The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

LOCAL A 'T NEWS. Ir a " BALLOT. —M r. A. Henry, Sir J. Walmsley, and L. Heyworth, voted on Tuesday for the ballot. „..'iRATF; BY DROWNING.—Th e b o dy o f a man un k nown "as. found floating near the Dingle on Wednesday. DISTILLATION.—A number of privatedista es, whose operations h ave been extensively carried on, .. re cently been di scovere d i n t hi s town. 3 MGR SLAB.—Lately, a block of stone, containing 7u cubic feet, and equal to 190 tons, was raised at Mr. "rilaght's quarry at Runcorn '-eosrElt It OR WEST DERBY.—The . election for the "toner of DerbyWest ß h u ndred will take place on Friday Preston -TR n . The E CABI NET -NIARERS.—The strike still continues. p er ' Preposition of the men is to work sixty-one hours A W eek, but the masters insist on sixty-two. IiC"RCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— ~,"e_rnernbers of this society made their annurl excursion "e,pat ur daY4 Shrewsbury being the place selected. obi " AMERICAN PACKET.—The United States steam. P Arctic, which wou ld leave New York on the sth inst. ina„ , u e expected to arrive this evening. ii;:ft Rust OVER.—On Wednesday a boy named M'Gee, killefo a co urt i n M arl b orough-street, was run over and Wi t k u i at the bead of Scotland-road, by a lorry crowded • People who were going to the races. ibiiraraLlTY.—On Wednesday, as a man named Jopson, meting Portland-place, Roscommon-street, was at lelitng to right a cart, it fell upon him, and, fracturing Skull, killed him instantly. troTHE MINISTERIAL DEFEAT.—Mr. Cardwell. Mr. W. ley~we,Mr.L.Heyworth,Mr.Thorneley,andSirJ.Walms -40s4voted r , against Governm e nt, in f avour o f L or d Grosve doty".eletion for the reveal of the Attorneys' Certificate Ar r bkiy,RUPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday a youn g f ema le fr n ,„ -- "" APLean, living in Liverpool, umped into the river ble.a boat at Birkenhead ferry. She was quickly rescued, c,; e feeed to give any reason - for the rash act. . reet -I , I , N TY COURT LAW.—The solicitors of Liverpool Co," Friday to oppose the clause in the new . Count . y es o ' n ' t ‘e Act which gives sole . and exclusive audience in 3: 20. Y courts to barristers in all cases of claims exceeding Sa n b r ,l 3 " DEATH.—On Monday an inquest was held on Oti o ,:`. l of Peter Collier, aged 46 years, a warehouseman eoi n eTg to this town who, while walking up the Sea -1;,81iP with a friend ' , suddenly fell down and expired. 1, Li been subject to spitting blood. rec.!!! R EGISTRATION.—Monday next is the last day for 4 1 4 'N claims for either the county or borough. Con. to ;Pre voters will obtain every information by applying th e g• t uckmaster, the active and obliging secretary of Con stitutional Association. (11 0th LIVERP OOL E ISTEDDFOD will be held on the 9th s, t her next at the Concert.ball. Only one t ee ta t i) ,°s'tion 4 e h m as been r'eceived, on the " Past Half / 1 1 ,i,„' 11 ' , '' though three prizes were offered. ...,acet.R.,AsEn ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL thy . ILADELPHIA.—The splendid screw steam-ship tio °J. Manchest e r is now ready for sea, to take her sta ll kod b ween this port and Philadelphia. She rn has acco eitlat etw ee for 180 passengers, and is beautifully fitted 'era sPa cieus cabins and retiring-rooms. She will be i tanded b y C apt. C amp b € ll , late of the Cunard line. PrinX °NrEt. NECK-TlE.—Amongst the thousand and one lered - P t es on whi c h nec k-ti es have of late been manufac ttilii„' "ne, in our opinion, exceeds eithe r i n e l egance , pa pe r; or neatness that which is to-day advertised in our for ,e,Y Messrs. Thos. Gibso n an d S ons . It i s s i mp l e in klg ' r i ght, may be put on in a second, and, always keep denarlOrrb, is not so li a ble to wear as th ose on th e or , Ai n 3r ,,P l an• It cannot fail to meet exten s iv e p a t ronage . ur n - ;sthEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER.—At 348 ° clock on Wednesday morning, as police-constable (flea„aYlor) was going his rounds, in Spranger-street m e tury's Foundry), he was attacked by four armed 48 84 Wi le were lying in ambush for him. Three ot the hitil'fants beat him severely with sticks, and a fourth cut 'ras ' earf elly over the brow with a cutlass by which he Itoteech di s fi gured. Of tit"'-„elEs —During 'Wednesday night, the pr em i s es Let ; erna;el Joseph, 69, Stanley-street. were b r oke n Itie s Tld gold watches, to the value of £5O, stolen.—On a gentleman' named Findlater, who resides in lag ~"-street had his pocket picked of £32 whilst stand „,l'es.,,a,„,te,liirz'the teetotal procession pass near St. George's Ain. - ",," L . --- -The swell mob were very busy at the races on eilie-:"Y4 during the excitement of the cup race, and t, l ;r ten watches were stolen. 418 s4; t1t AL BEQUEST.—The late Earl of Derby h a s l e ft if h:Perb collection of animals and birds to the Queen, I , ll e e l a laiesty will graciously please to accept them. Tn `lte b en en t of her Majesty not desiring to avail herself of tat g r e , B t4 the specimens are to be given to the lten t '; e cetY, for the enrichment of their gardens, in r ge ark, The late earl was possessed oave y letredeellection of the skins of animals and birds, pre •Lir ,„ for stuffing. These have been bequeathed to ppool. 1 1) DIAMOND.—The black diamond exhibited a'°,lll4..tleyer, of this town, in the Crystal Palace, .was ,`"eo, '"Ilt four years ago, in the new diamond mines gtile s . ;:ed in the debris of a mountain range, about 300 teat .°O.l the p ort of Bahia, in the Brazils. It is of the 1 .441 e lght „ of p full 330 carats," is as yet uncut, End has tt'reale - 1 ., "Med the skill of the lapidary, as from its ex. Pter iri r d,ness it cannot - he cut by the usual process i 'relisparent specimens . hopes are still en •„▪ °; Polishing it. Many fine diamonds, of great • are now found in Rajah Brooke's territory 14 1 41% l'' Borneo ; several from that island are now -cri t -Yes' aft er 4 ,kst, tu‘. B possession. `‘7l the s.4—At the annual m d eet i i t ng wa o s n Tuesday, resolved — if Th at th accounts had been i t is r , committee should report passe Within three . months resolved -9e ~„"° t possible to carry out the proposition that a "'lb, to be fixed upon, be expended in the purchase and ill ;gazin es and reviews, and the most recent voyages ejlo t ,„" r erels ; and that the publications so purchaped . be `IN t 0 circulate amongst the subscribers for a limited , tl etsi„ Et e_, ( ,afterwards sold for the best prices which can be , „‘itte' eu .--The following names were added to the com -110::--Archdeacon Brooks, Rev. E. Hull, Rev. J. H. AbedS R ‘s R. Hutchison, R. L. Carr, and •,„. • , t orth. * Frie s 44 ERS BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND QUEBEC.—A rot, ef resolutions, proposed by the Hon. W. H. Mer- Moi:te President of the executive council, have been 1)1y , (14 without any opposition, by the House of Assem lret alla da, on the subject of a line of steamers between et t o Peol arid Quebec. The object of these resolutions r„ lsr4 4 rd r er an addreq . s to be presented to the Queen, F: e ntra ' 4 ° l ' the extension of similar aid and encourage 'everpooTe e stablishment of a line of steamers between li t t'enlii t eed Quebec, to that now extended to the . thai P° Nviit , uPon the condition that the provincial legis oi).°Plilehe,teufer upon the proposed line similar aid to as ;1, 48 ' li n : 4 e American government has extended to the est ite . „ - Of Atlantic steamers, under such regulations • adp a L e rial and provincial governments may deem bt',,c,oth j ,",,Lageous to promote the desirel object. feOa ruall - ';' l : B .—On Wednesday mo . rning last . , Joseph thatoff ti;„ .0 Years of age, residing in Frederick-street, se fa, where he had been sleeping, to the floor. 4.j 4t l ife g w rai sed• and a surgeon sent for, it was discovered ti r ti m t ree, „4,8 e xtinct.—On Thursday, on the race-course, up roa r set of revolving fly-boats, which described a Al t ePri g C,us, and worked on machinery supported by s ot ele r oov ‘e4 was in operation, the axle upon which the !itai, B Were•• ed gave way. At the time upwards of fifty per . - N 144 4 the carriages, and many of them had their s B .`-• s e o ll, and others received severe bruises and in- Vh ret ur • ne of the trains on the East Lancashire line si t . ta l ' n g from Aintree, at nine o'clock on Friday tlet-1401i let tu " guard, while at the break before entering the nn ,e l 4 was pitched off, in consequence of a sud -In2B luey e Lue carriage. In falling, he came . in contact , e ' , and i t is feared his back is broken. He was bleti°4oto,%"eYed to the Northern Hospital. GARDENS.