The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

Nov. 27, 1649. Surat Arius. The Niagara steam-ship has arrived at Glasgow for tetjrB. Viießev. H. Hampton has been appointed a surrogate 'cltyranting marriage licenses, &c. n Monday a new temperance hall was opened in Brick. ;street, On Sunday week the Rev. David James preached two 'moos in St. Thomas's Church, Kirkdale. ~8 1a rgaret Clark, aged 33, a female of bad character, died suddenly of apoplexy on Wednesday. u .On Friday morning, a fire broke out on the premises of 441. 8* Wri g ht, prov i s i on d ea l er , S wan - s t ree t. Th e l oss sustained was but trifling. , On Monday, William Brant. a labourer into the nold of the ship Northemberland, lying in theßrunswick Dock, and fractured his skull. A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Pozzi, carver . ind gilder, P ara di se - s t ree t, on F r id a y, b u t no t muc h l 'atnage was done. It is said that Mr. John Naylor has purchased the 'Houton estate, in Cheshire, late the property of Sir Wil elan) Massey Stanley, Bart., for the sum of £143.000. On Wednesday last, a woman named Eliza Lord, 25 Para of age, who resided in Wood-street, Low-hill, hung erself with a rope. She had been in very low spirits for B °Lne weeks previously. atEneANTILE DESPATCH.—The Mencius was reported at the Albert Dock on Monday morning, with a cargo of tea, and by Tuesday afternoon the entire cargo was placed Upon the market. ,_ O ll Saturday an inquest was held at Birkenhead, on the ' l °4 of Rosannah Doughty, of Albion-tErr.ce, Albion 'street, who died in child-bed. An unfounded rumour had tor abroad that she had not received proper attention. The King Orry t Kok, on Tuesday, upwards of 3,000 letters to the Isle of Man. In the memory of several I laextrien now living, five weeks formerly elapsed some- Thnes without any communication between this country and that island. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a rceeting of the Board of Examiners, on Friday, Captain Al lan M'Kenzie, late master of the " Mary. of Liver- Pool," was found qualified for a second class master's cert ificate. The Philharmonic society are about to give a new enter tainment—a grand choral illustration of ecclesiastical ta tlie, embracing psalms, anthems, and choruses by the first masters. The lay vicars from Chester Cathedral will .assist in the vocalisation. POO R MAN'S CHURCHES.—A correspondent of a contempo to corm ibute £3OO towards the of of threecha p els in Liverpool which shall be entirely free ; and, if daily a nd Sunday schools be added, he will give £5 ss. per annum for each school. , Ann Burroughs, aged 55, a carrier in St. John's Mar 14et, and who resided in Crosshall street, was found dead In bed on Wednesday last. The deceased was in the habit of getting intoxicated, and going home to bed to refresh herself. INSOLVENCY VALUATIONS FOR LANCASTER.—Mr. J udge Addison has been pleased to direct that all valua tions in insolvency for the Liverpool district are, for the future, to be taken to Mr. Ayres, of the Court of Bank- Th e horse and cart of Mr. Kynaston, a baker, ran away ( i ) . _ ll Wednesday, in Upper Duke-street, and knocked down two children of Mr. Dolby, of Summer-seat-street, who were returning from school. They were much but not "abgerously hurt. UNgmomcs.—lt will be seen that a gentleman, who we believe is well qualified for the task, is about forming 'asses for spr, ading the sy.tern of mnemonics introduced tato this town by Mons. Zaha. The system is much thought of by many gentlemen of intelligence. of Tuesday a butcher named Emanuel Gill, 42 years 2 age, who resided in Chaloner-street, committed suicide 01 7 hanging himself with a rope, at the top of the stairs of his house. For several weeks prior to the committal of the rash act, the deceased had been observed to be rathe r imbecile at times ; he had also been drinking. T.,ATTEMPTF:I; ROBBERY. — On Wednesday night, Mr, avi es , who is well known on the turf as the " Leviathan b ookmaker," after returning from the Liverpool steeple Chase, while on his way home from the London terminus of the railway, was knocked down and severely mal reated. r. nave phtinoi , ll at the time not to have much money neon THE CoßiooS CASE OF ROBBERY.—The jury, at the Becond inquest, at Egremont, on Mr. George Richardson, "returned a verdict. of " found drowned." It is suspected that the deceased, from his wild manner, was out of his blind from the loss of his money and the effect of unac eqstorned drink, and that he finally put a period to his ^eX is ten ce by drowning himself. We are happy to learn that Rowland Harington Stanley, 'sq., brother of the worthy baronet of Hooton, called his tenantry together on Thursday evening last, at Neston, for th e purpose of reducing the rents, or returning to the ° ecupants of land under him 10 per cent , on the amount l'tid• He also promised a donation of £2 to each person I°,l o had lost a cow during the last two years by the epi demic. MANSLAUGHTER.--011 Sunday Joseph Gibson, of , I -cmbermere•street, died from injuries received at the !ands of John CampbEll, on Saturday night. It appeared that some dispute arose between them, when Cm - Then Struck th e d ecea s e d a blow in the stomach, which caused his death in about tvventy.four hours afterwards. A ver. diet of manslaughter was returned against Campbell, who was committed for trial. A STRANGE CONTRAST. — EarIy on Monday morning a bian named William Radcliffe, who lodged at the house of W▪ illiam O'Hara, in Orange-street, was found dead in o(d. A daughter of the person who keeps the house was held during the day, and in the evening a wake was neld over the body of the deceased, while in an adjoining IlPartment the wedding party were celebrating the mar- P lage by festivity and rejoicing. A new and remarkably elegant baptismal font has just b een placed in St. George's Church, Everten. It is a beautiful specimen of Sarrancolin marble, which is consi dered by the best judges to be the finest of the varieties, which are found in the valley of the Campan, in the Sautes Py renee s. W e un d er stand that it was purchased D Ev.rton Church by the Rev. Mr. Ewbank, while he .ta e wll traing for the recovery of his health amongst the rfnch Pyrenees. IMPRovEMENT OF TRANMERE.—We have great plea !lllre in announcing to the inhabitants of Tranmere that it i 8 nowin course of arrangement to have a series of intel ,eetual entertainments or conversazianes in their ne!gh- D ourhood. These pleasant coteries will be held occasion ally at Cie " Academy," Limekiln-lane. At the first neeting, to-day, Mr. David Ross will take the ?residen c y, when the Rev. Moses Margoliouth, it is un aerstood, will address the inhabitants. V ENTRILOQUISM.—Mr. Macmillan, the ventrilouist, bas been illustrating. (luring the week• the wonderful tower he possesses in the above art. His lectures and ie various Examples he adduces afford a fund of amuse ent and i n st r u c ti on w hi c h f ew w ho have once had the Pl e asure of hearing can readily forget. Mr. Macmillan !eats his lecture in a rational and philosophical spirit, a nd evinces a strong desire to avoid anything like a feeling of quackery as to the surprising gift of his vent. ilioquial l'awers, and accounts for its possession from natural causes. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. T. NOLAN.—On Mon g!3' evening, a large number of Mr. Nolan's clerical "ends met at the house of the Rev. Robert Davies, to qesent him with a splendid copy of the works of Bishop 0 11 , in twelve volumes, as a token of friendship and es err) on the occasion of his leaving Liverpool to assume t he duties of his new appointment in the metropolis. e he work contains the autograph of each of the donors, la ti onnting in number to about thirty. We congratulate : 1 r; Nola n on h av i ng o b ta i ne d so h onoura bl e a t es ti mon i a l, t7 t lich is the st ronges t recomm( n d a ti on h e cou ld carr y w ith u'ro to his new sphere of action. abeilatous CASE —Yesterday week Joseph Dempsey, a tOemaker aged 51, left his home with a female, and was e ra rather affected hy drink. He returned at half-past ar e 'en the same night, and had then a cut over his left eve, 5 5 90 nd which here was considerable discolouration. id that some t one had struck him on the back of the neck, and had t h rown hi m i nto a ce ll ar . O n F r id a y his neck d head became much swollen, and medical assistance ta t r, Procured, but he died three hours after the surgeon t n „le,d• It was found that the heart, lungs, and liver were C o co diseased, but the immediate cause of death was "v of the Larynx (or gullet), which had produced the wellin g , o tile ail Court, on Saturda : a was granted fora • r o _ 'nal information against Mes y srs. rule Wilmer and Smith, ` a libel upon the directors of the Electric Telegraph 4° 113 Pany (of whom Mr. Ricardo is chairman), published wi:ne Morning Herald. The libel