The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-10 00:00:00

i4+~, 10) 18496 beea let theT Eoral 41211)5. bu l .; last month a thousand empty houses have ,\ • M Laver o 1 '4llng last P ° • 14 128 ftweek there were 179 deaths from cholera, ° ,n l diarrhoea. taladt:l. esday the body of a full-grown male child was i" aLi ng in the canal. the ' , etch c • ommittee purpose reducing the number of Sr, Gpolic °1 receiving the report of the Head Constable. 'allPleteEde"E'S HALLis elegant building will be ta a' b.. . 4 ' about eighteen months. The Law Courts 'unshed in about 12 months. LA "ISSIQX ik'CAs H SIGNED 1W THE LORD-LIEUTENANT . o .n lr La n la t• - -T• D. B, D'Arcy, gent., to be lieut. o_.cashire Hussars* hisitle!,Cursday week a boy named Thomas Fleming Coal! i'rOken whilst playing on some railway waggons in Pat r Y,l l ; (l in P alkner-sfreet He died on Tuesday. at ,NOl2 Marrs, aged 26, an Irish labourer, was drowned lar tn • Queen's Graving-dock, by falling from a plat- John uto the water e, a mPbell, Gaol, aged Prisoner in the Borough tatti ta i 4 4 .' 34 1 been committed for six months, died from The isease on Saturday. and Countess of Sefton have left Belgrave "ali; °r Croxteth-park near Liverpool, for . the race N oh,.. ad the noble earl 'and countess will receive suc rzisitors at the above seat durinc , the meeting. b aY, Joshua Haines, a seaman', aged 3, being t Y th e Y, drink, fell in Old Hall-street, and astir . ushed '4,,..etd:°oel of a cart. He died from the injuries on h alt, ,r 'it, 4 ().411Manifold the son of our respected townsman, ber, atufold, hes been appointed engineer-in-chief to the ertine:ar4, Railway. Mr p Manifold had been assistant -I,' 'or some time. , °° eoftr ik lay, as a man named Henry M'Divit was at iLilliaternachines used in driving at Birkenhead, docks, plktiver' e L ust of wind blew him off the scaffolding into altt w h"i rt e ° he was drowned. `elth... • Ye years ago, Mr. Tobias put a pane of xo. Into the window of his shop at the top of Pool llachp„ (l e "gal "I 24, which created intense admiration at ...,4 t • etil Ailit esti ;.aY, Merril g Mary Garvey was found dead in a i p n p,.a ci,V o arn-str T ilet The deceased had been drink ,,rcornliirt Previous and had been put to bed in an up- CVo i , ` ll a bad state of health. Ayer of oamed White is in custody charged with the t o nee, a„er was She had been addicted to use 1. was of a jealous disposition. She pretended 4,t Z.rir, 'ma wick e dl y cu t hi s th roa t. e d elc;Nr BoYs.-Asa lad named William M`Divit, du,ldd ,The e banisters of the Royal , on Tuescl e a w y . a . accidentally fell to the " 4 'ala " t was so severely injured that he died on 0 4 tie th illustration ofthe beneficial results er su w l h tso e f , h o _ been furnished in Oriel-street, hriatl y ‘‘, uses hav e b een w hitewashed, and the courts 4414 to out, a ched weekly deaths have been reduced t4 Po ti tt ri Pr it eli ted J• H v g l iert Tones, of St. Augustine's, has handsome inlaid inkstand by the itatiklacrebers of hi a s congregation, as a testimonial e co - f k aio e f or tile attention he paid them during their pr k“ ter „ fi . 3rt n relation. y ard s be k ite ll ean and C. Mficiver m , the agents here for th royal mail tea ers, have given £2O toet erlef of the survivors of the . Charles Bartlett, s '.en ß to sending free to America the whole of the \ O4 p l 7 B and crew saved. 1, ) „ 2 0:7, Richard Brown, aged seven years, living at 1 5 's etb - " ll gton-road, Toxteth, went out to play with tftl)r paring children at a pit from which water is pumped 'llte';'-'"lg mortar. He went upon a ladder at the side 6c ti ttt, fell into the water and was drowned. k A i' ,,d ro t h ll ...., l) aTli.-Christopher White, inspector of po lo ^ Merl down dead on Wednesday in a public-house e °°- road into which he had gone with a soldier ttol et ld a eti gi f • as s of' ale. That day . week he was fined and d ll i t l e f ats. ° I keeping an unlicensed lodging-house for h.„,.l4lJaterathaele,who, as we stated last week, died so . sud )4a; aseem...‘..larence Hotel, Regent-street, was, it has 4'4Cir e - ,: r ° l _,d s , a eonfidential servant in the family of k, _al James Hay. She . was buried in the Necro i`,lt-oiLAwas on her way to visit her relatives at New prne. • " ' a v week, a , the Princess Royal Ferry steamer o° Karb di ng to Newport, em e ßsey, Montgomeryshire, to the one of the firemen, came . lead °l) r, John over the bow of the vessel .and nine or of at 4, - m um left a widow and eight chadren. A, ihe It ' , UMBE R ONE STAND."-The name of Lawton, " 6 7 , alini,lsmv has lon g been associated with the turf Ptah lo ' cality ;and as in addition to hT new d et t l i eta n Tlt the the Bee Hotel ; he has resumed his be no doubt that his friends will kitledr4lll' round him. n As a caterer he appears deter thatt° outsh • ff t -See adv. th e rm prior eor s. 11p, t the b' ar q, just arrived from the West Indies, we learn tkiV have been lost on th te e 14th of May on Putna Santa Martha ; captain cre w s 4. on the voyage brigantine age I4l'„tarnre,eked on the e Isle of Pines, on the 4th of May Qii li , e alZ k il l , de rew saved, and taken to _Havannah. On Sunday, a new tit -..titrucn IN LIVERPOOL. n Sir Thomas's-buildings, for the accommodation 141tPrs*Ulal'reaPi2eopalians resident in Liverpool, o]r casual t , t i ec ~,b ? was publicly opened for Divine worship. The 11h ii rs was the same as that of the Church of 4;t11 4 , (1 ' Was conducted in the German language, after vs D r , t!tuoyi, also in German, was preached by the et; t he ß i:_irsch. There were about 200 people present. •sci. '1101:1LD WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE PIKE FOR 4 1 : 1 14 I\,.p 'W ATER SUPPLY ?-The returns of the fall of kkhavf.osehester during the t six months shew that ,rici_been the driest sme p e as the first six months of P t ,ole quantity is only 13 24inches against 20'46 in. t-settillityv--eizsepionding period of ast year. With our th t , obi d s osed, as proposed by the Pike advocates, attiouerrorsPr2bably have been . at this moment enduring lit () t ,csi drought, and paying heavy sums for compen raNa,or:Aer‘lnanufacturers and works upon the line. 4 4 qt. , - , ASE.--An inquest was held on Friday, be lied, tvh 4 rtY, on the body of a female named Susan lo of had been lodging at 36, Wolff-street . , and who ,)46.,ohietoaotiLera on Wednesday evening. There is no n . eed % .41 IlthA u e Particulars of the case, but it was admitted c0,,,7s that the premises were in a very 111thystat oknlit - t2 er directed that the attention of the Heal th • t ePoi'.. s hould be called to the premises. H e assured ' l 'a '`ar that h e h a d t h e greatest difficulty in groping ttii l he 4 the r oom w h ere the deceased was found. (‘,4 talteelod perfoimance of the Welsh Choral Society akNsP a ce according to an advertisement, to-morrow 'CY), when selections, from the works of Handel, N t ‘en a „ridelss o h n , and other eminent composers of atle"c, will b e given. The first . public performance 11 N a 4,, at the Collegiate Institution four months ago, 'iet y ' l "Yti c ie r 7 large audience assembled together, and testi er h ‘le ,_ r .applause, that the effortsof the then infant so -I)'4'4 ulehly successful. The orchestra will consist dF t ~tkr,„s of 130 vocalists. ‘A: ci t t"l4 , l STARVATION.-On Saturday, Mary . Au ee e e , iu, of Jamaica-street, was found dead in bed. 4s ed %vas in great poverty, and had been fre- Il k id• Testedt. to go into the Workhouse, but she lat ei re e ,. nge last winter, she, with her husband, th e Y. relief from the parish, but ha . d not done so Bej!lry :rdict, Died from want of sufficient food, but h - Int o "ere of opinion that the deceased should have e th e v., hlittael‘ ,vvorkhouse, and that there was no blame !ti tti m t ari mett to the parish officers. °f Derby will entertain the following no_b.l_e -44„: eilcfelillernen at Knowsley during . the race _e_ k 1,„ adY Eglinton, Duke of Richmond, w _E e a_rl e . s o - f I ; °r " r o Clifden Lord and Ludy Stanley, Lord Gr k,-;l)lorteirP Granville Earl of Glasgow, Lord and Lady klr-Lord Bateman, two Lady Lennoxs, Lord i T r eo a r e l tastVol; ri l?o• Mr. Fitzroy, Hon. Mr. Anson, y, Lord Dunste'llin, k o et, l • l3 ro c ,k e ta llleY, Sir Joseph LI irk Mr. HopwoH e o w n i . e Mr_._Villiers, Hon. r„G. tel'onald, Hon. E.G.. G Stanley, Hon. Mr. Strutt, Orrl'o„nn°lr, and Colonel Hornby. rive -1 ' or LIVERPOOL.-The number of vessels t day sod depart daily from our port is extraordinary. las ed sailweek with but little more than a twelve-feet e : rl ds of fifteen large, square-rigged vessels g 1 - ,,°P. in succession or abreast, from the lower 44" 1h0,;",° Wind being fresh from the W.N.W. gen e o n e" variable. Amongst them were ships tn and toe ll ~ ot 'tst 14,, of them upwards of 1500 tons bur he , arg d e Itt h ,'; ‘ ke, h,,u.,,and many fine brigs and schooners of smalll (.; . "are ` s 'ues an agreeable admixture of large and 81° °Ps, Bce 11 fi t ka nai N j A4l r ON . THE NINTH COMMANDMENT.