The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

06 , I l i....brii 16, 185., ______ a W l'S ! ' ROO Were 0 cottn9 Me f i'; p, &' °, 14 ------ their fee"l,o: vault th ree n •t p e to ta l 4 , 5 , ~_ altiljs feted 3 Ini-' ' 9C l. ' W ------, 11.--__ e ~,,j , hUrch 'jolt e t, --- ; -- " P '' , .' k 9 ' liabi• °— preached TITIO • in v . l ige , cr utin in, on Sunday, two sermons at St. I, at th e i nf ‘ , 4. ' as4 s • ta4 Yi o A v l re. i)avvkins is fo b r the schools. overseer of Tranmereee,n °JeaCst Week, '' ,;:, 1 b d y ecl a ar m ed ai t o o ri b ty e _., A great dry T htirsol a 53 F '4 l p / lir c he n d i e l van d 1 . 0 r ., , - tl , rayi he , t ard well presented Edward a petition from 'd not bele, . Wed n ° '°r Protection to the West Indian c li r aute rs ", • , dim es do 1 lily a had r i p teii t ': , tririniscideal last arrington, of Bostock. io haLE ie t ot i : d W ed tog . Y f ront a P° s-lu er rati', ll tna , L 4es dav 1 fit of apoplexy, caused by ex : cheafie ~,,DI ofthestreet died Ellen An clY, an old woman, living ele ct : k agel li ed suddenly read , re Li'l'i:Oj:itr'!'il . li.• I ° l l of 'tel. in the street, at the back Cou]Pe n ' l „ u ntil I t •Tll 2' , t e,rtti, gliardi„ 3shing i t 'q n, c ti ' ': lat. -at ed in favour for the townshipof West ,_ _ a bg, e ~ 0 . tide,,,eNi, av our ~,,, _ , oP„ t-r ,, t e ade o ;,, ; 11 N 4 ' o le i ta . J9ho Peers,9l Messrs. Edward John ot the the t',. i t of :nox Jontve and Thomas Harrison, ruin. r e diffev ', k as mae g ° P 'At As d no t til t o`° lON' t er of "rd ' held TERs AND MATES.— At a had to stir ,1 •t I Ifiei, th e „s. o n Saturday , t 0 m , sc•% NI a first 1r Ed Capt. Thomas at i eng , 'NI Ina, . e i mund Head," was found „d, 013 11 ,yit: Aseh Pe.. , arriv,., ass master's certificate. : l C4(4 reached Lij e u rp a o t o S, outhampton, from the West le j Y like s d lor i r4 wag e otev: t / ia ior seve ion Monday evening, l e t the 0 •1( P 4 the e , . 0 nionths iyi • after sh e''i°Ym ent of r. Tmne, we are for h is e lit' excellent health and lire. b bio man ,ro :hing a o f C l id tar sae'' )0-1' 41 5 4N tt r , - - --- s tth i t. l . A l L b t ' a ' r sWe are glad to . find that the .Ntt,;sot, s no graduttlly inc . reasing. The field nd 4 1 ,1. t , zed are in rapid preparation, a i, When,etit.e.r the weather is sufficiently or l kit ; :, tte t I, 4 4tl2Plei ts lug himself as a Hungarian officer, boa t thWle s, B ° lll e of our contemporaries wrote A f N4'tkllteti tu rns out not to have been exactly o,tt, i .N 0:,4,,,, himself to be. He has left town the ~1;df,,1%,%his .friends kit t l, 1 otZ'iliq,‘Lbristina Case a child seven years ‘?,,,.11,4411w1tq VNstained from'her clothes catching tot '''it the of the Lancashire and York ' 0 Q Q :li t i d N'N ere te a,t, • Ho . ward : street. The deceased 1 tt etn 4 4 e Ni ughting chips, &c., when the ac ltzt::',/drl4,,,lbisek,lsst the annual soiree of the Roscoe l".'r , tl 4 4 't•t o sion Class was held in the spacious ir,': , l4,.'N "is of the club-house. The attend ''''t'-'ist''‘;4l°il the arrangements were in all }n,,t ( l, a . " 4 the now established character of ~Neri,j , j,4t „Y , Ali, L'oh,,"e C I bet 1,-,,c atorgan, aged 61 years, was left by 4,l ''ot t ' tile homy 1 1, St. John's-place , with ano k)stits'ilt tile:tqtnintaother having gone to market. The t ril i' l edi at „' , 1 14. f ,Pind her child so severely scalded iOlti tl 7 l. ' "astanding all efforts, she died al tke a t toth i e b ody kt i t o t t he el i' d t. li w 4 a u r il t derstand, D gije c a Ar r a;i h t b p a r n o - - 1 / 4 t,";: t i2 4 3 le:lPl'd Hotel, V.W.D.G.C. Tuesday ... 'next, on the t , l ts°4sateti'l:?g L iverpool. ° The compliment, we L 'Ate e t r4 if Willi the members of the lodge, but the It ;4 ? s x ! , c _ , be at liberty to attend. Nlteet"Lilittg,_NcEnT.-There was a good att_end- Otei,tfter,raic Concert, on Tuesday, and . the .740 iti t ii`q were satisfactory. The vocalism k 4 ai. B ' ga ve m uch fervour, but the efforts of the . I'es treat teSinsiderable pleasure. Mr. Silas is 3 t, etrrtorda."llitY, and as a ready extemporiser, • t4 e f.,..` he afro nary Powers. Rs, Oponii:ng s outh-easterly wind on Sunday 0 , P,,,,"" wa s (On steamer " Fanny" drifted her iell6,' l '. y r i,°en on to the beach close to Bir- Ittcted osesLerday morning, however, at tide .4 . 4 tid ;:' without having sustained any mate -1,1 Illo iti o ll i tt tiAt as since resumed her station at the 1 4fter ttloa,ll,sPEcT.-We are glad to learn that ~1 ilthetilituraaate friends of Mr. John Connor, i . to r : l 4 }) o4 7Po oa a 2! a large portion of his life as con ic ictr,L's,..;to tik,„P';lenl department of the Liverpool .„'li h qof ' ti. t thi,' 'ne command of an extensive office l't,'^tr ,'''cir .- "'ening to present him with a ster i (I ,, i,j Bi s o , n t e l te ii-ergnaj.. The presentation will be made e i: t ti,; Bl thZ B l , w ick Hotel, Hanover-street. i'il e e,, - ""ed - ions under the late Liver Theatre t',43 0 the p i t the whole thrown into one open •Ottd,esO Olt of the theatre was, an enormous ;', h e ,,Lo th e -me, through which the spectator can tol e 'ost ed walls which have often re-echoed the (. 1 3 f 0,, j , NA114111,", Leleste, T. P. Cooke, and others. It / llli ta uergoing transformation into one ex k II tr A r o a l Po n ea ,, t for the sale of goods. l'`lt'ke attgt4hKENREAD.-On Wednesday, the 4, 4 l:plt,`Att er b,. a P,s for the township of Birkenhead , 11g, et " 0 li sts "oge. Aft er a smar t con t es t, th ere h 4:a follow Proposed, the result of the election t w i „24 5 , • Q oib „ 8 : - -Mr. Bailiff, 341; Mr. H. Wa - t g st 11. : P ee, 300 ; Mr. Graham,Mr. 44'1,,,tkiiby pz9Pleton 264 . Mr. Whalley, 202; 1 ,4l'iatellgned previous 'to the poll. The first , 11 5" 4 1 ti'uteY elected. tiego lt pl'cith - , l ,u°dY of John Faulkner was found iLtith,uel on .:ue tide off tl Brunswick Pier He 1 / 4 't47 t t4e,?ftQ l 3 n n k . lo the Brian Borhu stamen;und tt it „ 'Cr f r , viii Ult., while the vessel was putting 'ta tee s c ita the Prince's Pier, the deceased and 13 "anaghan fell overboard, during the etsi+l.reessel's stage, from a gangway which was fq,k,,'es sei , hut which was not so, and fell after k ‘ll / ,4 1a , cor e , „steamed about a long time in endea ks4.l4' tir,,""°l, but found neither the men nor ,4,104 I.,,ttaahan's body is not yet found. i .t l ti .,, t 'l a i ter; ",ATM.. --The Henrietta Capt. Oates, I N ' l t l ,l:4 l 4 r .. t ° h °: 0,11 'Wednesday, with 172 passengers 1, Da t t th„ ~euerge of Dr. the k li k k i,j,;k t i' i ts s i l si rlenrietta is the first of Liverpool I,„L t t 'lrl frel's mathhe Natal Emigration . Com.pnhieir 'it 'lr)k a z ,,, s port in connexion wit . (:4 0 „Pl ae rvi- line rs. The inspection of the emi ilolto ii °an, Tuesday, before the government N , c, th Queer, and the medical inspector, Dr. kkil,L l d et ,St tieeeF,r,itire satisfaction of those gentlemen. Oreit4iiied inul? Personally to see the ship off, hav -6;4 h; .Y \ffor t4 t end " despatching the Minerva to 44 i e t - tilt 4 , -Ir, r w as inade to secure the comfort of tt S Bl 6 F l a Lip °Yc and Mr. Macfarlane, the corn kt:tie:kiet'ocka 'Pool and Manchester. . 16,,tet , Y, oa Tut the meeting of the Civil Engi- INtf,iiN eal e ,,!sc?nY, Mr. Chubb read a paper on 4,llt ti , kirreo t e niti . ons were gone into, to shew the % . ,Ily !tst 't ap„,nxibinations which might be . made in y l i f tltneeDS, e4Tred, that with an average-sized key, ' 4 , 11 14 0 4 4; the a c 'eaPable of being reduced in height tollt tenth , ember of changes would be 86,400; V4A '"f '4' e r ,i 1), which threw the bolt, was taken t:litihoberemuction of it only ten times would in -11:52,f1:3;1t5, atttodt,_64,ooo. Further, that as the drill I k t ot " 1 (0j e'lt size s ' Lae Pipes of the keys might be made i'it t L 4 Iti k e the total number of changes would t,,Nt Ps it.„ l „ s t lif the smallest size, the total num 'itc A v liot t i c r'o he 648 000 whilst in those of the ii k Ic k be j o , ' ,-, ~tit i '1 1 4 4 ~ t creased to 7,i 'O,OOO changes : 4 t4s j . , el loh,„ A ws.-A CONVERT.-The Albion, 4 1 'et 41 ks, s'eu a staunch opponent of the recent ' ttti 4l aht." in Yesterday's publication :- t :d t t l e et to . "tiagaelit,,h,e_ abrogation of the Navigation ,, f an , itoDo.:iaqurers and consumers of the N I " ot o 'Led into this country, every day ",Iti oll 'at, e:el,evident that it is a discouragement ' t or , 0 e„" can no longer calculate with any Ile I SI 'II S te - aT a L FY the great feature of probable 'I Ivi ° eks ~,°' merely taking into account, as ii glob,. s't Produce held in this country and th_ in the, course of the year may be ex itt;idet. ut growth, his calculations must '1 * m . l 4 it n tan ge, or they may be materially fro 14 th thePiortations pouring in from Europe ; ',,''lt t ce th e 'east excitement in our markets in q:!pi l lig i ,y„,r o Wth of tropical climes." la te'i Lit . 4 4 s ° - h do` o t d ir to,N.