The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

JOY 1, 1841. tb3o. -;_t,ltiPostder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Bill was t• ime and passed on Wednesday. ti.o /t l y t " • 3roug, late Miss Anne Romer, intends A st p give a concert in this her native town. ltN t a „ek ef new bay and a this, were destroyed by fire : r daY: on .Mr. Dr doll's farm at Knotty-Ash. "g e d female died Y last week from cholera in Liver k_'llPpoed to have been induced by eating cockles. 4,113 h Neill, Est; the ed ,. ,rated oculist, of this town, acietjaen elected at fellow '. L Cif the Royal Astronomical 1 1 Y. I r ' Will' ° nem,. am Hussey, lately officiating as a landing toe„,,or at Livtrpool, has been appointed a landing csr at hull, 4444. Arthur and George Ilolme, of Liverpool, have tit:l:llherkteNnvt,t.,aiaornedo.initorlia.mchtee se t , 'n ni r n t u li n c t en s t .z ar l g 3 7 62 e B nt of the . county of the Liverpool detective force, '6)4 wiln,artirnouslv elected governor of the Ormskirk thenr4wnse. Mrs. Holmes was elected matron. m 11,1,_meeting of county mag i strates at P reston, on klittitnr: resolutions were adopted to enforce the pay . due from Liver to the county. jl7 l , ' 1 7 6, 3 , has granted to William Newby_, of Liver -it (If oYal license to use the surname of Fraser after ~.why. taittet_taerris has been recommended by the Education_ At Ses a :, the Council to succeed the Rev. Isaac , pi tt sak ty - oofeaj maste r of the North Corporation Schools, die,. - "fit Per annum. to,,Ntho•-_,,,ors of the Union Bank, Borough Bank. Bank ti)e4threfland Messrs. Heywood's have presented .£lO V r Posit; e ' r e mployees, with leave of absence to visit s i 9n of Industry of AU Nations.. 11 4 1 '4 l yer li PleY, of the firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co ! , rerideor op t, on Wednesday in the U.S. steam-ship \i 'ew York intending t to become a permanent e the States. ill h e aded f a Y slx respectably-dressed females were . ap iid or pluckin flowers in Claughton-park, aept "ell 1111 night, g and next day fined two shillings 1 11) 4 41 01 W t511 0 "14 Sti nd as Preached in St. Mary's Church,. Mee ks-N en week, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, and a ?d,,, t n ,,, E ,n behalf of the Liverpool Church of 1 ▪ 44e ""' °witty amounting to £l2 13s. , 1 1 ) P0j4 W e iihelerk bas t recommended that Mr. Hughes }amor .1),,1 r 0 the the v occasioned by the resignation i l t ui li eld % at can a c m - e salary of £4OO, and Mr. V. 0 41, 1 . PPoirlted to the place of Mr. Hughes, at the "T Y r i o f lit u t e l B , - aY, M. Milner's workmen held a "high feidi -Irhhoithera'ks. in Lord -street, to celebrate t the high Ne e ess,, ot . Tl , ( imploy er in the Court Queen's Beach, wery o r toin nl • Milner v. Harrison." . It was 4Ptit a i•nneet paid to Mr. Milner by his work-peole. fr. tt t ai lGn from the Birkenhead Company, consisting , L,e7 f'hairman), Mr. Laird, Mr. Abernethy l '.ori l Y,•; 6 ,l l d Mr. Hull (solicitor), had an interview, 10'"i4;‘,11-4Lord Seymour, at the office of her Majesty's I(oSteal of Woods and Forests. left St. James's-square on Saturday, for ' l 4 ": st‘l4l ' , oncost • in consequence of the pre a'he- (3 1 his noble and venerable father the Earl of t~ilaf hi we understand is still suffering 'from the I'L/relq recent apoplectic attack. Lady 'Stanley and Ahichtt eti - 4 4 . in town. kete,win,e Premises in Dale-street, lately occupied_ 41etbOtaN:rav, and six shops adjoining, the latter of 0' 14 4 %cur: op Friday, of £430, were offered for i k 'te ( j - On but the only bid .was £2 per . 4t itstlo4l. a total of £13,234, but this was conse. 1,1) , I,esd4Ba " -d ben ra wn eath the value of 'the property ,g, ,aad ns v Jr. Henry Pooley, ironfounder, of this the . " honour of personally explaining to her t a . liiihT t g. 4pp:real:liar machinery and construction of hls 4 9, and of his other woks in the Great 4 esa . lear Pooley, lik e a ll w h o h av e enjoyed s itn p‘ i loa deli g h ted w i t h t h e affabilit and eon- Oti t i t °4l 3 ,„ th e ( Aileen. y C R . °P GAS —One of the clerks of the Windsor 1 4 ,N:et: e ; e i Ted an accident on Wednesday last. He OitiOell o F ar o Pposite the foundry, and perceiving a expl osi gas, struck a match. There was an uri },lp.tea ti, which scorched him severely. A little De auntier who had follo wedsunder a.s oikta both'was sent for forthwith, and tsth4RNPatients are doing well. t q l lio tt 1 „eto, „ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.- On the L'eti e — numerous public meeti•ag ot farmers was t he to ab as ti e Inn, Scotland-road, at which it was re ' t 1 44 0 1 d and° n buyng and selling agricultural produce Oh?ed aeights, and that 141bs.ahould in future he beiii:BtonZeae; that a hundredweight should consist V4 e 4 aleni'' and a ton of twenty hundredweights. An C a t 'ts op a n the subject will be found els . ewhere. /l ' Ne e d °I "En.-ExcitTamerm. An inquest was t4!'ll o itata of a 371 on the body of Catherine gg ti tl i S l treet . Il e. the wife of a to l at 23, N, (if . i .t he deceased, about a month ago,. was tore e' f ttt., aftV,l-born child, and had been ill ever since. n' il°ol a, she was much excited, in conse el he.;arrel amongst her lodgers. Shortly after erti subsided the deceased went to sit upon a h . ;letl e rt Nr e d el l she shortly afterwards fell, and mime ibiNi:`lesty;a tll t yall o n the pe a tn-ship Birkenhead arrived in Cork °th and the'first (head-quarter) Dt l i l t 2-1 14 4 1 4n t d i (Pe Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, Otet s erjea tt : (1 ,, - offiee r 4 captains, 8 subalterns, 4 tt wi th ao - ;., ',.. s drutnm' era, 18 corporals, and 448 a V 4 D:o t l i Zral e c t ' iln land 26 children, embarked on la til ation nia,ad24th ultimo, for conveyauce h o tw o 0 , ;e• The Birkenhead sailed tor er ItIb,A,TR„ clock in the afternoon of the 24th AT Livaliveoa..-e•On Saturday an . in- Vcof '''ore the coroner p found alk h a fine female infant,which had_ been hoe ey,',, e r-street, by the police, on the previous t 'l r t , l ,'''i:r)c e . 4 ',lence was conclusive as to the death hay . - tO'hip!,' ti t i„ .° ned by suffocation4-but . no direct testi- Pa r "eed at the inquest, affording a clue to the - ' l4 , so that the jury were compelled to re et of „ th l all 4 tp 4 ho , wilful murder against some person or ttp, r, "tati a l!. 1 411 ) .°1 w r en Southamoton,•of a most influential t Je tt he erview on Wednesday with the direc -o;iit of°444.'iner.raj_ Screw Navigation Company t on the e 1 4, ",tftti:cdt/ ( 7,,"',°ntharapt on the paeket-sta ion for_ h t4,44 e ,e5r,,,1411-le,,mails. The deputation embracedre 13 p 1) 0 '4 4 , 41 4 :er Dock Company , any .i.r t e hej e o e w e Town Council, n tss e t: t `lna io rt4„g,,Pr?Per exertions to bring forward, in r n - ,: , ,,tce claims of this town to be made the kq,hltl';'„e,N3-I,,,`Bese important mails? I• t Ote - ‘ 4l "-A named ..iohnson, who 0k k :14 1.- be L d th ." holtdens, wan found • dead OD Sunday k 'h,t;itnor e .„7 „, where he lodged. ..A woman found -a th Cer th " 93 Posed to have contained poison : ' 1 t t 1, 440 4 114 be e : ° Pinion of a surgeon, named Eddows, 1, 44' I tS a caused by poison. : Deceased gained L 4 /iL ei d to 1, 411 ,ae1t doctor. Recently he had been t"o"tHne its of intoxication. About a week )c . th s he has ince of on the demise of a t„N at£2o ssantly been drinking Otl t S ( e The G AL:max.—The Galway• goyage is 0: 4 2a % ,ftl steamship North America was sold ' 40 - Re *o and San con n ed, to run between aej kl 3 'tlelinn with Commodore ‘Vanderbilt's or he 1 . teas th o to have left for Galway about . 44,tta • Lute sale was effected. The ne.gotia 00'11,.1tit "re 10 her detention was effected while her 1 , 41 . ;-.1 1 board and her steam was • up, ready 4 ,),; 1 er, It. J. Vandewater, the agent, \ !II tbe ,inlediately engaged rooms for:her pas -I(l4atapdaaateer Pacific, of the Collins' line,..which ,"a•icktel4 c to r Li verpool. The North America I , °q l e up e ;. 1 w the Pacific in t w o or th ree .d a y s .— Ayt of 4 l s Nt j , k / Nit),'e "IN G•--On Friday afternoon the .ha,tonal School Bebingtou, -were being 4ting nf 4 1 8 e ' ?free, and Other refreshments on the bo„ l e etnrY, the Rev. R. M. :Fielden and tI4 '"Y engaged in administering to the tl'N'teld4Ment of the young people, where Capt. is l peut of the rector, who has been abroad tt 41 % ,, 4 some years, suddenly made his . ap '4,h.44 ,„: circle most agreeably surprising %ylt i''Mpatili." conceived. The friends of the rev. t.