The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

lied in the evening.
hundreds of thousands in
nd, and over the habitable world, known

rangemen. Many of these are the sons
All such are pledged to remember the

in him. Orangemen, and the principles

iot to be interpreted :Tom toe caluna-
It. is not to the credit and honour of
iat they have adopted the malignant

figments of the arch-traitors of the times, with respect to
this great and religious association. A true Orangeman
ought to be the representative of all that is godly, noble.
loyal, and amiable. The rules which govern this majestic
institution are Bible rules. The ritual whereby aaan is

regnant with the rich pre-
of God's living word. As the brother becomes
trusted, be is invited to greater consideration, and
nest possible selection of prophetic truth is spread

brother," i

Ling him, under preset:

pes of the coming glorics of

INSURRECTION AT ROME.-THE POPE
THE PEOPLE IN COLLISION.

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Our letters from Rome of the 16th inst., annonncensi
on that morning a lamentable insurrection broke ont is
that city. At eleven o'clock an immense multitude, co:
posed of the populace, the Civic Guard, some troops.
the line, and carabiniers, assembled in the Piazza
Popolo, and thence they proceeded to the chamber of (tap
ties to demand of them to insist upon the Pope's appoia
ing a democratic Ministry, and that he should make .1
following concessions : 1. The recognition of hail
nationality ; 2. The convocation of a Constituent Assn
bly, and the deliberation of a Federal Pact ; 3.
deliberations of the Council of the Deputies on t
independence should be carried into effect ;
gramme of Signor Mamiani, published on tl
be carried into effi
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ebt Eibtrpool grQtailuatb. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE < DEATHS BY WANING.—On Saturday, Thomas Pest, down. The building is in the style bf the earik decorated
JUNCTION RAILWAY. who was much burned at the gas works in this town teriod, and is erected of blue limestohe; hammer-dressed
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through some children having set fire to some shavings, and coursed, the quoins, tracery, &c., being of beautiful
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 1848. On Saturday, a special meeting of the shareholders of on the 14th inst., died at the Toxteth Hospital.—A few freestone. It is 150 feet long by GO feet wide. The nave
this undertaking was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, days since, William Jones, a child eight years of age, is 50 feet wide, and the side aisles 15 feet wide each. The
"to take into consideration and determine upon an appli- living in Holly-street, was left in the house with another roof is supported on each side of the aisle by seven pillars
THE aspect of political parties is just now a cation to parliament, in the ensuing session, for powers to child of six years old. The poor lad's pinafore, by some of beautiful polished Drogheda limestone. Although the
somewhat singular one. The old Whig family— abandon a part of the line, to enable the company to make means took fire, while, as he stated he was warming a bit weight which the pillars have to support is great, such is
the Holland House clique—is confessedly in arti- a railway to form a connexion with the London and of glue at the fire, and he was so much burned that the quality of the stone that the diameter necessary is
culo mortis. The Premier is reported to he sick of
North-Western Railway, to make alterations in the levels he died soon after. only two feet. The pillars rest on circular pedestals, and
the cares of office; sick of the incapables he has
of the Chester branch. and of the mode of crossing Can- On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in Exeter have ornamented capitals of freestone. The roof, which
rang-street. in Birkenhead, to extend the time for the Hall, by the key. Dr. M`Neile, Canon of Chester, to the is of oak panelling is fifty feet in height. The body of
around him ; worn out alike in mind and body by purchase of lands, to make alterations in the tolls and members of the " Young Men's Association," on the the church is lighted by means of eighteen windows. At the difficulties which meet him on every side ; and rates authorized to be levied by the company, and to de- Distinctive Features of Protestantism and Popery. The the north end of the nave there is a splendid window,
—sure sign of an approaching change—the Greys crease the capital of the company, and also tot considerti chair was filled by the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, who was with stone frame-work, handsomely carved, At the top
have set about providing for their friends. The and detieariiine on the several subjects referresdharoeh in
olders supportedd by the Hon. ArthurheKinnaird, R. cl.aiLt L. Bevan,i ofa this. there is also a window in the form called St.
party have literally nothing left them to fall back imo transmittedtrrieoreoropy the directors by the ,t aitiallawgurseaLbeddyoffinistrdnew'aithw e
lilleeslu,ti
fay
ertohsseeswhrftlyofeatrl‘redgaibulesstoauree.
upon—nothing, at all events, which they can call Grge; in ery clergyp more thin. 3,000
The attendance was very numerous. Mr. Alderman tickets having been purchased long before the day of The chancel, at the south end, is lighted by three large
their own, or upon which they can found an agita- Bancroft was called to the chair, and Mr. W. Jackson, meeting. windows. The interior walls are of dressed freestone, and
tion ; for even Ireland, which has helped them so Ai, p., was present. The Secretary read a memorial from THE WINTER ASSIZES.—At the assizes which corn- at the east side there are fourteen small apartments or
often, would spurn them now and henceforth. some of the shareholders to the directors. Praying chiefly mence here on the 9th proximo, there are indictments vestries, to be used as confessionals. At the north-west
Still more pitiable is the position of the ultra-
for a repeal of the Amalgamation Act. Mr. J. B. Lloyd from Liverpool, Manchester, and Ashton-under-Lyne, corner there will be a gallery for the choir, and an organ
read the notice to parliament for various purposes (already against a great number of persons for conspiracy, unlawful will be fitted up. The chapel is calculated to hold from
liberal, or free-trade party. The Brights and Cob- advertised), and then the proposals, which the directors assembling, sedition, &c. The Manchester chartist in- 1500 to 1800 persons. At the north-west corner stands
dens, the Kershaws and the Bowrings, have be- submitted for approval, and which were published in our dictment, as it is called, includes no fewer than 46 indivi- an immense square tower, eighty feet in height. The
come dumb dogs. We hear of no great gatherings last paper. The ( hairman said the original memorial had duals ; that from Liverpool includes 4 ; and that from top is finished with open tracery or battlements, and here
arrived. The names were numerous, the parties repre- Ashton-under-Lyne, 34. Independently of these trials, the spring of the spire commences. The spire will also
at Free Trade Hall, or Covent Garden ; no blow-
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Salisbury-street.
l übre delayedstreet
ing of trumpets, no rejoicing over the results ofl'e.assizeseve ri's the
sai t otime. nprincipalf is lb y-
their pet projects. On the contrary, we find them the capital represented nominal; but that was suffi- Manchester is quite as largey as; at any ordinary assizes.
wondering how it is• that those results have not cient for the act. IRISH IMMIGRATION.—The select vestry have deter- LOCAL MEETINGS.
been what were promised ; groping in the dark for The CHAIRMAN adverted to several items in the notice mined to adopt the most summary means for the imme-
THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting excuses for their failure, and tilting at imaginary that had been read. He thought it desirable to omit the diate removal back to their
haveresective parishes, every was held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. The
erectionuuuino..osftrteheet
across
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windmills in every direction. They have been
ot
esezie..g,endto reastonl tovetrheinsukffaerre following communications were read from the Poor-law
awakened from their dream of self-glorification, ous that the line could not bewcaayrr.ied throughout in its in- ingpan pteor at.h eTh
aged, eh. - Board :—A letter in reference to the defalcations of Mr.
inevitablycleTldariena,eduring the
and find themselves friendless, the scoff of the tegrity, that was, from Birkenhead to Chester, and thence rigours of winter, but the wholesale deportation of these Peter Ardrotilvastmig, ristant.iotivler:aer of
