The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

AUGUST 14, 1855.] 004. L INTELLIGENCE. Ft? , , , __________ __ l e, dier ACCIDENT TO A LUNATIC.—Edward Burton, a lune feets of i °l . l Thursday at the Northern Hospital, from the ef the I: 113411 es received on the sth nit. He was an inmate i s eo unatic Asyhun tTu b ook est Derby, and during tow"ument he met with a e n - i r " 4 which resulted in death. l ast, fr o t kb STEwAair Wasore, nj l n vho on the 3rd February lisp ed a check for £539 12s. Bd. 'on the Cumberland and 1c1,1.€2.1th of A p r il and was apprehended in the Isle of Man on t) sle, a „, Pnl, was convicted on Monday, at the assizes at 40 to 11.'4,4 sentenced to 20 Years' transportation. He had A I , t 18 Credit in one of the Isle of Man banks. r s l i t4l nPs ivlaTjoNslv ROBBERY of postage, receipt, and bill est er s, o mnutted on Wednesday morning, at the Man. t.., kt t l'oat R‘alll7„,,ll•Offic...e,tlie value of which is hastily esti m m m at . e . d . 17. of t wo _ 9 O ft is supposed that the robbery was co _ commit ,l I, l torai n ' l e v . who were seen to leave the premises early 1 ly. r r , ,K• with carpet bag in their possession. '°balae that ItteoßD TO BE ABOLISTLED.—it is more than exi s , mat the ~ ,i,,,.‘enee this aianchester Court of Record will not be . in ~,,,," h a. , _ .. 7_ tiro e next year. The County Courts Commis r`Zr tribo"nnallerened itot alone, but conjointly with to t t ra „ lll ,end at i o B :_f a similar nature and jurisdiction ; and the a ss r , In a b ill of the commissioners will doubtless be em 0a....... 11p.; and brought before the legislature early next (Ll:Atr I,"LeAester Guardian. vz Thu 11 "-Q CU' earl '4Y last LDREN OP THE ORPHAN ASYLU M. — by 4fY.Dart of t t 2 the children had a trip to Hale. Inßle rail. t , Afte7 daY they walked to Garston, and thence went '° e u c - bNbt , oci t ,,, da Y's pleasure they returned to Garston at rar e i - o e d a(le ; dty th e n the evening. From the station . they Zrea ll Proct le . and belonging to the institution, and v a e l s ftith cakes I°ll to the Garston Hotel, where they were IBS for uPw ' ' 441 Mulled wine. After enjoying them , rP9ol `r€ , s two Lours on the green, they returned to err ery mato Al ' 4 1t13 t s ° ,,e c s i e P h PleeN Ll4ll —On Tuesday morning, a gardener, ‘4 5 1 r sui c i de b ood, .residing in Aigburtli-vale, Aigburth, tail at Years of Y hanging -himself. The deceased, who oddfellow's Inc trek heedwas a member o his il t s., a n anniversary dinner on Mond . ay. the 4t rabid 47,t1reed to his home, and gave no indication of t t s ll 4 od oe l l l t lg affected. On the wasafolwin found ni g morning suspended t rf! - , a be a d ,_ ll l in an d fi l t ° cVn, Ve er b w eing extinct. He has left a t -4 e: t a,,_ et li f ol l rge th fa e m - ily, and had previously attempted self `4r7 °S tWO occasions. An inquest was held on Wed- F, i ' z ' 44 ( 1 a verdict of " temporary insanity" returned. it 4 l . l t „ P rPers 'ore DEINK.—A Norwegian seaman, named a b i ,,.: ea i•i, 411, aged 32 years, was found dead in bed at m.id '''t the ,Z in eg!lay. The deceased, who had been ormlung mid ge th e f aY 'With some of his comrades, was found lying itZas e e r 3 . ralli in Price-street, and appeared to b7l"nrOveur iP, and ar bY a police•officer to his lodgings, in %r„.,e w a i t cr sitting in the kitchen about •an hour a and a f'afellowleol u P - atairs and went to bed. At twelve o'cl_ock t4 t - th e ., --aers entered the sate apartment, when they f i „ bh. ,lii e :tieLll 13.'in,' across a bed, and dead. It was stated 4 4 °4, but ed fl ' ad been drinking spirits to excess for a alt. - °I I the day of death had commenced to bi ,Sth,„L llrt g .,, 'a a / Vete. i - ', l YACHT CLUB.—The'monthly dinner and tlp:Sy, and ... ,ie l d \v,,,," by this club at 'the marine station, on Niaittile chair, e numerously attendea, Commodore Little- Iltob,zTed. si, it eight p.m. 'thetbasiness matters were I,lllii'Neetit, i n - ot! 'l i ee era f b era w'er'e a dmitted by ballot and others ;'„,e ti le i,,,t for t w ° motion was adapted, after being before ;.,.7ead b ijaeeb h • Itontlis to the-effect " that the club do xtre -- uctesc°' till the' 'first Monday in each month,. 4 Ilew el3n , 4 aien t a i , as h hereof ore.'' That day is found to be exl l l.. B elf l . +O h tl , ereto ore. ',, h ated b 'log I. 4 .`le betterattendance of several members. "tstr Y the ins'ai,yilv_ ,e instead of the usual plug, wes • "°lt eet. ' e4( or, Mr. . lames R. Birch, of Washing "to, To, •.er s t , •icy 0 :1I 1) ' V e 0 '°l32. T--On-Tuesday, v before Mr. Comma 11In'essedilhs44 J . P •rx .-- 11 ----Lartlesda "" ' and shipowner, of 'this 4d. • ~e yk his ad • -- , a,,, , merchant . c; `Mined last th t , -a 'orlied .last examination. —On n ThurddaY, 4 1 Pridn e x ,!? tailor, in Richmond-street, passed 'his t . 4 Iter7Y, Jos.,,lwonation, and now stands for a certificate. as I .ke al t } • Pres tt formerly carrying on 4°4151 Q 4 ' ' , lt} ,la Li eo , _ ties . a last 4)11 t 0 ver P oo l, - possed his adjourned lastexamma: .4 er,,eiaraiottosition._--4R Claus.—This hankrupt,passed ',ft.{\;Villotite,-,10., and the e l9thof September was fixed for 0 11 , a7 a al, ~:'e es - Pichards.—This bankrur/t, -a--draper, .tat e „;, 1 4 th e lied for- his certificate. There was .no O PP 9: riZt:le);the eoramissioner granted him an immediate cert! . I)4,ZBLe 1 4: st n el asa•-"On Saturday, Anthony ' el t i n rn i tt tJ II Apir 4 Ni. ' ' °t tainsione r Stevenson, Iti , I, eatib lyk s ad ,44 4,_ 41 t Lira-solicitor gave notice of °n his'itt .- et en a ti m on iaa to . lf",..gof,„ 4l tro e l al/nu' the adjudication, and -the op t , 11 ! „ , tre ~,,,,.tcrte, d ,ie , T ues d ay being a.pporn ' for the (L,.., o a , I ,k ()a tt epne at i e „ ;, 4 e, I, o lif tl aal4 3 , °,1113.4.v AMERICAN SHlP.—Amttiny broke Ito - ,' - ' In "It'artl abound rd the Ocean Express, .an-American .g"`" e ,, k ', 'll,. ell ' 1 4170 0 r - Superintendent . Beyd, : w . i . th about a th a 7l 4, tee n 1 * the vessel, which was i off the tk,E'lly of ',Pori, sitting moodily in the forecastle, ylg and 11g,- th e mate "-ta out in the ship, on account of the l's l e Pilo th S l l , ' .. V 7 ho, they complained, ,rnatlethem work 'Qll'eo„ll4lhei‘n%!'s'rtecessary, both on Sunday-and Monday. the f CI--e ke n t: aPPealed to, said that the •ine;te had only tl3;rer:_a th en ''' ) de duties that were absolutely necessary. ttie-m to p reftrred to the Americarreousui, and as the 5ai1,t11,41.14111111e tied to sea with the mate, they were all 4 41. ,, rty. ,ea) sent ashore without their clothes and ri 4 nr \ t tl4lt l ara4;%,4tta"),eesan Express being an American vessel, ,tt,l V lleacia kir r , q , ct Le could not interfere in the affair. Nad‘kees 3', pr e ,, 14bLucs.—The weekly,,,,•eti i ragwas held ill idled p t . ii„,":—The Rev. Wm. ;Bakal,. 1 , b k i n., tt, N . s i\a s:, ,,,, , chairman; lAb Rdwards, Medcalf, .alorals , W il l y . ' 1 4 4. " I in thB st; ' i tzPatriek 13olsbaw, Batten, and irch l As 4 %4644' I\l.7lf_etaaarer's hands was -found to be £1,66 4-eti: ation of his ,ke ept ant 1 . 424 , s 3Tnass tendered the ik,N Attl• The e r of the Little Cresb i l•Aistrict, which wi t t or „1",,, ~,,i,, rel ug o ffi cers were . de:aired . to t_ p o r k es_ent . 1.- t",Z, A ua l Pee. h'"dtein tto the Yoaru• 411 auu tore-. c Alt-4, - - o .a t i t ok h;, , , 8 owi ng & name o f each ; auper visited, and V r ' I )2l V ltf r " each visit. The number of paupers le j a. :,- Ogt m c:, t u ltit week was as follows :—ln-door, 666; lt l / 4 ' yee,,quolkwq, 3,955 showing aniumwee of 18 . in-door .0. 4 , ea ' ~..., with the,,orresponding week A a e eompar,-, iv'. ,ti,L4r, .y compared expended in out-relief was £196 NOter f tetz , lk,gat s wie,,t''''ltZ HA RE, AND THE :HI_Vi.K.—A corres- NN ago, ,''aster Gazette, walking on the moor . a few ~ D , ; ,4",nf w . "'",._ his attention drawn to the heagle-like ma rt:N..44 '''sel, evidently in pnrenit-oSsomething that he m t ,1 15. tn,.. 3 '.4 , 1 1:1 4 ;:d e, ear cs n it es c t a . menearer its wiry twistings became Looking :ahead. for the . object of " t kpi l , a ilakat , .ban was seen qurtiy . making . its way to a '44 1 tf on the left, a whisk an :the air above told ,tl ,,tk: 4 4 4th irl party watching the progress of the weasel, ‘ a ' ',„,k4 ll ls , eti t la - --view of the hare, andwith a bound, struck tj`t , siillia,,;llrictim on the neck. its ! trin.mph l iyas t brief, Woti o I ,, , rted down with the on .vtl h oty f l o c of g h e l i i l a in rf: Gil,`,:!l:` e ‘ta o 'ri t struck the w ! as - sAal, and puss galloped stoutly from her dead 'llik i t the 4.l7 . 4 -rtoss.—A number .of informations we re '4 tirk,o-th,,- m agistrates on Wednesday, ?ed ., penalties ini- L b , I,trit ;vs. - le - of Mr. William Tyson, CVelahall-road, an tOt , e as ' made for a fortnight. Mr. ::: Thomas Baron,. th I' - 60, t,6 SN, 14-4 Tannery, I ,,,kNllli a L 3 , °h - western Railway oak ,v for their was fined , L 5 .and costs , .e . r ° tlt -Ig o Station £5 and tos ' t e ral ...... 1 3 1 ,c s 0 3 lid ,_ cos t s ; raessrs. J. Kershaw,. ‘. t kite; at t i 4 44 ,hi e ' ‘ 4- scoig,ne-street, 20s. a i, r 'llq,„ ,7% ;VI Brothers, sugar-refiners CNt 4i 4 ' B ws. Brancker, stables ill. n Sheridan-street, , .Vauxfiall-road, aaN. t t alle b en made since remand,zs.- at E offences : d costs. The '".lo l /4 44,4 .were imposed for steam:ho i t,,ailkilled-,14'41,,,41:„ Waterloo, steamer 'to Wrist, £5 . and , L 'Es . oat, evo-,•-,Etearner to Dundal CaPta_ N, ' er P‹ll l , 1- .,,. 6 aYs ; Messrs. Willough b a Birkenhead, in .J. Williams, 4 41 ' `tat li e C h , er irY Nichol, vt o rl ' ? .t t) . _ 5,. ...7r,ington and Co 1- ' ' new E ast h am k . , . ry £5 and Book erry k. 4 ei t `t , TZ tt e i t ZT costs ; Charles' river .and others, Nllt 4 ° 1 4 Voa 4 ::',--r, RO. 11: IV Ne ' ll leq - ,i t EAR BOLTON.