—The vaudeville entertain <so• ", the are to to be regarded as one of the principal Olietl c tic a f'Pet variety of attractions presented at the ,re ee .'en, 4, ~,"ardens. During the past week a new pro eot4ted w 4 litte trieq all," has been put on the stage, and ith - qte, rq t, universal favour. The piece is short, being de6 4 4,est. ~two acts, but is by no means deficient in i li ‘ ti on " /..'n Thursday night Miss Kenneth made her tO r e Leeson and promises to be a great acqui itttrable e little company ,— combining as she does con- Ar o efts, vow talent with the requisites of a comic t ,i_ 1 11,1 0 114 `' 4 , Thursday night, after the spectacle of the `qit 'es a under the patronage of the Earl of Sef thileltit are , T the theatre. Three nights of the pre- L e „tion , devoted to Scottish Fetes, at the earnest %au distinguished persons . who witnessed Plt tg last Y LIN , 1 11 ord Year. The proprietress, it will be ob (1'1°140J-4110 to afford every accommodation for the e l .l,."'lerip, "len Ball on Friday evening (with which C onclude), will, on that occasion, have nst i :Alsn °` -Nati Will o n " 0 1 tq l. , s .sonsiderably_enlarged. Tuesday last, the tale of :4,AL rESTIVAL.—U n . f t ; 4 4 ,410 4 thr_lsiverpool celebrated their anniversary by a %tile the town, and a grand fete champetre 11 v s .id Ha Gardens. The procession was formed ta l g a),Us t; M arket, where nearly 3,000 members of I l l ett e gaud so ruPerance societies mustered, each adorned I,!lrs t b • Th!ee white satin sash, terminated with a neat th,aelc, DZProcession, headed by three marshals on etteOriln;je.eeded to parade all the principal streets, 018, aion"ng strains of not less than seven bands ,i, i ,eei te 3 the Inc.l There was also a profusion of (I °Ys 4":ltin g ' f i e . them very beautiful, and evidently new. 1 4 4° 4 " walkature of the procession was the number of k l eri pt ; The,,,e:_:l belonging to different juyenile 44,th e ',. 4 1, .4 Wore a flag bearing flip effectively laconic • ice 1 B k . ° ugh young, we are in earnest !" Here 1 3 te, usn in g 'e , u - L or lorry had been pressed into Wee y f ew a.l Plainness of such vehicles being dis- L 4 Ai ribbons scattered about the horses' heads. qe„l44ll,llrtiNatlY filled with women and juveniles. at omnibus was also there, "its jolly tp t ti tkei`urd y Kig driver appearing to rejoice secretly e t 4,4 Y sp eet figure he cut contrasted with many of the Th e rat aPPearances walking linked through the eh! lisol'iliag.a9lering was composed almost exclusively kle,tlle,eessieZetas.ses, who were very respectably attired. ti c•it„ . , arrived at the gardens in the course of the i lle gt ) re" Q " the 1 , d . 4 , .ath r scene .ecame most animated a . n Persons being present at one period se:tttoti„„sont, Notwithstanding that the grass was wet, k."'; '2,llirnenced on the outer lawn; whilst for tp_tiorts, Aoo7,egant tastes there were various " rustic thNs, wile? entertahament was provided in the 1!eo kid uere Wil a Pos e , , arnateur melange of music, reci beliti4tireptarationnsalvteer NIA eek We Piarliques, engaged the attention of ,‘Stl l meic fortn e e n o o n u a g enough scaleto of find gr e a r t o om grandam The ; ''4l ' Co ncer t daY n were terminated by a plain Ita THE LIVERPOOL STAMD-ARD, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1851 PUBLIC MEETINGS THE LATE MILITARY RIOT.—One of the corporals of the 91st is to be tried at Manchester by court-martial, for words spoken by him in the barrack.yard on the night of the riot. The alleged words were, "if he had his will, they would turn out and give the police and civilians a good beating." The soldiers implicated in the riot were all new recruits. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, SCOTLAND ROAD.—On Thursday evening, immediately after divine service, several members of the congregation repaired to the ves try-room, when Mr. James Gillespie delivered a very feeling and eloquent address to the Rev. J. F. Witty, thanking him for his faithful and zealous labours (in con nexion with those of the Rev. Dr. Hillcoat) since Easter last, in that large and populous district—and regretting that they were to be so soon deprived of the rev. gentle man's valuable services amongst them, he being about to remove to Sheffield. The address (of which we regret we cannot find room) was kindly received and neatly replied to ; the rev. gentleman remarking that he could not account to himself or others why he came to Liver pool at all, and equally at a loss as to his going now to Sheffield, so passive does he feel himself to be in the in scrutable hands of Providence in these appointments. The worthy clergyman affectionately shook hands with all present, desiring the blessing of the Almighty to attend them. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. — FRIDAY.—In re Charles Roope.—This bankrupt, who had been in business as a wine merchant, in Lord-street, appeared at this court three weeks ago, on his last examin ation ; but from the unsatisfactory account he gave of the state of his affairs, the examination was adjourned. On Thursday last, when. the case was called before Mr. Com missioner Perry, his honour, addressing Mr. Fletcher, solicitor for the assignees, said :—Has any further account been filed ?—Mr. Fletcher : No, Sin—Judge : Where is the bankrupt ?—Mr. Fletcher : Not here.— Judge : Where is he : he lives in Liverpool, I suppose ?—Mr. Fletcher : Yes ; he carried on business close by here, in Lord-street; hut I believe he has not been seen for the last ten days.— The bankrupt was then called in the usual way, but, as he did not appear, the examination was adjourned sine die.— In re J. T. Hall.—This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a bookseller, printer, and stationer, at North wich, appeared on his last examination. Mr. Almond, solicitor, appeared for the assignees, and examined the bankrupt at considerable length. He stated that he was 27 years of age, and had been in business twelve months. His name had been previously attached to that of his father, in the business, as partners, but he did not receive any consideration for it. In July, 1850, he took his father's stock at a valuation of £6OO, made by his father. He had no capital when he took to the stock; but he afterwards borrowed £lOO, which he gave to Isis father, and agreed to discharge all his liabilities. After some explanations by the bankrupt, it was agreed to adjourn the matter to the th of July—the bankrupt to amend his balance-sheet in the meantime, and to produce a copy of the will of his wife's father.—ln re Benjamin Hopkinson Bates.—An examination into the affairs of this bankrupt (a commission merchant) was held before Mr. Commis sioner Perry. Mr. Edward Bates, brother of the bank rupt, was questioned as to various consignments of manu factured goods, &c., sent by Mr. B. H. Bates to the firm of " Edward Bates and C 0.," of Bombay, for sale; and he handed in all the documents referring to the trans actions. An adjournment then took place to admit of a detailed inspection of the accounts rendered. THE LATE EARL OF DERBY.--The interment of this lamented nobleman took place on Tuesday, in the family vault at Ormskirk. The place appointed for the assemblage of the friends of the deceaaed was Stanley gate, two-and-a-half miles from Ormskirk. The first detachment left Knowsley-ball soon after eight o'clock in the morning. This was a procession of two mutes on horseback, a coronet and a cushion borne on a state horse fully caparisoned, the hearse, and four mourning coaches. At a later hour the chief mourners followed from the hall, and upon their arrival at Stanley-gate, about eleven o'clock, a lengthy procession was formed. Four mutes on horseback led the way. Then came the tenantry two and two, to the number of about 210, mounted on black horses, with hatbands and scarfs; the servants, in the mourning coaches, the clergy, medical attendants, the agents of the late earl; the hearse; and, in a mourning coach drawn by four horses, Lord Stanley (Earl of Derby), Col. Stanley, the Hon. Mr. Stanley (Lord Stanley), fol lowed by other coaches filled with distinguished friends and relatives. The following noblemen and gentlemen acted as pall-bearers :—The Earl of Sefton, Hon. Col. Wilbraham, Rev. Ellis Ashton, Rev. William Hornby, Rev. Thomas Abram, and Adam Hodgson, Esq. The procession extended upwards of a mile in length, and had a most imposing appearance. The arrangements were made by a London undertaker ; but the mourning coaches and horses were furnished by the Messrs. Bushy, of this town, who supplied about seventy horses for the different carriages, &c. The greatest respect was paid to the me mory of the deceased as the procession moved through Knowsley-park, the cottagers and others employed upon the estate lining the road with their families, in decent mourning, and standing respectfully uncovered as the melancholy cortege passed on. In Prescot and in Orms kirk business was apparently suspended, the inhabitants put down their blinds throughout the town. The streets of Ormskirk were filled with thousands of spectators, the windows and the very house tops being crowded. The Rev. Mr. Rawstorne officiated in the church, which was hung with black. The shell, containing the body, was enclosed and soldered in a coffin of lead, and the outer coffin was composed of wood, taken from an oak tree which grew in Knowsley-park, and which was a favourite of the deceased earl's. It was deposited with the usual ceremony in the family vault. All the mourners seemed deeply affected, Lord Stanley particularly so. He stru gled hard to master the feelings which too evidently were at work within, and he seemed to require support to re move him from the grave. The body of the deceased earl was placed beside that of his countess. We under stand that the late Earl is the last of the Stanley family who will be interred at Ormskirk, the vault being now full, and a new having been constructed at Knowsley Church, which will, in future, be their place of sepulture. HEALTH COMMITTEE.