The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

lent. 25, 1849. 4r• tVal ?Loral folus. Walthew councill f - O" Everton Ward, will shortly rig f or . or r %pilot_ W ant a i m otion in the Council for the erection of e"'S market in the township of Everton. egi_lnhabitant of Liverpool possesses a gray parrot, n ett " t , nak forming a semicircle, measuring 61 inches in nee," of which the underside is flat, while the upper et - : is round. ke es, . a s been ordered that in future all the assessed eteiee,including the income tax, shall be received by the h e i d "9 l 's of the inland revenue. T separate offices now kr ° l l ,l l, therefore, shortly be abol he ished. taet 0 . H. Horsfall, who arrived here in the Canada, with a s evere acc id ent w hil st stay i ng a t H a lif ax , by ;ZS a thrown from a carriage in which he was driving, gentleman na me d Steward. ,84_jretssoftueich were e oe'2 l onth sin ce , M r . A t ki ns , o f this town, gave a series e r ys at Edinburgh. So brilliant and I displays y, that he has been prevailed upon to them this week. 9f O o e Reek Ferry Regatta, on Saturday, did not come te e ,. inn to the flag-ship having started from her moor- Vs its being impossible, in consequence of the bois s state of the weather, to again anchor her. to o k s i rs. Harwood and Son's first ball for the season sc hiee e en Tuesday evening. The rooms have been ;'_a_eorated and much improved. Mr. Gribbin's band ev7tllll,ettendance, and added much to the pleasure of the e o s h l e d * nesday a woman stepped on board the Britan - L e Aft er ,Tn, just as she was leaving the pier for Hoylake. th at t Sihe v er essel had been out some time it turned out had "e Peer woman intended to go to Birkenhead, but o inade this very annoying mistake. tl et a ,Thtirsdny the body of John Heap, captain of the oard, on everiTin, of Southarm, who was accidentally knocked Wednesday last, by a movement of the 344lYFaZoafs picked age. up in the river. The deceased was for e a evrwAse.—Two or three years since, the charge W e tese r tSrage across the river was threepence. The Bridge kis; Canal Company are now carrying passengers for the dim from Liverpool to Manchester, and vice versa, ance of upwards of forty miles. thipiYassengers on the outward voyage of the emigrant Ca pin of this port, presented the commander, pr o , I n Thompson, with an address of thanks, " for the 41'4 . ' 44 and decisive manner in which he discharged his ous duties." 00 ; 1 4 8 POLL ON THE WATER QUESTION. — The voting Holme's amendment commenced on Tuesday, eLeontinued until twelve on Wednesday. At the SeC e ale numbers were :—For abandoning the Pike 19 - e rn e e, 4 63 Persons, 1042 votes ; for geeing on with it, 'persons, 760 votes. tek d ship lately built at the Liverpool Industrial Schools, th e kb o ate, ate, intended as preliminary discipline for those of te ce .„"eYs having a wish to go to sea, will be named t.o tee `eii• (Wednesday), at two o'clock, when the commit 114.1and their friends intend to celebrate the occasion by B,l l g the yards manned by the juvenile sailors. te te '. aCteL SERVicES —On Tuesday worming a special Wed i ce %vas held • St 'Georee's Church, Everton, and on nesd • In chok e aY, in St. Silas' Church, with reference to the thr ee : e a. Similar services have taken place in other for th s"es. The sum of £4O was collected at St. George's ei e e Poor. "K B , drains, and cesspools should be deodorised as far r e Pas sible with chloride of lime, which, it is recom ted e a triet ", should be used simultaneously throughout a dis- Clan' B ay between nine and ten a.m. on Saturdays, espe ape / during the prevalence of cholera. Two ounces tort dent to stir into a pailful of water, and ought to 40 more than a penny. the 4 " 11 4WIIIORNE.—We have now an explanation of L ee t er"' great number of cholera cases alleged to have each treated and cured by this gentleman. The expla ,o,a is afforded by himself. In a letter to the Merc ur y th o f a Y :—" Every person, during the prevalence of th e "a, suffering from relaxation of the bowels, is under ePide ee i At t e. t o s; ,he Edge-hill station, the railway company proposed e n ` a ,K a well of a certain depth for the supply of their to Oilers and other purposes. The work was corn taie•ced ; but long before the proposed depth was at ed the water gushed forth in such abundance that the dia lli P i ng could not keep it clear, and the work had to be i:Sontieued. e t e n, Tuesday morning, James Kershaw, a carter in the fe ' '''Y Of Mr. Thompson, quarryman and mason, was IN 'dead at the bottom of a quarry in Hygeia - street . lie ee a'Sull was dreadfully fractured. The deceased, who left" in Webster-street, near the Zoological Gardens, De e a friend's house in Mill-lane, about nine o'clock the 111,rous evening, to return home. He was at the time a it in liquor. ItQC Parochial water committee, appointed at the vestry res o i n ig, had a conference on Friday, when they passed a tad ? Minn instructing their legal advisers, Messrs. Avison e ohe. ritt, to take immediate steps for applying to the th e ' r t of Chancery for an injunction, in conform i ty with te e n otice s erve d on the Mayor, the Town-clerk, and the tlal committee of the Town Council, and the initiative entered upon immediately. % he * June's ScHooes.—We perceive that tbe annual d e — enson behalf of these schools will be preached on Sun . tee th . ; ext, in St. Jude's Church. The pulpit, in the doubt will be occupied by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, and ere t e g ew , t many persons will be glad to hear the rove end ineeTnan once more his formerpost of ministereel "Iness. The excelle a n t p t incumbent of the church will Areach in the evening. f le 'llter, FOUND DEAD.—On Saturday, Thomas Lewis, nr e Years old, was found dead in a sewer which divides ae t l e n,head and Tranmere. The deceased was missing at s a jli period of the afternoon, but, although a strict o'i.r e svas made for him, was not found until nearly seven h "'ea. It is supposed he had accidentally fallen through t es e a Se into the sewer. Deceased was the son of parents I, l l'ne* in Rushton-court, Waterloo-place, Birkenhead. tis e 4 n BRUNSWICK CLUB.—It will be seen by an adver ne,* " l ent in our paper of to-day on that the next quarter of Popular club commences the Ist of October. It ratifying to learn from the active caterer, Mr. White in, that time not only strengthens the number of the e l crnbers, b u t adds so to the efficiency of the arrange nes'eat as to render it daily more attractive. Mental ti e levetnent, with innocent recreation, being the prin el` aim, it cannot be too generally supported. te e nX BENTATION.On Monday evening party of gentle tt,'ll assembled at the house of Mr. Woods, St. James's eVeet, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to to Vain Bunting, of the ship Ashburton, for his kindness ether M a thew, during his voyage in that vessel to b e LYork. It consisted of a copy of the cele leirfraPortrait of the reverend gentleman , in abandsome Aat.... me, and painted by C. H. Toples. An excellent 7r Was provided. lab of 'AMINATION OF MASTERS AND ATES. r At a meet- the M Board of Examiners, held at the Board-room. Exchange-alley North, on Friday, the 21st instant, train Charles Gardner, late master of the Albion, of fr es t‘Pool, was examined and found duly qualified for a tie :class certificate as master ; also, Mr. Joseph Browne , 4n: l officer of the Condor, of Liverpool, and Mr. Joseph tr ee s e e ll, late chief officer of the Till, of North S heilds, ti c 'mind qualified for second-class masters certificates. ,1 0 e,a • rSt ACCIDENT.—On Sunday forenoon a man name d e" b .," Fallow a lumper, attempted to get over the back - IQ wall of the premises occupied by Mr. Costain , pub ear Blundell-street, for the purpose of endea vourin g to itte e tnlie chink. When he got to the top—a height of ee' ten feet—part of the wall broke down with h im, ste fell backwards, and his head struck a stone step. ti4;' os lifted up in an insensible state, and was convey ed e Southern Hospital, where he died soon after, his ull b • eing fractured. 14 00 GRATION E xT ru k onniNAnY.—Capt. Watson Ferris, now commands the St. George, and whose urbane e tti . ner has made him one of the greatest favourites in the Station trade, has for the last eighteen years completed e Overage three voyages per annum; and estimating be n umber of p a ssengers out at 360, for he is ever full, 'en o thus transported at least 19,440 souls to the New er t and a somewhat smaller number vice versa. Dur eoss h e whole period of his command, no infectious (lis p been manifested in any ship he has controled. tp 4 1 1 ALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The children belonging tit e L a !nteresting institution were kindly and bountifully Isrs e eSSined by John North, Esq., at his seat at New th e ' e glen, on Thursday last. We are glad to hear that fill r- e ar . o now 150 children educated and fed by this use enlac,"aritY being the full number which the house is cal- W e e•eed to 'accommodate. Upwards of a dozen of these reel -Very recently admitted, and are unusually interesting tr e Xents of the bounty of their more wealthy fellofellow the;—their parents having died of cholera during Tot few weeks. th e 'sit WATER QUESTION.