The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

July 1, 1845. IMPORTANT NOTICE STlvv.Ns,s T„ORIGINAL GREE. I " GINGER WINE. tIE great demand for this Wholesome Wine (s t strongly recommended by the Faculty) wherever e d uced, very ve r y soon induces Venders of the Common tv.lnger Wine to push oft their own article under the same f"e, imitating a s near as p oss ible ( w ithout actual o igerY) the labels on the Bottles containing the Genuine ine, from the immense profit it affords the Retailer ue Yond wh a t can b e given b y STIVENS'S, through the Zkensive ingredients used in the manufacture of their BEEN GINGER WINE. Purchasers are, therefore, C a titiorted to obser ve th e enve l o p e o v e r th e Cork, signed JOHN STIVENS and Co., Bristol." tE Sr ivENs'eWINE, which has gained such high repute .Zeoughout the Kingdom, is always secured in the way `uove-mentioned, and sold by Mr. IS AAC W OODVILLE ...... 78, Bold-street. air. JOSEPH HI LES • Messrs. BARKER and DOBSON .. 75, Paradise-street. Mr D • • . u ASSFORD ' I lr• W. W. KING Mr. THOMAS POWELL, Grocer Warrington. Sole Agent sfor Birkenhead, Messrs. DOUBLEDAY and Co., Chester-street. Por Agencies, address STIVENS'S, Wine Manufactory *o ath Bristol; or their Branch Establishment * ooth John-street, Liverpool. NOTICE TO INVENTORS. ce for Patents of Inventions and Registrations of THE Printed 14, Linccln's Inn Fields. LIE Printed INSTRUCTIONS gratis, and every f„ information upon the subject of PROTECTION INVENTIONS, either by Letters Patent or the 4: l gns Act, may be bad by applying personally, or by Otter (prepaid) to Mr. ALEXANDER PRINCE, at the ' , lce, 14, Lincoln's Inn Fief*'.. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF THE PERRYIAN PENS. JAMESUALITY lOVED. tat PEIRY and CO. have the pleasure to announce t7 l ° . ‘ in consequence of increased facility in the manufac b,reof their Pens, they have reduced the prices to the ` v ,e' of all other Pe n s in the market. 4 . 4 :ENS IN BOXES, Is. 6d. per Gross and upwards.— r• and Co. have brought out a great variety of new t t ls, under the heads of BANK PENS, SCHOOL PENS, 1 :1 4 , Re ANTIL E PENS, OFFICE PENS, LADIES' RUNNING '1 )0 411 D PENS, and PENS for GENERAL PURPOSES, in I, ; zes containing one gross each, with Broad, Medium, w . „ 11e 2 or Extra Fine Points, at Is. 6d. per gross and up irrus• Each Pen is stamped " PERRY and Co., Lou. fl exible FLEXIBLE POINTS.--The new Patent flexible Points are manufactured upon an entirely new Prin • , . . . . bciteipie, di . stingu . rshea from all other pens by an origi- Y and simplicity of construction calculated to produce Ilear and elegant writing. Sold in Packets containing Ip.wo Dozen each, with Broad, Medium, Fine, or Extra 11 * I e Points, 6d. per Packet. Gilt, 9d. per Packet. ** Patent Elastic Holders, for the above Pens, Plain or Gilt. P ATENT EVER-POINTED PEN.—This entirely h e w writing instrument is most suitable for quick writing ; k _will . glid e over every d escr i pt i on o f paper , parc h ment, st F• ; is f ree f rom th e common o bj ec ti ons o f sp i r ti ng or I; c ling in the paper, and may be left in the Ink without 3 eq. Writers who cannot accustom themselves to aaible Pens, will find these points write with great ease j g u niformity; and as there is very little pressure re '' uire, they hree do not each, i with the hand. Sold in Packets ntaininFine or Broad Points, IPer Packet. of hilt. ** Patent Elastic Holders for the above Pens, Plain ear Sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic o Wholesale and for Exportation, at the Manufac ,,_l, No. 37, Red Lion-square, London. fist published, price 2s. 6d. ; free by post, 3s. 6d., RE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on Human Frailty, Nervous Debility, Constitutional Weakness, waive Indulgence, &c. With Observations on Mar- L ate, &c. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, r e Z l don. Published by the Authors, and sold at their ki Venc e ; also by Strange, 21;Paternoster-row ; Hannay Co.. 63, Oxford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall 'et ; Purkiss, Compton-street Soho, London ' • and 16 and 29, Church-street, Liverpool ; and by all i,"e Vendors in Town and Country. 1 E CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is a ee Stim u l an t an d R enova t or i n a ll cases o f D e bilit y , ther Constitutional or acquired, nervous mentality, O. ' tio n and Consumption—by the use of which the im to" System becomes gradually and effectually restored oil iristin e health and vigour. Sold in bottles, price Ils. E 338 . The £5 cases may be had, as usual, at their 3 , ta hlishinent. 44 4 h e CONCENTRATED DETRESIVE ESSENCE, 4-" i-syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying 4 7 diseased humours of the blood, removing all cutaneous a!!Ptions, Scurvy, Scrofula, Pimples on the bead, face, I,,,Price lls. and 335. per bottle. la_ o . L ,ItRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS have V. o "een used as the most certain remedy for Scorbutic aid Plaints o f ever y d escr iption, Eruptions of the Skin, k g , t other di sagreea bl e a ff ec ti ons . These Pills are per in free from mercury, capavia, and other deleterious 0 8 , and may be taken with safety, and relied upon in ,` l l instance. Sold in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 61., and Ils., • 1 . 411 Medicine Venders. Messrs. Perry and Co. may be consulted at their resi- So ilee daily, from Eleven to Two and Five till Eight. On ~fidays from Ten till Twelve. 4 0 1 d by Mr. W. RAWLE, Chemist, Church-street, and RIESTLE Y , Chemist, Liverpool. serve that the Signature of the Proprietor, " G. C. b B ,, s erjeant," is written on the o Government Stam Remedy IYttJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual 1, 11 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and k b i bagO. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, 1 TZ' , Lovell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Fri°'Ple-bar, London •, and by all Ven dors-of Medicine. 2s. 9d. per Bottle. ,-- ti Th e astonishing success which has crowned the applica -4 of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and ofPlorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer bad despaired ev e . ttiv e r gaining even the least relief, and this after the 410,ast advice and every other means had completely failed, h t •justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. stt e "'s excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is un lipnVed with th e l eas t d anger or i nconvenience , an d itir ie neds have experienced its happy and salutary effects was first introduced. De i , 4 4 e4 are the properties of this invaluable Specific that 114.°4 labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, eap", tl 2 ll , atic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby in te "'le of assistin themselves, have been relieved in a tw R 40 Ur g So 8' 0 0 . by Pendlebury, Russell-street ; Titherington, toliciird-street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Att e :Street Coupland, Parker - street ; Gerrard, Oldhall tolit Parkinson. New Scotland-road ; Neal, Scotland ao.; Simpson, Scotland-road, opposite St. Martin's beat; ck ow Vauxhall-road ; Britten, corner of toza-street and Ha ymarket; Smith, Great Homer-str e et; F ox-street;. Gillard, Richmond - row; ,walker, London-road ; Parry, Christian-street ; Welaff, Great George-place ; Smith, Woodside; Price, ~14!.1.tree. R° WLAND'S UNIQUE PREPARATIONS, FOR THE r eg i n ! THE SKIN I AND THE TEETH! August Patronage conceded by our_ gracious 444 tu een, the Royal Family, and the several Sovereigns 14 till "rts of Europe, and the fact of their general use No,countries, together with the numerous testimonials I titi l ' u ntlY received of their efficacy, characterize them Perfection, and sufficiently prove their value. Th i ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. tle urva s Elegant Fragrant, and Transparent Oil, in its res ' torative, and beautifying qualities, for the ` t Pr -4 Hair, is unequalled throughout the whole world. l)erioe.perves lid reproduces the hair, even at an advanced tst s " °f life ; prevents it from falling off or turning grey ; le tirf res grey hair to its original colour ; frees it from 610, a nd dandriff; and renders it soft, silky, curly, and b itl 3- sfacts abundantly proved by innumerable testimo k orj:!hich are open for inspection at the proprietors. .va t i, Ildren it i s espec i a ll y recommen d e d as f orm i ng t h e if ,P r i r ? f beautiful head of hair 1 3 g 6d.-7s.