The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. MESSRS. PARR, LYON, AND CO., of Warrington, pur pose establishing a branch bank in Runcorn, to be opened every Friday. THE WEATHER. —During the week the weather has been very mournful, thick fogs with almost a continuous fall of rain. MR. HERDMAN intends delivering a lecture, to-morrow (Wednesday), at the Royal Institution, upon " Vision and Perspective." Civic HosPrrAurv.—We understand that the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., will give his first civic entertain bent to-morrow (Wednesday). FLoon.—The road leading from Smithdown-lane to Allerton, a little on this side of the lane leading to Waver tree, has been completely flooded with water. • DEPTITY-LIEUTENANTS.—Thomas Bazley, Richard Smethurst, and Richard Bryan Smith, Esqrs., have been appointed Deputy-Lieutenants for Lancashire. - -• . - THE LATE DUKE.—Funeral Sermons were preached on Sunday in most of the ^hurches of Liverpool and the neighbourhood, on the late Duke of Wellington. THE NEW RAMSEY STEAM-BOAT COMPANY are in treaty with Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, for the building of a new boat, under the superintendence of Captain Gill. ARCHIEOLOGY.—The fortnightly meeting of the Archi tectural and Archaeological Society was held on Wed nesday, at the Royal Institution , Mr. Verelst in the chair. ON TUESDAY NIGHT, about seven o'clock, the house of Mr. Sanderson, of 76, Gildart-street, was entered by thieves, who carried off a lady's workbox and other articles. MR. WILLIAM ROOCROFT, lately pupil to Dr. Charles of Liverpool. having undergone examination at the Apothecaries' Hall, has been admitted a member of the Company. THE MAntm.—The proceeds of Mr. White's lecture, at the Lord Nelson-street Concert-ball, after paying all expenses, amounting to about £l2, has been handed to a local ragged school. • THE LATE DUKE.—Those who have not yet seen the vnaznificent picture by Sir Edwin Landseer, entitled " A dialogue at Waterloo," should lose no time in paying a visit to Mr. Grundy's gallery in Church-street. TESTIMONIAL.—Last week. a number of the young persons recently confirmed at St. John's Church, Black_ urn, presented the Rev. H. J. Marlen with a handsome Pocket communion-service, as a token of their regard. CHILD BURNT.—On Wednesday, at Ormskirk, a little boy, named William Cropper, was left by his mother in the house alone : when she returned she found him encir cled in flames. Little hope is entertained of his recovery. DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.—it will be seen by our advertising columns that this company are desirous of a loan of £200.000, bearing a guaranteed interest of 4i per cent, In the present abundance of spare capital this should be a good investment. SPEED.—The Cork Steamship Company's vessel the Alinerva, Captain Lyell, arrived at the quay of Cork, last week, having performed the voyage from the dock at Liverpool to the quay at Cork in twenty-two hours, being the shortest passage on record. • - • - THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—The amount of subscriptions which have been received in aid of the fund fo r a monument in Liverpool to the late Duke of Wellington already exceeds £4OOO. Subscriptions are being received at all the hanks, newspaper-offices, &c. ACCIDENT.--On Tuesday, whilst the Liverpool trader 'Gypsy was being towed down the Clyde, she was run over a buoy opposite Port-Gasgow, which took the rud der, causing the tiller to strike the steersman, named Jamieson, on one side, depriving him instantly of life. • BLAcictuuN.—We understand that a petition ngainst the return of W. Eccles, Esq., one of the present repre tentatives of Blackburn, on the ground of bribery and corruption, is now in London, and will be shortly pre sented to the House of Commons.—Blackburn Standard. THn INTREPID, a large emigrant ship. which sailed fro m Liverpool same time since, for New York, has been driven into Cork harbour, in consequence of the severity of the weather which .prevailed during last week. The Intrepid has over 300 emigrants on board.—Cork Exa. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—The collection of paintings exhibited by this institution at the present time is far superior to any that has been seen in Liverpool for many rears. Our readers should bear in mind that the season is now far advanced, and that the 'exhibition is open in the evening. - • ----- INDIA MAEL.—The Peninsula and Oriental Company's Steam-ship Ripon, with the heavy portion of the Indian and China mails, and £9,000 in specie, arrived at South ampton on'Saturday morning. The African Steam Navi gation Company's iron mail steamer Forerunner left Gibraltar for Plymouth on the 'l4th instant. CONCERTS.—The second of the shilling concer Place on Tuesday, at the Royal Assemhly.rooms George -street. The vocalists were Miss Jessie qammo Miss Hammond, Mr. W. B. Wray, and Mr. Greenwo --Misa Beer's first concert took place on Wednesday the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, which was very fully attended. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—At the last sitting of the New York Chamber of Commerce. a letter was read from !Ir. Hornby, president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. respecting the delay in the transmission of the American mails to theinland towns of England, and ouggesting a system of sorting, by which their delivery Would be facilitated. s took Great THE QUEEN V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE ItAlLwAy.—ln the case of this company, the parties had abanzloned the whole undertaking, and since the ,argu tnent upon the case an act of parliament had been passed, relieving them froth the obligation of executing the line. Nevertheless, the Court of Queen's Bench decided on awarding a peremptory mandamus. THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM• MAT KING ORRY,'Capt. Greer, which sailed from Douglas on Wednesday last, encountered a severe storm. The figure head and cot eater of the King Orry wtre carried away, and the Steamer did not reach'Liverpool till half-past eight o'clock en Thursday morning, being 16i hours on her passage— more than double the usual time kTLANTIC ay the )ck, co m - —On Wednc ltic. Cor New Tory all n full complement o Pasgengers, cargo, and_the u nal mails. On Saturday. 3 20, p.m., the tritish and North American Ro y al Mai steam.shipEuropa took her departure from the`.: for N e w York, with '7O passengers and a good cargo, besides the usual mails on board. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting, • _V' un Wednesday, the clerk reac several ent Unions, relative to the prohibitory order ; and during conversation which followed, the chairman elicited the f eelings of the board On the subject, which appeared to he that the order should be carried out as far as practicable ; their objection was to article 5. The other business was unimportant. - -• THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The St. Helena Advertiser of the 30th of -September, says that, when the Great Britain sailed, on the 29th of September, at Irilf-past four, p.m., she bad on board for fuel from the Wand 85 tons of coat and 228 tons of wood, and from her Majesty's n..: taiowas s poken on the 9th of bour of the Cape of - Good Hop, ASSOCIATION. — The LICENSED VICTI. ,n of Licensed Victuallers strenuous cxertic s to raise e asylum and schools _ They have received mounting in the whole to in our nearlp X 2,000, particulars of which will be four advertising eelumnsl - but more is needed before the Work wi:l be complete. APPEAL --In the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, the case of " Willoughby and os. v. Horridge and os:" was Chard. This was an appeal from a decision of the Ju d ge of "le County Court of Liverpool, relative to a fatal injury received by a horse crossing in the ferry - steamer. The Parties had been unable to agree upon a case, and it had, accord; - been settled 'by the judge. The court con- ---aglY, rifled the previous judgment with SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, as a boy, named Edward Kenyon. servant of Mr. Meatons, Searisbrick, l 'es enga g ed in making bands for straw, he left his work I t" Went to a thrashing-machine close by. W hilst rest ,,,ng on the machine his hand slipped and became entan gled in it. The machine, continuing to work , li t e rall y 'ore his arm from his body. He was soon a fterwards c o nveyed to the Northern Hospital, in this to wn, where e lies in a dangerous condition. t . THE SHIP iAIRPTELD.