-On Tuesday evening, R. 140 (at , elivered the first of four lectures trati t he present state of instrumental f ,Z t ' 4 . p o l ' e s,le ete n ; on . the flute, accompanied by the 1 11, t IN, 1 ,. t1 0 , 1 c oisplayed super research, and in N t a. eh was infinitely ior to most lee- Vt,i't ,•,*, of „aracter,, Mr. Cart took a most corn tNtti'fiacient and national music compared S 4 "o 4 tll e , o 7ed h tn e asic; and in the vast r'ange of his s . - Ped the Romans of Egypt, of the Hebrews, !k l 1,4,41t0 a_ e .,,.and . e . vn of the Chinese. A m 4 te aro r e ltle l.dlSClUlSltloll on melody d_ I-, 14iVOoderu conjoined and gave a sketch of ~8,!),‘ , N :1,p, 0 4 scientific music and the effects of ~, 3 1 04 0 . ny ..._ , tl 4 4 q, e was ohnational music in the present i,,kt,(;)„Scee,,,, copiously illustrated on the flute, v. ) t t , 1 ,vit....,;; 1 tlits-Pnaniments being neatly played by il l ti It ht . ceaSloll Mr. Carte introduced a It WI ge eti on . ,y4t kt u ore , Patented by himself, and which 61; . pi•e s hrLiacY amongst instruments of this t}oe,-'4l,i.,ea"rat_e_been more taking at this insti ll tiil k - it 0 4 ' qti ce ' aPPeared to gain the sympathies 1:k dadti'y r i do , and retained them to the end of ' present 7 ve ninc" Mr. Carte a sketch Ot k e te =, gave it k Cr tit, ec o , ne e t..... state of musical instruments, ''i Net Vih sh `? the instrument upon which he is ki . , ed a 41) lii t I N , kiln performer. ko kl iei t ,to o eir y i PTcY COURT : h. RE LA GUAR.. FYN% D 144 -11"Iving disclosures of an unusual Vi It tb til io th .h. 1,1(1:41 Thursday last, before Mr. Com itt 4") 1 1 : tow n e hai,ikrupt had been a merchant l td itt t, t i ll 3 t, aft: His petition was opened on the ytteetkP,?se eet !r which assignees were chosen, ilti! . , l ,,Pt'`q ;h: t u, t' l " of his property. On the 15th 'CS. treat his - "664 messenger of the court, i t kill t e ts f l e s e e t s byL'eajtio,had been ejected from the Ig it . tai l , , and "°, La Guarrande. Having 'tir:ltt,,lO ,„ ed a newadmittance being denied him, t q tit t i ths'u e ootk Desesvi.-oarrant from the court, and rod' s it 4 t,Lt e °..Pert y i_sl of but subsequently with._ L ir e 41,,. (3 ,lg oees "_, .. seession of the trustees of e,Z+t ' e, td,llter o f th ut th. bankrupt. The furni. 0k t : 1 % 4 - Ni t t in G a .,e, assignees advertised to be t„?4, N I , Re , place,l" appointed to conduct the tk e ge of_u inen in the house. On Mon t.:!,,t _Aftolf th:jnost violent character took place 1 ‘( 1) 1 thj, sod- uPticrlipt's attempt to eject the I toh, s sts •'set e u tscuss' io ~ , e, sto tt coo t:tea 1 1, Mr. Gaskill made a I tic,,,i,Laq. 144,4 ef th e b ed with the alleged outrage. i,' l , h 14, ~t a th e lainkruPt's furniture, &c., and I c k' 44 8 1 n rOlic e °llse ; they were ejected on l ' , tiltl 4 tt 'tie,. WOUld n t . It ''f 'l4 e alPt ea sed tl 0 interfere. He regained 0 . ki t ,,tll, e ,t.loo s was again the number of his men. On A , 49,3,itirtiitl2art it,the tram prlade by the bankrupt, who VI I ,sce o ,,,ute t. heu_e transaction, to recover pos ;, , ~,,t lh.etl.tie CPaoiedkassailed the men in possession ‘ ,t to 'ttl , "eh, tikrofflYynersonal violence. A sword ', ZiN' to e t ail t t l nally" ,bed to use, was taken from ir q - ?t;N ii ()111‘'eeti, h gooder_inen in possession were r' k il lt,, l l I Ledtl'e part"d replacedlnde; but these were 1 14 ti a c hed tto right of ththe custody of the i tp' 'tli'ttl i o , t o e eankrupt it was stated that NttQ,b ot ! th (:, ? ,.;;Zstc ee r f :?je , the ' furniture, which ll ttni s'o l i . ty , attztafr saeiedotehneefiatlghni:evr IN fe ,o a u n ld d "f the er °f iustif ' ' c ase was PostponedYn t i t () e thrs e l e ; : - be Scl o.9 be at t ° j Oei o'o o l r clig r e , rc e clot!! ioo; .• no rl ct io, telling' ifs . AT31P51 1 : 0?.4 ( St / t tlet Ve, e Se er ei' 9 131 Y, tio oglill' ,St c'i of t oo; 3 ar or eso , bY , d Sv, P h i ° " - p5 Ol- 0 1 it s i a ce [ero lapel!? 'he 5 o 5 nl O ,00 t o, j 00 0 13:De ,to , tfor li cit 10 V of 0 4 1. th T oll 01,0 07 to t ` % re ite s icto' AN IMMENSE BLOCK OF MAHOGANY. — A good deal of attention was attracted on Tuesday morning, by the passage through Manchester, of a lorry drawn by ten horses, laden with an immense block of Spanish maho gany, 20 feet long, and sft. 31in. deep, by 4 ft. thick, being the largest log of mahogany ever imported into this country. It contains 5,609 ft. of timber, and weighs 12 tons. It formed part of a tree which grew in the Musquito Territory of Honduras, which, as it stood in its native forest, reached a height of 72ft. clear of branches. At a distance of 12ft. from the ground (where it was felled, in consequence of a fear that the lower part might be unsound) it was 9ft. in circumference; and altogether, as felled, it was calculated to contain 73,000 cubic feet of timber. After having been squared, it yielded 17,000 feet of perfectly sound timber. The tree was cut into three pieces, of which the lower one (or the butt end of the tree) has now reached Manchester, a second remains in Liverpool, and the third is at the bottom of one of the rivers flowing into the Bay of Honduras, into which it fell while being shipped. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—On Thursday night John Cooper, aged 50, one of the hands on board of a flat called the Betsey, in Clarence Basin, known as a steady and healthy man, was left on board by himself in charge of her. Next morning at eight o'clock he was found in his berth in the cabin by a neighbouring flat man in a drowsy state, and was left as he was, it being supposed that he was overcome by the fatigue of the pre vious night. Shortly afterwards he was found to be quite dead. The cabin was 14 feet long, and deceased's berth three feet wide. There was a skuttle to admit air into the cabin, but in wet weather, or when the vessel was deep with cargo, this was generally closed. The cabin door was shut, but it did not appear whether closely or not. Mr. Dogherty, a surgeon, gave it as his opinion that the man had died from accidental suffocation. The Coroner suggested that the cabins of small vessels should be well ventilated, and felt certain that the owners of flats, (several of whom he knew,) would afford every faci lity for that object. The respectable jury empannelled fully concurred. GRAND MASONIC BALL.—The grand masonic ball for the western division of Lancashire was held, in Liverpool, on Tuesday evening last, in the splendid suit of rooms in the Town-hall. The ball was given for the purpose of assisting the fund now being raised for the education and advancement in life of the children of distressed Free masons, and was under the patronage of the grand mas ters of England, and the provincial and deputy provincial grand masters of Lancashire and Cheshire. The rooms were thrown open at nine o'clock, and before ten between four and five hundred ladies and gentlemen were present. The ball was opened with a country dance about half-past nine o'clock, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit till an early hour the following morning. Brother Goodall's quadrille band occupied the orchestra, and the band of the 46th regiment was stationed in the vestibule. The refreshments were provided in first-rate style by Brother Castle, of the George Hotel, who had obtained for the occasion the banquet paraphernalia of the grand lodge of Ireland. The grand officers appeared in their official dresses, with their jewels of office, and the craft and arch masons were generally attired in masonic cos tume. _ _ _ DISHONOURABLE PROCEEDING.—A cloth-merchant of Leeds, Mr. John Howard, who was under bail to appear to a writ issued by the Court of Chancery for contempt, suddenly absconded on the 25th ult. Immediately his creditors placed the affair under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, and, as it was proved that he had pro ceeded to Liverpool with his wife and family, a warrant was issued for his apprehension. The messenger of the court came hither and found Mr. Howard's boxes, &c. on board the ship Edmund, bound for Australia. These were taken possession of. In the hold of the vessel, however, was a carriage which Mr. Howard had purchased in Ireland, a large quantity of plate, household furniture, &c. As the vessel was cleared for sea the captain would not permit the hold to be disturbed, and this property is now on its way to Australia. The messenger, in order to apprehend Mr. Howard, remained on board the Edmund till she left the river, but the bankrupt did not make his appearance. The messenger and his assistants subse quently watched Mrs. Howard and her daughters. They went on board a steamer which was to follow the Edmund and put them on board ; but the officers went in the same steamer and remained in her. The vessel put out to sea, the steamer following her some distance, but ultimately returned to port without boarding her. The bankrupt has surrendered to the fiat. It is said that he has made an offer to pay 20s. in the pound. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The performances at this theatre during the past week have been of a very first class character, and got up in every department most creditably to the management. The chief object of in terest, however, with the critical portion of our playgoers has been the development by Mr. Barry Sullivan, in some of our best classical dramas, of powers, originality of con ception, and taste, which augur for him at no distant date the very highest rank in his profession. Amongst the finest of his impersonations his Hamlet stands con spicuous, and was, on Monday night last, witnessed with delight by a discriminating audience. No rant, no stage tricks are permitted by Mr. Sullivan to deform the speech or the bearing of his Prince of Denmark. We see before us nature's stamp of gentleman combined with royal lineage, acting, speaking, suffering throughout, as the poet painted him, and not the mere actor simulating a passion, or " tearing it to tatters," to draw down the applause of pit, boxes, or gallery. One of the finest scenes in the play, as given by Mr. Sullivan, is his first interview with his father's Ghost. The intensity of mingled horror and affection with which he regards the supernatural visitor and follows him, at his beckoning, to learn the dreadful revelation of his murder, was listened to by the audience in hushed admiration. We might exhaust our space in comment upon many other fine por tions of Mr. Sullivan's performance of this character; but must pause for the present, in order to notice some of his other characters played during the week. Before concluding our notice of " Hamlet," however, we must bestow our hearty meed of praise to the rich comic acting of Mr. Hale and Mr. Pearson, as the First and Second Gravedigger. The former gentleman improves greatly upon further acquaintance with his abilities. His drollery is rich, and apparently flows from him without effort. The latter also gave to his part fall effect. On Tuesday, the play of " Julius Caesar" was most effectively per formed, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Cathcart playing Brutus and Cassius. Both characters were finely pourtrayed ; but we scarcely think that Mr. Sullivan's style is so well adapted for the purely heroic as for tragedy into which passion and feeling enter more freely. On Wednesday, as Mr. Beverley, in " The Gamester," his acting was very fine ; and his Renedick, on Friday, was equally ex cellent, and displayed a versatility of talent not often to be met with on the stage in actors aspiring to the higher walks of their profession. On Saturday, the piece was " Othello," which, however, we were prevented from witnessing. From our remembrance, however, of the exquisite manner in which he played the Moor to Mr. Macready's lago, we have no doubt that the audience would have a rich treat. LOCAL MEETINGS. METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The thirty-third annual meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Auxiliary Society, for the Liverpool District, was held on Tuesday evening, in Brunswick Chapel. The meeting was numerously attended. J. Robinson Kay, Esq., of Bury, was called to the chair. The report referred to the operations of the society during the past year. In New Zealand, it stated, there were twenty missionaries and assistant-missionaries. They had 103 Wesleyan chapels, besides 122 other preaching places. They had 309 local preachers; upwards of 4,000 full and accredited church members; 200 Sabbath schools, attended by nearly 7,000 children. There were 115 day schools, with 3,968 day scholars. The committee looked with peculiar interest to one mission which had been commenced during this year among the Waldenses of the Italian Alps in the valleys of Piedmont. The Rev. Peter M'Owen, the Rev. F. A. West, of Huddersfield, the Rev. John Scott, of London, and the Rev. G. P. Mackdonald, of Huddersfield, moved and seconded the resolutions, which passed unanimously. The usual collection was made, amounting to £240 17s 6d against £lB4 is 4d, last year, being an increase of £57 93 2d. Misstoris IN INDIA.—On Tuesday. a meeting was held in St. George's Presbyterian Church to hear details from two of the missionaries from Hiadostan. There was a very large assemblage of some eleven or twelve hundred people. Mr. John Cropper was called to the chair. The Rev. John Anderson, the head of the Free Church mission in Madras, in a long address, advocated the cause, and was followed by the Hindoo convert, the Rev. P. Rajah gopaul, who addressed the meeting for nearly an hour in a speech of singular power and eloquence, dwelling spe cially on the claims of India, with her 150 millions of im mortal souls—on the sympathies of Christian men in this land—on the peculiar difficulties of India as a field of missionary enterprise, and the special adaptation of the Free Church Mission to the necessities of India. He pictured in glowing terms the fearful degradation of his heathen kinsmen, and urged the necessity of more labour ers to the harvest in India—as there were only about a hundred missionaries from all the reformed churches to the teeming millions of that land ; and concluded by pleading for the prayers of God's own children that He would give his spirit to effect the work of changing hearts to which all missionary efforts were inadequate. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this body was held on Wednesday. John Bramham was elected to the situation of removing officer, at a salary of 20s. per week. From the report of the fever hospital, it appeared there were in the house last week, 28; admitted, 9 ; left cured, 5 ; dead, 1; remaining in the house, 31. The clerk stated that there was a balance of £B3O in the bank ; the cheques unpresented amounted to £565 ; and the cheques presented that day £399, making a deficiency of £l34.—A communication was received from the Poor law Board, with reference to a report of a committee appointed to inquire into the best mode of affording me dical relief and out-door relief in the union. They state that they approve generally of the establishment of the proposed dispensaries in Toxteth-park ; but they wished to be furnished with the details of its management. and with information relative to the proposed decrease of the salaries of the medical officers. They were not prepared to come to any decision as to the appointment of relieving officer, owing to the uncertain state of the question of settlement and removal, which was about to become the subject of discussion in the legislature. The commission ers sanctioned the payment of £4 15s. to Mr. Reid, one of the medical officers, for attendance in certain cases named. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The treasurer was authorized to pay £25,280, the costsof the saltpetre sheds required for the new dock walls.—The surveyor was autho rized to provide four new mud barges, and a new sand boat, at an expense not exceeding 4670 each.. Specifica tions were submitted for a new iron N. W. lightship..—A communication was received from the Trinity. Board , con senting to idemnify the trust• for any increased 'expense, incurred in the rent of, Fillbre Island,. in.nonseg:aence. eta LITIRPOOL STANDARD, the new erections there.—The Master Porters' sub-com mittee recommended that the license of Messrs. Melhuish and Co. should be suspended, in consequence of their having, without authority, appointed a person to unload a vessel of which. they were the consignees. After consi derable discussion, the subject was deferred for a week. — It was ordered, in order to prevent inconvenience to the public service, that the Canada steam-ship should have the preference of a berth in the Queen's Graving Dock.— ..A. letter was read from Mr. B. Smith, of Club-moor, point ing out that the sediment which accumulated in the dock basins was very serviceable for top dressing.—A letter was read Captain Knight, chairman of the public meeting on the use of lights and fires on board ships in the docks, requesting that the evidence taken on the subject might be printed. As the evidence was only obtained for the use of the committee, and had not yet been reported upon, the request was declined. HEALTH COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.-Mr. Newlands explained that the top of Falkner-street is lying in an unfinished state as the street is now undergoing a process of raising, and bottom stuff was being put in as fast as it settled down. The medical officer reported the deaths for the week at 180, being 11 fewer than the previous week, and 54 below the number of the corresponding week of last year. During the quarter ending 30th March, the deaths registered (including 114 on which inquests were held) were 2,439, being 15 less than in the previous quar ter, the mortality of which was lower than any other re corded, and 729 less than in the corresponding quarter of 1849. in which only 31 deaths were registered from cholera. The mortality from zymotic or epidemic diseases, was lower than in any previous quarter, being 399 against 652 in the December quarter, and 777 in the March quarter of 1849 ; diseases of the lungs caused 914 deaths, being a weekly average of 70, against 87 in the March quarter of last year.—lt was resolved that, in future contracts for sewering, the committee should retain the power of watching, with the view of giving employment to super annuated servants of the corporation.