The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS.

The shipment, of potatoes from the Isle cf Man have
commenced, and large cargoes are leaving tliat island fur
Liverpool.
Thomas Silney, Eiq., Sheriff of London, tea•deller, is
brother to 111 r. George Sidney, boot and shoe warehouse,
['aradis e. street.

On Friday we •k. a dinner was given to Alexander Kay,
Esq., Mayor of Manchester, as a mark of their respect
f,r him, by Aldermen Putter, Neill, zmd Kershaw, the
first, second, and third mayors of Manchester.
The Rev. Mr. Murphy, formerly of St. Pat. ck's
Chapel, in Liverpool, has tern appointe:l
of Australia. lie had been previously Vicar-General of
New South Wales.
Oct E.acutday week the utriks and submdiu•.ta um,,efs
of
,the Manchester Corporation were ente►rained at an
excellent dinner provided fur them by the three past
Mayors of that town.
On Saturday week the flat Express arrived at Manches-
ter, with forty tons cf wines and spirits, fur Mr. Gibb, of
that town. This is the fist arrival in the " Port" of
Manchester cf a cargo of goods for bond.

We beg have to call the attention of on- reAders, par-
ticularly of the maritime class. to the advertise meta of the
Mariners' and General Life Insurance Company in our
columns of this day, which appears to offer advantages to
seafaring persons seldom to lie met with.

GUANO.—Owing to the easterly winds, the arrivals of
the past week from Ichaboe do not exceed 300 tons.
Sales have been made to the extent of 100 or 120 tont, at
£5 17s. 6d .to £6. An entire cargo, on the spot, is re-
ported to be sold at the latter-price. For forward delivery
there is no business doing. •
CAUTION TO SUNDAY TRAVELLING —Mr. Rowett,
on Thursday last, was charge d before Mr. Ruehten, at
the Police Court, with driving in his gig past St. George's
Church, on Sunday last, during the hour of divine sett-
dice, contrary to a bye-law passed on the 15th of Sep-
tember, 1812, and fined five shillings.
LORD TEYNHAM.—A letter in the Morning Chronicle
front a son of this nobleman states that though his father
did preach in a Baptist Chapel in this town he "does not
belong to that or any other dissenting denomination."
His lordship preached in the Scotch Church, Dublin, on
Sunday week, and at two other places of worship the same
day.
TRACY PEERAGE.—James Tracy, Esq., the claimant
to the Tracy eeerage, is at present iii this city, end that
he has ovet come all the difficult part of his case—namely, '
that of identifying, William Tracy, leis great-grandfather,
a ho married Mary, daughter of James O'Brien, a wooll,m
rhant in Franc,s•etreet, as the son cf the lion. Mr.
JusOce Tracy, of England.—Dublin paper.— [l. he son of
Mr. Tracy was recently in the Liverpool police.]
Rome t Y-STREET WARD.—A large and influential
meetings f the e'ectors of this ward took place on Tues-
day. for ;he purpose of intioducing John Pemberton, Esq.
to the r !veto: s, The meeting was ut,animous in their (12-
tern ieatEon to support Mr. Pemberton ; and front the fa-
vourable state of the registry in this ward, and the great
influence of the evioleins n who attende i the meeting,
there is no doubt of Mr. Pembertun's triumphant return.
FREEMASONRY.—The Annual Provincial Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for this provitxe,
was held at•the Aeelpht Hotel, on Thursday morning, at
eleven o'clock. The Croft Lodee was opened in the
Three Degrees by Brother V.W.P.G. junior war-
den, assisted by the repre-ematives or lecejges No. 130,
173, 215, 263, 267, and 294. The grand uffieers having
taken their several chairs, the lodge. was opened in clue
form, when the reports from the several lodges in the
province, on the progri se of Masonry, were received.
They were most gratifying, end the charitable contri-
butions exceeded in emuunt these of any previous year.
At four o'clock the brethren sat down to a most sumptuous
banquet, served up in brother Itadley's;best style.
AN ARTFUL ROBBERY.—About dusk on Friday even-
ing, as Mr. Bird, of Great George-s+ rue , was balancing
his caih, a gentleman curie in to netts r some medicine.
While serving him Mr. Bird put his purse into his coat
pocket. As his cuAomer was going out an alarm was
given that a man had dropped down dead. On being
brought in, (of course many persons wOh him,)and placed
on the floor, Mr. Bird took the usual means, as he ap.
peered to be in a fit, and in a few minutes he was able to
speak and depart. On resuming hi• employment (the cir-
cumstance scarcely taking three minutes) end putting his li
hand into his pocket for his purse, Mr. Bird found that it
was gone. It instantly struck him that the whole scene
was a trick, the man in fits and his party having watched
his doings, and the opportunity taken advantage of, and
that successfully. The money extracted amounted to £2O.
MR. RUSHTON AND MR. SnurremwoßTn.—On dis-
missing the grand jury after their labours at the sessions
last week, the learned Recorder paid a deserved compli-
ment to our stipendiary magistrate= and prosecuting soli-
citor, Mr. shoetlevrosth. The learned gentleman said,
gratifying circumstance to know, that in
e",letryisca.a wsen,
after the careful scrutiny you have instituted,
.
you havaffirmedthe propriety of the prosecution. It is
a rare occurrence, and most clearly indicates the care
and diecriminatien which arc execc,sed in those, pre-
-1 minary proceedings, which take place before the eases
fact, that fully one-halt of the prieloners arraigned
during the last sessi,ns, pleaded guilty, and thus, to
appear
corder
received thise
(aurt; pre
their own confessions, acknowledged thr justness of the
proceedings which had been taken against themselves.
most This opinion of the learned Re-
expres=sive confirmation from the
MURDEROUS ATTACIC.—On Friday afternoon as Capt.
Wo hottee was leaving the Queen of the West, New
Yom k Packet-ship, of a hieh vessel he is commander,
in the Prince's Dock, when passing through the gate he
was assailed by a tol powerful man, in sailor's dress, who,
without a word, struck hit, a tremetsdous blow, with an
iron ball or 000-, slum; in a locket-handkerchief. The
blow took effect or. the fore part of the temple, near to the
eye, and laid him et once s:nselese on the tem ment. Llt
was picked up and. carried to the Not-Ll:ern Hospital,
where it was a.xertatnel that the injury, altheuela of a
serious nature, did nut extend to fracture of the skull.
The esealant, on seeing Captain W. fall, took to Isis heels,
and, in thc, confusion. escaped. He is
one of Captain.Woodhouse s oe n crew; amongst whom a mut:noue feel.
ing had existed during their late veyage from New York
Police-officer_: have been on boerd the Queen of the Weer,
and put the mates, stwards, &c.. on their guard, as a
threat has been held out that they also would be attacked.

