The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

March 19, 1844. GENERAL MISCELLANY. -the New R oya l Exchange, London, will, it is said, be opened in June. faa n d t There i s no truth in the story of coins having been aChatsworth to the amount of ten thousand Pounds. —Sun. a „ On Saturday last. at B ra df or d, s i x persons were kill e d horse power. Y the bursting of the b o il er o f a s t eam - eng i ne o f twenty there D uring the l as t wee k , i n the Manchester cattle market, were exhibited a number of very prime beasts brought from the vicinity of London ! It is stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined to carry out his principle, that ll cavalry regiments, light and he avy, shall take the turn a of East India daty. thLonor tolife British Museum are now to be found nine 1e k volumes entirely composed of title-pages ; the col them. which destroyed thousands of volumes to obtain rAt a church in Greenock, on Sunday week, " the ape rs of , the c ongregat i on were requeste d f or t h e Etlin tillgu and Glas gow R a il way di rectors, an d a bl ess i ng on e oPPonents of Sunday travelling." PaThe Stamford M ercury i s one o f t h e o ld es t newspa rs ill Gre 'oolt ae, and ,at Britain. It h as now reac h e d its 1-19th 1 695, consequently, must have originated in confin e On Tuesday l ast, E dward Relph, a prisoner who waa w d in Appleby Gaol for poaching, was killed by the tuhreinegl of is the treadmill striking him on the head and frac skull. °ll Friday Covent-garden market exhibited a supply of strawberries, French beans, hothouse grapes, asparagus, cucumbers, roses, pinks, tulips, and other rare produc tions, never exceeded at this early season. Brazil EX TRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, the finaersessbionrVvon'ogbna,bwell's menagerie, staying a few days at gave birth to two fine cull On Muss -44 nurse the cubs were placed under the care of a arse of the terrier breed. Lord m at a n rt cl iik eid bai r yn f r P e th was in York on Wednesday, and at uoalaisisize courts. His lordship is looking re iiS lordship was to preside on Saturday, Society. Inner of the St. Patrick's Benevolent -FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.—TaIbot Clifton, Esq., one of the First Life Guards, eldest son of T. Clifton, Esq., of Lytham-hall, Lancashi re , is about to lead to the hyme neal alt ar t h e beautiful and accomplished Miss Lowther, eldest daughte r o f the Hon. Colonel an d L a d y L ucy ea st Lowther.—Morning Post. . w . I ',HE LATE ROBERT PHILIPS, ESQ.---It is with regret .. e . ", u ,ave to announce the death of Robert Philips, Esq., e °.rss; the eveni of the 14th . instant, at his residence, th Park, near Manchester, in his 84th year. Mostofour reade rs will be aware that he was the father of Mark Philips, one of the members fur Manchester. s ri l i k Man, for a wager, appeared in Spalding mar . ket,.l b as d t te -es daY, with a paper on his back, on which was insc l r ia r r e .,, ;me wordsappearßorts, Whaplode, common aatt s o a l i b d ea t o h b at , o h n e 's y t Ward of a s overeig i n T f h o ou r r ir d i p s ay fo , folly.—Stamford receive ferci t , h ry e re - of weAekL,LEtrGnEeD, BRIBERY.—At the Durham assizes, last Wilkinson bsoililisoitwo•errse ofo übid or a i g th a m in , st Mr. Ward and Mr. agents for Lord Dun last, for having a'id `h head money", on the Bth May Ida_eseftei,nadfatenrtstlire election of is lordship for that city. The I mmediately surrendered, and gave bail to take their trial at the next Durham (summer) assizes. a p s ro r ee hS eC k li n n osMORNING.— On Monday morning, suddenly • a man about fifty-six years of age, was g with his intended across Hampton Common, on the wyafyaktoengeint ma arried at Rodborough Church, he was could nstat he fit, and died before medical assistance instantaneous ;in fact, his death must have been Cho_ . .as he never spoke after the seizure.— enuam Examiner. °ll An in quest was recent l y h eld at Cassop, near N ewcast l e, 4 . v iew' of the body of Israel Fagg, years, who on bland °llda Y morning had drank about two ' wine glasses of t fro m a ale bottle which stood in the room in which he medical al aild from the effects of which, notwithstanding folio assistance was diligently rendered, he died the • folios Morning. The jury returned a verdict accord ingly. ..„At the assizes at Aylesbury last week, the Rev. John ll u aY, clerk, was indicted for maliciously wounding and I , fl ing seven sheep that had trespassed on his premises. earY acquitted him of malice, and the defendant was an atged with an admonition from the presiding judge, ord Binger , to apply so m e p or ti on o f hi s ti me i n acqui rights of rin g some h knowled e of the laws of his country and the is neielib g our. w i i uituon AT NEWCASTLE.—On Thursday last a . poor "ab, aged fifty-two, the wife of Mark Sherwood, l g mangled, residing at Newcastle, was found k l n dead on pen the floor of her house, with her throat shockingly mangled, a pain_ several other wounds on her evidencebodyaml before she was bereft of ful struggle having taken place the murderer. life. The husband, a drunken be brutal individual, who used Lis wife very ill, is believed to GENUINE B E NEVOLENCE. — The s l'he Rev. D. W. Marks, Synagogue of British Jews, minister of the West L Las received w it . h n i i n tia t l h s u e last few days from a Christian " X. Y. Z.," for distribution to lady, under the the Jewish p00r, 1 150 thick coverings for beds, 50 pairs of stockings, and 25 pairs of sheets. The same benevolent lady forwarded to Mr. Alarks about this time last year, for a similar purpose, 50 coverlets, 100 flannel petticoats, and 200 pairs of stockings. A public meeting, at which Mr. Oastler was the star, vas held in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Wed nesday evening, in favour of a ten hours factory bill for all Persons above ten years old, the exclusion of children tiluder that age, and the limitation of the hours of labour bl e ,. e allug persons between thirteen and twenty-one to ten W ee ' uatt for five days of the week, and eight on Saturday. I,,,Trrtgv•St the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings l'inaii," e Bev. C. D. Wray, the sub dean, Rev. W. l'isetttn, and other clergymen. ly •e o a e.h. ,litap BRIDGE.—At noon on Wednesday e" r igle a s — e, broke out in the stock room of Messrs. Jas. ftwa'h,a Son's paper mill, at Heap Bridge, near Bury, th t he Bridge Hall Paper Mills. The hands had roof of! wor ks only a few seconds. About one-half of the got 1 2 the building fell, but in about an hour the fire was t ated " e Nothing is known as to how the fire oriel •t4,00(1 The damages are estimated at from £3,000 to and e"' ,iind we understand that Messrs. James Wrigley e s are insured to the full amount. the RAGE AFFAlR.—Another letter appeared in mail'?'rtes of Tuesday, relative to the female dressed in that . 8 , attire at Ashburne, Derbyshire, in which he states eati.‘ae mother of the unfortunate young woman was a says, "e of D erbyshire. "The individual in question," lie Vales, "has been travelling about England, Scotland, and t i a !les, for the last three years, and, by her artful con bei'Veeras to have engaged the intere?t of many in her h as f'o`...Wierever she went." From police information for th e s on that in many places she successfully passed n of the prime minister. af tir t i t s 4?r MEETING OF P ITMEN . —N ear l y 20 , 000 p it men Shad ow Dillict, members of the Miners Union, met on to co , on Sat ur d a y l as t, an d unanimously resolved c ontin ue Dept w and support their organization. M r . Mark sh e as in the chair. Among other decisions to which CO O mee ting Came, was one to the effect that they would elude no agreements with their employers, until after ()P arliam ent Glasgow conference of the 25th inst. A petition to of was adopted, praying that Mr. Ryan's plans f ventilation be considered that the use of wire ropes be prohibited ; that proper weighing machines he adopted ; and that wages be paid weekly.—Gateshead Observer. CHARGE OF MUUDER.—A man named Edward Butler, Was, on the 23rd ult, committed by the coroner of Tipton, io Staffordshire, to take his trial for the murder of his wife, a young woman, twenty-seven years old. The brute, while in a state of intoxication, beat and kicked her, as she sat with his child on her knee, with such violence that she died a few hours after, in great agony. The pri soner was tried at Stafford, on Wednesday last, before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. The judge, after remarking on the savage nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. Frut.