-At (C a . i tion of tbe children of the Windsor Infan !e t ; ak his-°;,,Wednesdav last, a little boy was asked to ex its;'bour`,'tea of " bearing false witness against your l After hesitating be said it was . " tel lug tlA a at -I:thich the worthy arid reverend examine . r „ sa tt icl .. , 414.'4 al . exactly an answer. What do you say r . ept.,ltittle girl who stood next, when she immediately ' t ,taid, 4 4 .ad when nobody did nothing, and somebody 17" ire told Of it." " Quite right," said the hemexainer, uti o 411;efressible roars of laughter, in which could ; I' l l c on4 e in ‘ ing, the gravity of the whole proceeding rep o a 1, 41 LeIY upset. 'att to to 4lj oe.-It being considered interesting and the u t h. e co. nunercial marine of the . United States . 4 It lilt e d 17 b,, 43 1) Kingdom to ascertain with correctness in ed rld ge of longitude between the Observatory at "hiC -0.....05t0n, and that at Liverpool, it is 17 0 - Pe "hi e "e united States' Government to accomplish t' Ptta b y % a tm , means of marine chronometers to be tran!- th 6 arid „,ss tbe Atlantic to and from Boston in the Bri -11 to ti ' , e orth American Royal Mail steamers ; and, for 4 44, 1/ titl es jefre,e.ted, arrangements will be made with the theytt in this country, that when the chronometers. t d .e trats Liv er on their return from Boston, they ive, rnitted with all possible care and despatch to At' l *•t obser op vatory. 7,tti o RllcisEs.-in these days of sanitary im r4l: ,th4w: cannot resist noticing the meritorious ex ,l,4te,)Wleic Club being made by the committee of the aud i s tl fi • A large field at Low-hill has beep exe cited With every apparatus for the pursuit ~kieNency t s ; and small prizes being offered ' 4 Beo Ni s various departments, a recreative in ii?l, sede.ered to those who during the day are . e.n -trls,lptty tota,rY occupations, that cannot fail to minis the last A T l ' a PPiness and health. The grounds were ; aY, , l ann se _ day evening with a fair attendance; and th e y Batggints are continued every Tuesday, Thurs. v b'alc b t` f ree air day, there can he little doubt that breath -0114 i Tze're i s f i ex b er cie and pleasure will not only ad tith; thisut increase the number of the mem , al k , r Y subse;:•ne!lent association, more particularly HP 1:44410N 11) , t „ 1° " are now received. ' ,4 if t e l' i t .9%l'Mtscif T, thE of October, TIME.-In the Leeds October, 1764, the following Lately died at Liverpool, Mrs. Pia fee, Yee who RIO her nineteenaAttubasid." t I ' i O G. 0 0 tt e r ,! , al l° , e 41 II ro t 0 1 1 e 10" . , ( I t t o f ere i" t THE FANCY FAIR AND FLOWER Snow.—The arrange ments are proceeding in the most satisfactory and ener getic manner ; money and contributions are pouring in ; the ladies are busy providing fer the fancy fair; and the gentlemen of the various committees are assiduously at work—all cordially and harmoniously working together in the great cause of charity. Never was the town more united in any generous object, and should the weather be propitious, the three charities, in aid of which this effort is now being made, will be relieved from debt and diffi culty. The Messrs. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, have most handsomely and liberally offered their assist ance, and the use of whatever can be made available from the gardens, for the purpose of the fete. They have offered, amongst other things, to get up a brilliant dis play of fireworks, similar to that on the occasion of the visit of Prince Albert, without charge beyond the actual outlay, and to provide seats for 2000 persons. When it is recollected that these charitable fetes must seriously interfere with those of the Zoological Gardens during the evening in question, the generous offer an the part of the Messrs. Atkins can be better estimated, and their disin terestedness on this occasion will be duly appreciated by the public. The Gas Company have offered to supply gas sufficient to inflate a balloon. Mr. Charles Chalk, of the London CoffeeLhouse, St. John's-lane, has offered the use of a tent, which will save the committee an outlay of £lO. The following sums have been forwarded to the committee within the last few days :—Edward Cropper, Esq., £3O ; John Cropper, Esq., £3O ; Joseph Shipley, Esq., £lO ; Francis A. Hamilton, Esq., £lO ; Rebt. Ran kin, Esq., £lO ; Rev. W. W. Ewbank, £5 ; Mrs. James Molyneux, Gambier-terrace, £5 ; Misses Gildart, £5. On Tuesday, twenty members of different committees met for the purpose of selecting sites for the stalls, &c. ST. JOHN'S MILK MARKET.—OUT readers will be aware that for some time a space was-allowed, in what was for merly known as the " New Hay Market," opposite the Railway Station,) for the sale of milk brought by rail. The Town Council, in order to remedy the inconvenience of this site, have recently fitted up the yard at the back of the old " Weights and Measures office," in Roe-street, as a regular " Milk Market." There are twelve shops ; eight on the north side, and four at tho west, or base, of the triangular area. These are roofed with slate, and fitted up in a manner resembling butchers' shops in the public markets, with the exception that each has a broad side-table only for the cans, and a narrow counter, on which the milk is vended to parties purchasing by retail. The old " Weights and Measures Office," facing Roe street, has been interiorly pulled down, and will be thrown into the market. The original semicircular front of this small building has also been removed, and a new straight front is in course of construction, to be finished and cor niced in keeping with the side-walls, so as to form a main entrance, (chiefly for purchasers), facing St. John's Mar ket. The gateway will be seven feet wide, to admit of the handcarts conveying the milk cans and barrels from the railway station. This frontage will be of plain Grecian style, terminating, at each side, with a pilaster. Large quantities of milk are now daily brought from the north east districts of the county, by the Liverpool and Bury Railway, to the terminus in Great Howard-street. The sellers have had assigned to them, for a temporary mart, the space under one of the arches of the railway viaduct in that quarter; but we are informed that the Town Council purpose, so soon as a suitable piece of ground can be made available. to build a second milk market, for the accommodation of the inhabitants at the north end of the town. Before the opening of railways the price of milk was (by retail) from 3d. to 4d. a quart. The better quality is now sold for 2&d. a quart ; and skimmed for 2d. The quantity brought from the country is much greater since it was brought by railway, as many district farmers now send supplies, who found it unprofitable to send it by cart. THE SECOND LIVERPOOL FLORAL ANDHORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.—This flower and vegetable show took place at the Corn Exchange, on Thursday. The room was beautifully decorated for the occasion with evergreens and flowers, and the productions exhibited comprised a finer and rarer number of specimens than have been before brought forward at the same place for exhibition. It may now be taken for granted that our Liverpool flower show is esta blished on a basis that will be permanent and prosperous. Growers, both private gentlemen and nurserymen, have taken a warm and liberal interest in forwarding the object in view ; and the admirers of the beautiful, and the useful too, in vegetable life, owe them a debt of gratitude. The doors were opened at two o'clock, and from that time to the close the great hall was thronged with the elite of the town and neighbourhood. The show of pelargoniums, for extent and variety, was never equalled in this locality. Both pansies and ericas were limited. The show of acid menes. verbenas, petunias, fuchsias. &c., comprised some magnificent plants, which far exceeded any thing before exhibited for luxuriance of foliage and beauty of flower. The fuchsias were many of them superb, some of the plants being upwards of six feet in height, and resplendent with bloom. The show of fruits and vegetables was splendid. There was a beautifully-executed model of a fuchsia in wax, as a device, the tasteful work of Miss E. Whitfield. A list of the prizes has already been published by several of our contemporaries, and, to avoid repetition, we need but state that amongst the most successful competitors were T. S. Gladstone, H. Littledale, H. Winch, A. Fair rie, R. Alison, T. W. Blundell, and John Houghton, Esquires. The various nurserymen in the neighbourhood were plentiful contributors, and also carried off a goodly number of the prizes. With reference to these last, the plants, for which extra prizes were awarded, well entitled the growers to their rewards, especially Mr. Skirving, for his seedling fuchsias and gloxianas, and Messrs. Whalley, for their beautiful fuchsias and pelargoniums. The beauty of arrangement in the hall was much increased by a splen did series of wire and iron-work vases, flower-stands, trellises, garden-seats, &c., from the establishment of J. Young and Co., Derby-place, St. George's Church. Mr. Gribbins' sax-horn band was in attendance, and played enlivening airs and pieces throughout the day. LOCAL MEETINGS. SELECT VESTRY. — A special meeting of this body was held on Tuesday, to receive tenders for the supply of goods to the workhouse, and also the report of the com mittee appointed to report on the duties and salaries of the workhouse officers, &c. The Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair. The board first proceeded to consider the tenders sent in, after which the report of the sub-com mittee was read. The report states that great neglect and i nac curacy exists in the clothing account of the workhouse, and recommended the dismissal of the matron, Mrs. Todd. The committee cannot acquit the governor of blame in this matter. The committee then recommended the appointment of an efficient matron, at a salary of £lOO a year, and that the governor's salary be fixed at £2OO. The consideration of the report was adjourned. DOCK COMMITTEE.