The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

Loc Vle EL S icry Z 1 of f _ o Italy, I uy the exploslon c e at Li a similar accid€ enormou ;r;'' InClua re, which contained - abc Is vessel w, ed from it by the d laring intrepidity of S Y In the S3l liErwoon bacchi who ru .ed out a rug on fire. e: noon, " e °f interest t sed statesman, in Pe( N 2 ‘ 444 a.-O n W ednesd oofll use&l and ornarn 144 44 l of th rataa Bold-sfreet • ,e4OOl. e st_ A , ford, took -p:ace ...aere were .11. P. for Stlford, the ma y ors of lyor, Sir E. Arrnita2e, A and the who!e of the co, Athol-stree, 4 4 t th.' °C,K AUCTIONEER. Pollee -court, on W. named Dunn, p • - of the arke, was cha EnOU 'ged over to a the s g.old pe4l,-‘ell was abut 10-3. u tad the oroison„X2 was dis was also addressed by the 1' f:7,. the real value o Manchester ed o 7 ill ar47,41. COLLIERY EXPLOS Wi,P '413 taken place in a co p44!bY which ten lives have b °s"siiitl7 of recovery. hag. appropriate period chosen for the inauu when (he said) the opponents of the late S almost routed from the field explogion of fire- Pemberton, near it John Potter propose( or the Mayor and corporation of Salford ''ly responded to, and after cheer n Potter, the assembly disp ~.red with scarcely which were hear.T e seniery is that called Brotherton and SrSi Jol , ise 0 -- '` the " I . 7 xe THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURN.—The Regis- P is ! Od, °WoEst rhe Master-General trar-general has just issued his uarter report. The Lis s - Nes be e is easedp to allow that the quantity of general results of the return are satisfactory; the mar ofnoZool ,„"" oe kept in the new ' d"ating magazines at riages exceed the average number, the births are above, c..11).,,2ne1iae371,be increased frog 10,033 to 15,000 barrels, and the deaths are below, the average of the kingdom. oswieeturt ii London, the W es t Midl an d count i es, Y or k s hi re, an d the se Oliti m 'kJ; ADDRESS.—The Rev. Dr. Raffles deli- Northern counties exhibit the greatest excess of births ..tvae:SiNhemirable address on flearss'ay last . , to the pupils over their ordinary average. As the births registered nisceA;t3,,e_du.cational establisissent. The subject were 161,776 . , the deaths 106,682, an addition is made to the population of 55,094 persons. This is the natural t ec ;ea r i s ,nsntgood and to do geed ; and the inapor increase. During the same period an army of 57,874 Pcs to ' te.,,,.._ decision of character." emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom at r ail 7 n, At til l'i , P O I ' ' -- SOS'ING. Oa Saturday week, at which there are government emigration officers; 31,999 of Ntl t iison e e g e a ret Hartley, 30 years of age, was acciden- he sailed from three English ports ; 8,438 from London, i l i ti ld tro u , 7 teists'aico3e'baving had' sOme . arsenic_ put into her from Plymouth, and - , i , comprising 1,798 4te a - t :'ati p art() by her mother, ins.ead of sugar. The. number of Irish people, from Liverpool. 1.399 emigrants t e dang er ,ox of some of the gruel herself, and lies sailed from Glasgow and Greenock ; 4,476 from Irish 111 0 ''4 , t 7 ` trom bodily and mental anguish. ports. Notwithstanding the peculiarities of the weather, D ad P041iee..,:„ EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—At the mortality in the past winter has been considerably Z°' ri (l4ll) aer - ..tt on Friday, Joseen Webster, traveller below the average of the season. The annual rate of trior tltii ,1 0 re e ,,, s l al clerk to Messrs. Nicholas Twigg and tality in the winter quarter of 1852 was 2'364 per cent., N talZ a rged e . e . . ia ,ts. Bedford -street, was committed for which is less by 0 . 111 than the mean annual rate of moT- Ablerty I tn havine embezz:esl upwards of £4OO, tality in the ten previous winters. To every 22 deaths in ZS Se a l his ' t°ia '•nr employers. previous winters, after allowing for increase of populatio ool)reeraz or Sege/if Owenerte - , consisting of Mr. there were 21 deaths in the past winter, during which ent se nne s e s e'' 3l l (Hull' A rCharles Mac Iver (Liver- temperature was three degrees above the average. In e`tos7, ll , 1 4 7 -'i_attnister (ifay i or . of Hull), and Mr. W. H. quarter ending the last day of March, there were, in itss e " . • W. He interview on WednesjaY with the Right parish of Liverpool, 2,379 births, 2,187 deaths, and in l 'otz u Th e e anley and Lord Colc:le.:'-ter at the Board of Previous quarter 1,035 marriages. 8 ki) gePutation was introthieed by Mr. William STEAM-SHIP CITY OF GLASGOW.—The Liverpool and 11 1 0 4 oce '' and Mr • James Cl • ' r P \, s sd It s% , • Clay, ..,... . Philadelphia Steam-Ship Company's steam-ship City of kid. 4 t . M. 4.,,,CCIDENT —Charles Potter, a man ern- Glasgow, Wylie, commander, which left Liverpool at •lilliic,Slesoisttii'e•t,wacinciddeern'sta cotton i c i. v r a o r n e h n o n u e s , Gay-street , 3. 3o p.m. on the 10th April, arrived at the Capes of the of the upper Delaware at 9.45 a.m. on the 24th—in 13 days 23 hours Il let a k iltil . 4 ba ildin - Thursday.on Y. and was so dread- mean steaming time—and at her wharf at Philadelphia at 8 th arl ie ene ked e A '''Y the fall as to e 2 i'se his death almost P•m• on the same day. This passage is the quickest ever P R a° Ye (l a r ti s Y; The unfortunate roan was not more made by a screw steamer from this country to America, the; t sre .e , " n ' age, and has left a wife and family. averaging over ten statute miles per hour for the whole iktes,tinel?sse,--taAjr. German, the new Liberal candidate for distance; and, as it was made against several days of westerly winds, it will be interesting to append a copy of dr ys of el lwl of this boroue. addressed a crowded t tito e e ti ein t. etctors., convened aCtlie Theatre, on Thurs. her log :—April 10 •, at . 3.15. p.m., steamed out of the tpt ed. eell y. a t. Is now prosecuting his canvass most Sandon Dock into the river ; at 3.30, p.m., passed the Rock Lighthouse; at 5, p.m., discharged pilot. I lth.— its k._ nu there is a great probability of his being Distance run, 180 miles ;at 11.05 off Holyhead ;at9 9 ri 1 , lat o f, r Germa n is a barrister by profession, and t 4 e -- Lee of . off Tuskar ;at 11.30 spoke ship Argo, bound to Liver else. Oe e , 'flavor of the boroe ei in 1800. e s elle eoy, s - ' noel; light mist. and hazy. 12th.—Dis. 234 miles •at t i. 1), es, 2, rivedar •--The steam-ship Genova, Capt. H. R. 7, p.m., off' the Old Head of Kinsale; at 11.10 off eape ,:te4,,,Leith here yesterday evening week from Clear; moderate breeze, and cloudy. 13th.—Dis. 256 i tya a on, Genoa, Marseilles, and Gibraltar (six miles; fresh breeze, and cloudy. 14th.—Dis. 238 miles; VI oasse',','arter from the latter Fort), She brought fresh breeze, and cloudy, with a heavy sea. 15th.—Dis. f o 4 l. 4 ad r rese,: l "r.s, and a package from Leghorn, contain- 180 miles; squally weather, with heavy westerly swell. jee, ls Y . L o P r apted by Julio Romano. It is sent to 16th.—Dis. 196 miles ; strong breeze, and squally. nee it la to Overstone, who is at present in Italy, 17th.—Dis. 238 miles ; passed the barque Ellinor, of ttea 4 0 , ne National . Sa a, -.Be a , Liverpool, bound to New York. 18th.—Dis. 264 miles ; ilet'4':e(l•4o foliol' AT SPEKE.—A man named Daniel moderate breeze, and thick weather. 19th.—Dis. 271 4,:e4 4 14 , t e ws the calling of a hawker, ' was appre- miles ; fresh breeze, and thick weather. 20th.—Dis. 262 t sh tiel o t s ° i o they part of the week, en suspicionof being miles; spoke the ship Cornelius Grinnell, from London te"diseaefe ee `,l robbery at Mr. M'Farlane's. He was to New York, out sixteen days; moderate breeze, and 4444',44tearZtessrs. Redick ' and .- Hardman, of Wool- thick. 21st.—Dis. 234 miles • squally, unsettled wea teal e klay s 'Murphy, two of tile Liverpool detectives, ther, with thick fog at times. 221—Dis. 205 miles ; 1 ,4 1t0. kni ed. 