The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

Jan. 7 184.5. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. )n Wednesday was held at t monthly m he usu e Town-I ing of the cm : hall. In the absence of the ,osed for some days, the chair Mayor, who I was taken Sir Thomas I H. LAWS 'CE, Messrs A were ppointed comm act of 1 and 2 Victoria, c. 33, I 3 William IV. for paling, lightir Birkenhead. MRS. MOLYNEUS S CHARITIES a trustee under a local act of IV., for enabling the trustees of Mrs. Ann Mo yneux's charities in Liverpool to grant building leases, for better vesting in them, for :onfirmin d other purposes, for the benefit of the cl pointed ti James's C m etery JAMES'S CEMETERY. Thornhill, and Swainson, were ap der a local act for establishing St. FOR THE BLASI Messrs. Turner and Birke tt were appointed to exec the powers given to the Mayor and senior Alderman by the local act relating to the School for the Indigent Blind and the char Messrs. B A SOWES EMBANKMENT ker, Houghton, jun., and Atherton, were ~t of - 10 Geo. IV. for the em hankment on the north-west side of the Leasowes, in Wallasey and Great Meols, in the county of Chester. uted under the local EDUCATION COMMITTEE averag The Education Committee reported that thr ttendance at the schools for the past month had been iortb, 536; south, 504. The number on the books we —north, 714 ; south, 609. The committee r an increase to the salary of Miss Alice Hard mistress to the North School, the consi was postponed at the last mo ecommende , under ation of which Duncil, pursuant to the standing orders ; an increase of the salary of Isaac Holme, head master of the north school, from £9O to £lOO per annum ; and the appointment of James Riley to the situa tion of assistant master at the South School, at a salary of £3O per annum. The proceedings were confirmed. THE TOWN-HALL.-IIOISTING THE FLAG Mr. ASPINALL complained that the whitewashing and painting of the Town-hall were in a very filthy state, and expressed a hope that the Town-hall Establishment Com mittee would pay attention to the subject. Mr. GRIFFITH observed, that when Mr. Lathom, Mr. Coglan, and Mr. Fawcett died, the flag in front of the Town-hall had, been hoisted, and that it had not. been hoisted upon the demise of Mr. Rea and Mr. Boutflower. He considered this an invidious distinction. Mr. ASPINALL said that he, as Deputy Mayor, had or iered the flag to be hoisted for Mr. Fawcett, and that if he had erred, it was an error of judgment, for which he was sorry Mr. t3ODGSON said the power of hoisting the flag was vested in the Town-hall Committee. The mayor had no such power ; if he had, he might hoist a French flag. (A laugh.) COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTS The following forty-one members of the council were appointed as commissioners to carry into execution the local act for the better regulation of pilots :—The Mayor, Messrs. Sands, Horsfall, Leigh, Procter, Moore, Hough ton, sen., Bushby, Swainson, Hodgson, Henderson, Mann, Bushell, Turner, Harbord, Griffiths, Lloyd, Ath erton, Kilshaw, Molyneux, Sothern, Rigby, Royden, Chalmer, Blundell, Glazebrook, J. Holmes, Booker, G. H. Lawrence, Middleton, Toulmin, Thornhill, G. G. Hornby. Pemberton, Shaw, Plumpton, Lace, Sheppard, Blackburn, and Aspirinll. . ASPINALL moved the confirmation of the proceed ings, and laid the plans for the new baths and wash-houses on the table. He remarked that the washing tubs were increased in size, and that additional laundries had been ordered for the ladies who talked so much and made such a noise that they were obliged to be separated. (Laughter) In all the corporation leases there was a distinct agree ment that there should be no cellar habitations, and where this covenant had been broken, the Town-Clerk was authorised to proceed against the parties. FINANCE COMMITTEE—THE SURPLUS FUND. CORONER'S ACCOUNTS. The Finance Committee estimated the income for next The Coroner's accounts, amounting to £9O 13s. 3d., year at £132,000, and their outlay at £119,276, leaving a were referred to the Finance Committee. gross surplus of £12,824. They calculated upon a further THE WATCH RATES. outlay for the schools, &c. to the extent of £2,042, which The Watch Committee were authorised to take the ne would leave a nett surplus of £10,782. Out of this sur- cessary proceedings preparatory to laying the annual watch plus they proposed to devote .£4OOO towards the erection rate. of the new baths, and 500 to the completion of the Obser- Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE complained that however much vatory ; and they reported that the new Assize Courts the borough might increase in extent and population, they arid St. George's Hall would absorb the whole of the ba- were prevented from laying a heavier rate than existed for lance. They further reported that an organ, which it seven years prior to the passing of the municipal act. He would take three years to build, would be required for the also complained that there were heavy arrears due to the hail, and that it would necessarily cost a large sum ; and council, and that the parish, and particularly the out they concluded by stating that the greatest economy was townships, were great defaulters. Toxteth-park was in necessary, with a view to the beneficial management of arrear to the amount of nearly £2,000 the estate. AUDIT COMMISSIONERS. The Mayor and Messrs. Sands and Thornhill were ap pointed as auditors under the Pilots' Act. TEMPERANCE Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the proceedings. He said their confirmation involved the ac quiescence of the council in the report of the sub-com mittee of Finance, and enabled him to ask them to appro priate their supposed surplus. £10,782 for the benefit of the inhabitants and the improvement of the borough. They could not do bett er th an f o ll ow ou t th e cou r se of . ea. predecessors in devoting the first fruits of their in c charities of the town by subscribing to A letter from Colonel Williams, on the subject of tem perance, which was headed " Intelligence by the Great Western," was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Timms remar,Poi, that although the consumption of spirits was decrehlng, the consumption of opium was increasing. come to the publ the Dispensaries Northern Hospital Southern Hospital.. Opthalmic Institution Refuge for the Destitute Botanic Garden Royal Institution ...... Ladies' Charity . £157 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 The proceedings were confirmed, and a recommenda tion for the increase of the salary of Samuel B. Parry, draftsman to the Surveyor's Department, from £lOO to £l5O per annum, was ordered to stand over until the next meeting. ..:H COMiIITTEI - STREET-SWEEPING MACHINES The Watch Committee reported that their attention having been called to a letter published by Mr. Miller, the late Head Constable. in the Mercury, they resolved not to reply to the misstatements therein contained, but merely to observe, that the course adopted with reference to the late Head Constable had proceeded from that com mittee, and that the Mayor had taken no part in the mat ter further than to express the opinions of his colleagues. —They recommended a gratuity of £lO, and a payment of 10s. a week to Mrs. Fairclough, the widow of the po lice-officer of that name who was recently murdered in the Park ; and they also recommended the purchase of fifteen additional street-sweeping machines. Mr. HonosoN moved the confirmation of the proceed ings, and the appointment of Inspector Henry Morley as beadle of the parish, _ Mr. NORTH said there was one part of the proceedings "A heard with very great regret, and which he -ndeavour, if nobody else would, to pre should certainiN rail or solutic n the council not to confirm He alluded to the re orderit street-sweeping machines. He would not bstract reasoning on the sub ject of mac hi n er y , but co . ntent himself with saying that ! he had always been one of those who was disposed to con sider their manufacturing skill in this respect as a per mitted evil rather than a positive good, But leaving those things to political economists, under the correction and guidance of, as he hoped. Christian legislation, there was an humbler sphere of duties, certainly within the direc tion of the council, which he thought they should outrage by the proposition before them ; for to deprive the poor man, and especially him who had learned no art or trade, of his own property, by taking away the article for his la bour, appeared to