The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

' to form a branch line to connect this railataq more
closely with the important towns of Ashton and Staly-
bridge, and to open out a communication, by way of
Barnsley, to the North Midland. By the first of these
branches a valuable and increasing traffic in merchan-
dize and passengers will be secured to the Sheffield
Company. The undertaking will have thus completed
what it professed to do—viz., to furnish to these po-
pulous and improving places a direct and -unbroken
railway communication with Manchester, the great
market for their manufactures. By the proposed
communication with the North Midland, another in-
calculable advantage to the Sheffield Company will he
gained. By the aid of such a communication, there
is no question that the Sheffield Railway must become
at once a powerful competing line for the immense
traffic now passing between Manchester and the Hum-
ber, and for the increasing commerce which the Tariff
Bill recently passed must open out between the manu-
facturing districts of Lancashire, as consumers, and the
ports of the Baltic. In addition, however, to such a
traffic, it must be borne in mind that the Barnsley line
will possess an important and paying traffic of its own.
It will be made through the heart of one of the most
valuable coal-fields in England, and transport its riches,
in one direction to the manufacturing districts, on this
side of the summit ridge, and in another to the Hum-
ber for shipment.

With these prospects before us—with the share-list
weeded of its rotten materials—with the works pro-
gressing, slowly, it is true, but ateadily, towards com-
pletion, at a cost scarcely exceeding, if at all, the re-
vised estimate of their talented engineer—with the
pecuniary difficulties, too, of the direction alleviated
by a loan of fifty thousand pounds from government—
with a paying frolic upon the portion of the line already
opened far exceeding the most sanguine anticipations
of the public—we shall indeed be much surprised if,
at the next half-yearly meeting, we are told that the
shares of the company, with fB2 10s. paid upon them,
are worth no more than f 32 10s.—are, in fact, at a
discount of fifty per cent.

We can see not the shadow of a ground for such a
depreciation. The fact that a large amount of the
shares are, by forfeiture, placed in the hands of the
directors for reallotment, does not warrant their being
reduced in the market to such a price. The real value
of the undertaking is infinitely better established now
than when it was first projected, and when its shares
were scrambled for at premiums. The feasibility of
its construction is established. The existence of a
traffic is established. And really, with such. facts
before them, we do not anticipate that the capitalists
of the district can any longer withhold their coun-
tenance from this important line.
To one class of men, the mill-owners and manu-
facturers of Ashton and Stalybridge, the directors
ought not now to look for support in vain. It is well
known how large an interest in the undertaking was,
on its first projection, taken in that district. Such
interest was, however, withdrawn when the line through
these towns was abandoned ; and that withdrawal was
the first serious shock which the company sustained.
The connexion with Ashton and Stalybridge is now,
however, about to be formed. The full advantages of
a railway to Manchester are about to be conferred
upon those towns ; and it is, we think, imperative on the
parties receiving those advantages to come forward
now and to aid liberally the praiseworthy efforts of the
board. Let this be done; and we venture to predict
that every difficulty of the company will at once vanish,
and their present depreciated property assume its
legitimate and real value in the market.

We gave, in a second edition of our last publication,
a copy of the usual telegraphic despatch, purporting to
contain the news brought by the last overland mail
from India. The substance of this document, our
readers may remember, was far from being of a cheer-
ing nature. We have now, however, before us full
details of the intelligence conveyed to us by this mail,
and have the pleasure of congratulating our fellow-
townsmen that the dark picture which, on the autho-
rity of the telegraph, we contribnted to spread, with
respect to the condition of the British army in Affgha-
nistan, is not verified. Sickness is not "decimating"
our men. We hear of no serious disaffection existing
amongst the native troops. The leaders of our forces
have not been entirely inactive. In fact, for what pur-
pose, or by what accident (1) we know not, it is obvious
that the despatch conveyed by the telegraph has been
grossly false, and that the public will do well, in future,
to place no confidence in the intelligence forwarded by
such instrumentality.
With respect to the prospects, however, of our
Indian army, and the course likely to be pursued by
the government of India, for the settlement of our
unfortunate quarrel in Affghanistan, we have not fur-
nished to us by this arrival any very decisive informa-
tion. That our position is not more unsatisfactory
than at the date of the last previous mail, is certain.
We have been able to read some severe lessons to the
refractory tribes by whom we were surrounded, and to
vindicate, in the eyes of the entire people of India, the
irresistible power of British arms. The force under
General Nott, has inflicted a signal defeat upon the
enemy before Candahar. The enemy has also been
repulsed with great slaughter in an attack upon Khilat-
i-Ghilzie. We have not in fact, lost an inch of our
existing ground; and if we have made no material
onward progress towards such a demonstration as will
enable us to terminate with honour this unhappy and
thus far disastrous war, we trust that events will shew
the temporary inactivity of our generals to have been
suggested by a sound and wise discretion, rather than
by any vacillation of purpose, or any policy unworthy
of the British name.

