The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

,ARD• - . pac e 10 the we; Isure°` There a rot -3 aSPeC t tentio o i nepee s paths CVS' 13811 1 bat bis : ; 64 0 g°' OY S ' ara pso l l; Of nee der on,U°ow, , irig all,l3ber told s ee o ooo and fed frolP W Sbe of t nO o od e o ed,' n o ' e dge ° , a. _ oe, , ol! ,o 5 bets scb° reoe [IP i s foe i wit) to • - ___Sept. 3, 1844 TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. Cun ouncil was Wedneheldda for t the a sputspose eeial o ta , derat ion the proceedings of the of m p e o f e kin ekcomf imn th ti to e tec T eo o n w fs r for ta(lacks and works. There was a very full attendance of ernbers and the M ayor t oo k the chair. HUSKISSON'S STATUE. a ITethteerMfrt ti is piece of sta t Y rn on m , r b . e s fo a r n e d t h ir eh im . mediate business, submitted had • ' }, arrived three weeks ago, P tear b Y Mr• Gibson. It was re t s o pe th e e tin e g ffec i t that the statue il/2114ra• Huskisson, who wished it t. t oe be p t l h a e e e c d o r u p n o d r e a r t i o t h o e , °lne in the Long-room, a site . which h th ei e ng ar a t n i p st ro d p i r d ia n te ot ; consider the most eligible, the light no . the writer suggested that another position in the building, selected by Mr. Gibson, should b w e ho p s r e op l o e s a e v d e, b i y t memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, aPPears, is necessarY• 1.1.14 r. North and Mr. Aspinall considered St. George's the i mo re suitabl e , and t was finally resolved that . ;nYor should write to Mrs. Hu . ski t ss o o h n e , r ac t k h n e o m wl o e st. g a m p g . 17rsovreersipt of the statue, suestin th e mmieletet, and making an early report to the council on Th THE NEW NORTHERN D SOUTHERN o A c N k D Comm pl ans - proceedings of the of the new docks and thorised by the act of this session, having been read, tt Committee relative DOCKS. to the works, north and south, au til 4r t:un ill e tt i lts L c E onfirm " t a h E e s e r o p s r e o caenedd s d i t t h w a t o , 42 ;,; ss arY to trespass on their attention for * afew ni 0 -I r; th the view of showing the difference between would be s e k pegnd o p t e d in moments,the re — e g o in t adYdbrought before them andtheh t o o u b se e s a of pa . rlia i - . th • , an the plans now recommended of stead The original plans, so far as he was ind ~Ilidhally concerned, never bad his approba.ntieoipnl.e ofß wuthtihehe he he . now submitted, and the general pr " cordially approved, had the advantage olfaoffnolrydoinegeuipny creasio g water space, while the docks would in sam e space of ground as was contemplate t d o Mal. For the new plans they were indebted of the dock estate thetbgeenninuis tan,' untiring efforts of the Dock Surveyor, whose atten wen and devotedness to the interests but re . two well known to render it indebted for the excellent it was to hi m they were bed been made at necessary to say more on his left, Air. plans, g!eatimprovem improvement in which naigh. Fgestion of his friend Aikin. It of accommo pre'ser; t°peinecessar just to state what the original and the dation, ans gave to the public in the shape . . acres oniTy;e grand total afforded by the original te s d ch t e o m 3 e 4 , which was to run parallel with the river, am e oun asin, the the new scheme, including d th b no less a quan coasting dock, and the passages, present t itY than 63 acres. This scheme occupied e the same space °f ground as the former, so that the northern docks, Coupled with the southern, the plan of which remained for the present as it had come abeforerthd total of do c k accom modation council and recei ve d their sanction, would t taodation for the town of 19E an acres 3731 yards, a quay aPace—an actual working quay space of rather more than 13 miles, and a grand total altogether of 15 miles 784 Yards. This was an amount of accommodation not to be found in any other town in the world, far exceedi ng t h at of the me t ropo li s. (Hear.) The original plans ran nort h and south ; those now proposed ie r n a t n d e o a e s k t , a a n s d at we fi s r t s ; t a r n e d . lestead of having one inconvenient corenaended, which must be fully la c h o l m e, P t l h e e tc y d Dart of it could be rendered available, have a series of docks, several acres e ie a a ch tio i n n o e p x e t n e e n d t, w a i i t i h d they should besides have the commun they and Liverpool Canal. The advantages were so abc::lttphpearent that he should not occupy the time of the e°llae il in dwelling on the subject. He had already said Plan of the new works at the north rema h in f e o d re as h i e t was —that there was no change in that; but, 4,p4srlotetesetieodneadwfhuirtehher, he would endeavour to ansewfeetr some bate as to the a ut te ho ig ri b t t y be of the t e h s e ke c d ou in ncil theiT t o course alt er the b pla d ns. Plan a.t liberty, without going to parliament, to vary ocks oblon t p li n le . a d sp P d , so S i l e n ag a g n a Y s or s are or in any other n . manner or shape. They ianner Y might make in s ed that be r °°ln g over new space • and here it was to b they trenched not on private e i r n e t m er e e m sts . ed altera ba_Wsas on intended, and that th . e pr w orh, they were only about to occupy the same ground 't the Leeds oi`lic?.,,N.vould not affect the comm . unicatio e i e i they"wvermol Canal. He knew it had b an n d o a b ff s o er r y d e io d g t t h o a o t great aere going on too great . a scale, f ar fr _ n extent of accommodation to thetown. th e _oelli this being the case, he was satisfied 150,,?,* works should have been completed that, B la n e t io s r e e ooitat tbeifully in use. (Hear.) . He thought . been „ 0 be under no alarm on this P 0 committee, and e th ve e r c y ou d n o cll th 'Be reproach of the council, the dock int. e old cor • k ace was al li itherto it had lily % i Poration, that the supply of doc sP s a w,. n arrear of the demands of trade. to T s h ay is 4 4 !,t , (fact that it was unnecessary more was s so about pal- irkingm any one would take the troubleto th e e x y a w m o in n e ld th he e _ of the docks for the last fewyears, fah"'lvince that this was the fact, the accommodation aage for the last year required amounted to 187,007•er Prince's Dock, for that increa se t the increase reproach 4 honfi n t ",,s, s . while the working of the Prince ' s was only w otild 17,..,.040 tons. He therefore hoped that the on such a kal e ,:oone away with, and that they we e aCi - "°tlld wholly supersede the necessi ii ty ea o r f )docTlchaecre vote taaodation to be sought elsewhere. ( by the original that tll'°ther advantage in the newlans, andthat was, p lans ' vol e dock, proposed to be made tornnot be broug proposed,besides afford-Pg so blie,ted, while those now be brought d - • ht into action until the whol int o 0 —'en additional accommodation, could They were underPeration in a very short space of time. they ee,rPool canal open in three years and IY °kr act to have the communication , with H t e h t e h L ou e g ed h s t Ivn uld 1;411_14 accomplish it in two ; one of the new docks a . n d the e „,r° l lght into operation about the dsame this, period tha t ,• trsach dn,rntage attending the works won. t'gra-s'lsconlkbe completed in itself, and th d at e , o a n s ld th h ey e ;pipernaher. every dock would be perfect, an ll'iv_,liesilt° Working condition without any obstacle or antiZt being in the This would b . e a ver o y much g il°°,rnet than it would render the the docks available could s not Whil e en thW„sa a nticipated. The original t t i : e a n n fi v e years, eotQuac.eoloBht into operation in less The n e „, n3 c,atio v i lt, JO the new, they shouldh in ave tw t o he ye d a o r c s k . Could " anei ta ; I tb the canal in operation o sent • 7 0 feet i4 . urse (e n:i odation to the class pthrea_t s b e th t e h o n f 1 y s h d i p o s e k a t s The council would P b ;:jt l a nc i w i i cl d t e h e 7 :n n ' stru o ction, " a , vess e l P of the ednhahveeingatthees People of Bristol, who, eyed, th ( laugh)—and, he they o f w t t e e r t u h l not get her out again —,a he recei ve having got a wOuldi„__ e ovvners of that vessel (the Great . Britain) Port Anothe r coZT t e ° bring her to Liverpool, because in no other be that great ad,,,,t the new docks would had bee they tv°°ld the necessary . accommodation. be ar attel ) i l d e in to g silt up. (Hear.) It plied to Out an :flobserved that e trellick Committee were laying ort oon , - su m of money and they were often ap in., ... c,to staY their hands, andnot to spend their money i 4 21 1 a reckless manner He confessed there was no it"..g._ ne looked upon with so little concern as the expen at al, in the present instance ; for it really was nothing trad T heY were about to obtain accommodation for the and e . of the port to the extent of 63 acres at the north, Irm 1 5 acres at the south, for one millio n and a half of .:neg. Thi s was nothing compared with other places. t th em look for a moment at the London docks which e nst four milli ons of money, and let them contrast, the ex m' . eat of accommodation obtained