The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

itgast 22, 1844 Eon' Rttoo. tte. e undertand that the retUrn match be -11 the Ev erton and s St. Helen's Clubs will be played An i tir 'daY next, on the ground of the Roscoe Club. Ipeisbucloest will be held to-day on the body of J oh n 15° Sat ' 4Prisw ier, who died in the hospital of the Prison RF]itituay evein Olt .Mu RD• ERn CASgES.-011 Satardy, Justi, lista that h e wou ld not take any a of the rnsix• Tt egnesday (to -morrow.) gag e ' two b ridges have been at l as t fi xe d t o the lanidikag koge'„,bat of course they are not yet available for" the Phi; \\ri!',' .—Last Saturday a match was played between fth.,osor and Whitefield Cricket Clubs, on the . ground_ ku, latter, which terminated in favour of the Wnitefield thrae wickets to go down. ,044c,iittoEn WILDER OF HIS WIFE BY C harle s the grand jury found "No biII" SEAMAN. agains . t wife ;,Gollagher, 20, charg ed with the murder of his 11',, Gollaglier, at Live rpool. b een a;''Phghatn, a ' nephew of Lord Brougham's, has Seetea Pointed by the Lard Chancellor registrar to Mr. s Thol„at Ludlow's court, vacant by the death of Cherie AO! , Esq. t hose c i ' t ag, for the purpose of exhibitions similar to this t s t4 the London Colosseum, is about to be erected . in that i n The erection here will be the same size as W e &flagon, but superior in design. fortyNerstand that Christ Church will be re-opened for ,t'vtille service next Sunday, after having been closed t'alotedel'al,lveeks for the purpose of being repnired and Keay} li te pews have been lined, and other improve daivn, been made in the interior. The Rev. T. ectil4e• ter Preach on Sunday, and there will be a col -04 a ter the sermon for the choir boys. l'ighe,,'whstnan, Mr. Massey, has again obtained the Adr4;„",Prize, fifty-five guineas, given by the Lords of the /ear,.' 3 l,Y for the most approved chronometer of the 814 'ces his is the sixth consecutive year Mr. Massey has n ein Y competed for this enviable distinction. Tai Frid ay s match between the Rascoe Club and 11P/id, rs a n't Players of the 46th Regiment took place sco ' n4 cot. 67ailasT,hoe former scored 126, and the latter 107. ty re(' 47, Nvh It o wickets " Gentlemen of all England"), 4 seve: were at last lowered by Mr. i h 4 ,; y. a 'n have arrived in Liverpool, and eo n don bo ard the Urgent steam-ship, under kii,','",land of el fain Bevis , the Admiralty agent at Pc it',, - "„ . The Urgent P is to ' be the guard-ship of the t hol l , i ' a at she mounts four nine-pounders, and, besides o bi 1, -1.1 2 1 „, e 5, has a crew of about forty men. t omaiNsox.—ln this case the sitting for the J c re;,' e c of the certificate to the bankrupt was ad -1114,1' to the 24th of November next. The assignees of Atili' l l, i tOr's estate and effects are in the meantime to a stlif"a a weekly allowance for the support of himself E a t a intly. Ytt e t.areia, new steamer, under the command of Capt. 'elo e i tt c "lyed in the Mersey on Sunday morning, at o ne N„:ttfter the shortest trip from Boston and H alif ax Ilt4e ''„4l,, having been only ten days nine hours from _the 'N ed "' ,teavin. he moorings at Boston to being safely °N; the Cob r urT o lock, being two hours under that 21ip .eub 3r the Niagara in the two previous passages. 'C'uTHPORT RAILWAY. — On Sunday week, 1123 Ciao §ers were y conve k 4 7 ed along the Liverpool and South- Ist Class, 65 ; 2nd Class, 359 ; 3rd ht I; j9. Mo nd ay 571 passengers were carried, c days numbers were 1182, making a total ,of 2876 passengers. £lB6 17s. lid. money N il e 4 ssixßs* —We give the trials so far as they have „,'ke, -s V p , but they are of little importance up to this the civil court tthere are, we believe, but tip ihseltfislecal interest c one one is important, being spew trial o,Pk lt cYal Bank, which was tried last assizes ; the t, an action against th e e Liverpool Banking ~'ltlss, he alleged negligence both of which will, kihfottzxsue Interesting to the res pective shareholders. le E urrxiico.—On Friday Mr. Sergeant Wil ,,atit,;•;_ cr oss-examining an Irish witness, in a cause_ i ory e etta . 'll:cittialilnitilltegerd breach of contract for the supply of p r put the following interroga- C: i ce . „ - ; thaltLp pa h e l ' th re been a rise or fall in the e •what it p rofesses to I, at• - Taper , or had it remained . %1 r .., lo n % b ' ''Y Sri 07 'Y ?" Paddy though the . w . itness was, he li4,,,,,:swered the question without noticing the pun. -4h„rantW7lll°l`t•—On Fridly in the House of Commons, . --" 'wn said that `" f rom his experience of the cor ,4"c ee ° ,„i s se , hools of Liverpool , he was strongly in favour . of ;`ttictin—hutned system of education , in which secular ind tilatti-„) tva ,s given to all during a portion of the day, . an f e i ar !tour was set apart for the religions nastruc ,ach°s aecording to the principles of their parents. kt l as sYsteal tended greatly to allay the differences and tillierities of sectarianism- N rs f;4 14r 4. 4 " 1 ( OFF ST BEES HEAD.—About 15 miles 'ias° Bees head t k h • Amethyst, McLean, bound from the f gr oi - to Liverpool , e dismasted about 11 o'clock in Iletqticlnennb"oaredf } Thursday. At one o'clock the crew were 1, 1 wind was blowing Tom, Coulthard, bound for Whitehavn. kit', which sunk she reefs, wh en ba t aing strong at N.N.W., under . the . dou abOrtawino oin' e t l e o n c d k e . d W to e r u e n m d a e i rs n t w an it d h t t h h a e t Oagh the crew Vst; are fortunately saved, everything else _ es ' Lu c of the poor f e ll ows no t h av i ng even secure d no. A c 7ll.,ll.l"lttNen —On Th urs d ay , a finely - modelled vessel 1 11;, u nched f rom the building ' yard of Messrs. Cato, a rid Co., Brunswick Dock. The vessel, called the Bads}"t'Leraig," was christened by Miss Robinson, an . d 1 th""o t on s burthen. Her lines fore and aft are tine, t so °l. lgh she possesses a long flooring, her run is ° th 511110.°4 without a lump. The Ardencrai g . is intended qapt fldian trade, and though strongly built , is every way s e ' for making quick passages and carrying large car ; ;;ess,„ `mother vessel in the same yard, intended fo " l als,;;;,tlarrison and Co., of this town, will be launch ed days. to leNe:ttku DEATH. — On Saturday week a boy about ardlers °f ,, age, nam ed Joseph M'Ardle, son of Ber . narill t, died from taking poison. tleee,yr wChatrter allt o"oZnd New.en Charter- st reet, morning with his brother to some la ham-street, where they picked up etirhihg likeian piece s of cheese. Deceased ate a piece of 11, 111 e - 4 :oho afterwards became very ill, and died the a ' It tu t leon • A chemical analysis of the contents . of ° W el ' w • made, an d the presence of arsenic detec k'Y tI4 T he p e au:Positio is , that the piec e . of cheese eaten gird er c eased may have had arsenic introduced into it, i s N ria to destroy rats, and that it was subsequently e'yt aY• The jury returned a verdict to th e . effect e d incautiously eating a piece of sz N wh e ; ceased died from haPioni `ell contained a portion of arsenic. estabp PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY.—Dr. Muspratt tt4',Nit4 .s ,?ed in this town a school for the purpose of 4 "eoril a % a moderate expense, practical instruction to t ti ll O t tsts `l.l the higher branches of chemistry, and to create etll c allable of investigating all subjects relating w'e, arts, and manufactures. In every part of the 1 ?g st.,„lneet with Woofs . of the need that exists of ki/sleist;ottul scientific chemists capa ble of aiding the 11 1 41., hn ' d t he agriculturist, th e . manu facturer, and the V Nt Y w t hem can be no question that_ D. M pratt is lig h e aY e minently qualified to discharge t h h i e m duties tel,4ose,ll,?ttant office which has devolved on He t hs 'a c en-pllgh testimonials from distinguished professors . i kit tne"22ent and in this country. Dr. Muspratt teg l ‘'L s everal talented chemical works. air b tlty t o r rir b To PAY COMMISSION AG ENTS.—At the Its ii'No 4l ' 4l 't on Tuesday, a case of muc h importance to k k, C leni engaged in the commission trade, inasmuch l v ved the point whether a party engaged tnm t4-n:niaston m 9s and having obtained a customer, t o sell upon all subsequent sales made to suc 'V• it. vit t. ' 4,lthoughnot negotiated through the instr.u -'l4(itl,;:r the agent, was heard before Mr. Commi.s hd,‘'h r i rl des. The plaintiff was Mr. Thomas Dohlne, 'tfentiefetidant Mr. George Lindley, brewer,oo t th e -'l4lltlthis town. The plaintiff had summoned ads"tilik„'efore th e court for payment of X. 4 19s. 6 d., foi. - "ft S aid to be due for commission upon . sales N i kki r defend nt The plaintiff conducted his own 44t . Yates, a jun., so li citor, appeared for the de tON 'lts honour gave judgment for the defendant. 144,11540 N HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.