Whether, ultimately, the force under General Pol-
lock, with those of Nott and the heroic Sale, will ad-
vance upon Cabool, there to seek a termination of the
existing hostilities, or having maintained their position
and concentrated themselves, retire at once from the
country, appears to be a disputed point amongst the
best informed in India. We anticipate that the former
will be the course pursued, as it is that most consonant
with the national honour, and with good policy. A
grand army of reserve, nearly 20,000 strong, is form-
ing under the command of Sir Jasper Nicholls, upon
our north-western frontier. With this force behind
them, as a point d'appuie, we have no doubt that when
the necessary means of transport can be secured, and
the extreme heat of the season is mitigated, the word
will be given to advance, and force the passes to Ca-
bool, where we shall doubtless be enabled to wring
front our treacherous opponents such a satisfaction for
the past, and security for the future, as will enable us
to withdraw honourably within our own frontier. We
look forward to no war of revenge—no war of coloni
zation. But we can never sanction the withdrawal of
one British soldier from the Affghanistan territory,
whilst a British prisoner remains in the hands of their
savage chiefs, or the murder of a British subject re-
mains unatoned for.

Well, the " Insurrection" experiment is over, and
what has that description of agitation done for the
cause of the Anti-corn-law League ? It has filled the
gaols of the country with prisoners—rather call them
victims t In a few weeks we shall have a special com-
mission sent down to fine, imprison, or transport
some hundreds of working men whom the incendiary
appeals of the league spouters have stirred up to out-
rage. But it has done nothing—absolutely nothing—
to promote the cry which these mercenaries would
hear above all other cries—to induce the reflecting
working classes of Great Britain to throw themselves
upon the tender mercies of the league millocracy for
bread, and to enter, with this selfish and treacherous
faction, into a crusade against the native agriculture
and the domestic industry of our country.
rhe " Insurrection" then—the simultaneous stop-
page of factories—is afailure ! The league have not
ridden in triumph to the enjoyment of their cherished
object, upon the storm which they have raised ;—they
have not as yet their grasp upon the broad lands of the
" Gentlemen of England." On the contrary they are
wrigyling, with difficulty, out of the mud with which
they would
hate. have gladly submerged the objects of their
The laughter and contempt of the world is
ringing in their ears—
"upon curses Derision has struck them forlorn—
A mockery that never shall die ;
oftilliaetire
dane‘d,ottheedhhisesaeds
sot; scorn"
fall hour by hourhe
The question. howev • er, is now eagerly asked—what
will be the next throw of those
reckless dicers? Will

the league millocraey, after this failure of their late at-
tempt to coerce the legislature into an adoption of their
mad schemes, settle down into orderly and peaceable
subjects, and enjoy themselves and allow others to-en-
joy that returning prosperity, the symptoms of which
were so lately visible around us ? We believe we are
correct in Saying " !" The league millocracy of
Manchester, or at least those gentlemen who pull the
wires which move that body, will do no such
thing. We are presently to be visited with difficulty
and danger of another description. The commerce
and the returning confidence of the' nation is to be
shaken by a few bankruptcies ! One or more of the
Manchester banks, we are assured, are at this moment
in possession of a large assortment of this description
of missiles, wherewith to pelt the premier and his
cabinet. Live millowners of all sizes are to be put
into the legal howitzer, and projected amongst us !
Bricks and mortar, spindleS and power-looms, are to
be" chawed up" without mercy or distinction, and the
isle is to be " frighted from its propriety" by the falling
ruins!

In sober earnestness, this, we are credibly informed,
is the next step upon the tapis. The banks in ques-
tion have selected this particular crisis (!) as one pecu-
liarly favourable for winding up a whole host of their
insolvent customers ! The "names and styles" of
some of these, it is said, will paralyse the community.
It will not, however, paralyse ourselves, if the banks
in question should eventually discover this to be as
dangerous an operation as the bqffled insurrection !

LOCAL NEWS.

An elegant coffee-pot and salver has been presented to the
Rev. 1)r. Beaumont on his leaving the Liverpool South Cir-
cuit " as a token of Christian affection and esteem."

The Treasurer of the Liverpool Dispensaries has received
from Mrs. Hugh Jones the sum of £5OO, as a donation to
those valuable charities.

We understand that to-day the select vestry will appoint
a secretary in the room of AI r. James Eckersley, who has
resigned.

The Duke of Brunswick, who had been staying at the
Adelphi Hotel, honoured the Theatre Royal, on Wednesday
evening, with his presence.