—Mr. Chapman, in a letter to ettiaturday papers, suggests as a fair compromise of this fro ie jec t:—That the drinking water, at present derived Pik — our local springs, be continued, should ever the kee,Works b e even tually carried out.-2nd. The Dock U o ' l ' 4 to shall coniribute £lO,OOO per annum, in commute the," certain local rates not now levied. -3 rd. That on oeSZ_conditions being agreed to, no obstacles are to be t e s t aed to the fulfilment of the contracts entered into up *e r i c a time, or to the ultimate prosecution of the Pike tote r :. should it be ascertained, by practical tests, that a ettref ea 4 t supply of water cannot be procured out of the bp tone strata in our own immediate neighbourhood l eif,j r aMlNED SUICIDE.—A most determined act of ton• e struction was committed on Saturday last, at. Ever saiet The individual who has wilfully put a period to his et kie ence is a young married man, in independent circum teee'cs. of the name of Kidd. He resided at 3, Victoria jefoet• Everton, with his young wife and one child. From hs n at ion which has reached us, it appears that the de a iwas addicted addicted to habits of intemperance, and that isiej e e ee so indulging was subject to fits. At about ten cin the night in question be was seen in a beer t ,pin tho neighbourhood of his me:deuce. (31.eetly af'er veeta left In :Anne, and upon his . wife %e.. In the kitchen smoking a pipe. Mrs. Kidd had time , kin to return to the lower part of the house in a short act w an d it was then that the discovery of the dreadful nea r a smade. She found her husband seated on a chair m an e t he door, strangled. The mode in which the ill-fated -vi n 8 d earned out his dreadful object is so singular , and n ee eit y 8 8 ° great a degree of resolution, not to say inge and calculation that it deserves particularising. of the f a t 8 ened one end of a clothes-line to the handle Itivee "nor, then drew the rope over the " jamb," con eft it noose, which, upon being placed round the neck, !slip knot directly in front of the throat, and having made e e ?.?se at the extremity, plated his foot in it. He his eo : l 29erately seated himself, and awaited the result of a tuldel‘rimance. De a th must have been produced by a and ov . v iolent effort of the foot, stirruped as stated k e e nte eet t ieis!! , striking out of the foot would, by the jirk, sot ei "c noose round the neck, and forcibly press the lea ves Pon the throat. Deceased, besides one child, ti : i bete 'lw e ih c ) W in a condition which promises soon to cone t e c, " tiler being to mourn over a father thus con ! f ew a Premature grave. It is said, that in the course oe of months Mr. Kidd would have come into posses nos 11 conside rable sum of money, on the interest of 14 11 4 11 latterly subsisted. CAPTAIN HINRICHSON. Our readers will be glad to know that this gentleman continues to improve in health, and that he will soon be able to proceed to Hull. It will be recollected that the Rev. William Pollock wrote a letter, twelve copies of which were taken, in order that the pilot who boarded the Duncan might be enabled to hand to the captain an inti mation of his great loss. The letter is as follows. It was handed to Captain Hinrichson, on his arrival, by Mr. Charles Christie, third master of No. 4, pilot-boat : "51, Rodney-street, 20th April, 1849. "MY DEAR Sin,—My name will, I doubt not, be familiar to you as that of the clergyman under whose pastoral charge your dear wife had for some time placed herself. That, on your re turn to England, you would receive your first communication, made by my hand, will, 1 fear, but too naturally suggest to your mind the apprehension of evil tidings; and I would to God it were in my power to say that such apprehension were uncalled for. But, alt, my dear Sir, I have a very different duty to per form. I have to call upon you to throw yourself at once upon a power higher than human for support—even on His who has said, Cast thy burden on the Lord and he will sustain thee." I have to beseech you to consider well what changes may have occurred in such a world as this, during the period of your ab- sence from home; how, after all, it were little to be wondered at, if disease, or accident, or even violence (so wicked a world it is) had robbed you of those that were the nearest and dearest to you,—if those whose smiles you looked to welcome you at the fireside were rather gathered to the grave. And yet, my dear Sir, even •if it were so, I would appeal to your Christian principle, to your faith in Christ, to your trust in God,—! would remind you of the precious truth, that whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ;' I would bid you not to weep as one that bath no hope;' for, however overwhelming is your loss, to your darlings it is countless gain. And sorrows, after all, far more crushing, might have come to you than that, having lived in a Saviour's service, they should have entered into His rest—than that without one blemish upon their names before men, and cleansed from all their sins before the Father, they should have'departed to he with Christ, which is far better.' I cannot, my dear Sir, indeed I cannot, bring myself to write more definitely now, and it will be enough if I have, in some sort, prepared you for the fulness of the sad intelligence which awaits you, and if I have, by God's grace, suggested some of those thoughts and consolations in which you may yet find your sustainment. For the rest, before that mercy seat to which I point you for peace, your name is already pres-nted by many a suppliant, in many an earnest, many a sympathising prayer; for many.a heart is grieving for you, and there is no one who does not feel that your loss is a public calamity in the midst of ns. With every heartfelt prayer for you, that you may be abundantly strengthened and comforted, and that it may be even good for you to be afflicted, believe me, my very dear Sir, your most faithful friend and servant in the Gospel of Christ, " W. PoLtooK. Incumbent of St. Mark's." Mr. A. H. Jones. of Falkner-square, is to be brought out as a candidate for the representation of Rodney street Ward, at the next election, in opposition to Mr. Samuel Holme. Mr. Jones is a Tory, an anti-Pike- man, and a Dock-rater. SHIP-BUILDING IN AMERICA. - It iS universally ad mitted that the naval architects of America have long ex celled in the construction of clipper craft ; and while they are yearly turning out for the trade to our own port a fleet of snips which for beauty of model, capacity, and equipment, are unparalleled, we are glad to find they have made equal progress in that great desideratum, strength. We had the pleasure of a cursory glance at the bottom of the noble packet-ship, St. George, while being recoppered, after running five years, and found it as sound RS the day she was built; indeed, Commander Watson Ferris justly classes her as equal to the day of launching. THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN LIVERPOOL.—On Friday Mehmed Pacha, the Turkish ambassador to the Court of St. James', arrived in Liverpool from Manches ter, and took up his residence at the Adelphi Hotel. After the arrival of his excellency in Liverpool, the Mayor placed his private carriage at his disposal; and on Satur day morning his excellency visited the Albert Dock, after which he crossed over the river and proceeded to the resi dence of Mr. P. Mussabini, the Turkish consul, in Hamil ton-square. There he spent some time, and partook of a lunch. He subsequently visited the Town-hall. the Cus tom-house, St. George's-hall, and other public buildings. He was accompanied in his visits by Mr. Henderson, the chairman of the dock committee, and other gentlemen. On Sunday morning his Excellency visited the Prince's Park and Zoological Gardens, both of which he much ad mired, and in the afternoon he proceeded by railway (rid Preston) to Scotland. where, after visiting Edinburgh and Glasgow, he will become the guest of the Earl of Eglinton for a few days. His Excellency and suite are attired in the costume of their country. EXTENSIVE. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. A gentle man, named Goldstein, a jeweller, of Liverpool, was tra velling on Wednesday between that town and York. It was in the evening, and he got out of the train at Nor manton-station, where he remained about two hours. He had a carpet bag, containing sixteen gold Geneva lever watches, twenty-two gold horizontal, three gold hunters', eighteen silver Geneva levers, twelve silver horizontal, eight silver levers, fifteen silver verge watches, seventeen and a half ounces of gold guard chains, forty-six sets of gold studs, six dozen gold watch keys, fifteen pair gold cameo brooches, eight gold lockets, and twenty-four cold pencil cases, which he took with him into the refresh ment-rooms. Whilst there he fell asleep, during which it is conjectured that some person cut the bag open and made off with the above-mentioned articles. It would seem, however, that he came to Burton Salmon Station, which is not far from York, before he found out his loss, amounting to about £4OO. He was in a third-class car riage, and during the journey from Normanton to Burton Salmon only three persons left the carriage. The police are on the look-out for the thieves.