The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-21 00:00:00

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1854 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. pITuE REV. CHARLES BISSET, of 'Mph°Band, has been .esented with a hand some set of robes, as a testimonial r esPect and friendship. alon e Toxrz tli - panx.-At a mee ti ng o f th e p av i ng commis rs, on Tuesday, a paving rate of one shillin d. g in the Pound was, ex• OIKAIISSIO-NS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT 0F 1•44, ce.sirißE.-2nd reg i men t o f th e D u k e o f L ancas t er ' s k..twn Militia, to be lieutenants, Ensign F. C. Ward, En- T. Preston, Ensign T. Pilkington, Ensign H. M. • jitma; T. Gardner, late lieutenant 4th regiment ; and L. gentleman. ' UPPER CeIItI COLLEGIATE S CHOOL .-A mas t ers hip h as re ,utrtY been established in this school for the teaching of t r o y history in its connexion with commerce. The j t g,,' e r appointed is Mr. T. C. Archer, of her Majesty's Palace well known as the Liverpool agent of the Crystal 1 ; 1 " CoMpany. , 'RE ENSUING ASSIZE.-There is, we understand, a case about to come on at the ensuing Liverpool assize likely to p fn e u ' le some local excitement and interest. The parties „4eerr,ed are the principals of a foreign house and the `Presentative of an extensive oil establishment in this - w it The action is one of libel, for defamation of cha ,,,eacter and, ..._, uanaaOwing to the strong nature of the calumnies, amounts are, it is said, to be laid at no inconsiderable T• - Liverpool Times. tr v if' G 4 S-ICO TRADE.-Mr. Horsfall, M.P., had an in thole no-vra,rdonofTuesday, with the Right lion. E. Cardwell, at Trade, to present a memorial in favour of f th r° e kug Chambers the trade in guano, from the presidents o amzanabers of Commerce of Liverpool, Edinburgh, Sun -2,31174,„.., Belfast, Cork, Southampton, Neweastle-upT thab_• , Worcester Plymouth, and 'Dundee ; from toc -1 ' 44 0f tl 'el th e the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, and ` 44l Pany of Merchants of the city of Edinburgh. 4 P o on CHESS CLUB.-The members of this club Bot e l . geir annual dinner on Wednesday, at the Adelphi the d„„The chair was occupied by Mr. M'Connell, and B ch e i'''',les of vice-chairman were discharged by . Mr. and -e lci• The evening was spent in a most harmonious for,tis4elal manner, the flourishing condition of the club Th e ~,!??, a satisfactory theme of mutual congratulation. (ast e L ia ,uffs and wines were supplied in the usual style of est a i, l ',' Plenty and excellence for which Mr. Radley's ),shment is so favourably known. thi p i - ` O l BOILED TO DEATH.-Andrew Lyons, aged. 20, ,I ll i t . c ,Yed at the sugar-boiling establishment of Mr. Pierce, kea 4i d - street, was crossing, on Thursday week,. by sii ° I a plank, one of the sugar-vats, when his foot a•4l , and he fell headlong into the boiling mass. He that 4 1 .teil out as soon as possible, and removed to othe he expire Hospital, but he was so dreadfully burn ilie,,TP2red on Wednesday morning, at one o'clock. An they wl - ei held before Mr. Curry, and the jury, though ing i Ttuld a verdict of accidental death, made a prese.nt the in strong terms upon the unsafe mode of crossing vat S u : o i l narrow planks. * APW' n E 3 I IN THE ISLE OF MAN.-The case of Thos. are h l.. 4l e• Daniel Christian was an action for slanderous • sPo l- en b l the defendant to laintiff. The trialledthe court and jury from the Wednesday afternoon (hi a* eleven o'clock on Saturday evening, and was j o e °I the lo nges t ever h e ld i n a common law court in the fen e d e ° „ f 4 . M an. The slanderous words imputed to the de ); u• ere-" Your father was a d-- rogue, and ad •st t --" ; and you are a d- scoundrel and a d- robber." sbsehe close o f th e case t h e j ury re ti re d, an d, a ft er an a vend e ; : e of about t w e n ty minutes, returned into court with nia--"t to in these words :-" We dismiss this cause, each L pay his own expenses." co et ` ei v E., ll PooL TOWN COUNCIL.