— The last "t 4, t . ; on it'," Plants, flowers, &c., for the season took N t °l th,a r sday. In consequence of the unpropitious st ,O fri n wea ther in the early part of the day, the sho w - average one. As the day advanced the htilliantl and the attendance was, on the ), S') tti The Only feature worthy of especial remark ope ekriojee. specimens of orchidaceous plants, a • "._ Bl gras Harrison'', by Henry Winch, Esq., ▪ ° f r erl a elate or dove plant, by Thomas Johnson, qulc o ' 1, 1 1 '54 455 h rn. These plants, as well as others of the ze:Tkelwlging to these gentlemen, were much ad t'lloae f ruit and vegetables exhibited were goo d . lekt'l l :PO s o . t t , ho W d h z e y h t i h e e n b o a w nd belong ing to the 81st Regi stationed in this town, and A• lL tlsi ,dered one of the finest in her Majesty's some pleasing and popular airs. L'It1 4 )` 11 0 THIR D MODEL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM. S h e r, „,' had the pleasure of examining Brunettes en; t o i l if ',! tt ,Jerusa e lemabout two years ago, it must tVtlaore'elLaubait.n that l he has completed another and i which is now being exhibited • in it Z Peri I :t ra ll o n de 2 B ld-street. He has been - " t eed t ° -8 ! ° for the third "deo 0 undergo this labour, now t 441 t t° embo dy many interesting discoveries thA'te t e by hi te,:er b ef 'fla , as to the true sites o . _ 1:4 bpt th e °r e with certainty ascerta . ined, and among ern various palaces and buildings of Solomon. t,gtatul te Mr . Br unetti on his successful la • • 1 b ' e l , l ;l ofa litera r iure;and we doubt not but his o,,,:N tr tie appreciated by all who take a n interest sittiecords of man's salvation, as w 14 , .jNt P alig oll Y to the particulars of that celebrated city, L et tla wi th whi . Imost other antiquities are but Of ' 1 arid i rcz' whose interest all others ll4l);_meht_Breall tvc:t to,q,de,t n e c o ,, Bn o sid e ern a t r i d oß t . o The reader of the Bible be e ,": sephus, hav ing dilig ently studied the lO s„,- des ntron rue we involved in its diffic ulties, must_h rn ere . Pleasure in perceiving the easy an d co lOW arltil which Mr. Brunetti lays before them, and ktfr 4 1401 t ,e that the great nuers who visited ! Nw.eill feel an increased ( c u riosity to examine tt ute e r Y superior is work. Indeed, in the entire •otit ure there not a point which has excited 0 q 1 41 0 kk h Y ( . !•, 1 13 tsts ), }the lea rne d wor ld or a greater var i ety , 4 1, hat of the ancient topography of the t he " " re etY two of the numerous writers who have Okhtti qUestion a reeing as to their theories. Mr. , tl c'% l t ii% tt a t tl i e lc i: B ' l. o B to have examined them all, and well tt e tit, P IP ak; c niParative merits, and his scheme seems ktklhel l id th a T I t 0 that of the learned Robinson, and we t e rit' ° st "e has been in communication with some t4f,tll4e,ihe.tlit iZelettbratedtrayellers who have written upon tOliUt oiti o ti • e sincerely wish hi m that success e `, 4 at tk w hich hi s mer i t deserves, and we doubt ° t' orlo rt "e Ptri°cl exhibition will be numerously attended during which he will remain in Li- Cress r cases a ncfee fixed 00 a meeting of the , last, in the vestry ✓ whether money 13°,dt6 oor-rate for the lest t' 9 o nd to defray the We! ns baying settleroeirty ✓ the re gulation th s 0 , 4 oseph Turner , consequence of 1 1 ° t1 ` , be given to such the guardians had silt h ten children--bel ler the denominatio9: • entitle them to ,me of them wished ta' the remainder laboil s would be £9 eacll,l resolution was pess e raised for the Pn , le on the rates, V 17s. per he ad per W.., ived relief for four Ycr louse four years. —Last week, the 3.. ga ve a splendid f e te ndley-hall, near 111. • th e m 'he said, that.' —6101,! luring to save stip, sure that in Ina °l nning. In order t°,,, lencement, be shoot giver one of his woe; and when Ile 118 a very man his own. TbeY ed ; he wished' o• e time he wo uld str° l s aware how difficv, man with a ireepenee, a sispence. r;nai g ht put by if be' he 14 anu p a y 40 ,,• ragement, every an N !ouble. If amr months, he (M r ' 0 -ov d added les. , be ci p; 1 £l, he would 4; 205., would e ° 1' cheers.) Ilt,1;e, F.O. He woul d 'OO )roper time theFt, t excellent ogl e -, carry out his Wl5 DISTUBSAS° okr d Chartists toiiceoj rn before a P ° 0 0 0 as can be atetsreMbi! Confederates ine-house, th! .ed the sa c .00 .! mselyes withPt' an d march °l i c ,lo' before twelve °wool .te opposition. forti ere some thirtY atned in the ruo°, old words, and the" ibef the me3ting-bal, P whom was shot t ipto pursued the ot . h e ipto 'd them by Wl/ )eked 0 ,1 4 ; e',l as Possible. ." t io " ( I 'ad the assasSlo,9 001 appear ; but ,_ lt entertained toe tor P i nst the militarYwrel racks, they en c(j ive d back —so 010 it. ters have been c°oo. lering the police 0 ester, in consegtic ;eyeral of the „, ed. Betvveeo °terioff •med police andacvoile; r teen of the 1e.,0f Amongst the Dr, and Do noPo' ' capture. bro g l prisoners were trates for esatuVioP . J. Finnigen, sni,beit tf' rants from 31011`,. ion that Warrail 'sol' her towns, The ,s ±ll 1. Ellis, P. e ‘l c H. Williams, v,:ed Ur. Pollock as' be e r ir ded, as it would.o ter into an exalt/ defended the Prt It b, demanded tinasso rants bad beetl,ool th a t the exalliti, th. After con" 11'11. Pr i soners o ver 0 3 g) , P O O rowded to eicel3'. id e, of lutists took I,lnd rsed quietly about and around 1411111c04 eve that some eltv:it, • w • a general and $10. 4 0 1 artists and Repos:, was to alarm Old withdraw naanildr 'aye been macle,P,,f work i ng elasseo,: movements, anl,ll-for t e s and the P oll' ?ral rising. 10 ,reed White 00. nage at Chartis• off( inenc e of privatbeo,nt ent, a strolg Aor orocceded to theso,oB I, kept by a g• t io ° and conveyed tb o t y, de_ td d t ;i $ pistols los ;ers, spear br'esgs, -sons, and otb .111 n which tbe9 h; A -on breast.plateder or tow-balls. 11°,011, ball-cartridge 1 ; of ; rl l placed in. froll - 01 Lrg ed, ther 0-10,061 lY a man ices_. beio% 0 the police 0" ~ morning, eleven SI the neighbourhirdiof the police Dot o.tg 1, ntions under 01'0 .ed. The Wole„,°, 11 Palace, the k°464 various barradq, ,1 of comnaunicetioD and city police, Old, ial bodies• Proo?tosil d that the Chtirtlj 0 rch out well arni _', 0 tack such buildiOrtto inrtly after the fejt! eting was atteol or artist-hail, in tbqkliPt shed into the bill•oof to isperse, ng, 00 t a general rtl9. , in leaping 000 ' g oli re ly hour, as argepb . o slge.: pied a / fothe oo fl Ivy ra ils be t for 0 0 , ipleinents 1"' 5 0 0 j e taken to 0 )/6' Confederates ‘c pop I:friars-road, ,1"0 OS olice baying ,urg 010 ibo ne-tbl . , ve o t,:cp .i tchel Club, w..' cs, named Mal *viis, o f 0 to the "gong 4,0 Irc conceal their , e e 6 , A Yeu f ' g mill oOV it of hounvi4 if the Reople. title hold bundairld , erson in the _ that, as the reblid he gabled 40 ,(1 that be WI -P., i that be Weelrejit roar and ralm.,, , in which Omani The Cbairnlat; if Mitchel. A,4 Cl. v i the 3fitchv. j. manta were i 5,92 .nt o uters of P wons."via ' A by the polic e L , _ ty, :ensive characte, e [nforroation .:0P? mely, that It the P,, .pealers, upell,opeel rganised, to ev;ioiis of the Enetli, yes and puttiog fl op Chart i s t of sone street conventidfces -street police-010er oed the delqe,eit Powel, on r riuet i icy. t he prkgrligjoi )11es-street, ,', De wed in remenl,eirly was perectly ToPrie $4 lock in whie11,,,007 of impudent P- 1 ' 0 trates. fie 10,9 il ot 41 is probably' to"°,o examined. the Poli, Mrs, Coffey 0, r views inTree aigoll, 2 ~!'geliv o f gCer • j ;‘, gOO BODY OF A MAN FOUND.—On Saturday last, the body of a man unknown was found on a sand bank in the river, close to the Coburg Dock. He. had on blue trowers, vest, and jacket, and a grey cravat, with tie shoes. He was about five feet six inches in height, of dark complexion, and apparently about 32 or 33 years of age. DEATH BY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening Thos. Sparks, 8 years old, residing with his parents in Napier street, Toxteth-park, was playing amongst some logs of timber, upon a piece of waste ground in Northumberland street, when a spar on the top of it on which the deceased was sitting astride, canted over, fell upon his leg, and afterwards rolled on to his neck. Assistance was procured but he was quite dead. SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.—There has been no jou'rntal that has talked louder, or that has done more mis chief than the one I hold in my hand, which is the Liver pool Mercury. In all the discussions that have taken place in this journal there has been gross inconsistency, wilful blindness, producing intolerable ignorance, and very great malignity throughout. (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Earle's Speech in Council. THE WEATHER.—We have again had a week of pre carious weather, with showers of considerable duration— sunny forenoons on some days and rainy afternoons— causing some uneasiness as regards the harvest in these districts. Luckily the rains have not been very heavy, and the wheat and oats have been but very slightly in jured hitherto. Yesterday morning we had again a down fall, wind, S.S.E. Much rain also fell during the day. The wind was very high, blowing a hurricane almost — more like the depth of winter than the middle of August. Dry sunny weather is now desirable, these crops being now nearly ripe. Some of both has been already cut and secured. It is gratifying to learn that, take the kingdom at large, the rain has not been so prevalent during the present month, as in this locality, and in the south the harvest is nearly completed. The bakers have taken advantage of the weather to raise their bread considerably in price, but this it is hoped will not last long. The green crops generally look well. There is still much talk about the potato blight ; but we have in this town an abundant supply of the root, of excellent quality, selling on Saturday at fild. to 7d. a score, of 211bs. Miss EMILY GRANT.