Oct. 29. 1844.

SUSPENSION OF A MARKET-CONSTABLE.-011 Satur-
day a Mrs. Roberts was brought before Mr. Rushton, at
the Police-court. on a charge of havinit sold a couple of
hares in St. John's market without a license. The case
azhinst her was proved by a market.convable, of the name
of Woodfall; but, upon cross-examination by M. 'War-
dle, Woodfall. evidently with much reluctance, stated,
that he had received 2s. from a per,on natnel Shaw and
handed the money to a buto.her, with a request that he
,would go and purchase the hares. Mr. Wardle contended
that the constable, under those circumstances, had en-
:rapped the unfortunate woman. Mr. Bu,liton took the
same view of the ca.e ; reprimanded the fellow for his
misconduct, and ordered his suspens!on and the dismissal
of the charge against Mrs. Roberts.—[How can Mr.
Rushton :ecuncile his condemnation of this man's con-
duct with the fact that he, some little time since, autho-
rised tolice-constables to 'g,o in plain clothes and induce
publicans to sell ale or spirits after the prescribed hours?
If the market-constable were so far wrong in the aflair
recorded above, as to justify the dismissal of the case,
then ought none of the cases against the publicans to have
been proceeded with on the unsupported testimony of
spying policemen:]

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—A special meeting of
this body was held on Wednesday last, at the usual hour,
to determine upon laving of the annual fire police rate,
&c. Mr. Alderman Lawrence stated that the tire police
rate list year, produced £2,135 19s. Ild., and that the
expenditure was £1,725 2s. 41., leaving a balance of
£4lO 17s. 7d., out of which the sum of £2OO bad already
been expended for wattr-carts. He thought that, with
the balance, a rate of a halfpenny in the pound would be
quite sufficient, end moved a resolution to that effect,
which was adopted. A resolution as to the closing of
markets and shops, with a report of the market committee
on the same subject, was then read, but it was res.)lved
that the council could not entertain the communication.
The Mayor produced the reply which he had received to
a memorial to the Treasury, on the subject of Mr. Hus-
kisson's statue. After some conversation, in the course
or which it was repeatedly stated ate Mt s. Iluskisson had
very &tided objections to placing the statue in St.
George's Hall, the following resolution, proposed by Mr.
Alderman Turner, and seconded by Mr. Aspinall, was
then agreed to :—" Resolved—That as the Lords Com-
missioners of the Treasury have declined to sanction the
(irfficuilituie ssk is
vssoline, htliiieave deep
arisen, r e grae and
dofthtehier
placing of the stvtute of Mr. Ilusl:isson on the site recom-
mended by Mr. Gibson, the artist, the Mayo: be requested
Crmtoenxeipri at essto bled.
the
i
earnest wish that the statue may he erected in the Long-
rrom .of the Custom-house, as orieindly intended." In
the course of the discussion, Mr. G. H. Lawrence said it
night be satisf;ctory to the Council to know that Mr.
Gibson had heen employed by the Liverpooisand Man-
chester and Grand Junction Railway Companies to ex-
ectee a statue of Mr. George Stephenson, and had also
been directed to wait on her Majesty to receive a commis-
sion from her. The Council broke up at twenty minutes
to twelve.

MEETING OF TIIF, COUNCIL.—A special meeting has
been called for tu-morrow•, to wind up the affairs of the
municipal year. The proceedings of the Finance Com-
mittee, will comprise a reeommendation for the sale of a
piece of land, cantaittil,g about 2,200 yards, in Church-
street, Birkenhead. The proceedings of the Watch Com-
mittee will contain a report of a sub-committee of that
body respecting the efficiency of the boroceh constabulary
force, the accepted resign' ti :n of Mr. Miller, the Head-
constable, the arpeintmeat pro tern, of Mr. Commissioner
Dowling to the latter office. The proceedings of the
Gardens Committee will comprise a recommendation to
erect an iron-fa•nee railing on the east side of St. James's
walk. The I'layor's c:numunications will comprise an
application, on helvilf of the Ilitkehhead Dock Company,
te purchase the reversion of the Corporation in a portion
of the WAlasey estate. A similar application it will be
remembered, has been already made by individual pur-
cha,ers of the Wallasey estate and declined by the Finance
Committee. Thu present one is made by the Duck Com-
pany on the other side, and, should it be refused, we un-
derstand it is the intention of that company to apply to
Parliament for compulsory powers ta obtain possession of
t,,e fee simple of the estate, upon the ground, that atter
having erected immense docks and wtrehouees upon the
property, it would be an injustice to compel them to sur-
render them to the Liverpool Corporation at the expira-
tion of a lease for seventy-five years.
Doer( CommorTEE.--On Thursday an application was
made by Meters. Forester and Co. to have leased to them
for the germ of twenty-one years, 8300 square yards of
laud, in the neighbourhood of the north decks, at the
annual rate of one shilling per square yard. '1 he appli-
cation was allowed. Two letters were read having refe-
retice to the use of galvanised iron, which had been
offered to be supplied to the committee for bulling pur-
peses. One of the letters was from a firm in London.
and stated the iron so offered was prepated according to
a system for wh:ch they held a patent, and it contained a
caution to the committee against using the iron, as
actions at law were pending against persons for infringe-
ment of their right of patent. The other letter was from
a party who had made tl e off, r to supply• the iron, and
ceetained an assurance from the writ, r to indemnity the
committee in the result of legal proceedings being insti-
tuted, as the ',went alluded to c: old not apply to the
kind of iron he had offered. The letters were referred to
the committee's solicitor. -The tender of Messrs. Ogden
for the iron sashes of the Alhe.t wmehouses was accepted.
_Permic.ino vac eranted In fr,et fl tuntronhie hut en raa
Brunswick pier for the lfuneorn steamers. Mr. Hugh
Evans was unanimously elected t r be saperinteedent of
Anglesey Lighthouse. Some anspicion had been excited
as t i Mr. Evans' habits of temp ranee, but he completely
cleared his esaracter. A boy, named Johnson, was ap-
pointed assistant to the telegraph at Vorydd, at a weekly
salary of Bs. An application having been made by the
committee ta Mr. Thomas Carte to ieseect the vocabulary,
a letter was read from that gentleman, stating that he had
made the required examination, and his opinion was that
it had been completed with much labour, and that it was
of great simplicity. Ile thought that the only addition
that could he made to it was that the shipowners, if it
were practicable, should send in the names of their ships.
and their private signals for insertion. We understood
it to be the opinion of the committee that this was im-
practicable. Messrs. Paton and Co. made an application
removal p u
nid tch ei3cAortmhii
eisasa.e—t
oft
ut.c
tt- °eh:cut diii:,
baths
etsiiidtlia:tebeoilittisbnthe4i
imil:enattidoteiw.
for a return of rent for the use of the shed at Waterloo
Dock, which rent they were of opinion was at too high a
rate. A Inter was read from the Trinity Board sanction-
ing the removal of the Bell Buoy further out to sea, which
nt.he Londonlßi
Bishop
thesfholropr
,01_f
onlycdwwnoietss,tiipeici,einbblid:eysotc:%wavew‘iThonsiietetniiio.souertlo(c,
promotionLondo n thus of
spoke
ship said, he lately, while in the north of England, took
an opportunity of visiting the town of Liverpool, for the
purpose of insitectieg the public baths and wash•houses
that bad them bc-li established for two years. He would
Welt! a few details, and he begged to say he now spoke of
the advantages of bathing. He found that as many as
220 labourers had bathed on a S•aturd y afternoon in the
public baths nt Liverpool, where, be should just observe,
the baths were rather on a contracted scale, there being
80 separate baths only. In convcrs'og with the superin-
tendent e those baths, tl.at person told him that he had
overheard this remark from one of the labouring men :
Addressing a comp union by his Christian name, the man
said, " I feel as if I could do another week's work now I
have been in the bath." (Dear. lies, end loud cheers).
intting
Suppose this to take place on a Siaturtcy, it
....no tt'ill'ill
ervance cf the Sabbath.
Capa-
city but be more tit for the due t:li,
baths were separate, and he found
(I le ar, hear.) The .
this highly estimated at. Liverpool—having as mach cold
reliaincgherraiepnl.ubxuntrybytosounlieemo.f al ;en pu
or warm water as he (the poor man) winced to turn on,
for there was no limit in this respect at the baths at
be
tptasceltc,),er:ittnueltritihfr..tnl.:utlliei col.
p;:getHliehatl
Liverpool. The baths at that town were frequented, not
ifeibeaerritrj.oi)alynleitieit.felefsehenwc,ted(!f,h,vveni-rlmisiuicslnehelesfea,sispta,kuererlyd,sioc‘tt,ilo.,i:tilnipiri,,giloiityrt,
life, who paid a small sum for private baths, which in this
esteidnrticlelcsorind
people at Liverpool if they did net thick it an advantage,
a great advantage, to have public wash-huuses, and they
said they fele, them to be so ; and he had inquired of the
superintetident if any evils had arisen from the mixing
of families ; and he said he had never observed or heard
of any. if the people so employed did talk over their
grievances, then he (the right rev, prelate) knew no great
harm in that. (Cheers ) The resolutions were passed,
the society formed, and the Bishop of London appointed
pre silent. ,

