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W. LEDGER'S WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTORY, 31, PARADISE -STREET, WHO has constantly on hand an extensive and well plete sea he soned STOCK, and can furnish a House com with t m in Gau z SIX HOURS' NOTICE. e Wire and every other description of Blinds, at very moderate Prices, and superior Workmanship. - OBSEitVE, b 31, PARADISE - STREET , etween the Unitarian Chapel and the Star & : T HE REV. MESSRS. OAKELEY AND WARD (Prom the Morning Herald.) A question has arisen within these few days, which a v ery short period, we trust, will suffice to determine — nam ely, what is to be done with Mr. Oakeley ? The R ev. Frederick Oakeley, of Margaret-street Chapel, Is' snite wow that Mr. Newman, h as g o n e i n t o re ti remen t, the Mr. fo remost man in the Romanising movement. uakeley r. Ward is mere l y a pupil and an instrument of Mr. althou h, bv hi; 'uvenile impetuosity, he has Push ed himself i g nto the froit of the battle. Hence Mr. Oakeley feels a natural dread of being supposed capable urging forward his pupils and evading all unpleasant Fonsequences to himself ; and he now very naturally insists ,upon sharing both the eclat and the penalties. Hence he writes to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford and to the lii,hop of London to declare that he entirely concurs wi th Mr. Ward, and claims, like him, the right " to hold all. Yet it doctrine. , Ye it is quite clear that while Mr. Oakeley does not choose to bear the imputation of cowardice, he shrinks i b ii om the consequences of his avowal. Hence he concludes 8 lette r to the Bishop of London with the following deprecatory appeal : ' Pause. my lord, I implore you, pause, before you id, l l) , ° ne binding tie, break up one compact system, „" ( uge one needful element, in the existing Church of th""d• It subsists by a balance; it is kept in its orbit rough the operation of rival and conflicting influences.. Mr. Oakeley protests against being supposed capable eClinginge to his chapel and his fellowship from merely nary motives. We do not see that it is at all neces sary to conclude that pecuniary considerations have much t o o g (e.with his con d uct, immoral as we deem that conduct We believe that a certain set of conspirators, of hom Messrs. Newman, Posey, Oakeley, Ward, and a f rj a more are the hiefs have undertaken to bring t . he , -nur h " c ' , d C of England back to the Roman obedience ,:' !Ind that they rightly judge that the fittest way to do this the to remain within her pale, to obtain and employ all Ihe influence which her orders and offices will give, to ,,toartndsantheir great end—to preach and practise substantial isni—and, if possible, to persuade or to compel t he auth or i ties of the Church to bear with all this, until at last, a whole army of Romish priests shall be found, itqnst churches and universities with " all Roman doe -1111" and thus, practically, making the Thirty-nine Articles a dead letter. i t is in f o ll ow i ng out this scheme that Mr. Oakeley is new th e to the difficult point of professing publicly u „,„ u ,, t he one hand that " he holds all Roman doctrine, ' c"`"of inducing his diocesan on the other to allow him to ont in ue minister of Margaret Chapel; and it is to ac -1 Londonis double object that his Letter to the Bishop of has been penned. ti e l h is epistle is certainly as clever a piece _of mys.tificsas ti, as ever was contrived by a Jesuit. Nevertheie. , 47,e c ase is t oo c l ear to be brought to any doubt, even by Vie art o f a l l the Jesuits that ever lived. f o t• Ward, i n his late defence from the rostrum at Ox r words : d, used, with M r. Oakeley at„his elbow, the following oß w o ith others, who, like myself, go to the full extent 4 man Catholic doctrine." 4i i I renounce no one Roman Catholic doctrine, if it Be bs. "lan Catholic doctrine, and not a doctrine brought in iTcborruption. mean if it be sanctioned by the Pope." Mr 4 . l , eSe words, we repeat, were used Ward on ‘,,, e is_, •)(n of this month, in the meeting of Convocation,. ": Oakeley standing behind him and supporting . him ; and in the letter which the latter has just published, he states e his concurrence again and again, but disclaims no or. word then uttered by his pupil. There can be no %re-_ 1 of doubt, then, as to Mr. Oakeley's and Mr. Ward s cent Position. That which is declared by all Roman lil a arhorities to be " the most accurate and explicit sum l'im Y°l the Roman Catholic faith—the creed of Pope Thee Fourth," may be taken to be their creed. tritlea-?nlY question is whether persons holding suchdoc chattiloght, to wish to remain in the ministry of the dui .f E gland? and whether they ought to be m weehdennilthat wish? der • ilr. Lindsey found his belief in the Trinity on- W hen Mr. change, he at once resigned his preferment. bap t i u s Air. olted came to doubt the lawfulness of infant 14r. AT , hewn gave up his church and his fellowship. When tarsi hoar tarsi of Edinburgh, was consioced of the scrip tive nature parish of Episcopa c y, h e gave up a l arge an d l ucra- Ch otci a l rish in that city, an d acce pt e d a curacy i n th e come. of England, sacrificing., three-fourths of his in- When Mr. Sibthorp, Mr. Bernard Smith, and se lerathi ether of late, bezarne satisfied of the rightfulness wow" pPaPal supremacy, they acted as men in general Itorne:lpeet them to act—they went over at once to motiv e 4 .gain, we repeat our conviction that the chief to take which induces Messrs. Oakeley, Pulley, and others, ship s a :" °Praisite a course, end to ding to their fellow carry LI chtirches is a hope, and a deliberate design to ever th,: e English Church over with them to Rome, when inecal_y shall have succeeded, by remaining in her, in rin e i p l i t, ng a sufficient number of her sons with Romish But n o ; esery s i t let us observe the violence they must do to t..., e c cere and honourable feeling in their own breasts, in thecourse they are taking. trine that' that they " renounce no really Roman doe s poet iS, no doctrine which has been sanctioned by su to t i ,,_ We take, then. Pope Pius's creed as the best th e ei 7. 1 . 7' of Roman doctii •e; and we compare it with o r , beAagments into which these gentlemen have entered, Themeng ministers of the English Church. linty ced of Pope Pius says—"•l acknowledge the and mistth°lie Apostolic Roman Church for the mother e rica to mistress f Churches • and I promise true obedi- Prince of Bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, ' And i* the Apostles, and Vicar of Jesus Christ." con r d enndemri, reject, and anathematize all things g o 'CA theret o. , , t ° orde r. Oakeley and Mr. Ward, on their admission deciaat'i's, subscribed " willingly and ex animo," this t he oat ";----" That the Queen's Majesty under God is her iv i P s uPren le oir . aje sty , , ~ governor of this realm, and of well in , ?N a l ~. • dominion, and countries, as And that no things or causes, as in temporal. te m 110 fOrei • at e, 4 ,.„ gn prince, person, p . relate. state or po- Uperi er;t "l, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, Sisif t ,', Yt nreeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or coootti"e's, „within her Majesty's realms, dominions, or , W euldM, h e e c f 4 into" - S - ,,'," a kies',.at this moment, ". willingly an . d . ~,, w ould oot " .. :tertue this declaration, if called upon? If t "id I"—th a nd , in charity, we must presume that he 'gland? en, What business has he in the Church of ea a id if 1 3 onee saYs h e ~_ a,toould so subscribe it, " holding," possibi_ _noes, . all Roman doctrine," there is but '4 PoBBeBsiZUPPOsitioiri left to us :—He must be already 4. Again: In a dispensation from the Pope. h. pr qes i .17 .° Pe Pius's creed, Mr. Oakeley is made to ' , oat d r e '° ad e 2, , and pr t o n the mass there is offered to . God a true, Propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the But i parlre.eagal,ntau,__srt.. Article, which Mr. Oakeley has again . 4 ! nt a l t ,„'''_e o 'net!. and must subscribe, to-morrow, if tio 'n t ees of " 111 : 9 benefice, he declares that— , " The sa dea th e priesStses., in the which it was commonly said .._ 0 d, to ~_ did offer Christ for the quidk and the -, ?4,1,6,1..ve r emissio n of pain or guilt, were blasphe- R,,iti!'‘yand dangerous deceits ' tL e s l it or; s i t a n nt P l o le .., 1 3 . in . s' s creed the Romanist declares : is— nts ro I lulu that there is a purgatory, and that ',..cated . p, 'gnlng with , Christ are to be honoured and ~..! w hile 4.1_ ...IV, . " de et • " Article as plainly asserts that d• the Ro -tuot ri se s, g ce., ,_ coneerning purgatory, the invocation of ' 3 fond thing, vainly invented." Pei). 