The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

LOCAL JRS OF FA /VT r. Tt Rev. J sailed from t TAE Co n -eof in the t THE A e of the church in c 11 Boss' Asvl e Lord Bisho lum for Orpl Or_ Pt__ T But in none of the c committed t luantitv of cotto. keeper of a marine store it --f licence revoked —The enrolment of the Livernoollmo.imn• t of tlic opleted on 'Tin .nnaent order the enrolmer for the fourth time itted su failed in the morning to pick a sufficient oakum, and bad been ordered to be kept on 'ater for two days. 41 4 S E SSION AND COMMITTAL OF THE DIDSBURY • -- The leaders of the gang of burglars, who for o aths past have spread terror through this dis , with their female accomplices, at length been (, and were on Friday committed for trial. are John Cosgreave, John Moran, Mary 7 Mulholland, and Henry Burke. • - •=tGE —On Friday, a woman named Mary tr aß 4 tpi t , i 7)mmitted for fourteen days for the following Ott : - -She went into Mr. Mooney's shop, in -qt qt.: a h .,_rd-street, and bought a few biscuits, in' pay. ' 4 t.;: li ieh she tendered a half-crown ; when the t o Riven to her, she contrived o throw the half ine door, which her husband, t who was on the 4W kal "P made " ° with wea n s Ivr: R OBBERY BY A GERMAN EMIGRANT.— Vitt e d " 4 2 7 , William Weild, a German emigrant, was Y l 5 B. 9 1 , 0 Prison for three months, for having stolen Til e :* from a fellow-emigrant named Charles Pe were both staying at the Emigrants' Board 40fri'e; Marybone, and, on Monday night, Weild - ills b ed, cut his companion's carpet-bag open, t lh lt .N. `l(ed the money. STEAM-SHIPS.—Te steamr hiater'L Captain R. Leitch, left the h Mersey, e for Phi ;lll2 40, p. m ., on W e d nes d ay , w ith a mo d era t e 410 4 / 8 passengers. -1 he British and North Ame -14," st eam-ship America, Shannon, commander, lee('Parture from the Mersey on Saturday, at noon, * 3 : B ,..."ngers and a full carco , besides the usual ` , / i „ united States and Liverpool stenen-ship 011, - ,f'e, commander, will sail to-morrow, (Wednes '-"th instant, with the mails, &c. ith of MR. A. C. DUNLOP.—We h ave t o recor d lei o f Mr. Alexander C. Du n l o p, formerly of /./ at M e lb ourne, P ort P hil i p, on .the 21st of lea lef t Lia home, Hexham-park, situated about atli r T n Melbourne, on the 18th of June, in eou t h ,,'"?, attend his duties as a member of the d of Victoria, caught a cold on the road, o 170nehitis after a short illness of two days. " ei ng known, the council suspended its 8 remains were followed to the [ te si ' "nd all the authorities in the locality ret, a l r , ROBBER Y BY A SERVANT.—Elizabeth, M ary Welch, mother and two daughters, 'N ed up at the Police-court, on Friday, for being ‘ 1 4 4 ,, a s Ystem of plunder carried on in the house as , e r , -rs ea, London -road, where one of the daugle ',,iti-ti,nt• The oftmoher and one of the daughters e practic pledging goods stolen by the_ i r ti t ee l more than £4O worth had been missed. 00fPawnbrokers were in attendance; but as only fot the goods were yet found, the case was ad ,ktt, se ven days. tQc'N. FARMERS'ecklili. SOCIETY.—This society held its p exhibition on Thursday, at Newton. The igtti arrnerS' Society" was established in 1845, to 'kbtl4?Ovevement in agriculture, and to reward the : I tti l l nd uarrY of the cottager and farm labour . er, vi ka e t enants of Thos. Legh, Esq., in Lancashire. leia_zood show, especially of stock, and nesrl i y P: Nrjas keenly contested for. After the exhib - Praeus dinner was served by Mr. Thomas ,(11%,, V the Horse and Jockey Inn, Newton, of i :'as of 150 members and their friends partook. V s. ,a's CHUR CH , B LACKBURN , a ft er mo r nin g Ili l a eun eaday last, and while the incumbent was I ti ' d 4 . t echisin g a c l ass o f can did ates f or confirms +, „C ie s entered th e c h urc h an d seate d t h emse l ves ;I t,'ltty as ,' Was dis m i sse d. O n th e i r re ti remen t, one 'tolleetttaeed a s ea l e d no t e i n th e rev . gen tl eman ' s opening he found to contain a £5 Bank qe;tte " a re, with a request that the amount might be klAipl t'ar, e ngst the deserving poor of St. Peter's i p 11 (44 u veers o ld an d upwar d s . Th e ki n d d onors tO *--Blackburn Standard. " t R BRIG DARLING.—The ship Cromwell, A ,ip I.at Liverpool on Sunae reports having on i n let. 44 4, long. 41 d 21, fallen in with the .nr London, from Ncw York for London, 'e l ,ll 4 ,l ll ni and taken off the crew, eight in number. I, ,ll fit' l it„, Bl) rang a leak 12 days previous, and the p t 44 1 ' 4 with pumping, were obliged to abandon ), 4 4: 1 st r ! able to keep her free from water.. It 1 1 1 ? 4.' n g gale from E.N.E. at the time, with a : 44 ts 1. 4 t aabing, the Cromwell had to lay by the Ip " e rere the men could be taken off. tot 13 41 . A N RRUPT COURT, on Thursday, Anson fp CY def er 101 his certificate. -Ile was unopposed. (Ik h t ,a)e,l'ed for a week. On Friday, the bankrupt a grocer and general provision merchant, !te er - „u. received his certificate. The same day 4 4 1 ), I,‘"e bankrupt Hornby to appear for his last I, ipqed g h e parried on business latterly at Kirkdale, ; 11i .,re lf ,,n+Ider. Having failed te surrender, after th:ts were taken, at three o'clock Mr. Ayres ' i tefi.,s - usual proclamation of outlawry, in the ""It h , - / the act of parliament. This is the third Ithin the last six months kyr A '‘,Ill)„ - 'eal," -.01 P TO THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER );(1 Wit is expected that so soon as the Iy ht oe erected in Manchester to Sir Robert Yho 1 1 Z e of Wellington have been completed, tte,." l , e l'e will present the town with a memo to &J uke of Bridgewater, whose canal and 1 0: 1 11: . • jr. u cli tended to the earlier prosperity of sagaOlhed b stid I s stated that the noble earl intends to °l o and costly statue, and one in every o'° the w ork of art, to rank with those about to N 1. ., statesman and the warrior. They are to lv t:Trcstals in front of the Royal Infirmary. kt,4t4,ted I ct4IC TS FOR THE UNITED STATES.—It 44111 e ,11 " l e early part of the year that the num ,tlethirieroli!rants passing through Hull would . h o _g like a thousand per month. Since lapse of only three quarters of a ; I t oye_that upwards of fifteen thousand have piOrc , thr b y our continental steamers—being six e14t14. yed P n Was estimated by the agents. Not all aateness of the season. on Sunday last " ott ' i pl 'oc oe n li fifty landed from the Marshall and e for m ul oz next morning by train to Liver o the -United States.—Hull Packet. VA N Of ,ripl es OP A SCHOOLBOY.