CHARGE OF SETTING FIRE TO A SHIP. —The barque
Hermes, tedoeging to Messrs. Tayleer arid Co., mer-
chants, of this town, sailed on Friday week ,ith a valuable
cargo of manufactured and other goi,ds for Buenos Ayres ;
and on Tuesday she arrived in the river again, basing put
back in consequence of an at:erupt to set fire to the ves-
s,l on Sunday mornieg,. off Holyhead. One of the men, a
Swede, named Henry Brown, was placed in custody, and
the circumstances were investigated at very great length
before Mr. Rushton rt the police-court on Tnesday.
An apprentice, named John Parry, stated that, betwcea
six and seven o'clock on Sunday morning, he was lynig
in his hammock in the forecastle, ill, when he saw the
prisoner go to the chest of a semiau, Ti tined Lamont,
'rota which he took a hoz of matches ; the:. he went to his
( Parr) 'a) chest, took therefrom a leaf out of a hook, : oiled
it up, then he took off the scuttle, lighted a match, and
weiit down into the forepeak. After he came back, be
stood over the scuttle in a kneeling posture, and said.
'' By —, I will either sink her or burn her;" and then
he put on the scuttle carefully, with the bar over it as be-
fore. Shortly afterw mite the ship was discovered to he
cei fire; about two.gallons of tar in a barrel, and several
p mods of oakum, brine consumed ; but the flames were
fortunately extinguished before they attained any con-
siderable sidel
proceedingsdep o
of e rt.h It
riasPonpeearr buted e
id that there had
been no dispute between the captain and any of the crew.
The race was eventually adjourned. On Wednesday,
Brown was again placed at the bar. Lamont was ex-
ntl)aartrY) ; onea hal seen these
awned, and described the positain of the boxes of matches
in his chest, but nothing meter:al could be elicited. Mr.
Rushton, addressing the captain of the Hermes, said it
was a difficult case to get at the bottom of. lie then re-
capitulated the pi itiepal points of the evidence, and con-
c'uded by declaring his cnivietion of the innocence of the
prisoner Brown, whom he ocdared to be discharged•
From the suspicious; character of the boy Parry, Mr-
Reshtori ordered him to be taken into custody, and .o be
br, ught up again on the following day. On Thursday.
Parry was broaght before the m igisteates—in the interim
a very minute inquiry having been instituted by polices
officer Greaves. Mr. Rushton said, to his mind it was
• clear, from the resift of the examination which had been
made, tlett Parry had been the person who had attempted
the diabolical act, which he had endeavoured to place to
the charge of an innocent man ; and he felt regret that
there was no direct evicience iii the case to justify him in
sending him for trial. The prisoner was accordingly
discharged.

Oct. 29, 1844.

SAILORS' HOME, REGISTRY, AND SAVINGS'

BANK.

