The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT of the County Palatine of ucaster has appointed William Gillibrand Unsworth, 46 1., to be a Deputy-Lieutenant. - - • - THE Bourn SEA. a fine vessel. belonging to Messrs. j.anles Baines and Co., sailed on Wednesday for Austra lia, With four hundred passengers. • - LANCASHIRE MILITIA. —Appointments : Archibald William Clarke, gent., to be Ensign, 2d Regt. ; Frank Cavendish Ward, gent., to be Ensign, Ditto. t the uastle- Liverpool ; TIA will r THE IST REGIMENT OF LANCASI rileet on Monday next. the Bth of Nove Lill, Lancaster; the 2nd at the Hayi and the 3rd in the Market-place, Preston THE LIVERPOOL BUSSES.-1t is stated that several of the Principal omnibus proprietors intend to unite their Interests, and to adopt one general system, with one or two uniform rates throughout the borough. matron of DERBY FEVER DEATH OF THE MATRON OF IRE WEST R OSPITAL.—On Thursday, Mrs. Hughes, this hospital, died of malienant typhus, after a short ill ness. She had filled the office only ten months. STEAM TO DOUGLAS.—The steam-packers on the sta lon between Liverpool and the Isle of Man now make !'!Y two trips a week, leaving Liverpool on Tuesdays and ridays, and Douglas on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ELECTION OF CORONER.—The high skier county of Lancaster has appointed Wednesday ne for the election of a coroner in the room of the late J ESQ. The place of election is the Court-house, of the xt week , rdner, Stint-lay ORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CH sum of £253 4s. was collect Week t Rev. V terian Chur, THE HE d of the funds hole of their proceeding leted at the pr will not be calle Dr their muni, ,er, when the ne date the i She has ers between the two ports ge from the Clyde to Waterfor hed the pass sday...the 9th and 10th shed, will ;wardship of the e, Esq., and the T. B. HonstrALL, ESQ., M.P.—We have heard that a rumour has obtained some circulation, to tbe effect that Mr. Horsfall was about to accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, on the assembling of Parliament. We are authorised to give this rumour the most unquali- Aed contradiction.—Derby Mercury. A WORD TO COFFEE DEALERS. — The Treasury order, Prohibiting the adulteration of coffee with chicory, came Into force yesterday (Monday). and the trader who may have any of the mixed article will subject himself to severe Penalties. The effect of the order may be estimated when conside r able quantities of package coffee have been sold lately at the low price of 3d. pp lb. PRIMITIVE METHODISTS: We understand that the Primitive Methodists have resolved to build a meeting house in Abbey-street. In pursuance of this resolution, they made their intentions known to T. B. Horsfall, Esq., -P., and M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P. ; and we are g lad to learn that those gentlemen, with their customary liberality, lave forwarded £5 each in aid of the building.—Derby Mercury. STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND LlSBON. — Messrs. \V- Wilson and Son have announced their intention of running a line of first-class screw steam-ships, the Cor morant, Gannet, Albatross, and Pelican, between this port and Lisbon. The first steamer will be the Gannet, Capt. which will sail on the 13th instant. Messrs. Vienna, Jones, and Chapple also announce a line of first- Class steamers between this port and Lisbon and Oporto. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the Weekly meeting, Mr. Harrison presided. After some minor business, the chairman stated that a return had been prepared, showing the comparative expenditure for relief in Toxteth-park for the six months ending Septem ber, 1851 and 1852. It appeared that in 1851 the amount expended was £3.494, and in 1852 £2,700, showing a balance in favour of the ratepayers of £794. Mr. Kirkus said that a reduction of £4OO had been effected in West Derby, quite as much in proportion as in Toxteth-park. WESLEYAN REFORM MEETING.—On Tuesday a tea meeting of the friends of Wesleyan reform was held in the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street. Upwards of 200 persons were present. Mr. Bailey, of St. Helens, was called to the chair. Mr. Meldrarn the district mission ary, remarked that the necessity for reform meetings was a source of painful emotion, but their sense of duty was Darammint ; and the present state of Methodism fully justified them in assembling together for the purposes of reform. He called upon the meeting to rid themselves of th e conference. He named several persons who had `ed by the conference from mere jealousy. Mr. so addressed the meeting -ANTIC STEAM - SIIIPS.—The City of Glasgow screw.steamer sailed on Wednesday for Philadelphia with a full complement of passengers.—The Royal Mail steam ilip Canada, Lang, commander, sailed from the Mersey at 11 45. a.m., on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with ....the usual mails, and a largo num b e r of p assen g ers.—The United States screw steam-ship South Carolina, Turner, also sailed about the same time, for New iarge cargo, and a fair complement of pas -The West India mail steamer Orinoco will leave iton this day (Tuesday.)—The United States -ship Atlantic, West, commander, will sail for morrow (Wednesday) with the mails, &c. TRANSATL cornmande., _ York. with a 1 New Yo At a meeting of offic PROPOSED INSTITUTION FOR TRAINING SERVANTS. —A lady, who has been greatly pestered by inefficient servants, suggests the following plan for training girls for service :—Let some philanthropic lady make out a sub scription paper, and put down her own name for 10s. per annum, one hundred such subscribers to the same amount would come to £5O per annum. With this, let a house be rented, with a large kitchen and a room, and a bed room above for the matron, who has been accustomed to all work done in the best manner. Then let ten or twelve girls be sought out, and make them go to the house, after breakfast, arid remain till evening. Every afternoon, when the work is over, the matron should instruct them in sewing. Ladies, also, should call frequently and give good advice to the girls, and, when they have been in structed six or twelve months, give them a printed certi ficate. Another set could then be taken in. Thus, in a few years, a vespectable class of servants would arise, who might be encouraged to remain in their situations by some reward for the number of years they remain in the same service. riaitere'..room, on Monday evening, a con appointed to draw up a memorial to the Earl 0 Praying for a repeal or modification of the Superannuation Act. it appeared, from the statements made, that the officers of this port paid annually, out of their salaries, between £2,000 and £3,000, whilst thera was only £3O Per annum paid in superannuntinn .11nwance. The amount THE CASE OF ELIZA RIMMER.—At the last assizes in this town, the mother and aunt of a girl, named Elizabeth Rimmer, were sentenced to death, by Lord Campbell, for attempting to poison her. Much commiseration was ex cited for this girl at the time, which it is doubtful if she ever deserved, for, on Thursday, she was committed for trial by the magistrates at the Police-court, for the follow ing heartless robbery :—On Saturday she went to a lodg ing-house in a court in Finch-street, kept by a poor woman named Margaret Bryce, whom she asked for lodgings, re presenting herself as having just arrived from Ormskirk. She remained in the house till Monday, when she left. say ing that she would soon be back, as she only intended to go as far as Kirkdale. She did not return, however, and the suspicions of Mrs. Bryce being excited, the house was searched, when it was discovered that a pencil-case, a shawl, and several stockings were missing. In the mean time. instead of visiting Kirkdale, the prisoner went to Dr. Kelly, in St. James's-street, whom she informed that she had been again poisoned by another of her relatives. Dr. Kelly, on this, gave her an emetic, which produced nothingbut coffee, containing no traces whatever of poison. He sent her, however, to the Southern and Toxteth Hos pital, where she was arrested by the police on Tuesday, and brought before the