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tely, a lediste which Wales, with of a utifal male(' June 25, 1844 Watittb. 'WANTED , a SOAP BOILER, who fully understands the Manufacture of Soap and Candles. References will be required as to abilities, &c. Apply to J. R. CROFT and Co., 21, Exchange-buildings. COMMISSION WANTED, by a GENTLEMAN Rho has a very ul large and valuable connection through a North ern Counties, and who travels regularly on his I;ewfnzelin t through those parts. The most respectable er will be given. Leters addressed to I. 8., at the Standard-office, will meet with p rompt attention. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. THE TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS are ready to receive TENDERS for a LOAN of ":5 10 NEY, a t the rate of THREE POUNDS TEN _IIILLINGS (34) per Centum per Annum Interest , for !,_Period of not l e ss than Seven Years. All letters, stating e amount parties are willing to lend, to be addressed to .ritTORGIt WITHERS, Esq., Dock-office, Liverpool. he interest will be paid half-yearly, Tither in Liver- P 43 01 or London or remitted to the parties, at the option of the lenders. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. oek-office, Liverpool, Thursday, 20th June, 1811. TO WHEELWRIGHTS AND OTHERS. 17,. B O ROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. 11 E FIRE POLICE COMMITTEE of the Borough of Liverp 001, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE , that they are ready to receive TENDERS for Eight N ew WATER FARTS and One PIPE CARRIAGE, for the use of the Police Establishment. A Ile Carts are to be mounted on Springs and Patent 11 1 s, with W a t er B u tt s t o con t a i n 160 Gallons each, ac cording to the Specifications, which may be inspected, at th is Office, until Thursday, the 12th day of July , next. Sealed T enders must be left at t h e S ecr etary s Office, not later than FRIDAY, the 11th July, addressed to the Chairman of the Fire Police Committee, (Alderman James Lawrence,) and marked "Tender for Carts." By order, CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary. N o ~ Pire ekPolice Office, z'entai-street, 22d Tune, 1844. gay publtrations. Just published, royal 32m0, cloth, gilt edges, and lettered, price Ninepence, THE BOWLER'S POCKET COMPANION, being a Comprehensive Compilation of Rules for the Game of Bowls ; comprising every point of the Game as played in this part of the Country. By JAMES MARSHALL. Liverpool : published by JAMES and WOODBURN, 39, South Castle-street. MONTGOMERY'S NEW WORK. This day is published, in one vol. Bvo, cloth, 10s., THE GOSPEL BEFORE THE AGE ; Or, CHRIST WITH NICODEMUS. Being an EXPOSITION FOR THE TIMES ; with a Dedicatory Epistle to the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, &c. By the Rev. R. MONTGOMERY, M.A., Oxon, Minister of Percy Chapel, London, and Author of " Luther ; or, the Spirit of the Reformation," " The Messiah," &c. &c. „„ Also, by the same Author. just published, zi•EPLECTIVE DISCOURSES on some Important *Le-..,1t5. Second Edition. 10s. 6d. P OETICAL WORKS, in six uniform vols., including g i d e-LitilJonT.HEß," &c. &c. The standard and only correct London,; To .AISLER ; HAMILTON, ADAMS, and Co. ; and all Booksellers. Ensttrante PO t fres. YORKSHIRE FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMANY.—Estashed 1824. Parties having Annual Policies bli falling due on the 29th of JuNE, are respectfully informed that they should renew the same within fifteen days from that date. AGENTS: LATHAM HANMER, Juni FREDERICK LAP.AGE, 1, Dale-street. JOHN LNA THAN LITHERATKINSON, L 25, North John-street. AND, 12, Exchange-street East. CORPORATION of the LONDON ASSURANCE Offices Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720. " - i 9 , Birchin-lane, Cornhill, and 10, Regent. street, London. JOHN CLARK POWELL, Esq., Governor. ABEL l-,CHAPMAN, Esq., Sub-tiovernor. STOCK PEA CH WILSON, Esq.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. John Furse, Esq. Edwin Gower, Esq. Samuel Gregson, Esq. Edward Harnage, Esq. Charles Kerr, Esq. Robert King, Esq. William King, Esq. John Ord, Esq. George Prohvn, Esq. John Refs, Esq. Daniel Stephenson, Esq. Thomas Weeding, Esq. Robert Allen, Esq. John A. Arbuthnot, Esq. George Barnes, Esq. Henry Blanshard, Esq. Jno. 'Watson Borradaile, Esq. Edward Burmester, Esq. Henry Cayley, Esq. Aaron Chapman, Esc!, M.P. Robert Cotesworth, Esq. Charles Crawley, Esti- Bonatriy Doisree, jun., Esq. Jaynes Dowie, Esq. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Great advantages are offered by this Office, viz., AN ANNUAL ABATEMENT of premium after five years' payment. And a lower fixed Rale without abatement. Among the advantages offered by the former of these two plans, as compared with other offices, are, ]st. A mo derate scale of Premiums ; 2d. No charge for management being deducted out of its profits ; and 3d. The Assured being free from all POSSIBLE partnership liability; and, as an example, it may be sufficient to remark, that whilst each future annual abatement must vary with the success of this branch of the Corporation's business, that for 1844 has been £3l ls. 11d. PER CENT., thus making a Policy, effected on or before January. 1839, at an Annual Pre mium of £lOO, REQUIRED ONLY £6B 18s. ld. as the pay ment for 1841. FIRE INSURANCE.—On every description of pro perty, including rent. First Class. Second Class. Third Class. la. 6d. per cent. 2s. 6d. per cent. 4s. 6d. per cent. FARM ING STOCK. With the Average Clause...... ls. 6d. per cent. Without the Average Clause .. 2s. Od. FIRE POLICIES, effected for seven years, are allowed O ne Year's Premium and Duty, and proportionately for a shorter period. Warehouses usual reductions allowed on Buildings of vvarehouses improved in construction, and for Single Management. PERSONS ASSURED against Fire by this Corporation are respectfully requested to take notice, that if the Pre -urns for the Renewal of Policies due at MIDSUMMER r eteain unpaid after fifteen days from the Quarter Day, such Policies become void. AGENT JAMES KENNEDY. OjNeu {3, Iligh•street, with entrance} LI VERPOOL also at 5, Exchange-st. East, And 3, Hamilton-street, . BIRKENHEAD, Where Life Prospectuses, Mercantile Rates with Dis trict Maps, and every information may be obtained. — Attendance daily at both offices. IN LIVERPOOL FROM TEN TILL FIVE. Mr. THOS. CARTWRIGEIT, Agent at 14, Crane street, Chester. Mr. ROBT. WRIGHT, Agent at Wigan. BRITISH COMNIERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 35, CORNHILL, LONDON. EstablishZain 1820. INCORPORATED DY ACT OP PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL £600,000. PATRON--.)Elie Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. DIRECTORS. Sir Robert Alexander, Bart. Sebastian G. Martincz,Esq Thomas Benson, Esq. Archbd. Pred.Paxton,Esq. John Cattlev, Esq. Wm. Henry Porter, Esq. John Cox, Esq. I Denzil I. Thomson, Esq. George Green, Esq. Geo.H.Weatherhead,M.D Managing Director—E. Fernie, Esq. Actuary—J. Goddard, Esq. Auditors—T. Gorton, Esq. D. Grove, Esq. Physician—Septinnis Wray, M.D., Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. _ _ . Bankers —Messrs. and Co. London THE Directors offer to the Public two modes of In surance,—the one securing a fixed amount without Profits, on payment of a low Annual Premium—the other, entitling the Insurer to participate in the profits on pay went of a higher rate. At the septennial division in December, 1835, a:Bonus 0 £26 7s. loa. upon the premiums paid was declared I nlongst the Insurers on the high Scale, and at the:second 4 ,! l ennial division up to December, 1841, another Bonus st, "l 3 declared, averaging £3O 14s. per Cent. on the Pre , _lns paid. insttrances for one and seven years effected at very re ‘dieed rates. One-third of the Premiums on Insurances for the Whole of Life is permitted to remain unpaid for the first seven Years, and is then continued as a permanent loan if de sired. Persons going to any part of the world and all special risks are insured at adequate premiums. The Company's Policies are purchased at their full value. Claims are paid in three months after satisfactory Proof of death. Tables of Rates, with every information, will be given by the undernamed Agents. By order of the Board. EI3ENR. FERNIE, Managing Director. LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR LIVERPOOL. Joseph Cooper, Esq. Joshua Renshaw, Esq. James Johnson, Esq. William Geddes, Esq.. Temple-place. MEDICAL REFEREE. Thomas Blackburn, Esq., Camden-street. AGENTS. "Messrs. SIJORTHOUSE and MADDEN, ), Dale-street. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAP SIDE, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1808. DIRECTORS. John Oliver Hanson, Esq., Chairman. William George Prescott, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq. The Hon. Sir C. Boyle James William Ogle, Esq. Thomas Chapman, Esq. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D. William Laforest, Esq. Samuel Eustace Magan,Esq. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Peter Rasch, Esq. Auditors—FßANClS B. HOOKEY, Esq., and JOSEPH PULLEY, jun., Esq. Actuary—CH ARLES ANSELL, Esq.. F.R.S. Solicitor—J. B. DE MOLE, Esq. Surveyor—THOMAS HOPPER, Esq. Assistant-Surveyor—THOMAS LLOYD, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ETURNS.L:ii; Directors ;eciuest reference to the .11. , fact, that twenty per cent. was returned by this Company on the amount of Premiums paid for the Five Years up to Christmas, 1811, on all Polices for £3OO and upwards, which had been in force for oNE YEAR at that time. The next Periodical Accounts for Returns will be made up to Christmas, 1846. RENT.—This Office (independent of the Returns and the late' Reduction in the Rates of Premium) offers to Persons effecting Assurances the further advantage of an allowance for the loss of Rent by Buildings rendered untenantable by Fire. _ _ RENEWALS.—PoIicies due on AltnsummEtt DAY should be renewed within fifteen days thereafter. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The attention of the Public has, in the Advertisements and Proposals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to refer to a Statement (which may be obtained on application at the Office in Cheapside, or to any of the Agents in the Country) of Sums actually paid, showing the Sums respectively assured, and the Bonuses thereon. Persons assured for the whole term of life in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will have an ADDITION made to their Policies every seventh year, or an equivalent REDUCTION will be made in the future payments of Pre mium, at the option of the Assured. The FOURTH SEPTENNIAL VALUATION will be made up to Christmas, 1844. . ASSURANCES FOR SHORT PERIODS may now be effect ed in this Office at considerably reduced Rates of Pre mium. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised to report on the appear ance of Lives proposed for Assurances. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, London, June, 1844. The Agents for the Company at the undermentioned places are,— LivEaroor... Messrs. HORNBY and MARSDEN, Bretherton Buildings, North John-street. „ W. H. M`DOWELL and VANCE, 34, Exchange -street East. J. T. LEYLAND, Exchange-court, Exchange -street East. Appleby, R. Winter, jun. Macclesfield, R. Turner Ashton-under-Line, W. Lee Manchester, R. & C. Harvey Blackburn, R. Wilding ! and B. H. Green Bolton, C. Briggs !Oldham, John Duncroft Burnley and Todmorden, T. Preston, Win. Lancaster E. ffammerton !Rochdale, James Hartley Bury, Richard Lomax St. Helen's, John Ansdell Chorley, J Wallwork Stockport, W. Downall Clitheroe, M. L. Oddie Ulverston, W. Postlethwaite Lancaster, Thos. Albright Warrington, ' J. Hall Leigh, T. Whitehead !Wigan. J. Fairhurst. Eimitrante gotirrO. IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE. 'THOSE Persons whose Annual Policies are renewable on the 29th instant, are respectfully informed that, for their own security, they should be renewed within fifteen days from that date. WALTER CLARKE, No. 6, High-street, Agents. J. W. S. MAY, No. 1, Exchange-alley, NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1821. CAPITAL, £550,000. Taus . Rt. Hon. Lord Wodehouse, ;TEES. Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford. Sir Henry Jardine, Knt. Charles Savill Onley, Esq., &c. &c. Lord Lieutenant. Lord Walpole. Lord Hastings. DIRECTORS. Edward T. Booth, Esq., President. Anthony Hudson, Esq., Vice. President. George Morse, Esq. Edward Steward, Esq. Major-General Sir Robert Lewis Evans, Esq., M.D. John Harvey, C.B. T. Blakiston, Esq., R.N. Isaac Jeremy, Esq., Recor- W. Martin Seppings, Esq. der of Norwich. Timothy Steward, Esq. Charles Evans, Esq. George Durrant, Esq. Samuel B►gnold, Esq., Secretary. THE Public are respectfully reminded, that all Insu rances renewable in the LIVERPOOL AGENCY on the 24th day of JUNE, 1844, must he paid at the Office, Exchange-street West, on or before the 9th day of July next, or the Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured. In proof of the public approbation of the principles and conduct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state, that its business now exceeds FIFTY-EIGHT MILLIONS. Prospectuses may be had of Mr. R. L. MILLER, Agent. Treasurers—The LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. THE MANCHESTER ASSURANCE COMPANY, For Assurance against Fire, and on Lives and Survivorships, Purchase of Annuities, Reversions, 8,,c. OFFICE, No. 98, KING-STREET, MANCHESTER. Capital. Two MILLIONS. Established March, 1824. FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE Assured are entitled to one third of the Profits, without any liability on their part to the losses. Parties intending to continue their Policies, falling due at MIDSUMMER, must renew them within fifteen days from that time, or they will become void. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The Assured are entitled to two-thirds of the Profits, without any liability on their part to the losses. The Premiums charged are lower than .those of the majority of other Offices. The business of the Life department is kept quite dis tinct from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to make good any losses arising therefrom. The Rates of Premiums, and all other particulars, may be obtained on application to Mr. JOSEPH MORTON, Se cretary, or to any of the Company's Agents. N.B.—Agents have already been appointed in most of the principal towns in the kingdom ; but applications for Agencies, in places where appointments have not yet been made, are requested to be addressed to the Secretary. BONUS. At the Annual General Court of Proprietors, held on the 20th June, 1839, bonuses were declared to the assured in the Fire Department of £lO per cent. on the premiums received during the five years previous to the 25th March, 1839, to be paid on all insurances of two, or more, years' standing ; and to the assured in the Life Department, on all policies for the whole duration of Life, for four, or more years' standing, on the 25th March, 1839, of very nearly 26 per cent. on the amount of the premiums re ceived thereon, improved at compound interest, to be added to the sum assured by such policies when they become claims, or an equivalent reduction to be made in the annual premiums upon them, at the option of the parties entitled thereto. RICHARD DAWSON, Agent for Liverpool. 10, Exchange-alley. VARIETIES. TIIE STARS THE BEST ASTRONOMERS.-Why outtht the stars to be the best astronomers? Do you give it up? Because they have studded the heavens for more than six thousand years. Goon ADVICE.—CaII on a business man in busines hours, only on business ; transsct your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business. Some six.and-thirty years ago, a holiday was proposed to the boys at Eton, on discovering the two words, within a given time, which contain all the vowels in regular or der : the answer was " abstemiously" and " facetiously." - - CHEESE TO CHINA.—The export of cheese to China from this country is increasing, and will soon form a con siderable item. It is packed whole in cases filled with sawdust, and soldered so as to exclude the air.—American paper. MAHOGANY.—There is now to be seen in a tiruber yard, Oxford-road, Manchester two immense logs of ma hogany, one of which contains 2000, and the other 2289 cubic feet of timber. One of these logs measures i ft. 2in. across, at the root. LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS.—There are three wholesale and retail haberdashery establishments in Manchester who employ no fewer than 100 to 120 individuals in the conducting of their respective and extensive concerns. In one of these no fewer than 104 individuals sit down to dinner every day, Sunday excepted. QUESTIONS PUT BY CHINESE DIGNITARIES.—They only asked some geographical questions, e. y. whether America had ever been in England, or if a man could walk from London to America in a week ? If London was as large as America? How large London was? and what foreign possessions the English had ? They asked if Sir H. Pottinger was a white man or a black gentleman. —Mr. Gully's Journal. PRESERVED FlSH. — Many of the names of persons and places in the United States are very curious and not sel dom absurd and ridiculous. It is the same in England. One of the principal merchants in the city of New York is a Mr. Preserved Fish. Although now the principal of an extensive mercantile house, he was formerly the hum ble owner and skipper of a small trading schooner, re specting which the following anecdote is told !—M r. Pre served Fish was carrying a cargo of pickled fish to Balti more, when he was hailed by a large ship, and the follow ing dialogue ensued :—`• 'What ship ?" " The Preserved What captain ?" Preserved Fish.' —What owner ?" " Preserved Fish."—" What cargo?" Pre served fish."—" Ay e , a y e , we k now th e c argo . but what's your capt a i n ' s name ?" "Preserved Fish, bound Baltimore."—Mackerizie'* Sketches. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MISCELLANEOUS. When the railroad from Calais to Paris is completed, the whole distance from the metropolis of England to the metropolis of France may be done in 12 hours. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, June, 21.—We have had rather more business doing in our sugar market this week, but prices are again more in favor of the buyer ; 565. to 665. are the extremes of the market. In Bengali and Mauritius some small parcels of each description have been disposed of at about the previous value. In rum the sales reach 60 puncheons Jamaicas at full prices. No sales reported in molasses. Gazetted average price of sugar, June 18, is 335. 9d. per cwt. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days agn, as some workmen were employed in quarrying a rock close to the Tweed, about a quarter of a mile below Rutherford-mill, a gold thread was discovered embedded in the stone at a depth of eight feet. How long this remnant of a former age has remained in the situation from which it was taken. will baffle the skill of the antiquary or geologist to determine. A small bit of the thread has been sent to our office for the inspection of the curious.—Kelso Chronicle. SUGAR Durres.—On Saturday the biil on which the recent division took place which bas been amended in committee, and on report, was printed. The duties impos ed by 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 26, and 3 and 5 Vic., c. 17, are to be continued till the sth July 1845, with the custom duties, and an additional duty of five per cent. Her Majesty by order in council to declare the sugars of other countries to be admissible as not being the produce of slave labour. By the seventh provision, power is given to Her Majesty by order in council to declare, that the sugars of countries with which her Majesty has treaties of reciprocacity as to duties, be admissible at 345, per cwt. additional. Her Majesty may allow the importation of sugar, the growth of certain British possessions, at the lower rate of duty. There are 25 sections in the bill. ADMISSION OF ATTORNIES.—The result of the exa mination of candidates for admission on the roll of attor nies in last Trinity Term, shows a larger increase on that branch of the legal profession, 71 having passed exami nation, whilst four were postponed, and four who had given notice did not attend, and a large number failed to perfect their testimonial of services, besides which, one of the candidates for ,admission withdrew during the exami nation. Upon referring to the examination of the last Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter. and Trinity Terms, it ap pears that in Michaelmas 106, in Hilary 90, Easter 92, and Trinity T, rm 71, passed, showing a total for the last four terms of 359. This number, we believe, includes some instances in which the examiners reported specially with reference to questions of service of clerkship, and which were submitted to the decision of the judges. MYSTERIOUS CASE.—Yesterday week an aged man, named Crosby, and his wife, residing at a quiet village called Long Sutton, near Cambridge. lost their lives by poison, administered by a stranger. The old couple were in the receipt of an annuity of £5O, and the half-yearly payment of £25 was made only the week before last. Early in the forenoon of Monday, the old man (who had been walking about the streets in the morning in his usual health) rushed out of his house and complained to his neighbours that he and his wife had been poisoned by a woman who had put something into their tea. Two sur geons were immediately in attendance, but they both died in about two hours. A considerable quantity of arsenic was discovered in the remaining quantity of the tea. A strange female had been on the premises, but nobody could tell who she was. The inquest was adjourned until Monday (yesterday.) PICRFORD v. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. —Sir T. Wilde took up the argument in the Vice Chan cellor's Court on Friday morning, the opening of which was commenced on the 29th of January last. The object of the motion is to restrain the Grand Junction Railway from doing a number of acts mentioned in the notice, the general effect of which is to impose upon Messrs. Pick ford and Co. some excessive charges in the carriage of goods, and especially small parcels on the Grand Junction line of railway, by which the plaintiffs alleged they will be unable to compete with other carriers. The suit is found ed upon a judgment in the Court of Exchequer, which has already decided in favour of the plaintiffs, that the charges complained of were unreasonable under the pro visions of the company's act, and, therefore, illegal ; and the motion seks to restrain a continued violation of the legal rights of the plaintiffs, which the judgment has established, The Vice Chancellor refused the application on the ground that the plaintiffs had delayed to bring forward the case. LIBEL.—In the Common Pleas, on Friday, a clergy of the name of Forth brought an action against the Times newspaper, for an alleged libel, charging the plain tiff with having been suspended by the Bishop of London. The plaintiff, who was formerly an officer in the army, and who, in 1803 left the former service for the church, was, in July, 1843 brought before Mr. Clive, magistrate at the Wandsworth Police-office, charged with having assaulted his landlord, who demanded some rent from him. The rev. gentleman was fined 205.: and, in default of payment, was committed to Kingston Goal. In consequence of the representations of the Times that the rev. gentleman was in a state of destitution, several donations were sent to Mr. Clive. Shortly afterwards a report appeared of some t [ remarks made by Mr. Clive on the bench, to the effect that Mr. Forth bad not claimed the money in Mr. Clive's hands, and that Mr. Clive had made some inquiries as to ' induce him to relinquish all correspondence with Mr. , Forth and his family. To this repo, t the Times added a statement that the Rev Mr. Forth had been suspended by the Bishop of London which was the libel complained of. The jury were locked up until Saturday, when not being able to come to a decision, they were discharged. A RESPECTABLE DEPUTATION.