The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

ell. 103 lad. T II I! ~......ii,,,,..5w.,_ .... lii.VFRPOOL STANDARD. WHAT IS CHEAPNESS ? otal 4.gita 1 nel in Hod son - s t reet. Th ey were plated dries- hv o r der TOWN COUNCIL PROCEED] , 0 is tilt 0 of the magistrate. Another lad was char e& viith MY... The usual monthly meeting of the Council W. ... 1 enh eaci . . a theatre , It i s ,1k.14 ih, ;t , ~..:_-_____ _ is about to be erected In I We are every day hearin g th e ex c l ama ti on , "How very ing stones. on the same day, into the tunnel in Foriterlof.: ;. - , e Mayor in the chair. Fall' o r au •rl tea I revel' •orl On , r, till. r c h eap .! "or the advice to go to Mr. So-and-so's shop, street. He was also put down. A great number of tlis- firdtlf " - ii -, UV ENILE OFFE: oulP a" ' f left th( s tlesday an,l Wetinesda- Wily a tn,;:l a orderly looking boys were afterwards brought up on the . ehipi because he sells so cheap." People pride themselves i c traor di° ' Lie port for varioug 4 1 4artirs over the gloh; g . in- old charge of '` warring" with stones. A man who was Owing itl a 1 1 6 P-cOuliiiihrw" '-- '"ii 32nd retit...i_General the Earl i Cathcart will inspect the n pon b u yib g ii t begp!'—the fair sex especially. Many of passing at the time of the proceedings was struck on the f m or ee t t l i v ng t , f t o h r e n g ,a r t a i n o t n o o f f # jt 2 l ,: eiii l e O o e - gi;' i t d .:N rs t7. 23., :i ii pines them Th e went, atthin when, after a world of head and seriously injured . by one of the missiles In of Mr. PARKER, referred hick to the Finance ( s 0 103 ' Everton, on 'final:May; at eleven. them are never mete happy the price of some ~ NT Packet_ s h• most rases a fine of two shillings and sixpence was imposed, PRE 6 PUBLIC i.i.OtkßY rw LIVERP siiti ltil tb: W Y or k . IP Constellation sailed on Wednesday, for " haggling i " they haild " run down P too l * 'Atli 900 passengers. During the past twelve- which'it is to be hoped will operate as a check on this in- The proceedings of the cdinti4ttee a article of lietisehold necessitsP, at the merea's, th, - ; fish -app anted i the v d ,, n.,`_'s she had carried supportable nuisance. practicability of a free public library were r.. a° the " u jo ile a" of the _out 2600 emigrants. monger's, or, perhaps, f rom the poor' itinerant vendor of.' THE ART OF SELF DEINSTE. ..... Two lads, Henry 1 }y..PrcTox, tlif . Chairman, Jose to move ... Liu I ,,, w ay, iziv., 7e . w of the Minerva fell overboard on Wed. . A_l —ll A., ... '..i . .I T --- .......1 VIT:11! v.' • .. . . ... . me P .(1 !. un tic, ...... •• = • the d rire fe r' w )1e otv ) or ) Live r F e e J. c sp i ra tor s c f , arg ho ar e e n ij i . 60 , e poPol stl" r e t to °a c e, pa tron B cer t Doto se 1 , 0 i° l l ,`l t h I t hen 0 1 „Luella on bl be le vent , rt hi etY oi te• ( 3 n co ° ntetl'i L r n t 0 eye ~41 bit.: o ;„ge heed l l? Ilea' ; I*- A bp r b9vig eth r ead We are every day heari ng th e exc l ama ti on , " H ow very - °a T • ! " or the advice to go to Mr. So-and-so's shop, i e ,, ~ .suesday ant! Wednesday liettly ii tnu. _ "he sells so cheap." People pride themselves L P —the fair sex especially. 7 7,' 1 _ 11 port for varioug qi:ittrfprs over the globe sZeat•:General the Earl cf Cathcart will _ Ned _regiment, atafter a world of Ne2,ejacket-shi Everton, on ThitirSday; at eleven. I thernareneer 11)01 'e happy th . .-"' when, they haild ' k on w t l ls or ii k, wi • 9 e o C o o p n a s s t s e e l_lation sailed on Wednesday, for "haggling," th During the p'ast twelve- article of household necessity', at the merte, ono of e had carried out mon ' l ksay n • th e crew of the M and —_ s 'Olt. on her passag, green ot;va,otinfortunately drowned. from de a bo ' d esday night a man, named Byrnes, .found the motives of economy . par.. • deride, v.-Y a full grown male child in the midden of a who, in the morning, have bet,. on Tr. 46, Crown -street. - to lop off a penny a yard from tilt, tnstith a 0111sdaY morning the body of a child, about two death k'rer e d ._:' ws! found in a field in Kensington. It was by the retailer . upon a piece of calico or 0, i v r vith / night soil. 11 d to cquander fifty times , o 111 ednesdaY John Mottrain. of Clifford-street, fell seen in the evening, equa y rea y , gewgaw. Do the amount upon a rout, or an unnecessary 14:11 n i t' the d quay of the Queen's Dock, and died almost wbat feat it is Th e e "Y. such lovers of cheapness consider l,..._:__. fares ornaibas fares to Bootie nave ocr. ----- 110 0fle 4 . ° ` v will he : threepence to Bootle, fonrpence to crosby.'nount, sixpence to Waterloo, and eightpence to ti T Year s, d:eesdaY Robe r t Ridi ng, a man aged seventy-one teu eno i r, ed at his house, in Front Portland-street, in con-fishedief injuries received a week previously, by being k. Lasoeween the shaft of a cart and a gate post. . toTe sell of this t announces the probable dis . - ty of, own, Nit o . a second satellite to the planet Neptune, This iftete,,t astronomer discovered the first satellite soon txtas discovery of the planet. tll4?eritents are about be made on the Mersey with , i e ,,, „, to rti t o I ;'.' Carrying an electric telegrap - h line across the h to wastes-oirkenhead. A line to Formby, and anot er Til e e ' would be extremely useful in foggy weather. kid bags 'avenue authorities have given orders that casks 1. taaf rice at this port may be assessed for duty upon NiC`get to be ascertained by weighing u o a S.one cask or ‘q t d ,Y , man in charge of a butcher's cart drove hells tavern, opposite the Zoological Gardens, 4-1t5,,(1 from the vehicle, and had just 9ntered the a t l6 o :e i n he fell down and immediately expired. &Skirl of 500 tons measurement has been launched t ` eir e en, for Canta'n Jo Robertson, formerly of YttitObtaterl fast Ch .' shi n J h O'Gaunt. She is the Stornoway,ma p o n and is expected to surpass the bl : st 1.._ . d s r a ., igh t .al,l y ! Unitd eces o mail steamers from Liver qj t, c York .e States reduced tti:'ltie at w will be largely after the Ist of ~;1. h . • On that date the line will comprise four steam +ll' ''alel • Baltic, and Arctic. 4 is i s „ Y, the Atlantic, Pacific, I,topport,ne last week but one that the public will have k l acti a 4 aity of witnessing the varied and interesting we e l N . 18t,_,t the Zoological Gardens. t The es s e e r r v v e ic t e o s i e ) ) e f o"ew ard , l l l s. in providing amnsemen s, d tQ W edi :lui?3r the people of Liverpool. 