The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-27 00:00:00

Allowed

Struck out by the revising barrister
From this number must be deducted 50, viz. :
Men who were registered in other places
„ in the Customs, and could not vote
Dead men
Oa the freemen's list, and will vote as a freeman . 1
Duplicates to objections struck out 7
Do. to objections allowed .. . 4 50
Total loss to the radicals upon the revision 215

Objections made by radicals
Allowed

Struck out by the revising barrister......
From this number must be deducted 123, viz
Men
were
who registered in other places
. .

.. 195
28

_
„ in the Customs and Excise, and could not vote 59
Dead men
On the freemen's list, and will vote as freemen
Struck out, but belonging to their own party
Duplicate objections struck out

Less radicals struck out by their own party

Total loss to the conservatives upon the revision

Lost by the radicals
Lost by the conservatives

Balance in favour of the conservatives

gISTRESSING SHIPWRECK.

The Journal du Havre publishes the following distressing
details of the loss of the Leopoldina Rosa, of which only a
very brief notice has been given to the public. They are sup-
plied by a person who was on board :—The Leopoldina Rosa
left Bayonne early in May for Monte Video, having on board,
besides her captain and crew, 303 passengers, men, women,
and children, nearly all industrious emigrants from the Basque
country, who were on their way to the plains of liraguay.
After a long passage, and when approaching their destination,
the vessel was assailed by a severe storm, and during the
night was thrown on one of the reefs, called the Castillos, on
the eastern coast of Uraguay, at a distance of about forty
leagues front Monte Video. At daylight, when Captain
Frappaz, the commander of the Leopoldina, could clearly
perceive his situation, it was evident to him that no hope
could be entertained of saving the vessel. His attention was,
therefore, exclusively directed to the crew and passengers.
He first despatched a boat with a rope for the shore, but the
breakers were so high that it foundered immediately. The
men who were in it, however, were able to regain the vessel.
He then desired a sailor, who was a good swimmer, to take
a small rope to the shore, tied to his body, with the intention,
when landed, of drawing to him a cable attached to the other
end ; but the man refused, as did also all the other sailors
who were applied to, although the lives of more than 300
passengers might have been saved by this act of courage.
At length the crew, with the-exception of only three men,
made arrangements for their own safety by means of spars,
&c., leaving the captain, lieutenant, the doctor, the steward,
and all the passengers to their fate. Thus abandoned, and
taking counsel from despair, the most vigorous threw them.
selves into the sea, but they were nearly all dashed against
the rocks and drowned. Most of those .who remained on
board were either deterred from following the example of
those who had plunged into the sea, by seeing assembled
there an immense number of those wretches the Gauchos,
who watch the wrecks on the coast for the purposes of pil-
lage, and massacre those who offer resistance ; or they were
parents whose feelings would not allow them to abandon
their offspring. As the day wore, the tempest increased in
violence, and the waves swept the deck with fury. All who
remained on board sought refuge on the poop or in the cabin,
where they were huddled up awaiting death, and having for
consolation only the cheering words of the captain, who from
time to time visited them, and bade them hope for a change
in their favour. Captain Frappaz never abandoned the hope
of safety ; and, watching the horizon, predicted that the
st ma would subside with the setting of the sun, as it really
did ; but, unfortunately, although the sea in the offing be-
cite comparatively calm, the breakers at the same time be-
came much more violent.

During the whole of this terrible day the Leopoldina re-
sisted the fury of the waves, but towards five o'clock in the
afternoon the stern gave way, and was separated from the
body of the vessel. The scene now became dreadful. More
than sixty persons who were standing on the poop when this
calamity occurred were in a moment cast into the sea, and
nearly all of them, men, women, and children, were drowned.
Night now came on, and the waves from time to time swept
away several of the poor wretches who were on the portion
of the vessel which remained above wate •. The longboat,
which had up to this time been preserved, and which had
offered a last chance of escape, was carried away and dashed
to pieces. This was followed almost immediately by the
separation of the remaining part of the hull of the Leopoldina,
and all who were on it had no other chance of avoiding death
than grasping the planks and sustaining themselves for a time
upon them. Only the most robust, however, were able to
avail themselves of this succour. Those poor creatures who
were denied this chance sunk almost immediately, and of
the number who had profited by it, several were forced off
by the waves and drowned ; others expired from exhaustion
or injury as they touched the shore. 231 passengers pe-
rished, 72 escaped as by miracle. These were protected from
the brutality of the Gauchos by the firmness of Don Vicente
Acosta and Don Natalio Molina, who were on the spot to
render assistance. The survivors were subsequently taken
on board the • French schooner L'Eclair, where they were
treated with great kindness. Among the sufferers was the
captain of the Leopoldina, who remained with .his vessel
until she went entirely to pieces, when, seizing a plank, he
endeavoured to reach the shore, but was dashed against the
rocks and killed.

