The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Special Constable" had better send a copy of his let'er to the Mayor. We question the propriety of publishing it. We are obliged for the hint of "Spectator," and receive it in the spirit in which he has evidently tendered it. Ebe Eitnrpool .)tailbarb. TUESDAY MORNING. AUG. 1, 1848. IT is really melancholy to witness madness so utter as that which has been displayed during the past week by the leaders of the republican party in Ireland, Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and their con federates. These men must have seen all along the complete failure of their efforts to lead with them the intelligence, respectability, or even any considerable portion of the industrious agricultu ral body of their country. A few violent men in some of the leading towns sympathised with them, and were supported by a fierce rabble; in districts, or years the seat of agrarian outrage and blood-shed, they threw up their caps for them and professed their readiness to rush into a collision with the authorities of the law, of whose real power to resist they had obviously not the slightest idea; but the vast majority of the people stood aloof, terror stricken with their violence, and longing secretly to see them crushed, and the nation allowed to breathe in peace. Yet, when the legislature, by the adoption of an attitude of firmness afforded them, mercifully, an opportunity of retiring from an agitation which, long ago, had signally failed, we saw only displayed by them an obstinate de termination to perpetrate mischief, and to sacrifice theirignorant dupes at the shrine of a selfish honour, or rather the shadow of honour. Mr. O'Brien's consistency must not he doubted forsooth ! Mr. Meagher must prove to the world that his big words were not all idle wind; that he had all along meant pikes when he cried for then, that he had meant blood whilst he had been hounding on his dogs of war ! To appease these men's vanity, a nation must be desolated by a savage agrarian law, and thousands of victims sent suddenly before their God, smeared with crime the most hideous, their hands yet red with blood, and their souls lately boiling over with the fierce delight of murder ! It is awful, we repeat, to contemplate madness so utter and so wicked as the conduct of these men. Yet have they succeeded, even now, when perhaps the sword has been already drawn, and the pike plunged into the breast of their victim, in vindi cating either their consistency, their courage, or their fitness to lead a nation in a struggle so vast as must have been required to achieve the object con • templated. Examine their whole proceedings since the powers of the executive were directed against them. Their first proceeding was to scamper off to the provinces, and having donned the gay livery of rebellion, and arrayed themselves in generals' uniforms of green and gold, to throw themselves into mountain fastnesses, or amongst the most lawless and most depraved of the population. One day they might be found addressing a mob in one district, and crying out " let the government take us if they dare"—vowing that they should not be put down withoot blood being shed, and expressing the most frantic wish for the honours of martyr dom. But the next hour they were gone, no one knew whither, until we heard of similar farcical scenes enacted by them in some other district. Has there been one word lately, throughout the furious diatribes which they have delivered of any assurance to the people of ultimate success ? Not one. A bloody struggle with the armed power of the law seems to be all that is now contemplated. The descendant of the kings of Munster is only not to be interfered with in his rebellious mas querading. The youth of the bright sword is not to be made amenable for the felony in which he gloried. The wretched peasantry whom they have misled are to be their body guard, and to suffer in their stead ! It is possible that by this time some disastrous collision may have already occurred. But even yet there is time for that small portion of the Irish people, who have thus far not committed them selves in a hopeless cause to reflect upon the con sequence, and to pause in its pursuit. Within the last week we see how large a portion of the hopes and aids have been dashed to the ground. Their expectations of any effectual co-operation by the seditious in this country ought surely no longer to be entertained. In the metropolis, and in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and York shire, the authorities, and the loyal portion—we may say the mass—of the population have now distinctly proved their ability to preserve the peace, without requiring more than ordinary aid from the military. Every portion in these districts is now fully organized and capable of protecting itself even against that most dangerous and diabolical weapon of insurrection—incendiarism. And in Ireland herself the strength of government is hourly growing, aided as it is by the loyalty of her protestant yeomanry, led on and organized as they will be by their landlords and the resident gentry. With all their previous preparations, unwieldy pikes and wretched muskets, the Confederates will certainly find that the defenders of order will be infinitely better armed and even numerically superior to them in efficiency and resolution. In a few wild and proverbially lawless districts perhaps, rebellion may reap an occasional success for the moment. An occasional detachment may be cut off and savagely butchered. An unfortunate town or village may be sacked or burnt, and its Protestant population picked out for slaughter. But these mischances of civil war will be certain to be most terribly and successfully avenged. And suppose even that in a whole province the revolutionary flag may wave victoriously—what then? A pro vince even held against the efforts of its own loyal population would have no earthly chance of main taining itself for any length of time against the naval and military power of an empire. But let our deluded Irish brethren reflect for a moment upon the particular time at which this struggle is to be forced on. Their harvest is yet on the ground. It is not yet cut : and how much of it must be left to perish where it has grown. The greatest stretch of Irish ingenuity has never yet enabled its peas an t r y t o w i e ld the pike and the reaping-hook at the same time. Thus the horrors of famine must be added to the horrors of a fratri cidal warfare. Fever will intervene to sweep off what the sword has left; and this time, at least, there will he no subsidising by Great Britain to be relied upon—no importations of foreign food to replace that which God's providence is abundantly offering to them, and which they are about wan tonly to throw from them. AMR THE loyal and peaceable inhabitants of Liver pool have been unfortunate in exciting the ire of the Morning Chronicle, who, in his remarks refer ring to the petition presented on Monday last by Mr. Cardwell, either blindly grappled with a sub ject which he knew little about, or wilfully per verted the truth. The petition did not " emanate from a newly-formed 'Constitutional Association'," but from our respected Mayor and the bench of magistrates ; nor was it, as the Chronicle, by its one-sided reasoning, insinuates, supported mainly by " Whigs and Liberals'." There were other names appended besides those of " the Whig Earl of Sefton, and the Whig stipendiary magistrate, together with two eminent Quakers and Liberal' politicians, Messrs. Cropper and Rathbone" ;—in fact, it was the work of men of all parties, who felt that the peace of this town was of too much importance—not only to its own population, but to the commercial existence of the large districts which depend upon it as the spring of their wealth —to be exposed even to the possibility of revolu tionary commotion ; and if they voluntarily con sented to forego one of their greatest constitutional rights, to the end that the trade of the whole country might not suffer, the highest praise is due to them for their generous offer. Next the Chronicle tells us, that " the whole of the rebels together, as seen in the magnifying light of rumour and terror, are but 8,000." Now be their numbers what they may, more or less than this estimate, we should much like to see the data upon which our contemporary has arrived at this conclusion. And with respect to the petition being a piece of pusillanimity deserving of the most serious and indignant reprehension," we say, that while London is possessed of its well-filled bar racks, with the Woolwich arsenal at a distance of only eight miles, the courage of the Cockneys must have been very great when they were fright ened into fits in " bygone days of April." The men of Liverpool have not flinched from their duty, and are prepared to perform it; but while it pays its quota to the support of the naval and military forces of the kingdom, at all events it has a right to some share of their services. But the worst feature is to come. The sub- joined letter, containing a refutation of the Chro nicle's views, was forwarded some days back, and our contemporary has not yet had the honesty to insert it, although he has found room to mention that a counter petition has been got up, and to give a copy of it. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR,—In the Chronicle of to-day appears a very severe article, and, in my humble opinion, unwarranted attack on the loyalty and courage of the inhabitants of the good old town of Liverpool, and as the writer of it, I doubt not, has no other intention than giving the subject fair play, I trust you will give the following remarks publicity in your next number. With respect to the petition so severely criticised, I can most positively affirm that it came before the public on Saturday, the 22d instant, signed by our worthy mayor and magistrates, and was placed in the Exchange News Room for the purpose of receiving signatures, being the most public and proper place for receiving respectable and genuine names. In the course of an hour the signatures of our first merchants and others were affixed to it, with out the slightest regard to politics, all showing without an exception, so far us I heard or saw, the greatest anxiety to affix their names to it;s all feeling that as the magis trates had thought proper to ask for it, that they ought to render them every support. You are perhaps not aware that we are blessed with a population of 60,000 Irish, chiefly of the lowest cast, out of which and the Chartists, with the hordes of thieves and idlers, ever ready to join in any illegal proceeding, a very numerous and dangerous mob could speedily be or ganized. Now these are no insignificant number in a wide spread town like Liverpool, with its warehouses laden with cotton and other inflammable articles, and the authorities feel this. They further know it is the intention of these miscre ants to fire the town ; and nothing would be easier, so far as the warehouses rnd shipping are concerned, if done in the dead of the night by a combined movement. The Clubs now number about 40. It is known by the autho rities that these misguided creatures have upwards of 4,000 fire-arms amongst them, and that they are daily adding to their stock, and still there is no law to prevent this slate of things. Is it so "reprehensible," then, that we should ask for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act to enable us to seize these rebels in their dens of treason, particularly when we know that they are working hand and glove with the Dublin Clubs ? In addition to the fire arms which they are known to have in their possession, they have any quantity of pikes, &c., as the seizures daily prove, but, notwithstanding, about 20,000 of us have come forward as special constables. It is scarcely fair to compare the present state of Liverpool with that of Lon don in April last ; the Londoners doubtless came forward nobly and did their duty, but they were backed, or rather fronted, by 10,000 of our finest troops, under the com mand of the Duke, with a legion of artillery ; the rebels having to cross the bridges over the cannon, muskets, and bodies of the troops, before they could get at any num ber of their special friends. These are stirring times and I think with the lesson which we have lately had on the continent of Europe, and the treasonable language in Ireland, that Englishmen should not to be too squeamish. It is notorious that this seaport which contributes so largely to the national reve nue is comparatively unprotected, there being no barracks or arsenal. I really think it would be for the interest of the nation and the good of the port, to have both ; and feeling pretty sure that I am only speaking the senti ments of a large portion of the inhabitants of this till lately considered loyal town, T remain your obedient servant, _ _ AN OLD FREEMAN. _ Liverpool Exchange, _ _ 26M July, 1848. We refer our readers to some remarks which appeared in the London Times on this subject, which will be found in another column, under the head "State of Liverpool," which shew that our indefatigable authorities were fully justified in the course which they pursued. Fr is acknowledged on all hands that an ample supply of water is one of the greatest blessings a town like Liverpool can possibly possess; and it was with unalloyed pleasure we learned some time ago that the Water Committee had given instruc tions to their servants to apply the water in the various wells in the best manner possible for the benefit of the public. Acting on these instructions, the officers of the Harrington Company instantly commenced giving a daily supply of water to all the inhabitants whose pipes were in connection with their mains. Although several large districts of the town, containing upwards of two hundred streets which were formerly supplied by the Bootle Works, had been joined to the Harrington mains, yet it was found, we believe, that the latter Works were perfectly adequate to give an ample daily supply, even if the consumption had been much greater, and this supply was continued without difficulty for a period of two months. Judge, then, of our surprise and mortification on learning 0, few days ago that orders bad been given to discontinue this daily supply. For the last week the inhabitants have had given out to them a more scanty supply of water than they actually received from the companies. Surely the authorities are not justified in withholding from the poor man the great blessing which they can so readily confer upon him by supplying his cottage day by day amply with pure water? Unless we are grievously misinformed, there is abundance of water to admit of an ample supply of water being given daily to every inhabitant of the borough -j--and may we not then ask why should it be withheld ? We hope this question will be satisfactorily explained in the Council on Wednesday. THE accounts from Ireland, received yesterday, are, as a whole, satisfactory. It now appears cer tain that O'Brien was on the point of being cap tured, and as his followers have now dwindled to a miserable few, we do not anticipate any serious outbreak in consequence of his apprehension. His latest exhibition of himself is thus graphically reported by a contemporary : " At Mullinahone he entered the police station, look ing, we should imagine, more like Robinson Crusoe than the King of Munster, and required the seven occupants, of whom three were not quite recovered from a fever, to deliver up their arms. On their politely declining, he had recourse to persuasion. As there was a considerable number of pikes round the station, the police judged it best to temporize with the poor crazy rebel, and requested a night to think over his suggestion, The pikes departed, and the brave men forthwith took met:sures against an other interview, if such should occur, which, however, did not. The Tipperary boys, excitable as they are, pos sess a degree of shrewdness, and when they saw the man talking incoherently, and throwing his head from side to side, they conferred with one another, and came to the timely conclusion that their leader was a fool. A rapid desertion ensued." In a second edition we shall probably be able to announce that this notorious personage, and would-be monarch, is in the hands of the autho rities. The Town Clerk of Liverpool and A. Hodgson, had an interview with Sir George Grey, on. Saturday, at the Home Office. The sum of £23 I]d. was collected for the Liver pool Mureli of England School Society, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, on Sunday morning last, after a ser mon by the Rev. F. Barker. We understand that St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park, will be reopened on Sunday next. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile will return home at the close of the present week. _ _ _ A deputation, consisting .of Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Barkly, M.P., Mr. Green, Mr. Sandbach, Mr. Bouch, and Mr. Mac Gregor, had an interview, on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A great number of Irish reapers have arrived in this town for the purpose of gathering in the harvest in this country. The rebellious proceedings in Ireland do not appear to have diminished the importations of this class of persons. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—At the police-court yester day, a decent * , looking female, who gave her name as Catharine Jones, was placed at the bar under the follow ing charge :—A well-dressed man, George Jones, .who took his place in that part of the court known as the jury box, said that the prisoner who had resided with him as his servant, and whom be had dismissed, was frequently annoying him by coming to his house and demanding money from him, although she had no claim upon him whatever. She had also threatened (he added) that she would have money, and expose him, and had recently on obtaining entrance refused to go out and had created great annoyance to him. To Mr. Rushton's enquiry, he replied that she had no claim upon him whatever: The prisoner on being asked what she to say, made, in mild yet firm language, a statement to the follow ing effect :—She said that when she had but attained the age of fiteen, the complainant took her clandes tinely from her home to the house of one whom he called his first cousin, where (as we understood her) she considered she w as l ega ll y marr i e d t o hi m . Sh e b a d li ve d with him for fourteen years as his wife, and had borne him ten children. The eldest, a girl of fourteen years of age, he had, after recently ejecting her, taken away at first to the Park ; and she had gone to the house to en deavour to find out where she could find her, when she was turned out witho u t means o f su b s i stence , an d was one whole night left sitting on the door-steps of his house without meat or drink. The last time she went (to which he had alluded) was merely to obtain a little money to enable her to go back to Ireland, but he had denied her all assist ance, and she had received from him for a fortnight before, only one shilling a week. Mr. Rushton asked complain ant what he had to say to this, and he appeared to preva ricate. It was drawn from him however that he had lived with her ten years, but not as his wife, and that she had borne him children. Mr. Rushton expressed astonish ment that such a case should be brought there. Com plainant had taken away the woman at tender years, and had so treated her that, that if she had faults, they were attributable to his own conduct toward her. "Go away," said he, " and make some arrangement with her ; for you admit she is the mother of your children, and I will not send her to gaol. Let her be discharged." INVESTIGATION AT THE WORKHOUSE INTO THE CHARGE PREFERRED AGAINST MR. STEEL, HOUSE-SURGEON. Yesterday, Mr. Austin, Assistant Poor-law Commis sioner, held an investigation at the workhouse into the serious charge recently preferred by the Workhonse Com mittee against Mr. Steel, house-surgeon. It will be re collected that that charge was, in substance, to the effect, that the medical ill-treatment of Mr. Steel had caused the death of a female of the name of Ellen Ashworth. who had been confined in the lock ward. The following mem bers of the Select Vestry were present :—Messrs. Brown, Riding, Hodgson, Mellor, Abraham, Shakeshaft, Watson, and Seward. Mr. Steel was in attendance, so also were Dr. 'Brett, Dr. Burgess, and some other medical men. Mr. Beaver, surgeon, of the Manchester Infirmary, assisted the Commissioner in the medical points of the case. Mr. Steel commenced by asking what was the charge against him ? _ . - Mr. Riding replied that he was perfectly ignorant of it himself. Commissioner.—T wrote to Mr. Hart some days ago, and he sent me a copy of some documents, and another copy of them I believe was sent to 111 r. Steel. The sub ject-matter of inquiry will be found in these documents. Mr. Steel.—l should prefer to hear the case against me, in• the first instance, and then to submit a statement of my own. I should like to have a medical man present, for, as this is a matter of the greatest possible importance to me, I may, if unassi%ed by the gentleman in questibn, overlook some important points. Commissioner.—You may have him here if he is to assist you. The point of the present inquiry is ascertain facts. A copy of the whole of the evidence taken before the Workhouse Committee was here read. Mr. Steel was assisted by Mr. M'Dougal, surgeon. Mr. Steel said that before he offered any evidence in his defence, he wished to observe that this was a matter of importance to him, not only as it respected his appoint ment in the house, but his reputation as a medical man. There were several gentlemen present who had already condemned him. They conceived his treatment to be improper, and they had recommended his dismissal. Now, was it competent for them to take any part in this enquiry ? It might be that they came:there with prejudiced minds, and therefore they ought at once to see the necessity of not interfering, and of remaining, if they remained at all, as impartial and silent spectators. Mr. Watson said that himself and his brother members of the Select Vestry did not sit there to re-adjudicate upon the case, but merely to see that the facts came fairly out. Mr. Steel observed, that evidence against him was con tained in documents already read. These documents con tained depositions of several witnesses, among whom were some of his colleagues. And with regard to their evidence he had to say, that their statements ought to be taken with caution, because they had one and all evinced decided hostility against him. They were strongly interested in condemning him, for having already told the workhouse committee that his treatment was improper, they must stand convicted of being wrong if he were now acquitted. He had to charge these medical men with something very serious. They had told the committee that his treatment was unsafe and improper—that death had been caused by that treatment, and yet they never once intimated to him during the period of three weeks that it was ill-treatment. It was their duty to him, as colleagues,—it was also their duty to their fellow-creatures to have pointed out what they considered improper in his practice. They ought also to have reported the case to the coroner, and for not having done so they had rendered themselves liable to judicial proceedings at the approaching assizes. The case was one of syphilitic sore throat. There was an ulcer of the phanguse, which was not sloughing, but there was chronic ulceration. There was also consi derable induration of the soft lining at the back part of the pharynx. The woman had suffered from this disease for some years, and she had been in the Lock hospital repeatedly. She had had strong nitrate acid applied to her throat before. She had a disease of the lungs, an embarrassment in breathing, and the usual symptoms of a narrowing of the passages to the throat. Her constitution was generally broken down • and all these appearances were of importance with regard to the history of the case. Now, his mode of treaJnent consisted of a mercurial unction—the application of the acid of nitrate of mercury to the pharynx. He did not intend to apply this to the lungs, nor did he apprehend that she had inspired any of it,—for this reason, that, if she did, it would have immediately produced spasms.; and no spas modic effect had been produced. The first time he applied it was the day after she came into the hospital—on a Sa turday. It produced pain at the time, of course, but she derived so much benefit from the application that she said if he did not use it again she would ask him to do so. He used it again in the same manner on the following Mon day. There were no spasms up to this time. He then visited the rest of his patients in the ward, and, as near as he could judge, in about a quarter of an hour, the nurse sent to say that the woman was very ill. He went imme diately and found her suffering acutely. Her countenance was livid, and her respiration very seriously obstructed. He at once determined to perform the operation of trach eotomy, and called in the assistance of Mr. Taylor, his colleague, for that purpose, and by the time he was ready to perform the operation Dr. Burgess and Mr. Leather were both present. He performed the operation in the manner directed by Mr. Ferguson in his Manual of Sur gery. On opening the trachea no relief was afforded—in fact, the woman was in articulo mortis at the time, and, she died before the operation was finished. Some blood escaped into the trachea during the operation. Mr. Beaver.