The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

Nov. 11, 1845 Earat anb probinrial D41)5. • ) l l 'Ve understand that Mr. William Potter has nothing ateve r to do with the purchase of gpogerford Bridge. 1 .,A0 infirmary is to be erected at Preston, towards which "lchard Newaham, Esq , has contributed £5OO. 9. og pot s n Friday, a man named Whealan fell into a pan of boo liquor, at Mr. Lutwyche's chemical works, li auxhall-road, and died in six hours after. The brig Trinidad capsized, in consequence of an in -"lm'iessey of ballast, in the Prince's basin last week, and sustained considerable injury. touring a quarl in a beer-house at Kingwood, o Sa nl!'day, a man, named James Brain, was killed. His as 411W, Henry Bryant, has been committed for trial. (.?n Thursday night, a man named Drury, jumped out of window in Sparling-street, 16 feet fr.nn the ground, and was very much injured. f 0 ad Ou Thursday, the dead body of a full-grown child, was lying upon a heap of stones on the waste ground in 440 Pe-street. little elderly man, named John Stewart, was, on "sturday, committed by Mr. Rushton, for having, by t a:ans of a forged order, attempted to obtain possession shawl at the shop of Messrs. Howarth and Co., Bold 'street. On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in a warehouse I , 6o nging to Messrs. Green and Taylor, in Gibraltar-row, 1 which damage, though not extensive, was done to se- Teral casks of tallow and turpentine. fA 9n Thursday, as a woman named Margaret Green, re 'uog at Richmond-terrace, was going down stairs, she and dislocated her wrist, which mortified and caused her death. b At Wigan municipal election no opposition was offered Y the Radicals in any of the wards.—[A good example "nowt that party in this town, seeing that their efforts are "'non invariably attended by defeat.] Io the Radical town of Bolton-le-Moors the Conserva -2,,es have carried ten of their candidates at the municipal el ution, and the radicals only two. The corporate body, therefo re , now consists of 33 Conservatives, and only 15 R adicals. The first prize of £5O for the plans of the Manchester l' p ark s h as been awarded to Messrs. Major and Son, of V V owstrop, near Leeds, and the second to Messrs. H. end and Co., of Manchester. Efforts are to be made ' 0 have the parks ready for the people early next year. „A gml is in custody, in Manchester, charged with having itolei; a female child, aged two years and three months. It Was found in a low brothel. 'The parents' of the child ar e tery poor, and have been put to great expense in re `° vering her. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN COAL MINES.—At the , e t'Y sessions held at Chorley, on the 30 th ult., Mr. allure, was fined £lO and costs, for employing females 1 ; his coal mine, at Shevington, contrary to a late act of Parliament. The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company intend to t i a new vessel of great power on the Belfast and ,verpool station, and the steamer Windsor , an iron , B ael of 600 tons burden, is to take the place of the Ath 7rle, at present on that station. SERIOUS ASSAULT. — A person named John Ratcliffe `` 01 ? lies in the Northern Hospital from the effects of e tlands inflicted on him by a person named William .',lletrnock, at Upholland, on the 21st of September last. `tharnock is in custody, awaiting the result. An affray took place between some Liverpool poachers "°' Lord Derby's grime-keepers, at Knowsley, on Wed tn A harfight ensued between the parties, o ur on each side Sand armed with bludgeons, when seve ral severe injuries were received; but the poachers were , ; o rsted, and two of them were taken into custody , and l 'oe been committed for trial Th CAUTION TO BUILDERS. — tirsda Y and c t" the street wi I observed that the bum 1 4e l aw I 14 ere h the Police-court, on I Co., builders, were fined s. for allowing.building materials to remain sufficient protection Mr. Hush perpetually evade to fine the p PLASTERERS Friday evening a meeting of ti olutions v ,1,1 opened ten a preric On 11 was b it a bran rn 8 1 oxteth-park, to i () . the central , loth 1 14 ed the union to resist oppression should be invited to 58 0. RE WATERLOO HEROES..---1 very splendid frame, Ores...lv adapted to this exquisite engraving, kas ju s t ame system of government and that th who h Itt _ ll completed 6, by Mr. Keys, o It is a very rich running or ge pattern kiield, banners, They are fu mounted by other emt ta dis so. - tt 4 tic trophies 4 : l es. but the bur sh d affective. % EsT AND I .TH t „e ele c ti on of an andi , Gab e of Blackburn, CI Co:, Lancaster, Ormsktrk, Prescot, Preston, Warring till, West Derby, Wigan, and parish of Liverpool, took 1 0 a0 e on Tuesday last. There were twenty-five candidates Vthe office, but the number was reduced to two — M r . k • Rees, a uditor of the Wigan union, and Mr. J. Wal t, auditor of the parish of Liverpool , and the former t e 'Riem an was ultimately elected by a majority of 17 to 8. kit•TTEacrEn SIIICIDE.—On Tuesday last, a man named kt;Cann, who bad been placed in custody on suspicion of 41 ing a watch, attempted to commit suicide in Birken -0" bridewell. He got upon a bench, placed a handker thtef round his neck, and threw himself off. F the cell, and ° , eptly cut him down, apparently dead. Mr. Je anette, h 4 'geon, quickly attended, and was more than three man a pplying appropriate means before the unf ortunate was fully restored. He is 1 cra.IGHTFUL ACCIDENT. — On Friday last, Satnue, %t e ' a boy about fourteen years of age, residing in Cable tt r r e ets and an apprentice with Mr. T. Brough, of Fleet eet, became entangled amongst some machinery in a li be e mill in Fleet-street, and was frightfully mangled. ;;II cries were heard by his playmate, who, at the tima, Ra g in another part of the room, and the word was soon b t eh to stop the engine. After the machinery was sto pp ed e I), was extricated, and it was ascertained that h e had both ti es of the left arm fractured, had receiv ed a commi t44led fracture of the thigh on the same sid e, and frac te,(l both bones of the leg on the opposite s ide, to g ether w i several injuries on various other parts of the body. ° Les are entertained of his recovery. y v rTEmpT TO MURDER. —About half-past eight, on I :enday night, a most diabolical attempt was made to 'illtales Mr. Brown, of Garden-street, Edgehill, whilst on 4 ' Way from his warehouse, in Dale-street. Mr. B. had je a n Proceeded more than ten yards up Garden-street, when t h til au suddenly st epped out of an entry, and without raking a word suddenly discharged a pistol at his head ; 49videntially the contents of the pistol glanced off, but 6 t a fearful wound on his right temple. Mr . B . tell I;a 4 inst the railings of a cellar, and loudly called out prepr I" but the villain made his escape. For an hour kli _ i iously, the fellow had been noticed pacing the street, th 4 Was seen by a woman just before Mr. B. came into ti l e street, to go up the entry from which he stepped at a t e Moment of discharging the pistol. He is described dt a tall, thin, and young-looking man, respectably e ssed. Mr. Brown is totally ignorant of an y motive 1 1, 0 1 could have prompted to the diabolical a ttem p t. ti i •Jocs. COMMITTEE, THURSDAY. — The proceedings of li e last meeting comprised an application from Mr. 4 , 4 rtley, for an increase of salary ; and a resalution of I, ) e committee to the effect that in consideration of the i tl "k and efficient services of Mr. Hartley , his salar y be tss r eased from £2OOO to £3500 per annum, which is, as tr Present, to include the services of his son. A letter % 111 aalcs was read to-day from Mr. Hartley. The sub tit4ltnittee of works submitted a plan of enclosed transit %Zia on the north-west quay of the Coburg Dock, for Oft , posit of the cargoes of the transatlantic steamers. ts tt r some discussion the plans were aopted, The b rine sub-committee submitted a lette d r from Mr. t: h w son, stating that a schooner had been wrecked in kc: 3 ,oence of the Point of Ayr light-house being thi:`aken for the north-west light-ship. In a report on ts„ 7 , s ,ubject the marine surveyor stated that such a mistake only have arisen from negligence or ignorance. It 1 14 7 a red, however, that two officers of the Trinity Board Ih e been out at night to examine the appearances, and 1)l ➢ were of opinion there were some grounds for corn• tea Under these circumstances the subject was kz er red back to the Marine Committee. William Jones, r . eti 3 0, was appointed Superintendent of the east side of ti,„4eavvick Dock, for the better accommodation of the s;'eer trade, at a salary of £lOO per annum. There to seventy-six candidates for the appointment.