—Family Bottles equal to four small) ek t i ~, and double that size, 21s. A lON —E hg enuine bottle has the words \V l and's " • ac g ~41/),„ ti tieand on the back of the Wrapper nearly 1,500 kit it i• e °ntairlin. 29,028 letters. All others are spurious ions. 41 1 n ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, NI P -riental Boca ical Discovery, perfectly free from all .41 Or metallic n admixture. It purifies the Skin from ,t:%,',ePtive Maladies Freckles, Sallowness, &c. To the N a , el ieti it imparts a radiant bloom, and a softness and 8 c .to the Hands, Arms, and Neck. Price 4s. 6d. CA,f . i.,V Per bottle, duty included. _ l ON.—Beware of Imitations containing mineral by th;ients utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which gttl e l r„ r epellent action endanger health. Each genuine 0 . 4 4t e 13 ' enclosed in a beautiful Envelope, from a Steel essrs PERKINS and BACON, on which are the o - un, 8 20 .4 Kalydor" ; and "A. Rowland and th. , L tt atton-garden," is also engraved (by authority ents;an'pl• affixed Commissioners of Stamps) on the Govern on bottle. n•OWLAND'S ODONTO, OR PEARL ' f, a DENTIFRICE. fkrbt'lgrant White Powder, prepared from Orien . tal °, inestimable virtue for preserving and, beautifying *fortieth and strengthening the Gums. .It . eradicates I , l)° lithp fr ° o3 the Teeth, removes spots of incipient decay, V i tt i",,B,ind preserves the enamel, imparting the most i t tfif tb — e m Pearl-like whiteness . and gives . sweetness and t i . h ° ts th t° the Breath. Scurvy is by its means eradicated ' e ed e B ° lll s, and a healthy action and redness are in- I tithi; en that the Teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm qt AtN n e,ketS. -- Price 2s. 9d. per box. °r ern 41 °N. —To protect the Public from Fraud, the -41 ent Stamp, (as on the " Kalydor,") is affixed on t h .,• l3 4p r i I MPORTANT INFORMATION. eq , e Shopkeepers, for the sake of gaining a 4,tlerl'ilore Profit, vend the most spurious Compounds 004 "'ale names ; (and under the implied sanction Y) they 'tZ copy th names a nd addresses being substituted ' , Ovo r r r,) of the original preparations, and use either Voivi a ,,. l Genuine" or a feigned name in the place of % vi orii - 7 8. " It is therefore highly necessary to see that 1,4i 11 41 40,Rhowhina's" is on the Wrapper of each article. eOthers are Fraudulent Imitations. - "Ye, L'ePline Article s are s old by the Proprietors as —1 q 1, 7 Chemists and Perfumers. DELL AND CO.'S bIQUID AND PASTE IMPERIAL JAPAN BLACKING, 27 A, ADAM-STREET EAST _ _ MANCHESTER-SQUARE, LONDON Patronized by Her Majesty's Households at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle The serious and daily-increasing complaints against the different descriptions of Blacking at present in use, has induced the Proprietors to turn their attention to remedy the defect of so great and important an article of general utility : and, after innumerable experiments, they feel gratified to inform their Friends and the Pnblic, they have succeeded, and that beyond their most sanguine expecta tions, having brought it to the acme of perfection, and therefore, may be allowed to say, UNRIVALLED BY ANY SIMILAR ARTICLE IN THE WORLD ! From the scientific amalgamation of the ingredients it will be found to produce an inimitable Jet Brilliancy of Polish, equal to Varnish, and retain its lustre uninjured by Atmospheric Influence; it will be found not only to preserve the leather, but to render it soft and pliant, combining cheapness with diminished labour, which are exclusively the characteristics of this Blacking. From The fact that the use of this article effects a Saving of thirty per Cent.! they rest confident it will rank in every household as a perfect treasure. Wholesale Agent for Liverpool, J. ROBERTS, 92, DUKE-STREET. FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD THOMAS MILNER and SON feel gratified in hav ing to communicate the following testimonial given to their Agent, Mr. Law, of Birkenhead, the more so from this being the fifth instance, within a short period, of parties being indebted to their manufactures for their Books being saved from destruction. The fire at Messrs. Walkers' (the extensive Builders) was of most intense character, the offices being completely gutted, and it is obvious that MILNER'S SAFE had had the worst of it from the circumstance of the brass nob of the door being melted, whilst those of the Iron Safe were not, although every thing in the Iron Safe and Drawers was reduced to black tinder. T. M. and S. would earnestly suggest to every one who has a Set of Books or Documents of value, to see this place, inquire into the circumstances, and think and act accordingly. Birkenhead, June 2, 1845 DEAR SIR,—We have much pleasure in bearing unqua lified testimony to the efficiency and important advanta ges of MILNER'S FIRE-RESISTING SAFES and BOXES, in cases of accident from Fire. After the destructive Fire at our Offices this morning, the Books and Papers deposited in the MILNER'S SAFE purchased from you, were found to be entirely uninjured by Fire, whilst those contained in a strong Iron Safe and Drawers standing beside it, were completely destroyed. We will a:cordingly thank you to supply us with another SAFE of the same size (No. 4) and description immediately. Your obedient servants, J. and W. WALKER, Mr. JAMES LAW, Stationer, Birkenhead. MILNERS' PATENT FIRE-RESISTING (by combined non-conducting and evaporation) 800K -SAFES, DEED and valuable DOCUMENT Box, and Gunpowder Magazine Works and SHow Rooms, 47 to 53, Cable-street, and 50 A Lord-street, Liverpool, where parties are invited to in spect manufactures capable of resisting from one to twenty-four hours Fire, and to see them being constructed throughout. BETTS'S PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES possess the following properties, and are now prac tically admitted to be the only security for effectually preserving the contents of Bottles, fats, Pots, &v. They are applicable to these vessels, of every size and shape, from the smallest Phial to the mouth of a Jar or Pot three inches in diameter. They are made of a metal free from every impurity, non-corrosive in its nature, and, consequently, not sub ject to oxidation, nor pervious to moisture. They preserve the contents of the vessels to which they are applied perfectly air-light; thus securing them from becoming vapid, mouldy, or fetid. They effectually protect the Corks from the ravages of Insects, and the noxious influence of the Musk Rat and other vermin. They supersede the use of Wire, Wax, Bladder, Sre., and the universally acknowledged inefficiency of Tin foil; the Capsule, being made of Solid Metal, has not only sufficient strength , of itself, to secure effervescing liquids, but is much handsomer in appearance than the above useless tinsel,'be,ides having the advantage of being applied with much greater ease and rapidity. They have also the very important property of affording absolute security against the possibility of fraudulent substitutions. In addition to the advantages before enumerated, the use of the Capsules prevents the liquid from oozing out of the mouth of the bottle, completely removes all cause of complaints, (particularly in tropical climates,) against the adhesion of the wax and other coating matter, to the fin gers, when the cork is extracted—staining every thing with which it comes in contact •, prevents the falling of such offensive matter into the bottle or glass, which fre quently deteriorates, and even destroys, the natural pro perties of the liquid. Exporters desirous of availing themselves of this valua ble invention, in giving their orders for Wines, Ales, Porter, Cider, Preserved Fruits, Vinegar, Pickles, Sauces, Chemicals, Oils, Mustard, ink, Blacking, 8(c. Bfc. need only direct their Tradesmen to cover the Bottles, or other packages, with the Patent Metallic Capsule, which will not incur extra expense. Further particulars may be bad, and orders received, at the Manufactory, No. 1, WHARF-ROAD, CITY-ROAD. PRIESTLEY'S CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA, WHICH is so universally recommended by the faculty, and which has been proved the most safe and effective remedy for all diseases of the Skin;such as Scor butic Affections, Eruptive.. Diseases, Secondary Symp toms, &c., arising from a dixeased state of the System at tte l large ; for removing 810 dies, Pimples, &c. from the Face, it stands pre-emi nt. The Fluid Extract possesses the advantages of por ility, and of keeping in any Cli mate. ,/ Prepared andySold by JOHN PRIESTLEY, 52, Lord street, Liverpa6l. PRIESTLEY'S COUGH AND ASTHMATICAL DROPS, FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, CONSUMP- TION, Sre