The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

Aug. 5, 1845 total anti tarabintial gebas. k t i ane men have been committed to Kirkdale, for a riot a rrington, on Sunday week. The wood pavement will be immediately laid down in ti t of the Bankruptcy courts, South John-street. et ( 2ll Thursday two publicans in this town were fined 40s. a for refusing to billet two soldiers. DiThe " great gun" manufactured in this town is to be tollseed in the frigate Constellation and not in the Prince , the latter vessel being too small to carry it. C hi STICE TO IRELAND.—Irish reapers are conveyed ratt Liverpool to Birmingham for 33. each, while Eng lab° ure Ts cannot get for less than Ss. 2d. When will 4reland reciprocate such liberality to Saxons. ttf3a Thursday, Mr. Richard Beswick, chief superintend °f police, at Manchester, was presented with a splendid Lwer tea and coffee service, and a purse containing £llO, !' testimony of services during fourteen years. k T he Recorder has affirmed the conviction of Mr. , 4 1 shton in the case of the man who was fined by the V Pen diary £l, for damaging one of the plots of land in otookland s Gardens. i a T he Great Britain was seen off Belfast Lough on Sun k! Week, Captain Hosken took the north passage and t;lcvone d fidant that he would reach New York in less than e ays. b„ C °IORET.—A match was played on Monday, on the Moss-lane, Hulme, the Manchester v-rsus the kiter Pool Club. Manchester won very easily in one in cgs. titk eoarse-lookins. fellow was fined £5 at the Police th'ee), on Wedneday for a brutal attack on his father, 1., -I) .'d !tan, whose head and face were covered with brui '' Inflicted by his hopeful son. il le ti° Gs•--On Thursday several persons, for allowing ir dogs to go at large, were fined ss. each. In one case 'tie defendant urged that his dog was muzzled. M r . 's,sslston : I am sorry to hear th a t, for it on ly t en d s t o ' 4 alte the dogs ill, and does not answer the law. C AuTION TO CAPTAINS.—Captain Soulter was on Fri brought before the Poice-court on a care of cu bst the rope of a vessel which crossed his bows in George' t s ;adck, on the complaint of John Parry, dock gateman, fined £5 for the offence, Ot Thursday last, Mr. Dolling received an order from the Board of Stamps and Taxes, for a reimbursement of os- 81d., being the amount of over-payments made to 1 1 8 e3ll keceiving Inspector of Taxes for the years 1842 S T e ls annlNG.—On Tuesday Richard Singleton,an Amer-- km s eaman, was fined £5, or in default, to be committed tart onths, for stabing, the previous night, in Gib th.tar-stmreet, James Bu b rton. No cause was offered for assault. 11118 SHIP LINTIN, FROM BOMBAY.—The ship Lin- Captain Gillman, arrived here on Wednesday even alter a voyage of only one hundred and eleven days .", t a Bombay. The passengers, nine in number, and l e k i tut children, have addressed an elegant complimentary A ter to the captain. pi t '„ t the meeting of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Corn on Tuesday, a dividend of 5 per cent. was de ea, payable on the Ist instant. A resolution was also pe e d, calling the attention of the directors to the pro p„etY of providing, for the ensuing summer, a first-rate pro psteamer for the Dublin, Douglas, and Whitehaven tio 4r . Dixon, chairman of the Wine and Spirit Associa ei Liverpool, and Mr. Moore, of Bristol, had an inter -10 oh Tuesday with the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer I, q ; the Chairman of the Board of Customs. The depn was accompanisd by Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir 80 0 Douglas, Bart., M.P., and the Hon. H. F. ''keley. O llin n Saturday night, a female named Reynolds, residing ja6?., o ,gwood-street, attempted to commit suicide, by bi t ;', ll ' g into the canal, from Chisenhale bridge. She lt sr i ' k uowever taken out before life was extinct. She uted the cause of her committing the rash act to the tn' a morsel of food siehness of her husban ce nd ; Friday last. and said that she had not ." llti a c Manchester Parks Committee have offered two Sss'si one of fifty g ui ne as, and the oth er o f t wen t y -fi ve tes", s e ss, for the best and second best set of plans, with ken,ates for the laying-out, &c., of the three sites already 4r i ssed for the Manchester Parks, viz. : the Endham ' e state at Harpurhey •, the Bradford Park, Bradf or d ; the La;k Hill and Walness Park, Salford. s fa t } sssaturday a porter named Al `Carthy was committed if 4 ' Bl by Mr. Rushton, on a charge of stealing a trunk Atilrearins ' apparel, the property of Miss Ellison, of :rY-strZet, Birkenhead. The prisoner had been engaged h; 4 rry the trunk from the railway station to the pierhead. 'he P r isoner lived in Thomas-street, and was apprehended tos4 c he had time to make away with any portion of the tits of the trunk. Itt e ,„.w ROmts t i CHAPEL.—The new chapel in Edmund tre,`,‘, is described as a very fine building. It has been kiti -e ,d from plans furnished by Mr. Pugin. The stained Of "sr th e windows has been furnished by Mr. Wailes, i hlj : w eastle. There is no gallery in the church, but it eocccornmodate from 1500 to 2000 persons. The total O r ", ill b e about £14,000, towards which sum £6500 have DaY been raised by the collectors and others. jlVin,x4;l4l FROM INJURY RECEIVED AT GLAsGOW.— ednesday night, while the steamer Achilles was tor at the west harbour at Greenock, a man belonging te et T i r , named D an i e l C orner , f e ll i n t o t h e water, and tilii' ve d such injuries that he died on Friday morning at at 4 Port. It appeared that he had falle n f rom th e quay I'll e r cenock, and complained of great pain in his chest. Inquest was adjourned from yesterday to this day. L A N . Sum - LIPANs AND B EERSELLERS ' C ASES —Th e fol ilmtllg eases were heard on Friday :—Publicans : Robert h eed s ' of the L e tt ers , D un d ee - s t ree t, W a t er l oo-roa d , „Str e ,',7 , - and costs, and John White, of the Gl o b e , Cop t'atif adjourned at the request of the defendant, lyc n eas Friday: Beersellers : Joh n C arru th ers , o f 4 4 0 „, e1 a street, fined 60s. and costs ; Ri c h ar d B rown, Itreas-street, acquitted; and Alexander H a rdi ng , Mould 't acquitted. BI44"[EL SCHEME.—A company has been f orme d at hh. °urn and the neighbouring towns called the " Lan littsl:: Water-works Company," to convey water to the 't l „ticl, ; ° ,tla towns and places mentioned, by means of a or channel of flag -stone, or other suitable mate -I,6ll,,a`°ng the inclines of the Blackburn, Darwen, and , L sat " 4 4 - Railway, and its intended branches ! It is shewn qkt e , ll abund an t supp l y o f t h e parest water can be se -1.1- f or the C ompany. RE AT Lint ERLAND.—The asphalte wo r k s o f ' l ,itli e ;, s i • Ashw or th an d C o ., ( o f I n di a -b u ildi ngs ) at w were visited on Tuesday be a destructive fire, k l 9lOilfthich is involved in mystery. Mr. Hewitt, jipitet e alines was early on the ground ; but, water ,r 4 leavai the burning materials, composed of Inted"ar, were stifled with sand. The loss is esti -444" £1,500. An adjoining field of clover was also G b t *e }i d. 1 4 , 1 41 - PROM THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A ooll;'on Monday, a young man named Guest, a farm near Chorley, accidentally shot himself with a 1 , 1 11, 1 'be deceased and another man were in the fields 11 4 R a gan, when, seeing a person whom they supposed to eilteille-keeper, the deceased hid the gun in a hedge. r vvards went to take it up, and in going so acci thq discharged it, by something touching the trigger; li n „ e c ontents were lodged in his abdomen. He lived 1 0 . , i ;r after the accident. t t i s b4 ll ,_ l ' o ot. BoROUGH BANK.—The shareholders in sstf "I , met on Tuesday, when a dividend of £4 per n cle ii r the half-year was declared. After paying the di -10, t, a 'baking p rov i s i on f or th e p a y men t o f t h e i ncome- Piltfe7sferring a sum t o th e con ti ngen t f un d f or b a d and ia17,84, deb.s, &c. there still remained a sum o f 140s re 16S. 6d. of profits for the ye'r, undivided and iPlated. This was carried to the reserved fund, ts4htlset`ila expected, will soon reach the amount that will It; per ,!ue resumption of the former rate of dividend of k l rsh i ' e nt• The salary of Mr. Jerdein, the manager, ett, r 'Ll from £1,500 to £2,000 a year, and the retiring s Were re-elected. l h t s uccuRRENCE.