The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

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M.—Mr. Dickens presided at a Conyersazione in the Town-hall, B.rining iam. on Weil tie dav • s _rh t , the' ' ni - --' c'n invitation of the Btrmiugham Puly technie_lnqitution. beellictiAan OASTLEft —This gentleman, who has "' en & Pending a few days at Leeds, with soma of his rela tives, took his departure o n Friday, with Mrs. Oastler, Ridfor Wold Newton Hall, near Hunmanby, in the Eist ing, the hospitable tnan,ion of William Cadman, L , q, with whom they wiil sp-nd a short time. recentl RPy" " GUILD ROBBERY.—JoeI Hobson, who was committed for trial at Birkenhead, on a charge 13eofnhavictviedn!'''' in enniunction with the woman who has been , robbed Mr. Marquis of £1,990, has been tri"d yeaat Kn atsford. f oun d gu i lty, and sentenced to fourt, en Years' transportation. c Sl a B. Buvwxa, BART.—From a notification in the ante arctic, it appears, that this eminent author, in comoli , with direction in the will of his late mother, saizabeth Barbara Bulwer Lytton, of Knebworth, will hereafter use the surname of Lytton, in addition to and after that of Bul • ' g co i v n e . n .. m e d Her rn„,_ ty „ n J 5 has commanded that the whole of the un wine at the royal table at the Castle shall be , under proper regulations, to the sick poor, whose comPlaintB may require such aid, residing within the ensile dns of Windsor and Eton, and within the extensise istrict embraced by the Windsor dispensary. j THE WILLS FORGERIES.—WiIIiam Henry Barber, woshua Pletcher, Thomas Griffin, and Georgiana Dorey, househeer e23bdroiriusgthatnut,ptfoor further examination , at the Mansiot , on . Friday. The case was further remanded till defe give time to subpcena witnesses for the nce from various parts of the country. Ra, L--.OL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH I.—Our sugar 2 2 4 0 e 0 r "t has been quiet this week, the sales not exceeding boa hpsheads West India at very full prices. —Scarcely a - r ' °f any description of sugar is now to be met with tn the offices, but the buyers are pretty fairly supplied. ;111 Mauritius the sales reach 1500 mats, at former prices, out the tr ansactions in Bengals are unimportant. Ga zetted average price of sugar, Feb. 27, is 365. 3d. per cwt. broth;Pußs.nsur. ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, at one of the er in the Po nton ' and Worth Collieries, two men. rothers, belon Y int, to Disley or New Mills, had just e4rotnenced their descent, when by some means the action Bain he heading, engine became reverse . d, an . d th d ey ov w e e r r t e drawn . up and with tremendous velocity, pitche "Ez Precipitated down the pit, a depth of I l d 4O co y u a r r ie d r s . , A li t completely dashed to pieces.—Macclesfie I, 'tne B oN IN L INCOLNSHIRE .—A y oung m an named Kidd ged 18, a brush maker, on tramp f .. l Sheffield, has ' been co .. m . mitted to Lincoln Castle tor tria at the a wi th , PProaching assizes, charged on his own confession e " a 'ing set fire to a barley stack, at Binhroo ,_ ce - rnaPbeer.ty .of Robert Johnson, Esq., on the 16th of De when they ba s is 't In company with two,o,hers, in revenge for Were lig been refused relief by the servants , begging ! FAT AL ACCIDEN T FROM A S NOW B ALL .—An inquest wase held on the body of Joseph Monk, struckil s Y , Who came to his death in consequence of being at Padiham,.on s on the ear with a snow ball containing a stone, au . w a ar n an d ; a d y a t hvreered weeks . e t ek s . Violent t t e u r n .lately marriedof minated in the unfortunate man's death. The jury r d inflammation set in, e d . IRO N , and has left a young widow, who " accidental death." The decease is ciente, to deplore his loss. Increased_io so reL .yd,B iia El s li b ' e s e -- n Th e of iron vessels having of late Thatjistration, and m uch, tl use attention of the Committee of directed towards the subject of their bare issued the following notice : Such the shiPe characte r o f A 1. will in future be grante d to . 1 , as shall be constructed of iron under the theirsur of the Surveyors to the Society, and be reported, on ~ utcompletion. to have been built of good and substan ‘l4Bl aterials, and with good workmanship. from the: E ‘ N GLAND.—The following notice was issued nor an d Kof England on Thursday :—" The Gayer. Company of the Bank of England are ready, ranptil further notice, to receive applications for loans, i sop the deposit of approved Bills of Exchange, not andalng more than six months to run. Exchequer-bills, East India t ore the 18 t Bonds n such loans to be repaid on or be percent.per annum, i and to be for sums of not less than 2,000 each. _t w Th e operativ e m i ners of Oldham, Ashton, Newton Moor, and Hyde, an d t h e surroun di ng districts, are still a ork, but they hold meetings every evening in the Week t o di scuss their grievances ; and although there is n ot any t urn-out at present, they are mostly working Short ti me, for the purpose of reducing the quantity coal in th e market, an d t h ere b y increasing o th h e ig v h a e l r ue ra o t f e it, of who and by a c ti ng thus t h ey t hi n k to obtain havebtain wages. Th ere are man y miners not yet joined the colliers' union. shed, which we C NEW POWER Loom SHED.—Me l s , rs. Ainsworth and The shed is 350 o• are now erecting a new . pow w er o - rl o d om understand is the lareest inthe .... feet in length,. by 187 in breadth, divided into 36 bays. toThe roof is supported by 352 columns. It is calculated o i 1650 looms, and when complete, the number of han c ds nt a a ctually employed in the room will be 855. The production of the looms will average per week 13.200 pieces, 20 yards each, or 3 1-5 pieces per minute. This applies to the weaving shed alone, independent of the spinning and other departments.—Preston Guardian. Mr. J. Hall am , f ormer l y a tea dealer in Edinburgh, h a'lng been establish e d i n business by several private 7t ' e nds, failed of success, and retired from the undertak hal with a lo ss t o hi s supporters of £769 11s. 6d. He 1 1 ; 1 8 Partner i n t h e concern, to whom, and to himself, dohenefactors gave a discharge in full from all obliga to,Zl .He afterwards obtained an appointment at Can -11,", ii ii ,",a,Pecto r of teas to Baring Brothers; and he has -e "`ylii l i'ne £856 Is. hi. (principal and interest), to ilia ins n s' d t . friends date home—being the entire amount of steadirx 7 , " A '° , l , th e of remittance. i I ' ; : 44 13 E Feb. 26.—The deliveries of tea are ° -e ial reC -8 ` week ' they amounted to 480,698 lbs. The cre ased b orn a , show that the consumption last year in !hided nn' , .,, 4 , f 'arly 3 000 000 lbs. The public sales con ;nail ratp-e" and`,day,n, 17,000 packages s. having been sold at 6 antrie ', it e the private purchases have been "'Nal e ' t em, and at a slight advance on the sale prices. and 140,„.4"110n congou is called Is. to Is. 0-Id. per lb., thon ah, t'w,Parts ate• expecting a further improvement, al bs, how ( beve, the supplies will be good. The quo ow ver, are at present not high. sq'tresePti.tai' I'vt- 11 0 • II ever, gentlemen educated at Guy's "escla s 5.."". dine together every' two years, dined on eat , rveni dinner,he London Tavern, Bishop..gate downA. t ;1,,, upws-rds of two hundred centlFmen th e found hP chairman, (Dr. Babingtoni) inimipm er of the institution, ter. the f prevailed 1 :: - )000 t° hi s memory said that a fee i l n it:g peaking of as he was accused of leaving daugt, to th e . , . ,r having ospital, end shutting out a s-i . n and . a be (Dr. B ah; ° rnPr with but £3 and the other 150 ; this tradict, 1,, n ': v g:fln) had the power then and there to con _ gene t ortality of The 1 ., had a son. reit kilv, shows a London, and, indeed, of England grark4 annual decrease, whilst it is ratp s jPwl , the population increases considerably. The r educed ;I prersiurn for Life Insurance have been greatly C ' s vu p e d during the last few years, yet the offices continue Sttre°s Perons as formerly. Thsse facts clearly demon mut that some cause, either unknown or unheeded, 1 8 have produced such favourable results. Amongst •_ictoe causes, the increased knowledge of anatomy and the man y very valuable discoveries in medicine will stand _.111,. thousands, prominent. The small-pox, that annua:ly carried un has been successfully combatted by vacci istinastio.n •, and Gout, that used to claim its numerous victims 161 been thoroughly vanquished by Blair s Gout and Rheumatic Pills. —See advt. CHESTER CHEESE FAlR. — There were about 200 tons of cheese piled at the fair on Wednesday last. The sale was of a diversified character. For small-sized cheese, varying from 3 and 4to 4 and sto the cwt the sale was cescheevsaerso.ifngeofrom o about !l qo i t 4 y s s nominally sOs and worthfo r brisk i r it s e k r a - p t i ee l. i d 528 to 565.; the sale was ver d e ll, ' • • - description returnedseveral dairies of this home y choice dairies of very fine unsold. Fo ur or five ver yflavour, an d fetched 60s to 635. which was really the top large in size, price, being a reduction generally of about eight .shillings per cwt. since Michaelmas last, and of ten from this time 12 months. Farmers do each other an injury by reporting higher prices than they really obtain; one stated on he got 655., but the real be 62s 6d price, proved to and a dress given over.to the dairy woman. THE SLAVE TRADE.