The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

Allcrllo 27. 1 S 4 4. be Mr. bitANDI' bait' lhat 'Taylors cubnueuce nau en abused b y some party. Its / 1 18 LoRDSHIP directed this matter to be brought on in Court of Queen's Bench—the highest court of criminal Justice, in order that the circumstances of this case, and the grounds of the application should be laid before them. T he prisoner was then remanded until the next assizes. ATTEMPT TO SUFFOCATE A CHILD. Marl/ Ann Bullen, charged with having, at Manchester, on . the Ist of April last, attempted to suffocate her infant by throwing it into a privy, was acquitted on the ground of insanity. ASS A U LT. James Burgess, 22, was charged with having attempted 10 Strangle Amelia Burgess, his wife, by placing his hands upon her th roat. Mr. BRANDT stated the case. The prisoner and prose !lttrix lived too - ether as man and wife, at a place called Duringil the 19th of April, when they were separated. lo the month of June the prisoner broke some win dows at the house of the prosecutrix's father, where she was 8 • taTmg, and, on the 6th of that month, called to make betarange about the payment for them, when he saw wished her to go into one of the rooms up stairs, and, on h er refusal, he closed the door, and fastened his hands round her throat with such violence that she fell on the floor. Upon this she screamed out, and the prisoner took 11 ,P a knife, w hi c h was l y i ng on th e t a bl e , an d en deavoured to cut her throat. Assistance was then procured, and she Was tak en away in a state of i nsens ibili ty , f rom w hi c h s he did not recover for some time. The prisoner was then aPPrehended. Mr. J. Por.Locx made a very powerful appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. _ Re wa s f oun d guilty of an aggravated assault, and was i rntenced to two years' imprisoment and hard labour in L ancaster Castle. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL. J ohn Qui nn 16, and William Williams, 16, two house o " v eer's, were charged with having entered the dwelling. f Able Boadle, tea-dealer, of Liverpool. Mr. B LAIR stated the case. I t appeare d , t h a t, on Tuesday. the Gth instant, the prosecutor, Boadle, fastened 11 Pois shop i n th e even i ng , an d re ti re d t o rest, leaving all Safe. In the morn i ng , w h en the shop was opened, the premises were found in the same state, apparently, but, some tune afterwards, it was ascertained that some money had b een taken out of the till, and a piece of bacon from adjo:ninu store-room, also, ,a number of farthin . gs. soot was discovered on the counter, and footmarks, T ," 1 " were traced to the cellar and thence to the chimney, Wh ere, it appeared, the thieves b a d effected their entrance. the course o f t h e morn i ng, a b out half-past three, a police-officer, named Kirkpatrick, saw the prisoners com 10gfrom the di rec ti on o f t h e prosecutor ' s shop, and, on Seeing him, they ran away, but they were, eventually, secured. A piece of bacon and some money, which was afterwards identified as part of the property stolen, was found upon them : their clothes were also covered with soot. The prisoners were sentenced to four calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. The Court adjourned at five o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT—SAIURDA Y , FARRAR V. DEFLINNE. The examination of witnesses for the plaintiff occupied the whole of this day, and at the rising of the court the plaintiff's case had not terminated. SELECT VESTRY PROCEEDINGS. The usual fortnightly meeting of this board took place On Tuesday, there being the following members present, ' v iz., Messrs. Muncaster, Swainson, Mayor, Green, A. Henderson, Bright, Thornely, Ferguson, Groom, Mellor, Scholfield, Molyneux, the Vestry Clerk, and Mr. Over seer Kilshaw, who occupied the chair. e . w, Were minutes and proceedings of the two last meetings hour and confirmed, as were also those of the Work- The 4 i l i d Finance Committees. Poor L a c % Mr. Clements with Mr. Tufnell, Assistant . nieetin& w ,. Commissioners, appeared before a special on the 15th °E the Select Vestry, summoned for the present COs, litsith instant, when all the members were present re.th_ro.nr Cla Mr. Rowland, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Bris- CO; and „. r. ' 3l Maynard. Mr. Tufnell stated that he had arch the new building at Kirkdale, and Mr. Cul asila,,', the itect, produced plans of the arrangement ;I . 91e She which Mr. Tufnell particularly ex plained seemingly to the satisfaction of all present. The lilic.ertsefficient way of imparting instruction, he said, was ~: r 4 i Sh the agency of masters, and not imparted by tuo- Flings, andthat each class should consist of about forty arranged on a iising platform, and taught sitting— !tntult ; as ter standing. He seemed to think it of the ut td ozportance tbat children should be divested of all b idea of pauperism. He also said that the girls ought to etiinosntructed by male teachers, who should he married, i u.d that a woman oumht always to be present during the every Gantand a t e h b a o t o t l h , e s r u e e s h ho p u e l r d an b n e s, a man and woman to he said, could be best o_btainefrom the Glasgow Normal Seminary. On the t Sub' of the appointment of superintendent, be gave ofi Zl B . l his °Pinion that he should have the superintendence L .e whole establishment, but that a steward or clerk under tin should have the management of the mechanical part. Mm should Tufnell strongly recommended that the candidates rpr the situation should be seen, and suggested that b a e would meet for that purpose should be appointed, and ei , cl ,,id Meet them on Tuesday next, in London and ac ra';',,i)any them to Norwood School and other establish offitls _, a similar nature near London. 1 t h e ueoutation was accordingly appointed and consisted 14 4 . e Re v, R ector ß rooks,Mr. Houghton, and Mr. —re tnner es, t r r. b T e i , tl ianks of the Board were unanimously voted to Uicated -Lnell for the valuable information he had commu , I 6 eadi nibs Workhouse return it appeared that in the week at th e th e 10 th August, 1588 paupers were in the house, in th e tof 2s. lid. per head, amounting to £176 Is. sd. ; at an corres ponding week las year, the number was 1565, tlls 6 " D ense of Is. 81d. per head, amounting to Per s,; Hula, showin an increase of 23 paupers, 41d. , The d X3I 155.3 1 d. in money. last fr, r of case r:lieved out of doors, during the duri ng iuieht e n „ th e , was 6,502, at an expense of £729 12s. 4d. ; a ,,,,` 4 :74e t s ,,aine Period last year the cases were 6,584, --- I ,' 12 3..u i 1-, thereby exhibiting a decrease of 82 cases, house -"e sick . r ud • in money. 2 ,, utiderePort showed the number of persons in the 2 ‘r whi c h illuiedical treatment on the 19th instant to be stna ll Pox , aV be classed as follows, namely : 16 of fever ; 41 b° Y s and s . d . r i ru s m easles ;10 lying-in-ward ; 3 men'sopthalmia It Tedhiecalllarod , sick nursery ;41 itch wards ;38 loc k ward /7 gmal ward ;34 womens' ditto ; 12 womens' Parts of the ''' °ld mess' wards, and fourteen in other kr x buil ding —Total 222. nrkhn us '• • o sa e minutes contained a return moved by pearedin tl meat "w• respecting the consumption of butchers' Compa re house during the first six months of this year meat was with the same period of 1843, by which it 81). that the increase in the consumption of butchers' upwards of 4,3001 b. more t h an last year, which 7 n a e s di f e u a lly offi ac c c e o r u s n , te d for by th e extra diet ordered by the increased number of officers dieted in othfe hous e , an d th t e he ueeof beef on eleve n S un d ays i nstead wh T o h d e ie r d et i u n rt t i h f e u f r e t v h e e r r .z h o r se e w d e t r h e a i t n t t h h e e n p u ro n pl b o e rrtiool f l pert o o r n k s . of rather more than 41 per cent. less than last year. ____ THE ALLEGED MURDER OF CAPT. HALSEY, DISCHARGE OF THE PRISONER, KENT. In our last we gave particulars of the alleged murder of 'Captain E. L. Halsey, the, commander of th e ship Thomas Bennett, i n th e Bay of Biscay. The to inform s tions taken b e f ore M r. Rushton , were forw James G ra h am, w i th a view ofascertpario ascertaining from uroomet to the law officers o f th e crown whether the liberated, or whether, if sent for t A ri n ah an h s e li s e h r o t u o ld th b e e la tr t i tee d r in this country or in America.. l . question was deemed of essentia that he should Ame rican Consul here had formally demanded States, upon the ground a Importance, as the tittsent for trial to sailingthe Unifiedunder the American nag and vessele was -I,konththe high seas at the time of the occurrence. "ednesda morning a reply was received from G raha e_ ,T . ames In, enclosing the opinion of the law officers; and shortly after it had reached the hands of A . tart c h e e r gathered p et a y correctlygentleman h a d an interview with the Lord Chief 40enoeeon the b ench of the Crown Court, to whom he an nor the d th e result. Neither the 0 ho t th on of the law offisg,ahtheaummunication itself e sn r m t deuhli f ro „ e Purport of both maY g t e ed to t. disc l h n .ar the d fir e a n t expected Pria;ceeatZuet 't•t a a n n d sin j r u e r ti v a w ft o e u r ld th h e a ir ve re be e e i n p the ta th , bin that e Lord Ch