The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

Ascertainable regular income of each

" titular," therefore £3063 0 0
A sum considerably more than he would receive as
his share of any government provision ; and this,
too, well paid, for each bishop receives his money
all in a bulk at the several visitations from the seve-
ral parish priests, or from the " vicars foreign,"
generally appointed in the several deaneries to dis-
pense in " bans" and collect the episcopal fees.
Three thousand and odd pounds per annum of
regular income for each of the bishops under a
" voluntary system ;" and this with the items taken
at the lowest estimate. The highest would give us
four thousand, at least. And then add the proceeds
of the two or three mensal parishes—the best in the
various districts—and which may fairly be put down
at seven or eight hundred per annum ; the fees for
dispensations, which we have no data for estimating;
and other miscellaneous and casual sources of epis-
copal income ; and without doubt it will be seen
that an Irish Roman Catholic bishop is a much
better paid personage than the world has generally
imagined he could be in a country so miserably poor.
We cannot at this moment remember how many of
them there are drawing at this rate directly from the
pickets of the Irish people; but it is clear that their
exactions constitute no small amount of the moving
cause of the poverty and privation endured by
that people.
And now let us see, from the same authority—
who can be contradicted if he has spoken more than
the truth—how their reverences, th priestood, con-
tinue to maintain themselves in good case. We
quote verbatim from the writer :
"1. in the first place, parish priests charge every
householder, rich and poor, 2s. 2d. a-year as their confes-
sion dues, and a day is set apart for every village twice a
year, at Christmas and Easter, to receive the people's
confessions, and to collect the 2s. 2d. from every head of
a family. 2. It is also a matter of course, whether rich
or poor, to have a good dinner and breakfast, with plenty
of whiskey, for the clergy and their clerks on that day.
3. The parish priests charge 2s. 6. for every baptism. 4.
parish priests get £1 lOs. or £2 for every marriage they
perform, and, if they have not the cash, they are allowed
to cohabit in sin until they make it out ! 5. The parish
priests make collections at every wedding; and (6) at
every funeral, and insist on the relatives contributing very
largely on those occasions. No notice is taken of any i
person, nor is any respect shown for him, who does not
pay 2s. 6d. or ss. at the plate collections ! 7. They make
large collections at their chapels at Christmas and Easter,
and read out from their altars the names of all who con-
tribute, and non-contributors also. 8. They collect corn
from every village in their parish, and in some parts they
oblige their curates to gather it for them without any
thanks. If we add together the 2s. 2d. station money,
the 25.6 d. baptism fee, the marriage money, the collections
at funerals and weddings, the offerings at chapels at
Christmas and Easter, the result of the 'borane scouring,'
—if all this be reduced to one item, it will appear that
they will join the bishops in opinion, and say that a state
provision would be a great evil. It would be a sore, one
to them, and hence their maxim is, nihil innovetur.

Beautiful voluntaryism this ! Wretched people
who are condemned to groan under its exactions !
Profound philosophy which imagines that a flock of
cormorants, thus battening upon the flesh and blood
and prosperity of Ireland, would leave their hold of
even so attenuated and exhausted a subject to grasp
at the poor offering of a State provision !

