The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

Qtl;t Eibtrpool &Wawa:is TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 28, 1849. The following correspondence was yesterday placed in our hands for publication : TO GEORGE HOLT, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL ON THE 13TH OF JULY LAST. --- SlR,—Previous to — the summons being issued for the quarterly and monthly meeting of the Council for August, I made application to the Town-clerk to know it the spe cial committee would give me an assurance that their re port should be in the hands of members of the Council ten days before the meeting of the Council at which it was to be considered • my object being that, if the committee re fused, I would place a notice of motion on the Council summons, to the effect that it be an instruction to the committee to do so. The Town-clerk informed me that the committee would meet that day at two o'clock, that he would mention my request, and inform me if there should be any objection. On the second day, Iri peated my re quest to Mr. Horsfall, in the presence of the Town-clerk, who answered, " I see no objection, but you had better *speak to Mr. Holt, the chairman." I afterwards spoke to vou, making the second request; your answer to me was, very right, very proper—no possible ohj , •ction." The Town-clerk had already informed me that he had.made my request to the committee, and that it was complied with. I received your report late an Friday afterrroon, took it home with me, and carefully read it, waited upon the Town-clerk at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of placing upon the Council summons a notice of a motion, which should be taken as an amendment upon the receiving of your report, having in view a wish that both the report and the amendment should have time for consideration, not only by every member of the Council, but by the ratepayers also ; my surprise, therefore, was considerable on hearing from the Town-clerk that a spe cial council had been decided upon, and the summons was in the hands of the printers, and that consequently I could not place my notice of motion on the Council summons. I cannot enter into the motives of the council for taking so hurried and inconsistent a course upon a question of such vital importance to the town at large, but I feel jus tified in complaining of the unwarrantable breach of faith with me. Your own report shows that many years back I have given my time and attention to the consideration of the question, and, in common courtesy,l expected that the assurances I heal received would have been acted upon. I beg respectfully to hand you a copy of the amendment I propose submitting to the council on Wednesday; I also beg to inform you that T shall hand a copy to the editors of the Standard and Mercury papers, with a copy of this my letter to you, at one o'clock, and should be happy to band any explanation of yours on the subject at the same time. I am, Sir, very respectfully, yours obediently, JAMES PROCTER. Water-street, 41fonday morning, August 27th, 1849. [RECEIVED AT A QUARTER TO TWO O'CLOCK,] No 6, India-buildings, 27th August, 1849. DEAR answer to the letter you have just handed me, I beg to say that, when you spoke to me oil the subject of the report, you failed in naming your object, or saying anything whatever about your wish for time to place an amendment on the notice paper. flad you named that as your wish, I should have taken care that your wish had been complied with, although, I believe, not a customary mode of proceeding. Your right of mov ing an amendment, however, remains just as before. Your remarks to me on the subject only conveyed the idea that you wished a few days for consideration of the report, and that, I am happy to say, has been afforded you. If your only wish be to have your amendment in the hands of the Council before Wednesday, and not to make a flourish in the newspapers, there is time enough yet. Get it printed this afternoon, and in the course of some two or three hours you may have it in the hands of each member; and if you say that this puts you to expense which you ought not to bear, why send the bill to me, and I will pay it. Mr. Marples, my printer, will knock it off in an hour or two.—Yours, truly, GEO. HOLT. Jas. Procter, Esq. The water question has already given rise to much ill-feeling, which is not likely to be allayed by such circumstances as are detailed in the pre ceding letters. The public need not be reminded of the active and persevering exertions of Mr. Procter, both before and since his connection with the Council, to obtain for the town a better supply of water, and we think that Mr.. Holt would not have infringed on his usual gentlemanly demeanour had he refrained from writing the concluding para graph of his letter. He probably regrets it ere this. This letter is no answer at all to Mr. Procter's, who has good reason to complain. Mr. Procter will, tomorrow, move the following amendment in opposition to the report of the spe. cial committee, and we feel confident that it will receive considerable support : " That the Council fully recognise the right of the•bur gesses of Liverpool to the revenue of the Corporate Estate and that the rates to be laid under the Water and Sanatory Acts ought to be administered in accordance with the views and wishes of the ratepayers of the borough : also, that the Council is, or ought to be, a reflex of the views and opinions of the burgesses and ratepayers; and that the Council, believing the recommendation of the Special Committee, to proceed immediately with the Rivington scheme for supplying the town with water, to be opposed to the views and wishes of a large majority of the bur gesses and ratepayers. as well as opposed to the views of a large majority of the Council, as expressed by the Coun cil's resolution of May last :—Resolved, that this Council adheres to the resolutions passed by the Council cn the 14th day of May last, consequent on the report of Messrs. Simpson and Newlands, and that the report now submit ted be taken into consideration on a day to be fixed in November next." THE advices from California, received yesterday by the mail steamer Cambria, are of a somewhat disastrous character, and well nigh complete what will in after years be regarded as one of the most instructive pages in the world's history. The main fact connected with this newly-acquired portion of the American territory, viz.—the existence in its soil of large deposits of gold, has not been dis proved. Since the previous aecou Os received, the Oregon steamer had arrived at Pa nri ma with 400,000 dollars worth of gold dust; and the precious metal was being found in abunda:lee throughout the country. But the dream was being dispelled that it was to be picked up almost without effort; and that gold seekers could, as a general rule, become wealthy, per saltunt. It was, day by day, becoming a recognised fact that only the strong and the hardy could profitably engage in digging; and that, even in their case, there were many ordinary pursuits by which money could be made with quite as much facility. Fever, ague, and rheumatism were the necessary accompaniments of life in the placers; and thus, what would be regarded as more than ordinary luck, was often very dearly purchased. There appears now to exist very little doubt that the accounts of individual successes at first promulgated, were in a great measure exaggerated, partly by the too sanguine temperament of their authors, and, to some extent, to promote the ends of designing men. Large speculations in land were entered into by some of the early settlers in the region ; and, by the rush of immigrants attracted thither by the romantic stories narrated of the riches of the district, these have been to the specu lators far more productive than the wildest dreamer could have painted. Uncultivated wastes have been suddenly converted into town lots, and sites for wooden or canvass huts and stores have brought prices as extravagant as plots in the heart of our large towns and cities. Labour and rents have been enormously high; and the necessaries of life have