—Between ,one and two t, ta 1tt1,Z1114a,74.17 afternoon, the village .elf Bradshaw . _ , c,; t 'thil l4 tl k.Z_S.i t ,• "2 Bolton on the Blackburn turnpike jart'arll,'lN 'eq 'f;'''oe utmost consternation by the report 4 mic. 44 %ti . m h oni as Jolly, a clogger, hadmurdeFed els b er e t ' eti:t*'kllyards committed suicide b3r cutting his liu,fotbai:' illlitaz found with his throat eubfrom ear to "e o ` 00 3 , - ",,4 an:1141a,,,' e xtinct ; and his two children, named s 'N e e 4"AI kibitll4ta respectively three ail i fiv ;e y d ea ea r d. N v B titeb m 'atrt4 , 414T:oats also cut, and thee. gir 11 41 1 9 4l) e! l 'e e n soon as possible after the:swl 444ul danucre 41A-jak ; : ?f tale ~,__- ' e Ir'o l ,,,"l'A'eon, of Bolton, was ra t r ai atten d of the 'd . e4 n h: l ' a vr o l'illot'sal,; but no hope . is entertained .1,,,, ,) I le toe oli i ‘ r or „,::_eolly was a widower, angled been ,15 a,, ,, ; Q0 w ao -, of t '''vo; but beyond that . cir . cumstance no ''' Q • ollit. e cause of his committing th (-lwri . d Yl4 , tLi rt o f age.— Manehester ' o i r l i v A T 11 ,_ y years 3 4 f t a P 4 t 84141 N. No. 187, CaPtain , 4 It Illy thlitla,,, Berm transpor , Irt ) ,alt, . e 2,5- t c, on Wednesday, from the Fast. , She : ',ti ~ed .t, 'll lat n 4 atisl Gibraltar August the let. n ''',',l4ll 4 7sf e on ti,..u . .! 3 , long. 4'55, signalled the steam . 1 ,N,' , 4t,',,1ed 6;n l sle,-,',*th lust., in lat. 40'37, long. 10,1.6, t, (; .1,1` i'l it - ," shi l ,,r ~."aieh • 1 the sth, in lat. 431, long. N I '4 '4 ' --(al i' YValt ' ° Scott. She has brought home 4 3 % vali v or A m ,. er It N; ve 93 1 ; At a • "crawl, Royal Artillery,. in military C L OIN 1 • A la kills, of the 7th Regiment ; Major iik'll 444 " e ° l' n i a i ,_ 4u r Gri tone of the Turkish Con kilptfeqft 1 1, 14 : s e ti i i.,___glas, ins ,of _the'79th; Captains Elliott i'iellar; - ', sl e ll aigli . oon Guards ; Lieut. Harman, of Sullivan of N isets ' k 'C ' e, it it'ge 'it ;')lfe the Uzt ; Captain t -Assistnt,- ~4 , h Is, ...ral), till sers.Fosbery (Depu y 0 41:14,\:voiaoth, , St, Gardner, and Watts (hospital ( 4 ) D.,, 4 kli l t l :tl. ll 'llid e se ,len and .firemen, 169 invalided 1 4,`41, L h 6 ,D tA , child ren. L,4, - ' 4 th,„‘ ai r ; 4lr SI--Nliss Kirkpatrick, aged 18, the t,,,.' q Y`t`, , , at'll i .o, - 4.._* ** Rirkpatriek :(of the firm of Messrs. el'4l-11,1PCN'eiAnlar.13gton-street.mu on a visit with ~, ttrlto 'etk ,no, last week. On Wednesday, about tri.hk,4,4.1414 sloe went out to walk with a young ~It. N. f,kyZeat n;;I:olled over the ground near thetele- A N. I'llev„._ L'l,3alread. As they preceeded,.admir . ing i',:ti l Soon' ,'"; too close to the cliff. Miss Kirk "NITY atP la t i,,N4 ~,'° ° B o stone, stumbled and fell over the N\krt o 4l Pseq °l. ,(lod' T tiaZPindieulr, and 60 feet high. The 4,, , ,,,,Cie t0 t. ee fo , te c kt 0 .instant alarm and assistance was t 'al'l l tos 0 0 414 a ll vi'mg to the nature of the place, an ~ , 1 1° , ,t1 44 1t 4t ' l‘ q l , • kadyi seri could Shedown to where the 'i l `lt'n % 'She V 7,1 lying. was alive ; stunned, kO4 - ki , ho,'hot ,; v az not a bone broken, not a mark Vltoiaiee, spa. v ea the appearance of a bruise. She f t• tei Th e ' iltitCe composedly to her mother., ,and iNk l 4p le iii ,s geo 6 ::!l o clock,. w . ben_she s hr s ea a t i l e ae d d fr re m 4 .,,it i ,qe t i 4 1 4 - zi `', l l w ere of opinion that h k 4 5 :1! ,ilCiliti was coRN CANAL AND RAILWAY.-The i,,.. t, l'e pti Q 4, 11 Q held on Wednesday, at the station, NN //t8 ir i l a e Esq., M.P., the chairman pre ot ti e 410' th e atom'that the increase in the gross 1 1.: 1 1 et (I N ` 1 is Ist six months, compared with the 1 / 41 l ti r l otio:rkin 2,28 e, against which i must be placed V l , l 't ti e l 3 t olt Ati and prod renewal charges of £1,396, and of 44.,, ol io eh °a haa treace dividend of £1,660. After \kS, , j o th e Nan al4en, adopted, a vote of thanks was I. „o,otd e ,rena tn „ ' s ll rect Ors, and the secretary, who ' , ,t,, 1 1i Vlk t. ' to assi`l:ation due to them during the past ', t,. 1 , 11 0 4, tip; -- Ou it4' the dividends of the shareholders. ,f r pool, er4roVaY a meeting of gentlemen \ t Yl; P t' tt S t'l Abe c°4l)ln and Southport Railway met \\l, I L 4„ arieesenti t , y, in Sweetie street for )k6",eciatir4,,anagr, 1 0 Mr, Richard Stephens, tos tl e e glie n t3 o - of his a a trtunonial, as a mark 11,1 ' 4 Y./ Aid )p °f the able . services, now line term e of the by I NN l e nte °t kahire P rella ' s leera t k ,'"ihi l laaht, n „,. ,Company. J. H. Wrigley, Y aki r a e pur se " e ''' oti lltid . the chair, and presented ti1 411 (1 :8,1 beautif ully ni l',.fii ''' ' trPaiaied by F„,,oro, te f ___ ograp , and_ encase rtle nt is , raPa. Air. Stephens ac '4 a feeling repl. JAMES STUART HAWTHORN and Thomas M`Nicoll, of this town, have been admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons. CAPTAIN BAILEY, a well-known local temperance orator, died last week. He was fifty years in the service of the Old Quay Company. TIIE MANCHESTER GUARDIANS have passed a highly com plimentary resolution, on the retirement of Mr. Baines from the Presidency of the Poor-law Board. ON WEDNESDAY a man was kept in the stocks for several hours at West Derby, as a punishment for being drunk and disorderly. THE Vasco DE GAMA arrived at this port on Thursday, with advices from Lisbon to the 2nd instant, but she brought no political news of interest. - - - - AT THE monthly meeting of the Garston Board of Health, on Friday, it was resolved to lay a general district rate of is. 2d. in the pound, estimated to produce £1,250. MESSRS. BUSHELL and Co., of North John-street, in this town, have contracted for 60,000 gallons of rum about to be sent to the Crimea in the brig Garling, of this port. THE royal mail packet-ship Blue Jacket, of the sth of March last, one of the "Fox" line of packets, arrived at Melbourne on the 13th May, in 68 days from port to port. The Blue Jacket has made the second fastest passage on record. ON FRIDAY the directors of the Liverpool Steam Tug Com pany and their friends took a trip along the Welsh coast, in the new steam-tug Rattler, which was gaily decorated with flags for the occasion. It was intended to land at Llandudno or Beaumaris. CHEAP TEM TO THE LIKES. —lllr. Marcus, to whom the public are so deeply indebted as the pioneer of the cheap ex cursion system, has organised a series of Saturday afternoon trips to the lakes. The price is 6s. there and back (in covered carriages), and the time, from Saturday evening till two o'clock on Monday afternoon, 131EA.TILS FROM DRUNITEXNESS.—On Friday morning, Joseph Jackson, a fireman employed on board the steamer Ellen Vannin, was found dead on board that vessel. Re suffered from asthma, and was addicted to drinking.. Matthew Fulton, who resides in Lower Watkinson-street, 'came home drunk on Thursday night, and in spite of the entreaties of his wife he would sleep on the sofa, where he was found dead on Friday morning. THE United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye, sailed on Saturday, for New York, with the usual mails, 230 passengers, and a fall cargo. Amongst the passengers were Frank Crossley, sq , M.P. for Halifax, Yorkshire, and A. T, Steward and lady, of New York; also Mad'lle. Rachel and sis ters, Monsieur Raphael Felix, and a troupe of thirty artistes, who are making a tour of the United States. At the Police-court, on Saturday, Bohn Connor, of 5 Court, Collingwooa-street, was charged with coining. On the pre vious evening, Inspectors Kehoe and Murphy, with detective officer Cousins, entered the prisoner's lodgings, and surprised him in the act of preparing forged shillings, seventeen of which, and the mould in which they had been cast, were found in his possession. He was comn•3itted for trial. Tht RETRIEVER. — The six flats and two lumps that had been secured to the Retriever by chains broke away, and drifted to Seacombe about half:past twelve on Saturday. The Steam-tug Company had taken every means in their power to raise the vessel, if possible ; and although their endea vours have not been attended with success, they will renew them with increased vigour. The Admiralty '-have %..ranteel the use of the largest chain cables at Deptford, and they are to be brought down immediatly. LAIINCH.—On Tuesday, a new steam-ship for the lfast Steam-ship Company's Belfast and Liverpool trade, was launched at the building yard of Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Kelvinhangla, on the river Clyde. This-steamer is 200 feet in length, 570 tons measure, and is a very; handsome vessel, with a fall poop cabin, having baths for -about 40 passengers. Her fineAnodel and extra power should snake this vessel a very fast-sailer, and it is expected she will be ready for work by the Ist - September. Tusassronrs WissrEn.—Two important tenderipapers were issued by the Government on Saturday. Onei4-for the hire of fast-sailing vessels, to convey stores from the Thames to the Crimea, with thenption of employing the vessels in the East, for four months after they have performed their - service, the rate not exceeding les. per ton per mouth. -Another tender is invited for -carrying portable huts to the , Crimea in sailing ships of 600 te'Soo tons, to load at London, , Woolwich, Ports mouth, and Bristol. The ships must be :ft :Ids to load at the end of this month, and the same oonditiott is made as to their extended hire if required. GATFILIZINC AT KNOWSLEL—The ;Members of the me chanics' institutions in Lancashire and-Cheshire, with their friends, :by the kind permission of the Earl of Derby, will assemble.at4nowsley on Saturday next. -Lord Derby hascon sented to -allow admission to the hall,and it is expected that Lord Stanley will address the visitors. Bands of music will accompany the party, and play on -the lawn, where a refresh ment tent43ll be erected. Special trains will be run at cheap fares. The ease from Liverpool will leave Lime-street station at 2.15 p.m., and return, leaving Huyten,at 9.30. Muzunr, awn SUICIDE.—On Wednesay afternoon, at 'the village of:Bradshaw, near Bolton, two , children were found with their throats cut, as is supposed; bytheir own father, who had .afterwmds committed suicide by - cutting his own throat. The anan's:name is Thomas Jolly r andhis youngest child, aged threuyearz, and named Mary .Jolly was also quite dead. The eldestchild, Thomas, aged five :years, was found alive, but, though- surgical aid was obtained taeloce the wound as speedily as possible, only faint hopesareentertained of saving life. The father , wsz a widower, aged about 30:-years, and followed the trade , of-aelogmaker, but no motiveis assigned for the horrible crime he-has committed. DUMPS AND TRANSPORze.