The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS 14ed E CONDOR one of the " Engle 4elb:unr,sedne'sday morning, with e" line of packets, 230 passengers, for Is sai d, ill be nominated as a giCr 4didat .. e for EARLE, 1 West Derby ward in opposition to Mr A st aerson. th e LINE OF TELEGR .etween Live El has been constructs Manchester, with solicitor to the been appointed Austratfa tb (.'l4lse £3 IN. ulaintiff for £3 1( RTHINGT , f the Li;eipool Docks, has magistrate at Adelaide, ,S3utt IC CIDENT.—On Frieay afternoon a child, about 4 in Great Homer-street, by being an omnibus : l lxG,_ we unders to be held in 4 9 for the purpose of explaining, the principles of !rvative Land Association. and has presented to the Free Public Li '4l'l', Museum an interesting painting, the site of ee s Dock as it was in the year 1811. ses similar to the " C 3 Pular in t ..;allocvays," which are so have been started in the T uF ~ l a , running at the rate of a p 6 14 \ "trn DOCK POLICE STATION, at the end of lib ee ll ' e 's Dock, has been abandoned, and possession Ta 4 take n o f th e new s t at i on a t C o ll inswoo d D a d sri fL „ nny a mile. . -----NANT OF IRELAND has forwarded ; distributio n among the gallant fellows who suc dl l 'escuing the crew and passengers of the Bhurt- t !tt „ i e „' To G. GREENALL, ESQ., is the °f a number of gentlemen of Conservative viesys ° the member for Warrington a public dinner, in or election IR , AL C t ac , ,AR DRIVERS were fined five shillings and re at the Police-court, on Tuesday, for neelecting r ackets to persons hiring their cars, which they are to do Ti tAxs 4 law. th e AND RENEWAL OF LICENSES.-011 ThUTS frZititrates held a court for the- transfer and re 'leelases. when a considerable number of applica- ere disposed of 10 7,. 'cA RISBRICK FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL \*. a l held on M on d a y, a t th e h ouse o f Mr. W. Hal iiett:A-moss rn . years The specimens exhibited were equal lorer. "11. 00 4 tde'RS DAVIES AND RICHARD SMITH were corn- A 046 trial, on Saturday, charged with breaking into 14 °f Dr. Turnbull, 4, Mornington-terrace, on the and stealing £3l. me it i w 4aA,l' AND D. BUSBY, omnibus proprietors, on Tuesday, twenty shillings and costs in one ten shillings and costs in another case, for 6 h orses with sore shoulders. "Y OF A MAN NAMED TAYLOR, a hasbasket tiltete bee n f oun d i n a ditch, near Southport. The L lek t i c tied tightly with a scarf. It is supposed that P, unhappiness was the cause of suicide. e tt It continues in a state of excitement on the of the pending election. Meetings are held of the friends of Mr. Fox and Mr. Heald, and tea toteand balls are given to the electors and non- g °44 l4 lsstov s ned by the Lord-Lieutenant of the 44 1 I p alatine of Lancaster :—Robert Andrews. Esq., "°tl ° a•Walshman Anderson, Esq., the Hon. Edward 4 11 ; ,Wilbrahanl, and Edward Boyer, Esq., to be De b,.'entenants. nAN, NAMED WILLIAM ATKINSON, who 14 the service of Mr. P. L. Mactaggart, Bold- L.kehaas brought up at the Police-court, on Tuesday, 1. 91 1 v. t g e of stealing four silk handkerchiefs, and other Tt6',.."e property of his master. He was sent to gaol months. the"Rl) 'WELLINGTON MEETING.—The requisition 'tl ll " I.a Tor, requesting him to eall the Wellington 1143,, talked of some time ago, was presented on IrThe deputation included Mr. Charles Turner, ilioZessrs. John Moss, Wm. Brown, M.P., Thomas I tifi.a l ), T. Bold, and others. Saturday next has ' m for tile meeting, which will be held in the Ses- ATLANTIC STEAM SKIPS.—The British and kltso; /)3 erican Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Stone, 1 1 , 1 y, 114 el. took her departure from the Mersey cn Sa- Ott — 12 . 5 , p.m., bound for Boston, with ninety-five N t e ls, besides t h e usual mails on board. The Hon. liesi"mrence, the late representative of the United b t his country, Miss Lawrence, and Colonel law yo Le among the passeneers. To.morrow, (1% ed `" Pacific, Captain Nye, will sail for New York. Pre4Sarn. t, APPOINTMENTS.-ISt Regt %7De tt . tit Clifton, Esq., to be Colonel, vice Plumbe kßl , Ri n : l "!eigned ; Richard Pudsey Dawson, Esq., to be 011, 11 , 1 °Ice Shaw. retired.-2d Regt. John Ireland Apt's: , jun.. Esq., (late Major in the Ist Itegt.,) to Lgar n ;Eint- . Colonel. vice Hilton Ford, resigned ; Geo. k 1 1:, t,„ Z_lutining Esq., to 'be Captain ; Thos. Littledale, ve Captain. vice Leigh, resigned ; Robt. Adeane 'k \ t e nt., to be Lieutenant. N).` 0 131,, t h t. in g EXAMPLE.—The Countess of Derby, before 11 1 1,,,, Oowsley Hall for 'London, considerately antici- Oerally exceeded the usual Christmas bounties s,N" lib d Clothing to the wives and families of the cot -4404 a e llendents, and others of her poorer neighbours. )aljtp4? ° lrid Knowsley and other parts of the parish of 444 4 1 a more particularly to poor widows, and to ~1 4g ,„`nous and struggling persons as may be sup 'ge families without parish assistance. 1 / 4 1,1 t : Pie s eocrETrEs.—On Tuesday, the coroner held k .1 " 0 eU f, n the body of a man, 42 years of are , who k t cnroll r "rh apoplexy. The deceased, Patrick Duggan , I, ll oll er 2t l in not less than three burial societies. The IN ."Pressed his disapprobation of burial clubs, 14de e lf a r , e survivors were not able to bury the body . e 1 10 d - ed relative, the parish was bound to do it. children in such societies, he said if o P ea h as put by every week to b egiven to them when e d a certain age, he could see some sense in it. rita ll G RAILWAV ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning, 'as B. Sparks, of the firm of Hunt and Sparks, Fenwick- street, was about to get into a 4h 4,.. - ,.- o , uyton-station, near Liverpool, while thetrain yd e o u ‘. ti n, when he slipped between the wheels and VA b e ': the platform. His feet were severely crushed, ytk i Ing immediately conveyed to the Royal Infirmary # IQ th a ° , ll ...q both legs was found necessary. We under -1 IQ Air. Sparks is progressing as favourably as can 1 k . ed. "Itt [l] ; g ti a ' u kerp ti c s i,! at 1 GREATTIMESTRIAN FEAT.—This unrivalled N, t ,' Continues to excite the wonder of the public in N in ,;iiefiS feat of walking two thousand miles in two t" half -hou rs , on th e groun d b e hi n d the Pine 2wlin g Green Hotel, Park-road. Up to two 4 4 3i e sferday, he had accomplished 1336 miles. He t* () ,,.. 4 excellent spirits and eats heartily. On Satur edical gentlemen examined him and pronounced 'ellent health. If he continues, he will have by ten o'clock on the Ist of November ; • CHURCH .or ENGLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY I meeting of this society, held on Friday last l i t "tur Campbell in the chair, the resignation 'fin Bowes, head-master of the North School, 'y the secretary, the Rev. F. Barker, and was , It, Was then resolved that the secretary should nnd, at the came time, express the regret losing the services of so valuable a TmPanied by their best wishes for his futun i),:t..coiiegJeres Bran, will suth of cceede National Society'l Battersyea, ;fused to pay the note, iu muse enforced unle It had originally been made for £2 7s. Id willingly have paid, but he f ul he r en alteree fused to pay front.—The filled up pro;: 1 that he had full aUtheriiy to make the Te couic he no mistake The note was presented to him for one sum, and, as be felt he could not pay that amount, the plaintiff took the note out and altered it to another sum.; thinking that all was not right, he refused to pay it, arid told the plaintiff to take it to Captain Ainley, at the Sailors' Home, to see that the alteration would be correct ; but, instead of doing „e as w ittiam that , the plaintiff , it appeared , at once went to an attorne y . —The learned ' • Tpool :and said that he was waiting in judge said that the front of the note and the back differed, and he thought that the defendant was from Liverpool, from whom - to be about 20 years not liable in consequence of the alteration.—The defen --4 of somewhat dant said that this was a serious mat ter.—Mr. Taylor said " Aressed, the plaintiff had full authority to fill up the note for the - •n. £3 103.—The judge said that the note having been altered by the plaintiff, he would consider the matter, and give his judgment on Monday morning. His present impres sion was, that the defendant was not liable.—The case has been further adjourned to Monday next. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly meeting, Alderman Langsdale presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Chalmer, Godfrey, Dover, Nicholson, Fleming, Rogers. Lloyd, Beckwith, Bigham, and Johnson.