The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, to the important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, which can be read on that day by the thousands of Manufacturers and others attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. • The STANDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms and respectable Inns in that town and the surrounding manufacturing district. A SECOND EDIT 'ON is published at Half-past Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the MARKETS, and any news of importance that may arrive in the course of the morning. Ebt 71..liarpoof A/mamal. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1848. WE direct the attention of our readers to the report of the meeting to aid the Cheltenham Na tional Training Schools for Masters and Mistresses in connexion with the Committee of Council on Education, held on Tuesday evening, as announced n our last. The opening and concluding speeches of Dr. M'Neile were as usual very effective, espe cially where he exposed the folly and fallacy of Chartism, and provided answers for loyal operatives in their possible encounter with Chartist advo cates. Mr. Close's speech was an admirable and comprehensive exposition of the question of educa tion, and leaves little to be desired in the way of nforination as to the actual position of the Church n reference to the present educational crisis. The allusion in Mr. Nolan's beautiful speech to the late lamented Dr. Tattershall, was gratefully received by the entire meeting. The solemn still ness that in a moment pervaded the whole Assembly, showed how completely in unison with the feelings of the speaker, were the sympathies of his audi ence, as he paid an eloquent and deserved tribute to the memory of departed worth and learning. Equally gratifying to Mr. Nolan and his country men must have been . the reception given to the name of Trinity College, Dublin, when he casually and gracefully mentioned the University of his country, in connexion with those of Oxford and Cambridge. The evening being far advanced, the Rev. Dr. Carpenter had time for little more than a few suitable observations in seconding the resolution. On the whole the meeting was very successful. THE carnage, which for four days made the streets of Paris literally run with blood, has at length ceased. The fiendish energy of her thous ands of starving artizans and thieves has been tired out; and we can now sit down calmly to ascertain the object of a movement, diabolical alike in its consequences and in the wanton cruelty, with which it was endeavoured to be carried out, and which has resulted in a sacrifice of human life, un para:elled in the history of the most sanguinary revolutions. The impression, at first created in the minds of a large portion of the British public, was that this insurrection was the unpremeditated and frantic effort of the ouvriers, suddenly dismissed from the national workshops, and thrown upon their own resources, at a period when employment had left its ordinary channels; that it partook of the character of those disturbances, which have occurred in times of stagnation of trade, in the manufacturing districts of this country. A closer review of its features, however, spews convincingly that it was quite dif ferent, and infinitely more dangerous in its character. It was not a pimple one!zte, hut a premeditated effort of revolution. The plan of operations, in the first place; was laid down with consummate military skill; the details were of the most perfect description, and the materiel must have taken. both time and money to provide, to a far greatar amount than could be presumed to he within the reach of the destitute and desperate classes, engaged in the outbreak. Its simultaneous character, of itself, forbids the idea being entertained of its having been the effect of a sudden ebullition of popular passion. There must have been to produce it all the elements and ma chinery of an extensive and thoroughly organized conspiracy ; stratagetic skill to lay down the scheme and the works required, aided by local knowledge, and an ample supply of money and ammunition. And, above all—and, perhaps, this is its most dan gerous feature—there must have been amongst the conspirators the most entire confidence in each other, and the most perfect subordination, without ' which it would have been impossible to mature such vast operations with the secrecy which characterized the preparations for this insurrection. There must have been, then, mixed up with the men whO fought at the barricades, confederates of some standing and influence in the world, a con clusion. which it is deplorable to have thus forced upon us, when we consider the atrocious objects for which the movement was resorted to—v:z., the pillage of Paris in the first place, and finally the reproduction, in even an aggravated form, of the worst excesses of the reign of terror of the first French revolution. It is almost inconceivable that there can be found men of education and standing in society willing to ally themselves with the dregs of the streets and the sweepings of the prisons and the galleys, for the promotion of such measures as those contemplated by the communists and so cialists—ready to convert a civilised nation into a great community of fiends, - and to wade through seas of blood and unutterable infamy for the accomplishment of a mere vision, the prompting of a diseased and distorted imagination. Yet such men arc to be found by hundreds in the demo ralised metropolis of France, pouring out the poison of their infidel doctrines through the columns of the press and in the clubs and salons. They are to he found even in the assembly itself. For the hopelessly poor man, or the incorrigibly dishonest, we cannot wonder that doctrines, which recognise the right of men to help themselves to the property of their neighbours, should possess attractions. The recklessly dissolute may see beauty in a system which inculcates the abolition of all moral ties and the utter destruction of social decencies. But, amongst men of a higher grade in education or social position, we repeat it is almost impossible to conceive the possibility of their being entertained, unless we pre-suppose the existence of a complete distortion of intellect and principle. - Such a distorted state of feeling does exist in France, and pervades all classes of the metropolis especially. It has grown up beneath a godless sys tem of education and of life ; and been sedulously fostered by an infidel press and a shameless and corrupt literature. It was this feeling which ex preised itself in the - clubs of Paris, from the lips of such men as Barbes and Blanqui, Flocon and Sobrier : and the same, but is a coarser phase, which dictated the atrocious war cries used by the insurgents, and the still more atrocious butcheries committed upon the unhappy victims, who fell into their power during the struggle. From these we know now the extent of the danger from which France, and, we may add, Europe, have been snatched by the firm conduct of the troops and Guards engaged in the cause of order. A , day's triumph of the insurrectionists would have deci mated Paris, and perhaps razed it to the dust ; and would have driven forth its fierce and .demoralized population to carry the torch and the dagger throughout France and Europe. For the present we have escaped this danger; but the snake is only scotched, not killed. The sanguinary spirit is only kept down by the strong hand of military power for a time, to break out afresh on the first relaxation of the watchfulness of authority. The mob have learnt a lesson from the past struggle. Unsuccessful as it has been, it has taught them with what comparative impunity to themselves such a struggle can be carried on; that the finest troops in the world fight at a terrible disadvantage against barricades and in close streets ; and by those classes who formed the hulk of the combatants who resisted so stoutly—by the libe rated convicts and professional thieves of Paris, with the hope of unlimited plunder and outrage before them,—no amount of danger will be regarded as suf f icient to deter them from further efforts. A 'piety valve must be total(' somewhere to get r id of such a population. However strong a form of government may be adopted, the existence in Paris of a hundred thousand unemployed and half-fed artizans, mingled with twenty thousand desperadoes of the worst class, is incompatible with the main tenance of law and order. They must be draughted off wholesale, and their leaders, however high in station, must he placed beyond the power to do harm ; or, as the alternative, we can see only before our eyes the prospect of a military despotism in France, and the commencement of another disas trous crusade against the liberties of the world. 