The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TTJESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854. -LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TR t p -4.- Oil 10 • 'ii r EE.AI, of the late Sir John Gerard took_ place T "' it!- (tne edaY, at Middlesham Abbey, near St. Helens. iIY dace: e°B-YISHING off the Isle of Man continues pro pid 14 4 1 . 14 e% yarg . e quantities are exported by every packet to 0 ,A . l'l l p ji tO lir 'i tate , ; (l "°N. IT. T. LIDDELL, M.P. and his family„bave a - 14-~llPon pssession of their residence, No. 65, Port orlll the Jaee, London, which the hon. member has taken for %son 11 , • ilsk 1. e (1 -1:1 ST " ' s• - The Board of Inland Revenue have ;1 1 ,, P ; 1 14 : 1 ? i r r v e e si, e tc ' eti a n e g e e - 1 1 e t t e ' e l p oe s t i cu m s p e s, for the infringement of the and will levy the penalty in 'd c, , tii; ease or evasion which comes under their notice. been o i; p op ,s beautiful American ship Red Jacket has__ , C e cl for £ 3 2,500, by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson. Dlail';',,been placed on the berth for Australia, and will i p Yearly (1 ,,3 7 in Apra_ a f ktnoty`-'AOS,4:4I2GATION of St. John the Evangelist Church, ,4,. ' ll l.lt.b as , sa, have presented an elegant silver tray and !Pati o . Ket to the Rev. C. F. Greene, a_ a testimonial of icy Tajlate regard, after twelve years nf s faithful ministry. 0, Visttita'lll3-4-aaaa and fancy fair in aid of the Licensed ;O. tee i i ,„ ; ', er s' new Asylum and Schools will be held in the C',i (4 11ect',i ld nig in June next, and ~ towards. the benevolent 10 Isliateplations and contributions in articles for sale are J.kk''' o g l Sae , i 4 13IITLER, a pensioner, ed £2 and tip et De ha :vbig, on Wednesday afternoon,. I:) ,, l vlha th e ,.._ a nts Murphy, a joiner, residing in Sital-street, bitten off the I„lll,c`uad, Manchester. The lip was brought to the ~,,. ii Merl I ) Pieee of paper by the maimed man : held their ✓ a,'Nri ° OR LABOURERS' ASSOCIATION ea -4eo„„3',l2tieeting on Wednesday, at the Concert-hall. f' iCelation has been in existence eighteenmont e h x s : kit: alaount of funds in hand, after defraying all f l 'tit ' was announced to be £405. Ili l' a glall 411, e 11,, , At-SYCIP PACIF_IC ew , Captain Nye, sailed on a 833' afternoon for N York, with a full cargo a' V" e ogers. As she left the Sloyne an interchange -ci kt: te ' ( 'k place with the Cunard steamers Africa , Ptl ip 11 ( , a,. d , ' ' Ci a°° t l t ilsi r VA.UXUALL-ROAD.-On Thursday afternoon, ' t a ''le f i ,'''`7Past two o'clock, a fire . broke out in a shed of ° 11 ' Va uxhall -road, belonging to Mr. Roberts. Th A Nad e i ,_ stad were promptly in attendance, and succeeded ~, a ; 1 ,711 4 i ( 13 the flames before any serious .. damage had r ' '' e ld - e . h The fire wascaus dby the boiling over of a tar used for e tarring the roof of the shed. e' S% e v -ttles'ias O e l ng ßear.-Probably the finest hareonn the %hi t Ler dr essed in this locality was on Thursday, 90 _U s., I, klli w a ' kr. Morrish's dining-rooms. It weigh e ed ox 4 fe ib by '‘taa,, 43 to asted whole. It was cut from a fin lei •-• Littledale and Torr, and enticed most Lesai s • flavour, tender, and delicate . wa.sPrel `z early 1,000 , ~,,thiTained off the royal joint. vs The Red Jacket, ''' ' I,° of EatioatAaer STU- - e piikington a N(l 4t i , ne desp t hed to Australia by Messrs. _ armed, ;; ti 41111451' wil a carry bullion safes, and be fully e e l:t e h l e 'er sta l ndthat other emigrant vessels are about th same precautions. The cause of this is pro d'+' Nl3sisv'ee{.l.lllnoi:that has been spread lately of . Russian "oral = war having been seen cruising in the neighbour i 2 Of c kladei l''rt l a l - "T'Alt ra ii tor LIVERPOOL.-From a statement , r; i l i,' lll) .ll,p 9eca riPiled c f or official purposes , it appears that the l' 3 / 44 , ,, e1 as ' ei... e ? the port of Liverpool has doubled . its , lt during '"uoaa t - 'ht Y the tonnage now amoun . tin to nearly tiii.all; Port ta ns. ea l rs t 'is a remarkable feature in the history . "Y sin gle -r t %at the commerce has never retrograded in ~', t t y ~ tl year. ;1 , ti. m qtn '4lB ton MELBOURNE.-Ship letter bags will be ',.,,re 2 1 14 tra ti, Airr Melbourne, to be sent by the Great Britain • tt ot last .' Which is advertised to leave Liverpool on the 1 ) ,, t ot )33, t i i : , and for HobartTownon d Port Philip, to be which is advertised dO, ka t th- s teamer City of lobart , the 27th inst. , l o ll eta eb e t aid India Docks on , St d ., N0i.,.-.1. BY RAILWAT SEEVANTS.-On Wednesday Vs, ~,4 ills and Leigh Wood, breaksmen, in the employ t'Y '''' stZ t NC"o,,lon and North-western Railway Company, '';' 5ti a . ,, k11 . 4 o'i With breaking open a box at the Waterloo i '5 lai,,,ge or 4 the previous Saturday, the prisoners Y of t " 41 / 1 a train, in which was a box, containing to Mr . Rimmer, h 1 e dre ' jewellery,addressed he ' th a , s t ow asses and _ Da,' l 'h of the The box was broken open , w s h s ile ,en nTi . der t Both "" u aer s ..."te Prisoners, and the content toi ~, , zt, were remanded. ~ k re 4e, I,' tit, , ti , LEcTo n OF CUSTOMS.-A rumour has been in t ,i a),, 4 , llirin g the last few days to the effect that Mr. ''' '''att a nd, the collector of customs at this - yort, was 4 144.,,t°trkeSign hisunce office. We understand . the ..nno a o . ot tgil ~,,,e collector's resignation is premature, and that, ' hi, °li ee of.":',e raatt will shortly be brought - un . der the n: eorr, - . ' ie ' r I Board of Customs, no decision can l' Pha'' '0 for eaera e 1 onths. Mr. Amami has been t y N 'S a fifty-threeseseveral years m in the government . service, itrge ,; t he dg9drty of - whiela he has most satisfactorily discharged i s a ki , titl es ,i; as , of collector at this port. Previously he e held a ogee at Portsmouth. . elle >nata l . 0 c l„„, AT SEA.-On . Friday morning, at half-past , Nle '-, lc, the splendid American ship Char les t l 'apo s l4lola to ns, Benjamin Lovett, master , went ashore Humber. Celia coast-ward stafion, e in the Bay She Bay of Dun , 171'fIrlear Where the Great Britain a,aited Zl.l Liverpool on the Ist instan w t, as bound to Boston, t , - % 4 ,, ; ;tes, to which port she belongs, -with i h t a h n a ds g . en Th eral e 5 , ,, •5a at z 52 passengers, and a c.._ 1 1 1:1% 1 ., Passengers have been allsaved . The casualty t,!liel t h,..,'" varied, been owing to the . thick o.at tt hazyettime, weatheramteaas twith h e % ,"; L e ahl'aeTysailed, a fresh breeze blowing There is every hope ' yet f rom n orn S.S.E. so d . 4 4 ,S only 18 feet, n 4f4 lat "Iriaes rises to more. 1,,.. high Water on a spring be got and than 20 feet, she may tide. ' and ZZ I i PicNING.-Edward Bu, am, sda the tide where she now . s eer ~,s-Dos -Do Shipman, were on W .4 edne Ee _y n : Y ob 3i ser l :e h d iliPs' by tet I% s S hipman , taking a professional walk down Bold ill ")a-ZellsEitiveet Whitechapel, in the course_ of wil wh i i te ch . thapel 6eaeval attempts to pick pockets. In ta e k 3r , er, anq prisoners g? 14°111 ' d iC n'e t he t before a lady, another 0 11. th e i r Pock et a third at her side. the last attempting to deal ` e L l ' Per son s ' All three were arrested. They had £2O toughrojr, eozi % n ai n d on Burton was found a memoran listof the most crowded tho rs - Were,erea, Au un g den a ale-rooms,priso_a_e ‘loaes-aramitted for ---1 months s ,-On the same day,Wau th r _ , a lad abo three f, „ee nlonoths L Co rti ,for was sent to prison for p l ic 4 kV a ig rs po e ckets in Bold-street. '4.tire,t'r ACC/DENT. - There was an explosion of ~k ll ier,, 4e,d,llYdrogen gas, on Wednesday morning, at the la; °L air. John Fl t her, Little Lever, near Bolton, bDa, 'killed the under e l e km' of the mine, and severely bizerfottr -of the workmrn. A platform had been ered he r r ,: Yards from the bottom of the downcast shaft, 1 ,11. ,, s ;,,TePairs had to be effected, under which the danger 7 a s ''''ks. 4l 4, iv e gas had collected, and the workmen, .not - S 11 g upon the partial obstruction of ventilation 'ls ' e ' l LI t i, a ll th e lie platform, usednaked b c:n as dle:_, as esthey . always y the ße e Passages and shafts . .T fired 1 0 one a la Candles, and the explosion was g instantly fatal to l s t o eB- " e rt, the' underlooker, as above stated. h as t e j k a t Ikt s y YACHT CLure-The monthly meeting i , 1 a5 1i .,, - a on Tuesday, E at the club-house, Duke i -street, , w an as d seated attended. Mr. Fowles, of New Brighton, the Br ea g r were re- Zect ea a member. The officers ~ I ~ Mr.T . b ' Nl-‘) vla Littledale , com f m er odore ; 57 Mr. 8.-Hey ittara,nnes - vi c e-co mmodore e e odore ; Mr. Jonathan Griticlrod , -11 '• 17411 / 1 0, 1 -----mul T Wilkinson Tetley, treasurer; 1 . ,, , ~,,e ore .; Mr. T. ' s' r ' 4 .C't t eber, cup-bearer ; auditors, Mr. B. Platt and , •- a n---- '• Pernih rtuh • and secretary, Mr. Melling. It fit l 4 t i ith e e e, a that the e members should commence the season ~t 1 -04,°Pening dinner on the 4th April, at ma rine e il k.'''. N 7_,,enhead. Severe lof the yachts arenor fitted as the season. There w f az''Llatti w ill be af,oat early in painting, by 3 r. 1.,e,g ,rat the -club-house a marine. grand ttPD't,tDreSellting an extensive view of the late 1„; 111 3ta the Mersey, on the occasion of Her Majesty s a 1%.,- ti„ - telsr o -..,. ee ale s tee. "'Val 1 . oeciFre.-A special meeting was held at ki'aiviag In stitution, on Thursday, for the purpose of learceiafer n e , s _ r ePort of the delegates who had been appointed -- "a the advisability of a union b n et . ween the four Il a o t o e(.1 13 4 (le j ties of the town- Archdeacon The Ye th R ed a •- * l desl- After a-brief discussion the report was e ter n !, e 'd the same delegates were appointed to prepare V til o t e „,ke ith :f onion and other details, . n t n o . be submitted to Thanks were ilo''''' to 4 . 1 , 114 generally for confirmation . otl?atiot, the delegates, and also to , for his a4etie s eLa thousand copies of the report to the four L tea Kilo following gentlemen were unanimously an d by Mr r s .' -Mr ' 1) rileb Arthur Bright, Sandheys, We , st . lie tt 4r, J o hn 'Mani Ithell Mason, Hope-place, Liverpool , h i , etar y then Redcliffe, Eaton-cottage, Knotty Ash. The titskart' announced the following donations:-By two ballads on 4 4 i"Aie e i a eaPy of an essay respectin g la tt 'iel s , ,Pt the Battle of the y a n n e, in 1690, written by ip ri m k_ !tltlen dragoon, who was is lr_i_s_hm w an an by birth, 1 4iq°tchman by parentage. The 'aY originally ~1 1 eti , 1 1„ ,_t h e Archeological Jour . nat . of Ulster.-By A little fi lo. , of 1,-amPhic Society, a copy a- laik • et'Y great curiosity, which e a f pp its ea j r;_to is be b C o : o o ri k en w th as l 0 i t int. • th There was written in it, ' This k i a, I) Te Possession of the blacks M Abraham kliltre;,lB34. It had been pre eat b t w e hel y they r. rebelled in Ga The secretary Qiiit ed through Mr. Samuel tCa,, .P r i o n book of drawings and plans r'elative to Birken aiii.lateij?", the work of Mr. Mason. _ He also announced )l ek: : laiti es ' n ,° of. Mr. Mayer to exhibit the collection of ed, probably at the ofti; teo nth :se had . recently pure • ,t A description th ,, , e al we i - !fleeting. A paper , entitled ki t 7, l iill ,`, l nt fort at Kirkby, in the parish of Walton-on 4, 3 V,... Ca.. 4 p ot _ ''S afterwards read by J. W. .. Roberts, hum.,th e Escl .pro .: ' , liin,.._ e of thanks having been passed to terminated. si h ° Dl l 1- ~"` Will C A.I QCABIIIRE SPRING -S A ZES.