The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

4 4i hl.) 1849. total Rell)s. Ilr. G ' C• —_,...,--- t ke e ' '-'• Cooke has been appointed to the situation , th per of the new Concert Hall, Hope-street. Fest e l; t i ? at present in the garden connected with the ae ende) Workhouse a pear-tree in full blossom, being lids}' Theil bloom this season. lidav ev • Dr. M`Neile will return from Ireland on _ I riac e ; and resume his duties in St. Paul's church, Th e ark, on Sunday next. •41'kenhead Commissioners have intimated that will remit foreto 1.. tt one 4hird to such cottage owners aserrnt es the ( , y me rates upon their respective prop i The Ith of next month. ° "Sat stea-ship America, Captain Harrison, departed the It urdav afternoon for Halifax and New York, with setge'u,alNorth American mails, and one hundred pas k d'' Lid from Liverpool, including the Mayor . of h b 9 ~) , 1 . , Mr. Rushto and Mr. Ferguson, accom . panied ,-a;ilGLheras Birch, M.P., n had an interview with the Irade.ianville on Thursday at the o ffi ce of the Board of lir 11, e4 teb,.i.," • P. Attenborough, 8.A., of St. John's College, r alast ' u ge, has just been appointed additional unclen 14(f, at the Royal Institution School, in this t s o s w . s to te r , ' mat Iberi a name appeared both in the cla cal If yo etnatical lists of honours last year.. I4 ess v ' a l'e writing to a newspaper on public affairs, n a . d .- - ahes.ll.B;:sci)_leatter merely " . To . the Editors ;" . if ‘ c .Tr u t'lL t",isi le ,"„ paper or adrirtisement, address it . 41 tors 16 ' - Liverpool Mercury. , This is a hint that ,A n are iaot men of business.]-Ed. L. S. ,' P ekt a l P / Pa ratils has been invented by Mr. Robertson, in 'lltta -.award-street for the consumption of smoke . i ts b a ces, stores and stove - grates. The invention is said 4adera,,licable'to the complete consumption of the sm oke Theal,n circumstances 44 ad 'r ca nx Liberal relates that a lady, bound from the tattache Liverpool, had a bladder containing spiri ts ng- t b it 4 , asoal:ttisiteletohera dress , with a view of sm - _ voyage pin nfortunately punctured klifai d o der, and the iquid gradually escaped, to the u tte r Th e /; 10 f the fair smuggler. 'ool)ttfealth Committee are about ma king an attempt !;e7e,4l',l,Powers from the General Boa rd of Health, to i' t4 te i Lue interment of dead bodies in the churchy ard s, h t e S• 417,C,'ovvded neighbourhoods and public thoroug - r'etti " 0 matter is one of the greatest importance, as i teriZ tllo health of the inhabitants of a large town like , As. t 11 '4 AM REGATTA RURAL SPORTS.-The 4, 414,1u_ A IL Y ' at , 'etnents for holid N a D y folks took place on Thurs 5Se " '44Sti lara Ferry. The regatta was superior to wi of fe y satisfaction. The coai '"al as b o as % were the Star of Temperance, Mr. Clark's ',,,"hl t e t b`ue Pairy . The rural amusements were o n f re th n e . ',th4 e ata ater, an . d caused much laughter. In the Pio h - was Et grand display of fireworks, and the pro- Ihiria . f t_he day terminated by a grand masked ball in T ki t .4.l'ool on the pleasure grodq. I,4esiall' MATeuEs.-A match will be . played this day turn e rs and to-morrow (Wednesday) between the si,t't forit&iald•Ashfield cHcke e t . clubs, on the ground of iseeaels4l._iiigber Tranmer .wickets to be pitched at k4tellitietiivnig. The three best players of the Tranmere sealso from playing.-Another match between the tt o'ilkiild_Trnrannaere clubs will be played on . Th . ursday t,t`ttktin.,:T iranmere ground.-The second innings of la t ,la e i'Lvieen the Everton . and Victoria clubs will also Ft, i ll ° Y I Wednesday evern . ng, on the ground of the t Bir kenhead Park; wickets to be pitched at half terta., o'clock. The score at resent sta nds thus s9. :- lii k . r , first innings, 78; Victoria, firs t innings, I..,rtaCcille , t _. B w TRAORDINARY.-The other day, a . match . 41 , 1 ,oft i„ °_et een two part ies, one of whom is an inhabi -IZaktedlrnool and tli, othe r of Birkenhead. Both are Op e „le! their activity ;. but each have had the mis .equence are obliged to I,i'a tt t . t t; 4 pse a leg, and 1 l a 'es h as 'Pe knotted oak f a r a substitute. One of the 1 4,N0e I ,Deen long celebrated for his activity about t he c k 'st ‘nit " e ek, and the other was celebrated as an act ive : 'itai " the Woodside slip. mile arties are backed, I de, nS t the other, to run a mile la p . Cheshire for £25 are t h e 10, (r eit , race excites considerable h interest, and even ! sa i , s ay tiiPeiresent made on e parties ; but the Cheshire d 'to '4 attly l',' champion w t i win and therefore the oc s o, ce ibe e epected o turn in his favour . . Thee i race il.aek p an within two months, in the neighbour wed 4 4 4 4 er ' y ' '' P a `',4l) EltEn WILSON. -From . a letter received by bran,' aga coroner on Tuesday, it would appear that 1 4i,' 4) is now in Kirkdale Gaol on the charge of 1(11181Wrs. Henrichson and her family , intends to I:, (l ,, a e t evv .i ii n s w o ::l , efenee at the ensuing assizes. The let (ll.,`!from the gaol at Kirkdale, and signed " John The writer states that h . e shall require 11 h • • • nected with the trapaec 11t1 1 L a t ede ositions con itii i k e „ ve sou-sti r : t eet, and desires that they be furnish shed elt his i Lne course of the present week. He states that tfrentention to conduct his owili s c a as s e without the 11: 1 4,,, c e of any other parties, and y 'that persons ki t ; ) , %Z. nothing about the facts have already made VD, 4 . '''sY about him. He says tha. vin g at has d n i o s ! h :e,i ie gn, in consequence of his friends living at a VI th, c annot procure any, but he lays much stress I ieo44egeoc.essity of having copis of the depositions in ' i , t a t t,s l4t V , he present w m e A ek SON M . -SQUARE.-Theltalian 11114 :14e°tn Pa/ OlYA fi l nishe il d their performances las , t , w , s ee n k n_ , I ,4 ll 4 'Lait'as,Prod Y uced being " L'Elisir (Y e,' lia,rlo.q e ' '` B ar b er o f S ev ille," and" L A u ni cr u e r zia Borgia." the preceding week, I)4 (1 tile re presentation s was better fild thanur lta'tetiwere h i shils g atisfactory. SignoT and the" Barber, ' 'lol,,l'ecl ._, in the " Sonnambu l a " as well a „ s i ng er, and 1 1(C'elf to be a lyric actress . he C he r delineation of both Amnia and Rosina amongst of eek w e have seen. The "Barber te '9op o ,esPecially owing to the very a " able representation was the gem of at s • °Y Signor Montelli, who acted and sang with tili Writ The English. boa ot, of 2, and gained great applause. Oty i ll v tins opera, howeve . r, is most popular here, .be ei,p.ce original the comic . d . dialogue loses its points ti lci t'Ar, si 'lig as a recitative in ie theforeign language. 14`e%auntelli likewise sustaine d th e parts of Doctor_ ore u, and The Count, in Sonnambula, both of Vraviso in the latter opera , „11 .e4,`puccessfully. tejj'arie. l. 4.'`gily delivered, H an ie d his acting made the part . a titt:'v 4 1 .', 1) ne iy th iece. We are glad that the public 4 1 ,ti e i i‘oe high e re p commendations of the press, and tl 4 l !ees ,Il greater numbers, although, after all, the au- Ilp,',eir," i ere anything but nufnerous; fl esp t ecially in the ki -' tl e, which certainly does not re ec great credit At 'a taste fth Liverpool fashionable world. Last 4 th e o e beans 4l 4w commenced a course of performances, ,Oe eing the first play. t ti ll f ; l eg k a' ti k ,'t THEATRICAL MANAGERS .- Mr. . Lewis lives il e N t .atid or ; and luxurious retirement . in the Brompton end y 4 4 1 ts kid surrounded by friends who respect his many boa Iciti" a dmire his many accomplishments, and enjoy 4phAtal); his customary liberality, the affluence he so q e oa l l i ,Y inherited and so creditably . mented. Not t age r l 'u resides his whilom ineti a in u a g hle lieu .n tenant, it i Y keciarke, and his inimitable wife, who is . i . p . ain- It: 1 ,4; o ' health and excruciatingly buoyant spirits , for ho she is, [as ) bibl e s to look upon her, knowing w anon rjfaneashire does not ?] and then . think of the con '?''lla'es'the stage, without feeling positively venomous 4." elf et ' and pondering that she ought to be ashamed Y,l •turn t '' '` 4 ' t ° go and herself into a humdrum suburban k ' ll l " v ing whole departments of the dram Nurse, Q. c,actable for want of her Dame Q uic k l y, .thtt,,q,.11.0,i'1b,(102,4r, Mrs. Malaprop, and, in short, Mrs. 1 4`, 4 ii,, j i., %11 0 ought to be anybody, and without whom ~ h e eale ) . - :°dY for nothing except snobs, cant, quackery, '4O b • ' •-- Correspondent of Albion. '4l' bn )ek S URVEYORS REPORT.-The annual report , 4 h ,"' has b Surveyor, for the year ending the 23rd June, . 411 1) ° ` 4 8 ~ce e rl issued. It refers to the general state and t ~,qo'',,l ' hae " ,,', the dock orks, and the expenditure in tha n q ' e g ew - 1 , - ,.,''• Th first part of the report alludes to the ` 4 cl l. etti : 4 th docks, opened on the 4th of August, 1848. t a Oh \! i lder of the north docks under the . act of 7th te 'e let° ria are in a forward state, but their progress, h4lt,t44l4:44°Pical, should be in connexion with that con tkeb-teonu ?tither to the north. The buildings which e. 