The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

ElkallOOD BAN NER took 160 fen 'CAL NEWS orphans New the y excursion, on Friday, to 41elluere they enjoyed themselves very much. d e ?,Nr has been pleased to approve of Senor , iesty'graeida Campos as Consul at Liverpool for the Queen of Portugal and the Algarves. late Staff-officer of Pensioners, een promoted to a first-class appoint a, with a view of forming a second dis- XDS Will „ 'erriV te lOODFlle and Sydney, calling at Queens mails, Passengers, &c. L,,Sel r , ll) "br OF CHRIST CHURCH BOYS AND ; i ll dela (in iicmber upwards of 350), had a Claughton•park, on Thurs :ay, the 12 4 th e ;.°. Willoughby, of th e Birkenhead Ferry, ' 3 9dest manner granted them a free pas kith2ae river. i "l° Ns id ar signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the I : l ,_e of Lancaster : James Rigby, Esq., the t sa “te Earl of Burlington, Frederic Sewallis LlLe;:t' Hudson Hargreaves, Esq., Edward Pedder, b e b e tludson Royds, Esq., and John Sawrey, D E Plq-Lieutenants quest was held on Tuesday, on Richd a small yacht nulled the Mosquito, belonging to the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club, was upset in the river and foundered. She had about 12 cwt. of loose fire bars for ballast. and, when beating up the river, with a south east wind, was struck by a sudden puff, and the ballast shifting to leeward, she immediately filled and sank stern foremast. She had on board at the time Mr. Jackson, one of the owners, a boatman, and a lad. The two first being good swimmers, supported themselves ; the boy would have sunk but for an oar that floated from the boat. After being in the water about ten minutes, they were all picked up by two gigs from the Minesota. The Mosquito has since been raised, and found to have sustained no in- Ai FIRE-PROOF SAFE FROM THE QUEEN. I jury by her submersion, ,aicide by cutting his throat: The Was seventy-four years of age, had latterly 're of• the Workhouse, at B r o w nlo w - hill, but obt _ it.R 4rc i e n ' 4 rortnight ag-, J j,ns. Verdict, Temporary insanity Zitil ta leArcuo, M.P. Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., sh a d th e Poole, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence, of rit h. w ee ,.." o honour of dining with the King of Den -1,41s g:.ort their visit to the Palace of Fredericks r,ll* sblestY on the following day took a short mle ardo's yacht, and expressed much graft. 4.12 o rr equipments and went to his house in ' safe, for which the Society for the En- A VILLAGE WITHOUT A CHURCH.—It is extremely 4; u °. Art awarded to Mr. John Chubb an undesirable, in these days of encroachment from other A ti ltla. r "nial, has been urcha . sed by the Queen influences, that any portion of our rural population should O le ' Present to her aunt the Duchess of Glou- be destitute alike of pastoral care and opportunities of ftol c r f a is of polished steel, beautifully inlaid religious communion. In the neighbourhood of Grange, tz t Manchester Examiner. however, in Cartmel, not far from the foot of Winder ? Nt • ttlnz Nr.—James G. Anderton, a respectable- mere, the people are in this condition ; and a vigorous Pi Hof ~1 1„ a,w, engaged as town traveller in the esta- effort is now being made by means of subscriptions in k th n e ikhgar r i n - "lnsta, Bowes, and Blythe, wholesale tea- Liverpool,vuntr,aided by a funds bazaar_ of_bantiful fancy _wor i tzji„ gLeu-street, was charged, on Tuesday, to raise for building and endowing a "g the sum of £450 which he had received small church at that place. The bazaar, which is nobly patronised, is to open this morning at the Lyceum, and ~ ties on account of the firm. The prisoner we shall be much gratified if our thus referring to the li o ' w take his trial at the next sessions. Mr. n wever, consented to take bail. announcement has the effect of increasing the attendance of the generous friends of the Church, every new struc tatt_44oiSterdnesday evening, a fire broye out on ture connected with which is an important obstruction to eali . 1 • Dickenson, omnibus proprietor, near 'N at , Tae fire was discovered about nine o'clock, 1t r. T.,. 1 was conveyed to the fire-station in this Dti v tievoitt and his staff, with two engines, Ml„4, t } i _ n the ground, but, owing to the rapidity o re tl 7 Whole of the premises were completely pr o „ueir arrival. A quantity of corn, straw, 4 te!tty, was destroyed; e or £BO. L ie l° 110 a ser and the damage is USEKEEPERS.—On Tuesday a woman, v, p ap vant girl, called at the house of Mrs. ,Ili c i, ~a er si " she q • ' -street and asked for a shawl and the spread of Popery and other mischiefs. , ts, A, said the lady of the house had sent her Ilit,t'v oodeock had that morning gone out to a ,Ise i,.the servant In the house was thrown off e 3 7,.. 3 thief stated that- she was a servant tor 'rs. Woodcock was then visiting. The v e , Y had the desired effect, and the shawl e taken away. t~~it9~~art MESSRS. CHALLINOR AND FLEMING'S GREAT TIM BER SALE AT THE NORTH DOCKS.—The question whe ther, or not, the timber trade of Liverpool can be accom modated at the north docks is already decided, Messrs. Challinor and Fleming, the well-known timber brokers of this port, holding their second sale of timber on the quay of the Huskisson-dock on Thursday next. The accommodation provided for the trade is all that can be wished, the quays affording every facility for cartage from them at an economical rate, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the East Lancashire, and the London and North-western Railways, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, being in close proximity to the dock. The timber to be sold, we understand, is of the first quality : and a portion of it in the sheds is agreed to be taken by the London and North-western Railway Company, free of either cartage or porterage, to buyers in the interior. ' k."'"„katts.—At the Kirkdale petty sessions, Mo ' P ennington, baker, of Copperas-hill, eo f A tessrs. Unsworth and Theakstone, upon lilaid belling bread without weighing it. The L Wei e was not aware that he ought to send NI, the With hi s b rea d car t, w h en d e li ver i ng . has c lerk to the mag i s t ra t es , sa id th a t th e ac t . br ead must be sold by weight, and the ' , 6 ( 1 nght a nd co sts to . see it weighed. The defendant THE PEEL STATUE AT BURY.—The inhabitants of Bury have raised to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel - a statue in bronze at the cost of £2,500, which was first uncovered and was publicly inaugurated on Wed- nesday The site on which it Is erected is the market square, in the centre of the town, and almost immedi ately in front of the parish church. A large company assembled at Chamber Hall, about half a mile distant, AE li e m e OF JERUSALEM TO LIVERPOOL. liemat the Ri g ht R ev . th e A ng li can Bishop p ° eb4"" o is on a s h or t v i s it t o Liverpool, will Ikie publiclyreceived at the Collegiate t~e an account of the state of Christianity h +h e Chtrches, especially those in Pa °".lect is 'a very interesting one in itself; 14 8 4,ridered name so by being treatedupr . by n. Th e Personal opportunities of learning it in oce,2l;!_r• Clinncellor Raikes will take the the house which is said to be that in which Sir Robert was born. It is now the residence of Mr. Edmund Hard man. Among the principal gentlemen present were Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P., son, and the Very Rev, the Dean of Worcester and Mr. Lawrence Peel, brothers of the lamented statesman ; Mr. W. Brown, M.P. ; Mr. Wil son Patten, M.P., and a great number of the local gentry and leading inhabitants of Bury. There were also a lodge of Freemasons present, and several lodges of Odd fellows. Several speeches were delivered upon the occasion. 4 1'e cru is -- - The medical examination of the volun ,°l44 8 commence on aturd week, in th 41 a ° use, Lime-s d treet. S Mr. ay Hugh Neill,e 4ty 4 1 0 inted and sworn i n as me di ca l exam i ner. tio en were examined. The crowd of appli il:eep { K e nt that it was necessary to get a file of Ilatr men back. The enrolment will con ., ett soi t numberPrescot, Newton, is on the list. Wigan,Thi I' Sarri tfic ng e t n on, W ill be vi s it e d b y th e a djutant and medical BREACH OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE ACT.