The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE IN IRELAND.—RepeaI,
after all, is likely to be an "open question" in the Whig
Cabinet, aecoraing to the articles of the Citesham-p!ace
treaty, and in conformity with the opinion to that effect
recently expressed by the Freeman's Journal, as the
organ of the movement. Mr. Clements, a barrister, a
right hand man of Mr. O'Connell, and, it has been said
on competent authority, one of the paid attaches of
Conciliation-hall, has received an appointment in the
colonies of the value of some £6OO per annum. This,
the first mark of Government bestowed upon a member
of a hitherto proscribed class, was, it is said, procured at
the instance of a gentleman wholly opposed to the repeal

Majesty's Ministers, and a candidate for re-election for
the borough of Dungarvan. All the arrangements for the
elevation of Mr. Brady to the Court of Chamery, and the
consequent accession of Mr. Pigot to the Chief Baron-
! I ship, are completed. The official announcement of their

appointments will be made in a day or two. Mr. AI.
Fortescue is appointed Chamberlain to the household of
the Earl of Besborough.

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY
BY THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—I. An act to au?.rnent
the representation of the people of Ireland in parliament.
An act for giving a substantial elective franchise to
eople of Ireland.-3. An act to simplify, and render

MIL. I t
ele-

An act
act to

'etive municipal reform.-5

give perfect freedom of education to every class and per-
suasion in Ireland.-6. An act for establishing throughout
Ireland of the tenant right. —7. An act to provide full
compensation, in all cases where the tennnt-right may not
sufficiently apply, for all solid and valuable improvements
to be made, or ready made, by the occupying tenant.-
8. An act to diminish the stamp duty on leases, and to

provide a short form of leasing.-9. An act to take away,
in certain cases, the power to distrain, and also that of
Ejectment for non-payment of rent, unless the tenant
shall have a permanent term secured to him.-13. An act

the same in a county board 9in each county.-11. An
act to raise a tax of not less than 20 per cent. upon the
rents of absentees ; the produce-to be applied to the fiscal
purposes of the county boards respectively.

RAILWAY INTALLIGEACE.

RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—On Friday, leave was obtained
in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, to obtain from the
Accountant-General the return of no less a sum than
£356,000, deposited with, that functionary on railway
account. _ _ _ _ _

An experimental trip from London to Rotterdam, pro-
moted by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, came
off on Wednesday se'nnight, when the distance, 222 miles,
viz., 65 rail to Ipswich, and 154 steam, was done in rather
less than 15 hours ! •
The South Staffordshire Railway Company has amal-

Junction Company, and the shareholders of the latter
project, at the recent meeting, have resolved upon carry-
ing forward their scheme. _ _ .

An atrocious attempt was made one night last week to
and Wear-

e train on

dale Railway between Bitchburn and Crook. Some
villains had propped back the switches, which sent the
engine off the line; but fortunately that was the extent of
the accident.

The Sydney papers are chiefly absorbed with the pros-
pects of railway adventure affording means for construct-

in the colony. The papers are, of course, not aware of
the crash that has followed the late over-speculation in

,
, .
the knowledge of the prospectus mania. How philoso-
phically we can look upon any plunge the speculators of
the new world are about to make. _

The Railway Companies Dissolution Act is now pub-
lished, and it is incumbent on every one interested, either
in recovering the remains of his deposits, or in escaping
the chance of further loss in abortive schemes, to make
himself acquainted with its provisions and details. By the
31st clause, which is by far the most important of all, it is
enacted, that Provisional Committee-men, against whom
judgment shall be recovered, may enforce mutual contri-
butions from the other members pro rata at common law,
instead of being driven to the tedious and practically im-
possible method laid down by the Court of Chancery.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERMINI.—The commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into the expediency of ex-
tending railways into the heart of the metropolis, and
constructing central stations, have presented their report.
The commissioners, after a long and detailed examination
of the advantages and disadvantages attendant upon the
formation of central termini, come to the conclusion that
it is not advisable to allow the railways, to the north of
the Thames, to enter the city, but look more favourably
upon a close approach of the railways on the southern
bank of the river, to the eastern and western bridges of
the metropolis. They also recommend that a communi-
cation between the railways to the north and south of the
Thames and the docks, should be effected by a railway
encircling the metropolis, and crossing the Thames to the
west of Vauxhall-bridge.
The following bills before committees on merits have
thus been disposed of. In the Lords, declared as proved
—Ashburton. Newton, and South Devon; Blackburn,

Clitheroe, and North Western ; Buckinghamshire (Tring
to Banbury); Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding ;
Forest of Dean and Gloucester; Glasgow, Airdrie and
Monkland : London and Croydon (Thames Junction);
Porthury Pier, &c. ; South Wales; Yorkshire and Glas-
gow Union. Not proved—Axholme, Gainsborough and
North Midland; Lesmahagow and Coatbridge ; New-
castle and Darlington and Tyne Dock. In the Commons:
Proved—Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcester Junc-
tion ; Edinburgh and Glasgow and Union Canal ; Leeds
and Bradford; Liverpool and Bury Extensions; Man-
chester and Southampton; Taff Vale. Not proved—
Edinburgh and Ballochney Amalgaination ; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, Forth and Clyde ; Glasgow, Paisley and
Johnstone ; Leeds, Wakefield and Midland ; South West-
ern (Romsev and Redbridge). Bills withdrawn—Leeds
and Dewsbury ; Leeds Central ; Wishaw and Coltness ;
London and Blackwall (widening).
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY ACROSS THE MERSEY
AT RUNCORN.—The terms upon which this company are
to be allowed by the admiralty to carry their line over the
river have at length been definitely settled. The admi-
ralty, as conservators, require that the bridge, if built on