'wnen he was identified Le Miss M`Farlane, squally, unsettled weather, breeze, heavy w esterLy a rell . . ` l 4 t il e j ti t i t ;ne r TR _231 1 -7 ) 1 ; l6 o i 6n i ml e i sl e ;s fre a s t h with B.3 e o eze a ,. in. heavysaw (lape Hen. S 4 iin e ' forth: ANcnous received at Woolwich, on 21t )• ''es Pahl, POrPose of being test.:, first at Woolwich hr en . ; at 9 . .45 . passed 'ditto and proceeded up the river ; k lesl ier o o i b ,:st Sheerness, was a patented one from Mr. at 8, p.m., arrivd at wharf.' 5w4t1e41,114.115, and4b having a . shank of inches, _ COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Rev. J. S. Hovrson's cti 7q ttl wooaetn..n, the arms measuring 4 feet 6 lecture, on Friday eyening, on " The Vo yaee and Ship et thkin brothers, of Liverpool, who bad a medal wreck of St. Paul," was an able . and satisfactory' elucida &lt; St the Exhibition for their superior chain tion of that interesting subject. The Rev. gentleman "tit It il commenced with an account of the ships of the ancients, 11 sI t hs• kiss showing that in some respects incorrect ideas are enter- Il s - h fr o P •1 t5 4,..--The fine New York and Liverpool tamped respecting them, particularly as to their size. The alnerq New"" A. Westervelt, floseiless, commander, iik k `lis, tl lllS„;,., 'York on the 24th ult., and arrived in the oe in which St . Paul , was sent from Caesarea to Rome, he t14`4,5C4,41,4"1uar morning, having made the passage in showed, from the necessary proportion between passengers ii f t ,‘' ll lL., 49o lit - i„ d aYs• At 6, p.m., on Thursday, the 6th and tonnage, must have been at least 5 . 00 tons burt er!„ In (I x n'tl l l,- N 1 Ve o miles west of Cape Clear, she passed reference to the practice of undergirding, mentioned in the llQr 11 °11 i ts mail eteam-ship atlantic, which sailed Scripture account, he pointed out the liabilit y . of ancient et -tea for New • - • day . ships to leak and founder, owing to their peculiar mode of ey Ake se York on the previous 6 h Na , T lit rigging bringing all the strain upon one point. After ad thees4s er e , P UBLIC.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE.— venting to the commerce of the ancients, as bearing also 4 D ties s ° Postage will be chargeable in this cooli e .ae llnip es upon the subject before him, he proceeded to examine in lek thee,. Cage of e a addressed to Belgium, rid France, detail the narrative in the Acts of the Apostles, quoting 1 1:44 t0, 1 3' o f 4 une halfpenny only will be chargeable on passage by passage, and commenting upon it as he pro tik4 ed 47. NQ ew aPapers from Belgium, arriving by the ceeded. He traced the voyagers through the several eYtel d the el" Papers for Belgium, intended to be for- stages of their course till they left the Island of Crete, and ipLne, teas ed ° 4ed . mails through France, must be spe- then, comparing the position and the circumstances of the cl o te ti Llte, li rid France," or " rid Calais." vessel, and her subsequent fate, with what, according to t o ti: t ae r - e' r ,°NEY.—A few days ago, a gentleman the best nautical testimony, would be the necessary result ,tosi t %f ew erenC e etved the following letter, and the en- under such circumstances, he showed, by a series of inge- NRit e 'lsSi ,Ye ttre ' taa ntioned :—" Sir, T beg to inform you, nious analyses and calculations, that the account given in i en c i'n 1 ~,, a go I sold a quantity of eggs to your the Acts of the Apostles was strictly true ; that, with the In ha t aie y ou afterwards afterwards told were bad. I, there- wind in the direction in which it was ascertained to be, a kll t lhet i ti vn 1 ,1 1. 52 , which I believe will be returning vessel laying-to a short distance from the Island of Crete, kk et lh o Nht i' l u sury. My own conscience convinces and drifting in the direction and at the rate she must have ' s 'kt. 4 a esty a we honestly." Such almost unpa- done, would infallibly run upon the Island of Malta, and 0441114111,40 needs no comment. reach it exactly in the time specified in St. Luke's narra- N 44er:4: A CCIDENT IN MANCHESTER.— 0 n tive. Mr. Howson was unable to bring all he had to say 1 / 4 "thAiPtiel s, - k a ti, M. Gibbons, the head gardener at within the compass of a single lecture, and therefore an- It q o l tir e lf a w; a til tf °d. lost his ' life . whilst attempting to nounced that he will continue the subject on the evening n e tel l ad i i , . 11 who bad foolishly Plunged Into the of next Friday week. In conclusion, he dwelt upon the 4 11 e ttl l '..a m ee ,.. rd aecar_forms one boundary of the park. Mr importance of the facts which had been established as 10 1 w snsi s i ns Y, o raised that some one . was in ' t t h b e . internal evidence of the truth of Scripture. The lecturer was very warmly applauded. I:PO4:1 1 .er w t s t the bank , . lie leaped in where lo t ;',Pb o ,`, 4l ng t i 7, about eight feet- The woman was f NE d W . CHURCH AT EVERTON.—On Tuesday last, the k tho w as ‘, nook of a stick held out to her, but oun ation stone of a new church . calle . d St. Chry -104 t. the rea c h e !vried into the middle of the stream, sostom's, was laid by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The Ot Of . 11 e4, °I assistance, and he sank. site chosen for the building is in Audley-street, Everton. Itt h iEit i‘ f ) 134 1jr, P1 N I 4 R OF A SA D Jotrettensr.—The The new church is intended for what is known , as the iit i s "ne e a t e r f,'g man n dH ye residing in Kay- " Mill-road district of Everton, Liverpool,' which con siti4l.o4-4eete;`°,l,!, having died at the Chetham COI. tains 921 houses, with about 5,000 inhabitants, and for o ti of % to e int'e;ne. father, on Friday week, went for whose religious services, in connexion with the established Irte`theie mm en Bolton. He rode safely on the Church of England, there has been no provision whatever tkN e ttse fem o e V which the body was, to Burnden, beyond . the appropriation . of the Everton National School ttllte oo'c'es o ` l °lton, where he slipped down (from room, in which there was accommodation .. for not ' more 114/4, tOadd e t t a ppear ), and was taken up insensible. than 200 persons, and in which divine service was cele siliC ewe fee. Morning of injuries his spine had sus. brated by the Rev. John Macnaught, M.A., by . permis. I I) ftt eli gki e .. and his house presented on that day sion of the bishop of the diocese. The church is intended No li kee I NS th e °l father who had been bereft of life to accommodate 1,200 persons, of which one - half will be ett•tetret. b dead body of his child home. entirely free, or let at small rents, not exceeding in any k.al i 0 h ..i. RAT _ . q i ,1 41 e! 1411 4 , oe ldi f_ • - -On Friday, an inquest was held case ss. per annum. The land is the joint gift of J. A. clts . Pit, b wh o 'urnner, on the body of Wm. Barnes, Case, Esq., and J. G. Morris, Esq. Subscriptions to the of £2,905 16s. Bd. have been raised, of which 1 4 h e I t %e mit was accidentally buried alive in a amou nt more than £2,200 have been already paid into the Bank N:N At t eell tit.pis,aretane, stables of Mr. Hayes, of Islington of Liverpool, to the account of the new church. A grant )l iNstO e °UM t h e that, on Monday last, two of Mr. L „e vet s h .ea covering of the pit removed, and, of £BOO has also been obtained from the Diocesan Church ty7 i' o gr s h: coverer vehicles into the coach-house, they Building Society. The entire amount thus raised is I .le,lte red th o g• It is believed that the deceased, £3,205 16s. Bd. The whole cost of building . . and cora ttle4 ti erl opl e a o i e sivi , toe e c z o a n m te i n n ts of such . places when _manure,w pletely furnishing the proposed church is estimated at £4,218. It thus appears that there is a deficiency of the midden, he a tit Zo tlit tlt I,ease.o'o4tll(l,nsust %ve been instantly suffocated. £1,012 £1,012 3s. 4d. in the fund required for the erection of the b ea m ! hi i „ , discovered for some days. The jury church, besides a further sum of £l,OOO for an endow s,l.snAsio, 01 accordance with the forgoing facts. ment, and £250 . for a repair fund, without which . latter It 14 a . 