The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGEYCE. • I THE Rearm, United States mail steamship, Captain Nye, took her departure hence for New York on Wed ,IOOLTON FLOWER Snow, with its accompanying 1 nesday, with 167 passengers and a large cargo , besides th e • usual mails on board. , SsisrY exhibition, is announced to take place on Thurs- 1 ' A SCREW YACHT. — Avery handsome little screw yacht , Se lnext. ki ln, Hoasrala M.P.. Mr. Liddell, M.P., and a depute- built on the Clyde, occasionally plies to and from the Cu sun, h ad a - . . I nard steamers lying in the . river, for the use of Mr. n interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell kil d Lordl Charles Wirer, the enterprising manager of the line. The of Trade. Stanley, of Alderley, on Monday, at the Board I vessel is prettily decorated in the cabin, and hears the 4 1ta * HAT TT I appropriate name of the Neptune. ef al „.,„1 - — On —On Tuesday, Mr. John hitt, lAN UNLICENSED PILOT.—At the Police-court, on aeki f e i sa r, ng's Arms Inn, Lancaster, commenced cutting a . T ues d a y, Joseph Price, who had been dismissed from the tt." 4 erass on his farm at Beaumont. It was remaekably pilot service since 1849, was fined 220, or ordered to be al.,tis for this early season. .... • : imprisoned for three months, for obtaining 1,,, in two rae.423113 STANLEY has sent in his adhesion to the move- i sums, from Captain Harding, of the Sea Nymph, and. ie T, f or the repeal of the stamp-duty on newspapers, in i Messrs. Casavetti Brothers, to whom he had falsely repre oe er to the Secretary to the Association for the Repeal 1 s ented himself as a pilot, and by whom he had been paid Tares on Knowledge. 1 for services rendered in his assumed capacity. te2 c ellooas or ART.—Two of the pupils of the Warring- SANKEY NAVIGATION. During the recent dry ,School of Art have again carried off prizes at the ex- weather upwards of forty coal and other flats have been k a non of the "advanced works" of the students of the retained in this canal, in consequence of the great scarcity tri.ts schools in the kingdom, now open at Gore-house, 1 of water, and much to the annoyance and loss of the ex 118flisiOn Lig ' • I tensive coal and other proprietors of St. Helens. Several see._ Enara—The directors of the Lancashire and York- i flats have had to be lightened, so as to create a passage. ti i g Railway have given permission, it is said, to all I FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE PRINCE'S- PARK. —On . 44 ,,5r . servants, with their wives mid families, to travel on i Wednesday, Joseph Potter, a plasterer, living at 93, f s 4Part of their line, at any time, for half the usual . South Chester-street, was at work on a scaffolding in Devonshire-place, Prince's-park, when he fell to the bo 4 raosroer.—On Wednesday afternoon, an oval-shaped ground, and fractured his skull. Shortly afterwards ee 'er exploded i n th e m ill o f M r . Cunliffe, at Accrington, life was extinct. . o - ` 4 'i .earned away w ith it a p ar t of the boiler house, UNWHOLESOME MEAT. — On Wednesday, at the Police jerson was injured. The fireman had left the boiler court, the following persons were each fined £2 and costs, re a few minutes before the disaster occurred. for exposing for sale unwholesome meat :—John Whitley, 4 e , 4 :t BRUTAL ASSAULT was committed on a drunken London-road, John Owen, Peter - street, Mary Anne , t, lo s i lale in Park-lane, on Tuesday. Some ruffian dealt her a Hewitt, Manley Moulson, Scotland-road, and • Robert i eieh_eat blow on the head, which felled her, and the Whittaker, St. Martin's-market. c r eel of a car, which was passing at the time, went over THOMAS ATHERTON, who from papers found upon his fe e . body. The woman, when taken up, was severely person, appears to be a cabinet-maker, residing at Birken- Lured. 4Re head, was seized on Friday, with an epileptic fit in a riaroestaa.—The adult members of the bible class Northern s hop in Whitechapel. He was removed to the o a Con nected with St. Michael's church., have presented Mrs. Hospital, where he still remains in a very dangerous et,ltuter with an elegant edition of the Rev. E. Bicker - state. Memoirs. A suitable address accompanied the NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAlL present. A WAYS.—An arrangement has been entered into between 1 /41, (DEPUTATION consisting of Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. these companies, by which the former secures to the lat- a ti ea , (chairman of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association) tern per cent, for one year, from the 30th June next, and e a , „Jr. Carson, had au interview with the Right Hon. E. 4 per cent, afterwards, with the option on the part th e z t w o e a ll rd an of d T t d rd e. Stanley, of Alderley, on T ues d ay, at of the North Staffordshire to amalgamate at par., 1 with the London and North western, at any time ,1 0 ,_ tea Accrimer.—On Tuesday, an emigrant, named before 1860. t as u a ll e o. Dawless, was drowned . in the Mersey :he waa a ST. HELEN'S.—APPOINTMENT OF A SURVETOR.—At a kis , J ec e . r by the emigrant ship Break-of-day. Whilst special meeting of the Improvement Commissioners, held Want ,soipe females to get a trunk on board an enmi- on Wednesday last, Mr. John McManus, of Ormskirk, was " o wned ship in the river, he slipped overboard, and was appointed the successor of Mr. Daniel Burrow, as town "iytned before assistance could be rendered to him. surveyor, at a salary of £l2O per annum; he was also ap iii,.."IBEZZLEMENT.—Robert Wheeler, a respectable look- pointed to the office of inspector of nuisances, at a salary iet ittan, was on Wednesday charged with embezzlement, of £3O per annum. Mr. 31`31anus has for several years L he Police -court, by his late employer, Mr. Richard filled the office of town surveyor at Ormskirk. i lli:ord, wheelwright. The prisoner had for several years A STRANGE CASE came before the Police-court, on n } m erle as clerk and collector to Mr. Linford; but it had Tuesday. On the previous day a girl, whose name was L:4 found that, on the 24th of April, and subsently, stated to be Green, was committed to prison for begging. a'e ll .ad received three sum 4-21. Bs., 12s. 6d., and . Bs. She was dressed as a mendicant, and her mother, who ap- V'en he had not accounted or. He was committed for peared in court, said she was the wife of a labourer. On ti• at the sessions; but was admitted to bail. . Tuesday, Sir George Stephen applied to ask for the child's Iit t i„RPARTURE OF TROOPS TO THE EAST.—The trans pore release, saying that she was the daughter of Mr. Leyland, l e e s r eonrad, belonging to Mr. Edward Oliver, took her an artist, who appeared in court to support Sir George's s 'y ture on Thursday from this port for Malta, havin g application. The magistrates remarked that as the pe g...board the 4th and last detachment of the I st Royal rentage of the child appeared exceedingly doubtful , they eo7oons, from the Hulme barracks. The detachment must refuse to release her. the meted of only 15 men and horses ; and there being sf l'efore plenty of unoccupied space in the vessel, 50 tons FEES FOR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. Mr. Gilmour, l e illaY were placed on board. On her arrival at Malta she surgeon, Park-road, sued William Ellerv, a police con ate f like all other transports, be subject to the orders of stable, in the County Court, on Wednesday, for 155., being naval commander-in-chief. the amount claimed for medical attendance upon the Ti b e,, _tilter K ILLED AT THE CLARENCE DOCK.—On de f e ndant's wife on the 24th of March, 1853, and six sub seagaY morning, Richard Haworth, a plumber, in the sequent visits. The defendant alleged, that as his wife th e r7, •of the doc trustees. was on the top of a lied at had been ill of milk-fever she required great attention, I n e n d o f the Clarence d oc k, with another work- which was not, he said, afforded by the plaintiff, and that lede„ - ' A boy becko ne d t o th e two men to come towards a he had been consequently compelled to call in another ei r ,"r, when the deceased advanced nine or ten yards medical attendant, and been also subjected to great pecu- S oe -z i l g the guttering of the shed, and then fell into the salary loss. Mr. Gilmour said he had given the case all at e • He was quickly removed to the receiving house, the necessary attention, and onlyad been desisted "hen atten he fou ancend 4 :'e it w as ascer t a i ne d t h at h e was d ea d. that Mr. Higginso n, surgeon, h in d. tk o.. ,UNDUTIFUL DAUGHTER.-On Thursday, a re- The defendant being unable to prove the allegation he had 1e "a° l 3' attired young woman, named Ann Booth, was ma de as to any neglect on the part of the plaintiff, judg arged at the Police-cou r t w ith defrauding her mother ment was g iven against him, and he was ordered to pay q s est The poor woman stated that on the afternoon the claim in two monthly instalments. 41p l ie Preceding day, having been out washing for the Asylum RESULTS OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Tuesday Of her of her family, she left the sum named in the care evening, an inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Vicar's mi . (laughter with instructions to pay it to the rent Moss, Rochdale, by- Mr. Dearden, on the body of Alice k st ector, whose weekly visit was due that day. The girl, Pickup, who keeps the Moss Tavern beerhouse. Mrs. to b ead of payin g th e mone y as directed, appropriated it Pickup had for a long time been of inte m p erate habits, 1 0 Xr own use , an d ma d e an en t r y in her mother's rent- and on the day previous drank spir its so g reedil y that b y le a ' as having paid it. The girl was discharged by the ten o'clock in t he forenoon she was quite intoxicated. Her i (, is av tr e ate, accompanying her liberation from custody with husb and, on g oing into the house, and finding her drunk, e ere re as to the undutiful heartlessness of the de sired her to g o to bed, but she refused. He then asked net she had been guilty of. her to go into the parlour from amongst the company, but ts; t l N IGHT FLOWER.-The Botanic Gardens, Edge-lane, she refused to do that, and when he carried her in she was Pe e a a ni e ed, last week, arare and beautiful object — a Cereus soon out again. As he could not m ana g e her an y other ise q o " i fiora (night-flowering cereus) in bloom. Although, way he put her out of the house; she managed to get in qng to rule, the hothouses are closed at six o'clock again, and he then pushed her back with both hands and la the e „ e , evening, an exception was made by the curator, on she fell heavily on her head upon the flags. The result . sl ti;'''3', in favour' of a few visiters who happened to be was concussion on the brain,. and death next morning bai -. 0, gardens as late as eight o'clock, in order that they about seven o'clock. Pickup immediately went and in t}:lat•see this fleeting flower, which blooms only during formed the police, - and gave himself up. The jury brought re s n iglit. There were no fewer than five large white in a verdict of " chance medley," and he was discharged 10 n-shaped .flowers, each gracefully set off by a long f r om custody. te, eof deep orange colour encircling it, and the rich THE ASSAULT ON CAPTAIN Garro.