The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-30 00:00:00

.1161 3_ 0, 1850. „...--.„,-- Zoral fttb3s. , bi,' , . killeei il)f°ll`lB.3r last, James Cook, a boy six years' old, was kriothe fail of a wall in Sheridan-street. tooru, has sola Robinson, late building vyr of this ntli cee oeen appointed road surveyor sauarde isi7c at Ashton- under.Lv ne . in spector of laserh—ardwell presented a petition , on Thursday, from ti el. "el, in favou r of a remission Of certain stamp ci T here .. in the West A lb ,„^ere mor e notices of marriage given w-, i .I.in nion, during the past week, than in previousryn 0i,,48i._ ace th e As t -Larriage Act came into opera to attended fitP. Parry and the Rev. H, Carpenter e t Lan - ~Ileashire Church Missionary meeting, twice On th e ast Week. The former gentleman preached 04 s at e ions Sunday in the town. &eta th e ' 1 . 1 4 last, a schooner of 140 tons burthen cleared It is said luh taverpool docks for Davis' Straits. . of the ketiee's, destined to share in the exploration 0 0 - } , ,g ( l l °lls now so anxiously conducted. Liverpool, *ere att " e aY. week, two young sailors, from the tide r ,Bl) , t teund,,,, l r° Pil i ng to cross IJlverston Sands, when named `Ail •"" tuft). One escaped, but the other, kr" Jones, (bel • I land ) was drowned. to re , l„ttil estcott, 'er 1:4 1 , g • t finished a full . bas P° • Liverpool, has Ps m p which ~,, b te , ttP alt of Mr. Joseph Brotherton • resemblance and '`,..o4lelgreaPY admired for its accurate __ a _ .. The :Pen. It is for the Salford , Town a qli their pro irt,,,,_Y in b ritnPany have offered to dispose of nearly Ls.lo y a da e-street and Hatton-garden, containing for the I's:C l °f l and, to the government, as a site fotThe Oce. annual sermon 3 _, th e ~, v • r , c 1 , R`Neile will preach the th St iZs's e441:11 Reformation Society n y o haro a f the Clerical Cjon A111„13.1ford-row; and May, t at St. Saviour's, i '‘a, Society on the 17th kb. 'llld,„_ °4l e t • estim t 5 ili(* atic Purse consisting ig or a pocket corn. 1 4 , t t Re . urse of soverens, has been pre ju,v; Richard Chas. Faulkner, A. 8., late 'to "e s, by the members of the church, on th,a Pa ,... A. Tl_ ..uy at ttuncorn. ,",''oldtplation to start a coach from Stockport h qe ar if i llg the summer months. The route is teB eo : , Altrincham, Dunham, Lynam, War- The coach undertakes to reach R ~clS T .4l verpool in four hours, each way. sT RATE V. germ_ B. t A Kirkdale sessions, last week, 4., 1 t0b,„ - -.trnen qualified as magistrates of the SP4" 4 lQ B °,n Gladstone, Esq., Court Hey, Liver ' St' el eii' - "`"°w, Esq. Hares Finch House, Win -1,;0,./Ite_le4B,'Rand Zachar ' iah Sillar, M.D., Rainford lay w ,-,cor.i;le•'t:enced. An archway Dock, through which is opened, at the of the P r i nce ' s O t h "ss, and the dock polies station has been e r works al ong th e line of docks are also II !Nil het' nest. wherein she has laid fnni 2 eR m one of the greenhouses belonging Zz et i othilee44lthYelaTnectne, florist Thum , L s y p diate. The geranium, Thumb ecies, has won the first Yeat s °Nskirk and Liverpool flower shows for th e klaN thst. p l / 414 ei Z e tl,; b s i t e th e With , a suitable inscription, is o is ry about to by 03h ard r s Churc , of the tLe Shaw, secretary of the Bol . d-street o er 4 )erob e LY, and the tablet has been subscribed for Oe e ' t i tee s °f the club. The venerable archdeacon I, 4 tf our lts erection free of charge. l e forh.lllost influential townsmen, especially re e4se 18 h od-h umoure d" phil osop hy, ( w hi c h mus t It7e *Ply tried,) forwarded a 3 een rattler s, coal hth 8 to Rio de Janeiro, and was recently ,ow.e returns in the shape of a claim for £37 vet. l t'g the rather unusual result of a loss of ti yi - resulting to the ~ present the injury irey on Thursday ~ The deputation eni t a h t inif . l a ,tly members of parliament, of Mr. t t ,' C. e Liv er 'and, the latter being the represen 4tit ow nd Pool West India Association. 4 114 t es, E , th. West Derby. was a successful Dublin Society Spring Agricul or thrrelis short-horn hull (Sir John) took the / 1 ,W 4 to R nb e Year old bulls. Sir John was after .to r e, f o ert ilarrowes E , of Gilltown, county RB~e4,deg et • -q " e x h ; ,, Y graneas, and three others which :O N hca . d were also solc at very high prices tii h- one recent -' h - t1;;:cl;t7;s leg-i's.l.;lt-iy-e—e.x.Pe-ri 'rodlic"t,a,ve already so injuriously affected the ato ur i/ e classes of the country, now lies for °-tow,°ffice• No doubt the great proportion of SOP A -4 4n cc • I • - reatmy amx meir names , to . LOTS to i „ V ik79oo, " t ' i l lr netit. The petition has, we believe, t ti r ' , Atv itr .,„ a ''Peent meeting at Newton. GLErrNy —This bankrupt, who was a 01 tto L L . • c ourt l‘erpool, and formerly in Newry, came oh - ksti:Pear e( l", , on Friday, for his certificate. apZ t lees, b t°r the banrupt ; and Mr. Whitley for pred lit offered no opposition. Mr. ell ßt b e °ll behalf of two of the creditors ; m and, Of the e xtrnination the case relted in the bankrupt's certificate, which was of the ?, tlth,ers (,)) J AMES'S LECTURE.--We beg to remind Ny e - li lts . schl-bll2electure to be dlivered this evening, h!tee'eled tale Rooms, Great George-street, by the 'uf lianted divine, This being the first lecture ~,t io lli k t i 6 tior i 11,With oil newly-formed Church of England Njteilli "is our that the friends of the institu kqtz. ~siiow themselves in large numbers on the i' 16 '' lir l h.ier't of the lecture, as announced . in f 4 4. 6leeto..e influence of Protestant Education o Nit ae ‘tke Atition of En,land." iurille the AT WALTON BRECK . .—Some k k - littc. "",e bight of Wednesday last, Mill-bank, ,4: 1 , 1 oi o :' tue residence of Samuel Lang, Esq., was c't‘qt‘ibLikitc,i6eil several articles of plate and apparel, .with 1 11 ''', f adr a . " l .? °I money stolen therefrom. The thieves . I°.l i tl b -46 teri l i - ri s ' °s hY cutting through an outer door, and h,il ' 411 of -- g it They g ranQacked the whole of the L - N,' ,l (to ell the house • but a middle door, securely fas tit'Pet Pt ere s a n t ',, h ich, We believe several attempts were 1,4 ;b : the f." e u their eft' g u stairs • and, in conse -4fLep7ehhave."ols'eilfY were not, in disturbed, or they would t "ot Pared f or. " with a warmer reception than they ti... io N b k o hill_th) ".' 4 lS7 ... 1 1 4;1 0 1 2? C . AUSE OF cOMMERCIAL DEPRES- N e ihtatiwa,,s.ue declaim against free trade, others f ii ; i te ''-', th e '.., ld, if we go further back and in . - Ito t G 0 . 8411 fi.`nse of our commercial deession in i ti t t it i , h 4p ecltunupi.t written in prominent characters as n 11 1 , 1 6 1k a ' 6 41 i efi N CY, which is sudden and violent i I) P s of ueuces the sl w in its beneficial effects. to h , v,, ci ...., ,u o k'''ranti`u9 stat:Ystelus least favourable to a . regular twNiti ts be i t, .^f circulation alternately inflating and ;A,,,r)tj' t IlOr t r , tv ,ing no steadiness to the prices of corn 6ttt,„'ere t i l , gre at - ,Nit of money itself, though these are itt k .: o -it '''e e'" °biects It would, also, seem unable to .01 V 'ls it ',l dip which cause u us three years since, . s I ,6 th t chea bm w,e are still labouring ; an . d . !money i tle tbein' -" le masses, instead of fertilizing corn kt NI:, g",KribP.l.:ead.—Liverpool Albion. kt tit itht_ h ave th is divisions of this gal t4i,, Of tOIL T he week past through the town en route tip: th e 1. ie,,L',ne division which arrived in the early . 6 '1 4 44 kiij ee t fr bit Dublin) was commandod by Cap !tot, PI A r „ ti ; the succeeding one was under the tki`ititi„,t,'l tiljr.cle Salis. Colonel Shewell, the . co . Iptiltilh,qollo.4 prlllatny.ent, was with the third, which tits- The regimental band attended 1 4, t l l lt ere o°4 Saturday morning, the troops formed p's for 1 4.'°sqe St. George's-hall, preliminary to LINN 6 Tiler, arrington and the tary bearing of %hi e il o ; their noble steeds, and, above all, the 1 4 PPe e t t a tabees of the band, attracted not a few o:tit in A troop of horse is rather an un -401.8 ,', Liverpool, —hence the excitement ; 1.-ith,_itlipetTo'eZed to is in every respect calculated to Zl l ,l 4(l4lle j ltt n ,. .0011_4 t,e.EMIGRANTS IN LIVERPOOL. ()R tli i pti' B, NT _u ship Infanta, Captain Henry Purdy, t6l' it Ckl 3ll( l6 R gt the Brunswick, arrived at this port, and . tt, L.%tZith her south quay of the Nelson Dock, having Nelit' lg t v essel et t he passengers of the Cushla Machree, S ti‘ e, , elonging ' to Messrs. Evans and Son, P e , trir: ths:l7nigalv.recke.d off the coast of N T e h w n f m ou ss nt k lt g L tl a a ile at d t f i r ts Cushlae Ma v c e h i re b e y a Ca s p h t i a p in of 294 tons `k N ek' ll ig oi a ° b lls ,_ Gely.gaY, on the 14th March, for New k li.k . et ec, uceard, including the crew, 170 persons. tNite ~,01‘, , th e 3 , :: :t o l f cteiiig in ballast. At she was struck by a 4 ei rjh e ta 'ist off the March , coast of Newfoundland, and was tt1 41 . 