--At the weekly meeting on Thursday, Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, entered at considerable length upon the charges preferred against him, by Mr. Beckwith and others, to the effect that he had usurped powers belonging only to the Baths' Com mittee in the conducting of St. George's Baths, and showed, by ample details, that these charges were ground less.—Mr. B ec k w ith said he would not retract any of the statements he had made the previous week. After some discussion the matter dropped. The medical officer of health reported that, during the week ending the sth inst., 187 deaths had been registered in the borough. This number was ten more than in the preceding week, and 22 less than the average mortality (without cholera) of the same week of the preceding three years. Considerably more than one-fourth of the total mortality occurred among infants below the age of twelve months, 21 deaths having been caused by convulsions, the effect of; high atmospheric temperature. The daily mean temperature fell from 771 degrees on Sunday to 60 degrees on Satur day, the the mean of the week being 661 degrees-2.1 de grees above that of the previous week, and 51 degrees above that of the corresponding week of the preceding five years. The lowest temperature, 491 degrees —was on Friday, and the highest-81 degrees—on Sunday, this being the highest temperature recorded at the Observa tory during the last five years, The reading of the barometer was above the average throughout the week. The mean was 30.07 inches. The wind was chieffy from the eastward.—The chairman reported that there were upwards of 200 applications for the situation of superin tendent of St. George's Baths. The applicationa were re ferred to the Bath's Committee. It was stated, in:refer ence to the Cornwallis-street Baths, that all receipts above £3O were added to the sinking fund. A discussion arose especting the formation of a reservoir in Smithdown-lane, which was to be filled with water from the Queen's Dock, for the purpose of supplying the various baths with salt water. The estimated cost of the undertaking was stated to be £lO,OOO. The plans anc specifications not having yet been received by the committee, the matter dropped. SELECT VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting of the board, on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding, it ap peared that the Finance Committee had resolved to recom mend to the general board that an assistant medical-officer for the Workhouse should be appointed, at 255, per week. The death of Dr. Burgess, one of the in-door surgeons, having been subsequently reported, an amendment was carried that the salary of the new officer to be appointed should be at £loo2per annum.—Mr. John Roberts, of the Northampton Union, was recommended for appointment to the vacant office of schoolmaster to the Workhouse.— Some conversation took place relative to a discrepancy which had been discovered between the clothing stock ac count and the stock on hand ; the subject being ultimately referred to the Workhouse Committee to report thereon. —Mr. Weightman's plans for the erection of a double story building, to be furnished with hand corn-mills, which keep 300 persons at work, were confirmed.—The Cottage rating Committee's minutes being read, the Chairman said lie thought that the Vestry had nothing to do with it. The rates were to be collected by the churchwardens and overseers, upon their own legal responsibility. They were not amenable to the board for the mode in which they should collect the rates ; but if they were guilty of any de reliction of duty, they were amenable to the Poor-law Commissioners. It was, therefore, a matter of great doubt to him whether the Vestry could pass any resolutions upon the subject. He did not say that their resolutions were illegal, but he thought them inoperative ; therefore, it was for them to consider whether they would discuss such sub. jects. The Vestry could not dictate to the churchwardens and overseers how they should collect the rates : their sole province was in certain cases to remit the rates to those who were unable to pay.—Mr. Pemberton intimated that he had had a return made of the number of persons re ceivingparish relief who were entitled to relief from the Merchant Seamen's Fund, which he should, in the usual way, have laid before the board at the next general meet ing. But delay might be dangerous, because he saw that Mr. Labouchere was about to take from Liverpool its im mense fund, and put the whole fund of the country into one. The bill had been already read once in the House of Commons. He found, by a return before him, that per- sons in receipt of pensions from that fund got £306 per annum from the parish of Liverpool; whilst others, who had contributed to the fund, but were not in the receipt of pensions, received £478 12s. 4d. in parish relief. He thoueht that the solicitor of the parish ought to be con- stilted on the subject. Mr. Johnson recollected that the Shipowners' Association, some years ago, took the matter up. It would be well for Mr. Pemberton to see some of those gentlemen, and get them to act with the parish so licitor. In answer to a question from Mr. Fairhurst, Mr, Pemberton said that all the moneys which parties entitled to this fund had received from the parish would be legally recoverable. it would amount to several thousands of Pounds. He moved that means should be adopted to pre vent the possible passing of the bill. Mr.'Savage seconded the motion, which was carried. Iki 1 : DUCK COMMITTEE.—MR. HARTLEY'S CASE.— The usual meeting of this committee was held on Thurs day. Present—Messrs. Littledale (in the chair), Moly ncux, Robinson, Grcgson, J. Holme, Hall, Jones, Turner, Bold, Kendal, Sandbach, Larwsdele, Dover, Fisher, Steele, and Lockett. The reply which Mr. Hartley had prepared to the charges brought against him by Mr. Langsdale was read by Mr. North, the solicitor, and commenced with the case of Mr, Scott, whose dismissal from a situation in connexion with the dock trust had been one cause of the charges being brought against Mr. Hartley. It appeared, from letters which passed between Mr. Scott and Messrs. Cummings and Creihton, that he had been frequently dis charged on account of his drunken habits, and, though he made frequent promises of amendment, his conduct became on one occasion so outrageous that he was finally discharged. With reference to the ease of Mr. Cummins to whom, it:was alleged, money had been paid in hisabeence from his duties, Mr. llartley stated that Mr. Cummins had been in the employ of the Dock Trust since 1824, and that his devotion to his duties had eo seriously injured his health that it became necessary fro him to leave the town for a short time. He was only absent about 79 days. Similar statements were made in connexion with the case of Thomas Makinson, Jones, David Miller, David Rew, Thomas Walls, and Henry Trotter, some of whom had lost their lives, and others their health, in the dock ser vice, and whose wages had been given to themselves in their illness, or to their families for a short time after their decease, as is usual in such cases. With reference to the workmen's relief fund, from which he had been accused of paying wages, Mr. Hartley said this was only done once in the case of a man named Richard Walsh, who caught cold from exposure, and was three weeks absent from an attack of erysipelas. With respect to Richard Riley, superintendent of masonry, who had been employed in the dock works since 1829, it appeared that he had only been absent 201 days—four days when the cholera was raging, and the rest from colds—and that on each occasion his wages were paid him. With reference to the case of David Miller, the foreman of the millwrights, and the bad management of the office department at the dock yard, the evidence and the witnesses contradicted each other, and Mr. J. Holme had stated that he never saw accounts better kept in his life. As respects the charges of Mr. Bryen Mullens, who stated that the sawyers made false returns of the work done, the charges rested solely on his evidence, and that of his son, but it had been deemed prudent to discharge both the accusers and the accused. As to some defects in the dock work, Mr. Hartley ad mitted that instances had occurred in which work had given way from causes which had not been foreseen or could not be controlled, and he had at once taken such steps as he deemed most advisable to remedy the mischief. The south wall of the Sandon dock was an instance of this —the quay behind and a great portion of the wall stand upon the old course of the beacon gutter, the soil com posing which has proved exceedingly various and treache rous. When the wall had been some time built, and the quay formed, and not until the water had been let into , 'Wellington dock, did the ground below begin to give way, . . 