—Mr. Pardy, Mr. Dale, and Mr. Howarth, waited upon the committee, to request the construction of a sewer between Moor-place and Greek-street. They stated that they suffered much from the want of drainage; and the Chairman promised that the matter should be ~ ,4 "rtx tos , attended to.—The medical officer of health reported that o p ,tte ee 'IAL TO A CLERGYMAN. — The subjoined the health of the town continued favourable, the morta kl)Vted i tn rnleied by a handsomely filled purse was lity of the borough, last week, having been lower than in any of the twenty weeks preceding. The deaths regis tpt jf i l pi ti ° the Rev:William Charles Lake . Aspinall on tered were 195, having eradually fallen from 281 in the tllklVlle it t the curacy of Oldbury. Mr. Aspinall is a IZ. '',e........ v • James Aspinall. rector of Althorpe, Lin- third . week . of August.. During the four fortnights stitn tiNlip D ear 1,0 To the Rev. L. Aspinall. Oldbury, Aug.. prised within that period, the deaths were respectively let t l): b r Sir, —We, the undersigned inhabitants of 542, 498, 442,. and 397. Of the 195 deaths, last week, 4,! 14. 11 e ! Your acceptance of the small sum annexed, 47 occurred in the extra-parochial wards, and 148 within P t b‘t 4 !vi e : l our great respect and esteem for your vlua- the parish of Liverpool. Diseases of the zymotic class k , bia trl: f ervently and honestly discharged for two caused 62 deaths, of which 26 were from diarrhoea, &c., .:1 , 4 ?de 1 .},!7, Parish. (Signed) T. R. Cooper, Esq. and 15 from scarlatina, and 6 from measles. No deaths were IA 40;,'"' churchwardens," with the names of the registered from small-pox. Scarlatina shows a disposition N k t‘. ' e rihers. to extend, the deaths during the last fortnight having i n ks "ctt ,_ been more numerous than in any similar period of the V t „ m as `," TH E MARIAN Moon.E.—The Marian preceding four menthe. Of 30 deaths, which it cansed ;li n 1112rElunched from Messrs. Cato and Miller's during the last two weeks, 13 were in Toxteth-park. ' l lee',::llit sday morning. By a singular accident, Diseases of the lungs caused 56 deaths, being a larger N ei the launch been attended with very serious conse- proportion of the entire mortality than in any week of the ka, and took place prematurely. While on three preceding months. The injurious effect of the cold " surrounded by spectators, and workmen weather had been chiefly felt by those advanced in life, as . 1q,.... 8s 'e ary preparations for her deblit in the shown by the fact that the deaths above sixty years of age she was d es ti ne d t o move, an apprentice formed a larger proportion of the whole than in any week V I4 Ya7, ON THE MANCHESTER EXCHANGE.—On 'ye ha(-rnoon, a merchant in the Manchester Ex. 1 1 1 ,, 1n g had occasion to lay on a table near him -II th laid bold of a hand stealthily stretched out 11pqd s er n• The prisoner gave his name as William ,I.izeareLiverool gentleman and said tha . t he was waiting in i k ßt t( ) r for a from Liverpool, from whom illpci , h e ceive £lO. He appears to be about 20 years h marked with the smallpox, and of somewhat of countenance. He was very well dressed, Pin in his cravat, and wore a ring on his little 'I At tLit 4.44.kb o AILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, while two ii i . te,re in the employ of the Lancashire and e‘ ,„utiway Company were at work on the line ,!, 4 1 q 1 . 1 t n Stars Bridge, Wigan, they had occasion 10, I ti " the down line, in order to get out of the 141h 4. Cia r , 4 tage train that was coming up from Liver iliuently they had their backs turned upon il ;0 ten minutes past eight passenger train to leeno r Ctt , e suddenly upon them, and knocked them 0114 4 °lle hem was dreadfully mutilated, and urok.,the s pot ; and the other had two or three and is not expected to survive. '4,44,nt t 50 persons instant at once gave the gave her a wide of the previous two years and a half. During the quarter Is ascending the ending the 25th of September, 3,368 deaths were regis ra__A I , ; ,„„ ir tered in the borough, including 147 on which inquests ; and, as the rl nobly took the diarrhce ed the usual cere- I Treat presence of watt, was "-^ vessel ar,-1 paid by tl rich was fatal to 539 childr( _reed to sewer the streets to the eastv ping for the Dock Committee, the expense b latter body.—On an application to extend the making in Park-road about 100 yards further ',n l ng, and also, ,"the figure head er witii all the engineer ILITIA.—A meeting was held at I of the east de of Berry- reet was ordered purpose of consulting as to I ( The Earl of Sefton, lord-lieu- I ( presided, and there were pr..—` militia , ate of the Ist Lancas then took place on a proposition to ) apel with square —Mr. Hughes, laA .e militia, Col. I ordered to be done s, the estimated cost being Li -clerk, read a list of th This included the r TIE uvERPOOL STANDARD, TUISDAY, OCTOBER 19, 18;'12. LAMENTAkE ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night last, Mr. Sumner, of Lymm, rear Warrington, was returning home in his gig, accompanied by Mr. Hart, veterinary surgeon. Whilst descending the hill coming into Lymm from the direction of Knutsford, one of the wheels of the gig struck against the curbstone on the road; and the horse, plunging violently, both gentlemen were thrown out. The horse was seen rushing through Lymm without any person in the gig, and a search was set on foot, when both gentle men were found lying insensible on the road. They were conveyed to their respective homes, and Mr. Sumner lingered until early on Thursday morning, when he expired. Mr. Hart is dangerously hurt, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. The horse was found next morning in Warburton, with only the shafts of the gig re maini n g.—.lllatzehester Guardian. A MADMAN AT MASS.—On Sunday morning, while the priest at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Chapel, in Gros venor-street, Rose-place, was celebrating mass, a clarion voice suddenly resounded through the edifice, exclaiming " Down with the Pope !" " The chapel's on fire ! " The church is in danger !" The congregation rose from their prayers in great consternation, which was increased to a fearful climax by several women declaring that there was a body of Orangemen in the chapel, with drawn knives in their hands, ready to assassinate them all. A rush was made to the door, and a scene of indescribable confusion ensued. The commotion seemed to infuse fresh vigour into the owner of the voice which had caused the commo tion, for he continued to cry out for the Pope's downfall until he was placed in the hands of the police, and con veyed to the Rose-hill police-station. It was there ascer tained that he was an unfortunate lunatic, named John Welsh, residing in Harrison-street ; and he was, conse quently, conveyed to the Workhouse, in order that proper care might be taken of him. The most singular part of the affair is that the man is himself a member of the Roman Catholic Church. MUNICIPAL REVISION.—The revision of the municipal list of voters took place in the Sessions House, Chapel street, on Thursday, before his worship the Mayor, and Messrs. J. Yates, jun., and Bremner, revising•assessors. As regarded Everton, the Conservatives made three claims, one of which was allowed ; Kirkdale, one allowed ; Scotland ward, seven disallowed, and twenty objections. which were withdrawn ; Vauxhall, 117 objections, 26 struck out, the rest allowed, the service having in many instances being bad ; St. Paul's, two claims, neither allowed ; Exchange Ward, four claims, three allowed, and 194 objections, 87 of which were struck out ; St. Peter's, two claims, both allowed ; Pitt-street, two claims, both allowed ; Great George's Ward, one, net allowed ; Rodney-street, six claims, disallowed, and wwe than 200 objections. emanating from both parties, which were withdrawn ; Abercromby Ward, two claims, allowed, and twelve objections. withdrawn ; Lime-street, one claim, disallowed ; St. Anne's, one claim, disallowed ; and West Derby, three claims, disallowed. Mr. Buck master, the indefatigable secretary of the Constitutional Association, appeared on behalf of the Conservatives, except es regarded Exchange Ward, for which Mr. Forshaw appeared. Many more Conservative claims would doubtless have been allowed had the parties appeared. GRAND MASONIC BANQUET.—The Mayor, Thomas Littledale, Esq., has issued invitations to a number of his masonic brethren to a grand banquet, to be given this day, Tuesday, in the splendid suite of rooms in the Town hall. The Mayor holds the office of Junior Grand War den of West Lancashire, and the members of the order who have been invited have been requested to appear in their full-dress masonic clothing, with their jewels of office. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen to whom an invitation has been sent are the Earl of Zetland,Grand Master of England ; the Earl of Yarborough, Deputy Grand Master; the Earl of Ellesmere, Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, with his deputy and other officers ; the Right Hon. Lord Combermere, Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire, with his deputy and other offi cers ; Sir Watkin Wm. Wynne, Bart., Provincial Grand Master of North Wales and Shropshire, with his deputy and other officers ; Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Pro vincial Grand Master of West Lancashire, and the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, and their officers. Invitations have also been given to several members of lodges, and to some of the distinguished brethren in the neighbouring counties. The banquet is expected to be one of the most splendid that has taken place in the provinces in connexion with Freemasonry. WEST AFRICAN Corrox.—Mr. Thoinas Clegg, of Man chester, received advice on Saturday of the arrival of five more bales of cotton from the western coast of Africa, weighing rather more than 1,0001 b., and making Mr. Clegg's total receipts of this cotton during the present. season to amount to upwards of 10,0r!Olb. We stated some weeks ago the circumstances under which these arrivals have occurred. Some three or four years ago, learning that there was plenty of cotton crowing wild near the colony of Sierra Leone and the Church Missionary station of Abeokuta, and that as it bloomed and ripened it dropped to the ground and rotted, he communicated with the officials of the Church Missionary Society in London, and through them sent £lOO to the place named, with in -structions that it was to be expended by the missionaries in setting the natives to gather and clean the indigenous produce, and to forward it as quickly as possible to England. At the same time they were directed to lay before the chiefs the advantageous opening which pre sented itself for the employment of their people, and how much better it would he to do that than pursue their hor rid traffic in slaves. The inducements held nut proved sufficient to attract attention, and in the year before last. a few hundred pounds were collected. Since then Mr. Clegg has received above 10,0001 b., and at present everything points to great results at no distant period. Mr. Clegg has spun a quantity of the cotton himself, and has given some to four firms, with the request that they will ex periment upon it and favour him with a report. In staple it is equal to Egyptian or good New Orleans, used in spinning fine yarns for the Nottingham and Leicester trade. The price of cotton suited for such fine numbers has more than doubled within a comparatively brief period, and what was selling at 91d. a pound is now fetching 20d., and has been for some time, so that this supply will come in most seasonably to meet the scarcity of suitable sorts, which the price indicates.—Manchester Examiner. IMPORTANT CASE.—SEAMEN'S SHIPPING NOTES.-- On Friday, at the Liverpool County Court, an action was brought by a person named Parch, the holder of a sea man's shipping note, against Mr. 'Frost, jun., of New Quay, for a sum of £3 109., alleged to be due upon a ship ping note, payable to the order of Mr. Wright, and which bad been endorsed to the plaintiff.—Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that there might be some objection to the endorsement; but he should be able to prove. from other sources, that the money was due to the plaintiff. He called the plaintiff, Darch, who said that William Wright, the seaman, was his lodger, and owed him £ll odd at the time he gave him the note for £310x., and which he deducted from 'Wright's account with him. Wright signed his name to the blank note, and it was not filled up. He filled up the note for £2 75., instead of making it out for the full amount, which he afterwards altered. He took the note to Mr. Frost's office, and Mr. Frost would not pay it. He told Mr. Frost that the man owed him the money; still he would not pay. The captain agreed to give the amount stated in front of the bill. On cross-examination, the plaintiff said he had been informed by Mr. Frost that he had not filled up the note right, and he would not pay it, and he was then sent to the Sailors' Home for instructions ; hut instead of goinz there, h went to an attorney's office.—Mr. I ost said that he that it ence of seei jection to the not DOCK CommirrEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair.—A plan and estimate was submitted of a screw pile beacon to be erected on Little Burbo bank. Approved.—An officer named Clarke was appointed to have control as regarded the repair and adjustment of the weights and scales at t! e warehouses. — In the course of conversation on this subject, Mr. North stated that on the occasion of the transfer to the Dock Trust by the Customs of the weighing materials hereto fore belonging to and still used by the latter body, they furnished him with an minion of the law officers of the wn to the effec t that such weighing materials, thong' ,roperty of the Dock Trustees, would con tinue exempt from the ordinary liability to he stamped under the Weights and Measures Act.—The other busi- becoming the ness was unimportant PROCEEDINGS OF AND ARCHIEOLO LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL MCAL SOCIETY.—It would not be doing le best scientific bodies in the town, if üblication of the first volume of its pro without notice. It contains the transac . :, largely illustrated by beautifuldrawings pon stone. The typography and illustrations of the book reflect the highest credit upon the publishers, Messrs. Deighton and Laughton. The careful arrangement of the material is the work of the active secretary, Mr. Joseph Boult ; besides the proceedings of the society, it contains papers on various subjects by Messrs. Charles Verelst, Frank Howard, A. H. Holrre, J. A. Picton, T. D. Barry, Charles Barber, J. A. Forrest, J. Boult. J. A. P. Mac bride, H. P. Horner, Samuel Huggins, Thomas Duncan, E. H. Strype, and T. C. Archer. ADMISSION OF Two CONVERTS FROM ROMANISM INTO THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.—On Sunday even ing the interesting ceremony of admitting two converts from the Roman Catholic into the Established Church took place at Christ Church, Salford. Owing to the cir cumstance of the ceremony taking place during the ordi nary evening service, considerable interest was excited, and the church was crowded to overflowing. The cere- one of t ceedings to pass mony took place after the reading of the second lesson. The Rev. Hugh Stowell, incumbent of the church, offi ciated, and put the requisite questions to the converts individually. At the conclusion of the ceremony the service was proceeded with, and the rev. gentleman took the text for his sermon from Revelations 18th chap. and 4th verse :—" And T heerp another voice: from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not par takers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." The sermon was listened to with much attention, and occupied about an hour and twenty minutes in the deli ver v.—Manchester Courier. TAIYitoVEMEN, or - TIM Dticrt Earn-rm.—Thu rounoa tion is being made for the new warehouse on the north side of the Stanley Dock. It will stand on 6,260 square yards, is to be five stories high, and will have vaults underneath. The new railway from the North Docks to Wapping has been partially constructed, and will be le available for the convenience of trade as soon as A transit shed for the accommodation of e ,n steamers is in the course of construction on the south side of the Coburg Dock. The large quay space adjoining to the Huskisson Dock has hewn made ready for the reception of timber, and a considerablP quantity has already been piled. There is also a float of extensive dimensions at the north end of the dock, in which timber can Iv At the new graving docks in that quaarter an arr iP" e kept amount of work is being accomplished. It is said that more work can be got out of hand in these docks in a given space of time than in all the other graving docks put together, owing to the superior facilities they afford for ships entering and departing at any time, irre spective of the tide. IMPUDENT AND DARING ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC HOUSE.