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feet in the clear ; the piers must not er-eed 25 feet in the
clear, with proper cutwaters ; that the clear headway
under the centres of the arches shall be 100 feet, and the
spring of the same 15 feet above the level of the highest
tides. If the company should substitute flat girders,
with piers of twenty feet thickness, which are preferred
to arches, the clear water space will only be required to
be 250 feet between the piers. To facilitate the warping
of large vessels through the bridge, a turret staircase
from the footway along the bridge should be made down
the second and third piers from the Cheshire side, to a
strong wooden or iron gallery round those piers. of about
threet feet wide, and one or two feet above the high-water
mark ; that a trackway between the river and the abut-
ment wall, of the usual breadth, should be left on the
Cheshire side, and that a free footpath should be afforded
along the bridge, properly protected from the railway, and
connected to the present footpaths on each bank of the
river. To compensate for the obstruction which may
arise to the stream, a large portion of the rocky shore on
the Lancaster side is to he cut away by the company, and
a part of the Castle Rock on the Cheshire side, is to be
removed, so as to give the shore a regular curve. The
island between the Castle Rock and the Old Quay Canal
is to be removed, and its site excavated to the lowest
summer level of the river. The excavated materials, not
used in the construction of the railway works are to be
employed in making a curved well, or weir, extending
2.000 foot to tho t•sttwi.ed, and aftervtakvdts, if
800 feet further. in order to give a proper direction to the
tidal streams, which works are to be carried and com-
pleted to the approbation of th it lordships simultaneously

with the railway. Provision is to be made for preven
temporary obstructions and accidents to shipping du
the progress of the works.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant (taken).
12 1 Mr. Mayer's Highwayman (taken).
12 1 Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus (taken).
15 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena (taken).
30 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken).
20 1 Lied Eglinton's Plaudit (taken).
TATTERSALL'S.—ThIIRSDAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant (taken).
10 1 Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary (taken).
18 1 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress (taken).
18 1 Mr. Mostyn's The Premier (taken).
18 1-- Mr. Meiklam's Lightning (taken).

THE GOODWOOD STAKES.
9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck'sCameraObscura(taken)
11 1 Mr. J. Day's The Hero.
15 1 Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild.
30 1 Mr. Drake's Bold Archer.
MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.

One or two changes have occurred in the betting upon
the Liverpool Cup, since Tuesday. but the business done
has been so slight as not to require any particular obser-
vation. We may notice that to-day, My Mary was
several points a worse favourite, and that Inheritress was
backed against her at evens, for £5O, the backer of In-
heritress offering to go on. Yardley was backed to about
£6O at It) at 1; and li owena, Lightning, and Inheritress,
each at 20 to 1, and afterwards 14 to 1 was booked upon
the last named. Several bets were laid upon the Good-
wood and Der"- 'ed •

which we have quo, . below, but there
were none upon the Goodwood Stakes. The following
are the latest prices we have heard :

THE LIVERPOOL CUP.
5 to 2 agst Mendicant, 7,,t.—take 3 to 1.
10 to 1 „ Yardley, 7st. 101 b.—taken to £55. -
10 to 1 „ Satyr, 7st. 21b.—offered.
12 to 1 „ The Conjuror, 6st. 121 b.
100 to 7 „ My Mary, 6st. 101 b.—offered.
20 to 1 „ Highwayman, 7et. 71b.
100 to 6 „ Lightning, Bst. 61b.-20 to 1 taken.
100 to 5 „ Rowena, 7st. 81b.—taken.
100 to 6 „ InheiZtress, Bst. 71b.-300 to 15 taken.
100 to 6 „ Intrepid, 7st. 121 b.
25 to 1 ~ Lord Saltoun, 7st. 101 b.
25 to 1 „ Poynton, 6st. 2ib.
25 to 1 „ Polish, 7st.
25 to 1 „ As-you-like-it, 6st. 51b.
30 to 1 „ ►2obin Burns, 6st. 51b.

,0 to 1 „ The Premier, 6.

THE GOODWOOD STAKES.

9to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura—
take 10 to 1.
10 to 1 „ Mr. J. Day's The Hero.
15 to 1 „ Sir W. Don's Jonathan Wild—tk 20 to 1.
20 to 1 „ Sir J. B. Mills's Giantess.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger.
20 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren.
25 to 1 „ Lord Orford's Footstool.
25 to 1 ,t Mr. Herbert's Petitioner.
25 to 1 ~ Sir C. Monk's Glossy.

GOODWOOD CUP.

4 to 1 on the field.
80 to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken.
80 to 10 „ Mr. Wreford's Winchester—taken.
20 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere
offers to take.

ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First.
sto 1 „ Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes
Bto 1 „ General Shubrick's Brocardo.
10 to 1 „ Mr. O'Brien's Grimston.

