The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

May 6, 1851. lEctal Relvo. tarlYaim steam-ship Atl ant i c is expected to be ready for sea in July. The Rev. John Morland has been licensed to the curacy of Christ Church in this town. Manifold, son of ' Dr. Manifold of this town, has yeell pointed general m anager o f th e D em erara r a ilway. The Rushton, subscription f or th e t es ti mon i a l t o th e l a t e Edward Another Esq., already exceeds £B,OOO. tow n troop of the 17th L ancer s passed through , en route to London, on Friday last. The Ci ty of Dublin Company are about to start a line of steamers between Holyhead and Belfast. A child named Lucinda Kayzer, died on Wednesday fro m injuries received by being scalded. Messrs. Holme have obtained the contract for Chester to ct' n Church, thei r t en d er b e i ng muc h less t h an t h e archi tes Theestimate Washington commenced discharging at Mobile on the 18th March, 3200 sacks of salt, and on the 28th March cleared for Liverpool with 2200 bales of cotton. 43 ' 3 Plans The Liverpool Times " und ers t an ds" that Mr. Hawks and estimates for the Rivington Water-works are now all ready. ~.The Queen h as b een pleased to approve o f M r. Ni co l as Malls as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the Emperor of all the Rusias. Tana r. John Diggins, head master of the Church of Eng ; Sc hool, Cornw - allis- street, has been appointed one of --•eThe masters in the Royal Military College, Chelsea. one wires between Chester and Birkenhead p ro near l y corn leted, and those to Holyhead are in rapid gress. On Th urs d ay, his worship, the mayor, entertained a P n a,rtY of thirty gentlemen, including the officers of the of thirty to a dinner in the Town-hall. the eh' Constitution, for Adelaide and 'Port Philip, board, on P Thursday last. She had 176 passengers on ye ar& >VIr • and Mrs. George Holden sang in the choir at the fl r n 'og of th e G reat E x hibi t i on . Alr. William Sud low a o received an i nv i tat i on, w hi c h he was una bl e t o accept . wit y Saturd a evening the Welsh mountains, covere d rt T ni a t tl e e r vv e. , were plainly visible from Oxton and Higher Tw o Al n Officers of the Liverpool d . etective police left on a uoV for London. Their services have been engaged f or the Exhibition. fn Peter's Church, Sackville-street, has been licensed t l hn tn , a d 'l l eaea• The first nuptial union took place on hible r----7 ' w hen the bride was presented-with an elegant tiSeveral prizes in a ! the Lndon Art Union wonb _ prize 91)001 s ubscribers Mr o s. W. F. Macg regor were receiving y of £7O; Mr. J.'Goodier, one of .£l5 ; and Miss Jessie Lamb, a statuette. last homeward Passengers on board the Africa steam-ship, on her suitable trip, appointed a committee to procure m a . memorialmandet c a t . R y r e o be presented to the gallant co 1.050, u r rgess°° ' master e?" n h ohe cr .? r l e l sid t ing t in St. James'- alai 0 , on the sth -dock,e P Telamon, in the 1 Nelson died o in the ol Northern 411)8Pifal last week. other the Saranak packet-ship, which at this port, the le-vtiadtsbYailfrora Phil a delphia ,there came to this country I Pig of the enormous weight of fifteen hundred k r ah r e Operative P or t ers o f th e t own are a b ou t t o p rese nt ln . Tind a l Atk i nson, the barrister, with h i s portrait, thel l eipKo nwledgra en t of the services which he rendered to shitle I a p b Y Passengers on board the United Stat e s team ratsiot:intite Parting' on Monday, passed comp li m entary s to Mr. 'Wilkins, the head steward, the A m anner in which he had conducted his depar tment. Ga iellth named -Edward Toole, died in the Borough hatill,ao Wednesday from lockjaw, caused by injury he pik'osfained in thn foot by falling on some rusty iron o e s in the Main - Bridewell. eal,, Thursday the foundation stone of the intended Lo Be ment of the• Corn Exchange was laid by Mr. W. th e " , chai rman of the committee, who was presented by Ti, cont ractor, M r . L ea d er , w ith an e l egan t s il ver t rowe l. r ese nt exchange was erected in 1801. Challino r , the servant of a female who keeps a * has i t : s eoP in the .neighbourhood of Williamson-square, tier '• e a cOrnttiitted to prison for stealing a£s note from tie. raistress. The note was found concealed in her bus % ;‘, bus s - - w% F riday night week, Elizabeth Wallace, a poor of was taken with the pains of labour in the porch pr o a ueerhouse in Birkenhead and, before a car could be child red to remove her, she was delivered of a - tine male ip th Thursday, a-child, about three months old, was left woes -at tere PorarY charge of Mary Moore, of No. S, Sher age reet, by a woman in appearance about - 25 years of werliwilr did not again call for it, and it was taken to the laid o P e. d h urs-ny, the new Cemetery, at Walton, recently _ ti ve ° ,_nt under the direction of the parish authorities t of aioesZool, was consecrated by the Lord . Bisho of h acres, • The Cemetery comprises an.extent of about 24 Th e and is near the Borough Gaol. vat iBo ,, members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ffee ,The d ined at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday evening. eiasa—aePary numbered upwards of seventy. Mr. G. Ro aa,, ivas in the chair, supported by Mr. Lewis Samuel, '6oot,,er brethren of the craft. b re tne ll ti ll t r „.,sdaY, as Peter Humphreys, the engine boy at for c ,, - L'el;vY, was at work about the stationary engine - 1- •w ulg uP the landing stage, he was dragged cog *l a and inat, so frightfully mutilated ,The Apothe ai e d ab ee s was eut an hour. r 11. lspratecsarles' S e of Practical • t - of London has recognised Cone oc'e • form ehetai s f the Chemistry as a school of try and upils to the lectures oer sompanr ;Me ga . Can now be entered from the-Liverpool . law nf ,• tie Apothecaries' Company bas rescinded a by len years standing in favour of Professor Muspratt ; a very h• igh compl iment.. g w ri t Monday evening, P large number of influential t e ai e rnen of Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, and the orTghbourhood, dined together at the Town-hall, Salford, a ea t t he, occasion of a farewell entertainment and the pre ation , a splendid silver snuff-box to Mr. -Samuel cheater,wer or of th e Queen's Hotel, who is about leaving Man- It_ tize to super in verpotend his extensive establishment the Nit Hotel, in Liol. th w „ , e nnucti.—Mr. Hay, architect, of Liverpool, set „Kit), Jo undations for the new parish church at 'Whorl narn:eee Gretadge, last Friday, with Mr. Jones . , pf a taird Castle, the citntractor. The present church is in too, testlns. Tridition, incapable of repair, and P. Ston e., oflw" , oe r ether with the venerable Archdeacon Head set- Do ti " Jc lue, came forward and paid a rate of2g. in o g t ' o f t o is v . all their t enantry, besides handsomely sub ex '-e-vcat this Purpose.—Darlington Times . Pee o the hied to d CunanNey.—Mr. Jonatha n Duncan is furiou s pn e el iver two lectures in Liverpool shortly, on nest re ° Peration of Sir Robert Peel's Bill of 1819. Tt• 84 -st will be delivered in the Concert-ball, Lord he iatt e res t, and the other in the Cotton Sales-room. 1. will be more particularly addressed to the mer ,;',,' c oletti p i lnimity ; dwe understand that the causes "'l ti e 6 a • ti a d i re u s e s P . ression s w n ill form one of the leading features , e st e e .s atne r r e , arenas n discovered board . _ the Arabian, screw "Bta ntin ounday week, whilst on her passage from goat, ,9e to this port. 'When off Cork she ma de /.1141tha°_,' aistress and a fire-engine was sent to her aid, 43,_8epn,uestructiv'e element was soon subdued. The fire Wew7 h s a e l l to have been occasioned . by . th . e friction of the l (\ Ner o ,_,Llpon the wood w it h which it is cased, by the wasise 'lie cargo upon it. A portion of the cargo, A sh .11 R of silk, tobacco, fruit .4cc., was injured. The 0 ~r.a,rtiliProceeled on her voyage' next day . . _ la t "lnia °NI " SCHOOLS.—A sermon will be preached b a Y evening next, in St. - Thomas' Church, Park er Y the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,..D.D., on behalf of the 1. 1 '14 4 4 4 1 ., day schools attached to that district. There , c4 a 93, of 1,800 children residing in the . district, o . f 1 ,,t th e so attend no school, for whose provision there is ' q e tem ry school now in operation for 120. .ca tn „ • pora ot iee ,oittee are about to commence a fund for the ti :et aotiof schools equal to the requirements of the dm frionAncighbourhood, and require a-helping hand from -biqta ti ni_s of scriptural education. ._ APT ROBBE RY .