him (Mr. North) to be sinning against first principles, not only Gf political economy but Chris tian charity. By this proposition, if carried, 50 poor men, who were starving, would be deprived of all employment. They were of a class incapable of doing other work ; very many of them had been for years in the town ; and was it not a miserable policy —a very short-sighted economy—to rob such men, he might almost say, of their birthright— the right of e.echanging a day's labour for a day's wages, by such a proposal ? It appeared to him equivalent to blotting them out of the social system altogether,—repla cing them, for the sake of some fancied improvement in the performance of their work, by horses and revolving besoms. (Loud laughter.) He did not believe that the Public health would be promoted by the use of these ma but the but the c on t rary. H e quite admitted that in cer tain liquid states of the mud in Bold-street and Church street, the machine would remove it and level the surface prettily to the admiration of ladies and shopkeepers— theghter)—but i t was not by cleansing these streets that public health was to be promoted. It was by cleans ing the narrow back streets and dirty corners where heaps of refuse lay that they never touched. Anybody who watched the machines would see that they were clogged by the the sma llest accumulati on o f filth, an d t h at t h e l a b our of ulinappy horses amounted almost to cruelty to ani mals. He moved as an amendment that the proceedings be confirmed, with the exception of that part which rela ted to the purchase of the cleansing machines. Mr. PARKER, as a member of the Watch Committee, seconded the amendment. He considered that the ma chines were to a certain extent ineffective, particularly in the back streets, and that a greater product of dirt was obtainable when the streets were swept with brooms than when they were swept with machines. Mr. TINNE, as having been the original mover of the resolution whereby the machines were introduced into Liverpool, defended their use. He thought it too late now to condemn the application of machinery. The em ployment of poor people in sweeping the streets had been considered by them as a great degradation. He held in his band a report of the Town Council of Manchester, in which the members spoke in the greatest praise of the ma chines. He concluded by saying that the machines would only be used in the main streets, and that sweepers would continue to be employed in the back streets. Mr, MooRF. thought they had better follow the exam- Plc of the sister town, Manchester, and laud the Watch Committee for the improvements they were making in the sweeping of the streets. The same arguments had been used in the course of the debate as might be used to stay the making of a railway along the line of docks. All the cart-owners might rise up and prevent the railway from being made, upon the ground that it would injure their interests, although the object of making the railway was to render Liverpool one of the cheapest ports in the king dom. (Hear.) Upon a division the numbers were— For Mr. North's amendment H Against it The amendment w as consequent l y lost. Mr. MOORE heard an application had been made by the Gas Companies to the Watch Committee to allow the town M be divided into districts, and to enter into a con tract for the supply of gas. The corporation paid the Gas Companies about £13,000 a-year ; and he feared the ob ject of the present application would be to form a mono poly in the article of gas. He wished to know if the Watch Committee had acquiesced in a division of the contract or not? Mr. Honcsos said they had not further acquiesced in it than this —they were perfectly well aware that the two companies could not form a combination without their consent, and that the great check the committee had upon the injurious effects of combination wus to pay a due re gard to the terms of the contract, the price asked, and to compare the price with what it was in other places. No agreement had yet been come to, and none would be come to without devoting the fullest attention to the subject. Mr. TitottNtini. said the committee had sent word to the different gas companies that they would receive a ten der only from one company, and that they would only have one responsible company for the town. All they wanted was good gas at a low price. Mr. Moom. said he came to the conclusion that the public would be the sufferers by the proposed arrange ment. He threw out a suggestion as to whether it might se well for the Watch Committee to make their own gas. The proce, gs were then confirmed THE THANMEIL nom. The pr ocee di ngs of the Dock Corninitt read, aving been .r. HUGH Horny asked why that committee bad considered it inexp e di en t t o ta k e any notice of the appli eltion made to them by the Finance Committee to be come parties to the dock at Tranmere Pool. Mr. MoortE said that if h e were to answer t h e question it would defeat the object the committee bad in view. He must decli ne g i v i ng any answer, upon the ground that, if he were to do SO, it might he prejudicial heretfter to the interests of the ,-omntittee. Mr. H. lion.snir declined to press for an answer to his question, upon rece i v i ng a promise from Mr. Moore that the subject would be re-considered by the Dock Commit tee. BYE-LAWS Bye-laws for regulating the slips and landing-places, and the use of fires on board vessels, were ordered to be laid onithe table. MEMORIAL OF MR. MILLER The TOWN-CLERK read a memorial from Mr. Miller, the late head constable, a copy of which had been sent to each member of the council, complaining of the report the Watch Committee had lately presented to the council with respect to his alleged inefficiency. There was a long statement of his case appendid to the memorial, which the council requested the Town-Clerk not to read. Mr. nem said it was his intention to have called at tention to the case without reference to Mr. Miller's statement. He thought that there was enough to show that something like—be would not say oppression, or a denial of what would be considered justice out of doors, had been practised ; but he thought there was quite suffi cient shown, not only in the memorial, but in the records of the Watch Committee, that the matter could not be allowed to rest where it was, and that it ought to be in quired into further. Mr. Miller, it appeared, was not allowed to be present when the evidence was received against him ; but in the absence of the Mayor, who was chairman of the Watch Committee at the time, he should refrain from going into the question. He moved that the memorial of the head constable be taken into considera tion at the next meeting, and that in the meantime the evidence taken before the Watch Committee on the sub ject of his conduct be laid on the table for the inspectien of the members of the council. Mr. AnciN seconded the motion. Mr. TURNER remarked, that when Mr. Miller applied for the evidence he was told he might have it publ.shed, and that be objected to its publication. Mr. THORNHILL said the inquiry which had been in- stituted was not an inquiry into Mr. Miller's conduct, but into the general efficiency of the force, from the head constable down to the lowest constable ; and that if Mr. Miller had a right to he present, then every man in the force had an equal right to be present. In the course of the inquiry it was ascertained from all the officers that Mr. Miller's conduct was not such as the committee could approve of. It was all a fallacy to suppose that Mr. Miller had been discharged, as had been alleged, for eating his breakfast at Birkenhead. His going to Bir kenhead, contrary to orders, was a subject merely for re primand. It was only a shadow. 'I he real charge against him was for inefficiency ; and in their own justification the committee were obliged to publish their report. Mr. AIKIN thought that if the man had not had an op portunity of rebutting the evidence, he had scanty justice done to him. Mr. HonosoN delivered an able speech in justification of the course pursued by the Watch Committee, who were, he contended, the masters of the Head-constable. Mr. Miller's testimonials were thought sufficient : his performance was considered insufficient. H e had no he sitation in saying, that there was a most marked want of confidence in Mr. Miller for a great length of time, and that there was not a dissentient voice with regard to his leaving the force. He concluded by saying, that he should oppose the motion, upon the ground that there was no case made out for interfering with the decision, the united decision of a body of masters with regard to the in competency of one of their servants to fill a most important situation. Mr. TcumEm said that anybody who read the evidence of Mr. Miller and Mr. Whitty, would he fully satisfied of the total incompetency of Mr. Miller for his situation. The evidence against his efficiency was overwhelming. He moved, as an amendment, that the memorial da lie on the table. Mr. KILSITAW seconded the amendment. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE thought that neither Mr. Mil ler's interests nor the dignity of the Watch Committee would he promoted by further inquiry. He regretted that the council should have condescended to reply to Mr. Miller or to get into any paper war. Mr. SliErrAnn said he had read the evidence carefully, and that a more incompetent person than Mr. Miller he bad never heard of. He was as foolish and as incompe tent a person as ever attempted to take charge of a great body like the constabulary of Liverpool. In reply to a question from Mr. Aikin, Mr. HODGSON admitted that the Watch Committee divided upon the question of bringing forward the report after Mr. Miller bad resigned and published his letters in the newspapers. . - The council, upon a division, agreed to Mr. Turner's amendment, " that the memorial do lie upon the table," by a majority of twenty-eight to four. The four were Mr. Nicol. Mr. Aikin, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Atherton. The council adjourned soon after three o'clock. EXECUTIONS ON SATURDAY, The execution of the two young men who were con demned, at the late assizes, Evans, for the murder of his landlady, Mrs. Millen, at Hulme, near Manchester ; and Stew, for that of his sweetheart at Manchester, took place this day at noon, at Kirkdale Gaol. On Sunday week the cendemned sermon was preached in the presence of the culprits and the prisoners in the gaol, by the Rev. R. Appleton, the chaplain, from 2d Samuel, ail. 13,—" And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan ; id unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin ; thous shalt not die." The unhappy men joined in the service with much ar dour, and listened with great attention to the sermon. Stew was very much affected, and wept bitterly while the minister, with eloquent pathos, dwelt upon the sin, re pentance, punishment, and pardon of David. Stew in formed one of his friends who visited him on Thursday, that since he heard that sermon he had experienced a great change, and that he now felt no doubt of obtaining salve - tion through the merits of an ever-merciful Saviour. On Thursday, two men representing themselves to be the uncle and brother of Evans presented themselves at the gaol, and asked permission to see the prisoner, but in consequence of their having made statements to the gover nor which differed materially from the statements of the culprit respecting his relations, it was immediately sus pected that they were some of his former evil associates On the circumstances being communicated to Evans, immediately identified them as his former companions, and said that the younger one was a very bad character, and had joined him without fear or remorse in all his wickedness. He said that lie would not now sec them on any account; "if it had been before my trial I would have jumped at it," added the poor fellow. Evans has re peatedly told the governor that it had been many times predicted that he would be hanged, both on account of the lines upon his hands, and because (according to an old superstition) his eyebrows were nearly joined together in the middle. At their own request, both the prisoners attended the usual daily prayers in the chapel of the gaol every morn ing since their condemnation, and have behaved with the strictest and most devout attention. The criminals passed the greater part of the night hero,- tbe execution in prayer and religious exercise. The -5 attended in their several cells by the excellent chaplain until' a late hour. when they retired to rest for a short time. Stew slept soundly for about two hours, and his fellow convict for an hour. The rev. chaplain was again with the unfortunate men at an early hour. Stew said, in answer to his inquiries, that he felt very comfortable ; and Evans also appeared to be in that resigned state of mind desirable for a man in such a situation. They had each made a voluntary confession to the chaplain several days ago, which were now read to them, and several slight additions and alterations made, after which Evans signed the paper containing his confession with a firm hand ; and Stew, who cannot write, made his mark. Stew said that his name was spelt Chew, which will account fur that being the signature. THE PUBLIC BATHS The Health Committee recommended that persons, not on business, be not admitted to the baths in Frederick street, and that certain improvements be made in Whilli- The CHAIRMAN.—What is that? I never heard of ch a place as Whilliloo in Liverpool before. (Loud laughter. ) Mr THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ng are copies of the documents-: " I, George Evans, make this voluntary confession to Mr. Appleton, th e chaplain. From the early age of nine years I have been addicted to evil company and vicious habits. Disregarding all the good advice and good ex amples of my, parents, I entered into every kind of dissi . pation, and soon Comm nature. Besides several fitted many crimes of a summar twice charged with felony at Bristoi— -once cor once acquitted, although I was really guilty of both the offences. From Bristol I came to Liverpool and thence to Manchester, where I got work, and lodged at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Millen. Being in debt for my lodgings, I wrote home to my father for money, and very properly received no answer to my letter. Mrs. Millen• taunted me with my friends' silence, and said they were dubous people,' which provoked me very much. On the Mon day before the fatal day I had been turned back from my work because there was a holiday on account of Dr. Dal ton's funeral. The rest of that day, and all the following one I spent in dissipation. On Wednesday morning I was left alone with Mrs.. Millen in the house. I went out for a short time and got some drink. I then returned, and found her still alone. Whilst she was preparing some things, I think for dinner, a sudden thought my head to murder her. I went to the drawer where life-preserver was kept, which her own son had made, and first pretending to be going to the door, I turned suddenly round, and going behind her struck a violent blow %vitt on the back of her head, which brought her to the gr She then rose to her feet, and I gave her several more blows, which proved fatal. I then took her up by the clothes and threw her into the closet in which she was found. When I had accomplished my dreadful purpose, I proceeded to search the house, and with the various articles found on me came off to Liverpool, as stated at my trial. I am very sorry for what I have done, and I truly repent me of my sins. I have this morning prayed that Mrs. Millen and I may meet together to-day, and I hope that, if she is not saved, I may be cast out; but I Pe! quite confident that we shall both be saved, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. " GEORGE EVANS Kirkdale Gaol, Jan. 4, 1845." " I, Thomas Stew voluntarily make this statement to Mr. Appleton, the chaplain :—I courted Alice Nolan fora little more than four months. She was as decent a young woman as any one would wish to keep company with, and I thought we should have lived comfortably together. About a month before her death I made her a promise to marry her in five weeks (the wedding-day was to have been the Sunday after the day on which she died); but could not keep my word in consequence of getting into bad company and spending all that I bad. As therefore that we could not live together on earth, I thought we might be happy together in heaven. I borrowed a razor, as appeared on my trial, to take her life and my own. With this razor in my pocket I took her on her way home as I had been in the habit of doing, and when we reached a bank, the name of which I forget, very near to her house, we stood to talk together as we had usually done before. She asked me if I was going to do what I had promised ? (namely, to marry her.) I answered, ' No, I cannot; for I have been drinking very hard : I have left Stephen Bill's through drinking on Saturdays, and