BLUCHER.—He was brave as a lion, an adroit and ready
tactician, and, as Bonaparte observed of the British soldiery,
never knew when he was beaten enough. "His jests," says the
Quarterly Review, " frequently of a description ill calculated
for chaste ears, extorted grim smiles from lips black with the
cartridge, and sent laughter through the column, while grape
shot was tearing its ranks. When he checked his horse in
the hottest cannonades to light his pipe at the linstock of the
gunner, the piece was, probably, not the worst served. To-
wards the close of the campaign in France, the infirmities of
age at one moment almost induced him to contemplate the
abandonment of his command, and to retire into the Nether-
lands ; but the spirit triumphed over the flesh, and, though
unable to remain in the saddle for the last attack on Mont-
martre, he gave his orders with calmness and precision from
a carriage. His appearance on this occasion must have
taxed the gravity of his staff, for, to protect his eyes, then in
a state of violent inflammation, the grisly veteran had replaced
his cocked-hat by a French lady's bonnet and veil !"
A HEATHEN Hosr►TAL.—The Rev. Mr. Allen, an
American missionary, in giving details concerning the vari-
ous public institutions in Bombay, thus notices what
every one must regard as a most singular establishment :
"It has been said that heathenism never furnished a
hospital. There is at least one exception to the truth
of this remark. There is one here, supported at an expense
of 16,000 dollars annually. It was founded by donation
of 100,000 dollars, by a native merchant of the Jain
sect—the sect which appears to approach nearer than
any other to the primitive Ilindooism, with which Py-
thagoras became acquainted at Babylon. Its doctrines
strictly forbid the destruction of animal life, in any
case whatever. The management of this hospital is wholly
in heathen hands, and heathen liberality furnishes all its re-
sources. In it are gratuitously supported from 30 to 100 old
horses, which would otherwise be killed as past service ;
about 175 cows and oxen ; 200 dogs, for whose destruction
the authorities of Bombay offer a bounty twice a year; and a
a large number of cats, monkeys, and other animals. Its
charities are accessible to living beings of every species except
the human race. Men, women, and children, wounded,
sick, and destitute, are allowed to die unaided within sight
of its walls. Such is the character of the only hospital, so
far as is known, that heathenism ever built.— Hong Kong
Gazette.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MORALITY OF RAILWAY MANAGEMENT,

