The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-28 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1854 4 °Q.L INTELLIGENCE. Ig gtnib r is.._ --------."-- Mr. Charles kft c o ,,___,oit been pleased to approve n. , br ,. 4 11 , has t Liverpool for the free city of I` !ct __L e 1 also been pleased to approve Mr. Emil tt C onsul at Manchester for the Republic of Ire litcr. io r Oto h,"33t.11----On We n dnesay several bodies, slip the re been lost i the Tayleur, were washed 4 11 Beast between Malahide and the Skerries. Ntl c T!C) United States Mail steam-ship, Captain ; 1 i"c0,t ) .. 8 .. a . 1 , 1 ed early on Thursday for New York, with 01, 18 ' , 4 0 1 15 , and a fair cargo. 0 of La N signed by the lord-lieutenant of the county 174tnottster :—Henry Holden, Esq., to be deputy ellf,,, cq tIiT h Tr a AL,,L COAL IND CANNEL COMPANY have con - I t 4 l: ',ftlie s n u.nionie sum of £7OO to the fund for the OIL tlr vivore and relatives of the late accident at yt 1', 0 .,„ Ote/it 'aT BELLY emigrant ship, which got ashore i d lo r k , v g v a a l_ s e c, at Ring4o on her outward voyage to i t '434, wired into the Mersey on Thursday morn ki the 4 , - "1. bY the steam-tug Iron King. 4.0 f money we the Dock Committee, on Thursday, Cliere al so Wore accepted to the extent of £13,450. h i , "( 50 renewed to the amount of £2,330. sy the SERVING ON JITRIES.—The ki .i:Ni te % itondon Sheriffs' Court has stated that a i there baying an office in London must serve k 4 1 21°, or employ an agent, whose name must , ItL,JrYlist. 'I/ qtl s : high sheriff, and some . of the leading ' l t ti le bar; at the present assizes, dined with the L io ~4 er,11- hall 1;qi:s4c118-----i on Tuesday last. n extensive firm in Presn have, 15o nn , 11a "i i nated the following notice in thei t r o offices to Men employed in this establishment are wear the moustache during business k,,,,_ 14ZO /ATE SCHOOL—The second of the three eaination Prizes at Trinity College, Cambridge, k lt6tvon by Mr. T. Webster, who was educated "7 , and now holds the Gladstone Exhibition. 4 1 a silver goblet, value £lO. 1 P e,, II 4INCIEBSTER Liverpool and Philadelphia IN, - ft ",P.,,," Wylie, left the Mersey for Philadelphia ,z.,,fq wednesday, with seventy cabin passengers L Crgo. The vessel only arrived on the pre wa,af,tortioon, since when she discharged a very w ) , , Oaded, and in the river on Tuesday, being bg. ' 'nig days in port. 4 B T4I 4 r I Y on Friday, an old man, named Horley, to ~ s ilon in Rainford-gardens, cut his throat ii. 'll • - „t• He was immediately conveyed to the `kh el a s 4L_L 4l . He left a paper on the table,. stating W t been the cause of his destruction. ri'' , B4 - „,'!" , a guard on the Bolton and Liverpool th„ a r.ed on Monday by his head coming in . I N r a short distance from Bolton. It is ".-- held fastening the cover on one of the had forgotten the vicinity of the azD ( 1 tath A W A, SRuotrsEs.—At Cornwallis-street ..the „ . k. weP,ast week was 2,426—increase over cor "' last 1 ; Pierhead salt water) 'L lt eel t li's last year week: 23s 471—increase over ber corres klo,,,feer., u 1 t_ Year., crease 111 ; Paul-street num of IZ, B—m over corresponding week no 8 AFE ROBBERY.—On Thursday evening Ntessrs. Vincent, Higgins and Co., Sir 1 , 4 44‘1,,, 41 g5, were robbed, it is supposed, by some t cql the premises. A safe was broken tt e te3 e ,(l, rawers ransacked, but the hole made each, ttie safe was too small to-enable them to 0 41 ..:'°X, and their booty was trifling. Fe °$ EASTHAM.—Mr. Nicholls, the lessee of !k b "4e L J, daas purchased a very handsome Clyde P 4S - Th 4 Lomond, to ply between . the Landing th,,s'ln• The Loch Lomond is faster than l 'wer, except the Countess of Ellesmere ; 4o• a 'e fitted with cushions, and adorned with 4t ; N ,Pres e 4 ,l Bo xs have made a move to obtain ss. a 6 1 s t - litte ) ," rate of wages being 4s. 6d. A meeting \‘i te l a i' and men was held on Tuesday, at the eetill4.',°lr Thomas's-buildings, at whiFh . a most . \ 4l( to ' r evailed ; and we understand it, is likely .4, I's a rrangement will be come to. . 119, ‘,te w tk • I tY DINNEE.—Mr. Robert Morris, of s Morris, and Jones, woollen warehouse- Vait: ll, was entertained on Wednesday to din .liotel, Temple-court, by a number of the'tstiniony of their esteem for him, as well Op a ,_ selves o f an opportunity of wishing him qtr"."4lers success in their new undertaking at PlZltt:'o4ti`T COLLECTORS IR TROUBLE.—At the litris e 1 uesday, John Pratt and Geo. McKenzie, ikr g , ,e,lt and account collectors, were brought :,tlt.! ei t y s e itl i z t r al :n e c s l : Sli f t r h, s Cli im i i il l •ch sa -s i t d reg, at uti o t i r l iS i , ~\•,at . il o l a d been employed by the firm, but, after tt,nsatt il k s_ . . 81 1 MS, they had not accounted for the • ',14 h a rd been detected in a breach of trust last Ite„tily ,1 since been engaged in collecting adver (44 '41 4 ,,, , 1 )1 , t i0 ? a ".e had however, collected money, and not 1 ha ' M c Kenzie said he had received several r,t ri k 'Aiii 44 (1 themoney 4l,i t cki l llttilittilivednestiay, to Pratt. They were ex and remanded for seven days. i i , , .)' N I It GCARDIANS. — The weekly meeting was 4 co, ,1%,,N1ay. Present : Mr. Jos. Harrison (in the N.l, 4 41 1 : 1 '; klpass and Reyes, vice-chairmen ; and 1471t,1 1 1 , h4:- 1 , M c Gee, Abrahams, Lunt, Wensley, tt‘ila t o.•,,' l ,Slaitli, Carter, To or James Birch, Ikr, h tk , 't,,nc,: (:) ."E'rt Birch, Shaw ' , and Mount ,',tit",„!`4l. tl ,_''A,••l7 the hands ofsurer was re 'NV for f i' . .t se al tt., lid.. The r produced an e °ll; en r the b' es 4e 41 0 1 the Poor - law . Board, declaring . new 11 ,14 : 444, 4 , tm od 4 . A committee was appointed to , -° tim. -° fth "e of providing burial accommodation 1 „,_vi5i,,,,,,. the order of the Privy Council for closing N te i : 4 ' 3 , it,eral tenders were accepted for supply 41g e gl 4 th e ` ,for the next six months. The number t k a s eB . orkhouse was stated to be 655, of the E 0nt0.1.0."--ot able-bodied, 251; able-bodied, 82 ; I , r ,_` las "m, 65- • t 718 in the correspond kt7redt to ° The number of inmates in the -ital i fi , ,, he 91, consisting of 78 adults and 13 • 1 '; agaist 14 in the corresponding week 4 4 k l , l W" 4 ters or DRUNKENNESS.—An inquest %ii ii k ie th kopialay, on the body of Mary Naylor, the e: beitghter, whose death had been caused by .rto,,zi k if:t hi s li g, ignited. The husband, on Tuesday )IC'tt. 4 a - t, k ';'°lne to attend to his usual avocation 0 11 ,1, 41, ea v i n _ g the wife in the house along with k lial e e rty o D, both being under the influence of ) 1 1 ,z 1!I fe,,„, 111 an hour or two afterwards, he ,1,„, - ti e, and the deceased at the door with her S' . . i f,v` i oti - .1 1 11 e,r sister standing near her in a state A'q th e el mmediately extinguished the flames, NN M in . :,, un fortunate woman to the Infirmary, ISA °P ''''evi' hours after being admitted. tIP4 ) `k N I , . 1 ,,,,,,a thp, ,_LIcArT.--On Wednesday an inquest skikh4,_ se, wh o ''°dY of Mr. Robert Irving, publican, PI 1 4 A ' had was found dead early that morning. :1'11ti,b,km,,,,,,,' attended a raffle, at the house of Mr. ~,2 t,,`t h i r,' Prince Edwin-street, on the previous , :kit l li t Ze i t ‘ l ';lt at eleven o'clock. Having remained it e 0 1,1 40 11-se in Scotland-road he reached his A It% ')f - ' , 4re e ti.,,% 111 15e la three and four o'clock,. when he . 1 Itl s N V A 7 very ill. He was supplied with a kNeetttSittiae retired to bed. Shortly afterwards ;e!'cti ti) t i 7 f% a noise, and henud her husband lying kk c ‘ or c heee stairs, where had fallen. He was ) th e l!ll, P ae ti 4 and at six o'clock he was found dead. 4 1 t , ItI t ot 5 t1- 4 ? 1 : „ r 4 e lltal death " was returned. 4111 4 1 v4,, - ' ll 4 l ' AND ARCILBOLOGIC.A.L SOCIET . Y.- 04,elkteeting on Wednesday, Mr. Morris, of t il ltet t ‘,,,t tZ an associate member. The iresen._ \li q Z 4llll4B4P r e ß rs ' ( lA the ou ße nt Y ff Illile tittion oaces f in toy thj Aintler r i l es e , bye T. L. Donaldson," was 4 h: be%„, _ i t 3 eretary. The secretary also directed l'i, „t, ,. .) , "111 Y-executed model by Mr. Hatha 1, th„ ~,,._ Tell e l Zwiled by Messrs. Hay, and at present 11•01 4 k ,at the sole expense of Hugh Tennent, lie; L ttet tl ;. a tntleman of superior taste in eccle . - ,Siliike,toit the XI% Picton then proceeded to read his , li, 4 "ae kw ,c Architectural History of Liverpool," ch -Cl a're,' 4 ..; ll g ones, illustrated most effectively I .l tti - c o "nu improvement of the town. ‘l 4l, 11 I! A Co kii,„, ap h ... iLPIELD.—The following singular 1. rye t,,,,, 9 f t .„`"'"ed a few years ago in Parr, about ~ie cOlerjAhAll Liverpool, where there are several c,k,Z1Z):44,7. It will tend to show the immen . se ~,,-„,,,. e A s which lie under a small superficial 1 th. , q'op e 1 . 11 elderl widow lady sold to a gentle iv\P rt es Y in Pa; r r ns . 'co 'stin of a house and 1i,1 1 ,.:41,e 4et tti ii , - , of, land, for £3,000. ,1a The old lady ‘.; 4 f ci; ! ' ue." l'e coals under the nd,..as there . was ,\tv 3 0 1 m., l4l, bourhood ; but it was the decided ,t, 'th 'gat - Crinetors and others conversant with V,', Jkt t e 4 Dro i ,: e re were no coals on the property. The 1 ) ' 6 1i„ ti le kro e etY, however, insisted that the coals iA, ro. I,'„lmless the purchaser would give her l'4o , ea This he refused doing, and the coals were 'N,, 41,1 •41,7 1: f r0m his purchase and reserved to it tiiiti i ` r , the", 4 ,.,`;'ed soon after, bequeathing' the coal \cl4,.*," %ver - ' l d-ren of a deceased sister, seven in X th;q, h at o "'", labonrers, and the residue of her Yt4„ l.) ecti les4 C 3,000, to the children of another I SS.It 1, a' of the coal-mines was considered a \Nt,)4 an at i s • • li aeco riw ,. sensions in the two families tl ik.i l , Of tini2, ofd it. The coal legatees brooded LlS'i 4t xEl. Ctlat' s Z over their disappointment in not \ t o L Iltri ve , 4 'oPprty with their cousins, but at N" l4 1, nao‘; to induce some persons, who were , L 'N fa , h 11 ,g On e v, 4l° , n eY than wit, to undertake the e1v.,.t0 i°r. i th : o tai?cl to ascertain whether there ik; l l . i . ' l oi le,gfeats. boring continued for a consider- ALa ~,; ot i t , amusement of persons connected 'l, dt k L th e :,,,,b, ll lBt, to their great astonishment, \l i i , '• E , l ,' , , t , ,,,;l°,„naser, and the unbkunded delight v c. ktl ea, exte:irs of the best coal in Lancashire o il.,:t l iNli, l i'llici i c _, ( 1.4 1 , g nearly the whole breadth coals l q ,cct i. , ly ph ..‘_lud be easily worked. These ) f;tr 4 73 , f or -c !lased by the proprietors of a ne!gh t,Tis ,re found, 0. On subsequent borings N),to which the same parties pur ,l4o l a , , Q ''..-Arining Journal. \ l O &•A l ict iv ,• - • - A claim for salvage was brought koitit 'melt ' `-'ottrt on Thursday by which the i t'''it:; t ' l l t (ler s ed (lti g,ht to obtain salvage" compensation ktoup ee , ,011,,,,,!, 1,,,h,; eutrance of the river Mersey. The ,1"t,,1,-,.. , ,,V„Proceedin g from Douglas, Isle of ,),, ,N e - ,; - '°,l4 ip`',..,". 