—This young lady appears by our advertising columns to have resumed her professional duties after her late sojourn in the Irish metropolis, al ways abounding with the best musical critics, who on this oocasion appear to have vied in their acknowledgment of her transcendant talents and qualifications as a distin guished artist, and exponent of every class of music, for which there is now so much growing taste and aptitude among the better classes, as will require more competent professors than access can be had to out of London and other more distant places, the abode of such masters as Miss Grant had the opportunity of studying with, an ad vantage so, rarely to be met with in the general profession, which accounts for the unanimous approbation bestowed noon her. The following we extract from the Dublin Evening Mail:—" Among the cantatrici of the age our gifted countrywoman, Miss Grant, has taken an elevated position; her clear gushing notes and sparkling soprano voice, cultured into graceful cadenza, by Maestri, whose celebrity is European, Crivelli, Bordogni, and Garcia, having won her a reputation which increases with time. Like Miss Hays, the prima donna of La Scala—Miss Grant possessing an organ of extensive register, singularly brilliant in the upper notes, has wafted to far-off shores the ancient lyrical glory and minstrel fame of Ireland, and the triumphs which have crowned her efforts as well as the warm praises of so fastidious a critic as M. Jules kanin fully attest, if such were necessary, the genius of this fas cinating artiste. In our eyes, her being a native of Ire land does not detract from her shining merits, and we feel assured that our worthy fellow-citizens with wonted kindness will extend their patronage to an artiste of rare genius, adorned with every social and domestic virtue— who has already achieved in a young career many an ova tion ; and, amid strangers, whether warbling some olden lyric of Ireland, or, mayhap, an aria from Mozart or Au ber, has won her many a wreath in the temple of song." SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—EXORBITANT TAXATION.— Nothing is more indicative of the still depressed state of the times in this town, and the want of means amongst families once affluent, and amongst others who erewhile enjoyed a moderate competency—than the vast number of houses, shops, and places of business, devoid of inhabi tants, and billed on the windows—" To be Let." There is scarcely a street in any part of the town in which these written or printed announcements do not meet the eye on both sides ; in some parts at every second house, in others in a still greater ratio ; while in others whole ranges of dwellings are similarly ticketted. In some of the once fashionable streets, such as St. Anne-street, large and elegant houses, a few years ago the splendidly furnished abodes of the opulent, frequently ringing with the noise of festivity and glee, are now dismally silent and solitary, with dirty and broken windows, and dilapidated walls. The process of desertion of this and other fine streets, has been going on for several years ; and the boards "To be let or sold" appear to multiply. Several new proprie tors have struck out shops, not of the most elegant de scription, and in one instance, wherea " merchant prince" was wont to entertain his guests, resides a pawnbroker who has abutted his shop as far into the street as the rails conferring the freehold will allow,—thus destroying the contour and respectability of the street, against which practice some law ought to be obtained ; for if the same principle be followed by all the other proprietors, the street would become virtually narrowed by 12 or 14 feet, in defiance of all our boasted sanitory regulations as re gards outward space and circulation of air. Many fami lies have withdrawn from large and wholesome houses, and huddled themselves into smaller tenements as tenants, or even lodgers ; and amongst the middle and humbler classes a corresponding retrograde move ment has very generally taken place. The question arises, to what is this falling off to be attributed ? It must be allowed that the facilities for migration to the neighbouring country by rail, steam-boat, omnibus, &c., withdraw many of our " aristocracy," or gentry, from the noisy precincts of the town, (after the counting-house business of the day,) to the quieter and more healthy retreats, large and small, of the vicinity,—Wavertree, Woolton, Bootle, West Derby, &c., on this side the water, and Wallasey, Birkenhead, Tranmere, and more distant places, on the line of the Chester Railway, on the Cheshire side. But the change of venue will by no means account for half the defalcation of local residence, es pecially in the winter months. The depression of the times, which affects both high and low, has more to do with the desertion of good houses for inferior ones ; and per haps quite as much, the monstrous and growing pressure of taxation, of which the assessed taxes, and the window duties especially, form a heavy and unpopular item. The local taxes, too, are swelling out to such an exorbitant amount, partly from the number of poor, to the support of whom, in natives, and others congregating from distant parts in search of work, and many of them becoming destitute ; and partly from extravagant and sometimes use less works persisted in by our local authorities,—so that he is a bold man, or must be possessed of good store of cash, who will encounter one of the fine houses in ques tion, with the outlay required to furnish and maintain such an establishment, half of which (with the rent) would provide a palatial mansion some ten or fifteen miles from the town, with a considerable farm and a good garden and pleasure grounds. THE CHINESE COLLECTION.—We do not remember any place of public resort which has attracted more general attention, and, we may add, afforded greater gratification to visitors than this extensive and truly splendid collection—extraordinary in itself, and correctly illustrative of an extraordinary people, in their physical appearance, their government, their customs, their religion, their arts, sciences, and general pursuits. Though the Chinese widely differ, in nearly all the departments of social life, from the European and other branches or tribes of the human family, and for ages have been little more than heard of as an exclusive and distinct race, recent events have opened out a field for more intimate observation of their character and attainments than was be fore afforded by the casual and generally unwelcome sojourn of foreigners amongst them; and thanks to the industry, re search, and liberal expenditure of the collector and curator of the curiosities and specimens here brought together, we now almost at a glance become initiated in all the myste ries and peculiarities of Chinese life, and that too far more accurately than a world of reading could supply. The vi sitor will be greatly assisted by referring to a copious pamphlet, which is sold for a comparatively small sum at the door, and which not only comprises a full description of all the figures, works of art, &c., that are exhibited, but furnishes historical and statistical accounts of the country, drawn from personal observation of some years' duration, and from other authentic sources. From the multiplicity of objects that attract attention, and almost bewilder the beholder, we can enumerate only a few. The Buddhist Temple and Collossal Idols (page 18) are sad monuments of the false worship of the people, who in many other respects have advanced far in the arts of civilised life, and, in some mechanical and decorative departments, excel nations much more civilised. The in troduction of Christianity amongst them, (of which some hopes are now entertained through intercourse and com merce), would be a grand means of advancing them in the scale of humanity, for which the mere morality of Con fucius and others is inadequate. Case 20 (page 83) is well worthy of inspection. Case 2 (page 25) presents an inte resting group ;—a priest of Fuh, &c., and, in the centre, a figure of a gentleman in full mourning. Grouped with other figures in another case stands a literary gentleman, for literature is liberally encouraged. In case 4 (page 34) is a group of Chinese ladies, attired in costly robes. Some of the facesare pretty, and the aspect joyous We cannot admire their cramped and deformed feet. The hands are peculiarly small, with the fingers so attenuated that they have a corpse-like appearance. Some of the compartments con tain fine specimens of silk and other manufactures, richly wrought ; others represent shops with the vendors and purchasers. Case 5 (page 37) represents a gorgeously dressed tragedian, surrounded by a number of juvenile actors, apparently receiving lessons in the histrionic art. The temple at the west end of the room, containing a num ber of figures, is illustrative of ceremony in high life. Case No. 9 is interesting, as is 12, filled with beautiful por celain. There are numerous oil paintings and water-colour drawings, by native artists. Amongst the former " The Marriage Procession," (No. 1239,) attracts much attention. But we have not space further to particularise. The saloon is brilliantly lighted in the evenings by gas from a variety of beautiful and elaborately-fashioned and decorated Chinese lanterns, round the bases of which figures of all kinds move in procession, the motive power being, we believe, on the principle of the smoke-jack. The junks, large and small, are examined with much interest. There is an excellent Sax-horn and cornopean band, led by Mr. Blight, playing choice airs and pieces ever and anon : we have never, indeed, heard one more perfect in harmony, or more expert in execution. We need but add that the scene is daily crowded by fashionable parties, who enjoy the promenade, or rest on the numerous seats around, inspecting the numerous figures and articles that enrich the great hall. There is at present a good-looking young Chinaman in the costume