—On Thursday 4h ' 80 0 of Mr William Maples, wine ki r T * et, n o i nt oxteth-park, was so erFly , th at • 0 the machinery of White's mill, /tho u "p died on the following day. The to echo t ni ne o ' clock on the Thursday morning til e li n Hope -street. I n the aft ( vvith rhe en Poo r little fellow was 's ft .c'wn wheel, round s immediately lying on what he had been Ahhnti T neeting, resolved to 3der a pens ch came i will be the Dutchman'; :es many of ti (ay Shut , to be SERIOUS Northern ;'°Y! AND TI-1 cket Co 'ed her Lr ere h I the I nlon THE LTATERPOOL STANDARD, TITESI)_kY, OCTOBER 5, 18:)2 THE I \ lANCHESTf years _at BOROUGH GAOL.—It is only two PROTESTANTISM IN BELGIUM.—Ni e understand that this gaol (one of the separate establishments) public meetings are to be held this week in reference to f iened, and within that time there have been five this interesting subject,—one in St. George's Presbyterian ..chs, four of them suicides by hanging. The last was Church, Myrtle-street, on Friday evening at seven o'clock; effected on Saturday afternoon week, by a lad only 13 the other in S. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Conway ..•.. . . . . was c on Thursday evening- at enced to to iwself by fix 'e months' imprison,' 3eetinis wi 1 beaddre ds, and the Rev. G. nwich, d on Wednesa fple ,t the t NEWS. GENERAL DISTRICT NEWS ST. HELEN'S at Widr on view of the lxid .y he was on du ye caused t illed him on t pted v ALDERMAN CHALLIS, the new member f( ednesday THE R EV. JAMES FORE _aged in Glasgow as a Roman become a Protestant. mayor of who was for some y tholic priest, A FIRE broke out on Tuesday at Leith, in a large tenc -""- I ment called the Barrackg, in Laurie's-ein.-. - • of Ro- 1 twenty &min— L • ,s house A MAN NAMED DICKSO of his I ing over the Peddie church, B ACCIDENT.-O❑ I 'fiber was 1 ine the iterranean, a sad ocenirence took place, by iinn lost one of I- Lng on the waft-414l . tore fo 't the clod ture. iust of 250 tons from the /Int. rare cannon the rigi houlder joint Hospital, where the arm w America. The ibout tw n the mate fired o. g struck tt compound fi 'as conveyed mental arrangement the Isle ( pithy has October. week, the y, Thursday , o 1 every Tu on trains, :las, and ti; re rejoicer nd success nnel transit during t Dougl of vast c EXPORTATION OF SHEEP TO IRELAND.—It is a fact o some importance to breeders of sheep and stock, tha several agents have begun regularly to visit our inlanc counties, in order to obtain the best specimens of stocl p for bre e sent to Ireland growth of cerea ng of s laxly the latter 3no of these a sheep, but more r wool, in a mantle alone, of Everton, nea They were sent c .heep-ma . rket —On Wed- OPENING OF A NEW VEGETABLE nesday last a new market for the sale of vegetables was opened in Great Howard-street, upon a plot of land, . ' butting upon the Lancashire ane formerly monne cre in extent, £ Yorkshire Railway. The site - wa aste. covered over wits cornplet and in front to Great Howard-street a few wooden h, were erected for the sale of ginger beer, fruit, &c. and the waggons of the Lancashire now walled in -----;'- a piece 01 ---- exact ace s o .„,,,, by the ci in the pier, and was and F. day, W 1 ssue of r hope they will find it ig purr )ouglas to isle of Man ock and weekly of often se, onloot Herald. LAY IN hall, dedicated to from holds t sire. The William Denny rs. G. and J. Burns, of Glasgow, ve, for the Pacific route between .d from ider the most auspi bled a ,f the day e !mble on both he stately cr ,ft in to !et, withinthe yard, we s, who fled rith the structure and finish of the upon the ways, and afterwards floated earn. The entire length of the Alps keel and forerake, 232 feet; breadth pth of hold, 25 feet. She is 1,600 nt, and will be propelled by a pair of iorse-power, geared to t leer mould and fitting icean, we have no doubt, will be equal tation of their err homas Litticdale,. H as laid by NOT- the western division of Lanes muster of the brethren, who did of their rank and offices, though .er respect the ceremony was conducted in snce with the rules of the order, .as followed 'rated architect 'he front o hall is to be in Lime-street, opposite St. George's-hall, the premises will extend hack to Roe-street, on the le of the Queen's-hotel. A considerable portion ults in the basement will be appropriated to the .e ample provision is to be made for &e., in separate vaults. They will itchens. &e., under the ball. The treet will he through a handsome Yorkshire Company enter it:With produce to be vended for north the consumption of the neighburbood. The first which of the entered it on Wednesday were laden with Yorkshire pots, use of the lodge, wi toes, the property of Messrs. Bruce and Greenish, potato ale s have factors, of Oldham-road, Manch e ste r , an d G rea t Howard street,also Liverpool, who have thus earned a choice of th. ent"-- ing of win ,ce from Lim locality of their standing. The market will be a great and spacious rustic doorcase, whence the ascent will be convenience to the neighbourhood. through a vestibule by a number of steps to a circul ar landing, round whi c h are pl ace d n i c h es f or th e rece pti on THE CUSTOMS' LANDING 'WAITERS..- -At the meeting of figures or statues. From this point stairs will lead of the Dock Committee on Thursday, the chair m a n sa id right and left to the principal floor of the hall, which is to the committee were probably aware that the select corn- be entered by folding doors. The hall will be 76 feet long mittee of the House of Commons on the customs law by 361 feet wide, and 23 feet high to the ceiling, exclusive had reported upon the subject of making the hours of of a gallery or orchestra over the ante-rooms, 36 feet by attendance of the landing officers from seven in the morn. 20 feet. Underneath the hall are to be spacious coffee ing to five in the atternoon, instead of from eight in the rooms, and above the hall a suite of twelve lar g e roo m s, morning till four in the afternoon, as at present; an d th e that may be attached to the Queen's-hotel. The style of officers of MIStt r IMR horn qtatarl that that rannrf had ha.,... .•. . . . . . . . . . - .. -- - referred in London to the dock companies there, and they had all reported against the proposed alteration ; and they wished to have the opinion of the Liverpool Dock Com mittee upon it. Some conversation ensued, in the course of which the proposed alteration was generally condemned. Ultimately it was agreed to refer the subject to a special committee, cansisting of Messrs. Shand, Brocklebank, Tobin, Malcomson, Lockett, Rankin, Robinson, and Steele, to consider and report upon it. LAUNCH OF THE OSMANLI.