The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. MR. TITHERINGTON, druggist, Canning street, has the his West leractureroa, having d been thrown out of a gig on D g f erby-d. Nichola s DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS FOR LANCASHIRE.— J ohn Bl un d e ll, E sq . ; Ri c h ar d Bi r l ey , E sq . ; a nd 401 in Butler Bowden, Esq. ROBERT BARNES, ESQ. , mayor of Manchester, has been requested by 54 out of 64 members of the council to continue his services as chief magistrate for another ear. NEW COUNTYMAGTSTRATE.—MOS.Leigh, Esq.,ofGol orne, Newton, Warrington, took the oaths as a magis rate of this county on Tuesday last, at the Kirkdale session. . OUR TOWNSMAN, MR. MAcßamE, the sculptor, has, Consequence of his success in the bust by him of Lord ! - ombermere, been selected to execute a full heroic bust, % Carrara marble, of Soulouque, Emperor of Hayti. TWO DRUNKEN MEN walked into George's Dock Gut °r l Monday night, when one of them, John Smith, a tailor, in Frederick-street, was drowned. The other was rescued by a policeman before life had become extinct. A NATIONAL POOR LAW ASSOCIATION was formed in Manchester, on Wednesday. for the employment of pan- Pen in productive labour. There were present, Viscount Groderich, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr. Scully, M.P., and Nit. James Heywood, M.P. Sumo EN DEATH.--On Saturday evening a man named J ohn Dunthy, a swayer, whilst eating his supper at his Louse, 25, Sheriff-street, which he had cooked himself, s uddenly died without having shown the slightest previous S ymptoms of indisposition. ISLE Or MAN.—A movement has been commenced for the establishment of a museum, illustrative of the national t'istary of the Isle of Man, and the trustees of King Wit aro's College have stated their willingness to grant space in that building for the purpose. TH E GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP, Captain Matthews, passed the Island of Ascension September. 6th. She 'would then be sixteen days out. She was erroneously reported, about a fortnight since, as passing the island on the 11th September. EMBEZ Z I.EMENT.—At the Rochdale petty sessions, on r ednesday. John Rim a commercial traveller for Messrs. i denjamin Heap and Co., grocers, of Roelofla witted for trial at the next Liverpool ass embn' of havin amount of about £lOOO on six led his masters' property to the F THE SALFORD RATE-COLLECTOR.—It has een ascertained that Mr. J. D. Brown, the collector of Police and highway rates in Salford, whose disappearance L i fe noticed on Saturday, sailed from Liverpool for New York. in the packet-ship Columbia, on Wednesday last. -- Manchester Courier. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday the monthly meeting of this club was held in their club-house, Llke-street. The following members were elected ~„-U John Naylor, banker, Hornet yecht, 45 tons ; Mr. William Willis, merchant ; Mr. George G. Horuby, mer chant ; and Mr. George Irlam. TESTIMONIAL.—The bar of the northern citcuit, prac tising at the court of nassage, have presented a handsome si lver vase to Mr. Justice Crompton, who, before his elevation to the bench, while judge of the above court, Performed his duties with great ability, and gave much S atisfaction to the parties applying for assistance. CORMSKIRK AMATEURS.—The first performance of the Orinskirk amateurs, for the benefit of the poor of the t own, took place on Tuesday, in the assembly-room, u uck.i'-th'-vine. The amateurs were assisted on this o ccasion by several professional ladies from the Royal Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. The house was crowded in "es,' part. LANCASTER INSOLVENT Col7RT.—Discharged forth. Witte :—Daniel Jones, baker, Liverpool ; Andrew French, ealer , in marine stores, Liverpool ; George Antrohns, Liverpool : John Corran, provision -dealer, Li -4130°1 ; James Brancker, marble-work manager, Liver ?Dol.—Adjourned to n ext Court : John Chetsworth, ° eer-seller, Torteth-park- • • ~REALTH OF THE TOWN.—The number of deaths for Week ending 23rd October is 1'90: that for the week ending 30th October, 140—showing a diminution at the r ate of 17 per cent. compared with the same period of previous years. The return for the latter week is lower t i hnn that of any week in the preceding two years. Scar tins is at present very prevalent. M ail STEAM SHIPS.-The United States 1 a:1 Steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West, sailed hence, 4 °P New York, on Wednesday, with a large cargo, and l ie l venty passengers.—On Saturday. at three, p.m., the , B ritish and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia, l ott, comman d er , t oo k h er d e p ar t ur e hence, for New f ork, with eighty five passengers and the usual mails. A •THE PORTERS employed in the Clarence 6d Dock in the 18 charge of -steamers claim to be paid 3s. . a-day for 4heir services, with 6d. an hour when called upon to work t/ vertime ; and they also ask for the abolition of the q u arter of a day system, under which they allege thst they / lifter both injustice and loss. Several of the steam ket agents have agreed to the labourers' demands. ',IMPROVEMENTS AT FORMBY AND CROSBY.—Formby lids fair to become a favourite watering place. One hun bred and thirty acres of land, on the Blundell property, s ave been taken for building purposes, and it is said that s company is being formed for the purpose of building Inarine residences. The new church, near the old bury- I lk ground, is rising rapidly, and promises to be a neat structure. ,„• 0 1 DisrioNesT MATE.—On Friday one of the Liver v°ol detective-officers apprehended Nicholo Peppituna, mate of th e A urora , w h o h a d a bs c onded from his vessel, , 1 , bile she was l y i ng in one of the London docks, with X 278 , which he had obta ined by breaking open the cap n's box. He had taken a passage in one of the Aus totalian packets for the land of Ophir. He has been handed /er to the custody of the metropolitan police. "I•ocics IN A " Fix."—The Commercial ERICAN of Albany, o e to ope books, notes due, &e: The door of the room -II attempts to open it, and the day passed able to get at anything, Th- r being k of the doo was telegraphed to come - agent or Aat entee of the Lu..- Yp,. 6 ; 0 11) . New York, and try and set matters rip, OIIHANGE RINGING . — On Friday, the socie Sr 0 e Change Ringers ascended the tower, and rang t Ile and com pl e t e peal of grandsire triples, consisting of t'?, 4 o changes, in two hours and fifty-nine minutes. The 10 . wing were the performers :—Robert Thomas, treble; 4 e Matnin Heron, 2nd ; James Heron, 3rd ; John Heron, 11" j Richard Williams, sth ; Wm. Heron, 6th ; George 4„ e 'sbY, ith ; John Pearson, tenor. Conducted by John vron. Weight of the tenor, 16 cwt.: in the key of F. ESENTATTON , OF PLATE.—A handsome tea and coffee of silver was, on Wednesday, presented to Mr. V i r ,viee arl tt e rget tf,cP'u consideratiOn Of his act during a period of nearly a quarter of endeavouring, both by example and advice he neighbouring'iarmers to lay dawn permanent fi table operation e party met at Wootton Coffee- Dr. Sillar, of ltainh re the chair nao nf SOCIET eld, Dr. THE REV. S. MINTON, Al A„ Incumbent:of St. Silas's Church, Liverpool, delivered a lecture to a large audienbe in the Town-hall, Birmingham, on Tuesday evening last, on " The progress of the Reformation in Ireland," espe cially in reference to the district of Doon. The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe presided, and was supported by a considerable number of clergymen and gentlemen. At the conclusion of the lecture, which was a very able one, thanks were voted to the Rev. S. Minton and to Lord Calthorpe, which were suitably acknowledged, and the proceedings terminated. THE SESSIONS.—The sessions, which were held before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the recorder, in one of the assize -courts, St. Grorge's-hall, closed on Tuesday. As already stated, there were 95 prisoners for trial, 88 of them being charged with felony. In four of the cases there has been no prosecution ; H of the prisoners have been acquitted. One has been sentenced to fifteen, five to ten, and not less than twelve to seven years' transpor tation, the majority of these being old and hardened offenders. The rest of the prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, from a few days to eighteen months. ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. — On Wednesday, the third meeting of the present session was held at the Royal Institution, Mr. John Hay, chair man. Mr. H. P. Horner exhibited some fire-bricks of a light texture, and which would float in water. They were composed of a description of silicious earth, found in con siderable quantity in Tuscany, near to where is supposed to be the centre of the site of old Etruria ; it was entirely infusible by any beat that could be applied to it. Mr. Huggins read a portion of an elaborate and erudite paper " On some of the principles of composition, form, and decoration in architecture, with particular reference to ecclesiastical design, and the question of the embellish. ment of St. Paul's." Several additions to the librar noticed, a .d the meeting then broke up. TILE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—A meeting of the friends of the Evangelical Alliance was held at the Great George-street As.lembly-rooms, on Tuesday, Mr. Crop per in the chair. The Rey. W. W. Ewbank first addressed the meeting. Speaking of the subject of bigotry, he said, what he wanted for his friends of the EyangelicalAlliance was • - otry in order to main- , :hat they should have a little bi _ tain their own opinion, and a little latitudinarianism in order toexercise charity among their fellow-men. Spee were afterwards delivered by the Re' Lincoln, and the Rev. Mr. Dobson, hnlVPLean, of 'oduced the e successful Mr. Pea Mn, of I was handed to him containing 100 sovereigns. The Rev J. Johnson, of Tul!ybush, Ireland, and the Rev. Dr. Raffles, the❑ shortly addressed the meeting. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The se cond ordinary meeting of this society was held at the Royal Tnstitution, on Monday evening,—Joseph Dicken son, Esq., M.D., &c., president, in the chair. Mr. J. P. G. Smith exhibited three valuable and beautiful speci mens of Australian gold ; the largest, which was im bedded in quartz, was valued at upwards of £lBO. Mr. Hartnup read a communication on the subject of time bells and sympathetic clocks. He showed the successful application of electro-magnetism, as a maintaining power to clocks at Greenwich and elsewhere, and suggested a similar means of Edjusting the public clocks in Liverpool, so as to secure accurate time. Mr. J. B. Yates brought forward a translation and some critical elucidation of two Greek inscriptions on stone, which are inserted in the wall of the lesser Pantheon at Ince Blundell, near Liver pool. FATAL ACCIDENT IN DALE-STREET.---Abollt 6 o'clock on Friday night as a man, having the appearance of a respectable mechanic, was crossing Dale-street from near Manchester-street, to the old gas-offices, he was knocked down by the horses in one of Messrs. Busby's omnibuses, the wheels of which passed over the lower part of the poor man's back. He was immediately raised and car ried into Messrs. Cripps and Slack's surgery, opposite to which the casualty occurred. The unfortunate sufferer was insensible, and consequently nothing could be ga thered as to his name or residence. There did not appear any marks of external injury, but it was evident the man was dying ; and Mr. Cripps, after an ineffectual attempt to administer a draught, directed that he should be car ried to the Northern Hospital. He died while being removed. The cause of death will not be known until the post snortenz examination is made. FINE ART CRITICISM.—Mr. James Foard, a partner in the daguerreotype establishment of Mr. Beard, Church street, was, on Thursday, convicted in the penalty of £5 for assaulting Mr. George James Keet, stationer and artists' co:our-dealer, Renshaw-street. It seemed that the defendant was the author of two somewhat severe critiques, in the Journal, upon a painting byMr.Windus. The artist, in the spirit of lex talionis, composed a smart epigram, in which the " tine art critic" was described as "the sewering pipe of his clique," and compared to " the insect which some beds infests." A copy of the verse found its way into the hands of Mr. Keet, who printed it, and distributed about a dozen slips amongst his friends. This reached the ears of Mr. Foard, who, accompanied by an athletic gentleman, proceeded to the complainant's shop, and administered a personal correc tion, in which a stick was called into requisition. IMMACULATE DUTCH POLICEMEN.-011 Friday John Charles Henry Grave, and John Peter Myer, officers in the police-force at Hamburgh, were apprehended in Liverpool under the following circumstances :—A robbery of a serious nature was effected at Hamburgh, and the prisoners were fortunate, or, rather, as the sequel proves, unfortunate enough to apprehend them ; for, being induced to forget their duty by the offer of a bribe, they accepted a portion of the stolen money, and set the thieves at liberty. They then broke open the money-box at the police-office, and decamped for " merrie England," with the intention of emigrating to America. The route they `en was soon ascertained, and they were followed town, where it was discovered they had taken passages on board the Lancet for New York. The vessel, however, had not sailed, and they were speedily appre. hended. On Saturday morning they were despatched, under the care of the police, to Haroburgh. had to to this CUSTOMS OF THE CORN TRADE.-At the last sitting of the County Court, a case which excited considerable inte rast was heard. The plaintiffs were Messrs. John Bing ham and Co., corn merchants, and the defendants were Messrs. Richardson Brothers and Co. also corn merchants. The action was for the payment for 750 barrels of flour, which had been purchased from the plaintiffs by the de fendants through the medium of Mr. James Lees, corn broker, and which had been repudiated a day or two afterwards, on the ground that the flour was not equal to the sample. It was contended for the plaintiffs that the' custom of the trade was that the buyer of the flour has the option, during the whole of the day of purchase, of rejecting the bargain, and he was bound to take samples during the day ; but if, from any cause, he was not able to do so, he was bound to give notice to the seller, and that, in this case, had not been none. For the defence it was contended principally that there had not been proper facilities of comparing with sample on the day of purchase. His Honour, that there might be further evidence before him as to the custom, adjourned the case till to-morrow (Wednesday). A FATAL QUARRE L.—Drunkenness has added another to its list of victims. Two men of the same profession go to a wine-shop, drink to excess, become vain, boastful, and outrageous, until at length, excited by the enemy that stole away their brains, they quarrel over a trifling sum of money ; the one impeaches the honesty of the the blow that hurries his fellow-mortal out of the world. The parties are Samuel Taylor, auctioneer, of Birming ham, against whom a verdict of manslaughter has been DARING ROBBERY.—On Wedtesday Abel Scott was committed for trial, at the Police -court, on the following curious charge of robbery :—Mr. Wolfe Cohen, a bullion dealer, at 42, Great Howard-street, stated, that about six o'clock on Tuesday evening he was startled at hearing one of the panes in his shop-window smashed, and, on looking at it, he discovered that the prisoner had pushed his hand through the window, and grasped a quantity of foreign coins. He immediately caught hold of the pri soner's hand, and, with the assistance of a shopman, held him till two policemen came and took him into custody. Abel, in his defence, said that he had been drinking whisky that afternoon, and that, while looking at the prosecutor's shop-window, " his hand dropped through it in the heat of meditation." EXTRAORDINARY ATTACHMENT TO A GAOL.—At the conclusion of the trials at the Kirkdale sessions, on Fri day, the chairman directed the gaoler to put up a de cently-dressed woman named Ellen Shandon. The chair. man said, " I understand you were tried yesterday for having stolen money at Warrington, and again convicted. Now, you know I have very often told you what would be the end of your career. You have taken every means to persuade people not to send you abroad by mutilating yourself so as to evade the sentence of transportation— the penalty of which you have twice incurred—and you have lived in this gaol for the last 14 or 15 years. Now, we are not so fond of you as you appear to be of the gaol ; the sentence of the court, therefore, is, that you be trans ported for 14 years ; and we shall make a special appli- cation to government to carry out the sentence." Upon hearing this, the woman indignantly left the dock, with out waiting to hear the concluding words of the chairman. The mutilation consisted in breaking her teeth. WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE.—On Thursday, a special meeting of the board of guardians for the West Derby Union was held at the workhouse, for the purpose of re ceiving testimonials of candidates for the offices of master and matron, in the place of Mr. and Mrs. Lythgoe, who have resigned. There were 92 candidates, comprising a magistrate, a lieutenant in the royal navy, several in a the English and Irish constabulary, several nd a large number of masters and Some of the candidates, who in their letters that they could re ction in the course of a few days; and he countr spectors assistant matrons of workhouses imarried, state _ sent specimens of carpet, rug, rk, as a proof of the industrial teaining of ender their respective been read, (a task 'P boors.) the list of Aments cr the application ha the cst THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TrESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1852. move this o 4 " e!i4ibles" was reduced to 34 ; after which the 'list was furtip r reduced to six, from which the guardians rill make the selection. These parties are—Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, of Kidderminster; Mr. and Mrs. Moore, of Wor cester; Mr. and Mrs. Harris, of Coventry; Mr. and Mrs. Leech, of Credston ; Mr. and Mrs. Gough, of the Borough Gaol, and Mr. and Mrs. Walters, of Bir mingham. On Friday, a deputation of the guardians went to inspect the various wash-houses, Sr..c. now sliver intended by the above-named parties, with the view of reporting upon the most eligible person. SELECT VEsva.v.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided at the usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry, on Tuesday. From the Finance Committee's proceedings, it appeared that the cashier had reported the defalcations of Henry Perris, one of the collectors, to the amount of £56 18s., and it had been agreed to apply to the British Guarantee Association, under their surety bond, for payment of the amount.—The Poor-law Board having requested the appointment of Mr. Wm. Parry, as assist ant to the governor of the Workhouse, it had been re ferred to the Workhouse Committee to explain to them the position in which the storekeeper stands to the go vernor.—A lengthy discussion took place relative to Mr. Mansfield's letter to Mr. Wm, Earle, which most of the members characterised as indiscreet and uncalled for, and betraying great ignorance of the subject on which it was written. The rev. Chairman said they were not em ploying the funds of the parish in sending paupers to Australia, or anywhere else, because that would be con trary to the law. That should have been known, and he presumed it was known, to everybody but the stipendiary magistrate, who appeared to have written from London, knowing nothing about it. That letter had been pointed out to him, and he would not pass the judgment which he might pass upon its singular indiscretion ; but this far he would say, that he thought the stipendiary magistrate might have employed his vacation more profitably, if he had not employed a part of it in publishing letters sneer ing at the constituted authorities of the town, and dispa raging one set of men by puffing another. He had called the members of that board faithless stewards ' • he be lieved that was the expression he had applied by impli cations to them. They were perfectly conscious, he hoped, of their own deficiencies in performing one of the most difficult duties which could fall upon any men to perform—the administration of the poor-law in a parish containing 255,000 souls. That was no mean nor very easy task.—The Workhouse Committee reported that, on the 27th ult., there were 2,012 inmates in the house, in. elusive of 580 sick cases, 82 being of fever and 37 of itch. The total admission to the vagrant sheds during the week had been 486 males, 191 females, and 41 children ; total, 718.—The Medical Relief Committee reported that there were 835 cases of sickness under the treatment of the dis. trict medical officers, 43 of these being of fever.—Mr. T. B. Browne, the Government Inspector of Schools, wrote to say that he should be in attendance at the Industrial Schools on Monday and the four following days.—Mr. Denton said he saw that he had been passing a high eulo gium in Manchester on their schools.—The Vestry-clerk read a letter from Mr, Wylie, resigning his seat at the board.—A lengthy report, sanctioning the appointment of a permanent paid surveyor, was adopted after a brief discussion. DOCK COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the weekly meet ing of this body, 1111.. Francis Shand presided ; and the other members present were,—Messrs. Molvneux, Robin son, Chaloner. Helene, Langsdale, Claxton, Barber, Malcomson, Holden, Rovden, Tobin, Bold, Rankin, Nicol, Gregson, Steele, Evans, and Brocklebank.—Mt. North, the solicitor, reported that he had written to Messrs. Arnold, Leete, and Co., respecting a quantity of gunpowder which, contrary to the regulations, had been found on board the Aheona, in the Albert Dock, for which the owners had each rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £lOO, and had received a reply, which was now read. This stated that the gunpowder had formed part of the outward cargo, and that it had been paid away by Captain Davies to the Kroomen, as customary, as part of their wages. When the vessel entered the Alb..rt Dock the gunpowder was not known to be on board, or it would not have been allowed to remain there. This statement was considered satisfactory.—ln answer_ to an application for permanent berths in'George's Dock, Mr. Bold stated that it was the intention of the harbour mas ters' sub-committee to set aside the east side of the Prince's, and the•west side of the George's Deck, solely for the lading of vessels.—lt was agreed to remove the office of the master of the Canning Dock to the entrance of the Canning half-tide basin.—An application from Mr. Tobin, for permission to erect a hut at the Toxteth Dock for the chains and anchors and powder boys, was granted on payment of a ground rent of ls. 6d. per square yard per annum.—The tender of Messrs. Conway and Co., for a supply of pea jackets, and for top-coats for the pier. masters, was accepted.—The solicitor submitted a formal resolution in conformity with that, the principle of which was adopted at the last meeting, for admitting• foreign teamers fo five quay berths in the Prince's uis they will be permitted to have fires and .oing screws the use of them, however, being extended from six o'clock till nine o'clock in the evening. The resolution also pro vided for permitting a fire on board the Mariner's Church, MUNICIPAL BOROUGHS.—From a parliainentary papei it appears that the receipts by municipal boroughs in England and Wales in the year ended 31st of August, 1851, amounted to (with the balances in hand) £1,254,483 Is. lid., and the expenditure (with balances due to trea surer) to £903,721 4s. THE DISTRICT COURTS OF BANKRUPTCY.—It is the intention of Lord Brougham to introduces bill to abolish entirely the district courts of bankruptcy, and to transfer their jurisdiction to the county courts ; and also to limit the jurisdiction of the commissioners in Basinghall-street to London and its suburbs. A FIRE broke out in the outward goods department of the York and North Midland Railway Company, at Hull, on Saturday, which completely gutted the building, nothing being left but the bare walls. Fortunately the fire did not extend to the adjoining warehouses. The amount of damage is at present unknown. THE GIRAFFE.—The fine female giraffe, which has been so much admired by the visitors to the Zoological Gardens, London, where she has resided for nearly thirty years, has just died. She was the parent to the fine giraffes now at the same gardens, and some of her young have been sold to other prorrietors at good prices. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—On Tuesday, at a treeting which took place at Hampstead, it was agreed to form a Conservative Land Society, on the same plan as that of the other societies already formed, or in course of formation, in so many other districts. At the close of the proceedings, a great many shares were subscribed for. DESPERATION.