authorities. ee was Derby, contributed over the whole kingdom was £17,000 annu 411Y ; whilst the payments amounted to only £5OO a-year, leaving, from the passing of the act to the present time, lating fund of £200,000, which, as far as the were concerned, was valueless. an accnn butors THE DERBY ELECTION. A correspondent of the I) erly Mercury says :—" In despite of the Reporter's vaunting and blustering, let him and his colleagues pro ceed with thP'. ainst Mr. Horsfall, threatened petition a and sift the bribery question to the bottom ; and, if any such abominable conduct it voill sandy whis and of gentlem pearance and address, who ha, _ persons in Liverpool, Manchester, &e., by representing himself as connected with the firm of Peter Lawson and Son, of Edinburgh. His usual method of proceeding is to introduce himself to gentlemen whom he has previously ascertained are known to, or have dealings with, the firm, as a clerk or otherwise in its employment, and that having lost his purse, he has no means of returning to Edinburgh, and concluding with the request for the loan of sufficient means to enable him to do so. His gentlemanly addrev, together with the ease and confidence assumed, have generally averted all idea of imposture ; and he has suc ceeded in obtaining various sums of money, amounting in the whole to a considerable sum. The first instance in which he succeeded was with a firm in Liverpool ; the next on a private individual in the same town ; then upon a military officer quartered in Manchester ; and the last instance known, was upon another officer at Winchester, both being highly connected in Scotland. Hitherto this imposter has eluded the vigilance of the police. been vi THE " BLACK BALL LINE" AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP MARIA.—The passengers to Australia in this splendid ship, despatched by Messrs. James Baines and Co., in June last, contrived to make the voyage pleasant. " We have," says the captain, in a letter to the owners, " two weekly newspapers, namely, the Maria Times and the Maria Weekly Chronicle, published No. 6, Inter mediate-street, and No. 8, Second-cabin-street, one on Tuesday and the other on Saturday ; besides which, we have divine service twice every Sunday." The day after passing the line, the cabin passengers addressed the, captain as follows :—" We, the undersigned cabin pas sengers, in acknowledging, as we do, at this early mo ment, the uniform courtesy of Captain Gardyne, beg more especially to express to him our sense of his kindness in permitting the crew under his command the gratification usually expected by such persons on crossing the line ; and also to coneratnlste him on the fact that, whilst every one rationally enjoyed themselves, no excesses of any kind were committed ; and we feel that that day is one long to be remembered, not alone on the occasion of our crossing the line, but also from our great enjoyment of the amusement on board."—A five vessel, called the South Sea, belonging to the same line of emigrant ships, sailed on Wednesday, for Australia, with 400 passengers, and is to be followed by the splendid ship Edmond, to sail on Friday next. LEEDS NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Thursday a meet ing of the shareholders in Liverpool interested in the Leeds Northern Railway, was held at the Clarendon rooms, to oppose the proposed scheme for amalgamating that company with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and the North Midland Railways. Mr. Charles Holland was called to the chair, and stated that he could not con cur with the disconsolate conclusions of the directors as to the prospects of a line which had such great natural ad vantages, and then introduced to the meeting Mr. Ed win Ward Jackson, of Norton, Stockton-on Tees, who would be able to supply some information respecting the true value of their property. Mr. Jackson addressed the meeting at great length. He showed that, a:though opened in June last, the receipts were already of an en couraging amount ; and proved by a variety of interesting statistics, the extent to which traffic might yet be de veloped. He anticipated great results from the opening of the new docks at West Hartlepool, and showed that a large iron trade was springing up in the district, which must use this railway for the conveyance of its materials. The old companies with which it was proposed to amalga mate were much encumbered ; but this was a young giant, and he contended that their true interests were to main tain it as an independent line. After a few words from Mr. Charles Holland, the following resolution sr.s agreed Ito on the motion of Mr. Greases, and the meeting broke up :—" That the shareholders of the Leeds Northern Railway, assembled this day in Liverpool, desire to ex press their cordal thanks to Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq., of Norton. Stockton-on-Tees, for his kindness in attend •.• , • . meeting. ;;;;Ff;;tute prospects of that railway; and that he be re quested to defend their interests at the ensuing general meeting, to be held at Leeds on the 2nd November." GENERAL NEWS. MR. HUGH BOURNE died in Staffordshire, last week, at the advanced age of 81. He was founder of the " Pri mitive Methodists." A SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH is to be conveyed under Southampton Water to the marine residence of Her Ma jesty at Osborne, Tsle of Wight. Dom CommiTTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair.—The Sub-committee of Works recommended that the tender of Messrs. Jones and Co. to construct the sewers in the streets at me new docks, Wapping. for a sum of £BB9, be accepted, the borough engineer to superintend the execution of the work.—The superintendent of the Albert warehouses reported that several kegs of gunpowder had been found nn hoard the ship Abeona, from Africa, lying in the Albert _ THE HEIGHTS commanding St. Catherine's Bay, and Gallow's Hill commanding the Bay of St. Helier, in the Island of Jersey, are, it is said, about to be fortified. TEN LINE•oF-BATTLE Slurs, we understand, are being built, or ordered to be built, in the royal dockyards, to be fitted with screw machinery.--Morning Herald. THE WILL of the late Mr. J. C. Neild, of Chelsea, has been proved by Colonel Phipps, the keeper of Her Ma jesty's Privy purse,and the property sworn underX2so,ooo. FOREIGN POTATOES.—The arrivals of potatoes from abroad ❑ave within these few days been more numerous and extensive than at any time during the last or previous Arnold, seamen's NI will be re Dock. The quantity was tz , of the firm interested in the vessel, Messrs. Leete, and Co., was called to the matter, and the gun -.wrier wag destroyed by throwing it into the dock. The %DMIRALTY have just issued an order relating to es, whereby in future only one month's pay ed in hand for casualties. instead of six iths, as heretofore, WILLIAM MITCHELL, for fifteen years a messenger at e House of Commons, was committed, last week, on the targe of stealing Parliamentary papers and stationery, the property of her Majesty. • • - MORE LAWYERS.—As many as 183 persons have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench in the ensuing Michaelmas Term, commencing this day (Tuesday). MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.—The recent registration for Middlesex has so reduced the Radical and increased the Conservative voters, that Lord Blandford would now have a majority over Mr. Bernal Osborne. it is exp 7act, on t , he dispe t and 15th e on the 1 STEAMER, via Southampton tched, according to the new Df the month, the arrange- h of January SUICIDE.