Wed. at the pinionoof the law might then be . r • -esdY . and that they intoonsideration. ( Mired t Inorning, Kent c on consideration_ f 0 take the bills against oiffiefeeßrsaranans meantime been Pared,u'r Mans laughte r had in that t,EO order that, if the opinion in this country, t should be prisoner might be tried his trial. At eleven or 0 , 000. _e rt.2_delay in putting him on_ ter the should be to the effect here j atu ''' on Wednesday, however, after abandoned an t a...e,s Graham' letter, the bills were t twelve o'clock ttr,euu.inrY discharged ; and at half-pasthe the receipt df the. Police-court. iyfr.llsoner, K ent Con - ushtno the; the American ezpaosttbraosukgehdt whether p th.t s'i ti; (wb ° EIN , tie, Prisoner would be brought up that . ' .yettrettstthe following al - - he had was not in attendance) had been d informed told th e e senior clerk, replied in the affirmative ' t elv e ;31istil that l e should be brought up at half-past riso ter inn etncic. Rushton Alr . ' then addressed ti!e * P ns in When the depositio submit thseteerveutaken before me, I . told you that I should e done so, a .i.ence to high official authorities. the fact of it is the borouc,ll -41! h n ow my duty to discharge you. From ing been br t a h n e ,, - ndY of the deceased Captain H hav- I hay of great r quiry i nt ''- be in j to institute a solem I was take o th e cause ornecessaryh.death, and since the evidence ., "bin the •urisdiction of the c a o s r e o y n n er .n o_f We re m n by roe, that .hissiryhas terminated. The j o u i r a y . t °rY tO -eu rnusstifi able he s•c . iu to 1, left th nateide." ~now that their verdict was one o es neci v abilitv, and it must be The oris ner was then discharge j d, and e court a -. -13 dof spectators. W e u ' ceonapanted by a crow pnillt__, stand that Captain Varnum has been ap p place of th:u, to the c ommand of the Thomas Bennett in . . on h'oaurerased captain—that a new crew has been shipptA Charlestonthe vessel, and she sailed again on Friday for Accintx,,----c,----- n n T sda a man, G ame t ,„--- AT ,JEORGE'S rl_n e u landingfrom ntie 01,l'uwards, fell into the river, when Pierhead, bat, theby `n oodside steamers, at the George's of thelaZ.Prompt exertions of Mr. Chaffers,the master li. 1., -ming-stage, he was got out without injury. • ' I ltA of this exten sive fi r , 1', 4 8t Co. --In the advertisement serted the wotri 4, -1 ' in our last paper, we erroneously i o n t , i it qtead caution " over the prices of their so h ng coats, of adopting tLe name of caution adverting to other parties It 'oe of their house. LuLAL Pitu‘lClAL A Prussian Judge is at present in this country, on a visit. He has accompanied the Judges on the Northern circuit to the principal towns which they have visited. He was on the bench on Wednesday, and Thursday, along with Mr. Justice Cresswell. THE ARMY. — On Saturdey, two companies of the 53rd regiment of foot arrived here from Manchester, and, after bei❑g shipped on board the barque Nith, at the Prince's Dock, sailed for Calcutta, to join the other detachments previously sent out. Two other companies of this fine regiment are en route for the same destination. MANCHESTER CORPORATION. —Messrs. Gorst and Birchall, of Preston, have served the corporation of Man chester with a peremptory mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench, calling upon them to award compensa tion to those gentlemen for the loss of emolument occa sioned by the incorporation of that town. CONSULAR APPOINTMENT FOR PRESTON. — We have this week to record the first consular appointment in con nection with this port and its district ; John Humber, Esq., of this town, having been appointed Vice Consul for the Brazils, by Antonio de Silva, Esq., jun., of Li verpool, Consul General for that eaipire.—Preston Paper. . • An explosion took place on Thursday morning, on the premises of Messrs. Woolley and Lofthouse, tar and tur pentine distillers, Pump Field. Vauxhall-road, when one of the buildings took fire, a man was burned to a cinder, another had his arm scalded and his head singed. The cause has not been discovered. PARISH CONTRACTS.—At the Vestry, on Tuesday, a letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners to the effect that it was contrary to their instructions that the contracts for the Industrial Schools were confined to the parishioners, and that all future contracts advertised for by the parish must lie open to general competition. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—A true bill has been found by the grand jury against Mr. H. P. Cooper, of Eastham, steward to Sir William Stanley, for a libel on the Rev. Joshua King. The Court afterwards granted a bench warrant for the apprehension of the defendant, who will, as a matter .of course, take his trial in the Crown Court at our next Spring Assizes. SPECIAL COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the C ounci has been called, for Wednesday next to take into consi deration the proceedings of the Dock Committee for docks and works, north and south, authorised by the act of this session. The new plans as to the north will be laid before the meeting, and may be seen, in the meantime, at the Council-chamber. They were examined by the Dock Committee, on Saturday, at s special, but private meeting of that board. PUBLICANS FINED.—FRIDAY.—Thomas Stathers, Old Haymarket, publican, £2 4s 6d ; Henry Raeburn, Chris tian-street, beerseller acquitted ; John Connor, beerseller, Down-street, £5 4s 6d ; Matthew Fitzsimmons, Jordan street, beerseller, £2 4s 6d • John Davies, Harding street, beerseller, £2 4s 6d ; George Williams, Harding street, beerseller, £2 4s 6d ; Thomas Richardson, Wat son-street, beerseller, £2 5s 6d ; Rebecca Britton, Tithe barn-street, publican, acquitted ; Mary Gore, Great Crosshall-street, publican, postponed. BIRKENHEAD POLICE. - At the Town-hall, Birken head on Thursday last, one beerseller was fined 20s. and costs for sellingliquor at an hour on Sunday in which the act was illegal. Several other beersellers were sum moned for a like offence, but there being some extenu ating circumstances they were discharged with a strong caution. A toll-collector on the Chester and Woodside road, was fined ss. and costs for refusing to give a female a ticket on paying her toll, so that she had to pay at the next gate. A toll-collector at Holt-hill, was ordered to return an amount of toll which he had exacted twice in one day. _ _ SURGEON TO THE NORTH DISPENSARY.—On Wed nesday a general meeting of the Governors of the Liver pool Dispensaries was held in the Board-room, Parish offices, Fenwick-street, for the purpose of electing an ho noraro surgeon to the North Dispensary, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Tetlow. The Rev. Cyrus Morrall having taken the chair, James Mulle neux, Esq., seconded by W. F. M`Gregor, Esq., nomi nated Mr. Harris ; David Hodgson, Esq., seconded by S. Holmes, Esq., proposed Mr. David Chalmer, of Ever ton. The voting then commenced, and continued until three o'clock in the afternoon, when the numbers ap peared, for Mr. Chalmer, 383; for Mr. Harris, 119 ; ma jority for Mr. Chalmer, 264. LICENSING DAY AT PARKGATE.—The magistrates held a court in Parkgate, on Friday, for the purpose of granting licenses. There were thirty-four applicants for new licenses, but the petitions of the followinc , only were granted := ln Birkenhead, ten, viz.,—Mr. Charles Wat son, Cleveland-street ; Mr. David Jones, Canning-street ; Sherlock and Webman, Bridge-street. for a wholesale license ; Joseph Wilkinson, Claughton-road ; Charles Smith, Oxton-road ; Thomas Whalley, Claughton, whole sale ; John Herdman, Waterloo-place; Charles Male, Neptune-street; William Smith, Price-street; Arnold S. Walters, Chester-street. In the out townships there were also granted four, viz.—Thomas Hughes, Oxton ; Edward Powel, Whitby; W. Woodfine, Tranmere ; E. Crabb, Gayton. TEETOTALISM. — The success of tbetemperance societies is truly astonishing and truly gratifying, as the happiest effects must result from the abandonment of intemperate habits by all classes of society. The inveterate drunkard will soon stand alone, an object of scorn and contempt, no longer countenanced by society as a good fellow, nor tolerated on the score of conviviality, he will pass his life without friendship, pointed at as a thing to be avoided and despised, and stagger into a premature grave unpitied and unwept. Although the health must be benefited by the adoption of temperate habits, yet great caution should be observed, as a sudden abstinence from stimulants some times produces so altered an action in the stomach, liver, and biliary secretions, that constipation may ensue ; to such we earnestly recommend that excellent aperient Frampton's Pill of Health.—See advt. REVISING BARRISTERS.—The Lord Chief Baron has made the following appointments for the current year : William Gray, Esq., Sir P. H. Doyle, Bart., P. A. Pickering, Esq., West Riding, Pomfret, Halifax, and Ripon. E. E. Deacon, Esq., West Riding Boroughs (except Pomfret, Halifax, and Ripon). Wormzow Grey, 'Esq., East Riding and Boroughs, and Girk. Robert Wharton, Esq., North Riding and Boroughs (except Girk). William Blanshard, Esq., North and South Durham, and Bo roughs. T. J. Hogg, Esq., North and South Northumberland, and Boroughs. J.W. Harden, Esq., West Cumberland, Westmoreland, White haven, Cockermou h, and Kendal. W. F. Pollock, Esq., East Cumberland and Carlisle. Stephen Temple, Esq., North Lancashire and Boroughs. T. S. Brandreth, Esq., Richard Mathews, Esq., South Lanca shire. T. H. Marshall, Esq., Hon. R. Denman, South Lancashire Boroughs. WINES.