The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-04 00:00:00

I'ITESDAN, APRIL 4, 1854 LIVERPOOL TOWN MlssroN.—The next anniversary of the above mission will take place to-morrow (Wednesday), at the New Room, adjoining the Medical-hall, Hope street. Zoe AT ----, INTELLIGENCE. l ittp,4t e k4 4) 11, to res l ' id ° l ' ..SErTON is at present in Paris, where he ii. _s tz7s _ e tor a coupl e o f mon th s . i a k „,'a L a Enuo Nns , o f St. H e l ens , h as been ad i,tel)to-rer of the Royal C o llege of Surgeons. los o i ved a!Erons of the Manchester Botanic Gardens Als 04 % 1 1 1 a s majority of 143 to 130, not to open the 5 i . 404 0 , 61 . V' • chi mney -sweeper has been fined £5 for NNty;athYetithi under twenty-one years to ascend a ok er e tradesman who permitted the boy to ascend k qi k e q t ri e t t : Pay the expenses of the summons. Sk; fron i .. , , e being made for a man named William to b e ‘"e neighbourhood of Athlone, who is sup k(aa re somewhere about Liverpool. A brother of i tb 4 l '7. :‘ tI Y died in America, leaving him a large kt(Je led 1.,.a.i.111.—0n T ues d a y n i g ht an old woman 10 a{ r ov a ft oysters at the corner of Fraser-street, Ls down while in the act of moving some oysters, hill4c and expired. lo, t he w a, °f £lOO each has been paid in accordance l a lo t of the late John Holme, Esq., of Lord-street, k, l (!t s, j ; i ll.lB ex9Clitors, to the following charitable eisteld A s Live f ool Infirmary, Blue Coat Hos 'k Orpi s Ylutn, Eye and Ear Institution, and the 14444 b t l an Asylum. RB I . k , l 'i'er Bee • On Thursday the following were nomilete i v v .,ra, of the poor of the district of West Derby : k? - est er " ui,tbY, of Kensington • Mr. James Wensley, !Cearllace ; Mr. James French, of the Old Swan ; street, of Ed Joh n Abrahams, Mr. Wm. Whitby, and Mr. of Beach ,,_ 141.1 0 ia op LICENSES.--On Thursday the Mayor, i ikk: 41 .41,, N., J. Stewart, Esq., William Earle, Esq., Cl iai llathhone, Esq., held a court in the Sessions ;l aild :street, when numerous applications for the y,k t 'ranger of licences were granted. ' l. lll ll 4: " ) A SHARP.—On Sunday night week, a 'ot s arY +t ik . , r ot , , ,were tormenting a drunken woman near b 't, vtl iat e 'm Inn, and behaving in so unseemly a Zit t hrash °a° Win. Warburton stripped off his great ,',lN' ti ka4 a „,,r'Y persons who might continue to abuse ''t it ; "-' he gave his coat into the care of a woman Vol ) :, 10 the house of a nebour. A sharp thief ,k l efit " a ecluently applied for t the coat and got pos- F LI N., . i ck' b r ( r B E.—One day last week, a goose, in the ',ti tta rri . ell, near Leeds, was found in a dying state, 'ti.:4,4,',/lation after death it was found that it had 1 474 e,, i ' ) ,_ oroat internally, by swallowing a portion of 'h e, e or - o tt e of a penknife. Na elep t .'E • rs, ISLE OF MAN.—E. M. Gawne, Esq., ~.. g e ed to the office of speaker of the house ; and Vslii ' 3ll se Wilson and C. H. Carey to the vacant k t ,'l'it.'• The latt er gen tl ema n has refused to stand. eti l lit qt "aid. Ve4 ." - -The inhabitants of Vine-street have !Is.tel y t:alarraed by mysterious sounds, which were '444.4 theyeed to have been caused by a pane of et h o s tile windows of an empty house, which was S°„,,zis and, of a tongue, similar to those used in tt b nlaf ', being acted upon by the wind, produced \Nas t ,leiois e. Nilttl.B4 WORKING MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIATION. 0 , i ,. 4taß ia l le ta tea party, in connexion with the asso in St. James's schoolroom. The company 4 11: 14 4 p ro ea vi rk 400, for whom an ample . supply of tea, L yo n. ed. The chair was occupied by the Rev. L 'r-i ~ ,Dr ~, i ddresses were delivered by the chairman, Ze . B o)-t oi .„'aaYlee Rev. I. Holmes, and other gentle itee'l at Z. and ' appro ' priate piece's . of sacred music llo o mFi ts :rvals during the evening. 1 4 141 it t lof ~,t1" ---The average daily attendance is about l a `.'s r e ?l'n occupy their time in reading brks, f ti l iCelg i i i ) "aander peruse the reviews and magazines. liNe t ate ra rY, also, has weekly an increased number reht two' a nd there are upwards of a thousand volumes Aro , whilst ~4 „ k lit the number of tickets that have been VI I t 4 l of Lto 1255. Last week a map of the town, lY L e s, w which was found in an old book in the 'Y'°' was v presented by Mr. James Robertson. k . 4, I A; i, ane celebrated Indian traveller, visited the OkliCllktaP ago. 1 1 N I L 8 CHURCH YARD.—The following reply Nor St 4,l,erston has been received by the church- IVee t;., 4 "chael's Church, in reply to the memorial ht4 ( i il ,w hi tb, e recent order for the closing of burial t'Zto e t e ted b y F jlall, 29th March, 1824. Gentlemen, k k t , yo by viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the 1 4; sera ••letter of the 18th inst on behalf of the V e ha e 7 al the " Itt , Is 0 , e Cemetery or burial ground attached to tt, 4i s s'llurch, Liverpool - and lam to inform you 4 4 t 4(.1 8 C enlete . ' . . 5,11 f of ~„_1 , 7 or burial ground is the one described K ror tl rrhainent to which you refer, it is thereby C r kt7 Vi e. 7 operation of the act of last session, 16th Ni! ffe4;., , 1 - 4 --I am, gentlemen, your obedient ;k4 l 3 ehlir' e t -r itp•oy.—To the Churchwardens of St. Ot,.„ 1 :vo , It ue, Liverpool." 0, 4t 4 e eth 4 GRAVING DOCKS BY ELECTRICITY.— N,the K an his electric light on Monday, last s t k ,, 4 aa t i ,„"Inn Graving-dock, in the presence of the 4`ti fr onl 'uetnbers of the dock committee. The light ~, 1 8 1te c id Parabolic reflector placed on the bell I t it t _tia t t i ., - t` , and gave a steady light at a distance I t tl i 7, if t lt i Yai:ds. It is the intention of the dock * l / 4 t use of s light should prove efficient, to provide Rktl4,, t al , lo.,, t ile workmen in the six graving-docks, 04,1 A i rt 7+, at ni g ht. From the apparatus, which ••'iltiliy ~‘"e bell tower, the electric battery can be t ' til l n4,ueans of copper rods, to any distance ; and I A v t N e t t ePared and placed at the lower part of the tt k7 t ls iN,to, enable ship-carpenters . to work beneath et e ke t the dock. This gave a very good side light, tketai c 'r 200 yards. The experiment appeared to it ' l ltik,, ,, ,sfaction. 1 6e 144 %itZt , t1; 41 ' .--- The annual vestry was held on to the I.b office, Park-place, for the purpose the o Vliai t 'llets, electig overseers, and transacting f °,r th e t s 4, Th e the township. Mr. Alpass was called 7,1104„ e ye,,,''riiit e accounts were read by Mr. Rowland, eio; of ti,. - ! ap l ,, Nient. It appeared that the receipts I t ' t s. 's flad' a uted to £16,626 4s. 82d., and that the tO 4 B 11.4_which farmedp, with the exception of k!;(1e(1 L e pap. a . balance in the bank. The ac tkia li t ° eit unanimously. Mr. J. Harrison, , V l , ) i t t ,'" te thraig, proposed the following to be rp ' rk or • Kiwi.. - magistrates as overseers :—Mr. Thomas 4 ,. k r. ;Ft Hanson, and Mr. J. Carter. On the Vsßebkit 'a ,iller, seconded by Mr. Bunbury, a second k t lik 'kr n, comprising the names of Mr. Joseph Lt be3ti o 'nlbert Harrison, and Mr. Thomas . Smith. 1 , 471 . I,er ce „ ll being put, the last-named list was adopted. ! k t :Al l i,, rd. mercer being Mr. Robson were appointed to the ' Ik tt , , ai l "; exp e „'VATas stated by Mr. J. Harrison that the tl atc.' th a ' , ure had been reduced during the past lot te do t • ''aring the ensuing year there would be 1 tb:e Nt 4 o4 s . th •' .4 In eir habihties. Thanks were voted Le% ~ too overseers. A high compliment was passed 7N. le tit k' al ati, the superintendent, and his staff, for ;g.SN,Likalsiner in which they had discharged their N Nte were voted to the chairman, and the ' P V 44 4 41 ' oP R klicihltas 1, ilixDA.LE.—The annual meeting of et o - ge .ield on t. th fleili e , Thursday, in St. Mary's school ,,lh,:vko c h air overseer, Mr. Thomas Hughes, was met th e n. • The vestry clerk, Mr. Parnall, gave it l t h 'tie%lit",etlibre.„4l,eearecr which and paymnts Of the . ov . e ' rse . ers tti; t i t tti rewotahb ebalanceashowed. that, af . ter liquilating in hand, butOß mg to L k ONeteo rt i: . s ° oo ll ,,,.°f the north shore cotton factory, and D kN t witt i ;i s ' full, by fire, exemption of the property semi %lie ,Rouse of Correction from poors rate, W . ovi i ,`,„uenaands of the board of guardians of t ! ' ''''‘'ilN, the previous year, and the town council I,l,pk ik, ivn 1853, more than double the su . m . of 1? 4 .44 40 Pre te Isi l a i r Y , and museum , a rate of one shilling k llth, 4, Iv pe required for the ensuing year. ko 4 s - , l .l ,pe co 'ca to the overseers, and they were Fi t 1 4 4 , 1 4 k p luniendecl to be re-appointed. Mr. Thos. "04tIte r 8, ivii,Edward Barrows were again returned Ikk t, S 44 I• tet 4 otit opposition. \Z la ik 4, 3 '' at tb lt Y -- The fortnightly meeting was held N 'lh e ir Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill, the Rev. V p r0 1)r0 b .,2 1 3, the chair. There was a discussion on 11 0 Derry "Y, several members contending that, if p i. kt te/ It lil l i d t o 3? t a s i ,sessed, there would be a saving of 4d. r'd!o. o '''a of ',°.„ Parish generally.—lt was stated that r l 4 r ilitt ee ‘ n e surveyor had been directed by the i t Iv to this 1 I le ir ai ,, oeid be class of property ; and the chair- Os, tib! 4 . found that the Vestry were acting , f ti lt qtk i jowr iers Parties and showing no favour to either t ►l k i t hot ie 'llse c 01. cottage -owners. From the report of IN 4 g ewest ° flanaittee, it appeared that there were ' 44 (a t t k , Ilii 1 .Week, 2,526 paupers, and 752 sick cases ; ) ' 4 l s t e tm to e f eyer and 45 itch. The number of per -1;:it t. i , ° °ol.S" the ' vagrant sheds was 808.—The In ttti) o 7 4 ste r i l mainittee reported that Mr. Browne, an k to t::: , e y ,'and been reprimanded for undue se -11:N141,410 that an order punishment l:lm been issued that, :Nt444l'll"'elsikiati:llsr'ebveiwcheen. theng shouldov er ed nm b einflcted attention t an d ttheo 0, „Fv e Z%tA r eaPecting the compulsory removal of IN, 4 " I ,_l4,.,PaliPers ; and contended that, if these ~4 ) it 171 4 - 01.," the same footing as English pan ! , 414 1 "* Ilt t h t ler, as •' - 'werPool and Glasgow might set their ylO t , ,t t r i el f , 3 ° o n as they pleased ; for, once let it etNs "aVe s " PauPers were irremovable, and they t t r ,,,,(lN :If k , , p 2h an influx of . Irish pauperism that *k i nd f r %Tr would be nothing to it, and all man- I'moi!'t744'—'3;: ho ' king s chambers a mere joke sh et . Ito Petiti on ,e recommendation of the . rev. A, a P,....._, , g u_escr . ibmg the . peculiar position of tt , N l '.' , Z a t sa b - Z ga na til f l or t l i t e s c e o a m em pi t o o r n y f r r e o m m o t v li a ? o ope:r i _ e _ 4ho l o : i 01, V ° Pted ;and the board adjourned. t,olu e ' T .LrxiiLtaln.