—On Thursday night a gentleman who, it is pposed from letters found o►n him, held an appointment Om of an hotel in th Secretary said there was a penalty for bring dock at all, but it was a question for the police Solicitor observed that the penalty was £lOO on the owner ' ian suggested that if •o the circumstances iaymar BRUTAL MURDRR: — James Phillips has been committed for trial on a charge of wilfully murdering hiQ aunt, Ann Matthews, alias Brown, at Shepherd-street, Oxford-street, London, by a long course of brutal ill-treatment. _ ✓ Two HOUSES nearly finished in Sutherland:plare, Bayswater, at the bottom of Westbourne-grove, which had been " run up by contract," fell on Sunday morn ing. to the great dismay of the inhabitants of the neigh bourhood. AN EXAMPLE. — The Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P., has directed his agents to pay all his workmen, on his Glamorganshire estates, who may volunteer to serve in the militia, one half their usual wages during the time they may be on duty. been con RIGGING STEAMERS. - It is proposed to Effect a great alteration in the shape of a reduction of the " rig" of British ocean steamers, by shortening the masts and light ening the yards. A commencement has been made in the case of the Orinoco. MISS SARAH H ARDWICKE, the daughter of a citizen of London, recently died at the age of 73, and has bequeathed property to the value of £20,000, to be distributed among the charities of the City of London, as the Mayor and Chamberlain think fit. AWFUL DEATH.—On Sunday night, as a number of persons were drinking in a public-house, in Evergreen, one of the party, named Lavallan, suddenly fell on the floor, and on being lifted up by his companions he was found to be quite dead. --- EXPENSE OF PROSECIITIONS.—In the annual accounts of the treasurer of the county of Oxford, just published, it appears that the conviction and execution of Kalabergo, for the murder of his uncle, near Banbury, cost the county no less a sum than £359 3s. Bd. then be ascertained by whom ing it into the necessary an inquiry could be of the glinpowder being on board the shit he a ouestion wheth,-- STOCKTON DOCKS.—The funds for the proposed docks at Stockton-on-Tees are to be raised by levying a rate, not exceeding Is. in the peund, this mode being preferred to the share system, as affording the inhabitants a right of direction. The required sum is £70,000. NATIONAL WALIIALLA.—A correspondent of the Morning Herald suggests that instead of converting our Cathedrals into statuary galleries, there should be a Na tional Wallinlla like that at Munich, wherein memorials of great warriors, statesmen, and poets should be duly preserved. COLONIAL CURRENCY.—A proclamation has been issued for publication in the colonies of Australia. New Zealand, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong-Kong, to limit the tender of British silver coins to 405., and thus to place their cur rency regulations in harmony with those of the United Kingdom. SUPPLY OF GUANO.—Accounts from the coast of Patagonia mention that some large deposits of guano, on two islands lately discovered, have proved to be worthless, owing to their inferior quality. The old deposits in that region have all been cleared, and the trade seems likely to be abandoned, LORD'S DAT OBSERVANCE..—If is probable, we be lieve, that early in November a public meeting will be held, in one of our principal halls, for the purpose of mak ing a public protest against the alleged intention of open ing the new Exhibition at Sydenham on the Sunday after- - - noons.—Record NT BEDFELLOIN A. few ui ato an n, London, the son of a bailiff, with one of Qt••••••- , •• • •• tied to the foot of his bedfellow. He avoided a similar unpleasantness the following night by the payment of a certain debt and costs. AT A CORONER'S INQUEST, at Wa!worth; a person who was summoned as a juror objected that he was not liable to serve—he was neither a householder .nor rate._ payer in the district - . Ice carom was liable, and that even a mere y ser-by could be com- BIRMINGHAM ECONOMY.—At a meeting of the Town pima of Birmingham, held on Tuesday, it was resolved monies of the illustrious aeceaseu LUKe, ULU. Mal, LUC Jou.- bitants be desirous to close their shops on the day of interment. This was urged on the ground of economy. THE COlNAGE.—Besides a much larger amount of gold coin, more than three million pieces of silver coin, to the value of upwards of £160,000, have been issued from the Mint to the public, through the Bank, since the com mencement of July, and the most energetic measures are being adopted at the Mint to increase the supply. RAILW proceedings s ,iia he taken. It ies to v . —By the carelessness of a points ds train ran into a mail train just Monday morning. Both severely Equare or THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1852. l'alace were ,pon a purse EMIGRATION.—A long letter from ffrederic Johnson, of the general agency office, Sy uney, New South Writes, urges in strong terms emigration to that colony He writes :—" I need scarcely tell you that so b9 ,l ' we off for labour that an emigration of 30,000 ing this year would scarcely be sufficient fr Building is nearly at an end, and every pursuit is considerably embarrassed. On permitted to remain undeveloped ; our f (to the deterioration of our wool) but par and, for want of mouths to consume t' sands of sheep will h. .• • Mr. J ,r our wan fat alone, in order tha' exportatio 6t it may he rendered 11 OF A WEALTHY DRUNKARD.-. onists of CONVERSION.—A few days since a German Romanist ' AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A few days ago a married was publicly received into the Church of St. Mary's, lady, from London, on a visit to her friends in this neigh- Glasgow, when the Rev. R. S. Oldham read the following bourhood, having occasion to go to the east end of Hol notice :—" I certify that —, having been brought up derness, and as no communication as yet exists to that and confirmed in the Romish Church, and having now re- part of the country by railway, was induced to entrust nonnced thz distinctive errors of Romanism, has, after herself to be escorted by one who had known her and her due examination made, satisfied me as to her soundness family in earlier life. He. however, it appears betrayed in the faith and her fitness to communicate ' • and I give his trust, and behaved on the journey home in the most no tice that she will accordingly be admitted to the holy extraordinary manner ;so much so that the lady, on her communion this day, as a member of the Scottish branch arrival in this town, immediately took the train to Lon of the Catholic Church of Christ." don, where she communicated to her husband the wrong GOLDEN STATISTIOS.—From 1850 to June, 1851, the she had received ; and he, with present haste, started by Bank of England issued 9.500,000 sovereigns ; and yet, so the next train for Yorkshire, to take vengeance for his great is the demand for British coin, to supply exchange, wounded honour. On his arrival he made immediate &c., that, notwithstanding the Royal Mint, since Nov. inquiries fcr the culprit, and a message was given to him, 1851, to Ist of August, 1852, has coined 3,500,000 soya- requesting his attendance at the inn ; he, having no sus reigns and half sovereigns, the production cannot keep aicion of the fate that awaited him, and no doubt dream pace with the demand. This, at least, will tend to main- ing of a comfortable bottle of wine with some old crony, tain the standard of value. Sovereigns at Adelaide, South instantly complied with the request. On his arrival, Australia, bear a premium of 7d each. The total coinage however, at the hostelry, for thirty-two years ending in 1847, was, gold, £90,029,383; agreeably dispelled by the apparit silver, £13,590,000 ; copper, £248,210. --Mining Journal a formidable horsewhip on thr Trig CRYSTAL PALACE.