—The Government has resolved to adopt the most active measures to put au end to the traffic in slaves on the African coast, and the French Go vernment has also determined on the same course. The Penelope, 22, st eam- f r i gate. Captain W. Jones, and the ometheus, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. P ' t aco. and two or three other s teamers, are about to be 4despatched to the coast of Africa, which they will scour ,1 t hose latitud es w h ere this nefarious traffic is carried on. she e ntailer steamers w ill go up t h e r i vers, and examine be inlet a n d creek where it is possible for any slaver to !. c oncealed, and the s earc h a l ong t h e coast will be so Vitiate that it will be impossible for any vessel to escape me aro vigilance of the squadron. Three French' steamers e ,,_ being equipped for similar service on the African t Llat, and there will be the most cordial co-operation he 607cen the French and English cruisers in every plan re ," d to for the effectual suppression of the slave trade. •c4Crit Or, p.AOR D 1 N A Rl' CHARGE. —At the He assizes, th u n claY, the Rev. J. Brogden, a clergyman of the chl jnh of England, surrendered to answer an indictment, at C o t him with feloniously discharging a loaded gun "otrnelius Wintle, with intent to disfigure him. In Mai m " Count the prisoner's intent was laid to be, to on a b a ll,rl disable the prosecutor, or to do him some griev ks. Is n ntly harm , At the close of the prosecutor's case, be case Alderson expressed his opinion, that there was had fi r e ,,,, tn go before the jury. II appeared, the prisoner .nOt thj",!‘ gun out of a window in the dark, and there was !rie inter slightest proof that he saw any one, much less that eo t i e ,tied to shoot any one. If Mr. Brogden had in- Is l have" to shoot the person he fired at he would have said, hit h* tt a rev him , and not have said, there *be n th n shot." The jury considered for a short time, th at NI Voreman said they were unanimously of opinion be fired r; foreman did not - intend to shoot any one when L te n ..L . b e ..ie gun. It appeared that some person was auxin• walkin, ; fg ti p ; about the reverend gentleman's residence t i ght en ':,_ e night in question, and the gun was fired to `trite.k t s_"rrn away, when, unfortunately, the contents teriowdy".c Prosecutor, who is a policeman, and hurt him 130Noc.n IVAIt El-It/USES. —lit the month of clove.oher last, four plots of land, on the New Quay, and about fifty yards tr.', the river, were sold by the carporat:on. tot the ere,: ion i warehou,es for the boding of f , reign oto,•.rf-.1 itito Pre-too. The our(:le,e.,s of tle'ic lii. .t- re M. A ldermao Getmal,, Al r. Alderman Flay dock, Mr Turner, eoal moreoaor, hod Mr l 3 coo tr o c or. Tio , se warehouses will he bud! i t iii ick I with stood ba-ements, carried to a height of seven feet above the roadway); tire proof throughou . and tinislie.; accord ing to tl i leguhei.tos required by t., cus , otos, of full pet yih=ged ports, The buildings will he each five stories high, and occupy a surface of sixty feet by thirty-six. They are likely to be completed in the course of the autumn. — Thursday last was fixed upon to lay the foundation stone of the new buildings, and, about one o'clock, a pretty nu merous company had assembled to witness the ceremony. —Preston Paper. TRYING AN EXPERIMENT.—Mr. James Osbourne, of Farndon- row, Newark, a native of the Emerald Isle, tried the experiment of cutting his throat on Thursday, the 15th ult., and after cutting through the fleshy part shouted out lustily for help. On his sr n-in-law answering, he found him bleeding very profusely, but in no immediate danger. He had in one hand a razor, and in the other a penknife; and it appears that he had met a disappointment which led him to make the attempt. His wife was confined to a sick bed, during which time he discovered a hoard of £l4O, and this he placed in the hands of a faithless com panion named Childs, to accompany him to America. Childs was to lead the way to Gainsborough, and Osbourne was to follow ; but Childs proved to be old enough to de camp with the whole sum, and poor Pat returned so chap. fallen and chagrined, that he ventured upon the experiment above stated. We are happy to say his life is not in dan ger.—Stamford Mercury. STAMPED POSTA GE PAPER.—The proposed stamped half-sheets, intended to pass free through the post-office, will bear an oval medallion portrait, beautifully embos sed, of her majesty, so impressed as to fall, when the half-sheet is folded for the purpose of note writin g , in the right-hand corner of the space usually dedicated to the superscription of the letter. If the paper be intended to be used as an envelope, the stamp folds into the centre of the front, immediately above the part allotted for the address. The authorities of the post office have given their sanction to thus placing the frank, as the process of obliteration will not be retarded by it. From a statement made in the House of Commons the other evening, by Sir George Clerk, we learn that the stamped paper will be sold to the public at the following prices :—Per double ream of 960 stamps, £4 75,; per half-ream of 240 stamps, £1 2s 3d. ; per quire of 24 stamps, 2s 3d.; for a single stamp, lid. SNOW STORM.—Since Friday the frost has continued with more or less intensity, accompanied now and then with heavy falls of snow. On Sunday the snow fell with. out intermission the greater part of the day till one o'clock, and again in the evening. On Saturday. from the snow drift about Noblehouse, the Dumfries mail was de tained two hours and a half, and on Sunday four hours and a half behind its usual hour. The Aberdeen mail of Saturday morning did not arrive till four in the after noon. The north mail, by Perth, of the same day, was a whole day behind, the bags being carried, we understand, by parties across the greater portion of the road. Last night, at six o'clock, this last mail, and also the Aberdeen, the London and Dumfries mails, were all due: and if we may judge of the interior by the abundance of the snow which fell here yesterday, these several roads must be by nearly, if not wholly impassable. To add to the severity of the cold, the wind has blown with great violence from the east.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday. FALL OF A WAREHOUSE .—A very serious accident, attended with fatal consequences to two unfortunate men, occurred in Manchester on Monday afternoon last at the iron warehouse occupied by Messrs. Horton, Simms, and Bull, Port-street. It appears some men, who were em ployed in making alterations in the interior of the build ing, removed a quantity of bar iron from one "horse" or beam against which the iron was reared to another, when the additional quantity of iron piled against one side of the horse nearest the counting-house was more than the beam could support; it broke, and the whole weight of the iron piled against both sides of that horse fell with tremendous force against the next, horse, and broke it, and so in succession, all the four horses on that side the warehouse were snapped in two, when the whole accu mulated weight fell against the outer wall of the building, which it forced through, falling into Port-street. The two men, James Watkinson and Joseph Fitton, were found crushed among the ruins. An inquest was held on the bodies Oa TuE..sday evening, which, atter a long inves tigation, was adjourned.—At the close of the adjourned inquest, the jury gave in a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of £l5O on the building. THE LEAGUE DEFEATED.