—York paper. CHOLERA FROM DRINKING IMPURE WATER.—Re cently, at Hartlepool, an experienced medical practitioner stated, before a coroner's inquest, that the cause of death was cholera produced by drinking. impure water. It might also be well to remark that the passengers of one of the New York packets recently arrived here have been complaining of the impurity of the water they had for use on their passage, and from the result of the chemical ex amination by our highly talented townsman, Dr. Brett, it would appear that these complaints must have arisen from mechanical impurities, and not chemical ones, as he states that the water examined was more free from che mical impurities than he generally finds it. But taking the evidence that can be gathered from both cases, if fully bears us out in urging both sailor and civilian to be ex tremely careful as to the water they drink, particularly when the evil can be shunned at so small a cost as pro curing one of Forster's patent rapid water purifiers, an apparatus that both ourselves and many of our friends have been using for nearly two years with the most satis factory results. Captains who take an interest in the lives and safety of those committed to their charge will act wisely in giving him a call, and inspecting this inven tion. At the present season, when death is stalking about so fearfully in the shape of the existing epidemic, such a duty becomes not only necessary but imperative. BANVARD'S PANORAMA. — A more curious and inter esting effort of art than the celebrated three-mile picture, representing the Mississippi, and the cities and towns on its banks, never certainly was exhibited before in this or any other English town. The painting is on such a scale of magnitude that it loses the characteristic of a picture, and impresses the spectator with the belief that he wit nesses a reality. The body of water composing that gigantic stream appears to flow past with all its native solemnity and grandeur as the expansive canvas glides along, the colossal steam-boats and the singular river craft, eccentric in shape and purpose, contribute to the delusion, as do the inimitable and truth-telling objects ashore. But the painting is excellent above all as a work of art, for it evinces many of the merits attaching to a master. There are all the essentials of a picture—good perspective, successful blending of light and shade, and natural colour ing. An inspection of this wonderful picture is the next best treat to an actual sail down the great American river, nay, it positively affords advantages over the bodily visitation, as the intelligent artist truly observes, for you get a sight of the entire line of country in the picture, much of which would never be seen by an actual pro gress,—for instance, those portions passed during the night. The interest it has excited in this country is best shewn by the unexceptionable success the proprietor has experienced in the two principal cities in England (if «e may designate our own town so), a success that cannot fail to attend its future movements. GRAVE YARDS OF LIVERPOOL. — At the meeting of the Health Committee on Thursday. Dr. Duncan submitted a report on this subject, which was unanimously adopted. The following are the heads of this important document. There are 39 burial-grounds within the borough, and the interments take place in graves, vanits, or pits. In 23 burial-grounds, graves only are used ; in 7, graves and vaults only ; in 4, graves and pits ; in 2, graves, vaults, and pits; and in 1, pits only. The aggregate annual number of interments within the borough is, in ordinary years, from 10,000 to 11,000. Of this number, as nearly as can be estimated, about two-thirds take place in pits, and one-third in graves; the interments in vaults proba bly not exceeding twenty annually. The following 12 bu rial-grounds are either crowded, or fully occupied :—St. Nicholas's, St. Peter's, St. Paul's. St. John's, St. James's, Trinity, St. Thomas's, St. Anne's, All Saint's, St. Peter's Catholic Chapel, St. Nicholas's Catholic Chapel, small Cemetery, Everton-road. All these, but the last, have been in use for more than half a century, several a cen tury, and one (St. Nicholas's) five centuries. Complaints have been made of offensive emanations. In St. John's alone about 500 burials take place annually, and the smell penetrates the church in warm weather. The objection able practice of burying in vaults, under churches or cha pels, appears to be confined to the nine following places of worship ; namely, St. Nicholas's, St. Anne's, Trinity, Christ Church, St. Mark's, St. Mary's (Edge-bill), St. Andrew's, and St. Patrick's and St. Anthony's Catholic chapels. Where pits are used, they vary from 18 to 30 feet in depth. The number of bodies deposited in each pit varies from 30 in St. James's and St. Mary's Ceme teries to 120 in St. Patrick's, according to the statements of the sextons themselves. In St. James's Cemetery, about six inches of earth are placed over the coffins after e.,011 day's interments ; in the others, the coffins are co- N.-red with two and a half feet of soil, x,hich is removed previous to the next interments ; but, with this excep tion, the pits remain open, or only covered with a frame work of boards, until filled with coffins,—a period varying from ten days in the case of the smaller, to ten weeks in the case of the larger pits. The practice of burying within towns is productive of injury to the health of the inhabitants. In some of the places it is almost impossi ble to dig a new grave without disturbing bodies pre• viously buried, and in some, the soil, when opened up, appears to be composed of human remains in a state of decomposition, rather than of ordinary earth. But the grand evil in the case of Liverpool, and that which calls most urgently for interference, is the practice of burying large numbers of bodies in open pits. It must be unne cessary to say anything as to the injurious nature of this practice, if it be considered that, in the hot weather of summer, more than a hundred bodies are collected toge ther in an open pit, in all stages of decomposition, some of them having lain there for upwards of two 'tenths. In conclusion. Dr. Duncan represents t hat the health and comfort of the inhabitants require that further interments be prohibited in the following burial-grounds :—St. Ni cholas's, St. Peter's,. St. Paul's, St. John's, and that the practice of interment in pits be regulated in such a way as to prevent its becoming a source of public nuisance. THE LIVIRPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday the usual weekly meeting was held ; T. F. Roskell, Eq., in the chair. A letter was read from the secretary of St.James's Cemetery, stating that no interments of paupers from Toxteth-park could be permitted after October next. Mr. Musker was unanimously elected to fill the office of collector and assistant-overseer for Bootle. The nuisance committee reported that they could not recommend the appointment of an inspector, and a motion for his ap pointment WEIS negatived by 8 to 6. HEALTH COMMITIEE.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Hornby occupied the chair. Mr. Fer guson drew the attention of the committee to a complaint from the inhabitants of West Derby, relative to a deposit for night soil in Kensington, which was a great and inju rious nuisance. The report of the medical officer of health reported, for the week ending the 15th instant, a decrease of 137 on the general mortality of the borough, and of 136 in the deaths from cholera, the deaths from all causes being 591 against 728 in the previous week, and from cholera 352 against 488. The decrease in the deaths caused by the epidemic was general throughout the bo rough, with the exception of Castle-street, St. Peter's, and South Toxteth Wards, in which there was a trifling increase. One-half of the deaths in the parish of Liver pool occurred in Scotland and Vauxhall Wards. A large proportion of the choler a deaths still continue to occur among females, the numbers last week being 148 males and 204 females; and, from all other causes, 117 males and 122 females. The epidemic still continued to de cline, the new cases reported, during the first four days of the present week, being 279 against 456 in the four previous days. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. A discussion took place upon the subject of the charges brought against the Vestry by the General Board of Health and the reply of the Medical Relief Committee, and, after some discussion on the subject, a committee was appointed to prepare a condensation of the report for publication. A discussion followed as to who was to pay the costs incurred by the committee appointed at the Special General Vestry. It was stated the expenses were to be bcrne out of the voluntary rate. In reply to a ques tion from Mr. Earle, it was stated that the voluntary rate was collected by the ordinary collectors, and could not be applied to parish purposes, whereupon Mr. Earle stated that it was his intention to represent this matter to the Poor-law Board. Mr. Harbord told Mr. Earle that he might obtain the information about the amount of the rate at the Mercury-office, whereupon Mr. Earle said, in his usual sharp manner, " I won't ask him ; I will go to a better source if I am to ascertain it—so I wish you good morning." Here Mr. Earle took up his hat and abruptly left the room, amidst loud laughter, from the other mem bers of the board. HOUSE-OWNERS' GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—On Friday evening, a meeting of this society was held in the Claren don Rooms, to consider the course which the Overseers and the Select Vestry were now taking to collect poor rates, as it affected the owners of cottage property.—Mr. George Sumners presided, and explained the hardships which the new system entailed on cottage owners.—Mr. Bradley, surgeon, proposed a resolution to the effect that it was the duty of every man to contribute to the parish rates according to his means. The cottage-owners were now made, in effect, to pay the rates of their tenants, and he blamed certain members of the National Confedera tion for this. (The speaker was called to order on his allusion to any body of individuals.)—Mr. Duckworth seconded the resolution, and it was passed unanimously. —Mr. Casement moved the second resolution (see ad vertisement), which he supported in an effective speech. —Mr. Pedder, in seconding the resolution, said that if the system complained of were pursued, the owners of cottage property had better give it up to the parish autho rities.—The third resolution, moved by Mr. John Bennett and seconded by Mr. White, and other resolutions, were unanimously passed, and the meeting dispersed. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICUUTURAL SO. CIETY. — On Thursday a special meeting of the members of this society was held at the Neptune Hotel, Clayton square, to award the prizes for farms, crops. &c. The Right Hon. Lord de Tabley, president of the society, took the chair ' • and amongst those present were, W. Tatton, Esq., M .P., and several leading members of the society. A discussion took place relative to the privilege of the life members of the late Manchester society, which ended in a resolution to the effect, that as the society named was dissolved before its amalgamation with the Liverpool society, the privileges of the life members had become extinct. The main business—the adjudication of prizes—was then proceeded with. After some " agricul tural" discussion as to succession of crops, the first prize of the society's silver medal, to the owner and occupier of not less than 150 acres, was awarded to Mr. John Owen, of Lower House, West Derby. The second medal, for the best cultivated farm of not less than 60 acres, was awarded to Richard Watt, Ezq., of Speke. The third, for 150 acres, to Mr. William Longton, of Rainhill. A medal was awarded to Mr. Robert Birch, of Netherton, for the second best farm. Amongst the other prizes were the following :—Thcs. Atherton, Speke, farm of 100 acres, £8 ; James Langshaw, Speke, farm of GO acres. £8 ; James Birch, Sefton, farm of 150 acres, £B, for drainage; John Birch, of Orrell, farm of 100 acres, £6, for drainage ; John Birch, of Orrell, subsoiling, £5 ; Richard Jackson, Noctorum, near Birkenhead, irrigation, £1; Wm. Boyes, Speke, laying down grass, £4 ; Win. Morris, Knowsley, marling, £2 ; James Birch, Sefton. hedges, £6 ; Wm. Atherton, Speke, hedges, £4 ; Sir Thos. Hesketh, Ruf ford, crops, (Swede turnips, silver medal ; Thos. Atherton, Speke, mangel wurzel, £4 ; James Birch, Sefton, mangel wurzel, £3. Officers were appointed for the ensuing year, and the meeting broke up. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO LIVERPOOL. On Tuesday afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived here by the Chester and Birken head Railway, on a visit to Thos. Berry Horsfall, Esq., ex-Mayor. On the arrival of his Royal Highness, h 3 was met by the Mayor and Mr. Horsfall, at the great Landing Stage, and conveyed in the Mayor's carriage to Mr. Hors fall's residence, Mill-bank House. On Tuesday evening his Royal Highness dined with Major-General Sir Wm. Warre, and a select party who had been invited to meet him. After dinner he returned to Mr. Horsfall's. On Wednesday his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr. Horsfall, Sir Wm. Warre, and Baron Knes beck, his Royal Highness's aide-de-camp, visited the institutions and public buildings in Liverpool. Amongst the places visited were the Custom-house, the Sailors' Home, St. George's Hall, the Blue Coat School, the new Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Blind Asylum, St. James's Cemetery, Mr. Hausburg's establishment, &c. He afterwards visited several of the docks on board the Satellite, and inspected the splendid steamship Canada. At half-past three o'clock the Royal Duke appeared on 'Change, where a number of the principal merchants and others had assembled to welcome him. The Royal visitor was shown through the spacious news-room of the Ex change, and on appearing again on 'Change the crowd which had assembled testified their loyalty to the House of J3runswick by giving three hearty cheers for the Queen, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Royal family. Whilst on 'Change, h s Royal Highness, who is seventy-five years of age, walked arm-in-arm with Mr. T. B. Horsfall. He appeared in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits. The Mayor, General Sir W. Warre, and Capt. Black, also accompanied the Royal Duke, who, on leav ing the Exchange, proceeded to the Town-hall, where he remained for about half an hour, and then proceeded in the Mayor's carriage to the residence of Mr. Horsfall, where a select party was invited to meet his Royal High ness at dinner. On Thursday his Royal Highness visited Manchester, in company with Mr. Horsfall, and returned to Liverpool in the evening, when his Worship the Mayor had the honour of entertai ing the Royal Duke and a circle of friends to dinner at the Town-hall. The follow ing is a list of the company present :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, the Hon. A. F. Egerton, Sir R. Pigott, Bart., Major-General Sir Wm. Warre, Lieut.-Col. Garrett, Colonel Falconer, Capt. Black, Capt. Mitchell, Major Mathias, Admiral Grenfell, Capt. Ireland Blackburne, John Ireland Black borne, Esq., Baron Knesebeck, Leopold Cast, Esq. , Captßevis, R.N. Col. Philips, H. Boulton Fennell, Esq., Rector Campbell, Rev. J. S. Howson, principal of the Collegiate Institution, and W. Fosbery, J. B. Yates, A. Swainson, T. L. Whitehouse, T. B. Horsfall, J. H. Sanderson, E. Rushton, T. A. Curtis, J. Stewart, W. R. Coulborn, S. Holme, James Tyrer, Adam Hodgson, R. Rankin, T. Bold, E. Molyneux, J. M'lver, W. Imrie, T. Moss, F. Shand, and R. Horsfall, Esqrs., &c., &c. In the course of the evening, his WORSHIP, in propo sing the 1 ealth of the Duke of Cambridge, took occasion to comment upon the progressive prosperity and affluence of the country under the reign of the house of Bruns wick; and, in connection with that subject, mentioned, as a curious circumstance relative to the visit of the Royal Duke, that on the 18th of September, 1806, the then Prince of Wales (afterwards George the Fourth), accom panied by the Duke of Clarence, honoured Liverpool with a visit. This was exactly forty-three years ago ; and he took that date from which to draw a comparison between the town and port of Liverpool at that time and the pre sent day. which would give a striking view of the rapid and continuous progress which Liverpool had made as a commercial emporium. In the first-named year, 1806, the number of vessels which entered the port was only— but at that time doubtless considered a large number-- 4,676, having a tonnage of 507,805 ; whereas, in the nre sent year, 1849, the vessels entered numbered 20,723, with a tonnage of 3,639,120; —showing an increase in the number of vessels of 16,047, and in the amount of ton- nage of 3,131,315. His ROYAL HIGHNESS graciously and appropriately replied to the compliment paid him by his health having been 'llk to, and felicitated the port and town upon the progressive prosperity of their commercial pursuits. After one or two other toasts, His ROYAL HIGHNESS again rose, and, in a few hap pily selected phrases, proposed " Prosperity to the Town and Trade of Liverpool," connecting with it the name of his hospitable host, Mr. Horsfall, whom he highly com plimented for his kindness and urbanity. Mr. HORSFALL acknowledged the toast in his usual eloquent and feeling manner. The MAYOR then gave " The Shipping Interest of Li verpool" ; and, in alluding to the mercantile marine of England, described it as the nursery of those