'Loral If- No fewer than forty-two vessels laden with cotton ar rived here on Tuesday. The corporation are borrowing £25.000 from the Trea sury for the erection of additional public baths and wash houses. _ _ _ _ _ Several mid-day house robberies have lately taken place in the neighbourhood of Aigburth. The public should be on their guard, and the police on the alert. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cator, Mr. M'Fie, Mr. M'Ewan, and Mr. Bramley-Moore, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. The Gas Works Amalgamation Bill and the Hercula neum Dock Company's Bill received the Royal assent on Friday. _ . Mr. Hausburg, of Church -street, is soliciting contribu tions of lint made of old linen, or old linen, for the relief of persons wounded in the late insurrection in Peri.. _ The Drogheda boats take deck passengers from Liver pool for Is. each. To meet this, the Dublin steamers take passengers for the same. At the examination at St. Bees' Grammar School, last week, the first prize in the second master's division was awarded to Master Wilfred Lawson, a son of Captain Lawson, who has sailed from this port for many years. A CIIARTIST RESOLUTION.—At a chartist meeting, at Birkenhead, on Thursday, a resolution was passed, pledging that body not to deal with any shopkeeper who refuses to adopt their principles. COUNTERFEIT MON EY .—Persons in business must now use great caution with regard to " sovereigns." Base coin, bearing the appearance of new and genuine Vic torias, are getting into circulation. A cricket match was played on Tuesday between the first eleven of the Everton and Kensington clubs, which ended in the latter being victorious. Kensington num bered 66, and Everton 55. A sum of £55 Us. was collected on board the Niagara for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the two men who were washed overboard during a heavy gale, which that. vessel encountered during her passage out. The fine new church of St. Peter's, at Rock Ferry, has been closed in consuquence of Mr. Hay, the architect, having condemned the construction of the building. The incumbent has subscribed a sum for making it safe and perfect. • On Saturday, a house in Egerton-street, Birkenhead, was, during the temporary absence of its inmates, entered by thieves. Every drawer was broken open, and a watch. a brooch, a dozen silver spoons, and several trifling articles carried away. The Europa, steamship, (another of the Cunard line,) has just been completed at Glasgow. She is of the same build as the other splendid steamers of the company, each of which costs £BO,OOO. She has sleeping accommodation for 198 passengers. The friends of the Rev. Geo. Cuthbert, the respected minister of St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, will be glad to hear that he had so far recovered from his late illness as to be able to preach to his congregation on Sunday morning last. The Chartists held a meeting in the Music-hall on Wed nesday, when they passed a resolution condemnatory of Mr. flume's "motion based on household suffrage, a, it did not recognise the principle that man is entitled to the elective franchise without reference to his possession of property." PARISH OF LIVELIPOOL.—The annual value of property rated to the Poor in Liverpool is £1,021,898. which pro duced in 1847 the sum of £77,672, and in 1846 . .1:83,004 for the relief of the poor. The expenditure in 1847 was £83,210, and in 1846 £72,235. The medical relief in 1846 amounted to £1,809. a❑d in 1847 to £1.652. ANNIVERSARY MEETING.—The Welsh Independents in this town intend holding their anniversary meeting on the second Sabbath in July, when a number of able and talented ministers from the Principality are expected to be present to assist in conducting the services in the various places of worship. The other evening, a female who had just stolen a baff of coals, dropped the bag by accident into the Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead. Some sailors hearing the splash fancied that some one had fallen into the dock, and atter a diligent search with grappling irons the mistake was discovered. THE LATE MRS. PALMER, THE VOCALIST.—We beg to call attention to the concert announced in our adver tising columns, for the benefit of the orphan family of the late Mrs. Palmer. It will take place on Wednesd a y next, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street ; and on this occa3ion all the principal vocalists in Our good old town have most generously offered their gratuitous assistance. Mr. G. Holden wilt conduct •, and the arrangements of the concert will be under the direction of Whitnall, who will be happy to receive any donation in furtherance of the above object. WALTON.—On Tuesday the committee. appointed to ascertain the amoutit, which- had• bt-c.a-rnisaf,propriatcd by John Adcock. the late collector of the. highway rates, held a meeting. The chair Was taken by Mr. Thos. Radford, and the report was read, from which it apptartd that the total d:ficiencesamounted to £313. It appeared also that Adcock had absolutely laid an illegal rate, of which he had collected about £62. It also appeai-ed that the principal sur . ,•eyors of the highways never interfered in the business of the office. A. quantity of property has been transferred to the surveyors, out of which they will make good the defalcations. "SAVE 11E FROM MY FRIENDS."—" I am at a loss to account for the line of conduct which you and the editors of the Mcrcury have pursued on the occasion : you, in deed, have been more reasonable than your brother editors of the Mercury, because you acknowledged to me, at -be lecture of the Polytechnic Society, that you were satisfied that there was rot sufficient water to be had from the red sandstone. They, on the other hand, continue to twaddle about fui ther evidence. I erriploy this familiar phrase, because I can find no other which so appropriately describes what the rditors of the Mercury call arguments on the suLject."—Letter front Mr. IY. Earle to the Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday night as the Wood side ferry steamer was crossing- from Liverpool, at half past eleven, a strong gale blowing at the time, she came in contact with the flat Jane, of Liverpool, lying at anchor in the Woodside basin, and ran her down. The Jane be longs to Mr. Henry Ho!grove, of Norfolk-street, and was commanded by Isaac Hirst. There were on board. three men, a woman and infant, two grown up lads, and male child, four years old; and at the time of the ocur rence all these parties were below in bed. The packet's small boat was instantly lowered, and all on board were saved with the exception of the last named, who is the captains son. On Sunday morning another flat, laden with salt, went down near to the scene of the former acci dent, having grounded on her anchor, it is supposed. A Vistr TO RIVINGTON PlKE.—Rivington • Pike—a name with which the inhabitants of Liverpool are, by this time, tolerably familiar—is one "of the hills of East Lancashire, about equally distant from .the great manu facturing towns of Bolton, Chorley, Wigan. Three or four streams, or gorges, have their rise on the ridge of this hill, and flow into thel valley, to which the name of rivers, for some wise purpose, has been given. —These miserable driblets are called respectively, the River Yar row, the River Douglas, and the River Roddlesworth. The Roddlcsworth, we are, told, was thirty fret wide. We found, on Monday last; that its guage was 2 feet 10 inches, and the depth 3 inches, the water flowing slowly. The Yarrow was 2 feet ar-.-ecs, and 4-1 inches . deep, and the water tainted with some yellow sub3tance. The Douglas, at Anderton Fold. which we didn't gauge,. ap peared to be a turbid stream about the same dimensions, and the appearance of the water any thing but inviting. Crossing the country, we found a few streams, which, united, produced as much water as may be seen coming through any ordinary spout in Liverpool on a wet day.— Chronicle. A MODERN JACK SHEPPARD.