—A request to put down wooden pavement opposite the Bankruptcy Court was declined.—lt was considered desirable, in filling up the situation vacant by the discharge of Mr. Kilsey, to promote some suitable person already in the employ of the board, and the subject was referred to the General Purposes Sub-committee. the trunk as her own, and had taken it away to the house stated. The landlady of the house began to suspect from, the manner of the prisoner, and her stating she had lost the key of the box, and proposed to break it opene.that all was not right. She lent the prisoner her keys, but none of them would fit, and she advised the prisoner not to break it open, but to w,it till a key could be got. After her absence for a time, she found the prisoner had forced open the trunk, and the latter showed her several dresses, &c., taken from it. It also contained some papers. A Scotch female, who lived opposite, was sent for to read the papers, and she found them to be testimonials of character in behalf of the com plainant, Miss Larkin. The prisoner threatened to burn the papers, saying that the whole were her own property. One of the recommendations was addressed to a gentleman in Toxteth-park, and the prisoner being dispossessed of the property, (value about £2,) this ad dress led to the finding of the complainant. The defence made by the prisoner (a poorly dressed, but not vicious looking girl,) was, that she had a similar trunk on board, and that, finding no other like it on board, she had taken it as her own. The prisoner was committed for trial. The captain of the steamer represented to Mr. Rushton that the complainant, whose mother was a widow, with three younger daughters, had not the means of remaining in the town (especially if her clothes were retained) until the sessions, and might bo reduced to want if she were not allowed to return in the meantime to Ireland. Mr. Rushton instantly said she should have her clothes by all means, and permission to go, adding that, as the captain knew her, he should let him know when he should bring her back as a witness. ILLEGAL DETENTION OF PROPERTY. —Catherin e Carroll appeared against Pierce Sandars, a lodging-house keeper, for his detaining from her, two beds, and other property, worth £l4, which had been deposited in his house, and for the rent of which complainant had paid him £2 in Irish notes, though but a short time had elapsed since they were placed there. His plea in defence was, that she had never properly asked for them. " Then why are you here ?" said Mr. Rushton. "If you do not instantly restore them, I will mulct you in £l4 and costs." He said he would. Mr. Rushton told the woman to go and get her things instanter, and if they were refused to her to return to him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday, the keeper of a night cellar, in Sherwood street, named Davies, was fined £5 or a months imprison ment for smuggling a bladder of whiskey from the Cum berland steamer. On Friday William Maxwell was fined £5 for harbour ing prostitutes and other disreputable persons at a ball in Mr. Tuton's rooms, Lime-street. A police-officer de scribed the disgusting scene he witnessed in the place. How THIEVES ARE TRAINED.—A middle-aged woman was charged, on Wednesday, with having a quantity of cotton in her possession which was supposed to have been stolen. A police-constable had seen the prisoner stand ing under a railway arch, in Edmund-street, and noticed that she had received the cotton from a number of little boys, who took it to her in small quantities from the carts passing along, Mr. Rushton committed the prisoner for twenty-one days. BlGAMY.—OnWednesdayarespectable-looking middle aged man, named Buckley. s shipwright, was brought up on a charge of bigamy. On the 15th February, 1820, the prisoner was married in St. Peter's Church to Sarah Ann Thompson, and on the 21st January, 1848, he married Julia Rourke in St. James's Church. Witnesses to both marriages were present in court. The prisoner's two wives were also in court, and seemed to be on friendly terms with each other. Buckley was committed for trial at the assizes. STRANGE APPLICATION.—On Tuesday Mr. Rushton granted a summons on the application of a young woman against the captain of a ship which arrived here on Sun day week. The complainant said that she went on board the vessel at New York to see a female friend, and that the captain forced her into the cabin, and would not allow her to go ashore, and consequently she was brought to this port. On Friday the captain appeared to answer the summons, but the complainant was non est inventus, and the summons was therefore dismissed. On Saturday a young man and woman, both Irish, were brought up, having been found concealed, the for mer in a flour barrel, and the latter in a box, on board the American emigrant ship James H. Shepherd. It was stated by a gentleman from the office of Messrs. Tapscott and Co., emigration agents, that the prisoners were acci dentally discovered as described, and that they narrowly escaped being run through with a spear, which was being applied to the packages. The woman was nearly suffo cated when taken out of the cask. The prisoners had paid £1 each to a man to be thus stowed away. The fel low not being in "ustody, the prisoners were remanded. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF PERJURY.—On Thursday, the attention of Mr. Rushton was occupied for several hours in investigating a charge of perjury, preferred against a respectable young man named James Newall, of Nottingham, by Mr. William Blackwell, an upholsterer of that town. Mr. Snowball appeared to prefer the charge, and Mr. Pemberton defended the prisoner.. The charge arose out of an action (Cooper v. Blackwell) on a guarantee tried at the late assizes, on which occasion the prisoner swore that the guarantee then produced, indem nifying the plaintiff, Mr, Charles Cooper, attorney, of Manchester, for the expenses of bringing certain actions, was in the hand-writing of the defendant, William Black well. At the close of the case, Mr. Rushton said that he could not believe the testimony of Blackwell, who swore that he never signed the guarantee, but on his signature being shown to him, said that it had never been read over to him. The young man was honourably acquitted. ASSAULT ON A SWINDLE 2.-011 'i'hursday, Consi derable disturbance was created in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo Dock by a number of porters, who com menced an attack on a negro named Williams, whose swindling propensities are well known to the police of Liverpool. It appears that Williams had been engaged as passengers' cook on board the ship William Rathbone, and in this capacity introduced himself to a respectable female, a passenger on board the ship. Having learned that she had a considerable sum in English gold coin, he advised her to get it changed for American money, in order to avoid a serious loss at the other side of the Atlantic. Acting on this advice, and accompanied by Williams, the woman proceeded to an exchange-office in the neighbourhood of the docks, and was there changing her money, when a number of porters, who knew Wil liams's character, and suspecting that his intentions were not very disinterested, interfered, and struck Williams, who would have been worse treated but for the arrival of the police. One of the porters was taken into custody, and Williams was detained until it was ascertained that no deception had been practised on the female. Subsequently, on the representation of the police as to his character, Williams was discharged from the William Rathbone. OVER FASTIDIOUSNESS.—At the Police-office, on Fri day, Ann Hargreaves appeared to answer the complaint of two inspectors of Gill-street market, who stated that the defendant had been summoned for having occupied a stall in the market, for which she did not pay rent. It transpired that some other parties in the market occupied a plurality of stalls, and that the person holding the next stall to the defendant was willing to resign it to her; but the superintendent of the market objected, his reason being, according to the statement of the informants, that Mrs. Hargreaves . exposed offal upon it, held to be in contravention of the 24th by-law. This offal was stated to be heads, hearts, liver, 87c. Mr. Rushton having read the by-law referred to, said there might be a question as to the construction of it. One of the inspectors said the summons had been caused in consequence of the defendant selling offal, which the superintendent said looked so bad. Mr. Rushton (smiling) : " Look so bad ! Why, does it look worse than anything else ? Do you not think poor people like cows' heads and hearts ? (To the defendant) : It seems these gentlemen's sense of propriety is offended by the sight of cows' heads and hearts ; but if you had been brought here merely for that, I should have dismissed the information ; but you are clearly wrong in putting them on a stall that does not belong to you ; but why these fastidious gentlemen should find fault with the sight, I do not know." A fine of ls. was enforced. YESTERDAY POCKET PICKING.