—Was there any expiration. after you open ed the trachea Mr. Steel.—Very slight—it was a mere bubble. He made a post mortem the following day, in the presence of his colleagues, Dr. Burgess, Dr. Lee, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Leather, but it did not appear that any of these gen tlemen had witnessed the whole of that examination. The appearances were—a hardened state of the soft parts lining the pharynx, induration and thickening of all the upper parts of the throat, the epiglottis partially destroyed, and the lungs much congested. The pharynx showed un mistakeable symptoms of long standing disease. He could scarcely account for the destruction of the epiglottis, unless it were the result of the ulceration which had cicatrised. There was a dema about the glottis, ulceration about the trachea, and an effusion of blood traceable some way into the lungs. He had no doubt that a deal of blood flowed into the trachea after death. During the interval that he was out of the ward, the deceased had gone to a kettle and drank some boiling water out of it, and this drink had very probably caused the de ma of the glottis. Now, he had evidence, documentary and other wise, to establish the propriety of his treatment, for the application of nitrate of mercury by Wallis and Collett. He would prove this by a letter he had received from Dr. Samuel Cooper of London.. Commissioner.—We do not think it necessary to go, into a justification of the treatment you recommended, the object being to get at the main facts. Mr. Steel.—But, sir; my colleagues have alleged that my treatment was unsafe and improper, and that it was not recommended by any authority they had ever heard of. Commissioner.—When we ascertain the facts, the Poor law Commissioners will come to a proper conclusion upon them. _ _ _ Mr. Steel.—They object also to the way in which I performed the operation of tracheotomy. But I can show, by quotations from the best works on surgery. that I per formed the operation in the proper manner. They say I commenced the incision too low ; but, if anything,. I com menced it too high, instead of too low. Mr. Beaver.—We want a plain history of the facts of the case, and of the point at which you commenced the incision. Mr. Abraham here observed, that the present charge had not been preferred against Mr. Steel by any of his colleagues. The Workhouse Committee first heard of it out of doors. Mary Smith was the first witness called. She said :—I live at 18, Upper Gloucester-street, and knew the de ceased Ellen Ashworth. She had had a sore throat for the last three years. I was in the lock-ward of the work house, as a patient, when she was there also as a patient. I recollect Mr. Steel applying something to her throat twice—first on a Sunday morning, and last on a Monday morning. She was in great agony after the first applica tion, and said she would never have it used again. On the Sunday afternoon she got quite relieved, and said that if Mr. Steel did not apply it again she would ask him to do so. After the first application she was in great pain ; the water was running out of her mouth, and she seemed to be near choking. She asked me, after the second application, for a smoke of a pipe ; I lighted it, but she pushed it back, saying she would have a drink first. I told her not, lest it should wash the stuff down her throat. She then went to a kettle, poured some water into a dish, and drank it. The water had boiled ; it was hot water—too hot to drink. It could not be a quarter of an hour from the time of Mr. Steel's application until she appeared to bein pain. When Mr. Steel first applied the stuff she was in bed. She then put her shawl and boots on, went into the yard, remained there about two or three minutes, and, on her return, asked for some drink. While I went to the cupboard for some buttermilk, she ran to the kettle, and drank the hot water. She then said, "I am choking," and she desired the nurse to send for the doctor. She was worse after drinking the water than she had been before. The caustic caused agony after both appli ca ti ons . By Mr Whitby.—Mrs. Staveley, publican, of White ell:l)e), will tell yotithat for years the deceased was hoarse, and that she had a continual choking sensation in the throat. Ellen Grayson called.—l have been nurse in the Lock Ward for ten years. I knew the deceased Ellen Ash worth. She was seven times in th e L oc k W ar d. Her th r oat has been diseased for the last six or seven years. She had never . had any strong appli cat i on to t h e t h roa t until this last time. I saw Mr. Steel appl y t h e cau,stic-cra Monday. He did not remain in the ward more than rive minutes after. In about five or ten minutes after I sent for him. The following day (Tuesday), Mr. Leather said nothing to me about this case. I left the Look Ward, and was put in confinement. Mr. Steel.—Did any of the medic a l gen tl emen con nected with the house give you any money since this case occurred? Commissioner. —What has the giving of her money to do with our inquiry ? Mr. Steel.—To show the animus of my colleagues, and to destroy the credibility of this witness. Commissioner.--. 4 do not see that thet evidence can be taken. Dr. Gee wished to offer an observation ; but The Commissioner stopped him, and said th e case mus t proceed. He did not feel disposed to go into the matter adverted to by Mr. Steel, at least for the present. Mr. Abraham wished Mr. Steel to be at liberty to bring out every fact that he considered desirable. The Commissioner again declined to go into the money part of the question. Dr. Gee said he should decline to give any, evidence to-day, in consequence of the scandalous imputation which Mr: Steel had just endeavoured to cast upon his medical colleagues in the house. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Mr. Hodgson wished the Commissioner to act with strict impartiality, and to prevent charges from being made, if he would not permit those charges to be an swered. Mr. Brown wished the Commissioner to understand that the dismissal of Mr. Steel was not simply recom mended because of his improper treatment in the case of Ellen Ashworth—that there were two other cases against him as well as the one in question, upon which that re commendation was founded. The Commissioner read a letter from the Select Vestry to the Poor-law Commissioners which caused the present inquiry to be held, and said that as the case of Ellen Ash worth alone was mentioned in that letter, he did not feel himself at liberty to travel out of the record. Examination continued.