The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-22 00:00:00

Jul 22, 18IS. Xoral anti protnnrial grlns. Ole value of provisions imported into Liverpool, from 'eland alone, netted last year £7,000,000. &et, s hrimp-fisher, named Clayton, was drowned on l ar day week by getting into a qui c k- san d a t H o yl a ke. i e , u 'r- Abb o tt th e c l er k to t h e Cl er k o f C omm i ttees pur '"ses resigning his situation. ttaibson's statue of Mr. Huskisson, for this town, is W casting at the Royal Foundry of Munich. 2 tt the Police-court on Friday, nine parties ware fined dart s a two 10s., and oneeping igs in confined and passages, and causing nu isance p s. leyorkmen are now engage d t a ki ng d own t h e M ersey i r at e' , in th e Old Ch urc h- yar d , an d on t h e s i te i s to b e cra te', a stately pile of commercial-rooms. i 5 14 3 1,? Sunday l as t, St e ph en M e lli ng , th e d r i ver o f a cart Wis way t o th e race c ourse , accidentally fell, and the ", , e el pass e d over hi m. He died in a few hours. te. n t ARMY.—Y es t er d ay , th e b aggage o f t h e 83 r d e t °;inent o f f oot arr i ved i n th i s town; and this day, the silnent is expected from Manchester, en route to Dublin. qtilleTON ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, Miss Reade, .421' who kept a boarding-school at Crewe, was killed thre e Macclesfield, by the upsetting of a phwton. Two or si!other persons were severely bruised. ka SHARES.—At Mr. Robert Winstanley's sale of a z T e l in the Liverpool Gas-light Company, on Thursday, t.R I new t £1 h res sold at prices varying from £1 to Premi um. s a Ot e Llt kn ORE FOOM AUSTRALIA.—A . quan . tity . of lead f em " .. of unusual richness, has been received in Liverpool 4', Sydney. It contains 70 per cent. of lead, and silver , the rate of about 1 lb. weight to a ton of ore. (a k t. r. B r i ggs, ropemaker, Salford, has just completed a toper' which is 4,374 y ar d s , or near l y t wo m il es an d a h a qf I.s . Nth ; weighs upwards of two tons ; and is without splicing, and all in one piece or length! 7 c ?n Wed nes d ay a f ternoon, W illiam Jones, a child six teti rB Old, residing with his parents i n Gl over - s t ree t, Tox sp-Park, was run over b a car at the Brunswick Dock Inkkilled. No blame was attached to the driver. %I Bc IIARGING FIRE-ARMS.—On Thursday, Joseph ee, shoprnan to Mr. Roberts, tea-dealer, Islington, 1, - ; fined ss. and costs, for discharging a pistol in stoWALLASEY DOCKS.—On Saturday evening, the first h o l e of th e W a ll asey D oc k s, on the north si d e of the '' was laid by M r . R en d a ll, th e eng i neer o f th e d oc k s, , the Seacombe beach. Op. d. .RLOADING AN OMNIBUS.—On Thursday, the fo ste r et the Crosby omnibus, was fined 40s. and costs, th e 'arryi ng, on Monday night, eleven outside passengers, uktinibus being licensed to carry only ten. kr e s "l• HORNE, LATE OF THE MERSEY HOTEL.—We for the to l e a rn th a t a su b scr i pt i on h as b een commence d tto ue Purpose of presenting Mr. Horne on his retiring es,tn busines s with a piece of plate, as a mark of the high lunation in which h e is held by his numerous friends. tilt, r umour is current in Douglas, th a t C o l one l Si r t a n a r i d Cust, K C.H., brother of the E ar l o f B rown l ow , kilt°e the new Governor of the Isle of Man Sir s rd was formerly aid de camp to the King . of the e ga ns, when. Prince Leopold. sfo 4t rrioN TO PILOTS.—On Friday, a pilot of the name to t be en Owe ns was fi ne d by M r . R us h ton s s. an d costs Weeteitaseuig ui gdrunk, and runni a vessel ashore off the Sea stairs. Two of the sailors, John Murray, and 414 "i Tomlinson, were fined ss. each for b e i n g d r u n k 4 , l ° .. glating on board. ' te r • Robert Gardner and Messrs. Horrocks and Janson, kie e s,ten, have tried the experiment of working their actu„itsi l ik e teten hours a day instead of twelve, and so far they al as much work is done in the shorter as in the 1 4e; r time, owing to the superior energy and activity of (41 (People • Coee°6-TET H- PARK. — O n F r id a y, th e annua l e l ect i on o f s ae: et ilenissioners under the Toxteth-park Paving and ser e Jae Act took pl ac e. Th e re ti r i ng comm i ss i oners ;90,,uatnes Lawrence, Esq., Mr. William M'Kee, Mr no t als Lloyd, M r . Alexander Ryan, and Mr. Hugh C gs °n, and these gentlemen were again ele c t e d. Irish Tuesday, at the Police -court, Edward Winn, an 4 4a t t a ° an, wa s fi ne d £5, or or d ere d t o be imprisoned two N s , 5 , for an assau lt on an officer, and attempting to •t i a d isturbance near an Orange lodge meetin g h ouse . ~ltik i ° 4l d K e lly, ano th er I r i s h man , was comm i tte d f or ° n most pointed evidence, for being a principal in k ll trage on the Orange body on Sunday fortnight. , li t,itip 4 . l lcHESTEß PARKS.—The Manchester Parks' Corn ;4ll,-`,oave made a fourth purchase, the Walness estate, ',ota',.,"°:nmeniately adjoins the Lark. hill property. The tr tl rehas es stand thus :-1. Lark-hill, 7 acres, £4,500 ; 4,jee'rndiaa• rn-hatn, 30 acres, £7,250 ; 3. Bradford-park, tot li e s, £6,200 ; 4, Walness-meadows, 25, acres, 4.5,875. 2 3 82 „, z.z N - IA !ULAR DEATII.—About a fortnight ago, a child ten t : ° nths old, died at Droylsden, Lancashire, in conse , °f wounds i n fl ic t e d by a coc k. Th e c hild was l a id 711 e, ' ll front of th e h ouse w h ere it s p aren t s res id e d, liitGlooek came up and s truck th e c hild w ith it s h ee l s , Illie:lead se vera l ti mes b e f ore an y p erson was aware . It "teei - ,:ed that the cock had b een i rr it a t e d a s h or t time k l -g elY by a number of boys. ' 2Bl lo fri kt CbALE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS.—These sessions "lasi e need on Wednesday last, before the Rev. Jonathan otale,aas, chairman, and a bench of magistrates. The War. which is unusually light, contains the names of e War., 44 for felony, and 10 for misde telld ag o namely, a nd assaults. Of this number 25 can neither vvrite, 15 can read imperfectly, and 14 can read P t e inaperfectly. ittit,„elintation of four gentlemen from Liverpool, ac hott4nied by the mayor of Stockton, and several mem ,tvc the Tees Navigation Company, proceeded . down ti 4t e e, a ;few days ago, for the purpose of inspecting k tld L'er, and to judge of its capabilities for the export t unt ee T, Port of goos connected with the trade of Leeds, ' t iPs - t": s ter, Liverpool, &c., in conjunction with the an -1,4 railways. ~ e d A TE POPISH RIOT IN BYROM-STRE ET .—O n kllesd tni -S Y, Mich ae l Fl a h er ty was b roug ht up , c h arge d T, - Isi -.6 °lle of the parties engaged in the riot on the of the O range f unera l on S un d ay, t h e 6 t h i nstant. i l tseeta l ' ie nee went to show that he w as i n th e f ron t o f 411. 4( wd th row i ng stones, at the bottom of Great Cross taqureet, and was th e p erson w h o struck Superintendent krei t a ld on the leg. Mr. Rushton ordered him to be 1,4 t ed for t r i a l. of °44 pu blic has been already so d e li g ht e d w ith nava l Cane' Wr itten as they h a ve b een o f l a tt er y ears b y men 4 i oc e nn doubted stamp and originality as Cooper, Tom t e tial e ,' and others, that we are not surprised a t an an - Ckatent of a new novel, in three volumes, which is i11'414" Marine Memorandum Book. We look with t h lor kia noe to its advent, for if what we hear be correct, ts;rbie rival to the nautical authors of the last five tn t kl ntY Years is about to make his appearance. 7 iZ,Psy ek nT , --A match at cricket was played on Sefton Oe e England Cricket Clubs, on the ground of . the l'i l lon' A when the result was as follows :-1!t innings, 15d E ; Old England, 68. 2d. innings, Sefton, 26 ; G i aigtand, 55. Total :—Old England, 123; Sefton, OI R oP tOritv in favour of Old England, 48. The bat • Birket, and the bowling of Mr. Swan, of the i'Vi t. ; g ' a ild, was much admired. l 4 1! the - MURDER.—The adjourned inquisition touch !),'hliskilenth of Michael Duffy, who was struck on the 101.4 with a brick deliberately thrown by Patrick Cap le l, at Warrington, about a month ago, was again o , e d t h e° , Tuesday last, when further evidence was .ad °the 4 t o 'l3tien had previously said,some time h e would do Duffy his job." The jury returned 14, r tata t e t of wilful murder against Patrick O'Brien, and a 'la." was immediately issued for his apprehension, he 4b seonded. N• 'Yti q git t .. , ..& AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS, THURS. from Mr. James Simpson as to the new !lai, s 4 tes - ',,s was read. It stated that a further quantity tj,ithe w e ll h a d b een o b ta i ne d , t h e y i e ld o f t h e ( )P .* 4gs - ' ll opened being about 650 ga ll ons p er m i nu t e ; a e lt at ttare gunpowder would be used at the tunnel 1414er 4-ensington after next week ; and that, if the qpi aw o nr oved f avoura bl e, t h e l ay i ng o f the pipes in the ` a tio u l ' l P be in a forward state next month. An ap irom the shopkeepers of Waterloo-place was k o al te , ta red `° be reported upon. , 1 4 t1 1 ,,. 