„thp t lie tsed most cordially in the joyful feel t.'li • ( -"li o nes ▪ A wer e b e efed event called up. and the bells w r nught into most active and hannoni 7 Rood!..rious other modes were adopted ititt,ll;nil of the parihioners. l'ii,i,toPitieTet.rtiofr°,._•-•(On Friday s a gentleman named exhibited a new air-gun of his ZNl l „ity''',,etiP a Arat - a l l t ,:;te room in Lime-street. The great . '1 ) "ti tts . gun consists in its lightness, Cm' ta il, and f },tt t 4 tt, b ask QT. The person makinguse of :'everat copper cylinders containing 4(-I.tv a it- N ; him 1 3 Pumped into them in the ordinary I .4, l ll( Vltre . Noel al e uharged. The air is carried , by kti k the stack, to which is attached a /l iik ti lls hoe il ern t tle&s also made of coper to this ' ll Ol. tA 4) h ull of suffiei ttth to contain up -1111,,5t,!' 414. :.. e ta„, each of e w n hic e ll ig ran be fired off in t tee Le til let ' s t'e inv entor stated that he could easily t ninute,but the force with which t7,ltsfb A ,Pil, wo uld.diminish rapidly after fifty 'chi 4 " I o tit E 4 4 410 PIp EA m 'ter peat G I 013801. Neilson, of the th Live r :2: 4 , o w, have:to supply 35 miles of af kt , e yare ,uni, for the supplying of that torn h t l , ll tv l de a t) gth ft. 10 in. in diameter, and 11- in. tb (14, , e t,0 fit thrneasures fully 12 feet ; and it may Al t of t 'rk)?ve.,ile irnmense size, -when it is stated ! I A h t are nearly 4 tons .of iron. Upwards t ta ‘N t dtal 4 ,, e agtfir l t aitiPtied for Liverpool. .. As may I helii l ' e teF. 4l lty 0 1 these enormous pipes is a mat m;•Nktit d the lti -pe a anda . operation employs a consider -4,14 ti k °ll (st I ,e t ( 4 out the average numfier of lengths ek"ht pot fob 4 4 .1%, Z e d five Per day, which involves a t . Nati:4l4y tons of iron. Eve r y pipe before i"Ok N‘, do ZitUbjeCted to a severe test by ttAtol4 'et„, 4 1 ,„4 4 ,,N ! 014.1, Alit their strength is put beyond ktAtl l T 4() , uesday, a lung investigation 443. t()Zlide:11 bn eaLl rou g h coroner relative to the t h 4t lie be de man 26 years of age, who 04ttt t 0 _ tht,rts4.4ed2 let-on -street. A young man, ,laPl:ath of or hlirTated John Noble, was in cue ktic t w ee c) as st g been instrumental in cans 01' 'e " a id. Ab tia, oa t , of out a month ago the kr. rims ' }he About when, in eon 'l'll.c h , ) 4 ,1 %vio site last into of Noble's sister bring ths house, the prisoner 4 tl meted t° 'tab M'l3 o- on t ald, who ran . an I Rot ...„ g t (4l frOil3 the eriQoner's hand ; ‘koZie7•llo,l",_eatr).'""sessinii of a - dmeeting ns 't/t 4 No• Q ' ' t rack Ili,poker , an 44. .8 to eu., 1 . 1 sc gcverely on the head . .. 1 4 ,Zezei tt , ma death yesterday week. 4 " 1 4:r ' 9 ?" trial pt tbe aatiiyes on the DISCOVERY AT WALLASEY POOL.—In excavating for one of the canals beloneing to the Warehouse Company in the upper part of Wallasey Pool a few days ago, the navigators having excavated through a bed of decayed ve getable matter for fifteen feet below the surface, came to a bed of clay, which it was necessary to pass through. Upon getting through this clay they found beneath it the turf sod, and in it large masses of trees. with all the ap• pearance of being charred by fire. This is below the level of the old dock 11:11, and it would answer with the level of the sub- marine forest—so called—opposite the Leasowe embankment. METEOII.—A correspondent sends us the following account of a meteor which he observed on Sunday night, near I nverkeithing, in Fifeshire :—" The meteor appeared at a quarter to eleven, p.m., in a north-westerly direction from Inverkeithing, at an elevation of about 20 degrees above the horizon, and. when I fist saw it, it had the appearance of a ball of fire, about the size of a man's head. It ran along parallel to the horizon, in an easterly direction, gradually dissolving into something having the appearance of a light cloud. In the space of about twenty seconds, it had wholly assumed this vapoury look. remaining very brilliant, and shooting out trains of light like an aurora for fully four minutes, at the end of which time it began to grow much fainter, but had not quite disappeared till fully a quarter of an hour had elapsed. It was altogether exceedingly beautiful"— Scoternan.—A similar meteor was observed in Liverpool the same night. • IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.-Mr. Jacobs, manager at Bradford for Moses and Son, took a second-class ticket from Liverpool to' Bradford on the 17th of May. At Accrington the train was unduly delayed, waiting for the Manchester train. Jacobs, being pressed for time, took a gig and proceeded to Bradford, where he arrived twenty minutes before the train. He sued the East Lancashire .Railway Company in the County Court, at Collie, for £1 6s. 3d. paid for the horse and gig, man, and bars. The company contended that they were not liable, as the delay had arisen from an accident to one of the Lancashire and Yorkshire trains, which had detained the Manchester train above an hour. Their time bills, moreover, stated that they did not pledge themselves to strict punctuality with these trains. Mr. Addison, the judge, decided for the defendants, who had not, in his opinion, been guilty of negligence. FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second exhibition this season of plants, fruits, flowers, vege tables, &c., took place on Thursday, at the Botanic Gardens, Edge-lane. An extensive temporary building wqs erected for the occasion near the large greenhouse, which was most tastefully decorated with banners, fes toons of foliage, &c. The day was beautifully fine, and the attendance, as usual, numerous and fashionable. The band of the 91st. Regiment enlivened and added animation to the scene. The show -of fruit was exceedingly fine, but the floral display was not quite equal to previous exhibitions. Amongst the fruits and vegetables there were monster sticks of rhubarb and some remarkably fine specimens of black and white grapes. exhibited by Mr. SinP'air, Mr. Gardner, and the Earl of Derby. Mr. J. B. Yates sent a dish of well.coloured peaches, and Mr. Washington Jackson several large sweetsrnelling pines. The currants and gooseberries were only middling, but some strawberries in pots, exhibited by Mr. Henry Winch, were universally admired fcr their size and rich appearance. SCENE AMONG THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the meeting of this board, on Wednesday, a disgraceful scene occurred during the proceedings. Miss Carter, the matron of the Fever Hospital, attended before the board to answer some-complaints which had been made against her of having ordered large amounts of goods without having consulted the committee. Mr. Shaw thought it wrong that those things should be ordered at discretion, and that the parties who had to pay for them should have nothing to say to them. This was illegal. Who was it (he continued, addressing Miss Carter), that told you to come here to-day? (Cries of " Oh, oh.")—Miss Carter had not been told by any person to come ; she came on her own account.—Mr. Shaw (pointedly): I think you would be much better employed at home with the patients (great uproar, and cries of " shame," " scandalous," and unmanly.") During this outburst of feeling, - Miss Carter, who seemed to feel the remarks made very keenly., took a seat and shed tears.—On the motion of Mr. Shaw it was agreed to contract for the supply of goods to the Fever Hospital, the Workhouse , and Dispensary, by doing which it-wasstated a saving of £lOO per year would be effected. THE. PUBLIC BATHS.—At the meeting of the Health Committee, on Thursday, the quarterly returns of the public baths were read. In the Paul-street establish ment the number of cold baths taken up to the 30th Slay were: at Id., 267 males, 102 females • at 3d. 45 males, 3 females ;at 6d., 100 ma l es , 17 f ema les. Warm baths : at 2d.,3209 males. 245 females •, at 4d., 2242 males, 184 females; at . Bd.. 1231 males, 117 females. Plunge baths: at 2d., 3729 males; at 4d,, 316. 'Vapour baths: at ls., 128 males, 12 females ; snaking the total number of oaths, males 11;267, females 680, or a grand total of 11,947, and the total amount of receipts £162 Hs. -Id. In the wash ing and drying department the number of tubs and maidens used was 11,312, while the dozens of clothes washed were 18,470. The amount realised by this depart ment was £47 2s. which, added to the previous sum, makes a total of £269 13s. 9d., received for the quarter. The gratuitous baths given to the children of the Corpora tion, Ragged, and Church of 'England Schools, amounted t0:505. In •Cornwallis.street the cold bathers at ld. have numbered 85 males and :39 females ; at 3d.., males and 18 females; at 6d.,'26 males and 11 females. The warm baths taken have been, at 2d., 1273 males, 218 females ; at 6d., 1459 males, 185 females ; at as., 5C6 males, 64 females. The plunge baths at 2d., males, 4977;. at. 4d., males 2856; making altogether 11,'t20 male and 535 female bathers, or a grand total of 11,755, and a total amount of receipts of £173 7d. ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE LICENSED VICTUALGEIVS' ABSOCIATION.