The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

I -- - • - . __... Ebr Eibcr.puoi g-Nanbarb. to give us a daily supply—as much, gines could pump ; and yet, trom ever ---,..=.-_-_- - ---- we are overwhelmed with complaints TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 29, 1848. Either, therefore, the idea of Liverp( • a kind of natural filter must be scout( or there is water in our wells at tli THERE is, unhappily, little doubt remaining that committee won't let us have it. war have before us the prospect of another winter alternatives is inevitable ; and as the eel scarcity in Ireland. It gardless of their past Productive of no good, but rather of n zatTerings from the failure of the potato crop, the here, we should be obliged to him t! favours to Rivington, when they are r peasantry and farmers of Ireland have this year In sober earnestness, we do submit tlxce more rested their chief, and, to a great ex- some right to complain of the pres teut, their sole dependence upon this precarious their water supply by the officers of II rt - vt; and the destruction of a great portion of it, We have been very obstinate, no dot though not, perhaps, so much as is represented by .once all the advantages of the Pike p our ti r s carriedpast stupidityaai against Let u t us, don't sa t interested or thoughtless alartnists, is now almostcontin leastu l a matter of certainty. The question, therefore, wells w ill yield, whether it percolate! slat is to be done in such an emergency, must at is supplied by subterranean rivers. once urgently press upon the attention and seriously the inhabitants of Liverpool must the increase the perplexities of her Majesty's govern- tract with Saint Swithin, and collect linnt. Ireland, in fact, seems destined to remain ow n use. There , watch a few is scarcely a street or yards of spouting, a good eat of the great social difficulties which British and a tap would not render the °cc statesmanship has to encounter; and she seems both of the wells and the health conic bent herself upon offering every possible impedi- part of the water they use. If rainm lnent to its solution. we are hencef,,rth to be dependent, A more anomalous spectacle cannot possibly common sense, go twenty or thirty impound it, when we can have the sar present itself than the position of this most un- dance from our own house-tops ?As happy people. But a few days ago they were in economy, as well as on sanatory grot metts to wrest a speculative boon from this empire, - ought at once to be encouraged to libich had so lately extended towards them a be- with rainwater cisterns, the trifling c• mifteence unparalleled in the world's history. With rage family would save in a twelvemon consumption of the article of soap alo our own _money they bought the weapons which icle of soap alone HER MA. IT into the means of And now we have ,hall he called upon .hp main vryngp of hat the to the spat,de to honest industry h it may appear, we shall n the call. We may not be I pay neve rued We m have it cicar ving the lives of Eng the means of e we are not furnishing claim to insist up itber t gain upon th e of fe portion t the p hostile not only d, but to every thin,; s in Ireland ca.rir me; and Ef in some districts tribes of the abo has been give r lay, even or e or murder ie recent 1 nt event 'he awful to give us a daily supply—as much, in fact, as their en gines could pump ; and yet, trom every part of the town, we are overwhelmed with complaints of want of water. Either, therefore, the idea of Liverpool being built upon a kind of natural filter must be scouted as sheer humbug, or there is water in our wells at this moment, and the committee won't let us have it. One or other of the alternatives is inevitable ; and as the saint's exertions are productive of no good, but rather of much unpleasantness here, we should be obliged to him to confine his further favours to Rivington, when they are more highly valued. In sober earnestness, we do submit that the pUblic have ime right to complain of the present management of officers of the health committee Jstinate, no doubt, in not seeing at ges of the Pike project, but now that st us, don't continue to punish us for ! Let us at least have as much as our I. whether it percolates from the surface or selves make a con favours for their town. arcely a street or a court in t 3ne ciAcrn, .er.dent er it is upon which hy, in the name of domestic the . ii houses ch an ace in a twelvenionth in their decreased ESTY'S LORD LIEUTENANT IRELAND. y one not hold it fro ainties of whi ,fe from the viol 0011 expect to he ich a people following para. r pers, port of tt which we can draw to of things, corn- of the 'impossi- ds of justice even in the ple of whose social orms of law, with Trial b liened. We mu hich, valuabl completely out bout unrnoleste of the necessit sea to a provincial ern instructors of this Iretl in the last uovernment h oozed 1 future to ;govern Ireland, has at y contessed in the debate on the )iplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, on Thursday night. Of course, like all other portions of the policy of the party, it is contemptible, degrading to the sovereign and insulting to the Irish people themselves. His Holiness the Pope of Rome is to become a cat's paw of the British ministry ; and his spiritual powers are to be wielded, at the dictation of our envoy at his court, to repress the tur bulence of the Al'Hales and other reverend Irish fire brands. To meet at once the objections urged by the s_ I constitutional party in the House against any recognition f the s ...athority of the Pope, and the fears enter- Roman Cathnlirc_nf Trelnnrl .afic intercourse proposed to be held with the Rome, should be " touching arid concerning in civil, commercial, and political relations." io this restriction, however, the Solicitor-General offered a decided objection 'Questions' LI "of a mixed character might arise yep were of a temporal nature, and in •ference could take place. Suppose the Pope int ro egulation as to the Roman Catholics of Canada, tion would prevent any interference. At present ^de this country into bishoprics and arch- night d. if we had > ree diplomatic rel; night do so m, the Br;- And Lord Palmerston directly advocates the propriety )f our treating with the Pope, for the regulating of the affairs of this kingdom, so far as they are con with religious matters. The noble lord, in reply to me remarks of Sir Robert Ingli B( netted gged to ask a question of his lion. friend, who had often )plied to him to make representations to the Government of "nia in favour of the Protestants of the Vaudois, and who - ,, ed him to nse his influence with the Government of subject of certain relations which interfered sons in the cantons of Switzerland. s hon. friend call that an interference civil, or international' affairs? Nis )Cr ( pear.) Now would ns wouto give rise to very disagreeable refinements, riot desirable to preclude the Government of this ..aking similar representations, if it were thought eetrable, to the Coin of No; There is no reservation here. The authority of the Pope within these realms is distinctly recognised, in direct subversion of the principles of the British constitution, anti of nn uvrunation oath ; nd we are to stoop to negociate with him—" t o urge hi m A:- influence ( 0 to protect the civil liberties of id Irish Protestants from being "interfered le aggressions of Romanism within this realm. rading and Whiggish spectacle it will be to see - len t and people of this great empire selves at the footstool of the anti , suing, in forma pauperis, for liberty to worship God according to