swept away the lion's share of the profits of the most successful amongst the adventurers. A calamitous reverse, however, is now rapidly taking place, and proving incontestibly that even a golden harvest may be bought too dear. A few months ago, cargo after cargo Was proceeding to California from Europe, from the ports of the At lantic and the Pacific, and from the islands and ports of the Indian and Chinese seas. Merchan dise and stores of every description were poured into San Francisco in unbounded profusion, re gardless of the almost certain prospect existing that the vessels which bore them thither would be doomed to lie up in harbour for want of hands to navigate them homewards. What the results of these excessive importations will be the reader will gather from the following description of the state of San Francisco, given by a correspondent in the New York Courier and Enquirer of the last date received:— " The town is becoming Americanized by such signs as Centre Market, Washington Market, New York Store, &c., which, together with the numerous friends you meet from home. makes one forget that he is 'many thousand miles away from his father-land. The shores of the har bour are heaped with merchandise, and there are not store houses sufficient to hold a moiety of what has already arrived. As to the general appearance of the town, it may be likened to a resurrection of Jew shops. All kinds of old and new dunnage is being hawked at stands on the walk and in tents temporarily leased for the purpose, and. without exciting the imagination, the passer-by might fancy himself in Chatham-street, where ' every article on the board is only four cents.' Auction shops are open day and night, and thd goods of adventurers are sacrificed at most ruinous prices. Below I append a list of merchan dize sold at auction, as also the general prices of produce and staple articles. There is no stability in the market even for a day, and the arrival of one vessel may depress prices 100 per cent. " Goods at Auction Prices.—Beef, per barrel, 51,50; Calicoes, per yard, 2 cents; Shirting. per yard. 4 cents; Pantaloons, 50 cents; Shirts, 40 cents; Woollen Shirts, 41 ; Thread, per lb., 30 cts. All Clothing and Dry Goods in proportion. " Provisions—General Prices.—Beef, per barrel, S 3: Pork, per barrel, 816; Flour, per barrel, SA ; Butter, per lb., 81,23 ; Cheese, per lb., 75 cents ; Lard, per lb., 50 cents ; Hams, per lb., 75 cents ; Rice, per lb., 6 cents ; Sugar, per lb., 10 cents ; Coffee, per lb., 15 cents. Teas no value." The result will give rather a Flemish account to the unfortunate shippers. The most important feature connected with the events in this region, is the lesson which they teach with relation to modern monetary science. We all remember the extravagant anticipations with which the discovery of gold in such abun dance in California was regarded by politicians. both in the old and the new world. It was to revolutionise our monetary systems in Europe, and to place America at once on an exalted pedestal, above all the nations of the world. What has been the effect of its disturbing effects thus far ? We witnessed last year, and during a portion of the present, one very singular anomaly. We saw the discovery of a golden region on the shores of the Pacific become the means of draining Great Britain, Europe, and the Atlantic cities of their precious metals. The best bills on England at one time were negotiated in New York, as low as 1031 to 104 per cent., leaving a profit of 31 to 4 per cent, on the transmission of gold from Great Bri tain to a country in which vast stores of that precious metal had just been discovered. The American people, and other nations as well, em barked largely in shipments to the new Eldorado ; and, such is the anomalous character of our present monetary system, that the circulating medium, by which these large speculations were carried on, was abstracted from its ordinary channels in our own and European countries. The commerce and industry of Great Britain were placed in ' a state of partial suspension, to enable the United States to carry on the Californian speculations of its citizens. Three or four per cent. of every cargo of British manu factures in America were sacrificed in exchange, whilst America was directing her own stock of the precious metals to trade in her new gold region. How long a period may have to elapse before the stock of metallic money finds it way back again to its accustomed channels and employments is at present difficult to foretel. Certain it is, however, that nothing like the amount invested in goods and produce for California, or transmitted thither in specie, has as yet been received in gold dust nr ore. Upwards of twenty millions sterling in dollars is estimated as the capital from first to last, embarked in the trade to these regions, of which probably not above a quarter has as yet been realised in the precious metals. What may be the ultimate results, so far as regards the increased quantity of gold dis tributed through the markets of the world, it is equally difficult at present to estimate. It will not certainly equal the anticipations of sanguine people; and will be slower in producing important results than was at first prophesied. That it must, however, to a certain extent affect our measure of value is inevitable, although for some years to come the operation will only be felt by its giving a wider basis for the increasing commerce of the world. In this way the annual supply of even four or five millions of pounds sterling may be absorbed, without exer cising any great disturbing effect upon existing contracts, or the prices of commodities. The report of the Special Committee, appointed by the Council, on the 13th July last, on the sub ject of water supply, has at length made its ap pearance, and the result of their inquiries is as stated in a paragraph last week. The committee can see no other resource for the town than to pro ceed with the Rivington Works. To enable the Council to raise the necessary funds, they recom mend that power should be obtained from parlia ment to charge the corporate estate and borough fund by way of additional or contingent security. To secure the public against increased charges for water, they recommend that in the proposed bill it be enacted that the paving rate shall no longer bear the charge of cleansing and watering the streets, but that the water rate shall be charged therewith, it being provided that should it exceed the amount now levied for the purpose, the deficiency shall be borne by the borough fund. The report also re commends that a special committee, distinct from the present water committee, shall be appointed to carry on the construction of the works, and states that the committee are in a position to assure the Council that, should this course he adopted, the necessary funds can be obtained to enable the com mittee at once to proceed with the works. After a very careful perusal of the report, we have certainly not been able to perceive any evidence of a novel character adduced, which can have led the committee to this conclusion. A large portion of the report is occupied with a history of the question of water supply from its first agitation in 1844 up ty the present period, detailing the substance of the evidence taken by the old Highway Board, and that by which the present act was obtained. The importance of the opinions of Dr. Buckland, Pro fessor Ansted, and other scientific men and geolo gists, of Messrs. Rendel, Mylne, Hawksley, &c., as engineers, and of Dr. Lyon Playfair and others, as chemists, is strongly dwelt upon ; and the plan of Mr. Hawksley is described in the same couleur de rose, which would be employed were that gentle man himself the delineator. T'e only new evi dence that appears to have been sought is that of Mr. Eaton, of Ratcliffe, engineer to the Rochdale Canal, who is said to have satisfied himself that the works of the Rivington scheme can be completed within Mr. Hawksley's estimate of £450,000. The committee are thus led to adopt that scheme on the score of cheapness, in preference to the plans re commended by Messrs. Simpson