for that four millions in ndon with wh a t was going to be given in Liverpool. eY were about to give more than double the amount of t ace,„°43modation afforded i n L on d on f or l ess t h an a million ;til l a half, because this increased accommodation. wouldt fir °Me within the estimates laid befre os p t a f r o l n ia r m m e nd: tione.aer, hear.) The London docks, Av e *' °nly afforded accommodation to the extent c of thirty.. Sid e acres, and the St. Katherine's docks, which were con and e d triode' docks for the kingdom, cost £2,482,000, te r , 111 Y afforded accommodation to the extent . f twelve *are In Liverpool there were about to be given up and , v a i. °f seventy acres for less than a million and a hay; thr o ,. ° ell they looked at the amount of tonnage going tipp e m a til the docks of Liverpool and London, the matter the p a re d in a more striking point of view. For, during *er e li s t Year, neatly four times the amount of tonnage toottate,e,lmodated in Liverpool more than were accom- It hod beep In the entire docks of London. (Hear, hear.) Proveeeen the fashion to say a great deal about the . im t4t/ •w"in tnitt a e iti oa titil ; v!ry th e ° light _ g 0 t e iverpool Docks. He admitted Wh ... s e, vi, a ts. Justice ought to be done the Dock Com much improved in this respect, but, at _Pp . iied for ..ught toThey had a 'it' they vs a d not been met as they might have been, AlbertwOlid landing-waiters, in -waiters, 4wrileghoverotZeuetaitlension of the hours ... o e f ati a o n n 0 g facilitate their working. n grounds n ot lad refused the 1 aPp lthey applied to the cuti t °oks b ° ng exist, so far as t r /' t ° the 1 . eeat ise one of t h e grounds b distance of the t,a ehonses frneVenne on account _ d ot apply to e was, the inse -07! Albert r . : 1 4: the docks, and this woul d then quantity on r linage whi'eks• But when they com Pare Passd through the oc s d k of Liverpool h ot '-'ondon, it Which and Bo bad as w would-be seen that the working t o millions Doolaihsll of to 4 n generally represented, for w of Liver dock.4l,Year linage Passed through the docks here was the In o d L °_,' Lohd' ou nd not quite 700,000 tons through he - " e ° at th e • (Hear.) Steamers would be ac corn ke?ecupied wirretne would north, and the other docks not'tpt.h..e subject the general trade of the port ; but, in and tree film:eras so well understood that he should been-oaZlntagea ari,.except briefly, to allude to the cost_ gent ma n „ th ,,el 'ever " i ng from the new plans. As it had _, l nagnit h - e ' r, net oenjaYin ingotu money in a most ext.rava uravv att d 0 1 th e i r Y purchase of land, but in . the t other doektien t°thetrit,enaPlated works, he would ills acr e, e j i 8 The N,ropys' of the Prince's, and some of the 4(:),00 0 c usive of th,, of the Prince's cost £32,046 per O Per acre. No;aisnd, and inclusive of the land, .t 16,.e,9,!t 1.2,578 Per acre, north works would th e e u o " .. ? Per acre,) vyhi c a ii "' k'ne parliamentary plan an d all' of the P rince' half 71 4 ,considerably less than . .. wed by ever ' a "ncic that was so much admired, this of the tow Y one t o be one o f the greatest orna tentiot 4 tnach L e qUal to the Prince's', on a larger scale, of ttioti t l to obist 7 8 _ 8 , C.Ost ; and it was necessary to draw arte extr eY ic , , In order to show that the expenditu the P ubaant Ss wasrt of the Dock Committee was not so A.3 2 ,,,1ic . It generally supposed and propagated to T raf a l gar for thest°o?l X 12,548 for the new docks, against , Prince's. (Hear, hear.) The Victoria, rbe e wb ot _ vv aterloo, and Clarence docks cost exactly dou -4h y eo was about to kod . st .42 3 „„„ be expended on the new works. th e ano n woui r per ac re ; and the proposed Was Price of laudnow be afforded for half that amount. On ocitather poi n t he would offer no observations. There fr o 8 Would , • It was said that the utlity of the new b e t il t °e very little on account of their distance red het entre of business But it should be remem- Thtoile& the b ent 1 • ' • three ee of the Exndia Docks in London were Th ei ! and a h al ige; that the East India Docks . were of e *ere , an d that the public never complained. the north- such distances here The extreme oint ttire. rtnnost dock* be • mile and oei " quarters f would not quite a . y about rom the Exchange, and, therefore, it was la , half the distance of the East India Docks from the Exchange in London. (Hear.) There would be one effect arising out of the new plans which he cer tainly regretted. The original plans submitted to the council were thrown so far back as to allow the existence of the ship-building yards to continue as they were at pre sent ; but now, in consequence of the altered plans, he regretted to state that the ship-building yards would have to be removed. This was a great inconvenience; but it was a comparatively small one compared with the advan tages to be derived from the altered plans, and private convenience, as was now generally admitted, must give way to the public good. When he stated, however, that this inconvenience would not be so great as was generally imagined, he thought there would be no opposition offered to the altered plans. There were only five tenants, who employed a great number of hands, which it was right to keep on this side of the water ; and the dock committee were now in a position to afford them such accommoda tion as they were never able to afford them before. He had seen Mr. Wilson the night before on the subject, and he believed all would be right. Hitherto they had only been tenants from year to year, but now the dock com mittee had the power to grant them a twenty-one years' lease. They should, therefore, be afforded accommoda tion elsewhere for a period of twenty-one years ; and knowing that they could remain with certainty for that period, they would construct building sheds of a more substantial and satisfactory kind than they at present pos sessed. Therefore the inconvenience would be very small compared with what it might have been, and what it had been in London ; for when the London docks were constructed, there were £2,000 families disturbed, 1,300 houses having been pulled down. (Hear.) There were only two things wanted to make the dock accommodation of the port of Liverpool perfect and complete in all re spects. The first was, to construct railways from one end of the docks to the other. This would be a hardship to wards the cart-owners; but here also, as in the former case, private interests must give way to the public good ; and the dock committee would find it their duty to facili tate such an accommodation as far as in them lay, namely, to promote a railway communication from the extreme north to the extreme south of the docks, for the convey ance of goods, import as well as export. (Hear.) The next thing was, to have warehouses round all the central docks ; and he was fully convinced, after mature delibera tion, that it would be for the interest of the town and the inhabitants at large, that this should be brought about at as early a day as possible. He would not be one to inter fere with existing arrangements, or with the interests of the warehouse owners ; but he was satisfied that this was necessary ; that it must come to pass for the protection of the town ; and when it did come to pass, they need never fear opposition from any party whatever. This was no new opinion of his. Mr. ASPINALL.—I think, Mr. Mayor, it will be time enough to discuss this subject four or five years hence. Mr. MoORE said he was only stating what he consider ed necessary for the perfecting of the port; and whether it was discussed now, or four or five years hence, was mat ter for consideration. It should be remembered that the dock committee bad now the power to construct ware houses round the new works, or to lease the land round any dock they pleased for the construction of warehouses. They could, if they pleased, lease the quay round the Prince's Dock for the construction of warehouses. Mr. ASPINALL.-With the permission of this council. Mr. MooßE.—Of course with the permission of this council ; and if ever such a scheme should be brought forward, I have little doubt of obtaining the sanction of the council to it. Nothing of the kind will be recom mended, however, without mature deliberation ; but 1 shall rejoice to see the day when there are warehouses round all those docks, for the demands of the trade of the port require it, and what I have already mentioned shows its necessity ; for the government refused to allow certain facilities, for the want of which ships are delayed, and the sole ground of objection stated was the insecurity of the revenue on account of the distance of the warehouses from the docks. Mr. ASPINALL.—I rise to order. We are not discus sing the warehouse question now. The MAYoR.—The Chairman of the Dock Committee is quite in order. Mr. MooRE.