—The Andes (s.s.) and the Emu (5.5.,) have both been inspected by Quarter-masteriGe neral .Scett, Colonel Derinry; :and Captain and Adjutant Edwards, who have reported 'very , lighly of the manner in which tiwy have been fitted 4ip ,for the reception n troops, under the superintendence of Captain Bevis, R.N., the Admiralty agent at this port. These two fine ships .we.to embark the 56th and 3 4 th Regiments : they will arrivelere this morning—the former from Manchester, and the latter from .Pailkliurst, Isle of Wight,-when they will immediately embark at the Huskisson Dock. The Europa (s.) and the Kansa -(e.0.) are undergoing repairs,iprior to embarkingtroops for the Crimea. T. ISLE OF MIN STELX-PACICET COMPANIES.—At the meeting of the Liverpool and Ramsey Steam-packet Company last week, it was stated that the .roceipts had decreased, and that the directors intented toAlispcse of the Manx Fairy, ,and to, purchase a less expensive steamer. The half-yearly meeting of theliverpool and Douglas Company was also held last week. From:the directors' report it appeared that there had been ‘a Slight dsezease in the passenger .traffic compared with the traffic ofthe corresponding period last year. The receipts on the.goade traffic showed a large increase. The directors ,pxo posed that a shed, 150 feet in length, to be covered with glass, shouldbe erected on the quay, .opposite the company's office, in orderto facilitate and accommodate the goods traffic. SiorGI.7l.A.ll EFFECT or LLcixericuTa-.—During the thunder storm,hree et c hi l i T ai k nr n o ae l n i rd T dc u ooo e . s r, da lt i aodui t about twenty minutes or a _quarter of an hour before afternoon,within leading sut;f e tot h t h .wasee ahall counting-house, un nd p tioln.rngtge on - r h o out f hose, Messrs. John i s v i h m en ult h w o e w o as us s r t e a p r o t r le t, d l b ik y e a th fla a s .4 h u o ick f -lightning ahati a g n o d f b a y stairs e rifle- al sh inns ot .t . , Very.shortly afterwards, he discovered in one of the long panes of plate.glass, in the inner folding doors, a small perforation ' perfectly round, and perhaps 1-20th of an i nc h i n di ameter. The foldingdoors are placed within a recess porch, and are reached brtwo ascents of four -stepz4each, at a distance from the street line of the building of some five yards. The small size of the. orifice leaves little room to doubt that it was caused by lightning- There is no crack or.starring of the pane to be seen ; but azertain symmetrical.splitting off of thin lamb= of glass, widening from the outer to the inner surface, so that while the-only disturbance of the outer surface is a hole barely large enough to pass a slender knitting-needle through, the in ner surfaee.ia .hollowed out like a bowl, in a somewhat circular form, to ablaut the size of a florin, but-in form so geometrical as to resemble a spider's web.—Mituthester Guardian. ExcrnslQN or THE HISTORIC SOQIETY.—On Thursday the members,cf the Historic Society of Lancashire and Che shire made an excursion to Shrewsbury, .where the Archmolo gical Institutes& Great Britain and Ireland is holding its an nual congress, - so that a greater number of attractions than ordinary were offered. The party left ,Birkenhead at half past eight, and; having received some accessions at Chester, reached Shrewsbury about half-past ten. They were met on the platform ,by Lord Talbot de Malahide, president of the institute ; Edward Hawkins, Esq., treaarxer ; and Albert Way, E sq ., sooretary. They then proceeded to the Shire Hall, where, for their convenience, two sections were going on with morning meetings. The members the Liverpool and Chester societies were decorated with t their respective badges, and these secured them a ready gntrance to the museum and the meetings of the institute for the day. At the close of the sectional meetings, -.the company assembled in the NisiPxius Court, Lord Talbot de Malahide in the chair, when Dr. Hume, in the name of.the Historic Society, promised them a hearty welcome if they met any where within the two coinages; and the Rev. M. Massie, of Chester, warmly urged the propriety of meeting at Chester next year. The president expressed the great gee.tification ,which his visit to Liverpool had afforded him in s'entember ;last, especially his examination of Mr. Mayer's interesting .collection. In the afternoonthe whole party proceeded on an .examination of the principal ehurches, including St. 3,lary's and the Abbey Church. A public dinner took place in the Music-hall in the evening, at .a:hich the societies from Liver pool and Chester were again honourably mentioned ; and, at a later hour, Dr. Kennedy, of the Grammar School, gave an elegant soirie, at which the temporary museum of the insti tute was lighted up for the occasion. A special boat was :in waiting at Monk's Ferry, to conve,y.the members of the His toric Society over, after the last train ; so that a day of rich and varied interest was made as long f.s possible. HEALTII.CoMMITTEE. — The weekly meeting was held on Tuesday, Alderman Langsdale in the chair. The other mem bers present were Messrs. Dover, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, Sheil, Johnson, Hodson, Gladstone, and Halhead. Dr. Cameron, acting for the medical officer of health, reported that the health of the town is in a very satisfactory state, the total mortality for the week ending Saturday, the 4th instant, being below the average of the corresponding week of the last nine years ( including 1849, the year of the cholera). 222 deaths were registered. Of these, 6.2 were of zymotic diseases, and included. 39 from diarrhoea (nine less than the average—principally chil dren two years of age and under). The temperature was highest on Monday and Tuesday, the 30th and 31st, when the thermometer reached to 72 deg., and lowest on Wednesday, the Ist instant, when it came down to 56 deg.—the mean for the week being 63 deg. The highest reading of the barometer occurred on Sunday, the 29th ult., 29.98 inches ; the lowest on Saturday, the 4th instant, 29 56 inches :—mean for the week, 29.76. A communication was read from Mr. Mason, secretary of the dock committee, acknowledging the receipt of the resolution of the health committee on the subject of the infringement of the roadway at the south-west corner of the Custom-house. The letter stated that on examination of the dock committee's books there did not appear to be any record of the agreement referred to in the resolution.—A communi cation was read from Mr. Lea, superintendent of drainage and sewerage, resigning his situation, consequent upon his appointment as surveyor to the Wallasey local board of health. • —A communication addressed to Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, by Dr. Sutherland, one of the sanitary commis sioners sent out to the Crimea, was read. It stated that Messrs. Aynsley, Freeny, and Wilson, (three members of the sanitary staff in the Crimea who accompanied Mr. Newlands from this town to the seat of war), were now on their road to London, from Constantinople. Dr. Sutherland expressed the entire satisfaction be felt at the manner in which those officers performed their cluties.—Mr. M`Gowen reported that there had been convictions on all the smoke informations brought before the magistrates on Wednesday, MR. CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH MASSEY, of Liverpool, and Mr. James Lambert, of Northwich, were admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons at a meeting of the court of examiners on Friday last. CRICKET MATCH AT BOOTLE.—On Wednesday a match was played between the two rival clubs of Bootle, viz., the Derby (a juvenile club), and the Bootle C. C. The score was as follows :—Bootle, Ist innings, 67; second 45 : total, 112. Derby, Ist innings, 115. BEST.—We are glad to perceive that the town council of Liverpool has been wise enough to appoint Mr. Best as organist to St. George's Hall, at a sufficient salary. At the meeting when this appointment was ratified, it was stated that the organ had cost upwards of 10,000.—Athenecum. MESSRS. PILRINGTON AND WILSON presented, on Friday the captain and mate of their celebrated clipper Red Jacket, with valuable chronometers, as a reward for the skilful and seaman-like manner in which they navigated her during her recent voyages to and from. Australia. GARSTON BOARD or HEALTH.—The monthly meeting was held on Friday, at the Aigburth Hotel, Mr. J. G. Morris in the chair. Present—Messrs. Moss, J. Morris, W. Plitt, Charles Chaloner, and W. Chidson. The proceedings of the Works and Health Committee were read, embracing a recom mendation that Yorkshire curb-stones be used in the town ship ; that Victoria-street and Irwin-street be paved ; and that the footways be flagged with Knowsley stone. The proceed ings were confirmed. The minutes of the Finance and Bye law Committee were next read, recommending a general dis trict rate of ls. 2d. in the pound, which was estimated to pro duce £1,250. The proceedings were confirmed without dis cussion.—A communication was read from Mr. Gotta, dated the 30th of July, in reference to the delay in completing the survey of the roads and lands in the district of Garston ; and asking whether he should submit the result of his survey to the General Board.—A letter was read from Mr. M'lntyre, in answer to the Surveyor, expressing his willingness to lay drain pipes along the Riversdale-road, if Mr. Chaloner and Mr. Moon did their share of the work. The letter was re ferred to the Works Committee, and the board adjourned. AN ILL-irATED PAIR.