The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

Inly 3, 1849. - torah Rettis. h a it `Week there were 67 deaths from cholera, less thmi a of the fatality of the previous week. latot)ll_reeman, a mason, who resided at Liscard, was dad, l° death on a limekiln, in Canal-street, Congleton, onle night of Saturday week. l'Cavia uon ~ ednesday, when it was made kno w n th a t th e ttsseilr_, f l ~-. Repeal Bill had' received the Royal I I t ' --e uags at the vessels in the several docks were 0 8 ed half-rnast high. in ilanesday, James Norris, aged three years, residing t over eks-uldings, Ford-street, was severely bu ReotivevocnhesTth,n•hresadday, .and face by his clothes taking fire. in th e .edaesday, John Firkin, aged 17, whilst engaged t foi ri gging on board the Nestorian, bound for this por t , v h a tithe deck as the vessel was coming along St. George's W i t': lie was so severeiy injured that he d ied . next day. .pi e are glad to see that a strong effort is now being 4;44 ap, ,to establish a ragged school at Win sor.. tr A e n has been made to the inhabitants of the . dis i_ t i.e. nPeort, which we hope will be promptly and liberally loaded to Af t I s• • and ,;),'"ineeton Coop er, who is well known in this town, - 0 at present rsies at . Southport, has had pre st(d to h• war. I , Ins a medal for services during the last generi.l io eo ,(le belonged to the 6th Regiment of Foot; and was the se rvic e ' esB than eleven engagements previous to leaving some- A Associ.vrioN.— A scheme is afloat, bearing g geotlerullag of a joint-stock character, for sue lyi Ilealth f 7 1 ' ei'gaged in business in Livereool and p Cheshire Pitt a i 41 a nd pleasant residences with largeg ardens at "Tli' 9 ,, n the 13 irkenhead, Lancashire and g Cheshire 1 ,,_ 00 itailNiay. tte-..ei'L.Alto.;ArioN OF MASTERS AND MAT ES . —At a ee ptit i 4 of the board of examiners, held on Tuesday, bou gi ll i John Henderson, late master of the Sir Howard toas4stof Liverpool, was found qualified fora second offi eer 8 eeltifieate • and Mr. Isaac Norton, cl a te ,l the sh ip ' Euphrates, of Liverpool, for second late second n Sc A '',llB Certificate. 'no of CITY OF WATER NOT FAR FROM THE "PIKE."--- tN ,i t h e e most striking proofs of the extraordinary sdereyn % till. present seaso in this district was b4 tl), Inge Rill last week s where a large well which had vi ellA e 4 i'vithout water for upwards of thirty yea r r_s . pre ,Ti ',lvas then Which t —Blackburn Stal:ida d Miss 11j;.ti-ae4lll,leert, e rt!s p under the able direction of has la Ne. Passed off with great eclat. . The attendance s tittai'i ' upwards of £3O were received at the doors. e 'Peet e , n2 the sale of tickets at from £l5 to £2O, it was "assert"au that more than £5O would be realized from the A f el' the Irish • The principal performers were___— . V1,,,': Romer, Miss * Whitnall, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr . H C 4. 1 s• L lS 'atell' Er 's - On the evenings of Wednesday ar d .d E F v ri er d t a e y r; ,mitk et , v a i _s Played between the Kensington an . 1 4 ted i;i 4 k,,is, on the ground of he former, which termi- The score ran as ,0110, favour of the Everson. t tsert s ' - "Te K • tiiesti i s . Ke ns i ngton, Ist innings 67 ; with seven 2d, ditto, 75 ; !, Qs t. innings 132; 2d, ditto, 13; do - that the two best P ill'e t i„'„o down. We maY a - . h k P t ," `ao Kensington were excludea. 'lrlii 'tAtn KILLED.—O n Tuesday a lorry, loaded with Aji tit ta 'l e el j a r Lleas Fomig from a yard in Vauxhall-road ;it tl sit i t t "wed in the gateway, which was too narrow to : e lorp. ° ,Pass, and in the efforts of th e . horses .. to draw 011'7 arour, 415 ow n d0 ,, ,? 1 , 1, a porionofthe wall adjoining the gate . female, named Mary Morris, 4 44 1 4 to Pp. ' shbe:cliPetala. l s ' V en i a a t fte t r h . e time, was crushed so Cli u h la th at ett i rtOp r i er Published by Mr. R. Ford North, mann- Z'. %ft pe so etor of the North Shore Mills, it appears that, 4 . h ns in his employ, two only have , died of cho iklt'itary T h es e s gave no intimation of . la d boliring under pre tin,7l(4lBll9torris, but since their . eath o _ 120 eases of i cely boy,laint, and 60 cases of English ch jera, of which te ltl iv , s h ew "ee had been given . , hare been cured. This T'd h e „ v erY important it is that the first symptoms tt .a t L vromptly attended to. . k;taept 4,NCASIIIRE HUSSARS. —This newly-constituted 10 dell 91 Yeomanry, on Thursday concluded t in ii m ne at d id ay er s: , ti.a/or and were dispersed by their commander, iti' l lle q; _ J° and Gerard, Bart., a ter conveying ad.. t s o e. them di ipline. th:Detfo'rvecal approbation of their skill n kNi e tNi e ni iinees of the band were much admired. In 11 fa shi o n Major Sir John Gerard entertained a large 19 a b ts, Ttiii,shLe party to dinner, to meet his ffi brother of eerseti.v 'Newhall troop consists of five o ce tli e " re * , The laverpool . and_ Ormskirk detachment I s atid s ,Terit will he exercised by t e li c ey . Major daily, on k t , °a , l ,, r ; Crosby for the presentW K 11111lbly ' attc cu...—Amongst the . business at the 0 1 the 'Peeting, to-morrow, tlittlyl,e_nceorder £5O for each session beyond four held is a io to Il li tl t (el,' and a resolution, on the application of the to k a e . witille Peace, for an incre ased appointment Mr. k t ,•: ii itte e tatihMit a motion for . the of a i t'at a iit, 4 4 report on the financial position of the water 0 0 ea, 1 another motion for the printing of all the ke -l ' e th elai ing to the water bill, and all th f e i re w p t o ll rt m s laid e ttllthaqe Council. Mr. Alderman Hors al 'l`,.` il ast s ➢ nr t he Council to the gentlemen who were en kjga blest' as special constables. from the ti, ol ; vestr4 haivaGßATioN. ~,P, A 1,4, consisting of Mr. AR. deputation Harbord and Mr. !risi"lay, l t e d on the Manchester hoard of guardians, on 1 4 , 1 ' o lt , ) b 0 confer with that body on the immigration of tl N ;e d.-c', a° land. Both gentlemen entered very fully ki, l l,th,`, l l ads of the case, and it appeared that Man too nSt" 41fiered seriously from the gration Mr. t a t e th.,aid that he did not see what the board co uld do kr4tki4l petition to have the steps reco mm ended by Harbord %Oat the:thaM carried out ; on which 111 0' e sch, t was what the select ves d ryw ta i t sh a e e d n . mm lt it w te a e s ' t op tild be ~e d by the Manchester boar t ati ,, teth -P P°inted to memorialise the borough ofmembers acts wile , kt,,,fol,,tgovernment to put in force all tkectlaio4ls`ol r egulation of the passenger traffic between ZOOLOGICAL 41,101'1::Ref% ENTERTAINMENT AT THE Ott hai; -.4 he Proprietors of this elig n lf l u tb l er p a l l a i c ty e () o f f N I ildi t , > With their accustomed taste . a tthead,ihst7'„_ttrepared a new attraction for the public, eo', walhalla Classic Enter . tammeut, in which i 0 be of Fished Madame de Lucie, and h er talented keh 4ll eo, I. lleh and English, will make their appearance i.tli4;,ta, efiLlaans, exhibiting living and elegantnenmdebrottlhie sit. teeth o f - - works of genius,—each groupbeing li Is rile b f the Royal Acadeuiy, andre ,llleit4t4 pietureinh e o genius drawn." Additional che mi cal P,, ritill en' m s oC r instage will be provided. continues Th e t h o u b' e ,Ttliu 4,,,e,tesentationgof Constantinople '4 414-'4. the'Te entertainments will conchld ightly INlltiliv;Rtlifice isplay of fire-works. Tluseven w in a g l t , 141 t 1 t ii 4 4 : a q gala of the Independent Odd Fe llows ry of - rti lt° ltal 'teat "offeredadditiona attion, when a i , 11 1 % N attractions are The emhl!mof the Ir il i i t t io ll .N Pil t r' o r ,, ie , (l by living figures, will be exhibited. 1141:M A. g k i sc nTrcurr t tr_ i ß e AL SOCIETY.—The first eexn ,l,l,llia a ',t_ c. ciety for 1 present year took place of ii i ‘ 1 ;'; tri4Pa ions marquee erected on the grounds f• p th ile oibt., , of the Royal Rock Ferry . Hotel. The day t 4- S11 1.4) N -'°111 5 7 fine, and the exhibition occasions, was, 0 . 4 4 ,,1 1 :5 -° :xtensi v e as on some former occa . si Y od Mr Winch's pelarg . om h u . m s s n w i e g r h e . , blit.e?ooZ4„oteiongathe*fines't we have seen in t i i i 4e1, 1)41 en e lle da ' hlias were exceedingly handsom e . T iu h r e . b,°lltil, ItraPetitors were the Rev. Mr. . Redhead, The latter `Oltt,, gi ati r „,'"•l% Ra nes and Mr. Huntriss. some kidney Vs tratoduced Y a splendid cabbage, k t t 4 4-v s, ° . ll)". s m k b laek currants. The other gentle Iss..N's l4lle P! ‘ d were successful in the more o m rn en am w e h n o t m al AO al 4 t he greenhouse. _. a n the course of the i l % , h ~',tid R ave° company of ladie l and gentlemen at t'ett.'4 of :'e efforts of the veritable P t eter Stubbs and t'il)4l " t° th ilistr unlentalists, added no t li a st l n it f tl t e he to pr t i h n e . INVitss scene. The following is a b t iq so ) 4 wn rded on the occasion :— . Heath, 0 11' les. e v• M R dhead —fuschias, 11 distinct in a single ki 1 4 , 4,,, . r. e ;N;14 . 0 a r sjogle specimen, Mr. J. T. R i a n yn a es— p.elar j I)s e . ' distinct varieties, (scarlets excluded) . , and t. (5 ,4,: ti: in n', ,'men r. Winch, ; exotic orchidacre , ditto, ,l' ll4*°l4 r , ' llie n Nand miscellaneous stove or green e.,,lllll:4B.tak.l,(,,erchidac excluded) H. Winch, Esq.—mis- Ll'. i l d) ill en-house and hardy plants (stove-plants I;`sir t , 'IDo e tints, set in boxes, baskets or stands, Mr. I!. stl, (Igreen-house plant, best or namente d __ single ; li ii r,l'aib,,`"atlis excluded) Rev. Mr. Redhea d —plant, ~1 14 ,7'ee Vlted sincde specimen, (orchidacete excluded), s Inc N''''lls,°.ultes, all b di t* t varieties, H. Winch, Esq.. ,se),.,?lt vv .S * H a ll Esq —garden roses, . (one bloom in fiLDls4n2.