4N Ftse ln e tcy of the wind and waters until the 15th titimy, 211onth, when she was descried by Capt. Otko l '' t i he when who nobly stood by and VillitiO. thi„,,_board. Three barques and two brigs tiiit,epti before Capt. Purdy came up, but had V1 1 1;1414, 1 1:1 4 to their signal of distress. The effect 6 4' 6 % 4 6 th e 'ng struck was to throw her on her beam 440 lyi e teetil hatches at the water's edge, and G t : th e ' .7 Y of f,! to add to the indescribable state of mind Atilthetetiaefge Passengers water fell short. At the Ztf, Weitililres struck one of the crew, a young man k /t ea ... url(lood of Brid ewater named James ; i i .... 1 . 1144 Youti"'"ed overboard g and pe ' rished. Biddy h t, :la IC girl ni ti. l ,_ _Qai,.._ di ed in years of age, from Tower ,tl l ,`4lod. 17; died in consequence of injuries she ~14.it441600,0'uktkeu:IlltAb2nrern; a child . ten years old, had t h r i iL4 t ..e l ii ; ehdu'un named Patrick Kelly, had his ii: ll t ie.. liar tin, * 4 8 L eV eral other passengers were also 4 %447 uard , ''`' hey were taken off the wreck it would have been an impossible 14 * 4 ..4 tVeeib," it 1441- the Aro Hoch longe r to have kept afloat. The 041 eh b O w - if ert Y of Mr Hawes, of St. John's N.B. Iltelet i cs .vridev''' cotton for. Liverpool. 4 . t d th b e Police- L c'tt k tha goo apt. Thoroa Lieut ZNi i „ .P*1134 hrrtrneet em s ' ra ae to e n repee e i n e t, l ' ttendeti ti. -A... 6 ton a•ti deg,04114 th a t nd statedgthe circu ag mstanees above 'lh t tiott li t4 b . tr o con eees s e io l n eral of the passengers had been NI % iOf 4 f.,_., and the whole of them, with itojeuand:lstitete:`",..,ll; consisting of eight, in the ,;itOftsikh,rte and h um Purdy had behaved in the ( pi, ot P. Rtutturoune manner throughout the o%er ; ,_eal ne,._.?b; after hearing the case, said goe t Z% t13,11:14 if ti;T IL Y• and the poor people must be ZsVgitletbdQttlte char were absolutely destitute, the 417 h in a ttorph y go of them. He directed Mr. 'kit th.. ft of oft tOnlediately to go to the Nelson I t t re._ hitPlAki ; l is etretb,r st rB l and do whatever might seem 0 . I,7 lo veall Pour ,2ces• Under the direction of 1 41 1 441 4 1 , th e `b the',,,-Taturea, to the number of 147, 414 1 th. t, peOgt pitiable at Brownlow-hill. They Pity t hw c 4 i , ht t l e' bnprie'cr? condition, but, notwith tti ; tL_ opkt, ent re Pled agents of the low lodging `ll% - ` 7 vi 4°616 e ( P th em ha • t Z t ua t ti re t o . to which ~ having spread a report k m a th._ be t a k e _ ,o, by the advice of Mr. Mur- Zeit, L !tat, tis .or a temporary shelter) was %,, - -.K th q t r. MOSt of the inmates were then (t 111) emigr ant) would be rile ICES vo DIN, :k coat, irarYing 3 c - it - ) thei is 0 **** 6 0 1 7 ..... 0 6 6 ..... . A 0 e - y - Top- 2 0 0 * ''''' ° - 3 - 0 —rap . 1 n 31°91AL 8-pliril ELLAN J., fixed du t y 1 s fixed •,, bi egates slit rtPti ur sday, a rti in reference new deco r o heHH ndreds' u_ ,sf Jerson to the co mroittee 101 I 9 elected xa nder 1 1 . 85 0 . ti an intertiet44 on the stv; he China petitions from 81! - ep, luntryry , :abouring ndencxo!l,4 )rese ,, - - tit 2,65°, lently esP" - o arriv.e frct'l' oe f iber ll r !,.l A t e the legfd )e'' --p rt eel „ ,, verY , binet Ju" or Grei4 t Wee hat ;erition 01 i ll Ali. but a° another roe Amids t bol i s to 'O ver ! antnne e aS xclaitai ng f.,00 lounc, - l c y en °DIY (0 , zeS, rS . P ntrO Lted the on s 110P e S' .. r s now aPP„f eharge t he ; o ,dges ! f ie ef l avers in ge the ar;',,," - $ 0 , es is vie , to eu r tik ne n the K this e . io ti" 11 t a ni ee t be,, ins t a nt, Times' at I Pf r ( 7 .o line. P . fel hinerl it) m en t° 90 Lciiineried • becoir N D 11115 0,, i i charg A e inotiee'", man If b e - 0 a fr° rn th e i ' ), o aurirgc o o ° RoYsl:0 i ed e vl, ed 9 ( j e t o thos e p 9 0, de , to ta ke IP ° • 41;0 ;10nr 1, :0 , ), wha t O l d ler b ase 10'4 1 ope the tr oo d i of tb is bio,lo plac ed Oat ‘ 44 :4 en ablr' m trio trYiag ?le j inChaPg t o chang o iffel" cea S b° ll ' ag Ig hter‘ o f )rd thtither i tten 3 ! -- e s, J O, Pel' z per i ty It tli fj tiy w rit tb" Stat i lbOg e t yrj One t Of „ r nen o f a iuc tio o o 9o pis sfely, ep o'4 ion, 0 politics/ I fel ! cb 0 nte ' c il h o i tber g ro tO ' the 4 61 : 1 4 130 t he oe e ' rt i rco° o oll rio-s be babli t 4d lct , rtrclitlea 0 11 0 /I as e THE TIMBER TRADE.—We are at length enabled to state, that the principal sub-committees appointed to in quire relative to the timber trade have made their report to the general committee. A great mass of very valuable information has been collected ; but we believe that the opinions expressed are one and all in favour of the pre sent site at the south end, nrovided the Dock Committee make certain extensions and alterations necessary for the proper accommodation of the trade. The whole of the reports will probably be sent in in the course of the pre sent week, and the question will then rest with the general committee, who will issue their report with the least delay. At the half-yearly meeting of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, held on Thursday, a long report from the directors was read, relating to sundry matters of great importance to the company; among the rest, to the con tract for the Holyhead mail service, which they had just obtained ; to the loss of the Royal Adelaide ; and to the ruinous opposition which has for some time been carried on between that and other Irish steam packet companies. The report chiefly dwelt on the history of the opposition, and touched briefly on the recent negotiations with the Admiralty for the packet service. To enable the company to carry out that contract by purchasing additional vessels, the report recommended the proprietors to grant the necessary powers for raising the sum of £20,000 by way cf mortgage on their land and buildings in Liverpool. After the loss of a motion for adjournment, the report was adopted. HIGH AND DRY.—The popular steamer Albatross, Captain C. D. Robinson, arrived at Cincinnati a few days since from New Orleans. During her trip up (says the Commercial) the Albatross had occasion to stop at the mouth of Green River to put out two hogsheads of sugar. She reached that point at night—no light to be seen—and the river was at high flood—the town at the mouth being almost entirely inundated. " Hallo !" cried she captain, " who keeps this town ?" " Hallo yourself and be darned to you," sing a voice from the midst of the darkness, " Where's your wharf boat ? Show a light, we've got freight for you," cried the captain. " The wharf boat's drifted ott, there ain't no lights about, and you can't land no freight," was the categorical reply. " Strike a light," shouted the captain, " and let iv; see to get in." a light yourself, and let me see to get out." " Where are you ?" cried the captain. "Up a tree !" answere,l a voice. The boat sent in her yawl, and sure enough found a man with a bundle under his arm perched in a tree. the rising stealing " Show waters b,— slowly on his resting place. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS' BILL. — The committee re-as sembled on Thursday. The petition of Messrs. Pollard and another having been withdrawn, Mr. Webster, in structed by Mr. Mallaby, was heard at great length on behalf of Messrs. Firth and Dale; but the committee overruling the opposition on all points, the chairman, Earl Jermyn, declared they were unanimously of opinion that the preamble was proved ; and, accordidnly, the va rious clauses of the bill were passed seriatim, with some trivial amendments. The framing of a clause, providing the terms of compensation under certain contingencies, so as to avoid the necessity of another adjou - rnment. Tt now remains to be seen whether the Woods and Forests will exercise their power, as threatened, of putting their veto on a bill thus emphatically sanctioned by the unani mous approval of a select committee of the lower house. That such is their intention seemed to be the general un derstanding in the room, and the Birkenhead gentlemen are preparing to meet that opposition. A MANSION IN MINIATURE. — There is at present exhibiting at the shop of Mr. Dreaper, Bold stre e t, an . . ordinary specimen_ of the ingenuity atu gentleman of Liverpool; it is a fac-simile, in little, a perfect model, of the mansion of Lord Rodney. The wale of dimensions is a quarter of an inch to the yard Jut notwithstanding the minute character of the construe is a square, substantial, and im tructure, surmoun awn ; immedia in different parts of the lawn are, the noble-proprietor on horseback, accompanied by a relative, and his groom dis- mounted, with one with the other he holds the gate open for his lord: Two carriages and attendants are dashing through the grounds, At the back of the house is the court-yard, formed of the usual offices ; within this court-yard are a waggon laden with coal, and drawn by three horses : the driver appear- which form a tout e of the mast pleasing kind. The whole is fixed on a malloginy stand, and covered by a bell of glass. We under stand the gentleman to whom it belongs purposes pre senting the model to the noble proprietor of the original. We consider it worthy of his lordship's acceptance, and of the inspection of the admirers of talent and skill ; this gratification may readily be obtained, simply by the pre sentation of his card by the applicant, at the music-shop above-named THE PUBLIC BATHS.