—On Thursday morning, %:tt, w"°lnas Gcldsrnith, beerhouse-keeper, Craven keell a : B ,removing some empty ginger beer bottles from to o ; T is ! he discovered one of them to his astonishment, ttsr he took up stairs, and he and his family par krlie t lt, at the time, tasting nothing to alter the flavour it i , l 44 ) n „ger beer. Shortly afterwards they were all taken a ,', ° lnitioss, and one, Ruth Goldsmith, two years lot a violently, that after being the whole time in N g ,„ o nY, she died on the following morning. The tti'',o4 l ;as held on Saturday, and adjourned to yester- So4N it was further adjourned till this day, in order k4 a ,ai s „ r • Brett a full opportunity of making another , ern examination, and also of analysing the sto -1144 intestines by all the approved tests. N a st OP THE COUNCIL.—At the monthly inset ounci to morrow, the proceedings of the oonee mmittee will comprise the appointment of Mr. thtll O f doh son as assistant district surveyor, in the tiitt: 4 ddit• r rl • T. B. Lewis ; a reco mm end a ti on t o ap p o i nt 41t hz°al assistant-surveyors of buildings during the tC eß sute of business; a recommendation to in ktiolarer, ;alsry of Mr. Neilson, principal clerk of the Of T t Prn £2OO to £250 per annum ; and the resig- Npr Mr. Abbott as clerk to the clerk of committees. `kt l e tito rn e umga of the Markets' Committee will comprise N a Pf ~,Pidation to appoint David Morris to the situa k4qt, ' l her at the south machine-house ; and the pro anOtfhthe special committee on the restrictions im , e trade of the port by the Board of Customs u ailtted. h-ts Ts ore • itice Monday last the following inquests p ai j o re held. On John Brown, a seaman, belonging look th e v e st' who, on Monday, on attempting to go on It tt ‘ t an d vessel in a state of intoxication, fell into the fi‘ e w s B drowned ; on James Abbott, of Juvenal kestap r uonths old, who, on Monday night last, was a . ',Of abq overlain ; and on John Troughton, sixty pi l ny ta e ' inmate of the Workhouse, who died, on t 4 41,`,,ae 1k - rt . : from a rupture of one of main arteries ress es on Marian Willis, a child eight weeks old. s 4 that l't,; 4 l' , about one o'clock on the morning of h4e sti nt es tnale, in a most destitute condition, who IN; nester herself to be from the neighbourhood of iiiie, r ,d- et ,S was found sitting on some steps in Great ortisp, treat ' with the deceased, who was then alive, lisile.ssoth mother and child were conveyed to the k„ktt°, P hin, we e ll, where the child died in the course of 1 4 1s:lal ut an inflammation of the lungs, the result i ;01e1 8 e, a ; and on John Welch, a child nineteen k§.l!tes t ' wno, being left alone in 1 a cellar in Westmor -04411 a , oh Tuesday evening last, was severely b urne d 4 0% •i ir m s and left side, and died of the injuries on all illejithe cases cts in accordance with the evidence were ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday a gentleman named Ritchie, who, it is said, conducts an agency busi ness for his father on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, fell, in some unaccountable way, into the river from the steamer Star, as that vessel was on its way from Liver pool to Rock Ferry. After several ineffectual attempts to rescue him, Benjamin Bennett, one of the firemen, at the imminent risk of his own life, went down the paddle wheel and seized him as he was floating past, and evi dently sinking to rise no more. He is now likely to re cover. NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The new building in Myrtle-street, as may be seen from a 3 advertisement, will be opened to-morrow, (Wednesday). The design is what is termed the enriched Norman-Gothic, and was presented to the trustees by Mr. Geo. Ferguson of this town. The front, when viewed from the corner of Mul berry-street, presents a combination of objects at once novel and effective—heightened much by the introduction of an Oriel window, which is surmounted by a spire in strict proportion to the front ; the base of the Oriel is decorated with a colossal bust of the celebrated Knox, and with the other carved masonry, reflects great credit on the contractors. The sides of the church are sup ported with buttresses, and the windows intersecting are arched in two compartments, and present a very pleasing aspect. The cost of the building, including the land, is said to be £6OOO. There is accommodation for 1500 per sons, and a considerable portion of the sittings are already taken. The congregation will be under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Donald Ferguson, a gentleman—how ever we may differ from him in some points—possessed of true piety and much beloved by a numerous flock. NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this company was held on Tuesday. The profits of the transactions of the year are £15,840 4s. 5d., out of which a dividend of £5 per share of £lOO, and one guinea per share of £25, was ordered at the meeting in January, and your committee are enabled to recommend to the proprietors a dividend, for the present half year, of £5 on each £lOO share, and £1 5s on each share of £25, payableon the 6th of August, subject to the usual deduction of the property tax. Notwithstanding the reduction from seven to six shillings per 1000 cubid feet, the rental of the year has scarcely reduced. The report alluded to the de feat of the Guardian Gas Bill, and the committee hoped that in consequence of the reduction of price to 4s. 6d. per 1000 feet the waste of the company's funds in parlia mentary contests would be rendered unnecessary. It was resolved that a dividend of on each share of £lOO, and of £1 ss. on each share of £25 be declared and paid on the 6th August. The usual allowance of £4OO was or dered to be paid to the committee of management for the ensuing year. The chairman went into a long explanation of the unsuccessful negociations which had taken place between the Company and the Watch Committee relative to the lighting of the town, at the close of which a vote of thanks was passed to the directors, and the meeting se parated. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—The first of the present month was the day on which the overseers of the poor w ere required by the last Registration Act to publish and post, in conspicuous places, the lists of county and bo rough voters, and to see that they should be affixed for two consecutive Sundays,—until the 17th instant, and replaced within that time. Conservatives would do well to remember that Monday, the 25th instant, will be the last day available for serving notices of objection to per sons improperly inserted or retained in the list of voters for counties or boroughs, or for sending new claims for the correction of omissions or mistakes made by overseers in boroughs. We hope our friends will examine the lists with care, and further the principles of conservatism by seeing that no conservative whom they know is omitted ; that none are wrongly described ; and that if any error should appear in the names of their political opponents, an objection should be sent in in due time. The conser vative registration agent in any town or district will ren- der every information or assistance how to accomplish these objects. Overseers must publish the lists of claim ants and persons objected to, on or before the 29th of August, and also deliver to the Clerk of the Peace a copy of the register, the list of claimants, and the list cf per sons objected to. They must also attend the revising courts, and produce the original notices and claims, with an account of the expenses incurred in making out such lists. APPEALS.—On hursday the Recorder quashed the in formations against Mr. White, publican, Copperas-hill, for permitring drunkenness in his house. The recorder, in doing so, said he referred to the conflicting testimony in the else--the policemen swearing that the landlord and two other parties were drunk, whilst four of the persons who were in the house swore that none of them were drunk. This made it necessary to take a rather more mi nute view of the evidence, in order, if possible, to see where the truth lay. In looking at the evidence it did not appear to him that the fact of drunkenness was placed be yond all doubt. There was no person tumbling down— no riotous proceedings—nothing that clearly made out the accusation of drunkenness. First, as to the landlord, all the officers said he was drunk, and one of them said he could net speak properly, or stand properly. What was his conduct ? When the knocking of the policemen took place, he first came. to the c1.,0r, then returned to the apartment where his guests were, so as to give the alarm, and the inspector said he cried " Hush" to them. Ile then returned and opened the door, and when the policemen came into the room, he asked them whether any of the party were disorderly, or whether any of the party were drunk ? These acts appeared to him more compatible with a man of caution and sobriety than a drunken man. After noticing at some length the other evidence in the case, i e said these people were at the house at a very unreasonable hour in the morning, drinking and smoking, under circumstances of very considerable sus picion ; still, after hearing the evidence, there was that degree of doubt in the case, that he did not think the cir cumstances would warrant him in affirming the convic tion. At the same time, considering the result depended on the comparison between conflicting evidence upon which different persons might entertain different opini ons, and his opinion might be erroneous, he thought, al though the conviction should be quashed, it must be without costs. In another appeal case, respecting the affiliation of an illegitimate child, the decision of Mr. Rushton was quashed. COMMITTAL OF A LIVERPOOL SOLICITOR.