The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. 41 le article on Ragged Schools is in type, and will appear next Week. Fallacies of Free Trade," by Serjeant Byles. Dr. Gilly is a Cambridge man. He is Prebendary of Durham, and has a living at Norham, on the Border line. w. l.,Prescot.—Apply to Mr. Mayer, 68, Lord-street, or to Dr. Hume. The next meeting will be on Thursday evening, the Collegiate Institution. b ' t We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications On subjects of local or general interest ; and if our friends Will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Xiberpoot gtanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 3, 1852. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. A. PEW hours after our readers have glanced at this announcement, the Parliament of the United ingdom, Lords spiritual, temporal, and Commons, Will have met to deliberate upon the affairs of the Idian. There is no one absorbing topic before the • minds of all men, as ther e was a t th e commence - THE HEAD CONSTABLE. most of last session ; so th a t one o f t wo resu l ts is THERE has bee n a grea t d ea l ' o f conversation in town, within th e l ast f ew d ays, on the subject of 'Pent, in a wor dy war f are , as it was d ur i ng the likely t o t a k e p l ace . Ei t h er the time will be mill- the propo se d appo i ntment o f a successor to Mr. Whole o f l as t spr i ng , or m i n i sters, i f they retain Dowling. S ome sag t h at i t i s useless now to speak their pl aces , are lik e l y to me dd le with the constitu- on the subj ec t, f or th a t th e part i es in whose hands tion, un d er t h e pretence of mending it. Either is a the appoint men t res t s , fi rst ma d e up their minds, thing to be feared ; an d we wou ld great l y prefer to and then sp o k e o f a d ver ti s i ng. W e do not know lee, wh a t i n a ll pro b a bili ty w i ll occur, a change of how this m a y b e , b u t we k now t h at there would be Ministers and an appeal to the coun t r y i n a new a precedent f or thi s i nvers i on i n t h e ancient " Jed election. The follo w i ng are some o f th e subjects burgh justi ce ," w hi c h was to h ang a man first, and that must, as a matter of c o u rse , receive earl try him after war d s . attention : y We know non e o f th e an t ece d ents of the gentle- The friends of L or d P a l mers t on are numerous, man whose n ame h as b een prom i nently mentioned, nor is that n ecessar y ; h e is sufficiently known a s a and the f ee li ng w hi c h hi s di sm i ssal excited has not public man. B u t i t wou ld h ave b een instructive to Yet been go t r id o f. B ot h t h e f r i ends and the o pponents of the Govern men t w ill requ i re a reason the Police C omm itt ee to h ave heard a few of the for an act so ver y unusua l, an d L or d J ohn would comments that were m a d e i n conversat i on on Friday and S a t ur d ay l ast, many of them probably need t o s t an d prepare d . L or d Palmerston is now more than si x ty- seven y ears o f age ; an d s i nce 1809 very unjust. O ne gent l eman would have it that in police courts was a necessary qualifi cation. be h as b een engaged almost entirely without inter cation. An o th er sa id t h at t h e whole was a party Mission, in the serv i ce o f hi s country. I n October ruse of the opp onen t s o f a certa i n gentleman at or that year h e was made Secretary-at-War, and th e next mont h was sworn i n as a Privy Counsellor. Present in the C ounc il, i n or d er to shelve him. A third maintain e d th a t th e quest i on was one exclu- Ile has h e ld o ffi ce i n W h i g and Tory Ministries sively of cl ass i n t eres t s ; an d that, after the facts under Perceval, L or d Li verpoo l , C ann i ng, Lord which wer e b roug ht out b y a recent magisterial Goderich, the Duke of W e lli ng t on , E ar l G rey, Lord Melbourn e , an d L or d J o h n R ussell. With inquiry, th e t ra d esmen s h ou ld have their turn of the loaves and fi s h es . W e h ave h eard other remarks the ex ce pti on o f a year and a half, in 1834 and 1835, and also th e P ee l a d m i n i strat i on, from 1841 to 1846, as severe and as di sagreea bl e , w hi c h i t i s unneces sary to repeat; a n d we b e li eve t h at they are not . be has h eld the Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs confined to a fe w . pluling a period o f more t h an t wenty-one years. One thin g i s cer t a i n, t h at some one who has -there can b e no d ou b t that i n so long a period of o %e e h e acqu i red a degree of familiarity with the never been bo un d up w i t h party interests in the detail s o f di plomat i c duties which the only other town should b e c h osen , if poss ib le. It would give detsi s of diplomatic duties which the only other a moral wei g ht t o hi s arrangements which can t° livi ng secretary (Lord Aberdeen), could not pretend never be had by an y p art i cu l ar numerical force ;and Possess, much less the present holder of the the rule, which is generally felt to be a good one in office. The discussion in Parliament will naturally respect to parliam en t ar y representat i ves, cannot be b ring to li g ht some i nteresting details respecting a bad one for a p erson w h o i s st il l more intimately Con tinental affairs. a n d w ill con fi rm or refute some connected with us. He should be a man of high e f the many on dits with which our contemporaries character ; not only above proved error, but above entertained their readers a month ago. In t h e colonial department we have the Cape suspicion of parti a lity. Thi s h e assuredly cannot be, if he has b een id en tifi e d i n a marked manner question t o k eep a li ve exc i tement. A few years with class interests in the town. He ought to be t .Ro, the war at the Cape was nominally ended; it accustomed to command, and familiar with the 18 now blazing afresh, worse than ever. One cause management of masses of men ; otherwise he w l ' t this unq ues ti ona bl y i s, the division that has al- ould he as fit to b e C omman d er -i n-Chief or Lord High ara Ys exist e d among t h e colon i sts themselves. Some, Admiral as he i s t o b e H ea d C onstable of this 4 th e i r enthusiasts for justice to the savage, forgot that Ju s tice s h oul d borough. M r . Whit ty possessed more than one of equally he sh own t o th e co l on i st; a ndthese re qu i s it es ; an d h e entered on the duties, :angWhen th e l ast war terminated, the natives were besides, at a period when the organization was in a uished but not subdued. " C onquer first, great measure in his own hand, and the machinery the afterwards," is a motto of old repute ; and was neither so large nor so complicated as it is at to : rulers in a nation, like the rulers in a family, present. This accounts in some degree for his ..,!, sftetimes spare the rod, through not suffici- acknowledged great success. We are unwilling to been abused • and through the divisions and corru •• • it • P- to fill a public situation ; but is the duty of Lio n o f the ' . and ue colonists, the huts of our countrymen journalists to warn the public, that their interests , the establishments of the boers are attacked be not trifled with. We have been told, too, that, .