and Newlands, the cost of which is estimated by them at £299,156. When to this, they remark, is added the parlia mentary expenses incurred in getting the act, and the compensation to be paid for broken contracts, the cost of the latter will approach closely to that of Rivington. "Whilst upon this question of comparative cost, the commit:ee might, we think, have referred to the conflicting opinions existing upon the subject. Mr. Eaton, it is true, says that the whole of the " per manent" works, as estimated for by Mr. Hawksley, can be made for £450,000. Messrs. Simpson and Newlands, however,—and we are not aware that these gentlemen are inferior authority to Mr. Eaton —estimate the cost at £839,269, and Mr. Hawksley himself has informed us that the £450,000 only provides for delivering a supply to our present population, and not, as the report states, "sixteen millions of gallons daily, a quantity equal to the supply of more than double the present population, at the rate of twenty gallons per diem, being the quantity estimated as necessary for the proper sup ply of all the inhabitants, shipping, manufactories, and public purposes." Another omission we may also notice. In stating our present water supply at four millions of gallons daily, the committee over look entirely, the supply from private wells, set down by Messrs. Simpson and Newlands at between two and three millions. We are not, however, about to reopen here the whole of this long-mooted question, the discussion of which has created so many heart-burnings and divisions, we had hoped that the p resen t report, b y its fulness and strict impartiality, would have settled these one way or another for ever; and we regret to have to express our opinion that it will not be re garded by the public as thus decisive. To two points only we shall briefly advert, viz., the pros pect of a return for the capital to be expended in procuring our water supply, and the proposition to charge a portion of the cost upon the borough fund. With respect to the first point, we are ready to acknowledge that thus far the corporation have not had sufficient experience in the conducting of water works to form an accurate estimate of their yield. They are at present labouring under the disadvantage of having borrowed money for the purpose of paying for the works of the companies at the extreme rate of interest. During the time they have had the management of the works, too, the community has been suffering under severe depression. Nevertheless, in calculating upon a revenue, increasing in the same ratio as was expe rienced by the old water companies, the committee leave, out of view altogether the probability that, when the existing wells are abandoned, as we pre sume they are intended to be, a largely, increased store of water will be left in the strata for the sup ply of manufacturers and others ; and the certainty that such parties, as well as private owners of pro perty, will largely avail themselves of such supply. The attention of the public, generally, has not, until of late, been fully directed to the facility with which such supplies may be procured ; and when it is known that there are hundreds of localities within the town and outskirts, in which it will pay the owners of property to sink wells and put down pumps for their tenants, we may depend upon it that such a course will be rather extensively adopted. _ _ The remaining point is the proposal to make the borough fund liable to be mortgaged to the bond holders, and to contribute to any deficiency which may arise on the water account. Now it was held to be one of the difficulties in the way of getting rid of the Rivington project that an application to parliament would be required : and the same diffi culty exists with respect to carrying out the propo sal, with the certainty almost of having to encoun ter a strenuous opposition. For what is the real nature of the proposition ? It is simply to apply the property of the mayor and burgesses of the borough of Liverpool to the purpose of procuring a supply of water, not for the sole use of those bur. gesses—in that case it might have been defensible— but for the use, as laid down for the first time in the Rivington Act, of the inhabitants " within the townships of Bootle, Litberland, Seaforth, Great and Little Crosby, Sefton, Netherton, Aintree, Or rell, 'Walton, Fazakerly, West Derby, Thingwall, Childwall, Much and Little Woolton, Wavertree, Allerton, Gatcacre, Aigburth, Garston, Toxteth park, Halewood, Huyton, and Roby." What was the argument urged against taxing the corporate property to the support of the poor within the borough ? Why, we were told that parliament would scout such a proposition ;" that it would say to us, if . you can afford to appropriate your revenue for such a purpose, we shall inquire into your right to levy town dues at all; and, at any rate, insist upon a reduction in favour of the commerce of the country. Yet we are now advised to ask parlia ment to allow us to appropriate it for the advan tage of districts far beyond the limits of the bo rough, whose inhabitants have as much right to ask for a supply of water to be provided out of the funds of the Liverpool burgesses, as the inhabitants of Chester, Manchester, or the metropolis itself. This portion of the special committee's recommen dation will not do. If the water committee must and will go on with the Rivington project, they must satisfy the public and their bond-holders in particular, that it is likely to be a self-supporting scheme ; and not look to the burgesses of Liver pool for payment for their whistle. THERE has been a great deal said of late regard ing the excessive shipments of goods and twist which have been made to India and China during the past few months, and as our particular attention has been called to Messrs. Fraser, Son, and Co.'s circular, dated Manchester, 22nd inst., now going the round of the Manchester papers, giving the exports from this port for the first eight months of the present year, with those of 1848 and 1847, we have been induced to compare the different quan tities, and we feel satisfied they are nothing lik3 so extravagant as has been represented. In the first place, we must preface this investigation, which, if correct, is of the utmost consequence to our mer chants as well as manufacturers, by a few remarks. It would be puerile to attempt a comparison between the shipments in this year and those of 1848, when our merchants, with fortunes shattered by the effects of continental turmoils and a crippled mar ket abroad, and embarassed, if not ruined, by the disastrous panic of the previous autumn, had neither the inclination nor the ability to embark in speculations of any magnitude. We must have some other data to go upon, and glad are we that these gentlemen furnish us with the necessary in formation for 1847. In the first eight months of that year, we find the total shipments of cotton goods to India and China amounted to 138,905,000 yards; but in 1848, when our merchants were paralysed, to 118,129,000 only, whilst in the pre sent year they are 192,900,000. The falling off of 1848, in round figures, was 20. million yards, which of necessity, when matters come round, would have to be replaced ; this leaves a further excess in the shipments of the present year over that of 1847 of 33 millions of yards, or barely 25 per cent. in crease. This, no doubt, will be considered by many sufficient for the present; but how stands the matter with respect to twist ? In 1847, for the same period, the total number,of lbs. exported to India and China were 15,680,000; but in 1848, they only amounted to 10,787,000, whilst this year they are estimated at 17,319,000 : so that the ship ments this year have been about 10 per cent. heavier than they were in 1847; hut, calculating the great falling off which took place last year, and which it is only reasonable to suppose would have to be made up,. the total shipments are 20 per cent. less than 1847. The shipments to the East are now on the de crease; and when we take everything into consi deration—the fair demand that there is for nearly every article of Indian produce, the easy money market, the strong position of the raw material, and every certainty of an abundant harvest, ivith political matters settling down on the continent, we confess our hopes for the future are good, and we cannot join with the croakers in the manufac turing districts, who, after all, are self-interested, that trade is being overdone, their object being to keep down the price of raw cotton. We understand that it is the intention of the proprie tors of the Egremont Ferry to run boats from Liverpool as late as a quarter to twelve o'clock, P.M., during each night of the festival at the Philharmonic Hall. PRESENTATION.