—A letter was read from the Board of Ordnance, deciding to retain the present site for the new battery, on the north shore, and approving of the plans submitted by Mr. Hartley, with the access to the shore by means of bridges, the cost of which will be about £6OOO. The work was ordered to be proceeded with, there being no hope of inducing the Board to con sent to a removal of the site further north. The annual report of the surveyors of the work done and in progress was submitted, and ordered to be printed. The total amount expended during the year, in new works, was £232,374 18s. 7d., and in repairs £20,610 13s. 7d. In response to a memorial, complaining of porters landing luggage from the Monks' Ferry Railway boat, at the time the passengers were landing, it was agreed to write to the owners of the boat on the subject. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. — At the usual weekly meeting of this body, oil Thursday, Mr. J. A. Tinne oc cupied the chair. Mr. Turner, the chairman of the watch-committee, and Mr. Dowling, the head constable, attended, as a deputation, to protest against the appro priation of the house next to Vauxhall bridewell as a cho lera hospital. The chairman said they had nothing to do with the hospitals, the matter rested with the Select Ves try. The medical officer of health reported an increase of 62 in the number of deaths during the week, occa sioned by the increased prevalence of cholera. The total number of deaths was 378, the previous week 316. The deaths from cholera 179, against 112 the previous week. There were 145 of the deaths from cholera in the parish of Liverpool, and ninety-six of these occurred in Vaux hall, Scotland, and Exchange wards. The practice of whitewashing the interior of houses in which cholera pa tients had died had not been carried out. Although the health committee had offered, to give the lime and supply the brushes, the vestry refused to give the use of a couple of buckets. This appeared to most of the members a very extraordinary proceeding. The engineer reported that, from the 26th June to the 2nd July, 514 courts and passages had been washed out, and 1,575,860 gallons of water used for cleansing the same. A memorial, praying for the sewering of Hill-street, was read, but the com mittee have no funds. They have only £5,000 for sewer ing purposes for the year in Toxteth-park, and £4,000 have been appropriated for the outlet sewers. It was di rected that, as the Dock Committee were not paving Sef ton-street to the satisfaction of the borough engineer, notice should be sent to them that they must maintain the street at their own cost. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meet ing of this body was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. Richard Bryans, jun., in the chair. A committee was appointed to meet a deputation from the Railway Com pany, for the purpose of making arrangements for the settlement of disputes between the Commissioners and the Company.—The proceedings of the Health Committee contained, amongst other things, a minute, ordering that certain property belonging to Mr. Appleton, the chairman of the committee should be effectually drained.—The Finance Committee recommended that Mr. Waln, the town clerk, should not in future act as the solicitor to the Dock Commissioners, on the ground that in some respects their interests clashed, but that he should be at liberty to take private practice. His salary to be £5OO a year. After some discussion, it was resolved th a t the town clerk's appointment should be for twelve mo n ths certain. and at the expiration of that time he held his s it ua tion subject to six months' notice.—From the p rocee di ng s of the Ferry Committee it appeared that the receipts from the Ist to the 30th of June, in 1848 and 1849, were respectively as follows : 1848, £1,329 19s. 3d.; 1849, £1,840 13s. sd. From the 23d of April to the 30th of June, in 1842, they were : 1848, £3,477 14s. Bd. ; 1849, £4,125 9s. 10d. The total expenditure from the 23rd of April to the 30th of June, 1849, was £4,022.185. 5d., in cluding half a year's interest of £1,200 to , Mr. Price's trustees. The proceedings also recommended that the contractors at the Woodside Ferry be allowed to cross at the Monk's Ferry, on showing their tickets, An amend ment was proposed on this and negatived,-and the motion for the adoption of the report was carried, the Chairman observing that every facility should be given to parties crossing the river, in consequence - of the Liverpool Corpo ration having reduced the contracts of the Birkenhead Ferry. Mr. Ravenscroft observed' that the Corporation might offer to carry people over f6r nothing, and give them a lunch in the cabin, but that they would not get the passengers, as the Wood,side Ferry. was aemuch more convenient. THE LIVERPOOL STANIAR& MEETING OF , THE TOWN COUNCIL. The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. The Mayor said that in future he should dismiss the Council if there was not a quorum in a quarter of an hour after the time appointed for the meeting. The proceedings of the Finance Committee having been read,—Mr. G. H. Lawrence, in moving their con firmation, referred to the increase of salary applied for by the Recorder and the Clerk of the Peace. With regard to the application of the Recorder. the committee wished that the further consideration of it be deferred to the next monthly meeting of the Council, as it was not ne cessary at present finally to fix his allowance. There was no one that was not aware of the fact that his duties had considerably increased. The Clerk of the Peace had also applied for an increase to his salary ; but although the committee fully admitted that the duties of his office were creditably discharged, they had not thought it right to accede to the application of Mr. Peter Wright.—Mr. Mann objected to the way in which the two applications had been dealt with by the committee. There was an application from the Recorder of the borough for an in crease of salary which was entertained, and he did not see, therefore, why the application of the Clerk of the Peace was not entertained also. They both sat in the same court, the one above and the other below ; and if the duties of one had been increased, the duties of the other must have been increased also. He moved as an amendment, that the application of the Clerk of the Peace be referred back to the Finance Committee for further consideration.—Mr. Bent seconded the amend ment.—The amendment was negatived on a division, three only voting for it.—Mr. Thomson objected to the public money being used to carry people over to Birken head for nothing. They now proposed to reduce the contracts at the ferry, which he considered very unfair to the ratepayers of Liverpool. The working of the boats cost £lB 3s. 6d. each boat per week. He found from May, 1848, to May, 1849, they had expended in working the ferry £5082 19s. 2d. ; and they had received tolls, penny fares, £1384 16s. 7d. ; making a loss of £3698 2s. sd. Then there was the loss of rent—then there was the interest on the cash and the repairs. He knew there was great difficulty in managing the ferry, but he would move that that part of the committee's proceedings be not con firmed.—Several members expressed an opinion that the Council were bound to keep up the ferry, and as they had ordered two new boats the ferry ought to be still worked. —The amendment was then rejected by a majority of 19 to 15. The proceedings of the Markets Committee having been read,—Mr. Beckwith applied for information as to whether a certain account had been paid to a person named Crawford, and having been informed that such an account had been paid, Mr. B. proceeded, at considerable length, to charge Mr. Cooper, as chairman of the Mar kets Committee, with jobbing, in having contracted seve ral accounts with his brother and cousins.—Mr. Parker condemned the attack which had been made upon Mr. Cooper. If there was blame anywhere it ought to attach to the committee generally.