The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

sesil ........ July 30, 1844. the ton rib° •oBC ;in; THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS. r Id)) ffd) ed) •ed) to to to 1 ~~ e Pn Tuesday, being the Anniversary of the National ,;' ° °° o l with the Established Church, the childre eh. 'ag to the various schools in question walked in proc he sion.from the Blue Coat Hospital, at ten o'clock. T tatitrrtereti to many thousands in number, were all neat h ly y . , and conducted themselves with the greatest pr h. attire., Each school was headed with an appropriateba e. ner, on which was emblazoned some loyal motto or h d rd. ' i ce. The procession moved along Church -street, L street, C astle -street, round Nelson's Monument, at the Exchange, and back to St. Peter's Church, by the same route. It was headed by nearly the whole of the clergy °f the town, and a considerable number of gentlemen. On arriving at the Town-hall, it was joined by the mayor, to his rob es of office, several of the Town Council, and meOhenedreteutrneinlg the sword and mace bearers of the Corporation. Hundredth to the Church, Divine Service was cornld _ even o c oc • by the c si h rigi w n a g s o h f h t e he hf O the Peter largest and Psalm. The congrega io most respectable we ever witnessed at St. r ais yo d ics t '8 on any former anniversary. The children, to the 8n on of some hundreds, were placed, as usual, upon . a r a e t r f a o dt r h m tei , le at the east end of the Church, immedi- B steleo Communionprays nd lessons • and the children table. , The Rev. Rector joined h e s i n • The singing, Bie s ermon was preached by the Rev. Henry Melvill,_ '1.1.1. Chaplain of the Tower London, and Principal of the East India College Hailebury. The rev. gentleman 15th verse e ....,,, m i selected for his text the 23d chapter of Proverbs, and the son if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even y mine'" He commenced by asserting, a general principle, that whatever gladdened the heart of a religious father Contributed to make his son hap a nd that where the reverse was the case there must exist__ some fearful want of natural affection on either side. He said that at the time Solomon wrote the text, he wished to fu rt a s tee. , , h his son with a motive for doing that which would - -"n to rej o i o Solo- Over loon, at the • e the one, and make the other happy. Period in question, was a great ki he 'rig, reigning witharosperous people. He had a profound h. acquaint was, B W a a rn a, th at Pattinent of knowledge ; and his desire rieehe tterone, and hei7:y en de mi ht wield the same sceptre, sit on t e amplify the empire which had already heart. ° such by becoming wise in a pitch of renown, , It was m kabl that the passage was not, ' if thine head bereecar,” but, "if thine heart be wise ;" and the vvisdom here is r e eferre u d to was religion. He alone was wi se in heart who had been operated upon by the Spirit of God. •• el son, give me thine heart,', was the address of the Almig h ty to every one of his ratiorial creatures, and there really was, nothing done . in religion Until the inner shrine was made a depos i t of wisdom from O n high, and they only were actually wise who were wise i nto salvation. • There could be no d ou b t, therefore, but that S o l omon w i s h e d hi s son to fear God. Al as !h ow differ en t, for the mos t Would it gladden most o f t I he la g i ven public of the present d a y, to learn that their children d promise of piety, if they gave little or no promise at the same time of ability? Was it an indication of ir,ll With . our children being wise in heart " that made us thrill they pleasure? We longed that should be able to carry off the prize at school he without a pang that we or colle ge , an d it wou ld no t le arned of their being fond of the Bible, but unable to M ake Way i n L a ti n or G ree k. N o t that he (the preac leg) de p r eciated intellectual ability. If a child exhibited t alent, and outran hi s compet i tors in general knowledge, there was no reason why be grati fied' the parent should not _ fie& n But, then, it should be remem bered, that talent was God' s gift, —and that talent, in itself, was a perilous g if t , often exposing its possessor to misery and danger, and raisi ng h im to an eminence from which he might be suddenly precipit a t e d . W as, then, the want of talent in reta child to be so deeply deplored, when mental grasp andre tentivene ss were often distinguished by a want of ie religion. Better the idiot with his shut-up mind than the youth h and too argu enentative to • ve o was too witty The godliness. admit the realities of vital god • y should not s k 1 therefore, as Chris tian parents,•f pea of themse ves, should b • • 1 their first wish was not that their children dic t" e religious. Instead of being all alive to the in alive ions of ability in their offspring, they should be more 'rasa to the indications of piety •, and insteed of being of juYitpukased if a boy were all enthusiasm about the deeds was de siCtesar, they should be greatly rejoiced when he a evordeP 3, affected by the sufferings of Jesus Christ. In the on IhneY should compare themselves with Solomon, taughie th e t, the mighty, and the learned. Solomon but to make them not to despise the acquisition of knowledge, leernberi 'nen he rig their Creator in the days of their youth ;" and wor e hi s spoke to his son, he urged him by the love . he ° r if th Parent ; he did not say, "If thou become rich, happ3,e, but worldly distinctions, then thou'lt make me wise, T i n , 'Jut his simple language was, "If thine heart be thenp Y Ileart will rejoice, even mine." The preacher ,h 7 therreeeded at some length to urge the children present by prayin g theY bore their parents, to aim at true piety, Holy W ord God God in a right spirit, and honouring his theirsclai n ro ; Na next called upon the public to look at the the National Schools of Liverpool, as they made the wh o l e to them on the present occasion. He said reg ard ~ tenour of his discourse would enable them to t o nurntneer schools with favour, and thus to give education vanta ge 8 wi t° might otherwise be deprived of that ad • He, bei • them on th e s b . new to tell ng a stranger, had nothing . aYstematicall 4. Ject. , The schools went on quietly and by ina 7 ''' the old beate ath, not indeed rejecting leY thePer9vernents or additions which might be demanded trut h -- eg e t tun e st ances of the times, but holding up the Chu rc h ~,,, e ' lt eation in theprinciples of the Established virtue,as educatio • God, liberty, in • a n d in irate nin the fear of in ta • nanism he gri Y. In spite of the outcries of sec- C atechi sm ' e was bold to say, that to teach the Church to t ea ,, , a s t teach in sell Christi taught . in the national schools, was " t his in r ristianity. He was forced to say so much as that 8 'stern erd to the nation a l so and d er has been • system, nobly defended ,_ , ended, let it in the town of . Liverpool,—yea, and`v"etl of th e dis not be forgotten, by the most enligli end of the lanatriters also. It was true that from one i educatio t ? the ether invectives had been heard hey all knew tical religie nln th e d • ethe hurch ; but what ante octrme s o. c Of Patient • n ' toost of or n) had promoted most of prac the pro • industry, ar i d actical obedience to the law, most tens es of the . most of that implicit reliance on the state, and th scripture the present ff e glory of ' which P safeguard of was the . _ legislat ay, every h od a Christian community. In theytire and ref coos separ te ts anpealed to the had be • erred to ns • ais „ scnce en induced to take elene e as the reason why on , , was wholly Centred March, indeed, In the separatists! The thllirefor, that thererined quiet; but it followed not, tight not hat their memo rs of the established chnrch . , enticati ont scruples in the matter of national tbent givin uples as to the lawfulness of the govern *as not an anY sYstem of education in which there to not a 4 . 