-By the Cape news we have 16 ings of the wreck of the shipTairfield, Capt. Hornell, bound f or thi s port from Calcutta, which took place on I,e south coast of Natal, during a storm on the 7tb Sept. 1 ('- vessel was driven upon the shore by the violence of t he r gale. The number of men on board at the time she :l ent ashore was 24 ; of these, 17, including the captain tl4 'both mates, were quickly swept off by the waves , and dr owned, leaving but seven, who escaped with their lives P A hi t o A RAILWAY BRIDGE. — On Wednesday after . ( In a bridge over the Bolton and Blackburn section of L lue Lancashire and Yorkshire lines of railway fell in. The "ods.train was approaching from Blackburn, and was but 300 or 400 yards distant. The Oaks Railway station kse was between it and the bridge , and the clerk in b "tge hearing and seeing the bridge fall , put on the sig . t „ it,, and the train-was stopped 50 or 6 0 yards short of the "Inaon which it must have been otherwise.dashed to pieces. g DOMAN EXHIBITION.—Mr. Deane , the assistant. eereta rY, arrived in Liverpool on Saturday , a nd had an int erviewd e with the mayor, who expressed h is anxious Q str e to forward this important undertaking. M r. otrnthatn, the honorary secretary of the local committee 813 4eLive erpool, ellwil supply the necessary forms applying for rec eiving and th et of December will be the last day for ti l etving applications. Mr. Deane proposes to visit With the again in a few days, after he has communica t e d the manufacturers of Sheffield. 44 , QUEEN V. THE YORK AND NORTH-MIDLAND A are COMPANY.—The Court of Q ueen's Bench e judgment in this case on Tuesday. It was a man. ti, ll s to the company, commanding them to complete \O Portion of their line which lay between Market be;,ghton and Cherryburton. The case had been argued J u ° 2 l3 Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Crompton, and Mr. fa 'r ,: ic e Erie ; and the court now gave judgment, the two Th e r in favour oft he applicants, and the latter against. The Peremptory mandamus was, therefore, awarded. GILFILLAN'S LECTURE.—On Thursday, the Rev urae Gilfillan, of Dune , — "" 3 11 1 ° I, gra p efl author of some ketches, delivered —c " the characteristics and Concert-hall, on Mr. tlitfillan appeared to predi thPetable att enc lanc— -•-• • • • g : 1 near approach of a religious revolution, t thP„ Ler Christian unity. Our creeds, ho saic minating in 'e —our ecclesiastical or, 'e —even our pulpits, area the ministry, honoured a ritouchc m perisilablc be infi and the Divine IMPORTANT TO SIIIPOWNERS.—In the care of Leve roni v. Drury, in the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, it was decided that a shipowner was held liable for da mage done to a cargo of cheese by rats, although the defendant kept cats on board his vessel. The court pro nounced its opinion that the damage in question was not one of the exceptions enumerated by the laws of England as dangers of the seas, roads, rivers, and navigation, and the King's enemies. Nay, more, the master was respon sible for damage done to goods even where a leak was caused by rats. SELECT VESTRY.—The Vestry held their usual meeting on Tuesday. It was agreed to remove the old boundary wall in Mount-pleasant, and to rebuild it in a more uni form style, at an estimated cost. of £l7O. The cost of the children at the Kirkdale Schools during the last week, for provisions and other necessaries, is stated to have been, on an average number of 945, Is. llid. per head. The cost of the inmates in the Workhouse had been. on an average of 2,171, Is. lOld. per head per wzek. Mr. Shaw was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Wylie ; and Mr. Jones, who had lost his seat from con tinued absence, was re-elected. EFFECTS OF A SQUALL AT SEA.—The Tiber (s.s.) Capt. Reid, which arrived here on Tuesday night, after a very fine run from Marseilles, brings accounts of a disaster which happened to the African Mail Company's steamer Forerunner, while on her first return voyage to England. The Forerunner, when off Lisbon, while getting in the boats, was struck by a heavy squall, which carried her masts and funnel overboard. Her commander rigged jury -masts, and, with a couple of wooden barrels, placed one over another in place of a funnel, steered his course hack to Gibraltar, which he reached on the 8;h instant. Her mails and passengers were brought to England by the Tiber, which called at Gibraltar on her way home. MUTINY AT SEA.—The barque Cleopatra, of Liverpool, which left here on the 21st of August last for the West Coast of Africa, put into Barbadoes on the 22d ult.; twelve of the crew, including the second mate, having mutinied, seized the captain, and put him in irons on a charge of having caused the death of a seaman named White, who was washed out of the stern boat of the vessel in a squall. The mutineers then directed the chief mate to navigate the ship to Bardadoes, although at the time only 150 miles from Sierra Leone, and the captain was kept in confinement during the whole of the voyage. The magistrates of Barbadoes, on hearing these particulars, sent on board the Cleopatra, arrested all the mutineers, and lodged them in the gaol, where they will await their trial. COMMITTAL FOR PERJURY. — In the County Court, on Friday. a man, named William Summons, appeared as the defendant in an action for 2s. 3d., alleged to be due for a week's rent to John Roberts, with whom the defendant lodged. Two witnesses swore that the defendant, on giv ing up the key of his room on a Thursday night, promised to pay a week's rent on the Monday following. As his Honour was proceeding to give judgment, he was inter rupted by Summons, who said that on the occasion when he gave up the key he did not say anything about paying rent, either as regarded the week in question, or any other period. His Honour stopped and directed his clerk to take this evidence down in writing; after which he gave a verdict for the plaintiff, and, turning to the defendant, said, I commit you to take your trial at the next assizes for perjury. Subsequmely the man was released on bail. THE DONKEY CART NUISANCE.—A police report has been made on the subject of the obstructions caused in the neighbourhood of St. John's Market by donkey carts. It appears that the number is daily increasing, and that most of them are unfit for the conveyance of goods of any description, and have neither names nor numbers attached. The owners have been repeatedly fined, but they invariably neglect to pay the fines, and in conse quence are lodged in gaol, the carts being all the time under the management of other parties, so that the own ers' imprisonment does not in the least degree abate the nuisance. The report recommends that, instead of " body warrants," warrants against the goods should be issued, so that some remedy may be effected by the seizure of the carts. It seems, from the report, that the majority of the offenders live in Lace-street, and that the donkeys are sheltered beneath the same roofs as their masters. Screw St STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—A meeting of the General ,aro Navigation Company was held on Friday, to consider the measures necessary for opening a line of steam communication with The chairman, Mr. Ellis, explained the contemplated plan, namely, the despatch of a vessel every alternate month by the route of the Cape of Good Hope, Co Victoria. Port Philip, and New South Wales. It was contemplated to put on a moderate-sized vessel at first, but, if the result should prove encouraging, to carry out the service with ships of 2500 tons. The directors were prepared to proceed with this branch of enterprise without the aid of a government subsidy, believing that the traffic between Australia and England would be found sufficiently remunerative. /t was not proposed to interfere with the line at present in operation, the route of which is by King George's Sound and Adelaide, and thence to Port Philip and Sydney, but to strictly confine their intercourse to the two latter kSSIMILATION OF COMMERCIAL LAWS.