—The Dumbarton Herald notices the launch of this vessel, which is the property of Vianna, Jones, and Chapple, of this town :—" Although not altogether a new ship, the Osmanli is in almost every respect entitled to that appellation, the only portion of her old materials which remain being a small part of the hull forward. She has also been lengthened about 53 feet, and had her decks raised considerably. Her dimensions now are—Length of keel and forerake. 176 feet; breadth of beam, 241 feet ; depth of hold, 151 feet; register ton nage, 550. She will have a pair of direct acting engines of 70 horse power, together with one of Beattie's patent screws, the principle of which is said to he the most per .;tittecture ..at of the Italian. The land was purchased from Mr. ,Mitchell, who erected the Queen's Arms-hotel a few years ago. The cost of the building is estimated at from £9,000 to £lO,OOO, and it is expected to be completed by the latter end of January or early in February next year. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a large number of spectators assem bled to witness the ceremony, which possessed many fea tures, giving it a peculiar interest even to those uninitiated in the mysteries of the craft. After the ceremony the brethren dined together at the Adelphi.hotel. DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting on Thurs day, Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., presided. The marine department produced a survey of the Liverpool bay, made in 1852, and recommended that a chart be engraved. It was stated that some alteration would have to be made. In consequence of the increased work at the northern docks three additional dock-gatemen were appointed. An additional supply of planks and shores were ordered for the graving docks.—A form of certificate to be signed by parties claiming exemption from the rate of Id. per ton heretofore charged upon the cargoes of vessels coming into the river from the Leeds a nd Li verpoo l cana l was feet yet adopted. Along with the Rattler, which we ob serve is in a state of considerable forwardness, and which will be launched from the same yard in a few weeks, she is to be employed in the Italian trade, on which line the Frankfort. the only vessel in which Beattie's patent has yet been applied, has made some most astonishingly quick passages. her last run from Liverpool to Gibraltar having been accomplished in the unexampled short period of five days and four hours -- Tin laid. before the committee and adopted.LA letter was produced from Mr. Wm. R. Cothorn, the owner of the New Brighton steamers, who wished that some alteration should be made in the present arrangements with respect to steam-boats coming to the landing -stage. He com plained that very frequently, in coming to the landing stage, the place he occupied was filled by the . Seacombe boats, and he could not get in. Mr. James Ho!me said there were more boats than the length of the stage would accommodate—that was the sum and substance of the matter.—ln reply to a question from Mr. Steele, the chairman stated that the stage which the corporation in tended to build was for sea-going vessels. This was the stage for the Seacombe boats. The letter was then re ferred to the marine and sub-marine committee.—A letter from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., with the report of the solicitor thereon, was read. From the letter it ap peared that on the 21st of May last' Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. made a deposit of £lO to cover the dues on the cargo of the Frederick, consisting of iron and other The vessel sailed from Glasgow to Boston early and after having sprung a leak put into Belfast, , rgo. After being out s second time the master was obliged to put into the port of Liverpool, and the vessel was found incapable of continuing the voyage. The cargo was consequently transhipped, and conveyed in another vessel to Boston. Under the peculiar circum stances of the care, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. asked the dock committee to return the £lO. The dock solici tor, upon this letter, reported to the effect that if the ori ginal shipment had been from Liverpool, and the dock dues had been twice paid on the same goods, he should have thought that this was a fair case of remission ; but the fact being that the dues had been once paid for the use of the Liverpool docks, he could not see what claim there wee NEW PASSENGERS' AcT.—On Friday the Pas ' Act A.mendment Bill came into force. The former acts, except as to existing liabilities, and except as to an order in Council dated the 6th of October, 1849, are repealed. The act is to extend to every passenger ship proceeding on any voyage from the united kingdom to any place out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean sea, and on every colonial voyage stated. The Commissioners of Emigration are to carry the a c t in _ _ to execution with the assistance of their officers. There are 91 provisions in the statute, and a number of forms to be used. Among the enactments there are several to secure proper accommodation and food for the passengers. Boats are to be carried on board each vessel. Every passenger in a passenger ship is to be entitled, for at lenst 48 hours next after his arrival at the end of his voyage, to sleep in the ship, and to be provided for and maintained on board. No passenger in any ship is to be landed without his previous consent at any port or place other than the port or place at which he contracted to land. A certain space on board is to be allowed to each passenger. Rules are to be made and proper order ob- this year, with the cc served A WEDDING NIGHT IN BRIDEWELL.—On Tuesday, a young woman, now ri joicing in the name of Catherine Lowe, but who was Catherine Kenny, a spinster, on Mon day morning was brought up at the Police-court, charged by her father, James Kenny, with robbing him of four sovereigns and a bonnet. The prosecutor stated that he was going to cash a note, and had four sovereigns in a trunk for that purpose. He, however, left home for a short period, and subsequently he saw his daughter kneel ing down at the box, which she said she was shifting fur ther along the floor ; but he found afterwards that the trunk had been broken open. and that the sovereigns and a bonnet had been removed from it. The girl denied the charge, and said she had merely put on a new dress to be married in. From the church she went home with her husband, and they were in the midst of the usual wed ding festivities, when her father came and gave her into custody ; so that she bad to spend her wedding night in bridewell, instead of with her husband. The reason of all this, the prisoner said, was that her father and mother did not like her husband, and their spite was because she was married. The magistrate said he was inclined to think there had been no robbery. The prisoner was then discharged. for the return because that voyage had been disastrous. The committee declined to accede to the re quest to return the £lo.