The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

clined plane of Woodside Ferry pier, which from its
low position renders the entrance to the basin diffi-
cult of access with a strong tide either way. The
basin is also considered too small for the accomoda-
tion of the numerous coasters which now take refuge
on the banks at the entrance of the pool." He fur-
ther recommends another basin to be formed on the
south side of the pier. The objection, moreover, to
the alteration of the sea-wall, as delineated on the
amended plan, he considers to be well founded, and
therefore recommends the original line as that to be
adopted, to recede sixty yards in the centre in a con-
cave form.

rulers, and calling for the interference of the ma-
gistracy ; and such representation, if in existence,
ought to be made public, as the only evidence
which can tend to convince the Watch Committee
that their functions were not on this occasion un-
warrantably interfered with. Such a document can
alone heal the unhappy jealousies now existing be•
tween that body and the magistracy.
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.CHE FUNDS : SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English secu-
rities remain steady at previous quotations, the business
of the day having been exceedingly limited. Consols for
the account leave off 984 to 4 ; Bank Stock, 199 to 200 ;
Exchequer-bills, 68s. to 70s. pm. and 71s. to 735. pm. ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 984 to 99 ; Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. Reduced, 1014 to 102; Long Annuities, 124;
and India Bonds, 925. to 945. pm. Spanish stock conti-
nues heavy under the influence of sales, the result of ope-
rations by the speculators, who have of late rather exten-
sively changed their accounts for the fall, the news from
Madrid being favourable to such business. The Five
per Cents. this afternoon closed 221 to 4 ; and the Three
per Cents., 334 to 4. The other securities showed little
or no alteration. Quotations were—Portuguese Con-
verted, 464 to 474 ; Peruvian, 27 to 28 ; Mexican, 354 to
; the Deferred, 154 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 614 to I ; the Five per Cents., 100-4 to ; Da-
nish, 88 to 89 ; Colombian, 134 to ; Chilian, 102 to 104;
Buenos Ayres, 33 to 35 ; Brazilian, 804 to 814 i and Bel-
gian, 1034 to 1044.
RICHARD HARBORD, ESQ.—At a meeting of the com-
mittee of the Toxteth-park Protestant Operative Associa-
tion, last month, the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted :—" That the thanks of this committee,
on behalf of the association, be given to Richard Har-
bord, Esq., for his manly and uncompromising defence
(in the Council Chamber of this borough on the Ist May)
against the attacks which were attempted to be disdain-
r fully heaped upon a body of the most loyal and consititu-
tional men in her Majesty's dominions." It must be
extremely gratifying to Mr. Harbord to receive such
frequent testimonials of approbation of his conduct. He
well deserves them all, and we should be glad to see some
of his colleagues in the council follow his example for
consistency and unflinching Protestantism.
MR. FERRAND AND SIR JAMES GRAHAM.—The fol-
lowing complimentary notice of the remarks made in our
last week's paper on Mr. Ferrand's pamphlet, entitled
" The Great Mott Question," appeared as a leading arti-
cle in the London Times of Thursday fast. "The country
is really more obliged to the provincial papers for the part
which they take, and the spread into general notice and
consideration which they effect, of all objects of public
interest and national utility, than is generally observed.
The conduct of the Home Secretary, and the system un-
happily adopted by his means, of forcing the cruel enact-
ments of the poor-law upon the country, have been stren-
uously—and we hope we may add, without the charge of
vanity for our participation, most happily—exposed by the
metropolitan press ; but still, conviction could not have
been carried into the more remote parts of the realm with-
out the intelligent and able co-operation of the provincial
press. Our columns this day afford a proof of the truth
of the preceding remark. The Liverpool Standard and
the Tyne Mercury, both papers conducted upon really
patriotic principles, and with appropriate ability, have
brought forward and presented to their readers the affair
of Sir James Graham and Mr. Ferrand in the most useful
manner; and from the tone thus taken up throughout the
country, it is obvious that the matter cannot rest in its
present state, but that there must be a revival of it. This
is the brief summing up with which the spirited writer of
the Liverpool Standard concludes :—" Few men would
like to be placed in the same position in which Mr. Fer-
rand's pamphlet leaves Her Majesty's Home Secretary,
Sir James Graham."
MERCURIAL PUFFING AND UNFAIRNESS.—When
the conductor of a newspaper descends to the arts of a
quack, and obtrusively propounds to the world his own
opinions of his own vast importance, we are inclined to
suspect that he has some notion that his position is not
quite so secure, or so high in public estimation, as it is
wished to be. We are not, therefore, very much con-
cerned to observe, that our contemporary the Mercury
has been driven, by the rapid progress in circulation and
advertising which is now being made by ourselves and a