—An exceedingly long and warm discussion followed on the subject, which ended in a motion being passed to the effect that the matter be referred to the Markets Committee for investigation, and the other portions of the proceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the Health Committee were next produced, when Mr. Procter objected to their being read or taken into consideration, on the ground that they had not been deposited at the Town-hall the requisite num ber of days before the meeting of the Council.—A very long and irregular discussion followed, several members objecting to the suspension of the standing orders as a dangerous precedent, whilst Mr. Tinne contended, on the other hand, that it was an extraordinary case, and one in which the standing orders ought to be suspended, so that the proceedings might be read and taken into considera tion.—The Mayor stated that the proceedings could not be taken into consideration until the next monthly meet ing, unless he (the Mayor) received a requisition to call a special meeting.—A requisition to the Mayor to call a special meeting was then signed and presented to his worship in the chamber; in answer to which, he said Thursday week was his first open day. He did not name a day, but merely observed that it could not be before Thursday week.—A motion by Mr. Tinne for printing the evidence and reports relative to the water supply was postponed in order to ascertain the expense of printing.— Mr. Tinne's motion, of which he had given notice, for the appointment of a special committee to examine and report on the financial position and prospects of the Liver pool water account, was, after a short discussion, with drawn.—On tho motion of Mr. T. B. Horsfall, thanks were voted to the special constables enrolled last year, whose term of office had expired..—Mr. Hodson and Mr. Thomson agreed to postpone to the next meeting the motions of which they had given notice. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. A general and special meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening last, at the Queen's Arms, Liscard. Present,—J. C. Ewart, Esti., chairman, and Messrs. Meadows, Halliday, Healing, John Parry, Richard Parry, Mawdsley, Barton, Holland, W. Peers, Banner. Hill, Dean, and Goldsmith. The special meeting was sum moned to consider and rescind a resolution on the subject of the sewerage, passed at the preceding meeting. The proceedings of the Improvement Committee having been read, reeommending the acceptance of a tender for the carrying out of the inclined plane at Egremont, and the construction of a railing from Messrs. Parry's ferry down the inclined plane to the beech, a memorial was read from a number of inhabitants of Seacombe and Liscard, praying the commissioners not to proceed with the sewer ordered at the last meeting to be formed from Liscard to Orrell's corner, in Seacombe. A communication was also pre sented from Doctors Donlevy and Hodson, tepresenting the occurrence in the locality of several cases of cholera; and it was directed that the surveyor should see that all cottages of imperfect construction should be white washed and thoroughly purified, and that the Board of Health in London should be asked to put their orders in force in the neighbourhood.—After a conversation on the subject of the dismissal of an old :servant of the com missioners, brought forward by Mr. Barton, and a com plaint by Mr. Halliday of the improper condition of some of the cottage property in the township, Mr. RICHARD PARRY rose to complain of a nuisance, which had been greatly complained of by the inhabitants of Seacombe, and had no doubt contributed to cause the sickness which had occurred there. This nuisance arose from the drain, containing the sewage matterof the neigh bourhood, being brought into the dam recently formed by the Dock Company of Birkenhead, for the purpose of scouring the Seacombe ferry, and pent up there six hours each tide, emitting deleterious vapours all over the neighbourhood. His attention had only been drawn to it that morning ; and having gone down and ascertained the fact of the nuisance, he had at once communicated with Mr. Brown, the resi dent engineer of the Dock Commissioners, and required its removal. The Dock Committee were bound by a clause in their act to carry off all the surface water and drainage of the district to the tideway. They . ought to have fu n'shad a proper sewer from Neff Point to the river. Nothing, however, had been done. The present sewer was brought no further than the dam in front of the property on the shore; and even when carried through it as proposed by Mr. Brown, its contents would be left where there is no scouring power to carry them away. Mr. MAWDSLEY stated that he had brought the sub ject before the attention of the Dock Committee of Bir kenhead, and that every thing would be done by them to prevent the nuisance. He reminded Mr. Parry that the drain in question had always emptied itself at that spot. Mr. PARRY, in reply, urged that previously to the en closing of the Pool there had been a strong scouring power there. A memorial was put in, numerously signed, complain ing of the nuisance, after which Mr. Parry produced a section showing the elevation of the bank of the dam, and contended that the effect of penning up the sewerage there at every tide was to drive the noxious gases up the sewer into the house drains of the inhabitants, to the serious injury of the public health. The steps which were pro nounced as about to be adopted by the Dock Committee would only increase the nuisance, by spreading it over a larger area. The Commissioners were bound to have made a proper sewer to the tideway long ago. The LAW-CLERK read a communication from Mr. Mainwaring, on the part of the Board of Guardians, stating that he had received a letter from Mr. Halliday respecting the occurrence of cholera in the neighbour hood, and that the guardians would visit Seacombe on Friday, on the subject of an application to the Health Corn mittee. Messrs. Banner, R. Parry, C. Holland and Mr. Halliday (ex officio) were appointed a committee to meet the guardians. Mr. HALLWAY briefly moved the rescinding of the resolution for carrying the sewerage from Liscara down to Orrell's Corner. He contended that such extension had not been asked for; and that the sewerage could much better be taken down Church-street, Egremont, where it would be a great benefit to the property. Mr. MAWDSLEY defended the proceedings of the Im provement Committee, and endeavoured to show that when the present plans were first discussed Mr. Halliday had been in favour of them, and that they had been fur nished by their then surveyor, as the best which could be adopted. He would ask Mr. Richard Parry how their present sewer could be scoured if they did not carry it on to Liscard. Mr. RICHARD PARRY, after an explanation on this point to Mr. Mawdsley, contended that it was not desir able, on sanatory grounds, to collect the sewage of any neighbourhood to one point. Some gentlemen seemed very fond of comprehensive schemes ; but he objected to putting the public to unnecessary expense. He had got prepared a correct plan and section, which showed that the houses in Liscard, where the want of drainage was complained of, could be effectually drained by having the sewer let into Mr. Littledale's land, near Mr. Peers's house. The stoppage of the old watercourse there by Mr. Peers had caused the difficulty. That was the natural drainage of the neighbourhood, and the communication which he pointed out would serve it for twenty years to come. Mr. CHARLES HOLLAND defended the proceedings of the Improvement Committee. They had endeavoured, under the direction of their surveyors, to lay down a per fect system of sewerage ; but it was not their view to carry it out all at once. After a further discussion, in which Mr. Parry, Mr. Goldsmith, and Mr. Halliday took part, the votes were taken, and the motion of Mr. Halliday was carried by 9 to 4. After the presentation of a memorial from inhabitants of New Brighton, complaining of the practice of persons bathing in front of their houses, Mr. Ewart retired from the chair, his year of office, and that of a portion of the commissioners having expired, Mr. Miles Barton, having been moved temporarily to the chair, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Ewart for the urbanity and kindness which he had shown in the discharge of his duties.; and Mr. Ewart, having replied, proposed Mr. William Mann as his- successor. Mr. Halliday proposed Mr: Holland as. vice-chairman. Carried unanimously. The accounts for the year were then re* and the fol . lowing abstract, as condensed with great care by Mr.. . Hill, one of: the Finance Committee, ,wili,be.neefia/ Dr. s. d. , Cash in band.... Received arrears •••• • • £ 396 19 6 z 1,289 2 81 Rates... • , • 892 3 •2' 1 4 Bank interest 6 Bye laws 1,520 5 I 1,429 17 6 2,950 2 7 Sale of red delf Cr. Salaries and police 690 19 81 Interest on bonds Expenses of management and rent 53 1 7 Law bills Labour, carting stone, &c.. £4OB 18 3il tr Sewer Seacombe slip 9 4 4 J Bank commission.... 