The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

July 30, 1844. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS Sch O n Tuesd a y, b e i ng t h e A nn i versary o f t h e N at i ona l 00l with the Est a bli s h e d Ch urc h, th e c hild ren belong ing to the var i ous schools in question walked in pr9ces on sl They f rom the Bl ue C oat H osp it a l , at ten o ' c l oc k . amounted to many thousands in number, were all neatly attired, and conducted themselves with the greatest pro priety. Each school was headed with an appropriate ban ner ice, n n • . which was em bl azone d some l oya l motto or de street The procession mov e d al ong Ch urc h- s t ree t, L or d- Castle -street, round Nelson's Monument, at the •votaht!ritvoiz, -'`,, re aange, and back to St. Peter's Church, by the same ' ast te• It was headed by nearly the whole of the clergy and a considerable number of gentlemen. at the Town-hall, it was joined by the mayor, i a his robes of office, several of the Town Council, and the sword and mace bearers of the Corporation. On returning to the Church, Divine Service was co o rn ld e roeneed at eleven o'clock, by the singing of the h Hundredth Psalm. The congregation was one of t e Iraertgeertts oaundaumost respectable we ever witnessed at St. former anniversary. The children, to the number of some hundreds, were placed, as usual, upon . a raise d Platform at the east end of the Church, immedie ately over the' communion table. The Rev. Rector rooks read i theprayers and lessons; and the children joined in i ,. The ser mo g n n w g a . s preached by the Rev. Henry Melvill, 'l"_, Chaplain of te Tower London, and Principal of the East India College, Haile ' bury. The rev. gentleman illtehetveedrsfeor..h...is text the 23d chter of Proverbs, and th mall • . " ' My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart _ rejoice, even mine." He commenced by asserting, t : 8 1 . 4 general principle, that whatever gladdened the hear an t religious father contributed to make his son happy, so that where the reverse was the case there must exist e aXi s fearful want of natural affection on either side.. He end tthoatreajotitchee t time Solomon wrote the text, he wished to fur n i s h his B °_ l l ' l motive for doing that which would : 0 1li v a e n, at the p eri od h w o i t n i t l e t a and make the other happy. Solo 'uestion, was a great king, reigning ariee r a orosPerou 'l le He had a profound acquaint with ev ery Se Peo rment of knowledge ; and his desire W as, that his son m Pat ht wield the same sceptre, sit on the bsame throne, and amplify the empire which had already een to s uc h a pitch of renown, by becoming wise in h, a rt. It . was remar k a b le that the passage was no.b if thine h ea d b e w i se, " b ut, " if thine heart be wise, and the wisdom here referred to was religion. He b a l onetie was wise in heart who had been operated ar u t rn was y the spirit of God. "My son, give me t hi n e h address of tie Almighty to every . one of e his . rational Creatures, and there . really was nothing done in re lig ion until the inner shrine was made a deposit of w i s d om f rom on high, and they only were actually doubt, llywisewho were w i se unto salvation. There could be no therefore, but that Solomon wished his son to fear God. Alas ! how different, for the most part was the wish of parents ! Would it gladden most of the public of the present day, to learn that their children had given promise of piety, if they gave li t tl e or no prom i se a t the sametime of ability? Was it an i n di ca ti on o f our childrenbeing " wise in heart," that ma d e us th r ill with plea s ure? We longed that they should be able to carry off the prize at school or college and it would not be without a pang that we Bible but unable to learned of their being fond of the , make way in Latin or Greek. Not that he (the preacher) depreciated intellectual ability. If a child exhibited talent, and outran his competitors in general knowledge, there waa no reason why the parent should not be grati- fi ed• But, then, it should be remembered, that talent .w" Gad"s gift,—and that talent, in itself, was a perilous and raising gift, often exposing its possessor to misery and danger, him to an eminence from which be might be suddenly Preciptated. Was, then, the want of talent in cn Id to be sold eeply deplored, when mental grasp and relentstveness were often distinguished by a want of thanrue religion. Better the idiot with his shut-up mind zu the youth who was too witty and too argu- Theyentative to admit the realities of vital godliness. ;latiara shouts should not speak of themselves, therefore, as Chris parents, if their first wish was not that their children alivaeit'tnos a u e tt t l be religious. Instead of being all alive to the in of ability in their offspring, they should be more of pleasej l i , h u d if Yaw,. th i ndications of piety ; and insteed of being a boy were all enthusiasm about the deeds s_Ctesar, they should be greatly rejoiced when . he s w a vr i o d tA ee , te. i .y thet, the af fected by the sufferings of Jesus Christ. In taughtu tteY should compare themselves with Solomon, mighty, and the learned. Solomon butto n not to despise the acquisition of knowledge, Inembelrice everything subservient to their child re"re when b _ . og their Creator in the days of their youth ;" and bore his ° Poke to his son, he urged him by the love he or if thoPareritdid not say, " If thou become rich, happ,,T,U gain worldly distinctions, then thou'lt make me ,tei se '; but his simple language was, "If thine heart be then'p my heart will rejoice, even mine." The preacher L y P roceeded at some length to urge the children pre . sent e th e h --: pr ay i n _ Y ore their parents, to aim at true . pie, Holy W° g lo God in a right spirit, and honouring his claim, theof(l ; a Naduext called upon the public to look at the their ap nal Schools of Liverpool, as they made the w h rats to th em e e enour of o s n e present o o u cc th ion. He said ro c wh o would enable them to to „tuts schools w ,.. discourse w thus to give education vent re who d of that age. He bmight otherwise be deprive ad them on th e 8 : 113 °Ig a stranger, had nothing new to tell ystematical] • Ject. The schools went on quietly and any improy Y nt the old beatenpath, not indeed rejecting by th e • em eots or additions hich might be demanded eiZtr„„......9rcumstances of ti w es, but holding up the ohtbat education in the • m • I f the Established virtue was education in princip es o . rb t in _. and i o i.,, ,n the fear of God, in ier y, tarianisns b utegrity. In spite of the outcries of sec- Ca techis m ' e was hold to h the Church to te_e --, as itsay, that to teac ore Chew as taught in the national schools, was as lessenregard ian He was forced to say so much , a a s .1-lat syst em batsoine national system, so nobly defended tenaetdiefended, let it een in the town of Liverpool, —yea, end oft he tootsdisset be forgotten, by the most enligh- . f the land i al so. It was true that from one gainst ed ucation _ t ie other invectives had been heard they all kn e „,,,, 'II the doct • ofthe church ; but heal what sy stem ~. rifles f.• religion most of promoted most of prac oth the anent industry, a edractical obedience to the law, most thee promises of the se ° • most of that implicit reliance on t. state, and the IrlPture, which was the safeguard of ' s e, Present da - g °r Y of a christian community. In legislature and f, ev erY body of separatists appealed to the they had be • referred to conscience as the reason why science w been induced to take up the subject, as if eon church, • as wholly centred in the separatists! The therefor in remained quiet; but it followed not, blight e, that the members of the established church, educ pot have their scruples in the matter of national zueu ratio ' given scruples as to the lawfulness of the govern- Was t g any system of education in which there not an open bible,—aye, and in which there t° aa not an inculcation of a sound theology according a uthorised formularies. • After all, then, the na tional conscie nce w as not monopolised by the friends or . . enc . e . liberty—words becoming odious in .: Civil and religious . t he present day; yet still there was wisdom in this deter rained resistance to giving the church and the education Of the church to the poor, because her enemies judged, and justly judged, that there was no mo re e ff ectua l way of attacking the church than by They would Of the ri s i ng genera t ion f rom h er portals. The ma ke her, if they could, the rich man's church, knowing that fall she must, as fall she ought, though fall she should a h , if she dtobe " the poor man's church." But t-e e h r cease ld eer cease to be the poor man's eiiu _ uph shou . n v legislature could do lictle towards sir rah; because if the Would feel education, the members of that church forwarder themselves more called upon than ever to come times said ith liberal assistance. It had been a thousand reli g i on Z and never disproved, that education without ebU teinte n Sc ' th e ta blessing, but a curse. It was for as hitherto ' If n, to do their part with the same liberality "tight th e . h ey should support the schools which now Natioual sir succour, and which were connected with the a f chur c h °eit Y .