seamen who would be found ever ready to protect the country. He coupled with it the name of Mr. Rankin, whom he de scribed as one of the largest shipowners in this or any other country. Mr. RANICIN acknowledged. the toast. On Friday morning his royal highness paid arather un expected visit to the Collegiate Institution. About eleven o'clock, the mayor, who had agreed to meet his Royal Highness, arrived in his. carriage. He was accompanied by the Honourable Algernon Egerton, son of the Earl of Ellesmere. In a shot time afterwards the prince arrived in Mr. T. B. Horsfall's carriage, behaving been the guest of that gentleman aims) his stay in Liverpool. With the Prince were Mr. T. B. Horsfall, Esq , the Rev. J. S. Howson, the Principal of the Institution, and Baron Knesbeck. A number of gentlemen were assembled to meet the Prince, and amongst them we noticed the Rev. Rector Campbell, the Rev. F. Barker, Mr. W. Gregson, Mr. Adam Hodg son, &c. The company would have been much more nu merous had the intention of his Royal Highness to visit the institution been generally known. Several of the teachers, with the secretary of the institution, and others of the officers, were present when his Royal Highness ar rived. _ . _ On entering the hall his Royal Highness, who looked remarkably well. was received by the gentlemen above named, and conducted by the Principal up the large stair case to the landing opposite the lecture-hall. The Prin cipal here explained to his Royal Highness the nature and objects of the institution, the studies pursued, and the mode in which the pupils were classified together, with any other particulars that were of interest. The pupils, headed by their teachers, were passed from the various rooms to the lecture-hall in view of his royal highness, who expressed himself highly gratified with their general appearance and demeanour. The pupils being assembled, the Principal, in a very appropriate manner, asked if his Royal Highness would be pleased to pay a visit to the lec ture-hall, with which he most readily complied. His Royal Highness was then conducted to the stage in the lecture-hall, accompanied by the party of gentlemen who had received him. He seemed much interested at the appearance of the building, filled as it then was by so many hundreds of the rising generation, who were receiv ing a sound and liberal education within its walls. Almost immediately on entering he stood forward to the front of the platform, when the national anthem was sung by the pupils, the organ accompanying them. His Royal High ness seemed highly pleased at this manifestation of loyalty, and joined heartily in the chorus. At its conclusion, the Rev. J. HowsoN, the Principal, addressed his Royal Highness in the following terms : May it please your Royal Highness,—The boys who are assembled in this hall are well instructed in the history of the House of Brunswick. They are not wanting in that sentiment of loyalty which we all owe to her gracioes Majesty Queen Victoria ; and they are prepared to receive a visit from any member of the royal family with lively and respectful gratitude. But, sir, on this occasion they have been taken by surprise ; and, therefore, I have asked permission from your Royal Highness to say to them a few words, in order that they may be fully in formed of the honour which has been conferred on them to-day. When they are informed that his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, the son of King George the Third—(cheers)—and the uncle of Queen Vietoria— (cheers)—has condescended not only to be interested in the existence of these schools, but to come and visit them in person, they will feel that this is a day to be remem bered—(cheers)—and a new meaning will henceforward be given to all their lessons in English history and English loyalty. (Loud cheers.) I now beg, on their behalf, in the name of all the masters of these schools, t • o present our united acknowledgments for this act of con descension. And with these united acknowledgments, we des re to express our fervent hopes that it may please Almighty God, who is the giver of all good things, to continue to your Royal Highness the enjoyment of health and happiness. (Loud cheers.) His ROYAL. HIGHNESS replied, observing that it was a source of the highest gratification to see so many young boys assembled around him. (Cheers.) The institution was one which be had long bad a desire to visit, from the high character he had heard of it as regarded its general efficiency and excellent arrangements for promoting the noble object it was intended to accomplish. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the description he had received that day as to its general management. (Cheers.) It was of the utmost importance to the well-being of a country that, in the education of the young, they should be trained up in loyalty and the sound principles of reli gion, for every happiness depended upon it, and what ever blessings they enjoyed during their progress in this life must be in proportion as they were guided by those principles. (Cheers.) By following out such a course, they would be enabled, in all their future trials and diffi culties, to get through them with comparative ease, and receive their due reward, not only in the present life, but in a future state, when this life should terminate. He concluded by saying that, at his request, a holiday had been granted by the committee to all the pupils. [The concluding part of his _Royal Highness' speech was, of course, received with the most enthusiastic applause.] Three cheers were. then given for the Queen and the Duke, and the royal visitor, after being conducted through some of the principal rooms of the establish ment, left in the company of the Mayor. Mr. T. B. Hors fall and other gentlemen. The illustrious stranger. ac companied by the Mayor, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Horsfall, proceeded to the pierhead, and crossed the river to the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Station. We understand he proceeded to Plas Newyd, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesea, where he was a guest previous to paying a visit to this town. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Saturday, Daniel Griffiths, a fellow well known as one of the " Vauxhall rangers," was sent to gaol for three months for assaulting William Chandler and robbing him of Bs. in Limekiln-lane. On Saturday, John Hanna was brought before the ma gistrates, at Birkenhead, on a charge of stealing a watch from James Donnell, servant to a gentleman in Hamilton square. The prisoner was committed for trial. On Tuesday a little girl named Slowman was committed for trial at Birkenhead, for having stolen a silver cream jug and three halfpence from the house of Mrs. Wilson, Rose Brae. On Tuesday, his worship the Mayor sat in the Crown Court. to hear informations against persons charged with using illegal scales, weights, &c. About fifty parties were convicted and fined. _ DIABOLICAL CONDUCT.—George Hendrick was ou Friday fined 55., for having thrown a bottle from the gal lery into the pit of the Amphitheatre, on the previous evening. His conduct during the whole of the evening had been most disgraceful. A Yo UNG ROGUE.—On Tuesdat, an office boy, named John Drummond, was committed to gaol for a month for stealing cigars from his master to the value of £4O. He was observed by a police-officer to offer them for sale in Dale-street, and was taken into custody. The authorities have come to the determination of en forcing to the fullest extent, the by-laws in reference to the drivers of vehicles in the public streets. During the week, no fewer than 206 informations for infractions of the regu lations have been heard, and in each case a fine of ss. and costs 4s. 6d. imposed. One of the parties fined was the mayor's coachman. On Saturday, three men were brought before the ma gistrates, charged with stopping persons in Bold-street on the previous day and soliciting alms. They were taken into custody at the instance of the head-constable, who watched their movements for some time. One of them, named Johnson, was recognised as a fellow who had gone about with begging petitions. Hs was sent to gaol for twenty-one days, and the other two prisoners for seven days. SMUGGLING.—A man employed on board the steamer Britannia was charged yesderday at the Police-court with secreting, in his berth, 21 gallons of whisky, which was found by the searcher on the arrival of the vessel from Dublin. Mr. Rushton imposed the smallest amount of fine permitted by the new act—£lo or 21 days' imprison ment.—Another seaman, of the steamer Admiral, was fined in a similar amount, for having one gallon and a pint of whisky concealed in a tin box, in his berth. — Another seaman, who had arrived by the Emily from Rio Janeiro, was fined 20s. for secreting about 100 cigars un der the deck. STABBING.