547,000 ' and this has extended not only to the dock works, but may also be traced into the new road adjoining, which has _ CHESHIRE NEWS . there sunk since it was pa ve d b y t h e health committee ; but the means taken to secure this work were only in part 10.--- An earthenware manuf ac t or y i s a b ou t t o b e erecte d vessel called St. Vincent, h er earn i ngs would prove that near Seacombe.the expense caused by her h a d b een amply repaid, and he Mr. Rawlinson intends h o ldi ng a sana t ory i nqu i ry a t did not think it necessary to exp l a i n to t h e workmen his Seacombe. reasons for fitting her up as h e did. M r. Hartley then Mr. G. H. Lawrence, wh o r e s id es a t N ew B r i g ht on , denied that the dock work could b e executed e i ther cheaper o will shortly be placed on the comm i ss i on o f th e peace f or or quicker by contract th an it now i s , and said that with Cheshire. reference to the charges of b urn i ng some elm trees and COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUT ENANT OF destroying some granite st ones , h e cou ld not now recollect the true facts, in connexi on w ith th em. In conclusion, manry Cavalry.—Coronet J. Leigh to be captain, v i ce CHESHIRE.—The Earl of Chester's regiment o f Yeo manry remarked that he paid hi s son out of his own salary, Leycester, deceased. and that it was no se cre t th a t h e had frequently refused CHEESE.—The quantity of cheese shipped from the most advantageous offers to leave his present situation, and that he had m ore th an once tendered his resignation, cheese house at Chester to London f rom J une , 1850, t o June, 1851, amounts 20,000 cwt. of 1201 b. to the cwt. which had not been accepted. A discussion followed the This quantity is independent of that which is despatched reading of Mr. Hartley's statement, and it was resolved by canal and railway during the twelve months indicated. that the committee of works should report upon it.- -Chester Chronicle. MISCELLANEOUS.—It was agreed that a sub-committee CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAl LWAY .—T ra ffi c f or should meet the fina nce comm i ttee of the council on the the week ended the 6th of July, 1851 :—Passengers : übject of the new streets at Wapping. The tender of Main line, £2,082 9s. 5d.; Mold, £32 16s. 9d. ; Steam- Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., for caulking the deck of boats, £265 19s. Bd. ; total, £2,401 ss. 10d.—Parcels, the landing -stage, was accepted ; also a tender of Messrs. H. C. & D.: Main line, £75 Os. 9d. ; Mold, £1 16s. ; Beacroft, for a large crane at the east quay of the Sandon Steam-boats, £l5 19s. ; total, £92 15s. 9d. Goods, dock, and one from the Bank Q uay C ompany for supply cattle, &c.: £590 4s. 2d. r ; Mold, £lOO 3s. Bd. ; total, ing a duplicate pontoon for the l an di ng -stage.—A sum of £690 7s. 10d.—Mails, £s7s.—Grand total, £3,759 93.5 d. £2O was allowed to the widow of Mr. Jones, late super intendent of the timber quay.—Mr. Fisher did not oppose CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—The cheese fair on Friday the grant, but thou g h; it was act i ngfon the principle which week was hardly so fully stocked as at former July fairs, some gentlemen were complaining of; was not that one the heat of the weather preventing farmers from bringing of . the charges against Mr. Hartley ?—Mr. Bold said the their new cheese, of which the stock offered principally consisted. The quality was therefore necessarily of an in- principle was not a new one; the thing was done every week . 0 tne motion of Mr. Dover, a sub-committee, ferior description, andboozy" cheese was the prin consistinng of Messrs. Rankin, Bold, Langsdale, Hohne, cipal sort offering. The greater part of what was . in the o into Dover, an of the solicitor Gregs , d thechairman, was appointed to mart was sold at prices averaging from 40s. for inferior inquire the cost the Albert Dock warehouses, and new, to 50s. and say 555. for the best in the market. The how much of the expenses of the general estate should be latter, however, cannot be said to be the price of the chargeable thereto.—ln reply to a question, primest dairies, as we saw none answering that descrip stated that the election by the rate-payers of members of tion offered for sale.—Chester Courant. To LADIES. —Th e s ki n i s one of the most v i tal port i ons the trust, in accordance w ith th e prov i s i ons of the new act, would take place on tae second Wed nes d ay i n August. of the hum an f rame : its intimate relation with some of the most imp or t ant f unct i ons of life is shown by its being WESLEYAN RE FORM .—Th e W es l eyan reformers con the seat of numerous complaints and diseases; and it timee to hold meetings in Liv er p oo l an d t h e ne i ghbouring obviously demand s t h e most constant care and attention towns. to preserve its minut e vesse l s in healthy action, and thus CAMBRIAN INSURANCE COMP ANY .—Th e annual meet to ensure its elasticity and well-being. For such a purpose ing of this company was held at th e o ffi ces , 6 1, Moorgate . Rowlands' Kalydor ;is a specific of the hi g h es t va l ue an d street, a few days since. The balance sheet and rep or t importance. Composed /e 1 exot i cs of balsamic nature, were read and unanimously adopted. Th e b us i ness hadi d free from any admixture of mi nera l su b stance, grateful in increased and was considerably advan c in g , an d no loss had; its use, and unfailing in its e ff ec t s , i t w i ll b e found the occurre d up t o th e present t i me. T he shareholders were most valuable toilet requisite y e t o ff ere d to the public ; muc h p l ease d a t th e i r sat i s f actory position, and, afte r and its virtues iii preventing all cutaneous disfigurements warmly expressing their approbation of all that had been or eruptions,Aic in removing them if th ey h ave appeared, d one , passe d highly. complimentary resolutio ns eu l o , will provelta best eulogy, and establi s h it st ill more j istic ofs the. chairman.,, directors, managgs,.. medic al strongly ig public. favour.—See Advertisement. officers,. &c. CENSUS OF THE PARISH AND BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, 31st MARCH, 1851. The following is the official return of the population of the parish and borough of Liverpool in 1851. The figures fully corroborate the statement which we made a month ago, and which some of our contemporaries so unhesita tingly called in question : Males. Females. Total. Scotland Ward Vauxhall II St. Paul's 7,430 7,295 14,725 Exchange „ Castle-street „ St. Peter's „ Pitt-street „ Great George „ ........ 9,487 10,293 19,780 Rodney 99 Abercromby „ Lime-street „ St. Anne's ~ In ships, steamers, flats, &c. 4,847 281 5,128 POLICE INTELLIGENCE ROBBERY OF A SHIP.—On Wednesday,.Thomas Mea dow's. late mate of the ship Birmingham, lying in the Brunswick Dock, was brought up, charged with breaking into the cabin of that vessel, and stealing. a quantity of books, some blankets, and other articles. The captain, Charles Rose, previous to leaving town on Tuesday week for Plymouth, discharged the prisoner, and. left the ship in care of a shipkeeper. On Monday week• a sailor called at the ship to get . some clothes belonging to the prisoner, and they were given up to him. In the evening the pri soner himself went on board the vessel, and after making some inquiry about his apparel, took a marlinspike and broke open the cabin door. He entered two or three rooms, which he ransacked, and afterwards got the ship keeper to. assist him ashore with his plunder, under the pretence that it was his own property. In consequence of the prosecutor not being able to appear at the sessions, the prisoner was summarily convicted, and sent to gaol for two months. TO THE REV. J. H. NEWMAN, D.D., Superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Birmingham REV. SIR,—A: copy of Aria's Birmingham Gazette has just been forwarded to me by some unknown friend, containing a report of your first lecture " On the State of Catholicism in. England." In that report cecur the following passages The Protestant facts adduced in argument were commonly fictions; the Protestant arguments were always fallacies."