—Mr. Langsdale said there did not appear to have been any taxes paid this year for the Albert dock warehouses. Mr. Robinson replied that none had been paid. They objected to the assessment some time back, and the question was referred. A long time elapsed before they received the report from Mr. Stewart, Mr. Picton, and Mr. Culehaw, but those gentlemen had now decided upon the amount. The taxes had formerly been paid upon £20,000 per annum, and now the assess ment was reduced to £13,000. The reason why the taxes had not been paid this year was, that they had not been applied for. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly meeting of this body, Alderman Langsdale presided ; and the other members present were—Messrs. Fleming, Dover, Johnson, Godfrey, Beckwith, Henderson, Nichol son, and Lloyd. The medical officer of health reported that, with the change of temperature during the last fort night, there had been a considerable reduction in the mortality of the borough. While the mean temperature fell from upwards of 64 degrees in the week ending the 11th instant, to 55} degrees in the two following weeks, the registered deaths fell from 252 to 220 in the week before last, and 222 last week—showing a lower mortality than in any of the preceding eight weeks. The deaths in the parish during the last fortnight were 309, and in the extra parochial wards, 133. The principal decrease has taken place in bowel complaints, the deaths from which during the last four weeks have been respectively 66, 59, 46, and last week 30. From other diseases of the zymotic class, the deaths last week were 38—viz., typhus 10, scar latina 14, measles 4 (less than in any week of the previous seven months), 'looping cough 3, croup 2. erysipelas 3, small-pox 1. Diseases of the lungs, including consump tion, caused 49 deaths in the week before last, and 54 in the last week. Two sailors and the wife of a licensed victualler died from delirium tremens. That the high temperature of the summer was especially unfavourable to infant life was shown by a comparison of the general and infantile mortality in the first week of August, and in the week ending last Saturday. While the general mor tality fell from 286 to 222, the decrease being 64, the deaths below five years of age fell from 196 to 121, showing a decrease of 75.—Tenders were ordered to be obtained for the paving of Henry-street, Everton. The general purposes sub-committee recommended that a portion of Mann-street, in Toatcth-park, should be sewered, the estimated cost being £9OO. It was stated that when completed, along Henderson-street, the ultimate cost would be upwards of £2,ooo.—Mr. Lloyd said it was a street abounding in small court-houses, and there had been more cholera there than in any other portion of Liverpool ; but where were they to find the money P—Mr. Newlands replied that there was plenty of money left from the sewerage rate.—The proposed work was then ordered.—Mr. Fresh was instructed to give the necessary notices for draining the Collegiate Institution. Mr. Johnson asked if anything was likely to be done soon as to the immediat PRESENTATION TO THE INCUMBENT OF MUCH WOOL TON.—The congregation and a few of the friends of the Rev. Robert Leicester, M.A., have lately presented th a t gentleman with a handsome clock, of gothic design, also a silver inkstand, waiter, and other articles of plate of considerable value, and at the same time they presented Mrs. Leicester with a beautiful work table, fitted with silver mounted articles, as an acknowledgmen' of his untiring and valuable services in his ministerial capacity, and of her unwearied assiduity and attention to the wants of the poor. The subscribers were composed of persons of all sects of religion, and of every shade of politics ; and one of the most pleasing circumstances connected with the testimonial was the anxiety of the labouring classes to compete with their wealthy neighbours in their substantial and practical appreciation, not only of their minister's devotion to his pastoral duties, but also of the constant and never-failing kindness of Mrs. Leicester, who has been a willing and affectionate fellow-worker with him from the commencement of his ministerial duties in the village. The names of the subscribers were engrossed on vellum and presented in a morocco case. The following was the inscription on the clock :—" Presented, together with a silver inkstand and other articles of plate, to the Rev. Robert Leicester, M.A., by his congregation and a few other attached friends, in grateful remembrance of his faithful and valued services as incumbent of Woolton for upwards of a quarter of a century. September, 1852." WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the weekly meeting, Mr, Harrison occupied the chair. A com munication from the Poor-law Board was read, suggesting that the salaries of Mr. Whittle and Mr. Gilmour, medical officers, should bo made £250 each instead of £220, as propose I.—On Friday, an extraordinary meeting of the board was held, for the purpose of replying to the queries of the Poor-law Board, relative to the salaries of tour of the medical officers, and for taking measures for carrying into effect the new general order of the Poor-law Board for regulating out-door relief.. The clerk was directed,o guardians, by a majority of eleven to two, tboughtll n .e approaches to St. Geore's There was n o parapet wh ppr ere it was railed off, g and Ha 11. cars came close to the foot passengers, occasioning fear of ceeded to ( - onsidertlWnev; orders, which were ten in number. With respect to the order directing one-half of the relief to be given in kind, a resolution was passed to the permanent arrangements — %;e;TabouiTolelTiierbefo; i the council f or approva l , an d that the work would be pro- I ceeded wit!. "-- " Mr. Chalmers supposed it was nediatelv lotion of tt ,s understood that it is General Board of He rarily, from the exar cholera and than has been stat , h more The only place where the visitation not yet been seve vial towns, under the Pu' reat activity of preparatic Dr:Sutherland has been local authorities as to ti Observe SUDDEN DEATH IN A PULPIT.