—On Satur day, Mr. Josias Thomas Ansdell, solicitor, of Canning place, was summoned before Messrs Rushton and Turner, to answer a complaint of having committed an indecent assault in Poynton•street. The defendant was defended by Mr. Wardle. Alice Coates was the first witness called. She deposed, that she is a married woman ; that her hus band is a tailor ; and that sh e li ve s at No. 4, Poynton street. Between the hours of six and seven o'clock, on the evening of Monday week, Mr. Ansdell entered her house. He subsequently gave his name at the door as James Ansdell. She had never seen his face before. She was undressing her children and putting them to bed. She went up stairs for the purpose, leaving her little girl, turned of two years old, on a sofa, and when she returned Mr. Ansdell was sitting on the sofa with the little girl on his knee. The child was then in such a manner as was not fit to be described in a public court. Witness urged the defendant to go away, and called an elderly woman named Mary Thomas, who lived up stairs, to assist her. Thomas came down, and found witness lying on the floor. She had been knocked down by Mr. Ansdell, because she insisted on his leaving the house. He acted very improperly to her, and in the same indecent manner as lie had previously behaved to the child on the sofa. He took up her clothes. On cross-examination she admitted, that she had never mentioned before that day that he had acted rudely to wards herself. Mary Thomas, a lodger in the house of the last witness, corroborated the above evidence, and de posed to similar indecent liberties having been taken with herself and her daughter, and to the violent conduct of the prisoner. She admitted, on cross examination, the drunk enness of the prisoner. The evidence was also corroborated by the daughter and James Anderton, the occupant of the cellar of the house, who assisted in seizing Mr. Ansdell, and handing him over to the police. Mark Coates, the husband of the first witness, complained that officer 383 had not taken Mr. Ansdell to Bridewell, and that he had given insolence, and d--d Mr. Rushton, which was de nied by the policeman. For the defence, it was en deavoured to be elicited, that the first witness, Coates, had offered, in Bridewell, to make matters up on receipt of ss. This, however, was denied by her, and by the bridewell keeper, although sworn to by officer 383. Mr. Ansdell denied all knowledge of the transaction. Mr. Rushton considering this a Case in which a mere penalty was insufficient, ordered Mr. Ansdell into custody for trial. The policeman would be dealt with hereafter. Ansdell was then put into the dock; but, at a later period of the day, gave forty-eight hours' notice of bail for his appearance at the sessions. THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The second club sailing match for vessels belonging to this nautical association came off on Tuesday. The day was favour able, there being a stiffish breeze from the N.W. The fine steam-ship Iron Duke was engaged for the members and their friends, to witness the race, and received on board about 200 ladies and gentlemen. Two other steamers were also out with spectators. The course was from the Rock Ferry to the Bell Buoy and back, and fourteen yachts of three classes, varying from 8 to 32 tons burthen, had entered for the race. One of them, the Gem, did net arrive from Scotland in time to take her place in starting. The thirteen sailed off with varied advantages about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, and proceeded to beat down the river. The Black Bess, 20 tons, got the lead at starting, the Renard, 15, and Racer, 16, closely following. The latter soon afterwards ran into the furrow, and both were shortly hors-de-com bat. The Seagull, 32, obtained only a secondary place at first, but gradually gained on her competitors, and took the lead. Near the Rock battery the Black Bess was second, and the Leda close after her. Several of the smaller boats found too much weather about this point, and dropped astern, some of them not reaching the outward goal, but the Jane 15, and Editha 9, kept well up, the contest appearing to be between them for their class. The Seagull carried away her bowsprit end in the Formby channel, and the Leda got ahead of her ; but by temporary repair she regai ned her advantage, and kept it. The race between these two was capital, and excited some betting speculations. The other boats were also generally well-sailed and presented in, for them, a heavy sea-way, somt interesting changes. The Seagull rounded the Bell Buoy at 251 minutes past 3 o'clock, the Leda in about a tninute after, the Black Bess in 11 minutes more, and the Ariel 19, and Clutha 25, shortly afterwards. The Editha (3rd class) was also well up. The parties on board the Iron Duke partook in successive parties of a cold col lation, &c., and appropriate toasts were drunk and ably responded to. The day was bright, and the surrounding scenery was seen to the best advantage. A quadrille band was on board, and dancing was kept up, with slight inter missions, on the quarter deck of the large steamer, from noon to the close. In running in, the Sea-gull continued to improve her advantage, and the others that reached the buoy kept pretty nearly their relative positions. The leading vessel reached the flag-boat at the Rock Ferry at 59 minutes past five o'clock, the Leda in about five minutes after, the Black Bess, Ariel, Clutha, Jane, and others following ; the last at about a quarter past seven. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD The Ariel on arriving entered a protest against the Black Bess for having gone out of the prescribed course,'round a buoy outside ; and the committee, on hearing the evi dence, decided that the latter had forfeited the cup of her class. The prizes, three massive cups, were then pre sented to successful owners of yachts, in complimentary addresses by the commodore, and each of them ably re sponded : namely, Mr. Melling, of the Sea-gull (Ist class) ; Mr. R. C. Nayler, of the Ariel (2d class) ; and Mr. Edwards, of the Editha (3d class). NEW DUTIES ON IMPORTS TO BRITISH INDIA We have been favoured (says the Manchester Guardian,) with a copy of she new table of ad valorem duties on im ports into the ports of British India, which, so far as we know, has not yet been made public in this country. From this table, which we subjoin, it will be seen that. whilst the duties on cotton twist remain unaltered, those upon cotton manufacturers imported in British ships are increased from 3 to 5 per cent, and in foreign ships, from 14 to 20 per cent. We do not know, however, that this increase of duties is likely to diminish the demand for those peculiar fabrics which constitute the bulk of the ex ports of cotton manufactures to India, and which are beyond the competition of the Hindoo weavers; but it will undoubtedly have a tendency to throw the increased demand of India upon yarn, rather than upon any fabrics resembling those which the Ilindoos manufacture for their se' yes. Proposed Present Duties. Duties. F:41.