—WorreII, the prisoner who last week escaped from Kirkdale gaol, was recaptured on Saturday last, at Manchester, and has since been-re-. lodged in the gaol. He has made the following extraor dinary statement to the police :—Being tired of his situa tion, he made an attempt, on Saturday night, the 10th ult., to destroy himself by hanging, but was detected in the act. He then determined to make his escape from the prison. On Wednesday night, the 14th ult., in pur suance of this determination, after sitting on his stool until nine o'clock, when it was becoming dark, he began his work by taking off his number plate. After this, he unscrewed the screws that fastened the ventilation plate, which is a large square piece of iron. This, he said, was a work of considerable difficulty. This being , done, he took out two panes of glass, and then wrapped his floor-cloth around a portion of the iron window frame. While the clock was striking eleven, he tried to break the iron frame with the ventilation plate, but did not succeed. lie waited until the clock was striking twelve and again tried to break the frame. This time he was successful so far that he broke two of the iron bars whilst the clock was striking. He next tore up his hammock, and made a rope with the shreds, -by which• he let himself down from his cell (which was in the third story) into the yard. He walked about in the yard a little while, and at length found a ladder which would reach half way up the outer wall. This ladder he placed. against the court-house, which is near the prison wall. By means of the ladder he got on the window-sill on the second story, where he was in a dangerous position, hav ing to stand erect an d pu ll t h e l a dd er up i n f ront of him. When he had got the ladder up, he placed one end of it on the window-sill, and the other against the prison wall, and by this means got on the top of the wall. Seeing on the outer side a cistern which projected through the wall, he lowered the ladder, which just reached it, and descended upon the cistern. He again lowered the ladder, which he found to be exactly the same length as the height of the cistern from the ground. By this means he arrived safely on the ground outside of the prison. He next went to Liverpool, and got on the Warrington-road, intending to go to that town. In passing through Prescot, thinking he should be detected if he did not change his clothes, he entered a house by the back window. He was prevented from effecting his object by a dog, which put him to flight, leaving his prison cap in the house. At Rainhill he saw a pair of trowsers hanging over a gate, and ex changed them for his own. He arrived in Salford the following day at noon, and after exchanging his clothes, lie went to a lodging-house in Blakelcy-street, Man chester, where he stopped two nights, sleeping with his C l O 4 l l gn• WRECK OF THE FINN 111‘COULL STEAMER.—We regret to have to announce the total wreck of the roasting steamer, Finn WCoull, which was formerly on the Port Carlisle and Belfast station, but which has latterly plied between this port and Youghal. She left here on Thurs day, with a general cargo, and about twenty or thirty passengers: and on the same day the William Penn, bound to Waterford, observed her in a disabled condition, off Tuskar, with her boats alongside. A heavy gale was blowing, and she had struck, it would appear, upon a sunken rock. There is every reason to suppose the whole of the crew and passengers were saved, as on the return of the William Penn, on the following day, tents, as if for temporary shelter, were seen upon Tuskar, and boats drawn up on the beach. The stern only of the unfortu nate vessel was then visible. INTERESTING LECTURE.—On Wednesday evening the Rev. H. H. Higgins delivered at the Charitable Institu tion Rooms, Slater-street, to the members of the Church of England Sunday School Institute, a very instructive address on the present condition of the Holy Land, Egypt, &c., from a tour in which countries the reverend gentle man has just returned. All the teachers present seemed highly interested with the particulars detailed by Mr. Higgins, who clothed his statements in simple but graphic language. The reverend gentleman deserves the warmest thanks for such a disinterested endeavour to impart the results of his visits to those interesting countries, to a class of persons who will find the information peculiarly valuable, not only personally, but also as regards those whom they gratuitously instruct. The rev. gentleman promised to continue the subject on the 20th instant. INCOME OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—In the year ending 24th June. 1847, the duties received by the Dock Truscees, on tonnage, goods, lighthouses, graving docks, &c., belonging to the port of Liverpool. was £273,711. In the year ending the same day 1848, the receipts from the same sources were £226,215. There is thus an appa rent falling off in the receipts of the present year of £47,496, but nearly the whole of this deficiency is ac counted for by the reduction of dock dues made last year, which amounted to £40,000. The decrease in the ton nage duties on the year was £20,393, and in the duties on goods £26.424. The number of vessels entering the port. in 1847 was 20,889, with a tonnage of 3,351,539 tons, and in 1848 20,311 ships, with 3,284,963 tonnage, exhibit ing a decrease on the year of 66,576 tons. Cu ILOW ALL HORTICULTURA LEXIIIBITION.—On Wed nesday the annual horticultural exhibition for the district of Childwall was held at, that delightfully-situated village. The i habitants had quite a gala day on the occasion. . Flags and banners were susTended from the surrounding heights and towers, and the church bells tolled merry peals at intervals throughout the day. The show was held in a spacious tent not far distant from the abbey, and was extensive and varied. The fruits were remarka ble for their growth, and the vegetables indicated the extraordinary culture with which they had been brought to a degree of comparative perfection, notwithstanding the backwardness of the season. There was a most numerous and fashionable attendance. The principal prizes were taken by Mr. Pattison Ellames, Mr. J. S. Leigh, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Dunlop, &c. RATING THE DOCKS.—The•overseers have resolved to lay the rate for the ensuing year on the assumption that both the Corporate and Dock Estates are liable to be assessed ; and a new assessment on that basis is about to be made. It is calculated that the rate throughout will be 2s. in the pound ; but. should the overseers not suc ceed in their endeavour, another shilling in the pound will have to be laid upon the ratepayers, who are in con sequence deeply interested in the question. The overseers proceed; on the sth Victoria, a short act, which autho rizes parishes to rate corporate estates. When a parish is co-extensive with the borough, the act, it is stated, will not. apply; but when in the same borough there are Se veral administrative parishes, as in the case of Liverpool, (West Derby, Toxteth-park, &c.) with different rates levied in each, it is contended that the act is applicable; and the opinion of an eminent counsel which has been taken confirms this view. The question, we fear, will only be solved after an expensive process in a court of law. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The new trust will be composed of thirteen individual., namely,—Baron Gold smith-, J. Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P., G.. H. Barnett, Esee, E. Ellice, Esq., W. King, Esq., and Robert Garnett, Esq., on behalf of the bondholders. J. Laird, Esq., W. Cole, E-q., N. Pike, Esq., and R. N. Prichard, Birken head Commissioners. H. Winch, Esq., Joseph Ewarr, Esq., and J. Mawdsley, Esq., Wallasey Commissioners. The chairman or deputy must be resident at Birku.head, Wallasey, or Liverpool. All regular board and commit. tee meetings t 7 be held at Birkenhead. Special meetings may beleld in - London on a.week's notice. There is not to be a paid chairman. The bondholders have consented to give a prior mortgage to the extent of £50.000, which, by the bill, is to be applied expressly in penning up the water of the great float. buiking a portion of the walls,. and excavating about 30 acres to a depth to receive - the largest class of vessels when loaded. There will, in addi. lion, be an area of water suave of 120 or 130 acres, availa ble for smaller class vessels, and for floating timber; and water access ;rill also be given to all the frontage land on both sides the great float, which may at once be appropri ated for shiptalilding yards, Or any other trades requiring water frontages. The time necessary to accomplish those objs‘cts will be five or six months. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RICER.