2600 emigrants. • inerva fell overboard on Wed. monger's, or, pethapS, from the poor' itinerant vendor of from Liverpool to Kingstown, green-groceries, or toxin chip s I ,Y, Thomas Marsh, a man aged seventy jar; -L ; tire Infirirary, in consequence of injuries ohs'sgar ~ n ine 6th of June, by bein g r u n o v er by Joh n No. 83, driven by Win • Sanderson, in St q oh u I ,‘ Nap, Martin Svgift C o rthwestern Railway, , r e h b e liff ,‘ !r . s .. of a locomotive engine ar , a pointsman on the Lon- railway - t4ios r o t, t yr)ii' ° th e led : •( $lO 0 4u13 4 i t 'llti o 1; from pure love of the? And all this is accident ( noney which they sate / or froia part of the deck lice Inl for the h her profit placed flannel, may be their own expression) "cheap" ? Do : the"y 'ever think of I the diminished fare of the poor labourer's table, upon whom the diminished profit of the manufacturer and the shdpkeeper ultimately recoil? Do they ever think for a moment of the sad faces of the poor itinerant vendors of trifling articles of domestic use, when they return to their homes with half, instead of a whole, meal for their ex pectant children, as the result of their day's hard striving? Do they ever think whet must be the consequences of their own love of cheapness, fully carried out ? They cannot do any of these things. To suppose so is to sup pose that we live in a world run mad, or selfish and wicked beyond our imagining. Few men, or women—we have that opinion even of our fallen nature—could be happy in the enjoyment of an article of luxury or comfort, if they knew that it bad been bought " cheap" at the cost of their fellow-creatures' hunger, tears, and, toe often, virtue THE ART OF SELF DEvgs-cit, Two L. Lowe and William Ds,vine, who had been bailei called up, when Sergeant Steel stated that as he duty; on Sunday afternoon, In Park- place, Toxteth- park he observed a crowd assembled in Jones's-street he ad of persons had cor t, were But what is CHEAPNESS ? What is this god which, as a nation, we are just now worshipping, and which our legislature has declared is the summum bonum of human achievement ? We speak, of course, of cheapness gene rally carried out; of every man buying .from his neigh bour at as low a price as he can. Cheapness, thus consi dered, means every man working at the minimum point of subsistence : the labourer working for wages which barely keep body and soul together; the tradesman cut ting' down his profits so low that he is little above the condition of the underpaid agent of the labourer and the importer; the manufacturer reducing the remuneration of his enterprise until he is little in the scale of being .egated around the two lads who w e mac practising the pug boys, who appeared N half-a-crown and costs each the glove ery much chop•fallen, were fine REFRACTORY PAUPERS.—Five or six girls attired it workhouse apparel, were committed for twenty-one days and kicking Swaine 633, who UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF I heir report. 'Toyed a more in the various inter'viev Bich spins or weaves for the owner of real property compelled to be purely through a want Mann-s [1 corresr t commit of the ( eiftablish 'eet, w 1, remait I to the TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS, as arresting them . . upon the yield of such property, reduced to an infinitesi mal portion of its present value. Cheapness, fully carried out, means every man living upon smaller rations; every man fighting with his neighbour for a share of his meal; every man striving to circumvent his neighbour ; every the cravin mixes slog for cheapness, the leaves with his t rocer sands his measure, or sells you rotten goods ' • the halter 7loct bread, and mixes his flour. From the top to the of the industrial pillar—from the merchant and ma mer to the pettiest retailer—such it rionally pr . actised, or the screw be pressed upon thE bourer to the We blar dishor; ty or want of fe try to enable they yet we What will 1 lur position when we I We shall have .reds y, esti ,ttained of decent appearance, named Spencer, bar on the charge of having stolen three c was placed at the livg, the pro- perty of a per" Son named - Ockleshaw Warwick-street. Mr. Pemberton appeared for the com plainant, and called a witness to prove, that on Saturday evening prisoner and another man came to the field, and having broken the lock, opened the gate, entered the field, and drove the cows away. Spencer here stated that he had an execution against the complainant, and that the alleged felony arose out of the bailiff's distraint. Mr. Pemberton observed that even were this statement true, there was no right to break open the gate. The magis trate's clerk replied that this was no case of felony, but merely one of trespass. Subsequently the execution was produced, and it appeared the cows were impounded at a public-house in Hood-street, kept by a man named Lowe. . . The complainant attempt e d t o make it appear that he was not the person described in the execution, but the case was dismissed. BURGLARY.—WaIter and James Holding. father and son, were charged with having stolen a quantity of velvet on the night of the 24th August, from the warehouse of Messrs. Lee, Hunter, and Co. The prisoners were ap prehended that morning, as they left the borough gaol, where they had been confined on another charge. There was a want of clearness in the evidence, and the men were remanded to allow time for its completion. ASSAULT.—A seaman named Tucker, was fined fifty shillings and costs, for E.ssuulting Mrs. Harrison, who im ; and I keeps a public-house in Frederick-street, as she was The fellow seized her finger which he bit §o severely that Mrs. Harrison was under medic& treatment for more than a week. stolen frorn her OCAL MEETING THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.--The monthly meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening. The proceedings of the Improvement Committee included a recommendation that a special committee be appointed to oonsiderthe propriety of yard )f Seacombe Ferry, with a view He had, in cot George Holt, al ) COMM E to the establishment of a , pupil Edinburgh had public librar Hamburg, which town, there wa a cornr ..,ercial library of 30,060 volumes, both of which wer freely open to the And it was to be hived that Liver pool, with her great spirit and enterprise, would not be behim in contributing to the onward march of improvement. (Ap plause.) Mr. Picton gave' credit to the corporation for a wisi iney, during the last twenty or thirty years lentff, &c. ; but said that something. after xpendit all, remained e to do Th . ey had not only to look to t conveniences of the town; but, with regard to the Intellectual character of our townsmen, with regard to the improvement of the public mind and the public morals, there was a high and noble career stll open to them to pursue. He trusted th a t th e corporate duti€s would not be restricted to police routine or Intions ; but that any plan which _had for its object rc ' cur imprevemen,, have their support—provided it were on a basis sufficiently broadTpd unsectarian in its character. (Hear, and applaus e .) Mr Pi Mem allfmgresa ilsta vrnl•••• would be t, general diffusion of commercial and rr and argued that a municipal body was, best fitted for its control. They had, he said, a;good did present of parliimer of Harrowby. Mr. Pict from its o locuments furnished by the-Ea once fairly on foot, liberal donations of books and bequest, would be made. There had been opportunities in Liverpool o preserving valuable collections which had been lost for wan' of an institution of that public character. Had there been one Forster would never have been disper;Cd as they WaY't to the importanl Institution for t Lions with the directors of the R 'er to the Corporation of that conc hat all which the committee desired when they , n to the Royal Institution was to haVe a locali the question with the president of thitt institt earnest desire which existed on the part of the p . ropriefc that noble institution to throw it freely open to the peot Liverpool. (Applause.) The proposal at first appearec dto be true. There existed an institution consisting o nulations of some twenty-five or twenty.six years, hushed for tt e encourage] of the arts and 1 pertv, the land without it they v intention to cox othee rence to the Po with Mr. Wm. B Colonel Waters zines, and the impression on their min( the color.a lemn, in trol and management of the Wallasey committee was appointed in conform- visited the Pi I term t local -= ---.