-A special meeting of the Dre a m.' was held on Wednesday ; his worship the Mayor • The object of the meeting was to determine nee e ' 4ll SeS 27, 2811 f .84 31 of the Sanitary Bill,which load 841,1 ref erred back ife Health Committee for further con- Do -1'4 . - The Town-clerk stated that the first post withi clause was that relating to nuisances from smoke, int,,,resPect to which the committee recommended the nei',uction of the word " Waterworks," which had . been tha'.uentionally omitted, and the addition of a pyonsoh faidono information or proceeding for a penalty shall e by the Prosecuted, except by some person duly authorized 4 a „ Health Committee. He also explained, that in Breolehester, although it could not be pretended that the far t was entirely consumed, still the nuisance was so tf. A' a ,.‘ed that there was comparatively little to complain 1)114 Ir. Thomson expressed his conviction of the impossi clack entirely consuming the smoke, so as to prevent sach"lisc....s.sm...oke" from the bakehouses. ..He _moved that eapbr u mings be not included in the bill.-Mr. Stewart th,Zlied that it was not intended to enforce on any one thel' e mniffishment of impossibilities, but merely . required was 4,4 Prop rietor of any building included in its provisions so tia 7 make only such an amount of smoke as might rea- Volti l ,l,he expected to arise from a particular trade.- dia.. th is explanation the clause was allowed to pass nem. ark; as, was also clause 28 (justices to have power to ela ese al teration of chimneys) without alteration. In mitt 31 (regulating the width of carts, &c.) the com the ee re commended the insertion of words postponing of tT er ation of the c la us e for five years from the passing 'to w e act. I n th e course o f a t e di ous di scuss io n , the in 4 4-clerk stated that the council had the power of frarn tbatambY4aw to prevent the practice of so loading lorries W as bales overhang the vehicles; and such a by-law kr.. T a° °,.,Ut to be framed.-Mr. Fernihough moved, 41 1 t of Gladstone, jun , seconded, that the clause be struck r'iedb- the bill. a'show of hands the clause was car ried, Y MajOrity of 24 to 5. The . clause was then car ' lie im with the addition of a proviso, suggested by Mr. whi e - b er, prohibiting the construction . of carts . and lorries 1 ,..§t - „would be liable to the same objections as those in neafn,"ee• The Sanitary Bill was then referred to the mmittee.-A comMunication to the 'Mayor, uk - e ; 4 Y ° the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, the pbell, Dr. Raffles, and several other influential 4 • 4) * U -4 , t' ll ' A vtu'ig the council to purchase, for the use of th e e ' e unsi s t e , valuable collection of the late Mr. Thomas ti e „ e ulity ~4 1g of armorial bearings, &c., illustrative of Lancaster in general, and Liverpool in par -"ke%wim referred to the Library and Museum Com ' ter Which the meeting separated. g ace B n T 4 1,.." 411 G D ANS -The weekly meeting took h° edn r sda n.A . 3l P i r entJoseph Jef calf in terie:tr ; Mes e srs. Y Al s es G. Harrison, Mountfield, A• .1 3 - ‘,7:,: Badnall, Kirkus, Wensley, Carter, Med ,,--',lal3ls, Roberts, Lunt, M`Gee, Roskell, Horsfall, ha nds „7„,,`" IL Birch. The balance in the treasurer's - "wed ii,`" reported to be £1,373 19s. 9d. Mr. Kirkus thik r 'flat David Parry and Hannah Parry, two orphan l ass es belonging to Toxteth-park, be provided with etce e l es and outfit to Melurne Australia, at a cost not ago'"‘", tl3, which was h seconded by Mr. Carter, and tech - ‘ 4 ,_ u nanimously. The guardians present for Tox requi;rit signed their consent thereto, agreeably to the tee. g a ents of the statute 12 and 13 Victoria, c. 103, rhigh - f . The report of the Visiting Committee was e „ -- 1 , 4 P and confirmed. The master of the Workhouse , 44 $ tli - u.„,.