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A FANCY DRESSES for the Autu mn .ril iel,„; 9d. upwards. . t 11,,TCHERNAYA ROBE, at Ms. 9d., ~:, 16 - I ,' 4 , 1 1 d only at this Establishment. 44 ' E 2, cIiVIRISON c R BROTHERS r o -STREET, cornef Hanover-street. ' 4:j2C41) 14 URNS AND KETTLES, AND A 4 01 _ PAPER TE A TRAYS. l'b katl Nct 11'114 and Choice Assortment of the tiveq.oo Articles Li t t received. They are unequalled in 44 a Vi6it Will confirn3 the fact. To be seen at WILLIAM ODELL'S, 13.EL LHic. 0.1 G AS-FITTING, and SMITH'S WORE in 90, BOLD-STREET, GENERAL. k iber THE .z,r3oot *tanbarb 13TEMBER 18, 1855. JOELt N , ' - 'A. EST SEBASTOPOL. Tu t . at o tall of 8 , - ---e..-_____- 1 , 11 / eleve,, epaqopOl, after au arduous siege of w ' i ,,l'lth of -rLlll°lths•---it haVing been commenced ‘cfn ~'hit "ettlher, 185 4-- --, -iis one of those events 'of "ztilcot riot ` 6 asY to perceive the fun importance, ~441 lees 1 , 11 . 11 g into accOlint the antecedent -ClTMlna nSSes,sjoll 1,71 Rase. `such peculiar significance t° the nkotherli . lay sa 0f a stronghold at alintst the r qeel \treln itY of the Crimea. When war was ,e eland ~, neap, folL w . host--4 'Russia, in the beginning of til htl atioll alg immediately upon the failure of the last 1,1, l 't(itc es B a f t 'Arienna, the great object in' view was : b l tot sm • h el4 the 'Turkish grievance, ° N.ay. ' .treops which had taken pt session of bp compelling the is and i. ,_ , . 1 1 , tsth.' vvillachia, to retrace their steps across ( 1 4 ,!, 4 3 , a n ti , 'Pending the neg - otiations, however, 44ease w"leillaled the slow movements of the Allies, Bei th ear,,,,,gainst Russia on her own account, Ofot, . i. ,'-psoulae, and estahlishe'd a footing !,t N ' -4 ' 4, hY the subsequent defence of Silistria rt,4lt)te ti4l,,„:ellerluous Russian farce, equal circum- N s t. itch for her foe untie ikli A . 4 r sh eg ow u e . d herself l ilt c, " 1 14s e isi s t On ' that a descen • e 4 t , l'as afte r the Ressi&-s, had been corn tohokt, , " 4 e siege of SllistriL that campaign t:l,lllttleki "a 8 determined TT"' and . the 4citt Which has occlvied-tile Alliesduring Ititi"4 tivemonths. u14 4 4 4 41i0 11 , 41. .. Pos sa. " t seventy :yenr-. since the Russians rlVl d t4 e, ' b: . 4 : 111 of the Crimi3a, which was wrested , t 1 44 -0, e t -..riesof Thrketthrough the force and a , tsyete Nzun•nt IL /t -was a main feature 'in , I. etted 4 111 of Russian Tolley . which has been ever 4t. al to wards the acquisttitrn (f)f Turkey ; and *hen 40 h .,T 4 e but infamous woman visited the Crimea, ca isit'nent object to gratify laer ambition wa s an .pt 11 i tt . i nn in Greek: "This,the road to Byzantium:" k j is purpose Sebasiopiol was fortified, and made ic,,,f4te. as possible impregnable. Each sttooeeding as 47 , I ga has devoted :his ,Utiention to the same end ; o , 4l ,Z e r inF . the long .trclgn . of Niettous .the h‘lettior,,, 0 1 the empire were applied to storing 'this felieog.°le_ fortress Wiih , ., every available moans ..of .%, dei, tittowever eirounotances may have , occurred 41k/140144e realisation ofthe project, it has never. been cl seh 'c'r lost sight„ of. CATHERINE heti . her . -. tattle., , Nt the ' L 'oxszAigTlNE, in anticipation of .his '41 )4, li te 'lt . o et , tb a°v er!aguty. of Constantinople 4 .and the t e b c'"lgAt eaigrentobioet-of Russian ambition, sant' et or aB 4l t °Pol 1:1:,74 R useianpoli"ey. The maintenance of N. 2 4 8 4 8( 7 a standing. menace to Turkey, and . . 411 tv., ord tb lite es ie. fo ' tions and materials O 4,. - 'he -- e stro • ,khe Arovisiou :gest proof of intended . aggression,.. on stren..4. for *he :anticipated resistance tont. -.te r k - . , ne u i, i , o kl t si oBt ° ; s ect, for 4644.atbastopol could have . had ,no _f t eless ; nor , e .. ). vul depot or arsenal it ,was Fife, inasmuch ~,°4.7`4' it have been required . 4'4" such as have 7 `Litterekwas no enemy to avast, 141 a N t • vc l'een Provoked by the aggressions ti N of a ' l ice the a t a , 'h,t th e kiddi e A __- Melds of the robber chief-- 1 1: '44tus7 acts ef - ' 1 08,3 it was a secure place of NT N p .."4 40Wht,„1.4gue,:anl has been so einP l 9Yed. 44: att ack - '‘., the titne-vrhen she made the Inur -4'0;44 to 431404* Turkish fleet at Sinope, .and T e ,: deb 1 1 ) 01 to avoid the vengeance Which t i s il t hol e te IhYProvaked. 11 ,:, 4 t 1,1,,, t4 . 4 , 1 . cl a l L °llt tlf Ru • n history, from the 'time , e tti t i'tat ti le ' to the present day, proves inaon, "l e ~,,7 kui h a , l l of Russian policy is acquisition ver ----444 terms'lnN d m - -n, at all hazards and a PN io. '"/3/ i,` 6 0 r,,, - - 4 31 e, he chicanery of diplomacy, where f -, "" /he .sue 114844 otherw' a lld e ly the whole brute be for hef !e . 1 ? s, ItZl43ll*/4 144eY ossacis whose at the map' . t 1 ..h e i ht O f the Tsar. , A glance , _ i _. 4 ' ll hi -4)l°u% ions of territory winch IV aa tit i'-'‘AL atie from Swed en , Poland, Turkey in } lay *the - "eri ca . e L iks seB • , but the object yet unaccomplithed N ee l) - ti le k ' l ' 3 ll of co ntlnople, which would IN tiieatilv,eY to the rest of Europe. To realice INiqll:ksl,46ol anabo, the sacrifice of human life '' a s 1 ., ' a t Ava.,,, ,',lvhilst every step -.towards its accom- N4l;44e,peti .":':*(eil. with that stealthy caution which r 'li,clateg 4,44 -1/44ssian diplo , so notorious for tIN 4 the %Airless. Such was the policy which tt, e the l/ q'ss 1 Sir H A IN t etre ato ItILTON ,SEYMOUR to % tie elltly p ro e tii. of the sick man, where ,4eath was so tl ki Ill e(1, 1414/od because, as far as IsllcuoLAs was i t e 4 4 _6„ , , . ‘0 8 1 ,,,,,,,71 '}en determined upon. It may be N 4 a et ; ts to o k .: 4 te now upon the part , which our t‘'!ZIR opir4ZkelPitating the war, though there %1 h: ' ' s t./. t o t ": „ l ,,t had the instructions ~of Lord l t4 -ea couel- -"e British Minister at St. Reters " " 14 4 E eror I „,Sl i , ' would , ' r uler language, the . . IPP R ,„ k th Ikt4l up on e Prut - C . 111,,e provoked hostihti . es by ilia he tioN the i tria ,Lt :ig clear, however, kes t iu m al lee a ti d — N . , whty of any cordial widen ' q et 'e-hali ' n gland, and, fearing neithw 4N, 44' k, Ilk, see h at .I‘ishei into the contest in full N; t 1 / 4 ; )„,, 4 ,_,..9c1 fortune which for so long a N ck:.th e ,. ef '" fav our the Ambition of Russia. j 4 ,Ne % wares °re, t 0 view the (conduct of Russia in 4"ti t) kli, 3 , w, barn' ti l , tc. f `il klii _ a leh had st eadily.gimed at the sub pet r esti,.ll4,, t 'eY ; and the fortress of Sebastopol, ter el , / 4t Position and its enormous resources, ` /I lt,' l 'kh \ 4ll i v 11 111p o t as ostensibly the road from St. 4. -4 je c'iist • t,4, PI v 4i. pfk. antniople. So long Afs Russia f it ,l'r i , v :1 thaC,,s4on of this important fortress, it 0' 44 4 ,1 her troo s 1 '414 op e oe could p were driven back across th ete 'NI h. .safely bid defiance to the rest ek. . ier , 1 4 ~ 1 , , , " ba ll . e4 Iler time, secure in the impenetra -47h Pow er lstuess, until differences between tt b-4 1 11 11 a 1111„8„..alleuld enable her to make another I 's l l Iy. n th "4811 province , and gain another , th e . I thh L Turki sh . , . 'to kt e "er k C aPtal, which has been often I) tha res grasp It I N- , 4 t o ..5 °r ip __ . was fortunate, therefore, 6., , ai d ee kent ,°°lll.ty; that circumstances had '1, 1 7, la, 1 : 4 t e 1 ' t he to between England and ttil )li t : 11 res4 ea ta cl ivs to a a declaration of war against 4 1 1 :144 41(e lest for ve must have been made, or the it t 4,_ 8 c0t t1 .... ever. Whatever may have been !,k,ti.), t h at th e „&uitted in the conduct of the war, it illistelcl4.4t4Hoi.."'estraction of Sebastopol was the only i kila e %o tl rt 1 1)1.