their own consciences ! the Prott gove AN INTER ESTING ENQUIRY hould be offered by the ..gricultural Society fo r th e di scovery of any year in which, according to the summer and autumnal pr: - tications of the Mark Lane Express, and other organs of the Corn Jews, at least half the grain crops throughout the country ought not to have been blighted, mildewed, defi cient in the yield, unsound, or affected by some similar calamity, so as to justify an advance in the price of stocks on hand. The necessary reference to the old files—of papers we mean—would be very interesting. Another prize might be offered for the discovery of any year in which the American cotton crop ought not, according to Brother Jonathan, to have turned out either a very short crop, or a total failure, and in which, according to the opinions of consumers, it ought not to have been the most abundant on record, the object of the enquiry being to find out the mean of truth in the.two opposing authorities. VG TOO HASTILY TO A CONCLUSION CURE FOR THE POTATOE ROT. . • rst the thousand and one receipts for the cure of —• e, a wasgow contemporary says, "Le talks be pulled up—cutting does not answer the pur —care being taken that the roots be disturbed as iitti toe disc The potato., should be taken up they won't kee day wed ten clown t the end Tn this port for former yeay T of ti Suppose, 105 barrels of sawdust were shipped Malaga, the value of this article for suwcient to secure outward freight Edward Langsdale was elected over poor for Everton, in the place of the late Mr The Grand Jury on Wednesday returned a true bill t of the late steam boiler explosion. The trial has been stponed until next assizes. 'EI le propriety of converting the house at the top of rrskine-street (lately occupied by Mr. Salisbury) into a • , is to be re-considered West Derby THE NEW I ays for passengers, lgers wi I I be on the outer ed , will have to pass up and down the centre, so WOODSIDE I The Commis ar, which they are C iers have effected _le act of parliament would enable the committee Justain an indictment if, after any interment, the earth ins removed from the top of the coffin. The Town-clerk was directed to give notice to the various sextons that this course would be adopted without further notice.—A letter was read from Mr. North, reminding the Health Committee that the memorial of the inhabitants of Kirk dale, on the subject of the rates, was referred by them to the Council, and requesting their promnt wishes of the memorialist- s, and ,• The applicant was informed, that the Sub-committee to whom it was referred would be prepared to report to the next Council.—Mr. Har bord, seconded by Mr. Parker, then moved that reporters _ _ COM- On a division the numbers were,—for the ad mission of reporters 8, against 4, namely,—For, Messrs. Danson, Harbord, Reade, J. Holme, Walthew, Parker, Hornby, and Bennett ; against, Messrs. Rathbone, Mor ris, Tinne, and Lace.—Mr. Harbord will have to obtain the confirmation of this resolution from tbr, ilatztruct 49.etus'. led to do consistently with th orking classes for cross g of the ferry, exclusive of a red action of dditional facilitie the river by running clock. ges of periods in their erriplo rill's jury met at the Clarendon- ,zazerley, [., in consideration of the injury certain property at iton would receive from the East Lancashire railway trough it. The owner's claim was for £1,731 The company had offered nearly £7OO, but as _ . 561 7s. 6d. The jury ted, they stood for ), the costs to be defr ayed by the company ONTEILY REPORT C AND WASH-HO USES 1848.—Nu tribe] ed Se'Coo. 7832. Number of tubs used, 3303; dozens 'wiled and dried, 6606. Receipts for baths, . ; receipts for washing, £l3 153. 3d.; total 10d.—The above report is more than ally gratifying, as exhibiting the increasing benefits (erred by these institutions on the middle and poorer inhabitants. These advantages denote the 'lths Committee in extending the benefits les of t DM of the I every district of the town, especially when'the erections e now proved to be self-supporting. Mr. Parker, and e or two other gentlemen, have worked hard to obtain ese almost gratuities for the poor, who will long thank em for their disinterested efforts. THE PURSUIT OF DR. REYNOLDS •" WHAT'S IN A AME ?"-It appears that Mr. Reynolds, or Dr. Rey- Ads, has for some years been an inhabitant of Mon- )Uthsh►re. but chiefly residing at Abergavenny ; and the knowledge of this faci, accompanied as it was by an inti mation front those " who were in the secret," to Blossett, the superintendent of police at Ross, that a person of the name of Reynolds had passed through Ross on his way to South Wales, induced that officer to follow the trail of the delinquent. This, with all the dexterity and tact of an American Indian, was fully carried out. Blossett went to Monmouth on Wednesday morning, and ascertained, beyond a doubt, that a bland and intelligent gentleman, named Reynolds, had been at the White Swan Hotel so journing for a short period, and that he had represented himself as a gentleman in the ironmongery or hardware line. Unfortunately for the policeman, he had that morn ing started. However, on further inquiry, he deemed his prospects not in any ways " blighted," as the gentleman had gone in the direction of Abergavenny. All was now thought right—the assistance of one of the Monmouth police was enlisted, and Blossett, with his companion, went post-haste-to Ragland, where he again heard of the mysterious Mr. Reynolds, who had, it appeared, only a short time previous, departed from thence to Usk. No time was lost in the pursuit, and eventually the criminal was overtaken ; but the astonishment of the pursuers may be readily conceived upon their ascertaining tiey had certainly caught a Mr. Reynolds, bat not the Mr. Rey nolds, as the gentleman in whose pursuit so much energy bad been evinced was not in any way connected with the sympathisers of rebellion in Ireland, but was the repre • sentative of the city of Gloucester. The disappointment of tae indefatigable Blossett may be easily imagined.— H. rlord Journal. true state of tho of the mildest, z A do very foolish things might as well die I g winter. However ;a those half OLON, Parish Priest to evade the veng, ance of tt -starved I military in I my poor people lay God protect ives with whom this locality where the crimes of rebels are and their punishment ountains onl ' In a lan( ken of, 01.13 to a to evade whichii is amiable VITIIIN A rinunal, what prospect can will not go ti has been sp e decision of a jury ) THE WAT: COMMITTEI th of asserting that this worthy , retained during the past two ,e of assisting Mr. Hawkesley and showing the large capabilities of shed ; but his efforts in favour of a certainly as well worthy of remu dozen of the scientific per before the public. Even to beings ; and, in his zeal, by upsetting one of the pet dyers. We have been told by them, a, that the supply of water under Li dtogether from the rainfall in the itn _ colating throu g h th e re d san d stone ,e strata from whence it is pumped up for use ; and as the area of the district becomes built over, such ly will be decreased in quantity. Admit this theory, the deduction is an obvious one,—that the greater rainfall, the snore abundant should be the yield of our ills. During all this period, then, that the saint has ten wringing , his wet blanket over our heads, the Her *eon and Bootle lodges should have been 11411 enough a Franc a water heme have be( 311 as those of kose evi nowever nd over )1 is obti :e district, pe of ad TUE LIVERPOOL gtANIliARii. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, SEACOMAL---In consequence of the difficulty of completing the tibtitt place of worship, its promoters have decided upon holding a bazaar, on the 6th, 7th, and Bth of September, on the bowling-green, at Mr. Parry's Hotel, Seacombe. A considerable debt remains to be liquidated, and several additions and decor rations are required to complete the building, in accord ance with the original design of the architect; the effort now made will; no doubt, receive a liberal response on the part of all true friends to the church. Several of the most influential ladies connected with the district, have and to aid the object; and amongst the early re Lady Tobin, Mrs. Byrth, Mrs. H. Little &c., &c. come f RES ON PHYSIOLOGY.—Dr. Pettigrew, of Lon vered the first of a course of six lectures at the to Institution on this subject, on Friday evening, b was attended by many of our medical townsmen. Pettigrew is a pleasing speaker, adorning his subject with the graces of language, and treating it in so popular a style as to make it understood and admired by persons of the humblest capacity. On Friday evening the lecturer treated of the brain, and will continue that branch of the subject this evening. He has also promised to exhibit the effects of chloroform on animals this evening reater I cannot eou don, deli Coll( but that this course of lectures will be suc nd we may add that the present series is the last Dr. Pet tigre liver in our tows _MAILS TO DUBLIN.—A new arrangement for the transmission of the mails from Dublin to London, via iliiverpool, will come into operation from and after the The mail packet from Liverpool .6stown pier at 4 30 p.m., instead of at ..ot. The object of that arrangement is to .arrival of the mail from Dublin at Liverpool ~uch an hour in the morning as to permit it to be for warded from the latter town to London by the 6 a.m. said that with a view to this, as well .„,, g es, more powerful boats will be put on the .e to Liverpool. All the correspondence between Ire land and those places to which Liverpool offers the speedi est communication will go by this route, all that for London direct and the places on that line will go rid Holyhead. THe MONOMANIAC AT THE ASSIZE COURT.—On will then leave ?nsure the train. It is Tuesday morning, immediately on Mr. Justice Cresswell entering the Crown Court, the venerable old lady who has now for so many years gone " the circuit " with their lordships, and who had, some minutes before the judge arrived, placed herself in a conspicuous part of the court, se, and in a determined tone, demanded the learned to restore to her her property. His lordship mil ' t be came there to try prisoners, and not He would listen to her application t. the proper time ` Yes, but said the old bOdy, "tiff& some persuasion, she was prevailed upon to retire, although not before promising his lordship that she would pay him another visit. POLICE -COURT, YESTERDAY.—The cases brought up yesterday possessed little interest, being chiefly the ordi nary disorderly cases and petty thefts. The only one wor thy of notice was a case brought on by Kehoe and Bates, of the detective police, in which two men were charged with being found in possession of a small bale of drapery goods, under suspicious circumstances. The prisoners, who were apparently labouring men, were stopped in Marybone, along which street they were proceeding in a car with the goods in question, which the driver said he had brought from a but in a brick-field in Kirkdale. On searching the hut in question, the officers found part of she wrappering of another hale. which tallied in material with that of the bale found. They had ascertained that several parcels of goods had been carried away in a loose state, by women and others S)n Sunday morning. The men stated in defence that they had been employed by a man named Derrick (who is known to the police); and they were remanded to allow of the remainder of the goods being traced, as it is said that four bales altogether Eu-(i Awe* T? i - te arc LOCAL MEETINGS HARE.INGTON WATER WORKS.—At a meeting on Wednesday, for finally winding up the affairs, a dividend , f £9 5 per share was declared, and a vote of thanks car 'ed to Mr. Stanistreet, the able secretary of the company. SELECT VESTRY.—The Select Vestry met on Tuesday. In the meantime all was terror or despair on board the ill-fated vessel. While the greater part of the ship was a perfect volcano, the small quantity of gunpowder below exploded, and the masts, one after another, crashed, and fell overboard. This served to increase the flames, and the remainder of the passengers took refuge at the head of the ship. The heat at the time was most intense • but the poor creatures wa t c h e d w ith an anx i ety perfectly'fear ful the approach of a sail. It was the Queen of the Ocean, Mr. Thos. Littledale's • yacht. There were on board, in addition to the crew, Mr. Littledale himself, Mr. Aspinal Tobin, Mr. Aufrere, of Windermere, Sir Thomas Hes keth, (the high sheriff,) and his chaplain. When about three miles distant, they saw the Ocean Monarch with all sails set. In a moment, to their surprise, she seemed to change her course, and appeared as if about to return to Liverpool. The cause of this movement soon became apparent. Smoke - was seen to issue from the vessel, and the fire soon after became visible. They bore down upon her, and as they approached her, the flames showed them selves several feet above the deck. The cries of distress reached them at a considerable distance, and the poor wretches on the wreck swarmed like bees about the head of the vessel. s occupicd 1 The total number sick in the house was stated to be 458. Mr. Steains sent in a letter tendering his resignation as a on account of his health. The affairs of Nel late collector, it appeared were under examina e Vestry having taken legal advice on the subject, id applied to counsel for an opinion from which it was expected they would b 3 able to prosecute the defaulter. William George, jun. and bis wife were elected to the situations of book-keeper, store-keeper, and porteress at the Industrial School. The Medical Relief Committee reported the resignation of Dr. Torbuck, who requested that Mr. Kelly might be appointed, be having engaged to pay Dr. Torbuck a cer t a i n sum o f money advanced by himself. This arrangement was declined. On the sub ject of cholera the Rector said they were informed that, should we be visited with it, Liverpool was better pre pared than when it was last here. He did not think Cher vestrvrr son, th tion, t as any cause for alarm DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY. - Amory.st the bills ordered for payment was one of £704 4s. 16d., for extra watching at the docks, from the 14th of March to the 11th of April, and from the 12th of July to the Ist of August. The Chairman stated that this sum, with what had already been paid, would make a total of £llOO with which the surveyor's department of the Dock Estate had been taxed in consequence of the recent apprehended disturbances. Mr. Henderson said that great expense had also been in curred by the shipowners in extra watching.—An applica tion was made from the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, for the use.of the life boats on the occasion of the approaching regatta, the applicants to pay the men. The committee viewed the application favourably, and it was left in the hands of the sub-committee.