*lfwwaili---2roses,*in pots, and rose, in pot, single t i it si toti W . 4 inch, EN.—cut flowers, in boxes, baskets, b t a, ,00 aI, Esq.—device of flow . ers, Mr. J. Wil \vris, • Fteil:ailllsies, all distinct varietie r s, scl q.- 12 ditto, straw pullhEtelDlAlte of ~Ea q.7--melons, W. _SI vt 4, 0 e .... , , tI. Winch, Esq.— ch err ies, ditto, Mr. J. ttt4141.411;tic41,.: gioiiitsne,beurrri.esH, ditto, H. W inch, Esq•....—cur;. untriss—white, chtto ef , o M x r to . a n, 1 Ch i e t i 4 th e ~.-tessrs. Henderson and Brown, s°Litst"na,A 'titseretnan's prize. io )..1111,..1-11,,_.rea SuOn Thurs u d e a e y ; this pleas -100 th,. rh o euit n took place in a marq near to the 4 a qtl 00 4Y was fine, and tbe attendance more nume ,,Ore,"secr.. 4 ,4 former occasion The tent was . taste ii,°4l4,l74 ,fleet with wj‘ti,:i various devices of flowers, which had eo. h ea.-.' and 4,"jrit.Plan.ts, pelargoni ums t were the most sg ro g . tY of t ' ; `,i_et yaried hues con . rib n u s ted enhance exhibitd were b tj 'ait, sd a'a atd7 spow. The specime •.Is. h i 'Y Ch Ile tinted. The finest plant was con ti-lPli irizes tines Wilson, Esq., who gained the first ~tis 1 1 ; t4 were also awarded to S. H. Thompson, iil4l).lsPllo.llesra'...hiln Houghton, and extra to John M01y qa.41,.,148. ‘: were also plentiful, and were well-trim 's ii' l flowereotr. John Molyneux took the first priz_e ns fo e r s b Olip e kreet dancl be autifully -grown specimen. it tlito,l. .varlety, both cut and in pots, and were much liidlett l a both} Healy, Esq., was the successful c .....r wao e, hod r. e,reriptions, and in another selection, N i t ii : 'tis 4 ,% a and th e prnothy M ason. Th e gem of the ex ivh(?Olti:,,tatlh,„l:!ltet hich attracted the most . att e ntion, e q ", s 'eli I': he y ' s - 4 De yonarium, by R. Alison, E sq. , or tont , - a s be e ' Tilts was considered the finest plant t!stj• It . 1 s hown for some time in this part of th . e s .‘, 1 1%,..wa l e l:as not only well grown in the stem, but It iati le ,o, 4,. andant, and its tint exquisitely fine. H. "X• i ) l ack e Pri ze l s ',,tl Pairfield, was highly successful. He ob t°lleallt" Ala ti Or the best device of flowers, the best her !Votelfilittidbi;4llo(if a,erize was also rarded to him for a gi ti ti . u tation pifults. The device was the theme of il IN oL , vall ow •it was handsome floral vase, with a .ois 4 , t Ro e _ at the crown, adorned by graceful pen grld tjtreetin tins of the loveliest h ues. Pansies, which are t itil4 I* " hest ! teeeh attention, ;ere in_great variety, 4, 1 as. Prl Zes we ; 40 4 Fi. a.ob ett -,,, r re awarded to Mr. Henry Mather t0,., 4 Iver,„ It Heartn• Baskets of flowers w . -ere exht -at , - p i . a , l , -Gsq., and John Shaw L eig h, Esq., til l, Ita ii ioasi,, e"Y addition to the exhibition. One of the , i l as," a rs' 0-s.zn_nd a_ttrantive features of the show was m th e e_ th e e ta thll s u i t l ' " R . oo lll d e SPecimens exhibited were n e r e r vi l essf ul • Agnes Southern and Peter Il Y .. ore 4 1 ' 4 ' , i`' 4 large s-,°lnPetitors. Of fruit and v . egetaole_s . te tv4l, l : i e . old elio"r"T• gailyn dressed with flags, and, at .a) Ile bells rang merry peals. M. Simon, the lieutenant of police, w h o succee d e d i n arresting, at Liverpool, the run-away book-keeper of the Berlin Corporation, M. Felgentret, has received a purse of £lOO for the zeal and activity which he showed in the exectitjon of his duty. Another gift of £3O has been awarded to SOMA person in England, whose name is not stated. • STEAM COMMUNICATION BEff*qm LIVERPOOL AND HAVRE.—We learn from Mr. 111 4 .teef that he and his friends intend putting on some first-class steamers between this port and Havre early next spring (when the act for repealing the Navigation Laws will take effect), for the purpose of bringing over French goods for transhipment to the United States, &c., so opening up to the British and North Ame r i can R o y a l Mail steamers, a traffic from which they have hitherto been excluded. On Tuesday, a Welsh main of bowls (the fourth this season) was played upon the green attached to the house of Mr. Tillotson, Strawberry Gardens, West Derby-road. Amongst the players, sixteen in number, we observed some of the best in Liverpool, viz., Mr. Massey, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Lunt, Mr. Hargreaves, and Mr. Allan son. After some excellent bowling, the contest finally lay between Mr. Sykes and Mr. Allanson, the latter even tually proving himself the conqueror. LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAMER.—On Saturday week, at the ship-building yard of Mr. Thomas Vernon, Bruns wick Dock, an iron steamer, called " The Sylph," was launched. The following are the dimensions of the ves sel :--110 feet in length of keel and fore rake, 17 feet 6 in ches in breadth of beam, and 8 feet 9 inches in depth of hold. She is about 162 tons old measurement. The proprietor of the vessel is Mr. Crippin, of Runcorn. The vessel is expected to be put on the station between Liverpool and Runcorn, and is admirably adapted either for towing or for carrying passengers. DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—The Rev. Edward Feeny, the Roman Catholic minister of Riverstown, a remote parish in the county of Sligo, is at present in Liverpool, to solicit subscriptions for the relief of the distressed poor in his parish, who are weighed down with the greatest deprivations, and are likely during the next two months to endure still greater sufferings if prompt exertions are not made to relieve them. Mr. Feeny is at present staying at Parkfield, Birkenhead, an d w ill b e g l a d t o rece i ve sub scriptions, however small, as will Mr. Aspinall, the treasurer to the fund now raising, in consequence of a public meeting recently held at the Music-hall. CURIOUS CASE OF CHOLERA.—The following curious incident will show that all is not cholera that is called cholera, or treated as such :—" The other day a poor woman was taken suddenly ill, as she As returning from supplying her husband with his mid-day meal. Suffering from severe pains in the abdomen, she apprehended an attack of cholera, and immediately sent off for a neigh bouring medical man, who declared it to be a visitation of that fearful disorder. Mustard plasters were applied, without loss of time, to the stomach and bowels of the patient, and, of course, suitable medicines prescribed. Esculapius having given the necessary directions,departed. The pains of the poor woman increased, and a charwoman was sent for. After a short time the medicine of nature performed a manifest cure, the woman having been re lieved from her attack of cholera, and delivered of a fine healthy baby at the same moment !" ALLEGED DEATH FROM VIOLENCE.—OR Thursday evening, an inquest was held before M. Churton, Esq., at the Angel Hotel, Birkenhead, on the body of a wo man named Mary Farrel, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by a man named Michael Fleming. The husband of the deceased stated that he let part of his house to Fleming. In consequence of the filthy state in which he kept the premises, and taking more lodgers in them than he bargained for, he got Mr. Burgess, the inspector of nuisances for the township, to examine the house. On the night of the day on which Mr. Burgess called, deceased told Fleming what had taken place. The witness also gave Fleming notice to quit. On this Flem ing became very violent, and threatened to chop his head off with his hatchet. Deceased had occasion to go into a closet, containing coals ; on her coming out, Fleming jammed her between the door and the door-post, holding her there for some time. Deceased was between seven and eight months advanced in pregnancy. On being re leased she complained of being very seriously hurt, ex perienced great pain in the small of her back and chest. She lingered until Tuesday last, when she died. The inquest was postponed until this day, (Tuesday). BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MASTERS AND MATES. — At the general half-yearly meeting of this board for the port of Liverpool, at the Underwriters' Room, on Saturday last, Robert S. Henderson, Esq., in th e chair, the half-yearly accounts, showing a balance at the credit after payment of all expenses, were produced, passed, and were ordered to be transmitted to the Board of Trade. The chairman drew the attention of the meeting to the increased number of candidates examined during the last six months; it was evident that merchants and ship owners were becoming sensible of the utility of the institution; and now that our mercantile marine would meet with powerful foreign competition, it was especially desirable that we should possess a body of intelligent and well educated officers, to carry our ships to all parts of the world. Nothing tended more to promote so desirable an object than au institution of that kind, which would also prove highly beneficial to the masters and mates, by giving them an opportunity of placing themselves before the public, to have their merits duly appreciated. The thanks of the board were then voted unanimously to the nautical examiners for the energy they had evinced in carrying out the design of the institution. It is con fidently expected that the next half year will show a continued increase in the number of officers examined. Those parties voluntarily present themselves for examina tion, and the system is found to work well. THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL PRESS.