The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-27 00:00:00

May 27, 1845. Loral anb Vrainrial gehls. Boughey, keeper of the Bridewell, has been ap pointed inspector of hackney coaches for Birkenhead. ~ A sub scr i pt i on is on foot to enlarge the R oman Catho ae chapel of St. Werburg, Birkenhead. TThe royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, which left Boston he 16th, may be expected on Thursday. The brig J osep h P . D o b ree , o f thi s por t, h as b een Wrecked on Folly Reef, off Haiti, according to the advices from the West Indies. The n ew market at Birkenhead will, it is expected, b e Pened in about six or eight weeks. The interior, which IS extremely light and elegant, has two fountains in it. T he Manch es t er P ar k s C omm itt ee h ave p urc h ase d fo r ;third par k 31 acres of land in the Township of Brad 'rd, from Lady Houghton at £2OO per acre. 5 NUI SANCES.—On Wedneay eight persons were fined e aoh, by Mr. Rushton, forallowing offensive matter to run from their stables in Frederick-street. e!GUANO --About two hundred tons were sold last week 'rB£4 15s to £5 10s. Small quantities of Peruvian a SU ICIDE.—Last week, an old woman, aged 60. of the e a9le Lythgoe, at Warrington, put a period to her xistence by taking poison. t L ast week, a b oy name d Fi s h, a t L e yl an d, near Pres me was amus i ng hi mse lf w i t h sw i ng i ng, w h en t h e rope acci dentally got round histneck, and he was hanged. t At the Salford sessions, on Monday, Samuel Walker, late of Pendleton, and John Potter mac Esq., son of the Sir Thomas Potter, qualified asmagistrates for this co unty. ti l E aTriErt.—On Tuesday the first sale by auction in town of British tanned leather took place by Messrs. hi nerey and Co. The sale was well attended, many Pai'ties having come from a distance. and more business tha n was expected was done at fair prices. 11 11 M ANSLAUGHTER.—A turn-out collier, at Dukinfield, H t has', yen committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. Hand a woman , i n a s t ate o f i n t ox i ca ti on , were strug 'use her in g togeth ' er and the latter received such bruises as to " death. b QUEENS'S BIRTHDAY.—This event is to be cele ;ated to-day ' when the military stationed in the town the n Parade in a field near Shaw-street, Everton ; and, in mI, evening, hi s wors hip th e M a y or wi ll en t er t a i n , a t th e ° ° wn-hall, the consuls of different nations, the naval and military officers, the heads of departments, &c. A Btu ,NDER.—Forrester, the London police-officer, ar - " here on Tuesday last, to arrest a man who had ab ""aded from Amsterdam with 40,000 florins. In company ari f o th the Dutch consul. he found the fugitive about to sail r America in the Cambria, but when about to make the arrest, discovered that he had nu authority. The delin laent sailed for Boston. w TE sTtatostrae.—On Wednesday last, a public dinner a 8 given to Mr. Sumner, surgeon, of Formby, at the ci 'to• rch House Inn, for his exertions and successful ac lishonent in ope te ning the town's meetings, and equal , mg the parish ras, during his holding the office of sur a4°,,—a task w hi c h h as b e e n t r i e d for upwards of forty o a w r o si . but, until now, unsuccessfully. About forty sat of ti lsTatcT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting Leis soci e t y was held on Tuesday. The subscriptions ha d a been larger than the previous year, but the donations o,legacies had fallen o. During the year 17,873 cases ( 1° 1 " recei ve d the bounty ff of the society. The amount of () p o sits has increased. The committee are in great want s 'isitors. Th e r e s ol u tio ns pas s ed at the meeting are in ur a dvertising columns. gt LA MENTAI3LE COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—We regret to e ; tt e that, owing to some as yet unascertained cause, an eaPlosion of fire-damp took place about noon on Mon- WT; in one of Mr. Pearson's collieries, at Ince, near w n 'ga, n, by which Mr. Carter, the under agent of the works, W a s killed and two others most seriously injured, one of ree ° o ' v o e , r a man named George Dawson, is . not expected to h eld ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday, an inquest was l." on Eleanor Carter, aged 6 years, who was run over t,a cart in Spitalfields ; the wheels passed over her o a d and she was killed on the spot. No blame attached I the d r i ver. On Thursday, on William Fletcher, of ~,r a ck stock-street, who, on the 23d ultimo was hurt by a i . ti at at Mr. Chadwick's brickfield, at Windsor, of which Juries he died, after lingering until that morning. at half Cambria steamship sailed on Tuesday afternoon, a r , c i'aa-past five o'clock, for Halifax, taking out the mails Is e a Considerable number of passengers, amongst whom Its the newly-appointed Bishop of Frederickton, Canada. lordship p reac h e d i n the morn i ng a t St. Peter's , tt roli, in a id o f th e S oc i e ty f or th e P ro p aga ti on o f the ,t 6t lP . el in Foreign Parts. The sum collected was about T sr . ARMY.—On Saturday evening a depot of the 48th askgt of Foot, consisting of fourteen officers and 293 and file, arrived here, by railway, from Hull, and 1 1 ,1 1 ed Yesterday by the steamer Dee, for Cork, where they o i',lo be stationed for the present. On Sunday a depot Z i ,. l e 90th Light Infantry, consisting of ten officers and to o rank and file, arrived here, in the steamer Dee, from re ;lc, and proceeded yesterday, by railway, to Hull, to Pl ace the depot of the 48th. theld ° DEN DEATHS.—On Wednesday an inquest was tp °n Rebecca Cornah, an infant, whose parents reside re mbroke-gardens. The deceased died suddenly from h:plisions. On Jane M`Mahon, aged 28, who, with her I re s l ya nd, a labourer, was on her way to this country from *C a m', in the steamer Finn M'Coul, that morning, and ai e e , i near the rock light she was suddenly taken ill and W as t romediately. On a post-morm examination death found to be the result of serous apoplexy. Ti s „ at STEAMER PRINCESS ROYAL.-1 his superior %Viler, having received new boilers and being put into tl4"gla working trim, has resumed her station between ter Port and Greenock. Her recent first trip hither, with sh e g° , was made in fifteen hours and a half. To-morrow thi W ill commence running with passengers only between th e Port and Greenock, always leaving at four o'clock in a lor a!tern oon , an d arr i v i ng at G reenoc k so ear l y next sh oh 'llog as to enable passengers to arrive in Glasgow ita l `?: nine o'clock, We hope her spirited proprietors h ave that support the experiment so well deserves. (VisPactor A. M'Donald, and officers 106 (Poole) and 199 k r ' b rd l'), were ordered on Wednesday to be suspended by tt o ,'"ushton, for h av i ng improperly taken four menand two tsted Bridewell. nto Bridewell. The last-mentioned parties consti sse a Privat e p ar ty i n a h ouse i n F ox - s t ree t, on T ues d ay , list, were singing a glee, w h en th e o ffi ce r s cam e u p an d wh e ned at the window. The officers were told to leave, ma r some words ensued, and the whole party were di„Foed off to Bridewell. On Wednesday Mr. Rushton tor'oarged them, and very properly suspended the inspec an officers Es ts l4 -TR FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.—On Tuesday an \\ 1 4 ,,,,,!t was held on the body o f Ja mes M ass ey, t rave ll er , 41,', 1 ",tigton, who was bitten by a cat on the back of his tak e in January last. Deceased, while on a journey, was th er e unwell at Congleton, and was advised by a doctor N e i l to get home as soon as he could. He grew worse, t,a, ed home on Saturday week, and was attended by 4 eh,"urgeon s , who found deceased to complain much of tlti q l thirsty and shortbreat hed. but still he could not ; also parted with large quantities of saliva.. tom Pronounced the case to be one bearing every syrnp hos y hdrophobia. A verdict of " Died by the visite- T T o f God" was given! tw o THERN HOSPITAL.—On Thursday the election of of th P aYsicians to this excellent charity took place. O ne tit, e vacancies was occasioned by the resignation of Dr. i ltie n 4 aY, and an additional physician is required in conse utip:e, of the new hospital, which is nearly compl e t e d, l ice° larger than the old one. R. B. Anderson, Esq. . Pr esident, presided. Dr. Tu rn b u ll was p ro p ose d by Gladsto n e, Esq., seconded by John Sothern, .Esq. ; 41'"evitt by th e R ev . T. B o ld, secon d e d b y D. Neilson, I t e o ', Dr. Sutherland by John Cropper, jun. Esq., t ti t ,""ed by C. S. Middleton, Esq. At the close of the ~ ,,t( , ,t g the numbers were found to be as follows :—for Dr. 'he t 15 7 ; Dr. Turnbull, 145 ; Dr. Sutherland, 120. 'CO first were , o f course , e l ec t e d. tphetvERPOOL ART-UNION.