—A l tr 'er w as read from the Town-clerk, announcing that Eyre Evans had made the usual declarations as a s 'ober of the Town Council, and that there was a k t Nley in the Dock Committee. Mr. R i p le y ex p ressed t l :ats - r - ct re t at the loss of Mr. Evans. The feeling might ky b e general, but his opinion was, that the loss of Mr. to r ," was a erious loss to the estate. Mr. Horsfall Is t ellrred t o a s certain extent with what bad fallen from ta, liipley ; for, though he (Mr. Horsfall) differed on d p ual ouesti s from Mr. Evans, the estate owed a great o 1 ,.!.z that gentleman. WATETt ENQIIIIIY. — An appendix to the patri ite,‘ repo r t in g the proceedings of the Committee of the 4 t i el l uw ay Board (which we noticed last week), has since ;4 1 , published, containing the proceedings of the twelfth 44 . ° 1 th e enquiry. The Chairman read a letter from liartnno t i Banner, dated sth instant, in which he 2 4 1 , by desire of the directors of the L iver p ool and N t tneton Company, that these gentlemen regretted "re not invited, in the first instance, to the inquiry, t teuch information might ha v e been g iven upon the a as they occurred, much erroneou s statement at the ,bat ,7Yrrected, and much apprehension removed," and s Tay decline attending at that stage of the proceed .out will direct a close investigation of the matters ,14, l eed in the report, as they may affect the ir company. ,`lte ' also f urn ish an account of the courts supplied by ‘,ilita t h °lll Pany, from which it appears that a muc h g reater Is tir er of them are supplied by a separate pipe in e ach l et t 1 4 than the evidence would lead the public to sue conversation took place relative to admitting the bat tis:)°,lPanies to the inquiry, from which it appeared e t ,,,e committee all along contemplated their being ad itsql towards the close, and adducing such evidence as k t, it er l° ll ght proper. In fact Mr. Banner was repeatedly tl tti t ' by letter, to attend before the enquiry closed. r e . - ,of the evidence, as it went on, was also sent them. l t atil -( ?tution was then agreed to, to the effect that the ‘ 4 lll, tttee were of opinion that admitting the water corn ,,t es during the whole of the investigation would be c:gs ar e i d with inconvenience, inasmuch as it would unne t,l,l protract the inquiry ; and that the better course iii , 4; °ear the memorialists first, and then submit the ts, fence to the water companies. to be answered by them ti k 'lar t hought proper ; and, further, that the committee i 4t t oed all idea, in the course adopted, of prejudicing k re pests of the water companies, but, on the contrary, t "e r i:,eairou s of affording them every opportu nit y of an ja the case when competed, as was manifested in 11 ) 1 tQ at ions repeatedly sent to them. The pamphlets street the report of the committee on the evidence, an of which we have given elsewhere. hed in van Lecidecll) the most chaste )RTH L ASHIRE AUDIT ,or for this district, comprising the Clitheroe, the 1 1 ).1de, Gar- low doing very we FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLllM.—Thursday last was kept at this institution as a holiday, in commemoration of the opening of the new building. The children, by the kind permission of Mr. Atkins, spent the morning in the Zoo logical Gardens. In the afternoon, they were regaled with tea, home-made buns, &c., and after an instructive address to them, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, they were permitted to enjoy their own games. ACCIDENTS AT THE DOCKS.—On Monday, a rigger, named James Appleton. fell into the hold of the ship Asia, in Brunswick Dock basin, and we, severely injured. Same day, Walter Morgan, apprentice on board tha ship Signet, in Brunswick Dock, fell from the foretop to the deck, and was badly hurt. Same day, John Nellany, re siding in Brick-street, accidentally fell into the King's Dock, but wlio was rescued from drowning by the praise worthy conduct of John Antonia, a seamen belonging to the Niclo Primo, who jumped into the dock after him. On Thursday. a carter named Tobin, was run over by a tim ber carriage, at Brunswick Dock, and got one of his legs broken. GREAT GEORGES WARD,—On Tuesday evening last, a numerous meeting of the conservatives was held to ce lebrate the return to the council of Mr. Royden, who was re-elected without opposition. Mr. Cooper was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting in very appropriate terms, highly complimentary to Mr. Royden, and that gentleman, spoke strongly as to the necessity of the poorer classes having a plentiful and cheap supply of wa ter. Mr. Royden further urged the necessity of impor tant improvements required at the south end of the town, more particularly to the widening of Park-lane, and the necessity of enlarging St. James's market. Mr. Sothern, one of the representatives of the ward, then addressed the meeting, and entered fully upon those subjects. It was then unanimously agreed, that every exertion should be made to secure the re-election of Mr. Sothern in No vember, 1846. The health of Mr. G. Hornby, a coun cillor for the ward, was proposed, and an apology for his unavoidable absence was read by Mr. Sothern. Several good and loyal toasts were given, after which the health of his worship the Mayor was proposed, and received with repeated cheers, the toast being very ably responded to by his son, Mr. Edward Lawrence. IMPROVEMENT OF TRANMERE. — Yesterday week, a numerous meeting of owners of property and ratepayers of Tranmere, called by requisition to the churchwardens and overseers, was held at the Tranmere Hotel, to con. eider the necessity of applying to parliament for leave to bring in a bill for paving, draining, and lighting the town ship, supplying it with water, &c., and also to consider the adoption of a bill for such purposes already prepared. —Mr. Alexander, churchwarden. wag called to the chair. He said they were situated on the outskirts of a populous and thriving town having an efficient police and being well lighted and sewered, whilst Tranmere was without pace, lights, &c., and it was time they should do some thing for themselves. If they adopted Lord Lincoln's bill, the power would be taken out of their hands, and a government inspector be introduced. The bill they wanted would enable them to make their own gas, supply the township with good water, an efficient police, drainage, &c. He hoped the meeting would look to their own in terests, and adopt the plan of the Manchester commis sioners, who made their own gas, and applied the profits to the reduction of the parish rates.—Mr. Lloyd, of Clif ton Park, moved a resolution to the effect that an appli cation be made to parliament for the purposes stated. — Mr. Rhodes suggested that other townships should be included, otherwise the expense would fall heavily on Tranmere.—Mr. Carr thought they should have more information than the motion afforded, and was satisfied with the act 3d and 4th Will. IV., for lighting and watch ing parishes, &c.. which he thought would meet the wants of the township. He moved, as an amendment, that the same he carried into effect ; hut this was not seconded. — hl r. W. W. Perry thought the bill introduced by govern ment would answer the purpose, if it gave them powers for lighting and watching.—The Chairman said Lord Lincoln's bill would be a dear, not a cheap one, and would saddle them with a capricious inspector.—The ori ginal motion was, however, carried.