---- additional men. (Hear, hear.) This simple fact gave him a I scrubbed out w ith a b room right to demand wh e th e r suc h s h ou ld b e t h e case. There may be some . . _pse in the g l ass th roug h which comes a drip ;these ..grat to be taken notice of and pointed out to the glazier, right to interfe - rewliii . CiTirriVii,7 0 'el); We :sji"on of 'ais opinion far they are the beginning of canker, mildew, and a host in that chamber he denied, of incurable diseases. Examine the heating apparatus ; st Mr. Parker, Mr. Chalmers, and Alderman Horsfail eulo- see that there are no loose bricks about the fire-place :if ay gised the public services of Mr. Horuby, and condemned the old .;,,nre and M r . H o l t d e f en d e d th e magis- flues,_ light a small fire o f woo d , an d watc h the loose on attack made upon hi m b y the magistrates. joints ; if hot water, let th e b o il er and pipes be emptied of ...• their contmts, and filled aga i n w i t h clen --' _ _._ 7 , r. HORSBY 10-S. 'ended himself from a s, and regretted that Mr. liornby Ld made the obsery leaned, rain water, the .king order. If dings of the com- 1 e requ [et it b( AND FIRES ON 80. igs of t md wat I that tl: le;nsir )1U t 8 that .v, o the nex *merit Cc ;' Commi ultit'a or Eric lance of air. o with a partial Over the rd Cinerarios may be brou • - for newly. .?orttrulturza. ty with the exhi- ear has ail week, BE he qin The ioung Dol ; and this lac LORD-tI purposes ether me btshade ; and space_ will otted Pelargoniums, the soil-Of sodden with heavy rain not be in a hurry, but be read We may yet expect good weail delight. In bringing in t Kitchen Garden.---Follow out former direction 'answers- Fruit Department.—As our direction. - -blic, intended for the thins.? Am"- o r.are of turally arises, ‘ry great irn become a Ary in these pap, •• one Cliiision of gray e ama .owing hi the 6 r, matters which no doubt --. second Ring of March,-wi le to Non of a few banches, left for a purpose, ric mo will be brown all over, excepting the lit which are still grow i ng . B ut i t i s not e b ler e'b al rocni f it must be hard and firm, such as knife fee15:446 , 1131t in a coming from the Spinge the whole house well, and give ]s much air as poesibfe, night and day. About a week passing throu young- shoots the yc shorten ba _ which state they may be fi son arrives 3t to injuri three or four eyes,- in ft, till the prunin Is necessary; nourish them with all care till they decay and drop off NSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS the Noble Earl's —We do not see the ius can be jection tc than ot They wer ierwise by exl larger You . will find" it lan any exhibit( s what depend upon iS s of the ( giffrittatii The floral What bas been ~}. ion of the subject, the answef must be he enjoyment of three fine days, and th days of flowers, fruit, and vegetables,•wl have afrorifed ors much pleasure; for the science of hortitur nothing ! It is not pleasing ta.make such state- ments ; but le real interests of the art imperatively &1. , mend that the truth should be told. Out floral quantity tions have become truly flower-show is the first consideration, while qu, in wit dary matter. Such show at a d lity is only a secoil . : ease the public, who pieasant laces, music, ana nustie, are tfie princi pal ingredients. But we are more interested in the ad vancement of the horticultural art than the mere excite- u. a gala. uay, anu we nope to see tile same teeing itliffuse itself amongst those whose aim ought to be to at. rtain the extreme perfection of which this delightful art is capable. :erm specimen rant is not sufficiently by those Rlio exhibit plants in Live or appreciation applies not only to the exhibitors, but t the judges, One instance which occurred at the la , show will explain th;:,. competition for the single stove finely-grown plant of 0P..- 'our plants were exhibited i plant priz they were were ai The Clerodendron v s a well means easy of culture well expanded : the plant is b being apt to get unwieldy. withoi proportion the flowers were good pia good r belisk-like spike of fl of the i ,en of till the N I abun tlieni in ti , which they :o take it, that the cost but it now appeared that the expense would be .E2Ol Then there were the Botanical Gardens, instead of being ported, as in the days of the old corrupt Corporation, es i they had been handed over for maintenance to the Cor porate fund. Various charities were in like manner transferred. There Were the Industrial Schools, which the parish supported —one-half of the children there did not belong to us. He could not think that the expense of the library . proposed wotild be confined to x7OO per annum. They might , make their minds up that there would be some £5,0c0 or .10,000 asked for to render it more useful. The Corporation were in debt, and should act as a communifir in the same manner that they would act as individuals. What would be thought of him if he were in debt, and was yet laying out large sums of money in the formation of a library? People would say that, if not mad, he was something worse. (Laughter.) Liverpool! was be coming half depopulated owing to the heavy local rates, and how were they to draw people back but by appropriating to their alleviation a part of the surplus fund of the Corpora tion. Mir. Dover denounced sanatory i:mprovernents, but ex pressed belief that that "madness" was parsing away, Man was an animal who must be fed and clothed. That should be attended to first, Learning required leisure. The poor man for whom Mr. Pictcm bad pleaded had not leisure to spend In such a place. Let him work hare from six in the morning till six at night, and be would be in no disposition to indulge in mental luxuries. Wo were going mad about education. When he saw pauper children taught to conjugate the neuter verb "to be"—(daughter)—when he saw them taught algebra and the use of the globes—where we should get our wives froth soon he did not know; they would be better able to niche a poem than mend a stocking. (Laughter.) "You may laugh, sit, (said Mr. Dover, turning to a gentleman near him,) but if yon had a wife who could write a poem or handle a theme, but you had yet to go with your coat uncared for. or your stockings undarned, you would enjoy anything but comfort." (Loud laughter.) He trusted the Council would keep to its legitimate business,—that was, the government of the town. Mn. PARKER said the worthy alderman's bile seemed to have boiled over (laughter). he should be very sorry to follow him through his remarks, but he (Mr. Parker) was sent there