—The Earl of -'by had an interview with Lord Derby, on Wed nesday, to represent to his lordship the views of the.; ference whic the nropricti th was held on tl v of the assimilation of the commercial of En Deputations from ncluding Mr. Chas. Turner, Holland, from the Liverpool and, Ireland, and Scotland various towns were present, M.P., Mr. Heath, and M hamber of Comme in attendance His lordship stated that the subject was unquestionably of great importance, and the attendance of such a number of persons from all parts of the three ~ cies showed the interest that the commercial classes ook in it; that he would certainly submit the matter to _agues, and give it full consideration ; and that he did not, for his own part, see any insuperable difficulty in the way of such a commission, but it was a question upon which, without consulting his colleagues, it would•be im possible to give a decisive opinion. SERIOUS GIG ACCIDENT. — On Monday, Mr. Newman, belonging to the Bank of England at Liverpool, and Mr. Roberts, a •commercial traveller from Liverpool, were travelling from Mold to Within in a gig •, when they had reached the part known as the Bwlch, on the descent ITOMV aniritpti animal_ his coil and went at•the top of his speed - down the hill for-about a mile and a half. Notwithstanding the efforts to check his O slip himself out from behind, thereby receiving some severe injuries. Mr. Newman stuck to the reins, hut the sharp turnings on the road were •too much for him, and he was jerked out, falling to the ground with great force, thereby receiving a concussion of the brain, dislocation of the lower jaw, and several , other bruises. Dr. Jones rendered every assistance, and, having had them removed to the Lion, Rutliin, both are doing well. Mr. Robert W hite ceeded on his journey,and Mr. Newman has so favourably progressed as to be pronounced out of danger. IMPROVEMENTS IN WORKING THE DOCKS.—OR Wed nesday, at the weekly meeting of the Dock Committee, Mr. John Grantham, of this town, submitted a plan to give greater facilities than at present exist for working the docks. He proposes that a high level railway should be carried along the docks, and says will be elevated about fourteen fi upon cast-iron columns and wrong' over like the d--' of a ship The main line ;t: from the ground ron girders, planked There will be two main all the sheds and timber depots there will be sidings for the trucks to stand while loading and discharging. The railway would occupy the line of the present sheds, and the roofs would be raised so as to form a shelter for the terfere with the space under the sheds, while the trucks would be in a most convenient position for being loaded. directly ft I - es t he ship, or he ground Over bran,— yards, warehouses, &c., he proposes to carry the streets on •arches. He also proposes that the carriages on the line shall, in the first instance, be drawn by horses. at a speed of 2-1 miles an hour; and he would place a simple hydraulic crane every fifty feet, which will load or discharge the ship, and deposit the goods on the railway or in the shed beneath. The plan has been re ferred to the dock surveyors to report upon. Mr. Grantham by Mr. Isaacs, which gives a better idea of the proposed improvements than can be conveyed by any letterpress description. THE EMIGRANT S AFRIC A —On Wednesday number of ladies and gentlemen were entertained most sumptuously on board the Australian emigrant ship Africa, ono of the " Fox' line (now lying in the Salt house Dock), which is announced to sad from this port in a few days. The Africa, which belongs to Messrs. Livingstone and Magee, and has been chartered by Mr. Henry Fox, the founder of the Australian emigration trade from Liverpool, is certainly one of the finest vessels which ever sailed from this port. She is 202 feet long, 39 feet broad, carries a tonnage of 2500 tons, and c.n with ease accommodate 500 passengers, though, for the sake of increased accommodation., the enterprising owners have agreed to carry only 450. The steerage passengers are placed between decks, where there is a height of nine feet, and abundance of light and ventilation. Ten feet of space are allowed to each emigrant. The second cabin, which is on deck, is exceedingly commodious and com fortable ; it contains nineteen berths, and is 45 feet in length, with a table running down the-centre. The saloon is a splendid apartment, 73 feet long, and containing 24 berths. The apartment is ornamented with costly mir rors. It also contains several sofas and a piano -forte, and is fitted up with a handsome fire-place, with a marble top. The deck promenade is 200 feet in length, and pos sesses every necessary convenience which the passengers may require. At the banquet, on Wednesday, the chair was occupied by Mr. Magee. Mr. Mozley, Mr. Coun cillor Hodson, and other gentlemen addressed the com pany, and the proceedings were enlivened by some capital songs. DOCK COMMITTEE.— The meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday, Mr. Shand, the deputy chairman, presiding.—An offer of Messrs. Jones and Jump was accepted for the construction of a dep . & for the Customs at the south side of Coburg Dock. A tracing was laid before the committee of a rew fire-police station, proposed to be erected in place of the present temporary one in Lightbody-street ; referred to the Harbour master's Committee.—lt was intimated that the work at the Stanley Dock Warehouses was temporarily suspended in consequence of the weather.—A communication was read from J. M. Taylor, Rear-Admiral, C. 8., on the subject of a shipwreck asylum, to be moored at the outer bar, in order to render assistance to vessels in distress, &c. The opinion of the committee generally seemed unfavourable to the proposal. Mr. Lockett stated that the wrecks near Liverpool generally took place on the banks, in which case such a vessel would be of little use. —Mr. Rowland, secretary to the Pilots' Committee, informed the Dock Committee, by letter, that there were stones or rocks at the entl vessel was damaged to the extent of £l,OOO, in conse quence of these stones. Mr. Hartley, jun., remarked that they had been driven there by the tide, : The letter was —A. communication was read referred to the from Messrs. Bit survey() rid other steamt ,oat owners, urging e recent resolution the com►r rl load doors, ar to the TIM LIVERPOOL ,STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVIMBER 23, 11352. WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP.-On Thursday information was received from Gottenburg of the total wreck of the Victoria steamship, from Hull for St. Petersburgh. Three passengers and five of the crew were drowned, and three female passengers, with 20 of the crew and male passen gers, succeeded with great difficulty in getting on the rocks, where they were exposed to the inclemency of the weather for nearly 20 hours, when, providentially, they were observed by some Swedish fishermen. The vessel went to pieces soon after she struck, and but a very small portion of the cargo, in a very damaged state, has been saved. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—In consequence of the holiday on Thursday, the usual weekly meeting of this body did not take place till Friday : Mr. Aldermen Langs. dale presided.—Mr. Bigham was appointed a member of the parliamentary sub-committee.—lt was agreed to lay down flagging in Great Howard-street, between Dutton street and Robert-street North, (immediately opposite the Northern Hospital).—The chief constable had reported that Leigh-bridge, in Athol-street, over the canal, was in a dangerous state, stones falling from it. A statement from Mr. Newlends was read that the bridge was not dangerous, but it was badly constructed, and too narrow for the traffic. When replaced, it would he desirable to make it an iron girder bridge of the full width of the street.—The chairman and engineer were appointed to communicate with Mr. John Shaw Leigh, who owns the property in the neighbourhood, upon the subject.—A letter was read from Mr. J. B. Lloyd, so. licitor to the Gas Company, enclosing a report from Mr. King, in reference to the suggestion that, when gas pipes are to be laid down, the work be done, if possible, before the street is re-paved.—Some discussion took place in reference to Mr. Rose's contract for emptying the mid dens of the town, which expires on the sth of February next.