—We understand that the r hearing the charge prefer fers of large sums for a monopoly of the " pickings' be found beneath the boards of the Crystal PO - Ilene( a the refused by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, who gave per mission to the labourers employed upon the spot to ap propriate to themselves any " treasure trove" in remov ing the flooring, and in turning up the soil below. Coins of copper, silver, and gold, crochet purses, studs, rings, lockets, &c., have turned up daily, to and silver headed canes, and other rr and one day last week a poor man containing between £7 and £8 his visions were most dis m of the husband with " Erin go • Rrin gob I It may be as well to on say, -fall's- 11 if that gentle! d get a commi Qs and doings t ►'s friends of .e clearly several_cas "Mild at once petition -six hours )L AUTUMN MEETING, 1852 now be considered as fi "id Wpan take place daq fuesu., of November inst., untie. _ iL"ght Hon. the Earl of Sefton, G. Pi Marquis of Waterford. THE S ER.ANNUATION Ac been expe" Ge 4 other industrial sources are s and herds tinily tended, em, mans Astnick, better known in and about Islington as " Golden Jack," in consequence of his immense wealth, died while drunk a few days ago, at his residence in the Shepperton cottages, near the Rosemary Branch. He had been in a , state of intoxication, and rolling about cursing and desiring something Co drink"—when a man can enjoy a swearing, for many weeks, and at length becoming ex- holiday without drunkenness or ribaldry—when a public hausted he laid himself down to sleep, which proved his house is not a public nuisance—when those who can buy last ; a disease of the heart, induced by habitual drunk- what they want on Saturday or Monday will not force enness, proving the fatal and dreadful cause. He bad those who serve in our shops to work seven dais in the made at different times wills in abundance, and executed week. These are the things which we look for in the deeds of gift and assignments time after time, con sequently the property he had left behind him stands a " good time coming," so far as the " disenfra nchised millions" are concerned.—English Churchman. very fair of chance being swallowed up by litigation. HORRIBLE MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—Two dread- A FEMALE RAILWAY PICKPOCKET.—A stylishly- ful murders took place on Monday, at a house called Moss dressed female, of lady-like manners, was brought up in Pit, about three miles from Stafford. The house was custody at the Leeds Court-house on Tuesday last, charged occupied by an aged couple named Blackband, who, in with robbing the lady of the Rev. John Ward, rector of addition to the land and buildings adjoining, were also the Wath, near Ripton. On the previous day Mrs. Ward owners of several fields. Naturally of a penurious turn, arrived in Leeds by the express train of the Great Northern and imagining the safest place for his wealth to be on his Railway, and at the station in Leeds was met by her own person, the old man invariably carried about with husband. A cab was engaged for her, and just as she was him a large quantity of gold ; and it is supposed to have entering it her husband observed the prisoner in the act been the knowledge of this fact which had induced some of withdrawing her hand from his wife's pocket. Mr. person or persons to conceive and perpetrate the horrid Ward at once seized both arms of the delinquent, and idea of murdering the old couple. About eight o'clock she then dropped the purse just abstracted from Mrs. a.m , information was sent to Staffor d that a cotta g e at Ward's pocket upon the pavement. She was given into Moss . Pit was on fire. The fire was discovered to have custody, and, otter a full examination before the justices, sessions. se originated in one of the bed - rooms. The flames were she was committed for attrial the next extinguished. On ascending the stairs, the old man and THE RUFFIAN CANNON.—James Cannon, aged thirty- woman were discovered at the further end of the room on one, sweep, was indicted for the capital offence of fe- a bedstead, still burning. Upon examination it was dis loniously inflicting upon Michael Dwyer certain bodily covered that the head of Blackband had been cloven with injuries dangerous to life, with intent to murder him. some heavy weapon, the frontal bone being completely This prisoner is the man whose name has been so fre- smashed, and the back of the head opened. The body quently recently before the public, and whose brutality on was reduced almost to a cinder, with the exception SO many occasions appears to have rendered him the ter- of the head and one of the legs. Across the ror of the neighbourhood where he resided. He was bottom of the bed lay the burnt trunk of his tried on Tuesday at the Surrey Sessions and sentenced to wife's body, aims and legs being entirely gone. She two years' hard labour for a violent assault, arising out of had received a heavy blow over the right eye. At the the same transaction, and was removed to the gaol of bottom of the pantry stairs there was a large pool of Newgate by habeas, to take his trial on the present charge. blood. The murderer must have deposited the bodies on The evidence was the same as has already been published. the bed, and then set fire to the clothes, intending to Michael Dwyer, the prosecutor, still appeared to be suf. destroy every vestige or mark which would tend to his fering dreadfully from the injuries he had received, being detection by burning the house and all that it contained, unable to stand or walk without assistance. The jury and thus lead to the supposition that the fire was one of found the prisoner guilty of the capital charge, and sen- accident. The dog, which was kept in the house, was tence of death was recorded. found in the well opposite the door. The murder must D E FENCES OF THE COUNTRY.—We are glad to hear have been perpetrated after daylight. At half - past se ven that the most active exertions are about to be made by o'clock a gent butleman passed the a gun walking , when there was no o • the Duke of Northumberland's Board of Admiralty to sign of fire, he o through adjoining field, as if leaving the house. Place the country in her proper position, equal to the most complete defence, and, if called on, ready for instant ag- - gresston. Men we have in the country, and belonging to LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. the country, and patriotism or money will secure their services; but if we have no ships equal to cope with those _ al , The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of an afloat ; they can only be of service ashore. We must, asylum and schools for the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' A however, have ships at any rate. We must , as a matter Association took place on Thursday, by the worshipful of self-preservation, remember that there are such two the Mayor of Liverpool (Thos. Littleda!e, Esq.) The and three deckers as the Charlemagne, Napoleon, Auster- site selected is a plot of ground, upwards of an acre in litz, and Jean Bart, and that a dozen more are following extent, on the south side of the West Derby-road, asijoin them off the stocks; therefore, as a matter of caution and ing the bowling-green of the Derby Arms Hotel, and was security, to neglect which would be criminal, we must purchased from James Plumpton, Esq., at a cost of about have a fleet of Dukes of Wellington , Royal Albert s, A g a- £3,000. The style of architecture will be the Elizabethan , memnons Hannibals, Windsor Castles , St. Jean d'Acres, carried out in accordance with the character of the edifice , k ~ tea paetee_ The buildinz will be of about four feet pa g tent red &c. In fact, we must never launch a ship from our doc k- i and the purpose for which it is to be devoted , and will be , approached by a terrav-walk, hih, w:th yards before screw propeller machinery is ready f or her, rls will dret —when mec their mistresses resenn nrct rlf onrtesy v le-of-battle Eh' within the next six months • and, moreover. the contrac- bricii, tors must guarantee that their engines will be on board centre or main elevation will be two ._._ before April nest.—Standard. g round floor will comprise a handsome vesi.,... committee-room, boys' and girls' school-rooms, din PREVENTION AND CURE OF COLDS, CONSUMPTIONS, room, end ante-rooms. The children's dormitories, in. REIEUMATISMS, &C.—A recent announcement in the the apartments of the master and mistress, will occupy Lancet, to the effect that rheumatism and inflammatory the first floor; and the secoild story will be used for in ailments of various kinds, including even hremorrhage 1 valids and the domestics of the establishment. 11- from the lungs, have been cured in a singularly brief space will be on the basement. The alms-houses ,c office e of this II be a compact cottag , and tw will 1- . Lour on the ground r bed-rooms above. The length of the buildir feet. The design and plans have been pr' Wm. Daish, and have been presented gratuitously to ti€ institution. The estimated cost of the edifice is about £2,500, and it is expected to be completed by the middle of next summer. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone was appointed for noon. The weather was tolerably favourable, and there was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen, who had received invitations to witness the proceedings. For the accommodation of the spectators a piece of ground, thirty yards square, and capable of hold ing 2,000 persons, had been enclosed. At one side of the enclosure was a gallery platform, and at the opposite side a marquee, and the whole was decorated with numerous gay flags. The ,th kitchen pared } ...._stees and committee of the institution met at the D~rbv Hotel, vahcreap Archdeacon rocessi Brooks. onwas formed, headed ho rho Aiaonr and the Ven. which, preceded b ...Lived on the ground pfe cisely at noon, and all being in readiness, the proceedings immediately commenced. Mr. Grist, the secrp'- ing informed the Mayor of the contents of a gla, hermetically sealed, it was handed to Mr. Robert Br band of mus tualler, by whom it ntained the cu VAY COLLISION engine of a goo fter it left'Etista ed, though no lives were lost. The Bishop of Lich the Marchioness of Anclesea, and Lady B 1 ;en gers line was rendered POUND is, we understand, about 3 the public; it has El shortly be enabled t .dy been t may state that, for ta.l; WI ron plates r ntion that lemon-juice having tsvaamot..••:. been used occasionally for many bers of my family .rs by one of the meta- ihnent, and with collateral benefits of a remarkable, aria, at nrsr, or an unlooked-for kind, 1 am prepared by this and other experience of its benefits, to state that those who dwell either in damp districts or damp houses, and are hence subject to rheumatism, coughs, colds, &c., will find the free use of lemon-juice, where it otherwise does not dis-r agree with them, a most effectual preventive as well as remedy. I have found the regular use of a wine-glassful or two a day so strengthen a very delicate constitution, liable to colds on the slightest occasions, that it in a short time defied not only all damp, but every inclemency and all exposure, and, with the subsequent aid of cod-liver oil, advised by several physicians, if not, indeed, also partly by means of the lemon-juice, which was continued si multaneously, an individual who was on the brink of the grave has been restored to health and strength. So far as mi- • regards the influence of lemon-juice, it seems reasonabl- to think that if, as dec p• „„ ed in the Lancet, it speedily cures inflammatory disorders, it OUGHT both to cure and to prevent the access of colds, which are them selves diseases of an inflammatory order.—Correspondent s JOSEPH DE TRAFFORD.—We have ab umours recently of the Presentative of one of the stained trona noti apAth of this cent VBl'loll Leman, the re before him against_ him, and having nothing to ffer in extenuai .-ough thrashing, with a promise to coin plate it by continuing the process through the town which he, however, evaded by begging p ardon, and by signing a paper acknowledging his conduct, in additin -q two guineas as en atonement, to he be,"- some - charitable institution in the town.—Lt Tun nom) TIME Commo.—When th rney of Smith was mocrat opular Irish " patriOts" and orato for something ble, e. g Erin go bragh cabinssithfire : r without holes in the feet with shoes and stockings mend V. , se rho ado very favourite watchword of the o connect it with mor ficial things than universal suff n the time o nd an equt " TI it of the country—e. g akers will work six days in the week, instead of gettin omen c: DISTRICT NEWS WARRINGTON, ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH.—Two sermons were prea . clied on Sunday, in St. Thomas's Church, Wilderspool, by the Rev. W. P. Hutton, of Chester, in support of the schools connected with the church. The amount collected was £67 Ils. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the Latchford Church Missionary Society was held in St. James's Sunday School, on-Wednesday, the Rev. James Wright, incumbent of St. James's, in the chair. The chairman stated that his congregation had contributed £24 13s. 6d. during the past year, and urged a continuance of support. £2 14s. 4d. was collected at the door TowN CouNctr,.--At the adjourned town council on Monday, the mayor pm ated by eeting of the memorial 3rity of 16 to 13 praying their lordships not to sanction certain mortgages of corporate property, as proposed in a memorial from the said council, dated the 16th of September last, as the memorialists are constrained to doubt the propriety of expending so ' the legal rent for stalls in borrowed is division A clock wi sum of arge a sum as £2,000, withot to demand any additional toll oz lie proposed covered m means of securing any serest of the mor THE MILITIA —A seconc lieutenants for the sub-di' on Wednesday, at the Na itional lunteers enrolled young men therefore without the itional revenue to pay the 11 of vgl: directed to go to Liverpool. ty enrol lESHIRE AND WALES THE Chester Chronic !e says that Mr. H THE EARL OF CHE CAVALRY.—LieIIt. H , be Captain, vice Leigi L CHESVIIRE MILITIA White to a as a rc E NEW 0 , y the Bi THE BISHOP OF CHES £5O to Mr. Edward Waugh, solic to the building fund of the beautiful e course of erection on the site of the old Cockermoutl church. brward a contribution now in the FLINTSRIRE Appointments : The Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, late Lieut. and Captain Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Major, vice Dundas, who retires; Robert, Wills, Esq., to be Captain ; William Williams, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Griffiths, who retires. . GRANDILOQUENCE OF A MUNICIPAL.—At a recent local election a councillor, in returning thanks to the bur gesses for having chosen him for their representative, said he would " make Chester a great nation, end Liverpool a fishing village as it used to be."—Chester Chronicle. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. - Traffic for the week ending Oct. 24, 1852 :—Railway ; Passengers, parcels, &c., £2,487 7s. 6d. ; goods, £852 17s. Od.— Steam-boats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £3Ol 3s sd. Total, £3,641 7s. lld.—lncrease compared with the cor responding week last year, £513 7s. 6d. BUILDING SOCIETY.—A public meeting was held on Wednesday at the Castle Hotel, for the purpose of taking measures to establish a Building Society for the town of Birkenhead. Mr. Robert Hughes was in the chair, and there was rather a numerous attendance. After some dis cussion, it was agreed that the proposed society should be on the principle of redemption, that the shares should be £l2O each, and the subscription ten shillings per month. Mr. Hume was appointed treasurer pro tem. The meet ing then proceeded to discuss the rules, and adjourned till to-morrow (Wednesday) to proceed with them. BUST OF LORD COMBERMERE.—The beautiful and well-executed bust of Lord Combermere, executed by Mr. M'Bride, of this town, to which we directed attention a short time since, was presented on Thursday, at Comber mere Abbey, to Lady Combermere. The bust was paid for by subscription amongst the brethren, to which S. Moss, Esq., acted as honorary treasurer and secretary. The presentation was made by a deputation of the sub scribers, consisting of Bro. Moss, P.P.J.G.W., of Glou cestershire, J. Smith, P.P.G.R., Bro. Lewis, P.P.S.G.D., Bro. Rampline, P.P.G„ superintendent of works, W. H. Dixon, P.S.G.D., Bro. J. Fenton, P.J.G.D., Bro. W. L. Greene, P.M., &c., accompanied by Bro. M'Bride, the sculptor. After partaking of' luncheon, the brethren were conducted to the splendid library at the abbey, when Bro. Moss read an appropriate and highly com plimentary address, which was signed on behalf of the subscribers by John Finchett Maddock, deputy proyincia gland master, Cheshire. SINGIII An CIRCUMSTANCE.