.A public meeting, for the purpose of promoting the
establishment, in this port, of a Sailors' Home, Registry,
and Savings' Bank for seamen, was held in the Sessions-
bouse, at one o'clock on Friday. There was a very nu-
merous attendance, among whom were a considerable
body of the leading merchants and shipowners. The
meeting was convened by the Mayor, upon a requisition.
The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings. expressed the
great pleasure he felt in having assembled the meeting,
and his conviction that, if the objects in view were carried
out, they would he materially advantageous to the class
whose interests they all deeired to promote. He had that
morning received a note from Sir Howard Douglas, highly
approving of the purpose for which the meeting was being
held ; and he was sure that if Lord Sandon had been aware
,of what was taking place, he also would have expres-ed
his approbation of the subject. His Lordship had, in-
deed, a!ready done so upon a previous occasion, as was
well known to the members of the provisiunial committee.
Mr. ADAM HODGSON moved the first resolution, which,
with the others, will be found in our advertising columns.
The meeting related to the social and moral condition of
a class of the community whose claims to earnest coil-
sideratiou and deep sympathy no man would dare to deny,
and no man be inciined to dispute. To their valour and
intrepidity, to their energy and enterprise, we owed much ;
but what had been the return made to them ? What was
their social and moral condition in this extensive country,
and in this our native town ? They had a home, to be
sure, but it was " upon the deep ;" and how few of them
were there who knew anything of the comfort, the cordi-
ality, the security, or the sanctity of .1 home on shore.
(Cheers.) They returned from time trotime from foreign
lands into the bosom of their own country, but they re-
turned to be pillaged, and plundered, and ensnared, and
entrapped by harpies who were ever watching to get them
into their power, and then they were robbed of all they
had laboriously earned. Besides this, they were exposed
to moral temptations. to which, from their peculiar cir-
cumstarces, they were most be a prey ; and he
wou'd ask what was the resson these evils had been so
long permitted to exist in this town ? It was because the
public had not been sufficiently alive to their magnitude,
and because of the shipowners not daring to encounter
them without the support of the subiic. They must not
conceal from themselves that the public had a right to
ahere in the responstbility of the neglect with which the
sailors bad been treated ; for they were our fellow-men,
and they were our .fellow-countrymen, altaough they had
little to do with any of our national privileges. Some-
thing, however, had been done with regard to making pro-
vision for their religious worship; for between 25 and 30
years ago a fleeting chapel was established by the Dis-
senters. The Mariner's Church had since been opened
for those of a different communion. and he rejoiced to
think that inestimable blessings had flowed from those
institutions to the sailors of the port. To make these
'benefits still more we:ful. there wanted a borne for ssamen
when they returned from a voyage ; and, after supporting
the claims of such an institution by a saristy of considera-
tions, Mr. Hodgson concluded by 'noting the resolution.
Mr. Re SIITON seconded the prapositicn, and congratu-
lated the therchaets of Liver's( of that the day bad at
length arrived when this important subject was about to
meet due consideration. Mr. Ile dgson had alluded to
the painful det dls of the routine duty which daily en-
gaged his (Mr. Rushton's) attention, in which the claims
of the rights arid wrongs of sailsrs formed a very large
-proportion. A sailor, as had been truly observed. had
few of the endearments of home, and when he arrived
from FDA in a port like Liverpool, the dock quays were
crowded with boarding-house keepers, and elepsellers,
waiting for his landing. The moment he put his foot
ashore he was in their arms. Being destitute of ready
money, a loan ass procured from the tailor on the secu-
rity of the boarding-house keeper, who mortgaged his
salary the first quarter of an hour after he went to his
'habitation. lie was charged extravagantly for his fond,
every temptation that could be found was placed within
his grasp. and, when the period had arrived at which he
received his wages. all was gone. The boarding-house
keeper went with him to the coupting. house to receive his
-wages, which were sh fired with the slotistller, and thus
the pour sailor was deprived of all. And this was hot all :
a further advance was made to the sailor; he was again
encouraged to go on in his reckless and dissipated career,
and, in the course of a week or ten days, he found he bad
no.alternative presented to him by the boarding master
but that of turning, out in the street without his clothes,
which were held as security for the new debt. He was
then turned naked into the street to vet on board any
vesselkains ta sea—any ve,sel where the largest advance
could oc obtained, and two month's labour was thus
-mortgaged to be given to those people ;Tani. (Hear.)
Mien 'he property of sailors was frequently lost to their
.families by false and fraudulent wills being produced.
On all these grounds he strongly recommended the este-
blistae nt of an it steution like the our proposed, where
the sailor would b, pre sled for anti have his interests
properly watched over —The resolution was carried.
Mr. Aims proposed tee next resolution. entering, in
the course of a long address, into a great number of de-
tails connected with the intended in-titutiun, and ex •
posing, in a powerful manner, the ftighttul treatment
to whrch a seaman, unknown and without (fleet's, was ne-
'ceesarily liable in a port like Liverpool, where no
institution existed. lie congra'ulated the rneetiog upon
•the immediate prospect of its operation. Toe Corpora-
tion hart given the land, and before he entered the meet-
ing he found that twenty gentlemen had put down their
names for :E:100 each, ser e ai for ,t 750, on of whim signed
$3 C, others fie. smaller amounts. rle tied no doubt
at all that, havi•ig the aporobatinn of the (.;trporation and
the Dock Committee, and the support of the public, tlis
undertaking would rie rapidly, and be a most valueble
addition to our pui.l c hest tutions.
Mr. WILLIAM POTTER, in seconding the resolution,
mentioned that the most painful circumstance that ever
-occurred to him in the conduct of mercantile affairs, was
when the pay-day came of a ship returning from a distant
voyage, which ought to be a day of joy and gratification.
The knowledge that as the men received their money, the
pleee was surrounded by people lurking about for the sake
of miaisterieg to their extraieuence—if not for actual
plunder. Arid after his receipts had been complstely ex-
hausted, he w;ts obliged to pledge his clothes, for the
means of ente,big upon a new voyage. Whatever retrain-
straaces and counsel he (Mr. P.) had occasionally given
.to the men, they hod always fallen short for the wait of
ability to show them a remedy and a better example, but
this institution, he hoped, would prove both one and the
other. Until it had been tried he was sure they had no
rielit to give up the case as a hopeless one. (Hear, hear.
Mr. Potter then directed attention to a bill introduced
:into parliament last session, which proposed that the ma-
rine funds at the dfferent ports should be consolidated.
This meaeuie, he said, would be ui-just to the Liverpool
Society, which now kept about 1500 people fern the
parish, and had a fund of £50,000. Other ports in vari-
ous parts of England, with a proportionate number of
.aelmen, had not N twentieth part of that amount, there-
fore it would be a manifest injusice to throw the funds
altogether. The resolution was carried.
The Rev Huai' Nl'lelaree, on rising, was received
with tremendous applause. Alter a few opening remarks
in which he p rid a deserved compliment to Mr. James
Aikin, the rev. gentletratt read a long list of particulars,
from which it appeared that the first and immed ate ob-
jects of the Intoitwion would be to provide for seamen
boird, letigieg, arid medical attendance. at a modcra e
-charge. He then continued as follows :—lt will not be
expected—it would, indeed, not be tolerated, and I am
happy to think it is not at ell necessary that I should en-
large upon all these points, I will confine myself to sonic
.general observation; on particular arid important points.
We are, of course, unwilling to excite any needless hos-
tility in any class, and therefore I think it desirable, in
the first instance, to call attention to the matter of board
and lodging, which fo m a specific part of our plan.
however cspacious the intended•plan.may be, arid I hope
to see it contain several hundreds, yet still the number of
seamen who cat be received as inmates, compared with
the number frequenting tee port. must, at the largest, be
a very small proportion ; and we have no wish to with-
draw from respectable and properly-kept lot big-houses
tbco,e seamen who have elreedy made acqeaiotance with
such. (firer, hear.) It is no part of the Phi, that the
advahteges to be derived from the savings batik and re-
gister of &erecter should be confined to the ilium, es of
the house. This will be open to all ; and, there-fen', I
think, sir. we have good reason to expect that, really re-
spectable lodging-house keepers—mess who wish to com-
bine the true benefit of the seaman with their own fair
and legitimate protits—wid hail es as elites—(mar, hear,)
—and cd-operete wlth us, instead of harbouring suspi-
cions, and endeavouring to thwart our benevolent designs. 1
It will be their interest so to do. There is, indeed, a class
from whona we must calculate upon hostility, 'reuse, sir,
iu point of fact, it is impossible to take any efficient step
towards the improvement of the character or condition of
the seamen without placing ourselves in direct antagonism
to the evil and mischief of the men I now allude to. I
allude to those designing mere aided by abandoned women,
who lie in wait to ensnare the returning s• anon, to entice
him by the cravings of his animal passions to plunge into
th: paroxysms of licentiotomess arid the brutalities of
•drunkenttese, until be is either rubbed of his wages, or in-
duced to spend it in a manner akin ta robbery ; and, when he
is fleeced, and his clothes and watch, have found their wiy
to the pawnbroker for the sats'action < f tie lodgine-
homekecper, then to cast him out upon the streets to the
tender mercies of solie shipping master, who exacts on
t e mo•tgege of Jack's next voyaze before he will pass ,
hint to a shiprr and get hitn once more afloat. (Hear,
and cheers.) I said abandoned w:onsn ; arid when I used
that word, I meant the expression as descriptive rather of
their deplorable condition than as reproach'ul of their
character. Poor, unhaepy creatures! they too have been
rifled of a treasure more precious than gold or silver, and
then abandoned by their heartless, mean, detestable SP-
ducers. (Load cheers.) Sir, it is the seducer. especielly
the gentleman—falsely so called—(hear, hear)—he who
can and does pay high for his loathsome indulgence. and
then turns away in 'reelect and dstrast from his helpless
victim—he it is who is the manufacturer of hat lots—(hear,
hear)—be it is who degrades to the condition of a harpy
in our streets the creature who, but fur him. might have
been an ornament and blessing to society as the head of a
respectable fancily—(great epplause)—he it is who thus
prepares pit-falls. " deep ditches, says the Scriptures,
worse than rocks and reefs, for the shipwreck of our ma-
riners. Yes! and when the gallant tar, who has SUCCeSS-
pity braved the dangers of the deep, the toils of pro-
'traded storms, and the vicissitudes of Antipodean climes,
has returned, he exhibits in his history a melancholy
illustration of one of the most instructive passages of an-
cient history. Hanibal, with his sable host, were safe in
all the ruggedness of their Alpine passage. Hardships
were wholesome to them. Precipices to be plunged l
down—mountains to be scaled—ravines to be crossed—
these cultivated their energies and nerved them for vic-
tory. But Capue was their ruin ' • the soft syren lap of
sensual indulgence relaxed their discipline, and made
them an easy prey to their watching, calculating foes.—
(Hear, hear.) Sir. we indeed desire earnestly to pro-