'peen bible,—aye, and in which there le autl • 11 inculcation of a sound theology according • authorised f ' bona' eon • i • After all, then the na ormu arms. , . , o f eee, science was not monopolised by the . frienus ti. _` .4 v II and religious liberty —words becoming odious in rauie Present fl eaY • yet still there was wisdom in this deter °f resistance' • - the c hurch and the education Of th to giving and • e church to the poor, because her enemies judged, of ... I t u stlY judged, that there was no more effectual way by withdrawing the masses of et,Lt acking the church than n m her portals. They would tsak:e rising generation t could, the rich man's church, knowing th her, if they h eat fall she must, as fa ll sheought, though fall she should j e s t, if she church,eased to be " the poor man sc ' hurch." But '''e should never cease to be the poor man's o. _ re. f the legislature could do little towards i ii r 4 h ; because 1 in the great work of •olenethening the establishment i‘s Darting peculiar education, the members of that church for'Ma f eelthemselvesmore called upon than ever to come e , It had been a thousand ti e , ard with liberal assistance. . eries said, and never disproved, that education wit bout r elt; gi l t i was not a blessing, but a curse. It was for -ic umen th • p art with the same liberality as hitherto' en, to do their s ought th ' TheY should support the schools wh • ich now National ;'r roccour, and which were connected with the of church tipe.etY---a society pledged to the maintenance scriptions „hdrinciples. They should show by their sub * conscience tt the church had its conscience, not indeed zon e d _ .0, be boasted of on platforms, and embla te '" Petitrons but . , ern rest untilwould not let , a conscience that • toe sea" ' he' did their utmost towards implanting 1„ roe G od , "ts raj I In the minds of the rising generation. raj g It el gilt the livee they accumulate a materiel of gladness—thus ...a ces e, to see signs verdure in the waste thus °, the la n d gns of moral . • ex t oight thi s --thus might their hearts rejoice, and • e mPle t o E vast emporium of commerce, already . an inereasin 1 n gland b • Bible education, h onoured s' exhibit y its support of and Him th " those who ho w true it was, that • • addin g n o ' .Al e ty-migh would honour, making rich The colleeti:°rrove." 8 Aer the ser r v i • amounted to the liberal sum of £194. • eh oo h i, who had i t e, ti._ Lue children from the various district a e t e tt ° ,n , wer e aenal'en Part in the hymns selected forthe etc ' l'lrernooi 9tellanied by their teachers to Cheshire, . JoYed theree , Ferry, -_,_ while they happily influence —.elve s ti° wnere for a refreshing then 3 hot f the sea„h n the shore, under the shown i• kr e ,' so St th e i e rzes- Every attention was a indn e ; 4 rPles, al glernont Hotel and at the Ferry; Hess s, gran tee e Proprietor, having, with her usual The granted th e el a free passage. unt eber log is ---• X xrabe of c h ild an accurate account the present ush ed eh. _ ren i n , t he~ sc hoolconnected with the s co " r en ill Liverpool - Boys. Blue Coat 1/ .. , 64 Female Orphan Phal Sah o •• , ...... 250 1067 350 Old chur School ...... Schools ••• • • ......... • • 457 905 Girls. Total Hunter -street sh A •,• .• •• • • ....... 451 260 St. Jarnes's Scheool.°4'' •• • • . ... 160 100 ~,„, Welsh Charity Sch 00lo ol *•• •• • ' •• ........ 160 140 ..,g,6 L....,....• ..... 320 21 372 St. Paul's Schools ° Zll_•St' Mark's Schools.. •••••••• • * ' • ' • • . 190 R 0 440 _a,.r.ton and Kirk dale. S.chc;Ol.s.. ..... 22t, 112969 T 4117 laanre_Schools ............ ••• • • . 137 ..... Z. I ,!l rn , Schools Schools . .. ............... 84 Ng 246 i d. g l i i 1 sil s:h SOOllBOOlB .. . .... . . .. "• • 60 in 2575 St ' ki:illen;:s. Wi•n•cfsor, .c•Ijo•o S chools • : .. 248 1,7, 126 St. And ro _ tt e; a School • • : 103 ‘..`-' 436 North c • T,'" 8 Sc hools • .... ••• • • ... • . 203 109 ,_..n 314 th'u South cUreh of Ertgla•n•Cl .. Schools • • 525 ms 684 Burch Of England Schools .. 376 --- 730 St. Barthl St• Au °.°l/leve 8 Schools .......... 390 34 0 480 St• grigdunoe's Schools • 267 213 577 St• j A ? 8 S chool s . .. 324 253 515 St. n u up 8 Schools. ... • ......... ....... .. 279 236 318 st -lcue,rine's Schools ...... . ....... 154 164 210 Chris 'ILI° e a S chool s 116 94 684 304_97 669 St..lotllTV,r.ol.,SchoOl•s: ...................... 380 All saits;''s aaPtists Schools ...... 272 i 220 410 St. Thorn 240 240 P eu°olB ............. . 190 St' _ r ,as Toateth Schools ........ BO 118 Wr10:8 Church Schools ........ 35 „ 104 hest_ UerbV Workhouse Schools ...• 62 44 350 "erPool Workhouse Schools ...... 200 150 6535 6138 12673 LIVERPOOL JULY SESSIONS. These se scions were continued on Tuesday morning, and shortly after five o'clock the Grand Jury were dis charged. They brought in the following presentment : " Before separating, the Grand Jury deem it their duty to present some of the marine storekeepers as a dangerous body of traders, who tend much to encourage felonies in warehouses and on the dock quays, it appearing in evi dence that thieves, when closely watched by the police, are in the habit of depositing, or rather throwing, the goods stolen into the stores, such privilege being appa rently part of an understanding previously existing." The Recorder promised t o have the presentment laid before the Town Council. TfIE NOTE ROBBERY. Francis Trapps, who was charged with stealing three £lOO notes from the Liverpool District Banking Compa ny, was brought up on Wednesday last. The prosecution was conducted by Messrs. Blair and Blackburn, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. James and Mr. Drinkwa ter. About sixty witnesses were examined, and an im mense body of evidence produced, more particularly rela tive to the tracing of the notes from the bank till they were ultimately found in the possession of the prisoner, the whole of which was published during his examination at the Police-court, and with which the public are already familiar. He was found guilty, and sentenced to trans portation for seven years. THE ROBBERY IN SPRINGFIELD-STREET. James Owens, 32; William Marrow, 21; Henry Bai ley, 30; and William Thompson, 24, charged with a rob bery in Springfield-street, at the house of Edward Mor gan, coal merchant, on the 6th instant, were brought up on Thursday, and the evidence being fully gone into, they were found guilty. The Recorder, after some severe strictures on the course of life they had latterly been pur suing, and the nature of the offence they had committed, sentenced them to ten years' transportation. It appeared that three of the prisoners had been previously convicted of various offences,—Owen six times, Marrow eleven times, and Thompson eight times. ABOMINABLE OFFENCES. Two cases of this revolting nature were tried before the Recorder and a respectable jury, at the Borough Sessions, on Saturday afternoon. In the first, a grey-headed old man. dressed in a blue frock coat and fashionable vest, of the name of Edward Boyd, was indicted for having at tempted to commit the offence, on the morning of this day week, in a large field fronting Shaw-street, Everton. The jury, after a brief consultation, convicted the prison er. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to imprison ment for twelve calendar months, and regretted that he was not at liberty to add hard labour, or he should wil lingly do so. In the second case, Alfred Sirdefield, a clerk in the Branch Bank of England, Hanover-street, and John Mercer, a county policeman, stationed at Boo tle, were indicted for having committed a like abominable offence, on the 2d instant, at the corner of Mersey-view, Bootle. Mr. Raroshay conducted the case for the prose cution. The prisoner Sirdefield was defended by Mr. James, and the other prisoner by Mr. Arnold. The jury consulted for about five minutes and announced, through their foreman, that they were dissatisfied with the evi dence. A verdict of " Not guilty " was accordingly re turned, and the prisoners were discharged. SUMMARY OF SENTENCES SINCE OUR LAST. Felons sentenced to len years' transportation.—James Owens, William Marrow, Henry Bailey, and William Thompson, for stealing jewellery, &c., from Springfield street. Seven years' transportation.—Henry Kilgallon, for stealing twelve yards of velveteen ; John Leigh, stealing masons' tools ; John Robinson, William Myers, stealing wearing apparel; Francis Trapps, stealing three £lOO notes ; Charles Ford, stealing a saddle and bridle. Eight months' hard labour.—James Partridge, for stealing a large quantity of haberdashery, &c. Six month's hard labour.—James Cosgrove, for steal -38 lbs. of curants. Five months' hard labour—*Sarah Taylor, receiving silver spoons. Four months' hard labour—William Bullen, for steal ing mason's tools ; Frank Williams, stealing one quadrant ; *Thomas Connor, stealing money from the person. Three months' hard labour—Jane King, for stealing fifty yards of lutestring ; *Margaret Wilson, stealing a watch from the person; *Mary Maguire, stealing money and jewellery ; Samuel Dodd, stealing flour ; *John Sulli van. stealing a pocket- book and money. Nine weeks' hard labour—*Sarah Nowland, for steal ing one watch from the person. Two months' hard labour—*Catherine Murphy, steal ing wearing apparel, &c. Six weeks' hard labour.---Ann Holmes, for stealing 141bs of flour : *Margaret Clarke, stealing a purse and money from the person ; *Eliza Meade, stealing forty seven yards of print ; *Margaret Davies, stealing a dress and one yard of gingham. Five weeks' hard labour.—*Elizabeth Boutwright, for stealing one pocket-book and money from the person. One month's hard labour .—*Mary Wallace, for stealing money from the person ; *Jane Fitzgerald, stealing money from the person ; George Brostock, stealing 141bs. of sugar. Three weeks' hard labour.—*Thomas Jones, for steal ing twenty-three books. Fourteen days' hard labour.