Stockport Advertiser from Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (2024)

September 3, 1847

Publication:

Stockport Advertiseri

Location:

Stockport, Greater Manchester, England

Issue Date:

Friday, September 3, 1847

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3

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HOP INTELLIGENCE Monday Acer- TU irket is heavy as them will be shortly supplies of he otw puSiRg the plantations having progressed most favourn 1 ibe duty I called £190000 Sussex pockets are about AS 15s to £4 4s 94'J of Kant £4 to 6 and Mid and East Kent 3s to £7 per cut tu orth rous gat day during the election praccedlofl 87500 passed 'through the Glasgow post-office It is now fully understood that Ifjlliers has elected to retain his 'Mat for this place he i mnch esteemed by the constituency L'lW Magistrate At the Salford sessions on James Adshead Esq of Woodfield near Staly-took the oaths as magistrate for the county of am MaKB Ot On Saturdqr the Msgk-stratea were occupied a considerable time in investigating a number of assault cases of a very insignificant character Using Indecent Languacr At the Borough Court on Saturday Mrt Harriet Wtbb Was fined 10s and coats for using indecent language to Mrs Alice Jepson in the Market Place on Friday contrary to the provisions of the Improvement Act The increase of pauperism in this town is very alarming The poor-rates alone amount to about £15000 a year This state of affairs is attributable in a great degree to the long-continued depression in the THE SHAHS Compiled from the Lwvlun Liserjiiol and Manchester Lists) Manchester Wednesday evening iy a cted 'Zortx atle a KAME OF STOCK Botins doos a Of The amount of propsrty destroyed by ths burning I seating to cassult down ofthe British Hotel at Bombay on the night of the kicreaw poor 19th of June is estimated at £30000 1 oullrter thc nurab' Sudden An inquest was held at the Red jion Inn Heaton Norris on the body of Betty Clark aged 76 It appeared the deceased was a singlewoman bring alone in a cellar in Little Egerton-street and up to the last two years had maintained herself by washing and Since then she had existed upon the charity of others The principal witness Mrs Lettice Dolby stated she resided in the house over the cellar where the deceased lived and at the request ofthedeceased had occasionally gone into the cellar to inquire after her health and comforts as she complained of being unwell and very weak On Friday night her shutters were open at nine which was something unusual The witness shouted Betty how are you to-night but received no answer She then procured a candle and went into the cellar when she found the deceased lying upon the a corpse The chips were in the fire place ready for being lighted Deceased was dressed She was in the receipt of 2s from the parish her landlord allowed her 6d a week out of her rent of Is and some families in the neighbourhood were very kind to her so that she had not died from want but from old age The verdict was "found death having been produced by natural causes 4 quarter 1846 the number thc cost being £1130 number relieved has been Guardian in drawing ruinous to go on at the taxes alone and if the may have that sum very vast numbers who are wliicli the county rates upon us What is done Concurrently then during the last the manufacturing opeiatives thrown out of the flattering given a great stimulus thousand artisans was Saturday se'nnight of the manufacturing to Parliament These mutterings of instead of producing from it has hitherto distress Foreign suspicion and are abolish all commercial all 118 120 54 0 pm 2 3 pm 90 93 us Hi 6 pa pta what Is "oast to done Ia PrsstaB tat rates has been very great In the June of poor relieved in that town was 3eS7 In the June quarter of thc present year the 12515 and the cost £3795 The Preston attention to those facts says It will be rate of fifteen thousand a year for forebodings respecting trade be realized we greatly increased in the winter from the expected to be out of work In addition to instead ofdiminisUing are likely to increase should be done with the first opeiation of free trade twelvemonths pauperism has increased in districts threefold The number of of employment and the disappointment prospects held forth to them have to Chartism A meeting of ten held on the Newton race-course on and a resolution passed that the multitudes districts should escort their representatives on its assembling discontent are ominous Free trade the blessings that were anticipated been accompanied by confusion and states observe our conduct with jealous so far from meeting our efforts to restrictions that they are inclined to suspend negotiations with us until they observe the result of the great experiment of last year The Cologne Gazette asserts with every appearauce of probability that The Prussian Cabinet in conjunction with the other Governments of the Zollvercin has comr to the conclusion to cease for the present all negotiations with Great Britain respecting a new treaty and to wait the consolidation of English commercial affairs in order to obtain a sure basis for the renewal of The present state of the country notwithstanding the beneficence of Providence in vouchsafing a most abundant harvest is calculated to excite great uneasiness The facts we have stated speak for themselves we desire to draw no unfair inferences from them But we cannot escape one couciusion that foreign states will nut as was most certainly nnd positively asserted before the experiment was tried take our manufactures in exchange for their produce while there is any gold to be had for it nnd that if we insist upon the cheapness of food which may be produced by excessive importations from abroad we must be prepared to submit to dearrcsa of money and all the evils which inevitably result from it as diminished employment restricted trade depreciation of property enormous failures and widely-spread pauperism 4- 34 dit 394 404 19 20 34 dit 30 314 tr 101 2 14A pm 103 3 pm lr4 pm It is understood upon good authority that the laotcnce upon Lieutenant Mnnro will be commuted to a year's imprisonment of course mere detention without any adjunct and probably in the jail of Newgate where be is now confined As an individual proof of the estungion in which Lieutenant Munro waa held by those best acquainted with him it may be stated that a noble and gallant marquis who was examined as a witness on his behalf upon the trial transmitted on the same afternoon on which he was tried check for one hundred guineas The There is but one universal report which comes up from almost every quarter of the country and that is that crops were never better or proved more abundant or better in quality than the present crops of the United States In a majority of the grain growing States the wheat hat been successfully gathered The yield is not only good but the grain large plump and heavy Indian corn crops will be larger than were ever grown in the country during any previous year The crops ot cotton in the principal cotton districts are also favourably spoken of The rice crop is also said to be promising The Gazette of Tuesday night contains the appointment of the new peers General Stafford to be Viscount Enfield and Earl Stafford Viscount Acheson to be a baron of the United Kingdom Lord Cremorne to be a baron of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Dartrey Sir Bulkeley Phillips Bart to be Baron Milford The same Gazette contains the order in Council dated Osborne-house August 10 for the appointment of the new Bishop of Manchester ordering the Collegiate Church to be the Cathedral Chorch of the new diocese which ia to consist of the deaueries of Amonnderneaa Blackburn Manchester and Leyland and the whole parish of Leigh including the townships of Astley Atherton Bedford Pennington Tyldesly with Shakerley and Westieigh otherwise Leigh in the deanery of Warrington all in the county of Lancaster and diocese of Chester together with such parts in the respective deaneries of Kendal and Kirkhy Lonsdale Of the same diocese as are in the same county Adventures or a The following has been handed to us for publication week ortwo ago a few electioneering bottling scraps were recorded in the Advertiser and the