tect our seamen from imposition and extortion, and to
encourage them to husband their hard-earned wages ;
and in order that they may have within themselves the
elements of such protection, we desire to promote their
moral, intellectual, and professional improvement, and
afford them an opportunity of receiving religious instruc-
tion. For their intellectual improvement it is proposed
that a library and reading-room should be established, and
that both of these be made as attractive to them as it is
possible to do. For their moral improvement it is pro-
posed that there should be a savings' bank and registry
of character; and for their religious improvement it is
proposed that there should be a clergyman and visiting
chaplain to the institution. (Hear, hear.) These are,
fruitful topics ; but I must be brief. We have lately had
opportunity, more or less, of witnessing the gratifying,
and almost miraculous effects produced by savings' banks.
I fully agree in the observations made by Air. Aiken OH
this point. Get a labouring man. whether seaman or
landsman, to make use of a savings' bank, and you have
a hold of that roan. (Hear, hear.) lie has something
to keep, and, c hat is still more elevating to his charact r,
he has something to give away. (Laughter and cheers.)
And this is not chimerical. I hold in ray hand the last
report of. the institution in London, similar to that we
now desire to establish here. And I learn one most gra-
tifying instance recorded in this report:—" It is a cir-
cumstance most gratifying to the directors !o be enabled
again to state that of the £20,000 of sailors' money which
passed through our hands, .E. 1.800 was money sent by the
officers of the institution, to sailors at their own homes.
or to their relations in various parts of the country."
(Applause ) Here is the prospect which Mr. Aiken pre-
sented in theory realised in practice. (Hear, hear.) I
do hope that the savings' hank part of the plan will be
most diligently and skilfully carried out. (Hear, hear.)
Then as moral improvement advances, a register of
character carefully kept will give the seaman the ani-
mating encouragement that his moral character is not
lost si,ht of, and will secure his reward, by securing
more readily advantageous engagements as he goes on.
And knoaing, sir, that all such engagements must
speedily tertninate, and recollecting that the seaman.
after all, has an eternity to spend, it is an integral and
important part of our plan to give him the opportunity at
least to learn the redeeming love of " Him who died and
rose again for us men and for our salvation,—thst so, our
sea-faring brother may, by the grace of God, working in
due season, find a return of that practical grateful love
for that pardoning love which he has mercifully experi-
enced,- and thus find, within his own• bosom, the germ
of e ternal love in conformity to the character of God,
for " God is love." These are the chief features of the
plan. The rev. gentleman then appealed to the liberality of
our merchant princes for contributions for the effectual
carrying out of the project, and afterwards proceeded as
follows :--Simply on commercial grounds the matter
might be argued. You have heard this already. The
im-
proved character of the seamen—the improved intelligence
of the most subordinate members of the crew, and the
consequent increased safety of the vessel in the case of
accident or illness of the master or mate :—these, and
kindred consequences ought to speak with a loud voice
to owners, and undewriters, and insatance companies.—
(Loud applause.) On Christian prineqles the matter
may be urged. This, also, has been alluded to ; and
surely, sir, it ought to be an object with British Christians
that the men who carry throughout the world the match.
less specimens of England's handicraft it, manufactures
ought themselves to be specimens of the Christianity of
England-7(continued applause)—instead of being, as too
many of our neglected seamen, alas, now are—profane,
dissolute, and drunken stumbling-blocks in the way of the
heathen where they visit. And the decks and wooden
walls of Old England—her best defence in the day of
danger—manned by her indomitable tars, whe never
struck her flag—(cheers)—these might he pleaded— hese
might also be stirringly addressed, and especially at this
moment, when this feeling has been made to thrill through
the nation. For it was only on Monday last, the anniver-
sary of the battle of Trafarlger, the Victory was decorated
as usual, that our Sovereign, Queen Victoria—whom God
preserve!—(applause)—went on board that vessel. She
ascended the quarter-deck—came where it is inscribed,
-" Here Nelson fell." She paused—read the inscription
thoughtfully, and then she plucked a leaf of the wreath
of laurel that encircled the spot and clasped it to her
royal—her right. English heart. (Vehement applause).
And her attention was eared to the Admiral's signal or,
that remarkable day, when she read, with a full, emphnt7c
voice—" England experts every man to do his duty."
Here, sir, a thousand recollections and associations start
to he mind—all welt ca calated to give cur seamen their
proper place in our consideration. and every plan for their
welfare, and to furnish claims on our substantial gratitude.
For though our seamen are not now called to the dis-
charge of such dreadful duties—and we trust, in the over-
ruling providence of the most High, for a continuance of
peace—yet, deeds of days gone by—deeds. productive of
peace. because decisive in war, ought not to be forgotten ;
and if it wits the sailor's duty then to fight, to do his part
to preserve to our use the happy homes of old England,
it is equally the duty of every Briton in our day to supply
a home for Britain's seamen. (Great cheers.) But, sir,
I urge a softer theme. 1 observe in one of the resolutions
an allusion to the children, especially of the orphan child-
ren, of war seamen ; and, whit I read this, try attention
reverted from it naturally enough, to the parents of our
seamen. I consider the multitude of youths that I Pt'
amongst the seamen in the town, and I picture to myself
the anxious fathers and aff(ctiootte mothers of those
young men following theist with their prayers and tears to-
your port. (Hear.) Sir, ihe poor have tender feelings
a, well as pressing wants. It b- ,t nys a grieveus ignorance
of them to assert that their natural .ffections are less ten-
der than our own. (Hear, bear.) Who amongst us that
is not a parent—l believe I ought to say, who, that is not
a mo her, can adequately enter into the feelings of a
mother for her sailor boy. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
She dreads the sea, 'tis true ; but she Brea is the shore
still more. She fancies her dear child taking Iris turn of
duty on the deck or in the rigging, and then turning
into his hammock, and, through all this, her heart can
liriaer with him, and she can surround him with the
shelter of her prayers. But when he comes in shore,
and she attempts to trace his steps—alas ! her heart sinks
at the too probable a, peet, her prayer falters, and she
would fain dismiss. if possible, the thought of him alto-
gether, than endure the revolting association. (Hear.)
Oh ! behold, th in, sir, what boon von confer on such a
mother by the estableihrreot of a Sailors' hone. (Cheers )
Titers, her heart may linger about her darling child !
there she may imagine him still returning to h shed of
soberness and chastity ! there, she may Unger with her
supplications to the God of all mercy for a blessing upon
her son, and a blessing upon his friends and benefactors.
or;.
).
who supplied him n
with a refuge! (Continued
Oh ! sir, this one feeling alone—and with this I mils,.
form rmteh et ph
arens ernetcos
recompense
fo anti
re,every conclude—this
c h roi
sntei a
nfe - ling shouldr
t.
every Christian sacrifice that we c:m make or ih7s behalf.
For, sir, if there be on earth a spot of Paradise unsta,ned
by the fall of Adam—a lovely. lingering trace of God's
own imace upon our nature !—if there be a shame into
which selfi•hriess has never entered, but where disinte-
rest •d affection sits enthroned !—if there be it string on
relaxed by the damp vapours of our fallen atmosphere,
and still vibrating true to the harmony of Heaven, it is
the tender love of a mother's heart to an absent, en-
dangered son ! The Rev. Gentleman hers resumed his
seat, amid loud demonstrations of applaus