--On Thursday night the building used as the depository of the Christian Knowledge Society, in liidg field, Manche s t er , was on lire. The floors of the build ing, which h is three stories i n h eight, were very much burnt, anthe greater part of the staircase was con sumed, but the flames did not reach the roof. The fire originated in a back room, which co n t a i ne d the most valuable portion of the stock of hooks, the w h o l e o f which are destroyed, together with the shelves and other fittings in the interior. It is not known how the fire originated. No one resided on the premises. The damage, including the stock and building, is said to be from £BOO to £lOOO. The stock is insured, but the building, which belongs to Mr. Edward Brown, is Hot insured. THE BRITISH Carrtc.—Next month the British Criti c is to be re-oroduced with a new title—namely, The _English .Review." The Review is to b e pl ace d under the charge of a n or i g i na l an d act i ve Tractarian— toun who seek s t o es t a bli s h c l a i ms on b ehalf of the English a „L li t' ,Ps and c l ergy, a l most id ent i cal with the powers as scri,V bY the Ro m i s h church, resting their claims on pi es r grounds, and supporting them by similar princi and area tor 6 ments. in a very brief and very unsatisfac has the church is spoken of as a female who e extract this p ro Pettus, a theory, and to whom fidelity is vowed. profession of fidelity :—" Fidelity to the s : etri nes, ritual, and episcopacy of our national church, "Vietheory SHE has _ eluding a desire to aid in carrying into practical effect placed before us, and a recognition of nirinterests and duties connecting us with other branches grin Universal church, will be the leading theological ' l e2Ple of the English Review. Ina : ,,TRO POLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—A meet tbe this Ass oc i a ti on was h e ld on Tuesday evening, at whiet ast ern Institution, in the Com merc i a l -roa d , upon roo t , O ccasion M r . S. C. H a ll occup i e d t h e chair. The g a r which i s a very l arge one, was crowded to excess, l adie s proportion of the audience were composed of tes a i t — Ihe object of the meeting was to show the ne earneY (i f the tradespeople closing their shops at a much resoh i r f . l imir than had been their custom. A series of end, I tlos, with a view of accomplishing this desirable G. swere proposed and seconded by Dr. Reid, Messrs. th and S. Davies, dissenting ministers, Mr. Ro berts and cater' t other influential persons, of whom ad- Sp take he cause in most energetic l eespches. Each tet e li p urged the great benefits in a moral, religious, and te sult -tu a. l Point of consideration, which could not but font "' t hose , young men and women who were _at pre "raPell r twel eu to attend either in shops or closed rooms el hati • ve ' s ixteen and even eighteen hours, a day, be an they halPe,tion to the lengthened drudgery under which Li peen in the habit of existing. SNOW IN SCOTLAND.—The severe weather of the last fortnight has been attended with a very heavy fall of snow i❑ Scotland. Nearly all the roads have been impassable from snow in the highlands ; and in Ayrshire and other parts of the west, the coaches have several times been forced to turn back. James Cooper, the well-known dri ver of the Glasgow and Carlisle roan, died at Glasgow last week, in consequence of the exhaustion produced by his exertions to bring along the mail from Carlisle. He suc ceeded in reaching Glasgow, after having been exposed for 17 hours beyond his usual time to bitter cold and great fatigue, but died an hour or two after he reached that city. REMARKABLE TROUT.—The largest fish of the above dascription taken from the Thames for some years past, was capeured by a gentleman on Friday last, whilst cast ing his line upon the waters of Hampton. This prodigi ous fish measured 2 feet 6 inches in length, and weighed 131 b. 2oz. The successful party submitted their prize to Mr. Groves, fishmonger at Charing-cross, for public in spection, with the artificial fly with which it was hooked infixed in the creature's mouth, cut off the line for that purpose. The class of fly it was captured with was that denominated by angler's the "red palmer." Had the above fish been in full season, it is considered by piscato rial judges that it would have reached the enormous weig lit of 151 b. THE COLLIERS IN THE POTTERY DISTRICT.—It iSeX pected that a considerable number of colliers will strike, or in other words, cease from work after this day (Satur day), in accordance to notice previously given to their re spective employers. The strike is under the direction of the National Union of Colliers, from whose fund, it is said, the turn-outs expect to he supported whilst they are out of work. The demand of the collier is, that the daily hours of labour be reduced from 10, 11, or 12, hours, to 8, and the days wages be 3s. in order, as it is affirmed, that there may not be so many men unemployed. The masters generally, we are told are determined to resist this demand. A large meeting of colliers at which about 1,500 persons were present, was held in the field of Tuns tall, on Thursday afternoon. it was also stated by one of the speakers, that the consolidated union now consisted of 100,000 members ; and that in the district of North Staffordshire there were 4,000 persons belonging to it. There are Military stationed in the district, and others at hand.—Shropshire Advertiser. ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO.—The excise authorities, under the immediate direction of the hon. chairman, Mr. Wood, have recently been very active in putting down the adulteration of tobacco by special inspections, and prompt prosecution and conviction when the frauds have been detected. The following cases have been brought before the local judicial authorities, within the last few weeks, and the parties have been fined in the sums named —viz., Mr. Tickle, of Bolton, £150; Mr. Laffer, of Liver pool. £3OO ; Messrs. Nichols and Gough of Chester, £300; Messrs. Wood and Son, of Doncaster £150; Messrs. Garton, of Lincoln, £250; Messrs. Gamble, of Gains borough, £6OO. The case at Gainsborough, last referred to, occupied the magistrates the whole of Thursday and Friday last . and was conducted by Dr. Bateman, of Lon don, for the excise; and Mr. Cartwright, of Bawtry, for the defence. One of the witnesses for the Crown was Professor Graham, of the London University, was proof of the analysis of the adulterated tobacco was complete and conclusive. HURRICANE AT GLASGOW AND THE NElGHBOUR noon.—Glasgow and the neighbouring country were visited with a hurricane on Saturday morning week. It began about seven o'clock, was at its height about nine, had moderated at eleven, and with occasional gusts gra dually subsided : at five in the afternoon the weather was beautifully clear and serene. During the height of the storm persons were raised from the ground and violently thrown down ; chimney pots were strewn about in all di rections ; the roof of a house in the suburb of Tradeston was blown off ; the roof of a church in Duke-street (Mr. Graham's) was forced in ; and the shipping suffered much damage. At Paisley, a tall chimney at the shawl manu factory of Messrs. Robert M'Arthur and Co., 130 feet high, was broken in half, carrying away in its fall a build ing three stories high, and another one story high. Two children in the highest story were thrown out unhurt; three persons saved themselves by clinging to a part of the wall that remained standing ; but one woman was hurt and another was killed. The storm was also felt in Edinburgh, but less severely. SEIZURE UNDER THE INCOME TAX.—The firm of Messrs. Fielden Brothers having returned their profits as nil for the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, during which years, instead of making anything, they suffered severe losses, having been surcharged to the amount of £350, being 7d. in the pound, on an imaginary income of £12,000 per annum. Messrs. Fielden having sworn to the correctness of their return. and refused to pay, their warehouse in Peel-street, Manchester, was seized by the Government. The sale took place on Monday last. Forty-one bales of goods were sold, at rates a little below the market prices, and realized £407 13s. sd. ' • and this being sufficient to cover the demand and costs, the sale was closed.—On the same day there was a sale at Rochdale of 3cwt. 2qrs. 201bs. of wool, belonging to Messrs. Rouse and Son, seiz ed for the sum of £l2, which those Gentlemen refused to pay, on the ground that they had made their return at Bradford, where their chief establishment is, and paid the tax there for the Rochdale branch. This auctioneer was asked to give a guarantee for the articles as stolen goods. The only bidder was a bailiff and a gentleman in the em ploy of Messrs. Rouse, to whom the wool was knocked down at 13d. per lb. MURDER OF THE CHIEF OFFICER OF POLICE AT BRIGHTON.