-- -a society pledged to the maintenance ecriPtions truciples. They should show by their sob a c onsci e clt the church had its conscience, not indeed xm eed • a ce to be boast ed and embla thern ~'a Petiti o of on platforms, th e r e ' e st until ! L is, but a conscience that would not let Thus. a' of G o d did their utmost tow ards implanting . migh t might the in the minds of the rising generation. places they ti re Y accumulate a materiel of gladness—thus th of th e i a t ° see signs of moral verdure in the waste eg a u e Might ti-"---thus might their hearts rejoice, and iner t : Pio to tn4ast e mporium of commerce, already . an hn_asingly egibdnd by its support of Bible education, anr ured Him, the hew true it was, that " those who . ~,,adding n _ Q Al u e -"mighty would honour, making rich The c o h e . -orr oyr. ,, After the eu " a scho o l s e service mounted to the liberal sum of £lO4. occ as i on , who h ad thet.!, children from the various district_ at th e L .; wer e ageog!en p . art in the hymns selected for the Noy e tgremo nt Il n partled by their teachers to Cheshi! . e, inen,„,..cothenaselyeerrY, where for a while they happily t hein7 ) ,,,y th e se ' a. O k lion the shore, under the refreshing k ind an at t h e !geeges. Every attention was shown im inesi - 'Plee, th '''gremont Hotel and at the Ferry ; t era e pr o • Th - e foll uted th em a having, with her usual eee n a mu/111e ° win • fire passage. EstablishedF of ring is rehash _passage. clia accurate account of the present nthe schools connected with the - Liverpool : Girls. Total. sco Ellie Coat H ospit a l Boys. 100 364 Old Female OrnSh • • 1 • '•" • • • ...... 250 Church Sch el "-• "••• •• • • • • • • 64 905 Hun n_teror- stfee t Sch ool ° s s • : : ••• • .• :• • 451 457 _6O 160 100 z 300 W re il o a_ es a .Schools ...... '••• • • • • 160 140 ~0 St. pu.,,c,illenritY Schools. ••••• • ' • • • 320 230 ''3 St. q-iLI 06006... ••• ' • ..... 190 182 372 40 tv , i Br 4 8 S chool s • •••• • • • • ''''''' 230 210 A 4,7 kil'ilir and Kirk dale • S • • h • • • I • • • • ***** 258 199 -g3 Bt. mtjle,Schools ... c " 8 . ***** 137 126 TnA st. Si„,t! I school s ... *********** 84 110 246 td hirn SCh0018•• • • ******* •• . 60 186 257 tt.% I t Schools ************ •• ; ; 180 177 425 St. AtZtent;'B, Win•ds•or * Sc • flo • o • • if; :: .. 248 177 126 Bt.4ndrael,a School .:. *********** 103 Ag 109 23 436 /fo rth c I ry 8 Schools ********** 2u. ,4 839 South ch urch of England Schools . • 5p ~-,8 684 k. tam Itch of England Schools .. 3/6 •,in 730 St. q u h °.olllew's Schools .......... 390 l'i 490 St. ttrgd'erlils Schools .. .......... 267 2 577 St St. jud ,aBsS4hools .............. 324 25 3 a 515 ci;Cattelerine,:: . sch oo l s ............... kl 164 rl.duke'B Scho3lB St. r Church Schools...'°._• :: : ....... 380 304 669 An s°alttlitthe Baptist's chools ..... . 27g g 410 ............ 116 94 gE13,04 14 Th°4s'serolteisthS•Ch•Oas ........ : : 1 . 9 . 240 tO3 11,,,ers' Church Schools _ ...... 35 80 i,;,— ""erbY Workhouse Schools ...• 62 42 104 erPool 'Workhouse Schools ...... 200 150 350 1 ~ 6535 6138 12673 LIVERPOOL JULY SESSIONS. These se scions were continued on Tuesday morning, and shortly after five o'clock the Grand Jury were dis charged. They brought in the following presentment : " Before separating, the Grand Jury deem it their duty to present some of the marine storekeepers as a dangerous body of traders, who tend much to encourage felonies in warehouses and on the dock quays, it appearing in evi dence that thieves, when closely watched by the police, are in the habit of depositing, or rather throwing, the goods stolen into the stores, such privilege being appa rently part of an understanding previously existing." The Recorder promised t o have the presentment laid before the Town Council. THE NOTE ROBBERY. Francis Trapps, who was charged with stealing three £lOO notes from the Liverpool District Banking Compa ny, was brought up on Wednesday last. The prosecution was conducted by Messrs. Blair and Blackburn, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. James and Mr. Drinkwa ter. About sixty witnesses were examined, and an im mense body of evidence produced, more particularly rela tive to the tracing of the notes from the bank till they were ultimately found in the possession of the prisoner, the whole of which was published during his examination at the Police-court, and with which the public are already familiar. He was found guilty, and sentenced to trans portation for seven years. THE ROBBERY IN SPRINGPItLtI•STREET. James Owens, 32; William Marrow, 211 Henry Bai ley, 30; and William Thompson, 24, charged with a rob bery in Springfield-street, at the house of Edward Mor gan, coal merchant, on the 6th instant, were bruught up on Thursday, and the evidence being fully gone into, they were found guilty. The Recorder, after some severe strictures on the course of life they had latterly been par suing, and the , nature of the offence they had committed, sentenced them to ten years' transportation. It appeared that three of the prisoners had been previously convicted of various offences,—Owen six times, Marrow eleven times, and Thompson eight times. ABOMINABLE OFFENCES. Two cases of this revolting nature were tried before the Recorder and a respectable jury, at the Borough Sessions, on Saturday afternoon. In the first, a grey-headed old man, dressed in a blue frock coat and fashionable vest, of the name of Edward Boyd, was indicted for having at tempted to commit the offence, on the morning of this day week, in a large field fronting Shaw-street, Everton. The jury, after a brief consultation, convicted the prison er. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to imprison ment for twelve calendar months, and regretted that he was not at liberty to add hard labour, or he should wil lingly do so. In the second case, Alfred Sirdefield, a clerk in the Branch Bank of England, Hanover-street, and John Mercer, a county policeman, stationed at Boo tle, were indicted for having committed a like abominable offence, on the 2d instant, at the corner of Mersey-view, Bootle. Air. Ramshay conducted the case for the prose cution. The prisoner Sirdefield was defended by Mr. James, and the other prisoner by Mr. Arnold. The jury consulted for about five minutes and announced, through their foreman, that they were dis,atisfied with the evi dence. A verdict of " Not guilty " was accordingly re turned, and the prisoners were discharged. SUMMARY OF SENTENCES SINCE OUR LAST. Felons sentenced to ten years' transportation.—James Owens, William Marrow, Henry Bailey, and William Thompson, for stealing jewellery, &c., from Springfield street. Seven years' transportation.—Henry Kilgallon, for stealing twelve yards of velveteen ; John Leigh, stealing masons' tools ; John Robinson, William Myers, stealing wearing apparel; Francis Trapps, stealing three £lOO notes ; Charles Ford, stealing a saddle and bridle. Eight months' hard labour.—James Partridge, for stealing a large quantity of haberdashery, Sze. Six month's hard labour.—James Cosgrove, for steal -38 lbs. of curants. Five months' hard labour—*Sarah Taylor, receiving silver spoons. . _ _ Four . months' hard labour—William Bullen, for steal ing mason's tools ; Frank Williams, stealing one quadrant ; *Thomas Connor, stealing money from the person. Three months' hard labour—Jane King, for stealing fifty yards of lutestring ; *Margaret Wilson. stealing a watch from the person; *Mary Maguire, stealing money and jewellery ; Samuel Dodd, stealing flour ; *John Sulli van. stealing a pocket- book and money. Nine weeks' hard labour—*Sarah Nowland, for steal ing one watch from the person. Two months' hard labour—*Catherine Murphy, steal ing wearing apparel, &c. Six weeks' hard labour.—Ann Holmes, for stealing 14Ibs of flour : *Margaret Clarke, stealing a purse and money from the person ; *Eliza Meade, stealing forty seven yards of print ; *Margaret Davies, stealing a dress and one yard of gingham. Five weeks' hard labour.—*Elizabeth Boutwright, for stealing one pocket-book and money from the person. One month's hard labour. —*Mary Wallace, for stealing money from the person ; *Jane Fitzgerald, stealing money from the person ; George Brostock, stealing 141bs. of sugar. . _ _ Three weeks' hard labour.—*Thomas Jones, for steal ing twenty-three books. Fourteen days' hard labour.—*Ann Sullivan, for steal ing a watch ; *John Blundell, stealing 16Ibs of lead ; *John Morris, stealing one sovereign from his master. Ten days' hard labour.—Mary A. Clarke, for stealing wearing apparel; *John Willis, stealing money; *John Walker, stealing caps and ribbon. One Week.—James King, for stealing wearing apparel from a dwelling-house. Three days.—Elizabeth Taylor, for stealing spoons. No bill.--:Elizabeth Ro bins - on. No prosecution.