—Mr. Kent then moved the appointment of a committee of . ten to consider Iready prepared for the purposes re- quired, and to report thereupon to another genera ing. This was carried.—A. motion was then passed pledging the meeting to supply the means of carrying the bill through parliament.—A note having been received from Mr. li. B. Walker, tendering to the meeting his bill without charge, a vote of thanks was passed to that gentleman.—The meeting then separated. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Wednesday Mr. Owen, the solicitor, applied to Mr. Rushton at the Police Court .vainst a man named William Stevens, ned it, the case was heard on Friday. ... stated by Mr. Owen, were to the following 1 14 r. O. had lately entered into partnership •leman named Benjamin Peach, who had practised at Colefort, Gloucestershire. There _ arranged some difficulties attending the accounts r the prisoner Stevens; who had become a bankrupt, - shown summons og obta with a gent former be had and had done so in a satisfactory manner, as was sa., by certi . s s from several persons concerned in the same The prisoner, however, was of a different `terwards made statements highly dem ' 's character, endeavouring to ruin August, 1844, he was bound Subsequently, Mr. Peach left _,ort, and coming here. joined Mr. Owen in business. fh.e former was, however, followed hither in the beginning of the summer by Stevens, who followed up the same course towards him as before. From that period to the present time he had been constantly lurking about Mr. Peach's house, in Edge-hill-road, and the latter dreaded his violence. He had even watched Mr. P. when he was - to church, and the latter being lame, could scarcely ' l, .gt he should be attacked. Latterly the transaction oninion, and r. P tory of him, so much so that in over . to keep the pe prisoner had issued and posted handbills, headed, - - • • r• •- " Whereas one Ben. Peach. the Colefort devil, or the devil on two sticks," signifFing that he had disappeared 'roan Colefott that ar person giving —in:nation of his whereabouri to the " families whom he has ruined," would be rewarded. On Wednesday last, Stevens was found writing on the boards of some new buildings in and near Sweeting-street, where Messrs. Owen and Pt.ach's office is situated, " Beware of Ben. Peach, alias the devil on two sticks ;" also, on another place, with the same words, the addition,"Re is a villain, a rogue, thief and a liar," and similar stetements, differently worded. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner, but elicited nothing like a contradiction of these • acts. 'toe prisoner sutteu w Lue tut uriu E , called on; that he did not intend to assault the corn ,lainant. Peach had deprived him of £3OOO, and from a ate of independence had brought him into such a on that he now worked as a journeyman currier. He had brought his (prisoner's) father and mother to the workhouse—not only his, but hundreds of others. He also made other wholesale statements against the character 'f Mr. Peach.—Mr. Rushton said that if Mr. Peach was gu , lty of the improprieties stated, the prisoner had the means, poor as he said he was, of having him struck off the rolls; but whether his (the prisoner's) statements were true or false, such a system as he pursued was Lbominabl and~erulci-r;ot be permitted. 1 1 1 e must find ;If in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each, to Thirteen member DAY.-' over was then removed preferred against him. The pr HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSI were present,—Mr. Birkett in the chair. After the usual routine business, Mr. M'Donald, superintendent of the Liverpool and Herrington Water Works, attended at the request of the &rectors of that computny, to explain the apparent discrepancy between the evidence of Mr. M`Gill, the foreman of the works, and the statements of the po lice, relative to the time when the alarm of fire in Mr. Seatan's premises (as noticed in our last), reached the works in Hotham-street. The substance of the explana tion was, that Mr. M`Gell received the intelligence of the fire from a policeman in Gerard-street, but that it was given at the works at a quarter-past one; and the reasan the water was not on was, that the main in Rodney-street was empty, in order that water might he laid on to Dr. Menifold'ti house. A minute of this statement was en tered on the books.—The report of the Committee ap pointed to receive evidence on the supply of water to the town was then read., It was to the effect that the public were supplied three times a week only, a great inconveni ence to the prover classes, who could not collect a sufficient quantity ; that the :supply was scanty, uncertain, and at unseasonable hours ; and that many, therefore, were ob liged to get it as they could. Second, as to price :—That the tabular staterneet printed with the evidence, and got up, they had no doubt, from sceurate sources, showed greatly to the disadvantage of Liverpool, as compared with most other towns. The committee suggest a daily, if not a continuous supply, but doubt if the locality will admit of the latter. They, however, think that a more frequent and abundant supply might be given, and look with satisfaction to the time when the commissioners will be authorized by the council to erect public pumps and fountaint in various parts of the town, to be supplied from the works now constructing in Green-lane. But as these works are as yet on too confined a scale to carry out effectually these objects, they are of opinion that applica tion shall be made to parliament for an act to enable the commissioners to raise money for that Durpose.—lt was moved and st•conded that the report be adopted, and a long discussion ensued.. Mr. Tinne moved the expung ing the expression. of a belief that the locality was un favourable to a continuous supply of water, but on a division the motion was lost. After further discussion, Mr. Cooper finally moved in effect : " That the board ap ply for power to raise water in Liverpool, or within ten miles of it ; to extend the supply to Liverpool. or within seven miles; for the two companies to be purchased, and the full value of their property paid for; the money to be borrowed upon the rates; the rates to be wholly paid by owners of property ; owners to be allowed five per cent, if rites paid within a month rafter being laid ; reservoirs and large tanks to be placed in elevated parts; mains to be kept continually charged ; public fountains in the. streets ; troughs along the line of docks ; and public baths, washhouses, and charities to De supplied gratis."—The motion was carried ; and Messrs. Birkett, Cooper, and Proctor, were appointed a committee to confer with the Law-clerk upon the parliamentary notices. The meeting then separated. WOOLLEN CLOTHS.—Mr. Holmes, of Paradise-street, announces in our paper of to-day the completion of his winter's stock, which presents an endless variety of every woollen fabric. Those who are about to purchase should inspect. Berrs's PATENT BRANDY.--We understand that the Messrs. Betts have not availed themselves of the recent advances in the price of raw spirit, to increase that of their " Patent Brandy" either in bulk or in the capsuled bot tles ; but that the public have still the advantage of pur chasing, even in single bottles, at the usual rate. If, how ever, in consequence of the state of the Corn Market, and of general supplies, the price of spirits should still go higher—and of which there is considerable apprehension —it may become difficult to obtain a Christmas stock at the present rates. We, therefore, venture to remind our readers of the old proverb, that " good store is no sore." And, at the same time, they will do well to observe that the words " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield Bars," are embossed on the Patent Metallic Capsules. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. At the Birkenh ea ßarton, builder, was a d Police-court , on Satur da y , Mr. b i:yged with infringing the building act in three several instint)....st namely, in one case for without giving notice, beginning to build in Oliversstret , - + aformity with the and in two others for not building In requirements of the act. Mr. Bretherton, .. solicitop of ex- Liverpool appeared for the defence, and took sev , Z: a ceptions to the formality of the notices, and called w,,. nesses to disprove some of the statements made in sup port of the informations. In two of the cases be sac ceeded, but failed in the third. The magistrates (Mr. Harden prvsiding) ordered Mr. Barton to give bail to the amount of £2O that he should fully comply with the pro visions of the act within one month. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the weekly meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. Roberts, vice-chairman, presided. An able reply was read from the four annual overseers of Toxteth-Park to the - animadversions contained in the Poor-Law Commissioner's letter, received last week. In consequence of a rumour that one or two of the guardians were contemplating a discourteous movement towards their chairman (who happened to be absent), because of the course be had taken in the recent proceedings in the election of district auditor, a motion was made and car ried almost unanimously, that the clerk of the board be instructed to write to the chairman assuring him of the unabated esteem and confidence reposed in him by the board. Mr. Roskell then moved that reporters be, in future, admitted to the sittings of the board. The motion was seconded by Mr. Smith, and, after a brief discussion, carried by a considerable majority. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening, at the Queen's Arms, Liscard. There were sixteen members present,— J. C. Ewart, Esq.. in the chair.—The proceedings of the Improvement Committee showed that their atten tion had been called by a lett r to the chairman, to the supply of gas and water to the parish, and the report recommended the Companies to apply to Par liament for powers to supply those necessaries.—Mr. Holland moved that the clerk give the usual notices for that purpose. Mr. Peers seconded this, and it was unanimously adopted.—The minutes of the Finance Committee stated credit had been obtained from the Royal Bank for £l5OO for the purposes of the Improve ment Act :—confirmed. The expenses of obtaining their act were stated to be £1752 :—referred to the Finance Committee.—Mr. North said the amount of the bill was less than he expected. The Improvement Committee were instructed to inquire upon what terms they could have the use of the new Sessions-house for their future meetings.—Mr. Mawdsley called attention to the wants of the pariah in case of fire, and the consequences that might result, if such a calamity should occur, especially near the Magazines. An engine could be maintained for about £lO7 a year, and a good one could be bought for £ll9. This was referred by a motion to the Improve ment Committee.—Mr. Halliday then submitted his mo tion for the removal of the Magazines to a safe spot. At ' present there were 12,000 barrels of gunpowder in that depot, and the consequences of an explosion were frightful to contemplate. He had also seen many vessels with fires on board taking in powder, and considered the business carelessly managed. He moved that the Improvement Committee take the subject into consideration, and report the result.—Mr. Mawdsley seconded.—Mr. North said the enoti-n was attended with difficulty. The Magazines were private property, and held under lease, 35 of which were yet unexpired. He recommended the motion to be withdrawn, and brought forward again in a more tangible shape.—Mr. Leny, as storekeeper of the Magazines, said that every precaution was used to prevent accident, and the powder was so arranged that only a small quantity of it would explode at a time. He invited an inspection, assured that all fears would thereby be dissipated. Fi nally the motion was adopted, and the Board adjourned. The letter referred to in the Improvement Committee's report, relative to gas and water, was from the Provisional Committee of a projected company (already prepared to go to Parliament) for supplying both Birkenhead and Wallasey with the necessaries at a reasonable rate, invit ing the Commissioners of Wallasey to join them as share holders and directors, rather than Apply for powers to erect works themselves, which would not for some years pay for the great outlay in so thinly peopled a district. £6,32o—the engines in the possession of the com missioners (worth £2000) to be used. A conversation took place relative to running the boats all night, but nothing conclusive was arrived at. Mr. W. LAIRD moved for a committee to report to the companies, and take meßoard, to enable them to apply to Parliament , during the ensuing session for powers to purchase the g a s a nd w a t er into their own i hands ; but as it appe ar ed th ere was a solemn tinderstanu;..,,", or these companies s hould not be interfered with for 75 yeZs. no one voted either for or against the proposition, and the motion being then altered simply foia committee, it was put and negatived. The CHAi3LIAN remarked that had the motion been carried, he should have resigned as commissioner, be being interested in the property. If, however, they went to Parliament for compulsory powers, the production of the contract to Lord Shaftesbury would be fatal to the bill.—Adjourned. CO Rilk SPONDENCE. CHRISTIAN UNITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—There cannot be a more important subject of in quiry with respect to most of the existing controversies than the nature of the Christian Church. Mr. Brown offers the following definition :—" The true church is termed the body of Christ. That body is made up of all believers—all really converted persons, of all denomina tions, now in heaven, or on earth, or who yet shall exist." The truth of such a statement no one will deny ; but to apply it to the question at issue is worse than useless. Our real inquiry is not, whether there is a scattered number of converted persons who are yet to be collected into one glorious body of Christ, shining in the brightness of resurrection glory, in their blessed Saviour's image ; but, what is the constitution, government, and discipline of that visible body of professed Christians, which is in Scripture called the Church. To that body Mr. Brown's definition is sadly inapplicable. Were the seven churches in Asia " all believers, really converted persons" ? Was the church of God at Corinth, in its carnality, and de frauding, and unrepentance. a company of converted per sons? Or when our blessed Saviour said, " Tell it unto the Church," did he mean, "Tell it to all really converted persons, of all denominations, now in heaven, or on earth, or who shall yet exist ?" _ . . - 1 need not, sir, detain your readers with a serious refu tation of such a view of the matter. Our real business is with that visible body of professed believers who are con stituted int, an external find cuunnuulty,tuniti the ministry and discipline which the Great Head of the Church has commanded. I have sbewn from Scripture that the Lord's will is that that body should be one in discipline, government, and faith, and that separation from her communion is sinful, except on such grounds as Scripture has commanded. To this subject I should have been glad that Mr. Brown, or some member of the Conference, had addressed himself, instead of going off into irrelevant matter. Until the questions I have proposed be answered, I feel that I may well be excused from entering upon new ones. Mr. Brown seems to think it very inconsistent that I should refuse to co-operate with a pious dissenting minis ter, whom I acknowledge as a dear brother in Christ, and vet do so with a tractarian perverter of the Gospel. Has he forgotten what the Holy Spirit commands—" With draw yourselves from every brother that walketh disor derly." (2 Th. iii. 6.) Now, sir, except the dissenting minister can chew a divine command for his separation from the Church of Christ, for his maintenance of a new community, and prove a scriptural title to his office, we are solemnly bound to consider his community one of human devising, and his ordination a fearful