—At the Police -court. on Friday, Mr. Owen, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Captain Peter Lythgow, of the ship Favour ite, at present at anchor in the Mersey, to prefer a charge against Thomas Easdale, seaman, of wilful disobedience to the lawful commands of the said captain. It appeared that the prisoner had engaged in St. John's, N. 8., for the voyage to Liverpool, as able seaman, and that, on the 27th of July last, he refused, when ordered both by mate and captain, to scrape the bulwarks ; also, on the 7th of Sept., when he was ordered to keep a strict watch for a boat coming to the vessel, did not attend to the said order, but fell asleep, thereby committing a breach of the Mercantile Marine Act. In defence, the prisoner alleged that it was unsafe to go outside the bulwarks, as the sea was rough and the vessel rolling very much ; which was denied by both the captain and the mate, who said it was quite safe, and it was usual frr all the seamen to do it. Prisoner denied that on the 7th instant he was ordered to keep watch for the boat, as alleged by the captain. The ma gistrate said it was clear, even from his own statement, that he was guilty, and ordered him to be imprisoned for six weeks. 6a, Fi tt k t t ,t'm '''N'ER —On Saturday morning, a little . IgLiej`443.ek, this beautiful vessel got under weigh 1, -11 6' ir ° 11 at Birkenhead, where she had been 6 0 the t daht having all her coals, stores, and rt ad; equipped for her voyage out to .otOsettassed over to the Liverpool shore, and ki.aata ars:. qb ureeze f r r o - 0 7, 8 Peed in the face of the tide and Jeh t he northwest. The Forerunner lot.l o f * se A .! •Littird, of Birkenhead, and is the anti ;CY-steamers intended to run between k arth et a o,9 o ast of Africa. The Forerunner is 41 11. (I N , 0 " 30 horse-power Ltik. O „ f , s tiIia I%I „,, F ,aIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY.—The east n ",.," c 'etY met their president and secre 'lV"..la -" and Campbell, at the house of the '6lo":klne.,;aes G ilbertson, Mill Tavern, Loildcin -1.4117a evening, for the purpose of auditing 'th• th e re Porting the progress of the society. 1% . , 1 01 4 , t the books, and comparing the present 19ebe!ilance-sheets, the affairs of the society „Olitea,lo a Very prosperous condition. Although it t , 1 10„:1' Years have elapsed since the first report lye e lVlse has ever arisen demanding the inter- Oeh ar " Pewer, every claim on the society being itbt &ed, 's i gns %7A aniANs.—At the meeting of West ,te,°.,11 Wednesday Mr. Shearson, the re ' % "ti ered his resignation. The governor of 4 'IN 4 4 c at , five or six of the other officers, are in lltaktioet'ldates for the appointment. The law -14 lio4l,uent from the Poor-law Board, sugges . t- L 'tt t , t ,he , 14 ,_ the mode of granting relief. The chief Itit'.l3llleyver,,uPnosed alterations i _ were, that paupers some kind of labour, and that when ythy hould be in provisions and the other 4Rp4),Na," was agreed that the document be ea ,,the board.—Mr. Shaw said it would '" , ai to carry out the scheme. 444PILAPER'S SHOPMAN.—On Thursday t'san Brothers, drapers, of Waterloo oh!akee_et, engaged a young man as timeshopan. Waterloo names, Robert Allan, and at the same f Itt e Of his late employer, a tradesman 9 k a 1 14 ss.rs. Harrison communicated with this klt4 4 . cjeteed from him a letter giving Allan i a t a b t ,th e n the Sunday morning following, Is 44 ll. ) ' ° "ng man had absconded with £6O ,Afte,:w eMploye s Allan was apprehended Friday ingham and was brought morning. He was cora 4turda )• AFRICAN GOLD COAST.—A speci- W" th e 1; on the plantation of a gentleman at o,3loett"old Coast of Africa, has been 7- '4 1 0014,2 4 n, the secretary to the Manchester iedZe. It is stated, in a memorandum ntg he Parcel, that the gentleman had -,ltee'ia bearirig at the time this s eci restltattia,4 °;at he and his brother were clearin g g ' l / 44 110 4 ° L land t o exten d t h e i r cotton planta af NIA ,ppe.,_,e, and has been valued by Mr, sl uent of the Chamber, az 7d. to 70. 14\ lop i,-;•peorge Beestcm . wa i s no c n h e a y rg u e n d d a er t 4 4t 6, 4 .3ra n 4.!a'i t ' ia w e ' r i o tl r i je o , btanin„ under the following ilti"'lPsh„konday morning last the prisoner '1 b 4 1 4, 11,4 cu, par el to the house of Dr. Mac \4o:lli4thave been sent from the railway 4 741 h e obtained 3s. for carriage. Upon . 14,1 1 , " 1 1) , '4luoWever, it was found to contain ON' hoe s ° 2 l ?anz he brought a similar . parcel qt en i t " ,t 0 Rodney -street, with the same 104,4 bra was not paid. A letter from kk l4l , F, I,l3.read denying that any such parcel crag trAlsoner stated that poverty was the bat~g s uch a p rac ti ce . H e was reman d ed. kNj Ii i ', -13 , s kER.—Ou Th urs d ay , a woman t,,,,:5„.;,b!1 w as charged with fraudulently t k a, ddierent tradesmen. She went, on jhAttkZ•tit,,ti.uf -Messrs. Rogerson and Woo.d -` of an re fixed` n a shawl, on which kli"t„a Shilg. ie then left the shop, 114e;„air• Syrea's - pawn-shop, where she I ;;'6o t ti at ; a.,...fternoon she went to the shop of liold.street, and got Ohawl under toetthe'd b ut, as gold was observed in her 0010/ 4 ; h' and, on entering a pawn-shop, t, f i Lae d e. confessed to having taken the evil had tempted her. The pro ktitlik,tkt% Fi kid the prisoner sent for trial. 6, benltAti AN. pars etvt a D ANN RIsXSIER.—A 4 0,..,0nd0n contemporary, in which ?iihtlia44siee''''ese unfortunate women were in i4yl) ,p ktit e that their lives would be spared, th at 1. 3 bY exclaiming in allusion to Aigkt - s t , a. ** ;" tne old --- ' why didn't he k l i t a tie,Ai s 'llt to live," We * have authority Irexceedingly improbable, if not Pl ci rjar a ir lala he fact is that Lord Campbell t ha 811°111 Y after pasqing sentence of !tti'llaf,Pdshi;),acinsion of the assizes. * In con treiar 8 c°Da DaUlliCatioll with the crown, , ke, °law Ab o and of this they were r * r ats po tit nine or ten days since, the tr4cartation for life was received at MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SO CIETY.—TIIO annual show of this society, which is now held alternately at Manchester, Liverpool, and Warring ton, will be held this year at Liverpool, on the 23rd Sep tember. In consequence of prizes being given, for the first time, for poultry, the show is likely to be the most interesting one we have ever had in this town ; and, if the day proves fine, will, no doubt, be numerously attended. The poultry will be arranged in pens under cover, and separated from the other live stock ; so that ladies wishing to visit this department only, may conveniently do so. Each member, or holder of a member's ticket, or ticket purchased at the door, will have the privilege of intro ducing a lady free. In consequence of the loss which the society sustained by the dinner at Manchester last year, —there being 300 contracted for, and only 125 present,— the committee have determined that the public dinner, which has usually been held in the large room of Messrs. Lucas's repository, shall this year be dispensed with : but arrangements have been made for a private dinner at the Adelphi Hotel, at which it is expected about 100 members and their friends will be present. The special general meeting of the members for awarding prizes for best cul tivated Farms, &c., will be at the Neptune Hotel, Clay ton-square, on the 16th inst. TENTS AND BEDS FOR AUSTRALIA.—OUT readers would observe that, a week ago, Mr. R. Lambert, of No. 13, Goree-piazzas, had leave granted to him to " pitch his tents," intended for the di gg i ngs , on a port i on of the land belonging to the Dock Committee on the east side of Salthouse Dock, It is worth the while of any of our readers, and especially of intending emigrants, to visit Mr. Lambert's depot. They may have there an idea of the sort of housing which is to be had at the gold fields. As tents, we can conceive nothing more complete than those provided by Mr. Lambert. They are perfectly impervious to rain ; and yet they possess the quality of affording perfect ventilation in the hottest weather. Mr. Lambert provides, besides tents, some of the most con venient iron bedsteads and hammocks suitable for the digings, which we have yet noticed ; and the visitors to his depot, who are very numerous, may see there the best mode in which an Australian tent can be fitted up. On Thursday next, we understand, he will be in a position to exhibit a novel specimen of a gold washing cradle, in vented by an ingenious mechanic in this town, which, from what we have seen of it, strikes us as being infi nitely superior to any yet produced. A MARRIAGE PARTY IN TROUBLE. —On Monday evening, a marriage party was returning from Blackburn to Darwen, in order to consummate at the residence of the bride and bridegroom the enjoyments of the wedding day. The party, however, had been paying their Amin as liberally at the shrine of Bacchus as at that of Hymen, and when they reached the Darwen-street station of the Blackburn railway they were in a state of considerable " elevation," and were disposed to treat the railway offi cials as " high-menial " serfs, to whom no particular respect was to be paid. Such was the violence of five of the wedding party that the station master had to call in the assistance of a police-constable to take the parties into custody. They were, after considerable resistance, lodged at the police-station for the night (the bridegroom included), and were on Tuesday brought up before the sitting magistrates, when it was proved that they had grossly assaulted the railway officials, by kicking and striking at them. One gentleman connected with the railway had his clothes torn, and was kicked most severely. The magistrates fined two of the prisoners 20s. and costs, and the three others 10s. and costs, each of them, in de fault, to be imprisoned for one month. We have not heard how the disconsolate females of the party accounted for the absence of their partners on their return to Darwen. —Blackburn Standard. DOING A SCOTCHMAN.