—It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that some rare old wines are on sale at Mr. Joseph Scott's, Exchange-street East, to which gentleman we are indebted for a sample of a somewhat novel,though delicious article, white port wine. It will be rememberpd by con noisseurs, that owing to the exceedingly prolific se . ason, and superior quality of the crop of white grapes in the year 1834, some proprietors of extensive, vineyards were induced experimentally to apply them to the production of white port wine ; and the result has been attended with every success. The sample we have before us is certainly perfection ; and though it appears strange, the liquor, which is perfectly transparent, possesses all the fine, ri c h, b ut d e li ca te mellow flavour of the finest ports, without that colouring and body which renders these to ma n y part i es o bj ec tionable. In fine , it is an article which, th oug h it can notepopare a t a in any great quantity be brought immediately pe into the m e m a en re beverageits e' cupiorities. i oer, and consumption,Terkweht , is mustke so ym eventually a rkeda generally s bo become in 1833, is excellent, needs only to be tasted to be valued. As Shakspeare says, "'Tis smooth as oil and sw ee t as milk." refer ence to the advertisement w i ll s h ow the variousA ages o f the wines. POPERY AND PROTESTANTISM IN BIRKENHEAD.— SomeHEAD.— Some sermons having been an nounce d to be preached at St. Warburgh's Catholic Chapel, Birkenhead, of r the funds of the Catholic Charity Schools, the R n e v aid Baylee has issued a placard to the following effect M " There is no Catholic Church of St. Warburgh's in Bir kenhead. The announcement, therefore, that money is to be . collected in aid of the Catholic Sunday Schools in Birkenhead, is incorrect. The only Catholic Chapels of Birkenhead are those in connexion with St. Marv's and Holy Trinity Catholic Churches. My Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen—Count me not your enemy because I tell you the truth. Y ou are un h a ppily invol v ed in the guilt of schism, and belong to a community of which the Holy Word of God says, ' Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and receive not of her plagues.' If any of your priests be prepared to defend his principles, I am ready to meet him at any mutually convenient time and place, and to prove the following propositions --Ist, The Church of Rome does not teach the true gospel of Christ, as given in the word of God; 2d, The Holy Fathers of the first three hundred years are in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England. Permit me earnestly to address you in the words of the Holy Apostle, St. Paul, Prove all things : hold fast that which is good.'—Your true friend, Joseph Baylee, Priest of the Holy Catholic Church, and Incum bent of Holy Trinity Church. A u g ust 23d, 1844. ' FURIOUS DRIVING.—On Saturday two highly respecta ble gentlemen, named Hope and Sutton. appeared before the magistrates, to prefer complaints against Thomas Pal mer, driver of Edmund Morr is's Bootle omnibus, and Charles Stewart, driver of Bradley's omnibus, which plies on the same road. The charge was for furious driving on the previous Wednesday. The omnibuses, it appears, are running " opposition," and Mr. Hope stated that, on the day named, he took a conveyance in Bradley's omnibus, and, whilst on the road, the other omnibus came up and endeavoured to pass, and a race took place between them, which was kept up for a considerable time, much to the fearful apprehension of the passengers. Mr. Sutton con firmed the statement of Mr. Hope, and said he was at the time in great fear that the omnibuses would either have clashed together or have been upset. Mr. Thompson, so licitor, who appeared for the defendants, endeavoured to show that the speed the vehicles were going at was the ordinary speed at which omnibuses travel, and said, that what might be considered furious driving by persons of nervous temperament might not be considered such by others. Mr. Rushton said facts had been deposed to which might create a nervousness*to hear them detailed. Both gentlemen who laid the complaint said their object in doing so was by no means with the view of having the drivers severely punished, but tbat they might be so dealt with as to prevent the recurrence of like conduct. Mr. hushton said there was no other means of doing so than the inflicting severe penalties, and the public were much indebted to the gentlemen for bringing the cases before the court. Neither witnesses would undertake to swear to the identity of Palmer, who was, of course, acquitted. but Stewart was fined 40s. and costs. 1 1 Fig LIVERPOOL STANDARD. REFUSING TO PAY TOLL IN THE NORTH HAY. , MARKET.—Thomas Jones, driver of Peter Sumpter's cart, was summoned on Saturday, for refusing to pay toll for his cart, on Saturday, the 23d instant. The informa tion was laid by John Bowes, the market collector, who stated, that the defendant, when asked for the toll, said he had already paid it but that the rain had defaced the mark from off the cart. Mr. Rushton asked what was meant by " the mark." Bowes said, when he received a ticket he made a mark upon the cart which had paid, and this was the only means he had of knowing that payment had been made. Mr. Rushton appeared to think that some better system might be devised of collecting the toll; but, on the defendant admitting that he had not paid, he ordered him to pay a fine of 55., and double the amount of toll. CUSTOMS ORDERS.-It having been decided that clocks of the description usually imported into this coun try from the United States of America do not, in strict ness, fall within the prohibition contained in the 58th and 59th sections of the act 3 and 4 Wm. IV., chap. 52, in consequence of the maker's name and place of abode not being marked on the frame and on the face, such clocks being of a peculiar construction, and the works similar to those of common Dutch clocks,—it is ordered by a minute, dated the 10th instant, that when the clocks in question are fitted with pieces of silvered glass, such glass is to be charged with the duty payable thereon under teble A, class 13, of the act 5 and 6 Victoria, Chap. 47, in addition to the ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. due upon the clocks. FATAL AccrnsT.--Last week, an inquest was held on the body of Isaac Higgins, ten years of age, son of Ed ward and Ann Higgins, who live at 23, Bolton-street, Copperas-hill. The boy was a scholar at St. Luke's School, Cropper-street, and had, for three days, played truant. He was taken to school by his mother, and was placed, by the teacher, in the centre of the school-room ; but, whilst his mother and teacher were engaged in con versation, the boy sprung forward to one of the windows, which was open, and which stands some twelve or four teen yards from the ground, and endeavoured to drop to the outside. A portion of the window-frame giving way, he fell to the ground and severely injured his back and head. He died, on the Monday morning, from the effects of concussion of the brain. Verdict, " Accidental death." BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.—OH Friday Mr. Jere miah Steel,of the Cheshire Vaults, Upper Dawson-street, summoned his brother, John Steel, before the magistrates, for having assaulted him on the previous Monday. Mr. Je remiah Steel said his brother was his servant, which the latter denied, stating that it was he who was the proprie tor of the house, and that all that Jeremiah advanced was £lO, the remainder of the property being the defendant's. The witnesses called on both sides proved that a great deal of recrimination about family affairs occurred between the brothers immediately preceding the quarrel—one charged the other with borrowing money and not refund ing it, and the other retorting. A witness for the defen dant proved that the assault complained of was occasioned by the plaintiff trying to strike his brother down with a spittoon. The defendant also said that it was he who should have been the plaintiff, and that be would have been so but that he had the lumbago, and could not get out to apply for a warrant.—Mr. Rushton dismissed the case. THE LORD'S-DAY IN LIVERPOOL.—(From a corres pondent.)—Recently the men who are employed in navi gating the ferry-boats between Liverpool and Woodside, assured me that they had not been allowed one Sabbath day during the last nine years. Last year these boats paid a large per centage, besides which £6,600 was laid into a sinking fund : yet the poor men are engaged from seven in the morning till eleven at night, and they have not had one Sabbath allowed them during the last nine years. The negroes throughout the British possessions were always allowed the Sabbath-day. Such an outrage ought to be brought under the cognition of the clergy of Liverpool.