intrusion into sa- cred things. Believing, as I do, that no dissenting nistry or community can shew scriptural grounds their position, I dare not recognise their claim. But, sir, the same word, yea, the same chapter tells me, " Count him not as an enemy, but admonis' brother." (2 Thes. iii. 15.) Most gladly do I sc I find the grace of the Holy Spirit, the love of Christ the hope of glory, there I find that with which my soul unites, and which my heart embraces. High Churchmen of a certain school may call me inconsistent for this, but I feel that it is only fidelity to the work of the Spirit. h him as a W here ,and THE LATE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. The same reverence for iod's word, The following paragraph appeared last week in our 2cl edition :—" In concluding our notice of this melancholy oc currence, in our first edition, we intimated that the boy Buckstone appeared rapidly sinking, and that, at a late hour last night, little hopes were entertained. We regret that our anticipations have since been realized. The poor boy was delirious nearly the whole of the night, suffering great pain from his extensive burns, particularly those bout his body ; and, about five o'clock this morning, last. He is a native of Liverpool, and aged recognition of the lawfulness of sects and parties amongst the professed followers of Christ, or the recognition of un scripturally conferred orders, requires me to rejoice in the work of the Spirit wherever I meet with it. Mr. Brown has greatly mistaken our principle of Church Unity when 'he describes it as a perfect harmony of mind and judgment upon all things, and this has led him to cable to our pri make several statements entirely inappli ciples. Christ established a certain community which he called the Church; over it he placed an_Apostleship which was breath( 14 year Mr. Jones himself, we learn this morning, is .oing on as favourably as could be expected. He has partially recovered his sight, and is in other respects better. We cannot, however, as yet state that he is out of danger." An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, which, after a lengthened investigation, retnrned the following verdict :—Died from an explosion of gunpowder in the shop of Richard Jones, Dale-street, but how or by what means the said powder took fire and exploded, there is no evidence to show." It is singular that no clue can be discovered to the lad who went to purchase the gunpowder, and who alone might be able to explain how the accident occurred. One of the sufferers by the explosion, who, it was hoped, had escaped without any dangerous injury, is now in a most melancholy state. Her name is Eliza Wiggins, daughter of Mrs. Wiggins, residing in Phillips's-court, Nicholas-street, Limekiln-lane. On Saturday, the girl, who is between fourteen and fifteen years of age, had been at the Old Church-yard, and was returning along Dale street, opposite Mr. Jones's shop, at the time the explo sion took place. Her face and hands were dreadfully burnt. She was removed to the Northern Hospital at once, but being very "leluctant to remain, after she had been dressed, she was sent home in a ear, and has re mained in a very dangerous state ever since. She is ex ceedingly bad, and her life is despaired of. The poor mother having to attend her daughter, is, of course, una ble to follow her usual occupation—that of a carrier in one of the markets, and she is reduced to seek relief from the pariah. Mr. Jones is, we believe, going on favourably. to continue to the end of the world Eph. iv. 11-16). He forbids all _ c ommunity, and prohibits all self-constituted mini Submission to the authority of that church, and cordial co-operation amongst its ministers, does not require per fect agreement in views. " Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations." (Romans, xiv. 1.) Mr. Brown's other objection, my co-operating with tractarians, whom I believe to he perverters of the Gospel, is easily answered. Official co-operation with those who are placed in their stations t - different from tt. xxviii. 16, 2 our Lord worshipped in a synagogue, when he denounced the leader of its devotions as a hypocrite, and Peter and John went up to:the temple at the hour of prayer, although its priests had but a few days before crucified their Lord. Farther, our Saviour upheld in his right hand the presid ing minister of a church, who was wretched and misera ble, and poor, and blind, and naked. Were it the Lord's will to place me in a station of authority, I should feel it a solemn duty to exclude from the ministry all whose lives or doctrines demanded such exclusion. But being only in a subordinate station, my happier place is sub- mission. And now, sir, I hope my dissenting brethren will not misunderstand me. Although I could not conscientiously unite with the late conference, I can rejoice in what has resulted of •hr. nttpnileil it. believe that th ,od from I IL. 1 livcv •,••• of the Divine presence with them ; and I can and d joice in this. God's mercies are far wider than our errors, hose w to seek CONFLAGRATIONIP MARMORA. ON BOARD THE STEAM SH STRUCTION OF THE VESSEL. to find Him. tin this account, tam tnanxrut to near vi ally realisation of the unction of the ever-blessed Spirit, how ever irregularly constituted may he the body which he thus condescends to bless. I rejoice in it, too, as a n.ove ment in the right direction. It is an expression of the (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) We have received. through an express forwarded by Messrs. C. and W. D. Seymour and Co., from thg Cove of Cork, to overtake the mail, the following important particulars -longed-for neatly hope, one step towards that much stite, when Christians shall in all respects be or Another, to my mind, beneficial result of the Conference has been the agreement of so many discordant sects in that principle, which so many of them had unhappily re jected—written articles of faith. However sadly defective " Cove of Cork, Nov. 2d, 1 30 p.m " The American screw steamer Marmara, Capt. Pal thirty-six just lours from ,iverpool for Constantinople, nas kuv.. ~•*,•,••••• ••-• • ale hating ignited ten hours after articles of their common faith is admitting the principle and the propriety of our having 39. If, by God's grace, " She has this moment brought up at the ' Flag Ship,' they keep consistently to this, Ido not despair of a real from which vessel m;:rines and sailors have been sent to and honest union. assist in extinguishing the flames, which, owing to the Were the proposed measure a conference of the leading hatches baying been closely battened down, have not yet Persons of different denominations, for prayer and se3reh broken through the deck. ing the Scriptures, in order to a oneness of mind and " Signals have been made from H.M.S. Crocodile, and judgment preparatory to true and vigorous unity of action, a gun fired for the immediate attendance of firemen, I would most gladly and heartily co-operatc with them. engines, &c. _ But, sir, let us for a moment re-consider the objects of Mnr_ the late conference, and the means proposed. Seven de - - rrived here, her c the left the former I "•AdMiral Sir H. Pigot is now going on board tne mar- - , nominations from Scotland, and two or three ado. more, and it is reported she will be hauled alongsid e the high water (now young flood), when ones in England, join together to promot e Scri p t,. Dock-yard Quay at she will Le scuttled." Christianity. In order to co - operate , they m ust omit — In doctrine — God's election and sovereignty, The final perseverance of the saints, The freedom of the human will, FURTHER PARTICULARS Another letter, received at the Underwriters'-rooms, states that the coals were being discharged with the aid of the crew of the guard. ship. A letter from the Cove of Cork, dated Monday morning, gives the following addi tional particulars :—" The American steamer Marmora was hauled on the bank last evening, at 5 p.m., and with the assistance of the fire-engines from the dock yard the firs was extinguished. Her cargo is bring discharged in a much damaged