1 3 e t "a T sums the building may be opened for divine service by a tis k Of, ata •.'"'"' he new Royal West India Mail gas *C II "1 "a license from the bishop, but cannot be consecrated. th „oe s . Captain W. Allan, arrived at There was a large assemblage of the local clergy present, le, t,,,11ts :,ae ob,..andaY morning, and will be prepared li t i' f l - .cat, ba'°e sth i at despatch. She left Greenock at together with the child . ren of the . Everton and Kirkdale 1 1, 1 k d ne tt ()rein nstant, and reached Liverpool on handsomethespeed silver trowel, with which the bishop performed 0144%kt a w el a . rds of 131 miles per' hour. After the ceremony of laying the stone,. was . presented by the 1/p !e tit 6 4 Sta r . t . Pool she started therefrom on Fri- Rev. W. W. Ewbank, His lordship delivered an appro priate address, and the proceedings terminated by the !It t t t o ot die o o -sitonl•2o p.m., and came through the I titt l i ie ell st anc e of u LaY 1 . 1 - iorning, the run hence to the singing of a hymn. The church, which is to he erected from designs by Mr. Raffles Brown, architect, .will be Ns•aep 9 t. gi_lot s, 2°l miles, having occupied 40 hours, built of Upholland stone, with Bath stone quoins and . ii t ,7or ge . s u r F i stinst a fresh head-wind and heavy 0t 5 4 . ,it5,,, u eS enti k 'oannel, but with fine calm weather dressings • the style of architecture that of the English ttiVesp r ant el • decorative period. The contract has been taken by Mr. Hugh Yates, of Everton, for £3,928, inclusive of warming ker k tls e It_telee(r),..4 LIVE RPOOL.—The number s li t w ie l ltet pat nth Liverpool to the Units apparatus, bell, gas-fittings, and boundary walls. l eiset t i ° tre: one re 'n was 2'5,492, the largest nu thte i let t Poreli ar 'th• The next greats: I "I ' h l a ITg ill° ' I ts i e p ort nth of last year, when 24,060 ant its,gte o i_Was ab • The increase in April, as compare tit ys R are collt 1000. Thegreater proportion tk tepeo t TlSe eelerman and Irisl chiefly ' ,. c .. t ° 4l Nll 41 d, is l a l grat i'M for Australia, ''' b a ' ri 11..(^1.44tee" last very very considerable. J i I lk No g fr e ,' month three ,1 , te es.e, th e d e. ee vessels, Nikel v •tliee for and elao , at Birkenl• It s iit e l ATe °I. Austr ° e r li a T "' - ' next e, , i , i m tla,,et ,i re S T , ' 'lout i f t lij W ed "ar ale ( -24. RI PS , —The Unite. , sps. ee t .,°esd ay ' l . o _-_- , a 7 t in West, sailed at ha, I,',P_ril°.l,l4ri,• York, with 65 r". of erni d States PUBLIC MEETINGS st number TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A monthly and quarterly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, his Worship the Mayor in the chair. The attendance of members was not numerous. .etween tt THE WATCH RATE The laying of this rate for the year 1852-3 was first pro ceeded with. The amount of the assessment for the pa rish was £1,180,746, the annual sum required £8,525 123, id., and a rate of ld. and 733-1000ths would produce the sum of £8,525 19s. 4d. With regard to the town townships, the assessment upon Everton was £90,637, the annual requirement £654 9s. 5d., which the same ' mould produce. Kirkdale : Assessment, £33,390; , £241 23. id., which the above ,could cover. West Derby : £79,803 assess and £576 4s. 10d. requirement. Toxteth-park : ssment, £199,105 ; requirement, £1,437 14s. ld. In - -fled townships the rate mentioned would also The rates were approved, and over- y next two large th about 1. 0 emigra . s 0 1 4 i,1e .y d f teat Ger r°ro tliis Port r 4 l ii % 10 2 °°f 11 Wednesd., p.._ of and Philade, .Aianchester, Captain R. at twelve minutes past Q, 1 , 1 requirement :(1 1. p of -s' hl and aCen 4fty 11 .-c 11 THE SANATORY RATES Ith Committ ~ fo~t'.~e h•lkle-"", 4 Y, I tg t f.e or tb, k oto _ "'n - ttle judge, t 4a Y nezt, the 17th instant. 1 rates rec the cirr tijournecl until Monday. SHIP A 1 Lang I recommend- rates f nng year : ter. Gene: ction of 1 iut to this ppolntet general rate ir. It was lost toc hen approved, FERNEIOUGH, the Council then THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1852. I CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM -PACKT.T COMP ng of this company, held on Saturilay week peared that there is a nett profit of £lB,OOO for tl year ending on the Ist of March CIIES HIRE AND WALES Blry, u PTA t will be it s e of six per cent, per annurr A Ulell was declare leaving -street, C nce of £5,000 tl be carried to the reser found buried to dea in her h N RD I AN Harrison pr out, to or the secretary, Al other roar, ual weekly meeting on Wednesday ns present were, Messrs. Roskell. e cha!e GASP. Of Mountfie Brown, Smith, the win certain and J ted to report upon the des 1 officers Lester, ar TEA P Y OF THE SOUTH P: which there wa s no business ad friends of the Loy th Oistdct, held a tea party on _ the lecture. room of St. Paul's Chart, The room vas decorated with ever , - The Rev. Dr. 'sv the chairman, the Re ti &( was addrease _ ad Mr. W. Clarke M'Neile pre ide'd. The 'F:ennend, Lanca whereby the fo Mr. Ald JERSEY YACHT CLUB.—OH Tuesday evening, '9 of this club dined together at the Birken- R. W. Mr. H sea, S tons, were ba rct of the Saili ed for tes after man, r He ha( A SE OF LORDS. e genera: Ne thni Cheshire Junction R work the tra HOLYHEAD RAT the week ended 2nd May, D., X 10(. ) 3s. 4,1 Total, £2 sengers Bombay —Chester and II ship John Moore, of Liverpool, for Liverpool, with a cargo of co;tonw•ool rods, was towed into this day last, in a sinking state, Stack before daylight the same morning, during a . fog. Several boats went out to her assistance, and lii, wise the Scotia, the Chester and Holyhead Company's Iteamer, which succeeded in towing her safely into port, 'uck on the Soutt where she now lies discharging, her cargo into steam-tugs and lighters.—North TT aleB Chronicle. THE BIRKENHEAD Commissto - sEns.--The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. Greene in the chair.—Mr. Thompson observed, that the Gas and Water Company had made a show of liberality by reducing the price of gas 10d. per ICOO cubic feet ; but to the great mortification of the ratepayers, it was found th a t a l arger sum than the amount of the reduction in gas was charged by an increase in the price of water.—Mr. Bailiff under stood the present alteration in the price of water was only equalising it with other places, and would make very little difference to the company.—The receipts of the ferry for the month of Ap r il, 1851, were £l9lB Ils. 63. ; for April,lBs2, £1940 ls. 4d. ; and for the year ending April 24, 1851, £21,333 3s. 6ti., and for the like period in 1852, £21.078 6s. 6d. The total expenditure of the year was £17,121 Is. 93. THE LIABILITY OF THE BIRKENHEAD Docxs TO BE RATED.—A special case to determine the question whe ther or not the Birkenhead Docks are liable to be rated for local purposes came before Lord Campbell and Jus tices Wightman, Erie, and Crompton, on Saturday week, in the Court of Queen'sl3ench. A rate,amounting to £550, had been laid, and this was appealed against on the same grounds as have prevented the Liverpool Docks being rated, viz. that they are for the public advantage. It was urged by Mr. Pashley, who was for the appellants, that the docks were for the benefit of " the people of England." Lord Campbell remarked, in reply, that the people of England were not entitled to a benefit at the expense of the ratepayers of Birkenhead ; and urged that there was no clause prohibiting a surplus as in the case of the Li verpool Docks. The Court took time to consider. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILLS.—The committee on the bills comprised under this head—the Birkenhead Docks Bill, the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, and the Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Dock Company's Bill— assembled on Thursday, Captain Boldero being chairman. A report was handed in from the Admiralty, recommend ing the trustees to consult dock masters experienced in working docks on the Mersey, rather than engineers, upon the subject of keeping open the entrance to the great float. Mr. Hope opened the case for the dock trustees, and, in illustration of his speech, pointed to the drawings of all the plans which had been sketched, and copies of which were then affixed to the walls of the committee room, with the estimates for their completion, the most striking being the last, viz., that of Messrs. Brassey and M'Cormick, for £826,096 ; being £487,950 in excess of Mr. Rendel's original estimate, This excess he explained, and argued that the words " port of the Mersey" in the Liverpool Dock Acts, should have an extended meaning, and allow of vessels loading or discharging partly in Bir kenhead, and finishing in the stream of the River, should be exempted from Liverpool dues ; and that vessels com ing directly out of the Birkenhead docks to this side should be charged a coasting rate only. William Ellice, Esq., was the first witness called in support of the bill. On Friday, the committee ruled that Baron Goldsmid, being a trustee, could not appear against the bill. At four o'clock the committee adjourned till yesterday (Monday). MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. CONCERT-BALL.—One of Mr. Gallaher's most favourite entertainments will be given at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, this (Tuesday) evening. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Davenport and Miss Vining still continue their engagement at this establish ment. This evening they will appear in the new play of " Armand." MR. BENEDICT has returned to London for the season, after his transatlantic engagement with Jenny Lind and a lengthened tour on the Continent, during which period he has met with two sad bereavements, the loss of his wife, and the melancholy accident which caused the death of his son. • MISS REBECCA ISAACS.—The Sunday Times, in refer ence to tha opera at Drury-lane Theatre, says :—" It would be an act of injustice were we not to offer a word of praise in favour of that painstaking and meritorious artiste, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, who, in the character of Zerlina, on Wednesday evening, convinced us how valuable an addi tion she is to the cause of native opera. Mr. Harrison was the Fra Diaz'olo." MUSICAL COPYAIGHT.—NOVJELLO v. SUDLOW. —ln the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, Mr. Justice Talfourd delivered judgment in this case. The plaintiff. Mr. Novello, is the proprietor of a song book, published in numbers and parts. Amongst other popular compo sitions there appeared Benedick's song The Wreath," the copyright of which the plaintiff purchased from the composer. The defendant being conductor of a harmonic society at Liverpool, caused 250 copies of " The Wreath" to be lithographed for gratuitous circulation amongst the members. The plaintiff protested against this upon the ground that he had au absolute right to the song in question. An action was commenced, but it was deemed more convenient that it should be turned into a special ease for the opinion of the full court. It was contended on behalf of the defendant that, as the copies of the song had not been sold, the mere circulation amongst the members of the society could not be considered in the light of such publication as to bring it within the mean. ing of the sth and 6th Victoria, the Copyright Act.—Mr. Justice Talfourd, in giving judgment, said the court was of opinion, that whether the song was, or was not, cir culated for profit, the publication amounted to a violation of the Copyright Act. The judgment of the court was, therefore, for the plaintiff. ter his appeal an act of ind 1 was read a fi 1 petitions 'st time THURSDAY, M of Canterbui73,--f;o—n7;Li'; ;ented ac lions, complaining of distress occaslone, of the sugar duties, and praying for reii ECCLESIASTICAL The Bishop of OXFORD MO alio MIT _I 1 • . ms for its objec m the old c terence of the ecclesiastical iriuriimei“,„ ceses, and for the registration of them in ne second time. The Poor Relief Continuer, B After some furii. house adjourned. mittee portant business the FRIDAY, MAT 7. Petitions were presented against the grant to Maynooth. THE WAR WITH AVA. The Earl of DERnY explained that, owing to an acci dent to the mail steamer between Calcutta and Bombay, the papers asked for by Lord Ellenborough on this sub ject could not at present be produced. - • -- LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time.—Some other bills were advanced a stage, and the house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TITESDAY, MAY 4. Some private bills were read a third time and passed. Several petitions were presented against the Militia Bill, against Maynooth, and one from a town in Ireland pray ing that nunneries should be placed under the inspection of the civil authorities. THE BURMESE' 'WAR. In reply to a question from Sir E. COLEBROOKE, Mr. BERRIES stated that ail the papers connected with the Burmese quarrel would be laid on the table as soon as the result of the pending negotiaeons was ascertained. SUDBURY AND ST. ALBANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that on Monday, the 10th inst., he would ask for leave to bring in a bill to assign the seats forfeited by the disfran chisement of the boroughs of Sudbury and St. Albans. THE MILITIA BILL. The debate upon the Militia Bill was resumed by Capt. SCODELL, who advocated naval defences and the arming of our merchant steamers.—The house was subsequently addressed by Sir H. Verney. Mr. G. Berkeley, Major Deres. ford, Sir F. Baring, Mr. Charteris, and Mr. Cowber for, and Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Hume, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Clay against the measure.—Lord PAL MERSTON, said that, having been alluded to frequently dur ing this debate, he could only, in reply to these allusions, meet assertion by counter-assertion, and opinion by opinion. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright considered that an invasion from France was an impossibility, and that, therefore, it was the height of absurdity to make any provision of defence. Hs, on the contrary, thought such an event possible (to use no stronger word), and that it was our duty to guard against such danger. The country would judge between them. If he was wrong, and his advice followed, at all events the country would be safe. If they were wrong, and their advice was followed, the country might be ruined. They, who were conversant with peaceful arts, but knew nothing of war, or of the means by which it might be incurred or resisted, despised all professional authority, and wished to lull the country into a false security. They rejected all English authority. He (Lord Palmerston) had heard and believed an opinion expressed by a very high foreign authority, the late King of France, who, since his deposition, declared that his generals had undertaken, in the event of a rupture with this country on the Tahiti question, that in a week they would be in London. He respected all opinions and convictions when they were sincere, and he found such opinions and convictions stated in a pamphlet he held in his hand, which maintained that it was the Christian duty of this country to submit to be conquered by France, which would not prevent the working of our mills and our making money. He firmly believed that this work was written in serious and sober earnest, and that it emanated from a party from whom much of the opposi tion to this bill proceeded. The Government had to deal with two alternatives, one (as suggested by the party he referred to) a voluntary submission on the part of this country to its conquest by France as a just retri bution for engaging in war • or, if we were s till we dd e d to the ancient n o ti ons o f self-vindication, to provide the means by which invasion might be successfully resisted. —Mr. WAIeLEY and Col. THOMPSON opposed the bill, and were replied to by Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND and Lord J. MANNERS.