'ae `',l" further possession from the Wapping ' 1 1 1.,, t . , '11i N , ~,ve been taken i down, down, and the materials em p lo y edpy h , l ' it itr i k C r lIS in progress. At the south, some little l'i,'' 'O, T; en. made in the construction of the river ~.e. . 1,, a 4; rernaind r f the report refers to matters of N' a at il s - VS char e t e such as sheds, landing-stages,- ‘4 ,I., l tork' q 'x., e• Th e e e amount expended during the year on N„ 4 ., 1. 1 232 374 18s. 6d. ; and for repairs £20,019 I,""ttt ti,'"ng a t ' otal of £252,985 2s. 2d. In the stock ' 4. (1q 1 ,1 ,k - k e Z is a decrease of £3394 ss. 9d. 4 1 t- W.tl- IN LIVERPOOL.-We were yesterday fa -11 4 t thel-1,4 Private view of the paintings to be seen this ttemearnef•cithibition-rooms, Postoffice-place, and which Tit icl' lr etti 4) t he hammer not to-morrow and the next day,_ htt o 7 th tired but on Monday and Tuesday next, the 6th ,he t ', 4 ll e d ~ngust and we must say that we were truly tt ?el)l i wo - rk' s ° a find' no less . than six specimens of E } , I le sam re now creating such a sensation in the me ll't'''bill.",- 441 °ng amateurs generally. They are truly i' t t.lg e t , t4 ll i„ s P„eeina ens, and we regret not to be able to t se: I, ''' h'b'l . 1 ""e same master hand, from it being in h ,yl'lta''t),„l,,ition the particularly as we have heard 4 iill e aok a T as the fi m ne o s r t e head the artist ever produced o ._ NI with delight on the several powerful works te f the Coasute delicate landscapes of Pyn . e-an exq i lf, k Of f ew 0 8 f ,c 7!° of Collins-a lovely Richard Wilson- t - perfection and interest by the grea n et r' a -e * In fact, it is an extremely interesting col thor as sns will afford collectors great choice. The pro ,leler,tee, t . 0 1 41 „ 8 to have been a patron of local talent, from `tttti,Letl fp„Luere b sev ral specimens which have been •n th - -'z the Manche ster and Liverpool Exhibitions, t, ela \)„, (! 1N.41 11,,,, , 5t ten Years , as we can testify. .qeei,t;el)tibillAnLE INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRESS...- l k: e arl '-'" in another column a summary of the Sltlay'ared in brought by the Hibernia, which at. 14 -a l -! 1 second edition of this paper 0 1 140, th e '',;,e could have presented this to D our rea -14-"in freak sl°l.l Edition, but for one of those unac -I'o4l of authority of late practised by the eall''ctir,ee officials of this port a t has always been k4l l - ` Pre s - ' e of the tt, e ak . B to I, nd b messengers from the London and t , .1 4 „•,. On th is 0 Y . the steamer which brings the mails 1, 41 t, i gi ng.. / ,,, ccasion, however, by the authority of %' '''e de 0 , ' lit ers on board, they were prevented ; and I gethiee',P,aPers submitted to a search, by which _ they its oett:lThse4et..wo hours. The result is that not only our q 4 ,41 1 , 1 4 ,ait e i,rs arc deprived of important news, which h, e v,,,,Litind,. Pt' Power to give, but that the m.etr.opo vswinorgldt (s4.lllti%iir; ,het io.nwfon.iniin the ' empire will be similarly ation from one of the leading e1,,.t oe, Irlterference . d excuse for this fN e can fino- that a case I ) ,‘Pg ed lirred the ? or we do not know _. was lay t agains,.lnch anything like smuggling a ' Zhe 1,,,', 1 1 zeipbers of the press boardin in g g t e hc e se . t4:,,irik, aittriinttaVentTunes of Friday states that the d vdeli 1, 'Y s o t o . o one of the Water-guard officers not Lq t , t +ail been°. mischance, received the repealing or . der , Of the p or i l s tled many days before by the principal THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. During the present week a parliamentary document has appeared, showing the working of the County Courts' Act throughout the kingdom. Of these institutions for the recovery of debts under £2O, there are, it seems, 491 in existence. In the past year there were 259,118 eases tried in the Connor Courts, or about sixty per cent. of the plaints entered. The total amount for which judg ment was obtained is stated to be £752,543. The costs for recovering this sum amount to £199,980, or a fraction more than twenty-six per cent! The return, which is very minute, shows not only the number of cases tried in each court, but the respective amounts claimed, the days and hours during which the courts sat, and other informa tion throwing light on the subject. In Liverpool, during the year 1848, over which the return extends, there were 12,365 plaints entered ; the number of cases tried was considerably less, being 8,368. Of these, 521 were for sums above £10; 782 for sums above £5 ; 1,979 for sums above £2; 2,028 for sums above £l, and 3,058 for sums under £l. It appears, then, that the class of debtors, owing £lO and upwards, are rarely brought to this tribunal; that the number owing £5 and upwards is also comparatively few, and that the great bulk of the business is caused by the small debtors of £1 and £2. It is quite clear, therefore, that the fees are out of all fair proportion to the sums reco vered, and that the " cheap law" of the County Court is very dear law for the indigent class of persons brought there. The fees of Mr. Lowndes, the judge of the Liverpool court, amounted during the last year to £2513; the fees of Mr. Statham. his clerk, to scarcely a less sum, namely, £2,423 ; while the bailiffs' fees are set down at the hand some sum of £1,185. Most of our readers are aware that all the judges of the County Courts are paid a fixed salary, namely £l,OOO, and such of them as have circwts their travelling expenses. The difference, consequently, between Mr. Lowndes's salary and the amount received for fees on his account, goes to the general fund. Mr. Statham has to provide clerks out of his fees, and with out knowing exactly the expense of doing so, we may safely assume that it does not exceed £BOO a year, which leaves that fortunate gentleman the handsome amount of £1,600 per annum,—a sum equal to the salary of the Stipendiary Magistrate, and within £4OO of the enormous salary paid to the Town-clerk.—Liverpool Chronicle. LOCAL MEETINGS. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A communication was read from Mr. Ledger, agent to the Earl of Sefton, who wished to Know whether the Formby land-mark, which had been given up by the Dock Estate, might be pulled down. The committee could not give any direc tions in the matter, as the Admiralty were to be consult ed.—Another letter was read from Mr. Chapman, of Southport, respecting the Horse-bank buoys, in which he threatened to bring the matter before Lloyds' and the underwriters.—A letter was also read from Mr. T. Key, complaining of the extension of the dock works at Bootle, as the present chief magistrate had given the inhabitants of Bootle to understand that the works should not be extended beyond the land-marks for twenty years to come. The letter added, that a great amount of property would be injured by the works which were going on. Mr. Mann said that a mistake had arisen : the late chairman said the works would probably not be completed in less than eighteen or twenty years. Mr. Hartley, in explanation, said that they were bound by the Admiralty to finish the works at an early period, and before two months the wall would be completed to the land-marks. Mr. Tobin said the owners of property had no reason to fear, as the pro perty in the neighbourhood of the new works would cer tainly increase in value.—A letter was read from Mr. Gage, recommending the introduction of an engine for the supply of river water to the hoisting apparatus of the Albert Dock warehouses, as a saving to the dock trust. Mr. Hartley stated that the bedding for an engine and a chimney had already been made.—A letter had been re ceived from Mr. G. H. Lawrence, intimating that it was the intention of the officers of the Weight and Measures Department to examine the weights and scales of the Albert Dock warehouses. Mr. Tobin wished to know whether the chairman was liable for any default. This terminated the public business. HEALTH COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr. Tinne in the chair.—A conversation took place as to the Medical Offi cer receiving assistance from the police force, in certain cases where it was necessary to remove persons afflicted with cholera, or bury the dead. It was agreed that the Medical Officer should confer with the Head Constable on the subject.—Mr. Bennett expressed his satisfaction that persons were alive to the necessity of whitewashing courts, many of which bad been done without ;he usual notices being served.—The attention of the Board having been called to the nuisance arising from smoke, the Chairman intimated that measures were in progress for compelling parties by information to do away with such nuisances.