—John Ward, described as a " blackleg," was charged at the Police -court, on Friday, with haying with two other persons not amenable, swindled a Scotchman, named Mitchell, out of the sum of £l2. The complainant stated that he had come from Glasgow the purpose of engaging a passage to Australia for himself and his better half; that he went on board the ship Con stance to examine the ship prior to engaging, and, having engaged a double berth, and deposited £2O with thecaptain, he was proceeding to the agent's to pay the remainder, when he met two respectable.looking men, who told him that they also had engaged berths in the Constance ; and, after some conversation, asked him to go and see the Sailors' Home, where they went. Haying to call at a public-house on the way, Mitchell was introduced by his two companions to the prisoner, who stated that he was a Scotchman, and was also going in the same ship. The two persons who accompanied him then commenced playing at cards, the complainant occasionally netting with the prisoner, who always bet with flash notes on the . " Bank of Elegance," whiith, h owever , was a t th a t time unknown to the unsuspecting Scotchman. After they had won all the money he possessed, they proposed to sepa rate, and were on the point of doing so when detective officer Grisenthwaite came up to them, and asked Mitchell had he lost any money, when he answered that he had not. However, on being told by th e o ffi cer t h at he ha d been in company with " blacklegs," the idea that he had been "done" struck him, and he told the officer that he had lost £lO. When searched one £5 Scotch note, three £1 notes, also Scotch, one sovereign, 'one half-crown, and one " Bank of Elegance" note was found on the prisoner. It was urged in prisoner's defence that the other parties were the guilty ones, as prisoner had not played at cards at all ; but Mr. Gascoyne read the 109th section of the Bth and 9th Victoria, which clearly brought the prisoner under its provisions. Mitchell having stated his willing ness to delay his departure for Australia, if the agents would return his deposits until some further investigation should be made, the prisoner was remanded. S Qv i t Th itAt 5 I,td ifi -Snip s f e ; IV; • The United States °4`~Qtseiockrool Ye, commander, direct for on P,Posite the Prince's pier at el it, a eanesday sh A t e Of , arg e ge • e took with her ,d as , neral cnrgo.—The fine i t iV,. 4 t2O afte r ,Z o w, Captain W. Wylie, sailed °n, for Philadelphia, with a g . t .tl t llt eN,,,, The Passengers :'ltof ail 4 er, s , roy a l m _., • She passed . the t ot fr steani-ship Africa, t t lt4tstti ac 'ew y o _?_co the Mersey, at 9 55, ro t l 4 l;T a lttp tiir e d n „;'_‘ . ., with the usual mails, a ste ar :: . ' l ) _?s, and 112 Passengers. ‘tit , s Ar t i,. '"ip_4tlantic, West, com the 4th instant, 'v stns po u r r t K t to • his evening or to- 1 . kl ."Ello t for the Ca keeping the c ses from bei EL YAC r. , EL EW STEAM-SHIP SARAH S te .° Lae Pe. ‘ A T iseY, on Sa THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852. 'LESNAKES.—Among the extra. which we 'e been lately favoured aps has excited more sensation ato Liverm 3b rattlesnakes, nied by their who caught them on the Alle- Some dif. short of water: and the sailors side the cases, thought they Another difficulty arose at the .ulty existed on board in " broached," as the ship ran hearing a fizzing noise in contained bottled porter. Custorn-house; but owner having given living proof that the reptiles were not included in any prohibitory tariff, they were allowed to pass free of duf A. WARNING TO leer William Douglas POLTCEMEN.—On Tuesda No. 747, was fined 50s imprisonment for absent imself from duty without leave, since the previous S day evening, ordered to return to t. viord that he weal( leave the force. Mr. Superintendent R to prefer the complaint against the prisoner, stated that the head-constable had felt it to be his dut the maintenance of the discipline of the force, to bring the present case before the magistrates, as a number of the men had recently left the force abruptly and irregu larly. The head-constable was always ready to allow the e, who appear men to leave the force they had ortnnity of im- 1 by other employment; but it was, Of course, essential that he rules be observed Loss o: —On Wednesday afternoty THE LIVERPOOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Will be opened on October 18, but without any public demonstra. tion. The Museum Will not be opened for some months. From 9,000 to 10,000 volumes have already been received into the library and shelved, and the librarian and his assistants are busy in preparing the catalogue. The workmen are busily engaged in fitting up the glass cases for the reception of Lord Derby's museum, all the speci mens of which have already been removed from Knoll ley. The large cases re to be arranged round the room, and the smaller ones down the centre. in one of the rooms the model of Liverpool is to be placed. The Derby museum contains 6GI specimens of mammalia, mounted ; 607 in skin ; 11,131 birds mounted, and 7.700 in skin : :making a total of 20,049 specimens, exclusive of a large collection of eggs, a considerable number of reptiles, fish, & CIVIC HOSPITALITIES.—His Worship the Mayor, ot Town-hall nesday morning, gave a d6jefiner at the Amon 4 onour 0: of Ni;/ York. (resent were the Lord Bishop of Chester ono ham, the Lord Bishop of New York and Mrs. De Lancy the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, Mrs. Rector Campbel and the Rev. Edward Campbell, Rev. J. H. Jones, Rev Mr, and Mrs. Hovgat, Rev. W. and Mrs. Pollock, Rev.G ' Mrs. Warr, Rev. F. Walker, Rev. R. R. Lingard W. an(' Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Turner, Captain Franklin, Mr. Cropper and the Hon. Mrs. Cropper, Rev. Dr. Jackson, Mr. John and Mrs. Tobin, Mr. F. Heywood and Miss Heywood. Mr. and Mrs. Biddulph, Mr. Torr, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Molynenx, Mr. and Mrs.' (of Otterspooll, Mr. Thomas Edward Moss (of Robs Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tobin, Mt and Mrs. Adam Hodgson, Miss Ellis, Mr. E. W. E. anc the Misses Royds, Mr. and Mrs. Gregson, Mr. and Mrs. Avison, Mr., Mrs., and Miss J. H. Turner, the Misses Statham, Mr. and Mrs. S. Mellor, Mrs. Shuttleworth, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Littledale, &c., &c. RULING THE PLANETS.-011 Friday, at the Borough Court, Manchester, a man, who gave his name as Augus tus Lammons Jackson, was charged with obtaining money under the pretence of fortune-telling. He had issued bills stating that he was " the renowned and only onomantic planet-ruler in the universe ;" and that " he had been patronized for several years by the nobility, the gentry, and the public at large in England, land, and America.' His rooms Were muc GENERAL NEWS. TUBULAR LIFE-RAFT.—This raft is the invention of Mr. Parratt, of the Treasury, and is termed the "Tubular Life-raft." When shut up it assumes the appearance of THE METROPOLIS was visited by a heavy thunderstorm a flat-bottomed boat, occupying about the space of a long early on Wednesday morning, which did some damage. boat on board ship. A keel, or rather a platform, below BANK OF ENGLAND.—John Oliver Hanson, Esq., was the boat is connected to a spar above by means of a central elected director of the bank on Wednesday, in the room pivot through the boat, and three stauncheons at each Sir John Pelly, deceased. end. The keel and spar revolve on rollers, and are, COPPER ORE FROM AUSTRALIA.