—The salt water baths at George's pierhead come into the possession of the Corporation to-morrow ; and, after they have undergone some impor. tant alterations and enlargement, are to be open to the public on the terms of those in Paul-street and Frederick street. In the meantime, the prices are to be reduced to ls. 6d. for a hot bath and 6d. for a cold plunge bath. The baths at the pierhead will, doubtless, become the most popular, though it appears that those in Paul-street are fast rising in public estimation. Last week no fewer than 1,443 attended the Paul-street baths, the receipts being £lB 4s. 7d. ; the attendance during, the same week last year was 772, and the receipts £lO 17s. sd. The charges at this establishment are, for a cold bath, ld., 3d., and 6d. ; hot bath, 2d., 4d. and Bd. ; vapour bath, ls. The warm baths at 2d. are not in request, but there is a good demand for those at 4d. and Bd. These baths are kept beautifully clean, and one could not possibly desire better accommodation than is provided in the Bd. depart ment. The visitors' book shows the attendance of gen tlemen from various parts of the country, who all declare these baths to be superior to any they have seen in Europe. The Frederick-street establishment is the smaller of the two, and some of the baths are out of repair, which may account for the comparative smallness of the increase in the attendance. It is expected that the baths in Corn wallis-street will be opened about September; and if the Pierhead Baths are ready for the accommodation of the public on a large scale at the same time, Liverpool will then possess four of these salutary institutions in the most populous parts of the town. Mr. Councillor Parker has good reason to rejoice over this well-merited reward of his long continued and benevolent efforts. PASSENGERS PER EUROPA.—From New York: Right Rev. Bishop of Toronto, Rev. J. B. Fuller and lady, Rev. Mr. Robertson, Captain Fitzsimon, Captain Hemsworth, Mr. Mahoney and lady, Mr. Kent and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, Miss Hopkins, Mr. James E. Adger and lady, child, and nurse ; Mr. S. K. George and lady ; Dr. Tidy man, Miss Tidyman, and servant; Mr. Levy and lady, Mrs. Babcock, Miss Phillips, Mr. A. Arnold and lady, Mr. Churchman and lady, Miss Lattimer, Mr. Cailten and lady, Mr. L. G. Morris and lady, Messrs. Brown, G. B. Reese, C. Henrion, Lewis Lalawise, C. Tuckerman, J. D. B. Curtis, G. E. Stone, Buckley, Adolphus Hugel, J. Steiner, Lewis Von Hoffman, A. Bandonnine, J. A. Tainter, T. M. Day, Drought, E. O'Rilley, F. M. Jones, G. Jones, F. E. Morgan, Strauss, Lattimer, A. H. Coz, H. T. Cox, Kirkpatrick, G. B. English, Beck, C. Milnor, N. J. Becon, Williams, Carter, Osborn, B. F. Marsh, F. Berger S. M. Cohn, Charles Conrad, Magnus Hildeburn, A. Schueffer, Bulkeley, J. M. Becker, A. Filbermayor, T. C. W. Pierce, G. Stewart, Edwin Morris, Leigh, John Collins, T. C. Foote, E. Springer, W. Bannister, Patti son, J. C. Grubb, D. J. Bacon, E. Bacon, Nenfelder, J. C. Cockcroft, C. H. Bergman, H. N. Covey, J. Connah, J. Myers, E. M'Connin, Frolick, L. M. Stevens, Dobbie, H. Galici, S. M. Carrallhi, G. Drucker, L. Stein, James M'Connell, H. Mosley, J. C. Brown, J. Hall Witton, S. W. De Courcy, J. C. Johnson, A. Thomson, G. Balbinni, G. H. Prince, C. C. Roberts, F. M. Schrvanz, P. Carter, 0. F. Elvss, Gwynne, Kohn, D. M`Dougal, Pedro Mar tinez y Sanchos, Andres Hernandes y Hevia, Laffitte, H. Lesterpes, G. H. Ford, G. B. Blake, Cartnyvils, Heit, J. Cuthbertson, Jas. Carson, John Wightman, A. Gilmore, and Joseph Badnall.—Second cabin : Messrs. Hertz and Fox. From Halifax : Hon. M. B. Almon, Capt. Ber -1 well, lady, and two Misses Barwell, and Mr. J. Thomson. KIRKDALE SESSIONS.—On Tuesday, the Quarter Ses sions for this county were opened in the Court-house at Kirkdale. The magistrates present were, James Law rence, Esq., David Hodgson, Esq., J. W. Harden, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., Jamesßourne.Esq., W. Allcard, Esq., Robert Theakstone, Esq., and W. G. Unsworth, Esq. J. W. Harden, Esq. was called to the chair. Mr. Edwd. Gorst, deputy clerk of the peace, said that the rates re quired would be :—For the constabulary force, Kirkdale, Id. in the pound ; Ormskirk, id. ; Prescot and Warring ton, the same. For the current expenses of the House of Correction at Kirkdale, there would be required £2,000. Captain Woodford, the chief constable of the county, at tended the magistrates, and produced a variety of statis tical returns relative to the number of apprehensions, and the force under his command. They showed that there were 7,000 persons brought before the magistrates, in the quarter ending the 31st of March last, against 9,800 in the corresponding quarter of last year. The mounted patrole was no longer necessary, and the horses had sold for more than they were bought for. A large body of magistrates, resident in different localities, were next nominated " Superintendent of Bridges," or a committee with whom the bridge-masters may consult when needful as to requisite repairs. The Chairman called attention to some important resolutions passed by the Finance Com mittee, who proposed to effect a considerable saving by throwing the whole of the bridges of the hundreds and the county into the management of one person. He stated that. on mature investigation, he was a dissentient to the proposition for West Derby division. Mr. Clay ton's (the bridge-master) renort„ as to repairs of roads and bridges, executed or required, was then read, dis cussed, and disposed of seriatim. After some further discussion, the chairman definitely moved—" That a com mittee be formed to consider the most advantageous mode of keeping the various hundreds' bridges, and their ap proaches, in repairs, whether by contract or otherwise ; to report to the ensuing sessions." This met unanimous approval, and the gentlemen appointed were Messrs. Bourne, Allcard, Lawrence, Neilson, Unsworth, and the chairman. It was intimated to Mr. Clayton that he must continue as heretofore till the next sessions.—The lunatic returns were next disposed of.—Application was made by Mr. Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale Gaol, to have the income tax on his salary paid by the county ; the county paying at present the income tax on the salary of Mr. Martin, the governor of Preston Gaol. Mr. Gorst was instructed to inquire whether the governor of our Borough Gaol, or the governors of the Houses of Correction in Salford and Lancaster, have their income tax paid by the county, and the matter stands over to a future sessions.— The court was then adjourned until next day, when the criminal business was proceeded with. The calendar is unusually heavy, there not being less than 107 prisoners charged with felony, and 6 with misdemeanour. Tri E lIITIRPOOL STANDARD, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OE THE CLERGY.—On Sun day morning the Rector Campbell preached a sermon in' St. George's Church in behalf of the charitable institu tion which has for its object the maintenance of the widows and orphans of clergymen who have officiated in the archdeaconries of Liverpool and Manchester. Mr. Campbell took his text from Mark X. chap. 23rd and 24th verses—" And Jesus looked round about and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God : And his disciples were asto nished at his words. But Jesus answered again and saith unto them, Children, how-hard is it for them that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God 1" The purport of the discourse pointed to the duties which riches bring to their possessor, the chief,of which is the obligation of charitable deeds. In the .eourse of his sermon the rev. preacher briefly detailed the position and circumstances of the charity he was advocating, from which it appeared that at present it comprises thirty widows and about as many orphans ; some of the latter are reduced to expe dients to obtain a living which it is pitiable to reflect on as attaching to the children of clergymen. For instance, one young female is earning a scanty pittance by weaving, and others are employed in similarly arduous pursuits. It is hoped by the aid of the charitable to provide shelter and an education for these orphans more in accordance with the position they ought to occupy as clergymen's children. LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS' BILL.