-00 Monday week the de legates of the Anti-Corn-law League sustained a most signal and complete defeat at Thirsk. in the North Riding of Yorkshire. On that day a meeting, called by the League, was held in the Corn Market, Thirsk, for the purpose of hearing addresses from a deputation of the League, which deputation con,isted of Colonel Thompson, Mr. Archibald Prentice, of Manchester, and Mr. Plint, of Leeds, on the expediency of in , roducing corn, the growth of other na'ions, into this country free of duty. The meeting was attended by a large number of landowners and farmers of Thirsk and neighbourhood. Addresses were delivered by the gent lemen comprising the deputation in favour of free trade principles. They were opposed by Mr. J. James Crompton, of ; and Mr. W. Rut son, of Newby Wiske. At the conclusion Mr. Crompton proposed a resolution to the following effect:—" That a free trade in corn would reduce to a state of destitution all who had invested their capital in f arming operations, materially injure the landowners of Thirsk, bring want and misery on the agricultural labourer, and involve in one common ruin, all classes of the community." The reso lution was carried by an overwhelming majority, and the deputation retired hi4hly chagrined at their defeat. FALLING CONDITION OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the proprietors and donors was held in the theatre of this institution, to receive a report from the council and to dect officers for the ensuing year. The Earl of Auckland, vice-p; evident, took the chair. Mr. C. Atkinson, secre tary, read the report and the financial statement. It ap peared from the financial statement that the receipts during the past year had been £22.354 18s. 5d., and the expenditure exceeded the income to the extent of £735 ; the deficiency having been made up from the balance of the previous year's account. The sum received in fees to the college was £7.221 6s. 4tl. ; to the school, £1,445 18s. 6d.; to the huspital, £2.467 15s. There had be:m paid to the professors, £5.029 14s Bd. ; to the mas ters of the junior school, £3.h99 10s. Bd. ; and to the hospital committee, £2 469. The number of pupils was stated as follows died school, 324, whn paid in fees, £4 827 10s. Bd. ; faculty of arts, 158, who paid £2,399 lOs ; in the junior school, 380, who paid 1:4.415 13s. Total, 862 pupils, paying the sum of £14,643 Is. 10d. A dona tion of £5OO had been r,ceived from " A Patriot," through Lord Brougham, making £3,500 from the same donor. FATAL RESULTS OF WOUNDED PRIDE.—A few days ago the daughter of a respectable farmer in Auchincairn, a village three miles south of Lan.lash, was about to be married to a young man of her own rank in life. The marriage day arrived, and, as the custom is, a cavalcade of friends were invited to assemble at her father's house at an early hour, to proceed from thence to meet the bridegroom, who read-•d at the north end of the island, some fifteen miles distant. The rnorni g was stormy, so that, from that and other causes, only three appeared to proceed on the journey. The bride felt the circumstance as a conte rptuous injury done to her feelings and cha racter, and could not brook the thought of her intended husband witnessing such a sm•tll number approaching to meet him on the road, especially as she knew his company would be numerous. So intense did her mental suffer ings become, that ere mid-day reason was unhinged, and the young and blooming bride became a wild and fearless maniac. The anxious bridegroom and his party arrived at her father's house, but she resisted all his entreaties, and refused all consolation. The fearful malady increased till nature was exhausted and vitality expired; and on Friday week her bridal bed was made in the cold grave of Kilmorric churchyard.— Glasgow, Journal. BOTANY or CHINA.—In the course of last year the Horticultural Society of London, resolved to send a practical and scientific botanist to China, for the purpose of exploring the country, to discover the indigenous plants of that extraordinary empire, and to collect seeds for transmission home. Mr. Fortune was engaged for the interesting undertaking, and we have now to state that letters, dated November 'l2th, have been received from him from Chosen. He describes the whole coast of China to the northward, as consisting of bare rugged rock barren sand, and burnt gravelly clay, but with beau tiful plants here and there. He had explored the islands of Koo-long•soo and Amoy, and on the voyage to Chusan, had landed at Chinehen, and at Chaim°, and examined the country for several miles inland. On no occasion had he met with serious obstacles to penetrating the country, but, on the contrary, found the natives particu larly civil, much more so than on the coast further south and at Canton. Mr. Fortune had fallen in with bills covered with Azaleas, and with several other good things, seed of which he has sent home. In particular, he had met with a very beautiful Buddies, with rich purple flowers, arranged in clusters like a Lilac, and a very fine Campanulaceous plant with flowers, as large as those of Lisianthers Russellianus. He had great hopes of fully realising the anticipations of the floral public, and was about to proceed to Shang-Hai and Ning-po. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—A parliament ary report has been published, giving an analysis of the total number of members sent to the House of Commons by the several counties, cities, towns, and boroughs it; England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland respectively, according to the late census, 6th June. 1841 : ENGLAND. Members. Population. Total 41 counties, returning.. 144 9,115,611 Population. 187 cities and boroughs.. 323 5,879,527 2 universities . 14,995,138 WALES. 12 counties, returning.. 15.... 680,147 56 cities and boroughs.. 14.... 231.456 911,603 (exclusive of army and navy abroad, &c.) IRELAND. 32 counties, returning.. 61.... 7,370.533 6 cities . 3 towns.. 24 boroughs 1 university 8 SCOTLAND. ,175,238 30 counties, returning.. 30.... 1,657,985 76 cities and burghs.... 23.... 962,199 2,620,184 Total. „ . „ 658 26,702,163 .PLE• . . steeple• al, under be morn nand let ride, wet ded !rsonage/ )we st de• handicap 100 sovite ng horse° . 1 ..... led •• 2 __.. 3 , .. • • 0 ...... . ppe • . n u r. •• . y, • leaps is haps an a single 'hid) the )le style, Tug was ' , ere, the Ivs. half ived 120 e, it did- 10 soca• past four ive ever ly more Chance. ad, and ?wards. I ded by h, over n miles by Sir :11 bays nds to horses ;ularly The THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MONUMENT To HOOKER. —A proposal has been made fo- the erection of a worinmetit to the memory of Richard Hooker (author of the famous work on "Ecclesiastical P litv"), on the 'ite of S . George's Chnrch. Exeter. Th.. de , i n a Tud r n.ooomental cross, founded on that of (I,u-en Ei .anor, and consi,ts of a figure in a richly cus pated and crocketed canopy. The figure, wit ch will be 7 feet huh, is proposed to be executed by Mr. Stephens, sculptor, of this city, who is now engaged on a bust of the lord bishop of this diocese. We are happy to learn that our Hat reverend diocesan, and the Mayor of Exeter (H. Hooper, Esq.), have herded the list of subscribers. It may not be generally known that the celebrated divine was a native of Heavitree, near this city.—Exeter Gazette SERIOTTS ACCIDENr FROM THE USE OF NAPHTHA.— On Sunday evening week, at Longsight, Mr. William Holt, shopkeeper, was preparing to light the lamps of the Independent chapel there, which lamps are fed by naphtha, and for that purpose went into his kitchen, about a quar ter after 6 o'clock, and was pourine some naphtha from a corked tin can, holding ahout a gallon of this inflammable liquid, into a phial, to take with him to the chapel, and his sister was holding a lighted candle, when by some means the naphtha ignited and exploded with a loud re port, and the kitchen appeared to the brother and sister to be in flames. As soon as Miss Holt recovered herself, she found that her dress had caught fire, and that she was in flames. Her brother attempted to extinguish them, but in the agony of the moment she rushed into the lane and called out for assistance. Some neighbours ran to her, and the flames were speedily extinguished ; but not until Miss Holt had been very extensively and seriously burned, especially the hands, arms, neck, and face. Mr. Holt was also much burned about the hands, and is con fined to the house in consequence. After his sister had been attended to, he returned to the kitchen, and found it on fire. With great presence of mind, he instantly re moved the tin can, which was nearly full of naphtha, otherwise the place would in all probability have been burned down. The neighbours, who were exceedingly active and kind in giving every assistance, succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they bad spread to any extent. SWINDLING.—EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.—At the Borough Court, on Thursday, Mr. Superintendent Ber wick applied to the Manchester magistrates fos a warrant against a woman !limed Ann Prescott, wife of Richard Prescott, late of 28, Loom -street, but now of Liverpool, on a charge of obtaining £l4O from Mrs. Hays, midwife, of 18, -Spetol-street, antler the- following circumstances. Prescott who was known to Mrs. Hayes, and had been for many years, applied to her on the Ist of July, 1833, for a loan of £5O, offering to her as security what she called the deeds of conveyance of some houses which had been left to her in Jersey-street. Mrs. Hayes knew that four houses in Jersey-street had been left to Prescott, and though unable to read, took it for granted that the parchments offered were what they were stated to he, and lent £5O upon them. On the 3rd of August, the same year she advanced £5O more upon the same security, on the Ist of January, 1838, she lent £2O more ; and on the Ist of July, 1839, £2O more, making in all £l4O. The interest on this money was regularly paid until about 1842, since which time nothing was heard of the parties, except that they were living in Liverpool, and Mrs. H. then applying to Messrs. Owen and Gill, solicitors, to re cover the principal was told that the parchments were not conveyances but mortgage deeds upon the houses, and upon which they had obtained £3OO, and they were of no value whatever. She was directed to attend at the Town•hall and bring with her all the documents. After an examination of the deeds on Friday, the court decided that a warrant could not issue as common caution had not been used in the first instance.