adventures of a non-voter will be found Suite on a par with the notable efforts already before ie public In No 7 district resides a man named Edward ip the employ of an ardent free-trader and in the same district resides another man of the same name who is upon the list of voters and who has since recorded an independent-vote Edward was no voter bat by some mistake a scrip or voting paper bearing his name was left at his houM by the friends of Mr Kershaw These were handed over to Edward by his good wife and he put them i i i lJ Stk 40 50 Stk 100 50 37i 50 50 25 20 30 30 30 50 50 37 IS 50 100 25 25 20 25 40 40 10 It) 10 1 li0 50 25 20 61 32 125 COUNTY PETTY This Dat (Thursday) Before Newton Wright Marsland Orford and Tatton Esquires and the Revs Prescot and Legh The Licenses throughout the division were renewed and Mr Wm Vaughan was heard in application for licenses to be granted to Wm Robinson of the Plough beer-house Bredbury and Isaac Watts Bolton of the Aqueduct Marple and Mr Johnson applied on behalf of James Etcliells of Disley The decision on these matters were deferred Burning an Effigy Matthew Arnold James Tomlinson Peter Broom James Parry and James Harrison all denixens of the classic village of Haxel Grove were brought up by the Special High Constable charged with violent and riotous conduct in opposing the execution of a process from the New Conntv Court and creating a great disturbance by making an effigy of the shopkeeper who dared to call in the law for the recovery of his debts Mr Hudson appeared to support the complaint and called Mr Barlow of Hazel Grove shopkeeper who proved that on the 8th he sent an execution against Joshua Sharpley about half-past six in the evening At this stage of the proceedings Mr Roberts the Miners Attorney General who appeared for the defence made application to the Bench to allow the defendants to express their sorrow and contrition that they had been guilty of a breach of the laws and that they were willing to enter into sureties to keep the peace The Bench after consulting called Constable Wilkinson to give evidence of the nature of the disturbance he proved that a large mob waa collected for the purpose of burning an effigy and created a great disturbance this occurred on three nights and it was necessary to send extra police force to suppress it The defendants were taking an active part The Bench agreed to allow them to be discharged on entering into sureties to keep the peace paying the expenses and signing a submission which was to be publicly placarded on the walls Railways 100 Midland 3fi Do £40 Shares Do New £50 Shares 100 Do Birmingham Derby 100 Birmingham ft 32 Bristol ft Gloucester 71 0 Do do do 6i BirkTanc Cheshire 50 Cluster Birkenhead 25 Ditto Half Shares (5 die) hi Ditto New £20 Shares 30 II udders'd llail ft Can 19 NewSbares Ditto Third 00 Hull and Selby 17J Lancaster ft 19 Ditto Three-quarters 7 161 Ditto Quarter New 40 Leeds and Bradford London ft Western Ditto Quarters B) Ditto New Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Quarters 'O Ditto ft £40 Ditto M'eter ft Birm Ditto Quarters A Ditto Ditto Lancashire ft Yorkshire Ditto Halve Ditto Quarter Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths Ditto Thirds an Bolton ft Bury Ditto Fifths Ditto Hud ft Sheffield Ditto Liverpool Bury Ditto Wak ft Goole Extension West Hiding Union Man Shef ft Lincoln Ditto Quarters No 1 Ditto Quarters No 2 Eighths 5) 54 pm pm 10 187 1954 154pm 9 94 pm 12 13 pm 034 pm 81 88 5 54pm 5 5pm 5 54pm pm 5 7 pm 1 2 pin 3 pm 7 pm 11-14 dit 1j 17 pm 24 4 pm I I pm par 1 pm Ifgoavrcmorr the Sculptor We are glad to ve that this young artist a native of paws worth has a commission to prepare models for two of the i which are to fill the vacant niches in the newly I House of Lords Liberal Spits No sooner was the election for oham which resulted in the return of Sir Willoughby and the defeat of the Berkeleys over than Earl Jinge forwarded a letter declining to furnish a deer pack of stag-hounds as usual for the promotion of find the benefit of the town The pack he directed id be returned to the Castle Even the Berkeley press (its that this proceeding is ill-timed arly We are glad to observe that the eepers of Holmfirth have announced their intention at Mven o'clock in the evening during the winter This is no injustice to the public and will be a bofjn to the young men who will thus have the canaty of improving their mental and physical condi-jnd will we doubt not avail themselves of the very facilities offered by the Church Literary Association the Mechanics Institution Price op Provisions at the Cape According to gr addressed by a private of the 73rd foot to a friend jvbridge and dated Camp Caffraria Cape ot Good April 20 1847" the price of provisions is stated in flowing words I see by the English papers that ions are very dear I will tell yon the price here 2s the 41b loaf floor from 8d to Is a pound 1 4s a pound butter not to be had potatoes 6d a other vegetables there are none and most things in An Incorrigible At the Police Court on Satnr-John Garner a journeyman hatter was charged with ing to maintain his wife and six children whereby are become burdensome to the township of Stockport Ltwton the relieving officer stated that on the 10th of jil defendant was committed to prison for neglecting his and family and refusing to work On the termination is period of imprisonment employment was offered to and he refused it On the 26th June he was again Bitted to Knutsford for a month and now he still to work to maintain his children He was asked itason for this studied neglect and idleness He said ld not break stones or sweep the streets be wouM lything else Committed for one month Had this been laid as a second offence the defendant would been liable to three months' imprisonment Chaegs op Stealing Abont twelve on Tuesday night as policeman Brain all was along Bridge Field he apprehended a man named Jones coining from towards Bower Honse with his i pockets laden with potatoes in a wet state His com-tion also laden with like property ran away There were weight found in his capacious pockets which he said Tad received that night in consideration of some services pered to a potatoe dealer at Knott Mill in Manchester was brought to the lock-ups and on the following iting it was discovered that the potatoe fields of Mr bna Collier farmer Green Lane had been robbed of a ntity of similar in appearance to those found IJoacs's possession On Wednesday Jones was charged the Magistrates with the robbery He repeated the ant he gave to Mr Sadler abont having received them Manchester adding that a man called Thomas he had forgot his surname had walked with him Hesaid he left Manchester at ten andhad it and family Bramall observed that Gibbins a watch-1 in Heaton Lane saw the defendant on his beat in this gh at that hour and that then he had nothing upon Under these circ*mstances Mr Sadler applied for remand until Saturday which was conceded and defendant was pnt back for further examination on tday On the jacket being exhibited one Kite magistrates remarking upon the great capacitv of pocket which extended the whole breadth of the start dthev must have been constructed for the purpose of FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER From the and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Finked flounces continue to be fashionable for taffetas dresses as also fringes at the edge of flounces but gimp still forms the richest style of ornament and each day some new kind appears Many dresses of pale colours are made with mantelets to match and pretty peignoirs of pink blue or lilac tarlatane have been ornamented with small tulle ruches made very full and placed in double row up each side the skirt and body to the shoulder the favourite colours are white or pale green ground covered witb wreaths of flowers Many dresses of sros de Naples pekin and taffetas have had the sleeves ornamented in a new style biasis sufficiently full to be a little bouffant falling one on the other encircling the armhole it is a simple style of ornament but very becoming to the figure For evening dress white predominates tarlatanes with deep flounces pinked and ornaments of natural flowers white crape with triple skirts quite plain and white taffetas