This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Huski ness in the Throat. These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken against SrirriNG OF BLOOD, and AFFECTION OF THE LUNGS. Persons troubled with ASTHMA are consi derably relieved by tal:ing a few doses of the Drops, as they tend to promote expectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the speedy cure of the HOOFING COUGH, they are no less efficacious. Those who are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the Throat which deprives them of rest night after night, by the incessant Cough which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find immediate relief, and one bottle, in most canes, will effect a cure. Sold only at 52, Lord-street, Liverpool, in Bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Family Bottles, equal to five small, Ils. PRIESTLEY'S PECTORAL LOZENGES To those Persons with whom it would be inconvenient to take the Droos these Lozenges are admirably adapted : they give instant relief, and are a rapid cure for the most severe Asthma, Cough, Cold, Difficulty of Breathing, Phlegm, &c. In that state of the Lungs where liability to take Cold exists, and a severe Cough succeeds the slightest exposure, these lozenges produces the most marked results, and at once relieve the Cough and other symptoms. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 6d. each, duty included. ESSENCE OF RENNET. for making delicious Curds and Whey. This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates all the un certainty of making Whey from the Rennet Bag. PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE. A pleasant and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of Appetite, Wind, Flatulency, and all complaints arising from inward debility, weakness, &c. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS. which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combine scientific skill with great accuracy ; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. . . Sold in Boxes, 2s. eacb, containing twenty-four Pow ders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes the Hair, prevents it falling off, produces a most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at ls.3d. and 3s. each. NEWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE OIL. This is a limpid VEGETABLE OIL, consolidated by a peculiar process, and really is one of the best Preparations ever made for nourishing and beautifying the hair and keeping it in curl. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS. For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains out of Linen, Muslin, Lace. &c., and for many other useful purposes.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d. MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR, A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Pud dings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Direc tions, Is. 6d. and 3s. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE, For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of Furniture ; whatever preparation may have previously been used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at Is. each, or Three Pots for 2s. 6d. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. This article is recommended to Housekeepers for clean ing all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures. Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c., &c.. with half the usual labour which is generally required with other preparations, the above lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal.—Sold in Squares, 6d. and Is. each. OBSERVE.—The above Preparations are said only at 52, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. anb Vrobittrial D,CIDS. ---....__. We are sorry to hear that Shaleross Jaeson, Esq. in tends to resign his office as vice-chairman of the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, in consequence of the death of his son. A respectable tradesman, named Casson, died on Sun day week during the service in St. Anne's Chapel, Lan caster. WATER WORKS.—A sale of shares in the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Company took place on Wednesday, Mr. Branch officiating as auctioneer, when six shares were offered, and all of them sold, three pro ducing £620 each, the others £615 each. The New Doctor, Bolton and Blackburn coach, was upset on Tuesday morning last, whilst leaving the former place, and all the :passengers were injured more or less. The accident was occasioned by the breaking of an axle tree. It has been determined to enlarge the Manchester Infirmary one hundred beds, involving an additional expenditure of £3.000 a-year ; to meet which, and a pre sent deficit of £2,000 a-year, an extensive canvass was resolved upon. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The late refreshing showers have made these gardens really delightful resorts. The spectacle of Mount Hecla, now that the pyrotechnists have become quite apt in their duties, is most attractive; and the music by Stubbs's excellent band excites univer sal approbation. DARING ROBBERY.—On Tuesday last the shop of Mr. Pickle, tobacconist, Bolton, was robbed of upward , of £2OO during the absence of the servants at dinner. It is supposed that an entrance had been effected by some per son acquainted with the premises through the cellar; and that, having secured the booty, the thieves left the pre mises by the front door. CHEAP TRIP TO PARIS PER RAILWAY AND STEAMER. —This delightful excursion, the time for which is now drawing nigh, begins 0 cause considerable attraction to those bent on pleasure as well as business, and we doubt not that the arrangements made by the contractor, who has just returned from the continent, are such as to en sure approbation. A LONG LE A SE.—The ecclesiastical living of the parish of Altcar in this county, is described as follows in the parliamentary inquisition made in MO :—" Alker.—A parish itself, but hath no parsonage, vicarage, or glebe lands, or other ecclesiastic benefice, save the tithes of the town, worth yearly three score and ten pounds, held by the Lord Molyneux by lease for ten thousand years." A new fire-escape, was exhibited at Manchester on Tuesday last. It resembles a very long hammock, with one end let down, and is, in fact, nothing but a slide or inclined plane of canvas, from the window to the ground. Several persons descended the escape in perfect safety; and enough was done to show that if such an apparatus, which could not cost more than from £3 to £4, were kept in the upper floors of large hotels and inns, and of lofty mills and warehouses, it would afford ample means of escape in the event of stairs being on fire, or otherwise impassable. CHARGES OF THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES.—In the Liverpool Court of Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, in the case of Messrs. Brocklehurst, Dircks and Co.'s bank ruptcy, Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, brought before Mr. Sergeant Ludlow a question as to the charges made by the official assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy for re ceiving the proceeds on the !sale of bankrupts' property. In the case before the court the official assignee had re ceived a sum of about £2BOO in one payment, and he claimed to break this into parts, and to charge a graduated scale of commission upon the parts of this sum so broken, namely, 2i per cent. on the first £500; 1 per cent. on the next £lOOO ; and per cent. on the remainder. This Mr. Lowndes contended was indefensible in principle. The commissioner entered into the subject at a considerable length, but the parties subsequently came to an amicable arrangement. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHlP.—This splendid v?ssel arrived in Kingstown Harbour between one and two o'clock on Sunday week. The following particulars of her trip to Ireland may prove interesting :—She left Ply mouth dock on Friday, and passed "The Land's End" at nine o'clock, when she hailed the Devonshire steamer, for Dublin, and passed that vessel more than two knots an hour. Shortly after this it was discovered that something was wrong in the machine-room, and, on examination, it was found that the condensing air-pump was injured, hav ing the guard and four two-inch bolts broken. At three o'clock, on Saturday morning, she started with one pair of engines, and made five knots an hour against a strong head wind. She stopped at nine o'clock, when the valves were opened and tried, and after this she made up to eight knots an hour against a head wind, and till she reached the harbour. The Great Britain will remain at Kingstown until Thursday next. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS, THEIRS DAY.—An application having been received from the Rev. C. Lawrence, wishing a drain to be made from St. Luke's Schools, in Cropper-street, it was decided that the chair man should give directions accordingly.—Mr. Thos. H sigh appeared to complain of the want of sewerage in Fraser-street; on his withdrawal it was recommended that the street in question should be one of the first at tended to next year.—A letter was received from Mr. Housley, the contractor for the sewerage in Castle -street, stating that he hoped the commissioners would not hold him responsible for damage in the shape of broken win dows, occasioned by the blasting. It was considered that he must be held liable according to the terms of the contract.—A gratuity of £2O was ordered to be given to Ann Thomas, the widow of the unfortunate man who lost his life a week or two ago at the Green-lane works. A further sum of £7 was also ordered by the members of the board. MANCHESTER TEN CHURCHES' ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this association was held on Wednesday, the Bishop of Chester in the chair. It appeared that the erection of four churches in two years had absorbed £20,478, leaving a balance in hand of £4 673. Three of the churches were stated to be filled ; that in Butler street, Ancoats, being only in the infancy of its existence. From 1795 to 1805 not one church was consecrated in this immense parish; from 1815 to 1825, only two; from 1825 to 1835 only five (four of which were built out of the million parliamentary grant) ; while from 1835 to 1845, the number consecrated or in course of erection, or about to be built (the money being already subscribed), is 28, including the entire rebuilding of three, so that the churches of this parish, which in 1835 were exactly 30, may be said to have been doubled in number since that time. A grant had been made in aid of the endowment of St. Barnabas of £1,616, and the perpetual curate has £l5O a year secured to him. THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES OF ROMISH ORIGIN.-- At the meeting of the British Association,i on, Wednes day last, a paper was read from Dr. Black on certain traces of Roman colonization in Lancashire. Mancunium, or Manchester, was garrisoned by a Roman auxiliary co hort of 760 Frisian soldiers, who, with their wives and families, resided in the country, remaining behind after the Roman power was extinct. Although they soon be came identified with their Saxon successors, they still re tained many of their own customs, with much of their peculiar dialect. Many of the inhabitants of this district, especially in the inland and rural parts, have long, and do to this day, show a distinctive variety of form, feature, and vernacular dialect from those in the other parts of England ; and the men of Heaton and the Lancashire witches, both in the locality of the original settlement, still retain distinction, the one for the picturesque in man ner and speech, and the other for their characteristic beauty. DEATH OF A BREAKSMAN IN THE EDGE-HILL TUN NEL.—On Wednesday an inquest was held before the bo rough coroner, on view of the body of Thomas Sullivan, a breaksman. It appeared from the evidence of John Greaves, a fellow-breaksman, that about half-past three o'clock the day before, (Tuesday,) a number of waggons wcre coming down the tunnel from Edge-hill to Wapping at considerable speed. The deceased was acting as breaks man, and was informed before starting that some of the waggons were placed in a wrong position on the rails, with the breaks behind instead of before. He said, however, that they would do very well. Mr. James Knox, book keeper, at Edge-hill, stated that the duty of the breaks man was to examine the cordon of the breaks, and thento sign a book that all was right. This the deceased did, but made no report of the waggons having been reversed. When descending the tunnel, one of the breaks gave way, and the deceased fell off the waggons, and was crushed to death under the wheels. A verdict of "accidental death" was returned. ANNUAL GENERAL SESSIONS.—On Thursday, the an nual general sessions of the county were held at the Court-house, Preston, for the usual business, and also to consider the expediency of providing a County Lunatic Asylum, or asylums in the southern division. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks presided, and there was a pretty nutne rCus attendance of magistrates. The accounts were read, and were referred to a committee, and ordered to be printed and sent, as usual to the overseers of unions. Mr. Ilul ton, the county treasure, applied for a roll of halfpenny in the pound for general purposes ; for the Lunatic Asylum * of a penny ; for constabulary expenses a roll varying from a farthing in some of the hundreds to Id., and in one instance lid. ; for bridges various rolls—that for Kirk dale Is. 4d. in the pound, all of which were granted. The new mode of keeping the accounts was not considered, and at the wish of Mr. Hulton the court decided that in fu ture all monies should be paid over to the treasurer, and that the Chairman of Quarter Sessions should from time to time, as required, make orders on him for payment of certain sums into the bank, which orders shall be his discharge for the same.—Mr. T. B. Addison said it had been deemed expedient at the last meeting to establish a new lunatic asylum ; tbat Newton was considered a cen tral and favourable site, and that a liberal tender for the land required (twenty acres,) had been made by a gentle man there. The position of the committee was however now considerably altered by Lord Ashley's bill relative to county asylums, and a question arose whether the four boroughs of Manchester, Liverpool, Wigan, and Bolton, would be required to erect separate asylums, or contract with the county for the maintenance of the pauper luna tics. Some difficulties fmight arise, as the bill probably recognized Liverpool and Manchester as district counties within themselves. If so the necessity for a new asylum would be done away with. He therefore moved the re appointment of the committee, with power to carry out the resolutions of the last meeting—guided, however by the issue of the bill. This motion was carried. The rule respecting the treatment of prisoners under sentence of death, issued by Sir J. Graham was adopted.—Mr. Earle gave notice of a motion for the next meeting. in Septem ber, that the necessary measures be immediately adopted for removing the business of the sessions from Pres ton to Newton. There was no other business of importance, and the meeting separated. I3A:res, tepid, vapor, and medicated, always in rea diness at the Victoria Baths, Cases -street, three doors from Clayton-square, and Great George-street, opposite lamea!* market; Richard Bird. proprietor. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—This body met on Tuesday last. The motion of Mr. Thos. Smith, seconded by Mr. Mould, that reporters be admitted, was negatived by a small majority. Mr. Mould brought for ward his motion for an advance of £5O to the salary of Mr. Dolling, but, after some discussion, the following re solution, moved by Mr. Thomas Smith, was adopted with out a division :—"That a committee of this board be ap pointed to look into the accounts of the overseers of West Derby, and especially into those of the chief or senior assistant overseer; and for the purpose, more particularly, of inquiring into his disbursements of the rates, and to scrutinize the various vouchers and other accounts of the last seven or eight years; such committee to have all the powers possessed by this board of calling for books and papers, and for witnesses. And that the committee be required to report to the board the whole result of their inquiries." INCREASE OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—On Wednes day a comparative statement was published of the rates and duties received at this port in the years ending the 24th of June, 1814-5. This statement exhibits a gratifying increase of £42,350 16s. 9d. in the rates received in 1845 over and above those received in 1844. It also exhibits an increase this year of vessels to the number of 2110, and of tonnage to the extent of 383,819 above the last year. The particulars are as follow :—the duties on tonnage, in 1845, were £118,046, in 1844. £99,044 ; on goods, in 1815, £105.200, in 1844, £86,119; on lighthouses, in 1815, £8,632, in 1844, £7,357; on floating lights, in 1845, £3,897, in 1844, £3,367 ; on graving docks, in 1845, £11,660, in 1844, £8499; on graving blocks, in 1845, £2239 ; in 1844, £1,671 ; extra dock rent, in 1845, £865, in 1844, £2,131. The only decrease during the year has been in the last item, extra dock rent, and that decrease has amounted to £1266. The totals on all the items have been, in 1845, £250,540, in 1844, £208,190, showing, as we have already said, an increase this year to the amount of £42,350. The number of vessels, in 1845, was 20,521, tonnage 3,016,531 ; the number, in 1844, was, vessels 18,411, tonnage 2,632,712, showing, as we have already said, an increase this year of 2110 vessels, 383,819 ton nage. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee presented a report on the subject of central graving docks at the Prince's dock basin. They submitted three plans, the cost of the Ist, including the land, was estimated at £116,000, the second at £256,000, and the third at £134,000. The unanimous recommendation of the sub committee was, that the objections to the site were in superable. After some conversation, on the motion of Mr. Nicol, a resolution to the effect that the report should be adopted, and that it was inexpedient to construct docks on the site of the Prince's basin, and the land east ward of it, was carried by a majority of 12 to 4, Messrs. Henderson, Houghton, Royden, and Kendall, being the only parties who voted against it. The site of the slate yards, it was stated, would be required as a deli& for goods when the railway along the line of the docks is completed. An opening three feet wide was ordered to be made in the plrapet-wall of the Prince's Dock, for the accommodation of the passengers landing or embarking from the Princess Royal, Glasgow steamer. Mr. Moly neux, in reply to a question from Mr. Sandbach said that in the course of a few weeks the sub-committee would be able to report on the applications for the situation of superintendent of Albert Dock warehouses. A letter from the surveyor employed by the Committee of Woods and Forests, as to an improved mode of discharging ves sels, and raising goods into warehouses, was referred to the warehouse sub-committee.—The receipts of dock and light duties on vessels entering the port of Runcorn, for the month ending the 25th instant, were stated as follow : —On 293 vessels, of 15,706 tons, £B5 lls., being an in crease over the corresponding month of last year of £l6 17s 10d. Mr. Bold gave notice that he would at the next meeting move that a bridge similar to the one at the north end of the George's Dock, be placed at the south end of the Prince's Dock. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—On Thursday a pub lic meeting of the seamen of the port of London, was held in a field near Stepney, to consider the bills before Parliament, for the management of this fund. About 3000 sailors were present. Admiral Codrington took the the chair, and Sir C. Napier and Capt. Berkeley addres sed the meeting. The chairman said the government ought to take the management of the fund (£52,000) into its own hands, as it was now lent out to parries who might fail. At Liverpool £45,000 was thus lent out. Sir C. Napier congratulated the seamen present that Sir G. Cockburn was about to introduce a bill to control the crimps, and to establish seamen's homes, where their clotbes and money would be secured. The following is the substance of the resolutions proposed : . " That in any legislative measure that may be proposed, all the contributors and subscribers to the fund should not only have a 3r the port of ,ut for every other port in the United indi'v'idual good, it should be administered under government su perintendence; that the management has been hitherto defective, unproductive of the anticipated good, and without any prospect of improvement; that the proposed mode of sick relief is objectiona ble, and open to fraud ; that if, as proposed by the new bill, the port of Glasgow should be permitted to distribute its own receipts, the whole measure would be nugatory; that retired seamen should be allowed to contribute and receive the same advantages as if in actual service; that widows, whether bereaved by natural cm acci dental causes, should be placed on the same footing; that all mo- neya should be paid to a general treasurer; thaliny proceeding relating to the act should be exempted from stamp duties; and that the measure itself should not be considered final." On Friday, a meeting of delegates from the outrorts of Great Britain was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, when there were present the representatives of many sea- ports, including Liverpool. Mr. Potter, of Liverpool took the chair. He complained of the stringent nature of Mr. Gladstone's bill. It sets out that small pensions were no use to widows, and vet the government measure ended by fixing the maximum at £4 a-year, which was the mini mum at present given by the outports. Under the pre sent bill no pension was to be given to a widow of the age of 30, and yet she might have six children, all that was to be given was a gratuity not to exc ed £4, and that when it Was convenient. Should the female be of the age of 45, she was to secure a pension only for one year. It was stated that at a meeting at Hull, the sailors considered the bill a direct robbery on them, especially the clause relating to widows and children. Two resolutions were agreed to—the first consideredlthe bill as:unnecessary, un- just, and impolitic, and the second claimed to have the funds of those ports and the trustees of them untouched, whose moneys were and bad been properly and honestly managed. A committee was then appointed to sit daily. and a deputation was appointed to wait on the Board of Trade and Sir George Clerk, to ascertain whether they could influence the withdrawal of the bill, or get the ob jectionable clauses modified, especially the one which took away all relief to the widow and the children of the sailor. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN. On Thursday, the second show of the season, of plants, flowers, and fruits, took place in the tents and green house. The day was fine, and the company very nume rous, including a splendid array of the beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourhood. The show, though not comprising so many kinds of plants as we have sometimes seen brought up, was the best we have yet witnessed, as regards the excellence of the specimens. The ericas were peculiarly beautiful, varied, and rich in blossom. Mr. Cunningham's Cavendishia, with a large yellow flower, his Odorato, with white blossom, and his delicate pink and white, were adffiirable t Messrs 'erspicua, o and Co. also showed a splendid collection of the same class, as did Mr. Skirving, included a fine one that rarely flowers. The fuchsias were superior. Amongst them, Messrs. Whalley's collection, amongst which were a superb Elata and Vesta, bore the belle • those sent by R. W. Preston, Esq., including an dxoniensis, were scarcely inferior; and the same may be said of Mr. Cun ningham's. Mrs. Thos. Foster, of Woolton Hall. showed amongst a fine collection of plants, a striking Bignonia grandiflora. We observed a fine Leschenaultia Formosa, and a Gloxiana Carlonii, from Messrs. Davies's. The pelargoniums were very numerous and finely grown ; the Countess of Mount-Edgecombe shone resplendent. In this department Messrs. Davies, Messrs. Whalley, and H. Littledale were highly successful. The last gentleman sent in a collection a magnificent plant, called Masterpiece, about five yards in circumference, four feet high, and full of large delicate rose-coloured blossom with a dark spot. This deserved to have been shown as a single specimen, and as such was worthy of the first prize. Messrs. Davies's Phmon was one of the finest on the ground for the fine form and stiffness of the flower. Mr. C. Noyes's (Hope Nursery, Manchester) British Hero was much rized. Mr. Winch's Duke of Cornwall was also remarkably well-bloomed. Mrs. Foster sent a col lection of neat well grown plants, particularly Nymph and Duke of Carnwall, and a plant called Ardisia Crenu lea. A fine specimen of the Cactus Ackermanii was sent by Mr. Littledale. Amongst other plants in the tents we noticed a fine Nirium Coronaria from Mrs. Joseph Ashton, Woolton Hall, also a basket of fine plants from the same—quite a flower garden in itself. Some splendid plants were on the tables from Mr. Skir ving's, not for competition. The baskets of plants, gene rally, were superior, and tastefully arranged. One sent by Isaac Had wen, Esq., was particularly good. The or chidaceous plants, shown in the green-house, were not very numerous, but excellent and