—The prints to which the 41i e ,!iherts to this art-union are entitled, are now being ; and it would be difficult, we think, for the :" , e 4 " . ` tee to have selected a subject that would have Joptptpore infinite satisfaction than the one they have "o r , - " - -the engraving, by Abraham Vaimbach, Esq., • M e a W ow ip. . tr. of the Imperial . AcadeTy of . St. ,. pete , rsb „, ur ff gh ,, , ; 'le 8 celebrated painting of Blind s , ,N1)1,;4 the Royal collection. Though the title of this `,e may call to mind the joys of many youthful hours, ) ,"s tin A f aintly conveys the mingled mirth . and , anxiety that nise` v Pi cted in every countenance. NA , le s picture is, tt lts t ,er, too well known and appreciated to need com lie this print is classed as the best o f copi es , an d 0 4 15 7 does justice to the origin a l, conveying the true the painter in an excellent and spirited engraving. t op r ve already seen several of them framed, and some • hie c,, tismen have produced designs expressly adapted . Print. In papier mache'e they look exceedingly o ak' t pa rticularly as the rich relief and elaborate antique i h katP,ing, so applicable to that material, harmonise mte r i o ,u , lv with the general character of the picture—the p 1 of an Old English oak-furnished mansion. o.ttlre" . 'S CONFECTIONARY ESTABLISHMENT.—On ti t till,„a,l; (her Majesty's birthday) this establishment was t:siti:Liy illuminated, and the window was a perfect cu. N il In the centre stood afac-simile of the tower . built 1441 0 Memorate the grand tournament at Eglinaon s; i n August 1839. The design was worked in sugar, t e 'titie t e ,Od thirty:nine inches high, being seventy-two til l , Of , l e, base. It was enclosed in a glass shade, on the t e ‘4l4,,lch was a representation of her Majesty's crown, il:',,er" th ' e e l l worked in sugar and gold. To the right of the te was a model of her Majesty's throne in the s t ( liis te ,'es of Parliament, now in course of erection, sur ti,her hY four triumphal arches. A handsome figure ld, t • 'l , '"i. a j e stY, with her attendants, was seen in the inte sl°4 t i;"ts, which was also in sugar, and enclosed in a i c ,en se a fle 4 , was a work of very considerable labour and st r a of t , 1 o the left of the tower there was a representa st 'T steepl e an d sp i re o f St. M ic h ae l' s Church, Pitt eiais it stood before it was stru c k by li g ht n i ng i n 1811. Oht of s ti also enc l ose d i n a g l ass s h a d e. O n t h e extreme 4 e th e de window there was a sugar work representation uke of York's Column, as viewed from St. 4, o ,Park, Lond on , an d on th e ex t reme l e ft a mo d e l o f etlthr,4Bn2terit erected to the memory of his late Royal tsn the l r aas in 'ne Duke of Sussex. A grand ornamental arch ted th e ent i re collection, and materially height tonfeeffect of th e scene , s h ow i ng w h a t can b e d one i n le o s alP n e tionary line. Her Majesty's birthday cake was givs,th likthe est a bli s h ment, an d to eac h purc h aser a half e!less of th e Q ueen , on an ename ll e d car d , was Rill thirl att s• The cake, we understand will remain on a1,, 0 the week, and the decoration , s of the window re main untouched for the same length of time. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENE VOLENT SOCIETY.-O❑ Wednesday a meeting of the pro moters and others favourable to this society was held in the Bethel-room, Wapping. Captain Ward, in explaining the objects of the society, said that the great difference between it and the Merchant Seamens' Fund was that the former was voluntary and the latter compulsory. Every seaman knew the great difficulty there was in obtaining relief from the latter, and when it was obtained the relief only amounted to the paltry sum of 10s. Although the fund had accumulated to upwards of £30,000 in this town alone, 500 seamtn's widows were now residing in the workhouse. The Shipwreck Society had relieved from Bth May, 1839, to 31st December, 1844, 547 widows, 1891 orphans, 343 aged persons, 6881 shipwrecked persons, 528 fishermen, heads of families left destitute from storms, making in all 10,193 persons. ANOTHER MURDER AT MANCHESTER.—IsabeIIa Pil kington, who lived near Wheat-hill-street, Salford, about ten o'clock on Monday night was observed to leave home, carrying her infant child in her arms in its night dress. In about half an hour afterwards a young man who was taking a walk along the bank of the river Irwell, below Broughton-bridge, observed some object in the middle of the shallow water. He immediately called out that if she did not come out of her ow❑ accord he would send in his dog for her. In the course of a short time Pilking ton came out of the river. She was thoroughly drenched, having been over head in the river. Upon being ques tioned she admitted that she had taken her infant along with her into the river, and had dropped it into the stream. The case has been adjourned. The prisoner, who is a married woman, has only lived in the neighbourhood about five weeks, and is about 35 years of age. Her hus band is a mechanic out of employment. He left home in search of work on Sunday morning last, and has not been since seen in the neighbourhood. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—On Tuesday even ing an adjourned meeting was held ; Mr. Green in the chair. The statement of accounts for the year exhibited the following totals : Repairs of ilighways 16 6 General Charges— 729 12 9i Income Tax---- 153 19 10 General 1147 13 0 Lighting and Watching—,..-- 2282 12 0 Town-hall Establishment 10912 8 81 New 6317 6 9 General Property 71103 19 114 Breaking Stones 1090 7 7 Interest Account 4589 17 01 To Bankers. 1626 4 9 In Treasurer's 91 9 91 LIABILITIES To amount of General Bond £297,367 15 0 „ due on account of Monk's Ferry 14,286 11 8 „ Bankers 824 9 8 ~ Sundries 724 7 8 £313,203 4 0 ILL-TREATMENT OF A SHIP'S CREW.—On Friday last, five of the crew of the ship Charlotte, lately arrived from Bonny River, appeared to prefer a charge of gross ill usage against Thos. Lyon, the supercargo, and James Henry Black, the mate. It rppeared from the evidence of the men, whose names are Robert Brown, Isaac Ryan, John Neville, John Bowker, and Charles Fisher, that during the time the vessel was lying in Bonny River, they were repeatedly struck and abused by the defendants, some of them flogged with a lash soaked in pickle, kept in irons on the deck for hours together exposed to heavy rain, chained to the masts almost in a state of nudity, struck with a cutlass, and then, after such treatment, sent to scrub the outside of the ship. The defence was, that the crew bad been guilty of gross insubordination—that they were constantly in a state of intoxication—that they had stolen the rum belonging to the ship's cargo—anti that they only received such punishment as their mis conduct merited. Mr. Rushton ordered Black and Lyon to pay a fine of £5 each for the assault on Ryan, and Black to pay 50s. in addition, for the assault on Neville. The three other cases brought against them by Brown, Bowker, and Fisher, be dismissed. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—A report was read from Mr. Simpson, relative to the New Water Works, from which it appeared, that notwithstanding some trivial obstructions had occurred, the work was pro gressing satisfactorily. Mr. Gladstone complained of the danger arising to parties passing in vehicles near the ex cavations going on there, owing to the frequent blasting of the rock—it was a great nuisance to the neighbourhood as well, and the inhabitants had expressed their dissatis faction. Mr. Duncan, the superintendent of the opera tions, was called in, and after some discussion, he was re quested to use his utmost efforts to abate the nuisance, which he promised to do.—A report had been drawn up as to the collection of the whole of the rates by one set of collectors, a plan which had been suggested by the Select Vestry ; the report recommended that the proposed plan be not adopted, the committee being of opinion that it would not be beneficial to the parish. The deputation, which was to have waited on the Board at twelve o'clock, not having appeared, Mr. Procter, after the report had been adopted by the Board, moved that a copy of it be sent to the Select Vestry. It was ordered to be entered on the minutes. MRS. H. BEALE'S CONCERT.