—The annual ,f,te of the Licensed Victual lers' Association took place, 'on Tuesday last, at the -Zoological Gardens. The day was remarkably fine, and conduced to enhance the 'zest of the proceedings, which were in the highest degreesatisfactory. The amusements were quite as numerous and varied as on former similar occasions, and embraced the sylvan sports of racing, archery, &c., as well as theatrical representations by a company. specially engaged for the s eason , b y the pro prietor of the Gar dens. A ball concluded the festivities, which were maintained with much spirit until a late hour. The principal feature in the entertainment was the soiree, which' was attendrd by about 500 persons, among whom were the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Procter, and several members of the Town Council. The arms of the Liverpool Corporation, emblazoned upon an immense banner of silk, was suspended over the table at which tae Mayor sat. Mr. Alderman'Proctor filled the vice-chair. Amongst the principal guests were Captain Greig, Messrs. Gardner, Peter Wright, (clerk of the peace), James (Childwall), Frank, (Aigburth),eLawrence, Tinley, Row land, Bent, (brother to the mayor), Alderman H-Imes, Godfrey, James Hughes, 'Thomas Griffith, (Anglesea), &c. "Letters of apology for absence were read from Mr. W. Brown, M.P., S'r 'Thomas Birch, M.P., and Mr. Cardwell, ALP. The toast of-the evening, " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, and the health of the Chairman and Committee;" was proposed by the Mayor, in a speech which showed the necessity that ex isted for such associations as the one with which they were connected. OCEPN STEAM NAVIGATION.—The years 1850 and 1851 will form an important era in the history of ocean steam navigation in the United States. Beginning with the launch of the Washington in 1847, a fleet of not less than seventy sea-going steamers has been created, averag ing something more than 1,000 tons each, and forming an aggregate of about seventy-five thousand tons. [This does not include those in the naval service.] Near a dozen more will be added in the course of the present season, six of which, (the Pioneer and. City ofTittsburgh, for the Liverpool trade—the Gordon and Calhoun owned in Savannab,-to run on the southern coast,-,and two others for Howland and Asp . nall's Pacific line,) are nearly ready tor sea. Of the steamers employed on the Atlantic, 9 are running between the United States and foreign ports; 10 between New York and Chagres ; 13 between domestic ports on the Atlantic coast, or on the Gulf of Mexico; 1 between New. Orleans and Vera :Cruz.; and 1 between Charleston and Havana. T0ta1,:34. On the Pacific, 13 are running between San Francisco and •Panama, exclusive of the Sarah -Sands (foreign built) ; 4 between San Francisco and -Oregon ; 4 between San Francisco, Gold Bluff, and Trinity Bay ; and 4 on the Sacramento river. Ten others are either at or on their way to• San !Francisco, and lis at New Orleans. Total, 35. For speed, strength, and elegance of model and finish, some of these steamers are unsurpassed in the wise world. The outward passage of the Pacific to Liverpool, in 9 days, 19 hours, .and 25 minutes, and her homeward trip in 9 days, 20 hours, and :15 minutes, have -never been equalled, notwithstanding thelallant achievements of the Asia, of the Cunard line. Seven-eighths of the American sea-going steamers are the result of private enterprise, without the aid of thefGorern nrkent.—New York Jettrnal of Commerce. THE LIVERPOOL DOCK ESTATE.-The Liverpool dock returns, from the 24th lune, 1850, to the 24th.June,;.1.81i1, have just been published, and we are happy to say that they are highly satisfactory, both as relates to the position of the dock estate, and to the state of the commerce and navigationof the port of Liverpool. It appears from these accounts, that the ordinary revenue of the dock trust for the financial year just ended, amounted to £269,020 14s. The income of the previous .year ►cas £242,989 14s. ,9d. This gives an increase, in comparison with 1850, of £26,030 19e. 3d. On comparing the items which form these totals, we find the following results :-In 18.50, the duties on tonnage produced £116,541 7s. Ild. ; and in 1851, £128,026 be. 7d. ; increase, £11,484 12s. 84. In 1850, the duties .on goods imported produced £95,201 19s. Bd.; in 1851, £107,501 sa. 7d.; increase, £12.299 ss. Ild. In 1850, The lighthouse dues produced £10,066 ss. 64, - in 1851, £10,909 lls. 94. ; increase, £8.43 6*. 3d. In 1850, the-floating light dues produced £4332; in 1851, £4759 17s. 6d. ; increase. £427 17s. 6d. In 1850, the graving dock dues produced £13,206 75.; in 1851, £13,989 19s. ; increase, £783 12s. In 1850. the graving block dues produced £2400 14s. 6d. ; in 1851, £2475 ss. 64. ; increase, £74 lls. In 1850, the extra dock rent produced £1241 Os. 2d. ; in 1851, £1358 14s. 14. ; increase, £ll7 13s. lld. Thus, there is an increase in every department, amounting, in the whole, to £26,030 19s. 3d. Results so satisfactory as these could not have been attained without a great increase of tonnage or goods, or of both. The total number of ships which paid dock dues in Liverpool in 1850 was 20,457 ; in 1851, 21,071 ; showing an increase of 614 in 1851. The increase in tonnage is much greater. In 1850, the amount of tonnage was 3,536,337 tons ; in 1851, 3,737,666 tons ; showing an increase of 201,329 tons of shipping in 1851. The increase of the value of the goods imported is not so easily ascertained ; but the amount of the dock rates on the increase is £12,299 ss. Ild. This, we should think, represents an increase of goods of the value of a million sterling. We ought to mention that, in addition to the dock revenue, derived from the numer ous sources mentioned above, the Albert Dock Warehouses will this year produce an income of about £20,000. making the total income of the dock estate for the year 1851 up. wards of £2811V)90,--Prerpool Times. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CORRESPONDENCE. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DOCTRINE OF INTENTION. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE REV. S MINTON AND FATHER NOBLE. The Rev. S. Minton presents his compliments to the Editor of the Standard, and will be obliged by his in serting the following correspondence. " The letters" referred to by Mr. Noble, appeared more than four months since 1 But it is well that the Priests are arousing them selves even now, to wipe off " a calumny" from their church. 21, Daulby-street, June 22nd. REV. have been informed that you expressed your determination yesterday from the pulpit, to meet me in discussion on the doctrine of Intention. As lam about leaving home, I should feel obliged if you would let me know whether this is correct, that I may make arrange ments accordingly. I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, SAML. MINTON. To the Rev. John Noble, &c., &c., &c. 10, Queen Anne-street, Liverpool, June 27, 1851. REV. beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note, which I should have answered earlier had I not been absent from home. I now beg to say, that you were misinformed as to my having mentioned•a wish to meet you in discussion. I did not. But this I did : I publicly announced that I would give a reply to a gross calumny on the doctrine of Intention, which calumny is attributed to you. This I will do on next Sunday, the 29th of June.— I am, Rev. Sir, yours, &c., JOHN NOBLE. To the Rev. S. Minton. P.S.—lf you attend this lecture, you may receive in. struction on the doctrine of Intention. 21, Daulby-street, Juni 286 Ray. Stn,—Will you be kind enough to inform me whether your reply will be morning or evening, or both— and where. I fear it may be too late for you to change the day i but the tact of its being on Sunday precludes me from accepting your kind invitation to attend in person, which otherwise I should gladly have availed myself of. If you should still feel obliged to take up the subject to morrow, I must trust to the report of others: though, on account of absence from home, it. will necessarily be two or three weeks before I can give another lecture upon Intention. • As you speak of some calumny on the doctrine of Inten- tion being attributed to me allow me to assure you, that it must be falsely so attributed, inasmuch as on every occasion, whether in writing or by word of mouth. I have always been careful to give the very words of the Council of Trent and of your own Missal. If you can point out any inaccuracy in these quotations, (which you will see on the enclosed handbill,) I shall be most anxious to correct the mistake, and will certainly do so in my next reply to your lecture.—l beg to remain, your obedient servant, your MINTON. To the Rev. John Noble. 