133 ai1s and passengers, but without ' tk;) as "'eels but from the Bell-buoy broke one kbajleg e d ~t 1 continued her voyage. She sub 'll4ti le t ' ao(1:1 8 .. t ecl a signal, which was responded e 4, 4 t to llt to )/ t ,', 1 4 tak - 4'v!_ an ineffectual attempt to hours:iak It l / 4 ) , tiki e 'ren ce ,. (l,o 7 k tow e, an in about t the part of the salvors kttt, isSiti t ,l la t when . the Albert rt came up the Mona's rprom tl eared t°le eward on the e Great Burbo Bank, 01, 11 hem ~ Y the owners. The value of the 11 4 tt,, R. ,,12,6 (20 , and a tender was made of NLII-`h.litii-17,4?rs refused.—The Judge said, that Nea . " 4 se d. _ , fl'e`"° reconcile the conflicting statements t llC r ed • :" °f °Pinion that a valuable service mere hat the tender was insufficient, and haute it, and decree £lOO. THE NEW STREET from the Custom-house to the Queen's hock will be opened for traffic in a few days. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT was tried with great success, on Tuesday and Thursday, on the tower of the Sandon Dock. It was also exhibited last night at the same place. A FIRE broke out on Saturday morninc , in the office of Mr. Moorhouse, broker, Hackin's-hey, but it was speedily extinguished by the fire-brigade before much damage had been occasioned. TrrE BRAZILEIRA, South American Company's screw steamer, Captain H. T. Cox, sailed for the Brazils, via Lisbon and Madeira, on Friday afternoon, with 28 passen gers, a full cargo, and a small quantity of specie. The next monthly mail will be taken out by the new steamer Bahiana, Captain Green, on the 24th of April. CHRIST CHURCH, CLA.ITGHTON.—On Sunday last two sermons were preached in this church, by the Rev. Dr. Butler, in aid of the special mission to the Roman Catho lics in England, when the sum of £46 ss. was collected. MIRY ANNE LATHWAITE, a servant at an inn, has been committed for trial at the assizes, by the magistrates of St. Helens, for the wilful murder of a child, of which she was delivered a few days since. THE LATE MAYOR.—Mr. Samuel Holme is at present confined at an hotel in London by an attack of illness ; but we are glad to learn that it is not of a serious nature. DISCOVERY OF A DEAD CHILD.—On Saturday last the body of a female child was found in a box, inside the rails of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel. An inquest will be held upon it to day. THE PRESTON Sniring.—Three more of the delegates have been arrested; and, after being committed for trial, have been liberated on bail. Meetings were held on Fri day and Saturday, and again on Sunday. A great num ber of new hands are at work, some of the old ones have gone in, and the disaffected will soon be put completely hors de combat. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday evening, Michael Farrel, a boy aged five years, was playing in Vauxhall road, when a timber carriage belonging to Messrs. Lloyd was passing along the street, and the boy ran against the baulk, which caused him to fall with his head near the large wheel, which passed over it and killed him.—William Leather, a man aged 63 years, was engaged piling timber, at Egerton Dock, on Saturday last, when a quantity of wood fell upon him, and instantly crushed him to death. — Priscilla Carson, a woman 80 years of age, died on Satur day last, from injuries she received by a car running over her in London-road, on the 13th instant.—lnquests upon each of the above bodies will be held by the coroner this day. boomE-cum-LixecßE.—The annual meeting of the ratepayers was held on Saturday, Mr. T. Robinson in the chair. The accounts of the surveyor of the highways were exhibited, showing a balance of £7O in the hands of the surveyor out of a rate of sd. in the pound. The rate had been all collected, with the exception of what had been excused to the poor. Mr. P. Conally was re-elected sur veyor of the highways for the ensuing year, at the usual salary. Mr. Win. Knowles and Mr. Donally were nomi nated to the office of collectors of the government taxes. Mr. Wm. Knowles, Mr. Charles Musker, and Mr. Thomas Williamson were nominated for overseers of the poor for the ensuing year. Mr. Joseph Musker, the assistant overseer, exhibited a sketch of his accounts, by which it appeared that the rate of ls. in the pound had been all collected and expended, leaving a small balance due by the township. The meeting passed a resolution expressive of their approbation of the general good conduct of the col lectors of the highway and poor rates, Mr. Donally and Mr. Musker, and particularly as applied to the duties of each in their relative departments. DUCHY OF LA.NcisTEE.—The accounts for the year end ing at Michaelmas last have been made up and presented to Parliament. The rents received during the year amounted to £26,297, the casual revenue, from sale of timber, &c., to £3388 ; dividends, £617. The arrears of rent outstanding were £7711. The salaries of the princi pal officers amounting to £6212 ; of the law officers, £853 ; of receivers, £160; of stewards of manors, £486; pensions £903; charities, £1390 ; surveys and repairs, £1668 ; audit expenses, labourers' wages, and other expenses, £4781. The sum of £15,500 was paid over to Her Majesty's privy purse. . . THE SANITARY BILL.—At the meeting of the Health Committee, on Thursday, the Town-clerk stated, in refer ence to what had taken place in London with respect to the Sanitary Bill, that, in consequence of the opposing parties not making up their minds, which they might have done more than a week before they did, ten witnesses had been sent up to London, heavy briefs prepared, and large fees paid to counsel. The ratepayers would be put to an expense of £4OO or £5OO by the delay. Even at the last moment, the solicitor in London insisted on remaining, and appeared before the committee ; the counsel also ap peared, but not with the view of opposing, for it was un derstood all opposition should be withdrawn. They agreed to withdraw it, if certain terms were accepted, and there was a delay before they made up their minds. After some conversation, the subject dropped. ^ JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.-At the Police-court, on Satur day, the presiding magistrate investigated several cases of robbery, the perpetrators of which were lads between eight and twelve years of age, dirty, ragged, and preco ciously cunning. One, named Myers, was remanded for seven days, on a charge of stealing a looking-glass from a broker's shop in Brownlow-hill, officer Carlisle stating that he was engaged in investigating several other cases of robbery in which the prisoner was concerned. The prisoner's mother, with tears in her eyes, said that he was quite unmanageable, and another officer stated that his brother was undergoing the penalty of transportation. Another lad, nine years of age, who has been brought up at the Police-court about six times, was only discharged on Friday, and a few hours afterwards he was taken into custody for stealing some cheese from a baker's shop in Falkner-street. It was stated that the lad's father, who is in the receipt of good wages, was quite careless as to his son's disgrace, and refused to attend at the court, though requested to do so. HEALTII OF THE TowN.—The medical officer of health reports that the mortality of the borough during the week ending the 18th inst. rose to a higher point than in any week of the preceding two months, partly from the vari able weather, and partly in consequence of measles having appeared as an epidemic amongst the children in the workhouse. The deaths from all causes, which in the previous week were 217, were last week 248, while the average mortality of the same week in the preceding six years was only 214 ; the deaths from zymotic diseases were 65, of which 25 were from measles (including 18 in the workhouse), 11 from hooping cough, 13 from diar rhoea, 8 from typhus, and, 14 from croup. No fatal case of smallpox nor of scarlatina was reported during the week. From diseases of the lungs there were 86 deaths, including 36 from consumption. STEAM FROM LONDONDERRY.—The Londonderry and Liverpool Steam-packet Company's beautiful new steamer, William M'Cormick, arrived here on Friday morning, after the quickest passage ever made betwixt Londonderry and Liverpool, namely, 16i hours. The William M'Cor mick was built at Glasgow for this new enterprising company, who also expect to have another new steamer (the Enniskillen, built by Messrs. Vernon and Sons) on the Liverpool and London Station in the course of a month. THE SCREW-STEAMER SARAH SANDS arrived in the Mersey on Friday afternoon, from Portland, after a pro tracted voyage. She sailed from Portland at 5.30 a.m., on the 2nd inst., and on the sth passed a steam-ship, supposed to be the Charity, from hence and Greenock for Portland. On the 10th, at one a.m., lat. 45, lon. 48, made a large field of ice, and sailed to the south, along its edge. At 6.30 a.m., rounded the south side of it—many icebergs around ; saw one of the " Black Ball" liners rounding its south side, going westward. At noon, on the 18th, lat. 51, lon. 16, passed the United States Mail Steam-ship, from Havre and Southampton for New York. On the 21st put into Kinsale harbour short of coal. The Sarah Sands encountered strong head winds the greater portion of the passage. " THE Wm's WATCH."—At the County Court, War rington, on Thursday, before Mr. J. W. Harden, Philip Hudson, a joiner, at Latchford, sued Ellen Worrall, a joiner, at Knutsford, for the return of love gifts. After a three weeks' acquaintance, and after one of their first walks, the plaintiff had become so enamoured of the charms of the lady, who is really a very comely body, that on closing their promenade by a chat in a public-house, he took his watch, valued at £6 10s., and placed it around the fair Ellen's neck, replying to her deprecatory objec tions, " Take it ; it is the wife's watch." This was on the 9th Sept. last. Ellen went to Knutsford, the watch round her neck. Philip returned to Latchford, but with his passion increased, and very soon he bought at Liver pool a guard for the watch, which he sent to protect " the wife's watch." A brooch was sent at the same time, and letter-writing began on both sides, Philip's epistles being of a very tender character. In one, which was read by defendant's counsel, he said, " These presents, my dear love, are of the purest silver, but my love is purer than silver." The courtship, however, was a very brief one, for by the close of the year Philip had found some other fair (whom he has since married), and requested the return of his watch. Ellen wrote to say that it was coming ; but, acting upon the counsel of her friends, she retained it; hence the action. The court, in deciding, spoke of LOrd Tenterden's opinion, who judged that when delivery accompanied a gift, the gift was a legal one, and the pre cedent already before him in that court, Longshaw v. Dootson, was given in the same way. His honour, there fore, gave a verdict for the defendant.—Manchester Courier. DOCK CommiTTEL—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday ; Mr. Turner in the chair. The tender of Messrs. A. and G. Holme, for altering the roof of the offices at the Albert Dock, was accepted.