DERBY

1000 to 30 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb—offrs to t
1000 to 20 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier—taken.

annum

municants

ants on pa

A. CLOSE MATCH.—A grand match between eleven of
England and the like number of the county of Kent, was
commencedlat Lord's Ground on Monday, and did not
terminate until Wednesday, when the all England players
were the sinners, but their last man had to go in (amidst
the greatest excitement) to obtain one to tie or two to
win ; the latter he accomplished by a two hit to the leg.
Kent : First innings, 91 ; second ditto, 66-157. Eng-
land : First innings, 71 ; second ditto, 87-158.
WALKING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—A match against
time, made by Capt. Estcourt, of the 2nd Life Guards for
a wager of considerable amount, (said to be £5,000 to
£1.000.) to walk from the Regent's-park Barracks to the
Barracks at Spital. within a mile of Windsor, and back,
within twelve hours, came off on Friday, the gallant cap-
tain leaving the Regent's-park at eight in the morning,
and arriving at Spital a few minutes before one, perform-
ing the half of the distance, upwards of 22 miles, in less
than five hours. Captain Estcourt, after changing his
clothes at the barracks, proceeded on his journey back to
town, and upon his arrival at Colebrook, a distance of
about 18 miles from the Regent's-park Barracks, he had
upwards of five hours to complete the remaining distance,
and therefore won easily. Some heavy bets are depending
upon the issue.

UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS.

The Rev. G. R. Gleig has been appointed Inspector-
General of Military Schools, at the salary of £l,OOO per

The Bishop of Calcutta is expected to preach at the
Collegiate Church, Manchester, on the 29th instant, in
aid of the Cathedral Mission Fund of St. Paul's, Cal
cutta. _

The Archbishop of York has intimated his intention of
erecting, at his sole expense, a splendid chapel in connec-
tion with the episcopal pal,,ce at Ripon. The foundation
.

ast week

and is to be

used for the cons
lace

ience of a hamlet adjacent to the pa-
ts well as for the devotions of the bishop and his

OXFORD. JULY 6.—The Hebdomadal Board of the
University have declined petitioning Parliament in favour
of Earl Powys's bill for preventing the union of the
diocese of Bangor and St. Asaph. The petition presented
by the noble Earl last week was simply got up by a few

members of tne Tractarian party during the commemora-
tion week, and had not the sanction of the University

Convocation.—Globe

MISSIONARY STATISTICS.—The Rev. H. Venn, secre-
ry of the Church Missionary Society, has recently

drawn a comparison, based upon authentic data, illusta-
tive of the relative progress of missionary labour between
r.r.;cm ctntinna And two districts of the metronnlia

It does not say much for the state of religion in this coon.
try. The stitions selected were the colony of Sierra
Leone and the northern part of New Zealand. The two
districts in England selected for the comparison, were—
first, that in which the Church Missionary house is situ-
ate, including the parish of St. Bride's, Fleet-street; St.
Dunstan's-in-the-West, the Liberty of the Rolls, Trinity
district (St. Bride's), St. Andrew's. Holborn ; and St.
Ann's, Blackfriars; the second district was the parish of

Islington, the scene of the present Bishop of Calcutta's
early labours, and in which there are now a great number
of zealous and efficient clergymen. The result of the
comparison between these two foreign missionary stations,
inhabited by a semi-savage population, and those two

metropolitan districts, representing so large an aggregate
amount of wealth and intelligence, is, that considered
with regard to the relative population, religion has made
more progress in the savage than in the civilized districts.
The population of the London district (St. Bride's) is es-
timated at 29,000; the population of Sierra Leone at
41,058. The attendants on public worship in the former
were 5,670; in the latter, 8,686. The communicants in
the former, 1,026; in the latter, 1,648. The proportion
between the whole population and the attendants on pub-
lic worship in the city district was as 1 in 5, while in
Sierra Leone it was 1 in The proportion of commu-
nicants in the city district was 1 in 28; in Sierra Leone,
1 in 25. The population of Islington was 60,000 ; of New
Zealand, 110,000. The attendants on public worship in
the former were 15.500: in the latter. 40.000. Of com-

for that iurpos
tamped at Buck

in the former 2,063

in the latter

proportion between the whole population and the attend-

)lic worship in t

ngton d

istrict was

4; and in New Zealand, 1 in 3A-. The proportion of com-
municants was in Islington 1 in 20 ; in New Zeal ,nd 1 in
29. It will be observed, that the comparison instituted
has direct reference to districts which may be assumed to
be, one the most civilized, the other the most savage, and
such are the results obtained.

THE LATE REV. MARCUS FALLOON.—In the sudden
removal of this excellent minister from the world of
which he was an ornament, many may inquire for some
obituary notice worthy of his late labours. The present
tribute may not supply an answer to such expectant
friends (to those who know him best a very eloquent and
descriptive testimony might still appear inadequate), but
it may recall gratefully to the minds of many the benefits
which they received under his ministration, or the edifi-
cation bestowed within the circle of his relatives and
friends. Marcus Fallow) was, in truth, an elder in Israel.
Many years have passed away since he arose as a light
shining amidst surrounding darkness. Now, evangelical
men are not thinly scattered over the ecclesiastical hemi-
sphere; then, a man might travel from Dan to Beersheba,
and meet but few true banner-bearers. Among the few
and faithful of nigh forty years gone, Mr. Falloon was
numbered. His bead was clear in its reception of the
doctrines of the Reformation—his heart was warm in
regarding their grandeur—his tongue was eloquent in de-
tailing their place, worth, and fulness in the oracles of
God. There are those living now who remember his
stalwart day. Some have gone many miles on the
Sabbath to enjoy his ministrations—some have grown
old in places remote from his place of ministry, but have
never ceased to commemorate the spiritual consolations
of his preaching. In his early day, alarm was taken at
his doctrinal statements. The bishop of the time was led
to interfere, and to summon Mr. Falloon to his presence.
To the prelate's statement " that it was reported -he
preached contrary to the doctrines of the Church," Mr.
Falloon respectfully replied, "he preached carefully no
other doctrines but those of the articleS and homilies."
The bishop was content with this explanation, end Mr. F.
was troubled no more. For a number of years Air. Falloon
was the perpetual curate of Drumbo (augmented in terri-
torial extent and ecclesiastical income since he ceased to
be connected with it). With a very limited stipend, and
with the necessary care of pupils, he struggled to sustain
his family honourably and usefully. It was not, however,
until the year 1831 that he was presented to the living of
Laye (Cushendall), of the probable value of £2OO. Here
he exercised a profitable ministry. He was permitted to
see his sons grow up into honourable manhood. One of
these, the Rev. William Falloon, ranks among the most
eloquent soad_reaa.e.cted of the cleray of the city of Liver..
pool ; another is a physician of merit in the same city.
The removal of his beloved partner by the hand of death,
together with bodily infirmities, were burdens upon the