4 t BILLS.—But a few years ago a placard of at t e , s `a o ,;" one sheet was considered a novelty, but we 1 4 ml Ys e °4 the walls an address occupying no less than I,:ttisiaven sheets of double crown , exclusive of three large ,tl e : lio4 a . ,in the centre. It is certainly the largest bill in Liverpool —if not in England—and is `,4t, 01'1',,well executed. It has been engraved for Mr. he ttlr e h ' sol d-street, whose advertisement announcino f g th q titi si l s e of an extensive lot of shawls intended for %ye re American market, but detained in consequence t ea. cent calamity at Quebec, appears in another ac k Ns * t s ; TWO ORANGEMEN.—On Monday night, ge laiN - 0 1 ° ,, t e,s . before . seven o'clock,. as two Orange • lu n been dining at their lodge-room,. at Gel- Pti In Ranelagh-street, were coming nut of the gitt,Se t o were assaulted by a number of Irishmen, who S t rth s °led apparently with the intention of creating a 4' t ' S • kl tl spot It everal policemen were quic yon le , It a nd tilinstables were brought from St. John's Mar t!tel we 4 "eY at length succeeded in dispersing the mob, l ° s°, ra to g say ItEri."Jaties that policeman 309 received some C a ay 41, w _ e On the head. Three of the ringleaders in 4 4 Sa irit. ". r ., arrested. ntiaa. RY EXPERTNESs it was expected tc ;lt4tt -- a e s of the swell mob would be present at the Oti k ?ete eti tmiv at Shrewsbury last week, twenty-seven Bp i in ti, ve force belonging to four of the prpal ere a kit d kte tl 5 ig ow were sent expressly to Shrewsbury tou i Pr movements. Of this force twenty-one 0,11141143ha,,&:0nd0n, two from . Manchester, two from 'alls e, " s e . and two from Liverpool. The London 4 e P t re .hen . ded one of the gang, the Manchester Irmingliam four, and the Liverpool five. acmes,int' the Liverpool officers deserve mention, V e a l , °nn Toole and Joseph Bates. 4 4 ,4, It!ttl s ' Pat e t,'"Na's.—On Saturday last, a man named g'iah 'yi n Who was at work on board the steamer tati t j° t o g ln the Coburg Dock, fell from a plank t , of One of the paddle-boxes, and struck the N. 4 t a. 4 boat below with such violence on the chest, 'l' 4 4 ' l ed th e . 41, 1 04 1 ,,05eph y same night. On Wednesday, a man tit" niea u ° ling, while driving a cart, in Wapping, tl, itt„he Soot fell off, and was so seriously hurt, that he 11:111r4arg,rntbern Hospital, on Saturday. An infant 4,fit 4in..,ave..et,.Barton, residing with her parents, in a lght " nt absstreet, was put into bed well on Satur the ' and tili ng. was found dead by the side of her mother THE HAY CROP.—We believe we shall not make an exaggerated statement, when we say the hay crop of the present year, will be almost, if not quite, double the quantity of the last. How the abundance may affect the price of bay during the next winter it is not easy to fore see. We know of the top-grass being sold at Garstang and the neighbourhood, at the rate of XS the statute acre ; and when it is remembered that this measure of five and a half yards to the rod, is not half equal to the Cheshire acre of eight yards, the price is seen at once to be of such a character, as to preclude the possibility of the article be coming cheap. Preston Paper. CURIOUS CALCULATION.—On Thursday, a gentleman, who is curious in statistics, placed himself at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kirkdale, in order to count the vehicles and pedestriris going to the races. In four hours (from eleven to three) 1792 conveyances passed, and taking the average number of twenty each (as many contained thirty and upwards,) 35,840 rodeout, besides 12,5400 r thereabouts went who afterwards out on wheels. These must have paid for conveyance alone upwards of £2OOO, supposing that two walked for one who rode ; and we will then have from Liverpool on the course, at least 115,000 persons. Altogether there must have been, during the day, 140,000 people at the races! PORTO RICO SUGAR.—On Thursday, another attempt was made here to dispose of a cargo of sugar from the Spanish colony of Porto Rico, by broker's auction. The cargo consisted of 463 barrels and 170 hogsheads, being a very considerable importation. The barrels were divided into lots of thirty each, and one of thirteen. The offers for the first thirty commenced at 255. per cwt. ; and there being no bids beyond, the whole were withdrawn, the broker stating that the price of Porto Rico sugar, of in ferior quality to this, in the London market, was 265. At the request, however, of a party, the thirteen barrels were put up, and 255. 3d. and 255. 6d. were offered, but a sale at these prices was declined. For the hogsheads no thing beyond 235. was bid, and they too were withdrawn. DEATHS FROM BEING RUN OVER.—On Friday, Robert Williams, labourer, aged 30, and a number of others, were in a float drawn by two horses, and going along Scotland-road towards the race-course. He was a little in liquor, and in trying to get upon one of the shafts, struck his head upon the hind part of the horse, and from the force of the contact, he fell backwards, and the off wheel went over his chest. He died in a few minutes. On the same day, William Evans, a boy five years of age, and other boys, were following a cart laden with grass, in Leeds -street, some of which they plucked out. Evans went to the shaft of the cart, and jumped up to get hold of the grass, but missed his hold, and as he was falling the wheel caught his shoulder, and he fell under it, and it passed over his chest, causing instant death. LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS.- The Observer states that the number of landing surveyors at this port is to be increased from seven to nine, and the maximum salary raised from £lOO to £5OO a-year ; the searchers' department strength ened by the addition of twenty auxiliary landing-waiters, with salaries of £l5O a-year each, and the maximum salaries of the searchers increased from £3OO to £5OO per annum. The important duties of the gauging department at Liverpool have been hitherto performed by the landing waiters and searchers. It has now been deemed ex pedient, in order to ensure uniformity of practice and a competent knowledge of the business, that a class of officers should be established at Liverpool, as in London, to whom the duty of gauging should be exclusively en trusted ; and a new department has accordingly been formed, consisting of an inspector and eight subordinates, with salaries from £l5O to £4OO :per annum. Twenty four additional superintendents of lockers have also been appointed. The increased expense occasioned by this new arrangement is about £7,000 per annum. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—JULIEN'S CONCERT.—The performances of Julien's inimitable band have been de servedly universally admired—in the theatre, the ball and the concert rooms, but their powerful efficiency will, we feel satisfied, be more fully demonstrated in the coming concerts at the Zoological gardens, for however effective the music may be within the limits of a building, it par takes not of that mellowness that unlimited space alone can supply. We have been favoured with a glance at a programme of the performances, arid feel satisfied that they are of such a class as to be of themselves attractive, but when the name of Julien and his band are announced there can be little doubt that the gardens will present an audience more fashionable and numerically greater than the attendance on any previous evening since the opening. Mons. Julien has also succeeded in engaging M. Sivory, the celebrated violinist, who was pupil of Paganini ; and in order to give the corps musicale an opportunity of the most effective display, an elegant and spacious orchestra will be erected on the ground. COMMITMENTS —A good-looking servant girl, named Ann Smith, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with stealing three bottles, containing wine and spirits, the property of her mater, Mr. Bishop, spirit-dealer, &c., Park Lane. She was observed hiding the bottles in a privy. Mr. Bishop identified them. The prisoner, he said, had been but ten days in his service. He suggested to Mr. Rushton that the case might be disposed of by him. Mr. Rushton said the prisoner was a domestic servant, entrusted with her master's property, and as the offence was a gross breach of trust, he could not take upon himself to decide the case summarily. She was then committed for trial.—Three young girls, Margaret Fitzsimons, Margaret Monks, and Ann Lindon, all before known to the police, were charged with stealing a coat from an office. One of them (Monks) had previously been tried and committed for stealing a money-box from an office. The case was proved, and they were sent for trial.—A man named George Thompson was committed for trial for stealing a piece of canvas from the shop of Mr. Reece Jeffries, draper, Price-street. THE ISLE OF MAN REGATTA.