-011 Thursday last Brighton was thrown into a state of great excitement, at a late hour, by a report that Mr. Solomon, chief officer of police, had received a blow with a poker from a prisoner, who had been brought to the office on a charge of felony. On inquiry we learned that the report was too true. Solomon was stunned by the blow. He lingered in a state of insensibility during the night, and at a quarter past ten o'clock on the follow ing morning he died. Solomon had filled the situation of chief officer of the Brighton police, which is under the control of local commissioners, for twelve years, during which time he has been frequently complimented by the judges and others for the active and intelligent manner in which he has discharged his duties. He was of the Jew ish persuasion, and has left a wife and a family of eleven children. The prisoner has been committed for trial for the murder. He had contracted habits of dissipation, and had been reduced to the necessity of obtaining a pittance at Tunbridge-wells by selling soft water, which is scarce at some parts of the Wells. He states that he had been in Brighton for some months, and although he is unknown to the police, he is able to address all whom he has seen by name. He states that he bore no enmity to the de ceased, and that his only object in striking the blow was to commit an offence which would cause him to suffer death. _ _ STRANGE IMPOSTURE.—There lives in a secluded part of the village of Tetenhall, just behind Miss Hincke's mansion, a small but honest farmer, who has jogged some 70 years through life, and is precisely the last person to whom any romance was likely to occur; but three weeks since a middle-aged woman, entered his abode, and asked, " Did he originally come from Nant-y-Glo ?" The question was answered in the affirmative; she was the herald of great tidings. An uncle had just arrived from India, aged 101 years, and had deputed her to search out his relations. There awaited £15,000, for the happily discovered nephew, and a handsome sum for each of his sons and their sons. Prudence took wings and fled ;in vain more cautious neighbours suggested doubts. and the policeman wished to put his finger in the pie, The wel come stranger was feasted for a fortnight, and newly clad, (the stupid railway people having lost her trunk), the ad joining banker was seriously asked what "use" he would give " for two or three thousand," and many future plans were resolved to wondering friends. And at length the time arrived for the family to proceed to Nant-y-Glo, and on Wednesday last they departed themselves (father, sons and daughter), on the Slag coach, from this town for that purpose. Alas ! that such happy visions should be doomed to disappointment; but on arriving at the inn yard at Shrewsb ur y, th e i mpostor su dd en l y disappeared, leaving the farmer and his family to trudge home again to the continued care of cows and swine. It is not either, it seems the first time that the artful siren has practised a similar trick, and found persons credulous enough to be so duped.—Wolrerhampion Chronicle. ATROCIOUS CASE.-At the Aylesbury assizes, on Wednesday last, three men named Terry, arid three others, Hale, Spratley, and Adams, were tried before Lord Abinger,—Hale fur felonously assaulting a married female, named Anne Pepper, and the others for aiding and abetting. him in the offence. Many of the facts are unfit for publication, and are omitted in this condensed account of a transaction perhaps unparalleled in atrocity. The prosecutrix and her husband picked up a precarious subsistence by travelling from place to place, attending fairs, &c., with small articles on sale. The prisoners were all agricultural labourers, residing in Tingewick, near the town of Buckingham, and all very young, with the exception of one, aged 38. It appeared that the 7th of August last was the annual fair of that village, which the prisoners attended, and joined the dance on the green. They afterwards went (at six o'clock in the evening) to the White Hart public-house, and sat drinking for some hours. In the course of the evening, the prosecutrix and her husband, with one Raymond and his wife, and a man named Noble, came to the inn and asked for beds, but all the beds being eagaged there, as well as at all the other public-houses, they all left and went to a cow hovel to sleep on some bay. In the course of two hours they were disturbed by the entrance of three or four men, who enquired for " the women." Pepper told them there were none but his wife and the other man's, and one of them replied " Women we came for, and women we'll have," and they all rushed upon the party. Pepper and Raymond each took his wife in his arms to protect them, and after a struggle the assailants left the place. In ten minutes after six men entered, and at once rushed to where the travellers were standing, and commenced a fierce attack upon them. Pepper again caught up his wife and attempted to escape with her, but was felled by a blow on the head, and she was taken from him. Mean time, Raymond and the other two got away. The pri soners carried the prosecutrix away, across several fields, and threw her down in a place where some pigs were sleeping. One of the party immediately perpetrated what was formerly a capital offence, and his crime was r epeated by the other five in succession. Hale then raised the prosecutrix, and finding she could hardly stand, observed, "The poor devil is well nigh done up," and let her fall. Her husband at this juncture came up, and the ruffians made off. Raymond brought a constable and other parties to the soot, but they h a d th en g one. Pepper took his wife on . his back to the White Hart, when she was put to bed and surgically attended, when it was found that two of her teeth were broken in the struggle, and that she had been subjected to the grossest insults and illusage. One of the prisoners ran off into Warwick shire, and was not heard of for some weeks. Three of them enlisted in the 28th regiment, and were ordered to India, but were traced to Woolwich, and apprehended before they embarked. The prisoners were all identified, and the jury found them all guilty. His lordship„ in an impressive address, sentenced them to, be transported, each for the term of his natunl life.. ' ~~. ~~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The meeting of this body, adjourned as stated in our last, was held on Tuesday. The TOWN-CLERK commenced the proceedings of the day by reading his report on the dock bill, as it had been agreed upon, with one or two exceptions, between himself and the dock solicitor, and as it had been afterwards re vised by the dock solicitor with parliamentary counsel in London. The bill, i❑ its present shape, proposed to take the strand to the south-west angle of the road called Sandbills-lane ; but it was intended to introduce clauses in committee which would include the rest of the purchase from the Earl of Derby. He then explained that all the clauses from 5 to 81 were property clauses for the taking of the property required, and that the time limited for the purchase from the several parties was a period of seven years. Clause 82 was for the erection of new docks, &c. ; clause 83 conferred a power upon the trustees to make alterations ; and clause 84 empowered them to inclose the docks by walls. After - a few remarks from `Zr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. HORNBY, it was agreed to insert the words that it should be lawful for them to inclose " if they should think fit." Clause 85 had reference to the communication with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The next was a manuscript clause, sent in since the bill was printed, for the erection of a cottage for the use of the keeper of the locks. Clause 86 was struck out. Clause 87 was that the cut should be supplied with water from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Clause 90 was that the cut should be made across Great Howard-street arid Regent street. A manuscript clause was next read, from which it ap peared that the sum of £50,000 was to be naid, in four instalments, by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the Dock Trustees, power to be given to pass through on the payment of Id. per ton, except when dock dues were paid. It was agreed that the Dock Committee should have the power to arrange the question of dues for goods passing through, taking the following principle for their guide :- Id. per ton, and id. per parcel as the maximum. By the subsequent clauses the trustees were empowered to raise the sum of £1,417,584 for the objects contem plated in the dock acts. Some discussion took place as to the parties to whom the power should be given to allow lights to be used on board vessels in the graving docks, &c. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that it be given to the magis trates, the chairman and the deputy-chairman of the Dock Committee. Mr. new. moved, as an amendment, that it be ex tended to the mayor, deputy mayor, and stipendiary ma gistrate. Eventually the amendment was withdrawn, and Mr. Gladstone's motion was carried upon the understanding that the party granting the license state the purpose for which it was granted, and that a policeman should be present during the time the lights were being used. Clause 115 was to the effect that whenever the despatch of business, or the repairing or cleansing of docks should be obstructed by any vessel, it should be lawful for the trustees to cause her to be removed into any other dock, without being taken into the river, and that the master, owner, or consignee should pay the expense of such removal. Mr. GLADSTONE moved an amendment to the effect that the latter part of the clause be struck out. Mr. Woo]) seconded the amendment, which was car ried. Upon the motion of Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, the clause was then struck out altogether. The TOWN-CLERK said the 120th clause was for the repeal of the Harrington Dock Company's act. By the 24th section of that act there was required to be a street from Sefton-street, a parade, and two slips or flights of stairs in the wall of the parade. It now appeared that the parade would materially interfere with the execution of the works by the Dock Committee, but that the slips and stairs might be made. The clause was agreed to. The TOWN-CLERK said, that by the dock act of 1841, it was provided that there should be certain landing ac commodation to the west of the Albert Dock, or, if not there, at George's Pier. He asked whether some provi sion should not be inserted in the present bill, to the effect that those works be now proceeded with. Mr. NORTH thought it very desirable that there should be a provision of the kind. Mr. GLADSTONE suggested that something should be done for the convenience of those who bad to cross the river, by placing at the south end of the Prince's Dock a bridge, that could be made use of independent of the gates—he meant a bridge that could support itself, and be sufficiently wide to allow foot passengers to cross, while, at the same time, the shipping might pass into the gut. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, in reply, said, it would be re collected that at the last council, to show the intentions of the Dock Committee, and how desirous they were to afford accommodation, they proposed to remove the pre sent bridge at George's Dock, and to construct a magni ficent one like that leading to the Albert Dock, which was unequalled in the world ; and this would very shortly be brought into operation. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had been speaking of the passage at the Prince's Dock, but that he should be very glad to see accommodation afforded at both places. After a few further remarks, the whole of the dock bill having been gone through, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That the bill now read be ap proved, subject to the alterations therein now directed and the instructions now given ; and that all the clauses and provisions requiring adjustment between the Finance Committee and the Dock Committee be referred to the Finance Committee to be adjusted accordingly ; and that it be referred to the town-clerk to settle with the dock solicitor all verbal alterations remaining necessary, the same being done subject to the approbation of the Finance and Dock Committees." SALE OF LAND AT 'WALLASEY POOL. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE brought under consideration the offers which had been made, and accepted by the Fi nance Committee for the residue of the land at or near Wallasey Pool, subject to the approbation of the council. The first was an offer from Mr. John Laird, to purchase 21,000 square yards at 16s. each ; the second was an offer from Mr. Potter, for a lot of about the same size, 17,000 square yards, at the same price ; the third was an offer from Messrs. Jackson and Laird, for four lots of 11,000 souare yards, at the same price; and the fourth and last W - 3S from Mr. Cole, for the residue of the land at the south side, 97 statute acres, or 47,900 square yards, at . the rate of £l2OO per statute acre, or as. per square yard , the whole of those sales to be subject to an immediate payment at the rate of 10 per cent., and the rest in five and ten theyears. WallaseyMr.L le a e w d r , en e c e e t wireicnltuodnintgo the Birkenhead i t r h u a e t n t h h e e ad wh e o st l a e t o e f , had stood the corporation in, with interest, £320,000 ; that sales had already been effected to the extent of £155,000, and that the present offers w,uld realise a sum of £175,000 more; thereby leaving a balance of from £BOOO to £lO,OOO to be carried to the credit of the corpo ration, exclusive of 87,000 or 90,000 square yards of most valuable land, which they had still left, with the rever sionary interest, which would be of immense value. He then strongly urged that these offers be accepted, not so much upon public grounds as because of financial con siderations ; for he contended, that unless the resources of the corporation were allowed to be developed by mea sures of a bolder nature than an y hith er t o attempte d , i t would be impossible to carry on those public undertakings which from time to time, and by the most benevolent men, were brought before the council. He admitted that, if the Wallasey dock bill were carried, of which he enter tained little doubt, the property of the corporation on the other side of the Mersey would be enhanced in value ; whereas, if the scheme should fall through, it would be materially deteriorated and thrown back for years. He concluded by moving, that the resolution of the Finance Committee, in reference to the offers, be confirmed. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER seconded the motion. Mr. PARKER asked what security had the council for the payment of the purchase money on the 47,000 square yards? The TOWN-CLERK said, that, in the first place, they had 10 per cent. of the money down ; in the next place, within five years, the purchaser would have to pay as eighth part down ; then he was to build a river wall, and to keep the buildings he had erected upon it insured. If he made de fault, even in the payment of the interest, the corporation bad a power to re-enter, and either to sell, and hold him liable, or to resume the property with all the advantages he had put upon it. The TOWN-CLERK having here read the proceedings of the Finance Committee with reference to the sales, those proceedings were confirmed ; and the council adjourned at twenty-five minutes to three o'clock. It may, perhaps, be necessary to mention that in con firming the proceedings of the Finance Committee, the council sanctioned the sales of the residue of the land at Wallasey Pool. HARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY. On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the mem bers of the Harrington Dock Company was held at the Clarendon-rooms. The chair was taken shortly after one o'clock by LEWIN MOZLEY, Esq. he en o t n o f theadvertisementNOßTH, e of c oa l rve conthevening the pastyea m r e , e p t r in a g ee , ed a e n a proceeded to to read sta l‘ t i e r m i read the report of the directors. It commenced by stating that the general affairs of t h e company for the past year had been increasingly successf u l an d i mportant, but that the detail would have lo s t much of its interest with the proprietors, in consequence of the sale which had been effected, of the bulk of the estate, to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks. It might, h owever, b e well to mention that the anticipation of last year of an increased income from the property had been fully realised, the amount up to the Ist of April next being £4,3 51 6s. ; and it w as worthy of remark also that the portion of this amount contributed by dock dues was no less a sum t h an £892 19s. 4d., being more than three times as much as bad de rived in any previous year from .that source. Th e expen diture during the year had been 4808 13s. 3d. ; and there was a balance is favour of the company of £3,772, appli cable to a dividend. With all the circum stances attend ing the long-pending negotiation with the Liverpool Dock Trustees for the sale to . them of the whol e o f the compa ny's estate on the west side of Sefton-street, co n t a i n i ng nearly 128,000 square yards, at the price of 31s. Gd. per yard, the shareholders were made fully acquainted by the special report of the directors on the 13th o f December last. There was much in the progress of th at negotiation of a painful character, the directors having been made the object of a charge, through the public press, of urging the purchase upon the Dock Committee on terms unfavoura ble to thera, an the public, by means of influence, sup posed to be exerted in one or both of the pubtie bodi es with whom they were contracting . An imputation of this nature, most discreditable, if true, but made without sha dow or pretence of truth, appeared to the directors neces sary to.be contradicted ; and they, therefore, circulated their report of the 13th of December, detailing most mi nutely every step which had been taken. in the contract, - and (what was more to the point) evidencing, as they hoped, by written corn muoications which had passed with the proposed purchasers, not only that the conduct of the directors had been throughout fair, straight-forward, and liberal, but that they had been from the first the parties rather