—On Friday after noon, a man natm d Joseph Edwin ds, who resides at 25, Dock Court, Vauxhall-road. lost his life by an accident in landing from the P,ince of Wales steamer, at the landing stage, Prince's Pier. Deceased left the packet with a basket of fish on his back. Another man was going on• board with a stall cask, and iu pastsing the dec.. 0.5.!. the 6u , k caught the latter, and he fell into the river. flT"! was taken out alive, by two men in a boat, 'but died be;: - I,,re he reached the hospital. Ms. Jeffrey.=, surgenn, Queen's-square, was at the pier who the accident occur red, and endeavoured to resuscitate tl_e d. ceased but in vain. .Mr. Jeffreys states that when the men in the boat picked up the deceased, they placed him across one of the sh ,fts, or seats, with his whole weight on his belly, under the mistaken impression that the more the discharge of salt water from the stomach, the greater the chance of his recovery. The deceased vomited a great quantity of water; and Mr. J. observing him shouted to the men• to place him in a half-standieg half-sitting position, so that the lungs might inhale atmospheric air; but the men, in their ignorance, did not attend to this advice, and the probes bility is that the water discharged by the thorax so pre vented the admission of air to the lungs that death was the result. Mr. Jeffrey states, with the view to remove the popular error as to the discharge of water feom the stomach, that, to restore animation in such cases, is to Ire attained only by inhalation of the lungs, without reference, for the time, to the contents of the stomach. LAUNCH OF THE GANNET AUXILIARY SCREW SHIP. —This fine vessel, built by the Cork Steamship Company, was launched from their yard, Hargrave's-quay, Cork, tit five o'clock, P.M., on Saturday evening, the Ist instant, in the presence of a vast concourse of people. The wea ther was delightful, and the tide being at full, and all the attendant circumstances most propitious, the sight was most pleasing. The shore being knocked away, blocks removed, and wedges home, at the words " out chisels— down daggers," the Gannet glided magnificently into her native element, after which she was hauled into the com pany's dock, for the purpose of taking her machinery on board, and being thoroughly fitted for sea. A more beau tiful launch was, perhaps, never witnessed on the Lee. The Gannet is' an iron vessel of 460 tons bnrthen, and her engines aiN on the direct acting principle. 80 horse poWer; her length of keel is 160 feet ; over all, 176; beam 24-6, and depth of hold fourteen feet: Her cabins will be fitted up in the Elizabethian style, and will contain accommoda:. tion_ for forty passengers. This is the second vessel the above spirited company have built within these few years in their native city. The Gannet is an extremely handsome model of naval architecture, and sails most gracefully and steadily on the water. Her figure head and stern are splendid specimens of the native artists skill and taste, and, for strength and durability, we believe her hull will stand any test. She is to be commanded by that expe rienced sailor, Captain Sullivan, who successfully navi gated the Blarney on the Havre line. The Gannet was designed and modelled by the talented foreman shipwright of the company, Mr. James Cassidy: THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. THE GUARDIAN SOCIETY ON THE WATER QUESTION. —On Tuesday night a meeting of this society was held in 'the Portico, to memorialise the Council to take no further steps in the Rivington Pike water scheme. Mr. W. Smethurst presided, and the meeting was very numerous. Mr. Jefferey, in moving the first resolution, expressed the same opinions he had given at the previous meeting of the Lime-street Ward ratepayers, yesterday fortnight.— namely, that the Council had not furnished the inhabi tants,with such information—the result of the recent Sur vey made through them—as would-enable them to arrive at a right conclusion. The evidence on the several' schemes was, so far as they knew it, of the most contra dictory nature. Had he been in the Council he should have proposed a premium of £5OO to be given to the scentitic party who would show the best and most econo mical source and means of supplying the town with water. He condemned the summary abandonment of the Bala Lake scheme, and concluded by strongly urging the ne cessity of a condensed statement, containing the main fads and information connected with all the various pro posals, being supplied to the ratepayers by the Town Council. Mr. Councillor Harbord seconded the resolu-• tion. He had seen water brought in bottles from Riving- . ton by members of the Council, and he had detected in it four or five specimens of the water flea, each having a bag of eggs hanging on it. He showed that, with the present liabilities of the Corporation to the Water Companies, (anoctoo it would be impossible for them to do justice to the bondholders (who had sold the works upon the faith of what they were to receive from the Corporation) with out imposing some rate or other upon the inhabitants, and, under the circumstances, that rate would be high if the Pike scheme were carried out. The motion was car ried unanimously. The other resolutions were passed unanimously and the meeting separated. FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. -011 Wednesday night a meeting of the members was held at the rooms, Hargreave's Buildings, to receive a report of th e counc il. Claypole. Th e repor t A m on g st those present were Messrs. Robert son Glad he council had prepared a e s ßn t o . th n Fo e d , a r p e r de e r s ,t i d h F e e n . tf.013 following n, o g b a e : i rl d s T o Hn R. Shie l , J. Finch, sen., code of rules, and the object of the Asso c i a ti on was d a i ly becoming more appreciated. The Mayor had p res id e d at the meeting of the 31st of May, and all present were unanimous for financial reform. A full report had been published for the information of the public. It was pro posed that her Majesty's allowance should be reduced from £385,000 a-year, to £200,000, and that the allow ances to the Royal Family should also be abridged ; which it was hoped her Majesty from her attachment to her people would accede to, as a noble and royal example of retrenchment. These propositions will be followed by successive papers of the pension list, sinecures, &c., show ing, the practicability of extensive retrenchments in the public Aces, army, and navy, diplowetic service' and, in short, in every branch of the national expenditure. The chairman addressed the meeting at some length on the objects in view. One of these was to obtain the adoption of a simple and equitable system of direct taxation, fairly levied upon property and income, in lieu of the present unequal complicated, and expensively collected duties upon commodities. After alluding to the patronage, power, and extravagance of the aristocracy, he said that the trading and commercial classes must make a struggle and secure their due ascendancy. It often occurred to him, particularly with respect to Mr. Hume's motion on the extension of the suffrage, that was perhaps the short est way to reach the ultimatum they desired. They also sought an extension of the suffrage.—ln conclusion, it was resolved to call a meeting at some early day, with the view of exciting the public mind on the important ques tion of finance. SELEC VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. Churchwarden Ferguson moved, in very neat and feeling terms, a resolution expressive of the board's warmest congratulations to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks on his completion of the fiftieth year of his la bours in the church. The resolution expressed, in the strongest manner, their respectful affection for him as a Christian minister, and their high appreciation of the invaluable assistance which, during a long connexion with the vestry and parish, he has ever, with unvarying kindness, affbrded them, in their common efforts to pro mote the interests of the poor, as well as those of the parishioners. The whole of the members of the vestry bete stood up. and remained standing, while Mr. Fergu son presented a coay of the resolution, which was carried by acclamation, to the rector.—The Rev. Rector, who seemed deeply affected by this unexpected testimony, re turned thanks for the address, and said that he would place it alongside that from the clergy, and to the latest hour of his life would derive great consolation from them. They were much beyond any deservings of his, for he could not look back on his past life with the same charity and indulgence that they did. He did, however, lay claim to the possession of good intentions ; and, as far as those were concerned. he would not yield to any man. The rev. rector replied at much further length, and was greeted with loud and deserved applause.