The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

Feb. 9, 1847. 1.,,,,.....A...!,immaiv:0i1e.5. kora! e . peror of Brazil, at this pOrt. The collection for the P.►itoral Aid S3ciety at St. Sa viour's Church on Sunday week Wai £lO 04. 9.1 On Friday, another child, living in Wool teth Park. was burnt to death -street, Tox Ramer, atria s General Tarn Thumb saile 1 in th for Baston, from Liverpaal on Tnur3da The amount of gold taken out by the Cambria on Thursday morning was just under £300,000. Mr. Atkin, of the Zoological Gardena, has purchased the miniature eouivaze of General Tom Thu - nb. _ _ h Liverpool A the Biikenhea. board, and hai 3 intention of raiigoing and Che3ter hay Into reoair Ived to expand in putting it iina and Glass establishment of Oa Saturday•w Athol-street, a man, named John Duncan, living „,n excavation, ell w, to where he and broke his leg He died of 'ie injury on Thursday. —The quantity of soup distributed at lc kit four weeks has been TH E SOUP Sao the t soup shops during as follows 16th January 70,325 quarts , 89,316 quarts. SUICIDE.—A shoemak__ , _ lived in Naylor-street, put a p Thursday evening IBA, by hangin age, and had been for some beeilits 23rd Janu - ary, 83,077 quart 30th January d Barrow, who !xistence on He wai 52 years of time in a state of mental im- by Mr. Curry, on !I up in s Came a bs; full grown as married a sons of Mr. previous to C 3 '' Sl PANY. —We understand thi about noon, a s mcm m not iay be Rail usand brm a rid to rehase -room street / forces apidly arlisle listant f the of the ie dif- )pped, tilated 11 sta ar the terrific being ) miles 'Cause [l, and in its ;oming ithi n a 71 with one of ;e-hill, -nce of urse of splen- of ex, itatiOri t pusands der the Ereds of dertak- i across King's -house, Lsary in verpool These ,uel and iderable as they ire cost Lturday amount )n those £2 12s. it meet- itor to ; £7OOO to cover Le fund* Brewer Id been for that Exche- :in being refused. re would arehold u would Ty other: Pled and , d to, as of ma- ,wer one E-UPON- very nu- say, was the'pur espect to ram, and Anted on 'mine the ,na twelve I encleav ment acts rich, with Counties iie Liver- Junction Railway Railway, he Man- r lease to the Man- ion. The netts :--- £89,892 £63,113 Liverpool, Lion Com: b;1,707 is unpaid+ stated that en claimed xi the pro ved unpaid win an op- Mr. Le allotment ) the diree ,uhlic. 110 xi the 29t1). A to them- IT on which been taken )cer 1, from v, at 62 pre- that d that 200 0 riends. en that Mr Mr. All tion and re: louldsworth report opy led sine diet )ther spec' ndment six to one lded. Jam Children • It is stated that few days James Ml.Jpratt, of aster, s her retirement from to Tom GUARDIAN GA go to M comp ,ny are exhibiting, in their offices, a gas metre so empty constriizted that every consumer of gas can check the quantity consumed, instead of trusting to the officials of the company, as the case is at present. We understand a reply has been received from the by the &lett Vestry, regretting the inconve- Home-ofi nience to hope that unrceted, and expressing a 'lto Parliament, if adopted, mea3ul will diminish the i D' ix - of th Commander Ingram, as will proceed soon as the defect in her hotwell is repair( to Chatham, to take the E mouth, for embarkation t 1 the Belleisle, ich the Birken- troop-st head will . proceed with a regime pt ness. The Belleisle will, be ready The negotiation for an intern and Halifax, between this date ai has not proved successful._ The to BOSta company (an of the year I I which considered t the outlay that would be w Ftues.—i )n Wednesch mue outbu Chi broke nut in John Davies, farm the fire is sunnos< ous fire in whiel nary, with several mated, namely, the gra- Ithouses, some hay anc ved.—On Tuesday night a dwellinw- use, in Audley- reet, took fire, lint the G. Wommw tion of animal to be exhibited Over by it s spirited prof of t' MENAGERIE.-- . b. is at present i on The lay next, and t lay, we u Larity children of following by the of public i 3 his intention to admit the town il. On Such an exampl( Proprietors of all similar colleetio I will be pr amusement to beat New lted to the Maya tish and N ATLANTIC STEAM American Mail Steam-packet Company have ordered fou immense timber steam-ships to be fitted out for plying b tween Liverpool and New York. Three built at Greenock, and the fourth at pot ire being ;gow. TI 950 hor They a have tN-v-o-Tie;s7T;bins each, and are ful 'ee feet deeper than the usual dimen- sions of the A MISS LEAZII'S CONCEE And accomplished favourite of tt vocal and instrumental concert 1 Assembly Rooms, for which she of Mr. Edw. W. Thomas (the c C. J. Jones (piano-forte), Miss P, Mr. Leach. The selection of mu: 'prising many favourite pieces, and venture to predict that the enterta—_ deserves, a large attendance. INCITEMENT TO INDUSTRY.—The Hon. Charles CIE naents, late Poor Law Commissioner, who is at presen, engaged in County Donegal in relieving the poor. in that district, has consigned to Messis. Jeffrey and this town, with a view of mitigating the distresses of th, Poor of that county, about 700 pairs of mens' short hose the manufacture of the women and children of Donegal. Mr. Clements wishes the consignees to devise some method for selling the present stock. This is partially carrying out the humane suggestion of the Rev. W. Pol lock, Incumbent of - St. Mark's. It will draw, as it LIVERPOOL.—In consequence of the dearness of provi. sions, the inclemency of the season, and other prevailing causes of distress pressing with severity on the poor Jewish residents (the funds of the Mendicity Society are set apart for the relief of the casual poor), the officers of the Old Hebrew Congregation, after obtaining a grant from the Co meneed week factory given to all residents of gou.. standing, from the Philanthropic Societ provision of coals and blanket late M. L. Mozlev. -" bequest of the 1- the. Jewish Inteuu charact of three Years' from endowments of the nd the Messrs. Mozley, and a i Joseph, Esq.—Correspondent of AWFULLY SUDI/EIIiiEATH.—On Wednesday last Mr. John Donelly a gentleman belonging to Newry, fell down afte rwards Itanelagh-' a Quarter of an how street, and died i He was seen to g a sinb d ili c wmen ne rnrew away umn nun 6uunemy, r PPed immediately on the flags in a state of insen drupv 4. , le deceased was carried to a neighbouring : n is b hi s n s a hop, and expired in a few minutes. In his Pockets were found the Sum of £9 12s. als: Carnm- t._ a gold watch, and a bill for £9' 5d., and he had 6d. The nag contained £2,980 in cash. The deceased called on Sunday at the house of a gentleman in St. James's street, Li - verpool, and set off the same evening for Lon don, and it appeared he was about to proceed to America by the steamer which sailed on Wednesday. The surgeon, who made a post mortem exaMination, stated the cause of death to be an aneurism of the aorta, and a verdict was returned accordingly. The property found was deposited with the Commissioner of Police. THE GREEN-LANE WATER WORKS.-These works may almost be said to be in full operation. The engine commenced working on Tue s d a y, an d i s now lif t i ng n i ne hundred gallons per minute, an d i s filli ng t h e cool i ng ponds. 