not looking after my horses on Sundays ; but I got another place on Wednesday last; but it does not suit me so well as Stephen's place, for it will not be so constant an em ploy.' She said, ' Well, then you must do as well as you can.' I then said, 'I am very badly vexed that I should have ieft the last place, and that I cannot put things forward as I could wish to do.' She said, ' Give me a kiss,' and I put my arm round her neck and gave her one. She said, ' Shall we meet again at Sally's on Monday night ?' meaning Mrs. Shepherd's. I said, still with my arm round her neck, ' No, I hope we shall meet again in heaven next.' Then I drew the razor across her throat, upon which she exclaimed, • Oh, my love, Tom !' Then I left her, and walked at my usual pace across a corner of the bank, along George street and down Brewery-street, and so along the several streets to Mrs. Shepherd's. Down the entry, about half a yard from the door, I went down on my knees, and I said, • I hope her is in heaven, and that I shall soon meet her there . I then drew the razor across my throat, after which I got up and fell against the door, which flew open, and I fell down into the house. Somebody picked me up, but I could not tell who, and put me in a chair, in which I sat with the blood pouring from my neck. I remember no more until I saw my two brothers standing over my bed in the Manchester Infirmary. lam very sorry for what I have done, and I hope the Lord will forgive me upon my true repentance for the sake of Jesus Christ, my Saviour. ' THOMAS CHE .% January 4. 1845." The convicts then joined the other prisoners at the usual prayers in the ch apel, after which they were re• conducted to their cells, where they breakfasted. Stew's stepfather and uncle then came to see him, and were with him some time. Evans sang several hymns during the morning, and was incessant in his devotional exercises. About half-past eleven the prisoners left their cells for the last time, and were taken into the chapel, where they . received the sacrament. Stew appeared very much af fected, but Evans was astonishingly firm. The mournful procession then proceeded from the chapel to the press-room ; the Rev, R. Appleton walked first, reading portions of the burial service; Stew came next, frequently answering " amen " at the end of the prayers, and occasionally wiping his eyes. Evans fol lowed with a firm step, and a most unyielding demeanour. On reaching the press-room they were pinioned and their hands tied. During this time Stew appeared to pray very earnestly, while Evans maintained hi s fo r mer d emeanour . Evans had expressed a wish to address the multitude, but as it was feared Stew's courage might fail in the interim, he was induced to abandon it it. Both the men walked firmly up the short ascent to the fatal scaffold. Evans was taken first, and the rope being adjusted, Stew fol lowed. The preparations were completed with the most astonishing celerity, and at twelve o'clock precisely " the fatal bolt was withdrawn, and the culprits were launched into eternity." Evans was violently convulsed for many minutes, and seemed to suffer muck. Stew appeared to die instantaneously, without the slightest struggle. The wound in his throat by which he had attempted to com mit suicide, was scarcely healed, and when the drop fell a thick stream of blood gushed from the re-opened °gash, and ran down his breast. At one o'clock, the bodies of the unfortunate culprits were taken down. Mr. Bally, of Manchester, the celebrated modeller, was in attendance, and took casts of the features of the cul prits. The crowd which assembled to witness the exe cution was not so numerous as is usual on those dreadful occasions, and the people behaved with great order and decency. iDuring the--year just closed, 8191 been laid by the police-officers of the tions of the dock and town by-laws. FALLS INTO TILE RIVEF uay, a fell into the sou LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS. On Saturday evening last, John Bell, blacksmith, r.t Ashton-hall, Cheshire, while returning home from War rington market, along the canal bank, accidentally slipped into the water and was drowned. Mr. Joh❑ Forsyth, who has been in the service of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company for seven teen years, was accidentally knocked down by a train on the Liverpool and Leeds Junction Line, on Mo nday last, and killed on the spot. BIRKENHEAD POLICE.--Mr. Boughey, superintendent of the force, has received the appointment of bridewell keeper, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Booth, and Mr. James M'flarg, inspector of the Liverpool police force, will, it is expected, be appointed superintendent in the place of Mr. Boughey. A man named Donnison, a sailor, was found in the chimney of Mr. Parry, chemist, Christian -street, on the night of Wednesday week. The supposition is, that he intended to rob the public-house nest door to Mr. Parry's, but had mistaken his way, and got down the wrong flue, from which he was unable to extricate him self. De had got into the chimney the preceding night. New MAGISTRATrS.—On Wednesday last, at the Preston Epiphany Quarter Sessions, J. Talbot Clifton, Esq„ M.P., and Thomas Goulbourne Parker, Esq., of Browsholme Hall, qualified as magistrates for this county. Mr. Clifton also took the oaths as a deputy lieutenant. On Friday, Jonathan Peel, Esq., of Accrington House, in this county, and of Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Lon don, also qualified as a magistrate. W. A. F. Saunders, Esq., of Wennington hall, qualified as a magistrate of the county, at the Lancaster Quarter Sessions, on Mon day last. At Salford, yesterday, several gentlemen would qualify. - - STEALING TIMPER.—On Friday, a respectable look ing man named John Griffith, a native of the principality, was placed at the bar of the police-court, upon a charge of having stolen three planks, part of some timber stolen belonging to a person named Hughes, also a native of Wales, who is erecting some cottage buildings in the vi cinity of Srnithdown-lane. About £lO worth of wood had been previously missed, and in consequence, a watch was set in the shape cif a Welshman, unable to speak a single word of English. This man saw the prisoner about seven o'clock on Thursday evening, enter the back part of the preniis s, and carry away the planks in question. On being stopped he admitted the offence, and prayed for forgiveness. It was stated that the prisoner was a man of considerable property and, that he, like his accuser, was now engaged erecting houses adjoining those belong ing to the prosecutor. Mr. Rushton said the prisoner had evidently plundered from avarice and not from want, as many poor creatures did, and the case must go before the jury. The prisoner was then committed for trial. SUDDEN DEATII.—An inquest was held on Saturday, before the borough coroner, touching the death of James M'Cabe. A son of the deceased said be was a shoemaker, and lived in Roscoe-lane. The deceased was 64 years old. On Wednesday morning last, about half-past one o'clock, witness came down stairs and found deceased sitting by the fire. He then appeared to be quite well. They had a little conversation together, when witness's brother came down stairs, and a few words passed between him and witness. Deceased got up from the chair he was sitting on, and walked towards the stairs, but before he reached them be suddenly fell down. They immediately raised him, and found he was dying. fie d diately. Mr. M'lntyre,surg , avail. For the last five or sia ;eon, was called, but without ieks deceased did not a - . pear to be well, but he did not complain, excepting of a cold. John M'Cabe, the other son, said that on Wed nesday morning, about five o'clock, he called the deceased up, as he wished to go to chapel to prayers. He did not:, however, then get up. He afterwards went to chapel and came home between twelve and one o'clock. He then appeared well. Witness corroborated the other facts stated. Mr. M'lntyre said that be had made a p tern examination, and found the cause of deatl been a rupture of the heart, the He added that the case was very result of natural causes. unusual. There was De Lse of the exterior coats oT the hearts, yet the outer wall of that organ on one side was burst to'a large extent, so that the whole of the blood on both sides had found an immediate passage, and instant death must have been the result. The jury returned a verdict of '' Died by the visitation of God." 1 The follow at tide time dent sl ,ped