The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-13 00:00:00

THEFT OF FLOUR FROM A WAREHOUSR.-It will be re membered that some months ago (the 3rd of October) a quantity of flour (21 sacks) was stolen from a warehouse in Frederick -street, called " Thomas's," in broad day, the pro perty of Messrs. Archer, Daly, and Co. It was traced to the premises of a man named Stewart, in Arley-street, Vauxhall road ; the contents of the sacks being found in bulk in a room above, by police-officer Kehoe. Four or five men had been engaged in the robbery, having opened the warehouse door with a key previously provided, and loaded and lighted a cart, astif it were a legitimate delivery. Two of them were apprehended some time ago, and were convicted and sentenced to - transportation a t th e last sessions. On Wednesday, another of the party, named Christopher Brannon, for whom a look-out had been key whence the flour had come,, The prisoner had been apprehended o__ at a village in Westmeath, and was brought over to this town by the head constable of that county. The same evidence of the carter and others, that led to the conviction of the other two, was given, and showed that the prisoner had assisted the others in loading and lighting the flour. He made a long statement to the effect that he was merely employed by one of the others as a labourer on the occasion, had been paid in the usual w a y, an d b a d soon a f ter gone tolreland to see his wife, who was lying dangerously ill. He was committed for trial ioth here and in Ireland (from 3efore Mr. Rushton e 24th of December DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY A CART.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Henry Gossage. John Keasley, a mariner, said, that on Saturday evening last, he was passing along Dale-street in a spring cart. Just as he passed the end of Cheapside he saw a cart coming down that street laden with coal. The cart was drawn by two horses, and the deceased was the driver. The deceased had hold of the chain horse by the bridle. The horses were not restive, but going steadily along. They were turning into Dale-street just as the spring cart was at the end of the street, when the chain horse shyed, and the de ceased let go the bridle in order to get clear of the wheel of the spring cart, and went behind the chain horse and sud denly fell, and the near side wheel of the cart passed over his body. Witness jumped out of the spring cart, and raised him and helped to carry him to a doctor's. Witness did not think the driver of the spring cart was at all to blame. Other witnesses saw the deceased falling as described. He was taken to Mr. Whitley's, surgeon, and thence to his lodgings, in Highfield-street, where he died in about three hours after the accident. The widow of deceased said he was a porter, and had never driven the horses but once before. He was 31 years of age. The surgeon, Mr. Cripps, who attended the deceased after the accident, was of opinion that the cause of death was rupture of the bladder, produced by internal violence. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death," and laid a deodand on the cart wheel that passed over him of 10S. DEATH BY FALLING FROM A STAGE.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of John Ritchie, a man aged 57 years. Thomas Thompson, a boarding-house ke e p er , sa id t h at , a b out three weeks ago , was standing on the quay at the Prince's-dock, when he saw the deceased, whom he knew at some distance off, and called upon him to come up, asking him whether the name of a ves sel in the middle of the dock was the Star. There were two planks placed on the quay,, the other ends of which rested on the gaff of the sloop. The deceased went on to the-end of the plank that was on the quay, and stooped down to look at the name of the vessel. The sloop had a quay berth, but was rather low in the water. There were men in the hold trimming the coals; and whilst the deceased was standing on the plank, the vessel listed over to one side, and the ends of the planks on the gaff fell down, and the deceased and another man, who was also on them, fell down on the deck of the sloop, a h e i g ht o f a b out 16 feet. The deceased fell on his face, and the other man on the top of him. The other man got up directly, and the deceased remained lying. Witness ran for a police-officer to bring the bearing barrow. On his return he found the deceased had been picked up, and was partially insensible. The bearing barrow was brought, and deceased was taken to the Northern Hospital. The accident happened on the 20th December. He became gradually worse, and died on Tuesday last. The io-- turned a verdict of " Accidental death. fury re- IN CEN DIARISM.—About midnight on the 4th instant, the entire rick yard of R. W. Barton, Esq., of Caldy, about seven miles from Birkenhead, was destroyed by fire, the act, no doubt, of an incendiary. In consequence, Mr. Barton offered a reward of £lOO for the conviction of the of fender or offenders. Since the fire, a farm labourer, named Peter Evans, was apprehended, and after undergoing two examinations before the magistrates at Birkenhead, was fully committed to the next Chester assizes for trial. The first witness examined was Mr. John Wharton, a publican, re siding at Caldy, and close to Mr. Barton's stack yard. After describing the situation of the stack yard, and the produce which it contained; he stated that on the night of the fire, the prisoner was at his house, where he remained until about half-past eleven at night ; that about that time he left the house, when witness let him out of his house and bid him good night. He then locked his house up, and was about getting into bed when he perceived the stack yard to be on fire. This was about ten minutes after the prisoner left the house of witness, and at the time he left there was no appear ance of fire. On witness running to the stack yard he found the stacks on firs in four different places, and in ten minutes all were in flames. If the prisoner had walked home at the time the fire was blazing, he would have been about Caldy Common, and must have seen the fire. He was not at the fire during the whole night. Mr. Richard Davies, farm bai liff to Mr. Barton, stated that he was at the fire, and there were burned five stacks of wheat, one stack of oats, one of hay and clover, a farm cart, a cart loaded with straw, and eleven hundred yards of timber. The value of the property was from £9OO to £lOOO, and was insured. The prisoner was dismissed from the service of Mr. Barton on the sth of December, in consequence of some steves of oats being missed, and one of the fires was in the hole in the stack from whence the steves were taken. Other witnesses confirmed these statements. The officer who apprehended the prisoner stated, that on searching his bed-room he found a waistcoat, in the right hand pocket of which were two pieces of lucifer matches. This witness, in reply to a question from Mr. Parsons, who appeared for the prisoner, stated that the dis tance from the fire to the residence of the prisoner, was about a mile and three quarters, and up hill nearly all the way. After the examination of the special high constable of the Hundred of Wirral, Mr. Parsons contended that there was not sufficient evidence to send the prisoner for trial, but the magistrates thought otherwise and committed him IMPOSING ON A FEM AI . -- HER A " FLASH" NOT lookin g man, named Lawrence Nugent, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of being concerned in uttering to a female servant a " flash" £5 note. The complainant, Mary Hart, said she was in the service of Mr. Thomas Harrison, merchant, who resided at No. 18, Great George's_ square. She had an acquaintance in Cheshire, and about six weeks ago the prisoner came to her master's house with a message from her —that being the first time she had seen him. On Friday last, a man, whom she did not know, called upon her with a note from a man named Thomas Stovas, (whom she knew,) in consequence of which she went to a public-hous e i n F ontenoy-street, where she saw Stovas. q'he latter informed her that he bad enlisted, and that he was short of lls. to make up £1 9s. Od. to pay the smart. He added that he had a brother who lived at Edge-hill, but was on his death-bed ; that he should not like to mention the matter to him, otherwise he could get the money from him— and that if she would lend him the amount, he would call that night and return it. She was induced to lend the money, and then returned home. On the same night the prisoner and Stovas came to her, and asked her to put her bonnet on, and go with her to some place where they would change a note—to pay her—Stovas remarking that he had two £lO notes and a£s note. She went with them to a house near St. James's Market, where they (the men) called for some drink, for which Stovas paid, but did not get change for any note. The prisoner and the other went out one after the other to get change, as th e y sa id , b ut came back pretending they could not get the not e c h anged. The prisoner, it ap peared, had at one time possession of a note. She then went out along with them towards her master's house. When she reached it and stood at the door, Stovas came up, leaving the prisoner at the corner of the street, and asked her if she could change the note herself. She said she had not so much. He then asked her if she had any small change, and she said she had some, and took him into the kitchen, where she handed him two sovereigns and five shil lings, receiving from him a note, which he called a £5 note. She was in a hurry to get him out of the house, and did not look at it particularly at the time, but, on getting him out, immediately perceived that it was a "flash" note. She next day went in search of the prisoner, but could hear no thing of him. On Monday afternoon, he came to the house intoxicated, and she asked him where Stovas lived. He said he would tell if she would pay him. She agreed, and went With him to a public. house in Thomas -street. The prisoner Spoke to the landlord, and then went into a small room. Meantime she asked the landlord if he knew where the pri soner lived, and he replied that he lived next door. The prisoner then came out, and, to hor enquiries, said that he lived three miles and a half off, in Toxteth-park. He then pretended to show her where Stovas lived, and took her through numerous streets, but at length ran away. She went next night to the prisoner's lodgings, in Thomas-street, and found him in. He took her to Richmond -row, where she found Stovas's lodgings, but learnt that he had gone to Manchester. She called a police-officer, and had the pri soner taken into custody. The prisoner, on his way to bride well, told the constable that he knew that the note was a bad pne, He denied in court that he knew the note was bad ; and said that he had never tendered it, and had given it back to Stovas at his own request. He was committed for trial. —On Wed UTTERING TO RAILWAYS.-IVIr. Richard Dawson, of this town, has published in a contemporary a letter 7iving the traffic on the respective railways for the two last half years, ending 31st December, 1842, from which we make the following ex tract;-- Ist January to 301 h June s. d. Arbroath and Forfar 4,218 12 3/ firm. & Derby Junction. 28,706 16 11 firming. and Gloucester. 42,398 2 81 Brandling Junction 20,273 11 11 Chester and Birkenhead Dublin and Kingston 20,282 19 7 Dundee and Arbroath Eastern Counties Edin. & Glasgow, 19 wks 33,716 16 3 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock . .......... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock and Ayr 26,076 Grand Junction Great North of England. 32,064 12 11 Great Western .. liayle ...... 3,992 7 11 Bull and Selby Liverpool 4 Manchester 111,673 18 7 London & Birmingham . London and Blackwall London and Brighton London and Croydon 10,992 11 5 London and Greenwich 22,189 ]8 8 London &S. Western Manchester & Birming 10,613 3 2 Manch., Bolton, & Bury 14,695 18 7 Manch es t er and Leeds Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle N ewcastle and N. Shields 9,202 19 2 North Midland .. North Union •• • • 26,067 3 7 Northern and Eastern Presto n and Wyre 4,839 15 7 13effield and Manchester 6,717 17 7 South Eastern & Dover 3,333 12 -I Taff Vale (from August, Ulste Only five months) r York and North Midland 40,467 5 • 23,044 19 8 9,788 13 Ist July to 31st December 4,439 2 5 35,749 12 9 50,418 4 9 22,555 19 5 14,298 13 5 22,296 0 0 6,707 4 11 26,184 6 2 59,615 16 8 22,810 11 204,149 13 7 36,719 5 0 358,631 13 6i 6,221 13 5 27,188 4 9 115,587 0 2 424,405 2 10 22,951 19 103,348 5 7 9,134 13 3 20,744 9 4 170,525 4 0 49,547 14 2 15,241 2 3-4- 118,525 10 9 71,580 17 111 39,417 13 1 10,147 15 3 115,910 9 5 28,102 10 8 35,720 6 2 6,330 18 9 5,831 4 0 32,215 15 4 13,668 18 2 10,765 10 7 45,994 18 10 £2,099,326 10 111 £2,391.9 , 15 2 3 2,099,326 10 114 4,491,271 13 24- Deduct 40 per cent. for working expenses.. 1,796,508 8 11 )4,763 5 oi T hus it will appear that on thirty-eight railways, for which returns have been given, the gross receipt for the twelve months is From which deduct 40 per cent. for ex penses. :91,271 13 1,796,508 8 1i Leave s to be divided amongst the proprie tors the sum of X2,694,763 3 01 A GRAND MASQUED BALL is announced at the Royal Amphitheatre, for Tuesday next, under the immediate di rection of Signor Nagel. A full attendance is expected. THEATRE-ROYAL.—The opera of the " Barber of Seville" was produced on Wednesday, and went off with much eclat. Mr. Shrivall's Almaviva was very clever: he sang the songs with judgment, taste, and spirit. Miss Gardner finite " sparkled" in Rosina. She sang " Tyrant, soon I'll burst thy chains," with considerable effect. She accompanied her self admirably on the pianoforte in "An old man would be wooing," singing it with much archness. The opera is to be repeated to-night, by desire, when several fashionable parties have signified their intention of attending. STEALING BUTTER.—John Spence, a young man, was on Wednesday committed, at the Police -court, for trial at the sessions, for stealing a firkin of butter from a cart with a load of the article, on its way to be forwarded to Macclesfield. He was seen by a gentleman, named Abraham, going along the canal bank with the firkin on his shoulder; and his reply to a question being such as to increase that gentleman's sus picions, he detained him and gave him into custody. The package was stated to be worth £2 15s. The property was identified ; and the case being proved, the prisoner was com mitted fur trial at the sessions. DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry on view of the body of Sarah Red wood. The deceased, who was five years old, lived in Sussex street. On Sunday afternoon she was left by her mother with another child in a parlour, and she was soon afterwards discovered to be in flames. The poor mother was so con fused at the sight, that she ran with her, burning as she was, into the street. The deceased was dreadfully burnt, and all efforts to save her were in vain. She died on the following day. Verdict—Died from burning, but how her clothes became ignited there was no evidence to show. SUDDEN DEATH OUT OF DOORS.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Margaret M'Cooey. The decesead, who was 36 years of age, was the wife of a shoemaker, residing in Williamson's-buildings, Collingwood-street. The husband kept pigs in the " hollow," or vacant ground close by. On Tuesday afternoon last, the deceased was seen going to the hollow, and in five minutes after, some boys gave an alarm, and the deceased was found in the " hollow," lying on her back, and quite dead. Mr. Clark, M.D., made a post martens examination, and found that the deceased had died from natural causes—namely, effusion of blood on the brain. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. TRESPASSING IN PURSUIT OF GAME. — Mr. Philip Sampson, of Roe-street, Liverpool, appeared 'before the magistrates at Birkenhead, on two charges of trespassing on property belonging to Sir William Stanley and Mr. Keenan, in Upper Stretton and Higher Bebbington, on the 2d inst. Mr. Sampson admitted that he had gone across the fields in question, but stated that he was on his way from Oxton, where he had been informed there was a coursing day; and he complained of the misconduct of one of the under keepers of Sir William Stanley, who had met him on the road, had been very insolent, and had taken him by the collar. The magistrates convicted Mr. Sampson in a penalty of 20s. in each case, and, after paying the fine, he left the court, de claring that he would summon the keeper for assaulting him. FATAL. ACCIDENT ON BOARD SHIP.—An inquest was yesterday held before the borough coroner, touching the death of John Berry, a sailmaker. It appeared that on Fri day week the deceased was on board the ship Richard An derson, lying in the King's Dock. The deceased had been talking to one of the hands on board, who had left him for a short time, when he heard him call out from the hold. The witness went down into the hold, where he found the de ceased lying, with his right arm resting on the kelson. His arm was broken, and a portion of the bone protruded through his jacket-sleeve. He was carried to the Southern Hospital. The surgeon, Mr. Metcalfe, stated that the deceased died from the injuries he had received from the fall. The jury returned a verdict of " Found in the hold of the vessel, with injuries tha.t caused death." A BOY DROWNED IN THE BRUNSWICK DOCK.—An in quest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of John Gillespie, a boy of 13 years of age, belonging to the barque Charlotte, lying in the Brunswick Dock. The deceased slept on board the vessel. On Wednesday morning last, between three and four o'clock, Bollwell, a dock-gate man, heard a cry, and a bubbling noise in the water near that vessel. He called to the police and ran to the spot, but could not see any one. The grappling-irons were brought, search was made, and in about 20 minutes the body of the deceased was brought up. He was quite dead. The de ceased, it appeared, had that morning been called up to keep watch on deck, with another boy belonging to the ship. The deceased went on deck first, and when his companion came up be could see nothing of him. He afterwards learnt that, he was drowned. None of the witnesses heard him fall into the water. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was found drowned, but how he got into the water there was no evidence. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER ON THE HIGH SEAS.— James Macgowan, second mate of the ship William Rath bone, was on Tuesday last placed at the bar of the Police court, on a charge of having killed the carpenter of the vessel. John Redman, a seaman on board the William Rathbone, said that when the vessel was lying at anchor in the Bonny river, he one day saw the prisoner go up to the carpenter, who was working on the top-gallant forecastle. 'The second mate accused the carpenter of having been occupied a great deal too long upon the tob on which he was working, and said he could have done it himself in half the tine. The carpenter replied, without raising himself from his stooping position, that be was as good a man as the second mate, whereupon the latter struck him a blow, the force of which knocked him overboard. The carpenter, when struck, was about 12 or 14 inches from the edge. There was a boat alongside, and two men immediately jumped into it. and en deavoured to save the carpenter, but without success. He was drowned. The prisoner, after the man went overboard, walked aft, and did not join in the efforts to save the man. A boy who saw the occurrence corroborated this statement. Both witnesses were asked by Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the prisoner, whether the carpenter did not lift up the chisel with which he was working for the purpose of striking the mate. They both answered in the negative, and declared that the carpenter was struck whilst stooping at his work. The log was handed in to Mr. Rushton, who said, after ex amining it, "The entry here is that a quarrel took place between the mate and carpenter, and that the latter was drowned by accident." The prisoner said he had nothing to say, and he was committed for trial at the Admiralty Court. BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAILS FOR 1843. The following is the arrangement that has been made by the Right Honourable Lord Lowther, her Majesty's Postmaster- General, and the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, for the conveying the government mails during 1843, to and from Boston and Halifax via Liverp9ol From From From Liverpool. Boston. Halifax. The Caledonia Jan. 4th. last packet sailed. The Britannia .. Ist 3d next packed due 1, Jan. 16. The Acadia - - Feb. 4th The Caledonia .. The Columbia Mar. 4th The Acadia .. The Britannia April 4th The Columbia .. Ist 3d due Feb. 16. Ist 3d due March 16 Ist 3d due April 16, The Hibernia April 19th The Britannia .. May Ist 3d so on in rotation. Durinc , the months of December, Janu ar y, F e b ruary , an d March, the mails are only made up in London on the 3d of the month ; if falling on a Sunday, on the 4th. In April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and Novem ber, they are made up at the General Postoffice, St. Martin's le-Grand, on the 3d and 18th of the month, and at Boston the Ist and 15th, beooming due on the 16th and 31st at Li verpool, The above steam-packets are all of 1200 tons and 410 horse power each. Coaches are established between Halifax and Pictou, whence the steamers Unicorn and Mar garet convey the mails to Quebec, and thence to all parts of Canada, except during the winter months, when the River St. Lawrence is closed. Letters to the United States and British North America, via Boston, pay a uniform postage of ls. and newspapers 2d. each, which must be prepaid when posted in this country. To Upper and Lower Canada, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, and Novia Scotia (Halifax excepted), the postage is ls. 2d. ; newspapers go free. SUICIDE.