contemporary, to resort to self-glorification, inasmuch as
it shews that the world is beginning to entertain a proper
appreciation of the rabid and feeble trash which distils
from his pen, and is an admission of waning influence
and prosperity. The Mercury might have puffed himself,
however, without inflicting a deliberate injury upon the
competitors whom it fears. He might have been honest,
and, whilst giving a statement of his own eminent merits
and amount of public support, have abstained from the
meanness of fabricating data for the purpose of depreci-
ating that of others. The fabrication to which we refer
is that of a tabular statement of the circulation, &c., of
his contemporaries, purporting to be "corrected from the
latest parliamentary returns, for six months ending Dec.
1843," in which two of our contemporaries who figured
very low in those returns—at the bottom, in fact—have a
number of stamps credited to them which never came
into those returns, and which places one of them above
ourselves in apparent circulation. It would have been
more honest if the Mercury, when supplying data pro-
fessedly from parliamentary returns, had given those re-
turns as made, adding any explanation he chose, and not
have given as an audyrntic statement a mere piece of
patchwork. If the returns of parliament are worth any-
thing, as proving a paper's circulation, they ought to be
given in an ungarbled form, in which alone they are honest
and faithful witnesses.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have derived
from an agricultural friend of much experience, who is a
large cultivator in this neighbourhood, and who has re-
cently visited Kent, Sussex, Northampton, and most of
the southern and midland counties, the following infor-
mation, on the accuracy of which our readers may rely :
He states the bay crop is almost universally very light—
generally, indeed not above one-fourth the usual yield;
and that all spring-sown crops were suffering severely
during the long continuance of dry weather. The rain
that has since fallen has, however, done much good, but
considerably more than what has yet fallen is required to
redeem those that are retrievable. The wheat, in well
cultivated land, is still looking well, and will, in all pro-
bability, be afa r average crop. The straw will, however,
be light, though the grain will be of good quality. Oats,
barley, beans and other spring•sown crops will, it is
apprehended, be light, and under an average. The hay
We have reason to believe that the reply to the now being cut, though light, is rather better than that of
case submitted for the opinion of counsel, with 1826, which was also stinted by a long drought,—when
respect to the legality or illegality of the stois 6
ystem of o doubt the price (now advanced nced to ls. ld. per stone here) rose
the rains we have had have greatly
Orangeism, as existing in Liverpool, will shortly be improved it; and farmers who have mowed what little
made public. Much, however, as we are anxious
hay-grass they had, (which they were obliged to do as it
had run to seed) are top-dressing with guano, or artificial
for a satisfactory solution of this question, there is manures, so that they may force on the grass for a second
and more abundant production in good time, of which
one circumstance, connected with the proceedings
they have little doubt with anything like fine weather in
out of which the inquiry originated, which must not harvest time—the beginning and middle of August. Very
for parties preparing in this way, there have been
be permitted to remain any longer unexplained. At large arrivals of guano within the last few days, at this and
present, it is well known that the magistrates and other ports.—The crop of fruit may be considered the
same in this neighbourhood. The common sorts—pears,
the Watch Committee are to some extent in colli-
apples, gooseberries, and currants—have not suffered from
sion, with respect to the amount of control which the frosty air which was experienced last month, and this is
each is entitled to hold over the proceedings attributed to their having set their fruit well before the
frost set in—the early part of the spring having been ex-
and regulation of the police force. The Watch ceedingly favourable. The gardens, and, indeed, the
Committee complain that the magistrates, be- whole face of the country have been much refreshened and
fore proceeding, as on a recent occasion, to beautifiedh
ab
ay tahuec lha
ast e rwaei niL,vaeneed sen fuacycoeus
rs
ei odnwoi ft
hslLorwteiris
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institute enquiries into the constitution of the last few days, for a fortnight, will do much, if not all that
s requisite,to Leoduegeimt.th e general crops that have suffered
police force, and laying down rules for its regula- theifromlong
GUANO SALE : PROBABLE. SUPPLY OF GUANO.—A
tion, should have consulted themselves, as the par-
mlairoguoaergoseosuotif,
_tshfiisicfaertiimlivslnngg tit)reteinclea,dvjleirst
ties to whom in ordinary cases the formation and aimportedet from
tised to take place at the General Sale-room, No. 1, control of the force is committed ; and the justice of
Old-
hall-street, yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the attendance
the complaint is in a great measure admitted. It at the appointed time, of dealers and country purchasers'