—A deputation of paytriots, intrusted with an address to her Majesty, from the citizens of Dublin, praying for the remission of the sentence, by the liberation of the great agitator, passed through this town on Sunday week, having arrived that , morning by the Royal Adelaide Steamer from Dublin, and have since been duly presented to the sovereign. The party consisted of the celebrated (sub) agitator 1 of the Linen Hall Ward in Dublin, Thomas Atkins, whose calling any of our readers may see described in gilt letters, upon a green signboard, fashioned in the shape of a blouse—" TAILOR TO O'CONNELL ," Mr. Sinnot, a poor-law guardian and publican, carr) ing on busi ness in the respectable neighbourhood of Barrack-street, adjoining the Royal Barracks, Dublin; Myles Tobin, town councillor, grocer and dram-seller, of Capel-street, Dublin ; and a Mr. Cumming, or Curran, (we could'nt make out which,) equa lly if we might judge from his manners and these to be presented to roy alt y ! Her Ma j esty ma y be appearar,ce. respectable, A nice specimen exc used if, when relieved of th eir p resence, she had ex claimed in the language of the great dramatist, " Give us an ounce of civet, good apothecary." But of such stuff, it would seem, deputations are made up (as O'Connell's tailor would say) from the now respectable city of Dublin! AN ARISTOCRATIC DEFAULTER.—A letter from Rome of the 12th inst., quoted by the Gazette des Tribunaux, says :—" The disappearance of Count Rocchi, of Ancona, the receiver-general of the province, has created a general alarm. He was involved to a large amount in the failure of a banking-house of Paris, and resolved to relieve him self at the expense of those who bad placed confidence in him. Ile consequently collected all he could possibly obtain, converted into money nearly all the negociable paper he held, made every preparation for his departure, procured a passport for Venice, and embarked in an Austrian steamer with his wife. tis believed that he has gone thence to Trieste, with the intent of gaininc , a more secure retreat. The Apostolic Chamber had in his hands 215,000 f., which he has taken to the last penny; but the funds of Notre Dame de Loretto and the Casino of the town have suffered by his delinquency much more deeply. The total amount of what be has carried away is estimated at more than 1,000,000 f. I The government is nearly covered by securities; but the rest of the creditors will lose all, as the landed estates of the count are all settled on his wife. The government has appointed a commission for inquiring into this de plorable affair." LISTON, THE COMEDIAN, AN USHER.—Liston—the [ incomparable John Liston—in 1800 held the situation of usher at Archbishop Tenison's School, St. Martin's During a temporary absence of the master, (commonly called " Pownall the Pompous,") the lads petitioned their viceroy for permission to act a play, on a certain nigbt in Whitsun week. The drama was quite original, entitled "Tippoo Saib," and written by one of the leading boys, who has long since been known to the world as a dramatic composer. This lad could write, but, like the great Dry den, could not embody his own conceptions. Something was to be done in respect of their chief actor, for the part Tippoo was first-rate ha its kind, and required an equal genius for its impersonation. " I know a chap, young Carey," said one of the boys "who does Cupids and de vils at Drury-lane—a regular Tippoo, allover — he'll come, twarrant you." On one of his " collar days," therefore, application was made to young Kean, or Carey, for his valuable assistance. The youth jumped at the proposal •, " but I must give Aunt Tid the slip," said he, " in good time—must run away—tis fineish weather—l'll be oil to my old lodgings, the trees in St. James's Park .” and the future Richard was as good as his word. 15 • escending from his rooke r y a t stated times, young Kean attended the furtive rehearsals, painted a famous Seringapatans, worked away at the dresses —in fact, was both the van and flank of the mighty armament. The night arrived. Li s to n , th e eq ually truant usher, o ccup i e d his s t ag e-box ; the beadle of the parish tn chair, as a ki n d o f sundry minor functionaries of St. Martiwnlse -i p n r_e t te e np . and The business commenced most prosperously—all werellehis. de lighted ; but the ecstacy participated by th e chief ee and the virgin bard, was a sum of bli ss w hi ch rarely falls falls to the children of this world. Scarcely had a round plause subsided into mute attention, when of ap a growl, more startling and terrific than had ever awakened the echoes of Mysore, occasioned the affrighted party to t urn their eyes in one common direction. Putman the Pom pous, the very aspect of Titus Oates , had returned unexpectedly to St. Martin's-in-the - Fields , and was at this moment grinning a ghastly smile through an iron gratin g f roni the staircase, which commanded an entire view of the whole scenic effects: All was immediate consternation--a bull in a crockery booth, or a tiger's spring on t rave ll ers i I pose, could scarcely have surpassed this moment of''d re may. Down rushed the infuriate pedagogue, and armed with his well-known ferrule, commenced layingabout him with all the vigour which an extra glas s had inspired a nd all the malice which was so peculi ar l y his , Sprawling fell the beadle over the already prostrate David Baird, while the Marshal Harris crept lik e a rabbit into ' the burrow of Liston's capacious pocket. Li s t on, a tithe of whose comic cast has since won him immortalbonours w ould have moved the gi avity of a very a re t c h under the gibbet. Tippoo, so prematurely routed, had vaulted on a fregit: bookcase, from which citadel he was to hive fallen in the coming scene, whilst the poet himself bobbed with [ agile evitation under the reiterating bamboo, like a s eara _ mouch at Sadler 's Wells.—Ahareorth's APTazine. THE WALLASEY DOCK, AND THE EVIDENCE PRO AND CON. A pamphlet,* which has just been banded to us, arrives most opportunely, to enable us to present to our readers, in a comprehensive form, a description of the actual nature of the works proposed to be formed upon the site of Wallasey Pool ; the evidence by which they have been supported, and carried through the ordeal of a commit tee of the House of Commons, together with that offered against the passing of the Bill in its present shape. For our entering upon this duty, the only apology which we feel it necessary to plead, is the ignorance of the great mass of the public of the real merits of the project, and the vast importance of the questions at issue between its ' promoters and opponents; which involve no less a con siderations than the very existence of this port, and the security of the navigation of the river. At the risk of being tedious, and to render more in telligible the remarks which we shall have to make, and the evidence which we shall take the liberty of quoting, we shall offer here a description of the proposed works, as given before the committee on the Bill, by the engineer. Mr. Bendel describes them as consisting of " a large basin or low water harbour of 37 or 38 acres, with 12 feet depth of water at low water spring tides, or 20 feet 9 inches below the level of the Liverpool Dock sill. At the head of the basin is an embankment across the Pool, which converts Wallasey Pool into a large float, which may be called a reservoir, or a lake. The area et high spring tides to the grass line is about 170 acres ; but with a high tide that would flow over the grass line, it is about 208 acres. The area of what the lake would be, when the water is lowered down to what is called the perma nent level, would be on an average 150 acres. The plan also proposes a pair of tide gates of 70 feet opening, the level of the sill to be 6 feet below the Liverpool datum. Within the dam an area of 12 acres is to be excavated to a depth of 19 feet below the permanent level line, 6 to 7 feet below the same datum; that is, an excavation down to the level of the sill of the great gates to the extent of 12 acres. There is also a small dock close to Birkenhead connected with a lock of 30 feet. The lock leads to a small dock, which is particularly well placed, being close to the leading thoroughfares of Birkenhead. The area of this small dock is three acres, and it communicates with the large float and also with the tidal basin by a lock suitable for the river craft and coasters. The plan further shows a tidal