-The commis lie4a4 e °Pened on Saturday next, by the Hon. Justice Platt, and the t h ,'lhe,, , fieconipanied bthe Hon. ' tii t ° Th; v11 1 be entered upon. on Monday. The p calendar, Il l fr om b- Irs daY, contained the names of 87 risoners,- 4 a 4 - 114 ir kdale, and 27 fro Manchester New Bailey. ka l '• a„. her is about an average: there were 1061 ast foliot f, ; r egards the nature of crime,. the cases are eiow k,,ei n , . an average in weight or heinousness. The V r dsr;i is ` lB analysis of the calendar :-From Kirkdale : 5 cases, 1at ) 13 ri5 e ,,,,.. intent to murder, 1; manslaughter, prisoners ; stabbing, 9 t a,% her s , 1,:r; rape, 2 cases, P assn 0 Ini ° , 8 Person , 3 cases , 8 prisoners ; bur b g i l r a t r h y , , 2 6 ; % pa t, .1 aoners ; housebreaking perjury, j.ncory.ncealing l'uVezzli' ea se, but 9 prisoners ; et,eery f s .. „ money, .From n 4. bae ° 1 Manchester 1 : ; ' - 'N . ta fe b rg bi e n ry g ' , 2 2 ;; l'e " Person, 7 cases, 12 prisouers . ..ais bn if r y gla g rY , T i n the „eist,,,L, Arisoners ; forgery, 1 ; bigamy, 1 - _ ,asn cases of s th r at i a`,Ai,c2f,leaths, 1. It may be noticed e h only 2- mletn4l,Leiverpool has 9, whilst . Manch i e t slt l ior' s , by the fact of stabbing bei; burglary Ma n " v e e %te r . h'rune. In cases of robbery and g in general only kk, l 4lll ' p ee .„ 4 ,a strtiaing majority. Some of the o casesf m urder is Goth tt7a„, _l' importance. The charge eta,'ner e ., Inaltese sailor, Charles Flower, I,vho stabbed Wa th e we-atitor, named Michael McDermott, in t is a quarrel, ag ainst ta,. i ata e a,..." ago. The case of embezzlemen 14 ion rutcheon, lately cashier at the Lime-street who „ ,, „0 4 , the London and North-western Railway, lar _ e 4,,„,. rill, having defrauded the company an t° 3 6 named 11 ,ah a Tiam . 'nolgst the forgers is a young m 4 toa'' qt a 1 ." 8 ° 8 , Most respectably connected, ho tried to 4 ' 4 ay 'nrged cheek for £1 500 at the Boroug w h bank, on i tli llt aft er L e e b s ,,t B ' . Th ol e younq uis 'man stated that he had been , m , an d Co. Of Lond:3ll,w 11 1 1111 , et a Mr. Glynnun who was on business in the lr,:e and also to cash a . ' check for the amount nare e ei a be'4l.er's excitement caused-him to be appreheenqeq: ertx alciurihave hee. kV L e sh e a l .., Pr .. e ased Ilia gl a d ness th a t h e h a d not suet . eq ci n ever after miserable, awe that yen 421 to? Snell rashnesS• THE LANDING-STAGE MEN are to receive one shilling per week additional wages during the continuance of the present high price of provisions. PHOTOGRAPHY.—The first meeting of the second session of the Photographic Society was held on Tuesday. Several beautiful specimens of the art were exhibited. An interesting paper was read by Dr. Edwards, on the " Che mistry of silver." An animated discussion followed, on the plate-glass and paper processes, in the course of which several gentlemen alluded to the advantages of waxed paper, especially where practitioners travelled any distance to take views. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Friday week, whilst Mr. Edward Dickenson, well known in this town, was shooting on the Rough Mountain, near Marford, Denbigh shire, and in the act of ascending the aclivity, which is covered with briars and underwood, his gun went off, and lodged its contents in his breast. • Death ensueaealmost instantaneously. The deceased had been out shooting for several days, and was, at the time, expecting a friend, upon whom he had called some minutes before, to join him. LECTURE ON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. The Rev. D. B. Joseph delivered a lecture, on Tuesday, in the National School-rooms, Bootle, on " The History of the Newspaper Press." He traced its progress, from the puny Weekly News of the year 1622, to the broad sheet of the Times in 1854, giving, as he proceeded, little biographies of the principal metropolitan papers, and describing the circumstances to which each owes its peculiar character. He reviewed the various taxes and other restrictions which have from time to time been imposed on the press ; described their effect, and the effect also of the recent abolitions ; and expressed a hope that every vestage of tax ation would be swept away from the sources of knowledge. ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The drawing classes of this institution, formerly presided over by the late C. Barber, Esq., President of the Liverpool Academy, are, we under stand, placed, by the appointment of the committee, 'alder the direction of Wm. L. Kerry, Esq. SOIREE AT THE MARINNIRS' CHURCH SCHOOLS.—The annual tea-party, in aid of these schools, was held on Tuesday, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. W. Maynard, in cumbent, Rev. Joseph Bardsley, Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. J. R. Butler, &e.The choir of the Blind Asylum en hanced, by their excellent performances, the general interest of the proceedings. AN INTERESTING EVENT IN BRIDEWRLL.—Mr. Par kinson attended at the Police-court on Friday morning, and stated that on the previous day a woman named Mary Ralph was brought to bridewell, charged by Margaret Flynn, a servant at one of the recruiting-houses in Shaw's brow, with stealing a shawl. Half-an-hour after she was locked up, she was delivered of a full-grown child, and the doctor 'would not permit her to be brought before the magistrates. As the shawl had 'not been recovered, and as no pawnticket had been found in her possession, the woman was ordered to be discharged as soon as she was in a fit state to be removed. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, in the theatre of the building, Mr. R. W. Ronald in the chair. From the report it appears that the number of boys attending ell the schools is at present 1,450. The treasurer's account showed that there was a - balance against the institution, on the yearly account, of £llO 16s. 3d., and that the total debt reached nearly £3,000. The report stated that a school for the study of science and art was intended to be opened in the institution in August next, under the auspices of. the government board. Mr. M'llvetn, the head master, said the schools were never in a greater state of efficiency than at the present time. The report was unanimously adopted, and the usual routine 'business transacted. ARCHITECTURWL AND ARCHZOLOGICAL 'SOCIETY. — The twelfth ordinary meeting was held titßoyal I ns titution, Caltiaitt-street, on Wednesday, Mr. C. Verelst in the chair. Several specimen bricks, made by an Ame rican machine; end used in Liverpool, were exhibited. Mr. Boult stated that the bricks were made from clay as it was dug from the tarth. Before being forced into the mould, the clay passed through rollers, and was 'thus pulverized. The machine would make twenty thousand bricks a day, at an expense of thirty-six shillings per thousand. The paper for the meeting was by Mr. Fitton, being the third section of the " Architectural History - of Liverpool." It did not, therefore, contain an epitomunf the entire archi tectural history of Liverpool, but commenced with the year 1769, the date of Perry's large map. The paper was illustrated by numerous maps and esigravings, forming a valuable collection, and the descriptions of which excited considerable interest. Mr. Picton; being unable to read the whole of the paper, reserved 'the concluding portion for another meeting. Wmen COLLIERY Ex - mono/T.—The inquest on the bodies of 89 persons killed by the recent explosion at the Arley Mine terminated on Thursday, when the jury, after an absence of upwards of two hours, returned a verdict as follows :—" We find that the death of the 89 persons un derconsideration was oemioned by the explosion of fire damp, from a sudden and accidental outburst of gas. We give it as our opinion that the general management and ventilation of the mine in quektion, from the time of the former lamentable explosion - to the present time, have been sa tisfactory, and the system- of working, under the peculiar circumstances of the pit, uneensurable. Under the circumstances of these :awful explosions, we would strongly recommend to the management that, as far as -possible, the use of gunpowder in the workings within 'this mine should be wholly discontinued." HEALTH or THE TOWN.—The medical officer of health reports that no returns of -death had been received from the sub-district of Dale-street, the officer of registrar for I that district being vacant; and assuming the mortality to have been the same as in the previous week, the aggre gate mortality of the borough would show a decrease of twelve as compared with the week preceding, and of two as compared with the same week as the previous five years. Of the total deaths,'s9 were in the out-townships. There was a considerable ' , decrease in the mortality from diseases of the lungs, which fell from 90, in the previous week, to 72 in the last, a -smaller number than in any week since the nlonth of November. From zymotie dis eases, the estimated mortality was 45. Measles caused 13 deaths ; looping cough, 10; typhus, 7 ; croup, 6 ; diarrhoea, &e., 5 ; syphilis,.l. No fatal ease of small pox nor of scarlatina was registered. A man aged 32, employed in a brewery, died from delirium tremens. LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS.—The annual meeting was held on -Wednesday, at the Institu tion, Soho-street. Mr. James Tyrer in the chair. The report embraced a series of tables and details of the opera tions of the school during the past year, and included the minutest particulars of the domestic economy of the in stitution. From these we observe that 331 children at tended the schools in 1853, namely, 137 boys and 68 girls- Of these, however, only 146 are at present on the roll, and of the remaining 115, - 74 have gone to situations ; 79 have quitted and refused to return; 2 have - gone to other schools ; 11 have left Liverpool ; 27 have been sent to their native parishes ; 1 has died, and 1.-quitted the school sick. Since the schools were opened, it seems that 158 boys and 80 girls have obtained situations. The committee report that, during the past year, there WAS an increase in the amount of donations and subscriptions as compared with 1852. There is still, however, a considerable arrear of debt due to the treasurer. After the transaction of some routine business the proceedings terminated with the children, who looked healthy and clean , parading in one of the play grounds to the mueic of their own band, which played . " The British Grenadiers" with co nsiderable taste and e spirit. A CUSTOMS OFFICER. an TROUBLE.