relieved by carnations the make of the corsages is rather different from those of winter light materials being made full at the shoulders berthes ate confined to thicker materials The short sleeves form jockeys over a small cambric sleeve Small caj are very fashionable and those without crowns are found very suitable with summer toilettes The coiffure Luisa is composed of circlets of narrow blue velvet each supporting a row of narrow lace flowers are much used for dress caps particularly mixed geraniums The ribbon on caps is placed all in front leaving merely tulle behind Mantelets have been made of crape trimmed with lace or with several rows of narrow frill pinked some of tulle are trimmed with narrow velvet One of the most fashionable manteans is the Scandinave with deep revert united by brandenbourgs of silk and a kind of running wreath of braid on the material whether of taffetas or batiste ecrue The mnntelet Fontange is trimmed with frills and instead of collar has a fichu pelerine tying carelessly in front Bonnets of crape tulle and lace all the lightest materials are still in demand pnilles de riz mixed with coloured blonds have a pretty effect Some bonnets are ornamented with a fauchon of taffetas pinked or of lare which is in still better taste particularly if mixed with velvet For straw bonnets they are very suitable made of poult de soie trimmed with lace or pinked ruches or several frills falling on the crown with bavolet to match £orce03ontoinet 6s dis new 50 50 50 50 20 100 25 25 I24! 50 i 20 8'9d 83 84 2 2i pm 214 22 2 dit Ditto Gt Grim ft 04 pir Quarter Shares 2J di £20 Share Ki7 3-9 7 dis Docks 5 dis Ditto Shefft Lincoln U3J 3 dis pm I I Preference is4 1241 20 25 25 i 10 20 All 62 3 All 'll We beg it to be distinctly understood that in this department ire do not hold ourselnes responsible for the opinions or statements of our Correspondents ana no communication will he inserted which is not accompanied with a private reference to the name of the I liter 2 wstm THE NEW COUNTY COURT the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser Editob Sm The new County Court has been in operation here since May last and it provided in the Act clause 37 that a i table of fees shall be put up In some conspicuous place in the Court House and in the Clerk's office Do you know whether such a table Is put up I cannot hear of one I am Sir Your obedient Servant A RESIDENT P9 What rent docs the County Court pay to the Corporation for the use of the Court House 4 4 0 18J 4 put i pin 4 4 di 184 IH par pm 4 i pm 1 dis Eastern Counties Perpetual 1 Perpetual 2 York Extensions South Fastern pm Ditto New No 1 I dis par Ditto ditto No 2 Ditto ditto No 3 Ditto No 4 i-shares East Luti (lute Bl ft Pr New Ditto Scrip Shrew Osw ft Chester I Ditto New North Staffords Man Buxton Midland dis lie dis If dis I 3 2J di i pat 2 2j I- 1 dis an ie to and ire it and the orks hose the 20s 11 be and nt'oir the idinir atrol this eater the tion leen for ough id of the irers out some id not work dings the was tones larrel the eared were and i were efore hot perry days ut the of the which aience com it that of the poor plant -Me to nd in ter of which our rtides got in axons irtixan nee in ftrpool onday tion of which ich the Con-f order iffice it tat the well id de-re ever such reflect of the is not of the after Irained a mils land-fences ds but ley had a dry seed said since ird Mr 12 I dis 5s 64 10 9 dis li di i 5 dit 5:1 2 8s9d 894 4 s94 into his pocket thinking possibly that they might serve to light his pipe In the forenoon of the polling day a cab drove up to his door and some canvassers hastily stepping from the carriage inquired for the assumed voter but he was found lounging about the street enjoying the fun of the election said one of the party we are glad to see yon we want you to go and plump for Mr I got a vote or else I was the reply your name is on the list no other Edward so come and awaytheydrove him to the committee room There on his arrival he was welcomed by others one of whom a man of law seemed desirous ot paying him particular attention You know me Mr do yes I do I remember yon kept me out of some money Not at all abashed by this cut remark the red-tape man continued liis attentions and begging Edward not to think about that politely asked him to step into an ante-room Here they were alone and the man of parchment took the opportunity of saying must pay you for your loss of at the same instant placing a half-sovereign in his hand and promising some more after he had polled Some business was done though in great haste in the eating and drinking line After this Edward carrying away huge slices of ham and bread and then with a strong escort ot high-minded purity-of-election-mongers pressed him to join them in cigars and brandy and water and afterwards to go to the polling booth Here the man was presented to give his vote eourseyou will plump for Kershaw the poor friend 1 dunna know exactly how tnat'll Well then split forCobden and Kershaw come replied he somewhat drily It's of no use of voting for man betrifling be a fool to your own interests you know what I told you poll I do do nother on ony What do you mean explain yourself Edward Why because nothing to poll wi I've no Then what business have you just what I want to know Mr I told you long since no vote but you would pull me frae home and now you nsk me what I'm doing The murder was now out the canvassers utterly confounded left the non-voter to shift for himself He however complains of the shabbiuess of the parties dunning him every time they see him for that half sovereign which the lawyer so kindly and generously put into his hand in Mr committee house for bis loss of time THE 1 8-9 Ij pta ig dia VEXATIOUS OBJECTIONS To the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser Si Permit me to lay before your readers a fact or two for a little information to other similarly placed In polities 1 was what wa9 formerly termed In It true acceptation a Liberal not one of the go-thc-wbole-hog sort of Liberals who style themselves alias Revolutionists) Well Sir some few years ago having then no particular desire to be upon the List I was applied to more than once by the late objector-general for the League party and although (knowing the man) not having much faith in him I did sign claim and if in existence it will lc found to have filled up in the handwriting of that It appears however that notwithstanding I retain the same qualification that I must ltuve given offence that worthy by as I suppose having exercised my own judgment in voting for Mr Ifeoid instead of Mr Kershaw This sin of opposing the Manchester dictation is now being visited by the factious indignation of the who perhaps is in thc of the rejected Alderman or hi chagrined friends for I have discovered on looking more particularly at my notice of objection that it Is actually filled up the handwriting of the very man who so strenuously urged me to sign the claim and that he is now my real opponent My object now is to know through your medium as to wberewlten and to whom I am to apply to support my vote Your obedient Servant Portwood August 28 1847 A HATER OF FACTION In answer to the lost question we may state that no doubt tome arrangement will be made for the protection in the Revising of all the parties who have been factiously objected to on account of their Independent Edit A 18-9 dis dis dis dis dis dis 2idis dis dis pm dis dis pin South Stafford Junction PlkbnDat wen and Bolton Amber gate Nottingham Bostonft East unction) is 1 8- Blakbn cl*thro ft Wes 3 -3 Ditto Preference I'pool Man ft Newcastle Fltwd Fr ft It June South Doncaster ft Goole arfdale Northwestern Gt Northern M'ster ft Southampton Birm ft Oxford Junction Shropshire Union Oldham Alliance East Lincoln Leicester and Bradford Miscellumrus M'ster ft Dis Bank auchester and Salford Union Bank of 3 1I' 1 2 1J 24 2 1 1 34 1J 7 4 14 2 3 4 1 6 78 2 dis put pm pm THE BOROUGH LICENSING DAY The annual licensing day for this Borough took place on Wednesday the Mayor and Henry Marsland Esq Jonathan Thornhill Esq Chas Baker Esq Sir Ralph Pendlkbury Knt Robt Gee Esq John Marsland Esq Richard Sykes Esq Thomas Walmbley Esq All the old licenses 135 in number were renewed with two exceptions Mr Starr