—The Liver pool Courier, in noticing the hoax practised on the Lon don Times and other metropolitan papers with reference to the premature announcement of the floating of the Britannia Bridge, says :—" There is a fashion in every thing; and it is the fashion to regard the London press as the concentrated of all the talent, all the intelligence, all the liberality and enterprise of the nation. What is dim elsewhere shines with resplendent lustre in the atmos phere of the world's metropolis. Many illustrations might be given of this. Look at the case of Mr. Rintoul, of the Spectator. As the conductor of a provincial jour nal, his name was unknown beyond the circle of his im mediate friends, and his writings were almost unnoticed. He goes up to London, and forthwith becomes a first-rate political authority, and his compositions are held up as models of style. And as with men so with opinion?. Some time ago a very considerable sensation was caused by an article which appeared in the Times, purporting to be a translation from a German paper. We forget the precise subject, nor is it material to the point at issue. The article was really a translation from the German, but it happened to have been previously translated into German from a Liverpool paper, whose editor came forward to claim its parentage, or otherwise, it is probable, so little attention had it excited on its first appearance . that no one would have had the slightest suspicion but that it was a genuine foreign production ! In priority of intelligence, London may claim an advantage over the provinces; but even here there is more in the imagination than in the reality. News received in London at five o'clock in the evening is published in the Liverpool papers of the following morn ing, and is on the breakfast tables of the subscribers to those papers considerably before the hour at which it ordinarily meets the eye of the merchant on 'Change, in the columns in which it originally appears. With regard to the most important foreign intelligence, indeed, we are beforehand with the London press. Our communica tion with the United States is direct, and by the time that the American news reaches Liverpool by way of the metropolis it is stale. The poetical idea of the way in which Napoleon crossed the Alps is that for which we are indebted to the fancy of the painter, who has represented him in full military array, mounted on a fiery war steed, which seems ready to scale, not the Alps only, but the very clouds themselves. Could we have witnessed the achievement as it was really accomplished, we should have seen the hero muffled in a common frieze cloak or coat, and slowly picking his way upon a mule—as sober and unpoetical a figure as Commodore Napier in some of his gallant exploits on the coast of Syria, when his uniform was a blanket and his charger a humble donkey. The truth in this case does not dispel a denser mist of miscon ception than will be removed from the minds of most per sons when they are informed, that the principal purveyors for provincial news to the metropolitan press are persons connected with the provincial papers, in the capacity of reporters, assistant reporters, or penny-a-liners, who are under no engagement to the London journals, but merely take the chance of getting paid for what they send up. Everybody has heard of the Times Commissioner :" but everybody does not know that the gentleman so desig nated was, up to a very short time of his assuming the commissionership, the reporter to the Liverpool Standard. Such, however, was the fact; and we may be permitted, without any disrespect to our local contemporary to ask, who would have attached any importance to his lucruba tions, had they originally appeared in the columns of that j ournal ? Would their author, in that case, have even reached the dignity of being nicknamed by Mr. O'Connell ' The Gutter Commissioner ?' Yet he did not, so far as we are aware, go through any process on his way to Lon don which could transform him from an individual of no particular " mark or likelihood" into a great authority, whose statements every person was bound to talk about, if not to believe. But thus it is that the world is led. The forms of cant are innumerable ; and the number of people who think and judge for themselves bears no pro portion to the number of those who are prepared, with Polonius. to call the same thing a ' camel' or a whale,' just as the cue is given them." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES.— On Monday, the Convivial Stakes were won by Mr. S. L. Fox's b h Psalm singer, beating Inheritress and three others ; a sweep stakes was won by Mr. H. Pilkington's Tom Bowling (half bred) ; and the Maiden Plate was won by Mr. Bowes bl f The Flapper.—On Tuesday, the Tyro Stakes were won by Mr. J. Scott's b c Mulgrave ; a Produce Stakes for three-year-olds was won by Lord Eglinton's ch c Belus, by the Provost, beating Mr. M. Dawson's bl f Priestess, by the Doctor.—The Northumberland Plate—Mr. B. Eddison's b c John Cosser, 4 yrs, 1; Mr. Stebbing's b c Malton, 4 yrs, 2 ; Mr. Meiklam's br c Snowstorm, 3 yrs, 3 ; Mr. Merry's b f Miss Ann, 3 yrs, 4 : seven others started. Won easily.—Her Majesty's Plate was won by Mr. Green's br g Athelstane, beating Mr. Anson's br g The Sikh.—On Wednesday, the Grand Stakes were won by Mr. Shepherd't b c Post Tempore ; a Free Handicap was won by Mr. Merrig's Miss Ann, 3 yrs old, carrying 6st 41b, and beating Mr. H. Stebbings's b c Malton, 4 yrs old, carrying 9st 21b—distance half a mile —seven ran ; the Hotspur Stakes were won by Lord Eglinton's b c Elthuron ; the Triennial Produce Stakes, by Mr. Went worth's ch f Ithania, by Itburill; and the Corporation Plate was won by Mr. Shepherd's br c Alp.—On Thurs day the Gold Cup was won by Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs, Marlow. The challenge prize of the Royal Thames Yacht Club was won on Friday by Mr. H. Lambton's Cygnet. of 35 tons. ~'~~=? :.a~~~ ~- THE iItiRrOOLgIANBARB, pass, sometimes feigning' mildness and drunkenness, t o esca p e detection; but with us the eini justified not the means. But the only way they could meet thiS difficulty was to have a band of nstive missionaries to go throligh the country, and preach the Word of God. The written latigliarce of the country was also a very great difficulty; it required a t . ..ta:l his whole life to master it. The spoken language was TrdrSe ; it was divided into different dialects, which were spoken fa the provinces, each differing from the other' The ignorance' of the lower classes of the Chinese was another difficulty; those classes could only be reached by the oral teaching of native preachers. Now, they saw' the great plan for the conversion of the Chinese was the raising of a bony of native Christian ministry. It would require a careful training of the mind of the Chinese to' prepare them for the ministry. If the Chinese missionary were not properly trained,. he would do harm to Ch r i s ti an prin ciples, by disseminating his crude views; and therefore he said they required a kind of training college. The next question was, where should this institution be? Some persons said Chinese youths, who wished to engage in the ministry, should be sent to Malta or to England to be trained ; but he (the Bishop) did not approve of this; he thought the danger in bringing Chinese youths to this country was too great ; and , in addition a youth educated in England was considered illite rate as regarded Chinese literature; and therefore he proposed that this training institution should be in China, in order that they night be properly versed in Chiaese literature as well as the science and theology of Christendom. The island of Hong Kong afforded all the advantages. for such an insti tution. The Bishop of Victoria was to be warden. The chap lain of Hong Kong had built a school], which cost £2OOO, which he agreed to hand over to him (the Bishop) as a training school ; and for the additional buildings which would be required, they wanted four or five thousand pounds. Three thousand pounds had been already promised, and two thousand more would be wanted. Besides this, upwards of -ef,500 per annum would be required tosupport the Chinese youths and the English professors who might be en gaged in the college. For many years this would be a work of difficulty, and perhaps they should only sow the seed, and future generations would reap the benefit of those missionary efforts. They also required a translating fund for placing suitable Christian publications in the hands of the Chinese, and having a body of Colporteura for carrying books of the Missionary College to the mainland. He should also ask them to assist him in forming a college library. They had many difficulties to contend with —error was rife on all sides. They had to contend against the covert attacks of Romanism, and the infidelity and scepticism of Europeans ; so that if they were obliged to enter into a, co ., treversial warfare, he hoped they would have books from which they could draw the weapons of truth. T._erefore, he asked for all such theological books, and books on general literature which could be spared by the audience, or subscriptions for the purchase of books would be thankfully received. His lordship stated that a local committee had been appointed in Liverpool, who would receive any sub scriptions that might be given, and forward