=1 o 1.4 4t0:15 =:.11 , 2).2 , ~.24;, ct.,19 , ct.3fr Ct 5 10 3 6 10 10 6 12 5 10 3 6 ICI 20 6 12 5 10 2 4 10 20 4 8 5 10 I 3} 10 20 7 3i 7 3zi 7 14 7 14 5 1 10 I 3 5 10 3} 7 lr 2rs 10 20 lr 8a 3rs ga 1r DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY Present, Messrs. Moore, (in the chair,) Nicol, Hough ton, Middleton, Molyneux, Wood, Horsfall, Henderson, Aikin, Boyden, Tobin, Bold, Kendall, Smith, Sandbach, Moon, Ripley, Evans, and Chilton, It appeared from the minutes of the proceedings that a special meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday, when Mr. Wm. Cubitt attended, submitted his plan for landing stages at the George's pier, and entered into a long explanation respecting it. The committee resolved that application should be made to the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Conservatory of the river, to ascer tain their views as to not allowing piles to be driven into the river ; that the plan be approved of, and that after certain modifications, it be submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty, in conformity with the 23rd section of the Stta Victoria.—A conversation took place as to the width of the gates of the new north steam docks. It was orig'nally proposed that the two entrances should be 70 feet wide each ; Mr. Hartley believing that the screw principle would be universally adopted, now proposed that one of the entrances should be 50 feet wide, and the other 60 feet. The subject was again referred to the sub-com mittee. The report of dock and light dues from vessels entering the port of Runcorn for the past month, was as follows :—Vessels 250, tons 13,773, amount £6B 6s. The return for the corresponding period of last year was : Vessels 267, tons 14.000, amount £77 16s 9d.—lt was ordered that an additional book-keeper should be ap pointed, at a salary of £lOO. Mr. EVANS, whose cloudy features had, during the proceedings ; betokened the coming storm, now let out the preliminary mutterings of the tempest, by remarking that after business was over, he wished to make a few ob servations. The CHAIRMAN immediately called order, and the attack commenced. Mr. EvANs;then said he had been attacked at the last meeting in his absence. Mr. TOBIN.—I beg pardon for interrupting, but I think we ought not to allow any discussion here on this subject. Mr. Evans has appealed to the public, which has taken it away from our jurisdiction altogther, and I beg to move that no discussion takes place after that. In the letter there is one observation that gives all the offence—the word impertinent—and I should have re turned it in the teeth of any person who made use of such an expression. You (addressing the chairman) were perfectly right in returning the letter, and as he appealed to the public, I move that no discussion be allowed on the subject. Mr. NrcoL.—l very willingly second Mr. Tobin's motion, without reference to the parties, the remarks that have been made, or anything else. The time of the com mittee has been sufficiently occupied with the discussion already. We are met here for other purposes, and ought to hear no more on the subject. Mr. EVANS.—It is a very great pity that that considera tion had not due weight when the chairman was allowed to go on last week. Mr. Nrcor..—He was called on. Mr. EVA NS.-It was an arrangement. Mr. NlcoL.—We knew of no arrangement. Mr. EVANS.—Called on or not, there were torrents of abuse— Mr. NlcoL.—l call on the Chairman to put the mo tion. The CHAIRMAN.—SO far as I am individually con cerned, I do not wish to suppress any discussion of any kind that refers to me. It is entirely for the committee to decide as to the course they will pursue. Mr. RIPLEY.—I beg leave to move that Mr. Evans be heard. It is an act of injustice not to hear Mr. Evans. Mr. SANDBACH.—Quite the contrary. The discussion was commenced by Mr, Evans, and it was natural to sup pose that some notice should be taken of it last week by the Chairman. Mr. AIKIN.—The motion is put on the ground that Mr. Evans, having written a letter to the public, has put himself out of court. Now, I have not appealed to the public, and the motion will not apply to me. Mr. Nicon.—lt only requires a separate motion, which I shall make, if necessary. Mr. AlKlN. — Unfortunately, as the Chairman said last week, our power and influence here are gone ; but if you will not allow us to set the matter right, and, through the press, give the necessary explanation, you will be doing :a great injustice to the executive, and taking upon your selves great responsibility. Mr. Nico L.—l am willing, for one, to take the re sponsibility. Further explanations can take place through the press. We are. met here for certain purposes, and I object to my time being taken up and the time of others with such subjects ; and if Mr. Tobin's motion does not cover the general principle, I beg leave to move that no further discussion take place. My object is to save the time of the committee. Mr. Anursr advised Mr. Ripley not to press his amend merit, and hoped he would be allowed to ask the Secre tary to read the appointment of the Sub-committee for the arrangement and establishment of the fort. Upon this he would found some observations of importance, and of immense advantage to the interests of the port. Mr. NlcoL.—Mr. Aikin must give notice of such a motion. Mr. AIKIN.—This is no motion to rescind a law, or to make a law. I want to know what is the position in which we stand. The General Committee wishes to know. Mr. NrcoL.—The General Committee do not wish to know. Until the General Committee put the question, I object to the answer. Mr. HORSFALL thought Mr. Aikin would see that that would open the whole subject. It was entirely a perso ml one, and he hoped Mr. Aikin would not press it. Mr. AlKlN.—Every man will see that the very party guilty of personal allusions, and guilty of giving personal offence is the Chairman. (No, no, no.) Speaking of his dignity—of the dignity—of the chair! and of an un dignified attack upon him—a more undignified, gross, or unjust attack never was made on two men than by him, all out of a— The remainder of the sentence was lost amidst loud cries of " order, order," " chair, chair." Mr. TonlN.—l beg this discussion be put an end to. The CHAIRMAN said he was unwilling to interfere to suppress anything respecting himself; and after reading the motion was about to read the amendment, when Mr. RIPLEY said, as it seems to be the wish of the parties most deeply interested in this affair, I withdraw the amendment. The votes were then taken. For Mr. Tobin's amend ment the whole of the members present voted, with the exception of Messrs. Aikin, Evans, Ripley, and the Chairman, the latter saying, if he voted at all, he must vote against the motion. Mr. AIKIN.—It is a monstrous farce altogether. Mr. ToßlN.—Every thing is a farce, except one or two have all their own way. Mr. AIKIN.—I am quite satisfied the public are aware that absolute wisdom does not reign here. Where igno rance and apathy exist it is oontcnted—[The remainder of the sentence was lust in the commotion which these un called for observations seemed to create.] INTERESTING RURAL ENTERTAINMENT, On Friday last, the proprietors of the North Shore Mill —the only cotton-factory in this town—gave their accus tomed annual holiday and entertainment to the whole of their workpeople, on a scale of liberality highly honoura ble to themselves, and gratifying to the objects of their kindness, as exhibiting a degree of mutual goodwill and confidence, of which more frequent examples are devoutly to be wished. About 900 persons are employed in the mill, and all were invited, and all but about 200 attended, the latter being necessarily constrained to remain at their homes. The whole formed in procession at the mill at nine o'clock. They were headed by their own brass band, composed of young men in the employ, the expense of whose instruments, and instruction in music, the manaa ing partner here himself kindly defrayed. The whole were well dressed. On this occasion, not only was the day's entertainment provided by the employers, but each of ti,e adult hands had a handsome present of pocket money made to them, in proportion to their respective stations. The female school-teachers were also presented with new bonnets and ribbons, and the band (24 in num ber) with becoming uniform—blue jackets, straw hats dressed with blue ribbons, handsome blue silk sashes, and white trousers. The junior branches of the numerous assemblage car ried a number of handsome national and other flags, with suitable mottoes ; and, in addition to these. and forming a principal attraction, a great number of beautiful gar lands of real and artificial flowers. One flag bore the expression of George the Third, expressive of a wish that every one should be enabled to read the Bible. The pro cession formed three abreast, and, with the music playi:.g. moved along Great Howard -street, &c., to George's Pier, amidst an immense concourse of spectators; and, accom. panied by several gentlemen and ladies their friends, em barked in the fine steamer Ayrshire Lassie, which had been engaged for the occasion. After a pleasant