THE FUNDS OF SATERDAY NlGHT.—Consols were
done at par to-day, bat only for an amount under £l,OOO
stock, and it is not snpposed that any large sum could
have been done at that price. After that bargain the
quotation fell to 994. sellers, and so remained until the
close of the market at 2 o'clock. In other respects Eng-
lish securities exhibited little variation. and values were
in most instances much the same as those current on
Thursday last..• Bank Stock was quoted this afternoon,
this being the first day of private transfer, 1981 to 199 ex
' div.; Three per Cents. Reduced, 99 to ex div.; Three-
and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1021 to 4ex div. ' • Long
Annuities, 12 7-16 to ex div. ; India Bonds, 88 to 90
premiuM ; and Exchequer-bills, 72 to 74 premium. The
Foreign Stocks were steady, without any great increase
of business, and the house was thinly attended in conse-
quence of the Easter holydays. Spanish Five per Cents.
left off 26/ to 4 ; Portuguese, 46 to 47 ; Peruvian, 304 to
31/ ; Mexican, 364 to 47 ; the Deferred, 164 to 4;
Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 611 to 4; the Five per
Cents. 1004 to 4; Danish, 864 to 874; Colombian, 15/
to 4 ; Chiltan, 102 to 104 ; Brazilian, 80 to 81; Belgian,
104 to 105 ; Buenos Ayres, 37 to 38.
RAILWAY DOINGS.—As spring opens upon us, the va-
rious railways are beginning to get their blood in circula-
tion. and to all appearances the traffic on the leading trunk
lines seems likely to prove much greater than has ever
yet been seen since the first establ,shment of the railway
pen most aeunstpiin-
seyi
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for
tTheber
atnhd owfe April
notices enegmesn
etroalo
all the trunk lines, and in some of those, hitherto regarded
as uncertain, and to which the public have been indiffer-
ent, there is a very marked improvement. The South
Eastern and Dover may, perhaps, be mentioned as the
most remarkable in this latter respect, and, according to
the traffic returns, is making rapid strides. Its receipts
for the week, ending Friday las*, reached the sum of
£3,581, which is an improvement of nearly £l,OOO on
the week preceding, and exceeds by nearly £l,OOO that of
the London and Brighton for the same period. One thing
greatly in favour of the Dover Railway's prospects, is,
that it has only just been opened, and, even yet the Brick.
layers' Arms branch, which must add greatly to its reve-
nue, is not completed. These improvements in railway
receipts must give them increased recommendation to
public notice as the best and most certain investment for
capital. We see by the American papers that our Ame-
rican friends are beginning to get vastly inclined toward
railway investments. All kinds of American State Stocks
had fallen in price, varying from 1 to 5 and 6 per cent. ;
railways on the contrary were daily progressing. and the
rise was even greater in proportion than the fall in other
securities.

ROBBERY AND SPEEDY APPREHENSION OF THE
THIEVES.—On Sunday afternoon police-constable Ste-
venson, No. 522, had his suspicions excited by three
equivocal-looking fellows in Richmond street. He ques-
tioned them, and not being satisfied with the account they
gave of themselves, he removed them to Bridew ell. Un
being searched a silver castor was found in one of their
pockets, and on consulting the police notice of alarm, it
was discovered that the house of Mr. Higgins, Hope-
street, had been entered and robbed halt an hour before.
(in further inquiry
another of ihe thieves has been appre-
h-nded. They were all brought before Mr. Rn,liton n
M nnday, who committed them to take their trial at the
sessions.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY.

qOSLIN v. BIDDER.—This case was resumed at the
siting of the court this morning, and several witnesses
acre examined to prove that the money hail been lent.
and that the plaintiff and defendant were on terms of clos..
intimacy. at the close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury for the defendant,
contending that the latter was not indented to the plaintiff
to the extent of a single shilling—that he could have bur-
rowed money frocn his relatives if he wanted any, and that
the plaintiff was not in such circumstances as that he
could afford to lend the large sum of £1,300 in the short
space of 12 or 18 months.
Witnesses were then examined for the defence ; after
which,
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Mr. WATSON replied.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that although this
was a claim for £1,370, no evidence had been offered to
an extent exceeding £BOO, and £3O for rent. The main
question in the case was, whether the evidence given in
favor of the plaintiff to show that at four different times
sums of money to the amount of £BOO had b -en lent, was
evidence upon which the jury could safely rely. lie
thought juries were quite warranted in saying that they
would always require pretty conclusive evidence in order
to justify them in finding for the plaintiff when a case of
this description, without the ordinary vouchers and docu-
ments, were not forthcoming, and where oral testimony
alone had to be relied on. The four loans said to have
been made came in order of date In this way. The plain-
tiff said he lent the first sum of £l2O at Christmas, 1840 ;
£l5O in April, '4l; £490 in August, '4l ; and £4O in
December, '4l ; making altogether £BOO.
The jury retired, and, after an absence from Court for
20 minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £B3O.

OLIVERSON AND ANOTHER V. BRIGHTMAN AND
OTHERS.
This, which was a special jury case, was called on at
6 o'clock. Only one of the special jury (Mr. Robertson)
answered; and in consequence his lordship directed that
the absent jurors should be fined in the sum of £2O each.
A. tales was accordingly prayed for, and the case was tried
by a common jury.
Mr. Knowles, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Martin, and Mr.
Tomlinson, appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Crompton, for
the defendants.