°Y English muskets and English gunpowder, bar- in effect, the offer was made to the gentleman in bar tered illicitly for cattle that are now retaken. The question, not by him. l ineation is not now, however, respecting the origin of the war, b u t respect i ng i ts end. Shall we con- There is one n ame th at we will make no apology tract the circle o f co l on i al operations for introd uc i ng , espec i ally as some of our con , give t o the temporaries have preceded us—it is that of Captain fierce Caffre the pastures on which he coursed the I Greig. He is not a native of Liv er p oo l , which is a artebeest and th e spr i ng b ok, and afterwards made one advantage ; he has been resident here suffi raid for British cattle, and thus inspirit him to cien y longto understandthe local habi ts, re tl 2 r t nnlit greater depredations in future ; or shall we quirements, &c., which is another. He has never the t effects of our new rifle balls in bringing been mixed up with party of any kind, except ° a settlement, and when the national pres -4,... . h as been maintained, the national honour with the intelligent, benevolent, and high minded, wherever they are found. He is a man of the " ear ed, and the aggressors have been driven back highest character—a Christian gentleman ; and the eftectuall ),___. Y, smoke the calumet of peace on our conviction of the equity and integrity of his pro e'ousr_t,heen frontier line ? Much as the war has ceedings would be a comfortable assurance to the it ,t_ a nd _ may yet cost, this latter is our own view, guardians of the public safety on one hand, and to of !3 . absurd to talk, as some do who know nothing the hundreds of thousands whom they protect on desert ' district, about pushing our conquests to the the other. He is a soldier, familiar with discipline nh one small desert lies between the scene of and with the management of masses of men ;he is, t o .li 4 e o rat l°os and the Cape, while the central sands are in many respects, a civilian, rarely requiring to be to Y leagues northwards. But whatever may be in uniform. The admirable manner in which he iho iasue of the present contest, the Governor ( looks after the gallant veterans under his command, the uld be supported by the mother country, against the attention which he pays to their comfort and e ecci li Pirit of disaffection that surrounds him in his 1 personal character, speak at least as much for his cone o nc e in Cape Town. The people who will l heart as his head ;and show us that a man of war, t o i. P_IN against the representative of their Queen, I can be eminent for the spirit of peace. When 114. t he shall not be able to purchase food or loth in . frequent and desolating fires, a few years ago, D epitte a', simply because he approved of the ex- threatened to lay a great part of Liverpool in ashes, making the Cape a convict settlement, 0 4 0 a ta l j ittlnetb o e f tter in their principles than the Hotten- an arrangement was spoken of by which Captain Greig was to organize the pensioners into an ,/,,T -as Mrs. Winifred Jenkins called them. efficient and exclusive fire brigade. This would the r.q..e Measure most likely to concern us at home is have been an excellent arrangement; and, if lie tlatlatr,iied Reform Bill. In former days, it was were entrusted with the management of the police, f C a overnment to retain what was good so l ong g he could easily make such arrangements as would th e inaterit was . felt to be so ; and to be regulated in seriously diminish the loss from similar calamities. 4itiets coducfion of changes, by the declared neces- There would be something appropriate, too, in the pets °f the people. Alterations were proposed, fact that a regular commissioned and trained officer % lee r . by a few; they were openly and fully dis- would have charge of those,the verylowest of whom tit otl 4 °Y the nation ; and when a decision was is somewhat ostentatiously called an " officer." °elleed by the country • aot be in a manner that could We do not know what may be decided on, but we Witit__ mi sunderstood, the law was adapted to the have a strong conviction of what is the right course , 'lts of the % all people. In this way, with far fewer We trust that it will be adopted, 1 1 gen th an ev e k. _ some of our continental neighbours lasb ie ".'wn, we possess infinitely more that is va tesde M our constitution. It h as remained for h et 41 etat esmen to discover a new p l an, to give 'ate bab y LCOMMUNICATED. j ;et . • lon are asked, to volunteer food when the Our Town Council are quite justified in taking b oon not shown hunger ; under the guise of of themselves, and of each other; and if any 'W e L st ° throw a sop to the man h dd • c are ',a y . y- ea e . small place of £5OO or £6OO a year falls vacant, we ilai • ' r ead of a church organ that wanted saidh on., _ nd re- are quite sure that our Council contains gentlemen that a German builder was applied to. He in every way qualified to fill it. We saw a list at 41 :' Its present value was £lOO ; he would la y the other day in the hinds of an active member om °ti ler £lOO upon it, and then it would be bil l ' kO. W of that body, tontaining half a dozen names of per e look upon the proposed Reform the as a° im prove ment sons already in the field for public situations in i tevei . ernent of the same class. Perhaps their own gift ; and we shall be surprised if anybody 'he a,,,,,,,ati0ns respecting St. Alban's have made I ktal • -"Y Premier i n finds fault with them for doing the best they can Its 0 4 .. 13110 eiples. tee r l'Z • place fi lled by a Grey or an Elliot, or by an Elliot t. ational Defences are another topic of int ill E ar in one sen it is '. e - or a Grey; and there is no reason on earth why se, ti. .p e t _ our Councillors should not follow so good and vaa iatil . o keep the peace; especially as repub- cherished an example, which receives the sanction itl re 18 so rampant in monarchies, and to alt tied Pl iblic s, as t y of all the reformers in the empire. s t v.., a render even domestic comma- But we have amplified the list, which was casually 140 eat I nlcult of suppression. But we are not to tm that a ll m . s by and % humbly submit, that as in een us, we no v qati k k• en will seek for the best thing : tete, I ng and selfish the case of the new Head Constable (that is to be) 4 "'eats, i n men always overlook true if all the present o ffi cers of the Corporation were bah't • i,.. the pursuit of ideal or minor ones. It instantly discharge d , their laces might be most 14 Possible, therefore, but we trust i t i s P a pro- I % 3' almo stadvantageously filled up by the Council itself out of I% t 4 Iv . non•existent, that some of those its- own members: and that such a course would " I e t o L e have chastised on former oocasions will nav e tend very materially to elevate that body in the a arit-of against U 4 UOW. We leave to • • optima of the community, if some such selection Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt.. Beans Peas .. Flour.. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Fuime, 16th January, and Ricardo, 19th Jan.,hence off Malta. Pilot, 12th January, hence at Corfu. Rolla, 18th January, and Flora, 22nd, Jan.-, hence at Messina. Givonni Maria, 21st Jan., Fuime, 21st Jan., hence at Trieste. Pomona, sailed from Malta for this port 24th Jan. Jane Moy, sailed 16th Jan., and Parja, 21st Jan., from Pati as for this port. Albanian, sailed from Deina for this port 22nd Jan. SNITG BERTHS FOR OUR TOWN COUNCILLORS THE VA'UDOIS CHURCH. "Avenge, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bow , ' Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold." The lecture of Dr. Gilly, noticed in another column, deserves much more than an average amount of attention. Four times, within the last thirty years, has he visited that interesting people ; and he has pleaded their cause with an energy that he would not have employed for himself, and a success which few would have secured. In these days of controversy, it is interesting to know that a section of the ancient Apostolic Church still survives, which never gave in its allegiance to the Bishop of Rome. It remains in the nineteenth century what the ancient British Church was when Augustine came ; what the Culdees in Scotland were before the time of Hildebrand ; what the Irish were under St. Patrick, before either Nicholas Breaks ears (Adrian IV.) or H enry Pl antagene t h a d b owed their necks to the yoke. The blood which has flowed on their hill sides, which attested their own sincerity and inspired the muse of Milton, endears them to us ; and not less should their ecclesiastical pedigree of eighteen hundred years, without one blot on their scutcheon. - - Tut Rear. WILLIAM H. .DucK, on behalf of the Pem broke -street Ragged Schools, begs to return thanks for Three Pounds, necked from Mr. 