—At da)brelk. on Thurs day, a female was discovered lying on the fiat north of Woodside slip. Her boas and she appeared to be lifeless. Poli sand close to a was quite cold, ffiner A nil-m-IRA and another man removed her to the house and Mr. Jennette, surgeon, who VC immediately sent for, Brandy and other ced the woman to be living: ives were then pro I, and in a meta of R sylum up tO 'rue h.st, when she w that day of sane mind. Since 1 Liverpool, and on Wedr _ _ rimier in the . ten o'clock bo her daugt Wood.ide pier, who lived in Bid e wandered rrn upon 9 became sleepy, sat d place where she was found LENGTHENING A VES used to trade to L but latte cut ►n twt bourhood of wi placed is unfastened the rE lunction v :ed iterra Id to the Ti ional 1 ) old st ;tate, but property it has been entirely disused sad decay. Some years ago the lan •esent site of the Tranm6re Lime Wet iipbuilding-yard, and a brisk trade c wnsman Mr. Lomax ; so that the to receive tt RD COMBERM ,od of, or a little ere Pool. Th he had rambled t she crossed the further, vvn cut to hen built 6bout the left is t cl on b 's btilv A well- opportunity of exarc matter, and it was referred to the ies and report. The marine Sub. ther get the corrupt plates, it i most tryini abject to rust or corrosion under the ices.—Mining Journal. h means circums of Der ance with the terms for which advertisements had been ,t 1 issued on the 4th instant.--The Chairman said that in the consequence of a notice at Lloyd's room, made by the a- l- ofnf. thg. lATTHEW'S SCHOOLS, SCOTLAND-R( the anniversary of these schools was D.—On has been apprehended at Tewksbury, charged with }laving 3eserted from the South Gloucester Battalion of Militia. t he had volunteered to serve in the battalion It appear r I • anheol-room underneath the church. After tea, which underwriters' surveyor, relative to tne airmy SLULe t. ~, was served up in an excellent manner , the Rev. Dr. hill- quay on the east side of the Prince's Dock, the harbour- Coat, the incumbent of the church, took the chair, and master was instructed to inquire into the circumstances. a ddressed the meeting at great length upon the advantages It appeared that the evil arose from vessels discharging Of educating their children in sound Protestant princi- sugar, molasses, palm oil, &e., and the harbour-master Ales. Appropriate addresses were also delivered by Mr. had been instructed to confine vessels laden with such Clarke and Mr. Chadwick. A number of musical artistes goods to particular berths in each dock, as far as possible. !aving g t ateitonsly offered their services for the occas i on , Mr. Holme suggested the raising of some portion of the the evening's proc ee dings were greatly enlivened by the qu a y s. The dirt y state of the q uays was operating against performance of several pieces of sacred music. Amongst the commerce of the port. Some conversation ensued, the vocalists were Miss Baddeley snd Mr. Owens, of the and it was ultim atel y a g reed to • refer the matter to the Choi r o f W a lt on Church, whose execution of the parts Harbour-masters' Committee, who were to consider the allotted them was greatly applauded. proposition of Mr. Holme as to raising the quays.—A letter from Mr. J. S. Price, requesting special berths in LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY.— George's Dock for his vessels, which traded regularly to The committee of this society held their monthly meet- d • referred ' Rio Janeiro, was to the Harbour-masters' Com ing on Saturday, when they awarded £3. 15s. to different mittee. boatmen for saving four persons from drowing in the river and docks. Five of the six survivors of the crew of the B RITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. — On Tuesday .. s tichantress, from Bahia for Falmouth, mecked on the the annual meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary of this Itoceas, off tl3e coast of Brazil, and who, after subsisting society was held at the Collegiate Institution. The chair On LI. - - - -i-- --...... M. ,le ' ....”2 - fnr twenty-three days, en- was taken by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The report, , • ,_ ___ ___A I, .1.... PA. Me_ Parry. showed that the :ea-par' at Gloucester, and after he had received his Ws. he went direct to Worcester, and volunteered to serve in the Worcester Militia, and after he had received his 10s. there, absconded. He has been ordered , to be detained in upon him curAody until a court-martial can be HORRIBLE ATROCITY.—The following case of almost unnftrnlleled malice occurred at the lace factory of Messrs. and Redgate, at b._ night of the 22d ultimo some miscreants entered boiler-house attached to the factory, and turned the belonging to the boiler of the engine. Fortunately ae boiler was discovered in this state before it was re plenished with cold water, otherwise an explosion would have been the consequence, and the lives of the work people placed in great jeopardy. ienton, near Nott Cropper On the I • - - DEATH OF ONE OF BITTINS'S HEROINES.—The Glas gow Citizen records the death of one of Burns's five Mauchline belles—Miss Morton, who married Mr. Pater son, merchant, in Mauchline. This event (says the Citizen), which, considering the advanced ace of the lady, need scarcely be called melancholy, occurred at Mauch ;lay morning, the 15th October. Christina Paterson, the deceased, was in her 87th year e one rock s upon virus uggz Iv , ........../ - e U 2aVOUred to reach the main land on a ra ft, when they were picked lip by the Richard, and brought to this Part * appeared before the committee, in conformity with ~ being an increase, as comparvu wi... i... instructions ,...- from the chairman, and the sum of £l2 was ceding year, of £5,115. The issues of the year have at, the period of her . dissolution... e,— "ted to them to relieve their wants, in addition to £1 amounted to one million one hundred . and fifty-four retained her faculties unimpaired. Previous' 'd by t h e secretary to meet their more press- STEAM-SHIP BENGAL was to be launched on Sa thousand six hundred and forty-two copies of the Bible THE e I„._ ne .37 . pai . or Testament, showing an increase of seventeen thousand turday on the Clyde. She is the largest vessel ever built "K cessities. One man continues in the hospital in a one hundred and eight copies over tho se of last year. The ' at Glaegow, and, although possessing neither the breadth v ery precarious state. Earl of Derby had accepted the offic e of p resident of the nor the depth of the Great Britain, she actually exceeds EDUCATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN IN LIVERPOOL Liverpool auxiliary ; and. up to the time of closing the that monster steam-ship by a few feet in length. The A ND MANCHESTER.—In the " Report of Her Ma j est y 's ac counts for the y ear 1851, the total receipts of the year, following are her principal dimensions :—Length on deck, sasPectors of Schools for 1850 - 2, " M r. T. B. Browne in this district (including sales), were £2,544, being £365 310 feet ; length, from figure-head to taffrail, 330 feet •, se—" The parish of Liverpool has effected more for more than in the previous year. The number of copies of breadth of beam, 391 feet ; depth; 28 feet ; tonnage, 2,300 pauper child ren th a n any union in the northern dis- the Word of God distributed by this auxiliary, either in tons ' • engines, 460 horse. power. This stupendous vessel I r ,'et, both as regards the character of th e education and whole or in part, during the past year, has been 22,159, is to be fitted with a screw propeller. Vle number of the children educated. About 1,400 chil- being 1,239 more than in the preceding year.—On the LUNACY.—Dr. F. Winslow, in his lectures on the Zen are now educated in Kirkdale and in the Liverpool motion of Mr. R. A. Payne, seconded by Mr. Robert 4, Medical Treatment of Insanity," relates the case of a ";urkhouse ; yet the number of out-door pauper children, Newstead, the report was adopted.—The Rev. John lunatic who imagined that his stomach required to be mho have necessarily no share in the advantages offered Richardson, of Manchester, the deputy from the Parent strengthened with iron. After his death there were found e ne inmates, was 6,363 in November, 1849. Manchester, Society, then, at great length, addressed the meeting, in his stomach seven oxidated lath nails, each two.and.a 4, Place from which much might have been expected, detailing the progress made by the society in various parts half inches long ; thirty-three nails, two inches long ; ',tends to Liv erpool in the ratio of about 7to 14, or Ito of the globe. He said—That which must drain the marsh forty-nine smaller iron nails and rivets ; three pieces of fs in all that regards the education of pauper children. of immorality, that which must stop the dry rot of infide- wound-up iron wire ;an iron screw an inch long • a brass visit, of 611 children in attendance at Swinton, at my last lity, that which must break the teeth of the viper Popery, image of a saint; part of the blade of a knife, and other ae lt , 73 belonged to the unions of Barton, Prestwich, was the Word of God, in all its simplicity and purity. articles amounting in number to 100!