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

PINFOLD COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of the Pinfold Committee were next read.
It appeared, that since the last meeting, £2 2s. had been re-
ceived for cattle impounded, of which .£1 3s had been re-
turned, leaving 19s to the township.

FERRY COMMITTEE.

The CHAIRMAN read the following report from the Ferry
Committee :

The Ferry Committee have much pleasure in laying before
the general board, the statements of the last months' (Au-
gust) receipts and expenditure, from which it will appear,
that there has been an increase in the receipts as compared
with the corresponding month in last year of £139 19s 2d at
Pay-gate, £6 17s Contractors, £l9 16s Id freight, and £B2
17s Monks Ferry, making a total of £267 12s 10d. The
Helensburgh has undergone a complete repair, and is now
fit for service, and in a state likely to last for a very conside-
rable period. The other packets are in good order.
The whole of the arrangements for the management of the
ferry are now nearly complete, and so far your committee find
that they work well. They are unanimously of opinion, that
the system will produce most beneficial results. Not the
slightest accident is reported, nor has a single charge been
brought against any one employed.
Copies of the future bye-laws have been lodged with the
Clerk of the Peace in in accordance with the Act of Parlia-
ment, and when sanctioned will be put in force.
Receipts, ;841. Receipts, 1812. Increase.
Gate . .
Monk's Ferry 93 0 0 175 17 0 82 17 0
Contracts
Freight 39 9 0 52 5 1 19 16 1
Miscellaneous. 0 0 0 18 19 0 18 19 0

£109419 6 £1362 12 4 £267 12 10

Mr. PARKER contended that the disbursements for the
month, including the insurance and risk should be inserted,
should be debited against the ferry, otherwise it could not
be said to be a true account.
The CHAIRMAN said all the disbursements would come
into the half yearly account. This was only a statement of
the condition of the ferry for the last month.
Mr. PARKER said, then this account shouuld nut profess
to make the difference into profits.
The CHAIRMAN contended that the report made no such
profession. It merely showed the increase in the receipts of
the ferry.
Mr. PARKER repeated that the expenditure should have
been given, otherwise the report did not give a true account.
The CHAIRMAN said the casual expenses could be given,
but not the coal.

Mr. PARKER characterised the report as not founded
upon fact?
The CHAIRMAN declared that it was based upon fact.
Mr. Parker had called for particulars, and they had been
given to him. The report sheaved how much money had
been received, and how it had been expended. The ferry
was progressing well ; and it was to that fact that the com-
mittee in their report confined themselves.
A very long discussion followed, in which the chairman
reiterated his conviction of the success of the ferry ; at the
end of which, the proceedings of the committee were con-
firmed.
The proceedings of the Survey Committee were next read,
after which the commissioners separated.

REPORTED DEATH OF THE KING OF

HANOVER.'

The following appeared in a second edition of the Standard
of Wednesday evening. The paragraph is, however, so
loosely worded, that we are not disposed to attach any credit
to the report : _ _ _

" We have just received the melancholy intelligence of the
death of the King of Hanover, from a gentleman who reached
London this afternoon direct from Dusseldorf.

" His Majesty attended a review on Saturday last at that
place, and appeared in perfect health during the day ; but,
havin,, taken some ice, or other refreshment, was suddenly
seized with illness, and died on Saturday night or early on
Sunday morning.
" The melancholy fact was matter of common conversation
at Cologne,"
Nothing further appears in the morning papers of yester-
day.

James Stuart, Esq., the American and European legacy
agent, of Philadelphia, was a passenger on board the Great
Western, which sailed on Saturday last.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, two young men,
carters, had a dispute about some trifling matter, in a yard in
this town, which ended in one of them striking his companion
on the head with a stone, from the effects of which he died
on the following morning.—Ulster Times.
It may not be generally known that the time for which the
colonial bishoprics are granted is ten years, with liberty to
retire at the end of that period on pension, if preferred. Dr.
Coleridge having held the see of Barbados for that time,
now resigns ; and thus only four of the five are newly-created
sees.
ENORMOUS SACRIFICE OF LIFE BY THE SLAVE TRAFFIC
IN TRIPOLI. —A correspondent of this month informs us
that some of the caravans which bring slaves across the
Great Desert (the Middle Passage of the North) lose out of
2,000 (two thousand) 800 (eight hundred)—that is nearly cent
per cent ! ! !—Malta Times.
THE CHASE.—On Wednesday the Marquis of Waterford
had a brilliant run of thirteen miles, after a sporting fox,
in his:own demesne. Reynard thought to baffle his pursuers
by makingc, for the Cummera mountains, but failed to " throw
dust
and t he
trying eyes"
run,o f t
in
fine gallant
style.p ac k , endna
fewwas
ran
days into,
the
a long
hunt-
ing establishment of the noble Marquis will remove to Rock-
well, in this county.—Tipperary Coustitution.

TARIFF., properly tarif, signfies a list of certain merchan-
dises ; also a list list of duties on imports and exports. The
verf ad; in Arabic, signifies to know, and this in the second
form becomes tarif, i.e. to make known ; the substantive
derived from the verb, therefore, signifies notification. Tarif
is also Persian. We have adopted the corrupt Italian word
tariffa, in preference to the original.—Colonial Magazine.
Chester Training College was opened on Thursday, after
Divine service at the Cathedral. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. Canon Slade, from Luke vi., 39. The discourse
is to be printed. A. cold collation was given in the Lecture-
room. The young students sung the 100th Psalm 2.
e
building committee was represented by Sir Stephen
,tilY
the lion. and Rev. Horace Powys, and the Re
from the
Raikes. They delivered the key to a deputatude,
Rev..
general committee, consisting of the Rev. Canon_y. Chancellor
dgson, .Esq., of
T. J. iloinby, Rector of Winwick, AdamHon°. E. Glad-
Liverpool, accompanied by the Right
and other gen-
stone, ATice-President of the Board
tlemen. Several speeches were delivered.
of Trade,