—John W.Mann, an officer in the Customs, was charged on Friday with having stolen some chimney ornaments. Mrs. Sarah Taylor, 23, Hanover-street, stated that the prisoner came into her house drunk about live weeks ago, and, as she was at dinner, seized a sole from off a dish, ,aid devoured it "most ravenashously." (Laughter.) He then took up a salt-cellar and a chimney ornament, which he put in his ,pocket. She took them fromlaim, and he abused her, and !left the house. About a week afterwards heenpeated his former misconduct ; but that time he actually walked off with the ornament, after having knocked her down in her night-dress on the kitchen flew.. She informed the police ; but the prisoner was not taken into custody, although she gave a full description of him, and stated at t wh he at his calling was. On Thursday night she saw him Amphitheatre, and gave him into custody. The prisoner had en his possession a large bottle of pepper, some sugar, and a q uantity of tobacco, which he said were Customs samples.—lnspector Bates explained that he did not eppre bend the prisoner when the prosecutrix told him that the he had r obbed her, because he thought it very probable whole affair was a lark.—The magistrate said it was very probable the whole affair had been "a lark," and ells missed the s charge. He, however, ordered the policemen to take him down to the Customs and deliver up to the authorities there the pepper, tobacco, and sugar found in his possession. Door C OM MUTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair. The sub committee of works recommended that the tender for iron work required in the construction of the warehouses on the south quay of the Stanley-dock, be given to essrs. George Forrester and Co., the whole of the work to be ex ecuted in every respect conformable with the contract, for the sum of £32,485 2s. 7d. Confirmed. The tend n er of Messrs. Johnson, for supplying coals for steam engines i connexion with the dock estate, was accepted. The Chair man intimated that a letter had been received from Mr, William Cubitt, engineer, to the effect that at a recent meet , lug of the Finance Committee he (Mr. Cubitt) made ap plication to be allowed to appoint Mr. J. B. Hartley as his representative in Liverpool during the erection of the pro posed landing stage for channel steamers. The Finance Committee referred him to the chairman of the Dock Committee, and he wished to know whether there was any objection to his making an arrangement with Mr. Hartley ' to act for him as local engineer in carrying out the con tract. After some conversation, the request contained in Mr. Cubitt's letter was agreed to. A ten-ton crane was ordered to be placed at the north end of the Canning doek, the tender for which was recommended to be given to M`Arthur, Hogarth, and Co. Confirmed. A report e r d e a o d n f ron board t h e t h h e a r s itu p r Ro m as h t e e r t r , t a Prestonti h a t ly n a g fl i r n e tohce cwua was r Prince's-dock, on Sunday last. It was not known how hadthe fi n r o e d o o re ht n i a t t ewdas; bfroutm(aseathreelehsasrnbeosus,r asm as t t h e e r s s h ta ip te k d e ) e p l e f r e was taken from the vessel drunk, a nd the mate had been taken from the cabin i n a state of stupidity from the ' effects of liquor. The vessel was laden with brandy,A and one of the casks' heads wa s nearly burnt through. re port was read from the high constable, that it was sup posed the parties had a light on board. The Forbes, had been taken out of t he ship drunk, and beenburnt conveyed to the hospital, his legs b e i ng much . There was a third report, from an inspector of police, stat ing that the vessel belonged to Messrs. J. and J. Harrison srs , a nd that she was laden with brandy belonging to Mes. Lockett, Messrs. Preston and Co., and others, and that the damage sustained by the fire amounted to £B7 10s. The Chairman said that if the cask of brandy found in a burning state had been burnt through it might have blown up, and what the consequences would have been to the vessel and cargo no one could say. In reply to a question, it was stated that lights and fires were not al lowed in the Prince's-dock. The Chairman said it was supposed that the men on board had a candle in the cabin ; and they were smoking and drinking, and hearing some one coming they extinguished the light by putting it into the brandy jug. The solicitor, on being referred to, said that the offending pantie had incurred a heavy penalty by the use of lights in the Prince's-dock. He was instructed steps against those who were toon of some other routine proeeeded to the consideration of takeh leifeecoetraisrsati:ransacti re sponsible.bfinsnanineeiaiss ttters. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUCH WAS MR COLD at Jassy last month, that - six sentinels guarding the guns were frozen to death in one night. His GRACE the Duke of Buccleugh has intimated his intention of appropriating one of the fields in the imme diate vicinity of Dalkeith as a place of public recreation for the inhabitants. SEVERAL DESERTERS from the 33rd regiment rejoined head-quarters previous to its embarkation for Constanti nople, in the hope of being pardoned and allowed to pro ceed with the corps to Turkey. IT is said that, with a view to provide for coming ex penses, the government of France intend proposing to the Legislative Chamber the re-establishment of the salt tax, and the imposition of a tax on railroad revenue. THE Town Council. of Birmingham has just appointed a new local official, viz., a public analyzer, charged with the examination and suppression of adulteration in all articles of consumption. TIIE TRUSTEES of the Medial fund are about to com plete the purchase of a government annuity, on the joint lives of Francesco and Rosa Medial, and on that of the survivor. A NEW PATTERN for military summer trousers has been sanctioned. They are of a deep blue colour, with red beading down the outside seam. This will be certainly an improvement on the nondescript light-blue gray at present in use. DiscovEnv OF COIL IN GLOUCESTER.—In making the excavations for the sewerage of this city, in Worcester street, on Thursday last, the workmen came upon the end of a stratum of coal, about six inches thick, at a depth of about 11 feet from the surface.—Gloucester Chronicle. PUBLICANS.—It appears by a return made to the House of Commons, that the number of licensed victuallers in England and Wales in 1853 was 61,040, and of persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, 40,913. The number of licensed victuallers in Scotland was 14,812; and in Ireland, 15,280. DEATH ON A. TREADMILL.—An elderly man, who was a prisoner in the New Bailey Prison, Salford, whilst working on the treadwheel on Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, suddenly dropped down and expired. The cause of death was believed to be apoplexy. A SINGULAR PETITION is now before :congress. In 1846, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith, of Missouri, under the assumed name of Ben Newman, enlisted as a soldier, and served during .the Mexican war. She discharged her duties faithfully as a soldier for ten months, when her sex was discovered, and she was discharged from service. She has since married, and now applies for her pay and bounty land. EXCAVATION'S were made in the course of last week at Me supposed site of Macbeth's Castle at Dunsinene, in Perthshire. After removing rubbish for some three feet, a wall was discovered, composed of large stones neatly joined together, and resting on the rock ; but, beyond some charcoal and a few bones, no relics were discovered. The investigations will be proceeded with in the course of the summer. THE LORD PROVOST coe Theresnunon has been recently in London, where he has had interviews with the Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, on the subject of a grant for a Scottish national museum. His lordship pressed the claim of Scotland to such a grant very strongly upon those members of the government. The Highland society are also about to send a deputation to Lention on the same subject. EAST Iserria-HousE.--On Wednesaay the Court of Directors decided upon the 15.membets of their body that are to remain in office under the new law requiring their number of 30 to be reduced to 15. The choice fell upon Messrs. Ellice, Oliphant, Mills, Sialth, Bayley, Mangles, Prinsep, Eastwick, Sykes, Sir H. Willock, Sir J. W. Hogg, Shepherd, Melville, Astell,ond Macnaghten. The directors not re-elected were—Sir J. L. Lushington, Sir R. Campbell, Messrs. Wigrani, Masterman, Muspratt, Shank, Cotton, Plowdeu, Dent, Moore, 31arjoribankes, and Whiteman. Three seats had previously been vacated by the death of Sir R. Jenkins, and the retirement of Messrs. Loch and Alexander. AN ARTIFTCIAL MAN.—The Memorial Bordelaisitates that, not far from St. Sever there is living an old military man who has a false leg and a false arm, both moveable by means of springs, a glass eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose of silver, covered with a substance resembling flesh, and a silver plate replacing part of the skill. He bears on his breast the Cross of the Legion of }lmitate won in thesecompaigns of Egypt, Italy and Russia; in Fried land, Jena, Austerlitz, Wagram, and Waterloo. TUE CLERGY AND •TR'g WAR.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has received.a petition signed by-the clergy of the diocese of Lichfield, in which they statethat, feel ing deeply sensible of the grievous evils inevitably atten dant'-upon war, they hunibly beg his grace to adopt such measures as he may see - lit to impress upon the legislature the; importance of setting apart an early day for fasting and prayer, that the threatened strife and bloodshed may 'be.-everted from Europe, and that to this nation in parti ocular the blessings of peace may be continued. His grace has expressed his intention of acting upon the suggestion, in which he heartily concurs. De.noE.—All readers ef Robinson Crusoe (and what boy has not read that most attractive story ?) will grieve to hear that the great grandson of the man whose creations ' have long become familiar household words, wherever the English language is spoken, is living in extreme destitu tioneat the age of seventy-seven, with a wife aged sixty nine, and five children, left out of fifteen, one of whom helps the mother in her washing, the others barely able to support themselves. In 1846, James Defoe, a box-maker, failed in business, in Bedford-street, London, since which he has had to struggle severely against poverty, maintain ing an excellent character amid all his trials What is to ;bedew ? Quite recently a descendant of the great Cor neille was discovered in 'France, and the Emperor imme diately pensioned her. Will our government. do as much? • GOTTENBURG.