The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

JANUARY 8, 1856.1 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. (:) ‘:'i : t . r . ltl SSl°l4 . SIGNED DT THE Lottp-LtErrENANT OP THE ky a ilY n PA.L.A.TINH oa Lase:est . :me—Sixth Regiment of tle7,c's,,ncashire Militia : Thomas Acres Ogle, late ensign in ~ " l 'egiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be ensign. ue I, T °I St. Anedwrevvls Year's day several members of the congregation easclale t Church, Renshaw-street, presented Mr. T. C. tee , he clerk with a purse containing £55, as a token h ighlse,, estimation in which they hold his services during T s^' of more than 30 years. I lessr s ilcs ,Eß AND REMOVAL OP LICENCES.—On . Thursday, nor '). Holme and R. Benn sat in the Sessions-house l an ,d adjudicate upon applications for the transfer and 0 4 40 ;',?l_liceuces. There were 32 applications for transfers, e f or removals. set ) . o'cl oe f t "noweee.—On Wednesday evening, about seven keeper, a man named Patrick Riley, 32 years of age, a ship fell in' w ho resided i n Upper Henderson-street, Toxteth-park, Nal o 'ne Brunswick Dock, from the bow of a vessel, on s et which he was stationed, and wasdrowned. tfth e ar ' } ' AT CtantillTON Cur RCIL—The annual tea meeting IfursZagregation of Christ Church, Claughton, was held on de kra , Y evening in the schoolroom. The room was tastefully tea th e 'ed, and the attendance was large and respectable. After sago chair was taken by the Rev. Dr. Blakeney, and inter ° addresses were delivered. Iv; as A. , ~,aillia , `• ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Jane t 4tetl i ' s ' wife of John Williams, blockmaker, Warwick-street, ru e ; :Park, went to visit her aunt, at Mrs. Coffee's public ' , roar i' 4 "'„James-street, and whilst coming down stairs, about ‘ote ts ,"",e afternoon, she fell, ;and was so severely injured as 1,, T ," h er death on the following day. 14 11' w o n County MAGIsTRATEs.—At the Epiphany quarter 411 , la s t held on Wednesday, Mr. W. Humber, of Myerseough the,,,,e mayor of Preston, took the oaths as a magistrate et 1/ 7 , 11 „ 11 tY. On Monday, at the Lancaster quarter sessions, 4 a co :, 'Y. Askew, of Conishead-priory, Ulverston, qualified 1,,T c o u nty magistrate. L4FitZ e °EGAN AT CHESTER.—The grand organ which has gasi a.. , ll erected by Mr. Jackson, of this town, for the New ,st, 'al e . 1 , at Chester, was formally opened on Wednesday ~aste " ontains three sets of keys, full compass, and two oc ,lateiw,ria a fourth of pedals, viz.,from COO to F. There are `tta ti ' Stops. A pneumatic valve is attached to the great Ipl e %to render the touch easier. The whole is enclosed in a ' , tied °I tle ~ ease, the design of which harmonises with the interior tl,26oailding The cost of the instrument will be from te Zl eon . „St Is '-- 'ilki i ETEn's Cnuecn (Eventow) TEA. PARTY.—The an-, If s e t aParty of the congregation attending the above place 4 •111-, s ' i ti ) was held on Wednesday evening, at the Concert tee),Zl'd Nelson-street. The hall was filled, upwards of 7 0 0 Dori. - being present. The room was decorated with silk fra ti ' r aibearing religious devices,and the gags of Great Britain, the e,e, Sardinia and Turkey. Amongst the clergymen on I)e,tlhatforrn were the Rev. S. B. Sutton, incumbent of St. 11,,. M arren, J. B. Lowe, -of St. Jude's- Rev Dr. Hume; Rev. .411,""ten, of All Saints ; and the Rev. J. M. Lester, of `tress:'Y's, Kirkdale ; all of whom delivered appropriate ad- Ve r .) a • During the evening the choir belonging to the 4s 1 " 1, under the direttion of Mr. Arrowsmith, sang several , 4 8 and pieces of sacred music. „Ns t , t ,.._,Onanern eteeeiNt3T TUE REV. MICHAEL OROTTY.—On ' o lv h - I ' 4 aY the defendant again appeared, on remand, at the u ttet e - „"'ad, Preston, on the charge of obtaining money under !te b ' e ea which we have already detailed. Mr. Ashcroft, for eß,[l; ° seetition, -said that the object for which the proceed kt e, 24 been 'instituted having been to stop such practices, 41.,„• - Prevent the public being deceived, and that object leerg heenellected, he believed, by the publicity the case . V b i e eeived, 'they did not feel inclined to incur thee expense 'ekl ar , l Fi,neafitnesses from Ireland to prove (what he de ,Nabt ti ne had 'admitted) that the sums obtained by him had t,e h. e n applied to the erection or endowment of a . church. '4e - tell - said that they had arrived at the conclusion that . tl'aijas not, as the case stood, sufficient legal evidence to ql,s, n t . committal. Mr. Crotty said that, having been 'or e ' it naPrisoned ' he would appeal to•thelaws of his country Cre as• He was discharged. ke 4t . - U.ENVITT'S FIRE ESCVPRS.—On Wednesday, experi kke: were made with Mr. Hewitt's fire escapes, in High- Wth,"ad they proved highly satisfactory. Several members t oy t estuacil were present, besides a large number of specta (op of `A ~,h e plan is not only simple, but very effective. To the i i .. 411 ordinary wooden ladder, a block pulley is attached to ° . ook - Itundle, and a rope is rove through it, with a spring :AR „",'‘ached to one end. To this hook a large round canvas ita,'‘aretched on an iron frame, is hung, and to the top, bet ' tiref f a k ad sides of the bag isattached a- gadde-rope. In case of .ki;',,e ladder is reared against the top of the window of the I res t ; r mn which the inmates wish to•make their escape, a , ae „`,,, t1 mounts the ladder, the bag (orbasket) is hoisted to otte;:tt , the fireman steadie s it, the parties in the room—either thei r two at a time—get into the , ag or basket, from which c annotthe y possibly fall, and they are instantly lowered to al.e l 3°urel, the guide-rope safely directing their descent. The "es ea , oo are trained to te nse of the machine, and two of the NC ladders, suitable for any ordinary building, with appa kit fie p, are deposited at-each of the eleven police 4 • station's in thetown, so that they are immediately suabl e , „ z e ,b;'s A.L TREAT TO RAGGED SOR , B3L CHILDREN. — On t taki. e :day, the boys .and girls attending the Industrial 1 44 8 f .'". Schools, Soho-street, partook of their annual.Christ iftb"r,eat of roast beef and plum-pudding, in the dr ill-roam ,°eae e e, -4 °se-hill police faction, which was decorated for the aa k i:u with banners and evergreens. There were present a sorbet. of ladies and gentlemen who take an interest in the I ‘. 1rc,, 3 of ragged schools including Mrs. Horsfall, the wifeof N I ; nersfall, Esq., M.P.:, the kind provider of the feast; Mrs. 11r..,"cm, Mrs. Christian, Miss Ewburn, Miss Lister, Miss le7rY, Rev. H. Jaekeon, Rev. R. V. ".Sheldon, Rev. R. W. c s teley, Mr. Ed war d H eat h , w if e, and family ; Mr. T. D. ki .4 ,, erSou, wife, and faniily ; Mr. and Mrs. Brougham, Mr. V,lirs. H u bb ack, Mr. and Mrs. R i ng, 311.. J. Tyrer, Majar th e el, wife, and family ;'Mr. A. Gillespie, superintendent of ! tagged School Union , &c. Some , cf the relatives and hie ks e ,,. of the scholars were also present. ,Before dinner the es t ,Vde band played several tunes in a very efficient manner, srs tkl ing with the national airs of France and England. ee ee before meat was then chanted by the whole of the chil teaafter which they partook heartily of th e Christmas fare ath e ',," was bountifully proelded for them. geveral hymns and S t . musical pieces were-sung by the scholars, who were suh test,l_nY addressed by Mr. Hubback • in , the course of his tOrt; s 4l4 that gentleman pointed out to' the children the ims fel l gee of attending to the instruction given to them at this s f 001, but he also impressed on them the duty and advantage ad 'eying obedience totheir masters and .mistresses. An drew 7 from the Rev. MraiVolseley, impreeeiv.g upon the chil teed.lleir moral and religious duties and responsibilities, sue thr,;e',* and a ft er singing' the national anthem , and g i v in g kid ;arty cheers for their benefactors, the happy-faced boys girls went on their way-rejoicing. e, !onanar, Annual SZSGSONB.—The adjourned annual s_ere;_usll, fo r the county were there d at the .Court-house, 40 1 ; 4 ' on Wednesday, when were present the Right N 6' . .1. T. Baines, M.P. (Chancellor of the Duchy) ; chair the, .T ll % T. G. Hesketfa, Bart.,4ae. Mr. Garnett introduced to the . 1 ,.....` 41 Ft the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., who, in taking al'aCiqr, said—" I hope the bench-will allow me to take this, the 1 the k ° PPortunity white's has presented itself, of tendering to I cat L"rmost respectful and grateful acknowledgments for r 'f4 e 11 %. 11 honour they have done me in electing sae to the he t O f Chairman of the annualeeeeions of this county. .I . c . an 4 4 ,7, You that I am fully aware of the great repoissibillty tite,_"mfe to that office ; asd in endeavouring to discharge its tleW , I shall carefully keep in mind the example. of my to, j s - t e lat, predecessor whose loss has -been so universelly y. and ' eci a ,' , Ydamented throughout the whole of this great eounty. .sad e ndeavour to imitate him in hie fidelity, in his diligence, 1 'elt .111 , 41 uheimpartialitv, and in that - great desire he always t t h ° . Maintain unimpaired the high,eharacter of this court. say li tre eteetivour I hope I shall not; ask too much when I as t i a , st the magistrates will :kindly give me their best he h_ la ueef'-31r. Tinne gave notice thetas application would ki l - mdde at the adjourned annual sessions, -to be held on the b e ..ev: April next, for a pension of 01 . 5 to Mr. Michael e _cel t - ,e,, e Y, cash-and bookkeeper at the House of Correction at ` 4 4ri",, on account of his advanced age and increasing ,la c 0 ,,, h 1e5, andafter a long and faifhfuleerviee of 25 increasing - 6h 4r t„orderod the erection of a boundary wall and gate mtie-- Lae premises now occupied t h e -2,d Lascashire 4 , at Liverpool, the completion of ewerage from the house to the gateway, and the formation of a road. , -- -itT C TEE.