—The Inspector of Nuisances reported the cleansing of 1030 cesspools, the inspection of 99 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, and a variety of other de tails of work done in his department during the past week. The Medical Officer reported an increase in the mortality of the borough, the deaths for the week being 640 against 463 the previous week ; in the corresponding week of last year there were 197 deaths. The rate of mortality was higher by 100 than during the rage of the fever in 1847. The deaths from cholera were 375, and in the previous week 233. There was little change in the mortality from bowel complaints, the number of cases being 52 against 55 the previous week. The mortality was the highest in Scotland and Vauxhall Wards. There had been in Scot land Ward 140 deaths, and 82 from cholera ; in Vauxhall Ward, 112 deaths, and 81 from cholera. The system of house visitation was now in operation, and 79 streets, containing 10,000 inhabitants, had been visited. Night stations for affording prompt relief had also been opened in various parts of the town.—A great deal of desultory discussion, which did not lead to any practical result, took place relative to the measures of the committee with regard to the visitation of cholera. The Chairman said that every thing had been done which it was possible to do, and the committee were desirous of carrying out the suggestions made by the Medical Officer, or any other regulations that might be necessary. In reply to a ques tion, the Medical Officer said he could not give correctly the number of cases of cholera within the borough during the week ; the number of deaths was principally from the registrar's returns. The Chairman thought it would be much better if the reports of cholera were not published, as they only created alarm. This led to a conversation, during which it was stated that the publication of reports and the house visitations caused persons to pay more at tion to the premonitory symptoms of cholera, by which a beneficial effect had been produced.—ln accordance with the report of the Sub-committee, a reduction from 6d. to 4d. was ordered to be made in the price of admission to the warm baths in Paul-street. It was considered unde sirable at present to extend the alteration to the baths in Frederick-street.—The Borough Engineer stated that the approximate estimate for the new baths in Cornwallis street would be £7,500. The model, which was spoken of by Mr. Walthew as a most skilful and ingenious piece of workmanship, is to be sent to the fancy fair.—After some matters of a routine character, the meeting ad journed. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. — Present : Messrs. Roskell, (in the chair,) Ledger, Batten, Tattersall, Mountfield, Smith, Harrison, H. Edwards, Pilkington, Lightbody, Medcalf, Sidney, Lloyd, Bolshaw, and James Birch.—The following grants were voted to the relieving officers :—Allen, £BO ; Tomkins, £35 ; Potts, £55 ; Latham, £35 ; Sheerson, £ls.—lt appeared from the report of the fever hospital, that there remained in the house last week, 9 ; admitted, 5 ; discharged, cured, 3 ; at present in the house, 9.—A letter, in answer to one forwarded by the clerk, was read from the Poor Law Board, relative t 3 paupers refusing to go into the hospital or infirmary for the purpose of having a limb amputated, and whether, on such refusal, the medical officers of the districts were bound to attend them and charge the ex penses to the union. It was the opinion of the Poor Law Board that, if the institutions were out of the union, those parties could not be denied such medical relief.—lt was stated that, in accordance with the decision come to last week, a medical gentleman had been appointed to super sede Mr. Bradbury, medical officer of the cholera hospital in Toxteth.park, on the terms stated in the advertisement. The most important business of the day was that respect ing the complaint made last week against Mr. Johnson, medical officer of Kirkdale, who, it was said, neglected to attend a child ill of cholera. As was agreed to at the last weekly meeting of the board, the sub-committee met on Friday to investigate the matter ; the result was, after the examination of several witnesses, the production of a re port stating that the committee were of opinion.that Mr. Johnson had, in that instance, neglected his duty in not visiting the child the first time he was called. At the request of Mr. Ledger, the evidence was read, after which it was moved, seconded, and carried, that the report be received and adopted. Conversation of a very protracted nature here ensued, during which much was said pro and con. ; and it is bat justice to Mr. Johnson to state that, with his general conduct the board was satisfied, and, consequently, thy did not wish him to be dismissed ; but with regard to the case then before them, they considered it their duty to call in the medical officer and admonish him. This was done, when Mr. Johnson said, that as the charge preferred against him had been published in the newspapers, and in order to vindicate himself before that board and the public, he begged to be heard. Mr. John son proceeded to say that the multiplicity of cases he had to deal with, and their great urgency, prevented him from attending the child when first called; and observed that, under the present arrangements, it was impossible to at tend all the cases at the same time. The Chairman expressed his regret of the painful duty imposed upon him, but said that the board required that the same atten tion should be paid to the poor as to the richest in the land. Mr. Johnson then withdrew.—A nurse was ap pointed at the yearly salary of £lo.—Mr. Batten called attention to a letter he had received from Dr. Duncan, recommending that house visitation be extended in the Park, and that a night station be opened for the purpose of vending medicines. He (Mr. Batten) bad had conver sation with the medical officers of the township, and several Catholic priests, all of whom had stated that cholera was on the increase in that district, and, therefore, additional medical aid was required. He begged to move the follow ing resolution :—" That two night surgeons be appointed for the district of Toxteth-park, to undertake the treatment of such cases of cholera as may occur between the hours of nine p.m. and seven a.m, ; and, further, that two addi tional special medical visitors be appointed for Toxteth park." Mr. Ledger seconded the resolution, which was adopted.—A ft er the disposal of some routine business the board adjourned. The following anecdote is strikingly illustrative of the esprite de corps prevalent in Russia :—The remark was made to a Cossack officer that the Hungarian rebellion would not be so easily put down as was generally ima gined, the force of the Magyars being so great and the people so fanaticised. " Silence, (exclaimed the Musco vite,) the great Czar has ordained a victory, rind his orders must be obeyed." lIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE NEW NORTH DOCKS. (Continued from our Publication of the nth instant.) We gave in our paper of the date stated some few par- ticulars of these splendid works, upon a broad glance,— imperfect we admit,—for we were surprised by the magni tude of the masonry, and the space enclosed for the dock age of shipping, which none of our townsmen can properly survey and appreciate without encountering a long and tedious journey on foot, which would prove fatiguing even to practiced pedestrians. We promised some notice of other parts of the works, and proceed to our task,—rather to attract the attention of others, so that they may them selves visit the ground, than to assume a power to describe, within so short an article as our own time and space will allow, all the " curiosities" here to be witnessed in the valuable science of dock-building which will be obvious to any nautical visitor. We have some few arrears to bring up, as regards our former report, after a second visit three days ago. The depot at the N.E. corner of the Nelson Dock, a handsome granite building, in course of erection, and which we stated was to be finished by a bracketted cornice, as was our then impression, has since been surmounted (over the cornicing) by embattlements or embrasures all round the four walls, at each angle of which rises stonework of the same impregnable structure forming four distinct towers. This addition, although its altitude is not great, comports with the general castellated character of the dock-wall enclosures and gates, and, in our opinion, has a fine effect, though simple and rough in design. A New South Police Station" is drawing towards completion at the N.E. corner of the space surrounding the Clarence Dock Graving Docks. This is a large brick building, spacious enough, indeed, for a barracks. CATTLE SLIPS. One of the grand improvements as regards the new docks, is an admirable contrivance for th safe and easy debarkation of cattle and sheep, called " cattle slips" ; one