was the intention of the magistrates to have ulti- verycwraoswded.
Thenumerous,
respective
cargoes large room
were—first,beiti
g thatcompletely
mately communicated with the Committee—when Henry (Messrs. J. T. and T. B. Bourne, bro-
the matter before them had been ripe, and the of- kers,) 300 tons ; second, the " John Jardine," (Mr. I.
fending members of the force had been " quiet:y" 0. Bold, merchant and owner,) 1,000 tons ; and third,
the " Queen," (Mr. Duncan Gibb, owner,) 900 tons ;
got rid of. Meanwhile, it was to remain a "police or, in all, about 2,200 tons. The first cargo was cata-
loued in of 5 and 10 tons alternatel, and the bid- secret," in the hands of the Mayor, the Stipendiary, dings for thelots first lot started at XS, and ended at £9 10s.
the Town-Clerk, and Messrs. Whitty and Dowling. The reserved bid, however, was £lO, and no sale took
place. Of the second cargo, two lots were knocked down
The question which we want to have solved is this :
to Mr. Bold, and the rest was withdrawn ; reserve also
from what source, and in what way, the subject ever £lO. The third, after a few biddings, was also with-
came before those authorities at all ? drawn, the reserve being stated at £lO 10s. ; so that no
virtual sale took place of any of the quantities offered.
The public have all along concluded, that some It was thought by some of those interested in the future
representation was made to the Mayor, that the po- sales of the article, that this sale would to a certain extent
determine the price throughout the present season, more
lice force was in a state which rendered some alter- particularly as it is really in great demand, and the quan-
tity yet in the market is comparatively small in propor.
ation necessary in the rules laid down for the ap-
tion. We are advised, however, by some well-informed
pointment of its officers. Such a representation, individuals, that the price demanded on this occasion is
we believe, was made, and the party making it was, not an absolute criterion from which to judge on this
point; that owners are naturally adverse to moderate
we are informed, Mr. Rushton, our stipendiary. prices at auctions, as tending to the general lowering of
But on what information did Mr. Rushton move the market; and that, as many vessels are yet expected,
—th
in the matter ? It could not be that he would take —some of them shortly at this and other ports
probability is, that ere long less than the reserve int thise
such a step as that which he adopted, without some instance may be submitted to by private contract. It is
stated, on the authority of a ship captain who was recent!
there, that, in his calculation, there were not more than
y
about 200,000 tons of guano at Ichaboe ;
strong evidence to produce of the necessity of such
and as a rumour
general that from 400 to 500 large vessels have already
a course; and the public, and especially the Mayor
gone, one, or will proceed, from various ports of this kingdom-
and the Watch Committee, are entitled to know
what was that evidence. in search of the article, the whole (in that quarter at least)
be exhausted. We notice this only as affecting
inimamyesdioante prices • for we have before us a list of nume-
thatglt could not emanate from the force itself ; for in
orofutshiplaces, (published by Messrs. Carson and Kilgour,
case, had any inspector or officer entertained
town,? " where, if looked for, guano is most likely
the opinion that there was anything dangerous or to be found." No fewer than 106 places- (coasts, islands,
improper going on, it would have been reported to
aescd)., chiefly within, or nearly within the tropics, in east
lnitude are notd, with remarks as to he
the Head Constable, and cer
tainty or po probability of thee article being obtain ablet in
come naturally and promptly before the Watch each in more or less quantity. Some of these are, how-
Committee, to whom he was bound to report. It zerg,aetryaisttoant
amountthe almosfretght tomi ag preclusio on uently.
Even
could not be upon representations volunteered by rocks and islands in Australia are mentioned, and many
are so questionably marked as to be considered as but
the Head Constable himself that Mr. Rushton merely conjectural depots. But about a dozen places are
proceeded; for Mr. Whitty would have reported to I;eeintitlre kpacict there
as positively abounding in it; and if this
the committee, whose servant he was; and we have willeven should guano for an age or
two to come,
there be nonew deposits. The
heard it stated that Mr. Whitty has denied that he following note is appended to the list :—" Guano will be
found probably on all islands of a volcanic nature, of good
was the informant of the stipendiary. quality, within 28 degrees to the north and 28 degrees to
If it did not then come from these sources, Mr. the south of the equator; beyond those limits its proper-
Rushton's authority must have originated in some ties are likely to be less valuable." We shall recur to
the subject next week, including some notice of most
strong representations made to him by a portion of successful results from the use of guano in this country.
the public, expressive of want of confidence in the Only one cargo of Peruvian has latterly arrived, but se-
veral are dile. A c.ontract has bees made for som tonfri-
police force and in the Watch Committee, its can we believe) deliverable neat spring, at £6 per

