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344. ~....0 __~ 11f-bred , ) Itleman'a d Horse,. :I'. by the s Laura, Hawking dael and Antot iaroccio; rgin s na SALE , ) 'rola Tea Y. ;T, a Plot ocND, between and the the Sea, stance of L ve rpool , the ra iurbood, unity for ;how tile )ALE, 2, or t° !rafford- ~f be fitted of lig ht i d Thre e hich ar e ?TcY , 10 Benson - tely, the s treet , Work" how the .....'.° )Ckg' x;tl 4 o ral eX le of it of said di ed oro, p , or Of Nov. 12, 1844. ‘Jru , Mite) A . YOUNG TO THE CLERGY. MAN, in the Profession, is desirous of Llrerpo obtaining a SITU ATION as ORGANIST, either h Letters ol or its (post Vicinity. Live r paid) add resse d t o H., St an dard-office, Pool, will meet with immediate attention. ------- - WANTED, a MAN and his WIFE, or two Elderly 811 ire tre FEMALES , t o t a k e c h arge of a H ouse f or a b out 1 — "tb. during th Exchange of the Family. Situated tes.h: miles from the . The most satisfactory Inonials for honesty and good conduct will be required. ofaudress, post-paid, stating terms, A. 8., Box K, Post- WANTS a SITUATION, as LAND STEWARD or of s B AILIFF, an active, middle-aged Man, a native cotland, with a Wife and Three Children. His Wife would take the management of a small Dairy. A pply by, letter, prepaid, A. J., Standard office WANTED TO BORROW, several SUMS of MO -0 N EI% varying in amount from £7OO to £2OOO, 1111 I.9lorgge of Freehold Land and Houses. Any person tvapvionrgtusnuictlyi f a o m r o i u n n ve ts st a m t e d n is t. posal, will find this an eligible L_APPlications by letter, directed J. M., Posto ffi ce, b attended to. CAPTAINS and OWNERS are supplied with smart ADS, a s A PPRENTI C ES , tra i ne d up f or S ea , with C ADS, and Bedding % l Add ress to M r . KING, Marine Society's Office, Bi te-street, London. A I3 °ARD AND EDUCATION, IN SCOTLAND. . CLE RGYMAN of the Established Church of Scot ace land, in a beautiful part of the country, and of easy 4 x ,to dinburgh, receives into his Family a limited 0 joh ,s er of YOUNG LADIES, to be Educated with his 4;11 uaughters, by an accomplished Governess. The ....`(!toloodation is very superior, and every attention is Fwd to health and comfort. xerola and other particulars may be learned 'by applica tO ROBERT WINGATE, Esq., Liverpool Apotheca jo Hall or Air. SMITH, Bookseller, Prince's-street, "..o. TO SCHOOLMASTERS AND OTHERS. ANTED, by the Incorporated National Society for Este the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the r o ,„uuslaed Church, several PERSONS, of sound infor fnn ana active to act as ORGANIZING t '''rERS, Salary from £l2O to £l5O a year. All to andidates will be required previously to any appointment Pass an Examination in their knowledge of Holy toerlpture, the Liturgy, Arithmetic, Grammar, &c., . and ir r ,::, er Pain three months, at least, in the Westminster a r i —n lng Institution. No Married Man need apply, nor y Person under 21 or above 35 years of age. tAPplications to be addressed to the Secretary, Natio . nal as will Office, Sanctuary, Westminster. Testiniomals to Characte r will be strictly required. TARVIN HALL SCHOOL, NEAR CFIESTER, o ° llo w i I Y n; FOR TH E EDUCATION OF RESIDENT PUPILS the f r u e n s d id e e r ut th m e as su t p ur e g ri : tendence and tuition of 1 iIitINc "AL.—JOHN BRINDLEY, of Magdalen Col- Cambridge, Ph. D., M.A. o f th e U n i vers ity of sersen, formerly Second Master of the Grammar ° Brig g ; an d H ea d M aster o f t h e Oldswinford Asst endowed School, Worcestershire. .1-,ssisTANT CHARLES JONES, Trinity College, Pu ts , s -;,., , LASSICAL AND .MATHEMATICAL MASTER.— in d ' 4OO KE, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge, vouble honours . UniV e ll 'n MASTR.—MONSIEUR BOIN, 8.A., of the GE tsitY of Paris. CIIT A T , II DRAWING, AND MUSIC MASTER.—II ERR ~ u 1 -,'utißST, a Native of Hanover. b ° RI LL 4 l k lasTua.—Mr. R. K. BROWNE. ,ASTE R , and Play Ground Superintendent.— Th e , b ANT COX, late of the 40th Regiment. Ta Ac ::e Masters are resident. Cheste r . -It °l' DANCING.—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, VISIT Chester:lQ S URGEON.—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, 4 To e al,_j' _ectB ai me d. a t i n thi s Est a blishment are, dneation 4 insure a thorough Scriptural and Gentlemanly 1 under ut N s lasters of high Classical and Mathe- Matical attainments. 2 . To for a sound Classical and Mathematical Edu learnedati" fc'r Pupils preparing for the Universities and Professions— a nd an equally sound course of bu siness instruction, with. daily practice in the Modern Con thiential Languages for Mercantile scholars. .3. To maintain in every department the strictest Dis cipline, united with kindness and moderation, and the a bsence of corporal punishment, cxcept in extreme cases, and then to be inflicted by the Principal only. 4. To treat the Pupils as members of the family,pro 'ilding them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with the Principal and Masters. 5 . To include under one de p art che Bents, a both in tdueational and Domestic puaents, that there may 7s° e vtras for Stationery, Printed Books, Washing, Mail cal Attendance, nor under any pretext whatever. TERMS : 1 / AA bb l 0 : :Il e . :re , W i e teie l ua y i nn e a r s underge . Forty Guineas per annum. u d m Sixteen years of age.. Fifty Gui- A 11,-• OneYea-r-sof .age. • Privet Sixty Guineas per annum. Bedroom,; Pupils are allowed a Private Study and seperate Hundred Guineas per annum. H a lf 1 : a Y M entB to be made in advance, either Quarterly.or Number of Pupils now in the School SIXTY-FIVE. Tarvin September, 1844. ) AS SUPPLIEDITO THE ROYAL TABLE. C A ,APT AIN PIDDING'S HOWQUA'S MIXTURE on TEA is an a d m i xture of 40 rare Black T eas, pro d uce d -th e a : many different plantations, each Tea differing from „est, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, 7 11 .1 jar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro sretio.. _ cLiu they Comprise all that is desirable in Tea. This aovery was not the e ff ect of chance, but of many great numerous united in one ‘iiidividual, and the result of For experiments and the most minute analysis. •i her to produce the.same result, he must possess e r cl r () ur e a ula another "lithe same discriminating taste, equal power of g th e forty various Teas requ i red , and know the e_xact proportions of each kind used—and though he may 'lever once have visited China, he must have had equal w°4?lto rt unities of securing to himself, its productions : i n l " ° ne who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there acquirin g th ese a d va ntages, and to whom alone How -4114-- Years before his death—imparted at Canton, the 2 2cret of compounding his Mixture, et there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell ea, they call " Howqua' s Mixture"—each mixture dif 'ering from all the others. Now as there can be but oNE B EAT. " Hdwqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 49 9 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority of the OVE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose -that Capt a i n Piddi ng , w ith a d van t ages , th e resu l t o f Ei g h t .:°Yages made to China, and five years spent in that iutrY, would be so silly—even were it possible—as to ?geld them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable secret. • Th e t ena veil great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having Pted _many unprincipled persons to give similar, or nea rly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures, to hd. against such imposition, purchasers should observe ruk SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING. i 8 Honourable Company's Service, •,•," even' genui ne Package. H • 10 those w h o d r i n k G reen T ea , " C ap t a i n Piddi ng ' s "' c lues Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown-only on one estate, is recommende an d for most wholesome Green Tea men Ported from China. thi C s a Ptain Pidding .has appointed the under Agents for 'str GE ict GE°l t CARLYLE, Repository, 38, R _OLD.-STItEET, Agent for Liverpool. Acci:ington.... E. Bowker, Bookseller. -„. 1 :11t t o Isionkrnley .... W. Hutchinson, Stationer. ictoknburn ....... Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street. .. ....... G. J. French, Silk Mercer. . T. Sutliffe, Bookseller, St. James-street. E v e „„ s !er ........ T. Bowers and Son, Druggists. t:i l un . .... Pyer, Great Homer-street. Lauo-tsford J. Williams, Draper, &c. 1 4a cast r • • .. Gore Carruthers, Chemist, New-street, prelleheester J. e Ford g & Co., Drapers, St. Ann's-square. Pr e r t a t ...... W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and Grocer. ...... H. Armstrong, Chemist. Dit to . ..... W. Brodbelt, Provision Dealer. Dit to ...... J. Higham, Draper. Dit to • ..... J. Knight, Wat erloo . House. 