— The w ee kly tlaeeting was held on 11 03pir i C ttaaa,Y. Present—Messrs. Langsdale (chairman), Dover, ntelc're.k, Beckwith, Hodson, J. Holme, Shell, Johnson, Hal ,,''ailti;„kinne, 3Muffie, and Godfrey. The ,borough engineer, d 'art i ,„,• I g' surveyor, and inspector of nuisance: reperted,various m'ar i ats of the operations of their several departments se ei lit the week. The :medical officer reported that far the the t e4 ding Saturday •the deaths were 244 in the borough, tae 10 0 e number as in the previous week, and about equal to 1 esp',," 4 ge, corrected for , ; ,increase of population, of the cer ' ,a th . ""ne week of the seven years preceding. The deaths itnott.:,Parish were 164, and in the out-townships 80. The 1 , I 'ela ? ' l tY from diseases of the zymotic class amonnted to 68, nrr a ° ll e more than in the week previous. The deaths from "atiV t ia were 24 (an increase since the return of mild. to t L er), from !looping cough 14, measles 11, typhus 4, small slato 8 5 deaths were caused by bronchitis and other intiam r Z.afrect ions of the lungs, and,2l by consumption—in all ZI- I. y, ' the 244 deaths, 131 occurred below 6, and 32 above „Iree a i rs of age. A fatal case of typhus occurred in a regise NO_ e e .'°dging-house, and was not reported to the medical Chase as required by the bye-laws. The clerk was instructed „",teae r , e t he necessary proceedings in reference to it.—A commie, .le-sela Was read from Mr. J. Watkins. on behalf of the e,„T'lle• proprietors. It was in reference to the reply of rel-,-,"alMittee to their memorial, and desired that the propel kitzi, of the steam-tugs be informed of any competent autho rebet:D°ll which they might rely in adopting measures for the kitt t ra ption of smoke. It was referred to the smoke corn ' • Theother busin ess was not of any public interest. l 'llk. at, , COmiIITTER —The weekly meeting was held on Lqa I - ZY Mr. Cheri • Turner in the chair. The other mem lc '' nt were • e Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brockle ,Roetteeenthwaite, Chaloner, Holrae, Barber, Holden, 4 4 , el t i Langsdale, Anderson, Hubback, Rankin, and Evans. tOttg . * , o mnilttee of works recommended that the tender of 0,„ ba r L dames Bland and Co., for the supply of Dantzic ,nli o ',ue aceepted. Agreed to —A report from the police A.," tia rye' on the ;abject of th e . recent . fire in the docky ard 3i s'lley stn The damage done was estimated at £743. . r. N e tt Sru ted that the fire originated in this,way : the dim le '44' ; choked up with soot, which ignited when a fire was gOil t 41 the It o er n u grate, and some of the burning soot fell down kildd b e , and ignited some oakum. For the fn . ture no fires o . s er‘, allowed on the premises.—The Marine Sub-corn- Ole, ~-eotrimended that the tender of Messrs. Chapman and eo r 4 I D or the ... , supply of swivels for the buoy service at the rate 4, 4 1 1 41 N -1 Lb, be accepted.—Powers were given to the stoib tio",,md at 'to appoint an assistant at the timber Lltor . ing tC,Was th e north docks, at 30s. per week.—A commence- K',. fee read from Mr. Willoughby, intimating that his &en; lett.A`ch nex t rug the mud flats would terminate on the 31st of ea ter Wa s ' Referred to the Sub-committee of Works.—A f lag tt , read from the secretary of the Pilots' Committee, )1, - F,lbi e - a a l shelter should be provided for th e pilots who e ati qr e d t out the time of high water at the Prince's Dock. 1 4 °ll w as ° the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A communi- Nfe h ase que l'ead from Mr. Bezar, special auditor, stating that, a4l` m daish s r !'" of declining health, he would be obliged to te zy hails duties, and asking for a retiring annuity. His c't e rt litte e b een £l5O per annum. The Chairman said the 4 Te t i' did COnsidering that Mr. Bezar was a custom-house to l t rih ß p n e ot _think this was a case in which they could give t ' f. h t ' )leaarlisi°ll' The secretary would be directed to write a k , eat% Co p e tating that the committee regretted his state leiZe,tit,,eßllled him to resign his situation, and, at the 1 'e , T his that t they could not grant him a retiring A llow- I r raMated the general business. SUDDEN thtA.lll.—On Friday morning, Mrs. Edge, of No. 18, Albion-terrace, Low-hill, fell down and expired while at her breakfast. ON Thursday evening a tea-party, in celebration of the anni versary of the Canning-street Young Men's Association, was held in the school-room, St. James's-road. TICE GREAT BRITAIN. — The Great Britain arrived in the Mersey on Thursday, and on Friday went into dock. For the present, she is discharged from the transport service. THE Cork Examiner announces the intention of a company of high mercantile position to establish a line of steam-vessels, which will ply regularly between that port and New York. BOY CHOKED BY A HORSE-BEAN--On Thursday, a youth named James Dewhurst, residing at No. 10, Melville-place, Oxford-street, was accidentally choked by a horse-bean. A BAZAAR, in aid of the funds of the Everton Church Missionary Society, was held during the Christmas holidays, in the school-room, in Everton-valley, and realised upwards of £lOO. BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF TOXTETH PARK.—At their meeting on Tuesday last, this body decided, by a majority, to admit reporters to their meetings. Two Mss DROWNED.—Archibald Hosten, aged 41, a watchman in the employ of Messrs. Maclver, was drowned on Wednesday night in the Huskisson Dock. William Jones, a fireman on board the steamer Vigo, in the Wellington Dock, fell overboard on Thursday, and was drowned. THE BOROUGH EXTENSION BILLS have been withdrawn. The Coporation availed themselves of delay permitted by the rules of parliament, and, on the last day (Monday) declined to lodge the bills. The cause of this was some difficulty with certain parties in Birkenhead. LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening, at the Royal Institu tion, the president., Mr. Abraham, in the chair. Mr. Mercer delivered a lecture on "Photography," dwelling more particu larly on the chemistry of the collodion process, and the de compositions which take, place in its different stages. ST. ANDREW'S SCOTCH CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOLS. — On Thursday evening a soirde of the friends and supporters of these schools took place in the Hope-hall, Hope-street. The Rev. Mr. Forfar occupied the chair. After tea several addresses were delivered upon the advantages of Sabbath school education, by the reverend gentlemen present. The proceedings concluded with the exhibition of a magic laitern. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. EDWARD GRA.r.—With the sanction of the Workhouse Committee of the Select Vestry, it has been resolved to place in the new chapel at the Workhouse a small tablet to the memory of the late Mr. Edward Gray, who for a great number of years faithfully served this parish. Donations towards this humble tribute to the memory of a deserving parochial official will be 'received by the churchwardens. TRUE LIBERALITY.—We understand that Mr. Heywood, senior partner of the •banking firm of Heywood and Sons, Brunswick-street, has, with a generosity which deserves the highest commendation, bestowed the sum of 1,000 guineas upon the clerks in his establishment, as a sew-year's present. Such a manifestation, on the part of the head of the house, of his appreciation of the services of his assistants, will, we have no doubt, call forth on 'their part a corresponding energy in business, station, and Mr. Hewitt, with a portion of his brigade, was speedily on the spot, with hose and other requisites. On examination, the smoke was found to proceed from a sulphur stove which had been put into operation for the purpose of destroying vermin. CORNWAIXIVSTREET EVENING RAGGED SCROOL—On Friday evening, 156 of the children of this school were enter tained to tea end bun-loaf by their teachers and friends. The proceedings were enlivened by the exhibition of a magic lantern, and after some singing and a short address from the Rev. Mr. Thomas, of St. Bride's, each of the , hildren received an orange, while some of the more deserving girls had articles 'of clothing given to them. All retired much pleased with the treat. BOARD OP GUARDIANS, PRESCOT tretose—A committee of the Prescot board of guardians have recommended an in crease in the number of guardians for the townships corn :Unman:se 'ter VAR SERVICES car Sr. P ETER 'S Carmen. prising the union. Their proposition is that one guardian be —Some important alterations are about to take place in the added'to each of the following townships, namely, Eccleston, services of this church, with the view of making more.ample Heytorawith-Roby, Prescot, Parr, 'Sutton, Widnes, and Much provision for the spiritual we lf ar e o f th e p een A u additional Woolton, and that two guardiansheadded to the township , nf curate has been •appointed, entirely at the expense of the Windle. The report was unanimourty adopted, and there will present rector. It is also proposed to simplify the service, be a nomination accordingly. first by withdrawing the opening hymn, and returning to :ns_OLENT ATTACK ON G ISEMA.N. —On Tuesday morn simple congregational psalm tames. The rector is also about n ENV ing last, about half-past tWo o'clock, as Mr. John Cavanah, to erect, at his own expense, two additional stoves. bonder, was returning from thelhouse of a friend to his retie ELECTION (CP A MEMBER Joy THE Doc CornITTER. d euce, I rv i ne - s t ree t , Edge-hill,'-he was suddenly seized byone The election of a member of the Dock Committee, to fill the or more scoundrels, and received such treatment that it was vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Steele in cense- dt one time feared he would 'tot survive the injuries. The quence of ill-health, took place at the Dock-offices on Friday. police have been endeavouring to discover the perpetrators of Three candidates offered themselves—Mr. W. Rathbone, jun., tthis outrage ; but owingtO there being no clue to identifica- Mr. Charles Saunders and Mr. T. M. Blythe. Mr. Rathbone lion, it is feared they will escape being brought to justice. kept at thehead of the pell during the wholeof the day, and MADAME GOLDSCIoIioT THR BLIND As M. — We at the close the numbers •stood as follows r —Wm. Rathbone understand this celebrated vocalist, having heard that the the younger, 344 ; 'Chas. Saunders, 288 ; Thomas Martin musical pupils of the Blind:School were very anxious to hear Blythe,.lBB. her, and that there was nremeans of affording thenethe oppor- Loose. WAR 'TRIM—The screw steamer Cleopatra, after tunity in the erowdedcornerts at the Philharmonie-hall, she being in the transport service for about a twelvemonth, has most kindly consented tervisit the school, and sing an anthem been entirely refitted ;seder the superintendence of Captain there. Accordingly, on Sunday evening, after the service, Bevis, R.N.