—The specificaion for the new contract was read, and a suggestion thrown out by Mr. Moss, supported by Mr. Beckwith, that the work ought to be split into seve ral contracts, hut the discussion was postponed.—lt ap peared from the medical officer's report, that the town had been unusually healthy during the last three weeks, and that 192 deaths only had been recorded last week. CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFEICER. — On Wednes day Police-officer 170 :was summoned for committing an assault upon a man, named John Mahone. On Tuesday last he was leaving the Clarence Dock with a friend, who had just arrived from America, when the officer came up and said that he was a thief. The complainant denied the accusation, and the officer then struck him, and used great violence towards him, and took him into the hut, and thence to the Waterloo-road bridewell, where the man complained that the officer had broken his arm with his stick, He was taken to the main bridewell the follow leg morning, and a surgeon was sent for, who set his ar'm. Several witnesses were called in support of this statement. The officer then stated that the complainant was a man catcher, and was taking a drunken man, who had arrived from America, out of the dock, and was endeavouring to get. his money from him. He (the officer) took the man from him, and put him on board the Dublin boat, where he wanted to go. The complainant, upon losing his vic tim, became very outrageous, and the officer at last was compelled to take him into custody. The man resisted, and a struggle ensued, during which he and the complain ant fell several times, and he had to get asszstanee before he could take him into custody. He called several wit nesses, who corroborated his statement, and said that he never used his stick. Mr. Mansfield said, that as there was no evidence to show that the officer struck the man with his stick, but that, on the contrary, the witnesses had sworn that he never used his stick at all, the fracture must have been caused by the fall, and therefore he should dismiss the case. THE STEAMER ANDES. —This magnificent screw steamer, the first of the proposed Cunard line between Liverpool, New York, Boston, and Panama, arrived here, from Glasgow, on Tuesday last. The Andes is the first of the new auxiliary fleet of steamers by which the Cunard Company intend vastly to extend the sphere of their opera tions. They will now have a regular weekly departure from Liverpool to New York, instead of fortnightly, as at present, when the departure one week is for Boston and the other for New York. The tonnage of the Andes is about 1,500 tons ; her length about 250 feet ; breadth of beam 32 feet ; and depth of hold 27 feet. The most modern improvements have been introduced in the construction of the engines, which are nominally of 330 horse-power, but will work up about 450. The principal cabin is an elegnnt apartment, about 60 feet in length, and of proportionate breadth, fitted up with handsome mahogany and other tables, and seats to correspond. The scats are of very ingenious construction, and,by a very simple contrivance, may be extended or otherwise, in proportion to the num ber of passengers. The sides of the cabin are panelled, and exquisitely wrought with gold mouldings, the sup. ports being pillars of real veined marble. The pillars are surmounted with capitals wrought in electro-gold, and the mouldings ornamented with elaborately-carved appropriate fignres and devices. The cabin is lighted by semicular sky-lights, in which stained glass isintroduced, represent ing different subjects. The ladies' cabin adjoins the prin cipal cabin, and is fitted up in a style uniform with it. The berths are exceedingly commodious, and here, as in every other department of the vessel, particular care has been taken to secure those essential requirements on shipboard, light and ventilation. The various apartments are heated by pipes passing along the floor, and the temperature may be regulated to suit the feelings of the passengers. There are in the first cabin '6O berths, and about 140 in the second ; making it altogether a total of 200 berths. Capt. Hutchings, an experienced seaman, has charge of the Andes. Her experimental trip from the Clyde to this port is considered most satisfactory. She ran from the tail of the bank off Greenock to the Bell Buoy in 14 hours 55 minutes, under steam alone ; and between the Cinch and Cumbrae Lights, a distance of 16 miles, in 1 hour and 6 minutes. The Andes was built by Messrs. Denny Brothers, of Dumbarton, and her external fittings, which are very beautiful. were carried out under the superintendence of Mr. J. Dixon, her clever and obliging chief-steward. She will be despatched on the Bth of December on her first voyage to New York, and thence to Chagres. THE SHIPPING INTEREST. —A deputation in support of memorials to the Board of Trade, from the shipping interests of South Shields, Sunderland, Liverpool, Glas gow, Greenock, Leith, and other ports, praying that a charter of incorporation limiting the liability of share rs may not he granted to the North American Screw a-ship Company, on t e ground that such charters • is to the .l spirit of private enterprise, and tend 'ee competition, had an interview with the J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester on Fri it the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Brown. M.P., Mr. Turner. M.P., Mr. J. Clay, „ Mr. Hudson, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Lord Goderich, M.P., Mr. Seymour, M.P., Mr. Lockhart, M.P.. Mr. Sinollett, M.P., Mr. Ingham, M.P.. Mr. to check Right H Davidson, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M.P., Mr. Duncan Gibbs, and Mr. Cunard. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., oiler gs by stating that, as the ob- 'ject of the visit was known to Mr. Henley, they came to state, in most respectful language, but in the strongest terms they could use, the decided objection that the ship ping interest, represented by the deputies then present, had to charters granting a limited responsibility. They conceived that it would give an advantage to one class of traders over another, which was unjust ; that they need not tell him, Mr. Henley, that, wherever private capital was adequate to meet any mercantile enterprise, it .could be more economically managed, with advantage to the individual and with greater advantage to the state. It could not be controverted that companies' concerns were always subjected to heavier charges than when a man managed his own affairs; and it could not be said at pre sent that there was any want of capital to embark in any oursuit that would leave a fair remuneration for capital. Where parties profess to manage a company's business by screw-steamers, to secure to themselves a charter with limited liability, it is easily evaded; you can put into a vessel a screw, with a•one horse-power engine : she is still a screw-steamer. Eveiy shipowner in the kingdom had equally a right to have a charter of limited liability, unless a monopoly was meant 4o be created. He was not a ship owner, yet he must strongly object to charters on public grounds ; but, ns many of the gentlemen present were practical men, they would state their own views. He then expressed a hope that those chartered injuries would not be inflicted on the country. Mr. Turner, Mr. Clay, of Hull, and several other gentlemen followed in the same strain ; and, in reply, Mr. Henley said he would consider what they had so ably argued: Lord Colchester, Sir Emerson Tennent, and Mr. Booth were present. GENERAL NEWS. Monday night, the Colonial Coffee-house, Lombard street, London, was burnt down. The inmates with difficulty escaped. A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN was safely delivered of a fine female child, while travelling to London by the South-western Railway, last week. CAUTION.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wed nesday, a man named Henson was fined £lO for taking a horse having the glanders to a public fair. THE CURFEW.