—George Oliver, aged 29 yews, who described himself as a carver and gilder, of St. Mary-street, Liver pool, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Paynter, at Hammersmith, on Friday, charged with having committed the following impudent robbery :—lt. appeared that on Thursday night the prisoner entered the White Bear pub lic-house, in King-street, Hammersmith, kept by Mr. Richard Millward, with a carpet bag, as if he had been travelling, and engaged a bed for the night. He was shown to a room, where he slept, and in the morning, shortly before nine o'clock, he came down stairs with his carpet hag, paid his reckoning, and left the house without. any suspicion being attached to him. Shortly afterwards the landlady discovered a box in another bedroom, belong ing to a lodger, who went out about eight o'clock to his work, open, and the contents gone. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and he was apprehended in the Grove lead ing to Shepherd's Bush. On being searched, he was found wearing three pairs of trousers, two pairs of which belonged to the lodger, and a waistcoat also belonging to the same person. In his pockets were found a cap and a clear-case, also the property of the prosecutor. Upon the carpet bag being searched, the prosecutor identified several articles, consisting of two coats, another waistcoat, gloves, two silk handkerchiefs, &c., which were packed in it. The prisoner said it was a bad job, and wished he had never seen the house. Inspector Cooke, of the T division, stated that a numbei of similar robberies had been com mitted in the district, and prayed for a remand to allow inquiries to be made. Mr. Paynter remanded the prisoner for a week. THE STEAM-SHIP PERSIA.- The splendid steamer Persia. built for the Cunard line, has been lying for some time at Lancefield Dock (Mr. Napier's), getting on board her machinery ; and is expected to be finished by the end of November or early in December. The Persia is to be fitted up in all respects the same as the Plata, with which; indeed, she was intended to run on the North American passage before the latter, then named the Arabia, was sold to the West India Company, to take the place of the ill-fated Amazon. So soon as she reaches Liverpool the name of the Persia will he altered to Arahia ; and her place at Lancefield will be taken by another Cunard iron steamer, to be called the Persia, at present building by Messrs. Denny. at Dumbarton. The noble vessel, the Arabia to be, is 300 feet long over all. Her nett tonnage is 2.400 register. Her engines are '9OO horse-power, and will, alone, cost £45,000. 'She has accommodation for about 200 first-class passengers, besides being fitted up to carry a limited number of second-class passengers. The grand saloon is about eight feet. between-decks, from twenty to twenty-five feet wide, and about sixty feet long. The cabins are to be fitted up with every attention to comfort, convenience, and even luxury. The pro menade on deck will extend, when she is completed, the whole length of the vessel. The Persia, the consort of the Arabia, is to be of still erester dimensions, and, with the exception of the Great Britain, will be the largest in the world. Her length is to be 350 feet, her tonnage 3.000, and her engines 1,000, being 500 tons less, and 500 horse-power more, than the Great Britain. The engines of the Persia are all'finished, and lying at Lance field, ready to be put on board.—Glasgow Constitutional. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the meeting on Wed nesday Mr. Harrison presided.—Mr. Tomkins. the re lieving-cfficer, who had been suspended, the Poor-law Board recommended should be allowed to resume his duties for a time, in order to ascertain whether he was able to attend to them. Mr. Tomkins was ordered to at tend the board on the following Wednesday.—The late order of the Poor-law Board was read.—lt was resolved that the Rev. W. Badnall, and Mr. Cleaver, the clerk, should form a deputation to attend a public meeting to be held at Manchester on the 25th instant, with the view to a more correct understanding of the general views and rat boards of guardians in the county West Riding of Yorkshire, and in Cheshire to which the order was addressed, n opportunity for a full expression of opinion sentiments of the s those pries end to sffor thereon ; also on the subject of the county expenditure reform movement.—The law-clerk read a copy of a letter which had been forwarded by Dr. Whittle, one of the medical officers of Toxteth-park. to the Poor-law Board, and which that gentleman had sent to the guardians. The letter had reference to a resolution come to by a committee of the board, which stated that a large number of cases returned by Dr. Whittle and Mr. Gilmour over those of Mr. Stephens arose from the former gentlemen entering in their weekly reports cases of the most trivial character. Mr. Whittle denied the statements made, and Mr. Gilmour sent in a letter to the same effect. The chairman said that a very few years ago their medical staff only cost them £lOO a-year ; now £1,2C0 a-year would not pay it. Mr. Jeffries thought some new schemeought to be adopted. The situations ought to be put up to public competition. The chairman remarked that he thought it a better step to pay the medical officers so much, and let them find their own medicines. The question then dropped, without any proposition being made on the subject. THE ADJOURNED COUNCIL AIEFTING.—The ad journed meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, the mayor presiding.—The proceedings of the Town-hall and health committees were read and confirmed.—There was n recommendation to appoint Richard Blades to the situati of district surveyor (vice James Standing, re signed), at the salary of £l2O ; and George Powell, sur veyor of the West Derby district (vice Richard Blades), at the salary of NlllO ; and James Lea to the situation or drainage superintendent (vice George Powell), at the salary of £BO per annum. The two first recommendations were approved ; the last, according to standing orders, was postponed until next month.—The minutes of the water committee were moved by Mr. Holt, who called attention to the plans and specifications which lay on the table for the construction of a new reservoir at Kensing ton, to contain 91 millions of gallons, to cost £25,390, and to he constructed by Mr. Thompson, who formed the first reservoir there. Both reservoirs would thus contain 18 millions of gallons. The estimate included, also, the covering of both reservoirs, which would protect the water from vegetation, and reduce the coat of cleansing from £250 to £lOO a-year.—The proceedings of the com mittee were confirmed.—The recommendation of the ma gistrates to increase the salary of Mr. Thomas M. Ander ton, sub-clerk to the magistrates, was approved. The increase is from £75 to £llO.—A memorial was read from a large number of shopkeepers, complaining of the nuisance caused by street-vendors in general, and par ticularly orange and oyster sellers. After some discus sion the memorial was referred to the watch committee. —A memorial was read from Mr. Christopher Tennent, as chairman of the committee of the Operative Society of Tradesmen, protesting against the Corporation measures —The Town-clerk observed that tradesn their weights to be adjusted where they but it was thought that a system of centralisation would have heel preferred on account of the trouble which it would save —After considerable discussion, the prayer of the me recently taken b'efore the finance committee on this sub ject accessible to the Council and the press.—The Council then dissolved SOUTH L CASH IRE REGISTRATION: — The revising barristers, Percival A. Pickering, Esq•, and William Forsyth, Esq., held a court in tho sessions-house, Chapel street, on Monday last week, for the _purpose of revising the list of voters for the southern division of the county. A great number of persons, being chtimants and persons who had been objected to, were in attendance. The list that as his house had no name by which it was known, and no number, and not coming within the terms of the act applicable in such cases, it was necessary the name of the occupying tenant should be inserted. Mr. Bremner urged that this being a lane within the meaning of the schedule, and also within the meaning of the word " lane" as used by Chief Justice Tindal, in his decision on a similar ease, the description of "John Chisnall, Dey's-lane, West Derby, copyhold land, Dey's•lane," was sufficient. Mr. Forsyth at first inclined to allow the objection, but on Mr. Bremner mentioning that it was likely the - ment would affect many similar cases in this locality, and also expressing a wish that in a point of some importance the other learned barrister might be consulted, Alt.. For syth at once assented. On his return, the learned gentle man ascertained from Mr. Chisnall that there were several other houses, 50 or 60 in the same lane, he at once held the description to be sufficient, and allowed the vote, con sidering the lane came within the meaning of the words in the statute, and also of the principle laid down by Chief Justice Tindal. Mr. Chisnall applied for his costs, and was allowed 15s.