—[We cannot but think that much might be done towards the Christianizing many of our poor fellow subjects who are deprived of the Sabbath rest, (although God in his mercy designed it for all men,) were many more in their own localities to imitate the excellent exam ple of the Rev. John Davies, of Worcester, whose labors on behalf of the boatmen on the Severn and its canals are beyond all praise.] —Record. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday an inquest was held at Southport, on the body of Thomas Taylor, landlord of the Coach and Horses, Richmond-street, Liverpool, who has of late driven the mail from Liverpool to that place. On Sunday morning he arrived at the Victoria Hotel, about five minutes past eleven o'clock ; the passengers had all left the coach with the exception of a gentleman ; the reins were thrown on the horses' back, and the ostler not being present, the animals took fright, and ran along the promenade at their utmost speed. The gentleman quickly crept over the coach, dropt off behind, and was not hurt ; the coachman, in attempting to get off, fell over on the off side of the coach ; the vehicle did not pass over him, but, when brought up to the Victoria Hotel, it was found that several of his ribs were broken ; he lin gered till Tuesday morning, and died about two o'clock. The deceased was about sixty-four years of age, and used to drive the Umpire coach from Liverpool to Lon don. It is a remarkable fact, that the horses in their fright took two very narrow turns before they got on the sands, and, when stopped, there was not the least damage done to either coach or horses. COLLISION.—On Friday, Mr. Wardle, attorney, ap peared before Mr. Rushton, on behalf of C. T. Hatherton, Esq„ proprietor of the " Sir John Moore, " New Brigh ton steam-boat, against Messrs. Parry, proprietors of the Seacombe steam-boat, for damages sustained by the for mer vessel on the Bth of this month, owing to the alleged carelessness and neglect of the captain and crew of the latter. A number of witnesses were heard on both sides. Mr. Edwd. Parry, (brother of Mr. John Parry, and part owner of the Seacombe boat,) conducted his own defence with great ability, and in his cross-examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, as well as by those he called on his own behalf, succeeded in showing that no blame whatever attached to the Seacombe boat ; but, on the contrary that the New Brighton boat was the aggressor. The collision took place close by the Egremont landing stage—the New Brighton boat being in the rear of the Seacombe—and it was only by the latter putting on all steam and going right a head, and turning into the basin, that she avoid ic eg being run into violently by the New Brighton boat, e h shores.— choandtrhaerry full to ul t p h o e w u e s r ag u e n s wing a h re i l y e al e e o n m t COMMISSIONERS. —At the PAYING AND SEWERAGE COMMeItt Thursday, Mr. J. S TheT)lyl plying m be p t l W ei e n e t tl wa th s e di C sne he is s s b e i d re and Lancashire amongclos t e h up p riverto t steamers s w t stage, weekly meeting of this board , held s s had on hand, which was of p ro perty the commissioner ht be sold.—Mr. Procter said Holmes, as usual, presided. b e A u I n d o r rd ep e e r rt w r a e s g g e i l v a e r n ly tox effect that the surveyors what use, in order that it mg that p n rt p h e e tt n t h h e e p m r e o e v e e e d d n h g e s e n e t f e r t i h n e g b o e f a r t d h N his o tti objectngh a w m a s tore Publish it. After some little conversation it was agreed that the report should be made public, and that Mr. Whitty, who had applied for a copy, should have one.—. Mr. Procter complained of the sharp turn at the corner of Elliot-street, pointed out its danger, and the manner in which the view of St. George's Hall would be spoiled by the laying out of the street there. The surveyor was directed to wait upon Mr. Franklin, and request him to attend the board upon the subject. The surveyor's report of the state of the wood pavement, put down by the Me tropolitan Wood Paving Company, was read. It was agreed that the company should make some repairs, and then be paid. A placard, intimating that parties are liable to a penalty of £5O for disturbing the pavement without consent of the board, was ordered to be sent to each builder in the town.—Mr. Brett's analysis of the water taken from the sewer connected with the Dale-street Gas Company was read. It stated that all the three samples contained sulphuretted hydrogen, in combination with ammonia, and also naptha formed in the preparation of coal gas ; but as the bottles were not corked, and had remained several days without being analyzed, it would require a larger supply newly taken from the sewer to enable him to tell whether any free sulphuretted gas was present. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr. Moore in the chair. It was ordered that the roof of the iron warehouses at Albert Dock should be galvanized. A report of the north harbour-master as to the state and efficiency of the dock gatemen in his division, was read. It stated that additional assistance was required for the efficient working of the docks, and recommended the superannuation of three, the appointment of five extra, and, also, the ap pointment of a master for the Salthouse Dock. The Fi nance Committee were authorised to open negotiations for the purchase of land upon which to construct the com munication with the canal. Mr. Aikin.—Dont the canal proprietors do that ? The Chairman.—We do the work, but they pay for it. They have already raid £2450 on account. The solicitor was authorised to give, when the t p e r n o a p n e t r s timeofth the l r a ri n v d e dp purchased s h s m e d o n fr t o h ' m t n h o e t c o e r p t o o r a q t o i n t o h t i c h h e shall be required for dock purposes. The treasurer was authorised to transmit to Mr. Wainewright, of London, the annual grant of £lOO, already past due. An applica tion from Mr. A. E. Carte, of the Ordnance-office, Hull, who submitted two life belts, was declined. A letter from Mr. W. Atherton, as to a better mode of securing the buoys, was read, and referred, with the other, to the Sub committeef bfdr eaotifrom ogdf mcwmro rmt het compelled mTokae o lnnhs f l ao:ogndtt t mi ehh h v tneaeeeotrsn Chairman rsl. Wilson,el l otre a e r to w i i: n weoe e ant blrDdi trade. d e eerbes p fgeeh.e a umri r erpp t aesT m rrtydoki h e anvite n rngoi d t dg: An application theidttnol: treasurer aabtt and d e h a ice Subcommit teeercv v eh o e p e m ar doubt o e ommo a d p a d that the solicitor having intimated to him that the con veyance of the H arrington dock estate had been completed, he had paid the proportion of the purchase money to be paid in cash—£lo,o76 14s. 6d., giving an undertaking that the remainder would be paid in bonds. Mr. Holt intimated that the sub-committee were not aware what steam-boat it was which run foul of the bell-buoy, w ith a vessel in tow, although it had been stated, last week, that it was one of the boats belonging to the Steam Tug Corn. pang. It was one of the tow-boats ; and the person who saw the transaction was the master of the Liverpool life ' boat. Mr. Bold said they had examined all the captai ns , but they all denied having done it. The committee then adjourned until Saturday, to consider of the new dock plans. The Dock Committee are now open to enter into negotiations for the purchase of the land required for the ship canal to communicate with the docks. The work of the communication will be executed by the committee, but the proprietors of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal will bear the expense, towards which they have already depo sited £2450. The tenants of the property purchased from the corporation, for the purposes of the new north docks, will, at the proper period, receive six months' no. tice to quit. The whole of the land at the north shore now occupied by the yards of shipbuilders will be required, and, of course, the tenants will be under the necessity of removing. The Dock Committee, however, we believe, have all but resolved to appropriate a piece of land for this important purpose, feeling desirous to give the utmost accommodation in this respect to a rapidly-increasing trade. noydmtr at n oenc INTELLIGEACE. BLACKBURN AND PRESTON 11AILVL'i;_ , Y.—The cutting o n this line was commenced on Tuesday last, near Hogh ton Tower. Since the opening of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway, the revenue of the York and North Midland Railway has increased £5OO per week. TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—At the half yearly meeting on the 16th instant, a dividend of £1 per share was de clared, and it was resolved to create an adequate number of £2O shares to the amount of £60,000. SOUTH WALES RA?LWAY.—At a most respectable meeting at Monmouth on the 13th instant, the high sheriff in the chair, it was resolved to oppose the intended rail way from the Great Western line through South Wales, via Chepstow, to Cardiff and Swansea ; but one of the resolutions pointed to a line which was said to be more eligible, viz. from Gloucester through the centre of Mon mouth to Newport, and through nearly ai principal towns. GRAND JUNCTION AND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHES TER RAILWAYS. — It has lately been rumoured that the Grand Junction Directors have purchased part of the works of the Herculaneum Dock Co m p an y ; an d that they •-t a re about to leave the uiverpool and Manchester line and m ake a line of their own from Warrington down the bank of the Mersey, making their terminus at the south on the site obtained from the Herculaneum Company. From the south end, it is said, they are to tunnel under the town to the north docks. The dividend declared at the &nth-Western Railway meeting, held on Friday, was at the increased rate of 325. 