curious of their kind. Amongst them were, an Occidium Luridum, from Mr. Keighley ; a Stanhopice Tigrina, from T. Johnson, Esq., of Runcorn ; a fine Oncidium, with curious flowers on long wiry stems; an Epidendrurn Schornburqhii, and a Cinnabrienum (same genus) from Mr. Blain, Beech-hill ; also a splendid Cattlega Mossice, from T. Johnson, Esq., with fifteen beautiful large lilac flowers; and a singular butterfly plant, Oncidium Papilio, from Mr. I. Had wen. Mr. Kellock, of Oxton Nursery, exhibited a collection of very fine verbena blooms. Mr. Winch showed some excel lent calceolarias, including a very richly-coloured one— Lady Ann Charteris. Messrs. Davies had a collection of 12 of the same plant, amongst which were a superb Chat.; lenger, and a Vesta. All the fruit shown was excellent — Muscat Muscadine white grapes of delicious flavour, and black Hamburg grapes, of immense size, sent by Archi bald Sinclair, Esq., vines, nectarines, peaches, melons, &c., but, as nearly all got prizes the names of the exhi bitors will be found below. We noticed a very striking device of flowers, a crown, on an open pedestal, by Mr. Whalley. The gardens looked beautiful after the late rains. Mr. Parker's Royal Cheltenham Ba n d was on the ground, and played choice airs during the afternoon, which was truly delightful. PRIZES PLANTS.—Fuchsias, all distinct varieties, let prize, J. and C. Whalley, Fairfield Nursery; 2nd, R. W. Preston, Esq., West Derby; 3rd, J. Cunningham, Oak-val. Nursery.—Cape Heaths, all distinct varieties; Ist prize, J. Cunningham; 2nd, 'Thomas Davies, ‘N a v er tr e e Nursery; 3rd, William Skirving. Walton Nursery.—Cape Heaths, Epacris, single specimens; Ist prize, J. Cunningham; 2nd, Thos. Davies and Co.—Calceolari is, all distinct varieties; Ist prize, T. Davies and Co.; 2nd, Henry Winch, Esq., of Seacombe.—Pelargoniums, all new, distinct, and very first-rate vat ieties ; Ist prize, Thos. Davies and Co.- 2nd, Henry Winch, Esq.; 9rd, Mrs. Thomas Foster, Woolton hall, (John Young, gardener).—Pelargoniums, in distinct varie ties ; Ist prize, .1. and C. Whalley; 2nd. Thomas Davies and Co.; 9rd, Harold Littledate, (John Taylor, gardener) ; extra, William Blain, Esq., Edge-lane, (Hugh Hughes, gardener).— Miscellaneous plants, in pas, Bet in boxes, baskets, or stand ; Ist prize, Mrs. Thomas Foster; 26d, Mr. William Blain ; 3rd, Mrs. Joseph Ashton ; extra, Isaac Hadwen ; 2nd extra, J. and C. Whalley. —Stove or greenhouse plants, Miscellaneous col lections; Ist prize, Mrs. T. Foster; 2nd, T. Davies and Co.; 3d, Mr. Sk/rving; extra, I Hadwen. Stove or greenhouse plants, miscellaneous collection ; Mrs. Thomas Foster.—Stove or greenhouse plants, best ornamental, single specimen, ►st i rize Mrs Joseph Ashton; 2nd, Harold Littledale, Esq., Exotic Oachldacere, all distinct varieties, William Keighley. Esq., Beech.hill.—Exotic Orchidacere, all distinct varieties; Ist prize, Thos. Johnson, Esq., of Runcorn ; 2nd, William Blain, Esq.— Exotic Orchidacem, single specimen, Ist prize, T. Johnson; 2nd, Isaac Hadwen. FRUlT.—Grapes, basket, 51bs weight, Archibald Sinclair, Esq., Hill Side-house.— Pine Apples, Ist prize, Sir William Stanley, Ilooton-park, (Mr. Drewitt, gardener) ; 2nd, Thomas Johnson.—Peaches, or Nectarines, eight specim ns of either, or four of each, Ist prize, Ret'. Mainwaring:, Brombro'• hall, (James Breddan, gardener) 2nd, Mr. Moss, Walton- breck. Any other fruit, best dish, Thomas Johnson.—Gardeners' prizcs for the correctness of the names. accuracy of spelling, and neatness of writing, Ist prize John Armstrong, gardener to Mr. Isaac Hadwen ; 2nd. Thomas Davies and Co. The judges were Mr. Charles Noyes. nurseryman, of Hope, Manchester: Mr. John Williams, gardener to Mr. Falkne - of Fairfield house; and Mr. James Stevenson, gardener to Mr. Harold Littledale, Highfield-hall. ADVANCEMENT OF PROTESTANTISM ON THE CONTINENT, On Wednesday evening, a meeting was held at the Music-hall, for the purpose of hearing an address from the Rev. Mons. F. Monod, Protestant clergyman of Paris, on the progress of Protes tantism in France and other Continental countries, and of the in roads of Popery in its worst form amongst masses of the ignorant population, which it had become necessary to counteract by encou raging the Protestant Society which the rev. gentleman was dele gated to represent in this country. The room was crowded by a most respectable and attentive audience. Mr. JOHN CROPPER was called to the chair by acclamation, and the Rev. JAMES LISTER opened the meeting with an appropri ate prayer. The hew. Dr. RAFFLES, in obedience to the call of the chairman, stated that the object was to hear the statements of M. Monod on the progress of evangelism on the Continent, and that gentleman would explain the openings there now were, in France especially, for the dissemination of Gospel truth. The name of Monod was asso ciated with evangelism for many years, for be (the speaker) had known his father in France so far back as 1817, and he rejoiced to say that the name was not likely to become extinct, as his son and his son's sons were working in the same vineyard. He introduced M. Mouod to the meeting as a man of tried fidelity in the Protes tant cause. The Rev. F. Moron, in a powerful speech, stated that he repre sented the Evangelical Society of France, the object of which was that all true Christians might join for the dissemination of the gospel, all sectarian or party spirit being thrown aside. There were at this moment openings for increased evangelical efforts in France, which had a population of 33 millions. A quarter of a century ago there were only 25 ministers preaching gospel truth; now there were 200, but these were not half the number that might be benefi cially employed. There were two features in the present religious movements of France. On one side popery and popish idolatry and practices were growing amongst masses of the population, and practices were resorted to by the priests similar to the worst of those in the middle ages. The Archbishop of Paris had recently ordered the population to attend at the cathedral to worship a piece of the cross, and prayers and masses had become a matter of bar gain and sale amongst the priests. Popery would ever be the same, and as in the thirteenth so it was in the nineteenth century. The Jesuits had revived, and had even defied the laws of the Chamber of Deputies. On the other hand, however, the people were becom ing disgusted with priestcraft. The society to which he belonged sought solely to propagate the pure gospel, leaving the people to choose their own church if it were in accordance with it, and there fore admitting of many sects of dissenters. They also went upon the principle of planting a protestant school wherever they had a church, and had normal schools for schoolmasters to be trained up by themselves. They also employed men in humble life to read the scriptures in cottages and rooms, where few or more persons could be collected together. Last year their receipts had been £5,500, and their expenses £5,900, leaving a debt of £4OO. They had been in debt £3,000 for former wears; but they had a Christian banker, on whom they never drew a bill that was sent back pro tested, and their debt was now reduced to but £4OO. '1 hey had been instrumental in converting 15,000 Roman Catholics, and though it could not be said that all these had been brought to Christ, it was a great deal that they had turned their backs upon their former popish prejudices and errors. Throughout the French provinces a Christian fire was kindling. Of this the speaker gave many interesting instances. Frum 40 to 50 localities had sent earnest entreaties for ministers; and in one of these John Welsh, the son-in-law of the venerated John Knox, was the preacher. In one province 1200 to 1500 of the peasantry attended a protestant church in the principal town, and were eagerly entreating for addi tional places of worship. The rev. gentleman here related some interesting and truly affecting anecdotes relating to the progress of protestantism. These movements were brought about simply by the reading of the pure Word of God, without note or annotation. In Germany, Belgium, and other continental countries, similar movements were going on; and, under these circumstances, he thought himself entitled, in behalf of this society, to ask for their prayers, their Christian sympathy, and, last of all, their liberality; for the field opened was of great magnitude, and the labourers comparatively few. And in opening their hands in aid of the good work, they should not judge by what they gave, but by what they kept. Work was growing upon the