Can any thing be more conclusive than this, that
the plans are crude, indigested and require further
consideration ? We have first the deposited plans,
with a sea-wall projecting in a straight line into the
tide way. Then we have the corrected plan, as it
passed the House of Commons, with a wall receding
four hundred and fifty feet from the coasting dock
to the entrance of the great tidal basin. And,
finally, we have the opinion of the acting conserva-
tor of the river, declaring that by the carrying out
of such amended (I) plans the docks will become a
" wallet" for the reception of the mud of the river !
We next come to consider the proposed scouring
of the tidal basin. Captain Evans remarks upon
this part of the scheme—" the plan has never been
tried, and, therefore, there can be no certainty as to
its results ;" and gives it as his opinion that " the
water sluiced out will be of very little use as a scour
owing to its being so charged with silt." If this
scouring fails, he adds, the projectors will then
resort to dredging. Here again the captain slaugh-
ters the scheme as now before parliament, for the
sluicing has been dwelt upon as its most valuable
feature—a grand panacea for cleansing the tidal
basin, deepening the river, and even acting upon
the channel at the Victoria Bar, upon which it was
to operate, like an electric shock, as soon as opened.
Such was to be the effect according to the evidence
of the Birkenhead engineers, examined before the
parliamentary committee. The fallacy, however,
of this argument as to the electrical effect upon Vic-
toria Bar may be tested by a walk to the first locks
on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. When these
are emptied, it will be seen that it takes a very con-
siderable period before the action of the water
coming out of the sluices is felt at the short distance
of a quarter of a mile. The Victoria Bar is twelve
miles from the proposed sluices at Wallasey, and
must of course be proportionally slowly effected by
their opening.
The engineers assign very different reasons to those
of Captain Evans for the failure of the scour, and also
add, that the most serious injury would result to
the navigation. Mr. Vignoles says, (p. 206,)—
"The experience of sluicing is, that for a certain
distance it clears away and then runs up a bank
The plan is novel, atlLnled with uncertainty, and
think the probable risks, contingencies, and disad.

