The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1854 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TBBO WING WING STONES IN THE STREETS.—On Tuesday, :_e 1 boys, charged with throwing stones in the street, ii c e e re . fined ss. each by the police magistrate. The prac n,_,lsc so dangerous and reprehensible, that all parties s oncur in the propriety of its repression. SRS. JAMES BAINES AND CO., the owners of the ,:'‘aelt Ball" line of Australian packets, have just pur sed a very pretty little screw steamer, 45 feet in length • 'au 12-horse power, as a tender for the use of their ern She has in visiting. their ships when lying in the river. has been named " The Little Marco Polo." RE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR.—Two tug steamers :d a sloop, with divers, for. some time at work at the L'r!ek of the ship Tayleur, have succeeded in recovering a portion of her valuable cargo, consisting chiefly of bale ; ; _a• The goods thus recovered are announced for public "",, la Dublin early next month. ,:aea OF DRINK ON SUNDAYS. —Yesterday week Mr. rsfall presented petitions to the House of Commons Zr e l2 n the congregation of St. John's and the district of St. 2- 1 , el's, Liverpool, against the sale of intoxicating drink "„1 1 ,undays ; on the same evening Mr. Liddell presented Z'jtions with a similar object from the Wesleyan congre gations of Russell-street, of Scotland-road, and of Heath eet, Toxteth-park. DIGAMY.—Mary Towers was last week, at Bury p ett y s essions, committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes, h usband, a charge of having married Thomas Nelson, her foer ,shand, Edward Towers, whom she married about 13 ago, being still alive. b_ I4 ARRIET ANN TURNER, a young woman, one of the .Z . l - eston turn-outs, has been committed at Manchester for on a charge of stealing a child, six months old, the It!iighter of Patrick Henry, of Garden-street, in that city. aPPeared that, after possessing herself of the child, she . panne to Liverpool with it, and that, on the 16th of April, at died at the vagrant sheds, in this town. s ,''' c 'wls. — On Wednesday a subscription match at bowls played at the American Hotel, Great George-street. i);-xteen gentlemen entered. The first cast was in favour _, 3 fessrs. Stubbs and Bales, the second Messrs. Bales a nd Pearson, who also won the third cast ; Mr. Bales su bsequently won cleverly. The green was considered in ~ ''acgl order ; and from the novelty of a g ame bein g played 14 the town a considerable number of persons were present. ' SuacruE.—On Tuesday morning , a yo un g woman, ,11 tie r Eliza Tippett, a factory worker , of Little Lever, ~ear Bolton, di e d f rom the effects of a poisonous prepare which she had bought under the pretence of want ' ,_1431:1 fig to destroy mice, and which she had swallowed wilfully. CRICKET.—A match between the Liverpoo l Roscoe and t he St. Helen's Victoria cricket clubs took place on Wed 114* last, on the cricket ground, in Hall-lane , Low "' The first innings decided the match, and St. Helen's roved the winner. The numbers were—St. Helen's . I,eteria Club, 91; Liverpool Rosc oe Club, 77. ‘•; O NSECRATI ON.—St. Saviour's Church , ne ar Falkner ,fr....re, built about 15 years ago, was consecrated on Wed -`s(lay, by the Lord Bishop of Che ster. The church was O riginally private property ; but some short time since the cangre,mation determined to make an eff ort to p urchase it, aid they soon succeeded in raising £4,000, out of which paid £3,000 for the church , lea vin g £l,OOO for the ineirment. For the last nine or t en weeks the church Zs-been closed, and during the interval it has been "4"eughly repaired and beautified, und er the direction of cornmittee, who have incurred a dep t of £2OO, which Will, it is expected, be paid off by the sum of £lOO received r ," Wednesday, and the results of two app eals made to the 41 1 agregation on Sunday. The bishop was received at the h u rch, at a quarter to eleven o'clock , by the incumbent, ht e , Rev. G. W. Warr ; his curate , the Rev. T. C. Bowman ; a ,„Ven. Archdeacon Brooks ; Rev. J. Jo nes, rural dean ; RA the Revs. Dr. M'lsTeile, J. Stewart, C. F . Parr y , W. Palloon, T. C. Cowan, H. Hampton, W. Brewster, yalsai, —Banner, J. B. Lowe, H. Carpenter , Henr y Marlen, Bardsley, J. Butler, William Moynard, H. E. F. Valency, Ai Gibson, T. Evans, and several other clergyma n. The ,:Yor in his robes of office, attended by his o fficials, and • du nPanied by a majority of the members of the Town enl was also present at the ceremony, which was presentin g by Mr. T. D. Anderson , one of the trustees, w esentine• the petition for consecration to t he bisho p 's :rotary, the Rev. C. F. Parry, by whom it was read. lThe sentence of consecration having been read by the Ven. hdeacou Brooks, the morning service was procee ded "6:L.1,1. The prayers were read by the incu mbent, the Rev. W. Warr ; and during the reading of the offertory v erses, the sum o f £lOO was collected from the congrega r-"_iuo. The Bishop afterwards preached a sermon from / us xxv. 8—" And let them ma k e me a sanctuary that may dwell among them." 1 :Wen D ERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was I eLAI at the Workhouse, on Wednesday. The Rev. Wm. Bad leu presided, Messrs. Lunt, Morris , Car ter, Daly, Mount field, Kirkus, Horsfall, Whitby, Smith, Siddely, Apple b y , hEdwards Al p ass Abrahams, M`Gee, G. Harrison, Jeffries, .Batten Ledger, and James Birch were p resent. The p a , la nce in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be Id. A letter from the Poor-law Board, accept the resignation of Mr. Roskell, as guardian for Kirk dale, was read. Mr. Henry Edwa rd was elected deputy eo-chairman in the place of Mr . Roskell, appointed as he sub-district of gistrar of Births, Toxteth-parkthe . M roomessrs. RBulm of Mr. Meyers, an, for . _,. 7Ohn Wagstaff, and C. H. Taylor were selected as candi dates for the office of master of the hospital. The appoint toent t o be made on Wednesday next. Mr. Branham, the inquiring officer, was ordered to exam ine ever y inmate in the W or khouse once a month, with a view John vent their being charged to the wrong fund. Mr. Ladd ilavino- nom i na t e d his sureties for the due p erformance of his contract for alterations at the Workhouse, a bond was 'directed to be prepared by Mr. Holden, solicitor, in the sum of £3,000. A call to raise £11,581 for the service of the half-year, up to September next, from the various townships, was agreed to, the first moiety to be paid to the treasurer by the 6th June next, and the remaining half ‘ l ', , efore the Ist of August next. The following resolution t o o. passed :—On the motion of Mr. Batten, seconded ta Kirkus " That a sub-committee should be a pp ointed squire and report to the board whether any member or hers of the Visiting Comm ittee, since the formation le the Present board, has or have, after despatch of business, W hether the Workhouse in a state of inebriety ; and, further, t,..ether any guardian has during his term of office con- Zeted for any union work; and, lastly, whether it is Ztornary for contractors to send to the guardians a given th l ltit of wins or pirits." The number of inmates of a Workhouse e and s Hospital were reported to be 6 52 , a gainst 718 f or the corresponding week of last year. A LLEGED ROBBERY ON TILE HIGH SEAS. — On Tues da y 4 1 , e oi c i aman named Henry Bolton was charg ed before the magistrate with having stolen two ear-rings and o n ',_" ll gold money, the property of Thomas Hart, while t i _ooard the ship Kestrel, on the voyage from Callao to I ,2lerPool. Both the rosecutor and the prisoner were ~'"rt of the ship's crew Sand the former having . missed his Z i ßerty, which had been kept in his chest in the fore tr_Lie, under circumstances which induced him to suspect my, Prisoner to have taken it, gave him into custody on „bein rig in port. On the box belonging to the prisoner ~, g searched, one of the ear-rings claimed by the prose izifor was found, together with a knife and a muffler I ,2nging to another of the crew. The money, however, transpired 7 not discovered. In the course of the inquiry it 1,7 4 _ that the chests of the seamen were generally ( )Pen in the forecastle, and although the case against Prisoner was suspicious, the magistrate gave him the enefit of the doubt, and he was discharged. SOCKING ACCIDENT..—On Thursday afternoon, an • 64 1 4 'Lent of a shocking character took place in Ashley 4eet, Toxteth-park. The body of a man named Gavin, a n ,° , it is said, had died of fever was about to be interred a number of relatives and friends h a d assembled. In , ti,,, ns ekluence of the narrowness of the stairs in the house , "mew had to be lowered into the street through a t o "mew, and for this puse a man stood upon a ladder The the dead, and to ot transfer it to some men below. nun upon the ladder, however, upon receiving the ei . 4 , Was overpowered with the weight, and it was pre ti,Pitated into the street amidst the cries and screams of A les, friends of the departed. The coffin was smashed to c in ee in es id and the corpse lay exposed upon the street. It was ty removed into the house, but not before a large crowd of persons had assembled. R OYAL MERSEY YACHT ClA:al.—The opening cruise the he Yachts of this club, to join in fleet under the flag of ° f her commodore, took place on Wednesday. The birthday er M a j es t y , who patronises the club, was considered a pro per occasion for the event, the state of the tide being h ai favourable. The commodore, Th omas Littledale, Esq., o' c i a Party of friends on board. Shortly after eleven fiat the yachts started from the marine station. The 'ar,,,'_,eonsiated of the Ariel, (schooner,) 117 tons; the (cutter,) 105 tons ; the Rosalin d, 100 tons ; the th - "s A (schooner,) 83 tons ; the Coralie, (cutter,) 37 tons ; lf f .:ietoria, 13 tons; the Priestess, 12 tons ; the Jessica, te 4 ins ; and Giraffe, 9 tons. The fleet presented a very t oxl tttiful appearance they p,rvoacrededlecc!,dboywttetoemriniveordored. Zh the roclgncebasTantgo sea breeze, On starting, from the ! o llth e a n g sv a eat, but afterwards the weather became un settled, and a thunder-like looking sky, with mirage, and afterwards became a dead calm after a squall of wind. The 4 ,,,'aehts were becalmed off the lightship for severa l hou for rs. The commodore, on arriving at th is p oint, signalled took of to come on board, which they did, and pu ff rt of his usual hospitality. The Rosalind gro.undeedno__ .oeneer's gut buoy, on the spit, and was detained_ e until time. The larger crafts proceeded on their ctruurnis tot ngstown, and the others parted company to re th e Port of Liverpool. p (),k_PROTESTANT WIFE AND HER POPISII HUSBA.I7:: De " . ~.Wednesday, Robert Henbey, a labourer, living U il t o h r -walk-street, was brought before the police magistrate a charge of assaulting and maltreating his wife, E 1 ? Is Patten. The complainant stated that, about two --rs ago, the defendant promised to marry her, and he took e a r, about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, to Holy Al:" Roman Catholic Chapel, where the priest, after saying ew words which she did not understand, threw some i ate n her face, and they left, the defendant saying that ti 4 did not believe in the legality of the Proestantentialrie avj,, ; but in ordr to satisfy her, he promised t 1.4 i l afterwards-marry her in a Protestant church. ti a wev er, this he had never done. Before the pretended ste!Vage, he told her that he was worth I; 60 • but, in. a n a-a of this, she had been compelled to sell her furniture ti n Pledge her clothes in order to support him during the Preet the Y had lived together. She wished etdotoatlteetnteitt. estant place of worship, but he had re . ti lo s °, saying "he would have no heretics near him," h e 'igh, before she accompanied him to the Rornish chapel, Ivo ns t,inised her that he would let her go to what place 1, 11) she liked. She had been twice previous y _ hohLand when she met with the prisoner she had a good 0 of furniture, all of which he had made away v% . : n ith. st r pth instant he came to her house, in Spell' g rend and with a party of men and women of h'is own to f. and country" grossly ill-treated her, and threatened niece away her life. This was again repeated on . the e Av ol a a oplonday, the Bth instant, when he threatened n 'the " burn the house over her head." On nee part of NI defendant the assault was denied, and wites were der :d to prove its untruth, one of whom stated that es the the . !, eni lidTit had only said that " such a fornicatress sis Plainant would have her house burnt over her heaa the I , e was in Ireland." Mr. Mansfield said, as respec t e d hot 'acts of the case, the evidence was very conflicting on h sides ; the defendant seemed merely to have told the . • liNlainant what would have been her case if she had (lo u e "In Ireland ; but it was fortunate that what would he la nd in Irela n d w o u ld n ot be justified by the law in Eng - The case was dismissed. _Se.trrxr, HOLME, Esq., the late mayor, has been placed on the list of borough magistrates. 13tritaLsarr. —At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Robert Burns, a young man, respectably connected and well-known in Birkenhead, was committed for trial, for burglariously entering the office of Messrs. Rawson and Co., Commercial -buildings, Waterloo-street, on Tuesday morning. When arrested the prisoner was found with a bag in his hand, containing Messrs. Rawson's cash-box and a quantity of housebreaking implements. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA, The Emigration Commissioners have chartered the Dirigo, 1,216 tons, to convey emigrants to Adelaide, from Birken head, on the 23rd of June ; the Ellenborough, 1,031 tons, to New South Wales, from Southampton, on the 22nd of June; the Columbus, 446 tons, to Hobart Town, from Plymouth, on the 27th June ; the Joshua, to Geelong, from Southampton, on the 16th June; and the Lady Ann, to Sydney, from Plymouth, on the 11th of June. ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LACTHFORD, WARRINGTON. — Two sermons were preached on Sunday week, in St. James's Church, Latchford, in aid of the funds of, the I n f an t-school ; in the morning by the Rev. Henry Bostock, head-master of the Grammar-school; and in the evening by the Rev. Thomas Greenall, rector of Grampenhall. The amount collected was upwards of £3O. MllRDER.—Michael Cosgrove, 76 years of age, who lived in Mount-street, St. Andrew-street, Manchester, caused the death of a woman named Elizabeth Hambleton, 66 years of age, by beating her violently about the head with a piece of wood, on Sunday last week. The deceased lodged in the old man's house, and the cause of his attack ing her was her alleged interference between him and his wife when they were quarrelling. SINGULAR Door ACCIDENT.—About noon on Friday, as the ship Hornby, for Barbadoes, was being towed out of the Canning Basin, she struck against the wall, and had one of her cat-heads carried away by the blow. The cat-head fell into the entrance of the basin, and, when an attempt was made to close the outer gates, it got jammed under one of them, and prevented it from closing. A great scene of excitement ensued, and the gates of all the docks leading into the Canning Basin were closed as speedily as possible. As the tide fell the water rapidly left the basin, and three ships which were lying there took the ground. The assistance of divers was procured, and the obstruction removed. The outer gates were then closed, and water being let into the basin from the Can ning, Albert, and Salthouse Docks, the ships were speedily afloat again, without having sustained any injury. AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SPOKEN.—The Golden Era, Capt. Peat, hence for Melbourne, crossed the line in 27 days, and was spoken on the 14th April in lat. 5 S., lon 29 W. The Red Jacket, Captain Reed, and the Mermaid, Captain Devey, also both hence, were spoken on the 11th instant, in Ist 38 N., lon 13 W., about opposite Cape St. Vincent, the former seven days and the latter eight days out, thus showing that they had made excellent progress so far. All these ships belong to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " White Star Line. , ' DISCOVERY OF BURGLARIOUS IMPLEMENTS.— On Thursday afternoon some boys were seeking birds' nests in some fields immediately adjoining the boundary lane dividing Liverpool from Fairfield and the Old Swan; and whilst in an old stone quarry in the neighbourhood, they discovered a considerable number of files, saws, a dark lantern, and other tools and implements, secretrted in a hole on one side of the quarry. The tools aken to the central police-office, and a second discovery of similar instruments has been made in the same place. 1 LIVERPOOL YACHT CLUB. —Eight new members have been added to the club , and six others proposed for the next ballot. The first club sailirg match will take place : on the Bth of June, the day after the regatta of the Royal Mersey Club, the course being from Birkenhead round the Formby Light-ship and back, a distance of eighteen miles. The yachts are fast coming on the station, and will soon show a good fleet. Those at present at and about the station are, Jessica, 8 tons ; Commodore ; Priestess, 14, A. Dunn, Esq. ; S. Electric, T. Wilkinson, Esq. ; Sirocco, Spurt, Warlock, Torment, &c. LANCASHIRE MILITIA ARTILLERY.—TbiS local artillery corps has just completed a twent y -eight days' drill, at 1 their barracks, in Islington, and they are now ready for active service. During the past week they have had two " field-days," the men being tried at gunnery practice on the shore near Waterloo. The guns were about six pounders and two nine pounders. The officers present were, Licut.-Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall; Majors Atchison and Burns, and Brevet-Major Hall ; Capts. Ferguson, Burton, and Campbell , (adjutant;) Lieuts. Middleton, Renton, Furnival, and Campbell ; and Surgeons Fer guson and Behrend. The four guns being unlimbered, Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall ordered a royal salute of t wen ty-one discharges, on the completion of which the baud struck up " God save the Queen ;" and the 168 men, who had been ranged in companies behind, gave the cheers. A heavy shower of rain afterwards came on ; and the delay thus caused was taken advantage of to give the men a dinner of beef and bread, with a pint of ale each. Two large targets were then set up on the shore, and thirty rounds fired, but, although several balls went through the targets, the " bulls' eyes" were not " blinked" once. The practice, however, was considered very successful, and the guns were served with precision. On Friday the regiment was inspected by Col. Turneux, R A., at the Islington Barrack -grounds, and afforded proof that they were fully "up to the mark" in point of discipline. On Saturday the corps was again practised at the North Shore. All the officers were present, and about 160 of the artillerymen. The targets were placed at a range of 600 yards, but the larger pieces were removed, first, to 700 yards distance, and afterwards to about 850 yards. The firing was even more efficient than on Wednesday, and both targets were com pletely riddled with balls. The inner circle was hit, but the " bull's eye" still remained " unblinked." There were fourteen rounds of ball fired from four nine-pounders, and about twenty-eight froth two six-pounders. Three prizes were offered by Col. VDougall for the best firing. The first prize was won by one of the six-pound guns, but both the second prizes were secured by the nine-pounders. The colonel and officers expressed themselves e xceedingly w ell pleased with the efficiency displayed by the Militia artillerymen. Yesterday morning they assembled at the barracks, and were temporarily disbanded. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Dover presided at the meet?ng on Wednesday, when the medical officer reported that in the week ending on Saturday, the 20th instant, the deaths amounted to 157 in the parish, and 83 in the town ship, in all 240, being four more than in the previweekous of the week, and 34 more than the average of the 'same preceding six years. A discussion then took place relative to a recent document issued by the General Board of Health, in which Liverpool was unfavourably mentioned. The medical officer replied that he had seen nothing of the Board of Health's report except what had appeared in the newspapers, and lie thought it better to wait until he had seen that report before lie ventured an opinion on it. 'The extract which he had seen stated that in Liverpool the mortality had been reduced from 31 to 29 in a thousand, and though that reduction might appear small, still, in a , population of 400,000, it amounted to 800 a year. Mr. Fleming said that it was very desirable the matter should be fully inquired into, because they had led the public to believe that their sanitary measures had been such as to materially diminish the mortality of the town. Mr. M`Nic,oll observed that the Board of Health had mortality in Liverpool, and suggested that the present statement might be a repetition of that error. The matter then dropped," it being resolved that the medical officer should draw up a statement as soon as he received the report of the Gene ral B o ard of Health. A statement was ollected during read from the treasurer, showing the amount of rates c the past year, the mode of collection, and other particulars connected with the financial operations of the committee. LOCAL RATES.