°rized. to plant fruit trees in the gronnll adjoin -_ Hospital, at a cost not exceeding £ 4 . On tae l i' l .ugon of Mr. Kirkus, it was resolved that advertise far 0 e inserted in the prs for tenders for an organ advertise s°r Workhouse. Mr. Horsfall gave notice that he h e j 4 move, at the next meeting, that the engineer at IsPital be allowed rations, in addition to his salary. sPeet., e ' r ag of the averages, forwarded by the poor-law in kat : (fir. Fenian), was produced and approved, by the the t he board being attached thereto. The duties of 4 nd Z 4s tant to the matron of the hospital were defined, • sLues e Z 'ea to by the board ; and Mr. Clayton was re to to plans for additions to the Workhouse, ! ) er a better classification of the inmates. The ntun- Ra th e „„"'e Workhouse was reported to be 710, against 720 Lt•rli`Z,,esPonding week of last year. Z 45 4, ;„,14 GUARDIAN SOCIETY.-ANNITAL DINNER. TZetY - 7aY last, the thirty-first annual dinner of this e7:hairuele-stre7 under in the Masonic-hall, Queen's Hotel, ft „' - uder the able presidency of Mr. D. Baugh, W il_ er e Pert -'- of the society. The duties of vice-chairman . 1 .,• ket t eaefrPed by Mr. W. Macmillan. About 200 gel.l - kayo - ' a wn to dinner, among whom was his Worship • ;ere r .; Letters f apology for unavoidable absence L e r th e - ;„ R n , the secretary, from the members "eeti 7 " - utY and borough, and other gentlemen wh9 had tow:mated to attend. The usual loyal and constitutional t li esion,._, lla ving been given from the chair and duly ' o or ee - b. , , the healths of the members for the county and Tom we In re drunk with all the honours, and much answer to the toast of " The Mayor and which h cal, his Worship the Mayor replied, in doing ttioni e ,,,,e alluded in happy terms to the elegance and cora .7„ne,ss of the splendid saloon in which the meeting week -11 wled, and of which we gave a description last Port H e then alluded to the increasing traffic of the Iseif it rd the means adopted, and about to be adopted, for .41 0„,d th t e ill n g its operations, including the new landing-stage ""ve "Pening up of leading thoroughfares. He next ,L*lnell'lsPirited and judicious statement of the reasons 'rat e ••"ad induced him in his character of chief magis p or th',, refuse co-operation in the subscription for behoof ee - sufferers by the wreck of the Tayleur. In heading florpountenancing any subscription list for a charitable tlon t list in his official capacity, it was only a fair preiTn l P-_ ` l e cZ at he must have inquired fully into the merits of saa e .cre, and the countenance afforded to it by the chief 4,e4,3"7‘rate was held to be an endorsement of its genuine did „ the case of the Tayleur he hesitated, because he c kc% - ., ° !, know the particulars of how the calamity t'er,p, - ;' e u, Bald he knew not who might be legally or morally tO toive4,sible. If he found anything like distress in the • c4,;L e •!loped he should be found as ready as any of them -`ritite. On the part of the Town Council,. the the Lwas responded to by Messrs. Fleming and Avison. ife„,.'ealths of Mr. Wright, clerk of the peace, and of Mr, secretary to the society were also proposed and T rade decd to, as were also the 'toasts of " The Town and after Which .f Liverpool," and " The Lancashire Witches ; I nlich the meeting broke up.-The dinner, dessert, ki and w r idles, which were of excellent quality, were provided 4 „„ i4 3ffe . enr , l ,,ch o d, of the Queen's Hotel, and were served in "'mkt ) "'tell called for the marked approbation of the k p h netx ASSIZES.-The following circular has • e from the Prothonotary's office at Preston :- re 17 - 4 .•l'' assizes at Lancaster will commence on Friday, ref „ 4 .'1.,.. 0 f Feb ry and at Liverpool on Saturday, the t e ," . March. The 'reeords in causes to be tried at Lan- Feh l .