oif the (1 GENERAL MISCELLANY T. F. Buxton, Bart., is dangerously in, A. nunnery is about to be built at sary then ' A'vacancy has occurred in the representation of Down patrick, by the death of Mr. David Ker. Dr. Co of Chester, has bequeathed Infirmary in that city Two young men and a boy were killed by plosion at Pentrefelin on Monday. ry ex- President Tyler d his lady are expecte land in May next Lovc ring the fires with th find an amounted to 926 —Globe, SINGULAR CIRCUMS opkeeper in Glasg , £5 each. He iss Ast year, 18 1 Saturday week ed hand-bills, offering a rev £5 for th recovery of evenin e the whole cash was was unsuccessful. On tha thrown mit, up to T eniog, however. ii a desk stand- 7erson unknow parent on his shop Counter, by Londonderry claims the honour of being the birthplace Sir Robert Sale, and Belfast a like honour with regard :o Sir Henry Pottinger Mr. Tomlin, of Richmond, solicitor, was found dead near Reeth, on the 27th ult. It is supposed that by some accident he had been thrown from his horse. The total number of letters despatched through the Post-office in 1838 was seventy 7 frve millions; in 1843, upwards of two hundred and thirty millions. On Tuesday last, a man on horseback gallope limekiln, near Sheffield, which he did not see in CE quence of the fog. Both he and the horse were killed Au. explosion took place in a coal-pit belonging to Messrs. Grundy, at Pilkington, on the 26th ult., and two men received injuries, of which they have since died. The Marquis of Londonderry.is about to enlarge his port at Seaham harbour, by the construction of a new dock of 12. acres, in extension of the present south dock. Mr. Wakley, at an inquest, a few days since, mentioned the case of a woman who, when dying of excessive drink ing, required to have a sponge saturated with brandy con stantly- held to her lips. On Wednesday the Royal Exchange was opened for business. The arrangements appeared to give satisfaction. It is proposed to erect a marble statue to Prince Albert in some part of the building. On Tuesday last a verdict of manslaughter was returned against a London chymist, for having sold to a cab driver, in mistake for. Epsom salts, a quantity of tartaric acid, in consequence of taking which he died. Frances Wilson, aged 45, an inmate of Byle's private lunatic asylum, Middlesex. died on Tuesday se'nnight, of starvation, having resolutely abstained from all food, under the idea that it was poison. DEATH. FROM FIGHTING.—On Sunday week, a quarre arose, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, between two boys, aged re spectively 11 and 15 years, and they fought above an hour, encouraged by 60 or _7O others, till at length the elder one fell, and expired shortly afterwards. NOVEL IMPORT.—Some candied peaches have been re ceived from Sydney, which are said to be the first which have reached England from our Australian colonies. They are quite equal in flavour to French dried plums, and a much finer fruit. AN UNSOPHISTICATED WM/MlSS.—During the ses sions at Wakefield, on Wednesday last, a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman, when he hesitated for a moment, then coolly replied,, amid the laughter of the court, " Nay, sir, I'se not married." A CHRISTMAS Burrsturt.Y.—On Monday last, Miss Fletcher, of Upper Northgate-street, caught a beautiful coloured butterfly in the window of one of the bed-rooms of their residence, having a northern aspect. The little flutterer still remains domiciled in the house, and is re markably lively.--Chester Chronicle. John Pltunmcr, Esq., the owner of Alice Hawthorn, has generously proposed to give the whole of the money which this celebrated mare may realise in 1845, to the in habitants of Easingwold, provided they will construct a branch railway from that town to the great North of England Railway. TRAGICAL. EVENTS.—A few nights since, a young man at York received such injuries from a fall that he died soon after and was taken home, when his mother, who was 70 years of age, was so much shocked by the death of her son, from poison. as she supposed, that in about an hour from that time she herself expired. On Monday, sundry inhabitants of the Chelmsford workhouse were brought before the magistrates charged with riot and insubordination. No less than thirty-one of the able bodied men refused to attend morning service on Sunday in the chapel, and during dinner three of them forced their way into the women's room, and sate down by the side of their wives, and would not retire. STAVES.—An official statement appears in the Glasgow Herald, from which it may be Fathered that the duty on staves from the United States being equal to fifty per and as these staves are the only Ones fit for casks sf at to the West Indies, we are excluded; the supply is derived almost exclusively from America, such supply being admitted duty free. NECESSITY FOR CORONERS' INQUESTS.—At an in quest held a few days since before one of the coroners for Bucks, that gentleman remarked, that since he had been coroner he had held two inquests on bodies which were about to be buried without one, and on the inquisitions being held it was ascertained that each of them bad been murdered LONDON DocKs.—At the meeting of proprietors, on Friday, a dividend was declared of 21 per cent—the same as on the last occasion The stock of goods in the dock hows an increase of 30,100 tons, as compared with the corresponding half of last year, it being returned now as 166,426 tons. The surplus of profits, after paying the )e appropriates to new works, to increase facilities for business FORF IGN PRODUCE.—During the last week large quan tities of game, consisting of snipes, teals, woodcocks, partridges, together with 500 geese, were imported direct, by way of Hull, from the Netherlands, and ordered for sale in our market. The week previous a quantity of American grouse, in excellent condition, were brought over, and met with a ready sale at :Is. Gd. per blace. Thus the new tariff enables us to obtain fish, ii and eggs and fowl in abundance from the 13irminpham Journal. METROPOLITAN MORTALITY that the deaths within the bills lesson, —We regret to observe last week were 1249 — been 946. The in- the average for the past year havin g crease of mortality from infectious diseases ntinues to be observed, as compared with the averages of past years, but it has not advanced, and, indeed, appears less than it has been recently. The deaths from diseases of the lungs were last week 415, upwards of 100 more than the five years' average, or than the number some month or so back. EXECUTION.—The murderer, William Kendrew, un derwent the extreme sentence of the law on Monday fore- noon in front of the county gaol, for the murder of Mr, Inchbald, on the high road near Knareshorough. Tht unfortunate man mounted the step. _ He was preternaturally p shop-lad, who was in Esq., senior, the distinguished head of enter, and on go brated banking house of Jones, Loyd, and C 0.,. with great preci lying on the desk imm ome on k apartment, h g into the shop, saw a boy leaving i tation. The bank-notea were found :ely afterwards ay even St. Nitu g a newly in's Work FOOD FOR A ROMANCE born infant left at the house, Lbndon 24 hours old, w The infant, a fenia as enclosed in a rush basket, with one end uslin left open. It was dressed in a . cap, with flannel u n d er n ea th. I n th e b as k e t was found a card, on which was written, in a very neat feminine hand, the following :—" To the Parochial Authorities.