to promote economy upon the same principle as Alderman Dover, who was pitchforked into that room for the purpose (laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh I"). He thought the offer of the Royal Institution proprietors did them honour, and the Council would fail in its duty if they did not cordially aecept it. The worthy alderman might, or might not, have occasionally holes in his stockings undarned (loud laughter); but that was a domestic question, and not for them has a deliberative body. They must look higher than the worthy alderman ; they must not look only at the rates on warehouses, and he thought it would reflect honour on the Corporation to support Mr. Pic ton's motion. Amongst other matters, Mr. Dover had spoken of the humbug of increasing education ; but would he have a man to go round like a mill-horse for ever and ever? He was sorry that the worthy alderman, who possessed such powers himself, should seek to keep that education from the rising generation which would make fl man the better citizen • and, if it were sound, a better Christian also (applause). lie cor dially supported the motion, and hoped for its credit that the Council would not divide, for no reasonable man could object to it. __ . _ _ T. B. HORSTALL defended the report of the committee, and replied to the objections of Mr. Dover, contending that the transfer of the institution would entail no loss on the council ; that it was merely accepting a gift for the benefit of the poor, who, up to the present, could not get an entrance to the institution. The motion was carried by a majority of 37 to H. For the motion .—Counciliors: Messrs. W. Walthevr, Thos. Chalmer, jun., J. Woodruff, J. Thomson, T. L. Hodson, T. Littledale, G. Holt, H. Hornby, T. Avison, J. Ferguson, T. Rimmer, T. Robinson, T, Wagstaff, J. Rogers, J. A. Tobin, A. F. Jones, R. C. Gardner, H. Neill, B. Hall, J. B. Lloyd. J. Johnson, J. A. Picton, J. Parker, W. P. Freme, W. Bennett, R. M. Beckwith, R. L. Jones, E. C. Hindley, W. Mann, T. Lloyd; Aldermen T. B. Horsfall, J. Lawrence, T. Sands, J. N. Wood, J. Bent, J. H. Turner, and the Mayor. Against it : Messrs. L. Langsdale, J. Bigham, J. Atkinson, J. Briscoe, T. Godfrey, J. C. Ferniliough, It. Harbord, A. Henderson, W. Fisher, and Aldermen T. Dover, and J. Procter. THE RECENT CAB STRIKES, A memorial was read from the cab and coach owners of Liverpool, on the new rates of fare, and on the recent with drawal of their cabs from the stands; also, a memorial from several of the shopkeepers of Liverpool, praying that cabs might no longer be allowed to stand in C.:stle•street, in front of the Town-hall. Mr. PARKER said that the cab owners would be perfectly satisfied if a committee were appointed to consider the subject of their grievances. _ . . . _ Mr. WOODRUFF begged to propose that the following gen tlemen compose the committee to confer with the cab owners : Messrs. Holt, Fernihough, Bennett, Bighorn, Langsdale, Dover, Thomson, and Woodruff. _ _ Mr. HORNBY complained of the conduct of the cabowners ; but, ultimately, Mr. Woodruff's motion was agreed to. The proceedings of the Finance Committee, containing a recommendation to purchase from Mr. John Reynolds a piece of land near Tnebrook, and adjoining the Newsham House estate, containing 6a. Ir. 35p. of land, or thereabouts, were adopted without discussion. WATCH COMIHITTEN.-THE POLICE The proceedings of this committee contained a resolution agreed to at a meeting of the magistrates, expressing the most unqualified approval of the efficiency of the police force, and of all its officers, and also confidence in the Watch Committee. They also censured Mr. Hornby. Mr. TURNER moved the adoption of the proceedings, and, in doing so, intimated that an inquiry was now going forward in the police force. to ascertain whether any improvement could be made in the constitution of the force, or in its govern ment. Pending the consideration of the present state of affairs, it would be premature to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice ; and, until the report of the com mittee was brought up, he would withdraw it. (Hear.) Mr. FERNIHOUGH did not consider the inquiry of any value whatever; but, if he could understand the chairman to consent that the inquiry by the committee should go forward with a view to the reorganization of the force, if it were found advisable, if he would consent to that course it was a straight forward one; but be (Mr. Fernihough) would not allow the subject to be got rid of by a side wind. He was perfectly satisfied the system carried on by Mr. Whitty was very supe rior, and much more effective, than the present system. The force of constables under Mr. Whitty was 593, the constables under Mr. Dowling were 687, being an increase of 94. He found the number of officers under Mr. Whitty to be 50, ex cluding clerks and bridewell-keepers; and under Mr. Dowling be found the officers to be 92. He found there was an increase of forty-two officers for ninety-four men.and was be to be told it wacueceseary to have an additional officer M every two at the metropolitan exhi ly they deserved it to imagine ; tli that ui of 0, The dal ••a• 411,1 /11.10 VT C. II IJI have, however, a much more sheltere ty in their fitvou We cannot close our remarks on the events of the floral season without paying a well-merited compliment to the perseverance and energy of Mr. J. B. Leather barrow, for to him and a few others the public owe the pleasure they have had in these exhibitions. LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION SOCIETY. The third and last Exhibition of this Society was held at the Corn Exchange, on Thursday last; the company was numerous and brilliant, and the exhibition excellent, though not equal to the closing one of 1849. This was no more than could be expected from one of the most unfavourable seasons florticulture ever knew in this neigh bourhood. The band was very superior, and added much to the enjoyment of the company. The arrangements of the hall were considerably improved by having the Olen did specimens of wire twills, seats, and other ornament a l objects, so arranged between the sthges as to cause two distinct currents, the visitors passing up one side and down the other, otherwise the confusion would have been considerable. The splendid coniferte, in pots, from Mr. Srirving's Walton Nursery added greatly to the eff•eot of the decorations. The Prizes were awarded as follows : CLASS 1.-OROUPS OF PLANTS. Six Heaths.--ist prize to T. Davies and Co., Wavertree. Six Fuchsias,-Ist., Mr. Chas. Itylance, of the Lydiate Nursery, for Purity, Dr. Jephson, Fancy Fair, (Whalley's,) Dreadnought, Scarletta, and Reflexa ; end. to Mr. Chas. Rylance. Four Fuchsias.— ;et. Mr. J. B. Leatherharrow, (Chas. Jones gardaner,) for Elizabeth, Dreadnought, Dr. Jephson, and Caro lina ; 2nd. S. Harrison, Esq., (Mr. Jackson, gardener). Eight Pelargoniums.-Ist. T. W. Blundell, Esq., (Mr. Har rison, gardener,) for Zenobie, Decorum, Nymph, Lord Eb rington, Hebe, Lydiate Hero, Vesta, ai.d Sunrise; 2nd. Henry Winch, Esq., (Mr. Young, gardener). Four Pelargoniums.—lst and 2nd, T. W. Blundell, Esq. Four Pelargoniums, (Scarlet).