—This annual event took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last. Amongst the fleet of Yachts were the following, belonging to the Mersey Yacht Club :—Theo Hebe, the property of R. B. Preston, Esq., the Seagull, Henry Melling, Esq., Leda, Dr. Brandreth, Edith, J. C. Ewart, Esq., Edith, Joseph Edwards Esq , Psyche, Benjamin Heywood Jones, Esq., Mermaid, Dr. Grindrod, and Phoebe, Thos. Moss, Esq., The first prize on Tuesday was a splendid claret jug, value £2O. which was won by Mr. Preston, of Clyde, in his yacht Wave. The Mermaid and Hebe came in third and fourth. The second prize was a claret jug, worth £25, which was won by Mr. Barton of Plymouth, his yacht, Guerilla, being first, Phoebe second, and Seagull and Leda fifth and sixth. The first prize on Wednesday was a silver bread basket, value £l7, which was won by Gem, the property of Mr. Graham, of Rothsay. Fawn came in first, but was displaced, being above the stipu lated tonnage. Leda and Hebe came in third and fourth. The second prize was a silver salver, value £4O. It was won by Comet, belonging to Captain Newburgh, of Ban try, Mr. Ewart's Edith and Mr. B. H. Jones's Psyche coming in second and third. DISTURBANCE IN SHAW'S-BROW.—A multitude of Irish congregated, on Monday evening, in Byrom-street, Shaw's-brow, and the streets leading therefrom in hopes, no doubt, of meeting with some unoffending Orangemen on whom to wreak their vengeance, but a reinforcement of police scoured the whop of these streets and were able to make the whole of them enter their dwellings. The presence of the police effectually quelled the rioters, for after a little time not a creature ventured to show his face, and the whole neighbourhood assumed an unusual quiet appearance.—John Mahony, and James Avery, two stout Irish lads, were charged before Mr. Rush ton, on Tuesday, the former with creating the above disturbance, and violently assaulting an Orange man, and the latter with attempting to rescue the other prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that a member of an Orange lodge was passing down Shaw's brow, when he was attacked by Mahony and an infurieed mob, and, to use his own words, would no doubt have been murdered had it not been for the timely interference of the police. After Mahony had been arrested Avery attempted his rescue. Mr. Rushton, after remarking se verely on the case, ordered that Mahony be fined £5, or be imprisoned two months, and Avery £5, or one month. The whole of the evidence given showed the orderly man ner in which the Orangemen conducted themselves. ST. SIMON'S NEW CHURCH.—The soiree in view of promoting the erection of a new church in this district, was held on Tuesday evening last at the Music-hall. There were between 600 and 700 ladies and gentlemen present. The chair was occupied by the Rev. John Connor, who stated that only a balance of £BOO was re quired to be raised. He acknowledged the receipt of a letter containing twelve subscriptions of £3 each, includ ing £3 from Sir Howard Douglas, M.P. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. C. Marshall, curate of St. Thomas's, Toxteth-park, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. David James, the Rev. Wrav Hunt, and the Rev. R. Davies. During the evening Mr. Platt presided at the organ, and Miss Skinner and about a dozen of the other pupils, male and female, of the Blind Asylum. sang some beautiful hymns and sacred pieces. We regret to add that our anticipations of the success of the meeting were not realized. We hoped that the deficient £BOO would have been subscribed. The amount subscribed was only £2OO, hence we find another advertisement from Mr. Connor in our columns to-day, and we hope that it will draw forth the number of collectors or subscribers re quired. The subscription list ought, certainly, to be completed in the course of a week. The wealth of Liver pool should feel for such a district as St. Simon's, and put in practice the oft-repeated but neglected pPoverb,— charity begins at home. RIOT AND ATTACK ON THE POLICE.—On Wednesday, eleven men, all evidently Irish from their names, were charged with a riot and attack on the police, on the Mon day morning previous in Saltney-street. Police-constable Burrows (89) stated that on Monday morning, he went with police-constable Myers, (79,) who said there was murder being committed to Saltney-street, where they saw about eight men besides women fighting; Having inter fered, a general row commenced, the prisoners behaving very violently. The police finding themselves overmatched, two of them made a retreat to the street, thinking the other officer (79,) had gone before them. Finding, how ever, that such was not the case, they fought their way back through the crowd, and found him at the upper end of the court, a number, of_ persons striking him with va rious weapons. After considerable difficulty they extricated officer 79 from his perilous situation, much injured from blows, and he was afterwards conveyed to the hospital, where he now lies, unable to attend and give evidence. In a short time afterwards the officers got away, Inspector Johnso❑ having been informed of the state of affairs, pro ceeded with a number of his men from the docks, and succeeded in apprehending the prisoners above-mentioned. P. M`Kinnerty who was called as a witness for the prison ers, on being placed in the box, was immediately recog nised by the officers; as being one of the men who had struck them, and Mr. Rushton ordered him to be taken into custody. Mr. Rushton, at the close of the investi gation, said be should accept bail for M'Ananey and Hughes, who had not taken a very conspicuous part in the affray. They were ordered to find bail, themselves in £3O, and two sureties in £l5 each to keep the peace. The rest of the prisoners were remanded until the other officer (now in the hospital) was able to make his appearance. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.—On Tuesday, Ann Jackson, wife of the captain of the Windermere steam boat, and a respectable looking elderly female, were brought up by warrant, before Mr. Rushton, charged with assaulting Mrs. Neill, the stewardess of the steam boat. It appeared that Mrs. Jackson went from Liver pool to Kirkcudbright and back with the Windermere, on a trip, which ended on the 15th June last. During the passage Mrs. Jackson became jealous of the youthful stewardess, and fancied that the attentions of her husband were not such as a prudent woman ought to submit to. She had even so far outstepped her duty as to send the cabin boy to the captain to know whether he would take a cup of tea, the steamer at the time being anchored in the river, waiting the tide to get into the dock. The jealous wife gave vent to her wrath in words only, until the vessel was entering the Clarence basin, when she as. saulted Mrs. Neill so violently that she floored herself with the effect of one of the blows. Mr. Rushton fined her 20s. DISTURBANCE IN: A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL.— On Sunday week a most extraordinary scene of confusion took place at Brindle Romish chapel, near Preston. The Roman Catholic bishop, Dr. Brown, was proceeding with the ceremony of confirmation, and was explaining to the young persons the heinousness of insincerity and lying, when Mr. Eastwood, of Brindle-lodge, himself a Roman Catholic and magistrate, rose from his seat and came to the front of the tribune, and addressing himself to the Bishop said, " You are a liar and a perjurer ! and 1 will prove it before this congregation!" and went on in a strain of other abusive language. The Rev. Mr. Smith entreated silence, and reminded Mr. Eastwood of the place in which he was so improperly fogetting himself. The admonition, however, was disregarded, and Mr. Eastwood continued (evidently under very excited feelings) to address himself to the Bishop in a boisterous manner; when Mr. Smith called upon some of the members of the congregation to put a stop to the scene of disorder, by re moving Mr. Eastwood forthwith out of the chapel, whi c h was done, and the religious services at the chapel were then proceeded with. An information has since been taken out against Mr. Eastwood. It will be remembered that Mr. Eastwood has been concerned in several actions at-law, at our assizes, with Roman Catholic dignitaries. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.