25, 1815, GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF VENETIAN BLINDS, MIS CELLANEOUS toh ___ ing la s t week another advance of £1 per has __ ming_ dam b e takeunr P l ace in th e price of iron at Bt 'eSince the handlef January the advance tir,e price - tet ors 4,,,._ . per ton, ari . d o rn w o before Parlia ent 1:4 _lessnew railway Bc•hemehs n üblic whorp the Y solieite,, 01 necessity, of p o ,:_ ~? become pro p riteo to S r a s t , ls c f o y n t clu e d p edtheir estimates notice was Liv er , jurlain cost before th . ei rh parliamentary ngt 0 _ h f line as tha e t G`ttr, Tring thromuAr.Wobricesut scive..a...teNorthern, the additional cost, owing to the great Worcester to Wolverhampton orth . I" ,t e in the price of iron, will be immense. 44°`'Osisrit3u1"18.--The following . letter from ati a on fir o m n well tilis subject ~......,tlift glass trade, etroe twhell thepanesu dtii publicduties. :ru n f i o . n:d al s hou l d no t b e she " e s 1. 1 1.4 i could begbaought at any dealers for 2s. as.tii ""atY and breaka upon duty would be equal to l d e • ; but there will not be that difference to the public,hie.. sale "niaboUr of the glazier has to be added to t beakers. for sending probably miles amount to hackheowut whole s of ti u : i g t.ass and put in the new ; and the average is lint ‘,ol.zght by the glaziers throughout the kingdom doklble ,flOO each. Should the glaziers charge only to pay the each XBO per annum would not be too much supportsupo rr.iage, risk, labour, rent, taxes, and pro would he ~ ;6 farnilY. Thus, a foot of common glass r_ a better"' i s.,. he charges 25., and more likely 2s. 6d. for t he n! " ! il ltY ; 7(1. per foot duty would, ,therefore, o • glii, s ,LY difference ia half-a-crown. Again,. with flint- Sir and .. , ue to tal duty upon a dozen wine-glasses is 2,1 d., an Iver'liote than that It froin ii „ .. t r sum upon • a hhiandme at tut d.d ecanter 31b., Iper lh co,int(lrhekrt penT mußt educe the v n a g lue of labour in this thughY,s'efote we 'can compete with the Belgians,. a.lr !lnkaii anutti4._e(o:l..s_and alkali may be cheaper than their 4_,_,B,fyuit well cl„foer fuel. . All persons who I English have e er foreign it i l 4 , : t . In elctotnnectisouperioFil-it of twin 4, tn°Yerlient is onnfowc:tt this cr s t u t b ,e ject it may be stated be ta'iceerrnission from Sir Roabmer°tni'eel r"oirasstht:iardeFtotcoks°l'to ic'wed 1 ; 1" 4 giVen dS Y, so that a drawback may be al tnight be the crown sheetand date glass, which they 1 15th i n e rqinired to 'declare tvas 'their property on the rere'rti; According to the present intention of the Go_ Ila 4 p uei. , no drawback is to be allowed, except upon tthich si..q.(l for exportation previous to the sth of April, i l e P ,,, on f n u!'inid. fshuehjpect the dealers to all the loss consequent 'and.' ' ' '.. Vol:* npon markets when film "no ! THE CAMBERWELL POISONING CASE.--The mystery attending the extraordinary and melancholy deaths by poisoa of Mr. and Mrs. Montague, of Camberwell, so far from being cleared up by the two very lengthened exami nations before the coroner, has become more inexplicable than ever. There is scarcely a doubt now that the mix ture of arsenic with the tea was not a matter of mistake; on the contrary, there is every reason to believe it was wilfully done, but then by whom there is not the slightest clue, either by one of the deceased persons, or some one who might have gained access to the parlour ; it is diffi cult to find a motive strong enough to incite any one to the commission of so diabolical an act. A most important piece of evidence has just come out, which leads almost conclusively to the opinion that the poison was intention ally administered. The bottle with the arsenic was found on a shelf close to the parlour door, in the shop, and it had been recently opened, as the cork was loose, and some of the powdered arsenic was adhering to it. It is expected the inquiry will assume a new, and perhaps more serious character. MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD VENEERS.—A question of some importance to the importers of foreign furniture woods has recently been raised by the Customs'-officers at Hull. A parcel of veneers of mahogany and rosewood, cut from the log, were imported into that port from Ham burgh, which the revenue-officers placed under detention, as being contrary to the navigation laws—i.e., as being the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, and imported into this country from Europe ; the logs in this instance having been imported into Germany from the place of growth, and there cut or sawn into the very fine thin slices of wood used in the making of cabinet furniture, and known by the trade as veneers. The officers, however, considered that this operation performed in Hamburgh did not constitute a manufacture. inasmuch as the wood retained its original state, having been simply sawn or cut from the log, and would require polishing, &c., here, pre viously to being fit for use for the purpose to which it is applied. It has, however, been decided that, under the Treasury order of the 23d February, 1833, the parties are entitled to the admission of the veneers as the manufa-- tore of the country from which they were imported, al though the wood itself in its raw state be the produce of either of the other quarters of the g'obe. This decision has been communicated to the officers for their informa tion and future government. CONSERVATISM.—A correspondent in the Times, who signs " A Conservative" in allusion to the recent praise bestowed by the Premier upon Mr. Joseph Hume, says, " A complittent to a nolitical adversary, particularly from one in Sir Robert Peel's distinguished situation, is sometimes graceful, always pardonable. But Sir Robert Peel goes further, and states that the country is much in debted to that gentleman, and that during his career of 40 years of Parliamentary life, he has conferred great and lasting benefit upon the community, and that his name will go down to posterity as a most useful legislator. This, I must own, sticks in my throat. If Mr. Hume has been so useful during 40 years of his life, how comes it that Sir Robert Peel has in every single instance of his career opposed and thwarted this patriotic course? Mr. Hume has made endless motions upon reform, com merce, trade, military and ecclesiastical matters. Sir R. Peel has uniformly opposed them. Can you show me a single division in which the two names appear on the same list in these matters ? Either Sir Robert Peel is right and Mr- Hume is wrong, or vice versa'. But both cannot be right, and I, alas! an unsophisticated country gentleman, am left to decide upon this nice question. I am like the man driving a tandem, according to Mr. Canning's happy illustration, when his fore horse turns round and looks him in the face. 1 observe that Sir Robert never lavishes the same praise on his old party, all of which makes me very uneasy about this combina tion Government.' Where will it end?" RAILWAY TAXATION.—The late reports of the follow ing railways give the following statistics for the last half year :—Grand Junetion (101 miles, capital expended £2,500,000.) half-year's traffic receipts £229,000, for divi dend £l3o,ooo,—paid poor-rates, tithes, church, &c. &c., 4,890, government tax of five per cent. on passengers, £7OOO. besides income-tax on dividend, &c. ; Birming ham Railway, (112 miles, capital expended £6,000,000, on branches £500000,) halt-year's receipts £450,000, working expenses £182,000, disposable balance £273,000, —rates and taxes £12,267, government passenger-tax £15,784 ; Greenwich, (31 miles, capital £1,000,000,) re ceipts (1.000,000 passengers) £27,600, expended £27,400, balance for shareholders £2.7o,—paid government tax £1,071, rates and taxes £4,632, income-tax £l2l. Thus it will be seen that f ear railways, of 440 miles length (or 4,400 acres of land) paid, in the half-year, £30,146 rates and taxes (or 6 per cent), and £39,200 pas senger-tax (or 6 per cent. further). besides stamps, in come-tax, &c., on their disposable balance of £56.3;000. The total amount of this taxation pewees very heavily, when it is competed that there ,:re now 2,000 miles of English railways with a capital of £100.000,000, and that on 38 of these railways (eitendin 1,756 miles), for the last 6 months of 1844, the traffic receipt. were £8,250,000, being about £4,000 per roils per annum; from which deduct £1,600 for working expenses, arid there is left £2,400 per mile per annum, or nearly £2,000 ; 000 for dividend.—Railway and Land Taxation. INFANT FACTORY LABOUR. — In Lancashire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire, instances occur in which children begin work in this employment as early Rs between four and five, and several between five and six, icclusive•; many begin between six and seven, 5 , .11 more between seven and eight, and the great maj ;thy between right and nine. Out of 505 children, taken indiscriminately from returns ob taMed from each section of this di-trict, it appears that one child began work between tour and five ; three be tween five and six; sixty-eight between six and seven; 133 between seven and eight; 156 between eight and nine; 127 between nine and ten ; forty-nine betr:een ten and eleven ; twenty-six between eleven and twelve ; and two between twelve and thirteen. In the east of Scotland children commence work at the same early ages. The Rev. John Dempster, minister of Denny, states that in fants may be seen at work as early as five years of age, having got at school little more than a knowledge of the alphabet, and that they go to continuous employments at ail ages from seven years. The Rev. J. A Bomar states, "our common schools now often look like infant schools, from the paucity of older children." —Lord Ashley's EXTRAORDINARY PROGENT.