—At the Health Committee, on Thurs day, the treasurer submitted to the rates-collection sub committee a statement of the collection of th the e lighting and fire-police, and paving, sewer,&c.,rates for for the year 1863, ended 31st March, 1854, wherein it was stated that there had been received during the year, of rates and arrears, by the collectors, 31,487 payments, amounting to £65,106, and in the office, 17,380 payments, amounting to £22,708, making a total of 48,867 payments, amounting to £87,814, ca being2l2 increase on the preceding year of 6,02 6 payments, and ,991 ; and,calculating the mode of per centage for the present year on the same basis as the preceding one, the total per centage over the whole borough shows an increase of £3 14s. 9d. per cent., or rt contained a compara tive re equal to £3,4 00 . The re p o turn of the per ceutages collected on the gross assessments for the years 1849 to 1853, both inclusive, and this, with the exception of Kirk dale, showed a eady increased r centage collected in Liver amount on each year. The p e pool, in 1849, was £6B 14s. 11d.. in 1853, £77 9s. 3d.—ie Kirkdale, £55 16s. 9 d.; £ 64 lls.' 40d.—Everto £74 n, 864. 7d. Bs. 3d. ; £69 1 2 s. ld. — W est Derby, £67 12s. sd. ; 2s —Toxteth-park, £53 ls. 6d. ; £64 ls. ld. The apparent decrease in Kirkdale, it was stated, was in consequence of the Northshore Mills being burnt down, in 1853, only six weeks' rates being payable in respect of the property, as sessed at £1,250. Had the whole rates been paid, as in previous years, the total comparative per centage would have been £66 15s. 3d. per cent., against £64 11s. 4d. There had been issued during the year 24,407 notices on asses sments under £2O to appear before the appeal com missioners, and 3,403 fourteen days' notices on assess ments of £2O and upwards. 6,724 magistrates' summonses for nonpayment of rates had been obtained during the year, and 1,864 warrants. LIVERPOOL POLFCE STATiSTICS.—Captain Greig, the head-constable, has - issued his annual report for 1854, which gives the following results : The authorised strength of the police force of this town is 886, of which 314 belong to the docks. The disposable force for the town is thus 572, from re which 68 officers and men are t a ken to fill va rious special departments, 20 being served for detective duty, and others for duty in the bridewells, fire department, &c. With this reduction, and a further reduction on account of sickness, the number actually doing duty in the streets is 473, which is one police-officer to every 790 inhabitants. With a view alike to the effi ciency of the police and the advantage of the public ! a pp mndencairoei f n uil ing y a b r a e ti p on lac ari d cl u a n ss de h r as an bee el n pe fo r i rm en e 4 , d 1853, 21,753 pTons were ta instructed in the nature of thkeeinr diunttioesc.ustDoduyri,n2g,7t2h7emyrrer than the previous year, though the increase , co , mpr k ises d a number of the less important offences. The an disorderlies" numbered 2,947 males and 2,303 females ; the " drunk and ineapables" 2,778 males and 1,407 females. During the year, the value of the property stolen was £12,256 7s. 4d. ; recovered £2,703 2s. 3d. The appre hensions for felony were 3,334 males a nd 2,450 females ; of which 2,535 were committed for trial. The tables presentof an increase of 207 in the apprehens ions, but a decrea 382 in the committals - for trial, as compared with t he pre ceding year. Of the 2,635 persons committed for trial on charges of felony, 759, or 29.9 per cerrt. were born in Liverpool ; other parts of England 412, or '16.2 per cent.; Ireland, 1,131, or 44.9 per cent. ; 'Scotland, 79, or 3.1 per cent. ; Wales, 61, or 2.4 per cent.; Isle of Man, 10, or 0.4 per cent.; foreign countries, 76, or 3.0 per cent. During 1853, there was an increase of 38 in number of fires, and property to the value of £144,021 was destroyed, being an excess of damage of £128,114 as compared with 1852. The total number of firemen is 104. There are 1,441 public houses doing business, and 911 beerhouses. There are 591 brothels, and 1,896 known prostitutes in the borough, being an increase of 17 in the former, and 198 in the a li s compared with 1862. Of thieves there are in the 18 professional, 182 who work occasionally and The report also embraces ' some li 9o t r t o e su g r u s , 5 facts about emigration , rlis and shows that within the last four Ili souls have lauded iu this town years 1 1 1 ) picwi.aorudsi of a rai on from Ireland. . Taz MAYOR, on Wednesday, in. honour of Her Ma jesty's birth-day, entertained a large party of gentlemen at the Town-hall. FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING Moiler.—On Tuesday a very diminutive man named Henry. Roberts, who had been a porter in the employment of Messrs.. Raiford and Col lard, trunk makers, Lord-street, was charged before the police magistrate with obtaining the sum. of £1 4s. from the Rev. H. Hampton, incumbent of St. James's Church, under false pretences. The prisoner had been discharged from the employment of Messrs. Holford and Collard in March. Subsequently he called two or three times upon Mr. Hampton, with a bill for the above amount, saying that he had been sent by Messrs. Holford and Collard. On the 6th of April the prisoner again called, and the rev. gentleman gave his servant 245.. to give to the prisoner, who, upon receiving the money, receipted. the bill. After wards Messrs. Holford and Collard sent their bill, when the fraud was discovered. The prisoner urged poverty as a reason for obtaining the money. Mr. Hampton wished the bench to deal leniently with the man, but as he had been before the court about five years ago,. the magistrate said he had no alternative but send him to trial. The prisoner was accordingly committed. MONSTER WHEEL FOR THE MERSEY IRON WORKS. —On Tuesday evening no small amount of interest was excited by the circumstance of an immense piece of ma chinery which was seen issuing from the gates of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., and which, on enquiry, we found to be the first portion of a gigantic fly-wheel, intended for the new rolling-mills of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, of this town, and designed by Mr. William Clay, manager of the works. Considerable difficulty was experienced in conveying the casting from the foundry to the company's works, occasioned not alone by its vast weight, but increased in a great degree by the great cir cumference of the circle of which it was a segment, and the consequent awkwardness attendant on its transit. To obviate the difficulties as much as possible, it was moved in the evening, when the streets were comparatively clear, and it was drawn by about fourteen of the company's finest horses. The portion referred to, although weighing about twelve tons, is not quite a fourth of the whole wheel, which, when complete, will, it is estimated, contain up wards of fifty tons of metal, the whole having a diameter of thirty-five feet. It is intended to form part of the machinery for working a boiler-plate rolling-mill, of the largest size and most improved construction. When in operation, this mill will be a vast acquisition to the iron ship-building and boiler-manufacturing interests of the town, by enabling them to have plates of any dimensions or thickness made on the spot. THE SELECT VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting, on Tuesday, before the business commenced, Mr. Denton, on the part of the overseers, disclaimed any connexion with the contest now going on between the churchwardens and the ratepayers, in the matter of stopping the parish clocks, fie. From the report of the Workhouse Committee it ap peared that the admissions to the vagrant sheds, during the past week, had been 378 males, 213 females, and 43 children, making a total of 634. The number of inmates in the house was 2,251, among whom there were 839 sick cases, '77 of fever, and 33 of itch. From the proceedings of the Industrial School Committee it appeared that Win. Lyon, one of the pupil teachers, had been dismissed for irregular and immoral conduct. A charge made against Mr. Denson, one of the assistant-masters, of beating a child with needless severity, had been found to be ground less. Six boys had absconded from the schools, and three enlisted into the 60th Rifles corps. A resolution had been passed, limiting the time for the parents and friends of the children to see them at the schools to once in three months. It was recommended that Eliza Hewitt should.. be appointed head laundress at the schools, at the salary, of £l5 a-year. The proceedings were confirmed. The Medical Relief Committee had exonerated Mr. Norris, one of the district medical officers, from a charge of neglecting a patient, brought under notice by Captain Greig. A dis cussion ensued on a motion proposed by Mr. Wm. Jones,: that lay Protestant visitors should be admitted to the house for the purpose of imparting religious instruction to a portion of the inmates. Ultimately the proposition was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. Carne, the resolu tion prohibiting the employment of any of the paupers on out-door work was rescinded, Mr. Carne stating that in a month or two the new cemetery at Walton would be opened, and, as there were about 3,000 paupers buried every year, it would be a considerable expense if men had to be engaged to dig single graves, especially when there were sufficient men in the house to do the work. On the motion of Mr. Came, the churchwardens and overseers a , with Messrs. Lu ff , Bra dle y , and Rea, were appointed committee, in compliance with the recomendation of the gener al vestry, for the purpose of su m perintending and also to inquire into and report on the system adopted pre viously by the surveyor. Mr. Carne brought before the notice of the board an art icle which recently appeared, in which it was stated that there were twenty-two deaths from destitution within the parish in 1852, and reflecting seriously on those having charge of the adininistration of relief to the poor. This matter was soon disposed of by Mr. Hart, the vestry-clerk, who stated that, on reference to the coroner's returns for 1852, there could not be found a single verdict of " died by starvation." Tin: ART or FRINTING.