—The sub-com mittee of works recommended that the tender for the work to be done at the sheds on the east quay of the Prince's Dock be given to Messrs. Haigh and Co. The amount of the contract is £1,150. Confirmed.—The ten ders of William Carson, for pitch, and William P. Smith, for pig lion, were accepted.—The marine committee re commended that the men employed at the landing-stage be placed on the same footing as the dock gatemen in re gard to wages, namely 20s. a week for the first two years, and 21s. afterwards.—The Harbour Masters' Committee recommended that the salary of the senior 'harbour mas ter, Mr. Hodson, be increased from £4OO to £5OO per annum, and that of the junior harbour master, Mr. Garniss, from £3BO to £4BO per annum.—A long discus sion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Evans moved that the recommendation to increase the salaries of the har bour masters be not confirmed. On a division, the motion was lost by ten to four. For the confirmation of the re commendation :—Messrs. Royden, Littledale, Robinson Holden, Tobin, Rounthwaite, Smith, Chaloner, Lockett, and the chairman. Against it :—Messrs. Gladstone, Heal ing, Evans, and Barber. A report was read, relative to the ship Robert Preston, which took fire a few weeks ago in the Prince's Dock.—The solicitor read his report to the Harbour Masters Committee on the subject of prosecu tions for breach of the law allowing the use of fire and lights on board ships in certain cases.—Mr. Lockett said the utmost penalties for offences where fires and lights were not allowed was £100; and in other cases, where fires and lights could be used, subject to certain conditions, it was £2 O . Some conversation of a desultory character ensued, after which the matter dropped.—A communica tion was read from Mr. Robert Woodward, Chairman of the Association of the Liverpool Corn Trade, calling at tention to a report adopted at a recent meeting of the trade, held in this town. The report included several re commendations, which have already been published, urging the Dock Committee to consider the question of dock accommo dation in reference to giving greater facilities to the corn trade of this port.—After some conversation respecting the necessity of warehouses round the docks, the matter was referred to the Harbour Madera' Committee. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sru,—l had hoped that the transactions connected with the late appointment to the Birkenhead Hospital would have been permitted to go into oblivion, except so far as to be a useful warning against similar: proceedings in future. I shall therefore only reply to Mr. Fry's letter that--1. The late second meeting was not the result of medical jealousy, but the unmistakeable voice of public disapprobation.-2. Notwithstanding- Mr. Fry's letter, I do not retract any part of my statements,.-3. I have always protested, and will always protest, against personal interest and favour being injuriously employed in public institutions. I came forward on this painful question only when called upon by four active officers of the institution, and am very reluctant to contine a discussion which can only fester private differences, and which cannot now alter the late decision. Regretting very much that I should be compelled again to express my disapproval of the recent proceedings, and hoping that the whole matter will be permitted to rest where it does, I remain, sir, your faithful servant, St. Aiden's, March 22, 1854. JossPIC BAILEE. A CURIOSITY IN NEWSPAPER LITERATURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In your last publication, a correspondent, who signs " Common Sense," has made some severe strictures upon a leading article which app eare d i n one of your local contemporaries on the previous Saturday. Now, as I happen, at present, to be the principal Editor of the paper referred to, I feel it decidedly due to my reputation as a public writer entirely to disclaim the authorship of the article which has called forth your correspondent's critical castigation; and further, to affirm that I had not even seen the same until it had made its appearance in print. I am, Sir, yours, respectfully, S. PHILLIPS DAY. Liverpool, March 27th, 1854, ECONOMIC _LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ON Saturday week an ordinary annual court of the mem bers of this society, and also-all-extraordinary and quinquen nial court, was held at Radley l s - Hotel. Bridge-street, Bleck friars, London, for the following purposes, viz.: The ordinary annual court to receive the report of the auditors for 1853, and to re-elect them, and the quinquennial court to receive the report of the directors, upon the value of the society's funds, their engagements, and the valuation of policies prior to the declaration , of a bonus, and to elect four directors, there being four retirements by rotation. The Right Hon. it T. Frankland Lewis, Hirt., M.P., occupied the chair, and apologised for the unavoidable absence of the deputy-chairman, H. F. Stephenson, Esq., who, he said, had gone to see his son off with the hrave fellows who were now setting out in the defence of their country. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, Mr. JAMES JOHN DOWNES. F.R.A.S., actuary, read a statement of the receipts and expenditure for the year 1853, as follows : RECEIVED Balance, Feb. 9, 1853 CURIOSITIES OF NEWSPAPER LITERATURE. Assurance PreMiums (less commission) Interest on Investments (less income tax) Investments paid off TO TILE EDITOR OP VIE LIVERPOOL STLITDARD. ... 413,038 4 8 150,778 4 1 54,302 2 7 231,113 18 6 Total receipts .'449,232 9 10 PAID. SlR, — Really the heading under which I write may be stereotyped for constant use, if certain writers in one of your contemporaries continue to startle " Common Sense" with such effusions of an obfuscated intellect as have lately been presented to the public. I aimed a blow at the sconce of the scribbler last week, but, to my surprise, he is as unabashed and as tormenting as ever. He reminds me of a celebrated character, known by the appellation of the "talking machine," who is invited to parties of re served young gentlemen, for the purpose of preventing a flag in conversation. This gentleman can talk with most amazing volubility upon every variety of subject, by the hour or by the evening, as required. You wind him up by proposing a theme, and he hurries on with breathless haste over the worlds of literature, science, and art, with " satis eloquent* sapientim parum." After he has amused for a time, he is cast off, and voted a bore. Cannot the fate of the unfortunate gentleman with the "caccethes loquendi" be a warning to the gentleman who is troubled with the "caccethes scribendi ?" It affords some amusement to hold up folly to derision, once or twice, as a scarecrow to incompetent scribblers ; but if the fellows present them selves too often, our patience is awearied, and we are rather disposed to administer a kick than bestow a smile. Last week, we were 'amused with unparalleled specimens of vapid nonsense, cloudy sentences of big words without meaning. This week, I have to present to your notice a few samples of an equally curious article on the " Union of the four learned societies of Liverpool." We are told that " The natural genius of England being rather of an ABSTRACT, or practical character, we do not think dry and abstruse classical attainments would add much to the adornment of the country, or to the progress of society. Those men who plume themselves on their classical attainments become dogged and consequential, or pedantic and frivolous ; and while they writhe in' the agonies of scholastic congestion, they generally contrive to pawn upon their HEARERS peifect mountains of criticism, which they would have the world believe was so much done for society, while they are simply levelling the reputation of others. A whole classic scholar is sel dom more than half educated. He spends his life in studying the manners, habits, and customs of our race backwards. Ile knows more of the depravity of Ancient Greece, and the follies of Latin Nations, than lie does of the vices or virtues of the age in which he lives. Albeit, he is the crammed chicken of a University, and what he lacks in common sense lie can amply supply from Homer's sonnets or Cicero's eloquence. He may borrow, where other men are said to steal, an idea, and by adroit plagiarism, he establishes a character for originality, which true genius looks upon with scorn." This writer is assuredly establishing for himself a cha racter for originality—but does lie suppose himself the • " true genius," who has a right to look down with scorn upon "the crammed chickens of a University," or upon the students of "Homer's SONNETS or Cicero's eloquence ?" Is it not ridiculous for men to prate about what they so little understand ? Because, forsooth, it has been the fashion of late years to decry the classics, on account of the ex tremes to which classical scholars have carried their admiration and attachment, every illiterate coxcomb thinks his time of triumph has come—that learning may be as sailed with impunity—that a flood of Vandal scribblers may destroy the wondrous models of greatness of thought, and beauty of style, which characterise the ages of Pericles and Augustus. What better arguments against the detractors of classical attainments beed be given than these specimens of the fruits of Omit' neglect. This un classical writer says : "If the Literary and Scientific Societies of Liverpool were likely to increase, this feverishness of classical and scholastic congestion of the ?wind, and want of manners of those who resorted to them for recreation, we should feel far less disposed to give them our humble meed of approbation and support. * * * * By some extra ordinary perversion it appears, however, that those who profess to know most, really do yeast for the advance ment of their fellowmen. •ToOe familiar with classic authors, is to be but partially accomplished ; and to presume upon their originality, or to exist by their per fections,is simply attempting an arrogant impertinence. "We are, therefore, rejoiced to find that the learned societies of Liverpool are turning their attention, together with that of the public, to the practice of that beautiful science architecture, and the promotion of useful and in genious arts. This is the field in which the mind of a nation may labour with a prospect of arriving at indi vidual greatness, and man's MORAL and SOCIAL amelio ration," Assurance claims Annuity claims Invested in Government securities.. Do. in mortgages, life interests, & reversions 227,722 13 0 Loans on policies Purchase of policies 5,442 10 0 Fire assurance premium 4BO 17 0 Rent, taxes, insurance, and repairs 530 15 5 Printing,advertisements,stationery, & stamps . 