where, in the society of his sons, he enjoyed much delight,
He was prevailed on to prolong his stay beyond what he
had originally intended, and write to some of the clergy
in the neighbourhood of Cuehendan, for a supply for his
church for one or two Sundays wire. In writing to them,
he detailed, with evident gratification, the benefit which
he believed he had experienced in renewed spirits and
strength, &c. But while he asked of his friendly brethren
to "occupy till he came," his place was to know him no
more. Suddenly, on the Ist of July, be died, under the
paroxysms of an apoplectic attack. "In the midst of
life we are in death." And now that he is for ever re-
moved from desk, pulpit, home, and flock, let not justice
be tardy in an acknowledgment of his merits. With fail-
ings or deficiencies, we are at this hour naturally slow to
hold record : he was a veteran, be was a true man. In a
comparatively retired situation, among the beautiful vales
of La) de, he fed a little flock ; he shared neither the
honours nor the emolumentsof his more favoured brethren;
he was not upborne by the enlivening approbation of such
crowds as sustain the brethren of populous towns; he
might have been forgotten by the great, or unmarked by
the chroniclers of popular men ; but he was not unseen of
God. As true sorrow as ever filled the breasts of poor
men will move many hearts in these picturesque glens ;
rt the "love poor for epitaph" is a splendid meroo-
aMa of the
ytheconsregation once so dear to this valued
pastor be comforted and edified under a successor worthy
to fellow in the steps of the Rev. M. Fallooon !—Belfast
Chronicle.

GRAND PROTESTANT DINNER

(From the Morning Herald.)

In our impression yesterday we briefly noticed the fact

July 14, 1846:

THE CURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD.

The Queen and Court left town on Thursday for the
Isle of Wight.
The Bishop of Oxford arrived at Osborne House on Sa-
turday evening, and had the honour of joining the Royal
circle.

The wood pavement under the grand portico of the

,Jg her Majesty's short ab-
d, or India-rubber, pavement

—. been removed duri
sence, and the Kamptolite
substituted.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton were honoured by
ence of her roval highness the Duchess of Glon-

tester at a superb entertainm- e

y evening,
r mansion in Grosvenor-square. Sir Robert Peel

m pany

Lord and Lady Ch-arle's Wellesley sustained a bereave-
ment on Tuesday by the death of their eldest son. The in-
fant is believed to have died from internal inflamirn-
The second son of the noble lord has been dm.,
from the same dreadful affection, but is now recovering.
is the IV 4 D-- ' Wirt— '414. if he

erously ill

darquis _ uro has no c. den, this chin,
lives, will succeed to the Dukedom of Well;ngton.

The Egyptian Prince Ibrahim Pacha, will prolong his
sojourn in this country until the 20th or 21st instant,
when he will be conveyed zo Alexandria in her Majesty's

imou-th

_
This week the Pacha has been enter-
am Palace, by the East India Com-

Hospital and other objects of interest

as was

much pleased at his reception by her Majesty at Bucking-
Ingham Palace. Her Majesty graciously addressed the
Pacha by saving that she was happy in learning that the
Pacha had visited England, and that she trusted that he
had received every attention. The costume of the Paths
was gorgeous; it was his full uniform—the hilt of his
sword sparkled with valuable gems. His Highness also
wore the ribbon of the Legion of fl had

—. ...amour. tie . sus-
pended from his neck a large crescent studded with dia-
monds, and a star formed of eight diamonds.
MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES.—The town of Holywell and
its vicinities were, on Tuesday last, the scene of much re-

joicing and hilarity, in honour of the return of the Viscount
Fielding to his seat at Downing, Flintshire, after his re-
cent alliance with the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Pennant, of Bangor. All business was suspended for the
day, which was solely devoted to doing honour to, and
showing respect for the distinguished wedded pair. The
town presented a most gay appearance, being profusely
decorated with flags, banners, flowers, evergreens, &c.
A large procession, including the most respectable inha-
bitants of the neighbourhood, was formed, and, accompa-
nied by three bands of music, went to escort the noble
bride and bridegroom into town. The horses were taken
from the carriage which contained the noble pair, and it
was drawn into Holywell by the devoted crowd, amidst
the shouts and plaudits of congregated thousands. An
address of congratulation was presented to her ladyship,
4,103. The by the inkabitants: to which a very, feeling reply was re-

vivial parties were held, at which thousands of well
wishes were pledged to the newly•united couple, by lips
moistened with from sparkling champagne to c►crw do.
Amongst the bands of music which assisted in the pro-
cession was " Joliffe's Band," of this town. A ball was
got up at the " Brll and Antelope," the proceeds from
which were given to Joliffe's band, over and above the
customary professional remuneration.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS

July 14, 1846.

Korai affil probincial P.ctus.