—and weighing receive Rochdale; and, in addition to these, about 80 boys 3,000,000 Bibles had, within the last eighteen years, been about 20 ounces 11—Lancet. w orkhouse, a barely tolerable education at the Manchester circulated in France ; end the speaker expressed his dis u, far inferior to that afforded at the Liverpool trust of Louis Napoleon's meaning when he said, at Bor- THE EGHAM DUEL.—As a striking proof of the interest workhorse.': deaux, that one object of the empire would be "to put created by this sad event in this locality, we may mention that her Majesty the Queen, and his 'Ro al Highness Prince Albert, in one of their recent drives, proceeded to REGULATIONS FOR PASSENGER SHIPS. — In compli- down false Gods. The Rev. Dr. rislile, who ' n ee with a provision of the act of last session, an order received with enthusiastic applause, said—ln h. reference t v b ' :o s Priest-hill, and stopped for some time in their carriage, I f council has been issued, containing detailed regulations the circulation of the Scriptures, there w - s t t C .ls ji r i e u a r 1 ° of while the spot where Cournet fell was pointed out to them f or Promoting health and securing cleanliness and venti- struction in the way, the hindrance which the t • "by their attendants. The field where the duel was fought 1t . 1 , 0 n on board of emigrant ships leaving this kingdom, Rome offers, and it formed a very curious c pap ter in her All existing rules for that purpose having been revoked. history. A reverence for the Bible must be professe ,or is the second from the road, and is close to Runnymede, where the Egham races are now held. Until within the ' Passengers unless sick, are to rise at seven o'clock, else Christianity itself must be rejected. A general last day or two, a small heap of straw marked the spot 4 0.. d. the breakfast hour will be from eight to nine, but reading of the Bible must be hindered, or else RonneLisin tat s a onede e articularpl l , o p ufi l n e ed t d e i,s l c y s h r o u d e d where the unfortunate victim fell. The place selected w here that meal the berths to be rolled up, and the deck must fall. (Applause.) In France there were forobstruc f rfrom the m p u f fatal t l iael view, renc o exec x t r e e e w !here the emigrants live to be swept. The deck will fur- tions. The President, who was golng . to be Emperor, user have to be swept after every meal. Dinner to he at was a grand manager. He did not believe that he had ro mightal. , in Had all th el) re bab i wiggle lit y o , f the bav e remainedsurvivors He one, and supper at six o'clock. The fires to be extin- any personal design against the Bible or Christianity. gui shed at seven p.m , unless otherwise directed by the might be a Gallio, such as we read of in the Acts of the re Observer. aster or required for' the use of the sick ; and the emi- Apostles ; but there was danger, nevertheless. Louis rants to be in their berths at ten o'clock. A safety lamp XIV. was as careless of religion as any one could be ; but turninger the e o r e f b d e t . d h l HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF COUGHS, 1: 4. ) b e kept burning a ll night. No naked lamp to be allowed he was egoadrd on by that class w ho were now using their COLDS, Al'!) ASTHMATICAL COMPLAINTs.—These admi -' 31 time t o r on any acnt. The scuttles and stern influence with Louis Napoleon till at last be imbrued his ruble pills are the most efficient remedy eyerediseoiered Pert; with h e h a t c h e s, to be kept open during the daY bands in the blood of the Protestants o f France. The for the cure of coughs, colds, and astl . s ome o f the utensils the wea th er erm its. The coppers and cooking Jesuits, they might rest assured. were g uiding the Presi- most obstinate cases of diseases of lun gs an d a ff ec ti o ns nsds to be cleaned every d a y. All the beds to be well dent, and they were sustaining him by their influence with of the chest have yielded to t curative powers. They in shak en and aired on d ec k a t l e ast twice a-week. No wash- the priests. It was by these that he had got the millions speedily remove any ac lation of phl egm , w h ere by Noor drying of c l o th e s t o be permitted between decks. of volts, and what was he to do in return ? If they sus- the respiratory orga are permanently re li eve d, an d Pas spirits or gunpowder to be taken on board by any tained him he must serve them.. There was danger then ultimately a sound . perms; ent cure is effected ; there te7bther, and no smoking a ll ow ed between decks, No to Protestantism in France.—The meeting was afterwards fore the asthma .or those suffering from a ti g ht nes s o f te l p i r w t t e be allowed ' to remain on the passenger deck . ex. addressed by the Rev. Mr. Hampton and the Rev. V. M. the chest, a culty of breathing, or a bad cough, should t or =en on duty, and no passenger ,allowed to VIOL the White ; and closed with a vote of thanks, moved by Dr. have reco eto these well-known pills to ensure a radical ecastle, Raffles, to the Right Reverend Chairman. cure. vviaz x cou receipts in full of the parent society had amounted £108,44 - ►ine on I most to the ast she Ly, a copy o of the newspapers oi tion, a printed address printed report of the Liverpool Female Orphan _ ued by tt Asylum, the latter uepu... _ Over these memorials Mr. T. Lutl,L,..— ing Committee, placed a zinc plate, bear, inscription and after a rel was ti yer by the Ven Mayor ddr;ssed the en presented to the Mayor, . Archdeacon Brooks, the cheers, his Worship, and a a. After a round of hearty from th entlemen with him, retired the numerous con pany dispersed. Mr. Thomas Lumb, of Tithebarn-street, the Chairman of the Committee, gave a donation of £5O towards the funds, and several other members of the coma'i L 25 each uspicious even Mayor presided ner at the Adelphi Hotel, at which the DECLINE OF TI. TE BAR THE ENGLISH BAR.—The exodus of Ireland to Ame rica, and of England to Australia, is rivalled by the exo dus of the Bar from the Temple. The Bar is migrating— some to dig gold or keep a store in the land of wealth ; others to follow some more hopeful calling at home ; but the majority to the provinces, anticipating the localisation of law and better chances for themselves in the local courts questions of prac than this, when so mar ention, !en an it :in;, , su t would be the consequence of th to the profession generally, and to the pt lieve that it will be equally injurious to a never can be again what it has been, and we have lit doubt that in no long time its_entire functions will rest ct The Bar changed, and it will take a different status tastrophe has been the result of other great changes functions of an attorney are a necessity that rather In creases than diminishes ; but those of the barrister, except as an advocate, are not necessary, end therefore society is striving to do without him.—Law Times. THE IRISH BAR.