—An inquisition was held before the borough coroner, on Tuesday last, touching the death of James Clarke. Edmund Sanders, who lodges at the India Vaults, Whitechapel, said he knew the deceased, who lodged in the same house. During the previous week deceased had com plained a good deal ; he appeared to be in a consumption, and seemed to be suffering great pain. On Sunday evening wit ness took him up a little gin and water. He was then sitting with his head on his arm. Witness called him by name, but he made no answer. It was darx, and witness heard some thing dropping. He (witness) went to the top of the stairs, and called Mr. Skinner, another lodger, to bring up a light, which he did. On going into the room again they found that deceased had cut his throat. He was not dead, but blood was flowing freely from the wound in the throat. Dr. Jeffreys was called immediately, but the deceased died in about an hour and a half. Witness never saw anything in the manner of the deceased to lead him to think he was out of his mind. John Skinner, who lodged in the house, said the deceased had complained of a difficulty in breathing for a month past. Witness did not consider deceased to be at all deranged then, but perfectly sane. Mr. Jeffrey, surg eon , said he was calledto the deceased on Sunday afternoon, about two o'clock, and found him labouring under very great diffi culty of breathing, and in a dying state. He prescribed for him. Deceased was very much excited, and anxiously wished me to order him laudanum. Witness was called to him again at six o'clock, and found him in the position de scribed. His throat was cut from the left side through the windpipe. The enternal jugular vein was also divided. Witness sewed up the wound. Deceased died from the inju ries inflicted. Wm. Jeffrey Edward, apprentice to the last witness, said that he saw the deceased on Sunday evening. His throat .vas cut. After the wound had been sewed up the deceased began to speak about his wife, and said she bad taken his furniture from him, and he appeared rather excited. He also said that his wife had twice taken him before the magistrates, on a charge of attempting to take away her life by blowing out her brains, but that the magistrate had dis missed it. He acknowledged that he had cut his throat, and that he had not intended to live one minute, but that he could not cut through his beard. John Skinner being re called, produced a letter addressed to the deceased, and which was brought by the postman that morning (Tuesday.) One part purported to be from the deceased's wife, and the other from one of the officer's of the order to which he belonged. (The contents were not received in evidence. The wife ex pressed regret if she had hurt his feelings, or been the cause of their separation, and spoke of him generally in affectionate terms, with a view, apparently, of reconciliation.) The other, (written on the same sheet, from the officer of the society, was in answer to an application for money from the funds, which could not be complied with until deceased paid up some arrears alleged to be due. The letter was dated from a cottage near Birmingham, which it is said was built by deceased, while he was a publican in that town, and in which th e w if e res id ed. ) The coroner summed up the case, and remarked on the possibility of the deceased's mind being affected by the quarrel with his wife, and the physical pain produced by his illness. The jury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased destroyed himself while labouring under temporary insanity. MANCHESTER BOROUGH MAGISTRATES.—The Guardian of Wednesday says that in all probability the new borough commission, including the names of some twelve or fourteen gentlemen of conservative politics, will be received in a few days ; and we believe, that amongst them will be found the names of Thomas Townend, Esq. of Ardwick ; John Barker, Esq. of Tanner's Lane, Pendleton ; Richard Birley, Esq. of Chorlton-on-Medlock ; and William Atkinson, Esq. of Weast House, Pendleton. PRINTED VELVETEEN.-It would seem that Mr. W. Bar low has been treated as he deserved by the Premier, and has bad his intended present of printed velveteen returned to him. It will he remembered that the design represented " a stalk and ear of wheat thrown together, with a small scroll peeping from beneath, bearing the word FREE." The fol lowing is Sir Robert's letter on returning the contemplated gift : Drayton Manor, January 7, 1843. " Sir,—l was not aware, until to-day, that the specimen of manufacture which you requested me to accept bore any ungracious to allusion to matters that are the subject of public controversy. " No mention whatever was made of this in the letter you addressed to me ; and I thought it would be reject wh at appeared to be a pure act o f c i v ili ty on Your part. " I must beg leave to return to you that which I accepted under an erroneous impression. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " W. Barlow, Esq." " ROBERT PEEL TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The adjourned monthly meeting of the Town-council was held at eleven o'clock on Wedr for the despatch of the business remaining on L d. The I\l All DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINC Mr. SANDS, after an ineffectual attempt to induce the council to give the proceedings of the Dock Committee pre cedence, on this occasion, gave notice, that at the next monthly meeting be should move that those proceedings be, in future, read immediately after the proceedings of the Finance Committee. Mr. PROCTER intimated his opposition to such a proposal. The Watch Committee being the only committee specially regulated by the act of parliament, ought to have their pro ceedings read the first after those of the Finance Committee. WATCH BATE Formal authority was given to lay a watch•rate on the parish of Liverpool, the townships of Kirlcdale, Everton, and those parts of the township of West Derby and the extra parochial place of Toxteth-park, which are within the par liamentary borough. WATCH COMMITTEI, The proceedings of the Watch Committee comprised a re port from the Head Constable on a memorial, which was re ferred by the council to the committee from the owners of the ferries, upon the subject of the obstructions caused by porters boarding the vessels. In moving the confirmation of the proceedings Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE called the attention of the council to the Head Constable's report. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, in reply, said that subject was under the consideration of the Finance Committee, who were preparing bye-laws, under the new act of last session, for the regulation of ticket-porters. It was rather a difficult subject, but the Finance Committee would bring it forward shortly.—Proceedings confirmed. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Improvement Committee were next read. Ther,e was nothing of importance in them. Mr. SamuEL HOLME moved the confirmation of the pro ceedings. There was a great disinclination on the part of a number of the tenants of the property purchased by the cor poration in Lime-street, to delay taking steps for their re moval. He (Mr. Holme) begged to state that it was the intention of the Improvement Committee, as the corpora tion had already paid for a large portion of the property upon the western side of the street, to forward the widening of the street as much as possible. Notices had been served upon most of the tenants to leave their premises; and the Improvement Committee had advertised the sale of the materials of the premises in their hands, and it was their intention to give the public the benefit of the improvement, so that every tenant would be under the necessity of leaving when their notices expired. He mentioned this because there was a disinclination upon the part of the tenants to quit, and it might save them some expense and inconvenience if the intention of the Improvement Committee were made known to them, and also be the means of forwarding an im provement which was exceedingly wanted. Mr. KILSHAW seconded the motion, and the proceedings were confirmed. COURTS OF LAW. The proceedings of this committee were confirmed DAILY COURTS' COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Special Committee on the Daily Courts were read. It appeared that a suggestion had been made to the committee that the new assize courts might be made available for the business of the daily courts, and consequently that the contemplated erection on the site of Islington Market and the windmill adjoining would be un necessary. The committee on this requested one of their members, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, who was visiting London on pri vate business, to take the opinion of Mr. Elmes, the archi tect, on the subject, and that gentleman had prepared a report which was now read to the council. The report stated that the assize courts would be unfit for the purpose because they were not designed for it, and the foundations were already so far advanced as to render any material alte ration impossible. It then proceeded to shew that the assize courts would be almost constantly occupied, so that they could not be , depended on for the accommodation of the or dinary daily business; "and it concluded by urging the pro priety of the contemplated erection. On this report the committee passed a resolution that, as it confirmed their views, it was desirable to remove the daily courts. Mr. EARLE moved, and Mr. S. HOLME seconded, the confirmation of the proceedings. The MAYOR. stated, that, by the standing orders, the mo tion for the confirmation of the report could not be made without a report from the Finance Committee upon financial considerations. The subject, he believed, had already been before the Finance Committee, but they had made no report yet. Mr. EARLE said, the report merely stated that, in the opinion of the committee, it would be eligible to erect the daily courts. Any one must at once see that it was quite impossible that the present main bridewell could remain as it was, for it was utterly incapable of affording accommoda tion for the increasing number of prisoners. Besides it was necessary to have a large shaft for the ventilation of the new assize courts, which would be a great deformity unless it it was made ornamental, and surrounded by useful buildings. A great deal of time must elapse before all these mat ters could be arranged, therefore the Finance Committee would have no immediate call upon them, and he should like to know what harm there would be in noit looking upon this as a future improvement? Nothing beyond that was attempted. He thought the erection of the daily courts on the proposed site a wise thing; but, as it would take twelve or eighteen months before the tenants could be got out, and the preliminary arrangements :lade, he should hope by that time that the corporation would be out of their present miserable bankrupt way. They could afford to increase the law establishment, but not to improve the town. He never had much to do with lawyers, but, as far as be had been con cerned with them, he should say the less of them the better; —(hear)—but he did complain that, if any actual improve ment, like this, was suggested, it was continually said, " No no, we are in such a state that we cannot do it." Mr. PROCTER hoped the expressed opinion of the twenty five members of the Watch Committee, and of the Highway Board, would be taken in preference to the opinion of the Daily Courts' Committee. Those bodies said it was not de sirable to remove their offices. Mr. PLATT asked whether, when a purchase was made sometime ago of the Saracen's Head, in Dale-street, it was not contemplated to make a Bridewell there? Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Yes Mr. PLATT had always thought so, and he w as o f op i n i on that for such a purpose the site was much better than that of Islington Market. M. EARLE said, Mr. Proctor had better prompt Mr. Platt a little more. Then, his friend Mr. Thornhill was ready to give it to him (Mr. Earle.) Mr. TiiouNuut.—Yes, Mr. Mayor; I hope I am rea d y to give it him. (" Order.") Mr. EARLE.-1 hope, Mr. Mayor, you will then allow me to give it him again. Mr. THORN ILL said that Mr. Earle was ont of order. Mr. EARLE insisted that he was in order, as he had only risen to answer a question of Mr. Platt. The land of the Saracen's Head was by far too valuable to be appropriated to any such purpose. It would be a fine piece of economy to build a Bridewell there. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it would not be surprising if he should urge the council to postpone this matter consi dering the report, on the state of the finances, that he had recently presented from the Finance Committee. It was only in a financial point of view that he looked at the ques tion. The MAYOR was sorry to interrupt Mr. Lawrence ; bul the standing orders required the subject to be postponed til. next month, upon the reference to the Finance Committee, That would meet Mr. Earle's view, perhaps. Mr. EARLE—Perfectly so. Mr. THORNHILL said he should then be prepared to meet - Mr. Earle, and be able to shew that the removal of the courts would be attended with great loss and disadvantage to the public service. As the subject was to be postponed, he would defer what he had to say till next month. Mr. S. HOLME begged to say that although be might meet with a formidable antagonist in the person of Mr. Thornhill, he should, at the same time, be prepared to show that the removal of the courts would be a great public advantage. The MAYOR repeated that the discussion was irregular. Mr. EVANS thought the motion was in order, because it arose on the report; and there was this advantage in it, that they would get rid of all but the financial consideration con nected with the question. They were a long way yet from putting their hands into the corporation purse. After some discussion, the TOWN-CLERK stated that, as the question involved•considerations proper for the Finance Committee, the council could not entertain it until the whole subject was before them. Mr. EARLE hoped the Finance Committee would take into their consideration the subject of the ventilating shaft, and the works already ordered to be done. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—We will. Mr. HORNBY contended that there would be no use in again referring the subject to the Finance Committee, as they could not spare any money. _ After a few words from Mr. PROCTER, the further consider ation of the report was postponed; the other proceedings were confirmed. MARKETS' COMMITTER From the proceedings of this committee it appeared that Robert Tyrer had been appointed collector in St. John's Market,—Confirmed. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The report of the Education Committee showed the number of children in the schools to be as follows : Boys. 369 Girls 286 Infants 257 2OO Mr. NICOL said he wished to state the reason why he had not thought proper to persevere in the declaration he made at a late Council meeting of submitting a motion respecting a of the the schools. At that time he intimated that two reasons weighed with him, one of which was the doubt which the Chairman of the Finance Committee expressed as to the means at the command of the Corporation to carry on the schools; and the second was, the announcement by Mr. Turner that the number of children had fallen off last year. Both these matters having been decided in a way he was not prepared for at the time—that it appeared, from the state ment of the Finance Committee, that the Corporation was in a position to continue them, and that he had misunderstood Mr. Turner's declaration, for the schools had increased in stead of fallen off: these two reasons had done away with his (Mr. Nicol's) objections, and it was not his intention to persevere with the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. EvANs.—You forget how the schools were filled you forget the vacuum created elsewhere. Mr. NICOL.-I knew nothing of it. Mr. TURNER explained that he had only referred to cor responding periods. Mr. EARLE.—I rather think if Mr. Blackburn's motion had been carried, Mr. Nicol would have come forward with his motion for the sale of the schools. Mr. SANDS.—No ; I do not think he would. The proceedings were then confirmed. COURT OF REQUESTS COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were read. The ap pointment of Thomas Ashbrook, as clerk in the treasurer's office, was confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE.-TRANSIT SHEDS The Dock Committee proceedings having been read, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE inquired when the Transit Sheds would be opened? Mr. SANDS said all the difficulties which had interposed to prevent the opening were now overcome, and the sheds would be opened in two or three days. The delay had arisen from the making out of the list of rates, with which the com mittee had had little to do. The committee had to prepare, and the Town-clerk had to approve the list ; and the Town clerk would state that he could not approve of the list until it was complete. The TOWN-CLERK said the list first submitted was not such as the law required, and it was necessary to put it into proper form. It was deemed advisable to consult counsel upon it, who concurred in the legal objection made to the table as it first appeared. That had taken up time, perhaps a month or two; and within the last few days a table had been submitted by the Dock Committee, which, with very little alteration, would be conformable to law. The altera tions would be made in a few days, and then the table would go before the mayor, the stipendiary magistrate, and the chairman of the Dock Committee, for approval. He was not aware of any objection that could be made to it on the part of those gentlemen. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE observed that many intelligent shipowners were very anxious to have the transit sheds open—more than the warehouses themselves. Mr. SANDS.—We shall do all in our power to make them efficient. The TOWN - CLERK.—Upon my part I beg to say that I have gone beyond my duty in endeavouring to facilitate a settlement of the table. The proceedings were then confirmed. ENROLLMENT OF INDENTURES --- The applications of several persons for the enrollment of their indentures of apprenticeship, were submitted by the TOWN -CLERK, who said he thought this would have been the last of the references to the Finance Committee for their consideration. They would form part of a general report to be made to the council, when the council would have to de termine in all the cases now pending, whether the allowance ought to be made in favour of the indentures being enrolled. —Referred to the Finance Committee. THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS The MAYOR presented a memorial, signed by many re spectable merchants and brokers, praying for the establish ment of an office for the registry of porters, for the preven tion of the extensive pilferage now prevalent in warehouses, particularly in the article of coffee.—Referred to the Finance Committee. The NI AYOR read a memorial from Thomas Needham, requesting compensation for a robbery committed in his shop in the Pedlars' Market. He stated the amount of his loss at £22. ss. 6d. Mr. COOPER asked if any application had been made to the Markets' Committee on the subject? Mr. AMES LAWRENCE said, an application bad been made, but the committee had no power to award compen sation. The TOWN-CLERK said, the memorial might be referred to the committee, who could enquire into the facts, and upon those facts they would be legally advised. This course was agreed upon. The MAYOR presented a memorial from Henry Wood, requesting to be restored to his situation in St. John's Market. The memorial contained an acknowledgment of error, and a promise of cautious behaviour in future. Mr. COOPER moved, that the memorial should lie on the table. Circumstances had since come out which gave the matter a worse complexion than it at first presented. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, Sir Thomas Brancker, Mr. Evans, Mr. Isaac Holmes, Mr. Earle, Mr. Blackburn, and Mr. Parker, supported the prayer of the petition ; and Mr. Birkett, Mr. James Lawrence, Mr. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Thornhill, and Mr. Kilshaw, opposed it. Ultimately the subject was referred back to the Markets' Committee. THE BOTANIC GARDENS The MAYOR read a letter from Dr. Freckleton, President of the Botanic Gardens, requesting an increased subscrip tion from the Corporati on . O ne -third of the w hole ti m e the gardens were open, name l y , t w o days in the week, were given to the public, although the subscription of the Corpora tion only amounted to £lOO, or one-tenth of the expendi ture. The debt having been personally undertaken by the proprietors, the committee were desirous of placing the gar dens in a state of permanent usefulness ; and, as the sub scription of the Corporation was eminently calculated to check :private subscription, owing to so great an equivalent being given, they thought some addition should be given. Mr. G. H . LAWRENCE said he could not hold out a hope of recommending any increase in the subscription of the Corporation ; and that was all that they could do. If they did make any change in their subscription, this would he one of the first he should recommend the Council to abandon. Mr. BIREETT, as a member of the Finance Committee, would say, it was necessary for the council to take a de cided stand. The corporation had not the means of increas ing any of their grants. After a short discussion the application was referred to the Finance Committee. CORONERS ,' INQUESTS The MAYOR said he had received a communication from Sir James Graham, in reply to one addressed to him by the Town-clerk, at the direction of the Mayor, upon the present state of the law as regards coroners' inquests. The case was this :—if the death of any person took place in Liverpool, and the cause of death occurred two hundred miles off, the law at present required that the body should be taken to that place in order that the coroner's inquest might be there held upon it. This seemed to be a great defect in the law, and the Town-clerk was directed to write to Sir James Graham upon the subject. The following was his reply : " Whitehall, 6th January, 1843. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, relative to the jurisdiction of coroners, and to inform you that Sir James Graham will consider as to the best means of providing a remedy for the inconvenience pointed out in your letter.—l am, &c. (Signed) " The Mayor of Liverpool." " S. M. PHILLIPPS THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The MAYOR stated that he had received the following letter from Mr. John Deane Case, Chairman of the Birken head Commissioners. " Holly-bank, Woodside, 10th January, 1843. " My dear Mr. Mayor,—My attention has been called, by a friend, to a part of the proceedings of the Town Council on the 4th instant, as reported in the Liverpool Mercury. " Mr. Councillor Parker is therein represented as having asserted, that at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Birkenhead, of which I have the honour to be chairman, I should have said, ' I did not care a farthing for the Corpora tion of Liverpool.' " Now, Mr. Mayor, I trust you will pardon the liberty I take in troubling you upon this occasion : such words, or any of any similar import, never escaped my lips ; and I am sure you will do me the justice to read my distinct and emphatic denial of them, at the meeting of the Town Council, to morrow, to which day, I find, it stands adjourned. " if such words as those in question could, with justice, be laid to my charge, either by Mr. Parker or by any other person, I should well deserve to be branded with the crime of deep ingratitude for the many favours which I have re ceived from the Corporation of Liverpool, during a faithful servitude of fourteen years, as one of their officers ; and I should consider myself wholly unfit for the situation, which I have the honour to fill, at the Board of Commissioners of Birkenhead, as chairman.