protestants of France which they could not, without assistance, grapple with ; but he did not fear the result, for that work was the work of God, with whom it was a high privilege to be fellow-labourers. He called upon Chris tians of all denominations to come forward. for the great evil and danger of the day was popery. England was, by recent govern- moters a protestant country ; but be hoped the people would show that they would not renounce protestant principles. France was now the hotbed of popery, and there the battle must be fought, as a _ matter of personal interest and safety to themselves plause.) - The Rev. C. M BIRRELL proposed a resolution to the effect that it was the duty of Christian men to unite for the advancement of seconded b 3 Mi. C. ROBERTSON, and unanimously carried. moved that a society be formed to co-operate with that on the Co ntinent, which was also agreed to. Mr. MONOD said he should correspond with the society, and fur nish them with every available information. The Rev. Dr. BEAUMONT addressed the meeting with much humour and effect, stating that if the people were protestant. he cared not what the government chose to become. A collection was made, and the Rev. D. F imauSsort announced that it amounted to £27 for M. Monod, and that there had been previous contributions for the society of about the same amount. The Rev. D. F 11G ussos,. in moving the last resolution appoint ing officers to the new society, spok e a t cons id era bl e l engt h and on in Europe, and he trusted there would soon be a second refor mation in the reformed Church of England. It was their duty to support the protestant movements on the Continent. They owed this to the country of Calvin, and that of I uther. — He alluded to the glorious meeting in behalf of the Pastoral Aid Society on the 16th instant, at which resolutions were passed in accordance with the objects of the meeting of that night, stating that a crisis had arrived for the vindication of Christian truth. He believed he might say that had not Mr. Nolan had pastoral duties to perform that evening at his church, be would have been with them to sup. port the cause on which they had met. (Hear, and cheers.) fAt Mr. Nolan, who had 'enter nce at such a time elicited the warmest Mr. Ferguson, in continuation, said he c lie had experienced on hearit tholic spirit and feelings tliat on the evening in question had been expressed by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. He confessed that he dif fered from that respected minister on many points, as did also the Church with which be had the honour to be connected, but "might his right hand lose its cunning, and his tongue cleave to the roof of his mouth," if he failed to acknowledge thekindly,liberal, and Chris tianly charitable spirit displayed by that gentleman on that occa- aion. (Hear, and cheers) That 'gentletiian had commenced the movement for Christian union in opposition to the advances of Popery, and it was their duty to aid the effort. Self-defence called them to assail the Papacy in France, as its stronghold. (Hear.) If all Christians would unite in this good work, a blessing would fall on their efforts, and their cry might soon be " Babylon has fallen ! " The motion was seconded and passed. • _ _ The Rev. T. NoLex came foricard amidst repeated cheers. He stlited that he had but shortly before left his pulpit to be present, He desired to reciprocate the brotherly feeling expressed by Mr, Ferguson towards his rev. friend (Mr. M'Neile) and himself, and expressed his humble acquiescence in the objects of the meeting. In the course of a feeling and affecting address, and with allusion to the differences that existed between Christian ministers of vari ous denominations, and the consequent non-attendance of some of them, he said it was to be deplored that men who hoped to live to f eternity together hereafter, should he separated here. When they circumstantials. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The doxology was then sung, and a blessing being pronounced, the meeting separated. CLERICAL NEWS The Bishop of Calcutta arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, in much improved health. The Archbishop of York is a doctor of civil law, and is the only member of the episcopal bench not holding the divinity degree The Terra Cotta Church, near Bolton, was consecrated on Thursday, by the Bishop of Chester. THE COURT 4 FASHIO! 'ABLE WORLD , The Queen, Prince Albert, the royal children, and suite left the Isle of Wight on Wednesday, and reached Buck ingham Palace the same evening. The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived on Thurs day, on a visit to the Queen. The Duchess of Kent and suite, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, arrived at Bohn on the 20th ult. The King of Holland is expected next week in this country, on a visit of about a fortnight. It is said that a matrimonial alliance is on the topis be tween E. 0. Egerton. Esq., son of Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park, Esquire, and Lady Mary Pterrepoint, daughter of Earl Manvers. ROMISH PERSECUTION IN IRELAND A letter which has been shewn us, addressed by a respectable Irish Protestant to his brother in this town, spews sufficiently that if Rome in the present day has not the power to bring the objects of her hate to the stake or to the scaffold, she is not without the inclination for blood which distinguished her in her day of supremacy. If she has no longer the power of the Inquisition in her hands, she makes tolerably free use of the bludgeon and the mus ket. The Kerry Evening Post reports the proceedings at an investigation, held at the Gunsborough Petty Sessions on Friday, the 20th inst., of a case of persecution of which the following are the principal facts. Mr. Thomas Dow ling, one of the inspectors of the Irish Society, recently commenced building a house for himself at Ballybunnion, with a determination to employ only the neighbouring wcrkpeople, who were well disposed to be employed by him. The impression, however, got abroad that the building was for a schoolhouse ; and the Roman Catholic curate of the place " spoke of him" from the altar, and he was from that day unable to get either a man or a horse to work for him at any price. This, however, was not sufficient. On the night of the 17th instant the timber for the proposed building was cut to pieces by the pe+- santry, and 30 barrels of lime rendered useless by being mixed with gravel and stones. The people. who had for merly been kind and civil towards Mr. Dowling, began to look at him with menace, and to attack him with foul language ; and at length he had to appeal to the bench for protection. This is a pleasant state of things to exist in the heart of a civilised country, when a Protestant gen tleman, because he has roused the jealousy of the popish curate of the village in which he lives, is not permitted to build a house or to hold his very life in safety. Yet this persecuting and intolerant spirit we are fostering by an endowment of the seminary in which it is inculcated! The magistrates, we observe, have announced their in tention to use every exertion to discover the perpetrators of the injury done to Mr. Dowling's property. Is there no law sufficiently powerful to reach the priestly instigator of the outrage ? There ought to be in a country which is governed. GES,ERAL MISCELLANY, The Herald says that the prospects of the tett hours bill were never so bright as at present. BALLOONING.—On Monday, Mr. Charles Green, the veteran aerorant, made his 300th ascent. Her Majesty has subscribed 200 guineas towards the monument to Gen. Nott. The deaths of two men from starvation, at Nottingham, during the past week, are recorded in the Nottingham Journal. The Rev. J. M. Capes, Eastover, Bridzewater, has formally announced his secession from the established church. He has joined the Papacy. A man named Wallace, in London, has been committed for trial for manslaughter, for having killed another in a fight. A new system of electrical telegraph, by which the dis pa'ch is written with a pen by the mere action of the fluid, has been tried at Brussels, and it is stated to have been entirely successful. Mtn LOTHIAN.—On Wednesday, Sir John Hope was elected member for the county of Edinburgh, without opposition, instead of R. Ramsay, Esq., who lately ac cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Dundee Advertiser gives an account of the death of two sisters by drowning. They were bathing together, and one having got out of her depth, the other rushed to give assistance, when both were lost. William Hewitt, private secretary to Mr. Fergus O'Connor, was committed to Brixton House of Correc tion for one month, on Wednesday, for having neglected his wife and family, and allowed them to become charge able to the parish of Lambeth. CHERRIES FROM ROTTERDAM.