—A young man, named John John son, was committed for two months, for picking the pocket of a respectable female in St. John's Market, on Saturday night, of her purse, containing eight shillings and a wedding ring.—A little boy, about twelve years of age, named John Johnson, who had five times previously been convicted, was sent for trial charged with stealing a pocket handkerchief from Mr. Giles Lever, flour dealer, Scotland-road, on Saturday night, in Manchester-street. ATTEMPTED FELONY.—George Mc. Guffie was charged by Mr. Seed, publican, Cooper's-row, with having been found in his house, and in a top-room, at nine o'clock on Saturday night, to the great terror of his family, and with an evident design to commit a felony. It appeared that the alarm was first given by Mr. Seed's two children, who were in bed, and saw a strange man in the room. Mrs. Seed ran up stairs with a candle, and found the fellow concealed behind the door of the chamber, and such was her alarm, that her cries were heard by Mr. S., who suc ceeded, after a considerable struggle in securing the pri soner who vigorously attempted to escape. The prisoner was Landed over to the police, and when searched at Bridewell there were found upon him several skeleton keys, a chisel, and a box of matches. The prisoner had not had time to carry anything away. It was stated that he had been committed three times before for felony, and he was committed for trial at the sessions. THEFT FROM A SHOP.—A woman named Eliza Nugent was charged with having been concerned in a robbery, which took place on the 23d of March, in the shop of Mr. James Waller Bell, outfitter, 23, Byrom-street, and in which another female, named Whittam, had taken part, and was committed for trial some time ago. The prisoner (who could not be identified) was not apprehended until Saturday night, having made her escape at the time, and changed her quarters. The manager of the shop, Mr. Thomas Wincom, distinctly stated that she and the other had often visited the shop, and looked at goods without purchasing beyond trifles, and that he distinctly saw her take four waistcoats and put them under a shawl. In run ning after the other prisoner (Whittam) the present escaped him. She was committed for trial. _ _ SHAMEFUL ROBBERY.—A young girl, named Mary Miller, was charged by a respectable and interesting young Irish girl, named Sarah Larkin, with robbing her of her box, containing wearing apparel, &c. The com plainant stated that she had come from her native place, Fvfe, in Wexford, by the steamer Town of Wexford, and the vessel arrived at the Trafalgar Dock at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon last. She left the vessel to see some friends, her object being to procure a situation in some family. Intending to return to the vessel, she left her trunk, containing all her clothing, on the deck, and did not see it again until she, from information, found it at the house of a Mrs. Sheridan, in Ford-street, through wham, in fact it was, rather curiously recovered. It appeared that the prisoner had been on board also as a passenger, and tbat ia. the absence of complainant, site had re resented . A PREDICTION FALSIFIED. The Herald of Saturday calls attention to an extraor dinary miscalculation of the " leading journal." The predictions of the Times were these—we quote from that journal of Feb. 6:— " For some time past it has been observed that prices are lower in England than in foreign ports, taking into account the expenses of transit. This important fact has lately received some remarkable illustrations. On Monday we announced the failure of a large house in the corn trade, caused by con tinued losses froin recent importations. The loss was said to fall on the Baltic shipping houses. Hence it appears that it has not paid to import wheat from the Baltic at the prices of the last three or four months • and as people become wiser by experience, it is probable that a trade ascertained to be ruin ous will not be continued freely for the future. From America, also, we learn that at present prices the importation of grain must be a losing concern. Whatever temporary or exceptional reasons there may be for continuing to import with the cer tainty of loss, the speculation is one that must infallibly soon come to an end, from the failure of the resources on which it is drawing." Now, had there been any truth in these statements, the two months which have since elapsed would have brought matters into their just position. At that mo ment, as appeared in the Times of Feb. 5, the average price for all England was 40s. Id. for wheat, and the Lon don average was 445. ld. These prices, argued the Times of the next day, would effectually discourage importation, and accordingly " the speculation (of importing corn) was one that must infallibly soon come to an end." So wrote the Times of Feb. 6. Such was the prediction. Now for the fulfilment. In the Times of April 9, two months after, we find that the average for all England has fallen to 375. 9d., and the London average to 425. 10d. But has importation ceased ? What say the Standard and Globe of Friday night ? Both give us this statement of the imports into London during last week :---____ _ _ English Foreign Wheat. Barley. Oats. 3,370 qrs. 2,260 qrs. 2,750 qrs, 19,980 qrs. 12,660 qrs. 47,280 qrs. So utterly refuted by the facts is the Times' prediction, that the speculation of importing corn " must infallibly soon come to an end." All these fancies of a maintenance of the present system, by the help of a rise of prices enabling the cultivators of the soil to live and pay their rents, will gradually pass away ; and we shall soon come to see that, if free trade is to be carried out, every man will have to struggle with his neighbour for the means of existence. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON CURRENCY, FOR THE AGRICULTURAL, TRADING, AND INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES TO PONDER UPON. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. EVERTON.- COM PLETION OF A BEAUTIFUL STAINED-GLASS WINDOW. St. George's Church, in Everton,is well known to most of our readers as one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical structures about Liverpool, and as occupying the most elevated site for many miles round the town. The inte rior presents a noble, elegant, and appropriate specimen of Gothic architecture. The clustered pillars supporting the galleries and the roof, as well as the supporting arch work, the groining, and the mullions of the windows, are of cast iron, and have a beautifully light and rich appear ance. A bright volume of light is admitted by the nume rous windows, so much so, indeed, that, in clear weather, it became apparent that a considerable " subduing" of this would add to the solemnity and comfort of the church. The windows were originally glazed with ordi nary glass, and the building was worthy of stained glass throughout. The present respected incumbent, the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, has all along encouraged this idea; and we are glad to state that the congregation have, by liberal subscription, completed the main or eastern window in stained glass, in a style which reflects the greatest credit upon the parties, more especially as they were prompted to do so by their affectionate regard for the memory of their late faithful vastor and friend, the Rev. R. P. Bud dicom. The work, though " memorial," or " obituary," is, nevertheless, cheerful and appropriate. The glass was provided and fitted by " Wailes" of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an artist celebrated for producing the article nearly approaching, or attaining, that in the ancient churches—so much appreciated—and the know ledge of making which, (with all appliances of modern science), we assuredly lost, and failed to re-discover, for many centuries. The main portion of the window, (under the pointed arch), is divided into six vertical compartments by the mullions. in each of these are pictured in brilliant, but not gaudy colours, as many sacred subjects :-1. The Annunciation ; 2. The Shepherds at Bethlehem, at the time the angels are appearing to them ; 3. Christ in the manger ; 4. Presentation of Christ in the Temple ; 5. The Flight into Egypt : 6. The baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. Above these are, enclosed in spaces of a foliated form, the figures of four angels, each bearing a shield on the breast, on which are representations of the passion and suffering of the Saviour, namely, —The pillar (to which he was bound); the scourges; the reed; the cross ; the spear ; the sponge on the reed ; the hammer ; and the pincers. _ _ _ The upper part of the window is most tastefully and brilliantly filled in, in ornamental work of the finest stained glass. Above (and below) the subjects noticed, there are circular star figures, or medallions. At the top of the arch there is a magnificent wheel of twelve radii, or spokes. The circle, or peryphery, is black, (being the iron work), and