—I am in order, for this is a component part of the system of dock management, because, when you have warehouses round the docks, vessels can be dis charged in much less time, and expenses will be saved. I conclude by submitting the plans for your approval, con fident that they will meet with your approbation. Mr. AIKIN seconded the adoption of the proceedings. He had only to say that the dock committee deemed it their duty to see what could best be done with the land, and he believed the plans now submitted to be the very best. They spoke for themselves. Sir T. BRANCKER.—There is no difference of opinion as to the superiority of these plans over the others, on ac count of the vast accommodation they will afford ; and 1 have only to hope the dock committee will set to work, and carry them out as quickly as possible. I believe they have made a step already, for the chairman of the dock committee told me yesterday that he was going to lay the first stone. Is that so ? If it be, he's going to get to the windward of our friends at Birkenhead. But we don't hear of any dinner ! (A laugh.) Mr. BARCLAY.—He's determined to leave no stone un turned. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.—He turned the one yester day down at all events. (Laughter.) Mr. MOORE.—The first stone was laid at the north yesterday by myself—a solid stone of five tons. (Great laughter.) There was no display, because there was only myself, the secretary, and one or two others, there. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.—Any Freemasons? (Con tinued laughter.) Mr. MOORE.—Yes, there were a great many Free masons standing on the quay, and very free they were, for they had nothing to do. However, they were all promised to be regaled in the evening. Sir T. BRANCKER.—Any banquet? Mr. MOORE.—No ; we reserve our banquet until we lay the last stone. (A laugh.) Sir T. BRANCKEIL.—That will be a long time off. Mr. KILSHAV7.—I hope you didn't spoil a silver trowel. Mr. AMORE.—No ; the dock committee cannot afford that. (Continued laughter.) The motion was then passed unanimously ; the proceed ings were confirmed, and the plans adopted ; and the council adjourned at twelve o'clock. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS• NEW MAGISTRATE.—At the Preston Sessions, on Friday, Edward Bowyer, Esq.. of Ormskirk, took the oaths and qualified as a magistrate of the county. Lord Stanley has left the residence of Sir James Gra ham, at Netherby, near Carlisle, for Lathom House, Lancashire, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale. His lordship was to leave for London yesterday. Yesterday week the driver of one of Mr. Muspratt's carts, was accidentally kicked by a horse, from the effect of which he died on Friday. CHIMNEYS oN FIRE. —During the past four months the police have laid infor mations against 376 parties for allowing their chimneys to be on fire. FATAL ACCIDENT. —A seamen, named John Mur ray, whilst at work in the maintop of the Ship Adelaide, lying in the river, opposite Rock Ferry, fell to the deck, and was killed on the spot. At the rising of the court, on Saturday evening last, Mr. Justice Cresswell p aid a second visit to Sir Tho mas Bernard Birch, Bart., of the Hazles, where he remain e d until yesterday morning. We beg leave to call the attention of our rea d ers, par ticularly of the maritime class, to the advertisement of the Mariners and General Life Insurance Company in our columns of this day, which appea rs to offer advan tages to seafaring persons seldom to be met with On Thursday a boy named Wilson, residing in New Milk-street, fell from the deck into the hold of the ship Soldan, in Prince's dock. He was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital, but died directly after his ar rival there. DEAD BODY FOUND.— On Sunday morning week, about eight o'clock, the body of an elderly female was picked up on the shore near Leasowe Castle, in an ad vanced state of decomposition. What little hair remained was quite gray. PUBLICANS, &c.—At the Police. court, on Friday, the folowing cases were disposed of :—Publicans fined 50s. 60s. and 405.. and two acquitted • beer-sellers, three fined 405., and som e acqu itt e d ; table-beer-sellers , two fined 50s. each. APPROPRIATE TESTIMONIAL OP RESPECT.-- On Tuesday last the members of " The Britannia Sons of Mersey" benefit society, held at Mr. William Geldard's, Ranelagh-street, presented their secretary, Mr. William Lewis, with a very handsome bible, as a testimonial for his faithful services during a period of 21 years. C tUTION TO PAWN DROKERS.—Mr. Spier, pawnbroker, on Friday, appeared before the Police•court, on a charge of damaging a fender, which bad been pledged with him. He was ordered to pay six shillings, the value of it, and costs. The defendant said he sh ould p lead against the decision. SCOTCH CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD.—At their meeting, on the 7th instant, the Presbytery of Glasgow having found, by his own confession, that Mr. Gardner had joined the body that have seceded from the Church of Scotland, deprived him of his license and status as a minister. Mr. Gardner is thus disqualified from bping minister of the church at Birkenhead , it being :strictly bound to be in communion and connection with the Church of Scotland. COMPLIMENTARY ENTERTAINMENT.—Upwards of thirty gentlemen, teachers in the Mechanics' Institution, and other friends of Mr. J. J. Roddick, met on Wednes day evening, in the Imperial Hotel, to entertain that gen tleman at supper, previous to his departure for Newfound land, where be has received an appointment in the gram mar school ; W. B. Hodgson, Esq. in the chair. Mr. Mac Ilveen, principal of the Lower School, in the vice , chair. APPREHENSION OF AN ALLEGED FORGER.—On Sun day morning a handsome and very respectable-looking young man, named John Buckley, formerly of Cork, but more recently carrying on the business of a grocer, at Bristol, on an extensive scale, was apprehended on board a vessel bound for America just as she was clearing the gates of the Prin ce ' s D oc k. Th e pr i soner i s c h arge d with having committed a number of forgeries in Bristol, and has been sent on to that city in custody. BLUE-COAT SCHOOL.—On Tuesday last, a public ex amination of the boys of this school took place at the In stitution, to test their proficiency in musical science and in military evolutions. In the large yard in the front of the handsome building, the boys paraded, marched and counter-marched, with all the precision of veteran milita ries, the band played at the same time with that skill and excellent taste for which these young musicians have be come celebrated. A large number of the spectators were on the ground, to whom the performance gave the highest satisfaction. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.—Since the last full moon we have had a delightful change in the weather, bright warm days and cloudless skies having prevailed, not only here, but, so far as we can learn, all over the country. A correspondent at Delph, in Yorkshire, in forms us that the weather there has been most brilliant. The harvest operations in this vicinity, in Yorkshire, and elsewhere, are proceeding merrily. Large breadths of land have been cleared of their produce, which has been secured in good condition. IMPORTANT TO BREWERS.—Messrs Garrett and Son, of this town, exported a quantity of ale, a few months ago, to Liverpool, on which they refused paying duty, the consequence of which was that the customs authori ties at Liverpool detained it, and the ale was only liberated, at the time, by Messrs. G. paying a deposit amounting to the duty. It appears that on application, Her Majesty's Treasury have ordered the money to be returned, and the ale to be admitted free, at the same time ordering the expenses of the detention to be paid Messrs. Garrett and Son.—Manx Liberal. RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.—Patrick Maguire was on Friday last brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police court, and committed for trial to the sessions on a charge of having received a silver dessert spoon, knowing it to have been stolen. It appeared, from the evidence, that on the previous day constable Kehoe went to the cellar of the prisoner for the purpose of searching it, when the pri soner ran out. He was pursued by Kehoe. and seen to throw something over a wall, which, on being found, turned out to be a spoon which had been stolen from Miss Keel's, in Chapel -street. ADULTERATING TOBACCO.—David Hay, tobacco ma nufacturer, was charged by the excise authorities with having on the 7th July adulterated a quantity of tobacco with saccharine matter, contrary to the sth and 6th Vic toria, c. 93. Mr. Kent, for the excise, stated that through this practice the revenue had suffered to the ex tent of a million annually ; the tobacco seized had been analyzed, and he pressed for the full penalty of £3OO, Mr. Hillier, for the defendant, pleaded for a mitigation. on the ground that Mr. Hay was not cognizant of the adulteration. The magistrates ultimately convicted in one-fourth the penalty, or £75. THE BOROUGH CONSTABULARY.