—ln the Standard t o lime they emitted was almost overpowering, as if to of last week we gave an outline of a riot which on the L, rlet Tens a. te by beauty and . intensity of odour for their preceding Sunday eveninehad led to a violent assault on _existence, which terminates with the approach of day. Captain Gregg, the head constable ; and stated that three oft,t BLIC BATHS AND Wasir-nousas.—At the meeting men, named James Lofthouse, Patrick Coleman, and Hugh 4"e baths and wash-houses committee, held on Monday, Roan, had been brought before Mr. Mansfield charged (Pent, Messrs. Wagstaff (chairman), Parker, h Gardner, with the assault, and remanded till the following day. On e : (l .s . _ tone, jun., and Fleming, presentedte returns for Tuesday they were again arraigned on the charge, and the by th officers of theer following evidence was given. A man named Smith k f r - e z 2th i„Anxiweenres t and it ap ears that they are all I I stated that the prisoners were making a disturbance in Ili ti,_the i lo e s s t ta flou s rishing 'condition. p At Cornwallis-street, : the street during the whole of Sunday afternoon. Whilst ‘ , 4 e bathers for the quarter were 36,419 ; for the corres- two of them were fighting the police came up, and one of r tt 'liding quarter last year they were 23,054, showing an awaytlstreet. the men ran down . ie Captain Greig after lesase this quarter of 13,365. At the Pierhead, the li t•lx t ers for the quarter were 8,427. At the Paul-street, wards came up, and the witness saw the prisoner Coleman seize hold of him but lie could not say whether he struck eaqSathers for the quarter were 13,955 ; for the corres- ira or not.-Mr.' Superintendent Quick asked if he saw .I „';sq''",..‘t quarter last year they were 10,300, showing an the police ake any man into custody. Tim witness said Mos.7,e for last quarter of 3,655. The number of persons Lofthouse was the man -the officers were taking into ens ;,4leses`g baths gratis, during the quarter, was 2,807. The tody. The prisoners ran away whilst the officers were as s t ' s ed receipts amounted to upwards of £2OO beyond sisting Captain Greig. Before the row, the men threw mepa; e eiPts for the same period of 1853. The wash-houses I down theirecaps in the street, and challenged any person %tele - lent is equally thriving, and the Fre d e rick-street to fight. A man went and touched the cap, and they then ekshment seems to be attracting _a large number of b ega n to fight.—One of the officers heard Lofthouse s a y , e4ti o to Isll lers, owing to the comforts afforded by the classifi- e Show me the man that will fight me."—Mr. Mansfield il l i e , of the washers, and the immense saving of labour I).. f_f the various appliances effect. said there was no doubt there had been a most disgrace -. e ful riot, was no have been very serious in its result. J ah :%- 4, T11 . OF CARDINAL WISEMAN'S BROTHER.—Mr. By the improper conduct of the prisoners the police were 40ees_Z:sena.?n, brother of Cardinal Wiseman, died at 41 1 ,:', Ivise ;i n ce, in Grove-street, on Tuesday morning week. assaulted, and the chief constable was attacked. With regard to Lofthouse and Roan, it was clear they sing Wiseman resided for many years in this town, and tt l lv4 li tt n on time connected with a mercantile firm of high fighting in the streets and behaving in a riotous allot (illsd graceful manner ; and with regard to Coleman,. it ia Gr tt t e l: . g: here- Latterly, however, he acted as an inter- been proved that he had laid his hands on the chief con ha4eTtreign languages, and was the person who was stable. Coleman was fined £5 for the assault, or two interpret the evidence given against Captain si m ii ° f l :,aer, who was committed some weeks ago for the ;month's imprisonment in default of payment ; the other Ittelaltmourder of two of his crew on the high seas. Whilst ' two, who did not appear to have committed any asses* on the police, but were fighting in the streets, were . each e „ u l g the court in connexion with this case, Mr. fined 30s or in default of payment one month's imprison t;vl-enirTi. took a severe cold, from the effects of which he 14dinaeleoveyed. He was about five years older than the MATRIMONIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—On Wednesday last Sa se , with whom he studied at Ushaw College, and ment. " le as 'quently in Spain, and whose superior in talent he i i s , claim . was brought in the County Court, by Mr. G. tees considered by many. Mr. Wiseman spoke all the George butcher, Castle-street, Kirkdale, against Mr. 4` iel 'll p tir languages of Europe with fluency and accuracy. orgye'Howarth to recover the . sum of £6 9s. 11d. for butcher's meat, supplied to the wife of the defendant before lt._ ate life he was much respected. His remains were • tl s. ',!(l on Sunday, at St. Oswald's burial-ground, near her marriage The defence was that the meat had been supplied, not to the wife of Mr. Howarth, but to her sister, tr ec ietti n Swan, the funeral being conducted under the airs Captain Jones; Mrs. Howarth acting, as it was " 0 of M. Serie, the Cardinal's chaplain and secre , k b , The deceased has left a wife and two children.arriFargoommtrshe. alleged nerely as the agent of evidence it appeared that previously 'to 'airva•L OF ROMAN Buaas.—The steam-ship Genova, 3lrstO Jones.herm Ahit . eivita Vecchia to -g abound in , brought twelve of the wild cattle Howarth and her two sisters, Mts. Jones al d M Wad lived in the same house, and that the meat was supplied. , s v , , ound in the campagna of Rome, and are known for the use of all of them. As evidence that the furnishing Left :teir untameable ferocity and savage beauty. They was at the instance of Mrs. Jones, it was stated by the N ie pie Papal states on the 9th ult., and, as they are defendant, and admitted by the plaintiff, that four instal '444 a dangerous passengers, it was deemed prudent to pl ke rera at the docks in the cages in which they were ments of 10s. each had been made by Mrs. Jones, and also that in March, 1853, the plaintiff, when informed by the ,?Itt ue _ on board the steamer. All were safely landed defendant that Captain Jones was in Liverpool, said he no ,S,tr_ bull, who broke through the bottom of his cage, would go and get his money. On the other hand it was qtl e 'ti e . round the. dock quae-s.in a style which created no W Q N,,‘ , - 1 , snlay amongst the " Jumpers" and others who con- shown that the house in which all three resided was kept ` o ll''`e in those local' • 0 H ti d the Ales. ue gentleman was chased His Honour said, in the name of the defendant's wife, and that the bills of furnishings had been made out to her. o_ . Nelson Dock gates and might have been se- that while believing all that the defendant had stated to dip 4 sY, injured, had the "distinguished foreigner" not be true, he yet came to the conclusion that the wife of the l Zi t, , a 'A over a chain, and tumbled into the water. After defendant had kept the house and ordered the meat. t a id j e lls aquatic chase, hall -drowned, and blinded with was not pretended that Mrs. Jones had ordered the meat, ~ 4 ( 1 and terror, the animal was towed to the dock steps, or paid one penny, until after she had got into!difficulties. :tili s eetired safely in another cage. These cattle, two ,I,)s e i ll t : t i nd ten heifers, which are of a dun colour, and fine . A verdict was then given for the plaintiff. His Honour :'hyl e ns of their species, have been imported for Mr. informed the defendant that he might sulpeena Mrs. attach , who will ~ will place them in the ornamental park Jones, and compel her to attend at court, and, if such steps were taken, he would hear her evidence before any j a l ld 1 1 ,7 ,„to Hooton-hall, where they will doubtless astonish ttly -rr ,uY the "natives" as much as other Roman bulls further proceedings were taken. The defendant, however, seemed to think that it would be useless to subpoena Mrs.. • tilf 48,, ounded our Protestant countrymen. S lIIT URI Jones, as she had been the instigator of the present suit, ti a est ous DEATH.—On Tuesday and Thursday an eht 3 , was held on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, and payment was accordingly ordered to be made in three monthly instalments. i t 'esv u Years of age, who lived at No. 1, Green-street, °IN 'street, Edehill, and met her death under the fol- STRIKE.-We. understand that, on Monday last,' the er g Singular circumstances ' divisionof the London been engine-drivers upon the southern t :—The old lady had ec.t s to the house for the last three years inmate and Northwestern Railway were on the point of striking, besides and leaving the traffic between London and Rugby, and he z'selp l rheumatism, and the only other Atherton, who London and Birmingham to take care of itself. The Nted ' tra s a n elderly female, named An I.e as housekeeper. Atherton deposed that, on Sunday grievance is said to have been a desire on the part of the locomotive superintendent of that division of the line to ha u t ltfig, she went to bed about ten o'clock, her mistress k e 'fig gone to bed about two hours before. On Monday introduce the system of working the enginel by contract. as Ong, about seven o'clock, she went to call her up as HEALTH COMMITTEE.-The weekly n ‘ reetingwasheld V 1,,,, and w as alarmed to find that she was not in her on Thursday—Mr. Langsdale in the chair. A deputation ei,'•,,• , After searching the house through, she went from St. Ann-street and the neighbourhood waited upon head foremost in a water- the committee to complain of a house which had been let as t .linto the cellar, and there, til e ,e, she saw her mistress. She immediately procured as a lodging-house for . German emigrants. There were h. . 88 . , 'qi istance of one of the old lady's relatives and two about 100 persons in it, and the nuisance was such as to 4 44 tofficers, who extricated the body from the barrel, be detrimental to the health of the inhabit an t s. Mr. J. li teee e nnd life to be quite extinct The top of the barrel H. Pyce, one of the deputa t io n, stated that lie had a S•aabout fsal s our feet and a half above the floor, . and there report from an inspector who visited the house. The theinspector found 119 persons there, and they were not cth e 4 sink- s t one on one side and a step-ladder on t In two of the rooms there were thirty in each, apart 118r' from which it is supposed the old lady must have spread through the house, but confined to three apart eer precipitated herself into the barrel, which con- e e d at • e r, y ) the time about eighteen -inch throwing themselves down in their clothes just as they es depth of water. Imyinngsindiscriminately together on litters of straw, and lea Kay, surgeon, stated that he believed death glad to get out of the house. . 1 1 , ol e v e resulted, no t from drowning, but from serous ' appeared in the street. The inspector said the stench was tklsz e ,, l Y , the effects of natural causes. He felt certain, sA offensive that he was abated.—A converse ,gl ;,,•!r, that the old lady must have been alive when she e chairman assured the deputation that they might deputation between the com 'staZt,.