—The very large quan.. therefore, easily placed athwart midships. Four wings tity of 1100 tons weight of copper ore has been brought by are then hauled out to the end of the keel, thus formin g a vessel from Adelaide, Australia, consigned to order. a square. Each wing contains a large tube of vulcanised SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT. Arr. Charles Miles, a rubber, inflated by means of an air-pump at eithe, brother of Mr. P. W. S. Miles, late ALP. for Bristol, has the boat. The wings carry out a surface of netting, anc had his hand shattered very badly by the bursting of his which netting also extends on the exterior of the tub es . gun. The thumb has since been amputated. The boat also contains lockers for provisions. It is scarcely necessary to add, that when the machine is pro- ANOTHER COMMITTEE has been nominated by the perly unfolded and inflated, a large number of persons Admiralty for the purpose of inquiry into, and reporting could be safely placed until assistance could be rendered on, the merits of all vessels propelled by screw- in case of a shipwreck. A square space, covered, prevents it capsizing, and the tubes are of such a magnitude that Notice of the formation the boat cannot sink, even when filled with water.— ed on Monday at the Morning Herald. CHANGING r end of machinery CRYSTAL PALACE IN PARI of a company for this purpose was not ion Stock Exchange shares of £4 e of which a sac £520,000, in 13D,000 _ FORTUNE.—During the early part of the proportion are to be week it was reported in this city that a young man named Hugh Belfrage, a private in the 4th Light Drar , - stationed at Norwich, had become entitled to P allotted in Englani JUMPING OFF SIIAKSPEARE'S CLIFF.--A few days ago, a soldier, while in a state of temporary insanity, named Edward Dunn. a private of the 30th depot, leaped individual from Shakspeare's Cliff, at Dover, and was dashed to land, and pieces, presenting a revolting spectacle when taken up fortun e death of a relative princely of the e stated that Le is a native of 1, in Si appears that between 30 and 40 years ago an uncle of his father, who was a silk merce r or s ilk dy er , . _ _ in the West Indies. There he . . AN INFANT, three months old, was literally roasted i left ___, [Aland al t Bromsgrove, one day last week the child is named Dudley. and having occasion to leave the heir at law, but, as he understood that the pr opert her home, placed the infant in a chair before the fire—so close, it seems, as to cause the poor little creature to be had been principally acqu i re d i n th e s l ave t ra d e, h e d c roasted alive ! dined upon conscientious grou n d s t o app l y f or i t, con sidering that good could not come of money so obtained. THE EARL OF CARLISLE AT A WRESTLING MATCH.— The property was, under those circumstances, taken pos- The Earl of Carlisle was present at the Talkin Tarn session of by the authorities, in whose hands it has con- Regatta, Cumberland, the other day, and at the close of tinned ever since, and it is now supposed to amount to a wrestling match for £l2, gave £2 to the victor. At the about half-a-million. Hugh Belfrage, the dragoon, is suggestion of a bystander, he bestowed a similar sum on the heir at law, his father being dead ; and a professional the vanquished. gentleman has intimated to him his willingness to lend THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—The French Minister of The mother of fortune, and 20 yea] rs ago he m his assistance in recovering the property Police has ordered that Frenchmen landing in the Englisi islands of the Channel with passports obtained in France must procure the visa of the French Vice-consul of Jersey. ORDINARY CASE C HYDROCEPH ,us.—The on Wed- -coroner for Middlesex held an inquest t which the shall not be allowed to land on the esday, at Camden-town, g the death of Joseph French coast Devine, a lad aged 1 was found in FRAUDS UPON THE NOBILITT.—Captain J. Turner, Regent's-canai on Sunday. The deceased had gone to alias Corfield, of the 77th Regiment. was apprehended on the canal to fill a kettle, and, being seized by a fit, he fell Saturday by Horsford, one of the officers of the Mendicity in and was drowned. Mr. Robinson, senior surgeon of Society, on a charge of obtaining money by means of the St. Pancras Infirmary, had made a post mortem ex false and fraudulent representations from Lord Saltoun, amination of the body, which showed that death had been Lord Panmure, and other noblemen. produced by drowning. The head was of such extraordi- THE s_ ..a Service Gazette says, "We are glad to nary magnitude that he would give its dimensions hear that the Admiralty have suspended the wo r k s o f measured 27+ inches in circumference, /7-:. " i ships building as mere sailing vessels. The Hannibal, 90, the top from ear to ear, 19 inches from the nape of th e and Emerald, 50, building at Deptford, hare had the neck up the centre of the back over the crown t o th e hands employed upon them taken off, and, it is reported, junction with the eyebrows, and 11 inches f r o m one that they are to be converted into screw-ships." parietal bone to the other. The skull was as thin as th a t of a child two years old, and the bones were open like DEATH OF A CONTEMPORARY OF DR. JOHNSON. — Last those of an infant, never having closed. When punctured week Mrs. Phiiip Valiance, an old lady, aged 88, long up war ds of five pints of water escaped from it, and the sub resident in Brighton, died in London. She remembered stance of the brain itself weighed nibs. Witt and often spoke of seeing Dr. Johnson with Mr. and M rs . , .• Thrale, promenading the Steine, as well as the celebrated and beautiful Lady Sarah Lennox, afterwards Bunbury, and subsequently Napier. MARY ANNE WiLsoN, an elderly person of very lady like appearance and address, who was stated to be the widow of a captain in the East India Company's service, is in custody in London, charged with cutting her throat with the intention of committing suicide. She had walked all the way from Devonshire, and was in a destitute con- inches across the ex- ception of the c the axe of 32, it was the largest head he had ever seen or heard of. MADAME POITEVIN descended from her ball means of a parachute on Monday afternoon without acci- non by ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION.--It is stated that Mr. Page, the government architect, contemplates the em ployment of electricity in lighting up the suspension bridge now in progress at Chelsea—four elegant towers intended to receive the lamps appearing in the design. Some late experiments have tended to adapt the principle of the electric lamp to the purposes of illumination. SUICIDE ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Wednesday morning, the body of a man was found dread fully mutilated on the North-Western Railwf.y, near Harrow. The unfortunate man must have experienced some difficulty in getting on the line, which at this spot is well guarded. It is conjectured that he laid himself across the rails, and that several trains passed over him. A. PIGEON was found on Wednesday morning, on the roof of the Bank of England, with a scroll of paper tied round its neck, and the following inscription upon it : "Adorable Sacharina, before this winged messenger reaches you, I shall be no more. Witness this writing in my own blood." These words wero written in a round and legible but not formed hand, with what appeared to be blood. THE. KING OF SWEDEN AND THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND.—No less a person than Oscar, King of Swe den. has sent an address to the Grand Lodge of Freema sons of Scotland, on receipt of a diploma of honorary member of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. This is. he says, the first instance of such a distinction haying been conferred upon any person in his country. He speaks of Freemasonry in a highly laudatory strain. THE CLEOPATRA sailed from Plymouth, on Wednesday last, for Australia. She had 185 passengers, a number of whom were German Jews, Frenchmen, and Scotch farmers. She had also a full cargo of British manufac tured goods, and the large amount of £155,000 specie, £BO,OOO of which is for Port Phillip or Adelaide, at the option of the owners of the ship. Mr. Robert M'Kean, one of the owners, has gone out with the Cleopatra. GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.—The ship Vanguard, arrived in the London docks from Geelong and Melbourne, has brought 2d packages of gold dust, consigned to order ; and the vessel Johnstone, arrived on the same day from Sydney, has brought 27 packages of gold dust, consigned to sundry houses in the metropolis. The St. Vincent, arrived from Sydney, has brought one case and two boxes of gold dust, consigned to order. MRS. HOLLOWAY, wife of Mr. Thomas Holloway, the celebrated inventor of ointment and pills, of 244, Strand, London, was robbed at the London-bridge Railway Sta tion, a few days ago, of her purse, containing a £5O note, No. 48,620, four sovereigns, and some silver. Mr. Hol loway has taken such steps as will, in all probability, pre vent the thief enjoying his booty, —a large reward has been offered. EXTRAORDINARY MUSHROOM.