The Great Britain sailed on Tuesday evening last, at
eight o'clock, with 101 passengers, and the largest cargo
of goods ever shipped byaforeign-going steamer.

A street tumbler. whilst attempting to throw a sum-
=met from the shoulders of another man, at Preston, the
other day, fell and dislocated his neck.
TERMINATION OF THE JOINERS' STRIKE AT BOLTON.
--This turn-out is now at an end, and such of the men as
have been able to get back to their old shops have resumed
work. -

MONSTER TRAII4.—On Monday a train from Chorley,
containing 53 carriages, filled with Sunday-schoolchildren,
passed through Preston on its way to Fleetwood. Flags
fl ated from the various carriages, and the sight was very
imposing.
One day last week the book at the Preston police-court
did not contain a single charge, and on on's of the atten-
dants being asked how it occurred, he said, " They're
saving up for the races and are, therefore, sober now from
that necessity, and not from choice."
THE MERCURY'S FUNERAL IDEAS.--The Radical pa-
pers are in raptor es at the fact that Prince Albert is not to
be taken to visit the St. James's Cemetery. It ought to
be known that the suggestion was first thrown out by our
very enlightened Mercury, or, perhaps, by one of the
.grave-diggers, admitted for the occasion, to do the edito-
rial for our contemporary.
THE PILOTS OF LIVERPOOL.—We understand from
Mr. Cooke, the active and intelligent superintendent,
that, in the year 1825, there were 200 pilots belonging to
the port of Liverpool. Within the last twenty years 220
were added to the staff, making a total of 420. Of these
184 have either died or been removed, so that the present
number of pilots belonging to the port amounts to 236.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHOUSES IN CHESTER.—
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Chester, held
on Friday week, the Mayor in the chair, the erection ot
public baths and washhouses was resolved upon, on the
motion of the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, and subscriptions
for the purpose, to the amount of about £360, were raised
before the close of the meeting.
A NEW IDEA.—The Mercury, speaking of his portrait
of Prince Albort,
,says—" Some idea may be formed of
the beauty ot the work; from the fact that it occupied the
engraver six months in its execution." It wou d perhaps
take Mercury himself six years to engrave such a por-
trait ; and, on his own principle, what a beauty his work
must be 1

PROVISION FOR THE MANY AT AINTREE.—WE ob-
serve that Mr. Lawton, of the Rainbow Hotel, will pro-
vide his usual bountiful fare and excellent liquors at No.
1 Stand, formerly Towers's. Mr. Gleave, of the Ad,lphi
hotel, Woodside, has a splendid marquee fur the accom-
modation of his friends; and we need scarcely say that
his cooling and other drinks will be of first-rate order.
CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At the cheese fair, on
Saturday week, there was not much business done. The
quantity of cheese pitched in the hall, together with that
disposed of on the previous day, was very limited, but
quite equal, perhaps, to the demand. Prices varied very
little from those of the April fair. The best dairies (last
year's make) averaged from 60s. to three guineas per eat.;
new cheese sold from 50s. to 554. ; and the middling quali-
ties ranged between 545. and 593.
NEW MAGISTRATES.—Within the last few days the
following,.gentlemen have been appointed, and have taken
the necessary oaths as magistrates of this county :

Joshua Knowles, Esq , of Stormer-hill, Bury; Itobert
Kay, E,q., of Millbank, Heywood, near Bury ; William
Jones, p,q., of Falcon-house, Oldham ; Fdward Tootal,
Esq„ of Weaste Lodge, near Manchester; Joseph Peel,
Esq., of Singleton Brook, Broughton, near Manchester;
and William Shawe, Esq., Preston.
A MAN DROWNED.—Yesterday an inquest was held at
the coroner's office on view of the body of Charles Burns,
a young man who resided in Hughes-street, Toxteth-park,
with his father. Deceased had been bathing at the Pot-
tery slip, and an alarm being given that he was drowning
or bad sunk, a young man went into the water and got the
body out, but not until after a considetable lapse of time.
He was seen going down the at a-wall, and falling back
when he reached the water, almost immediately sank.
Verdict—accidentally drowned.
THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL TYPOGRAPHICAL FESTI-
VAL —Those favourable to this annual demonstration of
goad-fellowship among the members t,f the typographical
proftssion, which has been celebrated for nearly half a
century. met at Mr. Hoult's, Old Swan Inn, on Satur-
day, where they partook of a substantial dinner, and
after enjoying various rural sports. devoted the remainder
of the evening to cony viality. Mr. James Inman, long
a valued officer of the society, presided ; Mr. Chas. Lerry
occupied the vice-chair.