tGt rneattoCtrirbil. It
masses whom they deluded, and themselves the to Stockport. The line, in fact, could not be carried fur- poor creatures by the union officers or landowners of that l'apvip•eliroeard, stating; his wish to retain office, in order Zar-t
ther than Moore with the money that could be raised by mismanaged country, leaves no alternative to the guar-
victims of the blow which they imagined, in their
he may liquidate the amount be owes to the overseers. A
calls upon the present register. £450,000 would be re- dians of the parish funds here. The number of deck
selfishness, they, were inflicting solely upon others.
letter sanctioning the appointment of the Rev. T. Dwyer
qui red for that purpose alone. He felt assured that not passengers brought to this port by the Trish steamers, last
Stockport has just shown the estimation in which more than from 12,000 to 15,000 shares would be paid week, is fully equal to that of the previous week. to the office of chaplain to the Fever Hospital ; a letter
she holds her former idol, and his friends; and the upon it in all. Finding then.selves in this position, the di- COTTON CLEANING IN INDlA.—There is reason to refedr!inlgottehre fpreintumrear
district
rhilr. H. Fitzpatrick, as
West Riding, we feel somewhat confident, is about rectors had cast about for some scheme to get out of the believe that an important success has been at last achieved Va4stieterb in tehetroomr of Mr.tacitrisotfie hbeuttorwenusehisriu of
to throw itself into the arms of Conservatism. difficulty, and to enable them to accomplish what they in the enterprise of cotton cultivation in India. A me- to know the cause of Mr. Christie's resignation; qa
letterg
thheoudght the importance of treutTetetil. concernfrom requiredilest `to chanical invention has been exhibited and submitted to a
Another few months of the pressure and prostra-
approving of the discontinuance of the allowance made to
tion, under which we are now suffering, and the rienbrleieetorpelgctiCalycuttta, which promisesle to. imparthainheigohf the medical officers of districts Nas. 1 and 2in Toxteth-
Mooreee,ea; distance of was,
fi(flemenam.iles, and further for the efficiency theroea yo
entire nation will boil over in indignant anger present. The proposals the directors submitted would, he the 4 Hindoos. 11 churkagreat achievement—an ann‘aacehieve- park. An order was received for the election of a guardian
against the incapable meddlers, and hand them trusted, meet with the serious consideration of the share- ment as important to India as the inventions of Arkwright forn Tcextme tohtignaroki Isqrt.hiejlpolyazi4,fesMs,r;. Sheppard,to 4eosimivends:
over to the harmless amusement of holding peace holders. He believed the scheme was calculated to bene- were to Lancashire—has been accomplished by Mr. and Potts were appointed relieving officers for the three
fit all parties, and begged the adoption of the propositions Mather. Mr. Mather, we believe, was formerly con-
congresses, or spouting at Athenaeum soirees.
districts of Toxteth-park. A sub-committee was ap-
That nected with Unquestionably the intelligent portion of the 7Piethdeiyrecsttoorosdp. r
oTeeheedrieus resolution was
application
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to
effect,
parliament," then a resident an
for engineeringsom em time in the't Liverpool.trietof Ti
of!
veelviays pointed for carrying out the provisions of the Nuisances
Removal Act.
public, of all classes, would hail the advent to in the next session, and take such measures as they may in the north of the Madras presidency. . Docic CommirrEE.—The use of two plots of land on
power of a soundly constitutional and Conserve- deem expedient to carry out the alteration of the corn- COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, William Day the west side of the Brunswick Dock was or
to
tive Government with satisfaction, if not even with pan 's works proposed in the notice ; and the reduction appeared on his last examination. The solicitor for the Messrs. Sharpies, Jones, and Co., and Messrgs. Duncan
and alteration of the capital as contained in the proposals assignees said he had made an arrangement with Mr. Peil,
delight. They perceive clearly that the country is
and Ewing, at the rate of ls. 6d. per square yard, and to
bmitted." a claimant on the estate, whereby Mr. Peil agreed to be given up at any time after the Ist. of July at a
not safe in the hands of the present men or of any
suMr. BROWN, banker, of Glasgow, said that at first he receive from the assignees the sum of £6OO, and forego all
men who hold their principles; and that ;heir policy had strong objections to the directors' proposals, but, further claim on his debt, which was £2,600 ; and that a month's notice. Mr Tobin : Do those parties pay' rates
on their round—it is. a subject which the public at large
is more likely to be directed towards the infliction after a conference with the chairman, he had seen their deed for this purpose had been prepared and executed by are anxious to get the fullest information upon ? Mr.
of further injury than to provide a remedy for the policy in a different light.—Mr. Cochrane also expressed the assignees, bet that the bankrupt refused to sign. Bold said the tenants paid the poor rates. The Chair-
Unless the bankrupt consented to sign the deed, he (the
past. The attempted legislation of the last ses- a similar opinion. . .
man : Our dock and harbour masters pay the local rates
It was stated that the extension line to the docks had solicitor) should ask his Honour to commit him. It was on their lands, and:the tenants of the Dock Estate generally
sion was aggressive throughout, and evinced an
cost the sum of £300,000, which had been incurred at the added, that this arrangement would enable the assignees to
obstinate perverseness, quite inconceivable with the instance of the Cheshire Junction Company; that pay the creditors fifteenshillings in the pound. His payed3itihra.t
Ttohbeinvlattehilnko that perfecutcliyL.,iogil3iutr.—llweiaiss
conduct of men willing to enquire after the truth. £371,182 had been paid on the Cheshire Junction shares, Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank- agreed that the Waterloo, Victoria, and Cobueg Docks
conduct of men willing to enquire after the truth. £371,182 had been paid on the Cheshire Junction shares, Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank- should be run dry at theenext spreirniagqdes, to mgake cer-
Committee after committee was appointed to con- and £303,112 had been expended ; that £93,000 had been rupt to execute it, which he then did, after which he was fain rspairs which were necessary.—A letter was read
eider and to receive evidence upon questions of expended on the works between Chester and Waryington. allowed to pass his examination. from Mr. M'Gowan, of Newton, county of Armagh, A very long and, at times, rather angry discussion then ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN A Docx BASIN.—An inquest
vital interest to the public ; and in every case such
took place, the principal speakers being Mr. Wills and was held on Saturda before the de ut -coroner, on view Ireland, requesting the committee to examine a. scheme
questions were burked, the committees selected Mr. Webster, barrister, against the directors' proposals, of the body of JohnyGoforth. DeceasedPy was upwards of oft huirLdwhi-Lhew
which
'leattinrvaclonnacblluedefdr waiatnh ag re u vesselsst , when
t
With a party bias, or the evidence received was dis- and Mr. Mallaby and Mr. Jackson in their favour. seventy years of age, and had latterly been employed by should the committeeehonour his plan with the7r aepproval,
torted to meet the views of the ultra Free-traders, Mr. WILLS then moved his amendment, and wanted to his son-in-law, a young man named Wm. Stitt Jenkins, they would oLtain for him a patent in perpetuity. The Need we refer to the West India Committee, or to address the meeting, but. was met with the cries of " Vote, as a watchman of goods at the dock quays. On Thursday latter part of the document caused much laughter, and
vmoetnet!'f'o*r Hoewmerovtoedr,ev'isTehtahteaeuppl!ctsati.ontobLmfidegeo pwaorlrilics- night last, deceased had to watch a quantituy_oufftAermeearlign
the Committee on Navigation ? Need we point to after a short conversation it was, as we understood, re-
disgraceful suppressions of evidence, and the apples on the quay of the Coburg Dock, d
to the constructionp of the line betweenp Chester and War- at the. hut of the quay watchman, he went out in the darkg,
withholding of returns and correspondence, by ?;,,,,fon ~,. -un--. 4.1,..1- +1,6 —..f;.,- 1,......1:............1 4411 Q. ferred.