—On Mond quest was held at Norton, near Doncao the body of Mr. James Calvert, she , — near York. He had not been a F. having had several attacks of inflarr fever, but on Sunday morning he usual, and made a hearty dinne went to the Wesleyan Ch at six o'clock He afterwar strong man for year e afternoon he k fpn s went to the chapel d being a lay pr c Independents, he officiated is . . . . chapter of Luke, the lesson appointed for the evenin when he suddenly exclaimed " Oh, my dear friends, dropped down in the pulpit, and died ost immediate! AWFUL EFFECTS OF THE STORM ON AFTERNOON.—Suton Valence wa most terrific storms that it has I report for many years, if ever so aw been experienced. On Mr. Stuart's house and barns, was congregated a nui pickers drving themselves, after having t SITU RD AT , in an out iber of hop- with rain, when a severe flash of lightning struck the out house on the top of the cowl, passing down the rafter, and bursting the door of the kiln, driving a poor woman who was sitting on the steps outside the door to the end of the passage, between the kilns, and killing her on the spot. Passing below, the electric fluid struck one man in its passage, and passing out at the door killed two men standing against the doorway. It is lamentable to add that the poor woman was pregnant.—Kentish Mercury. INVASION OF ENGLAND.—ThO wooden walls of Old England will be rendered useless, ere long, if all th read of the feats performed by our French neighbours is correct. An aspiring aeronaut at Paris has effected na ascent with a steam-engine attached to his balloon, which enables him to steer his course in any direction he pleases. And a Dr. Payerne, at Cherbourg, has discovered the art of navigating under water with a submarine steamer, which may duck under in any of the dockyards_of France, and not show its nose again till it reaches the English coast. Hitherto it has been considered sufficient for all purposes to have at our enemies " betwixt wind and water," but if they are to come on the wind, or under the water, we need keep a sharper look-out than we have done heretofore. The idea of an aerial invasion of England has something in it so singularly romantic, that we doubt whether Napoleon 111. will be proof against the tempta tion. There will then be meaning in the phrase that " there is something in the wind."—John AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—The Sophia Moffatt has arrived from South Australia, whence she sailed the 28th of May. She is said to bring 17,000 ounces of gold, valued at £68,000. The Blundell, from Port Philip, has also arrived with a further amount. The Middleton has ar rived from Hobart Town (Van Diemen's Land), whence she sailed on the 13th of June. with about 25,000 ounces of gold, valued at £105,000. The Senator, from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 21st of May, also brines 9,100 ounces, valued at £36,400. On Saturday, the ship Med way, Captain Mackwood, arrived in the Thames, from Melbourne, Port Philip, with no less than 61,500 ounces of gold dust, valued at upwards £276.000. The Medway brings one of the most valuable cargoes ever imported by a private vessel into the port of London, amountiing in the aggregate, with cargo and gold dust in the hands of the passengers, to nearly £500,000. The Ganges, Allan master, arrived about the same time from Sydney, New South Wales, with a cargo of gold dust and wool valued at £lOO,OOO. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—AS a mark of respect to the memory of the late great Duke, on the day of whose death the Windsor Castle, screw aree-decker, was launched, the name of the ship has been altered, and will henceforth be known in the official Navy List, as " The Duke of Wellington." The two largest screw ships of war now in the world belong to the French and English navy. France has still her " Napoleon," and his great rival's name is perpetuated in the largest ship of war ever built—" The Duke of Wellington." from whose broadside more than 40001 b. weight of metal will be hurled at one discharge. Such ships may be more truly called members of the " Peace Society" than Messrs. Mane, Cobden, or Bright. The " Duke of Wellington," now at Pembroke, to be navigated to Portsmouth, is under orders to be fitted for commission as expeditiously as possible. She cannot, like the smaller class ships, proceed to the Clyde to receive her machinery; but the Admiralty have ordered the Blazer (formerly an old steamer, but now a capacious hulk), to be towed by the Cyclops, steam-frigate, to Glasgow, to.ship the machinery for the " Duke of Wellington," when the Cyclops will tow her to Portsmouth, and there the three -decker will have her engines completed.—Morning Herald. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.—Breret.—Lieutenant-Gene rel Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., to have the rank of General so long as he is in command of her Majesty's army. 7 lst or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guard s _ _ • Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to he Colonel, vice Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., de ceased.—Scots Fusilier Guards : Major-General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., from the 17th Light Dragoons (Lancers), to be C o l one l, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., appointed to the Grenadier Guards.-17th Light Dragoons (Lancers): Major-General Thomas William Taylor, C. 8., to he Colonel, vice his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards,—Rifle Brigade : Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.. deceased.— 90th Foot : General Viscount Beresford, G.C.8., to be Colonel.in-Chief, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., appointed to the Rifle Brigade. HORSE GUARDS, SEPT. 28.—The General Command ing-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Colonel Richard Airey to be his Military Secretary. SUICIDE OF A LONDON MERCHANT...4h Friday a determined act of self-destruction was committed by a gentleman named Edward Newnham Winstanley, the junior partner in the firm of Winstanley and Son, whole sale chemists and druggists, at No. 7, Poultry. It appears that about two o'clock on Friday afternoon the deceased, who is about 50 years of age, made his appearance in the warehouse of the establishment, and ordered the porter to fill him a phial bottle with prussic .acid. The order was obeyed, and deceased left the premises, and on emerg ing into the street called a cab, and rtquestcd to be con veyed to the neighbourhood of St. James's. Here he left the cab, but returned shortly afterwards, and told the cab man to drive him very steadily, as he was not vtry well, and wished to be put down at Bow Church, Cheapside. The driver acted according to his instructions, and on arriving at the church, and opening the cab door, found deceased lying in the cab in a state of insensibility. Deceased was then taken to the shop of Mr. Edinburgh, surgeon, who pronounced life to be quite extinet, and on examining the phial bottle, which was found on the seat of the cab empty, stated that it had contained prussic acid. The body was removed to the dead house, where it lies awaiting the coroner's inquest. At present no reason can be assigned for the unfortunate gentleman commit ting the rash act. THE CHALLENGE FROM THE AMERICAN NAVIGATION CLUB TO THE SHIPBUILDERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.