The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1854 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. qi. v 11 " CIT Y f• e' . OF ,TLASGOW steam-ship,Captain . ' - '"a, sailed for Philadelphia on Wednesday, with a full I cargo and three hundred passengers. 0 eeed giß J OAN GERARD, who died without heirs, is Bue ll: a er: e 4,d a in his title and estates by his brother, Major titr:-Itt . -A-113 n, of this town, has designed and manufac „all elegant service of plate, which was presented, on ' th„." r uay week, at Crewe, to Mr. Allen, late locomotive I ir ag,.. er of the Crewe works of the London and North- It (ker n. Railway. stittr the meeting of the dock committee on Thursday, ClO 04, , ' money, amounting in the aggregate 4 to about ep h e"o, were offered and accepted, at the rate of per a rl_. interest : old bonds were also renewed to the extent a llattt £4,0, 00. Ta t te r 344 Y0n, on Thursday, entertained a party to din of : t the Town -hall. The company included a number ,g, ttlemen connected with the railway interest at Liver s and other places, and amongst the guests were the an ' col. Lowther and the Hon. C. Howard. f )1 ST E , i r, `-O u - 4 1 1€1. THREE COPIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 0 NlTi c t,'",Y3 Thomas Douglas . and John Jacobs were et th` 4 o f staling three copies of the new Testament, Pa r k . ' Previous day, from the shop of M Hughes, in ler f e „ r° ,a (l . They were each sentenced to Mrs, imprisoned THE •44ee n d ays. . )0 iastad ,I3TEI X - SRIP GOLDEN AGE.-According to the t he A Vie " from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears that ,afte r , al erican s t eamer Golden Age reached that place V aet t 2-Atla_, Precedented passage, her running time avi r , 'Jetty a,l",t,uaYS. She would be detained at the Cape some 'Jetty -" was expected not to occupy more than 22 days u te e t2 the cape and Melbourne, in which case her pas- Nts7,... A. Ustralia will have been effected, as regards I t ? tune, in a little over forty-eight days. ll t II 11 raiilv. H. H. HIGGINS delivered the first of his *se ez,es " The Sacred Localities of the East, ,, at . 14 0, - a , 4, 1 te I on nstitution, on Tuesday, to a large aud 1- 41 ae b ) , .. - ue lectures are illustrated by dissolving views. l eatok t els are to be devoted,to the benefit of St. Cltn•ure y a ollneedan 13 ebools, Mill-road, Everton. The second lec for this evening. tro za , ILBOTATION TO 1 CLERGYMAN.-A silver pocket be DrZtion service, inkstand, and gold pen are about 0 ltcegar t ed to the Rev. Arthur H. Hughes, by the b c n -18114441 s i 3 f St. Mark's District Church. The plate ears whi ch le 48 the rev. I nsription, expressive of the high estimation in gentleman is held,. especially for his kind he 4 W arfls the poor in the district. , ° ther ESL ' local" preacher, when discoursing.the a stot - ,,• rY ill a circuit not remarkable for hospitality, 4 11.4 . ;"e i ,d the congregation by producing fro . m n is p 'l'e to WertShea " bread and meat, which he disc discussed with weresllato, informing "the brethren" that local preachers an gels, as appeared to be the impression in that uit allts'. ll . 4l° °d, but men of flesh and blood like the inha tot tnemselves. Ire e.u,l4l'oG CHILDREN,—In the Standard of last . week,. kl,n-eis so me particulars of the case against Ann Willun- At Targed with stealing a shawl from a little girl named st opjane Richardson and stated that she was into reman N es - ster that an in ves ti g ation might be made other AO I , 4 °f 4 Similar nat ur e w ith w hi c h s h e was charged, ` 0 li - ' 44 3', three other cases were brought clearly home Te r ' It a b t t e PPears that her victims were children from Ittak eleven years of age, who had been sent with th e m of clothes to the mangle, and that when she me st t kit eh e gave them a halfpenny to spend, having fir k e ll th 4 ,,ett •,,,, e bundle from them, and then, as soon as they 'Lie 1 t , 6 1- ,,,,`° a shop to purchase sweets, she walked of with Sr r tr rtY and pawned it. She was committed for trial. la i i.'"2 ll a.s CHURCH, PARK-LANE.-On Sunday even ae;„- "eelv, as the Rev. C. P. Hobbs, the curat, ws ,'le r''"g in this church upon the prospect of affairs in 'ort y a st, from Judges v., 31, "And the land had rest 8 „, °4 1 - e l ea ra, ' a woman in one of the galleries, who for i'alk ed 'ale had been conversing rather loudly, got up and hacked ~‘llearer to the pulpit, and said she " should like to } l "'' \ O I , We rcl with him," and that she " knew more about . he 't a b.' Plano h i e ra did," . ar be ex w p as ressed a wish to show him l a fter 07:and's quickly removed, and, , 11 gr „.,"`e i r was restored, and the excitement 9nougst the "ith b e °" l . t .'ion subdued, the curate concluded his discourse ), 1,/ c t; lltrther interruption. Mail 7%11 ... } 1 , 114 - 1 ' TREAT TO WORKMEN.-On Tuesday niter s_nelta.,' ~,""e Workmen in the employ of Messrs. WilliaT 1 ,, 41 tt - , 1 1 and James Ronald, rope-manufacturers of this tih" i lle l '4, ll ell together at the house of Mr. Munday, Edge ee,;••,-, celebrate the completion of a new shed, which has 04 erected for the further convenience and accommoda . .- IN°c Oftthe spinners employed at their works. The chair Li 's -(11 , Pied by Mr. Henry Weatherall, one of the oper t a h - Of th'lvOO, after the usual loyal toasts, proposed the lip teeht:„lr,,etruPloyers, congratulating the men on the kindly I ve' l at existed between their employers and them by A i • The toast was responded to in a very able manner ItoL.4vard Hurst, the superintendent. , Wit h 7,1, 13 .4. n . r 33 rr A SERVANT.-Sarah Anne Peirce, charge_d . " 1 44 - lag her master Mr. Pennington, Cleveland aih, e e, of 29 sovereigns, 'a one pound note, and 13s. in t ''e r. I t aPneared from the prosecutor's evidence, that on Sltil at iO4e r was in his employ as servant, .and tha • h the , k,,,, , ,ay last she took the keof the drawer, a‘lpire kept, out of his coat pocket In the ill ev w e h n l i e ng she to the Roman Catholic 1 (11 117 h °s eeutor's permission to eat ise c ti , and as she did not come go ia during the night it reilli:oine suspicion, and on e prosecutor going to look He instantly gave . ._ 6l ln ts; toen'tony, h e f oun d i t gon :t. s clee° ll the proper authorpe , and the police sue- Newt,tc ni a rresting the prisoner in a house in Burlington- al :d found on her person two passage tickets for P iqt . , ° :", at £4 10s. each, and some of the money. The °O3-3,4": eZlifessed to having paid £2 for provisions for the 5 k „,, 1 , 110 x. -b ' Ti e ....Was sent for trial to the next sessions. l aaro s..-'... 0 . - o • - • 4 To OBTAIN GOODS ON FASE fe PRE beesN.e'l th e I f ridgy two respectably attired ROO% 'lie p o i i : 4 Pray and Jane Murray, attempting charged PriB o ,, 411 (le r 4 .0 magistrate with to obtain oi lb.. . , er s (th_,),le following . false pretences :-One of the last ea 13rotye other remaining outside) went to Messrs. IT. ' alld requestle tea dealers, in Lime-street, on . Thursday 4 °4llt ed to be supplied with groceries, to the Adeh, b , °f 128. 14 - 4, W d desired them to be sent to the the '-' --Lotl " an . fil t - articles _ n , Pon which Mr. Gilbert refused to send Of %then left u I ss the bill was discharged at the time. k 1.. t. , and Mr. G. watched her going to the shop it) a 4 .., 4 • John Edmonds, Renshaw-street, and there, it itr e 1., -- r+ she ordered goods to amount of 125., and told I:4lgroonds to send them to the Adelphi, and she would lef t and pay for them on the day following. After she IV 0 . Gilbert came into the shop and told his opinion. t iets g Wkls Were, however, sent as directed; with instru one,ll°t to deliver them up unless paid for. The pri aetol'i? called a the Adelphi for the goods,. but were !ter e l, 11 ,a at hearing that they must be paid for. As they here ~.4 . ,, ', ll e act of decamping, a police-officer . took t em "" t.,. --81) d7• The court discharged the prisoners,on gave -01,11 ads * of their not having received the goods, but th e h e, 4 1 a severe caution. cge 4. l.. . n . v 4 e A s Tl f ON OF ST. DAVID'S DAY IN LIVERFOOL.--- L 4t 4t ' o the Principality, who reside in this town, et ne Wee k celebrated, in their usual hearty and genial Ncloit i 0 anniversary of St. David. The annual ball in * 1 m ." local Welsh Charity Schools was held, as . stated 'aw a t t - ` week's Standard, on Monday evening, in the •I' -. liall, under the patronage of his worship the Mayor, l'irA l n Ll oyd , Esq. The lady patroness was Lady _ r ii !rna l " 0 11 4 the president Hugh R. Hughes, Esq., of t -ga ritv '--Par k• The annual examination of the Welsh -ereht ga,4Sehools took place on Tuesday. A peculiar in -01)far,tiooh-o'ae4.,l,lelt to the proceedings, from the fact that they worse''' so, -- Lue character of a jubilee, the foundation-stone •,bi n - 4 ° ,° Is havin g been laid just fifty years ago. His i lularii„,`". 114, o • r'-',„ ided. After a few appropriate ter ex,,.7..r°111 th- -es the children sang a hymn, and te r fr -. , in tatt ,, e Mayor, by 4 11, °1 4 th e iCa commenc n ed b the girls reading a chap tame t, and their being questioned l'al)11 8. tin Tteescitations and examinations in geo itaPt S c. --cucted• The boys came next. They read . a *l4 l e- 4°41 the 's \V °lle °f th Scriptures, and were questioned upon it ; he h. A e pupils afterwards recited a chapter in ITelnas /I'..snbsequent recitation, " To Wales !" given by t "e boy s -n scoe, drew forth hearty and deserved applause h st lea t w ere then questioned on geographical . and his- ?th l?Rieetis. Satisfactory progress was evinced by I „ c alen - •' 8 a nd girlS; and the Mayor, as well as other gen 4),"`ade Present, Pronounced high encomiums upon the volliiif tuition adopted. After the recitation by James '%a l Il e of the pupils, of an address to the School O f tl tlllt tee vrrit . 1) le hrr.-3 ten by Mr. Edwards, one of the masters 4,l tl ef atiO school, the Rev. Wilh - am , Hughes delivered a try , ea " - ess to the children, characterised by much sim t te ch;,,,, rnestness, and' religious feeling. On Wednesday . th fi..,_(mkren of the Welsh School walked in procession, lf - Ka a ., and banners, to St. David's Church. The Rev. P i 'ie c r l e s, .D., read the service in the Welsh language, l i elles o 3' the Rev. D. E. Jones, I.A. Mr. William .4k lr Faa the lessons • and the Rev. Thomas Thomas, litti' l ... lear kiii " 4 ble a d of Carnarvon' preached in the same language 1) • 3 .very impressive sermon, from Prover s Th i n g Q: 4 the evening the annual dinner of the Cam___- I) elliZT.,ietY was held in the . Royal . Hotel, Mr. H. t.' It Jo n g president of the society, in the chair. Mr. 'va ns and Mr. John Jones were the vice-presidents. '"el'ea 21Peeches, appropriate to the occasion, were de- T tt4 64 the course of the evening. bans, 4 1 , 811.13 0 X ROBBERY IN STRAND-STREF.