-Ist. T. W. Blundell, Esq., for General Tom Thumb, Dazzle, Perpetual Queen, and Col lin's Superb; 2nd. Mr. Charles Rylance. Eight Reses in pots.—lst. Mr. Chas. Rylance, for Louis Philippe, Indica odorata, Charles XII, Smith's Yellow, Devo niensis, M'lntosh, and Mrs. Bosanquet ; 2nd. Mr. Richard Griffiths. Four Roses in pots.—lst. R. B. Hill, Esq., of Bache Hall, (Mr. Sweeney, gardener,) Julie Mancais, Devoniensis, Bon Celine, Marshall Burgeand, (fine specimens); 2nd. Mr. R. Griffiths. Four Achimenec—lst. T. S. Gladstone, Esq., (Mr. Brown, gardener) ; 2nd. Henry Harrison, EN., (Mr. Hutchinson, gardener). Verbenas.—lst. and 2nd. Mr. Chas. Rylance, (well grown, and in nice order)._ _ Petunias.-Ist. Mr. Chas. Rylance; 2nd. T. W. Blundell, Esq. Calceolarias.-Ist. Henry Winch, Esq.: 2nd. T. S. Glad stone, Esq. Glo - xiniis.—lst. and 2nd. T. S. Gladstone, Esq., (very in different specimens). Four distinct species of exotic Orchids.--Ist. Earl of Derby, (Mr. Jennings, gardener,) for Dendrobium formosum, Onci dium lleucochilum, Oncidium altissimum, and the beautiful Angrecum apiculatum ; 2nd. Henry Winch, Esq., for Onci dium leucochilum, Oncidium sanguineum, Gongora maculata, andEpidendrum cochleatum. Eight Stove or Greenhouse Plants.—lst. Chas. Wilson, Esq., (Mr. Thomas, gardener,) for Allamanda cathartica, lxora ja vanica, Cyrtoceras reflexa, Erica Irbyana, Clerodendrcn pan niculatum, Ixora coccinea, Cessia corymbosa, and Crowea saligna. (This was unquestionably the finest collection of eight stove and greenhouse plants ever exhibited at the Liver pool Exhibitions.)-2nd. T. S. Gladstone, Esq., for Ixora rosea (a good specimen), Leschenaultia formosa, Allamanda cathar tics, Franciscea Hopeana, Vinca rosea, .f.schynanthus grandi florus, and Erica vestita rosea. Four Stove and Greenhouse Plants.—lst. H. Winch, Esq., (Mr. Young, gardener,) for Begonia tuberosa alba, Franciscea macrophylla, Cyrtoceras reflexa, and lEchmea fulgens. CLASS IL-SINGLE SPECIMENS Heath.—lst. Thos. Davies and Co., for Irbyana (very fine); 2nd. Charles Wilson, Esq., for Tricolor elegans Fuchsia.—lst. H. Winch, Esq. ; 2nd and 3rd. all three specimens of Exoniensis. Pelargonium.—lst. T. \V. Blundell. Esq. Orchidaceous Plant.—lst. Mr. George Cunningham, of the Oak-vale nursery, for a superb specimen of Odontoglossum grande, with eight expanded blooms; 2nd. Mr. Geo. Cunning ham, for Oncidium lanceanum, a small plant, but the flowers very fine Mr.:Skirving; Stove Plant.—lst. John Moss. Esq. (Mr. Baxter, gardener,) for Pentas carnen ; 2nd. Julius Focke, Esq., (iNer. P. Cahill, gardener,) for a charming Ixora coccinea ; 3rd. The Earl of Derby, for the rare-floweringßuopayartea juncea. _ ... Greenhouse Plant.-Ist and 2nd. Thos. Davies and Co., for Leschenaultia formosa and Tetratheca verticillata ; 3rd. J. T. Raynes, Esq., (Mr. Williams, gardener,) for Plumbago Lar pente. Fancy Pelargonium.—lst. Mr. Skirving ; 2nd. H . Wi nc h , Esq. ; 3rd. Robertson Gladstone, Esq., (Mr. Woolley, gar dener.) CLASS 11I.—MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS. Basket of Plants.-Ist. Mr. Itylance ; 2nd. Mr. J. B. Lea therbarrow. Collection of Cut Flowers.-Ist. H. Winch, Esq.; 2nd. Mr. Skirving. _ Bouqiiet.—lst. Mr. Rylance ; 2nd. R. B. Hill, Esq. Twentyfour Cut Roses.-Ist. Mr. Skirving ; 2nd. Mr. Kel lock, Oxton nursery. Twelve Cut Roses.-Ist. R. B. Hill, Esq. ; 2nd. T. S. Glad stone, Esq. Six Cut Roses.-Ist. Mr. Kellock. diaPtell a y n t o ° D m e m p e o n ?. co t m d en f t o . — r ri the reparations p a p r r a o t p i o e n r s h s o h o o s u i o l d g b o e f i li m o/ - s OPERATIONS F OR THE WE EK. through the winter; not that we are about to recommend an indiscriminate gathering and storing past, as if the only object in view was to cram the greatest possible number into the smallest possible space; such a preparation as this is to undo all that has been done, and will assuredly bring disappointment on the return of spring. is the greenhouse in order, the roof water-tight, and the inside cleaned out ? This ought not to be done in a slovenly manner. It is not enough that a broken square is renew ed, end a few pails of water splashed over the house, to be of Jane. ffe, fifth Earl of Sussex, and t A verdict n old man it Maysden-s! Tier, on nun to a level shire line_ waggons which he had no business to touch, and bna being left on the line, the express train came in contact with ir, and a gentleman, named Middleton, livinglt Manchester. received such injuries that he died the same evening. DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT A FUNERAL.—On Safi:Ruhr a large crowd of persons was assembled in the streets and yard of the parish church at Rochdale, witnessing a fune— ral procession. The corpse was that of a very singular character, a night scavenger. Nearly all the people at the funeral were in a sad state of drunkenness, and when at the grave side, the wife of the deceased was so drunk that she fell head foremost into the grave, and had after wards to be carried home. On Thursday the annual meeting of the Newton Agri cultural Society was held in the large timber yard of Thomas Legh, Esq., the president. The yard was well laid out for the various stock, and every accommodation made for the exhibition of horses, bulls, milk cows, pigs, &c., which reflected great credit upon the committee,. particularly Mr. Braman, the secretary. The show of draught horses was excellent, as was that of bulls exhib ited, and the pigs were really of a firsttrate quality. 'Me day being fine, the yard was visited by a vast number of influential ladies and gentlemen. SINGULAR DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE SALIVATION...-- On Thursday the coroner of Manchester was engaged in the investigation of a case which has caused some excite ment in one quarter of the town, from a rumour that the subject of inquiry, a female, had fallen a victim to tile malpractice of a surgeon. The true statement is that the deceased fell a victim to the use of mercury, not ad ministered in excessive or even regular doses, but which owing to some idiosyncracy of constitution had a most powerful effect, and produced excessive salivation, the state of the mouth and throat preventing the passage of food; the stomach too, was disordered, and the unforelt nate woman sunk, starved to death by the operation of what was given to relieve her. COUNTY MAGISTE.ATES—ADJOURNED ANNUAL SES. siON.