—Widow Rutherford died at Aberfeldy on the 20th ult., aged 92 years. She was the mother of five children—three sons and two daughters. By her eldest daughter she had 13 grandchildren and 57 great-grandchildren. By her second daughter she had 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. By her eldest son she had 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Her second son had no children, and her third son had 3 children. In all, she had 5 children, 89 grandchildren, and 79 great-grandchildren—being 123 of a progeny ! Her eldest great-grandchild is rising 21 years of age, and several of her children, grandchildren, and great-grand children, were at her bed-side when she breathed her last. —Edinburgh paper. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—An account of all monies received and disbursed by the Governors of " Queen Anne's Bounty," during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1813, has been presented to Parliament. The gross total amount of the receipts was £188,945, 15s. 11d., and the gross total amount of the disbursements £194,356, 19s. 9d., leaving a d. ficiency of £5,411, 3s. 10d. Of the sums received, £12,705 consisted of first fruits and tenths ; £20,195 of benefactions for the augmentation of livings; £37,612 of dividends on Government funds; £42,055 of the produce of stock sold for general purposes ; £21,119 of interest on monies advanced on mortgage to build, &c., glebe-houses; £26,032 of instalments in part liquidation of monies advanced on mortgage; £7,834 of the net produce of sales on county lands ; and £17,285 of endowment trusts; of the sums disbursed, £9,804 were appropriated to the purchase of land ; £23,550 to the erection of residence houses ; £73,178 to the loans on mortgage to build, &c., glebe-houses ; £21,752 to the purchase of stock for general purposes; £56,541 to the clergy ; £3,720 to salaries, and £1,270 to miscellaneous expenses. There are no first fruits, and only £25. 16s. 7d. of yearly tenths now in arrear. ENGLISH FORGERS IN PARlS.—Parker and Williams, the two Englishmen who were arrested on suspicion of having passed either forged or stolen bank-notes, are again in custody, some information having been received to warrant their being kept in custody. It appears that the suspicion of M. Loyer, the money-changer, to whose vigilance their arrest in the first instance was owing, was not removed by the fact that the £lOO note which was presented to him to be changed was not a forgery, as he had supposed, but that, after having taken the precaution of requiring the signature and address of Parker, and sending to his lodgings, at No. 4, in the Rue Favart, to verify the name by his passport, before he cashed the note, he felt convinced by the manner of Parker that all was not right, and therefore communicated his suspicions to the Commissary of Police, who arrested both Parker and his associate, Williams. It has now been ascertained that two £lOO notes of the Bank of England, which had been changed by Parker in the Palais Royal, formed part of the contents of a cashbox, in which were Colombian bonds, notes, &c., to the value of between three and four thousand pounds, and which was stolen in April, 1844, from a house at Bethnall-green. A reward of £2OO was offered for the discovery of the thief, but up to this time no traces had been obtained of either the thief or the pro perty. The possession of these notes by Parker will pro bably produce some disclosures as to the robbery, even although he should be able to prove that they came fairly into his hands in the way of business. The sum found at Parker's lodging was not of so large an amount as some of out contemporaries would lead the public to imagine. it consisted of 7,500 f. in notes of the Bank of France, and 240 sovereigns, all, it is understood, the produce of the Bank of England notes which had been exchanged. At the lodging of Williams, in the Rue Favart, No. 2, only a sum of 2 500 f. was found, being the a moun t o f a £lOO Bank of England note which he had changed in the Palais Royal, giving at the time not his own name, but that of John Parker. We believe that nothing of importance beyond the fact of the two £lOO notes above mentioned (Nos. 32,661 and 32,662) having formed part of the con tents of the cashbox stolen last year, has transpired against the parties in custody, but it is the opinion of Mr. Loyer, and of the officers of justice, that the arrest of those per sons will lead to further and very important disclosures.— Gatiynnni's Messenger. THE FRENCH MINISTRY. The Journal des Dibals states that— " The result of the division in the Chamber of Depu ties on Friday was decisive, as may be seen by the ma jority of 24 in favour of ministers. Thus the cabinet was right not to despair of the chamber. It was right in making a second trial. The Conservative party, a mo ment shaken by the manoeuvres of the coalition, has rallied at the moment of danger, at the very time when its enemies considered it was routed. The greater the danger, the more honourable has been the victory. nil majority, which it was believed was vanquished and dis persed, now appeared more firm, more united, better or- .anised, and hitter disciplined, than ever it was. Its vote on Friday consolidates the cabinet, and re-establishes the position of the government. It promises the ministry a solid, immoveable support. No doubt it will be attempted to attenuate its result, but no one can contest it. his not the material result, butthe moral result, which cannot bedispu- We call all those as witnesses who heard the admirable speech which M. Guizot delivered on Friday. Friends or enemies, they will not contradict us when we say that it was ore c f the finest which was ever delivered at the Fre..ch tribune. Never were our feelings more excited; never did we more sincerely or more conscientiousi• ad mire that manly talent, that incomparable eloquence, in which we know not whether we ought most to appreciate the superiority of his reason or the dignity of his senti ments—the elevation of his political views or the mag nificence of his language. Yes, there was a system of policy displayed, and there was eloquence exhibited such as is suited to our country, to our age, to our institutions; and to our free government. Before M. Guizot we heard M. Billault. We shall not do M. Guizot the injustice to compare him with M. Billault, but M. Guizot must par don us if we observe that he derived an immense advan tage from speaking after M. Billault. The mediocre and interior talent of the lawyer served as a foil to the noble qualities which constitute the power and the prestige of the eloquent orator. We repeat that the moral, as well as the material result of the debate on Friday was all in contestably in favour of the cabinet." _ 6'peech. THE QUESTION "WHO WROTE ICON BASILICE ?' ?Loral aniviprobinrial 3etus, SOLVED.—" That is for you, doctor," said Herbert, placing in Dr. Hammond's hands a small book; " you will trea- Sir William M. Stanley left London on Saturday for sure it as the apple of your eye. I bought it the very Hooton. morning after that horrible act. Rostyn told me that he The Monks' Ferry Tunnel is shortly to be lighted with had orders not to publish it till then. Already people say it was not written by the kin.. ; some, that Dr. Harris g as was its composer; others, that r yourself, who knew his The contributions towards the expenses attendant upon thoughts so well. Dr. Hammond opened the volume; it the extensive improvements now in progress at Chester was entitled "Icon Basilike." " I can myself swear that Cathedral, amount to £2,594 19s. 6d. every word of these meditations was written by his Mrs. Smith, for many years housekeeper at Bridgewa majesty," said he, readi n g s ome passages which he had ter House, Runcorn, but living of late at Wursley, de seen the king write in ths very palace, at Holdenby. atroyed herself on Tuesday last by cutting her throat. "If any doubt, ask Endymion Porter and Lnrd Montague. At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Robert Bond, for It was only just b e f o r e he left Hampton Court that furiously driving in the streets, was fined 10s. and costs; Fairfax sent the trunks taken at Naseby, with seventeen and Wm. Campbell, for a like offence and running over a chapters ; and the king's wanting some careful personito man, 208. and costs. transcribe and arrange them, asked Bishop Juxon to recommend one, and he sent Jahn Brand?, who, with hi s ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—The beautiful opera of the Bohemian Girl continues to draw crowded _houses to this son, sat up several nights methodising the papers in the king's handwriting. Deny it to be the king's ! General theatre. On Thursday r we perceive utte o th th e , performances will be for the benefit of Mr. Iw r th e box-keeper. Hammond knows it, for he searched the king's papers at Carisbrook, and has spoken of these very meditations; PARISIAN VENUS.