11,00 .... T. Wren, Auctioneer. s_ luale ... J. Booth, Chemist. NiT t bnort .... S. Whitely, Wine Merchant. fo• • ..... , E. H. Burmish, Chemist. hill Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College- IPORTANT TO LADIES. Ic.RSI.,EY M 'S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S :patr:atilllnALE PILLS, so long and justly celebrated th r e al.r Peculiar virtues, are strongly recommended to of every lady, having obtained the sanction and f of most gentlemen of the Medical Profession, ohs r B ,,: e , and valuable Medicine in effectually removing lli t e t; c 4 t ,'" B , and relieving all other inconveniences to at „„- the female frame is liable, especially those which, ez e T.' l . early period of life, frequently arise from want of app e ci ti s t a and general debility of the system : they create an ieadache, and are eminently o us e. correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nerv useful in windy diso . rde . rs, of T. l .a in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpitation Attie heart : being 'perfectly innocent, may be used with in all seasons and climates. to of it is necessary , owing to the numerous imitations, OR I GIN the Public that KEA RSLEY'S is the only s er i nt :lNAL and GENUINE MEDICINE of this de nlor'e',ln ever made, and has been prepared by them for re quested FIFTY YEARS!! Purchasers are particulrrly ea e hiL.ed to remark, that as a testimony of authenticity, signature °f Directions contains an affidavit, and bears the g r aved roe °f C. KEAIinEY," in writing, also en white the Government stamp, and each is wrapped in "Suoeld i,a Zolesale and Retail, by J, SANGER, 150, Ox .ord.. !treet, London ; and all respectiible Medicine Yen v4a Inroughont the ContltrY. GAS ! GAS ! GAS l A SAVING OF FORTY PER CENT. IN CHANDELIERS, WATER-SLIDES, AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF GAS-FITTINGS, AT J. W. HUNT'S MANUFACTORY, 4, SLATER-STREET. LIVEPPOOL. THE New Patents in CAMPHINE and OIL LAMPS applied to Old Fittings. Brass-work of every des cription. Bronzing and Lackering, all at Manufacturer's Prices. Camphine of the best quality. Lamp Oil, equal to Sperm, at little more than half the price. N.B.—NO AUCTION GOODS MADE. SPLENDID AND DECIDEDLY; CHEAP STOCK OF WINTER GOODS, BEAUTIFUL SHAWLS, RICH SATINS, VELVETS, COBOURG CLOTHS, FRENCH MERINOS, CASHMERES, 4c.. dc., AT THE CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT. E. S. T U T 0 N, SILK MERCER, LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPER, MERCHANT TAILOR Sr GENERAL OUTFITTER 62 and 64, LORD-STREET. LIVERPOOL. MOST FASHIONABLE STYLE IN GENTLEMEN'S OVER COATS AND WINTER ENVELOPES. BOYS' rough OVER COATS, 10s. 6d. Rich Velvet and Shawl Cloth VESTINGS, WATERPROOF BEAVERS, TWEEDS, AND PILOT CLOTHS. READY-MADE LINEN For Ladies and Gentlemen. Scotch Wool HOSIERY, in Singlets and Drawers. Dealt for MACINTOSH and CO.'s WATERPROOF AND AIRPROOF FABRICS. VELESTIAL POLISHING POWDER A...) is superior to any other composition hitherto used for Polishing Gold, Silver, Plate Glass, German Silver, Brass, Britannia, and all other compound metals; it is perfectly free from all acid or mercurial preparation, and will re move the peculiar tinge from German Silver, and impart a lustre and brilliancy equal to that of the purest Silver. In cleaning Uniform and Livery Buttons, Crests, and Mountings for Harness, &c., it will be found an infinite improvement to any other compositio9 ever yet used. Manufactured and Sold Wholesale by J. H. COBHAM, Bear's Paw, 9, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool ; and retailed by most respectable Jewellers, Druggists, Ironmongers, Cutlers, &c., in packages, Is. each; also by HOPWOOD and PARK, Wholesale Agents, Fishgate-hill, London. PUBLIC NOTICE. HER Mmjesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, having taken Mr. GRIM STONE'S extensive premises in Broad-street, Mr. G. has, at a very considerable expense, prepared very commodious pre mises, 434, Oxford-street, London, at which place he earnestly solicits a continuance of the kind support with which he has been favoured by the Nobility and Public generally. Mr. Grimstone's commercial intercourse enables him to vend his foreign goods in the most genuine condition, and he pledges himself to continue the manu facture of every article in its pure and pristine state. Testimonials of undoubted authority, from the highest characters, proving the efficacy of his EYE SNUFF, may be seen at his Warehouse as above, and in the sixth edition of his Almanac, 1844.—GRIMSTONE'S EYE •SNUFF.—A few of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight Restored and Deafness Cured : Copy of a Letter. 39, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, Dec. 26, 1842. Sir,—l was from my childhood afflicted withtiimness of sight, and as I advanced in years became almost blind. My husband 'being a medical practitioner, every oculist of any .eminence‘was consulted, but unfortunately without any seal relief. 'I was re commended by one of my friends, although .a member of the profession, who said he had taken it for a few months with the happiest result : he being relieved from inflammation after long suffering, induced me to give it a trial. I have taken four 2s 4d canisters, and shall continue to use it to theend of my days, for I have derived so much benefit from usinrit, that I can now read without the assistance of any kind of eye glasses. I shall feel happy at any time to acknowledge the great cure your Eye Snuff has made in my case. Make what use you may please of this testimony, and remember, I am in my seventieth year, and can read and ao needlework much better than I could for the last forty years/witisoet any glasses. I am, Sir, yours gratefully, 0. FOIMEROILL, Widow of the late Dr. Fothergill. Copy of a Letter sent to Mr. W. Grimstonc, Inventor of the celebrated Eye Snuff To W. Grimstone, Esq., Inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad-street, London. The Marchioness de Broglio Solari presents her best compli ments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to inform him she has had the most convincing proofs of the beneficial qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff in many cases of its restorative power, both of sight and hearing. Mr. Grimstone—Sir, you are at liberty to make use of •her name.—September 22, 1842, 46, Charlotte.street. Any quantity can be forwarded through the General Post, by sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, with postage, will cost 35., and so on in like proportion. Agents for Liverpool:—PlEßCE and Cuosspinr,o, Castle-street ; Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Lord-street;kC. SHARP, Church-street; W. PROCTER, London- oad. LORD MANOR'S DAY IN LONDON. Considerably more than the usual anxiety was mani fested about the observances of this day, on Saturday last, on account of the notoriety which Alderman Gibbs, the newly elected mayor, has acquired in consequence of the unpublished accounts of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, of which he was churchwarden for a number of years. When the Lord Mayor's coach reached the barrier a; Guildhall, was greeted with such a discordantyell that it even he frightened the horses ; the immediate consequence was that the hind wheel of the coach got entangled with one of the posts, and the slight detention , thereby occasioned afforded the noise-makers somewhat more than a passing opportunity of making themselves heard ; these noises, however, were mingled with cheers from another portion of the spectators, and the music of trumpets and kettle drums. The procession moved from Guildhall at twelve o'clock in the usual route, and there were occasional mani festations of the popular dislike. The Tinzes of yesterday says that the people uttered so many and such loud re proaches that though the band of the Life Guards blew their trumpets and beat their drums as if they would either burst blood-vessels or break their .own arms in their effort?, their music could not be heard above the uproar. At length, there was a slight lull, and then the witty stentorians of the mob would bawl out questions to 'test, as it would seem, the arithmetical powers of " Mr. Gibbs," such as—" What is a figure of 6 turned upside down ?" " How do you change nines into noughts ?" &c., while other persons called upon the band to play airs the names of which were intended a s cyphers to convey sar casms. One person elevated a model of an account book, of which the Lord Mayor, of course,:took no ac count. . The usual banquet took place in the evening, at which were present, Sir James Graham and the Right lion. W. E.. Gladstone, Esq., (the only cabinet ministers present,) thejudges, Mr. Masterman and 'Mr. Lyall, two of the members of the city, and upwards of 1,000 distinguished persons.... The following was the bill of fare Two hundred and fifty tureens of real=turtle, contain ing .five pints each; 200 bottles of sherbet; 6 dishes of fish ; 30 entrees ; 4 boiled turkeys and oysters ' • 60 roast pullets; 60 dishes of fowls; 46 ditto.of capons; 6 ditto of Captain White's Selim's true India curries; 50 French pies; 60 pigeon pies • 53 hams, ornamented; 43 tongues ; 2 quarters of house iamb ; 2 barrons of beef ; 3 rounds of beef.; 2 stewed rumps of beef ; 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef; -6 dishes of asparagus; 60 ditto of mashed and other potatoes ; 44 ditto of shell fish ' • 4 ditto of prawns; 140 jellies; 50 blancmanges; 40 dishes of tarts, creamed; 40 dishes of almond pastry; 30 ditto of orange and other tourtes • 20 Chantilly baskets; 60 dishes of mince pies; 56 salads. THE REMOVES.