—Joseph Prestero, a Neapolitan seaman, was on Thursday charged with stabbing Saveruno Sprosto, an Italian, and also a sailor. The injured man was unable to appear, being in too dangerous a state to leave ne hos. The parties had quarrelled in a public-house, when the former drew his sheath-knife and inflicted a dreadful gash on his companion's neck. Remanded. On Satur day, a sailor, named George Carr, was committed for trial for stabbing a man, named Flinn. in Banastre-street, on Thursday week, so severely, that he was unable to appear before at the Police-court. TILE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.—Amongst a num ber of persons charged with violating the regulations of the act with reference to driving their vehicles, Dr. Har bord was charged on Friday by policeman 681 and ano ther. with driving his gig on the wrong side of the way, on the 12th instant. The doctor cross-examined the police man, who stated that he was driving between Mount pleasant and Leasowe-street, on the right side of the street, near the kerb-stone. The offence was sworn to, although the policeman did not know how near the doctor was to the kerb-stone, nor did he know how wide the street was ; he admitted that no obstruction was caused to any other vehicle, as none was passing at the time. The doctor observed it was hard for the public to be subjected to informations from policemen, who were ignorant of the width of the street.—Mr. Rushton ; " But the policeman knows the right from the left side, and the charge is for driving on the wrong side; you know, Mr. Harbord, The law of the road is a paradox quite; In driving your chariot along, If you keep the left side you are sure to go right, And if you keep right you go wrong!' I assure you, doctor, weare making very wholesome pro gress under this act, and you must pay ss. and costs. We fined his worship the other day, and you must not grum ble at the same fare." Bistrirt Al eltls, The Bishop of London was at Chester last week, on a es in Tor visoi t to o m h o i d b a r o y t e h r e e r n , u t h g e a Rev la rg . eG.. pileß B. of ß o w o a m r e fi h e o l u d. s ner-street, Manchester, were partially destroyed by tire, The Mayor of Wigan has requested all the inhahitants of that town to observe to-morrow (Wednesday) as a day of fast and humiliation. The Loan Commissioners have granted £4500 towards co mpleting Wigan parish-church, to be repaid with four per cent. interest within twenty years. On Tuesday, Mary Hilton, nearly nine years of age, was killed, through her clothes getting entangled with a fly wheel at Messrs. Whitehead and Andrew's colliery, at Tonge, near Oldham. On Tuesday. Mr J. Dalton Lamport, cashier to Messrs. Ewart and Co., of Manchester, committed suicide in con sequence of some irregularities being discovered in his cash book. On Saturday week a serious affray took place at Altcar, between seven or eight poachers and a number of watchers. Seven of the former were captured, after being seriously injured. A PUGNACIOUS CORONER.--On Friday week, Mr. Rogerson, the coroner for Wigan, was summoned before the magistrates of that place for an assault on Mr. Chas. Phillips, another medieus. The assault had taken place, from professional jealousy, in the bedroom of a cholera patient, to which they had both been summoned. He was fined 20s. and costs. Mehamed Pacha, the Turkish ambassador to the court of St. James's, arrived in Manchester on Tuesday. His excellency is making a tour through the country, and has spent several days in Birmingham, and inspected the principal manufactories in that town. At Rochdale, on Monday, a stone building three storys high, 52 feet by 54 feet, built ten years ago for hand-loom weaving of flannels, and also six cottages, were brought to the hammer and knocked down for £225. The hand loom weaving shed was built ten years ago, at a cost of more than £1,400. A schoolmaster has been committed for trial at Man chester, for stealing, at intervals, eleven books from the shop of a bookseller with whom he bad dealings. He said that as the prosecutor had on several occasions over charged him in his dealings with him, he thought he might as well take a few books to make it right. AN AGED REAPER.—Betty Muckalt, of Lindale, in Cartmel, widow, who is in the 83rd year of her age, has. as usual, attended her harvest field this year, and, being nothing daunted by her extreme age, has reaped and tied up in the course of one day and four afternoons no less than 42 hattocks of oats, of 10 sheaves to the hattock, be ing an average of 14 hattocks per day. She says that, if the grain had not been so strong in the straw, she could have cut more in the time. _ _ _ IMPORTANT CASE.—On Thursday week, and, by ad journment, on the following day, a case of considerable importance, affecting vast pecuniary interests, was beard before J, W. Harden, Esq., judge, and a jury of five, at the County Court, Warrington. The plaintiffs in the case were Alice and Richard Taylor, farmers, and the de fendants Messrs. Muspratt and Co., and the suit had been preferred to obtain the amount of £l7 ss. for alleged da mage done to the plaintiffs' crops by reason of the vapour emitted from the alkali-works of the defendants, at New ton. Mr. Cobbett, barrister, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Wheeler, barrister for the defendants. After a very patient investigation the jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff for £l7 ss. This verdict ruled several other cases, in which verdicts for the plaintiffs for the amounts claimed were taken. AWFUL BOILER EXPLOSION. — On Tuesday as the hands employed in Mr. Geo. Slater's cotton spinning mill, in Burnley, were about to commence work, one of the boilers which is underneath a portion of the mill, suddenly burst with a most terrific explosion, but from what cause cannot at present be ascertained. The ceiling above the boiler was fire proof, being arched with brick, and through this ceiling a large opening was made by the explosion. In the room over this ceiling several hands had begun their work. Amongst these persons was one named John Parkinson, a warper, who unfortunately fell through the opening made in the floor and alighted in the boiler, trough the part which had burst, and on being found was almost scalded to a jelly. Four others who were in the same room were scalded with the steam so much so that Henry Robinson, twister, one of the four, died immediately on arriving at his home, whither he walked, and James Pickles, also a twister, another of the four died during the same evening. Thomas Tattersall, a twister, and Margaret Salmon, the other two, are in a most dangerous date. ENLIGHTENED JURYMEN !—About a week since, in a neighbouring village, an inquest was held upon the body of a poor man. Now, it often happens that, after the business has been ended, and the coroner left, the " gen tlemen of the jury" discuss the " matters in question," at the same time inhaling the contents of some three or four glasses of foreign spirits, and metamorphosing a cer tain foreign weed into ashes. In this last state of unal loyed happiness sat these Verdictorians—glorious sons of Bacchus—when we entered the room ; and, having an interest in the cause of this man's death, we asked their verdict. One jolly-faced man, very contentedly puffing away at his long tube, asked his left-hand friend if he recollected what " th' krunner caw'd it" ; but he had forgotten. In succession each and all were applied to, and in vain ! But suddenly a light of inspiration seemed to infuse the face of the jolly gentleman aforesaid, and he instantly replied—" Ah know neaw : it wur a Latin word th' krunner caw'd it." This satisfied all present, our selves inclusive. Afterwards we were passing through the village, and heard one man ask another what the ver dict was. " Whah," he. says, " it's a quare word ;ah think they caw'n it trim. con., or else sine die."—lVigan Times. ROYAL NoRTIILANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. —The annual meeting of this Society was held last week at Lytham, this place being included in the list where the meetings should be alternately held. The meeting took place under the presidency of Thomas Clif ton, Esq. The entries of stock were larger than at either of the Society's previous meetings ; this was especially the case with horses, short-horned cattle, and pigs. The sheep, though less numerous in proportion, comprised a careful assortment of well-bred animals. The imple ments, which were both numerous and varied, formed a leading feature of the show-ground, and the attention de voted to them proved the increasing interest attaching to this department of agriculture. Altogether, the present year's meeting is considered by all competent judges im measurably superior to those of former years. Among the company were Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Heywood, the members of the northern division of the county; Mr. Greene, M.P. for Lancaster; Mr, Garnett, of Quernmore Park; Mr. W. J. Garnett, of Bleasdale, and many other influential landowners. The whole of Wednesday was devoted to a trial of implements, and a discussion in the Lytham Agricultural Hall, " On the best method of pre paring and laying down land to grass, with reference to the different soils found within the limits of the society." The dinner took place on Thursday evening, when covers were laid for 300. A variety of toasts were proposed and responded to, and among them was " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society." The health of the chair man and that of the vice-presidents having been drunk the company separated. A COMPLICATED CASE OF BIGAMY.