The public have long had cause to suspect that the means
adopted to obtain the sanction of parliament to a railway
scheme were not of the most creditable description, and that
the morality of civil engineers, solicitors, secretaries, and
other parties enraged in the projection of these schemes, was
not of the very highest character. That deceit and falsehood
have been practised somewhere many a beggared shareholder
has experienced, when the various glittering bubbles in which
they have embarked their property have burst ; when shares,
in which, on the faith of parliamentary estimates, they have
invested at high premiums, have been proved well nigh
worthless, and, having " gone up like a rocket," have at
last " come down like its stick." In many instances, no
doubt, the disappointment experienced has been the neces-
sary result of too sanguine anticipations. In many instances
projectors of promising schemes have deceived themselves ;
but we fear there are some in which an investigation would
prove that the deception has been wilful, if not interested.
An instance has lately been brought to light which
exhibits the tactics pursued by railway officials in anything
but a creditable view. The shareholders of the great North
of England Railway—a very depressed concern—expressed
themselves somewhat loudly, at a recent meeting, upon the
subject of the large excess of expenditure over the parlia-
mentary estimate. Men who imagine themselves to have
been tricked into investment in unprofitable concerns have
every right to complain, and to demand information ; and
the result of such demand is of vast interest to those having
investments in railways, or any similar species of property.
What was the reply in this particular case ? Why, the usual
one. The onus was throw❑ exclusively upon the shoulders
of the engineer, who was said by the directors to have
`,.` greatly misled them." Here, had the ordinary termina-
tion of such affairs been adhered to, the matter would have
rested, and the engineer, one of a class of men who have
not much character for accuracy to lose, would have sate
down quietly under the charge, of which, nevertheless, half
the world, and the whole of those conversant with such
affairs, would have known him to be only partially guilty.
In the present case, however, the engineer pointed at—Mr.
Robert Storey—has not been disposed to acquiesce so
tamely, but has retorted, by implicating in the blame the
parties themselves by whom the charge is made.
Mr. Storey was accused of misleading the directors, who,
in turn, misled the shareholders, by under-estimating very
greatly the cost of the Great North of England Railway and
its necessary works, stock, &c. Here is his retort, as given
in a letter addressed to a provincial paper, and copied into
the Railway Times :

" I hold," says Mr. Storey, " written directions from the
board of directors, the London deputation, and the company's
solicitor, that the parliamentary estimate was not to exceed
a given sum. On my stating that it was impossible to make
and support such an estimate before a committee of either
House of Parliament, I had instructions to exclude certain
items in that for the county of Durham, and everything but
the bare line of railway through the county of York.

" This, the proprietors and the public Will see, excluded
expenditure now incurred in locomotive engines, coaches,
trucks, horse and cattle carriages, coach and merchandise
stations, coal depots, and workshops at various places on
the railway, and will account for a larger portion of capi-
tal being required than was generally anticipated."
We say nothing here of the extraordinary conscience of
the man himself who must have aided in palming this insuf-
ficient estimate upon parliament, and even verifying it upon
oath ! But what are we to say of a board of directors who
could act as described above, and who, having first misled
the public into the purchase of shares in the concern in ques-
tion, have dragged the unfortunate holders of such shares
through a court of law into the payment of their calls—in
some cases to the infliction upon them of positive ruin?
The whole circumstances are far from creditable and—some
people would even say—suspicious.
There is, however, another circumstance or two connected
with this affair which the world may think requires explana-
tion. A line was projected and passed the legislature—if we
remember rightly previously to this—from Darlington to
Newcastle. To what circumstance is it owing that whilst
this, from Darlington to York, was pressed forward in all
haste, not a sod was touched upon the other. Were the
quaker coal owners of South Durham anxious only for the
public, or afraid a little that their monopoly of the Yorkshire
markets might be interfered with by the coal of North Dur-
ham and Northumberland ? Again, who was the chairman
of the parliamentary committee by whom the line to York,
with its insufficient estimates, was sanctioned? Was it not
oue of the members for South Durham, himself a large
shareholder, and now treasurer of the company ? Did that
gentleman know that the engineer, the solicitor and the wit-
nesses, one and all, were bamboozling the innocent members
by their cut and carved estimates ? We presume not to say ;
for truth itself and the disciples of George Fox are reported
to be most intimate acquaintances.

Setting aside, however, these merely personal considera-
tions, who, we ask, can deny that this case—and we fear
many similar ones might be discovered—furnishes materials
for the serious consideration of parliament and the public,
with a view to prevent its future recurrence. All that we
have to guide us in forming investments in public under-
takings of any kind, is our confidence in the statements of
those conducting them. The legislature affects to institute
a scrutiny into the correctness of estimatesand other matters
connected with railways ; and that scrutiny should be some-
thing more than an expensive mockery, such as it is at pre-
sent. The best tribunal of inquiry may, however, be misled
by engineers, of the accommodating morality of Mr. Storey,
and directors, with consciences so peculiar as the Quaker
gentlemen above referred to ; and the only curative resource
that we can imagine in such a case is, that wherever wilful
perversion or suppression of the truth can be proved against
either directors or engineers, the shareholder—who is ordi-
narily made to pay the penalty—should be not only relieved
of his responsibilities, but provided with a remedy against
the parties by whom he has been duped. Let it be a valid
plea to an action for calls, and a sufficient ground for an
action of damages as well, that fraud has been practised upon
the legislature or the shareholder ; and we shall have fewer
private speculations carried out at the cost of the public !