state, and the coals are also being dis charged into lighters from the dock-yard. The extent of In sacraments — The effieasy of Baptism and the Supper of the Lord In discipline— with the duties of king s and masistrates; BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. At the monthly meeting; on Tnesday evening, W. Jackson, Esq., chairman, after some conversation rela tive to the notices to be given for an Improvement bill, said that such notice would not commit them even to the principle of the measure. There would be ample funds to go on with, without interfering with the profits of the Ferry. They were in fact, taking into account their population and resources, the richest corporation in England, though the statement might appear a bold one. No one, he thought, could complain of want of accom modation at the Woodside Ferry. The receipts of the last three years were respectively £12,609, £15,333, and (1815) £26,971; for the remaining six months £14.222, and the same rate of increase is going on. The Ferry receipts would be sufficient to pay the interest of the bonded debt of Birkenhead. A motion was then sub mitted to the effect that the notices be given for a bill for the further improvement of the township, with a clause authorising the commissioners to apply out of the sur plus revenue from the ferries, and paying the interest of the bonded debt a sum for maintaining the necessary pub lic hospitals and wash-houses.—This was seconded by Mr. Pym, and car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN called attention to Lord Lincoln's bill, the provisions of which had been anticipated in Bir. kenhead, and suggested that a committee be appointed to confer with the noble lord. Mr. J. LAIRD said, that as the Corporation of Liver pool were about to sell, or bad sold all their property, there was no reason why they should have representatives at that Board. He gave notice of a motion to the effect, that powers be obtained for relieving the three Corpora tion commissioners from attendance at that Board, and that three rate-yayers of Birkenhead be elected in their places. Several of the Commissioners coincided in opinion with Mr. Laird. The CHAIRMAN referred to some remarks of Mr. G. H. Lawrence, at a meeting of the,Council on Wednesday, relative to improvements of the navigation and landing places on the Mersey. They bad, it appeared, both one object in view, in seeking to give the public greater ac commodation. He was glad to see that there was a strong feeling to meet the Commissioners in an amicable spirit, and he hoped to see the day when they should be con ridered as one town existing for the benefit of the trade of the Mersey, and like the two ports of the metropolis on the different sides of the Thames, their interests would be identified ; and though they (the township of Birken head) might strive to get a fair share of trade, be thought it would come to them without injury to their neighbours. A tender was accepted from Messrs. G. Forrester and Co. for the building of a new ferry-boat, to cost about ~• • • bership in Christ's Church ; he manner of keeping the Lord's Table pure; The value of the holy rite of cot The nature of ecclesiastical assemblies, or church courts In miDi4ry The efficacy of the laying on of hands, The urders of ministers appointed by Christ to go- vern his Church, The right of the people to elect their own pastors, • The power of the state in the patronage of livings. I might extend this list much farther, but the foregoing is quite sufficient to warrant my asking any believer in his Bible whether it is right to consent to omit all those doctrines, and to call the remainder " Scriptural Chris tianity." Sir, Ido hope that our brethren will see that I am not unreasonably jealous for the revealed Will of God in refusing to designate such a mutilation " Scriptural Christianity." 1 had intended to have shewn the utter impossibility of such a union as is proposed successfully combating Popery and Puseyism, but I have already occupied too large a space in your columns. I would just suggest to Mr. Brown to consider these mutilations, and then to reconsider his statement, that the points on which the various sects and we differ are " small as grains of mustard seed." I hope it witl not be needful for me again to trespass upon your kindness. May the great Author of Unity bring is to true unity and heavenly love. I k cumin, sir, your obliged, obedient servant, JOSEPH BAYLEE. 29, Hanall lon-eq. Birkenhead, Nov. 1, 1845. FIFTH NOVEMBER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. was glad to hear the bells of this large town ringing in joyful peal this morning, (fifth of November,) to usher in the day on which we so properly keen in memory the great deliverance of our forefathers in 1605. Ungrateful to God our deliverer, and unworthy of our privileges as Englishmen and Protestants, should we be, if from any false delicacy or spurious charity we should omit to commemorate the disc )very and prevention of a plot by which the sovereign of this kingdom, the prince, and all the royal branches, with the nobility, clergy, and commoners of England were to be destroyed at once—a plot which Dr. Lingard, the Catholic historian. says, " was o atroc ious it is principle, and so sanguinary in exe cution, that is difficult to conceive how it could be har boured in the mind of any human being."—Lingard's History, vol. vi. I say not these things to wound the feelings of any " Catholic" who may abhor the plot and its originators as much as any Protestant, but to vindicate myself and Protestants in general from the charges of intolerance and bigotry, because we will not let the remembrance of the I plot die away. Let that church which ha , : publicly declared, in the eyes and ears of the civilized world, that " deceit is law ful, and the guilt of bomicide is not incurred by killing excommunicated persons, if zeal for religion be the mo tive." Let that church as publicly and extensively blot out, disavow, and rescind those infamous decretals as she hash published them, and we wil her murders and her plot I am, Sir, yours, & Liverp6o, November *The decretals of Rome, quoted from Dr. Southey's Vindic tion of the Church, p, 30 Ettcr ~~tof'E. POETRY. JERUSALEM lIV THE HON• MRS. NORTON Prom Fisher's Drawing Boom Scrap .1 for 181 Thou City, unto In the meek liker h the Say s of a iuman ch.l Who was sought, sorrowing ; chid with gentle blame; And made reply, mysterious and ;—* Thou City, over which the Saviour wept', %\ ith a prophetic pity for that woe, Whose lurid thunderbolt Heaven's the kept For destined anguish and g' eat overthrow; — Thou City, in the which the Saviour died A malefactor's ignominious death ; And, by deep stress of mortal suffering tried, Prayed for his murderers with his latest breath;— Vain'y thy peasant palaces are waste, The fountains of thy gardens dried in dust Thy temples and thy spacious streets defac In the blank rain sentenced by the Just : Glory yet dwelleth in thy rrened walls, Though stone from stone the battlements were hurled And to our hearts thy name more loudly calls Than prosperous cities of the pompou. Still, thou sepulchral City, round thee ilea The haloed light of a departed day,— Which the true pilgrim sees with pious eyes, And wet, ships, cre he takes his homeward way erring loss, Still, through the struggling change, and w Of earthly sceptres held by falling hands, A Holy Power supports the constant Cross Slow gathering to that kingdom, all the lands; And, through the mists of earth, to days afar, Wills that the Eastern City shall afford A light like that which filled the wondrous star,— Atte-Ain still the presence of the Lord ! * " moist ye not that —Luke, xi. 49. ast be abcut my Father's busiae NOTICES Fisher's Drawing-Room Scrap-Beok for 1846. By the Hou. Mrs. Norton. Fisher and Son, St. Martin's-le- Grand, London; Rue St. HonorZ!, Paris. This is the first of the annuals which has come under our notice; and we do not see how in quantity and quality of illustration, or in typographical beauty, it can well be excelled. Thus far it is another triumph of its spirited publishers, Messrs. Fisher and Son. Mere typographical excellencies, however, or excellence of engraving, is not what we look for in these books for the boudoir. In a Christmas present—and as such all these wor KS muss oe accepted—we look for literary, as well as artistical excel lence. Few of us would present to a friend whom we va lued a mere exterior—a casket which contained no gem worthy of preservation. And beautiful as is this scrap book, as an artistical effort of its worthy publishets, we lue it. or deem it worthy of mention in our should not which ac re are few poete s whose writings so well deserve to be !brined in a beautiful cover, and conveyed in the h..