-80 roast turkeys; 6 leverets; 80 phea sants ; 24 geese ; 40 dishes of partridges ; 15 dishes of wild fowl; 2 pea fowls. DESSERT.-100 pine apples, from two to three lbs. each; 200 dishes of hot-house grapes ; 250 ice creams; 50 dishes of apples ; 100 ditto of pears : 60 ornamented Savoy cakes ; 75 plates of walnuts; ;80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves ; 50 ditto of preserved ginger; 60 ditto of rout cakes and chips ; 46 ditto of brandy cherries. The usual toasts were .drank, but there was nothing in any of the speeches sufficiently important to induce us to transfer it to our columns. MISCE LLANEOUS. ComFora FOR PAUPERS.--Dr. Handyside, who desig nates himself secretary to the Association for obtaining an Official Inquiry into Pauperism in Scotland, in his examination before the Poor-law Commissioners, stated, that he could say from observation, with regard to a father and mother with four children under 10, at the working period of life, that 3s. Gd. or 3s. a week might make them comfortable. The doctor adds, that ls. a week might do for a ,singly man, of which 6d. is allotted weekly for nou rishment. He considers 2s. 6d. the lowest sum on which a man with a family of four children might be supported, exclusive of house and clothing. Dr. Handyside's ideas of comfort and support for raupers seem to be based on homoeopathic principles. We would advise the doctor to try the system for a week personally, and then gave his opinion. In all probability, the sum he so generously allots to support six individuals for seven days, would not prove sufficient to pay for a dinner for himself alone."— Medical Times. MURDERS IN FRANCE. —Spain and Italy must look to their laurels, or France will eclipse both in the use of the knife. ThePresse of Friday last states, that "at nine o'clock on Thursday evening a murder was committed in the Rue Laffitte, near the Boulevard des Italiens. A trunk-maker wbo resided in the Rue Laffitte was beating bis apprentice with a lath, when a young man about twenty-two years of age interfered, but the trunkmaker, who was offended at the interference, struck the young man in the face ; the latter immediately drew from his pocket a dagger, which he plunged into the trunk maker's breast, who instantly fell dead. It is said that the murderer is the son of M. de Maupas. Another version of this horrible affair states, that it was to save a dog from being beaten that the murderer interfered, but adds no attenuating circumstance. The Journal de Loir et Cher states, that whlst two operatives, one a slater, the other a mason, were passing along the high road between Blois and Beangency, the mason remained a short distance behind, and then advancing to his companion fired a pistol loaded with ball, which entered the back of his bead. The murderer then drew the body from off the high road, took possession of 16 francs, and a gilt watch, which he probably mistook for pure gold, and fled.. The following morning the body was found, and removed to the nearest hospital, where tl-.e unfortunate man recovered suffi ciently to tell what had happened, but shortly afterwards expired, The police are in pursuit of the murderer. THE LIVERPO COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.—The County Palatine of which the sovereignty is in the Queen as Duke of Lancaster, has an Equity-court of its own, which sits alternately at Lancaster, Liverpool, and Preston, and which, for some years past, if an Equity barrister had pre sided in it, would probably, from its comparative cheap ness and great local convenience to the suitors, have been called upon to despatch a large portion of the business which has been transmitted, at a vast expense, from those populous manufacturing regions to London. The Vice Chancellorship of this Court having lately become vacant by the death of Lord Granville Somerset, the Chancellor of the Duchy, has availed himself of the opportunity for endeavouring to make the jurisdiction practically usefu to the wide circle it extends over, by selecting Mr. Twissl a leading man of the Equity Bar, to be Vice-Chancellor of the Court, and Councillor of the Duchy. GENEROSITY OF CORNISH FISHERMEN.—In the early part of last month the French sloop St. Louis, of Cherbourg, Louis Basin, master, having been dismasted off the Wolf Rock, was driven on shore near Por hleven, where she became a total wreck. The few stores saved, with the hull, were subsequently sold for payment of sal vage. Our object in revertinc , to this subject is to record the praiseworthy and disinterested act of the salvo - s, fishermen of Porthleven ' who, after the sum awarded them for their services had been paid to them, finding the property belonged solely to the captain, and it was not insured, generously took to Mr. Cudlip, merchant, the full mount they had received, with the exception of 10 men's shares out of 103, but which was made up by other persons, and requested him to present it in full to the cap tain, expressing their regret for his misfortune. The poor Frenchman begged MN Cudlip gratefully to acknow ledge for him the generous act. We hope the example set by these poor fishermen will be extensively followed, and thus, in some measure, alleviate the miseries of ship wreck.— Western Lumina? y. A CHANCELLOR'S ARRANGEMENT. — Lord Thurlow upon the point of giving a clergyman a living, stated to him, that he must desire he would continue the same cu- , rate who had been there in the time of his predecessor, and whom he believed to be a deserving man. The cler gyman represented that his intended arrangements were such that he could not do so. '• Very well," replied Lord Thurlow, "as you will not take him for your curate, I will make him the rector." And he did so. Tarn► MARCH OF INTELLECT.—A gentleman of the Temple received his laundress's weekly account the other day, made out in the style of spelling and hand-writing peculiar to the sisters of the suds. But there was one charge of one shilling and sixpence for "skewering the stars!" which defied even his practised comprehension. After wondering for some time how such a work could have been performed, and still more wondering that it should have been done particularly at his expense, the debtor sent for Mrs. Pearlash, when the preceding proved to be 'for scouring the stairs !"—Charnbtres Journal. EGYPTIAN ORIGIN OF THE ARCH.—The researches of modern travellers, particularly those of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, prove that the brick arch was known in Egypt in the reign of Amenoiph 1, 1540 years 8.C., and the stone arch in the time of IPsameticus 11, 600 years B.C. "The most remarkable," says Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, " are the door-ways surrounding the tanks of Assasief, which are composed of two or more concentric semicir cles of brick, as well constructed as at the present day, and all the bricks radiate to a common centre." Mr. Hoskins is of opinion that arches were constructed long anterior to the time of the Piolemies; for in the pyramids of Ghebel Birkel and Dunkalie, which are of more ancient date, both round and pointed stone arches were disco vered. THE EMPEROR ICANG-HE Ow QUACKS. , --It is difficult to deceive us old men, because we have ourselves seen so much. We meet with Tao-tsze (of the school of Lao.tsze or Lao kien) who boast with the utmost effrontery of having a secret for the enjoyment of long and happy life. Wait for some time, and you will see them undergo the fate of other men ; their teettrfall out, their ha i r whitens, t eir strength decreases from day to day. You may be sure from this, that they who pretend to possess similar secrets have no other intention than to cheat. Do real spirits, do true immortals condescend to descend upon earth ? There are other impostors who keep themselves standing for several successive years; and others who, in the lower chambers, keep themselves for ever sitting. But those who have learned to keep themselves erect cannot remain seated a single moment, and those who are always seated cannot keep themselves erect ; which proves that their talent is pure quackery. <Lhave often tried thetn,and I know all their tricks. There are many things which appear easy at the first glance, .but which cease to be so at last. When they relate to me any facts of a surprising nature, I say, in a few days I will see and examine them. I ascended the throne at eight years old, and during the fifty years that I have managed the affairs of the empire I have seen some of all sorts. Many quacks have at first appeared to perform extraordinary feats; but their shameful artifices have been discovered at last. I do not trouble myself about publishing their impostures; I wait tilt in the course of time they discover themselves. In truth, there is no advantage in deceiving fora moment. —Chinese Olio. TIIE SOCIALIST SYSTEMS AND FREE SOCIETY CON TRASTED.