The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Charles Phillips, Esq., Insolvent Commissioner, will,
at the spring circuit, attend at Carlisle, Monday, March
1 ; at Appleby, Tuesday, March 2 ; at Kendal, Friday,
March 5 ; at Lancaster, Monday, March 8 ; at Liver-
pool, Tuesday, March 16; at the Castle of Chester,
Thursday, April 1.
COURT OF PASSAGE.—At the Court of Passage last
week, the following was the only case of publ c interest.—
Anthony v. Hind and anolher.—The plaintiff was a por-
ter, and sought to recover damages which be had;sustained
by a pile of flax, belonging to the defendants, falling upon
him and breaking his leg. As the plaintiff was mending
cotton-bags in a warehouse in Formby-street, the pile of
flax, which had been insecurely stowed, fell, and injured
him in the way stated. A verdict was given for the plain-
tiff, damages £65.
SALARIES OF THE JUDGES.—There are twenty-two
judges of the superior courts in England, whose salaries
amount to £123,577 a-year. The five judges of the Court
of Chancery are paid £33,000. The Lord Chancellor has
£lO,OOO, Master of the Rolls £7OOO, Vice-Chancellor of
England £6OOO, and the two Vice-Chancellors•, Knight
Bruce and Wigram, £5OOO. The s'x judges of the Court
of Queen's Bench are paid £32,000. The Lord Chief
Justice has £BOOO, and the Puistie Judges £5OOO each.
The six judges of the Court of Common Pleas have
similar sums, as also the six judges of the Court of
Exchequer, with the exception of the Chief Baron, who
has a salary of £7OOO. The judge of the Court of Admi-
ralty has £4OOO, and the average emoluments of the judge
of the Prerogative Court amount to £3577 ; making the
number twenty-two, and the united salaries £123,577.

THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.

SlR,—Argument was useless. The mention of the
constitutional rights of the poor was subject for derision.
The people were too numerous—the "surplus population"
must be driven away. There was no connexion between
the poor and the land. They must be removed or perish !
Such was the award of our "enlightened and liberal phi-
losophers !" A pretty mess they have made of it ! People
won't die of want quietly. They become troublesome—
dangerous. They must be fed. We grumble that they
are impatient.

We are now receiving the just reward of our cruelty.
We listened to the philosophers—we deserve our punish-
ment, because we have turned a deaf ear to our good and
wise ancestors. They assured us, that the poor have a
right to live ; the philosophers exclaimed, "Nature has
made no provision for them—let them die !" We have
believed that lie, and our sin has found us out. This,
Sir, is our case.

We do right, now, to feed the poor. Let us, however,
remember, that, in doing so, we are acting in direct con-
tradiction to the whole school of our "enlightened and
liberal philosophers." No provision for the poor, is still
their creed; although fear compels them to relent, they
dare not enforce their exterminating principles? How
often have they been warned, that God was wiser and
stronger than they ; and assured, that, if they would per-
sist in altering our laws on their diabolical principles, He
would exert His power! They answered in jeers and in-
vectives. They removed the landmark of the poor, and
are now at their wit's end.

Why do I write thus? It is once more to warn. It is
not enough to feed the poor now. They must be provided
for hereafter. Their right to maintenance must again be
fully recognised by our laws. They require, and must
have, Protection I Yes, Sir tbat despised word will, after
all, triumph over all its foes. Protection from first to
last—from the monarch to the pauper—else England's sun
will set in gore. 1 have warned the landlords until I have
become hoarse. I told them their doom, should they rob
the poor by the new Poor Law. I appeal to the Duke of
Wellington—have not my predictirns been verified.
_

Let tie landlords now resolve that the first act of the
next session of Parliament shall be one recognising the
right of the poor to liberty and life in England, Scotland,
and Ireland. Then the philosophers will be confounded,
and, having thus set our faces constitutionward, we may
expect prosperity and the blessing of our God.
I remain, sir, your most obedient servant,
London, Oct. 21. RICHARD QASTLRR.