—William H ughes and Eliza Buckley. Those marked * were sentenced to be placed in solitary confinement each for a short period during their im prisonment. AMERICAN ICE. As we are henceforth to have this cooling luxury regu larly supplied to us, and its great superiority both in clearness and thickness over the home article towing to the precarious nature of our winters and other causes) is already acknowledged by all who have tried it, a short notice of its uses, the inaniler of keeping it, and of . cut tingt and securing it in America, may prove interes t ti e nf ,ol o_ our readers ; and we, therefore, avail ourselves of h tt lo e w il in a g eg p u a a r i t a ic te u d la ,a rs i , th de t r h i e ve t d ra f d r e o , m an a d n A w n h i o er h ic a a s n i, g i e m n s t e le y m t a e n . cen le t e ly i i ia m s p h o e r e t e e m d a e a la g rg t e ea q t u e a t o t t ie it l y e ferfoemxpßootsttonnom: Boston di f e r s o , m &c. ; and as thousand the ton East and nn uN.aNlleys. `Vest sent lndies, southern Sixty p T ac h l e iip ie g e- i h t, o a u.s l e a s. rr ne t a ra r d t e he is la a k ls e o s carried on and ponds, are immense wooden buildings, capable of n is in so t te a l solely article.use d holding 10,000 to 20,000 tons each: some of them, in deed, cover half-an-acre of ground. They are built with double walls,—that is, with an inner wall all round, two feet from the enter one; and the space between is filled with saw-dust—a non-conductor—making a solid wall, The ini pe ni r v a i o el u i i s t t e o s e h n e l a p t i e a y n e d d a fa i rt, cuttingand of t theen icef ee a t r i e n y e k h n e e a s a s : follow an ing manner tiful, dte work is do ne b y men and horses, in the The ice that is intended to be cut is kept clear of snow, as soon as it is sufficiently thick to bear the weight of the men and horses to be employed, which it will do at six inches ; aid the snow is kept scraped from it until it is thick enough to cut. A piece of ice is cleared of two acres in extent, which, at a foot thick, will give about 2,000 tons. By keeping the snow off, it freezes thicker, as the frost is freely allowed to penetrate. When the time of cutting arrives, the men commence upon one of these pieces, by getting a straight line through the centre, each way. A small hand-plough is pushed along the line, until the groove is about a quarter of an inch in width, and three inches deep, when they commence with " the marker"—an implement drawn by two horses — which makes two new grooves parallel with the first, 21 inches, the guage remaining in the first groove. It is then sh . fted to the outside groove, and makes two more. The same operation goes on, in parallel rectangular lines, until the ice is all marked out into squares of 21 inches. In the meanwhile the plough is following in these grooves. drawn by a single horse, a man leading it ; and he cuts up the ice to a depth of six inches. The outer blocks are then sawn out, and iron bars are used in splitting them. These bars are like a spade, of a wedge form. In drop ping them into the grooves the ice splits off, and a very slight blow is sufficient to separate them ; and they split easy, or hard, according e t a o t f h re e s w t e ; at i erinavery comparatively co softerl d day. Ice is verybrittle weather it is more ductile and resistible. made in the ice, with an iron slide reaching Platforms, or low tables, are placed neartl f i t e e o m pe t n h i e n ea g `With but made of ice -hook, very much like a boathook,. into the water ; and a man stands on each side with an steel with fine sharp points. th these the ice is hooked each sent spinning along, although they weigh two with a jerk that throws it on the plat o e r a m id doany ety the slides, which are of the same height. On a becomes covered with ice, and the blocks are t as if they weighed only a pound. The slides are It largecwt., attice-work platform to a id open a platform Bow the ice to th d e r m ain h , y an e cl ae th h i r e e t e se.i tons can thus be easily run in one of s then carried to the ice-houses, discharge in front of the doo r s, and hoisted into the Ipoinldrmogdsbya horse. A wood en frame running upon two ca pable of containi ng one block slides up and ?gown in h fr a o s n a t of each do or , an d i s h o i s t e d by a single pulley. It small trap lev er i n th e b o tt om , and when it strikes e' t which is r egu l a t e d b y t h e h e i g ht o f the icein he a ba r which ar house, the blow is sufficient to slide the ice out on the runs for receiving it across the building. The whole operations . proceed with astoni s hi ng ra pidity. As everything is covered with i ron , th e i ce s li ps a l ong a lmost of itself ; and a horse properly trained will hoist ten blocks a-minute. At the same time, a gang of men are employed in stow ing it away, which is very easily done, as the blocks are perfectly square an d only require tobe placed. In this manner 40 men and 12 horses will cut and stow away 400 tons a day. If the weather be favourable, 100 men are sometimes employed at once ; and, in three weeks the ice crop, about 200,000 tons, is secured. Some winters it is very difficult to secure it, as a rain or thaw may come that will destroy the labour of weeks and render the ice unfit for market; and then it may snow and rain upon that, before those employed have time to clear it off; and if the latter freezes, the result is snow-ice, which is of no value, and has to be planed off. The operation of planing proceeds in nearly the same manner as that of cutting. A plane gaged to run in the grooves made by " the marker,' and which will shave the ice to a depth of three inches at one cut is drawn by a horse, until the whole piece is regularly planed over. The chips are then scraped off. If the ice is not then clear, the work is continued until the pure ice is reached, and a few nights of hard frost will make it as thick below—inch for inch—for what has been taken off above. The ice is transported on railways ; each ice-house has a branch railway from the main line ; and is conveyed in THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD properly constructed box-waggons to Boston—a distance of (as the locality may be) 10 to 18 miles. The tools, ma chinery, &c. employed, and the building the houses, and constructing and keeping up the railroads, &c. are very expensive ; yet the facilities are such, through good ma na;ement, that ice can be furnished at a very trifling cost per pound—and a failure of the ice crop in America would be a great calamity. It would appear that for the procuring, preserving, and use of this new article of import —though but water in its natural state in the frigid zones—a variety of mechanical and scientific operations are brought into play. The gaging, squaring, and (sometimes) the planing appear to belong to the joiner, aided by the mathematician ; the ploughing to the agriculturist ; the transport over land to the civil engineer ; the import to our navigators ; the pre servation to our philosophers ; and the use and economy to our medical men and our house-wives. COR RES P ONDE CE. BRADFORD MURDER CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,--I was not a little surprised to see in the charge to a jury by one of our judges, in a case where the pri soners were charged with murder, something like an at tempt to extenuate the crime, on account of tunes being played by an Orange band which did not please the fancy of the assassins. The following is from his Lordship's charge :—" With respect to the nature of the process:on, and the tunes that were played, for the purpose of exhibiting some sort of triumph over a certain class of the inhabitants of Brad ford, it was impossible for any one to doubt that the tune of " the Boyne Water" was played with such intention, although one of the witnesses, who was a member of one of the Orange lodges, had at first stated that it was played because it was a merry tune. The same party, however, afterwards admitted that the tune was played in comme moration of William passing the Boyne Water, a remem brance of which circumstance was very offensive to a large portion of the Irish people." - • Indeed, my lord ; and what so r t o f su bj ects o f Queen Victoria can this arge portion of the Irish people be? Would they openly declare their regret at the success which it pleaQed the Almighty to vouchsafe to the British arms, under King William ; for ifso, let them never again hurrah to the toast of Queen Victoria of England. It is vain to attempt to please the rebel feelings of a large por tion of the Irish people, except by the utterance of dis loyalty. God preserve the memory of King William, and may the Battle of the Boyne never be forgotten. I am, Sir, yours, &c. AN ORANGEMAN. THE GAOL. PREFERRED TO THE WORKHOUSE.