The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-13 00:00:00

Nov. 13, 1849. E O ra l p.rlus. It h as b een d eterm i ne d to appo i n t a more e ffi c i en t Watching for Tranmere, but the proposition for lighting the township has been abandoned. On Tuesday, Edward Keenan, a clerk in the Custom house, fell down suddenly in the street, and died shortly 'afterwards. At Holywell, on Friday, another of the Dee pilots ob- L ei ned a verdict of £2O against the officers Bates and Tuck, in the County Court. , On Tuesday, th e body of a man unknown was found in the Canning Dock Basin. He was about five feet six inches in height, and had on a blue-and-white striped with blue flannel shirt over, barragan trousers, &c. DEATH FROM BURNING.—On the Bth of October the clothes of a woman, named Ann Plunkett, aged 32, living IP Jordan -street, somehow caught fire, and she was so d readfully burnt that she died on Saturday night. On Wednesday David Hughes, aged 35, carter to Mr. Vidor, joiner and builder, Wood-street, was engaged lvith •others in fixing a large sliding gate into a gateway tile yard, when it fell upon him, and broke his right 'nigh. He died, in consequence, on Friday. GALVANIZED IRON. —We have been shewn some -wrought iron swivels and shackells fOr the lightships, i w_hich have been submitted to this process, now so popu lar. They are well coated with anticorrosive metal, and aunt prove far more serviceable than ordinary articles. Yaw. ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, as a man named Edward Fagan was superintending the erection of a stage from the quay of Waterloo Dock to a vessel, he was struck by one of the spars which fell, and he was so in jured as to cause his death soon after. TRADE WITH AFRICA.—We are glad to see that it is in c ontemplation, by some Liverpool merchants, to form an African company, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in 2,000 glares of £5O each, The particulars of the scheme will be found in an advertisement, and the stipulations appear reasonable and business like. ~. ' SUDDEN DEATH OF A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. — Mr. J ohn Moore, a merchant of this town, was found dead in 4iB berth, on board the Mona's Isle, which arrived in the Clarence Dock on Friday, from the Isle of Man. He died from disease of the heart, which he had been labour ing under for some time. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet rg of the Board of Examiners, held on Friday, Captain oseph Carey, late master of the " Cornelius," of Liver- Peel, was found duly qualified for a first class master's c ertificate, and Mr. Alexander M'Allum M`Kenzie, late second mate of the " St. Vincent," for a second class mate's certificate. COMPLIMENT TO OURSELVES.—On Friday evening l ' l st a meeting of the committee formed for the erection of a, church at Edge-hill, was held in St. Mary's vestry. After the despatch of some routine business, it was unani- Mously resolved that the best thanks of the committee 'were due to the proprietors of this paper, for having offered insert gratuitously the advertisement of the prospectus and the list of subscribers. Last T ue sd a y T. K. Roberts, Esq., attended at the B oard -room, Birkenhead, for the purpose of auditing the a ccounts of the various townships in the Wirral Union. On the Bi r k en head overseers presenting their accounts, it was found they differed materially from those laid before the ratepayers for their inspection, which led to an angry altercation. The audit was afterwards proceeded with, and, after the disallowance of one or two items, the accounts were passed. TH E MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE REVEALED. — Mr. Henry, F.S.A., has engaged the Theatre Royal for s tw.o evenings, for the purpose of displaying to the public his Colossal Planetarium, in connexion with other demon strations of a singular nature. The exhibition, which OPened last evening, and will again be presented this evening, is at once most interesting and instructive. To the juvenile portion of the community it will afford a rich treat, and a source of appreciable knowledge. TH E MAYOR AND THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—The 'chairman, William Brown, Esq. M. P., and deputy-chair lean, Robert B. Anderson, Esq., and several members of ~.the c omm itt ee o f th e N or thern Hospital, waited, on thursdav, upon his Worship the Mayor, John Branaley °l-nore, - Esq., and presented him with an address of thanks for his exertions in relieving that charity from its Pecuniary difficulties, by originating and carrying through the late " Fancy Fair and Flower Show." FREEMASONRY.—The Rev. Gilmour Robinson, for twenty-three years chaplain to the order in this province,- having accepted the office of deputy grand master, vacant by the retirement of John Drinkwater, Esq., has arranged to hold the annual grand meeting at the Adelphi Hotel, in this town, about the middle of December next, to be 'followed by one at Preston early in the ensuing May. The Rev. Mr. Birchall, of Accrington, near Blackburn, is to he the new chaplain ; and Brothers A. R. Martin and T. Littledalo are to be members of the Grand Lodge, ezee Yates and Foster, deceased. • BUST OF EDWARD RUSHTON, ESQ. Mr. Ormrod amith, of Duke-street, has executed a beautiful marble Dust of our worthy stipendiary magistrate, taken by the desire, and at the expense, of his brother magistrates, foe the purpose of being placed in one of the public 'buildings of the borough. On Thursday, a meeting of the justices was held in the council-room at the Town , when, when, on the motion of William Brown, Esq., that e I•P., seconded by Mr. John Holmes, it was resolved the testimonial would be most appropriately placed in St. George's Hall when the hall is finished, and that the mayor be requested to allow it to remain in theTown hall until an application can be made for its removal to St. George's Hall. ALARMING FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—An alarming fire took place on the premises of Messrs. Henry Foster and . 0 0 ., soap manufacturers, in Cleveland-street, Birkenhead, en Wednesday morning, about a quarter-past tWelve o'clock. A large amount of property was destroyed, and a considerable number of hands thrown out of employ goent. In less than an hour after the fire commenced the building was reduced to a heap of smouldering ruins. It 4s not known how the fire originated. The premises were insured. From 200 to 300 barrels of rosin were saved, though the vitriol, which was literally covering the yard, was burning the shoes from the feet of those who lent their services. The damage done is roughly estimated at 4 ,ooo—an amount, we believe, more than covered by the insurance, which is in the Royal Exchange Office. DEATHS FROM EXPOSURE.—On Sunday week, two children, brother and sister, aged respectively fifteen and thirteen years, named O'Brien, whose parents reside in Liverpool, went to Great Crosby in the hopes of being able to gather nuts from the wreck of a small ship called the Mischief, which went on shore on the Formby sands few days previous. On Monday morning as a man was crossing over the Star-bills, near to Formby, he found the body of the girl lying on the sand. A short time after the boy was also found, quite dead, at a place called Black Look. A little dog, which accompanied the unfortunate children, stood over the body of the boy, and made a forcible attack upon the persons who removed it. It is s upposed that the deceased had lost their way, and, night corning on, they had lain down to sleep, when, from the coldness and inclemency of the weather, they died. 4. THE GREAT SALE AT HOOTON-HALL.—From an adver tisement in another column, we observe that the Messrs. '‘?hurton have been instructed to sell by auction, on this ,tiay fortnight, the whole of the costly furniture and other brilliant effects, at Hooton-hall. Such a sale seldom Occurs in a district like ours ; it will no doubt cense- Iluently excite a deep interest throughout the localities c omprised within the southern division of this county, and the whole of Cheshire. From the very nature of the case 2 themselves must be afforded to purchasers o f p ossessin g Lnaraselves of costly ornaments at an immense sacrifice of ; nor is this the only advantage,—a facility is acquired obtaining recherche articles such as are not to be ob „ined out of the metropolis, nor perhaps even there in re ordinary way of purchase. An inspection of the cata- Clue will be the best exposition of the truth of these „ •etna r _ _ At the County Court, on Wednesday, a case of alleged treatment to a pony, by over-running it, was heard. ..