« Mr- as those of the lior d to express our can did sense of her achievements, in this peculiar walk of hers, for the present year, we may tender her our thanks for the increased moral beauty, which she has infused into the bulk of the communications which illustrate_ this I be per The Dr rg- Room Sera serves to e upon every table, which good taste, an The Falcon calculated, so far as a of good-hu lrelnd," for 1t is most sprightly is as thi lectricity has a very sen- ined a t is very F t singular fact to those co This is the first part of a t present we can see, to exn to - oured ridicL the restor the on of its cellent portraitu " Gipsy," is an Irelander, Tibern his mercurial, but We wish we bad a few mor 3 entioned pe VARIETIES. SMERISING FLOWEP sible effect in pr he growth of plant ago a most respec on that mesmeri, 1. She ass " Oh! by looking at them what good authority one fin( Church of England Quarterly. PLATO PROBIBITFD.—I tie( tries on the continent of Europe representative institutions n one a unche____ those countries, a friend of mine, who was endeavou to pass some bo ks at the custom-house, happened to have something improper in the "They were the works of an ancient custom-house offic'r retorted, " But that they may not contain something again.t the govern ment!"—Lord J. Russell's Speech at Edinburgh THE CAMEL AND THE NEEDLE'S EYE.—Lord Nugent in his recent publication, " Lands, Classical and Sacred,' has given an application to the Saviour's words on thi friend replies philosopher." rd Nugent d H.brin throu panions, seeing a train surd cry 01 nationality for ver I not allu Why, sir, I subject, widch at once prov • the large camels a ate, when fits c( desired him to go throe of the needle, 'in Ott suinpter camel car ficulty, and ripped of bis load, merchandis '—The author o " THE VESTIGES OF CREATION this book having created the world proceeds to arras And this he does after what he calls the Macleay ri of anir brief, for we have not the face to tern, nor the space to laugh at it. form the reader what it means. jingling riddle which used to puzzle our c " Going to St. Ives (our nurses used to t Steen wives—each wife had seven bap— A. few words Most of us remembtr re the proceedings o: are, exe Nature arranged tie reven she favours the number five )reductions so that each kingdom bas five cl ,:lass has five orders—each order has five tribes—eat %s five families—ea( the rate stops here; it does not quite extend to species and individuals.—Chterch of England Quarterly. BANNISTER'S POWERS OF IMITATION.— JaCk w s powerful in his capacity as an imitator of the manner of certain performers, as well as of voice, gesture, and ge neral appearance. His recollection of his indulgent mas ter, Garrick, was extraordinary, for many of thp • declared the verisimilitude of his imitaticn moat perfect About twenty-f one asked him to men of Johr s Head, in G street, Soho, where the literary ley club which he there first instituted an met the Lmox in with inson, rolling im to silence, ders, and commencing with ratiocination, great as was Burl ' Ic is said that Are Johnson his colloquial powers. with vast fidelity, and he ....lately changed to the gay, lively manner of Garrick, mocking slyly Johnson making punch, and taking a glass out of the bowl which be hz , just compounded, and mimicking him with. " Now e tlemen, who's for poonch PROLIFIC GROWTH OF GRAIN. and rye, are the grains of temverar. Fraser's Magazi eat, barley, oats, The first, grains are more Inirdy, and are Calculated to enaure tne inclemency of colder regions and more ungenial soils. Fortunately for man, all these grains grow rear , ily in most of the climates and soils of the inhabited earth ; but in every soil they call forth his utmost care and ingenuity in order that there may be an uninterrupted succession of crops. Hence has arisen the important art of agriculture. Under proper treatment, the prolific qualities of the cerealia are truly astonishing. Sir Kendra') Digby assures us, that in 1660 there was, in the possession of the Fathers of the Christian Doctrine at Paris, a plant of barley which they at that time kept as a curiosity, and which consisted of two hundred and forty-nine stalks springing from one root of grain, on which they counted abave eighteen thousand grains or seeds of barley. It is recorded in the Philosophical Transactions, that Mr. Miller of Cambridge sowed, on the '2d of June, a few grains of common red wheat, one of the plants from which had tigered so much, that, on the Bth of August, he was enabled to divide it into eighteen plants, alt of which were placed separately in the ground. In the course of September and October so many of these plants had again multiplied their stalks, that the number of plants which were separately set out to stand the winter was sixty-seven. With the first growth of the spring, the tillering again went fo. ward, so that at the end of March and the beginning of April a further division was made, and the number of plants now amounted to five hundred. These five hundred plants proved extremely vigorous—much more so than wheat under ordinary .cul ture—so that the number of ears submitted to the sickle was twenty-one thousand, or more than forty to each of the divided plants ; in some instances there were one hundred ears upon one plant. The ears were remarkably fine, some being six or seven inches long, and containing from sixty to seventy grains. The wheat, when separated from the straw, weighed forty-seven pounds, the esti mated number of grains being 576,840. Such an enor mous increase is not of course attainable on any great scale, but the experiment is of use as showing the vast powertables i o s f e i a n d c a r w e a e s d e . i H t h a g w 2 l h u t h e e e k m iy o i st ns v i tu e a l b e l r e . of vege- THE WISDOM OF Gon.—The distance at which the heavenly bodies, particularly the sun, are placed from the earth, is a manifest evidence of Divine Wisdom. If the sun were much nearer us than he is at present, the earth, as now constituted, would be wasted and parched with excessive heat ; the waters would be turned into vapour "r eaving nothing behind them put f r mil nay the other hand, we ht now iq ; the land a Ufa barren delli ly cease, die. On much fiirther distant than rid the ocean would goon be and universal desa!atinn and 1 the fair face of nature; and of tnisery a the AvisdOrn of y would . OV6I instead of a plea frightful perpetual punishment. But God disp'aled, that he has formea determinate s ze, and placed such a Cu— taller tresh and cheer us become herein he sun of such a t such a convenient dis- as not to annoy, but to Foil Wi ive, to I. enliven the e; so that we phet, that, stretched urge of the j` Hefia; established the out the heavens by his REAL FAME.—SCOtt nding."—Dr. Dick. :ed at our house the Yar mouth bloaters, then an article of less savoury notoriety than at present ; allowed their superiority to the " Finnan haddies," and inquired where they were to be got. My mother, haying undertaken the commission ; applied to our fishmonger, Mr. B—, of Billingsgate, a most worthy and matter-of-fact Triton, whom no one would have suspected of an addiction to poetry or romances Hearing that the half-hundred small fishes were to be sent as far as Sussex-place, he rather shoot his head at the inconvenient dista , ce. " Rather out of our beat, ma'am. There are plenty of places where they can be got good. "I am sorry for that : for I am afraid Sir Walter Scott will be disappointed, having learned that yours are the best--" " Sir Walter Scott, ma'am r God bless my soul, is. Sir Walter in town ? Tom, go and pick the very best half-hundred you can find, in that fresh lot from Yarmouth. Well, ma'am, and how is he looking? Why, if you had told me they were fOr him, I would have sent them to Jerusalem or Johnny Groat-'s house. Now mind, Tom, that the boy starts directly ;. remember, 24, Sussex pace, and no mistake about it.''