sought than seeking the negotiation. The effect upon the public mind of this announcement was immedi ate and satisfactory ; the purchase was effected upon the terms originally proposed by the directors ; and, from that time to the present, there had been a daily increasing conviction on the part of the public of the advantage of the purchase so made for public purposes. But the di rectors wished not to flatter the meeting with the idea that a large price bad been obtained. On the contrary, they thought the price a reasonable one, and to the advantage of the purchasers; but they were actuated in accepting it by a conviction that such a consummation of their plan was, on the whole, for the best, and that it would be more acceptable to the proprietors generally than their only other alternative —namely, the necessity, for some time under consideration, of a considerable further outlay upon the property, by which the directors were persuaded that it could alone be made decidedly profitable as a perma nent investment. The sale agreed upon would about ena ble the directors to repay to each proprietor the amount of capital originally advanced by him, while it would still leave disposable, first, towards the balance of interest un liquidated by the dividends paid, and then as profit. the value of 20,814 snuare yards of land on the east side of Sefton -street, still the property of the company, which value would be very greatly increased by the pending sale of the land on the opposite side of the street for dock pur poses. It remained only to announce that the sale had been agreed to be completed at the end of one month next after the Liverpool Dock Bill should have been passed, the purchase money baing payable in dock bonds, made out for the proportion due to each individual proprietor, payable in five or seven years, with interest meanwhile at four per cent., or, at the option of the Dock Committee, in cash, if, as seemed probable, that body should be able to borrow the money at less than four per cent. interest. If the purchase money were not paid at the times before mentioned, it was to carry interest at four per cent., the purchasers receiving the rents. The report concluded by declaring a further increased dividend of £1 17s. 6d. per share, payable on the 11th of April next, and by stating that the directors, who retired by rotation, were Mr. Mozley, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Stewart, and that there was a fifth vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Duckworth, who had disqualified, The CHAIRMAN said the accounts which had been read, and the report which the directors had thought proper to submit, conveyed the whole of the proceedings as regarded the financial arrangements, and exhibited in the result the gratifying circumstance of an increased amount of divi dend upon a very small outlay of expenditure. After hav ing congratulated the meeting on the successful termina tion of the negotiations with the Dock Committee, he said it would be aff-ctation if he were not to assure them that during the period of the year when that transaction was going on, the feelings of the directors, as men of honour and character, as well as their habits as men of business, had been repeatedly outraged by the unfair means in which they were held up to public view, while they were acting simply in the performance of their duties as trustees, and, as he contended, in the performance of a straightforward and honourable course. (Hear, hear.) If party spirit in the town of Liverpool was to carry individuals to such an extent in their application of terms,--either• in their speeches, or in the management they might have of such portions of the public press as they might patronise,—as to attack other individuals, who, in the performance of their duty were taking a most straightforward view for the interests of the community at large and the commer cial purposes of Liverpool, then the whole of the directors and the whole of the proprietors had had their feelings outraged by means of aspersions cast on them, contrary to fact, he publicly declared, and certainly contrary to what courtesy and good feeling were at all warranted in exercising. But the best answer which could be given, was the result now communicated, and which the public press had communicated before,—that, upon the closest scrutiny, the advantage of the purchase appeared desira ble. He would leave the past to be recorded in tile his tory of Liverpool, believing the day was not far distant when the circumstance of the purchase of the Harrington Estate, and the great improvements that must inevitably take place in that part of the town in which so large a proportion of the corporate property was situated, would evince the good sense and good calculations which had in fluenced the public authorities in coming to the conclu sions they had done ; for the strong impression on his own mind was, that a wiser bargain had never been made on the part of the public authorities. As to the views of the individuals who had permitted so important a part of the public trust connected with the Dock Estate, to fall out of their hands originally, it was not for him to discuss; but if he were a member of the body who rule that pro perty, he should say the wisest course they ever took was, to retrace the steps they had imprudently taken before, and to endeavour to get possession of the important pro perty which they had allowed to pass into the hands of strangers. (Hear, hear.) After having again congratu lated the meeting on the increase of the dividend, he con cluded by moving that the report of the directors and the accompanying accounts were satisfactory and approved of, and that the former be printed and circulated among the proprietors as usual. Mr. BICKERSTETH seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Upon the motion of Mr. BoYD, seconded by Mr. BROWN, Sir T. Brancker, Mr. Mozley, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Sothern, and Mr. Whitehead, were elected directors in the place of the four who retired, and the one who had be come disqualified. Upon the motion of Mr. WILLINK, seconded by Mr. GooRE, the sum of 151 guineas was ordered to be placed at the disposal of the directors, to be applicable to their remuneration during the past year, in such manner as they should determine upon. Thanks were then voted to the directors and the chair man, after which the meeting separated. THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of this society took place on Tuesday evening last, at the Royal Institution, and was rather numerously attended. Mr. JOHN GRANTHAM, the President, in the chair. RESISTANCE TO BODIES MOVING THROUGH WATER. Mr. HENRY Boone (a gentleman well known from his great improvements for the more rapid generation of steam in locomotive engines, &c., and who had previously published some observations on the propulsion of vessels) read an interesting paper on " Further experiments on the resistance to bodies moving through water at different velocities; with some observations on the prospects of steam navigation." He commenced by alluding to the experiments he had formerly made, and the results of which he had published in a small tract in 1842, on the resistance to bodies moving through water; and stated that be had since had the valuable assistance of Mr. Alfred King, of the Gas Works, in trying further experi ments by improved and more accurate means, by which they had arrived at more definite and satisfactory conclu sions. They had employed two small boats—one (as we understood him) full in build, and the other narrow, and sharp at the extremities, which were drawn along on a sheet of water, by means of a weight descending by a cord over pulleys so arranged as to remove the objections en tertained to that species of test. The fall of the weight was in all the trials 13 feet, and the length of " voyage " the same. He detailed the particulars of several experi ments thus carefully made, giving minutely the respective times occupied in each in seconds and fractions; and the general result was, that to increase the motion of a well constructed vessel from a given and comparatively slow motion, something a little more than four times the power was required to double the velocity. He came to the conclusion on this part of his subject, that it would be sufficient to assume, for all practical purposes, that four times the power was required. The lecturer then entered into a consideration of our position as regarded steam navigation during the last seven years, and our prospects for the seven years to come. Much, he contended, might be done to redeem the losses hitherto sustained by im proved scientific appliances. The Atlantic had certainly been crossed in ten days, but it certainly ought to be done in less time, especially if the object (a most valuable one) were confined mainly to the conveyance of the mail bags, which he thought might be accomplished in a week. What was to he done might be stated to be the cutting of a canal or