6d. per share. The traffic of the line is steadily increas ing, and proper economy is exercised in regulating the expenditure. Shares are to be issued for the extension of the Nine Elms , terminus, and the propriety of even bringing it on to Waterloo-bridge is also under conside ration. The directors have entered into an agreement with Messrs. Wheatley and Cook for working the electric telegraph on the line, and, in addition to the one already in use for the Admiralty, others are proposed to be laid down—one for the use of the company, and one for com mercial purposes. PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIELDS RAILWAY COMPANY. —The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Saturday. The Secretary read the report, fi orn which it appeared that the gross receipts during the half year had been £29.554 12s. 9d., and the expenditure £21,483 12s. 6d., leaving a balance of £8,071 Os. 3d. This balance was subject to a charge of £5,243 7s. 9d., for interest on the debt of the company, leaving £2.827 12s. 6d. available for the purposes of a dividend, to which the directors proposed to add the balance they had in hand from the undivided profits of former years, amounting to £1,776, which would enable them to declare a dividend of £1 4s. per share, equal to £4 per cent. on the capital paid up. The act enabling the company to widen their line and make a short branch for the purposes of the Newcastle and Darlington traffic, and the act authorising the sale of the Durham Junction Railway, had received the royal assent. On the motion of the Chairman, the report was unanimously approved and received. In an swer to a question, the Chairman stated that the liabilities of the company were about £21,000. A dividend of £1 ss. per share was then declared. SOUTH-EASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY.—A meet ing of the Liverpool proprietors of this railway was held at the Clarendon-roorns, on Friday. Mr. W. Cook was called to the chair, and stated that the carriage of goods by this line was unsatisfactory in the extreme. Whilst the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opposed by the river and the canal, is obtaining 4d. per ton per mile, the Grand Junction, with a canal on either side of it, is getting upwards of 3d., the London and Birmingham, the South Western, the Great Western, and the Manchester and Leeds, are all getting upwards of 3d. per ton per mile, the South-eastern is obtaining only from 14d to 2d. per ton per mile. A resolution was passed to the effect, that the small weekly return for the carriage of goods was un satisfactory and required explanation, and resolutions were also carried that the correspondence between the secretary should be circulated amongst the proprietors, and that the accounts should be so kept as to show the cost of each portion of the railway until opened for traffic, and the amount resulting from traffic on each part of the railway and works successively in use shall be charged only with the expenses accruing on such identical portion of the undertaking. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. — On Tuesday last, the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Darlington. The traffic receipts for the half year ending 30th June, 1844, amounted to £36,189 9s. 11d„ which compared with the corresponding half-year, showed an increase of £3109 Is. 4d., while the expenses during the same period had been reduced about £l5O. The dis posable balance was £15,957 19s. 4d., out of which the directors recommended that the same dividend be declared as was done at the last meeting, viz., £1 12s. 6d. per share, clear of income tax ; th,s would amount to £10,371 55., and would leave a reserve of £5086 14s. 4d. The directors stated that the increase in the revenue had been principally in the general merchandise and the coal traffic. The strike of the pitmen in the counties of Durham and Northum berland bad, however, had a prejudicial effect on the former. With respect to the coal traffic, the chairman observed—" They could not but congratulate themselves with respect to the arrangement which had been adopted relative to the coal trade, especially under present circum stances, for in consequence of the strike of the pitmen, the company would have been losers to the extent of £lOOO per month since April, had the arrangement which they had previously entered into not been made. As it was, however, they had been receiving an increase on the amount obtained in respect of the coal traffic during the last year of £lO per cent." A resolution was passed authorising the directors to apply to parliament for a branch line to Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Harrogate, and Ripon. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—OD Thursday, the sixteenth half-yearly meeting of the above company was hold, at Bristol. The report commenced by congratulat ing the proprietors on the opening of the line throughout to Exeter, in May last, thus anticipating by more than a year the period stipulated in their engagements with the Great Western Railway Company. The amount of rent and share of toll due to them by the Great Western Com pany for the half year was stated at £33,473 13s. 5d., the gross earnings being £59,160 Os. lid. ; which was most satisfactory, considering the short period during which the receipts for the distance beyond Beambridge were includ ed. The engine?r's report also showed that the state of the line was excellent. All accounts with contractors and others were so nearly closed as to justify the directors in stating, that the cost of the construction of the line would not exceed the amount authorised by the original act of incorporation. Part of the sums borrowed on debentures at 5 per cent. interest had been paid off, and new securities contracted for at 4 per cent., the lenders paying for the stamp ; the remaining portion of the debentures would be similarly provided for as they fell due. The report re commended them to continue for the present the dividend of £1 Bs. per share, equal to 4 per cent., free of income tax, for the half-year, but looked forward shortly to be enabled to declare an increased dividend. The report then went on to recommend the formation of various branches, and concluded by stating that on the 30th of June there was a balance of £127,320 Os. 4d. in the banker's hands and in securities bearing interest. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOCESTER RAILWAY.—This company held its half-yearly general meeting on Friday. The rep irt was as follows :—That the receipts for the past half-year, ending the 30th of June, had been £53,203, and the total expenditure £39,261, leaving a disposable balance of £13,942, applicable to a dividend of 255. per share. This decrease in the dividend might probably disappoint those whose expectations were influenced by the recent receipts, but it was at the same time to be borne in mind that the amount of dividend was more than double what was paid in the corresponding six months, of 1843, and that a far more encouraging prospect than then existed of future success. The receipts from the passenger traffic showed an increase of £1,590 over the corresponding half-year, although no advantage had been obtained prior to the opening of the Bristol line on the Bth of July last. The best understanding existed between the directors of the Bristol and Glocester Company, who were cordially acting together for their own interests and the convenience of the public. The opening of the Bristol line had con siderably augmented the passenger traffic, though it had been reduced by the coaches put on between Worcester and Oxford; but it was hoped that the reduction antici pated in the fares of the London and Birmingham would restore the traffic to its former channel. The increase in the goods had been greater than in the passenger traffic, owing, it was conceived, to the company becoming their own carriers, and the facilities for increasing the merchan dize traffic by laying down a line of rails to the Glocester Docks. A saving under new arrangements would hence forth be effected in the maintenance of the permanent way to the extent of £3,500 per annum. The expenses of the locomotive department had also been greatly economized, and the directors had under their consideration a scheme for a deviation line to Worcester. They had also a line in contemplation between Bromsgrove and Stourbridge, which would open to the main line a populous and richly mineral district. The report was adopted without oppo sition. THE EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. It is ever most gratifying to us, as journalists, to see questions and undertakings which we have supported, ul timately prove successful ; and rarely have we been more gratified than by the perusal of the following paragraph, which appears in the Railway Record, upon the subject of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, for whose interests we have battled, and whose value we asserted, when appearances were indeed unpromising. That this is now prospering, we rejoice to see acknowledged by a writer who, if we mistake not, has formerly opposed them as strenuously, and, no doubt, as honestly, as we supported them. The amende now made is honourable to him : - . . 