Rushton or-
dered her to be put down.
TRADES' CONFERENCE.—The annual meeting of the
National Association of United Trades for the Protection
of Industry was held yesterday, at the Brunswick-rooms,
Hunter-street,—Mr. T. F. Green in the chair. There
were about forty delegates in attendance. The usual
routine of receiving delegates, and examining their cre-
dentials having been gone through, the secretary proceeded
to read an address from T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P.,
president of the association. The hon. member depre-
cated all government interference with labour, because
calculated to cripple the self-reliance of the people ; and,
it was a question whether it would be expedient to have a
government measure to compel employers to provide
workshops, in all cases, for the working people. He ap-
proved of useful public works, under the superintendence
of a minister of labour ; but experience led him to rely less
on the written laws of a nation than on the honesty of
those who were appointed to administer them. The
address was received with loud applause, and the asso-
ciation then went on with their ordinary business.
ROSCOE CLUB, GRAND CONCERT. Our readers will
perceive by the announcement in another column, that
the first grand concert under the auspices of the Roscoe
Club will shortly take place. The attractions will be
found to be of the highest order. Mr. Sims Reeves,
whose metropolitan fame has of late been sounded through
the length and breadth of the land, is in himself a host.
But he will be effectually supported by Miss Birch, a de-
servedly great favourite in Liverpool and wherever a
pure musical taste prevails ; by Miss Whitnal, by Signor
Paltoni, and by a full orchestra under the able conduct of
Mr. Herrmann. A new aspirant for the laurel wreath ;
also, Mr. Henri Lawson, of whose talents the busy tongue
of rumour already speaks highly, will appear on this occa-
sion. We understand that Mr. Lawson has just finished
a two years' study of the violin, under the distinguished
German violist, Molique, from whom he has testimonials
of the highest character, and that great interest is felt in
the musical circles to witness his deb/it. Altogether:the
" promise" is exceedingly attractive ; and, having entire
faith that it will be kept " to the hope" iks well as "to
the ear," we have much pleasure in thus directing special
attention to it.

Jnne 13,1841.

PROPOSED LIVERPOOL GENERAL WARE•

HOUSING COMPANY.

We have received a prospectus of the above proposed
company, detailing the objects of the projectors, which
appear to be the adoption of the most efficacious steps
that could have been determined upon to secure from vir-
tual confiscation the immense capital invested in warehouse
property within the port. Met and menaced as are the
individual holders of such property, by the powerful com-
petition of a public body, invested with great privileges.
and with the most complete machinery, there can be no
plan more likely to enable them to maintain themselves;
than by a general and extreme union, which will give to
the local warehouses the advantage of a central and
efficient management, and the same appliances which be-
long to the Dock Warehouses. The principle of the
scheme is that as many owiers and lessees as can be pre-
vailed upon to adopt it, shall place their property under
the entire control of the company, to be managed as
joint stock undertaking by a board of directors and proper
officers, who shall endeavour to procure powers of a simi-
lar character to those possessed by the Dock Trustees, by
which it is anticipated that much saving would be accom-
plished, and a fair profit be earned to be divided amongst
the company in the proportion of the property possessed
by each member. The details of the plan are very per-
fect; and we confidently trust that it will be carried out.
At the preliminary meeting on Thursday, there were
warehouse proprietors present representing a rental of
£30,000 per annum. J. R. Shaw, Esq., was in the
chair.

Some further rioting took place last night, at Bradford
The body of a gentleman was found last week lying on
the shore of the river near Battersea. A pistol bullet hag
been extracted from his head, and it is confidently stated
that he has been murdered. His name is unknown.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday evening an acci-
dent occurred at the station at Crewe. A train came up
unexpectedly and ran into another that was stopping, and
in which was a detachment of soldiers. Several carriages,
were smashed, and fourteen persons seriously injured,
among whom were several officers.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Another important attraction
has been added to this favourite retreat—the birth-place
of the bard of ,England, Shakspeare,—a model in every
point ; and we only regret that having prepared a descrip-
tion we are compelled to withdraw it. In the mean time
we must urge our readers (more particularly visitors) not
to omit the present salubrious weather in paying a visit to
so very interesting and invigorating a resort as the Liver-
pool Zoological Gardens.
FATHER MATHEW.—In a letter from the Rev. Theo-
bald Mathew to Colonel Sherburne of the United States,
and which was published in an evening paper of Satur-
day, he communicates the painful fact that not a shil-
ling of the pension (£3OO a-year) granted to him by the
government can be appropriated to his own use. "It ha.,
(nays the rev. gentleman) been assigned to pay a premium
of insurance on my life for £6,000, the amount of the
balance of a debt I have contracted in my perhaps im-
, prudent zeal to promote the great temperance movement."
Mr. Porter, the presiding magistrate at the Exchange-
court Police-office, Dublin, refused on Saturday to return
to the sessions the informations granted against the
policemen as stated in another column, for tearing down
the placard from a shop window, alleging that it does not
appear on the face of the informations that there was an
indictable offence disclosed. His Worship was told that
an application could be made to the Queen's Bench, to
compel him to return the information. The case has
caused great excitement, and it is said that Mr. Porter
has acted under the direction of his superiors.
Loss OF THE STEAM-SHIP ARIEL.—The fine steam-
ship Ariel—one of the finest and fastest of the Oriental
Company's fleet—was wrecked on the 2d inst. on the dan-
gerous rocky shoals of Mal-di-Vetro, on the Italian coast,
to the southward of Leghorn. No lives were lost, the
crew and passengers being landed from the wreck by other
steamers which came to their assistance. The steamer
seems to have gone too near in shore, but the weather
was in all probability fine, or she would most likely have
soon gone to pieces. Next accounts will give more parti-
culars. She was 850 tons burden, and the vessel and
cargo are valued at £150,000.
THE 'nisi' LEAGUE.—The Dublin repeal papers have
all last week been in extacies about the prospect of n
union between the young and old Irelanders, but it now
appears that Mr. John O'Connell, always afraid of gun-
powder, declines any connection with the O'Brien party-
He says that " difficulties of detail have to some extent
intervened upon points of great importance, but his great
reason for fearing that the coalition may not very speedily
occur is the reception from a most important quarter of
remonstrance couched in the very strongest terms against
giving up the repeal association founded by Daniel
O'Connell."

POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY.—The business of the day
was of so little general interest that the whole may be
comprised within a brief paragraph. Thomas Lowney,
charged with having, on Saturday, stolen
a grind-stone
from the new market, was committed for trial at the ses-
sions. Joseph Foram, charged by Luke John Ryan withr
having stolen seven coats from his shop, was also sent fo
trial. Charles Johnson, for stealing, on Saturday, a sack
of bran, worth 75., the property of F. B. Jones, was simi-
larly committed. John Wilcock, an old offender, charged
with being concealed in the house of Richard Moss, waS
committed to gaol for three months. John Musgrove,
also known to the police, and who was found suspiciously
lurking about in Ben Johnson-street, was committed fora
like time.

MR. FORSTER'S NEW PATENT FILTER.—In Our re-
port of the water discussion at the Polytechnic Society:
few weeks back, we gave an account of a new filter wl ich
has been introduced into Liverpool by Mr. James Forster,
of South John-street. The filter was greatly admired by
the scientific gentlemen present, on account of its self-
cleansing and self-acting principles, apart from its dura-
bility. A more minute examination of the invention a'
the office of the patentee, enables us to say that tl e3e
commendations fall short of the really simple and exalt 41t
features of the filter. Its utility to shipping seem 3 .
culable. As the water question is exciting much interest
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THE WAR PRESS.—The first number of a new weekly
Dublin paper, entitled the Irish Tribune, and intended
as a successor to the United Irishman, was issued on
Saturday. It is scarcely fair to criticise 'harshly a "first
appearance on any stage;" but it must be confessed that
the new war organ falls immeasurably short of its proto-
type in almost every feature which characterized the lat-
ter. :There is none of the daring invective, none of the
" open and advised" preaching of treason, none of the
withering denunciation of " humbug," of which Mr.
Mitchel was so perfect a master. Indeed, beyond the
fact of its being published in the same street, and next
door to the office of the defunct journal, and that it con-
tains a few shadowy allusions to the beauties of the pike,
there is no resemblance between the Tribune and the
United Irishman. It is embellished with a tolerably
faithful likeness, engraved on wood, of the departed con-
vict. Among the contributors to the light literature iS
Mr, Carlton, the novelist.
THE DIVISION ON THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—In the
majority for the bill to repeal these laws, were most of our
local men, viz., Brown, Birch, Cardwell, Cobden, Bright,
Brotherton, Bowring, Bolling, Crawford, Ewart, Fox,
Gibson, Gladstone, Greene, Grenfell, Heywood, Hindley,
Kershaw, Patten, (!), Pilkington, Lindsay, Thicknesse,
Townley, Villiers, (and the Viscount, Peel's son-in-law,)
Thornely, the two Thompsons, and the two Wilsons. Of
Lancashire members, there were absent Henry, Strick-
land, Hornby, Walker, (Bury,) Duncuft, and Gregson.
W. Jackson was also absent. The following members
voted amongst the minority :—Lords Mandeville, Sea-
ham, Brackley, Ingestrie, Bentinck, Granby, Manners,
Ossulston, and Bernard ; Messrs. Law, R. Stephenson,
G. Hudson, R. Spooner, and Colonel Sibthorpe ; and the
following Whig members rather unexpectedly :—Mr. M-
T. Baines, M.P. for Hull, and son of Mr. Baines, of
Leeds ; Earl of Mulgrave, M.P. for Scarborough, and
son of the Marquis of Normanby ; and Mr. Pattison,
M.P. for London. Nearly all the Peel party were in the'
majority.