The Rev. J. TODD BROWN seconded the motion ;
and it was supported by the Rev. !lector CAMPBELL, who
said the snbject was one in which, as a clPrgynyin of the
Church of England, and as one of ti e rectors of Liver-
pool, he took the deepest interest and concern. He
ccnfesscd he had more pleasure in supporting this cause
because be c,.uld'not discover in it any elements of po-
litical or religious controversy, and that in the present
day was really a very great satisf tetion. It was an ob-
ject in which all cla,ses could join with the most cordial
unanimity—in which all could co overatt, without the
possibility of having their motives misconstrned. it was
one, therefore, which he bad the greatest pos,ib!e saris-
f4etion in aiding by every means in his power. (Cheers.)
The resolution was carriel unahitnnuslr.

Mr. GEORGE GRANT moved the appointment of a
committee; and, after expressing his approbation of the
object for which they h,d met, lie suggested that in the
building ilself means should he taken to secure rioonal
amu ements and recreations fir the inmates, intsmuch as
they wouli not be unsuitable or injor,mu‘ to burn.
Mr. WM. RATnnosn seconded the motion. and en-
large., woo the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Grant, of
which he exuressed his warm athn:ration. Th, resolution
was ad ved.•
Ut COTESWORTII moved, and Mr. T. B ORSFALL
seconded the next resolutinn ; upon which thekl AVOR
announced that he had received a cheque for £lOO hom
Mr. J. A. Thine. who was unable to attend the meet ng,
to be applied in aid of the funds.
Mr. Duncan Gihb. Mr. Win. Watson, Mr. Sandbarh.
Mr. Wtn. Brown, and • Mr. George Kendall afterwards
addressed the meeting, and the proceedings terminated
about half-cast three

COIMESPONDENCE.