°Ve Of real value. For more than t ti m ,,, i ) kt il k ea Or t 4 h all b een the cherished object which fl 'e e ernilire h at • ave been drained to up rotlt 1:11 celebrating its downfal we Idol has prwed far more da- s.—~~ maging to the ambition of Russia than the burning Of Moscow, or indeed any circumstance on record since the days of • PETER I. Russia built up a fabric for which thousands of human lives and millions of trea- sure have been sacrificed, upon which all hopes of future conquest were based, and which formed indeed the main point of contest. This has been shattered at a blow ; the dream of years has been demolished, and a far more material guarantee acquired for the future peace of Europe than would have been gained by negotiations at Vienna, however apparently willing Russia may have been to make concessions. If is not very easy to estimate the difficulties with which the allied armies have had to contend, though all accounts concur in representing them of the most formidable character. Sebastopol was deemed by those best acquainted with its natural position and immense resources to be impregnable, and nothing had been spared which skill could devise or despotic will could effect to render it so. Viewed, therefore, in this respect, the success of the besiegerS is entitled to our warmest congratulations ; but when viewed with reference to its important results upon the position of Russia as the disturber of the peace of Europe, the advantage can hardly be over-estimated, From the 'accounts which have reached us by means of the electric telegraph, it appears that the Russian General Prince GORTSCHAKOFF had made preparations for the 'evacuation of the town, which liestn the south side of the harbour, as far back as the end of August ; for "General SIMPSON, in his aespiiten of the Ist of September, mentions the eiretimgtagee of the Russian general availing himself of the Iciiidge of rafts which had been conPtructed Actose the harbour to the north side, to effect the removal stokes. He must there fore have anticipate; k at least endeavoured to proViae against, the success of the 'Mlles in their assault on the Malakhoff. This was no , doubt owing to the convic tion that his position has become untenable, and that, notwithstanding the 'determination evinced for so long a period by the Russian soldiers, the distress occasioned 'by the cutting off the supplies was operating with deadly effect. Up to the last they boasted of `their inexhaustible means of defence, but that' which haddestroyed the courage of the besieged roused the 'courage of the besiegers, and the Malakhoff Was carried with a -determination to win at . atiYhazard. We know the result. The fierce assault 'of 'the Bth, which outrivailed all former dis plays of daring hardihood, left the Malakhoff in the hands 'Of the assailants, and the next morning found the great object of all the contest deserted by its de fenders. There is a melanehCly list of killed and wounded, the price of the victory ; but the victory . itself, in its influence upon 'thc'war, is beyond all price.' The Malakhoff was the keyleSebastopol, and Sebas topol was the key to Russian supremacy in the Black Sea. They have fallen, anit.with them the hopes of a -guccession of Russian Autetirds. Ve are not yet in possession of sufficient details 'to i'forrn an opinion as to the designs of the Russian '.General, although it is pre:tended that his movement :; - :s purely of a strategotical Character, substituting the - Sebastopol of the uoath'fbr Ithat of the south. !This is mere pretence. The aUael on the Tchernaya was evidently the desileratevesource of an army inlear of annihilation, and the evacuation of Sebastophlis of a similar character. *The - town, the arsenal; the -maga 2ines, and everything , available for occupation and defence, were on the ground which has been aban doned ; while the !noith side, to which tlelßussians have retreated, contains , caily a few forts and batteries, which were, no donbt, valuable as outworks, but of little importance in .themselves. The Rnsiians, with all their advantages; lave been overmatch d, and th e victory is in the lands,ef the Allies ; and we have :no doubt that the skill and energy displayed ,by Marshal PELISSIER will very -soon result in the complete expulsion of the Russians from the Crimea. We observeby: the papers that the Frenclik-EmPERou Antivr2ti 44 , 1-th.PhNg - itickg4433C.462,tk triumph, as a re'.?soma was celebrated in'Paris on Thursday, and again throughout France on Sunday ' last. This is aB it -.Should be ; and we must that our rulers will not .be, neglectful of their .duty in this respect. It would.bea disgrace to our precession as a Christian nation if the opportunity 13e-irlowed to pass without a -solemn acknowledgmentet'that over ruling Providence,.hrwhose mercy we have.been per mitted to be victors, in the struggle. The-cause was one of truth and ,justice against tyranny an d oppression, of right: against wrong, of liberty against slavery. It was .a.-contest in which the Mightiest powers of the -world -were putting forth: 0.11 their strength, in whieh-thelives and fortunes ofthousands were perilled, on •tho-success of which depended the :advance of civilisation, or its almost total .axtinction ; and, therefore, we ;have abundant cause for thanks ;giving for that boundless mercy which haF4 , pennitlied all to triumph. THE MONEY MARKET. HER MAJESTY and fare Royal Family .are their Highland retreat ,at Balmoral ; London is 'de serted, except by Lord PANKURE, who has to remain Minister in town !to attend to the concerns of the war ; the Assizes are over ; and everywhere those can are enjoying the - delights of marine or rural retreats. Under such circumstances, when the ex citement of business has been superseded by the quietude of rest and reereatiop,, it is difficult to excite attention to any topics beyond those which may be considered immediately pressiw. The war, however, is still ;being carried on; and 'the interesting pro eeedinp connected with the ,e,apture of Sebastopol have , served in some degree to.gratify the thirst for something new ; but as days elapse mahout receiving any important particulars, it is found .necessary to dis cover another theme on which to create an excitement. Under these circumstances, it is not .surprising that monetary affairs have been brought under discussion, and magnified into a matter of more consequence than they would otherwise be entitled to, fft appears from the returns, -Published every Friday in .the London Gazette, that for .some few weeks there has been a decrease in the .stock of bullion in the Bank.of Eng land, a circumstance which might have created very little attention but for the publicity rendered compul sory by PEEL'S Act ,of 1.844. The Bank Directors accordingly raised their minimum rate of discount from 3 to 4 per cent, and Again, a week afterwards, to 42 per cent. This has been eagerly seized -upon : as a ground for apprehension .as to monetary security, when, in reality, there is nothing but the bare fact upon which to raise any comment, the accompanying circumstances conducing rather to inspire confidence. If the stock of bullion has decreased, it remains at more than fourteen millions, and there to a reserve of unemployed notes of more than seven millions and a half, with an active circulation of above twenty mil lions. The diminution may be easily accounted for without the slightest cause for fear as to results. In stalments have