—The Wiltshire Independent has the following advertisement :—" Matrimony. A lady, 37 years of age, of independent circumstances, residing near London, is desirous of forming an acquaintance with a gentleman of undoubted respectability, for the purpose of a matrimonial alliance. Satisfactory references will be given and required." SEVERAL OF THE ME➢IBERS OF THE LONDON BAR have determined to attend the Westminster County Court. They intend to hold themselves at liberty upon proper occasions to exercise their common-law right of direct communication with the client. It is their intention, in £2O, where no great difficulty is likely to arise, or much time to be consumed, to act in common with the special pleaders at the bar, and to mark half-a guinea on their briefs. Da. HENDREN, the Romish Bishop of Nottingham, has, we understand, applied to the Pope for permission to retire from the onerous responsibility connected with his See to the seclusion of a monastery, and is now awaiting his Holiness's reply, which, it is expected, will shortly arrive, with the decrees of the Synod, from Rome. The reason assigned for Dr. Hendren's retirement is that, in consequence of growing infirmities, be is unequal to the arduous duties of his office.—Morning Chronicle. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—Mr. Smith, a surgeon at Wheatley, near Oxford, has committed suicide under distressing circumstances. The deceased had been fetched back by his wife from Canada, on an opening offering in the village where he had been accustomed to practise, but which he had left under pecuniary difficulties. For six months things prospered with him, but he soon fell into a low-spirited state, and getting worse, destroyed his life by a strong dose of prussic acid. LEEDS NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at Leeds, to consider a proposed amalgamation with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and the York and North Midland companies, Mr. Constable in the chair. After a long discussion, which lasted five hours, the meeting was adjourned till the Ist of December, and a committee of shareholders was appointed to confer with the directors on the proposed amalgamation. The meeting then separated. cases undo. POPISH PRACTICES AT ELLESMERE CHURCH.—We are informed, says the Shropshire Conservative, that during the celebration of Divine Service in Ellesmere Church on Sunday evenings, several boys in white sur plices stand round the Communion Table, each boy holding a large lighted wax candle in his hand ! What are the Protestants of Ellesmere doing to tolerate such mountebank show in their parish Church ? Such pro ceedings arc a disgrace to Protestant England ; and the inhabitants of Ellesmere are to blame for their inaction in permitting ridiculous and Popish customs and observ ances to be carried on within the walls of the Parish Church. A NEW SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING WHITE SUGAR, recently invented by Mr. H. Bessemer, civil engineer, was put into operation on Wednesday last, at the premises of the inventor, Baxter-house, Old St. Pancras, London, in the presence of several gentlemen practically conversant with the subject. Mr. Bessemer, by means of his "cane press," is enabled to obtain, by a principle of continuous pressure, from 75 to 80 per cent., without any additional cost ; whereas, by the old plan, the average of juice ex tracted was no more than from 50 to 55 per cent. Not only is the quantity increased, but the superior quality of it would command 7s. or Bs. per cwt. in the market over the ordinary colonial produce. The experiments through out were most successful and satisfactory. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A most dis' ressing accident occurred on Saturday week, in the Dean of Windsor's woods, Butleigh, Somerset. A party were shooting there on that day with Mr. Neville, among whom were Mr. Hunger ford Colston, of Lydford, and Mr. Tudwav, M.P. for Wells. A woodcock had just fallen in a thicket, for which these two gentlemen were searching, when the gun of the latter, from some unknown cause, went off, and lodged its contents in Mr. Colston's knee. He was carried home to Lydford with as little delay as possible, and it was found that the bone had been so badly shattered that the three medical gentlemen who had been summoned, decided unanimously that no time should be lost in taking off the leg. This operation was all but completed, when Mr. Colston sank under it from exhaustion at half-past 12 o'clock the same night. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—We learn from a source on which we can rely that the Premier has changed his mind on the subject of the intended Charter to the Crystal Palace Company. His Lordship has, as we are assured, been convinced by the representations of high legal au thorities, that it is not competent for the Government to grant a Charter. It appears that there is an Act of Par liament, which was passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of George 111., which expressly declares it illegal to receive money on the Sunday for entering any place of public amusement, which, it is said, the Crystal Palace will, to all intents and purposes, be. It is, therefore, con fidently stated that Lord Derby, instead of granting the Charter on his own responsibility, as originally intended, will allow the matter to be referred to the Legislature, which could only be in a position to grant a Charter by first repealing the Act of Parliament to which we have re ferred.—Morning Paper. LIBEL ON LORD FITZEI ARDINGE.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Sir A. E. Cockburn said he was instructed, on the part of Earl Fitzhardinge, to move for a rule calling upon Henry Davies, the printer and pub lisher of the Cheltenham Chronicle, Sze., to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel published by him in that journal of the Ist of July last. When the Militia Bill was brought forward, his lordship saw that the number of deputy-lieutenants would be insufficient to carry the act into effect. He cc- office, and obtained their sanction for increasing the num ber of deputy-lieutenants to the extent of 30, if necessary. Earl Fitzhardinge then selected 15 gentlemen, and, having "terwards,an a in the Cheltenham Chronic hardinge, the lord-I his office by making these a which charged .tenant of the I Et;ri Fitz MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. and Sir Denis Le Marchant, standing at his usual place at the table, according to the established practice of parlia- HOUSE OF LORDS. ment, pointed to THURSDAY.—The first session of the new Parliament 1 Mr. ROBERT PALMER, who, after a dv erting io i n n terms of was opened by Royal commission, at 2 o'clock. Judging high encomium to the qualities'' of the right e member r by the number of persons outside the Palace, and in the for North Hampshire, who had filled this high offi the last a th n r s een ears, with so much advantage to the approaches to the body of the house, there seemed to be p m ra u e c tiee ho e t;o p u a r rl t i o at h n i e m nt sel i f ) --to his knowledge a good deal of public curiosity excited. The Lords' Corn. of the countryaw and d impartiality, em ea n demeanour— opened, u his r equanimity of temper. and his courte l o s us missioners were seated by the time the gallery doors were moved that the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre do take opened, and no other peers were in the house, but Lord Brougham could be seen in the distance engaged in ever- t The motion was seconded by Lord R. G on n.o n S I VENOR, getic conversation with some peers at the side of theseverese followed by Sir R. INGus, who remarked ti lemur which now fell upon the speaker of Slat house. throne, and the Duke of Leinster was standing at the There ) being no opposition, the election would have side bar. The clerks of the house were at the table, andacclamation; hieflerk but ut so me members calling " Ques several ladies were seated in the seats below the bar passed on," the y the question, which was carried The Commons, who were summoned by Sir Augustus 'tern. con. in the affirmative. p Mr. Lefevre bowed to the decision of the house, and Clifford, presented themselves at the bar, headed by the the SpeakerHAhonour which who m w a o 4 .nis c i e o o n ,I f u E c n te g d l a t n o d th t e o chair rece 1 havin gbvey the mover highest and seconder. a ye t r L t e ; whox Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Pakington, Sir D. Le 1 , o L rifer upon one of ther } n i N e lE c t i L u o p ß on ofthe EXCHEQUER congratulated Marchant, the chief clerk, and several members of the Cabinet and Ministry, with a large number of members, u l n i e e l e s i t ) t e 3. c pre could s o e u d l d enforce Lis t s at i sfa i t t i ohniiaa,tl judgment the n el t eict its filled the whole of the allotted space at the end of the t tor e r P i chamber. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord : tion to preside coons Chancellor, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis rules and orders. of Salisbury, the Duke of Montrose, and the Earl of I •**- TI ,„ Lonsdale. When the Commons approached, after the usual inter change of three formal bows between the Lords Commis sioners and the members in the front row, The LORD CHANCELLOR desired the clerk at the table to read the Royal commission, which was done accord ingly. Then The LORD CHANCELLOR said,---My I men, we have it in command from her :Majesty to let you know that you shall hereafter be informed of the cause of calling this Parliament together ; hut, it being necessary that a Speaker for the House of Commons should first be chosen, you will for that purpose return to the place pre pared for your meeting, and there be pleased to choose a Speaker, and present such person whom you shall so choose here to-morrow at two o'c Royal approbation 's and gentle- ek for her Majesty's The members of the House of Commons then with drew, and the house adjourned during pleasure. After a short interval the house resumed, and from 40 to 50 peers took the oaths. FRIDAY.—The Royal Commission appointed to receive the newly-elected Speaker—consisting of the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Eglinton, and Lord Colchester— habited in their official robes, took their places at the foot of the throne at half-past two o'clock. The Commons having been summoned, the Speaker, accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Clerk of the Commons, and a numerous body of members, appeared at the bar. The customary formalities having been interchanged, The SPEAKER, addressing the Royal Commissioners, said,—My Lords, I have to acquaint your lordships that, in obedience to her Majesty's Royal commands, and in the exercise of their undoubted privileges, her Majesty's faithful Commons have proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that their choice has fallen upon me. Deeply impressed with my own unworthiness, I now submit myself for her Majesty's Royal appr?bation.. - The Lord CHANCELLOR.—Mr. Shaw Lefevre, we are commanded by her Majesty to asQure you that her Majesty is satisfied of your ample efficiency to discharge the important duties which her faithful Commons have elected you to execute ; and that her Majesty most fully approves, and gives her sanction to, their choice. The SPEAKER.—I bow with all humility to her Majesty's Royal will and pleasure. And now it becomes my duty, in the name and in behalf of the Commons of the United Kingdom, to lay claim, by humble petition to her Majesty, to their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, more especially those of freedom of debate, freedom from arrest, for themselves and their servants, and free access to her Ma j esty whenever occasion may require; and to pray that her Majesty will be pleased to place the most favourable construction on all their proceedings. For myself, I humbly entreat that if any error should arise it may be imputed to me alone, and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons. The Lord CHANCELLOR.—Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command to inform you that her Majesty most readily confirms all the rights and privileges which have ever been granted to her faithful Commons, either by her Majesty or any of her Royal predecessors; end that as to yourself—although not standing in need of any such indulgence—her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction on your words and actions. Mr. iii:ME uttered some sugges in which members should anuear The house a.., to be presented for her of Lords. urned until' The Speaker and the Commons then bowed and withdrew HOUSE OF COMMONS. The members of the House of Commons began to as semble about half-past one o'clock, and before the busi ness of the day terminated there must have been upwards of 300 present. The body of the house seems to have been in no way altered since the close of the last parlia ment. The stained windows, with all the " Red Lions of Brentford," remain still as they w uncoloured glass which in two or three instances had been substituted to try the tffect of unadulterated light. A very largo number of new faces testified to the desire of the newly-elected members to take possession of their recently acquired habitat, and to make themselves fami liar with its haunts as soon as possible. Amongst the, together with ti earliest in attendance was Sir R. H. Inglis, who looked extremely well, and exchanged greetincs with all around him. During the brief discussion which ensued upon the re-election of t seat below the gangway on the 0 maintained throughout last se the corresponding seat on the M which position he address the house Russell entered the house shortly before two o'clock, and took up his accustomed seat on the Opposition. Mr. R. D. Mangles sat upon one side of him, and Mr. John Abel Smith on the other. He was congratulated by a few members when he sat down, but except by the rem nant of the old Whigs, his presence seemed to be little noticed. We missed the noble figure and manly bearing of Lord ( the .Graf present Speaker, to congratulate the right hon. gentle man, and to bear testimony to his ability and im- ke those of Napoleon's old Guard at Waterloo, after Adam's artillery had discharged their terrible volley. The Opposition will SHIP LA UNCH.—The launch of the large steamer, Ben gal on the Clyde on Satur 'ay week, was attended by cir cumstances exactly resembling those of the recent launch of the Marian Moore at Liverpool, and which might have been followed by events of an appalling character. While the men were engaged in knocking away the shores or supports at the stern part of the vessel, the immense mass was suddenly seen to move, The large body of workmen had just time to leap out of the way, when the ship plunged into the river, tearing her cradle in pieces, and leaving part of it behind her. In other respects, however, the launch was effected with perfect success. It is most for tunate that no vessel was in the way at the moment; for the river is narrow at this point, and any passing ship must have been cut to pieces by the ponderous bulk of the Bengal careering into the deep with the force of an " It appears that after the stern supports of the knocked away, the pressure upon the dogshores vs became so tremendous that they suddenly fortunately on both sides shmultaneonclv era gave way the mass broke away some minutes befo' e taken place in ordinary course 'bores were .ere two on f the strongest kind over tr .ch side, instead of one 9 IS USU The dog ind there ASSAULT BY A ROMISH PLUBST.—The magistrates of istol were engaged for a considerable period, o n Satur- day, in investigating a charge preferred against'Mr. Cullen, a R:om.isl had kicked her while on her knees chapel. He did not deny the fact. but all kicked her by way of showing his contempt, and no a view of inflicting on her any bodily injury. He t leave to explain the matter, and, to do so, it was to go back a y lainant was nlac, ear and four months arl ;Y. n n svo. it* rv% ,en the nomania of an extraordinary character which she bouring un er, and I he soon received notice of tl 30 that she was about to rem Lie did so constantly fo annoyance night. an ker, he did not occupy the on side which he sterial benches, from s to the costume poaker's levees. peaker elect al in the House FRIDAY.—The house met at two o'cl been summoned by the Usher of the SPEAKER, (who wore his wig, but wss without I robes,) attended by a large body of members, im ck, and having rack Rod, the mediately I. quitted the house. After an absence of about ten mi nutes, the members returned to their places, and _ The SPEAKER communicated what had_ p House of Lords, after which the swearing the only business which can be transact- 4 from the throne is delivered, was proce rising of the house, SATURDAY o'clock. The swearing ssed in the —The Speaker took t with in the sam ay, commen tv of I COURT AND FASHION n‘ of members, dec.! with u e speech 1 the t twelve His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT was formally 'tailed as Master of the Trinity-house on Wednesday. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHAS. J. NAPIER, C. 8., it is said, will receive thecommand of the Kent military district, THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA has conferred the order of the Iron Crown on Baron James Rothschild, the bead of the banking-house at Paris. THE MARQUIS OF LANSDONITNE has been suffering from gout. Lord John Russell paid a visit to Bowood last week, and passed two or three days with the Noble Marquis. A PLYMOUTIT newspaper states that the Duchess of Orleans is in treaty for the occupation of Kitley, the de lightful seat of Mr. Bastard, in the county of Devon, and adds that there is every probability the arrangement now under consideration will be carried out. . - THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—His Grace the First Lord of the Admiralty has cenferred the vacant good service pension, relinquished by the pro mo ti on o f Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, on that gallant and dis tinguished officer, Capt. Ryder Burton, K.H. (1822.) CAPTAIN THOMAS WENTWORTH BLLLER, one of the Commissioners of the Copyhold Tithe and Enclosure Commission, expired at Wimpole, his seat in Devonshire, on Saturday last, after a short illness. The vacant ap pointment is vested in the First Lord of the Treasury. NAVAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN.—The Duke of Northumberland has conferred the vacant appointment of naval aide-de-camp to the Queen on Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, (1825), flag captain to Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joaceline Percy, C. 8., the commander-in-chief at Sheerness. TUE PERSIAN EMBASSY.—His Excellency Safi Khan, who has been some time resident here as Charge d'Affaires from the Schah of Persia, has lately been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary from that Court. The Schah has also honoured Major Mirza Ibrahim Malcolm, first Attache and Interpreter, by raising him to the rank of " Khan." POOR-LAW APFOINTMENTS.—Some misapprehension ad pears to exist on this subject. So far from additional officers being created, a reduction has taken place in the staff of the board. When Mr. Commissioner Ball retired, Mr. Inspector Senior was appointed to fill h!s place ; but Mr. Senior's place was not filled up, thus a saving of about £l,OOO a year was effected. Eleven temporary inspectors have been discontinued. In future no inspector is to be paid more than £7OO a year, with no nllowances beyond travelling charges, thus a saving of £3,000 a year is at present effected ; while, by reductions as vacancies occur, future savings will be made.—Morning Chronicle. en into cuss ince she cat 4 ambizt )unced xcavations Dr. Thom, on the ricipak election for Oldham seems to have arliament I more important subject of a represen . The victory, it seems, after a tough the friends of Mr. Heald ; and we hail ions omen of the result of the contest which , take place this month between him and Mr. e vacant seat of the late lamented Mr. Duncuft. port Advertiser. „„sgLe, rests wi OfTl-91. WALLIS'S EXHIBITION.—A magnificent collection I ril e i g }l class pictures has just been opened for exhibition and I ,eci„"nehurch- street, by Mr. Wallis, of London. The col !ate -r 1 comprises some fine specimens of the works of the iv. celebrated landscape painter Turner, of which a of Saltash" will, no doubt, prove a great favourite. , c l e ,are also pictures by Leslie, Stanfield, Lance, Etty, Redgrave, Poole, Lauder, A. and G. Williams, q,"" Johnston, Gilbert, Boddington, Pyne, Herring, Wie.,". Bright, Cooper, Creswick, &c. This collection tf ectlbtless, prove one of the most attractive exhibitions e sea so n. tIirSTONIS PROMOTION.—It is said that the vacancy 8 4 ; s b ed by the retirement of Mr. Ross, many years t . ' e Yor- General is to be filled by the promotion of M . that m, n• at present Inspector-General of Live pool, and I t l /,,,"„ is to be replaced by Mr. Rolls, landing-surveyor , .%tl" ° n• Both are young in the service, compared to pie t hat they thus precede. The latter is an excel le n t titilf„,;e,al officer and the traders of Liverpool VII n by the exchange. He was the chief officer select ed it a sep• ;ge Co mm i ss i oners o f C us t om s to superintend dr the that tati;r t nent in the Crystal Palace, Hy de t Le b aer nrY discharge of which he received the thanks of gala Commissioners, and also a t oken of some k,L .41' ; AgEItRE MlLlTlA.—Appointments.—lst Regt.: •istr%) t° be Henry Feilden, Bart. (late Capt. 17th Lan- Ireland Blackburne, appointed ttletlLlCZ.Pitialjerid vice Ireland ; Metcalfe Johnson, gent., to tstl tt h r g. James e Clarke, Esq., to be Capt., vice Shuttie- NW' t esigned ; John Kirkes, gent., to be Lieut., vice I;,,Ray, resigned ; John Rowlandson Marshall, gent., ; •Lieut vice Irvine, who retires ; Arthur Wallace gene, to be Ensign.-2d Regt.: Capt. Nicholas 144'11 to * be Mjor vice Seel, resigned c 'tivi; et ,,a , Rent ,to a be 'Ensign. -3d Regt.: Ensign John 1,, 4 11t -r `,.' Orrell, gent. , to be Lieut ; Frederick Silvester, iili a La be Lieut. ; Henry Walker, gent., to be Lieut. ; 11:ra Beamont un., gent., to be Ensign. t'ent,ARRABLE CONCEALMENT OF BlRTlL — Yesterday Vele! week, a girl in the service of Miss Richmond, itq'tCt"reet, Ever - ton, while ,lone in the kitchen, gave . °sr ° a fine boy. Her first impulse was to conceal this i k t illt a a f her shame • and she took up the infant and threw i h tl rtleit th e ash-pit of the adjoining house. She then re ,to her household duties, and was waiting at the j;• ',`able When ti e family were disturbed by the ex ieid mi• le -- ns of tl hb nrs who having heard the t e ,q, 'nad discovered and rescued' it. The girl herself ° se -le candle to look at her child, and joined in the 11,tltv re4s.up rer--63n the fol won d emorningr was the unnatural she arose at the usual Ltient• e a t s was proceeding to to wash the door, when suffi .-crnitevidence was foundi a closet to establish her ma -trst 11 ,, She wasthen la n ced in bed, and the remarkable s?• 0 1,'" which had sust p ained her gave way; and she was *sr* Prostrated. The child was taken to the ki7ft sr khouse, where we u n derstand it is doing wel l. ea e ,, t slowly recovering. When she has regained t tlsg str ength she will be conveyed before the maps. t ela Arte of coucealtnent of birth. , and Spencer Perceval Ham pson;an auctioneer, wine-vaults, .oxteth-park, Liverpool. They were at the Lisbon Moor-street, Birmingham, where, after drinking some time, Taylor began to vaunt about his strength, and challenged for a wager any one to equal him. The deceased put down a sovereign to meet the challenge, but he had occasiou shortly after to go out of the house, and, on his return, he missed th wereig when he charged Taylor with having stolen it; though, from the evidence which transpired at the inquest, it is again before going out of the house, and forgot - the cir cumstance on his return. Smarting under the imputation of theft, Taylor took the opportunity in the street of giving the deceased a heavy blow from behind, and the consequence was that Hampson fell with great force on the pavement, and fractured his sku!l. At the inquest a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Samuel Taylor. THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL V. THE CHORLEY 13etDre Appeal.) —lt appeared that an application for an injur tiOn had been !Wade in this case to one of the Vice-Chan cellors, for the purpose of restraining the defendants from doing certain acts and carrying on certain works for the purpose of their undertaking in a manner which the plain tiffs alleged to be injurious to the Liverpool waterworks. The Vice-Chancellor had granted the injunction as to a portion of the relief asked, and had refused it as to the rest. This was an appeal from that part of the order of the court below which refused an injunction. Mr. Bethell, in support of the appeal, said that the plaintiffs had come prepared with an affidavit in support of their intended ap plication; but before such affidavit could be tendered in evidence before the court, it must, in consequence of the regulations introduced by the recent orders in Chancery, be copied upon a paper stamped by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. This paper could not be issued from the Stamp-office until late in the afternoon, and he was, therefore, under the necessity of asking that the hearing of the appeal might be postponed till a properly stamped application could be produced. Mr. Osmond, for the de fendants, said that, from the character of the affidavit proposed to be read by the plaintiffs, some care and time would be necessary on the part of the defendants to pre pare their answer to it. It was then arranged that the case should stand over indefinitely, with liberty to either party to apply. KIRKDALE SESSIONS.