—It will be remembered that, early in the past month, there was wafted across the broad Atlantic, from the American Navigation Club, a challenge to the shipbuilders of Great Britain. The conditions of the contest were, that the two ships should be modelled, commanded, and officered entirely by citizens of the United States and Great Bri tain respectively, and that they should sail, with cargo on board, from a port in England to a port in China and back to an English port, the prize for the winning vessel to be £lO,OOO, and to be paid without regard to accidents or to any exceptions. It was also stipulated that the vessels were not to be under 800 tons, nor over 1,200 tons, American register. The limit of time is pidly expiring, and it was with no litt Lsappoit g and C '3er of t 252 feet of bens tons, n an o'clock sed by the I ens T Lorimer, of London, WI and deserve t B SHIP HELEN, or of the I TII p,‘,.. len, Captain J. cargo of ~ on the went on well until I ant I u icti was t as a fin , rly bee with habits of luxury MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE has tish Jiferci zent of defence, and stro x of number of guns of heavy calibre gly fortifie This andertaki ne to save themselves by one for that purpose. the fury of the flames. at least sixty thousand pounds.—K they succeeded in falling in THE BODY OF A POLICEMAN, I They were ultim irdison, of LOndol lay last, The Heler ster, and wa ,ed for the fire, except India-rubber, which was th( 3, causing ignition of forty —On Tues man from second of the magnificent iron THE CH OT.ERA belonging to the Lannon ana iNortu- Western Rails was discovered in the Kilsby tunnel, on 'Wednesday I crushed in a most frightful manner. Nothing remai of his head except a tuft of hair just above the neck, t his arms were cut off, the chest was crushed, and bowels protrude.l. Tt is supposed that the deceased vi into the tunnel to get a piece of coal from a laggage4 standing there, and that while so engaged the . express co up and cut him to pieces. The dri;:rei of the'e states that he felt no shock, but that he misse er, the Inspector to t inat j titehead'of the eminent hot found that he had nothing like an acceptance of tl lengc to communicate to the American Club, b, the contrary, he had to report "No inquiry t o th e oropo r .• at that, on me late heavy in front of Sca RL OF ELI ing estab CATTT. nmill CHESHIRE AND WALES on Friday CHESTE of October Kann be held on Satu FREEMASON fined to onen 1 fled the "C Master of Cl vexatious questi these two tows s now finally )oth townships to in-door custo ty for ou en by the - Rev. C. K. Presc CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD arcels, & -boats, £474 8 3posed to build ,in at the i y at other times ND OXTON.—We -mud of the. r annoyanc it-hall, High Legt;:. Miss Wright (of Ala th the correspon MART AT CREWE —We u The priz and those forgentt I LWA Y. —Traffic f PSIRAP I ly - all the EW CHEESE that it is r tons to be di ever reo with ern .ent fai northi most satisfactory features hay ply, cattle of improved qua then fo ment, and affording hopes for t Chronicle DREADFUL Ac een—more pl cheese, to I P toring 100 I st )t but I r!, knees of advar —North Wales he future NT.—On Saturday week, the wife fa: t Pistill, North Wales, who p DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday night last, about half-past ten o'clock, an accident, which has been unhappily followed by fatal results, occurred at the village of Upton, near this city. The children of a cottager named Bennett had gleaned some corn, which was left to dry on the floor, when, owing, it is supposed, to some sparks coming down the chimney from a neighbour's house, the straw ignited, and the room was flames. The parents and two children effected an escape, but two others (John, aged 5, and George, 9 years) were so dreadfully burnt that they expired, after much suffer- soon in ing, on Friday. The accident happened whilst the family were in bed, and the two poor children who are dead could not be got out of the cottage till they had received injuries which have proved so distressingly fatal.—Chester Courant. HOOTON.—REMARK ABLE OCCURRENC E.-A circum stance occurred here on last Sunday, which deserves pub lication. Two horses. the property of Robert Morris, Esq., of " the Low Fields," had been left the previous night to pasturtin a field contiguous to the line of rail way from Chester to Birkenhead. By some means both the horses got out of the field, and strayed on the line. About half-past 5 o'clock a.m., when the luggage train arrived near to Hooton. one of the horses jumped clear from the line into a field below ; the other ran on before the train, all the way to Birkenhead. It must have tra velled at an incredibly rapid speed. In consequence of the dense fog which envel Ted the horse and engine at he time, the driver of the engine did not perceive the horse for some time, though he fancied he heard some peculiar noise before him. As soon as he perceived the imminent peril the horse was in, he immediately slack ened the speed at which the engine was going, thus giving the horse a chance for its life, and by a providential thought, saving., perhaps, the whole train from destruc tion. The horse, on arriving at Birkenhead, was laid hold of by a policeman, and taken to the stable of an inn, and on examination was found to have sustained no in jury, beyond a few bruises about his feet. Our corres pondent adds, that so far as he has been able to learn, no person is to blame, unless, indeed, it be a " pointsman" usually stationed near Limekiln.latte ' • who, had he been at his post of duty, could have signalled the train to stop, and thus have saved the further abuse of the horse. — Chester Chronicle. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.-(THIRD NOTICE.) No. 34, " Sunset View of Dresden," by W. Wyld, is a very good landscape; the colouring is clever, and the effect very superior. 