—On Tuesday, Ellen Roach was charged with breaking the windows of the overseers' office on the day preceding. It appeared the prisoner had applied for relief, which was refused, as she would not consent to go back to the Workhouse, alleging as a reason that the gaol was pre ferable, in consequence of the bad treatment she had re cei% ed. The prisbner had been frequently brought up for disorderly conduct. Mr. Rushton said she must find sureties in £lO each for her good behaviour. Prisoner— I will never go to the Workhouse again while there is a gaol. Mr. Rushton observed that she ought to keep sober, and behave herself properly. Prisoner—l cannot get drunk out of 6d. a day. Mr. Rushton—You must go to gaol for three months. Prisoner—Give me six. COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.— On Tuesday last the proceedirgs in this court commenced, before David Pollock, Esq. one of the commissioners of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street. A number of applicants appeared to apply for their discharge, under the act of parliament. Nineteen petitioners were brought up and discharged forthwith, being unopposed by their creditors. Lewis Owen, John Sandbach, William Powell, Peter Roberts, and John Jones were opposed, but they obtained their discharge. Thomas Halsall, opposed by Mr. James, on behalf of Mr. Banks, of Wigan, was ordered to be im prisoned for nine months. H. S. Melson, opposed by Mr. Richard Armistead, was put back to amend his schedule. John M. Nelson was remanded. Thomas Downey, opposed by Mr. Venables and Mr. James, on behalf of certain creditors, was put back for 12 months. William Stephenson, who has been in gaol since Decem ber, 1843, was discharged on the production of one of his books. CAUTION TO SOLICITORS AND INSOLVENTS.—Richard Davies, of Carlton-street, Toxteth-park, came before Mr, Sergeant Ludlow, on Thursday last, at the Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of obtaining a " final order," in applying for which the insolvent was supported by Mr. Fairclough. The learned Commissioner, however, find ing that this, the second meeting, had not been advertised, pronounced that circumstance fatal to the present grant ing of the order. Mr. Fairclough urged the rules of court and the practice of other commissioners, but the learned Sergeant denied the existence of any " rule" on the sub ject, and contended that his practice must be conformed to there ; and his reason for such decision was, that, if creditors saw no announcement of a second meeting, they might think the case had been withdrawn, and, conse quently, neglect the adoption of such measures as might be necessary for the protection of their interests ; at the same time, however, he was desirous of occasioning as little inconvenience as possible, and, therefore, would consent to the appointment of an early day. All he re quired was, that the meeting should be advertised in the London Gazette and a local paper. Eventually, the meet ing was adjourned to Thursday, the Bth of August. GUANO.—The general sale-room, in Oldhall-street, was almost filled at one o'clock on Friday, on the occasion of two cargoes of guano, both from Ichaboe, being offered for sale. The first consisted of 900 tons, which are now landing at ex Bradshaw, and it was offered by Messrs. Amos Bigland and Son, brokers, on the part of Mr. J. S. Tonge, merchant. It was divided into lots of five and ten tons each, the conditions of sale being as usual. For the first lot, consisting of 4 tons, the first offer was £4 per ton ; the next was £5, after which it rose by half crowns to five guineas, at which the biddings ceased. In the course of the bids it was stated, that the owners were quite prepared to store this cargoe, and if they did, it cer tainly would not be sold at that price ; they were anxious to meet buyers fairly, but not to sacrifice. The whole cargo was then withdrawn at £5 10s. per ton. The next cargo was one of 250 tons, offered by Mr. J. H. Rayner, broker, in a vessel just arrived, which, it was stated would convey it to any safe port which the purchaser might se lect. It was offered in one lot. The biddings commenced at £4, advanced to £5, where they stopped, and, as in the other case, the cargo was withdrawn at £5 10s. The upset price at the last public sale was £6. Whilst on this subject, we may mention that public notice has been given in Liverpool, and we presume in other ports, on the part of the Imaum of Muscat, that all the guano in Latham's Island, situated in and between six and seven degrees of south latitude, and between 39 and 40 east longitude, is private property, under a deed of conveyance from his highness. Licences to obtain cargoes will be granted under specific terms ; without which, vessels proceeding thither for the purpose of collecting it, will be liable to seizure and confiscation by the Muscat government. DOCK COMMITTEE : THURSDAY.—Present Messrs. J. B. Moore, (chairman,) Shand, Aikin, Smith, Holmes, Sandbach, Kendall, Bold, Tobin, Royden, Middleton, Evans, and Chilton. The Committee of Works recom mended the erection of a shed on the east quay of the Salt house Dock. Agreed t0.—X5,000 was directed to be paid to Mr. John Waring, on account of excavating the Albert Dock. In the Marine Harbour Master's and Warehouse Management departments nothing to report.—Mr. Nicol said that as the Liverpool Dock Bill had now received the Royal assent, be thought it a suitable opportunity for bringing forward a resolution relative to it, which was to the effect that the necessary steps be taken in reference to the land authorized to be purchased from the Corpora tion and with respect to the property of the Harrington Dock Company • that negotiations also be ma d e w ith t h e proper parties for the purchase of the land required for the junction with the Leeds and Liverpoolranal, and that the surveyor be instructed to complete the plans and sub mit them with as little delay as possible. The motion was seconded, and carried without any observation.—The Chairman said there was a committee, consisting of him self, Mr. Aikin, Mr. Nicol, and Mr. Middleton, having power to open negotiations and put themselves in com munication with the Corporation, and report to the Dock Trust. At the suggestion of Mr.. Bold, it was agreed to add Mr. Tobin's name to the list of the committee. Mr. Tobin wished to know if every thing was complete except as to the value of the land. The Chairman said the only point would be as to the price, the quantity was already agreed upon. Mr. Tobin hoped it would be bought as cheap as possible, and that Mr. Evans would deal leniently with them. The financial business was then brought on, and the reporters withdrew. The body of Mr. Brown, the young gentleman who was drowned at the Eastham Regatta, was found on Tuesday evening last, on Ince Bank, near to Runcorn, by a fisher man, and has since been conveyed to Chester and interred there. A coroner's inquest was held before Mr. Churton, when Mr. J. Mould, one of the crew, gave a very clear and succinct account of the unfortunate occurrence, con firming the statements that have already appeared in the public papers. When the boat (the Amphitrite) was struck by the first wave, Mr. Mould directed the deceased to steer the boat to shore. Immediately afterwards a second wave struck the boat, and half filled her with water. The deceased called out, " 0 God ! bring 'I he Princess, we are sinking :" and immediately the boat filled with water and swamped. We give the remainder in Mr. Mould's own words :—" I directed the crew to hold hard to the boat; for a moment I was underneath the boat, and afterwards gained the surface of the water; I saw the deceased struggling in the water ; the boat turned with her keel upwards, and I succeeded in dragging the deceased on the boat ; I remained astride on the boat for some time ; a wave again struck the boat and rolled her over ; I recovered myself, and again succeeded in getting on the boat; at this time I missed the deceased, and several mi nutes elapsed before I again saw him ; I afterwards saw him floating near to the boat, and I pulled him partly on the boat; deceased clung to me till one of the steamers came to our assistance ; the steamer in coming up came in contact with the Amphitrite ' and the concussion again threw me off the boat ; from this time I saw nothing more of the deceased, and I eventually was pulled into a boat belonging to the steamer ; I should think about a quarter of an hour elapsed from the time of the accident to the time I was picked up ; the nearest boat which in any way could render assistance was the steamer which came up, but which was stationed about three quarters of a mile off when the Amphitrite swamped." The coroner briefly recapitulated the evidence to the jury, and expressed his hope, that boats of so light construction, only fit for such rivers as the Dee, would not again venture in contests on the Mersey, for which they were totally unfit ; and he also expressed his regret, that the steamer had been stationed so far from the shore, and that there were no boats placed in the course the prize boats had to row, in order to give assistance in case of accident. The jury found the follow ing verdict :—" That the deceased was accidentally drowned by the upsetting of the boat Amphitrite; and they wished also to record their thanks to Mr. Mould, for his praiseworthy efforts in endeavouring to save the life of the deceased at the peril of his own." CHARGE OF FORGERY.