—The Michaelmas sessions opened at the Court-house, Kirkdale, on Tuesday, the first day being devoted to the despatch, as usual, of; county business. The Ven, Archdeacon Brooks presided, and there was a numerous attendance:of magistrates. The , Archdeacon said, that he had signed a paper, which the Government would require half- yearly, of the expense of convicted prisoners sentenced at the quarter sessions. The Government paid them for the maintenance of these pri soners, as far as fuel, bedding, and food were concerned. The expense for the last half-year amounted to £535 4s, 10d., or 2s. 9d. per week per head. The Government required that the bills of costs should now be strictly ex amined ; and Mr. Horn had been appointed to assist the Clerk of the Peace in doing so. When this subject had been disposed of, the Archdeacon said that they had had communication with the managers of the Philanthropic Prison, at Red-hill, Surrey, into which juvenile offenders were taken from different prisons, and were taught agri cultural labour, or some trade, for the period of twelve months. Four boys had been selected from the Kirkdale Gaol, but there was a difficulty in the bench not being legally able to pay the expenses of their removal there. — After some discussion, the magistrates privately entered into a subscription to send the four boys to Red-hill Farm, the recorder promising to mention the subject to Mr. Waddington at the Home-office. The criminal business of the sessions commenced on Wednesday morning, before the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks (chairman) and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar which was light, contained the names of 67 prisoners, 57 being charged with felony, and the remainder with assault, and misde meanours, promot interest and that of I 11 sari a nnninfarl o "rks.f.;.-• bers of his own party with a view to secure their allegi ance, and that he had appointed a certain number of his opponents with a view to induce them to abandon their party connexions. Earl Fitzhardinge denied, in the most distinct manner, that, in making the appointments, he bad been in any degree influenced by political considera tions—that he had been actuated solely by the belief that the appointments were necessary to tie Made in order to carry out the Militia Act, and that, in making his selec tion, he had not been actuated by political motives, but that, on the contrary, many of those whom he had ap pointed were known to hold different political opinions from his own. Lord Campbell said, this seems to bet" `he case 'Apr.. ta.,.1 ..• _ inst the Earl of Rule the case where a libel was published agh. Lonsdale. You may take a rule to show nisi granted. TRAFFIC RCTURNS.—The traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 31st, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : 1852. 1851. 1850 London and North-Western.... 46,165.. 42.416.. 42,167 Midland 23,624.. 21,814.. 21,764 Lancashire and Yorkshire ...... 17,009.. 15,853.. 14,624 London and South-Western 10,033.. 10,209.. 9,841 London and Brighton.. Great Western South-Eastern 18,102.. 17,034.. 15,782 14,605.. 13,765.. 11.764 York and North-Midland 8,712.. 8,082.. 7,729 Manchester, Shen*. and Lincoln 7,038.. 6,649.. 6,054 Bristol and Exeter York, Newcastle, and Berwick.. 15,488.. 15,472.. 14,513 Shrewsbury and Chester 1,622.. 1.515.. 14,01 Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. 16,097.. 15,505.. 14,675 Great Northern . . 14,773.. 11,024.. 7,111 Chester and Holyhead 3,333.. 2:691.. 2,455 North Staffordshire.... Leeds Northern 1,131.. 1,027.. 898 South Devon 2,068.. 1,771.. 1,754 South Wales. 2,594.. 1,372.. 805 East Lancashire Birk. Lanc. and Chesh. June 1,621.. 1,331.. 960 Eastern Union.... Lancaster and Carlisle ....... 4,996.. 4,086.. 4,007 London and Blackwall Newcastle and Carlisle Shrewsbury and Birmingham South Yorkshire.. Stockton and Hartlep00l - Taff Vale North Western The total receipts on the above lines being £247,761, against £227,482 in the corresponding week of last year; the increase is shown to be £20.279. The number of miles open on the above was, in 1852, 5,034, and in 1851 4,776, showing an increase , of 258 miles. The returns for the corresponding week in 1850 on the above lines was £196,799, and the mileage 4,695}. The receipts per mile per week, for 1852, on the above lines is £49 4s. 4d. ; in 1851, the receipts were £47 12s. 7d. ; and in 1850, £4l 17s. 11d., so thatthe increase 0f1852 on 1851 is £llls. 9d., and over 1850, £7 7s. Id. The traffic returns exhibit, therefore, a very satisfactory increase over the returns of the corresponding period of last year, although there is a slight decline upon the receipts of the previong week. The traffic, nevertheless, sustains itself with remarkable vigour. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF INDIGESTION, LIVER AND BILLIOUS COMPLAINTS.—These pills are the finest stomachic and the most invigorating medicines ever known for weak stomachs. Persons of the most delicate constitution may use them with perfect safety. A few doses improve the tone of the stomach, and induce healthy digestion, by which means sufferers are restored to a state of vigorous health, which they had never dared to anticipate. Holloway's Pills are equally efficacious for bile, sick headaches, liver complaints, and affections of the lungs, and may be resorted to at any season without fear of danger arising from catching veld wbilst taking them. in George's Doct on Saturday nights and on Sundays.— In answer to a question, Mr. Bold stated that the use of fires and lights in the Prince's Dock was to be confined to the steamers there; and Mr. Brocklebank said he could not see the reason of the restriction.—Mr. Molyneux said, when the north dock works were first suggested with such zeal, it was held out that the Clarence Dock would be given up to the general purposes of the port, and that the steamerswould be put further north.—Mr. Bold said there were then no continental screw-steamers ; this was a new trade.—Messrs. M'Clune and Tamplin submitted a letter they had received from Mr ;gan, sacral British and Irish Steam-packet Company, asking them to ascertain what would have to be paid for the constant use of one of the graving docks of Liverpool for a year, to be occupied by a vessel of 1,400 tons.—lt was intimated that, in consulting the commercial interests of the port, no graving dock could be given up for the purpose.—A letter was read from the council of the Chamber of Commerce, complaining of the dirty state of the dock quays, and the want of snitable arrangements for the protection of export goods. A long conversation ensued, in the course of which it appeared that the harbour masters' sub-commit tee had under their consideration the appropriation of dif ferent sides of the docks for export and import, and that they would probably report next week. GENERAL NEWS. THE PRESS.—There were no less than forty reporters present at the Free-trade banquet, in Manchester, on Tuesday night. TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.—On Tuesday, the Submarine Electric Telegraph Company completed its line between Paris and London. FOUL AIR.—Two men were killed in London, yesterday week, by the foul smell from a drain in which they were working, and into which cesspool matter had found its way. THE LATE GALES.