opposite the Bramley-Moore Dock, and the other opposite the Sandon Graving Docks. From the river, or the Cheshire shore opposite to them, these are indi cated to the eye, at low water, by three arched openings in the sea-wall, one rising above the other, on the hypo thenuse of an angle of which the river forms the base. With the flood-tide making, one, two, or the whole of these arches may, of course, be hid from sight. At low water, the cattle can be landed through the lower open ing ; as the tide rises higher, through the second, and so on. When so landed, they have a firm footing, and can readily be driven up a gently-inclined plane, within the outer sea-wall, and parallel with it. They, in fact, go through the interior of the outward quay, under archwork, and emerge upon an open continuation of the inclined plane at the top, which is neatly walled round, and forms little or no obstruction to the continuous walk along the margin of the sea-wall- The visitor will observe several large circular erections over the spot, as if surrounding wells, or pits. These reach the top of the arched part of the inclined plane, and are purposed as air-holes, or large valves, by which the wind, driven up through the exterior openings in the sea-wall, and the inclined plane (or tun nel), and which form " caves," may find vent, without, in gales, " blowing up" the masonry. The contrivance is scientific, though simple. The wells, or eyes, serve also to admit the light into the inclined plane. The effect of the want of such air-escapements we witnessed some years ago, at Kilkee, on the west coast of Ireland. in company with the present worthy commander of the Tron Duke. The lower rocks at the spot had become excavated or undermined, and the force of successive high seas in gales was such, that some years before, when the waves ran high, under a huge ledge, they burst up to the surface, at a great height, masses of the hard stone of that coast (some of them several tons in weight), leav ing a large air -valve, which is still known as the " Kilkee Puffing Hole," and from which the water bursts up, in gales, to a height of many feet.. At the cattle slips al luded to there are also broad steps for passengers, wind ing over the top of the highest outer opening in the wall. The whole is executed in hewn granite. THE BRIDGES. The swing bridges are (with the exception of one of them) improvements upon former productions of this kind. The Sandon Bridge (a highway viaduct) is an example. It is of great span and width, with a double line for carriages, and a spacious footwalk on each side ; yet though thus consequently heavy, it can be turned by one stout man at each side. Many of the other new bridges within the new dock walls, built and fixed on the same principle, will, it is doubted not, be worked with equal facility, and they are of equally elegant struc ture, and in the segmental form. There is one of these bridges, however, in daily requisition, crossing the gut between the Salisbury and the Collingwood Docks, in the construction of which the engineer has made a mistake. This bridge is built of boiler-plate iron, and shows no arch or segment, but a rather unseemly obtuse angle,—which, however, is not to be complained of as regards strength in the structure. Each half of the bridge, in place of being placed on the metallic circle on each side, on small trucks, or iron rollers, is poised upon six large and ponderous wheels upright. The circle upon which they move is of broad surface, and the tires of the wheels are equally broad, without bevel, and so hung, without play, or flanch, that they have a tendency to run in a straight line only, (as on a railway), so that the friction is increased to such a degree, that three strong men are required to turn each half of the bridge, and cannot accomplish the task without much exertion, and so slowly that great delay is experienced to passengers and vessels. The Sandon bridge (weighing 70 tons each half) is much heavier than that under notice ; and the contrast between the respect ive working is obvious. It is clear, indeed, that the lat ter is a failure, and must be re-modified or superseded in the machinery. lt is worthy of notice that great part of the outer or river-wall at the new docks is perpendicular, or rather slightly overhanging the water, and not, as is usual, slop ing back. This, it has been ascertained by the Surveyor, gives the tide a tendency to sweep away the sand ; and the work is so strong in material and workmanship that there is no danger of its giving way, even in the strongest westerly gales. THE SANDON GRAVING DOCKS. These six docks, (before briefly noticed), are constructed upon an improved principle in the masonry, and will be found to be highly convenient. There are four flights of steps on each side of each of them, with improved slides of granite in the middle of the steps for the lowering of barrels and other materials. One of them is already finished, and the others will be ready for the reception of vessels in a month or six weeks. The manner of dressing the granite for the erection of nearly the whole wall-work of the new docks is peculiar. The material is so hard, that mason's ordinary tools, used for freestone, would nave no effect upon granite, as the edge of anything like a sharp instrument would soon give way. Short thick picks, with rather blunt steel points, are employed for the rough dressing; and where a finer surface is afterwards required, short thick chisels are used, driven . by heavy iron hammers. The fine surface, however, which this obdurate stone is capable of receiving by long labour, is only less surprising than that it may be brought for decorative work to a beautiful polish, equal to that of marble ; and from its hardness and fine mottle, richer in appearance than is acceptable by most qualities of that softer stone. THE CLOCK TOWER. This fine object rises from an artificial island of granite, which divides the two entrances to the Salisbury Dock. The tower is also built of rubble granite, edged with hewn stone of the same kind. It is about 108 feet in height, and is round at the base, and sexagonal above. There is a handsome projecting balcony, with a perforated para pet, or breast-wall, at about half the height of the build ing. This is immediately under the six clock faces, fixed on the respective sides forming the sexagon. The top of the tower is finished with battlements, over a pro jecting cornice ; but the embrasures appear to us to be too small in the perforations, giving the intermediate and finishing stone-work the appearance of teeth. This however, (as the tower is not intended for warlike pur poses), is merely a matter of taste. We visited the in terior of the tower, and were astonished by the massive ness of the walls, (apparently eight feet thick), and the extraordinary strength of the whole structure, which is arched and fire-proof—and we may add storm and ball proof—in every story. It would, we should think, cost quite as much labour and time to take it down, (should that ever be thought of), as it must have required to build it. The arched roofing is peculiarly contrived, and is strengthened by strong iron girders, forming segments. The lower apartments, three lofty stories in height, will be occupied as a dwelling, by one of the dock-masters. We ascended by somewhat steep flights of iron stairs, with perforated steps,—the first flight straight, and the others spiral. There are iron rod handrails, so that with a little caution there is no danger of a fall. On reaching the outer balcony, (a height of nearly 60 feet), and walk ing round it, we were surprised and gratified by the de lightful views that prevented themselves at every point. The clock faces, over head, appear to be each about three yards in diameter, and the hands are all moved by one large clock, regulated by our townsman Mr. Roskell. The pendulum is incased within wood-work in the higher room. Fine, however, as the prospect is from the balcony, it is far exceeded by that obtained from the top of the tower— more than twice the height. Thence may be seen west ward the whole extent of the docks, with their shipping ; the river, enlivened by numerous vessels in motion ; the Cheshire shore ; and, far beyond it, the Welsh mountains. To the east (on the other side) are seen Everton-hill and its mansions; the Bury Railway viaduct, alive with rush ing trains ; Walton ; and the whole northern coast, even beyond Formby Point. North and south the view is equally expansive, of sea and land, shipping and town. It is intended, we learn, that the public shall be admitted, ad libitum, to the top of the tower when the interior is finished for their easy ascent; and this, we think, will be a boon. We cannot doubt but that numerous parties will avail themselves of the advantage; and we would suggest that boxes for donations to our principal charities should be kept at the tower, as we think every visitor would