—At one o'clock on Tuesd a y p to toh ace o si r . George Hay, an elderly man, who_ keeps a sil ver s ea I ,° P in Dawson-street, was preparing to l eave h is wh cir the night, and was filling tvbag h soul ec, - tot ell two me n came in and asked to be served wrh • ulea b • The shopkeeper laid down the bag, which ° tie naet „tween £lO and £l2, on the counter, and i wa n s aho p '' the",` weighing and wrapping up the tobacco, w foli n 'en snatched up the bag and rushed ou t of the e"°Ppr et wed by the other. Subsequently -130,1 men 13 eri,, 1 :kat' a Ieded. the Van of;',Y ll Posxum.—We take Soyer's effective de . - -13n a 1,. "le attractions of his menage , as furnished in liv u lao wil l tb. symposium"— " The doors of the Sym elatn'nine..vo thrown open to universal humanity. The a nd divulged locomotive, the heavy vetturino, the no ti `ne fei,..lgence, the steam-boat, the caique, the junk, tatco e n a ca; will bring their myriad visitors to Gore tie ecoket-rnoPolitan customs should demand eosmopeli- Do t ,i 3 o, w o l } .a-nd it is by no means an exaggerated expec kaill° a n d to imaginewithin the walls of y.Pill Rea and lively Frenchmen expatiatin over their h ash • Tu rks discussing et . B e nd han,.eandeaux ; phlegmatic .. WitiLBententr mercurial ,Persians enjoying their sh . er hs,balvalte . ° us Spaniards luxuriating over olla podrida ; fa vo acked (itnericans consuming johnny cakes and can . - il cvvh titi te ste w !le l" ; pig tailed Chinese devouring their hei t iA Prodk.ed dog ; metaphysical Germans washing 44:4 W eie • 'l°'le quantities of sauerkraut with oceans of tie u k e Ceir al. thY Russians up to their eyes in caviar ; .I °f aaar in F for more train-oil ; Tartars swallowing t or lv -eal and e milk • and New Zealanders —no, not yekiriaed div iner era, for who could form any idea of the hor ed ea which would be caused by some bonboomeranged chieftain demanding ' bak ed lota It `V.,n' for two, and a ' cold boiled missionary' to hit! %,144rae.re4Lstheoluldbe:understoad that the S ymposium . is I tiaa t ufice n .. • It is a magnificent mansion, standing . t ktj et , fitted grounds, within ready access of the. Exile eoliteY of t as u ,?• in the different suites of rooms, in every ent a i Le tO suit every variety of style, home and h °e etV ete vere.,Pinee to the adornment of which, artists, These call e , ' silversmiths, architects, and florists, Have ,Ie to coat .1) • ni t' , fo r th ri ate in harmonious proportion. The eas ed !dal e , e seloct ; the grounds are for the many. ,Itrtet4(l iat°tiloayealesrsow(inoonarchical, and therefore not indis fi are to be regaled in a pavilion situ- T`(th e . centr e h os !it is to s 0 the park like garden. The demo folfahty at a y , the of polloi of the well-dressed) ob islle ~ e r e, in thi_aemonster table, atthe endof thegrounds, i it gli a ga l the '"g oon di„L ase l being two shillings And sixpence. " as Soyer calls it . , is 400 feet 1 414 e coro a'ngle tabnle, 's.tretching from point to point, e !nedate at pr i lesti n ; b . et a single !lt time 1500 persons. For . this Pool t icti oa 4 0 dist ant w Eeble-cloth (so says the "Beolc,' Of th e ca . asl Pog-day)—the fabric being the P lta llstS Of Compton-lionse, Liver- THE WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINCY.—At the Select Ves try meeting on Tuesday, four candidates were announced for this vacancy, viz. the Rev. Messrs. Isaac Holmes, R. W. Wolseley, Christopher Blackwell, (chaplain of the Manchester Workhouse,) and Mr. Green. The appoint ment will take place at the next meeting. The Venerable Archdeacon remarked that Mr. Drummond Anderson, as chaplain, had done his duty to the parish and the Work house with great ability and zeal. He had great pleasure in bearing that testimony. (Applause.) Mr. Came moved a special vote of thanks to Mr. Anderson, to which the Chairman (Rector Campbell) added his testimony. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night, about dusk, a person with a carpet bag in his hand entered the house of Mr. Mackenzie, of the Caledonian Tavern, at the foot of Duke-street, and engaged lodgings for the night. He requested to see his them"bed-roo, but short to ly afterwards came down, and requested him to the ' Saddle Hotel, to bring some. luggage. The " boots" went; but, on the way, the gentleman affected to have forgotten two parcels, which he said he would require, in his carpet bag. He gave the key to the man, with a request that he would return to Mr. Mackenve's and procure themlor him. The servant did as instructed, when it was found that the only contents of the bag were two large stones ! This raised a suspicion as to the new guest • the house was searched, and it was discovered that- the trunk of a gentleman staying there had been broken open, and three Irish bank notes stolen from it. It appears that the soi-disant traveller in like manner victimised, on Saturday night, Mr. Herdman, of the Big Lamp Tavern, Tithebarn-street. SANATARY IMPROVEMENTS.—In populous towns there are few nuisances greater than those presented in slaughter houses. The premises are for the most part ill adapted to the purpose in construction and detail. It is, therefore, pleasing to observe that Mr. Tomlinson, of Hanover street, has just completed a very spacious building that is so replete with every convenience required that it bids fair to lead to the reform of the nuisance ordinarily existing. The site on which the premises'are erected is opposite the Sailors' Home, in Hanover-street, and extends in depth to Duke-street Lane. At the front is a splendid house and shop in the Italian style of architec ture, and in the rear are erected all the requisites for the business. There are stabling-stalls for oxen, pens for sheep, &c., 'fitted with stone troughs, and supplied with water. There is a winch for hoisting up the carcasses, which are carried on a suspension rail to any part of the shop ; and thus a carcass of any weight can be moved by a boy. The slaughter-house is flagged throughout, and is so arranged that it can be thoroughly washed in a few minutes. It is well severed underneath, and Newland's effluvia traps are numerously adopted. In fact, the business is carried on with a cleanliness that is not usual. It has been visited during the week by many of the health officers, who class it as superior to anything in London. The shop is roomy, and we may say " well furnished," for on Friday it was literally crowded with carcasses of , bed and mutton-- " And finer or fatter "Ne'er fed in a meadow, or smoked on a platter." The entire buildings have been constructed from the plans of Mr. Thomas Wylie.; and, though we cannot go into their details, we pronounce them complete, and feel satisfied that, if the example of Mr. Tomlinson is followed, we shall hear no more of the slaughter-house nuisance. THE EMIGRATION TRADE AND THE 'LATE MR. RDSHTON.—In the Mouse of Commons, on Friday, Mr. ll'Cullagh said he wished to call the attention of the house to the return recently presented to them respect ing the treatment of passengers on board the emigrant ship Washington. In his opinion the scenes which bad been disclosed in that report were a disgrace to this cot and it was tbe duty of the house and of the government to take efficient measures to prevent their recurrence. He should also take that opportunity of asking the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the home Department whether he would have any objection to lay before the house a copy of the letter lately addressed by him to the Mayor of Liverpool, with reference to the death of the late Edward Rushton, sti pendiary magistrate of that town. :Mr. Rushton had most admirably and efficiently d scharged the duties of his office; and he (Mr. M'Cullagh)had reason to know that he had frequently regretted that he had not had more ample means at his disposal for the protection of the vast crowds of emigrants who were constantly sailing from the port of Liverpool. The insertion of the letter in question in their books would be a fitting tribute to the merits of Mr. Rushton, and would at the same time do honour to the good feeling of that house.—Sir G. 'Grey said he was most ready to bear his testimony to the great merits of Mr. Rushton. He could have no objection to the production of the letter in question ; although it had not been written with any view to its publication in so conspicuous a manner. With respect to the alleged treat ment of the passengers on board the emigrant ship Washington, he must observe that these were offences committed out of the jurisdiction of the English law, and on board foreign ships. At present, however, the hon. and learned gentleman will see that it was impossible to subject these parties to penalties. If he would suggest any alteration in the law by which the object l►e had in view could be obtained, the government would give the subject every consideration. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. — The • fourth concert of the season took place in the Philharmonic.hall on Tuesday evening last. Ihe attractions were of an unusual cha racter, so far as the artistes were concerned, the cele brated Madame Fiorentini and Signor Calzolari being an nounced, their first appearance in Liverpool ; the selec tion, however, was anything but remarkable for attrac tion. The debutante, Fiorentini, is an exceedingly hand some woman ; her features possess much of the Italian character, bat it would be difficult to determine whether they belong to an Italian or a Spanish face : the tine arched nose is indicative of vocal power, while the ex pressive Andalusian eyes bespeak the natural dramatic genius of their possessor. This was proved in the first solo, a Spanish air, which was encored. She was not less witching in the subsequent parts, duets from " Ernani," and " Don Pasquale.' A solo from " Don Giovanni," by Signor Calzolari, was the gem of the evening. He possesses a fine voice, by no means deficient in power, but 't is evident art has done much to give it the rank it pos- Good taste is almost as requisite to success in a vocal-' a musical voice, and in this respect Calzolari is unexceptionable. He was loudly encored in the solo, as well as in the duets with Madame Fiorentini. A fantasia on the violoncello, "II Barbere di Seviglia," by Mr. Lidel, was a most effective instrumental performance, and rapturously applauded. A chorus, " Lutzow's Wild Hunt," by the whole body of amateurs, was amongst the most prominent efforts •in the whole performance, and furnished a decisive proof of the high character the ladies and gentlemen attached to the Philharmonic Society have attained as musical eleves. The effect was indeed grand, not the slightest individual break occurring to interrupt the consolidated harmony of the one immense volume of voice. The echo was given admirably by a number of the singers stationed in the gallery behind the hall. It was a novel expedient, and excited universal admiration and amusement. The chorus was hailed with shouts of ap plause, and honoured by an encore. ALBERT SMITH'S OVERLAND MAlL.—When the lively punster and satirist, Albert -Smith, first announced his departure to the East, it was pretty generally thought to be a sign that he had exhausted his stores of wit, and was rather in quest of new ideas than of pleasure. The world never suspected him, however, of perpetrating the Gothi cism of a book of travel, and of attempting to rival a Clarke or a Humbolt. And the world was tolerably right. The laughing philosopher returned with a new stock of arrows in his literary quiver, and a new pro fession in his fingers, or rather in his tongue ; and the result of his observations is before us in this " Overland Mail;" which is certainly one of the richest and raciest entertainments ever delivered before a British audience. There are few men in this world of ours—few actors— capable of the feat of keeping audiences, such as those assembled at the Philharmonic Hall four evenings last week, entranced for two and-a-half long hours on a sub ject, apparently trite as the incidents of a journey by the overland route to India; few who could shower down upon us such gems of wit and whim in the same profuse ness as Albert Smith in this pleasant entertainment. The lecturer has provided himself with a valuable accessory in Mr. W. Beverley, the eminent scene-painter, whose series of beautiful illustrations of the various stages of the route, servelo (fill up and impart reality to the lively de scription of the traveller, as he carries his readers with him from point to point. Nothing can be richer than some of his stories ; and the Buffo songs which he intro duces here and there are sparkling and c!ever. A greater treat than the ,whole we never remember to have had. Mr. Smith with equal ease and precision personates the sem-:savage Aral?, the enentric Englishman, who scours the world in pursuit of excitement ; the exaggerating Yankee, also a traveller (though with a rather different object, to pick up a wrinkle by which he may victimise either his fellow-countrymen or the English, or both) and a host of other characters. Not the least interesting part of the entertainment is.a colloquy in a French diligence, between an English : gentleman, imperfectly acquainted with the French, and the postilion. DISCOVERY OF A MURDER COMMITTED SOME TIME Aco.—We reported in our last the apprehension of a man named Threlfall, formerly of the Liverpool police, who was eha-ged with having murdered his wife by pushing her into the Leeds and 'Liverpool Canal some years ago. Threlfall was, on Tuesday, brought up before the ()rms . , kirk magistrates, and on 'Friday committed to take his trial at the next assizes. The principal witness against him was a man named Richard Shaw, formerly a boat man on the canal, who stated, that on the 15th October, 1832, whilst lying in the cabin of brother's boat, on the canal, his attention was attracted by hearing a noise as of persons struggling with each others and, on looking out at the cabin door, he saw the prisoner throw his wife into the canal, when she was drowned. Threlfall is about fifty years of age, and his family resided at Southhill, a village near Ormskirk. He joined the Liverpool police force in February, 1836, and he had been married to the deceased woman with whose murder he is charged some six or eight years before that time. Either from some do mestic differeuces or economical arrangement, he and his wife Wed apart she having entered into the service of Mr. Thomas Woolfall, landlord of the Black Bull Inn, in Walton-road. Notwithstanding this severance from his wife, Threlfall was in the frequent habit of calling to see her at Mr. Woolfall's, and they often walked out to gether. On the night of the 14th of October 1832, he visited at the house, and he and his wife took a walk. On the following day she was found drowned in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near to Halsall-hill, about three miles and a half from Ormskirk. An inquest was held upon the body, and Threlfall himself was the principal evidence on this occasion. He then deposed that he had not seen his wife for upwards of a month previously ; and, strange to say, this statement went uncontradieted and a verdict of found drowned was returned : Before leaving the police force Threlfall again got married, and he has by his second wife two children, as well as a son by his d ecease d w if e . Om resigning his duties as a police-officer he went to reside, at Preston Gobbalis, near Shrewsbuiy, where he kept a beerhouse erg A sixi.u4 farpi, And at that place YIP? Aiken bib custody. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. - The usual monthly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Brice chairman. The only question considered by the board was the propriety of dismissing the whole or part of the four extra police officers, put on during the winter months. It was agreed to retain two of the men. STOCK OF CoTToN.—A meeting of the Cotton-Brokers' Association was held on Friday, on this subject, when, after some discussion, it was resolved that the experiment should be tried of taking stock three times a year instead of once. Cotton-brokers and merchants have, therefore, been requested forthwith to forward to the secretary returns of their respective stocks on the first day of this month. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the meeting on Wed nesday, the clerk reported that, pursuant to a resolution of the board, he had preferred an indictment against James 'Wark, for an assault on Sarah Garland ; and that, on the last Kirkdale sessions, Wark had been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. In consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Lvthgoe, the governor of the Work house, an assistant was allowed him, at a salary of 21s. per week. The other business was unimportant. ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wednesday; Mr. J. A. Picton presided, and there was a numerous attendance. The successful students who had adopted mottoes during the session gave in their names. Mr. Mallinson took the first prize, and Mr. Mason the second. The following students were also competitors:— Messrs. Rimmer, Murray, and James George. Messrs. A. Holme, George Williams, Henderson, and James Fairclough, four of the competitors for the design of the Palatine Club, sent in their plans and drawings for the inspection of the society. The chairman said it had been stated that eighty designs had been sent is, and taking the average cost of each set at £lO, £BOO had been actually thrown away for the chance of obtaining £5O. Whether that was a profitable mode of doing business or not, he would leave each gentleman to judge. Mr. Joseph Boult stated that Mr. Matthew Gregson had invited the members of the society to inspect his apparatus for desi eating timber, by Messrs. Davison 'and Symmington's process; and it was decided that the society would pay Mr. Gregson's establishment a visit on Friday afternoon. Mr. Duncan read some interesting "Notes on the ruins of the Fern Islands." It was suggested that the annual excursion of the society should be made this year to the beautiful town of Shrewsbury, which abounds in buildings of architectural interest. Manchester and Furness Abbey were also named. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual weekly meeting on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Parker presided. The building surveyor reported that Mr. James Thomson was building a dwelling-house in Prescot-street for which , he had not submitted a proper plan, nor given notice of the same agreeably to the 84th section of the sanatory" act. The surveyor wished to have the instructions of the com mittee in the mattes.—Mr. Hornby : If the members of this committee will not comply with these r Iles, how can it be expected that others will ?—A plan of another budding was here taken , up by Mr. Johnson, who said — Here is the case of a poor man who has complied with the law ; the rich man has not,—that's the difference._. Mr. Beckwith : Yes; and that man who has not complied is a member of this board.—Mr. Johnson : Has he given notice of this building.—Mr. Hughes (the clerk) : He has given notice of the brewery, but not of the dwelling house.—The committee recommended that the building should be demolished, the costs to be recovered from Mr. chomson.—This recommendation was confirmed. The medical officer of health reported that the number.of deaths registered during the week were 183, of which 132 had been in the parish, and 51 in the out-townships, show ing a decrease of 15 on the preceding week, but an in crease of 5 on the corresponding week of the three pre vious years. The returns showed that the mortality from small-pox was stationary ; during the week 11 deaths had been occasioned by this disease, nine of whom were un vaccinated. A fatal case of small-pox had occurred in Sherwood-street. Two men, age,l respectively 47 and 51, died during the week from the effects of excessive drink ing. —It was ordered that £2OO should be returned to the Rev. C. Lawrence, being the amount of his outlay for the construction of a sewer in Myrtle-street.—ln re'erence to the machine of Mr. Simms, for the exhaustion of foul air from sewers, the borough engineer remarked that the machine was good in principle, hut not applicable to the holds of ships for tent air.—The inspector of nuisances reported the usual workings in his department. THE Dooze COMMITTEE.—At the usual meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, Mr. T. Li;tledale pre siding, a plan showing a new site for the slate yards, which was approved by the trade, was sanctioned by the committee.—Messrs. Betteley and Co.'s tender for the supply of one hundred fathoms of the best mooring chain was accepted.—Messrs. David Cannon and Sons applies to be paid a sum of £2B, an additional cost incurred in discharging the Beejapoore, in consequence of that vessel being unable to enter the Brunswick Dock, from, as it appeared, the enormous breadth of the bilges. Refused. Ordered, th ‘t Mr. George Wright, a master-porter, who had violated the regulations, be prohibited from acting as master-porter for six months, and that Mr. Brene be pro secuted for the recovery of a penalty of £5O for acting as a master-porter without being qualified.—Mr. North, at the request of Mr. Bold, read the resolution come to by the committee at the last meeting in reference to the Dock Bill. in Parliament. After reciting the prior pro ceedings, and the resolution of the Council, it thus pro ceeded :—Resolved, "That the trustees do abstain from any further opposition to the bill, except it so far as may be necessary to protect their own interests, as at present •recognised by the bill, and to prevent any injurious alter ations being made in the clauses thereof. And that, in order more effectually to carry out the spirit of the reso lution, and of the Council above recited, and to avoid further and useless expense, the American Chamber of Commerce be now requested to hand over the bill to the solicitor of the Dock Trustees, to be by him passed through its future stages as an unopposed bill, the Trus tees hereby undertaking to use their exertions to procure the same to be passed during this session in its present form, as respects the principle of the measure, but with such verbal additions, amendments, and correction of clauses as the Town-Clerk, and the solicitor to the Trus tees shall consider necessary to be made therein, and shall not be disapproved of by the solicitor of the present pro moters." Resolved, also, " That these resolutions be for warded to the Finance Committee." The resolutions were forwarded, and a resolution passed by the Finance Committee agreeing with the view taken by the Dock Committee ; and a resolution was also adopted by the American Chamber of Commerce, to the effect that the bill be handed over to Mr. North, as proposed, and that Mr. Duncan be associated with that gentleman. On the motion of Mr. Bohl, seconded by Mr. Robinson, the par liamentary sub-committee were ordered to proceed to carry out the former resolution of the Dock Committee (substantially as it agreed with those of the other bodies) in the terms agreed to. This was adopted. SELECT VESTRY.—OnTuesdav the first meeting of the new Select Vestry was held at the Parish-offices, in Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks was also present. The Chairman, on the part of Mr. Dover, answered cer tain charges which had been made against that gentleman; affecting, in Mr. Dover's opinion, his personal character for honour and honesty. The charges were to the effect ; that he had tampered with the parish assessments in favour of his warehouse interests. These (continued the chairman) are " ugly charges," and Mr. Dover believes justly enough that they are intended to be " fastened" on him, and to these he authorises me to give " a strong and indignant denial." in words as strong and indignant as words can be, affirming that they are not only false, but that they cannot be true ; that he, as churchwarden, had nothing to do with the assessments, or the alterations in the assessments, which were made, not by him, but by the collectors and surveyors, who declared, in their report to the select vestry, dated October 21, 1850, that in mak ing " or altering the assessments they never had the slightest intercourse with the churchwardens, overseers, or any members of the Finance Committee." This report of the surveyors was made to the vestry on the 22nd of last October, when a similar charge of tampering with the assessments against the two churchwardens and two other members of the Finance Committee was investigated. in consequence of some expressions that had fallen from one of the vestrymen seeming to impute this charge, but which charge he very handsomely disavowed, a special meeting of the vestry was summoned on the 22nd of October, 1850, and, on the report of the surveyors, the vestry came to the unanimous resolution that there was no foundation for the imputation ; " that the assessments were made and confirmed solely by the surveyors and ma gistrates, and that no imputation rested on the fairness and honesty of the Finance Committee individually or col lectively," as will appear from the recorded proceedings of that vestry. From that report it appears that the re ductions in the assessments were made on appeal by the magistrates, an appeal which was equally open to all the parishioners, and that if any injustice was done, it was done, not by the churchwardens, but by the magis trates themselves. I have, as you are well aware, no pecuniary interest in this matter. lam neither a cot tage nor a warehouse owner, and my business is my determination, as far as lies in my power, to favour nei ther party, but, to the best of my ability as a member of the select vestry, to do justice to the parishioners, and to make both parties pay their due. Mr. Gardner, on be half of the board, expressed himself fully satisfied with the statements made by the rev. Chairman and by Mr. Dover. It would be admitted, he thought, that, during the heat of the election, both parties put forward state ments which had no foundation in fact. The Workhouse Committee reported not less than 560 sick cases in the house, 133 being fever. The usual number of vagrants resorted nightly to the sheds, there being, last week, not less than 1,164 admissions,-660 being males, 286 femal es , and 218 children. Mr. Miller, one of the agents for White's patent gas, waited upon the board to invite a deputation to visit the gas works at Manchester : Mr. M. being desirous of lighting the workhouse with hi s hydro carbon gas. Referred to the Finance Committee. It was resolved that the rectors, churchwardens, and overseers, should be members cx officio of all committees. The committees were then appointed. LILLIPUTIAN TEA KETTLES.