trough across the ocean, through which the ship would hold her way with the least possible resistance. Hitherto very large vessels had generally been employed, those running to Halifax and Bostor. having 36 feet of beam, and 15 or 16 feet of depth in the water, Now, he believed that if vessels of the same length had only 22 feet of beam, and with an increase in depth, they would cut their way along with much less resistance, and their speed would consequently be much increased with the same power. II e did not see why a steamer of, say 1,000 tons, so constructed, would not accomplish the voyage as safely as one of double that tonnage, for sailing vessels of much smaller size performed long foreign voyages with as much ease and speed as those of much more burthen. The perfection of a sailing ship was not, however, to be con sidered as suitable for steamers. All that was required in the latter was so to construct them, that the trough through which th e y s h ou ld pass s h ou ld b e reduced in transverse area, or, in other words, as narrow and as deep only as was consistent with their safety. This was to be accomplished by lengthening the vessel without adding to her beam. It might be said that she would thus be ren dered more crank, which would certainly be the case to a certain extent ; but this objection would be (as we under stood him) almost wholly, if not entirely, obviated by the employment of the screw as a propeller in place of the paddle-wheel, which last required the vessel to be kept in nearly an upright position. Increasing the cross-sectional area of the steam-vessel, increased the resistance to her forward progress ; and the narrower the angle formed by the canal to receive her, the sharper would she cut through it. He suggested that if a steamer were built ' 250 feet long and 20 feet broad only, the resistance would be greatly decreased as compared with the present class of vessels. They might, he repeated, double the length, without increasing the breadth or depth ; and they might also in such case double the power, and by these means acquire a vastly increased speed. In support of his views he quoted the able experiments made by Colonel Beaufort in 1798-9. Although the body to be moved were three times the length, the tractive, or resistive, power was found to be only double. Experiments had also been made with planks (in edge,) and it was found that the resistance was not two-fold, when they were increased to three times the length. Vessels, he believed, might be constructed of iron of sufficient strength, and with all the adaptations he contemplated. He also alluded t o th e great spee d atta i ne d by the long narrow iron canal boats (on the Androssan principle,) which he had seen on th e P reston an d Lancas ter canal, sad which travelled at the rate of nine miles an hour. It was found with these, indeed, th a t th e h orses drew them more easily at that speed than at six or seven miles an hour. He concluded therefore, that narrow and sharp steamers would accomplish all that could be desired ; I that vessels of 1,000 tons were sufficiently large; and ap pealed to the meeting what an advantage it would be, if the mails could be regularly conveyed be;ween Europe and America in the short - space of a week. The lecturer was listened to with great attention, and sat down amidst con siderable applause. An animated discussion ensued, in which the chairman, Mr. Adie, Mr. Steele, Mr. King, and other gentlemen took part, and in which the peculiar and approved morels of ships, with reference to their sailing qualities, and the rather conflicting opinions of distinguished individuals who had long studied the subject, were referred to. It was admitted that, as an abstract question, narrow sharp vessels which required less displacement than fuller and broader ships, would meet with less resistance, and con sequently sail faster, or be more rapidly propelled by steam on a smooth sea; but some of the speakers con tended that in ocean storms, which had more or less to be encountered on transatlantic voyages, considerable beam and bearings aloft were required, to give sufficient and safe buoyancy in a heavy sea-way, and to enable the ship to carry sail in the event of an accident to the ma chinery. Tne Great Liverpool was also instanced as an example of the necessity of a certain proportion of beam. She was originally 225 long and only 30 wide. She went well with a head wind—in that respect beating a 1 her competitors. But with a beam wind and sea, she was so crank, that it was found necessary to sponson her out four feet on each side ; and she now not only stood better to her canvass, but steamed as fast, excepting in going head to a gale. We forbear giving all the arguments and sug gestions adduced, that rendered Mr. Booth's views ques tionable, as we can supply only a sketch of the opinions he expressed. But we understand lie will publish his re marks, when we shall return to the subject, which is one of paramount of steam sairi navigation. importance to all parties interested in the progress LOCAL NEWS. The packet-ship Rochester, Captain Brittain, arrived at this port, on Friday morning last, from New York, which city she left on the 21st ultimo. Two new packet-ships—the Rochester, Capt. Britton, and the Garrick, Capt. B. G. H. Trask,—arrived on Fri day. Their papers were anticipated by the Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which arrived on Wednesday. The Lord Bishop of the diocese has given notice that it is his intention to hold a confirmation in the parish of Warrington, on Wednesday, the 29th of May next. Can didates are not to be under the age of fifteen years. About a quarter-past twelve on Thursday night a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. J. and W. Walker, builders, &c., North Birkenhead, supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The wind being in a favourable quar ter it was speedily got under. NEW METHODIST CHAPEL.—On Sunday week a new Methodist chapel was opened at Windsor. Sermons were preached on the occasion by the Rev. Dr. Beaumont and the Rev. William Atherton, and liberal collections were made. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held yesterday week, be fore P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on the body of Edward O'Connor, a child two years of age. On Wednesday week he upset a teapot, containing hot tea, and scalded himself on the breast. He was immediately taken to the Dispensary, and the wound dressed, but he gradually got worse, and died on Sunday week. COMFORT OF RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—We are given to understand that, with a view of increasing the con venience of the third class passengers, the Directors of the Grand Junction Company have determined to cover all their carriages. This company was the first to give the advantage of closed and glazed carriages to the second class passengers. CAUTION TO VOTARIES OF HYMEN.—On Friday last, at the Bury Petty Sessions, Robert Simpson and his wife were committed for trial, at the Liverpool Assizes, for having got married out of the parish in which the male prisoner resided, and for having made false statements in order to procure the solemnization of the marriage out of that parish. The offence was stated to be very common. COURAGE ANL HUMANITY REWARDED.--Mr. Joseph Sturdy, who, at the risk of his own life, saved a gentle man who had slipped into the river at Tranmere Ferry, has been rresented by the Humane Society with five pounds. It will be remembered that the gentleman himself, probably with a juster estimation of his own value, gave his preserver sixpencce. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS AND BEER-SELLERS.—On Thursday last, orders were given by the magistrates that the police should, in all cases where they were called upon by a landlord to expel drunken people from his house, lay informations against the landlord for permitting drunken ness upon his premises, provided that, upon inquiry, the officer found that the drunken party had had anything to drink in his house. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, Mary Rafferty, while going along Great Howard-street, came in contact with the wheel of a float, which was passing in an oppo site direction. The wheel had got on the edge of the parapet, and the deceased was crushed underneath it; it did not, however, pass over her. She was much bruised, and, on being conveyed to the Northern Hospital, died in a few hours after her arrival. Yesterday evening week, the Rechabites and total ab stainers of Birkenhead were entertained at supper by Mrs. Rowland, of the Temperance Hotel, Chester-street, on the occasion of that lady succeeding to the house for merly kept by Mr. Ellis. The chair was occupied on the occasion by Mr. Ellis, of Edge-hill; and the company were addressed during the evening by Mr. Sharrett, Mr. Owens, Mr. Henshaw, and others. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Friday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a gentleman, in passing along Church-street, had his pocket picked of his purse con taining £l5 ; but fortunately, missing his money immedi ately, turned round and saw the thief making off. He gave chase down Post Offictkplace and Brooks'-alley, when the fellow, finding himself 'hotly pursued, dropped the purse, after having abstracted, £3. He got clear off. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD•—The vernal equinoctial g les which have been felt so much the last few days in this neighbourhood were the occasion of a dis tressing accident to Mrs. Parr, a lady residing on the Grange-road. On passing along Albion-street, near the site of the new market, the wind forced her on the top of a flight of steep steps of an area, to the bottom of which she fell, and so fractured her left arm that Mr. Vale, sur geon, found it necessary to amputate the limb on the fol lowing day. THE CALENDAR•—The following is a list of the pri soners for trial at the approaching Liverpool Assizes : murder, 1; manslaughter, 3; stabbing, 8; burglary, 10; forgery, 5 ; horsestealing, 1 ; rape, 3 ; bigamy, 3 ; con spiracy to defraud, 2 ; robbery from the person, 7 ; arson, 1 ; offences against the mint, 5 ; wilfully damaging spin ning machines, 1 ; robbery of post letters, 1; larceny, 1 : total, 52. It will be observed that there is only one murder case in the calendar. The party charged is Ann Rothwell, for the murder of her illegitimate son, Edward Turner, alias Edward Turner Rothwell, at Prestwich cura-Oldham, on or about the Ist January last. Mr. Thomas Morecroft and John Lomax, owners of court property in Birkenhead, were on Tuesday examined before the magistrates for not having it sufficiently well drained and flagged according to the new act. John Barke and H. C. Banks were also summoned for allow ing stagnant water and offensive matter to remain on land opposite the railway station, the same being their property. Catharine Dunne, for keeping a number of pigs in a yard, and allowing the foul water to run into a public well. All these being the first offence under the new act, the parties were discharged on payment of costs upon undertaking to abate the nuisances. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Wben Mr. Henshaw, who at present resides at Tranmere, attended the Sunday school, at Stockport, he was the first boy to receive a Bible as a mark of good conduct. In after life he was engaged i❑ defence of his country, in the field of Water loo, where he was wounded in four places, and lay upon the plains in that state for six days. At this time he lost his Bible, which had been his companion in the battle field, but happening to be in London -some years after wards, he found it in a bookseller's shop. It need scarcely be added, that he purchased his old companion, and now has it. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The peculiar cir cumstances which the respected and talented minister of All Saints' Church, Grosvenor-street, has had for some time to contend with, owing to the unsettled state of this church, are well known, it is believed, to the town at large. An address, accompanied by a substantial mark of affectionate regard, (a well-filled purse,) was presented to him a few days ago by his congregation. Tbis last in stance of marked attachment—for he has been favoured with several other unequivocal tokens of respect since he began his ministry among them—has been duly appreci- I ated by him. BOARD OF GtiARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of the Warrington Board of Guardians took place on Wednesday last, in the board-room, at the workhouse. The balance in favour of the union was £399. The num ber of in-door paupers in the Newton workhouse was 65; in the Warrington 109. The number of cases relieved by Mr. Cruikshank in the town, during the past week, was 452; amount expended, £44 2s. 4d. 'of which £lB was in kind, and £26 2s. 4d. in , money. By Mr. Owen, in the country districts, 476; amount expended, £4B 16s. 10d. of which £5 Os. 10d. was in kind, a n d commissioners in reply to the . application from the board. It condemned, as we anticipated, .the new construction ryENT)f.NlTtir)Termi.:;(7o7 £43 16s. in money. A letter was read from the poor-law put on the general orders for the relief of the able-bodied poor by the clerk to the union. We believe no further Society, was summoned before Mr. Rushton on ismtepposrwtaenrecetawkaesntrinantshaectemda.tter. No further business of Legal Friendly Friendly Friday, to answer the complaint of the president of that society, who charged him with having frudulently with held the sum of 6s. which he had received from certain of the members. He was defended by Mr. Snowball, soli- Ta A yl i O L r E , t G h E e D l!:e j c p r:t l' a soli citor. After a number of , witnesses had been examined, and a variety of documentary evidence submitted, Mr. Snowball conten . ded, that in a soci e t y w hi c h num b ere d 28,000 membersit was highly probabl e hi s c li ent h a d re ceived the money and neglected, in the hurry of business, to enter it in his books. Mr. Rushton said he was un willing, under the circumstances, to send him out of court branded with the charge of fraud ; but that he thought the society had acted perfectly right in - bringing him there and making him account for it in the face of the court. At the suggestion of the magistrates, the 6s. was then de manded of the defendant by the president, and it was im mediately paid. The president alle g ed that there were o th e r deficiencies in the acco un t s to the amount of £4O and upwards ; but as they were not set forth in the sum mons, Mr. Rushton refused to enter into them. RESERVOIRS For WATER.—MOSt of our readers will be aware, that an act of Parliament was applied for last year by the Commissioners of Highways to enable them more effectually to water the streets, and to extinguish fires. By this act they were empowered to pureiase land for wells, reservoirs, &c. ; hut various difficulties which they have had to encounter have caused considerable de lay in tnrrying this clause into effect. We have now to announce, and we do so with pleasure, that these difficul ties have been overcome, and that two good sites have been obtained, one in the neighbourhood of Low-bill, for a reservoir, another in Green-lane, near the Cattle-mar ket, for a well. The necessary operations will conse quently be commenced forthwith. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.---The Harbour-mas ter's Sub-committee reported that they could not recom mend compliance with the memorial of the carrying com panies, requesting that two berths might be set apart to them in the Salthoue and King's Docks.—ln reply to a question from Mr. Bold, with reference to what W3S sta ted last week by Mr. Evans, Mr. Hartlfy said the Woods and Forests had been in the habit of asking his opinion on several occasions. They had written him a letter on the subject of Wallasey, and he replied to that letter. He had not been at Wallasey Pool for six months, but certainly he thought he was at liberty to answer a letter. They asked him for his opinion, and he gave it without hesitation, although his son, he believed, wrote the letter. • EXTENSIVE EOBBEB.Y.—On Friday, two soldiers of the Gth Regiment, and three females of dissolute charac ter, were brought up at the Police-court, on a charge of having robbed a lime-burner of the name of John Chad wick of the sum of 30 sovereigns. The complainant was formerly in the army, and he was so much enamoured of a military life, that whenever he came in contact with soldiers he professed the most ardent admiration towards them. He went on the previous evening to Burke's pub lic-house, in Argyle-street, where he encountered the two soldiers in question, and, as usual, indulged in his pane gyrics upon the army, saving, as he concluded, that he was always glad to see and cultivate the acquaintance of soldiers. He then treated them plentifully to whiskey and ale, sported his purse of sovereigns to show that he was flush of cash ; but, at length, the complainant missed his treasure, and charged one of the women with having abstracted it. The whole of the parties were then ordered off to bridewell, where a search was instituted, and a so vereign was found in one of the soldiers' shoes. The sol dier alleged that he had placed it in the shoe with the view of keeping it secure. After a lengthened examination, — at the close of which Chadwick said he was unable to tell how he had lost the money,—all the prisoners were dis charged. STEALING TOOLS.