1,026 6 5 Directors, auditors, and medical officers..., 2,135 11 1 Actuary, secretary, and clerks Agents' charges and medical fees Solicitor and law expenses 305 10 6 Income tax Sundries Balance at bankers Total £449,233 9 10 STATEMENT OF THE ASSURANCE FUND. What does he mean ? He is evidently suffering from "feverishness" and some extraordinary affection of the mind, not brought on by companionship with the classics, or by burning the midnight oil. The "arrogant imper tinence" of such a writer in setting himself above the classical scholar, verifies the proverb of the fate of pearls cast among swine. The poor educated man is certainly an object of commiseration when his lot casts him among the " profanum vulgus." I shall only trouble you with one more extract, though you may before now have ex claimed " Usque ad nauseum." " This age is purely and essentially practical. It may not be so from choice, but it has become so de facto from necessity.; and what can be more truly beautiful and edifying than the study of the great phenomena ofhuman genius at the present day It is not necessary that Liverpool should be reduced to ashes, or that England should pass into the shade of a classical oblivion of a thousand years, to render her literature and science sub jects fit for the study of our cloisters or universities. We therefore view the utilitarian character of our Liverpool societies with the most earnest solicitude." It is not worth while to answer so shallow a writer as this. lam more inclined to laugh at the conceit of the individual; but, unfortunately, he is merely taking up the song of abler men, whose judgments on this subject have been misguided. We are told that it is not necessary that England should pass into the shade of classical oblivion to render her literature mid science fit for the study of our universities ; and with this sentiment I agree. Why is such the case ? Why but because our English classical authors have deeply loved, studied, and imitated those very works which are now to be despised. The sublimity and fire of the Iliad—the nice and particular painting of manners in the Odyssey, have been perpetual sources of poetry, from :which the greatest authors of after times have drunk, copious draughts of inspiration. Yet Homer himself acquired his art through Egyptian channels. Indeed, the history of learning and literature does not prove that the intellectual powers of man are progressive from age to age. The writers of the present day are not equal to those of the Elizabethan era. The literature of England is superseded by that of ancient Rome, and that of Rome again by more ancient Greece. In proportion as the Romans,etudied Greek literature, they became more excellent . " writers and enlightened philosophers ; and in the proportion ancient classical literature has been studied in our own country, our authors have attained an eminence and a glory which shall cause their writings to be studied thousands of years after the nation's decline and fall. What is the utility? asks the the narrow-minded querist. I answer : every exercise of the mind, like exercise of the body, tends to call forth and strengthen nature's original vi gour. Be the subject immediately lucrative or not, the nerves of reason are braced by the mere employ. It is lamentable to see the increase of that contemptible tribe of utilitarians, who, from a love to the means of life, wholly forgetting its end, are for that reason truly de , nominated misers, or miserable. It is time to check the progress of these soul-debasing, money-grabbing, world and Mammon idolators, and to infuse into their minds a little more COALMON SENSE. March 27, 1854. Dec. 31, 1853. .._. Funded property and Government securities 595,106 5 7 Mortgages Life interests and reversions 130,128 15 10 Cash in hand PRINCE ALBERT has given a donation of £2OO for the extension of the electric telegraph to Aberdeen. MADLLE. RACHEL, it is reported, is about to quit the stage, and to marry one of the Russian noblesse. Total Fund £1,340,677 13 6 The report of the auditors was then read. It stated that all the vouchers had been examined and found correct, and that the accounts were kept in an excellent manner. It also con gratulated the members on the gratifying augmentation of their capital since the last quinquennial audit.. Mr. DOWNES read a statement, to show the amount of busi ness transacted in 1853, from which it appeared that there had been during that year 638 proposals, of which 81 had been de clined, 51 were accepted, but not yet taken up, a n d 596 were completed, and the policies issued. Of these, 12 were for £5,000. 9 were for sums between £3,000 and £5,000, 38 be tween 4'1,000 and £3,000, 80 for £l,OOO, and 120 for £5OO, and the others for smaller amounts. The average amount of the policies issued was £717. To show the character of the business, he stated that 464 of the 506 policies issued were what they called " Table I."—that is on the participating scale of premium on single lives. The amount of premiums received in respect of new policies during the year was 413,266 for renewals, £143,551, for commutations £l2; premiums combined with life interests, 4828. Then they had remitted one premium which they should have received, £'2,203, making a total for the year of receipts. in respect of pre miums, of 4159,860—a sum which exceeded the income from this source last year by nearly £lO,OOO. (Hear.) They ex pected claims (according to the ordinary law of mortality) to the amount of £101,000; but the claims which had actually accrued on 84 policies, assuring 71 lives, were but £37,466, giving them £43,000 less , than the amount of claims naturally expected for the year. (Hear.) This state of mortality re ferred to was not the " Northampton rate;" it was consi derably less than that estimate. The number of premiums received on policies discontinued by death—the average had been 14 premiums; the average bonus on each policy which had become a claim had been 14 per cent. on the sums assured. During the year 84 policies had been extinguished by death, 32 by purchase, 66 by lapse, and 5 by the expiration of the term ; so that they had increased the number by 506, and they were diminished by 187. The " annual statement" was in respect of sums actually paid as claims ; the amount of claims accruing for the year on nolicies was 4'57,463. Of the £74,084 paid as claims, 416,796 had been paid in respect of polici es which would be payable during 1854, paid On discount. With respect to the large amount of balance at the bankers, he had to state that the average balance during the year was £7,895 ; this was from week to week the average sum at the bankers. During the past quinquennial period the average balance was £3,559; bat of this £1,900 was now in hand for the purpose of completing some farther investments which were in con templation. The amount assured by the new policies was about 4362,000. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the above report and statements were read, and ordered to be entered upon the minutes. The sum of 4140 was awarded to the following gentlemen as auditors, for their services during the peat year, and they were unanimously re-elected to that office :—Edward Charrington, Esq., Francis Dumergue, Esq., Capt. Robert Gordon, R.N. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. This being done, the annual meeting was closed, and the members resolved themselves into the Extraordinary Quin quennial Meeting, with the same chairman as before. sir. DOWNES then read the Sixth Quinquennial Report of the directors, which was as follows :—" It affords much pleasure to the directors of the Economic Life Assurance Society to be enabled to report to its members the result of the investigation made of its affairs at the close of the quin quennial period which terminated 31st December, 1853. The experience of the society during this period (the second which has elapsed since paying off the shareholders) has fully realised the expectations of the directors, and they feel assured that the members will share their satisfaction. Since the last division, 2,606 policies, assuring £1,381,000, have been issued, giving an average of 321 policies per annum. This result, compared with those at previous investigations, show a large and steady increase of the business. The sum of £65,463 has been received during the five years in new - premiums, being at the rate of 413,093 a-year. The total income from premiums, which in 1849 was 4124,321, now amounts to £159,861, indicating an average annual increase of £7,108, after allowing for loss of income from discontinued policies; while the gross income has increased at the rate) f £lO,OOO per annum. Claims have arisen during the five years on 477 policies, assuring 4'340,943, and carrying, bonuses to ins to me uuouhea trai policies ur on which claims have arisen, the sum of £54,771 has been paid as bonus in other ways, making a total of £97,019, of which the sum of £85,500 has been paid in respect of the bonus declared in 1849. This reduction of the liability, combined with the increase or £449,675 15s. 7d. of the assurance fund, shows that the financial condition of the society has improved at the rate of £107,000 per annum. Notwithstanding the great havoc the cholera has made during the last five years, the mortality experienced by the society is less than might have been expected under ordinary circum stances. In addition to this, the claims accrued have fallen upon a class of policies, each assuring £95 less than the general average. These causes have contributed considerably to augment the present surplus. In the valuation of the assets, an ample margin has been allowed for possible fluc tuation of the funds; and in the value of liabilities, the risk premiums only have been taken into account. The remain ing portion of the premium income, after defraying the expense of management, commission, &c., will be found in the surplus. By this arrangement, old and new assurers will contribute rateably to the expenses of management, and no profit will be declared by anticipation. The assets, consisting of funded property, mortgages, life interests, and reversions, premiums due on 31st December (since paid), interest accrued on investments, balance at bankers and hand, amount to £1,357,736 3s. 4d. The liabilities, consisting of £1,034,380 17s. 10d., the values of policies and the bonuses already declared, and 437,685 for claims accrued but unpaid, com mission, taxes, and sundry small accounts, amount to 4'1,072,065 175.10 d. There is, therefore, after making pro vision for every known liability, a surplus of £285,670 ss. 6d. The directors recommend that £255,850 of this surplus be distributed as bonuses; and that the remaining sum of .429,820 ss. 6d. be retained for the payment of annual con tingent, and conditional bonuses, and for contingencies. It is further recommended that an annual contingent bonus of £1 per cent. per annum be added to the absolute bonus on such policies, now entitled to participate, as shall become claims during the current quinquennial period, viz. , On policies which become claims in 1854, el per cent. on sum 1855, £2 „ (assured. 1856, 43 ~ 1857, 44 ~ 1858,_e5 WAKEFIELD PRISON seems to be a model, and unique, if it be true, as stated, that last year it not only cleared expenses, but made a profit of between £5,000 and £6,000. EXECUTION 01? MOSES HA.TTO.