-David ai t four h ," has been remanded from time to time for the . ' k g ' ee Ks, on a charge of stealing a cash-box, con l'l4, t - Ile ariv £3OO M• h and bills, belonging to Mr. VC,I O 1101 . t on the 26th of i i ., be esale stationer, Strand stree , ur, d r last, was agai brought up for examination on 4 1 1 , 1 414 - ; Arr. Pitt de tailed the circumstance of the loss Iti, e et, "PertY, and Mr. Cooper, of No. 6, Lower Milk kt,A4 as wi th Whom the prisoner was employed, gave evi -4),°tl- to the prisoner and his wife, accompanied by - R w ti 404, °man, going to his premises, and giving t in )7 eaZta of for safety, which he returnedto him * r OkeTse f the following week. He found the 4,Plit s i, °Pen in a room occupied by the prisoner as a Vr. k ;•°P; it was covered with shavings. There were two r t • Plagainst him the first of which was for stealing 4 .14 1) ."'6,a..'S cash -boa,' ' d the second for stealing a black . ea Nt • cir 7 ' be l° gi;a an te Mrs. Julia Meldrun, in James lir 4 a l a— M n ldru g n, the wife of Robert Meldrun, pub %.,•ere',. aples-st eet said that the prisoner and two women e, -1 4eir ho use ' on the day the cash-box was stolen, 412 a le a n ea Ba „,_ (1, ress_ was stolen. The prisoner and two vpi7 ti a l nd a p Z,.llato her house and asked for two glasses of Clot s 1 1 47 .. 4 or rum, which one of the females paid for 4.,; e , ,1 10 .2. g, and asked to be alloNyed to go to a water- in `'"• was on the first landing ups . Abo . ut ho,;tll4lllfotulidtestis,a,ftFr they left the house she went upstairs, n.a.Kjotaseer tress which w a valuable one, had tliZ s s tole P Harding, keeper as of a china and t llL int rell ollse, in Penrith, said the prisoner was his ,„ e ntitt, - , and, in company with his wife, visited linn. y ln e 4, - rce ~,, about Martin s last. When the dete9tl :- Lolcl4 l. Tie and searched his house, witness gave him a as ~,.e al la dries e Do - ' '" e nrih. ' which hisdaughter had left when she ter to the prisoner, ch an ced to hie cot oi r t . c 4in bn Lloyd, v ng her t him ,I boa e lc n :el l 4 e,ud f a s n t o h te. g D . etec e t r iv an e-offi s er Carlislesaid, when e prisoner he stated that two women ;•'! 4 • for -4 " 111 aild `lon. - ' 43 trOUbi asked him to openbox, giving him dared for saf er e, and a note, which the he handed to Mr. ••* ed that . ety. aa , a it ov• Mr. Hodgson, the magistrate, consi -1 ry st '' as case of great suspicion , there d‘litossessior°llg circumstantial evidence that he had been 3' 1 Of th It itl- t° send I, e Property, and he should deem it his nn 4 flealj; him for trial. The prisoner was then charged Winei t y g the satin dress belonging to Mrs. Meldrun, to ivn. ~._ .'" NW committed for trial. , CAPTAIN T. LYALL, of the Minerva, was presented with a silver tea and coffee service, at a dinner held at Belfast, on Tuesday. A NUMBER OF LABOURERS are employed laying down the mains for the conveyance of the gas through Castle town, Isle of Man, under the superintendence of a person from the south of England. FIRE IN CLAYTON-STREET.—A fire broke out early on Wednesday, in the workshops belonging to Mr. Smith, turner, in Clayton-street. The fire brigade were promptly in attendance, and the flames were soon extinguished. The loss is about £2O. THEFT OF COPPER SHBATING.—John Canny, a watch man was on Friday, sentenced to three months' imprison ment for stealing a quantity of copper sheating from the Banshee. He had, it appeared, been charged before the court on a previous occasion. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA..—The importance of regular and speedy communication with Great Britain and Australia cannot be exaggerated. The merchants of this town are, therefore, about to petition parliament on the subject, praying that a fortnightly despatch of mails may take place by the swiftest vessels. The petition lies for signature in the Exchange newsroom. DARING ROBBERY.—On Monday, last week, two men entered the house of Mr. Delany, York-street, Hulme, Manchester, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and finding Mrs. Delany alone they tied her hands behind her, tied her legs together, coiled a rope rather tightly round her neck to stop her cries, and left her lying on her face whilst they robbed the house. They obtained upwards of £l3 in money, and got safely away. Mrs. Delany was found soon afterwards by some neighbours frothing at the mouth, and nearly strangled. MURDER OF A WIFE.—At the Manchester police-court, on Wednesday, William White, a butcher, was charged with having murdered his wife on the previous night, about 12 o'clock. The fellow lived in Aspinall-court, Spitalfields, Old-road. A police-officer saw them go into the house, and subsequently he heard blows and kicks, and the woman cried out, "Oh ! Billy, don't ill-use me." He heard more kicks or blows, and then, all being quiet, he went away. About half an hour after White accosted him, and said he wanted him to witness the death of a woman, and, on his going to his house, the officer found the unfortunate woman lying in a pool of blood. The prisoner, it appeared, had called in some neighbours after he had given the fatal kicks, and he also went for a sur geon, but she was dead when medical aid arrived. The man was remanded. THREATENED STRIKE OF BRICKLAYERS.—At the meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, the chair man stated that a communication had been received from the contractors for the new warehouses now being erected at the Stanley dock. It was to the effect that the con tractors prayed for a fortnight's delay of the works, in consequence of being threatened with a strike on the part of the bricklayers. The men now receive 4s. Bd. per day, and have demanded an advance to ss. It was stated that the work was already twelve months in arrear. After considerable discussion, it was decided that no delay could be allowed, but that the contractors must be left to their own resources. Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, was directed to communicate the decision of the committee to the contractors. SERIOUS FlRE.—About six o'clock, on Wednesday evening, a fire broke out in the model room of the foundry occupied by a Mr. Edward Gee, of Widnes, near to the Runcorn Gasworks, and adjoining the offices of the Bridgewater Canal. The flames raged with great fury, until the building, which was two stories in height, had nothing but the bare walls standing. The building was the property of Messrs. John and Thomas Johnson, of Runcorn. The inhabitants of the locality were in a state of great alarm, ah the burning premises were only sepa rated from the gaswork§ by a narrow passage, about a yard in width, but the wind drifted the burning embers from the gasworks, otherwise the fire would have been a most disastrous one. A watchman, Peter Harrison, be longing to the duke's employ, had one of his feet crushed by the engine whilst working in the yard. MILITIA FUNERAL. — The funeral of the orderly-room sergeant of the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia took place on Thursday, at the Necropolis, Low-hill. As there is no military detachment in Liverpool, the staff sergeants of the Liverpool regiment of militia, anxious to pay respect to their deceased brother of the Royal Militia Artillery, formed the firing party. -The arrangements were made by Captain Campbell, of the Artillery Militia. The bands of the two regiments were in front, and alternately played the Dead March ; then came the firing party, composed of the sergeants of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia ; then, on a gun carriage, drawn by two black horses, the coffin, covered with the " union jack ;" and on the coffin lid the cap, sword, and other trappings of the deceased. The horses were on each side led by an artillery sergeant. Then followed as mourners, two and two, the staff-sergeants of the Militia Artillery, and the staff-officers, Capt. Campbell and Dr. Ferguson, and Mr. Behrend, the assistant sur geon; also, Captain Weir and Mr. Hugh Neill, of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia. The funeral service was read by the chaplain of the cemetery, and when the body was lowered into the grave three volleys were fired, and all the military honours were duly paid. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.— The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. William Earle in the chair. The statement of accounts for the half-year showed a gross increase of receipts from passengers and goods of £B5B 9s. 22d. as compared with the corresponding period of 1852. The sum applicable for dividend was £4,751 ls. which would yield a dividend of two per cent. for the half-year, subject to income-tax, and leave £271 ls. 92d. to carry forward ; but, in the peculiar circumstances of the company, the directors left it to the shareholders to determine whether it would not be prudent to retain a larger surplus to meet probable contingencies. The chairman moved the adoption of the report. A long and irregular discussion took place as to the position of the company. At length a motion of Mr. Roundell's was car ried, that the dividend be at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum clear of income-tax. The election of directors in the place of those retiring being the next business, Mr. Samuel R. Healey was chosen in the room of Mr. T. B. Barclay, and Messrs. William Earle and Jacques Myers were re-elected. Mr. Gray was elected auditor in the place of Mr. Duckworth resigned. The meeting was then made special for the consideration of the policy of pro ceeding to parliament for a new bill to obtain relief from the large payments to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Companies, by deducting the amount .of working expenses before making an apportionment of the receipts for toll. An animated discussion took place, but at length the proprietors consented to sanction an appli cation to parliament ; it being arranged that, in the meantime, the chairman, deputy-chairman, and Mr. Garnett should obtain an interview with the board of the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, in order to make, if possible, some amicable arrenßement. THE WARb,INGTON AND STOCKPORT RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at the joint station in Warrington, Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., in the chair. From the report it appeared that there was raised on capital account up to the 31st of December, 1853, including Stockport shares and loans oh debenture, £158,709, and expended in the same period £176,579, leaving a balance of £17,869. The traffic up to December, 1853, was £5Ol 4s. Bd. The engineer stated that it was the Bank Quay Company who were to blame for the delay which had occurred in building the iron bridges over the Mersey at Warrington and the Duke's canal at Altrincham, by which the opening of the line throughout had bee 4 retarded, and the consequent-con nection with the St. Helen's and Garston Railway at the Warrington end, and with the Manchester South Junc tion and Altrincham Railway at the Altrincham end, had been delayed. The 'real cause of the delay was, that the price of iron rose considerably immediately after the con tract was entered into. In reply to a question, the chair man stated that the gross amount of share capital and loans was about £233,000. The report was adopted, and the auditors and other officers elected for the ensuing year. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. — The half yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Friday, at the Lime-street station of the London and North-western Railway, E. W. Hasell, Esq., chairman, presiding. The meeting was numerously attended. The report recommended a dividend of 8k per cent. per annum. It also stated that the net balance remaining to this com pany on account of the Scottish central traffic has not been ascertained, and it expressed regret that some dispute between the Caledonian Company and this had not yet been settled. Reference was likewise made to the fact that no payment has been made to the company for per forming the Post-office service between Lancaster and Carlisle for about twelve months. The revenue account showed that the receipts for the past half-year (including balance brought forward) amounted to £166,661 12s. and the disbursements to £67,808 7s. 61d., leaving a balance of £98,853 ss. sd. applicable to the payment of interest and dividends, and additions to the renewal fund. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, recapitulated its main features, and after a brief discussion the motion was agreed to; after whioh the Chairman formally moved a resolution that a dividend at the rate of 81- per cent. on the different classes of shares be declared. The resolution was seconded and carried unanimously, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the proceedings terminated. FREEVOCAL Scuoot.—Vocal music has, hitherto, been comparatively neglected in England, yet there is sufficient evidence that the natural genius of the people would re ward a careful cultivation. Wherever the people are taught to prefer the pleasures of intellect, and even of taste, to the gratification of the senses, a great and favour able change takes place in their character. They are no longer driven, by mere vacuity of mind, to improper in dulgences : and sentiments are awakened which make them love their families and their homes. One principal argument in favour of the general cultivation of vocal music is the improvement of congregational singing. Surely, so long as music forms a part of sacred worship, it ought to be of the best possible kind ; and that we have the highest authority for its use cannot be for a moment doubted. In the reign of David, we find no fewer than three thousand Levites devoted exclusively to the choral service of the temple ; and almost in every part of the Revelations we find that music is the delightful employ ment of the church triumphant. According to the testi mony of Bishop Jewell, there ;were often, during the short reign of Edward the Sixth, not less than three thousand people singing psalms by the pulpit of St. Paul's Cross. Who can think of the sublime effect produced by that chorus of voices, and compare it with the meagre, dis cordant singing of the present day, without feelings of 'the deepest regret ? There are some who regard music as a pastime, fit only for the occasional employment of idle hours : can that, however, be unimportant which con tributes to the harmless gratification of thousands F can that be unimportant which is inseparably connected with religion "Of all the fine arts," says Madame de Stael, "music only can be considered purely religious, since it is incapable of expressing a vice." On the continent we generally find the executive government aiding its culti vation ; and where such is not the case, we frequently fi n d large schools, supported by voluntary contributions, where the working classes are gratuitously instructed in the science. At Berlin there is a school of this descrip tion, where upwards of three hundred singers are enabled to perform the most difficult and finest works of the great masters. The vocal school established by the Sacred Har monic Society of Liverpool is calculated to produce the most beneficial results. Already upwards of 460 young persons of both s exes have availed themselves of the gra tuitous instruction afforded. The classes . are, we under stand, attended with the greatest pupctualtty, a significant proof of the interest felt by the mils. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, an accident of a very extraordinary nature took place on the London and North-Western Railway, at Sutton, to Joseph Yates, farmer, Ecdeston. He was going from St. Helen's to Liverpool, by the 2 15 train, and when he arrived at the St. Helen's Junction, where the passengers change, in stead of crossing the line to pass over to the Liverpool train, he jumped on to the buffer of the last carriage of the Manchester train which was about departing. It started, and he remained on the buffer, and on being observed, several persons shouted to him, advising him to remain still until the engineer could stop the train ; he, hoviever, disregarded them, and in jumping off was dashed to the ground, receiving very serious injuries on his head and body. He is considered to have been in a state of intoxi cation. He was immediately conveyed to Mr. Blundell's, surgeon, and it is probable it may not terminate fatally. A NEW LIFE - PRESERVER. A trial was made last week, on the river, in the neighbourhood of the Landing-stage, of Johnson's life-preserver, or safety pillow, designed principally to aid in the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck. The patentee, who exhibited the apparatus, engaged one of the watermen's boats about two o'clock, and, after divesting himself of all clothing except a pair of white duck trousers, and a Guernsey shirt, he went into the water with the preserver attached to his person, and performed a number of evolutions, such as lying on his back and side, and moving about in other positions, for a period of nearly twenty minutes, when he came out and redressed himself, the extreme coldness of the water not rendering it prudent to remain longer im mersed. The " safety pillow" consists of two small pil lows constructed of cork shavings, lined with horse hair, —one fitting on the back and the other on the chest of the person using it, and attached by straps fitting round the thighs and shoulders. It was put on or taken off with the greatest ease and rapidity, the time occupied being only a few moments. The experiment seemed quite successful, for the exhibitor, besides assuming any posi tion at pleasure, was enabled to make progress through the water at will in any direction. The patentee is Mr. Joseph Johnson, of Manchester. AN ANxious HUSBAND.—On Saturday, when the steamer Commodore was lying at the quay, previous to her departure for Liverpool, the wife of a passenger went ashore to make some purchases, leaving her husband with two children, a little boy and an infant, on board. As she had not returned when the boat was on the eve of start ing, the husband left the infant in the care of a brother passenger and went ashore with his son to search for his missing spouse, and thus lost both wife, infant, and steamer, for the former could not be found, and when he returned from his search, the latter had started, carrying away the child. To add to his grief, his wife had posses sion of the cash-box, and he was thus, like Lord Ullin, left upon the shore, wifeless, childless, and moneyless. A gentleman belonging to town, with a generosity which does him honour, seeing his distress, gave him 20s. to take him per train to Liverpool, trusting to the man's sense of honour for repayment. Mr. M'Culloch, agent of the com pany, also kindly returned him his passage-money, 10s., and, with 30s. in his pocket, the man set off to Liverpool, where it is to be hoped he will recover wife, infant, and purse.— Greenock Advertiser. Does COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs day, Mr. Charles Turner presided. The sub-committee of works recommended that the offer of the Haigh Foundry Company, for the supply of cast iron cylinders for the Wapping works, should be accepted. Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, in reply to a question, said the cylinders were for the south side of the Queen's basin, to bring the water from the graving docks. The recommendation was agreed to. The harbour masters' sub-committee having taken into consideration the application of the dock gatemen for an increase of wages, recommended that one shilling per week be added to their wages, and to the wages of the landing-stage men, during the continuance of the present high prices of provisions. The recommendation was con firmed. The sub-committee recommended that a person be appointed, at a salary of £BO per annum, to take charge of the storing of timber on the east side of the Huskisson dock. Agreed to. The sub-committee produced a report from the harbour masters of the number of stages for loading and discharging ships at the several docks, with rates recommended to be charged for the use of the same. It appeared, from the report, that there are 570 working berths • that there are 149 stages on the dock quays at present; and that 352 stages are required in addition, for the whole of the docks. The charges recommended to be made for them were the following :—Foreign-going ves sels under 300 tons, 10s. • 300 to 600 tons, 12s. 6d. ; 600 to 900 tons, 155.; above 900 tons, 20s. All coasting ves sels, 2s. 6d. each. The chairman said the cost of the 352 new stages would be £5,000. Of course there were the 149 besides. The total cost might be taken at £7,000. After some conversation, the recommendations contained in the report were agreed to. A letter from Messrs. Whitehead' and Meyer was read, setting forth, that in consequence of of the quay on the west side of the Brunswick dock being taken up by timber merchants on rental, the writers had had to pay demurrages amounting to £7 25., for three timber-laden vessels which had been detained and they asked that the rents of the ground might be distributed amongst the parties who had suffered by its being occupied with timber. The committee declined to entertain the ap plication. ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY.—Mr. J. C. Ewart took the chair at the annual meeting, in the Clarendon-rooms, on Tuesday. The ac counts presented by Mr. Bright, secretary, showed that, up to December 31st, the total expenditure was £180,524 12s. 2d., of which £4,603 2s. sd. had been incurred on ac count of preliminary working of lines, travelling expenses, and salaries during the past two years ; rents and taxes, £1,148 9s. 2d. ; stationery and printing, £323 ss. sd. ; in the construction of lines, stores, instruments, and patents, £173,790 3s. 51 • the law expenses being £659 12s. The nett profit on traffic to the end of the year (the London line having been opened only in November) was £1,264 ls. sd. The engineer, Mr. Charles Bright, reported the completion of the following works :—" The underground trunk line of ten wires from London to Manchester and Liverpool was finished at the end of October, and has since continued in efficient operation. The underground line of six wires from Liverpool to Carlisle, and thence to Port patrick, - was opened lately, and is working satisfactorily. The submarine cable of six wires between Great Britain and Ireland was successfully laid from Portpatrick, in Wigtonshire, to, Donaghadee, in May, and maintains the same perfect condition as I then reported to you. The underground line from Donaghadee to Belfast has been finished a few days since, and Belfast is now connected in direct circuit with Liverpool. The underground line from Cork to Queenstown has been in operation since the commencement of the present year. The line of pole tele graph from Belfast to Dublin, with branches to Armagh, Kells, Nowtonards, and Holywood, along the county Down, Ulster, Belfast Junction, and Dublin and Drogheda Railways, has been open for commercial business in con nexion with the cable since the beginning of January. The same system from London to Cork ) with branches to Killarney and Carlow, on the Great Southern and Western and Killarney Junction Railways, was completed and opened for public use at the same time. Tenders have been accepted from responsible and experienced con tractors for the erection of a line of telegraph upon the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and for six additional wires between Dublin and Belfast. Agreements have also been entered into with the Londonderry and Enniskillen and Coleraine Railways, for the supply of telegraphs to those lines. One hundred and three new instruments, and various machinery necessary to the proper working of the additional stations and increased business, have been provided during the year, and the apparatus of the com pany is in goo and efficient condition." The chairman congratulated the proprietors upon the excellent prospects of the undertaking, and paid a high compliment to the zeal and efficiency of the company's officers. The report was adopted; and, a resolution having been passed for an allowance to the directors for their services, the retiring directors, Mr. James Holme, Mr. Christopher H. Jones, and Mr. Henry Harrison, were re-elected. The auditors, Messrs. Bewley, were also re-appointed. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE .IN MANCHESTER.—A fire took place on Wednesday night in the large warehouse of Messrs. Ryland and Sons, New Market-street, Manchester, which destroyed that establishment, and caused great damage and loss of property at several other warehouses. Messrs. Ryland and Sons are dealers in Manchester goods generally, and their warehouse occupied the whole of the pile of buildings between New High-street and Bread street, and extending from High-street to Tib-street, being 300 feet long, 42 feet wide, and partly three and partly four stories in height, exclusive of collars under the whole range. There was a stock of goods in the warehouse worth rather more than £lOO,OOO, the greater portion of which was destroyed.' About £20,000 worth of goods were out in the hands of finishers, and escaped. The flames reached the warehouse of Messrs. Hammond and Turner; then that of Messrs. Richard Guest and Co. caught fire. The warehouse of Mr. A. Eichholz also took fire, and the flames took the direction of a court partly under the warehouse of Messrs. Hammond and Turner, and partly under that of Mr. Eichholz, into Bridgewater place, setting on fire several warehouses in that street. The immense warehouse of Messrs. Kershaw, Leese, and Sidebottom, on the north side of Bridgewater-place, also caught fire several times, from the sparks thrown up, but was fortunately saved, with some slight damage to the roof. The capacious premises of Messrs. Ryland and Sons were entirely destroyed. A crowd of people, estimated at upwards of 20,000, gathered near the spot soon after mid night, and the police would have found it impossible to keep a sufficient space clear for the firemen but for the aid of Colonel Yorke, with his regiment of Ist Royal Dra goon Guards. Messrs. Ryland and Sons are insured to the extent of £73,000. Of the warehouses on the north side of Bread-street, those which have suffered most are that of Messrs. Hammond and Turner, and that of Messrs. Guest and Co. Messrs. Hammond and Turner, 17, Bread street, are button and silk manufacturers, and the whole of their warehouse was gutted, inflicting a loss of £B,OOO in stock, and, probably, of £2,000 to £3,000 in the blod ing, which is insured. Messrs. Richard Guest and Co., 19, Bread-street, and 18 A, Bridgewater-place, spinners and manufacturers, had a large stock of goods in the warehouse, which were nearly all destroyed. Their loss will be about £12,000, covered partly by insurances. The loss on the building will also be several thousand pounds. Mr. Joseph Gill, of 21, Bread-street, fustian manufacturer, had about £9OO of damage done, covered by an insurance of £1,250. Mr. Eichholz, exporter of Manchester goods, 10 A, Bridgewater-place, had suffered about £5OO in damage to his stock, but is insured for £BOO, which will cover the loss. Messrs. Piddock, Waters, and Co., N 0.12, suffered a loss of several hundreds, covered by insurance. Messrs - . T. Pearson and Son, No. 16, manufacturers of Marseilles quilts and counterpanes, had property destroyed to the extent of £6,000, covered by insurance. Messrs. Barlow and Frith, No. 18, had stock burnt, and other damage done, to the extent of £750, covered by insurance. The extensive warehouses of Messrs. Bradbury and Don caster, merchants, and Messrs. Richardson, Tee, and Rye croft, cotton and linen manufacturers, in Tib-street, were on fire several times, and great difficulty was experienced in saving them. The latter suffered to the amount of about £l,OOO, but are covered by insurance. These esti mates of damage do not include the buildings in Bridge. water-place, which will amount to several thousand pounds. The total damage caused by this fire will therefore exceed £160,000. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been a want of care on the part of the packers at work in the lower part of the warehouse, but no certain information on this point has yet been obtained. Great expense also, it appears, been incurred i n fitting Messrs. Rylands' and should occur; but, effective trained to use it. apparatus unfortunately, n forextir o oneguislun badg fire,u y been THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SECOND REDUCTION of the duty of 4d. per pound on tea will come into effect on the 6th April. THE SWEDISH chamber of nobles have declared rail roads to be "things unfit for Sweden." WAGNER, the German composer, is writing an opera, which will,it issaid,occupy three nights in the performance. THE BISHOP OP SALISBURY was seized with a bilious attack on Wednesday morning, which assumed a rather alarming character. On Thursday he was somewhat better. LORD DALHOUSIE is endeavouring to establish verna cular schools throughout India for the instruction of the masses of the people. TUB CITY OP LONDON committee for the erection of a statue to Sir R. Peel have decided that it shall be placed at the west end of Cheapside. A "BEARD UNION" is in course of formation at Edin burgh, its object being "to forward by all legitimate means the cause of the beard, and by union to overcome the foolish prejudice against that manly ornament." LAST WEEK a couple were married in Scotland whose united ages amounted to 152 years, the blooming bride groom having seen seventy-two summers, and the buxom bride eighty ! Neither had previously been married. A PERSON in London, known as " Old Sandy Forman," has just died, leaving between £15,000 an d £16,000. Failing heirs (although he seems to have a brother alive), all the money is to go to the town of Sterling to support old people. ONE OP THE FORTUNATE DIGGERS in Australia is an Irishman, named Loftus, who was discharged penniless from the 99th regiment, about four years ago. He has now £42,000 in bank at Victoria, besides a rental of £950 from landed property. A NARROW-GAUGE PROJECT is said, by the Bristol Mirror, to be under the consideration of influential parties, for connecting Bristol with South Wales and Liverpool direct, crossing the Anst Passage, and falling into the Monmouth, Hereford, and Shrewsbury line. AT THE CHARTERHOUSB SCHOOL, according to a cor respondent of the Times, a boy who had been twice flogged by a monitor, drew his knife in resistance to a third inflic tion, and has been expelled. A FEW DAYS AGO a joiner, residing in Newcastle, re ceived an order to make a child's coffin, one of the condi tions being that it should have a lock and key. The father wished to preserve some tangible memorial of the last resting-place of his child, and his intention was to wear the key of its coffin round his neck ! Trrn SOAP PLANT.—The Vienna journals announce that a firm at California has sent to that city some seeds of the soap plant. It grows wild in California, rising to the height of about a foot. The plant fades away in the month of May, and inside each is a ball of natural soap, superior, it is asserted, to any that can be manufactured. TUE RUSSIAN PAPERS gravely relate a miraculous appearance of the blessed virgin during one of the recent conflicts on the Asiatic frontier of Turkey and Russia. She is said to have been seen' by the combatants on both sides in the attitude of blessing the Russian soldiers. The consequence was that they were inspired with supernatural and irresistible valour, and that a number of the infidel Moslems were converted to " the orthodox faith." A PARISIAN gentleman is said to have discovered a new mode of producing artificial light, by which, with a glass, two-thirds filled with water, a little powder, and a few drops of another liquid, he can illuminate a room for four hours, at the expense of less than a sou. PRECAUTION IN FIRES.—A correspondent of the Boston Journal (U. S.) writes :—" By simply wetting a silk handkerchief and placing it over the face, a person can go through a dense smoke without inconvenience. I saw the statement about twenty years ago, and shortly after tried it, saving thousands of dollars by knowing where the fire was." INCIPIENT WAR.—One of the Bristol pilots reports that there is a Turkish barque and a Russian barque in the Penarth roads, ready loaded, and each bound to their respective countries ; that the captain of the latter fears to proceed to sea, as his antagonist has nine guns ready to play upon his enemy, as soon as he can catch him clear of the roadstead.—Shipping Gazette. A BOY named Thomas Speight, belonging to one of the parochial schools of St. Clement Danes, was committed for trial from the Marylebone Police-court on Monday, for placing eight bricks upon the rails of the London and North-Western Railway at Camden-town. An officer of the company had but just time to kick off the bricks from the rails and secure the boy, when the express came up ; and the consequence, if the attempt had not been detected, it is fearful to contemplate. ORDERS have been received at Woolwich dockyard to prepare for launching the Royal Albeit, 131, screw steam-ship, on the 15th of April, the day after Good Fri day. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and several of the junior members of the royal family will be present on the occasion, and the ceremony of naming the steamer will be performed by the Princess Royal. PAIXIIANS' GIINS. — The Moniteur publishes II long letter from General Paixhans, in which he suggests that, instead of building ships to carry 100 or 120 guns, and crews of 1,000 men each, it would be well to spend the money which such a ship should cost in the construction of two or three frigates armed with this new and destruc tive artillery. MAKE-BELIEVE " WORKING-MEN."—A class has risen up among you (the working classes) who get their living by agitation and organization. The beershop is their factory and home. The plough and the loom know them not, yet they always affect to speak in the name of the working classes. Their harangues glitter with pikes and smell of gunpowder, although they generally contrive to keep their person out of harm's way. They drill you to clamour, and would drill you to blood and plunder, could they do it safely. They fawn on your first fault, and yelp and snarl at all other classes, and on those of your own class who resist their dictation. They are led by your own enemies, or pretended friends, to make tools or fools - of you for selfish purposes. Through them the demagogue cajoles, the aristocrat bribes, the adventurer plunders, and the spy betrays you; and they are a ready agency for any scheme, however preposterous, criminal, and disastrous.