—The Medical Relief Committee recommended that three dispensaries be provided—one at the north end of the town, one at the south end, and a third at the workhouse; that the medi cal districts be re-arranged, so as to embrace a more equal number of patients, there being still thirteen districts as at present; that each of the medical officers have a salary of £6O per annum, together with the usual fe:s for vacci nation and midwifery cases ; and that should any increase of the medical staff be hereafter required, that number be filled up, not by assistants, but by properly qualified per sons. The recommendations were unanimously carried. —lt appeared that relief had been afforded to 9007 cases for the week ending the 24th June, at a cost of £l2lB. For the week previous, the relief afforded in money and kind amounted to £666. Compared with the correspond ing weeks of last year, the falling off in money is £551, and in cases of 3076.—Mr. Brown gave notice that he would, at the next meeting, move the filling up of the vacancy caused by Mr. Haigh having ceased to be a mem ber of the Se lect Vestry. MEETING RELATIVE TO A SOUTHERN FERRY AT Li- VERPOOL.—A very numerous and respectable meeting of the inhaoitants of Toxteth Para and i s vicinity was held at the public office (Toxteth) on Thursday, to consider the propriety of establishing a ferry at the south end of the town. Among the gentlemen present were Mr. Beim, Mr. Harbord, Mr. Mann, Mr. Lace, Mr. Roydon, town .councillors, the Rev. 11. Hampton, Rev. 'l'. Nolan, Mr. Yates, Mr. Grantham, and other gentlemen. Mr. Mann was called to the chair, and advocated the establishment of a southern Ferry, admitting, however, that there were difficulties in the way, as for instance, Pluckingtou Bank, opposite the Brunswick Dock, that bank extended 900 feet in one direction, and 1,500 in another, but he thought a landing stage might be constructed opposite the Harring ton Dock. He had not, however, matured his is eas on the subject. He adverted to the direct transmission of vegetables to St. James's market instead of coming second hand through St. John's. Mr. John Smith moved the first resolution, and supported the object in view as a means of general accommodation, as well as a sanatory measure. The Rev. Mr. Hampton seconded the resolu tion. He expressed a boptethat all the obstacles might be overcome, by going a little further south to avoid Pluckington Bank. lie trusted the authorities would yield to the wishes of the inhabitants of the south end of the town, and establish a ferry on the best available site. The resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. J. Grant ham proposed the second resolution, to the effect that there was no insuperable difficulty to the construction of a landing stage, which was so anxiously called for, and would - tend to the moral, commercial, and sanatory im provement of the inhabitants of the southern districts of the town. There was another question arising out of the matter, and that was the want of accommodation in pass ing up and down the river. They had , a miles of sea wall, and no convenience by water from one end to the other, and it was necessary to see how far vessels might be em• ployed in passing up and down the river, as well as across ro all directiona. It was with a view to this object he hailed the establishment of a landing stage at the south end of the town with pleasure. He believed that if the attempt was made by the Council, other parties would come forward and do more; and he had been desired by Mr. Moss, of Otterspool, to say that if .boats were em ployed upend down the river and across, he would at his own expense, make a landing-stage opposite his own property. The resolution was ably seconded by the Nev. T. Nolan, and carried unanimeusly. Mr. G. H. Harbord spoke in persuasive terms in behalf of a southern ferry. On the motion of Mr. J. B. Yates, seconded by Mr. Fisher, a Memorial was . agreed upon, to be pie,ented to the Council,. preying fir the establishment of a permarient ferry at the south end of the town. Mr. Ambrose Lace, as one of the representatives of Toxtet la commended the object in view, and stated that it should have his best attention in the Council. If it could be done, (and it so appeared.) the sooner the better. The Chairman con sidered the present a good time to get a landing-stage, before the dock works were completed. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. CHURCH OF ENGLAND NATIONAL EDUCATION. On Wednesday, a public meeting was held at the Concert-hall, Lord NAson-street, for the Purpose of affording an opportunity to the Rev. Francis Close, M.A., of Cheltenham, to explain the objects and importance of the National Training School, now in operation at Chel tenham, in behalf of which some further contribution is still needed, in order to its being received into permanent connexion by the Lords Committee of Council on Educa tion. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. The chair was taken shortly after seven o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting at some length, remarking in the course of his proceedings that the object of the meeting would be announced to them ro the simplest possible manner by reading the name and description of the training schools, the remarkable origin, the evangelical principles, the infant history, and the urgent importance of which would be laid before them by Mr. Close. The name was—Church of England Training Schools at Cheltenham, for the purpose of instructing masters and mistresses for all parts of the United King dom, npon evangelical and Protestant principles in accord ance with the articles and liturgy of the Church of Eng land. He proceeded to state that the principle upon which the education of the children of the operative classes of England should be 'conducted had long been debated and fially settled—at least ' in . Liverpool. It must be on the Scriptural principle ; and now some of them had made the notable discovery that schools, in order to be efficient for any good purpose, must have good teachers, and that men and women in order' to be good teachers must be taught—taught not only to learn but to teach—taught not only to acquire knowledge but to communicate what they have acquired, and that conse quen tl y if sc h oo l s were to be efficient for training they must have efficient training schools. He proceeded at considerable length to explain the important difference between efficient and inefficient teachers, and the difficulty of expanding the youthful mind in the correct manner; and after requesting atten tion to Mr. Close's lucid statement, he resumed his seat amid much applause. The Rev. Mr. CLOSE then proceeded to explain the principles of thP system of education he advocated. He observed that without the church and the pastors, the schools must necessarily ho deficient. He believed that the subject of scriptural school education was one of the most important; and he observed, that important as the subject was, it was only twelve months since that he first began to see it in . its true light. Our Protestant fore fathers, though they 'had done much for the liberty of conscience, yet they had taken no pains to elevate the minds and cultivate the hearts of the people of this country. 