—ln a day or two she will leave here for Malta she proceeded to the school, and there sang several anthems. with detachments of sthe 34th, 97th, 30th, 33rd, 49th,nenth The meeting was strictly private, it being arranged that no 68th, and 82nd regiezents, comprising altogether &60 men.surel persons should be :present except the blind .pupils' and the 24 - officers.—The transport steamer Oneidais expected at this matron. port in a few days.—On Thursday evening • upwards -of 40 F , es ILITEIIING PAWNEROZ'Sn'S DUPLl men,vvolunteers for the royal navy, wereedespatched hence to GATE.—David Garrey, a porter in the employ of Mr. London, to be drafted amongst various Snips in the service. - Valentine, boardinghouse keeper, and John Clawin, formerly. LITEEpoor, At UNION.--At the anneal distribution of in the service of Mr.'Cotterrell, were charged at the Police prizes in connection with the Liverpool'Art-Union, which took_ court, on Saturday, -with forging a pawirtrerkeres d u plicate. place in the Exhibition-rooms, Old Post-office-place, on Tuts- Mr. Thomas, pawnbroker, of Dale-street, --stated that, in. day, Mr. J. C. mart, M.P., presided. The report showed October last, afoot-tale was pledged at his tehep for-:2s. by the that after deductiug £365 9s. for expenses, the sum left inthe prisoner Gerrettse. A few days afterwards the ticket given to Garretty was presented at his shop, with the words " foot :liar-as of the treasurer is £505, which :has been allotted in prizes as follows c—One of £5O ; one of-1140 ; two of £3osetwo rule" scratched- -out, and " Geneva watch;' alleged to have, of -.1:25; five of ; five of £l5; nine of telo ; and eig-httif Es'. been pledged for 'CleSso, the value being ;Mees e written over .The first prize, valued at £-50, was .won by Mr. C. Atkinson, them. The manwelio brought the ticket to Mr. Thomas said Lark-lane, Texteth-park. he bought it from the prisoner Clew* while Clawin said he LITERART'inin DRAMATIC SOCIETY. — On Friday evering purchased it for-ed. from the prisoner Garretty. Both pie- Was society gave an entertainment in the Clayton-hallewlese' h Boners were remanded, that further ineetirieemight be made. was tastefully Sited up as a theatre on the occasion. The FATAL Acinerszee TO A TRIEF.—On Wednesday morning, audience was select as well as numereuseand the performances between one andtwo o'clock, Mrs, Walker, •the wife of the elicited the warmest approbation. The performances -being keeper of the :locks on the Roelsdale Canal, near to Store by unprofessional parties, the reward ef those who sustained street, Piccadilly, Manchester, heard a noise •on the roof of the -a part in them will be more consistently supplied, inethe house, as though some one were walking :on the slates, and gratification -en their friends, than ::by euloginm:; wee immediately afterwards a plunge in the Canal; as if a man had shall, therefore, content ourselves with backing the applauaes, fallen in. On-opening the door to look out she.observed some 'which on the Whole were liberally and judiciously bestewed. lead hanging down in front of the laearsee nut -geeing no one LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETT.—This society, formed: far near she went. in again, and returned to ebed. The next the purpose'df affording relief to peer-captains, seamen e and morning it was discovered that a quantity of (lead had been -their familieseheld their annual meeting on Tuesday, at, tke cut from the roof ready for removal, and, it being conjectured Clarendon-roc:ens, when a report was read, from which it .ap- that the thief meet have fallen off the houseinto the canal, ft speared - that the " stock" or capital -account amounted :-to was draggederwhen the body of a young mane•named James L'13,799 12a.enhe annuity fund, to Zel2 7s. 10d.; the relief Padley, a slater, was found. The deeeasethhaeleft a wife and , :fand, to £92 , les. 7d. The claimants on the funds of the society one child.—Manenester Courier. econsistof three captains, 27 widows, and 33 orphans. .The TOTAL' Wnnaa or A Serroonee.—The .teheoner Mary 'captains received annuities of either £l7 er £l4; the widows, Ann, William grans, master, from Beaumaris, in ballast, £1.3 or '£11; . and the orphans, £3 each. The accounts were from •Dublin ear Barrow, was totally wreeked on the rocks : passed without remark, and Mr, Jarees'Alahewas appointedn, west of Port Sodetic, near Douglas, on :the night, of Wednes trustee, in place of the late Mr. Thomas Booth. day last; the-crew saved in the small boat. • Itserears that MARITLXRDISISTERS. — The ship Empire State, which ar- the schooner, , 0111 the night of the 2nd nest;.; lost• tight of the rived here from New York on Tuesday, was struck by a heavy Calf-lights, owing to the misty weather, eit blowing a stiff .sea on the 22nd of December, on the starboard quarter, which -breeze from the-eastward at the time.; and. subsequently, the stove in the front of the poop cabin, and. did great injury on. -crew seeing the-land close to them, the vessel was -.put about, -deck. The vessel leaked very badly during the rest of the 'but missed stapl e :and although the anchor .waselet go, the passage, and:it was found necessary to ;throw between two -vessel drifted-on teethe rocks. The small boat was flowered, hundred andttkree hundred tons •of cargo overboard.—The • and after two narrow escapes the crew got_safe on,shere, the John Howell, hence at Savannah, on the nth December, re- aroat having fined-With water twice. The4sehooner has since ported having :been in contact with. the George L. Abbott, ?gene to pieces. Thecrew were shipped off to Liverpool by from Nesv, Orleans. The latter, it is supposed, sunk soon the Mona's Queen, by Mr. De Ruvigne, honorary secretary to afterwards, hut 'the crew, with one exceptiou, were saved by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, on Friday morning.— the John Hosvell.—The James Steward, .:which arrived at IP/mix. Sun. Newfoundland on the 12th December, reported passing a full- A.Penreoue POSITION.—On Sunday night, aboutaquarter rigged ship on. fire, apparently deserted, a few days previously. past nine o'clock, as the Woodside boat Prince, Captain DAXIIERottS ACCIDENT. — Between one and:two o'clock on Owen Edwards, was ecrossing to Liverpodl, those on , hoard Thursday afternoon, a horse and a plueten,which was pro. heard. series proceeding from the water. Mee, enginesewere ceeding down Bold-street, took fright and ran off at a great I backed immediately, .;and orders given to proceed in the speed along -Church-street, which was mesh ,crowded by direction whence the cries came. On proceeding a short vehicles at the ftisne. Every effort on the part of the distance, some one wan-seen in the water. The life-buoy. was driver, ita arrest the tremendous pace at which stile animal throwsi, which the person succeeded in getting hold of, and rushed :along proved ineffectual. Fortunately, however, it was then taken on board. He proved to be a foreign seaman, was turned into Church-lane, where its career was impeded very much exhausted, and unable to speak English. On by coming in -contact with a cart which was standing there, rreehingehis side of therriver he was immediately taken' to and the horse was secured by a police constable and some the receiving -house, where he was put in a •warm bed. spectators. The plaseton was not upset. A lady who was in Shortly afterwards, Inspector J. Gregg arrived with an inter the vehicle was mucle:terrified, but fortunately was pot hurt. preter, when it was ascertained that the foreigner was a She was lifted out in a state of great agitation, from which, seaman belonging to the French schooner Eugenie, just however, she recovered in a short time. Neither the:driver arrived, and whilst engaged in furling the sails, fell from nor the horse sustained any injury; but an old woman had the yard-arm. Immediately on his falling, the parties on her foot injured by the wheel of the vehicle passing leveret. board threw pieces of mood, ike., from the ship, oneof which Sr. SIMON'S CIIURCII ScuooLs.—The annual -tea party in he caught hold of, and succeeetled, by swimming and nhe help of the piece of wood, in.keeping himself above water: ntil he connexion with these schools took place on Thursday evening , at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The Rev. ,J. :g. was rescued from, his perilous ,position. He was an hour.and a quarter in the water before being picked up, but appeared ,Conor occupied the chain; and the Rev. S. Minton, the Rev. It. V. Sheldon, the Rev. Henry Marlen, the Rev. T. D. Barey., to have sustained rug serious injury. the Rev. Jos. Bardsley,andthe Rev. Dr. Hume were also on , TUE COMPASS le' IRON Sills.—lmpelled by his love of the platform. The audiencewas large and respectable. The hall! science, and a desire to render that subseevient to practical SUS gaily decorated with allianee banners, and others bearing purposes, the Rev: Dr.. Scoresby, well known as a distinguished scriptural and other maxims and devices. After tea., the arctic voyager, and almost equally famous for his magnetic rev..ehairmau addressed the meeting upon the object of their researches, is about to proceed to Auatralia, in the iron ship meeting, remarking that last year the money raised on behalf Royal Charter. This voyage is :undertaken chiefly with a view of themew schools which they proposed establishing in con-' to studying the magnetic laws vshich.govern the compass in notion with St. Simon's parish-church was £419, and now' aneren ship, in the southern hemispbere.