sail they landed at Eastham, where preparations had been made for their hospitable reception. They were first ushered into the delightful pleasure grounds attached to the hotel, and the festivities were opened by a sprightly dance on the green sward. They all afterwards proceeded to a beautiful meadow, in the hollow, about a quarter of a mile further on, and on the east side of the road leading to Eastham village. This was the principal scene of en joyment. Soon after 12 o'clock they were there regaled with ample store of substantial beef and ham sandwiches. Coffee followed, " all hot." The males were then dis persed to ramble on the sea-beach, and the females to thread the mazes of the woods. Some went as far as Eastham village, and all afterwards congregated on the meadow, where the dance was kept up with great spirit for some hours ; the parties assembled, male and female, mingling in the sport. In the afternoon coffee and bun-loaf were abundantly served out to all present. Shortly after six o'clock the whole again returned in pro cession, preceded by the band, to the pleasure-grounds of the hotel, where dancing was resumed with great glee, in presence of many ladies and gentlemen. As the evening set in the whole merry party re-em barked in the Ayrshire Lassie. Music and singing by both men and females was kept up with unremitting energy during the whole trip. The whole, after landing, again formed in procession, and proceeded to the mill, where they were dismissed by a kind address. This was gratefully responded to by acclamation. The hands were not required to go to work on Saturday. The duty on spirits shall be rateably increased as the strength exceeds London proof; and, when imported in bottles, five quart bottles shall be deemed equal to im perial gallon. CORRESPONDENCE. HEALTH OF LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Having invarilbly found your columns open to the insertion of useful hints for the public advantage, per mit me to offer a few desultory remarks relative to the important trust now devolved upon the Board of ilealth recently constituted in this town. Imprimis: A cordial co-operation between them and the Health Committee of the Common Council is desirable ; in fact, both should go hand in hand to arrive at a favourable result. 2ndly : should it be required to apply for further powers from Parliament, let it be done the ensuing session, without de lay, this being a vital question as regards the natives here. I am sure a stranger perambulating many of our streets would be absolutely disgusted at the abominations there to be witnessed. To rectify these evils, or otherwise root them out, all close confined streets or alleys, unfortunately abounding in Liverpool, should be opened or widened; and such courts or places as have not convenient privies or ash-pits, or that are not thoroughly ventilated, should be pulled down, and rebuilt according to the late regula tions. If more comfortable abodes be not provided for the working classes, the expense incurred in the erection of baths and wash-houses, may be considered almost useless. I will here observe, that the old corporation, previous to the Municipal Reform Act coming into operation, ap peared to go on with greater spirit in the march of im provement. Ot what benefit, I may inquire, is the princely estate of our Cm poration, if a great portion of the income be not expended in carrying out necessary amendments. Let us endeavour, by all means, to wipe off the reproach we now incur of being the most un healthy city in England, by some great public measure of unquestionable utility.—l am, sir, &c. _ RAMBLER gaM c SMUM ,, tMERI•Vr , Mi6TSO.I:ISMMISMREN.AP . GENERAL MISCELLANY. It is now said that Parliament will be prorogued not later than Saturday next. The wife of a cowkeeper at Clerkenwell, is in custody on a charge of murdering her infant child. Pine apples are retailed through the streets of the me tropolis, and slices sold fora halfpenny each. It is said that Lord Mahon is to succeed Mr. Emerson Tennent, who goes out to Ceylon as Governor. On Thursday Sir R. Price was returned M.P. for the city of Hereford, without opposition. The damage done in the locality of Hereford by the storm on the Gth June is estimated at £5OOO. The Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Devon were on Thursday appointed Governors of the Charter House, in the places of the late Earl Grey and Lord Canterbury. Prince Albert has presented a silver medal to Mrs. Al lom, the lady of the well-known artist, for her successful introduction of bees into New Zealand. It is said that Earl Lonsdale will receive the vacant garter, and Earl Somers the Lord Lieutenancy of Here fordshire. Sir It. Peel has appointed Mr. Archibald Campbell, nephew of the poet, to an office in the Customs, as a to ken of his respect for the memory of the deceased author. DOUBTFUL ATTRACTION. — The projectors of a new cemetery at the eastern part of London, holdout to share holders, as a bonus, graves for themselves. At a meeting of canal proprietors just held at Birming ham, it was resolved to lower the tonnage upon merchan dise to one farthing per ton per mile on the different canals throughout the country. The Glasgow Saturday Post mentions a patriarch, aged seventy-three, who has been wedded to five wives, and is the father of thirty-three children. He is now working for ls. a•day, and his wife for Bd. SNOW IN JULY !—On Tuesday morning last, the sur face of country between Bangor and Bethesda, for an extent of three miles at least, was covered with snow to the depth of three inches and upwards. On Wednesday morning last, a boat, containing a num ber of persons returning from Battersea fair, was upset in the Thames, near Millbank, and five of them, three men and two women, were drowned. The Duke of Cleveland is making extensive alterations at Raby Castle. Some of the noblest rooms are uudergo ing a thorough renovation, and both the interior and ex terior are to be entirely repaired and greatly beautified. By the new arrangement respecting revising barristers, viz. by paying them £2OO each, instead of by day-work, the cost of the annual revision has been reduced from £31,000 to about half that amount. At Carlisle, John Graham, farmer, of Kirkandrew, was convicted of the wilful murder of his own father, by poi son, and sentenced to death. On the charge of murder ing his wife he was acquitted. A woman named Windsor. of Easi ngwold, Yorkshire, has been committed for trial on the charge of the wilful murder of her step-son, a child seven years old. The pri soner forced the deceased to take some brimstone and treacle into which she had put poison. COST OF• PULLING A MAN'S NOSE.—John Herbert, of Hawsker, farmer, was brought before the magistrates, at Whitby, on Tuesday, and lined £3 for pulling the most prominent part of the face of Mr. Wm. Thompson, a neighbouring farmer, in rather an unceremonious manner. An eagle, at Orkney, lately flew off with a hen, which, however, he dropped to make a stoop on a young pig. The latter being defended by the sow, and the hen having es caped, the royal bird was compelled to make off with a disappointed maw. WILLIAM AND MARY.—There is now residing in Ison Green, Nottingham, a young man, whose great great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather, father, and himself, were all christened William, and who each mar ried a wife named Mary. An attempt was made recently to assassinate one of Prince Albert's game-keepers ; the motive is believed to be the active part which the keeper, whose name is Turner, took some time ago in prosecuting persons who had sto len pheasants' eggs from the royal preserves. ' On Monday last two colliers, named Meyer and Mountford, fought a battle near the village of Norton. Meyer received a blow on the head which knocked him down. Ile died almost immediately. Mountford has been committed tor manslaughter. On Thursday last a violent storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain burst over Macclesfield and the vicinity. Two buildings in Macclesfield were struck by lightning. In one house no less than eighty-nine panes of glass were broken. A woman named Eliza Bachelor, and her illegitimate infant child were poisoned last week by drugs taken to procure abortion. William Dovey, her paramour, and Mary Trueman, his mother, are committed for man slaughter. ANOTHER SHOCKING SUICIDE AT OXFORD.