harbour of 10 acres near Woodside Ferry, which Mr. Bendel says would be quite sufficient for all the vessels requiring to beach on Wallasey Bank ; and would form a harbour for steamers as well as for river craft." Such then is the plan of the promoters as explained by themselves—an outer basin of 37 or 38 acres, with a bot tom 20 feet 9 inches below the level of the Liverpool dock sill ; a twelve and a three acre inner dock, and an embankment across the mouth of the pool, with tide gates to make the upper part of it into a float. Let us see then how it is proposed to work out this plan. It is stated : • " Ist. That the proposed large tidal basin could be main tained by the process of sluicing at the depth of 12 feet below low water-mark, which operation of sluicing could be continued daily throughout the year," the great dock or rather float forming a reservoir for the necessary water. , Upon the successful operation of this sluicing, depends, of course, the keeping open of the outer basin and the fate of the whole scheme, for Mr. Rendal states, that " Unless you could have a large quantity of water to be passed through this basin, not in the ordinary way of scour, but rather as an artificial river (that is a subaqueous river) running through, there would be a difficulty of keeping open a basin of that size." The following are his views as to the operations of such sluicing : " A gentle current produced by the sluicing under the vessels in the basin will be the means of keeping the basin clear with the daily operations in running off the water. The velocity of the water passing from the sluices is to be 30 feet a second ; and to produce a velocity of two miles an hour through the basin, that gentle velocity which will take out the daily accretions, but will not dis turb the ground. " ' The vessels in the tidal basin are to be the means of exciting that kind of disturbance in the water when the water is in gentle current. which will be required to carry out the daily accretions ; we can command that kind of current passing under the vessels from their being afloat, which will keep the bottom clear of the daily ac cretions.' " Here Mr. Rendel goes upon the supposition that his " subaqueous river" will continue in a current under the upper portion of the water in the basin until it reaches the river. But upon this point, bear Mr. Page, the value of whose opinion as an engineer may be estimated by the fact that his plan for embanking the Thames has been adopted by the commissioners, appointed by her Majesty, to inquire into the most effectual means of improving the metropolis. Mr. Page says, " the water delivered from the sluices would tend to rise and diverge from the point of discharge ;" he remarks, " that the idea to produce a current under water in a basin, and to maintain it, is something new. My opinion," says Mr. Page, " is, that to produce any effect by scouring in that basin, it would be requisite to put the whole quantity of water in the basin in motion; and again he says, " the velocity given to the water in the basin would be most rapid if let out at low water. In the London Docks they scour with water in the lock,—at low water with five feet water in the lock —and the whole quantity of water is put in motion there, sometimes to such an extent that you can see the bottom of the lock, being 45 feet wide ; the mud is carried out, hut not to any great distance, and is raked into the river by a steam-vessel." He thinks that a river such as pro posed (that i the subaqueous river) would "form a bar, and that the water would pass out over the bar." Mr. Vignoles, another eminent engineer, thinks that the effect desired would not be produced, be.cans'e the large body of water which comes with a certain force through the sluices into the bottom of the basin will soon be very rapidly diminished, and the effect dissipated; the effect will be, he says, to "create a current in the oppo site direction, flowing inwards to the upper portion of the water ; and, setting aside the question that no vessel during that period would be able to lie there at all, the effect would be such a diminution of the whole power, that it is not likely to flow out at more than a mile and a half an hour." Another eminent engineer, Mr. Walker, after the pro posed mode of sluicing had been explained to him by Mr. Rendel himself, " does not think that the basin can by any artificial sluicing be preserved at the proposed depth." Again, with respect to the time at which the sluicing is to be carried on, the promoters of the scheme say that this will be " daily;" that "as the sluices be daily run, any accumulations will be removed"—that " the sluicing will go on every day regularly," &c. Instead, however, of this being the case, it appears that there would be no sluicing in this great tidal basin during seem consecutive days of every month, and that there could not be any discharge whatever during ninety-nine days in the year. Accumulation, therefore, must take place during the seven consecutive days in each month, to re move which, additional force of water or other means must be employed. It is urged, however, by Mr. Rendel, in reply to this argument, that on such occasions of sus pension of the sewer there will be neap tides, when the water will not be so much loaded with mud, a plea which we leave the reader to take for what it is worth. It is quite obvious from what we have quoted of the evidence, that the practicability of this part of the plan is very doubtful; and such appears to have struck the coun sel for the promoters ; for when addressing them in sum ming up the evidence, Mr. Cockburn observed— " But what then ; supposing the sluicing will not do, what will be the consequence; we shall have to dredge?" And then the learned advocate exclaims, " Is there any difficulty in dredging in this basin more than in any other? you dredge in almost every harbour in the world, and we must dredge here ; supposing it should turn out that Mr. Rendel and Mr. Cubitt are wrong in their own view of that, we shall have to dredge, and to do that which in 99 harbours of every 100 in the world they are obliged to do." Here, then, we have the leading feature of the scheme— the sluicing which was economically to keep open the great tidal basin, by which such vast advantages were to accrue to the shipping in our river,—already abandoned in despair, or certainly fast tending to such conclusion. That abandonment, too, appears of necessity to involve , also an abandomient of the dam and of the reservoir, both of which were devised purposely for an object, which it appears will ultimately have to be performed, at an ex pense, as stated by Captain Manghan, of the London Docks, of between £20,000 to £30,000 a-year. In reply more particularly to the engineering objections urged against the scheme, it is contended by the pro moters— " 2d. That there would not be an entire abstraction each tide of the whole contents of Wallasey Pool above the proposed dam. "3d. That the abstraction of tidal water by the pro posed works would not injure the Victoria Bar. "4th. That the water to' be penned up in Wallasey Pool would, when let out (after half-ebb) scour the Vic toria Bar. "sth. That the turning out of the vcatcr would instantly affect the bar. " -- . 