—Nothing is more charming to the imagination than the first general idea of some new community, where all men are to be happy, every body active, benevolent, reasonable. But the moment we leave this general idea, enter upon particulars, and set about the arrangements necessary for this universally comfortable state of things, there is nothing in the world more tedious and oppressive. Proposals for new political institutions are sufficiently wearisome; but proposals for earthly elysiums, which are to embrace the whole circle of human affairs, become in. supportably dull. It is child's play, played with heavy granite boulders. No ; if we were capable of being seduced for a moment into the belief of some golden age ofequality, where a parental government, presiding overall, should secure the peace and prosperity of all, we should need no other argument to recover us from the delusion than sim ply to read on, and learn how this parental government intends to accomplish its purpose. When we find that, in order to be relieved from domestic cares, we are to have no home at all.; that our parental government, in order to provide for our children, begins by taking them away from us ; when we picture to ourselves the sort of wooden me_ lancholy figuresave must become, (something like the large painted dolls in .a Dutch garden, stuck here and there with out choice or locomotion of their own,) we speedily lose all inclination to enter upon this discipline of happiness. W e quit with haste this enchanted garden, which turns out to be an enormous piece of clockwork, and embrace with re newed content the old state of personal freedom, albeit at tended with many personal inconveniences. Whilst read ing• of Utopian schemes, the idea has very vividly occurred toos suppose that some such society as this, where land - and wives, money and children, are all in common, had been for a long time in existence, and that some clever Utopian had caught an inkling of the old system so fami liar .to us, and had made the discovery that it would be possible, without dissolving society, to have a wife of one's own, a house of one's own, land and children of one's own. Imagine, after an age of drowsy clockwork existence, one of these philosophers starting the idea of a free society, of a social • organization based upon individual rights and in dividual effort—where property should not only be pos sessed, but really enjoyed—where men should for the first time stretch their limbs, and strain their faculties, and strive, and emulate, and endure, and encounter difficul ties, and have friendships. What a commotion there would be:! How would the younger sort, rebelling against the old rotten machine in which they had been incarce rated, form themselves into emigrating bands, and start forth to try upon some new soil their great experiment of a free life ! How would they welcome toil in all its seve rity—how willingly practise abstinence, and suffer priva tion, for the sake of the bold rights which these would pur chase!—how willingly take upon themselves the responsi bility of their own fate to enjoy a fortune of their own shaping! Hope herself would start from the earth where she had been so long buried, and waving her rekindled torch, lead on to the old race of life!—Blackwood. THE ZODIAC.—When, and how, and by whom the zodiac, as it is now exhibited in all our celestial maps, and all our annual almanacs, was invented, no effort of learn ing has yet been able to discover. Its origin is undoubt edly fabulous, connected with the whole system of the mythology of Greece, with the twelve labours of Hercules, the expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis, for the golden fleece ; the genealogy of Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto, their common parent Saturn, and the final solution of the whole system, in the allegorical impersonation of heaven and earth. Here astronomy and astrology, idolatry, and superstition, agriculture and navigation, all march hand in hand, turning history into romance, religion into false hood; the cultivation of the earth, and the navigation of the seas into fradulent imposture. By what magical in cantation, the belief of this system could be imposed upon whole nations of men, imagination can scarcely conceive. An imaginary belt is cast round the portion of the heavens within which the solar system revolves. This belt is divided into 12 partitions, each embracing 30 degrees of the spherical circumference. Within each of these par titions clusters of stars, as they are visible in the sky, are gathered as into one community ; and over each of them the figure of an earthly animal is stamped, covering the whole constellation, but bearing no sort of resemblance to it. The very positions and attitudes of the animals are painted on the celestial atlas ; names are given to all the brightest stars ; and now, at least 3000 years after this uncouth fiction was first palmed upon the credulity of mankind, we find it imposed upon us still, and we cannot learn to recognise the bright stars of heaven in the path of the sun, without painting them to the mind's eye, on the horns of a reposing ram, in the eve of a raging bull, on the foreheads of a pair of twin children, and in the fantastic and incoherent imagery of animals, .wild and tame, of earth, air, fire, and water, jumbled together, as if to resolve the created universe into its primitive ele mental chaos. Nor is this wild and scarcely conceivable confusion yet exhausted. When the worship of idols had thus insinuated itself into communion with the study of astronomy, the population of the zodiac was extended over the whole firmament. The chief of the gods, Jupiter, and even the inferior idol Olympus, were invested with the prerogative of placing favourite mortals to seats of honour in the heavens ; and thus, not only Hercules and Per seus, but Adonis and Narcissus and Daphne, and Niobe and her daughters, and multitudes of others, not more meritorious, rose to be dignitaries in the skies, till not only the hair of Berenice became a constellation, but the infamous Antinous a star of resplendent magnitude. To crown this infatuation of besotted learning, modern astro nomers, impelled by usurping vanity or base adulation, have assumed the presumption of placing among the stars I not only the shield of Sobiesky, and the crown of the Prussian Frederick, with the sceptre of Brandenburg; but have cast to th e hunting dogs the rotten heart of Charles the First. The printing press, the electrical apparatus, and the air pump, may be better entitled to this symbol of immortality ; but their intrusion upon this already overcharged canvass only adds to its unnatural complica tion, and encumbers the study with superatnnrary diffi culties anti obstructions." L STAN DAR D. OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITH ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, TOXTETH-PARK Tile schools were opened on Wednesday last, and though the weather was unpropitious, the attendance of friends was numerous. Shortly after twelve o'clock a number of the influential members of the congregation assembled, with their families. and several of the clergy, at the house of the Rev. W. Hesketh, the incumbent; and about one a procession of the children of the schools, followed by a number of ladies and gentlemen, and headed by the band of the Blue Coat School, moved towards the site of the new schools, in Lark-lane. The buildings are arranged in three divisions of nearly equal dimensions, under the same roof, for boys, girls, and infants respectively ; and have been most substantially built and suitably furnished by Mr. Edward Roberts, of Washington-street. When the children had