-011 Wednesday the Rev. S. B. Sutton, incumbent of St. Peter's, Sackville-street, Everton, delivered the last of a series of lectures for the benefit of the working classes, in the school-room belonging to the church, in Upper Beau-street. The subject was " The, art of printing: its origin, progress, and civilising ten dencies." After describing the different kinds of printing —copperplate, block printing, and printing with moveable types—the rev. gentleman traced its origin to the very earliest times, giving several quotations from the Old Tes tament—which, he remarked, was the oldest book on record—in order to show that impressions by seals, which must have given the first idea of printing, were taken as early as the times of the patriarch Job, and other cha racters of sacred writ. He referred to the use of the art in China, in the rude form of block-printing, which, owing to the peculiar construction of their characters, was the only method adapted to the representation of the Chinese language; and after further tracing it to Europe, from its introduction into Germany, the rev. gentleman dwelt at considerable length upon the progress which the art had since made, illustrating his remarks by several valuable old works, principally copies of the Scripture, which con tained specimens of the different types then iu u s e cold English black letter, Roman letter, and Italic. He also exhibited diagrams which lie had taken of the Stanhope hand-press, and the modern steam printing machine, at the former of which only 250 copies of paper could be worked off in an hour ; whilst the latter produced as many as 6,000 copies in an hour. He then referred to the civilising tendency which the art had exercised on man kind generally, noticing, in eloquent terms, the impulse which it gave to the Reformation by the great means it afforded for spreading knowledge, and placing the sacred Scriptures in the hands of the people. Though it might, and sometimes undoubtedly did, exercise a powerful influence for evil, it was, without question, one of the greatest boons conferred upon man. It was a great boon both to the poor man and to the rich, for by it the former was now enabled to obtain copies of the Scriptures and other valuable works, which before could not be got except at the enormous expense conse q uent u po n the great amount of time and labour req uir e d to copy them. The rev, gentleman concluded his interesting address by further referring to the great benefits which printing conferred upon the masses by aiding in the dissemination of useful knowledge, such as was to be derived from the newspapers, and works like those of t h e Messrs. Ch ambe rs, Dickens's " Household Words," " The Leisure Hour," which were essentially the works of the people, cheaply affording a vast amount of interesting and valuable information. A vote of thanks to the rev. gentleman for his lecture con cluded the proceedings. CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION S OCTE TT.—The first anniversary meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary to this society was held on Tuesday in the Royal Amphitheatre. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. M`Seile,--the Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenhani, and the Rev. E. Girdle stone attending as a deputation from the parent society. There was a numerous attendance, a considerable propor tion of the audience being composed of ladies. The rev. chairman, after deploring the amount of ignorance still prevalent in the country, and the i m p o ssibility of agreeing upon a national system of education, said—" I am enabled to say to you that the society which we advocate this day, although it has no higher name than the Church of Eng land Education Society, yet does hold, and is determined to carry out, the Protestant and Evangelical principles of the Church of England, without mistake and without compromise. (Hear and cheers.) We value, truly and sincerely value, many of the operations of the National Society ; but with some of its operations we have good reason to be dissatisfied. For this we have been called factious, but the faction has been upon the other side. (Hear, hear.) We endeavoured to give to the management of that society a more comprehensive character, to make it more clearly, more impartially, re fairly the repre sentative of all the component parties of the Church of England. In this attempt we failed ; but we were treated in a manner which betrayed too plainly the animus of the managing committee. We were treated rather as an tagonists to be checked than as allies to be consulted. (Hear, hear.) We were, therefore, forced into a separate action. I wish this to be particularly observed, because the most important objection brought against us by any is, that the movement has been needless, as sufficient instrumentality existed before. Now, had we made any needless movement, and agitated the public mind need lessly, we certainly would be obnoxious to very serious rebuke. But I feel persuaded that that charge is un founded. (Hear, hear.) I, for one, took part in the mov ement so far as I had an opportunity at so great a distance from the seat of central operations, the metropolis, and at very great inconvenience, and repeated attendances at the parent society endeavoured, in co-operation with others, not to carry on a factious proceeding, but to get a fair representation of all the parties in the church, which would confer a universal confidence upon the operations of the National Society. That was our bone fide object; and instead of being received in a friendly spirit, or even argued with as to the propriety of our conduct, we were treated as invaders who had come to interfere with the established order of things, and not as friends who wished to make that order more enlarged and more efficient. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances, then, I say we were forced into separate action, and we formed this society to appeal to the public. The operations of the society, as hitherto carried on, are fully described in the report. [The chairman then read an extract from the report, and concluded :I—l need only add, that among the grants so made, three have been made to schools in Liverpool, in connection with the church—St. Barnabas, St. John, and St. Stephen's. The Rev. W. H. Wright, one of the secretaries, then read the report. This showed that the society had made grants in several instances to enable the managers of schools to meet the requirements of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. From the report of the parent society just issued, it would appear that there are nearly 12,000 schools which are at too low an ebb to be brought within the benefits of any gove rn ment grant. The Liverpool branch of the society I—ialiceenittrievbutsed. 3dluirin'tnognthmeopvedast t t'ea e r fi t rs h t e r s eso um lu o t f io n n, 3 a 9 4 2 e s r . which time Rev. Mr. Close , at g reat length, addressed the e rn d e u e e t a i n t igo ,asrligsutainignesttirio)anrgtllyy tiyfvaovlouunrtao r f y a effort, xed a t p e a n t l o y f by government aid, extolling highly the present method followed by the Committee of Privy Council on Education. —He was followed by the Rev. Mx. Girdlestone, and the Rev. A. Knox of Birkenhead ; the resolutions, which were all psased, unanimously, ,being severally seconaded by Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. David. Hedeson, and. Mr. Charles THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. GEYERAL INTELLIGENCE. A CARTER was thrashing a poor jaded horse at Sun derland the other day, when a Newfoundland dog seized him and threw him to the ground. EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF SALMON. — On one of 'the days of last week no fewer than five hundred salmon were taken between Slny and the mouth of the Findhorn by the drag nets. On Monday last about two hundred were caught. These takes are quite unparalleled on the river Findhorn:—Forres Gazette. THE PALM TREES for the Sydenham palace are from the neighbourhood of Grand Cairo, and have been obtained for the - palace by Mr. Anderson, one of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, who is now in Egypt, and who has taken great intrest in the success-of the Sydenham palace. WELL-PAID PILOTS.—A letter from the Baltic fleet says :—"No expense has been spared in obtaining the assistance of pilots. Not less than £lOOO has been paid in an instance or two, for the services of this class of men during the whole season, till the navigation closes :. and the same sum has been given to a Norwegian linguist, who speaks Russian and Finnish, on board the Wel lington." THE CZAR AND HIS WIPE.—A couple of years after her marriage, the present Empress of Russia paid a visit to her father M Berlin. - Nicholas, two days after her de parture, took post, travelling incog., and arrived at the palace at Berlin one hour before his consort, who was not a little snprised to be welcomed by her husband. It is the only time, it is said, that he indulged in a hearty laugh. THE GROUSE is early and plentiful this season. There is a large quantity of nests, and some of them are already hatched. The Duke of Rutland's gamekeeper has gathered 300 grouse eggs in Lord Panmure's forest, and taken them to England to be hatched with bantams. How they may turn out time will only prove.—Montrose Standard. 3loxsTEn STEAMERS.—There lately appeared in the Southampton docks four, mail steam-packets (three of them Clyde-built), viz. the Simla, Colombo, Atrato, and Himalaya ; three of them screws, and one a paddle-wheel, the aggregate burden of which is nearly 12,000 tons, the united length one-fourth of a mile, and their value above half a million sterling; such a sight was never before seen in any port in the world. The four steamers occu. pied nearly two-thirds of the sides of the docks. EXPENDITURE OP PUBLIC MONET ON OFFICIAL RESIDENCES.—On Friday, a Parliamentary return was published, from which it appears, that from 1831 to 1853, there was 1:34,791 Ils. expended on official residences in the neighbourhood of Downing-street, On the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence, £4103 3s. Ad. and on the Chancellor of the : 'xchequer's o f f i cial residence, - £7230 7s. 10c1.; on the ' nisi Office, £4640 Os. 1(1. ; and on the Foreign Office, £ 2 10s. 4d. LITERATURE AT SEA.. - The passengers on board the steam-packet Crcnsus, which left England a few months since for Australia, published a newspaper on board called the Southern Cross oe Antarctic Gazette. Several copies of this journal were printed and published at the Cape of Good Hope, and have reached England. In one of the numbers was a report of a very admirable lecture on the resources and prospects of Australia, delivered on board the Crcesus. while she was proceeding on her voyage, by Sir Thomas Mitchell, the Australian explorer, and in ventor of the Boomerang-screw propeller. THE SCOTS GREYS.—It is one of the disadvantages of our co-operation with the French troops in the East, that a sense of delicacy compels the British to veil the regi mental devices which they earned iu the great war in the Peninsula and the Netherlands ; lest they should outrage the feelings of their gallant collaboratPurs. The Scots Greys are greater sufferers by their Waterloo distinction than any other corps, fur it has caused them to be kept .. . . ALtExs.—ln this country there have been 1,886 natura lised since 1841. TEE LEPROSY is spreading so rapidly in Norway, that fears are entertained of its becoming a general sickness, as in the middle ages. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS are in the. north of England land midland counties inspecting-the-prisons and barracks, with a view to finding accommodation in the interior of the country for prisoners of war. TEECONSERVATIVE PARTY inCambridge,it is rumoured, intend to invite Mr. Warren, Q.C., to, stand on the conser vative interest, at the ensuing election. There are already three liberals in the field, and a fourth has just with drawn. ROYAL PATRONAGE OP ROTAIN7. — Mr. Croup, teacher Montrose, has received orders to prepare a collection of the plants of Forfarshire, as well as those indigenous to Balmoral, for the especial use of Her Majesty the Queen. —Montrose Review. DITULLEEP SINGE, the young. Maharajah who was brought by Ghoolab Singh into-Lord Hardinge's camp in 1846, and under our protection was soverign prince in the Punjab until 1849, has arrived at Calcutta on his way to Europe, where he is proceeding to improve himself. He is now 17 years of age, and has embraced the Christian religion. A 31onERE JOAN OF Aac.—The wife of one of the offi cers of the 11th Hussars, and sister to the great African lion hunter, accompanies her husband to the East. Her habiliments are prepared for active service. She is to have a black belt, in which two of Deane and Adams's revolvers are placed. She has been practising daily at the shooting gallery in Dublin, and promises to avenge her husband's death should he fall by leading on his troop against our common enemy.— United Service Gazette. CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME.—About a year since a man named Tennant. in Barnwell, laid himself down on the railway at Paper-mills, and allowed the train to pass over him. After his death, his wife, whose supposed infidelity had been the cause of his suicide, went to live with her paramour, and eventually they agreed to emigrate together. The woman took with her on board the vessel £22, all the money they had, sewed in her stays. As they were at the very point of sailing, the man said he had left something on shore, and told his victim he would go and fetch it, and return within an hour. Instead of returning, he kept ashore • the deluded woman sailed, and the wretch, it is said, h as returned to Cambridge, and boasted that before leaving the ship he had taken the money from the unhappy woman's stays. ' Loans.- 2 The lambing season may now be considered over in the south of Scotland, and it has been a very favourable one. The report from that large district of the upper portion of Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbright, lying between the Nith and the Ken, represents this, with very trifling exceptions, as the best season known for many years. There were no severe snow-storms during the winter, and plenty of grass, which circumstances brought the ewes to the lambing season in much better condition than last year, and as they leave plenty of milk, the lambs are much stronger. There are fewer twins than usual, but, on the other hand, there has been a smaller am am t of deaths and fewer barren ewes ; so that, on the whole, the crop may be considered an average one in quantity, and beyond that in quality. Some accounts from Scaur Water are not quite so good.—Dumfries Courier. THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. — The treaty for the free navigation of the rivers Parana and Uruguay, signed on the 10th of July by Sir C. Hotham and the provisional director of the Argentine Confederation, has been laid before Parliament. The confederation concedes the free navigation of the rivers, wherever they may belong to her, to the merchant vessels of all nations, and agrees to main tain beacons and marks pointing out the channels, such navigation to remain free to the merchant flag of all nations in case of war between any of the States of the river Plate or its confluents, excepting in what may relate to muni tions of war, such as arms, gunpowder, lead, and cannon back altogether. _hey ease literally covered with sou- --- -- -e., s—__ ss venirs of Waterloo, and must have altered their uniform I balls. A uniform system is U. be established by the con entirely if they had Leen sent to the East. We cannot federation for the collection of Custom-house, harbour, and help commending the good taste which would spare a sin- other dues. No favour is to be granted to the flag of any gle mortification to our gallant French allies.—United other nation which shall not equally extend to the British. Serrice Gazette. The high contracting parties, considering that the island INVENTOR OF LUCIFER 3IATCHES. — Don Quixotte's of Martin Garcia may impede free navigation of the con friend, Sancho, blessed the man who invented sleep : but if fluents of the Plate, agree to use their influence to prevent you knew the trouble attending flint and steel operations, that island being held by any state which shall no t a dh e re you would doubly bless the man who produced the lucifer to the principle of free navigation. The treaty was match. That man was Mr. John Walker, of Stockton- ratified on the 11th of March. upon-Tees, who still carries on business there as a chemist INSANITY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED 111 and druggist. Chemical matches threatened the empire MESMERISM.—At the Northampton petty sessions, last of flint and steed thirty or forty years ago, and in 1827 week, the father and mother of a lad named George Walker Mr. Walker was preparing some lighting mixture. He attended before the magistrates to implore their help had dipped in a match, intending to make experiment in under the following circumstances :—Two years 'ago, when the then common mode, when accidentally he scrubbed it the electro-biology mania raged in the town, the lad was on the hearth, and it ignited, A new light was thus unfortunately one of the subjects who was operated upon thrown upon matchmaking, of which Mr. Walker was not by Mr. Reynolds, the lecturer, and by the Rev. I'. Milling slow to avail himself. In April 1827 he commenced the ton. For six weeks his parents were ignorant of what had sale of friction matches. For a box of 50 lucifers, with a occurred, but were conscious of a melancholy change in piece of sand-paper for friction, the charge was a shilling. the boy's demeanour. The fact at last transpired. The A whole gross of boxes, gorged with matches, may now be boy became so violent that it was necessary to subject had for about eighteenpence.—Gateshead Observer. him to temporary restraint. He was visited by both the COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—For biologists, and Mr. Millington attended him with great agricultural statistics, to be collected in the three king- diligence and anxiety. The case was submitted by the doms, the sum of £13,000 is required in the miscellaneous rev. gentleman to Dr. Elhotson, who directed that the estimates for the present year. There is to be a " complete demesmerising process should be continued, with an as system " in Scotland, carried out through the medium of surance that it would in the end be successful. A com the Highland Society; a "complete system "in Ireland, plaint was made at the time before the magistrates, and under the management of the Board of Public Works; and 211 . r. Millington and Mr. Reynolds both attended to meet in England there are to be " further experiments," under it. Nothing came of it, some of the magistrates being dill the superintendence of the local officers of the Poor-law. posed to think that the violence was feigned. For a time ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—Mr. It. Phillimore's bill to the demesmerising process seemed to be partly successful, improve the mode of taking evidence in the ecclesiastical though the lad never became what he had been previously. courts of England and Ireland has been printed. It con- With his growth, however, the insanity also grew, and the sists of one clause, which provides that in any suit in an unfortunate lad has now become, to all appearance, a con ecclesiastical court, the Court (if it shall think fit) may firmed lunatic. His insanity was too obvious to be summon and examine witnesses by word of mouth, and . doubted, and the magistrates made the proper order for either before or after examination by deposition or ' his admission to the asylum as a pauper lunatic.—North affidavit, and that notes of such evidence shall be taken ampton Mercury . down in writinF by the judge or registrar, or by such other 1 , D .. ROTESSORSIIIPS FOR THE NEW UNIVERSITY Or person as the judge shall direct. i MELBOURNE.—A university is to be founded at Melbourne. A " MYSTERIOUS STRANGER" entered the church of St. ' The appointment rests with Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart ; Peter Mancroft, Norwich, a few days ago , an d re q u e st e d G. B. Airy Esq. Astronomer Royal ; Professor Malden, permission to view the building. The sext on imm e diatel y of University College, London ; Robert Lowe, Esq., M.P. • n lie for p s m e ed t sid me t7 so t b h i e jii til ig ta a r ,;( ilngfrl'oainntinogf and Sir William a Beckett, Chief Justice of Victoria. The salaries of the professors are fixed at £l,OOO per annum, which acim itt l e i ( e l i kneltknelt ; ( a lo n i d v violently the while. Then he got up, and giving the sexton besides a residence in connexion with the university. A a shilling and his gold watch and pencil - ca se, disa pp eared. total abstraction from political or sect c ar i i s in ide h r i ed flue d n e. ce ira mu bl s e t As no tidings have been since received respecting him, be rigidly enjoined ; and it will be o fears are entertained that he has committed suicide. that the professors should be men under the middle age ; SINGULAR CATASTROPJIE.—A train from Birmingham of approved diligence in literary pursuits; graduates of to Coventry, on Monday, brought into the latter station an one of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, ' unfortunate gentleman named Barnett, a Birmingham Dublin, Edinburgh, or Glasgow; and designated by some merchant, with both his legs cut off at the thighs, on the particular excellence in their collegiate career ; accus point of breathing his last. The guard stated that, in tomed, if possible, to the inculcation of knowledge (with passing through the Beechwood tunnel he felt the break- dearness and readiness) in the department to which they carriage suddenly lifted up, upon which lie had stopped the propose to apply themselves ; and more especially of such train and walked back. Ile found the unfortunate man habits and manners as to stamp on their future pupils the lying across the rails, the train had passed over him, and character of the loyal, well-bred English gentleman. his legs were severed from his body. The door of a first- HEMP IN FRANce.