6th. That the proposed sea-wall would improve the . . navigation of the river, and would. by 'increasing the ve locity of the current opposite to 'Wallasey Pool, cause a greatr quantity of water to flow up the river." We will as briefly as we can refer to each of these seria tim. With respect to No. 2, " Mr. Rendel says the water is not abstracted ; but ' if the whole were ab stracted, we pre giving you back at a time 1,600,000 yards of water, which is more valuable for your purposes.! " Mr. Pape, however, we conceive, places the =Wr in_ its proper light, in his reply : to the following questions put to him before the committee :—" When you have once penned up the water in Wallasey, Pool, and got a certain' quantity in the tidal basin, you have abstracted it once for all; you do not continue to abstract a. fresh quantity every tide?' To which Mr. Page answers, ' Unless you allow that water to pass out at such times that it shall operate on the sea channels of the Mersey, you abstract the whole quantity of water from 'Wallasey Pool;' and the counsel again. urges ,the point, You say . that you take a certain quantity from the river, and you pen it up; you do not mean that the penning up abstracts that quantity of : water every tide r. To which pa ge answers, To he sure I do. It is a clear, case for this rea son—the water, if not penned up, would run out at every tide.' ". With respect to the injury to be clone to the bar at the Victoria Channel, Mr, Bendel remarks that ", the actual lossnf water arising from the works, if you limit the tide to 18 feet 3 inches, is 2;500,000 cubic yards or tons, and tt at the abstraction of that quantity is not a matter .of importance under the circumstances;" anti lie further admits the great importance of the question, and contends that the . embankment will be- " a positive good." But against this opinion we set the following authorities : Mr George Rennie is asked if the excluSion of the water at Wallasey Pool will be inexpedient, to,which he answers : " The doctrine I have always, in conjunction with other eng ineers who have reported upon this subject r held, is simply this, that it is very desirable and necessary to keep - all the creeks and h avens o f th e w h o le estuary into which the sea water runs sacred, that is, that they should not be encroached upon. With reference to the creek in ques tion, that formed part of our report : I made a report on the subject in 1822, and subseq , lently in 1834 and 1836, and there we enjoined, and I individually enjoined, the necessity of keeping that open for the uses of the river, on the ground that it would be depriving the harbour of so much space over which the tidal water flows, and pro tanto do injury to the navigation of the river, that is with regard to the sea channels. The real difficulty at present is at the Victoria Bar, which is the neck of the bottle." When Mr. Rennie is asked whether he thinks the exclu sion of the water at Wall.ns ,, y Pool would be inexpedient, he says, " I would not answer that by the word inexpe dient; it would be at war with the doctrines we have maintained." Mr. Page says—" I cannot imaeine that any abstrac tion of tidal water from Wallasey Pont, or any other part of the Mersey, so far as the tide flows, but particularly these portions in this locality, will not injure the sea chan nels. if you take the case that all the water which passes out of the Mersey over the sand banks is not available to scour the sea channels, you will take away almost all the tidal water of the Mersey ; and again, it is urged as proof that the waters from the Wallasey Pool are not beneficial to the sea channels, because they run out at an early part of the tide, but (continues Mr. Page) they do not run out so early as is supposed." Mr. Vignoles considers that the abstraction of any of the water, and especially that taken away from the wide part of the pool, where there is a large quantity at a later period of the tide, is " exceedingly injurious. Mr. Giles gives similar evidence. "The abstraction of any quantity must, pro tanto, diminish the scour of the tide at Victoria Bar." Mr. Walker says " it is not a question how much the risk is, but a question of certainty ; and that, so far as the quantity of tidal water is reduced, the sea channels are injuriously interfered with." With respect to the scouring power of the water let off through the sluices at half ebb, Mr. Bendel, for the promoters, says—" The most efficient water for scouring is that which passes off at half tide, according to the pre sent state of things" ; and, i❑ reply to another question, he states that the quantity of water which comes from Wallasey Pool in its present state, after half tide, is 1,399,000 yards, whereas 1,600,000 yards will be the amount available after the construction of the new works. It must be borne in mind, however, that 7,000,000 tons is the quantity now available for scour every tide, and not 1,390,000. With respect, however, to the scouring effect of this 1,600,000 yards, Mr. Page says, that if dis charged after half tide, it " would not reach the bar" ; and, if discharged before, it would reach it. But, then, what becomes of the proposed scour of the tidal basin, the best time for cleansing which would be low water or a little before, that the ebb tide may carry down the silt. Mr. Page and Mr. Bendel are thus at issue as to the best time of discharging the waters held in suspension in the upper pool ; and it appears plain that the scour of the bar cannot be made to assimilate with the scour of the tidal basin. Mr. Vignoles and Mr. Giles both confirm the views of Mr. Page on this point. The former says, that the water discharged "before half-ebb contributes to the scour;" and the latter says, that " if the range between half ebb and low water is to be taken as the choice time of scour. ing, the mean would reduce it to the last quarter of the ebb ; and at that last quarter the discharge of water would be too late to reach the Victoria Bar at the distance of 13 miles." The latter gentleman also moat satisfactorily demolishes the argument founded on the alleged silting up of Wallasey Pool, in its present state, for he finds that the sections recently taken by Mr. Page and Mr. Draine, without any previous concert, show the same, or nearly the same, quantities with those taken by himself between the years 1819 to 1823. It is contended further by the promoters that the turn ' ing out of the water from Wallasey Pool would instantly affect the bar of the Victoria Channel. Mr. Bendel says, " I cannot at an hour before low 1 water discharge this large mass of water, 1,600,000 el.') yards, into the basin, without producing a mlnr Juin. It is that momentum which produces the (Y,ct." "It is not the mere precise narticles of water that go to the Vic toria Bar; but I will be bound that they shove some par ticles a-head of them that would not otherwise go there." Mr. Cubitt also observes :—" If you let out suddenly a quantity of water into the end of any trough, it will begin instantly to run over the other end. The particles of water will not get there; it lifts water, and produces the effect of a wave." In opposition, however, to this fallacy, we have the opinions of Mr. Page, that such an operation as pouring water into the end of a trough would produce a wave which would pass over the other end in a time propor tioned to,the quantity; and of Professor Lewis, (professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the college of civil engineers,) who says that " water turned into the. Mersey will not a f fect Victoria Bar, in the way of scour ing it, until the water actually arrives at the bar." The argument is insisted upon that the erection of the proposed sea-wall would improve the navigation of the river; and that by increasing the velocity of the current opposite to Wallasey Pool, a greater quantity of water would flow up the river. Mr. Page denies this, and says that " the water in Wallasey Pool will itself form a dart. at the flood tide, which will pass up the same water as if there were a solid embankment." It must be borne in mind, too, that the narrows of the river are below these proposed works; and the effect consequently of the em bankment will be to diminish the estuary in which the water to scour is held, rather than to increase the force of the scour or of the current. This fact was pressed upon the attention of Mr. Rendel, and although fenced with, sufficient was admitted to show that in his opinion any embankment " abridging the receptacle for the tidal water," or formed " in a part of the estuary above these narrows at Liverpool will be inexpedient." Here we must pause, omitting for the present any in quiry as to whether the proposed tidal basin at Woodside Ferry would compensate for the beaching grounds of Wallasey banks, or the advantages or disadvantages of the entire scheme as compared with the docks about to be erected by the Dock Committee in Liverpool. Our readers, especially those most deeply interested in the important questions involved, will doubtless refer to the pamphlet itself, which we can recommend as ably argued, and full of just views and much information upon the entire subject. * Comparison of the evidence taken before the Committee on the Birkenhead Docks Bill in the House of Commons. London: Printed by James and Luke J. Hansard, near Lincoln's-Inn-fields. 