pestions were burked, ti. .—.Aimittees selected
-with a party bias, or the evidence received was dis-
torted to meet the views of the ultra Free-traders.
Need we refer to the West India Committee, or to
the Committee on Navigation ? Need we point to
disgraceful suppressions of evidence, and the
withholding of returns and correspondence, by
members of the Government themselves ? We
The remembrance of these infamies is
-1 the public are becoming satisfied
~ne party, by whom they were
urry us blindfold along the path,
experienced only

need not

too recent

of the intention of t

, thus far,

Mr. WILLS then moved his amendment, and wanted to
address the meeting, but was met with the cries of " Vote,
vote !"* He moved, `• That application be made to parlia-
ment for power to revise the capital ; to limit the works
to the construction of the line between Chester and War-
rington or Moore ; that this meeting be adjourned till Sa-
turday, the 16th December; and that a committee be ap-
pointed, consisting of an equal number of the shareholders
in each company, to investigate the accounts, and to re-
port as to reducing the capital in conformity with the
works."
Mr. GooDBER seconded the amendment.

The CHAIRMAN put the amendmeat. Only six hands
were held up for it, and the original proposals of the di-
rectors were carried with but the same number of dissen-
tients. The result was hailed with a cheer.

A formal resolution, authorising the proceeding to par-
liament was then passed, and, after a vote of thanks to
the chairman, the meeting broke up.

* Printed slips of a squib on the directors' proposals were
cast about the room by some indignant holder of Cheshire
Junction shares, and evidently caused great annoyance to the
speaker.

MOST DANGEROUS PRACTICE-NARROW ES-
CAPE OF THREE PERSO., S FROM DROWNING.

On Saturday evening, two accidents occurred at the
Seacombe Slip, at the south end of the Prince's Pier, the
result of which was very nearly fatal to three parties. It
is the custom for the Dublin mail boat to come every
evening, at half-past six o'clock, to the slip in question,
or, at low water, to the small landing stage, to take in
passengers and luggage, and to remain there until half-
past seven. Whilst there, of course, the passengers to
and from Seacombe and Egremont have to scramble over
her comparatively lofty deck, strewed with luggage and
crowded with loaded porters, as best they may. This in-
convenience and danger is increased by the very inade-
quate provision made by the Dublin boat, in the shape of
a gangway, which is a narrow slab, with a man-rope on
only one side, and not a rib or step to enable the passen-

At half-past six o'clock, on Saturday night, in crossing
from the pier to the Seacombe boat, a respectable gen-
tleman, an inhabitant of Seacombe, slipped off the gang-
way in question, it being a wet night and the plank
slippery. and was with very great difficulty got out of the
water, almost insensible. A passenger by the next boat

at seven o'clock—we believe a Liverpool gentleman—
encountered the same accident ; and, at one time, his
recovery was thought impossible, as he had got under the
paddles of the Dublin boat. A respectable working man
of Seacombe, whose name we understood to be Jennings,
and whose manly conduct is worthy of all praise, went
overboard to his assistance ; and it was with great exer-
tions that either the gentleman or his humane protector
were saved. The confusion on board the boats during the
immersion of the parties was indescribable ; and a strong
tide running, with a heavy swell in the river, it is
wonderful and most providential that fatal conseauences