READINGS IN SHAKSPEAUE.—The following gratifying
testimonial from the Rev. John Homan, of Birkenhead,
has been received by Mr. Read I have much pleasure
in expressing how highly I appreciate Mr. Read's talents
as an accomplished elocutionist and reader. His manner
is easy, gentlemanlike, and natural ; altogether free from
that artificial style which has tended to bring this essential
branch of a public and useful education into comparative
neglect. His readings at the Town-hill yesterday evening
from Pope, Dryden, and Cowper, afforded a most pleasing
and intellectual treat to all present.
SEYSSEL ASPHALTE.—A few weeks since a paragraph
appeared in our paper, which stated that during the very
bot days the asphalte laid down in the streets of Man-
chester had actually become so soft, as to rend r it a
nuisance to those persons who had to walk over it.
Since, however, the above article appeared in print, we
have learnt that the material so affected was not real
asphalte ; and we deem it fair, therefore, to state, that por-
tions of the pavements of this town, which were laid down
eight years ago with Seyssel Aphalte by Claridge's Com-
pany, were uninjured by the heat.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF ROYALTY
AT BIRKENHEAD FERRY.—From the same authority
which enabled us to announce, exclusively, the intended
visit of the Prince to this ferry, we learn that the Hut,
which is to be the place of reception, is to be so sump-
tuously decorated that it will scarcely be like itself. An
artist, employed by the corporation, is painting the roofing
in compartments of purple and gold, in imitation of the
ceiling of the Banquetting-room in the Town-hall; and
workmen are engaged in deepening the holes worn in the
slip, in order to increase its undulating appearance, and
to convey to the Royal visitor an idea of the taste and
liberality which the corporation display in the manage-
ment of their property. Near every hole and rut in the
Blip is to be inscribed, in chalk, the motto on the corpora-
tion chairs, " Deus nobis hem Olin fecil," as calculated
to console the Prince, or any of his suite, in case of a
sprained ancle. A large order has also been given for
opodeldoc, which will be liberally dispensed by Mr.
Seymour Willoughby.

NEW PILOT BOAT.—On Thursday, a fine pilot..boat
called " The Liver," and which is to take the place of
the superannua'ed " No. 9," was launched from the build-
ing-yard of Mr. Peter Cato, who has been highly success-
ful in constructing vessels of large as well as of moderate
capacity, and who built No. 7 pilot-boat, which, in a trial
of speed, on Tuesday last, proved herself the fastest of
seven of the pilot fleet. The Liver went off into the
river in fine style, amidst the shouts of assembled hun-
dreds. Her name was given, in a spirited manner, by
Miss Foster. The model of the vessel was much and de-
servedly admired by all who were considered competent
to judge. After the launch, about seventy ladies and
gentlemen partook of capital cold collation and wines in
the mould-room. Mr. Cook. superintendent of pilots
(in the absence of Mr. Cato, who was in London on busi-
ness), in the chair. The proceedings were altogether
most social and agreeable. IQ the new boat, Mr. Cato
has introduced some improvements suggested by experi-
ence, and it is anticipated that she will beat all her com-
petitors.

ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday evening
the monthly meeting was held in the Club-room, Duke-
street. The attendance was numerous, and several gen-
tlemen and yacht-owners were admitted by ballot, and
others proposed. The Grand Challenge Cup. value 100
with 50 sovereigns added,—the last (the Ladies'

curse) to be taken by the winner of the day,—will be run
for, a second time, on Saturday. It is open to be sailed
for by all the Royal Yacht Clubs, and a good gathering
Yachts is expected. The cup was won last year by the
Victoria of Cork, but must be won two years consecu-
tively by the same yacht before it becomes the property
,of the owner of the vessel. It may be seen at the esta-
nlishthent of Mr. Meyer, the manufacturer, Lord-street.
The purse to contain the £5O is also a rich trophy, being
an elegant and costly piece of embroidery. This may be
seen at the Club-room. A considerable number of yachts
have already entered, and it is anticipated that the contest
will be highly interesting. The course will be from New
Brighton, down the Victoria and Formby Channels, and
round the Bell Buoy and N. W. Light-ship,—a double
turn round the two last,—and back to the place of start-
ing. We have noticed elsewhere what is in contempla-
tion with respect to the yachts on Prince Albert's visit.
THE TOXTETH-PARK COMMISSIONERS.—The annual
meeting of this body was held on Friday, for the purpose
of considering and passing the accounts, &c. Mr. Alex.
Ryan occupied the chair, and there were but seven other

commissioners present, and only one ratepayer. '.I he
clerk read the accounts, which showed a ballnce of £798
on the wrong side of the ledger. The cost of the lwile
opposition to the Liverpool Sanatory Bill, in parliament,
bad been upwards of £lOOO. An extra rate of 4d. in the
pound had to be imposed, and. some parties having re-
fused to pay it, not quite half the amount 11".1

collected. Toe clerk stated, officially, that payment
the rate could be legally enforced. After the accounts
had been read, from the absence of ratepayers, some dif-
ficulty was felt as to moving their adoption. It was at
length discovered that Mr. Monntfield, although elected
on the previous day, had not signed, and was conse-
quently not yet a commissioner ; and he having moved,
and Mr. Haig, the ratepayer, having seconded, that the
accounts should be adopted, they were of course passed
netn. con.—Mr. Appleby thought the absence of rate-
payers showed their confidence in the commissioners ;
and the chairman said, if anything had been flagrantly
Wrong, they -no doubt would have attended.—Thanks
were then passed to the chairman and other officers, for
their services, and the meeting separated.
INTERESTING TO THE FREQUENTERS OF AINTREE
RACES.—The public will observe, from the advertisement
in our columns, that Mr. G. Latham, of St. George's
Inn and Eagle Hotel, Fenwick-street, has entered upon
the occupation of No. 2 brick stand, (late New's) one of
the best on the course; and intends, during the ensuing
race week, providing for his friends and the public the
most excellent lunches, dinners, and first-rate wines,
itc., the best which the most recherche taste, and the
most judicious selection can afford, at the most reason.
able rates. G. Latham can accommodate in the dining_
room, which he has fitted up at his stand, sitting room for
300 persons; and has provided the means of furnishing
vegetables of every description in the same style as they
can be had from the kitchens of the first hotels in Eu-
lope. To those who have not tasted G. Latham's salads,
We would offer a hint. If the weather is hot you cannot
be Wrong in trying the green stuffs. His iced liquors of
all sorts are also provided for, and will be worthy of the
name.