The action was brought against the General Maritime
Insurance Company, for the recovery of the amount of a
policy of insurance effected on part of the cargo of the
Penang, which left Liverpool for China, in November,
Mr. Ksio'svers stated the case. He said this was an
action in which the plaintiffs sought to recover the sum
of £3,000, being the amount of loss upon a policy of in-
surance effected with the defendants, who were the repre-
sentatives of the General Maritime Insurance Company.
To the terms of the policy he would call particular atten-
tion bye and bye, at present he would only say that the
policy had been effected on a cargo of goods, shipped on
board a vessel called the Penang, which sailed from this
port for China, in November, 1840. The Penang was a
Liverpool vessel, and the property of gentlemen resident
here; but the cargo, which was a very valuable one, was
the property of different mercantile houses in this coun-
try. and among others, Messrs. Garnett and Horafall, of
Clitheroe, had a part, and they were in reality the plain-
tiffs in the present action, the nominal plaintffs being
brokers. The cargo amounted to between £BO,OOO to
£90,000 in value ; and when the Penang sailed in Novem-
ber, 1840, her port of destination was altogether uncer-
tain, as the jury would be satisfied when they heard the
evidence in the case. No doubt the vessel would have
made Canton, if Canton had been open at the time; but
it would be seen that the state of relations between this
country and China, were at the time such, that no depen-
dence could be placed on any existing peace, and that
there was no knowing what port in China was open.
Those matters were now recorded in history ; for
some years uncertain relations existed ; trade was in-
terrupted ; and all the openings to Canton had been
seized by the Chinese government ; and though there
was talk of a treaty it was found that the Chinese had no
disposition to concede, and that Mr. Elliott, the British
representative there, had not either the poser or the in-
clination to force the Chinese to a concession. It, there-
fore, became a matter of importance to all who were send-
ing out cargoes to China to take care and see in their po-
licies that all contingencies were provided against. Shortly
before the sailing of the Penang, it was ascertained that
there was a prospect of more amicable arrangement—that
the opium, he believed, had been given up and the hos-
tages restored ; but, beyond that, all was uncertainty, and
nobody was aware as to the state in which things would
be found when the vessel arrived. Before the sailing of
the Penang, the plaintiffs insured their goods with the de-
fendants.; and he would now call attention to the terms
of the policy, for the policy itself helped to explain the
case very much. The learned counsel here read the terms
of the policy, and proceeded to say that it was impossible
to draw up a policy in more general terms, or to invent
one that was more likely to give general protection to the
cargo, as the risk was to continue upon the goods un,;il
the same should be discharged and safely landed. Under
those circumstances, the Penang sailed ; in the bay
of Biscay she encountered some bad weather, but
no material havoc ; but when off the Cape of Good
Hope she was attacked by a violent storm, which
did her considerable injury. One of the yards fell upon
her deck ; it stove in some of the deck-planks ; and in
consequence of the vessel being on her beam-ends for a
considerable time in stormy weather, the water got ad-
mitted into the aperture made by the stoving in of the
deck ; and of course considerable injury was done to the
cargo. The captain did all he could under the circum-
stances ; he had lost his masts, but got up what were called
"jury masts," and made the best of his way to Singa-
pore, where be arrived on the 13th of April ; and there he
consulted parties as to the length of time it would require
completely to refit the ship and continue his voyage. He
was told that in three weeks or a month the whole of the
repairs might be finished; and this determined him, not
to unship the goods and to examine the damage done to
the cargo, but rather to proceed as fast as he could to
China, where the examination might with greater ease
and safety take place. Had he examined the cargo at
Singapore, it would have been necessary to unsli p the
whole of it, to incur considerable expense in getting it
into warehouses, and also to incur considerable delay ;
and little doubt would exist in the end that the cap-
tain exercised a very wise discretion in determining
not to unship the cargo there, but to get the repairs
done, and to put off the work of examination until he
arrived in China. Accordingly the repairs were done ;
this took up a much longer time than was contem-
plated abouttePenang the Bth
sailedo
of Jtoon em,
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alln
the
but, in the meantime, the captain had communicated with
; repairs and i t
beingwas not
finished, until
the parties in China to whom the cargo was consigned.
The bulk of it was consigned to M`Viccar and Co., an ex-
tensive house, having establishments there, at Calcutta,
and also at Bombay. Their resident partner was a Mr.
Byrn; and to him the captain wrote, informing him of
the accident, telling him that beyond doubt the cargo had
sustained damage, and poiniing out the necessity of having
an eatly examination at the first opportunity. One of the
partners, Mr. Fisher, bad been at Singapore while the
vessel was there ; and tuerefore he also would have ac-
quired and communicated information on the subject.
'the Penang reached Macao on the 22d of June. M r..By rn
was there; and so far from affairs in Gina having as-
sumed a more favorable appearance at tile time, they
were even more unsettled. About a month before, Can-
ton had been stormed by the British forces ; a treaty had
taken place, but a treaty which the Chinese were show-
ing every disposition to avoid; th-y were repairing their
forts on the river; Mr. Elliot had issued a procla-
mation advising all the British residents to leave the
place; and accordingly Mr. Byrn left Canton, and
when the vessel arrived he was residing at Macao.
So soon as Mr. Byrn saw the cap, air', the accident to the
cargo came under considerat.on ; but it was impos•ible to
land the goods at Macao, which was nominally a Portu-
guese settlement, but, in point of fact, eiitiray under the
dominion of the Chinese. It was connected wit h the main
land, and it was dependant for its supplies of fresh provi-
sions on the Chinese. It would, therefore, have been an
act of imprudence to land ; and it was equally impossible
to go to Canton, for no prudent man would have sent goods
to Canton at the time. But it was necessary immediately
to examine the cargo, because, if damage were done, it
was every day increasing ; and accordingly Mr. Byrn
took the resolution, which was best for all parties,—that
of sending the Penang to Hong Kong, to tranship the
goods and examine the cargo there. At that fime Hong
Kong was the only harbour to which vessels could go
with any safety. It was a good harbour, partially sur-
rounded by the land, protected from the winds, and al.
ways supposed a secure place ; and, in point of fact, all
the British vessels were then lying there—the vessels of
war as well as trading vessels, to the amount of 200 sail.
Having taken this resolution, and having a y e.stl called
the James Lang. both her and the Penang sailed fir Hong
Kong on the 27th of June. The Penang came to an
anchor in that harbour; the James Lang was lashed to
her; . and without loss of time the examination of the
cargo was commenced. It was found necessary to take
the whole of the cargo out. At that time the James
Lang had on board 500 chests of tea, which it was the in-
tention of M`Viccar and Co. to send to Europe; and with
the view of supplying the want of ballast, those chests
were put on board the Penang, and the cargo of the latter
was transhipped to the James Lang, When the cargo
had been the most part discharged, and the damage l bales
separated from thereat, and only about 200 bales remained
in the Penang, an occurrence took place, to which he bad
now to call particular attention. The Peaking began to
discharge on the sth of July, and on the 20th there was a
storm called the typhoon. On the 21st it was apparent
that this storm would speedily be in active ooeratioa ;
and accordingly the James Lang cast herself off twin
the Penang, and dropped anchor a short distance off, hut,
by the force of the storm, which was one of unparalleled
violence, she was driven on an island, where she was
shattered to pieces, and whore the greatest part of the
cargo had been lost. Cfatoritioately, taere w and
her the part -f the cargo shipped by the plaintiffs, arid
upon which they had t ffected the insurance. Means were
[,.ken to collect the caigu, and altogt t.,er that part of it
which was recovered amounted to x;l:`29 14s. 24d. The
insurance with the detereiants ass f .t:4,1_100 ; and by
deducting the sum saved fran the annuot of the policy,
there would remain a balance of £2Bio 5.. Nd., which,
with the addition of about £2Oll or £3OO of interest,
would he the am. unt of the verdict they sought to reco-
ver, The defendants had plea:led three pleas. The two
first might be treated pretty nearly as the same ; and the
third was that the James Laing was uns-aworthy when
learnt-d friend (Mr. K.-11y) would tint rely on thethe goods we, e placed on board her. lie believed that
third plea, because lie was in a position to ,how t at she
not lost in the trimmer alleged during t ie contimiance offirst
whe-
ther the risk was at that time d, tern, red ? The
the risk ; and this would give rise to tote qie-stioa,
second plea was in substm.ce toe Stir as the first—
naulely, that ;he goods were landed at the port of

