The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS or TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS.—The - - United States and Liverpool Mail steam-ship Pacific, •*-- Nye, commander, which left New York at noon on the * IS11 " 7 COUNTY MAGISTRATE.—E.. Ogden, Esq., of _2lst:ultimo, arrived in the Mersey at a quarter - past eight &Ake B e Of the Bank , Sawrey, has been placed on the commission on Wednesday evening, with 66 passengers, and 60 0,000 a. 7ce for the county of Lancaster. dollars in specie on freight. Captain Nye was presented about to A usnms , —lt is stated that Mr. Ramshay is with a testimonial by his passengers on the last arrival of ,77st,_ _toTesume practice on the Northern Circuit, and at the Pacific at New York. The Pacific will sail for New ~Ht;), ierland and Westmoreland Sessions. York, with the mails, &c., to-morrow (Wednesday).—The ?lases thereint'eesßEGEßED for the solemnisation of mar- British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Nia 7si_ : — Bold-street Chapel, Liverpool ; Ogden- gara, Leitch, commander, sailed on Saturday at 11 25, .! Chapel, Manchester. a.m., for Boston, with seventy passengers, a full cargo, d a ,, , 11.-- A fire broke out, about half-past ten on Thurs. and the usual mails. 114_4rt.gr. Mackay's, draper and outfitter's shop, Great Hoeurrote V. HOGHTON .— This case came before the is 7 d -street. Two of Phillips' patent fire-annihilator Master of the Rolls on Tuesday last, and has occupied the • " ,`L a lses were applied with instant effect. attention of the court for several days. The parties liti ss°Z LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY, it iS said, gating are father and son. The latter, Mr. Henry Rogh. have n cided to give a performance next month, under the ton, eldest son of Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, is the plainti ff , -I,_ ° ,,r age of the Mayor, for the benefit of the Free Public his father being the defendant. The plaintiff became en* . i i Y and News -room. titled, in 1840, on the death of his mother, to the Bold losu iv st a . i , e ,e n T s AND MEASURES.—On Thursday, at a special estate, as tenant intail. He was not then of age; but, w ere .a l . _ld by the Mayor, upwards of fifty informations immediately on his attaining his majority, he executed foli o ,' . 1 : a . ttainst parties whose weights and measures were certain deeds in conjunction with his father, by one of t it a t e ,fi N eient. which the Bold property was disentailed, and a large par *reek, t A... TeareteD NEW CELLS AT PRESTON GAOL.—This tion of it was subsequently sold. It was contended that tote lr - Secretary Walpole has returned, not certified, the sale of this property was arraneecl without consulting ss rs• Gorsts and Birchall, the deputy , clerks of the the plaintiff. and that the deed was executed by him in In j a , th e Plans and estimates sent up by those gentlemen ignorance of its true character and the e ff ect it would A lla wary last.- Preston Chronicle. f have on his interest in the est a t e. —J u d gmen t d e f erre d .d t earn evervea. OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.—The "row IMPUDENT F UPON A —A aced rad ay City of Manchester arrived at this port on Tues- was committed ßAUD on Wednesday Iast CHILD. , upon bare f a little gi rl, the tr, c iting„ at nine o'clock, having left Philadelphia on named Mery Kirkham, aged eight years, niece to Mr. don o ; s °r _ n ing of the 15th February. She brought 40,000 Carter, publican, Redcross-street. The child resides with 5,,,‘ i n specie, and a very full cargo of grain and flour. Mr. Carter, and, on the evening named, had been to Miss roan wasp cos Tuesday night, as a gentle- Reid's school, in Duke-street. A woman questioned Aicat ,crosng - West Derby-road, an d i ronooste the Zoolo- several of the children as they came out, as to who were lit o . se "' dens, he was knocked down Injuredand gig. The wheel passed over his right leg, and had an uncle, a veterinary surgeon at West Derby, she i t pr ay , , o very severely, that it is feared the case may induced her to go there with her, rind say she had been th e ,7 ratal. The driver of the vehicle immediately made sent to borrow £5 for Mr. Caner. The woman went s ect of his way out of sight, and consequently escaped. with her within a short distance of the village, and said lio n . V.POOL WATERWORKS . — By virtue of the provi- she was not to let Mr. Kirkham know that she was ac. b ench .t vtlie Liverpool Waterworks Act, the Preston companied by any one ; if she did, she (the woman) would Vl4, e n na e appointed James Fair, Esq., of Lytham, to waylay her and injure her. Mr. Kirkham was surprised eit'4"n e er of lands situate in Adlineton.Horwich, and to see the child alone ; and, having stitched up five stove tatioenll, which will be required by the 'Liverpool corpo reigns in the child's dress, paid her fare by one of the te e _" f or the formation of a reservoir, buildings. &c., omnibuses, and warned the driver not to leave her any iiiloavrners of which lands not being competent to enter where on the road until She reached Lord-street. Tile • L o an a greement for the sale of them. vehicle left Crosby -green at seven o'clock. On reaching 42,7_,MPLINIENT TO THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE. the Necropolis, a woman presented herself and hailed the con)". --The Liverpool and Mediterranean Screw-shin driver, and told him she 'had been sent be Mr. and Mrs. f lora" have presented a silver snuff-box to Captain Carter to meet their niece, end insisted upon her leaving eo„,__M, of the steamer Arno, a similar compliment. to the the omnibus. The £5 were handed over to her, and, on tarter, and several sums of money' to the first and second reaching Brovvnlow- hill, - She left her victim to find her Ita,,`e__ad the crew, as a token of respect for the efficient way home in the best way she could. The child, being w or " k n e ( - f r in which the vessel has been commanded ens way of the locality, wandered over the town in a fatigued state for two or three hours, and did not find her Ll uel= can o e. -, OF LANCASTER'S MreerrA.—The following uncle's residence until eleven o'clock. her relati7es in the the missions have been signed by the lord-lieutenant of meantime being in a state of the greatest excitement con. bok , 7, ° _ a ntY palatine of Lancaster :-Ist regiment of the cerning her. Ci a ,,, uf Lancaster's own militia—Major Edward Every THE STEAM NAVIGATION ACT: SAFETY VALVES.— cCyrilea to be lieutenant- coloneleeice Rawstorne, deceased ; Much perplexity has prevailed amongst steam- boat a._tlreland Blackburne, jun., Ese., to be major, vice owners and engineers as to the real intentions of that part eas,Y.,.,n, promoted ; Henry Townley Parker, Esq., to be of the new art which relates to safety valves, which, it is ' . i'il , vice Farington, deceased, stipulated, shall he " out of the control and interference I the r ' A . B. FARRAR, son of the late Rev. A. C. Farrar, of the engineer:" The surveyors deemed, that it was only Ceil e ' educated at the upper school of the Liverpool to apply to them'wken the steam was up. In Liverpool, Is h a in ! at e Institution, and whom we recently mentioned near l y a ll sea-go i ng steamers were thus fitted ; and no end the g been placed in the first class in classical honours, case o f exp l os i on, from over-pressure, had in Liverpool second class in mathematical honours, at Oxford ; occurred occasioning loss of life. This portion of the act ha, who, afterwards, obtained the Arnold History Prize, was, therefore, considered no great hardship. As, how fatio.,l;ust been elected to a Fellowship on the Michel ever, some doubts still existed as to the meaning ot the k_stirei at Queen's College, Oxford. act, inquiries - were made at the Board of Trade, when a teeizirmoterre BLoQUENOE. —One of the officiating general order was issued, stating that the safety-valves , lowi o, r s of this sect is said to have indulged in the fol- were to be so constructed that they should be inaccessible .iirida., eloquent strain at the Music-hall, Bold-street, on to the engineer, whether the steam was up or not and 'Lock Piee e4 v . w eek :—" lam totd that we are to be torn to that the surveyors were not to give the de ' ''s Bold, wh o r t hut the withering hand of God will fall on those required, on the 31st of the eresent month materials oh o their heel against the church. We do not dread orders were complied with. - ensurer taint s "__ ) n• We are happy in ourselves. Wherever the comply, the time was too short dismissed. bell . ts er e, there I wish to be. Whether in heaven or been detained , 1- es s ' should e c e , "e' e let me be." jections existed to ‘‘) yards I, thes'euna's Loces.