— " No conclusion, in the lecturer's opinion, was trustworthy that had not been tried by enemy as well as friend ; no tradi tions bad a claim upon us that shrank from criticism, and dared not look a rival in the face. This, said Dr. Newman, is the weak point of Protestantism. Protestantism is, at best, but a fine piece of wax-work, which does not look dead, only it is not confronted by that Church which really breathes and lives."—" Reacyons of state, political and national, prevent her (the Roman Catholic Church) from being heard in• her defence."' DASTARDLY ASSAULT.—On Wednesday, three black guard-looking youths, named William Carlin, Richard Rowlands, and Charles O'Neile, were brought up for assaulting John M'Levi. On Tuesday afternoon, the prosecutor, who is a baker, was proceeding through Re• gent-street with a hand-cart, when he was, without any provocation, violently assailed by the prisoners, who struck him in the face, upset his cart and bread, and robbed him of ss. The prisoners were fined £5 each, or, in default, to suffer two months' imprisonment. OVERCHARGE BY A BAILIFF AND AUCTIONEER.—On Thursday, Edmund Croston summoned George Spurr, auctioneer and appraiser, for an alleged overcharge of £1 Zs. 6d., as bailiff's expenses. The prosecutor, it ap peared, occupied a house under Mr. Pattinson, in Castle street, Kirkdale, but had allowed his rent to fall into arrear. The circumstances having been. stated, Mr. Mansfield gave an order in favour of the complainant, on the three points, and ordered the defendant to pay £3 and costs. Now, sir, without staying to inquire whether the Legends al the Saints, which you edited some time since, together with many similar ones in the Breviary, are " facts" or " fictions"; whether any or all of the" traditions" of your Church "shrink from criticism"; whether it be Protestantism or Romanism which acts as if it " dared n ot look a rival in the face," in Italy and Spain. Portugal or Austria; or which of the two it is, that " reasons of state, political and national, prevent from bfing heard in its defence," in these and other countries ;—allow me to put this-matter to the test in a more tangible and practical form. Five months since, in a lecture delivered in this town upon the Romish doctrine of Intention, the follQwing " facts"' were stated : A POLICE•OFFICER IN TROUBLE..—Oh Thursday, a lad named William Jones, preferred a charge against police-officer Kelly, (636), for assaulting him, on 'Wed nesday evening last, in Northumberland-street. It ap peared that a crowd had assembled at the corner of Northumberland-street, to attack a man residing there who was going to leave his wife and proceed to America. The lad Jones, desiring to know what was going on, pushed through the mob, when he was struck by the officer, on the breast, and knocked down. The boy's father being informed of the assault, took the policeman's number. Kelly stated that he was keeping back the crowd, and merely pushed the boy away. Mr. Mansfield thought the officer had used unnecessary violence towards the lad, and suspended him. I. That the Council of Trent decreed—" If any one shall say that the-intention of doing at least what the Church does is not required in ministers, when they make and confer the sacra ment, let him be accursed." 2. That the same Council also decreed—" The penitent ought not so to flatter himself concerning his own personal faith, as to think, that even though there be no contrition on his part. or ndintention (animus) in the priest TO ACT SERIOUSLY (serio agouti), and to absolve him TRULY, he is nevertheless truly, and in the eyes of God, absolved on account of his faith alone. For neither would faith without penance bestow any remission of sins ; nor would be be otherwise than most negligent of his own salvation, who should know that a priest but absolved him IN JOKE (.joco), and should not earnestly seek for another, who would ACT SERIOUSLY (seria agentem). 3. That the Roman Missal declares—" Should' any priest not intend to consecrate, but to act deceitfully, he does not conse crate, because intention is required." 4. That the Roman Missal also declares—" If any one (that is, any priest) has before him eleven wafers, and intends to consecrate only ten, not determining which ten he intends, in this case lie does not consecrate (that is, any of them), because intention is required." 5. That Ordination is a sacrament in the Church of Rome; and therefore requires that any ordaining bishop must have, as well as that every preceding bishop in the supposed line of succession between himself and the Apostles must have had, the right intetition, in order to make the person ordained a true nriest. CHARGES AGAINST BEERSELLERS.—On Friday, the following persons had been summoned for violation of the local act, on Saturday night and Sunday morning week, and were each fined 20s and costs :—Patrick Lyon, Bolton-street, Toxteth-park ; Ann Handley, Banastre street ; Hannah M'Anally, Naylor -street ; Eliza Carloss, Cockspur-street ; and John Rowson, Birkett-street. BASE COIN.—On Friday, Mary Fleming and Catherine Fitzgeralj, were brought up on a charge of uttering base coin. The prisoner Fleming went into a public-house in London-road, and, in payment for some drink, tendered a bad shilling—the other prisoner waiting for her at the door. Fitzgerald was also charged with passing a base half-crown to a Mrs. Pollock about a month ago. The prisoners had been repeatedly brought up for similar offences, but were invariably discharged as they appeared so well acquainted with the law—which does not take cognizance of a single uttering ten days apart—as to keep within its pale. The magistrate was in a similar predica ment in this instance ; but, after some consideration, he ordered them to be remanded for seven days. VIOLENT ATTACK ON Two POLICE-OFFICERS.—TWO strongly-built rough-looking men, residingin Parry-street, Toxteth-park, were charged with committing a serious assault upon two of the officers of the police force. The officers stated, that on Thursday night, their attention was directed to a disturbance in the above neighbourhood, but on their arrival at the place the parties had dispersed. The prisoners, who were standing with a number of others in an entry leading to the court in which they re sided, began to taunt the officers, saying they dare not go in there. The officers proceeded towards them, when the whole party, armed with thick bludgeons, made an attack upon them, knocked them down, and seriously injured them. The officers ultimately managed to make their escape, and, having obtained assistance, proceeded to the residence of the prisoners, but were denied admittance. They then forced the door, and, after some difficulty, took them into custody. Fined £5 each, or two months' im prisonment. _ _ _ 6. That, in the words of Cardinal l3ellarrnine, " No one can see another's intention." Upon these facts an "argument" was founded, which maybe compressed into these three, not perhaps very scientific, but still quite intelligible, syllogisms. If the doctrine of Intention, as laid down by the Council of Trent (Sess. vii., Can. xi.), is true, the Church of Rome cannot be a safe guide to follow, because it is impossible to know, either that the Popes and Councils, through whom she is sup posed to utter her decisions, are real Popes and Councils, or that the persons, by whom those decisions are received, are baptized Christians; in short, impossible to know that she is a church at all ; If the doctrine of intention is not true, the Church of Rome cannot be a safe guide. because she has decreed a falsehood ; But the doctrine of Intention must be either true or not true : THEREFORE—The Church of Rome cannot be a safe guide to follow. If a Roman Catholic beliere;the doctrine of Intention, he must live and die in utter uncertainty as to whether he has ever received any one of the sacraments which his own church de clares to be essential to salvation ; If a Roman Catholic does not believe the doctrine of Intention, his own church pronounces him "accursed "; But every Roman Catholic must either believe the doctrine of intention, or not believe it : . _ THEREFORE—Every Roman Catholic must live and die, either under the curse of his own church, or in a state of uncertainty as to whether he has ever received any one of the sacraments which his own church declares to be essential to salvation. If Christ made the doctrine of Intention, as it stands con nected with the whole Burnish system, part of his religion, He founded a religion which makes obedience to the Bishop of Rome "necessary to salvation for every human creature" EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF IRON.