—It was reported that on Tuesday last two flats with lighted fires on board, passed through the cut from the canal into the docks, and that the captain's stated that they were ignorant of any regula tion to the contrary. Public notice was ordered to be given of the regulation for preventing - fires on board of The Ocean Queen is a fine stout yacht, and was pro vided with a capacious boat. Mr. Littledale and Mr. Tobin directed all their bands to lower the boat, and pull off to the rescue, they themselves managing the yacht in the meantime. The sea was too rough for her to attempt boarding the burning ship. The men in the boat did their work nobly. They took from the wreck, or near her floating about, thirty-two persons, amongst whom was Capt. Murdoch—nearly exhausted. The yacht was nearly an hour at the wreck before any other assistance arrived. The Affonso, Brazilian steam-frigate, out on a trial trip, and having on board the Prince de Joinville, the Duke and Dachess d'Aumale, the Brazilian Minister, Admiral Grenfell, and others of distinction, afterwards went up to the assistance of the unfortunates. She was followed by the New World, another emigrant vessel, and the Prince of 'Wales steamer. Noble exertions followed. All the boats were got quickly into operation ; the first mate of the Ocean Monarch exerted himself successfully, every one seems to have done his duty ; and above all, a gallant seaman—whether a British or an American sailor signifies nothing—braved the last .-h .opr vessels in the docks. —The receipts of dock and light dues at the port of Runcorn for the past month were stated to be on 242 vessels, of 12,709 tons, £53 Os. 9d. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday, the following returns of deaths were read : Parish of Liverpool. Extra-parochial Wards. This week. Last week. This week. Last week . 161 184 52 57 10 11 0 1 28 23 10 12 1 1 45 12 12 nearly a score of human beings from instant death. His name is Jerome. In order to do this he denuded himself of every stitch of clothes; and his conduct won the ap plause of the Prince de Joinville,—a good judge of a sailors courage. I All causes Fever.... Scarlatina 1 Total deaths At Three o'clock in the afternoon, the last person on board was taken off, and Mr. Littledale's yacht sailed for the Mersey ; the Affonso followed ; the New World and the Prince of Wales pursued their course, and the Liver steam-tug remained until midnight. w lip.nn of the Ocean M . -- ' this week, 213 , week, 241 de crease, 28.—The o pi n i on of Mr. previous Cowling, barrister, ; had been taken as to interments in pits, &c. It was the opi nion of the learned counsel that the magistrates had pro ' perly declin e d i n th e case o f S t. P atr i ck ' s burial-grour g but that th ...ionarch sunk, the lurid glare of the fire disappearing in the gurgle of the water. The following are the heads of " narratives" of the disaster from the captain, the surgeon, and others who were on board the ill-fated vessel. The captain, after substantially confirming the preced ing portion of the above account, states that in five minutes after the fire manifested itself the after part of the ship burst into flames. "The fire produced the ut most confusion amongst the passengers—all appeared in fatuation and despair,--yells and screams of th e mos t horrifying description were given —all control over them was lost ; my voice could not be heard nor my orders obeyed. The passengers crowded in numbers to the bow sprit to avoid the heat of the flames ; many, in alarm and despair, leaped overboard, and, although spars and loose materials lying about deck were thrown out for them to cling to, a great majority of them were drowned." Two boats were got out, but before the lashings of the others could be cut they were enveloped in flames. He also states that, " Seeing our disaster, the Queen of the Ocean yacht, owned by Thomas Littledale, Esq., of Liver pool, with a party of his friends on board, bore down to us, lowered her boat, and the crew, with indefatigable ex ertions, were the means of saving the lives of 32. In the meantime, while the yacht was rendering every assistance in her pow er , th e B raz ili an war steamer Affonso, and the Prince of Wales steamer, bound to Bangor, with the pac ket-ship New World, sent their boats, and were the means of saving many that we re c li ng i ng t o the wreck, and float ing about on the spars; their exertions were great and praiseworthy. The Queen of the Ocean remaind along side till three o'clock, and when she had done all that it was possible to do, set sail for Li v e r p oo l. M r . an d M rs . Dow, of Glasgow, Mr. Southworth, and Mr. Fellowes, are amongst the cabin passengers whom I know to have been saved." The fire was instantaneous, and in five minutes after it was discovered the after-part of the ship was in flames He concludes by "There were, I calculate, about 390 souls altogether on bOard, but as we had not completed our classifying ar rangements, the exact numbttr I cannot positively tell. There were, I think, 31 first and second cabin, and 317 steerage passengers; the crew consisted of 42 hands, in cluding myself." The mate of the ship has also penned a narrative nearly to the same effect, the greatest praise being given to those on board the Ocean Queen, the Affonso, and the Prince of Wales. He escaped in one of the boats, which he had cut adrift from the wreck. He says,—" That being without oars she drifted, with 13 persons in the boat, four miles to leeward, when a sloop picked them up, and with four hands, having procured oars, he pulled for the ship, and picked up in the way a passenger who was clinging to a life buoy. The boats of the Affonso were out, the admiral in one of them, using the most heroic efforts to save life. There were also two boats from the New World, and others from other ships. At this time all the masts were gone, all the deck abaft the forecastle in flames, and fire bursting in holes through the side. There were about 100 of the passengers about the jibboorn and the head. They were screaming deliriously, and a number of dead bodies were floating about. We at once attempted to de liver the people from the head, but there was great diffi culty in approaching her. After some time we were enabled to rescue three, one man and two women, from the rigging under the bows ; soon after I succeeded in rescuing a wo man and a child, but the child died in the boat almost in stantly. The Prince of Wales could not approach, but sent her boats out." She furnished Wm with more oars and men, and he saved two persons, and might have saved many more but they refused to lower themselves from the bow of the burning vessel. He speaks highly of a man named Frederick Jerome, who stripped himself, and by means of a line rescued 15 of the passengers, at great risk of his own life. He then proceeds to say," Previous to this the other boats had rescued many, but still several individuals had fallen over while endeavouring, probably, to escape from the heat, or to reach the boats. Many were drowned. The whole of the upper deck was burnt off, and the fire was bursting through the sides down to the water's edge. Jerome having lowered down the last per son, a man, he descended, and we put him on board the Prince of Wales, as well as the remainder of the pas sengers. I went on board the Affonso, where I expe rienced congratulations and every kindness. The Prince DESTRUCTION OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP " OCEAN MONARCH" BY FIRE, AND LOSS OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED LIVES. An awful catastrophe occurred to an emigrant ship bound from this port to New York, on Thursday last, shortly after she had left the Mersey. The Ocean Monarch had on board 28 first and second-class cabin passengers, 322 steerage passengers, and 