'William Christian, be. ing a portion, of the balance in his hands, as Treasurer of the Fund for the Public Dinner to the Poor in Gill-9kreet MtArket, on the ocrlttioa of her Majesty',. Visit. MR. HARTNUP AND THE LIVERPOOL OBSERVATORY. In the month of October, 1846, an important paper was read in one of the societies of this town, showing first what science has done for Liverpool, and second what Liverpool has not done for science. The commonest observer is aware that science has enlarged the boundaries of geographical knowledge ; and has devised new and more effectual modes of communication ; it has taught man to control some dangers, and to avoid others; it has almost annihilated distance; and in modes of communica tion has in like manner annihilated time. The frequency and comparative security of communication has given such an impulse to commercial relations, that the col lection of hovels, which is not mentioned in the Dooms day survey, is now the centre of half a million people. This is one side of the account. On the other, we i find the following statement in a pamphlet which was , issued just a year ago :—" We look in vain for any endow- ment in support of literature and science ; not one Professorship, Lectureship, or Master-hip has ever beets established by our predecessors or ourselves." The founding of the Liverpool Observatory is a step in the right direction; but if the necessities of the port had not demanded it, we would, in all probability, as soon have seen a professorship of necromancy established. When Mr. Hartnup was appointed here, his duties were much lighter, yet he sacrificed, even then, a third of his annual income. He has since neither taken pupils nor engaged in the reduction of tables, for which he would be privately remunerated. When in London, he acted as Secretary to the Royal Astronomical Society, at a salary, was an Assistant Astronomer in the Greenwich Observa tory ; and, inter alia, was handsomely remunerated for his reduction of the tables of the stars, published by the British Association. Yet in other respects he has not I been idle, as, in spite of our humid climate and often hazy sky, his collected observations show ; neither is he in. sensible to the true spirit of the man of science, who CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP OF LIVERPOOL. works for glory rather than for gold. In 1849 he invented an improved chronometer balance, I IMPORTANT MEMORIAL. which has been sanctioned at Greenwich. His improves A memorial, of which the subjoined is a copy, relative h a s ments, designed to regulate the temperature of the instru- to the vacancy created in the office of head -constable of " e ment, and guard as far as possible against index errors on this borough, by the resignation of Mr. Dowling, was ' suret chronometers, and the accuracy o f h i s observations, led upwards of two hundred of the principal bankers, mer- moves that ground, are easy o f mec h an i cal execution, and full yesterday placed in the Exchange Rooms, and, in the answer the purpose. Hi s great experience in rating course of an hour and a-half, received the signatures of Mr ' the Con, to his selection, by the United States Government, for chants, and traders of the town : of the He the determination of the longitude by chronometrical TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE WATCH for several comparisons; and the most satisfactory results have been COMMITTEE. meetng al, obtained. These arduous duties were superadded to his GENTLEMEN,—We, the und,rsigned inhabitants and rate ordinary labours ; and the United States Government Payers of the borough of Liverpool, having heard with the their s onside testified their high appreciation of the examination and utmost astonishment ann regret that it is in contemplation to The SECRE. head- constable NBIpHAAI who had advc rating of the instruments which so often crossed the Atlantic. U l it o le int ollice of M o f th e borough, vacant by the the past year • resignation of Mr. Dowling, surevent respectfully to submit to Hon - orarv . : ion of Some of our contemporaries say that Mr. Hartnup is your committee the importance an, as the chief of our " not a practical man," which is true, if it means that he local constabulary, a man well acquainted with the discipline A resolution of is neither a shipbuilder nor a clockmaker. But his exis- requisite to control so large a body of men, and one whose his marked attentis integrity, ability, and judgment, will have the confidence of the cited a conversation t in Liverpool is as a practical astronomer • any inhabitants at large, and command the respect of the officers the professional etiq mathematician in his study may be a theoretical one. ' In placed under him. To attain this object, we would respectfully the constant use of the most delicate iustruments, the suggest to the committee, that all possible publicity, by advr- name. All the non-Pr one exception. thought t eye, the ear, and the hand work together ; nature and art tisement and otherwise, be .iven to Mr. Dowling's resignati in, rendering mutual assistance, in obedience to the mind. and that candidates should " be invited to offer themselves for was a special one, the see the vacant office of head-constable. It appears to us, that only it, with such manifest ads In the happy union of qualities our local astronomer is by adopting such a course can the committee secure that which well entitled to the separate peculiar, as there is no personal error to be accounted for we believe they desire,. as sincerely as ourselves, the appoint- Out of 2352 eases treated I. in the reduction of his observations. ment of the most efficient person to fi ll the important office of The Liverpool Observatory requires a good man, and head-constable of the borough. stitution, in the course of t the simplest plan is to retain his services when such a man M0N111111M1N...mmar................. dozen were mentioned as havin nexion with diseases of the eye:. is here. The character of the instruments is good, and On Sunday evening, the Rev. Dr. Hume preached in so stable is the building that no vibration is communicated St. Paul's Seacombe, when a collection was made in aid I. Mrs. C., now of Annalong, net the sight of one eye restored in Sept. to it by the waves. When the atmosphe re is disturbed of the annual church expenses ; and in the evening the she came again to Liverpool, in accort by the firing of a gun, the great equatorial quivers fors Rev. Fielding Ould preached for the same object. to her at her first visit. The other eyc moment, but settles down again immediately. It gives LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. —MR. RAMS UAY's Ati- and its sight completely restored, and Si at least as good results as any instrument of the pEAL.