charged the plaintiffs )3, 1 t 1 giving a preference to the Times over other papers. i t : this was not so much complained of as was a further j oh l i t ) ioatio n that Mr. Ricardo had used, for certain stock I ng purposes, some information forwarded by defend t4 to the Morning Herald, the fact being that the in t,. land, geoce alluded to was that relating to the outbreak in which turned out to be untrue, and which Mr. (6 ea „ t do, as chairman of the company, felt it his duty, go;.'ng been put in possession of it) to forward to the irnment prior to the newspapers. t ze a•lsTot, AND LIVERPOOL DOCK DUES. With the *i c ePtion of corn, flour, and some other provisions (on b e l ch there never were any Dock Dues at Bristol) the ,listol rates on all goods in that schedule still remain in V i ,. e L s s of those of Liverpool, London, and all other ports. l a o '", respect to ships, even at the reduced rates, Bristol of about on a par with Liverpool—the maximum rate t o „..p latter being now reduced to Is. 3d. per ton. The ki' a rri rates on shipping are still much below those of tai '° l —corn-l a d en vesse l s p a y only a nominal fee of one tx ea Per ve sse l th ere , an d t h e ma ximum rate does not ceed worl d per ton on any vessel from any part of the itß e i c , if the v e s se l en t er th e d oc ks—the river Thames th e free, and thousands of cargoes are discharged at hartslitly w and warehouses on its banks without paying ~ pueßristol Mirror. t0,..." 1 SELE CT V ESTRY AND THE H OUSEOWN ERS. —The eLtrnittee appointed by the Select Vestry to investigate the cottages against the collectors of rates by the owners of aidg e Property sat again on Thursday afternoon, to con \r_ t th which is to be presented to the Select ti" t rY to -sport f y. Mr. Gardner proposed that the deputa kdraitr°ol the Houseowners' Guardian Society should be t i t e , ted, together with Mr. Richardson, to rebut the Il L e e _ tn _ellts made by the collectors at the last meeting. N it `4;,etnn-littee decided, by a majority of two to three, RieCee deputation should not be admitted, but that Mr. c o a „ td sen should be allowed. Mr. Hart, after retiring ge Ptla e , o Y this intimation, returned and stated that, as the te w all were not admitted, Mr. Richardson would re :eft of the report which had been prepared ; but, as it bef,s;e nsidered unadvisable that it should be published b % Presentation to the Vestry, the reporters withdrew. I 'l P UnionJoh Rom DROWNING.—On Friday morning ro _e Brown , a labourer, aged 24 years, fell into the t e l 'ell u ck• A. man ran directly for the life buoy, and p or „ returned to the spot, the deceased was still at the the water, On the man lowering the life-buoy the . . , ropeattached to it brote, and deceased imme diately after= wards sank. He was got out in about five minutes, and was found to be quite dead. It is supposed that he had accidentally fallen into the water.—On Thursday evening, Theophilus Disbrasey, second mate of the ship Rienzi, was on board the river steamer Queen, which had gone alongside the ship with some stores, and while the crew were getting these on board, a cask rolled to one side of the deck, and deceased, in endeavouring to get hold of it, missed his foot and fell overboard. A tackle fall was lowered to him, and being good swimmer he got hold of a part of it, but afterwards let it go. He was afterwards found with his feet entangled in the paddle wheel, and his head in the water. When got out he was quite dead. Do YOU WANT ANY CHIPS ?—Such is the plaintive but unmusical cry which resounds through our streets, occa sionally even verging towards midnight—catching the ear of some neeligent housemaid or housewife. Every one must have observed the great increase, in latter years, of the poor little ragged urchins who are thevendors. hy, here are two streets, Addison-street and Hodson-street, one-half of the population of which are engaged in this " timber trade." I was anxious to learn the process of the business, and made many inquiries with the view of striking an average. " Indeed the chips were a good sys tem once," said a man whom I addressed, " but there are so many sell them now, that it is hard to get a market or make any profit." A boy will, on the average, make 2d. or 21d. a day. In the first place, wood has to be bought. Resin barrels, which cost Bd. each, are most generally broken up for the purpose ; but sometimes wood is to be had, at a cheaper rate from old buildings in the course of being pulled down. From the competition now, ty enty four bunches have to be given for a penny—twice the number that formerly satisfied. I found whole families engaged in this wretched calling. Some condemned cel lar, dan p and filthy, forms the workshop. The father makes the chips, the mother ties them up, and the chil dren, young and old, are sent to hawk them about. Suc cess is various, of course. Some days nothing can be had : and happy is the night which shows that the com bined family earnings have amounted to a shilling !—Cor respondent of Journal. LOCAL MEETINGS. HEALTH COMMITTEE. —The usual weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Parker in the chair. The medi cal officer renorted that the number of deaths during the week was 133, being 10 fewer than the previous week, the mortality in which was at a lower rate than that recorded during any previous week. Forty-five of the deaths were from diseases of the lunes, 73 were of children under the are of five years, 40 being infants less than a year old. The engineer was directed to report as to the expence of a sewer in Great Nelson-street North, many of the houses being in an unhealthy state from the accumulation of water in the ashpits. TRANMERE POLICE TRUST.—A meeting of the inhabi tants of Tranmere took place on Wednesday last ; sum moned by Mr. David Ross and Mr. Spencer. Mr. Ross was called to the chair, and the attendance was respect able. The Chairman was about to put a motion. made and seconded, that a watching rate of 6d. in the pound be ado3ted, when one of the auditory, in behalf of the now ratepayers, (of whom he was one,) uttered an incoherent stammering speech, which excited some laughter, but conveyed no information. The motion was carried by a large majority.—Seven inspectors of police (without emolument) were then proposed and agreed to, namely Captain Walker, Messsra. Pritchard, Rhodes, Woodcock, Robinson, Lewis, and Hogarth.—At a subsequent meet ing of the inspectors, held on Thursday evening, Mr. Pritchard was elected president, Mr. Coulter treasurer, and Mr. Francis, law-clerk. . THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—An adjourned meeting was held on Tuesday to consider the report of a deputation xhich had conferred with the railway com pany on the subject of the unfinished bridges in the town ship. Mr. Bryaes occu tied the chair. The report referred to two interviews had with the company, and the result was the adoption of two resolutions : " first, that the drawback of 20 per cent. on the ferry traffic from Monks' Ferry to Liverpool and hack, secured to this company by an agreement hearing date 31st May, 1847, be remitted so long as Canning-street Bridge, and the works con nected therewith, are suspended,"—and, secondly, "that the exception of t" with the exception of le express train from ,nester, a.m., the trains of the company shall, from the Ist December, be so arranged as not to require a second boat to be em ployed at Monks' Ferry. Mr. Manatty said the deputa tion had done their best, rnd were gratified at the ntlnner in which the company had met the case. The company were going on with the other necessary bridges.—Tae report was approved. PROPOSED CHAMBER OF COMMBRCE.-011 Thursday, a meeting of the requisitionists to the Mayor, for the pur pose of establishing a general Chamber of Commerce, was held in the Council Chamoer. The attendance was large, and comprised most of the leading commercial gen tlemen of the town. Mr. W. Brown was absent from indisposition. The resolutions (which will be found in 's) 1 ; a our trl-- columns) were unanimously passea committee was appointed, and Mr. Leone Levi was chosen Mr. Levi addressed the meeting at conside length, on the important advantages of the pro- secretary rab various associations, and the whole community in one in fluential corporation, for the promotion and protection of commerce. "In its practical labour (said the speaker) the trade and commerce of the town and of the country, and will perhaps, in some degree, enable tis to attain to more settled notions which have engrossed 0 much of the public attention. It will acquire tor Liverpool more weight end influence in determining commercial ques tions. And it will establish boards of arbitration for the settlement of commercial disputes." He concluded by stating that he trusted the views he entertained of the association would be accomplished, and thus forward that tide of prosperity which had already rendered Liverpool one of the greatest emporiums in the world. Mr. Stitt was appointed treasurer, ane it was agreed to open a sub scription. When the rules and regulations are prepared, a public meeting will be called to obtain the sanction of the community. Thanks being voted to the mayor, the meeting separated. DOCK COMMITTEE.