—Lord J. RUSSELL could not vote for the amendment, thinking that, as the house had affirmed the second reading of the bill by a large majority, it should go into a consideration of its clauses in committee. He objected, however, to the formula put by Lord Palmers ton, that by voting for this bill the country would be safe, and by voting for the amendment it might be ruined. His (Lord John's) whole objection to the bill was com prised in this, that it did not make us safe ; that it did not provide the defence which the country required. He, however, thought it better that the bill should go into committee, though he had no sanguine view of its being made an efficient measure, and it was probable that next session a better system of defence might be devised than either this bill or that of the late Government.— Upon a division, the amendment was rejected by 285 against 76.—A second division took place upon the origi nal question; that the Speaker leave the chair, which was carried by 219 against 85.—The house then went into committee upon the bill ; and, after a sharp and protracted discussion, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again on Thursday. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 2 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. COMMITTEE ON THE BIRKENHEAD BILLS. Mr. W. PATTEN moved for the revival of a committee qn the Birkenhead bills, which had lapsed from the non attendance of a member.—The motion was agreed to. TENANT RIGHT. Mr. CONNOLLY resumed the debate upon the Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill, adjourned on the 31st of March. He contended that it contemplated a compulsory valua tion of lands, and compulsory interference between land lords and tenants, instead of the system of contracts, depending upon mutual goodwill, existing in Ulster ; and deplored the introduction, for electioneering pur poses, of a measure rending to excite religious and poli tical enmities.—Mr. Monsell, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Rey nolds supported the bill, which was opposed by Lord Naas, Sir W. Somerville, and Lord Claude Hamilton.— Mr. NAPIER said he had prepared the draughts of three bills, one for consolidating and amending 70 statutes on the subject of the relations between landlord and tenant, a second for the classification of contracts, and the third embodied the principle of compensation for improve ments. Those draughts were under the consideration of the Government.—After a short reply from Mr. S. CRAWYORD, the house divided, when the motion for the second reading was negatived by 167 against 57, so that the bill is lost. The house adjourned at six o'clock. THURSDAY, MAY 6. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS. In reply to a question from Mr. Reynolds, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that it was not the intention of government to introduce in the present ses sion of parliament any bill to alter the oaths taken by members. MILITIA BILL The house resolved itself into committee on this bill. Upon the third clause, which repealed the provisions of the act of 1802, and subsequent acts relating to property qualifications of persons to be appointed officers, with certain exceptions, Mr. Hume moved the omission of the latter portion of the clause, with the view of repealing all the existing militia laws, and consolidating the whole law in the present act, in conformity with the title of the bill, which professed to be" a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the militia in England."—This motion was opposed by Mr. WALPOLIC, and, after a very brisk ........o g otiwod upon o diviaion by 165 against 82. —Mr. M. GIBSON moved other amendments of the same clause, the effect of which was to abolish the property qualification of deputy-lieutenants and officers in the militia of the rank of major upwards.—Mr. WALPOLE objected to this proposition, but consented to add a pro. viso at the end of the clause, that the qualification should not be restricted to real estate. This compromise was agreed to.—On the ith clause which prescribed the num ber of men to be raised, Mr. CHARTERIS, meaning to propose the omission of the compulsory clauses, suggested that, instead of 80,000 men, 40,000 be raised to serve fire years, each man to be drilled 56 days in the first year and 10 days in each of the four succeeding years ; 20,000 to be called out in 1852, 10,000 in 1853, and 10,000 in 1854. —Mr. WALPOLE resisted this alteration, which would counteract the design of the bill, that of having a suffi cient body of men to meet an emergency. With respect to the compulsory clauses, Ile added, it was his intention to propose that the 16th clause, which authorised her Majesty to order a ballot where men cannot be raised by voluntary enlistment should not come into force until the 31st of December next, so that time would be afforded to ascertain how far the experiment of voluntary enlistment had succeeded, and the new parliament would have a lull opportunity of stopping the ballet if it was deemed unad visable to have recourse to its machinery. This intima tion diverted the discussion in a great degree from the it .t h clause to the 16th, sever a l mem b ers con tending that was so essential a change as t o g i ve a ne w character to a: e r , easure, which would le ave t}),• p r nnosed addition to o u nn. defensive force to accident, notwithstanding. the plea of urgency.—Mr. WALPOLE, on the other hand, maintained that it was only carrying out what the government had announced from the first, namely, that the ballot should not he put in operation until it had been ascertained that voluntary enlistment had failed.—The committee divided upon the question of filling up the blank in the 7th c l ause with the words "eighty thousand, which which was affirmed by 237 against 106 and obtained leave to sit Trade Bill was read PROPERTY m as to call fo —At the close of the d on to a great sit ion rman. d, the corporal punis stion, whether it was advisable to do away nent, could nor be determined at Ise Mutiny Act had passed, whereby .gular army were liable to corpora/ punishment, the only question was whether the militia ~l , c ed upon a better footing. He thought that the regular army would in such case feel --Ted, and that if corporal punishment yes de were done away with in the militia it snould be done away Iwith in all the forces.—Tie- committee having divided, the proviso w as re j ec t e d b y 199 to 92.—The CHAIRMAN then reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on Mea -1 day ; so that the 7th clause is not yet decided upon. PROPERTY-TAX BILL, In committee on this bill, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up a new clause, the object of which was to provide that the assessment of last year under Schedules A and B should remain in force, so a assessment would be unneces.sary.—The to, and the bill passed through comm" were advanced a stage. a new clause was agreed ttee. Other bills 1 COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL. Sir E. BUXTON moved that the County Elections Bill be read a first time.—Mr. COBDEN protested against the principle of the bill, which, as he considered, authorised corruption.—Th e bill was supported by Lord Galway, Mr.. Seymer, Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir J. Tyrell, and Atm. Booker; and opposed by Mr. Roebuck, Mr. W. Brown, and Mr. Williams. —Sir E. BUXTON said, his rer,son for introducing this bill was that it was almost if not quite impossible that, according to the spirit of the rules of that house, a member could positively declare that his election had been conducted in a perfectly pure manner.