—The fear of exposure and shame compels the mother to aban don for a time her infant, and commit it to the care of strangers, whose hearts she prays God to endue with pity and benevolence. In full confidence of being enabled to redeem her child hereafter, she earnestly requests that this card may be carefully preserved, that the product of an indented duplicate hereafter may serve for ituidentifi cation. Please to have the infant christened as on back of the card." On the other side of the-card was written, in a bold hand, " Maria H. M., born Dec. 26, 1844." The child is placed with a wet nurse, and is Low doing well. WONDERFUL DISCOVER journal of the highest char —The Art Union, a monthly :ter, has in its number for January given an exquisite sp. one pram—. plication of the wonderful discovery,.styled " Anstatic application." The plate, which is a copy of Blanchard's painting, was delivered finished in fourteen days from the order being given, and without any previous knowledge by t tist of what he would be required to execute; from'illit plate between 4,000 and 5,000 impressions were taken, and were so like the original that the difference could not be detected even by the most practised eye. The editor adds, in a note, that "any journal,. the Times for instance, may, under this process, be prepared for re printing merely from a single number, snd worked off with the ordinary rapidity of the steam-press. A set of drawings, fresh from the bands of the• artists, were pre pared for printing and printed off in little more than a quarter of an hour. The inventor of this wonderful and unaccountable boon to the literal - 1N - an Englishman, and an engraver' cimen of and artistic wor!d is y professior EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POI last an inquest was held, befere the dep__, _ Middlesex, on the case of Joseph Hagget, ages, ‘,., workman of Messrs. Le Paige and Co., composite candle manufacturers. It appeared, that on Christmas Day the deceased complained of his hand being poisoned by the arsenic used in the manufacture of composite candles. He was unable to attend to his work, and became so ill on Saturday that a surgeon was called in, but he died on the following Monday morning, about seven o'clock. He had been three months in the employ, and was frequently sick during that period. He attributed his ailments to standing over the steam of the ingredients used in making the candles, which, he said, affected his breath. Mr. Roe, the surgeon who attended the deceased, stated, that he found him with the left hand and forearm swollen ; the glands under the arm were also swelle —On Friday aty coroner for late a ►rick was also an abrasion of the skin on the back of the hand. The angry appearance of the limb satisfied him that it had been poisoned ; and he told deceased so, who, with some reluctance, said, "Yes," and that he-imbibed the arsenic from the composition of which, wax stearine candles are made. After his death purple patches gradually covered his arm and side, showing the putrescent state of his Le Paige stated, that he had twelve men in his employ, and deceased was-engaged by him, as candle maker, about three months ago. Nine ounces of arsenic was generally mixed with the melted stuff in other manu factories, but in his only two ounces. The arsenic made the candles have more the appearance of wax. Deceased had no right to touch the composition with his hands. Verdict—" Thst deceased died from the mortal effects of his exposure to the poison of arsenic while at work in a candlti manufactory EXTRAORDINARY CASS:OR Sunday mornin, family of Mr. Robert Cutler, of Little Yeldham, N alarmed by a loud explosion in the lower part of tL house. Assistance soon being at hand, the flames were speedily extinguished, and but little de- The inmates now observed that the , entered by a window. They also found a large pu blood, and traced it to a cottage in the occupation of man named Cook. On being called up, Cook stated that :had just arrived home wounded, and nearly lleging that he had sustained his injuries from mbge s, remises ha Haggai Jrnebody who had shot at him as he was comic, the Ilall•green. But on Mr. Cutler confronting the he acknowledged that he broke into the house and cau. the disaster above described. The boy's statement wa that he and another lad named Dearsley had the even' before been to a raffle in the village, and on leaving t agreed to break into and rob the premises; that effected an entrance into the back kitchen by cutting a window with a pocket knife and removing a shutter; but, having got so far, they found further progress arrested by bars and bolts, and finding nothing there to suit them, were about to depart, when he (Cook) said, " I'll see what's in the oven." In his search he found a canister, .d i which he supposed to contain tea, but instead of which ,g they that they there was in about Ilb. of gunpowder ;on pulling off the lid he poured out a small quantity, which immediately ignited the whole. The explosion carried off part of the roof of the building, forced out a window, and set fire to various articles in the oven, besides doing other da mage ; it also shattered the boy's thumb, carried sway part of his tongue, and inflicted a very large scalp wound, his head, face, and eyes presenting a frightful appearance. Although so seriously maimed, he is likely to recover. The boy is only 1 F —Ease.v Herald. years of age SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR SLOUGII.—On Thursday last, an inquest was held at Salt-bill, Buckinghamshire, on the body of a woman named Sarah Dart, who died suddenly, on the previous evening, under mysterious cir- It appears that the deceased was found loor, almost insensible, by one of her neieh- curnstances ing on the been attracted to the spot by a noise re sembling stifled screams. which continued for more than a minute. In going to the house she heard the door shut, and saw a man, dressed like a quaker, go along the path from the house. He appeared to be greatly confused, and trembled very much. While he was opening th gate leading into the high road, she asked him bouts, who what was the matter with her neighbor ply, but proceeded through the gate into the road, and in the direction of slough. This witness said the deceased always told her that she was a married woman, and that her husband, who was the son of a quaker gentleman, named Tawell, with whom she formerly lived as servant, was abroad. From the evidence of other witnesses, it appears that it was this person who was seen coming from 'o this 1 e no re- the house. He left for London, in a first-class carriage, but in consequence of the suspicion attached to him, a full description of his appearance was sent off to Padding ton, by the electrical telegraph, with orders that he should be watched by the police, upon his arrival. Th;s was ac cordingly done, and next day he was apprehended. Or being asked if he had been at Slough on the previous day be said he had not, and that he knew no one ther Saturday the inquest was until to-morrow. Some years since the prisoner w slimed and again adjourned rted for 21 years, for forgery, but colony procured for him a eat the end of seven years. When that crime wa mission of the shed against him he was dismissed from the Societ He is said to have amassed £20,000. formations have ing a gentt lock pit of Princes a boy named Le sloop J by gcci 11 into the lock end Priiice's dock William Jones, Scale's -court, whilst looking at sot eels in the river, walked over Prince's Pierhead, a into the water. Tl:ey were all got out safely. On - the s one evening THE WORKI G CLA As a proof of the improved condition of the wo s town, - then has been only one soup-shop opened this winter, ihstead of four; and though; eight or ten tubs of soup per day used to be taken in former years from that single e tablishment, only one tub and a half has been taken on any one day during the present winter. In corroboration of the gratifying fact that the lower classes are not suffer ing to anything like the extent they did in former years, we may mention that the demands made on the Provident and Strangers Friend• Societies are 'comparatively few, and that the claims on the benevolent public are mud less ow than they were-in former years CASE OF STABBING.—We stated in our last publication that two men, Cowley and Sullivan, during a fight between them and others, in Cleveland-square market, had stabbed each other, or had been stabbed by some other men, O'D onnel, Lloyd. and Leary, who were afterwards taken into custody. According to the statement of O'Donnell, Cowley (who was stabbed on the side and forehead) first stabbed him (prisoner) in the hand, whereupon he grasped the knife, and being exasperated and in liquor, in flicted the wounds. The prisoners were again brought up on Thursday, Cowley being unable to appear before. The evidence of Cowley went so far to exculpate the prisoners that they were discharged. PUBLICANS' AND BEER-SELLERS' CASES FRIDAY.— Mary Hughes, publican, Spitalfields, 40s. and costs; Ed. Kelly, publican, Circus-street, 40s. and costs ; Ann Lowey, publican, Gerard-street, 40s. and costs ; Henry Evans, beer-seller, Plumbe-street, 40s. and costs ; Fanny Branley, beer-seller, Limekiln-lane, 80s. and costs ; Thomas Baskerville, publican, Concert -street, 60s. and costs; Elizabeth Newton, Rathbone-street, acquitted ; John Griffith, publican, Orange-street, 40s. and costs; Peter Boardman, publican, Vauxhall-road, 60s. and costss ; Richard Clough Burr, publican, Crosshall-street, 40s. and coats; Andrew Morrison, publican, Vauxhall-road, 20s. and costs. DEATH FROM STARVATION.