—On Saturday last, at the sittings in Banco, before sion in both. Her clergN man writing kind in England. It is not a little strange, that the Lord Campbell, and Justices Patteson, Coleridge, and ' she can new read the smallest ' print." Liverpool Observatory is better known on the continent Wightman, Sir F. Kelly —with whom were Mr. Sergeant 2. Mrs. P., Almshouses, Mount-pleasan, than on the Exchange flags in the town itself. This arises Wilkins, Mr. J. Addison, Mr. John Henderson. Mr. n on tL e i e a e t re d s t&rtd B lg , o l p B e s r l a t a r e , i a n t s h e p l tt i t i i a n v n e c from the fact that the observations are not only printed Davison, Mr. Dykes, Mr. Edward James, Mr. George more to read, a pleasure I had not Y experienceL regularly in the proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Atkinson, and Mr. flew—moved for a rule to show cause four years." Society, but are re-printed on the continent. why an information, in the nature of a quo warranlo, 3. Mrs. M. Raymond-street, applied at the Ins. It would afford us much pleasure to state these or simi- should not be exhibited against Joseph Pollock, Esq from cataract, in both eyes. The sight of both wa, tar facts at any time ; but the reason why we do so just calling upon him to show by what authority he claimed 'ralle -s n. o , a coloured native of the West Indies_ now is, that a motion in which Mr. Hartnup is interested to exercise the office of Judge of the County Court of .-: qton-street, quite blind, with cataract in 1 lies over for the consideration of the Tow n Council. We Lancashire, held at Liverpool. This motion arose out of el on, restored to sight, and enabled to hope that they will arrive at a result worthy of the cause the recent proceedings of Mr. Ramshav as Judge, and ssaiway, Ireland, now in liitestres and of their own respectability; the right thing would be the inquiry at Preston before the Chancellor of the Duchy,' ''nd at the time of her first co thel4 II: oliat:.ewh. oa"srp t i . 1 1 :111 I n' o t' see. for the favourable decision to be unanimous. Some future which led to the learned gentleman's removal. The argil- 4by operation for cataract. . 3, required the formatic historian of Liverpool will record that William Lassell meat of Sir F. Kelly was limited to the question whether - en for cataract. B o and John Hartnup were contemporary residents, men of Lord Carlisle, without having heard evidence upon oath. -item quite blind ; whom the town was not worthy. And if any antiquary to establish the complaint of inability or misconduct, -as enabled to b should light upon this number of our paper, he will dis- preferred against Mr. Ramshay, had power legally to - es; case were '' , e Town cover a curious characteristic of these times. On the remove him. The judges having consulted together for , 1 catll 9 , same day he will find, and almost in the same column, some time, Lord Campbell said the court would deliver in which tardy justice was sought for in a trifle to a man its judgment on the tenth of February. , of high education, attainments, and usefulness, it was un- SUBURBAN ROBBERIES. —CAPTURE OF Two or TAE I fortunately necessary to sound a warning note, and to hint THIEVes.—On Sunday last, during divine service, p l' 0 ICO - a large number of the burgesses would feel themselves constable Tracey (county force), observed two men pass. vision of one eye, which was restored seriously aggrieved, if there were any approach to jobbing ing through Cherry-lane, Walton, with something bulky performed last July. in the police department. concealed beneath their clothes, and immediately pro. 9. J. D., Grayson-street, had the sight of 01. after blindness of many years' duration, -reeved to stop them and inquire what they had. One of 10. E. L., blind in one eye, from cataract, was , them instantly aimed a heavy blow et the officer's mouth, in the spring, after which he returned to his work as a painter, which laid his lip open, and having done so ran away. with his sight restored. He was, however, pursued, and overtaken by some per- 11. A. P., living near to the Institution, was blind in the 1., st BcT oh l ce7Llmii. past e e s s r ht Moc am u sement T r uly , °ttiNr en?rs eighty- o dd i i .mul wet t ..1( thes, h a i s nh been a the s m sons who happened to be in an adjoining field, and to spring of 1851, and was led about by a guik . Aftersome weeks' on . treatment he again was able to work as a joiner in the Fount Mein i 0.- .. [o.r Plate_lV.sd perceived b ' whom the o ffi cer called out for assistance. While -odes- of June. Touring to escape, the fellow was seen to throw away from 12. The child of J. D. Ennerdale-street, was " stone.blind." his pockets several articles of silver plate, which were He has been under treatment, and now " can see to pick up a Yet in the " Note respect , i N nt . afterwards picked up on the spot. Tracey having men. pin." The quotations are from his father's note. lowing passage occurs : ' vexed from the effects of the blow, secured the second Nearlyall theseoperations wereperformed tvithoutgiving v an advertist. prisoner, and both were then taken to the Old Swan sta- pain, andwith the assistanceofMr.Harris,who at the same of this day , that t ment in OUT paper ay, a Mr. Colles, who, for lion-house, together with the articles which had been time superintended the administration of the chloroform. thrown away. The man who had struck the officer gave Is aN i ln e ot r it o swe : si , lfb s o br t l a e r rn a i r! n dp) . e e g r t ar a l e sic e r . t s ka_ w t hsoa Saturday, e a y s: isited t i!e2stnht 28th o e a f n id s i o v of . affording a, the name of M'Grath. In his possession were found two ROBBERY. — Daniel Hughes was yesterday charged at who harp awaiallt y te e r t a p ti a n il ti b e im hisa visit,vsi well during that time a large silver tea-pots, broken up, a sugar basin and cream the Police-court with stealing several books and news so a number of silver spoons, and other articles to the papers, the property of Mr. Geo. H. Goodall, Great we fwtohuelrdo mostare still at n a g l y value of about £5O. On the other prisoner, named Mor- Charlotte -street. He was also charged with stealing from ton, were found a number of skeleton keys, and a pair of the Brougham Institute, Lawton -street, four volumes of atlsfiosrethein to do so, certain that they will feel obliged to false whiskers, obviously for the purpose of disguise. On the " Nautical Magazine," which he sold to aperson named having daawn their attention to so amusing an subsequent enquiry, enquiry, it was ascertained that the articles Walsh, bookseller, Park-lane, in November last. Hushes u t kibition, which they might otherwise have never have had been stolen from the house of Mr. George Whalley, acknowledged the offence in both instances, and was corn- thought of ; and the entertainment which will be afforded Lark-hill-lane, which had been entered by means of false witted for trial. keys, while the inmates were at church, and thoroughly UTTERING BASE COlN.—Yesterday, at the Police, them at 11r. C.'s rooms, in Bold-street, is not only a minor part of their enjoyment —as by purcbasing any of ransacked; every article of value being removed. In court, a man named Patrick Casey was charged with the articles which may particularly strike their fancy, full addition to the plate two sovereigns and some silver were having entered the shop of Henry Hartley, Wright-street, instructions is given for the use of tl , e t .foamrs t°-come 5' Tr Three boys, named George stolen by the thieves. The articles of plate had been pre- and Thomas Ker, Milo-street, publicans, the previous amuse their own families and friends seated to Mr. Whalley by members of the family of Mr. day, and tendered a base half-crown in payment for ale. and Michael M`Phoy, were also Ino o time e s . h i 'd b tte lose l rish Jones, of Lark-hill, with whom ho had lived for many Remanded for seven days. years as butler. The prisoners were brought up before Jones, George Hagan, novelties have been 1 ta T h r eerpeeili eat theiro ‘ u i b i t t t l t i l e i e t rteho ors t w h h e o y a s t h e y r once the county magistrates in Clayton -square The prices of his various _ or th great y. re. duced, and no charge is made f .seeing ein. yesterday, and charged with having tendered 2s. in base torn at No. 6, I remaraled , Hanover-street, They were also remanded for seven day.. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. —MONDAY. Sugar : Foreign—Several buyers, and late rates well sus tained. Refined Home—Dealers free buyers. Brown lumps. 445. In crushed more doing. Coffee: Little doing, but not lower. Native Ceylon, 38s. 6d. Tea dull, and free sellers at previous terms. Supply plentiful. Cotton : Several buyers, and previous rates well supplied. Tallow : Little doing. Fine new yellow Russian, 365. on the spot. Stock is 66,770, against 47,830 last year, being an increase of 8.940 casks this year. Deliveries last week, 2,494 casks, against 2,372 casks last year, being an increase of 122 casks this year. I ONDON CATTLE MA RA ET.—MONDAV. The supply of Beasts at this morning's market is large, and trade not so good. The number of Sheep present is quite equal to the demand. Trade ruled dull, although in a few in stances prime small Downs realised a price. The Calf trade is brisk, at Friday's rates. Beasts, 4.176; Sheep and Lambs, 18,920; Calves, 161 ; Pigs, 280; Scotch Beasts, 450; Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts, 1,800; Leicester, Lincoln, and Northamp ton Beasts, 500; Holland Beasts, 577; Ditto Sheep, 820; Ditto Calves, 238; French Sheep. 110; Ditto Calves, 13; Spanish Sheep, 60. Beef. 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd.; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d.; Veal, 3e. to 3s. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. to 3s. Bd. CARELESSNESS AND ACCUSATION.—In Willis's Cur rent Notes for January, there is a letter from a cor ,fred, respondent accusing the Historic Society of this town of tperated on plagiarism, either th roug h D r. H ume, the secretary, or Mr. Andrew J. Lamb, who contributed a paper in the last volume. A curious tobacco-pipe found at Fulham in `36, and sketched by this correspondent, had been given 'e ofthe the p plates, of , as thishe alleges, is the subject ithou of h without tCkins h OcWlaertegT d lie tol: is from ," kke., THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1852. diplomatists to judge of the more definite signs of the times, and to our military and naval authorities to make the necessary preparations. But one thing we may say, and thousands will concur with us, — let the childish folly of past years be put an end to as soon as possible. If the maintenance of our National Defences means the building of expensive steamers, which "first from year to year do ripe and ripe, and then from year to year do rot and rot," the " fool i' the forest" was nearly as wise as the guardians of our national and household gods. Perhaps, after all, the dread of an invasion is only as well founded as that was in the reign of terror which preceded the opening of the Exhibition. Luckily we have survived it; and no Englishman has been placed in the painful position which Sir Boyle Roach so feelingly contemplated,—with his head cut off, and thrown upon the table to stare him in the face ! as the following were made in a friendly way amongst themselves : Town-clerk .. Memo. .. J. Buck Lloyd. Treasurer . .... Hugh Hornhy. Clerk of the Peace John Stewart. Surveyor. Borough Engineer James Picton. Recorder. Thomas Avison. Receiver of Town Dues J. Hayward Turner. Treasurer to the Health Committee.... Harmood Banner. Deputy Town-clerk Wm. Kenny Tyrer. Water Bailiff. Thomas Littledale. Assessor of Borough Court .. Thomas Toulmin. Medical Officer of Health. Master of the Landing-stage . . .. Algernon F. Jones Chief Superintendent of Water Works.... Wm. Bennett General Superintendent of Baths Edward L and Washhouses.... ... The Mayor's Chaplain (taking orders).... Thomas Lloyd Governor of the Borough Gaol Oliver Holden, Building Surveyor James Holme. Observatory Surveyor of Hackney Coaches.... CHIEF CONSTABLE JOHN BIGHAM. Master of River Craft Dock.... Superintendent of WeiA ts and Measures.. Joseph Cooper. Shipring Clerk (Water Works department).. James Tyrer. Curator of Botanic Garden .. R. M. Beckwith. Keeper of the Wine Cellar Arthur Henderson. Keeper of the Town-hall ..George Holt. Auditor . Chain Cable Testing Machine........ J. C. Fernihough. Keeper of Law Courts and Judges' Lodgings.. Jas. Parker. Superintendent of Fire Brigade Thomas Robinson. Superintendent of Juvenile Reformatory.. Thomas Dover. Secretary and In-door Manager of the James Procter. Water Works. Chief Clerk Treasurer's Office . James Thomson. Curator of Museum Librarian Matthew Gregson. Master of the North 5ch001........ Edmund Molyneux. Master of the South School James A. Tobin. Superintendent of St. John's Market.. James Lawrence. Superintendent of St. James's Market.. Thos. Wagstaffe. Superintendent of St. Martin's Market.. Thos. Chalmer. Superintendent of Gill-street Market .. Edward Bradley. Superintendent of Pownall-square Market.. John Rogers. Superintendent of Milk Markets.... Jonathan Atkinson. The remaining members might distribute amongst themselves thevarious Collectorships and Clerkships which might be re-arranged so as to suit the various claimants. We take credit to ourselves for improv ing on the idea which has been thrown out : and sure we are, that our readers will admit, that a more eligible set of gentlemen cannot be found to fill the various places which we have enumerated. It is possi')le that a few of them would require to have the situation forced upon them; but we do not despair for all that; because the Watch Committee have discovered a new method of forcing, and for which, we understand, they are about to take out a patent. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS. The February quarter sessions commenced yesterday, in the Crown Court, before Gilbert Henderson, EN, recorder. The c a l en d ar conta i ne d the names of 80 pri soners for felony, and five for misdemeanours. Of this number none have received a superior education ; seven can read and write well ; thirty can read and write imper fectly; twenty-one can read, but do not write; and twenty-seven can neither read nor write. The following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY. William Henry Gilliat, merchant, Water-street. Thomas Stevenson Ashburner, wine merchant, George's Dock Gates. Charles Frederick Carrie, merchant, Water -street. John Murray Gladstone, sailmaker, Heaton-place, Breck-road James Gordon, broker, Percy-street. John Hammond Gareton, merchant, Rumford-place. Edward Humble, gentleman, Blackburne-place. George Green Hornby, merchant, North John-street. John Harnett, corn broker, Ftnwick-street. John Herd, merchant, Brunswick-street. William Arthur Keene, broker, Dale-street. • William Stanley Harris, wholesale stationer, Moos-fields. Charles William Newman, broker, Hackir2s-hey. Jonathan Robinson, merchant, Fenwick-street. Thomas Sleigh, jun , broker, Exchange-street. George Adams Tinley, sharebroker, Castle-street. John Tyrer, agent, Wolstentiolme-square. Thomas Taylor, merchant, High-street. Horatio John Webster, broker, Rumford-street. The Learned RECORDER then proceeded to address the jury. He said that, on meeting them on this occasion, he might express a hope that the present was the last time they would be summoned to attend in their present capa city in that building. Ho trusted that their functions would in future be discharged in thatnoble building (St. George's Hall), which reflected so much credit upon the town, and not the less so because that a large portion of it was apnro priated and set apart to the administration of justice. The calendar contained the names of eighty-five prisoners, a number rather below the average of