It is stated by several of our contemporaries that the Rev.
C. T. Wilson, lately Incumbent of St. Thomas'-in-the-
Fields, has been appointed one of the curates of St. Nicho-
las' Church, and will commence his ministerial duties about
the beginning of November.

ST. SILAS'S CHURCII.—A splendid new organ is being
erected in the church of St. Silas, Pembroke-place, by Messrs.
Bewsher and Fleetwood. It is in a state of great forward-
ness, and we understand that it will be first used in the ser-
vices of the church on Sunday next.
ROCK FERRY NEW CHURCII.—This beautiful erection,
by Messrs. Walker, of Birkenhead, which forms such a pro-
minent object on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, will be
opened for divine service on Thursday next. The Rev. Chan-
cellor Raikes will preach on the occasion. It is expected that
a vast number of the gentry from Liverpool and the surround-
ing neighbourhood will be present.
BIRKENHEAD WATER WORKS.—This spirited company
after boring to au immense depth, o❑ the top of Claughtou
Hill, have at length found an abundant supply of excellent
water. A small engine is erected to clear the well, and then
the works will be proceeded with as rapidly as possible. No-
tices have been served on the inhabitants to make a return of
the supply they need for their respective establishments.
AMERICAN MAIL STEAM SHIPS.—The British and North
American Royal Mail Steam Company's new steam-ship,
Hibernia, will be launched at Greenock on Thursday next.
The Hibernia is about 200 tons larger and of greater power
than the present mail steam-ships. Captain Judkins takes
command of the Hibernia. Captain Edward C. Miller, for-
merly of the Acadia, will now command the Columbia.
A new Independent Chapel was opened on Thursday
last, at Liscard, near New Brighton. It has been built at
the expense of J. A. Marsden, Esq., and by him presented
to the Independent body. It will acccommodate 800 people,
and the donor has procured and fitted it up with the pulpit
and some of the oak pews of the chapel which was occupied
by the Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts, in St. Mary Axe. London, and
the marble monument commemorative of that eminent divine
be has had placed in the vestibule of the choir.
REMOVAL OF THE REV. DR. BUTLER FROM LIVER-
POOL.—We understand that the Rev. Dr. Butler of St. An-
thony's has been suspended from the exercise of his pastoral
duties in Liverpool by the Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic
of the district. It is rumoured that this has arisen from his
obstinately persisting to preach controversial sermons, in de-
fiance of the expressed wish of his superior. We have sonic
reason to believe such to be the cause, as the vicar's opinions
on the subject are well known. We remember that some
time ago when the priests of Seel-street Chapel proposed to
introduce Father Tom Maguire to their pulpit, they were
publicly inhibited by the vicar, and the reverend father did
not attend. Dr. Butler, it seems, has not profited by the
warning, and his removal from Liverpool has been determin-
ed upon.

IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS.—It is important to city and
borough electors to know that the only means provided by
the Reform Act for apprising those persons whose votes have
been objected to, is the publication of a list containing the
names of all such persons, which, together with the list of
persons claiming to be put on the register, are made out by
the overseers, and exhibited at all the church and chapel
doors, in their respective parishes, on the two first Sundays
in September ; they are also kept by the overseers for perusal,
without fee, at all reasonable hours ; from Sunday, Septem-
ber 4th, to Thursday, September 15th, they are also bound
to supply copies of such lists to any person applying for the
same, and to charge is. for each copy.
IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO STAGE COACII
AND OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.—By an act of the last Ses-
sion, which is to come into force on the first of next month,
the duty per mile is reduced from 3d. to lid. ; thus effecting
a saving of one-half, and about £4OO per annum on the om-
nibuses running on one line of road alone out of Liverpool.
Thus, while to the public a considerable reduction in the
fares may be reasonably expected; fine harvest is open for
competition to coach and omnibus proprietors. At the same
time, security against impositions and racing will he obtained
by the regulations which the corporation, under their late
acquired authority, are about to establish.

SAILING OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Great
Western steam-ship, Lieutenant Hosken, sailed hence on
Saturday afternoon, at five o'clock, having waited to receive
the Lou don morning papers, for New York. She carried
out one hundred and one passengers and 140 tons of fine
goods. She was not, on the whole, deep. O❑ Sunday, at
noon, the British and North American royal mail steam-
ship Acpdia, Ryrie, sailed for Halifax and Boston, with be-
tween seventy and eighty passengers. As these fine steamers
have taken their departure within nineteen hours of each
other, their voyages will attract very general attention.
Bets have, it is said, been laid as to which vessel will reach
her destination first.