—The old-established reputation of tendency to promote 1 yards, tt, tee ent , t v oeks has been fully sustained by their having ee `lie main, 14 t th e ', l) 1( c Mr. t. sev er , uneee MilIK. Ine °ureters appear ro nave n. shore, list , 41 hours engaged in the • attempt to pick the lock . were '' tu r 2l ° t succeeding, they endeavoured to cut away its tits7 le rs, " by boring through the iron door of the temen• too e-r ootri. The lock, however, resisted all attempts teet:,7 n it, and the hank property remained safely pro do, i ' l l The lock can be inspected at Mr. Chubb's Lon- Ty "'e - - Bankers' Magazine. iNSTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN GILL.—The Morning Post, Gill "ines day.in noticing this testimonial, says :—" Capt. erdywas one discoverer of the Victoria Channel, now the availableLise r at all times of the tide into the port of Pesh,," °l - It is a most remarkable circumstance, and, Of 37.P5, without a parallel, that, during the long period AN . Years, in which he has sailed f r o m D oug l as t o Liver owner Coo nbf e ,ee nver met with any seriousent, or lost a be nd " although he sailed without a s p ilot, and has had tied, re ds of seamen and many thousands of passengers .ee elr h is care. I. , 1 110,, PR ASSURANCE AND , GUARANTEE.—One of the nee Ph ins o ,, n ovel and interesting features connected with .19 I' Pet a nt e , is the plan of guarantee, by which the e.r' for h i holding h olding a situation -of trust becomes bondsman 1 tne sun, e, a.— ._ eye , t hat " P e lf. This is founded ,on the pleasing principle, Poor-law Board would sanction it. Ste, • ,_ ° ad as hum an na t ure i s, th ere are f ew w h o, with - - - foe v!. Pr ecautions, will exhibit dishonest practices, and ro en s the soc i ety i s prepared by a small annual pay egg,;'The Times Company is one which unites life tatero”ce and guarantee, and which thus promises to be 4.... , to the employer and the employed.—See advt. same q ' SCREW STEAMER —A neat little screw steamer, Was t". th e Weaver , built at Birkenhead by Mr. Laird, ' lily b r l e d on the Hy ' er on Tuesday. She ' is intended to • lee4fuveen Runcorn and Manche ster, to tow the as- elected an auditor in the pit. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. 1 1 10 a ` s r hosts up the canal; and, in order that she pas- ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— that i ' , " der the bridges, her funnel has been so constructed The usual weekly meeting of this society was held on The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, the t hat * a ( ra be lowered and raised on the same principle as Wednesday evening last. Mr. Picton read an interesting 'Mayor (Thomas Littledale, Esq.) presiding. W eaver "Pied in some of the Thames steamers. The paper on the rise and progress of architecture and building FINANCE COMMITTEE. Aew ep is fitted with oscillating cylinders, the collective in Liverpool, or, as he expressed it, "its history in brick The proceedings of this committee comprised the fol. e he i,„" her engines amounting to twenty - f our h orse. and stone." The present paper, h e ann o u nce d , was on l y lo w i ng h ea d s :—" 1 . R ecommendation to purchase a free- Oellr a very light draught of wate r, an d can b e pro- a preliminary one, as t wo or th ree more would be required hold public-house and six cottages on the north side of b e t a very rapid rate. to give an architectural history of Liverpool. Shaw's-brow, for the sum of £BOO. 2. Recommends- I l tiert i , i"PERATE CHARACTER.—On Tuesday night an BONDING IN MANCHESTER.—At a meeting of the tion to accept the tender of the Earl of Crawford and P i ilec ' "ed spinner, named John Atherton, who resides trades on Thursday at Manchester , it was announced that Balearres for the supply of coal, &c., for twelve months. 'atexi ten-street, Sp ittals ' Moss, went home in a state of the Lords of the Treasury had issued an order for the con- 3. Recomme ndation to sell the reversion of a small t • oek,T 4t ion, and after demolishing all the articles of tinuance of the bondin g privilege to Manchester on the triangular piece of land on the west side of 01dhall tad Ch t' S' in the house, turned his famil into the street , terms agreed to a late meeting of the t men council. By street, for the sum of £lO5 . .. 4. Recommendation . to ;',es " : .t1 set fire to the building. ' information having ' this arrangement the - Bonding Warehouse Company increase the salary of Mr. William Coleman, clerk in the " 1 4 t g ' v en to the police, constable Counsel} arrived in guarantee the expenses of the Customs' establishment to Town-clerk's office, from 30s. to £2 2s. per week." MR. FELL 'S CASE. :_tlqod°„OreVent any damage, and took the madman into the corporation, those expenses being greatly reduced by n e Me,' • On Wednesday morning his wife appeared the concentration of the business in the premises occupied Mr.. BIGHAm, in reference to the letter sent by Mr. Rag ' f ' °l ra at the Town-hall, and having stated that she by the company in Salford. Fell, inspector of weights, said he understood there was ititepraid to lire with him because of his violence when WAVERTREE BIBLE SOCIETY.—On Friday evening the a sentence in that letter to the effect ; that it was perfectly 440 (1 1 1 ( : ate d, he was ordered to find bail for his future Wavertree Association of the British and Foreign Bible evident to Mr. Fell that the persons constituting the e Apeirel2aviour.—Preston Pilot. Society held its anniversary in the National School-room, Paid Officers' Committee had, on some occasion, been Mr. James A. Picton in the chair. The Revs. Messrs. fined for having short weights and measures, and for this setts, CATION FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE ma Y,h (lit4 f TION.—In the vice-chancellor's court, on 'rues- Sutton, Edwards, Butler, and T . J. Bourne, a deputation reason had an ill feeling towards Mr. Fell. The letter was b e th e e e re Sir Richard Kindersley, the motion " Standish from the Parent Society, addressed the assembly. The then read, and it was found to contain a sentence con , th 4 . an itnn.eYor, aldermen, and bu rgesses ' of Liverpool," meeting was well attended, and the report announced firming the statement of Mr. Bigham. On the motion that the receipts .for Bibles and free contributions had of Mr. Bigham, seconded by Mr. Thomson, the letter h e sie „, Junction to restrain the defendants from allowing iekd agee ns to remain on the plaintiff's lands , was greatly increased during the east year. About 1800 Bibles was expunged from the books. -ss • to and Testaments had been sold in the village and neigh- . THE EASE or MR. DOWLING. A ht s ue ground upon which that injunction was bourhood, and upwards of £l7O free contributions paid The minutes of the Watch Committee contained the e lv er /e t° , b e maintained was that the company, having re and l ake the land to erect waterworks, had given no- over to the Liverpool Auxiliary, since the establishment proposition brought forward at . the last C ouncil . meeting, It s er ti of the association. to award to Mr. Dowling a retiring pension of £3OO per Ai am ad ,ie act, and had forthwith entered on the land. , tea I/lifted tLat the waggons had been improperly HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on year. This matter had been postponed, in order to afford Mr. , Dowling . the opportunity of sending in to the Watch k li e tit, ~,c )i n t , _ the land, but that ft had been done so by a set- Th ursday, Mr. Chalmer presided, and the other members hAlns l ' e nt any authority from the company. Judg- present were- Messrs. Henderson, Beckwith, Godfrey, Committee his formal resignation of o ffi ce. st: s erved. Johnson, Nicholson, Fleming, and Lloyd. The medical Mr. Tonne, chairman of the Watch Committee, said - ` 9 Oll 'nit)) officer reported that tl:e increased severity of the weather, that for some time it had been painfully evident that Mr, ita ey A SSAULT BY THE POLICE.