taken their places in the lower school room, the Rev. W. Hesketh opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by appropriate collects, and concluded by a fervent and impressive prayer prepared for the occasion. This service being brought to a close, the children sang th.: Hundredth Psalm, and the Rev. Chairman addressed the company to the following effect : —He expressed his deep and cordial gratification at the generous and prompt contributions already given in the neighbourhood towards the erection of the schools, and the speedy manner in which they had been applied, little more than twelve months having elapsed since the build ing, (now completed for use,) was first contemplated. Their high object in view, inprnspective, was well known ; their present object was not to establish schools where none were before, but, in proportion to the enlargement of the neighbourhood, to enlarge the previous school ac commodation, and, upon the solid and unerring principles of divine appointment, to carry out those texts of Scrip ture inscribed on the walls of the schools, and thereby to mould the heart in obedience to their restraints and obli gations. This was the only system upon which God had promised his blessing in his Holy Word—that children being trained in his fear and love, might possess an eternal •inheritance. With respect to the infant school, the only new branch proposed in their system, he would not delay them, as he was pledged to bring the subject (more ap propriately) before them on Sunday next. He thanked all present for their contributions, and requested them to unite with him in a vote of thanks to their kind friend and neighbour, Mr. Beckwith, who had proved himself not only a liberal benefactor, but a skilful architect and able superintendent. In conclusion, he addressed the children in an earnest and affectionate manner, urging them to early attendance, diligence, and good conduct. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to award prizes of books to four of the children, two boys and two girls, who had attended the school the longest period with diligence and punctuality. The national anthem, " Lord of Heaven and earth, and ocean," was then sung by the children, who then passed in order to the upper, or girls' school room, where a substantial dinner of roast beef and plum pudding was provided for them, and where they were speedily joined by numbers of the company, who seemed to derive as much gratification from the inspection of the scene as the children did in the enjoyment of it. Thus, though not till nearly four o'clock, terminated the inter esting and important ceremony of opening the Saint Mi chael's School—a festival which will be long remembered by all, both young and old, who were engaged in it. MORE CRUEL EFFECTS OF THE NEW POOR-LAW. In the Times , of Saturday last, we find recorded two painful cases of suicide, arising, in all human probability, from the rigour of this new, and, we fear not to add, un constitutional and unchristian law,—the victims (both re spectable in their stations) being driven to desperation by dread of the Union Workhouse ! The first case was that of an aged farm labourer, William Haynes, of Ruislip, who had, through life, borne an irreproachable character by all who knew or had employed him. An inquest was held on view of the body, at Eastcot, in the parish of Ruislip, on Thursday last, before Mr. Wakley, M.P., and a jury of respectable farmers and inhabitants. The de ceased was nearly seventy years of age, and had a wife nearly as old, to whom he was affectionately attatched. He was found on the previous Sunday in a ditch, near the cottage which he inhabited, dead, but not quite cold,—he having cut his throat with a razor,—at first, it appears, ineffectually, and afterwards enlarged the wound with a penknife, so that he had bled to death. The razor was found under his arm, covered with blood, and the pen knife was still sticking in the perforation. It was stated that " he -was a very good man, and had an aged wife; also that he had latterly been rather feeble and poorly ; that he had subscribed to a benefit club for forty years, and had for some weeks received Gs. weekly from it, but that this would in twelve months be reduced to 3s. a week for life, but that the funds had become so much reduced by mat practices of the officers in charge of them, that it was pro bable the sem: ty would be broken up, so that he would receive nothing !" This disgraceful conduct of the par ties (upon which the coroner strongly remarked, expressing his regret that the opulent inhabitants did not look after those clubs) pray.ed upon his spirits, and nearly broke his heart, as he had long often denied lamseifa Sunday's dinner to meet his payments, in order to secure himself and aged p ar tner some little provision in old age and decrepitude. He had been attended latterly by a doctor, who directed him to have half-a. pound of butcher's meat a-day ; and he got, on that account, from the parish, an allowance, not of the quantity prescribed, but only 31b. a-week, the half-pound for Sunday (the poor man's holiday) being omitted, "according to the custom there:" another ex ample of the considerate mercies of the new poor law ! About seven weeks ago, the deceased called on Mr. Jenkins, a retired London tradesman, who resided at Eastcot, and occasionally employed him, consider ing him "an excellent person." Mr. J., seeing him dejected, said to him, " Why have not you called upon me lately?" He replied, " I was going sir, but didn't like—didn't like to impose on his good nature." Witness told him not to be afraid of that; there should always besomething for him when he called. He thanked witness, and said that he had been to several places to get work, without succeeding ; and that he was afraid that he and the old woman would be starved to death this winter; and that he-should have perished of want this winter if he (witness) had not relieved him. Witness said, " Well, at all events, should it come to the worst, you could go into the house," meaning the union workhouse ; to which deceased sharply said, " No, I would rather starve to death." He repeated this, and very firmly, and then added, that as for the farmers, they were as bad off as the workmen ; that there was plenty of work wanting to be done, but no money to pay the men, and that the poor farmers were eaten up by game, tithes, and taxes. One of the jurymen here stated, that a farmer, not far off, was obliged to pay a boy 3s. to keep the game off his corn land. Several others of the jury remarked that the game had become a dreadful evil against them. The witness (in continuation) stated, that he again advised, if deceased could not procure work, and the club failed, that he should go into the union. " No," deceased replied, " I would rather suffer a dozen deaths than go there, and be separated from my poor old woman in our old age." Witness did not doubt that deceased would have destroyed himself last winter if he had not assisted him, and that, from knowing him well, his habits and Iris character, he firmly, and in his conscience, believed, that it was his dread of ultimately being compelled to go to the union-house that had caused him to commit suicide. He had not the slightest doubt of it. The coroner stated that, with the exception of the short allowance of meat, the parish officers had administered the law as it stood. There was no proof of insanity, but after having paid so long to the club, hearing that the funds were nearly exhausted, and dreading the workhouse, he had adopted the dreadful alternative of putting a period to his existence. The jury returned a verdict to the effect, that he had destroyed himself, but that there was no evidence to enable them to determine his state of mind. Several of them stated that they had no doubt but that finding the club about to break up, the fear of being obliged to go into the Union-house was the cause of the act. The second case was disclosed at an inquest held before the same coroner, on Friday last, on the body of Mary Allaways, aged 63, a poor needlewoman, I whose body presented a dreadfully emaciated ap pearance. She was last seen alive by the landlady of the house in which she lodged on Tuesday evening, whe t her manner appeared strange, and on going up stairs she broke a piece of bread from a loaf she had with her, and said, " Only taste it; it is so very sweet. Next day she was found in the bed quite dead. A cup with some liquid was found near the window, and on the table a letter, which stated that she was much troubled in mind from being unable to procure work, and owing seven weeks' rent. It further stated, that the only thing in the world she possessed was a watch, which she im agined to be worth £lO. She bequeathed the