—On Friday the committee, whose first meeting was adjourned from Tues day, re-assembled in room 8, there being a full attendance of members, and a large array of counsel for the promot ers of, and several petitioners against the bill. The pro ceedings of the day were really of very little general inte rest, being almost exclusively :confined to engineering evidence as to the supply of water for Chorley, and to the speech of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham upon a contemplated arrangement between the Chorley solicitor and the solici tor to the Liverpool Corporation, respecting the provisions of the act of 1847, and au the nature of whicn agreement Mr. Shuttleworth and Mr. Hawksley appear to have put a different interpretation, as stated by counsel. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Paget were the counsel for the Liverpool Corpoiation ; Mr. Sergeant Wrangham for the Chorley Water-works, whose hostility was combated by Mr. Tal bot. Mr. Andrews, another petitioner, was represented by Mr. Hope, and Mr. Sergeant Shee represented a minor named Stonor. There was another petitioner, named Park. The opposition of all these to an extension of time the learned counsel pronounced entirely illusory, the ius- tice of their respective cases having been duly provided for in the original bill; and for every purpose of substan tial merit, the present bill might be regarded as an unop posed bill. Mr. William Shuttleworth, the town-clerk of Liverpool, was examined by Mr. Crompton. He de tailed the whole proceedings in reference to the Rivinzton scheme; after which he was subjected to the cross-exa mination of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. Mr. Hawksley was examined by Mr. Paget. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham occupied so great a length of time in his speech against the bill, that the court was adjourned to Monday (yester -11110 1 Tr hoc: harm ns,••••gsrsfle. : • oast we e Rivington scheme will exceed those ori ginally made by more than £30,000. But there appears to be some doubt of the truth of this, as the following are the only probable cases in which any further compensation will be given :—The Chorley Water-works Company, in Consequence of the delay in carrying out the arrangements under the act of 1847 ; the trustees under the will of the late Mr. Blundell, of Crosby, who seek for the introduc tion of a clause to protect the interest of Master Stoner, a minor, ten years of age; and Mr. Andrews, of Rivington hall, for expen aexion wi who also complains that his land has been improperly cultivated, and that he has experienced considerable loss by the delay. It also appears that a Mr. Park has some claims. THE ASIA STEAM-SIIII —This splendid addition to the !IC nrt from the bier's dock lurther down t in motion, and, though the experiment was necessarily confined to very narrow limits, everything was found to work satisfactorily. In the course of Wednes. engines s( 'orehoon she ier deDartur€ averpoc she is advertised to sail for America on the 18th May. In the interval, she will be put into the graving dock, in or der to have her bottom examined, and for tile purpose of being finally fitted out for sea. From the great length of the Asia it required no small degree of skill to take her past the sharp bends in the river above Govan, and, on arriving at a short distance from Dunglass fort, it was , found impossible to proceed further till evening, as the tide had not flowed to the height anticipated, owing to the prevalence of an easterly wind. On the following after noon, however, steam having been again got up, the Asia made a fair start seaward from the tail of the bank, under the care of Captain Hugh Main, leaving the Cloch light house at twenty minutes past one o'clock, with the wind blowing a stiff breeze, with slight rain, from the S.S.E, Off the Cambray light, a distance of 151 miles, she ar rived in one hour and seven minutes; and at 41 minutes past two o'clock on Friday morning arrived at the Bell Buoy, having made the run from the Cloch light to the bar in the remarkably brief space of thirteen and three quarter hours, during part of which she attained a speed of thirteen knots an hour. The Asia, in almost every particular, bears an exact resemblance to the Niagara, Europa, and the others of the same line ; except that she is larger in dimensions, and has been completed in a style even superior to these magnificent vessels. Accommoda tion is provided for 190 passengers. The berths are fitted up in the same comfortable and elegant style as all the steamers of the line ; every attempt seemingly having been made in making provision for the wants of the pas sengers, to lessen as much as possible the tedious ennui of the few days still necessary to traverse the Atlantic. The machinery of the vessel attracted particular atten tion ; to all appearance, cylinders never having been so capacious, beams so ponderous, or pistons so enormous. The engines, as has frequently before been stated, are 800 horse power, but it is calculated it will be possible to steam to the extent of 1,000. We believe that, in the opinion of competent judges, they have, in all respects, been executed in the best manner. It is cer tainly creditable to the Messrs. Napier that they should have been able to complete works of such magnitude in the brief space of less than three months. On the whole, the Asia, we are persuaded, will fully sustain the credit of the Clyde-built steamers, especially when we consider that she is to be entrusted to the able command of Capt. Jud kins, of the Canada. was referred. A memorial from persons interested in the Welsh coasting trade, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, was read. It set forth the desirability of re moving the Swilly rocks, in the Menai Straits, by: blast ing, which would be a most important improvement to the navigation, and prayed a grant of public rr one) , for the purpose. The memorial was signed by the chairman. LIVERPOOL TowN MISSION.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday. Mr. J. Stitt in the chair. Dr. Gee read the report, which stated, in.refer rence to the cholera, one of the agents reported that he was called to visit 550 of those who were attacked, and of these there were only 32 cases " in which he had good reason for hope." The society's agents have, during the past year, held 3,032 meetings, with an aggregate attend ance of 87,795 persons ; they have made 55,417 visits-to the poor, (including 15,364 to the sick and dying) ; they have circulated 101,732 tracts, and 5,119 religious bcoks ; and they have induced 412 children to attend school. One agent says—" Within the last few months I have spent a portion of my time in labouring amongst the car-drivers, and on the Sabbath I hold two meetings for reading and expounding the Word of God to them ; and, through the kincness of some Christian ladies and gen tlemen of the committee, I have been furnished with a reading library of the Tract Society's publications. These men set a high value upon these privileges that are brought within their rea"h. The meetings are well attended, and I trust that these men who have been so long neglected will enjoy a blessing to their souls by these means." Three additional missionaries had been ap pointed since last meeting. The subscriptions, however, had fallen off, and the report appealed for increased sup port. From the financial statement submitted by Mr. Houghton, the treasurer, it appeared that the receipts for the past year had fallen far short of the expenditure, and, had it not been for the proceeds of the bazaar, the society would have been considerably in debt. The actual deficiency, including a balance in hand from the previous year, was £552 10s. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this com mittee, on Thursday, a recommendation from the general purposes sub-committee to pave the streets round the Sailors' Home with square sets, at a cost of £lOOO, was deferred for further consideration. The medical officer reported that the mortality of the borough was unusually low ; the deaths for the last week 159, one more than last week, and 91 less than in the corresponding week of 1849. A report relative to the sewerage of Clarence-grove, Ever ton, stated that a sewer would be ineffectual, as the sur face water could not be got rid of, and an obstacle was thrown in the way of doing that by an owner of land in the neighbourhood. An application to sewer Great Ox ford-street (the estimated cost of which would be £270) was postponed, the medical officer having reported that such sewer was not wanted on sanatory grounds. The sub-committee made the following recommendations:— That Mr. Sainsbury be transferred - from Toxteth-park to the surveyorship of the south district, lately held by Mr. Kesley ; that Mr. Paxton, from West Derby, be trans ferred to Toxteth-park, at a salary of £100; and that Mr. Blain succeed Mr. Paxton, at a salary of £80; Michael Barker and Thomas Green not to be removed. After a short discussion upon an alteration in the proposed ar rangement, suggested by the enginor, the recommenda tion was adopted. The engineer read a report as to the alteration of the levels in Brownlow-hill, which be consi dered were unnecessary to be carried out until buildings are erected on each side of the street. The estimated cost was set down at £3OO. It was ordered that a copy of the report should be sent to the workhouse committee of the select vestry. The engineer submitted contracts for the sewers in various parts of the town. He was ordered to per yard ers were received for paving and f Lora-street, Edge-hill. That of Mr. kilmei: was accepted for the paving and channelling. & memorial from inha bitants at Edge-hill, complaining of a nuisance arising from manufactories in Crown-street and Olive-street, was from Mr. Hall relative to the inconvenience suffrred by reets, was ier-head would come into possession of the corporation on the Ist of May, a proposition had been made to the present proprietor, with the view of carrying le wishes o ,e committee, an( been made that the experiment of re•;nced charges should he tried for a month. The engineer was ordered to go to Nottingham, to make arrangements in connexion with the fitting up of the new baths in Cornwallis-street. A letter from owners of property in Lord Nelson-street, re lative to the stoppage of the streets in that neighbour hood by the railway company, originated a discussion, during which it was stated that the powers exercised by the company were most arbitrary. It was thought that the matter should be taken up by the finance committee; but no resolution to that effect was adopted. A fence in Tithebarn-street. on premises belonging to Mr. Fair dough, was ordered to be removed before Monday (yesterday.) LOCAL MEETINGS. SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday last a special meeting of the vestry was held, the Rev. Rector Campbell pre siding. The meeting was held for the consideration of a motion for making an alteration in the salaries and duties of the medical officers, and for abolishing the medical relief committee.—Mr. Willmer entered at considerable length into a statement of the reasons which induced him to bring forward the motion, and concluded by moving, " That the present vacancy in the medical staff be not filled up; that the number of medical officers be fixed at twelve, at a salary of £175 a year each, including the supply of medicines."—Mr. Ireland moved, as an amend ment, that the salaries of the medical officers be £l5O a year, the parish to supply medicine. Some discussion followed, and the amendment was negatived. The original motion was carried by 13 to 4.—A bill now before Parlia ment, to transfer the assessments on property to the county magistrates, was referred to the equitable rating committee.—The consideration of some tenders for the supply of goods was then proceeded with. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet ing of this board was held at the Workhouse, Everton, on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. Mr. Finch moved, that in future the board should not sanction non settled relief to he given to any pauper who had been removed under order from any township in the union. Mr. Shaw seconded the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to.—lt was agreed that a call of sixty-five per cent. should be made on the declared averages, adding thereto or deducting therefrom the bills due to or from the respective townships, one-half of such calls to be made on or before the 15th of May next, and the other half on or before the sth of June next.—Mr. Alpass, in reference to the contracts for bread, stated that the bakers were unwilling to take contracts for bread at this period of the year for twelve months, and he moved that the contracts should be advertised for for three months. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. — On the motion of Mr. Betteley, the clerk was instructed to prepare a list of the officers in the service of the union, together with an enumeration of their salaries, for the information of the new guardians, and in order to see whether any reductions could be made. COUNCIL MEETING.—At the monthly meeting to morrow, the Finance Committee will recommend the letting of Birkenhead Ferry, and the three boats. The following notices of motion have also been given :—By Mr. Mann : That the landing accommodation at the south end of the town, approved by the Council in October, 1848, be immediately proceeded with ; that the steamers belonging to the Corporation, and now plying between Birkenhead and St. George's Stage, shall, so soon as practicable, call at such landing place, on their way to and from Birkenhead ; that the Ferry Committee be in structed to report upon the advisableness of landing ac commodation being supplied at the north end of the town. so that, in the event of such report being affirma tive, arrangement may be made for that purpose with the Dock Committee, previous to the completion of the works now in progress in that locality. By Mr. Bennett : That a special Committee be appointed, with powers to carry out the report of the Special improvement Com mittee of the 7th of August, 1848, the plans and levels prepared for this purpose being now completed. By Mr. Henderson ; That the Finance Committee be instructed to take immediate steps to procure plans and estimates for laying out the Wavertree-hall, Yellow-house, and Newsham-house estates for a park or parks. Dom COMMITTEE.—The secretary read a report of the proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee, as to oppo sing certain bills affecting the dock trust. The first bill was in reference to certain alterations in the present sys tem of porterage. The committee assented to the pro posal made on behalf of the porters, (which has already been noticed in our columns,) and it had been approved by the mercantile associations of the town. In connec tion with the proposed alterations, it would be desirable to make a number of new by-laws, and revise the iates of porterage. A ming clause had been inserted in the Birkenhead Dock Bill, whereby the rights of the dock trust were not interfered with. The bill for altering the mode of measuring ships had been withdrawn by the government. The Master Porters' Committee were di rected to revise the by -laws. An application was received from Messrs. Brown s Shipley, and Co., requesting the Dock Committe e t o prov id e li g ht ers f or discharging the United States mail steamers which were expected here next month, they- being too large to pass through any of the present dock- gates. 171 reply to a question, the sur veyor stated that the new ducks intended for their recep tion would be ready by Augnet next. 'The application ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-THE JEWESS The production of this grand spectacle, which the great space afforded by the Amphitheatre, and the extensive resources at his command, have enabled Mr. Copeland to give with a degree of effect to be equalled in no other theatre in the kingdom, unless the two great London houses had been pressed into the service, will deservedly form an era in the history of Liverpool theatricals. So picturesque and gorgeous a display of the chivalry and this town, or even imagined by more than a very small portion f the community of this plain matter-of-fact age. The dresses are of the most rich and expensive description ; the armour, manufactured in Paris expressly for this piece is magnificent ; and the whole of the harac t..rs and scenes are in perfect keeping, and strict historical truth. The opening grand entree and procession of the Emperor of Sigismund, attended by the nobility and church dignitaries of the empire, transports us back to an age in which monarchs vied with each other, not only in arms and in policy, but in magnificence as well, and when the Church of Rome was in the zenith of its pomp and power ; and the effect may be conceived, when we state that to place it effectively upon the stage the aid of 200 supernumeraries is required. The plot of the " Jewess" is very simple, and soon told. Eleazer, a Jew of Constance (Mr. Barry Sullivan) has received into his house a Christian knight, the Prince Leopold, (Mr. Chamberlain,) who, under the guise of a Hebrew, has won the affections of his daughter Rachael, (personated by Mrs. H. Vining, of the Surrey Theatre, who has been expressly engaged for the occasion.) Whilst secretly performing the rites of the passover in Eleazer's dwelling, they are surprised by the entrance of the Prin cess Theodosia, (Mrs. H. 