—A t i inquiry was held in 0,4, , ~ , ,,,!e pq,,,waterloo, on Friday, under the pro- Mti" , irrint e '1 Realth Act, before Mr. Robert Raw iNk t o thecittlg 0), 1, , 1) 1 ,, se _ inspector of the General Board of 0, tki . - '4ll. ph,, w erage, drainage, supply of water, eVi ti Th e . " - '", and boundaries of the township of !.:1,.; Si r 'll, wit ri nciPal evidence was given by Mr. -.41,4„..13rea1t_ represented the promoters of the 4,,,t!i t , fan k r. "' „dge, agent to the Right Hon. W. !NilOtt - "c lt ev • .„ - tuderman Cooper, Mr. Fitzpatrick, kit,N o te4l e ;„,"• Rawson, incumbent of Seaforth, Nl . t it di.., ; e 0 - ' l .' l _ l - It appeared that there was no Nt i ktiz r g, was rage in the township ; and that t ea',:tki. n k an 0 71, exceedingly defective, there belng ko (ti kii th e u•Llet sewer • and the cesspools being ti k N•• L'44 4 s3, w a ate4, r ards ef the houses, close by the wells ~ 44,,efe,11fit tom ,drawn, causing the water to be, in •: , ),,kls - "„ittee . 've, it b •- 'l2 lll . The supply of water was in , :ki th:s4,,,,,Th e to - Tg Principally surface water which t t ile i h ar Y bad ;: n silip was not lit with gas, and ket o , N o ba g a _refused to light it : it was stated, Vt - : kta t 'eate f,„„ ua°l . lo Poly, they were enabled to pre be ti e i ll t o - 3,T 1 lighting it themselves. The poor !, 4,7 b• ° high"; ei ghtpenee, the county-rate four -11:111, i t pt,',,'R leviedaYlate eightpence in the pound— kNytt qi e .It was , like the poor-rate, upon all rate tNiof kt f h o e v iC e d jit t t e v r e i r an a A id ni ch o o r l e e za w n e ln e Ate etl t re ti sle i s aiiia_nd._ Waterloo, which form part of the b. 'S ve y . erai g lards Y an tri s tutatt r tl o th us e e f s af n t kl - NNip vul age of T , was urged as a reason for in ilti "Y the gage ti..-atherland in the benefits sought for N t v i tittot i ,,,,Prok kao ::: act, which was not originally in pZe tb;•'end, r 8.,:, The inspector stated that he 4-s ooabli o .;.„"la. report, that it be included ; 1 to • '''' z imrY closed, Mr. Rawlinson pro erect the township. TILE TIIBIL CAIN, belonging to this port, which left. Southampton on the 9th of October, with a very heavy cargo, arrived at Port Philip in eighty-three days. WE beg to call attention to the meeting of the Pro testant Reformation Society, advertised this day in our columns, for Monday evening next, in the Collegiate Insti tution. That it is to be addressed by the Rev. Dr. Butler, (formerly a Roman Catholic Priest in this town,) invests it with peculiar interest, and will, no doubt, ensure a large attendance. TIIE WAVERTREE ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING- took place on Tuesday last, at the Public-offices, in the village. The only business transacted was the nomination of over seers for the ensuing year. The following were put in nomination :—Messrs. John Easton, W. Thompson, G. Murray, A. Brown, and G. Maples. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. — On Monday last week, Henry Chrichton, an engineer in the employ of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was knocked down by an engine, at the Sandhills station, and so severely in jured that he died shortly afterwards, at the Northern Hospital. He was a married man, about 30 years of age, and about to proceed to America with his wife and children, having taken berths in a vessel lying in the river. TESTIMONIAL or RESPECT.—A few gentlemen sat down to supper, last night, at the house of Mrs. Hughes, Wel lington Arms, Whitefield-lane, West Derby ; after which, the chairman presented to Mr. Edward Williams, joiner and builder, a handsome silver snuff-box, as a token of respect. SWINDLING.—It having been discovered that Joseph Grave, a Manchester-warehouseman, who absconded on the 7th ult., with £1,900, had transmitted the money to London for the purchase of Mexican bonds, a detective officer, named Webb, managed to get possession of them, and they are now in the hands of the officials of the Bank ruptcy Court. REUBEN NINON, who has received money from cha ritable people, in Liverpool and elsewhere, on the pretence that he was a fugitive slave, has been convicted before the Brighton magistrates of a series of impositions, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. A DEPUTATION from Southport had an interview with Sir William Molesworth, on Friday, at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of the Rev. B. Swift, L.L.B. ; Wm. Mort, M.D. ; 'Messrs. Robert Heap, Thomas Ellenthorpe, Richard Wright, Jas. Hunt, Thomas Part, and Richard Johnson, and was accompanied by Messrs. William Brown, John Cheetham, Chas. Hind lay, James Kershaw, R. A. Thicknesse, Lawrence Hey worth, and George Hadfield. THE LIVERPOOL MA soifs.—A short time ago the work ing masons of Liverpool addressed a note to their employers, respectfully asking an advance of wages, and stating several reasons for making such application. The employers responded to the note, and solicited a personal interview with the workmen for the purpose of conversing together, with a view of making such overtures as might avert the baneful effects of a strike or turn-out. The result has been an amicable arrangement of the affair ; and the master masons congratulate the working masons on their rightly appreciating these conciliatory means of settlement. GREENWICH PENSIONERS IN LIVERPOOL.—Daring the past week Captain Falkner, the staff-officer of the district, received orders from the War-office to call upon all the Greenwich pensioners, royal marines, and seamen, under the age of sixty, to assemble at the Rendezvous, Redcross street, on Saturday, in order that those in health might be drafted for active service. Forty-two presented themselves for medical inspection, when twenty-two of them were found fit for service. Next Friday, a further inspection' will take place. EASTHAM FERRY was opened for the season on Saturday, under promising auspices. Mr. Nicholls has obtained a new boat from the Clyde, said to be secondary in speed to the famous Countess of Ellesmere, while a new slip will enable/ the passengers to land and embark with comfort in all states of the tide. VALUE OF LAND NEAR THE EXCIIINGE.—On Wednes day, that plot of buildings situate in High-street, and ex tending to Exchange-street East, known as " Hargreaves'- buildings," was sold by public auction, and realized £5O per square yard, the whole purchase money being about £20,000. This is said to be the highest price for land ever paid in Liverpool. It is said that the land was purchased for the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Assurance Office. TIIE STEAMER GREAT BRITAIN has left the graving-dock and gone into the Wellington-dock to take in her cargo. The decorations and alterations being now complete, it will be a good opportunity for those who have not yet viewed this leviathan ship to pay her a visit. It is expected that the Great Britain will even eclipse herself this voyage, for she will not have to call anywhere on her way to Melbourne ; and as her last run occupied only sixty-five days, including four days' detention at St. Vin cent, she ought to beat everything this time. CRUSADE AGAINST TIIIEVES.—At length an effici ent—And almost the only effectual—way of putting a stop to garotte robberies, robberies from offices, &c., has been adopted by the detective portion of the police, and has been in operation for a few nights. Every person known to be a thief, or the associate of thieves, if found loitering on the streets after sunset, is taken into custody and lodged in bridewell as a suspicious character. In less than an hour after this salutary regulation came into force, a " catch" of first professors, numbering seven in one batch, was made ; and since then scores of others 'have been brought before the magistrates. SUICIDE AT EVERTON.—EarIy on Friday, Mrs. Ann Greenwood, 60 years of age, widow of a pilot, committed suicide. She resided at No. 9, Tarlton-street, Everton, with her daughter and son-in-law. She hung herself with a handkerchief, behind a bedroom door. No reason can be assigned for the sad act, except that she lived directly op posit the house where a policeman's daughter hung herself on the previous Saturday. Even since the latter event the old lady seemed possessed of a monomania respecting it, for she had never ceased talking of the strangeness of such an untimely end. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HEALTH COMMITTEE. — Mr. Alderman Langsdale pre sided at the meeting on Thursday, when the medical officer of health reported that the deaths registered in Liverpool, which in the previous week were 248, fell off last week to 213, being nine less than the average of the corresponding week of the preceding six years. Of the total deaths, 50 were in the extra parochial wards. The mortality from diseases of the zymotic class show a de crease of nine. After a discussion relative to the high level bridge proposed to be carried, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, across Blackstock-street, Messrs. Moss, Bigham, Godfrey, and Beckwith were ap pointed a deputation to proceed to London, to urge the re presentatives of the Health Committee to use their best endeavours to induce the railway company to consent to 16 feet. The case was to be brought before the com mittee of the house of Commons yesterday. AN OLD BIBLE.—Mr. William Palmer, of Leece-street, has in his possession a copy of the Bible printed in 1539. From the 27th chapter of Genesis to the end of the New Testament the book is complete, and in admirable preser vation. It is the second English edition of the Bible that was printed, and was lately in the possession of a family in Marybone. The following is the title of the New Testament :—" The Nevv Testament of ovr sauiour. Jesu Chryst, translated in to English : and nevvly recognised with great diligence after moost faythfull exemplars by Rycharde Taverner. Praye for vs that the worde of God maye haue fre passage and be gloryfied.' " ii. Tessa. iii. O' Prynted in the yere of oure Lord God M.D.XXXIX. Loss Or AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The American packet ship Isaac Webb, Captain Farber, which arrived on Thursday, had on board the passengers (50 in number), the cook, and cabin boy of the emigrant ship Russell Sturges, Captain Snow, hence to Boston. The Isacc Webb fell in with the unfortunate ship on the 16th ult., twenty-three days from Liverpool, in lat. 40 N., ion. 31 W., in a sinking state, when she succeeded in taking off the passengers. The captain and crew were taken off at the same time by the Rainbow, bound to Alexandria, which had been lying by the Russell Sturges for five days, but was unable during that time to render the slightest assist ance owing to the boisterous state of the weather. The Russell Sturges was an American-built ship of 1300 tons burthen, and was despatched by Messrs. Train and Co., of this port. NEW SAILS FOR Snirs.