destination before the loss ; and these two pleas would
raise the question which would be ultimately sub-
mitted to the jury, and upon which they would have to
say, whether, under these pleas, the good, had heen landed
at their final port of destim.tion at the time the loss too k
place? He contended, that it was perlectiv idle to say
any port of destination had been reached. fhe object of
the policy was to enable the parties to take their goods to
any port in China—any port where the goods might be
disposed of. All was doubt when they left ; there was no
certainty as to what part they should go ; the intention
was, to send them to some port where they might be dis-
posed of; arid it was pefectly idle to talk of Hong Kong
as a place where the parties sending the goods even con-
templated that the goods should stay. Tuere were no
warehouses at Hong Kong ; if there had been, it would
have made no difference, because, under circumstances,
they would be just as much under the protection of the
policy in a warehouse as they were when on board the
Penang. The only part, where a sale could then be
expected, was the port of Canton; and teat was not
open. Attention had since been turned to the more
eastern ports ; but, in 1810, Canton was the only place
where a market could be expected for goods. I-long
Kong was not such a place ; in point of fact the great
motive for going to the latter place at all was, the ne-
cessity which existed for having the cargo examined ; and
therefore the goods were under the protection of the
policy when lost in the James Laing. Mr. Knowles con-
eluded by pointing attention to three period; from which
the interest might be calculated, and by stating that inas-
much as the defendants had thought fit to send a commis-
sioner to China, they had delayed the tr al of the cause,
so that the parties in favor of the plaintiffs, who were
present on a former occasion, were necessarily absent
now. _ _