°.? Plaintiff and defendant were Messrs. W. Davenport im" C. Pemberton, solicitors in this town. Mr. Pember in was in terms for the purchase of a pony and gig from r• Davenport, and on the morning of 25th September the his groom and son for the on. On being returned, 0 Pony appeared to be suffering in consequence of having e etl over-ridden, and at the present time was not in a Da venport to be of use to its owner. Su bse q uentl y Mr. wrote to Mr. Pemberton, accusing him of hav ing exercised cruelty towards his pony. Mr . Pember .itryeturned an answer denying the charg e, and alle g in g ° 4 when the pony was taken out it walked la me. The „ i'l l lrnissioner having intimated that it wo uld be better to th e ler the ca s e , it was ultimately . agreed that the matter 13:uld be referred to Mr. Francis Venn , reg istrar of the 'Pugh Court. ' a fford DAY or THANKSGIVING. — Thursday next w ill an appropriate occasion for the clergy gene rall y to a aPPe l p p • to the Christian sympathies of their respective con- Ze i fiatio ns In-our day, unhappily, there is little diffi ttY in finding fit objects as the recipients of our bounty. deiy spread is human suffering, and numerous are the titutions which, established with the most laudable i n jects, languish for lack of funds. If it were necessary thei the direction in which the charitable, on ac Occasion referred to, might be exhorted to send their 0 ' might indicate the Lying-in llospital, the leitithalmic Institution, and the Charitable Society. The Of m e i' is a benevolent institution, conducted by members vii" Church of England, and has, during the late awful id e . : at ion, been an instrument of incalculable good. Some th a ; ( . ;f its utility may be formed when the fact is known, ter' ' l uring the last year no less than 16,889 persons were th 'eyed by this society, at a cost of £479 3s. 6d. But 1 4,, f 1 .7 n d5, which are raised principally from church sub -1-V°lls, have latterly been falling off. REtr, -- EATRE ROYAL, 'WILLIAMSON-SQUAThe en- N r allent of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, during the past will have been, we trust, most satisfactory to the the-agernent, notwithstanding the inclemency of so me of 4, tevenings. On Tuesday evening the new play of k r. tllynore" was produced, the part of Strathmore . by eha r Kean, Ellen Lorn by Mrs. Kean, and the remaining th e aeters strongly cast. As we did not see the whole of aen t l i ii t re on this occasion, we prefer noticing its repre •lnrn on Thursday evening, when it was repeate d. it rn , Ke an's conception and version of the character o f '? t httl more is accurate throughout, and in parts very fine. e too much violence, however, approaching to rant, nno n P l aYed in the third act, whilst indicating the sentence Pure tho se 's'ir Rupert Lorn. Mrs. Kean's Ellen is one o f eel s : - womanly embodiments in which this lady '5 ac ex de It as fine the passage in the se- t, vv in which she throughout refused to be convinced of the gaination of her lover from the loyal cause, was marked v et genius of the highest order. The last act was also sttiflowerfully played. The other characters were well ao ti r ;° ( , ) ,.4, especially the Balfour of Burley, (Mr. Pear tiaa of Rupert Loris (Mr. Calcraft), with the excep „here °fle scene, that in which his castle is stormed, 11„ 144 . nt was very ridiculously prominent ; the acting Nts James Browne as Roland, and the Fauchette of , • irh -ge. The latter was very clever and amus e tieeti e other laerformed (" The Wife's Secret") 4 °t say was y ex p neat'y d ne . SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION IN LIVERPOOL. —ln com mon with all our large towns, Liverpool suffers from the want of church accommodation. Commerce has thickly planted human dwellings where heretofore nought was visible save what appertained to the daily toil of the hus bandman ; the limited space afforded by the parish church, although, under such circumstances, adequate to the ne cessities of a large district, is, under existing demands, wholly insufficient ; and though, from time to time, expe dients have been resorted to in order to meet the growing difficulty, the population of our town has far outstripped every effort in this respect. Where perhaps a dozen churches were required, one has been erected. However the wants of every district have, as nearly as practicable, been met in some way, still the aspect in certain districts is awful to contemplate. We may instance a district in the parish of West Derby, lying between Crown-street, Smithdown-lane, and Brunswick-road ' • though not very extensive, this district c ontains no less than 14,800 souls —a population exceeding that of several of our cities for whom it was formerly thought necessary to provide not only a cathedral, but several parish churches ; yet in this district the only churches are St. Mary's and St. Jude's, and in these churches are only a limited number of free seats. A number of the friends of religion have, therefore, formed themselves into a committee, for the purpose of initiating the project of erecting two churches in this district, one to be erected in Paddington, which will be first undertaken ; a population of 3,000 souls will be as signed to it, and it will afford accommodation for 1,200 persons ; one-third of the seats will be free. The total expense of this undertaking, including the endowment, will be £6,000, and when this sum shall have been raised the work will be commenced. The project has the sanc tion of the bishop and other dignitaries of the diocese, and we hope it will be met on the part of the affluent with a spirit worthy to respond to that impulse which induced its promoters to inaugurate it. STRANGE CONDUCT OF A LIVERPOOL JURY.-It may be remembered that at the last Liverpool assizes the jury in one of the causes, whilst locked up, were supplied with brandy and cigars. An application for a new trial in the case (Higginbottom v. Waters) was made in the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, by Mr. Martin, who stated that the jury, being locked up, were unable to agree to their verdict, the question being how much they should deduct from the acknowledged claim of the plaintiff. In this state, being equally divided, they agreed to find for the plaintiff generally, and to ask the Judge (Mr. Justice Wightman), who had retired to his lodgings, to make such deductions as he thought right. The learned Judge, however, refused this verdict, and sent back the jury to the court-house, and here it seemed some communication took place between Mr. Higginbottom, the plaintiff's son, who had been a witness in the cause, and one of the jury. One of the jury made a signal to Mr. Higginbottom, by lifting up four of his fingers, which was supposed to indi cate £4O; and another juryman, addressing Higginbot tom, said aloud, " No, allow him only £20." Several of the jury deposed that in the course of their deliberation spirits and cigars bad been supplied to others of the jury by young Higginbottom, for the express purpose of en. couraging and enabling them to hold out against the solicitations of the six jurymen who were in favour of the defendant's claim ; and after the communication took place already alluded to, and the jury returned a verdict for the full amount claimed, several of the jurors inti mated to young Higginbottom that, notwithstanding their verdict, he ought to allow Waters (the defendant) £4O, and that Higginbottom promised so to do.—Mr. Baron Alderson could not understand how the officers of the court could permit such things to go on as were described in the affidavits now stated by the learned counsel.—Mr. Martin was afraid that irregularities such as he described were not uncommon. He was informed that refresh ments often found their way to jurors who were holding out.—Mr. Baron Parke : Take a rule to show cause. LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Wednesday, Mr. Brown, the government in spector of parochial schools, attended for the purpose of suggesting the propriety of appointing pupil teachers in the Workhouse Schools, and recommending that the schools be thrown open to the outdoor pauper children. After a conversation, the chairman intimated to Mr. Brown, that his views met with the approbation of the board.—A call of sixty-five per cent. was ordered to be made upon the declared averages, by two instalments, the first to be paid on the 27th of November, and the second on the 24th of December. • BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. At the monthly meeting on Tuesday, Mr. R. Bryans took the chair. On the proceedings of the Market Committee being read, the Chairman said it was satisfactory to observe that many of the vacant shops had been let, and he had no doubt the market was doing better now than it had ever hitherto done. The sum of £8 was ordered to be paid to Mr. Hector Watson for damage sustained by himself and pony, in consequence of the state of one of the roads. Mr. Ravenseroft brought forward a motion that proceedings should be taken against the railway company to compel them to complete their bridges, but on the suggestion of Mr. Mallaby, a deputation consisting of Mr. Watson and Mr. Mallaby was appointed to confer with the railway company on the subject. The receipts of the ferries since April last exceeded by £2,000 that of the corresponding period of last year. The :proceedings of the committee contained a recommendation to increase the ferryage by the night boats from 2d. to 6d. Mr- Fox brought forward a motion for the' appointment of four additional members of the Finance Committee in consequence of the increase of business, but an amendment by Mr. Mallahy, that the chairmen of all other committees be, ex officio, members of the Finance Committee, and that the Finance Commit tee be the Parliamentary Committee, was agreed to. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —On Thursday.evening last, the first ordinary meeting of this society, for the current season, was held in the board room of the Collegiate Institution. Hugh Neill, Esq.. a member of the council, in the chair. There was a re spectable attendance of members and visitors, and means were adopted for the first time for securing a regular au tograph record of the attendance at the various meetings. The table was literally loaded with books, prints, antiqui ties, and curiosities, all of which had been presented to the society since its last ordinary meeting in June; and the curator assured the society that these were but odds and ends in comparison with the stores which he knew to be in reserve, till the society has a suite of apartments of its own. The following articles attracted much attention. The original deed to which is affixed the earliest known impression of the Liverpool Corporation seal, of the time of Henry VI., presented by Lord Lilford, of Oundle. Northampton. A collection of very interesting medieaval shoes, Roman pavements, &c., from Charles Roach Smith, Esq.. of London. A curious bone skate, found in Moorfields, London, from E. B. Price, Esq. ' London. A variety of antiquarian publications, edited by himself. from J. Orchard Haliwell, Esq., F.R.S., Brixton. A valuable collection of documents connected with the borough of Liverpool, including the recent surveys of the town, &c., by Hugh Neill, Esq. From Mr. Wroot, of Lincoln, a Roman vase and several curious bronze keys. From P. R. M`Quie, Esq.. an interesting collection of Liverpool directories. From various learned societies in Liverpool and the metropolis, sets of their publications. We also noticed the names of Dr. Thom, Dr. Hume, Messrs. North, Aspland, Sharpe, &c., among the donors. DOCK CommtrrEE, THURSDAY,—A recommendation that the use of boards be allowed for the erection of tem porary places of worship near the docks was agreed to.— A recommendation that shed accommodation be afforded at the Nelson Dock for continental steamers trading to Holland, France, the Mediteranean, &c., was approved, the chairman intimating that the parties interested in the trade expected an increase in that branch of shipping, if additional facilities were provided.—Berths at the north west corner of George's Basin were granted for the steamers connected with the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway Company.—A statement was read by the secre tary, showing that many of the men employed at the north docks had' been attacked and ill used by Irishmen, on the north road, when they were going to and returning from their work. On Sunday morning last a body of the Irishmen alluded to waylaid a party of the dock workmen; the latter were most brutally treated. One of the men was throvin into the canal, and an attempt was made to drown him ; it was only with the greatest difficulty he succeeded in making his escape, and then by swimming to the opposite side. Another received a serious scalp .wound, and several were otherwise injured. In reply to a question, the surveyor said the affair is not what is known as a faction fight, neither could he assign any rea son for the attack made by the Irishmen ; they were principally men out of employment. The secretary said he bad called the attention of the head constable to the matter. After some conversation, during which it was stated that the disturbances took place within the juris diction of the borough, it was referred to the committee to make inquiries, and offer a reward for the apprehension of the offenders. —Plans of turn-stiles for the landing stage were submitted, and approved by the committee. They are to be placed at each end of the bridges, and passengers will thus be kept in the proper footway, with out any direction from the police; fifteen gas lamps are also to be placed on the stage and bridges. THE WESLEYAN CONTROVERSY. —On Friday evening a meeting was held in the Amphitheatre in this town, for the purpose of affording to the three discontented and expelled Wesleyan ministers an opportunity of explaining their alleged grievances. Mr. M`Taggart took the chair, and the meeting ;was numerously attended. The chair man delivered a very able and soothing address in in troducing the three gentiemen. These parties, how ever, seem to :make little impression on the public mind, except disgust at their unmeasured libels and slan ders on better men than themselves, and, indeed, the body which has discarded them, seems to cling closer to, and support more liberally, the Methodist cause since these disappointed men commenced their itinerant, and apparently very lucrative career ; for, as we learn from the Leeds Times, the largest sum ever raised in one col lection, at Leeds, was at the Wesleyan Missionary meet ing on Monday week. It amounted to £622 6s. 31d., and at an adjourned meeting on the following evening, another collection was made, amounting to £391 ss. 4d. The total of the anniversary collections were £1340. These large sums were intended as a demonstration in support of the conference. The Rev. William Arthur made a speech, which was enthusiastically cheered. He entered into an elaborate defence of the management of the missionary concerns of the Wesleyans, against the charges which have been brought, against it. Upon the question of salaries he said—" 1 made a statement the other day, at a town in this district, that has been thought to be really incredible. The statement was this —Dr. Bunting, at the head of the establishment, has:an income precisely what I shall state. He has a house to live in, and coals and candles found, and in cash, coming into his own hands, exactly one hundred and fifty pounds! (Sensation.) But,' said a person, has he not some in mcalsolmnestoittuhteironqurarte y r— es i , s u h e e n is o , t p ilep res s i t de c n er t t o ain t l h y e . f Te in come o e 1 o f r g o i ' And what is bis salary ?' Precisely nothing at all. (Laughter.) But does he not hold several other offices in the Methodist body ?' Yes, he does. ' What is his THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD salary ?' Precisely nothing at all. (Hear, hear, and much laughter.) Yes, sir, that great and pre-eminent man, at this day, having served the Methodist connexion fifty years, standing in the fore ranks of our Protestant Christianity as a venerable man of wisdom and talent — standing with one foot in the grave, and another on the Methodist territory, that he has loved so well, while evil minded men are scowling around him, he stands cairn and dignified in his poverty. (Loud cheers.) lam here, Mr. President, to say that there is not in all the churches of Christendom one man, after fifty years of service, and at the head of a great and powerful body. with an income like that. (Hem-, hear, and cheers.) Doubtless some of our connexion have been imposed on. That, however, is a secondary consideration, compared with the attempt that has been made to stop the missionary cause all over the world. (Hear, hear.) The parties who made this attempt said that Leeds would fall off. (Never.) Leeds fall off ! Every loyal Methodist heart will say no, no." (The audience here responded to this sentiment with great enthusiasm.) The result of this appeal we have previously stated. FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL The first meeting of the Council, since the election on the Ist November, took place on Friday. The members having taken their seats, Mr. Alderman PROCTER rose, amidst profound silence. He said—l rise, sir, to propose the name of a gentleman to fill the high and honourable position which you have had the honour to fill for the past year ; and in doing so, it will be unnecessary for me to allude to the manner in which you have gone through your year of office, because you have received a public vote of thanks of this Council as your reward. (Applause.) Neither will it be neces sary for me, sir, to allude to the public services of the gentleman whom I have the honour to propose to pre side over the deliberations of this Council, to be Chief Magistrate of the highly important town of Liverpool, as well as to perform those duties of hospitality which are expected from a Mayor. I feel sure, sir, that the general impartiality of John Holmes, his high standing as a magistrate and a merchant, will entitle him to the highest consideration from the members of the Council, so as to enable him to go through his year of office with comfort and with pleasure. We all, certainly, wish that he was younger, and, consequently, better qualified to perform the duties of office ; but I feel sure, sir, and I have much pleasure in believing, that we are