—This circum .'icott, he cordWly exclaimed, ling like real, tangible fame. minauderies of the old French me at Paris witli their ex- "`Yell now, is is sot like this more than all t eountesse, who used to 1 -Kant compliments, nen were onry tutuftwg, sworn, of their own vanity al/ the while."—Netilfonthly. THE WIDOW or CAPTAIN' COOK.—Tbe widow of the iger Cook survived him for more than half a century. To the last she cherished the most devoted affection for his memory ; and even after the lapse of so many years. could not speak of his fate without emotion_ Such was her sensibility, that on receiving tidings or the death of ber son James, in the vain hope of banishing from her mind the recollection of her losses. she com mitted to the flames almost all the letters she had re cfrived from his father. For a long- period she resided at- Clapham, where her unaffected goodness and generosity' secured universal love and respect. tier latter years passed away in intercourse with her friends, and in the discharge of those officos of charity and kindness in great voya igh borne with submis- Td ft which her benevolent mind d of her.husb child and we are informed that there . were certain melancholy id of her days,- she' devoted She died on the 13th Her trey ind anniversaries v to seclus , May, 18 a and pious c in the ninet ir of her a urch of Sc body was deposited in a the Great, at CambriC Hu2li were interred. ' .uder tae ae had in per- from the interest of that sum, the r d to the m fect repair; a Dry of her family shall bi ahil Berg In for hi a small annual remunei due discharge of the trus ind that the rem equally divided yearly, on St. Thomas' d aged women residing in the pari five poor 114 Liu 111,11 /W." Ltions and servants, she left to the poor of C iO, and to the SehoDis for the Indigent Blind E y the RiT the among at de: .cies to her' the gold s struck in his hon questhed to the British iorary YOUNG INDIAN.—A few years ago Pawnee warrior, son of " Old K .NTRY OP to tort were g iible, from er family and ned and surrou ,nd every eye was the you y directed upon her, when nn one horse, and, accord- I ffalfoD the loose ae other, he car- a young Lochinva ally con- chieft g to the I." shment of every one, h( from t J the victi se, and then vault .1 her off in triurni :" She is won I N The'll have flc szdcred as nothing less than the act of the Great Spirit, that no efforts were made to resist it, and the captive, af ter three days' transported to , was tin - tier liber upon bis I extraordinary conduct—it On the publication of this owed to pass unnoticed . rious love story at Washing of . Miss White's seminary :-school girls Fo bscri bed among eacn. caner to. purcuaz,... a bearing a suitable inscription, vsblch they presented to the young Red-skin, as a token of the admiration of - the white skins at the chivalrous act he bad having rescued one of their sea ed as follows 'Their address clo 1 token of our esteem rmed, in from so unnatural :—" Brother' death, think of this, and of us, and fly to her relief." 'ming Pawnee had been unconscious of his merit, but Tn he eh: Brother n hanging on his red r •e than I ever had 1 ever did to white men nd sisters!" he ex m the medal which had ireast, " this will give me 11 will li-ten more than I my brothers and v hrn_ know what I have done. l did it in ignorance, and did not know that I did good ; but by giving me this medal I know it I" —Quarterly _Review —The PRE DEFP , mounted it of the country. `I am gl tate. accept, this sakes and THE COUNTRY STATE OF xemption of England from foreign invasion Must hence ri.ripnd mainly nn her capability of meeting from the against her. v The noble lines of the poet are no longer applicable to her condition. Steam has falsified the aphorism which we hate been accustomed for many years to repeat; and which, because of the beauty of the lan guage in which it is clothed, we shall continue to repeat to the end of our days No towers along t Hcr march is on the mountain wave, Her throne upon the deep." s need bulwarks now—such bulwarks as are ,gland de along her nce mounted thereupon virgin soil uncontaminated Towers there are, it is true— ertello towers—scattered. over the mouths of her sandy, bays in Kent orSussex, at distances, we rather think, of half-a-mile from one another; but if any body is weak enough to suppose that by these an enemy is to be scared The whole though v theory o he Martell tower fortification is beneath con- , risect, on the occasion of the bum- ent of a Corsican town, to find that t iPoinz told with effk 'every where except on one we forthwith came to the conclus t upon a like model must be imprcg that Ac- dovecots wherever the coasts were level and the anproaches to them easy ; and government and peogalet of thes 1 , were scour what is to at a Mart ello tower frcxn the sea till your a mmunition is expended, and perhaps you will find when all is done that you have very little damaged its masonry ; for a cannon ball glances off from a circle of masonry as a musket-ball will from a drinking-horn. But one Martello tower, or two or three, will never stop an enterprising enemy from landing his troops under their very walls. A Martello :ins, cm barbelte ,ese crow after a well-trained ship's company SIIULL vpcna,ta Lass. broadside of a forty-four gun frigate upon them ? Or ; if they do escape, are we, who landed at the Bay of Aboukir in the face of castles, and redoubts, and batteries among the sand-bills, to be told that the fire of three or four guns will stop the advance of boats to the shore ? And, once ashore, what is to become of your Alartello bowers ? They are capable of containing, we rather think, eighteen men a-piece. A single company, with a couple of scaling ladders, will walk into each of them in half-an-hour ; and then, your sandy bay is defrncelcss. It is nat by Mar tello towers, nor yet by open batteries, and still less by castles after the Deal and Walmer fashion, or even star forts at given distances from one another, that the shores of England, particularly from Portsmouth to North Yar mouth, are to be protected. You want, fiat, the com plete fortification of the mouths of your navigable rivers, and especially a large extension at Sheerness of the works which now exist, with a strong fort on the opposite shore ; and, next, the formation of harbours of refuge along the coast, such as shall enable you to keep in readiness hero and there squadrons of armed steamers, which, lying snug • behind n t y t o o u s r a laynd forth r b y t a t n e r d i es, act m v, i a t t . bd . efr c e r e e t a ag y a a n t s t a taw hatever enemy may shew himself. Without these, indeed, it is quite clear that your trade up the Channel must be de stroyed. For the French, if they f a il i n th e ir first at tempt to invade you, or, which is most improbable, al:- stain from making it altogether, will so harass your mer chantmendwell from their ports on th e o th er s ide, that the most daring will shrink in the end from facing the danger. On g the last session skew that to the necessity of making some such arrangements the attention n in a gs i n government parliament h a d s u l ri o ng been awakened ; and, unless we are misinformed, the sites of more than one harbour have been fixed upon, and measures for their construction and fortification are in progress. We earnestly trust that no unnecessary delay shall be permitted to occur in the commencement of these works, and that when begun they will be pressed forward vigorously till completed.—Fraser's Magazine, tbe' , r iot efo l d "of a b et fro!: frOl p011:0 i ba be en 9 ,~io~e L nt , b e L.l lO l sbo P oo f it is 'oo oo . let' 0