° the Water. The jury returned a verdict in ac- rest satisfied the nuisance would be tion ensued relative to the co-opera V t .' with this evidence. IPld "' T DEBBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly Present, was mittee and the medical committeer ni _, red to the cholera of the vestry, for the „ - sce 1 4 ,,.t the Workhouse, on Wednesday. the purpose of directing attention, if f ea 'N . ' • Badnall in the Mr. Edwards, deputy vice- epidemic. After a good deal o °. understood that a 114 an, , chair,M alf Norris, McGee, Abra- subject, the matter dropped, it g conversation upon the Oa, , , Messrs. Kirkus, : e c M , e , A r ensley, Lunt, Appleby, 3 , ou ' 'I ntfield, Whitby, representation would be made to the select vestry.—The . 'sa ß „ , .Horsfall, Siddely, Carter, James Birch, Jeffries, Town-clerk read a repo* of proceedings relative to some ja,1 4 4, and Ai pass , The balance in the A hanels of the houses belonging to Mrs Godfrey, Preston-street, .which new value- were not in accordance with the provisions of the Sanitary IS of er Was reported to be £443 19s. ld. , 4 Pro ° I r. perty, in Great Crosby, , was ordered to be made Act. It was agreed that Mr. Godfrey should be allowed p oor -law piration of that time, if the orders of the committee were Oti t , John Skea rs o n a t a c o s t not exceeding 810. The the usaal time for removing the buildings, and at the es requested to 'make application to the r di an s not complied with, proceedings would be taken.—The to that a discretion might be vested in the gua engineer called attention to what he considered was one of 4 Ill i t ' lie °the • ' a inmates of the Workhouse should have daily , the first fruits of the new act, a contrivance for cleaning a 1)11 s err intercourse with each other. Agnes Ratcliff, a windows, by enabling persons to remove the window t' q ,agr a eher, was allowed £6 to go to the country for a 'd that to which servants and others were at present ex ttttildb, of a i r, i n conseque nce of bad health. T . new frame, and d clean it on the outside, without any risk such ° -I gs at erforming that operation.—Mr. Godfrey called 5., 5 1 4 1 0 the Workhouse were ordered to be insure as . attention, on behalf of some residents in 3 , , • Tan bone to a 011)14.3s by fire in 21 000 The overseers of Everton P A ined that 'of * ' townships were not duly for emigrants in that street, which was a Dto ect o. the rates their to be osed in p lodging-house al?- • %%tee .An assistant collector was directedgyeat nuisance. No fewer than 500 persons slept there at 1 rk explained that e il le-es'.his salary to be.paid out of the present collectors' t • night. The Town:c e act, for a clause struck ,` tii - Tion. Mr. Richard Batman was appointed mas ter ' 11 (i ' Union out of the local sanitary h r • 011 Hospital with a salary of £OO per annum face- to go into a house inhabited . by more than one s ati o , ,• • - the 0 ' 04 4 as, &c. A portion of the land adjoining l' - W directed family had been introduced . into a general act recently inspector of nuisances said that complaints Ile . as to be appropriated for a stone-yard! es a.,...The , iZettiallitby gave notice that he would move, at the next Pas an emigrants' lodging-house in t„, i te s 4.!_that the appointments of all present committees reported Lime-street, respecting an The medical h2Q 6g l ,qed• The number in the workhouse was t officer replied that the had been raad eo e i rn 'es e p ro house was about to be given up as • would be opened as on hotel, 'lr. '", against 048 for the corresponding week of fast of lodging-house, and it ARRIVALS OSTT AT AusTßALlA.—Several vessels are reported to have arrived at the antipodes, amongst which is the Salem, 910 tons register, Captain Cunningham, belonging to the "Fox" line, which was despatched hence for Melbourne on the 7th December, •by Mr. H. Fox, and has made the run to Port Philip Heads in seventy-three days. The passengers were all well. LAUNCH OF THE BERWICK WALLS.—The Berwick Walls, a fine ship of 678 tons register, was launched last tH w h e ue e b k ebe fromcekth ceremony tohfias tmoi.lng.be d rri n o hg f ep vessele r Messrs.f o r l l, he l d ' as Go by aLa 3 n inrs , Berwick, builtjos Joseph Mr. Thomas Hubback, of Berwick, and Mr. Beasley, of this town. A haneseme dejeuner was served, and a variety of toasts and sentiments appropriate to the event of the day were proposed. The guests numbered fully 200, and comprised many of 'the most influential, as well as the fairest, of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. ALL SAINTS' SCHOOLS, GREAT NELSON-STREET.— The adjourned meeting of the committee, friends, and subscribers to these schools was held on Tuesday evening last, in the girl's school-room, the Rev. Henry Marlen in the chair, when it was resolved, after various suggestions, to open the boy's school at Midsummer, thus completing the three branches of girls', infants', and boys' schools. It is hoped that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in particular, and the public generally who acknowledge that education is the best security against crime and im morality, will aid the committee in providing the funds necessary for carrying on this extensive establishment, as the committee, at present, are under a heavy pecuniary responsibility. Every man is a steward, and has a duty to perform to his neighbour. MAGISTERIAL CIVILITY AT WlGAN.—kgew days ago ione of the magistrates of Wigan was standing near his place of business, when he was accosted by another borough magistrate, who resides some distance from ; Wigan, in the following manner :—" Well, sir, you were very particular when giving evidence the other day in describing my property." "Certainly," answered the first, "I had to give evidence upon oath - nnd wished to be correct." " You were up the yard and strode it down P' "Yes." "I wish I had seen you there." "So do I," was the rejoinder. "If I had been there you would have come down much quicker than you went up." The answer to this was, "You could not have made me do that." " You would have seen." " Well, come and try your hand at it now; lam quite ready." Upon hearing this, the magistrate who had held out the threat turned round and went away. Thus ended the meeting of two of Her Ma jesty's justices of the peace for the borough of Wigan.— Manchester Examiner. STABBING CASES.—On Wednesday, three separate cases of assault by stabbing were brought under notice of the police magistrate. The first was that of Jane Ann Rig gings, an elderly woman of forbidding aspect, who was charged with stabbing Bridget McKown, a married woman, who lived in the same court with the prisoner, Chisen hale-street, and about noon ou Tuesday the prisoner rushed out of her house, brandishing two knives, which she sharpened before the prosecutrix, and told her she " would have her life," and at the same time stabbed her several times in the face. Complainant tried to get under the prisoner's arms, to avoid the blows, when the latter threw away the knives and beat her severely all over her body. The complainant was taken to the dispensary, where her wounds were dressed; and the prisoner was taken into custody. The complainant presented a shocking appear ance in court, from the number of stabs she had received, no less than four in different parts of her face, and two on her wrists, and she was so weak as to be hardly able to give her evidence. The prisoner did not deny the charge, but stated that the complainant had been calling her bad names for the last two or three years. It transpired that the prisoner had lived with the complainant's husband for two years, but that he had lately gone back to live with his wife. Higgings was committed for trial at the assizes. The next case was of a still more serious character. A dissipated-looking fellow, named John Gillap, a journey man tailor, was charged with deliberately cutting the throat of Ann Barlow, an unfortuuate, who lived in Johnson-street, on Tuesday afternoon. The victim of his atrocity was in such a dangerous state at the Northern Hospital that she could not appear, and the case had to be adjourned. It appears that the prisoner deliberately knocked the woman down, and taking from his pocket a, knife, drew it across her throat, and was within a hair's breath of severing the jugular vein. At the moment of the occurrence the thoroughfare was crowded with people; but the ruffian had executed his demoniac purpose with such promptitude and coolness, that no individual, though many witnessed it, could prevent the murderous assault. The officer on duty instantly pursued the fellow, and after a struggle succeeded in arresting him. The prisoner and the wounded female had been cohabiting together for some time, and a quarrel originated between them in the house, when the female rushed out, and the revolting assault above related ensued. In the other case the parties were sailors. Robert Bloom, a tall, athletic seaman, charged another seaman named George Brown with stabbing him. They were both in a dancing-room, in Sparling-street, on Saturday night, Bloom dancing in company with a female. Brown tried to trip him up several times, and a quarrel en sued. The female induced Bloom to leave the house, but while he wa.s walking up the street, Brown ran after him, and with a pocket-knife stabbed him under the left ear. Bloom knocked the prisoner down, but soon became very weak from loss of blood, and was taken to the Southern Hospital. The female wrested the knife from Brown, and gave it to the complainant. The house-surgeon of the Southern Hospital said that the complainant had received an incised wound four inches long, extending from the ear to the lower jaw, and there were symptoms of erysipelas, which, if it ensued, might terminate the case fatally. The prisoner was committed for trial. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SO CIETY.—The journal of this society has just been issued, and contains a variety of information highly interesting to members. With respect to the general prospects of the society, we extract the following paragraphs from the report :—" The finances of the society, although not in a flourishing, are at least in a satisfactory state, inasmuch as the income—notwithstanding the additional premiums which have been given the last two years for poultry, and the other expenses attendanettpon that department—have been just sufficient to meet the expenditure. It is, how, ever, desirable that the treasurer, instead of being, as at present, £lB 6s. out of pocket, should have considerably more than that amount always in hand, as a contingent fund. As a further call upon the members for their ex ertions and support, it may here be stated that additional prizes are offered this year, and for the first time, for a draining match. These prizes, and the cost of printing and advertising for the same, will occasion an extra ex penditure of £3O .or £4O. The number of members for 1853, after striking off thirty-nine on account of deaths and other causes, but including thirty-seven new mem bers, is 459. The committee have determined upon con tinuing the prizes for poultry another year, after which, as poultry shows have now been established in Manchester and Liverpool, and at more suitable seasons than the time usually fixed and considered best for the society's shows, it is probable they will be discontinued. In lieu of hold ing the next annual show in the City of Manchester, the committee, believing that the town of Altrincham will be almost equally convenient to the members, and that the inhabitants of that town and neighbourhood are likely to take a lively interest in the success of the show, have de terminedthat it shall be held there, on Friday, the Bth September. They have much pleasure in stating that the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, who resides in the neighbourhood, has accepted the office of president for the year, and that pecuniary and other suppbrt has been pro mised by many of the inhabitants." THE LIVERPOOL POST-OFFICE.