—A report was read from the Dock Solicitor as to the power of the Water Committee to charge for, a supply of water from the Green-lane works for the hydraulic machine at the Albert warehouses. The solicitor was of opinion that the Water Committee have not any legal power to supply the water from Green-lane for the hydraulic machines; but he was also of opinion that, although this diversion of the Green-lane water from its proper purposes might be injurious to the inhabitants in the neighbourhood, by exhausting their wells, yet the trustees having accepted such supply, they could not now dispute the authority of the Water Committee to charge for that water; nor could they set that up as a reply to the demand made by the Water Committee.—A revision of the Graving Dock rules and regulations was ordered.— The committee then proceeded to appoint the subcom mittees for the ensuing year. Mr. Nicol proposed the following gentlemen for the Works Committee :—Messrs. Nicol, Holt. Sandhach, Steele, Bold, and Horsfall,—the last in the place of Messrs, likin and Holme. Mr. Jones said the Sub-committee of Works was that on which he thought he could he of most service. Mr. Nicol said it was seldom that new members were put on the Suh•com mittee of Works. Mr. Bent, seconded by Mr. Preston, proposed that Mr. Jones should be appointed in the place of Mr. Horsfall. On a division, twelve voted for Mr. Horsfall, and five for Mr. Jones; namely, for Mr. Hors fall.—Messrs. Bold, Tobin, Steele, Rankin, Saunders, Lockett,' Kendal, Nicol, Holt, Fisher, Molyneux, and Booker. For Mr. Jones,—Messrs. Horsfall. Bent, Rob inson, Preston, and the chairman. Mr. Fisher, seconded by Mr. Robinson, then proposed that Mr. Jones should be added to the committee, but he withdrew the motion on being informed that the number of the committee was limited to six.—Marine Sub-committee, Messrs. Lockett, Tobin, Fisher, Robinson, and Nicol.—Warehouse Management, Messrs. Preston, Jones, Molyneux, Rankin, Robinson, and Nicol.—Harbour Masters', Messrs. Bold, Lockett, Kendall, Saunders, Littledale, and Nicol.— Master Porters', Messrs. Robinson, Holt, Booker, Ken dall, Fisher, and Nicol. THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. A meeting. of the friends and supporters of financial reform was held at the Concert Hall, on Thursday even ing. Mr. R. Yates presided, but the attendance was not numerous, including many of the "reform" leaders of the town, The CHAIRMAN cenßured the aristocracy generally for their neglect of the poor, and applauded the opposite con duct or their noble neighbours the Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby, who promoted and mingled with the enjoy ments of the people. He noticed the ottravagance of our rulers, and their proneness to bestow lucrative places upon undeserving and incompetent parties. He, however, approved of many of the present administratio to whom, together with Sir R. Peel, they were indebted for the free trade they now enjoyed, and the restoration of religious liberty. Mr. BRODRIBB adverted to the national expenditure, and urged that it might be reduced. With respect to the land and assessed taxes, amounting to 4i millions, the land itself contributed only £1,600,000, while houses alone were taxed for light and air half a million more than all tile land in the kingdom. The landed interest paid only one fifty-seventh part of the entire revenue of £57,000,000. But they taxed the labouring and other classes directly and indirectly, through the customs, ex cise, &c., whether for food, shelter, health, or recreation, to the amount of 371 millions. He thought the best relief that could be given to the farmers was to take off the duties on malt, hops, and bricks. He noticed a variety of other imposts which he considered highly impolitic and oppressive, especially the tax on soap and on daylight. He thought their rulers should be constrained either to give a vote to every man who paid a tax in any shape, or exempt from the payment of any tax every man to whom they denied a vote. Mr. F. BouLT thought the present system of taxation must be done away with, and he would ask if they were prepared to share the burden of its accomplishment, by making a small weekly payment out of their wages, which would be required to give freedom to industry, and enable them to earn their livings without the interference of the custom-house officer or the exciseman. (Cries of "Yes.") A contribution of one shilling a week would accomplish the object. Mr. JOHN FINCH said the objects of the association were to obtain,—first, a just, wise, and economical expen diture of the public money by government ; and, secondly, a judicious and equitable system of direct taxation, fairly proportioned to each individual. He complained of wan ton waste in government expenditures, and exorbitant tax ation, bearing chiefly on labour. He said that our exports of iron and other commodities were greatly arrested by indirect taxation, on—for instance—tobacco, 700 to 900 per cent. ; wines, 100 to 400 ; tea, 60 to 300; Coffee, 50 to 190 ; and sugar, 50 to 150 per cent. If these duties were removed, our exports would be immensely increased. After thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. VIE tiVinrooL STANDARD, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Police-constable Stevens, No. 519, was suspended, on Thursday, for striking a car-driver, who was arranging with a gentleman about a fare. SMUGGLING.—The steward of the ship Queen. now lying in Waterloo Dock, on the information of Edward Catchpole, one of the officers of her Majesty's Customs, was fined 303., or to be imprisoned ten days, for having secreted a quantity of cigars on board the vessel. BASE COlN.—John Timmins was committed for trial on Thursday for this offence. He was detected at a house in Crosshall-street, where a considerable number of base half-crowns were found, as well as crucibles and other materials for carrying on the manufacture. On Saturday, Mafia Ball, who had been remanded on a charge of robbing Mr. Richardson, the man subse quently found drowned at New Brighton, was brought up for further examination. There being no additional evi dence, she was discharged. No traces have yet been obtained of her husband. ROBBERY AT THE WORKHOUSE SHEDS.—Four women were placed in the dock, charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from a poor woman who had come to sleep in the workhouse sheds in Brownlow-hill. The superintendent of the sheds appeared in court, and said that when poor women came to the sheds with any cloth ing, they were sure to be robbed by the prisoners. Mr. Rushton said that the most wicked thing in this wicked world was a wicked woman, and ordered all the prisoners to be imprisoned for two months. CHARGE OF FORGERY.-A man named Thos. Bedford was placed in the dock, on the following singular case of forgery. It appeared that, a short time ago, a man named Peter McFarlane had been sentenced to be imprisoned in the Borough Gaol for smuggling. The prisoner Bedford had written a petition to the commissioners of customs, begging a mitigation of McFarlane's sentence, and pur porting to be signed by Mr. Rushton and Mr. Duke, the governor of the Borough Gaol. The commissioners of customs had sent down to their solicitor in Liverpool (Mr. Brooke) to make inquiries as to the correctness of the statement. On making the necessary inquiries, Mr. Brooke found that both the signatures of Mr. Rushton and Mr. Duke were false. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.—On Tues day, James Cooper, who had been remanded for a week, on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences from Messrs. Featherstone and Perdue, Islington, Wag a second time brought b_fore the magistrates. It appeared that he, and a man named Scholes, (now in gaol on a charge of attempting to cut his wife's throat,) conspired toge ther, and obtained from Messrs. Featherstone a quantity of oil tins. One of the witnesses being unable to attend, he was remanded on that charge. Evidence was then tendered to the effect that, in conjunction with Scholes, Cooper had obtained two coils of rope, worth £l4, from Mr. Donhaney, roper, of Kirkdale, width he disposed of to another party at a reduced price. On this charge he was committed for trial. SINGULAR CHARGE OF FELONY.