The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-10 00:00:00

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1854 Insurance Notices, NO CHARGE FOR POLICY STAMPS. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, F.STABLISHED IN 1797. 70, L OUBARD-sTREET. um and 57, CHARING CROSS, WESTMINSTER. The present Septennial period, prior to the next Division of ~onts, will terminate on the 2d July, 1354. All Policies now 1 , 1 ,3 ed (and afterwards continued in force for five years) on 4a. articipating Scale of Premium, will share in the surplus. Prospectuses, and Forms of Proposal, apply at the lt3ices, as above, or to any of the Company's Agents. ROBERT TUCKER, Secretary. AGENTS. THOS. CROOK and Son, Accountants. JAMES ODDIE, Agent to the Manchester JZi ftice. S r . e THOS. LEWIN, Wine-merchants. (Thomas Hill, Surveyor. • • • IThomas L. Cunningham, Stationer. r John Railton, St. Paul's Foundry. • • • • 1 James Wilson, Old Bank. ........ fia-mmeas.goelflaens and Son. tt n eY ......... Thomas Holgate, Wine•merhant. 11 7 .......... arhiczas Harper,roto Bookseller.licir lorley ..... Richalt(l tocaster ........... Richard Hincle . , Wine-merchant. ancheater Go i be ia r t ilmjoalmeess Tate, Norfolk-s treet. _ a King-street. !skirk .. • ...... John Fairhunt, Miller. rv4c2l_o ......... Edward Pedder, Banker. t .......... S. Proctor, Grocer. Del hdale ...... VJ a o m na W an o /Ve s id A Bank ne - Tnanager. ford .......... W. W. Goulden, Solicitor. Arrington {la h mes Bolton, Ironmonger. ........ I Wood co ck, 17 1, 11 1lart, and Scott, Solicitors. John Acton, Gentleman. rickb ar , rim LANCASHIRE INSURANCE 1 CMPANY. CAPITAL, O TWO MILLIONS. T _OFFICE -26, Market-street, Manchester. :Iv g a I '"DoN OFFICE -2, King-street, Cheapside. PooLop n - FlOl-3 H lel- st reet,B6, Exchange-street East. ..q.s.snovr OFFICES-118, Ingram-street. and 4, H anover-st reet. GREENTocK OFFICE—The Mansion-house. DIRECTORS AT LIVERPOOL. PrY illeniv, CHAIR MAN —Eyre Evans, Esq. l'Pho m '''n Darbyshire, Esq. 1 W.F. Hunter, Esq. Ge, :) 18 , Esq. Frederick Lyon, Esq. ch r ite Glen Esq Daniel Powell, Esq. arles Holiand. ksq. I -Tames Smith, Esq. R ESIDENT SECRETARY—John Semple, Esq. 130/cu LIFE DEPARTMENT. toned "S.—EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits appoir _ Cable the Assured triennially, after the firi.t five years ? at d as may be preferred at the time of each valuation. Age. ........ _ kne t, Ra I "Z - ---- f _2_ - __ :.-___ I 17 0 I ,R 2 60 I 1 .43 06 1 I .14 69 I i'6 76. SPECIAL NOTICE.—No Stamp Duty whatever charged. t ined FIRE DEPARTMENT. uoned PER CENT. of the Profits appor : tta -: to the Assured annually on Policies of three years' udlng--all advantage offered by very few Offices. The INSURANCFS ON FARMING STOCK. of „oblic are informed that the Rates for the Insurances fro n 3Ziolg Stock with this Company have just been REDucv.o fr om 3i: to 3s. per Cent. without tile Average Clause, and exliiNore ./leg . -- . Pe rsons in to with that Clause. ICE ' insured with this Office, whose Policies 4 hould b HRISTMAS, are respectfully reminded tukt . t a h n the se renewed within Fifteen Days from that p r id e; .1 tiecnrity desire to avail themselves of the adyan ag o extra exp en _ , The Lancashire Insurance Company incur n / b 4; uy the transfer of their Policies. Davy nti al GPntlemen Wanted as Agents, where the Com pm% "t represented. oth er iDetnses, Mercantile Rates, Forms of Proposal, and all Of the , r mation, will b e a ff or d e d a t the Offices and Agencies Mr, ivlZP i aay. , Mr.'BERSON, Agent for Birkenhead ASPINALL, Agent for Toxteth.park. TIE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. C4Pitlz. 42 ,000,000, in 100,008 .SHARES of £2O each. , N o ... HEAD OFFICE, alit JOHN -STREET. AND DALE-STREET. John S h . TRUSTEES. • -ST Leigh, Esq. I It. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq. J. _ eZ t k ri r c - r? r R u S. &C., IN LlVER a rO rm oL a . n. Bratilley44 es Turner E al i oore, Esq., and Edmund Molyneux, Esq., It l eha el Rel h Michael c et. EsaDephty-Chairroen. Tlio el E°uBfield, Esq. Richard Houghton, Esq. ~, . Tail Bouch, Ec, Edward Johnston, Esq. .ClPil Brocklebanir''R Roger Lyon Jones, Esq. Tho v m " a e s a rl nnon, E sq : - 8 9. James Lawrence, Esq. 1,.,.. _... o v er, Es q , 1 William J. Marrow, Esq. an%lison Harvey, E I Francis Maxwell, Esq. - I'. D s 11°Im e, Esq sq. George Maxwell, Esq. Gorge Hornbv - R . Robert M'Andrew, Esq. R. How ' -4( 1. William Smith, Eaq. John Torr, Eaq. William Tithe'? ( 1 . William PHYSICIArN•ngton, Ea q., Richard Fortnby,.Al and John Dickinson, Esq. SURGEON. D. S SURVEYOR. Hugh Neill, F.R,A. . Samuel Holme E Ry, SOLICITOR. CT ITA MANAGE R -k;iD S A ti. Setimus D B ON oo .e, keri s E q s . q. Per p cy M. OFFICE—HAmitiroN-H 1 BIRKENHEA BRANCH, . 4,,,,.... tiiLD D INGs, Surgeon.— "" 1 • -- enry Cole, KSCI• HAMILTON -STREET. NOTICE, James T. Vale, Esq., Hamilton -square. SPECIAL LIFE BRANCH Attention i B.—STAMPS ON LIFE . POLICIES NOT CHARGED. ea se n: I_ . . are not s directed to the fact that to a defined extent Life n subject to Income-tax, and that in certain b ut , a!afe Policies are exempt from the New Success' le FIRE BRANCH. Fitts, Pr e .. INSURANCES will be effected at moderate rates of qi e i ntum. The lea Compny, h aving toldhe advantage of a Resi- D nt Director, will enabled istinguish itself liy its r°lll 9tness i n the settlement of Claims. i No Charge made for the Policy. LIFE BRANCH. ieoi l - t compaiiy likewise assure Lives on any of the following n Kencies namely : I. ' Or th ' OF LIFE . —The Premiums ,no ee -‘e WHOLE CONTINUANCE ! u aSe after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. • cor R SUM to be payable at Age 6 0, or at Death. A. po PREMIUMS ON CREDIT. , __ •c 1 1,.. - RTION OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON le ulT, OR ASSURANCES MAY FIN Nvr n1()ITS WAYS, NOT ENUMERATED, TO MEET THE ASSUR ANcE7NTIENCE OF THE PARTY MAKING THE The Ilranch Important advantages afforded by the Company in this n.., will include the following. viz. : iiiiIITANTee OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL, MODERATE PRE 4SSti..3' LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE Thg n, SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, &c. Iret,'-`lual C ommission allowed to Solicitors. Pliny t° Medical Referees are likewise granted by this Com. . policies • ' PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. or before -4 'Cling due at CHRISTMAS should be renewed on i,_e.the 9th of January next. .ec timer, 'B3 3. THE AND LrvERPOOL AND LONDON FIR E LIFE INSURANCE . CAPITOLCAPITOLTWO MILLIONS. COMPANY , -ESTLI A c t s IN 136. ' M Povrered Aß by Act E s of Parliament. 37, C4srLE.sPnki,, LIVERPOOL, AND 20 8 - 21, POULTRY, LONDON. Adam Hodgsot ETshcio.rn TRUSTE ES . Bernard Bart. as ernar Birch , Esq. Samuel Henry Thomps on, DIRECT ORS IN LIVE RroOL. Chai rman —Thomas Brocklebank, Egg' pr t y - Chairmen. Joseph C. Evrar , sq. and Francis Hay w o od, Thomas Booth, Esq , sq. (George Ha ll H Li a t F rancis Caesar Braun . E William Earle, Esq. 'George Grant, Esq. Lawr ence, Esq. A illiam Lowe, Esq. i t i l e i d A aTe r , ,Alexander Macgregor, Esq . Thomas Haigh, Esq. Lrabnecrita HAi.gllnianmEiltson, Esq. 'John Marriott, Esq. 'Thomas Seller, Esq. , Charles Saunders, Esq. .Reorge Holt, isq. q. John Swainson. Esq,. 'log' Hornby, Esq. James Aspinall Tobin, Esq. Secretary — Swinton Boult, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. _. Chairman —Matthew Forster, Esq. Rdwirr(MrY-Chairman—George Frederick Young, Esq : . ~ ,„„,,.. ',laniard, Es ßoss D. Mangles, Esq., .m.r iv Illiam tiro__ Es q . Wm . p 7'.. q., M.P. Hon. F. Ponsonby. winiani R4ret Bathe, Port. John Ranking, Esq. Frederick Harri son Esci. retary Donald Larnacliali'' .P. Edward Thompson, q• Swinton Boult, Esq., Sec to the Company. . Refiden f Secreq; duditors—Tho --ar i ,— Beniamin Henderson, Maii Buddicom Blackburne, James, Esq. Liability of the entiCreOhNSTITUTION. Esq., unlimited.and Daniel body of Shareholders t N THE U ry /..fnult FIR E DEPARTMENT. FIRE urric.ED AGAINST Loss OR DAMAGE xi B E Y s IN FOR C D 1(ING DONI THE BRITISH COLO. 9 AND The Premiums received OUNTRIES. ' • In IRV? _ ..,-.... Were *ll 987 in 1842, .€23,804. , In 1847, £49,402 in 1832, £98,655. 1 LO ANS GRANT E D DEPARTMNT. ON LIFE A ND REVERSIONARY INTERESTS. • INstritAxclt. EFFECTED IN ALL ITS . BRANCH ES, . __ .clencl eudingthe issuing of Policies the premiums on winch y . to 20 after a stipulred number of payments, varying from 4 .. years.; and others providing for the sum insured being Vain at a given date, or sooner in the event of death. Ansturrnts, IMMEDIATE OR DEFERRED. POLICIES ISSUED FREE OF STAMP DUTY. Peculiar advantages are afforded the Assured, residence in .exrra Prevaum rne: 44"rali " Colonies being . allowed, without payment of . and great fac i lities are afforded in the pill' tnent of Renelial Pre sm.,mspethrmroillionthe several Agencies throughout the Assured to reside in the United Sta tes of Zmaelrsio granted ordi nary Rate of Premium, and the license as to tr c a a ve a l has been Ereatly extended. Moderate Rates for the East Indies and Foreign Countries. The Premiums received on L ife Policies amou In 1837 to .e 1,755 ...... i p 1842 tonted.4l3. In 1847 to .e 21.197 ...... i n 1 852 to .e 503,800, THE BONUSES OF THE COMPANY ARE GUARAN WHEN THE POLICIES ARE I SSUED. TEED Persons whose Fire Policies with this Company expire on the 25th instant, are respectfully rent bided that receipts for renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool and London, and in the hands of the respective ' ' A gent* ; and those who, preferring the security offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Insurance, are , • snfwmed that no expense will be incurred by such removal. ) Fur ther particulars may b e had on application at the Offices, 37, CASTL E - STREET, Liverp oo l ; an d 20 and 21, Poultry, :, London; or to any of the Agents in the Country. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the CompiliTy7 — BENJ. HEN DERSON, Resident Secretary, London. AGENT hir. FOR BIRKENHEAD : r. ROBER T HUGHES, Brandon-street, Hamilton-square. December, 1853. ATKINSON AND BARKER'S ROYAL INFANTS' PRESE RVATIVE. —MOTHERS, call at your Druggist's, and purchase a Bottle of the above. IT S T HE BEST MEDIC INE IN THE WORLD FOR IN PANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN', for the preventio n a n d cure of those DISORDERS i nc i dent to I NFANTS; afforiing INSTANT RELIEF IN CONVULS IONS, Flatulency, Affec tions of the be Bo wels DIFFICULT TEETHING , &c. &c.,&c., and May given with ' safety immediately after bi r th, It is n o Misno mer Cordial 1--no stupefactive, deadly narco ti c !—b u t a veritable preservative of Infants ! Mothers would act wisely in always keeping it in the Nursery. Prepared only by ROBER T BARKER, Bowdon, near Man chester (Chemist to Her Most Gracion V ictoria), in Bottles at Is. hid., 2s, 9d., and 4s. 6(1. each. Gracious Majesty Queen CAUTION I —Observe the names of ‘ 4 ATKINSON an d BARIUM" on tn.t P.QYerilmcnt EtaulP• Effianttb. TAW. —WANTED, a SHARE in a res p ectable 114 Practice in Liverpool or its neighbourhood.— Address, with real name, terms, &c., to K. L., Standard-office, Liver pool. WANTED, CARTS and HORSEbe In S for the CO NVEYANCE of COALS. —Apply at t or e Hall Company's Yards, Crown-street anct Lightbody-street, Stan ley Dock. WANTED, a respectable YOUTH, as an AP PRENTICE in a SHIPBROKER'S OFFICE. Apply, in ovsn handwriting, to B 12, Standard-office. HOUSEKEEPER OR COMPANION TO A SINGLE LADY OR GENTLEMAN.—WANTED, a SITUATION, by a respectable middle-aged FEMALE, of good exnerience and unexceptionable references. Address X. X., Standard -office, Liverpool. PO PARENTS AND OTHERS.—One or Two 1 respectable YOUTHS or YOUNG MEN can be BOARDED and treated as part of the Family, at moderate charges, in a comfortable Private Family, about twelve minutes' walk from the Exchange. For address apply at the Standard -office. WOODSIDE F ERR Y.—WANTED, an INSPECTOR of BOATS, &c., to regulate the arrival and departure of each Ferry-boat at Woodside Slip ;to inspect the cabins, fires, lights, and general cleanliness of the Boats, &c. Wages not less than 30s. per week. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the MANAGER, Woodside Ferry. None but steady active men acquainted with such duties need apply.—Personal application, with Testimonials, must be made to the MANAGER on or before the 19th inst.— By order of the Committee, W. RUDD, Manager. Woodside Ferry, Jan. 7, 1854. SCHOOLMISTRESS WANTED.-THE GUARDIANS of the WEST DERBY UNION 'being desirous of Engaging a competent PERSON as SCHOOL MISTRESS at the WORKHOUSE SCHOOL for GIRLS, have extended the time for sending of Applications until the 17th instant. The SALARY will be £3O per Annum, with separate Apart ments and Board, and an unmarried Person will be preferred. Applications, in the Writing of the Candidates, to be sent to me on or before TUESDAY, the 17th instant. No Applicant need attend personally, unless specially re quested so to do. Canvassing of the Guardians, either personally, by letter, or agent, is strictly prohibited, and will be held to be an entire disqualificati on, By order of the Board, WM. CLEAVER, Union Clerk. 2, Elliott-street, Liverpool, sth January, 1854. LOANS OF MONEY.-BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. The CORPORATION of LIVERPOOL are prepared to receive LOANS of MONEY, for neriods of Three, Five, or Seven Years, bearing Interest at the rate of £4 per Cent. per Annum. Interest payable on the Ist January and Ist July in every year. The Security is the " Liverpool Water Account," composed of the Rents, Rates, and Charges for the supply of Water within the Borough of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood, for Domestic,. Trading. Manufacturing, and other purposes. and for Shipping, THE BOROUGH FUND BEING AN A DDITIONAL OR COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR THE INTEREST ; AND THE LANDS, TENEMENTS,, HEREDITAMENTS, AND ESTATE OF THE CORPORA TION, FOR THE PRINCIPAL. Applications to be made to CAP ES ASHLIN, Esq., Trea surer, Public Offices, 2, Cornwallis-street; or to the TOWN CLERK, Town-hall, Liverpool; from either of whom further particulars may be obtained. (By order) WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Town-hall, 2nd January, 1854. Ito be ,olb or Let. %WOOD FOR SALE.—A fine OAK COP PICE, of Forty Acres, more or less, suitable for Hooping and such like purposes ; also a considerable number of OAK TREES. standing within 17 miles of the shipping ports of Palnackie and Kirkcudbright.—For particulars apply to Mr. THONG-9 Nl`CAut., Factor, Dairy by Castle Douglas. 2nd January, 1854. TO be SOLD, (for the remainder of the Lease, about thirteen years,) a SPIRIT VAULT and TAVERN, having a Concert-room, together with the GOODWILL and FITTINGS-UP, and FURNITURE, which are complete, and in excellent condition. The Premises are in one of the best thoroughfares in Liverpool, and now command a good busi ness, which only requires capital to be considerebly increased. For further particulars apply to Messrs. NEAL and MARTIN, Solicitors, Liverpool. TO be LET, a small convenient WAREHOUSE, in the upper part of Moor street, containing six rooms and a dry cellar. Rent .el2O per annum.—Appy tO ROBERT THOMAS, 9, Old Ropery. TO be LET, in Lots to be agree d u p on, about 83,800 square yards of LAND. lying to the westward of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, on the south side of the Locks leading from the Canal to the Stanley Dock, and eastward of Great Howard-street. And about 19.000 square yards of LAND on the north side of the Canal Locks, fronting Light body-street.—Parties desirous of renting the DANIEL same may oN,ob tain further information b y applying to AlAs Dock Secretary's Office, Liverpool. Dock-office, Liverpool. 10th October, 1853. WM. WILLIAMS, ESTATE AGENT, 47, Bane lagh-street, al) d Hall of Commerce. 3, Hack in's•hey, has the following very valuable PROPERTY to OFFER for SALE, viz.:— Several splendid COUNTRY MANSIONS, from Three to Twelve Thousand Pounds. One with about 300 Acres of LAND; one, about 3 miles from town, with about 10 Acres of LAND; and several other smaller ones in different localities, with a few commodious FAMILY RESIDENCES, in some of the most fashionable parts of the town. Also, upwards of 600,000 square yards of LAND, in various locali tiloo,, es and in different lots, to suit purchasers, upwards of 000 of which would be exchanged for good property in the town. • To be LET, a few delightful COUNTRY RESIDENCES, from two to four miles from the Exchange. One at Seaforth, one at Huyton. one near the Prince's-park, one in Edge-lane, with a few excellent Houses in Cheshire, and an excellent Furnished HOUSE near St. Bride's Church. An excellent SINGLE and DOUBLE OFFICE in Hackin's-he) ; and a good SCHOOL-ROOM in Gerard-street. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. millions and a half from individual contributions. It is one of the most pleasing features in the pro gress of society in England, and the vast increase of material wealth, that so large a portion has been voluntarily bestowed towards increasing the means of grace. Nor is this all, for the income of the several voluntary Church Societies amounts to about £lOO,OOO a year. These are gratifying proofs of the piety and munificence of Englishmen in the nineteenth century, fully equal to the vaunted times in the middle ages, when donations for Church purposes were too often wrung from as unwilling devotees, through superstitious fears, compensation for rapine and other. crimes. No such influences, however, could have induced the pious offerings from which two thousand new churches have been erected within twenty years. Much, however, remains to be done : the work of evan gelisation requires continued exertions, not only in our own country, but in our distant colonies, where rapid strides have already been made to spread the truths' of Christianity, and the glad tidings of salvation among those who, going forth into the wilderness as the pioneers of civi lisation, would, without such aid, too soon forget, in their earthly pursuits, the early lessons they may have learned in the land of their birth. The document we have alluded to contains some interesting information with respect to the various societies which, by the voluntary aid afforded them, contribute so materially to the work of the Church. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which was established in 1698, has, since 1733, issued above a hundred millions of publications. In 1851, it voted £28,000 towards the endowment of new colonial Bishoprics, and within three years £31,000 was voted towards the establishment of Colleges and Collegiate Institu tions, and £12,000 towards the erection of Cathe drals in the Colonies. The Society for the Propa gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was established in 1701, and its objects are devoted exclusively to the maintenance of clergymen and missionaries in the British dependencies. The Church Missionary Society was established in 1798; and with an income of about £120,000 maintains 116 stations in Africa, India, Ceylon, Syria, China, New Zealand, and North-West America. The Church Building Society was established in 1818, and makes grants, not exceeding £5OO, in aid of N oluntary contributions, on condition that one half, at least, of the increased accommodation be reserved Ffor the use of the poor. In addition to the above are several others, including the Additional Curates' Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, which was founded in 1840, and has been the means of establishing fifteen new dioceses in the Colonies. If judged of, therefore, either by numbers or means of useful ; ness, the Church holds a proudly pre-eminent position over and above all voluntary religious communities, and well maintains its claim to be the religion of the country. The Dissenters boast of their voluntary efforts in the cause of religion, but it will be seen by the foregoing, that beyond all legal obligations, and the provision made by the piety of our ancestors, the Church exceeds them all in the sacrifices made by her members for the spread of evangelical truth, not only through our own country but through the heathen world. Tux tone of the despatches from Eastern Europe, which at first teemed with accounts of Turkish successes on the banks of the Danube magnified into important victories, has lately taken a totally new direction, and we hear of Russian triumphs on the Black Sea, and successive defeats of the Mahometan forces. So many contradic tory accounts have been received, and so many of the reports have proved to be concoctions for political or stock-jobbing purposes, that it is not at all surprising that great distrust of their truth should attach to all despatches from the same quarter. It may, however, be admitted, that after receiving the first onset of the Turkish forces, made with their accustomed gallantry, the Rus sians have begun in earnest, not only to interpose an effectual resistance, but to carry the war on the offensive into the enemy's territory. During all this time, negotiations have been carried on between the representatives of the four mediating Powers, but with what success remains to be seen; for, though the SULTAN has expressed his willing. ness to put himself under the protection of his allies, the time appears to have gone by for the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA co-operating in these com- bined views with equal facility. It is evident there must be two parties to any agreement, and it matters litttle how readily the SULTAN may adopt the advice of the English and French Ministers, if his antagonist has determined to be satisfied with nothing less than the cession of the coveted provinces, even at the hazard of a general war with the Western Powers of Europe. Such appears to be the present state of the case, if we may credit the reports of warlike preparations in Russia, and the determination said to be expressed by the EMPEROR, not to concede any portion of his demands ; and the problem to be solved, is the position to be assumed by England and France when the alternative is a disastrous and expensive war, of which none can foretel the end, or a dis honourable concession which may prove equally mischievous. But, while the contending parties have been in actual conflict, and preparing for more deadly strife, the mediating powers appear to have confined their interference to the mere wordy warfare of diplomatic negotiations. Months have elapsed since the fleets of England and France were called into the Bosphorus for the active defence of Turkey against her aggressor, but nothing has actually been done until, at length, the sincerrity of all professions has been doubted, and matters, instead of being better, have become worse, and the hopes of peace more distant. Through all this protracted negotiation, it would appear that the English Government has had no serious intention of taking any decided course, but rather followed in the wake of France, whose position has been the more creditable of the two. Austria is believed to be secretly serving the cause of Russia, by protracting negotiations which are never intended to come to anything, in order to enable her Northern Ally to complete her preparations for war, which appear to be car ried on with an earnestness of purpose which leaves little doubt as to the ultimate intentions of the CZAR. The French Minister has, however, spoken out, and openly declared the intentions of his Government to recognise the nationalities of Hungary, and the other provinces, which, in the event of a war, would prove a thorn in the side of Austria. The English PREMIER has literally done no thing : he is believed, in this country, to be secretly favourable to the designs of Russia, and this view helps to account for the extraordinary delay in bringing the affair to a settlement. Par liament, however, will shortly meet, and the Government will then be imperatively called upon for some solution of the apparent enigma. They will then need all the peculiar powers of the offended HOME SECRETARY to make even a decent apology ; the country will, at least, be spared from the uncer tainty which has so long prevailed, and which is as disastrous if not more so than the knowledge that we must be prepared for a termination of the peace of Europe. But whatever may be the nature of the explanation, or however great the ingenuity dis played in glossing over Ministerial faults, plain straightforward Englishmen, who look for honour and hock in the affairs of states as well as be• Contracts. CONTRACTS FOR FLOUR, &c.—The Guar dians of the West Derby Union are desirous of CON TRACTING for the supply of FLOUR (the best seconds), OATMEAL, and PEAS, from the 18th instant to the 25th day of March next. Tenders, with Samples, to be sent to the Workhouse, Mill lane, Everton, on or before TUESDAY next, the 17th instant, which will be opened on the followingAVE day.—Bv ordr of the Board, WILLIAM CL E AV E R, Union e •clerk . 2, Elliot-street, Liverpool. ONDON. and. NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—NOTICE TO FARMERS.—The London and North-We.4ern Railway Company is prepared to receive PROPOSALS for the PURCHASE of the MANURE, made at their Cattle Stations, Liverpool, during the year 1854, and which will amount to au 160 ton s.—Aplications,addressed to the undersigned, mu bo st t be sent in not p later than the 11th January. FISHER ORMANDY. Cash Manager's Office, Edge-hill, 30th December, 1853. LIVERPOOL UNION BANK.—NOTICE is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND of Three per Cent. on the Capital Stock of the C om p an y , for the Half-year ending the 31st December last, (being at the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum,) together with a BONUS of Six Shillings per Share, will be paid to the Proprietors on and after the 12th instant. The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the sth to the 12th ins'ant, inclusive. The ANNUAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will be held in the CLARENDON-ROOMS, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist of February, at One o'cl ß ock. y order of the Board, JAMES LISTER, Manager. Brunswick-street, 4th January, 1854. T HE TREASURER TREASURER of the LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY desires to acknowledge L with Thanks the following DON ATIONS, LEGACIES, aud CO LECTIONS, received during the past year:— DONATIONS. .e s. d. Major Bourne, Presiden t G. M. 8.. per Richard Gi bson, Esq. 0 0 0 G e orge Kenworthy, Esq. 50C 0 0 Miss Phoebe Heywood 21 0 0 ' 21 0 0 J. G. Woodhouse Esq. James Galloway , Eaq., Prescot One-tenth share of the Fund raised for George Jenner, per Wm. Stuart , Esq., surviving Trustee, £BO stock in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 2 1 0 and in cash Surplus of Fund from Rodney -street Ward Muni cipal Election, per the Treasurers Mr. 