—The French Government have pro class carriage in which he had been was open, and the hibited the exportation from France of all hemp the growth cushioned inside board torn down. Further the accident of France or on which the French import duty has been is inexplicable. „ paid. Many British merchants and manufacturers had THE CLYDE SCREW-STEALER. — We were much g rati- made purchases of hemp at Havre and Nantes, and have fled this week by an inspection of the interior of this fine been much annoyed to find the removal of their property new steamer, which is now on the eve of its departure. to this country prohibited, especially as it was so much The decorations are indeed of the most gorgeous descrip- needed here for manufacturing purposes. The applica tion, In the main saloon, which is of the most spacious tion of our Ambassador at Paris to the Government has proportions, the side panneLs are of plate glass, beautifully been fruitless, and our merchants have been obliged to sell ornamented with gold and colour, having in the centres a • • . again in France, and at a loss. So far as we understand series of exquisitely painted views of the chief cities in this there is no prohibition on the exportation from France of country and the United States, including London, New foreign hemp lying there in bonded warehouses, being York, Edinburgh, Washington, Glasgow, &c., the colour- considered as only in transit's. It is well for traders to ins of which forms an agreeable contrast to the rich crim- know that by the provision of a Customs' act of 1814 the son drapery. The cupola roof is formed of stained glass, French Government may prohibit the exportation of adorned with medallion portraits of the most celebrated goods of French origin, growth, or manufacture, and those statesmen, warriors, and literati of Britain and America, considered such by payment of import duty, whether they while the side compartments exhibit similarly executed have become the property of British merchants or not, figures of War, Peace, Industry, &c. The ladies' cabin is and that purchases are made in France subject to the decorated at the same time with figurative representatiOns riskof such a prohibition, which has been actually applied of Poetry,'Music, and Painting. The general effect of the . . to nemp. aq rat u i : o it n in w t ere Th p e r s o e . ornaments and colour is light, mellow, and pleasing. The passage cupola is also extremely attractive, being adorned A NEW SAINT.—The beatification of Germaine Cousin, a French peasant girl, of the hamlet of Pibrac, near Toulouse, has been celebrated with great splendour at P Li s ia e m xec ei n it ted al d i eco n el bo a ra va t r e ie s t pe y c o i f in l e im ns ds:a f diced, we understand, under the immediate superinten- Rome, and has created no small sensation in the religious deuce of Messrs. Hugh Bogle and Co., the well-known world of this country, especially in that of her own neigh. decorators to the Queen in this city, and they certainly bourhood, from whence both clergy and laity in consider reflect the greatest credit upon the professional resources able numbers proceeded to witness the ceremony. The and skill of the firm. — 'Glas s Citizen. — [Prom what we Univers makes the event the subject of a leading article know of the high respectability of the firm, and the good of great length, beginning with, " France counts one. taste and sound judgment of Mr. Bennett, managing advocate and one protector more in heaven." The new partner in its operative department , we experience much saint was born in 1579, and is described as deformed in pleasure in giving additional currency to the preceding her right hand, a victim to scrofula, and to a cruel 'step- commendation, feeling assured that it is deserved.— mother. In a state of half starvation she kept the flocks ED. L. S.] of her father until she died, at the age of twesand-twenty. THE FRENCH Emeßitox.—The Paris correspondent of Her claims to beatification are set forth as follows :—She The Guardian gives the following graphic description of became the queen of the plains when she kept her flock, Louis Napoleon and his lady :—" There are various reports and nature suspended its laws to honour her. Impetuous as to the movements of the E m press, but unfortunately torrents stayed their course to give her free passage ; the only one opinion as to her delicate state of health. Those wolves respected her sheep, which latter never strayed who knew the Empress Eugene souse years ago describe beyond her crook ; the commonest trees of her father were her as a person with a great deal of colour, and inclining always loaded with the finest fruit, and his crops were to embonpoint. The change to a deadly paleness and exempted from the uncertainties of the seasons. In the daily increasing thinness is very alarming, and seems to middle of winter her morsel of dry bread changed into portend that the effect of her extraordinary elevation has flowers before the upbraidings of her harsh stepmother; proved too much for her naturally feverish and excitable at her death the Queen of Heaven, with a choir of angels, death her body was discovered in a state o complete pre temperament. The incessant restlessness of her manner came to bear her from her couch. Forty /ears after her certainly denotes the feeling of one labouring under some prods, or ecclesiastical suit for imp servation. Her beatifica presents the most striking contrast to the cold unfathom • pre impulse too great for concealment. In this respect she tion, was first instituted towards the end of the seventeenth visage not even those who have been his longest and suit,. renewed in 1843, has, after ten years, been finally that oman ' Court of Chancery, the Con able aspect of the figure who sits : beside her, and in whose century.' Miracles increased round her tomb, and the solemnity took place on Sunday, indication of what is passifig within. Neither remem- gregation of Rites. t e Con closest Loon companions can pretend to read any certain carried . through Th the 7th inst., at S , Peter's, before the portico of which brances of the past, nor anxieties for the future, seem to interfere with Louis Napoleon's enjoyment of the present , told, the well-known bronze who gets fatter as the Empress gets thinner, and follows her miracles. Inside, arew l e othed in ds cloak of cloth of gold, out his unswerving will, whether it be in matters of plea- statue of St. Peter was c immense standards . depicted the life of the new saint and diamond,nto the kingdom of which he held characteristic of the man who for three years calmly pre. with jewels, to receive t. The tribune was hung with four sure or business, with an iinpassibilitY and steadiness fastened by a large and wore a triple-crown set pared the blow which made him what he now is. The the key the new saint. completion of the maison imperiale on'the most sump- representing.e tion of Rites in support of the claim tuous footing, the indulgence of that love of military pomp before the Congrti.,i These were a miraculous multiplication and finery which he owes to his French extraction, and of , of beatification. .. large paintings,in the four miracles proved the love of substantial comfort, and fine horses and car- of sick children, doges, and sport which he imbibed in England—the em- saint's intercessi , 'on • and the healing of the paste and meal in a consent of Bourges, obtained by the me id p which the mother of the child is represented war with the Czar—are all pursued at once with the same the body, .0 id hands of bellishment of his capital, and, though last, not least, his one b tl ap Bastion of a linen cloth which had touched equanimity and composure, and unswerving* perseverance. in to her infant. These paintings are executed by French receiving froni the the curb of Pibrac, and apply- The pages of the Moniteur exhibit once more the true g. the above, the postulant of the Napoleonic pretension to universality, and present us one : , beatification, in this case Mgr. Estrade, canon of Toulouse, day with a decree for the formation of companies of: bun- artists at Rome. Besides mighty war, and the next with an imperial ' mandate for four presents—a painting, a life, an engraving:, and a relic dreds of thousands of soldiers for the prosecution .of a and honorary chamherlain of the Pope, offers . to the latte .. r of the saint. The painting represented the miracle of the the scraping and cleaning of half the houses in Paris. The . ilf• ois, aso a nc ais ; ei e was Fre h ft' t th l'f capital han i a n s de o e f d t i i s te a Esomrtpeorfoirr, andie obnijeoul,viallieghir l i i i k t e ic a to cl y, in flo7em, by by M. _La I s l .1 - in receiving which his Holiness expressed " all his paternal child, as he undoubtedly is, lie is perpetually bent upon pulling to pieces. Sundays and all days be must be in- benevolence for the author." On receiving the relic, the to his forehead, and again kissed it with the tenderest subsects nor the exhausted funds of his aldermen of the _ . place after the cere- Thes presentations took dulFed with his plaything ;and neither the holidays of his Pope uncovered his head, kissed it affectionately, pressed it Hotel de Ville are allowed to interefere with the imperial devotion.. amusement. A few days ago, the municipal council had Sony lv m hich a a t bout St. Pe e ter'sin the Pope's private cabinet, to thirty 'of tlei clergy and inhabitants of Toulouse, who had - come to Rome for the occasion, were Boulevard de Malesherbes, a pet an of Napoleon 1., and to take into consideration the completion of the new At the fete of the beatification, the French comparatively of easy execution n his time; but which admitted.ii sdor was present, as well as the eneral of the now must be cut through a vast line of valuable property. French aft forces in Rome, with his officers in full dress, n on- Made desperate, I presume, by the conviction of empty. . ed it coffers, the city council absolutely had the audacity to coriss. d ltli th 40tI ' ion of cers, an so ers, o 1 regiment of h dal duty on the occasion. The officiating bishopincensed ~ prayer one ! Vain effort to check a will which bas always shown ofpublic worship official] addressed to her. itself more obstinate about such trifles as these even than ~ __ . Jet us 41 t tine ` hope, . says the Univers, la leChurch, Prance, and more weight matters. Louis Napoleon was not the man the world, will reap the fruits of this first invocation to to hear his 'constitutional" authority over public works me he shepherdess of l'ibrac, become now one of the powers interfered with. The Moniteur of the very next day con t , d' " In the eveni i the Po 1 - (sceutled from tained a decree for tho immediate expropriation of all the of . 