—TheSoutia Eastert? Gazette states that the old curfew bell at Sandwich, which has been rung daily since the time of William the Conqueror, is to be discontinued. Ma. DAVID MAssow, one of the contributors to the Athenottni, has been appointed to the vacant professor ship of English language and literature at the London University. DR. MANTELL. the geologist, died last week. He first practised at Lewes, and successively removed to Brighton and London. As a scientific man he was more imaginative tban profound. MR.JOHN WATTS, of Frome, has died of what is termed a broken heart, caused by excessive and continued grief at the loss of his daughter. Sarah Watts, who was bru tally murdered in Sept., 1851. BRUTALITY.—A person, named King, was last week sent to the London House of Correction for roasting a live cat. His wife and a friend were looking on whilst the inhuman deed was being committed. DR. BIRKIIECK, the founder of Mechanics' Institutes, died lately, leaving his widow in impoverished circum stances. The offer of a pension of £5O a-year, charged on the civil list, has been declined by Mrs. Birkbeck. A NEW DRESS has been invented, called costume royale, combining the mantle, gilet, and dress in one garments which may be slipped on and off without the least trouble, and yet preserves the most graceful outline. ADVICE TO PEDESTRIANS.—When you feel very much jaded by a long walk, and hardly able to go further, if you can swallow a cup of tea and a bit of toast or biscuit, and pour a wine-plass of whisky into your shoes ' keeping ••, if good for another hour or two of hard tramping DETERMINATION OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, Apoplexy, &c.. effect u fly prevented by the occasional use of Framp- ton's Pi of the s L, by strengthening the action tins a healthy and regular di ce of those symptoms of this f the brain, nts a recurri )rder, giddii alarrning diso re an ex strength, ing or pi vizorate tl , n ale n on t E meat Elwin govern- Tea LATE FLOODS.-4 gentleman, residing at Thorne!. near Wakefield, states that the inundation on his premises was so extensive that, a few days since, he was considering the propriety of building ,a small ark for the safety of him self and domestics. ARRIVAL OF GOLD.—The Maitland, which sailed from Sydney on the 26th of June, has arrived with 14,325 ounces of gold valued at about £57,000. The ship Eagle arrived in London on Saturday from Port Philip in 76 days, with 150,000 ounces of gold on board. FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—A young man, in the employ of a brewer at Radstock, having been entrusted to attend to the fires under the brewing furnace, one night last week, fell asleep on a platform level with the top of it ; and, waking in a fright, staggered into the boiling liquid. He died a few hours afterwards. Tee LYING IN STATE.—The coroner's jury who sat on the inquest upon the bodies of the two women who were crushed to death, on Saturday week, at Chelsea Hospital, have returned a verdict of accidental death, accompanied by an expression of regret that better ar. rangements were not adopted by the police authorities for the public safety. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—OR Friday afternoon Mr. John Beach Dodd, the paymaster to the 50th Regi ment. expired at Fulwood Barracks, from the effects of drinking a quantity of vitriol, which he had taken by mis take, supposing it to have been water. The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally poisoned." The remains of the deceased were interred on Wednesday afternoon, in St. Paul's Churchyard, with military honours, in presence of a large concourse of spectators.—Preston Pilot. DARING ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—John Barrow, a con vict under sentence of ten years' transportation, in Dart moor prison, succeeded in breaking out of his cell, and effecting an entry into the room of Mr. C. Male, one of the wardens of the prison, where he attired himself in a full scat of that officer's wearing apparel, taking in addi tion a number of valuables belonging to him. He then coolly walked out of the prison, the gatekeepers conceiving it was Mr. Male, giving him ready egress, and he got clear off with his booty. BURNS' LETTERS.—At the recent sale of Mr. Tait's library in Edinburgh, much interest was excited when the volume of autograph letters from the poet Burns to the late George Thomson, came to be submitted. This col lection, enriched as it was by some of Burns' finest criti cisms on our Scottish melodies, and by many of his noblest lyrics, attracted the attention of all connoisseurs and literary men. After a brisk competition, the volume was knocked down to an English nobleman, at the sum of £273 ; but it is understood that, in all probability, it will remain in Scotland. FATAL SHIPWRECK.—Some serious shipwrecks have taken place in the Madras Roads during a heavy gale, with terrific squalls, with which that coast was visited on the Bth ultimo. In the early part of the gale the Successor, Captain Henderson, belonging to Shields, parted both her chains, and, notwithstanding that every possible effort was made to get her clear of the land, she drove on shore, became a total wreck, and 64 persons were drowned. The Successor was bound for Rangoon. In the same gale the schooners Struggle and Poppy, and several native vessels, were driven on the beach, and became total wrecks. THE CASE OF MISS CAMPBELL.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, an application was rode, in refer ence to the case of Ann Campbell, charged with having stolen some articles of jewellery, that the trial might be postponed until the next session, in consequence of the illness of the prosecutrix, Mrs. Phillips, who was at Exe ter, and, as appeared from an affidavit, was unable to leave. A medical certificate to the effect was appended to the affidavit. As Mrs. Phillips could not attend, the bill could not be taken before the grand jury. There was no opposition on the other side, and the accused could not be prejudiced, as she was out on bail. The court was, therefore, asked to enlarge the recognizances until the next session. The application was granted. RAGGED SeuooLs.—Some important decisions have lately been come to by the Committee of Council on Education, in reference to grants to Rsgged Schools. Although not entitled to grants of money on the same conditions required for regular district schools, other forms of aid are offered. Boys having certificates of con tinued good character, and of aptitude to teach, may be apprenticed to the master on the ordiaary terms. Besides the usual grants for books and maps, money will be given for hire of rooms or workshops to the amount of half the rent, and for the purchase of tools and implements of labour. In certain cases where master workmen are en gaged for the industrial training of the boys, an allowance not exceeding 10s. a-year for each pupil will be made. THE STAFFORDSHIRE MllRDER.—Justice has at length succeeded, through the over-cunning of one of the mur derers, in arresting him, and affording a clue to his ac complices. An Irish vagabond, in his efforts to screen himself and implicate the son of the deceased in the hor. rible crime of parricide, has been the means of bringing to light the truth as to the really guilty parties in the murder of an aged couple. At the adjourned inquiry held on Saturday, Henry Blackburn, the youngest son of the couple who were so brutally murdered on the night of the 24th of October, was brought up for a further remand. One of the witnesses, named Charles Moore, an Irish man, who was in the habit of occasionally working for the old people, handed in, at the request of Mr. J. H. Hatton, chief constable of Staffordshire, a written state trent of what he knew respecting the threats held out by Henry Blackburn against his father. The handwriting and spelling corresponded with letters received a few days previously by Hatton, staring that the writer knew who were the murderers. Mr. Hatton then charged him with being the writer; and, after a little hesitation, he con fessed that he had sent them. On being left alone with Inspector Anderson, that officer observing his excited state of mind, suddenly asked him what time he left home. He replied " One o'clock." Anderson then charged him with the murder, when he confessed that himself and four others committed the deed, or were ac• cessaries to it. The inspector then informed the chief constable and magistrates, who were in an adjoining room, and the statement made by Moore was taken down in writing and duly signed. The inquiry will be resumed on Tuesday.