SHIP-BUILDING.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Ste,—ln giving stfri(
your
m
a few lures on practical shiubuild-
log, for the information 0
once of this end it will not be readers, for the further-
and resistance
out of place to introduce a
few remarks on the nat,re of displacement,
of fluids. Displacement is a
column
of water through the
al
ill hydrostatics, ef-
fected by the removal of a
immersion of any solid hodytlie
the greatest accuracy he
placed. wher, by the
•
weight of such bodies may with
composing lightfr materials
obtained. All vessels or solids a ship, or any other
than water, such as logs of
mooed,boating
"ating substance, displace by
amly as much water as their spec'.ficgravity, for example:
tieir immersed part i-
e
suppose a ship with all
her materials a
weighs 400 tons,
column of water
equal afloat her immersed part removes .
equal to 14,000 cubic feet, a cube foot of salt water being
equal to 64 lbs. weight, cr 35 cubit to the ton ; divi(e
14,000 by 35, the produce will he 400 tons, the weight of
the ship. Again,
8 lbs. to
take a log of fir timber mfasurirg 30
cubic feet, the specific gravity Of which b..,ine 4 _ ,
the cube foot, the weight of this log ben g 1440 lbs.
..; thi(a,..,
this log a c. in salt water, it will be seen that it displaces
Runt! thereof equal to 224 cubic feet, which multiply by
64, the produce will be 1440165, the weight of the log.
thus showing that the average we ht of fir timber is one
quarter light -r than salt watfi% from the log float ng 71
cube feet above the surface. Furthermore, take a pig of
cast.iron one font euhe, the specific gravity of which is
464 lbs., sink it in sat water, and weigh it therein, its
weight wil be found no more than .400 tbs., having lost
64 lbs. by its displacing one cubic foot of water thereby
becoming that much more buoyant. These examples, as,
illustrations, are sufficient to show the specific gravity:pm
displacement of all solids at rest ; but as it respects the
stability of vessels of passage and burthen, with them
everything depends, as to their safety, on the correctness
of their fora), thereby producing regularity of displace-

ment, which alone can constitute a safe sea-going 314.
-It is, therefore, of the first moment that all vessels of pas-
sage and burthee, should be so constructed, that every
section, fore and aft, as far as the cargo extends, should
be fully borne up and supported by the fluid in which site
is to pass, otherwise she will soon promote her own de-
struction. Should a ship be flat in midships, and ex-
tremely sharp forward and abaft, with a cargo extending
fore and aft, she has then a ruinous up-pressure s•rain in
midst.ip that will soon di-joint her, from its forming two
levers whose length extends beyond the half-length 01 the
vessel; the like evil will attend vessels built, either full
forward or abaft, w,,ereby the centre of displacement is
removed from its natural position, and the lever lat comes
more extended : in the former there are two levers con-
sternly in action, in the latter but one, yet the lever of the
one, from its length, will prove equally destructive. I
have known ships built in our naval yard, which were
supposed when in proper trim to swim on an even keel,
draw when launched nearly twice as much water abaft as
forward ; to bring those ships on au even keel, a very con-
siderable portion ortheir weight must be placed to the
foreside of their half length ; bow ruinous, then, must be
the effect produced from such a principle ! From this it
may be seen hew great is the responsibility of -ship-
builders, and with what caution they should act, lest by
introducing novelties they might not only prove useless
but dangerous innovations. It is therefore obvious that
such care should always be taken in the construction and
formation of vessels. that the centre of displacement
should judiciously take the place of the centre of gravity,
which cannot be effected unless it eta near tile half-
length of the vessel, by which means the fore and eter bo-
dies may be so regeWed and equalised, that no section
should be under the necessity of requiring suaport from
its neighbour section.
The resistance of fluids in reference to shipbuilding is
that obstruction which all floating bodies have to encoun-
ter in proportion to their velocity in passing through- the
water. Wise men, in all ages, from Plato to Newton, and
from him to the present day, have written volumes with
the view of giving a demonstrative proof, which solid pre—
sents the least resi
stance; unfortunately for the maritime
world, the figures given are like the alehyrnists' transmu-
tation, absorbed in theory. Many excellent writers on
shipbuilding, on every colter subject have in clear and dis-
tinct terms explaMed their theorems, excepting that of,
resistance, and with it the principles of velocity. On these
stthjects they are completely at a stand. Many clever
men have attempt, d to eseiblish a thPorv, will models in
water, drawn along by pulleys and weigh:., in which they
are all at variance; and why, because all experiments,
with motiels by water, as procfs of the stability or velocity
of a ship under canvass, are like the search, s atter perpe-
tual motion, ineffectual in producing a principle. As well
may the strengths of a ship's main-mast be decided from
the strength of its model on ag, e- ter scale. Therefore
every attemet of the kind has, and ever will prove abor-
tive; observation and experience alone must determine
on the very essential question. Having thus far entered
on this important subject, shall resume it again next
week.—l am, sir, &c.

Pembroke Dock, 22d Oct. 1814.

JOHN COCK.

O'CONNELL AND THE WHIGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Site,—Did you ever happen to observe two boys at-
tempting to mount a wall ? They both puff and blow.
and tug, but find that singly it is useless, till at last the
Nigger of the two ho'sts the otter on his shoulders, who,
when he arrives at the top, gives his fellow a hand, and
thus they both succeed. This, sir, is the exact position of
the WI:1;v at tte present day ; they find it utterly impos-
sible, as hom should it he poss!ble, to walk into office, and
at last have recourse to that " Jack of trades," Daniel
O'Connell, to assist them to mount the wall.
Daniel O'Connell and the Whiles! b-autiful coalition!
admirable compact ! This secatid edition of the Lichfield
House affair is to hear down ell opposition. and overcome
every obstacle. The armies are uniting. the generals are
laying their wise heads totes her, it not single-handed, at
least with accumulated farces, they intend to force the
citadel of the constitution, they purpose to raze all monu-
ments of toryisin, leaving nought hut i's ashes to testify
its ruin. O'Connell and the Whigs! wondrous ass.i.
ciAion I behold the parted enemirs are become united
friends once more! the " base." the " bLudy." and the
brutal." are reconciled to their vilifier! arid the exqui-
sie patriot the distiuterested patriot, who puts himself
to the trouble of robbing the pockets of the poor of
£28,000 a-sear ! the persecuted martyr, who has hecotte
fat under government pay ! going to travel the wishe.-
for road to place. in conjunclort with thc sa, crouch-
ing animal,: of the other side of the water ! where each
will bear each other's burden, a' d both will stand up IT
each other where mutual obligation is absolutely neces-
sary.