—A parliamentary paper has just been published, containing estimates of the sums required to defray the expenses of the collection and management of the public revenue for the year ending the 31st of March next. From this return we learn that the salary of the Liverpool postmaster is £l,OOO a year ; the pouadage allowed to postmasters and sub-postmasters on the sale of postage stamps is £386. There are em ployed at the post-office here 65 clerks, whose aggregate salaries amount to £5,535 • 76 letter-carriers, whose wages amount to £4,122 ; 4 rural letter-carriers whose united wages reach £197 ; and 27 messengers, stampers , and porters,' with salaries coming in the whole to £1,732. The charge under the head " rents, rates, taxes, fuel, and light," amounts to £355. 56 sub-postmasters and re ceivers divide amongst them £495 as salaries ; and £129 is the sum as "allowances on money orders to sub-post masters and receivers." 2 letter-carriers for the sub postoffices have £7B between them. The total estimated cost of the Liverpool postoffice is put down at £14,029, against £13,787 last year. As a note, we have the follow ing further particulars respecting the Liverpool postoffice. There is one chief clerk at £l7O a year ; one clerk at £150; one at £l4O ; one at £l3O ; two at £l2O ; one at £llO ; one at £lOO ; three at £9O ; seven at £80; of the remain ing 46 clerks, those under three years' service have £6 O each, and those above three years' service have £7O, with the exception of one, who has only £55 a year. Two clerks have £ll5 as compensation for loss of perquisites. Amongst the letter-carriers there is one inspector at £l2O a year.; 89 have 20s. a week, and six 18s. a week. Seven teen of the stampers get £7O a year each, two £6O, three 28s. a week ; two porters £2ls. a week, and one at 16s. A man in charge of the gas-meter and heating apparatus gets 21s. a week ; and an office servant has £2O. Certain of the clerks, letter-carriers, and stampers receive addi tional pay for extra duty. The Manchester postmaster has a salary of £260, with £360 as compensation for loss of fees. At Manchester 81 letter-carriers, 20 rural carriers, 11 stampers, 107 sub-masters and receivers, and 22 letter carriers at sub-postoffices are employed. The total cost of the establishment is estimated at £12,765, against £12,408 last year. SURGEON'S FEES IN POLICE CASES.—At the County Court, on Wednesday last, Mr. Steele, surgeon, Russell street, claimed the sum of five shillings from Michael Hanlon, spectacle maker, St. George's Bazaar, as his fee for attendance on Hanlon's wife. It appeared by the evidence for the defence, that, Mrs. Hanlon having been injured by an assault, on the case coming before the police court, Mr. Mansfield directed her to be examined by a surgeon, and the plaintiff was requested to do so. Before making the examination, he requested Mrs. Han lon to say who would be responsible for his fee, and the police officers assured him that Mr. Mansfield would see him paid. Mr. Steele said the woman was brought to his surgery in company of a police officer and her husband, and the latter requested him to attend and treat her. He was afterwards asked to attend before the magistrates on the following day in reference to the assault. He did so, for which he was paid, and he was also paid for his attendance at the sessions. The plaintiff also stated that the woman's husband requested him to attend at the police court, saying, that if the mag istrates did not p a y him, he (the husband) would do s o.—The j ud g e remarked that Mr. Mansfield had not the power to pay the money; the defendant must pay for the attendance in the first in stance, and he might bring an action for the recovery of the amount froni the person who had injured Mrs. Hanlon. DESERTING A Si:me—ln the Whitehaven county court, on the 23rd ult., an action was tried in which Captain Davison, master of the bark Fjlerslie, belonging to Mr. Joseph Youngliusband, and Messrs. Jone s, Palmer, and Liverpool, sued e . "Irs A n n Todhunter, the landlady of the Co.;' Albion Inn, Whiteliaven, for £5O, damages due on the breach of a bond entered i nt o' b y her as the surety of her son, Jolm Todhunter , he having deserted the Ellerslie, of which lie was mate, in August, 1853, it Adelaide, be fore the termination of the voyage. The substantial defence was, that Todhuntcr left the vessel because she jury gave a verdict for the defendant , a nd the foreman was unseaworthy, shorthanded, and ill-pi o v i sioped. The explained that their conclusion was founded on 'the unsea worthiness of the vessel previously to leaving Adelaide. THE Docrou's PEN WlP2ll.—Doctor Raffles —the papers tell us—was recently arrested in Italy for having "in his writing-desk a pen-wiper which assumed the shape and colour of a cockade." We hardly think this the true cause of the doctor's arrest : it no doubt arose from a philological blunder. The authorities may have considered the pen-wiper as a venomous, mortal article; and for this reason—in Italian there is no W ; hence, for Pen-wiper, the sagacious authorities read Pen-viper.— Punch. LAUNCH OP THE CITY OP PHILADELPHIA.-011 Tues day there was launched froth the building-vard of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, on the Clyd e , another magnificent iron screw steam-ship, intended as a consort to the City of Manchester, for the Liverpool and Philadelphia trade. The Philadelphia has only been six months on the stocks. Some idea may be formed of her capabilities, when we mention that the length of the keel and fore rake is 300 feet, her breadth 39 feet, and depth 29 feet. She is to be driven by engines of 460 horse-power, and her tonnage is estimated at 2,400 tons. It is calculated that she will comfortably accommodate 'lBO first-class, and 420 steerage passengers. Sr. JOHN, N. 8., LINE OP PACKETS.—A fine new ship arrived here on Saturday, f rom St. J o h n , N. 8., an d i s now discharging her cargo in Huskisson Dock. The vessel is named the John Bannerman, and is intended to form one of the line of packets between this port and St. John, N. 8., conducted by 'Messrs. Fernie Brothers. The John Bannerman is a " medium clipper," 179 feet in length, 33 feet beam, 21 feet in depth, and of 1,131 tons. lislauilt of of L e u las nd s er A tlr . There are two decks, with plenty of height between them, superintendenceTilevessethe strongest ma and ter w ia i l l s l , and there is a poop cabin aft with good accommodation for first-class passengers. There is excellent accommodation for a large number of emigrant passengers. THE QUEEN OP THE SEAS.—Among the many mag nificent vessels at present on the berth loading for the antipodes, is the new ship Queen of the Seas. She belongs to the Fox line of packet-ships, registers 1,337 tons, or 2,000 tons burthen ; is 237 feet in length, 44) feet in breadth, and 23 feet in depth. The bow, though sharp, possesSes all the fulness requisite for a good sea boat, and the ran is easy and clean, with good bearing. The ma terials used in her equipment are of the best description, and the fastenings throughout, which have been executed under the superintendence of Liverpool surveyors, are of the strongest kind. The accommodations for passengers, which are well lighted and ventilated, are fitted up with every attention to comfort and convenience, and on the decks ample space is allowed for exercise and amusement. Her commander, Capt. Charles Gardner, is a skilful navigator, and possesses the advantage of considerable ex perience in the Australian passenger trade. The Queen of the Seas is now loading in the Waterloo Dock, and it is intended to dispatch her for Melbourne about the end of the present week. THE NEW WAPPING Docx:.—The site of the works at Wapping presents just now a very busy scene at their northern extremity ; the intended enlargement of the Salt house Dock is progressing towards completion. This dock is to be made square, by an addition of water-space at its southeast corner. A gate, with a swing-bridge, is nearly finished from this new portion, communicating with a small passage-dock between Salthouse and the new Wapping Dock. Mr. Hartley, the dock engineer, has a large force of masons, Sr.c., engaged here, and the walling is in a state of considerable forwardness. The Wapping Dock itself is far advanced in the necessary excavations, and the walling is being rapidly proceeded with. The stonework for the bridge to the Duke's warehouses, and an entrance to the north end of the King's Dock, are pro gressing pari passu with the other works. The founda tions for a line of warehouses along the east quay are completed, and a portion of the lower arches are being turned. At the south end of the dock there will be a passage to the Queen's Dock, which will complete the design of a line of docks extending the whole length of our river frontage, communicating with each other. Messrs. M'Cormick, the contractors, expect the works to be com pleted, and the Wapping Dock in working order, before the close of the present year. TEE NEW STEAM-SHIP BA.HIANA.—On Wednesday the new screw steam-ship Bahiana, Captain Daniel Green, made a very successful trial trip in the river. The Bahiana, which has been built by Mr John Laird, for the South American and General Steam Navigation Company, is full barque-rigged, and is fitted with a lifting screw, so that, if circumstances require it, she can be propelled by her sails, an arrangement which will no doubt greatly economise the consumption of fuel Her engines are of 200-horse power. During the trial the Bahiana attained a speed of fully lot knots. Although the performance fully justified the expectations which had been formed of her, the company, in order to further test her capabilities before they despatch her for South America, sent her on Thursday on a cruise for four or five days in the Channel, during which time her sailing qualities, both under steam and cauvas,:were fully:tested. Captain Matthews, late of the Great Britain, Mr.,lladfield, secretary of the Com pany, Mr. Thompson, one of the managers, Mr. Miles Barton, Mr. John Laird, and several other gentlemen 4vere op board. The day was beautifully fine, and the progress of the Bahiana all that could be desired. She was accompanied, as far as the Bell-Buoy, by the steam tug Constitution, in which the majority of the visitors re turned to Liverpool, shortly after 6 p.m. The following figures indicate the performances of the Bahiana between ' the measure of distances :—Abreast the Bock-light, 2 24, p.m. ; Crosby light-ship, 2 54, p.m. ; Formby light-ship, 3 4 p.m.; and Bell-buoy, 318 p.m. During that time the engines averaged 26i revolutions per minute. In the course of the afternoon an elegant dejeuner was partaken of in the cabin. The Bahiana made the Sherries—a dis tance of 45 miles—in three hours and thirty minutes. While easing her engines, the Lusitania, which she had left, came up with her, and they ran a short distance together ; the Bahiana then