—On Saturday, Nicho las Hill, the captain of a vessel sailing from this port, was charged under the following circumstances : It appeared that in 1846 Mr. Roskell, watchmaker, of this town, sent four watches to Valparaiso by the ship Eliza, of which vessel the prisoner was at the time master : the watches, it was alleged, were placed in the prisoner's care, and he was to receive £1 for his trouble. Subsequently two of the watches were sold by the prisoner to a jeweller at Falmouth, which circumstance led to his apprehension. The main feature in the case appeared to be whether the prisoner had taken the watches out as a speculation, in which he was to have an interest, or whether they were entrusted to him as the proverty of Mr. Roskell. Mr. Rushton said that if there bad been a felony committed. upon which point lie would not say anything, it was not within his jurisdiction, and must be dealt with at Fal mouth. A STRANGE AFFAIR.—On Saturday the Rev. Henry Lane, a Catholic priest, appeared before the magistrates to make a claim on the Victoria Burial Society. Mr. G. Holrne, the secretary of zhe society, was the defendant. Mr. Lane said he was one of the executors of Alice Cum ming, of Chisenhale-street, who died a few days ago. The deceased was a member of the society in question, and the executors were entitled to claim £4 15s. for fune ral expenses. The secretary had, however, refused to pay. In reply to a question, the complainant said the will of the deceased had not yet been proved. The defen dant said, the reason for withholding the money was, that the deceased had a son living. The Catholic priest and another person had so operated upon the mind of the de ceased as to induce her to become a convert from Pro testantism to Catholicism ; and she had made over all her property to the Catholics, to the disinheritance of her son. Mr. Lane stated that he had had the sole charge of the funeral and had paid the expenses. The defendant said one party made a will, and willed the property to the other as executor; the prosecution was altogether an im proper one, and the society wished to pay the money to the son, who was at present at New Orleans. The de ceased had only left him an old clock as his share of the property, while all the rest was to be handed over to the priests. Such was the state of infatuation into which the priests had brought her that sic wanted to be carried into the street to die. This was not allowed, but still the deceased laid on the floor three days and died in that state. She was a sister to the celebrated Mrs. G. of this town, and, being a woman of bad chatacter, was induced to submit to the punishment as a sort of penance for her sins. She was possessed of a considerable amount of pro perty, besides jewellery, furniture, & Mr. Rushton said he could not do anythi4 until the will was proved. The defendant assured the magistrate that the society only wanted to know the proper person who was to receive the The parties then lett the court. money E3lstrta H. Raikes, Esq., Registrar of this Diocese, contributed on Thursday the sum of £5O to the Chester Infirmary as a Thank-Offering for merciful deliverance from the late fatal pestilence. A canary show, at which fifty birds were exhibited, was held at Preston on Monday week, when prizes, consisting of coffee pots, tea-pots, kettles, knives and forks, and coffee grinders, were a war d e d t o th e owners o f the finest birds. THREATENED STRIRE.—The miners have given notice to the different colli er y p ro p r i e t ors i n S t . H e l en ' s di str i ct , • that, in fourteen days after the 19th instant, on which it bears date, they shall expect to be paid in accordance with an advanced list of prices submitted. FLEETWOOD.—On Thursday the annual meeting of the Fleetwood Auxiliary in aid of the Church Missionary So ciety was held, on which occasion the Rev, H. Carpenter, M.A., incumbent of St. Michael's, Liverpool, attended as a deputation from the Parent Society. Mr. W. Mayor, of Penrith (formerly of Garstang), has had awarded to him the Honorary Diploma of the Royal Veterinary Medical Society, for his contributions in fur therance of the objects of the society, including an essay o n the Anatomy, Physiology, and Patholoey of the Lungs, more particularly as regards that fatal disease pneumonia. SANATORY INQUIRY. — Mr. Robert Rawlinson, one of the government inspectors, was, last week, at Ormskirk. He heard evidence as to the sanatory condition 3f the town on Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday he made a personal inspection. Mr. Rawliwon had been similarly engaged, during the preceding fortnight, at Car lisle. A BRIDE LOSING HER HUSBAND.—On Alonday week, a wedding party left the Bird-i'th'-hand Inn, Hindley, and proceeded to Bolton, where the matrimonial knot was tied, and they afterwards proceeded to promenade the streets for the purpose of seeing the " lions." Something of a peculiar nature having attracted the attention of the bride, she stopped to gaze at it. The husband and the wedding party went on, and all her attempts to find them afterwards proved unavailing, and therefore she had no alternative but to return home by herself in the evening. She saw nothing of her husband until the day following, when he returned to 'Wigan, and declared that he had been anxiously in search of his lost wife all night. The wedding party returned shortly afterwards, and the mis haps of a day caused the young wife to promise " That she would take care that she would not lose him again ?" —Preston Chronicle. THE MOON IN DANGER.—At a meeting, last week, of the Preston Improvement Commissioners, (reported in the Chronicle of that town,) Mr. German inquired " upon what principle the streets were lighted ?" Mr. Myers replied that so soon as the sun was nine degrees below the horizon the lan.ps were lighted, and when he got twelve degrees above the horizon they were put out. That would answer very well, he said, but the great diffi culty was the moon. As to that lady the following ord, r had been made :—" On Sunday nights, and all otln r nights except on moonlight nights ; and then only during such hours as the moon shall be less than fifteen degrees below the horizon." Mr. German—You had better throw the moon overboard. I believe she does no good. (Laughter.) On cloudy nights she gives no light at all. Mr. German moved that she be thrown overboard. (Laughter.) Seconded by Mr. Catherall. Carried unani mously. Moon thrown overboard—" man" and all. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday a dreadful acci dent occurred at the cotton mill of Messrs. Swainson, Bir ley, and Co., Fishwick, near Preston. Mr. Oddy. the manager of the mill, perceived an escape of gas. and gave orders for an examination of the pipes. About twenty minutes to seven o'clock a labourer of the name of Thos. Lawson proceeded to search for the leakage ; it being dark he procured a lamp, when the gas from the main pipe im mediately ignited at the mouth of a sewer. The conse quence was that the whole of the lights in the no r th- eas t portion of the mill were extinguished ; upon which the weavers instantly threw their looms out of gear. The engine being relieved of a great proportion of its weight acquired such a velocity from the impetus thus given to it that the fly-wheel was splintered to pieces. Great da mage was thereby done to the machinery and the mill ; a man named Henry Kirkham, manager in the throstle room, was killed, and John Cooke, engine -tenter, was very dreadfully injured. MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS.—On Tuesday even ing a large meeting of the Roman Catholics of Manchester and Salford was held in Carpenters' Hall, Garratt-road, convened, as was stated in the placards announcing the meeting, to rebut the calumnies of the Revs. Hugh Stowell, Dr. 111`Neile, and others, at the late meeting of tho Protestant Operative Association in the Free-trade Hall. We know not whether the motly assemblage of persons present claim to represent the Romanist body of Manchester, but when we state that the principal speak ers were Michael M'Donough, Jas. Leach, Finnigan. Whittaker, and others, most of them recently discharged from Kirkdale prison for their share in the Chartist con spiracy of last year, our readers may judge for themselveF. As was to be expected, the Rev. H. Stowell, the Courier, and the Rev. Dr. M'Neile fell in for a fair share of cen sure and abuse, and the whole affair was just such an ex plosion of vituperative words as odr Protestant friends may readily imagine.