---On Wednesday last an inquest was held on the body of George Jordan, a boy aged eight years, who resided with his parents in Saint Andrew-place, Saint Andrew-street. On Monday night the deceased complained of a pain in his head, and was found dead in bed the following morning. On a post mortem examination it was found that be died for want of sufficient food. It appears that the deceased was one of a family of seven, and that the poor, distressed father had been two years unable to follow his employment in consequence of confirmed consumption. Two of the children are also incapacited from affording any assistance —one girl, twenty-five years of age, being subject to pa ralysis and another totally blind. In this state this much distressed family have for two years been starving upon 2s. jd. a week received from the parish. PAVING AND. SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.-At the meeting on Thursday, Mr. John Holmes presided. Mr. Procter, after the minutes of last meeting had been read, said, it appeared in the newspapers that be was opposed to the Mayor being placed on the Watch Committee. This seemed rather singular when he was the party who gave notice of a motion for the purpose of placing the Mayor on the committee.—A n application was read from the Dock Committee requesting the consent of the Com missioners to a railway being laid down along the docks. Mr. Birkett thought no other answer could be given than that the matter would be taken into consideration when the plans were submitted. Mr. Hodgson said there was no feeling against the plan, on the contrary, they were willing to give every facility. Mr. Procter said the Board could not give up anything belonging to the public. Mr. Hodgson.—lnstead of giving up we would be yield ing to the public every accommodation. The Chairman thought it would be to the advantage of the public that the rails were put down. The matter was referred until the plans are submitted, it being the expressed wish of the commissioners to afford every facility.—lt was re ported that the Trustees of the Liverpool and Prescot Turnpike-road had agreed, at a conference with a depu tation from Commissioners, to accept £420 for repairing the high-road, in consequence of the construction of the works at Green-lane and Kensington.—Mr. Simpson was called in, and gave some particulars as to the progress of the works at the new reservoir. He said he expected to have the works ready by the Ist of September. Certain ar rangements with Mr. Jones, the contractor, were left entirely to Mr. Simpson.—The Law-clerk submitted an opinion from Mr. Russell, barrister, upon a case founded on the application of Mr. P. W. Branceer to be allowed to connect a service-pipe from his warehouses in Dublin street with the main about to be laid down in that street, the water from which was only to he used in case of fire. The opinion was against the Commissioners legally grant ing such a privilege. A long conversation then took place. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Procter contending that the use to which the water was intended to be put was strictly in accordance with the objects of the Act of Parliament. Mr. Guyton, as one of the Directors of the Liverpool and Harrington Works, decidedly objected to any such at tempt to depart from the spirit of the act. Various sug gestions were then made. Ultimately, it was decided to leave the matter over for a week, is the meantime Mr. Brancker to be allowed to see the opinion and to be at liberty to make any other suggestion. DOCK COMMITTEE, Tuna:sin A.T.—The contract of Mr. Hamilton, jun., to corer the sheds at the south-west side of Clarence-basin with galvanized iron was accepted.— The shed at the east side of the Salthouse Dock was or dered to be forty feet wide, and not forty-five, as ori ginally intended.—A lease of fourteen years of the land now occupied by him on the west side of the Brunswick graving dock, was granted to Mr. W. B. Jones, at ls. 6d. per yard, on the usual terms.—A new life-boat for the Magazines station was ordered.—Repairs were ordered to be made at the Ormshead Telegraph station.—The salary of Mr. Jones, assistant to the Marine Surveyer, was raised from £2OO to £250 a year.—The chairman having mentioned that the dock gatemen were in the habit of soliciting Christmas boxes. the practice was repudiated by the committee generally; the secretary was directed to issue an advertisement, threatening guilty parties with instant dismissal, and the dock masters were ordered to inform the gatemen of this resolution,—Some conversa tion took place again as to the lighting of the dock lamps; and it being understood that the Watch Committee were making inquiries, with the view of providing gas to sup ply the town, the chairman was requested to confer with them on the subject.—A letter was read from John So thern, agreeing on the part of the Harrington Carrying Company, to the teems proposed by the committee for the use of the Harrington Dcek.—An application from Mr. Edward Boultway, requesting the return of part of the sum of £2 Os. Bd., charged on thirteen jars of olive oil, was declined, the committee having no power—the Act of Parliament being imperative. Permission was granted to the surveyor to let the Harrington Dock dry. —The model of a landing stage, submitted by Mr. John Gray, was exhibited, and a letter, descriptive of it, read. The opinion of the committee was, that the model, as a piece of mechanism, did great credit to the inventor, but that such a stage would not be suitable for dock purposes. —On the proposition of Mr. Nicol, Messrs. Molyneux, Ripley, Evans, Bold, Henderson, and Mann, were ap pointed a committee for the management of the ware houses. An outline of the duties of the committee was read, and deferred for discussion till the next week. It was resolved that the chairman and deputy-chairman and chairman of the sub-committee for the warehouses, to gether with such assistants as they may require, should be authorised to proceed to London to inform themselves, as to the system of dock-warehouse management there. —A letter from Sotbern and Bromilow, as to a coal yard rented by them, was referred to the Sub-Committee of Works. A Parliamentary Sub-Committee, consisting of the following gentlemen, was appointed :—The Chairman, i)eputy-Chairman, Messrs. Chilton, iddleton, and BIRKENHEAD POLICE COVRT, THURSDAY. — Harvey and Robert Scott were charged with stealing a watch from a man named MI Drewry, on Wednesday night. The parties had been drinking together at Seacombe, with others, when complainant missed his watch, and informed the police. Search was made, but it was not found ; but a person who was present stated that he saw Scott take it and hand it to the other, upon which they were taken into custody. They denied all knowledge of the watch, which was not found. They were remanded until further evi dence could be procured.—Samuel Smith, farm servant to G. J. Wainwright, Esq., of Lower Bebbington, was com mitted for trial, he having been caught carrying off a quan tity of oil cake, and about a bushel of potatoes in a sack, the whole being his master's property.---A man named Jones was charged with being concerned in a violent as sault and robbery upon Mr. Thomas Peacop, at Higher Bebbington, on the previous Thursday night. It appeared that on that night Mr. l'eacop was watched out of his house, and on nearly reaching Derby House, was knocked down and robbed by three men, who grievously assaulted him. A gentleman named Keyzier came to his assistance, and •a•as also violently struck. Both parties were so ill that they cuuld not attend. Soon after the assault the pri soner was seen running along the road with a stick in his hand, from the direction of the spot where the assault took place, and he was apprehended. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the offence imputed, and having given a ra ther satisfactory account of himself that evening, he was liberated on bad, and the case was adjourned. Mr. Pea cop was fobbed of .£1 la., and is still dangerously ill.