of the DogJTaveru Chestergate and Mr Barrett Three Boars Heads Lancashire Hill which were suspended until Wednesday the adjourned licensing day APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LICENSES Mr Storah applied for a publican's license to a beer-home New Zealand-road where he was residing He presented a plan of the property seven years ago but it had not been returned to him The acommodations remain the same Mr Henry Marsland This is a -beer-house how has it been conducted by Mr Storah Mr Sadler the superintendent Remarkably well sir we hare never had a complaint against it Mr Samuel Wharmby said he had an application to make for a license for some property in Lord street at present occupied as a beer-house in his own occupation He had made four previous applications but without success There was stabling for three horses and the house was situated within 40 yards of the Post-office The Mayor Anything against this bouse Mr Sadler Mr Sadler We have not heard anything wrong lately There were some complaints some time back Thomas Woraley applied for a license to abeer-house on Wellington-road south the property of the owner of the Manchester Arms Mr Chas Woraley attended with a respectably-signed memorial in favor of the application He said the nearest public-honse was 200 yards off but it was the nearest to the Stockport Railway Station and there was stabling accommodation for a dozen horses and the landlord would make all necessary alterations required by the Bench The Mayor: Anything against this house Mr Sadler: I know nothing against it The honse has not been complained of for being disorderly or in any way permitting improper practices to be carried on therein Mr Joseph Longson having given notice of an intended application for a license to a beer-house in Castle-street Cheadle-Bulkeley Mr Alderman Boothrovb appeared in his behalf Mr Longson had made a similar appli cation last year but was unsuccessful On thepresent occasion he hoped he should he more fortunate The premises were very eligible for the purposes of sn inn two bouses having been converted into one and in a neighbourhood where such an accommodation was absolutely necessary Ike present tenant who was moreover the applicant and owner was well known to the Borough having formerly kept the Windsor Castle A memorial most respectably signed would be presented to the Bench those parties thought the premises eligible and the applicant capable of managing a license and if after the magistrates had considered the matter and examined the premises they should be of the same opinion as the memorialists he hoped they would grant Mr Longson a license Mr Cheetham the owner of a beer-house in Great Egerton-street applied in the name of Charles Swainson the tenant for a license to sell exciseable liquors upon the premises Good stabling for three horses was none better in the township and the whole property was exceedingly well adapted to the purposes of a public-house Several applications had already been made but without success Mr Swainson however hoped to be favored witb a license on the present occasion A memorial from the most respectable inhabitants of the district had been prepared and he (Mr C) doubted not after a careful examination of it the magistrates would grant the license The Mayor Is there any necessity for another public-honse in that neighbourhood Mr Cheetham thought there was Bnt the neighbours were THE GREAT BRITAIN AFLOAT The Great Britain has by the perseverance and skill of Bremner been at length released from her rocky linDundrom Bay She is once more afloat On lay the 23rd ult her steamer Birkenhead ea from Kingstown to Dundrum Bay and a steamer arrived from Wsrrenpoint On Tuesday her Scourge arrived and landed a number of men to 120 125 43 45 515 555 47 30 77 80 69 71 pm I dis par 133 130 3 dis 47 49 4 dis 19 20 10 12pm Ashton ftOldiiam Canal Lancaster Canal Leeds and Liverpool Macclesfield Canal Peak Forest Canal Rochdale Canal Manchester ire Assur Man Bonded WCo Ditto Exchange Buildings Lon Man Plate Ul3 Co Man Saifrd Water Wks Ditto New Shares Union Plate Glass Co Manchester Race Course 1 tie auuness 01 iasi 7 these few days by a tendency to improvement in prices but lh at amount of business in shares throughout the country appears 00 very small The lists present no feature worthy of comment lu Manchester market of this morning is flat London J'ues day Aug Three per cent CossoLS for Mo 874- For account 14th October 884 Exchequer Bills 3 6 "t- INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX The opinion and experience of a Commissioner of the Property Tax in January 1816 whose opinion is not at all changed in August ksnio To tle Editor of the Stockport Advertiser Prior to my being appointed Commissioner I was of opinion that all real funded and other assignable property should pay its proportion of tbe property tax Inaenutcb as those who enjov the comforts which property procures receive the protection of a standing army and navy and other national institutions We have In this district many small freeholders some whose landed and other property is worth £130 or £110 per annum These claim to be exempt from property tax And since the property and occupation tax came into operation some of these have given up the occupation of their land to their sons When affliction or death comes to these their families are not deprived of anv of their pecuniary comforts Place these In the scales with an officer In the army the navy or mercantile situation with their £150 or more per annum for which they must pay sevenpcnce in the pound (These I do not consider ought to be exempt a scale might be adopted) When affliction accident or death comes to these tlieir families are deprived of their main support Besides the claimants for exemption under £150 a year are very numerous and give our officers a great deal of trouble and I have good reason to fear in many Instances uujustlv evade thc tax We heard upwards of 300 appeals on thc 15th of December 1845 and following days and I may say that more than one-third claimed and obtained exemption In some instances fathers had conveyed to their sons part of their estates so that each should be under £150 per annum and produced the deeds before us Others had mortgaged their pro-pony so as to bring their income under £150 a year These facts call loudly for an alteration of the present act for I am convinced that if nil property paid the tax the revenue would not be so liable to be defrauded the officers would have much less trouble and raise an immense addition to meet the exigencies of the State A COMMISSIONER High Peak Derbyshire September I 1947 STOCKPORT INFIRMARY Out-patients liomc-patiente Accidents In-patients Total August 30 1847 in the operation Two large lighters were made fast the Great Britain one on each side On Friday night i when the highest tide of the month occurred the ither being calm and favourable and all the preparations aplete the great trial was made and was fully successful hue structure was triumphantly drawn into deep er and was towed by the Birkenhead to Belfast where arrived at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon She rather leaky but after some slight repairs she was to (ttgain taken tow and brought to Liverpool She left (Mersey on Tuesday the 22nd of September last year ran ashore in Dundrum Bay the same evening at nine Iclock 1 As the Great Britain proceeded np the river her reliance or rather somewhat unexpected waa welcomed by firing of guns on the Cheshire She was towed np with a pilot-boat behind her by (Birkenhead at a speed which couid scarcely be Overby the smartest river steamers The Birkenhead to great advantage though thus employed in a inordinate service She is a noble and powerful vessel I It became immediately evident on seeing the Great that she leaked very much We have since I that the vessel had on board about 300 hands and at much pumping was required in crossing the Irish Sea lint were pumps of many kinds kept agoing between Mts incessantly by immense gangs of men upwards of (we hare been told) at a time I The dock quays landing-stages Ac were crowded with a as she neared the town as were also the river all desirous to obtain a view of her She waa Am into the Dock basin and as