all anxious to lessen his duties by preserving towards him a continued respect ful demeanour—(hear, hear, from Mr. Thomson)—by attention, to testify to Mr. Holmes our respect, as the representatives of the burgesses of Liverpool, for age and long services, and, I therefore beg to propose that John Holmes be the Mayor for the ensuing year. (Cheers.) Mr. R. S. HENDERSON seconded the motion, and in doing so, observed that Mr. John Holmes was a gentle man who had been engaged in business in this town for many years past, and had devoted a large portion of his life to the business of the public, and had, throughout his career, been ever distinguished for a diligent and faithful discharge of the duties that had devolved upon him, for sound discretion, and for unsullied integrity, as well as for private worth ; and as Mr. Holmes had been thus long eminently entitled to fill the civic chair, he trusted that the Council would enhance the distinction by unani mously electing him. In conclusion, he begged to assure the Council that he (Mr. Henderson) had much pleasure in seconding the nomination. (Cheers.) The MAYOR (Mr. John Bramley-Moore) then notified that, as no other candidate was proposed, it would be un necessary to make use of the voting papers. (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman PROCTER then conducted Mr. John Holmes into the room, and escorted him to the Mayor's seat amidst clapping of hands. The newly-elected MAYOR rose and said he thanked them most sincerely for the high honour they had done him in electing him to the office of Mayor; and he as sured them that it would be his best endeavour to dis charge the duties which would devolve upon him to the best of his ability, and in a way which would give satisfac tion: as they had elected an old man to preside over them, they would be pleased to recollect this, and do all in their power, by restraining all asperity or manifestation of feeling in debate, to assist him in discharging the busi ness of his office. (Hear, hear.) His Worship then announced that he should attend St. Peter's Church on the following Sunday, when, as usual, a collection would be made for that excellent institution, the Blue Coat School. The Mayor then took the usual oath; and signed the book. He was shaken cordially by the hand by the retir ing Mayor. THE Docx COMMITTEE.—The Council then proceeded to the appointment of four member's to fill up the four vacancies that had arisen in the Dock Committee. Mr. Henderson proposed Messrs. Preston, Hall, A. F. Jones, and G. H. Horafall. Mr. Alderman Nichol proposed, as an amendment, that Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, the ex- Mayor, should be chosen instead of Mr. Preston. The amendment was lost by a large majority, and the original motion was carried. Mr. J. Bramley-Moore himself voted for Mr. Preston. Mr. G. Holt proposed Mr. Mann, in place of Mr. Hal, but the latter obtained 40 votes; the former only 19,—a striking pro-dock rating majority. Mr. J. N. Wood was then proposed, in place of Mr. Jones, but the latter obtained 39 votes, and the former only 20. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—Mr. Hornby proposed for this committee Messrs. H. Hornby, D. Hodgson, James Lawrence, J. Procter, J, H. Turner, Anthony Swainson T. B. Horsfall, Josias Booker, J. Bramley-Moore, Wood, Tyrer, and Freme. He remarked that it was objected to Mr. Booker, that he could not sit owing to disqualifica tion, but that gentleman, acting under advice, would continue to sit.—The Town-clerk said that Mr. Booker's disqualificati3n could not be dealt with by the Council, but by process of law, and until judgment was given, he, Mr. Booker, must be considered a member of the Council. Mr. Booker's name was retained on the list. Mr. Chilton was proposed, in place of Mr. Tyrer, and the votes were, for the latter 32, and for the former 27. Mr. Toulmin was proposed, in place of Mr. Frerne, but this was lost. WATCH COMMITTEE.—The following were appointed: Messrs. Turner, Walthew, Woodruff, Thomson, Ferguson, Rogers, Hodgson, R. L. Jones, Freme, G. H. Horsfall, Johnson, Tobin Atkinson, Fernihough, T. Lloyd, and Bigham. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.—Messrs. Bent, Nicol, R. L. Jones, Robinson, Toulmin, R. S. Henderson, Fisher, Gardner, Holt, and Langsdale. LAW COURTS.—Messrs. J. B. Lloyd, Hill, Molyneux, Hodgson, Parker. Booker, Picton, and J. Bramley-Moore. MARKETS' COMMITTEE.—Messrs. J. Lawrence, Wood ruff, Toulmin, J. B. Lloyd, Harbord, Briscoe, Cooper, Johnson, and Ferguson. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE appointed were,—Messrs. Gardner, Chilton, Hodgson, Littledale, Swainson, Rim mer, R. L. Jones, Tobin. Wagstaffe, Briscoe, Neill, Mann, A. F. Jones, T. B. Horsfall, and Molyneux... GAOL COMMITTEE.--The Mayor, the ex-Mayor, Messrs. Hodgson, Sands, Nicol, T. B. Horsfall, Turner, Holt, and H. Hornby—all magistrates. TOWN HALL COMMITTEE.—The Mayor, Messrs. Hodgson, 'Swainson, Sands, James Lawrence, T. B. Horsfall, and J. Bramley-Moore. PRESERVATION FROM FIRE COMMITTEE.—Messrs. Nicol, Langsdale, H. Hornby, Swainson, Josias Booker, Johnson, Godfrey, Bigham, and Avison. FERRIES' CommiTTEE.—Messrs. Mann, Fisher, R. L. Jones, Wagstaffe, A. Henderson, and W. J. Horsfall. OBSERVATORY.—Messrs. Hill, Tyrer, Hodgson, Fisher, Picton, A. F. Jones, A. Henderson, W. J. Horsfall, and Neill. WATER Com/Au-rm.—The Town-clerk read a memorial from the parochial authorities relative to the water supply, praying for a sufficient testing of our local supplies. Mr. Alderman Procter proposed a motion, giving the Town clerk power to give the parliamentary notices relative to the water bill. The motion also fixed the number of the Water Committee to be eight, and not five. Mr. Nicol. proposed as an amendment that the deter mination of the engineers called in should be final and conclusive, as the basis of any application to parliament that it might be necessary to make. This proposition was objected to by several members, who repudiated being chained down to the opinions of engineers.—Mr. Picton said ho held in his hand an undertaking from a highly respectable individual who would engage, for a stipulated sum, to increase, from the present sources, without tra velling one inch, from the boundaries of the Corporation, the local supply to eight million gallons per day (hear, hear); and he would further engage not to ask for any of the money till he has accomplished what he promises to do. He will do that for £48,000 (loud applause). This statement produced a startling effect in the Council room.—The undertaking was read. It was to the effect stated, and was signed " Moses Houseley," and required the pumping power to be supplied by the Corporation. Mr. Houseley sunk the well at Windsor, and had some thing to do with the Green Lane Wells. After a short discussion it was agreed that there should be five mem bers on Mr. Procter's committee in place of eight ; and the motion thus altered was carried, Mr. Nicol having withdrawn his amendment.—Mr. Procter moved that the special committee be composed of Messrs. Holt, Bennett, Picton, Hornby, A. F. Jones, H. G. Harbord, R. S. Henderson, T. Avison, and himself.—Mr. Holt and Mr. Hornby both declined to serve on the committee. The latter gentleman on the ground that he thought the Riv ington scheme the best.—Mr. Procter said lie should wash his hands of the whole affair, after what had fallen from these two gentlemen.—Several gentlemen expressed their surprise that Mr. Procter, after proposing a list, should himself refuse to act. Mr. Hodson was elected in place of Mr. Hornby, by a large majority ; and in addition to him the following gentlemen were appointed :—Procter, Langsdale, Freme, Picton, Harbord, Avison, A. F. Jones, and Bennett.—Mr. Picton moved that Mr. Lowndes, the Law-clerk of the parish, be appointed to act with the Town-clerk in any legal proceedings relative to the water question.—This was strongly objected to by several mem bers, on the grounds that it was not necessary, and that it cast a reflection upon the Town-clerk—upon which the motion was withdrawn. BIRKENHEAD FERRY.—The Mayor's communications comprised a memorial from the national confederation, requesting that the Council would be pleased to let Bir kenhead Ferry by public competition to the highest bidder, or otherwise to dispose of it; or that it might not remain, as at present, a burden upon the funds of the community, and an injury to the interest of the ratepayers.—lt was referred to the Finance Committee. The licensed victuallers applied for the use of the Town-hall for a charity ball in January.—Referred to the Town-hall Committee. Mr. Txomsox moved that reporters be admitted to all committees i • hut he found no seconder. — Mr. Thomson then brought forward the following motion :—" That, in the next application to Parliament for an Improvement A o ct s , to p ek o7 s e t r re b e e t takeninto G to rn i a m t pr H ov o e mo ß r u -n r t li r n ee gt t, on o -s pe tr n eet E , l o d p o e n n B . Place, widen Limekiln-lane, and alter Chisenhale-street Bridge.