got up full speed, and quickly distanced the Lusitania, showing the superiority she attained over that rapid steamer by her improved model. Both ships are by the same builder, and their engines, which are nominally of 200-horse power, are from the same pattern, but the Bahiana is 1,000 tons, while the Lusitania is only 1,014 tons burthen. It is fair to say, however, that the latter had a considerable cargo on board, while the Bahiana was in light trim. The 13aldana then altered her course more to westward, and the most interesting ex periment, and the one having the most important bearing on the use of the screw-propeller, was tried. At 10 a.m., on Friday, orders were given to lift the screw, which was accomplished in ten minutes, and the ship was put under canvas alone. Close-hauled, she made Of knots, increasing to 91 knots as the wind rose from moderate to a fresh breeze. She was then tried before the wind, and answered equally well, proving that with canvas alone she will be a match for most clippers. In her operations she will thus be enabled to economise fuel—a matter, at this time, of the greatest importance. Captain Matthews, of the screw steamship Great Britain, and a number of scientific gentlemen, were out in the Babiana for the two days' trial, and have returned highly pleased with the result. LIVERPOOL SHIPWRIGHTS AND THEIR WAGES. — The wages of the Liverpool shipwrights, which ruled at, 16s. per day, have descended to 10s. per day, an amount likely to be considerably reduced by the scarcity of work which now prevails. Although 16s. per diem was the nominal rate of wages, an amount equal to a guinea per day was, in some instances, paid to shipwrights. This tariff; however, must be taken to apply solely to the members of the shipwrights' club ; the strangers,—shipwrights brought by the masters from the outports, and not mem bers of the Liverpool Shipwrights' Club—being paid in pursuance of an agreement with the master shipwrights, 10s. per day. The exorbitant rates of wages demanded by the Liverpool shipwrights seem now in danger of being reduced to their original level. Local owners found the cost of repairs at this port to be so enormous, particularly in the item of wages, and the delays so great, that they have sent their vessels to the outports, where the delay was avoided, whilst an immense saving was effected. American captains refused almost to a man, unless in some extreme cases, to submit to the payment of 15s. per day wages (they were content to pay 10s.), and have taken cop per and other materials with them iron this port to have their repairs executed in New York and other American ports; and last of all, owing to the high wages prevailing inFiverpoolligie admiralty are determined that no more transport still% shall be fitted out at this port. The result, as might be expected, is that work to a very great amount, which would have kept the shipwrights of Liverpool fully employed during the summer, has passed into other hands, and its want is now being felt here. A meeting consist ing of deputations from the shipwrights belonging to the Liverpool club and the strangers, was held on Wednes day. It was rumoured that a proposition had been made to the strangers to become members of the Liverpool club. If this were agreed to on the part of the strangers, it would bind them not to work for a less sum than the society might fix upon, but it would also entitle them to many privileges which they do not now enjoy, —members of the society refusing to work with them at present. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The sub-committee of works recommended that permission be given ,to Mr. C. F. Mellor to place a water fountain, at his own expense, on the landing-stage, on condition that it be removed whenever required by the Dock Committee. Mr. Langsdale said the Water Com mittee had agreed to supply any water which Mr. Mellor required. After a brief conversation, the subject was referred to the Marine Sub-committee.—the sub-committee of works recommended the immedidte construction of the south entrance to the lock of the new north basin, to be 100 feet wide and 500 feet long in the chamber, to be tem porarily used as a graving dock for large steam-ships, and to form part of the permanent works at the north docks. — The Chairman said this was a very serious question, and it was brought before the sub-committee of works in con sequence of Mr. M'lver's letter, stating that further graving dock accommodation for large steamers was required, there being no place at present except the Hus kisson lock where they can be repaired, and during the time that lock was so occupied there was no ingress to, or egress out of the Huskisson dock, and it was found to be a great inconvenience. In consequence of this the sub committee of works came to the conclusion that this lock should be made for this purpose, at the same time that it would be available for any plan which might be decided upon by the committee for the construction of the north docks. The estimated cost was i',80,000, and finishing the dock necessary for its occupation £22,000, making a total of £lo2,ooo.—After some discussion directions were given to the engineers to proceed with the stank, the remainder of the plans to lie on the table.—The Chairman announced that he, with the deputy-chairman and Mr. Rankin, ac companied by the two borough members, Messrs. Horsfall and Liddell, had an interview with the President of the- Board of Trade, to discuss the question of the measuring of ships. They were received with great courtesy,. and the President of the. Board of Trade entered fully into the subject. He had representations, as they were aware, from the steam-ship owners of the port, who u seemed . to re think that the proposed mode of meastirement bon properly on the owners of steam-vessels. Mr. Cardwell seemed inclined to think that the matter should be cem promised between the owners of sailing and steamships, and, if a fair compromise could be entered into, that was the mode in which lie would deal with it in presenting his bill to parliament. Ile said he would endeavour to come to as fair a conclusion as he could on the subject, and that lie would recommend it to parliament. If that was not - 7 to the owners of steam or sailing vessels, it pan to them to oppose it in parliament.—Some ensued, but it was put a stop to by the chair mail, as it could lead to no nrucC.o4l result. —This Con cluded the general business, satisactor; woula Le c GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. - LORD RAGLAN on arriving in Turkey intimated his see wish that the troops should shave. THE Chinese Testament Fund in this country now , THE LUSITANIA, South American and General Steam 1 laavigation Company's steamer, sailed on Thursday for amounts to £lOO,OOO. Lisbon, M a d e ira, Rio, THE MIDSHIPMAN on board the Tiger, who lost both 1 ra ' , (Ara 40 8 passengers, and some specie. o, and the River Plate, with a full file legs in resisting the capture of the Russians, is the son 1 711esidicina art a tf ß te T ßrn o a a sio a rd l : iig n h ea ly r re N s o p t ec tit tta g te m l , ace manufacturer, of the Recorder of Newcastle. ' y PORTRAITS of Sir C. Napier are to be seen in all the rEinilgsmcEosunrt JOURNAL the hung himself on frint-shops in Paris. The gallent admiral is quite a THE FRENCTIMGno, avourite with our neighbours. the Moniteur de 1' A - for -. ' Mr. ROBERT GREY, formerly a mason employed at certainly giv e the Patrie cites t riee a gratifying fact which will Messrs. Swinburne's glass works, South Shields, has re- ordered that thg;ejwoplire to the British nation. It is turned to that town with his wife and: family from Mel- Queen ' and " Rule Bnrith n nat , ional airs, "God save the bourne, on a visit to his friends, having made a competency- collection of piecesp layed by ie, ' shall form part of the One inn alone in Melbourne is raid to bring him a thousand MR. ROBERT L I smois r, and Mr. B. J. Thomson, of Liver a-year. pool, had an interview with the Ri ht H GREEN FOOD FOR TEE METROPOLIS.—A farmer of on Thursday, at the Board of g on. E. Cardwell, Trade, on the subject of the Portsmouth received an order, last week, to send to London , Merchant Shipping Bill. by train 1,300 dozen, or 15,600 cabbages. The order was 1 LUNATIC etsrarets.—A circular, issued by the chair executed in a few hours. man of a deputation of the visiting committee of the Lan PROSECUTIONS AT Assam—Among the sums to be caster, Prestwich, and Rainhill ' lunatic Asylums, hid voted for the current year i s £250,000 f or prosecutions at mates that, in consequence of the high price of provisions assizes and quarter sessions, formerly paid from the county the future charge will be Bs. 2d a-week for each inmate; rates. This is an increase of £lO,OOO in the preceding year. instead of 7s. 6d. GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND STATIONERY.—No less THE "LITERARY DOG," famed for his attachment to than £255,600 is required for the statione r y.—Last year the precincts - of the newspaper-o ffi ces in this town, and the vote was only Z 216,420, showing an i n crease on the whose forlorn appearance was touchingly described some present year of £39,140. time since, is not, we learn, really in distressed circurn- MADDLE. RACHEL, the celebrated French tragedienne, stances, but " fares sumptuously every day " with,anoth er although but a few months have elapsed since she started canine bon vivant, at Radley's Restaurant. for the frigid zone, has brought back from Russia 800,000 AN ELGIN TRADESMAN is reported to have invented a francs—£32,ooo sterling—to Paris, and her brother has very destructive instrument. He calls it a "longitudinal brought back some £16,000. This enormous sum is the projectile ;"it is four feet in length, may be fired from a result of a few weeks' earnings. cannon, and will "hit to a hair" any object at a distance MEMORIAL TO THE LATE Mn. JUSTICE TALFOURD.— of five miles; on being shot from a cannon it expands like A committee appointed by the Oxford Circuit to determine an umbrella, explodes the moment it alights, and cau.eee the most desirable form in which to erect a memorial to instant annihilation to every material for many yards the late Mr. Justice Talfoard, have recommended the around. erection of a monument, with a bust of the deceased, in THE LATE MURDER IN DEVON.—The man who com- St. Mary's Church, at Stafford.— Worcester Chronicle. witted the murderous outrage on the young woman ATHOLL—TIIE MOORS.—We regret to say the tape named Richards, near Torrington, in North Devon, was worm disease has appeared among the grouse in our higher brought up before Sir Trevor Wheeler and a bench of moors—possibly from excessive drought. Hitherto there justices, at that town on. Saturday week.—The evidence of have been few deaths ; but we learn its ravages are great various witnesses was taken at much length. The prisoner in Glenesk and other Forfarshire moors. Singular to say, was again remanded for a few days to ascertain the tea. a muirfowl's nest with 15 eggs was found besides the mination of the frightful injuries inflicted on the young sheep fold at Edendon Lodge ; in the opinion of the shep- woman, who'had scarcely any chance of surviving. The herds, it is in the "joint occupancy" of two hens, as the prisoner was on Monday committed for trial at the assizes female grouse has rarely more than 9 or 10 eggs. on a charge of highway robbery, and wounding with intent SINGULAR ROBBERY.