—During the week specimens of sail cloth, made from cotton, have been exhibited in this town. A contemporary says,—" The specimen we saw was suitable for the heaviest class of ships, and we are given to understand that owing to the present high price of hemp and flax, cotton canvas will very probably be sub stituted to a great extent. At present only two canvas. making firms are engaged in its manufacture,—Messrs. Elkanah Armitage and Co., of Pendleton, near Manchester, and a house at Gourock, near Greenock. The specimen we saw was the production of the first named firm. Messrs. Garnock, Bibby agd Co., of this town, are also, we believe, supplying cotton sails for a vessel now building in North America for Messrs. J. S. De Wolf and Co., and are using every effort to promote its further adoption amongst British shipping. Among the advantages claimed for it are that vessels sail faster under cotton cloth, and that the sails hang lighter upon the yard, and is not liable to crack like hemp canvas. It is, perhaps, more liable to mildew, if proper care be not taken to stow the sail away dry. In the American vessels, cotton sails are almost universally used especially on the " clipper ships." Mr. Wallis, in his report on the New York Crystal Palace, mentioned this endeavour to supply the deficiency of hemp, which is now rising in PO.ce very rapidly, and will be seriously affected by the declaration of war. Loss OF A SBA CAPTAlN. — Captain Duryee, well known as the commander of the American packet-ship Constantine, was lost overboard on the morning of Satur day last, when the ship was off point Lynas. He was last seen speaking to parties on board a steam tug, and was leaning at that time over the ship's side. The presump tion is that he overbalanced himself and fell into the sea, and not being observed that he perished. An hour or two elapsed before the discovery of his loss. Captain Duryee was highly respected, and his death is rendered more melancholy from the fact that Mrs. Duryee was on board the ship at the time of the accident, and is suffering from the dreadful shock which her husband's unexpected demise caused. A reward of £5O has been offered for the finding of the body. The Constantine put back on Satur day afternoon. TEE AMERICA, British and North American Royal Mail steamship, Capt. Lang, took her departure hence on Saturday afternoon for Boston, with a heavy mail, a full cargo, and about 150 passengers, including Rear- Admiral Fanshawe and suite, who succeeds Sir George Seymour in the command of the West India station, that gallant officer retiring on the expiration of his five years' term of office. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, as the wife of Mr. Edward Mawdsley, late of the Underwriters'-rooms, was getting clothes from off a line where a shed was attached, she suddenly fell into the yard and broke her leg a little above the ancle. She was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, and is going on favourably. ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, an attempt was made by three men to rob a gentleman in Pembroke-place. The gentleman escaped a violent blow aimed at his head, and shouted for assistance, when the three made their escape. FATAL RESULT OF INTEMPERANCE.—On Friday night Elizabeth Preston, residing in Thomas-street, set fire to her clothes while in a state of intoxication, and was so severely burnt that she died while being taken to the Northern Hospital. When she caught fire her husband was in the.room, but too drunk to render her any assistance. A DEPUTATION, representing the following railway companies, the London and North-Western, Whitehaven and Furness, Bristol and Exeter, Lancashire and York shire, East Lancashire, Waterford and Kilkenny, York, Newcastle, and Berwick, York and North Midland, Leeds, Northern, Caledonian, South Staffordshire, North Staf fordshire, North British, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Mid land, Great Northern, and Eastern Counties, and South Eastern, holding a capital exceeding £150,000,000, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Friday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of—The Marquis of Chandos, Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. E. B. Denison, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Seeman, Mr. Fenton, Mr. James Hodgson, Mr. Beale, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Carbutt, and Mr. Duglas. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, EVERTON.—The first of a course of lectures, on historical subjects, specially intended for the benefit of the working classes connected with the above church and district, was delivered in the School-rooms, Upper Beau-street, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Hume. The subject was, Australia, its climate, customs, &c." The lecture was a most able and interesting one. We were delighted to see the large school-room completely filled; working-men, with their wives and families, forming the majority of those pre sent. We sincerely wish these lectures every success. A vote of thanks to Dr. Hume was proposed by'the Rev. S. B. Sutton, seconded by the Rev. G. A. Todd, and carried amidst hearty cheering. We hope the ministers of St. Peter's Church will b 6, well supported in these praiseworthy efforts to interest and improve the working classes. Lectures on the following subjects are announced :—" The countries, climate, religion, customs, &c., of the Turks, and Russians ;" " William Hutton, the Birmingham Bookseller ;" " Peter the Hermit, and the Crusades ;" "Art of Printing, its origin, progress, and civilizing tendencies." Win PREPARATIONS.—Two battalions of the Royal Artillery will pass through this town to-day for London, en route from Dublin, and 180 horses and about 80 men from Dublin, on their way to Southampton, to embark for the East. The screw-steamer Teneriffe, Capt. Bell, sailed on Tuesday, for Malta and Constantinople, with a detach ment of 8 officers and 206 men, the remaining portion of the troops who sailed by the steamer Taurus on the 18th ult. Naval volunteers in large numbers continue to be sent from this town to head-quarters. Already sixteen sailing-vessels are fitting out here for the reception of troops ; and, on Friday, Capt. Bevis, R.N., received orders to issue notices for tenders for more transport ships. The screw-steamer Albatross is about to be surveyed by the Government authorities, with a view to her being chartered as a troop ship. On Sunday, six sailing vessels, which have been fitted at this port for conveyance of troops, lay at anchor off Birkenhead ferry, in the middle of the river, each being distinguished by a union jack, in addition to many other colours. They included the Star of the South and the Mary Ann. On Sunday morning a detachment of the 27th Regiment arrived here, from Dublin, as volunteers in the 34th Regiment, lying at Preston. EMIGRATION PROM LIVERPOOL—The number of emi grant-ships which have taken their departure from this port for the United States and Western Australia during the quarter just :ended was 72, of an aggregate tonnage of 87,722 tons, and with steerage passengers to the number of 30,982. During the past month (March) the following ships have been despatched for Australia, under Government inspection :—For Melbourne : the Golden Era, 1,556 tons, with 533 passengers on board, by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson ; the Saldanah, 1,565 tons, 593 passengers, by Messrs. Baines and Co. ; Admiral Boxer, 1,116 tons, 415 passenger - s ; Joseph Rowen, (Government ship,) 935 tons, 370 passengers. For Sydney : The Switzerland, (G.,) 642 tons, 247 passengers ; and the Sa brina, (G.,) 673 tons, and 261 passengers. Of the total number of emigrants on board the Australian ships during the month, 1,362 were English, 447 Irish, 282 Scotch, and the remainder natives of other countries. UNPRECEDENTED PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA. The Golden Age, paddle-wheel steamer, (dispatched by Messrs. Millers and Thompson, in connexion with their " Golden' line,) has just performed one of the most extraordinary passages ever recorded, namely, from Liverpool to Mtern Australia, deducting stoppage, in 47 days, or at an average speed of 260 miles per diem. She left Liverpool on the sth Dec., at 3 p.m. ; reached St. Vincent on the 15th Dec., at 2 a.m. ; left St. Vincent on the 19th Dec. ; reached Cape Town on the 6th Jan.; left Cape Town on the 16th Jan. ; and reached King George's Sound on the 4th Feb. Steam ing time, 47 days ; detention, 14 days ; total, 61 days. It will be recollected that the Postoffice authorities preferred the sailing-vessel Matilda Wattenbach as a conveyance for the mail to the Golden Age. The vessel had the misfor tune to be dismasted ; and the mails only left Lisbon a few days before the Golden Age reached Australia. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting took place at the Workhouse, on Wednesday, Mr. Joseph Harrison in the chair. The other members present were—The Rev. W. Badnall, Messrs. Alpass, Roskell, Medcalf, Lunt, WGee, Carter, Wensley, Abra hams, Mountfield, Kirkus, Shaw, Horsfall, Hyde, J. Birch, and Smith.—The Governor reported the number of in mates in the Workhouse to be 658 against 659 last week, and 716 for the corresponding week of last year.—The number of patients in the hospital was reported to be 77 against 91 last week.—A letter from the schoolmistress, in reference to her salary, was referred to the visiting committee ; as was also the subject of the drainage of the workhouse.—A communication was read from the Poor Law Board, sanctioning the increase of the salary of Mr. W. Andrews, assistant overseer of the Wavertree district, from £lOO to £l3O per annum. Dom COMMITTEE. —The weekly meeting was held on. Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The Chair man reported that he had communicated with the Mayor and the stipendiary magistrates on the subject of the fines inflicted for using lights in the docks, and the latter re ceived him very uncourteously, and said—" I have con sidered the subject, and I will not be dictated to." The magistrates met on Wednesday, when Mr. H. Earle moved that a committee be appointed on that subject, but a motion by Mr. Mansfield that the meeting should ad journ without coming to any decision, was carried. He thought the Dock Committee had done their duty, and if a fire took place the responsibility would rest with the magistrates.—Mr.Evanswas sure that the committee at the time were not conscious of casting any censure on the sti pendiary magistrate.—Mr. North (the solicitor) said there was no such censure intended or implied. The whole of his remarks had reference to one single point, the quantum of fine inflicted. There was no reflection on Mr. Mans field.—After a good deal of conversation, the following resolution, moved by Mr. Brocklebank, was agreed to : "That the chairman having made a report of his proceed ings in reference to the matter—resolved, that the chair man's proceedings be approved of, and that this report be entered in the minutes." The special sub-committee, ap pointed on the 19th of January, 1854, to inquire into the management of the treasurer's department, made a report, in which they recommended " that from the 25th day of June,lBs4, being the commencement of the next financial year, all bonds should, when issued, be accompanied With the requisite number of interest coupons, and that cou pons be also prepared and issued for all bonds now current. The sub-committee have under their consideration the general system of keeping the accounts of the estate, and will, at the earliest opportunity, make a further report on ithis important subject." After some conversation the report was adopted, and this concluded the public business . FIRE AT CROXTETTI-HALL.