—A mechanic of Man chester has made two miniature silver tea kettles, one made from a four-peony piece, weighing 29 grains troy ; and the other from a three-penny piece, and weighing 24 grains troy. Both are complete in every repect, with moveable lids, &c. DISTRESSING EVENT..—AR inquest has been held at Salford, on the body of Sarah Stracey, whose death was the result of a singulrr fright. She was the wife of a working man, and ran out in the evening to get a steak for her husband's tea ; is quickly turning the corner of a court in which she lived, she ran violently against the wheel of a cart that happened to be passing, and was so dreadfully frightened by the suddenness of the rencontre that she died a few minutes after. There were no in.ark,s ,externally to account for her cloth. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. • One of the most serious railway accidents lately recorded took place on Wednesday evening, in the Sutton Tunnel of the Birkenhead Junction Railway. Six lives have been sacrificed, and from thirty to forty persons seriously injured. The circumstances of the accident are as follow : —Wednesday being the cup day at Chester, the amount of passenger traffic over this line from Manchester and the manufacturing districts was enormous ; and at the termination of the day's sport crowds hastened to the station at Chester for the purpose of proceeding home ward. At 7 o'clock a monster train left for Manchester. As soon as practicable another train was started in the same direction, and about 8 o'clock a third. The last two trains were considerably lighter than the first, and the first train having only one engine, the second train overtook it as it was about to enter the Sutton Tunnel. In this tunnel (a mi!e and a quarter in length) there is an incline, which materially retarded the progress of the heavy train, in fact, it was unable to proceed at more than a walking pace. At this juncture the second train joined on to the first for the purpose of assisting it through the tunnel. They still went very slowly, and as a collision from the third train was feared, parties were sent back for the purpose of stopping it. The precaution. unfortu nately, was ineffective, for ere the message could be delivered, the third train came thundering on,- and, as the statement goes, no red light being shown at the end of the second train, ran into 'it before the driver was aware that the line was impeded. The crash was terrific, and the.scene that ensued was one that defies description. Several carriages were smashed to atoms, one of the. engines was thrown off the line, and the tunnel was com pletely blocked with the debris of carriages, dead, and wounded ; the confusion being increased by many of the Passengers jumping through the windows and doors, after the accident had happened. On the result of the disaster being ascertained, the engine wos disconnected. from the first train, and sent on to Warrington, giving the alarm at the several stations. • The driver shortly returned, bringing some additional aid. Prompt and energetic assistance was at once given, and a careful search instituted. In the broken carriages, which were those immediately ran into by the third train, five dead bodies were discovered. The lady who was killed was not Mrs. Ridgway, but her sister, Mrs. Wetenhall. The story of Mrs. Wetenhall's death is a very remarkable one. The two sisters are widows, Mrs. Ridgway (of Ridgmont, near Bolton) being the widow of the late. Mr. Joseph Ridgway, and her sister being the widow of the ,late Major Wetenhall, lion. East India Company's service. The two ladies had gone to Chester races together on Wednesday, in company with Mr. Clarke, a friend, and their carriage was remarked out the Roodee as the smartest equipage on the ground. They left Chester by the second race train for Manchester over the Lancashire and Cheshire junction line, which runs into the London and North-Western line at Warrington. Their carriage was mounted upon a truck, with the coach- man and footman occupying seats upon it. When the train was about to start the two ladies evinced great nervousness and fear without appearing to know why, but were reassured by Mr. Critchley, the station master at Chester, who told them there was no danger, and they were placed, together with thei r f r i en d, Mr. Clarke, in the last compartment of a first-class carriage, behind which was the truck with their private carriage. When the collision took place in the middle of the tunnel, there fore, there was only the truck behind them and the loco motive at the head of the train which ran into their own. The truck and their private carriage upon it appear to have been smashed to atoms by the collision, and the coachman and footman upon it were thrown upon the advancing locomotive of the train behind. Mrs. Ridg way sat with one of her sister's hands clasped in her own, and as the carriage in which they both sat was destroyed, it is extraordinary haw the one should have escaped coat paratively unhurt and the other have been killed. Their servants were hurt, but not dangerously. Of the other Persons killed, one is Mr. Davidson, salesman at Messrs. Bannerman and Son's warehouse, Manchester; another is Henry Anderson. paperhanger, of Hulme, Manchester. A youth, named Newell, of Whitley, Cheshire, was also killed. Besides these four fatalities there were two bodies lying at Sutton not identified. Mr. Rooker, of Manchester (an assistant surveyor to the corporation), whose bones and flesh were described by the surgeon as a mass of fractures and bruises, lies in a precarious state. Captain J. Purley Leatham, unattached (now lying at the house of his sister, Mrs. Birley, York-place, Oxford-road, Manchester), sustained a compound fracture of the -left leg, right collar bone broken, and three fingers broken, b'sides several contusions of the head ; Lieutenant Ogee, Adjutant of the 50th Regiment, a good deal bruised and shaken, but not dangerously hurt. One or two parties, whose lives were supposed to be in jeopardy, were at once conveyed to Frodsham,—others less seriously hurt, fol lowed, and those who were deemed able to be removed were sent on to Warrington. Amongst those, we under stand, was Dr. Leith, of Newton, who has received some serious injuries ; Mr. Wilson, wine and spirit merchant, Newstaff, Warrington, very seriously injured, his nose being nearly severed from his face ; and a Ms. Adams was also seriously injured. Mr. Hender son, of York, and a clerk at the railway station, War rington, sustained severe injuries. A gentleman who groped his way out of the tunnel at the Frodsbam end, and who took a private conveyance to Warrington, says that he overtook a great number of working people who had their arms in slings and seemed a good deal hurt, walking home in the same direction, having preferred walking to trusting themselves further by rail. About forty persons were injured. Mr. Moseley, of the electric telegraph, describes the scene in the tunnel, both before and after the collision, as one of great confusion. He says the second train could make little or no progress, in consequence of the first being at a standstill after the collision with it, and his fel low passengers were in the greatest alarm in the expecta tion that a train would come up behind and run into th m. Most of the doors of the carriages were locked, and people were battering at them and trying to burst them open. The darkness was intense, and looking from the window of the carriage in which he sat he could not see a single light in any direction. After the second collision the cries of distress and groans were beyond all conception, and the darkness added to the confusion which prevailed. From a recess in the side of the tunnel several lamps were obtained and lighted by a passenger, but from the dense steam i❑ the tunrel they were of little use. Many of the passengers .by the third-class stand-up carriazes _ were burning their race cards and paper (lighting them by means of lucifers) in order to obtain light enough to see their position. • The inquest on the bodies was commenced on Saturday. before a highly respectable jury, of which Dr. Wilson, of Preston-brook, was foreman. Mr. J. B. Lloyd, the soli citor of the railway company, was present, and expressed the desire of the company to furnish every possible relief to the sufferers, and to afford the jury every witness who could speak to the facts of the case. Several witnesses having deposed to the" circumstances as detailed above, Mr. W. T. Ansell deposed that the train "ame