'Wm. Milner, amount of Rent pd Archer. for the Offices of the A gen cy ofthe C r ystal Palace Con y , an E t Mrs. Lewis, verton- row 5 5 0 Y., per Peck and Sons 2 10 0 G. S., per Ditto 0 10 0 1 Mrs. Thomas Ripley Fines levied by the Grand Jury of the Liverpool Summer Assizes, per James Thos. Bourne, Esq , Chairman 4 14 G Anonymous lOO 0 0 John Green, Esq., Prescot, per Mr. Galloway 2l 0 0 Proceeds of a Concert at the Colosseum, per Mr. 30 0 0 J os eph Heath J. S. A., per Rev. H enr y Marlen 3 0 0 Messrs. John and Joseph Bunston LEGACIES. Miss Catherine Emelia Parr, per W. S. Caine, Esq , 90 0 0 E xecu tor, less duty Miss Elizabeth Foster, due on the decease of Hiss Rachel Foster, but paid by her in advance , p er 40 0 0 Ed war d Evans, Esq., Executor per G. H. Ch ar l es Lawrence, late o f Mossley.bill, p Lawren ce, Esq., Executor , less duty 90 0 0 Mr. Henry Wilkinson, corn merchant, per Messrs. Henry Bebbington, Wm. Wilkinson, and Richard 22 10 0 Gib son , Executors, less duty .................. Lewis Wm. Wyatt, late of the Isle of Wight, Esq., per James Wyatt and Benjamin Wyatt Green field, Esqrs.. Executors, less duty .............. 45 0 0 Mr. Edward Segar, late of Birkenhead, per hirs. Adriana Segar, and Mr. Halsall Segar, Executrix and Executor .................................. 100 0 0 Miss Ann Renshaw, per Edward Molyneux and Wm. Taylor, Esqrs., Executors, less duty ...... 450 0 0 Mrs. Tabitha Woodfine, received out of Court of Chancery, £100; les s duty, and law charges, .il4 19s. 10 d. .......................... 75 0 2 CHURCH and CHAPEL COLLECTIONS. Proportion of Collections fr om the Welsh Calvanis tic Methodists, per David Lewis , E s q . .......... 10 10 0 Proportion of " 'The Simu ltaneous Collection in 135 12 10 behalf of Local Charities" ...................... BENEFACTIONS OF LINEN, BOOKS, &c. Mr. Radley, old Linen. Mrs. Richard Rowlinson, old Linen. Mrs. John Cooper, old Linen. P. W. Brancker, Esq., old Linen. Mrs. Daniel Bell, old Linen. Mrs. John P. Heywood, old Linen. Messrs. R. and H. Anderson, Two Parcels of Linen Strips for Bandages. Miss Phoebe Chorley, old Linen, a fine old Sheet, Four Night Coats, Six Petticoats, Two Shirts for old Linen, and a few Sweets. Joseph Matthews, Esq., old Linen. Miss Hewitt, old Linen and Cloths. Mrs. Mills, old Linen. Mr. Henry Stubbs, Eleven Numbers of Household Words and Twenty-nine Number of Chambers' Journal. Miss K. H. Rigg, old Linen. s Sir George Stephen, Linen. Mr. Simpson. old Linen and Two Jars of Tamarinds. Mr. James Gillaird, old Linen. E. and S. C., old Handkerchiefs and Stockings. Mrs. Davies, old Linen. Three Friends, Two Parcels of old Linen, and old Shirts. Mrs. Charles Turner, old Vries ) . 1 January 2, 18.34. ALFRED NORTH, Treasurer. 1 0 0 TIVERPOOL EYE & EAR INFIRMARY. A —The ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the above Charity is intended to be held at the Clarendon•rooms, on MONDAY, the 16th of January, at Two o'clock precisely. HENRY CROSFIELD. Treasurer. JOSEPH HADWEN, lion. Sec. Liverpool, 4th January, 1854. TIVERPOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTI TUTE.—The FIRST of the EIGHTH WINTER COURSE of LECTURES will be Delivered by the Rev. R. VAUGHAN, D.D., in the CONCERT-HALL, Lord Nelson street, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the 10th instant. Subject—" HOW ROMANISMDESIGN. HAS USED THE ARTS OF " Chair to he taken by the Rev. T. RAFFLES, D.D., LL.D., at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission: Boxes, 3d ; Gallery, 6d ; Reserved Seats, Is. TIVERPOOL CHURCH . OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' SOCIETY.—The ANNUAL MEETING of the above Society will be held in the Hall of the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, on THURSDAY EVENING next, the 12th instant, at Half-past Six o'clock. The LORD BISHOP of the Diocese will preside. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, the Rev. Dr. M'NEILE, the Rev. J. BARDSLEY. and several influential Gentlemen, have promised to address the Meeting. Tickets may be obtained from Mr. SCRAG°, 75, Renshaw street, THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 10th, and To-MORROW (Wednesday), the 11th instant, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. The Upper Gallery will be free without Ticket. STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. The ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to the STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY will beheld at Mr. Beloe's Office, Brunswick-street, on THURSDAY next, the 12th inst., at Eleven o'clock. GEORGE PENNELL, Secretary. J January 5, 1854. The Benevolent are respectfully solicited to contribute to the above charitable Institution. Applications for relief daily increase. Subscriptions and Donations will be received by the Trea. surers, Mr. THOMAS KATE, Courier-office, and Mr. H. C. BELOE, Brunswick-street; and by Messrs. ROBERT JONES and SoN, 2, Castle-street ; and at the Mail and Mercury Newspaper-offices. PHILHARMONIC-HALL. MISS RANSFORD FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY! WITH THOMAS'S UNITED BAND OF SIXTY, AND SIXTEEN SOLO PERFORMERS. (Look for particulars in another page.) TO CORR ES PO N Dlt N TS. CT We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Booxs, &c., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Redlion-court, Fleet-street, , London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not bold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 22a. on credit. 4, . • L.,' , 16, -4 1 ". • tri. L.; tibtrpoot tanbarb+ TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 10, 1854. THE statement of the National Revenue, which was published on Friday, is, upon the whole, satis factory, though not perhaps more favourable than might have been anticipated, when we take into account the vast increase in Imports and Exports; and the general activity in trade and manufactures, by which the year has been distinguished. It will be seen, upon reference to the tables in another column, that on the account for the year the increase in ordinary revenue is £702,808, the items on which there is a decrease being—Taxes, £223,975 ; and Miscellaneous, £117,354. The increase is further augmented by imprest and other money £245,026, and repayments of advances £368,091, making a grand total of £1,315,925. Upon the account for the quarter this state is almost directly reversed, there being an increase of £63,000 on the Post-office, and a decrease on every other item of ordinary revenue, the total decrease being £299,297. The decrease in Customs and Excise may be readily accounted for by the ‘ reductions on Tea and Sugar duties, and the abolition of several minor Customs' duties, and the Excise duty on Soap; but it is not so easy to account for the falling off in Stamps, Taxes, and Property-tax, inasmuch as the new penny receipt stamp is believed to have yielded more revenue than the previous higher rate, and no alterations have been made in other taxes, except the imposi tion of a new one on succession to real property. Upon the whole, however, the account is satisfac tory, affording fair evidence of the elasticity of the national resources, augmented as they have been by the extraordinary gold discoveries in our Aus tralian colonies. So much for the past, and advantage has been taken of it to lessen, though in a small degree, the annual charge upon the country for the interest of the National Debt, no less a sum than £6,048,758, having been devoted out of the balance in the Exchequer to pay off the holders of certain stocks, who have declined to commute them, in addition to the large sum which has been devoted every quarter out of the surplus to the purchase of stock by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. If, however, we may place any reliance on the predictions which are confidently made of this country being on the eve of an expen sive war, we shall soon have full employment not only for all our spare revenue, but also require great additions to our present system of taxation. The great mistake was committed in making the Property-tax a source of income in time of peace ; but the Government may have some credit for the precautions which appear to have been taken for rendering the British Navy efficient, and the zeal with which they seem to have carried out the plan of the Earl of DERBY for augmenting the National Militia. It would, however, have redounded more to their credit, had firmness instead of temporising spared the necessity of warlike operations ; for, whatever may be the issue of the present contest between Russia and Turkey, it will be difficult to disabuse the public mind of the impression that it would have worn a different aspect had the course pursued by the English Cabinet been dictated by wisdom and honesty of purpose. A notice in the London Gazette of Friday, declares the surplus income for the year ended 10th of October last, to be £3,247,423115. 