—Upon a division the moti on was negatived by 77 against 61 so the bill is lost.—Lord R. GROSVENOR obtained leave to bring in a bill to limit the time of taking the poll in counties to one day.—The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock until Monday. A protest perty and Income ation e CELLOrt of the Excn which had gone abroad conver b p o ctmastcrs'-cterko, employed in the ---, DC able, the principles and measures which they advoc a t e d w hil s t i n opposition• n a i i n g d in o g th t e h r e s 'revenue of the post-office, from Several bilis were ad vanced their respective stages, and, the election of members of parliament. to carry out, so far as t !ming, collet I Tr_ 9 Hillas, of Dublin Leader, The re chester commodo: M. the the the the meeting on Thursday. The medical officer reported that during the week, ending on the Ist instant, 226 deaths were registered in the borough, of which 164 were in the parish and 62 in the extra-parochial wards. This showed a decrease of 9 as compared with the previous week, but an excess of 30 as compared with the average of the same week of the four preceding years. Diseases of the lungs (including consumption) caused 66 deaths, a lower mor tality than in any week since the middle of February. A conversation ensued as to the danger from the large stones placed on the east side of the George's dock to protect the dock railway. It was considered that the committee could not interfere, the stones being on the dock property. —A proposition from Mr. Robinson to alter a building in Great George-street, so as to effect what was considered by the committee a desirable improvement in the street was agreed to.—An application was received for a sewer to drain certain streets in the neighbourhood of Edge lane. It was stated that the cost would probably be about £5OO, and it would be undesirable to proceed with the work at present. The matter was referred, the engineer being directed to furnish an estimate of the cost.—An ap plication was read from Mr. Hausburg that the footwalk opposite his shop in Church -street, should be flagged, and the asphalte, now worn out, removed. The application was referred for an estimate.—The attention of the engi neer was drawn to the flagging in Soho-street, and he was requested to carry out the work at the smallest possible expense. THE SELECT VESTRY.—The first fortnightly meeting of the new board was held on Tuesday, at the Parish offices, Brownlow-hill ; the Rev. Rector Campbell pre sided.—Mr. Bradley objected to the appointment of Mr. Cornett to the post of door-opener to Mr. Gray, when he was under suspension for tampering with the vaccination books. The appointment was, after some discussion, set aside. The number of inmates in the Workhouse on the 29th ult. was reported by the governor to be 2,014, against 1,870 on the corresponding date of last year.—Vacancies at the Industrial Schools were reported for 45 boys and 88 girls.—The Chairman read a letter from the medical officers, complaining that they bad had no opportunity of testing the evidence that had been brought forward as to the vaccination cases. They demanded, as a right, that if a charge were brought against them, they should have the opportunity of meeting their accusers face to face. A long discussion ensued, in which the Yen. Archdeacon, Mr. Earle, and others, condemned the close mode of inquiry which had been adopted ; and a motion by Mr. Willmer, that no further evidence be taken unless the parties accused be present, was carried by a majority of 16 to s.—lt was recommended, in the proceedings of the building committee, that the site of the governor's house should be altered so'as to be next the registrar's offices, fronting Brownlow-hill. An angry discussion ensued in reference to the election of a new vestryman in the room of Mr. Shakeshaft, and the alleged preponderance already of the cottage-owning interest at the board.—Mr. Mee cock was chosen over Mr. Bold, his competitor, by a majority of 17 to 6.—The board then adjourned. THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was held on Thursday. Mr. Charles Turner presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Rankin, Royden, Lansdale Chaloner, Evans, Robins on , J. Molyneux, and Shand.-- , The Chairman announced that the Town-clerk, who had just returned to town, wo u ld _ see the dock solicitor in London next week, on the sub: of the levels of the streets in the neighbourhood of Wapping.—lt was agreed to let a large addiiional quantity of land on the Harrington estate to Messrs. Tod, Naylor, and Co.—The tenders of Messrs. Jones and Jump were . - accepted for the erection of several houses for the dock masters, &c., at the north docks.—A letter was read from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., asking for further shed accommodation for the Great Britain, on her return from New York, and referred to the harbour-master's sub committee.—A letter from Mr. John Martin, the well known painter, which had been sent by the Mayor. was submitted. It contained a suggestion for the improve meat of the channel of the port. Referred to the marine sub-committee.—A communication was read from the Board of Customs, in reference to the proposed central depot for the accommodation of passengers arriving at this port. This stated that, as the depot would be a great local benefit to Liverpool, the whole expense would not be borne by the Crown ; and the dock trustees were requested to reconsider the rent required (X2oo).—Mr. Holme said they did not deal liberally with the port of Liverpool, considering the enormous revenue which they got from it.—The letter was referred to the sub-committee of works. WEST DERBY CHURCH-RATE.—On Thursday, a special vestry meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of West Derby was held at the parish church, West Derby village, for the purpose of laying a halfpenny rate to defray the necessary expenses to be incurred in the repair, due support, and maintenance of the church for the year ensuing. There were about twenty ratepayers present, and the Rev. John Stewart, the rector, presided.—Mr. Chisnell, one of the Om I a re_iwtti_cues propoac,a, M.. Harrison . seconded, a motion, to the'effeCt that a rate of a halfpenny in the pound be laid.—The Rev. Mr. M'Conkey, incumbent of St. James's, West Derby, objected to £B2 u s. being illegally paid out of the rate to meet the expenses of the organ and choir. He moved that this payment be rescinded.—The Chairman would allow uny gentleman to propose anything which order; but Mr. M'Conkey was not in order.—Mr. M'Conkey : Well. I will wait till I am in order to put the resolution.—The Chairman: You cannot put it ; it -will not be in order at any time.. After a long and det,ul tory discussion, a rate of - a balfpenny in the — pound was _ _ carried.—Mr. Hodgson read the following minute from one of the books:— At a meeting held on the 24th of March, 1845, it was resolved that a grant of £25 be paid to the Rev. A. M'Conkey for his services."--The Rev. Mr. M'Conkey : This was when I was curate for Mr. Blacow here. It was not whe❑ I had £1,500 a year. Did I ask you to do it; and I want to ask the chairman, does not this parish receive aid from Queen Anne's bounty at this day?—The Chairman : It does.—The Rev. Mr. M'Conkey : A living of £1,500 a year receives aid from Queen Anne's bounty, a society for the augmentation of small livings. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. A YOUNG FELLOW who was lately apprehended at Perth, for a theft in a neighbouring town, when taken to the fiscal's office for precognition, had the cuteness to observe that the key of the door was in the outside of the lock. After the investigation had proceeded a short time, the culprit suddenly dashed past the officers, and g a i n i ng the door, passed out, locking the whole officials in ! The window, not looking into the street, the rascal got clear off before the astonished party inside could effect their libera- THREATENING LETTERS TO THE PREMIER. —A mat Middleton was charged, at Bow - streetpolice-court with having written a threatening letter to the Earl of Der - 1)Y on !Count of some grievance connected wit As he was thought to be insane, M I rate, remanded him until Wednesda% Middleton was removed, anr,tb-, Henry, I A few r Sheridan, was charged with a aim a clerk in the Excise-office, but wt government for misconduct. lieno; _icd the Premier with the fate of Mr. Percival _.ess he was reinstated. As the prisoner had been held to bail before for a like offence, he was ordered to fbid *-- , o sureties in .£3O each. by the latc bail in £lOO, anhi twv g Committee contained a recom a that there be a sailing match to take place on Saturday, the 12th June. The opening cruise for the on of the yachts, to sail in company, under the flag of is fixed to take place on Saturday, the achts to assemble off Birkenhead at WARD MEETINGS.—On Tuesday evening, a crowded and enthusiastic meetinc , of the Conservative electors of St. Peter's ward was held at the Clarendon-rooms. Coun cillor James Holute occupied the chair, and amongst the gentlemen present were observed Mr. Wm. Fisher, Mr. Clark, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Rowett, Mr. Branch, Mr. A. F. Clint, and a number of the most influential electors of the ward. Mr. Clark. in an eloquent speech, moved a resolution declaratory of the fitness of Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Turner to represent the commercial, corporate, and general interests of this borough, and pledging the meeting to the utmost endeavours to secure their return. Mr. Rowett seconded the motion in a very effective addreAs. Both gentlemen were loudly cheered, and the meeting broke up with the usual compliment to the chairman.—On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the Free Trade electors of St. Paul's ward was held at the York Hotel, in Union-street. Mr. Rawdon presided, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. Wm. Earle, Mr. J. Stitt, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. T. S. Raffles, and Mr. J. R. Jeffery. Resolutions in favour of Messrs. Card well and Ewart were carried. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —The members of this society held their seventeenth ordinary meeting of the session on Thursday evening ; Dr. Kendrick, of Warrington, was called to the chair. Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P., was unanimously elected a member. Mr. Mayer exhibited a very ancient tankard which had been presented by Charles 11. to a gentleman named Wolf, for affording him shelter after his defeat at Worcester, but adversity compelled his descendants to sell the rovai gift, and it was now the property of Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Green-park. Mr. Mayer also submitted some large and very curious pieces of flint,rudely shaped, found in a cave in the bay of Honduras. The chairman exhibited an original likeness of the young pretender, be longing to Mr. Garvin, of Warrington ; it was painted on silver. The picture was found in one of the common sewers of Chester.—Dr. Hume mentioned, as a curious fact, that a gentleman of this town was now wearing the original watch worn by King Charles in 1645.—A paper on " The Danes in Lancashire," by John Fust, Esq., w as read by Dr. Hume ; the paper contained a large amount of historical information connected with the origin of the Danish race, and their movements in Lancashire at a very remote period.—A second paper was also read by Dr. Hume, entitled, " Descriptions of some primitive sepul chral remains in the neighbourhood of Bolton," by Sir Henry E. L. Dryden, Bart., M.A., and Matthew Dawes, Esq., F.R.S. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Langsdale presided at the voyage SERIOUS RIOT IN BANASTRE-STREET. ATTACK UPON A CLERGYMAN. On Thursday evening, a riot of a serious nature took place in Banastre-street, Vauxhall-road, and the other streets adjacent. For some time past an open space of ground, caused by the pulling down of some houses, has been made between Freemason's-row and Banastre-street, and on it have been erected swinging -boats, shows, &c., while gambling has also been extensively carried on. About a quarter past seven o'clock on Thursday evening, the Rev. Mr. Wolstencroft, curate of St. Bartholomew's Church, Naylor-street, arrived on the ground, accompa nied by two scripture readers, for the purpose of endea vouring, by religious exhortation, to put an end to the dis , raceful practices s o o p en l y carr i e d on. Af ter s i ng i ng a h ymn, is the rev. gentleman commenced preaching, when a rough fellow, named M'Lauchlin, began jostling him against a wall. On this Mr. Wolstencroft sent for a po liceman, and gave M'Lauchlin in charge to officer Jones 86. No sooner did this officer seize M'Lauchlin than an immense mob speedily gathered round him, and although he got assistance, his prisoner was rescued. At this time stones and bricks were flying about in all directions, and the Rev. Mr. Wolstencroft was so severely wounded on the head, that it became necessary for him to go to the Dispensary, where his wound was dressed. Most of the police-officers were likewise wounded, one of them by a stone 13 lbs. in weight, which was thrown on him while lying on the ground, by a woman named Garner. A fresh reinforcement of police-officers was procured, and, not withstanding that M'Lauchlin fought desperately, and apvprply wnlinrind nno of thn nligenra with a heavy ni•nn of furniture wood, he was once more secured, and, in com pany with two other rioters and the woman Garner, se curely lodged in Bridewell, in spite of the efforts of an immense and infuriated mob to effect their rescue. These facts were fully proved at the Police-court, on Friday, before Mr. Mansfield and Mr. W. Earle, who committed the three man, named M'Lauchlin, Cosgrave, and Kear ney, and the woman Garner, for trial at the sessions, on a charge of rioting. MR. LUMLEY AND TUE ITALIAN OPERA.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Thursday, Mr. Edwin James moved for a distringas to compel the appearance of Mr. Lumley, at the suit of a Parisian capitalist named Brandus, to whom he was indebted in the sum of £B,OOO. Subse quently the learned counsel renewed the application on an amended affidavit, stating that the Opera-house was the sole residence of the defendant, on which a rule nisi was granted. A DAILY GOVERNESS, in reply to an advertisement, recently called on a lady living in a splendidly-furnished house, not a hundred miles from Notting Hill-square, London, who, it seemed, had four children, the eldest, a girl of twelve years of age, requiring tuition in music, French, German, drawing, and the usual routine of a po lite education. After stating that four hours a-day, from half-past nine in the morning until half-past one in the afternoon, would be requisite, the remuneration offered was eight shillings per week l—one penny an hour for each pupil. THE RAJAH OF COORG, a principality of Hindostan, on the Western Ghauts, arrived, on Wednesday, at Southampton, by the Euxine. He came over to England to have his daughter educated, a singular and interesting 'ent in the history of the native Princes of India. h ate and drank with the passengers His daughter is an intelligent and mtere, prince's family, including two wivp- [luring the tiny apartments they were landed, were conducted to They were met at the door of the hotel Ants, who h and one of his prix, rnbrellas over the head s of the ladies ;eon as they left the carr unselves, and completely screened thews During the process of their alighting however, a glimpse of one of them was t was noticed that the lady had a thin R. or face, and fine black eyes: The Rajah was 7 anxious that no one should observe the ladies, red agitated until they were safely in their UNIMENTS BILL en disposed of, the homer. tro m t trade s, so as to put gatory to the COURT AND FASHION THE BIRTHDAY DRAINING-ROOM on Thursday next, at Sr. James's Palace, will be the crowning state cere— mony of the season. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the per formances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presenca on Saturday evening. The Queen and the Prince were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. ITErt MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.—TIIO Queen gave a state ball, on 'Wednesday evening, at Buckingham -palace. which was most numerously attended by the nobility and gentry, nearly two thousand invitations having been issued. The Grand Hall was decorated with beautiful flowers. This hall, composed of white marble, supported by marble columns, has two recesses or alcoves at the foot of the grand staircase; these were filled with the choicest plants, grouped with excellent taste, springin g from a border of mosses and mignionette. The Throne-room was appropriated as a second Ball-room ' • the orchest ra was formed in the d eep a l cove i n which the Throne is situate : it was but slightly raised above the floor, and the front was hung with draperies of crimson velvet embroidered with gold. The Ball-room, which has a massive arched roof of great magnificence, being deeply panelled in architectural compartments profusely enriched with gilding, is supported by columns of scagliola of the Corinthian order, with gilt capitals. The Haul pas, on which the seats of state were placed for her Majesty and Prince Albert, was covered with crimson. The draperies inclosing it were of amber-coloured satin and white lace, and at the back, forming a background to the seas, was a most brilliant assortment of beautiful flowers, rising to a considerable height above the seats. Adjoining the Ball-room is the Supper-room, having a deep recess at the end, within which a buffet was arranged, on which the most exquisite specimens of jewelled and ornaments/ gold plate were most effectively displayed, with the aid of a background of dark crimson and numerous lights from golden candelabra. The company began to arrive at the Palace at nine o'clock. Soon after ten o'clock, the Queen and Prince Albert were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain from the Yellow Drawing-room, through the Saloon, into the Ball-room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary. The Queen wore a dress of white tarlatan over white watered silk, trimmed with black and white flowers and diamonds. Her Majesty's head dress was composed of a wreath of black and white flowers and diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of black net over black glace silk, embroidered with black bugles ; the stomacher ornamented with pearls and dia monds. Her Royal Highness's head dress was formed of a magnificent tiara of large pearls and' diamonds, with black lace lappets. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a dress of white net over white glace silk, elegantly trimmed with white bugles and white roses, with ornaments of pearls and diamonds on the stomacher. i Her Royal Highness's head d re s s was composed of white roses,bwalalswiitmhmthae iey opened Duke of Buccleuch, the vis-a-vis being his Roy a l High a tpearls, formed, andn d diamonds. the Queen ness Prince Albert and he r R oya l Hi g h ness t h e P r i ncess Mary. Refreshments were serve d d ur i ng the evening to e g n u ed adr the quadrille the numerous assembly in the Green Drawing-room and in the Garter-room ; and between 12 and 1 o'clock supper was served to her Majesty and her illustrious guests in the State Dining-room. The service was entirely of gold plate, and some of the most beautiful specimens of artistic skill in the precious metals were displayed on the long range of tables on which the repast was laid. Singlo flowers of great beauty, and groups of plants in full blossom relieved occasionally the gorgeous magnifi cence of the golden service, the whole being brilliantly lit with gold candelabra. The Queen re-entered the ball room, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. after sup per, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, and remained until 2 o'clock, joinin g occas i onally in some of the dances. THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY gave a magnifi cent entertainment on Tuesday evening, at their mansion in St. James's-square, to their royal highnesses the. Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, which was attended by the following ministers :—The Earl of Derby, the Lord. Chancellor, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salis bury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and Lord John Manners. The council sat two hours. BANQUETAT THE MANSION-ROUSE TO HERMAJESIT'S MINISTERS.--OR Saturday, the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertainment at the Mansion-house to the Earl of Darby, his colleagues in the ministry, and a numerous and dis tinguished company. The guests, who were all attired in official costume, uniforms, or full dress, were received by their host in the drawing-room. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Lord W. Powlett, ar rived about a quarter to seven o'clock. The banquet took place in the Egyptian-hall, and was of the most costly and splendid description. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Completed his 83rd year on Saturday week. RUMOURED MARRIAGE OF LORD WARD.—The follow ing paragraph has appeared in the Birmingham papers : "The second marriage of a noble widower, of ample estates in the county of Worcester (the premature death of whose first lady excited considerable sympathy through out the country some few months ago), is confidently rumoured in the neighbourhood of Dudley." A MARRIAGE is on the lapis, and will shortly be solemnised between the eldest son of Sir John Lister Kay, Bart., of Denby Grange, Yorkshire, and the Lady Caroline Pepys, third daughter to the late and sister to the present Earl of Cottenham. necklace arluoco‘te_mf: L:WrfLtllha:Aneus mdbt 'Westminster, KIER .GRANT.."... BRIDAL PRESENTS. T o Morning Post Duke ke of c furnishes ifden a ; list of the presents to the daughter e o s f a tnhde emeralds, nke of Sutherland on the occasion of her marriage with Earl ti•ringaments. Grosvenor. Amongst these were ber M i a an je sy s tee t r y ry "s bt g eo i ag ft uett o hi f feu a rl diamond stomacher, and a splendid tiara of diamonds, contributed by the Marq o a r a n t e e t b u o r n q y u d i s r e e s o s with a necklace having a finenpal and ruby and diamond f -case, with gold ab p no e n n dtt d sla a eA j n , Te t i vc , oe f lo r T o Fe r im s dGb t uE h wtN e t eEt D rh: u Ayg : i e n se o d from the Duchess of Argyll. The Duchess of Suther. This gallant and distinguished officer died, at hisresidence in Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, on Friday, in his 81st year. mountings, HARWICH ELECTION. —RETURN OF MR. BUTT.-Mr. Isaac Butt, Queen's counsel, was on Saturday returned, withnnt tipposition, as member for Harwich, in f Sir F. Kelly, who lately vacated his seat for the THE C 0 .." A. ND AT MALTA.—It is said that Lieut.- , C. 8., is to succeed Lient.-Generat of the forces at Malta. the room that ti sir SUCCESSION.—WO are happy to state d and final conference for the regulation of to the Danish throne wa ;e, on Saturday, when a tre e to the crown of Denr 2nd, if n rowe protocol.-7 INTERFER ed by the poste at the ctions have been 1, turningers; g, or ma.. erence in er to twoo ln took nl from fm-I upon to tho