'Elie reservoir at Kensington is capable of hold ing 10,000,000 gallons, and when filled there will be a constant supply of water in the principal streets in the town, particularly in , the warehouse districts. The • mains b being abi o the reservoir the level of the Exchange, the use Of fire env freqx corresponding saving to the p Highly important advantages in a Will also result from the operation s ewers can be scoured out when rets, during the summer seaso Ir tu , trust tlAtwhen the waters is a vorTl,s, the result' will be equally .'ll attended the starting of the SL _I it n_ _ _ _ mt.. reg WIT tisfactory with that hall i t y nry Bishop's lectures, recently given at the musi We ai ,`"eeds), on behalf of the Philosophical Society, ha eon,:,!,glad to hear, suggested a strong desire to get up dis,:i'rrt , consisting of selec lia,; e (ll gloshed composer, au • this 1 7raussion to 'lnsert th 13ishriv, are anxious to le works of tn] direction. NV entlemen who, wit} : w eY are as follows i--:George Goodman, mayor ; the Rev B,* ; 8 , inolair, Wm. Bebkett, Christopher Beckett, Johr Thomas Ben - on C. Barr, Win. Williams Brown Atkinson-"ot, D. Lupton, li.rthur Lupton, T. T. Dibb, Join , I-L Stansfield, James Buckton, Jun., Rev. Dr additi °llll es, P. Fairbairn, and George Shaw. We very sin cerely trust that this brilliant list will receive numerous (18 , and that the lovers of good music will embrace an opportunity which, securing them a very high degree of musical enjoyment, will have the additional attraction of enablinr, -. . En to pay a graceful compliment to native Ityelligencer. [We trust that the direc. ate Institution will follow the example.] genius.—Leedv tors of the Collek, saA.turtaßaov:oforAtaheTpta, ROBBERY.—A story was current on the police %nth . o ccuracy of. which we will not vouch, as transacti.,, from her c aid that ite passed throughtre sa:rEalr°,atinsi; ,teheetrili a cheque for a eon bank-notes. It is believed s "Y ' She returned to her earriaffe )yal Bank Buildings, ig the bank, presented which she received in as minutely watched. , 411(11 Was • .. Just about to step in, when a gentleman with sp eetaci without his hat, and with a pen in his hand, hastily t s ,; , angVielw we have forgotten her, saying, " T beg pardon, n ria d ain ; t w politely accosted you kindly Trestore to make a memorandum of your notes return them to me for a few minutes them to you directly." The lady, believin addressed her to be one of the clerks of the ta ri rs ir n ° rendered the notes at once, and the gentleman hastli; retreated up the st e p s , th ro ugh the gates, into th e area .: and ran in the direction of the bank. The lady waited some time, and at length went to the bank to inquire why _the notes were not sent back *to her. She was assured that no person had been sent after her from the bank, and that her business with the teller had been completed When the notes were counted out to her. She perceived at once that she h a d b een i ngen i ous l y ro bb e d, an d that the respectable looking gentl eman i n spec t ac l es , A fter he obtained the notes, must ha ve ma d e hi s ex it from the buildings through the gates opening into Elbow-lane. Ittlataigik .;A - v y. Tll ma country DEATH OF AN .INFANT FROM STARVATION.—DEPLO RABLE DESTITUTION. - Another of those cases of ex treme misery and destitution with which the public have before the coroner, touching the death of John Cawley, a poor Irishman, living in thiling-street. From the evidence of Mr. Tompkins, one of the relieving officers of Toxteth-park, it appeared that Cawley applied for relief on Tuesday morning, and immediately after wards he went to visit the cellar which Cawley occupied ; he found the wife of the polr man in bed With (as he supposed) one child ; but after asking her a few questions relative to her condition, he saw what appeared to be a bundle of rags, but which, on closer inspection, proved to be the botiy, of a child. Cawley had not alluded to the death of his infant when he applied for relief; nor did his wife draw the attention Of theielie,ving officer to the body when he sUoke to her. Mr. Gilmour, a surgeon, made a cause of death to be a general wasting of the system from arrived in Liverpool about two months' since, when he had a pound in his pocket, on which he had supported came over on Sunday week is wife on The coroner, addressing the jury said, that unless something were immediately done for the relief of the family the parents would follow their child. The coroner asked Mr. Gilmour what he intended to do in the case of the wretched .woman ? He replied that she had not been given to him as a patient, anc le con: terfere. The coroner immediately gave Mr. Gilmour to understand that if death ensued he should take the most prompt steps, and concluded by giving the surgeon legal notice of the case, upon whidh Mr. Gilmour expressed his determination to give his best attention to the case. The verdict was, died from starvation. ALLEGED DEATH OF A PAUPER LUNATIC FROM VIO LENCE.—On Thursday an investigation took place into the circumstances connected with the death of John My ers, whose death was stated to• have resulted from vio lence inflicted upon him by one of the keepers of the lu natic ward in the Liverpool Workhouse. The evidence of Daniel Morrey was to the effect that he was a pauper in the Workhouse, and had been appointed one of the under keepers to the Lunatic Asylum. He was an inmate of the asylum, but his conduct was not violent. A man named Hug,h Evans, one of the under keepers, used to hit A h "In vv7411 n ‘3l.".nr. bona„ en hn dirtiarl fhP pushed him out of the dry house, and at the time it was snowing heavily. The unfortunate deceased fell to the ground with great force, but did not complain afterwards of being hurt. Subsequently he (Morrey) had seen Evans strike the deceased with his open hand on the forehead, and also with a strap, and there were marks of violence which appeared to have been produced by such means. The deceased was taken ill sivirtly afterwards, and conti nued in a debilitated state until Saturday last, when he died. On being questioned Morrey stated that lie had never made any complaint to the governor, the head keeper, or the surgeon, as to violence having been used towards the deceased. It appeared, also, that Morrey had been sent to the mill, by order of the governor, and . „ had been convicted of felony. The governor stated that no complaint whatever had been made to him ; and the evidence of Mr. T. F. Grimsdale, surgeon to the house, went to show that deceased had died of general debility, connected with the state of mind. Mr. Grimsdale added that he had freqi itly visited deceased, but no complaints ill-usage, and the keepers were not al- lowed to inflict any description of punishment, or even to use any kind of re ;traint, without his orders. This'state ment was corroborated by Mr. John Timmon, one of the honorary physicians, who had frequently seen the de ceased. The jury returned a' erdict in accordance with the surgical testimony. LOCAL MEETINGS CHuncg MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—We understand that the Liverpool Church Missionary Committee have ar ranged to hold a Missionary meeting in the Concert-hall, on Friday evening, the 19th instant. The object of this half-yearly meeting is to fgrnish an outline of the history of some of the most important missions of the society. The mission in the Island of Ceylon, and that in N. W. America, on the banks of the Red River, will be the sub ject of two lectures by clergymen. _ LIVERPOOL DISPENSARTES. — The annual meeting of the subscribers took place on Friday, at the Parish-office ; the Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the chair. MA Gibson, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that, in consequence of the diminished recepts, the institutions were in debt to the amount, of £415 18s. 6d. The num ber of patients relieved in 1846 were—North Dispensary, 24,388 ; South ditto, 22,538. Total relieved in 1846, 49,926; in 1845, 38,884, shewing an increase over 1845 of 8,042 patients. A series of resolutions, which will be found in our advertising columns, were then passed. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meet ing of this club was held on Tuesday evening. The fol lowing gentlemen were admitted members by ballot :—Sir Arthur Aston, Knight, G.C.8., O wner o f a new y ac ht, building, called. the Sonnambula; Newton Saville Scott f Esq., and Duncan M`Vicar, Esq., and two other gentle men were proposed for next meeting's election. Two models were deposited in the club-room, one of a full sized cutter yacht, and the other a very beautiful built model of the new Liverpool pilot-boat, lately built at Ips: with for Mr. Hudson, y master pilot. This latter vessel opens a totally new field in the annals of the Liveipool pilot-boats. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. — The monthly meeting of this body was held on Thursday ; Mr, Winch in the chair. The by-laws for the regulation of coaches and cars, with a scale of rates, &c., being the same as those adopted at Liverpool and Birkenhead, were read, and several alterations being proposed, they were after some discussion approved of. George Wilkinson and William Kelly were granted licenses for coaches and cars, subject to the regulations proposed by the commissioners. A let ter from Ji , R. Grote, complaining of the bad state of the foot-path the left side of Church-street, near Egremont Ferry, was referred to the improvement committee for consideration. A letter from Wm. Nisbett, complaining of the imperfect state of the Post-office arrangements at Wallasey, and suggesting various remedies, was also re ferred to the improvement committee. LIVERPOOL AND ISLE OF MAN STEAM-PACKET COM PANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in pany was held last week, in Douglas. The re ort stated that the increase of passengers for the four summer months of last season, over the previous one was 10,712: that freights of goods for the six months had in creased ; that the ship Tynwald had been added to their stock at a cost of nearly £22,000, and to defray part of this expense, the sum of £8,250 had been raised by the creation of new half-shares ; and that the dividend of five per cent., which was expected would be given at the meet ing, was likewise withheld for the same purpose. The value of the four steamers, namely, Tynwald, King Orry, Ben-my-Chree, and,Mona's Isle, was stated at £50,121. The directors have it in contemplation to run the Isle between Ramsay, Liverpool, and Whitehaven DISSOLUTION OF THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION LIVERPOOL.—On Monday evening last, a meeting of this body was held at the Portico, Newington, Liverpool, for the purpose of bringing their existence to a close, which was deemed advisable in the present state of affairs. Mona's Most of the leading members of the association were pre sent, amongst them being Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr. J. B. Cooke, Mr. James Harvey, Mr. F. Boult, jun., Mr. C. E. Rawlins, junior, Mr. D. Bulley, &c., &c. Mr. Charles Robertson proposed, " Thaf, inasmuch as the two great monopolies of corn and sugar-were in a fair way of being destroyed, and as the leading statesmen of the country had recognised the principle of free-trade, as the guiding rule of future commercial legislation, it was ex pedient that the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association should be dissolved." The motion was carried. DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIURSDAY.—A report was read fromrofo rt expressed xe h mp e r oe committee and approvalt m h ; t re of fp p ot i l hs oeetds committees mt e e rm a a t ti i t v i t eo e ne to ss ht of e Thetoc htraher e alterations suggested by the Marine Surveyor, which would be of advantage to the navigation of the port : they proposed, in addition, that the upper Hoy lake light should be masked, so as not o ile be seen so far to the west by so, that a strong fixed light beab o e u x t h o i bniet-etah ifromrd in conjunction ef s a uc rnt h position if o ht up the with the Rock Light, as a leadin a g s m th arVb Crosby Channel. The secretary was ordered commu nicate with the - Trinity Board on the subject. Theare- Ware house Management Committee reported that they had re-heard the case of Hugh Williams, wharfinger at the Albert clock warehouses, who had been dismissed for mis conduct ; but he did not bring before them any new mat ter calculated to alter the previous decision. Mr. Hors fall thought there were reasons why Williams should be reinstated, and some discussion ensued upon the subject, several members being of opinion that the punishment of I. dismissal was too severe for the offence committed. u timately Mr. Horsfall submitted a motion to the efreci that Williams should be reinstated, which was seconder by Mr. Wood, and carried by a majority of 8 to 5. Se. veral appointments were made to the Albert dock ware. proved'of. The Chairman said he had received a letter from Mr. Cubitt, relative to the landing stage. It was to the effect that he had been down and examined the work, which he considered in a very forward state, and had no doubt the stage would be ready for use in April next. A. letter was read which had been received from the govern ment authorities relative to the Tidal Harbour Bill. It stated that the Harbour Conservancy Bill of last year would not be proceeded with, and that a modified bill, affirming the right and superintendence of the crown, and creating the same machinery, and exercising it so as to meet the principal defects pointed out by the Tidal Har bour Commissioners, was under' onsideration, and in the event of such bill being framed, the best attention would be given to the allegations contained in the memorial of the Liverpool Dock Trustees - - _ .—.n. apvtaaa ..2eting of the Select Vestry was held, on Thursday, to take into consideration the suggestions of Mr. Austin, the . Assistant Poor-law Commissioher, with respect to the Irish vagrahts. A special committee had been appointed to carry out Mr. Austin's views, and they now presented their report. They had divided the town into twelve districts, and ap pointed two relieving officers for each district. The duty of these officers is to visit the Irish poor at their residences, and to those only administer relief, in the shape of tickets for bread and soup. The relieving officers have been se lected from the police force ,• they are to receive ss. a week in addition to their usual pay, and are under the care of two inspectors. In order to prevent imposition, the tickets for each district will be of a different colour. Soup will be delivered at the present soup establishments, and bread will also be delivered at Gill-street and Fleet-street ; but as the premises at Pickup-street are not sufficiently c ommodious, a house has been taken in Northampton stalrseoet for the delivery of bread in that district. It has ennffit atnhde shoabe determined that no relief, except in sick cases, p pa lo n y ti _ e admini s t ere d to the Irish casual poor at the stepsw vagrantser beingewho appliedtak e n for for rfindin gelief. Temhe committee had i advertsed for suitable premises, and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, several applications had been sent in. Mr. Howard Hors ley ha ,1 offered toe use of two sheds free, and those v found to be well adapted fir t cainmittee had renuested th lie purpose Rector Campbell to prepare an address to the inhabitants on the impropriety a•resolu- licriminate y giving ms, and tion acknowledging the services of the rector in this mat ter.—ln the course of the conversation which ensued, it appeared to be the general opinion that the new, plan of Mr. Austin had worked well, and a vo, given to that gentleman.—The CHAIRMAN said the im portations since the 13th of January had been 13,911. In the last eight days in the month of January the im portations were 8499. It is worthy of observation that the number of men had been enormously increased within the last eight days. The number was 4553, and children only 1652. The number of men that came last Sunday was 1216, women 1615, and children 458.—Mr. EARLE said it was quite possible that those gentlemen had sent their ladies first, who, finding they got so much money by egging, and so much good soup and bread, thought they - send for their husbands.