—Manchesier Courier. OUR COLONIAL EXPORTS FOR THE PAST MONTH The exports of cotton manufactures to our colonial de pendencies, during the past month, continue to exhibit a favourable aspect, in nearly every instance exceeding the export of 1846, and very largely exceeding the average of the three years 1846-7-8. The following, furnished by Mr. Burns' Colonial Circular, chews the increase this year over the three years in question, in some of the most im portant articles in the cotton manufacture. Plain calicoes to Calcutta—increase 20,871,857 yards ; printed and dyed calicoes, 508,882 yards. To Bombay plain, 38,701,237 yards ; printed, 5,072,180. The quan tity shipped was nearly equal to the entire shipments of the preceding three years. Madras—a decrease in plain goods of 397,458 yards, and an increase in printed of 251,571 yards. Sincapore, Manilla—increase in plain goods, 3,572.591 yards; and in printed, 1,184,789 yards. Batavia—decrease in plain, 786,911 yards, and increase in printed, 705,929 yards. To none of the preceding colonies have the exports of twist materially varied, with the ex ception of Bombay, to which we have an increase of 2,380,688 over the average of the years 1846 to 1848, and evidence of a regular progress since 1846 of the imports of this and other descriptions of goods. To Hong Kong and Canton we have a large progressive failing off during the whole period in calicoes. The im portations in 1846 ..ere39,968,132 yds., and on ly 17,900,639 this year. The decrease on the average of three preceding years is 9.368,935 yards. There is a slight increase in printed goods, and a considerable decrease in twist. Shanghae, however, has increased in about the same ratio that Hong Kong has declined. The increase on the three years on plain goods is 15,635,115 yards, on printed 280,679 yards, and twist 57,005. The importa tions here have steadily progressed since 1846—have in fact more thon doubled themselves. There is a small increase to the other Chinese 'ports. We have an in crease to New Holland of 2,798,815 yards plain goods, and 1,057,920 printed and dyed. The Mauritius has nearly doubled its importations of both articles ; and the exports to the Cape of Good Hope have decreased about a third. The Coast of Africa has largely increased its imports, the excess of the present !oar being 2,08,047 yards of plain calicoes, and 5.167,669 of printed. The total imports in 1847 were 1,918,763, and 3,566,344 respec tively. Jamaica, Honduras, and the British West Indies continue to increase their imports. St. Thomas shews an increase in plain goods, and a considerable decrease in I good. 'PI P- —Libited 0 printed goods. The Brazzes ex, a precisely similar condition. To Columbia, the River Plate, and we have a very large increase. To British North Ame rica there is a slight decrease, both in plain and printed goods. The United States of America chew the fact of a decrease of 4,348.770 yards of plain calk crease of 11,462,556 yards of printed go' coes, an WHAT MUST BE DONE FOR RAILWAYS ?* The writer of the pamphlet before us is well know be thoroughly conversant with the question which he proposes to discuss ; and in many respects he entertains the same views with respect to the depreciation which has taken place in the price of railway property to those put forth in Mr. Scrivenor's work, which we reviewed last week. With respect, however, to the steps to be adopted for their restoration, he differs in some important parti culars, which we shall briefly notice, inasmuch as his views are those advocated by the directors and some cf the large holders of several of our leading lines. Mr. Langton admits the necessity for more " responsible management, and an efficient audit." Boards of direction he considers have heretofore been chosen more on account of the fact of the parties being largely interested than from their personal fitness to undertake the duties. He contends that a few members of each hoard should be amply paid for giving their undividel attention to its affairs, and hold their office so long only as they condu •ted them satisfactorily, and in no case should one of these acting and paid directors be the chairman. There can be little question of .the advantage to be derived from this course ; and, indeed, something resembling it is gradually being adopted by many companies ; but it will only par tially answer the object desired unless accompanied by the establishment of an effective audit. With respect to the composition of an auditing body, Mr. Langton is at issue with many authorities, who can see no satety unless the accounts of railway companies are submitted to the supervision of a government hoard. " The government," he says, " can do nothing for rail way companies in the way of auditing their accounts, which the shareholders cannot do much better for them selves if they choose ;" and he adds, " A government audit ought to be shunned as you would shun the Unas tree. The very shadow of it ought to be avoided." His plan is thus explained : " Let the shareholders of every comnany select three men of experience and standing from their own body, to be designated the Audit Board. Let them be altogether independent, and above the control of the directors, and paid for their serrices. Let one of them vo out of office annually, to be ineligible for re-election for one year at least. Let it lie imperative on th Audit Board to employ a known accountant Of character and ability, who should not be allowed to be a shareholder, to zo through and certify the accounts, before they are periodically subtnitt•dl to the shareholders. Let this accountant attend the ornce or me company as orten as may be deemed needful in the course of every half-year, so as to male the audit complete and searching." ,Now, it is perfectly true that shareholders may institute amongst themselves a proper audit, " if they choose"— there is, by-the-by, a great ( deeply interested in detecting improper expendfture in their railways as they are in their domestic or their mer- leal in t hey are as cantile affairs. But we have seen that the system of pri vate audit has not been effective heretofore ; and there are many reasons to be urged why shareholders, however honourable, should not be altogether relied upon in this matter. The public, who are buyers of railway property, object to receive the statements, upon which they base their calculations as to its value, from those who have such property to sell. We have rarely seen shareholders objecting to receive the largest possible dividends. Men who may be large proprietors to day, and totally void of any stake in such concerns to-morrow, are not the most likely persons to disclose the full amount of nnsatisfac- tory experience of their working, or to insist upon a sufficient reserve fund being retained to meet possible contingencies. We - pass, however, from this question to one in which the plblic is still more deeply interested. Mr. Langton proposes to increase the value of railway property by raiQing the present parliamentary tariff of fares, which railway companies, he says, submitted to under wrong itnptwsions as to the amount of prosperity to be realised by such concerns. The legislature, he contends, have no more right to interfere in fixing arbitrarily the fares of railways than they would have had in determining the fares to be charged by the coach proprietors and carriers, whom these companies superseded. There is, however, the public will think, a very striking difference between the cases. The legislature has given to these companies a virtual monopoly of the traffic of the country. If coach proprietors or carriers upan common roads overcharged the public, competition at once sprung up. Other coach and carrying concerns immediately offered themselves. But there is no such ready mode of repressing the exac tions of railway companies. Tllis can only be done by the establishment of rival companies ; and we question much whether the present maximum of charze insisted upon by parliament will not operate to preventcompeti _ tion, by additional railway formation, reproducing in every direction the injurious results of which some com panies in our own immediate neighbourhood are just now comnlaining. Besides, companies having made a bargain with the public to grant certain facilities for travelling as one of the conditions upon which their great and often arbitrary powers were granted, come with a bad grace to ask for an increase of the value of their property at the public expense. We should be glad to see the railways of Great Britain paying better than at present, and by good and economical management they will certainly be made to do so ; but we decline most decidedly to subscribe to make up any loss which they may have sustained by erroneous calculations made during a period of inflated prosperity, as we are certain that, had the error been on the other side, we should not have participated in the extra profit realised. *What must be done .for Railways ? Question considered and anAwered. By H. C. Langton. London : J. Richardson, Cornhill. Liverpool : Willmer and Smith. Manchester : B. Wheeler. THE COST OF REVOLUTIONS, What the nations of Europe have lost, by the suspen sion of industry during their recent revolutionary mania, it is impossible to estimate. Neither are we in a position to arrive at the total amount squandered in the mainte nance of gardes mobiles, national guards, students' batta lions, and other imitations of the great staples of civil war. The falling off of the foreign commerce of the countries thus engaged in domestic broils is, however, pretty accurately ascertainable ; and the following state ment of the foreign commerce of France during the past two years exhibits a sad result as regards the cost of the French Revolution. The statistical results of the com merce of France during the years preceding the Revolu tion, and after, are as follows : With Europe (by sea and 1848. 