—Manchester Courier. ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK.—A meeting of the shareholders in this unfortunate concern 11 , .s been called in consequence of the injunc ion granted by the Court of Chancery, and the directors have issued a circular, in which they state the effect of this decision will be, in the first in stance, to sell up the property of every man who cannot at once pay off his debts to the bank, whereby very large sums which might otherwise be secured will be lost to the bank, and numbers of individuals involvtd in ruin and beggary. The voluntary subscriptions set on foot are rendered of no avail, and widows and orphans, who by that means contributed upon their shares without being utterly ruined, will be compelled to give up every farthing they possess, and be reduced to absolute destitution. Many who, encouraged by the hope held out by the sub scriptions, were ready voluntarily to contribute to the ex tent of their means, being now driven to desperation, will, it is feared, be led to do what they would wish to avoid, and the remaining shareholders will have to bear the loss. The position of the English shareholders is tearful—each individually responsible for every debt due by the bank ; it can hardly be expected that, now every prospect of anything like an arrangement is done away, the creditors of the bank will seek to prosecute their claims in the Isle of Man against 123 partners by a dila tory process, when they can, by a very summary proceed ing, recover their d moods in England ; though some will, no doubt, proceed to the Isle of Man. To the Manx shareholders, the difficulty is equally increased by the frightful expense which will be incurred upon every suit that is brought in the Isle of Man. DREADFUL AYH AIR.—For some days past much con versation has been occasioned throughout the neighbour hood of Kensington, in consequence of its becoming known that a man residing at Earl's -court, in that parish, had for a lengthened period been living in incestuous co habitation with his own daughter. Mr. Madden, the relieving-officer for the district, ascertained that the man's name was William Reid, sixty years of age, and that of his daughter Elizabeth Reid, thirty years of age ; that since the death of his wife, about eight years ago, he had cohabited with his daughter, the result of which has b , en two children—viz., Frederick, six years and a half old; and George, an infant, eleven months old. On Mr. Mad den obtaining an interview with the daughter in the ab sence of the father, he found that, during that period, she had been kept in strict seclusion by her unnatural parent, who never allowed her or her elder child to leave the house, for fear of discovery, so that she had only once been out since the birth of the second child. She appeared to be in a very bad state of health, owing to her confinement and other causes, as did also the children, and she com plained that sbe was allowed beer only once a week, and that when her father received his money lie generally got (hunk, and then abused and ill-treated her. From the daughter's statement, it appears she has a married sister living about aPd three t a d we i e n k g s t o a n g ,and two oho hung gh brothers.mselt unde r ver broy peculiar circumstances, arising from her connexion with her father. T m l , i ) e v o d d a u t g o h t a e o r , whether proceedings will be instituted in the Ecclesiasti cal privately tely kno wnre - ' ne w° pla ce a c h e e r of ch ildr en , safer}'. t 3 , ha lt ve is be t e lo n t p Court against the wretch of a parent.— Times. THE FUNDS. — REDUCTION OF INTEREST.—An—An anxiou s exp e ctation exis ts among the city capitalists gene ra lly o f some announcement from Sir Robert Peel relative to a reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. Most of them have come to the conclusion that such a measure will Corm a part of his financial policy for the present ses sion, and they are chiefly busied, therefore, in conjectures on the manner in which it is to be carried into effect ; and, as usually happens in similar cases, various reports, founded on these conjectures, have found, their way into circulation. The most plausible among them, probably, because it seems to be the most simple and practicable, for none of them are believed to rest on any authentic foundation, is one that Ixoposes to give a three-and-a quarter per cent. stock, to merge into a three per cent. stock at the end of ten years, in exchange for the three and-a-half per cents., without any other bonus or ad vantage. Others anticipate a neatly similar result from the grant, by way of bonus, of an annuity of ss. for every 100 three•and-a- - half per cent. s!nek during ten years, and an immediate reduction of tt.e interest to tt ree per cent.; but this is thought to be far less convenient than the other mode, as it creates two descriptions of security, when one would answer ail the purposes. It is useless to refer to the additional rumours on this head which are in circulation, and are obviously entitled to no attention whatever. Perhaps the symptoms of approaching " pres sure from without" against any extension of the limit originally fixed to the duration of the property and in come-tax. are connected more or less with these anticipa tions of a reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. ; for it is obvious enough, that unless the minister can see his w :y to other revenue which may supply its place, the maintenance of that most unpopular tax will become identified with a healthy state of public credit.—Times. THE LATE GALES.—The gales of wind which blew heaviiy during the whole of Friday night and Saturday morning week, from SSW, were, we regret to state, pro ductive of the most melancholy results along the coast; several valuable vessels having been wrecked, and many lives lost. At Scarborough, in Yorkshire, it was severely felt, and the calamity that was witnessed at the entrance of the harbour will long be borne in mind by the inhabi.; ' tants. It having been reported that several fishing yawls had been out all night in the storm, and that fears were entertained that they had been wrecked ; at an early hour a great concourse of persons assembled along the shore, inquiring into the truth of the rumours. Shortly before nine o'clock a cry was raised that there were three of the missing boats standing in for the harbour, which, as may be easily imagined, produced no little degree of satisfac tion, and amongst the eager crowd could be seen the wives a s ce n e state in o of e f c e s w t a c s y e c a o t n d t s h i I r a) a w p e p v a e r r e , n c t and families of th ose on b oard the approaching boats, in hsaanfgeeddeltioveornye. oTfhae most painful and heart-rending description. The yawls (fishing-boats of about fifty tons burthen) were the Wil ling Maid, of Scarborough, the Jerome, and the Emulous. They were all apparently beating into the haven, the sails tightly hauled in, and although the weather had not abated, the wind still blowing heavy squats, with showers of snow and sleet, it was fully expected they would reach the har bour in safety. Suddenly the wind increased, and in:the next moment a terrible sea capsized the whole three ves sels, and they instantly sank, carrying with them the greater part of their crews, with the exception of those belonging to the Willing Maid, who managed to reach the beach near the Spa. The sensation which this catastrophe occasioned amongst the assembled throng was most in tense. Some of the ill-fated crews being observed strug gling amidst the waves, several boats put off to render them assistance, but owing to the terrific fur} of the gale, the boats were unable to gain the spot until the whole of the poor fellows (14 in number) belonging to the Jerome, Mr. Cammish, master, and the Emulous, Mr. Wyal, master, had sunk to rise no more. Unfortunately, m os t of them have left families to deplore their fate, and none of the bodies have as yet been recovered. During the height of the storm a brig was seen by the Coast-guard Service near Cromer, in distress. She was about three miles from shore, and in about ten minutes she sank headforemost; the entire of the unfortunate crew, con sisting of six persons, perishing with her. At ni ne o'clock on Friday night, a vessel was run down in