— could not do better (Laughter.l--Mr. AUSTIN said, that was an ingenious thelry; but if the figures were looked at, it_would be bat every day men exceec been paised to him ; but he could not help mentioning the great exertions every officer of the establishment had made. He never saw a set of officers who did their duty so well ; they had their hearts in their work. He wished TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. _ _ After the proceedings of the Finance Committee had been read, Sir Thos. BRANCKER said that since the last meeting of the Finance Committee, the Royal Insurance Clinpany had• agreed to pay the Council the sum of £960 for the piece of land situated at the corner of Dale-street, and North John-street.—A brief conversation took place as to why a proposition from the Earl of Derby for open- been entertained by the Finance Committee ; Sir Thos. Brancker said the Council had no funds to deal with tb( owners of land. Mr. EARLE wished the subject referred back, and eventually the consittera he quest r. Higg House estate had been purchased for investment, not forihe use of the public. The property was not yet entirely paid for, and On the Dock Con )een rear Mr B RAAILEY-MOORE said:in reply to Mr. Robinson, that the Liverpool and Bury Railway Company in crossing the street leading from the Borough Gaol to Regent-street, would have to make the bridge at an elevation of 17 feet. They would cross the dock estate with what was called a " skew" bridge, and also a lift bridge. The Courts of Law Committee recommended the Coun cil not to proceed with the erection of the organ for St. George's Hall, as there was nbt sufficient time now to erect it, and to postpone the building of it until the hall was finished, when a better idea could be formed than now of the size and power of the instrument. Dr. Wes- ley was requested to send in his account for paymE a vote of thanks was passed to the professional gentlemen who had kindly lent their services to the Council. - Er. JAs. HOLME and Mr. SAMUEL HOLME made some obser- vations as to the bad accommodation of the interior of the Hall. The latter gentleman said he thought the 6. - 1.) had arrived , when some practical man should interfere, with reference to the ventilation of the hall. Hitherto it had been a tissue of alterations, and Dr. Reid, with all his tinkering, knew not what to do, and was not prepared with any plan far ventilating the building. The whole of the chimney flues had at one time to be abandoned and blocked up again at great expense. Then immense sums of money were expended in the excavations, cold air flues, and mill wheels (loud laughter.) The whole edifice was a thing of shreds and patches ; and now the architect was making an enormous horizontal flue. into which the smoke from every fire-place was to pass; and unless a proper temperature could be arrived at throughout the building, the whole thing would have to be taken down again.—Mr. EARLE said he would never consent to pay £7OO for an organ ; and that subject was agreed to be postponed until that day month. _ _ The salary of Mr. Highton, the Governor, of the Borough Gaol, was increased from £350 to £450 per annum. The proceedings of the Health Committ Mr. James Newlands CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILW4Y 'early meeting of the jun., Esq. -- the chairman, presided. The report, which was read-by Mr. TOWNSEND, stated that the , Directors had let the co ;he extension engineer's estimate, to be completed in nine months, and as the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners had publicly no tified that the first nnrtinn of their (locks would be open had been 'made with the contractors to have such a com- munica iratige by March as would enabl;them to work the locomotive power direct from and to the dock quays, thus enabling this Company, to participate at once in the traffic which those great works would ensure to them. Arrangements had been completed with the London and North Western, Chester and Holyhead, Shrewsbury, Chester and Birken head, and Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Companies, for the erection of a joint station at Chester. It wa -, stated that the Directors had, in conjunction with the Cheshire Junction Companies, taken an interest in the 111 Old Railway, feeling assured that the opening of that. district would not fail to add largely to the passenger and mineral traffic; that the bill for amalgamating the com- iion Company, had passed the standing orders committee and been read a second time in the House of Common= and that prior to its introduction . to the House of Lord general meeting. The revenue account showed i nett profit of £12,616 lls, 5d., out of which the Directors re commended that a dividend he declared of 14s. per £5O share, 7s. per £25 share, and 2s. 3d. per £2O share ; the income tax to be paid by the Company. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the report be adopted, and that the dividend be paid on a‘id after the 11th_ of February. He said that the dividend of 14s. hough very much the same as that the proprietors had been accustomed to receive, would, he rejoiced to say, on all future occa- most important negociations with the commissioners of Birkenhead, to secure the utmost facility of passengers and goods across the le transit Mersey The Com- ing, so far as they could do it with regard to the inter of w the Company: It might be a matter of surprise that there had been no accession from the opening of the Shrewsbury and Chester line, He rather thought the Di- branches to coal districts, from which a tradic is expected, have not yet been openec month of April these branches will be opened, that time sheds for the receipt of goods at Birkenhead would be ready. April would also form an important era in the history of - should witties, arge por and before great works which appeared to arm a prestige of the future greatness of Birkenhead. The Warehouse Com pany also expected to be able to open eighteen warehouses at the same time, and in order to accommodate this traffic a temporary railway would be made, so that goods taken from the vessels might be carried #long the line without further impediment. Although, of course, they should derive some advantage from this, he (the Chairman) should not be expressing his own views if he said he looked for very large results from this partial opening, fot until these great works were completed, they have a very large inerease'froin that source should not It would be a work of time they could attract commerce from the streams in which it had been accustomed to flow, but when they looked at the-convenience and the cheapness of the Birkenhead docks, there was no doubt the merchants of Liverpool would send their vessels there. Mr. COCHRANE seconded the motion, and it was car- ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then intimated that the Chester and Holyhead Company had agreed to take an interest in the Mold Railway to the extent of £60,004, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction £20,000, and the Di rectors of the Chester and Birkenhead Company asked the proprietors to sanction their proceedings in also taking an interest to the extent of £20,000. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the meeting approved of the steps taken by the Directors, and that the shares subscribed for be adopted as part of the stock of this company, and that the DirectCirs be authorised to take such steps as' they may deem necessary for the opening of .nd it was carried as the most eligible of the candidates for the situation of loc Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion I unanimously reply to Mr. J. B. Lloyd, Air. Newlands had been selected by the Committee unani mously, it was said that had Mr. Hawksley been aware of the advertisement he would have offered his services. Mr. J. B. LLOYD moved that the subject be referred hack, with instructions to ascertain whether Mr. Hawks- The fine delta formed by the Irwell between Broughton ley's services could be. obtained, and upon what terms. Castle and Kersal Moor, has ' Mr. HIGGINS seconded the motion. Mr. TINNE, Mr. chester race-course. ROBERTSON, MR. TWINER, and Mr. AIKIN spoke of i The Lying-in Hospital at Manchester was.totally de being very desirable to. secure the eminent talents of Mr. stroyed by fire on Wednesday. The inmates were all Hawksley, whilst Mr. H, HORNBY, Mr. PARKER, and saved with difficulty. The gallant matron refused to Mr. S. HOLME spoke of Mr: Newlands equally highly. make her escape till her entire charge of mothers and Mr. H. Houma - said that for all practical purposes Mr. babes were conveyed away with safety. Newlands was likely to be a more serviceable 'man than Mr.