—A man named ••ek •as during the last week, has been attended with a conside- Dowling's health . was fast failing him ;. that he was un- Is i . , f, od 33, died in the Workhouse, on Sunday eta,.., le S 6T! er Ssipelatory inflammation of the right knee, rable increase in the mortality of the borough, the deaths fitted for the discharge of the responsible duties of his having risen from 178, in the previous week, to 217 in the office, the inevitable result of which had been most con. tOrnent''Si external injury. According to his dying reetis a ; he was taken to bridewell a fortnight before last; the average . of the same week _ of the four pre- dusiye to_ the want_o . f t discipliee i n the police force. . M_ r. 1 4,, 1 ,,,1 for disorderly ,conduct ; and when there, an ceding . years being 209. In the parish the deaths were Tobin then gave a hi s t or o f the circumstances which led tolte th"se name is believed to be Wilson, fastened 171, in the extra-parochial wards 46. No death was re- to the proposition of award ing . a pension . of £3OO a year ',l4e„4leli hi s all, and threw him across a bench, owing gistered from small-pox, a fact which has been only once to Mr. Dowling, and appointing Mr. Bigham as head con soesee of ~.ee became twisted under him. In conse. previously noticed during the last eighteen months. Dis- stable, the . latter matter appearing to have been the result eases of the lungs caused 75 deaths, of which 35 were of something very like a ruse on the part of certain mem thsti 0/1 sgs.lele statement, an inquest was held on the est deee "ed nesday last, when a verdict to the effect, from consumption —a greater number than in any week of hers of the Watch Committee. Far be it from him to to real inaisuerd. came by his death from having received the previous twelve months. excuse or palliate the late reprehensible act of Mr. Dow , 1„,4w, w le e ; but how received, the evidence failed LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half- ling . ; it would be highly improper on his part, and in- Ns 'vests," re turned. yearly meeting of the shareholders was held on Friday at vatting to the Council to do so. Recent events bad of e i l le fOre ' , l BOROUGH GAOL. — From the annual report the London and North-western station, Lime-street, in clearly shown that Mr. Dowling was altogether unfit to eotb e t er °e magistrates by Mr. Charles Duke, governor this town. The statement of accounts showed an increase be retained as head constable, by reason of being afflicted , 54 1 9 4 !ttrs,, ° ,gh Gaol, it appears that the total number of of traffic, but the expenses had increased in a still greater with serious illness—in fact, he had been worn out in the 'New th e l i e to that prison during the year has been ratio, owing to the low fares paid by the " Exhibition service. After detailing the circumstances in which the %Iv stir i n dal} to average number in gaol 853 ; the highest passengers." The directors had decided to renew the leaf had been abstracted from the report-book, Mr. Tobin * e /Pe t ,, o de e il aste dY atone ' time , 1,099 . the lowest , 633 . contract with the London and North-western Company said that so far from the conduct of Mr. Dowling being a :he '''s of f . l s 'Y average number receiyed 30. The total for the supply of locomotive power for a further period of result emanating from clear reasoning and unclouded liaeise°,Bt ps,:esgaoldurin the yearhas been£12,76616s sd , five years, on terms which will effect a saving of from faculties, it showed to him that it was exactly the reverse; £7OOO to £BOOO per annum. The electric telegraph is to the egregious folly of the act stamped it as that of a man l 'ls,e t ' • ,gle e - I: l4e d Per annum , during the last year, ' was Leartielr he ad e xpenses) only ' £l4 19s. 4d, The average be continued along the line from Preston to Carlisle. The whose physical infirmities had thoroughly . im . paired his " s low e Cost . 1 n the gaols in England is about X 22, sc, re,,,,,ta,aa arinprad naaalmnnely, and . a , liat,?c ,,, t at the .2 Eel faculties. II eoo "" had arrived i at the ;;;;clZls t rot' l'ilta, h irt;glco - n — tlis ° lre e the I n the Liverpool gaol is about £7 per head rate o f 61 per cent. per annum was again declared, leaving ago, deration , they were justified in recommending Mr. Dowling a Dreg witajerage. The number of punishments for a balance of £BlOl 6s. Old. to be carried to the credit of retiring allowance, they were now more strongly justified o a A 4l , " I n the gaol were 4,886. the next half-year. J ree N . ° ROB BERY WARRINGTON AND ALTRINCHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. in doing so. After commenting upon the. length and s st, s roils, t he . — About three o'clock on Wedges - faithfulness of Mr. Dowling's services, Mr. Tobin left it —This is a new line in course of formation, and the first r 4 4 10 0 - r Ph!eo' ~.. house of Mr. W. G. Headman, Lans- with the Council to award such salary as the Council ordinary meeting was held in this town yesterday week. k N., .ilid,„ '''Yertor.,, was entered through the back Mr. Gilbert Greenall, the chairman of directors, presided. should think proper.—Mr. JOHNSON seconded the re ta'itticle'sras. an7arher trhieves, an . d a quantity . of valuables, commendation. Shin line will form the one link wanting for the comple. w i se 0 , stol en , K i e v silver table service, and other tion Of a new, independent and more direct route from Mr. C. TURNER, as one of the magistrates engaged f . iel l at; et d esk`, er a and valuable papers were Birkenhead and Gersten Docks on each side of the Mer- in investigating this very painful proceeding, felt corn ,,,As• .r4i , e , a lis, and burnt for lights, the smoke from sey, not only to Manchester and its surrounding districts, pelled to dissent from the opinion of the chairman of the Ile;tl,l,l4,ol2r,oused the . family, who, on descending, but also, by means of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- Watch Committee. After detailing the facts of the ° sat ' , Ns r ' r, and kitchen in , the utmost confusion. colnshire Railway to the Humber, with the Grimsby Turner ease as they bad been elicited before the magistrates, Mr. 4 ( 1 ) 0(i ,!1,11-rietii_iled themselves with what they could find Docks at its month. It will likewise prove equally im- said that the very painful impression upon his SereSeN •y ,° • ll ti ( ','s o . s _the p . rerhises, and took a quantity of portant to Shrewsbury, Hereford, and the Welsh mineral mind was, that Mr. Dowling was in perfect possession of t . l by t i ,:n, ,e , but it is supposed they had been districts, by affording the same facilities for the transmis- his faculties on the Thursday when this occurrence 1,t. 1 , , "ned ot :', , ' scent of the inmates, as several articles sion of their products to Lancashire and Yorkshire. The took place. The mode in which he went about it, from ,h e ,‘, i lt , intly ready for removal. directors hoped to complete the lino for £13,000 a mile, the first to last, showed no weakness of mind whatever. los (e ek °I Cor Under these circumstances, he could . not bring his mind ~, ..k (1 .-.1 . 1 1 , JRT or 11 -ANK RUPTer• — Re S. idnPV contractors being Messrs. Brassey and M'Cormick. The 1 4 8 f, ay, cane on ease, which was adjourned from the pre- works were being prosecuted with vigour, and the whole to vote for any pension for Mr. Dowling, and he should 4tiet u ' t i.e. , "`" ° n again on Tuesday, when the bankrupt were expected to be completed early next year. The re ers ' ex amined . move that the Council do not aprove, under Af the circum- It was ultimately arranged by the port was adopted, and the directors were re-elected, with stances, of any allowance being made to r. Dowling.— ;11the tho . " both sides that the bankrupt, Mr. Badham, a vote t f.£600 for their services. Mr. HALL seconded the amendment. ) 1.1 1 t ' i l t e l i ) Ei . T . th e ( a fi s li e g i niee, should . go over the accounts tope- RELIGIOUS TRACT Soctrry,—The annual meeting of . Mr. BRAMLEY-MOOR t E re minded d t the Council th,..t, O t 'ne d to faille-, a l ass i gnee should report to the court, the Liverpool branch of this society was held at the Col. if . the matter %ere pos t pone t , and the magistrates eis missed Mr. Dowling, fo! ins ance,.on the following day, 4 t :si ,.r, r, ss upso rsr hearing of the case should be ad- legiate Institution on Wednesday evening. Adam Hodg ea; itl,, i u t i-(lay Ai r a . -,:ne)c, t, the 6tll instant, at ten o'clock. son, Esq., presided. The Rev. F. Parry opened the pro- the _ attempt to vote him . a i pe f n i s t ion would be futile. Je. 4 c • si' and At.. d . ,„,::_iligginson obtained a first-class of llowever he might regret it, he com compelled, as an act ceedings with prayer. It appeared, from the 38th annual justice, mmitree to vote against the chairman of the Watch NI: ' ' i h e ei g h t ' r'ull s l n ar s ris a . second - class certifi- report , that the parent society has printe d . books and . Committee. and e 'l3 e 0 months' pension.—Le Prude and tracts in 110 languages • that its annual circulation is '41 (1 It he n Is came hero e Mr. Commissioner ' ••- - -' increase • • Air. J. B. LLOYD, as a conscientious man, could not t„i c al t le ri r. Perry on about 24 millions, an immense from its first t) 4 pi 's arta n b a n krupts passed their last examination y ear's (1 6 00) circulation, 200,000 •; and that its total din- vote the public money in the way recommended, after ea e err s eed that the certifi t • '- • • • • • what had taken place. lo ' , 41 "a th . ca e meeting should tribution to 1851 bits been nearly 849 millions of copies tektati aY M O sth of next month.