the tide fell I on the gridiron were she will undergo a temporary ung repair She will thence be taken into the Coburg to await further orders from the Directors I fte ship was under the command of Captain Claxton one of the Directors and we must say that the skill and perseverance which he has displayed in ding the operations in Dundrum Bay to save the Ale ship and in afterwards bringing her safely in a preca-leaky and somewhat unmanageable state are all praise With respect to Mr Bremner through practical talents she was got off we need bnt sv Hus success in an almost forlorn hope will place his tu an engineer upon a deservedly enduring foundation and it- MAS9EY House Surgeo 1 STOCKPORT BOARD OF GUARDIANS The weekly meeting of the Guardians for this Union took place on Monday morning at the Workhouse Shaw Heath before Alderman Orme chairman Messrs Slack Chetham Green Littlewood Hey worth Moiton Thorniley Howard Ashton and Barrett After reading the proceedings of the last meeting a desultory conversation arose upon thr contracts Several gentleman complained that although the expenditure had been greatly reduced lately in consequence of money relief haring been resorted to the contractors for the supply of bread stuffs had protested against the system contending that the Guardians were morally bound to consume tne average upon which these contracts had been made The Clerk said the contracts were not for so much bnt At a certain price for what was required during that quarter SICK PAUPERS A letter was read from Liverpool enclosing a charge of £1 6 0 for the medical relief of a pauper named Kilboyd who had been irregularly removed hence to Liverpool (instead of Birkenhead) for Ireland she having been siezed with fever and placed in the fever shed The sum was considered an equitable demand and ordered to be paid HTDt TOWNSHIP Mr Howard drew the attention of the Board to the amonntof calls upon Hyde and the inadequate expenditure they having contribated in one year £333 whereas the amount of relief expended within that period did not exceed £80 The Clerk called for the ledger and drew Mr attention to the expenditure by Hyde under the establishment charges registration charges county rate and other items amounting in one quarter alone to £235 Mr Howard expressed himself satisfied with the explanation VALUATION OF OFFERTON Mr Moreton enquired when Mr vslnation of Offerton would be completed or rather when it ought to be sent in By referring to the tender it appeared that theGuardiaos coaid not call for it until November every ndlord hedges and an could mips in grow i of this teuant- the best judges and tions to the tenant and CRISIS OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY AND THE BLESSINGS OF FREE TRADE All descriptions of agricultural produce are now at a moderate price and from tbe abundant harvest of which we bare certain assurance it might be expected that a season of prosperity both for the agricultural and manufacturing interests waa before tbe country If gloom bangs over trade and a feeling of uncertainty paralyzes the general operations of commerce we cannot ascribe the misfortune to any providential visitation or any deficiency in the bounty of nature It must proceed from some fault in recent legislation rattier than from any natural causes Throughout the whole kingdom the earth wears the most smiling aspect It is now ascertained that the harvest of grain will be much above an average and though there are rumours of potato disease they are neither so general or so express as to deserve much credit As an illustration of unusual fertility it is mentioned that at sales of standing crops in the north an acre of potatoes has been sold for £40 an acre of wheat for £21 and acres of oats very commonly at £13 It seems probable that the harvest altogether will be the finest ingathered since the magnificent crops of 1826 Concurrently with this plenty at home the crops all over Europe and in America appear to be unusually fine This abundance of food is a legitimate subject of thankfulness it is the first element of all prosperity and certainly nothing but the extreme recklessness of experimental legislation could convert the natural rejoicing for this universal plenty into a feeling of apprehension at our own state and prospects The arrivals of foreign produce continue on a scale of unprecedented magnitude and if the Free Traders are right these arrivals must swell the sum of our prosperity As these importations were all part of the old harvest it is probable that supplies will he much more abundant us the new crops are ingalliered The decline of our rates may check speculation but prices must fall very much lower before according to the rates ol previous years foreign growers will cease to realize large profits by their sales in tbe British market At present the snpplies we receive are nearly if not quite equal to tbe total consumption of the whole of Great Britain The quantity of home grown wheat received at our great markets ia a yet small hut notwithstanding it is found difficult to effect a sale of it from the cheaper prices of foreign produce Prices at Mark-lane on Monday declined 3s to 4s per quarter yet the reports state a clearance could not he effected This decline can be very well supported by British agriculturists at present But the uncertainty which hangs over tbe future must begin to inspire some alarm in their mind We are in the middle of the grand experiment of free trade yet no oue cau see his way for three months before him Never was there known such rapid and surprising fluctuations in price as since the experiment begun never was there felt so much difficulty in anticipating the range of fluctuation in future The most experienced factors abandon the effort in despair Tbe trade is tn the greatest possible confusion nnd failures already recorded to the amount of nearly three millions attest how little the most sagacious were able to anticipate the course of free trade or foresee its operation Tbe City article of tbe Globe of Friday evening notices the confusion of the Corn Market as increasing The state of affairs in the Corn Market is still most excited and to add to the depreciation in prices there are now larger arrivals of new English grain Another house i in difficulties with liabilities estimated at £150000 Two months since this firm had assets in hand to at least half that amount but what the present resources may be it is impossible to say We must say that the panic feeling is not vet arrested though hitherto the Liverpool houses have stood well and they are reported to have sold generally upon the arrival of the Cargoes Some parties anxious to he freed from liability are compromising with the agents of foreign houses which have consigned corn to England and accepting the bills are paying certain amount a compensation Thc fear of serious consequences in America increases now with the continuance of failures here but we must hope for the best The circ*mstance of Messrs Oyerend Gurney and Co waiting further advices from New prior to accepting bills drawn by Prime Ward and King has naturally excited remark that house standing deservedly high in mercantile estimation though wc believe there has within thc last year or sn been some changes among the partner The discount-houses generally are reported to be more shy than ever in doing business although the Bank of England is assisting as much as But if Mark-lane is discomfited Manchester ought surely to be triumphant It has been asserted again and again that if we took foreign produce without reserve our manufactures wonld be taken in return and that though agriculture might be depressed trade must be prosperous and in turn would impart the cheering influence of its prosperity to tbe land For the last twelvemonth our importations have been much greater tbun ever they were before now then manufactures should be unusually brisk and remunerntivej That is the theory LWhat is the fact It is very to the newspaper press of this country that facts are always or nearly fairly'' reported without regard to ike opinions held in the leading columns of a journal For this reason we can put a free-trade newspaper inteQhe witness-box with a-periepit feeling of security that it will speak the truth in