—On Tuesday, a young man of very respectable exterior, named John H. Goldsmith, a surgeon, of this town, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police -court, bn a charge of having forged a receipt for £lOO. The charge was preferred against him by John Jelley, painter, of Duke-street. Mr. Harden, barrister, appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner was brought up under circumstances of rather a peculiar nature, inasmuch as the original occurrence out of which the charga had arisen, took place about twelve months since. At that time he had some building transactions with Mr. Jelley, and disputes having arisen between them, the whole of their accounts were referred to two arbitra tors, a Mr. Hall, and a Mr. Gee, with a view to an ami cable settlement. In the course of the inquiry before the arbitrators, different vouchers were produced, and among others, the prisoner exhibited a paper, purporting to be a receipt for £lOO, and to be subscribed by John Jelley. The moment it was produced, Jelley said it was a forgery, and the prisoner denied that it was. Jelley then consulted his solicitor, and the following day he was informed that the prisoner bad withdrawn the document, and destroyed it. It appeared ,infact, that one of thearbitrators(Hall) kept it ; and, on Saturday last, Jelley succeeded in recovering it from the arbitrator. Thomas Hall, a painter, proved that the document had been submitted, and John Jelley stated that it was a forgery. The prisoner was allowed out on bail. On Wednesday, the further hearing of the case was resumed. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ram shay. Mr. Rushton said he should have little difficulty in deciding the case as it then stood. If Mr Harden had any further evidence which be deemed of importance, he should call upon the prisoner to enter into his own re cognizance to appear upon the following day; but if there was no further evidence, it was useless to bring Mr. Gold smith up again. He (Mr. R.) had no hesitation in saying he could not believe either of the witnesses, and that cir cumstances bad transpired which did not justify him in entertaining the charge on the evidence of Jelley and Hall, uncorroborated as that evidence had been. He further observed that. so far as the inspection of the document had gone, it was not satisfactory. On Thursday the par ties again appeared, but no further evidence was offered. Mr. Rushton then produced five signatures, and directed Jelley to point out which was his own, and also the al leged forgery, as that was amongst them. Jelley, how ever, after looking over them for a short time was unable to identify any of them as being his own handwriting, or to say which was the forged signature. Mr. Rushton or dered Goldsmith to be immediately discharged, which he was, amidst the earnest congratulations of his numerous friends. LOCAL NEWS. The Rev. S. Cragg has resigned the chaplaincy of the Workhouse, in consequence of an appointment elsewhere. CHESHIRE ASSIZES.—The judges will come into Ches ter on Saturday next. There are at present between thirty and forty prisoners for trial. Doos.—A notification has been issued from the Town clerk's office, that all dogs are to be confined during a period of three weeks. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Joseph Baylee, 8.A., minister of the Holy Trinity Church, Bir kenhead, was on Tuesday presented, by the members of his congregation, with a suit of robes and a purse of fifty five guineas, " as a small token of their regard, and in acknowledgment of the zeal with which he fulfils the du ties of his sacred office." On Tuesday last, Mr. Churton held an inquest, at New Brighton, on the body of Mr. Robert Smith, a tradesman residing at Liscard. The deceased was bathing near the Magazines, and in attempting to save a friend, who was also bathing and had got out of his depth, he unfortu nately was drowned. Verdict accordingly. The deceased was highly respected. CAUT_ON TO REFRACTORY APPRENTICES.—On Wed nesday, several apprentices were brought before Mr. Rushton, for absenting themselves from their employers' service without leave of absence. In one case a lad was sent to gaol for a month, and in several others severe reprimands were given, with an assurance that if there should be any further complaint a long term of punishment would be the result. ALLOWING DOGS TO GO AT LARGE.—OR the 11th instant a notice was issued by the authority of his worship the Mayor, to the effect that all owners of dogs, who al lowed them to go at large, rendered themselves liable to a penalty of 40s. On Wednesday no fewer than forty per sons appeared to answer summonses before Mr. Rushton for a violation of the Mayor's notice, and were all fined ss. each, with one exception, in which the penalty was 9s. 6d. RAPID TRAVELLING.—On the evening of Wednesday last, at half-past six o'clock, a gentleman left Dublin in the Iron Duke, which made the passage to Liverpool in nine hours and a half. He started by the six o'clock train for Birminghom, whence he departed at forty-five minutes past eleven to Gloucester. At the latter place he booked himself for Bristol, where he arrived at fifteen minutes past four o'clock, thus performing the whole journey in twenty-one hours and three quarters. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, Wm. Williams, a labourer, was killed by the falling of a wall, at Mr. Hall's stables, in Falkuer-street. The deceased, along with another man, was engaged taking down a wall, and had it propped up with the view of undermining it, and allowing it to come down by the mass, instead of remov ing it brick by brick. Having removed the props, he was in the act of getting away, when the whole of the brick work fell down and covered him. BURNING OF THE STEAMER ROBERT NAPIER AT SEA. —The steamer Robert Napier, which has run for some years between this port and Londonderry, took t fi re, B 11vcat1 O e l . 1 Wednesday last, between Port Rush a Sh e to a be s burntrun a f s r h o o m r e t a h t e tquarter last-named deck a place.f t and had were lost, and a part of the cargo was sav with the engines and boilers. It isnotknown how the Noeventu ally lives fire originated. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Thursday evening, a you ng together girl, aged seventeen, servant in a family residing near the Magazines, l duringtheir audan u.j temporaryust previous absence,to her b took ec n om ea i r n l g y an ounce of insensible she told what she had done. Medical aid was promptly s:nt for, when Doctor Donlevy succeeded by means of the stomach pump in extracting the poison. She continued in a very precarious state till the next day, She is now in a fair wa y o f recovery. No reason can be assigned Campbell Rushton,EGL c o :O r t dN h rash Ga e nT o `WilliamF L a A ct G . n informationpC roi Pritchard h R a Ts laid rd .— a on appeared g ai against st tbefor el Tuesday, em Georgeby the surveyor of buildi ngs, f or not flagging part of a passage of. which they were owners, according to the act of parlia ment. It appeared they had received the usual notice from the surveyors, but had neglected to comply with it. The defendants said they had not the means of doing so. Mr. Rushton said he should order them to pay a penalty of £5 each, but, if the flagging were done within ten days, the fine would not be levied. LIVERPOOL AND THE FINE ARTS.—In the govern ment exhibition, now open at Westuainster.hall, contain ing one hundred and eighty-three works of sculpture, frescoes, &c., there are six contributions from Liverpool; namely, two groups from Mr. William Spence, one group by his son, Mr. Benjamin E. Spence, one by Mr. J. M'Bride, one by Mr. C. B. Robinson, and one cartoon by Mr. Henry Melling. Edinburgh has sent five works, Newcastle-on-Tyne two, Cheltenham four, Bath one, Oxford one, and the remainder are from London and its vicinity. INQUEST.—On Saturday an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, on the view of a lad, fourteen years of age, named William Henry Turner. It appeared from the evidence, that, on the previous evening, the deceased was bathing in one of the ponds south of the Zoological Gardens, and that, having got a little beyond his depth, he climbed upon another lad's back with the view of ex tricating himself from his perilous situation. The other lad, believing that he was in danger of sinking, threw him off, and he was drowned. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned " was returned. PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED ON FRIDAY.— Grace Cain, publican, Sir Thomas's-buildings, fined 505.; James Wynn, publican. Kent-street, 40s. ; Wm. Clegg, publican, Earl. street, 40s. ; Richard Evans, beerseller, Hill-street, Copperas-hill, 50s. ; Alice Hu m ph rey , beer seller, Strickland-street, 20s. ; Maria Johnson, beer seller, Blair-street, Toxteth-park, 40s. ; William Woan, beerseller, North-street, 20s. ; Thomas Gregson, beer seller, Craven-street, 40s. ; and Win. Dickenson, beer seller, Wood-street, Low-hill, 20s. Peter Cochrane, beerseller, Comus-street, and Ann Lidgett, beerseller, Northampton-street, were acquitted. CHEAP TRIP.