—STRANGE MODE OF GETTING A WIFE.—A man named Wright was brought up at the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday, charged with allowing his wife and children to become chargeable to the parish. It appeared that the prisoner was some time since charged with bigamy, but was acquitted on the ground that the husband of his first wife was living at the time of his (prisoner's) marriage with her. Tho prisoner said he did not think he was bound to maintain the woman (the second wife), as he did not believe she was his wife.—Mr. Maude : If a man marries a woman, and then, while that woman is alive, he marries another, the second marriage is null and void. But if it turns out that the first woman bad a husband at the time this man married her, then that marriage is null and void, and the second marriage is good. The woman you first married is alive yet, is she not ?—Prisoner : Yes, sir.—Mr. Maude : Then she is not your wife, but this woman is. It saves you from being a felon : you are acquitted of felony, and you get a wife by it. (Loud laughter.)—Prisoner: But that child (pointing to one which the woman had in her arms) is not mine.—Mr. Maude: Was it born after your marriage ?—Prisoner : Yes ' • it was born six months and a week afterwards.— Mr. Maude : Then it is yours, and you are answerable by law for its maintenance.—Prisoner: But it is illegitimate; and I have two others to support, which I belie - ve to be mine. It 's a hard case, and I hope your worship will look closely into it.—Mr. Maude : I think it 's no hard case at all.—The relieving officer said he believed the pri soner was willing to pay the amount advanced by the parish ; only he wished to have the point as to his liabi lity settled by the magistrates.—On this understanding, Wright was discharged. SHAMEFUL DISTURBANCE. — On Monday a meeting was held in Manchester, for the purpose of assisting the formation of a missionary college at Hong Kong. The Bishop of Manchester was in the chair, and amongst those present were the Bishop of Madras, his Excellency Che valier Bunsen, &c. When his lordship was about to put the first resolution, a socialist named Southwell stood up to move an amendment which he handed to the chairman, but which his lordship declared to be irrelevant. He then wrote another, which shared the same fate. The propo sitions which he desired to urge were merely to the effect that the church was too rich, and that no foreign missions should be undertaken until more had been done at home. Much disturbance took place, and at length, the noise and confusion being continued with great violence, the ladies in the body of the meeting began to get alarmed, and several of them rose from their seats. His lordship, however, requested them to resume their seats, and they did so. His lordship then requested Mr. Sharpe to come to him, and appeared to be consulting with that gentle man, as a magistrate, upon the steps proper to be taken, in order to enable the business of the meeting to be pro ceeded with. While his:lordship and Mr. Sharpe were thus engaged, some of the police force, under the com mand of Mr. Superintendent Sawley, entered the room, and were received with loud applause and shouts of dis approbation from the others. Mr. Southwell said, " I protest against all violence as unbecoming at a public meeting." Several persons, principally ladies, here again rose from their seats, partly from curiosity, and partly, apparently fearing some collision between the police force and the supporters of Mr. Southwell; but at his lordship's emphatic request all again sat down, and he then called upon the Rev. Mr. Stowell to move the reso lution. The uproar still continued for some time, and at length Mr. Southwell had to be eje c ted by the police, after which harmoniously. TAE CASE OF proceedings CLAIRVOYANCE went AT B oLTo. he ex traordinary recovery of £650, through the alleged agency of clairvoyance, has excited considerable interest, not only in Bolton, but throughout the whole country. Mr. P. R. Arrowsmith, Mr. Willkm Lomax, his cashier, and Mr. Frederick Jones, of Ashburner-street, have had many communications from different parts of the country, from parties who have lost money and are anxious for its recovery. A person from Manchester, who was £lO de ficient in his cash, has been at Bolton, to obtain the aid of Mr. Haddock's clairvoyant patient ; but Mr. Haddock, who is an apothecary, has his own business to attend to, therefore declincd to i-terfere i the matter. With reerd to the disc(' # there is no doubt whatever that it was sent to the bank by Mr. Lomax in an envelope; that it was by some mean s Laid aside un opened, and got mixed up with some loose papers, and that when application was made at the bank (which was not until the expiration of five weeks, when Mr. Lomax was balancing his cash) no tidings could be had of the money. Mr. Lomax had no evidence that he had sent the money ; and although Mr. Arrowsmith had unlimited confidence in his integrity, yet his state of mind may easily be imagined. Ho consulted his friend Mr. Frede rick Jones, who went with him to the clairvoyant patient of Mr. Haddock (who is stated to have been the means of recovering a cash-box lost some time before, by Mr. Wood), and the information she gave them led to the discovery of the envelope and its contents, among some waste paper in a back room at the bank. We are assured, both by Mr. Lomax and Mr. Jones, that no statement was made to the female to lead her in any way to the information she gave ; but whether it was a singularly fortunate guess, or the result of a power which it is diffi cult, with our present knowledge, to give credit to, we leave our readers to judge. We understand that the let ter sent to the police authorities in London, stating that the pistol with which O'Connor was shot would be found in one of the cellars of the house in Miniver-place, did . not emanate from this female ;. and that if it be gentune, it must have gone from another clairvoyant, in the town. —Manchester Guardian.. GRAND CIVIC BANQUET AT MANCIIESTER.—On Fri day night, the Mayor of Manchester (John Potter, Esq.) gave a grand banquet in the Townhall, in honour of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. for and Lord Mayor of the city of London. The banquet took place in the great room of the hall, which has recently undergone a complete cleans ing and beautifying. Owing to the difficulty connected with cooking at the Town-hall, the dishes served at the banquet were chiefly cold. A gas cooking apparatus of an ingenious character, brought from Liverpool exeressly for the occasion by Mr. Johnson, was placed in the Coun cil-chamber. This machine. was invented by Messrs. Steel and Edwards, principal managers of the Liverpool Gas Works, and is now highly thought of by nistinguished cooks. Water may be boiled by this apparatus in one half the time of the ordinary process, and there is never any waste of gas, which may be turned on to a greater or less intensity, according to pleasure, or the rt quirement of the moment, by means of a tap. In the apparatus there are fifteen holes, over which water may be boiled or meat cooked, and in each hole arc a hundred gas jets, the strength of which may be increases or diminished at the will of the cook. This apparatus is adapted for the pur poses of baking, cooking, boiling, steaming, &c., &c. By means of this apparatus there are cooked daily, at the establishment of Mr. Feeney, Liverpool, 5 cwt. of meat. The hot portion of the dinner embraced fifteen tureens of turtle soul", fifteen dishes of fish, six splendid haunches of venison, fifteen dishes of. game, &c. The dessert com prised fifteen of the finest pine apples, fifteen melons, grapes, apples, prunes, nectarines, peaches, pears, &c. Abcut 156 guests sat down to dinner, among whom were the Lord Mayor of London, Earl Cathcart, the Bishop of Manchester, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, Earl Wil ton, Lord Greenock, Sir W. Warre, the members for the county, the Mayor of Liverpool, the Town-clerk of Liver pool, Edward Rushton, Esq,., the Canons of Manchester, the Mayors of Lancashire, &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the Mayor of Manchester proposed the health of the guest of the evening, and in doing so said that he knew that the liberties of Englishmen were everything to the city of London; and when in the course of time, when, by the fortuitous distribution of wealth, cities in the country sprung up rapidly, strong, vigorous in their youth, important and influential; cities, one of which he had the honour and privilege to represent, and another of which his friend Mr. Bramlev-Moore represented, the main stay of the commerce and industry of the country — it was important, most desirable, that they should be on the best terms with the head of the greatest municipality in the world. London was the centre of the wealth of the British isles, the emporium of the trade of the world, the most wealthy on record. Liverpool, he believed, was fast treading in the steps of London as a port; and, it' he mis took not, in a few years would outstep it. Manchester was the great focus of the manufacturing industry of the country, the locality where the great staple articles were produced, which were exchanged for the commodities of the world ; . and he apprehended neither Liverpool or Lon don cculd flourish amid the depression of Manchester. He of course, as in duty bound, stood up for his own town ; but, notwithstanding, he trusted there would be no absurd, no paltry rivalry between the great cities of England. It was upon the prosperity, upon our progression, upon our increased intelligence, the welfare of our mutual country depended.