—On Tuesday evening Mrs. H. Beale made her appeal to a Liverpool audience in the Royal Assembly Room, Great George-street, which was numerously and fashionably attended, the leading at traction being Miss Birch, who was to make her first ap pearance in the provinces since her return from the Con tinent, where she had been going through a course of tui tion. The instrumental department was very effective, being aided by Mr. Geo. Eyton, Mr. J. Hermann, and several other local performers of ability. Mr. G. Holden presided at the pianoforte. In the first part, Mr. Ryalls sung a ballad, by Knight, and " The Sea has its Pearls," w th a violoncello oblieato, in his usual correct and pleas ing manner. In a duet with Miss Birch he was not appa rently so much at ease. A concerto, from Mendelsohn, on the pianoforte, by Mrs. H. Beale, was brilliantly played, and of itself was sufficient to establish that lady as a mis tress of the instrument. In a duet with Mr. Haddock on the violoncello she was equally successful. The singing of Miss Birch was delightful, and proved her to have infi nitely improved in style and finish since her residence abroad, although we can scarcely say that she pleases more than when she trusted to her less cultivated powers and her natural and expressive manner. In the second part a solo on the violoncello, by Haddock, elicited rapturous applause. On this difficult, though fine instrument, Mr. Haddock need fear no rivalry. A grand trio (pianoforte, violin, and violoncello) again brought out the powers of Mrs. Beale as a pianiste, and was deservedly admired. Miss Birch sung an aria, and a Scotch air—" Come off to the Moors"—very finely, the latter especially ; and a duet, " Flow gently, Deva," with Mr. Ryalls, elicited warm commendatio❑ for both performers. As a whole, this concert was one of the most pleasing which we have had the pleasure of attending, and reflects great credit upon all parties concerned. MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—A seaman, named Michael Moore, was brought up at the Police -court, on Friday, charged with the murder of John Campbell, boat swain of the English ship Mountaineer. Captain Isaac Bogart, which arrived at this port, from New Orleans, on Thursday. The prisoner, who is by birth an Irishman, shipped on board the Mountaineer, at New Orleans, in the name of Michael Murphy. On the 14th ult. when the vessel was about 16 days from New Orleans, he went upon deck, and, quietly putting his arm round the neck of the boatswain, stabbed him in the abdomen with his knife. He then flung away the weapon, ran up to the mate (Mr. Barrow), and attempted to push him overboard, but failed to do so, and was almost immediately secured. The subsequent conduct of the man convinced the crew that he was insane, and his statements and conduct in court certainly indicated an unsound state of mind. He had been a seaman on board of American vessels ; but, with all the excitability and suspicion of incipient mad. ness, he fancied that the crews were all hostile to him, and ;that to prevent him from obtaining a berth, they published his name in the papers. He then resolved to leave the American, and to enter the English service, and with this view he shipped on board the Mountaineer. His malady, however, did not leave him. He fancied that the crew were conspiring to throw hi:n overboard, and as serted that he once heard the whole of them enter into an oath on the Bible to accomplish their deadly purpose. One night, in his terror of the fancied conspirators, he secreted himself in the long boat, and fancied that he had been there for three days. The crew did not at first regard the wound inflicted on the boatswain as dangerous; but he assured them that his death was nigh at hand, and, speak ing of his murderer, said. " Don't hurt him ; I forgive him, and I hope God will." The unfortunate man died in about five hours after being wounded. The prisoner closed the last of his statements by saying, " I don't re co:lect that I killed the man ; but I do say that I would kill every man, if I saw him swear to take my life."--Mr. Rushton ordered that two surgeons should be sent for to examine the prisoner, and intimated that he should com mit him for trial. CHARGE OF SWINDLING.—On Thursday last, Ralph Cantrell (brother of the young man who, as we stated in our last, was committed for trial for fraudulently obtain ing goods from various tradesmen) was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with obtaining, by false pretences, a quantity of cigars from Mr. Webster, of Lime-street. The prisoner had represented himself as the keeper of the White Lion Hotel, in Chester, and ordered 41b. of cigars for the house, and 51b. for a booth at Chester races. Mr. W. at first refused to let the goods leave his shop unless paid for, but subsequently let the prisoner take them on his paying £2, and promising to send the balance by a post-office order. In a day or two after, it was found that the statement about the hotel and booth was false. After hearing the evidence, Mr. Rushton said this ap peared to him to be nothing but a naked lie, which com mon prudence ought to have guarded against. He was of opinion that the charge of false pretences would not do; it was a very bad case, no doubt, and a great imposition on this man ; but, in the present state of the law, it would not do.—Mr. Evans, solicitor, who attended for the Guardian Society, said there were several other cases in which similar orders were given.—Mr. Rushton said, " I have no'doubt this is only a part of a very serious combi nation on the part of some individuals to rob the trades men of Liverpool to a large extent, and in which they have succeeded in some degree. The whole circumstances of this case ought to be published. Here is this man holding himself out to be the proprietor of Burlington street Foundry. Here are cards and copper-plates `Ralph Cantrell and Co., Burlington-street Foundry ;" Ralph Cantrell and Co., merchants and general dealers, Church lane;' Ralph Cantrell and Co., oil and carpet dealers, Lower Tranmere. Cheshire.' "—Mr. Rushton, addressing the prisoner, said that unfortunate lad, his younger bro ther, who had no doubt been led into this by him, had been committed to take his trial at the assizes ; and if this case had not failed in a legal form, he (the prisoner) would also have been committed. There was no moral doubt of the matter, or of the nature of the occupation which he had been following for some time. He had various cards, with various occupations, at various places in the town ; and he might depend upon it, that it he continued to pursue the same course, he would come to an untimely end.—The prisoner was the❑ discharged. INSALUBRITY OF Towsrs.—On Wednesday evening, R. D. Grainger, Esq., Lecturer on Physiology at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, delivered a lecture on the above subject, at the Royal Institution, under the sanc tion of the Metropolitan and Liverpool Health of Towns Association, to a very numerous and respectable auditory. Mr. Grainger commenced by some prefatory remarks on the importance of an acquaintance with the human frame and its functions, and showed the manner in which im pure air acted upon the lungs, and vitiated the blood. Nothing was more to be regretted than the apathy dis played by all classes of the community on this subject, arising from a total ignorance of our moral and physical constitution. Undoubtedly the most potential agent in the production of disease was the vitiated state of the atmosphere. The offspring of the effluvia resulting from decomposed animal and vegetable matter —or, in other words, matter in a state of putrefaction —was fever, and, more particularly, typhus, which caused in England and Wales a slaughter of human beings exceeding that on the field of Waterloo. The causes of this atmospheric dete rioration were the imperfect or non-drainage of fluids and other impurities, the defective ventilation of habita tions, the existence of confined courts and cellars, dwell ing -houses without proper conveniences, and an insuffi cient supply of water. The drainage and sewerage at present employed, not being constructed on scientific principles, failed to answer the intended purpose. Mr. Grainger here exhibited diagrams and plans of sewers, water-closets, and ventilators, recommended by the Me tropolitan Health of Towns Association. Many of the sewers now in use being flat-bottomed, the impregnated water running through them left a deposit of solid mat ter, whereas the improved plans being of an oval shape, the impure liquid, confined in a narrower current, must run off with much greater force; thereby preventing any deposit. Mr. Grainger concluded by expressing his con viction that public attention was now roused to this all important subject, and that the inquiry into the notorious insalubrity of Liverpool would not cease until its causes were completely removed. ADJOURNED COUNTY SESSIONS.