—Re Edwa Mr. HORNBY said that, strictly speaking, they were qk 1,, r. J . . rds : of publications. With regard to the Liverpool branch, - . . s t ate . dark , ~„,_ , Andrew Edwards, schoolmaster, of its sales during the last five years had doubled in amount bound to visit the fault of Mr. Dowling by refusing to ~t s i, „ Ts, „7 ) tip betors Mr. Stevenson for his cer- the distribution durin 1851 being 372 292. By this (Hs-, give him any pension at all ; but, on the other hand, con ker a (1; 1 , ~ e .ral :; :,ilities were above £2OOO. Certificate tributio th soc i ety g was the feed , of many other sidering his length of services and general integrity, fire sit'etnss last Chaffers and Jones :On Friday ' agencies n for good. It was closely corrected with the though it might be justice, it was certainly not a merciful es • (Se r , S't examiner in exercise of justice, to turn Mr. Dowling adrift, penniless. D et ew er a , - ,,,,,,,,, an , , ion this case was heard be- town mission, supplying its devoted agents with tracts. ai e s ta et.. no 1 , 141. ' i l cr Stevenson. The bankrupts were 45,480 of t hese ' pu bl ications distr ibuted the Mr. PICTON recommended a medium course. He e s the l in e nti T c ans and the case has been greatly emigrants w h o sa il ed fom wereamong la thought that the Council might agree upon £2OO a year exams senn„i serience of he i rregularit y this port ; they had been o.„, 0 a . „„ 4‘ _ e and intricacy gladly received, and many captains had become voluntary as a retiring allowance. se e e.... i 1 commissioner declined to pass the colport s ets a n i i s • . eurs in the work. The meeting was afterwards Mr- • HOLT et had previously been opposed to super sin • g reg ister annuation altogether, thought that the Council would was produced, , addressed by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Rev.Dr, Raffles, &c. LOCAL NEWS. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—Mr. HOrriby presided at the monthly meeting of the Council on Thursday. A report was brought up on the subject of the Russian Company, recommending -the Council to forward to the borough members for presentation, the petition to the House of Commons praying for an abolition of this com pany, agreed upon last session. Report adopted.—Mr. Forwood submitted a resolution, in regard to the evasion of dock-dues, instructing the committee of the Council to watch the operation of the system introduced by the Dock Committee, and requesting them to see whether due facilities are afforded for re,ognizing "short-shipments," and for a sneedy and inexpensive return of dues overpaid on goods short shipped. Mr. Casey seconded the motion, which was 'agreed to.—Several letters were read upon the subject of Customs Reform, giving instances of inconve nience and loss caused by the present Custom-house regu lations relative to the export of goods in transit. Referred to the Customs Committee.—The Council voted thanks to Mr. H. M. Ross for his communication in reference to the proposed breakwater, and the plans, &e., were ordered to lie on the table for the inspection of the members. The Council were of opinion that the plan was bold and original one; hut whether calculated ultimately to improve the access to the port and the depth of water was a ques tion entirely for experienced enzineers.—A letter having been read soliciting the influence of the Chamber ;n favour of the second reading of the British Electric. Telegraph Company's Bill, the meeting was instructed to procure additional information upon it.—The Passengers' Act Amendment Bill was referred to a special committee. SELECT VESTRY —Pip fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell chairman. Mr. Hughes explained the charge brought against him at the last meeting, of having, on his own authority; sent two children to the workhouse, with a view to their being sent to the Industrial Schools.—The total number of ininales in the hone on the 2fith ult, was reported to be 2,315, against 1:847 in the corresponding week of last year. Mr. Carr, the new governor, had commenced his duties on the Ist inst.—Mr. CAan. of Marybone, district medical officer, having resigned, it. was agreed that his district should be added to -another, and put under the -charge of Dr. Donelly, his salary to he £l6O a-year, together with the vaccination fees wherein the two districts-previously have yielded about £l4O per annum.—There were re ported to he . 1,046 children in the Industrial Schools.—A letter was read from Mr. Dringwater, resigning his seat at the hoard, as he was about to leave Liverpool, - and take up his residence tut Southport.—A letter was also read from Mr. M. D..Lowndes, expressing his desire, 'owing to the large increase of mercantile and other professional business, at the close of the present, parochial year, ending th-'2sth of March, to be relieved of the office of legal ad viser of the parish.—Mr. Willmer moved " That the resolution of the 11th of November last, empowering each member of the board to visit the workhouse whenever he should think fit to do so, be rescinded and that it he an instruction to the several parish officers to receive no directions on any matter connected with`their office except through the chairman of committees, or the vestry clerk:" Mr. Willmer charged Mr. Faii'hurst and a Roman Catholic priest with havine informally taken two blind 'Roman Catholic ehildren from the house ; and said there were evidently improper extraneous influences at work, inasmuch as the number of Roman "Catholic children in the house had increased in one year from 70 to 141.1itr, Banner seconded the motion, ob, , erving that he did so, as a matter of principle, without sharing with Mr. Willmer in reflections upon the conduct of any vestryman. After a long discussion the resolution was carried. Docx COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly meeting of the committee. Mr. Charles Turner presided; there were also present Messrs. Shand. Molyneux, Ro binson, Gregson, Chaloner, Steele, !-Tohne, Claxton; Lockett, Maleolmson. Bigham, Evans, Holden,'Royden, Bold; and Nicol. Various tenders for iron and other materials were accepted. Mr. 'Duncan Mactaggart, measurer of teas for freight at the Albert warehouses, teas dismissed. The sub-committee recommended that a by-law should be issued, ordering vessels not to moor within 200 yards to the westward of the landing -stage, instead of 40 yards, as by the present by-law. £5O were voted towards the maintenence of the Southport life-boat. At the request of Mr. Bold, who stated that the.Hus kisson Dock would shorly be finished, the harbour masters' sub-committee were empowered to appoint a dock-master and dock-gatemen. Mr. 'Nicol, chairman of the sub-committee on emigration, applied to he allowed time for the purpose of inserting certain clauses in the bill now before Parliament, for the protection of emi grants landing at this port, which, he said, were desirable before any report was made out. 'One or two members expressed a wish to know the nature of the clauses, when Mr. Nicol said that the object of the committee was to protect, as much as possible, the emigrants, who had been plundered to an enormous extent; to prevent per sons from getting on board the steamers, and, when the emigrants had landed, to allow none but persons of good character to have access to them. The steam-boat had expressed their intention of co-operating with the committee. In answer to a.question, - Mr. - Nicol said that the sub-committee had no intention of inter fering with the " free-trade" system, as it was called; they would have nothing to d o w ith an em i grants ' home. Had it been practica nil the vessel ion, some very grave -ot- from its havinz a vil intended to be avoid lefeated a very determined attempt of burglars A surveyors for this port, had in- terviE on'Wed day and Thu'rsd t the Board of Trade ing the inexpediency of pa been iss-ned, and the orde manded till time has been al ars that the ohj.'c forced by 'Mr. Muntz. of B dent of theßoard of Tr they were only earn caution having, been taken to a LIVERPOOL ME meeting of the members o to-morrow•(Wednetsday) WEST DERBY GUARDIA on Wednesday, Mr. Roskel A short conversation ensued, and Nr. Nicol's request was allowed. A letter was rear'from 'Captain Patey, declining the offer of the committee to build a medical hut for emigrants in lieu of the building which had been taken down, on the ground of its being too small. A letter from the collector and comptroller of the Customs, -soecting the erection of a shed at the Coburg-dock, was referred. A memorial was read from the boatmen of the King's-dock-basin, in connexion with some altera tions now going on there, by which they would 'be de- years.—Referred to the committee of work; nd succeeded iu.sbc for further investi t had been late Presi- 4 ham, on the mt. the act in its inter sin the actual ETLVGS, lANICS' INSTITUTION ing, in the Lecture-hal the weekly meeft the sum of £2O to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, if thk Poor-law Board would sanction it. The tender of Mr. WGeveren for the supply of bread to the hospital was accepted _..