—The proceedings terminated on Tuesday afternoon, the various legal advocates expressing their thanks to the revising barristers for the kindness and courtesy they had shown in the discharge of their judicial THE NATIONAL DEBT.—By the official returns it ap pears that the sum to be applied to the reduction of the national debt durine the three months ending the sth of January next, is £436,360. On the last occasion the total then available was appropriated to pay off a portion of the deficiency bills held by the Bank of England. Judging from the revenue relurns, however, it is assumed that there will be no deficiency bills this quarter, and that the whole amount will therefore be invested in the redemp tion of three per cent stock. MR. HUME'S OPINION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELLL.— We have before us a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Hume to Mr. C. D. Collett, in answer to one from the latter gentleman. In the course of his letter, Mr. Hume protests against the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge " demeaning themselves to ask Lord John's assistance, now that he is out of power, and cannot do anything to aid us in the struggle. He will now make professions, I dare say, but I should consider them hollow and valueless. I consider Lord John as not sin - -. . sle cere as a Reformer, both eiril and religious. * * * * I wish I could look at his speech at Perth as honest and sincere—which I do not. * * * * All the Whigs deprecate in nords the fettering of the press; and yet, with power in their hands, they have pertinaciously re. /used to knock off any one link of the enslaving chain that prevents the spread of knowledge and the education of the nation." EXEMPTIONS FROM TURNPIKE TOLLS.—A novel at tempt was made in the Quarter Sessions Court, Hereford, on Thursday, on the part of a recent convert to the Ro...ish faith, to obtain an exemption from toll when proceeding to chapel, on any day on which religious wor ship is performed. The question was tried in the form of an appeal from the decision of the magistrates, who had fined the respondent in the case—a toll collector named Cresse-41s. for having demanded and received toll from the appellant, who is a landed proprietor and a magistrate for the county, for his carriage, in which be was proceed ing to Hereford on Easter Tuesday (April 13), Whit Tuesday (June 1), end the Feast of Corpus Christi (Juno 10), in the present year, for the purpose of attending divine worship. The exemption was claimed under the 3rd George IV., cap. 126, sec. 32, which, after specifying a great number of exemptions from toll, enacts that toll shall not be demanded or taken " of or from any person or persons coming to or returning from his, her, or their proper parochial church or chapel, or of or from any person or persons coming to or returning from his, her, or their usual place of religious worship, tolerated by law, on Sun days or on any other day on which divine service is by authority ordered to be celebrated." The question turned tho et.e.t.0,1 nna was argued at. great length. The Recorder, in giving judgment, said he thought it would be adopting a vast latitude of construction to say that the framers of the act, when using the words " by authority," meant the authority of the see of Rome, or of any religious congregation. The meaning of the enact ment seemed to him to be this—that all members of the Church of England, going to or returning from the cele bration of Divine service in their parish church on Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or on days of solemn fast or thanksgiving, set apart for the purpose by the sole and supreme authority of the legislature, are exempt from toll. It was very extraordinary that, although the act of par liament under which Mr. Phillipps claimed exemption had been in existence for thirty years, no one seemed to have attempted any such use of it. In his opinion the convic tion of the magistrates was a wrong one, and must be quashed.—The costs were ordered to be paid by the re spondent, and an application to grant a case for the court above refused, the certiorari being removed in such cases. SHOCKING MURDER AND SUICIDE. — On Monday, a shocking murder and suicide was perpetrated by a female servant, named Jane Coffin, aged 17 years, in the service of Mr. Thomas Elliott, Cannon-street-road, London. The family consisted of the father and mother, two children—a girl, aged four years, and a boy eighteen months old—and the girl Collin. The children, with the girl, had gone to rest on the Sunday night without the occurrence of anything to suggest the faintest presentiment of that which was to happen. On Monday morning the girl failed to come down as usual to her domestic duty ; her mistress, how ever, concluded that she had overslept her accustomed hour. The eldest child came down stairs, and said that Jane (the servant) had been heating little Billy, her bro ther. Directly afterwards Mrs. Elliott went up stairs to the children's bed-room. The servant-girl was not there, and, on turning down the bed-clothes, the mother was horror-struck on discovering her child to be quite dead, and apparently from violence, fer there were several bruises on its body. She raised an alarm, and her hus band proceeded to the bedroom, and on his way met the servant-girl close to the parlour-door, or on the stairs, and asked her what was the matter, to which she made no answer. Mr. Elliott, on discovering the lifeless body of his child. went for Mr. Taynton, a surgeon, who examined the child, and pronounced that it had been dead for some time, There were two bruises on the back, and the body was much swollen, leading to the suspicion that poison had been administered. After the father had in some measure recovered from his alarm, he proceeded in search of the summoning -officer of Mile-end Old Town. Upon his return, he made inquiries after the servant-girl, who had disappeared directly after the child was found. Search was made in all directions, and after every room and closet had been looked into, Sarah Eltham, a lodger, ascended into the loft over the top rooms, where she found the girl weltering in her blood, which issued from two wounds in her throat. The girl had twisted her apron-strings tightly round her neck, and also cut her throat with a razor, and was quite dead. The girl was the illegitimate daughter of a poor woman, who is married to a labouring man, and went with the children on Sun day afternoon to her mother, and left about six o'clock in the evening. She appeared very attentive to the children, was very cheerful, and did not exhibit any symptoms of eccentricity or mental derangement. TIIE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.—Everything about the works of the new Crystal Palace, at Svdenham, indicates the most sustained activity, although as yet, to the un initiated, there are not many obvious signs of progress. The beautiful road from the Anerley station has become quite populous, as every train from London disgorges a troop of business-looking men armed with charts and plans, and all wending vigorously towards the great centre of operations. The vitality about to be conferred upon this hitherto tranquil and secluded region is evidenced by the number of handsome villas springing up in every direction, and the embryo hostelries which are already becoming visible along the line of road. All the building ground in the neighbourhood has risen to double its former value, so that there need not be any doubt as to the beneficial effects of the erection of the Crystal Palace upon the surrounding neighbourhood. On the grounds themselves all is bustle and activity. Everywhere may be seen the slender pillars and massive girders of the building in Hyde Park, soon to be restored to more than their original elegance of arrangement in the new palace. Already several of them raise their heads in the air, " like some tall ammiral," indicating, by their position. the bays of the future edifice. In the park the activity of the workmen is as perceptible as in the building. Broad walks and esplanades have already been laid out, and circular embankments are being thrown up for the great fountains, which are to form so important a feature in the decorations. In various situations may be seen ,mysterious-looking mounds, like fairy raths, which we imagined in our simplicity formed part of the plan, but were informed they were were ac cumulations of soil undergoing some scientific process of decomposition, preparatory