contribute something. The adjacent new docks present at all times many attractions in shipping, both steamers and sailing vessels; and not the least, at pre sent, is the huge but fine hull of the Great Britain, not vet refitted by her new owners. We would also suggest to captains of sea-going vessels that they should note their departure from, and arrival at, the port from:this tower, the clock of which is regulated in precise accord ance with Greenwich time. _ _ The present article has so much extended upon us that we must postpone some intended notice of the extreme north docks, yet in embryo ; but we cannot now lay down the pen without expressing our thanks to Mr. Riley, the foreman of the works, for the statistical information he has afforded us ; and adding, as our humble opinion, that the whole of these docks are not only highly creditable, in design and workmanship, to the Dock Smveror and his assistants, but confer an honour on the town. ,kL DR. HAWTHORNE'S TREATMENT. CORONEA'S INVESTIGATION. On Friday last, a jury was empanelled,! by order of the borough coroner, to make an inquiry into the circumstances attendant on the death of a female, named Jane Moreland, who resided in Mary's-terrace, Kent street; and who, it is affirmed, was seized with cholera, treated for it professionally by Dr. Hawthorne, and died in consequence of narcotics administered. The inquiry was deferred until Saturday, but the circumstances of the case, so far as we have been able to gather them, are these :—The deceased was taken ill on Friday, and a sur geon connected with the dispensary was sent for, but some delay occurring in his attendance, the friends of the deceased, at six o'clock on Friday evening, sent for Dr. Hawthorne, whose son arrived at the house about seven, and administered to the patient five pills. In half an hour afterwards he gave her five more pills, and then left her for the night. The following day he came again, and left her a bottle of medicine. On Monday, he attended, and gave her two more pills, and left another bottle of medicine, remarking at the time that he could do no more for her, and should, therefore, discontinue his visits. On Tuesday, the curate of St. Mark's Church, who was acquainted with the circumstances of the case, saw Mr. Leach, the sur geon, and communicated the matter to him. Mr. Leach called upon Dr. Macrorie, and together they proceeded to the house where the patient was lying. They found her in a state of stupor, as though produced by the effect of a narcotic. Mr. Leach continued to attend her, and he also administered medicine, to her but she died on Thursday morning at half-past eleven o'clock, not having recovered from the stupor in which she was when he first saw her. Mr. Leach having refused to certify the death to Mr. Inspector Fresh, Mr. Fresh communicated with Dr. Duncan. who, after inquiries, deemed it his duty to lay the matter before the borough coroner, who determined to hold an inquest on the body. Hence had the jury been impanelled. A long consultation took place between the coroner, Dr. Duncan, Mr. Leach, and the son of Dr. Haw thorne, in the coroner's private room, after which the coroner stated in court that he had arranged that the in- quest should be taken at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, ADJOURNED INVESTIGATION. On Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, the coroner met the jury summoned at the dead-house, where, after being sworn in, they viewed the body. Deceased was, we learned, the wife of a joiner residing in Kent-street. The jury were Mesfrs. John H. Birliett, John Briscoe, Wilson Bell, John Skillicorn, Joseph Cummins, John Percival, Robert Clay, Thomas Green, John Wild, Henry Smith, Richard Barton, and Thorn.. Spencer. The Coroner was desiroas that the jury should consist of at least fifteen, but two arrived too late to be sworn in, and two others did not make their appearance. There were many medical gentlemen present, and the court was crowded during the day. The CORONER (addressing the jury) said that his atten tion had been first drawn to the case by the receipt of a letter from Dr. Duncan (which he read), and which was to the effect, that the deceased had been attended first by Mr. Hawthorne, and afterwards by Dr. Macrorie and Mr. Leach together, all of whom had refused to give a certifi cate of the cause of death,—the first, on the ground that the two last-named gentlemen had superseded him in his treatment of the patient ; and those gentlemen on the ground that improper medical treatment had, in their opinion, been adopted by Mr. Hawthorne, and that to all appearances death had resulted from an over dose of nar cotic poison. Doctors differed, as they all knew, and every man had a right to pursue his own mode of practice, provided it did not result, through gross neglect or want of care, in causing or accelerating the death of the patient. He added that the immediate cause of death was the ques tion to be considered, and that they must dismiss from their minds all impressions derived from the public prints and from rumour, and decide upon the evidence alone. They had to inquire whether poison was the cause of death, and if so, whether the deceased took it herself or it was administered to her by others. Mr. John Leach, surgeon, sworn. He said that on Tuesday evening last the Rev. Mr. Green, curate of St. Mark's, called my attention to the case of deceased. I refused to go until Mr. Hawthorne, who had previously attended, was communicated with. Mr. Green called on me again, and requested me to attend the case. Under the impression that it might be a serious case, and not wishing to take the entire responsibility, I called upon and took Dr. Macrorie along with me. I found her in a state of coma, and labouring under all the symptoms of a person who had had an over dose of narcotic poison. Dr. Macrorie was of the same opinion. Acting upon his direction and my own judgment, I treated the case accord ingly. This was about seven in the evening. She ap peared to rally a little. She died, I believe, on Thursday morning. I observed no symptoms of cholera when I saw her. She might have had it previous, for aught I know to the contrary. I was then of opinion that the imme diate cause of death was an over dose of narcotic poison. I was present yesterday at the yo t mortem examination male by Mr. Woods, surgeon. My opinion as to the cause of death is still the same. I found the deceased in a state of coma, by which T mean narcotism, which, in my opinion, was most probably set up by opium. Ido not mean to assimilate coma with narcotism, as the coma is produced by a narcotic. Pure narcotism cannot be set up spontaneously. I have not had much experience in cho lera, but have seen many cases lately. I consider in cer tain stages of the disease that tolerably large doses of opium would be judicious. I have given four grains in two hours to a patient labouring under cholera. It is possible that such a quantity in such space of time might produce all the symptoms of narcotism I found in this cash ; but it is not probable. All would depend on the state of the con stitution. By Mr. Hawthorne.—l anticipated that it was a dan gerous case from what Mr. Green told me. I have seen a patient in a collapsed state at two in the afternoon, who died at three next morning. A reaction would be a good symptom, after collapse. In cholera the blood becomes like tar, and the small veins may become clogged, so as to stop the circulation. I have seen but few recover from collapse. Dr. Macrorie, sworn.—He said he saw deceased on Tuesday, with Mr. Leach. He considered the symp toms to be narcotism, arising from the exhibition of nar cotic. I thought it like a case of cholera, which I thought set up the narcotism. I have had considerable experience in the treatment of cholera. In five or six hours I have given a cholera patient, in divided doses, as much as six or seven grains of opium, being governed by the nature of the case, and the constitution of the patient. Such a quantity might in five or six hours produce such a state of narcotism as I witnessed in the deceased. After a patient recovers from collapse, consecutive fever follows, but not always. Ido not consider this a case of consecutive fever. Some eminent men differ in their treatment of cholera. I have read these prescriptions. The first (marked A) is a proper one for cholera in its depressed state. It might be adapted to it, but not one I would recommend. That marked B is such as I never recommend in a case of cho lera, although I have seen hundreds of cases. It contains calomel, colocynth, and oil of carraway. I should con sider it rather too severe. The effect would very much depend on the previous treatment ; but one probable effect would be a greater degree of purging than I would think proper. It would not produce narcotism. The direction is that it be made into two pills and taken imme diately. There is no opiate in either prescription. Ido not recollect having met with any professional gentlemen who have administered larger doses of opium than I have before stated as my practice. By a juror.