„ was held in Manchester on Wednesd The resolution for tt tdoption of the report and aecoun't so a resolution deelorinz the divi stock. The retiring and Major Benson wai :e of Mr. Dunlop retiring. was put and .carried dend at the rate of directors were then r, aese3 of the compan3 ected. PUBLIC THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1852. become a butt for the finger of scorn to point at, if they superannuated Mr. Dowling, after the recent disclosures. Mr. CHALMER deemed that Mr. Dowling had no claim on the Council in regard to past services. He found the police force an effective one, as left by Mr. Whitty, and now it was in a state of disorganisation. If Mr. Dowling sued in forma" pauperis for a retiring allowance, being absolutely nenniless, that: was another affair. INGRNIOUS FRAUD.—Two men, named Brown and Cahill. were committed for trial, on Friday, charged with obtaining money under false pretences and conspiring to defraud. The prisoners were shown to be in the habit of buying cheap silver watches, and by means of electro plating, made them appear like gold watches. They were taken to several pawnbrokers' shops and represented to be gold ; and by this means a far luger amount than the real value was obtained on each watch. EXCISE CASES.—BLIGHTED ANTICIPATIONS. — Moses Metcalfe, steward of the Cornucopia, from Montserrat, was charged, on Friday, with having concealed in that vessel a quantity of tobacco and spirits. From the state ments made on behalf of the prisoner, it appears that he had been four years in the ship, and bore a most excellent character. The articles seized he had brought home with him not to land, but for the purpose of enjoying them on board with his wife, who wa s t o b e a ll owe d to live with him there in consideration of his good character. But the pleasant anticipations of enjoyment with his wife which the steward must doubtless have indulged in on his home ward passage were sadly to be blighted, for not only were the materials seized, but the poor fellow was afterwards informed that they were not needed, for his wife was dead. This was a heavy blow, and the prisoner had all the ap pearance of actually feeling it. As a clear case was made out the judge had no alternative but to inflict the usual fine of £100; however, the prosecutor said he would take a memorandum of all the circumstances the case and make a representation on behalf of the prisoner to the board, and be recommended the gentleman who appeared to befriend the steward to send a petition to the board also.—Alexander Dakkear, mate of the Komeet, from Amsterdam, was charged with having 1241b5. of cigars concealed amongst the cargo of his ship, and the fine of £lOO recorded against him. But it appearing that the prisoner was a highly respectable young man, and had brought the cigars with him for his own use, as he was going on a trading voyage, the prosecutor intimatNl that he would make a favourable representation to the board on his behalf. Mr. S. Hot ME. after reviewing- all the circumstances of the case. could not, though unwillingly, but vote for Mr. Turner's amendment. Mr. J. H. TURNER, after earl - messing a good deal of kindly feeling towards Mr. Dowling for past services, embodied his sentiments in a proposition to the effect, that " while the Council deprecate in the strongest man ner possible the highly imnroper conduct of Mr. Dowling on a late occasion, taking into consideration the long period of twenty years during which he has been con nected with the police force, an' the frequent testimonials which he has received as to his honourable and efficient management, and also considering the present bad state of his health. this Council feel justified in approving of a retiring allowance of £2OO per annum." Mr n:um, with the -oncurrence of the other mem. hers of the committee, adopted Mr. J. H. Turner's propo sition in place of his own, and it therefore became the original motion. The award of the committee as fo ze3oo having been negatived, by consent of the Council, Mr. C. Turner's amendment was put to the vote, and lost by 14 to 36. The numbers were—For : Messrs. Chalmer, Thomson, C. Turner, Holt, 11,11. J. B. Lloyd, Beckwith, Langsdale, Preston, Lawrence, Conner, Bramlev-Moore, Sir John Bent. Against': Messr3. Aked, Bighorn, Woodruff, Atkinson. W. Nicholson. Bradley, Godfrey, Holden, Banner, Jeffreys. Gladstone, Rogers, Clayton, Wagstaff, Jones. Tobin, Fleming, Picton, Johnson, •Tyrer, 3. Nichol-nn, Boughton, J. M, Wood, S. Holme, Stewart, Lloyd. Greeson, Rnvden, Bennett, Holmes, Parker, Robinson, Molvneux. Turner, and the Mayor. A second amendment moved by Mr. SAMUEL 110/.IYE, that the retirinc allowance . be £l5O, was lost by 28 to g. The niirinal motion. That the pension be £2OO, was then carried. and the Council adjourned until To-morrow (Wednesday). LADY SIMPLIFTER.—On Thursday, Mrs. Mary Smith, a married woman, of respectable appearance, was com mitted for trial for having stolen a shawl from the shop of Mr. Williams, draper, Price-street. on Tuesday. She secreted the shawl under her cloak, while looking at some others, and on leaving the shop without purchasing, was followed by Mr. Williams, when she dropped the stolen 0-n e. DISMISSAL OF MR. DOWLING -MEETING OF MAGISTRATES. In our last publication, we gave a report of the inquiry held before the Magistrates on the previous Saturday, as to'the conduct of Mr. fowling, the Head 'Constable, and other officers of the police, in rererence to the proceedings at Holy Cross Chapel. Mr. Dimling pleaded guilty to theehargesagainst himself, but urged that he had been ROBBERY FROM THE WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE.— Seven boys, named Thomas Boulton, James Hussey, Edward Cameron, Thomas Dunn, Henry M'Coombe, and William and Arthur Woods, were brought up on Thurs day, on a charge of absconding from the West D._4-by Workhouse, on Tuesday night, and taking with them five pairs of shoes, and a quantity of wearing apparel. The prisoner Dunn, being the instigator, was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment ; and Boulton, Hussey, Cameron, and M'Coombe, to seven days each in the Bo rough Gaol ; William and Arthur Woods to fourteen days each in Kirkdale Gaol. faking. medicine, and was under the influence of opium at 'the time. Tie‘also added that the Watch Committee had in the meanwhile suspen4ed him from his functions, so that he wag nnt then head-constable of the borough. He was anxious to take the whole blame upon himself; hut the Maaistrates suspended Mr. Towerson, after a discus sion whether he should not he dismissed. The meeting was then adjourned to Thursday. On Thursday, the bench again assembled. The Mayor presided, and the other magistrates present were Mr. Mansfield, and Messrs. Adam Hodgson, Cropper, Ewart, Dixon. Heywood. Holmes. Hornby, G. H. Lawrence, .T. H. Turner, Bolton, Aikin, Eenn, Booth, Chalmer, Earle, Evens. Gladstone. Harvey. Holt, Maxwell, Nicol, Parker, W. Rathbone, T. W Rathbone, R. V. Yates, Rawdon. Romilly, and Charles Turner. Mr. Wvhergh. clerk to the magistrates, read the reso lution of the Council on the preceding day, granting a pension of £2OO ver annum to Mr. Dowling, and then a communication from the Watch Committee to the effect that 'Mr. Dowling had that day placed his resignation in their 'hands, cud that the following resolution had been passed :—" That inasmuch as the justices of the borough have, by law, the same powers in relation to the mem- Rion and dismissal of conswil e s cc are vested in this com mittee, and the justices having instituted an investigation as to the conduct of Mr. Dowling and other officers of the police force, which is not-yet concluded, this committee refrains from acting noon the above resolution of the Council. and from• accepting the resignation, until they are informed of the deeision of the justices." Mr. To'lin. the chairman of thelVatch Committee. Mr. .Bigharn, and the Town Clerk, having been admitted as a deputation, FRAUDS UPON EMIGRANTS.—On Wednesday, two in nocent-looking and youthful natives of the Sister Isle appeared at the Poice•cou-t to charge a man, named James Dickney, with obtaining twenty-five shillings from them in a fraudulent manner. From the evidence of one of the prosecutors it appeared that, on Wednesday, he and his companion, while comir.g ashore from the Underwriter, in which they had engaged berths, met the prisoner and another man, who represented themselves as mate and cook, and promised, if the prosecutors would treat them, to get them more comfortable quarters. They accordingly treated the soi-disanl sailors to drink, and at the request of one of them, they changed their money into dollars, and again, at the instanceof the soi-disant cook, they lent him the dollars to get re-changed. The " cook," how ever, stayed so long away that one of the prosecutors ran to lock after him, while the other stuck by the prisoner. The "cook" could not be found. The prisoner, in his defence, loudly protested his innocence, but Mr. Mans field ordered him to be remanded, while the " cook" was being looked after. PAWNBROKER'S CASE.