to their being spread out on future flower beds. The boring in the wood is being vigorously proceeded with. Water has been found at a depth of 250 feet, but a considerable further depth will be necessary to ensure an abundant supply. Simultaneously with all this activity in building and gardening, the various scientific caterers for the interior attractions are busy in their respective departments. The natural history specimens are in a very forward state, under the active superintendence of Mr. William Thom son, jun., and will he stuffed in a building to be erected on the grounds. Dr. Latham and his assistants are busy in the ethnological department. and negotiations are in progress with Mr. Catlin and other collectors. Out of doors, the new railway is far advanced, and in addition a line is projected from Battersea Perk to cross Clapham Common, and so on to Norwood. Looking at all these simultaneous symptoms of progress, there is little doubt but that the Palace will be dull , inaugurated according to promise, on the Ist of May, 1853. THE TESTING AND FINAL SERIES Of THE .ANCHOR TRIALS. WOOLWICII, OCT. 16 Certainly the mostinteresting and practical experiments, in order to ascertain therelative strength of theseveral com peting " anchors of all nations," took place yesterday and this day at Woolwich, under the superintendence of Capt. the Hon. Montague Stopford, Chairman of the Anchor Committee representing the shipowners of Great Britain. Lieut. Rodger's was the first anchor placed in the hydraulic machine purposely constructed for testing and proving all anchors required for the royal navy before they are issued for service. At 45 tons' strain the first symp. toms of weakness made themselves known by a loud crack, and these continued at intervals up to 73 tons, the breaking point, showing in all 18 fractures in the shank alone. Next on the list was Mr. G. W. Lenox's. TEe first fracture occurred at 41 tons ; finally breaking at 47. tons, with three cracks. The American anchor was next submitted to the ordeal, the first fracture commencing at 61 tons, and breaking at 63 tons. Mr. Trotman's anchor was next in succession. The first fracture occurred at 52 tons, and finally gate way at 531, owing to an error in the workmanship that caused it to et . --t- therefore it tr -t ,ftoke in the throat, was determined to tes another on the same principle, a little lees in weight, the one known as " Porter's," the other as " Trotman's im proved." On the strain beinz applied to this second anchor it reached 54 tons without a fracture, and eventu ally sustained, with only 6 cracks, the enormousstrain,of largest anchor use The final in the r testing of Frid I navy, viz., of the Admiralty anc mmeneed at 44 tons, and at I was carer t nhegn n declined subject his anchor to et A'nothe uminary of the fo CHESHIRE AND WALE MR. EVAN EVANS, of Llanidloes, while ground-fishing in the Twyrayn river, hooked and landed two large snakes, one of which measured four feet in length. CONMISSION signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester :—The Hon. Wellington leton Cotton, to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Henry S THE VICTORIA CRICKET CLUB terminated their cease' on Wednesday evening, by dining at the Angel Hote, Birkenhead, under the presidency of Mr. B. Harem. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY week ending 10'h October, 1852 : parcels, &c., £2.631 Bs. 21 ; goods, Steam-boats, £340 12s. 3d.—Total, £3 Decrease compared with the core pear, £474 16s. Od ay : Passengers, £728 9s. Id.— ponding week of las SUPPOSED SUICIDE duties, GENERAL NEWS A " - MONSTER BLAST" at Furness granite quarry in Scotland, in which three tons of Gunpowder were -ex ploded by galvanic agency, detached at once 7000 or 8000 tons of rock. THE LONDON TRINITY HOUSE have built a steam yacht, the Irene, expressly for speed. On her first trial she ran 174 knots an hour, and is believed to be the fastest steamer afloat. MR. MARTIN, a cattle-dealer at Earlstoun, near Mel rose, has died under the influence of chloroform. adminis tered to him by medical men for the purpose of destroy ing some ulcers by caustic. MELANCHOLY CIRCUNISTANCE.—Mr. Griffiths, one of the lately expelled preachers of the Wesleyan connection, being mentally deranged. has been placed in a lunatic asylum.—Devonshire Chronicle. A CIRCULAR has been issued by the heads of the Liberal party, suggesting that it would not be desirable to offer• any factious opposition to the present government on the meeting of Parliament, but to wait the announce ment of their measures. nue ling in-.= font to.b igg un g et,, seventeen inches and a half in girth, and weighing eleven pounds and a quarter, considered the finest that has been taken for many years, was caught last week with the rod at the foot of Windermere lake. A P.A./ 1., 1 IIIG PARTIES TO A SUIT IN CHANCERY.—It is enacted by the 43d section of the new act. 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 86, that the practice of the Court of Chancery, of setting down a cause merely on an objection for want of parties to a suit, shall be abolished. COUNTY RATES.—By a provision in the new County Rates Act it is enacted that all business relating to the assessment and application of county rates must be trans- acted publicly and in open court, and no order is to be binding unless made publicly and in open court. JURY PROCESS ABOLISHED.—On the 24th instant, when the Common Law Procedure Act will come into force, the several writs of venire facial, juratores. and distringas juratores or habeas corpora juratorum, and the entry jurota ponitur iu respectu, will be abolished. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES was rowed for on Thursday, according to announcement, by Coombes and Cole. The former had no chance whatever after the first few strokes, and Cole won as he pleased. The winner weighed 9 stone 71b., and Coombes 51b less. DEAD RABBITS.—The custom-house authoriles have decided that dead rabbits (which were excluded from the tariff of Sir Robert Peel) are poultry. and as such are subject to five per cent ad valorem duty. If they had been treated as dead meat they would have been admitted duty free. PEDESTRIANISM. — A clerk at Glasgow, of slight build and not vet twenty-one years of age, recently walked from Glasgow to Dundee, a distance of 84 miles, in little more than 23 hours. He started at a quarter past one o'clock on Sunday morning, and arrived in Dundee soon after midnight. Elated by the feat, he offers for a wager to walk 90 miles within 24 hours. CAPTAIN WARNER has offered to prove to Mr. Ad derl.i, Lord Combermere, and Sir Harry Smith, that within two months after his arrival at the Cape he could, by means of his inventions, so perfectly terminate the Kaffir war that we should never again hear of any attacks from Sandilli or any other chief. Perhaps this is pre liminary to a renewal of the offer made to and rejected by the late government. AN UNFORTUNATE.—The Melbourne mail steamer, having made good her defects, was to have sailed on Wed nesday for her destination, but in getting under weigh in Hamoaze, Plymouth, with the ebb tide. , she ran between two hulks, and fouled one of them. She carried away her jibboom, catheads, and anchor, let her chain cable run out, broke the boat davits, and did other damage, which will cause further detention to the ship. COMMITTAL OF AN EX-SOLICITOR AT LEEDS.-11 person named James Shillito, educated for the legal pro fession, w•as brought before the Leeds justices on Mon day week, charged with obtaining money under false pretences. He had, on the pretence that he was a prac tising attorney, obtained £2 from a labouring man, to defend an action for debt, for which he had done nothing whatever. He was committed for trial. COFFEE AND COICORY.—A circular has just been issued by Messrs. Barry and Co., ehicory.dealers, in which the following remarkable passace occurs :—" One pound of chicory, at the cost of 6d., will produce a better infusion than two pounds of coffee, at the cost of 2s. Bd. to 35." If this is true, the Derby government have done more to benefit the poor man than their predecessors did the whole time they were in office.—Glasgow Consti tutional. THE LARGEST MERCHANT-SHIP IN THE WORLD.— Mr. M'lCay, of East Boston. is now at work upon a clipper-ship, which will surpass, in size and sharpness, every merchant-ship now afloat or known to be in the course of construction. She will be 300 feet long, have 50 feet breadth of beam, 28 feet (tenth of hold, with three decks, and will register over 3000 tons. She will be diagonally braced with iron, and built, in every par ticular, equal to the best of ocean steamers. Her model. in point of beauty. is the wonder and admiration of all who have seen it. She will have four masts, with Forbes's rig. Mr. M'lCav builds her on his own account, and will sail her, too, if he does not sell her.