—Mr. Woodruff seconded the motion ; but there f w o a r s m a a c ocuonotoocui council , n a o n t d the grequisitepresent nu .the p e r r o of m e m d i e n m gs e were s e t r o e broUght to a close at four o'clock. Bistrut Airwo. DECLINE OF WHIGGERX.—The whip Town-hall news room, at Clitberoe, has actually " shut up " for want of support. The potatoes in the neighbourhood of Tarleton (where great numbers are planted) are now stated to be much infected. Henry Lomax Gaskell, Esq., of Smethurst-house, Wigan, only son of the late H. Gaskell, Esq., of Wigan, and Peter Martin, Esq., of Bolton, have qualified as magistrates of the county. _ _ . . Mr. Matthew Sansom, of Preston, formerly a solicitor's clerk, committed suicide on Monday by cutting his throat, in consequence of the destitution of his wife and family of seven children. _ _ _ The Earl of Ellesmere, in a letter to Mr. Hogg, con demns the introduction of political subjects into the lec tures at mechanics' institutions. On this account, his lordship says, he finds it very difficult to give his support to them. NEW MAYORS.—Preston, James German, EN.; Wi gan, R. Darlington, Esq.; Bolton, Rushton, Esq. ; Man chester, John Potter: Esq. (re-elected); Salford, E. R. Langworthy, Esq. (re-elected)! Stockport. Richard Sykes, Esq.; Oldham, William Jones, Esq. ; Newcastle, J. Crawhall, Esq. ; Lancaster, J. Dockray, Esq. CURIOUS PHENOMENON.—In the orchard of Mr. T. Remington, at Lindal-in-Cartmel, there is at the present time an apple-tree on which at the same time arc full grown apples, apples but just formed, and newly-opened blossoms. At the same place is an elderberry tree sheav ing the same remarkable phenomena.—Lane. Guardian. Southport is about to he lighted up with the " hydro carbon " gas, or gas made from the decomposition of resin and water, on the principle patented by Mr. White. The first lighting was to have taken place on Saturday evening, but from some cause or other sufficient gas to fill the pipes could not be made, which caused great disappointment in the town ; this, too is the second or third postponement. The Bolton Chronicle states that a clairvoyante, being consulted about a robbery of £5 or £6 from the Youths' Temperance Society, intimated that the thief was a mem ber of the committee. Unfortunately for her reputation, the crime has been brought home to two lads wholly un connected with the society, both of whom have been committed for trial. THE ELOPEMENT FROM THE BURGH HALL LUNATIC ASYLUM.—On Monday at Pemstone, in Yorkshire, Ellis Norris was a second time married to his wife. An un successful attempt has been made to serve Norris with a citation to appear in the Spiritual Court at York, on Fri day next, the object being to try the validity of the first marriage. As there seems no reason to doubt the legality of the second marriage, the greatest caution keying been exercised by the parties most deeply interested, the pro ceedings adopted to nullify the first marriage must fall to the ground, and Norris is at least placed in a more favourable position as regards his claim over his wife than before. Should the second marriage be disputed, Norris states that he is prepared with abundant evidence of his wife's competency to contract the sacred obligation.— Prest .n Chronicle. THE VICAR OF LEIGH.—This divine has, it appears, denied the rites of Christian burial, baptism, and sacra ment, to some of his parishioners who have supplicated him to perform those rites ' • and he has consequently been served with formal legal notices of burials and bap tisms by anticipation. These forms, no doubt, will be regarded with a degree of curiosity in these days of ample religious freedom ; but the present regime of ecclesiasti cal affairs in Leigh is so novel, that it would be surprising if there did not arise something original in the progress of their administration. The Vicar, amongst other ec centricities, formally presented to the bishop, that a mar ried woman named Ellen Kearsley should " be admonished and if need be, otherwise dealt with, as the church directs for the health of her soul, for not communicating at Easter last, in the parish church." The fact is stated to be, that the identical Ellen Kearsley has been dead up wards of sixteen years. • TRINITY CHURCH, RUNCORN.—This church, which has been considerably enlarged and improved, was re opened on Wednesday, when a sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The addition of a fine chan cel and a noble stained glass window, the gift of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., is a vast improvement to this sacred edifice. The pulpit and reading desk are placed on each side of the arch to the aspis. The pews have been extended and improved in such a manner as to provide one hundred additional sittings. The ceiling has been remiived, the timbers of the roof dressed and stained, and the spars plastered. This alteration has effected a great improvement; and produces a very imposing effect. The large lancet-shaped windows have been filled throughout with light green patent rolled glass, with coloured stained glass borders. The lights on each side of the altar rise from handsome brackets of bronze and ormolu. The pews, organ, &c., are painted light oak. The church now contains 900 sittings. A COTTON MILL WASHED DOWN.—On Saturday evening last a lamentable destruction of property occurred at a small cotton mill near Hebden Bridge, caused by the bursting of a reservoir belonging to the mill, which was driven by a water-wheel. The hands left off work at four o'clock, after which one of the masters went upon the bank of the reservoir and put down the sluice, leaving every thing apparently safe. However, about two hours afterwards, the bank gave way, and the water rushed out with such force, bringing the stones along with it, that it drove the side of the mill completely in, and brought the whole building down except one gable end, thus convert ing the building, machinery, and all contained in it,.into a complete ruin, in an incredibly short space of time,—so short; that a'person who witnessed the event states, that if the hands, twenty-five in number, had been at work, every one must have perished, as it would have been im possible for any of them to have escaped. The reservoir was very near the mill, and at a considerable elevation above the ground storey, which accounts for the very sudden destruction of the premises. It is distressing to add that the mill was occupied by four industrious work ing men, who had placed' all their hard earnings for years in the undertaking, and who have thus suddenly been deprived of all they possessed. The value of property destroyed will be nearly £2OOO. NORTH-WESTERN DlVlSlON.—Nantvvich and Runcorn, in Cheshire, suffered from Cholera. The mortality from all causes was about one per cent. Stockport, especially Heaton Norris, and the town sub-districts, lost several lives by cholera; some of the sub-districts were unusually healthy. Cholera prevailed in Chester; but sanitary measures were carried out, and the deaths were fewer than in the summer of 1848. Cholera prevailed in Wir ral, including Birkenhead, and on the south side of the Mersey : the deaths were 381 from all causes, the mortality more than one per cent. of the population. Lancashire. Lancashire was one of the chief cholera stations; here it destroyed 3,488 lives : the population was 223,003 in 1841, The deathsfrom all causes were 6,076, in the three months. West Derby surrounds Liverpool on the land side ; the deaths were 1,962, making in the two districts 8,038. The population was 311,683 in 1841, and 218,233 in 1831; so that the mortality in the quarter was probably 2 per cent. Prescot, at the back of West Derby, and Wigan, still further north-east, suffered to about half the extent. The deaths in Manchester were 698 by cholera; 2.742 by all causes; the population was 192,403 in 1841. The deaths in Manchester, Chorlton, Salford, (adjoining districts) were 4,672 ; the population 356,353 in 1841, and and 275,122 in 1831. The mortality from all causes was, therefore, rather more than 1 per cent. ; about half the mortality of Liverpool and West Derby. Warrington, traversed by the Manchester and Liverpool Railroad, and Ormskirk on the west coast. suffered from the epidemic, but not severely. Bolton, Bury, and Worsley, Ashton, Oldham, Rochdale, Haslingden, Clitheroe, Blackburn, Chorley, in the interior, Fylde, Garstang, and Ulverston, on the coast, experiencei rather less, or not more, than the usual mortality. Cholera caused several deaths in Preston-on-the-Ribble, and raised the mortality in Lan • caster, on the whole. The registrar of Dalton, Ulverston, registered only 12 deaths, the smallest number he ever registered except once.