-Mr. R. Roberts, pawnhrokei of fliglifield•street, was summoned, on Tuesday, by Mar Phillips. The complainant sou g ht to recove r £4 f or _ bible pledged with Roberts for lOs , and which had keen sold in mistake for 17s. 60. ' The magistrate decided that £3 was sufficient compensation, deducting lOs. for which the bible was pledged. CURSING THE POPE.—On Tuesday, two females, named Margaret Moss and Catherine Field, were charged with having broken some squares of glass in the spirit vault of Mr. Mitchell, Line -street, where they had been drinking on Monday night. Their conversation partook of a sec tarian character: each avowed her readiness to defend the doctrines she professed; and while one cursed pope, the other denounced biShop, on bended knees. Mr. Mitchell, seeing them thus excited, turned them out, and the result was the commission of the offence for which they were brought up. Sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. AN EXCUSE FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.— Edward Quinn and Catherine Quinn (man and wife) were brought up on Tuesday for disorderly conduct in Mary bone, on the previous night. The officer stated that the conduct of the man was very violent, and that when he took him into custody he exclaimed—" Rushton is now dead, and I don't care for anybody !" Fined 55., or three days' imprisonment. Mr. Tontx explained the feeling which actuated the committee in coming to the above resolution. They felt that if it had not been the intention of the magistrates in adjourning their meeting that the Council should settle the matter. it would ben very unbecoming thing on the part of the Watch Committee, although their jurisdiction was concurrent, to attempt to snatch, as it were, Mr. Dowling out of the powers of the magistrates. He thought it right to express the anxious wish of the committee in this, as in all other matters, to act harmoniously with the magistrates. The deputation having withdrawn, Mr. CHARLES TURNPIt said that he could only come to the conclusion which he bad expressed in Council on the previous day, namely, that Mr. Dowling's conduct was altogether destructive of the morality of the police force-, and even knowing that the pension voted by the Council would he forfeited if such a proposition were carried, he should recommend Mr. Dowling's dismissal. Mr. RATttuoNE. as the oldest magistrate present, though greatly pained to do co, felt called upon by a stern sense of duty to move that Mr. Dowling be dismissed. Mr. MANSFIELD, stipendiary magistrate, seconded the motion, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his approbation of the course pursued by the Watch Committee, but saw no rea son why the magistrates should contravene the decision of the Council. He would not say one word in mitigation of Mr. Dowling's offence, hut at the same time he thought, under all the circumstances of the case, the magistrates should not come to any decision, but adjourn the question sine die. CHESHIRE AND WALES. SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A private ex amination took place b'efore the Birkenhead magistrates, on Saturday last, touching a charge of emb,zzlement pre ferred against Mr. Wynn. formerly an officer of the North and South WnJoe Runic, nnd nrhno. :lama !Ina recently been mentioned in the public papers in connec tion with some trials in London. The investigation was adjourned, the accused being in the meantime liberated on responsible bail. The remains of a human body have been discos Mr. J. H. TURNER moved an amendment to the effect that while censuring. Mr. Dowling's conduct, after the proceedings of the Council in regard to the pension, the magistrates did not feel called upon to resort to the harsh measure of dismissal. _.ere( beneath the floor of the Chapter-house of Chester Ca thedral. The Swelly Rocks, the removal of which has so long been desired, in consequence of the obstruction they form to the free navigation of the Menai Straits, will shortly Mr. A. Honosort urged that the amendment s h ou ld b e undergo the operation of blasting. based rathe r u p on th e res i gna ti on o f M r. D owling than CRICKET.—The Birkenhe a d Vi c t or i a C r i c k e t Cl u b are about to erect a cricket-hous e in Birkenhead-park, upon any proceedi ngs o f th e counc il , an d h e was prepared per to make a proposition to that effect, mission to do so having been granted by the commis- Mr. Wm. E A RLE strongly urged Mr. Dowling'sdismissal. Blotters of that township. Mr. HORNBY urged that they should temper justice with BANGOR AND CARNARVON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday mercy, and accept the resignation. week the first engine ran from the junction station of the Mr. Nicol: thought that Mr. Dowling's mind was clear Chester and Holyhead Rail to Port Dinorwic and back. enough during the recent affair, and that the medicine The trial proved highly satisfactory to all the parties con which he had taken would not have the effect upon his cerned, as well as gratifying to the public generally. judgment as represented. A fire broke out in the Chester Infirmary on Sunday After some further remarks from Mr. MANSFIELD, the morning week, a beam which passed through a chimney amendment of Mr. J. H. T urner was pu t an d l ost. having ignited. It was s p ee dil y ext i ngu i shed by the engines, the damage being ab ou t £59. Many of the p a - The proposition of Mr. Hod g s on b e i ng th en em b o di e d i n t the form of an amendment, was p u t an d l os t b y 19 t o 11 . ients were greatly terrified, and m a d e th e i r escape f rom The original motion fo r di sm i ss i ng M r. D ow li ng was the building. carried by a show of h an d s ; fi ve or s i x gent l emen, i nc l u d - CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic f or th e ing the Mayor, voting against it, and three or four not week ended 29th February, 1852 :—Chester and Holy voting at all. head Main Line : Passengers, £946 19 s . Id. ; parcels, H. On the motion of M r . MANSFIELD , secon d e d b y Mr. C. & D.. £B2 13s. Bd. ;goods, cattle, &c., £638 17s. 6d. ; JAMES AIKEN, Supe r i n t en d en t T owerson was di sm i ssed. mails, £575.—M01d : Pass e n gers , £37 14 s. 9d . ; parce l s, Sergeant Tomlinso n , w h o i s a l rea d y suspen d e d , i s to be £1 10s. 9d. ; goods, cattl e , & c ., £BB li e. 4d.—Steam boats : Passengers. £152 13 s . 9d. ; parce l s, £26 O s. 4d .— dealt with according t o th e di scre ti on o f M r. M ansf i eld. On the proposition of Mr. W. RATHBONE, a resolution Total, £2550 ls. 2d. was passed to the effe c t th a t th e c l er k to t h e mag i strates ,THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS h e ld th e i r meet should communic a t e t o th e c h a i rman o f t h e W atch Com- ng on Tuesday night, but th e b us i ness was o f very m i nor mittee the sense the mag i s t ra t es en t er t a i ne d o f t h e coon- interest. The receipts for th e mon th en di ng 29 t h test' of the committee i n d ec li n i ng t o accept t h e res i gns- February, 1851 and 1852, were i n 1851 , £1 ,1 83 2g. 9c1., tion of Mr. Dowling, and in ref err i ng th e ma tt er to t h e and in 1852, £1,294 17s. 10d. R ece i p t s f rom 25 t h of consideration of the mag i s t ra t es . April to the end of February, i n th e y ears 1851 an d 18 52 : d. It is understood that th e W a t c h C omm itt ee, not having —ln 1851, £18,355 3s. ld., and i n 1852, £18 , 086 15s. 2(1. accepted from 25th April, 1851, to 29th F e b ruary , accepted the resignation of M r . Dowling prior to the de cision of the magistrates, and having, in consequence of 1852, namely, ordinary working, repairs, and rent, that decision, declined to ratify the resolution of the £13,220 3s. sd. Council, Mr. Dowling will not be entitled to the pension THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly which he would otherwise h ave rece i ve d. meeting was held on Thursd a y even i ng , a t t h e Q ueen ' s Arms, Liscard ; Mr. Charles Holland in the chair. The salary of Thomas Scambler, the chief constable of the parish, was increased to 255. a week. A motion by Mr. Penny was carried, that the parliamentary committee inquire into, and report to the board, what portion of the present act of parliament it may be desirable to repeal, and also as to what portion of the consolidated acts it may be desirable to enact in the event of the Public Health Act being introduced into the parish. INTERESTING LECTURE AT NORTHWICH.—On Tues day evening, at the request of the committee of the Pub lic Institution, Northwich, the seventh of a series of lec tures we, delivered in the Town-hall of that town by Dr Brindicy, principal ,f ci..., 0.11, F ,..., z..".....,.., '....,. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. CAUTION TO GAS -CONSUMERS.—Thomas Moore, the keeper of a coal-yard in Cazeneau-street, was summoned, on Saturday, by the Gas Company, for burning more gas than was registered by the meter nt his establishment. One of the foremen at the Gas Company's office stated that, in September last, he examined the meter and found everything right, hut that on re-examining it, in February, he found that a false communication pipe had been intro duced, and that a large quantity of gas, it is impossible to say how much, had been thus burnt without going through the meter at all. For the defence it was urged Ily 1111111/ LIME LUH lit'llYtialarbt WM. not olouvo or flapau straction ; that he had recently employed a gasfitter to make some repairs, and that the fitter was the party to blame. A fine of £5 was imposed. Mr. J. B. Lloyd ap peared for the Gas Company. _ large room was filled by a highly respectable audience. ..utie lecturer pcnutruyeu, 1.11 , 1.1 tucuritulllutloll, the distinguishing features in the productions of many of our leading men of genius, interspersing his graphic descrip. tions by occasional readings from the speeches and writ ings of Moore, Sheridan, Scott, Rogers, &c. BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT.-- CUMMINGS MARCHER. —Miss Cummings, the plaintiff in this case, sued the defendant for two quarters' schooling. The circumstances were as follows :—The plaintiff keeps an infant school in Higher Tranmere, to which the defendant sent three El tle girls. Several complaints had been made to the school mistress of severe treatment by corporal punishment, and notice had been given that, if repeated, the children would be removed from the school. About the middle of the Easter quarter, in 1851, the youngest child, Your years of age, received a slap across the face from the hand of the governess, which bruised its face, and made the eye blood-shot. Upon this the children were immediately removed, and the defendant offered to pay for the time they had been at school that quarter, hut refused to pay t he action whole w as q u i a n r s t t e i r, whi ch to was compel demandedhim to : a paynd t he present both til that and o th n came out in evidence, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. rte T r i ' t s e notice being e e— s c a h oqoula. MANCATCHERS.—Two simple-looking Irishmen ap ' peared, on Saturday, before Mr. Mansfield, to prefer a charge against John Grant, one of the " mancatching" fraternity, who having met with them and ascertained their intention of emigrating, proffered his services in ob taining them berths a s w h a t h o ca ll e d " passengers ' cooks." They gave him £2, and he in return transferred to them a piece of paper, upon which was written, in almost illegible characters, the name of some vessel in which he gave them to understand he had secured them berths. The paper was, of course, valueless, and Grant having decamped, information was communicated to the police, who, however, apprehended him, with the money in his possession. The prisoner was discharged, with a severe reprimand, some little links being wanted to make the proof of fraud complete. NON-COMPLIANCH WITH TIIR EMIGRATION AeT.— Captain Patey, the Government emigration.officer at this port, laid an information, on Saturday, against Captain Mors, of the Queen of the 'West, for non-compliance with the requirements of the Emigration Act in two instances, first, in not providing a satisfactory ventilation for the after-part of the ship, and, secondly, in not properly pro visioning a number of the passengers. The infractions occurred in September last, and Captain Patey not feel ing himself justified in granting a clearance, the vessel had sailed without one. The liability to a penalty not exceeding £5O, and not less than £5, had thus been in curred. Captain Patey pressed for the full amount. On behalf of the defendant it was urged, by Mr. W. K. Ty rer, that there did not exist a ventilating contrivance for the after-part of the vessel, and that the charge which Captain Patey insisted upon would have impaired the strength of the deck. Mitigating circumstances were also urged in regard to the non-provisioning, which induced the bench to inflict the penalty of but £25, with costs. SMUGGLING.—On Thursday, John Goulding was fined 405., for smuggling Bibs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. He was one of the crew of the Joseph Walker, from New York. DREADFUL EVENT AT CONWAY.—A circumstance un usually shocking has just occurred at Conway, North Wales. Aman of dissolute habits, named Owen Williams, who occupies a small wooden hut or cabin, situated in an Isolated position immediately under the old town wall, re turned home in a state of intoxication a few ni g ht s ago , poor woman strangling her. man effected her aAfter endeavouredmlichrnaltrteoatmmeunrtdetr his hepor escape. The man then attacked his sister, who resided in the house; but she also managed to free herself from his violence, and joined the wife. They having left two children, from seven to ten years old, in an adjacent room in the cabin, determined with the assistance of a neigh bour to rescue them, remembering that the man had frequently sworn to set fire to his dwelling. On their re turn to the hut they found it in flames, and the remains of the drunken man, burnt almost to a cinder, lying amid the ruins. On search being made it was found that the children had escaped, and were uninjured. No doubt ex ists that the man bad put his often-repeated threat into a:eel:Ilion by firing his abode. An inq u est has been held, and a verdict of " Accidentall y burnt' , returned. THE WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB.—The annual plough ing match and agricultural show and dinner, usually held. in connexion with this club, did not take place on Thurs.. day at Henderton, as announced, in consequence of some misunderstanding as to the land to he appropriated for the ploughing. The committee used their best endeavours to make known their intention of not holding the usual meeting • but from the shortness of th e no ti ce , many per sons co uld not be c•ornmunicated with, and they attended at Henderton on Thursday in ignorance of what had taken place. Mr. Neild. of Spittal, and several other farmers, sent some cattle, and a great many of the ploughmen from the n-ighbouring township came forward to enter the list for pr:zai. Mr. J. Radley, of New:iall, came forward in the most liberal manner, and gave no a field opposite the Shrewsbury Arms for ploughing, offer. ing, in addition, a curt, of money to he distributed in the shape of prizes, for youths under twenty years of age. A large number of competitors contended for the prizes, and the ploughing was con , idered by competent judg, s to be of a very superior character. In the afternoon, number of gentlemen sat down to a very excellent din ner at the Shrewsbury Arms. STEAM COM M UNICATIONWITH INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA. The Peninsular and Oriental 8 pany received official intimation acceptance on the parts of the L their proposals for accelerated steam e , Mlllltllll the Mediterranean, E .yp!. ~~tahli~t~in . _ likewise a continuatmn to various ports in An.tt The service is srranceil eation Com. rity, of the tkdroiraVy of grid gnarly betwe n this ei;untry, 1. and China, embracing ail service from Singapore First Line.—From E monthly, calling at. Gil Marseilles to Malta. Second Line.—From monthly. calling at Gibral Marseilles to Malta. Third Line.—From Su, z to Calcutta and Hongkong and back, monthly, calling at Arlen and Poiat-de-GAe, whence a steamer is to proceed by Madras to Calcutta, and another by Penang to Singapore and Hongkong. Fourth Line.—From Sa, - z to Calcutta and Honukong and back, monthly, calling at Aden and Point-de G tile, whence a steamer is to proceed by Mtntra: to Calcutta, and another by Penang to Singapore ;:tpl Hongkong. Filth Line.