—About a quarter past three o'clock on Saturday morning, an alarm was brought :to town that Croxteth-hall, the seat of the Earl of Sefton, was on fire. The West of England engine , with four horses, under the direction of Mr. Barrett, and two engines froth. Temple-court, under officer Jones, immediately started; and, on their arrival, found the range of stables on fire. Two engines were got to work from the fish-pond, with a length of 480 feet of hose, and, after a few hours, the fire was completely extinguished. The fine stud of horses was fortunately saved. The premises and contents are insured in the Royal Exchange. Previous to the arrival of the engines from town, a farmer, of the name of Littler, sus tained serious injuries by falling from the roof in his endeavours to extinguish the fire. M`Donald, one of the West of England brigade, was also severely hurt in con sequence of a mass of slates and timber falling on him from the roof while endeavouring to saving the granary, which was happily effected. The loss is estimated at £7OO or £BOO. Several of the inhabitants of the cottages adjoining the stables, &c., will incur a loss by throwing out their goods while the fire was raging. THE STEAMER OTTAWA.—The noble steamer Ottawa, the first of the Canadian Steam Navigation Company's new boats to reach this port, took us by surprise yesterday, by her appearance in our harbour, having made the run in fourteen days from Liverpool. She was detained by fogs and ice about thirty-six hours, so that her actual running time was 121- days only from port to port. We have seen some of the passengers, who speak in the highest terms of her sailing qualities, her admirable ac commodations, and the gentlemanly bearing of Captain Atkins and the other officers of the boat. The Ottawa is 240 feet in length, and makes a fine appearance on the water. She has but three masts, which give her an ap pearance of uncommon length compared with the Sarah Sands, whose four masts give her rigging a crowded look. The Ottawa's measurement is 1,500 tons, and she comes out fully loaded with merchandize, chiefly for Canada, with portions of her cargo for Boston and New York. There was a much larger quantity of goods offering than she was able to take._ We learn from a passenger that on THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER Sunday last, March 12, in about longitude 46j and lati titude 48, she got among floating ice which detained her sixteen hours. The Ottawa has made on average run of about 11 knots per hour, much of the way reaching a speed of about 13 knots per hour.—State of Maine, Portland, 21st March. 1854. The Charity arrived at Portland on the afternoon of the 21. She had been hemmed in by ice for nine days. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—An ex traordinary meeting of this society was held on Friday evening last, at the Royal Institution, Dr. Dickinson, president, in the chair. The business announced was to take into consideration, for the second time, the report on the subject of union; as every proposition affecting the laws is required to be approved of twice. There was a ' very full attendance of members. Mr. Heath, the trea surer, moved the formal adoption of the report, except the clause respecting the name of the society, and Mr. Picton seconded it. An amendment was moved by Mr. J. B. Yates, and seconded by Mr. William Rathbone, affirming the readiness of the Literary and Philosophical Society to receive the Historic, on the terms on which the Natural History Society had been received in 1844. An interesting discussion ensued, which was kept up for nearly three hours. In the course of it, it appeared that about fifty gentlemen had pledged themselves to withdraw from the society, and form a smaller one, if the name Literary and Philosophical were not retained. On the other hand, a majority of the whole members had declared their satisfaction with the joint name "Literary, Philoso phical, and Historic Society." This reduced the difficulty within narrow limits, but Mr. Yates pressed his amend ment to a division. The votes being 23 for, and 26 against, the same numbers as on the 6th of March, it was declared to be lost. The formal adoption of the report was then carried, by a majority of 29 to 11, the members who voted against it being also the same as on the 6th of March, though the individuals in both divisions were different. It was then moved by Dr. Inman, seconded by Dr. Hume, and resolved, that the president, three vice presidents, and Dr. Thomson be added to the five other delegates, to confer with a similar number from the Historic Society, on the subject of new laws. This arrangement is itself a species of union, as it embraces both sections of the society, and it is hoped that the labours of the gentlemen appointed will give the fullest satisfaction to all, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOARD OP ORDNANCE has advertisedior contracts to erect twenty-six batteries on the Dublin and Wicklow seaboard.—Daily News. IT IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED, among military circles, that, in addition to the late augmentation, there is. to be a further increase to the army of 30,000 men.—Morning Chronicle. MR. WINTERIIALTER has painted " official portraits" of the Emperor and Empress of the French, to serve as models for copies required by public establishments. A LONG DISCOURSE.—The New York papers state that 3,000 clergymen have despatched to Congress a protest, above 200 feet long, against the Nebraska Bill, which involves the question df the prohibition of slavery in that territory. SHOCK or AN EIB,THQUA.KB.—On the night of the 19th instant, at half-past ten o'clock, a smart shock of an earthquake was experienced at St. Sebastian, north coast of Spain. The walls of houses trembled, and the hori zontal oscillations which accompany such phenomena were apparent. AN ADMIRALTY NOTICE was issued on Wednesday, in viting tenders for the conveyance to Constantinople of 113 guns, weighing 342 tons, besides 69 tons of anchors and chain cables.—Daily News. SMOKING.—There are ten or twelve frightful cases of lip, tongue, and face cancer, in the London Cancer Hos pital, all resulting from excessive smoking. CITY Tous.—The corporation of London don't know what their tolls on carts and waggons produce, but they report to parliament that a contractor pays them £5,810 a year for the privilege of collecting them. CONFLAGRATION AT THE WEST INDIA. DOCKS.—OH Tuesday morning a destructive fire raged on the banks of the Thames at the Pier-head, West India Docks, Blackwall, creating the utmost consternation among the shipping After great exertion on the part of all present, the fire was at length subdued. The cause of this calamity was the upsetting of a naptha lamp. AN ADMIRALTY NOTICE was issued on Tuesday, invit ing tenders for the hire of screw steam-vessels capable of conveying from 400 to 600 tons, to be employed• for four months certain. The Admiralty will find coals, but the owners are to provide and pay the crew and working expenses.—Daily News. A NEW To mr, The Sydney Empire states, called Glad stone, in honour of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been laid out upon the new Auckland inlet, in the new Australian settlement of Port Curtis. The site is a very good one, with ample space for wharfage and shipping of any tonnage. Two ERENCIEMBN have just been apprehended at Geneva with an immense quantity of jewellery, diamonds, and articles of plate of all descriptions in their possession. They were identified as having, on the 26th of June last, entered the shop of M. Chauval, a jeweller of Nantes, and completely stripped it of the jewels, diamonds, watches, gold chains, and everything else that could be easily carried off, the whole being of the value of about 30,000 francs. IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND there is a report that a new office is to be created in England, in consequence of the cessation of transportation to this colony, that of director general of convict discipline for the United Kingdom, and that Sir William Denison, the present Governor of Tas mania, is to be nominated with a salary of £4,000 a-year. THE ANNUAL BALL, under the patronage of the British Embassy, for the benefit of the British Charitable Fund in Paris, is fixed for the 19th instant, and will take place in the Jardin d'Hiver, which will be brilliantly illuminated for the occasion. .The Emperor and Empress has sub scribed, through Lady Cowley, for 100 tickets at 20 frencs each. There is every reason to believe that the attendance will be numerous. THE CAR OP JUGGERNAUTH.—" We are given to un derstand," says the Citizen of the 10th ult., (East India paper,) " that the famous car of Juggernauth of Mulies, near Serampore, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of Monday last, and the "odekuries," or proprietors of Juggernauth, have been merged in grief, attributing the accident to the fury of the god for causes of which they are not cognizant." WAR PROCLAIMED AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. — On Friday, in accordance with the ancient custom of entering upon a war by proclamation at the usual resort of mer chants, the civic authorities proceeded to the Royal Exchange, and, having ascended the steps at the grand entrance, Her Majesty's declaration of war against Nicholas, Emperor of all the Russias, was read in a clear voice by Mr. Samuel Beddome, sergeant-at-arms and mace bearer to the corporation. At the conclusion three hearty cheers were given by a very numerous concourse of per sons who had assembled to witness the ceremony. 'SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—There was a special meeting of the proprietors of this company held on Thursday, Mr. C. Franks in the chair, to consider the bill before parlia ment for winding up and dividing the assets of the com pany, and for undertaking the administration of private trusts. It appeared that the bill gives back to those who do not wish to go into the trust company their full portion of the assets, and it was stated that the probable return would be £ll7 for the £lOO stock. The trust company would be liable to the regime of the Court of Chancery, and would invest a guarantee fund of £300,000 in the joint names of the Lords of the Treasury and of the trustees of the company. The bill was approved by a majority. RUSSIA. AND CHINA.