—Dr. Scoresby has he was able to 'tell them that it amounted to £5OO. They been 'bang seeking such 'an apportunity,as is now afforded by would see by their programmes that the cost of the schools the Liverpool and Australian Navigation:Company, the Under would be £3,000. They would remember that he had told writers' Association, and Compass Committee, who have placed 'them of the society which was being formed by Mr. Torr, a' at his disposal an entire state-room, in 'the Royal Charter, for merchant of this town, for the purposeof establishing schools. the voyage to Melbourne. The Shipowners' Association have He (Mr. Conor) had applied to Mr. Torrfor assistance towards furnished the means for his retarn, and the Admiralty have their schools, .and that gentleman had promised to give them felt so muchieterest in the objects of his voyage, that they will £l,OOO as soon As the' society got into a position to enable it supply him with the best instruments, as well as charts, be to do so. Well, then, with that sum and £l,OOO which they longing to their department, to enable hind to make his observe expected to get from government, they would have £2,500 tions. Dr. Scoresby visited the Royal Charter on Wednesday, • towards £3,000. 'This being the state of thiugs, if they could and expressed himself in the highest terms of satisfaction at bat get Mr. Torr's society into active operation they would having at last met with a ship in every way adapted to his object. soon'be able to "go ahead," and he would be the last person He dwelt particularly on the wooden masts, the situation of to call out " hold hard." With respect to their present the wheel, and the .compass aloft, independent of those on deck schools, they had worked during the past year iu the most corrected in the usual way. The Doctor having represented satisfactory manner, and on the previous night they seere only to the Company that, in order to render his observations nom £2o in debt. plete, it was most important that he should commence them at WAR CONTRACTS IN LIVERPOOL — The ingenuity and re- once, and that, for this purpose, it would be necessary again to sources of Liverpool have been called freely into re q uisition in swing the ship, arrangements were immediately made to take respect to: furnishing war nuth f riel. The Government has the ship into the basin. The vessel was swung on Friday, to the entire satisfaction of the Doctor, who, we understand, has kindly h ofsuperintendingcl . • • intimated intention wine service formed contrasts with several of our most eminent foundry every Sunday during the voyage. and engineering establishments for the supply of ordnance and war-munitions ; and the ship-building capabilities of the port are also taxed. Mr. John Laird., the well-known ship- Tue SELECT Veneto—The weekly meeting of this body builder, has, in hie yards at Birkenhead and Liverpool, was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding. fourteen wooden screw gunboats, already far advanced in On the report of the Vestry-clerk, and on the recommendation construction, of 240 tons and about sixty-horse-power each. of a special committee, it was agreed to appoint an inspector They are to be armed with two heavy guns apiece. It is said of out door-relief, at a salary of £l5O a-year. 'lt was an that Government are so well satisfied with the progress nounced that the chairman had received a letter from Mr. already made, that they last week doubled Mr. Laird's order, Dignan, editor of the Chronicle, in which he etated that he so that he will now have twenty-eight vessels of war on hand. was willing to attend before the select vestry, but not before At the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, in addition to the the committee had been appointed, to investigate the truth of monster wrought-iron gun which the proprietors are going his charges against Mr. Bradley. After some discussion, to present to Government, and which is to be 15 feet long, 13 Mr. Dignan's latter was read. After specifying his charges inch bore, 25 tons weight, and capable of throwing a ball of against Mr. Bradley, Mr. Dignan says :—" Here we have 3001bs. a distance of five miles, they have been commissioned a member of the Town Council and of the Vestry, who is to make two enormous wrought-iron mortars, which will be proved, in a series of transactions, to have treated the mu charged with nearly two cwt. of powder for each charge, and nicipal and the parochial rates as if they were his own throw shells of 36 inches diameter. This size and descriptiee personal property ; and the facts are to be found in the of mortar is unparalleled, but great confidence is felt as to records of the corporation and the books of the parish. the result of the experiment. At Messrs. Forrester and He (Mr. Dignan) declined to appear before Mr. Bradley's Co's. (Vauxhall Foundry), between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of 8, committee, because, knowing his omnipotence in the vestry, 10, and 13-inch shells have been turned out during the last he felt that he could not, whatever proof lie might adduce, six months. Indeed, 1,400 tons of these projectiles have been depend upon a fair and impartial tribunal. Mr. Dignan, in shipped off to Woolwich duilag the last ten days, besides conclusion, expressed his conviction that Mr , Bradle y' s posi some two or three dozen of the 10-ind: and 13-inch mortars tion in the Council was sustained by the machinery which lie for sea and land service. There are two cast-iron I put into action through the instrumentality of the Vesiee mortars in process of construction at this establislittea and if he were once ejected from the last-named body, he are to throw 18-inch shells. This is 5 inches more in diameter ;;Tuld disappear at the expiration of his term from the than any shells previously made in this country, but the Peruser," 'sere concluding sentence is as follows :—" It may ltissian "Whistling Dick" at Sebastopol was a 15-inch shell. seem absurd to waste this long communication on a man so The first of these large mortars was taken out of mould last mentally and morally small as Mr. Bradley ; but it must be week, and the mass of metal of which it is composed weighs remembered that he almost exclusively controls the expendi -25 tons. The workmen have borrowed .15w,nch'.9 idea, and tore of £126,00 per ailnol Of the zublic money—a fearful humorously nickname it the "Palmerston Pacificator." At power t o con fid e t o suc h hands ; and ~i t .:1 2 1 11 at large by this porti is going a service to the comnitinii;.: St of the r* I have rendered Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co' s . th e same ac ti v it y ' on. They are manufacturing, it is understood, abo u t 09 of town's almoner." M r . Gardner then moved, and Mr. Raw the largest class (13-inch) mortars, 50 f or sea an d 40 f o r I seconded, that th e l e tt er w hi c h h a d b ee n read be referred to land service. Although the same bore, the difference in the e..e committee. The moti on was ranted. Mr. Bradley said size of land and sea service mortars is far greater than most he should not make any obse rva tions uppn the letter of Mr. persons would imagine. For instance, the land service mortar, Dignan, .but reserve them until it lied beep before the com when finished and ready for delivery, weighs about 33 cwt. ; mittee. Wil.en the commit* 'bro ug hi up their report he the sea service mortar about 103 cwt., or upwards of 5 tons ! would ex p ress fully Ms sentiments itpo ti'e 6111 4'1 - This This difference is neeeseary in order to deaden the force of the closed the b us i ne ne of th e Vestry, and t h e MeNnfr was recoil op ship-board, adjourned, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TILE Masonic Ball takes place this (Tuesday) evening, at the Town-hall. IT is said that the Philharmonic Society will clear some where near £l,BOO by the Jenny Lind Goldschmidt concerts. ON Saturday, Peter Toppin, aged thirty, of Burlington-street, rigger, fell from the fore-yard of the Princess Royal, lying in the Nelson Dock, and sustained a severe fracture of his right arm. He was taken to the Northern Hospital. A Wome.x Rux OVER.--At the Coroner's Court, on Sa turday, an inquest was held on the body of Mary Haydock, a deaf old woman, residing in Peel-street, who was run over by a butcher's spring cart on the afternoon of the previous Satur day, in Great Homer-street. A verdict was returned to the effect that the " Deceased had died from injuries received by being run over, but how caused there is no evidence to show." TIIE. CIVIL SERVICE IN LIVERPOOL.—Mr. Hugh Campbell has been appointed an extra weigher in the Custom-hoase at this port. Mr. Daw, controller of Customs at Leith, has been promoted to the controllership here, in the place of Mr. Bald win, promoted to be collector at Newcastle. Mr. J. Trevan, principle coast-officer at Runcorn, has been promoted to be controller at Deal. THE PICKPOCKETS AT THE JENNY LIND CONCERTS.-- Wm. Johnson, , a respectably-dressed young man, and a well known pickpocket, was brought up at the Police-court, on Saturday, by detective Povey, who said that, understanding ',that a gentleman had been robbed of his watch at the Jenny I Lind concert, on Friday night, at the Philharmomic-hall, and seeing the prisoner loitering about, he took him into custody, on suspicion. Nothing being found on the prisoner, he was discharged. ON Sunday morning, about one o'clock, a young man, named John Ford, in passing along Great Howard-street, while in toxicated, was attacked by some men, who knocked him down and left him in a state of insensibility. He was found by the police, and taken to the Northern Hospital, where it was dis vered that he had sustained concussion of the brain. He is progressing favourably. Ow Saturday, an inquest was held upon the body of a watch man, named Archibald Hoston, in the employ of Messrs. C. M•lver and Co., engaged on board the screw steam-ship Emu. . On Wednesday night last, the deceased made a false turn whilst going to meet his wife, who was standing on the quay L ' of the Huskisson Dock with his supper. A verdict of " Acci dentally drowned" was returned. FALSE ALARM OP Ftun.