—l would not consider it proper to give four or five grains of opium to a cholera patient in collapse. Mr. Hawthorne having stated that he came there solely to defend himself against an unjust chare, The Coroner said he was not aware of any charge against him—at least to his knowledge, yet he (Mr. H.) had a right, if he so considered it to defend himself. Dr. Macrorie, on being cross-questioned by Mr. Hawthorne, complained of being subjected to detention from his practice by the questions of Mr. Hawthorne. He did not know him to be a professional man. The Coroner said that he believed Mr. Hawthorne was a regular surgeon, and his father was a physician. The deceased presented a state of respiration, which is usually consequent on the exhibition of an extra dose of a narcotic, and the characteristic starting of respiration— easily roused, but speedily disposed to sleep. The skin was moist but not clammy. I have seen a patient die of collapse in cholera ; they breathe with heaving and anx iety, not mental, but totally different from what I saw in this case. (He described the symptoms of collapse). When collapse is complete there is generally an absence of pulse in the extremities. The skin is covered with a cold perspiration. The tongue is moist and cold and the voice reduced to a whisper ; but the mind clear. In general few recover ; but some do. Patients after collapse sets in may die in a shorter or a longer time—from six hours up to three days. I have known many recover. When a Dr. Macrorie again complained of being so ques tioned by Mr. Hawthorne. a medical man. _ The Coroner said that he should take care that no im proper questions need be replied to, but in the case before them it was the same as in a serious charge in a higher court, and he (the witness) was bound to reply to all rele vant questions. Mr. HAWTHORNE said that his object was to show that the deceased did not die from narcotic poison, but from congestion of the brain. Dr. Macrorie still appearing to be anxious to retire to attend to his patients, The Coroner said that if the jury and Mr. Hawthorne desired it, he would adjourn this part of the case, and proceed to the other evidence,—but:this was not arranged, and Mr. Hawthorne proceeded with his cross-examination. patient rallies from collapse he may be attacked with con secutive fever—from which he mayrecover, or linger a week or ten days. Generally there is congestion of the head. The blood under cholera becomes more inspissated than in the natural state, and therefore is liable to become con gested in the brain. Patients suffering from congestion of Cre brain present the following appearances :—There is first the face flushed, the eye suffused, the tongue evated, with thirst and increase of heat of skin, and perhaps deli rium. If the symptoms proceeded the patient might be come comatose and die, or die without being so. There might be different stages of the comotose state before coma Was complete. In slight coma there is a tendency to sleep, which increases as the coma becomes complete. Coma may continue for some days before death or reco very. In cases of coma the tendency to sleep is the chief characteristic. In the early stage of coma the patient may be roused a little, but some falls over. The:breathing becomes more laborious as the comatose state proceeds. In describing the peculiar characteristics of coma, as being set up naturally, there were none of them in this case, ex cept disposition to sleep. In this case there was that pe culiar characteristic of the result of the exhibition of a narcotic, different from ordinary coma. There was a l so the contracted pupil, not usual in ordinary coma, which confirmed my opinion. The pupil generally becomes di lated in ordinary coma. Congestion of the brain in the early stage has a tendency to produce irritability and contraction of the pupil of the eye. The effect of opium u a powdered atate may continue for eight, ten, or 12 hours, or even for 24 hours in some cases. The general opiniol of the profes.4on is that the narcotic effect of opium subsides in 8 hours. (The Coroner said it was the opinion of the celebrated Dr. Christian that the fatal effect of opium generally resulted in death in 12 hours). The second prescription is not a very strong dose. In some eases of consecu'ive fever, after cholera, it may be given with proper effect. If patients be affected with anxi ous, laborio%is breathing, and heaving of the chest, in the collapsed state, it shows alar Ain sympt mas. Mr. Hawthorne, in the course of his exmaination, complained of Dr. Macrorie being ever and anon prompted by persons behind him, which he considered dishonest. He also said that the deceased got little opium from him, only two grains in two pills, six days before her death. She had got warm and sensible on Monday, but on Tues day congestion set in after she had been treated by these two gentlemen. Mr. Leach, on being recalled and examined by Mr. Hawthorne admitted that, in the early stages of cholera, large doses of opium might be judicious. Witness added (of his own acccrd) that he did not wish to come into court, and disclaimed all intention of imputing wrong to Mr. Hawthorne, as had been alleged. All he had stated was that he Mr. H. should have given a certificate of the cause of death, which he (Mr. L.) could not, from the appearance of the body, conscientiously do. Mr. Hawthorne appeared to doubt this statement as to the allegation ; but some explanation took place between the two gentlemen, and the subject dropped,—Mr. H. however, not appearing to be quite satisfied. Mr. Geo. Woods, surgeon, called,—l have practised nearly ten years. lam at present a Medical District Visiter, for cholera, appointed by the Select Vestry. I have made a post mortern examination of the body of the deceased. The countenance presented rather a placid appearance. The eyes were not unusually sunken. The pupils were rather dilated. There was no outward ap pearance to lead to a positive conclusion. I found the bowels in a congested state ; but healthy in structure. They were livid, and distended with blood. The mucous lining of the stomach was in a sound state. The blood in the ventricles was of a dark colour, but not coagulated. The cause of death was congestion of the brain. I can not say from the appearances whether the congestion was set up by natural or by foreign cause. Congestion of the brain may be set up by many natural causes, or from an overdose of a narcotic. By Mr. Hawthorne,—Congestive fever, and congestion generally, often follow the collapsed state of cholera. I think congestion arising from natural causes, after col lapse in cholera, would, as a general rule, produce all the morbid symptoms developed in the post mortem examina tion of the deceased. The congestion, in this case, might be produced by natural causes. A person would not live 6 days with the brain in buoh a s t a t e of congestion as I found that of the deceased. Jane Salmond called :—She said I was called on Friday week to deceased, who complained of cramps in the legs and feet. She was vomiting stuff like thin gruel. Mr. Alexander. Hawthorne was called in that evening to see her. He administered five pills to her. She had not then a disposition to sleep. Mr. Hawthorne continued with her about half an hour. I did not see him give her more pills. I saw deceased again next morning. She did not then seem drowsy or sleepy. Mr. Hawthorne saw deceased three times. He wrote out two prescrip tions—one on Saturday, and one on Monday ; and gave directions that they were to be made up at the Apothecary's Hall. The first was a draught, which deceased took. The one on the Monday, which deceased took between two and three o'clock that day. I frequently attended her in her illness. So far as I knew she took no other medicine than that mentioned. Mr. Hawthorne did not see her again. When he left her on Mon day, he said he had done his best for her. I did not see her again on Monday. I saw her on Tuesday morn ing about eight o'clock. She was in bed. I saw a great change in her She was sleepy, and could not speak. I tried to rouse her but she was not conscious. I saw her several times before Mr. Leach was called. She still con tinued in a sleepy state. She died on Thursday morning at one o'clock. By Mr. Hawthorne,—You gave her the pills in a tea spoon. You directed hot applications to her feet for the cramps. You gave her the liquid medicine in a tee.spoon ful at a time. Your brother visited the deceased also. Ido not know whether he visited hei. on Tuesday. He said he bad done all that was necessary. He did not say that he would not return when he left the house. De ceased appeared a great deal better on Monday morning than she had been since her illness. She was conversing with persons in the room, and asked about her children. She was talking freely all Monday morning. This concluded the evidence. A WORD TO THE COTTON TRADE. Messrs. George Fraser, Son and Co., in their circular for the India mail, which was issued on the 21st instant, offer the following seasonable remarks on the present po sition of this market, and the rapid advance of the prices of cloth which has recently taken place : " A word of caution may not be unadvisable. As the tendency of low prices is to encourage and extend con sumption, (and this very circumstance was one of the main grounds of our hope during the extreme depression last autumn that a return would soon be found by natural increase of demand to prosperity,) so certainly is con sumption checked by advanced prices. That the present advance is very considerable will at once be seen from the following short table. It shows the prices ruling for a few of our staples in October last, and at the present time, with the rise in per tentage and per lb, in round numbers : October, July 21, per ct. Adv. Reeds. lb. 1848. 