—This criminal was hanged in front of the county gaol at Aylesbury, on Fri day. Immediately, after his conviction, Hatto expressed a desire to relieve his mind by making a full confession of his crime ; and a long statement, dictated by Hatto, was taken down by the Rev. G. A. Cuxson, chaplain of the gaol, in the presence of Mr. Sheriff, governor of the prison. To these policies which are not entitled to Pirticipiie in the . present bonus, by reason of five annual premiums not having been paid upon them, but on which claims may arise after the payment of the fifth anneal premium and before the next quinquennial investigation, a bonus will be added of like amount as if five annual premiums had been paid prior to the present division. The sum of £255,850 will produce rever sionary bonuses amounting to .397,000, which, by comparison with the sum assured by participating policies, will give from 8 to 35 per cent., or 101 ,per cent. on the average. By com parison with the amount of premiums received since the last division, on policies which then participated, and with the whole amount of premiums received on policies which now participate for the first time, the reversionary bonus varies from 30 to 111 per cent., or 67 per cent. on the average. This is exclusive of the annual contingent bonus. The same op tions are offered as at the last division, and so the present bonus may be taken either—lit. In ready money ;-2nd. In addition to the sum assured ;-3rd. Ina reduction of the premiums for the next five years only ;—or 4th. In a reduc tion of the premiums for the remainder of life ; as the assured may select. The society now assures, by 6,572 policies, the sum of £5,336,000, and is i n r e ce ipt o f an annual income of 220,000. Considering the nature and extent of the society's transactions, with regard to the number of lives assured, the sums at risk , and the magnitude of the invested capital and of the annual income, the condition of the society affords as surance that its future progress will be steady, and not liable to the fluctuations consequent upon small numbers and limited means. In its present state, the society offers every real advantage afforded by life assurance : for, in addition to a low rate of premium, the expenses of management are now spread over so large a surface as to reduce the per tentage to an inconsiderable amount • thus leaving a larger portion of premium income to swell the profit fund, the whole of which, by the mutual principle, becomes divisible among the assured. The CHAIRMAN then said that the declaration of the amount of bonus must be made by themselves; it must be their own act and deed. The directors merely proposed to them the amount which in their opinion it would be advisa ble to grant, namely, 4 2 255,855. This sounded a large sum, but members might be assured that the rule of the directors was to keep on the safe side. (Hear, hear.) The turn of the scale was greatly in favour of the establishment. (Hear.) lie then put the question to the vote, and the bonus pro posed was unanimously agreed to. In reply to a question from the body of the meeting, the ACTI'ARY stated that the bonus was 12i per cent. beyond the average. Mr. BATEMAN said he had been assured in that office for nine years, and when he entered he took it for granted that he would participate in five years. He complained also that he bad not been summoned so early as the rule directed. He said he had perfect conndence in the board, and believed that this could only result from an oversight; lie only asked his other question for general information, to make it clear to the innocent public—(laughter) — to some of whom it might be of importance, to pay for nine years, whereas four or five years would, in many cases, make all the difference. As to himself, he now understood thelnatter ; and he fully believed, of course, that he would have the full benefit when he did get it, by receiving a bonus for his 9 years larger in the proper pro portion than those who came in only for a period of 5 years. Mr. DOWNES replied that of course he would. As to the summons, he believed that every one was summoned regu larly who was entitled to attend their meetings. The profits were divided every five years, and as Mr. Bateman had paid nine premiums, he would of course receive nearly double the amount to those who had only paid five premiums. Mr. BATEMAN said it would be well that people should know at first, in such cases,what period they would have to wait. A IdEmsca said he had joined at the same period as Mr. Bateman, and had always been summoned in due form after his fifth payment. Of course Mr. Bateman could not be en titled to a bonus in 1849, because at that time he had not paid the five premiums, which was a necessary preliminaryto the reception of it. (dear.) The quinquennial report was then adopted, and the CHAIR MAN proposed the re-election of the following gentlemen as directors, stating that they retired by rotation, and were cor dially recommended by the board for re-election :—Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq., Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., Robert Biddulpb, Esq., and Charles Morris, Esq. In recommending for re-election his four experienced colleagues, he said that the management of the affairs of such a society was a matter of very gregt responsibility. The care of £1,300,000 was no trifle. (Hear.) For they had to do the best they could to get good interest and good security, which were matters often of very great difficulty. But he believed they had done their duty, and they would try to do so for the future. (Cheers.) The above gentlemen were then unanimously re-elected as directors, being eligible for immediate re-election by the 153rd article of the deed of settlement. A vote of thanks was unanimously voted to the Chairman, who announced that these proceedings would require to be confirmed by the extraordinary general court to be holden on s - thoUtla of March, at two o'clocic s when he hoped that as sufn. THE NEW COPPER COINAGE. —The demands' at the Royal Mint for supplies of the new copper coinage during the last fortnight have been so great that the quantity they had received from Birmingham (60 tons), as the first portion of the contract with the Master of the Mint, is now nearly exhausted, and much difficulty is experinced in obtaining to the amount of one thousand pounds worth, or even a few hundreds. JENNY LIND.—The indecision of the Swedish canta trio', it may perhaps be remembered, was always remarked as a prominent characteristic trait ; since her marriage it seems, however, to have increased. The last report stated that Madame Lind Goldschmidt had positively refused to visit Euglaud ;. but the German papers now announce that she will eventually wend her way to London, and that negotiations between Mr ; Mitchell and the prima donna are likely to be brought to an affirmative conclusion: — Musical Transcript. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Ma ROYAL HIGHNESS Prince Albert has placed the sum of £2OO at the disposal of the committee for the pur pose of furthering the extension of the electric telegraph to Aberdeen. INDIRECT TRADE WITH RusslA.—A line of steamers hasbeen announced to run between Hull and the Prussian porte of Pißau in the Baltic, taking goods for Memel, &c., for the purpose of carrying on trade between England and Russia. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—On Wednesday, her Majesty's Commissioners of Public Works commenced the first portion of the embankment of the Thames on the north or Middlesex shore at Chelsea, and the construction of the approaches thereto and to the suspension bridge to cross the Thames to the new park at Battersea. THE Bois DE BOULOGNE is assuming a new aspect. The intended lake is fast progressing, and the rock is rising rapidly into vast proportions. It will not rival Mont Blanc, but it will be sufficiently large to give general effect, and a fall for a beautiful cascade which is to flow down its side. Mucn AMUSEMENT was created at Maidstone Assizes, last week, by Mr. Baron Alderson, in a case in which some dispute arose as to the length of a piece of ribbon, marking a yard's length on his desk, and proceeding to measure the ribbon himself in most draper-like fashion. _ _ KEEPING RECEIPTS.—The importance of keeping re ceipts was shown in the case of an unfortunate house holder in Clerkenwell, named Mr. Proctor, who, returning home one day last week, found " a man in possession" for Queen's taxes, though he knew he had paid them all. On application to the sheriff he learnt that the collector had run away with the taxes due for 1852, and, however unpleasant it might be, orders were imperative from Somerset-house to enforce a second demand on all tax payers coming under the same liability, unless they could produce their receipts. Mr. Proctor, .unfortunately, had mislaid his receipts for that year, but had those of the preceding twelvemonth, a clear proof, he contended, that he had paid those for 1852. On Monday, he applied to the magistrate of the district for advice, who could give him nothing but condolence. THE DEVON BREAD Mon.—At the Exeter Assizes, on Saturday, twenty-six of the Exminster rioters were brought up for trial. They included girls and boys of thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen years old; and not one of them was more than twenty. Mr. Trood, the farmer whose house was the principal object of attack, appeared as a witness. The defence of the prisoners was that they were merely idle spectators. The jury found all guilty. One who appeared to be the ringleader, Charles Tuckett, aged nineteen, was sentenced by Mr. Baron Martin to be imprisoned for nine months with hard labour ; five others, all aged eighteen, were sentenced to six months' impri sonment ; and the boys and girls were respited till the next assizes, with a promise that if they behaved well they should hear no more about it. MADAME IDA PPEIFFER.—From a letter addressed to Mr. Petermann by Madame Ida Pfeiffer, and dated Lima, January the 26th, 1854, it appears that this indefatigable tourist had somewhat deviated in the route she proposed to take from California. Instead of reaching the United States by way of Mexico and the West Indies, she was under that date in the capital of Peru. This place she 'describes as possessing few attractions for travellers, and the country around uninviting for excursions, it being of a barren character, with scenery alike through all seasons in consequence of the absence of rain. The houses of Lima are similar to those in the East, plain, and without taste. Madame Pfeiffer intended to cross the Andes, and explore the Amazon River, or go to Cuzco. But if pre vented by the expense of realising these projects, she would next direct her steps to Guayaquil, Quito, and. Panama.