The Manch ester Guardian, with reference to its state-
m cant that a master manufacturer had rai‘ed the wages of
his men, shifts the locality of the mill from Preston to
Chorley ; but the Preston Chronicle, another free trader,
says that, " here again, the information appears to us to be
at fault. A Chorley manufacturer has slightly advanced
the wages of his weavers, not "in consequence of the
passing of the Corn Importation Bill," but in conse-
quence of having a large order to execute, which he was
desirous of stimulating the hands to enable him to per-
form it in a given time—a circumstance of no unusual
occurrence." _

ANECDOTE OF IBRAHIM PACHA AT MANCHESTER.—
An amusing incident occurred when the Pacha was visiting
a glass manufactory in Manchester. In the centre of one
of the squares of the building stands a pump. Round this
had clogregated some twenty or thirty of the boys, some
with bowls, others with tin cans or jugs. Amid this group
suddenly came the Pacha. Astonishment seized the whole
of the juniors, and was heightened by his taking from one
of them a jug, filling it with water from the pump, and
draining its contents to the very bottom : his example
was followed by h's suite: Ibrahim niche is a Mahomedan,
and, as such, will not indulge in the use of wine. It is
needless to say, that the vessel from which they drank
speedily rose in value—could not be had at any money,
and has been canonised as a relic under the title of
" Ibrabitn Pacha's jug."
SEAMEN'S WAGES.—CURIOUS CASE.—On Tuesday,
Mr. Thomas Crowther, owner of the Lady Comberrcere,
recently arrived in this port from the coast of Africa, was
summoned by three of the crew before Mr. Rushton, for
non-payment of their wages. It appeared that the whole
of the crew which went out in her had perished from sick-
ness ; the vessel had been much plundered by the natives ;
other seamen had been draughted into her, and the mate
of the Ariel appointed to the command. The owner, it
appeared, had refused to pay the seamen, unless a deduc-
tion was made from their wages for the cost of keep and
freight of several parrots and monkeys which the men had
brought. The owner also claimed freightage for some
native spears and small baskets of shel's. He estimated
the keep and freight of the parrots at 23. per head per
day—those of the monkeys at 3d. It appeared, however,
that although the crew were placed on short allowance,
they fed the animals with nuts, &c., which they had pur-
',ased bef --e tl• left—that the space (v.'s— • 'he

01, aey . ,ccupted by t.
spears and shells was Insignificant; and Mr. Rushton
ordered the wages of the seamen to be paid without any
reduction.
ASSAULT BY A LIVERPOOL SHAREBRORER.—OR
Sa-
turday, Mr. Cohn Junor, sharebroker, of Moorfields, was
charged, at the Police-court, with having committed an
unprovoked assault on Mr. George Preston, a respectable
young man, clerk in an offi.,e. The latter stated that on
Tuesday evening be was standing with a friend, Mr. Parr,
in Parliament-street, and the conversation excited his
(Mr. Preston's) laughter. Mr. Junor was passing at the
time, and, it appeared, thought the laugh directed at him-
self, for in about a minute he struck Mr. Preston a violent
blow with his umbrella, by which witness's hat waa broken
in. Mr. Junor being asked by witness why he did so,
said, what right bad any one to laugh at him 7 Witness
assured him the laugh was not against him, and, in fact,
that he did not know him. Mr. Parr corroborated the
statements, and said the conversation had no reference to
Mr. Junor. The latter admitted to Mr. Rushton, that
be had acted wrongly and hastily. Mr. Rushton said the
assault was most unwarrantable, and required him to pay
a fine of £5 —Mr. Junor: Willingly, sir; and now I beg
to apologise to him for the manner in which it occurred.
—Mr. Rushton : That's very right. You have now shown
a proper sense of your having done what you ought not.

HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION: IMPORTANT TO
CAR PROPRIETORS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.—The
last meeting of the comet & tee of this association was held
in the Town-ball, on Wednesday, Mr. Adam Hodgson in
the chair. Amongst other matters brought before the
committee Mr. H. G. Harbord called attention to the
dangerous practice, which exists to a considerable extent
in Liverpool, of carrying coffins to places of interment in-
side cars. He brought forward instances of the spread of
contagious diseases amongst healthy persons who had
unwittingly employed such cars after they had been occu-
pied by the bodies of young persons who had died of such
diseases, and urged on the meeting the ne essity of call-
ing the attention of the local authorities to the subject.
The statements brought forward by Mr. Harbord were cor-
roborated by other gentlemen present ; and it was thought
best to remit the whole subject to a special sub-commit-
tee, which had been previously appointed on the subject
of " interment in towns," to examine and report to next

meeting. It was a generally expressed opinion that the
practice was one to be reprobated, and that, in the mean-
time, the attention of the public and of car proprietors
should be directed to it, as the most effectual means of
prevention in future, as it was to be presumed that igno-
rance of the consequences was the main reason why it
existed at all.