—Gmstavus Adolphus, the great founder oot the city, prophesied that it would eareceutly be the •centre of Scandinavian ,commerce; now thal, prophecy is fhlfilled. Whether Csottenburg may rank with certain commercial ports or not is a question open to discussion but that it is the Liverped of the Scandinavian peninsula even now, and that its streets are thronged daily with active .merchants ; that its port is filled with vessels ; and that its commercial men are rising daily in the estimation of the merchants of Europe, are points admitted in every market-place. The rapidity with which its commerce is increasing may be shown by the returns of its exporta tions to -England. For example, in 1850, 12,000 tons of wool left this port for England; in the follcwing year 27,000 tons were consigned to the same destination. In 1850, England imported from Sweden no less than 29,500 tons of iron, and nearly all (the oats raised in the penin sula. In truth, the activity apparent iu every part of the city, when,- on the morning after my arrival, 1 strolled down its handsome streets, snider cloudless heavens, and with the invigorating influenceof a. sharp, dry frost, was startling. Five ships lay alongside the quays; English sailors were strolling about; the Swedish guards, tall, handsomely-equipped troops, were marching to ard fro ; serious men were tripping from office to office; and in the centre of the broadest street were two omnibuses, the ap pearance of which carried one mentally to Paddington. — A Brage-beakey with the Swedes. TERRIFIC Exenosion.—On Monday evening, between 6 and 7 o'clock, -an explosion took place at the firework manufactory of Mr. Coton, in the Westminster-roed,. by which the premisee were set on fire and destroyed, and the lives of Mr. Coton sad a boy, named Charles Berkshire, sacrificed. Mrs. Colon, her sister-in-law, and two children were extricated from the building without suffering much injury, havin g been, at the moment of the explosion in the basement floor. The great quantity ,of fireworks of all sorts in the premiees did not all explode at the same mom ent, but continuaLexplosions lasted for .some time, to the terror of the neighbeurhood, the rockets, dionsan being discharged in All directions, and driving back on all sides the mob assembled to witness the scene. FORGERY BY AN EX , M.P.—Frederiek de Mela-ns, for merly M.P. for a county sin Ireland, and Lecia, his wife, were brought before the 'Lord Mayor, for final examina tion, charged with having uttered a forged power of attor ney 'to transfer a share and interest of Richard Annesley Simpson, in stock and annuities, for £1,520115. 5d.., three per cent. reduced annuities, with intent to defraud the Bank of England. The prisoners were committed for trial.. The Lord Mayor discharged the lady from custody upon bail to the amount of £lOO, and said that if Mr. de Molyns could produce security to the amount of £l,oooin two sureties, and his own in £2,900, he should be also set at liberty till the day of trial. REGISTRATION .03? BILLS OF SALE.—The Earl of Harrowby has laid on the table .of the House of Lords a bill, which has just been printed, to prevent frauds on creditors by secret bills of sale on personal chattels. It declares that frauds are frequently committed upon credi tors by secret bills of sole, whereby persons are enabled to keep up the appearance of being in good circumstances and possessed of property., and the grantees or holders of such bills of sale have the power of taking possession of the property of such persons to the exclusion of the rest of their creditors. It is proposed to enact that bills of sale shall be void, unless the same, or a copy, be filed within 21 days in like manner as warrants of attor ney; the defeasance or condition is to be written on the same paper. The officer of the court is to keep a book containing particulars of each bill of bale ; a fee of I.s. is to be paid on filing a bill of sale. Further, the bill pro vides that office copies or extracts of such documents shall be given, on paying the usual rates for copies of judg ments. Satisfaction may be entered upon a bill of sale when the debt for which it was given shall be satisfied. There is an interpretation clause and a schedule in the bill, setting forth all particulars connected with a bill of sale. SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A RUGBY SCHOOLBOY. — A correspondent says :--On Friday last, as a farmer's son, named John Cranfield, was in one of his meadows his attention was directed towards a deep and wide part of a stream called the Sowbrook. On proceeding thither he saw two fellows of about 16 or 17 shamefully ill-treating a poor little fellow apparently between 10 and 11 years of age. It appeared the cowardly assailants ordered the little boy to jump the brook, but as it was impossible for him to clear it, he begged hard to be let off. This reason able request was not only refused but they compelled him to go through the stream. This was not sufficient to satisfy his companions, for after he had landed on the other side they jumped over a narrow part, and then un mercifully belaboured the boy for disobeying their orders. One of them beat and kicked him in a shameful manner, while the other dragged him about by the hair. One of the assailants then pulled the boy's coat off, and, after throwing it in the water, jumped upon his hat, and kicked the crown in. At this juncture young Cranfield came up, and upon asking one of them what they were beating the boy for, answered, " Because lie did not jump the brook when ordered to do so." The young farmer, with a feeling immediately t e t o ly i inflict d o i f g o n n a e tio o n f h th ig e hl m y , cnraeilietdabpleet4le and im, summary punishment upon him. The dastard now begged for that mercy he had jun i or few minutes before denied to one many years his j. The hat and coat of this h of ol i d n Master Perry coming off in the melee, young Cranfield cons igned them to the water, and, after giving him a good drubbing, allowed him to depart. Our correspondent says described the cries of the little boy John Cranfield, who he was told the circumstance and showed the spot by as most heartrending. Our 'correspondent further assur a es us that the above is only one of numerous instances th t hythose who have it in usage receives little or no do so. The occur every spring among the notice Rugby schoolboys,yet. th . e their power to put a stop to it, and ought to little youths (our correspondent adds) dare net and so the practice continue4.—Dai/y News. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. COLONEL SIR WM. REID has succeeded in introducing the Assam silkworm into Malta. Loan STANLEY, M.P., has offered to contribute £3OO for the erection of public baths and washhouses at King's Lynn—of which borough he is the representative—on con dition that the town council contributes an equal sum to the same object. TIGHT LACING.—A young girl, named Mary Britton, servant in a miller's family of the name of Hall, of Walm gate, has -died through wearing a pair of stays belonging to Miss Ann Hall, which were very strong, and tightly a ced, so as to induce a sudden attack of apoplexy. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—As some evidence of the preparations now considered necessary for the commence ment of war, in the event of its been unavoidable, it may be mentioned that the government, having advertised for tenders for the supply of 50,000 gallons of rnm, five ten ders were made on Thursday week, and all were accepted, making in all 250,000 gallons. THE REPRESENTATION OP NORTH DDRHAM.--It is generally thought in Durham that Lord Adolphus Vane will be brought forward by the Tories to represent the vacant seat in the northern division of the county, caused by the elevation of his brother, Lord Seaham, to the Upper House. The register has been carefully watched by the Liberals during the last two years, so that it is probable there will be a contest. -- SERIOUS FIRE AT SHREWSBURY.-011 Wednesday night, the timber yard of Mr. Chime, Shrewsbury, caught fire, and property to the value of nearly £3,000 was de stroyed. Several thousand persons assembled, and used such exertions to extinguish the fire and to save the timber that the flames did not communicate to the adjoin ing houses. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.--011 Thursday, the police authorities of the metropolis received a commu nication from the friends of Mr. T. H. Walsh, the surgeon, of Worcester, whose mysterious disappearance from the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, led to the belief that he had been waylaid and murdered, and whose friends, labouring under that impression, offered a reward of £5O for his discovery, announcing that he had been found, all safe, in one of the southern counties. LONGEVITY.—The death of one of the oldest inhabitants of liethnal- ' ereen occurred in the infirm ward of the work hettse of that parish on Wednesday. The deceased, Jane Green, had been an inmate of the workhouse for many years ; she had now a numerous family, her youngest daughter being now upwards of seventy years. Her ' faculties weep all perfect, and her sight so good that she could read any ordinary print, even without the assistance of spectacles, and enjoyed good health to the last, though lately she has been confined to her bed. She was in her 104th year. A Sr. PETERSBURG NEWSPAPER entertains its readers with a picture by no means flattering to our merchant navy, intended to show that it cannot supply good sailors to our belligerent fleets. It seems, according to this authority, that our wrecks are increasing with enormous rapidity, because our merchant seamen, behind as well as before the mast, are utterly and incurably addicted to drunkenness ; and, as a proof of the prevalence of this vice, it is mentioned that "the earth fuel which the Eng lish people are obliged to burn for want of the pine forests with which Russia is blessed" was for a whole month enormously increased in price in consequence of the sailors employed in the coasting trade having given themselves up to gin. A Farnnevere DEA.7II has happened to a bricklayer, named Henry Smith, while engaged on some repairs at the Stanton Iron-works. He was standing on a gas burner over one of the furnaces, when the burner broke, .mlll' he fell into the furnace, which was partly full of molten metal. Quantities of water were instantly poured into the furnace ; the unfortunate man was seen in a stooping , posture with his hands and his feet in the liquid metal. lkfter the lapse of two hours and a half a part of the shrivelled trunk of a man was drawn out-of the furnace by means of a rake. The dreadful occurrence put an end to work for the day ; the strongest and most courageous men were seen 'crying like children when all chance of saving their comrade was gone. The people immediately subscribed £2e for his family. LAW OF S'ETTLEMENT. — In the year ending at Lady*. day, 1853, noless than 10,032 persons were removed from various parishes in England and Wales, under orders of removal obtained by the peor-law authorities, on the ground that their settlement-was elsewhere. The expense of the orders and removal, without including the cost of relief before removal, was £13,640. There were, besides, 383 orders made for the removal of'Scoteh paupers, and of b o t u h t e 2, E 4oo ng , lis oo t 4,823 forthe removal of Irish. It does mot appear how many persons were included in these order s. But these refigurinzasd,ofonroptarsihshowes vt,telaWa population (nearly a seventh of the kin gd om) have omitted to make returns. n umber oof about GENERAL HAYNAU S CORPSE.