—The adjourned an nual general session of the peace for the county palatine, was held on Thursday last, in the Court- house, at Preston, for the purpose of considering the report of the committee on county expenditure, which was presented on the 9th of April last. Mr. T. B. Addison occupied the chair, and there were about thirty other magistrates present. The principal business was the adoption of a series_of motions for earring out the recommendations in the re port, embodying the appointment of a general finance committee, to have the expenditure of the whole county in review, and sub-finance committees for the several districts attached to each quarter sessions, who are to have the examination and control of the accounts per taining to those districts. The chief officers of the county are to report periodically to these committees the amounts which will be required in their respective depart ments : and the treasurer of the county is to keep his accounts in a given form, for which purpose be was au thorised to engage an additional clerk, at the annual salary of £lOO. The design of all these alterations is to lessen the expenditure of the county, which, on the average of the last four years, amounts to upwards of £BB,OOO per annum. All the resolutions for introducing the new system, which is to commence on the 24th June next, were carried. It was also`agreed to present a me morial to the Home Secretary, and to the Chancellor of the Duchy, praying that the asssize business of the county may be more equally distributed, as a means of reducing the expense of criminal prosecutions, and pro moting the public convenience. In the course of the dis cussion on this subject, the chairman mentioned that the average expense of a criminal prosecution at the Liver pool assizes was £37, at Lancaster assizes £l7, and at quarter and intermediate sessions £B. The difference arose from the length to which the assizes here were pro tracted ; whilst the chairman averred that the cases would be much better tried at sessions. The court also unani mously resolved to memorialize the Home Secretary for the transfer of the duties of inspectors and examiners of weights and measures to the superintendents of the rural police, by which a saving of £l6OO per annum would be effected, whilst the incomes from fines would be increased. The remaining part of the business was destitute of public interest, and the court adjourned after sitting nearly five hours. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee reported that there was no foundation for the charges brought against the keeper of the Point of Ayr life-boat, in reference to rendering assistance to the Mermaid. The Harbour-Masters' Committee reported that an error had been committed by Mr. Askew in signing an order for the entrance of the ship Emily into doc, to the exclusion of the Waterloo. The report was confirmed, and a copy was ordered to be sent to Mr. Askew. The Secretary read the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Wilde, which had been taken on the subject of a grant of money to the Northern and Southern Hospitals. It went to show that the contribu tions to the building in question would be an illegal ap plication of the funds—that the money which the Dock Trustees were authorised to give was not applicable to the public benefit generally, but only to persons in their own employment,—that the extent of relief afforded by each party should be the rule to regulate the amount, and that the increase of subscription must depend on the number of dock workmen receiving relief. Some remarks were made by several members on this subject, in the course of which Mr. Tobin opposed the grant, as being illegal, and said it would be much better for the Committee to put their hands into their own pockets and pay the money themselves. [This course was suggested by the chair man at the previous meeting.] The Chairman said, in allusion to some statements he was reported to have made in the House of Commons as to the inspection of the plans for landing stages, that he had one or two re marks to make. It had been said by Mr. Mallaby, at a meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, as reported in a paper which he held in his hand, that he (Mr. Moore) having solemnly declared, in his examination in chief, that he was not aware any gentleman from the commissioners of Birkenhead had attended to inspect those plans, he was bound to admit, on cross-examination, that he had seen them, but had received no official information on the sub ject. As that charged him with seeing them, it only re quired one word from him,—it was perfectly untrue, as he never saw them, and had no communication with them, and never knew any thing about them, except from hear say. He heard that they had been there, but that was some time afterwards. What he stated was, that he did not know, and, on cross-examination, that he did not know from his own knowledge, but he had heard of it. Mr. Mason, the secretary, was then referred to, who stated that the chairman (Mr. Moore) was not present, and did not know of their coming. They came on a Thursday, when he (the Secretary) was engaged in an ad joining room, and he had no notice of their intention to come. Some one came and told him that Mr. Jackson and other gentlemen were waiting, and that they wanted something. On going across the stairs he met them, and, having stated their object, they examined the models. The Chairman said it was too contemptible a thing to take any notice of, but he thought it due to the committee that they should know the truth. The Secretary then read the letter he addressed to the Commissioners, dated the 16th Dec., enclosing the correspondence between Messrs. Hartley and Rendell, to which no answer had ever been returned. Mr. Wood said he put the question to them as to the letter, and they did not know any thing about it. The proceedings soon after terminated. CORRESPONDENCE. CHURCH EXTENSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—The effort now about to be made by the congre gation assembling at St. Simon's, for the rebuilding and enlargement of their church, will, it is hoped, stimulate all faithful churchmen to contribute cheerfully their mite to carry into effect so desirable an object; and whilst their attention is directed to the spiritual destitution of this particular district, let it not for a moment be for gotten that an equally loud and urgent appeal is made to their liberality to supply the want of All Saints' Church, now in possession of the Roman Catholics. At the pre sent time there is not a church that can accommodate the poorer classes in this densely-crowded locality, which, I may observe, is daily increasing by the erection of cottage tenements. In all probability, ere long it will be requi site to remove St. Ann's Church for the purpose of open ing a thoroughfare : this will still further diminish the means of attending a place of worship under the esta blishment. Let us take a lesson from the Romanists, and emulate their zeal for proselytism, which, to appear ance, far exceeds the lukewarmness of professing Protes tants. Whatever may be the errors of their creed, their conduct in this respect is deserving of all praise, the fruits of which are visible in the number of chapels, &c., now in progress in this town and suburbs. CLERICUS HEALTH OF TOWNS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—The excitement now manifested on this very important subject, will, it may be presumed, lead to be neficial results. The great desiderata to be obtained are, a more plentiful supply of pure water, and an improved ventilation of the over-populous districts of our town. I rather think the council would satisfy the public mind, by going to parliament, at an early period, for an extension of the powers now possessed by them. The corporate estate is in a flourishing condition, and the revenue stea dily increasing. The other day we noticed the excellent prices obtained for land in Lime -street, &c., which fur nishes a strong argument for an additional outlay of the funds at their disposal, in the purchase of old, dilapidated premises for opening new or widening old streets, thereby not only paying the cost, but bringing a surplus to their coffers, as also keeping the reversion in their own hands, substituting a lease of 75 years for a freehold title. We may consider this system in the light of a perpetual spring, which will ultimately confer an almost unlimited income by the renewal of leases, &c., from which premises I argue that their true line of policy is to go on in the same path without deviat'on, both for their own interest and that of the public generally. Liverpool, 22nd May, 1845 TOWNSMAN. THE MERCURY AT FAULT AGAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—The Mercury of last Friday states that nearly two hundred persons applied for the situations recently inserted in all the Liverpool papers by the select vestry, and infers, that it free trade were granted to us by the legislature, these persons would not have applied for the situations thus advertised. It is well known to many— and if the select vestry were applied to, they could con firm the fact—that nine-tenths of the parties applying were either in regular employment or in business for themselves ; and if the editor of the Mercury will inquire, he will find that the persons elected to fill these situations are still in their usual employment, the Poor-law Com missioners not having as yet confirmed these appoint ments. TRUTH. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday, the adjourned meeting of this excellent society was held at the Amphitheatre, every part of the capacious building being crowded. . . The Rev Dr. TATTERSHALL was called to the chair, and in the course of some excellent remarks reminded the meeting that the society had for its object the pro moting of the truths of their holy religion, and that in connexion with the Established Church. Were they not, as churchmen, pledged to the propagation of religion among the heathen? lie thought they clearly were. The missionary spirit pervaded all their services. In proof of which be referred to the Lord's Prayer and the 67th Psalm, which they were constantly in the habit of using. After reading the latter, he concluded by express ing a hope that they might imbibe more of its spirit, and exemplify it more fully in their practice. The Rev. J. C. MILLER, of Chelsea, moved the first resolution. He was most delighted to see the interest manifested in the cause in Liverpool. It had been said that a missionary society was not a bad thermometer of the spiritual state of the people ; and he was glad to see the thermometer in such order. The communicants in connexion with their mission amounted to 10,000, and the nature of the increase was of the most satisfactory d'iscription, with respect to the soundness of the princi ples of the converts. In New Zealand the effects of the operations of the society had been most striking. A re markable instance of the influence of the principles of the Gospel on one of the chiefs was cited in proof of this. In Western Africa, the most interesting scene of the socie ,ty's labours, a like success had been realised. And it was gratifying to know that the health of the mission was now unprecedented. That mission had sent its first branch to Abyacoota, about ninety miles in the interior from I3adagry. If was a large and populous city, and the ut most anxiety had been expressed by the people to receive the Gospel. There was one feature connected with the schools at Sierra Leone of a very interesting kind. In stead of seeing the adult teacher with a class of little children, they would find the children surrounded by adults, sometimes a child of six years old sitting on its parent's knee, and endeavouring, with its youthful lips, to communicate the delightful lessons it had itself learned. He would now direct them to another important sphere of their exertions—the Chinese empire. He lamented to say, that in the treaty concluded with that country there was no stipulation in favour of the English missionaries, or even of the English Church, the French had put us to shame in this respect. They would be astonished when he told them that the total number of Protestant missionaries in China was thirty-one, both for England and America. Of these only three belonged to the Eng lish church, and of those only two were in connexion with that society. But what bed Rome done? Rome had got seven Popish missionaries in Hong-Kong. At Macao, six went out with the French ambassador. In the central and south-western provinces there were ten Romish bishops, four assistants, and 144 priests. Was not this a sufficient stimulus to them to put forth all their exertions? Surely it was; and he could assure them that the accounts from China were of a kind to afford them the most encouraging hopes of an abundant reward. The Rev. FREDERICK MosoD, Pastor of the Re formed Church at Paris, seconded the resolution. The association in this country had taken for the sphere of their labours South Africa ; and they now counted nine missionary stations, with sixteen missionaries. They had fifteen persons in the missionary institution at Paris ; and their income for the past year was X 4,000. They had 1,800 souls—formerly Pagan souls—in connexion with them, with the prospect of many more. They would not consider these results despicable, when they remembered that in France there were not more than a million and a half of nominal Protestants, and that of these very few possessed in any great portion the goods of this world. He was happy to say, that during the last year 190,000 copies of the Bible had been diffused through France, and during the last twenty years not less than 3,000,000 copies. And this had been done mainly through the instrument ality of that great and blessed society, the British and Foreign Bible Society. This was a real cause for rejoic ing. The diffusing of the Bible was the life and root of all their Christian enterprise. In France the Roman Ca tholic population was turning from Rome, and turning to the Bible, and that not by one, or two, or three, or a hundred in a year, but by villages, by populations, by thousands, in the north, south, east, west, and centre of the country. The speaker then entered into some details to illustrate the character of Popery in France, by show ing the desperate expedients resorted to by the priests to make proselytes, and the pretended miracles and relics employed to delude and impose upon the ignorant people. He then referred to the resurrection of the Jesuits as a proof of the progress of the Gospel in France ; but in proportion to the opposition they had to encounter should be the zeal and liberality of their friends. The Romish Propaganda had spent during the last year, in the propagation of their principles, no less a sum than £142,500 sterling. Had those whom he addressed less zeal for the truth, than the Romanists had for their lying superstition. The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE expressed his gratification at the prosperous state of this society. There are at pre sent seven or eight vessels sailing between Sierra Leone and the bite of Benin, carrying into the very heart of Africa civilization and the true spirit of Christianity. A pentecostal time was commenced in Africa, and men were hearing in about 40 different tongues, the wonderful works of God. It was becoming the land of civilization. He then alluded to the extraordinary results produced by the mission on the Banks of the Hudson and in New Zealand. He regretted that the peaceable condition of the latter country was being jeopardised by the New Zea land Company, whose object was that of pounds, shil lings, and pence, and he called upon the meeting to pray for the continued prosperity of the people of that country. He denounced the government system of education in India as a godless system, and contended that education without religion was a curse and not a blessing. The most effective opponents of the truth of God in India are the pupils connected with the government schools; and a greater fallacy never existed tha❑ that of supposing that the idolatry of India or of Rome was to be upturned by secular education. To show the identicality of the fea tures of Popery and Paganism, he referred at some length to China, asserting that the highest state of ment.il culture and civilization is compatible with the retention of idolatry. He next referred to North West America, for proof that the active emissaries of Home were the opponents of the Church of England. The Rev. HUGH M'NEILE rose amidst loud applause ; and asked whether they had ever fairly considered why the difficulty of finding missionaries still continued. He was sometimes afraid that the missionary enterprise was undertaken without feeling that it was the only way by which salvation could be carried to perishing millions. Did the meeting believe the fact, that among the tens of millions of the heathen population, there was not and could not be one holy man? and if not a holy man, then not a happy man ? They were all aware that holiness was necessary to salvation, and that pardon and the know ledge of pardon were means to an end—holiness. There fore, if the heathen were ignorant of the charac ter of God, and had no commuion with him, how could they be saved ? He would not say that this truth was doubted or denied, but he believed it was not realized, or the regret of the resolution would not have to be so per petually repeated. The fact seemed at first sight uncha ritable, but it was nevertheless a truth. It was sometimes asked, why should the millions of the heathen be lost for not believing what they never heard. This, however, was not the question ; for they all had a standard, and how ever low that standard was, their practice was lower still. Again, it was asked, did not our Lord say there was a difference between the servant who knew his master's will and did it not, and the servant who knew it not. Yes, truly, He did say so ; but it was to be recollected that both were to be beaten with stripes. The only difference was, that while unholiness would be ruin to