10, Queen Anne-street, Liverpool, 28th June, ISM. REV. SIR,-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note. My lecture will be delivered on to-morrow evening at seven o'clock. I cannot possibly change the day, as I have already bad it placarded. I simply meant to say, that I believe the letters addrssed to the Mail, &c., on the doctrine of Intention, were written by you, as they bear your name.—l am, rev. sir, yonm, &c.. &c., J. NOBLE. Rev. S. Minton. The following is a copy of the handbill enclosed to the Rev. J. THE DOCTRINE OF INTENTION "If any one shall say that the iNTENTION of doing at least what the Church does is NOT required in Ministers, when they make and confer the Sacraments, let him he accursed."—llth Canon of 7th .'ession of the Council of Trent. "Should any Priest icOT INTEND to -consecrate, but to act deceitfully, he does not consecrate, because INTN.NTION is re quired."—Roman Missal on Defects of the Moss. "If any one (that is, any Priest) has before him eleven wafers, and INTENDS to consecrate Only ten, not determining which ten he intends, in this rase -he does not consecrate (any of them), because the INTENTION is required "—Boman Mis sal-on Defects of the Mass. " do celebrating Priest can know evidently whe t her be be a Priest; for he cannot .know - evidently whether he have been PTISEDORO RD Al N LAWFUL LY.,'—'Ga briel Biet, iN his Epitome of the Canon of the Mass. No man can be-eerian, with the certainty of faith, that he ' .Sacrament.; since a Sacrament is not made " of the Minister; and no one can sea wit hmit arm ;ne on 'listiticatioz "ROMAN CATHOL}CSOF LIVERPOOL,'CA N YOU BE F U It Pit I SE D AT TILE CONTINUED - SILENCE OF 'YOUR 'PRIESTS UPON THE DOCTRINE OE INTENTION OUR TOWN DUES TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GENTLEMEN,—It has often surprised me that so poor an article of our Mediterranean produce as valonia should be subjected to such a heavy Town ,Due (when contrasted with other articles from that quarter) as Is. Bd. per ton. Any person looking through our book of rates will at once see to what -I refer. There are madder roots, for instance, nn article -three times as valuable, pays only dock Is., town 6d., (three bales equalling a ton); brim. .stone, shumac, boxwood, and bark, all the same; these comprise the bulk of our importations from that quarter, and yet valonia, Which can but ill afford it, instead of being charged in a like ratio, viz., one-half of the dock must, forsooth, be rated two-thirds more ! I really think that some reduction ought to be made in this altogether by far too heavy charge, and only wonder that our Mediterranean merchants have not long ago risen in a body and resisted it. If you can in any way explain why it is so high, you will confer a great favour on, gentlemen, Yours very respectfully, JUSTITIA SOUTII LANCASHIRE PROTECTIONIST DEMONSTRATION. On Thursday, a meeting of the gentry, tenant farmers, and others in the Ormskirk district of South Lancashire, was held in the Town-hall, Ormskirk, for the purpose of expressing the sense of the electors upon the necessity of protection being afforded to British industry. Although market day, we were informed that in the then state of the weather, the hay harvest being in active progress, scarcely a farmer would have been seen in the town, but for the meeting having been called. As the hour for holding it, however (four o'clock), arrived, the streets pre sented oin unusually lively scene, being thronged with the most respectable neighbouring gentry and farmers. Amongst those present we observed,—T. Brandreth, Esq., Ormskirk ; R. Boyer, Esq., Lathom House •, E. Sutton, Esq. ; Mr. Norris, Skelmersdale Hall ; Mr. Hol croft, Burscough ; J. Palmer. Esq., Burscough ; R. Parr, E.q., Island House; Halewood, Esq.. Aughton ; Mr. Chadwick, Aughton ; James Pye, Esq., Halsall H a ll ; Rev. R . Battersby, Lathom; Rev. W. Wanop, Burs cough; R. Whalley, Esq., Lydiate; R. Mawdsl e y, E sq ., Clent Hous e , M ag h u ll ; R. Sumner, Esq., Beech-tree House, Formby ; Captain Armstrong, Burseough ; Wil llama, E.q., Aughton ; A. B. Goss, Esq., Ormskirk ; W. Shawe, Esq., Lathom ; James Shawe, Esq., Scari-lbrick ; Mr. John Ormester ; Mr. Albert Westhead ; Mr. Mercer, SCarisbrick ; L. Wright, E.g., Ormskirk ; T. B. Foster, Esq., Bickerstaffe ; Mr. Holcroft, Lathom ; M r . Ch ar l es Rimmer, Lydi a t e House ; T. F. Moore, Esq., La Mancha ; and Mr. Ferremord 'Wainwright, Lathcm. On the motion of Captain ARMSTRONG, the chkir was taken by E. Smithies, Esq., of Bickerstaffe Hall, who, atter a few preliminary remarks, introduced to the meeting Mr. DuNears, who commenced by saying that the next election would give to the two great political parties of the country—the .Protectionists and Free Traders—an opportunity to substantiate their views and opinions in the legislature of the country. -All wise men took time by the forelock ; and although, perhaps, some 12 months might elapse before a general election would take place, yet it was prudent,in the Protectionist party to anticipate that event, and endeavour to fortify public opinion in defence of native industry, before they were actually in presence of the enemy. They must endeavour, in the first place, .to understand what was rational Free Trade, and *bat was rational Protection. He was there to fight the battle of the working classes. The tenant farmers had a vote, and the landlords in the House of Lords were ' dominant, and bad the power of protecting their own interests ; but the unrepresented working classes had not that power. The Free T. ade of the Manchester school was utter ruin to the working classes : cheapness was destruction to the working man, to the labourer, and to the most defenceless part of the community. On the other hand, in advocating Protection, he would not be supposed to be upholding any monopoly or vindicating the exclusive interest of-any class legislation. The Chinese government, who were not favoured by being . under the enlightenment of political economists, merely put a duty of five per cent. upon British goods imported into their country ; but we, who professed to be politically enlightened, placed a duty of 300 per cent.' upon their tea: and this was upheld by Lord John Russell, the originator and exponent of free trade policy. It was quite clear that any incportation of the article of tea could not displace any branch of British industry ; and therefore to carry out the principles of free trade, tea ought to be ad mitted without any duty. (Cheers.) He had been told by one of the largest merchants in Liverpool that in 1849 the value of tea imported into England was £2,000,000 sterling, and the taxes upon it at £5,000,000, so that for what the people might have had for £2,000,000 they had to pay £7,000,00. Were it not for this excessive duty we should have excellent tea, paying a profit to the retailer at from 11d. to ls. per lb., but the price was raised as they knew, to between 4s. and ss. per lb. Did it riot, therefore, appear extraordinary that a government pro fessing free trade, should so far themselves violate the very principles which they originated that they would not even reciprocate with the Chinese ? (Applause.) Was this not a monstrous absurdity ? He would admit duty free all such articles as our soil, climate, and natural indus try could not produce: but he would exclude all such articles as we ourselves and our colonists could produce. (Cheers.) There were three philosophical grounds upon which we were bound to uphold protective principles. In the first place we were entitled to protection against the foreigner, if our soil and climate are inferior to the soil of our foreign competitor. Now what was the condition of Russia,—that was the condition of the Alississipi val ley compared with our country ? There was land of boundless extent not requiring manure, and of the very best quality for the production of wheat—pure virgin soil, untouched by plough or spade,—the fee simple being one or in our money 4s. 2d. per acre. But what did the free traders of the Cobden school tell the farmers of this coun try they advised them to study agricultural chemistry ; and after devoting alone pc riod of timein making themselves chemists put their hands into their pockets and make up for the deficiency of soil and the outlay of capital, and then, said they, we could compete with either Russia or the Mississipi valley. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) With all our superior advantages of learning, we had no chance of competing with these more naturally favoured countries. The next ground uoon which protective principles were to be upheld, vas the difference of dietary between the peo ple of this country and those on the continent • for although our people fare hard enou g h ; y e t s till, reduced as things were, they were better fed, clothed, and lodged than the agricultural population of the continent ; and the consequence would be. if our labouring classes are coin pulled to-compete with the foreign producer, who had the advantage of climate and soil, the farmers of this country would he obliged to reduce the labour of their men in husbandry until our peasantry would be reduced to the degrading level of the Polish slave and Russian serf.