'lie then explained what he meant by education, as enlarg; ing the powers of .the mind and body, and educating for immortality. The first step in the way of education in the present century was the establishment of Sunday schools. Then thd Bell and Lancaster Sunday schools were established.' In 1820 infant schools were established ; and the infant schools were decidedly the best, and most intellectual of all three, and had done incalculable good throughout.the land. It was not until 1833 th a t th e government first stretched out its hands to give p ecun i ar y support to Scriptural schools ; nut it was not until a ft er 1839 that the government formed an institution and made education a part and parcel of the government system. Whatever might be the fate of the Church and State, at least this great fact was established, that it was the boun den duty of the government Scripturally to educate the children of the people. From 1839 to 1846, various schemes for the heterogenous education of the people were propounded ; but to all of these he (Mr. Close) gave a strenuous opposition, because he believed, and indeed the government had since acknowledged it, that the conscien tious scruples of the people of this country wer e t oo s t rong to permit the children of various religious denominations to be educated together. Now, the amount of deplorable ignorance in this country was fearful to contemplate. There was, for instance, in some schools, ignorance quite as great as amongst the Bachelors of Arts of Sarbonne. How was it that ignorance so greatly increas e d ? O ne cause was the vast annual increase of population. In London alone, 46,000 a-year. Apother cause was, because the education given was a downright deception. He re lated instances of the deplorable ignorance which prevailed in Birmingham and other parts of the country. He re ferred to Morley's reports of the schools in the midl an d districts to show the poverty and ignorance of the masters, and that, on an average, not one child in six could read. How could a population be expected to be loyal men when only one child in one school could tell the name of the Sovereign of England ? In one of the midland counties, 5,000 miners spent £50,000 annually in spirituous li quors . It was therefore plain that the education hitherto imparted was faulty and defective. The reason was twofold—first, in the teachers, and second, in the system. Many of,the teachers were persons who had failed in business as shoe makers and tailors ; and the reason such persons offered thexielves as teachers was, because the salaries hitherto offered to the instructors of youth were quite inadequate. Then, with reference to the plan of education itself, it had been fully established that the monitorial system was a perfect failure. He next referred to the sad igno rance of the agricultural population, and to the tens of thousands in large towns who had never been baptised in the name of Christ. It was amongst such masses of ignor ance as these that the firebrands of sedition were piled with effect, whereas amongst a Scripturally -educated people these firebrands could do no more evil than if they were thrown into the river Mersey. Now, how was this evil to be met, except by the government system of educa tion ? First and foremost, the government allowed male and female pupil teachers to receive an increasing annual salary, and by means of these pupil teachers the number of masters was increased ,in every school; and since this system had been introduced upwards of 1,000 pupil tea chers had been apprenticed to masters and mistresses. Then the pupil teachers must go to training schools; six only of which were in the country at present. But part of his duty was to impress upon the Christian public to have training schools in every town in the kingdom ; and let them bear in mind that they would and must have the grant from the government for the support of these schools; and hitherto the whole of the government grants had been given, and given only, to those schools which used the authorised version of the sacred Scriptures. The loudest objectors to the government grant were the Anti-Church and State party ; and indeed these were of all others the most consistent objectors. Then the Tractarian party— strange to say—were also objectors to it, upon the ground that the system admitted of lay influence; hut he (Mr. Close) upheld the system simply because the Tractarians opposed it. Then the Romanists, the Unitarians, and the lovers of ignorance throughout the land, opposed it ; but, in opposition to these objectors, he contended that this was the time for the evangelical clergy to stand for ward and demand Scriptural education for all ranks and classes of the people. Let them make this demand and not leave the education of the people in the hands of the ignorant and malicious, and let them guide the masses in the way of truth and usefulness. The present system was first established in Cheltenham, not at the seeking of any of the evangelical party. On the contrary, he (Mr. Close) reluctantly supported it, and it was not till after he had had several interviews with the Privy, Council that he be lieved the system to be founded on strict doctrinal princi pies ; and upon this the system must either stand or fall. It was Protestant, Evangelical and Christian ; and from the first the government had behaved most honourably in the matter, for they had said, " We are delighted to sup port an evangelical training school on distinct Church principles." The first token for good the system had in Cheltenham was a grant of £2,750 from an unasked lady; and Mr. Kaye Shuttleworth was satisfied with this; and now these Church of England training schools at Chelten ham had completed their first year's operation. There were 29 masters and 15 mistresses in training, each of them paying £2O per annum towards their own mainte nance. A grant of £4,000 had been made to the institu tion by the Committee of Council on Education, and above £6,000 had been realised in voluntary contributions, towards erecting a building and maintaining an establish ment accommodating eighty masters. Fully £2,000 more must be collected to enable the committee to take full advantage of the government premium. When this was accomplished, or after three years, the enlarged institu tion might be carried on at an expense of less than £l,OOO per annum. He then explained how by means of this institution immense good would be done, and touch greater good when their new building at Cheltenham was com pleted ; and he concluded by urging upon all elassc;s of Evangelical Christians the manifest importance of extend ing these most valuable training schools to Liverpool and all other large towns, and so to avail themselves of the valuable grants which government are most willing to grant. The reverend gentleman concluded a most able speech amid great applause. A liberal collection was here made. The Rev. T. NOLAN being called upon to move the resolutien, was received with notch applause. He said, that hut to produce some practical result from the great g Committ ee i n Li meeting then before him, it had not bee n necessary to add another word to what they had already h ear d . B ut it was r,on needful t)e ton a locrbma channel e C i otrhrreos d which th e tid e o f theiri n practical sympathy should flow in response to the clear and convincing, learned and luminous statement of their s t i)je s ubject ct ' by con- friend from Cheltenham, who had in hi s own person, from the first word he uttered, been sign a lly ill ustrat i ng s the great principle with which he sought to i mpress t h em, imparting a sa ci he ue lt a w ian t l i t a r a tn:c o s e with tyba n n d e w ired to d o , Wi t h a oneself. tfeie'r etdo e Li by yr of a s r) g, t ho rough g deep and deserved attention to the opening remarks that fell from the lips of their dear Chairman, he could not help transferring what he said from the schoolroom and the schoolmaster, to the still higher association of the church and the pastor. And as he (the Chairman) pro ceeded' to delineate the superior attainments of the man really competent to instruct others, lie (Mr. N.) was picturing an ideal to himself of a Church of England clergyman, a " workman that needed not to b e as h ame d , " and as wit h graphic touch and truthful hand the Chairman added each fresh fe'ture to his portrait, the picture gra dually shaped itself into the similitude of some one that he knew ; but when he concluded, associating intelligence with modesty, there was no mistaking any longer, the resemblance was complete—that of their revered, but alas! departed, Dr. Tattershall. You all' knew him; some of you doubtless were privileged with his intimacy and friendship ; and though none of us could reach as high as the soarings of his vast mind. or - fathom the depths of his profound erudition, yet. any of those who have ever approached him, must hz,ve . been. Dolph charmed with his kindness ZvCth - liis I, , nrning, while under his lucid statements what had appeared abstruze Was made so simple, that one-,was almost beguiled into imagining he had fancied a difficulty where none existed. (Loud cheers.) • Whence did our valued and lamented friend, who bath left such a fragrant memory behind him, be come possessed of this high capability ? Prom his Own thorough and intimate acquaintance with the subject under consideration. This was the great secret of the ease with which he conveyed his meaning to another, and with such gracefulness and an urbanity of manner pecu liarly his own, - that you almost fancied you had disco vered of yourself, what you only bad received from MM. (Cheers.) This