46 men con stituting the crew, including officers. She was one of the Boston liners, and belonged to Messrs. Enoch, Train, and Co., of Boston. She was chiefly laden with iron, and was commanded by Captain Murdoch, a gentleman of unquestionable experience and nautical skill. She started at daylight in the morning, in tow of a steam tug, and made good progress. The steamer left her to work her own way about eight o'clock, and with a fresh breeze she proceeded to sea. The wind being in q direction that required tacking, the order to "'bout ship," as she neared the land, about six miles on this side of Great Ormshead, was given ; and when her head was put to seaward, the alarm of fire immediately followed. Smoke was seen to issue from a ventilator, near the after part of the vessel. The captain, who was on deck, sent some of the crew below to ascertain the cause, and at first con cluded that some of the steerage passengers had been smoking, but one of the crew observed that some one must have lighted a tire in the ventilator w men passea through the captain's private cabin), mistaking it for a chimney. This, however, is quite uncertain. Before the origin of the fire could be ascertained, the fire manifested itself. The flames proceeded from the storeroom, and, from "tlnftivnefibl. rlnflll•ck of PVl.PralPfl with an extraordinary and frightful rapidity, owing in some measure to the disordered state of the steerage deck, for it generally takes a day after sailing before things can be put in order. The appearance of the flames caused the utmost con fusion ; the passengers rushed to and fro against each other, and impeded the progress of persons getting on deck. Children were thrust aside, and women struggled against men in the general effort for self-preservation. In the impulse of the moment, those who had money attempted to save it, and the struggle was to get on deck with trunks, boxes, clothes, &c. Many were successful, and several even returned and descended for the purpose of saving children or getting at their little properties. But in their endeavour a great number were smothered, for a dense smoke soon filled every place below deck. . The captain, perceiving the imminent danger in which the lives of all were placed, gave orders to put the vessel now burst upon deck, in tongues of flame, these orders fon Id not he , p.,,,ltn,,,,..thanktex eiomg forwards. In letting go the anchors, many per sons who had got about the cable, or amongst the head gearing, or cordage, were carried overboard, and perished, no one being enabled to rescue them. The survivors describe the scene at this moment as truly appalling. Men, women, and children were run ning about wildly, screaming and crying ; a crowd got around the captain and mate, beseeching them to save them, or reproaching them for what had taken place. Orders were either not heard, or disobeyed, and the second mate and some of the crew seeing ruin inevitable, proceeded to get out the boats. without the captain's order and against his wishes. The second mate succeeded, and got into a boat ; the first mate, seeing the second boat in danger of being swamped, jumped into her and pushed off, but then discovered that they had no oars. The waves were running high, and the wind blowing fresh, and they were driven out to sea. Happily they were picked up by the Prince of Wales, and Captain Denham, with a prompt humanity, steered direct for the Ocean Monarch. After the boats left, the Captain remained on the wreck. There were several other boats on board, but they were now unavailable, being enveloped in flames. All his crew had now left him, with the exception of the carpenter and three others ; and an instant effort was necessary to pre serve their lives. A spar was launched, and some boards, and lowering themselves down they clung to these. The captain was in this perilous state in the water for about twenty minutes, when he was picked up by the yacht " Ocean Queen." de join Ville, the commander, and the other persons on board, gathered around us. There were 139 persons saved from the *treck on board • many of these were women and cliiltifett, partially naked. I saw all busy in clothing and comforting them ; but among the most zealous, kind, and active were Mr. and Mrs. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, Who were on board. Mrs. Lynn went over the poor children, seized them in her arms as they came on board, dried them, caressed them, and covered them in the best way she could. Mr. Lynn supplied the fainting with brandy and wine, and the less helpless, with hot soups, meats, &c. The conduct of both was the subject of general admiration, and the poor poured on' them incessant thanks and prayers. The Affonso brought us to the. Mersey, and the gentlemen on board desired us, if we wished, to remain on board all night." The mate concludes his narrative without mentioning the praise bestowed on himself. We understand, how ever, that he was highly complimented by the gentlemen on board the Affonso, and that the passengers pressed upon him gratefully with " God bleis you !—you have saved our lives." Mr. Ellis, surgeon of the Ocean Monarch, acquits the captain altogether of the culpability which . has been charged agains by a contemporary to do tinder the circumstances pis opinion, The captain, in the first . _ place, took all the necessary steps to cheek the conflagra tion, and afterwards behaved with the greatest prompti tude; but all his exertions were rendered fruitless by the confusion produced by the terror which spread among the passengers. The captain stuck to the ship until the frag ments of the blazing mainmast were falling about him ; he did not leave until it was an impossibility any longer to stand the heat between the two fires raging fore and aft. He had great difficulty, in fact, in saving his own life at last, and he certainly saved the lives of others in his in structions to those who hesitated to throw themselves into the water, and there trust to the spars.—Mr. Ellis was picked up by a pilot-boat out of one of the Ocean Monarch's boats (the mate's) almost swamping at the time by the heavy seas, and was afterwards placed on board a Wexford smack, the Queen. Some of the passengers, when rescued, were .perfectly naked. Mr. Ellis, like the majority of the other passen gers, has lost everything by the fire. As a professional man, his sacrifices are even more to be regretted than those of others : he has lost his diploma (granted by the Royal College of Surgeons), all his instruments, books, &c. Mr. Ellis states that the fire first appeared in the cabin, and he therefore questions the statement that it he care was occasioned by L._ _iessness of an emigrant in the steerage. Mr. Ellis was_skttingkitfte e,*ilrfa i damt 12 LL 11l and said that the ship was on fire. A lady, of the name of Andrews, was in the cabin, also reading, at the same time ; she was greatly alarmed. He believes that this unfortunate lady, with her daughter, a child nine veers old, has been lost. Mr. Andrews, the husband of . this lady, has been saved. At the time the fire broke out, a great number of the emigrants were lying sea-sick in their berths, and he attributes the subsequent confusion to the alarm prodwed by these running naked on deck. In this way many of the children were lost. The tug-boat, which took them out of the river, had not left them half an hour, when the first smoke was seen : had she stayed a little while longer with them, every human being would have been saved. The Prince of Wales steamer arrived from the wreck at this port at five in the afternoon. She had saved a great number of persons, but