proceeds of its sale to liquidate her debts, and the remainder to go to wards her funeral; but if it did not raise sufficient for the latter purpose, her body was to be sent to the workhouse for interment by the parish. It then added her earnest wish that she should have one friend to follow her to the grave, and a hope that her poverty would not be made known ; concluding with the words, " God bless you all ; I am - very much excited, and my pen is very bad." Deceased was an extremely well-behaved woman, and had been well educated. They always imagined she had some trifling income that helped to support her, but since her death they had found such was not the case, and that she sup ported herself by her needle. She had latterly appeared very desponding, which she stated arose from her inabi lity to procure work and the poor wages she received for it. She had once or twice adverted lately to the double suicide at Kilmarnock, and said she would rather follow that example than apply for relief. She had some friends, who occasionally gave her food. but she seldom had any other meals but breakfast and tea. The surgeoa said, the body was wretchedly emaciated, and the deceased had all the appearance of having been completely star ve d. The coroner r emarked, that this was an exceedingly pain ful case, and he feared he should have a great many more similar cases whilst poverty was treated as a crime. It was evident from the letter that she was a well-educated and highminded woman, but it was wholly imp oss ibl e f or them to judge of the misery she felt when s h e contem plated the degraded manner in which she would be treated if she made her distresses known. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased destroyed herself by t a ki ng oxalic acid, but in what state of mind she was at the time there was no evidence to show." Mae. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.—It will be seen that Mrs. Clarke takes her benefit at the Theatre-Royal, on Mon day next. AN AMERICAN EX?LANATION.—A shopkeeper in New York, who pretended to sell his goods very low, made a practice of telling the purchasers that he lost money by every article he sold. " I wonder much," said one of his customers, "that you continue in so bad a line id busi ness." " Oh," replied the shopkeeper, " I couldn't stand it, only I do so much of it. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS. The steam-ship Britannia sailed hence, on Tuesday, for Halifax and Boston, with 45 passengers. Mr. A. Willink, son of D. Willink, Esq., of this town, and lately a pupil of the Royal Institution School, has been elected a scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Rev. Moses Nlargolioth, (a converted Jew,) late of this town, has been appointed to the living of Glasnevin, by the Lord Bishop of Kildare. The Recorder, Gilbert Henderson, Esq., has presented the Sailors' Home with the munificent sum of one hun dred guineas. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, which would leave Boston and Halifax on the Ist and 3rd instant, may be looked for about Thursday next. DEATH BY SCALDING,-013 Tuesday, Lavinia Grogan, aged 31 years, drank scalding tea from the mouth of a teapot, which brought on an inflammation of the laryas, from the effects of which she died. DECREASE OF CRIME.—On Wednesday last there was only one person brought before Mr. Rushton for felony, and the total number of prisoners in charge that day was only 19 ; about half of them were beggars. SINGULAR DEATH.—On Wednesday week Mrs. Chap man, of Manchester, died from the effects of a scratch on her hand inflicted a fortnight before. The part be came inflamed the day after and mortification ensued. THE POLICE FORCE.—The temporary arrangements for conducting the police are,—the town is divided into north and south districts. Under Mr. Dowling, M r . Superintendent M`Donald has been appointed to the con trol of the north division, and Mr. Superintendent Quick to the south division. BEERSELLERS FINED ON FRIDAY. Thomas nice, Finch-street, £3 and costs ; George Thomas, Faulkner street, £3 and costs ; James Lysaght, Portland-street, £2 10s. and costs; William Draper, London-road, £2 10s. and costs; Thomas Kirkham, Upper Harrington street, £2 and costs ; William Jessott, Old Haymarket, acquitted. ROYAL ATHOL CAKE.—Mr. Gibbons, London-road, has introduced into Liverpool the above favourite cake, which, since the Queen's visit to Scotland, has had the word " royal" prefixed to it, from its frequent use at the royal table We certainly think her Majesty no bad judge in such matters ; and, having tasted for ourselves, have great pleasure in bearing testimony to its general excel lence, and recommend it to the patronage of our readers, as well as the Edinburgh loaf bread—the quality of which cannot be surpassed. STEALING A GOLD RING.—On Friday, Margaret John son was committed for stealing a gold ring, the property of Jane Rainfortb, 13, Peter-streer. The prisoner called to see the prosecuttix, and, after admiring her wedding ring for some tune, persuaded her to pull it off for a closer inspection. As soon as the golden circlet was put into the prisoner's hands, she ran away with it, and pawn?d it some hours afterwards at Mr. Mason's shop. The prisoner, in her defence, said she was drunk at the time, and did not mean to keep the ring. GUANO.—There are numerous arrivals at Cork and Falmouth for orders, but, owing to eastern winds, only two at this port. On the spot, sellers £5 12s 6d. to £5 15s. ; buyers £5 10s.: for positive delivery in the spring, sellers £6. Peruvian is without change. There has, latterly, been an immercantile system of puffing particu lar cargoes of this article, and statements have been made calculated to mislead parties not intimate with it. Ex tensive adulteration is also spoken of. Purchasers, how ever, who place themselves in the hands of men of character and standing have nothing to fear. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—On the 4th instant, a man, named Ralph Windle, went to the shop of Thomas Trotter, tailor, 26, Sir Thomas's-build ings, and said that Mr. Ball had sent him for a pair of trousers, and if they answered he would bring the money for them. Trotter, knowing that Windle had been in the employ of Mr. Ball, green-grocer, Queen's-square, let him have the trousers; but, on inquiry afterwards at Mr. Ball's, found that the prisoner had left his service, and that be had not sent him for the trousers. The prisoner was apprehended some days after, and, on being brought up on Friday at.the Police-court, was committed for trial at the sessions. SALE OF THE MANORIAL RIGHTS OF BIRKENHEAD. Wm. Jackson, Esq., has purchased from F. R. ['rice, Esq., of Bryn-y-Pys, the Lord of the Manor, a consider able portion of property, together with the manorial rights of Birkenhead and Claughton. Amongst the pro perty included in the purchase is St. Mary's Church, the large and extensive premises known as Gleave's Hotel, the Albion Hotel, and the house, lately the residence of J. D. Case, Esq., near Woodside Ferry. The amount of the purchase is about £150,000. Owing to business en gagements, Wm. Jackson, Esq., has taken a house in Belgrave-square, London, where it is probable he may remain for some time. THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Charles Kean and his accom plished partner commenced an engagement at this theatre on Monday last, and have been delighting our playgoers with their performance of some of the best of our national dramas. It would be almost a work of supererogation on our part to attempt anything like a detailed notice of ac tors whose talents and styles are so well known and ap • preciated. We may remark, however, upon the particu larly fine manner in which Mr. Kean played Hamlet on Wednesday evening. It was a faultless representation, and conveyed fully to those of the audience who can ap preciate the character, its peculiar beauties and intricacies. The house on this evening was crowded to overflow except in the dress circle. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Yesterday, at the Po lice-court, a young man, named William Harrison, was charged with this offence.—Mr. Charles Gibson, clerk to Messrs. Musgrove and Vance, cotton-brokers, said that he paid to the prisoner, on the 16th October, the sum of £l3 Is. 7d., to be paid to his (the prisoner's) employer.— Mr. M'Bride, merchant, said the prisoner had been in It's employ, and was authorized to collect money, but required to account for, or pay over, the same every day by three o'clock. The sum stated (being payment of an account produced) had pot been accounted for by him.