—The last accounts from China announce that two Russian brigs of war, which were at Constantinople on the 10th January, had received orders to join the Pallas frigate, bearing the flag of the Com mandant of the Russian naval division in the Sea of Okhotsk. The sea, formed by a vast gulf of the great ocean, is comprised between the province of Okhotsk, Kamstchatka, the Kourile Islands, and the Island Jesso. The Russian naval division in the Chinese sea is com posed of five vessels of war. It has already explored a part of the coast of Japan. DEADLY MISSILEEL-It results from some experiments recently made at Brest with the terrible boulets asphix ians, that have been so much talked of, that they may, under certain circumstances, be very dangerous to the troops using them as well as to the enemy. A building, containing a number of cats, dogs, and other animals, was fired at, and, on inspection, all of them were found to be dead from asphyxia ; but it happened that the shots were fired against the wind, and, although the distance was great, the poisonous vapour was rolled back with such effect, that several of the artillerymen were nearly choked, and some of them fainted. A MOST IMPUDENT ROBBERY took Place at Windsor the other day, at two o'clock in the afternoon. The cloth had just been laid for luncheon at the residence of Mrs. Sniith, relict of the late General Smith, Grove House, Peascod-street, when two fellows, in a taxed cart, drove up to the front gate ; one got out and proceeded up the carriage drive to the private entrance of the mansion, and walked into the hall by the front door ; he then proceeded to the dining-room, passing the drawing-room, in which Mrs. Smith and two other ladies were sitting, and de liberately pocketed all the plate which had been placed on the sideboard. On returning he was met in the hall by one of the servants, to whom he politely touched his hat, and walked leisurely down the carriage road with a lemon in each hand, and joined his companion in the cart. They then drove through the town in the direction of Datchet, closely pursued by two active police of the borough, to whom, a few minutes afterwards, the particulars of the robbery had been made known. A ROMiNCE.—A Mr. William Lewis, the possessor of some considerable estates in Gloucestershire, died in 1821, and after his death a will was found, which was dated 1818, by which he devised the main portion of his property to his wife for life, and after her death to his son Timothy. There had been an expectation in the family that the property would be left to the grandson William, the son of Timothy ; and he had taken possession of a farm called Tump's Farm, near Monmouth, and continued to hold adverse possession of it against his father. So matters continued until 1832. In the meantime Timothy mortgaged the estate for various sums, amounting in the whole to about £lO,OOO, and in 1832 the mortgagees filed a bill of foreclosure, and in 1834 they obtained a decree. They then brought actions of eject ment against both Timothy and William, and ousted them from possession, and have ever since retained the estates in their own hands. An old chest, which had belonged to the testator, had passed from the possession of one mem ber of the family to another, until in 1852, it was sold, along with some old furniture, to a carpenter, who, on examin ing his bargain, found in it a number of old papers of no value, and amongst them a pocket-book, which he took up key. After wards tolookobats,erTidngfr(s)ommietpteliceaariredrtoiepsPed in tahe small chest, he was in duced to examine it more closely, and he found that the whole front gave way or opened, and in the opening he dis covered two compartments which were locked up. He ap plied the key which had fallen from the pocket-book, and it opened them, and in one of them was a paper, which turned out to be a duly-executed will of the deceased William Lewis, dated 3d of May, 1820, two years after the date of the will which had been acted upon; and this new will devised the whole of the property, after the death of his wife, to his grandson William. William thereupon commenced proceedings in the Prerogative Court, in order to revoke the former will and establish the new one, which he succeeded in doing. He then filed a bill against the mortgagees" to set aside the mortgages and all proceedings thereunder. The arguments which were addressed to the court did not question the validity of the new will, which was undisputed; but it was contended, on the part of the mortgagees, that the plaintiff's claim was barred by the statute of limitations, and this argument the Master of the Rolls has decided to be sound. The circumstances, he said, bore hard upon the plaintiff, but it would be still harder if the wise provisions of the law did not protect the interest of mortgagees who had been in possession for so many years. UTILIZATION or REPUsE.—The Manchester Sewage Guano Company commenced operations in the year 185 U, in the preparation of manures which they called " Sewage Guano." The company'under the superintendence of two of the directors, one a practical chemist, and the other a practical engineer,prepared and sold manures manufactured by the following and other processes, viz.:-Ist. The fil tration of sewage through animal and vegetable charcoal ; 2nd. The precipitation of the solid matters of sewage by lime, limewater, &c. ; 3d. The evaporation of the water in night soil, ammonia water, &c. ; 4th. The desiccation and deodorization of fish, blood, flesh, and other animal mat ters ; and sth 7 The mixture of animal and vegetable char coal, which absorbs to an extraordinary extent the concen trated liquid thus prepared, and which, when mixed with the solid parts of the fish, flesh, bones, &c., in the manner which experience has pointed out as the best, forms the Manchester Sewage Guano. Dead horses, sheep, &c., &c. ; deceased flesh, meat, and fish, seized as unfit for human food by the city authorities, have been worked up without causing any nuisance by the process. Various chemical analyses have been made of this manure which is found to contain a larger proportion of ammonia, phosphates, urates, and other fertilizing properties, than an equal amount in value of foreign guano. The company have recently erected new works, at a large expense, with drying stoves, requisite convenience of s t eam - power , tanks,. ying stoves, evaporating pans, retorts; sheds, &c. ' • and although they have not yet had the gra tifi cat i on o f receiving any return in the shape of profit, they feel confident, from the fact of the demand for their manures having last year been greater than they could supply, that a reasonable - profit may be fairly expected from their future operations. The company have never taken out a patent ; and although they naturally refrain from publishing the particulars of the various processes adopted, they would gladly see a host of competitors arising for the manufacture of a British manure, from waste material s w hi c h are now th e c a us e of . 11110nce, s sickneas, and:excessive mortality. CHESHIRE AND WALES. THE COMING Oa AGE of Sir Philip Egerton's eldest son, Mr. P. Le Belward Egerton, who is now on duty with the rifle brigade in the British forces sent to the seat of war, was celebrated on Tuesday by a series of festivities at Chester, Oulton-park, and Tarporley. DESERTION OR A. CHILD. — On Tuesday evening, about nine o'clock, a man, named Thomas Parry, was proceed ing through Bridge-street, Birkenhead, when he heard a slight scream, and discovered a fine male child, apparently a fortnight old, with no covering except an apron in which it was wrapped. The child is now under the charge of Mr. M`Nierney, relieving-officer. - - - TRANMERE. — On Monday last week, Mr. Bally and Mr. Charles Hill were appointed overseers of Tranmere for the ensuing year. Mr. Bally filled the office for the past year. Mr. DARKIN, late secretary to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, has been appointed a sub inspector of factories for Ireland. A DARING but unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the Provincial Bank at Holywell, last week. The burglar was observed removing bricks from the wall out side the safe of the bank. THE " GREAT OYSTER QUESTION," aS it is described by the local papers, was brought before the judge, at the Carnarvonshire assizes, last week, when the whole of the prisoners tried for stealing oysters in the straits of Menai were acquitted, the jury being of opinion that the men took the oysters under the impression that they had a right to do so. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Yesterday week, on the ar rival of the 11.50 train at Chester, the guard was informed that a woman had jumped out at Tattenhall station, the train at the time going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. An engine and carriage were immediately des patched, and she was found to have been picked up at the station, very badly hurt. She was taken by the engine to Chester, and placed in the infirmary, where she now lies. COLLEGE Horiorms.—Mr. Henry Smith, son of the mayor of Chester, has obtained one of the Bridgman Ex hibitions, value £5O per annum, at Queen's College, Oxford. There were eleven candidates ; and, we trust, that we may regard Mr. Smith's early success as a prelude to his still greater and more important academic honours, during his term at the university. He matriculated at Oxford last October, and was educated by the Rev. R. Wall, of Birkenhead Park School.—Chester Courant. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. — The traffic for the week ending 26th March, 1854, was as follows : Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2208 Bs. 10d.; steam-boats, £326 14s. sd. ; total, £2534 3s. 3d.: goods £1531 7s. 11d. total, including Carnarvon traffic, per rail, £3739 16s. 9d. ; steam-boat, £325 14s. sd. Cor responding week last year, per rail, £3028 Bs. Od. ; steam-boat, £202 7s. ld. Increase, £834 16s. ld. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.- The sixteenth half-yearly meeting was held at Shrewsbury on Tuesday, Lord Bateman, the chairman, presiding. The following is a summary of the report :—The capital ac count shows a receipt of £986,332 14s. 6d., calls on shares ; £15,600 in anticipation of calls ; £407,000 on mortgages, and profit on preference shares sold, £2,580 2s. 3d., making a total receipt of £1,411,512 16s. 9d. The balance of capital yet to be raised is stated at £159,067 ss. 6d. The expenditure has been £1,474,137 4s. Bd., leaving a balance of £62,624 7s. 11d. against capital. The revenue account shows a total recept for the past half-year of £52,156 3s. ld., and a total expenditure of £28,533 18s. 7d., leaving a balance of £23,622 4s. 6d., and which, with a balance of £207 7s. ld. from last December account, gives a sum of £23,829 lls. 7d. applicable to dividend and interest. Against this are mortme interest, £10,043 4s. 4d. ; bankers' interest and commission, £839 Bs. 3d. ; interest to T. Brassey and Co., on balance of account, £1,063 17s. 7d. ; interest on calls in advance, £132 lls. ; and railway clear ing -house, £49 9s. 2d., together £12,128 Os. 4d., leaving £11,701 ls. 3d. applicable to dividend.