—l never saw Mr. Steel attend to his patients otherwise than with the greatest care and humanity. After Ellen Ashworth died, Mr. Steel gave me a strong glass of whiskey, which completely overcame me. I was then accused of being drunk, and removed from the Lock ward. Mr. Steel never gave me a glass of whiskey before. He gave it to me on the day Ashworth died, and he spoke to me about her, but what he said I cannot recollect. He washed his hands in some water taken from the kettle after he had administered the second caustic application to the deceased. The deceased drank out of that kettle, but the water was then only milk warm, and she drank some milk after it. The Governor and Mr. Steele were both present, on a late occasion, when the former said to me, " Would a pomid take you to Scot land." He did not induce me to leave for Scotland, but he certainlly asked me the foregoing question. Before Mr. Steel gave me the whiskey, he asked me whether any of the medical men had been asking me about the case of the deceased, and I said not. I know that the water with which Mr. Steel washed his hands was not hot, because, had it been so, it would have scalded him. Dr. Gee.—Spasms would come on almost immediately after the application of the nitrate to the glottis. Dr. Burgess.--I believe there was an inspiration after the opening of Cie trachea. I know there were two or three expirations, for I was present at the time. Mr. Leather denied that there was any dema of the glottis. Dr. Gee said that the caustic applied in the present case was one of the most powerful known. He did not think that a powerful caustic ought to have been applied. Mr. Beaver.—That is matter- of opinion. Dr. Gee, in reply to Mr. Abraham, said he believed the death in this case was caused by the application, and that the account of appearances in the post mortem examina tion, as given by Mr. Steel, was not correct. To Mr. Steel THe also believed that there was no flaggellina during life. He had never seen acid of nitrate of mercury used to the throat. The swallowing of hot water would cause irritation of the throat. He believed that there was not an ulcer in the pharynx. Mr. Abraham informed the Commissioner that a state ment of the case had been submitted to various medical authorities and that their answer had been received. He wished to know whether these answers would be received. Mr. Beaver replied that the iietClifficslty ;vasio;;;;- tairr the symptoms during life, and that with reference to these symptoms there appeared upon the present occasion to be very conflicting evidence. Ellen Graham cailed recollect the deceased, and I also recollect Mr. Steel applying something to her throat on the morning of her death. In about five or ten mi nutes afterwards she complained of pain. There was no peculiarity in her breathing ;. and after having drank the hot water she said that she was dying—that she was chokin. There was no troop. _ _ _ Mr. Taylor, surgeon, said that he did not observe any inspiration. There was no disease of the lungs, nor was there any appearance of slough, There was ulceration at the back part of the mouth. He was not aware of the application of nitrate of mercury to the throat. He should not have applied it, and he thought the applica tion had caused the death. Mr. Leather, surgeon, said that upon the trarhestornic operation Mr. Steel, had, in his opinion, commenced the incision too low down. The incision was commenced about an inch above the sternum. Mr. Beaver.—There has been no evidence to prove that the operation had anything to do with producing the result. Mr. Leather thought the application had caused the death. Mr. Beaver complained again of the difficulty in the present case of ascertaining the appearance preceding the death. Mr. Hodgson thought there could be no difficulty about it. Here was a woman who was comparatively speaking well, who had eaten her breakfast heartily, and in a quarter of an hour after she was dead. Mr. Steel.—But have yoga never heard of eases of sudden death ? Mr. Hodgson.—Yes; I have.. Two persons died in this house, whom. you had seen,.. but for whom you , never prescribed.. Mr. Steel.—l am here to defend myself in the present case, and am ready to defend myself in the others at the proper time. - Mr. Hodgson here read the letters of Sir PhilipCtamp ton, Dr. Brett, Dr. Kaye, Dr..Bransby Cooper, Dr. In man, an& Dr. Alfred Taylor; in which they generally), if not all, said that the death was caused by asphyxia. and condemned the use of nitrate of mercury in cases of syphilitic sore throat. Mr. Steel read letters from Dr. Cooper, Mr. Car michael, of Dublin, and Mr. L. Parker, of Birmingham, to the effect that the nitrate of mercury was justifiable treatment under the circumstances mentioned to • those gentlemen. Mr. Beaver thought that Mr. Ferguson's work on Tracheotomy was a most dangerous one for the faculty to follow. Mr. Hodgson was of a similar opinion. Mr. Steel - tendered the Rev. Drummond Anderson, the chaplain of the house, as a witness, to prove that he had ever attended to his patients with the utmost care and humanity. The Commissioner thought evidence of this- nature foreign to the inquiry ; and Mr. Beaver having intimated that sufficient evidence had now been received, the inquiry terminated shortly after three o'clock. The whole of the evidence will now be submitted to the- Poor-law Commissioners, and their repert may be expected in the course of a short time. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) Private letters from Milan, dated the 26th instant, make the Austrians to• have lost 16.000 men in prisoners, and 7000 in killed and wounded; and a hope is ex. pressed here that such may be the fact, as it may be the cause of a break up of the army, and an earlier return to a state of public order. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. The political advices from Italy have commanded much at tention in the moneyed circles this morning. The information from Dublin still exercises the chief influence in the stock and money markets, and the Dublin intelligence of last night being favourable, everything down to that period remaining tranquil, we have hnd very little fluctuation in the funds. Consols opened at 80 to 2; from this they receded per cent., namely to 861 (sellers), but soon rallied to the opening value of 86/ to 2. Exchequer Bills, 335. to 37a. prem. It was settling-day in the foreign funds and in railway shares. Spanish Three per Cents., 2U to Five per Cents., 11 to 2. Portuguese, 18 to 19. Mexican, 17i to 2, Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 43 to 4. LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTENDAY. The share market is steady, with little bnsiness doing, as this is settling-day in shares and foreign stocks. Caledonians, 27 ; North Staffords, 2/ dis. ; Great Northerns, 9k to 9 dis. French shares are a shade firmer. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY, Our market was liberally supplied with Wheat this morning by land-carriage samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and the trade opened at an advance of is. to 2s. per qr. upon the quotations of last Monday, but, the weather proving fine during market hours, the demand slackened, and the quotations of that day were with difficulty exceeded by Is. per qr. Foreign Wheat was held firmly for a like increase in value, which was not generally complied with, and previous quotations must be repeated. Grinding Barley was in request, at 6d. to ls. beyond the rates of this day se'imight. Oats were not a brisk sale, at the advance quoted on Friday, of 6d. per qr. Beans and Peas were each fully as dear as last week. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts is not quite so large—adequate, how ever, to the demand. Some of the choicest qualities are readily sold, at fully late 'prices, and in a few instances at a small ad vance; but middling kinds met with a dull sale, at about late rates. We are well supplied with Sheep, and, in consequence of the depressed state of the dead markets, trade is worse for them. Big Sheep are with difficulty disposed of at a reduction of 2d. per Blbs. A little more inquiry for Lambs, but prices no higher. Calve. sell slowly, at 2d. per 81bs. reduction. From Holland and Germany there are 737 Beasts, 4,050 Sheep, and 263 Calves ; from Scotland 500 Beasts ; Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, 1,460; and Lincolnshire and Cambridge shire, 600. COMMITMENTS YESTERDAY BEFORE MR. RUSHTON. —John Lewis, for breaking into a house in Elm Grove, with intent to rob it, was sent to gaol for three months. Thomas Williams, charged with stealing boots, (value 195.) from the shop of Mr. George Hill, in Byrom-street, on Satuaday night, was sent for trial at the session. A. woman named Rogers, was for a theft of some rough cot ton, committed to gaol for a month. SHAMEFULLY DISLOYAL LANGUAGE REGARDING THE 4UEEN.