had to be paid for three loans raised for the purposes of the war : there have been but few arrivals of specie lately in proportion to the quantity known to be on the way, and the recent rise in several important markets has necessarily created a demand for money for the ordinary purposes of trade, as shown by the increase of nearly a million under the head of " other securities." On the other hand, there is nothing in the state of commercial affairs to justify any anxiety—for, notwithstanding a general augmen tation of prices, there has been a remarkable freedom from hazardous speculation, and bankruptcies have been almost confined to retail traders. Indeed, mer cantile affairs may be considered in a peculiarly healthy state, and even the demands for the war have been more than supplied by the receipts of specie. If some sudden revulsion had occurred in one or more of our principal markets, so that several large failures were -Tr" imminent—if wild speculations, such as distinguished the railway mania, were rife, and if also the Bank re serve were lesi than half the present amount, there might be some ground for putting on what is called " the screw," and alarming capitalists into withhold ing their resources, so as to produce the evil pretended to be remedied. As it is; we have nothing but an in crease of the minimum rate of discount by the Bank of England, a measure which will not have much influence on discount operations, should money become more plentiful, and which was, no doubt, justified on the part' of the Bank Directors by the demands for the loans, a great part of which will be restored into cir culation for the payment of materials. It will be quite time enough to raise the note of alarm when there are circumstances to justify it ; but at present there is nothing more in these Bank changes than what may be legitimately accounted for. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PROTESTANT - REFORMATION SOCIETY, AND SPECIAL MISSION. TO ROMAN CATHOLICS. MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE annual meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary to the above society was held last night, in the Clayton Hall, the Rev. H. Carpenter, M.A., in the chair. The hall was crammed, and amongst those upon the platform we noticed the Rev. W. Clementson, secretary to the Parent Society, Revs. W. F. Taylor, L.L.D., S. Minton, J. Blakeney, James, Matthews, Ffolliott, and Messrs. J. K. Rounthwaite, P. F. Curry, B. Darbyshire, &c., &c. After the meeting had been duly opened by a prayer from the Rev. J. BLAKENEY, The CHAIRMAN made a few observations with respect to the object of the meeting, and the principles of the society it was designed to support, which, he said, were the principles of the Bible itself, and must necessarily be salutary in their influence and saving in their efficacy. The foundations of civil and religious liberty were in Protestantism. (Hear, hear.) Yet, there were many who were ready to receive the liberty which was secured by Protestantism, but were also ready to make light of Protestantism itself. (Hear, hear.) England as well as Spain and Sardinia were instances of this. These latter countries were at present in a state of transition, but every step which they took towards civil and religious liberty, was a step towards Protestantism. (Loud applause.) Speak ing of the operations of the society, he said, that one of tap objects it pursued was the dissemination of Protestant truth in this and other towns, by means of lay teachers, books, tracts, &c. He regretted that there was not a dept in Liver pool for the publications of the Protestant Reformation Society, but he hoped, from his mentioning it in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Clementson, that such would not long be the case. (Hear, hear.) He then called upon - - - The Rev. W. P. TAYLOR, LL.D., who was received with loud cheers. He commenced by observing that he was always ready, upon all occasions, to speak in support of Protestantism, to the prevalence of which in this country he attributed the possession of all our national blessings. Referring to the largeness of the meeting, he regretted there was not a larger show of what the world would call " greatness" on the plat form. Where, he asked, were our great merchant princes of Liverpool? He saw but one or two amongst them, and he judged from that circumstance that the great majority of them were not philosophers—that they did not look to moral sequences; for if they did, they would come forward and sup port more earnestly the cause which secured them so many privileges. (Hear, hear.) [The speaker then made a slight digression to refer to a contradiction made by a Roman Ca tholic working-man at one of their controversial meetings, that Milra er—an acknowledged Roman Catholic authority—had admitted that there were at one time three rival popes. The rev. gentleman read the passage from Milner confirming the existence of the rival popes, and invited the attention of the person in question (who sat below the plat form) to it. A short discussion took place, but eventu ally the Roman Catholic was compelled to admit that he had been mistaken, and he then sheltered himself under the argument that the three rival Popes had not been acknow kdged as Popes at Rome. The rev. gentleman advised him to attend and state his views at the next controversial meet ing.] Mr. Taylor then proceeded to expose the delusion under which the lay members of the Roman Catholic Church were labouring. As _an instance of this, he produced slime powder which he hadobtained from a poor Roman Catholic, who assured him that it was part of the ashes of a certain Father O'Hanlon, who was buried at Glendalough, and was "a -certain cure for all the ills that human flesh is heir to." (Laughter.) To prove the pernicious influ ence of the Romanist priesthood, he quoted largely from the parliamentary digest of the evidence given before the Maynooth commissioners, using the very words spoken by some of the witnesses to prove his point. He showed how the priests, according to their own volunteered evidence, held &power of influencing voters at elections in Ireland, and he quoted the words of Mr. Lucas, editor of The Tablet, to demonstrate that the constituency was really and virtually in the -hands of the bishops and Roman Catholic priesthood. Referring to the doctrine Of reservation, he maintained that, according to the views of Romanist writers, it was quite im possible to administer a binding oath to a Papist. Therefore, Romanists were unwisely trusted with political franchise while they remained under the influence of their Church. He did not wish to deprive them of the franchise, but he wished to free them from the influence which he had pointed out. With _this' view he cordially -supported this society. (He resumed Ails seat amidst loud cheers.) The Rev. Mr. CL&ENTSON next addressed the meeting. He said the Church 'of Rome might be regarded in two as- Itects—as apolitical organisation and us a religious system; the one affecting man as a creature of time, the other, the religious aspect of Popery, affecting him as 'one des tined to enter the'future life which would.endure for ever and ever. Both of these were important aspects, the last, of course, most important. The reverend gentleman then proceeded 'to • dilate upon this topic, maintaining that the treachery of the Church of Rome was an erroneous one—a teaching of doctrines not of salvation but of damnation—sending souls, not to heaven, 'but to !As such doctrines .he viewed .the interdiction