—A most extraordinary account has reached us in a private letter from Vienna to a high personage here,-and has been the talk of our salons for the last few days. It appears that - the circumstances of the death of Generalliaynau presented a phenomenon of the most awful kind on record. For many days after death the warmth of life yet lingered in the right arm ' and left leg of the corpse, which remained limp and moist, 1. even bleeding slightly when pricked. No delusion , not withstanding, could be maintained as to the reality of . I. -death, for the other parts of the body were completely mortified, and interment became necessary before the two limbs above mentioned had become either stiff or cold. The writer of the letter mentioned that this strange cir cumstance had produced the greatest awe in the minds of , those who witnessed it, and that the emperor had been so impressed with it, that his physicians had forbidden the M. subject to be alluded to in his presence. Query, can the above singular statement be verified? It was copied from a-French paper, i m mediately after the decease of General Haynau was knownin Paris.—Notes area Queries. PUBLIC DECENCY , AND THE PUBLIC PRESS.—WithOut assuming to be censors of our contemporaries, and espe ' eially repudiating any prudish pretensions to superior ( virtue or morality, we yet think there is one subject on ' which the conductors of the newspaper press of England would do well to reflect—we allude to -the reports of pro ceedings in the police and other courts of law. Within the last fortnight, cases combining every conceivable • i ngr edient of impurity, fi lth, corrup tion, and indecency, have been investigatedeand by the daily -papers faithfully, we may almost say verbatim reported. On the part of the magistrate there was a di sgusting, yet necessary, duty to perform :he has to' bring crime to punishment. The press also has its duty tc discharge. Rightly understood, and faithfully and discreetly carried out-the office of the journalist is lofty and honourable. It is - to instruct the ignorant, to encourage the good, to protect - the weak, and, above•all, to unmask and brand vice, when the crime or the offender is beyond the reach of law. set, to do this, i s it necessary to report literally the evidence of panders, and to recount with disgusting exactitude the iniquities of the 'brothel ? Occasionelly one may read in the leading articles -of .a newspaper an eloquent discourse,.which would do honour to the pulpit, denouncing the immorality of the cheap publications of the day, and calling the attention of the policeeto the indecent prints in Holywell-street. Turn to the prince reports of the same paper, and the-reader will see pruriency which Holywell-street cannot surpass. " Change pieces, handy-dandy, which is the justice—which the thief ?" It is easy• to urn that the press must faith fully report the proceedings of courts of justice; but . a report can be faithful without being minute. For our own part, liv e confess we cannotsee any difference in effect between publishing to the last particular accounts of vice , that have actually occurred, .and inventing imaginary scenes of impurity, to acquire wealth by corrupting the minds of the ignorant.— The Prfts. SHOCKING DEATH OP AN AN_A_LYTICAL CHEMIST. — The death of Mr. dames Haywood, teacher of chemistry eit tthe Wesleyan College, Sheffield, occurred on Thursday morning, under most distressi and melancholy eircum stances. On the previous evening, • .about six o'clock, Mr. , Haywood was engaged in the laboratory at the college, ng - preparing for his lecture to the .pupils that evening, and it was necessary for him to pour into a phial a quantity of sulphuric acid containede:n a large bottle in a hamper. It appears that the hamper was getting worn out, and Mr. Haywood incautiously lifted up the bottle by itself, when water,ibroke the glass and ran on Mr. H a y wood's clothes. the Old contained in the bottle, being much heavier than A quantity of the acid also fell upon the dress of a boy, a pupil at the college , who was assisting lime and burnt through-lug clothes ; but as the lad was rushing out of the place to get some water, he was seized l.iy one of the and held him for about twenty minutes while he was pumped on:with teachers, who tore off his b urn ing clothes, cold water. By these means, and in consequence of the fresh air which he inhaled, the boy escaped with a few burns, and is sn o w considered out of danger. It fared differently, however, with Mr. Haywood. 011 finding that the bottle tad broken, he let it fall ; and at the same time,he fell forward on the floor. lie inflicted a deep gash in his hand with part of the broken bottle. From this time Mr. Haywood appears to have lost his usual presence of mind, and instead of holding his breath and escaping from the room instantly, he lay for some moments inhal ing the deadly fumes of the poisonous liquid. After re mamingsome time in the laboratory, breathing an atmos phere charged with the exhalations of the acid, he was at con dition to his home, where he lingered Wilds death, which length taken away and conveyed in a ver y distressing occurred about five o'clock on the following morning. Mr. Haywood was au analytical chemist of great celebrity, and occupied &distinguished place as a public lecturer on chemistry, as applied to agricultural science as well as to manufactures. THE LATE CHRISTOPHER SHAW ROE, ESQ.—A painful gloom was cast over the inhabitants of this borough gene rally, on Tuesday morning last, by the sudden death of Christopher Shaw Roe, Esq., Summer-hill, [near Maccles field. He transacted business in the town on Monday, apparently in good health, and retired to rest that night without the least symptom of indisposition. Early next morning, however, lie was found to be in a state of fatal lethargy. Medical assistance was immediately obtained ; but all that the best professional skill could bring to bear upon his case was of no avail. He never even rallied so far as to exhibit the least sign of consciousness, and in a few hours he expired without a struggle. The removal of this good man has made a serious gap in our commu nity. Disinclined, from constitutional peculiarities, to take that lead in society which so often distinguishes men of showy parts, he was one who unostentatiously fulfilled, with the most conscientious integrity, the duties of his station ' • and by all who knew him he was acknow ledged to be a man of sterling worth and unbounded kindness of heart. As the patron of Christ Church, with its subordinate appliances of daily and Sunday schools, &,c., his loss will be severely felt. To the prosperity of these he was keenly alive. We believe that we are under the mark when he say, that within the last twenty years he has expended upon them not less than 2,7,000; and we know that, shortly before his death, he had made arrangements for an outlay of at least £5OO upon the sacred edifice built and endowed by his grandfather. His attachment to the Church of England was fervent, and his loyalty enthusiastic. We need hardly add, that in his political opinions he was an inflexible supporter of the Protestant Constitution in Church and State. But a better tribute to his memory, than any we could pro nounce, will be found among the poor. Of these, it may be said truly, that, " when the ear heard him it blessed him, and when the eye saw him , it gave witness to him— the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." Many a cottage latch was lifted and many a threshold crossed by him when the world saw nothing of t h e ministry of mercy, nor even the l e ft hand }mew what the right hand did.—Maeclesfield Courier, Rungs VESTRIES.—A bill in the Commons has been printed to enable the vestries of parishes in England and Wales to exercise certain powers for effecting local works and improvements in their respective parishes, and pro moting the common welfare of the inhabitants. On a re quisition the churchwardens are to summon a vestry. A committee is to be appointed, and sanitary powers to be given to such committee. Parishes may be divided into districts. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A paper has been presented to both houses of Parliament, showing that in the half-year ended 31st December last, 157 persons were killed by railway accidents, and 253 were injured. The increase of railway in the period was 174 miles, making the length now open in the United Kingdom 7,686 miles. FELONY.—'At the quarter sessions held at Ipswich, on Friday, Mr. Wright Hunt, aged 53, a corn merchant of considerable business in that town and the neighbouring markets, was found guilty of stealing a silk purse, con taining £2 19s. ld., the property liss Maria Powles, of liundesley, Norfolk, while travelling in a train from London. He was sentenced to six months' hard labour. TEE JEWS.—It is stated that the whole number of Jews in England is only 30,000-20,000 of whom are located in London. Russia contains ten and a quarter millions. Constantinople 80,000, and India 17,000. It is also stated that, out of the 20,000 in London, 2,000 are baptised Christians. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S BRIBERY BILL.—Lord John Russell's Bribery Bill has been printed. His definition of bribery includes a voter's asking for or receiving any re ward or employment for himself, or for any other person, on account of his vote being given or withheld. Besides a pecuniary penalty for bribery, and its being a misde meanour, any person lawfully convicted of it is to be for ever incapstble of being a member of parliament, or of voting at any election of a member. The definition of treating includes payment at any time for provisions for any person for the purpose of corruptly influencing his vote at the election, or on account of his voting or refrain ing from voting at the election ; there is a pecuniary penalty for this, or for using undue influence by intimi dation, or the infliction or threat of any damage or loss, or for making any illegal payment, and it involves also disa bility to sit in the then parliament. No candidate, by:him self or his agent, is to give or allow cockades, or other marks of distinction, after the teste of the writ of summons ; the penalty for each offence to be £2. Paid agents, attor neys, flagmen, &c,, are not to vote. Every candidate, before consenting to pay anything beyond his mere per sonal expenses, is to appoint in writing an agent for the payment of the election expenses, notice of the appoint ment,. or any of change in it, to be Inserted within seven days m some newspaper in circulation at the place ; and any payment of expenses, except through this agent, is to be an illegal payment, and subject to a penalty of £lO to any one who shall sue for the same. THE REVOLVERS. —We learn that Colonel Colt's re volvers have been supplied to a large proportion of the Guards and general officers marching for the seat of war. We should be glad to hear that the Board of Ordnance bad decided that this useful weapon was to be adopted in the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Marines, as well as by the private soldiers in the Armz. Let a soldier be in combat with three or four antagonists, and rely upon his bayonet as a means of defence, in the long run, ten to one he would be overpowered ; but, if he is armed with a revolver, he could, when hard pressed, throw the musket into the left hand, and for a few moments parry thrusts with it while he drew his revolver, and with - his right hand picked off his men, the left all the while parrying with the firelock the thrusts of his enemies. In ease of riot, a sword comes off second best in competition with brickbats and revolvers. The Russians, it is said, are armed with revolvers : if so, this question should no longer be delayed.