—At the lowest estimate not less than 100 seamen have perished by the dreadful gale which prevailed last week, and the destruction of property is also necessarily very great. Miss VANDENHOFF, daughter of Mr. Vandenhoff, the tragedian, is suffering, it is said, from an internal tumour, which medicine has failed to reach, and which there is too much reason to fear will prove fatal. JAMES LISTER, a farm-labourer, at North Ockendon is in custody, on suspicion of having poisoned his first wife, some two years and a half ago. The body bas been exhumed, and the intestines are undergoing analysis. A PoonWinow, seventy years of age, deaf and partially blind, was crossing the Reading and Basingstoke branch of the Great Western Railway, on Friday, when she was knocked down, and cut to pieces by an advancing train. MARY COTTERILL, a female who lives at Billesdon, has been committed on a charge of manslaughter. In a fight with Mary Ann Bird, one of her neighbours, she so injured the latter that death was the consequence. A GIRL only eleven months old, named Eliza Liddell, was recently found dead in bed in London, and a post mortem examination showed that notwithstanding her infancy she had died of ossification of the valves of the heart. A SERVANT GIRL at Bath has bfgnesthed to the Ship wrecked Fishermen and Mariners Benevolent Society a legacy of. £5O, out of her hard-earned savings, in remem brance of her engagement to a young sailor at Sunder land, who was drowned at sea. RAILWAY CALLS.—The amount of railway calls already advertised, falling due in the month of November, amount to £614,632. Of this no less than £466,615 is called by foreign companies, but the amount of stock held by English proprietors is not known. A PASTRYCOOK, named Hollot, died in London a few days since, from inflammation of the knee-joint resulting from a compound fracture of the knee-cap, which had been caused by a sudden exertion of the muscles of the leg while he was throwing a skittle ball, six months since. miss the pr sence of tt ady debater, of Mr. C Lewis. The Peclites have to mourn the loss of the clear head and financial information of Mr. Cardwell —the experience of Sir Georgo Clerk, and the eloquence and learning of Mr. Roundell Palmer. But it is amongst busiest, " The humour was ling but mutat What old Parliamenta Mager will not, at a the burly figure and bull-dog the city of Dublin—the sin face of the late member for gular appearance and eccentric Kerry, the nep' —the frothy fer- your of the late member for Meath—the smartness of the dapper little member for Dundalk, who sought a resting place in Yarmouth, and found it not—the rejected of Drogheda, and the non-accepted of Canterbury,who called every member his lion-friend;—who must not miss, though they may not lament, the well-meaning imbecility of the late Chief Secretary for Ireland—and that sleek oleaginous looking lawyer, than whom no member ever was more constantly in his place, and none ever made more blun ders, the late Attorney-General for Ireland. Mr. Christopher was the first Ministerial arrival, and he was followed closely by the Attorney and Solicitor-Gene ral, Lord J. Manners, Mr. W. Forbes Mackenzie, Sir J. Trollope, and Mr. Herries. Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Walpole, and Sir J. Pakington came in almost together. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer shook hands among the first with Mr. Flume, and entered into apparently lively conversa tion with Mr. Thomas Duncombe, who is looking deci dedly better than at the close of the last Parliament. In a few minutes after a movement was visible at the door, and forthwith appeared the handsome and dignified form of the first of the Commoners—the late and present Speaker—the Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre. The right hon. gentleman was dressed in plain clothes—light-coloured trousers, and a dark dress coat ; he looked uncommonly well, and seemed in the best possible spirits. A swarm of members, like bees clustering round a honey-drop, pressed upon him, and he had a friendly smile and a cor dial shake of the hand for each. Amongst those whom we did not observe were—Lord Palmerston (his absence as noticeable as that of the effigy of Brutus on a well-known occasion), Sir James Graham, and Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Gibson, who have not yet probably got over the effects of the banquet at Man chester. A body of gentlemen sat on the Opposition benches, below the gangway—many of these, we were informed, were the new Irish members. At ten minutes past two o'clock, the approach of Sir Augustus Clifford, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was announced. Admission having been demanded in the usual manner, the folding doors of the hou thrown open, and " Black Rod," habited in fullde:se, advanced to the table, bearing the insignia of his office. He said, " Gentlemen, the Lords, authorised by virtue of a royal commission, desire the immediate attendance of this honourable house at the House of Peers to hear the commission read." Sir Augustus having retired, Sir Denis Le Marchant, the clerk at the table, then rose to obey the summons, followed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Herries, and about 100 members. In about ten minutes the cortege returned, Ur. Ct proper m in, and, havit 3 her out. I e had no She was inspired wiii;iheitiea'ti Town he ) excite the he turned he was the time h ....ovect her along before him, and pushed her out of the church. He kic':ed her, but with a view of sli no mmo o in u f siy ju o r f in o g her. The that I, m l r a . g c i s u t his duty, and acted with much indecency an assault, but, under the circumstance would not inflict a penalty. It appears that the woman labours under a delusion that Mr. Cullen is the Holy Ghost, that she is quickened in spirit by him, and will bring forth a spiritual Saviour. She wished the magis trates to ask Mr. Cullen whether their spirits were not espoused ; but they, of course, refused to enter into as inquiries of the sort 3 sate they were una had greatly exceeded In law it was istratts AN ARISTOCRATIC i mpe G nuo li rl i lseee - y a rf N r i o A m N.— he On serr Saturday week Mrs. Williams, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Deere Village, Cumberland, was returning from Pen rith in . a gig with a female servant, where she had been on a visit to the Countess Oassinski, when she was over tagaokyteatnloubaayblloae lonely part o f gentle in a n 1 y appearance, mounted on a nt r hd o e d p e r roepasades road. ,t presented He then tkept npistol, in turned front at th e s tillro und, a mh same r h t e ll o r f e money. met Mrs. Williams, Mrs. wa silsie l h.l W i lliams .acn contained nstaaidn a e t hde fi a r w s co t ournel wou ld count time demandin g t hr e e , a an d silver. Having made aannti,nehfe d if she did not deliver her money before name . and . residence, he had finished, he would shoo t awer Ilahl lie,n3a,t, s . 1 IEI h aal e isf r . , happened l hl at fhop T oeopl Terrified o r bny r wei logfiduhye I'll ,rual oi b y; n y :11 :: io b ndoe i s t:, o y mfl y rd' a s o . s u ‘mlg r servant ; and if you speak to and the afs t f e l si t te e e e ur a d d an t she bi s t ; o aerrt gtss attempt vmme\pvti in ittisurrenderedogmoholsidbmt her nei her n w : . behind iwnin would u lads distance, footman.make goodhe r She phu irss met utherre tasuet threat. turned If hist After persons, rpsoono fol l ow i ngsy, a b n u d t al mind.l: lade d i l: 1 0, l h a v i ng uy. y oott havehouu e l a d a. ar e w .ne him, dat A i you." Mrs. Williams then drove on, the highwayman did not speak to them, being afraid that her unwelcome fore the robber rode herri.d i attendantnfgo r rapidly id l y away. It appeared that the Youthful hie' wayman had come from London to Carli.i..--- • stopped he represented himself as the Mr. --, and that he was low of funds, of which he obtained a loan of 30s- fr Tr, and at one of the it take him to Keswick, wheze , 'ie cc from --, Eici. The horse rod Carlisle. A portmanteau he t be_ was tout d that hlianveinngcobreroenboroaliedteendth its statement th a t 1 the Hon. Mr- - `` ~ n nea i fror on of the HOll on the strength the landlady to are a sup-p 1 e rode Iva. !lack hired: at n at Carlisle marks on his - and it ap p .._ .uusequent in. _.ey that he had broken loose from the Military School, where he was in training for the army. He has not been heard of since he left Penrith. He has since been cap tured, and the Carlisle Journal says that, owing to the state of his mind, no prosecution will be instituted against him. He has been restored to his friends, who have taken precautions to prevent a repetition of the foolish freak. Mr. Joseph Hall, solicitor, Keswickir- n - letter to th e Daily News, states th a t t h e po li ce ave ascertained the delinquent is James Curzon, son - ef. the Hon. John. Henry Roper Curzon, of Cheltenham, anda grandson of Lord Teynham ; and then strongly comments on the en deavours made to induce the parties robbed to remain passive until the youth could be got out of the rovatnv