—Sir James Duke returned thanks, and after a few more excellent speeches, the health of the mayors present was given, to which Mr. J. Bramley-Moore was called on to reply, and in doing so, he assured the Mayor of Man chester that all the kindly feelings that he had expressed towards Liverpool were reciprocated by that town towards Manchester. He hoped that a rivalry between the two would long continue in its present spirit, improving and promoting the general interests of the community and the common good. For what affected the one affected the other,—and if Manchester was depressed, Liverpool suf fered with it. He' then adverted to the Liverpool docks, in which he said that Manchester, and the country at large, had a common interest. They were not exclusively the property of Liverpool, but belonged to the nation. They were gratuitously managed, and their profits went to the reduction of the charges of the port, and conse quently to the benefit of the community. It might be interesting to the community to know that such was the management of that estate, that in the course of the last ten years, they had been ahle to make a reduction to the enormous amount of £1,446,000, and that as they pro gressed, in course of time that charge would be reduced Year by year, so that unless the extended commerce of the country required fluffier accommodation, the only charge on the imports and exports would be for paying the wages of those working at the docks. Without Manchester, Liverpool would not be so flourishing as it now was; her docks would not be so fully occupied as they were at present; there would be but comparatively trifling im ports of cotton, or exports of manufactures. They would give credence to the fact that, the cotton trade alone had added to the wealth of this country no less than one thousand millions sterling. He congratu lated the different mayors present, especially those of Manchester and Stockport, on the order, loyalty, and English feeling manifested during the past year, by the people of their respective boroughs, when the emissaries of disorder were at work to destroy, to undermine, and to uproot the constitution of their country. They had much reason to be proud of this, for in not one of the towns in this part of the country had there been any thing to ex cite the least apprehension or alarm. He not only took this as a good omen for the future, but felt sure that as we progressed, and as the Artificers, artisans, and others became more enlightened, and availed themselves of the advantages offered by the different institutions of their towns, they would become better mechanics and better men. COURT AND FASMON, On Wednesday, Wednesday, her Majesty and the Prince walked out and visited Lochnagar Distillery. Her Majesty has this week been sketching some bare footed Highland children ; Prince Albert has been very successful in deer stalking ; and the Prince of Wales has ridden out daily on his piebald pony, accompanied by Mr. Birch, his tutor. Her Majesty and the Royal Family leave Balmoral Castle to-morrow (Wednesday), and sleep that night at Perth: on Thursday, the Royal party will continue its journey, proceeding along the Newcastle and Berwick Railway to York, and thence along the Midland line as far as Derby, where her Majesty will rest for the night. CORRESPONDENCE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—ln the course of a deeply impressive sermon yes terday, Dr. M'lsTeile intimated his desire that we should follow the devoted example of so many parishes, by setting apart a day for prayer and humiliation before Almighty God for the withdrawal of his avenging scourge front amongst us, and named Wednesday, the 31 of October, as that on which he would have public service at his church. Let us earnestly hope that those in local authority will see the necessity of having that day set apart generally for public prayer and humiliation. Be assured that every right minded person desires such a day should be observed, it therefore only requires that our excellent chief magis trate, in conjunction with the clergy, should express their wishes to this effect, to its being devoutly carried out. What a noble example has been set us by the metropoli tan parishes and large towns, where even more than Sab bath observance has been regarded—those shops usually open on Sundays being entirely closed. Our excellent Mayor has, by his many acts of Christian du y during his year of office, won the good opinion of all,—let him give the law (and that alone is required,) for the strict obser vance of Wednesday, the 3d of October, as a day of pub lic prayer and almsgiving, and it will indeed enable him to look back upon his official year with dignified remem brance, as having, as a good steward, performed his duty both to God andman. I am, Sir, Very respectfully yours, A CHURCHMAN. Liverpool, 24th September, 1849. P.S.—lf some of our Christian townsmen of influence would commence a memorial to the clergy and Mlyor upon the subject, it would strengthen their hands in the matter. [We have yet hope that in reply to the memorial about to be presented by the clergy, the Archbishop of Canter bury will deem it his duty to appoint a day to be observed by the country generally as a period of national humilia tion, but our correspondent's Christian suggestions are nevertheless entitled to due consideration.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—There has been in Liverpool for sometime a gen tleman from London very zealously advocating the claims of the National Society upon the benevolence of Liverpool churchmen. To the inquiry repeatedly made,—" Is there any foundation for the charge of encouraging Puseyite practices, and of instilling into the minds of those who are to be teachers of the rising generation, Puseyite doctrines, preferred against the clergy in whose hands the central management of this society is ?"—this gentleman has in variably given a most decided negative, and upon this assurance has, no doubt, received much support. You may have noticed that Mr. Pollock put the ques tion most pointedly at the meeting last week, and was re plied to by Mr. Howson. Will you allow me to suggest that ycur readers make further inquiry upon the subject before they entrust funds into the hands of management so doubtful, to say the least of it. I would especially re commend to their notice the following eg;:Brcetro e oi x p,a itidserwapocaeityot:f)hrlweeo people. West minster, wn London esTitlehwre, e e on v en e oe n :w i .3 t h : paperg otcusyiereximt iNt, ministry f s,tt l: Pri f y f git n oeh d :e a ,o y yfa l o a mtu s hnn t Na tional Society attend, has circulated a document, from is the third edition of the publication which lies before us. How the National Society can su bj ec t th e y oung p eo ple committed to their care to the teaching of a person of whose instruction this is a specimen, and how men of scriptural principle can remain connected with a society which, year after year, amidst strong remonstrancesto the contrary, persists in having the children of the society so initiated into the principles of Romanisin, it is difficult for a sound churchman to imagine." The extract alluded to is as follows—(it is recommended to be used simultaneously, and with that view stated hours are mentioned for its use) : " 0 Thou, who didst die and rise again to be Lord both of the dead and the living—whether we live or die, thou art our Lord. Lord have pity on living and dead." And again : " For the souls of those who are in pain and suffering. For the souls of those about to depart. For the souls of the dying now instantly meeting Thee. For the souls of those departed in the faith of thy holy name—that they may have their perfect consummation and bliss. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord." Surely this settles at once the point in dispute. I am, sir, yours obediently, September 20, 1849. NEDICUS. slee t ' ler t b , - n itb r coo , ' to i ~ g~ anjo~, 119 40 1 ' 11 13 1 1, 5 5 31 IP% 3 61 ', -1053 3 .1.55 6 531 2 85 ! 144' 1( 09 1 0 1 2 14 " 777 O rel t he t be for bl fSr e 'l,of t oo,r ,