1847. land) . . . With the Americas With Africa With Asia 550 000,000 f. 683,000.000 f. 140,000,000 f. 183,000,000 f. 65,000,0001. 98,000,000 f. 2,015,000,000 f. 2,617,000,000 f. thus exhibiting a decrease of 602,000,000 francs, or nearly one-fourth of the whole, The decrease of the commerce with those countries of Europe most involved in political disturbance was 30 per cent. What had been the growth of the commerce of France during the ten years preceding the outbreak of the revolu tionary frenzy ? With five countries, viz. Russia, Tur key, Egypt, Peru, and the west coast of Africa, it more than tripled itself from 1838 to 1847 ; with Brazil, Chili, French India, and British India, it doubled itself within the same period. With five others—Belgium, Switzer land, Austria, the two Sicilies, and Cuba—it increased by one-half or one-third ; and it shewed a somewhat less, but still a remarkable developement with the United States, Great Britain, the British Colonies, the Hanse Towns, Spain, and Scandinavia. Along with this serious check to French industry, it is notorious that the finances of the Republic are at this moment in a state of terrible dilapi dation ; that the expenditure of the government is far be yond its income; and that a crisis involving the possible insolvency of the country, and breach of faith with the national creditor, is just now imminent. LIVERPOOL LODGING-HOUSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. id att old, but true saying, that " one half the world knows not ho c the other exists"; and would it be uncharitable to soy, many da not care? Large towns present such continual scenes of filth, wretchedness, and vice, that the philanthropist often turns aside, feeli that to remove so great a mass of misery id impossible ', a nd is tempted to give it tip in despair. The many eftats that have been made, the noble charities de voted to such a purpose, and the strenuous and indefatigable exertions by individuals, have all been unavailing; and instead of decreasing, the evil every day becomea more intolerable, and should we go on at the same ratio for another twenty years, the land will so swarm with mendicants, that private charity will br. out of the question, and this generation will bear (and in a great degree justly) the odium of not striving to stop s' demo . ralising a system. The - every-day experience of ',iverpool citi zens requires no proof as to the existence of as foul a blot on the national character, nor of the annoyance occasioned to them by petitions setting forth every ill humanity is heir to. It *needless to say ninety. nineout of a hundred are impositions. The streets cannot be walked in comfort, nor, to many ladies in delicate health and unprotected. without feelings painfully hurt by dirt and wilful deformity and sores. It is too well known that to extort charity many will submit to the most painful ordeals. At a very early age they cohabit together, and a large family is brought into the world with no other prospect or hope than bemoit , their way through it. Children, as soon as they lisp, begin to lie; and the more precocious a child is in mendacity, the more valuable to its parent , , or to those with whom it may chance to be. You will ask, can I apply any re medy for a case so hopeless ? Ido not say I can ; for even had we a law more stringent, it would be nugatory, so long as com mon lodging-houses have the liberty they now have. Much has been written, and more said, with respect to these hotbeds of every abomination. Many well-meaning persons have visited them, and given their experience to the world; they have seen, conversed, and of course know all about them. Alas! their knowledge is perfect ignorance. They have seen the interior of the vagrant's home, scanned his food, been told his secrets, his varying modes of imposition, the price of babbles, the fall in some walks, the rise in others, who is of use and who is gummy, what house to call at, and what to avoid. The lodging house keeper, too, no doubt was equally communicative, told the price of sown. or how much meal he would take for his bed, where the police were quiet, and where it would be impolitic to g); in short, the whole "secrets of the prison house" were laid bare. Miserab'e delusion ! As well might you expect the thief to tell the officer whose pocket he next should try, or the poacher to give information to the keeper where his snares or pets were placed, as these persons to divulge their secrets to a flatly. Why, they are known intuitively. and many a hearty laugh and brutal joke cracked after their departure. To very many who have been compelled to sleep in such houses, not one-half is known, unless he is well versed in the slang vocabu lary. Believe me. Mr. Editor,—for I write from painful and agonising experience —that of all banes to a neighbourhood, firmed beggar, it would be bad enough ; but it does not. These houses are generally in densely-populated streets, and very often, when work is scarce —(l am speaking more particularly of manufacturing towns, though they apply to all)- -young girls, who see the plenty and mirth that reign, often league themselves with them, and thus multiply the evil. A common lodging-house is a curse to the neighbourhood, let it be ever so bad ; and eventually the government must take it no. As such - . • Inmate; his mode of life (for they well know it); how long these; and how he subsisted. This to be presented to some officer appointed, and who should be well acquainted with the frauds of s'ich characters. Were this adopted, it would at all events be beginning at the fountain head, and, by degrees, with • II -a .• constant and vigilant inspection, and punishment of conceal ment or imposition, such a check would be given, that a ficti tious petition, cases of imaginary distress, shamming the be r.lavernent of faculties. would he discovered. The keepers of these houses sl- 'he same position as the receivers lould stand in t of stolen goods, and " Ot!lel gone. Were you, sir, to take this mat „ publicity, and by every means begin at the laeginning, what a debt of gratitude would be yours by this generation and pos terity.-1 remain, truly yours, N bAIO. up, by giving it every GRAND PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION OF LOYAL ORANGEMEN. This loyal, numerous, and increasing body have just transmitted, through the M. W. Grand Master, the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, to the Earl of Rod address expressive of their admiration of his lordship's consistent public career, and their unqualified approbation of his late conduct under most trying and peculiar circurn stancc,s. The address contained, amongst others, the fol lowing heart-stirring paragraphs : " We respectfully direct to you the expression of our congra tulation that your public life has concluded in a way altogether consistent with its whole course: that it has been breathed out on the battle-field for our Protestant Constitution— tl at you at e the most acceptable victim which a cowardly and unprii►cipled ministry can offer to the idol of Popery and treason,—and that in trying to make you an example of their power, they have raised in you a monument of ther weakness. They have un maoe the magistrate, h►rt they cannot unmake the Orangeman! "Let our rulers know that they are recruling our ranks. Let them preceet as they are doing, and ere►;y Protestant in Ireland, worthy of the name, will become an Orangeman; let them know, th t the Orange cause in England has not only sur vived a dark and disgraceful conspiracy, but that now, daily, good men and true pledged to the Bible—the Church—and the Crown, are pressing into its ranks. We wish not to speak of ourselves ; from the mouth of an enemy we will give our cha racter. We remind our persecutors of the words of the convict Mitchell, whose fellow-traitors they are now abetting "Con ciliate the Orangemen if you can ; if not, at least conciliate their neutrality,. you know that the people would be more intimi dated by the approach of 5,C00 Orangemen than by the approach of 50,000 soldiers.' " His Lordship returned the following gracious and flat- tering reply Tollymore Park, Nov. 10, 1449. have received, by favour of the Most Wor _ _ _ address. The strong expressioniof affection towards me, una nimously adopted by your respected body, are far beyond what I ever could have expected to receive from individuals to 11w most of whom I ant personally unknown; and the flattering sanction you have given, as Englishmen, doing justice to my late conduct, under most trying and peculiar circumstances, is a MIS. of