PROPOSED UNION OF THE SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER

AND BIRMINCHAM AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPA-

The following letter appears in the Railway Times of this
week. We know nothing of the rumour referred to, and can
at present give no opinion with respect to its probability or
the prudence of the union in question. In one respect, how-
ever, we differ from the writer. Our firm impression is that
if any party will be benefitted, that party is the Manchester
and Birmingham Company. The Sheffield is, at bottom, the
better concern of the two. All, however, will depend upon
the terms agreed upon between the respective companies :
" To the Editor of the Railway Times.

" I always find the most correct information and
sound opinions in your valuable paper, 1 beg to request your
opinion on the following subjects :—1 t is now pretty widely
reported that the Manchester and Birmingham and the Man-
chester and Sheffield Railways are about to join their inter-
ests, and form one line. Probably this may do the Sheffield
line good, but I cannot see what good can arise to the Man-
chester and Birmingham Company. A much better plan
appears to me to be this: as the Grand Junction is the
grand north line, and as they have bought the Chester and
Crewe line, they should also buy the Chester and Birken-
head, Manchester and Birmingham, and Manchester and
Sheffield lines. Then they would have a communication
from the western to the eastern seas.

" They might have the bulk of the Liverpool and Leeds
traffic, the Manchester and Leeds and Bull traffic, the Shef-
field and Derby traffic, the Manchester and London, Bir-
mingham, and Chester traffic ; in fact, they would have the
command of the north traffic.

" I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
"PUBLICOLA."

MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—A proof of the
extraordinary reduction of friction on a railway as compared
with that of the common road, may be arrived at by the fact,
that a four-horsed coach, running betwee❑ London and Bir-
mingham, left by the wear of horse shoes and wheel tyres,
11!I lbs. of iron on the road each journey of 118 miles ; while
at the present time a first-class carriage, weighing 31 tons,
with a brake, is now running on the Manchester and Leeds
Railway per 25,000 miles with Bank's tyres, having lost in
weight by this distance not more than albs., and from every
appearance, this carriage is likely to run a distance of three
or four times the circumference of the earth without the
least repair to the wheels. The wheels were old ones, re-
paired on Bank's plan, when put under the carriage, the cost
of repair not being more than half the price of a set of wheels
for a stage coach.

Low FARES v. HIGH FARES.—It will be seen from our
traffic returns that the raising of the fares on the Blackwall
Railway has, during the last week, led to a falling off in the
receipts of nearly £2OO, as compared with the corresponding
week of last year, and this too although the present season is
far more favourable to pleasure trips than was the last.—
Railway Times.

A letter from Vienna, September 5, sass,—" As soon as
the contracts for the railroad works in the north and south
were taken, workmen were at once set on. Not less than
6,000 men are employed near ()blintz, and the number will
be increased to 10,000 towards the end of autumn. On the
Trieste line the works are also urged forward, and 30,000
men will be employed on both lines in the spring."

THE POSTAGE ON lATTERS BETWEEN FRANCE AND
ENGLAND.—The, public will learn with pleasure that we
were perfectly correct in announcing on Monday last, that an
employe of the French Post-office had arrived in London to
treat with our Post-office authorities for the reduction of the
postage duties on letters from France to England, and vice
versa, and that there is at length reason to hope for the re-
alization of the wisely conceived ameliorations so ably re-
commended three or four years since in the work published
on the subject by M. Pirou, Deputy
i Post-master General of
France. We feel warranted thence n anticipating the satis-
factory conclusion of a negociation calculated at once to draw
closer the friendly relations of the two countries, and to
facilitate epistolary correspondence, by reducing the
enormous charge at present imposed upon it ; for it is but
justice to those who direct the affairs of the British Post-
office to state, that all the propositions for that desirable
change originated with them. Let us hope that their French
contemporaries will persevere in the line of liberality and
good sense that they have entered upon, and that all the
grounds of complaint hitherto advanced against them will
disappear. For the alteration of the postage duties, the
necessity will become obvious, when it shall be known that
the smuggling of letters into England and France recipro-
cally is carried to an almost incredible extent. The postage
on a letter from Dover to London is only Id. ; the duty on a
letter from Calais to Paris 10 sous (something less than 5d.);
while the charge on a letter from Paris to London (or from
London to Paris; is Is. Bd. (or 40 sous). The French autho-
rities are, however, it appears, now converts to the principle
that reduced duties diminish smuggling, and are earnest in
Their desire for at least a trial of it. No doubt need be en-
tertained that their advances will be met in the best spirit on
this side the wale,-.—Times.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