vantages, are greater than the corresponding effect
to be produced." He adds, (p. 207,) " When the
walls are constructed, it will be scarcely practicable
to keep that low water basin; at all events a bar will

be formed at its mouth." If our limits permitted,
we might quote columns to the same effect. What

we have quoted already will suffice, we think, to
satisfy any one that the sluicing is attended with

danger to the navigation, and demands further in.

vestigation before our river is exposed to its perilous
effects.

We cannot take our leave of Captain Evans
without remarking how unnecessarily he has in this

port attempted to reopen " the mud question," as
_ _

connected with the cleansing of the Liverpool
Docks, and how unfair it is to dwell upen " the
willingness of the Birkenhead Commissioners to

accept the Liverpool Dock mud, and to put it in
the rear of the river wall, thus settling the difficult

question of the mud." How would such an ac

ceptance of the obliging offer of our neighbours

settle the question ? When the rear of the Birken.

head wall is filled up the question will be once

more unsettled; and at all events, surely Captain
Evans will find a more dignified and profitable oc-

cupation for the Dock Trustees of Liverpool than
that of assisting the Birkenhead Commissioners in

he formation of their works, and the filling up of
;he rear of their walls.

NEW COUNTY COURTS BILL.

" A Bill (as amended by the Committee) for the more
easy Recovery of small Debts and Demands in the County
Courts of England, prepared and brought in by Sir James
Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton," has been printed by
order of the House of Commons. 'We have been fa-
voured with a copy for perusal, and as we conceive that
its general effect will be highly beneficial in towns such
as Liverpool, as affording a much greater protection to
the public than now exists against unprincipled debtors,
we supply some of the principal beads.
The preamble states, that for the more easy and speedy
recovery of small debts, it is expedient that the former
acts affecting certain towns and places to that effect should
be amended, and that one rule and manner of proceeding
for the recovery of such debts and demands should pre-
vail throughout England ; that as the ancient county court
has jurisdiction only in actions where the debt is under
,103., and the proceedings in the county court are dilatory
and expensive, it is expedient that the courts established
under those acts, or such of them as ought to be Conti-
nued, should be hereafter holden under the provisions of
this act, as branches of the county court. Her Majesty
may order this act to be put in execution in any place in
any county, except in the city of London. Counties may
be divided into districts for the purposes of the act, and
the places of holding the courts fixed or altered from time
to time; and courts now held for the recovery of small
debts under former acts, may be ordered to be holden
under this act, the proceedings under former acts to be in
the meantime valid. The Lord Chancellor, or in this
county the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy, is to
appoint. the judges, each of whom shall be a set or
barrister at law. The judges of the county court, as at
present constituted, to be the first judges of the courts
respectively held as branches of the county court under
this act, if willing to perform the duties ; but the appoint-
ment of the first judge of any such court not to be deemed
an appointment to hold office within the meaning of the
act of 6th Victoria, " For the amendment of the law of
bankruptcy," so as to deprive him of any compensation
under that act. The judge may appoint a deputy during
illness or unavoidable absence, with the same powers.
No judge is to practise as an attorney, but may as a con-
veyancer or solicitor in a court of equity. The Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury are to appoint treasu-
rers ; and the treasurers of the present county courts shall
be entitled to be first treasurers of the same courts respec-
tively when holden as branches of the county court under
this act, in every case in which a separate treasurer shall
be appointed exclusively for such court. The clerks are
to be attorneys, to be appointed or removed by her Ma.
jesty, and to be paid by fees as provided by the act : as-
sistant clerks, if required, to be provided by the clerks,
and paid out of their fees. The clerks, bailiffs, and offi-
cers of the present courts of request to continue in office;
but if a clerk in one of the courts in the larger towns (in
Schedule A) shall decline, the Commissioners may award
such compensation as they may deem fit under the cir-
cumstances. The treasurer, clerk, and officers are to
give security, and fees are to be taken according to the
schedule annexed to the bill. The judges are to be paid
salarjes instead of fees—not to exceed £BOO per annum.
The salaries of judges of the courts of requests are not to
be less than the average net amount of their receipts and the
receipts of their predecessors during the last seven years,
with such reasonable addition as the Commissioners of
the Treasury shall think fit. Compensation to be given
to persons whose emoluments will be diminished ; salaries
may be substituted for fees, and fees to be accounted for
to the treasurer. The treasurer is to provide a court-
house, by hire, purchase, or building; also prisons, or
part of prisons, under the control of justices : the general
fund for this and other purposes to be raised by a small
sum to be required from plaintiffs on receiving summons
on suit. The courts are to be held once at least every
calendar month. The jurisdiction of the courts to extend
to the sum of £l5 of debt or demand, and no demands to
be split into two or more suits if the amount be above
£l5, but a plaintiff may abandon the excess over that
sum and proceed. Minors may sue for wages to that
amount, and the act extends to the recovery of balances
of partnership accounts under or to that amount. When
the amount claimed exceeds £5, the plaintiff or defendant
may require a jury, making, at the time of giving notice,
jurors
to deposit towards the expenses of such jury ; the
to be from the list of persons qualified to serve as jurors
in the Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius : no juryman to
serve more than twice in one year. New trials may be
moved for in the superior courts, on certain conditions.
The court may award execution against either body or
goods. Distresses to be within the provisions of 7 and 8
Geo. IV. c. 17. The most important clause is, we think,
the 87th, as follows :
" Yo person shall remain in custody under any warrant
against the body under this act longer than twenty days for any
sum not greater than twenty shillings, or longer than one day
for every entire shilling contained in the sum mentioned in the
warrant when such sum is greater than twenty shillings; and
the term of imprisonment shall be in each case determined by
the judge, not being less than twenty days, and shall be expressed
in the warrant."