—On Saturday evening last, John Twibey, a stonemason of Conisbro', gathered in a field in the occupation of Mr. Dunbill, of Conisbro' Parks, a mushroom, measuring 2 ft. 91 in. in circumfe rence, and 1 foot in its longest diameter, and weighing 1 lb. 13 oz. It was an irregular figure, having grown in a field which had been pared, with its sides confined betwixt two sods.—Doncaster Chronicle, RICHARD COCK, a private in the Coldstream Guards, aged only twenty, having obtained furlough, paid his fa ther a visit at Thurston, in Suffolk, and then went to see a young woman to whom he was much attach e d. Sh e, however, declined the interview, and he returned to his father's orchard and hung himself to an apple-tree, where he was found by his father on going to gather some nuts. The jury returned a verdict of felo de se, and he was bu ried in the cross roads. DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—OR Tuesday, a thunder storm of unexampled severity burst over the town of Lewes. The lightning is described as awfully vivid, the thunder was a succession of cracks, and a deluge of rain followed, A poor boy who had been tending sheep on the Spittal-hill, Ashcombe, was found dead. His body was blackened all over ; his clothes were wrenched from his back, and the hobnails drawn from his boots. It is conjectured that the lightning was attracted by the metal end of his shepherd's crook, acting as a conductor, for the staff bore marks of the passage of the fluid. FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—OD Sunday morning last, during divine service in the church of Sleaford, and shortly after the Rev. R. Yerburgh had published the banns of marriage, a stout rosy-faced lass rose in the midst of the congregation, and forbade from further pub lication the banns of marriage between herself and a cer tain Thomas Reet. It seems the " ladye fair" had two admirers, but the one who caused the publication of the banns not being the favourite, she took the above extra ordinary mode of preventing her own marriage. —Cam bridge Chronicle. A FATAL DRAUGHT.—On the morning of Sunday last the wife of Mr. 'William Tudhope, merchant, Coat bridge, had occasion to use vitriol for purposes connected with her household affairs, but by some incaution or neglect the cup which contained the burning liquid hap pened to fail within the reach of her child. a sprightly little boy of three years of age, who unperceived caught hold of the cup, swallowed its contents, and was instantly seized with the most excruciating internal pains, the effect of which on the minds of those who witnessed the agonising cries and throes of the child will not soon be forgotten. Medical aid was speedily in attendance, and every effort made to relieve the little sufferer, but pro longed existence was only that of misery without the prospect of ultimate recovery, for the little boy expired the following day.—Glasgow Constitutional. A STORY OF FORTUNE.—We have been informed that a young man, who left Paisley about three years ago to push his fortune in Australia, has within these few days returned home. On entering his mother's dwelling he found her engaged winding weft on weaver's pirns. After mutual greetings on the happy meeting, the son told his mother to cast by her pirn wheel. " Na, na, Jamie," said she, " I'll no east by my pirn wheel till 1 ken o' something better." " Wed," said Jamie, " look at this," at the same time producing a bank cheque for £lO,OOO, the produce of his industry at the Australian gold dig gings. We give the story as we have heard it, but have no means of verifying its accuracy ; still it is not more astonishing than the news we hear every day of the gold bearing fertility of those auriferous regions. --North British Mail. THE KOH-I-NOOR. — The re-cutting of this gem, which is unique in its kind, was finished on Tuesday last ; and the expectations of Mr. Fedder, the Jewish artist who undertook this responsible task, have been fully realized, and the misgivings of the scientific gentlemen who questioned the final success refuted. It is unsurpassed by any other diamond above ground, in shape, lustre, and beauty. Her Majesty the Queen inspected the two smaller diamonds before her departure to Balmoral, and graciously expressed the high satisfaction she felt at the brilliancy and beauty given them by the new process. We anticipate that her satisfaction will be heightened on beholding the " mountain of light," which is to shed its lustre on the illustrious lady, who shines gloriously in rank and virtue. We are given to understand that it will be set either in the crown, or form an ornament to adorn the Queen. COURT INIARTIAL.--SENTENCE OF DEATH.—.A. Court martial was held at Portsmouth on Thursday, on board the Victory, flag-ship, in that harbour, to try William Alexander Williams, alias William Bigg, a gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery, for having, on the morning of the 31st of July, whilst serving on board the Dauntless, igate, the ship being then at sea, assaulted and Ir. Joseph Oliver, gunner on board the latter, his enior officer, being on duty at the time. It appeared that the prisoner was in irons at the time, for having on a former occasion used mutinous and abusive language to wards Mr. Oliver, the charge having been preferredagainst him by that gentleman, and that while Mr. Oliver's back was tcarn-f rned, the prisoner, without any provocation at the moment, struck him a blow under the ear. The facts having been clearly proved, the Court sentenced the pri soner to be hanged on board the Dauntless. The Court was then dissolved. The . lady scattered flowers among the Cremorne spectators, wt were eagerly caug s prospective mo- into the car of the balloon, and Madame Poitevin having taken her place in the basket or car of the parachute, the whole rose grandly into the air—the balloon with its car, and below the latter the parachute, in appearance like a great folded flag, and a few yards below this the wicker basket, looking so slight that one wondered whether the bottom might not fall out. The ascent was gentle and steady, and it was probably six or seven minutes before an altitude of something near a mile was attained. A quantity of gas was then discharged from the balloon, and as it consequently descended, the silk parachute gradually became inflated with the air which it pressed in its des cent, and in less than two minutes it had expanded into a great canopy or huge umbrella, opened and extending over the basket car in which Madame Poitevin was. It was then detached from the balloon, care having thus been taken that the parachute was afloat before" cutting the painter." The descent was slow and steady ; it ap peared to occupy longer time than the ascent. FATAL RAILWAY EXETER ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL .—On Wednesday the Great Western ex} train, after leaving Bridgewater, proceeded for seven miles at a rapid rate, and then slackened a little, when it passed under the Chard canal bridge, at Creech, where, from some unknown cause, the engine got off the line and ploughed itself right into the left or near bank, and be came imbedded in the soft earth. When the up-express arrived, the four passenger carriages were found to be some 150 yards in advance of the engine, the first of the second-class carriages with the front compartment smash ed, and the off-front wheel on the up-line, so that the traffic was completely stopped. The immediate fatality was in the person of ilumberstone, a Bristol and Exeter fireman, who appears to have met with instantaneous death; his head and the upper part of his body could be just perceived, the remainder being buried in the earth and in the wreck of the engine and tender. Two other of therailway servants are injured : Lamb Eaton, the engine driver, has his left hand smashed, so that amputation will be necessary ; his chest was crushed, and it is feared that his ribs are broken. Joseph Tozer, travelling porter, has his thigh and leg broken. The only passers jured was Mr. Fred. Wise, proceeding from Ports ger in- . , ... to Taunton. He was in the front second-class carriage. The concussion brought his temples into violent contact with the rim of the hat of his opposite fellow-passeuger, which caused a considerable flow of blood, but, it is hoped, no permanent injury. REVENUE SEAMEN.