--(Applause.) In the neighbourhood of Ormskirk, he had been told that the invasion of Irish labourers had greatly reduced the wages of the Lancashire labouring men, because the Irish labourers would work for sixpence per - day. A nation was deservedly approaching ruin when a barbarous system such as that was introduced. which expected an able-bodied man to work ten hours a day for the miserable -compensation of sixpence. —(Applause.) We ought to abstain from any policy which tended to degrade the English labourer to the level of the Irish pea sant:; and therefore on the ground of lodging, dieting, and-clothing, he was there to defend the cause of Pratec tion.—(Cheers.) The third ground on which the princi ples of Protection rested, was the difference of taxation between this and other countries. The national debt was £BOOlOOO.OOO sterling. The population of this country, including Ireland, which gave but little assistance to taxa tion, was £30,000,000; the population of the continent was £220,000,000, seven times greater than ours ; but our taxation !being equal to that of all the continent, it followed that each Englishman sustained a taxation of seven-fold pressure to that of any continental subject. Besides these there were a variety of local taxes, which altogether formed a hurthen of such enor mous magnitude as to require that the prices for our produce should rise above the prices of the continental nations, and of American, who did not undergo the pres sure of these burdens. The lecturer then-said, that the statement that. free-trade would give increased employ ment to -the population, was falsified by the extensive system of-emigration, organised under government, which is now daily going on. There were then men present who would recollect the prices obtained for 'wheat during the war. It -was a fact not to be contradicted, that for twent y two yeareethe average price of wheat, for the whole period was 818. -2d. per qr. ; at that time the farmer flourished, the land was reclaimed, commons were brought into cul tivation. :Science applied itself to agriculture, a vigorous movement-was given throughout the farming districts civilisation progressed, and there existed a spirit of loyal and thankfulness throughout. the the land.; but the movement that - was to strike them down was hatched even during the war time. It was in 1810 that the first subtle scheme against British industry was concocted. The Whigs, jealous of the influence of the great William Pitt, determined to destroy his policy and take possession •of Downing-street ; so they agreed and decided that, six•months after peace should be estab lished, the monetary system of Pitt should he destroyed, and that they would go to the old system of bullion, which originated with Jews and usurers,—but in saying Jews he did not confine himself to Hebrew Jews ; and to carry out this scheme they found a fitting tool in the late Sir Robert Peel. r* * The power and competition with which they had to contend was increasing every •vear. Additional capital and skill were continually being called into requisition, and now that the Navigation Lacs were repealed, the freights would fall to one-half; so that it was quite certain that the price of wheat must rule per manently at from :30s. to .325. per quarter. Now., with 'respect to the power .of .Russia to supply them with :wheat, he would tell them a fact that would asto :nisi% them. When .the .corn-laws were about being ,repealed,—that was to say, astioon as it was well under , stood that Sir Robert reel had betrayed the confidence of his constituency, —some of the wealthiest and most in ,flueutial corn-merchants •tnet;in Loudon, and after berating the question, selected a 4rentleman to proceed to:Odessa, to ascertain what .was the probable prise at whit& wheat could be shipped free there for this country. It might be necessary, sserhaps, to tell them (the meeting) that the nobility of Russia are in the habit,of meeting at Odessa to personally superintend the sale of their own produce. This gentleman, delegated by the corn merchants at London, sent in his credentials, and was invited to partake of the hospitalities usual on the occasion of the meetings elluded to.. After dinner he was asked the special object of his visit. and lie informed them that it wit; to ascertain at what price they could ship wheat free .oft board. They said that in three days they should be prepared to give an official answer. At the expiration of that time he again had an interview with the parties, when they said to him, " If you can prevail upon,the British government to give to us the exclusive supply of the British market, for any quantity. for a period of five years, we will put. it on board at 20s per quarter, and give to your government a gunrantee that. we are capable of doing so." Let them add to this fact the repeal of the navigation laws, which had materially lowered freightage, and it brought the ruling price to 30s or:l2s per which was the barter price in Capt. Smith's reports. * * * * They perhaps might recollect that when Si r Robert Peel brought this measure (the repeal of the corn laws) forward, and Cobden and his friends supported it, they put forward a statement that the prices of wheat would rule at from 56a. to 58s: per quarter. They said we don't want to ruin the agriceli urists,—we don't want to loWer the prices,—what we want is a steady price ; and this seemed very reasonable and rational. Now of two things, Sir Robert Peel and his party either believed that' there would be a steady price, or they did not. If they believed that the price would be steady, and found that the results were totally different, they were bound to reverse their policy ; but it they put this forth merely as a blind and a delusion, ne terms of reprobation were too tram to denounce the perfidy of such politited legisla. Lion. Now, they had' seep the prices to 4os, or belosv it ; therefore, they would know stow talgitletA) their le&ses, Wheat, Willi; 1)4), ,, , per qr, as down t 4) standard, falling Is. was a loss to the agriculturists of £5.000,000 ; a fall from 565. to 40s. must be a loss of £ 8 0,000,000 ; and a fall of every additional Is. made a diff renee of £5,000,000 ; and when they were brought down to 30s. per qr., the time would have arrived when the best thing they could do would be to embark directly and get some land in the Mississippi Valley (Cheers.) After dwelling upon the evils of a bullion currency --contending theft the system of free-trade was fast expelling the people from their fatherland. and that it was bringing destruction upon the country through the same process as the decAdence of an cient Rome was brought about, when she ceased to be a republic and became an empire, under Augustus Caesar, and other emperors, whose policy it was to import Egyptian corn, to the neglect of the cultivation of agri culture at home, the lecturer concluded thus :—" You are not to look at mere mercenary interests ; it is to you and heldsuc h a u s u y d o s u u p t ht p a ort n e a d t . i o n ty If y you u n d fo p r a f t e r i i t o t t is h ml e s e 0 . 0 i k f t y o be ou u d p• e. generate, your children may reproach you for not having preserved that, rich and sacred inheritance which you yourselves had received from your forefathers. And what have you done towards this,—what have you done as electors ? Have you done your duty ? I say not. The electors of South Lancashire have disgraced themselves, eternally disgraced themselves, by sending to parliament two Yankee merchants, whose interests with yours are as foreign as the goods in which they deal. What are the interests of Brown Shipley ? Do they get wealth by employing British labour ? No ; by employing American labour. If you sell wheat in the British market, Messrs. Brown Shipley get no commission, but in the American market they do. He (Mr. Brown) may be, and perhaps is a very respectable man ; I speak not against the man but against the legislator ; and I condemn you, without whose consent he never would have been in the position he is now in. We are apt and prone to error, and I would be very sorry indeed to' be too hard on those who have committed an inadvertent mistake ; but when you know the fact that the interests of Brown and Henry are foreign interests—that they are benefited by bringing foreign corn into this country, on which they get a com mission, and, therefore, of excluding your corn ; if you repeat this mistake you are devoid of nationality, of patriotism, and