7 icobably there is no instance on record of a railway company having encountered so many difficulties as the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Company—and living. That under its new name o f the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, that company is in life, and in vigorous life too, the report of the directors, which appears in another page, abundantly attests. many mistakes were committed in the earlier days of the under taking; but in what company were not mistakes then committed, w hich now there would be small merit in avoiding? The re-action which followed what has been usually described as the railway ma nia of seven or eight years since, had well nigh annihilated the Newhaven scheme, as it annihilated others; but, thanks to the energy of a few — and they were very few— of its pr omo t ers , t h e company has weathered the storm, and may now look forward to a prosperous career. " Our attention was prominently drawn to this railway in its new form, f ro m having been present for several days in the Committee room of the House of Commons, during the late session, when its c l a ims were very powerfully put forward. For an able and lucid exposition of the parliamentary contest, and it s resu l ts, we refer to the report already mentioned. W e regret to learn from that report, and from other sources, that some of the neighbouring companies are not so friendly to the Granton line as could be wished. It is unworthy of them to seek to injure, or interfere with, or to affect contempt respecting, this short but' ve r y i mportant railway; and, moreo ver, it is impolitic, for they cannot hope to crush it, and they 'eniselves a are taldrig the most direct means of alienating is have valuable ally. We hope to hear speedily that wiser count., prevailed." " In proof of the position with which we set out—that the C , 411.- , pany is in health and strength —We observe from the Liverpool lists that the shares have this week been sold at within .£3 of par. Two years ago they might have been had, literally. for nothing !" MEDICAL REFORM-THE GOVERNMENT BILL. The following is an abstract of Sir James Graham's " Bill for the better regulation of Aledical Practice throughout the United Kingdom." Clause 1. Repeals numerous acts of parliament, the titles of which are given, and "so much of any act or charter granted before the passing of this act as pro hibits any person from practising physic or surgery in any place, or as imposes any restriction on the prac tice of physic and surgery other than is contained in this act." 2. Proposes to establish a " Council of Health and M e dic 1 Education," to be composed, Ist, of the Re gius Professors of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Glasgow ; 2d, of a physician and a surgeon, to be chosen respectively by each of the Col leges of Physicians and the Colleges of Surgeons of Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland ; 3d, by six other persons to be appointed by the Queen—one to be a Principal Secre tary of Sta:e. 3. At the end of the third, and each of the two next fol lowing years, one physician and one surgeon appointed by the colleges to go out of office. 4. The first class to continue members of the council so long as they hold their offices ? and any vacsncy in the third class to be replaced by the Queen and Privy Council. 5. Vacancies in the second class to be filled by members who are to remain three years, and may afterwards be re chosen, subject to the Queen's approval ; but no president, vice-president, or examiner eligible. 6 and 7 Provides that the regulations under which the second class are elected be approved by the Council of Health ; members of the second and third classes may re sign, or be dismissed by the Queen, and replaced. 8. Council to appoint a principal secretary, and local secretaries for Scotland and Ireland, also clerks and mes smgers, and to remove any of them, al with consent of a Secretary of State. 9. Members of the council, and such secretaries, clerks, &c., to be paid such salaries as treasury permits ; treasury may also allow reasonable travelling or other expenses to any of them. 10. The said Secretary of State to be President of the Council, with power to nominate one of the third class to be rice-president. In the absence of both, the council mar appoint one for the day. 11 and 12. Council to meet when and where the presi dent appoints; seven members to be a quorum: president to have a casting vote ; minutes of the proceedings to be kept, and open to the inspection of persons appointed by the colleges. 13. Council to keep and publish a register of all who produce qualifications to practise as a physician, a sur geon, or a licentiate in medicine and surgery: £5 to be paid by physicians and surgeons for registration, and £2 by the licentiate : such sums to be applied to defray the carrying out the act. Names and qualifications to be for warded in January each year. 14. Licentiates in medicine and surgery to be twenty one years old, and to have been examined by the colleges in either country, but if in England by the Apothecaries' Company also. 15, None, with certain exceptions, to be registered as surgeons unless twenty-five years old, and examined, on showing that he had applied to surgical studies for five years. __ 16. Physicians to be registered if twenty-six years old and graduates in medicine of British, Irish, or foreign university, after five years medical studies. Foreign graduates to be first certified by some of the colleges. 17. Relates to registering as physicians and surgeons. 18. Physicians and surgeons registered after examina tion to be associates of the college in which he has had his diploma, and, on removal to either part of the United Kingdom, to be an associate of the college of that part without further examination. 19. Each college to give the council its curriculum when called upon: council empowered to make such changes as it may deem necessary to equalise the qualifi cation and the fees necessary for examination. 20. Hereafter no degree in the faculty of medicine to be given unless the person matriculated in the same uni versity, and attended medical instruction in it for two years next before the granting of the degree. 21. Lawful for any university to grant the degree of Bachelor in the Faculty of Medicine to persons twenty two years old, who have otherwise pursued certain studies. 22. No bye-laws of any of the colleges to be valid until approved of by the Council of Health. 23. The students at the several hospitals and medical schools to be registered as directed by council—fee not to exceed 10s. each, and to be remitted to council. No hos pital or school to be recognised which neglects this re gistration. 24. Relates to the examining bodies, 25 authorises the council to depute its secretary or any member to attend at the examinations, and to ascertain, if the regulations in respect to them and to qualifications have been ad hered to. 26. After passing of the act, no person except regis tered as above, to be " appointed to any medical or sur gical office in any public hospital, prison, infirmary, dis pensary, work-house, or other institution" or in the army or navy, or East India service. C ounc il can proceed to specify what such public offices are. 27. Exempts all so registered from serving on juries, and none else are evidence on medical or surgical subjects in courts of law. 28. Lawful for council, within twelve months, to re gister any physician, surgeon, or apothecary, on produc tions of diploma or certificate; and 29 and 30. All who, after the passing of the act, ap pointed to and practice in, any public, medical, or surgical office, are liable to a penalty of £2O, and none but regis tered persons, or those who can show that they were legally practising when the act passed, can recover at law for professional attendance, or "for any medicines pre scribed or administered." 31. Persons falsely pretending to be registered liable to fine and imprisonment, as court may award. "THE NORRIS LETTERS."