'Wallis,) who comes for the purpose of purchasing a necklace of great price and beauty, to present to her husband, Prince Leopold, on his expected return from a victory achieved over the Hussites. The Prince, who is present as the Hebrew Youth Reuben, evades recognition; and, immediately after the princess succeeds in prevailing upon the Jewess to elope with him. This step, however, is frustrated by Eleazer, who has overheard their conversation, and a fine scene ends by the prince avowing himself a Christian, and departing for the court. In the next scene the court is assembled, and Leopold has received the congratulations of the Emperor and his nobles, when Eleazar and his daughter enter to deliver the necklace to the Princess, by whom it is placed upon the shoulders of Leopold. The Jewess, however, recognizes in him her perjured lover ; and having snatched from his person the necklace, in a frenzy of revenge, she denounces him before the court and Cardinal, as having been guilty of holding commerce with herself, the punishment of which is death to both. Excommunication pronounced by the Cardinal immediately follows ; and Eleazer and his daughter, with Leopold, are led off prisoners. This is one of the most effective scenes of the play. The last, however, in which the Jewess is to suffer death by fire, and Eleazer is brought in from the rack, to which he has been subjected by the Cardinal, to wring from him a secret, in which he ;s deeply interested, and which the Jew refuses to disclose, is most striKing ; and brings be fore us with fearful truthfulness the power once swayed by the Church of Rome, and the horrid instruments by which it worked out its persecuting tyranny. The con clusion of the story, in this and.the preceding scenes, we have refrained from giving, lest we should detract from the entire piece. The whole was most enthusiastically received. _ The Ballet and a series of light pieces have varied the entertainment every evening. EXPERIMENTS ON THE FARMERS.—When I hear men like Lord Fitzwilliam, Lord Kinnaird, and Sir Robert Peel talk about a " fair trial" of this " great experiment," it reminds me forcibly of an eminent surgeon of the name of Magendie, who excited the indignation of every hu mane mind, and the public were horrified, by the state ments which were given of the cruelties he inflicted upon dumb animals, though with the excellent purpose of advancing surgical science for the benefit of mankind. Why the public would not endure it, and they exclaimed with one voice that even so great a good should not be secured by such merciless means. Yes ; and you, the farmers of England, have been classed with dumb ani mals, and all sorts of experiments are inflicted upon you for the sake of proving some mere abstract notion or theory. But there is a better illustration than that. Some of you may possibly have read the novel of " Edward," by Dr. Moore, in which an incident is re lated of Edward, who is the hero of the tale, having fought a duel, and received a wound. A surgeon very dexterously extracts the ball, and in reporting the state of Edward to a friend of his patient, perfectly horrifies him by the relation of the sufferings which he had com pelled his patient to endure. The shuddering friend at length exclaims, " Dear me, it must have been very painful ;" to which the surgeon replies with the utmost sang froid—" Painful ! oh, not in the least, I can assure you. I performed the operation with the greatest pos sible pleasure." (Laughter.) " Oh, but," said the friend, "it must have been painful to the patient." " Oh, oh ! the patient you mean ; yes, I suppose it might have been." (Much laughter.) And so with you, gentlemen —you are the patients, and these speculators are the surgeons—(laughter)--and they think nothing whatever of your sufferings so long as they can try their " great experiment.".--Mr. Young's Speech at Devizes, last week. CURE FOR THE WHOOPINGCOUGH.—" I know," said one of my parishioners,. " what would cure him, but m'appen you wouldent believe me." " What is it, Mary ?" I asked. " Why, I did everything that every body told me. One told me to get him breathed on by a piebald horse. I took him ever such a way, to a horse at —, and put him under the horse's mouth ? but he was no better. Then I was told to drag him backward through a bramble bush.. I did so ; but this didn't cure him. Last of all ;. I was teld to give him nine fried mice, fasting, in a morning, in this way :—three the first morn ing : then wait three mornings, and then give him three more; wait three mornings, and then give him three more. When he had eaten these nine fried mice he became qtlite well. This would• be sure to cure your child air."—Notte And Qyeriesi. A SPECIMEN OF BIRKENHEAD GASCONADING Birkenhead will certainly before long be regarded as a purely fabulous locality, if its advocates and authorities persist in their glaring misrepresentations of its wonderful progress. The stranger visiting our town, an& who takes a trip to the other side of the river to inspect its Colos seum, which only exists upon paper; its college, equally non-existent; and its docks, unfinished ; will be inclined. when he sees the dilapidated reality, to agree with Betsy Prig in her incredulity as to the reality of Sairey Gamp's much-vaunted protogee, and to give an altered rendering of her exclamation—" there is no Mrs. Harris."' It will be ranked with such airy nothings as Jack Brag'S " little cottage in the country," Sir John Falstaff's seven men in buckram, Claude Melnotte's palace by the lake of Como, and other similar coinages of the imagination. A fortnight ago we shewed, on authentic information, that the ratesof Birkenhead for the present year amounted to 4s. 4d. in the pound, or a shilling more than those of Liverpool. The correctness of our statement was not impeached. Our friends on the Cheshire side durst not venture on the attempt. A paragraph of the puff sort, however, has found its way into the columns of several of our contemporaries, in which that town is held up as about to become one of the happiest localities in the world for that class of the public who dislike the face of a rate-collector. A tremendous reduction is about to be effected in the local imposts, by some wonderful se' or other; after which, the paragraph in question informs us, " the rates in Birkenhead will be 2s. 6d. in the pound less than Liverpool, even after the recent reductions.' This would be a drop indeed ! To be 2: below Liverpool the rates of Birkenl, .• S. 6d. in t ad must 3e reduced from . their present amount, 4s. 4., to 10d.,--w—hic must pay now Is.), now Is. 6d.), lightir. improvement (now is. 6d.), and sewerage (4d.)! Baron Munchausen and Captain Bobadil may hide their dimi nished heads after this; and the unfortunate proprietor of the Donkey, which died just after he had got him to con fine his appetite to a straw a day, will be nobody in com parison with any of the Birkenhead economists. What a national blessing it would be if we had one of them occu- pying the position of that most blundering and of Chancellors of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood 'stinate BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS ARE TAKEN DAILY, FROM NINE TILL SIX, AT MR. RICHARD BEARD'S ESTABLISHMENT 34, CHURCH-STREET LIVERPOOL; Also, at 85, KING WILLIAM-STREET. CITY, 34, PARLIAMENT -STREET, and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Morocco Case or Fran Prices, including from 15s Mistrtrt ReLus, the collections at St. Ann lanchester, on Sunday sermons by the Rev. H amounted to nearly £2OO On Sunday morning, at Ch Bradshaw, jumped out of bed. a go and drown himself. She followed him, be ster, a I d told I !ner, named ife he would down, reached the river, and was soot.' The election of a county treasurer will take place at the adjourned annual sessions, on Thursday next. For the situation seven candidates have offered themselves, viz., Chadwick, of Salford The Blackburn Standard, in noticing a difficulty which of the "that has arisen between the minister of a congre Wesleyan Chapel, Clayton-street, Blackburr gallery to preserve the peace, are hardly, A Chester paper relates that childre❑ were playing at the pits in Fiookersbrook, one little fellow approached too near the water and fell in. be near to rem the screams of one of his playmates attracted the notice of a little boy only ten years old, who gallantly succeeded in rescuing he child. THE DEE D►sruT} Muntz's motion for an in- junction against the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company for subscribing money, and the Chester Com- mittee on the Dee Bill for using such money, in promot ing the improvement of the river, before the Master of the Rolls has been refused : but the Master of the Rolls requires, that before