Grirnsby Roads, by a brig called the Prince Regent, of Sunder land. She proved to be a sloop named the John and Hannah's Endeavour, belonging to Wakefield, and the master and crew had a narrow escape from being drawn down by her, They all luckily reached the brig in safety. CORRESPON CE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPoori STANDARD SIR. —ll. trust tilt'; you will tie nil,. r,:at ; .s ur have iaserred 71 .ccond utter from Al r. E•ieoez, r I hop- you will allow nee to reply to it. Ido no , peen-nd to such an ahmaiktot knowledge ot the secrets ot ken head as he seevis to poss,Ns ; nut 1 'if) lay elairti to the possession of cainroon sense, and I am ti.ank!ut to say that there is tin lack of that va.uarde coo.roodity on our side of the waier, as our saying.,, and doings so :admirably declare. Mr. Jones may am-er as he pleas.fs abo it. B.r kenhead extending to the Weaver; but, sir, no o,an living can tell what Birkenhead (or Port. Jacks o n, if y ou like it better) may one day become. It is &stifled to be the second town in the empire, and no mistake; and it will be at once a great seaport—a great watering-place— a great northern metropolis—a great manufacturing town —and especially celebrated as a place of issue, both paper istic and otherwise. Mr. Jones seems to make it some what mysterious that there was a real sovereign paid as a deposit for land a short time ago : but it was a fact never theless : and out of the 2,641 sales by contract which took place within my knowledge, the week after the dock scheme came out, I know that more than 100 sovereigns changed hands on that lively occasion. Why, sir, land at Birkenhead is dirt cheap. Mr. Jones himself may buy on a promissory note thousands of yards from Mr. Smith (not me); Mr. Smith has bought from Mr. Wig gins, the latter from Mr. Tupp. Mr. Tupp from Mr. Graball, and Mr. Graball from Mr. Quashy, and so on. And what is the best touch of all, and quite in character with a young and flourishing community—it 's all on credit !!! And as some people in this world never mean to pay, some can't pay, and others won't pay, it is as clear as mud that in the long run a good deal of land will be had for nothing • and if that is not cheap, I'm a Dutch. man. Now, sir, Mr. Jonts says it is whispered that there is to be a second line of railway to Chester. Why, that's no news! Everybody here knows, that when our 97-acre dock is made, two railways will not be sufficient for us. The railway now in use is so crowded, that it becomes a matter of necessity to have a second line; and as we al ways look far ahead, it will be better to make it now than when our town becomes a dense mass of buildings up to Eastham ; and as it will be shortly proposed at a commis sioners' meeting, nobody can doubt that when the ques tion is put the ayes will have it. Mr. Editor, I hope you do not set us down as tools or—anything else, at Bir kenhead; because you will find us anything but fools before long. Why, sir, a distinguished member of the Wirrall Agricultural Society has discovered a new de scription of turnip, which will only grow in swamps. It is called the Turnip:ea Munchatgeniana, from the beauti ful flower which it puts out ; and a celebrated financier has shown, by the most unerring calculation, that swampy land valued at 30s. per yard, if set with this wonderful vegetable, will produce 14i per cent.; and you would be surprised how that description of land is run after, since so wonderful a discovery was made. An estate that some years ago was only valued at £ll,OOO. is now said to be worth two millions; and one or two of our great landed proprietors will be in a condition to make a bid at Eaton or Chatsworth, when they are put up to auction ! And then our docks! Ye Liverpool noodles of the Council! do ye think that we are going to pay you TOWN DIES? Do you think we are going to be saddled with your land by public auction? Blessings on thy black eyes Dicky Shiel, who put a stop to the power ot the Finance Committee to sell their land. Thou didst wallop the corporate estate to some tune by thy wise motion, and we of Birkenhead thank thee, but we do not intend to be caught. And ye old ladies of the Dock Committee, do you suppose that we don't know what we are doing; We will lay a heavy duty on all ships coming into the Port Jackson Docks, but not on the goods; we will saddle you with the coast ing trade, because it does not pay. We can get the land of the Pool for nothing, because we have got on the blind side of the Woods and Forests • and, although Joe h a s come back from London—and, although old Hartley has valued the Pool at 400 times the value of Cubitt, we shall keep the game alive, and go a-head. I had intended to reply to other points of Mr. Jones's letter, but I have 3 or 400 contracts for land to sign; and if Mr. Jones should again presume to write on great affairs which he has not mind enough to comprehend, I shall certainly return to the charge. To shew you, Mr. Editor, that we live in no ordinary times, I subjoin you a prospectus, which has just been put out here •, and I am happy to tell you that the share list is fast filling up, and the scheme is as certain, in my opinion, to be carried out as our docks are. Let envious people, therefore, talk as they please about dock bubbles, joint stock bubbles, kite flying, time bargains and Birkenhead options. Let them preach about their experience, and warn you, like witches, about panics,- 1825—land slips. and all that nonsense. Sir, a thing is worth what we can make it worth, and I am of opinion that the celebreed Montague Tigg, Esq., was correct, when he was asked what the capital of the Anglo-Benga lee Life Assurance Company was to be, he replied, the figure 2, and as many 000's as the printer could get in the same line. You needn't tell it again, Mr. Editor, but there is no place in the world where there are more "smart" men than at Birkenhead. considering its popu losity, and no people on this side Kentucky know better than they do, that 9-10ths of mankind are governed by humbug, and that if you can divert mens' attention, it is a very easy thing to pick their—brains? I am, sir, Your obedient servant, ZEPHANIAH SMITH. Birkenhead, March 41h, 1844. PROSPECTUS OF THE NEW ANGLO-HIBER NIC DOCK AND LAND COMPANY. Capital, £200,000,000, in 200 Shares of one million each. It must be confessed by all who have studied human nature in connexion with trade, that selfishness and per. sonal aggrandisement form no part of the character of the majority of public men. Hence arises those various plans and gigantic schemes which never fail to amaze mankind by their boldness, which are carried out in disinterested ness; and hence arises that patriotic feeling which is so admirable in itself, and which carries away captive the best principles of our nature. To give to the world a still further proof that there are men of lofty and vigorous minds who are willing to make "enormous sacrifices" for the benefit of their countrymen, and to provide for that great increased trade which, in the course of a few cen turies, must accrue to Great Britain and Ireland, a pro posal is now made which will have the effect of raising the value of land in all parts of the empire, and which will entitle its originators to a conspicuous place in the Temple of Fame. It has been long admitted that the erection of docks within such paltry rivers as the Mersey, the Thames, and the S vcrn, was a palpable otis ake, and utterly useless for the purposes of commerce. A number of spirited in dividuals have therefore erected themselves into Pro visional Commissioners, pro. tern., and submit to the capitalists of the country (they being landowners only themselves) the following magnificent scheme:— let. It is proposed to build a sea wall from Dundrum Bay to the Calf of Man, and from Ramsay Bay to St. B es head ; and also to run an embankment from Donaghailee to Ihe Mull of Galloway. By this means a large upper Poll will be formed for the double purpose of discharging river craft, and also for cleansing and scouring the great dock. 2(1. To carry a sea wall from Sr. David's head, in Pem brokeshire, to the Hook, on the Irish coast; having a large entrance harbour capacious enough to accommodate the whole navy of Great Britain, with flood-gates suffi ciently strong to resist the roll of the sea from the Bay of Biscay, and which gates are to open and shut on a new system of electrical motion, for which a patent is about to be taken ow. This plan, so comprehensive in its nature, , nd so easy of accomplishment, will give a floating dock of 31,644,2361 acres, and an upper pool of 11.943,9874 acres, which, together, it is confidently supposed, will be the most spacious dock space in the univers. To cleanse out the docks it is proposed to make two culverts with large cloves, one to run diagonally across Ireland from the upper pool, and to be turned into the Shannon at Athlone; and the other to he carried across England, and discharged into the Humber. By this ingenious method, the whole water of the northern sea can be made available at any time for scouring purposes ; and when not required, it will run through the culverts in question, and will at one and the same time render the Shannon navigable, and will also wash away all the sand banks at the mouth of the Humber. 