thankfulness to Him whose counsel I somtlit, and which has never been withheld from the humblest individual lour address contains too much valuable and important matter for me. on the present occasion, to give you a suitable reply. It will be a record for the loyal Orangemen of Ireland to consider and rejoice over; it shall be disseminated through their lodges—it will gladden their hearts to find such an increase in the numbers of their brethren in England, alive to their difficulties, and determined to uphold their cause. I have witnessed for many years the devoted loyalty of the Orangemen of Ireland. I can testify to their valour and their virtue. Orangeism, in gone-by days, was the stronghold of British interests and British connexion in this land; it has not changed; " &raper eadem" is the grotto which we bear. Your religious and political creed is ours ; we _are closely hound tc ire not those who re oice in England's difficulties. They are ready and willing to share in all her struggles ; they have con fidence in the justice of their cause, and you truly describe them as a religious association, professing the faith and ani mated by the s irit of martyrs ; their opponents know their importance and fear them, and in recent attempts at rebellion, to neutralize the Orangemen was the great ohject of the faction ; but true to their principles, they indignantly rejected every overture. I sincerely thank you for the promise of your prayers, and the rich blessings which you invoke upon me at the con clusion of yottr address. There are few who have had such testimonies of their country's affection and regard, at the end of sixty years, as I have received. 'the events of July have brought them out. I trust I shall never cease to acknowledge the hand of my God in them all. Believe inejmy dear brethren, your affectionate friend and RODEN. brother, The Association also passed a resolution of their sym pathy and respect towards the Messrs. Beers, and each of those gentlemen forwarded a very temperate and suitable SIR ROBERT PEEL'S POLICY —During the week before last a public dinner was given o t Mayor of Tamworth on his retirement from office. bir Robert Peel was pre sent. He took the opportunity of soothing the minds of his former pol tical opponents, and expressed his high gratification in meeting them on that occasion. But this is not all : Captain Townshend, between Whom and Sir Robert Peel a deadly political feud had been carried on for many years, so that on one occasion a duel was thought inevitable, was invited to Drayton Manor, and dined there on the Monday after. Does not Sir Robert intend by this to proclaim his adherence to the Whig party, and to identify his cause with theirs ? Surely he does not entertain the ambition of ever being the leader of that party. What a career has this famous statesman run ! Ile began his course as the champion of the con stitution in church and state—the maintainer of Protes tant ascendancy, and the protector of British industry. In the repeal of Roman Catholic disabilities, he became a Foxite ; in the repeal of the Corporation and Test Ac;,, a Cromwellisn ; in adopting the measures of free trade, a Cibdenite; in the endowment of Mavnooth, a Jacobite; and now he has settled down into a Whig —a name with out a creed.—Church and State Gazette. SOUTHEY'S INFANT YEARS.—I had many indulgt s, but more privations, and those of an injurious kind ; want of playmates, want of exercise, never being allowed to do anything in which by possibility I might dirt myself ; late hours for a child, which I reckon among the pr . - vations (having always the healthiest propensity for going betimes) ; late hours of rising, which were less painful perhaps, but in other respects worse. My aunt chose that I should sleep with her, and this subjected me to a double evil. She used to have her bed warmed, and during the months while this practice was in season I was put into Molly's bed first, for fear of an accident from the warming-pan, and removed when my aunt went to bed, so that I was regularly wakened out of a sound sleep. This, however, was not half so bad as being obliged to lie till nine, and not un frcquently till ten in the morning, and not daring to make the slightest movement which could disturb her during the hours that I lay awake, and longing to be set free. These were, indeed, early and severe lessons of patience. My poor little wits were upon the alert at those tedious hours of compulsory idleness, fancying figures and combinations of form in the curtains, wonder ing at the motes in the slant sunbeam, and watching the light from the crevices of the winnow shutters, till it served me at last, by its progressive motion, to measure the lapse of time.—Life of Southey. YANKEE COOLNESS. — At five next morn'nz we lef Syracuse by the railway. While I was getting the tickets, Lady Alexander remaining with my hat-box, cloaks, &c., an American passenger coming up with a large deal box, said, " You belong to these things, miss ? Well, just look after mine, too ;" and putting down the box he wei.t off to secure his place. On the road one gets rid of much of the ceremony of social life. Judges receive £25 cur rency when holding a court at particular places. At Niagara a judge was three weeks there; and when he called for his bill at the hotel he was charged, to his sur prise, £24, though he had lived like other people. On remonstrating with the landlord, the latter said, " I know you are allowed £25 for your expenses here, and I have left you £1 to carry you home I" At Niagara I put up at an inn kept by a borderer with one eye. " Can I get a room ?"i enquired. " I don't think so, sir ; (he answered) but I'm building wan, sir, and it will be ready at eight o'clock ; but you maun pit up without a door." Accordingly, in the evening I did get possession of my new room ; but I was in some jeopardy about the new plaster against which, if one had incautiously rolled, during the night, the accident which befel certain topers, as recorded by Sir Jonah Barrington, might have been re peated—l might have stuck fast by my hair to the wall.— L' Acadie. THE ANNIVERSARY IYMNER OF THE MEM . BERS OF THE ROSCOE CLUB. The third anniversary of the founding of the club was commemorated on Thursday evening last, by the mem bers, by a public dinner held in the Essay and Discussion Class's Room, in the Institution, Clayton -square. It was a very brilliant affair, surpassing in every respect the two previous social re-unions. The dinner was admirably got up. and was characterised by a profusion and taste that at once did honour to the directors, and was credit.. able to the management of Mr. Leighton, the esteemed secretary of the Club. A little delay marked the serving up, but this no doubt arose from the somewhat incommo. ' dions construction of the rocrin for so large a party. The Earl of Sefton had been invited to honour the occasion with his presence, but owing to indisposition and unfore seen domestic arrangements was prevented from attend ing; his Lordship. however, evinced his regard for the welfare of the club, by requesting, in a letter of apology to the secretary, that four of the £l(ishares (it is intended to resolve the club into a proprietary, by the issuing of shares, in order to establish it on a permanent basis) might be appropriated to him. Wiliiain Brown, Esq.. M.P., was prevented being present from the same unfor tunate cause. The gentlemen of distinction in the town who did evince their concurrence in the objects of the club. by dining with its members, were as follows : John Holmes, Esq., (the Mayor) J. B. Moore, Esq., (ex-Mayor) H. R. Sandbach, Esq., president, E. Estill, Esq., Sir A. J. Knight. M.D., Dr. Trail', Rev. Dr. Hume, W. Rathbone, Esq., Mr. Councillor Rathbone, Mr. Councillor Lloyd, Mr. Councillor Hodson, Mr. C. S. Parker, Mr. S. Thornley, Mr. T. B. Blackharne, Mr. W. Cross, Mr. A. C. Stewart, and Mr. J. Boult. The proceedings were enlivened by the performances of a number of gentlemen connected with the profession of music in the town, and as these performances were of a very superior description, and as the gentlemen consider ately volunteered their services for the occasion, we append their names :—Mr. Joseph Seines, Mr. H. V. Lewis, Mr. Percival, Mr. T. A. Wallworth, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. P. and W. Browne, and Mr. J. Sedgwick. Amongst their performances, that which attracted very great attention was the flute solos of Mr. Percival, which that gentleman played very beautifully, without accompaniment; and the concertina playing of Mr. J. Scates. The instrument, in this gentleman's hands, is most effective, and admirably suitable for such occasions, being capable of bring modu. lted almost at pleasure, and adapted for every description of musical cettiposition. So much were the company charmed with the exquisite playing of Mr. Percival, that an unanimous encore was accorded to