—*Ann Sullivan, for steal ing a watch ; *John Blundell, stealing 16Ibs of lead ; *John Morris, stealing one sovereign from his master. Ten days' hard labour. —Mary A. Clarke, for stealing wearing apparel; *John Willis, stealing money; *John Walker, stealing caps and ribbon. One Week.—James King, for stealing wearing apparel from a dwelling-house. Three days. Elizabeth Taylor, for stealing spoons. No bill.—Elizabeth Robinson. No prosecution.—William Hughes and Eliza Buckley. Those marked * were sentenced to be placed in solitary confinement each for a short period during their im prisonment. AMERICAN ICE. As we are henceforth to have this cooling luxury regu larly supplied to us, and its great superiority both in clearness and thickness over the home article towing to the precarious nature of our winters and other causes) is already acknowledged by all who have tried it, a short notice of its uses, the manner of keeping it, and of cut ting and securing it in America, may prove interesting to our readers ; and we, therefore, avail ourselves of the fol lowing particulars, derived from an American gentleman well acquainted with the trade, and who has himself re cently imported a large quantity from Boston : Ice has become a great article of export from America. Sixty thousand tons are annually sent from Boston to southern parts, the East and West Indies, &e.: and as saw-dust is solely used in packing it, a large tradteheis also carried on in that article. The ice-houses, near lakes a h n o d idi p n o g n l d o s , , oo a o re to u someil di n g s, of ctahpeamb in deed,o all round, two double walls,—that is, with an inner wall filled immense tons each: cover half-an-acre of ground. They are built with wall, impervious saw-dust—a non-conductor —making a solid feet from the onter one ; and the space between is impervious to heat and air, and of ten feet in thickness. The machines employed for cutting the ice are very beau tiful, arid Hie work is done by men and horses, in the following manner : The ice that is intended to be cut is kept clear of snow, as soon as it is sufficiently nick to bear the weight of the men and horses to be employed, which it will do at six inches ; and the snow is kept scraped from it until it is thick enough to cut. A piece of ice is cleared of two acres in extent, which, at a foot thick, will give about 2,000 tons. By keeping the snow off, it freezes thicker, as the frost is freely allow e d t o penetrate. When the time of cutting arrives, the men commence upon one of these pieces, by getting a straight line through the centre, each way. A small hand-plough is pushed along the line, until the groove is about a quarter of an inch in width, and three inches deep, when they commence with " the marker"—an implement drawn by two horses— which makes two new grooves parallel with the first, 21 inches, the guage remaining in the first groove. It is then sh fled to the outside groove, and makes two more. The same operation goes on, in parallel rectangular lines, until the ice is all marked out into squares of 21 inches. In the meanwhile the plough is following in these grooves. drawn by a single horse, a man leading it ; and he cuts up the ice to a depth of six inches. The outer blocks are then sawn out, and iron bars are used in splitting them. These bars are like a spade, of a wedge form. In drop ping them into the grooves the ice splits off, and a very slight blow is sufficient to separate them ; and they split easy, or hard, according to the weather in a very cold day. Ice is very brittle in keen frost ; in comparatively softer weather it is more ductile and resistible. Platforms, or low tables, are placed near the opening made in the ice, with an iron slide reaching from them into the water; and a man stands on each side with an ice-hook, very much like a boat-hook, but made of steel with fine sharp points. With these the ice is hooked with a jerk that throws it on the platform on the slides, which are of the same height. On a cold day everything becomes covered with ice, and the blocks are each sent spinning along, although they weigh two c wt., as tons weighed only a pound. The slides are large platform to allow the ice to drain , and threela lattice-work can-worki thus be easily run in one of them by one ho rse. It is then carried to the ice-houses, discharged upon a p latform in front of the doors, and hoisted into the building by a horse. A wooden frame running upon two iron r in ods ca pable of containing one block slides up and down frontaaa of each door, and is hoisted by a single pulley. It house, small trap lever in the bottom, and when it strikes a bar which is regulated by the height of the ice in the the blow is sufficient to slide the ice out on the runs for receiving it across the building. The whole operations proceed with astonishing rapidity.is covered everythings covered with iron, the ice slips along almost of itself; and a horse properly trained will hoist ten blocks a-minute. At the same time, a gang of men are employed in stow ing it away, which is very easily done, as the blocks are perfectly squar e an d on ly requ i re t o be placed. In this manner 40 men and 12 horses will cut and stow away 400 tons a day. If the weather be favourable, 100 men are sometimes employed at once ; and, in three weeks the ice crop, about 200,000 tons, is secured. Some winters it is very difficult to secure it, as a rain or thaw may come that will destroy the labour of weeks and render the ice unfit for market; and then it may snow and rain upon that, before those employed have time to clear it off; and if the latter freezes, the result is snow-ice, which is of no value, and has to be planed off. The operation of planing proceeds in nearly the same manner as that of cutting. A plane g ag ed t o run i n the grooves made by " the marker,' and which will shave the ice to a depth of three inches at one cut is drawn by a horse, until the whole piece is regularly planed over. The chips are then scraped off. If the ice is not then clear, thewgic is continued until the pure ice is reached, and a few niOlts of hard frost will make it as thick below—inch for inch—for what has been taken off above. The ice is transported on railways ; each ice-house has a branch railway from the main line ; and is conveyed in properly constructed box-waggons to Boston—a distance of (as the locality may be) 10 to 18 miles. The tools, ma chinery, &c. employed, and the building the houses, and constructing and keeping up the railroads, &c. are very expensive ; yet the facilities are such, through good ma nagement, that ice can be furnished at a very trifling cost per pound—and a failure of the ice crop in America would be a great calamity. It would appear that for the procuring, preserving, and use of this new article of import —though but water in its natural state in the frigid zones—a variety of mechanical and scientific operations are brought into play. The gaging, squaring, and (sometimes) the planing appear to belong to the joiner, aided by the mathematician ; the ploughing to the agriculturist ; the transport over land to the civil engineer ; the import to our navigators ; the pre servation to our philosophers ; and the use and economy to our medical men and our house-wives. CORRESPONDENCE. BRADFORD MURDER CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. was not a little surprised to see in the charge to a jury by one of our judges, in a case where the pri soners were charged with murder, something like an at tempt to extenuate the crime, on account of tunes being played by an Orange band which did not please the fancy of the assassins. The following is from his Lordship's charge :—" With respect to the nature of the process:on, and the tunes that were played, for the purpose of exhibiting some sort of triumph over a certain class of the inhabitants of Brad ford, it was impossible for any one to doubt that the tune of " the Boyne Water" was played with such intention, although one of the witnesses, who was a member of one of the Orange lodges, had at first stated that it was played because it was a merry tune. The same party, however, afterwards admitted that the tune was played in comme. moration of William passing the Boyne Water, a remem brance of which circumstance was very offensive to a large portion of the Irish people." . . Indeed, my lord ; and what sort of subjects of Queen Victoria can this large portion of the Irish people be? Would they openly declare their regret at the success which it pleaQed the Almighty to vouchsafe to the British arms, under King William ; for if so, let them never again hurrah to the toast of Queen Victoria of England. It is vain to attempt to please the rebel feelings of a large por tion of the Irish people, except by the utterance of dis loyalty. God preserve the memory of King William, and may the Battle of the Boyne never be forgotten. I am, Sir, yours, &c. AN ORANGEMAN. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE GAOL PREFERRED TO THE WORKHOUSE.