— W. J. Fox, M.P. THE SUPPLEMENTAL ARMY ESTIMATE.—The supple. mental army estimate has been laid before Parliament. It will be remembered that, an increase of 10,694 of all ranks has been already voted. The supplemental estimate states that Parliament will be asked to vote a further augmentation of 15,000, raising the number of all ranks, officers and men, to 127,977. The total increase is dis tributed thus :—Officers, 55 ; non-commissioned officers, 1729 ; rank and file, 23,910. The additional charge for this second increase will be £500,000, and for the general and medical staff required for foreign service, £70,000. This additional charge, which is now to be voted, £670,000, added to the increase already voted, £262,470, will make the total increase £832,470, and raise the charge for the year to £6,857,486. In the previous year, the year just closing, the charge was £6,025,016. A COMMON ON FIRE.—On Wednesday afternoon, be tween one and two o'clock, some persons set fire to the furze plantation between Feltham and Twickenham. Be fore any assistance could be obtained the flames had travelled with lightning speed over some acres of ground, destroying, in their progress, many hundred valuable furze trees. At one time the flames were rising many feet in the air, and presented a singularly grand spec tacle, which was witnessed by hundreds of persons travelling by the London and South-western Railway. A great many farm labourers having been obtained, they went to work, and with the aid of shovels and hand poles they managed, after some hours' labour, to cut off the further extension of the destructive element, but not until some acres of land had been swept clean of what was growing upon them an hour or two before. ROMANIST DIETARY DISPENSATION POE, LENT, 1854. —The following dietary dispensation for Lent has been promulgated in the metropolitan districts by the " Lord Bishop of Southwark," from which it will be seen that certain modifications are to take place in the practice formerly adopted. The notice is as follows :—" 1. Flesh meat is allowed at the single meal of those who are bound to fast, and at the discretion of those who are not bound, on all days except Wednesdays and Fridays, Ember Satur day, and the last four days in holy week. 2. On Sundays, even those who are bound to fast may eat flesh meat at their discretion. 3. Eggs are allowed at the single meal of those who are bound to fast, and at the discretion of those who are not so bound, on all days except Ash Wed nesday, and the last four days in holy week. 4. Cheese, under the same restrictions, is allowed on all days except Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 6. Dripping and lard is permitted at dinner and collation on all days except Ash Wednesday and the Fridays during Lent. On those days (Sundays included) whereon flesh meat is allowed, fish is not permitted at the same meal. N.B. The Easter Com munion must be made between Ash Wednesday and Low Sunday, both days included.—Thostes, Bishop." The following is an extract from the Lenten pastoral of Archbishop Cullen, which was read at all the Romish mass-houses in Dublin on Sunday :—" Never engage in those improper dances imported from other countries, and retaining foreign names, such as polkas and waltzes, which are so repugnant to the notions of strict Christian morality, are condemned by many of the highest and most respecta ble members of society, and are at direct variance with that purity and modesty of the female character for which Ire= land has been ever distinguished." A VERY INTERESTING SITUATION.—The other morn ing a girl in the service of the Rev. Thomas Drake, of Barrow-upon-Soar, rose about seven o'clock, and having kindled a fire, went into the yard; while there the door blew to, and there being a French latch to it, she could not open it again. The other inmates of the house were not up, and rather than arouse them from their slumbers, the girl resolved to obtain ingress by climbing upon the roof, and making a descent down the chimney. With the aid of a piece of timber she mounted the roof, and succeeded in getting into the chimney, but, having de scended two or three feet, her petticoats prevented a further descent, or, what was worse, an ascent either. In this unpleasant situation she hid to remain some time, being unable to extricate herself, or (although her cries were heard) to make any one understand where she was confined ; and when she was discovered the upper part of the chimney had to be demolished before she could be got out. Fortunately the girl was not injured, further than the abrasion of the skin upon a certain part of her person, and the discolouration consequent upon such a singular adventure. AN ITEM FOR COTTON BUYERS AND SELLERS. — There is now before the legislature of Georgia a bill " for the protection, in certain cases, of planters and cotton sellers," which effectually settles for that state the disputed ques tion whether, in the sale of a domestic staple, "cash" means ready money, or money that will not be ready until seven days after the article is sold. The first section of the bill provides, that " after the passage of this act cotton sold by planters and commission merchants shall not be *nsidered as the property of the buyer, or the ownership given up, until the same shall be fully paid for, although it may have been delivered into the possession of the buyer, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwith standing." Section second enacts, " that any person engaged in the busine ss o f buying cotton, either on his own account or for others, who shall buy or engage to buy cotton from a commission merchant, and shall fail or refuse to pay for the same at the time agreed on, or if no time shall have been specified then when required, and shall make away with, or dispose of any cotton purchased and not paid for, shall be deemed guilty of fraud and embezzlement, and shall be liable, on conviction, to be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, at the discretion of the jury trying the ease."—Georgia (U.S.) New*. SIR HEu - sr YOUNG, in his report on the navigation of the River Murray, in South Australia, just issued, says " As regards soil, climate, and other natural advantages, there can be no doubt that the vast basin of the Murray, equal in area to seven Great Britain, is well adapted to sustain a large population; while in no part of the world can the extent and facility of internal communication by water be surpassed." Tun PRINCESS LIEVEN gave a grand soiree in Paris a few evenings before her departure. She announced to her friends that, although she had not received the slightest intimation either from the Russian embassy or the Czar, that party would doubtless be her last. The Russian princess manifested a desire to return to Brussels. M. de Rothschild, who was present, replied to her, " Madame, if that is the case, no change will take place in our habits ; we shall come and see you at Brussels as we do in Paris. We will organise pleasure trains on the Northern Railway. It will be, besides, a good affair for the company." A BLACK NEWSPAPER.—The report of a newspaper in Liberia comes to us like a sign and an omen. A few years ago, a dark jungle grew down to the water's edge, where we now see a native republic—rich, free, im proving—a society thoroughly organised —a government active, strong, and liberal—trade, industry, manufacture, arts, intelligence. All this the newspaper, the Liberia Herald, tells us by itself and by report. Its very existence is significant of hope, of change, of progress. Editors, writers, printers, compositors —all are negroes ; and we are bound to say that the articles, the reports of meetings, the comments on news, and the select matter would do no discredit to a provincial or colonial journal of the white man.—Athenteum. ROMANCE IN REAL LIPE.—A vessel was towed down the Thames, on Tuesday week, in charge of a Gravesend pilot. On reaching Gravesend the vessel was left at an chor, and the surgeon of the ship accompanied the pilot on shore, and went home with him. The pilot, it ap i pears, had at home two fair daughters of Eve, both in a state of single blessedness; and the gallant surgeon, struck with the sudden thought that his bachelor state during a long voyage to Sydney, whither he was bound, would be very lonely, proposed for one of the daughters,' and was accepted. There was no time for courtship or doubt; the ship sailed the next day. The license was accordingly procured, and the next morning, at eight o'clock, found the gay Lothario, with his bride, and her sister as brides maid, at the door of the parish church of Old Milton. And now comes the most interesting, or rather the most ludicrous, part of the story. The service had proceeded as far as that very important but very short response, when the lady had to say "I will," when she looked up with the most perfect innocence into the face of the priest and clerk, saying, " I think you have made a mistake ; it is • my sister that is to be married." The sacred edifice itself, the solemnity of the performance, the grave and solemn tones of the priest, all combined together, nearly failed to repress the growing risibility upon every countenance,' I except that of the bridegroom elect, whose blank aspect portrayed his dismay at the mishap so nearly consum mated, and which would have shortly been irrevocable. However, the ladies changed places, and the service hav ing been again gone through, a few minutes served to tie the indissoluble knot, and the happy bridegroom having imprinted a kiss upon the forehead of his youthful bride, the party left the church. We understand the same even ing the ship sailed, carrying with her the newly-wedded pair. We wish them a happy and prosperous voyage.— Maidstone Journal. IMPROVEMENTS IN SAVINGS BANRS.