—We understand it is again in contemplation to do that which has been talked of for many years, namely, place the revenue cutters under the Admiralty, and remove from them all civilian com manders. The importance of this step cannot be denied. The fine body of sailors composing their crews, perhaps equal to any in the world, are now in a sort of half-and half position, hovering between the Admiralty and the Custom-house ; sometimes commanded by a lieutenant in the navy, at others by a civilian commander, a civilian mate, or a deputed officer. Occasionally they are trained in gunnery, and anon they are Custom-house officers. They are given to understand they are liable to be called upon to serve in the navy ; but, as they have never been called upon, they think the cry is only " 'Wolf ! wolf 1" and they heed it not. These fine fellows, if under the Admiralty, and invariably commanded by lieutenan's, could do as much service in protecting the revenue as they now do, and, at the same time, be so many of her Majesty's tenders engaged in raising men on the different parts of the coast upon which they are stationed. Consi derable expense to the country would also be saved by the destruction of the jobbery system now prevailing at the ports in which these revenue-cutters undergo their annual refit, inasmuch as they would be refitted at the royal dock yards. In fact, while there are so many reasons in favour of turning the cutters over to the Admiralty, we have never heard one advanced in support of the existing arrangement. We bear the committee now sitting upon the subject of manning the navy ,seriously contemplate making a strong representation in favour of the transfer. —United Service Gazette. DESTRUCTION OF Two SUGAR FACTORIES BY FIRE. —A most extensive fire broke out on Friday morning, at four o'clock, and at noon was far from being entirely ex tinguished. Property, valued at many thousand pounds sterling, had been reduced to ruins. The scene of this terrible fire was Denmark-street, St. George's-in-the- East, London, whereon was erected the extensive sugar refining houses of Messrs. Braden and Co., who carried on one of the largest businesses in the trade in London. Every endeavour was made to stop the fury of the de structive element, but without avail, and in a comnara tively brief period the flames shot forth from one of the windows, in what was technically termed the " large house," with such violence as to threaten the destruction of every structnre near. This, as may be readily con ceived, spread dismay and confusion among the many per sons living in the immediate locality, and men, women, and children in their night clothes, were to be seen rush ing about the streets, carrying in their arms anything portable that they could lay their hands upon. The en gines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of Eng. land Office, were on the spot with all possible expedition ; but by that time the flames had assumed a most terrific appearance, and had extended into another structure, termed the new house. which adjoined the first named. Each place contained many tons weight of sugar, and as the same became ignited, the flames rolled forth like streams of liquid fire, throwing up a glare of light which iiluminated not merely the eastern portion of London, but the reflectiou could be seen as far off as Gravesend. Fortunately the mains yielded an abundant supply of water, from which the firemen set their engines to work, but in spite of which the work of destructiveness con tinued, and eventually the roof and floors of the large house fell, and consequently the costly stock in trade fell along with them. The loss, it is expected, will exceed £20.000, and unfortunately the firm was insured for only £6OOO. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT BATH.—Considerable excite ment has been occasioned in Bath, during the last few days, by the disappearance of a young woman, who, it is believed, has committed suicide, in consequence of dis appointed affections. A young woman, aged 21, named Ellen Foster, a widow, having one child, had formed an acquaintance with a tailor named Samuel Newman, living on St. James's-parade, and had attended his wife in an illness which resulted in death a few months ago. New man, having a young family, continued to employ Foster in the management of his household affairs. In this way the young woman became strongly attached to Newman ; and, though her feelings do not seem to have been reci procated, yet she was betrayed. Newman had formed an engagement with another woman. Foster threatened to drown herself. She went to Newman's ; and, to induce her to return, Newman, at the request of her father, accompanied her home, and remained there until a late hour. But a few minutes after he had quitted the house, . and parted with her, she overtook him, apparently a state of frenzy, anti pressed herself on his notice. Think ing to pacify her, he walked with her to the bank of . the River Avon, intending to conduct her along the towing path to her father's house; but while they were conversing, as Newman states, the unhappy woman suddenly seized him in an affectionate manner, and made an effort as if to drag him into the river, but he escaped from her grasp, and she sprang into the water. The mystery has since been cleared up by the discovery of the body near the Twerton Weirs, and an inquest has been held on it by the deputy coroner, at satitn a stateheDolpl of advanceddnlnn,\ - e ston, decomposition.near Bath. T The e replies of Newman to the coroner and jury as to why h e did not do something to prevent her breaking from him to jump into the river were not satisfactory. Newman said he had beard her repeatedly say that she would destroy herself. Police-constable Barnett corroborated the state ment of Newman as to his meeting him after deceased had plunged into the river. Newman seemed very anxious for her rescue. They returned with the drags in a few minutes and commenced a search, but could not find the - .v/Ilan was in liquor at th e ti me. Some other ring been adduced, the coroner brie fly remarked upon it, and said lie thought it did not fix any charge upon Newman as to the actual cause of death. any jury re turned an open verdict of " Found drowned," body. . evidence lI.IPORTAT arrivals Wi from America, none per ordina lON OF R than the i which came over in two M. Van Gor Mountains Scotland, Ire• resorted to ce-officer, in plain clothes, paid him a visit; and in answer to the questions where was his mother, and whether he should succeed if he emigrated to America ; he was told that his mother was keeping a grocer's shop in Toronto, and that he would do well to emigrate, as, on the voyage, he would see "a young lady" who would love him better than his own wife did. Though pleasant to contemplate, the officer did not put faith in the statement, as his mother had died five years previously, and, therefore, could not very well be keeping a shop in Toronto. He gave the " onomantic planet-ruler" his fee, 25., both of which he had marked, and then went away, but afterwards returned in his official capacity and took him into custody. The astrologer was committed to prison for one month. servant girls On Thursd FRENCH THIEVES IN LIVERPOOL.—On Wednesday, two members of the Parisian swell mob, who gave their names Louis Montagnat and Edouard Malvert, were committed for trial under the following circumstances : On the 30th ult., the two prisoners, who were elegantly attired, accompanied by a companion, visited the Eagle Hotel, in Lime-street, whence, after staying a very short time, they decamped, carrying off a carpet bag and several other articles. They then went to the railway station, got into an omnibus, and were taken to the Queen's Hotel. Here they ordered a bottle of sherry, having discussed which they went up into their bedroom, and next entered a bedroom occupied by Mr. Langtrys, a gentleman from Belfast. They carried his portmanteau to their own room, cut it open, and took from it £l3 in Scotch bank notes, and £3O in three £lO Bank of Eng land notes. They also took some cases of razors and a set of studs. After securing their booty, they im mediately left the house, without paying for the wine they had ordered. The robbery was soon discovered, and information given to the police. They had, however, re ceived prior notice of the robbery at the Eagle Hotel, and were then in search of the prisoners, who were ultimately arrested at an improper house in Trowbridge-street, with one of the cases of Mr. Langtrys' razors, and some pro perty stolen from the Eagle Hotel, in their possession. They had given one of the girls in the house a £lO Scotch bank note, on which a publican had lent 10s. The prisoners, wl'o were interrogated by a gentleman from the office of the French consul, made a most lengthy and voluble defence, the gist of which was that they hrd been the dupes of the third " gentleman" who has for the present escaped, and for whom they had kindly car ried several articles, without knowing they were stolen. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, a complaint was made of the want of a sewer in Leather-lane, which, after a short conversation, was ordered to be made, at a cost of £loo.—An application was-made, from Messrs. Muspratt and Co., to be allowed to make a crossing from their works in Vauxhall-road, which was allowed on condition of the applicants bearing the expense.—A memorial was read from certain occu piers of shops in North John-street, complaining of the present state of that portion of the street extending from Harrington-street to Lord-street, and praying that it might be macadamised. The memorial was not enter tained.—An application was made from Mr. Horsfall, of the Mersey Iron and Steel Company, to be allowed to make a line of rails from their works in Sefton-street to the line of dock rails. A discussion ensued. Mr. John son observed that he had not the slightest objection to grant the application ; but if they (lid so, and the timber trade applied for crossings in Sefton-street, were they prepared to them permission to make them ? It was ultimately decided to defer the consideration of the appli cation.—A discussion took place relative to a line of rail way at 'Yapping, which, it was stated, the Dock Com mittee wished to form outside the dock wall. It was agreed that a sub-committee should be appointed to con fer with the Finance Committee on the matter.—The medical officer of health reported that, although the weather had continued unfavourable to public health, there had been some decrease during the last week in the mortality of the borough. The deaths registered were 187 in the parish, and 59 in the extra parochial wards ; in all 246, being 15 less than in the previous week, but 24 more than the average of the same week of the preceding four years, excluding the mortality from cholera in 1849. SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, at the Parish-offices in Brownlow-hill. The Ven. Archdeacon Brooks presided. There were in the Workhouse,. oh the Ist inst., 2,030 inmates; there were 587 sick cases. The total number of admissions to the vagrant sheds during the week had been 725.—The chaplain suggested that it would be well to have a distin guishing dress for the boys in the house who might deserve it by good conduct. The governor's house being pulled down, he was permitted to take apartments in the neigh bourhood till the new house be completed, but to sleep within the walls at night. Letters from Mr. Donlevy and Mr. Emmett, medical officers, were read, simply acknow ledging the receipt of letters conveying the decision in reference to them at the last meeting, and not resigning as called upon. A letter was also read from Mr. Steele, slating that any cases improperly charged in his bills were solely owing to the dishonesty of his assistant, and announcing that he should appeal to the Poor-law Board. Mr. Fairhurst moved that the necessary notices of dis missal be given to the above. This gave rise to some discussion, but it was eventually carried by a majority of 13 to 7.—Mr. Bradley and Mr. Kitchen were added to the building committee, and Mr. Earle, who had become disqualified from absence, was reelected.—Mr. Bradley then brought forward a motion, of which he had given notice, for the appointment of a permanent surveyor to attend to the due assessment of property in the parish. Changes in the value of property rapidly occurred in a large town like Liverpool ; and in many streets of the town there was scarcely one assessment right. Assess ments were down as low as £7 or £B, when people were paying rentals of £lB, £2O, and £24 ; and there were other streets where the assessments were very much higher than they should be. At the present time the town required a re-assessment. and that would cost above £2,000, if the work were done as it was before ; but if they appointed a person in the manner he proposed, it could be done in a gradual and proper manner.—After some conversation, a sub-committee was appointed to consider the matter.—Mr. Moss suggested to the church wardens the restoration of the musical chimes of St. Peter's Church. Mr. Banner said he should be delighted to hear the old chimes again : his colleague, Mr. Clarke, would too. The Chairman believed some of the works of the chimes had been stolen. Mr. Clarke : Not many. Mr. Moss : Do you remember the tunes which they used to play ? Mr. Clarke : On Mondays, " See the Conquering Hero comes " ; Tuesdays, " Britons, Strike Home " ; Wednesdays, " The Blue Bells" ; Thursdays, " Life let us Cherish" ; Fridays, " Highland Laddie" ; Saturdays, " The Mariner's Hymn" ; and on Sundays they also played a hymn. The matter then dropped, and the board adjourned. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday ; Mr. Turner in the chair. From the minutes of the sub-committee of works, it appeared that 3.l6ths of a penny per yard was in future to be charged for the use of the ground at the Huskisson Dock.—lt was agreed that a smithy should be attached to the transit sheds, for the purpose of facilitating the regulation of weights and scales.—A letter was read from Messrs. M'lver, agents to the British and North American Steam-packet Company, complaining of the present dock dues on transit goods, pointing out some inconsistencies in the present charges, and suggesting that a reduction of one-half was desirable, as it would extend the general interests, and ultimately add to the dock dues. Some conversation ensued, after which the matter dropped, without any resolution being come to on the question.—A letter from Mr. William Laird on the subject of the coal duties having been read, Mr. Steele rose and referred to a motion of which he had given notice on the previous week, and which, he said, he had brought forward for the purpose of introducing the whole subject of the coal trade ; but he was told by a member of the committee that he would bring forward an amendment of a more comprehensive character. He (Mr. Steele) had no objection, as he had no private interest in the matter, and it was a public concern.—Mr. Holden seconded Mr. Steele's resolution, although, he said, it did not go to the full extent, because it would not remove the difficulty from the way of the Wigan coal proprietary. He then said that a boat from St. Helen's could enter the Brunswick D oc k, go ou t aga i n, an d di sc h arge i n Birkenhead, without paying a single farthing. Re urged the same privilege on behalf of the Wigan coal proprietors, whose boats entered through the Leeds and Liverpool Canal into the Stanley Dock.—A very lengthy and desul tory conversation ensued, some members contending that the charge of VA. was not made for the vessel entering the docks, but for passing thro ug h th e gut i nto t h e r i ver. —The Chairman, in the course of some remarks, said that the thing before the committee was, that the Stanley Dock should not be made a passage to all parts of England, when Liverpool derived no interest from it, either directly or indirectly. He was for allowing the Liverpool docks to be used for nothing but Liverpool purposes.—Even tually, Mr. Bold moved a resolution to the effect that coals and goods entering the Stanley Dock for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal be free of dock rates, provided th a t the same are shipped in vessels paying dock rates, or on board steamers. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Holden.—lt was then considered that, as the subject was a very important one, the solicitor should draw up a sub stantive motion, embodying Mr. Bold's sentiments, an d be introdu ce d a t th e nex t m eeting, which was agreed to. The financial business was then proceeded with.. NEW BUILDING MATERIAL, the adapt An invention has re- been patented for of coke and other su ...ion of a preparation 1y which bricks, paving blocks, railway of genera/ use by builders,&c., !ection and at a cost that will ;te revs'•-•• door and stair steps, tiles, pipes sleepers, and other articles can be produced y effect a comp 'he price at which i ution in the buildin b iosed to offer the c o k e one-third of the cost of the rick to the Public is scarce; clay brick, while in point perior to the best article supplied from the kilns. The manufacture, as we learn from the specification, is effected arability it is infinitely su- y means of cast interior of which are in this lered are also obta me mea of the exact dimensions of the commo mould a certain guar., _ coke, charcoal, or cinders, nised, the amalgamated mat I required finishinz When taken fro rocess, in which va having 'while ; with an admixture of a nli; over it. The brick is the colour is Lty of duff, or waste coal, po and being carbo- swells to the exact form undergoes a ed to