—On'Saturday night, smoke was seen issuing from an unoccupied house in Byrom-street, iu dense volumes. Intimation was forwarded to the Fire Police- TrtE Manchester Guardian has been informed that the expense of prosecuting Jonathan Heywood, for the murder of Margaret Jones, at Rochdale, at the recent Liverpool assizes, amounted to no less a sum than £320. A MAN named Thomas Welsh, 73 years old, residing at No. 21, Brick-street, died on Tuesday last, from the effects of injury received by his shirt taking fire on the 20th of De cember, whilst warming himself at the fire. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steam-ship Ame rica sailed on Saturday, with the usual mails, for Halifax and Boston. The British and North American Royal Mail Steam ship Company have re-commenced weekly departures from this port. To enable the company to resume the weekly sailings from Boston and New York alternately, they will despatch the steamer Africa from the Mersey on Wednesday, (to-morrow) for New York, whence she leaves on Wednesday, the 6th February. The United States mail steamship Baltic will also leave Liverpool on Saturday next for New York. On and after the 23rd the steamers belonging to this line will take their departure hence every alternate Wednesday, and from New York every alternate Saturday. SALE OP A WIPE:A short while ago, Mr. Robert Rhodes was united in the bonds of matrimony with a Miss Eastham, of Longridge ; but the marriage was unfortunate. Both parties very soon forgot their vows to " love and to cherish," for shortly after they relinquished the fascination of each other's charms, and separated. Since this event they have both lived in private lodgings. To bring the marriage knot to a solution, the husband, on Monday last, publicly led his wife through the streets of the village in a halter, offering her for sale, when, being viewed by one and examined by another, she was ultimately, after a little higgling, "knocked down" for twenty shillings !• The purchaser was a Mr. George Banks, who quietly, but gallantly, seized the halter, and led her away. What next P—Preston Chronicle. HISTORIC SOCIETY.—The third archaeological meeting for the session was held on Thursday evening, in St. George's hall, the Rev. Dr. Thom, vice-president, in the chair. Dr. Hume exhibited three ancient parchments, relative to families and property in Cheshire and Flintshire. They formed part of a set of fifty-four which had just been presented to him by a friend in Ireland.—Mr. Mayer exhibited a gold torque and seven armilli, recently found in Ireland. They are all of nearly pure gold, and solid. These ornaments are part of a find, the value of which, for gold only, is computed at more than £l,2oo.—The Rev. W. B. Greenside exhibited a silver spoon and four coins, recently found near Thurland Castle, Lancashire ; as also numerous coins, in gold and silver, of the , periods of the Edwards and the Henrys of England, besides several rare and interesting medals in silver and bronze. — The Rev. T. Moore read an interesting paper on " The state of the western portion of Northumberland, down to the Nor man Conquest,' by J. W. Hind, Esq., of Newcastle. Votes of thanks were presented to the several donors, to the exhibi tors, to the author of the paper, and to the chairman ; and the proceedings terminated. AIGBITRYPI MEN'S READING AND IMPROVE MENT SOCIETY.—The opening meeting of the above society took place on Wednesday evening, in St. Anne's School-room, Aigburth-vale. The members and their friends, numbering about two' undred, assembled at six o'clock, and, after taking tea together, the business of the evening was commenced by an excellent speech from the chairman, the Rev. H. Teush Hecker, incumbent of St. Anne's, Aigburth. Amongst the gentlemen present who take great interest in the society were James Franks, J. A. Tinne, C. S. Parker, T. Avison, W. J. Tomlinson, John Eden, Thomas Eden, and john Tomlinson, Esqrs., several of whom addressed the meeting. C. S. Parker, Esq., presented the society with a splendid copy of Phillips' Atlas. The meeting was highly enlivened by the performance of some of the popular music of the day, which was executed in good style by the Misses Beer, Messrs. H. Johnson, J. Fisher, Terry, G. Wilson, T. Williams, and Munn,—Miss Beer and Mrs. Marsden presiding at the piano,—all of whom had in the kindest manner gratuitously placed their services at the disposal of the committee. We understand the society's rooms will be liberally supplied with all the local and many of the provincial papers, periodicals, &c.; and it is hoped shortly 'to establish a library, evening classes, lectures, &c. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. HOROURAELE.—A circular has been issued by Messrs Carter and Co., the ship-owners, who suspended a year ago under very honourable circumstances, announcing payment in full to all the creditors, with five per cent. interest, on the 6th January. Their liabilities-amounted to £93,000. POSTAL STAMPED PAPER;was issued by the Post-office authorities on Friday. It is- of the value of 4d., 6d., And Is. per sheet, and will pass for ithat amount of postage. The impressions which will give;it postal value are embossed in 'red, purple, and green. 71"41a LICHFIELD BANH.-- , On Wednesday, a fiat -in bank ruptcy was - issued 'in the Birmingham District Bankruptcy Court, against Mr. Greene, of the firm of Palmer and Greene, bankers, Lichfield. The nett meeting is appointed for Thurs day, the 31st inst. :MARYLAND, the first -state •where the Roman Catholic Church gained a footing, now contains 807 Protestant churches, and only 65 Roman Catholiacongregations. In Florida the .Catholics early made settlement. .Now, there are , 170 Pro testant, and only 5 Roman' Catholic churches ! Louisiana was settled by the Roman Catholics, who have now 56 churches in the state, while the Protestants have -247 congregations. In Teams, the Roman Catholics sere the first sect in, point of time ; they now have 13 churches, but the Protestants , report ;307 congregations in the state. The entire Protestant popula tion of the country, compared with that of the Catholic, is about twelve to one.— Bosion-irranseript. Ar a meeting of the Surrey magistrates, at Kingston, last week, it having been reportedthat many of the prisoners in thocounty gaol so misconducted themselves in chapel during The responses by blasphemous-and obscene words, instead of thet proper forms, the court resslved that, for the future, the responses should not be given.by the prisoners. The Rev. Mr. Jessup was appointed chaplain pro tern. , till a successor should be elected in the room of Mr. Rowedeceased. •It was resolved, by a vote 22 to 21, •to expend a sum not exceeding £125000 in altering the old,conaty gaol so as to admit , of laetterclassification of prisoners. BEIINES, the sculptor, has taken a cast of the head of Mr. Rogers. The poet always-said that if a bust wereever to be made of him, he should wish it to be by Mr. Behnes. His em.pressed desire was, of ,course, law to his friend ' -.-and the sculptor has now taken his last memorial of the banker poet. dot addition to the numerous reminiscences of Mr. Rogers 4; table-talk, we may look anxiously for a record , of this delightful breakfast parties, from the pencil of Mr. _John Doyle. That gentleman is understood to have bean long preparing studies for such a picture ; and at the present juncture, and from an aßsociate,:also of the poet, the result would beadditionally valuable.—Atlenceum. - - THE tGoILONEES' RETuasra, which come in at the last week of a, quarter, swell the number of deaths registered last week in the metropolis to 1,485. The , ordinary mortality is, how ever, slightly increased ; bronchitis.and pneumonia becoming more fatahevery week. The former, Aisease caused 119, 119, 161 deaths in three preceding weeks; in the present return the nember•bas risen to 204. Pneumonia has increased in the last two weeks from 80 to 107. The ;births last week were 1,663. The mean temperature was 72 degrees above the aver age. A windsiblew from the S.W., which on Wednesday tra velled 326 THE iriarxiruaz PRINCE'S TACET.-=!The Mustapha Bey, the beautiful yacht belonging to the Egyptian prince of that name, is fast getting completed in the:-Southampton inner dock. She is 18 ,feet long. Her engines are truck ones, and fill a remarkably .small space. In the'state room a piano will be placed, Mustaphs. Bey being a man of European tastes. His yacht will c05t.410,000. He gave orders that everything it should be good and substantial, but there were to be no expensive and unnecessary ornaments about it. It will be Able to ascend the river Nile for about SOO miles. The Mus tApha Bey yacht will be commanded by .a.eaptain in the Egyptian navy, who will have an Arab Nile ,pilat under him. English engineers will ;have charge of the steam machinery. There is a very handsome state saloon and a < dining saloon, with a number of cabins aft, and a saloon forithe prince's suite forward.—Daily .IVetos. PAIRR CummEncv.—A.nother, and, at that con juncture, a more ,effectual substitute for a metallic currency, owed its existence to the ingenuity of Charles Montague. succeeded in engrafting on Harley's Laud Bank bill, a clause,which em powered:the government to issue negotiable paper, bearing interest at the rate of threepence a-day on a hundred younds. In the midst of the general distress and confusion Ippeared the first Exchequer-bills, drawn.for various amounts, from a hundred pounds to five pounds. These instruments were rapidly distributed over the kingdom by the post, and mere everywhere welcome. The Jacobites talked loudly against them in every eoffee-house, and wrote much detestable verse against them-;but to little purpose. The success of the plan was each, that the ministers at one ttime resolved to issue twenty-shilling bills, and even fifteen-shilling, bills for pay ment of the troops. But it does not appear that this resolu tion was carried into effect. It is difficult to imagine how, without the Exchequer-bills, the government of the country could have been carried on during the year 1696, every source of revenue having been affected by the state of currency.