is precisely what we aim at producing in our training schools, masters intelligent themselves, that they may he intelligible and instructive to others. Nor is this a task easy of accomplishment. Take a young man, for example, that has just graduated, not after the manner of the A.B. of the Sorbonne, desc ibed so humo rously by our Chairman, but who has improved to the utmost the opportunities provided for him in those dis tinguished seats of learning, Oxford, Cambridge, arid, I must be pardoned for including—l dare not pass on without offering the humble tribute of affection, the homage of a grateful heart, from a devoted though un worthy alumnus, who feels that all he is, or all he may ever hope to be, is owing, under God, to the fostering care, of the honoured Alma Meter, that nourished him self and his father before him—l mean, Trinity College, Dublin. (Continued cheers.) Take a graduate, even such as I have described, from one of these universities, and however learnedly he might write upon the -Folic Digamma, or work out the equation of the parabola, or explain the aberration of light, you would possibly find him scarcely . intelligible to a poor man, in delivering the simple message-of the Gospel. Why ? Because he bath not been taught to teach—he bath not. learned to be sim ple • for the power of being simple, as the g rea t au th or o f The Sublime " has said of the art of criticism, is ". the latest offspring of prolonged experience." This evil also is to be remedied in our training schools. The question is not now whether there shall be education on an en larged scale or not; that has been answered long ago, and in the affirmative ; —but the question is whether the Church of England will take the lead for good, 'else be left behind and forgotten in the race. The flood tide.has set in too powerfully to be resisted. We cannot, or ought not to attempt to resist it. 'Tis not now too late. The Church, placed in the responsible position she occupies by the mercy of God in this country, has now the option (which may not remain to her very long unless she avails herself of it at once) of either riding in triumph at the top of the wave, else she must be crushed and over whelmed under its violence if she disregards present op portunities. There is, sir, with churches as with nations, no less than with individuals, " A tide in the affairs of men, • Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is hound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat." Let us then " take the current whilst it serves," and (by God's blessing) we will not " lose our ventures.! I have much pleasure in moving the resolution.- 7 The rev. gentleman resumed his'seat 'amidst an .unusual ourst, of enthusiastic applause from the meeting; • -•- The motion was seconded by the Rev. Dr. - CARPENTER. It approved of the principles and the plan of 'operation of the shools. A corresponding Liverpool committee, with • the acting committee in Cheltenham, was then appointed. On Wednesday evening, the Rev. Mr. Close preached an admirable sermon in aid of the society, and we are glad.to find that several donations have been received by the treasurer, H. J. Webster, to whom, or to the Rev. Thomas Nolan, all communications are to be addressed. DR. LOEWE'S SECOND LECTURE. It was gratifying to observe that the attendance on Monday evening, the 26th ultimo, in St. Mary's School room, Kirkdale, whilst equally respectable, was still more numerous than on the previous Friday. The subject of the Doctor's lecture, viz.,—the second reformation under Rouge, Theiner, Czerski, and others, had evidently ex cited deep interest. This was displayed by the marked attention paid throughout to the admirable lecture, of which our limits forbid us to give more than a very brief epitome. Referring to the period when the movement which broke out in Germany, in 1844, became known in this country —a movement, which the lecturer described, as the most mighty event of which the present century has to boast— he quoted from a Tractarian journal, which wrote as if the recent movement in Germany were a mere whim or sudden impulse. This, however, was a great error, inas much as an earnest reaction against infidelity of every kind has been going on in Germany for the last forty years. The doctor then reviewed in detail the principal features of the movement, from the gradual development of which, men began to perceive that many of the injunc tions of Romanism had their origin in the selfish motives of worldly-minded men. The movement was owing to the strong and sincere conviction of those who were en gaged in it that the doctrines they were opposing were blasphemous and tyrannous—the origin of it being in those very places in which an ignorant and intolerant priesthood had excited the mind of the nation. He then indignantly reviewed the impieties and frauds committed in connec tion with the exhibition of the " holy coat" at Treves, which, he said, was fatal in the extreme to the Ro man See; and detailed the proceedings of Ronge and his fellow-reformers to free themselves and their countrymen from such wicked bondage, and &he articles July 4, 1848. and liturgy which they subsequently adopted. Although hundreds of thousands have joined the new church, the number is increasing daily. The do c to r conc l u ded with an animated and eloquent anticipation of the downfal of Popery, which he believed we were on the eve of witness ing. In the Papal states and other Popish countries, the prevalent watchword is, " No priest—no cardinal" ; and a very clever and enlightened French periodical, in re viewing the course taken by the reformers, is obliged to confess, that if they persist in following out the move ment, it must end ultimately i n th e down fal of the Papal chair.—At the conclusion, it was intimated that Dr. Loewe would deliver a lecture on Wednesday (to-mor row) evening, relating to the various incidents of travel in his eventful experience. The announcement was re ceived with great satisfaction. The proceeds of this lec ture Dr. Loewe generously purposes to devote in aid of the fund now being raised to carry out certain needful improvements in St. Mary's Church.—A vote of thanks, moved by the Rev. David James, seconded by John Walker, Esq., and supported by Capt. Beazley, was car ried by acclamation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A SAVAGE.—At the Police-colirt, on Saturday, a man was remanded on a charge of having bitten a piece from a man's nose with whom he was quarrelling. DANGER OF BAD COMPANY.—On Saturday, several persons preferred complaints aga i ns t p ros tit u t es o f having robbed them whilst they were drunk and asleep. " She is not known for felony, sir," said the bridewell keeper, speaking of an Irish girl brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday. " Yes, indeed," responded the girl, " I was never here for any villainy before"! On Thursday Police-officer 401 was suspended, by order of Mr. Rushton. It appeared he bad been abusing two prostitutes, and had afterwards insisted on preferring the. false charge of drunkenness against the girls to cover hill own offence. ASSAULT.—On Saturday, four men were fined 233• each for assaulting Mr. Howell, appraiser and auctioneer for the County Court. The complainant had distrained some furniture on the premises of one of the defendants. who wished for an inventory of the goods before they were taken from the house, and which was promised to be sent afterwards. A FATED FAMILY.—A little boy, about seven or eight years old. was sent to gaol for fourteen clays, on Tuesday last, for breaking a shop window, and stealing a pie. Ha had been once committed and six times discharged before for kindred offences. It was stated that nis brother had been transported, and that the whole family were bad characters. INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.--On Wednesday a man, named William Markham, cook on board the Clyde, was stopped by a police-officer, who, upon searching a hos which he carried, found the model of a ship, and the sides of the box lined with 4 lbs. of foreign tobacco. The pri soner was fined 40s. and costs, Mr. Rushton directing that the ship should be restored, as he presumed the ship wag not made of tobacco. INI , ,,RMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.—Mr. / 17. ' Harrison, tea-dealer, of Pox-street, was summoned, on Thursday, for having a projection over his shop. The information was laid under the 67th section of the act, and was for erecting a signboard, which projected four feet over the footway, and a show tea urn, which pro jected twelve feet. Mr. Harrison was hound over, as 1 5 usual in such cases, - in his own recognisances in £5O, W ensure the removal of the nuisance within a we,k. FEIGNING.