commitments during a space of seven weeks. Among the cases were some serious charges of embezzlement, an offence more mis chievous than which, in a commercial part of the country, could not well exist, and one for which necessity or igno rance couldinot :be pleaded in palliation. There were other charges, of breaking into dwelling-houses by aid of false keys or by other means, an offence which the law regarded with great severity, and for this offence there were now lying two persons under sentence for transportation for fifteen years. There were also some charges of robbery by night in the streets, which was a crime, more especially at this period of the year, which required to be seriously dealt with. He had endeavoured to do what he could to suppress the offence, and several persons had been transported for ten years for committing it. He did not know, speaking to men of their experience, that it was necessary he should refer more particularly to any cases that would come before them. The general principle on which their duties must be discharged, they were perfectly aware of; it was their province to see that the evidence upon which they put a prisoner upon trial was of such a nature that, supposing no answer could he given to it, would lead to theconcluaion of guilt. He had already said that he thought the state of crime was rather below than above the average, and no doubt this was to be attributed to many salutary influences at work in this town ; and one of these doubtless was the administration of criminal justice; but there were other influences at work tending to the preven tion of crime, amongst which must be conspicuously named the institution of ragged and industrial schools. He rejoiced that efforts were being made to remove the ignorant both religious and intellectual, which prevailed in the town to so great an extent, and to which a great portion of the crimes brought before them was attributa ble. When he said this. he would not confine himself to a general remark ; but from a session which had not long ago taken place, he would refer to some instances, which he had upon the most indisputable authority, to show tho great want of information, more es2ecially on matters of religion, on the part of some of the prisoners who had come before him. He would not, in adverting to these cases, give the names of the prisoners, although he was in possession of the whole of them. One man was found to be entirely ignorant on all subjects of religion, believing that Christ was stoned to death. A pipemaker had never heard of Jesus Christ. Another did not know who his Redeemer was, but could partly guess. Another was found to be entirely ignorant on all religious subjects; he did not know the meaning of Redeemer ; knew not where Christ was born, but believes that he was twice crucified, the first time in heaven, and the second in h e ll • had no idea of what b e c ame o f ' the soul after death. Another knew not the Redeemer, nor who Jesus Christ was. Another, five years in Liverpool, a labourer, could not say who his Saviour was ; and does not know what is to become of him after death ; has heard of Jesus Christ, but does not know who he is. And so with regard to the women also. One woman knows not the name of her Redeemer; has beard of Jesus Christ, but has forgotten all about him. He (the recorder) had given but a small portion of the information with which he had been furnished on the subject, all of which he had upon most indisputable authority, and this information confined to persons brought before the court at a single session. In inquiring into, and commenting upon this subject, he did not think he was travelling out of his judicial course. He had to deal with everything that might tend to diminish crime; and when they found such a great amount of ignorance, such a want of all religious principle, he thought no rational man could doubt that it would tend to harmonise society and to increase morality if that ignorance was removed, and some religious principle set I up in its stead. The jury were then dismissed to the discharge of their duties. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. A privy council was held at Buckingham Palace this afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. Her Majesty and the court came to town this morning from Windsor. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord J. Russell give the usual ministerial dinners this evening. From the Standard—lt is reported that Sir B. Hall will, to-morrow evening, call for an explanation of Lord Palmerston's dismissal, and that the ex-foreign secretary is prepared with an overwhelming statement—a statement that must at once crush the ministry. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Constirulionnel treats as absurd all rumours res pecting a war between France and England. Fives done on Sunday at 102 70. Some fresh disturbances have broken out in Algeria. The President of the Republic has addressed a letter to the minister of police. He says the ministry of police is not to be a ministry of provocation and persecution, but one essentially protective, principally animated by that spirit of kindness and moderation which does not exclude firmness. The object of the formation of the ministry is to secure greater efficiency and accuracy. RUSSIA.—The Breslau Zeituny states, that by a late ukase, the export of grain is prohibited throughout the whole extent of the Russian empire. The Independence Belye has advice to the same effect. CONSTANTINOPLE, 17TH JANUARY.—An envoy extra ordinary has arrived from Paris. Ali Pasha was ill, and had, repeatedly, but in vain, demanded permission to lay down his portfolio. The Accommodation Bank-bill Bank was threatened with a loss of 20,000,000 of Turkish piastres. The cabinet had determined in opposition to the finance minister that the institution should be main tained. TATTERSALL'S BETTING—MoNDAT. LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES.-2 to 1 agst High Sheriff; 3to 1 agst Lady Agnes; 4 to 1 agst Maid of Lincoln. LINCOLN HURDLE RACE.-2 to 1 agst View Halloo; 3to 1 agst Melford. - LINCOLN TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.-5 to 2 agat Filly out of Horton Yates dam ; 3 to 1 agst Broughton; S to 1 agst Poetess. METROPOLITAN STAKES.— 18 to 1 agat Hesse Homburg ; 40 to 1 agst Merry Bird—taken ; 40 to 1 agst High Sheriff; 40 to 1 agst Neasham ; 50 to 1 agst Hippolytus. CHESTER CUP. -17 to 1 agst Nancy; 25 o 1 at Confessor— taken ; 30 to 1 agst Grand Duke; 33 to tgs agst Black Doctor; 33 to 1 'agst Scarecrow—taken ; 33 to 1 agst Ariosto—taken ; 3 to I agat Ringleader—taken ; 40 to 1 agat Cockcrow—taken. DERBY.-8 to 1 asst Robbie Noble—taken ;12to 1 agst Augur; 14 to 1 agst Orelio ; 15 to 1 agst Claverhouse ; 20 to 1 agst Lipidist —taken ; 20 to 1 agst Alfred the Great; 20 to 1 agst Filing; 25 to 1 agat Home-brewed; 30 to 1 agst Chief Baron Nicholson. LONooN MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS-3fostnAy. Consols Account and Money, 9611 1 • Three-and-a Quarter per Cents., 984 1; Bank Stock, 2161 17 ; Exchequer Bills L. and Ditto S., 56 61. Foreign Stock : Mexicans, 312 2 ; Spanish Actives, 23 # ; Ditto Threes, 401 1 ; Ditto Passives, 5;; Deferred, 171 H. Railway Shares : London Stock, 1174 2; Midland Stock, 56 1; North Staffordshire, 9 8/ dm.; South-Eastern and Dover, 30-4 1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30i ; Caledonian, 15 # ; Ditto Preference, 71 # ; Eastern Counties, 74 4; East Lancashire, 152 164; Leeds and Thirak, 14 15 • North British, 7 ; East Anglian, 31 ; Great Northern, 141; Great Western, 86 7 ; Lancashire and York shire, 624 2; Ditto Fifths, 7i ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 95 6; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17 1 ; York and North Midland, 211 2. Gold Mining Shares: Agua Fria, 2 r # pm.; Anglo Califo rn i a , 1 pm.; Ave Maria, 1 dis. 1 p ro . ; ouveau Monde, 1 2 pm. ; Mariposa, par. 1 pm. English market dull, French funds being lower, and opening of parliament the reason assigned. Railway . shares steady, little doing, but market closes strong at an improvement in heavy stocks. Gold shares steady, but little doing. Foreign market: Mexican stock continues to improve, large purchases being made, and the January dividend being almost certain. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—MONDAY. The following are the closing quotations :—Caledonians, 13, 14 15.16, 15 ; Midland, 56. LONDON CORN MARKET—MONDAY. But a small show of English Wheat at market, and the con dition being affected by damp weather, trade was slo w a t l ast Monday's prices. Foreign : The demand steady, at late rates. Flour and Oats unchanged. Malting Barley, in some instances, Is. per quarter higher. Beans and Peas fully as dear. Seeds firm. English White Wheat Red Ditto Barley, Maiting.. „ Grinding „ ...41s. to 465. per quarter. ...365. to 435. ..295. to 365. ,„ ...235. to 255. „ ...245. to 275. .. ARRIVALS. Ern: fish. Irish, Foreign 1977 1449 4595 268 . 1782 3970 6885 25 773 746 4474 3518 barrels and 200 sacks Foreign COURT OF Y PASSAGE - - ESTERDAY:' [Before Chas. Crompton, Esq., Assessor.] The business of this court commenced yesterday morn ing at nine o'clock. There were fifty-nine cases entered on the list, and one writ of trial. The first case tried was SL'VITTIE AND ANOTHER V. NOBLE. This was an action for damage brought by the plaintiffs, who are coal-merchants, apsiost the defendant, who is an omnibus proprietor. Mr. James appeared for the plain tiffs, and Mr. Aseinall defended. Mr. James stated the case. On the 27th of September last, which was on a Saturday, one of the plaintiffs' carts, containing a load of coal, was being driven down London -road. An omnibus belonging to the defendant, coming from Knotty Ash, was being driven in the same direction, at some little dis tance behind the coal cart. The streets were rather crowded with vehicles, and on making the turn into Lime street, the shaft of the omnibus came against the chairs horse of the coal cart, injuring the animal severely The action was brought to recover the amount of a farrier's bill for attending to the horse, and the deterioration in the value of the animal in consequence of the accident, the damages being laid at £5O. One of the plaintiffs was called to prove the amount of damage, and the driver of the cart to prove the collision. For the defence the driver of the omnibus, two of his passengers, and a car driver, who witnessed the occurrence, were called, whose evidence went to show that just previous to the accident, the driver of the cart was not attending to his duty ; in consequence of which he became so confused on the ape • preach of the omnibus that he placed his horse in such a position that a collision became inevitable. Mr James in reply dissected the evidence given by the vritn sses for the defence, and contended that there were great discre pancies in their several accounts of the occurrence. The learned assessor then summed up, and at two o'clock the jury retired, and after being absent for half an hour re turned into court with a verdict for the plaintiffs for £25 15s. The case occupied nearly five hours, but the details were very uninteresting to the public. HARRISON V, SMITH AND ANOTHER.—The damages in this case were laid at £l4 103. It was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a sum of money he had had to pay to a loan society, in consequence of becoming surety for a person, now the wife of the defendant. Mr. Tindal Atkinson stated the case, and called, as the first witness, Mr. William Bruce, who stated that in 18.0 lie was secre tary of the Second Union Loan Society, when a woman named Ann Sweeney, a widow, carrying on business as a butcher, applied for the loan of £l5, giving as one of her sureties the name of the plaintiff. The money was lent, and a promissory note given. On being asked if he could produce that note, the witness said that the society was now defunct, and all the papers destroyed. Witness attested the note, and subsequently Harrison (the plaintiff) had to pay the society £lO in ful filment of the note. He had afterwards lost sight of Ann Sweeny until lately, but understood that she had been twice married in the interval ; her present husband's name being Smith, against whom, along with herself, the action was brought. Margaret Milburn was then called to prove that in 1846 she knew Sweeny, and remembered her obtaining a loan, for which the plaintiff was one of the sureties. Knew her to have also obtained £4 from Mr.. Harrison's sister on his account. Wm. Harrison, the plaintiff, deposed to becoming surety for Ann Sweeny, and afterwards having to pay the loan society £lO in con sequence. He had also made a pair of shoes for one of her children, and lent her a sum of £4. She was then a widow, carrying on business as a butcher, and for eighteen months after the transaction continued to do so under her own name. He had, some short time since, taken out a writ against her, and, on going to serve it, she introduced him to a person named Smith as her husband. Ann Sweeny, who appeared in her own defence, denied being married to Smith, and told a rambling story in contra d'ction of the previous witnesses, but without being able to disprove their statements. The learned assessor directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff, which they did accordingly: LLOYD V LEYLAND. —This, like the first, was a horse case. The plaintiff. Thomas Lloyd, who is a cart-owner brought an action against the defendant, Ralph Leyland, who is a cart-owner and blacksmith, residing in Leeds street, to recover the value of a mare belonging to the plaintiff, said to have been destroyed through the negli gence of the defendant's servants, the damages being laid at £3O. Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mrs Atkinson defended. It appeared, from Mr. James's statement of the case, that on the sth of August last the plaintiff sent a mare to the defendant's forge to be re-shod. This was done, and the mare taken home again, and n ex t day put to her u sua l wor k . S ome eight or nine days after, the animal fell lame, giving rise to the supposition that she had been injured in shoeing. She was taken back to the forge, and one of the shoes taken off and made larger, the farrier advising the person who had her in charge to apply a bran poultice to the lame foot. Thig was done, and the animal again put to work, but in a day or two she again became lame, and was taken to the torge a third time, and had the shoe on her lame foot wits removed, and another bran poultice was applied. On the Bth of September, the mare became so very bad, that by the advice of the defendant the plaintiff sent for Mr. Sumner, a veterinary surgeon. Mr. Sumner was from home, but his brother came instead, and ordered the mare to be taken in a float to his surgery. -For some days after being removed there, she appeared to be getting better, but on the 30th of September she died, owing, according to Mr. Sumner's evidence, to general inflam mation, caused by what he termed "constitutional dis turbance." After the death of the mare, the carcase wag removed to a knacker's yard, and the lame foot and another cut off. These were produced in court, to prove that the hoof of the lame foot had bee n i n j ure d i n t h e proce of shoeing. It further apperred from th e ev id ence EAR INSTITUTION, ST. ANNE' S DISPENSARY. AND EYE AND that, after the death o f th e mare, the defendant offered to give the pl