1544. STANZAS, BY A LADY, Written on board the Steamship Brilannia,June 13,1844 Roll on, roll on, ye giant waves, In grandeur fierce and wild! Old Ocean, though he madly raves, Must own me as his child. Roll on across our liquid path, With hoarse and sullen roar; And all your gathered wealth of wrath In whitened vengeance pour. I am as fearless as the bird Who makes the wave her home, And weaves her nest, with song unheard, Amid the breakers' foam ; Who boldly dips her snowy wing In surge as purely white, Then soars aloft in airy ring, With scream of wild delight. Away! and round yon distant rock In stormy fury rave : Ye may the timid landsman shock, But not the sailor brave! llur bold and gallant bark disdains The might of raging tides : Swift o'er old Neptune's vast domains A queen Britannia rides! She scatters from her whirling wheels The foam that marks her pace, As hurls the war-horse from his heels The dust of battle chase; licr canvass to the breeze she flings, As to the strong, free air The eagle gives his noble wings, And leaves his mountain lair. God shield the bark from every ill, And bless her faithful crew, Her officers of worth and skill, Iler FlEwirr brave and true: And bless the veteran known to fame, Whom once the mater bore To battle fur his country's china— The valiant " Cot monoitY" : God bless the men and mighty lauds Old Ocean rolls between— The President who ours commands, And England's Royal Queen May virtue each with glory crown; May dark oppression cease; And cry or battle never drown The silver song of peace. Boston, Mass. A. M. C. EI)MOND. Punch says, "It is no wonder Captain Parry and his crew were nearly starved while in the arctic zone, inas much as it appears the foolish fellows persisted in going in their bear (bare) skins!" • Now that Orangemen are excluded from the police force, Punch thinks it would be but fair that the magis trates should also put down that portion of the fair sex called " orangewomen," whose supporters strew the footwalks so plentifully with orange peel, that the limbs of the lieges are in constant danger. RUINED GAMESTERS DESPISED. —It may be thoug ht that a gentleman who has lost above a thousand pounds in a gambling-house may have the right of entree by pres cription. Nothing is more unlike the fact. From the height of its prosperity to its declension, every oscillation in his course is noted with the nicest observation ; for instance, playing for lower stakes, a more frebile excite ment when losing, occasionally borrowing of a friend, a cheque not punctually Paid , and fi nally, a small sum bor rowed of the hank, to enable him to take up a bill under a very pressing emergency : these are the. little circum stances which lead tolls ultimate exclusion. On some fine evening during the ensuing season :he calls, thi n ki ng to be admitted as heretofore, but he is stopped at the first door, with the ready excuse that " there is nothing doing." On the next call he is told that. there is no play going on.No p l a y ; So you said the last time I called, 1, and I have since understoood from a friend that there was ' playa I- et me in ; I want to see. the manager." " lie is not in, Sir." " Oh, v ery well ; I shall take some other opportunity of seeing him." When he does see the chef, the latter expresses most sincere regret at the oc currence, and makes a most specious promise to have the interdict removed. Tons assured; who now is to oppose his entrance? Not the porter, surely! Yes, the very same porter still insists that the great man is not within —that he knovvs . nothing about the explanation given, and therefore cannot admit him. Thus repulsed, the appli cant murmurs a threat about 'not paying , and thus the ma tter ends. What is here stated must b e understood las applying to commoners; for a peer, however poor, can always be turned to some account. —Bentley's Miscellany. LOCAL NEWS Thursday last being the eighth anniversary of her Ma jesty's accession to the throne, the bells of St. Peter's Church were rung at intervals throughout the day, the royal standard floated from the Town-hall, acd flan were displayed on the various public buildings and churches in the town and neighbourhood. TIMBER AT BIRKENHEAD.—A sale of timber, landed at Wallasey Pool, took place at Birkenhead last week. The Mercury says " the sale exceeded the most sanguine expectations of all the parties interested, not a single lot remaining unsold, and the whole realisine excellent prices ; some of the lots brought as high as ad. per su perficial foot." DEATH OF AN OLD AND VALUABLE POLICE.OFFICRE. —On Saturday last, Mr. John Coppel, who had been attached to the police-force of this town for 22 years, during the last eight of which he was an inspector of dock police,' died of inflammation of the lungs. He had borne throughout an exemplary character as an officer and a man ; and, we learn, that as a mark of respect to his me mory, his remains will be followed to their final resting place, in St. James's Cemetery, to-morrow, (IN ednesday,) by the whole of the available portion of the force. IMPOSITION AND ASSAULT.—A porter, at the Railway Station, named Edward Murphy, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, and fined 20s. and costs for assaulting and using threatening language to Mr. Burrell, a clerk to Messrs. Grimshaw and Co. It appeared that the complainant had exposed to the manager of the rail way-yard, the conduct of Murphy, in improperly inter fering with and misl e adi ng an em i grant on his way to America; that Murphy had been severely reprimanded and compelled to obtain restitution of the money paid by the emigrant for his passage; and that Mr. Burrell had been assaulted by the fellow for his very proper inter ference. FIRE. — On Sunday at noon the oil, paint, and colour warehouse of Messrs. Peter Bancroft and Co., in Red cross-street, was discovered to be on fire. Ten engines and eight water carts were immediately on the spot, and an immense body of water was poured on the premises, when the fire, which was all along a smouldering one, was got under, and it was found that the greater part of three casks of brimstone had been destroyed, that the floor where the casks stood, were partially burned through, and that the embers had communicated with a cask of oil on the first floor, part of the head of which was ignited. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark commu nicated from a neighbouring chimney, which had been on fire in the morning, to the sulphur casks in the ware house through a broken window on the second floor. Mr. Miller, Mr. Hewitt, and a large body of police ren dered efficient service. Woonrox CHURCH SCHOOLS.—On Thursday last, the annual examination of the boys', girls', and infants' Church Schools of Woolton, took place at the school-house, and afforded the greatest gratification to a number of ladies and gentlemen of . the neighbourhood who were present, including the ltev. Mr. Leicester, the incumbent, and his family. The whole of the scholars, upwards of 200 in number, were afterwards kindly entertained with tea, buns, &c. by Mrs. Ashton, at her beautiful seat, Ashton Hall, where their fine and healthy appearance was a sub ject of general remark. Owing to the unpropitious state of the weather, the repast was served in the buildings— not as intended, on the lawn in front—and as there was not accommodation for the whole juvenile party at once, the time occupied was from three to six o'clock. The weather having afterwards brightened up, t:e whole walked in procession through the romantic woods behind the hall, in presence of the company assembled, and at the close were drawn up at " the old door," where they sang the hymn, " Lord of Heaven and Earth," concluding with the National Anthem. The appearance, and profi ciency so far, of the whole young assemblage, reflected great credit on the Rev. Mr. Leicester, and the respective teachers under his superintendence. PAVING AND SEWERAGE CODIMISSIONERS.