THE-WINTER ASSIZES.—At the assizes which Com-
mence here on the 9th proximo, there are indictments
from Liverpool, Manchester, and Ashton-under-Lyne,
against a great number of persons for conspiracy, unlawful
assembling, sedition, &c. The Manchester chartist in-
dictment, as it is called, includes no fewer than 46 indivi-
duals ; that from Liverpool includes 4 ; and that from
Ashton-under-Lyne, 34. Independently of these trials,
hcwever, the criminal business at the approaching winter
assizes is said to be heavy ; that from the borough of
Manchester is quite as large as at any ordinary assizes.
Intsn IMMIGRATION.—The select vestry have deter-
mined to adopt the most summary means for the imme-
diate removal back to their respective parishes, every
native of Ireland whom they have reason to think are
paupers. This course must inevitably entail severe suffer-
ing to the aged, the ailing, and to children, during the
rigours of winter, but the wholesale deportation of these
poor creatures by the union officers or landowners of that
mismanaged country, leaves no alternative to the guar-
dians of the parish funds here. The number of deck
passengers brought to this port by the Irish steamers, last
week, is fully equal to that of the previous week.
COTTON CLEANING IN INDlA.—There is reason to
believe that an important success has been at last achieved
in the enterprise of cotton cultivation in India. A me-
chanical invention has been exhibited and submitted to a
public trial at Calcutta, which promises to impart a high
degree of efficiency to the churka or cleansing machine of
the Hindoos. This really great achievement—an achieve-
ment as important to India as the inventions of Arkwright
were to Lancashire—has been accomplished by Mr.
Mather. Mr. Mather, we believe, was formerly con-
nected with an engineering firm at Liverpool. He was
then a resident for some time in the district of Tinevelly,
in the north of the Madras presidency.
COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, William Day
appeared on his last examination. The solicitor for the
assignees said he had made an arrangement with Mr. Peil,
a claimant on the estate, whereby Mr. Peil agreed to
receive from the assignees the sum of £6OO, and forego all
further claim on his debt, which was £2,600 ; and that .a
deed for this purpose had been prepared and executed by
the assignees, but that the bankrupt refused to sign.
Unless the bankrupt consented to sign the deed, he (the
solicitor) should ask his Honour to commit him. It was
added, that this arrangement would enable the assignees to
pay the creditors fifteen shillings in the pound. His
Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank-
rupt to execute it, which he then did, after which he was
allowed to pass his examination.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN A DOCK BASIN.—An inquest
was held on Saturday before the deputy-coroner, on view
of the body of John Goforth. Deceased was upwards of
seventy years of age, and had latterly been employed by
his son-in-law, a young man named Wm. Stitt Jenkins,
as a watchman of goods at the dock quays. On Thursday
night last, deceased had to watch a quantity of American
apples on the quay of the Coburg Dock, and after calling
at the hut of the quay watchman, he went out in the dark,
and by some means missed his way and fell into the dock,
at a time when the water was very low. His body was
found next morning on the strand near the dock. Blood
flowed from the head,. and the probability was that he had
fallen from the dock-gate bridge, when the tide was out.
His skull was fractured at the base.
SHIPWRECK, AND SINGULAR ESCAPE.—Captain W.
Hampton, of the schooner Annie, of Poole, from Leg-
horn, at Dublin, states, in a letter to a firm in Liverpool,
that, on the 4th instant, about 260 miles S.W. of Cape
Clear, he fell in with a boat containing two men, the one
dead and the other alive. He picked up the man who was
alive, and let the boat with the dead man drift away. The
man thus rescued proved to be Alexander Grant, the
master of the Jockey schooner, of Leith, from Galatz,
foundered on the 28th ultimo, and the captain had been
exposed in the open boat from that day till he was rescued,
without meat or drink. The schooner, it appears, sprung
a leak about 150 miles S.W. of Cape Clear. Her pumps
became choked, and as she was sinking, a Dutch brig bore
down to her assistance. Three men jumped into the boat,,
but the vessels came into collision, and one man was killed.
SINGULAR FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.—On Thursday
night the mother-in-law of the captain of the flat Lucie
dreamed that her daughter fell overboard, and was
drowned. Her anxiety was great on awaking ; and the next
day she called repeatedly at the owner's office to inquire
where the vessel was lying. She did not come down the
river until the evening, when, on her arrival at the entrance
of the Clarence Dock, the parents of the captain's wife
went on board, and the mother, after communicating
the incidents of her fearful dream, remarked that the place
the vessel then occupied was the precise spot indicatedin
her dream, and endeavoured to persuade her daughter-to
leave the vessel. Failing in this, the parents went away,
and before twenty minutes had elapsed the dream was
literally fulfilled ; the unfortunate young woman, whonwas
only twenty years of age, and but two months married,
fell backwards into the river, was carried by the farce of
the tide under some flats anchored ahead, and the body
has not yet been found.
THE WATER INQUIRY.—The Water Committee have