—On Tuesday, Ellen Roach was charged with breaking the windows of the overseers' office on the day preceding. It appeared the prisoner had applied for relief, which was refused, as she would not consent to go back to the Workhouse, alleging as a reason that the gaol was pre ferable, in consequence of the bad treatment she had re ceived. The prisoner had been frequently brought up for disorderly conduct. Mr. Rushton said she must find sureties in £lO each for her good behaviour. Prisoner— I will never go to the Workhouse again while there is a gaol. Mr. Rushton observed that she ought to keep sober, and behave herself properly. Prisoner—l cannot get drunk out of 6d. a day. Mr. Rushton—You must go to gaol for three months. Prisoner—Give me six. COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.— ' On Tuesday last the proceedings in this court commenced, before David Pollock, Esq. one of the commissioners of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street. A number of applicants appeared to apply for their discharge, under the act of parliament. Nineteen petitioners were brought up and discharged forthwith, being unopposed by their creditors. Lewis Owen, John Sandbach, William Powell, Peter Roberts, and John Jones were opposed, but they obtained their discharge. Thomas 11 alsall, opposed by Mr. James, on behalf of Mr. Banks, of Wigan, was ordered to be im prisoned for nine months. H. S. Melson, opposed by Mr. Richard Armistead, was put back to amend his schedule. John M. Nelson was remanded. Thomas Downey, opposed by Mr. Venables and Mr. James, on behalf of certain creditors, was put back for 12 months. William Stephenson, who has been in gaol since Decem ber, 1843, was discharged on the production of one of his books. CAUTION TO SOLICITORS AND INSOLVENTS.—Richard Davies, of Carlton-street, Toxteth-park, came before Mr Sergeant Ludlow, on Thursday last, at the Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of obtaining a " final order," in applying for which the insolvent was supported by Mr. i F pn a rgo i r nt c ho l e o ut u n g tc . this, circumstance s d e sm d t a e C nec o t ei m e g mi fatal h ssi a had oe n Commissioner, , be e h pe o rn w e es e ed v nv e te r rg , tr fi l as n ne find ing , tl Tt i h a h t ee c s a irnO t f h t e h p e r o a c r ord. of Mr Fa i other . rc commissioners,l o u g hurg hertul thees of learned court Sergeant denied the existence of any " rule" on the sub ject, and contended that his practice must be conformed to there ; and his reason for such decision was, that, if creditors saw no announcement of a second meeting, they might think the case had been withdrawn, and, conse quently, neglect the adoption of such measures as might be necessary for the protection of their interests ; at the same time, however, he was desirous of occasioning as little inconvenience as possible, and, therefore, would consent to the appointment of an early day. All he re quired was, that the meeting should be advertised in the London Gazette and a local paper. Eventually, the meet ing was adjourned to Thursday, the Bth of August. GUANO.—The general sale-room, in Oldhall-street, was almost filled at one o'clock on Friday, on the occasion of two cargoes of guano, both from Ichaboe, being offered for sale. The first consisted of 900 tons, which are now TtAt l he a onm i e i n d fietg in osrers g ,lßts m a ilego t aeitrca e , : hech:a ß nna the r stn a i.d s d et s iosn h lnetg a dn w, a was t afibos4rnend divided of fs t was ds.:eatdelhene i tbfinhetr offered eoisntpleort by part of of mfirv.e j a. Messrs. nsd. g off as er u sy su a a s l .k4 F p o er r ton ; the next was £5, after which it rose by half crowns to five guineas, at which the biddings ceased. In the course of the bids it was s t a t e d, th at t h e owners were quite prepared to store this cargoe, and if they did, it cer tainly would not be sold at that price ; they were anxious to meet buyers fairly, but not to sacrifice. The whole cargo was then withdrawn at £5 10s. per ton. The next cargo was one of 250 tons, offered by Mr. J. H. Rayner, broker, in a vessel just arrived, which, it was stated would convey it to any safe port which the purchaser might se lect. It was offered in one lot. The biddings commenced at £4, advanced to £5, where they stopped, and, as in the other case, the cargo was withdrawn at £5 10s. The upset price at the last public sale was £6. Whilst on this subject, we may mention that public notice has been given in Liverpool, and we presume in other ports, on the part of the Imaum of Muscat, that all the guano in Latham's Island, situated in and between six and seven degrees of south latitude, and between 39 and 40 east longitude, is private property, under a deed of conveyance from his highness. Licences to obtain cargoes will be granted under specific terms ; without which, vessels proceeding thither for the purrose of collecting it, will be liable to seizure and confiscation by the Muscat government. DOCK COMMITTEE : THURSDAY.—Present Messrs. J. B. Moore, (chairman,) Shand, Aikin, Smith, Holmes, Sandbach, Kendall, Bold, Tobin, Boyden, Middleton, Evans, and Chilton. The Committee of Works recom mended the erection of a shed on the east quay of the Salt house Dock. Agreed t0.—£5,000 was directed to be paid to Mr. John Waring, on account of excavating the Albert Dock. In the Marine Harbour Master's and Warehouse Management departments nothing to report.—Mr. Nicol said that as the Liverpool Dock Bill had now received the Royal assent, he thought it a suitable opportunity for bringing forward a resolution relative to it, which was to the effect that the necessary steps be taken in reference to the land authorized to be purchased from the Corpora tion and with respect to the property of the Harrington Dock Company ; that negotiations also be made with the proper parties for the purchase of the land required for the junction with the Leeds and Liverpoolranal, and that the surveyor be instructed to complete the plans and sub mit them with as little delay as possible. The motion was seconded, and carried without any observation.—The Chairman said there was a committee, consisting of him self, Mr. Aikin, Mr. Nicol, and Mr. Middleton, having power to open negotiations and put themselves in com munication with the Corporation, and report to the Dock Trust. At the suggestion of Mr. Bold, it was agreed to add Mr. Tobin's name to the list of the committee. Mr. Tobin wished to know if every thing was complete except as to the value of the land. The Chairman said the only point would he as to the price, the quantity was already agreed upon. Mr. Tobin hoped it would be bought as cheap as possible, and that Mr. Evans would deal leniently with them. The financial business was then brought on, and the reporters withdrew. The body of Mr. Brown, the young gentleman who was drowned at the Eastham Regatta, was foind on Tuesday evening last, on Ince Bank, near to Runcorn, by a fisher man, and has since been conveyed to Chester and interred there. A coroner's inquest was held before Mr. Churton, when Mr. J. Mould, one of the crew, gave a very clear and succinct account of the unfortunate occurrence, con firming the statements that have already appeared in the public papers. When the bolt (the Amphitrite) was struck by the first wave, Mr. Mould directed the deceased to steer the boat to shore. Immediately afterwards a second wave struck the boat, and half filled her with water. The deceased called out, " 0 God ! bring The Princess, we are sinking :" and immediately the boat filled with water and swamped. We give the remainder in Mr. Mould's own words :—" I directed the crew to hold hard to the boat; for a moment I was underneath the boat, and afterwards gained the surface of the water ; I saw the deceased struggling in the water ; the boat turned with her keel upwards, and I succeeded in dragging the deceased on the boat ; I remained astride on the boat for some time ; a wave again struck the boat and rolled her over ; I recovered myself, and again succeeded in getting on the boat; at this time I missed the deceased, and several mi nutes elapsed before I again saw him ; I afterwards saw him floating near to the boat, and I pulled him partly on the boat; deceased clung to me till one of the steamers came to our assistance ; the steamer in coming up came in contact with the Amphitrite, and the concussion again threw me off the boat ; from this time I saw nothing more of the deceased, and I eventually was pulled into a boat belonging to the steamer ; I should think about a quarter of an hour elapsed from the time of the accident to the time I was picked up ; the nearest boat which in any way could render assistance was the steamer which came up, but which was stationed about three quarters of a mile off when the Amphitrite swamped." The coroner briefly recapitulated the evidence to the jury, and expressed his hope, that boats of so light construction, only fit for such rivers as the Dee, would not again venture in contests on the Mersey, for which they were totally unfit; and he also expressed his regret, that the steamer had been stationed so far from the shore, arid that there were no boats placed in the course the prize boats had to row, in order to give assistance in case of accident. The jury found the follow ing verdict :—" That the deceased was accidentally drowned by the upsetting of the boat Amphitrite; and . - they wished also to record their thanks to Mi.. Mould, for his praiseworthy efforts in endeavouring to save the life of the deceased at the peril of his own." CHARGE OF FORGERY.