utterly dead blind to your own true inte rests. (Applause.) To this feeling I can tell you the shipowners of Liverpoolwill respond, for their object is to make common alliance with you to reject these two Yan kee merchants. There is not a single line of British packet ships to America from the port of Liverpool,— scarcely a single bale of goods is shipped on hoard a British bottom. The Yankees are patriotic, and say, "ship our goods on board our vessels, or take the penalty of forfeiting your commission." When the Cunard line was established, it was with British capital, and they consulted British inter; sts. Then Brown, Shipley were compelled to send goods on board these vessels, instead of the American liners, not to benefit us, mind you, but to benefit. the Americans, • who said the steamer comes so .much faster, goods sent. by th e C unar d li ne g i ve us a month's longer credit in Manchester. And now let us see what course Brown, Shipley took. They went to New York, got up a new line, and Brown, Shipley sub scribed the first £lOO,OOO to create that opposition. And is not this human nature ? Did not Brown, Shipley pro tect themselves ? )Cheers.) I ask you to take a leaf out their book, and protect yourselves by sending no man to the British House of Commons, who is not pledged, and who you are certain is honestly pledged, to protect native industry at home, on the sea, and in our colonies. (Loud cheers.) What. does England want wiqi the trade of the continent, and with any trade, at the sacrifice of her own power ? And what are we doing now that this emigration movement is so fashionable ? Who are the people we send away ? The lame, the weak, the disso lute, the unskilful ? No ; the object is to send away the industrious, the skilful, the sober • and in doing so you send away the sinews, th e nerve , t he pith of your country. (Cheers.) * * My object is not to rass away an hour in mere idle and unprofitable talking, but to as sist, as far as my humble efforts enable me, in fortifying your minds to a firm resolution to turn out of the southern division of the county the two sitting members. (Cheers.) You can do it if you are united ; but if you do return these two men again, I will take care, if I am alive, that it shall be openly stated in both Houses of Parliament that you are the willing victims of your own folly and de lusior. If you choose to forge the instruments by which your own trade is to be enchained, in order to encourage the trade of a foreign country, the crime will most Ls suredly bring its own punishment along with it, and you will richly deserve it, for not only will you be so blind not to protect your own interests, but so unpa triotic as not to protect the interests of those men who support the question of protection to native in dustry. (Mr. Duncan resumed his seat amidst loud and prolonged cheers.) Captain ARMSTRONG rose to propose a vote of thanks to him, and in doing so, said he (Mr. Duncan) had so exhausted the subject. that, he felt assured no other speaker would address them. _ _ - Mr. MAWDESLEY, of Maghull, seconded the vote, and it was carried unanimously and enthusiastically. Mr. Goss, of Orrnskirk, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was passed with equal enthusiasm. Three cheers were given for the Queen, and three for Lord Stanley, after which the meeting separated, the va rious parties presar:t being, we learn, highly gratified and instructed; and it was observed that men who formerly lent their aid to the League delusion, now raised loud their voices in support of protection. After the meeting Mr. Dur.can was invited to meet a party of most irifluential gentlemen who had attended, at a cold collation, which was profusely provided at the King's Arms Hotel. Here the main and practical question of organising the county was discussed, and it was elicited that the division; from Liverpool to Preston and Newton, was in a favourable position for a contest. The Manches ter end of the division was urged to arouse themselves, for their apathy alone would prevent the return of two sound Protectionist members for South Lancashire at the next election. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Particulars of , the storm of Saturday week appear elsewhere. Afterwards, the oppressive heat was much mitigated. The thermometer, which was as high as 80° on Saturday week, was not higher than 64 ° on Sunday, but since then we have had a gradual rise in the temperature, until on Thursday the thermometer stood as high as 75 ° in the shade, and yesterday still higher than that. Vegetation has made , rapid progress in this district (luring the week; the meadow grass has sprung up considerably, and promises a very heavy crop ; on the seed lands it has been very generally cut. Wheat, oats, and other cereals also look extremely well, and in the neighbourhood of Bowdon and 'Hale the wheat is now very generally shot, which is also the case in other parts of Cheshire; the stem is tall and well grown, and the ears are of a good size, so much so as, with ordinarily favourable weather, to give promise of an abundant harvest. Oats look,exceedingly well, but they are late. As regards po. tatoes, we never remember amore abundant promise, and turnips and mangel are coming forward well. .In Lancas hire we have prospects of more profuse crops than usual. The most genial and brilliant weather now „prevails through the length and breadth of the land. ,Fruits and vegetables have become cheap and abundant. in the southern sand midland counties the bay harvest is in full operation, and there is every prospect that the corn crops will not only be abundant but not unduly late. THE NEW PHILADELPHIA PACKET WEST3IORELAVD We .had the pleasure of viewing, during the past week, the splendid new packet-ship Westmoreland, recently constructed in Philadelphia, to take her place as one of the line of packets between that .port .and Liverpool, and we must at once class her as one of the noblest of the immense ;fleet that America has within the past year added to her mercantile marine. The\Westmoreland is, by American measurement, about one thousand tons register, ,hut such is her model, and such the capacity of her poop and deck houses, that here she will probably be set down at about 1500 toils. Her model somewhat differs from the modern school. She has a plump swelling side, great heam,a lair rise of . floor, and a clean run and graceful li nes , b u t f orwar d s h e : is rather fuller than what are classed as clipper.oraft ; this will enable her to carry an immense cargo, and give room to carry on a large amount of canvas. The Westmoreland from the knight heads to the stern post is 1,75 feet long and about 190 feet over all. Her beam is 37 feet, and her depth of hold 23 feetti inches. The passenger accommo dations of this ship are of surpassing exceence. She is full 8 feet in height from deck to deck, and is not only. piereed through to the keel with numerous hatches, but the admirable plan of ventilation, by octagon funnels .of stained glass, as introduced in Collins' line of .stearners ' is here adopted. These ventilators are .h feet •in diameter, and have the great advantage .of admitting light as well as air, The poop, which runs asdar forward as the main hatch, is formed into cabin and second cabin, the latter having excellent state. rooms for nearly 100 passengers. , The cabin is beau tifully .finished ; indeed, it is a maater- piece of cabinet work.. The -" walls" that form the state-rooms, a panel of maho gany and rosewood, divided by boldly projecting octagonal pilasters, resting on the caps of which is a deep architrave beautifully picked out with gold and colour ; hut the whole is so harmonious, and yet so light, that effect is produced without confusion. There are accommodations in this gorgeous apartment for twelve passengers. The houses on deck, which run amidships from the main hatch to tepgallant forecastle, form a surgery—an hospital with 16 berths—carpenter's shop, the captain's cuisine, and the passengers galley. There is no convenience wanting in the fitting of the Westmoreland ; in truth, the accommodation of this class of vessels ?lOW approximate to the blessings of " tome." The Westmoreland, under the command of Capt. Dacan, late of the John Barton, will no doubt prove a fast sailer. She has already made one excellent passage ; and from the manner in which she is sparred there seems every reason to suppose she is ' • bound to go a-head." This ship has attracted considerable attention since she arrived—her exterior appearance being highly imposing. She is decorated by a well-carved graceful figure of Diana, which surmounts the . stem. Iler stern is richly relieved with ornamental scroll work. The Westmoreland is consigned hereto tile euMrprising firm of Mom. Mlienry and Co. THE THUNDER-STORM The