bordering it inwardly there is a beautiful display of ruby-coloured glass, which by contrast with the black portions, and the adjacent light-blue, green, &c., in various minuter compartments of the tracery, has a pleasing and novel effect. The whole of the glass is well protected outside by 'a net-work of copper. In the ar rangement and completion of this window we believe the present incumbent has devoted his most anxious and unwearied attention. A band, lettered in yellow on the glass, (in old English character,) crosses the lower part of the window, yet is so unobtrusive that, in appearance, at even a moderate distance, it merely represents a decorative border or ribbon. The good taste of the parties who dedicated the window to the memory of their late pastor is here shown, for his worth as a preacher was only equalled by his pains taking devotedness as a pastor, and his retiring modesty as a man. The inscription, all in one line. is— "ln memory of Robert Pedder Buddicom, M.A., late minis ter of this church. Lord give us grace to follow his good example, that with him we may be partakers of Thy Heavenly Kingdom." We - learn that the general satisfaction given by this beautiful window has already induced three respective parties to announce their intention to fill with stained glass the two smaller windows at the east end of the galleries, and the steeple window at the west end, as " obituary" tokens of respect to their dear departed relatives. We hope from this to see the whole of the lateral windows of the body of the church equally illu minated in succession ; in which case St. George's Church, Everton, may be referred to with pride as one of the most tasteful and beautiful edifices in this district. PROGRESS OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK WORKS The community on this side of the water are scarcely aware of the rapidity with which the Birkenhead dock works are approaching to a state which will render them available for the shipping of the port. As we view them from the river all seems unfinished and ruinous ; but pro- ceed inland to the western end of the Egerton and Morpeth Docks, and a scene of activity bursts upon the view, which it is not easy to parallel. From this point a dam has been carried across to the opposite side of the pool to pen up the waters of the upper portion of the proposed great float ; and here, under the spirited contractor, Mr. M'Cormack, twelve hundred men are working night and day, excavating the mud and earth to form a dock which, as at present determired, will extend to the copper works on the Seacombe side of the pool, and give a water area of fifty acres. A further extension, however, is contem plated, which will carry the dock, or float, as far as Poulton bridge ; and the contracts for this extension have been advertised for. The depth of this dock adjoining the quays will be eight feet below the level of the old dock sill of Liverpool, or six feet lower than the bed of any of the docks of our port. The centre will not be excavated quite so deep. A portion of the walling at the Victoria Wharf, which runs at an angle from the dock warehouses, is already com pleted, and is of excellent and solid workmanship. Ano ther portion, fronting the warehouses, is rapidly advancing. The excavations in the centre of the dock are progressing at a speed which, considering the immense area over which the labour employed is spread, is surprising. Every appliance of mechanical skill, and of steam, is, of course, provided by Mr. M'Cormack in aid of the human labour employed. Two steam engines of thirty horse power each lift the waggons of earth from the bed of the dock to the place of deposit; and more are being pi ovided as the works progress. The entrance to the float from the Egerton Dock is nearly completed, requiring now only to be smoothed to fit the gates. Those for the inner end of the gut are to be seen in the carpenters' shed adjoining the work, and are of immense strength, and splendid workmanship. They are, moreover, the largest in the world, being 70 feet wide, and shew that the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners have bad their eyes open to the fact that we may, in all probability, have shortly to accommodate in the Mersey vessels of much larger tonnage and breadth of beam than heretofore. The gate next to the float is to be con structed as a caisson, to be moved altogether, and rest, when open, in a recess made in the dock wall. The main timbers for this work are also prepared, and are formed of pieces of oak, dovetailed and morticed in, so as to in crease their strength, and at the same time prevent de flection. The gut leading to the tunnel, by which the outer en trance to the dock is to be scoured, is also completed, with the exception of a little smoothing of the sill to en surethe fitting of the sluice gate. the tunnel is fifty feet wide, and about thirty in height, and through it will pass, when the sluice is opened, a large body of the water in the upper float, which will be refilled to its proper level by the drainage brought down from Bidston marshes. When it is borne in mind that this is spread over the large area of 50 acres, its effect, when compressed, and flowing through an arch of only 50 feet in width, must be to give a most tremendous scouring power. The completed docks—the Egerton and Morpeth, which will in future only have to serve as entrances to the great inner float—are now full of shipping, and their quays present a most lively scene, especially as contrasted with their desolate appearance for some time after their being first opened. MR. BEARD'S FURTHER IMPROVEMENT PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENE It is precisely twelve months ago since we first had to direct the attention of our readers to the excellent speci mens of the photographic art, produced at the establish. ment of Mr. Richard Beard, jun., at that time newly opened. We thought then, in common with the entire public, that the art had reached perfection, and that nothing more was to be desired than such life-like and beautifully-finished portraits as Mr. Beard was providing for his friends. The cold tints which pervaded the early specimens of colouring had been got rid of; a pure white had been procured instead of the original blueish shade ; and we had no longer to deplore, as drawbacks upon the faithfulness of his portraits, the pained and occasionally ghastly expression imparted to the features in those fur nished by others in the earlier stages of the art. Photographic painting, however, has not stood still amid the general progress of science, and we are reminded that the summit of excellence or virtue is a height which man ought never to flatter himself he has attained. The intellectual mind is ever hearing "A voice cry through the startlel air—` Excelsior P" In the portraitures which we cherish of absent friends, or beloved relatives, we long to see them "as they lived" ; with all the warm expression or colouring of life about them ; and if to this excellence can be added the further illusion of seeing them where they lived,—in some favorite scene, where we have listened to their voices, or sur rounded by some accustomed objects associated with their memories—a great desideratum has been attained. All these improvements have been effected in the portraits which Mr. Beard is now producing, specimens of which we had the pleasure of seeing at his establishment on Fri day last. Thecolouringnow produced by theincreased prac tice and skill, which the artistsengaged in this difficult and hitherto unknown description of painting have attained, is w arm in tone and not exceeded in beauty and finish by the finest specimens of enamel painting. Backgrounds are thrown in with great effectiveness and taste : and give a projection or substance as it were to the portrait itself, and the objects and auxiliaries introduced into the fore ground. In short, in one of these beautiful productions we have, instead of a mere delineation of features and form, placed unintelligibly against a blank wall, or more unintelligibly still against a mass of dark clouds, the same features and form standing beside, an d sm ili ng u p on us , in the boudoir, the study, or in the heart of a lovely land scape—a miniature painting and a portrait in one. e would strongly recommend our friends to inspect for themselves these improvements, which we feel assured will win for Mr. Beard a large amount of patronage, or rather employment—the former word is not applicable where an artist gives to every one visiting him what is really double the worth of their money. We may remark, be fore concluding, that by Mr. Beard's' process, portraits previously taken by him can be multiplied to any extent. It has often been the subject of regret to the friends of the absent or the departed, that but one memorial of their form and features is left behind. This want can now be remedied. CHAPTER I, What would be the operation. at the present crisis, of the introduction of a system of paper money, based upon the property of the country, gold being rejected as a measure of value and regulator of the amount of issues, and the " pound" of debt and taxation substituted. —or, in other words, a pound of such paper money being made legal tender, instead of sovereigns, at the Exchequer, the Custom-house, and for payment of existing contracts, upon the following classes, viz. : IST, THE AGRICULTURISTS Answer.