had transhipped the whole of them but fourteen on board the Affonso frigate. They spoke in high terms of the kindness with which thay had been treated on board the Prince of Wales ; and we are gratified to announce, that a subscription, set on foot at Menai Bridge, on their behalf, realised, in a very short period, upwards of £6O. The following statement is from Captain G. Dani, of the City of Dublin Company's steamer Prince of Wales, who, seeing the distressed situation of the Ocean Monarch while on his passage from this port to Beaumaris, in the most praiseworthy manner bore down towards her. and was happily the means of saving the lives of a large number of the passengers. After the gallant captain and his crew had rendered all the assistance in their power, and had seen the last of the people taken from the wreck, the steamer, having some of the peopl e on b oar d w h o were saved by their humane exertions, proceeded to her destination, where she arrived itt eight o'clock : • " When outside the Light-ship T discovered a ship on fire, bearing about twelve miles N.W. I immediately hauled up for her, and ordered one of the boats to be got ready. In going along I discovered a boat with four hands in it. I took her in tow, and in a short time after saw a man floating on part of the wreck. I sent a boat to pick him up, and got him on board. At this time there was a great deal of the wreck floating about. I lowered my boat, and sent Mr. Batty (the mate) and Three hands to see if they could pick up any one alive. As Mr. Batty was going into the boat he discovered the body of a child, not quite dead, but it was too far gone to recover. I then proceeded to the ship on fire, and got three more passengers that were floating. When I came up to the ship she was in one flame from fore to aft. 1 did not think it prudent to go alongside of her, but I came to anchor close ahead of her. At this time the wind was increasing, and a heavy sea running, and so much of the wreck hanging about the vessel the boats could not ap proach her with safety. I then got the passengers to assist to weigh my anchor, and returned to pick up my own boat. I then returned to the ship, and saw from twenty to thirty people under the bowsprit of the ship. I then came to anchor close on her starboard bow, and got lines attached to the boats and saved every one that was left on the wreck. At this trying moment Mr. Batty was of the greatest service to me, as well as all the other hanrl." -3 ___it'___.i_- • I . they could The following account of the frightful occurrence is from a passenger on board the Prince of Wales : " About twelve o'clock at noon, when opposite Point of Ayr, I got the telescope to take a survey of the coast, and, turning to the sea, I saw a cloud of smoke, which struck me as coming from a steamer firing up ; but, as it continued for some time with the same feature, I thought that it might be a ship on fire. I went to Captain Dani, and, on his looking at it, he declared it to be so, and im mediately bore down towards her. She then might be about four miles off. On nearing her a couple of miles, I was on the forecastle looking out. and heard a ery • a•,•-••• a man attached to a life buoy,. the boat was got dovin . , and he was picked up ; and a child floated past, which was also picked up, but dead ; floating cabbages and pieces of wreck came next, and then— a borrible sight !—bodi e s o f men and women, just unde r Me surface of the water, all the way to the burning ship, which was at anchor. " The Brazilian frigate Affonso was anchored a little distance from her, and rendering every assistance with the boats. On our coming up on her larboard bow, to our horror it was crowded with poor wretches —men, women- d _ ,, wren—hanging to ropes, spars, and the wreck of the foremast, crying most piteously to be saved from their frightful position, the awful element fire lite rally chasing them into the equally destructive one water, which was very rough, causing the vessel to surge ten or twelve feet at every heave, continually immersing those who had slid down the hanging wreck of ropes and sails, on the chance of being taken off by the boats, which, un fortunately, dare not approach for fear of being swamped. Then came a sight, sickening and never to be forgotten : they one by one dropped off into the water, unable to hold on any longer, either from the heat or from exhaustion, we and the boats looking on, unable to render help further than picking those up who were bold enough to jump. "At length some twelve or fourteen were all that re mained ; the sea got.. urn. • Tince of Wales) - went ahead of her, and dropped her anchor, letting her drop down as near as possible. A ropy was then passed by a boat from us and eased away to the wreck; then a man, a credit to humanity, a sailor from the skip New. World, which was ffninv mit to saa stripped, and took a rope round his body, climbed up to the bowsprit, and, amidst encouraging cheers from all about, slung them one by one into the boat, and by that means saved the lives of one man, aged seventy, four women, and five or six children, the last on the fatal ship. All that I saw saved were of the lowest class of Irish and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire." It is stated that one female was thrust overboard by another woman who was frantic; that she came in con tact with another female in a dying state, and who, when she breathed her last in the water, formed a buoy, by clinging to which the survivor was saved. This appears to be rather problematical. All the survivors who were taken on board the Affonso speak in the warmest terms of praise of her noble com mander, and of her most benevolent crew. Everything that that frigate had on board was liberally and bounti fully supplied to them. Biscuit and bread, meat and vegetables, brandy and wine, all were handed about with unbounded profusion • -- I we need , ant. scarcely say that these esculents and drinkables were most acceptable to the wretched sufferers, all of whom were Breached with wet, yet parched with thirst, and most of whom were literally in a state of nudity. And, talking of nudity, this most humane crew supplied to the best of their ability, the wants of the survivors, in this respect. To one they gave a coat, to another trousers, and to another a shirt, until at length, in this way, every one brought on board the frigate had some essential requisite of clothing supplied. Many of the survivors are to proceed to their destina tion in the United States by the Hope, appointed to sail yesterday. Many were, however, so terrified that they decline proceeding, and have had their passage money re turned. The passage money amounted in the aggregate to about £l3OO. The fare in the first cabin was £2O ; in the second, £l2 ; in the state-room, £5 ; steerage, first deck, £4 ; second deck, £3 10s. The following is said to be the number of persons on board the Ocean Monarch, together with the number of those saved and unaccounted for : ON BOARD Steerage Second cabin First Crew . Doctor Queen of the Ocean Affonso Smack Prince of Wales .. 