His LORDSHIP thought the real point involved in the
case was this—with what intention the transhipment had
taken place at Hong Kong ?
Mr. KELLY said, not exactly, as the intention of the
parties might admit of doubt. The question would be
this, whether, assuming all his learned friend had stated,
the goods were landed with the intention of waiting until
the hostilities should be at an end,—whether that was
not, in point of law, a determination of the voyage? He
contended that it was.

His LORDSHIP thought the questions would be—what
was the intention of the parties in the act they did at
Hong Kong ?—and next, whether the policy had been de-
termined by that act ?
Mr. KELLY said that when the intention was once be-
fore the court, on which, he believed, he should not raise
any doubt, the following question would arise :—as-
suming that the goods were transhipped under the cir-
cumstances with that intention, did that, in point of law,
determine the voyage or not ?
His LORDSHIP.—The only question for the jury is, what
was the intention ?

Mr. KELLY.—Suppose there be a question of intention,
that would be the question, but I don't think there will
be any.
The evidence of Hugh Cumming, the captain of the
Penang, and that of Thomas H. Pritchard, the captain of
the James Laing, having been read, the court adjourned
at twenty minutes past eight o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

On Tuesday evening last, this deserving society favored
us with a performance, for the first time in Liverpool, of
Handel's fine oratorio of " Deborah." The Music-hall
was crowded on the occasion—inconveniently crowded--
by a highly respectable audience. The orchestra and
chorus, which were very extensive and complete, contain-
ing upwards of 150 performers, were conducted by Mr.
G. Holden, Mr. J. Richardson presiding at the organ.
The opening " double chorus" was excellently given,
as indeed were the ehorusses throughout, which are fine
compositions. The recitative which followed Miss Leach
seemed a little at fault ; but recovered herself in the duet
with Mrs. Armstrong, and throughout the rest of the
evening carried her audience completely with her. We
understand that, with a liberality most creditable to her,
the services of this young lady—and most valuable they
are—are given on these occasions gratuitously. The chorus
`Oh blast with thy tremendous brow," was grand, both
in composition and execution, and was deservedly encored.
Mrs. Armstrong sang the recitative and air which fol-
lowed, very chastely and prettily.
In the opening recitative of the second scene, Miss
Holden seemed to us to be a little off the key, and of
course embarrassed a little Miss Leach, who followed her.
In the other pieces allotted to her, however, this young
lady acquitted herself most satisfactorily. A fine air in
the second scene, " Awake the ardour of thy breast,"
was beautifully sung by Mr. Armstrong, whose fine deep
voice was displayed in it with great advantage. The cho-
rus in the same scene was finely executed, and even finer
still the chorus in the next, " Despair all around them."
Indeed this may be called one of the best choruses in the
oratorio ; that of " See the proud chief" being the other
competitor for the palm of excellence.
Mr. G. Holden, jun., we presume a son of the able
leader, sang a recitative very neatly; and, Miss Holden
appeared to great advantage in a recitative and air, but
was too much drowned by the orchestra. Indeed we may
.remark upon this as the prevailing fault of the instru-
mentil performers. There seems to prevail amongst each
of these gentlemen an excessive ambition to be heard above
his fellow,—fiddle vieiug in loudness with clarionet, and
double bass scraping to overpower trombone. As the
result of this contest of strength, the airs throughout were
sadly marred ; and, unless in the case of powerful singers,
almost lost. It would be far better if a selected portion
only of the instruments played in accompaniments.
The whole performance went off extremely well, and
was throughout loudly applauded.