- Hawksley, and Mr. HOLME said that if they now gave the situation to the latter gentleman they would brand Mr. Newlands with professional rejection. The Council divided, and the proceedings of the Committee were confirmed by a majority of 21 to 12. The appoint ment of Mr. Newlands is, therefore, confirmed.—ln reply to Mr, Lloyd Mr. LACE said, that both as to the quantity and quality of the water at Rivington Pike, the most sa tisfactory reports had been received. Ltstnrt NEW SHERIFFS The water was found of the very best description after an analization by Dr. Lyon Playfair, and of the quantity there was an equally good assurance. The Committee would be able to show that they could supply the town, not only now, but when it was twice the size it was at present, and at a cheaper rate.—Mr. TINNE : Yes, and when it is four times the size. peen taken for the Man- William Gale, Esq., of Lightburn house, Ulverston, has been appointed sheriff for the en suing year for the county of Lancaster; Ralph Gerard Leycester, Esq., of Toft-hall, for Cheshire ; Joseph Dent, Esq., for Yorkshire ; Lord Newborough, for Anglesey ; and Llewellyn Falkner Lloyd, of Nannerch, Esq., for Flintshire. The MAvon acknowledged the receipt of several com munications relative to the distress at present prevailing in Ireland, and said that there was no fund at the disposal of the Council to be devoted to any such benevolent pur poses. He availed himself of that opportunity to state, A NitE POINT.—At Rochdale petty sessions, last week, the magistrates were applied to for an order of removal of a pauper woman and her family. This was resisted on le woman's husl chief magistrate, the fault did not lie with him ; and he stated this in order to purge himself from any little re proach to which he might have subjected himself, and to tell numbers of his fellow townsmen, who were waiting „ head was in one parish and his feet in another. The ma gistrates refused the order, and the case will be tried in a higher court. MRS. BUTLER (LATE Miss FANNY KEMBLE.)— Amongst the characters to be sustained by this celebrated at the Theatre Royal, Manchesei., commences on the 16th inst,) are Julia, in The Hunchback; Juliana, in The Honey Moon: Lady Macbeth, Juliet ; Lady Teazle, in The School for Scandal; and Queen Katherine, in Venry the Eighth. She is to receive, it is said, £75 a fora public meeting, that it was not intended to call one, and that they had better contribute liberally, in the ordi nary way. He was happy to say that the town of Liver- ,--- - PARISH CHURCH OF BEBINGTON pool had nobly responded aireany to the numerou uppea. made from the pulpits of the different churches and This ancient struc- Mr. S. HOLME then withdrew a motion of which he _c-opened on nuou.y extensive repair. On this occasion the reverend recto' received a gratifying testimonial of regard from his lady parishioners, in the presentation to him of a sP , nicals; and the liberality of the parish generally has not ture was r have lately infested Liverpool. After some further business, the MAYOR read a memo rial from the Licensed Victuallers, complaining of the of a beautiful building, but two made an application for the use of the Town-hall for the purpose of a ball. His worship declared that he had said nothing that could be offensive, nor had he heard any one say anything in the Council which was offensive to the association, at the time the memorial was entertained. • ....,.•••••• of great taste .hdve been put up at the cost of the ladies and bachelors of the congregation. INCORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH OF WARRING The TowN-CLERK. said he had to lay before the coun cil a statement of claim for compensation made by Mr. Deane, law-clerk to the late Highway Board. He claimed an annuity of £1123 to be secured to him by bond, or a gross sum of £ll,3o2.—(Sensation.)—The TOWN-CLERK said in reply to Mr. Earle, that Mr. Deane's salary at the Highway Board was £5OO, and that was a very small por tion of his emoluments. The claim was referred to the Finance Committee. Messis, Wagstaff, Marsh, and Barratt, the solicitois em- lIIRIiENHEAD COMMISSIONERS rough, stating the privy council had advised her Majesty •At the usual monthly meeting on Tuesday, a long con versation took place as to whether a letter received by the chairman from Mr. Mallaby, and in which that gentleman complained of some reflections, perhaps unintentional, east upon him by the Gas and Water Committee, should be read. After motions and amendments for and against the reading of it had been submitted, it was at length de cided that as a. special meeting of the Gas and Water Committee had been adjourned from the 23rd ultimo to the 15th instant, the letter•ought to be referred to the ad journed meeting of that committee, and embodied in their was er enry requested of t l sat Friday , to th e genera l b oar d at t h e next monthly het t r h i a t t was o t e meeting. There wer e —f or th e reading, 3 ; against it. 9. thee w ruMe,r.asC stated t said,edin ask k liabilities of the township exceeded the am0,,,,,t .totnri 1.., cipal boundary will not comprise the whole of the parlia mentary borough, but will include the greatest portion of the town of Latchford, situated in the county of Chester. The borough is divided into five wards, and the number of councillors allotted to each ward six. The corporation will consist of the mayor, five aldermen, and thirty coun cillors. CAUSES OF DEATH AT INQUESTS IN MANCHESTER.- By the quarterly accounts of the borough coroner for ti quarter, frem the 19th October, 1846, to the 2d Januar! 1847, inclusive (presented to the council at its quarterly meeting on Wednesday), it appears that the following were the causes of death in the 80 inquests held in that _ _ arigg, in his evidence before ih-e-g"4-e—rn—m-e"nYt 7 ; carts, horses, &c., 1 ; Mac poisoning, 0 ; suicide, 0 ; drinking .OWisIRIGG replied that every statement made by WI ; ing every liability, amounted to £366,367 15s that the commissioners now could borrow es: , showin ng?.. ho murder and manslaughter, ortimittee 6; foimd dead, deaths 29 ; other casualties, 5. The Manchester Guaxdian remarks upon this statement, that " twenty-nine natural deaths seem a large number for so short a period ; but it includes seven ' fell down dead,' and sixteen found dead,' altogether twenty-three, and the mortality during the above months has been very great." We should rather be dispowd, upon the large number 27, whose deaths have occurred from burns and scalds, to ask how many of these have been the children of women employed in factory labour, and thus deprived of proper superin. money. Mr. COLE had another question to ask, namely, whE ther the landed property included in Mr. Brownrigg CHARGE OF MURDER AT RUNCORN. — On Saturday, a considerable sensation was caused in Runcorn by the fact financial statement before the government commissioners had been valued at a higher or a lower rate than it was valued in June last, when the present commissioners came into. office ? Mr. BROWNRIGG said it was valued considerably lower, ut a man namod itticuard Edwards, a carpenter by trade, having killed his wife. It appeared that Edwards, who is a man given to drink, had been fuddling all that day, instead of being at hi s wor k ; an d hi s w if e , B etty Edwards, who is described as having been a quiet, peaceable woman, had sent one of her children to receive what wages were due to him: About four o'clOck in the afternoon, Edwards came