36, "An Old Mill," by T. Creswick, R.A. An ex quisite little study, by a masterly hand. The peculiar tone of colour in this picture is remarkable, but the effect is unquestionably fine ; it is entirely free from that cold, positive expression which has been complained of in many of the works of this artist. 41, " The Opera Box," by Frank Stone. One of the gems of the Exhibition. it represents a beautiful girl seated in the Opera box, rather withdrawing from the ob servation she is so calculated to excite ; for whilst atten tively watching the stage, she is screening herself behind the projection of the box. Frank Stone is an admirable depicter of female beauty. 45, " Nell Gwynne," by Augustus Egg, A.R.A. Of all the pictures in the Exhibition entitled to compete for the prize, this is in our estimation the best. 52, " The Bourgeois Gentilhomme," by W. P. Frith, A.R.A., will be equal to it in the estimation of many, and we cannot but confess their merits are so nearly equal that it is only after considerable examination and reflection that we give our opinion in favour of Mr. Egg. His pictlre represents Mr. Pepys and his wife amongst a party of actresses at the King's Theatre, amongst whom is the celebrated Nell Gwynnc receiving a kiss on her fair cheek from the gal lant Mr. Pepys, who recoris the fact in his di a ry w ith evident. gusto. As to the execution of the painting, it is admirable. Had Hogarth painted in the nineteenth cen tury, he would have painted like Mr. Augustus Egg. Mr. Frith's painting is also very fine, full of life, spirit, and artistic excellence. 46, " Portrait of the Rev. Augustus Campbell, Rector Of Liverpool." by Mr. Westcott. Lice all the works by this artist, this portrait is both admirable for its fidelity and for the masterly skilj shown in its execution. This picture was in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy last season, and was much admired. 47. AnoVier portrait by a Liverpool artist, which is entitled to some praise. It is, however, a quadruped instead of a biped—being the portrait of a favourite hunter, by Mr. Huggins. 49. 14 Allugueuol, on St. Bartholomew's-day, refusing to shield himself from danger by wearing the Roman Ca tholic budge," by J. E. Millais. This being the prize picture, we should have noticed it first, had we followed the ordinary rule. We have, however, deferred it until now, in the hope that almost daily examinations would give us some idea of the motive which actuated the Liver pool Academy to confer the prize upon this picture. Without one pleasing feature in the whole composition, it is extravagant, crude, and affected in the highest de gree. We can scarcely call it a picture: it rather resem bles a bas-relief of German wool upon an ugly brick wall. The fond maiden need not express such intense fear of her lover leaving her; he is immovably fixed in the brick wall, of which it is evident she also is an Integral part. In our opinion, great talent was never more sadly perverted. _ _ EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE.—The extensive works of Messrs. Christian, All hueson, and Co., well known as the Tyne Soap and Alkali Works, on the south bank of the river, were injured by fire to a serious extent on Saturday week.—The damage is variously estimated at from £lO,OOO to £20,000. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of a letter, written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq , Collector of Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :—" I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphatically tell you in mercy to any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gouj - , lumbago, sciatica, je,ie,rheu matism, or any branch of hat widely-allied [Emily, to recommend their using t . In this country they are ;vas lof wonderful e ffi cacy ; t only am I personally aware , of their powers friends weir us, If taken in the earl ,te it altogether; if in a latei. t in this of a labouring man residing si moth, a was in service some distance from home, had occasion to Held with its proboscis incl..— leave the house for about an hour, having previously of escape. The insects continue to brought in-doors a quantity of corn in the straw. On of exhaustion, except, perhaps, in a leaving she locked the door, and left her three children may be released by the breaking of within, of the respective ages of one, three, and five years. member by which they have been en By some means not yet known the house took fire, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Po the poor children were all burnt to death. The mother is _ almost in a state of distraction. unfailin, be without th9.ncon nnyac fh fl natt d Lod of the P.G nd that the cuYt 12 fan( Dahlias ) cut, and T i am E it. but ble and very obvious feature tis ti nd bel in a s awn to 't with it, t seen the or other —F. W. J., 1 DEFRAUDING EMIGRANTS IN LONDON, On Friday last, Lionel George Thompson, Shotter, his clerk, were summoned before the Lord Ma ) for having conspired to defraud several persons who in tended to emigrate of sums of money. Thompson did not appear, Mr. Hobler, who was emploped to defend him, and Gavin stating that he w 'as out of toy that, in consequ, wrote to Messrs. Thompson and Co. upo passage to Australia for him and his a e of the i Mr. A. Russell stated .e of a friend of his. he subject of children __-• elleCL that 4U was the amount to be paid, and accordingly remitted to the firm the deposit of £2O, for which he got a receipt, signed " G. Shotter, for Messrs. Thompson." The vessel in which the passage was said to be taken was the South Sea, Captain Brett. After several postponements and disap pointments upon the part of Thompson and Co., he was told by Shotter that when Thompson came to town the money should be returned. He always understood Thompson and Co. to be what they prof( for the South Sea. On Thur not boncifide agents for the E they were No passage has been procured W and no money has James Baines, of Liverpool, said, — brokers for the South Sea, of We are E rich Captain Br, t is the - - My London agents a and Shotter were not agents to the vessel or to to ask whether we oney. would t we wrc ..c to them, as • e have vveitten to hundreds, that if the money were sent the emigrants should be received We held ourselves responsible to them to take 15. They never paid us. The undertaking to keep pi conditional upon the payment of the mn- aces for 15 was —Capt. Brett, owner of the South Sea. proved that he had never authorised Thompson and Co. to ship any passengers by his vessel. It