-4t is our pleasing duty to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement in our columns announcing the re-opening of this excellent institution after the Midsummer vacation. Erected for the purpose of perpetuating the connexion between sound religious and secular education in this neighbourhood, it has met with a degree of support unparalleled, we believe. either in or out of the metropolis within a similar space of time. The advantages connected with its schools are in deed great, and worthy of that munificent spirit in which the institution was projected. It can already boast of four university exhibitions, each worth from £4O to £5O per annum, and tenable for the general course of univer sity study; of twelve scholarships worth from three to twenty guineas per annum each ; of prizes to the annual amount of £lOO ; and each half year is continually adding to the number of these advantages. Under these circum stances—patronised by the bishop, the reverend rectors, and the clergy of the town, and conducted by a principal of such high university standing, who is ably supported by a corps of professors and masters of tried experience, it would be indeed a shame if it did not meet with the warm support of our townsmen, and we trust that this support will continue to be increased. The evening lec tures delivered at this institution will be resumed next week ; of these we purpose speaking in our next publica tion. THE NEW DOCK ACT—SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS. —The 2d clause relates to transit sheds, in which goods are to he deposited previously to passing the customs, and to be considered in all respects as still on board the vessel ; the Dock Trustees to have the power of passing them at the expiration of forty-eight hours, after which they are to remain at the risk and charge of the owner or consignee. The 3d clause gives authority to employ persons to weigh such goods, and to hold them as security for the payment of expenses, freight, &c. The 4th pro vides against the seizure of goods on account of inaccurate entries. The sth, Gth, and 7th confirm the construction of the dock warehouses. The Bth and 9th give power to provide additional floating lights, which are not to be placed, altered, or removed, without the sanction of the Trinity-house. The 10th and Ilth authorize the recovery of rates by distress, and the imposition of a fine of £2O and double rates for non-payment. The 12th requires masters of vessels to produce their books. The 13th pre scribes the mode of revising rates, the proportions of which, as between different classes of voyages, are by the 14th not to be altered. The 15th and 16th permit the uses of fires, &c., in steam-vessels, and of lights to ex amine vessels without cargo in the graving docks, or on a patent slip or graving block. Clauses 17 to 21 relate to the keeping and revising of a registry of voters for mem bers of the Dock Committee. Clause 23 provides for the erection of a landing place at Geot ge's Pier. The Dock Trustees are required, within twelve months from the passing of the act, to construct a slip or landing place of such form or construction that steam-boats not drawing more than six feet water may at all times of the tide have convenient access thereto, and that passengers, carriages, and horses may be conveniently landed and embarked thereat ; a plan and section of the said landing-place to be submitted to the Commissioners of Admiralty and the Conservators of the Mersey,for their approval respectively, within three months from the passing of the act. Copies of the said plan and section are to be deposited in the Town-hall and the Dock-office for public inspection, free of charge. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The following mem bers were present :—Messrs. Nicol, (chairman), Hough ton, Molyneux, Wood, Horsfall, Kendall, Shand, Tobin, Hoyden, Mann, Evans, and Moon. A plan recommended for the construction of a double-road bridge at the south end of the Prince's Dock was approved, and the offer of Messrs. Walker to supply the iron-work was accepted ; the cost of construction will be £3420. A similar bridge was recommended for the south end of George's Dock. I❑ accordance with an application from Messrs. Hodgson and Co., ship-builders, they were granted the use of 3050 yards of land adjoining their present premises, on the usual terms. A letter from Mr. J. Martin, on the subject of granting separate berths in the Canning Dock for some of the Irish steamers, was referred to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A memorial from Mr. T. Moore, agent to the Isle of Man Packet Company, calling the attention of the committee to the great advantage that would accrue to the poor by allowing fresh fish to be brought in their own boats without incurring dock -rates thereon, was referred to the finance committee.—A letter from Mr. Osborne, on the subject of some improved machinery for hoisting goods into warehouses, was re ferred to the Warehouse Committee.—A letter was re ceived from Capt. H. Crawley, the engineer appointed by the Board of Ordnance to superintend the construction of the new fort, requesting to he allowed an inspection of the proposed site, was referred to the Committee of Works. The Chairman (Mr. Nicol) said their chairman and the surveyor were in London on the subject, en deavouring to obtain some modification of the plan at present proposed by the Board, the carrying out of which would entail very considerable expense on the Dock estate. Mr. Hartley had prepared a plan which was to be submitted to the Ordnance for their approval, which would reduce the cost of the building many thousands of pounds. A conversation ensued on the subject of the chairman and surveyor's absence, Mr. Aikin and Mr. Evans being of opinion that they ought not to have gone without the authority of the general board ; it was fre quently the case that when inquiries were made in the general committee, they heard of the chairman or surveyor being absent in London, without having received any previous intimation as to their object. The Chairman regretted such a conversation had taken place during Mr. Moore's absence; he would, however, state that ample authority had been given ; a sub-committee had been ap pointed to carry out the views of the Board of Ordnance, and the chairman (Mr. Moore) had authority to instruct the surveyor to go to London, if such sub-committee re quired it. Several members thought the absence of the parties in London, under the circumstances, perfectly regular, and after some further discussion the subject dropped. ANTI-MONOPOLY MEETING AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. A meeting of this body— a "grand" meeting it was to have been—was held on Thursday evening at the Amphi theatre, the Danseuses Vieunoises and the regular com pany having been removed, " for this night only," to the Liver theatre in Church-street, to make way for the anti monopoly performers. Notwithstanding, however, the somewhat amusing circumstance that the theatrical pla cards were still left upon the entrance doors and the walls, and many stragglers from the races were doubtless induced to enter for the purpose of witnessing ballet and farce, the house was for some time only one-third full, and was never crowded at any part of the evening's amusement. After keeping the audience waiting for some time after the hour announced, Mr. Mulleneux was called to the chair, and delivered himself, after sundry breaks-down and stoppages, of what, by courtesy, we presume, we must style a speech, and concluded (if anything which has neither a beginning nor a middle can be said' to have a conclusion) by calling upon Mr. Blackburn to move the single resolution which was to be submitted to the meet in.., and which was one urging the necessity of atten ion to the registration. DR. 13 - LAcxnuux then rose, and having read the reso lution congratulated the meeting that the field was now in the almost undisputed possession of the free-traders, who look around them in vain to find a foe worthy of being attacked. A small sprinkling indeed of " imbessils" among the Bucolics still continue to talk nonsense in par liament and at agricultural meetings, but few listen to them, and none reply. The speaker went on to reply to some of the nonsense in question, concluded that cheap corn had nothing to do with cheap labour and vice versa, that it was a good and not an evil for us to be dependent upon foreign nations for corn, and that the apprehension of any land being thrown out of cultivation if our ports are opened to foreign corn and cattle is a pure " kimmera." (Thus the worthy doctor pronounces chimera.) He pro ceeded, after a few more remarks in the glorious vein, to impress upon the free trade ratepayers the necessity o f prompt attention to the registration—advice, which sub stituting the word protestant for the words free trade, we cordially assent to—and sat down after "overthrowing the towers, razing the foundations, and scattering the accursed dust of monopoly to the winds of heaven !" Mr. JOHN SMITH rose to second the resolution, and treated the audience to a recapitulation of his recent vestry triumphs, and a re-hash of some of the most admired of his " fair play" placards. Mr. W. J. Fox, of London, a pseudo reverend and a league lecturer, then spoke for some two hours by Shrewsbury clock, denouncing the corn-law in good set terms, and, in imitation of Sir John Falstaff in his combat with Douglas, fighting over again the battle which Mr. Blackburn had assured the meeting had been won long ago. The proceedings, which were very tame throughout, terminated before nine o'clock. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. On Thursday, the freedom of the city of London was presented to Sir Henry Pottinger by the Council. Parliament, it is said, will be prorogued on the 7th August. Sir F. Goodricke, of Studley Castle, sustained a loss of £5OO in glass alone, during the thunder storms. The following extraordinary advertisement appeared in the London Times last week :—" To A. K.—Wretched : let me see you !" AMERICAN ICE.—The first cargo of American ice im ported directly into Scotland, is now discharging at the Broornielaw from the brigantine Acton, of New York. Three sisters named Nottidge, residing at Brighton, were married to three clergymen at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, on the 9th instant. The profane wretch, Greenwood, who was struck blind with lightning, at Nottingham, on Sunday week, is gradually recovering his sight, in the county infirmary. The London Times, with its Supplement of eight pages, has frequently of late given circulation to upwards of one thousand seven hundred advertisements a day ! Owing to the rise in the price of wheat in Monday's Mark-lane markets, most of the bakers at the West-end have advanced the 41b. loaf a halfpenny. Mr. John Tate, of Ropary House, near Maryport, has a hive of bees in his garden, which have thrown three casts in the short space of twelve days. An engine boiler exploded on Tuesday, at a mill belong ing to Mr. Wolliscroft, at Botteslow. Four men were much injured, and the building reduced to ruins. On Thursday last the sum of £5OO was voted by the corporation of London, in aid of the sufferers by the late fire at Quebec. A new drama called Faith, Hope, and Charity, the scene of which is laid at Woodside, on the river Mersey, has been produced at the Surrey theatre. Mr. Doubleday has so completely restored the cele brated Portland Vase, that it will defy the most critical to discover where it was injured. RIVER TRAFFIC.-13y the iron steam-boats alone which pass from London-bridge to Chelsea, there were conveyed last year 2,300,000 persons. The Queen has appointed George Grey, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, and Frederick Holt Robe, Esq., major in the army, to be Lieutenant- Governor of South Australia. On the 14th inst., a desperate riot took place at Dalton, in Furness, amongst the men engaged in constructing the railway. Two of the chief offenders were captured, and have been committed for trial at the assizes. BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES.—In the bill which has passed both houses of parliament, it is pro vided that persons keeping billiard or bagatelle tables shall be licensed. The man Graham, at Carlisle, has confessed that he is the murderer of both his aged father and wife. A verdict of wilful murder had previously been returned against him. It is stated that Captain A'Court, member for Tam worth, will succeed Captain Boldero, as Storekeeper of the Ordnance ; and Mr. Cripps, member for Cirencester, is mentioned as the probable successor of Mr. Bonham. The Morning Chronicle states that the papal govern ment, !with a view to the more effectual prevention of contraband trade, has reduced considerably the duties of export and import on many articles of merchandise, and intends to apply the system of reduction to many others. On Tuesday, at midday, an old man named Davies, above 80 years of age, was stop ed, on the highway near Swansea, and robbed of £l7O. He was then throw• n into a culvert, but was fortunately found in time to preserve his life. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Almost the whole of the fine mansion-house of Tulloch Castle, near Dignall, Inver nesshire, with a large portion of its rich and valuable fur niture, some family portraits and pictures, the library, was on Monday destroyed by fire. A steamer, 340 feet long,—]B feet longer than the Great Britain,-35 feet beam, 10 feet in depth, and measuring 1,200 tons, has just been hunched at New York. She is intended to ply between that place and Albany. ELDERLY ACTRESSES.—Miss Tidswell, Mrs. Cole man (Mrs. Gibbs theatrically), Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Ken dall, Mrs. Harlowe, Mrs Ivers (mother to Mrs. ()ger), Mrs. Bannister (widow of the immortal Jack), Mrs. Wal lack (mother of the Brigand), are all living. Their united aged exceed 660 years. A CURE FOR STAMMERING.—The boy, John Sweeny, who was so severely injured in the brow by a kick from a horse on Saturday night last, was before the accident one of the greatest stammerers in his speech. He now speaks fluently, and with the greatest ease.— Caledonian Mercury. Miss Eden, daughter of Mr. Eden, brother to Lady Brougham, was drowned at Worthing on Friday week by the upsetting of a boat, in the view of her mother who saw the accident from the beach. Miss Baring, another daughter of Mrs. Eden, by a former husband, was in the boat, but was rescued. In foreign countries, instead of the common muzzle, which irritates the,dog, by keeping the mouth closed and preventing drinking, the dogs wear a kind of wire nose bag, strapped sufficiently tight to the head, which does not confine the mouth, but permits drinking. With this guard a dog cannot bite. The expense is trifling. WAR AGAINST DOGS.—The war against the canine race still "continues to be carried on by the police in Leeds, but, since the great onslaught which terminated in the massacre of about 150 dogs in one week, the victims have been not more than four to six daily. All dogs found at large are seized by the police, confined in a dark building, and killed a few hours afterwards. FLOWERS OF CELTIC ORATORY.--AS to Mr. Roe buck, he had been complaisant enough not to attack him (Mr. O'Connell) since he went over to London. Now, in truth, he cared as little for his abuse as for the barking of a cur-dog, and he begged pardon of the four-footed animal for the comparison. That was all he had to say about little Roebuck.—Speech of Mr. O'Connell. Tess GAME-LAWS.—Mr. Justice Coleridge, when charging the grand jury on Friday at Hertford, said that, in addition to the ordinary cases of being armed at night in pursuit of game, trespassing, &c., it appeared that during the year 1844 there were three cases of murder, nineteen of shooting at keepers or other persons, with intent to commit murder, and two cases of manslaughter, all arising out of offences connected with the game-laws. ILLEGIBLE WRITING.—The bad writing of many of the nobility and gentry is proverbial. An illustration of this occurred at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions, last week, when the Coventry Herald states that a prisoner, who on commitment had made a confession to Lord "Afford (which was taken down by his lordship) was acquitted in consequence of no person in court being able to decipher his lordship's writing. STOCK EXCHANGE EXPRESS.—Pigeo❑ expresses are now not sufficiently expeditious for the Stock Exchange gentlemen, to convey to them the intelligence of the deci sions of railway committees ; they have now, it seems, a system of telegraphing the news by means of flags hoisted up at Westminster Bridge, and, by the aid of one or more intermediate signs, the expectauts at London Bridge are communicated with. Thus is speculation the mother of invention.—Railway Magazine. UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW.—On Wednesday last, at the Nottingham assizes, before Chief Baron Pollock, Richard Pearson, aged thirty-two, was put on his trial, for having indecently assaulted a girl not quite fourteen years old, with an intent to violate her person. A bill for the more atrocious offence had been presented to the grand jury, hut ignored. By the evidence, however, the capi tal offence was fully proved. The Chief Baron decided that, as the prisoner was indicted for an assault with in tention to commit a rape, and as the evidence went to prove the actual commission of the more serious crime, he could not, under that indictment, be convicted, and he was accordingly acquitted. IMPERIAL PRESENTS.—Amongst the articles taken out by the Rob Roy steamer from hull last week, for St. Petersburg, were a portrait of our most gracious sovereign, in a magnificent frame, and a package of splendid por celain, presented by her Malesty to the Emperor of all the Russians ; also a family carriage for Prince Wolkon sky ; and the Emperor's first Ascot Cup, won after a smart race by the Earl of Albemarle's horse Emperor. The latter exquisite specimen of art is sent over by its noble owner for inspection by the Emperor and his court, as a compliment to the imperial founder of the prize. ACCUMULATED AFFLICTION.