—lt would operate in many important ways to promote the interests of this class. It would enable the landowner, the industrious farmer, and the tradesman as well, to borrow money for improve ments, &c., at amoderate and unfluctuatingrate of interest ; whereas under the present law, the banker is compelled to refuse all accommodation for such purposes, even whilst money is a drug on nis hands, by the dread of a sudden contraction of the circulation, caused by the gold upon which it is based, and by the amount of which in the bank its quantity is regulated, being drawn out of the country, or hoarded. From this dread it is, and from the continual oscillation of the currency under the combined action of the laws of 1819 and 1844, that we have at pre sent two distinct rates of interest ; and whilst the opulent merchant and the speculator can readily procure money at call, or for short periods, at from 2 to 21 per cent., a mortgage, or a loan for a term, with good security, can with difficulty be had for double that sum. A cheap and abundant supply of paper money would increase production, and enable the farmer to employ more labour, thus diminishing his poor rates and the cost of crime. The same stimulus being given by the same means to the other producing classes, agricultural and other commodities, with labour, would rise in price. The fixed chargq upon the land, however, as mort gages, annuities, &c., would remain stationary, or nearly so, the paper pound not being, like gold, susceptible of fluctuation in value or purchasing power from the ebb and flow of gold. Neither would such money go on pro gressively increasing in value, or purchasing power; as the present money has done, from the fact that the stock of gold in the world has not kept pace in increase with the extension of the commerce and products of the country, for the exchange and distribution of which it is wanted. A currency independent of gold would, on the contrary, be regulated strictly by the law of supply and demand; and contract with the contraction of commercial dealings, and expand with their expansion. The pound under our present system, the bullionists themselves admit, has doubled its purchasing power during the past thirty years. In other words, a pound now pays for twice the quantity of grain and labour that it did thirty years ago ; and consequently a man who contracted a debt at that time has now to give in liquidation of it twice as many quarters of wheat, or twice as many days' labour. A paper currency, by being thus capable of expansion to meet any increased requirements of our internal trade, would prevent the occurrence of those crises which, under a gold standard, have periodically robbed industry of its reward, and spread ruin and bankruptcy over the face of the country, involving the agticulturists, who have been guiltless of all offence, in the sufferings brought upon themselves by schemers and speculators. It would render an abundant harvest a national blessing, instead of, as at present, a cause of agricultural suffering ; whilst, in periods of deficiency of crops, the effect upon the farmer and the great body of the people, would not be aggravated tenfold by contractions of banking accom modation, and consequent suspension of trade and indus try. The harvests of 1822 and 1823 were abundant ones, and wheat was in the former year 465. 2d., and in the latter 38s. per quarter. yet, both farmers and people were plunged in severe distress ; and a king's letter had to be issued to provide food for the Irish ! We had no free trade, and extensive importations of foreign corn in those years; but we had the bullion act of 1819! . . It will diminish the national debt to the extent of the amount converted into currency, upon which, whilst in this state, no interest will be payable, thus placing a con siderable sum at the disposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be applied either to reducing obnoxious taxes, or as a fund for the gradual liquidation of the debt itself. It will, by giving a free scope to the enterprise and in dustry of the country, increase the consumption of taxed commodities of all kinds, and thus create a largely in creased revenue. Lastly, it will, to a great extent, protect the British farmers from the ruinous effects of free trade in corn, as at present conducted under a restricted currency ; for whilst internal prices in a domestic currency would be enhanced, the internal pressure of taxation, debts, and contracts remaining stationary, foreign prices, measured in standard gold or silver, with foreign rents, labour, and taxation, still payable in the same gold and silver standard, will share very little, if at all, in the benefits of such enhancement ; the money which the foreigner will receive as payments for his produce, being no longer convertible into specie at a fixed value. Virtually, the operation of a paper currency, such as proposed, would be to give to the British farmer a protection to nearly the amount of the difference between the enhanced domestic price thus created, and that of its price as measured by an inflated gold standard. ALEXANDRE DUMAS AND MISS HELEN FAUCIT.— Alexandre DUMB has engaged to write a series of novels including the whole history of the Revolution—to appear first in a newspaper and then in separate volumes. He is, moreover, to compose a series of dramas for the Lon don stage, besides being about to undertake the mighty task of reducing the whole of the theatres on the Boule vards of Paris under his own management. He is just setting about writing a piece, wherein to introduce the magnificent talent of Helen Faucit as an English orphan, under the care and patronage of Anne of Austria. The " Fille du Regent" was written expressly for Miss Faucit, of whose exquisite pathos and matchless grace Alexandre is an admirer. All these things are to be accomplished in the space of two months from this tune !—Paris Cor. ;I:evotigent of Atlas., gfrirtruiturai _anb 3ortirttittirai COLUMN, We have usually each spring written up )n the subject of suburban gardens, because every season brings its host of anxious inquiries as to what shall be put in the few square yards of soil yclept " the garden" of the numerous houses in the immediate vicinity of towns. Under the full conviction that those little plots do give much pleasure, and may with proper directions be made to give more, we always feel pleasure in recurring to the subject. We admire the love of nature, whether it be ex hibited in an affectionate desire to nurture a few nastur tiums, or a little mignonette, in the humble cellar window, or in the gigantic contemplations of a Newton, a Her schel, or a Humboldt; and we believe that the poor and hard-worked clerk, returning home from the monotonous drudgery of the soul-withering ledger, feels more of the sweet excitement of enthusiasm, in contemplating his miniature garden, than the lordly noble who scarcely knows the extent of his wide-spread possessions. At morn he leaves his home as neatly dressed as his circum stances will allow, for the lover of plants is very rarely un clean or slovenly, his coat decorated with some choice flower from his little plot ; and how many mental ques tions have been asked previous to that flower being plucked, before he can summon courage to pluck the fa vourite pink or carnation ? All, however, is set aside by the anticipated pleasure of shewing its beautiful properties to his brother clerks. He expatiates upon its perfections with earnestness ; to one he points out its beautiful lacings or stripes, to another its perfect form, and regales the ol factories of a third with its delicious perfume : and there suit of all this is that his friends applaud its beauties, and flatter the happy cultivator into the belief that be has succeeded in raising a miracle of perfection. Oh, human. nature ! it is in such innocent weaknesses that thou: roamest farthest from vice: innocent pleasure is next to active virtue. . With such sympathies for the small garden cultivator, we feel the task of direction by no means disagreeable, although its difficulties are much greater than most per sons would suppose. Such amateurs as those we have referred to usually want a little of everything, but as they begin with a little space, that is impossible. We will suppose the plot to be of the smallest dimensions. It is usually occupied in the centre with a half-dead rhododen dron, or some other evergreen, bought in the market, and totally unfit for such a place : this generally has for its compan;ons a bunch of the common Michaelmas daisy, a few wall-flowers, two or three sweet-Williams, southern wood, polyanthuses, monkshood, the common blue iris, and such-like things—all are good of their kind ; and, with a few annuals, make a goodly show in the opinion of the possessor ; but a better selection may be made, the flowers named are net gay enough ; it is true they will grow in such situations, and that is a valuable point ; ccuers are, however, quite as capable of enduring the vicissitades of a town life. We will suppose roona for two dozen plants of the size of the common wall flower, let him choose the following, and a gayer show will reward his care :—Three wallflowers, one a double one—this must be perpetuated by a cutting every season, struck in a pot, under a tumbler, kept through the winter in the window of a room without fire, and planted cut as soon as the frost is passed —one or two polyanthuses, three phloxes (P. Van Houttei, P. longiflora, and P. verna), and a Canterbury bell, the perennial larkspur, called Delphinum exaltatum, or D. grandiflorum, scarlet lightning (the Lychnis chalcedonica), Stenactis speciosa, Stachys coccinea, the pe ac h-l eave d campanu l a (C . persici folia)--blue and white,—the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a pair of carnations, and the Anna Boleyn pink, one or two anemonies, the Greek valerian (Polemoniuni coeruleum), and the white rock (Arabis praecox) ; this selection would be better than we usually find, and could be just as easily cultivated. Annuals do not answer well, they are too straggling and weedy ; a little mignonette is, however, quite indispensable; and a few bulbs, such as crocus, snowdrop, and narcissus will grow between the larger plants. Two or three shillings would suffice for all, if laid out judiciously. AGRICUI L TUR AL Plants differ widely from one another in the encourage.: ment they give to the growth of weeds, which either smother useful vegetation or rob the soil of nourishment. The cereal plants take precedence of all others in this respect ; since their tall slender stalks and long narrow leaves but very partially shade the ground, and not only permit such weeds as are natural to the soil to spring up in their intervals, but also encourage their growth by the protection which they afford to them against the heat and winds. Herbaceous plants, on the other hand, their stalks rising only to a moderate height, and their leaves covering the entire surface of the soil, effectually prevent the growth of everything about their roots, and consequently the soil is kept clean and free from weeds. T -st. - r ' v aCt —ll It mus, nowever, be remarked that the latter effe c t wu only be produced where the soil is suited to the growth of the plants, and at the same time abundantly supplied with manure, so that there shall be a vigorous and luxu riant vegetation ; since in cases where these favourable circumstances do not exist, we shall observe the same plants to be in a feeble and languishing condition, so that they gradually become overshadowed by others of a more sturdy and less useful character, until at length they are entirely displaced by them—Rural Cyclopcedia. MISCELLAP Mr. J. Smith, of Kew Gardens, speaking of the disap pointment so often caused by the non-germination of exotic seeds received from abroad, says—" For safety they are often packed in a close tin case, or wrapped in oil cloth or other close material, but it has been invari ably found that when they have been so sent, there is less probability of success in raising them. The mischief gen erally takes place on board ship in coming through the tropics, for, on account of the moisture contained in the seeds, the heat produces a degree of fermentation which destroys their vitality. This is more particularly the case in large seeds and in such as contain much albumen, espe cially if they are of an oily nature. In preparing seeds for transmission through the tropics our experience leads us to recommend that they should be wrapped in a paper parcel, and placed in the cabin or other cool part of the ship, but not in a place that is too airy and dry. In. recommending this we must be understood to refer more especially to small seeds, for with all care we do not ex pect much success with acorns and other large seeds." Some cultivators have adopted the system of draining pots by means of broken or crushed bones, which having the same qualities as the pieces of brick, even in a higher degree, are still more susceptible of gradual decomposition, especially after they have been treated with sulphuric acid and water. The bones thus throw off or disengage a por tion of am moniacal gas, and furnish a quantity of sulphate and calcareous phospate, all of which are essential to the nourishment of plants. Even for plants which admit only of being► grown in peat, the beneficial effects of bro ken bones have been fully proved to be considerable.— Gardeners' Magazine. April meeting :—This meeting was most numerously attended, and several objects of interest were exhibited. A beautiful specimen of Physurus pictus, with several spikes of bloom, excited much attention by the extreme beauty of its foliage ; it was from the collection of Henry Sharpies, Esq., grown by Mr. Richardson.—A fine va riety of Indian azalea, well bloomed, from the collection of Harold Littledale, Esq.,—Mr. Taylor, gardener, who also exhibited some beautiful cut flowers.—A fine seed ling Cineraria, from J. Cropper, Esq.. grown by Mr. Lloyd, gardener, who also exhibited a brace of brocoli, which received considerable praise. —The most interest ing portion of the evening's entertainment was the lecture given by Dr. Inman, upon the elementary structure of plants, illustrated by several powerful microscopes. The talented lecturer completely explained all that is known of the cellular and vascular structure of plants, the phy siology of the leaf petals and other parts were described with great clearness and minuteness; several beautiful preparations of the Stomata of leaves rendered that beau tiful physiological organization perfectly clear; the differ ence between the structure of exogeus, eudogeus, and TN acrogeus, was - _ also demonstrateu. indeed the lucid style of the lecturer, and his splendid collection of microscopic objects, left nothing to be desired. After the lecture, Dr. Inman kindly gratified the members with an exhibition of numerous beautiful microscopic preparations, illustrat ing various branches of scientific research. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. Stove, Conservatory, B(c.—lf there is room in the stove, bring in those camellias which have quite finished flowering ; the heat will produce an abundance of young wood in time to ripen thoroughly, and set the flower buds during the summer. Give geraniums, fuchsias, and similar plants, their final shift. Ventilate the houses during the middle of the day ; but close early, and retain as much of the sun heat as possible. _ _ Flower Garden.—Finish sowing biennial and perennial flower seeds, and plant out tigridias ; complete the sowing of annuals and the transplanting of herbaceous plants. Kitchen Garden.—Prepare hot beds for cucumbers and. melons ; sow tomato and capsicum seeds—those which were sown last month should be potted off. Commence forcing late vineries. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " J. T."—The Aigburth seedling strawberry has borne the severity of the winter in the most exposed situations, and is of remarkably vigorous growth this spring ; its capabilities as a good forcing strawberry are first-rate. " T. MEDSON," and " H. P."—Florists' flowers are, in almost every instance, judged by a fixed standard of merit. Thousands are equally beautiful to the eye ; but, if you want to raise florists' flowers, you must be ruled by the florists' judgment. LIVERPOOL ART IN PERTHSHIRE.—A highly influen tial meeting of the members of St. John's Episcopal Church was held on the 4th inst., at Perth, Col. Belshes, rebuilding3o l f r T . n Hay, ve r m aoy of the architect,ti h n e the ch u c or h fc chair, r , were Liverpool,ef o r e r the a lrn opsnt whoser u po n purpose designs receiving onussflor at hp t proved of, and selected from upwards of fifty sent in by is t s h a c e crr a ius r te c yi h f,o i w t r e mi c t t h s cs f ot r ne o se m ipst a ei l i: l on the north side. The length of the church from east , il e transepts,kingdom kingdom. proportions, to west is 74 feet, and breadth across . transepts 68 feet ; evidently The sp 1 rewill wroughtlll forma . r o m u t a picturesque with great height to ridge of roof, 43 feet. . It is arranged for 545 kneelings, with tw o . small galleries in the transepts. The style of the architecture is what is known by middle gpooafrtfsn elegant aovf et clearly adapted to . the .requirements of the nineteenth. spirit , featur feature our "faire citie," rising about 110 feet in height, our.: mounted by a gilded cross. Mr. Hay is a gentle Man who stands deservedly high in this department of his profes— sion, and we think he has reason to be proud of this achievement .. to his fame from the severe and careful scru tiny to which the whole of the designs were subjected by sin century. te d, gentlemen well qualified to appreciate the merits of (= le , - slashed architecture.—Perthshire Advertiser.