to a dead stop when about two-thirds through the tunnel. Witness heard the engine making an attempt to get forward, but the driving-wheel slipped, as he (witness) judged in con sequence of the rails being wet. He thought the wetness of the rails prevented the driving-wheel from biting. At this moment witness put his head out of the carriage window, and found that the tunnel was full of smoke and steam, and he could see nothing. Witness asked a gen tleman who was looking out of the window of the next and, after a fe compartment what he thought best to do, moments conversation between them, Witness suggested that each man should get out of his carriage, and stick to it, and push it on. In a minute or two afterwards witness heard the puffing of an approaching engine, which induced him to throw himself back into his own carriage, and to call out to the passengers. to hold hard. He put his hack against the cushions, and his feet on the onnoßito cant_ The crash, which was rather a prolonged one, came a l mos t immediately afterwards. Witness escaped unhurt. Joseph Steele, of 123, Chancery-lane, London, patent agent, was the next witness examined. After a variety of statements in condemnation of the general arrangements of the company on the day of the accident, the witness said ho could not designate what he saw as anything less than gross mismanagement from beginning to the end, from morning to night. Geo. Frederick Robinson, an engineer, who was in the same train with the last witness, agreed with his evidence generally. After the examination of one or two other witnesses, Mr. Bancroft, the chairman of the directors, expressed his willingness to be examined, and to give every information. The directors courted investigation, and were willing to abide the issue. The inquest was then adjourned to Monday (yesterd The population of Flee increase over 1841 of 540. The Preston Town Council are about to discuss the propriety of appointing a stipenchary magistrate for that town. On Wednesday three men were killed by an explosion h the coal pit of Messrs. Rylance, at Woodhouses, near Wigan. ' the Earl of Derby has given two and a half acres of ground for the erection of a new church, at Holcombe, near Bury. The hands of Messrs. Pilling, cotton spinners, Tatter sall, have struck for an advance of wages, and a limitation of the hours of labour. A further export of 103 bales of cotton, the produce of Tinnevelly and Coimbalore districts of India, is now on its way to Manchester. Captain Warburton, the officer, who, a few weeks ago, inquired into the allegations of the petition praying for a charter of incorporation for Blackburn, has reported in favor of the charter, A Preston paper computes that 100,000 oysters were eaten on Easter Monday and Tuesday, by the visitants of Blackburn fair.' The shells alone tilled three carts, and one oyster dealer sold more than 15,000. A turnout of bricklayers' labourers has taken place at Altriricham, near Manchester, caused by an increase in the size of the mould, consequent on the abolition of the duty, unaccompanied by a corresponding increase of wages. Ann and James Waddington, of Manchester, the mo ther and stepfather of a girl, aged sixteen, are in custody on a charge of having murdered the latter by poisoning her with arsenic. It appears that they used the poor girl with great cruelty, and that they ware entitled to £7 club money on her death. The population of Sunderland, including Bishop-Wear mouth, and Monk-Wearmouth, numbers about 75,000 souls, the increase since 1841 being about 15,000, - • A SIGNIFICANT ANAGRAM.—Among the curious co- - incidences which sometimes startle us in the unexpected disclosures of the Anagram, few, perhaps, will be found: more remarkable than the discovery of the present great troubler of our Israel, " CARDINAL WISEMAN,i''jn the P,l73linops words " SIN, MALICE ! AND WAR," I &rime anb 31)ortiruIturt. I On Sunday evening, April 27th, a_ brilliant meteo: passed over the village - iof Nigher and Lower Tranmere but so rapid was its eight that very few persons had an opportunity of seeing its progress. The time of its ap pearance was about ten o'clock, at which time it was unu sually dark, heavy thunder-clouds hung round the hori zon, and but few stars we-e visible over head. Hail, thunder, and lightning, had been frequent during the af ternoon and evening ; and after dark considerable excite ment was visible in the dense masses of clouds, and an occasional shooting star was seen. The writer of the pre sent article was observing these appearances, so unusual in the early spring when suddenly a brilliant light ap peared due east, and luminous body as large as a man' s head moved rapidly, and apparently at a low elevation, directly westward. Its first appearance seemed to be about midway over the Mersey, between the ferries of Tranmere and the Rock, thence in a direct line towards Oxton ; but it ceased about half-way between higher Tranmere and Oxton. When it first appeared it was as large as a man's head, remarkably brilliant, and of a blue or violet tint ; when it ceased, a sort of silent explosion seemed to take place, and a small body like a red-hot marble fell towards the earth. All these appearances were carefully noted, and appear most strongly to favour the hypothesis of K. E. A. Von Hoff, that meteors are ag glomerations of cosmical matter, and not, as Chladin sup poses, fragments of destroyed planets, or, as he face tiously terms them, Weltspane (world -chips). This is an interesting subject, and we know that more than one of our correspondents have devoted much time to this mat- We hope to receive from them any information they sess upon this vexata questio. may nos: MISCELLANEA The " Victoria regia" flower emits a delightful fragance, at and for some time after its opening. This perfume, which has all the aroma of the richest pine-apple, is so pooerful as to scent the air for several yards beyond the house in which the plants grow. _ _ _ _ AGE 01 , TREES.—Professor Goppert has described the lower end of a trunk of Pinites protolarix, a gigantic fossil tree which was found in the brown coal of Laason, in Silesia, in 1849. It measured more than 32 feet in circumference, and about four feet in length ; erect, per fect in form, hut stripped of bark ; 16 large roots ran out at right angles from its base. The interior was filled with structureless brown coal ; but in sections of the outer parts, one sixteen inches broad, the other three feet :ix inches. Professor Goppert counted respectively 700 and 1,300 rings of wood ; so that for the half diameter of 51 feet, at least 2,200, but probably 2,500 rings must have existed. _ _According to the-theory of annual rings, this tree would appear to have been from 2,200 to 2.500 years old ; but, unfortunately, the annual ring theory is not ahv s trustworthy —Botanical Gazette. lANIFESTATION OF THE EARTH'S ROTATIO ous paragraphs and articles have been circulating empts have been made to give an intelligible account of this fact to the general reader. Tables have been said to rotate round their centre instead of round an axis—not so much theirs either as the earth's ; pendulums have been described as vibrating for hours or days. without the slightest hint how this was done—how or whether the effects of drafts, of torsion, of local vibra tion, were guarded against or allowed for—in what plane, whether meridinal or otherwise, the pendulum was made to vibrate in the outset, &c., &c. And, notwithstanding such uncertainties, they were told that it was only " the unscientific mir down all the " common sense," cast, like pearls, before those who could not appreciate it ; whereas, we verily believe, it was the unscientific alone who were at once carried away by the ad captandum idea of the table rotating round its centre, with the earth's rotation, while the pendulum measured out that rotation like fixed hands on a horizontally rotating dial.—The Builder. NOTICES OF NEW WORKS We some time since called the attention of our readers ork in course of publication by Messrs. Fullarton and Co., styled " The Gazetteer of the World." We have now before us the third division of the work, and can hardly conceive anything more adapted to the wants of the time. Very few gazetteers are in use, and they are by no means calculated to meet the present-demand for geo graphical information, whereas " The Gazetteer of the World" is a complete epitome of all that is known in geozraphical science. The cheap rate at which it is pub lishing must make it a hazardous enterprise to the pub lishers, but we hope it will meet with liberal encourage ment. CHESTER SPRING MEETING This interesting meeting, under the stewardship of the Hon Major Pitt, Colonel Peel, ➢].P., and Colonel Anson, M.P., came day, and Friday. The attendance of spectators thio . ughout, especially on Wednesday, was numerous, and the sport first rate. The course, although there had been a very heavy suc cession of rain during the three days preceding the opening of the meeting, was in beautiful order; giving rare foot-hold, and partaking of an elasticity seldom met with. The first race, on Tuesday, was for the Grosvenor Stakes, of 10 sov; each, which were won by Lord Waterford's Kick-up the-Dust ;• Mark Tapley, 2 ; The Cutler, 3. Three others started. Won by three:parts of a length.