of his country. He converses fluently in English, and appears to possess no inconsider able amount of intelligence. TIII LIVERPOOL STANDARI. THE STATE OF BRADFORD, I CONSEQUENCE OF THE PRESENT FREE-TRADE SYSTEM. An able article appears in the Leeds Intelligeneer of Saturday, which clearly proves the evils of the present system of freekrade, particularly as affecting the woollen manufactures of Bradford. The writer reminds his read ers of his account of an interview between a deputation from that town and Sir George Grey, in June, and another between the same gentlemen and Mr. Miller, at the Poor law Board, and Mr. Labouchere, of the Board of Trade. The deputation set forth the existing distress not only amongst the operatives, but amongst all classes in the town—the chief seat of the worsted manufactures of this country—and showed that the distress had been much in creased if not occasioned by the adoption of free trade by this country, while France, Belgium, and Germany gave a bounty of 10 per cent. to their manufacturers, on all goods made and exported by them. It was contended by the deputation, that so long as this country opened its ports for the admission duty free, or at nominal duties. of the manufactures of the conti nental states, and these states in addition to a heavy im port duty on British manufactures, gave an export bounty on their own, our manufacturing districts would never prosper to any great degree. • The deputation was received with the usual " courtesy," but this appears to have been nearly all. From a parlia mentary return just published, in compliance with a mo tion of Lord G. Bantinck, it appears that the represen tations of these experienced merchants and manufacturers, who have had long experience in the home and foreign trade were not attended with much success. The paper, or return Cc isists of " Copies of Correspondence between the Woolen Manufacturers of Bradford, on the subject of their present distress, and remonstrating against the Free Importation qf French and other Foreign Merinos into this country, and the Board of Trade." The first letter is from Wm. Rand, addressed to Mr. Labouchere. The following are extracts : " The facts of the case are aiese :—The French Government imposes a duty of 22 per cent. on the importation of English wool. and grants a bounty of 10 per cent. on the value of merinos, &c., exported." _ _ "Froth the very best means of information in our power, we are quite satisfied that the value of these goods imported an nually is from £200.000 to .e 2-10,000." He goes on to state that the Board of Tradq had inti mated that that which was called a bounty was " a draw back," and he contends that this is a mistake, for the goods in question are made of French wool and not En glish as assumed, so that it cannot be defended as a draw back. He also says : "The British manufacturer asks for no protection ; he is willing to meet the French manufacturer on a fair and equal footing; but he is not willing to meet the French government; and I cannot but express the opinion that it is the duty of the English government to take care that he does not." To this the Board of Trade reply : " That my Lords of the Privy Council are of opinion that you are under some misapprehension as to the operation of that bounty, which professes, and which really appears to be, no greater than the amount of import duty chargeable in France upon the quantity of wool used in the production of the goods. Under which impression, it would not be consistent with propriety to advise the forwarding of any representations on the subject to the French government in compliance with the wish implied in your letter." _ _ . Another long letter appears from Mr. Rand, distinctly showing by figures and facts that the ground taken by the Bradford manufactarers is correct. He says, towards the conclusion— " If we are to import freely under all circumstances, regard less of the effects upon home producers, and making no stipu lations on their behalf for the export of their productions on terms equally advantageous, we shall not be doing them com mon justice ; if in this way, and by a limited currency also, there is a determination to bring down prices to the very low est possible point, we shall see how the fixed engagements of this country will be discharged, the public taxes alone being 60 millions." Another letter from Mr. W. Walker, one of the depu tation, to Mr. Labouchere, states that " French and other merinos, woollens, woollen yarns, B,rc., have for some time past been extensively imported to this country free of duty; and, aided by a larger bounty from the French and other . governments, the destruction of a highly valuable trade having been the result, and the consequence an unparalleled degree of destitution and pauperism, along with the throwing out of use much machinery, and the steam power and buildings provided fur the same, I take the liberty to in quire whether it is the intention of her Majesty's government to take any steps for causing such bounties to cease, or to re impose the whole or part of the duty of 15 per cent., which existed two years ago on all such articles of foreign manufac ture ? " In reply to this, Mr. Labouchere merely refers to his reply to Mr. Rand. The Intelligencer, in some con cluding remarks, says : "Leaving our readers to draw their own inferences from the correspondence, we call attention to the significant fact, that Mr. Rand, who seconded the nomination of Mr. Cobden, the " great leader of free trade," for the representation of the West Riding, acknowledges that he is not an advocate of that un conditional free trade which seems to meet with the support of the preSent Whig government. Many of those who hoped to achieve the victory of the Anti-Corn-Law League are now ready to avow, in the language of Mr. Rand, I can not consider that free trade which unrestrictedly admits imports irrespective of our own productions being exported in like manner. I believe such a policy (at all events as applicable to articles on which much labour has been expended, and which we make in such abundance at home as to be in the habit of exporting), is pregnant with serious consequences, depressing the home prodiver most severely and unfarly." SOUTHERN DIVISION=LIVERPOOL (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL anti Mr. Justice ERLE Sheriff—Sir Thos. George HEsierrit, Bart.) The commission for these assizes waKapened on Wed nesday evening, by Mr Justice Cressw& On Thursday, Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Erie proceeded, at ten o'clock, to St. George's Church, where prayers were read by the Rev. P. B. Hesketh. Mr. Justice Cresswell entered the Crown Court at a quarter-past eleven, o'clock, and the following gentlemen were sworn on the- GRAND JURY. Yairres Heywood, Esq., M.P., Weaste House, foreman Weld Blundell, Esq., Blundell Hall. Thomas Ridgway Bridson, Esq., Bolton. Colin' Campbell, Esq., Liverpool. Adam Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool. Adam Hodgson, Esq., Liverpool. Thomas Berry Horsfull, Esq., Liverpool. William Ford Hutton, Esq., Hutton-park. Christopher Morris, Esq., Orrell Mount. Edmund Molyneirx, Esq., Liverpool. Robert Neilson, Esq., Halewood. William Nichol, Esq., Liverpool. Thomas Shaw, Esq., Liverpool. Spencer James Steers, Esq.., Halewood. John Steward, Esq., Liverpool. William Gerard Walmsley, Esq., Platt Bridge. John Woodcock, Esq., The Elms. M. Justice CRESSWELL, in addressing the Grand Jury, directed them as to several cases which would be brought un der their notice, and concluded with the following remarks on the present disturbed state of the country. He said :—A riot, in law, was a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more assembling together of their own authority with an intent mutually to assist one another against any one who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful. If they should find there was an assemblage of people in military array, with arms and banners, it could hardly be said that a meeting of that sort aas not calculated to excite terror, and if they proceeded to any act, that made it a riot. It was not ne cessary that any personal violence should be inflicted to make it a riot. Any meeting assembled under such circumstances, as. accarding to the opinion of rational and firm men, were likely to produce danger to the tranquillity and peace of the neighbourhood, was an unlawful assembly; and, in viewing this question, the jury should take into consideration the way in which the meeting was held, the hour at which they met, and the language used by the persons assembled, an d b y th ose who addressed them. The difference between a riot and an unlawful assembly was this :—lf the parties assembled in a tumultuous manner, and actually executed their purpose with violence, that was a riot ; but if they merely met for a purpose which, if executed, would make them rioters, and, having done nothing, they separated without carrying this purpose into effect, then it was an unlawful assembly. It was possible that the Grand Jury might have charges of drilling brought before them. By the 6th of Geo. 111., and Ist Geo. IV., all meetings or assemblages of persons for the purpose of drilling themselves or for the purpose of practising military exercise, without lawful authority, were misdemeanours. Besides these cases they might possibly have some of seditious speeches. Persons claimed the privilege of discussing grievances and talking over public proceedings. This they . had no doubt a right to do, but they must do it under certain limitations. If they found a large