—The report was unanimously adopted. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. — The half-yearly meeting of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company was held on Wednesday, at the Royal Hotel, Chester. Mr% Williams, the chairman of the com pany, presided. The report, which was unusually lengthy, entered into the details of the dispute between the com pany and the Chester and Birkenhead line, relative to the sum of £9,000, due on award from the former to the latter, and for which the Birkenhead company, without previous notice, seized property worth £50,000, in four different counties. This conduct, the report, in the words of the Chester and Shrewsbury Company's solicitor, denounced as "most improper and unjustifiable." The chairman, after alluding to the different matters mentioned in the report, regretted that although the receipts on the line were increasing, they did not increase in the same propor tion as the actual increase of traffic. Their through traffic was increasing, and he hoped the day was not far distant when it would pay them. They had also great hopes that the expenses of their rolling stock would be diminished. Their engines now worked all through be tween Chester and Wolverhampton and Birmingham, and from this the directors hoped to effect a considerable saving. He congratulated the company in the Great Western Company being about to complete the narrow gauge, along with the broad gauge, from Oxford to Basing stoke. This was of vast importance to the Shrewsbury Company, because, when the communication between Ox ford and Birmingham was completed, they would be enabled to pass uninterruptedly over the line from Chester to Southampton and London. After some further dis cussion the report was adopted. The following resolution was nest passed :—`` That the dividend on the eight per cent. and five per cent. preference stocks be made payable on the 21st of April.' The meeting was then made special, when new shares, amounting to the sum of £105,000, were issued, and powers granted to the direc tors to borrow £lO,OOO in conformity with the acts of 1851 and 1852. HOLYHEAD NEW HARBOUR.—The great or northern breakwater, which is in a very advanced state, is to be completed as speedily as possible, and in order to effect this the contractors have put on more than 100 additional men. The filling up is rapidly progressing, and with a continuance of fine weather great progress will be made. The men who were out on strike have all returned to their labour, and everything is being pushed forward with the greatest activity. The number of men now employed is about 1,500, with a dozen locomotive engines, and about 4,000 tons of solid rock are deposited daily. The length of the breakwater is 5,000 feet, and it runs out to the Platters-buoy. About 500 feet remain to be completed, and the contractors are under contract to finish this by August next. The harbour, even in its present unfinished state, has been much used by vessels this winter for shelter. DINITER TO MR. CLAY.—A public dinner was given a few days since, at Whitstable, Kent, to Mr. G. Clay, late harbour-master of that port, on his departure for his new appointment as superintendent of Woodside Ferry. A considerable number of Mr. Clay's friends attended, and, after ample justice had been done to the dinner, the chairman proposed " The health of Mr. Clay," who, he said, was now about to leave, after residing seven years amongst them, to fill another appointment. The toast, he knew, required no words from him to commend it to them, as they had most of them enjoyed his personal friendship, and could testify to his general kindness of manner. He felt highly gratified that so many had come forward to testify their esteem for him. He doubted not, that however arduous his duties might be, he would find at Birkenhead as many friends as he had found here. In his late position of harbour master, he knew it was impossible to please all, when all were struggling for their own individual interests ; but notwithstanding the diffi cult position in which he had stood, he would carry with him the best wishes of both shipowner and merchant, and the esteem of many, very many who had enjoyed his friendship and had experience of his kindness.—Mr. Clay, in returning thanks, said it was, indeed, a pleasure that he did not anticipate, to meet so many friends, and re ceive such marks of kindness and goodwill as he had met with. He had certainly lived nearly seven years among them, a short period in a man's life, but sufficiently long to make him feel though his interests carried him away, to regret the step which would remove him from friends who had always treated him with the greatest kindness and consideration.—The conviviality of the meeting was kept up to a late hour. Mr. Clay left Whitstable for Liverpool last week. BIRKENHEA.DLITERA RY A.NDPHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. —The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, in the Concert-room, Hamilton-street, the president, Dr. Mac dougall in the chair. Several ladies were present. Mr. J. M`Cann delivered a very able lecture on the " Philoso phy of War, particularly in reference to the Eastern Question." War, he contended, was greatly belied, and if it were killed, a friend would be crushed, as it had been the means of increasing society, and tended to establish permanent peace. He traced the wars of the Romans, which carried with them civilisation and peace. Arts and commerce had done much for civilised society, but they were not essential to life, to our existence, as the savage did without them all, and there were horrors of peace as well as horrors of war. There was, he said, a greater loss of blood by the arts of peace than by the progress of war ; and in proof of the assertion, he said that during the 20 years of war a thousand men fell annually, whilst no fewer than 6,000 lives were sacrificed annually by the arts of peace, and, consequently, if we were to give up war on account of the miseries and deaths attendant upon it, for the same reason we ought to give up all the arts that characterised civilised society. Although a friend of peace, he considered it impolitic to abandon the profession of arms as societies and nations were at present constituted. If we disbanded our armies and navy, we should b. to become subject to the arbitrary power of any armed monarch, ho might make us a tributary power, and lay us under grinding taxes, so that we should lose our money and liberty at the same 'time. He then adverted to the Eastern Question, and traced the cause of the present war between Turkey and Russia, which arose from the du plicity and aggrandising spirit of the latter power. He then showed that the object of Russia in preventing the free navigation of the Danube was to cripple the commerce and trade of England, and hitherto Russia had been suc cessful. He urged that Turkey was more Christian than Russia, and concluded by hoping that the efforts of Eng land would be successful in frustrating the spoliation and robbery attempted on the sultan by the czar. The chair man announced that it had been resolved that the meet ings of the society should in future be open to all descrip tions of papers on literary and philosophical subjects, and the committee would be happy to receive papers from ladies, to be either read by themselves or the secretary. The subject for the next monthly meeting would be on " Natural Magic." The proceedings then terminated. Snip Le.uxcn.—A fine new barque, called the Esther, 270 tons register, old measurement, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Rennie, Johnson, and Rankin, Bruns wick Dock, Liverpool, on Tuesday. The vessel is the pro perty of Messrs. James Moss and Co., and is intended for the Mediterranean trade. She is 116 feet long, 22 feet 6 inches beam, and has 14 feet depth of hold. The ship, when launched, drew 6 feet 9 inches aft, and 6 feet 2 inches forward. She was towed into the Brunswick Dock, and in about three weeks it is_ expected she will be ready for sea. SIIIPBUILDING IN TILE UNITED STATES.—During 1853 there were built 269 ships, 95 brigs, 681 schooners, 394 sloops and clipper boats, 272 steamers ; total, 1,711; ton nage, 425,672,049. Of the ships, 132 were built in Maine, and 73 in Massachusetts. Of the steamers, 74 were built in Now York, 57 in Pennsylvania, 29 in Kentucky, 35 in Ohio, 11 in Niksouri, and 14 in Michigan. TO THE TRUSTEES AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE LIVERPOOL NORTHERN HOSPITAL. "Enghind objects to disposing, by anticipation, of the suc cession of an• old friend and ally."—Sir G. El . Seymour's Despatches. LADIES A.IID GENTLEMEN,—Certain medical gentlemen have, it appears, been recently soliciting the promise of your votes for the appointment of surgeon to the Liver pool Northern• Hospital. This course has been adopted upon the mere anticipation, founded upon unauthorised rumour, of the resignation of one of the present surgeons of that institution. From communications imparted by my friends upon the subject, I, it seems, am the surgeon whose resignation is anticipated. _ I beg leave, ladies and gentlemen, to solicit your very serious consideration to the effect involved in this mode of procedure. The office is an honorary one ; and those who, by your support, have been elevated to this high position, have always esteemed it as conferring upon them an honourable distinction. And it may, perhaps, be con fidently asserted that, in the exercise of your important privilege, your judgment, and not your partialities, have directed your decisions.. I presume such to have been your principle in the selection of your medical officers ; for the support which you vouchsafe to this noble institu tion proceeds from the very essence of Christian humanity; and surely you must feel anxious that the trusts which you confer should be discharged by men of honour and acknowledged professional skill. I say honour and skill, for it will be generally found that the possession of the latter is accompanied by the former ; and, where this is wanting, skill is rarely found to exist. I trust it is super fluous to remind you that this solicitation, or attempt to pre-engage your interest, cannot possibly proceed from any honourable reeling of rivalry or distinction ;—it seems to imply a conscious distrust of merit ; and those who adopt it fear lest a more open course should end in disap pointment. Even in " cases of actual vacancies, private solicitations by candidates cannot, perhaps, be commended ; but what defence can be set up in behalf of men who, prior even to any announcement of resignation or possibly any contem plation of it, endeavour to forestal their more honourable brethren in the attainment of their object. A skilful general may vanquish his enemy by a midnight march ; but to adopt surreptitious' schemes to obtain distinction of this nature cannot but be condemned by men of honourable sentiments; and I feel assured the subscribers to the Liverpool Northern Hospital will consider it a moral obligation to discountenance what may be esteemed insidious attempts to acquire their support before it can be legitimately solicited. I have never, to any individual, disclosed an intention to resign my office as one of your honorary surgeons, and for any reported intentions of this nature lam not responsible. Inquiries as to my rumoured intentions were made to me personally by several of my medical brethren, and upon my assurance that I had made no resolution upon the subject, no steps were taken by these gentlemen in furtherance of their views. 