—On Thursday last, a case came before the magistrates at the Police-court, strongly demon strative of the impropriety of ill-assorted marriages. In the case referred to, Petrick Boyd, lately a master-porter, and now the keeper of 'a shop for the sale of emigrants' stores, charged his wife, a buirom woman, of about thirty years old, with an assault upon him. Both parties are Irish e and the husband, who is 'what is denominated a " character," is Upwards of 74, and his general mode of stating his complaint, although emi nently.provocative of laughter, was frequently such as to give rise to 'feelings the reverse of respectful, and equally at variance with pity and with mirth. Pointing significantly at his wife, he prefaced his complaint by 'saying,‘ My wife and 1 -can't agree, your worship ; I'm getting too ould for her, and I dare not go home. I'm Afraid she'll stick me with a ;knife. I have not been home for the linet six days." The wife appeared with a black eye, and, after some interrogatories from the bench, the husband aekemiledged that he had in filkted the discreditable stain. It appeared that the ill :judging couple had been married for about eleven years, during the whole of which they had lived a " cat and dog" life ; and after hearing the case, 'which turned out to be a very trumpery one, chiefly made rep of crimination and recri mination, the magistrate disniissed the charge. After this had been done, the husband declaring that he could not live with his wife, the magistrate advised him to make her an allowance. On this the hoary sinner andeimpleton, who is undereteeirto be in tolerable worldly circumstances, magnanimously offered to allow his wife •a shilling a week ! Ultimately both' , Use complainant and hisarrifeavere ordered out of the court. Dome COMMITTEE. —The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, MraCharles kTurner in the chain—From ;the mi nutes of the last committee meeting it appeared the solicitor had been directed to: take the necessary steps for consolidating the dock acts, under Abe directions of the special-sob-com mittee.—Pram the proceedings of the marine sub-committee, it appeared that Mr. Chapman, the lessee of the refreshment rooms onlhe.landingestage, complained of the supply of water to his rooms, and suggested that tanks should - be placed at each end of the stage, to remedy the inconvenience of which he complained. , The report of the surveyor on'this subject recommended that a tank capable of containing.l,ooo gallons should lee placed en the pier-head, from whichtherefreshment rooms eseild be supplied. The estimated cost of the tank was £25. The suggestion of the surveyor was orderelto be carried out: —The abarbour-master's sub-committee -.recommended that the surveyors be directed to procure stages, planks, &e., to be'used in the large lock of the' Husaisson Dock, when usedeaso graving dock. The sub-committee also re commended that the salary of Mr. Thomas-Fronton, master of the Canning. Dock, be raised from £l5O - tesial7o per annum, the maximum sum allowed to maeters , of second-class docks. *The increase was agreed to.—Mr. Broteelebank brought 'under the notice of the committee theeprapriety of having *hears onseeme portion of the dock quays - for the masting of , ships.-411r. Hartley promised to , bringethe subject before 'the ahaebene-master's committee.—With reference to the letter of 'Messrs. Cowie and Co., tomplaining that the south eaasircerner of the Prince's Dock had been appropriated to the .vesselsovrated by Messrs. Magee and Levirgston, forming the '" , lsiverpool" line of Australian packets, the committee re -solved` that a return be made by the 'harbour-masters of the -sailing df vessels by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, and James' Baines and Co., from the 'berths appropriated to them in the •Coburg Dock, and that it be recommended that no permanent berths be granted in - theiThence's Dock, and that 'the permission granted to Messrs. Magee and Levingston be , diseontinued after the departure of their vessel now loading in r the berth. The recommendation was confirmed.— The -superintendent of the weighing materials re ,perted the operations of his .department for the year ending-June, 1855. The recelptsaveree,23o less than in the pre , vious 'year ; the expenditurebadbeen £540 less. The receipts for the year ending June, 1854, were £1,396, and the expendi sture £1,427. The receipts for 1855 were £1165, the expenditure ealaiSaA C.2s. id. The whole of the , works of the year had been done by the servants of the comniittee, excepting 20 strong ' triangular legs, supplied by Messrs: Chapman and Callis. The aysholeof the weighing materials werein an efficient state of re -pair. There was an improvement-both in that respect and in the expenditure. The necessary instructions were then given to the stib-cominittee of works to enable the north wall to be ..connieted.—The Chairman said there was another subject he :had to bring before the committee. He received a note from thestown-clerk on Friday, requesting that a deputation from the Dock Committee should meet the special sub-committeeof the Town Council on the subject ofthe future management of the Birkenhead Docks. Of -course there was no opportunity of ,-calling the committee together,.: and he had requested Mr. Shand, the deputy-chairman, .and Mr. Rankin, to accompany with Mr. North, as a deputation to see the sub-committee of the Council. This was a note:of what passed : It was re solved that Mr. Weightman and :',Mr. Hartley be requested to.go to Birkenhead at the earliest opportunity, to report avehist portions of the undertaking were complete, and adapted for the accommodation of shipping, to be man e aged by the dock estate. That a report be obtained of the various officers and servants employed, with their ,duties and salaries. The'Dock Committee to examine the whole undertaking, and to report with plans as to --the mode of making it most available for the purposes of '.thsacammerce of the port of Liverpool.—Mr. John Hartley had been over with Mr. Weightman e and he believed he looked over the works.—A report from Sloman, the secretary, .-on the subject, was then read.—TheChairman said it seemed the mat mode of managing this property was to allow the similar departments to come under•the respective departments , of the Dock Committee, and probably they would authorise - the:repairs, &c., to go to the Committee of Works, under the -surveyor, as was the case with works,cn this side the river; then the dock-masters, the dock-getemen, berthing, lighting .and cleaning the sheds, &c., to be referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee. The receipts, payments, &c., the mode ,of-collecting the tonnage dues, and the mode of payment to the treasurer, the payment of salaries, &c., to go to the Fi manoc-Sub-committee, of course opening separate accounts; and the warehouses would go conveniently under their Ware- Uwe sub-committee. If the Corporation wishes to see another deputation from this committee, perhaps it would be ;left instiee hands of Messrs. Shand, Rankin, and himself to see them, and to report to the committee anything that passed. Agreed to.—The various sub-committees were they re-appointed.—This closed the generalibaeiness. Tee TE COLLECTOR OF Cusroaes.—On Friday after noon,.a meeting was held in the CountilChamber, for the pur pose of-presenting to Elias Arnaud, Esq., an address from the various ,commercial associations of Liverpool, expressive of their respect for him on his retirement from the office of col lector ef. customs at this port. About , .fifty gentlemen as sembled on the occasion, among whom were Joseph Brooks Yates, Thomas Brocklebank, M. W: Collett, C. Holland, Harold Littledale, J. B. Lloyd, J. H. Turner, T. Edwards Moss, G. W. Moss, T. B. Barclay, John Torr, S. R. Graves, R Shell, &e„ &e. The mayor and Mr. Arnaud, on entering the room, were received with tokens of marked respect, and his worship :haring taken the chair, Mr. Charles Holland, as vice-chairman ,of the Chamber of Commerce, in the absence of Mr. Heath, its chairman, requested the mayor to present the address, which he handed to his worship. The mayor then in feeling and appropriate terms expressed the great pleasure he felt in having been made the instrument of communicating to Mr. Arnaud those sentiments of respect and esteem which were entertained by the commercial community of Liverpool towards one who had for so long a period discharged the arduous duties of a most responsible office ; discharged them too, in such .a manner, AS, while it .secured the approbation and confidence of the government, had also gained for him the warm approvalandlrespect of those merchants and others with whom he had been brought into contact, often under circumstances of diffieulty, This he had accomplished by maintaining a strict integrity of purpose and action in all his dealings, so balancing the exercise of a power almost discre tionary as to give just cause .of offence to none. In such a view of the, case, the present tribute of esteem and regard could not but prove a welceme, as he was sure a deserved one. His worship then read the address, which set forth in strong, but well-chosen terms, the high appreciation entertained by the mercantile community of Liverpool for the impartial and upright conduct displayed by Mr. Arnaud, during the long period of thirty-two years, which he had filled the important post of Collector of Customs at the port of Liverpool. It acknowledged his general courtesy in the discharge of those duties which devolved on him, and thaded him for the prompt and efficacious assistance which he at all times rendered to even the humblest applicant under circumstances of difficulty, and concluded by assuring him that the town would ever entertain a lively remembrance of the name of " Arnaud," as a memento of faithful service to the revenue, with enlightened regard to the interests of the fair trader, It likewise expressed a hope that he would be long spared to enjoy that honourable retirement which his long and faithful services had entitled him to. The address, which, engrossed on vellum, was signed by Edward Heath, president, and Charles Holland, vice-president, of the Chamber of Com merce ; J.Bmmley-Moore, chairman, and C.Saunders, deputy chairman, of the Brazilian Association ; Chas. Turner, chair man, and R. C. Crosbie, deputy-chairman, of the East India and China Association ; Maxwell Hislop, president, and Thos. Seller, vice-president, of the American Chamber of Com merce : Samuel James Arnold, chairman, and Edward Grey, vice-chairman, of the General Brokers' Association ; Joseph Hubbatk, chairman, and Halsall Seger, jun., deputy-chairman, of the Association of the Liverpool Corn Trade ; Isaac B. Cooke, president, and Thomas B. Blaekburne, vice-president, of the Cotton Brokers' Association ; William Mann, chair man, and Samuel R. Graves, vice-chairman, of the Shipowners' Association ; F. Shand, chairman, and T. Bough, deputy-chair man, of the Westjudia Association ; R. W. Preston, chair man, and W. Preston, vice chairman, of the Wine and Spirit Association ; Thomas B. Horsfall, chairman, and Thomas Har rison, deputy-chai rman , o f th e Af r i can Alsociation; Robert Lamont, chairman, an d Willi am McEl ro y, deputy-chairman, of the Steamship Association. At the conclusion of the address Mr. Arnaud made a tasteful and feeling reply, in which he reviewed the intercourse he had had for so long a period and with such gratifying results. • He thanked them cordially for so highly gratifying an acknowledgment of his services, This terminated the proceedings, and the meeting separated, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. A YACHT CLUB, on the British model, is about to be formed at Lisbon, under the patronage of the King. SHORT TIME has been generally adopted in Blackburn. The mills, with only one or two exceptions, are now running four days a week. DURING a late thunder-storm, the earthen pinnacle raised on the highest peak of Benledi was struck with lightning, when both it and the ground at the bottom of it were torn up. No tourist happened to be there at the time. ON MONDAY, while a youth was fishing near the Serpen tine-bridge, and stooping down to take some grass out of the water, he was horrified to find that he had pulled up the body of a man. The deceased was recognised as a respectable man named Pudge, living at Caroline-place, Chelsea. A RETtraii,publisksd by the Shipping Gazette, shows that the number of vessels wrecked in the month of July amounted to 70. In the previous month of June, 83 vessels were wrecked; May, 98; April, 109 ; March, 149; February, 164; and in January, 238. TUE net profits of the first year of the Crystal Palace (ex clusive of 25,786 guinea season tickets, which are applicable to the next year) have been 266,000, out of which a dividend of 5 per cent was declared in February, leaving 212,299 now to be carried over. LORD STANLEY attended a meeting on Wednesday in the riding school at Hatfield, Herts, and delivered an able address (the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair) in support of the establishment of a people's library for the village of Hatfield and the surrounding districts. RAIL TO INVERNESS. It appears that an attempt is to be made to bring Inverness within the circle of railway commu nication. The railway, it is said, will be called " The Inver ness and Aberdeen Junction Railway," and will be supported by the largest landed proprietors of the north of Scotland. AT the Bow-street police-court, on Wednesday, Sir John Paul and Messrs. Strahan and Bates were formally remanded another week, in accordance with previous arrangement. Sir John and Mr. Bates, having failed to obtain sureties to the required amount, were conveyed back to 'the house of detention. MDLLE. Rosa DONHErIt'S picture "The Horse Fair" is sold to an Englishman—but not a resident in England—for a trifle under £2,609. Mdlle. Bonheur has painted a reduced copy for the engraver, which is now in Mr. Thos. Landseer' s hands. The second picture has been purchased by Mr. Jacob Bell. AT THE Royal Brewery, Brentferd, last week, a fatal accident occurred, owing to the fall , of a wall. Outside the wall an runs down to the Thames, and of five or six children who were playing there, 'two were killed. A third was buried beneath the rubbish, but was sheltered in some way, And crawled out uninjured. A Glrir, WITH Two Hairs.—The French papers have produced a marvel. A girl has been born in France with two heads—the one being placed .on the spot where heads usually -aruplaced, and the other at the precise spot where monkeys and other creatures wear their tails. This latter had been amputated, and the child is still alive, and suffers as little Inconvenience as Friar Bacon did from the loss of his head. THE house No. 21, Gilbert-street, Hanover-square, London, was the scene of a most disgraceful outrage on Saturday. A hand grenade was discharged against the windows, and much damage was done, although no person was injured. A few nights previously similar outrages were committed at No. 2, Milton-street, Dorset-square, and a house in Bryanstone street, Bryanstonvsquare, suffered in the same way. EMMA BEST, servant to Mr. Hughes, in l3landford--street, Portman-square, London, was cooking the dinner on Mon day, when her dress wafted against the bars Ofthe grate, and she was speedily 'enveloped in flame. Mrs. 'Hughes went down stairs, when the servant rushed into the arms of her mistress, and instantly set fire to her dress. They were ex tricated, and removed to Middlesex Hospital, but remain in a most precarious position. PROJECTED TUNNEL RAILWAY BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—M. Favre, an engineer, has lately published some observations 'relative to the possibility of making a railway under the channel from France to England. The length of the work, he says, would be 30 kilometres (18,i English miles), and 'pierced at such a length as to always leave 25 metres at least between the arch and the bottom of the sea. The tunnel he proposes to have lined with a double archway, one of bricks and the other of iron, this latter, pierced with narrow openings, to allow at once the slightest infiltration to be perceived. THE CHARGE OF POISONING AS •BURDON.—At the ad journed,examination of Mr. Wooler, before the magistrates at Burdon, on Monday, Dr. Richardson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, stated that in the portion of the viscera -sent to him for analysic, he had found the presence.of arsenic clearly indicated. Dr. Fcthergill stated that he had lent Mr. Wooler his enema, for'the purpose of administering injections to the deceased, and - that after the return of the syringe he bad found, by analysis, the traces of arsenic in or about it. The prisoner was again remanded. The body of the deceasa lady has been exhumed, and the remaining viscera removed from it and forwarded to Professor Taylor for analysis. A ' YANKEE JOSEPH Any.--irbout twenty years ago, the congress of the United States passed a law ' , by which all claims against the government of that country, commencing from the revolutionary struggle of 1776 to the peace, should be: paid. Many thousands of persons have started up in the States to conduct the business of claimants. 'One man, how ever, signing himself William Mark, 92, Warren-street, New York city, has been writing letters to 'English citizens, ac quainting them that for £ll they can hear of something of .importance to their advantage, and enclosing a card, stating that he recovered claims due by the United States govern ment to individuals, for the -service of themselves or their .ancestors in the American war.of. independence. The subject has been brought before the London magistrates, and the ;American minister at London has transmitted a report of the -complaints to New York. ENGLAND'S DECLINE.—Those who talk about England's :decline, and fix her position as a third or fourth-rate Power, , because she has lost 30,000 men before Sebastopol, talk twaddle. The loss of ten such armies would only serve to -unveil her resources and bring out the indomitable energy of her people. She is a maritime Power. Her commerce esta blishes her rank among nations, and her navy is strong enough to foster, guard, and watch over that commerce in ~ every, quarter of the globe. When the first shows symptoms of decay, or the latter is powerless to protect, then, and not till then, will Great Britain lose her prestige, and fall from the lofty position she has for centuries occupied. Her sue .oessor, as mistress of the seas, is even now at her side, moving along with rapid strides, but that successor is neither France .nor Russia, nor any of the worn • out nations of the Old AVorld.—New York Times. _ THE John after pointing out-the unsatisfactory cha ,racter of the late change in the stamp laws as applied to :newspapers, calls upon the Conservative party to support the Conservative press. If (says our able contemporary) as much ~pains had been taken, and as much expense incurred, by the Conservatives, to indoctrinate the population with sound prin ciples through the public press, as the Liberals of all classes 'and shades have bestowed on the promulgation of their per tnicious principles through the same channel, the position of the Conservative party in this country-would besery different from what it is. There never was a.greater political blunder than the lofty contempt with which -some of our magnates affect to look down upon what, in a phraseology which has as little wit as elegance to recommend it, -they term " the press gang," whilst others repose with apathetic indifference on what they imagine to be their secure position in the upper strata of society. APFAIR BETWEEN M ILITIA AND :P OLICE .—The West Y silk o k tl' Saturday handkerchiefßßegiment g t m , ig e h n t a t ofr private, Rifles, ro a farmer. n am e c d including it isome.Dickenson,il e of a s h w e at os o ffi at rh c r e ee r s s pt , eo have been m been seriously mi s cond uc ti ng th emse l ves at Pontefract. On a charge of havinc, stolen a purse con t a i n i ng £2 175., and a office. a body of the militia attacked the officer who had the prisoner in charge, and forced him to lose his grasp. Mr. Ward, -superintendent of the borough police was savagely hicked,.and a complaint has been made to the magistrates that when the rioting was going on the officers of the regi ment took no notice of it. Two of the lieutenants were arrested, on the same night, one (Hebden) for breaking glass and pulling off bell handles, and the other (Moss) for assault ing the police superintendent. The private .charged with theft has!been committed for trial at the sessions, and it is thought that the conduct of the officers will be brought under the noticeof the Home Secretary. THREE PtROTHERS DROWNED.