3d. It is intended to give to alI the owners of land on the margin of the dock, permission to carry out walls, sct as to enclose and ,make .available the space between the present margin and [bewails awl:milt% Vessels may then 'lie alongside ofaaverymanNi premises ; and it is confidently calculated that, the • seine atft , theilaid:Air.tia gained will be more than double4the !ease ciflaraptinigthe walls. , -.l l l'glanctr a; the map of England will convince the most sceptical, that if a sea-wall was bUilt from the Rock light-house to Almwich-point, in the Isle of Anglesey, and again, from Braich-y-Irwell-head, in Carnarvonshire, to Llangwnda, in Pembroke, that a very large piece of land would be obtained, which might be tendered available for iron ship builders, manufacturers, and others—or it might be dis posed of most advantageously. The Isle of Man being in the centre of the dock, presents a favourable site for bonded warehouses; and spacious gunpowd e r s t ores are to be formed on the Calf of Man, so that, if there is any blow up, no mischief can occur. 4th. It is intended there shall be floating railways across the dock, which are to be all lighted with gas, and the various lighthouses along the coast are to be ornamented by the Trinity Board, so as to form elegant lamps for lighting the quays of the intended docks. It will be satis factory to capitalists to kuow . that all the great land holders are eminently favourable to the undertaking, and that already has much land changed hands, at surprising prices, in anticipation,ot _future benefits. It may also be well to state that borings' hive been made, and the bottom is found to be rock throughout, with the exception of one portion, of not more than 'twenty miles in extent, and where piles will have to be used. Designs have been obtained from an eminent engineer, who has made a correct estimate of the cost of the works, and the Provisional Commissioners are happy in being able to state that two eminent contractors have offered to execute the work at the engineer's estimate, and to receive payment in Com • missioners' bonds. The Admiralty have declared them selves favourable to the scheme, and it is generally believed that Government intend to apply a portion of the surplus revenue of last year in furtherance of the work. An able solicitor is now in London procuring an act of Parlia ment for the formation of the company ; and as a wealthy and spirited individual, on the shores of ae undertaking, has already secured gas and water works for the next 75 years, it is his intention to present the gas for lighting the floating railway, and also the fresh water for the manu facture of grog for the crews, in the most liberal and praiseworthy manner. As there can be no doubt whatever of the success of the scheme, and as it has already caused an increase in the value of the land along the Welch and Irish coasts of, in marry instances. 2560 per cent., and as the new land to be formed out of the excavations, and also by levelling down the Mourne mountains,. Snowdon, Caller Idris, Pttiman- Maw' Aid mole iltau repay the entire cost of the works, it is earne•oly rernoire,ended that iinrne iiate appli cation be made r;a- share., which have purpo,ely been 111 de tar to to cxci u i s I.y. ma y. haw,cor, hr pg.ramitred to parclias, much tarki AS' they C:lo.3tir cm Ire so re, of the c • ,, empla - ed dock 3, and whirh fearlessly se' ure in any cx!elit, and at any price. Further particulars will be isru-1 in a few days. and appl , eatiuti for shares mat now i,e made to * * * * * [Here the MS. is so rkfective that we cannot make out the names.] --- DOCK COM M ITTEE.-THURSDAY. Present—Messrs. Moore. Barclay.)Hno,lEt,vaMnso,lyAniekuitx): Holmes, ptu Trota. Rovden, Tthi Kendall, Ripley, Nicol, and Holley. The returns of dock and light dues for vessels entering the port of Runcorn for the last month, was stated to be £4B 9s. 9d„ on 168 vessels and 9519 tons—this sum being an increase of £2) as compared with the corresponding period of last year. A letter from fonr carrying companies, rerpesting ex clusive berths for their vessels in two of the docks, was referted to the Harbour Ma,sters Sub-committee. The CHAIRMAN said the next business was as to the purchase of the !and and strand, from the Corporation,at the north end. Last week the subject had been kept private , • but they had now the answer from th e Fi nance Committee, and he wished to know whether the subject should be taken into consideration then, or be deferred till the reporters had retired. Different opinions having been expressed by the mem bers, Mr. ATKIN remarked that they bad better have the an. swer read, and discuss the matter, and if it were found desirable not to have it published, perhaps the reporters would not take any notice of it. Mr. EVANS did not like tampering with the reporters in that way, asking them to leave this out and put that in. especially as he had reason to believe that part of the dis cussion had been withheld at the request of parties. Be sides, he did not see why the reporters should individually be put into the secrets of the Dock Committee. The CHAIRMAN did not think any individual had urged the suppression of any part of the discussions. Mr. EVANS said he had found oftener than once a very curtailed account of the discussions, and the curtailment appeared to be a good deal on the one side of the question ; therefore, it occurred to him that there was some influence or other exerted with the reporters, in order that they suppress or enlarge it, but he did not mean to make any charge against any individual. The CHAIRMAN did not think that any individual would take the trouble to ask for a suppression. Mr. TourN said he found there wal a good deal sup pressed, but he did not think there was more suppressed on the one side than the other. The CHAIRMAN said the reporters must necessarily condense a great deal to get the matter into their papers. Here the subject dropped, it being understood that the discussion as to the purchase was to come on after the withdrawal of the reporters. Mr. RIPLEY said he had been informed by Mr. Jack son, that the Dock Solicitor had opposed the Wallasey Dock Bill bn the standing orders. The. CHAIRMAN replied that the solicitor had not done so, and that the bill had not been opposed. At the suggestion of Mr. AIKIN, copies of the bill were ordered to be provided for each member of the com mittee. Mr. AixiN said he had been informed by Captain Saars field, of the Post-office packets, that, in coming into port on Wednesday morning, he found the Point of Ayr light so much stronger to the westward, that, if he had not been well acquainted with the bearings, he might have mistaken it for the north-west light ship. It was stated that the light. which was a new one, had been placed there by the Trinity Board, and ul•imately the subject was left to the Marine Surveyor's Sub- Committee to draw the attention of the proper parties to it. The committee then proceeded to the remaining sub jects on the paper—the purchw , e of the land and strand at the north, and the communication between the docks and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ; but before they did sn, the reporters were informed that the who!e of the gene ral business had been transacted, and of course they with drew. RIOTING AT ST. HELEN'S. (From the Manchester Guardian) It is well known that several thousand colliers have for the last five weeks been idle in St. Helen's and the neigh bourhood, in consequence of a strike for wages. The coalmasters have made efforts to replace them with men who would work at the former wages; arid on Monday evening last a party of the county police, stationed at St. Helen's, proceeded to near liuncorn, for the purpose of escorting to the former place a party of Welch colliers who had been engaged by the masters. The arrival of these " knobsticks," as they were called, soon be.'atne known to the turn-outs, who mustered on Tuesday nio-n -ing to the number of probably 1000, with the intention of preventing them from commencing work. A:tout eleven o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, eight of the county con stabulary were escorting a party of about thirty of these Welch colliers on their way to the Broad Oak Colliery of Messrs. Burns and Robinson, and when about a mile from the colliery, at a place called Smithy Brow, they were attacked by a mob of turn outs, about 1000 strong, who assailed them with stones, brickbats, and wrier missiles, severely hurting several of the police. A brit kb,lt struck Police-constable Green on the back of the head, inflicting a severe contusion, and Serjeant Black had one band