4 0 11 In bank.. Treasurer. 2,126 13 9 4:809 15 11 1 823 810 13 12 11 2,950 2 7 Balance against the parish in the year ending 1848 Ditto, 1849.... Decrease of liabilities of parish 1,592 10 10 It was explained by Mr. Hill that ther e:was an increased expenditure in some items this year of £761 4s. 2d., and a decrease in others of £287 lgs. 6d., showing an apparent increase of £473 ss. Bd. He expected, however, that against £477, the cost of the sewer constructed, about £450 would be refunded by the owners of property. There was also a payment of £2BO 6s. 7d. for law charges, which belonged to last year. This enabled him to con gratulate the inhabitants upon an actual decrease in ordinary expenditure this year amounting to £257 Os. 11d. A question from Mr. West, on the part of the rate payers, as to the liability of the landowners to pay for a new curbstone, was replied to by Mr. Hassall, that the public paid where it was not in front of houses, and the owners where there were houses ; and Messrs. B. H. Bates and J. Hill, of Seacombe, being chosen to audit the accounts on the part of the ratepayers, the meeting adjourned. The following are the retiring members, whose places will be filled up on the 19th instant :—Messrs. Goldsmith, Edwards, Meadows, Mawdsley, Lester, Dean, and Shar land,.by the expiry of their term, and Mr. TNyname by disqualification for non-residence. WHAT IS A POUND ? When Sir Robert Peel created a laugh in the House of Commons by asking " What is a Pound ?" and not one of our legislators could be found to answer him, it shews what we may expect from that assembly; and that the only way to upset Sir Robert's absurd bill is to enlighten the people out of doors. Why, Sir Robert ! the pound is exactly what you in your wisdom made it, and the nation in its ignorance al lowed you to make it. A pound is sda ts. and 3 grains of gold. Any man owing another a debt of twenty shillings has only to ten der a disc of gold, coined and weighing 5 dwts. and 3 grs., to clear off his debt; and any court of law will recognise such payment, because Sir Robert Peel's Bill has made this weight of gold a legal tender for twenty shillings of obligation. And yet there was not a man in the house to answer this simple question. Now mark the consequences of this absurd law. In October, 1847, there was so little gold in this country that a man had to give five-and-twenty shillings to thirty shil lings of produce or manufactures to get a pow.d of gold money. Whilst, if Californian acccunts are true, in Oc tober, 1857, 5 dwts. and 3 grs. of gold may hardly be able to secure ten shillings worth of produce or manufactures. What certainty is there then in any contract ? what cal culation can there be in trade ? when the pound by which all values are measured oscillates so much ? THE LATE FATAL COLLISION. The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society have presented one of the gold medals of the society to R. B. Forbes, Esq., of Boston, U.S., and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Humane Society, fol. his courage and humanity in leaping overboard from the Europa, on the occasion of the late fatal collision, and assisting to save the lives of the passengers from the Charles Bartlett. Mr. Forbes is the gentleman who was the means of send ing to Ireland, and the Western Islands of Scotland, an immense supply of provisions of the value of £60,000 during the year of famine. Mr. Forbes acknowledged the receipt of the well-deserved testimonial, and gave an interesting account of the collision, and of the part which he took in saving the passengers of the Charles Bartlett. From his account we take the following : "At tw ) o'clock of the day named, not being well, I retired to my state room, in the forward cabin, and lay down with my clothes on, on the settee, and soon fell asleep. I was suddenly awakened by a crash and a shock which I could not misunder • stand. I rushed upon deck and to the port how of our ship where the most appalling spectacle presented itself; the bow of our ship appeared to be half way . through the bark, having entered her just abaft the main rigging, on the port side. She had all sail set ; one glance at the ill-fated bark satisfied me that she must instantly g 3 down, and that no earthly power could save many of the passengers. The after hatches were obstructed by pieces of broken timbers ; the main hatch was entirely clear, and appeared to be filled with women and child ren, vainly endeavouring to get on deck. I should judge that the ladder had been knocked down in the general crush. The water at this time was rushing into the vessel like a mill race. Seeing that the only chance to save any one was to lower our boats, 1 rushed aft, taking off my over coat and my frock coat as I went along, on my way, and when near the after part of the port paddle box, I perceived that men were already clear ing away the quarter boats. I stopped to endeavour to clear away the life boat, but being alone, and having nothing but a small knife to cut the lashings, I saw that my efforts would not avail in time. Just as I was abandoning the effor', I per ceived a woman and a child, the latter some ten feet from the woman, floating slowly past the paddle-box. I immediately jumped down on the grating or sponson, abaft the wheel, cry ing to any spectators about the main rigging for a rope •, for God's sake give me a rope ! But every one seemed stunned and paralysed by the sudden and awful scene. A man came floating along alive and partially sustained by a broken spar, the only rope thrown over, which I should otherwise have got, was thrown to him ; he got hold of it, and put the noose over his shoulders, and was hauled up. The first part of this act, for a moment, took off our attention from the two floating and apparently insensible persons before alluded to, so that by the time the man was safe, the others had sunk too tar to be reached. As the sails on the main mast had not been backed, and the wind was on the starboard quarter, the ship forged a-head and to leeward, at the rate of one to one and a-half knots. Supposing that the wrecked matter must be to star board, I jumped on deck, and passed immediately over to the starboard paddle-box, as low down on the sponson as I could get, and just in time to see a very stout man drifting along, partly face down, and near the top of the main shrouds, to whom I called loudly for a rope • one was thrown over, about ten or twenty feet abaft me; I scrambled quickly along the side, and seizing the rope, jumped for the drowning man. The rope was rather short, but luckily the ship, not being steadied by the wheels, rolled towards me; I took advantage of this, and got the rope round the man's body, and the end up, and twice passed round its own part. before the ship rolled to port again •, as I was with the man partly under water, and the time very short, this required a great effort. As the ship rolled to port she jerked us both to the aide rather nudely; I cried, haul up, haul up;' 134 it appeared, on subsequent examina tion, that the rope I had used was the main sheet, a four inch rope, and that the upper end was fast by a moused hook to the ships side, several feet below the gunwale, and at least eight feet below the upper or monkey rail. The effect of all this and the continued rolling of the steamer, was to drag me and my man out of water, and again suddenly immerse us. I could do nothing but cry haul up,' and endeavour, at each roll into the water, to shut my mouth in time, and to try to make the rope more secure, as it gave way a little every time we came out of water. The man weighing at least 200, and myself 175 pounds, when dry, all of which was to be supported by my hands holding two round turns of a short end passed round its own part, and slipping at each ascension t Finally, some hands succeeded in getting hold of our rope, and hauled us up, so that my burthen and myself were above the water, or nearly so. At this time I called to one of the party to come down and help me to jamb the turns, as the man was gradually slipping., in consequence of my weight being partially on him. The individual, mistaking my order, put his foot on my hands, and on the turns, and bearing down, caused the man to slip out and go down underboard the second time, and apparently uite lifeless. I ordered the rope to be let go , and went again far under, but did not reach the body ; being now nearly ex hausted, I thought it time to take care of myself, and took advantage o a boat which came to my relief. I got into her, and took the bow oar, the officer, (the 4th mate I think) putting her head towards the pieces of floating wreck. We soon dis covered two persons; the first I had the pleasure of reaching with a boat hook; hauled him on board, and the officer went to work on him, reporting signs of life; the other persons sank out of sight, while we were getting the first on board. " We continued to pull round among the wreck until there appeared no chance of saving any more, and