—On Thursday evening last, an ele gantly bound volume of Dr. Adam Clarke's Commentary on the New Testament, was presented by the teachers of the Birkenhead Welsh Sunday School, to the Rev. R. Owen, late curate of that place, and at present the Welsh incumbent of St. Paul's Church, in this town, as a mark of the high esteem in which his services have been re garded while officiating there as their minister. The rev. gentleman acknowledged this gratifying mark of esteem shown him in very suitable and grateful terms. We re joice to be enabled to add that since the appointment of Mr. Owen to the Welsh ministry of St. Paul, a material and decided improvement has taken place as regards the number assembling there. THE NORTH RAILWAY STATION.— The new station of the London and North Western Railway Company, in Waterloo-road, which is reached from Edge-hill by the recently-constructed Victoria tunnel, contains five acres of land, the entire of which is either occupied by ware houses or covered with zinc shedding. The span of this shed is 183 feet, covering seven lines of rails—the whole cotton quay—from which can be loaded 20,000 bales of cotton daily. The principal entrances to this station are from Waterloo-road on the one side, and from Great Howard-street on the other, and these two thoroughfares form its eastern and western boundaries ; Stewart-street stands on the north, and a block of warehouses on the south. This is the largest goods station in England. It has eight lines of rails, with a space of eight feet between each line, to allow horses and men to pass in safety. The warehouses erected here are the finest, perhaps, in the kingdom. They are far larger than any other warehouses in Liverpool, and are construcced on the best principles. The rooms are each 102 feet by 90, containing an area close upon 1,000 square yards. All the work will be done on these premises by steam-power, and an engine of 50 horse power is here erected ; but, fearing this amount of power may not be sufficient, the engine -house has been built large enough to allow a second engine, of the same power, to be put up. The warehouses and all the premises are recently whitewashed, and the appearance it wears is clean and lightsome. In connection with the warehouses are two admirably designed offices, which overhang the rails, and are supported by iron beams; these offices commu nicate with the warehouses, and the man engaged here will be enabled to superintend the business of the warehouses. In each of the rooms there are two water plugs, which, in CAW of fire, can be at ance tarred, and a plentiful supply of water obtained. To form this station, upwards of one hundred and twenty separate properties, consisting of more than 150 dwelling-houses, warehouses, sheds, yards, &c., had to be purchased and pulled down. At the top end of Stewart-street, adjoining Great Howard-street, is a vacant plot of land, on which the general offices of the company will be built. These offices will be of gnat extent and magnificence. Passing upwards from the 'Waterloo sta tion, you find that the station extends under Great How. ard-street, whieh is supported by a neat iron girder bridge, of 116 feet span, erected by It. Daglish, jun., St. Helens; and, a little further on, the station passes under the gigantic brick arches which support the Lancashire and Yorkshire goods station at such an altitude over Great Howard-street. This arch is, we believe, the largest of the kind in England. It has a span of one hundred feet, and contains upwards of five and a half millions of bricks. Here the Irish pig traffic will for the future be taken, the pigs being made to walk into the trucks by a very simple arrangement : cattle will continue as usual to be got into the waggons at Edge-hilt, wherethe company's cat tle station contains 102 pens, capable of holding 1,200 head of cattle. The station accommodates the Liverpool market; and takes you to the mouth of the tunnel, the dimensionsof which are as follow :—Dock to Tunnel, 500 yards ; Tunnel to Byrom-street, 854 yards ; Byrom-street, under, 69 yards; Tunnel from Byrom-street to Edge-hill, 2717 yards : total, 4140 yards. The wire rope for this tunnel is three miles long. The whole inland business of Liver pool may be done at this station ; when complete 5000 tons of goods at least may be easily despatched to all parts of the kingdom. Trains are drawn up the new tun nel by means of four separate engines of 100-horse power each. THE LITERPoot STAINDARD. GRAND OPENING OF THE PHILHARMONIC HALL. Last night, the first of a series of concerts, which will be recorded as the greatest Musical Festival that ever was known in this town, took place, in celebration of the opening of that splendid building, the Philharmonic Hall, in Hope-street, which has added au additional attraction to the no small number of our elegant public structures. The Philharmonic Society, who are the proprietors of the building, had previously engaged the first-rate performers, vocal and instrumental, of this country and of the Conti nent, as well as an efficient, numerous, and well-practised hand of local choristers, male and female. Amongst the former, it was at one time anticipated that Jenny Lind would once more appear in Liverpool, having during her last visit here been delighted with the capabilities of the Hall, and given her promise to assist at its opening. Her sudden departure from the country, after the period of her expected marriage, prevented this' promise from being carried into effect. The high standing of the other ar tistes engaged, however, renders even her absence little felt. These comprise—Alboni, a vocalist as much ad mired in her own peculiar style and voice as Jenny her self; Jetty de Treffz, an Austrian lady of exquisite taste and excellence; and Miss Catherine Hayes, an English aspirant to the vacant primadonnaship, possessed of ac knowledged high talent. Grisi, too, in herself a host, who has swayed for years the empire of song, presents herself, with her unrivalled powers unimpaired, and probably for the last time previous to her retirement from amongst us. In addition, the Misses Williams give their beautiful ren dering of the sublime oratorio music of our classic compo sers ; with Viardot Garcia, the talented sister of the la mented Malibran ; and Mesdames Corbari and L. Cor bari. Such a constellation of female stars never before shone in the same horizon. Not at all less efficient is the list of male vocalists. Mario and Sims Reeves, the first tenorslof the day or age, contest the palm of superiority before aLiverpool audience. The Lablache displays his unrivalled bass voice; and Bar tolini; Polonini, Tagliafico, and Herr Carl Formes, with Benson and Whitworth, from our own neighbourhood, complete the list. Mr. Lockey, we believe, does not ap pear ; but his place will be filled by our old favourite, Machin. The solo instrumentalists are Mons. Vivier, French horn ; Signor Piatti, violoncello ; Ernst, violin ; and Messrs. Halle and Benedict, pianoforte. To compose the band the first talent available has been secured ; and, with the chorus, number 320 performers, Mr. Hermann being selected as leader. _ _ _ We must refer, however, a little more in detail, to the characteristics of some of the leading artistes on this auspicious occasion. First of all there is Grisi,—whose fame is as widely diffused as civilisation itself. Her mira culous voice is as charming as ever. For the last eleven years it has been the richest, the truest, the most