—The meeting of magistrates took place on Thurs day in Preston. The Ven. Archdeacon Brooks was re elected chairman of the magistrates for the ensuing veer. The financial accounts of the year up to the 31st May, 1850. were next read over by the chairman. Much dis cussion took place in reference to some of the items, particularly with respect to the expense of trying priso ners at the assizes in Liverpool, it being stated that each prisoner's prosecution cost the county £7 10s. At Lan caster, during the year, there had been a reduction in the number of prisoners, whilst in Liverpool there had been an increase. A lengthy discussion ensued on the rnotibn relative to allowing Mrs. Cecilia Leech, late matron of Lancaster Castle, a superannuation allowance of £4O per annum. It was stated that Mrs. Leech had acted in the capacity of matron for upwards of 30 years, and du ring that period fulfilled her duties in a most exemplary manner. Several gentlemen objected altogether to retiring pensions, contending that officers should be allowed siitE cient salaries, so as to enable them to support themselves comfortably, and also to admit of their saving a sufficiency of money to retire on in old age. Several amendments were made. Ultimately, a retiring pension of £3O per annum was agreed to. Mrs. C. P. M'Millan was ap pointed matron of Lancaster Gaol at a salary of £6O per annum, vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Leech ; and ILlss Ellen Ireland was appointed schoolmistress of the same gaol, on the resignation of Mrs. Atherton, at a salary of £3O a-year. f ; ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CUM.—The me m b ers o f t hi s and Mr. w. society met at the Club-house on T ues d ay l ast, when the c follow n i‘ g i o m s l e e m y ,bseurrs surgeon-, o e n r e . ( a l e d n d e t d s t Mr. Preston GW. ban ker,Moss,n Otterspool ; Mr. H. P. Fl ee t woo d , j un., banker, and Mr. Laird , jun., of Birkenhead. Other names were proposed for ballot at the next meeting. The closing cruise of the season for the yachts to sail in company was fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 17th instant. JENNY LIND'S AUTOGRAPH.—It was stated in the notices of Jenny Lind's visit to Liverpool that a gentle man came from London to procure her autograph for an album he brought with him. With reference to this, the editor of the Musical World says—" This album was no other than the album of the young and clever ' Angelina,' whose compositions have been so often praised in these columns, and Jenny Lind not only signed her name, but wrote one of her most graceful cadences on the same leaf." The same authority states, that the gentleman who came from Vienna to hear the " Night ingale" before her flight to America, was Dr. Bucher, an intimate friend of Meyerbeer. BIRD'S SYPHON FILTER.—Among the numerous scien tific inventions which have of late come before the publi c one of the latest is Bird's Hydrostatic Syphon Filt er . The principal recommendat ions for domestic appli cat i on claimed for this invention are, its neat and portable cha racter. It is capable of operation in a common water butt or cistern. When once in operation a stream of pellucid water is uninterruptedly poured forth, amounting in a day to 200 gallons. In accordance with the general design of this unique little machine, the process of cleansing is the most simple imaginable ; all that is re quired being to blow down the pipe with the mouth for a few moments, when the action may be renewed as effec tually as when the filter was first brought into operation. The price (if indeed price should be allowed to enter into consideration in such a question), is so moderate as to place this instrument within the teach of all. Messrs. Harrison and Co., it will be seen, have been appointed by the patentee sole agents for Liverpool and its d i strict. big ir ro j r iter o ij ileW LIV °I tl4 le e j P AO; he yiti/ SP ° ,,, r dig, o v liC g 0 sc ree b 1 Onts h,e 14 tied Day b °di - vv; ioon as y 4, P kith t of tor t ie . 4.dmiralty have directed that hem - • • • • •• Were tried to bring him bac 111/n.ll LlMlCillatll imuut-surtu strum. b k 4 tal l ag laetw"ee u n Liverpool and New York, 'shall v li tn _lk su r ig at Halifax on their outward and home tikZlsl;,,g°. The company's ships sailing between Li rid h 4 Boston will continue to call at Halifax, both i4 klt (lt ' l l , e • l o vr S:„ - I,o's OF MASTERS AND MATES.—On Tues 7Oh etli t ,;", l 'eay, Captain Thomas Diaper, late master of , 1 Ipad, of Portsmouth, Captain Henry Allen Cal- IQkil Wi,- er of the Blanch, of Liverpool, and Mr. . joh.atefield Marsters, l ate ' mate of the Alabama, 11 / 4 4,. 4 , 114 l‘ t i: N - 13 ., were qualified for second-class mas rte, Cluqles Sydenham liVylde, for a second. e o • k ili t on .t t i,"PrVE.—lt is intended to erect a temporary itscd 0 ,„" , e south area of the Custom-house, in order k:4, . ',113 a ocommodaticn until adequate o ffi ces are s'24o. aruvernna t se em determined to adhere to the , ;ill v ,; ° , 13 ,-road for en the new erection, but we hope that kV Su— be made to feel that the remonstrances of k'lldosi,,," a„s this are not to he treated with impunity. tli4lio s - 7 Booker sailed for Demerara, in one of his 1 1,04 A 4 it," Wednesday, accompanied by one of his vle,e u, t a rober ef labourers, young men, who are to 04:gor e mental in the production of tropical pro- Ot I...."llE,eBPeCially cotton, on his estate. Mr. Booker's N i leiti e t ee d. probably, twelve months, and he takes polls itnoral instruments embracing every recent 00 pt L ll N! eligit hla v o ern rt:a n i t t of Edward Baines, Esq., has "'V -11t ed to the Leeds Mechanics' Institution by a iti of hi 4 4 t th, t t 8 friends, and on Thursday, a meeting was 04 ° I tlie ns ° % ll , for the purpose of erecting a moan kilittoZtori el rtory of his father, the well-known Lan vthi i, tb , ll , and father of Mr. Thomas Baines, of ti Ilt. e writer of the History of Liverpool now P kP fL I. /6 1 ,,ki ta t tee8 OF THE RIVISGTON INQUIRY.—II hP41.4.ive,."1r. Shuttleworth's evidence, that the in -0 tind bP O OI cost £2,300 • the two payments to the till4,yco?heu.e.orests, £558. 11's. 10d.; Stephenson's in b;',1111! co paid for,) £4,000 ; and £24,000 for the YstC, 4 t ~1 12 1 t tee ; or nearly £ 31,000 in round num ilt A t ,u it s,- e Lig of the " expensive plans" alluded alleet,,lY,u4ii.tbe expense of the Admiralty inquiry ; 'aillit Lotisi t • 'ng of the probably equal total expenditure VorelAettitll - I htr ue ! . 'r COACH DISPUTE.—In consequence of N I , ti, on i' .. , of a special committee by the Town IV eab _eunesday, to reconsider and arrange the ht :e . 48.,?,0d Coach proprietors replaced their vehi- Itgliste'r stand s on the evening of that day. The 6N l 4: t e of o u Pon by the coachowners are understood ithlt ie , o l 3 er een ao shillin g per mile for one-horse cars, to k4O l k for a !! including two cwt. of luggage ; a 5ix .,44 gtage.single half -mile for one or two persons, ;41 q '` l llr eY 'llead grey y,l) aloil4Prth, weedlaann, (sixttheonseoglirswoofrld, age,)on % . ii. t i l pil e , I pt last, commenced own i n the p task g of walk kilOtttti ter I : „ t en days Ho starts from the Tan °l),,`e hp' - ' 4l °, Lower' Tranmere, and finishes his to) ' ilas. utlondple.Star Hotel. The pr incipal bet, ,114 •ts t ,rttl himself against some sport i ng genk kitiliNW,lle sti v ec ,;2o that he will accomplish his task il, ) 7 1 ; eak es h2?d-The old pedestrian's h li`ii th ull u .'' T ues ' c i' 8 H otel. . On Monday, he walked oltbtql' f to y es , aY, 52 miles ; on Wednesday, 50 , 0 1 ke tilt ter*. let 1 1 P."--4 V 3 /I To THE ISLANDS OF MADEIRA 1 L M0 ,14 ,01. the r St - class brig or schooner, fitted up t ti ci; i :tit it g e , fo r tO_oeasion, will leave Liverpool early ( h i le d e ta e, a ',e above ports, remaining a fortnight 14, , ! ,t 4 t of i m luant at Cadiz, thus giving the pas t, 4 , liti ql d ad ei for seeing the whole of the beautiful C lt t t i °t r lib ra l' C adiz, Seville, Cordova, Granada, klik,ltillttieerporol•tar, after which the vessel will return 6tio b ey ' • The number of passengers . is limite d _ It , t ). et t „, a n_d, three of the berths being engaged, gotg r tq tyll 6 °l le of the party,) early application is L .if i lt°44.