home, and wanted to g( --X60,000 or £70,000 lower than in June. (Heal, hear.) Mr. TowNal:ND read a letter from Mr. Mallaby, in vhich he bezzed respectfully to tender his resignation as it his wile deet Law-clerk to the Board. Mr. Wm. LAIRD, seconded by Mr. Wood, moved that Mr. Mallaby's resignation be accepted. to reconsider his resignation, -for, if persisted in, it would be one of the greatest misfortunes which had ever hap pened to the Commissioners. Mr. BRYANS expressed his regret, as also did Mr. PIM and others of the members, that they were about to lose the valuable services of so able and zealous a man. The motion submitted previously by Mr. Laird, and seconded by Mr. Wood, was then worded as follows, and was unanimously passed : " That Mr. Mallaby's resigna tion be accepted with regret, and that a committee be ap pointed to consider the duties of the future law-clerk, and secure the services to this board of a profeSsional agent who will devote his time solely to their business, and who Will not, directly or indirectly, be interested for or with other parties as a private practitioner,—the committee to consist of the Chairmen of the Committees, Mr. Wood, Mr. Thomson, and Mr. Berner, and that the Parliament ary Committee be requested to continue the services of Mr. 'Wallaby for the present bill before parliament. - Theboaril then adjourned ; but as the members were leaving the room, Mr. POTTER said,—" Gentlemen, I shall beg you to appoint another chairman for your nett meeting ! • -- A pause followed—all were taken by surprise—Mr. Potter immediately left, and his observation was taken as a resignation of his office of Chairman of the Board. 3me money in the 1 her children ;-he took her by the lu attempted to throw her out of. doors her down, and kicked her most severely. His eldest son, who is an apprentice, interfered on behalf of his mother, but was obliged to desist in consequence of the threats of uite dead who found her on the floor, literally be quite cooll waten to death. Edwards took the matter tint when his 'son was desired tossend for a doctor, he 'threatened that, if he went, he would kill him ! Again, when he was told that his wife was dead, he made use of the brutal language, " Let her die, and to h— with her." Edwards was imineallmely taken into custody. On Tuesday last, an inquest was held on the body, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Richard Edwards," who was accordingly committed to Chester Castle.—Chester Chronicle. ALLEGED DEATH FROM STARVATION.—IRISH FRAUD. On Saturday, the neighbourhood of Ordsal-lane and Regent-road, Salford, was in a state of considerable ex- citement, in consequence of a rumour that an Irishman, lodging in Union-street, there, had died from hunger and starvation. Deceased's name was Thomas Roach, a tailor, aged 35 years, and a native of Roscommon, Ireland. An inquest was held on the body on M6nday last, before Mr. Rutter, when Dr. Creighton declared that the deceased died from inflammation of the lungs, and not from a want of food. But the most curious circumstance of the case was the conduct and testimony of his wife at the inquest. She stated that her husbani eeture( f came to lodge in hat low Christ Children, and that they hid all landed in Liverpool on that day fortnight, having been sent over from Ireland. At this stage of her evidence she appeared to recollect herself, and began to prevaricate a little, stating that they had not been sent over, but had come of their own accord. After giving an account of the manner in which her hus band and herself came from Ireland, in reply to a question put •by one of the jury, she declared that the deceased had never been a soldier, and was not in the receipt of a pen 'ion, and when requested to tell the truth, pertinaciously ...... before the coroner; some of the ;ittry requested that a wit= ness, named Nicholas Hannan, might be examined: he knew ing lived with him three months,' when in this country before Christmas, and during the whole of that time he did no work. except make witness a waistcoat, ' At . that time „-- at home, in addition to three acres of land rump nit and he 'said Ile uluu nb ne SII(JUIU seu uN atika k,sysm, - --- He had been a soldieri n the 87th Regiment of Foot, in which he was a tailor, and he had left his discharge and some other papers with witness, which he (witness) had since given up to Captain Bond, the officer in command of the enrolled pensioners here. He had a pension of one shilling a-day, which he received during the three months he was here, and the amount, since due to him he had re ceived the day before he died I—The deceased's wife was then sent for, and the evidence of the last witness was knees. and most hypocritically begged pardon for the lies of which site had been guilty. She pleaded, " that she thought their honours would not buy her husband a coffin, if she said she had a pension." She was strongly cen • . hut thejury, who had intended to originate a subscription for her, exhibited little sympathy towards her, after such baseness. Verdict accordingly.—Manchester Times. CORRESPONDENCE CIIURCH AND STATI TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It was tauntingly said by the gentleman who his town and state question, that if the Church of England wer dissevered from the state, it would be as a cedar in Leba non. and not. as it is now, the poor hyssop on the wall- id creeping t sir, we were tx The Church of England i; a firmly-rooted and aged have di: only the unclerwooa, squattea amuna ner auction uauger of being trodden down by the feet of the passer by, ox rooted up by the bulls of Rome." The church, sir, of which it is ou privilege to be mem- been planted, as . there is good reason to . believe, by the Apostle Paul himself. And though the tempestuous storms of false doctrine and heresy have beat upon her ; and the blightine blast of many an inhospitable winter of and worldlines ha; threatened to _ e for ever hen .energies ; yet she stands the beauteous witness for the truth of God in this land, against the soul-blighting heresies of Rome, and the'ehildlike innovation.s of ( She has shone most brightly never-to litht wit since the time of the a ; and not covered her s, but has spread it into f our land mnded Intri es the people who on Lth have, by ht to sit at the foot of the iken in every kind of vice, have been led to live as becometh the Gospel of And, sir, our scriptural church, moreover, is both cha riot and horsemen to Erigland—her defence against the attacks of foreign foes, and her barrier against the ag gressions of aggrandising Rome. Through being con nected with so pure a church, England has been success ful in war, kleslpd in her commerce, and happy in herself. Through England's church we breathe the pure air of liberty, which was denied our forefathers when the " man of sin " set his iron heel upon our shores, and contami nated the ambient air with his noisorn ,- . breath. Effect the dissolution between the church and the state, and England will sink into disrepute, and be reckoned least among the nations : her glory will be for ever eclipsed, and her sons the slaves of some unprincipled despot. Our church, too, in the plenitude of her mercy, sir, casts her arms around the dissenter, and her shield over the seceder. She, in the amplitude of her liberality, stretches her branches over the otherwise defenceless he sweeping been effected under the fostering care of our established church, considered as a second cause. Of this care and motherly tenderness, dissenters are most ungratefully w 1•1 • •C _1 • • re.;1,04 . 