—The silver custodia, inlaid with to murder. On Tuesday morning, Harvey was removed jewels, together with a mace of the same metal, and other to the county goal, Exeter. The girl, who had been silver articles belonging to the corporation of Madrid, I gradually sinking under her numerous injuries for the last have been stolen in a moat unaccountable manner. The four or five days, expired the same day. total value was upwards of £lO,OOO. COTTON CULTIVATION IN INDIA.—Mr. Blundell a DEATH ON MOUNT VESCVIUS.—A letter from Naples resident in India , has forwarded to M B I' • P. 37 i. * , states that, on the 14th ult., M. J. Delius, of Bremen, gentlem an re 'dentoftheManehste a ; chamber ' of haying ascended Mount Vesuvius with a party a his samp les Psi of cotton produced in Assam , commerce, o ' ur obtained b y hint countrymen, went too near the edge of the crater, and, at one of themonthly meetings of the agricultural ral and the ground giving way under hi m , l ie f o il i n t o th e abyss. horticultural society of Calcutta. No. 1. Dert His groans were heard from the bottom, but when some indigenous cotton, with seed in it grown in Del ' i Minus , persons descended by means of ropes he was dead. the No. 2. Jaloha Kupas indigenous cotton, with seed in it, TUN TURIN AND SC SA RAILWAY, running from grown in Debmoaliur; B No. 2. Sea Island cotton southern side of Mount Cenis to the capital of Piedmont, ga thered in Debroo . gliur, hi December, 1853 , B No. 2. , was opened with greet ecldt on the 22nd ult., in the pre otton grown from American Gulf seed, gee ' thered in sense of the King and Queen of Sardinia, and the Duke . . . veoroognur, in December, 1853. B No. 1 and No. 2 are and Duchess of Genoa. It has been constructed by an both grown from United States seed. The B No. lis English firm, the Messrs. Brassey, Jackson, and Henfrey. said to preserve all the characteristics of Sea Island cot- RELIGIOUS TROUBLES IN BADEN.—Riots have t a k en . . •ton, enough grown so far inland as Upper Assam; the B place at Brezinyen. News from 1. reiburg states that the No. 2is considered a valuable cotton, and both are held archbishop is under close arrest and confined to his apart- sufficient to prove that even excellent cotton can be grown merits. The people had to be dispersed by the military. in India. The indigenous cotton is MBld 11 poor. -r. un e , The clergy have interdicted the use of church bells ; they recommends that a supply of good fresh Sea Island seed no longer celebrate high mass, nor chaunt, nor permit be obtained from South Carolina and Geor gia, and sent music iu the churches. The local authorities interfered to Debroogliur, properly packed, and upon this r m about the bells, and ordered them to be used as usual, and mender the chamber intends to ion on this point the clergy have submitted. also seeds of other American cottons, the upland, the New A Glasgow paper gives a sketch of the travels of a one Orleans, &c.; also of Egyptian and of the Brazil descrip pound bank-note, which, leaving that town in November, tion. kite Brazil, Mr. 131andell thinks, might answer 1850, travelled to Edinburgh, Carlisle, Airdrie, Paris, well—the same length of staple might be preserved, and Rome, Philadelphia, thence back again to Glasgow, and the fibre made finer and less wiry, by the soil and thence to Stirling, were it was on the 15th ult. . climate , Another suggestion which lie makes is, that as land in PRICES AT THE DIGGINGS.—We learn by letters from India pays a tax to the government, it might be advisable, Australia that throughout the worked valleys there are should the business of growing cotton at Debrooghur be "streets of stores and refreshment shops ; the wants of taken up by the Manchester interests, to solicit the court the diggers are fully supplied; " but water costs Is. a directors first ten of to forego any rent of the laud fo r th e bucket. "Prices, "it is stated, "are ver y reasona bl e for e years. and thing except water. Spirits are s o ld a t l s. a no bbl er, o r ta BE . N l D ears BENDING SHIP TIMBER.—In noticing a new mac hi ne and bottled ale and porter at ss. a bottle." for bending ship timber, the New York Tribune sa y s , DREADFUL SCENE IN A POLICE COURT.—During the " All the immense labour hitherto spent in rounding tim progress of the business before the county magistrates at ber to suit ships, and houses, and machines, and furniture, Rochester, on Wednesday, a woman named Harvey, of al- and whatever other things requiring timber so curved, is most gigantic stature, and who had been frequently before now to be dispensed with by machines which can take the the magistrates to complain of ill- usage on th e p ar t of her stateliest and straightest oak and bend it like a Titan-bow husband, was once more complaining to the sitting ma- for the use of the proudest man-of-war, or the loftiest gistrate her husband at the time standing by her side. cathedral, and this, too, adding strength and durability to While the woman was making her statement the husband the wood. The first experiment has just been made on w as observed to turn ghastly pale, and, swaying forward, timbers 16 feet in length, 8 inches by 10, bent to as short appeared to fall lifeless against the table. Several of the a curve as can be used in shipbuilding. This machine is bystanders immediately .hastened to his assistance and a large one, designed for ship timber, but there is another caught him in their arms, when in a moment they were also ready for furniture, and both have just commenced nearly covered with blood, which p oure d lik e a torrent operations. The place of action is Green-point, where there from the man's mouth, owing to the sudden bursting of a i s a large foundry for making the machines, and large bloodvessel near the region of the heart. He was im- steam-vessels for steaming the timber, with other require mediately conveyed, apparently d ea d , i n t o th e open air. ments included in the process. Henceforward all the deli- While the means for his recovery were being used the cate curves of steamers, frigates, or yachts will be of solid brutal monster of a wife looked on with the utmost indif- timber, fashioned by this extraordinary invention. So, ference, never once lending any as s i s t ance to those too, all the curvilinear beauties of furnit ure may b e benevolent persons tending her husband, and indeed f or a detailed by the same means. The statistics of the value long time would not believe that he was not feigning - ill- of such a discovery are vast beyond conception of the ness. The instant he was removed from the court, and uninitiated. All the immense shipping and building before any signs of consciousness were discernable, the wo- interests of the civilised world are included in this man actually had the audacity to return into court and di scover y." renew her complaint against what was then thought to be BknitATur.—JONES v. NicuoLsox.—This was a special her dead husband. No hopes whatever are given of the case submitted for the opinion of the court of exchequer, man's recovery.— South-Eastern Gazelle, under the order of Mr. Baron Parke, and which came ALTERATIONS IN THE FRENCH TARIFF.—The London before the court on Wednesday for argument. The Gazette of Tuesday contains notifications by the Board of action had been brought by an underwriter of Liverpool. Trade of several decrees issued by the French Emperor, against the defendant, who is a merchant in this town, with the objection of removing obstructions to commerce to recover a sum of money paid by him under a policy of between the two countries. By a decree dated May 10th insurance. The defendant had shipped certain goods in the article of the ordinance of Feb. 8, 1820, prohibiting the ship Helena, and insured them, and the policy con the importation for consumption in France of merchandise tained a clause that the underwriter should be responsible the produce of Asia, Africa, and America, laden in English "for losses by barratry of the master, and other losses of entre/i6/8 and also the importation, under the British flag, the same nature. " The master of the Helena, who was of European produce, except from ports of the United also a part owner, in the course of his voyage sold these Kingdom, or of her possessions in Europe are entirely goods improperly, whereby they became lost to the defend abolished ; and, in the words of the minister's report on ant, and the plaintiff, having been called on to pay which the decree proceeds, "the maritime and commercial the amount of his risk, did so on an understanding that • relations of France with England .are placed on the foot- lie should bring an action, and that if the act of the ing of common right." By another decree, notified in the matter should not be found to be barratrous, he should same manner; the duties imposed by the decree of March recover. It was afterwards considered more satisfactory 5, 1852, on wood imported under the French flag from the that a special case should be stated, and that if the court Australian and Cape colonies aro superseded, and a duty should be of opinion that there was no barratry, the ver according to weight, calculated at the rate of 10 per cent, diet should pass for the plaintiff; but if barratry had been on the value of Australian wools in French ports, is committed, a nonsuit should be entered. The court were established in their stead. unanimously of opinion that the act of the master was, THE COASTING TRADE.—The Lords of the Committ ee according to English law, an ac t o f barratry. They of Privy Council for Trade have desired the Commissione rs therefore gave judgment for the defend an t. of Customs to give instructions to the proper officers that, ADDUCTION.—John Atkinson, organist of Appleby for the future, in the monthly accounts of vessels employed Church, a man about 28 years of age, was brought before in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, under the the sitting magistrates at the Court-houses, Carlisle, on respective heads of " Employed in the intercourse between Saturday, charged with having carried off from a boarding Great Britain and Ireland," and " Other Coasting Vessels," school at Appleby to Gretna-green, a Miss Ann Jane British and foreign vessels may be separately specified. Ward, the daughter of Mr. Ward, a gentleman of highly This distinction is to be given monthly • but an account respectable connexions, r e s idi ng i n th e ne i g hb our h oo d o f is also, in the first instance, to be rendered to the Board of Windatmere. The circumstances are as follows :—Atkin- Trade, with the same particulars, from the date when the son was engaged to teach the young lady music at Miss act opening the coasting trade of the United Kingdom to Bishop's boarding-school at Appleby, Westmoreland. It foreign vessels came into operation. In pursuance of these appears that about two months ago Miss Bishop observed directions from the Lords of the Council for Trade, the a little familiarity between him and Miss Ward, in conse• commissioners have issued instructions to the collectors quenee of which she forbade him the school. Shortly and comptrollers of the Customs throughout the kingdom afterwards she discovered that lie had received a locket forthwith to transmit to the Registrar-General of Shipping from Miss Ward. She wrote to him desiring that it a return of foreign vessels which have been entered or should be returned, and informing him that the young cleared coastwise, between the passing of the act 17 Vic., lady was only 13 years of age, at the same time comment cap. 5, and the sth inst. ing in strong terms upon the impropriety of his conduct. 