—Registrar's Report. MANCHESTER OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION THE PRIZE ESSAY The " great annual meeting of the Manchester Opera tive Protestant Association," was held on Wednesday evening, in the Free-trade Hall. The charge for admis sion to the platform, reserved seats, and galleries, was respectively is., 6d., and 3d. ; the portion of the body of the hall not occupied by the reserved seats being free " for operatives only." Notwithstanding the very unfor tunate state of the weather, the hall was well filled in every part. One portion of the business of the meeting was the presentation of a prize of £lO, offered at the last annual meeting of the association, for " the best essay on the privileges of the working classes as Protestants, and their duties and encouragements in maintaining the com mon Protestant faith" the essays to be the production of bona fide working men within the precincts of Man chester and Salford. Among the gentlemen on the plat form were,—The Revs. Dr. M'Neile, of Liverpool ; Him!' Stowell, W. R. B. Arthy, of Macclesfield ; W. Huntington, J. H. M'Guire, and an immense number of clergymen and influential gentlemen. The Rev. Hugh Stowell occupied the chair, and de livered, in the course of the evening, a very thrilling address, during which he described the circumstances under which the prize of £lO was offered at the last meet ing, " for the best essay on the privileges of the working classes, as . Protestants, and their duties and encourage ments in maintaining a common Christian faith ; the essay to be the bona fide production of working men within the precincts of Manchester and Salford." The committee had received eight essays, all by labouring men, each of which bespoke much research, accuracy of knowledge, acquaintance with the points at issue between the true and the apostate &lurch, and above all, (with scarcely an ex ception), with the blessed Word of God, the great stand ard by which we must judge of any and every church, and any and every truth. (Applause.) On reading the prize essay, he had much difficulty at first in believing that its author was no other than a bona fide shoe-maker, cobbl ing away at shoes in a little low cottage, down in a little low street, in a very low neighbourhood of Hulme ; but after fully inquiring into it, he was perfectly convinced, and he had no hesitation in saying that our honest Man chester shoemaker need not be ashamed to show his face among the galaxy of prize essayists that had lately ap peared among the working classes. Mr. Stowell then called forward Mr. John Knowles, the author of the prize essay, and presented to him a purse containing ten sove reigns, which he remarked he considered he had won by his patient labour and Christian intelligence ; " and,' said the rev. gentleman, " I trust that God who gave you grace to win the prize, will give you grace to wear your honours with meekness and humility." [The recipient expressed his gratitute to Almighty God for the mind he bad imparted to him, and to the person who offered the prize.] The Chairman said he had no doubt their es teemed friend and brother, Dr. M'Neile, would go back to Liverpool with very favourable impressions of the intelligence and Protestant information of the working men of Manchester, and he hoped that he would light the torch of the working men of Liverpool again at the altar of the working men of Manchester. We (of Manchester) in former times had lighted the torch at their altar, but while the fire had been brightening as it burned on ours, he thought that latterly the torch had burned a little dimly on theirs. (Hear.) But one good turn deserved another, and he would return the compliment by inviting their brother (Dr. M'Neile) to re-kindle the torch of operative Protestantism at Liverpool at the altar of Man chester Operative Protestantism. (Cheers.) One thing he was perfectly satisfied of, and that was, that the Pro testant work among the labouring classes had a very gracious and very tranquilizing influence on their own minds and spirits. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile D:D., delivered a very powerful and eloquent address, which was most enthusi astically received by the numerous auditory. He remark ed that the great question at issue between themselves and the so-called liberals of the present day was, whether or not the Bible was the word of God ; and, therefore, to be considered above everything else. He justified the assertion on behalf of himself and those who thought with him, that different calamities, such as the cholera, or the Irish famine, were direct judgments from God, for certain national sins ; and contended that the keeping of this principle constantly before his people, was the duty of every pastor in our church, or any other which had been long established, in contradistinction to the course which should be followed by a missionary of an unen lightened or heathen people. The great sin of this country, and that which had provoked the judgments o' God was, that, after the peculiar favour shown to her, — after that especial, kind, and gracious Providence, which gave her martyrs grace to resist unto the death against the apostate church,—that this country should go back again, should re-adopt into her national polity, that great sup pressor of the word of God, that great persecutor of the saints of God, that great enemy of liberty, both civil and religious, that great anti-Christ, the Church of Rome. Would it have been believed that, in an age of such ad vancement as the present, that church should have ever gained a footing in this country, and that it should have for its supporters those who put themselves forward as the champions par excellence of advancement in every respect. As a proof that Rome now retained the charac ter for tyranny, oppression, and bigotry which had ever attached to her, the rev. speaker read from the Daily News,—and commented upon—the description recently given by a correspondent of that paper, of the siehts presented to him in the vaults and chambers of the in quisition. Dr. M'Neile afterwards proceeded to point out what he believed to be the causes which had assisted the Church of Rome to raise her head in this country. He said, first, that it was in consequence of a pressure from without, both upon the statesmen and the country generally, while the friends of the British constitution were as it were comparatively quiescent. The Roman Catholics of Ireland certainly originated this pressure, but still they never could have succeeded in intimidating the government—for the work had been done by intimi dation—if they had not received the help of the dissen ters of England.—(Applause.) But the dissenters were the friends of liberty : this was their constant cry. How came they then to join and agitate with the church of Rome, the enemy of liberty ? This arose from the fact that the Roman Catholic chief, the late Daniel O'Connell, knew his men. He saw that they were so set upon the voluntary principle, that if he invited aid on the ground of voluntaryism, they could scarcely refuse the invitation. He accordingly denounced state endowments to religion, proclaimed himself a voluntary, and represented Roman Catholics generally as voluntaries. The English dissens ters joined them on that ground, for while they saw evil in Rome, they saw greater evil in the English establish ment, and they joined what they believed to be the lesser of the two evils. They (the speaker and his friends) warned the dissenters what would be the result of their conduct; but when the catho lics had strengthened their position so as to be ena bled to dictate terms, they required from the government that what Mr. Sheil boastingly called, in the House of Commons, their " establishment for the education of their priesthood," should be made a great national establish ment in England. Maynooth College was accordingly made a national establishment ; and then the dis senters took alarm that after all there should be a state endowment for the Catholics. Indeed the Rev. Mr. Blackburne, a dissenting minister. plainly declared that the dissenters of England had been " humbugged." The Protestant Dissenters of England really ought to be ashamed of themselves, for their conduct on this question, and should do all they could to redeem their position. One of those dissenters recently spoke in that hall. It seemed he had recently made a tour in Ireland, which was the subject of his speech upon that platform. Per haps some present would know that he referred to Mr. Bright. (Hisses, cheers, and confusion.) Mr. Bright's speech consisted of some descriptions and an argument. There was first a geographical description of Ireland, in which, in common with all tourists, he enlarged upon the wonderful advantages which that country possessed, in a natural point of view—her rivers, her bays, her inland na vigation, her lakes, her canals, and the fertility of her soil. On this point he had no desire to gainsay what Mr. Bright stated. Well, then, Mr. Bright proceeded to describe the habitations of the poor people, and said that thousands of them were living in dwellings unfit for human residences. Unfortunately this was largely true, but not so universally as Mr. Bright seemed to think. He (Dr. M`Neile) would venture to predict—or rather to guess, for the thing was past—that he did not go to Ulster, and that