instituted an inquiry into the allegations which hays been
publicly made, respecting attempts on the part of-certain
officials connected with the water works, to allow the water
to run to waste, in order to further the Rivington Pike
scheme. The Sub-Committee for conducting the enquiry,
met on Tuesday, in the Board-room of the late Harrington
Company, in Hotham-street. Mr. Morris, chairman of
the Sub-Committee, presided, and there were also present,
—Messrs. Nicol, (chairman of the Water Committee)
Poole, Cooper, Danson, Harbord, Bennett, and Tinne.
The-Town-clerk was in attendance, took notes of the evi-
dence, and asked a few questions. Several reporters were
present, but they were requested to withdraw, until the
course of proceeding was decided upon. It was ultimately
resolved by the committee, that until the proceedings had
terminated, no report should appear. Mr. James Mac-
donald, on the part of the allegationists, examined two
witnesses, and the proceedings were adjourned. On
Saturday and yesterday, the proceedings were again re-
sumed, but they are not likely to close for a day or two.
Miss EMILY GRANT'S GRAND CONCERT.—We cannot
omit calling the attention of our readers to the delightful
treat to be afforded by the concert of this fascinating vo.
calist, to be given at the Concert-hall this evening, under
the special patronage of the officers of the garrison, who
will honour the concert with their presence. To draw
attention to Miss Grant's own merits as a highly educated
artiste would be like endeavouring to add a perfume to
the rose ;" as wherever she has been heard, whether in
the metropolis or elsewhere, the leading musical journals
have been so unanimous in her praise as to make her
fame almost European as a sound musician, a distin-
guished vocalist, and an accomplished gentlewoman ; and
whether in public or private life she has invariably com-
manded the respect and esteem of all. Independent of
the officers, several of the most distinguished families of
the town and neighbourhood are on the i eserved seats,
including Lord Sefton, William Brown, Esq., M.P.
Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., Scarisbrick -hall, Joseph Brooke
Yates, Esq., William Rathbone, Esq., the Misses Yates,
&c., &c. ; and, as Miss Grant has most liberally placed
the prices within the reach of all parties, she well deserves
an overflowing house. Independent of the other attrac-
tions, Miss Grant brings out a pupil, (a fellow towns-
woman, we hear,) and by general request sings her
far-famed Highland Echo Song, which she has made
exclusively her own, few venturing to attempt it after her.

MYSTERIOUS POISONING OF SEVEN PERSONS.—One
of the most singular and mysterious cases of poisoning
that has ever come under our notice occurred on Friday,
at the Old Swan, near this town. One of the children of
the gardener to the Rev. J. A. Wilson, May-place, pur-
chased a half-pennyworth of common Spanish liquorice
at a small shop in the village, and shared it with his seven
brothers and sisters. Shortly after having eaten it, the
e seized with the most urgent symptoms
of poisoning : incessant vomiting, burning pain in the
..ion of the stomach, and eyes and forehead, which in
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whole seven Nvf

,wo of ae sufferers was accompamea Jy the appearance
of spectral illusions, such as sometimes attend a highly
excited state of the brain and circulation. Medical aid
was immediately called in, which, for some time, appeared
unavailing. Although the violence of the symptoms were
considerably mitigated, excepting in one case, where the
sufferer had violent vomiting of blood, the whole of the
sufferers are, we understand, still in considerable danger.
No effic;ent cause for these alarming effects has yet been
discovered. Under present circumstances, no blame can
attach to the vendor of the liquorice, as he doe 3 not manu-
facture it himself. It is unfortunate that none of the
liquorice used by the children remains for examination.
Some, however, purchased from the same person, is, we
understand, about to be submitted to chemical analysis,
when it is to be hoped some light will be thrown on this
painful and mysterious case.—• Journal.

A HARD CASE.—The Mercury mentions a case of ex-
treme hardship, in which the victim is a young captain of
a vessel, who, while sitting writing in the cabin in the
Prince's Dock recently, was waited upon by a respectable
looking "shark," offering for sale cutlery and other ar-
ticles. The captain ordered goods to the extent of £lO,
believing them to be good and cheap, and signed his name
to that effect in an order-book which the vendor carried.
In a day or two after, good) amounting to £7B were deli-
vered at the ship's side, and, on the captain's refusal to
take them, as being contrary to the order, he was arrested
on the trumped up debt, and is now a ruined man in Lan-
caster Castle. He states that forgery has been added to
fraud. Twenty gross of steel pens had been swelled into
two hundred gross, and fifty gross of lead pencils into
five hundred gross, his original writing in the order-book
having been made in figures, and not in words. The
writer says,—" In vain I requested to have the goods
taken back, referred to my £lO limit, to my complete and
utter inability to raise £7B, &c. My signature was to the
bond, and it was mere idle verbiage to "rail it off," parti-
cularly as we were battening down the batches, and it be-
came a good game to play to deprive the owners of their
captain just as the vessel was on the point of sailing."
The letter is well written, and the unhappy victim is evi-
dently a superior man.
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL.—The splendid
structure in Salis bury-street, called " St. Francis
Xavier's," is nearly completed, and will shortly be
opened. The architect is Mr. Scholes, of London, and
the work has been superintended by dr. Hildick, of this

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

On Tuesday last, at the Liverpool Police-court, no
fewer than 25 shipmasters were fined ss. each for leaving
their vessels without any shipkeepers.
An old man, a discharged soldier. named Thomas Mur-
ney, was committed for trial, on Tuesday, at the Liver-
pool Police-court, for harbouring and concealing a deserter
from the 4th regiment.
William Blain, a lad only thirteen years of age, em-
ployed in the office of Messrs. Shorthouse and Hadden,
estate-agents, was committed, on Wednesday last, to take
his trial at the sessions, for embezzling the moneys of, his
employers.
LOITERING wrea OMNIBUSES.—An omnibus driver,
named John Parry, was fined ss. and costs, on Tuesday,
for loitering with his omnibus at the Trafalgar Dock. He
said, in defence, that he was employed by Mr. Radley, of
the Adelphi Hotel,. to bring Lord Ashley and his family,
who were expected fry one of the steam-boats, which.ap-
peared to be the fact ; but the offence lay in placing his
vehicle in a place to annoy the public. Joseph Wade was
also fined the same amount for allowing his omnibus- to
loiter in Burlington-street.
THE SMOKE /NFORMATIONS.—On Wednesday the in-
formation against Mr. Hardman Earle, for not consuming
the smoke from his chimney in Oil-street, was again
heard. It had been postponed from the 11th of October,
in order to allow time for making some experiments with
the furnaces. Mr. Grantham had, on the former occa-
sion, given it as- his opinion that the smoke had arisen
from bad firing or. negligence ; but the result of the expe-
riments showed it to originate in the smoke-burner being
out of order. Mr. Rushton, on this ground, refused to
convict. Mr. Grantham said smoke-burners should be
examined onee a week ; and it was understood that their
being out of order was in future to form no excuse.
A FORTUNE TELLER IN TROUBLE.—Wm. Wallace,
a mute, was placed at the bar, on the charge of defrauding
people by fortune-telling. Martha Lee said, " The pri-
soner has taken away both my character and my mother's."
—Mr. Rushton Taken away your character ! What
do you mean—by telling fortunes ?"—Witness : " A per-
son lost a pair of sheets, and he says that I took them,
and gave them to my mother to pawn, and afterwards
burnt the ticket. She has no other evidence o it but
this, and she gave him three shillings to tell it to her."—
Mr. Rushton :—" Well, but that woman is not here. It
makes one quite ashamed that decent English people,
with clothes on their backs and heads on their shoulders,
should give a fellow like this three shillings for telling
fortunes. Discharge him."