—Army Despatch. FlRE. — About 10 o'clock on Thursday night a fire broke out at the papier mache works ofMessrs. Bielefield,Welling ton-street North, Strand. The establishment is 90 feet deep by 36 feet wide, and 80 feet high, under one roof. The pre mises were built by the firm in 1839, at a cost of upwards of £5,000. There are five floors above the basement story. It was on the fourth floor that the fire broke out. The alarm very soon reached the interior of the Lyceum Theatre, and the audience, in a state of uncertainty as to the pre cise locality of the fire, manifested considerable anxiety, until it was announced to them that all who desired to leave might find egress through the private box entrance in Burleigh-street. The Queen and Prince Albert, with Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, had retired previously to the alarm reaching the interior of the house. There was a most lamentable want of water, and more than half-an hour elapsed after the arrival of the engines before any attempt could be made to stay the progress of the flames. The fire soon descended to the third story, and thence to the second, which with those above it, was destroyed, with the whole of the valuable contents ; but the fire did not penetrate further, and before one o'clock all danger was at an end. THE BURNHAM MIIEDEIL — The trial of Moses Hatto, ..for the murder of Mary Ann Sturgeon, at Burnham, on the Ist of November last, came on before Lord Campbell, at the Aylesbury assizes, on Wednesday morning, and ' - terminated on Thursday evening. The deceased, it will • be recollected, was murdered and set fire to, while the liiisoner, the only person on the premises, pretended to be asleep. The case for the crown being closed, Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the prisoner in a speech of nearly three hours. The learned judge having summed up, the jury, at half-past two o'clock, retired to consider theix ver dict. At twenty minutes to six o'clock they returned into court, and delivered a verdict of guilty. His Lordship, after stating that he fully concurred in the verdict, and that the midnight murder of which the prisoner had been found guilty was one of the most barbarous in the criminal annals of this country, proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual terms. At times his Lordship appeared almost choked with emotion, but the prisoner heard both - the verdict and the sentence with stolid indifference. He has since confessed his guilt. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BlLL.—This bill, brought in by Lord J. Russell, has been printed. It remodels -and amends the machinery for the trial of election peti lions. There is to be an ex. parte inquiry before a preli - ruinary committee, whether there is such reasonable ~ ;ground for the petitioners' allegations of bribery, treating, or undue influence, that the petition should be allowed to go on; and if it be, the petitioner duly prosecuting his petition shall (unless the election committee to whom it is referred report that the allegations were made without Teasonable or probable grounds) receive his costs from the Treasury. If a petition be not bond fide prosecuted, the Speaker may appoint an agent to prosecute at the public expense. Every election committee is to be at tended by an assessor, who is to advise the committee, but not to vote; and, for this purpose, ten barristers, of ten-years' standing, are to be appointed by the Crown, before the meeting of every parliament, and one before every subsequent session, each assessor to hold his ap pointment for the session, and be paid £1.,000. The sitting member, if required by the petition, is to deliver in an account of his election expenses and liabilities, or else he is not to be admitted to defend his return. If the sitting member is unseated for bribery, treating,or undue influence, a candidate having polled two-thirds of the number.of valid votes polled by that member shall be declared duly elected. Commissioners to inquire into corrupt practices are to issue on the reports of election committees, unless the House of Commons shall otherwise determine-; and where a committee report a member or candidate, or his agent, guilty of :bribery, treating, or undue influence, a copy of the report -is to be sent to the ••Attorney-General, who shall prosecute, unless he be of opinion that 'there is good reason to the.contrary; a report from the committee that the offender (not being a party to or opposing the petition) made a true disclosure, is to be deemed sufficient reason. A member or a candidate who has appeamd before a committee as a party, if re ported by them to be guilty of bribery,treating, undue ' influence, or making an illegal payment, by himself or his agents, but with his consent, is to he incapable of .sitting as a member, as if he had been convicted of such < offence in a court of ; but if the committee report that the offence was committed without his eousent, or that "be has contracted an-illegal liability, the incapacity shall only be to sit for the same place in the then patuament. TRADE wtTrr RITSSIA..—The following copy of a despatch from the Foreign office, in answer to an application made by the British Consul at Riga, who, at the instance of the merchants of that city, had requested inforMation relative to " what respect would be paid by British cruisers, in the event of war, to bond fide British property, the produce of Russia, if shipped on board neutral vessels," was circulated at the Baltic Coffee-house this afternoon Foreign office, Feb. 16. "The Earl of Clarendon has had under his consideration your despatch of the 26th ult., enclosing a copy of a letter from ,cf Riga, requesting to be informed ' what respect would be paid by British cruisers, in the event of war, to bond fide British property, the pro duce of Russia, if shipped on board neutral vessels ?' I have to acquaint you in reply, that _property of the description in question—the produce of Russia, and exported therefrom by and on account of a British mer chant domiciled and trading there,—although purchased - before the war, and .exported to England, would not be respected by her Majesty's cruisers, unless in pur suance of a license, or some special instructions from her Majesty to the officers of her navy. By the law and practice of nations, a belligerent has a right to consider as enemies all persons who reside in a hostile country, or who maintain commercial establishments therein ; whether these people be by birth neutral, allies, enemies, or fellow subjects, the property of such persons exported from such countries is therefore re* hostiurn, and, as such, lawful prize of war ; such property will be considered as a prize, although its owner is a native-born subject of the captor's country, and although it may be in transition to that country • and its being laid on board a neutral ship will not protect the property. You will therefore inform whom it may concern that, in the event of war, the pro perty will not be protected by the consular certificate, or by any other document, but will be liable to capture and condemnation as prize." Woate, N'a RIGHTS' CONVENTION.—The Woman's Rights' Convention was opened at Albany on the 14th ult. Though the drizzling rain, ice, water, and mud in the streets kept the timid within doors, several hundred men and women were in attendance. Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, called the meeting to order, and nominated for president Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of Seneca Falls ; which nomination the convention accepted. The Rev. Miss Brown, from the Business Committee, read a series of resolutions, setting forth, among other things, " That for men to govern women, without consent asked or granted, is to perpetuate an aristocracy utterly hostile to the principles and spirit of free institutions ; and that it is time for the people of the United States, and every State in the Union, to put away for ever that remnant of despotism and feudal oligarchy—the caste of sex. That the fundamental error of the whole structure of legislation and custom, whereby women are practically enslaved, even in this Republic, is the preposterous fiction of the law, that in the eye of the law husband and wife are one per son, that person being the husband; and that the final result is that system of tutelage, miscalled protection, by which the industry of women is kept on half-pay, their af fections trifled with, their energies crippled, and even their noblest aspirations wasted away in vain efforts, ennui, and regret." The resolutions proceed at great length in this strain ; and the editor of the New York Herald com plains that the convention have sent him a copy of an ad dress to the Legislature "four columns long !" He is provoked into adding, " While these women are wasting time at Albany, nurses are wanted in every part of the country, at wages ranging from $5 to 525 per month, ac cording to capability. These women complain that they are deprived of their rights, have no opportunity of making Money ; and yet refuse to fill situations when offered,', ARRIVAL AND EMBARKATION OF MORE TROOPS AT LIVERPOOL. ON Friday morning, Liverpool was again the scene of much excitement, caused by the arrival of the main body of the 77th or East Middlesex regiment of infantry, to be em barked on board the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's screw-steamer Kangaroo, Captain Johnson, for Malta. The corps, for the last twelve months had been stationed at Glasgow, hut for the week preceding their embarkation they had been remove d t o P res t on , whence they were conveyed by rail to Liverpool on Friday morn ing, in a train consisting of fifty-three carriages, drawn by two powerful engines, and arrived shortly after eleven o'clock.; their entrance into the station being appro priately heralded by the explosion of a number of detonat ing signals. The regiment, about 950 strong, was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Egerton. The troops were received by Lord Cathcart, commander of the Lancashire district, and Colonel De Rinzy, commandant of the Liverpool division ; Colonel Swan, of the local pen sioners ; J. Buck Lloyd, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, and several officers belonging, to different militia corps. A body of the borough police was also in attendance, under the direction of Captain Greig and Superintendents Quick and Brenan. The arrival of the train conveying the troops was wel comed by loud and repeated cheers from a large assemblage of spectators occupying the platform. The soldiers hav ing adjusted their accoutrements, fell into rank in the station, whence they marched, in excellent