its reports of facts The Daily Mews in its City article of Thursday last gives a fair statement of the state of trade in the manufacturing districts generally The advices from thc cotton districts to-day report in the same discouraging terms as for some past of tiie state of business From Manchester it is said that at the market yesterday (the great trade market of the week) there was rather more inquiry for yarns and piece goods but at prices whieh left the producers no better than before Thc number of mills which had stopped working and of hands thrown out of employ in consequence was still on the increase Thc demand for yarns for Russia this year would seem to be materially falling off considering thc heavy imports of corn liesidcs other products of more usual requirement here appears somewhat singular The fact would indicate probably either a slackness in tbe texile industry of that empire or a material increase of spinning machinery with a large corresponding import and consumption of raw cotton This state of affairs in the great manufacturing districts is the rfVore unfortnnate and will of course be all thc more severely felt under the actual circ*mstances of adverse trading balances Nothing is more likely than that Russia would make her great increase of capital subservient to a material and fixed purpose of her policy the establishment of national manufactures But how different is this result from that anticipated by the ex-Premier and his League associates The above paragraph is abundantly confirmed by all other accounts In Nottingham Leicester Coventry and Birmingham the pressure is felt as severely as throughout the manufacturing district of Manchester The Nottingham Review states Nottingham Misfortune presses very heavily upon Nottingham Thc long-eorttinued depression of "trade is producing its effects tYc arc grieved to state that one of the first magnates in the town and several others who have been looked upon ns men of wealth and substance arc labouring under difficulties and embarrassments the issue of which it is feared will involve many more in thc whirlpool of insolvency Thc events of the last few days have spread surprise and dismay in many circles and will be most di -nitrons in their It follows as the natural consequence of this slackness of trade that pauperism is greatly on the increase The mill empties its hands into the workhouse Tne poor peratives if they Cannot gain subsistence in one placr mnt seek it in the other Alarmiso Increase of Pauperism in Lancashire-On his subject ay a free-trade journal of Saturday such an alarm bjM btgti takeuifl Bolton that the mayor has covened a special a to in Cotton Corn CORN EXCHANGE LON DON Monday The wheat trade was very dull this morning and the millers only took small quantities for immediate use at a decline of 4s to 5s per qr on the currency of last Monday whilst for foreign the demand was limited at an abatement of 2s to 3s per qr Town-made flour teas put down 4s per sack thc top price being 47s ship-marks declined 2s to 3s per sack and foreign about is per barrel with very irregular sales of the latter article New barley was 2s to 3s per qr cheaper bat old was not generally lower Malt was offering on lower terms with little demand Beans were taken slowly on rather lower terms Peas continue scarce and were fully as dear There was only a moderate sale for oats at Is per qr below the rates of last Monday Wednesday The weather continues favourable for the northern harvest The arrivals of foreign wheat and flour are again large and tend to make our market very dull for these articles The attendance of buyers waa small and only a retail trade resulted at about rates but to force sales even a further reduction bad to be yielded to buyers Indian corn in better request for the Irish markets where the demand appears revising and here for the low qualities for cattle feeding LIVERPOOL COTTON fTuesday) The trade continue to buy very sparingly and with hut little inquiry for export the market is dull and Inactive In prices no change can be noticed the few snles lieing at the rates previously current The business of thc three days is estimated fit 9000 bags few hundreds of which are for export Thc imports reported since Friday are From the United States 15890 bags East Indies 4665 total 20555 bgs Wednesday There Is very little to remark upon In this market The last four weeks have been one and the same so far as regards price the general quietness helping the buyer rather than otherwise but very slightly as to price The sales on Thursday were 4000 hales 500 for export Friday 3500 Saturday 3000 Monday 4000 Tuesday 2000 Wednesday 4000 Import of the week 29828 bales ANUFACTURES Manchester Tuesday Though there was no sensible Increase of general demand the market to-day lias exhibited more firmness than for some days previously and buyers at prices below tlioe generally asked have found great difficulty In getting on except at current rates There was perhaps a little more inquiry for good domestics suitable to the heme trade as well as for some counts of water twist but the Improved feeling observable was apparently founded more upon the condition of the London money market than upon any actual increase of business here The tendency to shorter hours of labour still continues The following we believe is a tolerably correct account of the state of the mills at Preston The following firms have entirely ceased working Mr Oxendale Messrs Grundy and Co Mr Festlethwaite Mr Cooper Mr Richard Riley Mr Harris Mr Richard Basball Mr Bashall jun Mr Clayton Sir Corric Jlessrs Shaw and Co Of the ahove scven are splnuers only two spin and weave and two weave only In addition to these Mr mill is to stop at the end of this The following firms are working short time Messrs Catterall Son and Co Messrs Swainson Birley and Co Jlessrs and A Lett Messrs Bashall and Bourdman (of Farrington) and Mr Paley ail four days per week Messrs II Dawson and Co Mr tv Taylor and Mr Thelfall three days per week Guardian There has been a somewhat better feeling in this market to-day with more of a disposition to do business in both cloth nnd yarn producers however have not generally lieen disposed to accept the low rates offered consequently no great amount of business has been done Thc money market shows symptoms of relaxation and this may account for the less depressed appearance of the market but the further decline In grain and thc fact of no fresh failures being announced have not been without their beneficial Influence Courier SSirtfig 7f never insert births deaths or marriages unless properly authun Heated and announcements uj births in alt cases mast be paid nor do ice tcer publish ban-marriages fHarrtet On the 24th nit at Hartford John Lee Eeq of Northw Is Royal College of Physicians London to Ann daughter of Clietdiire Esq of Hanford On the 24th ult at Tarporley Mr Thornes Barrington to Mar us relict of thc late Mr Henry Woodward On thc 24tli ult at St Church Chester Mr Wm Lebs Anderson to Sarah youngest daughter of Air Richard Jones plum ftc of Chester On the 25th ult at St Hanovcr-square London the -t Honourable Heury Francis Seymour Marquis of Drogheda to no Honourable ary Caroline eldest daughter of Lord WliamcllCe Cn the 26th ult at the Parish Church of St Chester ka George Collins Esq of Frodsham to Harriet Ann second daughto of William Henry Brown Esq of St Martin's Chester On the 26th lilt at the Parish Church Neston Henry Newsh third son of the late James Fo dder Esq of Ashton-lodge Preston Emma daughter of thc late Alexander Simpson Esq On the 25th ult at St Church Liverpool Mr Jamas 9ar) Jun to Miss Frances Bentley both of Macclesfield On the 26th ult at thc Parish Church Puabon Mr Henry Me rad ii eldest son of the late Joseph Jones Esq merchant of Livcrpoo Elizabeth daughter cf Mr Forbes of Wynnstay Denbighshire Cm the 26ilx ult at the Abbey Church Shrewsbury Thomas Pa rs Esq of ICiiightou Radnorshire to Elizabeth Whitfield c-ldust daugi of Thomas Dugard Esq MD late of Shrewsbury On th? 21th ult at Prestbury Thomas Bent Esq of Sutton II to Catherine daughter of Richard Wood Esq of thc Elms nr Macclesfield On the 23rd ult at St Church Sutton Mr John Wllot White silk dealer of Linthwaite near Leeds to Hannah Augu ia daughter of