TIMER POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED.—On Wednes-
day Daniel Myers, a ropemaker, complained of the con-
duct of officers numbered 605,631, and 634. Complainant
stated that on Tuesday morning last, as he was passing
along Prince's Park-road, to his work, the three officers
were on the other side. One of them threw a stone at
him,, and upon his remonstrating, two crossed to him,
used opprobrious epithets, and assaulted him several
times. Complainant said officer 605 was the man who
struck him, but the other officers said 605 never crossed
the road. The officers also denied throwing the stone or
assaulting the man, who, they said, challenged them to
go into the field to fight. Mr. Rushton said there had
been very improper conduct on the part of the officers,
and suspended them.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectable-looking young man,
named Kyle, was charged pn Tuesday last at the police-
court, with having embezzletl certain sums from his em-
ployers, the Railway Company, at the Railway-office, in
Lime-street. Mr. Mitchell, the head book-keeper, said
he had missed money from time to time, and could not
account for the deficiency, which, being under responsibi-
lities he was obliged to make up. Some items were
found in the books which went to show that the prisoner
had falsified several items, apparently with the view of
appropriating the difference to himself. The prisoner
had, however, given sureties, and these were not liable
until a certain date. On a mature consider tion of the
case. Mr. Rushton admitted the prisoner to bail, himself
in a recognisance of £lOO, and two sureties in £3O each.

WHOLESALE THEFT OF GUANO.--A well-dressed
young man, of respectable appearance, named Samuel
Roberts, was committed to trial, on the charge of having
stolen 65 bags of guano, belonging to Messrs. Joseph
My, rs awl Co. The guano had been carted from the
Victoria DJ; 1, q•:ay, and transmitted by railway to Staf-
ford, to the aci, of Mr. John Dawson. It was traced
by Bates, an active officer of the detective force. Mr.
Dawson, to whom the guano was forwarded, stated in
court, that in May last t

le prisoner introduced himself
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him as a dealer in guano
transactions in the commo

Messrs. Myers and Co. to take weights on the dock quays,
and from letters found at his lodgings, it appeared that
for a length of time he had been in the habit of making
heavy remittances of guano to persons in different parts
of the country.

MARINE STORE DEALERS.—Our police magistfate
appears to be determined—and properly so—to punish
with severity all " marine store dealers," as they style
themselves, who are found in possession of property for
which they cannot account. On Thursday a police-officer
in plain clothes observed a person enter the store of a
person named Grant, a respectably-dressed young man.
It appeared that about 8 cwt. of Indian corn had been
taken to the store, and that it had that morning been
claimed by a man named M'Gee, but that M'Gee was
the owner or occupier of the store, and of others in the
town. The magistrate said that he had no doubt but
that the corn was the plunder of the poor wretches about
the docks, who were induced by these dealers to commit
depredations.—On the same day Mr. Rushton committed
three other persons for trial at the sessions, for similar
practices. In one case a quantity of copper nails had
been stolen, and an attempt had been made to disfigure
them by the action of fuel. They were, however, identi-
fied.

WEALTHY PAUPER.-Mr. Latham, one of the re-
lieving officers for the West Derby Union, appeared be-
fore Mr. Rushton, on Friday, and made the following
statement :—IIe said, pointing to an old man in the dock,
William Harris has received relief from the township of
Toxteth for the last eight months. Having received some
information relative to him, when he came for his weekly
allowance I searched him, and found £7 6s. 3d. on his
person. He has been receiving from us during the whole
period named two shillings per week, in addition to which
he is in receipt of four shillings a week from the Trinity
Hospital, and twelve shillings per quarter from the Trinity
fund. When the old man first applied for relief, he repre-
sented himself as being too old to work, that he had lat-
terly been employed as a ship-keeper, but this resource
had been withdrawn in consequence of his increasing
years, that his wife was sick, and in a state of destitution.
He was relieved : his wife died, and was buried at the ex-
pense of the parish. Regularly at the commencement of
the quarter his case was brought before the board, and
the relief received. Mr, Latham concluded by saying he
had no doubt the old man had been employed during the
whole time he was receiving relief, as he had been em.
ployed as ship-keeper only the night previous : he was
also supposed to have money in the bank. The old man
had nothing to say in his defence, and the magistrate,
who seemed at a loss what course to adopt, ordered him
to be put down.

TriE LIVERPOOL CURRENCY REFORM Asso-

eIATION AND THE " ECONOMIST."

On the 10th ult. the Liverpool Currency Reform Asso-
ciation addressed the following letter to the Economist :

" ' (To the Editor of The Economist.)

" Sir,—ln your last number, of the 7th instant, there
appeared an article on Foreign Exchaages, in which you
repeat your statement of the 7th May, that under a system
of barter, the effect on prices, in the event of a bad har-
vest, would be the same as under our present sys-
tem of currency. In your reasoning to substantiate
this doctrine it appears to us that you have committed the
error of regarding gold as a mere commodity, overlooking
the fact that the law has given to this metal the privilege of
measuring the value of other articles. Thus gold has a
double function to perform, that of a commodity, and that
of money ; and as you make no allowance for the effect
whicli an export of gold produces in consequence of its
possessing the latter and more important function, it ap-
pears to us that the whole of your argument falls to the
ground. At all events we find it very difficult to conceive
that an equal value exported in the shape of iron, coals, or
calicoes, or even railway and government securities, in
payment of corn, would produce the same disorganising
effects as result from a large export of gold, nor can we
conceive that if it were reduced to a mere commodity like
iron, the export of gold itself would cause the same dis-
turbing effects in the prices of other articles, which it now
produces in consequence of its possessing its money
function.'

To this the Economist replied as follows, on the 4th in-
stant, and not before :

" A little consideration will show that our correspon-
dents are confounding two entirely distinct and separate
things. The fact that gold is fixed upon as the standard
of value in this country, and silver in France, do not in
any way alter the character of these articles as ordinary
commodities ; nor does it interfere in any way with their
fluctuations of intrinsic value, which is still regulated alone
by supply and demand, the same as wheat or iron. The
precious metal adopted as the standard mry rise or fall in
value like all other commodities, the only difference being
that the changes in its value are not expressed in the rela-
tion it bears to any other article, but by the relation which
other articles bear to it. If gold were to become very
scarce, and of more intrinsic value, that change would not
be expressed by saying that 1 oz. of gold is now worth
more wheat, but that a quarter of wheat is worth less gold
(or money.) But the main reason why gold has been
fixed upon as the standard is, that it is subject to those
changes of intrinsic value less than any other article ; and,
therefore, it is the best standard, though not a perfect and
unalterable one. All other commodities are measures of
each other at any one moment; but from their nature
they are so rapidly changing in their intrinsic value, by
variations in their supply and demand, that they would be
wholly unfit to be adopted as a standard whereby value
should be measured at different times.

" Gold is never exported but as a commodity, nor until
it becomes mere profitable to export than any other com-
modity. It is not correct to say that the export of gold
is the cause of the disorganisation which arises from a
bad harvest. It is, in fact, the means by which the evil
is most easily met, and greater disorganisation prevented.
Nor is it correct to say that in exporting gold the quan-
tity of money is lessened in the country. The gold ex-
ported is always taken from the reserves of the bank, or
from the stocks of the Cambist, and not from the circu-
lation, which, in fact, generally is larger during a drain
of bullion than in ordinary times. And if those resour-
ces are not sufficient to meet the demand, it is met by a
greater reduction in the prices of other commodities to
balance our foreign payments for grain. Still gold is never
exported except when it is more profitable than anything
else. If, instead of gold, or if at the commencement of a
large import of grain we had no stock of gold, and there-
fore those imports had to be paid by other commodities—
say iron, coal, or calicoes—what would be the reduction
of prices to which we should have to submit in order to
obtain the necessary quantity of corn ? It would certainly
be much greater and much more sudden, than it is now
by the use of gold. It must always be borne in mind
that in those cases we have a large payment to make to
foreign countries over and above their wants of our or-
dinary commodities of export. Under those circum-
stances, what extent of reduction in price would induce
the shippers of wheat in Hamburg to buy iron, coals, or
calicoes to such an additional extent at the time as would
pay for such imports of corn as we received in 1847.?_
"But what our correspondents are confounding with
the simple functions of gold as a commodity in the con-
sequences of its exportation, is the effect which it pro-
duces, owing to the existing extensive system of credits
on which the business of the country is carried on. As
gold is exported, thongh there may be no less currency or
money in this country, yet the available loanable capital
becomes less, and can only be obtained by the payment
of a higher rate of interest. A greater degree of un-
certainty prevails as to whether it can be obtained in the
necessary quantity to meet current engagements, and this
fact induces all who have it to keep it in larger qpantities
than usual to meet their own exigencies and contingen-
cies. But if in a state of barter a system of credits ex-
isted, that is, if extensive loans of commodities were
constantly made, to be redeemable on a given day, with
so much more for their use, what would take place if a
deficient harvest caused a sudden exportation. of those
commodities, on the usual supply of which all the com-
munity were relying for the payment of extensive en-
gagements, and without renewed loans of which they
would be unable to carry on their business ? The truth
is, that the derangement consequent on the export of
gold is caused chiefly by the huge current, liabilities
arising out of an extensive credit system, which are not
only more difficult to be met, but to be renewed to the

extent necessary for the mode of carrying en the busi-
ness of the country.. It is to this cause, that is. the great
extent to which the system of credits exists in this coun-
try and the United States, that large exportations of bul-
lion lead to so much more disorganisation than it has
usually done on the continent under similar circumstances.
In England and France the precious metals are equally
adopted as the standard of value, and the same principle
of currency exactly is followed ; but in France, as com-
pared with England. the credit system exists to a much
smaller extent, and while the trade of the country has
made much less progress, yet, apart from political causes,
it has never been exposed to the same severe derange-
ment as has oeen the case in England.

The following excellent reply was then immediatel
transmitted by the Association :
" go the Editor of The Economist.)

" SIR,—In reply to our communication dated the 10th
ultimo, you say in your last number :
" 'As gold is exported, though there may be no less currency
or money in the country, yet the available loanable capital be-
comes less, and can only be obtained by the payment of a
higher rate of interest. A greater degree of uncertainty pre-
vails as to whether it can be obtained in the neces

sary quantity
to meet current engagements: and this fact induces all those
who have•it to keep it in larger quantities than usual, to meet
their own exigencies and contingencies.'

" This. exactly corroborate; our views, because, if the
particular description of capital so exported did not pos-
sess the function of money, but consisted of a simple
commodity, then we conceive that `the available loanable
capital' would not ' become less,' and conseauentiv the

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same disorganising effects on credit and prices would not
be produced. Even if the quantity of money in the hands
oft le public should not be less during the drain of gold,'
by your own admission money is " kept in larger quanti-
ties than usual by those who have it;' in other words, it
is hoarded, in anticipation of the reserves being exhausted.
Thus the circulation becomes paralysed, and panic is the

" But the main characteristic of Sir Robert Peel's Bill
being to cause a :reduction of circulation by the with-
drawal of bank notes when gold is abstracted, to say that
' the circulation is generally larger during a drain of bullion
than in ordinary times,' is to say that the bill acts in-
versely. It is certain, however, that the reserve in the
bank is to all intents a part of the circulation, and any ab-
straction, therefore, by any export of gold, produces the
same effect as though it was taken from the hands of the
public.