—In reference to a letter, which appeared in a recent number of the Albion. and which, to some extent, reflected on the police of the borough for their alleged inactivity in the suppression of nuisances, we find, on inquiry, that during the last four months, namely from the 18th April to the 18th August, there were 376 informations heard before the magistrates against parties for having their chimneys on fire, 127 for furious driving, 61 for cruelty to animals, 249 for driving at the wrong side of the streets, and 68 for riding and driving without reins ; and that, in all these cases, the informations were laid at the instance of the constabulary force. BURGLARY.—On Tuesday morning last between one and two o'clock, as Mr. Robert Abraham, coach-propri etor, of Church-street, Everton, and Mr. H. Rainford, were returning from Lydiate in a gig, the horse fell, and broke the shafts of the gig. The gentlemen walked on to the house of Mr. John Percival, Derby Arms Hotel, Bootle-cum-Linacre, and knocked at the door. No an swer was given, but immediately one of the windows was opened, and two men jumped out. They were pursued, and one of them, who gave his name George Jordan, was taken into custody. On going back to the house, the drawers were found to be ransacked, and a large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles ready for removal. He has been committed for trial. COUNCIL MEETING.—At the usual monthly meeting of the Council, to-morrow, the proceedings of the Health Committee will comprise a recommendation to appoint Inspector Fresh to the Town-hall duty, under the Mayor, the Health and Finance Committees, and the Town-clerk and the prosecuting solicitor, (not comprising constable's duty,) at a salary increased from about £9O to £lOO per annum, besides clothing. The coroner's accounts, amounting to £72 175., and other items of routine busi ness, will be submitted. Amongst the Mayor's commu nications will be the opinion of counsel on the case sub mitted to them, as to the recent collision between the magistrates and the Watch Committee. We have alluded to this subject elsewhere. FATAL ACCIDENT.—About one o'clock, on Saturday, a fatal and melancholy accident happened, in Water-street, to a lad, seven years of age, named John Davies, the son of a porter of that name, living at No. 31, Westmorland street. One of Wynne's lorries was going down the street in question, heavily laden with bales of cotton, and the little boy was sitting on the top of the load, when, sud denly, four or five of the bales tumbled off the lorry and precipitated him upon the pavement; and, we regret to state, that, in his fall, his head came in front of one of the wheels, and, before there was time to pull the horses up, it was literally crushed to pieces, and presented one of the most shocking sights it is possible to imagine. In stantaneous death was the consequence. No blame is attributable to the driver. INQUESTS.—On Saturday, three inquests were held before the borough coroner. The first was on Thomas Freeman, a carter, in the employ of Mr. Sherman, of Circus-street, who was found in the stable, on Wednesday last, bleeding from a wound in one of his temples. It ap peared that he had been kicked by one of the horses, and received a compound fracture of the skull.—The second was on Thomas Logan, of Bevington-bush, a lad five years of age, who, whilst drowning a dog at Burlington bridge, on Wednesday last, slipped off the bank and fell into the water.—The third was on James Leech, who while driving a cart from Mr. James Muspratt's chemical works, in Vauxhall-road, received a kick in the forehead from one of the horses, which caused extravasation of blood on the brain. Verdicts accordant with the evidence were re turned in the several cases. STEALING VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.—The extent to which depredations of this nature are now carried on on the other side of the river, is generally and loudly com plained of. On Sunday morning week, at an early hour, two young men were met near St. John's Church, Liscard, carrying a large quantity of cabbages, onions, &c., which had just been extracted from the g arden of a farmer, named Upton. One of the marauders, Frederick Myers, by trade a brickmaker, was captured, but the other es caped. Myers was brought before Mr. Harden, on Tues day, and sentenced to pay twenty shillings and costs, be. sides the value of the vegetables, and in default of payment to be committed to the House of Correction for one month, with hard labour. The magistrate declared that it was the firm intention of the bench to lend all the assistance in their power to put an end to these disgraceful depreda tions. TFIE PRINCE or PniissiA.— His Royal Highness, after his departure from this town, reached Birmingham the Prince, were finding i n himself early that afternoon, and having expressed a w i s h to in spect some of the principal manufactori es , L or d H ather _ and a accompany y Weston, bu E t sg. Esq., mayor, tattend anceo to pressed for time, visited only the Proof House, near the railway station, and then proceeded by special train to Coventry : and after having paid a visit to Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, the same train conveyed his Royal Highness and party to Tamworth, to visit Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor. The Prince is not expected to take his departure for the Continent until after the christening of the infant Prince, which is understood to be fixed for the 6th of September, at Windsor Castle; the Duke of Wellington, and the Ministers and great officers of State, are also expected to attend the august ceremonial ' • and a few day s a ft erwar d s th e P r i nce w ill l eave town for the Prussian dominions, paying the Duke of Wellington a short visit at Walmer Castle. THE CELEBRATED MIAMI HAMS.—By the kindness of the importer, Mr. J. M. Henry, we have been favoured with the opportunity of trying the quality of these hams, which are cured by Mr. Charles Duffield, of Cincinnati, Ohio, upon a system peculiarly his own. It has been a complaint brought, and justly too, against most of the cured meats imported foorn the United States, that they were excessively salted. Most of the hams that we have hitherto tasted were only fit for boiling, and even for that required previous steeping to make them at all endurable. These hams, however are of a totally different character. When boiled or fried they are equal if not superior to the finest Westphalia or English smoked hams, and are very rich and mellow when boiled. They require no steeping to prepare them for any mode of cooking, inasmuch as they are not at all more salted than the English taste and necessity require. We venture to predict for them an ex tensive sale in this country, where they are likely to take a very high standing. They are kept in stock, we ob serve, by Mr. Woodcille, Bold-street. THE SCOTCH CHURCH, OLDHAM-STREET.—Judgment has been given in the long-pending case of the Scotch Church, in Oldman-street, in this town, which will pro bably settle the cases of many other Scotch Churches in England similarly situated, or in litigation. It will be re membered that a suit had been instituted by those of the trustees who adhered to the Established Church, against Mr. Welsh, the minister, and a portion of the trustees who abetted him, in using the church in a way contrary to its originally . intended connexion, or in other words, con vertingthha e s , parties a n dr ttbhi giving eyes v intention ond et j udgment, eoadnvseooffoiltT d 9ed e 4 c f,h i o d i aum e nn d .dd against e srHus beos states, tqa tut M hee es, n r ipto" a free church." Vi ce - c h ance ll or W tgram t. church,t N dh V oa t e e l ua s m l e eoen a rv n tcdi s d : i d n e g n c t and the uninterrupted previous u sage , b e i ng l ev i ed b y , Presbyters in Scotland, and i n no ot h er manner, the trust required that the church b e d evo t e d to purposes strictly in accordance with the established Church of Scotland. He considers that each individual share holder has a right to insist that the church shall be devoted to purposes corresponding with Scotch Churches locally situated in Scotland, and in strict communion with the Established Church of Scotland ; that Mr. Welsh, the Lancashire Presbytery, the trustees who are defendants, and all the shareholders who agree and take part with them, are to be considered seceders identified with the Established Church of Scotland , ani with the Free Church of Scotland ; and he concludes a long legal opinion by stating, " The grounds upon which I think the court must interfere are, that by the original contract, the Established Church of Scotland, was the agreed model upon which the Oldham -street Church was founded. 2nd, that the Established Church of Scotland has undergone no change, but remains as a model the same as it was in 1794. I think, therefore, the ca se i s one in which the court must int erfere. I th i nk, however, that all the shareholders must be made plaintiffs or def en d ants, and I think the bill should amended in respect of par ties, before the motion is decided. STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH.—The teeth, it is well known to physiologists, are composed of bony st ructure, which is covered with a coating of enamel—a substa nce o f a fibrous nature , and so hard as to strike fire with a steel. Notwithstanding its apparent hardness, the enamel is, however, extremely susceptible of injury, and it thus be comes highly important to ascertain what preparations are best adapted to preserve so important a substance in its pristine integrity and beauty. We do not hesitate to re commend ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, as the most valuable means of purifying, embellishing, and preserving the Teeth and Gums yet offered to the public. —See advt. CAUTION TO PERSONS BUILDING.—Mr. Walter Scott building surveyor, last week appeared before the magis trates of Birkenhead to prefer some complaints against parties for non-observance of certain clauses of the Building Act. Mr. Peck, he said, had a building in pro gress in Chester-street, which was partly su pp or t e d by iron pillars eleven feet eight inches high. and not in his opinion of sufficient strength. Mr. Snowball appeared for Mr. Peck, and it was ultimately arranged that the latter should place in the building pillars which in Mr. Scott's opinion would be sufficiently strong.—An infor mation was next laid against Mr. John Hilton with hav ing erected a party-wall of inadequate strength. Mr. H. said that any alteration would subject him to very con siderable expense. The magistrates regretted this, but said they had no discretion in the matter, and that the act must be complied with. SABBATH BREAKING. — On Thursday, five painters, name I Joseph Williams, Joseph Holden, Robert Evans, Charles Johnstone, and Robert Johnstone, appeared, by summons, before Mr. Rushton, charged with " exer cising their worldly calling on the Lord' s D a y," i n a public-house lately occupied by Mr. Kerr, at the bottom of Redcross-street. One of the defendants stated he was not aware that he was doing any thing wrong, as he had on previous occasions been employed in painting both at the Custom-house and the Dock-office, on Sundays. The Magistrate expressed his surprise and regret that the Dock Trustees should permit such a practice, as he con sidered the law, even apart from a religious opinion, was one of the greatest benefits to the labouring classes, by securing them one day out of the seven f or res t. De fendant then expressed his determination to summon the Dock Trustees for allowing him thus to desecrate the Lord's Day. Mr. Rushton said he should most cordially approve of it, but cautioned defendant to remember, that in laying the information, he must do so in his own name, and against himself, for breaking the law, in following his worldly calling. Defendant on hearing this, very wisely declined saying any more upon the subject, but paid the fine and left the court. The defendants were fined ss. each. UN mu E PRESENT. — Mr. Robert Harvey, of the estab lishment of Messrs. Corrie and Co., brokers of this town, has lately been presented with an exceedingly unique snuff-box, the lid of which is beautifully inlaid, in 18 angular compartments, with as many different specimens of oak and other woods renowned in song and story, and the names of which sufficiently proclaim their own fame. They are as follow :—Oak of the ship which brought over King William the Third, 1688—Oak of a cane found in Loch Doon, 1831—Oak of Knox's pulpit—Birch of Aber feld—Oak of H.M.S. Boyne—Oak of H.M.S. Victory— Oak of the piles of London Bridge, 1176—Cedar of Leba non, from the Holy Land—Oak of the ship Temeraire, broken up 1839—Highland Mary Thorn—Oak of Glasgow Cathedral—Oak of the Royal Exchange—Oak of H.M.S. Mary Rose, sunk 1545—0ak of Bothwell Castle—Oak of the Bellerophon ship of war—Queen Mary's Yew—Oak of the Tower of London, built 1067—Oak of the Royal George, sunk 1782. The inscription within the lid of the box is the following :—" Presented to Mr. Robert Harvey, by Edwd. N. B. Wilde, chief officer of the ship Palatine, and Mr. William Aitken, chief officer of the ship Eleanor Lancaster, as a token of friendship and respect as a man, a gentleman, and a friend. Liverpool, August 25, 1844." These ships belong to the Messrs. Corrie, we believe, and the officers named having experienced much courtesy and kindness from Mr. Harvey, have chosen this very ap propriate mode of acknowledging the obligation. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. John Holmes presided. A small grating and sewer were ordered to be placed at the corner of May-street, Mount-pleasant, in order to prevent a nuisance complained of there. The Chairman, in reply to questions, said that, under the new act, parties laying down flagging, were compelled to put down curb stones, or the commissioners could refuse to adopt the street, but, he thought, that, as in the case of flagging, the commissioners had better pay half the expense of the curb stones. This was agreed to. The Chairman re ported, that, under the new act, there was alarge amount of property they could now assess, and directions were given that Mr. Weightman should give in the valuation of this property. The Chairman, suggested, also, that Mr. Weightman should complete all the sewers as early as possible, in order that the expenses might be included in the present year's accounts.—Mr. Simpson sent in a report, stating that the works in Green-lane were pro gressing very satisfactorily. The well had been sunk 80 feet, and the shaft 65 feet. £155 to the contractors, and £2OO to Mr. Simpson, for professional services, were or dered to be paid. The Chairman reported that they had this week paid £3630 for the land at Kensington ; it was very cheap, seeing that it only cost 2s. 6d. per yard. Mr. Plumpton : I have none at that price I can assure you.— The wheelers in Water-street were ordered to be continued 50 feet higher up. THE NORTHERN CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, ROSS ALL HALL, FLEETWOOD.—We have before noticed this fine seminary, and have now some further particu lars. Five large dormitories, capable of containing 15 to 25 beds each, have been made and fitted up with single beds. A neat dining hall has been constructed, and panelled in imitation of oak. The organ room has been fitted up as a chapel for daily prayers, and in case of wet weather, for divine service on Sundays, to which we hear that Peter Bourne, Esq., of Liverpool, has contributed a handsome oak chair and reading desk, similar to that in the theatre of the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. The kitchens have been furnished with large range and steam ing apparatus. The arrangements made for the boys' wardrobe, under the superintendence of Mrs. Garth waite, whose experience in perfecting similar arrange ments at Marlborough institution have been highly ad vantageous to the new school. The school rooms, four in number (to be extended to eight) will prove very commodious, being fitted up with oak desks, both for masters and scholars. By one o'clock on Thursday, about 40 scholars and their parents had already arrived ; and after a'very appropriate prayer by Dr. Woolley, the whole sat down together to an excellent dinner. At the time of their departure the boys were already engaged in a game of cricket, and we should think there were much fewer tears shed than are usual on such occasions. We hear that the number of scholars for this half year is expected to amount to about 70. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. — On Thursday last, Edward Kendrick, the driver of one of Mr. David Evan William's cars, was charged, at the police-court, with having thrown his wife out of a window, two stories high, in Crosshall ghi. t I t w a a p s p e h a i r s e d w , i f fe ro from t o w h e h 0 ( ) En ill C t e h r e , ce took place, but that it afterwards thievedss r ao e tc e ki t ti , nwtghaesopea occurrence ue first u n s b e n l i turned out to be a prostitute, named Mary Ballentine. h o o f se th s e tat c e a m se en c t ou th ld er o e n s l e y em be ed ga n t o he r r e e a d . and are as follow :—Kendrick was from e ya b p tdl he r r o euc h nap a ukr b is l se e oo nnt to doubt, facts could Wednesday night, and on reaching the t house where he lodges, about half-past eleven, found the door open (it having been left so, it seems, by his wife, who had gone out). As he was entering, Ballentine came up, and saying " That's right," went into the house with him, he believing, from her manner, that she was one of the inmates. He proceeded up stairs to his bed-room, and she accompanied him ; where he fell asleep, and was awakened by the officer taking him into custody on a charge of having thrown his wife out of the window. Sixteen shillings he had in his pocket, when he lay down on the bed, were gone when he searched his clothes—this was all he knew about the matter. It is conjectured that the unfortunate girl, hearing Kendrick's wife coming up stairs, sought to make her escape through the window, and in her descent, her legs struck against the parlour window beneath—the force of the fall smashing in the sash, and inflicting dreadful gashes on the lower part of her limbs. It is also supposed that she was endeavouring to steal one of the blankets from the bed, as it was found tied up around her body, under her clothes. The magis trate caused Kendrick to enter into his own recognizance to appear when called upon, and discharged him. The wretched woman is at present in the hospital. THE NEW IMSOLVENT ACT.