THE EX-PREMIER AND SIR JOHN GLADSTONE.—The
honour that has been conferred upon our respected towns-
man, now Sir John Gladstone, Bart., is a mark of dis-
tinction not less justly due to him for the eminent position
in society which himself and his family have long occu.
pied. than, in the circumstances under which it has h-en
conferred, it is honourable both to the bestower and the
receiver. On the part of the latter, we understand, it was
altogether unsolicited and unexpected. The offer was
first made through Mr. Wm. Ewart Gladstone, who
having communicated the Premier's intention to his father,
the latter immediately addressed a letter to Sir Robert-, ex-
pressing his grateful sense of the favour designed him, hut
reminding Sir Robert of the course he had deemed it right
to take in opposition to the free trade measures of the
government, more especially in his recently published
pamphlet, of which he conceived it possible the Premier
might not have been aware when be selected him for the
baronetcy. Sir Robert's reply was to the effect, that he
considered the compliment one to which Mt. Gladstone
was entitled as. the representative of an important class in
the community, and as an individual distincuished by a
long career of honourable enterprise ; that political con-
siderations had not influenced him in his choice, and con-
sequently, that the circumstances recalled to his mind by
Mr. Gladstone did not alter his intentions with regard to
him. A title thus obtained is truly honourable, and we
wish Sir John Gladstone much happiness in the enjoy-
ment of his.—Liverpool
.Courier.

WATER.-Mr. Rawlinson, C. E., having presented his
plan for a supply of water to the Corporation, we consi-
der ourselves at liberty to gratify the curiosity which our
former announcement excited, by naming the source from
whence the water is to be derived. At an elevation of one
thousand feet in the Welsh mountains, is situated Bala
Lake; from it descends, on an average, through LI It-
golien-bridge, one thousand million gallons a day, of the
purest and most desirable water in the world. Of this
eternal flood Mr. Rawlinson proposes to arrest, at a dis-
tance of about forty miles from Liverpool, some 30,000,000
gallons a day, and convey it in its primitive purity, un-
contaminated by foreign substances, into every street and
house in Liverpool, without pump, engine, aqueduct, or
turn-cock. The thing can be done without the least
difficulty. Will the town pay the expense ? No doubt it
will, and gladly. Our present supply is under three mil-
lion gallons a day : it ought at least to he five times that
quantity. Now that quantity can be procured at an out-
lay of about £500,000. Thirty million gallons, which we
ought to have, will be nearly twice that sum. The amount
is heavy, but then a great annual outlay will be saved.
New York paid two millions and a half of money ; Liver.
pool must pay £1.000,000, or get no sufficient supply, for
good water can be procured no where else, under ground
or above it.—Journal. [lt is said that the duct for
the conveyance of the water across the Mersey will be
laid at the time when the Grand Junction Railway Com-
pany build their bridge across the Mersey at Runcorn.]

REPEAL AND ROMANISM IN MANCI:ESTER —A very
stormy and rather unusual meeting was held at Manches-
ter, on Thursday. It appears that some time ago the
Rev. Dr. Hearne; he Roman Catholic priest of St. Pa-
trick's Chapel, in that town, who is an Irishman, was
about to be removed to make way for an English pre teller

of the same communion. This caused great dissatis
tion amongst the Irish, and some riotous proceedings t

place in the chapel, and much improper language was ut-
tered. For this conduct those of the malcontents who
were " repeal-wardens" were struck from the list by direc-
tion of Mr. O'Connell, and all who took part in the dis •
turtance were denounced in the Tablet of the 281 h ult.
(the advocate of the Roman Catholic cause•) as " ruffians ;
a disgrace to the name of Catholic or Christian ; a rabble
of miscreants; the refuse of society ; an ahomioation to
the neighbourhood; men fitter for the diseioline of the
gaol arid the convict.rhip—the treadmill and the bloody
whip—than for any decent association among men." To
express an opinion upon Mr. O'Connell's conduct in dis-
missing the wardens, and on the editor's for publishing
the remarks, a meeting was, as stated above, held on
Thursday evening, at which about 2,0(10 Irish Roman
Catholics were present. Resolutions condemnatory of
the Agitator's proceedings, and calling upon the r ditor to
retract his imputations, were all but unanimously agreed
to. The editor came in for by far the largest share of

censure, and whenever the 7

were cries o

power over the Irish of Manchester is gone for ever and
the popular idol must now look out for contempt and dis-

IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS KEEPING BOOTHS ON
RACE COURSES.—A case of great interest came before

last, in which an information had been laid against is
public in for having, on.Sundav the 31st of May last, sold
spirits in a booth at KPrsal Moor without license, con-
itnwthhiet.isnfuonrdmarayi3i:sno,ne
trary to the 6tls Geo. 1 V. , cap. 25, sec. ln.—Mr. Ambler
brit fly stated the case for the crown. On the day named
booth at Kersal Moor, occupied taonda
which was the Sunday before the races
ntahaenopffii,cderbsy otfheexci
there asked for a glass of whisky, defendant, went
servant of the defendant, and in his presence. Mr. for which he paid a
Hig-
gins afterwards admitted the fact to Mr. Shepley. who
called upon him on the Tuesday following. The offence
committed was in having sold the liquor on a day not
one of the public race days, and usually recognised as
such. Notice of the determination of the excise and
proper authorities not to allow the sale of liquor at the
race-course on the Sunday had been given, by placsrd,
freely posted about the stands at the race-course.—Evi-
dence was given that publicans had been in the habit of
selling on the course on the Sunday, for the last 35 years,
on which day the horses usually take their gallops, which
excite great interest and attract a large concourse of spec-
tators.—The magistrates, however, ruled that such selling
was illegal, Sunday not being within the meaning of the
permission given by the act, which is only " during the
race days" ; and the defendant was convicted in t he lowest
amount of penalty, £l2 10s., whic's they would recom-
mend the board to reduce to £5.—A wish was expressed
that the excise should take the opinion of the law officers
of the crown, as to the real interpretation of the term
" doting the races"; and the judgment of the court was
ordered to be stayed until Thursday next, when Mr. Kelly,
on behalf of the excise, thought they would be able to
receive an answer from London. The other cases were
likewise ordered to stand adjourned until Thursday next.