Mr Henry White Biik dyer of Macclesfield On the 19th ult at the Parish Church Astbury the Rev Edw rd Bourne Pinder Wesleyan Minister to Elizabeth eldest daughter of Mr John Ford of the Bank Cheshire On the 28th ult at his residence nelilwell-lane Cheetham- '11 Manchester in the Gist year of his age John Warburton Bridge 2 On the 23th ult Elizabeth the wife of James Large Esq of Mai as aged 92 years On the 29 th ult la her 79th year Mrs Leet ofthe 3 Inn Chester On the 30th ult aged SO years Mr Isaac Benson of Woolton osar Liverpool On the 20h uit at Blshopsgate near Windsor Colonel Sir II George Macieod KH late Governor of the Island of Trinidad- On the 27th nit at Woolton Hull near Liverpool tn his 27th Ashton Esq On the 25 th ult In the 46th year cf his age Mr Mlcah Hall pro or of Macclesfield On the 25th ult at her residence Rhodes-street Halifax aged 73 years Snralf relict of the Rev John Atkinson of Pontefract and vl ar of Ownsby Lihcolusliire On the 14th nit aged third daughter of William Harltrg Esq of High Grove near Newcastle Staffordshire On the 20th ult at Norton tn his year Mr Thomas Robinson who had held the situation of head groom to Sir Richard Brooke Ban of Norton Priory for upwards of forty-one years On tbe 27th ult at Margate in the 67th year of his age Nicholas Carlisle Esq Ivit DCL THS ftc upwards of 40 years one of Lite secretaries of the Society of Antiquaries Ou the 8tli of June at the Presidency Lahore Geo Frederick Cust 51st Native Infantry third son of thc late Honourable VV Cust Commissioner of Customs On the 13th of June at Madras in the 25tU year of her age arab the relict of the late Uuv Thomas Halls BA and chaplain to tins Honorable Eat IndikCompany Madras Presidency and third daughter of the late Joshua Bates Esq of Huddersfield On the 30th of June at Elppet til Ills 100th year Mr David Roe shepherd David was a sober man inasmuch ai he ttevt was drunk in his life end never spent five sliiilings on drink of ony sort either hi his own house or la other folks'" Lately at the French Rocks East Indies aged 42 Captalq Cross Starkey eldest son of John Cross Starkey Esq of Wrealwy Hall in this county I0NIAL TO MR ROBERT RATCLIFFE OF NEW MILLS Itis now some months since this Testimonial was set on 1 vhen a few gentlemen formed themselves into a Comte to carry ont that object The following is an extract 4 circular which was issued which will explain the 1 of aervices rendered Tkt friends ot Mr Robert Batcliffe in New Mills and the neigh-conceiving hjm justly entitled to some mark of their for hie great and indefatigable exertions on behalf of Mbere-namcd place have resolved to present him with a suitable ltunonial ithin the last few yean he hoe been the meant of or greatly in procuring for the benefit of New Mill and its immo-e neighbourhood nearly £2000 See Signed by the Committee Nov 10 1846" jP Committee have actively exerted themselves in the they had undertaken and although this place and 'Migbbourbood have been for some months past and jww suffering under the great depression of trade and te high prices of provisions yet the money collected with the assistance of friends who resided at a to the very handsome sum of £72 16s affording proof of the generosity of this village and the njpnourhood Wednesday the 25th Angust last was the day appointed PjPfcsenting the Testimonial to Mr Ratcliffe and at seven that evening a most respectable and numerous party fotlemen of New Mills and the vicinity sat down to a elegant and substantial dinner at the house of Mr rSjPh Waterhouse the Grapes Inn ia that place Hill WM taken by Mr John Thorniley of New Ji and Mr Wm Broadhurst vice-chairman The secre-" Captain Roady after the cloth was drawn read some pondence between himself and the Lord Bishop of arid wherein his lordship speaks highly of the Mr Ratcliffe for the welfare of the working classes I Tk contiibuted £5 to the fund chairman then rose and spoke to the following After what has been said by Captain Koady the secretary and the means by which the Testimonial has carried out it remains for me to present you Mr Ratcliffe with this parse as a token of the respect esteem in which you are held by the inhabitants of Mills and its vicinity for your many valuable ser-and may you long live to enjoy the respect and good of all your friends in this district and should dis-g circ*mstances unfortunately happen hereafter tyour services should be again required in assisting to poorer classes of this place I feel perfectly satis-tnat yon will cheerfully and willingly exert yourself from the numerous applicative expression of the memorial a license would be a great accommodation to them At resent there was only one public -honse in that neighbour-ood the Three which is abont 100 yards from this property The population of the district consists of some thousands ana is likely to be on the increase in consequence of the traffic through that district to the railway Mr George Brooks gave notice of an intended application for a license to a honse and shop Higher Hill-gate Mr Alderman Boothroyd supported the application which was now made for the first time The applicant was a highly-respectable shopkeeper and bad erected this property in 183 It was well adapted for the purposes intended had a spacious yard and replete with good stabling The memorial from his neighbours and friends sav that in their judgment this property is exceed -well situated for a public -house John Bailey also gave notice of a similar application for a beer bouse in Hesketh-street Heaton Norris in his own occupation Mr Oldham solicitor appeared to support the application It was the first made by MrBailey The house was situated on the Old Lancashire Hill Heaton Norris a plan of which would be handed np to the Bench The very extensive cotton manufactories and other works in this populous neighbourhood folly justified the -present application The situation in the first place waa a very good one it formed part of a plot of 1800 yards and there was no publio-bouse near within 200 yards It fronts Hesketh-street' and was bounded by Ince-street and Wharf-street and was near Messrs Littlewood and cotton mill It waa distant from the about 200 yards from the 300 and from the 700 yards so that it does not come into immediate competition with any existing public-honse The character and density of the population of that neighbourhood might he gathered from tne mills and other works There was the cotton mill of Sir Ralph Pendlebury the silk factory of Mr Newton the cotton manufactory of Messrs Littlewood and Higsontwo large coal Wharves of-Mr Marsland and Messrs Leese Booth and Co the extensive corn mills of Messrs Walmsley and Co the canal warehouses and the Heaton Foundry All there works must necessarily employ a large number of hands The Bench must moreover consider that Heaton Norris was increasing daily in its importance and in its population It was not what its requirements might be for to-day for as its population increased so would the wants and requirements of the inhabitants increase Now the applicant in this case was the owner of the property and he knew it would be some satisfaction to the Bench to know that the owner was respectable and the respectability of himself or his family would be some guarantee that if the house was licensed itwould be respectably conducted His clientwas a native of the place his father was also a native and his grandfather before him so that all the parties were well known in the neighbourhood He (Mr O) had the honor of presenting to the Bench a memorial in favor of the application At present there was no stable upon the premises bnt as he had a plot of 1800 square yards at his disposal he was willing to make sny alterations or erection the Bench might wish if they would do him the honor of granting him a license The memorial they would perceive waa signed by the heads of nearly all the large manufacturing establishments in the It had been stated that public-houses near mills were nuisances The signature of Mr Littlewood however himself an extensive cotton manufacturer gare a contradiction to the truth of that statement whilst others thought a license to this property wonld be a great benefit to their establishments For instance in addition to the name of Mr littlewood