—Mrs.DeIisser, a reqpect able lady, of London, has had causes of grief accumulated upon her in a most singular manner. A short time since her husband, Dr. Delisser, died suddenly. On Monday evening last, her son, a fine young man, nineteen years of age, a student, who was about to enter the college, also died suddenly. On Friday last, while Mr. Wakley was holding an inquest on the son, she received intelligence that her daughter, a fine girl, aged fifteen, had fallen from a second floor window and fractured her skull. A sur geon was sent for but she died in little more than an hour after the accident. It is supposed she was leaning from the window in order to get a view of the room in which the inquest was held, and that she overbalanced herself and fell over into the area. SUGGESTED INDICATOR OF HEAT IN THE HOLDS OF VESSELS.-It has been suggested to the committee of Lloyd's, by a letter from a party at Edinburgh, whether, in the present scientific age, it be not worthy the attention of scientific men, and all interested in the fate of our mer cantile marine, to have indicators of heat placed in the holds of vessels ? The writer remarks that the invention is " not difficult of accomplishment," but does not men tion whether he has discovered any means by which to prevent spontaneous combustion on board vessele. It may be, however, observed, that the subject has not been entirely overlooked, and that within a very recent period suggested plans to extinguish fire in the hold of a vessel, both by mechanical and chemical application, have been brought before the notice of the shipping interest. InoN.—Our imports of foreign iron in 1844 were— chromate of iron, 2,365 tons ; pigs, 52 tons ; bars un wrought, 24,483 tons ; bloom iron, 524 tons ; old broken and cast-iron, 97 tons ; unwrought steel, 2,717 tons ; wrought steel and iron, entered by weight, 153 tons ; ditto, entered by value, £11,905. Of foreign iron in bars, 21,598 tons were retained for home consumption, and 5.876 tons were exported, of which 3,371 tons went to India, and 1,013 to our North American colonies.—Of Britishl iron we exported that year 99,960 tons of pig iron ; 230,935 tons bar iron ; 18,980 tons bolt and rod iron ; 18,969 tons cast-iron ; 1,963 tons iron wire ; 2,490 tons of anchors, grappels, &c ; 15,654 tons in hoops, &c. ; 7,226 tons of nails, &c. ; and of all other sorts (except ordnance), 48,170 tons; of old iron, for re-manu facture, 9,271 tons ; and of unwrought steel, 5,121 tons. ART UNIONS.--A bill has been brought into the Corn mons by Mr. Wyse, which enacts th a t a ll persons, being members of any Art Unions specified in the act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 109, shall be discharged and freed from all suits and prosecutions to which they might be liable as being concerned in lotteries, "little-goes," or unlawful games, for anything which may be done by them as mem bers of such Art Unions before the Ist day of August, 1846, touching the purchase of any picture or other work of art, by chance or lot. CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The following pensions have been granted upon the Civil List, between June last year and the 20th ult.:—Mr. Fraser Tytler, £2OO a year ; Mrs. Hood, now the widow of the late Thomas Hood, £lOO a year; the four daughters of Lieut.-Col. Robert son Macdonald, and granddaughters of Robertson, the historian, £5O a year each. The sisters of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stoddart, £75 a year each ; Madlle. Augusta Emma d'Este £5OO a year; and Clara Maria Susanna Lowe, daughter of the late Sir Hudson Lowe, £5O a year; making in all £1,200 a year. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel has published a " Letter to the Lord Bishop of Ca-hel," in which he contends that for the sake of justice, for the sake of public tranquillity, and for the sake of averting the evil of the establishment of the Roman Catholic religion in con nexion with the state, the Church of Ireland ought to relinquish its public property, and take up the position of a voluntary and missionary church. He tells the Irish Church that if they do not give up their own church property, they must consent to give proportionate endow ments to the Catholic clergy." Mr. Noel's charity to the papists is prodigious ; it is neither according to knowledge nor according to the common perceptions of mankind. ATMOSPHERICPLOUGHING.--At the agricultural meet ing at Shrewsbury, the Times describes an effort at plough ing by windmills :—" It was some little time before the wind would condescend to blow with sufficient violence to save the credit of the inventor. At last a propitious gust set the sails of the mills in motion, and the plough was attached to a rope passing twice from the one mill to the other through pullies placed at right angles to each, the line between the pullies being the base of each angle. Unfortunately it did not happen to be blowing a hurri cane at the time, and the expression of " Speed the plough" was most applicable on the occasion. The im plement was driven on so slowly through the soil, that it actually appeared to pause and hesitate, as if it was con sidering whether it ought to go on or not. The feat was accomplished, but it is scarcely necessary to add that it presents no possible practical results." SHIPWRECK OF A DUTCH INDIAMAN.-NINETEEN OF THE CREW STARVED TO DEATH, AND FOUR DROWNED. —A most heartrending shipwreck was on Thursday made known at Lloyd's, by the arrival of the Chance, Capt. Roxby, from Sydney, having on board a portion of the crew of a Dutch Indiaman, named the John Hendrick, which was totally lost on the rocks forming St. Paul's Island, on the morning of the 29th of May, while on her voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia. The captain of the Chance, on the morning of the 3rd of June, was much surprised by observing, through a glass, a Dutch ensign flying from a spar on the island ; and on nearing, several persons were noticed on the rocks evidently in an ex hausted state. The captain ordered the pinnace to pro ceed to their assistance. About twenty poor creatures were found lying about exhausted, and in a dying condi tion. Of these seven were saved; but the weather pre vented the rescuing of the remainder, who, with others who had previously perished, made twenty-three lives lost by starvation and drowning. CRIME.—Mr. Justice Coleridge, in his charge to the Grand Jury at Hertford, last week, said—lt had been urged by the advocates for the abolition of capital punish ment, that the certainty of severe secondary punishment, would certainly tend to diminish crimes of that character ; but he regretted that the returns before him, and his own experience, did not bear out that expectation, and he was sorry to say that the crimes for which the capital punish. ment had been taken away had increased more, in pro portion, than any others. The offences of cutting and wounding, attempts at murder, and the crime of murder had increased 30 per cent. There appeared to be a very great increase among the prisoners, 'of persons who were able to read and write, but this showed that such an education was not sufficient, and that it was of no avail unless the persons who received it were taught to employ it properly, and that it would be of very little use to im prove the physical condition of the people, or to give them education unless that education was founded upon morality and religion. EXPORTS OF YARN.—We mentioned in our last that our exports of cotton yarn during the last six months had decreased 351,5831 b. The principal sources of the de crease are in the exports to India (decrease 3,400,0001 b), and Russia (2,400,0001 b). On the other hand, the exports have increased to Holland (1,800,0001 b), Belgium, the Hanse Towns, Naples, and Sicily (1,200,0001 b); Sardinia, Tuscany, &c. On the other hand, there has been a vast increase in the exports of plain calicoes ; viz., from 276,722,671 yards in the first six months of 1844, to 300,038,150, in the corresponding period of this year; increase, 23.315,479 yards. Of this increase, 20,000,000 yards are due to China, 4,000,000 yards to Chili and Pent, 7,000,000 to the Cape, 10,000,000 to Colombia, and 2,000,000 each to the foreign West Indies, Malta, and the lonian Islands, Sardinia, &c., Turkey, and the Levant ; and 3,600,000 yards to the United States. On the other hand, there is a decrease of 11,000,000 yards in the ex ports to India, and a large decrease in those to Egypt, India, &c. EXTRAORDINARY ROBDERY.—The Bev. Mr. Petti cary, of Blackheath, was robbed in a singular manner on Friday last. The rev. gentleman, who is on a visit at Brighton, had been into the country, and on his return, about eleven o'clock at night, was walking near the north entrance to the Pavilion. where is one of the " nclosures." surrounded by a fence of iron palisades. While walking on the footway outside these palisades the rev. gentleman was suddenly seized by two arms, which were passed through the palisades, and which drew him backwards, so as to completely pinion him ; and while in this position, he found his mackintosh raised, and a third hand passed into his pocket, whence his purse, containing three sovereigns and some silver, was taken. The whole operation was over in less time than we have been de scribing it ; and the rev. gentleman gave an alarm to the sentinel at the palace gate, who crossed the road, and assisted him in searching for the thieves. No trace, how ever, could be found of any one; and it is a remarkable fact that the rev. gentleman heard no voice during the whole affair. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The polling took place on Tuesday. At the close both parties thought they had been successful, so close had the contest been. The of ficial declaration of the poll was as follows: —For Mr. Kelly, 746 ; for Mr. Adair, 729. About half-past three o'clock, Mr. Kelly was in a minority of 30, when he had his luggage packed up, and a carriage ready to convey him to London or to Windsor. He had given the last adieu to some of his most influential friends, and was on the point of starting, when one of his committee-men came up with the welcome intelligence that the tide, almost at the very last moment, had turned in his favour. Some say this was a ruse either to inspirit his adherents to necessary, and as it then appeared, almost hopeless exertions, to prevent his defeat ; others, less timid, assert that the design was to shield himself from charges already rife, it being currently stated in the town that a petition will be got up against his return. At the last election Mr. Kelly polled 713; being 33 votes less than upon the present occasion, and the exact number of the majority by which he defeated Mr. Foster. But then the number of voters on the register was rather more than 200 less than the present number, 1,942; while Mr. Adair polled 729 votes, being 49 more than were given in favour of the liberal candidate at that time. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual migration of the Royal Agricultural Society has at length brought it to Shrewsbury, where the exhibition for the present year of cattle and implements, and the other pro ceedings adopted by the association for the encouragement of agriculture, and the promotion of emulation among the rising generation of farmers took place. A number of prizes in money and medals was awarded ; amongst which was one of £2 to Mrs. Cartmel, of this town. A silver medal was awarded to Mr. Benthall for a patent seed depositor, which is thus described:—lt was invented at the suggestions of agriculturists who have for many years practised dibbling. It is put into the hands of children to use, instead of dropping the corn out of their hands in the usual way. The evil experienced under the present system is, the irregularity of the dropping, thereby wasting seed, and injuring the crop by the profusion of seed put into the holes. This machine will tend to give increased employment to the labourers and children, and save (at least) a bushel of corn on every acre dibbled under the present system. The weight of the machine will not exceed 141 b." Mr. Richmond received a silver medal for an improved machine for washing vegetables, constructed with a rack and pinion, so that the cylinder containing the vegetables may be raised out of the water and emptied into a trow with the greatest ease. EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—Tbe East India andiChina Association have published their usual comparative state ment of the number of British ships, with their tonnage, which have entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the East India Com pany's charter, from the Ist to the 30th of June, in the years 1844 to 1845. The entered inwards return shows an increase in the number of arrivals at the port of Lon don during 1845 of 68 vessels with 31,031 tonnage, the numbers respectively being 280 vessels with 116,632 ton nage, and 348 vessels with 147,663 tonnage. The port of Liverpool shows an increase of 33 vessels, with 10,386 tonnage, the numbers in that case being 87 vessels with 37,031 tonnage in 1844, and 120 vessels with 47,417 ton nage in 1845. The minor ports of Bristol, Hull, Clyde, &c., show an increase of 19 vessels and 5,767 tonnage, so that the great increase in favour of 1845, as compared with 1844, is 82 vessels with 35,650 tonnage. The chief increase appears to be in arrivals from Calcutta, !Madras, China, and the Mauritius. From Calcutta as many as 40 additional vessels have arrived during that period, and from the Mauritius as many as 20. The clearances out wards show less favourable results. Instead of an in crease there is a large decrease in the general return, London being the only port that forms the exception, and then to no greater extent than 10 vessels with 11,757 ton nage, the departures for 1845 being 240 vessels with 104,216 tonnage, against 230 vessels with 92,459 tonnage. Liverpool shows a decrease of 59 vessels and 18,175 ton nage, the return for 1845 being 145 vessels with 57,586 tonnage, and for 1844 204 vessels with 75,761 tonnage. The decrease in the clearances from the ports of Bristol and Hull amounted to 16 vessels with 3786 tonnage; and from the Clyde and other places two ships with a small increase of tonnage. The total decrease is 70 vessels with 7,685 tonnage. The chief decrease appears to arise from the unprofitable state of trade in the East, there being a decrease of clearances to Bombay to the extent of 21 ves sels, and to the Cape of Good Hope of 79 vess e ls. On the other hand, an increase of 13 vessels to Arabia and 9 to New South Wales is noticeable as indicating improve ment in other quarters. NIGHT SCENES IN WALES.—The inhabitants of the white mountain village of K—, in Cardiganshire, were all retired to rest, it being ten o'clock. No—a single light twinkled from under eaves of thick and mossy thatch, in one cottage apart, and neater than the rest, that skirted the steep sir- et, (as the salmon fishers, the chief inhabi tants, were pleased to call it), being, indeed, the rock, thinly covered with the soil, and fringed with long grass, but rudely smoothed, where very rugged, by art, for th , t transit of Bamboo (cart with small wheels of entire wood) or sledge. The moonlight slept in unbroken lustre on the houses of one story, or without any but what the roof slope formed, and several appeara nces mar k e d i t as a fisher village. A black,' oval, pitched basket. as it ap peared, hung against the wall of several of the cottages, being the coracle, or boat for one person, much u se d on the larger Welsh rivers, very primitive in form and con struction, being precisely described by Caesar in his ac count of the ancient Britons. Dried salmon and other fish also adorned others, pleasingly hinting , f the general honesty and mutual confidence of the humble natives, poor as they were, for strangers were never thought of ; the road, such as it was, merely mounting up to " the hill " (the lofty desert of sheepwalk) on one hand, and descend ing steeply to the river Tivy on the other. A deadened thunder, rising from some fall and brawling shallow " rapid " of the river, was the only sound, except the hooting of an owl from some old ivied building, a ruin aparently, visible on the olive-hued precipice behind. The russet mass of mountain, bulging, as it were, over the little range of cots, gave an air of security to their picturesque white beauty ; while silver clouds curled and rolled in masses, grandly veiling their higher peaks, and sometimes canopied the roofs, many reddened with wall flower; the walls also exhibiting streaks of green, where rains had drenched the vegetating thatch and washed down its tint of yellow green. Aged trees, green even to the trunks, luxuriant ivy enveloping them as well as the branches, stretched their huge arms down toe declivity leading to the Tivy, the flashing of whose waters, through its rich fringe of underwood, caught the eye of any one standing on the ridge above. A solitary figure, tall and muffled, did stand with his back in contact with one of these oaks, so as to be hardly distinguishable from the trunk.