the end matter ess the a of any require mes are passe valuable ri tch, naptha, in ready for throli ,re prod u manufa, The fi 'articular purposes; as in many instances the coke brick, s equally available without it. The material is rendered .e•proof by an application of the_ muriat s impervious to atmospheric influences by the veil; re of its formation. When articles of coke required of extraordinar material compression, b the degree of solidity o an extraor amount of there is no description of art ornamentation of buildings from the material ; thus columns for any limit to pears that ction o and exterior rately-ornamented City, can be use, cornices, capitals of plain or elat., design, in endless variety and unlimited qua manufactured and supplied in s THE SUFFOLK IMPOSITION, have been published from the Ipswich Express, relative to the case of Elizabeth Squirrel, chiefly in the shape of correspondence—one a letter dictated by herself, con- wished state —Some more particulars nd in rather vehement I against her I It is useless hare she tradicting most positively much tt has been saic The nurses having denied he; a conversation they held with her, she says— for them to fabric more falsehoods, as t already given evidence of swerving from the truth.. says it is well known that her great sense of decency would not have allowed the things found in her bed to have remained had not her memory failed. She is, however, by no means choice in her decency of detail ; but this may be by the advice of her medical attendant, Dr. Matcham who implicitly believes her story. A statement mother denies that she has received £3OO in charity from visitors. All she has received from die public, " or as a present," does not amount to £7. "I do not sb. this to reflect upon an y one —b ut f or truth ' s sake. " The committee who undertook to investigate this strange case have published their report 3 in which they state that the by the in charity y express _ r .__..__ a desire that the watch should be shortened, on the ground that she might have a Sabbath to herself for meditation and prayer; that the girl had a parasol in constant use, because, notwith standing her alleged blindness, it was pleaded that, owing to her exquisite sensibility, the light was distressing to her; that at night she would lie for hours with her face to the wall, screened from rvation by he. line she could ea thing which might ha e been supr sucking water from a which sponge wit.. _ aitowed to bathe her face ; that, on one occasion, she was apparently seized with a heaving of the chest, and pressed her lower jaw, where upon her father, who was sitting at the foot of the bed, hastily rose, exclaiming, " Oh, my dear child, the lock. jaw has come again !" and then, apparently by a violent effort, forced her mouth open, and placed therein the end of the towel ; that, as an evidence that she was not blind, her eye had been noticed to quiver under a searching gaze, and, that she was not deaf, that she had held conversation with the attendants ; and that they have no hesitation in avowing their unanimous conviction that fraud has been practised. AN ECCENTRIC CEIARACTER.—Last week Mr. John Camden Neild, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, died in Chelsea, aged 72 years. He was possessed of an im mense fortune, but was of very eccentric and penurious habits. At the death of his father, 30 years since, he came into possession of about £250,000, which sum had not been touched up to the period of his death. The deceased was never known to wear a great coat. He usually dressed in a blue coat, with metal buttons, which he prohibited being brushed, as it would take off the nap and deteriorate its value. He held considerable landed property in Kent and in Bucks, and was always happy to receive an invi tation from his tenantry to visit them, which he occasion ally did, often remaining a month at a time, as he was thus enabled to add to his savings. His appearance and manners led strangers to imagine that he was in the lowest , verge of penury, and their compassion was excited in his behalf, an instance of which may be mentioned. Just before the introduction of the railway system of travelling, the deceased had been on a visit to some of his estates, and was returning to London, when the coach stopped at Farningham. With the exception of our miser the pas sengers all retired to the inn. Missing their coach com panion, and recollecting his decayed appearance, they conceived he was in distressed circumstances, and ac cordingly a sum was subscribed, and a bumping glass of brandy and water kindly sent out to the " poor " gentle man, which he thankfully accepted. Many instances of a similar character might be related. A few days before his death the deceased told one of his executors that ha had made a most singular will, but as the property was his own he had done as he pleased with . it. The executors arc the Keeper of the Privy Purse for the time being (Dr. Tattan) and Mr. J. Stevens, of Willesborough. After bequeathing a few very trifling legacies, the deceased has left the whole of his immense fortune to " Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, begging Her 'Majesty's most gracious acceptance of the same, for her sole use and benefit, and of her heirs," &c. The property is esti mated at upwards of £500,000. For some years past Mr. Neild has scarcely allowed himself the common necessaries and comforts of life, and has left a poor old housekeeper, who was with him for more than 26 years, without the smallest provision or acknowledgment for her protracted and far from agreeable or remunerative services.—Kentish Gazette. DESTRUCTIVE STORM—A most awful and destructive storm visited Worcester on Saturday night and Sunday week, extending generally throughout the counties of Worcester, Gloucester, and llereford, though its violence concentrated itself over the county of Worcester, west ward of the Severn. The rain poured down almost inces santly, and occasionally in a perfect waterspout, for nearly twelve hours, the storm having commenced at five o'clock on Saturday evening and continued until daylight on Sunday. The thunder roared during this interval with out intermission, and the lightning was of a peculiarly vivid character. On Saturday evening the river Severn at Worcester was at its low summer level, but by daylight on Sunday morning the river had overflowed its banks, and the surface was covered with uprooted trees and crops, with furniture, and drowned and other animals. At Worcester there was not much damage done beyond the flooding of houses, fields and gardens. A quantity of grocery articles which had been left upon the quay on Saturday night, had been carried away, or destroyed by the rush of waters. Upon the Teme and its tributary streams—Laughern and Leigh Brooks—the destruction of property has been most afflicting. A great majority of the bridges upon these streams have been blown up, or are so far damaged that they will require re-building. The rise of water upon the Teme was the most rapid and the highest upon record. At Powick the water rushed across the island, flooding the few houses there, and rising six inches above the second floor of Mr. Hadley's grist mill. The destruction of crops and live stock along the Teme valley has been immense. Large fields of beans were swept away, and whole hop-yards, in which the valley of the Tome abounds, were destroyed. The num ber of sheep washed away in the parish of Powick alone is reckoned at two thousand. On Sunday the carcasses were seen lying about in all directions where the water had partially subsided. They were chiefly lodged in the hedges, and men were employed in boats sailing over the meadows and picking them up. At Henwick Mill, be sides the destruction of grain and meal, eleven pigs were swept away, together with the pig stye in which they were kept. At this spot two men Were journeying from Wor cester market, when they were overtaken by the flood, and obliged to swim for their lives. Luckily they reached a tree, in which they took refuge. Here they remained in their wet clothes in the midst of the raging elements until daylight on Sunday morning, when they were rescued half dead with fright. A waterspout is said to have fallen on the Teme, at Knightwick, and a man and child drowned. At Stone Bridge, on the Leigh Brook, a cot tage was swept away, and its occupant, a poor woman, drowned. A gig was overturned at Malvern, but the occupants received little injury. The horses of the coach between Worcester and Birmingham ran away, and the coach came in collision with a waggon, whereby the coach man, Hemming, was killed, and several of the passengers were injured. 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