1 ara t t ine c . nts to rcs' trate himself befo p i e e necessary property, and the vigorous carrying on of the ins al', • , I , l . l ____ • _ . I ) eagerly ' ' the np, shrine, work. Let the. city authorities find their share of the and a".'"fluy is des c ri be das joining him in the Wilda how 4nd when they eau," invocation. SABBATH DESECRATION AT THE NEW DOCKS. TO TIM EDITOR , OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlB,—Can you tell. me who is to blame, that the labourers work all day on Sunday at the new docks on the North Shore ? It is a great disgrace to Liverpool that such a thing should • be-permitted—that the first sight foreign sailors should witness, in entering our river, is numbers of men following their week-day Labours on the Sabbath-day. This was the case all Yesterday. Surely the excellent chairman of the• Dock Committee cannot know this. Will you. say a word on the subject, and oblige A RESIDE ST AT BOOTLE. May 29, 1854. THE RET'. W. .31:. FALLOON AND THE NEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. TO TRH EDITOR OF , THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Under the signature of " Consistency," a note appears in the Mail of Saturday last, the gist of which is to charge the Rev. W. M. Falloon with a want of what the writer is so full of; his very name b e i ng "C ons i stency. " I feel sure few men desire more to walk before all men consistently than does- Mr. Falloon; and though one of the Committee of the. New Education Society, he only joined it in the belief and conviction that it was not to act as an opponent of the National Society, but as a fellow helper with the same,. taking somewhat different views to arrive at the same objects which constitute the aim and , desire of that venemble.and most useful society. This he most distinctly and repeatedly assured his congregation was his conviction, when, on the 21st, he invited their attendance at the meeting. Now, with respect to the grant made to St. Bride's ' School, the Committee are very thankful for the same. Mr. Falloon, as president, made the application at the request of the Committee, and expressed his intention of having a collection for the National Society ; and more than once regretted. he could not have it so soon as he wished, owing to various circumstances, and particularly as a large sum had been so lately contributed by the congregation towards their own schools, for the extensive alterations. Again, would it not have been more consistent with that charity that thinketh no evil, had the writer first ascertained that Mr. Falloon would not have the collection in accordance with• the Queen's letter, and, secondly, to have ascertained his views and reasons for joining the New Society ? Had Mr. Falloon made a speech at the meeting, and confessed that be joined the Committee, believing it to be in opposition to the National Society, and that he, and not the Committee- of St. Bride's School, was the applicant for the grant from the society ; then, might the writer. with more justice, have thundered against the want of consistency 7 -but eren then he would have done wisely to have preserved his incognito, and assume, as his name, that virtue, of which even the most advanced follower of Christ deplores he has not more.---Your obedient servant, Tiros. H. HOLDERNESS. • Treasurer of St. Bride's National Schools. Liverpool, 29th May, 1851. ST. JIAITHETV'S, SCOTLAND-ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sta,—l have read in your paper of the 23d a letter, signed " James Gillespie," in which the writer connects the rioting of two Popish mobs, their ignorance, supersti tion, and brutality, with the Church and Schools of St. Mat t hew's. Now, I do not quarrel with, or arraign, that peculiar constitution of mind which could so readily trace a con nexion between the various facts stated by your corre spondent and the Church and Schools of St. Matthew's ; but, undertaking, as I did, under rery peculiar circum stances, the sole charge of St. Matthew's district, and uncheered and unsupported as I am, and have been, by one word of sympathy or counsel from those to whom I might naturally look for such, I may surely at least claim the privilege of being "let alone,'' and allowed to go on quietly by myself in the great work in which I am engaged. I deny that the schools are held in the " cellar" of the Church. Regretting, as I do very strongly, that there are not such buildings as I would desire, I must still affirm that the School-rooms, although under the Church, are superior to many in various parts of England which I have examined. An inspection will satisfy you fully on that point. But now, as respects " the religious and intellectual training of the juvenile population," I fearlessly assert that it is fully equal to that afforded by any school in Lancashire. I have good cause to admit the fearful state of thou sands around St. Matthew's, and good cause also to deplore that so important a district should be entirely neg lected, as it is, by those so active for the spiritual welfare of the rest of Liverpool. Still I have reason to believe that, amidst so many and peculiar difficulties, and not withstanding the violent opposition of those who receive not the truth, that the work of the Lord is prospering, not by the might or wisdom of sinful man, but through the divine operation of the spirit of truth. I cannot conclude without stating some facts, from which I fancy the logical conclusion is clear and forcible. I am an Irishman, not one ashamed of the country, but very much the reverse. The mobs whose grosi ignorance and superstition, as well as brutal violence, led to this un pleasant correspondence, are my countrymen. Now, Sir, remember this, and ponder it well: these men were trained in Popish falsehood at the expense of the British nation ; the glorious light of the Gospel of Christ was never allowed to shine into their school-rooms, (worse, I should say, than their being even in cellars ;) and then, when thus trained and fully educated, they are instructed by priests who have been provided and educated for this very purpose by the Protestant people of England.—Your obedient servant, HENRY COOP S, Minister of St. Matthew 's. 1, Christian-street, North, Everton, Liverpool, May 29th, 1854. THE PROPOSED "FREE" CHURCIL TO TUE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sri,—The correspondence, published in your last num ber, between our Diocesan and the Rev. C. Wray, and others, has attracted my attention, as it doubtless will that of the public generally. Mr. Wray and his friends, in fixing upon the close prox imity to my church and district for the erection of a n ew church, must have acted on the assumption that the insuf ficiency of church accommodation in Toxteth-park was a matter unthought-of and uncared-for by me, my colleagues, and neighbours ; and that the multitude of immortal beings (20,000 referred to) were left to the sympathies and compassion of one of the remotest clergymen in the town ; who, to assume no unmeaning circumstance, having re medied all such deficiencies in his own locality, was anxious to supply the necessities of mine. Now, Sir, I am unwilling to be supposed so indifferent to my responsibilities, or so regardless of the religious destitution of those around me, as to await the voluntary interposition of the chance sympathy of distant friends. The movement, on their part, cannot have arisen from the single and sincere motive to promote the religions wel fare of the inhabitants of Toxteth-park, or they could not have failed to invite the clergy of the immediate vicinity to join them in so pious and praiseworthy a purpose. In this, Mr. Wray has lost sight of that courtesy for which I have heard him highly praised. I do not wish querulously to complain of this project, which primd facie bears the aspect of benevolence and charity ; but it does not seem ingenuous and frank, nei ther is it English or Christian, to have ripened a plan of this kind, whereby many thousands of my people are included, without my being made privy to one step in the proceeding. This very naturally awakens suspicion which otherwise might not have existed, and which it is very painful to me to entertain towards an active and zealous brother clergyman. In answer to any implied indifference or neglect on my part, which I think this whole proceeding goes upon, I am compelled to refer to some of the efforts which I have made, and with God's blessing and the assistance of many friends to the cause of Christ and his Gospel, successfully made in the twelve years that I have resided in Toxteth park. I found , in 1842, a deserted and dilapidated church, and its grave-yard in a state of inconceivable desecration, no resident clergyman, no free seats for the poor, and a school with only 120 children. The church is now in good repair, the churchyard sub ' stantially railed in, 400 free sittings are constantly occu pied by the poor of the district—we are fire resident cler gymen in !till orders, all working pastors, and three efficient paid scripture readers, and in lieu of two church services weekly we have now eight, besides cottage lectures —the school accommodation is raised from 120 to 1130. In 1815 a elan was put forward by myself and others for the erection of three new churches to supply the ad mitted deficiency in the districts of St. James and St. Thomas, which was impeded by the terrible commercial disasters of 1848-47, and the result was the erection of one church, St. Matthew's, in Hill-street, containing 1250 sit tings, one-half free for the poor. But I was not unmind ful of the original plan, although compelled for a time to yield to adverse circumstances. In July, 1853, I obtained the bishop's license for the performance of divine service in St. Bride's school, Gray-street, which had been kindly placed at my disposal by the Rev. W. M. Falloon and the trustees, the stipend for which is supplied by the Liver pool Working Men's Church Association. Here the Rev. Edward Gabriel, late of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, has most successfully gathered around him as large a congregation as the place will hold, and which is to form the nucleus of the second church in the scheme of 184.5, for which the site was then purchased, and towards its erection I am now earnestly seeking subscrip tions. I point to this portion of the district of St. James (now called Christ Church, Toxteth-park) which must be the most proximate to the spot chosen by Mr. Wray, as singularly well provided with pastoral superintendence. The site for this church is on the unoccupied corner of land where Windsor-street intersects Hill-street. Mr. Wray states that one of his motives for erecting a new church near this place is " to afford the privileges of daily prayer and weekly communion to a large number of churchmen who would thankfully accept them." I have resided in my district, in the midst of my people, for twelve years, and believe tliat I know their views and tastes better than Mr. Wray, and I confidently state that no such desire exists in any considerable number of church men in the 20,000 embraced in his scheme—l will not say that he might not find a dozen such, though I know not of them—and that it is altogether a groundless assumption. If there be " a large number of churchmen" in this neigh bourhood pining after a daily servine and weekly commu nion, I wonder they have not made known their wishes to some resident clergyman, for until they do so they cannot say they have been rejected. But for the Bishop s firmness, an awkward c lashing of purposes would have come to pass, as I could not have yielded to Mr. Wray the right to come in and quietly possession of a part of my flock, and oust from the office of