P.S.—lt is no use to mince matters. If we persist in
refusing the constitutional right of the poor, they will
hang, like an incubus, on the state, and we shall become
the derision of the world. The philosophers may storm
arid rage—God will laugh at their fury. Truly, sir, if we
will not bend to receive lessons from our "greybearded
ancestors," starving millions will demand that the state
shall resume its right to the land and the property. In
the future distribution, their rights must be sanctioned.
It were wiser to grant graciously than to yield ignomi-
niously. R. 0.

vet pool

consols from v 4-,,
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND for the Account to 94/. Whether the dealers were led to
LEEDS RAILWAY.—An accident, by which two men lost suppose, from information which has not reached the pub-
their lives upon the above railway, took place on Thurs- lic, that they had forced the market to a point of- 'to-
day, between the Brighouse and Elland stations. It ap- warrantable depression, is a question which the next
pears that two plate layers beard a luggage train upon the twenty-four hours may decide .1. but in the mean time it
up line, and unfortunately stepped on the down line out is perfectly certain that large buyers at an advance ap-.
of its way. At that instant tbe express train, which leaves Feared late in the day, and that this circumstance had the
Manchester at a ouarter-past eight came down, and both favourable effect of bringing quotation to this better level.
the men were killed before they could get out of the way. Bank Stock was last marked 204 to 205 ; India Stock,
The morning was very foggy. 259 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 to 12 pm. ; Reduced Three per
i
The Gloucester Journal says, "We hear that the Mid.. Cents., 93 to -.
land Company will shortly arrange for spedial trains, to The Foreign Securities maintained much steadiness
u
carry 150 tons each, to Gloucester at regular intervals, until the change in the value of those negotiated in the
and that they are under promise to provide slips for shoot-
English market, when prices gave way. The dealings
ing the salt into vessels in the canal. Should these, and since have been of less general interest than before. The
some other appliances for carrying on the salt trade be fall in Mexican, Spanish, and Portuguese not producing
properly and quickly carried out, we may be able to anti-
speculation, is solely attributable to the manifest dislike
cipate the efforts which are being made at Hull to sup_ of operators for heavy dealings in securities, which are so
plant us, and may be in a condition to put salt on board readily influenced by the political events of the day, and
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Hp at Gloucester as cheap, if not cheaper, than at Li-
in some mea qe t"

sure because die public, as a body, shun them
altogether. The jobbers are, therefore, left to act entirely

A special meeting of the York and North Midland upon one another, and as shares are in more general fa-
unanimously assented to Mr. Hudson's proposal respect-
vour, and the home Funds of a more important value,
My the capital of the East and West Riding shares—the
they direct their speculative dealings to the latter. Mex-
ican closed yesterday at 22. Spanish Five per Cent., 254-
and
providithe capitalizingng money to paya
for
debt the Hetween bull and
£500,000 ain 1850
nd,
.an 15 to 16. Two-and-a Half per Cents., 58 to 94 ; and
i
to 251 ; ditto Three per Cents., 364: Portuguese 38 to
£600,000, which arrangements have the effect of makmaking4Co ; Dutcholumbr
the total capital amount to £-1,721,250. And the York
and Newcastle, likewise under Mr. Hudson's presidency, The share market was buoyant and brisk during the
agreed to capitalize certain extension shares, and to pro-
whole of the early part of the week. The operations were
vide for the purchase of the Great North of England by a in many cases considerable, and speculation was active.
further issue. The total capital, exclusive of the New-
castle ar:d Berwick line, will amount to £6,625,000.
MEDICAL USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—The
electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch was,
on Thursday, made the means of communication between
a physician in London and his patient in the former place.
On Wednesday, Dr. L—, a celebrated obstetric phy-
sician, was sent for from London to attend a lady lying
there in a dangerous state. On his return to town, he
left instructions to the medical attendant to convey in-
formation of the state of the patient the next morning, by
means of the telegraph. This was promptly done on
Thursday morning, and the prescription was as promptly
returned. The telegraph completed its communication
by announcing the death of the lady.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—A special general meet-
ing of the proprietors was held at the Palatine Hotel,
Manchester, on Tuesday, for the purpose of entering
10,640 new sl:ares, at £5O each. in this company, to be
exchanged for the existing shares, of the same number
and amount, in the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction
Company. Mr. George Hadfield objected to the Leeds
company taking £200,000 of stock from the Liverpool
and Bury Company, and granting them no interest upon
that sum, while they were allowing the Huddersfield com-
pany interest. The chairman reminded Mr. Hadfield that
that would be a subject for discussion at the meeting of
the company in November. The resolution was unani-
mously agreed to.
LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—
This line is fast rising in public estimation, and we are
glad to find that it is meeting with that support which must
make the application to Parliament in its favour success-
ful. Since the prospectus first appeared, the list of direc-
tors has received the additional names of a number of
gentlemen of wealth and standing, and whose interests are
connected intimately with the line. An arrangement is
also proposed for securing to the promoters of this line the
interest and goodwill of the old " West Lancashire Com-
pany," which, as our readers are probably aware, failed in
the application to Parliament for a bill last year. The line
is very likely to prove of very great advantage to this port,
as well as to the whole of the district through which it
passes, as was abundantly proved before the parliamentary
committee last session.