—In the Liverpool dis trict court of bankruptcy, Mr. Serjeant Ludlow has de livered a decided opinion that the petitions and docu ments of insolvents who seek the benefit of the new act must be attested by an attorney of the court, the attesta tion of an "agent" not being legal. This is in accord ance with the opinion of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, expressed on the same question in Basinghall-street, and in direct opposition to the opinion of Lord Brougham, circulated with his lordship's signature through all the gaols in the kingdom. The effect has been to prolong the imprisonment of Debtors in Lancaster Castle, from their petitions having been returned for want of the attestation of attorneys. The decisions of these learned commis sioners has been looked upon as somewhat important, not only to the solicitors, but to the debtors themselves: bad it been otherwise, a wide field would have been opened for " agents" of the " Ady" school, who haunt the gaols and courts of law, and who, tinier the pretence of " get ting insolvents through" the court at a cheaper rate than a respectable attorney, might fleece them of all they possessed. By the new act, the deputy-registrars of the courts of bankruptcy are to be styled " Registrars," with an increased salary in lieu of fees, hitherto allowed in ad dition. Mr. T. B. H. Abrahall, the late excellent re gistrar attached to the court of Mr. Commissioner Phil lips in Liverpool, has been promoted to.a registrarship in Mr. Commissioner Evans's court in Basinghall-street, his late office having been filled up by the appointment of Mr. Lee, of Birmingham, who was one of the old com missioners in that town. A new scale of fees and charges for solicitors, messengers, and appraisers, under the new act, is in preparation by three London and two provincial commissioners, under the sanction of the Lord Chancel lor. APPLICATION OF EMIGRANT PASSENGERS.—OnWed nes.d3y, and on the two following days, an investigation involving some rather extraordinary circumstances rela tive to an emigrant ship and her passengers, was heard at our Police-court. Mr. Davenport, as legal adviser of a great number of persons about to emigrate, stated that on the 22d of the present month, the nominal complainant, Mr. Battery (who represented upwards of 200 persons), had engaged and paid the money for their passages in a vessel called the Metoka, hence for New York. The de fendants in the case, the charterers of the vessel, were Messrs. C. Grimshaw and Co. The vessel was to have sailed on the 23d instant, but on the day previously it was discovered that, whilst in dock, she had sprung a leak, and was making an inch of water each hour. She was overhauled by Mr. Wingram, surveyor for Lloyd's, and was ordered to discharge her cargo, and to undergo a thorough repair : but the passengers having lost confidence in the vessel, prayed the interference of the authorities, and applied to have their passage money returned, under the provisions of the act of parliament to enabl e th em t o enga g e another vessel.—Lieut. Henry, the officer ap pointed by government to protect emigrants, said that the vessel had undergone a thorough repair; was safer and better than when launched; and if a leak had sprung he could not discover it.—Mr. Rushton said he should order that she should be officially inspected by the Surveyor for Lloyd's. That gentleman, after the survey, reported that she was perfectly seaworthy.—Mr. Ru s ht on sa id th a t if that were the fact, the parti es must proceed with her, but he should order their deteneion money to be paid to them, and also that a‘further. examination of her should he made.—On Friday the parties again appeared, when Mr. Rushton read a joint report from Mr. G. Wingram, Lloyd's surveyor, and Mr. W. Alexander, surveyor to the Liverpool Underwriters, to the effect, that although the ship, after taking in her cargo, made a little water, (less than half-an-inch in 30 minutes,) she had recently been thoroughly repaired under their inspection, and that the water she made " ought not to prevent her going to sea with safety," and that if she made no more when she got outside, the captain ought= to proceed on his intended voyage.--Mr. Rushton (finding the parties still unwilling to proceed with her) sent Captain Askew, the harbour master, to inspect her, who reported, " in half an hour the water increased from twenty-one inches and a quarter to twenty-two and a half; and it took seven minutes to pump her out—six strong spells at the puma."' A diffi culty here again arose. Mr. Rushton thought the parties should not be compelled to go out with the ship, and that some arrangement should be made by Mr. Grimshaw re specting them.—Mr. Grimshaw said he had already paid the money to the captain; if that were refunded he could soon make an arrangement.—Mr. Rushton expressed his opinion that the official personages called into notice in the transaction were not in any way to blame, and advised the emigrants not to annoy Messrs. Grimshaw by going to the office in a body, but to appoint some one or two of their number, in whom they had confidence, to wait upon them for that purpose. All parties left the court with an understanding that an amicable arrangement would be made. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. Intelligence has been received of the bombardment and destruction of Mogadore, another Moorish town, by the French. The despatch of the Prince de Jainville states that during the bombardment seventy-eight men, includ ing seven officers, were wounded or killed. The Prince was engaged in establishing the garrison of the island, and had put the port in a state of blockade. The intelligence of this victory had the somewhat extraordinary effect of depressing the French funds. Adverting to Marshal Bugeaud's defeat of the Moors, the Moniteur Parisien says : " The Moorish army, which has attacked our troops on the banks of the Isly, reckoned 24,000 cavalry. The enemy must, moreover, have had a numerous irregular infantry ; and probably, also, regular troops to defend and manage their artillery. Marshal Bugeaud, as is known, had under his command only 7000 infantry, 1400 cavalry, and twelve pieces of cannon. , ' The Moors left on the field of battle at least 800 killed, almost all of them cavalry : of the infantry, which was not numerous, the greater part escaped in consequence of the ravines. The army has lost all its materiel. It must have had from 1,500 to 2,000 wounded. The loss of the French was, four officers killed and ten wounded, and 23 sub-officers or soldiers killed and 86 wounded. Several accounts from Morocco agree that Abd-el- Kader is a prisocer at the imperial residence, and that the Emperor has signified that he is disposed to grant all the reparation demanded by France. '1 he reports are confirmed that the Emperor had agreed to all the demands of Spain, even to the beheading of the offending Bey ; that he had consented to pay the expense of the Spanish armament, and to grant to Spain a territot of three leagues round Centa. The Spanish war ships had sailed from Tangier to Algesiras. We may mention that the town of Mogadore is built upon a small arm of land jutting into the sea, and in high tides is nearly surrounded by water. The island of Mo gadore facing the town is about a mile in circumference, and possesses what is called a " strong castle"—strong, we suppose, in the Moorish sense of the word. The port is between the town and the island, and from the shallow ness of the water only admits vessels of moderate ton nage ; hence, we suppose, the reason of the Prince de Joinville taking possession of the island. Mogadore is walled round, but the defences are of too ancient a date to withstand the effects of modern gunnery. The town is about 123 miles west by south from Morocco. The po pulation of Mogadore may be estimated at about 12,000, of which 1300 are Jews, and not more than fifteen or twenty Europeans. It is the most commercial part of the empire, and returns a customs revenue of nearly 1,000,000 f. Saffi produces only between 50,000 f. and 60,0001. and the twin towns of Rabat and Salee, whose united population amounts to 52,000 souls, and are next in commercial im portance to Mogadore, produce no more than 380,000 f. EGYPT. We announced in our last that Mehemet Ali had re nounced his threatened abdication of the Pachalic. The correspondent of The Times mentions, as the exciting cause of the step, that the Council at Cairo had taken upon themselves, without his knowledge, to cancel a large amount of arrears of taxes, which greatly displeased the Pacha. Mehemet landed at the Shoubra Palace, near Cairo, on the 28th July, the day after he left Alexandria. He was very sullen on the journey ; and would not speak nor ad mit any to share his meals. Two physicians went on board his steamer by stealth. In that state of mind he continutd for some time; and it is surmised that he was conscious of impaired understanding. However, feeling better, he received Ahmed Pacha and Sherif Pacha, his war and finance ministers, and then his son, Said Pacha, who had brought the viceroy's youngest children from Alexandria. Said also brought a letter from the foreign consuls, to Artin Bey, asking information as to provision for the proper government of Egypt. Mehemet sent a verbal reply, virtually telling the consuls to mind their own business. He is said to have intended to convene a meeting of the Pachas, Be s, and other notables at Cairo; but, subsequently, he consented to return to Alexandria; and, on the 7th ultimo, a steamer was despatched from that city to meet him. A company has been established in Paris for the assu rance of horses and vehicles employed in the streets, against damages which they may either inflict or receive. Marie Taglioni, the celebrated opera dancer, has ob tained a devorce a mensa et thoro from her husband in consequence of his having refused to admit her into his house. GREECE.