them to him in China. His lordship concluded by a touching appeal for sup port to a-mission for propagating the knowledge of the Gospel of God. The Rev. CANON M'NEILE proposed the following resolu tion:—" That having heard the Lord Bishop of Victoria's statement concerning the spiritual wants of China, and the openings now afforded for communicating the Gospel to the Chinese, that it is the opinion of this meeting that the pro posed college in Victoria, Hong Kong, for training promising Chinese for the office of missionaries will, under the Divine blessing, greatly contribute to the furtherance of Christ's Gospel in the vast empire of China." He then said, you have heard the encouragements for the mission to China. I was much struck with some of them, as enumerated by the bishop, particularly what hesaid about their having no powerful priest hood and no bigoted idolators amongst the people,—that their idolatry was rather, as he expressed it, customary than deep seated, so that we have not to contend with the strong hin drance of caste, the effect of which has been so painfully felt in our missions in India. But there is one point to which I will specially advert, it is this, that Confucius held and main tained, in a very prominent manner, the doctrine of inherent righteousness. You have just heard that the Chinese almost adored the memory of Confucius ; and to receive a statement which would show Confucius to he in error, must be a great effort to any educated Chinese. Therefore, to receive the Gos pel would be to confound Confucius altogether, for it repudi ates the notion of inherent righteousness. This will in some degree account for the greater facilities experienced by the Romish missionaries; for in this they agree with Confucius and differ from the Gospel. They teach an inherent righteous ness, which becomes a part, a bona fide part, of the sinner's justification—that is, they teach what you will understand by those terms, they teach justification by sanctification, the Gos pel teaches justification by Christ. Here, then, is a very im portant distinction, and it strikes me this presents one of the greatest difficulties in the way of the propagation of vital Christianity in China—that the educated masses of that teem ing population adore the memory, and, we have reason to suppose, imbibe the doctrines of Confucius, amongst others, that of inherent righteousness. Sir, 1 need not to say to you, that this doctrine of inherent righteousness rests on a false view, both of man's nature and God's govern ment—that it repudiates the true and painful notion, that sin is antoganistic to God, essentially opposed to his na ture, belonging to fallen creatures as a right, instead of emanating from God. To suppose inherent righteousness in such a creature as man, is to have a low estimate of God, and morally to limit us to estimate the requirements of the divine government at the base rate that el eaTures like us can provide inherent righteousness It also represents the divine being as accepting a deteriorated thing, a thing mixed with imperfec tions • so that whenever inherent ri g ht eousness i s h e ld , i t un duly elevates man's nature, and unduly depreciates the notion of God's government. It thus opposes both the law and the Gospel, and this, in good truth, tar more than the outworks which are frequently named—this, in good truth, is the poison which renders Romanist') antagonistic to Christ. It is suffici ently remarkable, as our minds are invited to take cognizance of various departments of the Heathen World, and as we learn from those who have been present in India, from those who have been present on the western coast of America, amidst the red Indians, or, as now, we learn from the Bishop, who has been present in China—wherever, and from whatever shores, we learn the details of haman nature amongst the varying classes of the Heathen, we find them in this respect opposing God ; and in opposing the gospel they are agreeing with one another. And it is a remarkable feature, a distinguishing cheracteristic of the gospel, that it is opposed to all those false religions and to all perversions of truth ; it alone proclaims the righteousness wrought by man, perfect as the perfect govern ment of God. It alone magnifies the law and makes it honour able. Do we make void the law through faith in this righteousness ? Nay, we establish the law. Those who look for any other righteousness make void the law, for nothing else can satisfy the law. They who look for anything that man can do before or after make void the law ; whether it be natural amiability before, or penitential services after, it will be reg:stered, whatever it is, as nothing; and if fallen man be re p sen ed as meeting the requirements of Divine law, the essen tials of Christianity are assailed. Jesus Christ, and he alone, with God in perfect holiness, can be accepted ; and, ex cept in Christ, no man living can be justified. lf, then, the Chinese, hold with Confucius, anti if it be true, as I believe it cannot be doubted, he held prominently the doctrine of in herent righteousness, I think I cannot use a stronger argument in this assembly why we should have Chinese missionaries edu cated and trained, with all the peculiarities and with all the idioms of the language, indispensible for addressing mankind in masses, that they may assail the strongholds of error, and proclaim to the Chinese, in the language wherein they were born, that most wonderful work of God, the God-man keeping the Divine law, and the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. The reverend speaker then quoted several extracts from the Church Missionary Report, bearing particularly upon the character and prosperity of the mission to China. In moving the resolution, he said he hoped the time was coming when they would rise into the majesty of the duties imposed upon them by the calls of God to extend the Gospel. He then referred to some remarks in the bishop's speech, re specting the necessity of conquests in India by British arms against the declared purposes of successive governors, incited and made necessary by the treachery of native chiefs. We were placed in a somewhat similar position with regard to China through the treachery of the Emperor, who had broken his promise to Sir Henry Pottinger. He had repudiated the pledges he gave when Sir Henry Pottinger forced his navy up the river, and showed what it meant when England spoke in thunder. Until he carrel out all his pledges, he was do ing th e same as the treacherousThiefs of the East Indies, imposing the necessity of conquest, and perhaps compelling the bombard ment of Canton. England was patient. But the same mai that brought news that our repreipntations were to cepacificl also brought news that the Chinese were making warlike, preparations, ascribing our pacific intentions fo fear. The parallel between the affairs of China and India was entered into at greater length by the reverend speaker, who concluded an admirable address amidst great cheeering. The resolution was seconded by Mr. INMAN, and unani mously carried. LOCAL MEETINGS. Dock Coittifrrkk, THURSDAY.-1111'. Robinson corn. plained that a number of labourers had been employed at the dock works on Sunday. It was explained that the work was necessary, in order to get in the foundation of the new north river wall, which etipld only be done at spring tides, and these occurred but twelve times in the year.—Mr. Cubitt submitted his bill, showing that there was a balance of £1137 13s. 3d. owing to him for profes sional and parliamentary services. The total amount of the bill was £2637 13s. 3d. The Chairmen : Will the committee order payment ? Mr. Holt : I suppose we cannot get out of it. He must be a very clever man to get so much out of us in so short a time.—A communi cation, pointing out the inconvenience and danger arising from porters with loads of luggage being allowed to use the narrow gangways leading from the steamers to the stage, was referred to the Marine Sub-committee. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, the usual weekly meeting was held at the Workhouse, Everton, Mr. T. F. Roskell in the chair. "A scene" arose out of a complaint made by Mr. Gilmour, one of the district surgeons from Toxteth-park. He stated that young prac titioners had been appointed as house visitors, with better salaries, and to the injury of old practitioners. The for mer received £2 10s. per week ; he only 305., and that he was completely " run off his legs." The " scene " which is thus described took place after Mr. Sydney, who had defended the medical practitioners, sat down. " Mr. Smith jumped up and demanded to know what was the question. Mr. Sydney declared that he would not be in terrupted by Mr. Smith or any other man. The wordy warfare between the two gentlemen was carried on for some time, and its character may be guessed w h en it i s stated that Mr. Sydney nolitely informed Mr. Smith that he was a ' blackguard, and Mr. Smith retorted by de scribing Mr. Sydney as ' a vulgar, conceited brute.' Other choice expressions were bandied about. At last, the Rev. Mr. Badnall interposed ; and, amid the confu sion, our reporter heard something about a • bear garden,' between which and the scene then going forward, some gentleman appeared to be drawing an apt comparison." HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting the engineer reported that, from the 18th to the 25th, 341 courts, in the worst parts of the town, had been cleaned and washed out, being an average of 57 daily. The me dical officer of health reported a decrease of 32 in the general mortality, the number for the week being 316, against 348 the previous week. The decrease was in the deaths from fever and consumption.. There had been no change in the aggregate mortality frOm cholera and diar rhoea, the number the two last weeks being 151; 29 of the cholera cases occurred in Vauxhall Ward, 22 in Scot land Ward, and 13 in Exchange Ward.