that gentleman. Dinner being over, and the loyal toasts, which are never excepted at the convivial meetings of Englishmen, being disposed of, H. R. Sandbach. Esq., delivered an address, fraught with interest to all wishing the prosperity of the inAtitetinn_ Lq populariry o mayor. His worship briefly acknowledged the compli ment, which from the boisterous applause accompanying the announcement, was evidently reci procateel by the ES-TILL, Esq., then entered into a detailed account of the past operations of the directory, the present posi tion of the institution and its prospects, which on the 1111110Ugn lities have been incnrred, the club is now self supporting, ann is daily gaining accessions to its numbers; a variety of causes, inseparable to inexperienced parties embarking in new projects, have led to the pecuniary embarrass ments,—firstly. the ins-uffiliency of capital at the com- mencement, and secondly, the insufficient management of the domestic (if the restaurant department may be so styled) arrangeinents, which are now the secretary as to be self-supporting. debt, and to purchase the present pre To clear off this anises and extend generally the efficiency of the institution, it is proposed to create a number of £lO shares. The sum required to effect. all that is contemplated will be some £lO,OOO, which there appears to be no difficulty in raising as an induce ment to members and others to take the initiatives in this movement, it is determined not to proceed until two hun dred shares shall have been taken up. In the course of the evening, J. B. MonaE, Esq., addressed the gentlemen present, by whom he was most cordially greeted and loudly and repeatedly cheered. He referred to his connexion with the Dock Committee, which he characterised as a trust the affairs of which are managed with perfect purity ; to that management he attributed the extension of this port—an extension which is described by the following significant fact :—At the commencement of the last century, the tonnage was 800,000; now, after a lapse of 148 years, it is no less than 3.600,000. As a further illustration of the excellent management of the business of i he port, Mr. Moore stated that, while in London the docks were only capable of accommodating 5,000 tons to the acre, those of Liverpnol could accommodate 26,000 tons to the same space. This result was the consequence of good management, and he recommended the tart as a stimulant and an example to the directors of the Roscoe Club, whom he assured of similar results were the like means taken. lie passed a high eulogy on Mr. Brown, who, he stated, had given £5O to the charities of the town on the occasion of the bazaar at the Pr;nce's-park. He also spoke in high terms of the present borough members. referring more particularly to their private worth and earnest desire to listen to what ever might be pointed out to them as a means of bene fitting the town. He avoided any reference to the party politics with which thy might be imbued. The speakers who followed were Sir A. Knight, Dr. Hume, Dr. Train, &c., &c. ADMIRALTY COURT-SATURDAY (Before Dr. Lushington.) THE ORIENTAL-7•BOTTOMRY The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Bayford appeared in this case to promote a suit for Mr. Milne, of New York, against the owner of the Oriental. The object is to rerover the amount expended by that gentleman for re pairs to that ship after damage that she had sustained, and for which tha captain gave a kottomry bond. The Oriental was bound from Nev York to Liverpool, with a general cargo, on the 20th February, when she struck on the bar of the west bank of Sandy Hook, end io c,nie quence she was obliged to put back and discharge her cargo to be repaired, for which this bond was given. The owner of the vessel contended that Mr. Milne, being the agent of the shin, was bound to advance the money with out claiming a bond, which embraced over heavy expenses, and which an agent could not charge. The learned civi lians held that Mr. Milne was not the agent, that the money had been paid by Mr. Milne, and he was entitled to be repaid with interest, and cited cases. They, there fore, called upon the Court to decide for the validity of the bond. Dr. Robinson and Dr. Twiss were heard in opposition, on the ground that the captain had no right to give it. and the party who received it, being the agent, was not justified in taking it. They, therefore, prayed the Court to declare against the bond. The learned Judge would take time to consider. At the examination of St. Barnahas Church Infant School, on Friday, Miss Colgan the efficient mistress, was presented with a richly chased silver tea service, consist ing. of coffeepot, teapot, sugar basin, and cream ewer The gift origina:el amongst the children. who were as sisted by a few members of the congregation. QUACKS AND THEIR QUACKERIES.—Toe legislature having left the public much at the mercy of those igno rant compounders of useless or dangerous nostrums for which their authors claim such astonishing virtues, it becomes a duty of the press, the natural guardian of society, to sift the tares from the wheat, and warn off the unwary from those deceptive appearances, which, if they do not altogether invite to destroy, care little what the consequences may be, so long as they dispose of commo dities made only "to sell !" Were we to judge, then, merely by pretensions, how many infallible remedies should we have to stigmatise as barefaced impostures on the public. But amidst this host of frauds, as manifest to the wary age as they have been proved to be deleterious in fact—still there are some wholesome and reliable med . - c'nes, which accomplish all they pretend. Amongst these—the "rara avis" of patent medicines—areComns's : what they promise they perform, while it is cer tain that they are a safe medicine ; a character which cannot be accorded to nine-tenths of the compounds that perform so many astounding miracles—in print.—John Bull. MONETARY CRISIS OF 1772.—1 t was the period when the success of adventurers in our Indian empire had con tributed to the wealth of England. Immense sums were accumulated in a few months. Large purchases of land were made at high prices. All the early and L. ti mp toms of speculation were apparent. The vast fortunes brought home were ostentatiously displayed. A contempt for the slow gains of trade, a feverish excitement, and an ungovernable impatience to be rich, marked the period. The nabobs were not disposed to hide their wealth unCer a bushel. They built magnificent mansions, and mistook ostentation for taste. They raised the prices of all articles of consumption ; they were bowed to before their faces, and dreaded behind their backs. Dark deeds were told of them ; arid the shrewd peasantry shuddered as the massive carriage rolled by, which held the man whose wealth had been obtained at the expense of his humanity. The ephemeral literature of the day is filled with the popular opinion of the character; and the nabob is com monly represented as a man with a bad liver and a black heart. Scott, with his exquisite conception of the ludi crious, makes one of his characters define a nabob as " One who comes free foreign parts, with more siller than his pouches can hold : as yellow as oranges, and maun hae a'thing his ain gate." For thirty years the public was filled with impressions of their wealth and their crimes; and so late as twenty years ago, Lord Clive was described to the writer as keeping memorials of his guilt in a box beneath his bed, and as having destroyed himself because his past enormities were too great for his conscience to bear. The drama, the story, and the poem, were coloured with their eccentricities ; while newspapers occasionally recorded facts which marked that, in some at least, a fine generosity was mingled with their grossness. The effect, however, of these things was to make money plentiful ; t) raise a spirit of emulation and a thirst for gold. In addition to this, the banking-house of Douglas, Heron, and Co., circulated its paper with a freedom which had an effect upon the population of Scotland remembered to the present day. Discounts for a time were plentiful. Bills presented by farmers, and accepted by ploughmen, were readily cashed. As is usual in these cases, the dash.. ing character attained by the bank attracted those who should hare known better; and many who boasted of their foresight, paid for their presumption. In 1772 the result of reckless trading was apparent ; and Douglas, Heron, and Co., failed. The shock WPS felt throughout the empire. The Royal Bank of Scotland tottered to its base; the banking-houses of England shook with a well grounded fear ; and the great corporation of the Bank of England was beset on all sides for assistance. --.Chronicles of the Stock Barchange. y 5 ih '3lll to to it ter t big be „o f r.• o' 4, D is 0 0' c€ r s id iiro of ,tit 5 or fa 11' , 0 ,0 • trl .01 ' 0 ef ° b 0 fin te