—On Wednesday last, a party of 53 Irish labourers, anxious to secure a cheap trip by the railway to Birmingham, engaged one of the waggons which are used for the conveyance of cattle. The charge for one of these waggons for oxen is £2 10s., and for pigs £2 15s. The clerks, however, charged the bipeds 2s. a head, which yielded the very fair profit of £5 6s. On Thursday another batch of Irishmen wished to avail themselves of the same mode of conveyance, but the Railway gentry, having had a meeting in the interim, refused to take them for less than 4s. a head. So the poor fellows were disap pointed. FIRES. — About ten o'clock on Saturday night an alarm reached the station that a fire bad broken out in the house of a basket-maker, in Frazer-street, London -road. Mr. Hewitt, with two engines and water-carts, immediately turned out ; but when they had reached Williamson square' they were informed by a policeman th at the flames had been extinguished before any material damage was done.—About twelve o'clock the same night, a wo man ran in breathless haste to the station, and informed Mr. Hewitt that there was a strong smell of fire at the warehouse of Messrs. Farrer and Duckworth, coffee merchants, 31, Harrington-street. Upon proceeding to the spot, however, it turned out that the alarm was groundless. - - RESCUE PROM DROWNING.-911 Friday evening last , shortly after eight oiclock, a child, about two years - old' whose father, Mr. Richard Brown, resides at Poulton' fell into Wallasey Pool, near the new bridge. There were many children on the bank at the moment of the accident , but they were all too young to render assist ance . Their ' c ries attracted the attention of a number of workmen. who immediately rushed to the spot. Amongst th em wa s a young brickmaker, named James Winstanley, who in stantly plunged into the water an succeeded in s e i z i ng the child just as it was sinking with its head downwards and its feet alone visible near the surface of the water. This is the third child that Winstanley has been fortunate enough to rescue from drowning in this neighbourhood. In consideration of this praiseworthy conduct a subscrip tion has been set afoot for him, and his intrepedity has been represented to the Humane Society. PAVING AND SEWERAGE CONIAIISSIO'NERS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held on Thursday. The following members were present :—Messrs. J. Holmes, (chairman,) Whitby, Fletcher, Guyton, Leyland, Ackers, Wood, Kaye, Birkett, Hope, James Lawrence, Cooper, and Crompton. The business transacted was of little in terest. An offer was made by a gentleman from Glass , ,ow to supply flags for the streets at the rate of 20s. per ton, which were said to be mach superior to those now in use for that purpose. After some conversation it was agreed that a few should be ordered for the purpose of making an experiment, to be laid down opposite the Town-hall. —Two propositions were submitted by Mr. Weightman, relative to the making of new sewers —one from Peach street to Cambridge-street, and the other in Falkner street, the present sewers in that neighbourhood not being of sufficient depth. A portion of the expense would be borne by owners of property in that neighbourhood, the cost to the commissioners being about £6OO, The sub ject was referred for consideration next week, at which time Mr. Weightman was requested to attend. A num ber of applications from various parties, respecting altera tions in property, requiring the sanction of the board, was also referred to the next meeting as it was understood that Mr. Deane (who was unavoidably absent) would then be in a position to report. Some financial business was then proceeded with, and the meeting shortly afterwards adjourned. FAILING OF A WARE HOUSE IN FORMBV-STREET.-- On Wednesday morning last, a serious accident, though fortunately unattended by any loss of life, occurred in Formby-street, the site of the great fire in the latter part of the year 1842. Shortly after six o'clock in the morn ing, the south gable end of a fire-proof warehouse, be longing to Messrs, Reyner and Co. ' situate in Formby street, suddenly gave wa y an d f e ll with a tremendous crash upon two sheds in Neptune-street, belonging to Mr. M`Knight, the roofs of which were destroyed. It ap peared there were 10,000 bales of cotton in the warehouse at the time of the accident, a considerable portion of which was carried along with the wall into a soft of narrow pas sage which separates the buildings, by which it was com pletely choked up. The adjoining warehouse, which also contains cotton, is in considerable danger, cracks being visible in the wall. Efforts were, however, made to re move some of the contents to prevent further danger. The warehouse is said to hale been built on the most approved principle, being perfectly fire-proof, th e sup ports, &c., b e i ng o f iron. Various rumours are afloat as to the cause of the accident, but as an inquiry and exami nation will, no doubt, take place, it would be premature to indulge in any speculations. Had the accident occurred only a few minutes later, the probability i s th at f rom thirty to forty lives would' have been sacrificed, as the men were waiting to enter the building by the door in Formby. street, for the purpose of taking in cotton from a vessel lying in the Prince's Dock, but, owing to the warehouse-keeper being a few minutes later than usual with the keys, they were providentially prevented from doing so. • FASHIONABLE. ARRIVALS AND D EPARTU RE S.—Du ring the week there have been a number of fashionable arrivals and departures. On Monday, his Excellency Aali Effendi, the Turkish ambassador, and suite, accom panied by Mr. Zohrab, the Turkish consul-general, arrived at the Adelphi Hotel; and in the course of the day he. visited the docks, custom-house, and several other public buildings. His Excellency left here on Tuesday morning for Manchester. On Wednesday, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire passed through the town en route to his estates in Ireland. His Grace during his stay re mained at the Adelphi, and stopped a considerable time to view the New Court-houses and St. George's-hall. The Mayor waited on his Grace, and invited him to dine at the Town-hall, an invitation which, udfortunately, it was im possible for the Duke to accept, as he had made all his arrangements for leaving Liverpool by the seven p.m. boat. We understand that his Grace, who is in the en joyment of excellent health, will, on reaching Dublin, proceed immediately to Lismore Castle, in the county of Waterford, one of the most picturesque of the ancient fortresses of Ireland, romantically situated on the river Blackwater. Here his Grace will be in the midst of his extensive estates, which extend over a considerable por tion of the province of Munster, and embrace the towns of Youghal, Bandon, Tallow, Dungarvan, &c. It is said that the immediate object of his Grace's visit to Ire land on the present occasion is to make a considerable reduction in his rents. On Thursday evenng, his Excel lency the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland arrived in Liverpool by the half-past six o'clock mail train. After stopping a short time at the Mersey Hotel, he embarked on board her Majesty's steam-ship Merlin, and proceeded to Dublin. His lordship was loudly cheered by a large concourse of people collected at the George's Pier to witness the embarkation. Commander Bevis conducted his lordship on board. WARRINGTON BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the workhouse, on Wednesday last. From the returns, it appeared that the number of cases in which rebel had been afforded during the previous week, throughout the union, was 927, of which 455 were in Warrington, and 472 in the rural districts. In Warrington the amount expended was £42 13s. 10(1., of which £26. 13s. 7d. was in money, and £l6 3d. in kind. In the corresponding week last year the number of cases in Warrington was 485, and the amount expended £46. 12s. 11d. ; in the rural districts, the amount of expense was £5O. 3s. 9d., of this sum £44. 9s. 9d. was in money, and £5. 14s. in kind : total expense £92. 