—Mr. Docling stated that there were other sums, of a much more serious amount, the embezzlement of which, he be lieved, could be traced to the prisoner, but these cases would take some time sufficiently to investigate. The prisoner was accordingly remanded, to give time for Ihe necessary evidence to be produced. MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL, &C.—ln the official quarterly table of the mortality in 150 districts of England, ending 30th Sept., are the following particulars :—The mortality in the districts of this town and West Derby, on an average, was greater than the mean mortality, in the same districts, in the same quarter, last year. In St. Martin's district the number of deaths was above the average,—consumption, diarrhea, and inflammation of the lungs and bowels having prevailed. In Great Howard street district the increased number of deaths was, as compared with the corresponding quarter last year, 88; in Dale street, 56; in St. Thomas's, 2; in Mount-pleasant, 23 less; in Islington, 20 more ; in St. George, below the average. Small pox is mentioned as having prevailed in some of the districts. In West Derby, the mortality did not exceed the general average ; in Crosby, a decrease 6 deaths as compared with the June quarter; and in Toxteth-park, an increase of 58, so compared,—typhus, scarlatina, and measles having been prevalent. Some particulars as to the aeneral mortality of the country will be found in a paragraph elsewhere. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT, THURSDAY.—WiIIiam Sanches, a beerselier. was fined 10s. and costs for per mitting gaming with cards.—John Jones was charged with stealing the carcase of a sheep from the premises of Thomas Beddoes, butcher, Bridge-end. He was shortly afterwards taken with the meat on his shoulders, in Rus sell-street, and was committed for trial.—Sarah Barclay was charged with stealing a £5 note from . the coat pocket of John Jones, a farmer , of Lower Bebblogton, at home. The complainant had been to Oxton's public-house there, and on his return home went to bed. In the morning he m i ss ed his money, and suspected the prisoner, who was his servant. She admitted that she had removed the coat, but had seen nothing of the money; and as it came out that he had at the public-house taken off his coat t o pl a y at skittles, and the girl bad hitherto borne a good charac ter, the case was dismissed. COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.—Mr. Aspinall called the attention of the board to the disgraceful state in which the gas companies left the macadam in the street after opening trent hes for the pipes, and after a long dis cussion a resolution was passed, directing the law clerk to write to the companies, and request them to separate the stones from the soil, to put in the soil first, and if any soil be left, to remove it after filling up the trenches.- -Mr. Procter, in reference to the annual statement of accounts, which will be submitted to the vestry, to be held that day fortnight, said he found the enormoas sum of £2,242 15s. 6d. for law charges.—Mr. Birkett—That was for obtaining the act. There were two acts—one for the second borough rate, and the other for the water rate ; and in consequence of the opposition of the water compa nies, the act cost nearly treble. Mr. Procter—l find the rate collected is only £29,000, and that the law charges amount to 84 per cent. on the rate. The chairman said they had been as careful as they could be. Mr. Procter said it was an enormous sum, and he would sooner not have gone to Parliament at all than have expended public money in that way. Mr. Birkett said it ought to have been put under a different head. They all knew the dif ficulty there was in obtaining the act, but if it had cost five times the money, it was cheaply got. THE NEW BANKRUPTCY COURTS.—The extensive premises, situate in South John-street, at the corner of Cable-street, a portion of which is to beamppp d. The r le o t p e riated es Courts of Bankruptcy, are now nearly co courts will occupy the second floor of the building, that in the north wing being intended for Mr. Commissioner Phillips, and the other for Mr. Sergeant Ludlow. Each room is about thirty feet square, well ventilated, and lighted with plate glass windows, and every arrangement has been made for the convenience of the officers, and other parties attending the courts, so as to facilitate the discharge of the public business. Adjoining is a fire proof apartment for depositing records, and other valua ble documents, and advantage has been token of every modern improvement, with the view of giving the most perfect security in that important department. The upper part of the building is being fitted up in a suitable man ner, with all the requirements for offices, &c., which will be let off for the purposes of general business, and under neath the court-rooms there will be a range of handsome shops, one of which will be adopted to the purposes of a restaurant. The front of the premises is cemented, to resemble stone, and is tastefully finished, a figure of jus tice placed, which occupies a niche in the centre, adding much to the general effect. The work (which is under the direction of Messes. S. and J. Ilolme) will be com pleted very ,shortly, when the courts will to immediately occupied, INQUESTS BEFORE MR. CURRY, BOROUGH CORO NER.-011 Saturday, on view of the body of William Green, formerly an excise-officer. On Thursday night, the deceased fell into the Clarence Dock, and was drowned. The body was not found until Friday night. Verdict— " Accidental death." Same day, on the body of Thomas Walker, who resided in York Buildings, Dryden-street. The deceased, who was of eccentric character, but of good connexion, was last seen alive on Thursday night. Not making his appearance next day, his room was broken open at ten at night, and he was found quite dead, with his head on the grate, and his face a good deal burned, he having, it is supposed, fallen. The surgeon who examined the body gave it as his opinion that the cause of death was water on the chest, and that it wa•: probable he (.4ied before he fell on the fire. WrdEct accordingly. Yesterday, on the body of a man unknown, which was picked up in the river by four boatmen on Sunday after noon. It was supposed that he was one of the men drowned by the collision of the steamer Iron Duke with two boats some weeks ago ; but of this there was no cer tainty, as the flesh on the hands and face was so washed off or decayed that recognition was scarcely possible. The verdict was to the effect that the deceased, who was " unknown," was " found drowned." CHILD DEAERTION.—On Thursday evening, a male child, apparently about a year old, was left at the door of the convent, Mount Vernon. street. The infant was wel clothed, and was wrapped up in a diaper table cloth. There were marks of violence upon the body. A reward of £5 has been offered for the discovery of the unnatural person who deserted the child. In consequence of a public announcement of this circumstance, Margaret Kelly, who resided in cellar No. 47, Pitt-street, was ap prehended by Police-officer Bray, No. 418, on Friday night. The case was brought before Mr. Rushton on Saturday. It appeared, from the evidence of Mrs. O'Donnell, in whose cellar the prisoner lodged, that the child produced in court was taken from home by the pri soner last Thursday week, and, on the latter returning to her lodgings without it, she was interrogated respecting it, when she stated that she had placed it out at nurse. Witness sa;cl that the blue cloth cap then worn by the child was made by herself, and that the dress generally corres ponded with that she had seen worn by the child previous to its being taken from the cellar. Patrick O'Donnell informed Bray that he suspected the prisoner could give some idormation about the child, as, from the 'descrip tion given in the advertisement, he had no doubt it be longed to her. The mother, on a question being put to her by Mr. Rushton, said she could say nothing. Police-officer 327 proved the finding of the child and its conveyance to the West Derby Union Workhouse on the 31st ult. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. COWARDLY ASSAULT.