— Macaulay's History of England. TEE Globe announces that a general rednedon has taken place in the prices of every description of provisions, with the exception of bread, which continues to be sold at 90. to 10d. per 41bs. in the western districts, although the same quality of that article may be obtained at the East-end, and at Southwark, at prices varying from 80. to 90. per 41bs. The prices of butcher's meat have declined considerably, and mutton of excellent quality sells, by retail, at the following prices, viz., breasts, 50. ; shoulders, 6d. to 60. ; and legs, 7d. per lb. Beef, roasting pieces, Bd. to B}d.; boiling and Baiting ditto, 6 4 d. to 70. ; and steaks off the leg of mutton Piece, at Bd. per lb. Bacon and Berwick pork have declined fully id . per lb. in value ; and the price of dairy-fed pork is less by ltd. per lb. than it was sold previous to Christmas. The poultry left in hand in Leadenhall and Nevrgate-markets, is so abundant, that turkey poults, of good size, may be pur chased at 4a, each ; and turkeys, from 7s. 6d. to lbs. each. Geese are so plentiful tha t the lesmen to effect a market for them, are obliged to raffle them at 4d. to 6d. per member. The retail grocers have reduced the price of sugar another halfpenny ; inferior Brazil sells at sd. and West India at 50. per lb. Good loaf can be had at 60. per lb. DISTRESBIN4 SIIICIDS.—On Thursday evening, a melan choly case of suicide occurred at Southampton. The deceased was engaged as clerk at the railway-office in the Southampton Docks. Some time since, in consequence of presenting strong symptoms of aberration of mind, he was compelled to relinquish his situation, and was removed from his home in charge of a person who could take proper care of him. After remaining away for some time, and his health apparently improving, he returned again to Southampton, and was reinstated in his si tuation, the duties of which he continued regularly to fulfil. On Thursday night, upon returning home from the office, he informed his wife he was going to wash his hands in one of the hack offices of his house, 11, Terminus-terrace. Having rio.ticed him wandering at intervals for some time past, Mrs. Webb had prudently deemed it necessary to watch her hus band's actions, and finding him go into the back yard, she followed him. Having ensconced himself in the water-closet for a few minutes, his wife went to the door, which she thrust open, and discovered her husband with his throat most dread fully cut. The gash extended nearly round the neck, and, with the exception of the spinal connexion, the head ma be said to have been severed from the bod y . Before medical as sistance could be obtained life was extinct. It appears that p r ZTious to leaving the office the deceased was In conversation with his fellow clerk s respecting the execution o on f Abraham Baker, which took pla ce at Winchester on the following day, gp and among the various o pinions expressed as to the easiest the e d ee e otfmtaiglihintgmliofreethspeeliegtunate man stated that he thought be rumitted by a well-sharpened razor than by any other nWls. This opinion he seems quickly to have acted upon. Mn. LAYARD has another work on Assyrian antiquities in ,he press. SERIEINI MILLER, of the Midland Circuit, has been ap pointed Judge of the County Court District of Leicestershire and Rutland. THE plinth and the foundation of one of the buttresses of ;he Blackfriars Church, built in 1282, has been found beneath ;he Times-office. THE EIRE or ERNE has invested something like £105,000 in the construction of the Dundalk and Enniskillen line of railway. Of this amount £75,000 was cash down. "UPWARDS of two thousand bushels of sprats were caught in Cowes roads on Sunday night. Scores of bushels were thrown overboard by the fishermen to prevent theii vessels from being overladen. IN consequence of the enormous rise in the price of all the necessaries of life in Austria, the lower classes of government clerks are in such extreme distress that the Emperor has directed they shall either receive temporary assistance, or have their salaries augmented. WE ( Globe) hear that the title to be taken by Baron Parke, on his accession to the peerage, will be that of Lord Wensley dale, of Wensleydale, Yorkshire. The learned baron, on Saturday, formally resigned his judgeship. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., has been appointed his successor. On Saturday morning a terrible accident occurred at the White Hart Inn, Windsor. The chambermaid, who had long been in, service in the house,' was coming down stairs with a basin in her hands, when she made a false step, and slipped down stairs, the basin broke, and the young woman fell upon the pieces. One of the pieces entered her neck and cut the jugular vein. She died on the spot. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The government inspector has made an unfavourable report on the bridges, permanent way, of the line between London and Norwich. The con dition of the bridges is such as to cause serious apprehensions, and, until every one has undergone a careful overhauling, the public cannot travel without incurring serious risk. The sleepers are in a bad state ; but a greatly reduced speed would meet the danger from that source. CARDWELL AT OXFORD.—On New Year's-day, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., attended a festive meeting of the Druids, at Oxford, at which he delivered a long address, reviewing the progress and present position of the war—the prospects of peace —and the great and beneficial advance of our vast commercial relations. In conclusion he said, " the issue of the great question appears to rest at the present mo ment with the decision of the Czar in Russia, but, whatever may be the case, I do not think it is in the power of hostile countries to disturb us in our career of domestic progress." A RUMOUR was current in Paris, a few days ago, that an infernal machine had been laid down in a gutter, with the view of assassinating the Princes Jerome and Napoleon Bonaparte on their return from the Tuilleries. It originated in the occurrence, on New Year's Day, of a violent explosion of gas, in the Place du Palais Royal. Some of the railings near the principal entrance were twisted by the concussion, and a man had his trousers singed. MITUDEIL OF LADY ELLENBOROUGIL—The Morning Post's Paris corresponden: writes—" I have this day received com munications from Constantinople, which say that the unfor tunate Lady Ellenborough, whose romantic adventures are too familiar to the public, was lately assassinated in Arabia, by (says my informant), 'Le hareme d'un Cheik Arabe.' I am only able to add, that the deed is supposed to have been committed at the suggestion of some women who were jealous of her ladyship." TAE RIIGELEY POISONING CASE. — The sale of Mr. Win. Palmer's furniture and other effeets took place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Some of the articles, owing, probably, to the interest the late owner of them has excited, fetched prices far beyond their intrinsic value. About the close of the sale on Friday, a private drawer in a piece of furniture was discovered by one of the bailiffs in possession, and it was found to contain a bundle of papers and an old diary of very con siderable importance, which were at once handed over to the care of Inspector Crisp. SPECIE.—The movements of the precious metals this week have been important. The arrivals amount to about £696,020, which comprise £631,260 from the Pacific, &e., by the steamer Tyne ; £61,630 from New York, per America ; £3,130 from the Peninsula, per the Sultan. The ascertained exports have been to the extent of about £727,850: which includes £416,000, per Donald M`Kay, for the Bank of France, £277,307, per Pera, for India and China ; and about £50,000 by private hands for the Continent; 100 ounces of gold, and 600 ounces of silver, for the Continent, through the , London Custom-house.—Observer. _ _ CIVIL SERVICE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT.—This pe tition from the civil servants who entered since 1829—about 11,000 in number—praying to be put upon an equality with their fellow-servants who entered before that year, as regards the scale of pension and the abolition of the oppressive tax of five per cent. upon their salaries, two-thirds of which do not exceed £B6, has been signed by 9,105 Government employes. As it is fully expected that the ultimate number of signatures will not fall short of 10,000, the petition may be considered as embodying the almost unanimous opinion of those interested. THE CONVICT ABRAHAM BAKER.—The execution of this young man, for the murder of Naomi Kingswell at South ampton, has been postponed until this (Tuesday) morning. It was to have taken place on Saturday morning, but a pre vious engagement made by Calcraft, the executioner, prevented his attendance. Baker attended Divine service at the prison chapel on the Sunday after Christmas-day, when what is called the " condemned sermon" was preached by the chaplain. The wretched man eats his meals regularly, and sleeps sound.—Hants Independent. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD. AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. —The half-year's accounts of this company are in process of balance and audit, and will be sent out to the shareholders on the 15th inst., the meeting of the company being on the 23rd inst. In the meantime the directors state that, after payment of working expenses and other outgoings, they expect to have a balance of net profit, including £7,679 received from the Post-office, which will enable them to pay debenture interest, canal annuities, and preference dividends in full, leaving about £17,000 available for dividend on the ordinary stock of the company. REMARKABLE INCIDENT.