—RESIGNATION OF MINISTED.S.—MOFrO cordato and his colleagues have resigned, and their resig nation has been accepted. The King has commissioned Coletti to form a new administration. The Athens elec tions have been suspended. The city is perfectly quiet. SPOILS OF THE Moontsn WAR.—The famous parasol, belonging to the son of the Emperor of Morocco, which was taken at the battle of Isly, had through a singular chance been manufactured in Paris, by a mercer of the Rue St. Denis, for a house of Marseilles which has ex tensive commercial dealings with Morocco. Three years ago that house sent it as a present to the Emperor, it be ing the custom to make such presents to the African so vereigns to secure their good graces. It is entirely lined with green velvet, embroidered with arabesques, and edged with a long gold fringe. This beautiful piece of workmanship cost I,Boof.—Presse. THE TAHITI AFFAIRS.—A Cabinet Council was held at Neuilly on Tuesday, at which it was said a decision was nearly come to on the Tahitian affair. It was pre viously understood that Captain Bruat, to whom Admiral Dupetit Thouars had delegated his authority, not approv ing of the arrest of Mr. Pritchard, and particularly of the informal manner in which it was executed, had thought proper to reprimand M. D'Aubigny, and to suspend him until the pleasure of the French Government was taken It is believed that Government now consider the re primand in itself a satisfaction for the wrong done to a British subject. It is asserted by the Paris Globe, which lays extraordinary stress on the speech made by Sir Robert Peel on the subject in the House of Corn , mons, that no note has yet been addressed to the French government by the British ministry. ARRIVAL of THE CALEDONIA.--The Caledonia, Captain Lott, arrived here at ten o'clock on Thursday night, She left Boston on the 16 th , a nd Halifax on the 18th, and performed the trip in less than ten daysfr the last starting point. The ne ws by this arrival,which extends over a fortnight, is more than usually barren,c can of interest. After carefully inspecting the papers,w find nothing worth extracting. The elections had com menced in some of the States, but is difficult are so con fused and contrad i c tor y . that it difficult to arrive at a correct result. It would appear, however, that Clay's success is by no means so certain as some of his supporters assert. Mexico is making a show of r econquer i ng T exas, but the menace is idle, and will end i n smo k e. Business remained as previously. The rate of E xc h ange was r i s i ng, and had reached 10 per cent. SHOCKING MURDER AT BETROUT.—A deplorable event happened on the 24th ult., at Beyrout, in the family of M. Wildembruch, the Prussian consul. Aidlle. Wil helmi, the governess of his children, became affianced to the Prussian consul at Jerusalem, who nad been a short time before at Beyrout. From the moment this engage ment was made known to the chasseur, Buseh, in the service of M. Wildenbruch, he had the audacity to write to Mdlle. Wilhelmi, making declarations of love in the most passionate terms, accompanied by threats which, though vague and incoherent, alarmed M. Wildembruch. He sent Busch away from Beyrout, and the man went to Kerveil, a small village about seven leagues off, where the consul and his family were to pass the summer, made his way into the house without being perceived, and while Mdme. Wildemburg was reading a letter from her hus band, acquainting her with what had passed, fired a pistol at Mdlle. Wilhelmi, who was seated by the side of, and conversing with, her intended bridegroom, and killed her. The assassin fled, but being hard pressed by the villagers who pursued him, lie took out another pistol and shot himself. The remains of the unfortunate girl were in terred in the convent of Solima. DOES FRANCE WISH FOR VAR? —Though there is in France a furious opposition which writes and speaks up a war policy, yet the long continuance in office of M. Guizot, who accepted office for the avowed purpose of maintaining peace, proves that the great mass of the French nation have as little desire for war as the corres ponding party in England. T he least reference to facts will show that in the highest sense of the words, M. Guizot is the most popular minister Louis Philippe has had—that, in point of fac t, he is the only minister who has really governed France. Within fourteen years, France has had no less than fifteen administrations; the first lasted three months ; the second, Laffitte's, five months; the third, Perier's, seven months; the fourth, Soult and Broglie's, eighteen months ; the fifth, Soult and Gerard's, seven months; the sixth, Bassono's, a few days ; the seventh , Mortier's, three months ; the eighth, Broglie and Fuizots, twelve months ; the ninth, Thier's, eighteen months; the tenth, Mole's first administration, six months; the eleventh, Mole's second administration, eleven months; the twelfth, Montebello's, two months ' • the thirteenth, Soult's, ten months ; the fourteenth Thiers's, seven months; and lastly, the fifteenth, M. Guisot's, nearly four years ; or already almost three times the duration of any other administration. THE LATE BOMBARDMENT OF TANGIER.—Since the details furnished by the last packet, the actuaitnjury done at Tangier has been, ascertained by a competent person, and it appears that we should be pretty safe perhaps in taking the:piste milieu between the " trilling injury," to the works, as stated by some, and the levelling all the ground of others. A breach was not, it may be presumed, intended, and alone was made ; and the old rubble walls, which many thought would have been shaken down by the first broadside, stood it wonderfully. Injury to para pets there has been, and though in other ways divers have been the wounds inflicted on works of other days,. there has been no crumbling down of walls, after a shot ; the balls, on the contrary, either lodged quietly in the walls, or passed quite through. The number of guns dismounted or otherwise rendered unserviceable may have amounted to about 20. \N . ith the exception of the kind now and then to be seen in old fortresses, made of iron bars bound round with strong hoops, almost every variety of gun may be seen on the works—Dutch, Flemish, English. S'oanish, French, Portuguese, Moorish. &c. It would seem as if the Mosque had attracted the particular attention of marksmen, its body having received many shots. Its tower, however, from the summit of which the famous hymn of the Mussalman had so often plaintively gone forth, remained unscathed, though on its right and on its left buildings had suffered very much.— Times. IRELAND. The Rev. Dr. Carson. of Tubbermore, Ireland, unfor tunately dislocated his shoulder last week, by falling into the dock at Coleraine. The reverend gentleman has, we regret to state, since expired. There are 46 parishes in the county Galway which this year declined making any remittance to the repeal fund. There are 15 parishes in the county Leitrim which have also declined contributing. RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.—Thepopularfeelingagainst the Rev. Mr. Brasbie (a convert), at Dingle, is such, that on Sunday it was necessary to call the aid of a large party of marines to escort 11 , m to and from church.— Limerick Chronicle. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—The Commis sioners of Education have, in consequence of the increased parliamentary grant, appointed five additional inspectors of Schools ; two of them are Protestants, and three Ro man Catholics. REPEAL AGITATION.—The usual weekly meeting of the repeal association was held in Dublin, on Monday, Sir Valentine Blake in the chair. The rent amounted to no more than .