—The immense success that has and Sir Jeremy Whicott transcribed the very chapte rs attended this classic exhibition, has induced the proprie. when Fairfax lent them to Major Huntingdon. Pooh, tor to prolong his stay during the present week, but this, pooh ! They would deny Lord Bacon his ` Novurn we are assured, is the last. Organam,'" exclaimed Dr. Hammond, much excited. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last, a young wo " Poor Sym mons, who undertook to see the work through man, named Sarah Jones, a servant in the employ of Mr. the press for the king, had a narrow escape ; two of the Jabez Vale, who resides at Higher Tranmere, broke a printers, Cheltenham and Jones, gave information to the blood-vessel while at work, end immediately expired. government of the book's coming out, and they watched WOMAN RUN OVER. —On Wednesday evening last, Symmons tn his lodgings ; and he, th oug h i n a shepherd's Elizabeth Wood habit, was discovered, and pursued into Great Carter- s, while crossing Cockspur-street, was knocked down by a spring cart, and so much injured that lane by the officers. The villains fired pistols at hi m , she died almost immediatel frightened him up stairs, and out of a garret w i n d ow y . from whence he made his escape over the hou s e s . Flat--, VICTORIA THEATRE.—Mr. T. Holloway, the son of rington and I have seen the king place it under his blue the spirited manager of this theatre, takes his bet.efit on warchet waistcoat, upon occasion of interruption. When Monday evening next. The pieces selected are such as at Carisbrook, I saw him give the copy into Symmon's cannot fail to please a playgoing public. hands, and thank him graciously for his book called FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning, a boy, Vindivim Caroli.' Ay, doctor, they know all hearts will named Thomas Dowell, who was employed at the dock be touched by the book, and would put it into discredit."— railway, was unfortunately killed, owing to being crushed From the recently published historical work of " Hampton between the waggons. Court." FETE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, Signor AN ODD COURTSHIP.—[We extract the following from Emidy, who is attached to Mr. Batty's equestrian com a story in the Illuminated Magazine; the second chapter pany, at present performing in this town, accomplished of which traces the career of a young Israelite from his the surprising task of driving twenty horses in hand, two primitive pursuit of a hawker of sponges, pencils, and abreast, through the principal streets of the town. pens, to the lofty elevation of a Portland-place capitalist. ANCIENT BRITONS' SOCIETY.—It will be seen by an The character, it is said, is drawn from life, the Sentinel, advertisement in another column, that this society in indeed, professes its ability to identify the original:l—At tend to dine together on Monday next, when we believe the time the lottery-office keepers were in the habit of Mr. Alderman Griffith will take the chair. purchasing tickets on their ,own account to retail, thehero Thomas Donahoo was tried at Lancaster, last week, of our tale, who was a broker, embraced the lottery-ticket for the wilful murder of his wife, at Ulverstone, on the trade with great spirit. The day before that appointed 20th of December last. The jury, after considerable de for a drawing had arrived, and be held a ticket unsold. liberation, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. He had taken his hat from its peg, and reached the door To be transported for life. of the counting-house, when a young woman, who was BALL AT CROXTETH HALL.—On Tuesday last, a ball passing, stopped to investigate the golden promises with took place at Croxteth Hall, for the tenantry and do which every pane of the window was filled. After a pe- mestica. Dancing was kept up till four o'caock in the meal of them, she turned towards the broker, who still morning. Mr. Phillips' quintette quadrille band was en was standing on his threshold, "had he the sixteenth of a gaged, and gave universal satisfaction. ticket in the lottery, to b e d rawn nex t d ay , f or sa l e ." HARMONIC Evrtatisros, COMMERCIAL-HALL—W. J. " Pray walk in, madam," said the man of business ;" be Hammond is certainly a funny fellow, and has the power so good as to walk in !" The maiden complied. She of amusing an audience in a high degree. We see that his was a comely personage, who had already bid adieu to entertainment for this evening is varied. Duringg his last girlhood and its thoughtl essness , if, i n d ee d , s h e ha d ever two even i ngs b e h as h a d very l arge audiences. We would been affected by it, for her mein and demeanour were strongly recommend all who enjoy a rich evening's enter especially grave and sedate. " I wish I could tainment, at a cheap rate, to go,and see this man of many persuade you, he began, "to take a half. This is the faces. most advantageous scheme we have yet been so fortunate FORTHCOMING CONCERT AT SEACOMBE.—Mr. Wm. as to offer the public; three capitals, £30,000 each— Tomkinson, organist of St. John's Church, Liscard, besides a very great number of other very c ons id era bl e purposes, we l earn , to give a grand vocal and i ns t rumenta l prizes."—" Oh," said the lady, "I am only a merchant's concert, in the large room in the pleasure-grounds'of the housekeeper; where should I get th e money f rom ? I S eacom b e H ote l , ear l y i n March • and from the success can't think of it." " ' Could nothing i n d uce you ?" asked o f h i s concert l ast year, we cannot but anticipate that his the dealer, in his blandest manner. " Nothing," said old friends, and numerous new ones in that locality and the customer ; " what is the price ?" " Only eighteen its neighbourhood, will honour him with their patronage pounds." insinuated the Chapman. "It would be the on the occasion. We have seen the bill of fare, and, so ruin of me to lose such a sum, observed the housekeeper, far as we can judge, the entertainment will be truly a drawing from her pocket a well-furnished green purse — treat, — the songs and pieces selected being " first rate," as long as a jelly-bag. " Try your luck for once," con- and the performers, both vocal and instrumental, being tinued the tempter ; " take one half of this ticket-I'll highly respectable in the scale of professional ability. take the other, and this shall be the bargain :if it come CONCERTS AT THE NELSON-STREET ASSEMBLY up a £30,000 prize, we will make the two shares one, and rtootas.—The concerts and literary recreations at these the bottlers also. What say you to the offer ?" The I rooms on Saturday evenings for the amusement and irn maiden made no reply, but with a blush — no t per h aps provement of the working-classes — amongst w h om m i ngle strictly " ce l es ti a l ros y red, but a very good imitation many of the wealthier townsmen and townswomen—have for the W a rd of Ch ea p—proceeded to tell out eighteen hitherto been eminently successful, and in consequence pieces o n th e coun t er . A s she concluded the gallant of repeated application from parties who cannot attend on Israelite pre sen t e d th e scr ip i n this singular venture. and, Saturday evenings, the committee have made arrange pressing the hand that received it to his lips, ratified the ments for g ivin g a n entertainment to-morrow evening, contract. Scarcely had four-and-twenty hours elapsed (Wednesday,) on which occasion an excellent selection after the completion of the treaty, ere the wheel of fortune of glees, so ng s, duets, &c., will be given—the principal revolved i n f avour o f th ese o dd vow s. The ticket became vocalists being Mrs. Sunderland, Miss May Swain, Mr. one of the £30,000 capitals, and in such a space as the Lambert, (of York,) Mr. Haswell, and Mr. Armstrong. preliminaries would permit the fortune holders were man The programme for S4turd.av nest :rs also extremely in. and wife. Yiting THE CHURCH AT WIGAN.—The polling for the rate of ninepence in the pound for the repairs of the parish church of Wigan, was renewed with redoubled energy on Saturday, and finally closed at four o'clock in the after noon of that day. The numbers were—for the rate. 1,026 ; against it, 971. WEST DERBY UNION.