—France is not the country from which we would expect to receive useful information for the improvement of any scheme having for its object the cultivation of the provident habits of the people; yet, judging from some communications with which we have been favoured by Mr. Bridges, the able Secretary of the Friendly Society Institute, we are glad to find that the French Government are now actively and successfuly engaged in endeavouring to make provident societies (sociaes de secours mutuels) safe and useful schemes for the preservation and improvement of the periodical savings of the industrial classes. A letter of in structions from the Minister of the Interior, and an elaborate report upon the present situation of the French savings banks, addressed to the Emperor, are full of valuable information. The best_mode of forming and managing these banks, and appropriate checks to prevent malversation, are there clearly pointed out and explained. Mr. Scratchley, who has devoted much valuable time to this national object, has presented an interesting report to the Friendly Society Institute, the result of his examina tion of the French system, made by him last Autumn in Paris, which he had been requested by several members of Parliament and trustees of saving banks to undertake. Mr. Scratchley appears to be fully impressed with the de sirableness of having one uniform system of book-keeping practised by the managers of all the English savings banks, and we learn that the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been drawn to the expediency of a clause being inserted in the new Savings Bank Bill to authorise the issue, by the National Debt office, of a circular letter of instructions similar to that issued by the French Go vernment, to render compulsory the adoption of a uniform system of books and accounts. It is well known that in this country, and it was so in France, the endless diversity in the books and mode of keeping them, is found to be the great obstacle in the way of a systematic inspection of sav ings banks' accounts, by which alone fraud will be sus ceptible of detection, and, what is still more important, of prevention. Mr. Scratchley, whose opinion on this subject is of the greatest weight, found that much benefit had re sulted from the French regulations, confirming him in the view he had taken in his work on saving banks, as to the necessity of a uniform system of account keeping. The Friendly Societies Institute took measures in the summer of last year, for collecting the views of the leading savings bank officials respecting the recent bill, and they appear without exception to hate considered, that if passed it would hav e produced mischievous results. On one part all parties appear agreed, that a system of frequently recur ring audit (to be made without previous notice) by auditors delegated by depositors or by Government in spectors, together with the requiring of proper security from the savings bank actuary (or other official who is authorised to receive the subscriptions,) would do much to prevent the occurrence of frauds. The fear of an unex pected visit from one of the auditors or inspectors would act as a very efficient check. It has been attended by the most salutary effects in reference to private lunatic asylums. If Government inspectors be appointed, their reports should be addressed to one chief inspector in London, who, under control of the Comptroller General of the National Debt Office, could collate them as a guide for fresh in structions, where required, and they ought to be presented in the form of an annual report to Parliament. Whether the Government should insist upon receiving security for the sake of the depositors, as to which there has been so much discussion, Mr. Scratchley reports, that he does not con sider it of so great importance as is imagined; although he admits that where such security is not given, proper measures (in the shape of notices in the banks and on the deposit books) should be taken to disabuse depositors' minds on the subject. Mr. Scratchley is led to this con clusion by the experience of a large number of friendly societies and other similar institutions ; which, without Government security, meet with no difficulty in obtaining the confidence of members, when the auditing of their ac counts is intrusted to delegates from among the members. It is well known that English industrial societies more unfrequently fail from errors in the principles upon which they are founded (which is not the question at issue in the matter of savings banks) than from the effects of pecula tion or fraud. The delegated committee of auditors of a friendly society are pleased with the power of being able to call for the books for inspection, and they exercise it with energy.—Assurance Register. A SEA OP TRounLEs.—Seven years ago, Villiers Pearse, a reporter to the public press, and the son of an officer of rank, in circumstances of the deepest distress, was con victed of forging the signature of the Marchioness of Queensbury to a cheque, which he presented for payment at Messrs. Coutts' bank, and, being at once detected. was ordered to be transported for ten years. Five months ago he was found by the police in a wretched hiding-place in London, living with his wif e an d c hild ren. H e was then apprehended on a charge of escaping from confine ment, and brought up finally, before committal to the Old Bailey, on that charge, at Clerkenwell, on Saturday. On being asked by the magistrate if he had anything to say, he requested, in an agitated manner, to be allowed to detail what he had suffered. He said :—" At the period of the offence for which I was convicted. I was in the most acute pecuniary distress, with a wife and a large family of children. A series of misfortunes—the most heavy was the death of my second wife, by which I lost an annuity of £l5O, with a great falling off, notwith standing all my exertions, of my occupation as a reporter to the public press—brought about mainly my distress. Previous to the commission of the offence, I had through life borne an irreproachable character. In early life, from 1818 to 1822, I held some most responsible appoint ments in Jamaica and other West India islands ; and from 1829 to 1834, in New South Wales. I was convicted in October, 1840, was three months in Milbank Penitentiary, in solitary confinement, subsequently three years and two months in the Warrior convict-ship, at Woolwich, and I was sent abroad in March, 1850. At Milbank, and at the hulks, I had the best possible character. On my arrival at Hobart Town I had a ticket of leave, which I retained until I left the colony, never having forfeited the same for a day by any insubordination. My motive in leaving Van Diemen's Land, was to proceed to the gold diggings, in the hope that I might be successful, and better the con dition of my family at home, who are in very impover ished circumstances ; but although my exertions were great in California, Victoria, and New South Wales , I was unsuccessful It is true I made, occasionally, some money, but I was robbed of it on the roads by bush rangers, and was frequently illused and robbed at Mel bourne and Geelong, by the worst of characters. I was shipwrecked twice, and once burnt out at sea; the first time in Torres Straits, between New Holland and New Guinea, on a reef of coral rocks. Upon this occasion I lost between £7O and £BO, and all my luggage, eleven of us only getting ashore out of a ship's company of twenty-seven. After thirty days of great suffering and privation, we were picked up by an American whaler, and ultimately reached Sidney. I was subsequently wrecked in a brigantine, called the Titon, going from Melbourne to Adelaide, and then lost all I possessed in the world. having had another narrow escape of my life. In return ing from San Francisco to Melbourne, in a vessel called the White Squall, she caught fire, and we were obliged to abandon her and take to the boats ; but a great number of the crew and passengers perished by fire and water, the survivors in the boats reaching Tahiti in about eight days, in a state of great exhaustion, many of whom after wards died from the effects of the same. I again reached Melbourne, and, after recovering my health in the hospital, I went to Forest Creek, and many other dig gings, where I obtained some wealth, and in returning with it to Melbourne, the last time from Forest Creek, I was attacked by bushrangers, armed with revolvers, most cruelly beaten, stripped and robbed of all I had. Eventually, while in Auckland, I saw a barque, bound for England, in want of hands. The temptation was too great, for I had long mourned to reach my dear f am il y, and I shipped myself as ordinary seaman and assistant steward, and we left the settlement in July, with a miser able crippled ship's company, and made a ve r y severe passage round and many of th theCape,loe crew from singmas sails, riggin g , b oa t , bulwarks, masts, the yard-arm, and, finally, we reached England in ' September last, after a most awful passage of four months and twenty-six days." Under these circumstances, the unfortunate man entreated the humane consideration of the legislature for his great su fferings. The statement was placed on the depositions. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. Tim monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wed . nesday, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., mayor, presiding.—The pro ceedings of the FINANCE COMMITTEE comprised recommendations to increase the salary of Mr. Rishton, building surveyor, from £250 to £3OO per an num ; and the salaries of William Johnson and John Jones, his assistants, from 40s. to 465. per week ; to ap point or to concur with the justices of the borough in the appointment of James Johnston, out-door inspector of weights and measures, at the salary of £lOO per annum ; report and estimate of the cost of laying out the Waver tree-hall estate as a park; recommendation to sell the reversion of certain houses in Roscoe-street and Back Knight-street, as the site of a school in connexion with St. Mark's Church, on payment of the sum of £2B 10s. ; report, plans, and estimates of Sir William Cubitt for the new Landing-stage ; recommendation to increase the salaries of the following clerks in the town-clerk's office, viz. :—Mr. Henry Walter, from £250 to £3OO per annum ; Mr. John Forgham, from £155 to £2OO ; Mr. Edwin Evans, from £1 los. to £2 2s. per week. Plans and esti mates of the works proposed to be constructed by Mr. John Laird, Messrs. Clover and Royle, and Messrs. Clay ton and Co., at Birltinhead, and report of the surveyor thereon.—On the motion of Mr. Hornby the proceedings were confirmed, with the exception of Messrs. Rishton, W. Johnson, and J. Jones, consideration of which was referred back. PROPOSED PARK ON TICE WAVERTREE ESTATE. Mr. Homby, on the plea that the extent of ground in question was too limited to be of value as a park to the inhabitants of Liverpool, and that, consequently, the ex pense of laying it out as a park should not be incurred, suggested that it ought to be laid out as a place for build ing ornamental villas on. Some discussion ensued, which ended in a resolution, proposed by Mr. Stewart, as a modi fication of Mr. Picton's suggestion—that the ground be thrown open as a park, with merely a few dry walks through it, so that the public appreciation of it as a park may be ascertained. PROPOSED NEW LANDING-STAGE. A report by Sir W. Cubitt on this subject was read, which, after some discussion, was referred to the Finance Committee. The report was relative to a modified land ing-stage suitable for the accommodation of the channel steamers, but not intended to accommodate the larger class, or ocean steamers, as they are called. The expense of the modified plan, it was stated in the report, would be from £lOO,OOO to £115,000. PROPOSED NEW DOCKS AT BIRKENHEAD. The surveyor's report on this subject was read, from which it appeared that Mr. Laird proposes to construct a : large graving dock, sufficiently capacious to admit a pad dle steamer of larger class than any in existence; and also to erect three building docks, or slips, from which ships may be floated when fully equipped for sea; besides three ordinary landing slips. The plan, according to the report, would, if carried out, develope a ship-building establishment of extraordinary magnitude and of un equalled capabilities. The report further had in contem plation, works intended to be erected near the same point, by Messrs. Clayton and M`lieverigan, and Messrs. Clover and Royle. The