—At the Polic-court, yeste r d a y, a you ng man—whose name we did not learn--was placed at the bar, he having been placed in custody on a charge of highly disrespectful language, having reference to the character of her Majesty, the precise verbiage o f w hi c h w e shall not repeat. The prisoner , it appeared, had gone into the house of Mr. Moss, publican, in Byrom-street, and entered a room where a number of respectable parties were enjoying themselves in conversation. He obtruded him self upon them, and said (in language unpolite) that her Majesty was—what shall we call it ?—not a good and gen erous woman ; and that she had accused the late Lady Hastings of being pregnant, &c. The company present requested him to withdraw, which he refused to do, and as he continued to annoy them, the landlord sent for an offi cer and had him apprehended. One of the witnesses, an intelligent young man, said that the subject introduced by the prisoner was quite foreign to the subject before the company. The prisoner said that he was very sorry if he had said anything that was wrong, and declared that he really was at bottom as loyal a subject as any person pre sent. The young man who had before spoken said that he had before heard the prisoner utterlanguage in the same place, calculated to excite disaffection amon g st igno rant hearers.—Mr. Rushton, asif aware'jhat such vul garity and rhodomontade could not affect her crown or dignity, merely said that such language spoken of any fe male was unbecoming and unmanly ; and certainly much more so if spoken with reference to the Queen, He ordered the prisoner to be detained in custody.. STATE OF LIVERPOOL. Although parties at a distance would almost fancy, from reading what has taken place in this town in connection with the rebellious proceedings in Ireland, that we were on the very verge of a serious outbreak, we rejoice to say that Liverpool still continues perfectly tranquil, the only exception being the excitement caused by the unusual presence of so many of the military. and the other neces sary preparations by the authorities to prevent dis turbance. _ _ . . The soldiers did not, as anticipated, encamp at Everton ; but a number of carpenters are at work constructing wooden sheds, for stables, along the north side of the field. When these are completed the tents can be at any time pitched within a couple of hours. The ninth regiment of infantry continued in possession of the cotton sheds at the south end of the town until Friday night, when they shipped for Dublin. along with a brigade of artillery from Woolwich, in the Birmingham steamer, specially chartered for the occasion. The corps of rifles, and the few companies of the 89th regiment which have; lain here for the last month or two shipped in the course of the week for Ireland ; and on Friday ni'ght the head quarters of the 81st regiment arrived to join the three companies stationed in Liverpool. Another trix p. of the 4th Royal Irish dragoons, and a detachment of the 30th regiment, came into town on Thursday night; and on Saturday the 9th were replaced by the 46th regiment, under the command of Colonel Garritt. The Pensioners have been under arms the greater part of the week. The police are increased to the extent of 1400, and they now are drilled every day, sad in some districts of the town they parade in pairs, and are fur nished with arms. Additions are made every day to the number of special constables, who now number conside rably above 20,000. On Wednesday a large quantity of arms and ammuni , tion was brought to this town from Chester Castle. The bulk consisted of 50 chests and 26 hogsheads, the former containing a large quantity of firelocks, and the latter cutlasses and accoutrements. It is said that the cutlasses are intended for the use of the special constables should an emergency arise. About 500 of the labourers and other servants of the Dock Trust, who had refused to be enrolled as special con stables,. were dismissed from their employment on Satur day evening. It was feared that, on receiving their pay and dismissal on Saturday evening, some disturbance would arise, and a strong body of police were in readiness to check any riotous manifestation that might be made, but all went off in peace. Yesterday morning, we under stand that Mr. Bramley-Moore, the able chairman of the Dock Committee. was in town before sir o'clock, and was present at the works, when the men commenced their weekly operations to check any disturbance that might then possibly occur. It affords us much satisfaction, however, to•state that no disorder of any kind took place. About forty-five of the men consented on consideration to become special. constables, and they were allowed to return. to work. We think that this step is a most important and proper one, in several points of view. Not only is it right that public work should be done by loyal and peaceable men, but we have in the proceeding taken by the Dock Commitee, an assurance that the peace of the town is placed on a securer basis than some people seem inclined to believe. _ On Friday nighta.warrant was issued against Dr. Rey nolds, the pike salesman-in-chief, and the great leader of the Confederates here r and one of the detective force was entrusted with its execution. The lodgings of the doctor, we believe, were visited, but be had fled, leaving behind him a small quantity a arms and ammunition, We have received the following additional communica tion from the "private in the 89th Regt." whose indignant rejoinder to the calumnies of Dr. Reynolds appeared in out-last, and has been copied into the columns of most of our contemporaries. As some little doubt has been ex pressed as to the authenticity of that communication, we mawobserve that the writer is really what he assumes to be, and that he is as noble a soldier as ever shouldered a musket. He has also privately assured us that he speaks the sentiments of his companions in arms:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sins—l beg sincerely to thank you for publishing the letter I sent you when I was in Liverpool a few days ago, respecting the recipe to Dr. Reynolds. Since the publi cation of that letter, which I understand has been copied by most, if not all, of the Liverpool papers, and even by some of the London papers, the subject has been much talked about by my fellow-soldiers, and I assure you that the peaceably-disposed persons, both in England and in Ireland, have little to fear from the howls and yells of the rebellious few who are now• disturbing the quiet repose of the whole country, and preventing the increase of that prosperity which until a few days ago was promising re lief to-almost all classes from the late calamities of com mercial.distress. _ _ _ On Tuesday last we left Liverpool for Ireland, where we are now (considering our life in regular barracks) far from being comfortable • se much so, that if: our bugles sound for action it win be an awful hour,- for those miserable wretches who dare meet us. We all feel it hard to contemplate facing our countrymen, and, perhaps, some of our kinsmen, at such a moment; but such is the discipline of the British array, (and of the 89th Regiment in particular,) and such is the feeling of us-all in the ranks, that it is impossible for a traitor to , our beloved Queen and country to exist in our camp. Respectfully asking you,to give this insertion in some corner of your next Tuesday's STANDARD, Lrernain, Sir, your obedient servant, A PRIVATE IN THE 89TH REGIMENT. Dublin, 29th July. 1840. A portion of the 30th Infantry arrived here on Thurs day night. The 46th Regiment passed through London on Friday from Dover en route to Liverpool, to be en camped at Everton with the 9th foot. This will increase the military force at Liverpool to about 2,000 men, in cluding artillery. As a further precautionary measure, the magistrates