—William MU' respect-Able-looking man, was brought up on Friday, on a charge of stealing four tons of railway iron, from a field opposite the Bramley-Moore Dock. It appeared that a large quantity of this description of iron, belonging to Mr. John Orrell, a railway contractor, was placed on the above spot, and on the 17th of April last, about four tons kt,inun nxtraV.l,olll. (111. 1, wt. 8, p. 181;0, Pars. 2. Leips. 1539), and at the same time makes it impossible for any human creature to know who is a true Bishop of Rome and who is not ; which makes it essental to obey the decrees of Councils, and at the same time makes it impossible to know which are true Councils and which are not ; which makes the interpretation of Scripture dependent upon the opinion of the Fathers, and at the same time makes it impossible to know who wax a Father of it was missed. No trace of it was discovered until Saturday week, when a carter, named Williams, was found, who admitted having carted away a quantity of it by direction of some person lie did not know, and took it to the Mersey iron Foundry, in Toxteth-park. The man paid him for the work, but he had not seen him since. On inquiry being made at the foundry, the prisoner was taken into custody, and the carter swore that he was the person who employed him.—Joseph Knowles, a clerk from the foundry, proved the purchase of about four tons of railway iron from the prisoner at the time of the robbery. They had no suspicion of anything being wrong, as they had been in the habit of making purchases from the pri soner.—Murray, in his defence, said the carter was im plicating him to remove the charge from his own shoulders. He did not know anything about the iron in question. He was continually in the habitof buying and selling scrap iron, and employing carters.—Committed for trial. CHARGE AGAINST THE POLICE.—On Friday, officers 249,113, and 199, were charged with violently ill-treating a labouring man, named Peter Sheilds. The compl. said that he had been with a party of friends on Thurso, night, and got drunk. They were wishing each other good night, near Edge-hill Church, about two o'clock in the morning. His friends went away, and he and his wife had some little disturbance, he wanting to have some more rum—and she wanting him to go home. Officers 249 and 213 then came up, and told him that he must not make a noise there, and he promised to go home. He had some little talk with them quietly, and then turned away, when one of there seized him, and pulled him in an opposite direction, saying that was his way. He told them that it was not and resisted, when the other came up and he was knocked down with great force, his clothes torn, and he was violently beaten. Officer 199 afterwards came, and assisted to take him to the station.—Mr. Thos. Harriott, brewer, of Edge-vale, witnessed the whole pro ceeding, and corroborated the evidence of the plaintiff. The officers denied having used any unnecessary violence. They said they did all they could to persuade the man to go home, and it was only on his refusing and making a great disturbance that they took him into custody. Mr. Mansfield, after a short consultation with other magis trates, said the bench were of opinion that unnecessary violence had been used ; but, after a strong caution as to their future conduct, he dismissed them. and who was not ; which makes every man's salvation depend upon his receiving true sacraments, and at the same time makes it impossible for any man to know when he does receive them of priests essential to the existence of a church, and at the same time makes it impossible to know who is in the a postolical suc ceesion and who is not; which compels every layman to have perpetual recourse to a priest, and at the same time makes it impossible for any layman to know whether he has found one ; which theoretically makes the church as firm as a rock, but prac tically makes it as unsubstantial as a shadow; If Christ did vet make the doctrine of Intention part of His religion, that is, part of Christianity, the Church of Rome, in decreeing it. has decreed Anti-Christianity, and is, therefore, so far Anti-Christian But Christ must either have made the doctrine of Intention part of His religion, or not ; Ttr EREFO RE—Christ must either have established a religion which is involved in such a hopeless mass of uncertainty, con fusion, and absurdity, as any mere human philosopher would be ashamed of,—or—The Church of Rome is Anti- Christian. At the close of the lecture, any of the numerous priests in Liverpool were challenged to meet these facts and arguments. No reply being made, the first and third letters contained in ainant the sMalle: of t Doctrine of Intention trwspapers. Four long months passed away, and still not a voice was heard. The Doctrine of Intention seemed to "shrink from criticism," apparently even more afraid of being " tried by a friend" than by an enemy," while the whole Romish priesthood in Liverpool incurred the suspicion of " not daring to look a rival in the face." What were the mysterious " reasons of state, political and national, which prevented them being, heard in their defence," it may be difficult to disco'. er. Whether the government, in its present persecuting mood, had sent them a private intimation, that if they attempted to engage in controversy, the pious example of certain continental powers would be followed, and a law immediately passed, mak ing it felony for any one to impugn, by word or deed, the established religion of the country: or whether they feared that the Protestant ponulace of Liverpool had so far imbibed the Catholic spirit of their neig,hbours. as to render it danger ous for them to attempt the propagation of their religion too publicly, even by means of simple argument; whatever might be their motives, it is a certain " fact" that my " argument" was never allowed the privilege of being " confronted" with our church, in order fairly to test which was the " piece of wax-work." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING The Aintree course presented on Wednesday, the first day of this meeting, quite as numerous a gathering of the admirers of the sports of the turf as is usual on that occa sion. The weather was moderately fine, and the Grand Stand tolerably attended. The events of the day, how ever, with regard to betting, were of minor importance, the interest being concentrated upon the Cup. The fol lowing is a summary of the day's sport:— The CROXTETH STAKES, of 15 sovs each, 4 subs, were won by Maid of Masham, beating Alonzo by a length, and Thunderbolt. The BICKERSTAFFE STAKES, of 100 sovs each, 4 subs, were won by Harpsichord, beating c by Don John, after a beautiful race, by rather more than half a length. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES, of 10 sovs each, 14 subs, was won by Beddgelert, beating c by Irish Birdcatcher by a short head. Happy Joe and The Director also ran. The SEFTON STAKES, of 30 sovs each, 3 subs, were walked over for by The Abbess. The LANCASHIRE OAKS, of 10 sovs each, 23 subs, was won by Trickstress, beating Vivandiere, after a gal lant race, by a head. Tightwaist and The Abbess also ran. A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, 5 subs, was walked over for by Clasher. Under these circumstances a professor of controversy, the Rev. Dr. Cahill, came over from Ireland to deliver a course of lectures here on various controversial subjects. To him, thererore, the challenge was renewed in a letter, which he promised to answer, but left the town without doing. On his subsequent return a second letter, which, with the first, you will find in the other inclosed tract, entitled, " Renewed Challenge, a Second Letter to the Rev. Dr. Cahill," was addressed to him, reminding him of his promise to answer the former one, and pressing him most urgently to take up the question. But all in vain. The doctor went home. and left the Council of Trent and the Roman Missal to their fate. An attempt, however, has been made to cover his retreat. A priest has at length broken silence. Last Sunday week the Rev. John Noble, "perhaps," as he says in his sermon, " because he had nothing better to do," or perhaps because he found it was getting high time to do something, delivered "a reply" to my "false statement upon the doctrine of Intention." His positions are just these two : —Fi rs t, Th at i t i s " impos sible" a priest " can want the inspired intention," because it is only necessary for him to intend the outward act, which act no one could force him to do against his will: and, secondly, That if such an intention were required as could not he known, the present or any other Pope might be an unbaptized heathen, —which would he inconsistent with the infallibility of the Church of Rome ! ! This may require, and shall receive, a formal answer, for the