LICENSED VICTUA.LLERS.—A memerialemanating from
the committee of the Licensed Victuallers' Association,
of this town, and having attached to it the bona fide sig-
natures of 1,050 members of the trade, complaining of
the partial operation of the window-tax, as levied upon
them, was, last week, forwarded to Lord Sandon for pre-
sentation at the Treasury. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer in his reply states that " the innkeepers and li-
censed victuallers of Liverpool appear to be in error as
to the extent of exemption granted to other tradespeople.
The window in the bar-room of a publican, if used solely
for the sale of their goods, and not for the entertainment
of guests, is considered as a shop window, and there does
not appear to the Chancellor of the Exchequer any reason
for extending to these parties any further exemption."
Mr. Wainwright in enclosing this reply expresses the sin-
cere regret of Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas
that. the Clianmllor of the Exchequer should have found
himself called upon to come to so unfavourable a deci-
sion.
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRIGHTS.—Under this heading the
Albion, of yesterday, contains a paragraph, furnished, no
doubt, by some anonymous scribbler, (for we take it for
granted that our contemporary would not deliberately in-
vent,) to the effect that the agents of the mail steamer
Britannia, "being extremely anxious that her repairs'
should be completed without delay, wished the carpenters
to work on Good Friday, to which those individuals had
no objection provided they received double pay;" and
proci card to found upon this alleged fact various charges
of blindness to their own interests, obstinacy,
bias, &c. against this body of men ; their chief offence,
however, consisting in their refusal to consent to " a rea.
sonable reduction (!) of wages." Of course with the ques-
tion of what are reasonable wages and what are not,—
whether or nut ss. a-day is more than a fair price for the
lahour of a hard-working and skilful carpenter, we have
nothing to do. Our business is with this Good Friday's
fact. which mc are enabled distinctly to state is grossly
untrue. The agents for the Britannia never " wished the
carpenters to work on Good Friday." They only asked
them whether they intended to work and were answered
no. With respect to ihe latter portion of our contetupo-
rary's half abusive and half wheedling paragraph, we can
assure him that the car enters of Liverpool are not the
men to mistake chaff for corn, chips and shavings fur so-
lid timber or the Albion's scribbler for a great philosopher.
M E °BA AL IMPUDENCE.—The
yh followingehsaevet
w lumina-
ries
a
caughtin
d in
the Mercury of Friday last, and was copied approvingly
into the Albion of ye terday. We give it for the sake of
s h ev,ei theit whenever
extraordinary
they gleeim whichagine
thet
e
LIVERPOOL. ST i.NDARD tripping :
" NEW By ILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL.—Under this title
a very swaggering paragraph appeared in the tiny Tory of
Tuesday, containing exaggerated statements of the abun-
dance of employment here for all operatives connected
with building, while, in fact, though business is tolerably
brisk, numbers of men have just been dismissed for want
of sufficient work. If the statement should be copied
into papers of circulation and influence, considerable
mischief may be done to parties who may flock hither and
experience nothing but disappointment."
The truth of the statements in our " swaggering para-
graph"—what, pray, is a " swaggering paragraph"?—we
are quite content to leave to the decision of the public on
our respective credits. We must, however, have a laugh
at the Mercury's crowing over his superior " circulation
and influence,' as compared with our own. Happy men,
who has for his readers such a multitude of briekinakersl
He should redly wear his honours upon his face, and
" swagger " as
THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY ;
and

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THE VESTRY MEETING.—The announcement by Mr.
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Urquhart, at the la-t meeting of the Select Vestry, that
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tiiat " would probably he the last time he should have an
gratefully upon the ears of the members present as a
opportunity
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:rejoiced, no doubt, as did
table happiness. Beware,
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philosopher, who affects to be vending his
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eetitlemen,
owii dying speech. Depend upon it, the Radical faction
are
n,,, gong, wit'A their own consent, to favour us with
their absence at our t arish board. They are only putting
and
us off our guard, that they may be able to return upon us
like a thunder (lap, when we are not in a slate to defeat
the meek
their effo: t:, We entreat of tur Conservative friends to
be ni,:trid active THIS DAY ; to be in attendance and force
at the Annual Ve,trv. The enemies of good local legisla-
tion have strained and are straining every nerve to secure
tile election of their 4Te,rturt s ; and, if Conservatives are
supine, they must succ ed. Let there be no divisions—
no halth g—no di,i,t rut runs, therefor:, now. We nail
pull ener::et-cally it vv- a mild not have this Conservat to
parish dragged through the mire of Radicalism.