'They felt that it was premature, and inconsistent with their honour, to proceed in the matter. Mr. Hakes has, however, adopted a different course. To his inquiries I made a similar reply, and conceiving, I presume, that I might, at some future time, tender my resignation, he hastened to solicit the " support and influence" of the subscribers. Mr. Lewis never had the courtesy to communicate with me on the subject ; yet he, the friend of Mr. Hakes, proceeds hand in hand in a similar course. They announce my intention to resign as an excuse for their own activity. In their haste they are unwilling to await any public declaration ; and, in fact, they do this in the face of a direct negative, which I gave to the inquiry of Mr. Hakes as to my inten tions. I have no private interests to serve in this public communication ; but I feel strongly for the honour of the medical profession, and think that honorary offices in public institutions should be open to fair and honourable competition ; nay, so strongly is this felt in London and elsewhere, by those who have the appointment of them, that to solicit votes, directly or indirectly, before a resig nation has been announced or a vacancy occurred, is esteemed to disqualify for election. Conceiving, as I do, that the sentiments which I enter tain upon this subject are just, both to the public and my medical brethren, I trust that the subscribers to the Li verpool Northern Hospital, coinciding with my views, will uphold their own personal dignity, and demonstrate that ' the important responsibility which devolves upon them is based upon a principle too honourable to be swayed by any undue or indirect influence.—l have the honour to be, ladies and gentlemen, most respectfully, your obedient servant, W. H. BAINBRIGGE, Senior Surgeon to the Liverpool Northern Hospital. 3, Islington-square. WORKING MEN'S REFORMATION SOCIETY. THE IMMORALITY OF ROMANISM. SUBSTANCE OF A LECTURE DELIVERED BY MR. J. PARSONAGE, PRESIDENT, ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE 24TH ULT. THE Lecturer commenced by observing that, though noble and elevating principles and maxims are inculcated by heathen philosophers, and many of their fables teach excellent morality, yet the only source of pure divine morality is the inspired Word of God. The ceremonial law was typical ; all its value and virtue consisting in its prefiguring Christ, and shadowing forth the way in which sin is expiated and sinners saved. At the rising of the Sun of Righteousness, the Jewish ceremonies, like so many stars, were thrown into shade, never to appear again; but not so with the moral law, which Christ came not to de stroy, but to fulfil. The moral law is still the rule of conduct, and is binding on all Christians, not as a rule of jusefication, but of obedience. The spirituality of the law Christ explained fully in his sermon on the Mount, teach- , ing us that a man may be a murderer in the sight of God, though his hands be not embrued in human blood ! The Church of Rome, however, sets aside the moral law altogether, and substitutes a law of her own : for instance, God says, " Thou shalt not steal." To steal, then, is a sin, no matter how trivial the article stolen may be ; and sin is the transgression of the law ; therefore a thief is under the curse of God, as St. Paul declares, Gal. iii.— " Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them;" but the Church of Rome says no, you may steal, under certain circumstances, and yet only commit a venial or trifling sin. Thus the Church of Rome is Antinomian--- opposed to God's law, which is holy, just, and good. He then contrasted the equivocation and falsehood taught by Alphonsus Liguori, a canonised saint of Rome, with the sublime morality inculcated in the Catechism of the Church of England, and quoted the summary of our duty towards God and towards man, and said it needs must be so : the one is Popish morality, the doctrine of casuists ' and Jesuits ; the other is the pure morality of the Bible. The lecturer then asserted that Liguori's " Theology of Morality," which he had before him, contained such in decent and obscene doctrine, that he dare not pollute their minds by reading it. The lecturer also referred to a small book of devotion recently published in Liverpool for the use of Roman Catholic ladies preparing for the con fessional, and which, amongst other things, treated of the secret sins of married women. No wonder, said the lecturer, that Dr. Achilli, or any other confessor, should be charged with seduction and adultery, such filthy com munications being made to them. It would be a miracle if they were not corrupted. The lecturer then alluded to the days of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth, who were charged with persecuting Roman Catholics, and asked if Protestants had sainted those monarchs for it ? Certainly not ; but the Church of Rome has sainted the persecuting Boniface and the cruel inquisitor Dominick ; the mur derers of the holy Albigenses and Waldenses she has canonised ; and impostors, such as Simon Stock and Frances De Sales, she sets before her people as examples of holy living ; and what is the consequence ? Go to the assizes of any town in Ireland, and whom will you find condemned for the most appalling crimes but Roman Catholics. These are the nightly incendiaries, the houghers of cattle, the dark assassins, and the shedders of their brother's blood ! And why ? Because they are ignorant of the only book under heaven that can civilise their manners and humanize their savage and ferocious tem pers; they know not that religion of which the poet sung— Sweet peace she brings wherever she arrives ; She builds our quiet as she forms our lives — Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven ! "By their fruits ye shall know them." In what part of. Liverpool is the greatest Sabbath desecration to be seen ? Where does the most degrading immorality abound ? In the Romish districts of the town. Yet the successors of St. Peter would send us to Hockenhall-alley, North-street, Fontenoy-street, Lace-street, and Crosby-street, to learn morality. The lecturer, in alluding to the pretensions of Rome, said, if the Pope be Christ's vicegerent, and the cardinals and bishops the successors of the Apostles, what is the moral effect of their doctrine and practice ? Here the lecturer read, from a book entitled " Letters from the Continent," &c., by Edward Baines, jun., published 1827, part of the 20th letter, in which Mr. Baines describes the scenes of the carnival at Rome, of which Lord Byron said— 'Tis known—at least it should be—that throughout All countries of the Catholic persuasion, Some weeks before Shrove Tuesday comes about, The people take their full of recreation, And buy repentance ere they grow devout. Mr. Baines corroborates the poet's st,+...ent in these words : " Yes, on app. tam, of the carnival, Rome shal,....tr us dignity and sadness, and delivers itself up to revelling and banqueting, to fun and foolery." . . . Mr. Baines also describes the brilliant masquerades, and contrasts the English women with the Roman women. Of the former he says, ." In our English women there is a, degree of timidity and reserve—a delicacy, dignity, and purity—which sets them off more than all the softness of their eyes, their fair and roseate complexions, or the slender symmetry of their forms— ' Their innocence and virgin modesty, Their virtue, and the conscience of their worth ; none of which, I 'am sorry to say, are likely to be improved abroad—form their highest and loveliest attributes." And then Mr. Baines says, " Don't you wish to know the character of the Italian women ? As I should not like to be rude, I shall not tell you." Popery makes women moral only in appearance, while Protestant teaching reaches the heart, making the tree good, that the fruit may be good also. And now, let me ask, what do we find at home ? Are Romanists, especially females, in Liverpool, who are well instructedin the" Moral Theology" of St. Alphonsus Liguori, more moral than those ladies who live under the very nose of the Pope—who are intimate with the cardinals and bishops, and all the numerous orders under the authority of his Holiness, and have the privilege of counsel and advice from these holy men ? They are simply neither better nor worse. After dwelling for some time upon this *le, the lecturer asked what could be suggested to improve the moral state of society? If the Pope and car dinals, bishops, priests, and monks could not reform society, but need reformation themselves, he would pro pose that the imprisoned nuns, of whose piety Roman Catholics so frequently boast, should be all set free to mingle among the people, and that they should no longer be laid up within high walls and iron doors, but scattered abroad and spread from one end of Italy to the other ; for if they be what their priests represented them, in a moral sense they are salt and light, and should be scattered for thp enlightenment 'and regeneration of sinners, that they may shine forth as brilliant example s, and exercise a counteracting influence upon the ungodly masses of man• kind. But these nuns are such delicate plants —so sensi— tive, that, should a few English gentlemen intrude upcar_ their holy retirement, they might perhaps never recover the shock. And yet men do visit them—men in the same order and of like passions as he whom the other day the President of the High Criminal Court in Dordogne, France, addressed thus : " You have exercised your influence over Hortense. This girl, who is to-day penitent for herr crime, was made the victim of your perfidious solicita— tions,. as a priest and as her Father Confessor, while you were curate at Baths." Now, if priests act thus some— times with women who have every means of resisting . them, what protection is there for those who are entirely under ecclesiastical power ? Romanists protest against: fair investigation, and this strengthened the lecturer's suspicions respecting the treatment of poor nuns, and confirmed his belief in the horrible disclosures of Maria . Monk, of Hogan, and others. Protestant seminaries and, institutions invite investigation. We fear not the light— Roman Catholics do; and we, therefore, urge an honest, bold investigation of all nunneries, believing as we do that the deeds perpetrated within their high walls and iron.