-011 Tuesday, a young man of svuerrgyeroensf of ec t t a h b i l s e t c o a vy t n e pr, wasio r, n b a ro m u e g d h tJ beforeohn H I RushtondMr. smith, a , at the Police-court, on a charge of having forged a receipt for £lOO. The charge was preferred against him by John Jelley, painter, of Duke-street. Mr. Harden, barrister, appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner was brought up under circumstances of rather a peculiar nature, inasmuch as the original occurrence out of which the chary had arisen, took place about twelve months since. At that time he had some building transactions with Mr. Jelley, and disputes having arisen between them, the whole of their accounts were teferred to two arbitra tors, a Mr. Hall, and a Mr. Gee, with a view to an ami cable settlement. In the course of the inquiry before the arbitrators, different vouchers were produced, and among others, the prisoner exhibited a paper, purporting to be a receipt for £lOO, and to be subscribed by John Jelley. The moment it was produced, Jelley said it was a forgery, and the prisoner denied that it was. Jelley then consulted his solicitor, and the following day he was informed that the prisoner had withdrawn the document, and destroyed it. It appeared ,infact, that one of thearbitrators(Hall) kept it ; and, on Saturday last, Jelley succeeded in recovering it from the arbitrator. Thomas Hall, a painter, proved that the document bad been submitted, and John Jelley stated that it was a forgery. The prisoner was allowed out on bail. On Wednesday, the further hearing of the case was resumed. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ram shay. Mr. Rushton said he should have little difficulty in deciding the case as it then stood. If Mr Harden had any further evidence which be deemed of importance, he should call upon the prisoner to enter into his own re cognizance to appear upon the following day ; but if there was no further evidence, it was useless to bring Mr. Gold smith up again. He (Mr. R.) had no hesitation in saying he could not believe either of the witnesses, and that cir cumstances bad transpired which did not justify him in entertaining the charge on the evidence of Jelley and Hall, uncorroborated as that evidence bad been. He further observed that, so far as the inspection of the document bad gone, it was not satisfactory. On Thursday the par ties again appeared, but no further evidence was offered. Mr. Rushton then produced five signatures, and directed Jelley to point out which was his own, and also the al leged forgery, as that was amongst them. Jelley, how ever, after looking over them for a short time was unable to identify any of them as being his own handwriting, or to say which was the forged signature. Mr. Rushton or dered Goldsmith to be immediately discharged, which he was, amidst the earnest congratulations of his numerous friends. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held on Thursday. The following members were present:—:Messrs. J. Holmes, (chairman,) Whitby, Fletcher, Guyton, Leyland, Ackers, Wood, Kaye, Birkett, Hope, James Lawrence, Cooper, and Crompton. The business t ransacte d was of little in terest. An offer was made by a gentleman from Glasgow to supply flags for the streets at the rate of 20s. per ton, which were said to be much superior to those now in use for that purpose. After some conversation it was agreed that a few should be ordered for the purpose of making an experiment, to be laid down opposite the Town-hall. —Two propositions were submitted by Mr. Weightman, relative to the making of new sewers —one from Peach street to Cambridge-street, and the other in Falkner street, the present sewers in that neighbourhood not being of sufficient depth. A portion of the expense would be borne by owners of property in that neighbourhood, the cost to the commissioners being about £6OO, The sub ject was referred for consideration next week, at which time Mr. Weightman was requested to attend. A num ber of applications from various parties, respecting altera tions in property, requiring the sanction of the board, was also referred to the next meeting, as it was understood that Mr. Deane (who was unavoidably absent) would then be in a position to report. Some financial business was then proceeded with, and the meeting shortly afterwards adjourned. FAI.LING OF A WAREHOUSE IN FORIIRY-STREET.— On Wednesday morning last, a serious accident, though fortunately unattended by any loss of life, occurred in Formby-street, the site of the great fire in the latter part of the fear 1842. Shortly after six o'clock in the morn ing, the south gable end of a fire-proof warehouse, be longing to Messrs, Reyner and Co., situate in Formby street, suddenly gave way and fell with a tremendous crash upon two sheds in Neptune-street, belonging to Mr. M`Knight, the roots of which were destroyed. It ap peared there were 10,000 bales of cotton in the warehouse at the time of the accident, a considerable portion of which was carried along with the wall into a sort of narrow pas sage which separates the buildings, by which it was com pletely choked up. The adjoining warehouse, which also contains cotton, is in considerable danger, cracks being vis:ble in the wall. Efforts were, however, made to re move some of the contents to prevent further danger. The warehouse is said to base been built on the most approved principle, being perfectly fire-proof, the sup pelts, &c., being of iron. Various rumours are afloat as to the cause of the accident, but as an inquiry and exami nation will, no doubt, take place, it would be premature to indulge in any speculations. Had the accident occurred only a few minutes later, the probability is that from thirty to forty livea would have been sacrificed, as the men were waiting to enter the building by the door in Formby street, for the purpose of taking in cotton from a vessel lying in the Prince's Dock, but, owing to the warehouse-keeper being a few minutes later than usual with the keys, they were providentially prevented from doing so. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.—Du ring the week there have been a number of fashionable arrivals and departures. On Monday, his Excellency Aali Effendi, the Turkish ambassador, and suite, accom panied by Mr. Zolirab, the Turkish consul-general, arrived at the Adelphi Hotel; and in the course of the day he visited the docks, custom-house, and several other public buildings. His Excellency left here on Tuesday morning for Manchester. On Wednesday, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire passed through the town en route to his estates in Ireland. His Grace during his stay re mained at the Adelphi, and stopped a considerable time to view the New Court-houses and St. George's-hall. The Mayor waited on his Grace, and invited him to dine at the Town-ball, an invitation which, unfortunately, it was im possible for the Duke to accept, as he had made all his arrangements for leaving Liverpool by the seven p.m. boat. We understand that his Grace, who is in the en joyment of excellent health, will, on reaching Dublin, proceed immediately to Lismore Castle, in the county of Waterford, one of the most picturesque of the ancient fortresses of Ireland, romantically situated on the river Blackwater. Here his Grace will be in the midst of his extensive estates, which extend over a considerable por tion of the province of Munster, and embrace the towns of Youghal, Bandon, Tallow, Dungarvan, &c. It is said that the immediate object of his Grace's visit to Ire land on the present occasion is to make a considerable reduction in his rents. On Thursday even ng, his Excel lency the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland arrived in Liverpool by the half-past six o'clock mail train. After stopping a short time at the Mer se y H otel, he em b ar k ed on board her Majesty's steam-ship Merlin, and proceeded to Dublin. His lordship was loudly cheered by a large concourse of people collected at the George's Pier to witness the embarkation. Commander Bevis c onducted his lordship on board. WARRINGTON BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the workhouse, on Wednesday'last. From the returns, it appeared that the number of cases in which relief had been afforded during the previous week, throughout the union, was 927, of which 455 were in Warrington, and 472 in the rural districts. In Warrington the amount expended was £42 13s. 10d., of which £26. 13s. 7d. was in money, and £l6 3d. in kind. In the corresponding week last year the number of cases in Warrington was 485, and the amount expended £46. 12s. Ild. ; in the rural districts, the amount of expense was £5O. 3s. 9d., of this sum £44. 9s. 9d. was in money, and £5. 14s. in kind : total expense £92. 17s. 7d. The number of paupers in the Warrington Workhouse was 81, and in the one at Newton 60; total in both 141. Balance due from the union £25. 6s. 10d. The subject of the house-surgeo❑ of the dispensary being appointed medical officer for this district of the union. in the place of Mr. Okell, was again introduced by Mr. West ; he said, that as he found the medical men of the town generally were opposed to the plan, he should with draw it, at the same time he wished to state that it was only in accordance with what he considered to be his duty that he originally brought it forward, and not from any wish merely to remove the present officer. A long con versation ensued on the subject, in the course of which it was suggested that a vote of confidence in Mr. Okell should be passed by the board ; it was, however, con sidered quite unnecessary, and the further discussion of the subject was dropped. A letter on the subject of the county rate was also read by the clerk from the guardians of the West Derby union. On the motion of Mr. Broad hurst, seconded by Mr. Rylands, it was directed that the clerk should acknowledge the receipt of the letter, and state that the guardians would be glad to co-operate with them in any measures they might consider it expedient to adopt on the subject. Nothing further of importance was transacted. WIFE-HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Wakefield Journal discloses a laughable courtship, through corre spondence, between two pat ties unknown to each other, in which a wife-hunter, who it appears resides in Liverpool, was for a considerable time humoured " to the top of his bent," and finally left to brood over his folly, the whole of the letters addressed to him by " the fair one," and couched in the most appropriate, and, towards the close, affectionate language, being fictitious. It appears that some weeks ago an advertisement was inserted in the Manchester Guardian, to the effect that the advertiser was in want of a wife, and requesting all communications to he addressed to the office of that paper. A gentleman of Wakefield, who saw the announcement, fancied that it emanated from some fortune-hunter, and wrote to the specified address, pretending to be a lady of property, who had never been able to meet with one of the ruder sex on whom she could fix her affections. She said that " the man who would be able to tune her heart to love must be able to discourse eloquently on literature, science, &c." The bait took, and a tew posts brought a letter, bearing the Liverpool post-mark, and addressed " Miss Sophia 8., Post-office, Wakefield," in which the writer, after quoting the above extract, says—" In this respect I am happy to say our tastes assimilate, for truly the atmo sphere of literature and research is that I always wish to breathe. Yes, fair lady, with one of such congeniality of sentiment I could, indeed, be happy—especially if her na tural temperament were somewhat like my own ; for I must confess that the desire of possessing one on whom to lavish all the warmest affections of ray heart has ever reigned paramount with me. I, like yourself. have never yet loved—and probably from the very same reason, viz.— that I have not been so fortun ate as to meet with one whose heart beats in unison with my own, or one who se mind soars above the light and superficial accomplishments w hich are, a l as f generally considered the only ne cessary of a lady's education." He then went on to describe his personal appearance, which, it appears, was not exagge rated, being really good. Other letters followed between the parties. At first he wrote under an assumed name but afterwards gave his real name an d address. The let- , ters breathed the most anxious hopes for the time when they should have an interview. Hints were given as to pecuniary affairs, but not p rom i nent l y. Sophia B. (the supposed lady's assumed name) wished some time for a meeting in presence of her sister Matilda, but afterwards at his solicitation withdrew this proviso. She wrote that her guardian was strict, and appointed to meet him when going to afternoon prayers at the parish church in Wake field, on the 25th instant. Each exchanged descriptions of the dress they would wear. He wrote that he usually wore sables, but on this occasion would wear a light co loured vest, and a rose or a book in his hand, He punc tually kept his appointment, and about twenty minutes to three wended his way to the churchyard from his inn, ob served by a number of persons in the secret from the windows of the hotels and shops commanding a view of the cemetery, after walking about in which for twenty minutes he left, looking somewhat disconsolate, and has tened to the post-office, (as appointed should anything prevent the lady from attending,) when a note awaited him from Sophia, to the effect that she was detained by a party visiting at her guardian's, but would join him as early as possible, or if not send another letter by five o'clock. He accordingly returned to the churchyard, where be remained 15 minutes, and, again disappointed, went to his inn. At five o'clock another letter was at the post-office for him, to the effect that the fair writer's guardian had discovered all, but that come what would she would meet him at the appointed place at nine o'clock next morning (Friday), and describing how wretched she was. It was expected he would find out the trick before the hour appointed, but he did uot , and again went to his post at the time stated. He paraded about for some time, much to the amusement of many who were in the secret, and, then apparently much disappointed, walked away, followed by a crowd who seemed to enjoy the hoax. The Wakefield paper says—" We would advise him never again to render himself liable to an exposure by such silly conduct as advertising for a wife. He is evidently a man of good educatio n, and surely ought to have known better;" and thus concludes—" No doubt, as long as he lives he will remember Miss Sophia B. and his Wakefield excursion,—and could he have been intro duced to his " lady love," he would have found her a good• natured and good-humoured lady, fond of a joke, but fonder of integrity of purpose, and a proper manly feeling and bearing. The editor of the same paper omits out of kindness, and from thinking him sufficiently pu nished, both his name and address, as well as any allusion to his private affairs. RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE. A company has been formed in Jamaica, with a of £15,000, in 300 shares of £5O each, for the purpose of carrying a railway from Kingston to Spanish Town. NEW LINE OF RAILWAY.—Mr. Stephenson is now busily engaged surveying the line of an intended railway between W T hitehaven and Milnthorpe, to join the Lan caster and Carlisle railway via" Ulverstone. Another arrival of some importance is that of the Russian frigate Aurora, at Gravesend. She has dis charged £600,000 in gold, a large portion of which is for the purchase of iron rails for railroads in Russia. According to a statement made by Mr. Bright, in the House of Commons, the other evening, the London and Birmingham Company alone employ from 1500 to 2000 persons, at salaries from £7O to £lOOO each, and pay about £200,000 a year to their servants and tradesmen. NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly meet ing of the North Union Railway Company, to be held on Thursday next, a dividend of £2 12.:. 6d. per cent., for the half year, will be proposed on the North Union por tion of the stock ; and £1 Gs. 3d. per cent., on the Bolton portion. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —We have reason to believe that, at the interview on Saturday be tween her Majesty's government and a deputation from tuis company, final arrangements were made for the for mation of the Holyhead liatbour, and that this day the deputation will again attend the Lords of the Treasury, under every expectation of a liberal annual allowance from the government.—Railway Times of Saturday. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, as the Derby and Birmingham railway train, which leaves Derby at two o'clock, and actives in Birmink ham at four o'clock, was proceeding within about two miles of Birmingham, the truck next to the engine took fire, and all the goods with which it was loaded, consisting of lace and gloves. were totally destroyed. The second truck took fire, and was, with difficulty, saved. The third truck, containing the passengers' luggage, was on fire; but it was extin guished without injuring the luggage. No injury was suffered by any of the passengers. THE RAILWAY BILL.—Mr. Entwisle, the member for this division of the county, has, we understand, by his ability and indefatigable exertions, mainly contributed in bringing to a satisfactory conclusion the negotiations between the government and the railway interest, and the result is a railway bill in which the public interest and the rights of private property are alike respected. We have no doubt Mr. Entwisle's valuable service on this occa sion will be generally appreciated by all parties in Lanca shire, where so vast an amount of railway property is held. We are also informed, that Mr. Entwisle has, by his per severance, induced government to consent to the remis sion of the tax on penny fare passengers, which will be a great boon to the bumbler classes, as it will enable the railway companies to afford them more comfortable accom modation. Low FARES oar RAILWAYS.—In his examination be fore the select committee, Mr. George Hudson spoke very strongly on the vexed question of high and low fares. Being asked by Mr. Gladstone if he denied the proposi tion that to reduce the fares of the whole kingdom 50 per cent. would double the traffic, Mr. Hudson said he de nied it " most distinctly ;" adding, "It is preposterous. I do not think it (the reduction) would increase the traffic 20 per cent." When Lord Granville Somerset inquired, " Suppose you reduced the first-class fares 50 per cent., what difference would that be on the amount of traffic." Mr. Hudson replied, " I think very little indeed. There may be pleasure lines I can conceive, but these are small lines, where the traffic might be very much increased; but with lines of business, like the York aed North Mid land, I do not believe you could increase the traffic 10 Per cent. by such a reduction."—Railway Record. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—A special general meet ing of this company was held, on Thursday, for the purpose of adopting means to raise money for the con struction of the branch railway to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate and the works at Folkestone harbour. Mr. Richards took the chair, and said that he was happy to state, that, within the last few days, they had made arrangements with the Belgian government to facilitate the communication, and the French government had lately passed a law, by which the railway to Calais would speedily be formed, as well as that from Amiens to Bouloene. He also announced the intention of the South-eastern Company to carry a branch to the town of Maidstone, and from Tunbridge to Tunbridge-wells. The total capital that had been raised by the company had been £3,742,606, a balance remaining in the hands of the company of £63,000. It was the full intention of the company to take up the question of extending the line into the northern districts of Kent. They would not submit to have that traffic taken from them, which they considered legitimately belonged to them. With regard to the Hastings line, he had to state that it was their intention again to apply to parliament in the next sessions. Resolutions were carried unanimously, em powering the directors to raise £200,000. The chairman said this money they expected to raise at 4 per cent. PICKFORD V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.— This case was again before the Court of Chancery on Wednesday last. The Lord Chancellor said, that it ap peared to him, after reading the judgment of the Court of Exchequer, that the judges had decided that the railway company were entitled to some small additional charge for the extra risk of conveying a number of parcels in one hamper, as they would be liable to have an action of tro ver brought against them for each parcel. Now, it would be extremely difficult for him (the Lord Chancellor) to strike a balance, and say what would be a reasonable al lowance for such extra risk, the more so, as he was not clothed, as the Court of Exchequer had been, with the power of a jury. It would, however, be very desirable for all parties that the sum should be a fixed and certain one. Mr. Stuart hoped his lordship would decide the case upon its merits, and not dispose of it in the way the Vice-Chancellor bad. The law upon the subject had been defined by the Court of Exchequer. If, however, his lordship should have any doubts respecting the points of the small parcels, or the allowance to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, he trusted that he would allow them to be de cided by a jury. The Lord Chancellor said that he should certainly not dispose of the case upon the ground of delay, Before, however, deciding the case, he should like to have a etate of facts handed to him, agreed upon and signed by both parties. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. -- 011 Wednesday, a special meeting of this company was held in the Cotton Saks-room, in this town, to declare a dividend out of the profits, and to create new shares of such value and amount as might be determined upon, &c. The chair was taken by Charles Lawrence, Esq. Mr. Booth read the report, from which it appeared that on the Leeds Junction Line (opened on the 4th of May) the traffic between Liverpool and the Yorkshire districts would be considerably increased. There was little in crease in the passenger department, and the fares were lower than on the principal railways. The directors were preparing for the conveyance of third-class passengers, and had arranged with the Bolton and Leigh Company, whose line (ten miles in length, including the extension from Leigh to Kenyon Junction) connects the Liverpool and Manchester line with Bolton. The share capital in this was £82,000, in 120 £lOO shares, with a bond debt of £76,000, including the Kenyon Extensi,nn. The Bol ton and Leigh Company had proposed to the Liverpool and Manchester Company to unite their interests, on the principle of three Bolton and Leigh shares being deemed equivalent to one Liverpool and Manchester. The direc tors considered this a fair proposition, and recommended its acceptance. The report complained of the unabated burthen of parochial assessments, which they had hoped some relief from in the new Railway Regulation Bill now before parliament, but were disappointed. The total ex penditure on their own line, and works, in excess of share capital, including the operations on the Leeds Junction, &c., was £454,055, which had been provided by loans, and it was expedient to make provision for this Idebt. The directors, therefore, proposed the creation of £4O shares—the new shares to be appropriated to the present proprietors, in the proportion of one new £4O share respectively to every £lOO share, to every two £5O shares, and to every four £25 shares. From the accounts it appeared that the nett proceeds for the half-year were £60,320 3s. 9d., to which must be added the surplus re maining after the dividend in February last, £2,938 14s. 4d. ; making a disposable sum of £63,258 18s Id. The directors recommended a dividend of £5 per share on 12,090 shares, being £60,450; and which will leave a balance of £2,808 18s. Id. to be carried to the credit of the next half-year's account.—The Chairman said it was satisfactory to find that their receipts were rising. The parochial rates of the past half-year were £4,545, being an increase of £l,OOO over the corresponding period last year. Those rates would therefore be little short of £lO,OOO upon the year. The government railway bill had been so much modified, that it was not probable anything would be gained by opposing it. It would soon affect their line, and oblige them to carry passengers at a penny a mile. It was right to say, however, that the di rectors had previously made arrangements to carry third class passengers, though not at so low a rate as that stated.—Mr. Clay then read a resolution in conformity with the recommendation in the report relative to the arrangements with the Bolton and Leigh Companies, for the consideration of the interests of the two companies. This was moved by the chairman, seconded by Mr. N. Robinson, and carried unanimously.—Mr. Clay nest read a resolution, to the effect that 12,090 shares, of £4O each, be created, to be appropriated to the present proprietors, in the proportion of one new £4O share to every £lO4l share, to every two £5O shares, and to every four £25. shares. After some explanations from the d Chairman, t Mr. Arnaud move d, an d M r . C ross fi e ld seconded resolution, and it was unanimously carried.—The m eet, ing then dispersed. DEPRAVITY OF A YOUNG MAN.—On Tuesday last, a young man. named Arkwright, was brought up at the Borough-court, Manchester, on a charge of attempted suicide. It appeared the prisoner had been p ay i ng hi s addresses to a girl, (then in court with her mother,) and having gained her affect ions, arrangements were made for the marriage, when it was discovered that he was a mar ried man. He still, howe ver , pa i d court to her, and on Monday, meet ing her, asked her to go with him to a pub lic house, which she refused —upon which he took from her her basket containing some money. This, however, was recovered, and he then said he would drown himself. He rushed down Dawson -street, the girl, in alarm, fol lowing, and when near the bridge threw himself into the canal. A. youth, named Henson, saw the act and rescued him ; he then assailed a person named Acton, against whom he had a grudge connected with love affairs, and attempted to throw him over the bridge into the maul. A police-officer then took him into custody. The girl seemed so distressed that no questions were put to ber. Her mothe r , h owever , ma d e some statements against him, and hoped he would be punished in an exemplary Tanner. Mr. Townend said he could not inflict any, punishment on him, and hoped his rescue would be a lesson to him. The prisoner promised not again to attempt self-destruc tion, and was discharged. LOCAL NEWS. The Rev. S. Cragg has resigned the chaplaincy of the Workhouse, in consequence of an appointment elsewhere. CHESHIRE ASSIZES.—The judges will come into Ches ter on Saturday next. There are at present between thirty and forty prisoners for trial. Docs.—A notification has been issued from the Town clerk's office, that all dogs are to be confined during a period of three weeks. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Joseph Baylee, 8.A., minister of the Holy Trinity Church, Bir kenhead, was on Tuesday presented, by the members of his congregation, with a suit of robes and a purse of fifty five guineas, " as a small token of their regard, and in acknowledgment of the zeal with which he fulfils the du ties of his sacred office." On Tuesday last, Mr. Churton held an inquest, at New Brighton, on the body of Mr. Robert Smith, a tradesman residing at Liscard. The deceased was bathing near the Magazines, and in attempting to save a friend, who was also bathing and had got out of his depth, he unfortu nately was drowned. Verdict accordingly. The deceased was highly respected. CAUT ON TO REFRACTORY APPRENTICES.—OR Wed nesday, several apprentices were brought before Mr. Rushton, for absenting themselves from their employers' service without leave of absence. In one case a lad was sent to gaol for a month, and in several others severe reprimands were given, with an assurance that if there should be any further complaint a long term of punishment would be the result. ALLOWING DOGS TO GO AT LARGE.—On the 11th instant a notice was issued by the authority of his worship the Mayor, to the effect that all owners of dogs, who al lowed them to go at large, rendered themselves liable to a penalty of 40s. On Wednesday no fewer than forty per sons appeared to answer summonses before Mr. Rushton for a violation of the Mayor's notice, and were all fined ss. each, with one exception, in which the penalty was 9s. Gd. RAPID TRAVELLING.—On the evening of Wednesday last, at half -oast six o'clock, a gentleman left Dublin in the Iron Duke, which made the passage to Liverpooi in nine hours and a half. He started by the six o'clock train for Birminghom, whence he departed at forty-five minutes past eleven to Gloucester. At the latter place he booked himself for Bristol, where he arrived at fifteen minutes past four o'clock, thus performing the whole journey in twenty-one hours and three quarters. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, Wm. Williams, a labourer, was killed by the falling of a wall, at Mr. Hall's stables, in Falkner-street. The deceased, along with another man, was engaged taking down a wall, and had it propped up with the view of undermining it, and allowing it to come down by the mass, instead of remov ing it brick by brick. Having removed the props, he was in the act of getting away, when the whole of the brick work fell down and covered him. BURNING OF THE STEAMER ROBERT NAPIER AT SEA. —The steamer Robert Napier, which has run for some years between this port and Londonderry,: took fire, on Wednesday last, between Port Rush and Ballycastle. She was burnt from the quarter deck aft, and had eventu ally to be run ashore at the last-named place. No lives were lost, and a part of the cargo was saved, together with the engines and boilers. It is not known how the fire originated. gir tT a T g E e M d P s T e E ve n nt S e U e l n C: s n e E rv .— an O t evening , residingi n n T a h f l a ir m sd il a y y ok aa nearly Magazines, during their temporary zdssence, o d al aid was a a y r ou the insensible she told what she had done . ° D nlevy Medical by promptly s_rit for, when Doctor. extracting the poison. She an ounce of laudanum. Just previous to i,l her . becoming means of the stomach pump in She is now in a fair way of recovery. No reason can be assigned for the sash act. c o n tinued in a very precarious state till the next da y. NEGLECTING TO FLAG COURTS.—On Tuesday, George Campbell and William Pritchard appeared before Mr. Rushton, on an information laid against them by the surveyor of buildings, for not flagging part of a passage of which they were owners, according to the act of parlia ment. It appeared they had received the usual notice from the surveyors, but had neglected to comply with it. The defendants said they had not the means of doing so. Mr. Rushton said he should order them to pay a penalty of 45 each, but, if the flagging were done within ten days, the fine would not be levied. LIVERPOOL AND THE FINE ARTS.—In the govern ment exhibition, now open at Westminster-hall, contain. ing one hundred and eighty-three works of sculpture, frescoes, &c., there are six contributions from Liverpool; namely, two groups from Mr. William Spence, one group by his son, Mr. Benjamin E. Spence, one by Mr. J. M'Bride, one by Mr. C. B. Robinson, and one cartoon by Mr. Henry Melling. Edinburgh has sent five works, Newcastle-on-Tyne two, Cheltenham four, Bath one, Oxford one, and the remainder are from London and its vicinity. INQUEST.—On Saturday an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, on the view of a lad, fourteen years of age, named William Henry Turner. It appeared from the evidence, that, on the previous evening, the deceased was bathing in one of the ponds south of the Zoological Gardens, and that, hating got a little beyond his depth, he climbed upon another lad's back with the view of ex tricating himself from his perilous situation. The other lad, believing that he was in danger of sinking, threw him off, and he was drowned. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned " was returned. PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED ON FRIDAY.— Grace Cain, publican, Sir Thomas's-buildings, fined 505.; James Wynn, publican, Kent-street, 40s. ; Wm. Clegg, publican, Earl•street, 40s. ; Richard Evans, beerseller, Hill-street, Copperas-hill, 505.; Alice Humphrey, beer seller, Strickland-street, 20s. ; Maria Johnson, beer seller, Blair-street, Toxteth-park, 405.; William Roan, beerseller, North-street, 205.; Thomas Gregson, beer seller, Craven-street, 405.; and Wm. Dickenson, beer seller, Wood-street, Low-hill, 20s. Peter Cochrane, beerseller, Comus-street, and Ann Lidgett, beerseller, Northampton-street, were acquitted. CHEAP TRIP.—On Wednesday last, a party of 53 Irish labourers, anxious to secure a cheap trip by the railway to Birmingham, engaged one of the waggons which are used for the conve)ance of cattle. The charge for one of these waggons for oxen is £2 10s., and for pigs £2 15s. The clerks, however, charged the bipeds 2s. a head, which yielded the very fair profit of £5 6s. On Thursday another batch of Irishmen wished to avail themselves of the same mode of conveyance, but the Railway gentry, having had a meeting in the interim, refused to take them for less than 4s. a bead. So the poor fellows were disap pointed. FIRES.—About ten o'clock on Saturday night an alarm reached the station that a fire had broken out in the house of a basket-maker, in Frazer-street, London -road. Mr. Hewitt, with two engines and water-carts, immediately turned out ; but when they had reached Williamson square' they were informed by a policeman th a t the flames had been extinguished before any material damage was done.—About twelve o'clock the same night, a wo man ran in breathless haste to the station, and informed Mr. Hewitt that there was a strong smell of fire at the warehouse of Messrs. Farrer and Duckworth, coffee merchants, 31, Harrington-street. Upon proceeding to the spot, however, it turned out that the alarm was groundless. - - sh ß or E tr aft E e F r R e O l g M h t D o ß 'cl w oc N k i , N a G c . a n , a F b r o i4 ut ay two years old evening last ' w hose father, Mr. Richard Brown, resides at Poulton' fell into Wallasey Pool, near the new bridge. There were many children on the bank at the moment of the accident, but they were all too young to render assistanc e . T heir cries attracted the attention of a number of workmen who immediately rushed to the spot. NI, _Amongst th em was , a young brickmaker, named James instanl9y, who in_ stantly plunged into the water and succeeded in s e i z i ngthe child just as it was sinking with its head downwards and its feet alone visible near the surface of the water. This is the third child that Winstanley has been fortunate enough to rescue from drowning in this neighbourhood. In consideration of this praiseworthy conduct a subscrip tion has been set afoot for him, and his intrepedity has been represented to the Humane Society. I