tetrific thunderstorm of Saturday week did mis chief in several places. At Bury, an infant was killed in its mother's arms,—she escaped with a burning. Near Middleton a wall was cast down, and several young men, who were sheltered under it, suffered bruises or fractures. At Rochdale, six cottages were destroyed. In the vici nity of Fairfield, it was very violent. One building, a mill, had above a thousand panes of glass broken. In other parts of the country there have been lives lost through this lightning. The electric fluid struck the house of Mr. Hindle, assis tant magistrates' clerk, in Bury-road, near Blackburn. Mr. H. we believe was absent, beine at a meeting of the Town-hall committee, but his wife, their six children, and a woman were i n the house at the-time. It appeared that the electric fluid had struck the chimney, and gone down it, until it came to a bend in the draught, when the fluid drove through the wall into the top bed room, where, but ten minutes before, two of the children had Seen in bed, in the ceiling over which bed a hole was made by the fluid. Four of the children and their mother were in a bed-room on the second floor, and Mrs. Hindle says that she felt as if some one had hit her a smart rap over the forehead with a small cane. The youngest child, the eldest boy, and the woman, were in a corner in the kitchen. The child was stunned, but neither of the other two sustained any injury. All the persons in the house were nearly choked with the sulphu- Teo-us smell, soot, plaster, ..tke. The fluid tore the gas piping down, ripped it up, set fire to the gas, and at one time, from the smoke and soot issuing from the windows, and the strong light caused by the burning gas, it was vu ure , ana parties rushed in with water to extin2uish it. It luckily happened that the part torn fell so that the blaze did not come in contact with anything. Mr. Hindle, ,by this time, bad been fetched home, and with his usual self possession and caution, went into the cellar and turned the gas off at the meter. The electric fluid had left two rooms undisturbed, and in both of these we have beard the .wiredowe were partly up,— one of these rooms was the one in which Mrs. H. and tne orner rooms, including the kitchen (in which the other three persons were), were filled with soot, dirt, lime, and a strong sulphureous smell. The only damage done to the furniture is to the carpets and a few other things, which are spoiled. In one picture frame there had been a nail uncovered; and the fluid had seized upon it, melted it, and shivered the frame. At Oldham, the roofs of some houses were raised en man; and at. North Moor, near that place, a boy, four teen years.of age, was so severely injured that no hopes were entertained of his recovery. At Rochdale, a ser vant girl was struck whil e dimwit,.o mot- ge •• ...•. ,acauss it Me i•g Lai cottee-pot She remains partially delirious, and her rieit side paralysed. POLICE ALLIGEN'CE N FORGERY.-30bn Kinder, who had been arrested while leaving the Borough Gaol, was charged at the Police court with having forged the name of Mr. James Craven, of Birkenhead, to a bill of exchange for £34 45., with intent to defraud Messrs. Cuffiey and Heighway, paper. hanging manufacturers, Il anover - street. The prisoner, it appeared, had been in the empl,y of the prosecutors as collecting clerk, and in August last, he called on Mr. Craven fur an account due to Messrs. Cuffley and Heighway, who paid 'him some portion of it. in cash, but gave him no bill. The prisoner, however, gave his em ployers a bill of exchange for .£34 45., purporting to be accepted by Mr. Craven. The prisoner was tried and con victed for a similar offence last August, and the present case was not discovered till after his conviction. As there were several other cases of forgery against the prisoner, the bench remanded him, in order that evidence might he forthcoming to prove them all. Kinder, who appeared to suffer severely from ill health, was ordered to be taken to the hospital of the Borough Gaol. MOCK AUCTION6.—COMMITTAI. OF CHEW AND SMITH. -Chew and Smith, the former the chief and the latter \e second in c^^- mend *he ner--!-- in ...allow sham auction. I undertaking, —the partial exposure of which has already created so much interest—were again brought before the magistrates on Tuesday, and fully committed for trial. The whole system of operations we -- -losed in the evi- . . ...fin -. • c wriTCD stoma dance, Richard .. _as disew..._ Triggs, an accom pli ce , being fully exam - interpreted by the J ews an d i n the Septuk., teed as a witness Thus Gen. x ii . , 6, he rendered " And Abram passe.. in support of the.prosecution. " When through the land unto the place of Sichem unto the oakoi a stranger came by," ;" and he showed that it was in strict accordance would call out 'A mark !' which was perfectly well tinder- with Druidical practice that (v. 7) "there builded he an stood. This was said to the auctioneer. The stranger.. altar unto the Lord." And this eery oak is referred to in said the ingenuous Trigge, "we `Morel, ~ knew the price which waste be realized, first from iustruc- also with the " oak" not " plain" of Mamre; (Gen. xiii:, at the time, might be within the room or might not. 1 Gen. xxxv., 4, as " the oak which was by Sbecham." So firms, a nd then by a signal. I also knew the first cost 18,( for the late Rev. Mr. Grimahaw declared, on visiting price, nd that the article offered was to fetch a certain the spot, that Mamre was a hilly district, and had no price, if more, well and good. When once we got a eig- plains, though to this day it was well-wooded.... kali, nal from the auctioneer we stopped. After such signal I same connexion between the grille - 1 kpite,tlPeoti was given, we bad nothing to do as to whether the cost was remarkably shown in Gen. sal, ashes; it is said price MIR realized or not. Sometimes the goods . were put that Abraham sojourning for many d rallit7Mlitti oe , up at above the cost price. My instructions were princi. land, where there was little wood, ," piauted a !grove in pally received from Mr. Chew. Mr. Chew bad latterly Beersheba, and called there on thc paint of till L or d, th e bad two chop, one io frioytb Caetle.etteet, and the other eradiating God.' : S 1 the original as int, for oaks at the corner of Harrington -street in Castle -street. It would not have done to have bid for every article, as it would have been observed. i bade for every article for which I commenced to bid till a signal was given. When a stranger purchased, there was sometimes a change of auctioneers, as a stranger might discover that he had been deceived and return." Mr. Pemberton appeared on be half of the prisoners; and the charges of conspiracy to defraud various persons having been fully sustained, they were committed to the assizes, having declined to say any thing in their defence. Bail, however, was accepted for their appearance: their own recognizances in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each. On Tuesday a young man, named Alfred Marroaduke Edwards, was chareed with enlisting recently into the 51st Regiment as a single man, he being married at the same time. The prisoner, it appeared, who was a basket maker, and only• eighteen, had been married a month, when work fell scaree, and he enlisted for a soldier. The juvenile appearance of his wife, who was in court, excited the sympathy of those present. She was not sixteen years old. The magistrates sent Edwards to prison for fourteen days. INFORMATION UNDER THE LOCAL MARINE ACT.— Mr. John Lynch, of Price's -street, has been summoned, as owner of the ship CYnthia, by Mr. Thomas Hunt, a licensed victualler, for refusing to honour a sailor's advance note, drawn in conformity with the provisions of the Local Marine Act. Being the first esse of the kind under the new act, some interest was attached to the result. Mr. Lynch refused to cash it on the ground that the master of the vessel had given it without his authority or order. Mr. \Vybergh, the magistrates' clerk, explained that the Marine Act rendered payment imperative on the part of the owner in all cases where it could be shown the note had been signed hv'the master. The magistrate ordered Mr. Lynch to make payment of the amount claimed. YESTERDAY BEGGING IMPOSTORS. Several Irish beggars were charged with having been detected in plying their vagrant occupation, on the preceding day. On the person of one fellow 2s. 6d. were found. He consented to be passed to Ireland. A woman having the larger sum of 4s. 3d. in her pocket when taken, was sent to prison. MORBID CCRIOSITY.