he was con tent with a very brief examination of things in Ireland, and that all on one side, like some other things he (Dr. M`Neile) could name. Had Mr. Bright gone to Protes tant Ulster he would have seen the difference ; but per haps it was not convenient either for him to see it or speak about it. Mr. Bright next described the outrages that were committed in Ireland, and he mentioned one very gross case. He then went on to say that the " catholic religion "—as he was pleased to call it, although they (the meeting) could not call it so, because they did not believe it to be so—that it could not be blamed for this ; and, in defence of this argument, he asked how it came to pass that hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics from Ire land did well in the United States, although they did not succeed, and were not prosperous and happy at home. Mr. Bright said he wished to know this ; and he (Dr. M`Neile) wished to tell him. The reason lay in the agi tating priesthood of Ireland. The priests in Ireland had something to agitate for, the priests in America had not. There existed a war between the Irish priesthood and the laws of Great Britain. Prosperity under the present law in Ireland, and peace and quietness, would give perma nent possession of the land to Protestant proprietors; to this the people themselves had no objection, but the priests had an insuperable one, and they would never allow the people to be quiet so long as their quietness would give permanent and peaceful possession to heretic landlords. He supposed Mr. Bright was not much given to the study of Roman Catholic dogmas, or the canon law, or any other part of the controversy. But he (Dr. M'Neile) could tell him for his instruction (and he hoped he would make use of it in parliament), that it was a law of the church of Rome " that real property taken from the faithful in an unjust war ought to be restored without any price being paid for it." They called the war that esta blished Protestantism an " unjust war," and therefore they held that all the property taken from the faithful in that war ought to be restored. They were taught from the very class-books in Maynooth, that the Protes tant proprietors had no real right to the land—that the men put there by James L and the men who went there with William of glorious memory—(applause)—that they became possessors of the land in an "unjust war ;" and then came back the law, that " real property taken from the faithful in an unjust war ought to be restored without any price being paid for it." Believing this (and he gave them credit for sincerity), the priests were bcund to act upon it. They taught it—they stirred up the people to contention and rebellion, they agitated them, they kept them in a state of distress and annoyance against the government and one another—anything rather than settle down quietly, leaving heretics in possession of the land. It was, in fact, an agrarian agitation. But there was no thing of this kind to urge the:priests to agitate in Ame rica. If Roman Catholics were to succeed there, it must be by personal exertion, by individual prosperity, by amassing wealth. In order to do this, the priests en couraged them to industry, to amass wealth, and gain prosperity; but the priests in Ireland would not allow them to do this. Mr. Bright next referred to a recent outrage, and, after describing its circumstances, he asked how it happened that the perpetrators of it were not ap prehended ? It was because of the rottenness of the whole of society in that district, and the sympathy there was on the part of the great bulk of the population with those who, by dreadful acts of vengeance, were supposed to be the chief champions of the Church of Rome, in giving her that supremacy which the imperial legislature denied her ; and who_weie determined to give that le lature no Peace until she had attained it. The simple fact of the matter was, that Romanism could not be con tented except in one of two positions—either so kept down as to have no hope of supremacy, or so supreme as to have nothing more to hope for. She could not live at peace, in fairness and honesty, with Protestants. If she were honest, she could not do so • b e cause she claimed supremacy, and held herself to be the delegate of the Lord, to rule over the earth; and that both the swords, the secular and the sacred, were in the hands of her master, the Pope. Dr. M'Neile afterwards proceeded to contend that the legisl,ture was behind the people with regard to Christianity ; and argued that the people had it in their own hands to remedy this state of things, if they would only carry their Bible with them to the hustings, and make the elective franchise part of their Protestant principles. [A voice: They had not all got it.] They had not all got it, it was true; they had not all property —he wished they had. (Applause.) But they were told in the Bible that the poor shall never cease out of the land ;" the franchise was for the protection of property, it was the representative of property, and by property it could only be exercised ; it was, therefore, only by its exercise upon Christian principles that those who had no property could be protected, comforted, and cheered by it. (Applause.) There must ever be poor; and for this reason they asked for Christian principles where there was property, that there might not be an abuse of pro perty. [A voice: What creates property ? Labour.] Every man who so laboured as to acquire property, in acquiring that property acquired the franchise, and ob tained a voice in the representation of this great nation. (Applause.) All the grand panaceas for the improvement of society which had lately been proposed must fail ; they were all planned by men who had no adequate notion of the real hindrance in the way. The cause was not poverty, nor party, nor vicious legislation, nor over-population— these were all symptoms, and it was only for symptoms that our political physicians prescribed, The real cause, the real hindrance was sin, and for that they could not prescribe, as they did not understand it ; they would give us a world of liberty without a world of holiness, and that could never be. (Dr. M'Neile spoke for upwards of an hour, and resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.) W Seed. I Produce. I Straw. leight ofl Remarks Grain. 3i pints or 51 bushelsls93 lbs. 0r'352 lbs. oriThe thin sown was peck or 33 3558 lbs 64 lbs. per a little later. It was and 1 pint bshls. per per acre. bushel. sown with great over per acre. care—two seeds in acre 1 bushel 1 6. i bushels 656 lbs. or l 4oo lbs. or The thick sown was 19 pints or 37i 3936 lbs. 64 lbs. per rather the better per acre. bells. per per acre. bushel. sample. acre. 4.0 WO w.igllMlll Rgrtruiturai _anb I?ortirtiltural COL U M N To the student in the vegetable kingdom, especially young beginners, nothing is of more importance than correct local Floras, by which he may easily familiarise himself with real specimens of those plants growing natu rally in his own locality, a single inspection of any living specimen being of more benefit to the inquiring naturalist than all the plates or written descriptions ever published. But a good local flora is indispensable, as few could af ford time to ramble in search of plants without any know ledge of their habitats, and there are few towns of any importance in the kingdom which have not a published description of the plants growing in their vicinities. " The Liverpool Florit" was - published by Mr. Hall a few years since; but, though a valuable acquisition, it by no means supplies all that is required, for, owing to the insufficient information collected at that time, Mr. Hall's work is very imperfect, and of little use to the practical botanist. To remedy this deficiency, the Natural History Club (a section of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical So ciety) have determined to collect all the information they possibly can upon every branch of natural history, with a view to the publication of a complete Flora and Fauna of Liverpool and its vicinity, included within a circuit of 12 miles. The first steps in this most desirable undertaking have already been taken, and the members of the Natural History Club are actively engaged in collecting materials in this useful work. We hope our botanical readers will assist, and we shall be happy to receive any contributions, which we will forward to the proper quarter, where they will be duly acknowledged. We are not at liberty to give a list of names of the gen tlemen engaged in this laudable work, but we can assure our readers that they are amongst the most talented and respectable of our townsmen—gentlemen who will appre ciate the smallest amount of assistance in their arduous undertaking. They have our best wishes for their suc cess, and we feel sure we may say the same for our readers. PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. NO. VII We have shown the utility of humus and of carbon; there is now another chemical agent of even greater im portance;—humus generates carbonic