have ordered out the Cheshire Yeomanry, a fine body of men, at least 800 strong. A foolish article in the Morning Chronicle condemning the petition presented to the House of Commons from this town by Mr. Cardwell, for the application to Liver poet of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, has called forth the following reply from a correspondent of the Lon don Times. " The magistrates, I can. assure yon, have been perfectly justified in demanding extraordinary pow ers to deal with the would-be-rebels on the, shores of the Mersey. The conspiracy against this community is well known here, and may be termed colossal in the extent of the contemplated villany. If the authorities feared only a mob of pikemen whose object was to raise some abortive barricades, and who really did intend entering upon a hand to hand fight, their trepidation, evinced in the hasty call for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, might appear old-womanly but this is not the danger, and-this is what no one in the secret supposes to be lik tly. The miscreants here are declared to- act upon orders. from the rebel head quarters in Dublin; and the streets of Li verpool are, it is asserted, as carefully marked out by the club map-makers as the thoroughfares of the Irish me tropolis itself. The aim is, to detain here the troops which in the event of civil war in Ireland would be poured over from this port,, and that evil sin), it is as clear to any sen sible civilian ns to soldiers, is not to be attained by an open and undisguised contest, in which imperfectly armed ruffians would have no chance. The horrible idea is to set fire to Liverpool, and the magistrates are well aware that that feat of felony is not altogether impossible. The plans of the clubs,—plans which originated perhaps with more accomplished villains—are well defined, and our fear is that they are perfectly feasible. The long line of cotton warehouses fronting our quays have often 'adore invited the destruction of a stray incendiary, and to these the diabolical manoeuvres of the wholesale conspirators have been recommended to be directed. Iknow the facts,. and I assert positively that if these depots, of a material which burns as rapidly ss the smoked grass of a prairie, were set on fire at 100 different points,, Liverpool could not be saved. The heat of a blazing cotton warehouse on the dock side has often ere this ignited the cordage of the berthed ships, and under the influence of the increased heat which I am supposing, the masts of the vessels in dock would go like twigs in a grate. Were the work of destruction commenced at low water not a single ship could be moved without the dock gates, and it is no ex aggeration whatever to say that the commerce of this town at least would in this dreadful way receive a fatal blow. The project, further, was to destroy the water mains and to cut the hose of the fire engines, so as to ren der abortive any attempt to quench the flames. Of what avail would soldiers or special constables be under such • circumstances ? A dozen fire engines, the extent of our brigade, is our best protection • and that is but slight. To an insurrectionary mob, the plan which would demand no further ammunition than that contained in a penny box of lucifer matches, has great charms, and to them not its least temptation is that they could accomplish their design without risking their own lives. The magistrates therefore, who are in possession of these horrible plans, have but done their duty in appealing to Government for further powers and for direction in their difficulty, and it appears to me that Government should itself look to our safety." Several parties who disapprove of the application to Liverpool of the measure which has been passed for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, have got up a counter petition which lay for signature on Saturday. The Rev. Stephen Bruin Sutton, 8.A., of London University, has been appointed to the curacy of St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, and entered on his ministerial duties last week. The rev. gentleman's sermon on Sun. day evening produced a most favourable impression on the congregation—it was equally scriptural, logical, and eloquent. CHARGE AGAINST A !RESPECTABLE TRADESMAN.— Yesterday, a man of respectable appearance, whose name appeared on the sheets as John Spencer, was placed':at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge, pre ferred at the instance of James Barton Redfern, of having picked his pocket of a handkerchief. Mr. Owen defended the prisoner. A genteel looking little girl of 11 or 12 years of age said that she was standing that morning in (as we understood) Dale-street, surrounded by other par ties, noticing the passing of a body of soldiers, when she saw the prisoner take a handkerchief out of her brother's pocket, and put it into his own. He afterwards, she said, hurried away. • She asked her brother about it, and on searching, he missed the article. The little girl swore po sitively to the ider.tity of the prisoner, who was soon after wards apprehended, but nothing of the kind was found upon him, and one of the witnesses said he had kept his eye upon him from the time he was apprized of the charge until . he was taken, but saw nothing thrown away. It appeared upon cross-examination that there was a great crowd following the soldiers and running past to see them at the time. Mr. Owen stated that his client was a re spectable tradesman, carrying on business in Great New ton-street, and that the principal, or rather only, witness, who was of very tender years, must be mistaken as to his identity. Mr. Rushton, after a few remarks, said the case was clearly sworn to, but that from what Mr. Owen had said, he should remand the case, for the purpose of satisfying himself of the previous career in life of the pri soner, before be should decide, August 1, 1848. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-SATURDAY. MENLOVE V. CARTER. This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the master of the ship Charlotte, and the Dock Company at Liverpool from parting with the cargo—c o nsi s ting of 1263 bales of cott on and 74,874 feet of plank. The bill stated that Messrs. Menlove and Co., of Charleston, in America, had been in the habit of dealing with Messrs. Higginson and Deane, of Liverpool, and in. August, 1847, the latter had sent out, in their ship the Charlotte, to Charleston, a cargo of coal and salt, directing that the American house should send back a cargo of cotton, and undertaking to pay for the difference in value between the two cargoes. Acting in pursuance of this direction, Messrs: Menlove and Co., on th e 12th O c t o b er, 1847, despatched the ship from Charleston with the cargo now in dispute, consigned to Messrs. Higginson, of Liverpool, the bill of lading containing a direction to deliver to their (the consignors') order, or assignees." On the 25th Sept. and 16th Oct. the plaintiffs drew bills on Messrs. Higginson and Co. for £ll,OOO, being the value of the cargo, and shortly after as. , signed these bills to the Charleston Bank, with the bill of lading as an additional security. The Charleston Bank gave' money for the bills, and having dealings with the Bank of Liverpool (who are co-plaintiffs), assigned to them the same bills, transferring, also, by way of additional security, the bill of lading. While, however, the ship was on the voyage, Messrs. Hi gg i nson an d Co. became bankrupt. The question now arose between the plaintiffs and the assig nees of the bankrupts to whom- the cargo had been con signed, and who claimed to be entitled to it on the ground that the property vested in ikiessrs. Higginson from the time it was embarked on board their ship at Charleston. The bank, however, with the consignors, contended that the master of the ship, by the terms of the bill of lading, was precluded from parting with the cargo without an order from the consignors (the plaintiffs), and that, there fore, the property in the cargo was- never vested in the bankrupts. _ _ The Dbck Company claimed a lien onthe cargo for dues, &c. The cargo had been placed in the company's ware house, under the provisions of their act. The Vice Chancellor said he did not think, on the face of the case, there was any alteration in its position since March last, except that the goods were now in the ware houses of the dock. It appeared that when a reference was made to the common law advisers, those gentlemen could not agree• on a mode of determining the question'. Then how was the case to be tried ? The defbndant was at liberty to go to law if he pleased. He thought the' difference in the case was that there were now stronger' reasons for continuing the injunction. Warrants for the arrest of the London Chartist leaders were issued on Saturday. On Saturday, at York assizes, a special constable was fined £lO for refusing to act when called on. DEATH OF FRANCOIS CRAMER.