a i n tiff £5 or another horse, but denied his ro h t o h w er e , v w er h , b d w ec a l s in ib ed iiis e F m or plo th y! see lplaintiff,iab i l i y John o T h h b e o Lloyd,ffer w h i a s s b , The annual meeti ng o f th e su b scr ib ers and friends of went as a carte r , was ca ll ed to prove the good state of the St. Anne' s Di spensary an d E ye and Ear Institution, was held in the Board-room of the Institution, on Wed- health in which the mare was, previous to the sth of quent illness. Thomas Johnson, also August, and the circumstances attending her subse nesday last, at two o'clock ; Thomas Barton, Esq., Vice owoc the pflhlitoni islibpoe ern mare plaintiff, ltihuvr aecetet bded g ore a ti tabhh v tae o hrb similar ofs m aoobdr i fre l sgaa surgeons, bi ne e sbfed v osn i r, d aeg e ff rtaneovcrmee .in the employ of President, in the chair. Among those present we noticed the Rev. S. B. Sutton, Dr. Hume, Dr. Nottingham,de referredveaievidence Mr. he Sumner tb,oe , ae gn aadsinflammation,v tet bh it et an ael adrasi statets M ti hen ir r gs Messrs. Garrett, thydock. Jordan, Roxburgh, Batman, Cattell, Taylor, Gilbert, Watts, &c. The Annual Report was read by Mr. Kitchen, the Honorary Secretary, shewing that 9,200 persons had been relieved during 1851, at a cost of £4Ol ss. 2d.; while in from the lame foot h av i ng been " pricked" in the process 1850, 9,000 had be en re li eve d , at a cost o f £ 456 15s. 7d. of shoeing. Mr. Thos. Lloyd, the plaintiff, spoke as to the value of the an i ma l , an d also to the offer of compro amise made by the d e f en d an t . F or the defence Mr. Atkin been reduced to £26 7 s . lid. b Institution t i i n b n a b y f e rk b favourableiss.2d. havingsta state, the son called Mr. Ch a tt erson, t h e bl acksmith in the defen- The resoluti on t o a d opt t h e R eport, and pass the Trea- dent's empl o y men t, w h o h a d shod the mare. The witness surer's accounts, was passe d unan i mously, having been stated that th e mare was b rought to the forge the second moved by Mr. G ILBERT an d secon d ed b y Mr. GARRATT. time, the shoe on h er l ame foot was broken, a statement which was at var i ance w i t h some of the previous wit- Mr. WAT TS , i n mov i ng t h e t h an k s of the meeting to the Committee and Officers, mentioned the great services nesses. Mr. Lawrence Sumner gave somewhat similar of the Honorary Secretary, and his unwearied attention evidence to his brother, who appeared for the plaintiff_ for several years to the best interests of the charity. The John Whitred declined being called a " veterinary meeting all seemed to be sensible of his great claims to surgeon," but said he was " one of the horse and their consid erat i on , cow leach craft." H e gave it as his opinion that the The SECRETARY moved a rote of thanks to the Clergy mare had died from the effects of injuries received sub who had advocated the claims of the Institution during sequently to being shod. Ralph Leyland, the defendant, the past year ; and this, as well as a vote of thanks to the admitted in evidence his having offered compensation to Honorary Medical Officers, was passed with enthusiasm. the plaintiff, but added that he denied his liability at the A resolution of special thanks to Dr. Nottingham, for time. The Learned Assessor having summed up, in a his marked attention to the eye and ear department, ell very concise manner, the jury returned a verdict for the cited a conversatio n o f some m i nutes ' duration, respecting plaintiff, d amages £ l5. The case occupied nearly four hours, and th e C ourt rose shortly after six o'clock. the professional eti que tt e o f ment i on i ng an individual I name. All the non-profes s i ona l gen tl emen present, with one exception, thought that as the eye and ear department was a special one, the senior surgeon who had attended to it, with such manifest advantage to the Institution, was well entitled to the separate thanks of the meeting. Apprehensions having been entertained by many ship- Out of 2352 cases treated by Dr. Nottingham at the In- owners and others interested in the trade between this stitution, in the course of the year 1851, the following port and the Spanish colonies, in consequence of a para dozen were mentioned as having peculiar interest in con nexion with diseases of th e eye: — graph which lately a pp eare d i n t h e Shipping Gazette re lating to the proposed of navigation and commerce 1. Mrs. C., now of Annalong, near Kilkeel, in Ireland, bad between Spain and this country, that such treaty was the sight of one eye restored in Sept. 1850; and in June, 1851, definitively agreed upon, and would o n ly em b race t h e she came again t o Li verpoo l , i n accordance with advice given Peninsula and adjacent islands, Mr. Robert Rankin, the to her at her first visit. The other eye was then operated on, anti chairman of th e Shi powners ' Association at this port, its sight compl e t e ly restored, and she now enjoys good vi addressed a letter t o L or d G ranville, the Secretary for sion in both. H e r e l ergN man writing about her cas e , " she can new rea d th e smallest ' says, print." Foreign Affairs, on the subject, requesting some further 2. Mrs. P., Almshouses, Mount-pleasant, had the sight of particulars of the treaty, as it might be of importance to one eye restored by operation n the autum n of lust year. In a the members of the Association in regulating their trading note dated Oct. Bth, 1851, she in ys—" I have been enabledonce more to read, a plea sure I h a d not experienced for more than operations with Spain ; an d a t t h e same time expressing four years." their disappointment th a t th e R oya l Decree of the Spanish government, by which f ore i gn vesse l s were placed on the 3. M M., rs. Raymond.street, applied at th e I ns tit ut i on, blind from cataract, in both eyes. The sight of both was restored by same footing as Spanish vesse l s i n t h e P eninsula and the operation. adjacent islands with respect to navigation, harbour, I 4. Mrs. C., a coloured native of the West. Indies, was led lighthouse, and anchorage dues, does not embrace the from Burlington-street, quite blind, with cataract in both eyes. colonies of Spain, a more free trade with which the A. 8.- She was operated on, restored to sight, and enabled to read. sociation have l ong cons id ere d o f the highest importance 5. Mrs. H., from G a l way , I reland, now in Hill-street, Tex teth-park, was tot a lly bli n d at t h e time of her first comi ng; to the interests of the country, and an advantage to which and has been restored to sight by operation for cataract. site is justly entitled upon those principles of reciprocity 6. Mary P. a young woman o f 23, requ i red the formation of which the repeal of the Navigation Laws was intended to artificial pupil, as well as the operation for cataract. Before promote. This lett er was d ate d on the 15th January. these operations, she was l e d to the Institution quite blind ; in a fortnight after the cataract operation she was enabled to be and Spanish ' On the 27th L or d G ranv ill e replied that as soon the uegociations between the B r iti s h Govern her own guide. Th e d e t a il s re l atingto thisinteresting case were Hall of Manchest er , be brought to a d e fi n it e conc l us i on, his lordship would se read before a me e ti ng o f pro f ess i onal gentlemen in the Town ments on the subject of reciprocity in navigation should of 7 b . li E n . d E ne . s , s a n i ne bothngi n engine-drier, eyes,driebr,yliving cataract at operations Windsor, has b recentlyee n c u p r e e r d . the shipowners of Li ver p oo l t o b e i nformed thereof. formed. 8. W. M., a tailor, in Gore-street. line es NAVIGATION LAWS, , utit ront .tpth the on pre tle- (ft- inf of