11d., of which a fourth part, or £811,855 17s. 11d., will be applied towards the reduction of the National Debt, together with £3,951 135.10 d., the interest received on account of donations and bequests. AN attempt has been made to derive some practical benefit from the Census of the Popula tion which was taken in 1851, and, as one step in this direction, an elaborate statement has been published respecting the state of religious worship in England. To those who are curious as to the various phases of Dissent, it will, no doubt, afford some interesting details as to comparative strength of numbers, but its chief value is comprised in the information afforded as to the Church, and the progress which it has made in providing accommo dation for Divine worship. It is true that many bodies of Dissenters have made great exertions to extend their peculiar doctrines, and in numerous instances have shown far more zeal than those who profess to be members of the Church ; but, notwithstanding , this, it is gratifying to know that the Church far outnumbers all who dissent from her teaching, and that her progress has been more rapid, particularly if we may judge from the increase of her buildings. It appears that, in the thirty years from 1801 to 1831, the total number of new churches did not exceed five hundred, at a cost of more than a million from the public funds, and not quite twice that amomit from in dividual contributions ; whereas, in the twenty years from 1831 to 1851, more than two thousand, new churches were built, at A obarge on the publio• . Cauds• of only about half mitts" but OX/Vg ANT. tween private individuals, will not be cajoled into the belief that all the mischief which has happened, and may happen, is not owing to the vacillation or something worse of the English Cabinet at the commencement of the affair. Had the first . threat of Russia to cross the Pruth, and thereby to commit an overt act of hostility to Turkey,been at once met by an indignant remonstrance from England, and an avowed determination to render the affair a Euro pean quarrel, because the territorial arrangements of previous treaties were violated, there can be little doubt that Russia would have hesitated, or at least been open to negotiation on equitable terms. But having been allowed to take the first step without rebuke or remonstrance, Mahometan pride was aroused, and actual hostilities only served to make the breach wider. The EMPEROR of RUSSIA counted, and not it seems without reason, on the good offices of his friend the Earl of ABERDEEN ; and now having gone too far to recede, he is mus tering the forces of his mighty empire for the emergency. If this be truly the only alternative to which we have been driven through the treachery of the Coalition Ministry,—the disgraceful position of having made professions we never meant to per form, and the humiliating position of playing second fiddle to the mushroom Emperor of France,—the course to be pursued for the future becomes a matter for the gravest consideration. Much has been said about the independence of Turkey ; but this is a mere phantom upon which it is not worth wasting powder and shot. No nation can be independent which needs the arms of its allies to defend its own territory, and such would be the position of Turkey,were the combined fleets to commence active operations in the Black Sea. We should be virtually assuming a protec torate of Turkey, to accomplish which we should have to hazard an encounter with the Empire of Russia, at a lose which, whatever the issue, we should fear to calculate. On the other hand, if we now recede, or longer continue the same state of inactivity, we shall be virtually surrendering to Russia, and giving a tacit encouragement to those ambitious designs which no amount of conquest will satisfy until there is nothing left to conquer. In the negotiations which have yet taken place, both Austria and Prussia have joined with England and France in deciding upon the terms which Turkey ought to yield and Russia ought to accept ; but should the worst apprehensions of war be realised, it is strongly suspected that these powers would join with Russia against the West of Europe, unless, indeed, Austria should be restrained by the fear of insurrection in those provinces which Russia assisted her to reduce to obedience. In any case, the alternative is a fearful one ; and, though it is to be hoped that energetic diplomacy may yet prove successful in averting the last appeal, the blame is owing in a great measure to the Coali tion Cabinet of the Earl of ABERDEEN. Ws sincerely regret to have to announce that the Rev. Dr. M`SEILE was suddenly summoned to Ire land, last week, to what has turned out to be the death bed of his venerable mother. She had attained her 90th year, and, although retaining the perfect use of all her faculties, she had long desired her departure. She expired in perfect peace, surrounded by a family whose conduct had for years constituted a chief ingredient in her earthly happinels. THE LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIR. MARY.-ANNUAL MEETING. Tnz annual meeting of the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum was held yesterday morning, in the board-room of the Infirmary, for the election of officers, and the transaction of the other usual annual business in connexion with this excellent charity. Major JAS. BOURNE, the retiring President, occupied the chair ; and amongst the gentlemen present we observed Mr. John Cropper, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. Church warden Hutchison, Mr. Thos. Bourne, the Rev. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Lawrence Peel, Mr. W. Moss. Mr. Mat thews, Mr. W. Carson, Mr. Thos. Arthur Hope, Mr. Willink, Mr. E. Gibbon, jun., &c., &c. The meeting having been opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Stewart, the chairman said the first business would be to get the treasurer to read the report. Mr. ALFRED NORTH, the treasurer, said that he should commence as usual, by reading a statement of the admis sions and discharges, &c. INFIRMARY. Patients admitted and discharged from Ist January, 1853, to Ist January, 1854. Patients in the house, January Ist, 1853 l7B Admitted during the year -2110 Cured Discharged .. Relieved, i and at own request 421 a de out-patients I rregu tar Dead Remain in the house, January Ist, 1854 156 -2110 Average weekly number Admitted out-patients Surgical casualties Mr. NORTH said by the return 93 less had been ad mitted than in 1852. The weekly average was also a little less, but the number of out-patients had increased 26, and the accidents were 74 more than in 1852. He wished to Were particular attention to the fact that the accidents Were above one-third of the whole number admitted. LUNATIC ASYLUM. Patients admitted and discharged from Ist January, 1853, to Ist January, 1854. Number in the house, litiCured January, 1853 Admitted from lit January, Friends' request, not im -1853, to Ist January, 1854 38 proved 1 Dead In the houge, Ist January, 1854 6' Average weekly number in the house, 60. He might mention that this statement was much the same as last year; and likewise that the ten who had been discharged not perfectly cared, were all in a very good state of bodily health. It should be known that they had not gone out, that it was not the practice, at all events, to send them out when they were ill. LOCK HOSPITAL. Patients admitted and discharged from the Lock Hospital, from let of January, 1853, to the Ist of January, 1854 : Patients in the house. January Ist, 1853 3B Ditto admitted during the year -443 t Cured Relieved, and at own request Discharged.. Sent to the Workhouse Sent to the Penitentiary 1 Sent to the Benevolent House 7 Dead In the house, January Ist, 1854 -.--443 Average weekly number, 42. This was a considerable increase in all respects over last year. Mr. North continued,:—Now, sir, with respect to the accounts, I can only repeat, what I have always had to say, that the early time for which our meeting is fixed renders it totally impossible to make up the accounts. I can, however, give an approximation. The donations have been £403 Os. ed. ; the legacies, £912 10s. 2d. • and the church and chapel collections, £145 2s. 10d. That is a large decrease over last year in both donations and legacies, but last year they were large ' • both legacies and donations were larger than they had been for two or three years. As to the subscription-list lam able to give a little better report than I could last year, but still not by any means so good as I could wish. The subscription list, in 1852, amounted to £2,418 17s. 6d. There have been received, in new subscriptions, £l4O 11s. 6d. ; in in creased subscriptions, £lB is.: against that there are set off discontinuations £lo7lls. 6d., and reductions £3 3s. — so that the total of the subscription list is only £47 18s. over that of 1852, and it is still less than the list of 1845 by £376 15s. 6d. Amongst the discontinuations are two large subscriptions, amounting together to £25. As to the balance in hand, I cannot say exactly what it will be. It will not be so much as last year. We will . have a little on hand, but how much I cannot make out. The expenses have, of course, been greater than last year, and will be still greater this next. The price of butchers' meat, flour, and various other things will make a difference of perhaps £4OO. I wish to call your attention to the increase of the subscription list, be cause, after all, it is upon that we must mainly, or in a great measure, depend; and - I do so, the rather because at the special meeting in July last, a grant was made of 4 5,000 out of the principal fund, on account of alterations in the house. The loss of this income of 45,000 has not been felt at all this last year, but it will be felt in the next. Before I sit down, I would wish just to say, that the committee are very glad to End, very glad indeed, that the call they made twelve months ago for the establishment of a permanent fund for the relief of needy and deserving patients leaving the institution, has been well responded to. I have received, in donations, .e 33, and it is likely to prove a great blessing and advantage to the inmates of the institution. (Applause.) Mr. HARMOOD BANNER said, a resolution had been put into his hands which it would be his duty to move. It was that the accounts for the past year with the report be printed and presented to the trustees and subscribers as soon as nrac ticable. He said, the general subscription list of a public in stitution scarcely loses less than five per cent. per annum. Deaths occurred, removals took place, parties became unable to subscribe where they had subscribed before; and he had never known it less than five per cent., whilst it was frequently considerably more. The treasurer, he was sure, must have exerted himself considerably last year, or they should not now have been in the position in which he had placed them,—for it was gratifying after all, notwithstanding the diminution, that they hand a balance in hand, and that they did not absolutely commence another year in debt. Mr. WM. CARSON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Carson then moved a vote of thanks to Major Bourne, for accepting the office of president in the Past year, and for his handsome donation of 100 guineas. Thel motion was duly seconded, and passed by acclamation. The CHAlnmi.pr aantnyletised the compliment. On the motion of Mr. T. A. Hors, Mr. Charles Turner was appointed president forthe ensuing year. Mr. E. GissoN, junr.. in a very complimentary speech, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Alfred North, the treasurer, and that he be requested to continue in office during the en • suing year. (Applause.) Mr. Joni: CROPPER seconded the motion, which was car ried by acclamation.. Mr. Was. Moss t hen. moved that the thanks of the meeting be presented to the physicians and surgeons, and also the consulting physicians•and surgeons, and that they be severally re-appointed. The CHAIRMAN WAS sure there could be no objection to that.—Agreed to nevi. dir. Mr. JOHN CROPPER moved that Mr. Robert Bicketsteth be appointee consulting Burgeon to the institution. Mr. Ilickersteth had retired in the spring of last year, and he had now great pleasure in proposing his name as one of the consulting surgeons, He was sure that no one deserved it more than he did, after an unusual service of 42 years.— The motion was carried by acclamation. On the motion of Mr, Alan-rnsws, thanks were voted to the Rev. W. H. Duck, for his important services as chaplain during the past year; . and, on the motion of Mr. LAURENCE PEEL, the committee for the past year were all re-appointed. Mr. Hyrcnison said he had been requested to move a resolution for an alteration in the seventh rule. It was one of some importance in the management of the institution, and was to the effect that after the words (speaking of the medical care of the lunatic asylum) that the following words be substituted :—" The office of physician to the lunatic asylum shall, after vacancy. be filled by the physicians of the infirmary, who shall succeed each other by seniority in bien nial rotation, and such physicians shall have charge of all patients in the Lunatic Asylum, except such as may be placed by their friends under the special care of any physician or surgeon of the infirmary." Mr. Hutchison proceeded to show that the present arrangement had not always existed. The first alteration took place in 1826, and a subsequent one in 1843. Although he was not entitled to say that the com mittee were unanimous with regard to the motion which he had submitted. or that they were in any way dissatitfied with the present arrangement ; yet, out of deference to the feelings of many members, they had agreed to lay the proposition before the general body of trustees. Mr. CARSON seconded the motion, which was put and carried. The Rev. Mr. STEWART moved as an addition to the 16th law:—"That no appointment of any officer having profes sional duties shall he made till he has satisfied the honorary medical officers of his qualification for the post." Seconded by Mr. Moss, and agreed to nem. con. Mr. NORTH, the treasurer, said, that as the committee were about to reprint the laws of the institution, there were some verbal mistakes which required alteration, and he moved a resolution, specifying these, and authorising their correction.—Agreed to. Resolutions were then passed that the medical school attached to the institution should be called the Royal Infir mary School of Medicine; and that the anatomical museum be under the management of the junior house-surgeon of the infirmary as a curator. A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the chair man; and this closed the proceedings. CHESHIRE AND WALES. A Nsw FAIR, " for the sale of cattle, horses, pigs, &c., and for other general purposes," is appointed to be held on the 4th of February next, at Carnarvon. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS have appointed a superintendent, at 30s. a week, whose duty it will be to inspect the boats, in order to see that the cabins are kept in proper order, and the ventilation attended to, as well as to regulate the arrivals and departures. AN IRON CHURCH is about to be erected in Birken head for the accommodation of seafaring men. The scheme has been originated mainly by the Rev. Mr. Welsh, whose earnest and active ministrations in connec tion with the Emigrants' Home Chapel have been pro ductive of so much good. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week u ended January 1, 1854 :—Railway : Passengers, parcels, &c., £3,028 4s. Od. ; goods, £1,530 3s. 3d. ; Steam-boats £2BB Os. 11d. Total, £3,846 14s. 2d. In crease as compared with the corresponding week last year, £329 ss. Gd. - BIRKENHEAD FERRY RECEIPTS.—The total receipts at the ferry, for the month of December, 1853, were £1,581 4s. 7d. ; 1852, £1,390 Os. 2d. From the 24th of April to the 31st December, 1853, £17,546 9s. 10d. ; for the same period in 1852, £15,237 ls. Bd. Total expendi ture from the 24th of April to the 31st December, 1853, including the cost of the new boat, £16,430 17s. sd. MONK'S FERRY.—On Monday week, according to his annual custom, Mr. Hilliar, of the Monk's Ferry Hotel, provided two large rounds of beef, which were distributed during the day, at the vaults, by Mr. Markey, amongst the engineers, guards, firemen, porters, and others em ployed on the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Rail way ; each man also received a pint of ale. Nearly one hundred partook of Mr. Hilliar's bounty. ROBBEHY BY A WASTIERWOMAN.-- 1 A young woman, named Ann Jones, was on Thursday charged before the magistrates, at Birkenhead, with stealing a sovereign and some wearing apparel from the house of Mr. Thomas Riddle, engineer, Holt-hill, Tranmere. The prisoner was employed as charwoman by Mrs. Riddle, and some years ago she abstracted the money from a dress, besides steal ing some articles of wearing apparel. Two dresses were found in the house of the prisoner's father which were identified. The girl was committed to trial. CURLING MATCH. — On Thursday, a match at this favourite Scottish game took place on the ice at Birken head-park, between six Liverpool gentlemen and six Birkenhead gentlemen, all members of the Royal Mersey Curling Club. After a close contest, in which both parties exhibited some skilful play, the Birkenhead gentlemen were victorious. The competitors afterwards sat down at Woodside 'Vaults, to an excellent dinner. The evening was spent in a convivial manner, and the company sepa rated in the hope to meet again. HINDERTON AND BIRKENHEAD TURNPIKE TRUST.— Lord Palmerston, in reply to the memorial respecting the state and management of this trust, has officially com municated, to the gentlemen transmitting it, that the already accumulated arrears of interest, amounting to £3,200, which were attempted to be capitalized by the trustees, have been entirely extinguished, and, by a pro visional order, the rate of interest at £5 per cent., which lias been paid of late years upon the trust debt of 3,400, has been reduced to £3. los., by which means the lia bilities of the trust, as well as the prospective burthens of the ratepayers, will be greatly diminished. Lord Palmer ston also states that he has required the trustees to report upon the other numerous and heavy complaints of the in habitants set forth in the memorial, and especially whether the trustees contemplate any new arrangement of the toll gates, for the relief of the township of Tiranmere. SINGULAR CIIARGE OF CRUELTY TO AN ANIMAL:— At the Birkenhead police-court, on Thursday, a singular charge of cruelty to an animal was preferred by Sir George Stephen against a labouring man, named Robert Gould stone. There were seven other young men implicated in the alleged cruelty, but the defendant was the only person summoned, to try the legality of the proceeding. The charge (which was for having fastened or tethered a drake and repeatedly shot at it so as to cause its death) was brought under the 12th and 13th Victoria, cap. 92, en titled "An act for the better prevention of cruelty to animals." Mr. Greatley, for the defendant, contended that the information could not be sustained under the statute, for it was clear the legislature never intended it to include birds. The evidence being gone into, the case broke down, and was dismissed. Sir George then laid an information against the following persons :—Thomas Jones, Thomas Cottrell, John Thomas, Wm. Knowles, Joseph Gouldson, Jas. Knowles, and Thos. Downham. SE - ACOMBE FERBY.—At a meeting of the Wallasey Commissioners, on Thursday, a reportt was read from the ferry committee, detailing the steps they had taken to obtain the opinion of counsel as to the leasing of the ferry, and recapitulating the opinions of Mr. Cowling and Mr. Weisby on the subject. Considering the conflicting na ture of these opinions, the committee deemed it desirable to take the opinion of the Attorney-General, who gave it as his opinion that money borrowed under the provisions of the Public Health Act could not be applied in the pur chase of steam-boats or other property which was not of a permanent nature, nor did he consider that they could have steamers. The committee, therefore, felt that they would not be justified in recommending any other course than to decline the contract entered into by the late board with Mr. Smith for the lease of Seacombe Ferry, or to press the inquiry respecting New Brighton or Egremont ferries.—A letter was read from Mr. John Grantham, ask ing whether the committee intended to take up the three ferries, and if they did, whether they would be disposed to lease to parties who would engage to give more fre quent communications than were at present enjoyed, and to place on the ferries a class of vessels superior to any that had yet sailed on the Mersey. Mr. Pooley said he had given a verbal answer, advising Mr. Grantham to apply to the parties who now had the power to lease the ferries without its coming through the board. NEW MUSIC-HALL FOB CHESTER.—We are informed that the project, which we lately noticed, for converting the present theatre of this city into a spacious and hand some hall for musical and other public purposes, is so far matured that a prospectus will be issued In a few days. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have offered the old building and the adjacent premises upon very advantage ous terms ; and an influential committee has been formed for carrying the scheme into effect. The sum of £3,000 will be required for the necessary alterations and the IT chase of an organ ; and that amount it is proposed to raise in £5 shares, for which several applications have already been received. The hall, when completed, will seat 1,400 persons, with room also for an orchestra of 300 performers. The want of such a building has long been felt and re gretted in Chester ; and from the facilities which the erection of so commodious an edifice will afford for extend ing intellectual and social recreations, and for promoting means of moral enjoyment and instruction, it is thought that a fair rate of interest on the outlay will be realised. The theatre has been, thoroughly examined in all its parts by practical builders, who have made a most satisfactory report as to its stability, and its capacity for adaptation to the required purposes. We trust, therefore, that Chester will soon possess a musie-hall capable of affording the accommodation so often desired in this city.—Chester Courant. CHESHIRE SESSIONS.—The annual sessions were held on Monday, at Chester. The estimated receipts and demands at the January and adjourned sessions and spring assizes were thus set down :—Receipts: Balance in hand, £2,934; police rate, part received, £877; county rate, ditto, £Bl4 ; arrear of last quarter, £77 ; ditto of county rate, £317 ; repayment by gaoler, £5OO ; fines, prisoners' earnings, &c., £4OO ; from Parr, Lyon, and Co., balance of river Weaver cheque last quarter, £2,000; river Weaver, £4,000 ; total, £ll,o22.—Demands : New build ing at house of correction, £5OO ; house of correction and Chester Castle, £2,872 ; balance of contract for alterations at nisi prius court, £l5O ; prosecutions at sessions, £2,102 ; at assizes, £3,146; police, including deductions for super annuation fund, £1,790 ; general payments, £1,900; bridges, £350 ; lock-ups, £560 ; advanced to goalers, £5OO ; total, £13,870 ; leaving a balance of £1,347 against the county on this quarter. The estimated demands and receipts for the Easter sessions and adjournments were — Receipts : From lords of treasury for expenses of prose cutions for half year ending 31st December last, £6,995 ; repayment by gaolers, £5OO ; fines, &c., £4OO ; river Weaver (uncertain if bad weather continues) say £4,000 ; constabulary rate, £2,008; total, £l3,9o4.—Demands: Balance as per former estimate, £1,947 ; Chester Castle and house of correction, £2,807 ; advance to goalers, £5OO ; general payments, £2,760 ; prosecutions, £2,376 ; bridges, £5BB ; lock-ups, £220; police, say £1,790 ; new buildings at house of correction, £500; total, £13,481, being a balance of £432 in favour of the county on the quarter. A county rate of id. would produce £1,738, leaving a probable future balance of £2,162. A county rate of id. was then ordered.—On the motion of Mr. Case, the salaries of two petit constables in the hundred of Wirrall ' were ordered to be increased from X 52 to £65 per annum. RESIGNATION OF Ma. SADLIER.—The Dublin Even ing Mail, of Friday, says, " We are en a bled to state that Mr. John Sadlier has sent in his resignation to Lo r d Aberdeen as a Lord of the Treasury. AN ACCIDENT occurred on the Waterford and Limerick Railway, near Clonmel, on Saturday. The carriages ran off the lines, the engine driver was killed, the sto ker's arm broken, and the guard and some passengers s lightly bruised. DEATH FROM WHISKEY DRINKING.—A large farmer named Crothers, living near Poyntzpass, expired, after a week's drinking, on Thursday last ; and a half-witted man named Hunt, who followed a wedding party to Magherry, got so much whiskey to drink from them that he expired on his way home. CONVICT DEPOTS.—Sir John Young, Chief Secretary, Major Larcom, Captain Kingle, and Mr. C. Connellan are at present engaged at Dublin Castle, in an in vestigation into the working of the convict department in Ireland. The commissioners have already visited Spike Island, Philipstown, and Mountjoy Prisons ; and it is said to be proposed that Clare Island, off the coast off Mayo, shall be taken as a general depot for convicts in Ireland. CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.—Accounts from Tipperary state that all the lands in the south riding of that county . which were under potatoes last year are now sown with wheat, and that scarcely any land remains unfilled, ex cept that which is lying under the late turnips. The farmers, it would seem from this, are at length tired of the repeated failures of the potato, and hence the prepara tion for the wheat crop as the most profitable substitute for the old and favourite esculent. How TO SAVE £2,000 a YEAR.—It is stated that Lord Waterford has increased his income £2,000 a year under the following circumstances :—A gentleman possessed of large funded property, finding the funds decreasing so rapidly, became alarmed, and applied to Lord Waterford to know if he would take all his capital at three and a half per cent. This Lord Waterford has done, and cleared off his old incumbrances, which were at a higher rate of interest. The negociations were closed on Friday. We understand that Lord Waterford will clear £2,000 a year by the alteration.—Clare Journal. DEATH IN THE OVEN.—The town and neighbourhood of Roscrea were thrown into consternation, on Christmas day, during Divine service, by intelligence that several families had been poisoned by whole-meal bread at break fast. Medical assistance was immediately rendered the sufferers, when it was ascertained that they laboured to an intense degree under the violent symptoms produced by the seeds (flour) of the bearded darnel rye-grass, com monly called ryley, which was mixed with the whole-meaL Over thirty persons received medical aid, and presented symptoms as if from intoxication. Remedies having been applied, on the following morning all the sufferers were found convalescent, but much debilitated.—Leinster Express. MARITIME PROGRESS OF BELFAST.—The maritime history of Ulster's capital is quite as illustrative of pro gress as that of its manufactures. Little more than sixty years have passed away since the chief mercantile marine of Belfast consisted of four brigs, averaging 160 tons each, and as many sloops of 80 tons each, with some smaller craft. At the end of 1803 the number of vessels was 67, and the registered tonnage was about 6,000. Fifty years afterwards, that is, 1853, we have 453 vessels, with a ton nage of 78,231 registered at the port of Belfast; and 25 steamers, trading with sixteen ports. According to the last returns, the value of the exports from Belfast was nearly £8,000,000; and that of the imports upwards of £7,000,000. Revenue collected, £387,200. In 1851 our exports amounted to £5,000,000,, and the imports to £8,000,000. Revenue collected, £369,ooo.—Belfast Mercury. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR. IRELAND.—We have seen an " Occasional Paper," lately published by this old and valuable institution, and we are glad to perceive by it that the work of scriptural instruction and the sab bath cause continue to make decided progress amongst the masses of the Irish population, and that new and im portant openings are now being afforded for emancipating them from.the spiritual gloom and darkness in which for centuries they have been involved. We hope that the friends of the Bible in England will support with increased liberality a cause involving such important consequences to the social, intellectual, and spiritual condition of Ire land. The paper to which we have referred states that there are upon the list of this society 3008 schools, con taining 224,504 children and adults, who are instructed by 19,817 gratuitous teachers. In asking for aid the committee say :—" They would appeal to the friends of Scriptural instruction for their co-operation and support, principally upon the following grounds :—Although the society's influence is spreading widely amongst the Pro testant population, yet it is estimated that one-half of the Protestants between the ages of six and fifteen do not attend Sunday Schools, the greater portion of whom are of the humbler classes. The enlarging demands upon this society in consequence of the spread of Divine truth amongst the Roman Catholic population. The peculiarly important position which this society occupies, in con tributing its aid to the Scriptural instruction of upwards of 100,000 children and adults, who do not attend week day Schools." This excellent society is presided over by the Right Hon. the Earl of Roden, and the Rev. Fielding Ould, of this town, is the recipient of contributions to its funds. THE MEDEA, whose narrow escape from total loss, on the Lincolnshire coast, was lately reported, was, at the time of her running aground, in charge of the pilot, who will be brought to a court-martial. The Medea is ordered round to Portsmouth to be docked. - - AN EXTENSIVE WET DOCK, of 23 acres, in connexion with the various railways converging at Newcastle, is pro posed to be constructed on the north bank of the Tyne, with a deep water entrance of 23 feet. A similar wet dock is also proposed to be established in connexion with the railways of Maryport. THE CIIILENA, a new barque, was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Thomas Royden,Queen's Dock, Liver pool, on Saturday week. She is owned by Messrs. Hoyden and James Tyrer, is intended for the west coast trade, and will be commanded by Captain Thomas Wakeham, late of the Geraldine. THE MURDER AT GUERNSEY.—The trial of John Chas. Tapner, a clerk in the Ordnance Office, for the murder of Mrs. Sanjon, and for the subsequent attempt to burn the body by setting fire to the house, which came on before the Royal Court at Guernsey, on the 20th ult., has, at length, been brought to a conclusion, aft& lasting thirteen days. The jurats were some time in consultation, and then unanimously returned a verdict of guilty. The bailiff then, in a most impressive address, passed sentence of death on the prisoner in the usual form. THE SARAH SANDS, as the pioneer of the Portland line of steamers, was received with the heartiest welcome at Portland, on the 17th ult. She quitted the Birkenhead Dock, on Monday, November the 28th, and made the pas sage in eighteen days ten hours. She encountered very rough weather, but under the able manage men t o f C a pt a i n Insley, she did her duty well. The inhabitants hailed her arrival by the ringing of bells and the firing of guns, while Captain Insley was entertained in brilliant style by his fellow-townsmen on landing, MUTINY ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR IN CHINA.-. The Overland China Mail of the 11th November con tains the following paragraph :—" We hear there ha s been a mutiny on board the flag-ship. It seems that on Tues day last the men, who have not had liberty for eighteen months, sent in a petition on the subject to Admiral Pel lew, who immediately ordered the ship to be got ready for sea. In the evening there was a noise below, when the drum was beat to quarters, and some of the men re fused to come on deck, upon which the officers were ordered to compel them at the point of the sword, and in doing so several of the men were severely wounded." EXTRAORDINARY PUNISHMENT OF A CAPTAIN.—We have published some and received several other letters on the subject of the treatment the passengers on board Messrs. Hall's ship Asia received during their passage from England to this colony. That the complaints on this subject are but too well founded there can be but little doubt, and we should have given full vent to our corre spondent's indignation thereupon, but that all that can be done, and a good deal more than ought to be done, in the way of punishing the captain, has already been done. Captain Howes, being convicted of divers breaches of the Passenger Act, at the Williamstown Police-court, was fined for them in the aggregate amount of £l,BOO. In default of payment of the enormous fine imposed upon him, Captain Howes has been condemned to a series of terms of imprisonment, amounting altogether to nearly thirty years. This tremendous sentence has begun to take effect. We shall certainly take care that Captain Howes is not so lost sight of; but now that the council is sitting we would. urge upon some philanthropic member publicly to question the government as to what has been done and what is to be done with regard to this very extraordinary case.-• Melbourne Morning Herald, Sept. 10. AN EXCITING SCENE.—On Saturday evening, Mr. Driesbach, the Lion King, while exhibiting his feats in a den which contained several wild animals, at the Broad way Menagerie, was attacked by one of them (a large Brazilian tiger), which sprang upon him, knocked hint down, and fastened his teeth in his breast. A lioness sprang to, the assistance of her master, but, unfortu nately, struck him a powerful blow in the chest which she intended for the tiger, and thus made the matter worse. One of the keepers then opened the door of the cage and dragged Mr. Driesbach out. He was imme diately attended by a physician, who found that only flesh wounds had been inflicted, and those not of a dan gerous character. The audience were highly excited during the time the scene was enacting. This is the first time in two months that the tiger has been exhibited, and it is probable that the glare of the gaslights rendered him confused and excited. He was always looked upon by Mt. Driesbach as one of his pet animals, and as ex-.. tremely tame and docile.—New York Paper. THE COURT AND CABINET.—A great outcry hag been raised within the last few days, by several of our contemporaries, especially those of the Radical school, against an alleged unconstitutional influence over the foreign policy of this country, which is, in terms not to be misunderstood, attributed to the illustrious Prince who stands nearest to the throne. Whether the insinuationse question have their origin in the instinctive desire of t: re Radicals to damage the Monarchy, or whether they case we doubt I n eithe r _ designed to divert public indignation from a Minisntrfor anxious, the maintenance of which Radicals are naturallY because they are not likely to get one more favo ur able x to Radical views, it is difficult to say. upon the not that the mischievous attempt to bring o dium people in Queen Victoria herself, will be app rec iated Prince Consort, and indirectly to impair as 1 th_e__confiidaetendcebofy the t deserves to be. good sense of the English peop le f he Bri actipgthpart t :b h E • mpire, and to with the foreign policy a ° • t e of Che t Sovereign, and the invade at once the Prer°-tiv responsible advisers, is a sumo., That Prince Albert should take uponhimself to interfere province of the Q ueen t i o 'd ' Still less is the insinuation - - - even to the length of betraying the t i e t i endured,o n not tto attributed to him, _ _ , u nder the influence, and in the interest, . cour t s and specifically of the Russian Court, of foreign , , and British Cabinet to the Courts of the Conti nent. Conduct so palpably unconstitutional—nay, —nay, so' that he proceeds trea sonable —is not thus lightly to be imputed to a Prince who, ever since he has been amongst us, has given ample pro of of his being attached, heart and soul, to the inte rests of his adopted country ; and if we have summed up the charges against his Royal Highness, as we find them variously set forth in the columns of our contemporaries, we have done so for the purpose of denouncing them gli deserving of utter reprobation.—John Bull,