was shown that the defendant Shotter had received money from several parties for passages by the ship ; but it was contended in his behalf that he was merely acting as a clerk ; and, although the Lord Mayor expressed an unfavourable opinion of his conduct, he was discharged on bail until next Friday. The officers of the court are is search of Thompson. ...................,........... DREADFUL SHIPWRECK ON BLACK- WATER BANK SEVENTY-fIAq; LIVES LOST s received on Sun - - the American s p Mobilo, Captain Tart Id loss of mx, which sailed ew Orl from this port ou Tuesday last, for 1.. The particulars of the melancholy occurrence, so far as we have been able to learn, are as follow :—The Mobile sailed from the Mersey, as above stated, on Tuesday last, with 60 passengers, and a crew numbering 26, including the Captain, and proceeded safely until half-past two o'clock on Wednesday morning, at which time she struck on Blackwatc r Bank, and, shortly afterwards, commenced to break up. At the time she struck the wind was blow ing a perfect hurricane from E.N.E., with a very heavy sea running; the only sails she carried at the time being th: fore and main topsails, close-reefed. . . Shortly after she struck efforts were made to launch the boats, but, in consequence of the heavy sea rt at the time, they were fruitl e s s . Th e s ill-fated ship, a few minute description, the poor passengers running directions, crying out pit eous ly f or h e l p ; but there was none at hand ; and, at every surceedi fter strikir rd the baffles all )ut in all wreck. one or more of their number were washed off t until, in a very short time, all had disappeared exception of eight seamen and one passenger, fortunately, lashed themselves to the channels. A few hours after the vessel had struck the weather mo derated considerably, and, about eleven o'clock on Thurs day morning, two schooners hove in sight,: and imme diately bore down to the wreck. One of the schooners, which was bound to Glasgow, took four of the sailors and the passenger ; and the other took the remaining four off, and landed them at Wexford. When rescued they were in a very exhausted state from cold and exposure. They were forwarded to this port in the Wexford steamer, and arrived on Sunday evening, destitute of every thing but the clothes they had on. , with the who had, As an instance of the little chance it was thought there was of any one on board being saved, en incident which occurred is worth recording. In:the cabin was a lady pas senger, who had upwards of £5OO in gold in her possession, and, thinking that she had no chance of being saved, she brought, the money on deck, and offered it as a present to one of the sailors in case she was drowned, and be rejected it, remarking at the time that •• he would I.nre enough to do to save himself." In a few seconds after having made the offer a sea swept over, the vessel arid carried the unfor tunate lady nverhoiird, an d she sank to rise no more. The sailor was, however, among those that were saved. Captain Tarbox, the commander of the ill-fated ship, together with all his officers, perished. He was well known and much respected in this town. There is no doubt the ship went to pieces on Friday, as great quantities of wreck, cargo, &c., several water casks, and portions of a vessel were passed on Friday night and Saturday. The Mobile was a fine ship, of upwards of 1,000 tons burthen, and nearly new. She was loaded by Messrs. J. Browne and Co., of Liverpool. Various rumours as to the cause of the unhappy disaster are afloat. We may mention one. The captain, it is said, went below on Tuesday night, the second mate taking watch. He (the mate) is reported to have told the man at the helm (probably from a misunderstanding of the captain's orders) to steer W.N.W. Th . Two hours after the captain went on deck, . bi%eu cne helmsman how ho was steering, and v s was c The captain instantly looked out, and fon lee shore, the wind blowing I W.N.NY riously We learn fro Messrs. Browne Tarbox was vessel, a ver one, only e 8 On a that he w THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE I —The Standard Quotes the French Patric rs of the d ing ventured eve 9 Of the Parisian e the Duke of Well hs old great figur a obict Lich is very s for hay ton in the HORT' f AUE'll seedsmen, urd of the , and run ition t !rich certainliexhit an any other I am ing to the order of A IuUI e 4 e,l ( titere t1:::' Per uTION TO HOVSEKE the h nuse of Dr. Tur 1 a wir the roof, I descended to the bed- £BO, the e !Ind Et 4 . 5 : 11 ' ;„„ C th tar 3eett effected in that pert of tile toT e f unocct officers to paupers, and by them - delivered With respect to Bridle No, 3, it was stated that it wa attempted at present to carry these regulations into effect the re ut they were constantly evaded, as it was notorious dm . ie Irish appropriated the money which they received it les contained a veto t In reference upon the granting r to this, it was sta It WSS ,ouneed by the gu Article 6 directs every able-1 to wort+ ) this c matter at the d of the guu ey for paying ed hat 1 The fifth article forbids the guar relief to any person who is in Dartinl posed outle iively; all the interior sewers had b Mr. Chalmer I execute the wor rf, this being fnr e rate of i Aftc r obt, le proportions vi Mr. Bec ty to pr '—Mr. Newlands ans •ed affirma ;ed so as to tho- 4101• a atory purpose solidated Fund, a-sun two or two- ev - )they part tood to refer to Evertor) ~ . s (who wa Newland ed that there that it caused an enormous cost in paving. DU dropped, and the public business closed. ions that the relief given tO---so their rent from the ye to pay hereat .ny urger was no doub builders, the Mr. D. C. B , ssel a start of fourtee ture of the America within " Englis compoeqofAm en experienced se ports, while tl rience is limit, men and . _ willing to augment the stake t sum than the £lO,OOO of th( Tiewhat upon our chlralry not t Observer tion Club, !sent chat- whose cape- and Er o accommodate them.— hey alleviife pain, and by anyAher menu able Medicine Vendors th Id. He vs usitiz Hollow t per box OINTMEN y. suttee, th;vreplorable Ojfitiuent and cut had wit essea ns ettect a much speedier cure t gbout the United Ki RHEUM AT PILLS HAVE EFFECTED - -- Mr- Donald writes to if about fifty ter, I dy!'or twelve cnOWLITseI s body was bent Dse who s little less than a miracle 1 to his owr Stance,— Spain, France the - ne shal c could have made, Wellington had a celebrated lieutenants " Junot—at Race " wlassen ,ut of Portu nt—at Salty 'fala !cry orcti the stuff id Vittoria rough Port us from Oporto to Waterloo!" lentes d'Onor. uatre Bras.