—The first importation of cherries into Hull, was received on Sunday week, from Rotterdam. They were retailed in Hull at eightpence per pound. Green peas were also brought in the same vessel for the first time this season. On Thursday, a labourer named Blackburn, at Stondon Massey, in Essex, murdered his wife by cutting her throat and afterwards attempted to destroy himself in the same way. He was however found alive, but he is not expected to survive. He had been very low spirited for a long time. Two baptist gentlemen have offered an odd prize, viz., a premium of £l,OOO for the best painting of the baptism of Christ in the river Jordan. The representation of the baptism is to be by immersion, and the figures are to be as large as life. THUNDER STORM.—During the severe thunder storm on Tuesday week, near Osmotherly, Yorkshire, a re spectable young man named Bentley, 20 years of age, while at work was struck down by the electric fluid, and killed upon the spot. FIRES IN LONDON.-It appears from an official return that during the year, up to the 27th ultimo, no fewer than 411 fires have happened in London and its suburbs. Their magnitude is greatly on the increase compared with those of former years, although the number of lives sa crificed have averaged alike for many years past. The Dean of York having published an attack on the Vestiges of the Natural History of the Creation, com bating some of its statements of fact as well as infer ences, it has found a stout and thorou g h go i ng d e f en d er in Lord Thurlow, who publishes a vindication in the Times. The Dean replies, with stout reassertions. IMPORTANT.—A correspondent of the Mining Journal says that the steam boiler explosions may be prevented by the very simple plan of having a small hole drilled in the plate over the fire place, and filled with a leaden rivet, which will melt only when the water gets below the proper level. Some spirited cattle feeders have begun to use molasses for fattening their stock, and if the Porto Rico molasses should be admitted, the supply will be abundant and the article cheap, as the protecting duty does not amount to more than 3s. 6d. per cwt. Sugar has long been known to feed cattle excellently. SIX LIVES LOST.—The Devonpert Conservative of Wednesday contains the account of the loss of six lives— those of four women and two children—by the upsetting of a boat near a reef of rocks extending from Mount Edgecombe to Drake's Island, locally known as the " Bridge," which has acquired an unhappy notoriety from the great number of lives lost within the last few months by the upsetting of boats crossing it. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—In consequence of a great tem perance society procession from Sheffield to Roche Abbey, on Tuesday last, two fatal accidents occurred. A young man named Looney, aged 29, jumped from the shafts of a waggon, fell on the road, and was killed by the wheels of the vehicle passing over him. Another man named Booth, accidentally fell down, and was run over, and died almost immediately. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH CHINA.—On Tues day, the first monthly mail, direct from China, was despatched via" the overland route, and may be considered as an epoch in the history of our intercourse with that vast empire. It will be conveyed to Ceylon by the Oriental Steam Company's vessels forming the branch line between Ceylon and Hong-Kong, touching at Penang and Singa pore. By this arrangement Hong-Kong is brought within forty-eight days post of London. ELOPEMENT.—A young and beautiful lady, possessed of considerable property, residing near Cardiff, recently garded the fair one with great interest, and a mutual flame sprung up. On the 14th instant, the fair one 'in formed her friends that, on the following morning, she intended to go and take breakfast with one of her ac- quaintance, and that she would return in the evening, She was up wit , her lover had a carriage wait:. and away they went at a spank . ing in the neighbourhood ing pace, no one yet knows whither FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—ORWednesday, a young man at the Edinburgh Register newspaper office was tending the printing machine, and the steam-engine by which it was worked, and while engaged in fastening a nut con nected with some part of the machinery, the nut-key slipped, which caused him to overbalance himself, and he fell against the engine fly-wheel, which was then revolving with considerable velocity : the r nnarnnrnrP vane that hp was torown into mite wheel-pit, where the whee. his neck, and almost instantaneously his head was com pletely severed from his body. TIMBER BILL.—A bill has been prepared and brought into the House of Commons, relating to the importation of timber. It proposes to continue the greater part of the act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 17, for seven years, but to repeal the section prohibiting the lading of cargo upon deck, or the sailing without certificate, and the section imposing a pe nalty upon any one offending against the provisions of the act. Clearing officers are to ascertain that the cargo of certain ships, wholly or in part laden with timber or wood goods, is below decks; and the captains of such ships are not to sail without certificates. A penalty of £lOO is im posed for every offence against the act. THE EUREKA—A MACHINE FOR MAKING LATIN VERSES.—This machine, now exhibiting at the Egyptian hall, is one which presents much interest to scientific en gineers, although it does not afford mach facility to the attai n ment of elegant latin composition. Its operation re sembles that of Brewster's kaleidescope, which, by very simple means, produces an endless succession of geome tric figures. As in the kaleidescope, this machine is cal- culated to manufacture, in never ending series, Latin Hexameters, " at the rate of about a verse a minute, each verse being perfect in grammar, sense, and prosody." The machine may be stopped at any time, or suffered to go on continually producing new verses, "each of which is original, having never been produced before, and never to be repeated again." The law which governs the oper ation of this machine is the law of evolution, by which, as in Babbage's machine, endless combinations of a certain form are produced. The form of the verse produced is always the same. The following :—" Impia I regna focis pro I gignunt I jurgia I densa " is a specimen of the latinity and style of this mechanical poetry. The verb always appears in one place, and is always of one form, while the prevalence of neuter plurals is strikingly evident. The inventor of this machine is a Mr. Clark, a native of Glastonbury, to whom the first idea of this verse-maker was suggested by an old book, the work of one of the monks of Glastonbury Abbey, in which the theory of Mr. Clark's invention was contained. This was, with some labour, reduced to practice by Mr. Clark, and the result is the machine which we have attempted to describe. THE BRITISII ASSOCIATION.-ThiS Association com menced its annual sitting on Thursd,..y week, at Cam bridge. Sir John Herschel, President. The great feature of the meeting is the magnetic congress. com posed of scientific men from various parts of Europe. The object of the congress is to consider the propriety of renewing for a further term the magnetic observations which have been recently instituted in various parts of the world. The proceedings in the different sections have not, as yet, presented many pointsof general interest. On Saturday morning the chemical section was the great point of interest s as the programme contained a notice, that Professor 13outingv, of Paris, would freeze water in a red hot vessel. The Professor's experiment excited the most lively interest, and was completely successful. On Monday, the Earl of Rosse exhibited to the physical section, a sketch of the nebula, viz., Messier 51, which he had recently observed with his large telescope. The nebula was not only resolved into a considerable number of stars, but they, as well os some unresolved light, were arranged in two regular spirals, proceeding from a cluster of stars, one spiral terminating in some bright stars, and the other in a broad light interspersed with stars. Sir John Herschel expressed his high admiration at the ex traordinary power of the immense instrument. 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