making provision, le or at least according to the best of in) ability, for the neglected of my own P e°l) sharing that duty with others. It would not be right for me to i e n n t c s ro e : m ic i li va s c o ed fa i r n o r i . l your space as to go into all the r po I will, with your per - Radford's long letter; but one point mission, notice:. The services of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Passion Week. &e., have ever been carefully observed in. St. James's Church, and the Book of Common Prayer weft in its integrity. My chief object in this communication is to defend. myself from an implied charge of neglect and inattention, and to show that the inhabitants of Toxteth-park are cared for by their legitimate pastors. I hope that I have-guarded myself successfully from any expression which can give offence to Mr. Wray or his friends; for, in vindicating myself and colleagues, 1 should be very sorry to occasion pain to others. I am, Sir, yours very faithfully, HEN. Hex roar. St. James's, Toxteth-park, 19th May, 1854. LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ITHE first exhibition of this society for the present season took place on Thursday last. Altogether the day was.. tolerably fine, and the attendance was more numerous than on any previous occasion ; so much so, indeed, as to. lead to serious inconvenience, many persons having been. totally unable to gain entrance. More than five thousand persons are supposed to have passed through the tent during the afternoon. The show itself was very good, but did not exhibit any: marked improvement over those of previous years, and the novelties were-fewer than usual. The Azaleas of Mr. Henry Sharpies, and the Orchids of Messrs. A. Fairrie and N. Hadwen, were the chief attractions. The prizes were as follow : I.—GROUPS OP PLANTS. Six Azaleas.-1.. Henry Sharpies, Esq. ;2. Adam Fairri4, Esq. Pour q ditto.-1. Henry Sharpies, E sq . ; 2. Ad am Fairriei, A. Six Heaths.-1. James Bibby, Esq. ;2. James Livesey, Esq. 'our ditto.—l. Adam Fairrie, Esq.; 2. Jas. Bibby, En.; 3. Mrs. Lorimer. Six Fuschias.-1. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrosv ; 2. James Bibby, Esq. Four ditto.—l. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow ; 2. James Lira— sev Esq. Eight Peiargoniums.-1. James Stringer, Esq.; 2. Henri Harrison, Esq. • 3. Oliver Holden, Esq. Four ditto.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq. ;2. Jas. Stringer, Esq. Six ditto (fancy varieties.)-1. John Campbell, Esq.; 2. Henry Harrison, Esq. ; 3. Charles Wilson, Esq. ; Extra prize, James Stringer, Esq. Four ditto (scarlet.)— Mr. Charles Rylance, nurseryman. Eight Roses (in pots, distinct rsrieties.)-1. Mr. J. R. Lcatherbarrow ; 2 and 3. Mr. Richard Griffiths. Four ditto.—S. Hope, Esq. I Six Petunias (in pots.) —l. Mr. Charles Rylance, nursery man ; 2. George Holt, Esq. Six Calceolarias (distinct varieties.)-1. Julius Focke, Esq.;. 2. Charles L. Clare, Esq. ; 3. John Anderton, Esq. Six Cinerarias.-1. James Livesey, Esq.; 2. Mr. George Davies, nurseryman. Six Gloxinias.-1 and 3. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow. Eight Ferns.-1. Isaac Hadwen, Esq. ;2. Julius Focke„ Esq. ; 3. Miss Molynenx. Six Lycopodiums.—lsaac Hadwen, Esq. Four Liliums.—The only one exhibited on this oce&siott was a noble specimen of L. Giganteum, a species fro= Nepanl, exhibited by Adam Fairrie, Esq. Eight Pansies (grown in pots.)-1 and 3. Mr. Charles llylance, nurseryman, MIgCELLANEors. Six Exotic Orchidaceie.-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq.; 2. Isaac Hadwen, Esq. Four ditto.-1. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow ; 2. Isaac Had wen, Esq. Miscellaneous Collection of Store or Greenhouse Plants (eight distinct species.)-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq.; 2. Ed ward Moon, Esq. ; 3. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow. Four ditto.-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq. ;2.W. C. Hope, Esq.; 3. Charles Wilson, Esq.; Extra Prize, Julius Focke. Esq. Fuschia.-1. James Brown, Esq.; 2. Christopher Rawdorr„, Esq.; 3. James Bibby, Esq. Orchidaceous Plant.-2. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby ; 3. Isaac Hadwen, Esq. Calceolaria.-1. John Anderton, Esq. ; 2. Charles Wilsou, Esq. ; 3. C. L. Clare, Esq. Lilium.—Adam Fairrie, Esq. Stove Plant.-1. James Brown, Esq.; 2. Charles Wilsorr, Esq.; 3. Charles L. Clare, Esq. Greenhouse Plant.-1. James Bibby, Esq.; 2. Thomas Davies and Co., nurserymen ; 3. James Bibby, Esq. Herbaceous Plant (grown in pot).-1. William Rishtorr. Esq. ; 2. James Bibby, Esq. ; 3. S. P. Hope, Esq. Hardy Shrub.-1 and 2. Messrs. Thomas Davies and Co.. nurserymen ; 3. Julius Focke, Esq. MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS. Basket of Plants (in pots). — James Livesey, Esq.; extra prize, John Campbell, Esq. Device of Flowers.-1. John Wilson, Esq.; 3. B. H. Jones, • Esq. Collection of Cut Flowers (24 specimens, named).-2- Adam Fairrie, Esq.; 2. John Campbell, Esq. Bouquet, for the hand.-1. Mr. Charles Rylance, nursery man ; 2. J. B. Yates, Esq.; 3. James Livesey, Esq. Eight Cat Roses (distinct and named varieties).-1. Bin; Henry Jenkins ; 2. J. B. Yates. Esq. ; 3. B. H. Jones, Esq. _ FLORISTS' FLOWERS. Stand of 24 Pansies.-1. Mr. Charles Rylance, nursery man ; 2. Charles Saunders, Esq. ; 3. Mr. James , . White head of Oldham. _ _ Twelve ditto.-1 and 2. Charles Saunders, Esq. ;3. Mr. James Whitehead. FRUITS. Pine Apple.-1. The Right Hon. Earl of Derby ; 2 and Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Two Bunches of Black Grapes.-1 and 3. The Right Hon_ Earl of Derby; 2. R. C. Gardner, Esq. Two Bunches White ditto.-1 and 3. R. C. Gardner, Esq.. 2. W. C. Hope, Esq. Six Peaches.—Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Melon-1, 2, and 3. Harold Littledale, Esq. Six Apples (table).-1 and 3. Henry Harrison, Esq. ; W. Haynes, Esq. Six ditto (culinary). -1. B. H. Jones, Esq. ;2. Henri Harrison, Esq. ; 3. Edward Bates, Esq. Strawberries (a dish).-1 and 3. Thomas E. Moss, Esq.; 2. Harold Littledale, Esq. Gooseberries (a dish).-1 and 3. Mr. John Harrison ;2. Mr. Charles Itylance, nurseryman. Red Currants.-1. Edward Bates, Esq.; 2 and 3. W. IL. Haynes, Esq. White Currants.-1. Richard Allison, Esq.; 2 and 3. W. H. Haynes, Esq. Black Currants.—W. H. Haynes, Esq. Cherries.—i. The Right Hon. Earl Wilton; 2 and Z. Thomas Harrison, Esq. Figs.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton. VEGETABLES. Best Collection of Six Vegetables.-1. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby; 2. Mr. John Learmont; 3. Mr. John Harrison. Two Cucumbers.-1 and 3. Mr. John Winter ;2. Mr. C. Rylance, nurseryman. Two Bi•ocoli.—James Livesey, Esq. Two Cabbages.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq.; 2. Mr. Joint Harrison ; 3. Edward Bates, Esq. Two Lettuces.-1. R. C. Gardner, Esq. ;2. Mr. John Lear mont ; 3. Mr. John Harrison. Potatoes.-1. B. H. Jones, Esq.; 2, R. C. Gardner, Esq: 3. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Peas.-1. James Stringer, Esq.; 2. Mr. John Harrison ;3. Mr. John Learmont. French Beans.-1. James Stringer, Esq.; 2. Charles Saunders, Esq. ;3. Christopher Rawdon, sq. Curled Parsley.-1. John Wilson, Esq. ;2.8. H. Jones, Esq.; 3. J. R. Jeffery, Esq. Onions.-1. John Ravenscroft, Esq.; 2. Gilbert Greenall Esq., M.P. ; 3. Mr. John Learmont. Carrots.-1. Mr. John Harrison, gardner ; 3. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Turnips.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq.; 2. Mr. John Lear mont ; 3. W. H. Haynes, Esq. Celery.—James Stringer, Esq. Asparagus.-1, 2, and 3. Mr. John Harrison. Rhubarb.-3. W. H. Haynes, Esq. Mushrooms.-1. John Ravenscroft, Esq. ; 2. the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby ; 3. James Livesey, Esq. The show of tulips, though not numerous, was nevetc theless very choice, and contained some remarkably fine specimens. Florists' flowers are, however, lost in a gene ral collection : they require a separate tent for theirproper display. For the bast pan of six tulips, one in each class..—Johns, Whittingham. Feathered Bybkemen.-1 and 2, Mr. Jesse Winward ; Mr. Henry Yates ; 4, Mr. .Jesse Winward ; 5,. Mr. Thomas Roby; 6, Mr. Jesse Winward. Feathered Roses.-1, Mr. James Morris ; 2,4, and 6,.Mm. Jesse Whiward ; 3, Mr. Henry Yates ; 5, Mr. Thomas- Roby. Flamed Bizarre.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whittingham; Mr. James Morris; 3,5, and 6, Mr. Jesse Winward. Flamed Byblcemen.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whitingham -.2; Mr. James Morris ; 3,5, and 6, Mr. J esse Wi nwar d Flamed Roses.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whittingham ;2, 3, 5, and 6, Mr. James Morris. Best Pan of Breeders (1 of each class.)-1, Mr. Jobs_ Appleton ; 2, Mr. James Morris. Class of Breeders, one of each Bizarre, Byblcemen, Rosen 1,2, and 3, Mr. James Morris. Class of Selfs, one of each, White, Yellow.-1. Mr. Jesse Winward ; 2, Mr. John Whittingham. WAX FLowEns. Collection of six distinct specimens. -1, Miss Newton; 4 Miss E. Gatchell ; Extra prize, Miss Newton. Ditto for amateurs only.-1, Miss Leatherbarrow ; Extra prize, ditto. - itrrul PRIZES. A prize of 12S. for the second best pan of Tulips, given bsr Mr. Henry Yates : Mr. John Wbittingliam.-10s. for the third, given by Mr. Whittingham : Mr. Jame , Morris.-6s. 6d. for the fourth pan, given by .Mr.Yatesr. Mr. Jesse Winward. A prize of 10s., awarded to that collection of S ere ftw,e or or Greenhouse Plants, on which the names o and most correctly written, giving the . ..ta ori nT u "=, of the plants, the year of their inti they " b ' e ' lo ` nr 7 country, and the natural families w hich ttfA Fairrie, Es% —Mr. Henry Williams, gardener.or stationed in different parts of the marquee, An— nie bands of Mr. Gribbina l et ' he scene. added much to the gaiety do til e eir excellent performance T_II_E WEST-END: — DUriIIC pa -tT inful feeling of i n te rest lists in the neighbourhood of Cavendish-square,, been excited theSulaP s P t OB fe E s p v d F ;y l.o s P i fiX i : o N s f of young lady from that locality. It would seemt ante a l a dy is connected with a family of the in consequence - of the sudden and extraordinary disappea r ,, that the young . highes t r espectability, andthat on Friday last she sudd en l y dkappeared, without leaving the slightest clew as to her whereabouts, plunging the whole of her friends in the deepest distress. The following description of her person_ has been extensively circulated about the metropolis A young lady, slender, with dark comple x i on and hair, one eye big somewhat smaller than the other ; dressed in a tweed dress, a Cobourg mantle, trimmed with blaek military braid ; fancy straw bonnet lined w 'trimmed with brown ribbon and f ancy stray{ =tiat side-lace boots with military heels, bit t od A ) veil, with two tucks at the botto every exertion has been used, not T Ltglitest • I a. tion has been obtained.—London StOte4 4. : • ! No r ~---; ,~: