The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

July 9, 1844. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. ' On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the Coun. til was held at the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Prom the proceedings of the Finance Committee it ap teared that th e T own-c l er k h a d rece i ve d a communica tion from the solicitor of the venders relative to the delay which hid taken place in the settlement of the purchase of the \Vavertree-hall estate—that all parties were at pre sent in treaty for an amicable arrangement, and that it 3143 hoped the settlement would take place in a few days. The Proceedings were confirmed. Th e com WATCH COMMITTEE. mittee reported that on the 25th ult, a para graph h ad appeared in the Morning Post, to the effect that the late fire in Bancroft's warehouse, in Redcross ajr_et, was the work of an incendiary. The Head Con. r • bad reported that there was not the least ground !eying the fire to have been the act of an ince n di a ry, A I.t.n_dbe that reoort had been forwarded for insertion in the t-or/461g Post. DOCK COMMITTEE. The pro cee di ngs of the Dock Committee, under the ex mtLng acts, having been read, zur• Ba .A.NtLEY-MoottE moved their confirmation, and reported t ,at the Liverpool Dock 8.11 had passed the ttihitrd readin g in the i-louse of Lords just as it went from " u neil, with the exception of the leasin clause, which was restricted to twenty-one years. This g was the only alterati on that had been made. ; AYO R. expressed his gratification at hearing the .n.eLirgenee. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. being Pon the proceedings of the Improvement Committee Mr. Was ab flonxisy said it appeared that Parker-street th o ut . to be wid ene d, an d t h at any new un d erta ki ngs e part of the committee were contrary to previous t hn:a u n e geme 't. particularly in the present state of the b es of the corporation. The widening of the street, Pens g e h e xceedingly desirable, would entail a heavy ex ri mo n , 4 ReLAY said it was not to be done with any new • • 3 ' , but with money the expenditure of which was "gniallv Th. contemplated. • Proceedings were confirmed. aptraoMteinere.dn. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE. AwrtENcE, in moving the confirmation of the l ags L of this committee. took the opportunity of g t hat, as he should be absent from Liverpool for a F.onsiderable time. and as it was essentially necessary tt.r ruleaves the members of the committee to attend and devote them- Sll their arduous duties, he wished his place to be some other gentleman. Mr. Barclay had given Valuable advice, and greatly assisted the committee, and he proposed that at the ensuing council Mr. Barclay be elected a member. In the meantime, he (Mr. Lawrence) begged leave to resign his seat on the committee. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE asked, with respect to the in ternal arrangements of the Law Courts, whether he un deistood the committee to express an opinion in their proceedings that the courts were likely to be inconveni ently large, and whether they were proposing to remedy thit defect by calling on the council to incur an additional outlay ? Mr. LLOYD said that Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Alderson were consulted on the subject, and that the for xnei• had expressed an opinion that tie courts were too large. In consequence of this the committee had asked • Mr. Ehnes, the architect, to make a report upon the ne "Aary alterations, so that the council might have the fullest information. Mr. Elmes thought it desirable to erect some columns, from which curtains might be drop- P_.* so that w h en the public took an interest in any trial, the co urt was crowded, the curtains might be drawn ' c ' d Ittinszas the case i n some of the London courts. The The psrlocceuelciindngost make any alteration in the roof. were confirmed. The proceedinLns of te tihr COMMITTEE. been read gEducation Committee having , Mr. MOLY N EDX moved their confir ma ti on , an d sa id that at the next council it would be necessary to fill up the Ta eane 11r. Rap Y in th e committee, occasioned by the death of Mr. GLAD STONE said he wan t e d no t t o exc it e any un pleasant feelings by off er i ng remar k s on the su bj ect o f edutatin yet he could not b ut express hi s regret t h at, considering 1.„1:-.e important objects ot the schools, the reld ports of the t ducation Committee to the council shou . jube so limited in their details—so meagre and unsatisfae iriY. He Perfectly recollected that some time ago a r c eso r- - fi u r "ec was passed by the committee, and of erwards r o ur; Echoth e m b Y the council, rendering it no longer n7rtaheyre part of the committee to rspart to the counc d , s deno mination s of the children who attended the ls sa ruetstolutiO zaut he never understood by the adoption of that_ er o that the council were to be kept in a state the bene i fits they gnorance as to the efficiency of the schools,. and hoped the co • . . were conferring on the community. He early 0 were might think it necessary to take an which the poore r PiPortunity of stating the advantages . e 48ses especial' were deriving from them ; for n eontsidered that the council would not discharge their duty Z i s le he representatives of the people unless they saw that .u_ dicintj e Y exPended in the support of the schools was j rec e i vs Y ailed Properly expended, and that the community m r. t a adequive return. Soh o ; • H. LAWRENCE, on the part of the . South He w e s, challenged any inquiry which could be instituted. deal o a f s Perfectly satisfied the schools were doing a great "___, good. if there was anything wrong in them, the . _ atar7outtere would immediately come down to the council factoril • t; but so long as everything was going "' did not report t } h . n° report was needed. The comatittte coa s t, no e.oarries or creeds of the children—indeed they the childrtecloiries of the kind. They knew not whether and i he thoush t t ! w ere Roman Catholics or Protestan t ts ; the co o . • 't was a wise determination on the pa, o . both ries. it u ttee and council to abstain from all such . inqui comit No surest way to prevent Itoinan Catholics Crum Aa r. N :s to ask such quest.ons. (Hear') out what tt i :, ll asked whether - Mr. Gladstone would point bombers J o - „%`!ertroittee could report? They reported the 11Poe which 4e'clance; and if there was anything else objectton roation was required, there could be no Mr. 1 - 10 0 , 80 %rt it. last a ,- speaaer, ar i a Was inefficiency h -- s l a ti ld it e agreed with the observation of the hat if Mr. Gladstone thought there what it cm •' e °sight t o and examine, and see in principles decided u isisted. T he go conducted on the the o r n was Pr,,ctedinPg°lil schools we, e The conduct of b Y the council. It matter satisfactory to those v.as. eadttended. He knew not whether Mr. Gladstone co t io h r .the committee to report the examination of parti al), m ele es's ; but if he attended and saw ally deficiency, on touch.mtnittee should feel obliged to him for information g 104 a"Ything he d iscovered incorrect and not answer- . Ing th e . .And ', purposes for which the schools were instituted. lie 11 he was sat6fied with what he witnessed, he (Mr. cii.daon) ,-• ~,, aciped that he would report the fact t t , o d t a h y e : ( 13i. t i i r , i ; Ordi -GUI everythin g was going on from tu da: de%free of ac ti„,,narY course of every school, aud ho w s'e under whom the s • i 's3' and diligence on the part a u l f to t gether satisfactory to :;nools were placed, that was t ne would point out any 'lle that If r. Gla s 0 .. fically do, they should he g that the committee could spec' A .4 happy t o adopt his wishes. Mr. HORNBY observed that he was extremely averse t o • . aying anything on a subject which had ex c it e d so muc h atioleasant feeling; and that he would n u t a d ver t to t h e ie schools were cond uc t e d. lie Pri nc i p l e on w hi c h t a greed, however, with M r. Gladstone that it was mos t de sirable to have a report of the advantages of the syst em o f ,„ ed „eestion w hi c h was being pursued by the council. In . red a rict account of "erY tailor department they requi tenor so reat im e'reri farthin exended ; and in a mat ought urtan e • education of the poorer classes, they to hue e ttas tie eh re detailed account than that they ge nerally received, he wished for was an account of what pro re ' were making, and what num ber were a the children e receivin Mr. G u g education— la • •H. LAw RENcE.—That you have. tho s• s s:. 1 1 1 oitNEY concluded by repeating that he had . made erva.tions education' without reference to the principle o ...t. dectded on by the council. be 5 . • CLADS by said reference had been made to what t he fir s t necessary in the drawing up of the report. In bacioar:t Place ! he considered that all classes of society y iera , v equal right to the benefits derivable from the . cor to 1:10`rl expenditure ; and if this were the case, be wished the e 10,awrwhether, with out distinction of religious creed, li e ne w, or classes were deriving benefit from the scho o ol t . ttonecevsa nderstood, when the resolution reodelm, th i e ldrery arY to report the religious denomination of ot the ta w4B Passed, that the chairman, or any m mber t e e that the e,.‘ .ucation tr• • ...ozunitttee a as nut to rise nu state cothincnoren were t o th e different religious denominations !stela ," . Sthools But th council had never heard .itgar e Al the sUb' • • and beyond the mere matter of . Si t o t . _ i Ject , b eard s ' a ,• h attendance, he bad never Th e ln g l e _ lumbers in to. Surely re N os . , s _ circumstance worth listening naal c i o t who were ti h . g fir at some. children in attendance R t i i l : -- -th at t Proficiency than others. He w . as certain , te.‘, e fornie.."! d.tails of the education proceedings un to'. Mho p art ' i intent were extreme.y ful , I l and that they number of , ‘ _Ys sorts_ pulars of all kinds ; and when a (). 'trice 44;701! others, there was generally some sort .h t co e , 4 " i t til ero• But now the council were quite . i ac t ; 41c 1 he de Y t really new nothing of what was going eeisio`ated wi t h et i all member to rise and say . that he was o `h: frok w e e Ole advantages the community were re- 1 1 1, was schools, and that the money expended to b "Aka r , seed judicio ly laid out. them . e $ e ee b 'act the us - of the schools were T e . Ye s e advantages .s e co • .. aere wat ery ; ,odividual who chose to frequent reriod9bcil was re 4° u cult about it ; every member of be teal ex ani • 9 1 :test ed t Y and and there were • If- lie inat ioja . ogo visit ; shOuld saw a nYthin *. He frequently walked in him- W aft ne iratil ediatel on g "hich he conceived to be w_r he s l o p , ver es there vhs • I ng it before the council . ; but h „Anted • that he highly gratified and P le ciPle •If m i Indeed „ s was not . , at the NMI % p - oil whi c h , air. Gladstone was aiming . _ thi s , arlcer) rather the education was conducted, which he by the • Tile co . t hought he was, that was another co ra .eotsoci tolnittee carried out the principle adopted strap ittee ' i t „to the very letter ; and the conduct of the (teed: for AZ . done thern credit. (Hear.) It was very was it IS o n ifir Gladstone to get up and oppose the pro -1 'Poe - 1, ° ground 4 stru eti al l e to that the reports were vague. How pri oeipi ho o f the rnalce any other reports, seeing that the eaajoeit e Wes pro! council were being carried out, that te Prieci„,Y of th e e ( tY Well settled, and that, SO long as the tir Pr would ptlacil was constituted as at present, that / 13 nt, be (pfd :heyniaint.ained. If Mr. Gladstone would usge. th at l‘ t r i t 1 454 4 4' Pa rkZecsitfiuc i c d h;i ) trge agai t nst su the pu m rt a him. Was wire eporit a rtN. while u agree e in h g ap sv p i y th ° M Mr. Gladstone airles s make. ioely :I. were meagre candidly admitted that it o il : s aid is oltitclilt to make them otherwise. The bu , it rp,",t forss„,„rd.ioary schools of this kind could not In the pz.",,•'`erestie"4 OI a report in such a manner as to aPPoitro-eeetlng t ; atid the fullness of.detail observable with 4 eet of so of former committees arose out of the r. Glad 6 r2erle of the boys as monitors. He agreed "•••ee as to the right of all parties to receive education at the Corporation Schools; but that poin ha been already settled. In other r.spe •ts he did not se, the committee could give any general inform +tion respect ing a common school of this de,eription. (Hear ) He had only gone to the schools once,t consequence of a remark having been made in the council wlrch made him think that he was nit a very w , lcome visitor. Mr. G. H: LAWRENCE.—There was no feeling of that sort: I am sure we shalt be very glad to see Mr. Black burn there at any time. (Hear.) Mr. HODGSON thought Mr. Blackburn had mistaken the feeling of the committee. They were opposed to his views, bot, nevertheless, they should be glad to see him at the schools, and to attend to any observations he might have to maks. (Hear, hear.) He had an undoubted right to go there; and he (Mr. Hodgson) hoped every gentleman would feet that while the maj rity in the coun cil took their present stand on the subject of education, they respected the feelings and motives of those who dif fered from them in opinion. (Hear.) Mr. BLACKBURN thought it would be desirable to no tify to the Council when the public examinations at the schools were about to take place. It was understood that a notification to this effect would in future be made. The proceedings were confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Health Committee comprised a report on the vvashhowes and baths for the last two years. It appeared from th , s report that the number of baths used in 1813 was 11,661 and in 1844, 16.323. showing an increase of 4662. In 1843, 9837 tubs of clothes had been broutht to the washhouses, and in 1844, 12,067 tubs, Showing an increase of 2230. The receipts from the baths and washhouses in 1843 amounted to £159 Ils. ld.. and in 1814 to £2BO 2s. Id., showing an inerea , e of £l2O Ils., and a total income for the two years of £439 13s. 2d. The proceedings of this commit'ee also comprised a report from the Town-clerk to Sir James Graham, on the sub ject of cellar occupation. It appeared an idea was enter • tained at the Home-office that the measures resorted to by the authorities of Liverpool for putting an end to the occupation of cellars were accompanied with inconvenient sevi rity ; and the letter was written with the view of dis abusing Sir James Graham of any such erroneous im pression. It set forth that, by means of notices and pla cards, the number of inhabited cellars in mutts was re duced from_ 700 to 554, and at present to 117; and that this was done without any penalty being enforced, any forcible proceeding being had recourse to, and without. a single complaint of harshness. In the same manner, the inhabitt;cl cellars, not in courts, wou'd be dealt with— mildly but firmly. Th ere were 6315 of such cellars in Li verpool, and of these 2334 might neut tde conformable to the act, leaving 3978 to be dealt with. CORONER'S ACCOUNTS. The coroner's account., .Amounting to £62 9s. 6d. were referred to the Finance Committee, for consideration and payment. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it appeared by a recent act, that the council had to certify the expenses incurred in registering the borough voters in Liverpool and the out-townships. Those expenses amounted to £299 18s. 4d. in the present year, which sum would have to be divided, according to the number of voters in each parish or dis trict, among the respective parties. There were, in all, 15,581 voters in Liverpool, and the aforesaid sum of £299 the parish would have to pay out of the poor -rates. The expenses were certified accordingly. ST. ANNE'S WARD. The TOWN-CLERK said it would be recollected that a memorial from certain burgesses of St. Anne's Ward was presented to the council at the last monthly meeting, and that no directions were at that time given. Since then he had received two communications. The fir•t was dated the 26th of June, and signed E. Bradley. It was to the effect that he (the Town-clerk) would facilitate his inquiry as to the alleged disqua ification of Mr. Robert Jones by applying at the Parish-office, Harper-street, where it would be found that Mr. Jones's name had been erased from the books, as a person assessed for the relief of the poor. It further stated, that the occupancy of the brewery in Rose-hill had passed into other hands, and that the hoard at the gate was painted " R. Garrett, successor to Robert Jones ;" and it concluded as follows :—" The truth is, Mr. Jones's furniture is disposed of, and he is in lodgings." Then lie (the Town-clerk) received another communication, signed R. Garrett, the person, he be lieved, referred to in Bradley's letter; and this certifies that Mr. Jones at present occupies a house from Garrett, in Bedford.street, and that he is his tenant. Under these circumstances, he (the Town-clerk) had no authority to proceed ; his duty was, to lay the communica ions before the council; and it would be for the council to give direc tions as to the proper course to pursue. He (the Town clerk) had had no communication with Mr. Jones. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Chalmer were appointed a committee to inquire and report on the sub ject. The council broke up at one o'clock. DOCK COMMITTEE. There were present at the meeting on Thursday last Messrs. Moore, Nicol, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Moly newt, Tobin, Kendall, Sandbach, Buld, Bulley, Middle ton, and Ripley. . It was referred to the Surveyor to report on the pro priety of lowering the bottom of No. 2 Queen's Graving Dock- The number of days the flags, indicating the docks to be full, hail been flying dud g the last quitter, was•stated to be as follows :—Waterloo and Victoria Docks 37 days, Prince's 54, George's 68, Canning and Salthouse 24. The three keepers of the transit shed requested Permis sion, as they had been working suffrage, to charge the merchants something for overtime. The application was refused by a majority of 11 to 4. Mr. NrcoL cal!ed attention to the circumstance that the cargo of the Camillas had been put into the transit shed without being weighed, and tl.e importers finding they could have the sheds without rent, the cargo not having passed the scale, declined to get it weighed, to the inconvenience of parties who bad cargo in the vessel, for they could not get it. Some arrangement should be made with'the Customs, otherwise a few parties might keep the sheds altogether. It was resolved to refer the matter to the Warehouse Committee. Mr. TODIN thought it was desirable that the committee should have printed copies of the evidence given in both houses of pnliament on the Liverpool Dock Bill, that they might see who were the friends or otherwise of the docks, and whether paid dock servants had done their duty or not. The parliamentary committee ought to have had the evidence printed. The CHAIRMAN said the printing would cost at least £3OO. Mr. TOBIN said if it cost £3,000 it would be of service to them. they Dock Mr. eybad B be il t i t l er also print the evi dence on il t i b L e EYd sai Birkenhead that the opposition to the scheme over the w Mr. Islzcot. would have no objection, as itawteoruwldassheonw tirely upon public grounds. It would also show that if the navigation of the river was injured they had done their duty. Mr. EVANS thought their cash account, showing how much the opposition cost, was quite as much as was ne cessary. Mr. RIPLEY said he was not serious, but he felt that if they were going to throw away £3OO on the evidence on the one bill, they might as well do so on the other. He added, that the evidence on the Birkenhead bill had been printed, and that they had received copies of it. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Tobin as to the state of the Liverpool Dock Bill, said it had been read a third time, and had gone down to the Commons for the verbal alterations to be approved of. It had passed in the same state as it had left the committee, with the exception of the leasing clause, which was reduced to twenty-one years. He entered into a statement, to show that the publication of the evidence would be of great importance in reference to several matters, which he named, relating to the port, the receipts of which had decreased £4,000. Mr. Nicol. said the opposition to the bill in the Lords would cost £2,000. Mr. EVANS' said, " that opposition was intended to save £25,000, which I am prepared to say will be thrown away. lam prepared for the war. The press is open to us all. lam prepared to substantiate every thing 1 said, and to justify it." After some further conversation the subject was defer red till next week, so that an estimate of the cost of print ing might be obtained, tine the meeting adjourned. TI 12 LIVERPOOL EVE) AND riArt. IM PI RMAIVIr. It must be highly gratifying to the bene vo l en t s u pp or t ers of this institution to find that its benefits extend even to remote districts, and that their liberality is appreciated, as is evinced by an interesting case, the particulars of which were recently supplied to the Newry Telegraph, by Roger Hall, Esq., a gentleman of high standing as a magistrate in the county of Down. Mr. Hall, in his letter to the editor, (dated 28th ult.,) states, that " the patient is the son of one of my labourers, and I can bear testi mony from his report of the truth of what is set forth, (in the report enclosed,) as well as to the kindness, libe rality, and humane attention with which he was admitted by the managers of the Eye and Ear Infirmary, in Liver pool, through the interest and recommendation of Mr. Neill, the surgeon of the institution, to whose skill and care, under Providence, the boy owes the blessing of the restoration of sight." This case (from the report-book of the institution here) is then given. The patient was " Absalom Hanan, aged 12 years, an intelligent boy, from near 'Warrenpoint, county of Down, who was admitted an in-patient, under Mr. Neill's care, January lfith, 1844." His statement, on entering, was as follows : " When about six years old he was attacked with small-pox, which deprived him of sight, and from that time to the present he has been quite blind. He was taken to many medical men, who pronounced his case hopeless. Steps were taken to have him admitted into the Blind Asylum of Dublin, when Mr. Hall, of Narrow water, County Down, thought it would be well first to try if any operation would restore his sight, and he sent the boy to Liverpool." The state of the boy's eyes, when admitted, was a com plete atrophe, or destruction of the left eye : the pupil of the right eye was obliterated, and the iris thickened and much diseased. (We condense the remainder of the re port.) Mr. Neill—though with little hope of success — performed two operations (in February, and again in March) for the formation of an artificial pupil, but in both instances an unhealthy action resulted, and the pupil which had been formed again closed. In April he again operated, and succeeded in removing a considerable portion of the iris, "leaving a n exce ll ent pupil —no inflammation en sued ;" and when the eye bad been accustomed to lights, a very useful amount of sight was obtained. In three weeks he was allowed to run about and amuse himself. lie one day absented himself from the hospital, and his absence for six hours created uneasiness in the matron. On his return, being asked where he had been, he replied, "To the docks," and described what he had seen. It was afterwards ascertained that he had passed through crowded THE LlVEilPooi, STANDARD. th , trougt,fareg, and round the docks, without assistance. lie was sent home on the 7th of May. The remarkable points in the case are, that he was six years Mind; that one eye was clestrnyed and t; - .e other nearly so, as the light was quite shut out ; get after two unsuccessful operations, the third succeeded : the ease ako shows how much in jury the eye can sustain without deAroying the parts essential for sight. nut two o'clock; a n d our it,formaht saw about 'her persons carried or l e d awa y. gr ea(ly morning, twelve ab 0 injured or shaken. O n e lad was covered up in the ruins spade used in clea r i ng away aeci tbe little fellow cried out, d u e p ri s i t a a l i l y rs, to a u n c d b . e w d he b n ' i : hs.ad, Oh, mother, mother!' L ind. nn getting out, shook hin.self, and added, ' I'm worth two dead folks yet!' It will be some two months before work can be ri sumed in the mill, as the machinery and Iptildings will have to undergo extensive repairs, in addition' to the renewal of the boilers.- One of the large chimneys 5s atso so much shattered, that it must be pulled down and rebuilt." THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. The proceedings of the committee in the House of Lords on this bill was resumed on Tuesday, when the committee, through the Earl of Stradbroke, announced that they considered that sufficient evidence had been given as to the great advantages that would accrue from the proposed works ; and thought that the opposers of the bill should now show in what their construction would be injurious. On this intimation Mr. Hildyard said he should call no more witnesses, and should proceed to sum up in the morning. —On Wednesday morning the room was crowded, to hear the summing up for the promoters, and the opening on the part of the Corporation and Dock Trustees, the opposers. The co nsel, solicitors, and agents of the latter mustered in great force, and among their wi nesses in attendance were Sir Thos. Brancker, Messrs. Okill. Sothern, Askew, Hunt, M 'Bride, Gurniss, Hudson, Hughes, Chaff,rs, Cooke, and others. Mr. Hildyard's summing up occupied two hours. He considered the Corporation and Dock Trustees as one body. He noticed the open and accurate survey of the port last year by Mr. Rendall. There had been no con cealment; and Mr. Laird had distinctly stated that his purchase had been made for dock purposes. He alluded to the two attempted sales of land on the pool by the cor poration ; at the second sale the land was offered with full liberty to build docks, but was not sold, in consequence of the advanced price repuired. A large portion of the Bir kenhead estate was also sold to Mr. Jackson and Mr. Pot. ter, on the express condition that they might make docks and other works. On the sth of March, as soon as the contract was completed, a petition was presented against the bill! The corporation, after the plan was matured, sold £175.000 worth of the land, at an advance of 6s. a yard, an advance caused by the works they now opposed.* He then went into the engineering part of the question, contending that the walling up of the pool would cause no diminution of the water, as the narrowest part of the chan nel was across from Seacombe, below the pool. The en gineers agreed that the tide would have greater velocity, as did Professor Challis. The whole evidence went to show that the proposed works would be highly advanta geous, and not injurious to the navigation. The Lords of the Admiralty and the Lords Conservators of the River, approved of the bill, and he called upon their lordships to rep ,, rt. The Earl of Stradbroke said that Mr. Austin should explain the conduct of the corporation as regards the sales of the land stated • for it did appear to be far f r om being clear, open, an d fair. Mr. Austin said this was one of the many misrepresen- tat ions made against the two bodies for whom he appeared. He entered into an exposition of the constitution of those bodies, which did not act in concert, but frequently op posed each other. He read Mr. Jackson's speech of the 7111 November, which presented a plan very different to that now before their lordships. The entire accommoda tion was now confined to a tidal basin of thirty-eight acres, one dock of three, another of ten, and a beach of six acres, instead of the great plan originally announced. No warehouse yards or quays were here proposed ; all was confined to one huge, penned up pool. A very • small amount of accommodation would by the measure be afforded to Liverpool, the'docks of which now extended over 112 acres, and when finished, would extend over 116 acres. He commented on the engineers evidence at great length, and stated he should call witnesses. , It was then agreed that Mr. Lowndes, who appeared for certain owners of coasting vessels, should be heard be fore any witnesses, and the committee adjourned. On Thursday. Mr. Lowndes was heard in support of a petition against the bill from 186 persons interested as owners of coasting vessels. There were two classes of coasters—one class that used Wallasey beach, and the other that did not. The petitioners were of the former, and considered the measure very injurious to them. The beaching-ground was most valuable to them when their vessels could not enter the docks at Liverpool. Four hundred vessels were in the custom of resorting to the beach, or the anchorage opposite the pool, which afforded them ample accommodation—such as the projected docks and basins could not supply, and there was no power in the present bill to extend them. There was, however, space on the south side of Woodside pier, and also on the north side of the pool ; and he prayed their lordshirs to insert a clause to compel the construction of the requisite works, and to oblige the commissio n er s to k ee p a t a ll times a certain level of water in their ten-acre (or free) dock, and keep it from silting up, otherwise not to receive an money from vessels entering it. Mr. John Askew, harbour-master of Liverpool, was the first witness. He said the erection of a sea-wall off the pool would destroy the anchorage-ground there, by causing an increased velocity of tide,—already so great that no pilot would anchor a ship off Seacombe. There was good anchorage off the Magazines, and from Birken head towards the Sloyne, as well as off the pool at Wal lasey ; but if a gale of wind came on when a vessel was at anchor in a race like that off Seacombe, the probability was, the anchors would not 'hold the ship any more than a pair of scrapers. He had recently ascertained by the log, that the tide ran 74 knots an hour. There would be very great difficulty in getting into the Birkenhead dock with a west wind, and with an east wind vessels would have to be warped out. It would take as long to warp two vessels out of the pool, as would enable sixty to make sail from the anchorage or the beach, and it would not be safe to lay in the open basin in certain winds. In cross-examination nothing particular was elicited, except that an objection he had before entertained to Woodside Pier could be removed by its being raised to the level of the sea-wall. Mr. Huds,in, mater of N 0.2, pilot-boat ; Mr. Hughes, a pilot; and Mr. M'Bride and Mr. Garniss, dock-mas ters, were successively called, and their evidence v.-as to the effect that the proposed works would be prejudicial to the navigation of the river, and in some parts quite im practicable. Isir. James Brebner and Mr. Forshaw gave evidence of the little advantage that could accrue to steam-packets, for wh:ch they are agents at Liverpool, upon the ground that their cargoes were much divided among different con signees, and that there would be the greatest difficulty in arranging for their accurate delivery to them. Cattle, however, formed a large portion of the import cargoes Of the steamers, which could be safely landed at Birkenhead at any time. Tnere were no docks in the places to whi c h and vsteamersesserisescoorutledd as lreland ,w el tkt notc., except r in i n 1" B o i r r Rh lay k t eni u m s ad , tha" any of these ports. . Mr. Chaffers, the floating-stage keeper, and Mr. Cooke, of the pilot-office, spoke on the state of the river. Mr. Bellasys then srid he should call engineers as wit nesses. Mr. Coulthurst was called. He is an assistdlit to Mr. Page. His evidence was principally to prove cer tain data on which the calculations of other witnesses were based. He produced various sections of the river and several tables of calculations, which in some few in stances of quantity agreed with those of the promote, s' engineers, but in the far greater number of cases were widely different. His statements sh-,wed that the opera tion of the time of the scouring power would, on 36 days in the year, be exactly 1 minute and 54 seconds. Upon cross-examination he admitted he had not had much ex perience in the construction or management of harbours. It being half-past four their lordships adjourned till Friday. _ _ On Friday, Mr. Russell, the author of several papers on the construction of steam-boats, upon tidal basins, currents, and other works on similar subjects, was the first witness examined. He was of opinion the current of the Mersey would be injuriously operated upon by the adoption of the proposed plan. He was followed by Mr. George Rennie. Up - on the committee re-assembling on Saturday morn ing, the examination of engineering witnesses for the trustees of the docks and the corporation was renewed. Mr. Lewis, professor of mathematics at Putney, was the first witness examined. He was followed by Mr. Vig noles, civil engineer; the Rev. Henry Mozley, a gentle man who has written an elaborate treatise on hydrosta tics, and was lately professor of mathematics at King's College, London ; Mr. Matip , ,,han, a dockmaster ; and Mr. Page, whose cross-examination terminated the proceed ings of the day after a sitting of nearly six hours. The scientific witnesses were unanimous in condemnation of the proposed plan. In the course of the examination on, Saturday, there were no fewer than thirty maps, pla ns , and diagrams exhibited. The committee adjourned until Monday (yesterday). EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER IN BOLTON, AND LOSS OF LIFE. In our first, and also in our third edition of last week, we gave such particulars as we could at the time obtain (and which we stated were necessarily imperfect) " of the bursting of a boiler at the linen -manufactory of Mr. John Brooks, in Bolton, by which several lives were ascer tained to be lost, besides many ser i ously and some fa tally injured. The following is a copy of our . third editi on, published at one o'clock, with such correct i ons as we are since en abled to supply : ......_ ..., _ _ . , The factory, and extensive premises attached, are situated close to St. George's Church; and 540 per sons, young and old, were employed within. Two engines were at work, one (as before noticed,) stated to be of 50- horse power, and the other of about 60. The boilers of one of them burst about eleven o'clock on Monday fore. noon, owing, it is said, to the carelessness of the tenter, and the destruction of the other soon followed, through the force of the shock. These were each in an extensive well-built out-house, on the north- west side of the factory, and the destructive effects were instant there and on the contiguous part of the main building. The engine-house was demolished ; the windows of the factory in that direc tion blown in ; its interior framework was much shat tered, and largemasses of building material scatt ered far and wide. The top of the boiler of the larger engin e was lifted into the air, and lighted in the street about fif ty yards from its original position. Two of the wor k_ people were found dead in the ruins, but the precis e num ber our informant could not ascertain in the hurry of t h e moment, there being various outlets by which they might be removed. A large and very heavy balk of timb er , that had been fixed over the engine was blown clear over som e adjacent buildings, (which it would otherwise have crush e d in,) and lighted in a back passage or area, sixty or eight y yards from where it had been fixed, and in a direction from the factory. The materials of the ruins were chiefly hurled into a street called Bark-street, about fifty yards from the point of explosion. The gliss in the windows of the houses on the opposite side was nearly all blown in by the shock. One woman who was picked out of the ruins, and who had one of her hands crushed or blown off, and was otherwise much hurt, died on Tuesday FURTHER PARTICULARS. The following additional particulars are derived from an article in the M nchester Guardian of Wednesday Immediately after the explosion, the entrance of the mill from Bridge-street was besieged by the mothers of the children:employed in the works, and their fears were heightened by a mechanic named Rigg being led out pro fusely bleeding from the head, and after him the fireman, apparently dead; but the apprehensions excited were re lieved by the appearance of several girls and others who came out unhurt, and it was soon afterwards announced that the hands in the mill itself were all safe. Bark-street was covered with heavy materials, and had any persons been in at the time, they must have been kited. Two or three windows were completely forced in by the concus sion, one of them without a pane being broken, and a great number were destroyed by the flying missiles. Roofs, doors, and window-shutters were also injured. One portion of the boiler, the top, fell in Bark -street, and another in the interior yard,of the factory, missing a shed in which many were employed. Had it fallen on the roof, the destruction of life would have been great. The shock to the whole range of building was so great, that the hands shrieked out and thought themselves lost. The female, Bridget Hart, (before noticed, and since dead,) was first discovered; afterwards, the bodies of two men, James Swift and James M'Danald, dreadfully mutilated. They were employed in the drying-room over the engine house. Three or four others were seriously injured, but are expected to recover. The end of the mill next the engine house was so much shattered, that it must be taken down. No satisfactory reason bas yet been assigned for the accident. The damage will be from £1,500 to £2,000. James Swift has left a wife and four children, all grown up ; M`Donald has left a wife, now pregnant. Bridget Hart was a married woman, and has left three children. An inquest was held on view of the bodies on Wednes day, and adjourned to Tue.dav (this day.) TII 11 - LA - Vr. The following is Lord Sandon's speech in the House of Commons, on Friday, on this subject. His lordship said he was exceedingly glad to hear the disclaimer that the principle of the new poor law was the workhouse test. (Hear, hear.) Although it came late, he repeated that he was glad to hear it; but it certainly was not the language held in the earlier discussions in that house upon the sub ject. (Hear.) But the attempts. vihich had been made to carry out this law had led to this result. There was the most convincing evidence, that the workhouse test was unfit to be applied to the condition of a country like ours. (Hear.) The right hon. baronet had alluded to the report of the Commissioners of Poor-law Inquiry in Scotland in terms of just praise. And from that report he would extract a decisive denunciation of that test. " The distinguishing principle of this system is, that its efficacy as a test of destitution or stimulus to industry depends upon the restraint it imposes upon personal liberty. (Hear, hear.) In proportion as the regulations of the workhouse cease to be irksome, the operation of the test is obstructed. The discipline of the gaol must be approached by the discipline of the workhouse, which is of a purely mechanical character—(hear, hear)—ap- Pealing only to the lowest principles of our nature." (Hear.) "It did not promote the development of any intellectual energy, neither did it foster feelings of manli ness and independence." (Hear.) " Its influence dries up the last impulses of social life." (Hear.) "It de stroys all feelings of self-respect—(hear, hear)—and alienates the inmates from almost every sympathy which either in equals or superiors is inherent in rightly con stituted natures." (Hear.) " Repulsion and discomfort being the sole means by which this workhouse test works —that repulsion and discomfort must be carefully kept up for its operation." (Hear, hear.) Here was a de scription of the " workhouse test," written, not by po pular writers, but by calm, learned, able investigators, among whom were men like Lord Belhaven and Mr. Home Drummond. (Hear.) And he believed every word of it. (Hear, hear.) He knew the system was worked only by mechanical means ; and which had begotten those feelings of irritation, and that sense of harshness in the people. of which such unhappy symptoms were not wanting. (Hear.) Tne evils of the old system were of course industriously detailed, and none would defend them ; but they had all been reproduced under the new law. (Hear, hear.) Let it be asked, had wages been raised by that new law? (Hear, hear.) He could not find that this had been the cave anywhere; although there bad been at first the ex traordinary stimulus of railway speculations, which pro duced some temporary effect on labour, permanently, wages had been left where they were (hear); while dis content, resulting from the operation of the Poor Law and from distress, had produced its terrihle consequences— fires. (Hear.) It was said by some that destitution, in deed, alone was to be regarded in administering relief; that there should be no discrimination as to character. But the commissioners whose report he had just quoted said, far more truly, " We hold that no just system of poor laws can exist, excluding, in the distribution of re lief, the consideration of character—which should be a fundamental consideration." (Hear, hear.) " The man who has conducted himself with activity and industry for the bettering of his condit'on. and has only fallen through misfortune, not by fault, has a just title to the sympathy of his fellow-men." (Hear, hear.) " And not only that the necessary relief be cheerfully accorded, but full scope given for all the ministrations of ch ,rity to his comfort." (Cheers.) How, with such testimony on record, could those who opposed parts of the new law be properly sub jected to the reproach of pandering . to poyular passio ns and prejudices—(hear)---the accusat ion which was so un applied to them? (Hear.) The size of the unions, it could not be denied, was a great pract.cal grievance to the poor. (Hear.) He felt, however, the difficulty of a summary and sweeping condemnation of the present law without any substitute for it ; and therefore he could not assent to the proposition at present before the house. He preferred trusting to the processes of improvement— through public opinion —in which so much progress had been made ; and he relied on public opinion also to con trol the practical administration of the law. LOCAL NEWS. The Hibernia, Captain Rvrie, sailed at one o' c l oc k on Thursday, for Halifax, with a full complement of passen gers. WOOT, FROM ALEXANDRIA.—The first importation of wool Item Alexandria to Liverpool arrived in the Mersey on Friday afternoon. BIIIKENHEAD FAlR.—This fair was held on Wednes day last, and although numerously attended, there was scarcely a good horse or cow shown, and few changed hands. IMPUDENT TmEFT.—On Tuesday, at the police-court, Catherine Murphy, an clder'y female, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen coats and hats belonging to Mr. Greatley, solicitor, of this town. The prisoner was employed as charwoman in Mr. Greatley's office. 111 r. William Humphreys, principal excise surveyor of this port, has been appointed collector of her Majesty's customs at Glasgow. George Taylor, Esq., late Surveying General Examiner, of London, has been appointed Lis successor at this port. SUNDAY TRADING.—On Tuesday at the Police-court, Joseph Shepherd, newsvender, of Scotland-road, was fined ss. for having followed his usual calling on the Lord's day. The police-officer at whose instance the summons had been obtained, stated that he had received directions from his superintendent to inform against any person trading on Sundays. THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.—It will be seen by the advertisement, in another column, that Mr. J. H. Anderson, who has been astonishing and delighting crowded audiences in London for five hundred nights with his feats of natural magic, legerdemain, &c. intends appearing again in his original character before a Liverpool audience, on Monday, at the Royal Liver Theatre, Church-street. THE OJIBBICWAAT ceenrarea repre sentatives of a once powerful tribe of North American Indians ; better known as the Chippeways, have, during the past week, at the Royal Assembly Rooms, given a se ries of representations of the manners and customs of their people. They attracted crowds of visitors, who were highly delighted with their performances. KNUTSFORD SESSIONS.—The general quarter sessions of the peace for Cheshire, was held last week at Knuts ford. Amongst the magistrates present were James Pownall, Esq., of this town, and J. D. Case, Esq. Mr. George Gallop, deputy governor of Pentonville prison, was appointed governor of Knutsford House of Correc tion, to succeed Mr. Burgess. The other business tran sactions were unimportant. NEW MAGISTRATE FOR CHESHIRE.—Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, Bart., of Trafford Park, whose name has been in the Commission of the Peace for upwards of two years, took the oaths, &c., at the Knutsford Quarter Sessions, on Monday, as a magistrate for the county of Chester. WOOD IN PARK•LANE.—In the sinking of a new sewer in Park-lane, the workmen, at a depth of ten feet, in the end near the Custom-homse, found four large pieces of oak, lying in a direction from east to west. Mr. Davies, the surveyor inspected the place, and is of opinion that they had floated there when the tide extended to that vicinity. They lay upon a turf bottom, and were much decayed. A FIRE BALLOON.—On Wednesday evening last, about six o'clock, the parties on George's Pier and on the decks of the several ferry boats, were a good deal amused and interested by the beautiful ascent of a large fire-balloon, which was let off the quay, near the erection known as the Camera Obscura. In obedience to the impulse of the light air then prevailing, it took a direction nearly due north ; rose steadily to a great height ; and, after dimi nishing to a mere speck, finally disappeared in the distant " etherial blue." BOOKBINDERS' ANNIVERSARY.—The me m b ers o f the Liverpool Journeymen Bookbinders' Society celebrated their anniversary on Wednesday last, by di n i ng together at the house of Mr. John Brighouse, Park-road. Several of the employers honoured the men with their c ompany, and advantage was taken of the occasion to pre sent M r. Thomas Smith, of Castle-street , with a token of respect. It consisted of a very neat silver snuff-box, which bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr. Thomas Smith, by the Liverpool Journeymen Bookbinders' Society, as a tribute of respect an d gratitude f or many favours conferred by him on their distressed brethren." ness - , were seen in transilu from the docks to the several ire-houses. The blacks were beautifully pelucid, resent blibg.the finest crystal. The sun was powerful, but they appeared to form, to a great degree, an atmosphere for themselves; for though uncovered, the leakage, from melting, was - very trifling. EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Saturday aletrulle of haggard-appearance; named Brown, was brought op-at the Police Court, under the following eircumstancen;---It appeared that her unfortunate child, an infant only sixteen months old, was observed to tumble out of the wintiow of its mother's wretched abode and to fall uuon its sideon the pavement. The height of the window from the ground was said•to be thin en feet, and the child in fail ing broke its thigh, and its Weis in danger. On going - up to the room, the 'prisoner was4,,und in a sate of intoxica.: tion, sitting close to the window frum which the accident happened; and it was supposed that the child had fallen, and was not thrown out. The prisoner was remanded. DEATH OF CGOKE THE CELEBNATED EQUESTRIAN.- This patriarch of the Circus died a few days ago in this town—in great distress we regret to say, so much so, that a few friends who knew him in hi: prosperity are rpm getting up a subscription for his destitute widow. The Royal Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-stiest —the noblest edifice of its kind out of London—is one of the many structures he built in the course of his extraordinary and diversified career; and there is no town in the empire where he and his troop were not well known some twenty or thirty years ago. He has left some manuscripts of his life behind him, which will probably be published when properly revised for the press. FIELDING, THE MURDERER:—This individual, who Tcommirtrd•str - rna - nr horribWatroalies on board the Sa ladin, accounts of which have been published in all the papers, was well known in Liverpool. H is wife lives here at present, and has been a resident of- the town for some years. They did not re-ide together fora long- time past ; but he allowed 9s. a week, which she received et the pa rish-office. Upon being made acquainted wi , h his tragi cal deeds on board the Saladirt, she manifested little or no surprise, as she had often been suljected to ill treat ment at his hands ; but she expressed much concern at hearing the Lite of her unhappy son, who, it will be re collected, was thrown overboard after the father. NEW WATER WORKS,—These works-are now in pro gress. The contractors for sinking the well are Messrs. Jones and Ouseley, and they have already got deep enough into the ". boaels of the land" to drain all the wells and pumps in the neighbourhood of the Old SWan. 'I he site chosen is a little beyond the Cattle Market ; from thence the water is to be forced to a large cistern near the Necropolis. and from thence,. by means of pipes, is to be distributed through the different streets in which property is in the greatest danger from fire. The con tractors for the mains are, we believe, founders near Birmingham, and the pipes may be expected here in a few weeks. The well, however, will not be completed until next June. PAWNBROKERS FINED.—On Wednesday- last, Mr. Robinson, who appeared on behalf of the Churchwardens of Liverpool, preferred three charges against George Richards, pawnbroker, of London-road, for demanding more than the legal rate of interest allowed by act of Par liament. The magistrates ordered him to pay a fine of £5 and 4s. 6d. costs, in each case, and expressed their determination to inflict the full penalty in future, which is £lO, as they were detc vnined to do their utmost to put the system down. Mr. Richards expressed himself to the effect that he should reserve his defence for the sea. sions.—On the same day, Henry Adamson, Burlinzton street, was fined £5 and costs, for a similar offence, having charged 6d. for interest on some goods pledged at his shop, instead of ad., which was all he bad a right to A DISAPPOINTED FORTUNE HUNTER.—A young man, named Thomas Dempsey, was charged at the Pol;ce coutt, on Thursday, wiih having, for upwards of ten months, neg:ected to support his wife, who Lad become chargeable to the parish. The wife, a pretty looking girl, fifteen years of age, to whom the prisoner had been mar ried upwards of twelve months, appeared to substantiate the summons. In reply to the charge Dempsey said he did not conceive that he was bound, either morally or legally, to give such support ; when he married his wife it was on the condition that he was to receive a " small decent fortune" with her; this condition had not been fulfilled. therefore he thought himself freed from the one he had made, that be would "love and cherish." Ile was sent to gaol for a month, to ruminate on the erroneous opinion he had formed of the duties and responsibilities of a husband. CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A WEDDING GUEST. —At the P lice-court, on Monday, a Toting man, named Thomas Seaton, was placed at the bar before Richard Houghton, Esq., charged with felony. The complaining party, a man named Morgan, stated, that, on Saturday last, he was sent for to the house of Mrs. Syers, who had that day been married, and sl , e paid him £25 in a £2O note and a£s note. When he came down the prisoner and another person asked him to go and have a game at bowls, at the Derby Arms. He consented, and, after having plated three games, went into the house and sat down in the parlour. The prisoner sat next to him, on his left hand. He had the notes in his left hand waistcoat pocket. In a short time he missed his money, and said aloud, " I have lost my money, and it is in the room, for no one has been out or in." There were then six persons present. The money was found in the trousers pocker of the prison , r. who declared that be had not put it there. The whole of the party were considerably in drink, but perfectly conscious of what was going on. He was re manded, and subsequently discharged. PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. —The annual meeting of the Newton branch of this Association, was held at Newton. on the 27th instant. Among the members present were Drs. Holme, Lyon, and Black, and Messrs. Ainsworth, Wilson, and Whitehead, of Manchester; Sir Arnold Knight, M.D., and Messrs, Neil, and Eden, of Liverpool ; Dr. Kendrick, of War ring'on. The members assembled at twelve o'clock, under the presidency of Dr. Lyon, of Manchester, when the transactions of the society during the past year, and the report of the council were read by Mr. Hamilton, the secretary; after which various interesting subjects were brought forward and discussed by the different members. At three o'clock they sat down to dialler, Dr. Lyon in the chair, the vice-president being Mr. Eden, of Liver pool, and Mr. Jordan. of Manchester. The usual toasts connected with the occasion were proposed, and the mem bers separated, impressed with the utility of such meetings in promoting the diffusion of scientific information, and fostering that feeling of friendly intercourse which ought to exist amongst all members of the profession. oorns t,al,tui MEETlNG eusgdoa uy O s uFciT: evening Hl contemporary is fond occasions,lßa s l t It the monthly N , , H t E h e D d is C mp O ie M ttct M hi , l iog S f S COMMISSIONERS.— was busi h n e es h s i . i , n , the Town-h a ll, " for," as a shrewd There were fourteen commissioners present, and John Deane Case, Esq„ took the chair. A conversation arose on the subject of the water carts, from which it appeared that they were to go over the town generally, and that one street would not be favoured more than another. The had not s n t dn i the o eod n t salary of the person appointed to survey the building of the lodges (now going on) in the park, was stated to be from Mr. Sudlow. said the park should be fenced in pre eansdepll'esviroeue s o l tn y m pr e o n p d o a s ti e o d n , s t h o ou u l s d e b l:o p ma o n would two guineas a week. Mr. Jackson, i Tt n h course of the autumn. They wished to procure handsome ,000. railing on economical terms, and this caused some delay. vious to being ce: p pui l e a nni n s t ie e t d te , oe a f nxrde 2ported t cement for the flooring of the market. as it would cause t aai h nd' h a o t epa t td l l: l d e dli at i a rMok r n C era : l e S I I , ceeded with, which was agreed to. The receipts of t r he ferry were stated to be going on favourably, and it was hoped that all the boats would soon be in operation, so that Monk's Ferry could also be effectually worked. Mr. Sudlow asked several questions relative to the borrowing of money—a loan of £lO,OOO being taken at four per cent., which he thought too much. Had they advertised for loans ; Mr. Greene said they had not in the instance of the £lO,OOO, but would hereafter when they wanted mot . : money. He thought Mr. Sudlow had better attend the Finance Committee, of which he was a member, and to ey there discuss such matters. Mr. S. said the day of meet trai e e t teyhr anmehla9i meet ing (Friday) was inconvenient for him. The proceedings were then confirmed, and the board adjourned. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESCUE OF A PRISONER. —William Edwards, a car driver, in the employ of John Wright, of the Golden Lion, Neston, was summoned be fore Sir Edward Cust and J. D. Case, Esq., for an assault on John Brooks, a carter, at Lower Bebbington ; Wright was also charged with rescuing Edwards after be had been taken into custody by Griffiths, the constable of Lower Bebbington. Brooks deposed that he was coming through Bebbington, on Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, with a horse, and when opposite the Ship Inn, he aaw Edwards, who began to tease him, upon whi c h Wright, who was on his omnibus, struck complainant's horse with his whip. Brooks then said be would pull him off his box, when Wright told Edwards to strike him, which the latter did with his fist, knocking him down against the wheel of the omnibus ; complainant then got up, and tried to defend himself, when he was again knocked down under the horses' feet. He was taken up in a state of insensibility, having received a severe wound on the head, a portion of the skull being laid completely bare. He was attended by a surgeon. Griffiths, the constable, stated that he took Edwards into custody, when Wright, who is a tall, powerful man, came and released him, say ing he would be r esponsible for the consequences. Ed wards said he had been drinking all day, and did not re member anything that took place, and Wright denied that he had taken the prisoner away by force, but had done so with the officer's consent, The magistrates observed that it was one of the worst cases they had ever heard of in that neighbourhood. Very great outrages had been com mitted at Lower Bebbington on the Sabbath, and frequent complaints had been made. Edwards was ordered to pay the sum of £3 is., being the amount of expenses, &c. incurred by the complainant, including also the loss he would sustain by being kept from his employ. Wright, after a severe admonition from the magistrates, was fined 45. PUBLICANS AND BEER -SELLERS FINEx.' —Ten cases L AUNCH OF THE "T HOMAS W iLsoN. "—O n Th ursday ----- were as follow :—Br oo k er , b eerseller, were beard at the Police.c•turt, on F r id a ~ The results 'a benitilid iron steamer, for the Seacombe ferry, built by Upper ii , ,,,.:iiieton, Me s sr s: Wil son ' s , t h e b u ild ers ' yar d , nort h shore. The fined 205.; Glover, b eerse ll er, Itichmorid e .2!) .; pr o p r i etors , M essrs. P arry, i ntended to give the numerous Scott, beerseller, Limekiln.l.. lane, 5 ; Wilson, , ef, el t , r, and select party th e y h a d invited, asa I round the floating Wolf-stre-t, 20s. ; Glover, b eerseller, Eaton -street', au. 1 N.., " , t, & but the rn prevented the excursi,n. An abUndant quitted ; Tom k irts,n, bee r s e ll er, Porte. ies, 60s. ; Chad , int o ,„.., ,. -varit repair, including every delicacy, was therefore 1, wick, beerseller, Sourh-stre e t„ 20 s. ; Brown, beerseller, s l ,fclot the spacious roo m on t h e p l easure grounds of 0f5442., -41 as v i ce - pres i dent. A rumber of gen - South street, 40s. ; Mitchell, b eerse l ler, Circus -street, the Selorillst..l"el• £5 ; Smith, publican, Bent -str eet , 20 s. The total fines W. Itigt...7 Mr. Parry t oo k t h e c h a i r, an d Mr. imposed amounted to £2O, exclusiv e o f th e costs, which . Vernet) of this wow, S acomk., an d t h e ne i gh b ourlaiod were inflicted in each case where 'the - party was fined. were present e inclinlirig Kr. Meadows, agent to the Lord FOREIGN ICE.—A. great quantity of ire has recently of the a Mrs. Manor , Major - Fletcher. Cai;tdins Ed war d s an d been imported into Liverpo , l froM the northern p a r ts o f 114 'Pherson, M' s 3 . WIWI' toe hullers, &e. The prin the United States, for the use of the -co n f ec ti oners an d cipai toasts were--..‘''The Tri,ornas Wilson," (which h a d . hotel keepers. Towards the close of kist week, large received her name fi'om Mi ss Zargaret Smith the iota_ cart-loads of the a:tide, in immense masses or square resiingrdaughter of het c apt a i n ,) a cd the h ea lth blocks,-from one and a half to about two feet in thi c k- Parry, who has - so credit a bly contlaCtstl the Seacoobe hotel for upwarcla-of 4Cr seers. Mr. Richard Parry, he? son, returned thanks in feeling and affecti:tg terms. The vessel will he fitted with a powerful engine on the most approved principle; and we doubt not will p."ovt a great acquisition to passengers to that delightful ferry. MR. PILEMGTON, MASTEE OF THE WORiTSIOVSE SCHOOL.—We' have great pleasure in appropriaoos the following paragraph from the Journal of Saturday. The feeling which haicl:ctited the concluding remark, is hi,Thry ho'nourabl:- to the wiiter, and forms-a remarkaNe contrmt to that so long evinced by his radicarbrothers of the press, in their unfounded - and malignan4 viturierations against the officers of the Workhouse :—Testerclay, the boys of the Workhouse Sck°lol, Brownlovv-hill„ presented their schoolmaster, (througltt he Rev. S. Cragg r chaplain,), with an elegant Binh , aod Church Service, as a , tok en of respect. On a silver plate, affixed to the back of the Bible, is. this inscription:—" Present-to Mr. George . Filkingtorty by the boys of the Parochi4L School, (comprising different denominations.) and their parents, as a tribute of respect,. for his notvearied diligence - in promoting,,for ?ipwards of eight years, the education of the youth conamittzd to his care: July, Whenitis considered: that'this pre— sent was made by pauper children, RoirproCat 3 mlics as. well as Protestants, it must bet exceedingly grarffying to the roe-payers, as a convincing"proof tha. the'rnaster has the interest of ihe poor children Ut heart, and has •sktgered their affections. Sn /OWE RS.—Birkenhead fair did not pass cmer-WithNot a sharper doing a little business. Alan man, dressed' in black, and. reseruhltng a groom, introduc d himself to a gentleman, representing himself as Sir William Tit: Stan-4 ley's groom, aria, after observing that 'he knew the gen tleman's son who had hunted with Sir William, said there' Rag a h,r-se th.t would suit him at the Albion, but he had; quarrelled with the owner about the price, and should teel obliged if he would do Sir William a service, bargain., for the hoese, and pay the man £45. nod he ,, would repay him. Afier some altercation among lie parties, and the• gentleman believing the sharper to be a groom of Sir W.. M. Stanley's. he was induced to advance the money,. which the other sharper fingered, and then bolted with his accomp'ice, leaving the gentleman to make the best he could of a horse worth only a few pounds. The sharpers • had tried the trick on - several gentlemen; under various pretences, but without success, and it is thought that they are the same parties who tried the same game in Liver moot on Tuesday last. The fortunate purchaser has since • been roasted almost to death about his bargain,•and feels the more inortifted at his own ver d ure as precisely the • same trick was, played at the fair last year. INQUESTS. —Four inquests were held before the borough • coroner on Tuesday. The first was on the body of John • Guy, a child, thirteen weeks old, son of a cart owner, in- Preston•strett, who died from the congestion of thelungs: The second was on the body of James Brown, who acci dentally fell a few days since from a pile of cotter' 'in a' warehouse in Carleton-street, and died in consequence of the injuries in the Northern Hospital. The third was on the body of a Mrs. Harper, who, whilst washing-clothes at a publican's house became suddenly ill, fell upon' the floor, and died almost instantaneously of disease the heart. The fourth was on the body of a child picked up in St. Paul's church-yard, in a sate of decomposition... Verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned in the several cases. On Thursday, on the body of the fant daughter of Evan Vaughan, of Meadows-street. The deceased was found dead in the cradle, death having been caused by convulsions. Verdict accordingly. On the body of William Collaton, the infant child of Patrick Collaton, of Dawson-street, who accidentally fill under - the wheel of a cart in Houghton-street, on Wednesday. The evidence went to show that no blame attached to the • driver, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.. CAUTION TO CAR-DatvEas.--On Saturday, .a man, . named John Egerton was brought before Mr. Theodore Rathbone, on a charge of having embezzled a parcel con- • raining some small erticles, the property of Me. George Wainwright, merchant, of this town. Mr. Wainwright stated that he had landed from the Achilles, steamer, at one o'clock the day before, and had engaged a car, at the Clarence Dock, to take him to his office, in Dale street. He put into the car a box, a coat, and the parcel in question ; and, on arriving in Dale-street, he jumped out in a hurry, told the driver to carry the luggage into • the office, and paid him- is. 6d., the amount of the fare. Immediately after he missed the parcel; and, after a good deal of troub'e, he discovered the car. The prisoner who appeared to be the driver, but who was not the per- . son that had driven from the Clarence Dock to Dale-sti eet, denied all knowledge of the parcel; but,•aler having been. threatened with the consequences, he promised to find the actual driver, Wheywas a person of the name of Miller, and with that view, took Mr. Wainwright to an adjoining., public-house, where, instead of asking for Miller, he told the servant to bring him the parcel. It was accordingly brought ; nothing was stolen out of it, but it had evidently been opened. Mr. Ratbbone said the case was one of . considerable suspicion, but that, as there was want of evi dence to bring home the felonious intent, the prisoner should be discharged with a caution as to his future. conduct. WHOLESALE PLUNDERING. —.Tames Partridge, a young man in the employ of Mr. Jones, draper and mercer, Old Haymarket, was charged, at the Police -court, on Thurs day, with having plundered his employer to an extensive amount. It appeared that the prisoner had been in Mr. Jones's employ about nine months, during which time he had had the management of one dep , rtment of the busi ne-s of the establishment. The prisoner bad represented to his employer that he was residing in a private house in Mount-pleasant; but on Tuesday, Mr. Jones received information that he lived in Scotland-road, and that his wife kept a millinery shop. For some time past, Mr. Jones had missed a great quantity of goods ; and in con sequence of seeing pieces of ribbons and other articles of which the prisoner bad the control in other than their usual places, and from the information he had received as to his residence and his wife's calling, he was induced to put a watch over the prisoner's conduct, and on Tuesday two of the assistants in the shop marked a roll of ribbon, and cut from it a piece, in a peculiar way ; the roll was then placed in a drawer, and after the prison & h a d l e f t the shop at night, it was found the ribbon had been taken. Mr. Jones obtained the assistance of police-officer Lloyd, and the prisoner's shop was searched, and goods, consist ing of ribbons, scarfs, lace, &c., to the value of between £lO and £lOO, the property of Mr. Jones, were found, amongst which was the marked roll of ribbon. The goods found were produced in court, and identified by Mr. Jones and his assistants ; and it was stated that they could not by possibility have been sold, as they were not marked off the stuck. The prisoner was cimmitted to the sessions for trial. Mr. Jones is positive of having lost property to the value of from £2OO to £250. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL.—Recently a meeting was held at the Bull Inn, Preston, of the friends of the Northern Church of England School, about to be esta blished at Rossall• hall, for the education of the • sons o f clergymen and other gentlemen, under the direct super intendence of the Established Church, upon a plan Establishment at Marlborough. The Bishop of Chester presided, and there sere also present the Chancellor of the Diocese, the Archdeacon of nearly similar to the Scholastic Manchester, and several of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood, as well as a large proportion of the gentry and eminent manufacturers of Preston and its vicinity. It appears, that upwards of £5,000 has been already sub scribed ; and it is expected that the establishment will be opened in the course of a very few weeks for the reception, of pupils. The resolutions will be found in our adver tising columns. The worshipful and. Rev. Chancellor Raikes in moving the first resolution said, " he never pro posed a resolution at any meeting which carried more sa tisfaction to his own mind that it would meet with the entire approbation of those to whom it was submitted. Every clause seemed to involve in itself a point of the greatest importance, and some point on which there could not be a shadow of difference in opinion. (Hear.) It stated that it was highly desirable that a school on.similar principles to the one established at Marlborough should ed be established in th e N or th o f E ngland. That school had realised the ex p ec t at i ons o f i ts founders, though when it was established th e f oun d ers seemed as it were, to put tr place; correspondinga nd seeing that th e on c at e to sea without chart or compass. Its success depended upon the merits o f th e p l an; and it succeeded. Now they were adopting answered sw a re systemyo o l whichwere established justified had alreadyi atexpecting answered.Fleetwood in that another the he st they Marl borough had would also suc cee d . There was every reason it- should do so. No d ou b t when Marlborough was chosen for the situation of the school it was on account of pos sessing some local advantages; but it bad also the die-. advantage of competition, for in that part of the coun, try there were already established many schools. When they considered, too, the great increase in the number of the clergy, and the impossibility of providing for the edu cation of their children in a proper manner from their own resources, an appeal might be wade to other classes for the support of this institution. Various societies were g b i T u t itself consider otintos w itdh e ee r ri e ri not attention, e f onrti honourableionns , t iat and od looked at the great increase in the number of the c l erg y, nature. d etnh de a tsieohnn T nf h lo There e on ts h w fe a nr s rs another Here others ere besides w fe a feature uo one eeewhichioe frclergy men's hy e as supported p t o h r e t e d d i v i s i a o n m s o o s f t liberaldistricts way ae : o y rdi then according public. When the acto f s h i e r Robert Peel, he could not but anticipat e grea t di stress e notcnl der the clergy, for thei r sons, b eing educated at the school, wtm c ta o m a o ea u s n n o t l s d , n aws go n ras f es o o t : t h n t ot he s f hm a . ibs a i mlot He d t oy of f o n t m e h ld m e best securities for future character. He could state from his own experience, when choosing a school for his own sons, that it was not merely the character and attainments of the masters that were looked to, but also the character of the families by whom children were sent to the schools. Whatever influence was exercised by the masters, there was an indirect but subtle arid powerful influence exercised by schoolfellows, and he was anxious to know by whom such influence should be exercised on his children. These schools would offer the best security for this influence being beneficial, when the scholars were principally the sons of the clergy. They would carry into school those habits of religion which characterised the clergy them selves, and two classes of society would reap the advan. tales of mixing together. All ideas of separate interests would be done away with, by making the children of the clergy the schoolfellows of the children of the laity," I fof 0 as The [isle of