all, it would be more tolerable for some than it would be for others. The only way of escape for all was through Jesus Christ. We had the Gospel, and the heathen had it not. Angels wers not employed to preach it, but living men. It was on this ground that the society addressed schools, mothers, and sisters. The missionary society spoke to us in our domestic circle. Do we believe what we profess ? Was the cause for which Christ died the greatest of causes ? If it was, why not rear up our sons for the missionary en terprise ? If we were willing that our children should enter the army rather than the church, did we really believe what we professed ? If mothers and sisters looked on the missionary occupation as angels did, it would be consi. dered a blessing to be engaged in such a cause. Ile pic tured to himself a heathen family, degraded below the beasts, without instinct, " working uncleanness with gree diness." He pictured to himself the mother of that fa mily, whose husband was the husband of many wives. It was a hideous picture. He turned from it to a Christian family at home, with a beloved son in the family, who felt a desire to be a missionary to inhospitable climes. He sails, reaches his destination, lie addresses the natives, God blesses his work, his heart rejoices, one native lad &votes himself to the work; the missionary may see the result, or he may be called to a brighter sphere to look down upon it from above. Compare that jewel of ever lasting brilliancy with all the achievements of statesmen and warriors ; and who would not send a son to be a mis sionary. He (Mr. M'Neile) had had a servant who felt a desire for the salvation of souls. lie offered himself to the Church Missionary Society, and went to Sierra Leone, and was put in charge of a school. There, until lately, he has been labouring, and when he came home to recruit his health, he called - on him and gave him a written ac count of what was going forward at Sierra Leone. The cv. gentleman here read the account, which was simple and interesting. This same young man brought home the ur:i!:ig of one of the black children in the school, which contai,ed a prayer that •‘ he might not fall away." He also Li•ought home a letter from a young African named Nicol, which proved the affection of the children for their teachers. Mr. M'Neile went on to express his thanks to the rev. gentleman from France, who had spoken in the earlier part of the evening, and who spoke like a man who felt what he said. He had spoken of Popery as a man who had been within its grasp. He had not spoken of the doc trines, because he imagined that the Liverpool people knew something of what Popery was ; and so the people of Liverpool did. The Roman Catholics now denied but did not disprove, it being much easier to deny than to disprove. Semper eadem was the motto of Popery, or, as an Irish man translated it, - worser and worsen. What did the meeting think of England coming forward in this nine teenth century to teach Popery ? The people of England, however, were to be distinguished from the rulers of Eng land. But the present rulers would not always remain in the Houseof Commons,and for the sake of missions, and an open circulated Bible, and Protestant bl ess i ngs , h e h ope d that at the next election there would be a change. All the statutes which guarded Protestantism were being fast repealed ; and the Host might be carried through the streets. If the people could gradually yield the principles and afterwards become habituated to all the parapherna lia, what would become of the cause of missions? He was rejoiced to say, with regard to Trinity College, that he received a letter to-day from that college stating that a Church Missionary Society had been formed there. lie concluded by calling on all present to be Protestant mis sionaries at heart, and to preach Christ, and not the church of Christ, to the peot,'... at home and abroad. A-donation of . 4:20 Nvs handed the Chairman at the close of the proceedings. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN. On Thursday, the first meeting of the season for the show of plants, flowers, &c., took place at the gardens, and considering the rather unpropitious state of the weather—it being cloudy, somewhat cold, and occasion ally threatening rain—the company in attendance was more numerous than was expected, including much of the beauty and fashion of the town. The public, too, gene rally attended numerously in the evening —thus affording a gratifying proof of the growing favour with which these exhibitions continue to be regarded by all classes. The show on the whole, was not so extensive as that of last May, which is chiefly to be accounted for by the back wardness of the season ; but the specimens brought up were many of them superior, of their respective kinds, and not a few of them presented features of novelty, evincing at once skill, perseverance, and high improve ment in floriculture. Amongst those we may particu larly notice the Azalias, Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Garden Roses, Calceolarias, and several beautiful and curious stove and exotic Orchidaceous plants. An Azalia Rosea full of bloom, and rising 13 or 14 feet in height, which was sent by Mrs. Ashton, of Woolton-hall, excited much attention. A set of entirely new roses, consisting of Hybrid, of France and China, Provence, Perpetuals, Bourbons, &c., including La Reine, the Souvenir Mal maison, Mrs. Rosanquet, and others of a superb des- cription, and nearly all sweet scented, were sent by Messrs. Whalley, and formed a principal attraction. Next to these stood a collecting calceolarias, nearly all seedlings, from Messrs. Davies's nursery, of all hues, colours, and spots, and so fully grown upon comparatively small plants, as to form a striking contrast in advancement to others near them of the culture of the olden times. There were many well-grown specimens of Fuchsias, especially amongst those sent by R. W. Preston, Esq., amongst which were the VenusVictrix,with a purple corolla relieving the flower, the Vesta, and a dwarf Jessimina flora, and Boma Intermedia. Amongst those sent by T. S. Gladstone, Esc., were also several fine plants. There were two stands of 6 stove plants each (distinct kinds); one stand sent by Mrs. Forster, including a fine Tripwolum Tricolorum (on a circle of wire -work) ; and another by Messrs. Cunningham, including a fine speci men of the Lachenaultia Biloba, a heath-looking plant with a small bright blue flower, both of which collections were mere most creditable to the growers. A still finer specimen was shown by Messrs. Davies. The baskets of miscellaneous plants were rich in specimens, and well broken. That sent by W. Blain, Esq., was superb, and included a beautiful Rosa Devoniensis. Mrs. Ashton, Mr. Gladstone, and others were also successful in this department. Mrs. Joseph Ashton sent a basket of vege tables (the only one we saw) containing (for the season) well-grown sea-cale, potatoes, cauliflowers, asparagus, French beans, mushrooms, turnips, &c. Mr. Skirving contributed, but not for competition, some fine ericas, cactuses, fuchsias, &c., also a basket of plants. All these and many fine plants fro ,n Mr. Shand and others, which we have not room to recapitulate, were in the tents. In the Greenhouse, which of itself forms a show, there was a fine but not large collection of exotic Orchidacew. Three fine specimens of the Cattleya Mossem, produced by John Moss, Esq., formed a great attraction. One of these insect-flowered parasites presented slender stems about or over two yards in length. He obtained two prizes for this variety, and one for another. Owing, we presume, to the coldness of the season, no fruit was brought forward, if we except a fine bunch of the Musa Sapientum, or fig banana, which were produced in the hot-house of the gardens. This defalcation makes us almost tremble for the ensuing crops of strawberries, gooseberries, and currants, which the cold winds have probably injured, or much retarded. In addition to the prizes assigned to nine classes (de signated alphabetically in the scheme), prizes of 10s. and ss. were agreed to be awarded to the collection in those classes which should be best named by the exhibitor,—to be awarded by the office's of the Botanic Garden, (not by the usual judges,) and who should be guided in their judgment by the consideration not only of the correctness of the names, but of the accuracy of the spelling, and the neatness of the writing. Mr. Parker's Royal Cheltenham Band was in attend ance during the day, and scarcely ever ceased playing choice and popular airs. On this occasion the whole had brass instruments alone, the first time they had appeared with them in public ; and the novelty was hailed with a degree of approbation which indicated that the change was as highly acceptable as it is suitable for the open sylvan space around. The gardens, which annually con tinue to improve in shade and shelter, afforded in their terrace and winding walks, and verdant lawns, delightful promenades for the company, who lingered on the ground until a comparatively late hour, although some slight rain had previously fallen. The following is a LIST OF THE PRIZES AzALlAs.