flow naked must Wh'ggery have become to need
the Irish ragamuffin c,4tt of O'Connell to hide their na-
kedness to what a depth of lown-ss must they have
sunk when Daniel O'Connell is gratefully aect•pted to lift
!hem from the -ontempt of their mean arid disgracelul
situation! They are fawned upon and beslavered by tilvir
former vilifli r, for it suits his purpose; the flatttry has its
effect, and they fawn and beslaver in return. Dow beau-
tiful to look unon is their gentleness! how. a Im:rable is
their meekness! the worm turns not sgain:t the butt of
former abuse, and ridicule kisses the cheek of its reviler !
What a despicable little playthina it is in the hattds pf
the cunning o‘d fox ! what a puny, p tltry t.y, tossed and
befingered by the sly old artitic-r. Oh! take care of it,
when thou bast it. Dan ! llold it fast in thy retentive
claw, keep it in thy tri ocherous trap ; don't let it gowhen
its feet are so conveniently embedded in the mire ; if it
could, like a sert.tent, it would sting
thee, and scruple not
to tread over thy carcat,e into emolument= and offices
It is, indeed, viewed abstractedly. a lamentable thing to
behold Whigeery 11,tundering and kicking in the hole, ar.d
calling upon Daniel O'Connell to lend a hand and help it
in the midst of the roaring waters of destruction, and cry-
ingout ! It is indeed lamentable to behold that great Ceeear
to the Irish Cas‘ius, " llel me, or I sink ! 'it is, in-
deed, lamentable xn behold sim great talents prostituted to
see such astonishing and
place—to see all that was
ltevottiadtehmanolipicowaerltsa,,roo!df rfeopregatl,lldeton
once gay and flourishing all that %via once powerful—
that was unce rearing its head proudly above the billows
of political condemnation—that. once firmly and nob 4
stuck in its place, notwir,standing public clamour for re•
signation ! to see all this b'ibed into silence, fr;ghted into
non-entity. beaten into ign,anitty! Alas, poor Whip.,,ry,
let the lament thy fate ! let me mown the disgrace of thy
ignominious end ! There thou layest ! Where ? I can-
not tell ; but we hear a faint noise, we hear a dying gasp;
there is something said about a renewal of lite by a dis-
graceful coalition: but thou art so little the world can't
see thee; the remnant of thy mortality is coffined in ob-
scurity !

The. last convulsive struggle before total annihilation is
just taking place in the political atmosdhere. They have
vied in the registration courts; they have tried on the
Idatiorm of every theatre, great and srmili, in the king-
dont ; they have tried every stay, ant by every means, hut
,II has been of no avail—all their tfforts have been use-
less; and this, this is their list refuge—this is their only
remaining chance—this is th.-ir dying drat. O'Connell
is arch enough to make a prntession of amity to the
Whigs, the Whigs are reduced low enough to accept the
offers of O'Connell. Well, let them combine ; le, them
have their tall tme out ; they ho'h wig be involved in
one common rum—they both shall fall into the pit toge-
ther.—l am, slr,

DELTA.

UNIVERSITY CLERICAL NEWS.

A PPOINTMENTS.— Rev. Philip 11s11 Palmer,
Jesus College. to the rectoty of Woolsthorpe, Lincoln-
shire. Value, £l9l.—The Rev. Philip Vyvyan Robinson,
13 A., of Christ's College. to the rectory of Landevved-
nack, Cornwall. Valne, £2s3.—The Rev. Henry Apreece
Coles, M.A.. of St. John's Co lege, to the vicarage of
Martiham, Nottingliamsuire. Value, £2oB.—The Rev.
Conrad Makings Winiberley. M.A.. to the vicarage of
Kedthngton, Lincolnshire. Value, £77.—The Rev. Wen.
Doug as Lit lejohn, M.A., of Corpus Chri,ti College, to
the vicarage or Thome with Syilenhant, ual curacy,
Oxfortishirt.. Value, £2oo.—The Rev. Flew). erton
Ma,s:e. ILA,. Queen's College, to tile pop.t.tai curacy
of Sliocklach, Cheshire. Value. £l97.—The Rev, liens y
Vttlentitte Pickering, 8.A., of renthroke College, to the
curacy of Kenton, Suffolk.—The Rev. George William
Manning, or Emanuel College, to the perpetu I ttuney of
St. Juliet's, Cornwall. Value, £G'.l.—The Rev.
Hall AndreAs, 11. A., of St 'John's College. to the curacy
of Revel-took, Devon.—The Hon. and Rey. Grantham
Munton York, to be one of the domestic chaplains to toe
Lord Bishop of Worcester,
Examtsmts.— OxFottio.—ln a ConvocaVon held on
Thursday, in Liter llinnanioribus, the Rev. John Mat-
thias Wilson, M.A., Fellow of Corpus, end the Re.y.
Arthur West Haddon, M.A , Fellow of Triple—ln
nithemat;cis to Physics. Rev. Nicholas Pocock,
M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's.

DEGREES.—At Oxford. on Thursday, the following
degrees were conferred :—llloxiers rf Arts.—The lion,
henry Pitt Chohhondley,How of All Souls—Rev.
Nathaniel Midwinter, Maedalen Hall—Melville Portal,
Christ Church— Cornwal Simeon. Christ Church.— t.n7y
Pritchard, Scholar of Corpus—Rev. Henry James Mar-
shall, Corpus—Rev. Jan 'William Kirkham, Jesus Col-
lege—Henry Ellison, Fellow of University—Jos. ph Cox
Algar, Fellow of University—Rev. Jame,. &Wine), Wad-
hum—Fredcrie John Vipan, Wadharn—Rev. John Wil-
lis Grane, Exeter—John Ilungerford Pollen, Fellow
Merton—Arthur Ilo.Aouse. Chirles Cuth-
bert Soulhey, Queen's—Rev. William Clal ton, Queen's.
Bachelors of Arts.—William Brookes, Licc:ll. Grind
Coapounder —George Henry Vansittait, 13aaiol, Grind
Corr pounder—John Leslie, Christ Chnrch—Philip Con.
stable Ellis, Jesus—Henry Jackson Rhodes, Scholar of
Corpus—Henry Robert Smith. Scholar of Beviseiose•
Henry Newby, Worcester—George Drinkwater Bourne,
Oriel.

The vicarage of St. Stephen, London, hac been pre-
sented to the Rev. Josiah Pratt, son of the la'e lamented
vicar.

ItACTARIAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—?A commit-
tee has been crpnised to proniote the objects of the
Tractarian party, and to take ininiediate advantage of
every opportunity of forwarding their des•gr:s.

It was a prelate of the Church. the venerable Bishop of
Bath and Wells, who first adopted the plan of alloting
small portions of land to lab ,uren, which system has
gradually spread to almost every quarter of the empii e.
It is considered probable that Sir R. Peel will select
for the Deanery of Cacliste some clergyman of distin-
guished character, res;d'•nt in one of the Northern Dio-
ceses, and the names of the Rev. IL Buddicombe, Prin-
cipal of St. Bees CoTege, and the Rev. G. 'Townsend,
Canon of Durham, are mentioned as likely to receive the
appointment. The future income of the office will be
£lOOO a year.