of the use of the Bible amongst the laity, by the priests of the Roman Catholic Church, 'and the doctrine of the "Immaculate "Conception—a doctrine which' ad not dared to be promulgated until the 9th of 'December, in the middle of the .19th century. To prove_ that the-Bible was interdicted, he read from a pamphlet written by Cardinal Wiseman. He then.maintained that the Roman Catholic Church, as. a•church, had never published a Bible for: the use of its lay members. It had only a Latin version.reuponaread fo the r arß _T igi la bl e;D; bn u ut a .t y version was not an authorised one—at _ fe .ll d l ; . r 'b e r not interpret .its ul-solacing truths for falai/elf. This was like a father when o asked' him for a fish, giving him a serpent—when he asked for bread .giving him a stone. (Applause.) Me • dared any one .stand up and say that the Churth -of Rome encouraged her people to read' the Holy Scriptures! (Cheers.) While we hate -Popery we' love -Roman Catholics. It is the principle, and not the people, which is and ought to be the object of our opposition. The Society had twenty-fourmissions. There are many of them in'London, but she had them also in different localities,. as in Birkenhead, in Liverpool, in Hull, Birmingham, Bradford,.Leeds, Leicester, Preston,Northamp ton and other, places. The laboursof the servants of Christ in ?hose places .have been manifestly blessed. In - Liverpool above a hundred Roman Catholics have openly renounced Romanism, and many others are aow proposing to take that step. The miselonary. meetings and classes are attended by large numbers of inquiring Romanists. In the course of his address, the -speaker gave numerous illustrations of the , benefits which have attended the. operations of these mission aries. The Protestant character of Liverpool has been long and well established; and the list of contributions -to the :auxiliary branch of-this society proves that that character has snot been unworthily bestowed. (The.conclusion of the Rev. : gentleman's address was received with the Kentish fire and ~cleers.) AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. ATTENTION has again been called to the importance of obtaining. more correct information as to the supply of agricultural produce, by the publication of the recommendation of the committee of the House of Lords on the subject. Great difficulty appears to be made about the unwillingness of farmers to afford the necessary information, many of them believing it to be against their interest to make known the extent of their produce or the productiveness of their fields, upon the supposition that it may influence their land lords in the question of rent. The most, however, that can be expected from such returns is an approximation to the truth, such as the extent of acreage under different crops and the probable 'yield, and this information might be obtained without reference to the prejudices of individual agriculturists. The machinery is already provided by the Poor Law, and might be made available with very little additional expenditure. Once a year the overseer, constable, or other parochial officer of each parish, should make a return to the 'Clerk of the Board of Guardians, of the munber 'of acres in his parish under each several crop, with appended remarks as to the estimated yield, which might be near enough to the truth for all praCtical purposes. These returns, collected in each tnien, should be forwarded to the Central Board, and , the gross totals pablished for general information. By pursuing this plan for several years, comparisons might be easily made of one year With another, and then 'taking into amount the foreign supplies from .the returns of importdtion, some data would be formed for 'judging the amount of annual consumption, and the means' of supply. It is not very difficult for an-expe rienced agriculitarist to average the acreable produce of a large district, and all that is wanted is a 'correct return of the -cumber of acres under cultivation. THE .IMVINGTON WATER SOPRM.E. Ix • accoiaance with a resolution of the Town Council, that ' body, accompanied by numerous gentlemen con nected Adth different pith& bodies, paid a visit of inspection, on Wednesday, - to the stupendouS waterworks in the vicinity of . Rivington, now rapidly drawing towards -a conclusion. A ficil report upon the actual state of the works will be found in another part of this day's Standard,: and to it we refer our readers for details Of the compliefited operations. Much controversy has already' been expended, and conflicting opinions still exist on the sibject of the real! value of these works. ••The time for controversy respetting thisvezed question has now passed. 'The works, after a vast outlayof capital, and a serious expenditure of excited feeling , have become so nearlyls'lnished, that .diecrssions upon their theoretical merits cease 'to be of general importance ; arid it•is now more in accordance with the public - - iinterest that those ' who are possessed of, practical information on such subjects ' should unite in their endeavours to carry into efficient opera tian those works -for -Which the communit7 have already paid so high a ransom, than to establish a,demonstration of their conjectured inefficiency. That the Rivington scheme was Vigoronely opposed, by many who felt a thorough con fiction of its inexpediency, is true ; -and they Corlicfeinibifirf 741R1Wfn'' `a"'s there .appear reasonable grounds for believing that the opposition could be effective, those gentlemen merely discharged a public. Attty and in doing so were entitled to high commendation. -To con tinue that opposition-where prevention cannot be achieved, and where nothing beyond embarrassment-can be reasonably ex pected to follow, . is- mot to pursue the path of duty, nor- to realise the objects 'which they have themselves in view. AG theirobject,in the firstinstance, was to secure to the community a frill--supply of pure -water, and as they differed from their brethren in regard to the means by which-so desirable an end was to:he obtained, they did well to controvert the views of their -opponents by-every fair and leg imate means. :Their warnings have been disregarded, and-their-suggestions over ruled hy the union of opinion among gentlemen as fairly, en- titled to-represent the public interests as they were, and - the i controverted projectiles snow been so far -carried out, that , to: revert to the original- state of matters regarding it is impos sible. ;To make the.most of the bargain,whetber a good or .a bad one, 4g, under existing circumstances,...so,obviously the in- terest all, that it would ke insulting to the.good sense of the community were .we to imagine the existence of any other feeling than an ardent desire, on all hands, to realise the bene fits which must arise from the completion of those works. From the-details, .which :Will be found in the report referred to at the beginning of this.article, it will be seen that by far the heaviest portions of, the work have been executed, and that all of them are being pushed forward to a conelusion with alacrity and skill. -So farns-eould be gathered from a close Inspection of thoworks, and, inquiries made on the. spot, there :appears every reason, for believing that the reservoir& and their ;appurtenances, the filtering beds, equalising tanks,-and other portions of the storage and supply machinery, win!he com pleted within a month or two. The pipe-laying hasalSo been so proceeded with, that two-thirds of the main-piping have been laid, while a serious difficultyiSn