—The following appointments of Assistant-overseers were made by the Board of Guard ians of the West Derby Union, on Tuesday last, viz., township of Kirkdale, Mr. Edward Parnell ; Walton-on the-Hill, Mr. Thomas Eilbeck ; Bootle-cum-Linacre, Mr. Robert Fowler; Kirby district, Mr. John Heylin. GUANO. — There has been less disposition to purchase last week than the preceding one, and the business barely exceeds 1,000 tons Ichaboe, at £7 10s. to .47 12s. 6d. for inferior to good quality on the spot in quantity. and £7 153. to arrive. We anticipate but little fluctuation either one war or the other for three or four weeks yet. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We rarely remember a lecturer to have made a more successful debdt at this va luable institut;on than .Ir. J. Ilumffreys Parry. the bar- rister, did on Friday, in his introductory lecture on ora tory. The applause and cheering with which his remarks were followed were of a most extraordinary character, and plainly indicate for him great popularity in Liverpool. ELDON RESTAURANT. - It will be seen, by an advertise ment in our first page, that Mr. C. Hume, formerly steward to the Palatine Club, has opened a most com modious cafe and restaurant,in the northern corner of the recently-erected bankruptcy court. It is fitted up with every care to the comfort of patrons--and the situation the proprietor held is sufficient to ensure that the fare is excellent. SMUGGLING TOBACCO. —Op Saturday, Mary Thomas, an elderly female, and Thomas Edwards, a grown-up lad, were summoned on a charge of having been found in Pos session of 14Ibs weight of tobacco, in Wapping. Officer 15 deposed, that, having a suspicion of the parties, he took them into a public-house, the evening before, and that, on proceeding to search the female, who exhibited a bulky appearance, she dropped the tobacco from under her cloak. Edwards was discharged, and the female was ordered to be remanded until instructions should have been received from the Board of Customs. MR. CHARLES KEMBLE.—We observe that this ta lented gentleman is attracting crowded audiences at the Manchester Athenaeum, by his readings from Shakspere, given, too, for the third time, at that institution. Since his visit to us he has successively appeared at Oxford, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, amongst other places, at all of which he has been received in the most flattering manner, his audiences (if we may credit the accounts of the press) nightly increasing. At Glasgow, by the special request of the Lord Provost, sheriff, and other authorities of that city, he was induced to give another reading, and he was likewise honoured by a public invitation from those parties to dinner. Indeed at our Liverpool Collegiate Institution he was honoured by the attendance of the two past and the present mayors at bis readings, with whom, and a select party of influential gentlemen he had the honour of pat taking refreshment, at the institution, upon each of his evenings of reading. We understand that he is to re appear at the Collegiate Institution next month. CONSPIRACY TO ROB AT CARDS.—At the Police-court yesterday. a man, named Benjamin Joval, was charged before the sitting magistrates, Mr. Francis Heywood and Mr. William Brown, (Mr. Rushton being absent,) with this offence, effected on a stranger so much in the usual way, that minute details were quite superfluous ; and the only wonder is, that, after the repeated publication of former cases, any one, even from a secluded district, should permit himself to he so egregiously duped. It appeared that the complainant, a Mr. Fearnhead, had come to this town, on business, from Culcheth, (near Warrington,) on Thursday morning last, having some business to transact. While sauntering in Ranelagh street he was accosted by a man, who became very inqui sitive, and pretended to require some advice as to guns, of which he (complainant) admitted that he knew some thing. The result of the conversation was, that the pri soner induced his victim to accompany him to Mr. Bry an's public-house, in Hanover-street, to have a glass of ale, and talk the matter over. After they had seated them selves the prisoner and afterwards another man came in. One of them produced a number of sovereigns, and taunted all the others to do the like. Another of them produced a pack of cards, and proposed cutting. The game began and the prisoner at first won. The prisoner took the black cards out (or more probably pretended to do so), and the complainant was foolish enough to change a£s note, and take part in the cutting. Tit's pretended friend advised him on two different occasions to guess red. but on each occasion black was the cut. He lost four sovereigns at two stakes of £2, and the parties, two strange men, went out, but not the prisoner. In less than an hour the prisoner (who had not apparently taken any of the money) was seen and recognised by the complainant, near the Goree, and was given in charge to a police officer. The sum of £4 13s. was fund upon him. The depositions were taken against him, and it was intima ted that he should be committed for felony. Mr. War dle, who appeared for the prisoner, submitted that there was no evidence to bear out the charge of felony, in asmuch as the prisoner had not handled any of the money. but had lost his own money also, and there was no proof of conspiracy. It was decided, however, that that would be a question for the jury, and the prisoner was com mitted for trial at the sessions. CHANGE RINGING. — On Tuesday last, the society of St. Peter's, in this town, ascended the tower and rung a true peal of caters, on Steadman's principle, consisting of 5007 changes, in three hours and twelve minutes, being the first peal of that intricate method ever rung on the above bells. The peal was composed by the late Mr. G. Houghton, and conducted by Mr. John Heron. Weight of tenor 25 cwt. in the key of D. PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS CASES, FRIDAY.— The following are the cases disposed of at the Police court, on Friday :—Margaret Thomas. publican, Horatio street, 20s. and costs ; William Renshaw, publican, Law ton street, 20s. and costs ; Peter Sykes, publican, Mill street, 20s. and costs. Beersellers.—Mnry Hughes, Bed ford-street, 20s. and costs ; Hannah Bagnall, Crown street, 20s. and costs; Richard Barker, Whitechapel, 40s and costs. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—The amount subscribed for a testimonial to this distinguished gentleman in Liverpool and Manchester will, at his own rt quest, be expended in the purchase of a residence for him in London. Ile has already two services of plate, in addition to that to be pre sented to him by the merchants of Bombay. A portion of the money will be applied for the purchase of a single piece of plate, on which will be engraved a suitable com memorative inscription. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—On Saturday, a carter, of the name of William Roper, was summoned before the magis trates, on a charge of having unmercifully beaten his horse. Mr. Robert Ellison Harvey proved the truth of the charge. He was passing along ('heapside, and, seeing the fellow in the act of inflicting sundry blows with a large hammer upon the animal, he immediately ordered a summons to be served upon him. Mr. Thomas Bolton, who presided, reprimanded Roper for his inhumanity, and ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. and costs. DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Saturday an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, book-keeper and clerk in the Dock-office, who resided at No. 8, Grove-street. About three weeks since the deceased was missing, and his friends and relations, who were much alarmed at his con tinued absence, circulated handbills, offering a liberal re ward for his recovery. On Friday afternoon, a labourer discovered the body in a clay-pit, at Park-field, near Boundary-street. Some money and several other arti cles were found in the pocket of the unfortunate gentle man. The deceased was fifty years of age. The jury re turned a verdict of " Found drowned." " WANT OF WATER." Under this title, our townsman Mr. Samuel Holme, has just published a pamphlet (as a letter to Mr. Harmood Banner), in which he, in a masterly manner, furnishes such an exposition of the system pursued by the two companies who have so long tnjoyed the monopoly of supplying the town with water, and who have so stinted that supply, though charging high rates, that the he Ilth and comfort of the inhabitants have been seriously affect ed, and property at fires, during the last twenty years, been sacrificed to the amount of some millions,—that it is impossible to peruse it, supported as it is by incontrover tible evidence, without a conviction that the time has ar rived when an entire change must be effected, and private pecuniary gains be compelled to give way to public safety and good economy. We have long been aware of some of the evils, affecting private individuals, of the system adopted by the water companies; but (with the exception of the