there was Mr Booth a large coal merchant Mr Walmsley an extensive corn merchant Mr Read a large cotton manufacturer Mr Longson a timber merchant and Mr Higson Mr partner and others of the highest respectability and persons who would not have signed the memorial if they had not thought the license in question would be a benefit to the neighbourhood Sir Ralph Pendlebuiy If Mr Littlewood is so satisfied about these benefits from public-houses he had better have one inride his mill (laughter) Mr Oldham But I am afraid it would not be a benefit inside 'Sir Ralph There were no objections to these applications The Magistrates said their decision would be gives 90 Wednesday ti ftdjoqgpg Ueeprisg day THE LATE REMOVING OFFICER The Clerk stated that he had been spoken to at the Workhouse lodge by Kenyon the late removing officer on insisting upon his right (under appointment which he held by the county magistrates) as removal officer of the Scotch and Irish poor and wished to know whether the Guardians were willing he should continue in that situation Mr Heyworth Insisting I would not entertain his name for a single moment Mr Ashton said that each insolence on the part of Kenyon was quite in keeping with the language lie has indulged in various parts of the town against the Guardians The Clerk explained that Kenyon did not exactly use the word Mr Heyworth Did the jeneral tendency of bis language bear that construction The Clerk: It did Mr Heyworth: Then we will have nothing whatever to do with him Mr Thorniley said the Guardians had already appointed one removal officer and in consequence of the great decrease' iff Irish cases Bickerton could very well remove all thecasest The Clerk reminded the Board that it was necessary to take some steps such -as memorialising the county magistrates to discharge Kenyon under the Pass Act ana place Bickerton the nevvly-ap pointed officer in his place Mr Ashton seconded by Mr Heyworth then moved that a recommendation he forwarded to the county magistrates from this Board entirely to remove Kenyon from his situation as removal officer of -the Scotch and Irish poor and to place Joseph Bickerton his successor in that situation Carried unanimously INFECTIOUS C4BES Mr Blackshaw the surgeon made a verbal report of the increase during the week of fever 21 cases having occurred 19 in Stockport and 2 in the vagrant wards They were all Irish cases with the exception of two and were removed to the Heaton Norris Fever Hospital under the care of Mr Lomas the assistant to Dr Rayner Mr John Barrington had communicated with him by the desire of the magistrates that if there were any filthy houses they might be duly reported and properly cleansed and whitewashed So far this arrangement had been attended with the best results Four of tbe new Irish cases had been found in a dirty house situated on the water edge at the top of Adlington-square and four others had been taken from a house at Rock-row The parties refused to communicate with the authorities but the neighbours for their own protection very properly reported the fever and the patients were with some trouble got out NUISANCES The attention of thc Workhouse Committee was directed to a nuisance arising from a urinal recess near the shop within tbe walls Some conversation arose as to the adoption of a patented sink trap for the suppression of the evil complained of The question was referred STATE OF THE HOUSE The number of paupers in the house are males 245 females 249 total 494 RELIEF against Ie Petty icholart liich he hem out infusion ee what lie eom-ittended table pavid isaultrd church fchair- Ashton Prescot dlewicb rom Mr dottram chool at i on the were in were in been in when into tb aiele lQ them id asked me over table I I said ton but isle onstabi into that is hands aisle ay that 1 vice hu left vocation- occupy ere ft there I ow often they I no con-re should You tell mtroj t1 ty of the ht to do sidetu'T should tion of rio "etoeftt1 wash vicar particu'l proceed! Sas- LIVERPOOL CORN Tuesday) At this market thc attendance was pretty good and the business in old wheat to a fair extent hut at 4d to 6i per 70ib under the prices of this day week or of Friday no new yet offered except by farmers Oats were nogicctad though pressed at 3d to 4d decline and grinding barley al9o was nearly without nn inquiry In beans the business was limited but thc prices were nearly supported and Indian corn and meal with a pretty good demand brought thc previous rales There was a considerable business in flour but at a decided reduction Western being sold at 26s to 25s Cd per barrel Scarcely any demand for oatmeal LONDON SILK MARKET Monday) The Silk Murket has been very quiet since tills day week and the little business done has not altered quotations LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET Monday TTe cannot quote any alteration at our cattle market from our late statements worth notice we have large supplies ns far as numbers go but the greater portion was of inferior quality There was a numerons attendance of customers and anything good being eagerly sought nfler brought high prices Beef 5jd to 6jd mutton CjdtoTJ and lamb 6d to 7d per lb CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL From the 28th to the SOtli August Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Figs Horse 3641 72 5972 1122 131 9i STOCKPORT A Friday) Superfine Flour 43s to 4Ss Barrels (Ohio) 27s to 28s Longflne 40s to 42s Meal (New) 40s to 42 Seconds 38s to 3'Js I Meal (Old) 3(0 to 3ss Barrels (4VC) 281 to 30 Cheese 55s to 70s In the butchers' market good beef was selling at 7 hi per lb mutton 74d veal Cji and lamb 7)i The wholesale price of pork was 7d and bacon Potatoes varied from 9s to 12 per load being a rapid advance upon last wwfc- Egg: were telling at 16 tor It and buneT Is Id let lb ready at your post as yon have formerly -'rRatdiffe briefly replied expressing his grateful and thanks for the handsome Testimonial that had been 1 to him the remembrance of which will never be 3 from his mind and he concluded that it was the of every man who had the comfort and welfare of the jg classes at heart to employ all his talents and succouring them in the hour of privation and IBf speeches were delivered and toasts and sentiments the course of the (evening A party of glee-singers "jjcd and enlivened the company with some most excel-1 -ee8 ant aongs Indeed so happy and delighted were that they did not separate until a late hour Bome of them had to walk two or three miles to homes We can safely assert that a more pleasant and friendly meeting never took place and it I be remembered by those who enjoyed it and Mr 1 mustrfeel highly-honoured and grateful for this memorial or their kindness which we donbt not rault him to further endeavours and exertions in 9tBfTOlUC charity RELIEF On Sunday last aged 78 years Mr Joseph Ealley He had been a valuable ard consistent member and alass-lead-Hu tbe Methodist New Connexion at Mount Tabor Chapel sinoe the from the Wesleyan body in the year 1797 now upwards of 50 vw Aithcsigh tte was a man In humble cireomstancies Ills piety and usefulness bad rendered hltn astenstvely and doeerrodly respected For a considerable number of years he had been engaged as a confidential servant hj the employ of the lata Mr A Riant of tills town in which service he bad secured the attachment of the family which had been geoereoaty msrV tested by a long serins of acts klraness and rpitallty conferred cn him by a branch of that fair ly During the 1 10 or 15 years ha bad been principally si pported by the friends at Mount TabOT Chapel and employed by them a a home missionary visit the sick and to dispensing the consolations the gospel In capacity be had been rendered abundantly useful Hisixaualnsw re followed on Tuesday by a number of the puncip cuds from hi late residence to Mount Taiior Coupcl vmaiiu? were deposited lu ft brick vault provided by one of the trustees As bo lived so lie in peace and lu the full assurance of a joyful Cjrres pendent In Kind 12 4 9 17 8 3 14 2 fn Money 84 11 5 32 19 11 15 7 10 Dish No 1 Lawton 2 Bottoms 3 Charlton 132 19 2 1 1C 16 132 19 Money Relief £149 15 list of Total The Board then procseded with the for relief applications.

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