completely disabled. by a blow from some missile. The small number of the police prevented their making any effectual resistance to the nnrribers opposed to them, and the " knobsticks" were taken from their care, and escorted by the turn-outs back to St. Helen's, where they were conducted to the house of call of the turn-outs, arid their club-house, a retail beer-shop, kept by a colliery under looker named George Huyton, where they were detained about two hours, supplied with refreshment, arid then, being prevailed on by the threats and intimidation of the turn-outs, they agreed to leave the town, and were escorted by some few of the turn-outs as far as Prescot, on their way back to Liverpool. About noon, arid during the sittingof the magiorates in the court-room at St. Helen's, a roan named Platt was recognised in court, by some of the county constabulary, as one who had been active in the attack on their force, about an hour before, and as having been seen throwing stones. He was accordingly apprehended, and, having been brought before Mr. Earle and other magistrate s, he was c tmenitted for trial at the n: xt Kirkdale sessions. The constables in attendance were cond cling this man to the lock-up of the station-Louse, which is beneath the court-room, when, while passing in front of the bui:ding in the mat Is et-place, they were attacked by a crowd, con ' sitting chiefly of turn-out colliers, arid the prisoner was rescued, and got clear off, the constables receiving some severe blows in the affray. Between two and three o'clock Serjeant Brandwood and Police-constable Green, observing a man named Leyland passing along the Market-place, who had been very active during the first attack on the police at Smithy Brow, they seized bin, and Superintendent Storey, the officer in command of the force at St. Helen's, hearing the noise, came out of the court-reorn without his hat, and also laid hold of Leyland, when an attack was instantiv'made on the police, and a large blue whinstone was throwr, and struck Superintendent Storey with considerable force on the forehead. He became insensible, and must have fallen, but he was caught in the arms of some of the ' constables, and was conveyed into the station-house. The police received severa l severe b lows from heavy missiles, and were at length compelled to let the prisoner go. One man, named Wynn, who was active in attempt ing to rescue Leyland, was seized by Police-constable Green, and they fell to the ground together; but Green was ultimately obliged to relinquish his hold and seek shelter. Others of the county police succeeded in cap turing three of the turn-outs, named Periketh, Knowles,. and M`Donough, (the last na me d an I r i s h man ,) a ll of whom were brought up before the sitting magistrates, and identified as having taken a pro m i n e n t p ar t i n th ese riot ous proceedings, and they were all committed for trial at the next Kit kdale Sessions. Several others were also captured, but, with the exception of the three just named, they were all rescued before they could be lodged in the station-house ; and, towards three o'clock, the appearance of things became so threatening that Mr. Johnson, a coal proprietor, and Mr. Sinclair, overlooker of the Sr. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway, proceeded along that line, and by a train to Manchester, in order to obtain. some. troops to preserve the peace of the place. The:usual force -of the county constabulary stationed at St—fleletes.is only 11 men ; but in consequence of the turn-out this force has been for some time doubled ; and, we believe, the total force in the place on Tuesday consisted of Superintendent Storey and 22 police constables. Of course these were wholly unable effectually to oppose a riotous mob of at least 1000 men, and it was deemed desirable to call in the ' aid of the military. On their arrival in Manchester Messrs. Johnson and Sinclair proceeded at once to the police-office, but neither Captain Willis, chief constable, nor Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent, was then in the way, and having inquired of the clerks to whom they should apply for troops, they were directed to the residence of Colonel Wemyss, the assistant adjutant general of the northern district, in Smedley-lane, Cheeth am . Colonel Wemyss accompanied them to the infantry barracks, Regent-road, Salford, and directed that a party of the troops stationed_ there should proceed by railway forthwith to St. Helen's. We believe portions of three infantry regiments are now stationed in the Regent-road barracks, the 32d, the 67th, and the 70th ; and we are told that about seventy rank and file of the 67th Regiment marched from the barracks to the Liverpool Railway Station, and were thence despatched t o S t. He len's, by the orders of Colon!l Wemyss, by a special train of four carriages, accompanied by Messrs. Johnson and Sinclair. When our account left St. Helen's th ey were seen on the branch railway about a mile from th at pl ace . Up to eight o'clock last evening all remained quiet, and beyond the outrages already noticed, no violence, so fares we can learn, had up to that hour been offered either to person or propert9. THE LATE RACE BETWEEN EASTRAM AND ETCHELLS. —This match, which came off last w ee k b ut one, at Belle vue, and which ended i n a dispute, is fixed to be run over again on Thursday, May 23rd, at the Old Roan Inn, near Aintree race-course, each party adding £5O to the present deposit of £25 a-side. It will be for 220 yards. MATCH AGAINST TIME. --OH Monday last, Mr. Thomas Cross, shoemaker, of Birkenhead, undertook for a wager to walk from Chester to Birkenhead, a distance of 16 miles, in three hours and a half, which task he ac complished in about five minutes within the time, not withstanding the unfavo urable we a th er . Wh en h e " came in," he was rece i ved w ith loud cheers by a large crowd who had assembled to greet him. EXPENSIVE FIRE IN Ai The most destructive conflagration with Man e.hest.-r has teen visited for some Te. , r• hrek- t.ut, after Qtx o'el,ielc. in George-sre-f, that aputars, that, about the niorioni T , of Saturday last. town, on the :war trroi imied, a smoke and flacees were. discovered by -owr joiners and other persons in the enihtig and mend ing ro.ir in the basement story of Mr. Wiliiarn Bryan's mot-house, No. 9, George street. The alarm was quickly spread ; and, before notch time had elapsed all the eight Manchester engines, and one of the Salford engines, were on the spot. When Mr. Rose arrived, the flames were rushing out of the windows of the warehouse of Messrs. Nelson, Knowles, and Co.; and they had also extended to the back of a pile of buildings in Pine-street. Four of the engines were got into working order within ten minutes after their arrival; but, although there were crowds as sembled, the terrific appearance of the flames by this time d-terred men from volunteering to work the engines and Mr. Rose found it necessary to send to the police office, for the soldiers to take this duty. Mr. Rose, jun., also despatched a messenger to the infantry barracks on the same errand • and several companies of the 32nd, and, we believe, also, of sow her regiment, were sent in succession, some with their arms to guard the property and to keep the streets clear, and others to assist at the engines and in removing the piece goods to places of safety. There was a fresh breeze (W. by S.) which car ried the flames towards York -street, and the whole of the great pile or block of buildings in which the fire originated was speedily enveloped in flames. The rapidity of the conflagration was the result of the construction of these warehouse s , which wer e b u il t on l y a f ew years ago. All the outer walls, and, indeed, most of the walls of the various floors, were lined inside with wood ; every ware house had its well-hole, and the whole were too much connected in the attic stories and roofs ; so that when the fire reached the top of one warehouse, to which it speedily ascended by the well-hole, having made Its way to the timber of the roof, it was carried by. the breeze, like wildfire, along the whole range. Mr. Rose soon saw that it was hopeless to attempt to save any portion of this block, of which the roofs fell in as early as half-past six o'clock, continuing till about seven o,clock ; and, from that time, therefore, he directed his attention chiefly to the surrounding warehouses, which, at various points, were repeatedly on fire, and several of them in the most imminent danger. The block of buildings thus destroyed is bounded on the northerly end by York -street, on the westerly side by George-street, on the easterly side by Pine -street, and on the southerly side by Chain-street amid St. James's Churchyard. This block of warehouses was about sixty yards (twenty-four windows) in length, by forty yards (thirteen windows) in width, and was of uniform height, comprising seven stories above the ground and a base went story. The entire