— Wokerharnplon Herald. —Mr. Mullen, a Romish priest, has tistical account of the losses DECAY OF PorERT published the foil which the Papal system has sustained in America:— " The present population of the United States is about 25,000,000, and of these the Catholic Church claims only 1,980,000. From the year 1825 to 1844, 1,250 000 left Ireland, one million of whom came to America ; the pro portion of Catholics among them may be very fairly esti mated at 800,000. Since that period to the present, the numbers who emigrated here from Ireland. at the lowest calculation, were 1,500,000; and taking the Catholics as above, we will have, in nine years, 1,200,000. A large number (say half-a-million) came from Germany, some from Italy, France, Belgium, and other countries, during the last ten years, half of whom were Catholics, say 250,000. Twelve years ago, America had a Catholic popu lation (according to Dr. England, Bishop of Charleston) of 1,200,000. Calculating the increase of this numbor by births, at the very small number of 500,000 and adding for converts in the larger cities and towns, 20,000, we will have the following total : Catholic emigrants from the year] 825 to 1844 800,000 Catholic emigrants from 1844 to 1852 .... 1,200,000 Catholic emigrants from other countries .. 250,000 American Catholic population 12 years ago 1,200,000 Increase by births since .. Number of converts Number who ought to be Catholics Number who are Catholics 3,970,000 1,980,000 Number lost to the Catholic Church.. 1,990.000 Say, in round numbers. 2 millions !"—Ameriean paper HORTICULTURE. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove, Greenhouse, and Conservatory.—The gardener should now pay particular attention to those hardy plants, which have been selected for forcing ; and, if they have hitherto been well cared for in a well-aired pit, they may now be removed to an early vinery, and placed on the flue, upon an inverted pot, to prevent scorching the roots ; the warmth will soon start them into active growth, but too high a temperature must be avoided. The best plants for this purpose are Roses, especially Moss Roses, Lilacs, Syringes, Wiegela Rosea, Dentzia Seabra, the fine hybrid Azaleas and Rhododendrons, Kalmias Rhodora Canaden sis, and the Pernettias. If a good stock of these be pro vided, they will. when mixed with a choice selection of Narcissuses, Hyacinths, Van Thal Tulips and Chinese Primroses, make a good display in January and February. The Flawer, andkilehen Garden.—The excessive rains of the last three weeks have caused an entire suspension of work in those departments; and have so inundated the the soil as to make it desirable to leave everytliinz undone for the present. To attempt to work the earth now will do injury rather than good. CHESHIRE AND WALES CHESHIRE MILITIA.--Capt. C. 11. White, late of the 14th Foot, has been appointed Adjutant of the Cheshire Militia. NEW MAYORS.—Mr. Adam Eyton has been elected mayor of Flint, and Mr. Edward Humphrey Griffith mayor of Denbigh, for the ensuing year. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended the 14th instant.:—Passengers, parcels, Sze., £2464 ss. 4d. ; goods, £lO3O 7s. 10d. ; total, £3494 135. 2d. Increase over the corresponding week of last year, £B5O 9s. Bd. CHESTER AND HOLTIMAD.—TIie officers anti employes of this company have presented a very handsome testi monial to J. 0. Binger. Esq., the manager of this line, as a mark of their respect and attachment to that gentle man. Upwards of £l2O was subscribed, and the pre sentation took place at Bangor, at the house of Mr. Lee, the engineer of the line. ABBOT'S GRANGE.—This large residence and spacious grounds to the north of the town, and on the turnpike road to Liverpool, have been taken for academical pur poses by Dr. Brindley, who intends to remove his estab lishment thither from Tarvin Hall. The Doctor, we are informed, will forthwith commence extensive additions to the existing buildings, arid the trade of the city cannot but benefit by the expenditure which a seminary of up wards of 120 youths requires.. AF Dr. Brindley's reputa tion is now a public one, it is needless to urge the advan tages to parents of profiting by his scholistic excellence. —Chester Chronicle. LAMENTABLE SITICIDE.—On Monday, a most horrible and determined suicide was committed by a man named Samuel Parry, a stonemason, lodging in Pool -lane, Rhyl. He had been left by himself in the evening, with a Wes leyan hymn-book in his hand. Shortly afterwardsa fellow lodger returned home, and hearing Parry moving about up stairs, called out to him, but, receiving no answer, went up and was horrified at seeing the poor man lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with the hymn-book and razor near him. He immediately procured the assistance of Dr. Lodge, who examined the wound, which measured five inches the bow€ in the a', 10 ,and a part O Is protruded al of the sur He expired in a fe - w minutes after 4 a lift! erpool _ Is Inn, before Peter Parry, ted several ea 8 verch temporary m IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, Nov. 16 MANNING THE NAVY, In answer to a question from Lord Brougham, the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said there was a committee under the Board of Admiralty now sitting to inquire ge nerally into the state of the manning of the navy, and embracing everything connected with the condition of our seamen. It had been sitting for several months, but no report had yet been made. The committee was com posed of many most distinguished officers, in whose judg ment the greatest confidence could be placed, and who would ever have prominently in view the good of the service.—Lord BROUGHAM said, when he spoke of expense, he had in his eye the undoubted fact of the wages being so much better in other branches of the sea service than in our navy ; and, not only in our own merchant service, but in the American service. The Bills of Exchange and Notes Bill was passed through all its stages. THE DUKE'S FUNERAL. The report of the committee appointed to consider the best mode in which the House could assist at the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington was brought up ; and, on the motion of the Earl of DERBY, it was resolved—" That the House be represented in the procession by the Lord Chancellor alone." LAW REFORM. The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded to state what stopshad been taken in order to carry into execution the bills passed last session in regard to :he Court of Chancery and other matters connected with that court, and the measures which the Government proposed on the subject of Law Reform generally. There were three bills already passed as regarded the Court of Chancery. The first was for abolishing the office of Master in Chancery, and intro ducing a new system, called a chamber system. The next was for " the improvement of the jurisdiction of equity," and the third was " The Suitors in Equity Relief Act," which certainly had afforded great relief in the reduction of salaries and the abolition of what appeared to be use- ration, and he believed they would have the effect of making the delays in Chancery no longer proverbial. Without any undue haste, which of all things was to be deprecated, he believed that questions of property could now be decided more rapidly in the Court of Chancery than in any other court in the country. His lordship proceeded to describe the nature of the two funds out of which the costs of the administration of just; and the means proposed still further to r, e were paid, lace those costs. Another small hill was connected masters extraordinary in Chancery with the subject of the Tie proposed to have and to a registry for transacting their basin away the fees now charged by these gentlemen regard to lunatics : at present one kind of court had ju risdiction in one place, and another in another, end the utmost confusion prevailed. He proposed an extended investigation into the working of these courts, and the es tablishment of one simple rule for the courts of the whole country. Besides the other authorities over lunatics, the act called Lord Shaftesbury's Act had appointed eleven commissioners, whose duty it was to look after the ma nagement of the .sylums from time to time In the I it a course of time the existing acts had been found to require several amendments, which were now in progress ; and he had reason to believe that every object which had hitherto impeded the well-working of the commission would be re moved. Another small bill which be should introduce was connected with the patent laws, substituting stamps in lieu of fees. He had also great satisfaction in stating that it wns the intention of Government to proceed with a digest of the criminal law. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 The Rlyal Assent was given by commission to the Bills of Exchange Some regulations were announced as to the attendance of peers at the Duke's Funeral, and the House adjourned till Friday. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, QUARANTINE In reply to a question from Earl St. G'rmans, the Earl of MALMESBURY said be would shortly lay upon the table of the house every information respecting the sani- tary contercn Commissioners of Customs on the subject of quarantine ris, anc RAILWAY MANAGEMENT In reply to a question from Lord Redesdale, Lord CoL CHESTER said that the Government did not intend to in troduce any bill for the regulation of railways. DUKE'S FUNERAL The Earl of DEItBY addressed their lordships in an eloquent speech, in which he congratulated the house on the successful manner in which the funeral arrangements of the previous day had been carried out; and spoke most favourably of the conduct of the police and the troops, at the same time paying a high tribute to the or derly behaviour of the public. He concluded by pro nouncing an impressive panegyric on the character of the late Duke of Wellington. --......-.---- HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—TUESDAY, Nov. 16. Lord STANLEY, in answer to Mr. Hume, with regard to the imprisonment of Mr. Newton at Verona, stated that the gentleman in question had not in the first in stance pursued the proper means of obtaining redress ; but that on the representation of his case through the Foreign office, the Austrian authorities had explained the oc currence as a mistake of the officials, and expressed their regret REFORM IN THE CUSTOMS In answer to a question whether it wl the government to bring in a bill to car ention of out the recom- mendation of the committee appointed last session to in- quire into the constitution and management of the board of customs, the CHANCELLOR of the ExcitEctuEß said he had transmitted the report of the committee to the port to him u a very elaborate one, only last month. H considered it ; and it was the intention of government to place on the table a treasury minute indicating all the changes which they thought ought to take place in the present administration of the customs, and some of the changes would require legislative interposition. THE DUK r•UNBRAL Sir C. WOOD brought up the report of the select com mittee appointed to inquire into the necessary steps to be taken by the house for attending the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington THE SIENIILE-BRIDGE AFFAIR On a motion FITZG ALD for a report a ler's innuest at. Sic mile-bridge, which he prefaced with condemnatory of the proceedings of the government in this affair, Mr. NAPIER said, there was no possible ob jection to the production of the evidence at the•proper :ions strongly time ; but, as the subject was the Court of Queen's Bauch in convenient to defer the motion Court had been pronounced it woul sion, which was done at the requisition of the ma- The motion was withdrawn. gistrates of the county COUNTY ELECTIONS. On the motion of Lord R. GROSVENOR, leave sv given to bring in a bill for restricting the polling at coun elections to one day. THE STEAMER MELBOURNE On the motion of Mr. DIVETT, an order was made for copies of all correspondence between the admiralt Mr. Scott Russell, on the subject of, and stateme the ultimate terms and conditions of the sale effected to sold to the Royal Australian Steam-ship Company under the new name of Melbourne ; and report of the surveyor of the admiralty on the state of this ship ; also, any spe cial one which may have been made immediately previous to her departure with Her Majesty's mails for the Austra lian colonies Upon the motion of Mr. HERRIEs the following were appOinted the Select Committee on Indian Territoiies : Mr. Herries, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, Mr. Baring, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Labouchere, Sir James Graham, Mr. Alderman Thompson. Sir William Moles- worth, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Viscount Cobden, Mr. Hardinge, Mr. Milner G files, Sir James Hogg. Mr. Hume, M Jocelyn, Al lir. Mai Mr. Ve Bankes non Smith, Mr. Robert Hild Mr. Spooner, Mr. Keogh, Mr Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Edwnrd Ellie( 1, Mr. James W eaulev, Lord Stanley d Viscount Pal merston THE DUKE'S FUNERAL On the order of the day for going into committee of supply, Lord D. STUART complained that no estimate of the expense attending the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington had been laid before the house, and that all the cost of the pageant should have been incurred by the prerogative ; and Mr. S. CARTER condemned the expen diture of any money whatever upon a pageantry which could benefit neither the dead nor the living. THE FINE ARTS The house went into committee, Mr. Wilson Patten took the chair, and a supply was voted to Her Majesty with reference to the paragraph in the speech on the ad vancement of the fine arts and practical science. WEDI ESD AY, NOVEMBER 17 MORTALITY IN AFRICA In answer to a question as to the truth of a newspaper report stating that all the officers on board the ship Dover on the African station had been carried of by disease, Mr. STAFFORD said that the advises which had been received from the African station ,ould lead to the belief that the rate of mortality was below the average. MR. VILLIERS MOTION The following was announced as the form of Mr. Vil liers' motion for this day (Tuesday) : " That it is the opinion of this house that the improved condition of the country, and particularly of the indus trious classes, is mainly the result of recent commercial legislation, and especially of the act of 1846, which esta blished the free admission of foreign corn ; and that that act was a wise, just, and beneficent measure. _ . _ " That it is the opinion of this house that the main • tenance and further extension of the policy of free trade, as opposed to that of protection, will best enable the pro perty and industry of the nation to hear the burdens to which they are exposed, and will most contribute to the general prosperity, welfare, and contentment of the people. " That this huuse will be ready to take into its consi deration any measures consistent with the principles of this resolution which may be laid before it by Her Ma- jesty's ministers TIIE DUKE'S FUNERAL. Same discussion took place as to the order to be observed at the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington, and the house shortly afterwards adjourned till Friday. FRIDAY, ,VEBIBER 19 A petition. con M•Tuggart, for W g of t Sir John HE TVRKISEI LOAN In reply ton qu TANLEY said it would t expedient to lay upon tee respect to the Turkish Lc 'urkish gcv I he hoped y settle( Lord NAAS, it the system t was not ly alteration in ILLIERS'S : CHANCELI ,NDIf ENT to improve the condition and increase the comforts of the working classes; and that, unrestricted competition having been adopted, after due deliberation, as the principle of our commercial system, this House is of opinion that it is the duty of the Government unreservedly to adhere to that policy—(laughter from the Opposition)—in those measures of financial and administrative reform which, under the circumstances of the country, they may deem it their duty to introduce." AFFAIRS OF INDI VERNMENT XCHEQUI lion, bas mainly Contributed ACCIDENT THE KAFFIR WAR Sir J. PAKINGTON, in answer to Lord John Russell, stated that the intelligence from the Cape had very much confirmed the view he had previously expressed, that there was a prospect of a speedy termination of the war. Further time had been taken, however, to consider the constitution about to be granted to the colony. SITTING OF CONVOCATION. Mr. WALPOLE, in reply to Sir John Shelley, stated that coverntnent had no intention of interfering with con vocation, unless that