—Athencewn. WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND INFIDELITY. — The promoters and advocates of the so-called " women's rights," in America, finding that the Bible teaches doctrines different to theirs, denounce it as a bad book, as upholding igno rance, degradation, and vice, as preventing the elevation and development of man, and as producing all the evils that afflict the human race. At a recent meeting of the Women's Rights Convention, at Albany, U.S., Mrs. Rose, the leading orator of the society, in the course of a long and violent harangue, addressing her sisters, said, " The Bible has enslaved you; the churches have been built upon your subjugated necks. Do you wish to be free ? Then you, must trample the Bible, the church, and the priests under your feet." For the attainment of this object an "Anti-Bible Convention" has been formed. HAIRDRESSING IN MELBOIIRNE. — (Extract from the letter of a new chum.) " Your friend S--- would make a fortune here, as there is not a good hairdresser in the whole place. They are mostly blacks and Americans,who cut away without the least regard. The charge for a com mon clip ls. 6d., if champooed 55. It is laughable to go into one of these shops (the contents of which are usually three or four high chairs, with backs to lounge against, and a high foot rester to put your legs on), to witness the proceedings. The operator places a large cloth under the chin of a digger, perhaps with lots of hair, and commences slashing away, then calls the boy for a basin of hot water and soap, and lathers his head all over : when cleansed from the soap he, sprinkles on a little perfume, and charges for the operation ss. The floor of one of these establish ments is thickly covered with sawdust, to answer the pur pose of a large spittoon, the boy occasionally sifting fresh sawdust over it. All the customers have short pipes or cigars, and the barber smokes his also, and is invariably the greatest bounce amongst them." RAILWAY Locomonvgs.—An experiment was made at the Salford engine -shed of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on Wednesday, to test an apparatus invented by Messrs. E. and J. Rowland, of Manchester, for cleansing the copper tubes of railway locomotive boilers. The ap paratus consists of a valve attached to the steam-chamber of the locomotive at the top of the boiler in front., f rom which a flexible pipe or tube projects. The smoke-box door in front of the engine being opened, the ends of the copper tubes of the boiler are exposed to view, and, a conical jet at the loose end of the flexible pipe being applied to each tube in succession, a quantity of steam is injected. In the locomotive on which the experiment As tried there were 220 parallel horizontal inch-and-a-half copper tubes, perfectly cleansed of white ashes, incrustations, cinders, &c., with which all tubes in locomotives become more or less choked when in use. The operation was 'performed in 10 minutes. The mode of cleansing hitherto in use has been with a long iron ramrod of half an inch in diameter, wrapped with tow at one end ; and the time of cleansing 220 tubes with this would be fully three-quarters of an hour. In addition to a saving of time by this method, it is expected there will be much less wear and tear of the copper tubes than by the ordinary process. A DIIPE. — A case of extraordinary credulity lately came before the Court of Bankruptcy. Chas. Raymond Smith, statuary, of the New-road, London, came before the court with £2,764 liabilities, contracted without consideration. The bankrupt had been, once upon a time, introduced to a certain Count Dunin, who kept a magnificently-furnished house in Westbourne-terrace, with six carriages and twelve horses ; he was appointed statuary to the count. Now, the count was at work upon a certain invention of his own—" expanding figures," to wit—which he intended to present to the Emperor of Russia, to induce him to restore his confiscated Russian estates." Meanwhile, however, he wanted mow. The sequel is soon told. The statuary " accommodated" the count with his name to various bills, which were neter paid, and became bankrupt. He would sometimes ask the count to pay the bills, and then the count would say, " Don't be in such a fidget," and, pre tending to get into a passion, would thrust pieces of paper into the fire, which witness at the time believed were the bills. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn blamed the bankrupt for his credulity in being thus duped by a swindler, but exonerated him from all stain upon his character, and granted a second-class certificate. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A TREATILE.-011 Sunday, Feb. 26, during the performance at the 'French Theatre, New Orleans, two galleries, which were set apart for persons of colour, fell, owing to the iron rods by which these galleries were suspended from the roof giving way. The suspend mg rods had been substituted for iron columns, support ing the galleries, owing to the columns obstructing the view of the stage from the dress circle ! There were only 84 persons in the two galleries, and, as the fall was a gradual one, most persons in the dress circle had time to escape. The iron rods broke near the roof, and the gal leries then sank some three feet ; b u t, as th ere was an additional . support to these galleries from iron bars fromthe wall, prevented the destruction of hundreds-of lives. Many of the negroes were precipitated into the pit, and all the chairs from the galleries were showered down upon the people in the parquett, yet the loss of life was very small, and there were but few persons injured, and most of them very slightly. Florian Maks, a clerk in a notary's-office, was instantly killed by being struck on the head by one of the iron bars, and Fergus Toledano, a youth 14 years of age, was also killed. There were no negroes killed. As all our places of amusement are crowded on a Sunday night, and the Orleans Theatre has always a good share of the multitude, it is truly sur prising how so many escaped with their lives.—New Orleans paper. ATTEMPT TO MURDEE.-At the Leicester assizes, last week, James Bull, aged 19,was charged with having, on the 13th of August last, at Misterton, attempted to strangle Ann Clarke, with attempt to murder her. The prosecu trix, a comely-looking person, who was housekeeper to a farmer at Misterton, deposed that, on the evening of the day in question, she was alone in the house with the pri soner, who was also in the same service. On this occa sion, he pertinaciously repeated proposals of marriage, which he had previously made her, and which she had rejected. There was a great disparity of age between her and him, as she was nearly forty years old. She had laid by some little amount of property. He urged, in support of his offer, the general opinion of the neighbourhood, and stated that " everybody said he was to marry the house keeper." She, however, was deaf to alll3is entreaties, and, after reading some hymns and prayers with the prisoner, retired to bed at about ten o'clock. Some little time after she had been in bed, the prisoner came to her bedside naked. He repeated his offers, which she again refused. He had a rope with him, which he proceeded to put round her neck, endeavouring to fasten one end of it to the bed rail. She struggled with him for some time, and at length, agitated and confused, consented to accept him. He then desisted, proposing at the same time to come into her bed. She refused to allow him to do so, assigning as an excuse that she felt unwell, and wanted some tea, but promised to come down and sit with the prisoner. He went down stairs and lighted a fire. The prosecutrix followed, and made and partook of tea. She sat with him until four o'clock in the morning, going up stairs on various pre texts. On one of her absences up stairs she went into the prisoner's bedroom, and found the rope, which was pro duced in court. During the greater part of the time that she was sitting with the prisoner, they were engaged in reading the Bible and prayers and hymns. At about four o'clock in the morning, she contrived to make her escape from the house, and aroused some labourers who were sleeping in a building near, to whom she communicated her, perilous situation. The prisoner was secured. During her struggle she had inflicted some scratches upon his lip and face, which bled for some time after the prisoner was taken to the lock-up. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The chief-justice, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that there could be but little doubt as to the intent, by which he was actuated, even if his purpose did not extend beyond that charged in the indictment. It seemed as if he intended not only to cause the death of the prosecutrix, but to blacken her memory after death. Had death been the result of his crime, the fixing of the rope to the bed-rail was calculated to throw a suspicion of suicide on the victim. The chief-justice then sentenced the prisoner tq fifteen years' transportation. fcient number of - persons would be present.. Twenty was the number required. Mr. J. B. COOPER, the Liverpool agent of the society, moved a vote of - thanks to the actuary, secretary, end clerks of the society, to whom he expressed his obligations, from the great courtesy and prompt attention he had always re ceived from them in the transaction of a. large amount of business ; for in Li ver p oo l th ey h a d got 272 policies during tne past five years, being one-tenth of the entire new business obtained by the society during that period. (Cheers.) lu. fact, it was at the rate of one a week. (Hear, hear.) The motion was seconded, and agreed to unanimously. Mr. DOWNES returned thanks, and the meeting separated. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. J. Auden, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. James, Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire . Rev. J. Bailey, M.A., Rector of Nunburnholme, to 'a canonry residentiary in York Cathedral. Rev. E. S. Bankes, Curate of Stapleton, to the ReetOry of Corfe Castle, Dorset. Rev. R. V. Blathwayt, M.A., to the Curacy of Langridge, Somerset. Rev. A. Blomfield, to the Curacy of Lacock, Rev. E. F. Boyle, M.A., to the Incumbency of St: Peter's Church, Hammersmith. Rev. P. Brett, M.A. (on his own petition), to the Rectory of Mount Bares, Essex. Rev. W. Bullock, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of Hunt spill, Somerset. Rev. W. H. Carwithen, M.A., Vicar of Aylesbeare, to be a Surrogate of the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter. . Rev. H. H. G. de Chaville, - to the Assistant Curacy of St: James's, Taunton. Rev. W. Cochran, Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Red River, to be First Archdeacon of Assiniboia, diocese of Ru pert's Land. Rev. J. G. Cowan, late Curate of Barnes, Surrey, to be Curate of St. James's, Westminster. Rev. H. J. Dodsworth, to the Perpetual Curacy of Man ningtree, Essex. Patron.