—On Tuesday last, Mary Ann Tur ner and Higgins were brought up at the Police-court, charged, the former with stealing, and the litter receiving a quantity of cabinet-maker's tools, consisting of squares, planes, &c., the property of Mr. Abraham, cabinet- maker, of this town. The prisoner Turner bad been employed as French polisher at Mr. Abraham's shop, and tools having been missed at different times, a person was set to watch on Saturday week, and she was observed to take away . a square, whi c h s h e a f terwar d s sold at the shop of Higgins. Several other articles were also found at Hig g!ns's shop; they were lying in the window, and were given up on being identified by M r . Ab ra h am, who had gone there in consequence of i n f ormat i on h e rece i ved from the prisoner Turner. M r . S now b a ll , who appeared for Higgins, said the prisoner had, on various occasions. been of essential service to the police in the detection of stolen goods, and it was hard to suppose that he would be guilty of the offence charged against him. He thought Mr. Rushton would hardly consider himself justified in. committing him. Mr. Rushton admitted the correctness of Mr. Snowball's statement, and said he would consider the matter. On Wednesday they were again brought up, when the female prisoner was committed for trial, and Higgins discharged after a severe reprimand. THE REV. HUGH WNEILE.—We observe that a second edition has just appeared of the rev. gentleman's recent work on the "Sympathies, Sufferings, and Resur rection of the Lord Jesus Christ." It comes before the religious world in the form of eight lectures; and we should be neglecting our duty if we omitted drawing pub lic attention to a work so eminently calculated for perusal. during the present solemn season of Lent. The sound Christian character of the distinguished writer of the work needs no allusion ; Mr. M'Neile stands prominently forward as one of our most eminent divines and greatest pulpit orators. In his writings we find an equally marked evidence of his great ability. The volume before us breathes a spirit of warm piety and devotion such as we could wish to see prevail in all Christian congregations. The object of these lectures is to call the attention of Christian people to the great realities of Redemption, as they are presented in the personal history of the Re deemer himself, not to doctrines simply, constituting a theory however orthodox, but to facts, which have effected an entire change in the aspect of civilised society. It is by such instruction in the vividness and practical power of the Saviour's example, appealing to men as they are, and arresting the attention of the most thoughtless, and not by idle contentions about dresses, and positions, and rubrics, that the church is to be really benefitted, and a healthful tone given to the Christianity of the country. We sincerely hope to see this volume universally cir culated. It should be in the hands of every Christian family.—Morning Herald. THE SOAP DUTY.—The deputation from the soap trade, which consisted of Lord Viscount Sandon, M. P„ Sir Howard Douglas, M. P., and others stated to Sir Robert Peel, who was attended by Mr. Wood, the chair man of the Board of Excise, the serious disadvantages under which the soap-makers at present labour, and which would be greatly increased if the orders of the Treasury which had recently been issued were put into full effect. Sir. Robert Peel stated to the deputation that he would be at all times ready to entertain any opinions which might be submitted to him for the advantages of any par ticular branch of manufacture or trade, and his time, he considered, was never better employed than in paying at tention to the complaints of any of our leading commerci al interests. The deputation in urging upon Sir Robert,. Peel's notice the great injustice which would be inflicted upon the English manufacturer pointedly placed before his notice, that if the orders in Council were carried into effect, there would be no possibility of the English manu facturers competing with those of Ireland, who had no excise duty to pay; and they (the deputation) humbly represented to Sir Robert, as the First Lord of the Trea sury, that the interests of every portion of the c immunity would be advanced by the entire abolition of the duty. Mr. Hawes then instanced our cotton, silk, woollen, and other branches of trade who were obliged to resort to spurious compositions whereon no duty was payable, in order to compete with the printers of Germany and Swit zerland, who in cleansing their works, were obliged to resort to the use of soap. The deputation urged upon Sir Robert Peel the necessity of repealing all duties upon. so essential an article. Sir Robert Peel, who receved the deputation with the greatest urbanity, stated that he had entertained the subject seriously, and would take the representations of the deputation into consideration. AN APPRENTICE CASE.—A respectable-looking young man was brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with absenting himself from the service of Messrs. Maddy and Co., cigar -makers, to whom he bad been indentured as an apprentice. Mr. Payne, attorney, ap peared for the defendant. Mr. Greenhouse, manager for the firm of Muddy and Co., stated, that, during the six years the defendant had been in their service, he had au sented himself on not fewer than 453 days. Mr. Payne contended, in the first place, that the term of apprentice ship had expired, and, in the next, that, as the defendant was of age, all jurisdiction from that and every other court had been removed. Mr. Rushton denied that jurtsdiction was removed from every other court, as the plaintiff had his action at law. The mother of the de fendant having here proved that he was born in the month of February, 1823, and christened at St. John's Church, and that he was, therefore, of age, Mr. Rushton said be had no jurisdiction in the case, although there was little doubt that he had been guilty of a very dishonourable act in absenting himself from the employment. Mr. Payne observed that remarks from the bench were not quite in place in that stage of the proceeding, as the case being out of the jurisdiction of the court, lie had not gone into any defence to the complainant's charge against the young man, and that had he done so he would have shown that 18 days, commencing on the Ist of February last was all the absence that could be complained of, and that there was good reason for such absence, and during all that time no wages bad been paid. But if it would be any satisfaction to Mr. Maddy, he (Mr. Payne) would persuade the young man to serve him for 18 days. Mr. Rushton asked whether Mr. Maddy would like to have his services for the 18 days? Mr. Greenhouse replied, 4 ' We shall take our remedy by action." The defendant was then discharged. COLLEGIATE INSTITTJTION.-Dr. Wesley gave his first lecture on Church Music on Tuesday evening last, to an audience exceeding 2,000 persons,—the largest number of persons who have attended any lecture yet given in. Liverpool. He was rapturously received throughout, and appeared to have created a powerful impression upon the minds of all who beard him, which we trust may be the means of directing attention more prominently to the state of the choirs in the churches in this town. In this lecture the eloquent lecturer traced the progress of music from the earliest Jewish days to the time of St. Ambrose and St. Gregory, —to the latter of whom we owe so much, and whose feast, curiously enough, fell upon that day (Tuesday). He stated that the universal belief amongst the learned was, that all the music now in existence amongst the Jews is the work of modern times. The lecture was illustrated by a number of sublime, but diffi cult compositions, very creditably performed by the Phil harmonic Society, which elicited marked encomiums from. the audience. Amongst these was a Gregorian Cuant ; a Te Deum, ascribed to St. Ambrose ; two magnificent antiphonal movements, by Spohr, the recollection of one of which will long dwell in the memory of all who listened to it ; and a composition by the lecturer's eminent father (S. Wesley), In exilu Israel, which, we believe, has not yet been published. The latter is truly a rich specimen of harmony, and will not long, we predict, be suffered to remain in a MS. state. Amongst the audience we per ceived a number of our leading clergymen, upon whom, we feel confident, the powerful truths so modestly put forth by the lecturer must have made a strong impression. On Friday night Dr. Wesley delivered the second lec ture of the course, to a crowded auditory. He com menced by a description of the progress of musical art from the time of St. Gregory to the reign of Henry the illustrations of which were taken from the works of Farrant and Josquin Je Prez. The introdution of coun terpoint and its effect upon the practice of the science was then noticed, after which the church school of music, at the period of the reformation, was discussed at some length, and its claims to notice at the present day power fully enforced. Several topics collateral to these were mentioned by the lecturer, and a illus trative of his opinions, was given na creditable man ner by the amateur members of the Philharmonic Society. The next of the course will bb delivered this evening (Tuesday.) v ariety of pieces i !sty, girt, k, ill It of iab ' 'b es t , 5 0 " Gl lr' t 139 1 LO' bea t 00' o °'. bea t bea t Leeo; 13 b9 ° W S for , bei° ,elio' B gi ayd