11.1. as ihough she were Let the church be separated from the state, according to the warmest desire of her enemies, and presently steps in the great corruption of 1200 years' accumulation, and fixes its firm grasp upon the state ; which thing it can easily accomplish, for there is in the minds of our legislators a manifest leaning towards Rome. And if this come to pass, sir, where will the toleration be nations of the earth which is now shewn to .dis, Not,. a _vestige of it will be seen remaining. The preaching of the pure word of God will be forbidden, and its preachers anathematised as in former days when Romanism flourished in this But suppose, sir, we were to grant that the connection between the church and the state is an evil, which we are far from allowing, still it would be infinitely better to advocate its continuance in such position, to act as it has hitherto done, like a great shield, large and strong, to And now to bring this communication to a close. When we consider the antiquity, purity, and extensive usefulness of our much-beloved church ; when we consi der the protection she afforda , to the preaching of the cross of Christ in this country_ from the despotism of -"-- f•—• ' • - - - , I art' /tome; when we eonsicie_ oat her formularies ann des are quite in harmony with the oracles of God ; and that by hundreds of her preachers, both at home and abroad, the banner of the cross is unfolded, day by day, and Sabbath after Sabbath, to the view of perishing sin ners ; and lastly, when we consider that the children of God within her pale are well fed from the storehouse of van's Land, and which h and buoyant as are an unwonted tfie best possible term§ with hiin which continued during the remai The result of the experiment upon im immediately to perceive v ing effeels of the strong yapou _ surgery without it. H might be avoided by such a modif at each successive respiration in no other light than as the offspring of a dissatisfied I am, sir, yours truly, 7baleth-park A. LAYMAN AND GUM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The article of gum kauri, or cowrie,_is largely that colony, youwill perhaps give - insertion to the follow- accompanied a ship- ihng wax >-).; larynx, trachea, and bronchial tubes, which often Occasion coughing, nausea, and other distressing effects ; indeed he felt certain, that many would feel a greater amount of pain and inconvenience from inhaling the vapour in this manner, than from undergoing many of the minor operations of felt also that the inconvenience in of the apparatus El 3 0111J43laIlai/IC 1.12 c rat ...tat. tar a,oissa, lilted with atmospheric air, and gradually rendered stronger In order to test this, he requested the youth who had before made several ineffectual attempts, to allow him (Mr. S.) to administer it ; and he proceeded as follows : . held it gitite close, allowing him to brCathe freely through both mouth and nostrils. He then placed his finger and thumb upon the nose, and gradually compressed the nos trils, thus lessening by degrees the quantity of atmospheric air admitted through them, and consequently increasing the quantity and strength of the vapour inhaled through :onstrained to admire her much, I the mouth. This method was completely successful : the • • double tooth extracted 'without the slightest appearance of pain. The patient shortly afterwards_ came to himself, and, on being asked if he felt any pain, he exclaimed, " hit out 7" and could only satisfy himself of the fact by putting his fingers into his mouth, and feeling the vacant space where the tooth had been. He declared that he had felt nothing, but thought he had " surrazin z'd by sunshine." " That he never saw so much sunshine in his life, and that he tried to get out of it, but,could not." The result of these experiments the speaker said 1 the apparatus, which he believed would render it comp as it would enable the surgeon to administer the va ad n of Fete, )our enectuauy to many persons wno coma not mnaie it at au, by means of any of the apparatus hitherto used, and fur ther it would enable the operator to modify the strength and quantity, in any way that might be required by the different constitutions of different patients. To effect this, he proposed to add to the present apparatus an air valve, composed of a small cylinder, the bottom of which should open into the present apparatus above the vapour valve. In the interior'of this cylinder should be a pro jecting ring, turned and ground true, to act as a seat for a valve, turned in the shape of a frustrum of a cone, and fixed with the small end uppermost on a spindle, the top of which should move through a hole in the cover of the cylinder, and the lower end through a guide rod fixed across the cylinder beneath the cone. The lower end of this cylinder should be surrounded by a spiral ae ring, _ A 0 , 0 • _, and retain it there air-tight, while the upper end of the spindle which projects through the valve cover should be furnished with a smdll milled head, so that it might be pressed dOwnwards, and the air admitted through the an nular space between the cone and the ring. le cone up in Now it would be evident that, if at the - commencement of the process of inhaling, the patient should be unable to bear the full strength of the vapor, the operator pressed down the button, as in the second diagram, which showed the valves in section, the atmospheric air would be ad mitted through the perforations in the valve cowl., and passing through the annular -space would mix with the vapor of the Ether, so as considerably to dilute it, while as the pros u e on the button was decreased the con e would rise, and by continually diminishing the annular space decrease the supply of air ; until at length when it had risen into its place, the supply of air would be entirely cut off, and the patient would be enhaling the strong Ether Vapor only. .. The' second diagram shelved a ;till. simpler form of Valve, it merely consisted of a conical hole in the side of the vapor tube, which could be opened and closed by a onical plug, acted upon by a lever precisely like the key ply so good Le of such first, as it was not capa Many other forms of valve might be devised, but he thought those he proposed would be found as good as any, they possessed. the advantage of great simplicity, while they gave the operator the power of regulating the application of the vapor to the greatest nicety. He could commence with a delicate patient, by giving the vapor in a diluted form, and could increase its strength by imper ceptible degrees, and that slowly or rapidly, exactly as the patient could bear it, while when a state of unconscious ness was once produced, the strong vapour could be con tinued or resumed without any danger of the valve ad mitting air, as it would be kept secure by the spring, without any care on the part of the operator. He felt that the application of Ether to produce insensibility dur ing surgical operations, was one of the most" important discoveries of the day ; it would save an immense amount of human suffering, and no doubt as it became more ex tensively known, it would be the means of saving many lives, as persons were too apt, when suffering under dis eases requiring severe operations, to delay, under the ap prehensions of the great suffering which they would have to undergo, until too late. Under these circumstances he should offer no apology for bringing his proposed improve ment of the apparatus before the Society ; he felt anxi ous to have the member's opinions upon it; in order that if his views were correct it should become as extensively known and adopted as possible. Mr. Salt read an article from the Atheneum on the same subject, describing a number of cases in which the Ether had been successfully administered. Several 01 the meeting tried the effect of the apparatus, and occa sioned much amusement by their varied descriptions of what they felt during the process. A cordial vote of thanks was t hen g iven to Mr . W. Smith for the use of his apparatus , and also to M r. C. I. Smith for his interesting communication. Mr. Arstall exhibited a very curious vegetable produc tion from Africa; after which the members adjourned to the Coffee Room lii' ET Pt sT kNnA Vitt la lat it is capable of being mi nish, and a very desirable quality o The external appearance indicates a hardness between copal