some danger of losing those we bad saved, unless proper means were used; it being very f ggy, and the ship nearly out of sight, we un. willingly gave up the search for more, and returned on board. "Several hours elapsed before the man hooked up was brought round, so as to speak ; the other boat had, in the meantime, picked up a number, and among them the man I had been trying to save. All recovered, excepting this last one. He had a wound on his head, and it was generally supposed that he received a stunning blow at the time of the collision. " Although it has taken some time to write these details, only one to one and a half minutes elapsed from the tine I first jumped on deck until the ship went down. I was on the port sponson less than that time, and on the other side sus pended to the man, perhaps altogether three or four minutes more. Had the poor woman exhibited any signs of life, or the child, I could not have resisted the impulse to go over after them, without a rope or any support, and, being a poor swim mer, I might have perished, amid the confusion and noise, before any aid could have reached us. " Had I done this, successfully or not, I should have consi dered that the risk was so imminent, that I should not have felt any delicacy in receiving your award ; as it is, I do not feel that I have earned it by success or by any very great risk." - - Mr. Forbes concludes by recommending that all sea going steamers should have some means to make a loud noise very often by a large bell, arranged to be struck at each turn of the crank, steam whistle, or the discharge of a small gun to give warning in foggy weather. He adds that there should be life-buoys or floats in each boat, and at intervals along the bulwarks inside, ready at all times to be thrown over. Life lines at several prominent places should be suspended—say to the paddle-box rails, the quarter rails, &c. A strong and long painter should be always ready to each boat, led along and made fast to the paddle-boxes. The boats should not be so snugly covered by canvas, and there should be a hatchet to each boat, so that the lashings may be readily cut. A passenger by the Europa has inserted an accou n t i n the Bristol Mirror , f r o m which we make the following extract " Of the 42 passengers saved, it is observable that, excepting the case of the Hungarians. there is not more than one of a family or circle of .friends aboard saved, and, in a good many cases, w hole families have perished. Of the 40 women on board but one is saved, Mrs. Conroy, and she saved herself by swimming. Of the 35 . children on board not one is saved, and but one was seen floating after the vessel sank, and an attempt was made to save it. Of all those lost we can take no particular notice ; still there was one couple whose end is tragic, that may be referred to. A young man came over from the United States. The choice-of his heart made an elopement with him from Ireland ; he-married her, wentto London, and shipped • himself and wife as- passengers, under a false name. They sailed from london, in the Charles Bartlett, for New York ; buts on st ating, he wrote aletter on. board the vessel. dating it from London, stating that he was married to Miss - and that they were gone to Sebtland on a tour. He handed the letter to the pilot who conducted the vessel down the Thames, instructing shim to post it in London. Neither he nor his partner reached the deck of the Europa." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. OVERLOADING OMNIBUSES.—On Friday, Mr. Frey berg, for overloading his West Derby omnibus, contrary to the act, was fined £5. On Wednesday, several householders were fined 203. and costs for allowing a number of persons to iodge in their houses against the Sanitary Act. On Wednesday, Hugh M'Wade, marine store-dealer, had his license revoked, besides being sent to prison for one month, for receiving cotton said to be stolen. On Saturday a man and woman were sent to gaol for two months for robbing an old man of a tobacco-box con taining £3 7s. The robbery took place whilst the prose cutor was asleep in a field in Wavertree-lane. AN IMPUDENT NEGRO.—On Saturday William Jordan, a negro, was charged with having asaulted a policeman, and attempted to extort money by threats. He was de manding sixpence from a third party when an officer came up. He refused to go away when ordered, and knocked the constable down. He was fined twenty shillings for the assault—a, month's imprisonment in default. On Thursday, Harriet Seldon and Margaret Morrison were charged with robbing Mr. William Barlow of a gold watch, and a purse containing eleven sovereigns, in Poynton-street. The case was clearly proved, and Seldon was committed for trial; Morrison was remanded. Several shopkeepers were fined 20s. and costs for hang ing goods outside their doors and windows. Mr. Rushton said that it was a great temptation to crime, and he was determined to put a stop to it. SWEETENED WINES.—On Tuesday, Mr. James Clark, of Crown-street, was fined in the penalty of £5O for sell ing sweetened wines without a license. Mr. Rushton said he would not mitigate the amount owing to there having been brought forward a witness for the defence who had perjured himself. A HOPELESS CASE.—An old woman, apparently about seventy years of age, was fined five shillings and costs, on Tuesday, for being drunk and disorderly. She pleaded that she had not tasted a drop, and was a stranger ; but, unfortunately, the old lady's name had appeared in the bridewell books upwards of fifty times for the same offence. _ _ _ RossErtY.—A young man, named Peter Goodman, was charged by Mr. Heelis, 107, Scotland-road, with having stolen from the till of his shop, on Sunday last, while he was at church, £6 and ss. in copper. Two witnesses ap peared, who stated that they saw the prisoner and another man coming out of Mr. Heelis' premises, and the prisoner was carrying something which looked like a five shilling packet of copper. Mr. Rushton committed him for trial. STEALING A SOVEREIGN.—Mr. _Naylor, 25, Church- street, charged a young lad, named Robert Wilson, with having stolen a sovereign from him. Mr. Naylor stated that he had several times missed money, and suspecting the prisoner, he had marked a sovereign, and put it in the drawer. Shortly after he went out, and on his return he found the sovereign was gone. He immediately procured a policeman, who found the money on the prisoner. Mr. Rushton committed him for trial. A CHARACTER.—A woman, named Mary Anne Murphy, was committed for trial on Tuesday, for stealing a neck of mutton in St. John's Market. In addition to shorter periods of imprisonment, the prisoner had been twice transported—once for fourteen, and once for seven years; but her sentence had been commuted to short imprison ments in each case. She assured the magistrate that she was as innocent as his worship ; the mutton, however, being found under her shawl, the assertion went for nothing. QUIBBLING AND BRIBERY.—On Wednesday, Robert Kelly, a shopkeeper, of Scotland-road, was fined 20s. and costs for obstructing the footpath by placing boxes of potatoes upon it. The officer who supported the informa tion stated that Kelly had offered him a shilling not to report him. The defendant in reply said that the officer had taken two false oaths—first, he (the policeman) said that the boxes contained potatoes—they held butter; and he offered the policeman sixpence, not a shilling. Mr. Rushton severely reprimanded Kelly for his quibbling, and for endeavouring to tamper with a public officer in the discharge of his duty. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF OMNIBUSES.—Mr. Bulmer and Mr. Freyberg appeared on Thursday, in answer to summonses charging them with overloading their omni buses, which ply between this town and West Derby. The officer who made the charge said that, in one in stance, the qmnibus contained forty persons; the people being literally wedged inside, and sitting on each other's knees. After some little difficulty it was found impossible to prove the case against the parties.—Mr. Rushton : I am tired of hearing complaints from all sorts of people. I will fine in the full penalty in every case which is proved, for I am determined to put a stop to this cruelty and robbery. A HINT FOR KEEPERS OF SINGING SALOONS. — After the hearing of a case on Friday about an altercation in a public-house, in which a third party rented a room for a singing gallery, Mr. Rushton said : " We have abundant proof of one fact, which I shall most certainly take care to bring before the notice of the licensing magistrates at their next session. Such scenes as these are grossly against the tenor of your license, and this kind of thing is going on throughout the town of Liverpool. He gives you £4 per week for one room. and engages ten or twelve male and female singers, at salaries ranging from £2 12s. to Bs. per week. These places are leading to the most abominable disorder. I can tell you if this is cantinued it will not be a public-house long." STEALING WEARING APPAREL. — A woman, named Elizabeth Fleming, was charged, on Friday, by Captain Drought, an officer in the 62nd Regiment, now staying in this town, with having, stolen a large quantity, of shirts, and other articles of wearing apparel, belonging to him. Captain Drought stated that the prisoner is wife to one of the soldiers, and that she washed clothes. Every article was marked with his name. The prisoner had pawned them at Mr. Smith's, in Richmond-row. Mr. Rushton strongly censured the conduct of the pawn broker in taking the things from the prisoner, when he saw that they were all marked with Captain Drought's name. Several pawn-tickets were found on the prisoner. She was fined 17s. 7d. and £5, or to be imprisoned three months. THE ROBBERY OF £4o.