any further amount be contributed, the directors shall ask permission of the court. With respect to clairvoyance, we learn that a gentleman living near Bolton has offered to enclose an undoubted banknote in an envelope made of ordinary cartridge paper, which note he will present to any clairvoyant who will read over correctly the number and date of the said note while so inclosed. We think this is a fair challenge, and its acceptance would put the existence of lucid vision to a correct test " A Manufacturer " has embodied in a short letter to the Times, a suggestion made to government by some millowners, for the purpose of setting at rest the present discord between themselves and their workpeople as to the relay system and the Ten Hours Act. The editor of the Times has referred the proposal to the operatives, for their adoption or rejection ; and to the decision of that tribunal the matter may safely be left. LOVERS OF DARKNESS WHOSE DEEDS ARE EVIL. — The Stockport Advertiser states that "there is a spirit prevailing in that borough, amongst a certain class of shop-keepers, to discontinue the burning of gas, should the borough justices persist in punishing those who pur sue their worldly calling on the Sabbath day. This in clination to retaliate is founded on the understanding that the gas works being nominally the property of the cor poration, and the borough bench being its representative, the mode of warfare intended to be adopted is considered to be perfectly justifiable. This attempt to defy the law (observes our contemporary) is after the true fashion of those who would have ' civil and religious liberty' in their literal sense." STATE OF MANCHESTER.—A provincial contemporary has published a letter from " a highly respectable" Free Trade merchant at Manchester, in which occur the fol lowing terrible words in reference to the Manchester cotton trade, " THE Gazette WILL REVEAL SOME SECRETS SHORTLY, OR THERE IS A POWER OF SUSTAIN MENT BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION ! lam sadly afraid that this great blow will fall, as it ever does, most severely on the ?corking classes. LANCASHIRE, AGAIN, WILL BE THE SCENE OF CLOSED MILLS—A STARVING POPULA TION—AND WIDE-SPREAD DISCONTENT. Truly, if the Protectionists had dictated the circumstances that should happen to further their views, they could not have ordered the course of events better." Again he says, " There is no prospect of a good business this year."—Bell's Weekly Messenger says, "We are not anxious to assume the prophetic mantle, but we have some forebodings that unless India, Jamaica, or Natal, speedily conic to the rescue, the days of the cotton manufacturer in England are numbered." WEST LANCASHIRE.—The season is now so far ad vanced that some tolerable judgment may be formed of the forthcoming crop of wheat of the present year; and although a good deal depends on the weather during the summer months, as to what will be the quality of the grain, yet, with regard to the bulk, there is no indication at present but that it may be equal to last year's growth. The fructifying showers of April, succeeding the dry winds and frosts of March, have given a stimulus to vege tation which daily becomes more apparent in every descrip tion of agricultural produce. As is usual in this part (Rufford, Tarleton, &c.), a good many acres of early po tatoes have been planted, and are now making their ap pearance above ground, but are rather injured by some late frosty nights. Tne planting of winter potatoes also has now become nearly general. Stocks of grain here are now small, as the generality of farmers have been necessi tated to thrash freely during the winter, and sell at ruin ous prices to meet their demands ; and it is evident that a drain on their capital must ensue under the present or der of things. FIRST ARRIVAL OF COTTON FROM DAHOMEY.—During the past week a small sample of Dahoman cotton has rtached Manchester, where it has naturally excited much curiosity. It seems that Mr. Duncan, on being shown a specimen of the native indigenous cotton, was struck with the superiority of its quality and colour, and desired to send a specimen to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and letters to that effect were forwarded to this country some time ago ; but as the writer had ceased to exist, and as the package had not made its appearance, the subject was given up in despair. But a cask, containing ten pounds of the cotton, forwarded from Wydah, the port of the kingdom of Dahomey, to Manchester, has made a very circuitous route, and encountered many strange adven tures, all of which are recorded by our Manchester contemporaries with a minuteness' proportioned to the very great importance of the subject. " The cotton," says one of the accounts, "is of good clear colour,' and its staple is fine. It is intended to have some ginned, by different machines, and then to exhibit it to the trade, and especially to those skilled in the discrimination of the variors shades of quality and value ; but already, we believe, there is no doubt that if a few gins, and a packing press or two, were sent to the King of Dahomey, on con dition that we should have all the cotton ginned, cleaned, and packed in bales, ready for exportation, there would be at once a very considerable supply of this valuable pro duct coming hither from that part of the world." COURT AND FASHION. On Wednesday the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. Thursday was the bizth-day of the Princess Alice. The Duchess of Kent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen at an early hour at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went in the forenoon to Gloucester House, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester. At five o'clock in the afternoon her Majesty received a small juvenile party. comprising the younger members of the families of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The Queen, accompanied by the Royal children, received her youthful visitors in the Saloon, in which the juveniles danced, and afterwards proceeded to the Library, where refreshments were served. The juve nile party left the Palace soon after seven o'clock. The marriage of the Earl of Strathmore with the Hon. Miss Barington is fiat d to take place on the 30th instant. The Duke of Devonshire is expected to visit Lismore again this year, about August. Sundry improvements are already in progress at the castle. The Queen of the Belgians, of Orleans, with the Comte de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, attended by a numerous suite, arrived at Dover on Thursday, from Ostend. acco mpanied by the Duchess .cagriettiturat anb R?orttitiltural COLUMN There is a subject which deserves some attention front thinking men, and which is now beginning to occupy the minds of the public. We allude to the formation of pub lic cemeteries. In life men love the beautiful verdure of the earth, its noble trees, and its fascinating flowers; and nature seems to point to her retired spots as the fitting places of repose for the dead. Why, then, do we cast our dead in the streets, and barely cover them with sufficient soil to prevent the living beings, whose thoughtless foot steps hurry over their graves, from seeing the horrible'sight of mortality decaying ? for is it any more or less than we say, when we daily almost see human remains interred in intramural cemeteries, the numerous monumental stones of which form a pavement, and whose open gates are crowded thoroughfares to the public marts of commerce. -We lay out extensive parks and pleasure-grounds and heart- then, should we not avoid that ilemoralisir freezing familiarity with the dead which results froth the present system of intramural interment. It is true that cemeteries of a different kind are beginning to be more common, and the manner in which they are laid out be- speaks a movement of the public in the right direction ; but still nothing really good has been done except in one or two instances in the neighbourhood of the metropolis ; and even there, there is nothing like grandeur, either in the design or execution of the great public cemeteries. Ere long something must be done in Liverpool; and we hope, when the time arrives, no half measures will be adopted, and that a design truly worthy will be found for --..nose. The fault of most, is too confined a space, that style of landscape gardenine' which has unfortunately becoine so coix; who id out _.capness, when every jobbing garden mounts a sign -board inscribed with " gardinga in the best style," gets employment as landscape gar dener, and spoils the land entrusted to his ignorance. A cemetery .1•- ould not be too park-like, but well broken glades, not patches of lawn and plan 'xtensive, and well belted round with sufficiently thick to prevent the surrounding forming obtrusive objects to the it must be e scenery or • buildin there - must be, - to prevent t 1 mossy banks, and bosky dells, a tombs themselvc own fashion, should be more a part of the scene than the nd the planting ought to be made What an admirable ght be made in such a place : a lit form the last abode of rove of yew n stroyed; the graceful deodar, with its feather-like foliage nodding like the plumes of the warrior's casque, might mark the grave of the deceased hero; the Funebral cypress of China would serve to denote the resting-place of de parted worth ; the slender larch, tapering so gracefully to the sky, like an index of the road to bliss, might indicate the grave of the ministers of religion, who teach the way to Heaven. These and similar ones, which are equally expressive, would add grandeur and interest to tl and make a cemetery worthy the study of the r tic landscape gardener. VISITS TO GARDENS Nurseries, Green-lane, Tuebrook.