gas, which the plants absorb, and by its means carry on their vital func tions ; but without nitrogen they cannot attain perfection, nor can they become useful in the sustentation of animal life, which is one of the grand purposes of animal exist ence. Without nitrogen no fruit nor seed could be produced, for this gas is an essential constituent of vegetal)le gluten and albumen ; the saccharine matter of plants also con tains it in abundance. Its importance to cultivated plants is thus clearly seen, as the value of vegetable products in most instances depends chiefly upon the abundance of these substances contained in them. How then are plants to obtain this essential element? The quantity contained in the atmosphere is very small, and we know from experiment that small as it is it is not assimilated by plants in its uncombined gaseous form ; we must therefore look for some other source of supply, and we find all we want in the decomposition of animal matter and excrementous substances in a state of decay ; it also arises, though not to so great an extent, from the decom position of vegetable matter; it is found in rain water, from which it is rapidly taken up by vegetables, which shew the accession of nitrogen after rain by the deeper green of their foliage. The presence of large quantities of ammonia constitutes the superior excellence of animal manures. This combination of nitrogen and water, which we designate ammonia, exists in enormous abundance in animal excrements and exuviee ; in guano it is sensibly present, being both in its most volatile form, and also combined with many salts. Now it may be asked, how do vegetables in a state of nature, and which ripen per fect fruits, obtain their supply of ammonia (or hydrate of nitrogen) ? First, then, look to the atmosphere, from which all plants are continually abstracting ammonia; in the second place, wherever vegetables grow, there animals live and die, and, living or dying, contribute their quota of the required nitrogenous matter. It needs not the gigantic elephant and carnivorous lion to produce this. Millions of annelidm live in the soil, tens of millions of insects flutter round the flowers, and are incessantly part ing with their ephemeral existence; and countless myriads of aphides swarm over the foliage, live upon the leaves, and fall with them to the ground, dying with the faded leaf, and yielding their miteof am monis for the life theyhave enjoyed. If the tree is a fruit-bearing one, thousands of birds, monkeys, squirrels and other animals, are ready to make *harvest of its produce, and linger in its branches as long as it affords them food. Their excrements supply the waste of nitrogen, and new impetus is given to the tree. Thus, phcenix-like, new life is ever springing from decay, and no particle of matter ceases to exist. Such are the operations of nature. Art seeks to improve upon them : this can only be done successfully where the natural ope ration is well understood and carefully assisted. MISCELLANEA Experiment on Wheat Sowing on the land of the Rev. Mordaunt Barnard, at Little Bonifield, Essex, as detailed at a meeting of the Saffron Walden Agricultural Associa tion, Ocl. 19.—Soil, a sandy loam, 355. an acre; a clover lea, clean and in good heart; ploughed in October; dibbled in November, 1848. Two stetches adjoining each other were marked out in the middle of the field, each measuring exactly one-sixth of an acre. One of these was thin sown, the other as the rest of the field; both treated exactly alike, and neither suffered from vermin or disease. Seed, Smoothy's red. lgricultural Gazette Diseases in Beans.—A short time ago, M. Durand, of Caen, sent to the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, several specimens of Haricot Beans attacked by a disease pre viously unknown to the Norman bean growers, and which was supposed to bear some analogy to the potato murrain. " The disease," says M. Durand, " has only attacked some of the fruit-bearing branches of each plant. The Haricot is, however, so important an article of food with us, that anything which is likely to to injure its cultivation cannot fail attracting public notice. I have therefore taken the liberty to call the attention of the academy to the first symptoms of the present disease, in order that it may, if the subject appears of sufficient consequence, depute some of its members to endeavour to ascertain the best way in which further ravages may be prevented." Comptes Rendus, Sept., 1849. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove Conservatory, ke.—The temperature of the stove should be 60 deg. to 65 degrees by day, and at least 5 deg. less at night ; give air whenever the atmosphere is dry and mild ; water must be given sparingly ; give all the air pos sible to the conservatory and greenhouse; administer water in just sufficient quantities to keep the roots of plants from getting quite dry. Flower Garden.—Plant crocuses, tulips, snowdrops, and other hardy bulbs ; transplant trees and shrubs, both ever green and deciduous. Kitchen Garden.—Those who prefer Autumn planting for potatoes should lose no time in getting them in top dress, sea-kale, and asparagus beds ; give air freely to any plants in cold frames. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS " T. D. bee-hives. '—Thanks for your information respecting the " Florist."—Your seedling chrysanthemum is good, but by no means superior to many of the same kind already in cultivation. We believe this winter flower offers a wide field to the experimental florist. "A. Lettsome."—The little weed is the common wall cress, Cardamine hirsute. It is an excellent substitute for water-cress, and forms a very wholesome salad. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM GUNPOWDER.—On Monday, two children having got access'to some gunpowder in the upper story of a house in Oliver-street, Birkenhead, ig nited it, and in consequence one of them was killed, the other dangerously hurt, and part of the roof of the build ing blown off. . ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The young American eques trian, Hernandez, will surprise all who see him. We saw him in London last spring, and his skill is beyond any thing we ever witnessed. Combined with the most per fect grace and elegance, he has agility to a surprising degree. He is engaged at this place of amusement for a short period, and we are certain that he will gain for him self, in a very short time, with the public of Liverpool the same applause which he has met with in the metropolis, at Astley's Amphitheatre and the Vauxhall Gardens. Every one should see his extraordinary talent. He is 15 years of age—and is a wonder of his age. Yesterday, the celebrated Pablo drove through the principal streets the band of musicians, to which twenty horses were attached —two abreast—and the ease with which he guided his extraord;nary team was marvellous. PINE APPLES AND BARONS OF BREF.-011 the Lord Mayor's table, on Friday, on the occasion of the grand banquet in Guildhall, were placed two enormous barons of beef, perhaps the very largest ever cooked for any similar occasion—one weighing no less than 3121b5., and the other 3541b5. These gigantic joints were bred and fed on the estates of Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Besides these monster dishes of meat, there were on the table of the chief magistrate two huge pine apples, weighing 1541b5., grown in Staffordshire, by the Duke of Sutherland, and for the production of which a gold medal was awarded, on the 6th instant, by the Horticultural Society. The following was part of the general bill of fare :-250 tureens of real turtle, (contain ing 5 pints each,) 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrees, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 dishes of capons, 6 dishes of Captain White's Selim's true India curries, 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hams ornamented, 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house-lamb, 2 barons of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef, 6 dishes of asparagus, 60 dishes of mashed and other potatoes, 44 dishes of shell fish, 4 dishes of prawns, 140 jellies, 20 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts, (creamed,) 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 dishes of orange ar.d other tourtes, 60 dishes of mince pies, 56 salads. Removes : 80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, 2 pea fowls. Dessert : 100 pine apples, (from 21bs. to 31bs. each,) 200 dishes of hothouse grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples, 100 dishes of pears, 60 ornamented Savoy cakes 75 plates of walnuts, 80 plates of dried fruit and preserves, 50 plates of preserved ginger, &e. 0 the uch en 9s tbe o ed octal ae" ) ting, , r oo , 130'' )cee the ;bled nole pr ; Tye „ing t th e , 00' l ' eu l ; O ' that eri Ca ' oiler , ne lt frow, be 50 ' 0 ed o/J:1 'wife, iovi e r r ( bu t :et tit r4b ° 0 36 th e g hl eb 3 - c aol t o 00 0:? o f t o o e to. 101 ioe.,t'y ri fle ;bt013.: tbeba ` e t o 'care 0 e - ap o il A ll 01