17s. 7d. The number of paupers in the Warrington Workhouse was 81, and in the one at Newton GO; total in both 141. Balance due from the union £25. Gs. 10d. The subject of the house-surgeon of the dispensary being appointed medical officer for this district of the union, in the place of Mr. Okell, was again introduced by Mr. West; he said, that as he found the medical men of the town generally were opposed to the plan, he should with draw it, at the same time he wished to state that it was only in accordance with what he considered to be his duty that he originally brought it forward, and not from any wish merely to remove the present officer. A long con versation ensued on the subject, in the course of which it was suggested that a vote of confidence in Mr. Okell should be passed by the board; it was, however, con sidered quite unnecessa r y, an d the further discussion of the subject was dropped. A letter on the subject of the county rate was also read by the clerk from the guardians of the West Derby union. On the motion of Mr. Broad hurst, seconded by Mr. Rylands, it was directed that the clerk should acknowledge the receipt of the letter, and state that the guardians would be glad to co-operate with them in any measures they might consider it expedient to adopt on the subject. Nothing further of importance was transacted. WIFE-HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.—The llT a k e fi e /d Journal discloses a laughable courtship, through corre spondence, between two parties u n k nown t o eac h ot h er, i n which a wife-hunter, who it appears resides in Liverpool, was for a considerable time humoured " to the top of his bent," and finally left to brood over his folly, the whole of the letters addressed to him by " the fair one," and couched in the most appropriate, and, towards the close, affectionate language, being fictitious. It appears that some weeks ago an advertisement was inserted in the Manchester Guardian, to the e ff ec t th a t t h e advertiser was i n want of a wife, and requesting all communications to be addressed to the office of that paper. A gentleman of Wakefield, who saw the announcement, fancied that it emanated from some fortune-hunter, and wrote to the specified address, pretending to be a lady of property, who bad never been able to meet with one of the ruder sex on whom she could fix her affections. She said that " the man who would be able to tune her heart to love must be able to discourse eloquently on literature, science, &c." The bait took, and a few posts brought a letter, bearing the Liverpool post-mark, and addressed " Miss Sophia 8., Post-office, Wakefield," in which the writer, after quoting the above extract, says—" In this respect I am happy to say our tastes assimilate, for truly the wish to of literature and research is that I always wish t breathe. Yes, fair lady, with one of such congeniality of sentiment I could, indeed, be happy—especially if her na tural temperament were somewhat like my own ; for I must confess that the desire of possessing one on wh om t o lavish all the warmes t affections of my heart has ever reigned paramount with me. I, like yourself, have never yet loved—and probably from the very same reason, viz.— that I have not been so fortunate as to meet with , one whose heart beats in unison wirl i my own, or one whos e mind soars above the light and superficial accomplishments which are, alas ! generally considered the only necessary cescrih of a lady's education." He th en went on to personal appearance, w hi c h, i t appears, was not els exagge rated, being really good. Other letters followed between the parties. At first he wrote under an assumed name, but afterwards gave his real name and address. The let ters breathed the most anxious hopes for the time when they should have an interview. Hints were given as to pecuniary affairs, but not prominently. Sophia B. (the supposed lady's assumed name) wished some time for a meeting in presence of her sister Matilda, but afterwards at his solicitation withdrew this proviso. She wrote that her guardian was strict, and appointed to meet him when going to afternoon prayers at the parish church in Wake field, on the 25th instant. Each exchanged descriptions of the dress they would wear. He wrote that he usually wore sables, but on this occasion would wear a light co loured vest, and a rose or a book in his hand. He punc tually kept his appointment, and about twenty minutes to three wended his way to the churchyard from his i nn , ob served by a number of persons in the secret from the windows of the hotels and shops commanding a vi ew o f the cemetery, after walking about in which for twenty minutes he left, looking som ewhat disconsolate , and 'v s _ toned to the post-office, (as appointed should anythY ng prevent the lady from attending,) when a note awaited him from Sophia, to the effect , that she was detain e d b y a party visiting at her guardian s, but would join him as early as possible, or if not send another letter by five o'clock. He accordingly re turned to the churchyard, where he remained 15 minutes, and, again disappointed, went to his inn. At five o'clock another letter was at ti post-officr. for him, to the e ffect that the fair writer's guardian had discovered all, but t that come what would she would meet him at the appointed place at nine o'clock next morning (Friday) , and describing how wretched she I was. It was expected he would find out the trick before the hour appointed, but he did not, and again went to his post at the time stated. He paraded about for some time, much to the amusement of many who were in the secret, and, then apparently much disappointed, walked away, f o ll o wed by a crowd who seemed to enjoy the hoax.' The Wakefield paper says—" We would a d v i se him never again to render himself liable to an exp osure by such silly conduct as advertising for a wife. H e i s evidently a man of good education, and surely ought to have known better;" and thus concludes—" No doubt, 'as long as he lives he will remember Mi ss S op hi a B . and his Wakefield excursion, — and could he have been intro duced to his " lady love," be would have found her a good-natured and good-humoured lady, fond of a joke, but fonder of integrity of purpose, and a proper manly feeling and bearing." The editor of the same paper omits out of kindness, and from thinking him sufficiently pu nished, both his name and address, as well as any allusion to his private affairs. RAILWAY INTELLIGE CE. A company has been formed in Jamaica, with a capital of £15,000, in 300 shares of £5O each, for the purpose of carrying a railway from Kingston to Spanish Town. NEW LINE OF RAILWAY.— Mr. Stephenson is now busily engaged surveying tl.e line of an intended railway between Whitehaven and Milothorpe, to joiu the Lan caster and Carlisle railway yid Ulveratone. Another arrival of some importance is that of the Russian frigate Aurora, at Gravesend. She has dis charged £600,000 in gold, a large portion of which is for the purchase of iron rails for railroads in Russia. According to a statement made by Mr. Bright, in the House of Commons, the other evening, the London and Birmingham Company alone employ from 1500 to 2000 persons, at salaries from £7O to £lOOO each, and pay about £200,000 a year to their servants and tradesmen. NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly meet ing of the North Union Railway Company, to be hekf on Thursday next, a dividend of £2 12s. 6d. per cent. , for the half year, w ill b e proposed on the North Union por tion of the stock ; and £1 6s. 3d. per cent., on the Bolton portion. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —We have reason to believe that, at the interview on Saturday be tween her Majesty's government and a deputation from this company, final arrangements were made for the for mation of the Holyhead Hai hour, and that this day the deputation will again attend the Lords of the Treasury, under every expectation of a liberal annual allowance from the government.—Railway Times of Saturday. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, as the Derby and Birmingham railway train, which leaves Derby at two o'clock, and arrives in Birmingham at four o'clock, was proceeding within about two miles of Birmingham, the truck next to the engine took fire, and all the goods with which it was loaded, consisting of lace and gloves. were totally destroyed. The second truck took fire, and was, with difficulty, saved. The third truck, containing the passengers' luggage, was on fire; but it was extin guished without injuring the luggage. No injury was suffered by any of the passengers. THE RAILWAY BILL.—Mr. Entwisle, the member for this division of the county, has, we understand, by his ability and indefatigable exertions, mainly contributed in bringing to a satisfactory conclusion the negociations between the government and the railway interest, and the result is a railway bill in which the public interest and the rights of private property are alike respected. We have no doubt Mr. Entwisle's valuable service on this occa sion will be generally appreciated by all parties in Lancs. shire, where so vast an amount of railway property is held. We are also informed, that Mr. Entwisle has, by his per severance, induced government to consent to the remis sion of the tax on penny fare passengers, which wilt be a great boon to the humbler classes, as it will enable the railway companies to afford them more comfortable accom modation. Low FARES ON RAILWAYS. —In his examination be fore the select committee, Mr. George Hudson spoke very strongly on the vexed question of high and low fares,. Being asked by Mr. Gladstone if he denied the proposi tion that to reduce the fares of the whole kingdom 50 per cent. would double the traffic, Mr. Hudson said he de nied it " most distinctly ;" adding. " It is preposterous. I do not think it (the reduction) would increase the traffic 20 per cent." When Lord Granville Somerset inquired, " Suppose you reduced the first-class fares 50 per cent.. what difference would that be on the amount of traffic." Mr. Hudson replied, " I think very little indeed. There may be pleasure lines I can conceive, but these are small lines, where the traffic might be very much increased; but with lines of business, Lice the York and North Mid land, I do not believe you mould increase the traffic 10 , per cent. by such a reduction."