—Boston paper. RIGHTS OF MEN.—A correspondent who signs himself " Henpecked" gives the following case as a ground for insisting on the rights of men. He says :—" I am a married man, with an extremely jealous wife. I have been very wrongfully accused of kissing the maidservant. lam perfectly innocent both of the fact and intention. The servant is openly accused by my wife, and indignantly hurls back the accusation ; nevertheless, these suspicions are uttered by my wife to every inquirer as to the snvant's character. The maid cannot obtain a situation in conse quence, and she brings an action for defamation of character. The Tife being in law femme covert, I must he named as one of the defendants in the action, and I must suffer in comfort, in character, and in pocket. 'What has become of the rights of men ?" THE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. —The Canterbury Association ceased its colonising functions and its land sales in this country on the 30th of September. The cir cumstances which have led to this unfortunate result are, first, a misunderstanding with her Majesty's Govern ment; and, secondly, with the directors of the New Zea land Company, to whom they are largely indebted. The committee of . the Canterbury Association, feeling them selves placed in a difficult position, have endeavoured to transfer their functions to the Colonial Legislature. Her Majesty's Government, however, refused to allow this, without a settlement of the claims of the Crown and the New Zealand Company on the other funds of the associa tion. The demands made are considered by the Canter bury Association to be unjust, and there appears at pre sent. no hope of terminating the dispute, except by the most summary proceedings on the part of her Majesty's Government, or an action at common law between the company and the association.—Morning Herald. SINGULAR DEATHS OF THREE PERSONS.—On Tues day Mr. Payne held inquests, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the bodies of three persons whose aggregate ages were 234 years. The first was on Richard Harris. aged 78, who had been an inmate of St George's Workhouse. South wark, but used to accompany his master, Mr. Robinson, to the Borough Market, with a truck, to bring home vege tables. On Monday he went as usual, for the purpose, and fell down dead in the market from disease of the heart. Verdict, " Accidental death ;" The next was on Mary Holloway, aged 76. On Saturday evening, when her granddaughter was out, she accidentally set her apron on fire ; and was so dreadfully burnt that she expired on Mon day. Verdict, "Accidental death." The third inquest was on John Saddler, axed 80. He lived with his daughter in Gainsford-street, Horselydown, and on Monday was seen floating in St. Mary Ovary Dock ' • hut as no one saw him go in, it was unaccountable how he got there. He was not dead when carried to the hospital, but died soon after his admission. Verdict, " Found drowned." THE YACHT AMERICA AND THE VOLANTE.—Lord de Blaquiere, the owner of the yacht America, states that, although his yacht has been in constant use since Sept., 1851, he has not received a single challenge from English yacht builders or owners, though many English yachts have been altered to her shape. Under these circum stances, he challenges the yachts of all countries, America excepted, not exceeding the America in tonnage, to sail with his yacht, for a sum not less than £5OO, and not more than £l,OOO, on any day and in any place, in short, over any course (the inside of the Isle of Wight excepted) that would give scope for testing the sailing qualities of the America and her opponents, under all points, in a nine-knot breeze. This challenge to be open until the 15th November, but not beyond that day, as the America for another trip to the MeditE ie, of the R.T.Y.O Lord d f the Volantc prepared to accept his challenee t condition that the allowance of ton be given for difference of tonnage, iv with the usual yacht club regulations to be named a fortnie no and dism ail for £5OO, on minute titre per accordar prevou the Volante is hauled race the America with a schooner of 180 tous, 0.M.. just laid down for him by the Messrs. Lymington, of Poole, upon any course whieh Lord de Blaquiere may name—the match to be for 1,000 guineas, and to be month of Septemb in the t period next, that being —On Tuesday evening, while the was landing passengers o Eg,rernu. woman fell from the plank into the water, and was imme diately carried by the tide down the river and drowne% It is supposed that she wa been driven, by misfortunes or t-slip, a as an wifortunate girl. who ha, ge, to corn alit suicide NEW SCHOOL AT TRANMERE.—The ceremony of lay ing the foundation-stone of a new National School in Limekiln lane, Tranmere, took place on Tues , lay. The building, which is in connexion with the Established Chumb. will cost upwards of £5OO. The funds are raised by public subscription, but a large plot of land, upwards of 1,400 square yards, has been given by George Orred, Esq., the lord of the manor of Tranmere. In the even ing the Building Committee, and several resident gentle men, terminated the day's proceedings by dining at Mr. Dunbar's, Britannia Inn. MILITIA APPOINTMENT Pennant Athelwc monger, Esq. (late Captain in her Majesty's 56th Regi ment), to he Adjutant, in the Royal Carnarvonshire Mili tia.—Arthur Willoughby Crewe Read, gent., to be Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flintshire Militia, vice Simon, who retires.—The Hon. Thos. Granville Cholmondeley s , to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Cheshire Militia. —Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Militia : John Lewis Hampton Lewis, Esq., to be Captain, vice the Lord Dinorben, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Thomas Love Duncombe Jones Parry to be First Lieutenant, vice Grey, resigned ; John Roberts, gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Sir Richard William Bulkeley, resigned ; Henry Robert Poole, gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hor ton, removed ; Oxen Lewis Cape Williams, gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Jones Parry, promoted. EMIGRATION.—On Tuesday last, the Beejapore, a splendid ship •f 1670 tons register, double decked, owned. by Messrs. Willis, and chartered by her Majesty's com missioners, sailed from Birkenhead, for Australis. There were 1042 souls on board, including 66 of a crew. Amongst the passengers were a party of hand-loom weavers, with their wives and families, numbering 266 persons. It appears that weavers were excluded by the reFulations of the emigration commissioners from the privilege of free passage to Australia ; but the weavers of the west of Scotland, and especially the Paisley weavers, haying memorialised the colonial secretary against the injustice and impolicy of this exclusion, and the point having been brought under the consideration of the house of lords, in April last, by the Duke of Argyle, and also by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and likewise of the house of commons by Mr. Lockhart, M.P. for Lanarkshire, the commissioners withdrew the prohibition, and the presertt party of Paisley weavers were selected as the fig st or pio neer band of Scottish hand-loom weavers entitled to the privilege of free passage to Australia. Mr. John Craw ford, of Paisley, having acted as honorary secretary for the Paisley emigrants, and having accompanied them to Liverpool, they, after having been mustered by Captain Patie, the government emigration agent, assembled and unanimously voted an address to Mr. Crawford, expres sive of their sense of his services on their behalf, and of theit goodwill towards him. The compliment was ac knowledged in an appropriate manner. On Wednesday, the Priscilla, a ship of much smaller tonnage than the Beejapore, left the Birkenhead depot, and soon after wards started from the river on her voyage to the anti podes. She bad on board about 249 adults, with their families, all from the Isle of Skye. There are now upwards of 250 adults, with their families, in the Birken head depot, fifty of whom arrived from Scotland on Wednesday. They will be conveyed to Australia in the Arabia, a ship of 450 tons, which will sail in a few days. LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO AN APPRENTICE, On Thursday a case of alleged cruel treatment to a female apprentice came before the Birkenhead police court, and created considerable interest. The magistrates were the