assembly of persons brought together, not for the purpose of discussion, but for the purpose of resistance to the law, and of exciting dissatisfaction and, discontent, speeches of that sort were seditious, and tended to disturb the peace of the town. There was one case, not in the calendar, in which a party was committed for a conspiracy. It was called a treasonable conspiracy, by which he supposed was meant a conspiracy for the purpose of inciting others to engage in a transaction which a short time since would have been called treason. He directed their attention to a recent Act of Parlia ment, in which the law of treason was somewhat modified. The law now was. " That if any person whatsoever, after the passing of this act, shall, within the United Kingdom, or with out, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our most gracious Lady the Queen, her heirs or suc cessors, from the style, honour, and regal name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of her Majesty's dominions and countries, or to levy war against her Majesty, her heirs or successors, within any part of the United Kingdom, in order, by force or constraint, to compel her or them to change her or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or in order to intimidate or over awe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigners or strangers with force to invade the United. Kingdom or any of her Majesty's dominions or countries un der the obeisance of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, and such compassings, imaginations, devices, or inventions, or any of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any writing, or by open and advised speaking, or by any overt act or deed, every person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of his or her natural life, or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour, as the Court shall direct." If the jury should find many persons meeting together from time to time, addressing each other on the subject of arming, and speaking with praise of the transactions in Ireland, which were notorious to every one, and urging the people to provide themselves with arms, and actually providing arms from time to time. there would be little doubt that such a conspiracy would be - for an illegal purpose, because these arms were to be used in opposi tion to the military L.rce of the Queen, and in such a case that would be felony. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BURGLARY.—On Tuesday Benjamin Cotterall and John. Bailey were charged and committed for trial for attempt ing to enter a house in Barber-street, at night-time, with intent to commit a robbery. SMUGGLING. —On Wednesday, William Thomas, a seaman belonging to the Roscommon steamer, was fined in the mitigated penalty of £25 for smuggling a gallon of whiskey. In default of payment he was committed to gaol for three months. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFFICER.—On Tuesday, a complaint was heard at the Police-court against officer 266 (Reck). The complainant was Joseph Gagan, the well-known comic singer, at Ward's Star Hotel, in Williamson-square, who appeared with his face shockingly injured. All the officers on duty in the district in which the assault took place were summoned. The complainant said that he was going past St. John's Market, about half past one or two o'clock o n S a t ur d ay morn i ng , i n company with a friend. They were walking arm in arm, and saw three policemen standing. The complainant and his friend passed off the flags to avoid the policemen. His friend's trousers were split. He said to the officers they might have allowed them some part of the footwalk, when the officers made some remarks on the torn trousers. He replied that it-cost the public rates to maintain the force for protection, but they were the first to insult them. The police then asked them something about watches. They further asked them if they had anything to lose. His friend turned back and said something to the officers, which he did not hear. The officers knocked his friend down. He immediately went back when he saw him down, and said he must have him home. An officer then struck him with his left hand. He struck him right for ward in the face, then across the leg ; and followed him round the street striking him. The other officers were present, and he appealed to them to take the officer away. He did not hear them say anything ; they did not inter fere at all, either to protect or injure him. As soon as the officer struck him he made the best of his way from him, when he struck him again with his stick, which caused him to cry that his eye was knocked out. He lost his sight immediately after the blow.—Mr. Rushton directed 266 to be taken into custody. The prisoner was then re manded till the following morning, when he was commit ted for trial. SURRENDER OF A CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF A LIVERPOOL CLUB.—On Friday, Edward Murphy was placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged with trea sonable conspiracy. He is is a young, slight-built man, and formerly was secretary to several burial sociaties. On the bench with Mr. Rushton sat James Aikin and William Earle, Esqrs. Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, appeared as pro secutor. He said that some time ago the police searched the prisoner's house, and found different papers relating to confederate clubs ; and that on Thursday , night last the prisoner went to Rose-hill Station, and inquired whether there was any charge against him. He was there detained, and it was intended to prosecute him, but he (Mr. L.) was not prepared to go into the entire facts of the case, and therefore requested a remand till Monday. Part of the evidence was, however, taken. We may premise that O'Brien, who was lately committed with Cuddy, lodged in the house kept by Murphy, and that it was on O'Brien's account that the house was searched.—lnspector Burrell said that about ten o'clock on Thursday night, the pri soner came to the station named, and applied for a gun and a book, which had been taken from his house. He gave his name and his address (16, Rover-street). To a question afterwards put by Superintendent Abraham, the prisoner admitted that he was secretary to a club, and he was sent to the main bridewell. On the way he denied that he was secretary to all the clubs, and said if the gun was not restored he would have to pay for it. In court, when he heard this evidence, he denied that he had ever said he was secretary to a club. It appeared that in his house, besides the gun and book, the broken blade of a pike was found in an upper room. The book was pro duced. It was a roll-book, containing the names of the members of the club. Mr. Rushton said he considered it a fortunate thing for the inhabitants of Liverpool that it was found.—The prisoner was then remanded until Monday. LAW INTELLIGENCE, The salary of a judge of a County Court has been fixed by the Lords of the Treasury at .41000 a-year, exclusive of travel ling expenses. The salaries of the judges are to be uniform throughout the country. The last day allowed for making parliamentary claims or ob jections is Friday next, the 25th. All notices of claim must contain the name and surname in full length, the place of abode, and an accurate description of the nature of the sup posed qualification ? and be signed in the handwriting of the applicant, or it will not be entertained by the Revising Bar rister. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Osborne House on Tues day for town, where they remained for a day, returning in the course of Wednesday to the Isle of Wight. The House of Lords has decided that the Earl of Balcarres had made out his claim to the Earldom of Crawford and Barony of Lindsay Peerages. The nuptials of Lady Caroline Grosvenor, fourth daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, and the Hon. Wm. Leigh, eldest son. of Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey, which was to have taken place this week, has been deferred for a short period. It is rumoured in well-informed quarters that the choice of a. tutor during the early period of the Prince of Wales's educa tion has fallen upon one of the assistant masters of Eton Col lege. from whose success in engaging the attachment of his pupils, as well as the confidence of their parents, the best re sults may be anticipated in the more prominent sphere to which it is proposed to transfer him. The annual rural fete in honour of the birthday of the Duchess of Kent was given by her Majesty at Osborne. At three o'clock the Queen, Prince Albert, the royal children, and the princely visiters appeared at the principal front, and the dinner was carried in procession past the royal family to• the tent where the repast was to be eaten. The royal party re mained on the ground kr several hours witnessing the old English games: in the whole of which the.sailors took &con spicuous part. MINT CASES Mary Mitchell, 37, was found guilty of uttering a base shilling at the shop of Mr. Haslam, confectioner, Bolton, on the 18th March last.—Sentence deferred. Alice Rourke was found guilty of having in her pos session, at Scholes, a mould, for the purpose of casting base coin. Sentence deferred. Charles Boyle, 34. and Patrick M' Mannering , 28, were tried for having in their possession, at Great Bolton, a mould, for the purpose of making base shillings. The evidence was not clear, and the prisoners were acquitted. John Holden, 47, was found guilty of having in his possession base coin ; and John Holden, 9, and Jane Holden, 14, pleaded guilty to passing base coin at Ash ton-under-line. Sentence deferred. Mary Collett, 28, was found guilty of having, at Sal ford. on the 7th instant, unlawfully uttered to Ann Wat kins, a licensed victualler, in payment for three glasses of rum, u countcacit half-crown, knowing Lilo same to be bad. Sentence deferred. Jjseph Robinson, 46, and Thomas Campbell, 34, were found guilty of having unlawfully in their possession ten counterfeit shillings. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS COURT.-THIIRSDAY DOE DEM. SUGDEN V. WEAVER AND OTHERS.—Judith Sugden, of Manchester, was the plaintiff, and the defen dants were a numerous class of persons living in small houses in Hope-street, Manchester, alleged to belong to the plaintiff. The action was one of ejectment, the question to be tried being whether the plaintiff was in legal possession of the property, a claim upon it having been set up on the part of a person named Baxter.—His Lordship considered the legal title of the plaintiff had been made out, and the jury, under his direction, returned a verdict accordingly. COPE V. THE THAMES HAVEN DOCK COMPANY.—Mr. Charles Cope, of Manchester, was the plaintiff, and the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company the defen dants. The action was for a sum of £145, for work and labour performed by the plaintiff for the defendants, in endeavouring to dispose of the undertaking to several railway companies. For the defendants it was contended that they had never given authority to the plaintiff to proceed with the negotiations, and that if he were to be paid he must look to a shareholder of the name of Smith, who, it was alleged, had engaged the plaintiff, who, on the other hand, contended that he received the authority of the directors for acting as he did. CROWN COURT.—FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) SENTENCES.—The following prisoners, convicted on Thursday of uttering counterfeit coin were sentenced Mary Mitchell and Alice Rourke were transported for seven years ; John Holden was sentenced to 18 months' Imprisonment with hard labour ; and Joseph Mills, Mar garet Collett, Joseph Robinson, and Thomas Campbell, were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. BURGLARY NEAR ST. HELENS.—Richard Lyon, 37, was charged with having at Parr, near St. Helens, bur glariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Eliza beth Glover, and stolen therein one basket, two aprons, one handkerchief, and one key, her property. The offence was committed on the night of Saturday the 25th of March. Mr. Joseph Pollock was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was not defended by Counsel.—The jury re turned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was adjudged to 7 years' transporta- KILLING AND SLAYING.—James Stones, 19, was charged with having, at Manchester, killed and slain Charles Ellam. Mr. Pollock was for the prosecution. Stones pleaded guilty, and was recommended to the merciful consideration of the court by the prosecution. His master gave him a good character, and stated that he was willing to take him into his service again. Stones, who had been in gaol three months, was then sentenced to a nominal punishment of three days' imprisonment. STABBING.—Anthony Carroll, 21, was charged with having, at Aughton, maliciously stabbed and wounded John Fitzpatrick, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pollock was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. Both Fitzpatrick and Carroll were labourers on the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway ; and on the sth of May they quarrelled about a heap of soil, from which both wished to fill their waggons. The result was that the prisoner struck the prosecutor on the back and on the eye with a pickaxe, but without se riously injuring him. The two men, though fellow countrymen, were at enmity ; and the prisoner, previous to the assault, complained that Fitzpatrick would never let him alone. He added, " I would cut him or any other man to pieces that attempted to curb over me, even though I should be transported for it next moment."— The prisoner was found guilty of an assault.—Sentence deferred. Nicholas Carter, 17, and James Smith, 17, were charged with having at Ince, in Mackerfield, feloniously wounded James Orrell with intent to do him some griev ous bodily harm. The counsel for the prosecution was engaged in the other court, but Mr. Justice Creswell said he could not wait for the other court, and ordered the case to proceed. It turned out, however. that the witnesses were absent, and the learned judge complained that there was in this and other counties a practise of employing po licemen as their clerks to manage prosecutions. It was, he observed a very bad practice, and was likely to be most mischievous in its results, as it gave the policemen an un due interest in procuring convictions. The witnesses were ordered to be called on their recognizances, and at that moment they appeared in court.—Mr. Pollock con ducted the case for the prosecution.—Jas. Correll was a Watchman on a railway at Amberswood Common, on the 18th of June ; the prisoners trespassed upon it, and he was driving them away, when they threw stones at him, struck him with a wooden crow bar, cutting his head and brusing him in several parts of the body. The prosecutor was a man of weak intellect.—The prisoners were found guilty of an assault. MANSLAUGHTER IN MANCHESTER.—Francis Turley, 21, was charged with having, at Manchester, killed and slain Thomas Shelmerdine, by the negligent and incau, tious driving of a car. Mr. Pollock wasior the prisoner.. On the night of the Bth. of April, the prisoner was_drivin a spring cart along Oldhamzroad at a pace so rapid that he had lost nearly all control offer the horse. Deceased I a state of insensibility. There were in the cart three or four persons, who were coming from Oldham to Man chester. and they had urged the prisoner to drive rapidly. —A verdict of not guilty was returned. NISI PRIUS COURT.—FttIDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Bate.) COPE V. THE THAMES HAVEN DOCK- AND RAILWAY COMPANY.—Evidence was called in favour of the case for the defendants.—The evidence in this case. which nos- racter.—His Lordship having summed up the evidence, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £lOO. In two cases verdicts were taken by consent, after which several undefended actions were disposed of. •SATURDAY CROWN COURT William White, 32, James Winterbottom, 27 Stephen Naylor. 23, apparently agricultrral labourers pleaded guilty to having, at Pemberton, set fire to a barr and sutbuildings, belonging to James Rothwell. M' their offence, sentenced them to'tran iportation for fifteen - Abraham Rigg , pleaded guilty to a burglary at the house of James Mather, at Bury.—Sentence deferred. Thomas Cain, 19; railway labourer, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Peter Meadows, at Wigan, on the 20th of June. The parties quarrelled, when the prisoner threw deceased down, and kicked him about the head. The jury looked on the case as the result of a drunken row, and recommended the prisoner to mercy. Sentence deferred. Stephen Marsden, 28; was sentenced to seven years' transportation for having stolen £5O in bank notes, eleven sovereigns, a gold and silver wa►ch, &e., from the house of Mrs. Greenhalgh, the Pineapple Inn, at Darcy Lever, near Bolton. The prisoner was implicated in the robbery with four other persons, three of whom were transported for the offence at the last assizes. The chief witness in the case was an accomplice of the name of Fog. John Smith, 40, and William Dixon, 19, were sen tenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with hard la bour for an assault on Robert Breeze, at Manchester. The prosecutor was inspector of nuisances in that town, and the prisoners were nightmen, who, on the 17th June (not being employed by the corporation), were removing night soil with a donkey cart, and thereby rendered them selves liable to a penalty of 40s. The prosecutor dis covered the prisoners at the work, and tried to turn the donkey towards the Police-office, when Smith struck him several severe blows with his spade, which confined him under medical care for nearly five weeks. The prisoner Smith said he wished he had killed him. In his defence Smith made an incoherent speech, alleging that he only wanted to gain an honest livelihood, and that since the corporation had monopolised the exclusive right, number less ashpits were not half-cleansed. His Lordship lec tured the prisoners for uttering sentiments which implied their belief that the authorities were bound to provide them with work. If servants could choose their own master, the latter were equally entitled to choose their own servants. John Hammond, 24, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for a burglary at a beer house in Canal-street, Manchester, kept by Mr. Stanton, and stolen four boxes of cigars, a violin, and six shillings in copper. Henry Peace was indicted along with the pri soner, but was acquitted. John Taylor, 23, pleaded guilty of a burglary at Pen dleton, and also to having stolen some wearing apparel from James Heathcote, at Lancaster. Sentence deferred. Nathan Lindley, 38, was sentenced to seven years transportation fora burglary at the house of Robert Tootle, at Kersley, on the 10th June last. The prisoner had been convicted previously of felony. John Taylor, 26, was sentenced to seven years trans portation for a burglary at the house of Edmund Pickup, at Tottington High End, on the 19th June. The Grand Jury found "no bill" against Mary Ann Scott for stabbing Ellen Scott, with intent, &c., on the ground of the prisoner being insane. _ _ _ _ Patrick Crawley, 32, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for having feloniously stabbed John Grogan with intent, &c. The offence was committed during a drunken quarrel. Henry Ward, 20, was sentenced to six months impri sonment fora similar offence, at Salford, committed under like influence. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL and a deaf brother came out of the Vulcan Tavern, and On Wednesday a special meeting was held. were'crossing the road, arm in arm ; whor they were both Upon the motion of Mr. SAMUEL HOLME, seconded by knocked down by the cart, the wheel going over the head Mr. Plitimrrox, Mr. John Bent was elected alderman; of Thomas Shelmerdine. and so injuring him that he died Mr. Naylor having failed to qualify. on the following day. The other brother was thrown into _ THE RIVINGTON PIKE SCHEME. The TOWN-CLERK read the report of the Water Com mittee, which was to the effect that the Rivington Pike scheme could be carried out and executed for the sum mentioned in the parliamentary estimates (X 480,000), that there ought to be no further delay in proceeding with the works, and that the Committee ought to be authorized to take immediate steps for the purpose of proceeding with them. The TOWN-CLERK read a memorial from the National Confederation, in which they protested in the name of e ratepayers .osecution of th, 'ike scheme. Mr. LACE, in proposing the adoption of the report, said it was satisfactory to the Water Committee that they were able to make the report which had just been read, for they were perfectly satisfied that the works could be carried out within the parliamentary estimate of £480,000, if they were now proceeded with. In order to keep the cost of the works within the estimate, it was necessary that they shotad be proceeded with without delay. The Council would easily conceive that it would not be proper to give details of the estimates, bat he (Mr. Lace) might observe that with respect to the principal item of expense —that was the nines—it had been ascertained that it would be consider'a!bly under the estimate. With respect to the other works, Mr. Stewart, one of the Water Com mittee, thought it advisable to ascertain the quantity of work from actual survey. Mr. Weightman was sent for that purpose; and it was satisfactory to state that his estimate came to within 5,000 yards of Mr. Hawksley's computation, Mr. Hawksley's being the larger one. He might also add that Mr. Holm and Mr. James Holme— both practical men—had been over to the Rivington dis trict, and they were both perfectly satisfied, from their own knowledge of building, that the works would be carried out within Mr. Hawksley's estimates, if they were begun within a month. Liverpool was at present entirely dependent for water on two engines, and if the one at Green-lane and the other at Windsor were to break down they would be thrown for weeks without any sufficient supply. Would, therefore, he wished to know, any gentleman take upon himself the responsibility of not taking the means to obtain a sufficient supply ? They had no tanks to put water into, and if they had tanks they had no water to put into them, for the supply was be coming less and less every day. As to the assertion that there was a sufficiency of water under the red sandstone, the Council would no d ou bt thi n k th a t that matter had been discussed ad nauseam, and satisfactorily disposed of. They had not had one scientific cpiaion in favour of there being a sufficient supply under the sandstone, and not the opinion of one practical man against the Pike scheme. No practical man had pretended that they ought to go on boring and sinking wells. They could not without an act of parliament go out of the borough for water, and he felt certain that they would be opposed by the whole sur rounding district of country in which.Prescot and nume rous smaller places were situated, and that the quantity procured would become less and less every day, though they would be robbing the wells in the district. Gentle men spoke of the expense of going on. with the Rivington scheme, but the fact was that it would be a saving of expense. They would save the expense of new wells. They would save the expense of engines. They would save the expense of working eleven engines, which would cost £15,000 a-year. Supposing there were to be no increase in the population of Liverpool, the deficiency to be provided for would not cost the inhabitants 4d. in the pound upon their assessments ; whereas if the population doubled—and they confidently looked. for an increase in the number of inhabitants—the charge would be nothing. But they could not do that with water from the red sand stone • for the cost of that was fi ve p er cen t., whilst the cost of the Rivington water would be nothing. He con cluded with moving the adoption of the report. Mr. Alderman Meat, seconded the motion. Mr. BENNETT regretted thaTie — col;l - dQ m supixfrt the report. He believed the quantity and quality of the water at Soho -street station were as good as ever they were. He also beli eve d th a t th e quant i ty an d quality of the water at Green-lane were excellent ; in fact, the quantity there was inexhaustible. The engine was insuf ficient to raise the quantity without being overstrained, and during the time M'Gregor and Kennedy were making their experiments at Green-lane. about three-quarters of a Million of gallons were daily running to waste down the ditches. It would take two or three years to obtain water from the Pike; and, therefore, if Dr. Duncan was correct in saying that the cholera would probably be upon us in three or four months, the Pike scheme could not be ren dered available in cleansing the town when the cholera made its appearance. He discredited all statements about the decline of the local supply. He was given to under stand that our present supply, was fed by rivers from a distance, and that it was not circumscribed by the coal fields surrounding the town. The fissures in rocks ex tended for enormous distances. Fissures in Scotland were formed by eruptions in Italy. (A laugh.) This was an historical and undeniahle fact. Now, the yield at the Pike at the time he visited it in May—certainly a dry season—was under three millions ; and if this were so, it would take 124 millions of gallons in dry months in order to compensate the mill-owners and proprietors of the Douglas canal. This enormous abstraction from the reservoirs would reduce the quantity for local supply very considerably ; in fact, it would lay bare the bottoms of the reservoirs and beds. Who then would be to blame ? He would not blame either the water committee or the Town-Clerk ; but would these gentlemen take upon themselves the responsibility in case of failure ? Mr. EARLE, Mr. LACE, and other members of the committee. cried simultaneously —Yes. yes. yea. BEN the subject . , wished that more i nformat i on on had been given. Mr. LACE.—You have had every report before you. Mr. BENNETT meant to say that the reports submitted to the Council had not s a ti s fi e d hi m of the propriety of the Pike scheme. (A laugh.) He thought the chances of failure at the Pike considerably overbalanced all chances of success, and therefore he opposed the report, and moved as an amendment that the whole subject be re-. ferred to a committee, to ascertain whether the necessary local supply can be obtained from this district, and whether Mr. M'Donald's estimates are borne out by facts. Mr. EARLE and Mr. RATHBONE alluded to what they called the ignorant and malicious attacks made upon the Water Committee by the Mercury and Journal, and said that the conduct of that committee was far above any aspersion or insinuation. After a very long debate, during which most of the old arguments were re-produced, the Council divided, when there appeared—For the amendment, 15 ; against it, 24. The amendment was consequently lost. COMMITTAL OF JOSEPH CUDDY FOR TREA SONABLE CONSPIRACY. On Tuesday Joseph Cuddy, who acted as salesman to the notorious Dr. Reynolds, and who was stopped in Byrom-street with a bag containing 31 pike heads, was brought up at the police-court, for final examination. Ji.mes O'Brien, in whose house in Hurst-street a variety of pikes and other weapons were discovered, was brought up at the same time ; and the evidence in the case, which ran to very considerable length, was read over. The Mayor, Wm. Earle, `ks4., and other magistrates, occupied seats on the bench with Mr. Rushton. Mr. Robinson, of the firm of Messrs. Lowndes, Robin son, and Bateson, solicitors, appeared on behalf of the go vernment. Mr. Yates, sen., defended the prisoners. Walter Willick (officer 370) was the first witness called. He deposed to the various meetings he had attended at Circus-street and Great Howard-street, and to the lan guage made use of by the various speakers. Richard Janet was next e xam i ne d. H e accompan i e d the first witness to the meetings in Circus-street and Great Howard-street, i and he he ar d D r . R e y no ld ssa y a t th e lat ter, " f you cannot buy muskets buy pitch forks." "any man who does not join the clubs," said the chairman, " shall be hanged to a lamp-post." The prisoner Cuddy was present at the meeting in the Baptist chapel. He was also present at several of the other meetings. He was at a meeting held the 14th June, in Circus-street, when the people were counselled to get pikes. Cuddy at that meeting exhibited a pike-head, and said he could make similar heads for 2s. 