—Railway Record. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—A special general meet ing of this company was held, on Thursday, for the purpose of adopting means to raise money for the con struction of the branch railway to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate and the works at Folkestone harbour. Mr. Richards took the chair, and said that he was happy to state, that, within the last few days, they had made arrangements with the Belgian government to facilitate the communication, acid the French government had lately passed a law, by which the railway to Calais would speedily be formed, as well as that from Amiens to Boulogne. He also announced the intention of the Maidstone,Sout h- e aste r n a n C d o m rr p n a m n y T t o u n ca b r r ry i d g a branch etn to h Tu nb r t id e town e .we f n o e. The total capital that had been raised by the company had been £3,742,606, a balance remaining in the hands of the company of £63,000. It was the full intention of the company to take up the question of extending the• line into the northern districts of Kent. They would not submit to have that traffic taken from them, which they considered legitimately belonged to them. With regard to the Hastings line, he had to state that it was their intention again to apply to parliament in the next sessions. Resolutions were carried unanimously, em powering the directors to raise £200,000. The chairman said this money they expected to raise at 4 per cent. PICKFORD V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. This case was again before the Court of Chancery on Wednesday last. The Lord Chancellor said, that it ap peared to him, after reading the judgment of the Court of Exchequer, that the judges had decided that the railway , company were entitled to some small additional charge for the extra risk of conveying a number of parcels in one hamper, as they would be liable to have an action of tro ver brought against them for each parcel. Now, it would be extremely difficult for him (the Lord Chancellor) to strike a balance, and say what would be a reasonable al lowance for such extra risk, the more so, as he was not clothed, as the Court of Exchequer had been, with the power of a jury. It would, however, be very desirable for all parties that the sum should be a fixed and certain one. Mr. Stuart hoped his lordship would decide the case upon its merits, and not dispose of it in the way the Vice-Chancellor had. The law upon the subject had been defined by the Court of Exchequer. If, however, his lordship should have any doubts respecting the points of the small parcels, or the allowance to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, he trusted that he would allow them to be de cided by a jury. The Lord Chancellor said that he should certainly not dispose of the case upon the ground of delay. Before, however, deciding the case, he should like to have a etate of facts handed to him, agreed upon and signed by both parties. . LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. •••-• On Wednesday, a special meeting of this company was held in the Cotton Sales-room, in this town, to declare a dividend out of the profits, and to create new shares of such value and amount as might be determined upon, &c. The chair was taken by Charles Lawrence, Esq. Mr. Booth read the report, from which it appeared that on the Leeds Junction Line (opened on the 4th of May) the traffic between Liverpool and the Yorkshire districts would be considerably increased. There was little in crease in the passenger department, and the fares were lower than on the principal railways. The directors were preparing for the conveyance of third-class passengers, and had arranged with the Bolton and Leigh Company, whose line (ten miles in length, including the extension from Leigh to Kenyon Junction) connects the Liverpool and Manchester line with Bolton. The share capital in this was £82,000, in 120 £lOO shares, with a bond debt of £76,000, including the Kenyon Extension. The Bol ton and Leigh Company had proposed to the Liverpool and Manchester Company to unite their interests, on the principle of three Bolton and Leigh shares being deemed t e o ci r u s iv c a o l n e s n i t de to re o d n t e hi L s a v c irri r oo p l r a o n p d o Manc , haens te r r c o T m h m e e di n rdeecd bits a t h cc e e n p o ta f n p c a e r . c T i h a e l report m c e o n m t s p , 1 a w i h n c d h o t f he t y li e h a unabated h some relief from in the new Railway Regulation Bill now before parliament, but were disappointed. The total ex penditure on their own line, and works, in excess of share capital, including the operations on the Leeds Junction, &c., was £454,055, which had been provided by loans, and it was expedient to makt provision for this debt. The directors, therefore, proposed the creation of £4O shares—the new shares to be appropriated to the present proprietors, in the proportion of one new £4O share respectively to every £lOO share, to every two £5O shares, and to every four £25 shares. From the accounts it appeared that the nett proceeds for the half-year were £60,320 3s. 9d., to which must be added the surplus re maining after the dividend in February last, £2,938 14s. 4d. ; making a disposable sum of £63,258 18s. Id. The directors recommended a dividend of £5 per share on 12,090 shares, being £60,450; and which will leave a balance of £2,808 18s. Id. to be carried to the credit of the next half-year's account.—The Chairman said it was satisfactory to find that their receipts were rising. The parochial rates of the past half-year were £4,545, being an increase of £l,OOO over the corresponding period last year. Those rates would therefore be little short of £lO,OOO upon the year. The government railway bill had been so much modified, that it was not probable anything would be gained by opposing it. It would soon affect their line, and oblige them to carry passengers at a penny a mile. It was right to say, however, that the di rectors had previously made arrangements to carry third class passengers, though not at so low a rate as that stated.—Mr. Clay then read a resolution in conformity with the recommendation in the report relative to the arrangements with the Bolton and Leigh Companies, for the consideration of the interests of the two companies. This was moved by the chairman, seconded by Mr. N. Robinson, and carried unanimously.—Mr. Clay next read a resolution, to the effect that 12,090 shares, of £4O each, be created, to be appropriated to the present proprietors, in the proportion of one new £4O share to every £lOO share, to every two £5O shares, and to every four £25 shares. After some explanations from the Chairman, Mr. Arnaud moved, and Mr. Crossfield seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously carried.--The meet ing then dispersed. -------.. DEPRAVITY OF A YOUNG MAN On Tuesday last, a young man, named Arkwright, was brought up at the Borough -court, M anc h ester, on a charge of attempted suicide. It appeared the prisoner had been psying his addresses to a girl, (th en i n court with ber mother,) and having gTned her affections, arrangements were made for the marriage, when it was discovered that he was a mar ried man. He still, however, paid court to her, and on Monday, meeting her, asked her to go with him to a pub lic house, which she refused—upon which he took from her her basket containing some money. This, however, was recovered, and he then said be would drown himself. He rushed down Dawson-street, the girl, in alarm, fol lowing, and when near the bridge threw himself into the canal. A youth, named Henson, saw the act and rescued him ; he then assailed a person named Acton, against whom he had a grudge connected with love affairs, and attempted to throw him over the bridge into the canal. A police-officer then took him into custody. The girl . seemed so distressed that no questions were put to her. ~ s.- --- ~. Her mother, however, mad e some s t a t emen t s aga i nst bi i _ _ , i and hoped he would be p un i s h e d i n an exem plary TedITI.I.- , Mr. Townend said he could not inflict any punislgiesp 4 , on him, and hoped his rescue would be a lesson tooliio,l ,t ; , , The prisoner promised not again to attempt self- de srptllC_ ~ 7 , ) tion, and was discharged. -, l - the ton vl3O 056 ing 1 >d) N:1) ,- -;; -4 4.4 4,1