benefit of Mr. Noble's hearers. But it must be quite unne cessary to point out to you, if I am addressing the same John Henry Newman, whose logical powers I used to hear so much of at Oxford. how flatly contradictory his first position is to (at least) the 2nd. 3rd, and 4th " facts" stated above, and how coolly his second position begs the whole question. You will, I am sure, admit that the priests have anything but mended the matter by this attempt at "criticism." Now my object in laying these facts before you is just this. All that has hitherto occurred, the long siltnce of the priests, the flight of Dr. Cahill. the failure of Mr. Noble, looks ve r y much indeed as if there was "no case" whatever, not even a plausible one, to be made out on the Romich side of the ques tion. But still I am not satisfied. I want to make assurance doubly sure. I want the "arguments" and the "facts" " con fronted" by some one fully competent to the task ; so that we may really know whether they will stand the test of hostile "cri ticism" or not. For such a purpose. to whom could I apply with more confidence than to yourself? If any man living could prove the alleged " facts" to be " fictions," or the "arguments" grounded upon them to be "fallacies," you are the very man to do it. If you " shrink from" the attempt, or fail in the attempt, many others, I doubt not, besides myself, will feel thoroughly satisfied, that the "conclusion" arrived at, having been "tried by enemy as well as by friend," is "trustworthy," and, conse quently, that the Chttreh Romeis the "fine piece of wax-work" which not only "looks dead," but is dead,—a superstructure of gigantic "fallacies," built upon a foundation of gigantic " fictions." The MERSEY STAKES, of 25 sous each, 12 subs, were won by Bedd ge l er t, b ea ti ng Bi r d catcher colt by ahead. Three others ran. SECOND YEAR OF THE PRODUCE STAKES, of 200 soya each, 8 subs. Iris walked over. THURSDAY. • The Cup race, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, brought together a large concourse of spectators. The Grand Stand was filled to overflowing, the minor stands were crowded, and indeed every available spot where a view of the racing could be obtained was thronged. The sport commenced with The GROSVENOR STAKES, of 10 sovs each, 4 subs. The Cutler walked over. - -- Hoping you will consider the importance of the subject a sufficient excuse for troubling you with this communication, I beg to remain, your obedient servant. The FOAL STAKES, of 100 sous each, 6 subs, were won by Pandemus, beating Third of May by half a length. The LIVERPOOL CUP, in specie, value 200 sous, given by the lessee, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 86 subs, was won by Strongbow, beating Abbess of of Jervaux, Windischgratz, Officious, and six others. At the bottom of the course most of the horses were close together, and a beautiful race took place up the T.Y.O , Strongbow finally winning by two lengths. • _ . . SAMUEL MINTON, Incumbent of St. Silas's Church, Liverpool Liverpool, July 10. 1851. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5' sOvs each, 6 subs, was won by Star, beating f by lthuriel and three others. P.S.—As you are reported to have ridiculed " the chronolo gical and historical blunders" of Protestants, may I refer you to page SSI of The Lamp; where you will be surprised to learn, on infallible Catholic testimony, that Queen Mary "did not put any one to death fer the first ten years of her reign"! DEATH OF DR. MOIR, THE POET.—Dr. Moir, of Musselhurgh, the well-known " Delta" of Blackwood's Magazine, expired at Dumfries, at two o'clock on Sunday morning week. Dr. Moir has been long known alike in the medical and in the literary world, and his death will occasion a sad blank in both. To the virtues of a Chris tian he added a gentle winning manner that made him be loved by all who knew him. His character is refle c t e d i n his poetry, which is ever sweet and pleasing, ever graceful and delicate in its fancies, and ever appealing to the purest and best emotions of the heart. Some of his poems belong to the very first class. As "Delta," Dr. Moir con tributed to Blackwood's Magazine almost from its first starting, and he continued to do so to the end. His " Lament of Selim" appears in this month's number; and a melancholy interest attaches to it as being the last piece the lamented author ever wrote. Besides his bereaved wife, who for more than 20 years was the devoted sharer of his joys and wargwo,, he has left a family of eight children, The DERBY HANDICAP, of . 10 says each, 16 su b s, was won by Strongbow, beating Chief Justice and another. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 gs was won in two heats by Maid of Masham, beating f by Alpheus. FRIDAY. The GRAND STAND STARES were walked over for by Tightwaist. The STANLEY STARES were won by Evadne, beating Sir Charles Napier and Truth. The LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER was won by Ariosto,. beat ing Hippolytus, Mountain Deer, and Brother to , Chanti cleer. The BENTINCK TESTIMONIAL was won byAaron Smith, beating Melody, Grief, and Ribaldry. ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS. Alonzo, 1;; Chatter box, a"; Taly, 3. Four others started. The ' SELLING STAKES were won s by Ithuriel v beating !Altered and four others. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Rev. S. Minton presents his compliments to the Editor of the STANDARD, and will feel obliged by his insertion of the following letter PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. --• Atthill, Rev. William, 8.D., to Horseford Vicarage, Norfolk; Ball, Robert, LL. D, to be Secretary to the Board of Queen's Colleges in Ireland ; Clark, Rev. Robert, to a Mission in the Punjaub; Escott, Rev. Charles Sweet, 8.A.., to Leominster Vicarage, Herefordshire; Gilpin, Rev. Edwin, 8.A., to Wood land Perpetual Curac, Lancashire; Gray, Rev. L. 11., to Christ Church Perpetual Curacy, Plymouth ; Hobbs, Rev. Chas. Parsons, to St. Thomas Curacy, Liverpool; Hodgson, Rev. William, M.A., to the Mastership of Streatham Academy, Streatham Common, Surrey; Keys, Rev. William, 8.A., to Ne wton - upon-Trent Curacy, Lincolnshire ; Martin, , Rev. George, D.D., to St. B rewar d V i carage, Cornwall; Norval, Rev. William, M.A., t o I c k le f ord Rectory, Herts ; Oliver, Rev. Runwald Rectory, Colchester; Powell, R ev. J . W e ll stead Henry HaM e , B.A. to the Second Mast er ship o f Ki ngs b r id ge Grammar School. Devon; Phillimore, Rev. G.; t o R a d nage Rectory, Bu c k s; P o l lexfen, Rev. John Hutton, M.A, to St.. Sharp, M.A., Rector of Abinger, to South-east St o k e D eanery Raral, dioc ese o f Winchester.; Reece, Rev. James, to Braith well, Vicarage, Yorkshire; Rew, Rev. J. J., to St. Paul's Curacy Bermondsey, Surry ; Rogers, Rev. George Albert, M.A., to Regent Square, Perpetual Curacy„ St. Pancras, London; Sotheby, Hana William, B. A., to a Fellowship in Ex eter College, o(ford ; Simpson, the Reverend Michael Henry, 8.A., to the Mastership of Ledsham Grammar School, and to Fairburn, c ounty and diocese of Yorkshire; Turner, Rev. Henry Tudsbury, to airdsley Curacy Lancashire; Walkem, Rev. Geo., NI.A., toSmallbridgeCurac La , cashire; Walsh, Rev. Wm. Pake n h am, to Vi ,icing Secreta ry for Ireland to th , Church Missionary Society ; AValr ers, Itev. Thomas, to Lampeter Velvrey Curacy, Pembrokeshire. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT, RECTOR' ES.—Combe Florey, Somerset, diocese of Bath and Wells; value. £263, with residence; patron, the Lord Chan cellor ; Rev. T. P. Lethbridge, deceased.—Grayingliam, county and diocese of Lincoln; value .450, with residence; patron, Sir J. C. Thorold, Bart. ; Rev. W. Vereist, deceased.—Wydley with Wymering Vicarage, Hants, diocese of Winchester; value, .'678, with residence;. patrons, F. J. Nugee, Esq., and Win chester College, alternately; Rev. H. Sissmore. deceased.— Saxlingham-Nethergatewith Saxlingham•Thorpe Rectory, Nor folk, diocese of Norwich; value, £699, with residence; patron, Rev. J. H. Steward ; Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, deceased. VICA RA G as.—Minster ; Kent, archdiocese of Canterbury; value, .e 733, with residence; patron, Archbishop of Canter bury; Rev. F. V. Lockwood, deceased.—Walsham, North, with Aritingham Rectory, Norfolk, diocese of Norwich ; value, ..t'336, with residence; patron, the Lcrd Chancellor; Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, deceased. PERFETLAL CURACIES.—Bermon !sey, St. James, Surrey, diocese of Winchester; value £300; patron, the rector of Ber niondsey; Rev. W. Norval promoted.— Egtonlind Newland, Ul verstone,:Lancashire,:dioceseof Chester; value, 92; patron, J. P. Machell, Esq Rev. J. H. Coomb, resigned.—Liverpool, St. Bride, eiocese of Chester; value, £305; patrons, Trustees; Rev. I). D. Stewart, resigned.