-THE CHETHAM SOCIETY. At a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council the week be fore last, a letter addressed to the mayor was read from Mr. J. Heywood, F.RS., of Manchester, (dated from Carnar von,) requesting the loan of " the Norris letters," now in the possession of the Corporation. The object of the application was, that such parts of the letters as would be useful in illustrating the local history and manners of the period to which they refer, might be printed by the Che tham Society, of which Mr. Heywood, Lord Francis Egerton, and others are the principal members. The ap plication was immediately granted ; and the MSS. will shortly be forwarded as requested by Mr. Eleywood, the intervening delay being merely caused by a formal inspec tion of the several papers on the part of the custodier, who is the Town-clerk. Although these decuments are almost exclusively local, and relate to a family of con siderable distinction in the history of Liverpool, there were many members of the council who did not know that the Corporation possessed any thing of the sort, and scarcely one who knew to what events they referred. They consist of two very thick demy-folio volumes, strongly bound, on the leaves of which the several docu ments have been neatly gummed; and they came into the possession of the corporation through Mr. Charles Okill, the clerk of committees, who purchased them, many years ago, in Manchester, at a sale of the effects of Mr. Heywood, the father of the present Sir Benjamin Heywood and Mr. James Heywood, from whom the ap plication proceeded, and who, we believe, are the nearest living representatives of the Norris family. The docu ments in these curious volumes embrace the period be tween 1688, shortly after the accession of William the Third, and the year 1700. They extend, consequently, over nearly the whole of the reign of that monarch ; and. as some of the writers engaged in the public affairs of that period, there is scattered up a nd d o wn a good deal opinion,o f political butgossip,of t curious tleo n enough n ae, w b both t h should inlanguage think. and in illustrating the general persona o in f Lthievetripmoeosl. at The 1 thatie N or s were considerable pe riod; their residence was at Speke Hall. Thomas Norris represented the borough from 1688 to 1695, during which time there are letters in this collection to him from his relatives and connections. At his death his son, Sir William Norris, was elected a member for the borough, and it is in him that the greatest interest centres ; for he, along with others, emba r k e d i n a company formed in op position to the Old E as t I n di a C ompany. Many of his letters have exclusive relation to this new scheme, and in one or two strong terms are used towards the old con cern, while cautions are given to divers friends not to embark in it. Eventually a plan having obtained the sanction of the King to erect a New East India Com pany, two millions of money were subscribed for it, and privileges were granted to the adventurers in opposition to the old company, which was to be abolished on three years' notice being given. It having been proposed that the king should send an ambassador to the great mo gul, in whose dominions the Old East India Company had at that time their principal settlements, to notify the new establishment and to endeavour to obtain fa vour and protection for it, Sir William Norris (at that time M.P. for Liverpool) was appointed to this embassy, with a splendid establishment and ample funds ; but the emperor and his viceroy were prejudiced against the new scheme, so that when an audience had with difficulty been obtained, it was of no service. Sir William died on the voyage returning to England ; and his sword, as ambas sador, the handle of which is said to be solid silver, was subsequently presented to the corporation by his descend ants, and it is now in their possession. So long as the police-court is held within the Town-hall this sword was hung over the mayor's chair, the symbol of justice ; now it lies unnoticed in the borough chest, the scabbard fixed to the blade by rust, and the splendid appointments which accompanied it mouldered away. The struggle between the two companies, and its termination in a giant monopoly (al though the alleged object of the new body was to open the trade to the east,) is now a matter of history. According to the Modern Universal History, it was in reality "a trial which side should bribe the highest ; public authority in clining to one or other as the irresistible force of gold di rected." This account does not speak favourably for the morality of the times, but no evidence of its justness is to be discovered in the correspondence of Sir William Nor ris, as far as we have been permitted to look it over. These transactions formed, as far as we know, the most formidable agitation against the exclusive trade to the east, and Ire consequently the most valuable and interest ing part of the entire series of letters ; but the whole of them on this subject are largely mixed up with private matters, pecuniary and business affairs, so that the gentleman to :whom the task of „Foliation and selection iis to be entrusted (Dr. Fleming, probably,) may expect to find his patience somewhat tested. Parts of the M.S.S. relate to the circumstance of the borough of Liverpool, -I from them some information may possibly be gained '"... , what is called the " cheesemongers" case aga i ns t ' 1 dues ; others again are bills for personal the totin -sicims' fees, lawyers' charges, ser ex,'..enses. iii p., • wants' wages, anti A t . - 'tnestic accounts; receipts of lega cienrie intsterteesptre t' se n n n in , promissory notes, and do. c collection is Unquestionably veq' cOriOus, and it is large tin i t ° g rtg u n i g : ty transactions. The entire ti ii enough, in of) the particulars we have innitioned, to gra tify a day's inqusisitiveness upon the part cf any one, who, besides having a taste for such a pursuit, has some local knowledge of the principal families and public events of the period. By whoeser it was made (probably by Ed ward Norris, who represented Liverpool from 1714 to 1722) it shows, that in addition to considerable industry, he had a high respect for all' the parties, inasmuch as he seems to have attached great importance to the veriest tri fles, and also to have been exceedingly fond of neatness, order, and arrangement. Both the volumes are in unex ceptionable order, the probability being, that they have never been touched from the tizne they came into the mu niment room of the corporation, till Mr. Heywood's let ter called up the remembrance of them.—Man . . Guard. ENGLISH OPINIONS UPON THE FRENCH NAVAL DISPLAY AT TANGIER. over abi ability We gave in our last the French version o f the-l a t e oc currences at Tangier, and their own opinion as t o th e na val science and judgment displayed during the bombard ment. Every thing, of course, in the eyes of our v a i n neighbours, was done as no other nation save Fra n ce ca n do. The Prince de J o i nv ill e p rove d hi mse lf a m i rac l e o f valour a n d t a l en t ; an d hi s o ffi cers an d crews prove d on the occasion, t o th e assem bl e d fl eets, w h o were spectators' of their d o i ngs , th at F rance could, but for her vast mag nanimity and me rc if u l cons id erat i on for humanity, blow them rb i ofa r; v at a w,g r aoa t n ‘ rn v i tcd i r ea l . ,b k l ws i uA n r ri g dst , t i et a a ni e n csa d o, nr s wdr w ei sct e pht e i : yr kee t es, h np h e e,oc s and w e t a et s ov eb t ar r yl i , i u a ot m fch e p i ssr h ot n a am n ai ne- t ovaf the u all l e i x t p unEnglish faction at home evidently gloried in, we take the liberty of quoting from some able letters from the scene of operations which have appeared in the London Times, the opinions upon the subject of British naval officers, who watched the French. ope ra ti ons , an d w h o (after all the bombastic praise which we have lately heard of the efficiency of the French marine) would watch them with deep interest and attention. _ .... The first from which we quote "From a Naval Officer" is dated " Her Majesty's ship Warepite, Bay of Tangier, Aug. 7, 1844," in which the writer, after minutely de scribing the operations, thus comments upon them : "Upon the whole, it appeared the universal impression that the Prince, with his two liners and a frigate, had not displayed a good exhibition in gunnery; and, in two particular instances that occurred during the day, the impression as to the total de ficiency of the French in the art of gunnery received most re markable confirmation.,, "The first case which shall be adduced was exhibited by the Tri ten, of 62 guns. A small fort, mounting about nine guns, standing a mile and a half from Tangier north-west along the coast, has by repeatedly firing an occasional gun attracted the notice of the belligerents; accordingly, about noon, the said ship was ordered to proceed to silence it, towed by a steamer. As the Triton neared her object three or four random and dis tant shots were discharged at her, and before the ship got abreast of the fort the Moors abandoned the guns, for they offered no resistance. The ship, however, most undauntedly persisted in firing five or six rounds during two hours! The gal ant crew then for half an hour took rest, after which, as a parting salvo, they discharged at the fort two rounds more of shot, and then magnanimously moved off, taken again in tow by the steamer ! But how great was the astonishment of every one to perceive, as the smoke cleared away, such very little injury do: e. The embrasures lode d were hardly touched, perhaps not more than six shots left any impression, notwithstanding the ship lay not more than three quarters of a mile distant ! " The second instance presented to observation, illustrating the same inefficiency with respect to gunnery, was exemplified by the Belle Poule, a heavy new 60-gun frigate. About I p.m., the Belle Poule was ordered to weigh and proceed immediately to silence a round fort, on the eastern side of the bay, right op posite the town. The frigate forthwith proceeded on the ser vice assigned her, and a more miserable attempt or a more con temptible failure perhaps was never witnessed, and does not