—EarIy on Wednesday morning a man named Barnes, the kee per of a public house called the " Abingdo❑ Arms," at Ox• ford, threw himself from one of his chamber windows and was killed on the spot. He had been drinking for some weeks previously. There is to be another election for the borough of Cam bridge, the Hon. J. H. T. Manners Sutton having ac cepted the office of a Commissioner of Excise in the room of Sir Jobn Mortlock. Mr. Shafto Adair, the Liberal candidate who contested the late election, will again come forward. HOLYHEAD.—Amongst the money votes of the House of Commons of the last week is the following :—" That a sum, not exceeding £150,000, be granted to her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1845, the expenses of constructing harbours of refuge and an enlarged packet harbour at Holyhead." GROWTH OF Snac - .—A working cooper, named Leeds, living in St. Edmund's, Norwich, has this year about 10,000 silk-worms, which have just commenced spinning in a room at the top of his house, without any artificial heat ; they have been this year in the most healthy state, he having lost scarcely twenty from the time of hatching. Mr. Leeds has now materials for several splendid silk dresses, one of which it is contemplated to send to her Majesty. SUNDERLAND.—Mr. Hudson has declared himself against the Maynooth grant. Colonel Thompson, should he venture to go to a poll, will be beaten by a large majority. At the contest between. Lord Howick and Mr. Wolverley Attwood, in 1841, the numbers were, for Lord Howick, 766, ; Mr. Attwood, 462. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Saturday week, a boy named Hartley, at Northuich, met with his death in a very singular manner. He was in the stable, teasing a horse with the but-end•of a pikle, or hay-fork, having the other end towards his own body, when the animal struck out suddenly, and hit the handle of the pi kle with such force as to drive-the prongs completely into the boy's throat killing him instantaneously. SOMNAMBULISM.—CharIes Chambers, the beadle of Sedbergh Church, having, on Fridav week, been ordered to post on the walls some bills announcing a bible meet ing, got up early on the following morning, while asleep, put on one stocking arid one shoe, and his trousers the wrong way before, and proceeded to post the bills through the town. The somnambulist beadle was awakened and taken home by a man who had be, n out fishine. THE REV. DR. BERRINGTON AGAIN.—At Notting ham, the Rev. Dr. Berrington, who has made himself somewhut notorious by similar circumstances, in which he has been the hero, lately appeared, and announced by ad vertisement that he was about to open a "commercial and agricultural" school. He engaged a large house under false pretence, and by plausible tales procured from va rious tradesmen furniture, wines, provisions, &c. His true character was at last discovered, the house besieged, and to avoid his creditors, the reverend gentleman was driven from the town. On Thursday, at Bodmin, Benjamin Ellison, was found guilty of the murder of Elizabeth Ruth Scornen, at Pen zance, and sentenced to death. The convict is a fine and rather gentlemanly-lookin N old man, apparently about sixty years of age, and with a remarkably well-developed and intellectual head. He and the deceased, who was about fifty years of age. lived together by themselves in a small house. They had given out on coming there that they were cousins, and that the prisoner acted as guardian to the deceased. This was believed, as from the age of the parties no improper connection was suspected. But it ap pears this was a too charitable supposition. They had each made a will in the others favour. CHARGE OF MunnEn.—The trial of Louis Henry Goule, Superintendent of Police, at Durham, charged with the murder of his wife, Emma Goule, took place on Tuesday, at Durham. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner, at the time of the offence with which he stood charged, was labouring under strong mental excite ment, brought on by a suspicion of the misconduct of the deceased, which it seemed from the evidence adduced was not altogether without f oun d a ti on . Th e jury_ ac quitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. Mr. Daniel M`Ewen, of Durham, superintendent of the nor thern division of the county constabulary, has been ap pointed successcr to Mr. L. H. Goole. THE TARIFF.—IMPORTS OF PRODUCE.—A firm in the city have made some calculations upon the official returns of imports, &c. to June 5, from which the following re marks are pteresting, in elucidation of the effect of the new tariff :-The number of live animals imported in the month ending sth June, is nearly equal to the whole quantity imported during the previous months of the year, being 1,303 oxen, against 1,151 and 428 cows, against 600 during all the preceding months ; and of all kinds, 2,077 in the month, against 2,791 in the prece ding months. Butter and cheese also show a very rapid and gratifying increase, the quantity imported and cleared for consump tion being upwards of 40 per cent. greater than last year, and about 90 per cent. greater than in 1843. ...Upon the whole, then, the effect of the recent reductions and repeal in the tariff have been satisfactory.— Globe. - - - A UNIVERSITY IN FURNISHED LODGINGS.—Last century the attic was notoriously the natural domicile of " the man of letters ;" at present we find a " university " inhabiting a " second floor back." The curious enquirer, who seeks to discover the local habitation of the London University, is directed to Somerset-house; and there, on entering a door in an out-of-the-way corner, he sees writ ten up in large characters—" University of London on the second floor." Oxford University with its colleges, makes a goodly town of itself; and Cambridge is not far behind it ;—even the little northern University of St. Andrew's has balls and courts of its own. But the metro politan University occupies apartments on the same floor with the Poor-law Commissioners and Admiralty clerks. Its lodgings are too narrow to see company in ; for a greater number of students than usual having announced themselves for matriculation, the University has been obliged to apply to its neighbour, King's College, for the use of a reception-room.—Spectator. QUEEN ELIZABETH MISTAKEN FOR THE VIRGIN MARY.—A statue of Queen Elizabeth, in her Royal robes —the crown on her head, the sceptre in her right band, and the globe in her left—is placed in a niche over the principal entrance of St. Dunstan's church, Fleet-street. This conspicuous figure on Saturday morning last met the eyes of a newly imported Irish woman, who, in a maudlin state of intoxication, was passing to or from Covent Gar den market. The figure of the Virgin Queen, which the woman evidently mistook for an image of the Virgin Mary, reminded her of her religious duties, which she im mediately entered upon, regardless of the remarks of some and the laughter of others of the crowd which the unusual scene had drain around her. The, fervour with which the poor old creature smote her breast and crossed her self evinced at once her sincerity and intention ; while the manifest ignorance which led her to confound a statue of a Queen of England with an image of the " Queen of Heaven" was not a whit the less amusing because of the similarity of appearance which exists be tween the two personages, as they are respectively repre sented.—Church rind Stute Gazette. PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. —The anniversary was held at Sheffield, on Wednesday and Thursday last, Dr. Robertson in the chair. Dr. Hastings said, he begged to announce that the President elect, Dr. Corden Thompson, who was nominated at Nor thampton, in the preceding year, to succeed to the chair on the retirement of Dr. Robert'son, had written to the Secretary of the Association, and had declined to accept the office, on the pound that he diffrrcd from some mem- of the Association on the subject of medical reform meeting would, therefore, have to choose a successor. Williams, of Nottingham, proposed that Dr. Favell, of Sheffield, should be the President of the Society for the ensuing year. Dr. Jeffries, of Liverpool, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The Presi- dent then read the address which he had written for the occasion, and immediately afterwards gave up the chair to Dr. Fayell, who delivered a suitable address. The row tine business of the Association was then proceeded with, and occupied the whole of the afternoon, till five o'clock. From the tenor of the reports, it was evident that the As- sociation was in a most prosperous condition, and con- templated raising a fund for distressed members of the profession. A HORSE ATTACKED WITH HYDROPHOBIA.