respect to the pipe -line by St. Helen's has been.,obviated, and the operations in. ,that department will now be vigorously :prosecuted. In conclu sion, we shall content .ourselves -with remarking that there is every revson for believing .that the .rtin-fall of the ensuing • .winter will be made available for thesnoply of Liverpool, and that at a Eine very little, if at all, .I*yond the period men tioned by the Water Committee, .the _gentlemen composing will be. in at,,..,ondition to congratalate the public, and to' be congratulated by it, on the completion of .the arduous under taking, whiej4it has devolved on them to carry out. TIIETLE was a ; .collision on Saturday night on the Mersey between. the half t past eight Woodside boat, from the Landing stage, and a flat which was coming doWn.the sliver with the ticle,.and all. sail.set. Nobody was hurt. A TERN DETERAINED YOUNG entAtnirAt,,-7;lohn Glover, a boy ten years, of me, whose head did not even = reach to the top of the dock, was yesterday charged before Mr.:Emith, one of the borough magistrates, with picking the ppcicet of Mr. Dennis Murphy, butcher, on Saturday, while he was ,standing in front of Jais own stall in St. James's Market. A.ituarket constable saw the theft, and immediately took the youngster into custody, witli three bal,fcrowns and a florin Imlolging to Mr. Murphy,in his hand. When the evidence had inengisen, the child's stepmother camelorward and said that about•three weeks before he was charged with stealing ropes, upon which occasion he was given up-to : her care upon promising to be.a good boy for the future and go ! to school. She took him home, washed him, put on him a clean shirt and pinafore, and " made s him decent," when he went out,again ' and she had never se en ;him since until now, Mr. Smith . : mHe seems determined to be a very bad boy ; take him into the other court to Mr. Mansfield." The boy was accordingly :taken before the stipen diary magistrate, who, after giving the ,c.ase a deliberate con sideration, ordered the lad to be :confined in gaol for three days and once whipped. STOP TgE CI,OCK !—Four young men, Thomas Walch, John Barry, Patrick Dougherty, and Thomas Walker, were brought up at the police-court yesterday, charged with stealing a time piece. Police-ofacer 429, said that about a quarter to 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, he heard that "a clock had been seen going up Adlingtou,street," in the possession of three men. Thinking this an extraordinary movement, even for the most eccentric time-piece, he followed up Adlington-street, when he met Walsh, Barry, and Dougherty coming down the street to gether. He seized Walch, and asked him where he had been to. Walsh took him back to a house kept by Walker, in a court in Adlington-street, where a clock, supposed to be the one stolen, was found in a dismembered state—the face here, the fingers there, the pendulum, &c., somewhere else. The officer took the clock "into custody," and attempted to do the same with the three men, all of whom had come back to the house, but they made off. Walsh tried to escape by getting over a wall into Lance-street, but the wall giving way he fell into the adjoining court, and the officer ran round and captured him. The other prisoners were afterwards secured, and the officer then searched for the owner of the stolen clock, and found him in the person of Mr. Patrick Carroll, of No. 9, Court, Johnson-street: All parties were brought before the police-court yesterday, when Mr. Carroll told the bench that he went home about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, at which time his clock was quite safe, and " going" audibly enou g h. An " hour or so" a ft er, h e f oun d t o hi s surprise, however, that it was gone, and he identified the one produced as his property. It transpired that Walker was in bed when the officer visited his house, and as he protested that he knew nothing whatever of the clock, he was discharged, The otherg were Wit to gaol for two months each, A hymn was sung,•during vhish thecollection was made. The Rev. S. llarrox, on risingovas received with cheers, on these subsiding, he proceeded to remark on the singularity of the resistance which was offered to the liberation of the and narrated.a-story which.showed that the liberation was in a great degree, brought about by the intervention,of a woman whose husband kept horses for hire, who having* one time been a servant to. a French nobleman. To this nobleman she applied for his, assistance. The nobleman was roused by her, and he appealed again and, gam to the French government, till the liberation of the Madai was obtained. The flev. speaker then proceeded to explain the nature and objects,of the society, which he said had within the last four years established a special Juission to Roman Catholics of Engla,nd ; in the same manner as the Irish missions. In this point of view the society, he .said, is eminently.deserving of support. The Rev. gentleman eoncluded an appropriate ad dress .amid loud cheers. A vote of thanks to the chairman was •then cartied by ac. clamation, And the meeting separated. AT the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, before Commissioner Perry, •JametePotts, late a brick-maker at Crewe, in Cheshire, passed his last examination, and the 1641 i of October was fixed for the certificate meeting. CAUGHT •IN CHE ACT OF HIDING THE 'PLUNDER. Thomas Connor, cged 17, was brought.up at the police court yesterday, by officer 718. The offieersaidUat, about a quarter e h a id n i a ng l.an so d m L e e t v h e il a g n iz e i . .a H pil e e a o t f e ru ne b e bi a sh ppr il e i iit b h e e t w p e r e i n e the l to .eight o'clock on Sunday morning, le . saw th e 'pr i soner a e n fieldde d and discovered what,fie at first thought to be a pile of nuggets. "All:is riot gold that Otters," however, and on.closer inspee ' tion the ' nuggets" tureed out to be nothing ,move than 58 perfectly.iiew brass dooriknobs and washers to match. It.was subsequently discovered that Messrs. Owen and Williams's foundry, lieratio-street, had been broken into on Saturday night, by-means of skeleten keys, two of which ,ivere left behind by-therobbers, andicund in the yard. The property which Connor was caught in :the act of concealing was ,paid of what had beenstolen. He was sent to prison for a month. Tn COTXON RODBERIES.—MichaeI Dunne and James Westhead were brought up on remand at the Police-court yesterday, charged with being concerned in the recent cotton robberies from thekthce .of Messrs. Postlethwaite and Co., of Exchange-chambers. The ,details kf the case were given in the Standard very fully last week. The facts briefly are these :--Some weeks ago an entrancemas effected into Messrs. Postlethwaite and Co °dice, through a window in the court .of Exchange-chambers, and a quantity of cotton samples stolen. On the morningef Saturday week, a precisely similar robbery was committed. Westhead, on the morning, engaged a cart to convey some cotton from Exchange-chambers to a cotton store in Macvicar-street, belonging to Dunne, who also keeps a beerhouse in Portland-street. The store was after wards searched, and cotton samples resembling those stolen were found concealed in a quantity of almost worthless Surat pickings, Westhead was apprehended that afternoon at Dunne's beerbouse. Dunne himself was in the house at the time, but he escaped, and was not captured until the fol lowing Monday. Yesterday both prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions. Bail was refused for Westhead, and the bench deferred a similar application made on behalf of Dunne. CONDITION OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.