—Some converse- tion arose respecting the orders of the Central Board of Health, which were staongly condemned by Mr. Hodson. —Mr. Rose complained of being called upon to empty half-filled middens; and Dr. Duncan being of opinion that the constant stirring up of the manure would be pre judicial to the health of the inhabitants, an order was given to the effect that the practice should be discon tinued. Mr. Rose also complained of the practice of throwing straw beds into middens, the steam arising from which had sometimes blinded his men for five or six hours. As it appeared the straw beds so disposed of were princi pally those used by cholera patients, a recommendation was sent to the Select Vestry to provide for the removal of the straw, and its destruction by burning.—A series of recommendations and suggestions by the joint Sanatory sub-committees of the Health and Vestry were read and approved.—A report, recommending that the water and local rates should be collected by separate collectors ; that there should be twelve local rate collectors, and ten water rate collectors, was adopted.—A letter was received from Mr. Bannastre, in which that gentleman recommended the committees to introduce the water and hose into the houses of the poor, with a view to " shake at once the cobwebs and their beastly indifference. 7 _ VESTRY MEETING.-At the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. The clerk read a letter from the Registrar-General, refusing to sanction the use of the building in Brownlow-hill as a register-office, in consequence of the receipt of a memo rial from the dissenters, complaining of it as a site very inappropriate for the purposes of marriage. —On the pro ceedings of the Finance Committee being brought forward, Mr. Gardner contended that the vestry had no power to compound the rates, but that it rested with the magis trates, and he moved an amendment that that part of the proceedings be referred back. On this a long conversa tion took place, when ultimately the chairman decided that according to the act the amendment could not be put.—The Medical Relief Committee recommended that twelve medical officers should be appointed to visit from house to house, in accordance with the order issued by the Board of Health. This order was dated the 18th of June. and complained that although cholera had broken out in the town, no house-to-house visitation had com menced, by which the vestry would have been made ac quainted with the progress of the disease. It also stated that Dr. Duncan had said that one of the medical officers of the parish had said that he had not time to attend to the number of applications made to him for relief in cho lera and bowel complaints. The letter concluded with the following severe, but uncalled-for observations :—" I am also to observe that the board reserve for further notice the omission of the guardians to comply with the 9th, 10th, and 11th regulations of the board, issued on the 9th of November, 1848. They cannot, however, but apprehend that suffering and loss of life have been occa sioned by previous neglect." In reply to this a letter written by the chairman was adopted by the vestry, which denied the truth of this serious charge, and by a series of facts proved that the vestry bad exerted themselves in a praiseworthy manner to meet any increase of disease, and had made a number of additional arrangements to ascer tain the state of health in the town, and had provided every appliance possible to prevent an increase of sick ness, and to meet the cases of those who might be affected by disease. The relieving and medical officers reported daily any instances of diarrhoea, &c. occurring, and any nuisance or tendency to nuisance existing, witn a view to their removal. The letter concluded with the following severe castigation for the remark at the close of the board's letter :—" The vestry deeply regret that such a charge against them should have been made. The parish of Liverpool contains at present possibly 250,000 souls, a large proportion of whom are Irish paupers, who, in spite of the earnest and repeated remonstrances of the vestry, have been allowed to be brought into the town by tens of thousands, in a state of exhaustion, famine, and dis ease shocking to humanity, because the Board of Trade have not exercised the powers which they possess of re stricting the numbers of passengers on board the steam boats. In such a parish the vestry feel with sorrow that it is totally out of their power to prevent ' suffering and loss of life,' but to be charged with causing it by neglect is particularly offensive to them. They think the charge ought not to have been made, and they are not of opinion that it has been sustained. The Select Vestry is com posed of men who have undertaken a very onerous and responsible duty, not for their own interests except in so far as these interests are identified with the general wel fare of the town ; for the most part they do it at some considerable inconvenience, and possibly pecuniary loss to themselves ; they are willing and anxious to go on with their duty to the best of their ability, and obey the law as long as they can ; but they think that the best mode of inducing them to do this well and cheerfully is to treat them civilly, avoiding any appearance of harsh dictation and every accusation, the justice of which may seem to be questionable." Mr. Denton, after complaining of the large sums of money paid in the shape of out-door relief to the residents of several houses and courts in the town, gave notice of his intention to move for a committee of inquiry into the subject. He found that there were houses in Birkett-street receiving £75 12s a year; one-house in Circus-street, £23 Bs. ; four houses in Gerard-street, £74 2s. ; one house in Richmond-fair, £4l Bs. ; one house in Ellenborough-street, £23 14s. ; one house in Gilbert street, £32 10s. ; two houses in Harrison-street, £46 16s. ; two houses in Hodson-street, £49 ss. ; two houses in Martin-street, £4l Bs. ; two houses in Sawney Pope street, £44; one house in Back Russell-streef, £22 10s. ; one house in Copperas-bill, £26 ; and one house in Oriel street, £25. He thought these statements proved that something should be done to remedy such a state of things. He then passed on to the courts, and found that in one court in Derby-street £59 10s. was paid in one year ; a court in Prussia-street, £36 Bs. ; one in Ray street, £33 18s. ; another in Addison-street, £36 Bs. ; and to another court in Brick-street the enormous sum of £lOl Bs. Whilst this was going on he found that the rates of houses in several respectable streets had either been wholly or in part excused, and at the present time there were 13 houses in one street not paying rates at all. MISSTONS IN CHINA. On Tuesday, a meeting was held in the Collegiate Institution, to hear from the newly-appointed Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, a statement of his missionary plans for the propagation of the Gospel in China, and the peculiar claims which his diocese has upon the members of the Church of England. The venerable Archdeacon Brooks presided, and said it afforded him much pleasure to meet those present on such an occasion, which could not fail to create a lively interest. He trusted they would all agree with him that it was an object which deserved their warmest support, and he hoped they would support it in the best way in which they were enabled to do. The Bishop of VICTORIA then came forward, and after a few introductory remarks, said that, until a recent period they were confined in their intercourse with China to the southern city of Canton, where they were brought into contact with an insolent people. The edicts of the Government loaded foreigners with abusive and contemptuous epithets; but the events of the late war had brought about a remarkable change in this particular. Since the last war things were very different in China. Five cities were open to Europeans; and having resided in them all, he was able to tell them that in the four northern cities the people showed a friendly disposition. The institutions of the Chinese presented no formidable impediment to the spread of Christianity ; there was no great or powerful priesthood ; and though the great mass of the people practised idolatry, the scholars of China were virtually atheists, their principles ex cluding the idea of a Supreme Ruler, and a future state of re wards and punishments. There was very little in the religion of the country to thwart our efforts; the great difficulty was the indifference and apathy of the people to religion, the only religious custom which was strongly enthroned in the affections of the Chinese being ancestral worship. They had a great ad vantage in the fact that education was very general in China, and its importance was considerably enhanced by the similarity of the written language throughout all the provinces. Through out the five cities missionaries found hospitality and attention, beside they had the Island of Hong Kong. The more hopeful of the direct missionary labours was in the five open cities; but in indirect missionary labour, and in the sending forth of the Word of God, Hong Kong would be its scene. Another favourable sign was the tolerancy of the government to Christian converts—so that in the fact of five cities and the British colony of Hong Kong being thrown open to the labours of the missionary, they had encouragements to call on the Church of England to make a vigorous attack on heathen darkness in China. As regarded the d►fficulties in the way, it should be re collected that the country generally was not open to foreigners— that a spirit of jealousy existed amongst the people. Some of the people told them that they (the English) only wanted to get a corner of the country to conquer it as they had done in India. In Canton there was no real liberty; the treaty was broken there; but in the other cities there was perfect liberty, as re garded the limits to which they were allowed to go. It would not be decorous for a missionary to go past the bounds which the law of China pointed out, thou p I the Romish missionaries assumed the dress of the natives, and were thus enabled to . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Friday, a young man was committed to prison for breaking with a atone a large square of plate glass, worth 305., in the shop window of Mr. Gibson, hatter. On Saturday Robert Morgan was committed for having stabbed two men in not less than seven places, some of the wounds being of a dangerous character. LADIES' HEAD DRESSES.—A female complained at the Police-court, on Tuesday, that, in a case of assault by a neighbour, her cap, which cost her three shillings, had been torn to ribbons. _ _ On Tuesday, the drivers of Lawrence's omnibuses were fined £5 each for overloading their vehicles. The magis trate said that, in every similar case, the same penalty would be inflicted. THE WAY TO PAY TAXES.—A woman, named Mrs. King, was fined 10s. and costs, on Tuesday, for throwing a bucket of dirty water over one of the new collectors of parish rates, who had the impudence to apply to her for a payment of taxes. SMUGGLING On Tuesday, a retired revenue-officer named Brabazon, and the carpenter on board the Mar seilles, named Lawson, were fined £lOO each or six months' imprisonment, for smuggling tobacco. When arrested, whilst leaving the dock, they dropped 27 pounds, and on searching the vessel 214 pounds were found con cealed. vv On Saturday, a man who gave the name of Thos. Bed ford, was sent to prison for three months for having ob tained various sums of money on the deposit or sale of pawn tickets, which afterwards turned out to be forgeries. The prisoner had also obtained from various people by different means sums of money by forged cheques on a bank at Lynn. A blank cheque book was found in his possession. FURIOUS DRIVING.—A woman, named Jane Spencer, was fined twenty shillings and costs, on Tuesday, for ' driving a shandry furiously in London-road, she being in a state of drnnkenness. The defendant alleged that she had been standing the whole day in St. John's Market, but the magistrates thought she had been doing some thing else. At the same time, John Shaw was fined 20s. and costs for furious driving in Pitt-street. ENCOURAGING A YOUTH TO STEAL.—On Friday, a youth, about fifteen years of age, named Edwards, was brought up at the Police-court, charged with having robbed his father. The father, who is a dealer in twigs, stated that he had ascertained that his son had been selling osiers to a person then in court, and had applied the funds to his own purposes. The father called, as a witness, a man, named Clarke, a basket-maker, who lives in Crosshall-street, and who stated that a short time ago he bought six or seven bundles of twigs from th e prisoner, for which he had paid him. Upon the prisoner being asked by Mr. Rushton what he had to say for himself, he replied that Clarke had come to purchase some twigs, and after of inducing a lot, Clarke offered hi m a g l ass o f ale for h inducing him to tell hi s mo th er and. a t v h i e n g p u p r u p r o c s l e i a father that he had only purchased one-half of the quan tity of twigs which he had really got. He had sold him three lots of seven, twenty-one, and seventeen bundles. Subsequently, the prisoner asked Clarke to le n d hi m threepence, and Clarke refusing to comply with the re quest, of course there was a dispute. Mr. Rushton asked Clarke whether he had attempted to induce the lad to cheat his father. The answer being in the affirmative, at least in effect, Mr. Rushton said , pointing to Cl ar k e , " This fellow is the greater criminal of the two. Here he has been suborning this poor lad to rob his father. Where is the property that has been spoken about ? Clarke—Part has been sold and part is on my premises. Mr. Rushton—Well, officer, go with the prosecutor and take possession of it. Nothing passes by fraud or felony. I Go—off with it. The boy must be remanded." 2 - BlOtritt Relvs. The Manchester Courier for the future is to be pub lished only once a week. The Wednesday's paper will be discontinued. Two men were wrestling at Wigan, a few days ago, in the Cumberland style when one of them was thrown down and had his le g bn,ken. He died in consequence a few days after. The Admiralty Commissioners have signified to the Council of Chester, that an inquiry into the state of the river Dee will be instituted, if the sum of £lOO be depo sited to cover the expenses. A verdict of manslaughter Eas - been returned at War rington against a man named Ellis, a carter, for having caused the death of an Irishman by running over him with his waggon, which was driven at a very furious rate. On Monday a girl, fourteen years old, living as servant With Mrs. Pearce, of Manchester, was scolded severely for pilfering money from the till, when she scouted away in a pet. and drowned herself in the canal. The Town Council of Manchester has resolved to give notice to the Lords of the Treasury that they will not, after the . loth of October next, pay any of the expenses incurred in the management and collection of the customs in that town. Southport• is becoming quite the• rage for pic-nics. Hundreds of persons, in parties, flock - daily thither forthe purpose, and especially to the strawberry gardens, at Churchtown. where the fruit is now large, ripe, and deli cious, and the cream unequalled. Rock salt is found in Cheshire at a depth , of from twenty eight to fifty yards, and the beds are from one to forty yards thick, separated by clay or clag stones; the colour is reddish, and the rock is so hard as to require to be blasted with gunpowder; the largest mine is 330 feet deep and twenty feet high, sopported by pillars of the salt. Some workmen engaged in excavating for public sewers at Chester laid bare, a•few days ago, at a depth• of seven feet, what appears to be the remains of a Roman portico. Many fragments of Roman bricks and tiles with Latin letters on them, as well as coins of Antoninus, were found. Bones of various animals,. the head of a stag, Sm., were also found. FATAL FlRE. —Between one and two o'clock on Satur day morning, a fire broke ont in the Royal Oak inn, Bol ton, by which the building was destroyed. A man, who was put to bed in a state of intoxication, was observed during the progress of the flames to fall from one of the windows into the street, when he was immediately carried away, but life was extinct. GALLANTRY OF A RAILWAY COMPANY.—The Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company have announced a series of cheap trips, during the summer months, to Black pool and Fleetwood, for which they intend charging females and children half price. This is the first instance that we remember of ladies being charged a less fare than gentlemen for railway travelling. HONEYSUCKLE.—There is now in full flower at Fortune cottage, near Garstang, belonging to Mr. Tongue, a most splendid new variety of honeysuckle, which he has obtained by hybridising. It is supposed to be the most splendid private collection in Europe, comprising at present 6,000 plants, all growing upon the surface. They appear like one complete mass of flowers, and they have cost him upwards of five years' labour. ACCIDENT THROUGH RIFLE SHOOTING.—On Friday the 15th inst., at Newton races, a poor woman, named Jane Markland, was accidentally shot in the head at a rifle-shooting booth. She wandered about the neighbour hood up to Tuesday night, when she was found by the police, who conveyed her to the workhouse, where she stili remains. A leaden bullet has been since extracted from her head by Mr. Hunt, the medical officer; and she now lies in, a very dangerous state. THE CROPS IN CHESHIRE.—The Cheshire farmers on the lighter uplands are hurrying their earlier potato crops to market. They are all busy with their hay, and certainly the weather is capital for this important concern; there fore, we may report well of things in general. Some wheats are reported rather thin of plant; no just ground, however, for repining. No potato disease yet, worth the slightest notice ; still we repeat our former advice to all ; be prepared—get out all the greens and roots you possibly can. THE TEN HOURS BILL.