estimated expense of these works is, in round numbers, £70,000, viz.,—eso,ooo for Mr. Laird's works, and £20,000 each for the other two. By these works, conjointly, it is intended to reclaim 28,000 square yards of laud from the river. After a brief discussion, the report was referred to the Finance Committee. WIDENING OP BOLD-STREET. An attempt was made by Mr. Earle to prevent a renewal of the leases of two houses in Bold-street, on the ground that it was in contemplation, at a future time, to widen that street by taking down its north side. The proposal was supported by Mr. Robertson Gladstone ; but on a division it was lost by a majority of 36 to 3. DOCK COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee having been con firmed, the remainder of the monthly business, including several important matters, were delayed till Wednesday (to-morrow), till which day the council was adjourned. PROPOSED NEW LANDING-STAGE. THE benefits derived by the public from the existing landing-stage have been so decided and so self-evident, as to create an irresistible desire for the construction of one with capabilities sufficient to accommodate the larger steam-ship traffic of the port. At first it was contemplated to have it of an amplitude great enough to suffice for the traffic of both ocean-going and channel steamers, and a report having reference to such an erection was prepared by Sir W. Cubitt. Further consideration of the subject led to the belief that its benefits could not be readily participated in by the ocean steamers, except on occasions of rare occurrence, and a modi fication of the plan was accordingly suggested. The following modified report has, therefore, been prepared by the eminent engineer, and was sub mitted to the Town Council at its meeting on Wednesday last : 6, Great George-street, Westminster, Feb. 23, 1834. Gentlemen,—l have now the honour of addressing to you this report on the subject of a modified landing-stage, suitable for the accommodation of what are termed the ' channel steamers,' to distinguish them from the large and lofty `ocean steamers,' for which the former report, plans, and estimates, dated the 31st of October last, were designed. As regards length, breadth, and means of communication with the shore, the two designs are the same in principle. The great change is in the height of the deck above the water ; that of the stage for ocean steamers being 18 feet, while that for the channel steamers is confined to 8 feet. This change has necessitated an entire revision of the whole structure, and an entire recalculation of the weights of the pontoons and kelsons, and the quantities of timber, &c., inasmuch as the lessening the heights of the deck rendered essential thicker iron and extra work In the kelsons and in other parts of the fabric, and also the providing of yet lower decks at either end to serve as berths for the tenders of the ocean steamers, at which passengers and goods to and from those vessels might be shipped and landed without interference with the present ferry landing-stage. All these modifications will be explained by a reference to the drawings, which are, I trust, sufficiently clear to render a long description of them unnecessary. The extreme length of the stage will be 1,000 feet, and the width will be 82 feet, the same as th a t o f t h e present ferry steamers stage. The height of the deck above the water line will be about 8 feet for 920 feet of its length, and about 5 feet for 40 feet at each end, as berths for tenders and other small steamers not plying to the ferry -stage. Should this 40 feet not he deemed sufficient to afford a landing berth for the tender steamers it might be extended to 50 feet, but as it is now planned there will be four 40-foot berths, at all times, for small steamers lying parallel with the tide, besides the two ends of the stage, each 82 feet long, which, I presume, would be ordinarily available at the `lee-tide end' during both flood and ebb. The main support of the landing-stage will consist of 67 pontoons, of various lengths (see drawing No. 4), and of an uniform length of 10 feet, (with the exception of the two end pontoons, which will each be 12 feet wide, and much stronger than the others), and an uniform depth of 3 feet. The whole are intended to have an uniform draught of 3 feet of water, with all erections, stores, &c., on deck, which will represent a weight of 4,500 tons. Upon and across all the pontoons will be fire hollow beams or kelsons, extending from end to end of the stage, and well fastened to the pontoons, at every intersection, so that the pontoons and kelsons will form a strong and in flexible iron frame, of which those parts that are in the water (the pontoons), the only portions subject to accident or decay, can be each separately removed for cleaning, painting, repair ing or replacing, without at all interfering with the use of the stage, or with the steamers lying alongside, so that the stage wi ll need to be unmoored at any time. Upon and across the kelsons, at four•foot distances, will be laid the deck-beams, each two feet deep by one foot in thickness, consisting of two whole balks of timber, well scarfed, jointed, and trenailed together, and strongly bolted down to the kelsons. Upon these, lengthways of the stage, will be laid the deck, in two thicknesses,—the main portion 4i inches thick, which will be securely fastened down to the deck beams, and upon this a 12 inch covering of harder wood, less subject to wear, and capable of being easily r removed and repaired, in any part, without damaging or disturbing the main portion of the deck. • Round the sides and ends of the stage will be fender guards and bollards, twelve inches square, the spaces between which will be filled up flush from the level of the deck to six inches below the surface of the water, with stout planking, so that it will be impossible for the paddle beams. or any other part of the steamers lying alongside, to strike the stage, or for the stage to damage the vessels alongside. The landing-stage will be moored to Prince's Wharf by a set of horizontal diagonal moorings to check it against the run of the tide ; a set of preventor moorings, laid square from the wharf to the stage, to prevent vessels from driving in be tween them and damaging the bridges; and, lastly, a double set of underfoot moorings, either screw or lewis, at each end, hove as short as the very highest equinoctial tides will admit, to serve as safety moorings to bring the stage up in case of accident of any kind to the horizontal mooring cables or pre ventor chains. lAll the above apparatus for safely and effectually mooring this stage are similar in principle to those of the present ferry stage, for although the underfoot moorings have fortunately never yet been brought into play, they are not the less necessary. Lastly, the landing-stage will be connected with the Prince's Quay by means of four strong bridges, which will rise and fait with the stage to the extremes of the highest and lowest tides, and more sufficiently up and down the river with the flood and ebb, to give perfectly free play to all parts of the apparatus, and to permit them to be at all times passable. They will be available for all purposes to which bridges are adapted, either for persons on foot, or horseback, or in car riages ; or for droves of cattle, or other stock, p ass i ng t o or from the steamers; or for carts and drays, with luggage and stores. In short, they will so connect the stage with the top of Prince's Wharf that it will possess all the advantages that would arise if the surface of the Mersey were, at all times, at such a height as would keep the deck of the channel steamers on the level, or within a foot of the level, of Prince's•parade. " The stage, besides the provision for the tenders of the ocean steamers already described, affords a large and safe boat harbour, of a thousand feet in length, between the stage and the shore, with four landing-places for boats, having an aggregate length of nearly 300 feet; and eight sets of stairs to the deck of the stage, accessible at all times of the day or night, and well lighted with gas from thence to the shore. These are advantages to row-boat owners, and to the public, which no open landings and fixed stairs, of a common kind, could possibly give. The deck of this landing-stage will have an area of very nearly two acres, giving ample apace for light buildings of wood and corrugated iron to any extent that may be requisite for the accommodation of a steam passenger trade, and of the parties connected both with the stage and with the trade, as will further appear by my stating the capabilities of the stage as a vessel or platform of burden. The total displacement of all the pontoons with a mean draft of three feet will equal 157,560 cubic feet, which is equal to 4500 tons ; and it will take 125 tons, distributed over the deck, to put the stage one inch deeper in the water, or 1500 tons to bring it one foot deeper, and 3000 ton s t o b r i ng the tops of the pontoons to a level with the water, so that no danger need be apprehended from either overbuilding or overloading on the deck. THE ESTIMATE. To form an estimate for a work of this kind is a very diffi cult, and, in a great degree, an uncertain operation; inasmuch as, although some of the work, such as the pontoons, the kel• sons, or longtitudinal hollow beams, and the hollow beams for the bridges, may, probably, be let out by contract, there is a great deal , of work that cannot. The only estimate that can be made with anything like certainty is that the weights of the ironwork, and the cube quantity of the timber, which, according to the calculations I have made, are as follow : Pontoons llO4 tons. Kelsons ll5B Wrought-iron, in knees, bolts, straps, &c. 2O Total ironwork 2282 Timber wrought in place, 90,000 cube feet; four bridges, with stone, timber, and ironwork, complete in place; moor' ings, &c., complete; contingencies of various kinds; total, from £lOO,OOO to £llB,OOO. Being the estimated maximum and minimum, according to times, prices, and circumstances , exclusive of any establishment at Liverpool of an office and a resident engineer, and assistance of clerks and inspectors of works during their erection.