—Blackwood. AN USEFUL HINT TO SPECULATIVE GEOLOGISTS. God having made all things, and that at otice in full ma turity or perfection, in order that the several properties or instincts with which each was endowed might come si multaneously into operation (which we must assume, be cause these properties and instincts form the conditions upon which the subsistence of all things depend) —we have no scale or measure in the things themselves, from whence to calculate the time when they first came into existence. If the earth wes created with bill and dale. mountains and plains, rivers, and seas—as it must have been, that streams might flow to water the earth, and plants might have their appropriate soils and climates--then these hills and this variety of soil afford no criteria for judging of time. And if trees were created of full size, to cover the earth and yield to animals their food, it follows that the size of trees affords no criterion for determining the time when trees began to grow ; for on the morrow after its creation the oak of yesterday would present the appearance of those oaks which may have required, in the course of nature, the growth of a thousand years. And if animals were created full grown, and in numb ers proport i oned to the plants severally assigned to them for food, then neither the size nor the number of these are any index of the time when animals were first called into existence by the Crea tor. Moreover, respecting the classification of plants and animals, which is remarked in those strata of the earth which contain organic remains, we should remember that such a creation as we are speaking of ensures a sort of classification, by the congregating of numbers of the same species into those localities where only the plants destined for tbeir food will grow. The moun t a i n a i r an d i ts cli mate, which certain plants require for their existence, are also congenial to the habits and feelings of the animals which feed upon the products of the mountain ; and so of the plain or the morass—they are agreeable to the consti tution of those species that inhabit them. And even in the depths of the sea we have no doubt that there is a classification, and that fishes of different tribes prefer liv ing at different depths, induced by natural conformation and attracted by the food which they prefer being there to be found. In such considerations as these we have no doubt that sufficient materials will be found for checking the over-confident speculations of modern geol. , gy, touch ing the structure and quantity of their stratified deposits, and the number or classification of organic remains, with the true relation which they bear to the first constitution of the earth, and the nature of the convulsions or changes which have since taken place.—Church of England Quarterly. ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—One cold bitter winter's night, a sledge, containing two travellers, drove up to one of the gates of the Kremlin, which the taller of the two, in a voice of authority, desired to be immediately opened. To this demand a very short but expressive negative monosyllable was returned—sentries being, of all animals in the world, the most averse to any description of correspondence, whether colloquial or epistolary. The two strangers began to manifest symp toms of evident impatience at a rejdnder, to them, at least of so unsatisfactory a nature; and the one who had pre viously spoken, again hailed the imperterable grenadier, and proclaiming himself a general officer, desired him to comply with his mandate. "If you are, as you declare yourself, a general, you ought to be aware of the first duty of a soldier,—obedience to his orders," was the firm and determined reply, as the soldier resumed the measured tread of his march, which the above dialogue had mo mentarily interrupted. This was a poser; so, finding further argument unavailing, the travellers at last begged the sentry would exert his voice, and call up the officer of the guard. To this the man made no objection ; and, after a tolerable expenditure of shouting and bawling. thp guard-room being some twenty yards distant, a sleepy non-commissioned officer emerged from the building, and, learning the rank and wishes of the strangers, begged them at once to walk into the apartment of the command ing officer, till measures could be taken for a compliance with their desires. At the first sound of the taller stranger's voice, the young subaltern, bounding like a shot from the couch on which he reclined, stood in an attitude of subdued and respectful attention before him, requesting to know his pleasure. The traveller smiled, and merely desired him to relieve and bring into his presence the sentry at the gate. This was quickly done, and the man entered the room at the very moment the stranger cast aside the large travelling-cloak which encircled him. There was no mistaking that noble, that majestic figure, that broad, commanding, and magnificent brow, on which a momentary expression of impatience had given way to one of humour and benevolence. Erect as a poplar, the soldier stood before his sovereign, in a desperate quan dary at thus discovering who was the person he had so cavalierly repulsed, and yet with a something like con sciousness that in doing so he had only strictly acted up to his duty ! He had no time, however, for fear, as the Emperor, calling upon him to advance, commended his conduct in the warmest terms, ordered the sum of a hundred silver rubles (about £4O) to be paid him, and with his own hand wrote a letter to his commanding officer, desiring his immediate promotion to the rank of serjeant, a requisition which, of course, it is almost need less to observe, was promptly complied with. To account for the Emperor's apparently singular and unexpected arrival on the night in question, it may be mentioned, such is his indefatigable activity, that in the event of there existing a possibility of any important busine s s on h an d being accelerated by his presence, he has been repeatedly known, as on the present occasion, to throw himself into a sledge, or eateche, accompanied alone by a confidential member of his household ; the first intimation of his doing so taring his arrival at the city or seat of government in question itself.—Cameron's Adventures in Rus,ia. • THE CUT OF A GOWN.—The main divisions of a lady's gown —every milliner understands what we mean—are the corsage or body, and the jupe or skirt. And, first of all, of the skirt ; if its form is to be loose and flowing, it should be made to derive its beauty from the curves, and breaks, and folds which drapery, partly suspended, partly at rest on the ground, will afford. Hence short gowns are not so graceful as long ones ; they are beautiful, at any time, it is true, and when the wearer is seated, produce somewhat of the effect alluded to ; but for a woman to be dressed with all the combined influences of grace and dig nity, she must allow her dress to trail partially around her. Think upon the short garments of many classes of the peasantry, and think of the train of a lady when dressed for court—we speak of their form, not of their substance—it will easily be seen how much dignity is con ferred by length. The utility of long skirts is not so easy to be proved as their beauty; but this is only on the score of the difficulty in keeping them clean ; as for warmth and comfort, the advantage is quite on their side. Our fair contemporaries, however, seem to have arrived at a reasonable and happy medium on thlt point : they never wore better-formed skirts than at the present day. A gown, if properly made, and without any ttiothii; of a Lux, and if that stuff have anything like substance, needs no adventitious aids to give it sufficient amplitude of cantour ; let our gentle readers take the hint ; they will otherwise militate against one of the main laws of good taste. Let them only look at the portraits of their ancestors in the middle of the last century but one—let them look at Hol lar's prints, and, if they are open to conviction, they will agree in what we say. If the skirt is to be ample, it should be c mfined to the natural shape of the human frame ; and the more nearly it is so, the more graceful and effective will it become. Do what we will, distort the sleeves and waist as much as we may, we sh,ll never come up to the symmetry of Dame Nature ; she is a better milliner than any in Regent-street ; and if the ladies would have their corsages made after her pattern in all cases, they would find their clothes fitting better, pinching less, and keeping them much warmer. Vklornen assert— and we are not competent to dispute the point with them —that they need an enveloping support for the body ; in fact, they must have corsets; be it so; there is no h ar m in the articli itself, provided the futility of it can be proved ; but there is much harm in it, if, by an abuse o f it s powers , this same thing is made to distort the body, and to injure the internal organisation of the human frame. As far as beauty of form is concerned, whatever intre nc he s on the proportion of natural shape is intrinsically contradictory to it : let no woman imagine she has a fine figure, if she can lace herself into a diameter of nine or ten inches ; for by so doing, she disturbs the harmony of all the curves, all the lines of beauty, as Hogarth calls them, with which she has been so richly endowed ; she fails of her effect, and, instead of beauty, produces only absurdity. Still the corsage of her dress should fit close ; and for this to be possible, there must be a well-fitting corset beneath ; but it need not pinch or squeeze the least in the world ; let it fit close; that is enough. It is no doubt uncom monly convenient for a lusty alderman's wife of forty to reduce herself to the proportions of " fair seventeen ; " but she ought to b e a ble to reduce the whole frame in the same ratio ; otherwise to pull in at the waist till the idea of suffocation is painfully evident to the most careless be holder, and yet to leave the bust with the symmetry of Minerva Victrix is a gross and palpable absurdity.— Blackwood.