pile was erected only a few years ago by the Rev. James Taylor; but we believe it had ceased to be his property. The warehouses fronting George-street were numbered as follows :—No. 7, that of Mr. Charles Townend, merchant ; No. 9, Mr. William Bryan, merchant ; No. 11, : Messrs. Nelson, Knowles. and Co., calico-printers; No. 13, Mr. Samuel Giles, calico and mousseline-de-laine printer and commission-agent; No. 15, Mr. George Dewhurst, commission-agent. At the end of the block. fronting York-stieet, were the entrar.ces to the warehouses of Messrs. Ainsworth and Hilton, silk manufacturers, No. 32, York-street; and No. 34, Messrs Virinkworth and P rocters, silk manufacturers, (corner of York.iteeet and Pine-street.) Below this, i n the basement story, Was the warehouse of Messrs. Milne, Travis, and Millie; but, feetunately for them, they had removed only the preceding day to Moult street. Under the warehouse of Mr. Charles Townend, in the base.. ment story, was that of Messrs. Joseph Thompson and Sons, cotton spinners and manufacturers. In York -street, at the opposite corner of Pine -street to Winkworth anu Procter's, is the warehouse of Messrs. John and Francis Makin and Co., silk-manufacturers. This was on fire, and has sustained some damage; but, by the exertions of the firemen, the flames were extin guished, and most of tin goods were got out. The next warehouse to it, that of Messrs. Joshua Le Mare & Sons, silk-manufacturers, was also damaged, and the goods were all removed, as the danger was at one time conside rable. At tae back of the block, in Pine -street, was the warehouse of Messrs. Amschel, Tobler. and Co., mer chants. This, we believe, is almost wholly destroyed, as, indeed, are all the warehouses in the same block. On the opposite side of George-street, opposite the warehouse of Mr. Charles Townend, is a warehouse at present un occupied, but recently taken by Messrs. Wright and Lee, and in which the joiners were at work ; but, we believe, it contained no stock. It repeatedly caught fire, from the great body of flames issuing from Mr Townend's ware house; but, with great exertions, the firemen were ena bled to prevent the flames from doing it much injury. Owing to the direction of the wind, the warehouse of Messrs. Henry Bannerman and Sons, 43, York-street, notwithstanding the great width of that street, was in the most imminent danger. The wooden cornice of the roof was repeatedly in flames, as were several of the window frames in different stories. The wind drove the flaming fragments of timber and of cotton goods from the burning pile directly upon the roof of this warehouse; and, had it not been for the constant and vig , lant attention of Mr. Rose and of the firemen, there can be little doubt that the whole of this pile, which, though only five stories, was of equal height with the seven-story block which is destroyed, would also have been in flames. In all pro bability the damage to this warehouse will be inconside rable, beyond that arising from time water upon the floors, so far as the goods are concerned. About ten - minutes after eight o'clock the flames were ranging with so much fury at the end next the church, and also from the upper stories of Mr. Dewhurst's warehouse, No. 15, George-street, that the intense heat cracked the windows of warehouses on the other side of the street, and one branchman was constantly employed in throwing water on the fronts of those buildings, to keep them cool. The walls, and even the internal window-shutters in the upper floor of the Literary and Philosophical Society's rooms, were quite hot ; and, at the door of that house, the heat was so intense as to scorch the cheeks of persons standing there. Between this time and nine o'clock, great portion s of the external wall of the blazing pile next George -street fell at intervals, some inward and others outwards, so as almost to block up that street. From an early period of the fire the contiguous church yard of St. James's was used as a temporary deposit for the goods, as they were thrown out of the different ware houses. At eleven o'clock all danger to the surrounding pro perty was at an end. The 'limes were then quite sub dued ; and the workmen were engaged in pulling down such portions of the walls as, from their warped state, threatened to fall. At the lowest computation, including both the buildings and the stocks which have been con sumed, there cannot be a less amount of property de.. stroyed than to the extent of £100,000; but we fear this sum will be very much under the amount, for we have heard of three or four firms, who are said to be insured in the West of England, the Phoenix, Royal Exchange. and Imperial Offices, £5,000 in each, besides other:, making the total amount of their insurance about £30,000. Mr. Charles Towneud is also said to be insured in the County, the Yorkshire, the Pi oenix, and the West of England, with others, in all to the extent of £30,000. Mr. Wm. Bryan, we are informed, is insured to the same atrount, of which £2,000 is in the Alliance Office. Messrs. Nel son, Knowles, and Co. are insured, but we have not heard in what office. We have not been able to learn whether Mr. Giles, Mr. Dewhurst, or Messrs. J. and F. Makin are insured. The buildings are said to be insured. Although some days may perhaps elapse before the amount for which the several firms are insured can be as certained with accuracy, the following is said to be a cor rect statement of the loss to each of the insurance-offices. The statement is as follows:—Alliance, A;17,000; Impe ;44ll. 13,800; Atlas, £9,000; West of England, £9,000; Phoenix, £8,000; Manchester, £8 COO; Scottish Union, £8,000; Sun, £6,000; Norwich Union, £6.000; Cale donian, £6,000; Royal Exchange. £5,000; County, £5,000; North British, £5.300 ; London, £4,000; Globe, £3,000; and Leeds and Yorkshire, £3,000; making a total of £116,100. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.—An old stranger in the practice of robbing wrecks on the Cheshire coast, had contrived to get a puncheon of rum on shore, and with great caution had it conveyed to his own dwelling, and placed it in his yard under some stale dung and other manure. He had flattered himself that it was perfectly safe, as not an individual but his own son had assisted him, or had the slightest knowledge of the theft, or the place of concealment. After a few days, finding every thing quiet, he resorted to hi s b oo ty f or t h e purpose o f drawing off some for sale. The cask was safe in the po sition in which he had left it ; but, diamond cut diamond, the Bon had robbed his father of the rum in the night, and disposed of it to his own advantage. FlRE.—About half-past seven o'clock on Friday even ine, a fire broke out in a joiner's shop in Wood-street, Tosteth-park. The owner is a person of the name of Smith, and the shop was occupied by a Mr. Whittaker. Underneath the shops there was a coal vault, and a place which was used as a sort of varnish manufactory, by Mr. James Carefoot. The flames speedily communicated with the vault and varnish manufactory, and completely gutted the whole of the premises. There were three engines speedily on the spot, and those were vigorously worked for about the space of three hours, although the supply of water was at first rather scanty. The premises were in sured in the Phoenix Office for £1,000; but the stock, about £lOO worth of which was totally destroyed, was uninsured. RUNNING AWAY FROM THE WORKHOUSE.—On Wed nesday last, a pauper named Hassall, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged under the following circumstances It appeared the prisoner had been sent on business to the new building at Kirkdale, about three weeks ago, and did not return ; he had on, at the time, the parish dress, the taking away of which was the cause of his apprehension, Mr. Lowndes, who attended on behalf of the parish, re ferred to the act of parliament on the subject, which set forth, that if a person was found with the clothes on him, it should be evidence of the fact of running away. It was also stated by Galloway that the prisoner had been in formed when he got shoes, that they were to be returned when he left the house. Mr. Rushton said he knew of no law to compel a pauper to come back when he was sent out, and the man could not go naked. Mr. Lowndes ob. served that he had no right to leave in the parish clothes. Mr. Rushton said he knew the state of the law, and he would administer it in the most humane manner possible, under the present circumstances. The person who. keeps the storehouse ought to tell the paupers the clothes be longed to the parish, and that when they left they must be supplied with others—it ought to be printed on a large placard, and posted up in the clothes-room. He said the statement of Galloway, with regard to the shoes, had cer htoe bweeiumld thaai v n e l yd isc e a d r g t e h d e t c h a e s e p r a i s l o i t n t e l e r ,. a He n d b was t a s fo o r r d t e h r a e t d prisoned seven days.