Again, you. say

is, if extensive loans of commodities were constantly made to
be redeemable on a given day, with so much more for their
use, what would be the derangement which would take place if

ities, on the usu,

ed a sudden exportation of those corn-
supply of which all the community wen

.0 carry on

N0v,,28, 184 g.

EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS AT
LIVERPOOL DURING THE LAST WEEK.-
SYMPTOMS OF IMPROVEMENT IN COM-
MERCE.

We are indebted to the Liverpool Telegraph and Ship-
ping Gazette for some statistics, which will be interesting
to our commercial readers, as showing a great increase of
imports during the past week, indicating a revival of spe-
culation in the commercial world, if not an advent of more
prosperous times than we have for many months enjoyed.
To say the least, there appears to be an abundant supply
in foreign lands of the principal staples of consumption in
this country, whether for manufacture, or for food • and
notwithstanding our monetary depression, the holders
appear to be contented to send us large portions of their
stock in the hope of an adequate reversion, or something
approaching towards it. _

- It is nexi'to impossible to state precisely the number
of arrivals of vessels daily in our extensive port, for some
obtain entrance into our docks on the same tide that
brought them up channel, and others anchor in the river
at various points, and may so remain for some days, before
they can dock. There may therefore be a few missed, and
a few reported twice by mistake. This, however, makes
up about a balance ; and we may submit the following list
as being nearly correct, of ocean-going vessels from dis-
tant foreign ports, of large tonnage :

a • 0 0
Monday (yesterday week), reported arrivals
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Friday
Saturday
Sunday and Monday (inclusive,

" We contend that, in such a case, the derangement
would be felt only by those who had engagements to meet
in the scarce commodities, and not by all the commu-
nity,' as it is highly improbable that all commodities
would become scarce at one and the same time. But it
only requires a little consideration' to perceive that a
state of barter, conjointly with a system of credits, does
actually exist; for gold being a commodity, engagements

Total 187
We find that these vessels, chiefly from the United States,
South America, the West India Islands, the East Indies,
the Brazils. China, &c., average, (taking about 25 of them
at random) about 580 tons, and they appear to have been
fully laden with produce. These are irrespective of smaller
vessels from the Mediterranean, and European ports, as
well as of all coasters, sailing or steam, of which we have
a constant accession day and night. The arrivals from
foreign ports have been in fact from, it may be said, all
parts of the world, and some of the cargoes of great value.
The chief weight of the imports have been, Ist, Flour,
Indian Corn, Corn Meal, and a large quaatity of Wheat;
2nd. Cotton ; 3rd, Sugar ; 4th, Tallow ; sth, American
Cheese and Hams, and a large quantity of American
Apples. The " Andrew Foster" brought 3,628 boxes of
American cheese ; and the " Constitution" 2,926 boxes.

payable therein amount to barter, with this important
disadvantage, that the community is limited to the use of
one:commodity only for the payment of their liabilities.
" Your remarks, on the credit system only proves the
danger and incompatibility of having A COMMODITY the
measure of value ; and therefore either credit should be
abolished, or a new and more stable measure of value
adopted.
" From your allusion to the small progress of the trade
of France under a less extended system of credit. as com-
pared with that of England, we presume that you admit
credit to be favourable to the development of the produc-
tive powers of a country ; and if so, that you will agree
with us in the necessity of altering a system of currency
which so seriously interferes with that development.
" A desire to confine ourselves to the effects of an ex-
port of gold in its two functions of commodity and money,
induces us to abstain from remarking on other parts of
your article. We must observe, however, that it is not
correct to say that `toe intrinsic value of gold is regu-
lated by supply and demand, the same as wheat or iron;'
it is the market value which is so regulated."
Liverpool, Nov. 8, 1848.

The total amount of breadstuffs imported 'into Liver-
pool on Friday and Saturday comprises,—Wbeat, 12,223
qrs. ; Barley, 42 qrs. ; Oats, 2,214 qrs. ;; Beans, 5 qrs. ;
Pease, 745 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 21,740 qrs. ;. Indian Corn
Meal, 2,325• brls. ; Oatmeal, 1,570 loads; Flour, 1,184
sacks, 55,721 brls.

The steam ship Europa alone brought I,3lB.barrels and
30 half-barrels- of American apples.
The arrivals for the fortnight previous to the last week
(noticed) were not very great, owing principally to the
prevalence of easterly winds, which retarded some of the
vessels in the chops of the channel.

LECTURES ON EGYPT, &c.—OnThursday, the Rev. H.
H. Higgins, M.A., delivered the second of three lectures
on this subject, at the Collegiate Institution, to a numer-
ous and highly-respectable audience. The lecturer gave
some interesting details relative to the Desert, the Red
Sea, and the principal cities in that locality. with remarks
on the manners, customs, and present state of the inha-
bitants. He also pointed out those places and objects
which are connected with many of the leading events and
scenes in Scripture History, and which have been made
the subject of remark by commentators. The lecture was
illustrated by views, maps, &c., produced by the magic lan-
tern, which were particularly striking and beautiful. What
renders the lectures doubly interesting, is the fact that
the lecturer has visited the various places he describes in
this hitherto but partially explored portion of the globe.
The next lecture on Thursday evening will be of a highly
interesting character, being a description of the city of
Jerusalem. The proceeds of the lectures, as our readers
are aware, are to go to the Church of England School, SQ-.
ciety.

We rejoice to add, that the cotton market last week
underwent a revival to something like olden times,- though
not in prices. The demand was such that the daily sales
amounted to about 8,000 bags, and the spinners took off
during the week about 40,000 bags. We learn that the
only cotton mill in this town is now employing more
hands, and that generally in Manchester and other in-
terior districts' there is a resuscitation to a certain extent,
which gives promise of better things than have for along
time been experiencedia the manufacturing districts,.