cease to cal forth the ridicule and jeers of all who were specta tors of the transaction. As the Belle Poule approached her sta tion towards the fort, its defenders fired by way of challenge se veral distant shots ; these, from their distant range, gave unde niable evidence of the heavy calibre of the guns, and induced the Frenchmen to shorten sail very soon, and creeping up ti midly drop anchor at such a distant position that the guns of the frigate could not reach the beach, much less prove effective against the object of assault. However, the Frenchman reso lutely fired irregular rounas of shot in the direction of the fort, for full two hours, but w th as much effect as though aimed at the rock of Gibraltar. After this achievement a steamer took the frigate in tow, but the forte, in scornful defiance, gave her the last and farewell shot ! In the instance just ated, the Moors stood by their guns to the last, and the sole reason that the French frigate escaped a most severe chastisement is en tirely attributable to the want of gunnery science on the part of the Moors, for the f. rt was armed with ordnance of formidable character, and undoubtedly would, if properly directed, have committed terrible execution, for the shot frequently passed right over the Belle Poule Thus ended the French operations for the day, the whole squadron hauling out ide the bay ? During the whole of the. action, the numerous steamers were idly looking on ; their ser vices were confined to that of towing the other ship; and the tak ing shelter amongst the neutral vessels ! In the mean time, about half-past 12 p.m., the Vesuvius arrived with Mr. Hay, the Bri tish Consul. Whatever the French may themselves think of their exploit in assaulting the old and ill defended fortifications of Tangier, they have not acquired the respect of those who ob served and noted their proceedings. In short, there seems to be but one and a general opinion, —that the " tricolor" has rather been dishonoured throughout the affair. The French have evinced on this occasion both a disgraceful want of gallantry and a contemptible incapacity and deficiency. The Prance has made a very sorry debut as a naval commander, and if this should characterize the future " Nelson" of the French navy, France ought to welcome his resignation, for the Prince de Joinville has not maintained the honour of the national flag, and this too in the presence of so many foreign flags." Most particularly we direct the attention of our readers to the passage in italics, relating to the French steamers, which, after the flaming description of them given by the Prince de Joinville in his celebrated pamphlet, we ex pected to have found something better than mere tug boats—something more like our own Nemesis and others, who so eminently distinguished themselves as fighting ships, at Acre and in the Chinese seas. Another extract from this letter conveys an important fact:-- " Before concluding my article, it must not be omitted to be stated that there was one circumstance in this transaction which affords, and did in a most s'riking manner give, the most unqualified satisfaction to the whole British squadron present at it, namely, the conspicuous deficiency of the French marine in their gunnery. Yesterday, in every point did the French clearly and indubitably prove themselves totally insuf ficient to cope with the British navy. This fact ought to be made known, nor can it be too widely circulated in England, the evident and vast disparity in every branch of naval efficieney between the French and ourselves. Before the events of yes terday, there was certainly not an officer on board this ship, perhaps not a man, but would have given our rivals credit and character for far more professional ability than they themselves displayed." A letter, " from another officer," dated " Tangier Bay," after a similar comment upon the conduct of the operations, and some remarks upon the insufficiency of the results produced, thus concludes : " At all events, they have not much to boast of, as their firing and manoeuvring were far from good ; and, considering there was a man-of-war from all nations looking on, it will not speak well for their good gunnery oraer. I myself am delighted to have had the chance of seeing a French squadron under fire, and for the future shall look on the boasting journals of France with a laugh on my face. I must say one thing more, though I am not a boaster; but one regiment from Gibraltar, and a hundred Artillerymen manning these forts, would have sent Joinville and his gang to Davy's locker." Another letter, dated from on board the Warspite, thus characterises this " great victory" ? " Such a display of lubberly conduct as the French have shown to-day is beyond belief : their steamers running foul of different ships—from bad management the line-of.battle . ships presenting their bows and sterns to he raked, and their bahasd gunnery amoag o madeusluar men;ugh. cLittuleld theydothey know , be let Cra pauds would ruethi3 day ! We despise them for their conduct their lubberly way of going to work." We ooste the feeling against to-day, a in dm fir i i t ng th a a t t a i d t efe w n o c u e l le d ss s t c o a w rc n e , l a y s much as we laugh at be fair towards th e French to omit acknowledging that the criticisms above referred to are from men evidently warmly impressed with the superiority of the navy to which they belong, and perhaps predisposed to find fault with that of a rival power. Still we cannot but believe that statements, coming from honourable men, of facts occurring in the presence of so many brother officers of all countries, can be, al though perhaps highly coloured, in their main features true. As such they will be received by their fellow countrymen, and the world out of France; and they bear, we have no doubt, a proud consolation to every British heart, who relies upon the country's naval supe riority, and peace of mind to those few recreant and trembling believers in the Bobadil statements of French politicians, that France and Joinville could eat up Eng land at a meal. The Morning Herald of Saturday gives the following description of the bombardment : At length all was ready, and amid shouts of Vice le Roi, the fire was opened, and Tangier hid from our sight by a thick cloud of smoke. Our balls were launched with a rapidity and precision truly admirable, and as soon as the smoke cleared off we could see, with out the aid of a glass, the batteries crumbling into dust, and several houses on the water-side completely gutted. The enemy replied with great energy, but, fortunately for us, their guns were badly pointed. Their balls fell in all directions around the Jemmapes over our head, but few touched us, and those that did did us no serious injury. After the tiring had lasted an hour, the prince gave order to cease firing in order to give the Triton and Belle Poule time to take up their positions. The firing now recommenced, and di rected by order of the prince principally against the forts, the prince being desirous to spare the town the horrors of a bombardment. In the second attack the Suffren and Jemmapes directed their fire against the Casbad, which commands the town, and which might have caused us much injury had the guns been well pointed. All the batteries along the coast and in the environs of Tangier kept up soon silenced. Bad the enemy been in a position to direct their a continued firing against us ; but it did not last long—they were guns with precision, great injury would have been done to the Belle Poule. At 2 p.m., the Triton, towed by the Vetoes, took up a favor able position opposite to a battery, about a mile from Tangier, and in about an hour completely destroyed it: The Triton set fire to a number of houses, which burnt for many hours. We have only had two cabin -boys killed, one on board the Jemmapes, and the other on board the Suffren, and about thirty wounded, many mortally. Th e steam-boats sustained little or no injury. The prince leaves on the Bth for Magadore; there the affair will be more serious, the intention of our young admiral being to reduce the town to ashes. Magadore has .50,000 inhahitants ; it is protected by many batteries, amongst te ot c h ts ers th , e b e y ntra on n e ce m to ou t nte he dhabrbyotuv,r-e.nti b ics, y p a e e r d a n t h d a t w o h u i rchlampror vessels will not find sufficient water, and that the affair will solely be confined to the steamers. We have received orders to destroy, on our road to Oran, all vessels bearing the Morocco flag. I have not time to say more to-day. You shall hear from me again after the bombardment of Magadore." SECOND CHESS MATCH BETWEEN MR. STAUNTON AND M. ST. AMANT.—The preliminaries of another match at chess between these distinguished champions of England and France have been arranged, and it is to come off at Paris in about a month. It was at first wished that M. St. Amant, who was desirous of another trial of skill with Mr. Staunton, should come over to London to fight the match ; but, as that could not bo arranged, Mr. Staunton, rather than seem to shrink from the contest, agreed to go over to Paris a second time. The Liverpool Chess Club has contributed £5O towards the expenses of the match. .r. Ai5..•44;z7, I,‘ t -- `;'•N e the was ;:at :her eof a nd ers, iic )ry, lout le for leg a 8