—This eminent mu sician died on Tuesday, aged 76. He was leader of the Concert of Ancient Music for forty years. We see it stated in the Gentlemen's Gazette of Bombay, that 50 tons of Guzerat wheat have been shipped at Bom bay, for England, under several modes of packing, to test the practicabitty of the export. THE DEARTH AT NEWFOUNDLAND.—The Harbor Grace Herald, of Awe 14, says that the inhabitants have no potatoes left for seed, and no corn, save a pint or more in some cases, furnished by Government.. The Herald advises all who are able to leave the bland. At York, on Saturday. the Chartist rioters whose con viction we have announced in another page, were sen tenced to imprisonment for periods varying from two years to a month, the heavier offences having hard labour attached to them. CURIOUS FACT.—We learn that by the last packets from America several hundred Irishmen arrived, and im mediately took their departure for Ireland. It is believed they are members of the Irish Confederation in America. They had not, we believe, any arms. SUMMARY OF GOODWOOD RACES.—TotaI number of stakes, 37 : won by favourites, 12 ; won by non-favour ites, 21 ; forfeits, 4. Horses entered, 597 ; started, 208. Total amount of stakes, £21,810: subscriptions, £20,175; public money given, £1,635. MOCK FUNERALS.—At an early hour on Tuesday morn ing last, a hearse was seen rapidly driving through CAon met, surrounded by about fourteen horsemen. The cortege was stopped outside the town by the police, and the hearse searched, when it was ascertained that, instead of a dead body, the hearse contained a large quantity of arms, which were being conveyed to the rural districts. EDUCATIONAL MavEnnicr.—At a meeting of persons favourable to church education, held at Finchley, on Saturday, for the purpose of inaugurating certain indus trial schools, which are to be established in connection with the national schools, the Earl of Mansfield, who W$ in the chair, and the Bishop of London, warmly.advo cated the claims of the institution on public support, an d a sum of £2OO was collected on the spot. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Madame Warton has jus t closed one of the most successful engagements ever entered into at this favourite resort. The programme for the present week is an attraction indeed ; i thegardens t h e m selves, day by day, present new beauties in nature and n art , and the Acelion Minstrels, who are engaged for four nights, with the trombone band, give to the whole gardens rather the appearance of an Italian festivity, than a pleasure ground at Liverpool. POOR MAN'S INSTITUTE.—An establishment w i thin the means of a poor man, to furnish a literary relaxation after toil to the most humble, was opened a few days since by Lord Ashley in Fear-street, Westminster, one of the poorest of that very poor locality. Itconsists of a library and large reading room, furnished with periodicals, the daily and weekly newspapers, provincial newspapers, &C. Lectures are delivered on philosophical subjects. The room to be opened daily from 10 to 10. The subscription, three-half-pence weekly. SUSPECTED MURDER OF AN OLD LADY.—Considerable excitement has prevailed at Cheddar, in consequence of the exhumation of the body of an old lady named Sende ll ' who died in December last. The deceased, we under stand, was a single lady, and at one time ca rried on profitable business as a staymaker ; having acquired a considerable competence, she, some time since, gave up business, and retired into private life. Before her death, she made a will in favour of two nephews, and the present inquiry has commenced at the instigation of her brother, who had expected to inherit her property.—Bristo l Journal. AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—At Dalnacroicht in the parish of Strathconan, Ross-shire, resides a hale, eccentric old man, of the goodly age of eighty. In order to perpetuate the custom of one of his ancestors, he has resolved to await the last twinkle of his days in an old arm-chair, which has been banded down in the family for the last two centuries. So determined is he in this strange' resolution that he has caused his sister to burn his bed. , lest, by his infirmities overcoming hia purpose, he should be tempted to repose upon it. He sits upon this chair' night and.day, but sleeps little, for the purpose of dying awake. BUNN v. JENNY LlND.—This- celebrated cause, in which it will be remembered that Mr. Bunn recovered !! verdict with £2,500 damages against Mdlle. Jenny Line for breach of an engagement, is still in litigation. The next proceeding will be a writ of: error on the part of the defendant, which cannot be argued in the Exchegner Chamber before Michaelmas term in November. Mr• Justice Erie has lately been engaged in settling a bill of exceptions tendered on the trial; and by an order made, the damages, with £l,OOO for costs, have been paid into the Court of Queen's Bench. The costs in the cause have been taxed at nearly £700,. and the residue of the son paid into court is to meet the accruing expenses. The action was commenced in. March, 1847, so that in all probability it will be -about two years before it will be finally decided.—John DWELLINGS FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.—The Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings o f the Industrious Classes are proceeding with equal s pirit and success in the prosecution of their benevolent enter prise. Having so well carried out the objects for which, they were embodied, in the erection of the building a' Camden Town, they are now engaged in establishing a dormitory, or lodging-house for single men, in Spitsi fields, for which purpose they have purchased, for £1,30 0, a site of freehold ground at the end of Spicer-street , Brick-lane. The proposed dormitory is to contain ac commodation for not less than 300 men, and there are to be erected also lodging-houses for 40 families at the least; With regard to the building at Camden Town, we are gla d to see from the report of the directors that in May las t ' out of 110 sets of rooms, 103 were let, and 94 actually occupied. The entire number of applicants amounted to 197, a few of whom only have been refused in consequenc e of their references not being satisfactory. The applicant for the lower-rented rooms, it appears, have been more numerous than the buildings would contain. PRICES OF PROVISIONS 1N BIRKENHEAD MARKET, JULY 29, 1848. s. a. s. d. 1 s. d. 8. ` 1 " Beef *lb. 0 6 to 0 7 Gooseberries, qt. 0 into 0 Mutton 0 6 0 7 Strawberries.... 0 4 0 3 Veal Lamb, per lb 0 6 0 7 Black Ditto .... 0 6 o , s 6 Fresh Pork Bacon Hams 0 8— 0 9 Beans 0 4 0 , ‘ 0 Salmon 0 8— 0 0 Cucumbers. each 0 0— 3 u 0 Soles Cod Fish Brit 0 6 0 0 Turkeys.... each 0 0— 0 6 Haddocks 0 0— 0 0 Geese, c'ntry fed 4 0_ : 0 Whiting 0 0— 0 0 Partridges,*brce 0 0— ~1 0 Lobsters Fresh Butter.... 0 11 1 0 Black Game 0 0— 0 ' 0 Salt ditto Eggs.... * 5 120.. 510 6 0 Hares ...... each 2 6 0 Potatoes,*Peck 0 6 010 Pigeons,*couple 1 8— 0 Plumbs 0 8— 1 0 Rabbits 2 0— ?._„, LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, AUG. 1, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIA• By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE of 53, Grove street, a n LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL- .0 Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. 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