--Three boys, sons of Mr. Matheson, farmer, Fishbits, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, aged 11, 13, and 15, were drowned on Sunday, last week, under the following most distressing circumstances :—They had gone to the pond of a .saw-mill at Kirktown of Durris. It would ap pear—for nobody saw them—the two youngest, having taken off their clothes, had gone in to bathe, and either venturing too far, or being otherwise in danger, their elder brother had jumped in to their assistance, when the whole three were drowned. The father was at church, and their mother, sup posing they might - have gone to gather berries in the wood, did not become alarmed for some little time, and when the servant girl went to look for the lads she failed in finding them. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and their father had returned home, that the distracted mother was startled by being the first to see her eldest son's hat floating on the milldam. The clothes of his two brothers were got by the side of the pond, and the worst fears of those present were soon realised, when, on the mill-water being drawn off, the bodies of the three youths, -the eldest with his clothes on and the younger two undressed, were found in such a position as left little doubt the sad affair bad occurred in the manner described. THE NEW LAW ON BILLS AND NOTES.—From the 24th of October next, all actions on bills or notes, commenced within six months after the same shall have become payable, may be by writ of summons. On affidavit of personal service of the writ, or (in case of its being shown before a judge that per sonal service cannot be effected under the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Act, by an order of leave to proceed, in case the defendant shall not have appeared, or obtained leave to appear, the plaintiff may sign judgment, with interest up to the date of the signing. Twelve days will be allowed for the defendant to appear and defend the action ; but, in order to do so, he must pay the sum demanded into court, to abide the verdict at the trial, and satisfy a judge that he h as a real legal 'or equitable defence to the claim. For the further protection of defendants, it is enacted by the third section, that, after judgment, the court or a judge may, upon special circumstances, set aside the judgment, stay execution, and allow the defendant to come in and defend. The holder of a bill of exchange may issue summonses against all or any of the parties to the bill ; and the expenses of noting, which are not now allowed by the judges, will no longer fall upon the holder of the security. If circumstances should appear upon the ex parte application of a plaintiff, disclosing any suspicion of fraud or collusion, the judge may order the bill or note to be impounded, and all proceedings stayed, till the plaintiff gives security for costs. The Queen is empowered to extend this act, by an order in council, to district courts of record; but it will not apply to the county courts. By these simple provi sions the respectable drawers and holders of negotiable securi ties will not be affected in the least ; no one can be surprised on the one hand or delayed on the other; and, where a real defence does exist, there are the same facilities for urging it as for proceeding against it. It is the scum of the market, the hangers-on of the turf—the crowd of scheming •adven turers who seem to make such a good living out of being ruined—who will come under the tender mercies of the new act, which will certainly hit them hard, and may possibly in spire a little wholesome caution in respect to putting their names on paper. The "-Act for facilitating the remedies upon bills of exchange and promissory notes" is good in it self but, when read with the Limited L iabilit y Bill, which "stops th e way " in the house at pre sent, it becomes doubly important. These two measures will go hand-in-hand; the one encouraging honest enterprise, the other checkin g fictitious credit; for we suspect that people will be wi s e r than to lend their names to doubtful paper, when therknow that in twelve days after that paper becomes due the sheriff's officer may be at their door,—Manchester Guardian, FUNERAL of the late EARL of SEETOIV. THE death of the late Earl of Sefton has occasioned a feeling of profound regret among all classes of the community in Liverpool and its neighbourhood, and indeed all over this dis trict of the county, in which the personal worth and kind hearted disposition of his lordship were well known and widely appreciated. Indications of this respect were shown in different ways. At the meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, at the conclusion of an eloquent and feeling address on the subject, moved that the Council adopt and transmit to the widowed Countess an ad dress of condolence on the bereavement which she and the family have sustained in the death of his lordship, and also expressive of the grateful feeling entertained by the Council towards the memory of the deceased Earl for the numerous indications of good-will he had displayed towards the town, and the many benefits he had conferred on it. The sentiments expressed by Mr. Gladstone were echoed and re-echoed by Mr. Hornhy and by his worship the Mayor ; the latter announcing his intention of being present on the following day at the ob sequies of the noble Earl, in token of the general esteem in which his lordship had been and still continued to be held. The Council with one voice acquiesced in the recommendation, and the address was unanimously adopted. Prior to his decease, Lord Sefton had strongly expressed a desire that his funeral should be conducted in as private and unostentatious a manner as possible, directing that whatever saving might be effected in the difference between a funeral conducted with decent, though respectful plainness, and one more generally considered in accordance with his elevated rank, should be devoted to the relief of the poor. In so far as his lordship's family and representatives were concerned, this desire was implicitly obeyed, but some obstacle to carrying out the desired privacy was offered in the respectful regards and grateful affection entertained for him by his numerous tenantry, and others connected with him in the public and pri vate business of life. A desire, very generally expressed by these parties, to be permitted to take part in the funeral ceremonial was acceded to ; and on Thursday last, in accordance with previous arrangements, the tenantry, to the number of up wards of eight hundred, assembled at Netherton-green to await the approach of the funeral procession from Croxteth hall, and join in it on its way to Sefton church. In addition to those who meant to form part of the funeral procession, there were also assembled there, and at other points along the line of route, vast crowds of sorrowing spectators. After lying from Tnesday night in the drawing-room of Croxteth hall, the coffin was removed into the hearse on Thursday, the funeral procession starting from the hall for Sefton church at eleven o'clock, in the following order : Four Mutes on Horseback, Mourning Coach and four horses, containing, Rev. John Stewart, Mr. E. Parke, surgeon, Rev. R. Gray, Mr. R. Ledger. THE BODY, In a hearse, drawn by four horses. Mourning Coach, with i'all-beare - rs (joined at Netherton), Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart., The Earl of Lichfield, Major Winyard, J. I. Blackburn, Esq., The narl of Derby, Colonel Blackburn. Mourning Coach, containing The Countess of Sefton, Rev. F. Hopwood, ... Lady C. Towneley, . . Lady Cecilia Molyneux. Mourning Coach, containing Lord Molyneux (Earl of Sefton,) Hon. Caryl Molyneux, Mr. F. Hopwood, Hon. F. Molyneux. Mourning Coach, containing 'Charles Towneley, Colonel H. Hopwood, 'C. W. Grenfell, Esq., H. Grenfell, Esq. Mourning Coach, containing "Ile Earl of Craven, F. Hopwood, Esq. Hon. F. K. Craven, Mourning Coach, containing The principal servants of the household—Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Stokoe, and Mrs. Hawley. Mourning Coach, containing other servants of the household — Mr. Carpentier, Mr. Black wall, Mr. Bissett,and Mr. Little. Flags were hoisted half mast at Walton and Aintree churches. _ _ _ _ _ At Netherton Green the funeral corfte was joined by the tenants of the Sefton estates, about 800 in number, headed by the Rev. W. H. Vernon, of Aintree, and the under-stewards, Messrs. Emery, Warner, and Lathbury, who walked thence to Sefton, four abreast. The Earl of Derby and the other pall bearers arrived at Netherton Green in private carriages ; but when the funeral train from Croxteth-park reached the Green they entered the second mourning coach, which immediately preceded the hearse, and their private carriages, closed, then joined in the procession. The private carriages joined the procession after the mourning and other coaches mentioned above had passed, and then followed a number of coaches and light gehicles 'of various descriptions, some of them con taining tradesmen who bad long enjoyed the patronage of the deceased , and of members of his family. Among the clergy and gentlemen who attended in private carriages were the right Rev. the Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Mayor of Liverpool, William Brown, Esq., M.P., J. C. Ewart, rEsq., M:1 3 ., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., B. Heywood Jones, 'Esq., Joseph Pollock, Esq., W. Statham, Esq., Robert Horsfall, Esq.,D. Neilson, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., Hard man Earle, Esq., Joseph Langton, Esq., George Thompson, Esq., Aigburth ; Richard Bright, Esq., John Myers, Esq., J. H. Turner, Esq., W. H. Anthony, Esq., William Preston, Esq., T. B. Troughton, Esq., Joseph Walker, Esq., Calder stones; James‘Gerard, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., Ambrose Lace, Esq.,—Johnson, Esq., Samuel Thompson, Esq., C. E. Ashton, Esq., Rev. Thomas Gardner, Dr. Woods, Aintree; James Rigby, Esq., Moss-house; Fredrick Lyon, Esq., Henry Lafone, Esq., H. R.'Glazebrook, Esq., J. Warrall, Esq., Knotty Ash; Captain Aspinall; William Barker, Esq., West Derby; J. Ri ley,'Esq.,, of Stand;bouse ; Rev. Mr. Vernon, Aintree; R. C. Lowndes, Esq., Club Moor, tic. The high-sheriff of the county, John Pemberton Heywood, Esq., who was one of the deceased nobleman's executors, was not able to be present at the funeral on account of his official duties at Lancaster assizes. Mr. John Hastings, of Mount-pleasant, Liverpool, Mr. J. A.'Cain, of Lord•street, Mr. James Hall, Mr. Groom, Lord street, Mr. Michael Lea, Mr. Robert Frodsham, solicitor, and many other gentlemen from Liverpool, also joined the proces sion in vehicles. The procession reached Sefton Church shortly before one o'clock. The corpse was here met by the Rev. John Stewart, rector of West Derby, the officiating clergyman, and was borne slowly into the church, the mourners following in the annexed order-: The Countess of Sefton, Lord Molyneux, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Hon. Caryl Molyneux, Lady C. Townley, Hon. F. Molyneux, Mr.