—The Mostyn Stakes, of 10 sovs each ; won by Mt. Hawke's Paddy Bird; Bethgelert 2. Eight others started.—The Chesterfield States, a handicap Of 10 soya each ; won by the DukC Of Richmond's Hurry-scurry ; Aristos, 2. Five others started.—The Optional Selling Stakes, of 5 says each ; won by Mr. Smith's Emma ; Maid of the Moun tain, 2; Ostialdwick, 3. Two others started. The winner was afterwards purchased by Mr. Lister for .e35.--The Palatine Stakes, of 15 soya each ; won by Sir J. Hawley's Merry Peal; Tightwaist, 2; Poquetta, 3. Five others started.—A Sweep- ‘. stakes, of 5 sous ; ;von by Mr. Bobb's Lucy; Avia, 2; Hurricane, 3. Three others started. On Wednesday the Corinthian Handicap, of 5 sows each, with 30 added, won by Lord Cardross's Arundel ; Escape, 2; Fifty three, 3.—The Third Year of the Roodee Produce Stakes, of 15 sows each ; won by Mr. E. W. Topkam nas Guardsman; Aria, 2 ; Drill, 3 ; Paddy Whack, 4.—The Tradesman's Plate, of 200 sorb in specie, added to a handicap sweenstekes of 25 sovs each : won by Mr. J. Bird nas Nancy ; The Black Doctor, 2 ; Hesse Homburg, 3. The following also ran :—Russborough, Back biter, Vampyre, Duc-au Durras, Sauter-la-Coupe, Langton, Italian, The Knight of Avenel, Montagu, Rhesus, Seaman, Ha ricot, Sir Robert, Damask, Lady Eden, Mickleton„Caurire, Eva, York-you're-wanted, Wallflower, Wilniont, Sprite, Knock Knoll, Hurry-scurry, and Rubina. Betting: 4 to 1 agst Rhesus, 7to I agst the Italian, 7 to I agst the Black Doctor, taken freely, 9 to I agst Hesse Homburg, 9 to 1 agst Russborough,lo to 1 apt Backbiter, 10 to 1 agst Sauter-la-Coupe, 15 to 1 agst Nancy, 20 to 1 agst Vampyre, 20 to 1 agst Montagu, 20 to 1 agst Haricot, and 30 to 1 agst any other. There were three false starts. At the fourth attempt, the troop of twenty-eight got well under weigh, Knock-cnoll showings head, with Montagu Eva, Hesse Homburg, Russborough , the Italian, Backbiter, Nancy, the Black Doctor, and Rhesus close up, Wallflower and Hurry-scurry brpig up the rear. thus they continued at a splendid pace, with very little variation, to tbe T.Y.C. course, where Duc-an-Durras and Sauter-la-Coupe emerged from the ruck behind, and gradually drew towards the front, the Italian and Russborough dropping somewhat behind. Re-passing the stand the Black Doctor took their place, and gained upon the leader at the top turn, headed him a t th e r i ver ' s b an k, an d ran with him to the bridge, where they were joined by Nancy and Hesse Homburg. In the straight run, Knock-Knoll gave way entirely, leaving the Dlack Doctor and Nancy with the lead, and Hesse close at the latter couplet's haunches. Rhesus made his effort at the bottom, together with Back biter, Montague resigning altogether. A beautiful race home was won by Nancy by a neck, the Black Doctor beating the Goodwood filly for second place about the same. Rhesus was fourth, two lengths from the winner, Backbiter next, the succeeding division being headed by Duc-an-Durras, and York you're-Wanted. Value of the stake, ..f2,1C0. The distance. about two miles and a quarter, was run in 4 minutes 14 seconds —Sixty Guineas, (clear,) added to a sweepstakes of 3 sous. won by Lord Waterford's Holler; The Cutler, 2; Aristos, 3 b c by nelbourne, 4,—The Scramble Handicap of 5 soya. each with 30 added : won by Mr. J. Osborne's Iresine a gen, 9_— Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas : won by Lord Waterford's Kick-up-the-Dust; General Sale, 2. On Thursday the Cheshire Welter Cup was won by General ench • Needle, ; The Merry Bird The Dee Stakes of 10 soya. each : Hippolytus. 1 ; The Black Doctor, 2 ; Mountain Deer, 3. Eleven ran.—The Westminster Plate: Alonza, 1 ; Italian, 2.—The :Selling Stakes: Guardsman, 1 ; Old Claret, 2.—The Scurry Handicap : Don Caries, 1 ; Cutler, 2. On Friday the Cestrian Stakes were won by Colsterdale •, Guardsman, 2; Vermuth, 3.—The Wirral Stakes : Tightwaist walked over.—The Cheshire Stakes : Sauter-la-coupe, 1 ; Snow storm, 2; Christina, 3.—A. Free Handicap Stakes: Forester, 1 ; Aldgate, 2; Queen Bee. 3.—The Eaton Stakes: Tightwaist walked over.—The Grand Stand Cup : Humphrey, 1 ; Kick-up the-Dust, 2; Duc-an-Durras, 3.—The Ladies' Purse; Aria, 1. LORD STANLEY AND SrR, JAMES GRAIIAM.—TWO statesmen, belonging to different schools, have come prominently forward during the late Ministerial crisis ; and to one or other of them, or perhaps to both alternately, if they live, the destinies of the empire, for.a long period of time, will in all probability be intrusted. These are Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham. Both are men of ating power; but, in other respects, their. characters are as opposite as the poles are asunder. As usual, in such cases, while their characters bear the mark of distinct individuality, they are the types or repres3ntatives of the two great parties which now divide the 'British empire: The first is straight forward, intrepid, and manly—patriotic, but not vacil- business reat oratorica' unwilling to do so unless he can carry out the principles which he deems essential to the salvation of his country. The second is ambitious, cautious, diplomatic, desirous of power, but fearful of the shoals with which it is beset • and desirous so to shupe his policy and conceal his intentions, as to avoid shipwreck by coming openly ` nto collision with any powerful party in the state. The device of the one is the steady polar star of duty ; the guide of the other . . the flickering light of expediency. The - first refused the Premiership when offered to him by his sovereign, because he thought the time had not yet arrived when he could carry out his principles; the latter has so often changed his side, and held office under so many parties, that no man alive can tell what his principles are. The first broke off from Sir Robert Peel in office, when he deserted his principles; the latter deserted his principles to join Sir Robert Peel. when entering on power. The first, white still in opposition, has already announced to the country what line of policy he is determined to adopt if placed in power; the last has talked of a mutiny in the army as a reason for continuing the ruin of agriculture, and a rebel. lion in I -- ' for tame • submitt;ne to Papal _reiand as a reasoi ggression. The one is of the true breed of th, ion, the other a mongrel cross between the Whig iPree-trader.—Blackwood. It is stated that one landowner in the county of Nor thumberland, who, though a great liberal and free-trader. refuses to reduce his rents, has no less than twelve farms on his hands, with little prospect of any of them being let upon the terms required. MEETING THE TIMES. — We noticed not long since that Henry Lawson, Esq., of Bath, had made a perma nent reduction of 15 per sent. in the rent of his estate at Suckley. We have now to state that, notwithstanding this abatement, a further return of 15 per rent. was made to the tenant in payment of his rent ' making a total retniplop pf 30 per manency. e British nd the CALIFORNIA. We rece!ved yesterday, by the Ne.w YJrk Steamer, the following letter from an intelligent gentleman : SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 15TH MARCH, 1851.