—A party of Irish labourers, about 15 in number, were charged with being concerned in a desperate riot and assault at Greasby, ou Tuesday night. A number of witnesses ap , whose persons bore marks of ill usaga. From their statement it appeared that a number of Irish labourers had lately been employed at a farm at Greasby, which caused an ill feeling to arise between the Irish and Eng lish party. On the evening in question the Irish, who had been drinking together, proceeded with threats to the William house of he Coach and Horses, whert One or ssault was some of the English labourers were assemble two of them entered the house, and a violent commenced, smashed, and the, wl: and windows of the house were f the parties in the house beaten and kicked in a most dreadful tunny dragged from the lid not terminate until write wits sticks, poker manner; an rue of them were even , rnians appeared to be I that the 'esses. The damage xceeded £3. The magistrates and law students, 14,657 ; and there were 1,47 t physicians, F n,658 surgeons, apothecaries, and medical students, coppers, dentists. &c. Nlidwil , s were placed under the head " medical profession," of whom 676 ar returned for England, and 641 for Scotland. commenced her comprises 65,830 The class Enid scl ded " Other educated persons, 54,757 schoolmasters I assistants, teachers, and governesses :1001mi - stresses, 4,958 teachers or professors, 4,556 . surveyors, 4,974 accountants, 4,337 ar- tists, 3,992 musicians and organists, 520 newspaper editors, reporters, and proprietors ; 1,901 hankers, 1,673 archi tects, 167 authors, 1,563 actors, 959 civil engineers, 860 land agents, and 306 sculptors. house into the road, and the roc the victory on the part of the H The prisoners not cal complete the attack, but d done to the public hoe said the prisoners had committed a grievous and unwar rentable assault. Nine of them, who appeared to have acted as the ringleaders, were ordered to pay a fine of two guineas each, or be imprisoned for fourteen days, and the remainder bound over to keep the peace. J the ( 1 Dock scaffold with a very firm ale, but, b eyond that, be- trayed no emotion or fear. It was observed, however, that as the executioner was adjusting the rope, a shivering ssed his frame, while his chest heaved convul- spasm cr After being suspended the usual time, the body was cut down. THE TEA TRADE, DEC. 31.—The deliveries of the year are estimated at 41,000,0001b5. for home consump tion, and 5,000,0001b5. for exportation, showing an in crease on home consumption of about 1,750,0001b5., and on exportation of 1,000,0001h5. The stock on hand is estimated at 39,500,0001h5. for the United Kingdom, against 37,500,0001b5. at this time last year, and the pre sent price of Congou is Ild. per lb. against Is. to ls. id. at the close of last year. A roost experienced party, sum ming up the transactions of the year, gives these figures, which are, however, not official. The lowest quotation of Congou was, in September, 9d. to 9d. per lb. ATTEMPT TO AssAs nl-.—On Friday last an attempt was made tc Charles Louis de Bourbon, commonly called the Duke of Normandy, who professes to be the son of Louis XVI. and rightful heir to the French throne. It is alleged that his life has been twice before attempted. The duke oc cupies a large mansion, called Mulgrave-house, and he has placed himself at the head of a company of artisans, with whom he occupies himself in manufacturing novel instruments of warfare. He was employed in a lathe in Isis workshop, on Thursday evening, when a gun, or blunderbuss was find through the window opposite which he was sitting. It was subsequently found that the bul let had passed within on inch or two of his head and through the hoards at his hack into the kitchen garden. A BOY SHOT.—At the petty sessions for the north di vision of Aylesford, on Friday week, Charles Rand and George Blake, two boys aged 14 and 12 years, were char ged with shooting William White, aged 13, on Christmas Day. Blake and Rand, who had a gun with them, were quarrelling with White, when the latter kicked Blake, on which Rand said to Blake, who was carrying the gun, " You had better shout him." At this White became alarmed, and ran off; and when he had proceeded about two or three rods, Blake fired and hit him, lodged 23 No. 3 shot in his head, none of which could then be extracted, and, in consequence, the prisoners were remanded until Friday, when they were brought before the magistrates, and again remanded, as the surgeon's evidence leads to the conclusion that it will terminate fatally. ACCIDENTS ON THE Ica.—On Christmas morning, three boys, two of them brothers, named Eaglestone, sons of a tailor at Wardlington, the third named Green, were drowned by the breaking of the ice on which they were sliding, in the neighbourhood of Banbury. On Fri day, the 10th ult., whilst a number of persons were as-em bled on Chetwynd Pool, situated in the park of the High Sheriff of Shropshire, four young ladies were immersed by the sudden breaking of the ice, and one of them, Miss Chalmers, aged 23, was drowned. A boy, named Strettili, was drowned the other day, whilst sliding on the Lancas ter canal, near Garstang. At South Queen's-ferry, Scot land, on Friday week last, three boys, who had gone on a quarry pond to slide, were let in hi , the breaking of the DUKE OF NORMAN- ssassinate ice, and drowned 'ItOFF.SSION A 1 return to the census of 1841, under the head " clerical profession." contains 14,613 clergymen and 8,930 mi n i s _ ters and clergymen. The number of barristers, advocates. and conveyancers, was 2,373 ; attorneys, solicitors, trai,pu duct at t of Friends DREADFUL AFFAIR AT DERBY.—Yesterday week, an inquest was held at Derby on view of the body of Frank Dixon Manning, aged 21, formerly footman in the family of a clergyman in a neighbouring county, but latterly a frame-work hose•maker, in the employ cf Mr. Morley, of Nottingham. It appeared that deceased had for some time courted Caroline Allen, one of the daughters of a copperplate printer in Derby. He had made proposals of marriage to her, which were rejected until about twelve months ago, and she supplied him with money to publish the bans, and purchase some articles for the wedding. This was done, but the deceased wished her to wait a little until his friends became more reconciled to the match. The match was broken off at the girl's request, but by desire of the deceased she subsequently wrote to him as a friend several times, and on one occasion saw him at Nottingham. On Christmas-day he arrived in Derby, at a public-house kept by a person named Glue, at which place Caroline met him in the evening by his particular desire. He wished to know whether she stil l desired that the acquaintance should cease. Her reply was that she did, and she urged the propriety of this course. He said, "If it must be so, it must," and they parted in good feeling Next day he spent several hours at the house of Caroline's father, and conducted himself much as usual. Both, it appears, had been in the habit of occasionally attending " saloons" as vocalists. One of these Caroline left at four o'clock in the morning. with a young man, who took her home. On Friday morning week deceased went to Allen's house, and called Caroline to the foot of the stairs. Ile had previously sent another sister for a pint of ale, and having presented her with a glass of it, said, "Caroline, drink with me; it is our parting glass." She complied, and had no sooner got some of the contents into her stomach than she became ill, and begun to vomit. The deceased told her that the reason he had " done it" was, because he could not bear to see the object of his affection in the arms of another; adding, that his former wife (the daughter of the clergy man with whom he lived as servant. and with v eloped, a divorce having since to be united to her have minded, had sh - 1) wail a een obtai usin ; but that he "should n Allen) been willing to marr and that Id not, and would not, bear with it." The girl was got up-stairs, where she vomited repeatedly ; end, presently afterwards the deceased rushed into the bedroom, carrying a glass of ale in his hand, and, seemingly, very much agitated. Caroline called to her sister, as well as she was able, to stave him, but it was too late : he drank the contents of the glass, then walked up to the bed and kissed Caroline several times, urine endearing term., nd exprcssing a .n fell to e grou❑ continued hope that she would he saved. Be a and died almost immediately. The g gcrously ill, for some time, but her life vvas not despaired of I a phial containing prussic acid, were found in deceased's pocket, and a number of letters addressed to his relatives and others, posting up to the morning of the same day. These showed the existence of s jealous feel kn empty phial, with a "prussic acid" label round also found in the house-place. The jury, after a patient investigation, returned a verdict of "fete, etc LONDON