—Margaret O'Neill, who had been remanded from Saturday week, charged with having robbed a seaman cf £4O at a house of bad character in Banastre-street, was again brought up on Saturday. There was but little additional evidence. It appeared that the £4O was the savings of the prosecutor from the hard earnings of six years' service, and that the money had been rifled from a belt worn round his middle whilst he was asleep. Mr. Rushton told him he was a foolish fellow to carry so much money about him, when he might have deposited it at the Sailors' Home. £2 9s. 7d. had been found upon the prisoner, and a number of new dresses and bonnets that she had just purchased were produced. Mr. Rushton ordered the money and all the fine clothes to be given up to the seaman, telling him to make the best market he could of the latter. The priso ner was sent to gaol for three months. BURGLARY.—At an early hour on Wednesday morning, Bank Hall, Bootle-road, in the occupation of Mr. Michael Ashcroft, was broken into, and almost every apartment entered and ransacked. The whole of the family had re tired to rest about half-past twelve o'clock, and all was safe when the policee-officer went his round shortly after two o'clock. The thieves were evidently disturbed, as several drawers had been broken open and things placed ready to be carried away. A pair of old shoes and stocli. ings were left in the house in exchange for some of a better sort belonging to a farm servant. A quantity of bread and meat, and a large pocket-knife belonging to Mr. Ash croft, were missing. In the front parlour a case of knives had been broken open and the contents scattered about in all directions. A bottle of wine had been removed from the back parlour to a cupboard in the kitchen. The scoundrels had also had the audacity to enter a bed-room occupied by Mr. Ashcroft's niece, where they opened drawers, and turned her pocket inside out. Miss Ashcroft was not disturbed by this impudent intrusion, being sound asleep, or, had it been otherwise, she might not have heard them, as she is rather deaf. At five o'clock the same morning, two men, named James Doyle and Thomas Farley, were observed by police-constables 42 and 62 coming out of a hut in the neighbourhood, and they were taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the burglary. On Farley's feet were found the missing shoes and stockings, and in his pocket the knife. On searching the hut the stolen provisions were found. The prisoners were committed for trial at the next assizes. THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ACT.—OR Saturday, a case of more than usual interest, as regards shipowners, was heard at the Police-court, before Mr. Rushton and Mr. W. Rathbone. It was an information against Mr. Hugh Dixon, for having permitted one of his ships to sail with upwards of one hundred passengers, without having a surgeon on board. Mr. Brooks appeared for the Com missioners of Customs, and Mr. Holden for the defend ant. The former stated that the vessel was the Crosland, which had sailed in July last from this port, and had arrived in the River Plate, with passengers in such a state as to cause a complaint to come to this country. The in formation was founded on the Merchant Seamen's and also the Passengers' Act, which provided that every vessel having upwards of one hundred persons on board should be bound to carry a surgeon, physician, or apothecary : if the voyage were one that would in all probability exceed twelve weeks, and there were fifty persons on board, it was also obligatory to carry a surgeon, and the penalty for non-compliance was £lOO, which the magistrate has the power of reducing to one-third.—Mr. Holden, for the de fence, stated that Mr. Dixon was resident at Sunderland when the vessel sailed ; that he had chartered her to mer chants here, who bad subsequently let part of her (the between decks) to a broker, for the reception of passen gers.—Lieut. Hodder said he had officially inspected the ship, :and had certified that, as regarded the number of passengers (116. but reckoned at only 921, as there were eight infants), all the requirements of the act bad been complied with. It was admitted that no surgeon was on board. An argument arose as to the meaning of the word " person' in the act.—Mr. RusMon ruled that the word applied to every one on board, passengers and crew. lle could easily conceive the extreme press ure of the case upon Mr. Dixon, who was called to accou nt for infrac tions committed by others, but the law h eld the owner of the ship liable in every instance. He felt more and more every day the necessity that existed for consolidating all the acts for regulating the merchant service into one law, and had often had occasion to regret the apparent con tradictions that existed. The law ought to be so plain that a seaman as lie ran might read it. He agreed that Mr. Dixon was not morally to blame in the matter ; the blame rested, if any existed, on the gentleman who char tered the ship. They had, probably, through inadvert ence, thought that a surgeon was not necessary ; but it showed the caution that was necessary in such a matter. He would mitigate the penalty to its lowest amount—one third of £lOO. Nominal costs only of 20s were allowed to the prosecutors, and the payment of the fine being arranged the parties left the court. IBlOtrirt ,tins. A poor-rate of 4s. in the pound has been allowed on the township of Manchester. Chester Autumn meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday in the First October Meeting week. Mr. James Ashton has been appointed registrar of mar riages for the Warrington Union, in the room of Mr. Gouden. _ Ellis Norris, whose recent adventures in connection with the Burgh Hall Asylum elopement are notorious, has passed through the Insolvent Court. Mr. T. P. Gilmour paid Poulton-le. Fylde a visit OUL Tuesday. He came from Fleetwood, where he would have been roughly treated had not the police protected him. Mrs. Fayer, wife of a hairdresser at Preston, was poi soned last Wednesday through inadvertently drinking water, in which her husband had mixed some arsenic, in order to kill flies. On Thursday three boys were engaged at Smethurst's mill, at Chorley, " pulling" cotton, when several hun dred pounds weight fell on them. They were soon missed, and when found two were dead, but one revived after the application of proper remedies. The chartists of Preston are dissatisfied with the con duct of their member, Mr. C. P. Grenfell, because he refused to vote for O'Connor's motion respecting the charter, and have resolved to have a member ready for the next election. A clever swindler, named Thompson, has been com mitted for three months to Manchester. He succeeded in duping a number of poor persons, by representing that he had just arrived from Sydney, where the parties in question had relatives, and that he had brought a number of presents for them, stating that they were at the railway station, and borrowing money to pay the carriage. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning, Samuel Pimblett, a respectable farmer, of Barrow-lane, Newton, committed self-destruction by cutting his throat with a sickle. The deceased, who was 58 years of age, and a married man, has been in a desponding state of mind for some time, although at intervals he al:gears to have been in his right mind. On Thursday seven labouring men were summoned be fore tae Manchester magistrates for removing and stack ing hay on Sunday week. The chairman told the men that they would not be convicted, though they must not leave under the impression that they had been engaged in a work of necessity. One of the magistrates said that he did not agree with the chairman, as he thought, owing to the unsettled state of the weather, that the stacking was a work of necessity. THE WHITEHOUSE FAMILY.—The Manchester Guar dian describes further swindling exploits of this family in. Manchester and Salford, and adds—" We may repeat, for the benefit of those upon whom these noted individuals may attempt their impositions, that the family consists of the father and mother, with a son and two daughters ; the father's hair is turned slightly gray, and one of the daughters is somewhat remarkable in appearance, in con sequence of some deformity in her teeth." CHARGE OF PERJURY.