—The Pictures of the late Alderman Case, Sir Thomas Brancker, and Mr. W. Wallace Currie, have been removed from the walls of the Council-room, in the Town-hall, for the purpose of being revarnished, under the direction of Mr. Westeott. We under stand there is no order of the Council to paint the Council room ; and anything more discreditable than the present condition of the walls (which look as if they had not come in contact with the brush for some twenty years) it is scarcely possible to conceive. The aperture for the ventilator is also visible, now that the picture of Mr. Currie is removed. On the scientific character of this contrivance, we will only re mark, that, in point of originality of contrivance, it is vastly inferior to the usual operation of the open window. We would suggest that the Town-hall Committee should give imme diate instructions for the painting of the Council-r000m; and inasmuch as six weeks, at least, must transpire before the room could be again habitable, we would propose that the next Council meeting be held in the new Concert-room, at St. George's-hall, which, we believe, is admirably calculated for such a purpose. Indeed, we are informed, that a motion is likely very soon to be brought before the Town Council, for the purpose of holding thcir meetings in St. Georges -bill —(o274nitograted.) LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. MADRID, Sept. 14.—The French Ambassador has given orders for a Te Den to be performed on the 16th, in the French church, in honour of the fall of Sebastopol. The intelligence was received with enthusiasm. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15.—Prince Gortschakoff writes on the 11th :—" We blew up a great part of the fortifications of Southern Sebastopol. The enemy begins to appear in groups not very numerous amidst the ruins of the city. We have transported to the north part of the place all the wounded who remained on the southern side after the assault of the Bth. The allies left in our hands as prisoners 1 superior officer, 7 subalterns, and 160 soldiers." MARSEILLES, Sept. 16.—Preparations are being made to send out 10,000 horses to the East. The news of the late victory was known at Constantinople on the 9th. It caused immense rejoicings. MARSEILLES, Sunday. The Turkish government has resolved on establishing lighthouses on all its coasts. The fleet of gunboats at Rutschuk is armed and ready to act on the Danubian defences of Russia. Advices from Kars of the 18th August state that supplies have arrived for the garrison. Some convoys, however, have been intercepted by the enemy. General Pelissier is fortifying the Tractir, and strengthening the defences on the Mackenzie Road. The Allied cavalry occupy Karnara. The Russians are said to have received reinforcements to the amount of 20,000 men of the army of reserve. Sebastopol is suffering dreadfully. The masked batteries are ready to open fire. The Russians are busy on the north side in fortifying and throwing up works. IBY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.] • LONDON, Monday Night. A Cabinet Council was held at the Forei;n•ofce this afternoon. THE WAR. MARSEILLES, Sunday, Sept. 16. The Louqsor, which left Constantinople on the 6th instant, has arrived. She brings advices from the Crimea to the 4th. The Indian mail has arrived. The despatches will leave together at 9 a.m. Artillerymen and horses are embarking in numbers. Dragoons are expected. The Pasha of Egypt, accompanied by the French Consul, left Alexandria on the 9th of September, on board a war steamer, for Marseilles, en route to Paris and London. The Post states that, previous to the invasion of the Crimea by the Allies, the Russian fleet at Sebastopol consisted of fourteen ships-of-the-line, five of which were of 120 guns, eight of 84 guns, one of 80 guns, four of 60 gun frigates, five cor vettes, and brigs of 18 to 20 guns, seven small vessels, eleven transports, sixty-four gun-boats, six large steamers, and six small steamers ; in all 108 sail, mounting 2,000 guns. The Times Paris correspondent writes :—" No news of im portance from Sebastopol has transpired. It is rumoured, however, that Prince Gortschakoff has received an order from St. Petersburgh to evacuate the Crimea, on condition of being allowed by Marshal Pelissier to quit the north forts with arms and baggage. Pelissier is said to have referred to his Government for instructions." The Havre Journal states that considerable activity pre vails at that port in the dispatch of material of war to the East. Another French paper states that an order for 20,000 muskets for the English army has been given at St. Etienne. A Marseilles letter mentions, on the faith of a telegraphic dispatch from Naples, that the Neapolitan Government had just suppressed the quarantine on vessels from ➢larseilles, Genoa, and Leghorn. The Times' Vienna correspondent states positively that the Russian Minister at Vienna has received orders to be at War saw on the 21st, to meet the Emperor Alexander, who will arrive there on the 22nd or 23rd. The same correspondent's letter, for the most part, consists of statement' to show that the Austrian Government concurs in the justice of the complaints against the King of Naples- The Times' Berlin correspondent says that the fall of Sebastopol will not in the slightest degree change the attitude of Prussia. Germany desires nothing but to be left alone to herself. (The Globe says we may expect to receiv ci.......,1 Simi,- son's despatch, with details of the 4311 of Sebastopol, in the course of Wednesday. Major the Hon. Leicester Curzon, of the Rifle Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary to General Simpson, left Balaklava with the despatches on the 11th, in the Telegraph steamer, direct for Marseilles, where he should arrive some time to-day, or early to-morrow, with tolerably fair weather. Immediately on his arrival in town, Major Curzon will proceed to Balmoral with copies of the despatches for Her Majesty, and the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel will, in all probability, be bestowed on him. The Morning Post's Paris correspondent telegraphs as follows :—lmmediately after receiving intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol, the Emperor charged the Minister of War to transmit the following despatch to General Pelissier : " Honor to you Honor to all our brave army—congratulate all in my name " Also the following :—" The Emperor charges you to eomgratulate the English army in his name on the constant valour and moral force which it has displayed during this long and trying campaign." The Paris journal, La Pays, of this day, has a despatch from Berlin, stating that the Emperor of Russia notified the fall of Sebastopol to the King of Prussia by a private tele graphic despatch. The Emperor stated that he was firmly resolved on accepting no conditions of peace whatever that should be derogatory to Russia as a great power. A letter in the Debats repeats the report of this despatch, and says that it contains textually the following words—" Russia never ,makes peace after disaster." The Morning Posts Paris correspondent says, General Pclissier's latest despat2hes simply state—" We are beginning to .occupy the town of Sebastopol. All goes on well. The materiel left by the enemy is even more extensive than at first anticipated. We shall be able to adapt many large buildings to the uses of the army." RUSSIA. (From the Second Edition of the Express.) HAMBURG, Sept. 17. The following despatch has this day been received : " St. Petersburgh, Sept. 11.