- doors are evil, and cannot bear the light. After further allusion to the cruel decrees of Popish Councils and the barbarous conduct of several Popes, the lecturer said—ls this the Holy Catholic Church ? Where is her obedience to the Saviour's golden rule, "As ye would that mess should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this, is the lays and the prophets." The lecturer then alludelin pointed terms to . the . Romanising acts of the pervert Anderdon;„ m a n o o pa stuilld eb e i alluded books, Church ktNios.;liapeehre o fa s f oa E reme n ewi g rn l i a tgiai n ictnh d h , who, while continuing to receive the stipend of a clergy— ociuiwas,work rast b i y doof t fh h tue e ho dis vh joadrpsinantl. givesgooatimtons_ authority,of nextP opish pictures of the crucifixion to dying persons to aid them irs their devotions, and teaches his people to make distinctions in meats, and lends books ,which contain doctrines akin to Popery. This gentleman, he maintained, had a Romisla bias, and should be watched closely. It was one of the objects of the Working Men's Reformation Society to dis— seminate Protestant principles, and to oppose Popery and semi-Popery by the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. After some further remarks, the lecturer con— cluded amidst great applause. COURT AND FASHION. THE QUEEN held a Court and Privy Council on Wed— nesday, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court.her Royal Highness the Donna Anna of Portugal, grand aunt of His Majesty the Kiug of Portugal, was presented to Her Majesty, at an audience, by the Earl of Clarendon. AO the Council a proclamation was ordered to be issued respecting prizes of war, and Orders in Council were passed, giving directions and instructions taller Majesty'ar Courts of Admiralty. VISCOUNT DoNERAILE expired at Doneraile-house on_ Monday, last week. Lord Doneraile was in his 68th. year, and is succeeded in his title and estate by his only son, the Hon. Hayes St. Leger. HER MAJESTY has signified her gracious intention to: be present at the opening of the Crystal Palace, which„ as at present contemplated, will take place on or about the 24th of May. THE QUEEN has conferred the vacant garter upon the Earl of Ellesmere. PRINCE ALBERT paid a visit on Saturday to the Infant= of Portugal, at the legation. The Infanta afterwari dined at the Palace. THE EARL OF DURHAM is appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Durham, in the room of the Marquis a Londonderry, deceased. CAPTAIN R. A. GOSSETT, Assistant-Sergeant, has bunt appointed Depu*Sergeant-at-Arms in attendance on the House of Commons. Mu. W. S. LINDSAY, the letter-writing " eminent ship— owner," was returned for Tynemouth on Thursday. MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE is, it is said, about to resign his seat on the bench. He is to be the president of the Oxford University commission. REPRESENTATION or LIsZEAED.—FinaI state of the poll : —Grey, 138; Trelawny, 118; Reid,. 11: majority for Grey, 20. Mr. Grey is private secretary to Lord Palmerston. MN. AND Mns. JOHN MASSEY STANLEY,. accompanied by the Baroness Talleyrand, have arrived in town, from Paris, where Sir William Stanley, we believe, remains in rather infirm health.— Chester Courant. THE EARL OF BECTIVE, son of the Marquis of Head— fort, was, on Friday, elected M.P. for Westmoreland, in the room ofthe late Alderman Thompson, his father-in-law-- LORD ADOLPHUS VANE was, on Saturday, elected M.P. for North Durham, in the room of his brother, Lord Seaham, now Earl Vane. THE REMAINS of the late Lord Gilbert Grosvenor, R.N., son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, who died suddenly on the 17th ult., on board the Boscawen, destined for the Baltic, were interred at sea on Wednes day, the 22nd ult. THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CLINRICAEDE died on Sun day night week, at a quarter past ten o'clock, at her lady ship's residence in Dublin. The deceased was daughter of the late Sir Thomas Burke, Bart., of Marble-hill, county Galway, and relict of the thirteenth Earl of Clan ricarde. THE SENATE of the University of Glasgow has con ferred on the Rev. Dr. Burgess, curate of St. Mary's, Blackburn, and editor of the Journal of Sacred Litera ture, the degree of LL.D., on account of his recent publi cations in Oriental Literature. The resolution of the Senate was moved by the Rev. D. H. Weir, M.A., Profes sor of Oriental Literature, and seconded by the Rev. W. Fleming, D.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy. THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND, which has for some time been anticipated, took place on Monday, last week, at his seat, Welbeck Abbey, Northamptonshire. The deceased, William Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck, Duke and Earl of Portland,Marquis of Titchfield,Viscount Woodstock, and Baron Cirencester, was born in 1768, and had consequently reached the patriarchal age of 80. In 1795 he married the daughter and co-heiress of General Scott (whose name he assumed). The offspring of this marriage were, the Marquis or Titchfield, now Duke of Portland ; the late lameuted Lord George Ben tinck; Lord Henry Bentipac, M.P. for North Notts; Lady Charlotte Denis, and Lady Howard de Walden. HER MAJESTr's DRAWING-ROOM.—On Thursday the Queen held a Drawing-room, the first this season, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived soon after two o'clock from Buckingham Palace, and were received by the principal officers of the Household of the Queen and the Prince. The Duke of Cambridge attended the Drawing-room, and was received by the Vice-Cham berlain. The Queen wore a train of white poplin, bro caded in gold, a running pattern of flowers and leaves, trimmed with white tulle and gold blonde, and bunches of sweet peas. The petticoat was white satin, trimmed with white tulle, gold blonde, and sweet peas. Her Ma jesty s headdress was an opal and diamond diadem, and feathers. MARRIAGE OP THE EMPEROR OP AITSTRIA.—A letter from Vienna states that on the 22d April the Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by her august relatives, will land at Nussdorf, where she will be received by the Burgo master and the Municipal Council of Vienna, who will accompany her to the Palace of Schcenbrun. Orr the fol lowing day she will proceed in great pomp to the Imperial chateau. On the 24th the nuptial benediction will be given in the Chapel of the Palace, by the Archbishop of Vienna, assisted by other primates and archbishops of the empire. Amongst the illustrious visitors who will be pre sent are mentioned the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Duke de Modena, the Archduke Maximilian d'Este, &c. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. THE new articles costume adapted to the spring sea son comprise a variety of mantelets and pardessus. Lace, embroidery, guipure, or velvet application are the prin cipal ornaments employed in trimming them. Many man telets are composed of coloured silk of tints suitable for the coming season, —but by far the greater number are black. A mantelet of black silk is always in good taste, and is well-fitted as an intermediary between the two ex treme seasons of winter and summer. Manteletsof blade moire, ornamented with a trimming of deep guipure sur mounted with ruches of ribbon, are now much in favour.. Among the novelties which have just appeared may be mentioned shawls of green, blue, ruby, or violet-coloured. velvet ; they are trimmed with a magnificent fringe„ com posed of chenille, silk, and tassels intermingled.: this fringe is not sewed to the edge of the shawl, but is. placed at some distance above it, so as to fall entirely upon the velvet, by which means a peculiar rich effect is produced. The fringe is headed by a row of braid broche in different tints harmonising with the colour of the velvet, and ano ther row of the same braid is placed at the edge of the shawl. Bonnets continue to be made of a combination of vari ous materials satin, crape, velvet, and blonde, are all tastefully mingled together. None of the new bonnets are prettier than those composed of straw and velvet, an admixture adopted some time ago, and still retaining fashionable favour. Others, presenting much novelty, consist of fancy straw, ornamented with a pattern in che nille, and filled with feathers harmonising in colour with the straw and chenille. French chip, the material for merly much employed for bonnets of an elegant kind, has this spring again resumeri &your. Bonnets are still worn excee di ng l y sn inn, dna the front is thrown as much off the fOOO es heretofore ; the crowns are generally plain, the out side trimming being almost exclusively reserved for the front, the edge of which is almost always ornamented with ruches of ribbon, blonde, or rouleaux of feather trimming. Collars are still worn rather large, and those edged with deep vandyke points are most in favour. The needlework, with which they are thickly covered, is intermingled with small eyelet holes, producing a light and lace-like effect. Valenciennes insertion is not unfrequently introduced along with needlework. These large vandyked collars have a very pretty effect when worn with high dresses. The chemisettes worn with high dresses frequently have collars attached to them. The collar is then of small size, and is usually edged with one or more rows of Valenci ennes, set on full. Vast numbers of under-sleeves, in various styles, are now in course of preparation. The most favourite form for under-sleeves is that consisting of one large puff; confined at the wrist by a band, over whie_ ll is worn a broad turned-up cuff of needle-work ; eyelet-hole work, with pointed vandykes. Sleeves ° f r t : d souk, of the for wok, mentioned, and richly 07 rut the with eyelet-hole are intended to be worn un turned-up cuffs. d with a Profu- Caps suited for demi-toilette are trimmed and flow- • • led with lonPs sion of ribbon, usually intermingled Flowers are employed ing ends of narrow black velvet. Flow s. only for caps intended for full evening frequently. ------- CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. —111 the royal message trans.. mitted to parliament on Monday the following w or d s occur :—"lt is a consolation to Her Majesty to reflect that no endeavours have been wanting on her part to preserve to her subjects the b lessings of peace." In the r o y a l message by which the commencement of hostilities with um s France was commun icated to parliament on the 16 th of May, 1803, the following words occur :—" It is a consola tion to His Majesty t o reflect that no endeavo , urs h ave been wanting on his part to preserve to Ms auniects the blessings of peace." T HE C O NSOLIDATED FUND.—On Saturdayvve parliament was printed to apply the ek an act of out of the Consolidated Fund to the s of eight millions -1 1iiir aa , year. The interest on Exchecine I s ry ices of the present Nt s 101 l this act is not to exceed 3 1 d r. in Punnancc of 4.4lk ft a . per oentum per diem. wile