—Mr. W. E. Fergusson, late assistant to Mr. Sainter, surgeon, of Macclesfield, who obtained a verdict against him for £350 for adultery (a judgment which Fergusson has nullified by means of the bankruptcy court,) has been brought before the magis trates on a charge of perjury, founded on an affidavit in. the Court of Chancery, that he had never taken any im proper liberties with Mrs. Sainter. He was committed for trial at the next Chester Assizes, but bail was accepted for his appearance, himself in £3OO and two sureties in £l5O each. THE TEN Houns FACTORY ACT.—The operative spin ners of Bolton have taken a ballot to ascertain the opi nion of their body as to the number of hours for labour. There are in the borough 838 spinners, and the voting was—For ten hours, 829; for eleven hours, 5 ; the re maining 4 would not vote. The factory operatives of Manchester, on Saturday, had an interview, by a deputa tion, with their employers, at a meeting held at Man chester, relative to the Ten Hours Bill. Much discus sion took place, and on the following day the operatives held a meeting of their own body, and resolved to adhere to the regulations of the bill as it stood, and to memori alise her Majesty upon the subject. TARVIN-HALL SCHOOL.—We are glad to learn that Mr. Sprague, the captain of this school, has been successful at Cambridge in his endeavour to obtain a sizarship at St. John's College. There was an unusual grand set of men offering themselves at this examination, pupas from nearly all the most eminent public schools in the kingdom. Mr. outwSphroa Sprague u et e rhe w e na nine n i informed o cs r cu m e cs c e s e c f l us s t l h ,f uwalte hecompetitors. a l w s o a s de o e n la e e o d f At th os first caovne d p an sifour t sneea, a good examination. This success of Mr. Sprague re flects credit on Tarvin-hall School, because that gentle man has been educated there for upwards of six years. On the same day, we believe Mr. Foulkes, another pupil of this school, was admitted a member of Trinity College, Dublin. We congratulate the principal on these addi tional proofs of the soundness of the course of instruc tion pursued in that ii.stitution.—Chester Courant. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GRAND PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION OF LOYAL ORANGEMEN.—The sittings of the above loyal and constitutional body commenced at Barnsley. There were district officers and grand com mittee men present from London, Northampton, Paisley, Manchester, Chowbent, Bolton, Rochdale, Ashton under-Lyne, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and a great number of other places. On Sun day evening, previous to the Grand Lodge sitting, a ser mon was preached to the brethren in St. George's Church, by the Rev. W. P. Roberts, incumbent. The rev. gen., tlernan, in his discourse, read the qualification of an orangeman out of the Grand Lodge rules, and spoke highly of the principles of the society. At the conclusion of the sermon, a collection was made in conformity with the Queen's letter for the building and repairing of churches. On Monday and Tuesday the grand committee met. Brother Sylvester, P.G.M.. from Chowbent occu pied the:chair on the occasion. It appeared that there had been an addition of above 1000 members to the so ciety during the last twelve months, arid the finances of the society were never in a more prosperous condition. Among other business transacted, three guineas were ordered to be given to the Church Sunday Schools in. Barnsley, £5 to the Rev. T. D. Gregg's committee in. Dublin, to enable the rev. gentleman to pay the costs of a lawsuit instituted against him by Dr. Whately, Arch bishop of Dublin. A printing press and types were or dered to be procured, to be the grand lodge property, and for the use of the association. Two new warrants were granted for opening new lodges, one at Sheffield, and another at Bretton. A motion was moved by Brother Auty, and seconded by Brother Burnett, vicar of Brad ford, that plans be adopted forthwith to bring into union with the Grand Lodge, all the members of Orange Lodges throughout the country not at present in connection . with the grand body ; the resolution was ca rried unan mously. Votes of thanks were then passed to the grand officers for their services during the past year. The whole of the grand officers were re-elected, Brother Burnett, vicar of Bradford, appointed one of the grand chaplains, and a re solution was carried that the next Grand Lodge meeting be held at Bilston, in Staffordshire, and likewise that sub scriptions be entered into throughout the whole of the Orange body, in favour of the Rev. T. D. Gregg, a brother orangeman, and another resolution, thanking the Irish Orangemen for their loyalty during the late petty re bellion in Ireland, after which the grand lodge broke up. The brethren afterwards dined together at the Lord Nel son Inn. After the withdrawal of the cloth, Brother Newhall, P.G.M., of Rochdale occupied the chair, and after the usual loyal toasts had been given from the chair, the health of Brother Burnett, vicar of Bradford, was drunk, the toast being received with three times three, and one cheer more. Brother Burnett responded, and expressed himself highly delighted with the proceedings which he had witnessed that day, and be hoped in a short time, the rest of his brethren would see the necessity and propriety of joining themselves to the Orange Institution, and be guides to the Orangemen, leading them in the old paths. He encouraged the brethren to persevere, and he had no doubt before long the respectable portions of so ciety who held th4ir principles would come forward and identify themselves with their body like good men and true. THEATRE ROYAL. This theatre has been newly decorated and embellished, and has now such an air of neatness and comfort as to disarm all criticism. The manager, Mr. W. R. Copeland, has done every thing in his power to render the place worthy of the public patronage. The announced fareweli appearance of Mr. Macready, previous to his retirement from the stage, of course attracted numerous and fashionable audiences throughout the week. Every Englishman, indeed, ought to be proud of this eminent artist, who stands unrivalled since the days of Kean and Kemble, and whose recent noble be haviour in New York cannot but add to the esteem he already enjoys amongst his countrymen. The characters he performed during the past week were Macbeth, Richelieu, Lear, Werner and Wolsey. Every one of them is the result of a perfect study of history and human nature. They have lost nothing of their freshness, and he _leaves the scene of his many triumphs with untarnished laurels. We need hardly allude to the reception he met with on his first reappearance; it surpassed anything of the kind he perhaps ever before experienced, and it must have been highly gratifying to his pride to see the vast assemblage before him rising as one man and paying , homage to his greatness. Personations like his ' King Lear' and " Richelieu" we shall very likely never see again. So completely does he enter into the character he undertakes that it ceases to be a part and becomes reality instead of a representation. The mad scene in " King Lear" was most exquisite, and it would be difficult to tell whether the play of his features or his gesticulations was the more beautiful ; not a sound was audible in the house besides the voice of him who thus rivetted the attention of his audience, Nothing could excel the impersonation of that hoary villain " Wolsey," in " Henry VIII," whether as persecutor of the Duke of Buckingham or as intriguer against Queen Catherine. The harsh croaking voice with which he spoke rendered still more hateful the individual he represented. However we have no time to dwell upon the beauties of each performance, especially when they are already so well known to our readers. Every praise is due to Mr. Copeland for collecting a troupe of artists able to support Mr. Macready. Too often the success of a good actor is marred by the inferi ority of his assistants, but the names of Mrs. Warner, Miss Cooper, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. George Bennett, Alr. Cathcart, &c. &c. will speak for themselves. Of Mrs. Warner we need say no more than that she was in every respect worthy of the relation she sustained to Mr. Macready, and heartily deserved the applause be stowed upon her. Mr. Barry Sullivan is a rising actor, who has a brilliant future before him if he continues as he has begun. We must particularize his " Edgar," in " Kin F Lear ;" the scene in which he appeap s af, .!..rAor . _ Tom' owed its value in a great degree tFP fliTh IE. KIM t, L Bennett, also, admirably depicted the charaSZPheN44,e, 1 - 3 T., tained, and Miss Cooper won the favour of„the . iatnixn,c •' . _.! (.. although she has wily appeared in minor stkas )et. .....2- 2,. .. 7 ; . •\ '•- , ; .• -,-;" -' - 1 1 , ,'.1 e.-- - "',.•;•. .. . ~, ,-,\ •\ \ .-7,, , ,4.: -.. - ).r. . otV,.. ' --- --.- r. ..,;7` . 7 \?:773Z.i II :4tl I (I SAUFNI