—Plymouth, Holy Trinity, Devon; diocese of Exeter; value, £80; patron, the Vicar of St. Andrew, Plymouth ; Rev. H. C. Smith, resigned.—Swinton, county and archdeaconry of York ; value, £l6O, with residence • patron, Earl Fitzwilliarn ; Rev. J. Reec e , p romote d.—Twickenham, Holy Trinity, Middlesex, diocese of London ; value, £130; patron, the Bishop of London ; Rev. T. Bevan, deceased. OBITUARY. July 2, at Twickenham, the Rev. Thomas B Minister of Trinity Church, Twickenham. July 6, at Winchester, the Rev. Ilenry Sissmore, in the 95th year of his age, Vicar of Wymering and Widley, and 50 years Fellow of Winchester Collece. van, aged 44, July 1, the Rev. Thomas Treheck, Rector of CFailey, in the county of Sussex, and Prebendary of Ripon, in the 87th year of his age. July 6, at Ingouville, near Havre, the Rev. Thomas Hinde, A.M., formerly of \%inwick, in the county of Lancaster. At the residence of the Rev. Archdeacon Wilberforce, at Bur ton Agnes, the Rev. D. T. Ledgard. Vicar of Lea, Lincolnshire. The Rev. A. P. Stanley is appointed to the stall now vacant in the cathedral of Canterbury. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who has been abroad during the last four or five weeks for the benefit of his health, is much better, and is expected shortly to return to England. MORE PERVERTS. — .A.ccording to the Eastern Counties Herald, the Rev. F. S. Barff, 8.A., and the Rev. T. Dykes, 8.A., formerly curates at Hull, have been received into the Rornish communion. CONFIRMATION AT LISBON.—On the 28th ultimo, the Bishop of Gibraltar held a confirmation at the English Churches at Lisbon, when more than 200 were confirmed, the greater portion of whom were men and boys belonging to the English ships of war. SALE OF A CHAPEL 'TO ROMANISTS By AN ENGLISH CLERGYMAN. —The Tablet alleges that Dr. Wiseman has purchased a church at Gravesend. which was the pro prietary chapel of Mr. Blew, an English clergyman, who was a little time ago suspended by the Bishop of Roches ter for signing an address to " the Cardinal," protesting against the unchristian conduct of the generality of the English clergy towards him. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—The congregation at Christ Church, Accrington, a few days since presented their late pastor, the Rev. R. M. Evanson, M.A., with a purse of gold, as a slight token of their appreciation of his znous labours to promote the moral and spiritual welfare of the flock committed to his charge, and his unwearied attention to the poor and sick in his district. The above is, we believe, the fifth similar evidence of the esteem is which the rev. gentleman has hpp. THF. OF BOMBAY.—We understand that the Bishop of Bombay, the Right Rev. Dr. Carr, who htta hPon thn inct . absence, has placed his resignation in the hands of the proper authorities ; and we hear al so th a t th e vacant see has been conferred on the Rev. John Harding, rector of St. Andrew's by th e W ar d ro b e an d St. Ann's, Black friars. Mr. Harding has occupied this living for the last ten or twelve years, and he was for a considerable period honorary secretary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society.- 21forning Post. THREATENED SCHISM AMONG THE IRISH PRESRY TERIANS.—The deliberations of the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterians have been of the most stormy characte'•. The principal bone of contention was the pro posed establishment of a college, in pursuance of the bequest of a large sum by a lady named Magee, which recently formed the subject of a protracted litigation in the Court of Chancery. The subject occupied the assembly for four days. sv hp. n _ tion was carried le assembly, rne coeo.e shallave been submitted to them, decline to or take an ll y b further part in recognising the establishment of the institution. Threats of a separation were thrown out in the course of the discussion. MALTA, ORDINATION.—OR Sunday last, Dr. Tomlin son, Bishop of Gibraltar, assisted by the Yen. Archdeacon Le Mesurier sad the Rev. John Clench, ordained, at St. Paul's Collegiate Church, Mr. George S. Willis, first master of the Malta Protestant College, and Mr. Abraham Jordan. His lordship preached an appropriate sermon upon the ceremony about to be performed, and eulogised in strong terms Mr. Jordan's zeal in his religious conduct, at the same time giving Urn to understand that he could not expect church preferment, and would remain a deacon. It would be superfluous for us to speak of the former can didate for church honours ; his exemplary conduct is well known, and we cannot but look forward to a successful career in that line of life to which Providence has called him.—Malta 7'imes, April 29. CHURCH REFORM not PARLIAMENTARY.—ThO me thods of reviving religious energy and zeal with which the present age is in love appear to be wholly financial. To listen to the orators and pamphlet writers, to whom the muse of Reform has been so beneficent during this gene ration, one would suppose that no abuse remained to be corrected within the sphere of the Church of England but the plethora of gold with which she is afflicted. For our own parts, we may repeat that we have no wish to under value the importance of restricting pluralities, abolishing sinecures, and cutting down ecclesiastical incomes. But we do strenuously protest against the delusion that we shall have turned a hireling into a true pastor when we have deprived him of two hundred a year. Poverty, it is true, was an Apostolical qualification ; but if our modern incumbents seek to raise themselves to the same height with the Apostles, they must not only go to a lower scale of income than the suggestions of the Eccle siastical Commissioners point out, but they must add some other features of the saintly character on which the reports of that eminent body are wholly silent. It is notorious that the majority of our Bishops are still keeping up the old routine of confirmation-tours, visiting once in three years the chief towns of their dioceses, of which two are despatched in the same day, the episcopal carriage being ready at the church door to carry off his lordship at the moment when the first service is con cluded, that he may keep his second appointment in the afternoon. The larger proportion of the parishes under his care are never seen by him ; he loses the inestimable opportunity of making himself personally known to the people of his charge, of inquiring into their condition, healing their dissensions, and stirring up their zeal. The same prelates who write letters of angry complaint to their " innovating" clergy, take no steps to fulfil a very simple part of their own duty, to which not even the risk of unpopularity could be attached. They seem to be to tally unacquainted with the importance of the work which they neglect, and of the amazing increase of strength which they would give to the ministrations of their'clergy, if they manifested a personal and affectionate pastoral solicitude about the one office which brings them in direct relation to the laity of their dioceses. We knew an in stance, in which a right reverend prelate has regularly de livered the same charge to the youth of his diocese at every o c o f n h fi i r s m p a r t e i ol prelacy h ; i c i h ts h s e has .er held very phrases during a the known w n i n n e t o or t hteencyl clergy who periodically listen to its delivery. If it be too much trouble to make more extensive journeys, and enter upon a real visitation of a diocese for the purpose of adminis tering in every parish a solemn rite of the Church, at least it might be thought natural to vary a confirmation charge according to the circumstances of the parishes and the times of its delivery. What would be said of the parish priest who had one sermon for every recurrence of the same ecclesiastical epoch, or the same circumstances in his own pastoral cure ?—Guardian. ;lie rules fo ATIONAL DEBT.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the act 10th George IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of April, 1851, amounted to the sum of £2,926,181 2s. 4d. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of £731,545 ss. 7d. (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of £2,926,181 2s. 4d.) will be applied under the provisions of the said act, between the 7th day of July, 1851, and the 10th day,of 9stpttri 1851, to the following purposes, viz.:— • - d. To be applied to the purchase ofitack 731,545 5 7 Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock .. . 3,818 10 11 £735 ► 363 16 6 Total in the Parish.. 125,960 129,349 255,309 Everton .. Kirkdale. Toxteth-park. two Wards, West Derby Ward . 25,875 9,890 1 35'765 61,326 22,001 Total in the Borough 374,401 Birkenhead and the west shore of the river Bootle Wavertree West Derby township Aigburth, Garston, Woolton, Gateacre, & Huyton 18,000 Mitt' W I 11 11.1 3104 frail 4 a nd o fief Fet;i ;004 . 5 tool :on° sisto 4tlyso lento altno, l e a the cl t°