32 156 13 17 August Z 9 IMS: The captain has published a idler thanking the gentle men on board the yacht for their extraordinary exertions, and expressive of his admiration of the skilful and sea manlike manner in which the Queen of the Ocean was handled. The sympathy shown to the poor creatures is creditable to all concerned. Mr. Lynn, who was on board the Bra zilian frigate, as caterer to the distinguished party,yro vided them with soup and other necessaries. A number of policemen's top coats, and other articles of wearing apparel, were sent from the Dock Police-office , for the use of the unfortunate people, as they were landed from the pierhead, from the different vessels which con veyed them into port. The same spirit of humanity towards the survivors per vades all classes. Mr. Baker, the comedian, suggests a benefit play at the Theatre-Royal, which will take place on Thursday evening, when the amatuers who appeared a year ago in the Twelfth Night, will again perform that piece. The Brunswick Club purposes getting up an ama teur performance at the Royal Amphitheatre; and Mr- B. R. Isaac has announced the diverting the proceeds of his own Grand Concert, to come off this evening, to the same benevolent cause. When we consider the very 4e- pressed state of the times amongst all classes, we are in clined to say (as Cowper said of "England" at large)► "Liverpool, with all thy faults, we love thee still." In order to ascertain the number of survivors as nearly as possible, a meeting of them was summoned, on Sun day, at Messrs. Harnden's office. Nearly 150 drew up, and although clothing had been provided for many, a majority of the poor creatures were in the most pitiable and destitute condition. One poor woman who was present had lost not less than five of her children. The passengers were teken to the police-office, where clothing was provided for them. Several of the unhappy beings are in the Northe rn Hospital, with fractured limbs and other injuries. ManY of them are suffering severely from the long immersion in the water. Some of the invalids were conveyed to the Birkenhead hospital. The members of the bar, still on circnt, at once got UV a subscription, and raised in a few hours £l4O. The stewardess lost her life in courageously attempting to get the powder out of the cabin. She was forced back by the fumes, and fell dead on reaching the deck. The powder exploded with a report like that of a cannon. - The vessel continued to burn until one o'clock on Fri day morning. One person on board lost his wife and child, and £BOO. It appears from the latest conjectures that the fire was not first seen in the cabin, and there was no smoke there, and that it first showed itself near the steering-wheel, where the store-room is situated. Mr by the A ffonsop alter wing long in the water, and drivel by the waves from spar to spar. A young man named Thompson, a seaman belonging to Liverpool, seeing the danger, jumped i n th e wa t er , with his child tied on his back, and held on by the chain cabler also supporting his wife, who was also in the water. After the lapse of an hour and a half the child was washed awaY , and the wife soon shared the same fate. The young marl was saved. Censure has been cast upon the commanders of the. Cambria and Orion, whose steam-vessels passed in sight of the ship. The charge is a serious one ; and it were wrong to give it credence until an investigation of the ease. take place. It is stated, that not knowing the extent of the calamity, and seeing (in the distance) other vessels, and a number of boats round the ship, they did not deep their assistance necessary. The captain of the Cambria says that he had only as much coal as would take him to. Liverpool, and that he did not know she was an emigrant ship. He had also two hundred passengers on board, and his decks were completely crowded with live stoek, which would have rendered it difficult to have rendered assist ance, with such a heavy sea running. His coals would have run out, and he mvst have remained at an chor, which would have placed his vessel in great danger, had it come on to blow. Captain Murdoch also acquits the captains of these steam-vessels of all blame. He says it would have taken an hour and a half after the was dis covered by them for them to have reached the Ocean Monarch. In the House of Commons, on Saturday, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer promised that the fullest enquiry should take place into the circumstances. Mr. Hume alluded to the Cambria and Orion having passed the ship ; and trusted that Jerome, who had saved seventeen lives, would be adequately rewarded. The melancholy catastrophe was improved from the pulpits of most of the churches, and in several, collections were made in aii. of the unfortunate suffer era. The United States Consul has addressed a letter of thanks to the gentlemen on hoard the frigate and the yacht. The Prince de Joinville left £lO for two seamen on board the frigate, wh) exerted themselves courageously during the dreadful scene. The Brazilian minister left £lOO for the crew of that vessel, but on Sunday, when this fact was communicated to them, they refused to receive tho money, and w i s h e d it to be handed to the surviving sufferers. When only a dozen helpless women and children remained on the burning wreck, paralyzed with fear and totally incapable of helping themselves by descending from the tottering bowsprit to the boats which, in the midst of the heavy sea and wreck, in vain offered their assistance below, the seaman, Jerome. stripped him self naked, made his way through the sea and wreck, and with a line in his hand, succeeded in lowering the last helpless victims safely into the boats, being himself the last man to leave the wreck. On his arrival on board the Brazilian steam-frigate Affonso, he was received on the quarter-deck by the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale, who, shaking him by the hand, praised his gallantry in the most flattering terms, bestowing on him an ample gratuity. The blackened mast and some of the _ spars of the unfortunate ship, with portions of the rig ging attached, were towed into the river on Friday night, by one of the steam-tugs which found them floating near the spot where the remains of the vessel went down. They were floated into the Prince's Basin, where they rema in. ' Mr. Baker, the cotnedian, was not a passenger by the Ocean Monarch, as st a ted by a contemporary. The lady of Admiral Grenfell took charge of a child which was rescued from the burning ship. It has since been claimed by a Mrs. Romer, who lies at the Northern Hospital. The meeting between the mother and child was most affecting, the poor woman having lost all hopes of ever seeing it again. The poor child had the horrors -` " . or use scene so strongly impressed on its mind, that during sleep, it was evidently, in imagination again amid the ter rors from which it had been rescued, frequently starting, screaming, and muttering exclamations of alarm. The Journal says :—On Friday we visited Regent-street and the other streets lying at the north end of the town, where the unfortunate survivors have taken up their tem porary residences. Never did we witness such squalid masses of human beings as these survivors present. Most of them are women, some with burns on their necks and shoulders, produced by 0- ---- uiazi..g masts and timbers, and others with black eyes and contused wounds upon various parts of their persons, caused by frequent surges on the tops of the waves against broken spars and the hull of the burning vessel. The Skerryiore steam-tug arrived on Saturday morning from the scene of the late disaster with five bodies (two women, one man, and two children,) and a quantity of spars, sails, &c., belonging to the ship. The bodies bad been previously picked up by boatmen, and when brought to Liverpool were placed in the house appropriated for the unclaimed dead, at the south end of the Prince's Dock. There were several bruises and cuts on the heads and faces of the bodies, and one of the children had apparently been scorched. INDIAMAN BY The case of the destruction of the " Kent," by fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 28th February, 1827, bears con siderable analogy to that of the loss of the Ocean Monarch, although the mortality was not nearly so great, that we supply a few of the facts, by way of historical reminis cence. The Kent, a fine new ship, of 1,350 tons, (only 50 tons more than the Ocean Monarch,) commanded by Captain Henry Cobb, left the Downs on the 19th Febru ary of the year stated, bound for Bengal and China. She had a crew of 148 men, including her officers ; and 20 officers, 344 soldiers, 43 women, and 66 children, belong ing to the 31st regiment; also 20 private passengers, mak ing a total of 641 souls. The Oepnn h.rl cdl = vt.crau luunarcri 1150 1 0 on board 398, being 243 short of the number in the Kent. On the night of the 28th February, when the-Kent was in latitude 47 0 30u, longitude 10 0 , a gale came on from the west, which gradually increased till the morning. About midnight the vessel rolled alarmingly. Shortly be fore this an officer, with the well-meant intention of as certaining that all was right below, went into the hold, with two sailors, carrying with them a light in a patent lantern ; but seeing that it burnt dimly, the officer hands it up to the orlop deck_ to be trimmed. He afterwards discovered that one of the spirit casks was adrift, and sent the seamen for some billets of wood to secure it. In their absence the vessel made a larch, the officer unfortunately dropped the lamp and,: in endeavouring to recover it, let go the cask, when it was suddenly stove, and the spirits communicating with the light the whole was instantly in a blaze. As the spot was surrounded by water-casks, they hoped the fire might be extinguished, but it soon gained head, and, succeeded by dense volumes of smoke, ascended all: the four hatchways. The cry soon was that the flames had reached thercable tier, and little hope was entertained of preserving the vessel. The alarm and horror on board became intense. With great presence of mind the cap tain ordered, the lower deck to be scuttled, and the lower ports to be opened to admit the waves. The sailors and soldiers speedily obeyed, but could not until several per sons, sick soldiers, women, and children had perished from suffocation. After this there seemed but a choice of death—by fire, or by water. The scene was dreadful. The upper decks were covered with between 600 and 70 0 beings, many of them from sea-sickness and alarm almost naked. An explosion of the magazine was almost mo mentarily expected. The captain ordered the vessel to be scuttled forward to draw the fire in that direction, as.. between it and the magazine th ere were severa l tiers of water casks. The cries, the prayers of the helpless were. meantime heartrending, while othe rs f e ll i n t o th e stupor of despair. At last the joyful announcement was made font the fore-top that a sail was bearing down, and she proved to be the Cambria, a brig of 200 tons burthen, Captain Cook, bound to Vera Cruz. The boats of the Kent were got out, and the females placed in them first, and their conduct was that of perfect resignation, for they were yet_ in imminent peril. A num b er o f ex t raor di nar y escape! 218 were made from yawning d ea th. S evera l s oldiers Pe To account for .. several of the latter were d rowne d i n th e t ra nsit. The CABIN PASSENGE RS .—M r . a nd M rs . Dow ; Mr. means of rescue taken by Captain Cobb and all the brave Southworth ; Thomas Henry ;J. K. Fellowes, and Mr. Gregg,—all of wh om are sa id t o h ave b een saved. fellows around were fearless f or th emse l v es, and all that , humanity could dictate for othe r s. C ons idering the na - SECOND CLASS CABIN PASSENGE RS .—M r . James Sid- ture of the circumstances comparatively few lives wer e dall, Maine ; Mrs. H ow a r d an d c hild, E ng l and ; Mrs. lost. The captain was the last to escape, and at gre at Reynolds ; Mrs. Roper and two child ren •, Miss Maria per il . The congratulation of friends and relatives on Bunning ; Mrs. Shaw ; M r . H. P owe ll, 11 r. Br i stow ; board the Cambria may be conceived ; and those on board her, soon after saw the ma j es ti c s hip, which ha d, 'w ith o. Few of the steerage passengers would be kn ow n by • them, passed over the w a t ers lik e a c o nq ueror, become a Paine here, and we therefore do not publish them. m i g h ty p ill ar of tire, in the vast desert of the coma; Mr. Murphy, and four others. was sent to Mot- prison for four months, for " drilling" persons at tram to the use of arms. The Nat Bank Cotton Mill, near Heywood, was de stroyed by fire on Friday. It was occupied by Mr. Pilling, who is insured for £2OOO in the Liverpool office. The loss is estimated at £3OOO. Mr. Pierrepoint, dentist, of Manchester, has a turkey cock which is now bringing up ten chickens with the rness, after having, with great pride, regu ,ention, until the pro- to every at During the late heavy rains, the soldiers in the encamp ment at Manchester, at present about 900 strong. hP - nave suffered severely. The canvass, of which their tents are composed, has proved unable to resist the rains, and every article within has been constantly saturated. An imme diate change is anticipated. LORD J. RUSSELL AND THE WOMEN.—Mrs. Theobald, the female insurrectionist, who spoke at a Repeal meeting at Manchester on Tuesday, announced that 100,000 females were ready organised in London, and were prepared to march as a body on Lord John Russell. Heaven help the premier! WANT OF ACCOMMODATION AT THE "PIKE."-At the Bolton licensing sessions, last week, Mr. Brownlow, solicitor, applied on behalf of Mr. Radcliffe, for a license to a house at Rivington Pike, and produced a memorial signed by all the publicans in Horwich, overseers, guardi ans of the poor, and other parties ; and it was urged that as the " rude and antique" spot, commanding such splen did views, had now become a place of such favourite re sort, it was necessary to have a place for refreshments; and, again, that the resort would be still more famed when the Rivington Pike water scheme was carried into effect at Liverpool. The magistrates, however, declined to grant the license. r _ ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.—We understand that it is in contemplation to divide the Lancashire district, now presided over ecclesiastically by two prelat es , th e Ri ght Rev. Dr. Brown, bishop of the district, and th e Ri g h t Rev. Dr. Sharpies, his coadjutor bishop, into t wo sees, — one to be called the see or bishopric of Liverpool, —of which Dr. Brown, it is said, is likely to be the bishop; and the bishopric of Salford, under the care of Dr. Shar pies. On Thursday, the Right Rev. Dr. Hogarth was to he appointed bishop of the Durham District, and it i s was supposed would be installed in Usher College, near Durham.—Manchester Guardian._ MEETING OF ORANGEMEN, — DEPUTATION TO THE AUTHORITIES.—Owing to the late outbreak in this town a very numerous meeting of the members of the various Orange Lodges in the Ashton district, assembled at Ashton a few days ago, when it was unanimously agreed that a deputation should be appcinted to wait upo n th e magistrates and inform them of the willingness of the body of Orangemen to aid them in the suppression of any disturbance` that might take place whenever called upon . . The deputation was courteously received, and the autho rities expressed their thanks for the loyal feeling maw. tested by the members of this loyal order. SAVED J, Yard two, Ai , . 0 „,, Die; 4 ear ktijed ti c ; 43 e S he i ri a Z! epee votr, 4 ' ( l Rots tong. Ig , 8 4 ,11ri er o. ~er'N Th 41 01 1 ! IlThc A W 4,1