1 The locket was returned by Atkinson. O n W e d nes d ay it i • NEWSPAPER WRITING.—Tbou,7II everybody affects se- a secret known to all the town , that almost cresy,S last the scholars had a pleasure excursion to Uhleswater, every competent man in political life has, now and then, from which place they returned late at night, when the used the newspaper press, the most powerful engine there governess sr Miss Ward to bed. About 4 o' c l oc k nex t is for acting upon opinion. An acquaint ance of ours, call- morning Miss Bishop awoke, and, fancying s he h ear d a ing on one of the Bishops, had to w a it b es id e hi m unt il noise below, went down stairs. She found th e ou t er d oor open, but, thinking she had omitted to l oc k it on the pre he finished a leader for a daily paper. S evera l p o liti ca l chiefs affect little seeressrespecting the fact of their con- vious night, took no further notic e of th e ma tt er, an d tributing to newspapers, though they, of cour s e, d o no t retired to rest. When she aro s e a t th e usua l h our s h e wish to be identified with all their contributions. g, y ou missed Miss Ward. The alarm was instantly given, and may think it very easy to write an article for a n ews - persons immediately despatched in pursuit. A y oung man paper," said a Cabinet Minister, at a p u blic dinne r , re - named John Brass had been employed by Atki nson t o pro . cently, "but try it." In truth, to write a good leader on cure a conveyance, in which he and the young lady, accompanied by Brass, set out for Penrith, and upon their an occurrence of the hour, acute and ready i n it s argu ments, and humorous or forcible in its illustrations, with arrival at that place Atkinson hired a gig, and they pushed the brief statements of facts, and the skilful management forward to Carlisle, where they arrived between 5 and 6 of personalities. which it demands, in reference both to oclFek in the morning. At Carlisle they again changed the newspaper and its party, is one of the most difficult of their conveyance, and in another hour had crossed the all kinds of composition. The political pamphlet is a border, and were married by John Murray, at Sark Bar, series of leaders strung together, according to a unity of Gretna. Here the marriage appears to have been consum its own. Nobody need to be told that, perhaps the most mated. They returned to Carlisle about 1 o'clock by rail. piquant and powerful, certainly the most successful, of As soon as they stepped upon the platform, Mr. Sabbage, political ampphlets of late years, was the pamphlet pub- superintendent of police, to whom information had been fished byillae Bulwer, when the death of the late Earl forwarded, took all the three into custody. Atkinson Spencer occasioned an intrigue which ousted a Ministry in denied the young lady's name, but Brass ad m itt e d th a t he a day.— Trestrn barter Review. had been employed to drive the party. Th e p roper routine , having been'gone through, Atkinson was remanded till Tim AFRICAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—Mr. Alec- Saturday, when lie was fully committed to take his trial gregor Laird bears the whole expense of the expedition, for e bon at the next Westmoreland assizes. Mr. Sab receiving a certain fixed sum for the conveyance of the bag lodged him in Appleby gaol the same night. The three gentlemen appointed by the government to explore , young lady is only 12 years old, having been born on the the Chadda ; namely, Captain Becro ft , H.M.'s consul at 6th of April, 184 9 . She is tall and stout for that age. Fernando Po ; Dr. 'William Balfour Baikie, RN., an ex- Both Atkinson and she say they were legally married, and perienced naturalist, who has been engaged in the survey are determined to have each other. of the Greek Archipelago, under Captain Graves; and Dr. William ENGLISH SKYLARKS IN Ausrenra.—Among the pas memoirs Blea t ethnographer, and author seve ral of , sengers taken on board the P. Van Marnix, Dutch ship, memoirs on African languages. These gent emen A te o r out of while lying at G ravesen d, were 12 E ng li s h s k y l ar k s. O f As passengers, and, protected by the trading- character natives, these, one died i n th e Ch a n n el but another flew on board, the ship from the suspicion or hostility of the oa and w q 1 . s caught while the ship was skirting the Bay of make their surveys of the river and their observations on Biscay, again m a ki ng u p th e d ozen ; but this one soon I its productions. The the geography of the country am . exceed died from exhaustion. The remaining eleven crossed the • the steamer will not number of Europeans in line, and began first to sing in lat. 16 S., singing best in thirteen, and those all men of education and resources. be e boisterous weather; rounded the Cape safe all the way to The steamer's crew and the boat's crew will neeroes ; the total number employed I being from eighty to met , the Isle of St. Paul, one died, and two more off the PI 'ad through men. The boats to be towed up by the ei , , coast of Australia, leaving eight. which entered the Heads. Upon the New Land, another died (which had the swampy country below Eboe, and employed after war( s three in number, one been time leaving seven some sickly), surviving out of the in the upper part of the river, are the feet dozen, which seven were let loose, all brisk and well, on Victoria, 70 , belonging to Her Majesty, ca lled beloi • toMr I aird, the Barrabool hills, surrounding Pollock's-lord vineyard. long by 12 feet beam, and tw o . belonging. A When the door of the cage was opened, the merry each 50 feet by 8. The expedition is to be at the mou th of the Kole - am on the Ist' of July, and to ascend it with songsters flew off well together in a covey—better than twenty or thirty days coal (twelve hours per day), which, could have been expected after their long confinement. it is supposed , will be sufficient to carry her to the head a ttention d • They required very great . during the voyage. It may be interesting to watch their progress in their of the navigable waters of the Chadda without the delay .of cutting wood. From the Ist of July seventy-five days' new country.—galway Adrertieer. rising waters are calculated upon by Mr. Laird. It re- RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE FIELD.—One of the preten mains to be seen whether this, the fifth ascent of the sions of Russia is to possess an effective military force of Niger, will be more successful than the previous ones. at least 800,000 men, and which, acceording to some This much is certain. that no previous expedition has official returns, would even reach th e fi gure of 1,200,000 started under such auspicious aspects as the present The men. It can easily be conceived with what idea the Rus experience gained in the last twenty-three years, combined sian Government puts into circulation such figure s . B u t with all the appliances of improved steam navigation and if history he considered, it will be at once seen that this shipbuilding of the day, are at once brought to bear on force never existed except on paper. At the period when this, for African discovery, civilisation and trade, so Russia was attacked on her own territory, when her important an enterprize, which fluther has the advantage nationalty was at stake in 1812, she had scarcely 200,000 of the results of Dr. Barth's and Dr. Overweg's recent mere on foot. In 1813, she had great difficulty in sending discoveries in that part of the interior of the continent 150,000 men into Germany, and m 1 815„1.11 the Russian which is ahead of the expedition. Nor does it bear that troops that had passed the Rhine, concintrated at 'the uncertain or rather indefinite character in point of time as, Vertus, only gave 120,000 men. In her enterprizes for example, the Arctic expeditious, for it is limited to abroad, she has never disposed of more than 150,000 men. one season, or about seven montlur in all, so that it may Th at i s a b out the number we believe, of th e arm y c harged be expecte d to return to England by next Christmas. It to act in Turkey, an d to meet events on the shores of the is hoped that the expedition will all in with both Dr. Black Sea'; and us Russia is obliged to defend herself Barth mid Dr. Vogel. The former, according to hi s corn- beyond the Cauc asus an d on the Baltic, at the same time inunications from Thnbuctoo, of October last, had deter- that she is obliged to augment her forces in Poland , we ruined to comm return enco his to Europe by way of Sakatu doubt that the army pf the Danube can easily repair its and Bonin ; fortunately so, inasmuch as lie was not aware conseq uently, e losses. Let no cue, of the succour Sent to hun under Dr. Vogel nor the Chadda aggemtions of a government which is colossal only in the expedition, and might have chosen another route. Fur- extent of its territory, and which is on that very account ther news from hot!) travellers may be expected with , obliged to scatte r it s f orc es on various points to resist every mail,—.4 ccum then, powers who dispose of the sea.—C anstitutioune4 LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. AT the last meeting of this society, with which it closed the regular business of the session, the most important subject brought forward was that of union with the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. The dele gates from both societies had, in the discharge of duties assigned them, prepared and submitted a report embody-- in t ; a new code of laws for the joint society. The society was called upon to consider this report. It was gathered from the treasurer, who acted in the absence of the secre tary, that a council meeting had just been held, and that, in deference to the strong views of some of the older members of the society, they recommended the union to take place upon the old name exclusively, without addition, or abridgment of the same. Four members of the council had voted for this motion,—one voted against it, and three declined to vote at all. The meeting of the society was a large one, and the members who took part in the deliberations delivered their sentiments throughout with good feeling. It was clear that the society was upon the point of a great crisis—either to be united with a larger society, or to be split up once and for ever. The proceedings of the evening were directed to the preservation of the society and the furtherance of the union. With this view it was proposed at the outset that the name of the united society should stand as recom mended by the council, and this vote was to be taken prior to the reception of the report from the delegates. Twenty three members voted for it, thirteen against it—this was decisive. The treasurer urged that the society should be polled upon the question ; but the laws had settled that all votes were to be taken by hand or ballot, and a poll not having been asked and voted before the motion was