notoriously short supply at fires) they were com paratively isolated cases that came under our notice, and we were willing to believe were the casual work of over zealous underlings, rather than of the directors them selves. The mass of authenticated statements before us, however, puts us in possession of the fart that the griev. ances of that system are wide spread, and have not only, as affecting our trading community, jeopardized the very commerce of the port, but have been injuriously felt by numbers of all classes, and especially by the poor. The wonder naturally arises how it happened that such a sys tem was not long ago protested against and annihilated by public opinion, and we can only account for the gen eral apathy on this point by supposing—first, that the mass of the inhabitants laboured under the mistaken impres sion that water is so scarce in the locality that a greater or cheaper supply could not be supplied; and secondly. that " what is every one's business is no one's," atio most persons engaged in the:turmoils of business being averse to devote the time, trouble, and consequent ex pense necessary to obtain redress—unless aggravated by major grievances. The recent awful and destructive fires have, however, roused the latent attention of the public generally to the subject; and facts, which would otherwise have slumbered in the womb of time, have at length bee,. elicited, and arc of such a nature that there is now no receding from a general effort to obtain thorough refor mation. After an introduction, in which Mr. Banner's personal remarks are met in a spirit of sarcasm and retort, Mr. Holme in dissecting that gentleman's pamphlet, divides the subject into distinct heads. He meets Mr. B's. assertion "that an abundant supply of water has not been so much the desideratum at fires, as the timely supply at an early stage of the calamity," by stating that " it is notorious that in scarcely a single instance of fire we have ever had a sufficiency, much less a timely supply," and he proceeds to corroborate the assertion by the testimony of gentlemen of the highest respectability, as well as his own. He asserts, from the evidence of his own eyesight, that at the fires of Robert street, Lancelot's-hey, Formby-street, Parliament -street, and Fawcett 's Foundry, therewas not only a shamefeldelay, but no possibility of obtaining from the Companies' mains an adequate supply to keep four or five engines at work. At two of them water could not be got to get out the salvage, and many bales of cotton were the day and day but one after Platt's fire, destroyed, which could have been saved bad there been water. At Fawcett's £lOO would have covered the loss had there been water at first, but the damage done amounted to £44,446, and soon afterwards two valuable warehouses in Henry -street were consumed. Had there been a continuousstream of water for five minutes at this and other fires, " property might have been saved to the extent of a million of money, —a sum twice as much as would be required to supply every street and house in the town with water; to erect and supply a hundred public fountains; and to keep every main quite full, both night and day." A general deficiency has been complained of since the Goree fire, and was not therefore " a modern cry." Our author then quotes the evidence of Mr. Whitty before the committee of the House of Commons, showing there had been a general deficiency. In Cooper's row, the Mechanics' Institution, and Robert street, there was great destruction from the want of water. At Robert-street it caused a loss of £lOO,OOO. In every instance, indeed, during his period of office, extensive conflagrations had been the results of want of water at the commencement, and in many cases the fire brigade (a very extensive and efficient body) had to break up the streets and get what water they could out of the sewers. At Formby -street £20,000 worth of property was saved, but had there been water three times that amount would have been redeemed from the flames. Mr. Rushton gave similar testimony, and said " there was no town in England where the supply of water was so totally inadequate for the purposes of health and com fort as in Liverpool." Lieut. Mae well, (agent for salva ges,) Mr. James Lawrence, and Mr. N. D. Bold spoke to the same effect, and also concurred that the mains were not kept full at night, as required by the act, so that exorbitant charges were made for insurances. On many occasions there was not water to work the engines, which had to be stopped every five minutes. Lieutenant Max well said, that at Crane and Platt's fire there was an inade quate supply for securing salvages, and he was kept whole days without a drop, using only what could be got from CALEDONIAN SociaTE.—On Friday, at the Clarendon- the sewer. Mr. Bold, who never saw a sufficient supply rooms, a number of gentlemen met, pursuant to au ad- at the large fires over the last ten years, had 110 doubt vertisement which had appeared in the local papers, for the whole of them would have been prevented extending the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of to the magnitude they attained, if there had been a pro forming a Caledonian Society, on the principle of the per supply. At the fire at the New Quay, in which 14 or Scottish Corporation in London, the object of which was 15 warehouses, and several houses, were destroyed, the to give relief, to all destitute natives of Scotland who fire insurance companies had to pay £230,000, and the , were passing through or might be resident in the town. losses sustained, by them at the various conflagrations, There was a very full attendance, G. Armstrong, gig., amounted to more than two millions of money ! The in the chair, and among others, John Clow, I. K. Finlay, same gentleman stated that the amount of merchandise J. C. Jack, J. Gaston, Andrew Low, Hugo Reid, J. insured in Liverpool averaged twelve millions. Glenn W; IL Sangster, Leighto n , R. W. R ona ld , M uc h more interesting evidence of a simil a r na t ure i s and W. Watson, Esqrs. The chairman read a letter from given, but we must refer thereader for details to the work the secretary of the London society, from which we take itself.' the following extract. " Our distribution takes place on After disposing of some erroneous statements relative. the second Wednesday of each month. Eighty pension- to St. David's Place, with regard to which Mr. Holmes w as., all upwards of seventy years of age, re ce i ve (f rom was wrongfully blamed, our author comes t o th e su bj ect me) each £lO per annum—Xl in each of six winter and' of domestic supply, showing the truth of his previous as 13s 4d each summer month—in the forenoon, after service sertion, that 'the poor in Marybone, Vauxhall-road, &c. by the chaplain. At four p.m., the casual poor, about were scantily supplied with water, and that the majority 300, assemble for service, at five they are relieved by the of them being unable to pay water-rent, could only pro committee themselves, according to circumstances (7s, Bs, cure by stealth as much as sufficient for culinary purpo gs, 108, 12s, 15s, 20s), on a petition, signed by a subscri- sea. He adds, that in Freemason's-row and Garden ber, given in a week before ; or, If a new case, fourteen street there were several houses without any water; in, days before, to give time for inquiry. Free passages to Gascoyne-street, and other streets, there are courts with Scotland are also given in proper cases. In all, about only a single small cock placed in the entry, the water 400 receive relief every month, and about £2OO a month is being turned on only for a short period every other day ; given. We have a paid visitor, who enquires into all many Instances of but one cock to supply six to ten cases, and particularly new ones. The beadle collects houses, and the like in several other parts. Further evi much information. After the relief, he goes round with dence is also given (by Mr. Rushton,) showing that the the money for those unable to attend. The committee poor are badly supplied, that the companies take a very take have visit the recipi en t s . W e summary pro cess t o recover t h e i r rent, an d t h at ( t h oug h they and surgeons wh o g i ve a d v i ce some court s are no t supp li e d a t a ll) t h ey h ave the power districts, honorary in physicians to :our poor, and can order medicine at the expense of to inflict a penalty upon any one who gives away their wa the corporation. The chaplain will also attend when ter. In one instance, eight houses were kept without asked ; but this is necessarily much limited by distance. water for three years. With regard to watering the streets, Each subscriber of not less than one guinea annual, or it appears that so short has been the supply for the pub ten guineas life, can recommend one applicant each lie tanks, that in 1842, when 87,000 tons were consumed month. Vacancies on the £lO pension are filled up an- in this way, 21,000 