£634 13s. 11d. The chief topic was the plan of " arousing an organised determination in the whole Irish nation of abstaining from the consumption of all taxed articles," with a view to " touch England in her most sensitive part, and force from her an immediate compliance with Ireland's moderate demands !" FATHER MATHEW AND.THE REPEALERS.—The Irish repealers have made a new movement ; or, rather they have laid their grasp on the temperance movement, long accused of being too much at their service, and have now openly appropriated it. The tepealers, with the sanction it is alleged of Father Mathew, are to take the pledge against tobacco ; and, after May, 1845, against all excise able articles. The purposes of this on the part of the in carcerated arch-repealer are obvious ; by the close alli ance with Father Mathew, he enlists in his favour a pre valent fancy of the day, and that a fancy of a religious type ; he artfully, if not very consistently, associates re peal of the union with the prospect of renewed sensual gratifications, just as Mahomet associated with his doc trines, the company of houris, and other delights in Para dise; and under cover of a virtuous moderation in diet, he begins a lawless attack on the revenue already damaged by Father Mathew's pious successes. The only part of the matter for surprise and regret is the Father's consent to prostitute his mission to the factious purposes, after he had so well shielded it from such suspicion. If O'Connell gains by ticking his transient interests to more permanent interests, by just so much does Father Mathew lose. Even if the temperance movement appeared to be making lee-way, which is to be surmised, the mistake and weak ness of resorting to such an expedient are not the less. Possibly, however, there may be a little pious fraud in the alliance : by allowing hii flock to take " the pledge," until " the repeal," the priest may think that he has trap ped them into taking it for ever, or, as the saying is, - until the Greek kalends.—Spectator. TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE.-011 Thursday last, as some men were raising stones at the foot of the hill in a line between the two forts, at Gughard, county of Kerry, they came to a verticle aperture of about two feet square, like the entrance of a vault, and about six feet below the sur face of the ground. On that day and Friday, some boys entered the opening. and having advanced for four or five feet, they returned in safety. On Saturday a young lad named Bunnian, and a boy named Kennedy entered, they not returning as soon as was expected, the people outside became alarmed, and at length the tidings reached Ken nedy's father, who was working at a lime-kiln at a short distance. The father hastened to the spot, and at once entered ; but, not returning, three young men, named Hennessy, Coghlan, and Sullivan, followed to seek for their friends. The day passed over, and night carne on, and still none of the six persons appeared. On Sunday. thousands assembled at the fatal spot—several ineffectual attempts were made by the Roman Catholic curate and others to extricate the bodies, and at length about six o'clock, p.m., a powerful young man named Bunnian, a distant relative of the first named person, headed a party of six, who entered. Tl ef proceeded through a narrow passage before described, and at a distance of a few feet were th'e to stand nearly erect; they thus advanced through four cellars, each about four feet long, connected in a circuitous direction by narrow apertures, the walls of the cellar being formed of grit-stone, overlapping each other. Having passed through these, the party reached a straight hall, about twelve feet long, at the end of which the leader (Bunnian) struck upon one of the bodies they were seeking. He proceeded to drag out th e b o dy, an d the rest of the party were returning before him—but im mediately after they heard the body drop from his hand. and himself fall on it, gasping in a state of suffocation. At this time Lyons, one of the party, dropped. and Casey, another of them succeeded in bringing him out alive. A second of the party was overpowered. and he was, like.. wise. saved by another. Poor Bunnian was lost. Thus Sunday passed over—hut on Monday, the people dug down, over the place where the party who escaped led them to suppose the bodies were, about thirty feet front the original entrance. They thus found the body of old Kennedy, with his arms clasping the body of his son, and near them the body of Bunnian, who entered with the latter. The f res h a i r being admitted i through the cellars, others entered and rele ase d t h e b od i es of the other , Bun nian, and Coghlan, Sulli van , an d H ennessey. It was heartrending to see the widow Kennedy throw herself in a state of distraction, on the coffins that contained the bodies of her husband and her son, as they lay on the road in front of her cabin—they were her only support. Coghlan and Sullivan were step-brothers, and their com mon mother is in her second widowhood, having survived both her husbands. The elder Bunnian who left a wi dowed mother to deplore his untimely end—she lost three daughters last year on their passage to America. Casey and the rest of the party who entered with him deserve to be rewarded for their exertions. CLERICAL NE TM The Bishop of London arrived in Chester on Thursday, and is the guest of his brother, the Rev. Canon Blom field. The Rev. Prelate preached in the Cathedral on Sunday and yesterday ; he and family were to proceed on a tour in Wales, and then return to Chester for a fort night. The venerable Unwin Clarke, archdeacon of Chester, has been pleased to appoint Mr. Francis Boydell principal registrar of all the rural deaneries (12) within the modern archdeaconries of Chester and Manchester, on the resig nation of Mr. Simpson, the late principal registrar, who is about to practise as a proctor, at York, in the courts of His Grace the Archbishop. THE ROUND CHURCH.—The Rev. R. R. Faulkner, the incumbent of the Holy Sepulchre Church, Cambridge, having appealed to the Court of Arches against the deci sion of the Consistory Court of Ely in favour of the erec tion of a stone altar and credence table, has obtained a decree inhibiting the churchwardens from all further pro ceedings in the matter. T►ln CASE OF TnE REV. JAMES Snow.—The West ern Luminary records the judgment given on Tuesday its the case of the Rev. James Shore, of Bridgetown, by the commission appointed by the Bishop to inquire and report whether there were grounds for instituting further pro ceedings against the rev, gentleman for having officiated in an unconsecrated building without license from the Bishop. It will be remembered that Mr. Shore's de fence was that he had made the declarations required by the Toleration Acts, and that the meeting house in which he had preached was regularly registered under the act 52 Geo. 111. The commissioners, after taking time to con sider, adjudged that by the present proceeding the Bish op's jurisdiction over Mr. Shore was established. The effect of the further proceedings will be to divest Mr. Shore of his character as a clergyman of the church. LEEDS PARISH CHURCII.—The committee for re building this edifice, in their report, state to the subscri bers, that owing to the pressure the times, the canvas for further subscriptions, in accordance with the resolu., tions of October, NIL shortly after the opening of the church, was not carried on with adequate vigour and effect, and thus it became necessary to make another op peal to the churchmen of Leeds. The original cost was estimated at about £26,000.; but now that the work, with additions, alterations in pews, gas fittings, stained glass, &c., is measured off, the total sum now owing is £5,165, being £3,770 more than was estimated at the last meet ing. The total amount expended by the committee is £29,770, but this includes pulling down the old building, and preparing for the new, which items amount to £2,462. The total deficit is £4,801, which, however, we trust the spirited churchmen of Leeds will, for so noble a purpose, speedily make good. NEw CII URCIIES.—On Thursday, the 24th annual re port of the commissioners for building new churches was printed. In the last report it was stated, that in the year 316 churches had been completed, in which accommoda tion had been provided for 379,662 persons, including 209,323 free seats, appropriated to the use of the poor. Since the last report 10 churches have been completed, in as many counties, in which 10 churches accommoda tion has been afforded for 9,979 persons, including 216,596 free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. Thus, in the whole, 326 churches have now been completed, and provision has therein been made for 389,641 persons, in cluding 216,586 free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. It is further stated by the commissioners, that 28 churches are now in the course of building, to the erec tion of which pecuMary aid has been granted by the com missioners out of the funds at their disposal. Plans for 18 churches have been approved of, and two additional plans ar4. under wasideration.