—l have the honour to be, g_en tlemen, your most obedient servant, W. CUM Er. LIVERPOOL BURYING GROUNDS. THE following is an amended copy of the order which has lately been published with respect to the% closing of the burying grounds in this town At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 18th day- February, 1854—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, Whereas, the Right Honourable Vi scoun t P a l mers t oni, one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, after giving to the incumbents and churchwardens of the parishes hereinafter mentioned ten days' previous notice of his intention to make such representation, has, under the provisions of an act passed in the last session of par liament, intituled "An act to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in England, beyond the limits of the metropolis," made a representation stating that, for the protection of the public health, no new burial ground shall be opened in the borough of Liverpool, or within two miles of its boundaries, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State ; that burials shall be discontinued in the said borough, with the following modifications : Burials to be wholly discontinued in St. Paul's church yard, St. Thomas's churchyard, St. Ann's churchyard and under the church, St. Philip's churchyard, Trinity church yard and under the church, St. Mark's churchyard, St. Andrew's churchyard and under the church, Christ church yard and in the vaults under the church, in the Baptist burial ground, Everton-road ; in the buri a l grounds of All Saints' Roman Catholic Chapel, of Great George-street Chapel, of Newington Independent Chapel, Renshaw-street, of St. Nicholas's Roman Catholic Chapel, Copperas-hill, of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel, Seel-street, and in the vaults under the last two chapels ; in St. Peter's church yard, in St. Nicholas's Church and churchyard, in the burial ground of St. P a t r i c k' s Roman Catholic Chapel and under the chapel ; and in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel burial ground, Upper Stanhope-street. With the exception of private vaults and graves, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in the burial ground of the Necropolis, and of St. Mary's ceme tery, of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Rodney-street, and of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Chapel, Scotland road ; and burials to be wholly discontinued in the three last-named grounds from and after the Ist January, 1855. With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. John's churchyard, and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the Ist of May, 1854. With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. Michael's churchyard, and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after. the Ist of January, 1855. With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. George's churchyard, Everton. With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in the burial ground of St. Anne's Chapel, Edge-hill; no burial to take place within 20 feet of the schools ; and, with the same exceptions, burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the Ist of January, 1855. Burials in the vaults under this chapel to cease forthwith. Burials to be wholly discontinued in St. Martin's church yard from and after the Ist of August, 1854; in the burial grounds of Brunswick Chapel, Moss-street, and of the Unitarian Chapel, Renshaw-street, from and after the Ist of January, 1855 ; and in the Quaker's burial ground, Hunter-street, from and after the Ist of January, 1856. Burials to be wholly discontinued in all that part of St. Martin's parochial cemetry which has already been buried in, and to cease wholly from and after the Ist of August, 1854. Burials to cease in St. James's churchyard, Toxteth park, from and after the Ist of January, 1855 ; to be dis continued forthwith in all that part of the Independent Chapel burial ground, Toxteth-park, which is situated to the east and south of the chapel, and to cease wholly therein from and after the Ist of January 1855. Now, therefore, Her Majesty i n counc il is pleased hereby to give notice of such representation, and to order that the same be taken into consideration by a committee of the House of Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on the Ist day of April next. And Her Majesty is further pleased to direct that this order be forthwith published in the London Gazette, and that copies thereof be fixed on the doors of the churches, or chapels, or on some conspicuous place within the parishes affected by such representation, one month before the said Ist day of April. Wm. L. BATHURST. Tun NECROPOLlS. — Considerable anxiety has been occa sioned to many persons interested in the Necropolis, by an order in council of the 18th ult., relating to burials, which has been placed on the burial grounds, and also on some of the churches and chapels of this town, for consideration. By mistake, the above order states that the burials are to be wholly discontinued in the above grounds on January Ist, 1855. The mistake has been acknowledged by the General Board of Health, and the only alteration in the Necropolis affairs will be the discontinuance of interments in the public graves after due notice has been given. THE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR. CAPT. WALKER, RN., who was appointed by the Admiralty to examine into the particulars of the wreck of the emigrant ship Tayleur, has pre sented his report. He details the evidence given by the various witnesses examined, and gives the following opinion as to the probable causes of the melancholy catastrophe. He says : "My inquiry having elicited the particulars of the wreck, I beg to observe, that it appears strange to me that the owners of an iron ship with iron masts, who spared no care nor expense in fitting her for sea, should have omitted taking the necessary precaution of ascertaining the local disturbance of the compasses, by swinging the vessel after the stores and equipments were on board; this operation having been performed two months prior to sailing, and before the cargo was taken in. " The number of instances in which vessels have been lost by the compasses being in error renders it desirable that more care should be bestowed on this subject ; and it is extraordinary that the commander of the Tayleur— who holds a first-class certificate, and who, in consequence of having passed such an excellent examination, was recommended by the Liverpool examiners as an excellent officer—should have proceeded to sea unprovided with an azimuth compass, and should have started in an iron ship on a voyage to the southern hemisphere, where the com passes might have been differently affected, without the means of ascertaining with accuracy the error of his com passes ; more especially when he admits in evidence that he had carte blanche from the owners to procure every thing he wanted. And I beg to suggest to your lordships whether it might not be desirable for the Emigration Commissioners, in addition to the excellent instructions now issued to their officers, that they should require every vessel coming within the provisions of the Passengers Act to be provided with that necessary and valuable in strument—an azimuth compass ; and that all iron ships and steamers should have their compasses adjusted, the deviation ascertained, and a card with a table of errors produced before the vessel proceeds to sea. " Before closing my report, I consider it necessary to advert to the crew of the vessel, and to state that I do not consider the Tayleur was sufficiently manned. By the articles it appears there were three mates, one surgeon, two carpenters, one boatswain, and one sailmaker, besides twenty-one stewards and cooks ; but of the crew to work the ship, only twenty-two able seamen, thirteen ordinary seamen, and six boys, making forty-one in number. With the large number of passengers, the cooks and stewards (most of the latter had not been to sea before) would be fully occupied in attending to them. " It is stated by the master and his officers that after the first night the crew of the Tayleur (British and foreign) did their work very well, and I do not consider they are in any way implicated in the loss of the vessel. The in structions given to the emigration officers are, that in ships not under contract with the Commissioners, they are, as regards manning, to comply with the usages of the port, and at Liverpool, as stated by Lieutenant Prior, three to the 100 tons are considered sufficient; now it should be understood that this is upon what is usually denominated the old measurement, which is a fallacy en tirely, as will appear by the following statement as regards the Tayleur. She was by the old measurement (see owners' letter) 1640 tons, but by the existing law, under which she was registered, 1979 tons, and is supposed to have been of the actual burthen of 3500 tons and upwards. She had on board, at the time of sailing, 2616 tons, be sides accommodation for 472 passengers; and it will be seen by the evidence of the carpenter that she had heavy pomassintsgaallnd to o ar b ds e 0 , n th du m ty a ) n ( a ll e y w 2 l l li When it is remembered th a t thi s s hip h a d t o go a long m eh en sh a e nd w bo oul y d s in ha a ve w ( a s t us . bad weather in a high latitude, where in all probe voyage, to pass through the tropics, and then to encoun terbility some of the men wdhld be on the sick list, I think that three men to the 100 tons, as now calculated, are in sufficient. Where vessels merely carry cargo it is for the owners and underwriters to manage their own business, but where emigrant passengers are carried, I presume they have a right to expect some protection from the government. The Emigration Commissioners require four men to the 100 tons for vessels under contract, and I respectfully suggest that this rule should be applied to all emigrant ships in accordance with the 26th section of 16 and 16 Viet., cap. 54." COPYRIGHT TREATY NVITII AMERICA. —The proposed copyright treaty between Great Britain and the United States will shortly come on for discussion in the American senate. It is stated that Mr. Everett, the American Secretary of State, proposes a clause limiting the benefit of the treaty to such British works as shall be reprinted in America by their authors. SHIPDITILDING.—THE WATER LINE MODEL,----SOIDB controversy has arisen relative to the origin of ship models in use. The invention has been claimed by some of the oldest shipbuilders, but after proper investigation, it has been awa r d e d t o O r l ando B. Merrill, Esq., of this city, who is now living, at the age of 90 years, an d in sliwi t h e e the first water li ne mo d e l on the plan now in 125 8, in only year 1791; previ ous t o t h at time, there wert . t & c , skeleton models, comp ose d o f pieces showing the ribs, of the ship. — Nerburyport Herald. —nn the night of FRIGHTFUL GAME-LAW TRAGEDY. - - Fieldsend and the 21th ultimo, two poachers, William Wilkinson, were out poaci ere° lin hood of Blankney, Lincolnshire, an w, after being ter. captured,, and, d poaching in a t t h tau en k e ed igh b bAy e . keepers. Fieldseiid was i , d ogs , was handcuffed ribly beaten, and torn by the keeper w hilst they pursued hia and left prostrate on the grou nd, observing . at the time "that companion, one of them a fterwards recovered sufficiently t o n devil's done for !" 1f2„...,,b Bracebridge, where he con . m A en, warra Georg nt te,o bo hillsa g rdlodging, and went to his lodgings. rise, and managed w reach b es ee o n ffi in a most deplorable condi.. He e ved is d to esc g ri e b t ed his issued for his apprehension, two and found him lying in a castle, superintendent, and his policemen, brother, repaired h e lpl es s state. on application to the sur geon who had r i , .ri been in a tt en dance on the wounded man, the ~,,,,,,a r.,, w ais ) 0 1 that he might be removed to the Cou n t y: Q tol care was used, but not to Sleaford. Itch' policemen compelled the man to get up, car r i e dv it ywites : stairs, forced him into an uncovered car, and4lesre . "4. • - '":7' - ' 0 rapid rate. The horrible sequel is, that the, ;• a • • ~,.• .. ifr : died on his way to the gaol. An inquest has •: , ,- • '`-• r. 4 1 v. „ L . q , the body, and the verdict being manslaughtet,„ , 7 1. . ,-, t. • men have been committed to Lincoln Gaol* :A: '.. --'• ,---- "' . ) 'olsfirta