SATURDAY NIGHT.
There was more firmness in Public Securities this
morning, and Consols were 'done for money at 941,
and 941 for the account. The market did not close, how-
ever, quite so firm as was expected, the latest quotation
being 942 i for money and 93ii for account. Reduced
Three pre Cents. were done at 93a; thu Three-and-a-
Quarter parr Cents. at 95k; Exchequer Bills, 8 11, and
India Bonds, 22 premium. Bank Stock was done at 204.
The accounts from Paris were considered less equivocal
respecting the affairs of the Peninsula, which was the chief
reason assigned for the market being better.
Portuguese Four per Cent. Bonds were last done at
391 ; Spanish Five per Cents. at 25:1; and the Three per
Cents. at 37k. The transactions were limited, but the
quotations will show that the decline of prices was
arrested. Mexican Bonds were done at 22 and 218 for
money and account, and the Unconverted Bonds also at
22. The business was trifling, and there is evidently no
disposition to extend the operations until further accounts
are received from Mexico. Dutch Four per Cent.
Certificates' were done at 92.

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER,

(From the "London and Paris Ladies' Mag

of Fashion.")

Black continues to be the favourite colour for walking
dresses in velvet, silks, or woollen materials. Dames
will be fashion,ble for soirees as well as the promenade,
reps broche'B. Plaids and stripes, particularly the carreau
royal, reps bluet, taffetas d'ltalie, &c., &c., rank among
the principal materials for winter toilettes. Double and
triple skirts are not so much used, but the trimmings on
lobes de soirees are very deep in gauze, tulle, or ribbon,
rendering the skirt botiffante, increasing rather than les-
sening the width. Many of the richer materials are made
with trains for full dress a little raised in front; and the
corsages with points both before and behind. The coracos
b issues, and waistcoat corsages—all that has been
at-
tempted to recal the costumes of bygone days—arenow
to give place to the Diana style, a kind of tight body con
fined at the waist and widening on the hips. Embroidery
in soutache is superseded by the new gimps of every
width mixed with bads and chenille; the zephyrine is
executed in silver, gold, silk, or worsted, and is equally
applicable for dresses, coiffures, bonnets, caps, corde-
heres, &c. Ribbon is also very generally used this season ;
long broad ceintures are much worn, called techerpee the
new ribbons are very elegant, either brocaded or with
edges resembling bind. termed guipure ribbon. For
morning wear, the finest cachetnires and cloth dresses are
worn, the latter with gimp trimmings, the former with
flounces festonnes and embroidered ; some are with 5,„
0
deep a tuck as to have the effect of a double skirt. Man,'
of taffetas d'ltalie, lined with sarcenet, the small sleeves
lightly wadded, replace the visiles of summer; the form
is pretty, reaching low behind, with one and sometimes
three peleriner. Marquises of satin form short mantelets
in front; the sleeves are formed in the material; these
are tiinmed with a very deep flounce; the manteou
Infanta is, in the Spanish style, of black velvet, with
large collar trimmed with rich laces ; besides these we
have the Eouliere, Mouresque, Garrick, and Grecian.

Bonnets have undergone'but little change ; the form i 6
small, and lace trimmings much in favour ; bavoiets are
added to the winter bonnet; velvet ones are much enli-
vened by coloured linings ; cerise is a favourite mixture
with them ; the fashionable colours for velvet, or velours
ipingle, are myrtle green, violet, blue jacinthe, and black,
ornamented with velvet flowers, frequently of the salve
colour. For children, the gip.sy form in beavers is pre'
ferred.