order, the band, notwithstanding the heavy rain which had fallen, but just ceased, striking up joyously "The days when we went gipsying," and proceeded, by lithebarn-street, Ex change-street East, and Dale-street, towards the Exchange area, where it had been arranged they should parade. The square all round and under the piazza was densely crowded, and all the windows looking into the area were thronged by well-dressed ladies and gentlemen, and by all present the reception accorded to the troops as they marched into the Exchange area was most enthusiastic, the drums and fifes playing in thrilling tones " Here's a Health to all Good Lasses. On - the colours being unfurled, three loud 'cheers resounded through the assembled crowd, and these were repeated as the legendary inscriptions borne by the regi mental standard were read by successive groups of specta tors. This flag bore on its centre the Prince of Wales's plume of feathers, encircled in a band inscribed with the words " East Middlesex ;" the other inscriptions were, " Seringapatim," " Badajoz," " Ciudad Rodrigo,""Penin sula." The men having drawn up on the west and north sides of the area, .the band struck up the "National Anthem;" they presented arms, and the crowd gave three vociferous cheers, after which the corps wheeling round into Chapel-street, marched by Oldhall-street, Dublin street, and Regent-road, towards the Wellington Dock, from the quay of which they embarked in the Kangaroo. Along the whole protracted line of march the regiment was accompanied by a dense crowd, and every spot of 'vantage which offered a view of the spectacle was occupied by numerous bodies of spectators, all of whom gave willing token of enthusiastic sympathy in the exciting scene. During the early part of the day heavy showers had fallen, which no doubt prevented many from attending who would otherwise have been present ; but just a few , minutes before the troops marched from the railway sta tion the rain ceased, and by the time they reached the Exchange, the sun shone brilliantly, which was by many hailed as of happy omen to their expedition. They are a fine body of men, mostly young, and accom-. panying the regiment were half-a-dozen of recruits, who had not donned the regimentals. The Kangaroo, which is very commodiously fitted ut for the accommodation of the troops, sailed on Saturday morning, about half-past nine o'clock. WARLIKE MOVEMENTS. DIE 4th Regiment embarked in safety on board the Golden Fleece, at Granton Pier, Edinburgh, on Wednes day afternoon. The gallant corps was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations, and about 30,000 of the inha bitants accompanied them to the scene of embarkation. The Niagara, with the 28th Regiment, arrived at Malta on the 4th of March. The Ripon, with the Guards, arrived at Malta on March 5. It is stated that orders have been received in Dublin for the following corps to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the seat of war :-4th Dragoon Guards, 11th Hussars, and Major Dupuis's brigade of Artillery. An order, it appears, has been issued to the assistant-surgeons of the depots serving in the United Kingdom, notifying that they are to proceed instanter to Constantinople, and and that their duties, in the mean time, will be discharged by civil medical practitioners. The 27th. Regiment is now concentrated in Dublin, previous to immediate em barkation for foreign service. On Friday, the. Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, left Buckingham palace for Osborne to inspect the Baltic fleet, at Spithead. They reached the Clarence Yard, Portsmouth, and embarked in the steam yacht Fairy. The instant the little Fairy was under steam, the Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear Admiral Corry, and the Valorous, 16, paddle, Captain Claude H. M. Buckle, dressed ship, manned yards, and saluted. The onward progress was marked by the Victory saluting ; the compliment was then taken up by the garrison battery, and, as the Fairy emerged from the harbour's mouth, a magnificent sight broke forth upon the assembled multitude. Twenty ships of war thun dered forth a Royal salute, and, at the same moment, the sun burst through the heavy clouds and displayed the mighty engines of peace or war to the delighted spectators. The fleet did not dress, because of the unpropitious state of the weather. They hoisted the three ensigns at their trucks, and manned to topgallant yards, cheering their Queen with honest and heartfelt enthusiasm. FITTING-OUT ARMED VESSELS. Tuu followuig appeared in the London Gazette of Friday :—BY THE 4417EEN.-A PROCLIMATION. Victoria, R.—Whereas, by an Act of Parliament passed in the 59th year of the reign of his late .Majesty, King George 111., entitled "An act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting-out or equipping in His Majesty's dominions vessels for warlike purposes without His Ma jesty's license," it is, among other things, enacted that if any person within any part of the United Kingdom, or in any part of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, shall, without the leave or license of His Majesty, his heirs, or successors for that purpose first had and obtained, under the sign manual of His Majesty, his heirs, or suc cessors, or signified by order in Council or by proclamation of His Majesty, his heirs, or successors, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or attempt or endeavour to equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be con cerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent, or in order that, such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people, or of any per son or persons exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of government in or over any foreign state, colony, province, or part of any province or people, as a transport or store-ship, or with intent to cruise or commit hostilities against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the sub jects or citizens of any prince, state, or potentate, or against the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in any colony, province, or part of any province or -country, or against the inhabitants of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or coun try, with whom His Majesty shall not then be at war; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to His Majesty, issue or de liver any commission for any ship or vessel to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid, every such Person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the court in which such offender shall be convicted, and every such _ship or vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furnittire, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and ' stores which may belong to or be on board of any such ship or vessel shall be forfeited ' • and whereas it has been represented to us that ships and vessels are being built in several places within the United Kingdom, and are being equipped, furnished, and fitted out, especially with steam machinery, with intent that they shall be employed as aforesaid without our royal leave or license for that pur pose first had or obtained, or signified, as aforesaid ;—we have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our royal proclamation, warn ing all our subjects against taking part in such proceedings, which we are determined to prevent and repress, and which cannot fail to bring upon the parties engaged in them the punishments which attend the violation of the laws. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 18&4, and in the 17th year af OlLr reign.—`o-OD SAVE THE QUEEN. THE RUSSIA' AILTY in TVALLACHIA. THE Vienna correspondent of the Times says, "An Austrian, who has just returned from Bucharest, has given me some perfectly credible information relative to the state of things in the unfortunate principality of Wallachia. The people, Boyards and peasants, hate the Russians with a deadly hatred, and can hardly suppress their satisfaction when they see, by the large consign ments of wounded men, that their oppressors are making no progress. 'The foreign public has no idea of the losses which the Russians have sustained, and are continually. sustaining. Bucharest is little better than an immense hospital.' This information is confirmed by a letter of the 27th of February, received by the Medical Journal from WallaPhia. Wounded men are continually brought in from the bank of the river, and as almost all the wounds are inflicted with the bayonet or the sword, it is evident that the men fight hand to hand. The complaint is made that the continual inroads of the Turks, by day and night,' prevent all regular operations. Ague, dysentery, and typhus are more prevalent than ever, and the sick list for January showed thirteen per cent. The February list, however, will give more than fifteen per cent., as the engagements at Brailow and Olteuitza cost us 517 wounded men' By the time the men reach the regular' hospitals the wounds are generally gangrenous. The skirmishes in Little Wallachia are so continual, that in . Krajova and Slatina there is not an empty bed to be found in the hospitals. The spring, which is now rapidly approaching, cannotfail to bring with it the usual epidemic and endemic complaints. In the countries on the left or low bank of the Danube this season of the year is always most trying to the constitution, and now s y m pt oms o f a dearth are beginning to appear, which will naturally make matters worse. The army cannot but feel this most." The correspondent adds :—" The men could not have suffered more from the most sanguinary pitched battles than they have during the last seven months from forced marches, sudden advances, still more sudden retreats, con tinual alarms, unexpected changes of garrison, and over filled lodgings. Add to this that the above-mentioned manoeuvres took place on ground which frequently had a covering of snow three feet deep, where the roads were regular sloughs, the quarters miserable beyond concep tion, the men often without good bread and water, and oftener without a bit of wood with which to kindle a fire. To the foregoing evils comes another. We are nowhere welcome, because we must share the house with the pro prietor, take his cattle for transport service, a nd Ins fresh provide= whenever and wherever we can get at them." LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. Ax adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, his worship the Mayor presiding. WATCH, LIGHTTEG, &C. COMMITTER. The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committee comprised resolutions awarding (subject to the approbation of the Council) several sums, to be paid out of the Borough Fund, to persons belonging to the constabularly force of the borough, as compensation for wounds and severe injuries received by them in the performance of their duty, and as allowances to such of them as have been disabled by bodily injuries received in the service. The Committee also recommended that the sticks should be taken from the night-men, with the exception of the superintendents, and that batons with whistles, as in the Glasgow force, and rattles should be served out to the force instead. After a short discussion the resolution was withdrawn, the Chairman promising that the subject should be recon sidered by the Committee.