—The Wexford Independent pub lishes, " with exceeding regret," the following letter from Mr. A. F. Ffrencli, the " father of the bar" in that county : " New Ross, Oct. 25. " 14 - ly dear Sir,—The civil business of our sessions, which commenced last Wednesday, terminated on Friday ; and, there being only 200 civil bills with 14 attorneys in attendance, the enclosed notice was circulated among the bar, and my friend Mr. Howlett and myself have no ob jection to your making known the melancholy facts. " Yours very truly. " A. F. FFRENC H. " John Greene, Esq." " TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION. " Mr. Martin A. Howlett, of New Ross, solicitor, begs leave to inform his legal brethren that he has set apart a portion of his present farm at Arnestow" Purpose of imparting to them intruction in spade bus bandry and the use of the pickaxe. firpv;-.. • - • fr. 1.11. ' •ropeten. -nee on the " The lect ill comer ,or the t person of Novembe next, being the first day of Michaelmas t dance of the profession will not be requi iced in Dublin POOR-LAW AUDIT FOR THE TIRRAL UNION, Robetts, Esq., the poor-law auditor for the Cheshi e and Denbighshire district, held his half-yearly audit of the accounts of the parishes and townships in the Wirral union. at the workhouse, Clatterbridge, on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd ult. In the course of auditing the' accounts of the Birkenhead overseers, the auditor stated that it would be absolutely necessary in future that the poor-rates should be wholly collected and the rate-books finally closed before the end of each half year. This will perhaps of difficulty in such lar ge t owns hi ps as Birkenhead, and will necessitate the empl o y men t o f additional assistance in the parish offices. It is understood that, to meet the convenience of the great part of the ratepayers concerne d, the auditor will hold his audits in the board-room of the guardians at Birkenhead. be a matter -J. K at a house in Che ng on to a cc in charge of a rec Stapleton Cotton being - Cotton, who had repr rimy years, wes received by th After stavi of the club that he had obtained young men w iNlajety!s army, and that h would end in a couple of dap of the club invited the young ceoted the invitation, and at met. The evening was to their separation, a youn name of Copeland, addressed th _ lowing effect :—" Captain Cotton, 1 members of this club to assure you. cr we have had much pleasure in receiving y this club. 'We are very glad to hear that y ceeded in obtaining a class of men that give :lesfield Tred to ier to the unfeignedly, that d be assured that in the niilitar before you, our best wishes w may never be worstec a visitor to have st eld Cot INTERESTING TRIAL OF THE BUOYANCY YACHT.—OR Wednesday last, an interesting trial was made at Tranmere Ferry, with Mr. Jackson's new boat, the Breeze, one of the first-class vessels of the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club, in order to'test her powers of buoy ancy.pruool,t7thone the same The B f t an i l s year, at e y dmer L iea i n ve T r Truant, principle reeze as w the built far-famed h property of Mr. Grinnell. and which has beaten every sailing-boat matched against her. The Breeze is on a little larger scale, and with some trifling alterations, which a were considered to be improvements; but, though a fast sailer, she has not yet deprived the Truant of earned laurels. The chief peculiarit , great beam, (in proportion to their vied quite aft, extreme sharpness for , , of hull, thus giving a very light drau " skimdish" build makes them an , once, and enables them to turn in Being provided with " centre-bc they. can beat to windward with in the case of the Truant, f or y an eminent degree has hitherto re The boats are covered in from befo stepped well forward,— a l so feet ins ide the gunwale, and the same at the stern a large space in th e centre o f th e b oa t, of anoblr having seats round for the accommr-1— es in these boats are. th.) wl- ders at pe theffia r e t T , and boat. .wleaving Having will no pi wtl e i g n u os t y giveno o n f t room scat ct But, yesterday, oldest families in the county palatine his death was again so currently reported, and so exten sively credited, that we deem it desirable briefly to state otava —•— from his horse. and several of his ribs were fractured. On the severe injuries thus sustained, supervened a para lytic stroke, depriving him for a time of all consciousness, as well as of the use of one side. In this condition of the unfortunate gentleman, Lady de Trafford died ; and at first her decease was carefully concealed from him, as the worst consequences were naturally apprehended from so violent a shock to the nervous system as must by the communication of the sad event. However, on the return of consciousness, Sir Thomas himself began to be cans it was communicated to him with as much precaution and care as could be used. The fune ral of the deceased lady was fixed for yesterday morning, and was to have been quite private ; but, as the room in which her remains temporarily rest adjoins that- of Sir Thomas, it was feared that the arrangements of the fune ral might disturb him, and affect him injuriously in his present precarious state; and it was accordingly deter mined to postpone the funeral for a few days. On inquiry, yesterday, we learn that the state of Sir Thomas was con sidered rather more favourable on the whole, though, of course, under the circumstances, improvement must at best be a somewhat slow process. The postponement of the funeral of Lady de Trafford. in all probability, led to the report of he decease of Sir Thomas. W 4 believe all the family are now assembled at Trafford-park.—Matz cheater Guardian, of Saturday. suspect the fact; at TRAFFIC RETURNS. — The traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 24th, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : 1852. 1851. 1850. £ • £ London and North-Western.... 50,802.. 46663.. 45,071 Midland ..-.. • Lancashire and Yorkshire.-- . 17.172.. 15,516.. 14,614 London and South-Western .... 12,624.. 11,385.. 10,485 London and Brighton .. Great Western South-Eastern ...... York and North-Midland 9,402.. 8,072.. 8,201 Manchester, Sheff. and Lincoln 7,039.. 7,049.. 6,316 Bristol and Exeter York, Newcastle, and Berwick.. 15,668.. 14,916.. 13,811 Shrewsbury and Chester .. 1,777.. 1,636.. 1,520 Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. 17,919.. 15,120..14,938 Great Northern .... 14,419..11,248.. 7,044 Chester and Holyhead. . . 3,641.. 3,128.. 2,853 North Staffordshire Leeds Northern ... South Devon.. South Wales 2,620.. 1,520.. 924 East Lancashire Birk. Lane. and Chesh. June 1,737.. 1,381.. 968 Eastern Union.. Lancaster and Carlisle ....... 5,548.. 4,534.. 4,330 London and Blackwell Newcastle and Carlisle ........ 2,335.. 2,283.. 2,249 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 846.. 672.. 583 South Yorkshire.. Stockton and Hartlepool ...... 2,113.. 1,821.. .. Taff Vale North Western ..... ........ . 931.. 639.. 494 The total receipts on the above lines being £266,923, against £235,982 in the corresponding week of last year; the' increase is shown to be £30,941. The number of miles open on the above was, in 1852, 5,034, and in 1851 4,776, showing an increase of 258 miles. The returns for the corresponding week in 1850 on the above linea was £217,932, and the mileage 4,695/. The receipts per mile per week, for 1852, on the above lines is £53 Os. sd. ; in 1851, the receipts were £49 Bs. 2d. ; and in 1850, £4B 2s. 3d., so that the increase of 1852 on 1851 is £3 12s. 3d., and over 1850, £4 18s. 2d. The takes of the week are now assuming their fair standard of comparison with the takes of previous years ; and, upon a general estimate of the gross takes of the present year, from the Ist of January up to the present time, our conclusion is. that the total receipts up to the 31st of December will not fall short of £15,000,000, being a million in excess of the receipts of 1851 l—Railway Record. s property in I._ ,—which is , ....v.., 5 g shape, ton of I es. kir was put into her, but . this de. she was then filled with watei after this ; so the next step vp, longing to one of Messrs. WO b a u s il s t h on this prove her floating capabilk six . men got or a b n u d o y n a o " f y urther trial was made. members of the Birkenhead Model I. any future new craft they may have built, she fluatedllft,This was seaworthiness ear:thie crosswise , o.f baonadt: ciple, lest their temerity in following out sport in unfit boats end in some disastrous was nearly the case on a late occasion, when upset off the Woodside-pier, though fortun instance, unattended by any fatal result. our builders have not yet been able to beat the 1,. American boat, we trust that, before next season, their enterprising efforts will enable them to turn out sudi a a craft as shall (to urea Jonathanism) " whip her into Ato." perfectly After this