1849. advance pr lb. • s. d. s. d. d. 26in. Printers, 60 3 1 3 11 4 3 33 31 27 66 41 T 3 8 4 9 30 21 32 Ma dras. 50 6 4 101- 6 3 28 21 32 ~ 60 8 7 0 8 3 19 2 36 Printers, 66 5+ 4 3 5 4 26 23 39 Shirtings, 50 6 4 9 6 0 26 23 39 1 f 56 7 5 6 6 9 28 2f 39 f I 64 8 6 6 8 3 22 24 39 11 72 84- 7 9 9 6 22 24- 6-4 Jaconnets 64 3 3 0 3 104 30 31 Good Sec. Water T. No. 12, 0 44 0 6 14 20, 0 6 0 7 1 40, 0 64 0 Bi. 14 91 11 11 50, 0 74 0 91 14 Thus it will be observed that the rise on the lighter fabrics, of which the shove piece goods all consist, is generally from 20 to 30 per cent., or 21d to 34d per lb. Yarns have advanced ld. to lid., (or, if the extreme rates held for this week are realized, kd to 4d. per lb. more still,) and during the same period cotton may be stated to have ad vanced from Id. to lid. per lb. according to class. Do mestics alone, which we do not notice in the above table, have improved in a less degree than the raw material, the rise on them not generally reaching above id. per lb. as yet; but as attention now appears to be gradually direct ing itself towards those as the cheapest goods in the mar ket, the probability is that their relative value to other goods will, by degrees, improve hereafter. And the spin ner also may be expected gradually to improve his position ; the extent to which new looms have been put down has materially augmented the demand for yarn in the cop for home consumption, in which an advance has been esta blished varying from 17d. to 24d. per lb., a feature which will be more fully developed from month to month. and especially so when the usual export demand becomes more settled by the removal of the blockade of the Elbe. But this very improvement in the home demand for yarn being for the supply of new looms, must be anticipated to pro duce an opposite effect on the value of piece goods, by augmenting their supply, and as it is well known that domestic manufacturers have very largely turned from heavy fabrics to finer goods, which, as seen above, have risen so much in value, another ground for caution is eli cited from this circumstance also as to taking too san guine a view of the future prospects of such goods." 7,2/ 7, „ „ Mule EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of the board held on Friday, the 27th instant, Mr. Robert Spencer was examined and qualified for a second class master's certificate. IRISH WIT AND GALLANTRY.— : When our streets were a perfect glare of ice a lady fell. As we ran to assist her we encountered a son of the Green Isle, who, on assisting her, exclaimed, " Faith an' ye must be a lovely good lady ; for don't the blessed book tache us that it is the wicked that stand on slippery places."—lndiana Sentinel, (U.S.) ORIGIN OF LESS CONSEQUENCE THAN DESTINY.— When Philip Henry, the father of the celebrated com mentator, sought the hand of the only daughter and heiress of Mrs. Matthew in marriage, an objection wf a made by her father, who admitted that he was a gentle man, a scholar, and an excellent preacher, but he was a stranger, and " they did not even know where he came from." " True," said the daughter, who had well weighed the excellent qualities and graces of the stranger, "but I know where he is going, an d I s h ou ld lik e t o go with him," and they walked life's pilgrimage together. LONDON BANKERS.—The oldest banking-houses in London are Child's, at Temple Bar ; Hoare's, in Fleet" street; Strahan's (formerly snow's), in the Strand; and Gosling's, in Fleet -street. None date 'earlier than the restoration of Charles 11. The orir , inal bankers wire gold smiths—" goldsmiths that keep running cashes"—and their shops were distinguished by signs. Child's was known by "The Marygold"—still to be seen where the cheques are cashed ; Hoare's by " The Golden Bottle" — still remaining over the outer door; Snow's by " The Golden Anchor"—to be seen inside; Gosling's by " The Three Squirrels"—still prominent in the ironwork of their windows towards the street. The founder of Child's house was John Backwell, an alderman of the city of London, ruined by the shutting up of the exchequer in the reign of Charles 11. Stone and Martin's, in Lombard-street, is said to have been founded by Sir Thomas Gresham ; and the Grasshopper sign of the Gresham family was preserved in the banking-house till late in the last century. Of the West-end banking-houses, Drummond's, at Charing Cross, is the oldest; and, next to Drummond's, Coutts's, in the Strand. The founder of Drummond's obtained his great position by advancing money to the Pretender, and by the king's subsequent withdrawal of his account. The king's withdrawal led to a rush of the Scottish no bility and gentry with their accounts, and to the ultimate advancement of the bank to its present footing. Coutts's house was founded by George Middleton, and originally stood in St. Martin's-lane, near St. Martin's Church. Coutts removed it to its present site. The great Lord Clarendon, in the reign of Charles 11., kept an account at Hoare's ; Dryden lodged his £5O for the discovery of the bullies who waylaid and beat him, at Child's, at Temple Bar ; Pope banked at Drummond's ; Lady Mary 'Wortley Montague at Child's; Gay at Hoare's ; Dr. Johnson and • Sir Walter Scott at Coutts's ; and Bishop Percy at Gos ling's. The Duke of Wellington banks at Coutts's; the Duke of Sutherland at Drummond's ; the Duke of Devon shire at Snow's, or Strahan'a.—Cunningham's London Guide Book. IRELAND. i THE QUEEN'S VISIT. A Gazette Extraordinary was issued last week from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Dublin Castle, announc ing that her Majesty will hold a full dress levee and draw ing -room at the Castle, in the course of the week begin ning on the sth August. The exact day will be named as soon as possible. The following may be said to be the programme of the royal movements while in the Irish metropolis : Monday, sth August—Public entree. Tuesday—Re ception of Addresses. Wednesday—Grand Review. Phoe nix Park. Thursday--Levee. Friday—Drawing-room. Saturday—Dejeuner at Carton. Further is not known of the royal intentions; but it is said that her Majesty's arrival in Belfast will not be later than Monday. HARVEST PROSPECTS---THE POTATO CROP. There was never fairer promise of an abundant and early harvest. The potato seems to have been restored to its pristine vigour, whilst all the other crops are equally promising.—Mayo Constitution. The early-sowed wheat is decidedly blighted throughout our county. The disease affecting the crop resembles, if it be not really, " the rust," which is said to be the usual penalty of a too dry season, but we have never seen it spread to so great an extent. The potatoes remain free from any sign of taint, and have resumea the same floury appearance and grateful flavour which they had almost en tirely lost for some years back.—Kilkenny Moderator. Should the heat continue for a few days the crops will be nearly fit to cut down. Potatoes, which are generally of a large size, are selling in our markets at sd. per stone; .in fact, the population are now being fed upon them. Nenagh Guardian. _ Within the memory of man the crops of all kinds were never so promising, and the potato io particular is very fine.—Limerick Chr nick. Miss Anne Romer has been singing with great success in Dublin. A tobacconist of Dublin has been fined £75 for mixing 1016 of molasses with 160th of leaf tobacco. DREADFUL MURDER.—A convict named Pearce was murdered by four other convicts in Carrickfergus gaol on. Monday morning. The consumption of tea in Ireland during the month of June, in this year, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, has decreased 50,000 lbs. HORRIBLE OccußnENcL.