—The Emperor has issued an order of the day to the army, communicating the fall of Sebas topol. His Majesty thanks the garrison of Sebastopol for the bravery they ha'e displayed in defending that stronghold to the very last, and declares that he is convinced that all the troops of the empire are ready to follow their example in ' sacrificing life, all, everything, for the sake of protecting the reiigion, the honour, and the independence of Russia. The Emperor adds, that he still relies with confidence upon the firugaess and courage of his faithful and attached soldiers to repel *very future attempt to violate the sanctity of the Rus sian territory ; whilst he excuses the recent failure at Sebastopol by wing, ' There is a line that is impassable even to heroes.' INDIA OVERLAND MAIL. TRIX6TE, Saturday, Sept. 16. The steamer Bombay arrived here to-day at 315 p.m., in 135 hours from Alexandria. The Indian mails left Alexandria on the 9th of September with adviees from Calcutta of the 9th ef August ; Bombay: 13th of August ; Hongkeog, (via Calcutta,' 18th July. The insurrection of the Santals had assumed importance, and still condo/ed. Six thousand troops have been already sent against the rebels. A party of Rohillas had crossed the frontier, and was com mitting depredations in the Bombay presidency. Rain has been scarce in India, and trade consequently dull. The money-market was easy. Exchange at Calcutta, 4s, Bd. Opium had risen in China. MARSEILLES, Sept. 16, 8 a.m. The Valetta arrived here this morning at 6 o'clock with the Indian mail. Cape of Good Hope papers to sth July inclusive, speak of a general improvement being everywhere visible, and business in the local markets is rapidly extending. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The depression in the English Funds continues, and Consols have receded per cent. The position of the Money Market still operates adversely, and the downward tendency was in creased by large money sales. In Railways, fluctuations are considerable, and prices, on the whole, show a decline. In Band, Buir, awl Foreign Stocks, transactions few, toicl for. CLOSINGPxR4IrC. Bills, L. sz mer quotations were unalt ere d . T urkish a shade firmer. Great Western of Canada, 23 4 4 ; Di tto New, 1-8- Consols, Account goi Bank St ock Do. Money E par 5 pm Three per Cents — O nunum FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans 2li 2 I Peruvian Turkish RAILWAY Ambergate,Nottingharn, and E. Junction .. 3e 4* Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 7O 2 Edinburgh & Glasgow 52 4 Great Northern B6 7 Do. A. 69 71 Do. B. 123 5 Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire 76i 7 Do. Fifths — Leeds Northern l2} 13} Turkish (new) F pin Russian 9S 100 Do. B9 91 SHARES. London, Brighton, and South Coast 95 7 London &N. Western 924 London &S. Western B3 4 Manchester, Sheff., and Lincolnshire 23* Midland Stock - 6 North British 254 6i Do. Preference 96 100 North Staffordshire S. Eastern and Dover 5B . 9 York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and N. Midland 46 7 _ . • LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural I Peel River S.Australian Invest.... South Australian Crystal Palace On 'Change, Tallow, 575. 3d. to 575. 6d. for P.Y.C. ; Linseed Oil, 445. ; Scotch Pig Iron, 81s. 6d. ; Spelter, £23 15s. to £24; moderate sales of Rice and other articles, without much alteration. LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's . Circular.)—A little English Wheat sold early in the morning at ls. to 2s. advance upon the prices of this day week, but a large proportion remained unsold towards the close of the market, which might have been purchased at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. Some enquiry for Foreign Wheat in the early part of the morning, but holders being exceedingly firm, indUced : millers to defer buying, and a very limited busi ness on l y was transacted, in which last week's prices were fully supported. Good sweet Barley brings an advance of Is. since this day week. Beans, Peas, and Oats sell at last Monday's rates. Flour continues in demand for export, at an advance of ls. per sack. Of new white Mustard Seed a large supply, and the market very well cleared, the best parcels bringing 12s per bushel. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Scotch. Foreign. Wheat 6859 25 11335 Barley 430 6 573 Malt lOlBl 54 50 Oats 984 1900 Beans Peas Flour 10521 33093 sks.Bl 1660 brls. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. — Trade dull at Friday's prices. Beef. 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d • Veal, 3s to 44 8d ; Pork, 4s to 46 10d ; Lamb, 4 s 4d t o 5 s 4d. beasts, 5,680; Sheep and Lambs, 27,620; Calves, 187; Pigs, 317. Arrivals Holland Beasts, 2,249 ; Ditto Sheep, 4,400 ; Ditto Calves, 155 • Ditto Pigs, 110; Scotch Beasts, 30; C am b r id ge; Leicester, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 2,000. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—Market flat. Sales 'at 80s. 6d.; buyers, 80s. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. — Lancashire and York. shire, 76/ ; North-western, ; Ditto, eighths, 1 'dis.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23k. _ WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. - - London, wind E., Bristol, S.E., Cardiff, Shrewsbury, N.E., Sheffield, N.N.E., Gloucester, N.W., Brighton, Whitehaven, W., Carlisle, Exeter, S.W., rain ; Scarborough, Stoke, S.E., Derby, Ipswich, N.W., Newcastle, W.S.W., Hull, W.N.W., cloudy; Haverfordwest, N.E., much rain; Leamington, N.E., Portsmouth, W., South ampton, S.W., unsettled ; Aberdeen, N.E., Manchester, Lowestoft, Perth, Whitley, N.W., Dundee, Edinburgh, Yar mouth, Glasgow, W., Lancaster, SW., fine; Berwick, N.W., cold ; York, W., cloudy and cold. PONTEFRACT RACES. Trial Stakes—Bourgeois, Ist. West Riding Handicap— Eulogist, Ist. ; Athertone, 2nd. Parkhill Stakes—Preston, Isf. Corporation Plate Evangeline, Ist. Stand Plate —Bour geois, Ist. LICHFIELD RACES. Champagne Stakes—Blue Bell, Ist. Staffordshire Stakes— Polestar, Ist. ; Goorkah, 2nd. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—This DAY. CESA.REWITCII.-9 to 1 agt Robgill; 12 to 1 agt Scythian tk ; 15 to 1 agt Neville tk ; 20 to 1 agt Monarque tk ; 20 to 1 agt Saucebox ; 20 to 1 agt Joe Miller ; 25 to 1 agt Siding tk ; 25 to 1 agt Early Bird tk ; 35 to 1 agt Black Swan : 35 to I agst Diana ; 40 to 1 agt Mortimer tk ; 40 to 1 agt Musco vite tk. DERBY.-25 to 1 agt Polmoodie tk ;25t0 1 agt Ccrronertk _ DOCK THEFTS.—Tho mas R ea d y, 13 years of age, was sent to gaol for 14 days, yesterday, for steali ng ropes from a ship in the Union Dock.—Joseph Jemmins, an elderly Irishman, employed at the Wapping dock works, was yesterday sent to gaol for 14 days for stealing some old rope belonging to - the Dock Trust. THE AFRICAN, a very fine-looking new screw steamer, apparently about 1,200 tons, and barque rigged, arrived here yesterday morning from the Clyde. She is intended to form one of the Liverpool, Constantinople, and Syrian line; con ducted here by Messrs. Henry Dixon and CO. MISPLACED CHARITY.