—Believe me to remain with great respect, my dear Mr. Mayor, yours, very faithfully, _ - - " JNO. DEANS CASE. " To Robertson Gladstone, Esq., &c. &c. &c." There was also the following letter, upoti the same subject, which the Town-clerk had received front Mr. Mallaby. " Fenwiek-street, Jan. 10, 1843. " Dear Sir,—My attention has been directed to a report in the Mercury of the 6th instant of a speech made by Mr. Parker, in which the following statements appear;— "' If Mr. Hornby had sat at the Board of Commissioners at Birkenhead, and if he had b een told by the ch a i rman t h at h h i e s d fi id ng n e o ro tcafroeratfhaerthcoinrgpo(rhaetrieonth, if he had been told by the Clerk e worthy councillor sna pp e d to the Board, fingers`What again,) do ain weo . we can drum up the care for yo ur Town clerk?' er k? , (snapping members and carry any bill we like against you.' " With refer ence to the first, relating to J. D. Case, E sq ., the Chairman of the Commissioners, I beg to state that not only have I never heard such expressions as those imputed to him, but, on the contrary, in common with every com missioner, can affirm that his language has been uniformly highly courteous whenever he has alluded to the Corporation of Liverpool. .. __ " For . miself, I deny as strongly ntoertliaes r t e h p e r p es a e ra n g ta ra ti p v h es as o c f ri as possible ever alludi ng e uttering members Cheshire have ever b een f ound ready to e be h s es t h o ir m e e o , parliament, or to y ourse lf i n so indel i cate and foolish a man ner any other member of thing all like it, or tantamount toorito.f ev er Tl! vindicate the rights of their constituents, an d to advance the common wea l without . unju s tly i nva di ng the rights of ot h ers ; and the com missioners,ers, in submitti ng any measure to parliament, hope to receive support only if b y i t the pu blic good will be pro moted. " To you personally, who know me, any denial of such expressions as those attributed to me would be unneces sary, but, to a large and important body like the Town Council of Liverpool, I feel it my duty in a formal manner to make this communication.—l am, dear sir, yours, very truly,46 JosEPH MALLABY. " Richard Radcliffe Esq., Town-clerk." Mr. PARKE R sa id he would have made it his business to go over and expl a i n t h e matter to Mr. Case, b ut h e was pre vented by the l a t e severe weather. Mr. Case had alway s treated him in th e most gentlemanly way, an d h e d enied that his allusions were directed to either him or Mr. Mallaby. He had, however, heard expressions similar to those which he had used from oth er mem b ers of the boar d , an d i f M r. Wood his werreepmraesrketsaahbeouwtotuhe d would confir m him up of members the Town clerk in the statement. As t o clerk would bear him out that the zeal of the Cheshire members for their constituents was exemplary. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE ridiculed the idea of any such feeling as jealousy being cherished between two places so situated with respect to each other as Liverpool and Bir kenhead. Mr. EARLE said this was the reason why Mr. Hornby had brought forward his motion for the substitution of another person instead of Mr. Parker. At this Mr. Parker bad taken offence, though no offence was intended. Mr. PLATT thought Mr. Parker did not allude to Mr. Case at all : it was Mr. Jackson that he alluded to. Mr. EARLE.—Now we shall have Mr. Jackson writing. PIERS AND LANDING STAGES. Mr. SAMUEL HOLNIE said he had taken the earliest op portunity which the forms of the council admitted of bringing before them the subject of the inefficiency of the landing stages at the pierheads, bein g convinced, when he had stated a few facts, that it was neces sary to h ave a special committe e to consider their efficiency, w i t h a v i ew of providing b e tt er accommodation. The present landing slips were not only totally inefficient, but a disgrace to this great town ; and speaking as a practical man, he must say that the remedy for this state of things might be very easily provided. He knew that the Finance Committee had a laudable anxiety to give better accommodation, but with the weight of busi ness that pressed upon them, they could not give that atten tion to the subject which its importance deserved, and which its importance really demanded. He contended that from the great increase in passengers, better accommodation was required ; and by a clause in their last improvement act, it was obligatory on them to provid e suc h accommodation Forthwith. Eleven-twelfths of the passengers who were con tractors at the ferries were rate-payers in Liverpool, and . surely they had a right to expect better accommodation. Let him also call attention to the fact, that the corporation had a great interest on the other side of the water—that they had au estate there worth not much less than quarter of a million sterling ; and when he also remembered that the corporation had taken the land from the river for the forma tion of the docks, these, be thought, were strong arguments why the subject should neither be delayed nor neglected. Let any gentleman go down to the pierhead, and see the crushing there was daily there: would they say it was safe to land or embark in such confusion ? It was a state of things which ought not to exist; and, although £2OOO might have been spent in giving better accommodation at Seacombe slip, it was no argu ment wh y £2OOO or £3OOO more should not be expended. He had p re p ared a state ment of the number of pa ssengers across the river from Woodside and Monks' Ferry. In 18-12 there were 1,725,000 who paid at the gate. There were 890 contractors, many of whom cross four times a da y ; but assume tha t each crossed only twice, they wo uld g ive 649,700 annu ally. Above 50,000 crossed yearly with parcels and merchandise, making in the whole at those two ferries in 1842, 2,424,700, and the number had been daily increasing. To and from Eastham. Runcorn, Birkenhead, and Rock Ferry, the num ber was understated at 1,500,000 annually. Above 6,000 persons landed or embarked within every 24 hours from the mail packets, the Scotch boats, the general Irish steamers, the north of England, the Isle of Man, the Welsh and other boats, making annually 2,190,000, so that the following re sult was arrived at : Woodside and Monk's Ferry ...... • • .......... Other ferries. not including Se acombe a nd Egre- 2,424,700 moot .............. .... : ............... General embarkation or landing from steam_ 1,500,000 packets, &c. 2,190,000 passengers lauding ,000 persons had annually to , wsosiunig°duleforceattention to it. With 6,114,700 Taking into consideration !he hpolaunrsk.the packets now ply that it was low water one-third of the period in each day' the consequence was that 2 ; 0 38 land bat u o u r l e s e a m t b h a e r s k y a across a a s He felt convinced, move thatp upon altered, some serious acci dent would occur which the best means of these remarks he begged tospecial committee and embarking at George's Dock pier . givingbe appointed increased accommodation and Mr. Amax seconded the mot i on, expressing a hope that the mover, however, would allow it to b e so f rame d as to give a committee with duties similar to that which formerly existed. Mr. Aikin proceeded to show the duties of the former committee, which were, amongst other matters, to superintend and regulate the ferries, and to endeavour to restore the Irish mail steamers to Liverpool. The new sta tion had so failed in all that had been anticipated, that but little trouble would be required to place matters on their former footing. Mr. BIRKErr moved the following amendment :—" That the further consideration of the subject be postponed until the council shall have ascertained how far the landing-stage now in course of erection, and nearly completed, at the Sea combe Slip, will be efficient; and that, in the meantime, it be referred to the Watch Committee, to give the requisite instructions for all legal steps to remove as far as practicable the evils complained of. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE seconded the amendment. He opposed the motion on the ground that it was unnecessary. The motion implied that the subject had not been considered, but it had been considered maturely. It had been amply reported on by Mr. Aikin and himself (Mr. Lawrence) in 1841. Mr. Lawrence proceeded to contend generally, that it was necessary to wait till they could see how the improved slip at the Seacombe Pier worked, ere they commenced any fresh operations. Mr. EARLE urged the necessity of some alteration in the steps at the George's Pier. Mr. EVANS said he had never known the day when the council was not impressed with the importance of this sub ject. He never knew a new committee which did not cut out new works, and he never knew new work that was not expen sive. That which was done had not been tried, and having been accomplished at so large an expense, it ought to be tried. This was not a maiden question, it had been fully discussed. It was infantile impatience not to wait even a few weeks for the result of what had been done. Mr. AIKIN contended that the committee should be one to superintend the details and regulations of the landing places, one which could take a number of matters into serious and separate consideration, in a manner that could not be done by the Finance Committee. Mr. NORTH supported the resolution. He would have been better pleased with it had it been extended in the form suggested by Mr. Aikin. The landing places required regu lation, and the committee would be one of supervision. Sir THOMAS BRANCIKEE supported the amendment. Mr. HOLME briefly replied, and the council divided on the amendment, which was carried by a majority of 24 to 13. The following are the names of the voters on each side;— For the amendment,—Messrs. Shand, Isaac Holmes, Thornhill, Blackburn, Thompson, Hornby, J. Holmes, As pinall, J. Lawrence, Cooper, Birkett, Procter, Rigby, Kil shaw, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Trotman. Harbord, Barclay, Turner, Freme, Holt, Evans, and Sir Thomas Braneker. —24. Against the amendment,—Messrs. Preston, Edwards, North, Aikin, Holme, Priestley, Rae, Platt, Bulley, Earle, Bramley-Moore, Molyneu.s, and the Mayor.-13. The council separated at a quarter-past two o'clock. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE ' At the weekly meeting of the Dock Committee, held yes terday, the following members were present :—Messrs. Sands (chairman), Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Bulley, Royden, Bold, Shand, Martin, Evans, Aikin, and Tobin. The Sub-committee of Works had nothing to report to the General Committee. The Sub-committee for the Department of the Marine Surveyor, produced several returns, the first of which was, of the number of vessels which had passed in and out of the various channels, during the year 1842. From this document it appeared that there had passed through the Rock channel, inwards, 6.259 vessels, and 7,025 outwards—total, 13,284; and through the Victoria and Northern channels, 17,822. making a total of in and out, of 31,106. It further appeared that the number of vessels which passed in and out of the Victoria and Northern channels in 1835, was 6,134 ; in 1836, 8,208 ; in 1837, 12,100 ; in 1838, 11,946 ; in 1839, 13,202 ; in 1840, 14,032 ; in 1841, 17,707 ; and in 1842, 17,822, being the largest number yet known. The next re turn was a statement shewing the number of gallons of oil, and number of wicks consumed, monthly, at the several lightships and lighthouses, duriug the year 1842 ; it appeared that 5,053 gallons of oil, and 9,319 wicks had been consumed during the year. The third return was a statement of the casualties, during the year 1842, to the lightships and buoys in Liverpool bay : this return was unimportant. The last return was an abstract of the services rendered by the life boat and their crews during the year 1842, from which it ap peared, that the Liverpool lifeboat had assisted three vessels; the Magazine lifeboat had assisted four vessels, and saved five lives ; the services of the Hoylake boat did not appear to have been required ; the Point of Ayr lifeboat had assisted two vessels, and saved four lives ; and the Formby lifeboat had assisted one vessel. Total, ten vessels assisted, and nine lives saved. The Sub-committee for the Department of the Harbour Master reported, that they could not recommend the com mittee to allow the damage which was done to the Isabella American packet some months ago. The number of stages used in the north division, during the last three months, was reported to be 269, and in the south division 191, being a total of 460 for the quarter. It appeared, in answer to Mr. Bold, that £230 had been re ceived from this source : he complained that the charges were too high, and that the estate had no right to make a profit out of the use of the stages. He moved that the stages be allowed to be used free of charge, which was seconded by Mr. Aikin. An amendment was moved by Mr. Horsfall, and seconded by Mr. Holmes, to the effect that the matter be referred to the Harbour Master's Sub-com mittee, to ascertain what the cost of the stages had been, what the charges for their use, and what reduction could be made therein, so as to indemnify the estate from loss. Upon a division the amendment was carried, and the subject was accordingly referred. The question of the made of measuring vessels was brought before the committee, by a letter from the American Consul, who pointed out the differences in the charge for dockage and the Trinity dues, and he prayed for an early in vestigation into the same, with the view of reducing the ex pense upon foreign vessels. Mr. Capper, measurer to the committee, and Mr. Lockhart, measurer to the customs, were called in, and they described the mode of measuring. It appeared that the measurer for the docks followed the act of parliament. Eventually, after much discussiou, of a technical character, the whole subject was referred to the Harbour-masters' sub-committee, and also to the solicitor. Messrs. M`lver and Co., agent to the Glasgow packets, requested that the shed on the quay of Clarence-dock, oppo site the berth occupied by their vessels, might be provided with slides, as the situation was much exposed to the north west.—Granted. A letter from Mr. Joseph Mallaby, law-clerk to the Bir kenhead Commissioners, proposing to purchase some land at Bidston, the property of the trust, was referred to the Sub- Committee of Works. An offer from Messrs. J. Nicol and Sons, proposing to supply patent anchors for the new iron light-ship, The Prince, was referred to the Marine Surveyors' Sub-Com mittee. The committee then separated THE PERMANENT GALLERY OF ART We have at all times expressed an attachment to the fine arts. Pictures have been with us for many years a study, and we never have omitted exercising the influence the STANDARD possesses in endeavouring to advance the inte rest of the artist " who is native here," as well as attempting to improve the general taste, stimulate a love for art where it was wanting, and encourage it where it already existed. We stood alone long ago the advocate of a permanent gallery of art, and a reference to our columns will shew that we have not taken the matter up coldly ; and if we entered upon it warmly, it was not with an interested view. What we have said at all times in favour of art has been for the love of art itself—not to suit, please, or tickle the vanity of any man or body of men. We have stood our ground upon the broad basis of a love of art—and may fine arts flourish ! The establishment of a Permanent Gallery of Art in Liverpool may be reckoned, amongst thinking men, an era in its history; and it only remains with the people to shew that they have a sympathy in what is good. That they have that sympathy, none can deny : that there is a curiosity, and a most laudable one, existing amongst us, not confined to any order of society, will be ad mitted ; and the man who will visit the neighbourhood of Colquitt-street on the first Monday of the month, and observe the hundreds—we may say thousands—of well dressed mechanics and respectable persons who apply for admission, and pass through the Royal Institution Museum, will at once declare that it is not for the sake of merely passing away an hour or two in looking at what is rare and curious that these people assemble, but that it is from an excited wish to become acquainted with the mysteries and treasures of nature and the animal kingdom, that they con sent to deprive themselves of a day's earnings. Some of our readers may inquire, "To what do you allude ?" We allude to the privilege granted by the proprietors of the Royal In stitution of allowing every decently-dressed person to inspect their museum free, on the first Monday in each month. The inconvenience and disadvantage of mingling pictures with objects of natural history has always been felt—so much so in the case of the Royal Institution, that it was deter mined to build a gallery, in which the collection of the pro prietors of the Royal Institution should be exhibited, and that their collection of casts from the antique marbles should also be placed in the gallery. In consequence of a resolution passed, and a sum of £1,200 being appropriated, the present gallery was erected. The gallery, although abounding with several capital pictures,must not be regarded with too critical an eye as a whole. Be it remembered, that it is only a nucleus for an extended and magnificent gallery, which we hope to live to see erected. We hope to see the whole of the vacant space of ground covered with buildings devoted to the fine sits and painting, where the admirer of the works of the great men of old may banquet his eyes, and satiate his men tal appetite—where the artist may linger and linger, till he becomes imbued with the true spirit of those whose works he studies, until he feels as if lie were incited to burst forth into the street. shouting " Eureka ! Eureka ! " (To be continued.) CHESTER RACES.—There were 68 horses entered for the " Tradesmen's plate," on Monday week ; 17 for "The Marquis of Westminster's Plate;" 33 for the " Cheshire Stakes ;" and 32 for the " Dee Stakes." THE FUNDS: WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The speech of the King of the French, which was expected with great anxiety yesterday, and which was published in The:Times, of to-day, has had a more favourable effect on the funds than might have been expected from its very pacific tone, which is completely in accordance with the disposition generally assigned to the Royal speaker. The enthusiasm with which he dwells on the present peaceful relations of Europe, and still more the regret with which he alludes to the disturbances in Spain, would seem to augur well fur the maintenance of tranquility ; but, nevertheless, importance has heen attached to the omission of Espartero's name in the reference to Spanish affairs. Stocks are now at such a high price, that many parties are anxiously watching the change of a decline, and anything that in the slightest degree betokens an ill-feel ing of France to wards the Regent of Spain is seized upon with avidity. At the same time, the advices from Madrid have thrown a gloom over the Spanish market; and the cool re ception of Espartero on entering the capital is regarded with an uneasiness, which perhaps co-operates with the least favourable feature in the King of France's speech in lowering the price of securities generally. Consols for money and the account opened at 941 t o /, b u t c l ose d 941 to a; Three per Cents. Reduced left off 95/ ; Bank Stock, 172 to 173; India Stock, 262 to 263; Exchequer-bills, 655. to 675. premium; Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to 102; New Three-and-a-half per Cents., 1011 to +; Long Annuities, 121 ; and India Bonds, 575. to 595. premium. In the foreign market the news of the dissolution of the Spanish Cortes had an additional effect upon the value of the sec ur iti es o f t h e Peninsula. Spanish A c ti ves f rom 19 declined to 181, and and the New Stock from 24+ to 231, which were the final quotations. Portuguese Converted Stock closed 36 to ; Brazilian, 724 to 734; Belgian, 102 to 5; Colombian, 23/ to ; Danish, 85 to 86 ; Dutch, 21 per Cents, 521 to 1; ditto, 5 per Cents., 1011 to j ; Mexican 5 per Cents., 311 to 21; Russian, 1131 ; and Buenos Ayres, 24. NOTTINGHAM UNlON.—Eight notices of marriage were read. The number of persons in the house was reported to be 872, and the cases of out relief 1,164, at an expense of £l6B 15s 6d. The chairman laid before the board the follow ing calcul a ti on , i n con fi rmation of the statements ma d e in n the addre ss sent a f ortn i ght since to Sir James Graham e ums number the of state of the mo r t a lit y i n th e wor kh ouse : —A vera ge n inmates in 1841, abo u t 600 : ditt o in 1842, b in nine m on th s , i n 1841, 61 ; di tto in the saamlioeutpyt 725 n the . Deaths t 0 period of 1842, 122. 122. Duri ng these nine months, the Notting amounted, in 1841, to 309; deaths in 1842, IP - Ju ham Journal. CORRESPONDENCE WORKMEN'S TOOLS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,--T perceive that an appeal has been made to the pub. Ik, in behalf of the Joiner's who have lost their tools, at the late fire of Messrs. Foster and Stewart's premises. It has often occurred to me as something strange that such houses as Foster's, Hahne, and others, in a large way of business, should not themselves insure a certain sum on their work. men's tools. The tax would be a light one to such men ; but even supposing that they charged each of their workmen a few pence per week, the amount would not be felt by the workmen. Suppose, for instance, that a joiner has thirty men in his employ, and that the average value of each man's tools is £4O, The total amount being twelve hundred pounds. The cost of this insurance (I quote from M'Cullock) at 4s 6d per cent would be £2 14 0 Duty a 4,35. per cent 1 16 0 £4 10 0 Now one penny per week contributed by each of the thirty men would yield £6 10s. per annum, and surely no man would object to pay a penny per week fot the security of his stock in trade ; or taking the insurance at double the amount, two pence per week 'would not be felt as a hardship by each workman. I throw out this suggestion for those whom it concerns ; and I have no doubt that if Messrs. Holme, or Foster, were to lead the way in the business, the example would speedily be followed by others. I am, Slr, &c., Woodside, January 10th, 1842. E. W, ST. DAVID'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—A paragraph having appeared in your paper of yes terday, stating " that the Rev. R. Davies has not resigned the incumbency of St. David's Church," in this town, the obvious intention of which is to deter candidates from apply ing for the said church ; will you allow me to inform the public, through the same channel, that the trustees of St. David's Church have advertised for an incumbent, believing the church to be vacant? and their reason for entertaining such an opinion, and acting upon it, is the announcement contained in the following letter from the Rev. Robt. Davies to one of the trustees : "My dear Sir,—l address you as treasurer of the trustees of St. David's Church, Liverpool, to communicate to you, officially, that the Lord Bishop of Chester has kindly ap pointed me one of the ministers of St. Paul's Church, in this town. " My intention is to continue unchanged the services of St. David's Church unto the end of the present year. After that time I will delay my being licensed to St. Paul's until the trustees have satisfactorily determined on the choice of my successor. " I am, my dear sir, " Yours, very faithfully, " ROST. DAVIES " 47, Pembroke-place, Liverpool, 28th November, 1842. " Owen Williams, Esq." Now, Mr. Editor, I beg to put it to you, and your readers generally, if the trustees were not fully justified in inferring, from the above letter, that St. David's Church was vacated by the Rev. Robert Davies at the close of the last year, and that it was their duty at once to take steps for electing and naming a successor ? I am, sir, &c., &c., J. RICHARDS, Trustee and Secretary, pro tern. January 11 th, 1843 [Our " intention," in inserting the paragraph alluded to. was anything but to " deter candidates from applying " for St. David's Church; and had we been aware that Mr. Davies had written any such letter as that contained in the preceding communication, we certainly should not have give►► publicity to such an erroneous statement as that contained in our last publication.] HONG KONG.