6d. a piece. Mr. M'Manus, the merchant, was at the meeting in Circus-street, and he called upon the people to form themselves into clubs. He said he would receive no boon from England, and before that day three months Ireland should have her rights or he would have blood. Witness went over with Mr. M`Manus in the same steamer to Ireland, and saw him go into the Irish Felon office. Witness then went to the Castle, and gave information, and by directions from the Castle he seized M‘Manus's luggage at Kingstown. It contained, amongst other things, a complete set of mili tary uniform, green and gold, and a pair of pistols. A Mr. Somers made use of the following language at the Music-hall : " I tell the merchants, that as I think. I see Warsaw in flames, to take care lest a spark of ignition may not reach this town ; and I tell them that before the news is four hours in Liverpool of an intended massacre in my country—l care not, mind you, gentlemen, it there were 200,000 British bayonets there and 100,000 special consta bles—l care not for them all (a voice : ` We'll maul them') despite all these efforts, and despite as much more, the martyrs dying on the scaffold and on the plain would have the consolation in giving their last throe of looking up to heaven and seeing the skies reddened with the blaze of the Babylons of England." The other depositions consisted of the evidence of about 20 witnesses. It was of a most voluminous character, and occupied a considerable time in reading. The evi dence went to prove in a variety of ways the connexion of Cuddy with the Irish clubs and the leaders of the rebel party. It exposed an organized system of correspon dence between the Confederate clubs in Dublin and those in Liverpool, connecting the prisoner Cuddy and the notorious Dr. Reynolds (for whom Cuddy sold pikes) with them in their several movements. The fact of Cuddy being discovered with a bag full of pikes was fol lowed up by evidence proving him to have regularly at tended the Confederate and club meetings in this town. and the public meetings generally where Dr. Reynolds was in the habit of speaking sedition. Other evidence of a corroboratory nature was added, which represented the accused to be prominently mixed up in the entire pro ceedings connected with the intended outbreak. Cuddy was fully committed for trial at the assizes; and the other prisoner was remanded until Saturday. THE FATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - At the Devizes assizes, on Wednesday, George Pargeter was indicted for the manslaughter of Arthur Augustus Lea, at Swindon, on the 10th of May last. Mr. Lea was a gentlemen of Wadham College, Oxford, and was killed on the Great Western Railway, in consequence of the accident which happened to the express train driven by the prisoner. He was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The stoker and another man were acquitted, NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY NASMYTH AND OTHERS V. WOOLLEY. — This was an action to recover £77 6s. ld. for the manufacture and fitting up of a pan used in the process of distilling rosin. The plaintiffs are engineersat Patricroft, and the defendant is a rosin distiller at Manchester, and the question was whether the pan was constructed of proper materials and in a workmanlike manner. The jury found for the plain tiffs for the amount claimed. The other action tried to-day was a case of alleged tres pass, brought by Mr. Andrew, a coalowner at Middleton, against the high sheriff, for the seizure of certain house hold goods, his property, conveyed to him as security for money owing from one James Kershaw. A very long argument took place on a point of law raised by the counsel for the defendant, but ultimately it was arranged to with draw ajuror, which was accordingly done, and so the case terminated. LOCAL MEETINGS. THE ANDERTON CARRYING COMPANY.—At a meeting on Saturday this company was finally dissolved, and the sale of the property to the Earl of Ellesmere confirmed. Five hundred pounds were voted to the directors and secretary of the company. LIVERPOOL UNITED GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.--011 Tuesday the half-yearly ordinary meeting was held. The chair was taken by Wm. Fosberry, Esq. The directors recommended that a dividend after the rate of £5 per £lOO share, for the half-year ending 30th June last, be declared upon the several shares in the Liverpool United Gas-light Company, excepting such of the shares as re present the £25 shares in the late Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company, upon which the whole amount was not called up on the Ist January last, and that upon these a dividend of £1 ls. Bd. be declared. The chairman moved that the report be received and adopted, which was unani mously agreed to ; and a dividend of £5 per £lOO share, and so on in proportion for the lesser shares, was declared ; the dividends to be paid, less the income tax, on the 25th instant. LIVERPOOL AND BOOTLE WATER-WORKS.—On Tues day a meeting was held for the purpose of closing the affairs of the company. Mr. William Holt read a state ment of the accounts, from which it appeared that the balance to be divided was about £3OBB. It was agreed that £lOO should be placed in the hands of Mr. Johnson, to be appropriated in the purchase of an annuity, or in some other way laid out for the benefit of Robert Ger man, known by the name of " Old Robert," a very old servant of the company, who had been at the works at Bootle from the time the bill was obtained. £5OO was voted to Mr. Rogers, the secretary. Mr. John Holmes, in the course of some conversation, stated that the origi nal shares in this company cost the proprietors £BOO. Mr. Gill said it never paid anything like 5 per cent. It was then resolved that, after paying the outstanding ac counts, the balance of the funds should be divided amongst the shareholders in the proportion of their shares. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK.—The annual meeting of the proprietors was held on Friday, at the Clarendon Rooms, Richard Griffiths, Esq., in the chair. The report was read by Mr. Rae, the manager. It stated that the hopes entertained of an early resumption of busi ess by the bank had been realized ; but the difficulties of the times had prevented shareholders from subscribing in the new issue of preferential shares, and the bank had consequently been thrown upon its existing advances, for funds to resume business with safety. The advances on the 23rd October, were £750,000, and by the 22nd Janu ary they were reduced to £465,000. The circulation this half-year had necessarily fallen off—averaging only £15,000. The profit and loss account still left a balance of profit of £1,069,190, making the aggregate profit of the year £12,850, which had been transferred to the credit of the bad debt amount. Since December, the liabilities of the bank to the public, had been diminished nearly £200,000, while the assets had been improved. The whole liabilities were now £180,000: at the time of the suspension they exceeded £600,000. The circulation had risen in a few months from £7OOO to £20,000. The directors looked cheerfully to the future. The report was adopted. In answer to; a question, the chairman said that the directors felt sure of recovering all the capi tal lent to the Birkenhead Dock Company and Commis sioners. in a short time. The retiring directors were re appointed; the sum £BOO was allowed to them, and the meeting adjourned. DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.—The chairman, Mr. Bromley-Moore, at the meeting on Thursday, read a letter from the Duke of Wellington, as follows Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Moore. He received his note on the Bth instant, with plans of the Liverpool docks enclo sed therewith. He is much flattered by the honour con ferred on him by calling one of the docks and basins by the name borne by him. He begs Mr. Moore to assure the Dock Executive that he feels a most lively interest in the prosperity of the town of Liverpool, and that lie will ever be willing to make every exertion to promote its interest whenever it may be in his power." The letter was enclosed in a handsome gilt morocco case. The Chairman, in reply to a question, explained that he had not sent a letter to Lord Stanley in consequence of not having a plan of the docks to send with it. He had only written to the Earl of Harrowby and the Duke of Wel lington, but the plans would be ready in a few days. A report was read exculpating the ke e p ers o f th e t e l egra ph from blame in the transmission of certain signals on the 27th ult., a complaint respecting which had been made by Mr. Aikin, but the committee had directed that, in future, greater vigilance should be used in attending to signals from the eastward. Mr. Aikin said he was satis fied the telegraph might be made of much greater utility. Communications might be made to ships in the offing, whereas now the only communication given was that such a ship was off Holyhead. The Chairman thought the telegraph should not be used except far information of a public character. It was fixed that the annual inspection of the telegraph, which generally occupies five days, should commence on Monday. Mr, Tobin asked whether proper certificates had yet been given as to the ages of the new north dock masters, and protested against per, sons being appointed subject to certificates. The caw, mittee should:, have been satisfied with the certificates, and then appointed the candidates. The Chairre.au pro, mised that: the matter. should,be strictly itrvestieted,