dazzling of human instruments. She was the first to give us a correct interpretation of those profound soul-inspiring productions of the late lamented Bellini, whose musical themes will be cherished in the minds of all who love the divine science, so long as it exists to be loved, and there are people to love it. Tae outpourings of this artist's vocalisation have long since exhausted panegyric, and we are sure that on this occasion she will deliver whatever is entrusted to her with consummate art, and retain her supremacy in the estimation of every auditor. Alboni has a very powerful contralto voice. She is well known to most of our readers for her powerful and bril liant rendering of the " Non piu Mesta" in Rossini's opera of ".Cenerentola,” and the "Il Segreto" in " Lucrezia Borgia." This year, however, she has at tempted soprano parts, and has charmed every one by the wondrous facility of her executancy, Her singing of the " Una voce," in Barbiere di Siviglia " took everybody who heard it by storm. We all remember with what ex traordinary profuseness of fioriture Persiani used to load this melody, so that very frequently it was hidden by the mass of magnificent ornaments in which it was enwrapped. Alboni is very remarkable for the chastity and delicacy of ber musical expression. These features are seen to very great advantage in those beautiful airs which are assigned to Arsace, in the opera of " Semiramide." The music in this character is within the limits of her voice, and in her mode of rendering it she has never been surpassed. Her upper notes are clear and bell-like, and her lower notes are rich, deep, and powerful ; so that, as a contralto singer, she is at this moment without a rival. Pauline . %iardot Garcia now merits our attention. She is the sister of the late Madame Malibran, anti is known as the prima donna in the two last operas of Meyerbeer, viz., " Les Huguenots" and the " Prophete." All the metropolitan critics concur in stating that she has an organ of extraordinary power. Tt is of extensive register, and its tones have been the admiration of all who have listened to them. They are exquisitely pure and deli ciously mellow. Her distinctness of articulation in stac cato passages realises the very ideal of executive perfection. Her pathos is quite overpowering, and so fine is the alter nation of her diminuendo that one can scarcely conceive any sound to exist between that which falls upon the ear and absolute silence. Her powers of extemporising are very great. During their exercise she sets all chromatic difficulties completely at defiance; and after her voice has run up from the lowest to the highest point of its coin pass, it will burst forth in passages of the most dazzling brilliancy, which electrify the senses of her captivated hearers. The Misses Williams are our countrywomen and old acquaintances. As duett singers they are unrivalled. Many a time they have charmed us, and often we hope to be charmed with them again. Nature has endowed these young ladies with voices of surpassing sweetness. In neither is there one trace of harshness, while purity, power and mellowness may he said to be their leading characteristics. So beautifully are they adapted to each other, so complete and rich is their blending, that one's ear is never satisfied with its lavement in this tide of har mony. Their performances display a care and an industry that is highly meritorious, and the grace and propriety of their execution are a very pleasing and gratifying proof of what a judicious and enlightened cultivation can effect. The sisters Corbari are from the London Italian Opera House. The music for the occasion has been very judiciously varied for the week, miscellaneous concerts and oratorio alternating, the former being given in the evening and the latter at the morning performances. As might be expected from the curiosity to view the splendid new building, and to listen to such a constella tion of musical talent, the attendance was trost numerous and fashionable, comprising many of the elite of the land far and near, and many of the first families and indivi duals in the category of our " merchant princes" and citizens. The entire company were, as a matter of course, in full dress ; and the ladies, who seemed to predominate in numbers, and to whom were assigned the principal or front seats. were variedly and splendidly attired. As the powerful light shone upon their lovely countenances, and shewed the elegance of their figures,—the splendour of the attire of some, and the chaste simplicity of that of others,—the spectator could not but confess that he never before beheld suck a galaxy of beauty. The natural pro tectors of the sex were also conspicuous in manly appear ance, though in the less showy habiliments which are the unostentatious and almost uniform fashion of the times. The scene, in fact. reminded one of the narratives of en chanted palaces in the East, peopled by a commixture of mortals with beings of a celestial caste. As the audience assembled. every one was struck by the magnitude, elegant construction , and perfect adaptation of the interior of the hall, which we may at once pro nounce to be the finest and most capacious concert-room in England. When the house became filled with " the gallant and the fair," the coup d'aeil, from any part of it, was deeply imposing ; and, for the satisfaction of those who were not present, we supply a brief sketch of the interior arrangements. The room is in the form of an oblong square. The boxes, and over them the galleries are, or rather appear to be, recessed, this effect being produced by a single elyptic arch on each side, over their fronts, and reaching at its pitch nearly to the ceiling. The span of each arch is nearly the full length of the body of the hall,—being 10G feet. The orchestra and stage at the east end is re cessed, also within an arch ; and opposite to it at the west end there is a recessed gallery or row of stalls, over which there is another gallery, of less width, fronted by ballus trading. The orchestra is of semicircular form as regards the seats, (of which there are ten rows,) and is sufficiently roomy for the accommodation (including the stage) of three hundred performers. The music stands are of bronze, with each of the tops cast in the form of a lyre. At each side of the body of the hall there are three doors for ready ingress and egress, and, between these, windows filled in with perforated zinc for ventilation. In front of the boxes. and supporting the galleries over them, are handsome light-gilded pillars, with scroll ornaments as capitals. The whole of the walls, and the fronts, or panelling, of the boxes and galleries are temporarily painted in light tints, ornamental finishing being yet in reserve. The roof (over the body) is coved, and is consi derably higher than that which covers the galleries. The coves are of perforated stucco-work. The central ceiling is flat, but enriched by being in diamond-shaped com partments, formed by bold crossing plaster mould ings, with ornamental pendants at the meetings of the angles. Round the top of the body, over the four arches noticed, and projecting in bold relieve, there is a chaste cornice, in the Grecian style, which pre. dominates throughout the . building. By day the hall is lighted by four large windows with elegant pedi mental carved cornices, supported by appropriate orna mental trusses, or brackets. These, together with the arch-work, and other accompaniments, bring (if we may so express it) what are usually points of exterior architec ture within the building ; yet the designer has imparted to the whole a surprising warmth of appearance. The arches, at their respective springs, rest upon huge double pillars of polished real black porphry with handsome capitals; rind these contrast well with the general light and cheer ful colouring of the interior of the hall. The boxes are elegant. They are divided by woodwork topped with polished mahogany. These as well as the galleries ara.upholstered in crimson' cloth. The seats in the body are also of mahogany with iron frames and slop ' ing backs ; and each seat forms, by