" STR,—A letter appears in the Mail of to-day, signed
J. W.," containing some uncalled for remarks on the pre-
sentation to Oldham-street. They seem to emanate from
the same quarter as those which appeared in the same paper
some few weeks ago, and which, untrue or unfair as they
were, were carefully forwarded to the young minister him-
self, in the hope, doubtless, that misrepresentation and un-
truths would effect what they well knew a fair statement
would not do. The article of Saturday last, signed " J. W.,"
has apparently the same object in view, and resort is made
to the same unworthy and most unmanly means of effecting
it. The trustees and shareholders did not sign the CALL on
Wednesday,' simply because they were informed that it was
unnecessary on their parts, and the documents itself, in
which trustees and shareholders, &c., are mentioned, was
opened only a few minutes before it was laid before the con-
gregation. As no document of the kind ever was done jus-
tice to in one day, time being allowed, the matter, so far as
the trustees are concerned, if not already done, will he easily
remedied, the shareholders will quickly follow, and there is no
fear whatever of the congregation doing their duty in their
own good time and way, so that this unfair and most unfeel-
ing attempt to disturb the harmony of the settlement, and the
returning harmony of the entire congregation is likely to fall
as harmless as the other attempts from the same quarter
hitherto have signally done.
Respecting the trustees, and majority of the shareholders,
declining to hear any more candidates, it is answer sufficient
to the insinuation which the accusation covers, that they
could not do so without again dragging themselves, and the
congregation, through the mire of contention, out of which
they had just emerged.
Liverpool, 24th Sept

AMICUS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

Stu,—A correspondentof the Mail, of Satprday last, sign-
ing himself "A Catholic Presbyter," has in the compass of
a short letter given as much evidence of bad feeling, and the
absurdity of a little mind as could be well compressed within
similar limits.

I quite agree with him in commending the return to the
ancient system of catechising in churches, feeling assured
that it will be productive of much good, unless, indeed, the
congregations are composed of persons in a similar frame of
mind as Catholic Presbyter.

He commences with a contemptible sneer at the esteemed
and excellent curate who officiated at the parish church of
Birkenhead, in the absence of Mr. Knox, at the catechitical
service, which has for many years past been established there.
I pass it by without further notice than, that its falsehood
and malevolence show clearly that he could not have been
attending public worship in the frame of mind that the church
requires from her worshippers. He then states, that an un-
authorised hymn was sung, indeed ! unauthorised by Catho-
lic Presbyter, I suppose. Has he read the canons—if so,
ignorance is not his excuse, for he must have known that it
is very much left to the minister to appoint what is to be
sung. But it so happens that this very collection was sub-
mitted to the diocesan, and received his approval—quite suf-
ficient to comfort Mr. Knox under the infliction of Catholic
Presbyter's disapprobation.
The bishops have almost universally sanctioned, in their
respective dioceses, similar collections ; and, one revered
prelate (Heber) published a hymn book (most of the hymns
being his own composition,) for use in the church services.
It might be well, indeed, if something more of uniformity
had been attempted by the reverend bench, by the sanction
of a hymn book for general use ; but C. P.'s sneer does not
supply this.

He then finds fault with a selection only from the liturgy
being read, and (if I rightly understand him,) with baptisms,
and the service for the churching of women, being adminis-
tered ; and, to crown all, with the heinous crime of cathe-
chising the children from the Holy Scriptures instead of the
cathechism.