TILE lIINDOSTAN most splendid
steam-ship made an experimental trip to Holyhead Bay, on
Friday last, and performed to admiration. She left the
George's pier at eight o'clock, A.M., went into Holyhead
Bay and saluted the town, and was again at the George's
Pier at 6h. 45m., P.M. ; thus accomplishing the entire dis-
tance in ten hours and forty-five minutes, although she had
an hour's flood against her at starting, and an hour's ebb
when returning to Liverpool. She made the run from the
Skerries to the George's Pier in four hours and forty-two
minutes, and from Point Lynas to the Floating Light in two
hours and forty-nine minutes. the latter a.distance of 41',
statute miles. Her engines, of eight feet stroke, made fif-
teen revolutions per minute, although the machinery had
only been turned round in dock once, and for a few hours
prior to this trip to sea. The entire outfit of the vessel, ex-
cept the bare hull, has been accomplished since the ith of
May last:

THE CHARGE AGAINST A CLERK.—On Friday last John
Ackerly was brought up again before Mr. Rushton on the
charge of having obtained, under false pretences, a sum of
money belonging to Messrs. Woolfall and Percival, of Man-
chester. The former part of the case was heard on the pre-
vious day, and it appeared in our last. On Friday Mr.
Owen, for the prisoner, pointed out some clauses in the deed
of assignment to Messrs. Woolfall and Percival, from which
it appeared that those gentlemen were empowered to receive
a further sum beyond the £195, but not in all exceeding
£3OO, to cover any other deficiencies that might thereafter
appear in the prisoner's accounts, or any debts he might have
contracted in their name ; and he contended that they must
have anticipated further defalcations, and that, therefore, a
guarantee having been thus given, the charge could not be
construed into one of felony, or even perhaps of receiving on
false pretences.' Mr. Rushton overruled this objection. The
prisoner was no longer in the employ of the complainants.
The proviso relating to the £3OO in amount was evidently in-
tended to cover any deficiencies not then discovered, that
might have arisen prior to the execution of the deed, but
would not apply to any new delinquency after he was dis-
charged. The evidence proVed the facts stated to the satis-
faction of the magistrates, and the prisoner was committed
for trial at. the sessions. In reply to questions put by
Mr. Rushton to Mr. Woolfall, after the prisoner was com-
mitted, that gentleman stated, that the prisoner and his
father held other debentures to the amount of £2OO, the pay-
ment of which the father had stopped, as they were in their
names. They had been defrauded by them to the amount of
£BOO. Mr. Dowling said it appeared that the object was to
compel Messrs. Woolfall to rescind the deed of assignment,
on condition that the debentures withheld were given up.

SCHOOLS FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE
IRISH CLERGY.—We have been requested to draw atten-
tion to the advertisement in another column, soliciting as-
sistance from the Christian public towards the re-establish-
ment of the Irish Clergy Daughter's School, in a situation
inure congenial to its necessities than that remote corner of
the sister island in which it was formerly placed. The ap-
peal is brief, but expressive; indeed, it is a cause that pleads
for itself, and, we are sure, needs but to be known in order
to draw forth the sympathies of all who desire to befriend
the ministers of the Established Church in Ireland, whose
privations, in many instances, have deeply and loudly called
for such institutions; and we feel convinced thaf a single
glance at the list of vice-patrons, vice-patronesses, and ma-
naging committee, and above all, the honoured names of
Ireland's noble viceroy and his amiable partner, who have
graciously condescended to patronise this establishment, will
insure all confidence and respect. It is now four years since
this school was first opened at Port Stuart, near Coleraiue,
in the North of Ireland, since which period 45 young ladies
have been admitted, of whom 20, having completed their re-
gular course of instruction, have left the institution, leaving
25 on the books at present. There are besides numerous
applications for the admission of pupils, which the state of
the funds renders it impossible to grant. An e.z:traordinary
appeal is now being 'made in Ireland, onibehalf of the well-
known, and, comparatively, longer and more-firmly estab-
lished School for the Sons of the Irish Clergy, at Lucan,
near Dublin, for the purpose of enlarging its dormitories
and school-rooms, which have been found to be wholly in-
sufficient for the number at present on its books, and capable
of being maintained by its present establishment. The cost
of this addition has been estimated at about £6O. 0. A letter
has been addressed by an Irish gentleman,
minister
of well- k now n
benevolence, resident in Lucan, to the incumbent
of Lucan, offering to contribute £l5O towards. this desirable
object, provided that double that sum (viz., £300), shall be
collected for the same purpose, by sanction of the board of
trustees, within three months from the present date. This
sum to be contributed by individuals who have not heretofore
been regular subscribers. This offer has been cheerfully ac-
cepted by the trustees, who have requested the Rev. H. E.
Prior to undertake the collection of the above suni., accord-
ing to the proposed offer, with the addition that if the sore
required should not be raised within the time limited, the
subscriptions should be returned. We can only add, that
we shall be happy to receive and forward to the Treasurer of,
either or both, the above valuable schools, any contribution
which may be left at the Office of this Paper.