tons of it had to be carted from the nuallv—one vote for each vacancy to each annuel guinea, docks, canals, and other sources, at a great expense. Our or ten guineas; thus, if ten vacancies, a subscriber of two author goes on. after other facts, to show that the two guineas annual, or twenty guineas life, has twenty votes companies can, as he before asserted, raise the price of ' to be given to one, or divided at pleasure." The reso- water, if they choose, and the public have no redress; /talons will be fennel in OUT advertising columus. that for the purpose of brewing, dying, &c. •Lci could STREET ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man named John Johnson was charged with mal treating and robbing a respectable man named Frank Collins, in the street. It appeared that the complainant had been to St. John's Market, on Saturday night, and was returning home about 11 o'clock when he was as saulted by a gang of young fellows who had congregated at the corner of Whitechapel, so that his face bled. While he , stooped to save his clothes from the blood, the prisoner came up and rifled his pockets of t , , , 0 half crowns—all the money be then possessed. The prisoner was appre• hended shortly after through the assistance of a police officer, and two half-crowns were found upon him. He was committed for trial. THE WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL.—We beg to draw the attention of the Welsh inhabitants of this town, and others friendly to the education of the poor, to an adver tisement, in to-day's paper, announcing the annual exa mination of the children taught at the Welsh Charity Schools, in Russell-street, which, we understand, have been established upwards of forty years. There are, at the present time, about four hundred receiving a sound education, based upon religious principtes ; and many in dividuals, in this town and elsewhere, are now filling im portant situations who, in early life, attained the rudi ments of their knowledge in these schools. We more particularly wish to impress upon the natives of the prin cipality, residing here and possessing the means of con tributing to so benevolent a charity, not to lose this op portunity of manifesting their kind feelings towards the children of their less fortunate fellow-countrymen. VALUABLE INTENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF VESSELS STORMS.--We direct attention to an announcement in another column relative to Trail and Co.'s patent storm sails, the excellence of which is attested by many eminent nautical men in various ports. The improvement consists of strong bands, placed diagonally on each side of the sail, forming, as it were, a net-work enclosing it, and so se cured to the bolt-ropes that it is next to impossible that the canvas can be blown away, even in a hurricane, the strains being equally distributed. The extra weight cf the bands is very trifling; the cost comparatively small; and they can be applied to old sails as well as to new, and will save the cost of extra suits. They also sit better on a wind, and from their great strength, are invaluable in vessels that are thrown by gales near a lee shore, in which case the ordinary canvas, of merchant craft especially, is rarely of sufficient stability to enable them to forge to windward. THE AIGRURTH TOLL-BAIL—A meeting of the rate payers was held in the public office, Park-road, on Thurs day, relative to a grievance which has long been borne, and, as it now appears, was illegally exacted—repairing the Aigburth road, and submitting to a toil on it. It seems that the parties on the south side of the gate refuse to maintain the road, and the trustees of the toll-bar, when threatened with an action, declared their intention of con testing every point, and taking every advantage which the law allowed them. Mr. Gregson, the chairman of the commissioners, stated that counsel's opinion had been taken, and that was against the legality of the toll and the maintenance of the road by the township of Toxteth.park. An action had been commenced to try the right, and it ought to come on at the March assizes, but the trustees had threatened to traverse until the summer assizes. Their opposition was most vexatious. A long discussion followed, in which a number of the rate-payers took part. It was ultimately determined to proceed in the course re commended by counsel, and a resolution was carried to pay the law expenses nut of the rates. It was stated, in the course of the proceedings, that the Aigburth gate yielded £lOOO a year. HOUSE ROBBERY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man named John Butterworth was placed at the bar on this charge. Mrs. Alice Dean, a widow, residing in Smith-street, Kirkdale, said that on Saturday night last, about eight o'clock, having occasion to go out she locked up the house, leaving no one within. She returned about eleven o'clock, and became alarmed on observing marks of some kind of instrument upon the door. She went Co some distance and procured two constables who came and opened the door. She then found tbe drawers in the par lour had been emptied of their contents, which were scattered about. From her own room she also missed several articles of dress, also six german silver spoons, a ring, a half-sovereign, &c. The back door it was found had been broken open. She was afterwards sent for to Rose-hill station, and found that at half-past 9 o'clock that night police-officer No. 211 (Glendinning) had ap prehended a man (the prisoner) on suspicion, and without precious information,—he carrying a bundle, and appear ing, on being questioned, to be somewhat confused. The propel ty turned out to be that taken from the house, and the whole was recovered with the exception of the spoons and the ring. The, value of the articles recovered is about £5. The prisoner was committed for trial. Great praise is due to the police-officer. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD also have their own price, and that for a steam-engine be longing to him, the charge was so high that he bad to sink a well for himself, and found he could obtain an abundant supply at less than one penny per tun, while the charge of the companies for the water for the streets is 4d. per tun. Mr. Banner's argument that the water rents are so low that the rich man contributes to the supply of water foe hfs poorer neighbour, and that the former ought not to complain of the " charitable tax," is demolished by Mr. Holme's figures. He shows that houses under £8 a-year pay five per cent ; above £B, and not exceeding £2O, six per cent ; above £2O, and not exceeding £4O, five-and-a half per cent; above £4O, and not exceeding £6O, five per cent ; and above £6O only four-and-a-half per cen t. Taking the respective circumstances of the parties into account, it appears on the contrary, that the rich are less heavily taxed than the poor ; but we must refer f or th e elucidation to the pamphlet. It is also shown that Mr. B.'s assertion that the charge for water in Liverpool is not so high as in other places, is not correct, as regards many other towns, and that much lower prices are quoted. He next shows the increased value of the shares of the Liverpool and Harrington Company—from£3so, in 1828 ; to £625 in 1845, and adds, that had the supply of water been in the hands of the public authorities instead of a private company, the saving would have been enormous, for the diminution of taxation, or applicable to the com forts of the poor. Many other facts are brought forward, and it is suggest-d that the corporation should purchase the interest of both the water companies, when, eventu ally, the town might be supplied at one-third the present cost, and fountains, &c. be abundantly supplied. But we must refer to the able work itself, which we trust will be widely read—the subject being of vital importance to all classes of the community. THE MUMMY FROM ICHABOE \Ve some months ago noticed that the remains of a man, in the mummy wat- of preservation, had been discovered amongst the guano on the island of Ichaboe, and that it was intended to bring it to this country, which, as we recently announced, was done by the captain of the ves sel (now here), one of the crew belonging which chanced to find it. We have since seen it, in a room attached to the counting-house of Messrs. Jones and Abbinet, the extensive yacht and boat builders, in Mason- street,- and we must say that it is a great curiosity, though by no means, as may naturally be expected, a pleasing specimen of the " complexion " to which, under peculiar circum stances, "we may come at last." It will be remembered by such of our readers as saw our first paragraph, that a stave of a cask was found close upon the body. having rudely carved upon it " Christopher Delano, died 1791" ; and it was concluded, as the Portuguese almost exclu sively at that time occasionally frequented the coast of Southern Africa on the Atlantic side, that he was a ma riner from Portugal, and