—From Singapore to Sydney and back, every alternate month, calling both w,ys at Batavia, Swan River, or King Ccorge's Sound, Adelaide, and Port Philip. nes as follows: Aria and back, ,--branell from Southampton is fixed ti depar►ure for the E,qt, Ind _ The duration of the contra( the expiration of the old on Ttif. contractors have Ow upon any of the ron Alexandria and hack. Malta—branch front the owl of arrival and D:lina o years from terminates in 1853. Dytitz iron steamers On the 21th ult., the wife of Mr. C. D. Fit Littlerland park, of a son. ck, surgeon, On the 291 h utt., the 1;4 of T. Robinson, Esq., of Clifton park, Birkenhead, of a &in. On the Ist inst., the wife of M R. Harrison, of Sa'isbury- street, of a son. On the Ist instant, the wife of Mr. i';eorge Ashton, Fiarring• ton-street,Toxteth park, of a ilauzliter. On the sth inst., Mrs. Edwin Roberts, of Birkenhead, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Birkenhead, Mrs J. Ward, or .. On the 6tb inst., Mrs. W. H. Baiiibrigge. of a daughter. On the 7th inst., Mrs. Henr y Bainbridge Roberts, of a daughter. daughter, Al I RRI D. On the 24th tilt., nt St. Geortre's Ilanover-square, London, John Michael Williams. Esq., of Pfinzreep. eldest sop of .Michael Williams, Esq., of Trevinra, to Elizahet h Marla, eldest daughter of Stephen Davey, Esq., of 13oehim and Itedruth, all in the county of Cornwall. On the 26th ult., in Leopold-pia linburit , the Rev Dr. Glover, Greemide, Mr. C. ? an, • of this own, to Barbara, youngest (law rot It' ee, Edinburgh, by the Rev urowntng, trot.mon,2, , r, Edinbur g h. On the 26th ult., at St. lii ide's Church, by the R how, Mr. J. Inman, to Mary, youngest daughter Bamford, of Manchester. On the 29th ult., at St. Peer's Church, by the P .Duncan. Thomas Chatierley Harris to Mr. E. Arnr On the 29th ult., at St..lolm the Baptist's Choy son of Mr. Thos. Peers, to Eliz Abeth, daughter e of Hill-street, ToNteth-park On the 29th ult., Hughes to Miss Su On the 29th u!t Doime to Miss Ilarriet Drak(. On the Ist inst., a St. Alkmund's rhorch. Derby, by the Rev. E. H. Abney, F.dwd. Ituswed, Necond son of J. iturows, Esq.. of Wymeswold, to Ch rlotte Maria, eldest daughter of the late Edward Devereux Mark. mvrri..., On the Ist ins the Baptist's Church. W, ..... of to Miss Elizabeth Griffith, of this town On the 2nd inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, by 11 Amos. A.NI., Mr. James Hodgson to Anne, datigir Mr. John Edwards. er. J. F ter of the late On the. 2nd inst., at RAley-heath. Kent, by Davies, vicar of Wench ley, and the Rev. G. i I. Prestt of the bride, Wm. Calveley. serronrl son of the late R Davies, of St. Paul's Chu.elt, in this town, to Caron second daughter of the late Iter, School, and Christ Church, Newt:, On the 2nd inst., at the Cathedt R. Remington, A.M.. Horace Lee, General Forbes. of Montreal, to Jai Wm. Pollard, Esq , formerly of Manchester. On the 4th inst., at the Priory Church, Birkenhead. n y Rev. A. Knox, Hugh. son of the late Francis Farrent Fenton, Esq.,' and grandson of the late Colonel Fenton. of Woodhil, near tlieffield, to Lizzie, only child of John Dumbell, Esq., of this town. [Lev. R. brother r. Itobt. i. Preston, of Westminster by the Rev of Deputy-Commissary ! Wail*, eldest daughter of ovrii.t,,,the 4t m h inst., at Eastham Church. try Of. Rev. P. Hain& set, JIIIIII OF KR er•view. ea- combe. to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late Mr. J. Amery, of this town. On the 4th inst., at Alston Church, Cumberland, John Dick inson, Esq., of Lovelady Shield-hall, to Hannah .daughter of John Cowper, Esq., Raise-home, Alston. On the 6th inst..at St. Philip's Chore' Miss Loess Martha Itackhonse. On th' at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev, NTT- 11, Mr. John Johnon to 7th inst Dover, Mr. John tay.__ Lewis's Bnanr, Great Gt lary Davies, both from On the 7tit instant, at Christ Church, Everton, by the Rev, W. H. Wright, Mr. William cken to Miss Mary Jane Dearing. DIED. Lately, at Bonlottne sur-Mer. Colonel R. Taylor, of the 28th Bombay Infantry. Colonel Taylor had served many years in the Bombay army, and for a considerable period was politi cal resident at Bagdad, in Turkish Arabia. Lately, in his 72nd year, Mr. Richard Alfred Davenport, author of the biographical notices and critical prefaces in Whillinghom's Edition of the Britis Poets of several treatises for the asni,y Library the editor of ltivingto n ' s A nnua l R gister ' and of innumerable e- detached works. On the 4th December, by the upsetting of a boat,. whilst crossing the Yuba River, California, aged 31, Mr—William Brysson, engineer, second son of the late Mr. George Brysson. of Renshaw-street, in this towo, anil formerly in the employ of Messrs. Pontifex, of London. Also. at the same , titre and place, Mr. James B rod i e , of Oldham. . On the 7th ult., at Dresden, of aneurism, Robert, Reinich, the poet and painter. _ _ On the 22nd ult., ;t Dresden after a lon. and painful itlnPss, Madame Caroline de Weher, widow of the eelebrial ed composer. On the 23rd ult., the Rev. William Hadfield,. incumlient of Cleator, near Whitehaven, son of the late J. Hadfield, Esq . :, of Middlewielt. On the 24th ult., at Birkenhead, in his 68th year, Mr. Thos. Hoit, for upwards of forty years an active °lnca of her. M ajesty's Excise. On the 25th ult., at nellyclvvyll, Carmarthenshire, aged,69, the Bev. A. Brigstock. On the 26th ult., at Upton St. Leonard's, age' 83, Benjamis Williams, Esq., late of Bowdon-lodge, Cheshire. On the 27th ult.. aged 76. John Christian, Esq., of Milt - down, late first deemster of the Isle of Man. On the 27th ult., in Huskisson-street, Margaret, relict of the late Mr. J. Watson, shipbuilder. On the 27th ult., aged 77, Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. Wm. Tyson, of Prescot. On the 27th ult., aged 33, Mary, wife of Mr. Mic publican. Park-lane. On the 27th ult., at Nice, Sardinia, where he had .tone for the benefit of his health, aged 46, William Smith, dentist, formerly of Colquitt-street. On the 28th ult., at West bank, in this county, aged 78, Wm. Hurst, Esq. _ _ 1 Doyle, On the `Atli ult., at Chester, aged 82, Mrs. Monk, formerly the proprietress of the Cite"! ter Cow ant. On the 29th u't., in Rodney-street, aged 69, Antonio Julian da Costa, Portuguese Consul at this port for forty years. On the 29th ult., after a long and p:liitful illness, aged 25, Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr. John Unsworih, of the Fleece Hotel, St. Helens. On the 29th ult., at a very advanced are, Mr. John Landseer, line engraver, author, and father of three distinguished sons, Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Mr. Charles Lands: or, R.A., and Mr. Thomas Landseer, the engraver. The best work of the . deceased, as an engraver, is "The Dogs of St. Bernard," after the picture of his qin, Sir Edwin. Land his mpst yalualite nub. 6flthgraVing," delivered - at the Royal institution, and pub ', lished ; -"^" M-. Land in 180 _..r. .seer was a careful arcl.reologist, and is known among antiquarians by his volume of "•Sabcen Re • .• • On the 29th ultimo, in her 19th year, Jane, the Moved daughter of Mr. Wm. Longton, of Rainhill. On the Ist inst., at the School for the Blind, Hardman street, where she had been an inmate f9r 57 years, ru.,-etl7l, Ann Googb. On the Ist inst., aged 68, Mr. Jas. Clegg, Fceirsed victualler, Cases-street, formerly of Lees, near Manchester. On the Ist inst., at her residence, in Bedford-street. Toxteth park, aged 50, Susannah, relict of the late Sir. Thomas John. of St. 111ichael's•mount. Cornwall. On the Ist inst., at Wrexham, aged 71, Mr. Jas. Davenport, grocer and tallow•chandler. Town-hilt. iisa:,:a,na:aegded74,s Jr. Francis n t: rm e 01d m.4 On the tb the e 2 1 d s t inst.,in aatt i c l is is L tie- ee wood, spectacle-maker. The deceased was (me of lire few survivors who served under Lord Nelsan at Trafalgar. Esq., of Windsor, Ma O u n ci t ie h s e t 4d inst., aged 84, James Oman, Jones. aged 72, . ter-at-law — on the 2d inst., at Clift on-park, Birkenhead, aged 3,.r‘cbert .F L le On t d e n h tw e h r e , C2 p adr i routs.(l) Margaret, relict of the lateliK.Tolos • On the 2d inst. , aged 71, John Mawdsley, joiner, Bolton; street, Edge-hill . On the 2d inst., after a short illness, aged 44, Robinson, landlord of the Good Samaritan, Blackburn. On the 2d inst., at Douglas, Isle of Man, aged 29, th John Dee, Roman Catholic priest. On the 3d inst., at Bootle, aged 5 ye:l*s rind 6 months,,. Sands, youngest aughter of Captain W. C. Thompson. On the 3d inst., aged 41, Mrs. Parker, matron of the -Royal Lunatic Asylum. On the 3d inst..,Christopher Francis, infant son of Mr. : Thou, Jones, of Richmond-terrace, Bootle. • On the 3d inst., Mr. Samuel Harris, Douglas, Isle of Man On the 3d inst.., at Nantwich, aged 71, Mr. Acton I Mr: dinleit On the 4th hist% nt tbe house Of 'her climghter, iti On the 4th instant, in his 46th year, Robert Morris Hunt, Esq., of Castletown House, Broadway , county W ex f or d .. in her 90th year, Sarah, relict of the late Mr. Wm. HollMann. On the 4th inst., aged 73, Mary, widow of Captain. John Fotheringbain. On the 4th inst., aged 10 months, Marion Appleyartl, daiighter of Mr. Herbert Charles Langton. . On the sth inst., in cannitig-sireet, aged 12, Anthony Slater. On the 7th instant, in Upper Parliament.street, aged 53, Fit zabeth, Widow of the late John 11 arrop, Esq., of this town. On the Ith inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr Walters, Bold-street, in his 71st year, much and deservedly respected, Mr. T. Telverton, son of the !ate Mr. Francis Tel verton, of Ireland. The deceased was for about 3$ years in the service of the late T. F. Dyson, Esq.