—At the weekly meeting on Friday, a letter was read complaining of the stee of the Arcade passage, but it was stated that the place was private property, over which the commis sioners had no power. A conversation arose on the paving of certain streets with broad or narrow stones. Mr. Gladstone did not see why such stones should be used at _ all. Dale-street was paved with them, and was in a bad state. It was finally understood that large stones should not in future be exclusively used. A plan was submitted for the draining of courts by pipes communicating with the main sewer. The subject was referred to the law clerk to report upon. Mr. D. Neilson attended, and complained of the bad state of Heath-street, Aber crombie-square. The matter was referred to the surveyor to report upon. Mr. Kaye referred to a letter from Messrs. Woolwright and Chidson, complaining that Bold street was not duly watered, and explained that by the act two-thirds of the occupiers might cause the street to be watered, to defray which a rate not exceeding ld. in the pound might be levied on them all. There were from seven hundred to a thousand tons of water a day thrown upon the streets, but they would require 2,500 tons to water effectually. In the course of a short time a new act would be coming into operation, and they might look forward, in the course of another year, to the town being watered to the satisfaction of the inhabitants. There was every disposition on the part of that board and the Water Committee to meet the wishes of the public, but at pre sent they had not means to do more. The board then ad journed. _ _ CAUTION TO RAILWAY CARRIERS.—On Friday last, Mr. John Taylor, cotton broker, applied to Mr. Rushton, at the Police-office, to know if there was any law that would apply to what he considered a nuisance in the practice of some railway carriers. He stated that he had directed his carrier to take 10 bales of cotton to the goods station of the railway in Wapping, with directions to for ward them to Ashtcn-under-Lyne. When the cart got near the station a man, named Sutcliffe, who acted as a sort of agent for Barnby, Falkner, and Co., railway car riers, went up to the carter, and got from him the " ship ping" or forwardiug note—saying his employer's was the place they were to go from. The carter accordingly left the bales, and nothing more was heard of them, when Mr. Taylor received a letter from the parties in Ashton stating that they had not come to hand. He proceeded to Barnby and Co.'s office, but could not heat of them or find Sutcliffe. Mr. Dowling said that Barnby and Co. had a contract with the railway company to convey goods for Bs. a ton, the usual charge of the company being 10s.—thus realizing a profit of 2s. a ton. A message had been sent to Ashton to ascertain if the cotton had arrived, and he expected to be able to tell the result next day. Mr. Rushton said it was a very disgraceful transaction, but as it stood at present he was unable to interfere. He believed there was no bye-law to meet a case of the kind ; but if the parties believed the goods to have been diverted from their proper channel, they had acted quite correctly in applying to the commissioners of police. The case should be further investigated. Tae Maereens' Cuuncii ScsiooL.—On Thursday morning last, the half-yearly examination (prior to the summer vacation) of the female children of the school attached to the Mariners' (floating) Church, George's Dock, took place in the church, before a highly-gratified attendance. The children were all neatly dressed, and looking remarkably well. They numbered between seventy and eighty, being an increase of about ten within the last six months ; and the manner in which they went through their examination, on the several branches of useful know ledge in which they had been trained, at once evinced their own aptitude anti the peat pains taken by their school mistress, Miss Maxwell, Miss Cowburn, monitress, and the Rev. Mr. Maynard, who superintends the seminary with a parental eye. After reading the 10th chapter of St. Mark, they were questioned by the rev. gentleman upon it, and replied with a readiness and accuracy that evinced their thorough acquaintance with that passage of sacred writ. They afterwards read other portions, and repeated from memory long passages from the same vo lume, answering every question with equal ease and pro ficiency. In Scriptural and general geography, by the use of maps ; in English grammar, in all its elementary branches; in the simpler rules of arithmetic, practically worked out; in spelling, parsing, &c., they appeared to be equally well grounded, fur children of their generally tender years. Several of them recited, very emphatically, " Belshezzar's Feast," in consecutive verses; and two of them, (very young,) " Lines suggested by the questions of a young child during a heavy fall of snow." In writ ing. the scholars evinced great cleverness, by producing their copy books, as filled up during the last half-year. The rev. gentleman frequently expressed his great satis faction, and exhorted them diligently to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded them of attaining a useful and religious education. After the distribution of a number of prizes for good conduct, regular attendance, and great improvement, he again affectionately addressed them and such of their parents as were present, on the blessings of leading a virtuous life and relying on the promises of the Redeemer ; and the whole ended with prayer and praise, in which last they sung in a manner that reflected great credit on their teacher, who also gives his services at the organ on Sundays. After pronouncing a blessing, bans and oranges were dist' ibuted amongst the whole juvenile flock, who appeared to consider their tasks, if a labour at all, a labour of love, and they departed for their several homes with thankfulness and joy depicted in their coun tenances. MIGHT-N OlSES.—These are numerous; and most per sons are apt to invest them with a mysterious character, when a little reflection would refer them to very natural cauies. In the first place, the silence of night renders things audible that would be drowned in the turmoil and bustle of day. Of these too-often alarming sounds, the trivial, and even ridiculous, origin is not.unworthy of no tice. Cats are prodigal agents in such matters ; and we are of opinion that the greater number of ominous noises which frighten sober people out of their tenses are attri butable to them. A young cat, of a very sociable turn, fond of human company, and belonging to the present writer, is in the habit , especially at night, of knocking with his forehead three times upon the door of any room it may desire to enter. On hearing such a Summons, am person, sitting in the hush of a winter evening, would seize a candle, open the door, and, looking level with, his eyes, while the cat .glided in with noiseless steps at his f ee t,would protest that the sound cline from, something invisible, and terrify his family with all manner of horrid portents, which, if some member of it should chance to i be iitirm of health, might tend to a fatal fulfilment. Once, indeed, and it was at midnight too, this very stun .m?ns caused a momentary alarm in one of the writer's relatives, who, knowirg that every one in the house (ex cept herself and companion) was a-bed, started and was aghast at hearing three thumps against the parlour door. " 'Tis only our little cat," said the writer ; "you shall see her enter." Opening the door, and holding the light downwards, puss was seen to steal in, sure enough, and take her place quietly on an ottoman under the t a ble. A !knowledge of this common, but unobserved , fact, might perhaps prevent much Mystification, and cloudy terror, and might, moreover, explain many wen.nals lhAtafi etitic a a zie t7 , d: and grim stories of night;noises.—Ainszcorth 4. .... eat in 3PhCa . earl! WM" rßwil adieu' seve° laolos I other 'aerie ease° trio) , ads of 1 tbo 1 with icitort .......... .......----• LUG ace!, 301 as and Fears, t will Pre' 2 for itutC ES anY ,SS the ;n i " to ood ,or ;nt. can Lob