°ll Saturday, fine new ett ea s , burthe about noon, a Soi l ; ea t ° , As i r e as launched from the.buildin crtr Itife°f ii ehrist e r! and Co., Brunswick Dock. ir K t i ttAtitio4Blll4l.4r. Charles was performed by . of the ves -I,llt,4schttel:f Sl i l de „ d s afely into onott owner amidst the 'NA Ct 10t shi - "lnd- She is stated to be the tN ot., tp t4 l 4ll s f eet ): ever built in this port, her dimen d. °lnh e _s. in A !el and forerake, 31 feet beam, and N t , ‘ , 4 s i u e uePth of hold. She has been about s. fo r f,.. t eady f or of construction, and will, it is t ,ct B 4 : ti li tli r eti t h W or e :a in about a month. The vessel , 1 / 44t t l iett i ,e2p eti _Y ce,,,llldia___and.China trade, and w il l ls.. ~4 4 ,1 •• •••-r,e irle e• r'un Keswick, a gentleman of 4 1 k s of 4 14 1 Yn Th u , N l ;44:tp e ligat ut , s sv r e!loY, at Birkenhead Dockworks, llSlFtlitektio:e7e-rzed, vilreoliatfeweorrktriuneakseutitienagvillyealraLhee knllietiktitil/ beet : I I t .. ° ,aPProach at great speed. Mr. ikth tell Out :ptrate, who was near, called to k etse l deve :te, the. _ tn e Way, but, when the trucks 111 1 4 1p stli t Ge er t he si Y d e Nv er, suddeply overturned, three %.10,71,0 th e ,ta % u p L W the .bridge, .and one of the 10C Cli n t 4 u..4_ospittti72,austTned serious injury, and kltsBlolol. ;!re eo „,_wpere it was ascertained that he N 11,4 % '44 th e i - n iosion of the shoulder. He af- Nthe t h h i p,„ l 4 lo4re ex a grt l Mr. Jackson and several yu lti l w ere lvhe re 4 ., apll it would seem tha n t Vt4 t t y!ti t t i l l 60 4 :temper 1 y ezide it fastened. liap p l te d s n a r r g e e o n n 'V ieta i h et o c k 21,Msopinion that the deceased '11 4 ,7 11 n1 nervous system, and not Of wart was adjourned to yes. tal death was returned. Iriginated it in the Unde others, wly; have ( Latest moment prior to the sailir ntinz to Tienced the R -stage of the p to tt idea originated, a testimonial of their approbation of his suggestion." James 111`lienry, Train and Co., John Taylor Crook, and a Friend to the Suggestion, £5 each ; Wm. Just, £2 2. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.—Mademoiselles Parodi and De Meric, and Signors Colletti and Gardoni, appeared twice in concert last week at the Philharmonic-hall. The weather on the first evening (Tuesday) was rattier unfa. vourable, and there was also another untoward circum- stance which combined with the rain to produce an impression that the eminent artistes would not, as far as numbers might be concerned, receive a very flattering reception. No cars were to be had for love or money. Notwithstanding these inconveniences, by eight o'clock the hall was, if not crowded, at least well filled ; nor was the coup d'ceil, which fixed the attention on entering the room, one jot less dazzling than on former similar occasions. The beauty of the Lancashire Witches could not of course be surpassed ; but their toilettes had not in the least suffered from the churlish conduct of the vehicular purveyors of the town. The private carriages were very numerous, notwithstand ing, many a fairy figure, less chary of exposing her costly drapery to the destructive effects of the weather, than scrupulous to conceal her ankles from the impertinent gaze of loungers, might be seen hooded and clogged braving the ill-natured drizzle. Many persons undoubt edly felt much curiosity to hear and see Parodi, the pupil of Pasta. The concert was opened by the band perform ing Adam's overture, " Brasseur de Preston." It need only be stated that the brass band of the 52d regiment was present to convey a true idea of the style of the perform ance. The programme was to some extent altered. Rossini's Mose in Egitto was omitted, and the trio Guai se ti Sjugge, from " Lucriezia Borgia," substituted. The vocalists were Mad'lle Parodi and Signors Gardoni and Coletti. It was evident that Parodi did not realise the high expectations which had been formed of her powers. Her voice sounded husky and appeared to give her:immense trouble to control. Opera, and not concert, is the proper sphere of this lady. Her dramatic illustra tion enables her effectually to conceal those slight vocal defects which stand out in full relief in the passive role of a concert programme, prevented from bringing these aids to her support : she appeared to be contending against a difficulty, and attempted to molify her restrained position by introducing into her singing a succession of unnatural smiles ; it was anything but good taste to be " laughing all over the face," while singing passages containing sen timents not all likely to give rise to feelings of gaity or cheerfulness. The defects of her voice have induced her to cultivate art, and her success is to be attributed to this. Mad'lle Meric appeared to be the favourite. Her style is simple, and much more natural and easy than that of Parodi. Her voice, a contralto, is very equal, and quite free from the imperfections which belong to Parodi's. She was encored in Cruda Sorte. Gardoni possesses a sweet musical voice, though perhaps its character is too feminine. Colletti's part is bass ; he was enoored in Zaira, in the second part. His voice possesses great com pass and volume, while it is devoid of that guttural rumbling which frequently characterises the bass voice. Gardoni had the same compliment paid to him in L'Elisir d'Amor, which ho sang with great feeling. The quartet, Mi manta la Voce, by all the artistes, was the gem of the evening. The blending of the different voices was perfect in the extreme, and the turn so true that it was impossible to conceive a truer specimen of great singing. It was loudly encored. On Thursday evening the second concert was still more fashionably attended, and gave equal satis faction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Wednesday a man, named Hollis, who keeps an auction-room in Fontenoy-street, who made an over charge of 10s. in distraining for rent, was ordered to re fund three times the amount of the overcharge, 30s. On Wednesday a young man, named Parker, was sent to gaol for fourteen days, in default of paying a fine of 205., for an assault upon a police-officer in Wavertree road. The officer finding him with a pistol, endeavoured to disarm him, when the prisoner snapped the pistol in his face. It appeared that Parker and others bad been celebrating a festival at Wavertree. A LADY'S BUSTLE.