—At a medical board held on Friday, at .Brornpton, London, among the number passed as unfit for further service was Robert Evans, 13th Light Dra goons, a youth who has been in hospital nearly twelve months, and received his injury in an extraordinary manner. In the charge of Balaklava a shell entered the chest of his horse, which rolled completely over, falling upon Evans, when the shell burst inside the animal, tearing it open from the shoul der to the hind-quarters, the weight of the horse nearly causing suffocation, while its death-struggles inflicted severe contu sions on the legs of Evans, who would soon have expired had not a man of his own troop and two lancers released him. Her Majesty evinced great sympathy for this youth, and his photograph likeness was taken by her special command. A MISER.—Mr. Jesse Briggs, druggist, of Loughborough, a bachelor of very eccentric and penurious habits, has been found dead in his bedroom. He took strong out-door exercise allay, in all weathers, and was never known to wear an over 4-coat. The surgeon who was called in was of opinion that ..death was caused by the combined effects of serous apoplexy :and severe cold, induced by his not taking sufficient food, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. Deceased was in his , e9th year. In turning over his effects, £3OO in gold, of which iiteis said his relatives were entirely ignorant, was discovered. _Deceased's sister had been receiving relief from the parish for some time before his death, and he always professed to be too goer to render her any aseistanee. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT ON THE BRAES OF LOCHABER..— Mr. James Macdonald, farmer, Mucomer, parish of Kill monivaig, went out, on Tuesday last, to shoot hares, accom panied by the keeper, Duncan Macpherson, and his own ser vant, Archibald Macintyre. As the party were returning home, in the evening, Macintyre who was a few paces in front of his master, started a hare, whereupon the latter pointed his gun ate the running hare, when, unfortunately, at that moment his foot slipped on the frosty surface, the shot went off, and, sad lo.say, entered the body of poor Macintyre, who within five minutes thereafter was stretched a lifeless corpse. Macintyre lug left-seven helpless orphans, all under twelve years of age, and a widow, a delicate wonan, in an advanced state of preg nancy, to deplore his loss. A DRE-141 FULPILLED.—On the 31st ult., an inquest was held at Abbats Roothing, on the body of John Judd, a labourer, who had been living at Matching-green, and was found in a pond in Abbotts Roothing, on Saturday morning. He had spent the greater part of the previous Wednesday at the public-house, and left in the afternoon, between four and five, to go home.te Matching-green. The pond in which he was found is by ,the side of the footpath there, and it is sup posed he accidentally slipped in. There was no appearance of violence about him, and his pockets had not been touched. He was not seen alive after Wednesday afternoon, and on Satur ' day morning his brother dreamt that he was drowned in this particular pond, and when he got up went to his master, and then to the police-constable, and told them his dream. They at once went to the pond and found deceased. Verdict, *" Found dead."—Chelmsford Chronicle. ANOTMBR STORM IN THE BLACK- SEA.—REPORTED Loss Op SIXTY VESSELE.—Accounts were on Saturday posted at Lloyd's from Constantinople, of another fearful hurricane having visited the Black Sea on the 19th ultimo ; and it is reported (although it is hoped that the numbers of fatal losses will net be confirmed) that 50 or .60 ships foundered during the height of the storm, off the month of the Sulina. Lloyd's agent at Galatz states that in 23 instances the vessels went down with all hands, as also 52 lighters, which were off the coast at the time. Not a soul belonging to them is supposed to have escaped. Most of the vessels were laden with corn. Three ships (one from England, called the Caledonia) were driven ashore near the harbourof Sebastopotand were wrecked, the crew of the Caledonia perishing in the vessel. The Tala vera, English transport ship No. 98 (belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, at Limehouse), is, among other vessels, reported to be lost on the east coast of Marmora, and that Her Majesty's ship Oberon had been despatched from Constantinople to the spot to render assistance. A distressing shipwreck was also reported by the agent at Calcutta. An English ship, with 300 emigrants (Coolies), from Singapore, had struck on the south end of the Alguada Reef, on the 24th of last October, and, with the exception of' eleven, all had met with a watery grave. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.—On Thurs day, Mr. S. F. Langham, d e puty coroner for Westminster, was occupied several hours in investigating the circumstances connected with the death of Miss Caroline Ann Redman, aged 17, who was found poisoned on Tuesday last, near the Maga zine Barracks, Hyde-park, London. James Meenan, a labourer, deposed that on Tuesday last, about half-past eleven o'clock in the morning, he saw the deceased lying on the grass near the Magazine Barracks, Hyde-park. He immediately went up to her, and found that she was breathing with difficulty, and appeared in great agony. Imagining that she was in a fit, he took off her hat (one of the modern hats worn byladies), and, seeing some females going along, he called on them to get assistance. Mr. D. N. Frampton, surgeon, deposed that he was passing through Hyde -park, when he was told that a young lady was taken very ill under some trees near the bar racks. He went to the spot, and found. the deceased in a dying condition. He partially raised her, but she expired almost instantly. Understanding that she had poisoned her self, he looked round on the grass, and found a bottle, which had evidently, but very recently, contained prussic acid. He made a post mortem examination of the body, and discovered a quantity of that poison in the stomach. Mrs. Caroline Greiffield, of Chepstow-place, Westbourne-grove, Pimlico, stated that the deceased had lived with her almost since her birth. She was a most accomplished young woman. Witness being aged, and in very ill health, told her she must soon die, when deceased said that if that occurred she would not live an hour afterwards. The coroner endeavoured to ascertain by what means the deceased obtained the prussic acid ; but no evidence being given to that effect,"the jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity." FIRE IN LONDON.—On Friday afternoon, the neigh bourhood of Wood-street, Cheapside, London, presented a scene of confusion in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire on the premises belonging to Mr. Stephen Bridge, lace warehouseman. The premises, which were exceedingly old, extended some considerable distance down Huggin-lane, and were within ten or twelve feet of St. Michael's Church, Wood street, while sundry lofty warehouses were in such proximity to the one in which the disaster occurred, that at one time it was feared many of the surrounding premises, as well as the parish church, would have been destroyed. The engines were, however, quickly set to work, and, in less than an hour, suc ceeded in overcoming the conflagration. ACCIDENT ON THE RUGBY AND LEAMINGTON RAILWAY.— An alarming accident, which threatened serious consequences, occurred on this line of railway on Tuesday. It appears that the train which leaves Rugby at 1 30 p.m. was run into at Bur bury station by a coal train that was following it. The pas senger train had just left the station, when the coal train, running at full speed, dashed into it, smashing the guard's luggage van to atoms. The guard fortunately had presence of mind enough to jump out, thereby sustaining little injury, the luggage contained in the van flying about in all directions. The stoker of the coal train received severe injuries ; the driver jumped off and escaped uninjured. Most of the passengers were severely shaken, and several sustained injuries. VERY EXPENSIVE RAILWAY TRATELLING.—W. Corbet Caldicott, of Milton, near Shipton, was charged before the magistrates of Chipping-Norton with travelling from Oxford to Ascot in a train on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton railway without having taken a ticket. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant rode from Oxford to Handborough in a second-class carriage, and then got into a third-class, rode to Ascot, where he Alighted, and told the station-master that he had come from Charlbury only, which was a distance of 3- miles, whereas he had travelled 174. Upon this representation he paid 34d. as his fare. He was convicted of the offence, and fined £2, including costs. — Banbury Guardian. GRAND COUNCIL OP WAR IN PARIS.—The Post says, in the course of a few days, the general Council of War is to be held at Paris, at which England will be represented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Richard Airey, and Sir Harry Jones, together with Admirals Sir Edmund Lyons and Dundas. The object of this council is to collect, to interchange, and to consider all possible information with respect to the war. But it will not be in the province of the council to plan campaigns, or to decide in the beginning of January what is to be done in April. The council having de liberated fully on the important objects which will suggest themselves, will communicate the result of their labours to their respective Governments, who will discuss the questions which may be raised, and having decided them, will give the orders necessary to secure the objects they may have in con templation. A GIGANTIC HOTEL SCHEME. — The draught of an act of parliament has just been deposited at the Private Bill-office for the establishment of the Imperial Hotel Company, who propose to occupy the site of the National Gallery, in Trafal gar-square. It is extremely concise, and is the first bill of the kind deposited embodying the Limited Liability Act with the power to take lands. The capital proposed to be raised is £1,000,000, in shares of £lO each, and the entire extent of ground to be occupied is three and a half acres. The projec tors assume that the acknowledged deficiency with respect to such establishments in London, as compared with other great cities, will secure the favour of parliament, and that, althOugh their enterprise is likely to lead to the formation of several undertakings of a similar kind, the fact of the proposed situ ation being the finest and most appropriate that could be selected, " will always render it the first sought for, and place it beyond competition."