—Friday night's Gazelle contains the order in council, creating a court of justice, with criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction, in the island of Hong Kong. ODD FELLOWS !—Watches have long been imported in China, and generally by the ton or half-ton ! The fancy of the Chinese is to wear them in pairs, in accordance with a pretty general prejudice in the East against an odd number. Edinburgh Cabinet Library. The antique and massive tower of Westzaan, at the Hague, fell suddenly down on the Ist instant on an adjoining house, and buried a whole family, consisting of father, mother, five children, and a female servant in the ruins. The hospital suffered much, and the Protestant church was injured, but only in a slight degree. Workmen had been for some time employed in repairing the tower, but the foundation was much worn, and no doubt gave way in consequence of a very violent gale of wind which raged during the whole of the preceding night. EXPENSIVE FUEL.—A few days ago a respectable mer chant residing in Woolwich had occasion to go into his kit chen, and at the time had a £2O Bank of England note in his hand. His attention having been drawn to an object, be laid down the bank note on the table in a crumpled state, and having been suddenly called to the shop, left the kitchen without taking it with him. On returning in two or three minutes afterwards to the kitchen his astonishment may be better conceived than described, when the servant told him in answer to inquiries regarding the £2O note, that seeing what was considered a useless piece of paper lying on the table, it had been used in helping to kindle the fire, which was slow in igniting at the time.. The loser of the note has been to the Bank to ascertain if there was a probability of his recovering its value, but this is not probable, as he has no remnant to show that the lost note was actually destroyed, as has been represented. EGYPTIAN FLAX.—About two years ago we were shown samples of Egyptian flax, by one of the most enterprising of our local mill-spinners. who were then of opinion that the attention of manufacturers required only to be directed to that quarter—of old celebrated for its fine linen and flax—in order to raise up a powerful rival to the Baltic grower, on whom this country is at present almost exclusively dependent for its supply. It would seem that this opinion is about to be verified, for we learn from the Forfarshire papers, that a few tons have been found fully stronger than the correspond ing quality of Baltic growth, but that the tow is of less value. It is stated that the Egyptian cargo can be landed at Dundee a few pounds cheaper thin the Baltic—a circumstance which, in these times when cheapness of production is paramount, will more than counterbalance any little deficiency in quality. An entire cargo is said to have been made up for the Tay ; and if the experiment prove equally satisfactory on a large scale, there can be little doubt that toe article will soon form an important branch of trade with Egypt—thereby rendering us less dependent, on and bringing down the prices of, the Baltic continent.—Fife Journal. AMBASSADORS.—A man who receives £ll,OOO a year to show hospitality and exhibit state, ought to do both ; but there is another and a much more important point for the nation to consider. Why should £ll,OOO a year be given to any ambassador at Vienna, or at any other court of the earth? Or what is the actual result but to furnish, in nine instances out of ten, a splendid sinecure to some man of powerful interest, without any, or but slight, reference to his faculties? Or is there any necessity for endowing an embassy with an enormous income of this order, to provide dinners and balls, and a central spot for the crowd of loungers who visit their residences, or to do actual mischief by alluring these absentees from their own country ? We see no possible reason why the whole ambassadorial establishment might not be cut down to salaries of £1,500 a year. Thus, men of business would be employed instead of the relatives of our cabinets. Dinner= giving would not be an essential of diplomacy; the ambassa dor's house would not be a centre for all the ramblers and triflers who preferred a silly and a lavish life abroad to doing their duty at home; and a sum of much more than £lOO,OOO a year would be saved to the country. Jonathan acts the only rational part on the subject. He gives his ambassador a sum on which a private gentleman can live—no more. He has not the slightest sense of giving superb feasts, furnishing huge palaces, supplying all the rambling Jonathans with balls and suppers, or astonishing John Bull by the tinsel of his appointments. Yet he is at least as well served as others. His man is a man of business ; his embassy is no showy sinecure; his ambassador is no showy sinecurist. The office is an understood step to distinction at home, and the man who exhibits ability here is sure of eminence on his return. We have net found that the American diplomacy is consigned to mean hands, or inefficient, or despised in any country.— Blackwood's. Mayazine. MILITARY EiECUTION : —Two young Spaniards, members of one of the first families in Madrid, were recently executed at Montevideo for murder. The motive to the murder was of the most trivial character, but the atrocious circumstances which attended its commission p u t i t a l together out of the power of the judge to interfere with the course of the law. It appeared that in the course of a political discussion Fran cisco Jaramile Etchenique and Fernando Fernandez, the two culprits, had taken great offence at the remarks of Nicolas Garcia, who had been most strenuous in combating their opinions. The accordingly waylaid him, and when he came out of the house they, without the slightest further provoca tion, attacked and murdered him. They then proceeded to cut off his head, and bury his mutilated body in a neigh bouring field. After the prisoners had been tried, convicted. ar.d condemned to suffer death for their diabolical crime, great efforts were made by their friends to obtain a commutation of the sentence, but in vain, and when the day was fixed for the execution it was stated that some of their countrymen had resolved to prevent their lives from being taken, even by force of arms. A strong body of troops was accordingly ordered out—but no such attempt was made. When the mournful procession reached the market-place, Jaramile begged an orange and a cigar, which were both given to him, and he nodded coolly to those of his friends whom he recognized in the crowd. On their arrival at the scaffold, Fernandez was so weak that he could scarcely stand, even with support. Jaramile was, however, much more firm. He would not listen to the priests, and held up his head with an air of assumed indifference, while he played with the partly smoked but now extinguished cigar. While on the scaffold he once called out to the Spaniards present to rescue him. They were then fastened each to a low bench by the negroes in attendance ; but they, for some time, obstinately refused to allow their eyes to be bandaged. At length, all being ready, they received two successive discharges of musketry of five or six pieces each, and died after much struggling, showing re markable tenacity to life. The execution was a frightful butchery, and an evidence of the necessity of some more cer tain and speedy mode of taking the lives of offenders against the laws. REBECCA. AND HER DAUGHTERS.—The state of society in W,tles may surprise some of our English readers, especi ally when we acquaint them with the fact that there has been for some months past in the neighbourhood of St Clears a mob of lawless depredators amounting to about 600, who assemble nightly for the purpose of destroying the turnpike gates on the various lines of road in the neighbourhood of St. Clears. These ruffians are headed by a very tall man, dressed in disguise as a female, who goes by the name of Rebecca ; and as many of his associates are likewise dressed as females, the whole gang have been christened as Rebecca and her daughters. These men are nearly all of them well mounted, and are the terror of the neighbouring country. The Pwlltrap gate has been destroyed a great number of times, and as frequently replaced by the trustees of the road ; but immediately after its re-erection the fellows have invaria ably assembled in greater force than before, and riding up to the gate, the following interesting colloquy has taken place. —The leader of the mob addressing the others in Welsh, says, " My children, this gate bas no business here, has it ?!' To which her children reply that it has not; the mother again asks what is to be done with it? when the children reply that it should be levelled with the ground. They then immediately break it down and disperse it in different di aections. This system has continued for a length of time : and although a reward of £5O has been offered—.£3o by the county magistrates, and £2O by the trust, not one of the of feuders has been discovered. About one hundred constables have been sworn in, and three policemen from London are down there; but all precautions are ineffectual, for so sure as the constables show the le a st dimunition of the vigiladce, Rebecca and her daughters appear, and level the gates. A very short time ago the policemen were after a fellow whom they suspected to belong to the gang, and whilst at a pub lic house baiting their h ors es, Rebecca and her dangh ters _ th sud denly appeared in s i g ht, and the affrighted offi re c h e a rsof now e law wer e o bli ge d t o fly for their lives. The gates sincebeen re-erected, rieGctthe andult., h u n t o t f h r e es fresh r a g e in t iz o a f ti violence of h the a d s e still continues, and it is feared will break out w i t h m f a r g e i s s h . violence if the constabulary force be removed. traces h a the to o d f ei ibe emote: uponty he v salamisdepredators still a day tt e n aza w m ,k bl.....