—On Wednesday a charge of smug gling was preferred against a respectable-looking young woman, named Bridget Loftus, a passenger by the Duchess of Kent, from Dublin that morning. The rotundity of her figure attracted attention, and on an examination it was found that seven bladders, containing six gallons and a quart of whisky, were concealed around her person. The prisoner was ordered to pay £lO, or in default to be im prisoned. On Thursday a letter-carrier, named Michael Clarke. was brought up, charged by Mr. Bales, the inspector of letter-carriers, with abstracting money from letters. Se veral cases were established against the prisoner. As there is a great deal of property missing, the prisoner was removed for seven days. Charles Livermore, who keeps an eating-house in Cleveland-square, was convicted in the full penalty for selling porter without a license. On Friday William Gregg was committed for trial, charged with sending a letter to Mrs. Stebbing, threat ening to burn the Amphitheatre. YESTERDAY. W. Smith, Esq., presided on the bench, in the absence of the stipendiary magistrate, who has not yet returned from the lakes. CAUTION TO BOYS.—Thos. White and Austin Living ston, two miserably clad boys, were charged by a police man with having amused themselves on the previous day, (Sanday,) by throwing oyster shells into the railway tun• 1-house At the weekly mee witliCa)tain ( Hi read the r o had visite c Asylums. littee reported that there were 33 It r careful treatment Mr. Ledger the deputation were at Haydock-lodgethey went int refractory ward, where a maniac enacted them, aac the whole deputation to flight, A letter from the scl with r felence to the proposed redo of his salary. Mr. Alpass said that when he gave notice of his intending to move that the salary be reduced, he was not cognisant of all the facts of the case, and he would, therefore, withdraw his motion. The ,Rev. Mr. Badnall moved that the motion that £-10 be allowed to the ovbrseers of Toxteth-park for the use of the relieving- officers' sheds, and office 'for the dispensary, be rescinded. The motion was lost by a majority of two. Clayton, the architect, extibited the plans of the proposed altera tions in the workhouse, whirl' were ordered to be sent to London for the inspection of the Poor-law Board. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr.Hatbord inquired whether any opinion had been given by the Royal Assu rance Company as to the use of fires and lights on board ships. The Seoretary read the correspondence which had taken placo with the oompany, from which it appeared til-at no expression of opinion had been made, as the com pany required certain information which it was not then in the power of the committee to give.—A large crane was ordered to be plaeed at the new north docks, the cost of Which would be £2ooo.—ln reply to an application from the Chamber of Commerce, the Surveyor submitted a statement of the capacity of the new docks at the north end, and the capabilities of receiving steamers of all classes. The Chamber have under consideration the desi rability of concentrating all the mail steamers from foreign ports into one place.—A letter was read from the Cus toms' authorities, sanctioning - some new sheds at:the north docks.—A letter was read from Mr. W. Laird, enclosing a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the coalown ers, held at Wigan on the 30th ultimo, the object of which was to ascertain whether the Dock Trustees were prepared to meet the wishes of the coal proprietors, in providing proper accommodation for the trade. They wished for an interview with the Dock Trust. The re quest was agreed to. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday, Mr. J. Laird in the chair. Mr. Pike called attention to a nuisance existing between Park-street, St. Anne-street, Price street, and Watson-street, occasioned by a number of cows and pigs herding there. Mr. Appleton said an extra policeman had been already placed there to take cogni zance of the matter.—Mr. Rae asked the chairman what would be the expense to the township of covering in Tranmere Pool, and the construction of the road. Mr. Pike replied that the whole of the expense would be borne by the owners of property adjoining, except as to the sum of about £3O, and this was anticipating the opposition of one party who refused to fall in with the other landowners. The Chairman observed that he understood they were not to commence the works until they got the agreement now in process of treaty signed.—Mr. Ravenscroft, in reference to the archery-ground in the park, said he had a motion for the suppression or removal of it, but he had with drawn it on the understanding that the Road and Im provement Committee would carry out the object con templated. Mr. Pike said the committee had surveyed the ground, and the archery had been removed to a place to which they thought there could be no objection. Mr. Ravenscroft : It is bad in principle, and I withdrew my motion on the understanding that the Road and Improve ment Committee did away with it altogether.—The total receipts of the Woodside Ferry for the month ending the 31st August, 1849, and the 31st August, 1850, were -1849, £1,676 7s. 7d. ; 1850, £2,145 2s. sd. Total re ceipts from the 23d of April to the 21st of August, 1849, £8,067 2s. 2d.; 1850, £8,947 Ils. 9d. Expenditure from the 23d April to the 31st August, 1850, £7,183 Os. 2d. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry held on Tuesday last, the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. In the proceedings of the Work house Committee, it was stated that the number of per sons admitted into the night-sheds for the week was 674. The total number of paupers in the house was 1,653, against 1,679 of the corresponding week of last year. The committee recommended that, in consequence of the un wholesome bread supplied to the house, a change should be made in the person supplying that commodity. The proceedings further stated that there were in the house eight male and nine female lunatics, and the committee recommended that they should be removed to the Asylum at Denbigh.—Mr. Abraham said he should withdraw his motion relative to the collecting of the rates on cottage property, as the collecting was going on most satisfacto rily, and this he attributed to the motion authorising the collectors to receive instalments from the owners.—Mr. Abraham moved that Miss Casanave be appointed school mistress of the Workhouse, on the terms placed on the minutes of the committee. The motion was carried una nimously.—Mr. Hand was appointed a member of the Cottage-rating Committee.—Mr. Hodson moven the con firmation of the proceedings of the Medical Relief Com. mittee, recommending that the medical staff should be reduced in number to twelve officers, and that these be paid £l4O each per year. Mr. Willmer said he was sorry to be under the necessity of moving an amendment, but he felt it to be his duty to the parish to do so. His only object was to endeavour to secure that the business should be satisfactorily done, that the poor should be well at tended to, but that the parish should not pay one shilling beyond what was necessary for the efficient performance of the duties. He moved that the salary be £125 a-year. Mr. Denton seconded the amendment. The amendment was then submitted ;. and, on the votes being taken, there appeared 9 for it and 13 against it.—Mr. Jeffreys, in com pliance with notice previously given, moved that the time for holding the fortnightly meetings of the vestry should be ten instead of eleven o'clock. Mr. MeUor seconded. the Mardi o , and it was carried. 10 " 0 " hit o% ll ' lie I. Iv a 0, 4 a ,O "'des. , to 1 , t_,. 00011' ate e.d ia P Zre l or' s et ob nr, Dian I