•Grenfell, Mr. Townley, Rev. F. Hopwood. Colonel H. Hopwood, Mr.-C. W. Grenfell, Mr. H. Grenfell, Lord Craven, Hon. F. K. Craven. The coffin was placed upon a bier in the nave of the church, and - the family and near relatives of the deceased earl occupied spew having black curtains and cushions, and other tokens of deep mourning, in the south aisle, near the chancel, the pall bearers taking their seats in a pew adjoining. In the same part of the church were seated the Mayor of Liverpool, Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. J. C. E war t , M . P ., M r . R o b er t son Gladstone, and other gentlemen. The domestics of Croxteth Hall sat in the centre aisle and on the north side of the church. The tenantry occupied most of the other seats in the body of the church, and the two side galleries were also filled with ladies and gentlemen. The pulpit and reading desks were hung with fringed black cloth ; the escutcheons sus pended over the family vault were bordered with black velvet and crape, and in other parts of the building similar indica tions of mourning met the eye of the spectator. " The Dead March in Saul" was performed on the organ before the burial service was begun in the church. After the body had been borne to the new v au lt p repare d f or i ts recep tion in the north-east chapel, the Countess of Sefton, her two sons, and the other members of the family grouped themselves before the entrance to it, and remained there during the read int, of the latter portion of the solemn service. The scene throughout was a deeply affecting one; the countess herself was bowed down in grief, and some tears might be observed to fall from manly eyes. When the service was concluded, the Countess of Sefton, leaning on the arm of the young earl, with her daughter, the Hon. Caryl Molyneux, and others of the more immediate relatives, descended into the vault, and took a parting look at the coffin, after which they retired from the church and returned to the carriages. At the close of the ceremony " Vital spark of heavenly flame" was performed on the organ. Many persons were subsequently permitted to descend into the vault, and the pressure at last became so great that it was found necessary to close the gates leading to it. The outer coffin, which contained the body, was cased in crimson velvet, studded with brass nails, disposed in panels, and furnished with massive brass handles, three on each side, and one at each end. On the upper part of the lid was a coronet in relief, handsomely gilt, and below a large brass plate, bearing the family arms, and the motto, " Vivere sat vineere," and the inscription— CHARLES WILLIAM MOLYNEETX, Third Earl of Sefton, Born 10th July, 1790. Died 2nd August, 1855. While the body lay in the hall, many of the tenantry and inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who entertained a high respect for the deceased, were admitted to view the coffin, among them old men, tenants—one 90, and the other 86 years of age—who had been born on the estate, and who now came to pay their last respects to the late earl. THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.—Mr. Lowe, the newly appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, has issued an address to the electors of Kidderminster, offering himself for re-election. An opposition is expected in the person of Mr. John Best, a relative: of Lord Wynford. The Hon. W. F. Cowper, the newly-appointed President of the Board of Health, offers himself for re-election at Hertford. Mr. C. J. Dims dale is spoken of as a candidate. The Hon. E. P. Bouverie, the new President of the Poor-law Board, will in all proba bility be re-elected for Kilmarnock without opposition. BOYLE v. L'UNIVERS.—Mr. Boyle has brought an action in the French courts against the newspaper L' Univers—in the first instance, to compel the editor to place in the hands of a notary public the original letter, the translation of which was published on the 23rd of May, 1854, and which transla tion, subsequently published in this country, constituted the ground of action brought against Cardinal Wiseman in England; the second object is to recover 25,000 francs, by way of damages, for the injury the plaintiff has sustained in his character by the publication of the said letter. The French courts decided against Mr. Boyle, who is thereby saddled with all the costs of the proceedings. THE CHEAP PREM.—The Northern Examiner, a paper published in Newcastle-upon-Tyne twice a-week since the abo lition of the newspaper stamp, announced to its readers on Wednesday that its price (2d. a copy) was not paying its pro prietors, and that from that date the charge would be 3d. a copy. The Newcastle Courier, as already stated, another of the cheap papers publishedin the town, stopped after a feeble existence of four weeks; and it is no breach of confidence to state that the circulation of the other two cheap papers left, the Newcastle Advertiser and the Newcastle Messenger (the latter established by the proprietors of the old Newcastle Courant, and published three times a-week,) is unequal to the cost of their production. A GREAT AVEDDING IN NEW YORK.—In a few days a splendid wedding is to come off in this city. The bridegroom, a Louisiana sugar-planter, named Mitchell, is now en route for New York, accompanied by 200 pairs of young ladies and gen tlemen, who are to take part in the wedding exercises. On their arrival they are to put up at the St. Nicholas Hotel, the exclusive use of which has been hired for the occasion for the sum of 2000 dollars per day, the festivities to continue four days. The bride is understood to be the daughter of Judge Concklin, formerly Judge of the Northern District of the State of New York, but more recently appointed Minister to Mexico. Two thousand invitations have already been issued,—New York Okerver. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. C. Adamson, to the Chapelry of Cumhe;ortb,'near Huddersfield. . . Rev. S. Allen, D.D., to the Assistant Curacy of St. Cuthbert's, Wells. Rev. A. Anderson, 8.A., Rector of Culborne, to the Rectory of Oare, Somerset. Rev. W. Banham, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul's, Sheffield. Rev. T. R. Burrowes, to the Curacy of Hutton, Somerset. Rev. H. Canham, S.C.L., to the Incumbency of Ramsholt, Suffolk. Rev. C. Cleobury, 31. A., to the Rectory of Lydiard Millicent, Wilts. Rev. J. Cook, to the Rectory of Peopleton, Worcestershire. Rev. C. W. Cox, 8.A., to the Lectureship of Weathr fieid, Essex. Rev. G. Cunliffe, M.A. Vicar of Wrexham, to an Honorary Canonry in St. Asaph Cathedral. Rev. V. C. Day, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Ash Priors, Somerset. Rev. C. W. Devis, 8.A., to the Rectory of Breane. Somerset. Rev. R. W. Eyton, M.A., Vicar of Northop, Flintshire, to an Honorary Canonry in St. Asaph Cathedral. Rev. J. Fisher, M.A., to the Rectory of Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester. Rev. G. K. Flindt, to the Assistant Curacy of Keynsham, Somerset. Rev. H. Glynne, M.A., Rector of Hawaii - den, to an Honorary Canonry in St. Asaph Cathed ra l. Rev. W. Harkness, M.A., to the Curacy of Kingsdon,Somerset. Rev. G. a. Iletling, to the Assistant Curacy of Frome Wood lands, Somerset. Rev. G. H. F. E. Hodson, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of North Petherton, Somerset. Rev. F. F. Holl, M.A., to the Curacy of Northover, Somerset. Rev. J. S. Hilliard, to the Curacy of Pewsey, Wilts. Rev. H. Hinds, late Rector of Bridestowe, Devon, to the Rec. tory of Drayton, Norfolk. Rev. 'F. H. House, M.A., to the Rectory of Winterbourne, Yelstone, Dorset. Rev. W. G. Humphry, 8.D., Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London, to the Vicarage of St. Martin- in-the-Fields, London. J. H. Johnson, Esq., Student of Trinity College, Dublin. late- Third Master, to be Second Master of Swansea Grammar-School. Rev. C. W. Landon, to the Curacy of Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Rev. F. S. Lea, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, to the Per petual Curacy of Holy Trinity, Stepney. Rev. H. Newland, Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, to the Vicarage of St. Mary Church, Devon. Rev. F. Ould, M.A., to the Vicarage of Tattenhall, Cheshire. Rev. J. Richardson, M.A., F.R.A.S., Classical and Mathematical Master of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, to the Incumbency of Old Hutton, near Kendall, Westmorland. Rev. P. de H. Silvester, M.A., to the Assistant Curacy of En more, Somerset. Rei. W. S. Simpson. 