—A numerous meeting of fac tory operatives was held in Manchester on Tuesday eve ning, for the purpose of " taking into consideration the hest means of maintaining the Ten Hours Act, and also of putting an end to violations of its provisions by masters who are working by relays or shifts." Mr. Tear, Mr. Charles Betron, Mr. Philip Knight, and other factory workers, took part in the proceedings, and earnestly pressed the meeting to unite with the factory hands gene rally in an agitation for preventing the carrying on of the relay or shift system. A resolution, protesting against the system, as a manifest violation of the Ten Hours Act, and as calculated "to place the adult factory hands in the most deplorable condition, as they may be compelled to work any number of hours that the violators of the Ten Hours Act may think proper," was carried unanimously, as were other resolutions, pledging the meeting to main tain and protect the Ten Hours Act from all attempts now being made to violate it, "and also to contribute the necessary pecuniary assistance for its due protection. The feeling among the factory hands against the relay system is becoming stronger every day, in all parts of the district. THOS. PARR GILMOUR AGAIN.—From a paragraph in the Manchester Guardian, of Wednesday, it appears that our old friend has been figuring there in the character of a converted Jew, with but slight success however, as the role ended in an introduction to the magistrates at the Town-hall, and a significant warning to leave the town. He was suffered to depart, and was followed by a crowd hooting and shouting. Our contemporary says,—" To support his new character, Gilmour now sports a long beard, dresses in sober black, with black hat and crape round it, and has the appearance of a man who has tra velled much. As a pendant to the above, we insert a copy of a sort of note found yesterday in our letter-box. It is superscribed Joseph Pratt, informer to Beswick, against a gentleman that never defrauded any man, &c. Bridge-street, Manchester.' In pencil is written, ' Mr. Gilmour called to contradict a lying paragraph in the Guardian. • Monday evening.' All we can say is, that Mr. Gilmour never called, though he may have dropped the note in the letter-box in the window. The note is as follows : " Monday, 25th June, 1849. " Joseph Pratt,—Because thou bast broken the ninth com mandment, and oppressed the stranger wrongfully, behold the day is come when thou shalt eat but not be satisfied, for God will make thee sick in smiting thee, for this thy " THE JEW G." CHESTER ARCHITECTURAL, &C., SOCIETY.—On Fri day the council of this society met at St. Mary's Rectory, —the Worshipful the Chancellor presiding,—when seve ral members were elected. A sub-committee was also formed for incidental purposes, orders given for an ac curate delineation of one or two particular subjects of interest, and notices received of the curiosities that day brought to light in Commonhall-street. Acknowledge ment was made to Messrs. Barry and Browne for an ad mirable lithograph of their beautiful chapel in Hope street, Liverpool, and of two other churches by the same architects ; also of a large engraving of the West Front of York Minster, from the Rev. W. Massie, and of a brass rubbing from Ormskirk, by Mr. James Harrison. A communication having been received from the Rev. F. Chater, incumbent of Nantwich, through one of the secretaries, relative to the restoration of his unrivalled parish church, an answer was returned to him expressive of the very lively interest taken by the society in that object, and of their wish to visit the church ere long. The Liverpool Architectural Society, having on the late united excursion to Gresford intimated their brotherly desire of joining the Chester Society in an investigation and delineation of the venerable cathedral, it was re solved that an early opportunity should be taken of carry ing that plan into effect, and that a cordial welcome should be given to a deputation from that useful and energetic body.—Chester Courant. ANNUAL GENERAL COUNTY SESSION.—The annual session was held in the Court-house, Preston, on Thurs day. The Venerable Archdeacon Broooks presided. There was a full attendance of county magistrates. The mandamus of the Court of Queen's Bench for the county to pay to the borough of Manchester the sum of £3,000 for special constables (a long-disputed account) was taken into consideration, and a committee appointed to consider whether the account should be carried to a higher court or should be paid. A number of assessments were asked for by the county treasurer, and granted. Mr. Wilson moved " that the chairman of the Finance Committee be re quested to furnish some satisfactory explanation of the discrepancy between the two tabular statements of the ex penditure of the county which have lately appeared, the one signed by himself, and the other, purporting to be an amended statement according to an accompanying note, signed by the county treasurer." The chairman of the finance committee explained that the errors had not arisen owing to any neglect of their own. The statement had been formed from documents in possession of the county treasurer, an officer who, he stated, held two impo r t an t situations, as judge of the county court and county trea surer, one of which he ought to resign, as due attention could not be bestowed upon the county affairs whilst lie held both.—A resolution moved by Mr. Edmund Ash worth, appointing a committee from certain divisions of the county relative to the expenditure, with a view to its curtailment, was adopted. A resolution was also adopted on the motion of Mr. Ffrance, chairman of the General Finance Committee, by which £3OO a year would be saved by discharging several surveyors of bridges. GILMOUR AT MANCHESTER.—This notorious person age has been for some time at Manchester, where he has been closely watched, the police having had his portrait lithographed for circulation. He has been as industriously engaged in swindling and attempting to swindle people as ever. He went on Thursday into a penny news-room in Back King-street, and somehow his whereabout got made public. The result was th a t a crow d o f nea rly a thousand , people collected about the door of the place, to await his exit, and when he appeared the mob abused and heaped every indignity upon him. From words the crowd pro ceeded to violence of another kind, and showers of stones were hurled at him. Amongst the people were some of his past dupes, and it soon became evident that they would, unless prevented, proceed to extreme measures. His old enemies the police had now to step in as his friends and rescue him, and this was not effected till the crowd, after first transforming him into a miller by throwing flour upon him, and then into a sweep by daubing him with soot, had thrown him down into the street, and had inflicted some violent kicks as well as cuffs upon him. He was removed to a lodging house, where Mr. Beswick waited upon him, and found him much bruised, and in a very pitiable condition, from the destruction of his hat and clothes. Gilmour complained violently of the conduct pursued towards him, and hypocritically pretended that " his mission" to Manchester on this occasion had been entirely of a religious character. Mr. Beswick urged upon him the necessity of relieving Manchester of his presence, and his arguments needed but little force to have the de sired effect. Gilmour went his way, protesting that if his life was sacrificed his blood would rest upon the police, for it was they who had informed the public what were his objects and intentions. THE DOCK WORKS ON THE BOOTLE SHORE. Those of our readers who have watched the extension of the docks at both extremities of the town have seen, without remark, changes within the pest ten or twenty years, which, to a stranger visiting the locality after a long absence, appear almost incredible. Busy streets, with their lofty piles of warehouses, occupy the spats which we can remember as green fields ; and noble ships float at anchor in splendid docks, where, a few years ago, stood bathing machines, or the health-seeking portion of our population enjoyed a summer-day's stroll along the smooth sands of the shore. During the last twelve months, a further encroachment has been made by the progress of the embankment northwards, which is required for the formation of the new timber docks on the Bootle shore, by which that recently delightful suburban bathing-place has become an inland locality. It will be remembered that the plans for these works comprise - the carrying out of the sea wall from its former terminus at the end of the great north docks, now in process of completion, nearly opposite the frrst toll-bar on the Bootle road, or the farm of Mr. Ashcroft, to a point near the Rimrose Hotel ; and as the condition of the grant of the strand by the Earl of Derby, the formation of the ground for the erection of four blocks of streets, the first directly opposite Bruns wick-terrace: In pursuance of the works, the excavations from the North Docks have been run along the shore northwards, and have now reached a point beyond the lane which runs up from Miller's Castle to the Bootle and Waterloo road. The whole of the frontage from Bruns wick-terrace to that point, including the once favourite houses at Lower Mersey View, has thus been converted into back land, the only water before it being a narrow strip let in at high water, to sustain the embankment front the pressure upon it of the tide. The bathing machines'k which many remember to have been placed where the' Prince's Dock now stands, and which, little more than twelve months ago, were placed south of Brunswick.. terrace, are now further driven up nearly a mile north wards to the shore in front of the land-marks, and will, as the embankment proceeds, be further removed beyond the Rivarose Brook, with the prospect; 'ultimately, of joining company with the machines at Waterloo. The change has already had a seriously depreciating effect upon the value of the property erected upon the shore, many of the owners of which would, a few years ago, have treated as altogether chimerical the notion that anything could ever occur to alter their marine character, or obstruct their s eawar d prospec t . Th e b ulk of the, houses are closed up, and those cccupied are let at greatly reduced rents. Some have their windows boarded up en tirely, and present a truly desolate appearance. To shear the extent: of the depreciation, we may mention that one of the finest houses in Brunswick-terrace, formerly let at £95 per annum, is now tenanted at £2B, as a lodging house for navvies. A house in Lower Mersey View, /et two years ago at £45, now brings into the landlori only £26 ; and its once neat garden behind is used as a place for feeding poultry for the shipping. A house in the same row, which once used to be let furnished in the summer months for five guineas a week, was let, a few days ago, for two guineas. We have ascertained that the Dock Committee are specially exempted from making any recompense for such losses, to which, consequently, the Earl of Derby is alone liable, at common law how ever. It is to be hoped that a powerful nobleman like the Earl will not suffer these losses to fall upon the owners of the property. It may be argued, that ultimately its value will be restored, although it will have to be converted to very different uses to those for which it was erected. The loss during the process of con version, however, will be very serious, for probably a dozen - years to come; and it must be borne in mind, that when the Earl of Derby's new blocks of streets are erected upon the made land in front, the property will not even possess the advantage of immediate proximity to the new docks, but will be, strictly speaking, back streets. The land, too, it must be borne in mind, is only leasehold under the Earl of Derby ; and many of the leases will run out before the neighbourhood becomes what it will ulti mately be, a populated suburb. He will, however, no doubt take all these matters under his favourable consi deration. Altogether, a more interesting walk or ride does not present itself to those acquainted with the former condi tion of this portion of our increasing port than that from the southern commencement of the new No.lii Dock works to the end of the embankment at Miller's Castle. It is throughout an example of the giant power of human energy, skill, and capital, changing the face of nature itself, and controlling the elements to subserve the pur poses of man. In a few years more, what further mighty changes may be effected, who dare venturi to predict ? THE SMOKE NUISANCE AND ITS REMEDY. With regard to the consumption of smoke in the vari ous factories and steamers in the town and port, we regret to say that at present the Sanatory Act is almost a dead letter. For sometime after the passing of that act, con siderable, and praiseworthy, exertions were made by the Health Committee to put down the nuisance; but re cently little has been done in thrt direction. It has been assigned, as a reason for this laxity, by many of our most respectable manufacturers and steam-boat proprietors, that it was impossible to comply with the provisions of the act, inasmuch as it was impossible to consume the smoke in their furnaces. We thus briefly notice these facts to point out a remedy for this evil. On Saturday last we had the pleasure of examining an apparatus recently invented by our ingenious townsman, Mr. Robertson, of Great Howard-street, which not only effectually consumes the smoke of his furnace, but economises fuel to the extent of from 15 to 20 per cent. The apparatus is exceedingly simple. It consists merely in a novel arrangement of hollow pipes under the boiler, by means of which the particles of carbon which escape from the fuel, during the process of consumption, are brought in contact with certain currents of hot air, and are thus consumed. The heat is so intense in these pipes, that whilst less coal is needed, steam can be kept up much easier and much more powerfully than under the old system. There is no smoke emitted when trimming up the fire, or when relaying at either breakfast or dinner time. When we were present the furnace was placed at the disposal of some gentlemen also there,—Mr. R. not in any way interfering. The furnace was heaped up with black coal, and yet not one particle of smoke was visible from the chimney top during its consumption. A piece of wood thrust into the" neck" of the flue was completely charred in a few minutes, so great was the heat at the back of the boiler. We understlnd that the invention has been constructed by Mr. M'Conchay, C.E., who has re cently been appointed to the situation held by Mr. Gran tham under the Sanatory Act,—and that gentleman, and several other scientific men, who have visited Mr. R.'s works, have expressed themselves highly gratified with its efficiency. We would earnestly recommend the Health Commit tee to take such steps as may satisfy themselves whether it is not quite possible for manufacturers to comply with the provisions of one of the most useful local acts which our Corporation have ever obtained. We feel certain that a visit to Mr. Robertson's establishment will satisfy them that smoke can be consumed with advantage to the consumer, as well as benefit to the public health. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' EXCURSION TO THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. This excursion took place onThursday last; a train con sisting of nineteen carriages left the Monks' Ferry railway station at 25 minutes past 8, and proceeded without stop ping, except at Chester for about ten minutes, to attach three other carriages, and to give the Liverpool excursion ists the opportunity of viewing the station (one of the most costly and magnificent in the kingdom) to Cefn— here the travellers alighted at a quarter past 10 o'clock, but in consequence of the parapet being by far too short for so long a train, a little delay trok place ; the carriages were, however, backed, and the band playing a popular march with great spirit, led the way through part of the village of Cefn and some country lanes (the distance alto gether being about three-quarters of a mile), to the field selected for the rendezvous. And now a snene presented itself which will not readily be forgotten. The position of the chosen land was beautiful in the extreme, and well adapted for this day's purpose—forming a natural amphi theatre, with the back-ground well wooded and bounded by the Dee, the dark foliage of the trees contrasting most effectively with the dazzling whiteness of the tent, while the numerous groups of fair dames and " gallant gentle men " seated or reeling in the midst of the luxuriant grass —disporting in "dalliance sweet," or enjoying the crea ture comforts with great gusto—realized most thoroughly the promised Picnic Monster. The arrangements every where were most complete : in the tent were wines and spi rits,.coffee, and othersimilardrinks, with viands, recherche, and substantialin abundance. Parts o f the meadow had been mown, the better to facilitate the operations of the vota ries of Terpsichore, who carried on the dancing with great spirit under the exhilirating influence of an excellent quadrille band, led by our old and valuable townsman Mr. Hall. Gaiety, fun, and frolic were the presiding genii : nor were the Cambrian villagers forgotten—lads and lasses, hoary age and infancy had their opportunity of pleasure: the old were supplied with the genuine nut brown, and toasted right loyally "the Queen," whose coronation they were commemorating; the young were allowed to compete with each other in a friendly race for prizes ranging from 2s. 6d. to 55., and harmless amuse ments were provided in abundance. Altogether a more joyous day has seldom been witnessed, and all who parti cipated in the sports went on their way rejoicing. Of the Vale of Llangollen—the spot so wisely chosen for this excellentfße—no pen can give a fair description, and if we might judge from the continued exclamations of "how lovely !" `• how magnificent!" and numbers of such like expressions, there can be no doubt that the visi tors to the locale thought so. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon Mr. Joseph Jones, of Byrom-street, one of the committee, and the gentleman under whose gratu itous management the catering in the tents were placed. All there was excellent, and on a scale so economical as to he surprising to the committee generally, most of whom were present. Great credit is due; and we trust that the funds of the excellent institution, for the benefit of which their labours are given, will derive a considerable increase from the profits of the trip. The train on its return, reached Birkenhead at 10 o'clock, without accident, or aught to mar the pleasures of the day. We understand that already the committee have had solicitations in considerable numbers forwarded to them, to get up another excursion for the same good object, and to the same locality : and that it is more than probable that they will respond to the wishes of the public, and afford them another opportunity of visiting the Vale of Llangollen during the coming month of August. cd~..~~~ o~~F `t , `l~s`; ere feAO