—On Friday, at the Police court, Thomas Boden and George Holden were charged with assaulting Lewis Marie, second mate of the Ameri can ship Berwick. The complainant stated that, about half-past eight o'clock on Thursday night, he was going on board the vessel, and when near the Victoria Dock gate, a stone was thrown at him. It being very dark, he did not see who threw it ; but immediately after the pri soners came up, one on either side, and knocked him down, and beat him most severely. A man named Jones, who was standing on the quay, heard the two men say, " there goes the second mate," and tkey went after him. Another witness, who was unacquainted with all the par ties, confirmed the testimony of the mate. Mr. Rush ton said that of late there had been a number of most disgraceful assaults committed, such as were not formerly known in Liverpool, by American sailors. It was but a few days ago since a gentleman, the captain of an Ameri can vessel, was murderously assaulted by one of his men with a stone or bullet placed in the end of a stocking. Providentially, however, in that case, Captain Woodhouse had recovered from the injuries be received, and was able yesterday to sail for• America. In the case now before him, the prisoners had attacked the mate without any al leged provocation, on a dark night, which gave them ample opportunity to effect their foul purpose, and as saulted him in a most cowardly and brutal manner. He, therefore, sentenced each of them to be fined £5 for the assault, and to be imprisoned two months ; at the end of that period they must find bail, to keep the peace, two sureties in 4720 each, themselves in £4O, or in default thereof to be imprisoned two months longer. WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.—On Wednesday evening last, a public• meeting of the subscribers and friends in the two Liverpool circuits was held in Bruns wick Chapel, Moss-street, on which occasion the Rev. Thomas B. Freeman attended for the purpose of making communications respecting the progress of missionary operations on the Gold Coast and in the kingdom of Ashanti. The meeting was very numerously attended, and the chair was taken, amid loud che. rs, by the Mayor. —The Rev. G. Osborn, of Manchester, proposed a vote of thanksgiving to God for the success of the society. This was seconded by the Rev. W. C. Milne, M.A. missionary from China, who explained the operations of the London Society in that empire.—The Rev. T. B. Freeman follow ed in a long and deeply in'eresting address. He had, he said, taken the banner of the cross, and unfurled it in dis tant :ands, amidst the perishing sons of men. One of the most painful things that had arisen in his mind while tra velling there, was the comparison between the beauties of nature, and the awful condition of the unfortunate natives. In Ashanti, and other parts of Western Africa where he had visited, the traveller passed through an almost unbro ken scene of the most wild and extraordinary luxuriance —the poor native ,was the only growth that dwindled. Nature triumphed in all her majesty and fertility, but man was ignorant of the God that made him. 1-1 man sacrifi- ces were of every day occurrence. In by-gone days, when a monarch died, thousands were sacrificed ; when a chief tain, hundreds ; and when a subordinate, five to ten vic tims perished. The natives, on these horrid occasions, became excited with ardent spirits, and danced furiously round the bodies—proceeding from one degree of wretch edness and vice to a greater. They supposed it necessary to send into the other world a certain number of slaves to• v. v. • • ~•a, too, attend on their deceased friends. The effect of these scenes led the natives to imbibe tastes so extraordinary that their very instruments of music were decorated with scull bones of human victims. Man not only on the one hand murdered his brother, but sold him also into foreign slavery ;—and they not only bowed down to idols, but they worshipped the very reptiles that crawled over the face of the earth. This was a specimen of the greater part of the nations and triber of Arica. It. was about ten years since the first Wesleyan missionary had gone out to Cape Coast Castle; and what wonders had they seen during the last seven years. He had the happiness of reporting, that they now occupied a district extending over 400 miles along the western coast of Africa, and reaching 200 miles into the interior. It c on t a i ne d 21 stations,a there were be tween 700 and 800 members in Society, and upwards of 500 children in the schools. There was an institution for training native agents, with nine promising youths under going instruction, and between fifty and sixty native agents were now actively employed in carrying out the views of the missionaries. There were a number of cha pels erected, in which the true God was worshipped, and he rejoiced to say that on every hand they had a most pleasing and delightful prospect of still greater success. The reverend gentleman enlarged on these topics. and sat down amidst much applause. A collection was made at the close, which amounted to the liberal sum of £265. Docx CommirrEE.--Present, Messrs. Moore, Barclay, Smith, Bulley, Evans, Bold, Boyden, Tobin, Kendall, Sandbach, Moon, Aikin, Chilton, and Ripley.—The tender of John Horrocks to erect the boundary wall round the new docks was accepted.—A letter from the Surveyor, complaining that police officers were never to be found when required, was referred to the Harbour Master's Sub-Committee.—One stage berth was appro priated for the Philadelphia line of packets in the 'Water loo Dcck, as an experiment, for six months.—Brick huts with stoves or grates, were ordered to be erected for the pier -masters of George's and Prince's Docks.—Mr. C. S. Middleton sent a letter stating that as he had been elected a member of the Council for Exchange Ward, he must resign his seat in the Dock Committee as a member of the rate.paycrs.—Mr. Evans : That is the first announce ment of the kind I have ever known.—The Chairman, after speaking in the highest terms of the manner in which the treasurer, secretary, and marine surveyors performed their important duties, stated that he consi- - dered them much under paid, and suggested that Mr. Withers the treasurer should have a salary of £l,OOO, in stead of £750 ; that the salary of Mr. Mason should be £750, instead of £5OO ; and that Lieut. Lord should have his salary increased from £5OO to £6OO. Mr. Evans ob jected to any advance being made, on the ground that they were all sufficiently paid for their services, and that were the situations vacant, they would get gentle men to perform them at even less salaries. He argued. also that if the duties of these officers had increased, the proper way would be to give increased assistance. Mr. Bulley said he was not aware that any such proposition would have been made ; but his intention was before he came into the room, to take that opportunity of express ing his'sentiments as to the abilities of the secretary an d marine surveyor, and his opinion was, that they could scarcely be over paid. Mr. Bulley then returned thanks to his colleagues of the marina surveyor's department for their uniform kindness to him ; he also thanked the chairman and other mem bers for their courtesy, and added that his only regret int leaving the Council and the Dock Committee, was that he should be leaving the members of the marine department. Mr. Barclay spoke in high terms of the treasurer and se cretary, and said he believed there would be great diffi culty in finding persons to fill their situations, provided they were vacant. Mr. Aikin said he had great regard for these officers, and lima satisfied that they performed their duties in a proper manner, but he was, at the same time,. ;r. Bold, dysed C c 0 0 n n v d l e n d e e b d y t m he r. sa ß la i r p i l e e s y, pa th id en we p r r e op a o m se p d le t . ha A t Mr. Withers should be increased to £l,OOO. Upon a division the numbers were seven and seven, and of course the motion wl , s negatived for the day. The voting was as f c ol i l , o a w to s n : , — B Fo oi r d, th s e ra in it c h r , ea ß se o , y ll , d l e e n, ssr a ns.(ithe Ken dall, Ripley, chairman. Against it, Messrs. Moon, Aikin, Barclay, Evans, Tobin, Sandbach, and Bulley. In voting, some o f these gentlemen having stated that their only objection was to the large amount of increase, Mr. Tobin, seconded. by Mr. Sandbach, proposed that an addition of £lOO a year should be made to the treastirer's salary. This was agreed to without a division, Mr. Evans only dissenting. Mr. Barclay, seconded by Mr. Aikin, then movedthat the secretary should have an increase of £lOO. Mr. Ripley, seconded by Mr. Bold, moved as an amendment that the increase should be £l5O. On a division, the amendment was carried, Messrs. Aikin, Barclay, Evans, and Tobin, being the only parties who voted against it. The salary of Mr. Lord was then increased from £5OO to £6OO, and the committee adjourned. ORSVALL'S Rusxs.—lt will be seen by an adveAise rcent in another column, that these celebrated articles of food, fur invalids and children, are now considerably reduced in price. The title of these buns but faintly describes thc: usefulness, but we feel assured that those who have tried them will continue to use them. One great advantage they possess is, that they are particularly adapted to parties going to sea, and will keep any length of time. ----r ,,