8.A., to the Curacy of Great Chesterford, Essex. Rev. W. M. Smith, to the Curacies of Lufton and Tintinhull, Somerset. Rev. T. A. Tagg, F.G.S., to the Stipendiary Curacy of AU Saints, Gordon-square, St. Pancras, and also to the Office Of Reader of Christ Church, Newgate-street, London. Rev. H. J. Wilkinson, to the Vicarage of Hooton Pagnell, 'near Doncaster. Rev. A. Williams, M.A., Vicar of Cenie Abbas, Dorset, to the Rectory of Up-Cerne, Dorset. CLERICAL OBITUARY. On the 28th ult., the Rev. Augustine Earle Bulwer, 31. A., Rector cf Cawston, in the county of Norfolk. On the Ist inst., aged 35, the Rev. J. C. Reynolds, Rector of Holton St. Mary, Suffolk. On the let inst., the anniversary of his birthday, at his residence, Stanley-place, Chester, W. Pepperrell Hutton, M. A., for 15 years Rector of St. Bridget's, in that city. On the 2nd inst., at Worthing, Sussex, aged 59 the Rev. Charles Frenchßrombead, Vicar ofCardington, Bedfordshire. . . On the 2nd insi., at Catherine-Place, Bath, aged 64, the Rev. John Peter Henry Chesshyre, for many years Rector of Little Easton and Tilty, Essex. On the 4th inst., at London-road, Reading, aged 61, the Rev. Richard Sheepshanks, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, F. R. S., and Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. The Chancellor of the Diocese has appointed the Rev. Thos. F. Redhead, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Rock Ferry, a Surro gate for granting probate of wills and marriage licenses. VACANCY.—The rectory of St. Peter, in the city of Chester, by resignation of the Rev. Frederick Ford. Patron, the Lord Bishop of Chester. THE Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of the newly-consecrated church at Toft, in the county of Chester, by Charlotte Leycester and Emma Theodosia Leycester, the patrons for this turn. THE Rev. John Kingsley has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of the newly-consecrated church of St. Margaret, at Dunham Massey, in the county of Chester, upon the nomina tion of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the patron. THE Rev. Richard Oates has been licensed to the stipendiary curacy of Christ Church, Everton, in the county of Lancaster, upon the nomination of the Rev. William Henry Wright, clerk, incumbent of the same church. PEEFEEMENTS.—The Rev. Joseph Clark, clerk, has bee' licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Luke's Church, Great Crosby, void by the death of the Rev. R. Walker, upon the nomination of the Rev. Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, the patron. CONSECRATION — TOFT.—The new. church. of Saint John the Evangelist, Toft, in the parish of Kuutsford, Cheshire, erected in memory of the late Ralph Gerard Leycester, of Toft Hall, Esq., by his widow and sisters, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, on Tuesday last. The church, although small, is a very beautiful specimen of ecclesiastical architecture both internally and externally, and forms a very striking object in the view from Toft Hall, the family man sion of the late Mr. Leycester. From its distance from the Parish Church, it will be a great accommodation to the in habitants of the district which is intended to be assigned to it. It contains sittings for 205 persons, 90 of which are alto gether free and unappropriated, but is capable of holding many more persons. The founders of the church, Mrs. and the Miss Leycester's, have provided a fund for its endowment and repair. The patronage has been vested, under the powers of the church building act, in Mrs. and the Miss Leycester's alternately during their lives, the first turn being in the Miss Leycester's. On the death of the survivor it will be in the son-and-heir of the late Ralph Gerard Leycester, now a minor. THE churchwardens of Runcorn have, up to this date, suc ceeded in collecting £1,200 of the rate granted for paying the debt of the church. They have also received from Daresbury Chapelry £423; in all £1,623 towa r d s th e £2 , 250 requ i re d . ALL SAINTS' DISTRICT, BLACKBIIIIN.-On Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Rushton, the vicar, opened the station of the Bolton Railway Company for divine service. The use of this building has been obtained at a nominal rent, and has been well fitted up for the purpose. An additional place of worship in this populous neighbourhood has been long required. THE London Gazette, of Friday, contains a notice that the Queen has been pleased to constitute the island of Labuan and its dependencies to be a bishop's see and diocese, to be called the bishopric of Labuan, and to appoint the Rev. Francis Thomas Macdougall, D.C.L., to be ordained and consecrated bishop of the said see. REFUSAL OF TIIE QUEEN'S LETTER.—The offertory plate of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Roehampton, was found to contain, on Sunday last, three one hundred pound notes, destined respectively for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Church Building Society, and the National So ciety for the Education of the Children of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church. If wealthy churchmen would generally adopt this method of testifying their senti ments, the three venerable societies would suffer but little damage from the recent refusal of the Prime Minister to issue the customary Queen's letter. WIGAN Ciinicn BAZAAR.—A bazaar, to liquidate the debt of £750 incurred for the rebuilding of the parish church of All Saints, was opened on Wednesday in the p u bli c h a ll, King-street. This bazaar was got up by a committee of ladies, consisting of the Lady Sarah Lindsay, the Lady Frances Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Coombs, Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. Peace, Mrs. Byrom, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Fergie, and Miss Hilton. The following ladies also promptly offered their services to preside at the various stalls :—The Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Woodcock, Mrs. Peace, and Mrs. Fisher. In addition to the numerous articles con tributed for sale, the Hon. Colin Lindsay received the fol lowing donations in aid of the fund : —The Lord Bishop of Chester, £10; Lord Ellesmere, £5; Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, £5; Joseph Acton, Esq., £5; the Hon. T. P. Leigh, £5 ; J. Eckersley, Esq., £10; A. Heron, Esq., £5 ; J. Ingram, Esq., £5; W. Marsden, Esq., £5. At the entrance, under the gallery, and upon either side of the door, were stalls amply provided with refreshments of all descriptions, pre sented to the committee by the Lord Crawford, the Rev, the Rector, J. Woodcock, Esq., H. Woodcock, Esq., Mrs. Lord, R. Preston, Esq., of Rock Farm, Ince ; Mr. Sumner of Haigh ; Messrs. Byrom and Young, Mr. William Byrom, Mr. Rothwell, &c., &c. The hall was divided into six stalls, ranging three on each side, each stall being about twenty feet in length. These were tastefully hung with blue and white drapery, and the flags of different nations were judiciously suspended in various parts of the room. Along the centre of the hall were placed a double range of seats, for the accommodation of the visitors, covered with crimson cloth. The gallery over the entrance was occupied as an orchestra, and suspended from the front of it were the national flags of England and France. At the further end of the hall a rising platform was erected, covered with crimson cloth, and arranged upon it, tier above tier, was a choice collection of plants and flowers. Many of them were valuable, some exceedingly rare. Twelve of the largest and most valuable of these were sent by the Mayor, Mr. Thomas Tayler, nine being for ornament and three for sale. A great number have also been sent by the Lord Crawford, and many of the others were collected by Mrs. Peace. On Thursday morning there was received a valuable addition to this collec tion from Mr. Ingram, of the firm of Wood and Ingram, at Huntingdon. Over this platform was suspended a beautiful oil painting in gilt frame, representing " The Holy Family." This was presented by James Taylor, Esq., and is valued at £4O. The band of the Lancashire Hussars, under the leader ship of Mr. Charles Robins, was present, by the kind permis sion of Sir R. Gerard, Bart. A party of Hand Bell Ringers also attended. On Wednesday morning the attendance was numerous, in the evening the room became quite full. A great number of articles were sold. In the evening numerous raffles were got up, and many articles were thus disposed of. The pecuniary result was highly satisfactory, for when the bazaar closed shortly after nine o'clock, it was found that, indepen dently of tickets sold elsewhere, the amount of money taken in the room was £289 2s. 111 d. The proceeds on Thursday were g 14 1 .135. 41d., making a total for the two days of £430 18s. 4d.— Wigan Examiner. Mr. BAKES, the President of the Poor-law Board, has re signed that office, on account of the state of his health. In an address to his constituents he expresses a hope that he may be able, when unconnected with office, to devote himself with in creased zeal and assiduity to his duties as their representative in the House of Commons. Sir GEORGE BROWN has refused an offer of eleven hundred guineas for the gray hunter which carried him at the Alma. The horse is quite recovered from the bullet-riddling . he re ceived, and is at present at Coates's repository at Leamington, in which town his gallant owner has been located since his return from the East. THE LATE BANK F AILITRE.—In an action tried at Croydon, on Thursday, to recevor £54, the amount of a cheque drawn, on Strahan, Paul, and Co., the defendant, who was the drawer obtained a verdict, because the judge ruled that a person re ceiving a cheque was bound to pay it into the banker's the day after receiving it. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was held on Wednesday : it was not numerously attended. The re port was read. It approved of the appointment of cler k s by ex - W, a dreadful amination, and sati s f ac ti on was expressed with the appointment of Mr. Wine s an d Si r W. Molesworth. Mr. Rowland Hill en recommendeddy DREA.DFUL STORM IN CIIMI3ERLAND. —Ab out noon, on esda judges at the time were on their way from Carlisle to r for fal the sto P rm os p tm as as s . . passed The ier-Generalship over Cumberland. Lan caster, but the flood WAS so immense that it carried away a great portion of the line , and the learned dignitaries were de tained three hours. Yesterday morning all th e low grounds o b ot o Warrington were almost under water, 41: o),y iC`