—A decently dressed woman, having en infant in her arms, and whose name was given as Phoebe Cowley, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. An officer stated that he saw her in the streets at a late hour, and advised her to go home, or he should be under the necessity of taking her to bridewell. Upon this the lady intimated that that was a treat she greatly desired, having never seen the interior economy of that public institution. Her wish was accordingly era tified ; though it appeared a very short survey sufficed, as she was eventually bailed out. DARING STREET ROBBERY.--On Saturday night a man named Vance was robbed by a party of fellows, near the Waterloo Dock, of a sovereign and a 'Waterloo medal. The medal was offered at Harris's pawnbroker's shop, and led to the detection of a man named James Canovan, who was seen to take a part in the robbery. He was summarily convicted in two months' imprisonment. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—George Alcroft, and Jas. Williams, two boys who have been in custody almost innumerable.times, on d'fferent criminal charges, were sent to prison for three months for attempting to pick pockets in the vicinity of St. John's market. SERIOUS AssAtn.i.—James Phillips was charged with having stabbed John Davies and Mary Evans. On the night of the 28th ult. Davies went into a public-house in Fazackerly-Qtreet ; he was followed out by the prisoner, between whom and himself words arose, when the pri soner stabbed complainant twice in the body. The woman Evans rushed to his protection, when the ruffian turned upon her and stabbed her twice in the knee. The injuries sustained by Davies in particular were very serious Fined £5, .or two month 1)k(111)16M. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. D. J AMES. The Ancient Order of Druids of the Huddersfield dis trict have for trme time pest had in contemplation the presenting the above rev. gentlecian with some memento of the high regard and esteem they entertain for him as a member of their highly respectable order, and for the very valuable services he has rendered to the cringe by his lucid exposition of the true principles of British Druidism. For this purpose a delegate or committee meeting from the various lodges in the dis'rict was held a short time since, at which it was unanimously resolved that the form of testimonial should consist of a selection orstandard works. And on Monday evening week the same were presented,to him at Al ilnesbridge-house, the residence of his father-in-law, and the highly esteemed chairman of the Huddersfield bench of magistrates, Joseph Armi - age, Esq. The present consists of a splendidly bound (in mo-: rocco) folio volume of " The English Hexapla," of the New Testament, in six different translations, viz., Wicliff 1380, Tyndale 1534, Cranmer 1539, Geneva 1557, Rheims 1582, and the authorised 1611. H a ll am ' s " European Middle Ages," in two volumes, with a third volume of explanatory notes; Hallam's " Literature of Europe," in three volumes ; and Hallam's " Constitutional History of England," in two volumes. The whole of the above works are splendidly got up in green calf and gold; their value being upwards of ten guineas. A deodatidn consisting of delegates from the numerous lodges were present, as were also several clergymen, gent. lemen and ladies. After the presentation had taken place, the Rev. D. James replied as follows :—Gentlemen, I ac cept this haodsorne present with feelings of lively satisfac tion and deep gratitude. Your distinguished order, bas not been content to have for its object the providing a fund in the usual way for the relief of distressed members, but has also directed its attention to the study, and de velopment of those sublime maxims of wisdom, virtue and piety with which the Druidic name is intimately con nected, hence the importance which through Out has been attached to my humble efforts in bringing those maxims to light, and in return for which I am now honoured with this pleating testimony of steem and respect from the members of the order in the Huddersfield district. To you gentlemen, and those whom you represent, I have reason to be doubly obliged, for I will not conceal from you the fact, that my mind received its first impulse to enter on the study of Druidical Antiquities, for 'the cir cumstance of being asked to preach a sermon to your fra ternity, at the parish church of Almondbury, in the year 1835. With a request so congenial to my feelings 1 readily complied, and I made the best preparation the in terval permitted. The sermon was preached on the 26th of December in that year, and those who heard it were pleased to express their approbation by requesting that it might be printed. I however proposed in preference to write a book on the subject, as the results of my investi gation could not be compressed within the limits of a dis course. I entered on my task con amore, but before a single whichin e the e s penned den I andpurchased Leeds catalogues every work offered Druid ismre d for sale at that time. I looked carefully into their contents, and then put the great majority of them on the shelf for ever, convinced that the authors knew little about British Druidism. For I had already discovered that Druidism was not that idolatrous, and superstitious thing which his torians had represented it to be as a matter of course ; b only another name for that revealed religion which pre vailed among the earlier patriarchs, and which their de scendants carried with them at their dispersion into all the world. A section of Japbeth's family introduced it into Britain on their first arrival in these islands. Moreover it became equally evident to my mind that there was no foundation for charging the British Druids with the crime of offering human victims on their altars. The charge originated with an enemy of the Druids, who sought their utter extirpation ; whereas their own literary remains which have descended to us in thelform. of " triads" con tain no trace of any such custom, but on the contrary aoouna vim] maxims which forbid the thought. I there'. fore ventured to vindicate the character and religion of the British Druids from the misrepresentations of histo rians, and of the historical school-books used in this king dom. The promised work was published under the title of A Manual of Ancient British Druidism," in the year 1836. It was printed in your own town of Huddersfield. One thousand copies were taken by the members of your order; and one thousand more were gradually sold to the public. In the course of a few years the work became extensively known. The undue severity with which it was reviewed in the pages of the Atheneum and of the Christian Remenibrancer, contributed to its circula tion. Parties unknown to me to this day, residing in the South of England, were induced by the extracts given in those publications to order the work, and were so highly gratified with its contents that they sent for my ac ceptance two parcels of books on collateral subjects. I also received several letters from distinguished antiqua ries, asking for further particulars respecting the princir source of my information—" The British Triad- - - I readily supplied. sdiiin. ," whic 'Lie names or the booksellers of whom portions of theta might be obtained in an English dress. There was nothing to conceal, the '' Manual" was a production as honest in its purpose, as it was new in its contents. The result of all this has been, that other authors have since followed in the same track, and the unpretending volume which led the way in the vindication of Britain's A nci-nt Druidism has now taken its place by the side of more ponderous tomes as a standard work on the subject. I have been drawn into these datails con nected with the origin and subsequent fortune of this work, by the special allusion made to itin your, gratifying address. I feel sure you will no t d eem th em d evoid of interest. Before 1 conclude, allow me a ga i n t o express my deep sense of the honour whi c h y ou L ave conferred upon me. I feel grateful tiot only for these goodly volumes o f w hich Vim now become possessed by your generosity, and which I shall highly prize to my last day, but also for that feeling of affection which y ou assure me accompanies them from your fraternity. Gentlemen, I gratefully thank you, and may the Divine bl ess i ng r. , st upon you and you rs , and upon the order to which you belong. The Rev. Gentleman laboured under very intense feel ings during the whole time of delivering his address. On Sunday week the members of the various lodges of DI uids, to the number of several hundred, walked in pro cession to the Parish Church, which was filled to over flowing by a respectable congregation, to whom a sermon was preached by t h e t5,„.,1,_ _ • Kirkdale ...,11. n y otiincumbent . It referring to the, scriptural nces of the or religious worship of the patriarchs, the preachershowed that the authorised version t rans l ated by the word " plain" or (in the mar gin) " plain. ~ .1.. ..,._ _ 0 °I bti rte'