--A short time ago, a dog belonging to Mr. Hallett, a farmer at Cuekfield, was seized with hydrophobia, and left the farm, it was supposed, without attacking any person or animal on the farm : hut on Saturday morning last, just after Mr. Hallett's servant had turned three 'horses into the field,ohe of them began to exhibit symptoms of hydro- phobia, and the fit in a short time became so strong upon him, that he ran about the field tearing up the earth, bit ing and lacerating the other horses, gnawing the gate posts and rails, and taking the stones up in his mouth and toss ing them into the air, and lacerating his own flesh in the most dreadful manner. Every precautio❑ was taken to prevent persons from going into . the field ; but a boy, who knew nothing about the attack, came across the field with an umbrella under his arm. The infuriated animal im mediately made towards him, and it was very fortunate that the boy had the umbrella, or his life might have been sacrificed. He put up the umbrella to defend him . self, when'the horse seized it with his teeth, tossed it in the air, and darted off at a furious pace, giving the boy time to make his escape. The poor animal was in this dreadful state for two or three hours, till at length he dropped down from exhaustion and expired. The other horses have since been shot. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE commenced its annual sittings on Wednesday last, at Leeds. This is the largest Methodist Conference ever held, there being about 600 ministers present. The Rev. Jacob Stanley was,_by a hrge majo'rity, elected president, and the Rev - . Dr.'New- ton, secretary. At the close of the general minutes, a review was taken of the present financial state and pros pects of the society. The receipts from January to June, 1844, were £23,624 10s. ld. ; those from January to June in the pres,int year had been £31,785 16s. 4d. - ;—an in- crease of £8,161. Gs. 3d. The expenses during the first six months of 1814 were 53,851 Gs. Id.,—those for 1845 only £39,072 ss. decrease of £13,879 Is. The acceptances out in July last year, were £15,824; this year, £13,658; a diminution of 2,166 The restrictive regulations of 1814 had operated effectually in reducing the debts—but no further reductions could be anticipated. It was calculated that the total expenditure of the present year would be less than £105,000, and it was hoped that tha income would reach that amount In connection with Wesleyanisin there are 403,837 Sunday scholars in England, in Scotland 3,776, and in North Wales 12,000. , . . . The annual cost of Sunday schools is £22,000. Belong ing to the connection there are 332 week-day and infant schools, with 30,686 scholars. The annual cost of these schools is about 17,000. The thanks of the conference were voted to Dr. Buntin g f or hi s genera l serv i ces' - and especially for his active oppo s iti on t o th e Maynooth En dowment Bill. Amongst the donations acknowledged was £lOO from Mr. T. Sands, of this town, in addition to £lOO recently. FURTHER CONCESSIONS TO ROME.-Sir James Gra ham last week announced his intention to make several important alterations in the Maynooth Endowment Bill. The first amendment described very characteristic one. A Board of Commissioners was provided by the Act, for carrying its provisions into effect. To that Board, of course, all disputes as to the right of any par ties to such bequests, were referred by the act. This, however, does not satisfy the Romish bishops. "It ap pears," says Sir J. Graham, " that by a canon of the Homan Catholic Church, such questions must be decided by the ecclesiastical authorities." This Romish canon, therefore, and the English statute, came into collision. Which is to give way ? Of course the English law is to succumb ; and a new law is to be made, surrendering the whole jurisdiction, in such matters, to the Romish bishops ! Now this claim of the Romish bishops, to be above all secular laws, and to have a distinct and inde. pendent authority, is just the very pretension which — has agitated Europe for more than seven centuries. What was Thomas a Beckett's demand, which embroiled him with his sovereign during the whole of his ecclesiastical career? It was, that the church should be the sole judge of questions between ecclesiastics, and of offences com mitted by ecclesiastics. So that, when the priest had committed the most heinous offences, the archbishop de nied the right of the crown judges to take any cognisance of his crimes! " The c h urc h" herself was to be the sole judge; and that at a time when the church was selling pardons for murder or adultery for some 301. or 403.1 But what a feature in these days of liberalism ;—that the ENUMERATION OF GOODS Marine stores, the produce of the United Kingdom, or any British possession Ditto, the produce of any other country Metals, the produce of the United King dom, or any British possession . . Ditto, the produce of any other place Woollens, the produce of the United Kingdom, or any British possession Ditto, the produce of any other country All manufactures of cotton or silk, ex cept thread, twist, and yarn, or of cotton or silk mixed with any other material, the produce of the United Kingdom, or any British possession Ditto, the produce of any other place Cotton thread, twist, and yarn, the pro duce of the United Kingdom, or any British possession . Ditto, the produce of any other place Porter, ale, beer, cider, and similar fer mented liquors All manufactured articles, not included in this enumeration Wines and liqueurs, per imperial gallon Spirits, per imperial gallon .. very claim (in substance) which a Romanist king could not submit to, is to be patiently conceded by a parliatnent, more than nine-tenths of which call themselves Protes tants! And that a statesman of the nineteenth century should take it to be quite a matter of course, that if a statute was found to contravene a canon of Rome, the statute,—not the canon,—must at once be repealed ! The next amendment is only indistinctly described, but it is of a similar character. " The monastic orders con sider themsAves injured by one of the provisions in the 15th clause." Whether they are injured or not, Sir James does not say. It is enough, in his view, that they " consider themselves to be injured." Another change, therefore, for which Sir James himself does not even pro fess that he sees any reason, is forthwith to be made. And lastly, the law of mortmain is to be relaxed in their favour, in order to enahle them to take bequests of land, to a limited extent. The like claim, we believe, has been made for the Church of England, but never conceded. The tone of the government, however, seems to be, that nothing that the Romish priests choose to demand, shall in future be withheld from them.—Record. CLERICAL NEWS. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. Rd. Duguid Brown to be assistant minister of All Saints Temporary Church, St. John's Wood.—Rev. G. G. Hay ter, M.A., curate of Heavitree, near Exeter, to the under mastership of the Hereford cathedral school.—Rev. J. V. Vivian, M.A., to the rectory of Cardynhamy, Cornwall, void by the death of the Rev. I'. Grylls.—Rev. J. Patch, 8.A.. to the curacy of Clenchwarton, Norfolk.—Rev. J. Whiting, A.M., late chaplain in the East India Company's service, to the vicarage of Royston, Herts.—Rev. J. A. Hessey, 8.D., to be head master of Merchant Tailors' School, in the roam of the Rev. J. W. Bellamy, 8.D., resigned.—Rev. G. Fielding, M.A., incumbent of St. Andrew Auckland, to the vicarage of Heartburn, North umberland.—Rev. E. Dwarris, M.A„ fellow and tutor of University College, Durham, to the vicarage of St. By well St. Peter, Northumberland.—Rev. A. F. Pettigrew, 8.A., curate of Bisbopwearmouth. to the senior curacy of Sunderland.—Rev. Mr. Wayland, M.A., to the rectory of Holcombe, Somerset.—Rev. J. Lakeland, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Westburton, Notts.—Rev. Sir C. Bishopp, Bart., to the vicarage of Charles, Plymouth. The Bishop of Calcutta is understood to have spoken very strongly as to the Tractarian teachers in India, in connection with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, on the occasion of his first meeting with the society, after his return from his distant diocese. Dr. Pusey preached in the parish church at Ilfracombe, on Sunday week. The sermon was free from the peculi arities for which the preacher has become so notorious, and was an eloquent argument in support of the resurrection of the body. An association has been formed in London, with Lord Ashley as patron, for the purpose of promoting the entering into holy orders of pious and talented young men, and to provide funds out of which a certain annual sum, for three, four, or fire years, shhll be afforded to wards the expenses of approved candidltes. STRANGE PROCEEDING.