—Times. COUNTERFEIT COIN.—The licensed victuallers, generally much imposed upon by utterers of base coin, are now being plundered to a great extent with some peculiarly well-made base half-crowns and florins, which, being electro-plated upon hard metal, present all the appearance of silver, and will withstand the usually-relied-upon test of bending in the de tector. The spurious coins are not (as stated in a paragraph which went the round of the press some few weeks back) made of iron ; and therefore the test of the magnet, then recommended, would, if used, only tend to mislead. These base coins are struck with a die out of German silver, then plated with silver, and can only be detected by an examina tion, when they will be found in many small particulars to differ from genuine coin, there being a general blunt coarse ness of appearance about the impression. The features of the Queen, the letters of the inscription upon both sides, the en grailing or spots within the outer edge, will at-once show that they are not genuine. The ring is also very dull, but, being so well electro-plated with silver, they are at first sight well cal culated to pass with nothing more than a cursory inspection. There is also in circulation a very ingeniously-arranged base sixpence. This'also is struck in German silver, representing a coinage of some years past. After being struck it is rubbed away upon both sides, to give the appearance of wear, and then electro-plated, thereby conveying the idea of it being silver right through. As in the case of the other coins alluded to, an inspection and the ring will expose the fraud. A DOMESTIC CALAMITY.—An occurrence of an amusing, but at the same time rather an alarming character, took place on Friday afternoon last, at the residence of Mr. W. Carter, builder, Reading. On that day, Mrs. Carter had made 13 plum-puddings as a provision for the festivities of Christmas. After tying them carefully up in basins, she put them into the copper, intending to give them a good boiling. In the evening something rendered it necessary for her to leave home, and the management of the puddings was confided to the servant, with directions to keep a slow fire under the copper. The girl, however, thinking probably the more the water boiled the sooner the puddings would be done, made up a brisk fire, without keeping up a supply of water, which in a short space of time evaporated. Of course, it was not long before the copper got red hot, and on Mr. Carter (who had been absent all day) returning home, and going into the washhouse to see how matters were progressing, he was much alarmed at finding the lid of the copper in a blaze. To seize a bucketful of water and dash it on the fire was the work of a few seconds, but it was attended with a result little expected. The copper burst with a tremendous noise, forcing the brickwork in which it was set completely out, and Mr. Carter himself was hurled some feet backwards by the concus sion. He quickly recovered his presence of mind, and, there being a plentiful supply of water, the fire was got under without doing any further damage. An investigation into the condition of the puddings was then commenced, and, sad to, tell, nothing could be found of them ; some cracked and broken basins and half-burnt pieces of pudding-cloths were all that I could be identified as having a few hours before formed part of the contents of the copper. The puddings themselves were, in fact, completely annihilated, doubtless to the no small disappointment of many expectant stomachs.—Reading Mercury. IMPORTANT TO CIIAMPAGNE DRINRERS.—A case of some interest to wine drinkers was on Saturday submitted to the Imperial Court. M. Ferrand, a wine merchant of Parfs;' entered into a contract on the Ist of February, 1854, with MM. Jacquinet and Co., of Avize, to receive from them all the Champagne wine he might require during three years, subject to the conditions that it should be similar in quality to the species called Verzenay, Bouzy, and Grand Cordon Imperial, of which they had given him samples—that the bottles and corks should bear his name, and that the price of each bottle delivered at the barrier of Paris should not exceed 2f. 10c. In March, 1855, M. Jacquinet died, and a M. Coursol was charged to carry on his affairs until they could be wound up. This person refused to fulfil the contract with Ferrand, on the ground that it was of a fraudulent character, inasmuch as the wines supplied him were not, and were not meant to be, really of the growths of Bouzy, Verzenay, and Cordon Imperial ; and that, as he did not possess an inch of a vineyard in Champagne, he had no right to have his name put on the bottles and corks. M. Ferrand brought an action before the tribunal of Commerce of Eperuay against M. Coursol, to have his contract fulfilled, but the tribunal declared that for the reasons alleged by Coursol it must be considered fraudulent, and put an end to. The matter was brought before the Im perial Court on Saturday, by M. Ferrand, on appeal against this decision. He contended that there was no fraud in the contract, inasmuch as it is a well-known fact that scarcely any Champagne wine sold is entirely of the vineyard the name of which it bears—not even the well known Ai ; and as to the employment of his name on the bottles and corks, instead of that of Jacquinet, it took place by that person's consent, and could not, therefore, be considered a violation of the law rela tive to the use of illicit marks and designations. The Court decided that this view was the correct one, and accordingly quashed the judgment of the Tribunal of Epernay, declared that the contract of Ferrand was valid, and must be executed, and ordered Coursol to pay Ferrand 500 f. as damages for the injury inflicted on this latter by his (Coursol's) refusal to carry out the arrangement agreed to by Jacquinet. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.—A meeting of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution was held on Thurs day, at its house in John-street, Adelphi, London. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair.—The s il ver me d a l o f th e institution was voted to Dennis Donovan, chief boatman of the Kilmore coast-guard station, in testimony of his gallant conduct in putting off in a boat with three of his crew (who had received £lO for their services), to the rescue of five out of six of the crew of the brigantine Isabella, from Newport. which during a heavy gal e s t rnc k on th e roc k s off that statio n on the night of the 18th ult.—The thanks of the institution were also voted to Mr. Byford, R.N. chief officer of Cumber coast-guard station, and a reward of to be divided between his crew of two men and the master and crew of the Rye Harbour Commissioners' steam tug Erin, for their laudable services to the crew of six hands of the Eliza Lomer, of Sunderland, which became a total wreck during a gale of wind, near the above station, on Sunday week.—The silver medal of the institution was voted to Lieut. Jesse, R.N., chief officer of the Tenby coast-guard station, and a reward of £l6 10s. to his crew of 11 men, in testimony of their gallant services in putting off in the life-boat of the Institution, stationed at Tenby, for rescuing, on the afternoon and in the evening of the 20th ult., the crews of the schooner Agenora, of Bideford, and of the French schooner Alexandre, of Havre, on the 18th ult.—The sum of £9 was likewise voted to the crew of the life-boat of the Institution, stationed at 31 Martello Tower, Kent, for putting off in the life-boat to the rescue of the crew of 12 men of the Danish barque William,- which was wrecked in thick and squally weather, near that place, on the 27th ult.—The silver medal of the Institution was also granted to Mr. John Roberts, of Clogwyn, in testimony of his noble conduct in rushing into the surf to the rescue of four, out of eight of the crew of the French brig Charlotte, which, in a gale of wind, was stranded near Harlech, on the 24th ultimo.—A reward of £9 was also voted to the crew of the Gorleston life-boat, for rescuing the crew of eight men of the brig Eliza, of Montrose, which, in a heavy gale of wind, drove from her anchors and struck on the outer bank, near Yarmouth. —The silver medal of the Institution, and its thanks, inscribed on vellum, were likewise presented o Mr. Joseph Hodgson, carver, of Sunderland, in testimony of his extraordinary exer tions, extending over a period of 12 years, in saving life. He lied personally rescued ten persons from drowning, and had assisted, in life-boats and other boats, in saving about 17 others. He had always declined any pecuniary consideration for his services, but he was very solicitous to possess the medal of this old and valuable institution, and it was with applause voted to the gallant man.—A reward of £7 was voted to the crew of a boat for their valuable assistance to two out of six men who were, during a strong breeze, capsized from their fishing-boat, near Rue Point, Culdaff, on the coast of Donegal.—The thanks of the committee, inscribed on vel lum, and £l, were voted to Mr. G. Rosser, master of the steam-tug Beaufort, and £2 to his crew , i n consideration of their valuable services in putting off in the steamer to the rescue of the crew of the brig Anna Catherine, of Sunder land, which was wrecked in a gale of wind near the Green Grounds, Swansea.—A reward of £9 was also voted to the crew, consisting of nine men, of the lugger Eclipse, of Mar gate, in testimony of their praiseworthy conduct in saving the crew of the Dutch schoooer Jantje Meier, from Newcastle to Genoa, which was wrecked in thick weather on the Long Sand Head. ,-- -6'.E. tJ Ofr A 100 1° arfolt. lege, O F ir ,i e c . osse Ferrell, .svot° ° sseX,i. 00, ch t P t De oder PIO r - -au Coshic, I