body would ask the crown to license them to deliberate. He declared that nothing should in duce him to advise the Crown to grant a licence to con vocation to make canons, a course which, in h optnio would he destructive to the Church of England THE DERBY ELECTION Sir A. Cocxounac was about tWiiri under considera tion the petition of the electors of Derby, complaining of the conduct of Major Beresford, and charging him with being a party to brihery_at the last election for Derby, when The SPEAKER said, he thought it his duty to invite the attention of the House to what he considered an informality in respect to the petition to which the pro posed motion referred. If the House should concur in opinion with him, of course the debate could not be Proceeded with. He then quoted that portion of the act of the 11th and 12th of Victoria, which declared what should be deemed an election petition. By the statute in question it was provided that every petition presented to the House within a prescribed time, and complaining of an undue election, &c., and which was subscribed by some persons who had voted, or had a right, or claimed to have a right. to vote at the election, should be deemed an election petition. Now, the present petition began by stating that the petitioners were electors 'of the borough of Derby, and voted at the last election of members to serve in the present Parliament. Another allegation was, that " the return of Thomas Berry Horsfall was procured by illegal and corrupt means, and by an organized system of bribery, which was resorted to and succesfully carried out, for the purpose of procuring, and which did procure, the ntition proceeded to pray the House to institute a full and searching inquiry into the allegations and into the proceedings of the Right Hon. W. Beresford with reference to the last election for the borough of Derby. The question then was, whether the allegation that the return of Thomas Berry Horsfall was procured by corrupt means and by an organized system of bribery ought not to be considered an allegation complaining of an undue retrn. i return imitted the validity of the ohjec ' said that, as he could draw the petition bound to say that Sir A. COCKBURN tions raised by the Speaker, an not struggle against them, he would w at the same time, he wa the duty of the petitioners to give Major Beresford an opportunity of meeting the charges against him with the least possible delay. Sir J. Y. BULLER said, that, on the part of the Secre tary at War, he was prepared to enter into all the cir cumstances of the case. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that some means should be devised for bringing the matter at an early period under the consideration of the house. LAW IN IRELAND On the motion of Mr. WRIT. bring in a bill to amend the proeedure in the superior courts of common law in Ireland. CALL OF ESIDE, leave was given to HOUSE Mr. HttxtE moved that the hot: Monday, in order, he said, to insur members upon Mr. Villiers' motion After a short discussion, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER said he would not oppose the motion. Some opposition, however, being manifested, the house divided, and the motion of Mr. Hume was carried by a majority of 147 to 142. be called over on full attendance of , use adjourned at a q xter past seven COURT AND FASHION The Queen and Pi illustri on N,V4 •inre Albert. accompanied by us ford Inesdar he Royal Fairlily. and returned to Wind and next day, some of several to town from W Dn , the ltoy party again ON DIT that the widow of Count d'Orsay will shortly Ithy E THE QUEEN has directed letters patent to pass under rest seal, granting the dignity of a Knight unto a'Beckett, Esq., Chief Justice of the colony of William Victoria THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY sent an invitation to Abel-el- Kader to spend a few days with him in London, and to profit hy the oce.asion to Witt.' mony for the Duke of Wellington. funeral cere- TING of the CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS of the House of Commons took place on Monday, last week, for the purpose of hearing from the Premier an exposition of the course of policy arid action intended to be pursued by himself and his Government. About 250 members of the Lower House accordingly assembled in Downing-street, and were addressed by the noble lord at considerable The addr Lord Dei untouched, no pur eceived with enthu- e feel we ursday, in " Winte of the purest -e yet a third :y was I rby, after its delivery, invited le of the points he had advanced. a voice raised even for the lest of the det his lord- .e solve to support thoroughly the measures of Lord Derby's Administration was as unanimous as if only one mind had animated the whole MUSIC AND THE DRAMA ROYAL of her jewel Isabella. in AMPIIITHEATRF asure f 3ne of tl stamp, t tan rev a prefer a hero] sere is provision made on T iliss Glyn's Hermione is Henry of reader creative, masterly —Owing to ti wlll re rn, will not Queen Katharine, in tone a powerful attraction ? Who cloys not carry with him, in mental vi 'ons in this characi portrait of the S 1, the famous Miss Glyn the art is e death then, initative, is work the drama to-morrow _ and we shall be much mistaken if the anger," . and the " School for Scandal," will no t ,zave more than a benefit in name. Let Miss Glyn's ther round her on Friday. This is numerous admirers g ,he very best way to secure a return of such t she cam imper continued We speak of t Macbeth closes Dillon I onations THE MARIONETTES supported, ft during ti SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGISTRATION In the Court of Common Pleas, on Saturday, the case of Burrell, appellant, v. Buckmaszer, respondent, was ' and before the full court. frnn the d The appeal i riater for South Lancashire, who rejected the appellant's claim, upon which eight other cases depended. It ap peared that, according to a very common tenure of land in Lancashire, some land in Mquchester was granted by the owner in fee, reserving a rent-charge of £l4 ls. 7J. The tenant of this land granted the appellant a part of it, snbject to a rent-charge of £4 odd, and covenanted to indemnify him from his legal liability to the greater rent charge, giving him security to that extent on other pro perty. The revising barrister held that the appellants, land, being liable to the whole of the rent-charge of £l4 is. 7d., was not worth 40s. a year above all coats and charges, and refused the claim. Mr. Serjeant Byles contended that the superior rent charge must be apportioned to each part of the land ac cording to itsgvalue, and that, even if the rent-charge for the whole of the land were levied from the appellant, be would have a right of contribution from the holders of n the that the rest of the land. The Lord Chief Justice said, it seemed to him that the revising barrister's decision was inco:rect, and that the claimants were entitled to have their names placed on the register of voters. The case did not state what must be taken a n n d d w a a s s thsueffibcaiseisntoftodecision,we r thea s balance of charge beyond the sum of £4 odd, which wa s li. d d value, strai an lal a be t i l he d aornugotets of. £ everyl4 The s . inch meaning id., o which f t hoe f wasnh i tha t ad t. charged upon the whole land, when fairly apporti one d . In that case it seemed to him that the amount to b e de ductedfrom the value of the premises was £4 5 5., the a onel tutes y of Henry VI. th e voter must have a to be gathe re d f rom the other portions of t pfn"Ufr h aroei e onerdvdih s ie t yocs a iu'ralo t dbpt u n htp t oeol e f ers, statutes above iwastai which were what the voter might expend by the year. He apprehended the correct view was, what amount in the result the voter would he entitled to re ceive as the ultimate value of the property, and which he might therefore expen d , It ~__, , .. was admitted,in point of of the revising b !barge was apportioned the appellant nd he might therefore answer to the expend that amount. _ But it was 3e his land was not, however. and was d be en- ke an ac ge, Waver- his horse id Castle- s thrown out e, but the gig quity or hi law to a return o of what rntn;, should yet the appellant wo so that when he eatne to the balance he mi g h t st il l f •• past eight e Cott to her tr 4 NT plays in lly liable to the L! hied it