The other clauses refer chiefly to the regulation of the
courts, the responsibilities of their officers, gaolers, &c.
The act does not affect the rights and privileges of the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Liverpool and
Manchester are referred to in the schedule of towns which
will come under its operation.—The Guardian Society of
this town will, should it pass (of which there appears to
be no doubt), find through it a desirable means of re-
straining the scandalous practices of unprincipled persons
who plunge into debts to tradesmen on false pretences,
without the view or the desire to liquidate them.—the
present law affecting small debtors being quite inadequate
to the proper punishment by imprisonment of such offen-
ders. Appended to the bill is a schedule of the fees to
be paid to the judges, clerks, bailiffs, &c., at each step
in procedure ; and these appear to be moderate.

The Duke of Bridgewater's trustees are carrying out
the swift packet trade on the Bridgewater canal, between
Manchester and Altrincham, with a spirit of determina-
tion and liberality which cannot fail to give satisfaction
to the travelling public. The trustees are intending to
convey passengers between these two towns, a distance of
about eight miles, at sixpence and fourpence respectively
for first and second class passengers, in less than an hour,
thus placing this easy mode of conveyance within the
reach of all parties, and giving to the mercantile comrnu.
pity a cheap and ready means of access to a delightful
part of the country.
In the annual examinations at Cambridge, which have

just terminated, the names of three gentlemen, natives of
this town, appear in the first class in three of the largest
colleges,—namely, Mr. Lightfoot, of Trinity College,
Mr. Willink, of St. John's, and Mr. Davies, of Corpus
Christi. These gentlemen were all pupils of our Royal
Institution school. In the general examination also at
the London University, the first silver medal, and the
second certificate of honour, were awarded, its his first
year, to another pupil of the same school, Mr. J. Wood,
son of A. Wood, Esq., of Rochdale ; many of his com-
petitors being students of three or four years' standing at
that university.

ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—A lad, named John Owens,
was placed at the bar of the Police-office, yesterday, at the
instance of two gentlemen of the excise, having been
found at the house 51, Pugh-street, in charge of an illicit
still, then in full play, making whiskey. The lad, in ex-
planation, said he knew nothing whatever of the person
who rented the house. A few days ago he was gazing
through a shop window, when a mart came to him, arid
asked him if he wanted employment; he replied in the
affirmative, and was taken to the house where he was
found, and received a shilling per day, which was regu-
larly paid each day, for carrying water, &c. He had no
parents, and resided with his aunt in Paradise-place,
Newhall-street. Mr. Rushton said he had no discretion
in the matter—X3o, or three months' imprisonment.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.—At
the Police-court, yesterday, a little boy, named Hunter,
a shop lad with Mr. William Wood, a shoe dealer, was
charged with stealing a pair of shoes, the property of his
employer ; and a woman, named Catherine Vanston, with
receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen.
The boy, on being severely beaten by his father, confessed
to having been in the habit from time to time of taking
shoes from his master's shop, and selling them to the fe-
male prisoner's husband for 4d. per pair. On searching
the cellar of the female's husband, 26 pairs of shoes, all of
which were deposed to by Mr. Woods as being his pro-
perty, were found. The husband, on the search being
made, absconded. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the
female, said she was but the agent of the husband. The
prisoners were remanied.

LIVERPOOL PE NITENTI ARY.—The annual report of
this most humane and Christian establishment has just
been published. The total number in the house during
the year was 113, thirteen of whom were restored to their
friends, or placed out at service, and forty-four left at
their own suggestion, or were dismissed for disobedience
of rules, and fifty-five were remaining in the house at the
time of issuing the report. It appears that the expendi-
ture of the institution has for several years exceeded its
income by upwards of £l5O per annum. This deficiency
has been met by the sale of a plot of ground held by the
committee, in the hope of being enabled to enlarge the es-
tablishment, but which it had become imperative to dis-
pose of. The debt has by this means been liquidated,
and a balance of £252 7s. 4d. is left in the treasurer's
bands towards the probable deficiency of the current year.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—During the past week we have had
several novelties brought forward at this theatre, the most
taking of which has been the engagement of the celebrated
cantatrice, Madame Dorus Gras ; Signor Salvi, from the
Theatre Italien in Paris ; Miss Poole, and our talented
townsman Mr. E. L. Hime,—the two latter of whom
appeared on Friday evening in Midas and The Agreeable
Surprise, and on Saturday evening in No Stepp No Sup-
per and Midas ; the former taking part in a miscellaneous
concert, with Mr. Morley, the Misses Coveney, and Mr.
W. J. Hammond. On both evenings there was a fashion-
able and crowded house, which must have gratified the
lessees and performers, as the talent of the latter gratified
the audience, Last night the performances were for the
benefit of Mr. Webster, and the close of the season, upon
the occasion of which an address was delivered by that
gentleman.

just l beenMORTGAGED
published
She 1 iPd loPf 1
hrtG.
e number A
o f parliamentaryships
sw hroeitluymorhains
part mortgaged in the several ports of London, Liver-
pool, Newcastle, Sunderland, and Hull from 1835 to 1844.
The number of Liverpool ships wholly or partly mortaged
in 1835 was 43 ; in 1836, 46 ; in 1837, 102 ; in 1838, 38 ;
in 1830, 37 ; in 1840, 67 ; in 1841, 67; in 1842, 84 ; in 1843,
58; when the aggregate tonnage was 16,851 tons. The ships
mortgaged in this port are proportionately fewer in num-
ber than in most of the places named. In the year 1841,
when the shipping interest was in a most depressed state,
the number of ships in Liverpool upon which mortgages
lhaandd beenwa s
l 17 , effectedin Ns:
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n6a7st,lewh7i2ls,titnheLnounmdobleirit S, uannddei.rn-
mi,HiouvrletlrgpalngOne.
Liverpool was
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Sunderland;thtah ree yar6re971i98134 3i
ill
pwweichasewnthl
Newcastle;
wholly
numbereyl2nor
ini
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Lon-
don, and 15 in Hull.