Rev. R. M. Fielding (chairman), Sir Edward Cust, and J. D. Case, Esq. The proceedings were insti tuted on behalf of Elizabeth Malcolm, by Mr. Buchanan, as a vice-president of the Female Orphan Society, by the officers of which charity the girl had been apprenticed to the defendants, John Pemberton (a clerk to a solicitor) and Amelia, his wife, who were summoned to answer to certain charges of ill-using the girl. There were four counts in the summons, the first of which charged "John Pemberton, of No. 9, Fairfield-terrace, Well-lane, (Tran mere,) being a person legally liable to provide for Eliza beth Malcolm, your apprentice, necessary clothing, did, while she was such apprentice, to wit, between the Ist of December, 1849, and the 12th of May last, at Tran mere, wilfully, and without lawful excuse, refuse and neglect to provide the same." The second count charged John Pemberton with having, whilst he was the girl's master, at various times maliciously assaulted her, whereby her health was likely to be permanently injured. The third count charged the male defendant with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Elizabeth Malcolm. The fourth count was a charge that the defendant did unlawfully beat and assault Elizabeth Mal colm, ngainst the peace. Similar charges were preferred against Amelia Pemberton, the girl's mistress. Sir Geo. Stephen appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Aspinall for the defence. The defendants did not answer to t ,eir names Mr. Aspinall made an application for an adjournment of the case, on the ground that the defendants were on thecon tinent, and that the summonses were only issued on Tues day. He had only received his instructions a day or two ago, and it appeared that the parties taking the proceedings had slept on the matter, and now they came forward at the last moment. They might, he said, have taken an action against the defendants when the thing was first moored, and have punished them, if punishment was due. Besides, there would be nobody to give evidence but the prosecutrix herself, and he (Mr. Aspinall) contended that the defendants ought to be present. An officer deposed to leaving the summons at the defendants' house on Tuesday night. He saw an old man, who told him that they (the defendants) had gone into the country. In answer to the magistrates, as to whether the defendants were cognisant of proceedings being about to be taken against them, Sir George Stephen said that they were, and that repeated applications had been made by the solicitors on the other side to quash the case. Mr. As pinall said he would pledge himself that the defendants were not cognisant of the summonses being issued against them ; and urged that, as six months had elapsed since the matter had occurred, sufficient notice bad not been give n.—Sir George Stephen intimated his intention to apply for a warrant against the defendants.—The magis trates inquired where the defendants were. They might have a knowledge of the summonses being out against them, and might have gone out of the way to avoid They must know where the defendants were.-1" I them. Ir. As- ,t they would t r for their app George 'as his duty to oppose t t of the c pplicatio. abmitted that there - e a warrant issued against the defend, re of the facts of the case ono Aspinall was not a ge Stephen) understood that there vr the court who would prove that Mr. Pemberton was aware of the proceedings, and that as recently as last Friday he called upon her on the au -nt and governor of the Liver s an undoubted f presia. _ ,male Orphan Asylum, and it ~ict that Mr. George Buchanan, by whom the prosecution was originated, was not aware of the facts of the case till within a compara tively short period. It was only three weeks ago since he had received any information, and as soon as he had re ceived intimation of what had occurred, he (Mr. Bu chanan) felt it to be his duty to investigate the matter, and as soon as the facts were collected not an hour was lost in bringing the matter forward. Eliza Matthews deposed as follows :—I was a servant with John Pemberton at the same time as Elizabeth Malcolm. I saw Mr. Pemberton about a week since. He called at my lodgings, and I had some conversation with him about charges in respect of Elizabeth Malcolm. Mr. Aspinall urged that, as three weeks had been taken to get up the prosecution, it was unreasonable for the detemteetn to be called upon to meet tho °ago with one day's notice. A somewhat lengthy discussion foilowed, after which it was decided to hear the evidence of the prosycut fix: _ _ Elizabeth Malcolm said : I was 18 years of age last birthday. On the Ist December, 1849, I went as an apprentice to John Pemberton, of Fairfield-terrace. I went to be a nurse. About six months after I went they began to beat me. Mr. Pemberton beat me with a rope, and Mrs. Pemberton also beat me with a rope. I was continually beaten until the 12th of May last. I was struck on the back with a poker by Mr. Pemberton, one Sunday morning. I was once beaten by Mr. Fern berton with a policeman's stick. I had marks of the violence, and showed them to Betsy Fazakerly. I was beaten by Mrs. Pemberton a week before I left. Mrs I pump, and si‘ P ill e ro m sw. b ep e d r e t int o h i b i ee t r l r o i t r oa e nr w kks h n o ot t oe k m ejd u u s l mli Julia n y s_ h o e a n d, ,ge whoa a ir n ) s d l v s te c a nde l d n e e d x m t d e. 0 dragged si by the in a l nanswercellar a S r i Geo.rfrom tenin the Stephen, cbe said was confined -- ~ ...0 04.0... ..,••••• . morning how long that was before 1 left, Mrs. Pemberton had done it so often. I was not b ea t en t h en ; I was beaten for not doing the front parlour b e f ore mv breakfast. The blows raised weals on my '- than three times. lle generally b ea t me They gave me my food. till eleven at night. I cannot recollect which was knotted. Tt. ck, more As kept on the book ea Mr. Fieldly was that thr The rope vg ere were three knots flioi;tmhee.ei;i] purpos ley wanted irl did not make vague charge, to the re case, Mr. William Taylor, er of Mrs. Pemberton), has ) the newspapers, g the public ere made ex o suspena Mr. Taylo Dcl the control 1, of the '3rd Lancasi;l;e,Tieutenant2Colenel Black- street-lane, Queen-square, arid Alill-lane—the total esti le 2nd or Liverpool regiment, and the mated cost being £2,037.—0n the motion of Mr. John t, viz , Captains Lane (Ist), son, seconded by Mr. Roeers, the engineer was instructed It was arranged that the to proceed with the work, inclusive of the paving of White called out for chapel, at his earliest convenience.—A letter was read regi 4,110.1 rc Li,Nl Itoper ( th:." 1 '9o 1 ) realm nber, subject to the Queens use at Everton will be the the pavement of Chatham-street and the upper part of regiment, which will consist of 800 Parliament-street. The letter intimated that, unless the rifle companies. The average age of work were done, legal proceedings would be taken. The DID Mr the bad s ree Lance artery respectively at Lan- The committee agreed to visit the locality, to wake a personal inspeotion. iNox Shand's ho hay,. 1.1'901, and Preston. Lovatt, the clerk of one of the perish churches, was objected to by Mr. Breiherton, and supported by Mr. Bremner. It was proved that the claimant was entitled to collect fourpence from each house annually, and this bad been the immemorial usage. Ihe barrister allowed nd theref 'oint C he refused an appeal to a higher court against his judgment.—Mr. John Chisnall claimed a vote for eopyhold land, Dev's-lane, West Derby, and the claim was opposed by Mr. Yates, and supported by Mr. Bremner. The claim was resisted on the ground h.. Admiralty . .. Trot man': Aylen's enth..G. W. Lenox's kers of th American.... 1 Messr. G.W.Lenox's J vern Rodger's—Messrs. Fo Admiralty—Messrs.. LoilgriaieQ'CO. -- Aylen's— Government Dockyard, Sheerness , Lenox, and Co., ire -of HOLLOWA S OINTMENT AND PILLS HAVE CURED A DESPERATE WOUND IN THE LEG.— trick Leinster, residing near Carrick-on-Shannon, i • red his lcg about two years ago with a plough, wh . . caused a most formi dable wound, which spread o • the leg to a most alarming extent, so that he could t put his foot to the ground, / 1 /3.111.1, ILI livrwtv... •..• ••••• • .., -.. . he used, it would no lenl. In t his very bad state he ap- I plied some of Ho way's Ointment to it, and regularly took the Pills ; as treatment had such an effect on the wound that i ittle more than a. month his leg was per fectly cured. Fourt Fifth. Sixth brothel A CLERICAL ERRO K it to .af.•••• unattended, ushered th , • . ;diately, first, whis demanded, an explanation ensued, the parso a fume, the clerk was inclined to smile, and th e b ro th e ' and sister laughed outright.