put, it was not competent for the society to adopt it. The decision of the society on this important question was con sequently established. It was then moved and seconded that, subject to this condition and any alterations in the code which may at a future meeting be made, the report of the delegates be accepted. This seemed to give general satisfaction to the members, and would have been carried almost unanimously ' had not an amendme n t b een pro posed which seemed to embody the motion, and remove a difficulty in, the proposed union arising from an apparent dissolution of the society. It was to the effect that, subject to the last vote, the Historic Society should unite with this society, and that immediately thereafter a new code of laws should be adopted. This was carried almost unanimously, and took the place of the original motion. An attempt was then made to move the rejection of the report, but it altogether failed ; and, though it was done reluctantly, the mover agreed to withdraw a motion which was so offensive to the meeting generally. This closed the business, and with a vote of thanks to the president, the society separated. Hikoric Society will gather from these proceedings that there is now but one way of bringing about a union I which will avoid a split and pe r h aps li t ig at i on a b out the property. And it were better that they either fall in with the views embodied in these resolutions, and that without further delay, or reject entirely the movement for the union. The Literary and Philosophical Society is pledged to form a new code of laws the moment the Historic Society joins them, and the difficulty which presently pre sents itself will be removed by bringing about the union in the proposed manner. It remains for us only to remark that, in arranging the subjects for the sectional working of the society, the delegates adopted an alphabetical order. This removes the sting which some have fancied was intended by placing Archaeology first. MRS. GRUNDY DECEIVED. Ir is really quite refreshing, now and then, to come across a bit of genuine human weakness. It is not that we have any peculiar sympathy with impostors. We regret, perhaps, that their acuteness has been turned to so poor an account as that of making capital out of the follies of their neigh bours, but we echo -vehemently echo-the voice of public opinion, and denounce-as becomes indignant moralists the wickedness of human beasts of prey. Still, when there is so much fine talk about common sense and know ledge of the world, when the most retired Jones, living in the remotest suburb, is fain to boast his enormous supe riority over the last generation, we are glad when any thing occurs to bring us back to the truth. In this sense a fool is a blessing to his race-he acts as a foil to the rank hypocrisy of the day. Besides, say what you will, a man who is imposed upon may be weak, but you cannot deny that the fault is on the right side. Worth a thousand of_ your hard-hearted, sharp-fingered men of the world, who never sacrificed • a moment's pleasure for the sake of a fellow-creature, are the Grundys and Skimpoles who are willing to incur a little ridicule rather than gain a cha racter for cunning at the expense of self-contempt. But to come to our story. It is really true that in this year 1854 an Englishman and his wife have been deluded by an imposture which has formed the subject of some scores of comedies and romances. Mrs. Grundy, of Bridge ball, in the county of Lancaster, is in want of a cook. She is applied to by a woman, apparently about 50 years of age, who, besides possessing all the requisite qualifications for her post, is withal of manners so engaging that her offer is at once accepted, without even a character being asked. Poor Mrs. Grundy! the bait is swallowed. The cuisine is admirable, but the same talent which has mas tered all the mysteries of cookery can achieve still greater triumphs. By degrees the cook becomes the confidant. That winning smile, that dexterous grace, those savoury dishes-what results have they not produced ! Here ends act the first. When the curtain is drawn up again the cook is seated in the drawing-room. From confidence to friendship there has been a short step indeed! Hour is this ? It is simple enough. Such manners-such an air of refinement were too good for a cook. C,onld it be true-was there any mystery-was it possible that Phoebe Ann Howitt (such is her name) had ever known better days ? By degrees the plot was developed. The cook, seeing the impression she had made, followed up her advantage, and won an easy victory. She announces, one fine morning, to her credulous victim, that she is no cook at all, but the Hon. Mrs. Scott Gordon. True, she has n,, I estates, she is even destitute of money ; but there are estates in Ayrshire, property in Yorkshire, and the title of Lady Gordon-all looming in the future. Mrs. Grundy believed every syllable of this cock-and-bull absurdity: Even Mr. Grundy-probably an easy-going man under petticoat rule-became the dupe of this high-born lady. Not, it must be added, without hope of reward, for Lady Gordon had resolved to disinherit her relatives, and the estates should be divided bet ween herself and the kind friends who had raised her from the scullery to the drawing_ room. Scarcely had the ingenious fraud produced its effect, scarcely had the happy Grundys begun to realise their splendid future, when their hopes seemed at once to be fulfilled. The Ayrshire relative dies ; the trio (for the Grundys are already connected by promise with the noble heiress) have purchased their mourning, and are ready to the relative dies, as go e zl te l s uc a k n e d •o t u i l t d le h l a a v p e se- it, t tl h te e s l t. ,o a r r k t s co ,i r re A dream is fnlfilled. The destination is forthwith changecL The Grundys must-first visit Newcomb-park. They arrive at Manchester, when Lady Gordon is suddenly called 'away on special business ; her friends make vain search for Newcomb-park in various parts of Yorkshire, return to Bury, and learn that Lady Gordon had been there, but had "flitted" with all her goods. Still credulous still hankering after the " pot of g old," th ey rush off again in hot speed, but are at length convinced that the whole story is an imposture, and that they must resign all hopes o f landed property and the Gordon connexion. Act third is at Bury, where Phoebe Ann Howitt, having been appre hended at Tiverton, is brought before the magistrates on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Mrs. Grundy declines to prosecute, and so concludes this singular story. Who will now say that this age is less credulous, less simple-minded than the last ? There is Mormonism, with its repulsive sensuality, its mysterious nonsense, its ignorant founder, attracting thousands of men and women to a distant part of the world, which can only be reached by enormous toil and at a vast expense. There is table-turning, spirit-rapping, and Heaven knows how many other impostures, ancient and modern, by which fools are duped and rogues thrive. And now we have two educated English people believing a palpable invention, without apparently asking for proofs. The moral of the story is, not that people should be hard-hearted, narrow minded, and believe nething-but that they should use their faculties and take proper measures for gettingat the truth.-Globe.-[W e have been requested to state, us reference to the above, as also to the account of the case which appeared in the Manchester Guardian of Wed nesday last, that, although the main facts mentioned are substantially correct, there is considerable inaccuracy and exaggeration in the details. The impostor, who had been apprehended at Tiverton, and whose examination at Bnry had been fixed for Wednesday last, was, in fact, brought up on Tuesday evening before Richard Ashton, Es' q., when it appeared that no criminal charge could be sub s tantiated against her; and she was consequently dis charged on her own recognizances.] ' Messrs. J. W. and .1. Hay, of this town, wh o h ave ac quired extensive fame as designers of Ecclesiastical build ings, have just completed the Wynd Church at Glasgow_ This church is one of fifty that a committee of the principal. gentlemen in Glasgow have resolved upon erecting in the wynds and lanes of the densely populated districts of the city of Glasgow, with the view of evangelising the masses. The church will accommodate between (300 and 700 per sons, and seems in every way adapted to the comfort and convenience of the congregation. It is lighted by means of two sun-lights, the invention of Mr. Edwards, of the Liverpool gasworks. The cost of the site was £4OO, and the building was contracted for twelve months ago, at £1,903, and has been completed without one sixpence of extra expense. As the Messrs. Hay have given such sa tisfaction to the committee, the same architects are to be engaged for all the fifty churches, as suitable sites may be obtained from time to time. LAMMAS Asslza.--On Thursday the learned judges as sembled for the purpose of selecting their respective cir cuits. The following was the ultimate arrangement : Home : the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Mr- Justice Erle—Midland : Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice .Maule.—Norfolk : The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice Cresswell.—Northern Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Crowder. —Oxford Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice .hi t: t r : e n c right _ Western : Mr. Justice Coleridge and Nr:.„ - Wight man. South Wales : Mr. Justice iv l''' the Lord Lord Campbell, Wales : Mr. Baron :Martin.— • town. i do in Chief Justice of England, will rem - SIM' AFRICA.—John . North STEALING FROM TRE STEAM . Rodgers, a joiner, was chaSgr:/slo3gesg t las etda s, j al . 'id b:f n ore tunbe tha r Police-court. with stealing a. ; of towels belonging r d • The tor ris t o h n e e r r w u it .as h a d c e oa tec t t h e ! , - E carrying the stolen a t f the length of time he had been. and after he had made a rambling s t having committed any offence, and e il L i r ,, AverP°°l witlinn t that ever he had come to such a. g his regret longing to ta th t e em s e t n e‘ t i r o • ti n o th eles e 61 : 1 : as; CHARG °Fl°ll6rE ' • dl3 k at Ashton , secretary I t_o_t u o •o n m F o r u h t i l a i y s: iameihriarsognemefenfotr. forgery ' is Th ' t e c iniso l Bank, to the order of Ancient Shopkeepers, who having bbtained sentenced to run a, .In)P3lritltri: rtptrienl:ioustrk. £2O froin the treasurer, t returi m i d ed L a ive r n ec )oo e n i e p oly t d ltss ep iz os es ited for th t e ri m u o . Monday he was committed to the sessions for trial on : h: e :jas t e l — i p, a rhss t eeri o ne" f rreda t s h s e e4 3 ll anehes Manchester 1 . ted ould te ha th ve e a u"'a. c h l se a r t e rg eonl e eird o s f iti obtaining XS, representing that one of the members was dead, and the money was required for his funeral. The prisoner is one of a deputation who recently waited on Lord Palmerston to oppose the Friendly Socie ties Bill. TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1854. They I ' 3 ' l ly to pr aise I faith in ip is that ° f the to rp " (Pla it" t a rerlools : nos 0 0 t' nortent l ev i which r Pen° . t wag' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.