—On the motion of Mr. TOBIN, seconded by Mr. GREGOR, the report was unanimously adopted.—ln answer to Mr. Alderman PARKER it was stated that the Engineers' Report upon the. Gas justified the Committee in stating that a great improvement could be made in the quality of the gas, which would involve also a great saving in the quantity used.--Applications fo . r allowances made by s e v e ra l officers who had been disabled by bodily injuries received in the service were conceded. COURTS OF LAW AND ST. GEORGE'S HALL COMMITTEE. Mr. Alderman TITRIMR moved the adoption of the proceedings of this Committee, and in doing so said, the Committee were desirous that the proceedings in connexion with the opening of St. George's Hall should be conducted by the Council in a manner worthy of the Corporation and of the edifice, which commanded the admiration of all who saw it. To effect this object the Committee hoped the Council would continue confidence in them a little longer. The motion having been seconded by Mr. Alder man HOLME, was unanimously agreed to.—A letter from Dr. Dickenson, local secretary to the British Association, announcing that the meeting is to be opened on the 20th September, was read and referred to the Committee. MiRKETte COMMITTEE.. The proceedings comprised recommendations to increase the salaries of Mr. George Reid, Mr. Andrew Tyrrell, Mr. J. Thompson, and Mr. Edward Jones, leave-lookers and inspectors of meat, from £B4 to £lOO per annum each ; as well as a recommendation to increase the wages of the weighers and market constables two shillings per week each.—After some discussion the proceedings were con firmed, as were also those of the Education Committee. GAOL COMMITTEE. The minutes of the proceedings of this committee were read, which called forth some severe strictures from Mr. HENDERSON, who complained of the dffatoriness with which the works at the new gaol had been conducted ; and of the unbusinesslike manner in whi c h th e w h o l e of the proceedings had been gone about. —Mr. Alderman Hoxant successfully vindicated the committee, and justified the style in which the works had been gone about and carried on.—The proceedings of this, and of the Town Hall Establishment Committee, were confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE. After the minutes of the proceedings of this committee had been read, Mr. Alderman BOLD directed attention' to the disgraceful state of the footpath on one side of Bruns wick-road. A discussion ensued, which ended in the proceedings of the committee being confirmed.—Mr. Alder man. COOPER, pursuant to notice, moved that clause 32 of the proposed Sanitary Bill, which fixed the payment by composition on premises not exceeding £lO of annual rent, at an assessment of " two-thirds" of the net annual value, be altered to "one-half." After a few remarks, the proposed alteration was agreed to.—The proceedings of the Gardens and Church Expenditure Committees were also confirmed. WATER COMMITTEE. . The report showed an increase of £2,450 on the gross revenue of the previous year, the arrears being Jess by £2,681. LIDDAILT AND MUSEUM. This committee recommended an increase from 218. to 2,455. per week on the wages of Mr. Hudson, the assistant librarian, and also the purchase of the collection of draw ings, plans, and engravings, which belonged to the late Mr. Thomas Binn. The first proposal was agreed to. On the second, a discussion arose, which led to a motion by Mr. FERNIROCGII, directly negative of the committee's recommendation. A vote being taken for the committee's recommendation or Mr. Fernihough's amendment, the former was carried by the casting vote of the Mayor...—A memorial from the overseers of Toxteth-park for the for mation of a public library and museum for that district, was referred to the Library and Museum Committee. THE HACKNEY CA.SRIAGES COILMITTEE'S recommen dation to appoint Richard Byers inspector of backney carriages, at 335. per week, in room of James Johnston, was adopted. A number of applications for increase of salary were then considered. We give the names of the applicants and the result of their petitions : —Mr. Richard Moore, weighing-clerk at the North Haymarket ; Mr. Alexander Neilson, clerk in the treasurer's office, Corn wallis-street ; to lie on the table. 3lr. William Appleton, collector at the Pownall-square Market, referred to the committee. The sub-officers of the Borough Prison ; Mr. John B. Pedlar, schoolmaster at the Borough Prison ; Mr R. Tyrer, collector at the Fishmarket, ; Mr. John Bowes, collector at the North Haymarket; to lie on the table. Mr. John Radcliffe and Mr. Thomas S. Tyrer, collectors at St. John's Market, referred to the committee. Mr. William Kirby, messenger at the Town hall, referred to the committee. Mr. John _Edwards, messenger at the Town-hall, to lie on the table. THE A.IITHORITY AND DUTIES OF WATER BAILIFFS. Mr. MANN brought forward his motion for the appoint ment of a special committee to inquire and report as to the authority and duties of the water-bailiff, and the necessity of providing rules for regulating the anchorage of vessels in the River Mersey ; also, as to the necessity for bylaws for the regulation of boat and boatmen carry ing passengers to and from vessels in the river, and the adoption of scales of rates for such employment. In bringing it forward he said he was pressed on by the Underwriters' Association, the Shipowners' Association, and the Pilots' Committee. H e d en i e d any i ntention to throw reflection on the Finance Committee.—Mr. LiT TLEDALE seconded the motion.—The appointment of a committee was carried by a majority of 17 to 13. Several additional applications by corporation officers for increase of salary, not upon the printed paper, were postponed till next meeting . An application, from the ratepayers of St. Anne-streetfor a clock on Trinity Church was referred to the Finance Committee, and the meeting adjourned. • HORTICULTURE. Is the conservatory there should now be a very brilliant display of Camelias and New Holland Acacias, bath of which require considerable care in watering. Remember that the soil should never be allowed to become dry, and wetness should be quite as carefully avoided a general dampness of all the soil contained in the pots is all that is required. In the peach-house, where the young fruit is now set, examine the trees carefully, and see th at the red spider is not commencing its ravages ; if so, fumigate without delay, and nip the evil in the bud. Mildew, too, may be feared: nothing will destroy this but the appli cation -of sulphur, which is most effectual, applied as a wash,—that is, mixed with water. FLOWER GARDEN.—This department should now be got into thorough order. Prune rose trees, and fork over the beds, giving manure liberally to the roots of standard and dwarf roses. KITCIIEN GARDEN.—The active work of this depart ment has now fairly commenced, and, if not already done, it is necessary without delay to get in the crops of early potatoes, peas, parsnips, radishes and lettuce in frames, longpod and Mangan beans, spinach, early Horn carrot, and turnip. Plant out a succession of early York cabbage. THE SCREW-STEAMER SARAH SANDS.—An American paper (The Portland, state of Maine,) of the 21st ult., gives the following particulars relative to this vessel : The steamship Sarah Sands, Capt. Washington Hsley, from Liverpool, on the 31st of January, was signalised at the observatory at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, passed the forts at half-past four o'clock, and came direct to her wharf, enabling her passengers to land at six o'clock. Al though her news had been anticipated by telegraph from the Canada at Halifax, she brings papers and letters of a later date than any yet received in Portland, the Canadian mails not having yet arrived in our city. The steamer Canada, which left Liverpool on the 4th, passed the Sarah Sands on Wednesday, the 15th, off Cape Race, and put into Halifax to deliver her mails. The Sarah Sands kept on her course towards Portland, got ahead of the Canada, which passed her again on Friday-, and reached Boston at twelve a.m. on Saturday. Capt. Ilsley and the officers of the Sarah Sands have much occasion to congratulate them selves on their good fortune and the good luck of their vessel. She left Portland on the 25th of December, fairly dodging the severe storm which s e t i n u p on us the nxt day, and has made a second voyage from Portland to Liverpool and back in the short space of 65 days. UNLIMITED LIA.BILITY.—Amther illustration has.been furnished of the working of the law of unlimited liability. On the 27th of January it was mentioned that Vice- Chancellor Stuart had given an important judgment, to the effect that a certain shareholder in a concern called the Sea Assurance Company was not liable to be sued for a fresh call, he having already paid the amount of his shares in full, while there were many shareholders who had only paid part • the deed of th e company, moreover , having stipulated diat no one sh ou ld b e liable beyond hie subscription. The affair at the time attracted considerable attention, since not only the judgment itself, but the re marks by which it was accompanied, seemed to warrant an impression that the Joint stock Companies Act afforded more of the advantages of the system of limited partner ship than had hitherto been supposed. It now appear", however, that an appeal was made to the Lord Chancello r, and that a fresh judgment was delivered on 'Thursday, reversing the former one. The course of the affair hat!, therefore, been, that the order.was first made by a meter l in Chancery, th a t it was declared void by the 'i_ . that it cellor, and the mo ney di rected to be restored, a"d ch an cellor 'has finally been re-established by the Iforr a i n additiona l the whole cost of the proceedings the farthing. One weight upon the few shareholders falling who have been found capable of paying ta l ich as , from the good e ff ect, however, has resulted, inasmuch are now given clearly of his lordship, the public i vas i en hitherto clearly to understand that the i m n2P 0 , e,caping , unlimited enter tained, that there is no lee/ a Y i ng 'entire concern r f e ctty correct, and that responsibility in such cases, Pe_ are to be regarded as of sPecai a in the prospectuses delusion. In the present instance it gross attempts at according to the terms of the deed p7u tx.i t rt:rward to the contrary all statements that may be was decided that, ththemselves, there was no clause that Company among par ty ; but, putting that point on could exonerate tookan3 ev : n shareholders of the Sea Assurance the opportunity of distinctly pro of the Joint-sto c k Com panies 'that no cons truction flouncing nor a ny deeds, agreements, or notic es th a t Act, entered into or published by shareholders, can may be effect in shielding have the slightest one side, i t n h t e o co b u y rt personal liability for every claim th a t th e creditors of the undertaking may be able to establish. —Times.