—At lnistiogul, county Kil kenny, a child, four months old, belonging to a rdrmer, named Mylott, was nearly torn to pieces by two pigs, which, in the absence of the parents, had taken the infant out of the cradle. The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser says, " We have heard that an investigation has been ordered by the Lord-Lieutenant respecting the calamitous affray at Dolly's Brae, and that it is to be held at Castlewellan." The splendid estates of Mr. Leslie Alexander, producing a rental of £6OOO a year, and situated in the " model" county of Londonderry, were set up for sale in the " maiden city" on Wednesday last, but had the property been placed in the wilds of Mayo or Galway the attempt to coax a purchaser to bid up to something approaching to the value of the separate lots could scarcely have proved more abortive. STATE OF KERRY.—A circumstance highly illustrative of the condition of this county took place during the pro gress of tb e present assizes :—Four men, against whom indictments for larcenies were found at the spring assizes, were called up. They had been ordered to enter into re cognizances to appear when called upon to abide their trial, and they would have been discharged from custody upon doing so, there not being sufficient evidence against them to have their trial proceeded with. But so great was their anxiety to remain in gaol that they actually re fused to give their own recognizance, and insisted upon remaining in custody, and they were in consequence necessarily detained until these present assizes, for not complying with the rule of bail. It was now found neces sary to have them formally acquitted, in order that they might be turned out of gaol, and cease to burden the county with their support. Judge Ball remarked that their acquittal was to them a punishment. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—THE ROYAL VISIT.-A sup plement to the Gazette is expected to be issued this even ing, which will contain the announcement of the days on which her Majesty will hold the levee and drawing-room, and thus tend to allay in some measure the ferment which these coining events have created in the Irish world of fashion. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BELFAST.—The Lord Bishop of Down and Connor has invited his clergy to meet him in Belfast on Wednesday next, with the object of uniting in address of congratulation to her Majesty and the Prince Consort upon their arrival in the north. A CHRISTIAN PRELATE—A CHARITABLE HOPE:. Archbishop Mac Hale, while acknowledging the receipt of £26 Is. 9d. for the relief of his poor neighbourhood, in the Freeman's Journal, has not forgotten his usual avocation, and endeavours to promote harmony and good will among all classes of the people by denouncing the county of Galway landlords, " those monsters in human shape, whose iniquitous career," he regrets, has not been arrested. He then winds up with the following charitable wish :—" With the blessings of the coming harvest the people will, I trust, resume their wonted vigour, and enter on a fresh career of virtuous and constitutional resistance to this religious tyranny which now aims at the total de struction of our religion, by this unheard-of wholesale oppression of the poor Catholic people." This, when fairly interpreted, means, " At them, boys, as soon as you shall recover your ordinary strength and spirits ; the deed will be a virtuous one !" Is not " John Tuam" the paragon of prelates ?—_OuLiin Evening Packet. MORE CONVICTS FOR MURDER.—Already public atten tion has been attracted to the extraordinary trials and convictions for murder which have taken place at the present Summer Assizes—the heavier calendars being still unopened. The reports on Saturday give no:fewer than seven additional convictions for wilfnl murder. The case of John Fogarty, which was tried at Limerick on Thursday, is peculiarly horrrible. Think of the wife of a comfortable farmer deliberately conspiring with five men to murder him. Their meeting and discussing the mat ter, which appeared to be known to a great number of persons in the neighbourhood. One of the murderers details the whole crime. He denies that he helped to kill the man—he did not strike a blow—he only held him round the waist, while his accomplices battered out the brains of the victim with stones.—Charles Monaghan was sentenced to be hanged on the 15th of August, for the wilful murder of his child, a boy five years old, whom he destroyed by drowning in a quarry-hole at Kilmore.— Ann Forbes was, at the same place, sentenced to death for the murder of her infant child. The punishment will be mitigated to transportation.—John Brien, convicted at Waterford of the murder of his wife on Thursday, was sentenced to be executed on the 7th of September next. — At the assizes for the county Fermanagh, Thomas Wil son, Thomas Kerr, and Robert Cathcart, were put on their trial for the murder of John Wilson, at Glen gunny, on the morning of Sunday, the 10th of December last.— After lengthened trial, the jury found a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners, who were sentenced to be hanged on the 9th of August. THE PROTESTANT THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF IRE LAND.—I had a letter not long ago from the Dean of Ardagh, who has written most able works on the sub ect ; he said, " that it most lamentable to see the igno rance in which many people in England are, regarding the antiquity and true position of the Irish church." If St. Patrick be claimed by both sides, they have the right to him who chiefly hold his views. There is nothing of Popery in his writings, especially in his confession. The Church of England, for its antiquity and purity, goes back to the apostles, the grandfathers, and not to the fathers of the church ; to the Word of God, and not to tradition, the word of man. The clergy of the established church in Ireland are of the church founded by Christ, based on the Bible, and planted in Ireland by St. Patrick ; they are the real priests of the parishes ; the Popish clergy are the intruders, in fact, the dissenters ; and the P ro t e stant clergy should be aided in their endeavours to bring back their flocks to the folds from which they and their fathers wandered, decoyed by Popish emissaries, in and after the twelfth century,—for in Ireland, Popery had no real foot ing, till King John, at the instigation of the Pope, sent Popish emissaries to convert her; and in England, our Reformers, as has been well said, " saw in the Romish church the framework of a church, but they saw also that into this had been woven many and gross errors, calcu lated to destroy the souls of its members." They re moved whatever had not the sanction of Scripture and antiquity, and retained what had • and there sprang from. their labours not a new, but a reformed church,—the old, the original, stripped of those incrustations which had fastened on it during a long night of ignorance. They removed the coating from the beautiful pillars which men had daubed with " untempered mortar" ' • they took down the buttresses which disfigured and did not sustain the building ; and they opened the windows which ignorance or superstition had blocked up, and then the rich light of heaven came streaming down the aisles, and men began to worship the one God through the one Mediator. The reformed religion is no novelty ; if it can be proved a day younger than Christ and his apostles, away with it from the earth as a pernicious delusion. We claim to be the ancient church : we fasten on the Roman Catholic as being the modern, not in constitution—for therein we both have the same date,—but the modern in a thousand innovations on genuine Christianity as preached by Christ and St. Paul, as exhibited by the writers of the first four centuries of the church.—From a pamphlet just published by the Rev. W. W. Carus Wilson, jun. LAW INTELLIGENCE. __*__ THE NEW JUDGE.—STAFFORD, JULY 24.—Mr. Ser jeant Talfourd this morning received the official announce ment from the Lord Chancellor of his elevation to the judicial bench, in the place of the late Mr. Justice Colt man, at which much satisfaction was evinced by the Bar risters of the Oxford Circuit, who congratulated their eloquent and amiable leader on his new dignity. The judge-elect (imitating Sir Thomas Wylde) returned his briefs and fees in several cases, in one of, which now try ing, he led the plaintiff's case, and at ten o'clock the author of " Ion" took formal leave of his circuit, and proceeded to town, to be at once sworn in, that he may attend chambers, Lord Chief Justice Denman being ill. COURT AND FASHION. On Saturday week, a rural fete was given by her Majesty to the workmen and also to the labourers employed at Osborne, the whole of whom assembled at a place marked out in the grounds, and commenced a variety of old Eng lish sports and pastimes. Her Majesty and his 14d , oyal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and also by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, honoured the proceedings with their presence, together with the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, ~ i ~ l / ~ 1.