means of intervening arms, a chair for one auditor, so that no crowding or squeezing can take place. Every seat in the body and orchestra is also numbered. Messrs. Pemberton and Son, of Duke-street, executed the greater part of the uphol stery work, and Messrs. Hand and Son, Bold-street, the mahogany and other work. The organ, at the back of the orchestra, is, though not of large frontage, very elegant and classical in design. It. is of great compass and fine tone. We may here state that notwithstanding the recesses, arches, &c., the sound of the voice, or of any instrument, is conveyd from any part of the house to another without effort and without perceptible reverberation. This is a great point gained, and it has not been achieved without much study on the part of the architect. The manner in which the Hall is lighted and its effect are altogether novel and surprising. There are no central gaseliers, or even lateral lights. The wholels illuminated by innumerable gas lights, fixed in close proximity all round the top of the cornice which surrounds the body of the Hall. (over the arches) ; arid such is the volume of light, that the visitor, after a sliOrt sit, may, in forgetful ness, readily suppose that he is under the clear. open canopy of heaven during the noonday sun. There is nothing' to intercept the view, or to dazzle the eye ; yet the brilliant.volume of pure light thus shed down filled every box, corner, or recess ; and the effect it displayed on countenance and costume was novel and enchanting. The gas jets alluded to (which are of trefoil form) are no fewer than 985 in number, and besides these there is a beautiful circular pendant burner, or gaselier, over the orchestra, formed of circles of burners, the whole form ing, in concentration, an earthly sun. The gas lights in all, including those at the bark of the boxes and galleries, and in the retiring rooms, lobbies, &c., amount to about a thousand. On each side of the orchestra there is a beautiful " stage," or manager's, " box," of circular form, in bold projection, and with canopied roof. The design of these is peculiarly elegant and classical. The fronts of the boxes and galleries are divided into compartments, and, though plain and unassuming, comport with the general archi tecture, and have a telling effect. From having obtained only a cursory view of the Hall, and having but little time and space to devote to a description, we cannot enter into minute details of the ornamental work—nor is this necessary, as the "finishing" ornaments have yet to be affixed. Even as it is now, we entertain no doubt but that those who have attended the concert last night will admit that we have not over rated the merits of the architect, or (concomitant with these) the liberality of the Philharmonic Society, in pro ducing a building which is an ornament to the town, and is already proved to be especially adequate to the require ments of the professors and amateurs of music. TO CORRESPONDENTS. At St. John's Church on Sunday week..the sum of £l5 4s. 23-d. • Was collected in aid of the Irish. Church Education Society. The amount was not furnished for our paper o. last week. We wish R. E. C. T. had furnished us with his name confiden-• tially, but we hope to obtain some information on the subject of his letter in time for our next mtl)ligaticn. A correspondent writing from l Aigbinp, says, " In the Mercury of yesterday. Dr. Hawthorne states; the quantity of laudanum in each tablespoon dose of Sir James Clarke's' mixture, to be equivalent to nine grains of -opium—such is not the case—nine•een minims of laudanum contain one grain of opium, and as seventy-six minims is the maximum dose, it is very evident only four grains of .opium are ad ministered each time. The mixture contains 9i fluid drachms." THE CONCERT LAST NIGHT. The first overture, " Der Frieschutz," was most splen didly play3d ; the numerous and well-trained orchestra making this fine piece of music fully appreciated, and at once satisfying every auditor as to the capacity of the building to convey sound to advantage. The first vocal piec? was the quartet, " Bianca e Falliero," from Rossini, in which Mdlle. Corbari, L. Corbari, Signor Bartolini, and Signor Polonini presented themselves. In this piece Mdlle. Corbari bore away the palm. Her voice is pure. and highly trained, and her execution is of the first order, Thineit piece in the programme was an aria from Donnizettis "Roberto Devereaux," set down for a Signor Nicolo Covas, who did not appear, up to the time at which we were compelled to leave the Hall. In the trio, " Nino," by Verdi, Mademoiselle Corbari. L. Corbari, and Signor Bartolini, acquitted themselves most artistically. The former lady is a finished singer, possessed of an excellent organ. Her sister's voice ap proaches more to the soprano, and is sweet, but less flexible. Signor Bartolini in this trio sang very nicely, but is not great. The scena and aria, " Andromica," by G. A. Macfarren, sung by Madame G. A. Macfarren, was produced as well as it could have been. We should have liked to have heard this lady, who is an accomplished singer, in other music. The next piece was the fine duet by Wallace, " If Love should dare to creep our hedge of roses through," sung by Misses A. and M. Williams. This was one of the most beautiful performances of the evening, and was vocife rously encored. We can safely say that we never heard voices harmonise so beautifully as those of the MissesWil hams, or voices, of themselves, much more rich in cha racter. Miss M. Williams, especially, is one of the finest contraltos which we have heard. The exquisite harmoni zation of these two ladies is, however, the chief attra6tion of their singing. Some credit, too, is due to the fine music of the duet itself. The next piece—a recitative and scena from Weber's " Der Freiscuhtz"—introduced to us Madame Viardot Garcia; and the sister of Malibran nobly upheld the laurels won by that lamented queen of song. The text was the German one, and it was given with electrical effect. We have had the pleasure of hearing many of Malibran's best efforts, and we can safely say that her sister is worthy of her. There is a complete abandon in her style ; and we can readily appreciate in her singing those dramatic powers which have been so highly appre ciated in the metropolis. Monsieur Vivier followed with a solo on the French horn—certainly one of the most surprising performances we ever heard. The tones elicited by this gentleman are most beautiful; but the wonder is his enunciation of a bass and tenor at the same time. We can easily see how this is realised on a stringed instrument. We know it to be attainable by rapidity of fingering upon some wind instruments. But here there was no professional deception whatever; and, independently of its artistical excellence, a more beautiful musical performance we never heard. It was encored ; and it deserved the encore most richly. The following piece, a cavatino, from Figaro. introdu ced to the audience Madlle. Jetty de Treffz. This lady is most pleasing in appearance, and has a good mezzo so prano voice, well cultivated. In the music set down for her on this occasion, however, she attempted nothing very great. So far, in fact, as we have at present heard her, she is a sweet, not a great singer. Her taste is excellent, as is the quality of her voice ; and in her next piece, " Il don Giovani," with Viardot Garcio, Corbari, and others, it was clear that her power is much deficient. Garcia completely drowned her. Herr Carl Formes is a fair German bass ; but we must confess we do not like him. He sung an air from " Faust," however, very creditably. The attraction of the evening was Alboni's " Una Voce." She sung it as no one else can sing it, and that is saying much. It seemed, moreover, no effort to her to sing it as she did. It was a triumph in fact, and an encore was tried ; but the lady did not respond. The first part concluded with the chorus from Massaniello, " Hear holy saint," which was very finely sung. The training which the chorus, and the instrumentalists as well, have undergone for the last few weeks has told, and rendered the musical staff of the Philharmonic inferior to no local musical corps. The conducting of Mr. Herrmann was throughout the evening most excellent. The second pert of the programme was not concluded until just as we were going to press, and we are therefore unable to detail its merits as they deserve to be noticed. At the time the last Overland Mail left, the Bishop of Calcutta was in an exceedingly precarious state of health; his medical advisers had interdicted him from quitting his chamber. Captain Denham, R.N., F.R.S., arrived at the Adelphi Hotel, from Bristol, &c., on Saturday, and has resumed his supervision of steamers at this port, which, besides the passenger licenses, embraces the question of how far the Admiralty regulations of June 29th, 1848, respecting steamers' denoting lights, have been conformed to. We understand that Captain Denham receives all communi cations at the Custom-house Committee-room, from eleven to two o'clock. SIR. MOSES MONTEFIORE IN PALESTINE.—The Rev. Moses Margoliouth has favoured us with the following ex tract from a letter he has just received from Jerusalem, dated the 2d inst. :—" Sir Moses Montefiore arrived here a few days ago, his object for coming here is not known. He expressed himself grieved to find that his people only sent in petitions to him for pecuniary aid, and nothing more. He has, however, behaved very kindly to them ; he is distributing money to them very liberally. Yester day, (the Ist instant) he gave to every single individual — even to infants of the age of six mouths—of the Judea Polish congregation, a Spanish dollar. To-day he does the same to the Barbary Jews ; and to-morrow he will distribute in the same manner to the Spanish Jews. He gives it with his own hands, and manifests great pleasure at seeing so many of his people about him. It is sup posed that he intends to return in the spring, when he will establish schools, an hospital, factory, &c. &c.; but this is only one of the many conjectures. He is to leave this holy city on Monday next, the 6th. Ho has shown the same kindness and liberality to his brethren through out this country; he does not altogether exempt the poor Christians and Turks from participating in his generosity. He is called by them the Kirig of the Jews." CONDUCT OF WILSON SINCE HIS CONVICTION.—This extraordinary criminal maintains the same callous indif ference to his awful position that has characterised his demeanour from the moment he was apprehended, to the time when he leapt, with all the elasticity of health and joyousness, from the prison van, as that vehicle drew up at the gate of Kirkdale gaol, after conveying its load of human depravity from the presence of justice on the night of Wednesday last. Wilson is tended during the night by an officer of the prison and another prisoner; and it is a remarkable evidence of the health of the wretch, that when the evening meal of his prison companion is brought in, lie invariably wishes to partake of it; he also com plains of the indifferent quality of the food brought to him, desiring better and more of it. Another singular proof of the self complacency and vanity, to use no harsher words, of the prisoner's disposition, is afforded by the tenacity with which he clings to the clothes, part of which were the produce of his crime, refusing to relinquish them for inferior garments. On one occasion since the trial, he drew the attention of the officer in his cell, to the quality of his (Wilson's) trousers, asking if he did not think they were very fine. The man replied that they were too good to be worn in common, and should be kept for Sundays. Wilson replied that he would continue to wear them as long as he lived, seeing he had so short a time to live. The allusion to his untimely end, however, had no very deep seat in his mind, as he soon after walked about the yard with that air of pomposity and vanity combined, which marks his general carriage, and by which it would seem that the gratification of wearine trousers and boots of a description superior to those to which he has hitherto been accustomed, were sufficient to era , : all thoughts of his imminent position from his mind. We believe it is not the intention of the authorities to extend the period usually intervening between the conviction and the day of execution to this man, and that he will suffe► the extreme penalty of the law on Saturday week, and net on Saturday fortnight, as stated in our inner page. PIRACY IN THE CHINESE SEAS.—On the evening cf Wednesday, a large fast-boat, having on board, of cr( w and passengers, forty seals, (includin7 four Portuguese,; started for Macao. Before reaching the Cap Sing-mco • Passage, and in full view of the t.)wn ard shipping, slit was overtaken by two piratical boats, which ranged along side. Firepots and other missiles were thrown on beard, by which one man was wounded. The pirates th-i, boarded, driving some of the crew and passengers into the water. After plundering the vessel of 2CO dollars and some goods they sailed away, leaving the fast-boat people to rescue their comrades in the water. On mustering it was found that two Chinese and one Portuguese wen missing. The Portuguese arrived at Victoria next morn ing, having swam ashore, but it is feared the Chinese were drowned. The firing was heard by several merchant vessels; one of them threw up a blue light, to attract the attention of the police. We hear that the commander of the ship Amer, sent a boat on board her Majesty's store ship Minden, intimating to the master in charge that a piracy was then in the act of being-committed, but the Minden bad no force to send to the rescue.—lndian paper. Aug. 2c714,pt BOROUGH SESSIONS. _ The Borough Sessions were to have been opened 111 day, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Reeeru e i e r i 0 the hour, however, for sitting, the recorder ate _ i e ourt, and addressed the grand jury, who hal e iresu As 4 sembled, to the following effect:—Gentlemen, I ain, c 7i t h f must request your attendance to-morrow, at ten 0 ,10 The learned recorder then explained that it Wes, fe 0, desirable that the assizes should be finished he.' ° 'o sessions commenced ; he had been in hopes this took have been the case. There was no legal objeetif ° „, vei two courts sitting at the same time, yet, the inug:bale of opinion this had better not be the case. lie ° fa ) t o o to tell the grand jury that their duties would not be; dr and that when they met again, he should not ha ve 190 lain them long. The following gentlemen h ave summoned to serve as Grand Jurors : Mr. John Buchanan, broker, Oldliall-street. Mr. John Bibby, merchant. Shaw-street. Mr. John Baron, broker, Oldhall-street. ard. Mr. Wm. Rushton Coulburn, merchant, Old Church -Y Mr. John Dutton, broker, Exchange-buildings. et. Mr. Adam Stewart Gladstone, merchant, Chatham -6.r- too Mr. Matthew Gregson, merchant, Lower Harringto n Mr. John Higson, broker, Exchange-alley North. Mr. Matthew Tee, broker, Chorley-street. Mr. Thomas Irlam, broker, Royal Bank-buildings. t , Mr. Geo. Hugh Keightley, merchant, Carruther's-str ee Mr. John Lockett, merchant, 63, Shaw-street. Ai road" Mr. Walter Fergus M`Gregor, ironfounder, Vanish- , Mr. Henry Moore, merchant, Rumford-street. Mr. James Miller, merchant, Upper Pitt-street. mbel ls9l Mr. Richard Andrew Mould, wine merchant, Nordin- Terrace. Mr. George Edwin Taunton, share broker, Pet Rumford-street. Mr. Wm. Tarbett, merchant, Tower-buildings. Mr. Alex. Smith, merchant. Exchange-buildings. Mr. Vincent Chaloner, ship broker, Queen's Dock. ~,d The Hon. Mr. Bancroft, the accomplished M hisin te the United States at this court, returns to eo bet country in the Europa mail steamer of the Ist S e P t h , DAIIING ROBBERY ON A RAILWAY.—Mr• • I ?„ n jet7, struther, of Greenbank-street, Preston, was .„P" - c .„O 1 1,,, last week while travelling on the Preston and 1390 Railway, of a red morocco purse, containing Bank of England notes, and 30 sovereigns. „, n t. 11 4; UVENILE DEPREDATORS.—At the Police-..