—The Bishop of Exeter has expressed his disapprobation to the Rev. J. Hatchard, vicar of St. Andrew, Rev. G. F. Whidborne. of Charles chapel, and Rev. J. Lampen, of St. John's chapel, Davenport, for allowing strange clergymen in their pulpits—alluding to the advocacy of the claims of the Church Missionary Society, on Sunday, the 13th ult., by the deputation from the parent society.—Exeter paper. PROTEST AGAINST TRACTARIANISM —\\ T e feel called upon to notice a sermon, delivered in his college chapel, by the Provost of Eton, on Sunday last. We wish simply to advert to the broad, unquestioned, and all sufficient fact, that the Provost of Eton, in the most solemn and deliberate manner, on the most public Eton day in the year, before a large congregation of nobility and gentry assembled on the occasion, has made a bold, positive, and uncompromising declaration of hostility against the Trac tarian party.—Herold. MR. NEWMAN AND lIIS PARTY.—The Bishop of Chichester, in a letter dated last month (July), says, " I believe there is no one of those among the clergy who have watched the progress of late events in our Church, including many brethren on the bench, who is not aware that the adherents of Mr. Newman (for he is the real leader of the party) are few in number. A short time will now probably suffice to prove this fact. It is well known that Mr. Newman is preparing for secession ; and when that event takes place it will be seen how few will go with him. ADDITIONAL CLERGYMEN AND LAY READERS.—A correspondence has just been published, between Lord Sandon and Sir R. H. Inglis, as representativ:s of a large body of memorialists, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the subject of multiplying the number of deacons and of employing a class of laymen who, without abandoning their worldly callings, might assist the clergy in the dis charge of all such affairs as are not restricted to the three orders of the ministry. His Grace says, in reply, that " he has submitted the memorial to such of the bishops as he could assemble, and that the following is the result of their joint considerations. 1. No considerable addition can be made to the existing number of clergymen without additional funds for their support. 2. The salary required for curates at present is not greater than must be paid to deacons under the proposed scheme. The funds, there fore, which must be raised for the new class of deacons would suffice for the maintenance of an equal numbr of additional curates, and if the funds of the existing societies were so enlarged as to furnish the means of supporting a larger number than are now employed, it is not probable that the bishops would interpose any unnecessary obstacle to the admission into the mi nistr) of a sufficient number of persons to supply the wants of their respective dioceses ; although every bishop must be allowed to judge for himself of the measures proper to be taken for supplying the wants of his own diocese by the ordination of as many persons as maybe required, in con formity with the canons of the church, it does not appear to be expedient to lay down any general rule on the sub ject, which might control the bishops in the exercise of their discretion, or diminish the securities which now exist for the due preparation of candidates for the minis try. With respect to the empl o y men t o f l ay scr i p t ure readers, it is thought that the question may be most pro perly left to the bishop of each diocese to encourage or sanction such provision, if he should think fit, in those parishes, the incumbents of which may be desirous of availing themselves of such assistance." LAW INTELLIGENCE. The Judges on the Northern Circuit opened the com mission at Newcastle on Thursday. The bar of the Western Circuit, following the example of the Oxford Circuit, have voted " that it is inconsistent with the dignity and independence of the bar that any member should furnish reports to a newspaper." THE ASSIZES.—The business at the assize courts in the various towns has so far been unusually light. The reporter at Cambridge complains of the little occupation he has met with, and, to pursue the same tone, we may say it is our melancholy duty to state that at Lincoln the calendar is frightfully light, and the cause-list shockingly short. At Norfolk, such is the state to which this once flourishing country is now reduced, there is little busi ness of any kind doing, the calendar for the city furnish ing only five prisoners for minor offences, and the cause list presenting an awful blank. At Maidstone the busi ness again is light; and at Worcester—we record the fact with the same disgust with which it is plainly mentioned by our authority=the business terminated with unprece dented rapidity after " the flattest assize known for 25 years." ASSAULT UPON AN EDITOR.—The Queen v. Potter. This case, which has excited great interest in the northern counties, came on for trial on Thursday, at Newcastle-on- Tyne. The defendant, Mr. Addison Potter, son of the Mayor of Newcastle, was indicted for an assault, com mitted with great violence in the streets of that town, upon Mr. 11 ernaman, proprietor and editor of the Newcastle Journal. The alleged provocation was the publication by Mr. Hernaman of an article which the de fendant construed as reflecting injuriously upon his mother. The assault was fully proved, and a verdict of guilty returned. His Lordship took time until Saturday to consider his verdict, the defendant being allowed in the meantime to lay before him any circumstances in mitigation, by affidavit, the alleged libel not having been allowed to be produced in evidence. On Saturday, Mr. Justice Cresswell sentenced tie defendant to two months imprisonment in the county gaol, and to find security, himself in £2OO, with two sureties in £lOO, for his good behaviour for twelve months. " USED up."—ln the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Tuesday, the applicatio❑ was renewed on behalf of Mr. Charles Matthews to restrain Mr. Webster, the lessee of the Haymarket theatre, from performing the piece called Used up. His honour, in giving judgment, said that the case was left in great doubt as to the extent to which the alterations made by Mr. Matthews had gone. If the defendant, having procured a translation of a French play, of which he could make no use, took it to the plain tiff and gave it to him as materials out of which to write a new play, the production of the plaintiff might to a greater or less degree entitle him to the rights of an author over his own composition. If the original trans lation was a work which the defendant thought could be used in this theatre, and he desired the plaintiff merely to look it over with a view to any slight emendation, it would be difficult to say that such a circumstance could entitle him to claim the work, or an integral part of the work, as his own. The injunction must be refused ; but he would direct the motion to stand over, with liberty to the plaintiff to bring an action, and both parties might apply to this court. Sig W. FOLLETT.—The Law Review of last week pub lished a letter from this lamented gentleman to Sir Robt. peel, dated May 25th, 1845, tendering to the Premier his resignation in consequence of continued ill h ea l t h , and of there being no probability of his early recovery. Sir Ro bert said, in reply, :` I will ask you, f or t h e present , to confine the communication of you r w i s h es an d f ee li ngs with regard to retirement exclusively to me. It would give me the greatest pain to contemplate the neces sity of your absolute relinquishment of office. There is no temporary arrangement w hi c h I wou ld no t make—no relief to you from labour and anxiety con nected with official or parliamentary duties which I would not most cheerfully propose, rather than choose the alternative of permanent separation from you. lam deeply grieved that you have not made more rapid advances towards recovery ; but earnestly hope that com plete repose and the app roac h o f m ild er wea ther will, at no distant period, re-establish your health, and enable you to resume your usual occupations." In a subsequent letter Sir Robert Peel begs him " to retain the office of Attorney-General, with the distinct understanding that he should not be asked, on any occasion, to attend the House of Commons, and for the present should not hear a word on professional business." NEW S 1~~~ ~~'~;~ i ~ ` 1 l'_\~ ~.~'l !-'