—It was stated at the Police -court, 011 Saturday, that the complainant in a petty assault case was herself the defendant on another charge about a month ago, and that she obtained her liberation from bridewell by affecting to be seized with the pains of l a bour. This was alt the delivery she required. Two years ago she is said to have played a similar. trick, with similar success. MISCONDUCT OF BAILIFFS.—On Thursday an aged couple, named 'Hugh and Eliza Kelly, were brought upr charged with having assaulted George Barnes, wbikt 3 distraint (for only two weeks' rent) was being made. The bailiffs having t ffected an entrance, the chi man assaulted Barnes with a poker. He pleaded in defence that the house was not properly entered, but that the bail.ffi bad broken in. There was some reason to believe this state ment, as Police-constable 326, who was standing at the entry, heard a crash. After a r:•buke to- the parties pro secuting, the prisoners were disehar2ed. FORGING SHIPPING NorEs.—On Friday a sailor, named James Barrow, was brought up before Mr. Rush ton, charged with having forged the signature to a ping note. It appeared that a short time since the pri" sorter went to an outfitter named Cross, and, presenting 3 shipping note signed James Tindall, represented that he belonged to the ship John Robinson, of -which Mi ssrs• Campbell and Rudd were the agents. Having got vaig° for the note, the prisoner went off, an d was not aga i n tO" with till Thursday night. It appeared that the signatur e to the note was a forgery, and it having been stated that there were three or four other cases against the prisouerr , he was remanded till Friday next. THE BURIAL ACT.—Peter Rice, the sexton of St• Patric k's Chapel Cemetery, was summoned for m aking interments, in violation of a provision in the Health :tar which requires that a deposit of at least two feet s;x in depth of soil shall be made alter each interment. . 5 . grave twenty feet deep had been dug, into which coffirl,l, were lowered. It appeared up war d s o f th re e fe e t of soil was placed upon each ceffin after it was interred, but this soil was removed each time another coffin was put in; Mr. Rushton ruled that th e requ i rements: of t h e ac t b"a been complied with; and .ordered th e i n f orma ti on to be di,tuirsed. —3 oh n Ki r k mnov - ! , ext on of the WeA , v an Chapel burial-ground, Stanhope-st ree t, was charteAl 11 a violation of the act. In this case one prt of a equin that had been interred bad only e l e v en i nc h es o f ear th upon it.. Fined 20s. t,tift Ltil , The new parish church a Runcorn is now nearly com pleted. On Thursday week a woman at Spotland, near Roch dale, was killed by a flash of lightning. from Another person (making eight) died on TuesdaY , the effects of the late i:oiler explosion at Preston. ;, Great rejoicings took place a t Wi gan on Thursday' honour of the majority of Fran c is S. Powell, Esq•, s°ll cf the Rev. B. Powell, of that town. The military encampment on K ersa l M oo r is a gree attraction to the inh a bit an t s o f M anc h es t er an d the twig" - bowing towns. On Wednesday, two men were killed at Ince-hall Col liery, near Wigan, through a bucket, which was bell lowered into th e pit, f a lli ng on t h em, i n consequen ce ° the breakage of the rope. Two fellows, named Plate and Corgin, from this t6lcil,P who were engaged in a fi g h t on L ongs h aw C0.r 0n0n,•134- Bilge, for £lO a side, on Monday, with their second , Clarke, also from this town, have all three been col - omi t ' ted for trial at the next Kirkdale sessi ons . EMPLOYMENT IN .MANCHESTER.—The official return shows that there are 1,637 hands more employed in work ing full time, as compared with the number employed ° I June 6,. and a decrease of those out of e m pl o yment (.; 610. As compared with last week, the ret urn is as f"r lows :—Working full time, 31,332 ; last week, 20,7 4 1 working short time, 5,272 ; list week, 6,274 ; wholly o °' of employment, 7,793; last week, 8,400. FUNERAL OF THE LATE THOMAS GREENALL, Esa•: The remains of this deeply lament e d gen tl eman (wb°s; awfully sudden death occurred on S a t ur d a y wee k), wer: conveyed to their final. resting-plac e (St. H e l e ns,) o ` ," Thursday.- The Mayor of Warrington, in complia°, e ,, - with the general wish, having g i ven an i nv it a ti on to - inhabitants to meet the funeral procession, a l arg e nu at beg of the gentry, clergy, and tradesmen, assembled 1 1 Q f St. James's Church, Latchford, in order to testify their respect for the memory of their departed neighbour. Many shops were closed, and the streets filled with sPE c ,:, tators. Mr. Greenall was the eldest s on o f the late Edward Greenall, Esq., the extensive brewer, of Wilders l pool ; brother of G. Greenall, Esq., M.P., and also the late P. Greenall, Rsq., and father of the Rev. Tl lo °' Greenall, incumbent of Grappenhall. KNUTSFORD QUARTER SESSIONS.—The Sessions com menced on Monday, at Knutsford, before Trafford Tra v ford, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. There were fifty-four p r i soners f or t r i a l . A mong st th° county business transacted was a grant of £lBOO, Pre" posed by Lord .de Tabley, for a lockup at Knutsfordt with houses and offices attached, for the residence of 0 , 6 warders of the House of Correction. The treaset submitted a statement of accounts for the present (rot; ter, showing the demands to be £11,967 13s. lg—t% • receipts £8,227 16s. Bd. The probable expenses for an Michaelmas quarter, including the balance,. were £ 14,54 ! 13s. 2d. ; the receipts (including River Weaver tolls to the amount of £5000) £13,568 lls. To meet the deft' ciency a county rate of one farthing, which will pr 0,197 £1,073,• was proposed and adopted. Mr. Mainwaill was appointed deputy chairman, o u th e understahth r t that he is to take the criminal business of the sess' ° „ °, o in consequence of the increasing d e f ec t o f the chairman vision. - • • ROBBERY OF MR. DAWSON.—At Knutsford oes-- - . last week, Mary Hughes and Hugh Murphy were s el l; tented to seven years transportation, for felonious it receiving notes to the amount of £loos' from Mr. JO•10 Dawson, of Tranmere. The particula rs o f the case: te j, recently reported. Three other prisoners were acQun' one of whom, the chairman said, was the most guilty P son according to the evidence. -tort ANNUAL SESSIONS.—At the annual sessions at rre t eo on Thursday, the following were among the unagistt a o. present :—T. B. Addison, Esq., Chairman, James '1: 4 0. reni•e, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., John Rosson, Esci r l er bt The Chairman said that the guardians of the West "„,, of hundred had sent a remonstrance against the expen.l os t the maintenance of lunatics. They stated that the oho per head had increased from 6s. to Bs. 9d. H e l lo- Chairman) could only state that the cost per head at r 9,0 well Asylum was 14s. The County Treasurer asked w o a, assessment, for general purposes, of 4d. in the P ° the , which, after some conversation was allowed. I'c/rho county bridges no assessment was required. For the, 50 0 tic asylums, 4-cl. in the pound, raising £3,867 13 5 . ~,t h of allowed. For the general police expenditure, t in the pound, raising £BO9, was asked for • alloc i . or tb The following assessments, for !peal . expenditur e, re ; Lonsdale hundred, d . in the pound ; South Lonsc i !i . An and' Amounderness, id. in the pound, were allow,,evert increase of six constables for the Kirkdale division , dist ric° constables for Slackshead , near Colne, of one for the„, ow ed. of Rusholme, and two for the Bury division, were — de so-, Mr. J. B. Yates gave notice that at the adjourrt nc e ° f sions he would move, " That in future, in conse c insiotio the great excess of business from the southern ui n Tthe• every alternate Sessions be held at Newton- o ve ° Willo.;vs." Mr. T. B. Addison said he should rates t he an amendment " That a committee of rnagg ij i n g LP' appointed to report on the expediency of county of Lancaster into two or more ridings/. w co ` o raeg tinct . and separate commissions of the Peacf2-... gaols, acc., and for which distinct rates be wow.. inq a Szt! AR eap nia neve Alb,. ] Tris 0 4:;I• Ile kli or Co , Sup s • and t troi n All 1%1( Co uu r , M a Or; .. Ab Istli Jai A ft N ew ' Ho : IDesii ilaie, A ttid tord "4011 t f ro A Rh d afii I,e , Y,l tleere e l l ol 7'r e , tt "for 44(rii