Really, had Mr. Knox the strong approval of our excel-
lent diocesan, who, if I remember aright, on one occasion
was present at this service ; I am afraid he must have given
it up in obedience to the dictum of this meddling stranger,
who charges a man, in every way his superior, (to judge from
this letter,) with insulting the congregation by an irregular
service. He remarks, that at the close, they were favoured
with another hymn, a prayer, and the blessing. I had thought
it was for the worship of God, but it appears I was mis-
taken.

I would recommend C. P. to remonstrate with the Primate
of the English Church, for using only a selection of the
prayers of the liturgy at the meetings of the religious societies
connected with the church, as it has no doubt been the cause
of all the bishops doing the same.
But he would not have found fault had he seen wax can-
dles on, what he chooses to call, the " altar"—or, had he
seen images of the gibbet on which the saviour was suspended,
plastered around the walls, or encumbering the Lord's table.
Had the minister impiously bowed down to them, and thus
insulted both his God and the congregation, Catholic Pres-
byter would have had no fault to find.

A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
OF ENGLAND.
Birkenhead, 26th Sept., 1812.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING

STEWARDS.--LORD G. BENTINCK, SIR B. W. BIJLKELEY,
BART., AND LORD STANLEY.

FRIDAY.
The EGLINTOUN (HANDICAP) STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, 50
added ; for 3-yrs olds. One mile. 6 subscribers.
Lord G. Bentinck's St. Jean d'Acre, 7st. 91b. (W.
Howlett) . .
Lord G. Bentinck's The Yorkshire Lady, Bst.
Colonel Crawford's f. by Langar, out of Mermaid, Bst.
31b.
3
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, Bst. 71b.
Mr. Holker's Tariff, 7st. 21b.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's f. by Bay Middleton-Adriana,
Bst.
Betting.-2 to 1 agst the Adriana filly, 3to 1 agst Lord
George's two, and 4 to 1 agst Tariff.
Won by a length.
The PALATINE STAKES (HANDICAP), Of 20 sovs. each, 10
ft., and 5 ft, only if declared; 100 soya. added ; the second
to receive 30 sovs., and the third 10 sovs. One mile and a
half. 34 subscribers, of whom 25 declored.
Lord G. Bentinck's Proof Print, 3 yrs. sst. (Ebdale) . 1
Mr. Orde Powlett's Disclosure, 4 yrs, Bst.
Mr. Painter's Ernest the First, 6 yrs, 7st. 101 b. 3
The following also started, but were not placed :-
Mr. Goodman's The Shadow, aged, 9st.
Duke of Richmond's Mus, aged, Bst. 21b.
Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b.
Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs. 6st. 121bs.
Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway, 3 yrs. 7st.
Betting.-3 to 1 agst Disclosure, 3to 1 agst Proof Print, 4
to 1 agst Fireaway, 5 to 1 agst The Shadow, and 5 to 1 Mus.
Won in a canter, by a length.
The MEGGERNIE STAKES, of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added ; 2
yr olds, 6st. 41b. ; 3 yrs, Bst. 71b. : 4 yrs, 9st. 31b. ; 5 yrs,
9st.. 71b. ; Gyrs and aged, 9st. 111 b. ; mares, &c.. allowed 21b. ;
winners extra ; the winner to be sold for 150 soya., and the
last to pay thesecond horse's stakes. From the Bridge turn
and in.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's f. by Bay Middleton-Adriana,
(Darling)..
Mr. J. Osborn's f. by Physician, out of Duchess, 2 yrs. 2
Captain Crofton's Muleteer, 5 yrs.
Mr. Potto's Short Bob, 3 yrs.
Mr. James's Wide Awake, 3 yrs.
Betting.-15 to 10 agst the 2-yr old, 3to 1 agst the winner,
and 4 to 1 agst Muleteer.
Won by a length.
The OPTION STAKES, of 10 soya. each, and 30 added
Heats, a mile and a quarter.
Mr. Merry's Smike, 3 yrs. 7st. (Lye) ...
Mr. Skerratt's Hudibras, 4 yrs. Bst. 21b
Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs. 7st. 21b
Won easily