—Mrs. Ashton, Wootton Hall; John !Estop, gar- Fucusias.—lst. R. W. Preston, Esq., Beech Hill ; John Morris, gardener. 2nd. T. S. Gladstone, Esq., Olive Mount; Wm. Brown, gardener. CAPE HEATHS.—Messrs. Davies & Co., Nursery, Wavertree. CAPJ: HEATHS on EPACRIS.-ISt. Wm. Shand. Esq., Spring wood, Allertou ; John Mitchell, gardener. 2ud. Messrs. Davies and Co. CALCEOLARIAS.—:St. Messrs. Davies & CO. 2nd. Mrs. Ash ton. PELARGONIUMS.—AII new, Messrs. Davis and Co. Distinct varieties—lst. W. Shand, Esq.; 2nd. T. S. Gladstone, Esq.; 3rd. Wm. Blain, Esq.. Beech Hill; 11. Hughes, gardener. FORCED GARDEN RosES.—Messrs. Whalley, Nursery, Fair field ; John Smith, gardener. CHINESE HYBRID Rosiis.—Messrs. Whalley. MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS.-ISt. Wm. Blain, Esq. ; 2nd. Mrs. Ashton ; 3rd. T. S. Gladstone, Esq. Extra—lst. Mrs.T. Foster, Woo'ton Hill, (John Reid, gardener) ; 2nd. Arthur Steains, Esq., Kensington, (John Winter, gardener.) STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—Six plants—lst. Mrs. T. Foster; 2nd. G. Cunningham, Esq , Oak Va'e, (Thomas Smith, gardener.) Four plants-Ist. Messrs. Davies and Co.; 2nd. %V. Shand, Esq. Single specimen—lst. Mrs. Ashton ; 2nd. G. Cunningham, Esq. EXOTIC ORCHIDACE.N.—Six plants-Ist. Wm. Blain, Esq.; 2nd. Isaac Hadwen, Esq., Edge-lane, (John Armstrong, gar dener.) Four plants—M. Thomas Johnson, Esq , Runcorn. (S. Hughes, gardener.) Single specimen—lst. John Moss, Esq., Otterspool, (Noah James, gardener); 2nd. Ditto; 3rd. Thomas Johnson, Esq. VEGETABLES.—Mrs. Ashton, Woolton. GARDENERS' PRIZE, for the best-named plants (as alluded to above).-Ist. John Armstrong, gardener to J. Hadvven, Esq.; 2nd. Messrs. Davies and Co. A STROLL THROUGH 'WALTON NURSERY. Amongst the rural walks available in the immediate neighbourhood of our bustling town, we know of none that will afford greater gratification to those who are bo tanically inclined, than a stroll through Walton Nursery ; the great extent of which, and its prolific variety —espe cially in forest trees, decorative shrubs and plants, and valuable experimental farm productions—entitle it to rank as the first establishment of the kind in the North of England. The nursery, which is intersected by the main northern road, occupies upwards of 100 statute acres, and is divided into numerous" pieces" or plots, by thick and lofty hedges, which afford a congenial shelter to those foreign plants which would otherwise ill withstand the occasional rigours of our climate, particularly in a locality so much exposed, by its rather elevated situation near the mouth of our estuary, to wintry gales from the seaward. The land was originally by no means of a kindly quality, though part of it, on the east side of the high road, had been occupied as a farm before it was, many years ago, converted into a nursery. A great portion of that on the west of the road was, but a few years back, a comparatively arid surface of obdurate clay, with here and there an unseemly pit ; but good management, and no inconsiderable outlay in draining and tillage, have imparted to the whole a degree of fertility scarcely to be surpassed in the most favoured spots,—furnishing an encouraging example to cultivators of what may be accomplished by a combination of skill and perseverance. Entering by the Lodge on the Walton-road, we found the venerable avenue leading to Spella Hall, (the ancient ivy-clad farm-house, and now the residence of Mr. Skir ving, the proprietor of the nursery,) apparently as luxu rient and shady as it was many years ago. The lofty sycamore trees forming it still put forth their leafy honours, though they are said to have withstood the wintry hlast for upwards of two centuries, and have long since shown, in a few blighted branches, symptoms of slow but inevitable decay from old age. Passing into the nur sery on the north, which, with its 'numerous walks lined with plants and flowers, and its interesting hedges, trees, and shrubs, forms quite a pleasure ground, we noticed immense pieces of rhododendrons,upwards of 40,000 plants of all yet known kinds, Nepaul, European, Mediterra nean, American, &c. Some of these, from sunnier climes, have suffered slightly from the long and cold winter, but the European kinds scarcely showed a brawn leaf. A new and fine variety of the Barberry may here be seen, the Mahonia, introduced from Tierra del Fuego, the southern point of South America. On one piece was an immense crop of young larches, probably some milli ons. Within a warm enclosure numerous beds of tulips in full bloom, chiefly of the celebrated Haarlem kinds, met the eye, also a large miscelleous bed of the same flower equally gay. Although the tulip mania has long since died away, many of the Dutch sorts here are yet much in requisition, and are of high price. We observed a fine specimen of the Yucca Gloriosa, the long pointed leaves of which yield a fibre which from its great strength might be used, if it were sufficiently abundant, in lieu of hemp. One large compartment is entirely filled with standard roses, most of them of new kinds, including the hybrid perpetual, Chinese, French, Damask, &c. The " American ground " (further south) contains in one compartment a splendid show of azalies, or rather a spe cies of rhododendron, in full flower :resembling the honey suckle in form,] and of innumerable delicate and vivid hues. We noticed from the numbering of these plants that there were upwards of 100 varieties. Many com partments, enclosed with hedges except on the south side, are thickly stocked with varieties of the genus pinus, or pine-tree tribe, including the Cedrus Deodor, or Deodora, the sacred cedar of Hindostan, resembling the larch but with graceful drooping branches, and which, in its native country, attains a great height ;—the Cephalonica, or silver fir from Cephalonia, which arrives at great magni tude in girth ; the pinus excelsa, the Weymouth pine, from the Hymalaya mountains ; the pines principe, from Spain ; the pinus morinda (a spruce) with its rich white tufts or trssels ; the pinus Canadensis (white pine of Canada) ; the Corsican pine, with straggling leaves, and which will withstand the severest sea breezes; the pinus pinea, the seed of which within the cone is contained in a hard shell like a nut, and is served at the dessert table in Italy ; Menzies' Californian spruce ; the pines paluia, from Mexico; the Siberian dwarf pine, of the bush kind and remarkably hardy ; the cedar of Lebanon, the auri c :ria imbricata of the Andes mountains, with hard prickly leaves enveloping the branches—a comparatively new and superb ornament for the lawn, and one of which has al ready attained a considerable height in these grounds, where abundance of the plant is now raised. After luxuriating amongst the beauties of this quarter of the grounds, amidst all sorts of beautiful plants and flowers, including many thousands in pots, we strolled into the western nursery on the other side of the high road, which is for the most part employed in the rearing of immense pieces of forest and fruit trees. Here we noticed a fine field of Italian rye-grass, much of it already two feet, or two feet and a half, in height. It will attain a height of three to four feet, and is a beautiful thick crop. About ten acres of the land, at the top of the hill, is set apart for agricultural experiments, and for the keeping up of the breed of Mr. Skirving's own and highly-valued turnip, new kinds of potatoes, &c. Various sorts of tur nips have been sown and marked out, and large breadths of some kinds already show thick aboveground. The drills are 30 inches apart. W e also observed two large patches of rye, one of them common English, now in many places three feet, and the other Belgian, four feet in height. A large portion of the land here was two years ago in a rough and unprofitable state, but it was all trenched by the spade, and the site of unseemly ponds is now converted into good arable land. We observed, be sides almost every variety of common forest trees (some millions in number), large pieces of the service-tree worked on the mountain-ash ; young poplars ; apple trees, of approved kinds, in full bloom ; budded and engrafted pear-trees; common thorns, with scarlet and double flowers engrafted upon them. What is called " a quarter," or piece of land between the hedges in this part of the nursery, contains between 75,000 and 80,000 forest trees ; and it would be a curious speculation to endeavour to conjecture how many thousand acres of