—In last week's Standard we pub lished an account of an attempted suicide by a young woman named Mary Cassidy, who threw herself off the landing-stage because, as she alleged, she had been ruined by two men belonging to a Rock Ferry steamer. Upon examination, the handed the a girl letterwas steon the hteo reportersth e I v workhouse. h a o t u t s h e e . Police-court, which he had received w ith th e s i gna t ure o f " R " attached to it, enclosing ss. for the girl, an d sugges ti ng a discharged, m r. Mansfield general subscription on her behalf. It was intimated f rom and the bench that she was undeserving of such sympathy, as she Yesterdaymen were had betrayed symptoms of a very debased character since her removal to the workhouse. AN OUTRAGEOUS FEMALE.—Catherine Roberts, a woman of debauched appearance, was bro ug ht b e f ore M r . M ans fi e ld , at the Police-court yesterd a y, f or di sp l ay i ng rat h er too much violence of temper. A M r . Th omas Hilt on, of Whitemill street, stated th a t C a th er i ne l o d ged with him, and that on Saturday night she went home intoxicated and committed many excesses in the way of destroying furniture, &c. He went to remonstrate with her, when she struck him, and then threw a 11b. weight at him. It passed within an inch of his temple, and struck a little dog which was gambolling about, killing it instantly. The virago was fined 40s. and costs, or two months in default of payment. ST. HELENS.—On Friday, the Eccleston part of this town was enlivened by the St. Mary's band heading a long and interesting procession of Sundry and day scholars belonging to St. Thomas' district, 287 in number, bearing appropriate banners, &c., all of whom, with five exceptions, were scholars of St. Thomas', 'brought together by the active exertions of their zealous pastor, the Rev. James P. Shepperd. • After various games in an adjoining field, the interesting company returned to the schools, where, with their teachers and parents, they were regaled with tea and cake, and listened with great interest to several recitations, and also- to affec tionate, yet stirring addresses from their beloved minister and teachers, after which they retired thankful and delighted with the day's enjoyment. CHURCH CHOIRS.—(F rom a corres pondent.) — There are, perhaps, few subjects of more real interest to sincere Church.. men than having the services conducted in a proper and becoming manner. Indeed, while uniformity is the profession, there is great diversity in the practice, and the deplorable state of the musical po r ti on o f th e serv i ce, i n the majority of churches in our neighbourhood, makes the greater pleasure in witnessing the laudable efforts for its advancement which may be observed, from time to time, in a few. Amongst these, I would call especial attention to St. John's District Church, in Grange-lane, Birkenhead. This is a very pretty church, with a fine organ, and since it was opened, which is about eight years, an amateur choir has quietly and unostentatiously been striving to put the musical portion of the services into a state of efficiency, under the able superintendence of Mr. Gunton, the organist, with what success may be noticed by any one attending the church. This, however, could not have been obtained without much trouble and anxiety to the conductor, enhanced by the little interest which seems to per vade the congregation. But they have the nucleus given them by, the continuous efforts of the few gentlemen and ladies who have so long kindly striven to keep it up, and of still further improving it by a liberal support. It is to be hoped, there fore, that the congregation will keep this in mind ; and this choir may be held out as a model to other churches, to show how easy it is to improve the services, if one or two individuals in a congregation have the moral courage to put themselves forward, and when, as in this case, where the congregation or church is poor,it may be done without any cost.—ALooKEli ON. SHOCKING FATALITIES.— On Saturday afternoon, Jane Jones; aged 61, the wife of Samuel Jones, living at No. 3, Sun-street, Warwick-street, fell from the second story front bedroom window of her house, and alighted on some railings. The iron spike entered one of her thighs, and tore its way out again, inflicting a frightful wound in the groin and abdomen, from which her bowels protruded. She was picked tip and taken to the Southern Hospital, where she died at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon.—At half-past six on Saturday evening, a boy who resided in No. 12, Court, Paul-street, was run over in Vauxhall-road, by a dray belonging to Mr. Thomas Howard, the brewer, which was being driven by Win. Grif. •fiths at the time. The boy was taken to the Vauxhall Dispen• sary, but life was found to be extinct. The driver was taken into custody. Persons who saw the accident, state that he was not driving beyond the rate of four miles an hour, and that he called to the boy to get out of the way.—Margaret Dearden, 2 years old, daughter of Bernard Dearden, labourer, living in 12 Court, Pall-mall, was scalded so seriously with' she was boil kten firs too t d f u boil ing water from a kettle on the fire on Friday, that she di e d on Saturday eveni ng b e t ween three and four o'clock in con vulsions. —Jane Roe, 60 y ears o ld , the wife of Mr. Roe, living s r p e p e loys.e Shet that t at 15 Court, Jenkinson-stre e t, w h o " took a drop of drink occasionally," was taken w ith s i ckness on Saturday night. w D as oct s o u rs sp w ec e t r ed e called that in, sh eanhdad i it as partaken a had had a severe stroke, but a search discovered an empty bottle of laudan u m i n a cup b oard in her room, of which it treated accordingly, an d appeared to revive, but about mid night she relapsed i n t o h er f ormer unconscious state, and at two o'clock on S un d ay morn i ng she died. Inquests into the was whole of these cases will be held to-day, and also on the body of a seaman belonging to the American ship Sunflower, which arrived here from Mobile, on Sunday, soon after which the man died in his berth, having been ill most part of the voyage with cold and scurvy. A CUNNING PONY.—In a pit belonging to Mansfield Grieve, Esq., coalmaster, Cairnhill, for some weeks past the tea flasktl of many of the drawers were always found empty when the owners came to use their contents, at what is called the " corn ing hour," though these flasks were always carefully rolled up in the jackets or coats of the men. From the frequency of these thefts taking place, a feeling of suspicion began to be excited by almost every one against his fellow-worker. The conscious innocence of all the men led them to be equally anxious to discover the guilty party, and have him brought to justice. With this feeling they determined to set a watch on the coats. This was done one, day last week. Near the place where lay the coats was a stable containing a pony called Tom, which is used for drawing the hutches below. After the coats were laid down,- and the men had gone to their work, the watchers had not long to wait to see who was the thief. Tom strode quietly out of his stable and went up to the coats. 1 . 1 : then gently, with hi s nose, uncovered a flask from one of th coats. This b e i ng done, he rested himself upon his hinder legs, seized th e fl as k b etween his two fore feet, w i t h his teeth drew the cork, dropped it, and then quaffed the he contents to his evident gratifi ca ti on. The fl as k bung emptied, with his foot, i to r placed it in th e coat and pressed it together show that it had no t b ee n touched. In this way he d ra i ned to his staflasks, ble with and then went li he left it. ' Tom has sin ce with that cautious mien with which become a general fa yourite; he may now quaff off as much of the cup that cheers bu t does not inebriate as h e likes.-im - 31 Scotch Paper. / I ~~ . j 0 4i I il , 11.,.