—Not withstanding we have semi-monthly communications be tween Calitornia and England, great doubt and uncer tainty seem to hang over the minds of our friends at home, and a good many look upon the whole as a dream. which is hardly dispelled by the receipt of millions of the real dust ; anait he . ) , again write lig, What are the facts ? What is behind the curtain ? Why frequent losses on goods ? Does gold in quantities yet remain ? We an swer, that we have, as it were, ourselves hardly waked up to the position in which we stand ; and we are yet in a transition state, in regard to commerce and everything else. Shippers commenced sending us every imaginable article, never stopping to enquire what were our wants, and how large our supplies were likely to be. To give a sample of shipments, at an early period; before there were a score of children in San Francisco, we saw an invoice of 100 dozen small children's hose ; and very many as excisable shipments have been made. While some goods have been received that have paid handsome profits, and as we are continually changing, and many articles which have been profitable, and in use twelve months ago, are scarcely used. Formerly every- , thing was for temporary wants; now more permanency characterises us. People in times past calculated to amass a fortune in a few months ; now they feel quite content if a few years would insure the realization of their hopes. The weather, a year ago, was disagreeable for months ; this season, for a long time, never did man behold brighter days or more balmy air, and this almost without inter ruption ; and this has had a powerful influence in causing many to send for their families, and settle down. And in regard to making purchases of articles that are sacri ficed, a speedy realization is what they seek. Without a doubt we have fifty per cent. more of a stock of merchandise than what we need, or what is really for the interest of California. We have been overstocked, and are still so, with lumber, and we shall never seek but a very moderate portion for the supply for our future wants from the Atlantic. We t will supply our want 3rthern Coast Shipments of , in a good coal in;ve lost heavily; not that we have more stock than we should have when w take into nsideration the immense number of steamers plying on our rivers and The difficulty lies in the fact, that no one has yet made it their business to be coal dealers exclusively, and be prepared to hold largely when necessary. The vessels that bring this article wish to discharge speedily, and pursue their homeward voyage. Provisions are at present abundant, and we think there is a greater waste in this line from irjury sustained on the want of suitable means being !serve them ations speak for them large as is .4 Ives, for while . 1 in the continued ship. no room fo 3 be a successful fortitude, per2ever good health s been lrawn to agriculture, hall not pro- Our future course every part of the n die Queen's iegun to be deve ish their way to :wise° will be to Other interests e wait another P.M. The mining ope ments, there and good foriun but the se duce two-fiffl is onward. We hay world, and a vcry f dominion. Our resources have scarcely loped, and the Anglo-Saxon race will every island of the P, the. Pacific what Lon press upon us to be treated ( steamer, lest we should be too length and Slr to Eur ELLIGENCE POLICE William Pratt and Jo' 'Williams trial on Tuesday, at the Po on board the Monks' Ferry day. were committed for railway boat, on the previous A great number of lodging-house moned before the magistrates, on NV ing the bye-law which directs them to has their houses a ticket contair ber of persons which their 1 and the rules by which the house keeper s were aunt y, for violet- up within ling their own name, the num- d to contain, The es in- penalties, from 5 nd upv B in most c CHARGE OF EMI3EZZLEMENT respectable-looking person, nay charred with embezzling variot Mr. Peacock, solicitcr, of this town, his late employer The prisoner left his employ in February, 1849, and soon afterwards it was discovered that he bad received sums of £24 ss. 5d., £9 35., £ll 18s. 3d., and other amounts. —On Thursday, a very ed Jno. Bennett, was It was observed by Mr. Davenport, solicitor for the pri soner, that Bennett had since been in Lancaster Castle.— Mr. Grant, the maaistrate, raid they could not deal with the case there ; the prosecutor had a remedy by indict ment at the quarter sessions.—The prisoner was then dis charged. YESTERDAY A boy about twelve years of age w for picking a gentleman's pocket, awl Tithebarn-street railway station. fitted for trial ding near the FEARFUL At midnight on Friday Constable Grimley, who was so severely injured at the Birkenhead riot, was trying to pacify two men who were quarrelling in Frederic-street, when he received a violent blow on the head, which laid him prostrate and bleeding profusely, and he now lies in the Southern Hospital in a state of great suffering. The wounds he received at Birkenhead have broken out again, and the heemorrage is consequently very great. A sister of one cf the men was apprehended on suspicion of having struck the blow. but the evidpnee ASSOULT.- being defective she was dismissed. STEALING IN ST. JOHN'S MAnK. ning, a very clean and decently.dres holding an infant in her arms, was charged stolen a piece of beef from the stall of a Wilson, in St. John's Market. TI , " came forward and stated J.+ ► ed y9ung . woman, ith haiing le was a tailo: during sixteen years he __ he nor his wife had ever been consideration of these eaten magistrate directed th a t th e prisoner si after a day's incarceration BEGGING IMPOSTOI a court c An T 1 ishv ged *it!) 1 were placed at the bar ch 4 Chew stated that on Saturday night, bavrc rounded by a crowd of persi She feigned to be seized wit} in South C to exc ite the commiseration ated to t} on Satu night he niapre who was drunk rind b aced at t was then Lice of being passed to Irc field, directed that the fat into Liverpool from Am' the Great Exhibition. ith ten cabin r eerage d Pierce, the sor caster, on Tuesday week, put a perm pulled the t The in order to extir ,un was loaded , and the erson named n's husband and that neither ce. In ances, the 1 be discharged an and a child ring. Inspector :n ten and le-street ld attempted Another same hour nd visiting the at Lan- Ople, and the me hould 1 iranak has arrivec h a lighted candle. f shot wounded the —tier ._ ..ant, who ...ti ; but. happily, fatal conse quences are not expected to ensue from the wounds. The Times says that the population of London 9 NIN nn were in an opposite L,5g0,000, and calculates tn... brought up by the Exhibition, height of the season generally mat at as many more will be and then sass—" The .oaCis scarcely in every steam qtr. niarp of (Ina in every bus two will stand in THE BITERS BIT been working a barren spot very lir- profitably,. put up a notice that their " valuable site was for were going up to the Juba, and a lot of Get just come in, offered themselves as pure! —An Ar who had The price asked was exhorhitant, as the proprietl so largely, and the following day was Germans to come and see the fruits c id it returned inted for the hour's work- ing, the sellers going in the course of the night and secret ing gold dust in the banks, so that it woald Coma. to light as the natural deposit during the course of the experi ment, and getting their worthy countrymen to puff up the cheat in the meantime. The following morning the poor Germans were so charmed with the apparent richness of the place, that they gave =B3llO and two valuable gold watches for the property ; and oh ! what indecent laugh ing there was at the " stupid dupes," and lofty com mendations of the " almighty cuteness" of Jonathan who were neither strong enough to enfor of their property, or rebuke the unbeco they.were exposed to. However, like co( lows, they stoically put up with what they ensible fel- they. could neither remedy nor resent, and went t( and taunts. It is unnecessary to say 11 the first day's labour was not very en id jeers of never- of perfect contentment, and before r severance rewarded by some very pror The third day the indications led to veritable realities, enabling them to turn out the best day's work done at the diggings up to that period, and to proceed with an in creasing daily average, which turned the laugh Mr. Jonathan, who, with the most their per- The Germans, however, were not so easily scared as the Mexicans, though I believe they would have been forced to move off only for the timely arrival of another German emigrant company from 'the States. This occurrence may serve to convey an idea of the spirit that actuated the Americans throughout the mines, and con genially blends with repu di at i on as.a typical colouring of national character.—Kelly's Excursion to California. • HORACE WALPOLE AND JUNlUS.—Another series of letters frcm the inexhaustible Walpole has just appeared, being a correspondence between this great epistolary writer and the Rev. Mr. Mason, from tte sears 1763 to %indle question" as to the Authorship of Junius's letters wain all probability be set at rest. The Hey. J. Mefferd, the editor, in allusion to a letter from Sir Charles Grey to the editor of" Walpole's Miscellaneous Correspondence," in which Walpole is presumed to be the author of the letters of Junius, gives scme very sound reasons for his belief that Walpole bad no more to do with these cele brated letters than the reading then observations with these remark ccnclu I think there is a knowledged variety growing conviction, sr_ _ _ of style, that the letters of Junius were not the produc tion of a single person ; but as my purpose is oily to mention them as connected with the name of Walpole, I gladly withdraw from_ the mention of a subject which I am quite unequal to discuss, tiou I have j from informs- received, is terge of diseorcrb of what took up n inhabitat the procee ' o lf , re l 4 o°,