and resin, burning entirely away with a clear white flame. Having pounded a quantity of the gum in a mar ble mortar, I took half an ounce, and then added two ounces of " anhydrous" alcohol, previously procured by distilling over dry carbonate of potash the spirit of wine of commerce, and digested for several hours in a gentle heat. This readily dissolved, and whilst hot I filtered into a glass vessel, and added to it a weaker solution (ready prepared) of the powdered gum in oil of turpentine, harder and more transparent than mastich, and drying quicker. I have subsequently tried a less expensive method, viz. by first cautiously fusing the powdered gum, then adding oil of _turpentine and boiled linseed oil, each previously made nearly boiling hot, then allowing them to boil alto gether for a short time, but as yet I have not been able to pay it that attention which it requires from its difficulty of solution, but from present appearances I have great• hope of a satisfactory result. _ _ It readily dissolves in ether and naphtha, and when combined with shellac and turpentine, it forms a most ex cellent sealing wax, which from its hardness will, I doubt not, resist the temperature of the tropics, consequently more valuable than the common wax. J. WESTON New Noveolk, Sept. 6th, 1846. THE ST. GEORGE'S ORGAN TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, rom the proceedings at the last meeting of the hope_you will allow me to offer_a few remark of the subject altogether, though even that would be pre ferable to expending £7,000, as proposed by Dr. Wesley. I fear if the corporation do not devise some other mode them, they will have to bear the re vidual, proach of having spent a larger sum than was ever devoted to the building of an organ, without obtaining an instrument of any extraordi- nary pretensions or merits. There seem to be scarcely two opinions that Dr. Wes ley's plan and proceedings have not given the satisfaction under these circumstances, it would be far better to amend what has already been done. The writer of a recent letter in the Mercury, after la bouring hard to show'that Dr. Wesley and Messrs. Gray and Davison are the only persons fit to be entrusted with the organ, has instituted comparisons between an organ repaired and enlarged _by Gray and Co. (not built) and an incompleted organ by Hill. If comparisons need be made, our own neighbourhood will furnish ample means of testing the merits of the builders. At Manchester there have been several organs recently erected by both Hill and Gray and Co., and the organ put up by the latter, a short time ago, in Chester Cathedral, will supply abundant evidence whereon to form a just es timation of the two builders. - Having said this much, it may be asked what better plan can be adopted to ensure a first-rate instrument ? T th prof. Ira. tin not bncitnto to pvnx+ca mu nnricrintinn that if the committee would allow the principal builders to send in specifications for an organ, they would take care to have such assistance and advice as would enable them to furnish plans in every way worthy of considera tion. By so doing, the highest talent, not only in this but other countries, would be called into action, and many new ideas might be suggested which otherwise may be lost to the musical world. A great saving will by this !Amory jim means be effected, even if premiums are awarded to the unsuccessful plans. The consideration of the various spe . be better if left to a committee of three than to one indi: fficient to say that Dr. Wesley is a clever does not neces , arily follow that a teacher tor qualified than any one else ; much, inc Df music is bet eed, depends on ing the various organs which exist in this and other coun tries, and the ability hc_may have to form a just estima- tion of their merits or defects. *ln the preliminary pro ceedings, previous to the erection of the hall it?( IC, 110 one, I dare say, dreamt of leaving it to one individual to draw up a _plan and engage a builder to complete the erection ' - ;on whe- Had. such been the case, I much q ther we should have had to look upon a hall with the same feelings of pleasure_as we now do in viewing the magnifi- cent structure w that a similar method to that which has produced sUcli in conclusion, permit me to add, that there is yet am ple time to complete an organ before the hall is jittished ; and as it appears to be a general wish that the Queen should visit us on the occasion of its being opened, I would earnestly recommend the corporation to amend their proceedings forthwith, as in a couple of months all might be ready for commencing the organ. If this is de termined upon, beg to suggest that Dr. Felix Men- delssohn be engaged to compose an oratorio to Perform on the occasion; and further, that he superintend its per formance, and open the organ. He is confessedly the _ . , greatest organist living ; andas her Majesty has thehigh est admiration of his works, nothing would be more likely to insure her This would ttendanee. indeed, be a triumph, an he opening of the " St. Geor an era in mu Sincerely tr ing the further deliberations of the Law Courts Co - nrunittee may b€ those at Seville, Wei n, or flaa timony of the n, permit me to mapiticence which suggested its A REST I )RGANIST THE INHALATION OF I THER We mentioned, in the last Standard, that, at the meet ing of the Polytechnic Society, the previous evening, Mr. ether. We'described briefly the apparatus which Mr bested by him the Two existing plan, as by the modification sr patients are able more readily to inhale the vapour Persons had previously tried, in Mr breathe tlie undiluted ether and tailed. The first patient, a young woman, who wanted two or three teeth extracted, tried the vapour for a few seconds, and then refuQed to proceed, saying that something was going down her throat which she did not like, and she could not be induced either to give the vapour a further trial or t tracted without it. The second, a yot____ „. -- teen, made two or three trials, but would not persevere, when he (Mr. S.) volunteered to inhale it, provided a pro mise was given his teeth should not be interfered with, as he had not any that he was at all desirous'of parting with. He commenced, and in 21 minutes was in p, state of pro found insensibility, in which he remained for about two minutes, when he recovered. Mr. Smith said, that when he commenced inhaling the vapour, he resolved to mark, and recollect as distinctly as he could, the sensationshich he might experience during he succeeded in some meast describing them. He found the vapour so was at first quite unable to breathe it re the teeth ex- )f fifteen or six- but that, though great difficulty in coughing and irritation of th .ong, that he lereforo hit Upon . ' a method of diluting it, by holding the mouth piece in such a manner that a little air was admitted to dilute the vapour, gradually lessening the aperture, until at length he could breathe the vapour alone without diffi culty. After a few inspirations of the undilute" he felt that he was losing all power of voluntary motion, and that lie was even then, though quite sensible of what was going on, in fact, completely in the power of the operator. In a few seconds more he seemed to be sur rounded by millions of stars, each tinted with all the pris matic colours and in rapid motion, accompanied by s - as if all the gongs in the celestial empire were 8( the stars decreased in numbers and brilliancy vapour, until at length sensation was completely restored. He felt a good deal bewildered, not being able to conceive where he was, sod he was now quite unable ade- or how he p lately to describe i sensations for the first few seconds, icy were certain! f profound we or other, the result of enchantment. TI passed away, and the only remaining effect was a feeling of lightm ination to be on if and everybody else, ler of the day. iself, however, nly to the niblis nder relon.4 d his Dur party, shim noyed they ,ne or . thus,