woodland the whole of the trees planted on these grounds are destined to cover in many surrounding counties, as well as in Scotland and Ireland, and to what a variety of uses the timber at its maturity will be applied. We visited the Greenhouses, in which there are some fine specimens. We observed a splendid Stalks Arbo retil. a tree variety of the sea-pink ; a beautiful Aurica ria Excelsa, a large and graceful species of fir ; many choice specimens of the cactus in brilliant bloom ; a stately clematis azureas grandiflora, a Himalayan rhodo dendron campunalatum, with a flower gaping like a fox glove, and dark green shining leaves backed with a bright cynamon brown hue ; a fuchsia, 12 feet in height, en riched with pendant clusters of large flowers; a fine New Holland acacia, &c. There is here also a large and beau tiful assortment of the heath or erica tribe, in almost end less variety of plant and flower. In the hot house we saw a new species of holly, the Ilex Latifolia, a lar,2e kind, with a flat broad leaf slightly serrated—all young plants, and placed there for propaga tion by ingrafting on the common holly stock. They are said to be hardy, and if found to withstand our climate, will become a great acquisition ; the glosineas, in many varieties, and all handsome, especially the maxims ; the Cliva Nobills, (brought from India by Lord Clive,) bear ing a tube-shaped flower ; and the new and be a utif u l Thunbergia Chrpops, a sender spreading plant, lately introduced by the Earl of Derby, and bearing a purple flower with a golden eye. This specimen will, when full grown, cover a space of 20 to 25 souare feet, on an upright trellis. In the laboratory, or propagating-house there is a fine stove climber, the Ipomea Horsfallii, introduced by our townsman, Mr. Horsfall, of Netherfield-road. Though not quite new, this plant has not yet been excelled of its kind. In this apartment, which is kept at a pretty sultry warmth, the heat accompanied by moisture is effected by hot-water pipes, placed in spouts or gutters under the soil beds, on what is called the tank principle, and the effect produced in the rapid striking and growth of the plants is astonishing. There is another large and interesting piece of nursery ground south of the hall, and some warm compartments for American and other foreign plants and flowers, of eleven to twelve acres, but we have not space for further detail. Besides some new buildings recently erected in ad dition to the previous farm and nursery building, a house has just been erected for a steam-engine, to pump water from a deep well sunk below, to insure a full sup ply not only for general purposes, but for watering the nursery in times of drought. The engine will also be used for cutting chaff for the horses, working a saw to cut timber, &c. A tank is provided that will hold 4000 gallons of water. We may add, in conclusion, that about 160 men and boys were employed on the grounds during the spring. HONESTY REWARDED Verily, Sir Robert Peel is determined to make the paths of Nlaynooth rats paths of pleasantness and profit. Sir Stephen Glynne, who has on two different occasions re corded his vote against the old small annual grant to May nootb, after absenting himself from the earlier divisions on the present measure, voted in favour of it, against Mr. Ilindley's motion for going into committee that day six months ; and lo ! he is the new Lord Lieutenant of Flint ! We do not suspect Sir Stephen Glynne of interested mo tives, or think for a moment of classing him with Mr. Forbes Mackenzie. We comment on this appointment only as a proof of the celerity with which Sir Robert Peel rewards Msynooth concessions. Lord Castlereagh, Lord Lieutenant of Down ; Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Lord of the Treasury ; Sir Stephen Glynne, Lord Lieutenant of Flint. When are we to add Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Solicitor-Gene ral ? And when is Captain Meynell to make room for the reward of some other rat ?—Globe. The Dublin Mail gives the following, under the head of a chapter of " accidents : The Hon. Capt. Talbot, younger brother of Viscount Ingestre, has been appointed Master of the Horse, to the Lord Lieutenant—a sinecure situation—his Excellency only keeping a pony. Maynooth, we thank you for that.' ' James Daly, of Dunsandle, Esq., will appear in the Gazette of to-morrow night, as Baron Dunsandle. May. nooth, we thank you for that.' The Hon and - Rev. Mr. Talbot, son of Earl Talbot, and brother of Lord Ingestre, is promoted to a valuable living of £l,BOO a year. ' Maynooth, we thank you for that.' Mr. J. Round, the hon. member for Essex, has been lucky enough to find a purchaser—at his own terms—for his house and demesne in that county, having been three years without an offer. The property has been bought by the government as a residence for the Bishop of Roches ter, but not a word about Maynooth here. It might be dangerous. . ' the Marquis of Ormonde is to have the vacant Ribbon of St. Patrick's. ' Maynooth, we thank you for that.' " Government will not give its support to any candidate for the representative peerage who does not undertake to vote for the endowment of Popery in the Upper House; so that the party returned may have to repeat the cuckoo cry of ' Maynooth, I thank you for that.' " THE MAYNOOTH DIVISION. The division on the Maynooth Bill yields on analysis some remarkable results. The liberal contingent of the victorious army far exceeds the conservative, the former being 169, the latter only 150. It is, therefore, a whig majority, and so far its leaders are whig leaders, and Sir Robert Peel a whig premier. We are enjoying the un speakable benefit of a whig administration. The old and respectable monopoly that went by that name broke up four years since. Peel, a smart and lucky adventurer, who had found no scope for his abilities among his former connections, offers his personal services to the bankrupt concern, and all the custom he can bring with him. Thus there has been no change, except the very serious one that the whigs have got a cleverer man to do the bu siness of the firm, while the former managers wisely settle down into sleeping partners. Passing from the composite majority to the divided conservatives, we find Sir Robert Peel in a minority of his own party. He has 150 for his measure, and 152 against. The conservatives, therefore, have been beaten, though their leader has been victorious. As their house is now exactly divided against itself, it is evident it must fall. The party as a whole is neuter ; it pulls as much one way as another, and is like a child trying to lift itself up from the ground, or to walk backwards and forwards at the same time. The disposition their leader has made of the conservatives resembles the mode in which foreign carters dispose their horses in steep descents. Their enormous heavily laden carts would not, of course, be sufficiently restrained by a drag, but require some addi tional device. Of six horses, therefore, the three fore most are detached to the rear, and chained to the tail of the vehicle. Sometimes, in very precipitous places, they are so tied, with their heads backwards. The cart then safely and reluctantly descends, with three horses before and as many behind, in an equilibria of motive power, and with the declivity only in its favour, The spectacle is picturesque, though the efforts of the three retrogressive horses are sometimes painfully ridi Ailous. Such is Sir Robert's position. Drawn by 150, dragged back by 150, himself in the middle of the singular procession, he de scends the downward course of whiggery and human af fairs. The following summary of the division will be found correct:— Majority (tellers included) — Conservatives Liberals ... Minority (tellers included) — Conservatives .. Liberals Absent — Conservatives Liberals Speaker . Seats vacant— Downshire Sudbury .. 150. IG9-319 34-186 75-149 .... 1 On looking over the lists we can discover the names of only three members who have changed sides, viz., Mr. Brotherton, Hon. Craven Berkeley, and Admiral Dundas. The following are the names of members who voted, and who are more or less connected with this district : AYES. Ainswoith, P. Gladstone, W. E. Sandon, Lord Aldam, W. Greene, T. Standish, C. Blackburne, J. Lascelles, Hon. W. Stansfield, W. R. I3owring, Dr. Legh, G. C. Walker. R. Cardwell, E. Loch, J. Ward, H. G. Cobden, R. Parker, J. Wood, C. Fleetwood, Sir H. Patten, J. W. Wortley, Hon. J, Gibson, T. M. Philips, M. NOES. Beckett, W. Egerton, W. T. Hindley, C. Bright, J. Egerton, Sir P. Hornby, J. Brocklehurst, J. Entwisle, W. Jervis, J. Brotherton, J. Ewart, W. Johnson, Gen. Buckley, E. Feilden, W. Marton, G. Crawford, W. S. Fielder], J. Pollington, Lord Denison, E. B. Ferrand, W. B. Protheroe, E. Disraeli, B. Greenall, P. Tollemache. J. Douglas, Sir H. Grimsditch, T,