-cto , ,' terday, four boys, M`Donald, Jones, Innis, a nd • i t e w p e p r e e ared they charged e with were eheatvi all ng equallystolen a i m p p a l i i r ea o ted, f belle an S v ot ' to . o ct them (old offenders) were committed for three re and the other two for twenty-one days. 1,(0 011r n LIBERATION.—Mr. Martin Boshell, long and ""A 035 1 ' bly connected with one of the leading mercantile 1:,r1.5,0 Liverpool, who was convicted, with eight or ten otPe t is l # the winter assizes of this town, for an alleged trea s d ,fee" conspiracy against the Queen and constitution, . 89 4 bee n tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, has iti' do e liberated, by order of her Majesty, at the sugge s f f e riel, the Secretary for the Home Department, after 5° , l V, nine months' incarceration. This act of clenle°,4ol been yielded in compliance with a memorial na me and influentially signed. 1 611 CAUTION TO PARENTS.—A lamentable instan ce °OO consequences likely to arise from allowing young ~ to run about the crowded streets of a large town iu s occurred yesterday afternoon. A man, named Tile' l loo wards, owner and driver of a lorry, having oee es ' late take one of his horses to the farrier. drove his torrid Hackins-hey for that purpose. It appears he distate . the chain-horse, and while the operator was atte n ;'„ l tbe the animal, the lorry with the shalt-horse remain e( ! i t ime street. A number of young children just at thl' o ld rushed out of a school in the neighbourhood, and ay e , round the lorry; one of them, a fine little boy el years old, named Balshaw, residing with his parene s oie Hackins-hey, climbed up the spokes of the off wheel' a t se e in this dangerous position the carter, who could ° j ot' the child, backed his horse; the movement Pree i P. 9 lli os the unfortunate child to the ground, and his head 0 111 under the wheel, just as it was backing, it was so fear crushed as to to cause instantaneous death. . „ roe; DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Sunday evenin g ' s lll' siderahle excitement was created in School-lenefraiii neighbourhood, by the appearance of smoke issuingepore the house, No. 25, in that narrow street, and the ! ee l to that a female had been burned to death, which Pro` hired be the fact. The house, (with a small shop) is ind- of ll ' by Mr. M'Culloch, a tailor, and so far as is ye he and a brother-in-law, as well as the deceased' e been at a convivial party that day. The tle ° 4‘ l it went to bed about three o'clock, leaving the d e ces- 1 o ot the kitchen below. Deceased sent the servant gi r ,tise with the children to take a walk, and was last seen t the by the girl when she left, sitting in her usual cha ir 9 00 kitchen fireside. About five o'clock the room nb °re found by the husband to be full of smoke, and heAre, down stairs and found the deceased lying near the, oti place, dreadfully burned. and quite dead, her o°,lo, having ignited. The body presented a dreadful aPP since. The inquest will be held this day. ss,„t• CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—A few days ago. Dav id hv ib e son, the active constable sent down to this distric t ," s „ e ll "Royal Society (of London) for the Prevention of V" o d to Animals," to watch the proceedings of driver:rot others, brought a man before the then sitting nleg is f , )f of Birkenhead, Mr. Hall and Mr. John Jacks as cruel treatment of a horse which he was driving. the proved that the horse was worked in a cart, tho u gl / ight animal had a knee swelled to a diameter . of about eve inches, and was otherwise hurt, sore, and ill fed•.,,,,0 4 , driver was not himself so much to blame, but a mitl,a,og fine was imposed upon the owner, who also apP rate ;o l 10s. and Bs. 6d. costs, upon his promising that the g o ' of would not again be aed until it had recovered. W O p re glad to observe that since the constable's visit t° duct shire there has been a great improvement in the 0 , ° bo ot of donkey keepers and others to their animals 0006 New Brighton and the neighbourhood. , CAUTION TO OFFICIOUS POLICEMEN.—At tue - p it• court, yesterday, during the examination of some er e, nesses in a case of presumed burglary, reported elsew'otte officer Storey, of the detective force, on more than occasion, manifested considerable anxiety to se e° ibe conviction. This feeling he exhibited by p r omptia r ee , witnesses several times, and doing what, in legal P h „abi is termed " making out a case." This being obse rv ` t ll O Mr. Rushton, the worthy magistrate administered t°e:, officious Dogberry the following well-merited reh,' l , l l , e ir " You appear to be very solicitous for a conviction. bet ever the witness opens her lips, you endeavour tolle'rdir out, just as if we had no ears to hear. This is cerYoste creditable to you. As an officer, you should only - J so the truth, and no more. You seem as though ye„e 7cil of notion of your duty but to convict, and seem atr a " the prisoner should escape. You ought to beashe,c e- SV yourself. A stop must be put to this practice. crect, sincerely hope that this rebuke will have the desired 0.0 CASE OF COLLISION OF Two STEAMERS.—Yes teru Sir' case was heard before Mr. Rushton, assisted bY, o , eil Hodgson, harbour-master, respecting a collision be roef the steamer Hercules, Captain Cullen, and the stfl3,,,ier Faugh-a-Ballagh, Captain Johnson, in which the Te'tbot was plaintiff and the latter defendant. It appeared 03 on the night of the 19th instant, about high water,o,ols dark at the time, the Hercules was proceeding o ,li t uuoi' from this port, and had reached near to Spencers t llB in the north channel, when she was overtaken ",,A Faugh-a-Ballagh, the persons on board of whom , i n reaching her, acted, it was alleged, unskilfully, s o O r t tie bow of the Hercules was damaged by the stern e6ipt• other vessel dipping, in a heavy sea-way, upon it. . 0 40 Johnson, in &fence, produced same witnesses; bu t ' , 0 6 shown that he might have passed on either side °lad Hercules with plenty of water. The bill for the 110 repairing the damage to the llercules was £l7, t;ni,,, the isa ß i ode . ulfeiescpnhi adept o o i anr n n. et a ; d i Hwc ,j adjudge d edt h ecui a arr t lrlee t ev h (di i a ,d t sse et amount hki satnlntiooehwusesil knowing which wu e bl h i t c h a vini : ss t to : choose. 0 0 ; MAGISTERIAL COMPLIMENT TO A PAWNI 3O — m .o .A .'' ASSISTANT.—On Saturday last, Mr. William assistant to Mr. Syred, pawnbroker, in Park-lane,aP l) ,",le s ' at the Police-court to prefer evidence against three ter o a who had, through his exertions, been apprehende d cr charge of felony. The principal offender was nare e f oiri therine Meads. It appeared that on Saturday te ° ,,,,tru the three persons had entered the shop, and oceuiroco distinct boxes, but were apparently companions. 'd 01 5 1 offerel in pledge a sailor's jacket and waistcoat, e n ibo,' to deposit £2 in sovereigns; and, suspicion arisiegfoco' she could not have come honestly ..by them, he rea pre: , but kept his eye upon the parties. He retained 111 perty, and pursued Meads through several street-'race' two others having run off first,) and, after a long,. t tli e , .bad her secured in Atherton-street. It was found 0 . 5 5 Al' property had been stolen from a sailor, and it W ilia recovered. Mr. Rushton highly complimented Mr'„ v del'„ ginson for hisactive and honourable conduct, a nd rer e : 0 0 0 : the prisoners, (two of whom were apprehended aft e , tiP t through his description) until Mo n d a y. Yester oo ;; l o s, prisoners were again brought up. The evidence plf; the two women not named was not suffi c i en t to PO — 'l l ', ticipation in the theft, and they were dischargea',4 prisoner Meads was committed to hard labour in ga' o ple j two months.—Same day, another pawnbioker was e b c ' e ede; mented by Mr. Rushton, for having a party aPPr e who had offered in pledge a silver spoon, or ra ther fl pieces of broken silver which had formed a sPc' eri i, 0 11 =aid this was the right way for pawnbrokers to ache de" that, if all were equally active, many thefts vroul",oo 4 ' tected, and much property restored to the rightful No owner has yet - ap Peare - (1 to claim the spoon MARRIED, I PE' f On the '26th instant, at. 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