- the Rev- J. E. Cartier. . Rev. C. R. Elrington, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of Stogursey, Somerset. Rev. C. J. Forsham, to the Assistant Curacy of Ilminster. Rev. W. H. Fowle, to the Curacy of East Brent, Somerset. Rev. A. Field, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Saviour's, Leeds. Rev: R. Gunnery, M.A., Curate of St. Mary's Church, Kingston-upon• Hull, to be Association Secretary to the Church Education Society. Rev. A. Hill, M.A., to the Rectory of Charfield, Glouces tershire. Patron, Mr. J. N eeld, M.P. Rev. J. Hunter, Minister of Christ Church, Cumberland, to he First Archdeacon of Cumberland, in the diocese of Rupert's Land. Rev. G. R. Husband, M.A., formerly Curate of Myton-on- Swale, Yorkshire, to be British Chaplain at Guines, near Calais. Rev. W. Lempriere, M.A., to the Rectory of South Warn borough, near Wiliam. Patrons, St. JOhre£ College, Oxford. Rev. G. R. Mackarness; Curate of Barnwell, to the Vicar age of Ilam, Staffordshire. Rev. C. St. Druys Moxon, to the Curacy of Fakenham. Rev. T. R. Musselw•hite, to the Curacy of Ashton•under- Edgwond, Shropshire. Rev. C. L. Pemberton, M.A., to the Rectory of Curry Mallet and Curland, Somerset. Rev. W. T. Preedy, M.A., to the Rectory of Kittisford. Somerset. Rev. J. C. Rowlatt, to the Rectory of St. Paul, Exeter. Rev. E. W. Saul, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of St John's, Bridgewater. Rev. J. G. Smith, M.A., Fellow of Brasenose College, Ox ford, to the Rectory of Tedstone-de-la-Mere, Herefordshire. Rev. G. Waddington, 8.A., to the Curacy of High Ham, Somerset. _ _ Rev. C. 0. Yeo, 8.A., to be Chaplain on board her Ma jesty's ship James Watt. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREPERMENT.—The Rev. James Cronshaw to the Per petual Curacy of St. Thomas's Church,. Wigan, in the county of Lancaster. Vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Peter King Simmons. Patron :—The Rev. Henry John Gunning, Rector of Wigan, in right of his rectory. HA.NDLEY.—The Bishop hai granted a license for the performance of divine services in the school-room at Hand ley, in the county of Chester, while the church is under going repair. ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his next Ordination at Chester, on Trinity Sunday, June 11th ; candidates for which must send all their necessary papers complete to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., Chester, his lordship's secretary, on or before the Ist of May. DIOCESE OF MA.NClCESTER, — Preferments : On Tues day last, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Manchester collated the Rev. J. S. Master, of Chorley, to a honorary canonry in the Cathedral of Manchester. The rev. gen tleman was inducted and installed the same afternoon by the Rev. Canon Wray, vice-dean. The Rev. J. 0. Parr, vicar of Preston, has nominated the following clergymen : The Rev. Alfred Thos. Armstrong, M.A. to the perpetual curacy of Ashton-upon-Ribble ; the Rev. John Wilson, ALA. to the perpetual curacy of St. James, Preston ; and the Rev. John Pilling to the perpetual curacy of Grimsargh. COMMISSIONERS FOR BVILDING CIIIIRCIIES.—By an Order in Council, dated the 9th of March inst., Her Majesty has been pleased to approve a proposal of the Commissioners for Building Churches, for the assignment of a district chapeiry, set out in the said proposal, to the church of St. John, at Fairfield, in the parish of West Derby, and the recommendations of the commissioners in respect to the publication of banns, and the solemnization of marriages, baptisms, and churchings in the said church. TUE NEw Brsnop.—The Rev. W. K. Hamilton has been appointed to succeed the late Bishop of Salisbury. Mr. Hamilton was educated at Eton, and was afterwards one of the favourite pupils of the late Dr. Arnold. He entered at Christ Church, Oxford, took the highest honour in classics, and was chosen a fellow of Merton Colleges where he formed- the acquaintance of the late Bishop Denison, an acquaintance which qii , . ,, qwmfir ;- 4 -^ an =male and aevoreci friendship. tie acted as curate to the late bishop at St. Peter's, Oxford, and on Dr. beni son's elevation to the episcopate became his examining chaplain and Canon of Salisbury. During the fatal illness of the bishop ho was never absent from his bedside. He is said to possess considerable powers as a preacher, but is chiefly remarkable for the simplicity of his character and the consistent piety of his life. CHURCIC LEASEHOLDS.—The Church Estates Commis sioners have presented their third report under the act, which will expire this year, passed with a view to ascer taining by experiment how far the enfranchisement of church leaseholds eould be satisfactorily effected by volun tary agreement. They report that they have approved the terms agreed upon in 289 cases for the sale of reversions, and in 20 for the purchase of leasehold interests, the value in fee of these 309 estates so agreed to be enfranchised exceeding £1,400,000 ; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners also have made 312 agreements with lessees for enfran chising property exceeding £1,700,000 in value; so that the church estates agreed to be enfranchised since the passing of this act, 14th and 15th Victoria, are not less than 621 in number, and their value exceeds £3,000,000. In only 28 cases did the Church Estates Commissioners decline to approve the terms proposed, and in 20 of these the original proposals were subsequently modified satisfac torily. The commissioners add, that the agreements have been effected generally in accordance with the recommen dations made in the report of the Lords' committee by whom the church leasehold question was considered in 1851, prior to the introduction of the act ; and that the extent to which enfranchisement has taken place induces the belief that the terms agreed upon have been consi dered advantageous by the lessees, while an additional revenue for church purposes has been effectually secured. The commissioners state that they have observed with satisfaction a growing disposition on the part of many ecclesiastical corporations to entertain proposals by their lessees to effect enfranchisements ; and that they believe that " the improvement of episcopal and capitular estates, without prejudice to the interests of persons holding leases granted thereof," will continue to be effected, if Parliament should see fit to prolong the duration of the act. COURT AND FASHION. TRH COURT.—On Saturday her Majesty had a dinner and evening party.—On Thursday next, the Queen will hold her first drawing-room this season in St. James's Palace. THE DUKE and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived in Naples. Prince Frederick William of Prussia has made a brief visit to Naples, and proceeded to Palermo. LORD GILBERT GROSVENOR, one of the lieutenants of the Boscawen, 70 (of the North Sea fleet), has died sud denly. He was twenty-one years of age, and was the second son of the Marquis of Westminster. MR. Comm' ssiorTEß DANIELL, Judge of the Birming ham Court of Bankruptcy, died on Tuesday. He was brother to the late Professor Daniell, of King's College. Snt WILLIAM DENISON.— There is a report in Van Diemen's Land that a new office is to be created in Eng land, in consequence of the cessation of transportation to this colony, that of Director-General of Convict Discipline for the United Kingdom, and that Sir William Denison is to be nominated, with a lary of £4,000 a-year.—. Austr alian and New Zealand Gazette. TUB NEW JUDGE.—Mr. Richard Budden Crowder, Q.C., recorder of Bristol, has been appointed to the seat upon the bench vacant by the death of the late Mr. Jus tice Talfourd. This appointment creates a vacancy in the representation of Liskeard, for which borough the newly appointed judge has sat in the Reform interest since the year 1849. DEATH Op COLONEL MOrNTAIN.—Died, at Futtyghur, India, on the 18th of last month, Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Adjutant-General to Her Majesty's Forces in India. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.—The Queen held a levee (the third this season) on Wednesday, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty wore a train of white and gold moire antique silk, brocaded with white flowers and trimmed with gold blonde and white satin riband. The petticoat was white satin trimmed with gold blonde and white satin riband to correspond with the train. The Queen's head-dress was a diamond circlet. THE PRELIMINARIES of a marriage have just been con cluded between the Earl of Durham and Lady Beatrix Hamilton, second daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn, and niece of the Duke of Bedford and Lord John Russell. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR and the Countess Walewski gave a grand dinner on Tuesday evening at Albert Gate, the new residence of the French Embassy, to the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Raglan, preparatory to their depar ture to join the expeditionary army in the East. • MILITARY PREPARATIONS.—Major-General his Royal - Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and a numerous staff of officers, left London on Friday for the East. His royal highness, on his way through France, will be entertained by the Emperor at the Tuilleries. • THE MARRIAGE of Prince Joachim Murat with Madlle. Bertheir, Princess of Wagram, was celebrated on Wednes day morning, at nine o'clock, for the civil ceremony, in the Hotel of the Prince de Wagram, Rue de Larochefoucault, Paris ; after which the illustrious couple, accompanied by their relatives and the witnesses, went to the Tuilleries, where the contract was signed by their Majesties, the Princes Jerome and Napoleon, the Princess Mathilde, the Princes Pierre and Lucien Bonaparte, and the Grand Duchess of Baden. The cortege afterwards proceeded to the Imperial chapel, where the religious ceremony was performed, the Bishop of Nancy delivering the nuptial benediction. NATIONAL DEFENCE.-A Gentleman's Rifle Corps for Middlesex has been formed. It is to consist of 300 men, and is commanded by the Duke of Wellington as Lieuten ant-Colonel Commandant, and by the Earl of Perth and Melfort as Major. POLICE CO UR - ES T E DA lr An OLD PICEPOCKET.--Catherine Patterson, an old woman, who had already suffered three months' imprison— ment for picking pockets, was again brought up for pick— ing the pocket of Eliza Pole, in St. Martin's Market, ant on Saturday last, of about is. 6d. She was again ordered to prison for three months. ATTEMPTED RoßßEEY. — Edmund Kitts, a youth a bad character, was charged with attempting to rob a shop in Clarence-street, on Saturday night. He was prevented . by a female, who pursued and gave him into custody. Remanded till this day. A DESEETER.—NichoIas Delany, a deserter, from the 4th Royal Irish, captured at Birkenhead by detective Carlisle, was ordered to be transferred to his regiment. A JUVENILE BEEF STEALER.—JaIITS CllMlllingg, little boy, was convicted of stealing a piece of beef from the stall of Mr. Fleming, in St. John's Market, on Satur day night. He was remanded till this day in order that his parents might appear in court. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-WillißM Curry, boots ab the Railway H o t e l, was charged with stealing a quantity of knives and f or k s, en t rus t e d t o hi s care, to clean, which he had concealed in his box. Having received a good character from his master up to the present time, he was remanded till this day. A ROPE STEALER, —John Brand, a young fellow be longing to a gang of dock thieves, was sentenced to 2/. days' imprisonment, for stealing rope from Wapping; Docks. R3cEryrio STOLEN COTTON.--AUSETI Peter O'Malley, marine store dealer, Preston-street, was charged by de tective Grisenthwaite, with having a quantity of stolen cotton in his possession. Mr. Owen appeared for the prisoner, and produced copies from several invoices, to show that O'Malley was in the habit of buying cotton waste from captains of ships. Grisenthwaite said he ex pected to be able to prove several charges against hint. He was remanded till this day. A CAREFUL PAIR.—John Careful, a returned convict - , and Jane Careful, a woman who passes as his wife, were brought up for being found prowling about on Saturday night ;`but as appearances against them were only sus picious, they were discharged. STEALING A SHAWL—Mary O'Callaghan, convicted of stealing a shawl from a woman in Sawney Pope-street, which she pledged for 25., was ordered to pay the 25., and a fine of 205., or in default be imprisoned for 14 days. ROBBING A SAILOR. Mary Burns, charged witrr stealing the jacket of a Norwegian sailor, and pawning it for 10s., was remanded till this day. EFFECTS OF DRINKING.—Mary Robinson was charged with stealing a watch and a sovereign from the person or Samuel• Rain, a respectably dressed man, on Saturday night ; . but as it appeared that Samuel was very tipsy when the robbery took place, his evidence could not be taken, and the prisoner was discharged. VIOLENT ASS-AL - LT.—Thomas Myers and John Holland, two riotous characters, charged with throwing stones at the police in Johnson-street, on Saturday night, were sen tenced to a fine of 205., or a month's imprisonment in default. ASSAL - LTING THE POLlCE.—George Parry, a rough looking fellow, was charged with being drunk and assault ing a policeman, on Saturday night, in Prince's Park. Nor less than six policemen were vigorously employed, in taking the prisoner to bridewell. He was fined 205., or in default to be imprisoned a month.—Thomas Hodson, was charged with assaulting policeman No. 11, on Saturd a y night, in Scotland-road; but, on his appearance, the pri soner had evidently got the worst of it, his head being considerably damaged. Several witnesses were called to, prove that the prisoner had behaved peaceably, and the testimony on each side seemed very conflicting. Ultimately the magistrates gave it as their opinion that No. 11 had used his stick rather too severely, and the man was dis charged.—Robert Fenton, a turbulent fellow, for being the head man in a row, and rescuing a boy from the custody of the police, in Limekiln-lane, on Saturday night, and also throwing a stone at one of the officers, was sentenced to pay 20s. and costs, or in default to be imprisoned one month.—George Lysight, a youth, who was engaged in the same row, was fined 405., or three months' in default. PLEDGING STOLEN PROPERTY.—Elizabeth Dawson, detected in the act of pawning a piece of stolen check, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. STEALING MEAT.—Catherine Owens, convicted of steal ing a quantity of beef from a stall in Pownal-square, was sent to prison for twenty-one days.—Maria Doran, for a similar offence, was also sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment. _ _ OBTAINING MONET UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.--. George Smith, a respectably dressed young man, was charged with obtaining money f r o m M r . Henry Bamford, publisher, 73, Gloucester-street, on condition of obtaining subscribers to periodical works. He received 2s. for each order, and it was afterwards found that the names upon his list were not genuine orders. Mr. Kent, Paradise street, also appeared, and said that in January, 1853, the prisoner was employed by him under the name of Joseph Lennard, and obtained several sums by means of false representations. The prisoner was remanded. CHESHIRE AND WALES. ST. AIDAN'S COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD. Workmen have been engaged during the past week in laying out the grounds and sinking the foundation for the new college. It will be a handsome building, commanding a splendid view of the entrance to the River Mersey. THE SEICOMBE Egremont, and New Brighton ferries will henceforward be worked by the same party, the lessees of the two last-named ferries having undertaken also to run boats to the Seacombe Ferry. ' SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM BAILWAY.—LOrd the unanimous solicitation of the directors, accepted the chairmanship of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, vacant by the decease of Robert Clive, Esq., M.P. BIEKENITEAD.—At the police court, on Thursday, a young Liverpool thief, named John Jones, was committed to Chester Castle for 21 days' hard labour, and to be whipped, for stealing wearing apparel from Mr. Mullock, Oliver-street, on Tuesday last. THE SHROPSHIRE MURDER.—At the Shrewsbury assizes, on Friday, before Mr. Justice Wightman, John Lloyd, aged 27, labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of John Gittins, at Ness-cliff, on the 28th of February, the particulars of which were published a short time since. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death. CHESTER .A.ND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the week ending 19th March, 1854, was as follows : Passengers, parcels, & c ., per ra il way, £1994 4 s . 9d. ; steam-boats, £342 6s. 6d. ; total, £2336 lls. 3d. : goods £1344 3s. 4d.: total, including Carnarvon traffic, per rail, £3338 Bs. id. ; s t eam- b oat, £342 6s. 6d. Cor responding week last year, per rail, £2962 13s. 7d.; steam-boat, £232 2 s . 9d. Increase, £485 18s. 3d. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Woodside and Hoylake trusts was nual held on Th urs d ay, at M r. Gough ' s hotel, Bir kenhead, Sir Edward C us t i n th e chair, when the a accounts wtserewesrteatedprotdoubcede in a a nd ve p ry assed. The affairs of fthe satisfactory condition. CHESTER ASSIZES.—There are at p resen t s i xty-four prisoners entered for tr i al at the next assizes for Chester, the commission for which will be opened on Saturday next. The number at this time last year was seventy nine. There is, therefore, a decrease of fifteen, and there are no charges for very serious crimes. INQUESTS AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursday an inquest was held at the Chester Hotel, Hamilton-street, on the body of James Burns, a labourer, who was employed on board the screw-steamer Brazileira, and who, on Tuesday last, was struck on the head by a large block, which fell from one of the masts, and rendered him insensible. — Also, on the body of Llewellyn Griffiths, of Brook-street, who, about a week ago, whilst employed with other men at the dock works, received some injuries, which resulted in his death on Wednesday. In each case a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. RUNCORN ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.-011- Monday, last week, the annual meeting was held at the Town-hall, Josiah Rigby, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair, for the purpose of making a list of responsible householders to serve the office of overseers. Mr. John Simpson and Mr. Wm. E. Rigby stood at the head of the list. The other names were Messrs. Henry Beswick, Peter Ormrod, Char. Hazlehurst, and Joseph Williams. Mr. John L. Wright was unanimously appointed assessor of land and assessed taxes. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.—Chester Courant. NORTH WALEs.—We understand that Mr. Calvert will shortly commence erecting his redaction and smelting works in Merionethshire, for the purpose of extracting gold from various ores and rocks. The establishment will cover several acres of ground, and will be capable of treating about 5,000 tons per week. It is estimated that the total weekly expense will be about £2,000 when that quantity is operated upon. Different pr ocesses will be used, according to the nature of the ore or rock brought to the works. We are not aware what the charge per ton will be, or whether the establishment will only work up the ores from their own setts ; but at any rate it would seem, if the above figures can be carried out, that an aver age of 3 dwts. per ton will leave a balance in favour of the owner of the ores. These and other proceedings will do much to open up the resources of North Wales, and she will evidently have to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to science.—Mining Journal. _ Lovs IN A PANTRY.—On Tuesday, a young man named Thomas Jones was charged at the Birkenhead police-court with being found concealed in the house of Mr. Beck, director of the North and South Wales Bank, Hamilton-square. The prosecutor stated that he remained up in his house until late on Saturday, and suspecting that the whole of his domestics had not retired to their sleeping apartments, he went down stairs, and discovered that the door of the pantry was fastened inside. Having bolted the door outside, he went to the police-office, and returned to the house with Inspector M'Neile, when the prisoner was discovered in the pantry with one of the servant girls. He was then taken into custody. The defence was that the prisoner had no intention to commit a felony, but had been tempted into the pantry from genuine love to the servant maid. Mr. J. S. Jackson remarked that, however honourable the motives of the prisoner might be, such procedure could not be tolerated- The prisoner's character, however, was free from invuth" tion, and he was discharged with a caution. CLAUGHTON ANNUAL MEETING.—The annual meeting , at of the ratepayers of Cla ug ht on was h e ld on Thursday' Knowles's Hotel. Prese n t : —M essrs . Rieha,.(l l; b i a , Wil Stubbs - , Park, Hind, Douglas, Bell, Fox, Highton , Wpaos called to &c. Mr. James Hight on Knowles, that the fol. the chair, when it was unanimously resolved , l H owi art n l g ey sh H o i ul nd d , be H n enry omin Highten, John for the ensuing year, viz., Messrs. •L a n , Charles Verelst, of overseers K ated e isa to ll Percival Witherby, Henry Hill Cox, Nicholas Duckworth, also determined unanimously and Hugh Dixon. It was ntlemen for the 'office of as.. to nominate the following r - M. Blythe, Edmund Thomp. sessors, viz., Messr s. Henry Thomas Curry, Peter Douglas, Robt. son, Samuel Rickman, , William Carter. The salary o Dean, George Rae, a an Scott, was raised £lO a year in Mr. the assistant - overseer , increased duties, and the satisf t consideration of his _ . • he had performed them . Thanks were manner in which . Mr. James Highton and Mr. John Hartley Hind, voted to for their services as overseers during the past year ; and the meeting broke up soon after nine o'clock. sAesrprialthees°ffice Grurro.--The Baltimore Patriot says the amount of guano whch will be imported into that city, the present reaeh 60 ,000 tons, costing' three se yheamr, owfillaQtbly dollars, :c'eiP whio