had terminated his mortal career probably by disease at or near the shore where he was interred. The body, as we saw it, was deposited under a handsome glass case, and rested on a crimson velvet cushion. It has an earthy and somewhat mottled colour, evena d wi i rE s ht eoo p nie whole ifhioeseic) shrunk hh , anr s uj o orn, f k a dt r oeuue a pt s 4ht r i er muchol t a tml t n e a s tiul t ee o b, ae t lb i fi 4 o e snwt frame o tno g o e reoi r sfg 7 ti rnis bu a e cbl r eu , ks ! the to even stature, of the deceased. It has, in fact, the appearance of hard and discoloured sole-leather, the out ward integuments forming a close casement to the mus cles below. This exhibits, considering the period of in humation in the soil, the remarkable tanning, or preser vative, qualities of the modern manure termed " The length of the body is now about 5 feet 8 inches; but as the sternum has dropped, and there appears to be an arch or curve of the spinal column from the back towards the pelvis, (probably the effect of pressure of the material in which it was deposited,) it is not unlikely but that the deceased in life was some inches taller. He was evidently a muscular man, the calf of the right leg especially being yet comparatively thick, and the sinews and muscles well developed. The arms have also all the appearance of having been powerful, and the hands large and bony. The tongue, dried up to a thinness, and protruding, bears the marks of the pressure of the teeth on the upper sur face; and the upper teeth are still perfect, and approach tog to whiteness. The jaw was tied up with a cord, which we deemed superfluous, from the apparently rigid state of the whole mass; but in this we were mistaken, as a gentleman present opened up the glass case, and showed that the jaws and tongue moved simultaneously by the simple touch of the finger—opening and closing, or the latter partly protruding, at the will of the operator. We were told that all the joints were comparatively equally limber, which is certainly surprising. The hair, of a red colour, and made up in a tie or pigtail behind, was still very perfect. The body was found in the guano at a depth of 6 feet 3 inches from the surface ; but as sailors' graves are usu all, made (on such emergencies) only 3 feet deep at the utmost, the probability is that the extra depth was caused by the accumulation of the guano since 1791 by the fee -1 tiered depositors—namely, a height is 53 years of upwards of 3 feet over the previous level of the island. The stave bearing the inscription was not, at the time we saw the mummy, at the place, but is, we believe, in the captain's oessession. The body had before interment been fas tened up into a hammock, the canvas of which was, when found, to a great degree perfect—thus further showing the strong preservative powers of the guano. The mummy has since been sent to Manchester, where, being prized as a chemical cariosity, it is, we learn, to be exhibited at one of the museums. The body was found in April 1844, and the stave bear ing the inscription was lying across the breast. The sailor who found him was digging the guano with a pick, when it struck against something which, on partially looking at it, he took to be the carcase of a seal. Find ing he could not readily get it out, he dug away the guano f om one side and under it, and that above, giving, the mummy, to his no small astonishment, rolled out at his , feet. Jack was not, however, at all alarmed, and ex dairned, with sailor-like nonchalance, " What !is it you. that has given me all this trouble ?" After being thus dtsinterred, it was again buried for a period of six months, and was afterwards exposed to the atmosphere for five statewee k s o . r i p n r e o s r e d r e v r a to to a n ce r i t t a in remainedwhether e entire, rwe as s i n did a the sufficient can vas hammock in which it had been enveloped, and was brought to this port in the ship Colchester. WARRINGTON, DEFECTIVE WEIGHTS AND SCALES.—On Monday 'ast, several shopkeepers were summoned by Mr. Wright, the inspector, before Thomas Lyon and William Halt, Esus., for having in their possession sundry scales and weights not adjusted, and very short of weight, and it was clearly proved in one case that he had two sets of weights ; they were severally fined from ss. to 405., and to forfeit the scales and weights in each case. RISLEY POACHERS.—On Monday, John Unsworth, one of the poachers of Raton, surrendered himself at the bridewell as being one of the gang already committed for poaching on the land of J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P., on Risley Moss. He was committed for three months to Kirkdale, and at the expiration of that time to find sure ties, or to be further imprisoned for six months. ANOTHER POACHER.—On Monday, George Goodwin was fined 20s. and costs for setting grins to catch game on the land belonging to John Greenall, Esq., at South wortb-in-the-Crott. AN A SSAULT.—On Monday, Mary Foster was charged by Ann Bailey for having abused her on several occasions. It was understood that the son of the defendant was keep ing company with Mrs. Bailey, a young widow. On this occasion she caught them talking together, when she rushed upon them, and struck and abused the complain ant; during the hearing of this case it caused a great deal of laughter in the court. The defendant stated that she did not want her son to go with the complainant, and she had done this " to prevent him takin' the like's of her up." The magistrates ordered her to ffnd two sureties in £5, and herself in -.t.;10, for her good behaviour for the next twelve months. MEETING OF TUE BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was held at the workhouse, in Warring ton, on Wednesday last, when there was a tolerable attend ance of guardians present ; William Bindett, Esq., occu pied the chair. It appeared by the returns that Mr. Cruikshank had relieved 418 cases with £32 18s. 4d in money, and in kind, £lB 25., for the Warrington district ; and, Mr. Owen had relieved 498 cases with £4 9s. 4d. in kind, and in money, £47 9s. 3d., for the rural district; making for both districts £99 18i. 11d., expended amongst 916 cases. It further appeared that there was 83 inmates in the Warrington Workhouse, and 53 in Newton Work house • making in both house s 136. Th e regu l ar applica tions by new cases were gone through. The clerk then proceeded to read a letter from the Poor-law Commis sioners, stating, that Mr. W. Okell, the medical officer for the Warrington district, had made application to them to know if he could be allowed to take a joint partner. The commissioners had considered that they could not sanction such a contract, they (the guardians) must hold one man responsible, but if the town required two medi cal men, it was the duty of the board to appoint another medical officer, and to divide the district; a discussion took place as to the propriety of having another officer, but a resolution was passed to the effect that one medical officer was sufficient for the Warrington district, and they could not entertain any further proceedings respecting if, and,rhey would recommend to the commissioners no such appointment, as the board bad already given Mr. Okell their opinion on this subject. The meeting then ad journed. DARESBURY PLOUGHING MATCK.—In consequence of the frost this ploughing match is postponed until Tues day,-the 4th March, which will take place at Sutton, near Runcorn ; but, any person wishing to enter may do so until that day. MEETING OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.—The Monthly meeting of the commissioners of police was held at the committee-room, Market-street, on Thursday last, when there Was a very numerous attendance of commis sioners present, to receive the report o f t h e comm i ttee appointed to " investigate into the police department ;" the report was duly received, and a vote of thanks was passed to them for their services ; the other business of : the day was regularly gone through. The several officers salaries were then considered, when it was ordered that the deputy constable's, Mr. Jones, salary be fixed et 4:150 per annum, and no perquisites, whereas his salary waF ':£l2o, with perquisites ; and three police-officers, ICermode, NVills, and Steele's salaries be raised from 21s. weekly to 23 5 ., an d no perqu i s i tes as b efore , w ith t w o sLit of clothes every year. A ilex rate wa s . signed by the com m i ss i oners f or t h e present ha lf year , for buddmg3 3d., and for 6d. i n t h e poun d on b u ildi ngs and land. The ease Committeeto t the t d e fk r n i street sweepi ng machine was named, as the Scavengers' sent old men should s till be Rept on to clean the foot pat h s, , e s s:.r , s . 1 . , e l rAn'lii it t w w , , , i s rt c h o n h s a i d d e s t r i e m d e t choart the opnrde: &c. No other business of importance was transacted, and the meeting then adjourned until the next month. ~~ ~/ i .~ /'/~.~ ~ j `' M ~~~~.