—This fine ' taken by Mr. George Davies, (one of t name,) who has long been eessful pool public as an unusuall specimens. We hope to s gement, become important and The firs epwas a novel but very judicious sen in the fruit and forest - tree department, from s and misplacement of labels. Mr. Davies has con- taro tree destroyed, anc immense loss of stock will repay him by saving tensive and well built; admirably adapted lthy stock and fine specimens. The largest thery, which, besides an extensive assort contains also many rare and choice hard- Amongst the heaths we noticed hand of Erica perspicua nana, E. rubra-calvx, ment of )(led pl E. Ala.soi Vestita alp aristata major, .E it specimen plants. ;Sprengelii, and E. We also noticed a formosa, and fine specimens of a, Hovea excelsa, Corrwa Ventricosa, and tabilis. The house is very commodious, and of gay plant ked with an Azaleas, heaths, -" tcias, and the favourite NL . —ianu spe rauntoniensis was particularly brilliant. her choice things were also very attractive, as Oxylobiurn capitatum, Grevillea acanthifolia, and Boronia mecrantha. There are five other large houses ; the Ca melia house is very spacious, and is filled with the general stock of Camelias and Indian Azaleas. The Cineraria house contains a large assortment of Cinerarias, roses, Calceolarias, Petunias, Pleroma elegans,Sand Kalosanthos rniniata ; the two latter are in great abundance. The ge ranium house is very c ;pacious and well stocked with art abundance of fine healthy stocky plants of that universal favourite. The remaining houses are stoves; one for propagating, the other for stock plants; in the latter are fine specimens of the following new and choice species : Bischoffia Javannica, Echites nutans, E. franciscea, Hoya imperialis, H. bella, H. Cunninghamii, Medinilla speciosa, Oxyanthus hirsutus, Allamanda Schottii, A. Cathartics, Henfreya scandens, Saureja spectabilis, Posoqueria longi folia, Mora Griffithii, Gardenia Devoniana, G. Stanleyana, ~Echixea fulgens, Dipladenia crassinoda, Siphocan.pylos nitida, and numerous others. There are also some tine orchids, as Epidendrum aurantiacum, Phaius maculata, and P. Tankervillia, Dendrobium nobilis, Maxillaria Har risonia, and others. In the out-door department Mr. Davies is arranging an extensive assortment of herbaceous plants, which will prove a great attraction, Several o MISCELLANEA New Hakea.—l found a most extraordinary plant, a species of Hakea, growing 12 or 14 feet high : the true leaves of the plant are 7 or 8 inches long, jagged and sinuated as in Hakea undulata, but by far the most con spicuous part of the foliage of this superb plant are its bracts, which make their appearance with the flower-buds. When the plant is 3 or 4 years old, they are borne in regular whorls, each circle or whorl being from 7 to 9 inches in height, formed of 5 rows, which have each 5 bracts; the lowest bracts of the whorl are the broadest, and vary from 4 to 5 inches the whole breadth across, in full-grown, middle-sized specimens, being about 10 inches ; and they regularly decrease in size to the upper most bracts, which are only about 4 inches across from outside to outside; each whorl is a year's growth of the plant after it bears the first flowers. The variegation of these bracts is so extraordinary, that I almost fear to attempt a description. The first year they are yellowish white in all the centre of the bracts, and the same colour appears in the veins and in the teeth, which grow on the margin ; the second year, what was white the first year has changed to a rich golden-yellow ; the third year, what was yellow becomes a rich orange ; and the fourth year, the colour of the centre of the same bracts; their veins and marginal teeth, are turned to a blood-red. The green, which has a remarkably light and luminous appearance the first year, varies annually to deeper and darker shades ; and the fourth year, when the centre of the bracts has ac quired a blood-red colour, the green of the same series is of the richest hue, while the whorls below change to darker and duller shades, until they ultimately fade into the dull and withered leaves of other climes. The flowers I have not seen : the stem and buds of the upper series, which are the only ones unopened, are white and velvety ; the other genies contain seed-vessels, mostly with perfect seeds. To this, the most splendid vegetab'e production which I have ever beheld, in a wild or cultivated state, I have given the name of our gracious Queen, Hakea Victoria. It will soon be cultivated in every garden of note in Europe, and in many other countries.—Drum mond in the Botanical Magazine. Walcheren Brocoli.—A fewgenuine seeds of this most valuable production were presented by Mr. Legge, gar dener, 13ishopstborpe, by whom the variety was first produced. The heads are large, firm, and white, like a very firm cauliflower, which, in fact, it closely resembles in appearance, except that the leaves are not so plain as those of the cauliflower. The difference in constitution must, however, be very considerable, for it not only stands the winter cold, but likewise the summer drought, much better than cauliflowers do ; scarcely a head of the latter could be obtained in the dry, hot summer of 1844, and the same time a quarter of Walcheren brocoli formed beautiful heads, of uniform closeness. The following are notes respecting it from Mr. Legge :—" For the supply of a family sow the third week in April, middle and end of May, the middle and end of June, and the middle and end of July. This attention will give a regular supply to the end of the year. I had a regular supply last year until the 21st of January. For the purpose of sowing seed I recommend to sow my Walcheren brocoli at the time that the winter cauliflower is sown, say about the 25th or 27th of August, and winter the plants under the hand-glasses as cauliflowers. Give them good soil, not too light, nor leave more than three or four plants under each glass; and let them be well attended to with respect to air." Those who have the means ought to take the greatest possible are to save this variety from degene rating ; for it is &ore deserving of attention than all the races of sulphur, purple, and cream-coloured brocolies put together; some among these may be good as regards size and quality, but the colour is always objectionable, and no one would certainly think of using any except white, if he could help it. There is now no necessity in almost any case, for by timely savings the Walcheren will afford a long and excellent supply, equal in quality and appearance to cauliflower.—Journal of Horticul tural Society. There is now to be seen at the White Hart Hotel, Burnham, a stock of the ten week kind, that has been in blossom ever since June, 1845, and has, during all that time, simultaneously shown blossoms, buds, and seeds. OPERATIONS POE TITS WEEK. Stove Conservatory. &c. —Frosty nights still continuing, require a little extra attention, early closing, and the retention of solar heat is better than firing up too much. Plants in frames still require the protection of mats at night, otherwise their progress is apt to be retarded. Flower and Kitchen Garden:.—Look over seed beds, and see that the crop has germinated, for, when kept back too long by cold unseasonable weather, many seeds will rot, and lead to disappointment, and an unjust re proach to the seedsosian ; there is yet time to lessen the evil by a second sowing. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - Lewis, D.—The spots on the leaf you sent are not th• results of injury, they are perfectly natural to the species; its name is Phaius maculata, or spotted Phaius, will show this, J. Renny.---Your seedling Calceolaria is tery n and distinct. If t h e ot h er qual i t i es o f the, rdbini equally good, it will be worth your cars; but it fktipipaqi . do to judge by the first blossom that expands. being we POOL )A Iti :.~ T- P . * y • r ,