-4 ,an at the Town- INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF TEE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE The following are a few, amongst the many, e pressed opinions of the journals which we have se on the subject of this noble and eloquent nddr...._ om the on Whatever Mr (F . r Gladstone Lond says is 2ini deration. However one may differ frot. conclusions, one cannot help respectin g t and sin cer i ty w hi c h dictate his general admiring the talent with which he supports thew there is generally so much to admire in what he s that one willingly forgets or overlooks whatev e r be questionable or superfluous in the objects fr his speeches are delivered. Mr. Gladstone commenced his addrellb merited compliment to the sense and intelligence of the middle classes, and their strenuous exertions in the cause of education, which neither the uncertainty in the political relations of the country, nor the embarrass ments of commercial speculation, had been able to limit or impair. He then proceeded to say, that tl• time had arrived when we " ought to give a broad b' to public institutions, and to challenge for then support of the mass of the intelligent con- He next reminded his audience, in earnest and terms, that " the existence of that institution wc. permanent testimony to a great indestructible princi ple--namely, to the principle that education, if it was to be effectual, must be a religious education --- a religious education must be founded upon • ly of c opinic by a well- nunitV forcible d that (From the London Standard.) The education of man is the formation o being, and miserably defective and narrow education which contents itself with fitting tl immortality to play his part for a brief span up stage of earth. The only education worth a thou is that WHICH FASHIONS AND MOULDS MAN H SELF, 'and this is an education not.indeed inconsistent with literary and scientific a ccomplishments, —f ar from it, but independent of them. With this impart as much knowledge as possible; the more the better; but without this, knowledge will be a curse to the individal and to society. It is a glorious thing, and full of hope, to see a minister of state, and one of the most pro mising young men of a generation the most promising that England could ever boast, the champion of such principles. The other parts of Mr. Gladstone's speech are equally gratifying. There is a spirit of boldness, and of approbation of enquiry, pervading the whole, illustrative of the truth that the most thoroughly con vinced and most sincere Protestant Christian is of all men the best entitled to the name of " free-thinker." In the spirit of Locke and Butler, Mr. Gladstone advises strict obedience to the apostle's command— "prove all things," confident with these great and good men that the result of careful and candid investi gation must be to lead men to the knowledge of that which is right. We could willingly d we ll at length upon an address, every line of which is valuable; but we need not recommend it :---all but the advocates of religious indifference on one side, a n d t h e pro-Romanist dissenters, who would limit education to implicit sub mission, on the other, will estimate its importance, and extend its circulation. (From the Liverpool Courier.) ust be that heir of No one who listened to the beautiful and impressive address of Mr. W. E. Gladstone —an address so full of fine feeling, of sound thought, of Christian zea l , and, at the same time, of Christian charity — could conscientiously say that it left anything unsaid that ought to have been said, or that anything that was said could have been said better. Had there been, indeed, any real cause, on this account, to regret the want of Lord Stanley's presence and eloquence, there was much to compensate for it, in the fact of Mr. Gladstone being a native of Liverpool, and therefore most appropriately associated with an event which marks one of the mos important epochs in her history. As it was I .erpool has a double reason to be proud, first of the magnificent edifice, reared by public spirit and public beneficence for an object of such vast public utility, the solemn dedication of which was that day witnessed; secondly, that she has a son whose splendid talents and exalted position in this life were capable of investing the cere mony with so much of interest and dignity. The temper of Mr. Gladstone's speech, alike re moved from the haughtiness of bigotry and the laxness of indifferentism, was exactly in accordance with the design of the Institution, which aims at extending its benefits to all, so far as it can be done without a sa crifice of principle. There was the utmost possible liberality, without the least tincture of latitudinarian ism. The view which he took of the connexion of education with religion is one that must commend itself to the undesstandings of all candid men, as well as to the prejudices of churchmen. (From the Liverpool Times, radical . We have given in another page a report of the pro ceedings at the opening of the new Collegiate Institu tion in this town, formed chiefly by the voluntary contributions of the members of the Established Church„ and intended to communicate a religious education according to the princil the children of those who belong to its communion with some relaxation as far as relates to the formularies of the church, to those of dissenters. It will be seen that the inaugural address was delivered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in the unavoidable absence of Lord Stanley; and although the opening of the Institution may have lost somewhat in brilliancy by the cha I church to t al enm I a ve ecandyu _ orsiors, it lost none of its interest, for the Vice-Presi n dent of the Board of Trade, besides being a man o f superior general talents, is sincerely and zealo us l y anxious for the moral and religious instruction o f a ll classes of the community, a n d he spoke on the occa sion with an earnest ness an d f orce of convictio n w hi ch would have rend ere d th e remar k s of a much l ess ac complished speak er thr n hi mse lf interesti r g . T he chief fault of th e speec h as a com po s itio n , name l y, the sermonizing tone of c ert ain parts of it, arose f rom the anxiety of th e s p ea k er to di scuss the m ai n quest i on on religious gro un d s ; an d th o u g h there will b e differ ences of opinion as to the correctness of some of his conclusions, the re can be none either as t o t h e s i ncerity insolent c , an of his convicti ons or as t o his dispositi on to state fairly, to discuss with t em p er an d to tre a t w i t h respect the s l tt c a o a n t d i whichon greatly can , did wasdi increased pirit i n d d discussed by opinions of oth ers w h o differ from hi m. I n point of temper the spe e ch could not have be en i mproved, and bl t % 11 ,y, itc e hh if e e t chr right eh the 0 of n t%. l welghnallo'eranotr d the ec recollection an, a t ons on ot the e the sa me coarse, s ub j egreyg religiouseenm late so often been condemned to listen to in this town [This admirable address, along with others on the san had at the STANDARD we have printOf fice,ed as apr pamphlet, which may now I ice 2d.1 Dr. Wiseman is very fond of amusing liberal Protestants by promises on the part of Popery o f concessions for the sake of peace and unity; but the Morning Herald states, that they have ascertained, from a source most unlikely to be in error, that it is quite a mistake to suppose that Dr. Wiseman enjoyens the confidence of the Pope or of the Papal Cabinet ; regarded at Rome siml as a useful missionary amongst the learned clergy of our church, and his conservations are just D a t s , unofficial as those oNf. FatherxN7her ea charity Mathew. give E n for a general ß benefit of a parish, it had been agreed by having been the parishioners, with the sanction of the court, that part of the income should be applied for the purpose of education. The court refused to sanction a scheme by which it had been proposed, with the view of suiting the different sects prevails in the parish, that selections only from the Scriptures ' should be read, and the school be closed on a Sunday ; the court saying that it could provide for no other religious edu cation than that which was according to the Church of Eng land ; but it allowed a provision for excusing from attendance at church the children of dissenters. It was assumed on all hands, that religious instruction must necessarily form part of the n schema of e ducation. (A ttorney -General v. Cullum.) —Youg and Collyer's Chancery R eports. THE WEEPING WILLOW AT WALMER CASTLE.—NOW that Walmer Castle has been rendered more interesting by the visit of the Queen, it is st range that the weeping willow on the grass Plot of the garden has not been alluded to. This willow has grown from a slip which was presented to the Duke of Wellington by a gentleman who cut it from the willow overhanging Napoleon's grave at St. Helena. The great Conqueror of that wonderful man cherishes this tree with pe culiar care ; and her Majesty and Prince Albert were observed to regard it with the deep interest which its historical charac ter cannot fail to inspire in great and reflecting minds. — Kentish Paper. 1 1‘1 ) o rR r t E e j r mo , Eh John alluding v-Sheik eGb- t ‘Y o lis t () h sf i e: s K r e'ce THEn t hadd. procured " a little it, or washed with thise EVlL caaeo fEr vitriol-thro wing r Ec.r a oF i ß o r o c ::- k - , water, or . so o m n sol soda ut i oonr wherever o h t e - r a e s v h e , r whichthe vitriol 'Harney, in a letter to the Cork Re porter, that if I\lrh awohaop boiler'slost freeyseh lees, occasion, a t , h a e odapp lied dissolve in would a p p r e e a a r d e i d l y , no injury what ever would h a v e occur r e d to his e.e, or any part of hi s per has saved manson, or his c l ot h es ." . The writer adds, that he y of his workmen from the evil effects of vitriol accidents, wh o for the would have been most severely injur ed but pain, burn, erapplicationmark of the alkaline solution, which p revents of any kind. The E Dur ham ARTIIPS ORBIT.-Professor Chevallier , o f the University,Dur has given a decided contradiction to the statement of the American Philosopher , to the effect that the inclination of the plane of the equator to that of the ecliptic was sensibly diminishing. The learned Professor says, " I may mention that the very small changes which are well known to take place continually in the inclination of and the plane of the equator to that of t he ecliptic are periodical, are confined within definite limits; and that in any portion of the long period required for the completion of the whole cycle of changes, no sensib le effect u p on the seasons ever occur." The other statements contained iu the ac count of the " eminent gentleman connected earne with Yale C o ll eg e" are also satisfactorily ref uted by the Learned Pro fessor. RAIN.-The following is a correct account of the quantity of rain fallen at Messrs. B. Gott and Sons' factory, Bean Ing, in each month of the years 1840, 1841, an d 1842 :- 1840. 1841. 1842. Inches. Inches. Inches. .2.782 2.104 1.354 . 1.342 0.677 0.616 . 0.366 0.732 2.977 ,1.043 0.878 0.146 3.563 3.318 2.086 June ............ 2.074 3.025 1.025 ........ 2. 330 2.976 3.563 July .... -81 2.641 1 9 August .......... 1.! _ 93 September ...... 3.48 3 2.89 7 2.385 October ........ 0.970 3.928 0.976 November •• • ... 3.636 2 .8 5 4 2.782 December ..... .. 0.360 1.476 0 .5011 Total,-in 1840, 23.736 inches; or 1.978 • , ' - inches avers month. ge per 1841, 27. 488 inches; or 9 29 PI. mo nth. - 1 inch es average per ow, 19.703 inches • ~ or 1 642 . month.-Leeds Ai.. . inches -"euraverage per January February March .. April.. • • May..-.