„„_'' and at issue on or before Thursday the 2nd of be , should be ordered forthwith; and in those to th e i`Zu at Liverpool, last lard ° f March, and at issue on or before Friday, •••••.y zor mak' ..should be inordered on that day. The for trial at the next 74, tz es at up issuestime es y last%°4, Which Lanea sZi a will th be on liLedn de, ,the Bth of Feb.must be ordered. The rnakingyup is e su re es co i r n time for trial at the next • ' au l averPool will be Thursday, the 9th of March, before d '--o•Y the records must be 'ordered. Rule day lar°,.,,the assizes, Thursda , the 26th of January. Rule Pn re Z s ter the assizes. Th y da , the 23rd of March. In ki„,2 i lee of the rule of court he March assizes, in ltfitended to be tried at Liverpool will be entered . 1842, the 4eCOlld following order :-First list Salford hundred; eatr t, West Derby hund . red, ' or elsewhere.. The 4 44 " cuises at , day tuerni L ancaster will close at nine o'clock on iiirt twelve l!g, the 18th of February, and at Liver; Zarch e o clock at noon on Monday, the 20ttio! I: ii a• n fut• tritrie):?uses in the second list will not be calle d .e 47 0 4Cet3' e°llrtre Wednesday, the 22nd of March. Th Nv e .. , id or the county palatine will be held at St.. a th v erPool, on Friday the 24th of March, at bebustainkeeeasforenoon precisely. In case there 15 ‘ , the Preston and Manchester (opposed) stillthe is before the Liverpool cases. The bun. the ruu lle offices will be transacted At Preiton, assi z ,„, ain usu a l. . YOUNG Womart, for whom in this country there are few means of employment, are now engaged in working the electric telegraphs at the Liverpool, Manchester, and London stations. MONEY.—At the meeting of the dock committee, on Thursday, £9,400 were offered on bonds, at four per cent., and there were renewals to the amount of £9,700, at the same rate of interest. A COURT was held on Thursday in the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, to hear applications for the transfer and removal of licenses. There were 38 applications for trans fers, and one for removal. The business was for the most part of a routine character, and did not possess much public interest. MR. HORNER, the factory inspector, has forwarded to each millowner in the Preston and other districts a notifi cation that, from the first of next June, every shaft, whe ther upright, oblique, or horizontal, however elevated, and every wh - eel, drum, or pully, is to be effectually fenced, so as to prevent the possibility of any accident. BIIILGLARY.—About midnight, on Tuesday last, some thieves effected an entrance into the house of Mr. Edward. Elliston, Nelson-street, Great George-square. The bur glars obtained admittance by scaling a wall, then breaking a pane of glass, and unfastening a window. Having lighted the gas, the depredators ransacked all the drawers, from which they stole about £2 in cash. A SPECIAL ExaMINATION of the children of All Saints' Schools, Great NeLson-street, by the Rev. John Wood house, curate, took place on Sunday week, when Mr. Coun cillor Woodruff distributed the prizes, and promised to give the same sum for competition next year as during the last three or four years. The examination showed satisfactory progress on the part of the pupils. A BUSINESS To - ult.—Among the passengers from Aus tralia by the Great Britain was Swinton Boult, Esq., se cretary to the Liverpool and London Insurance Company, who has been absent on business of the company nearly a year. During the time he has visited the chief cities of the United States, and made trips to California and Aus tralia. He has returned in excellent health. COUNTERFEIT COIN.—Six persons were, on Thursday, brought before the magistrates at Birkenhead, charged issuing • with base silver in that township. The evidence not being deemed sufficient for a conviction, they were all I discharged. Two of them, females, were afterwards de tained, in consequence of a number of tumblers and other • property, belonging to persons in Liverpool, having been found in their possession. LIVERPOOL LOIN COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting , was held on Thursday, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Chas. West in the chair. Mr. John Atherton, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that the loans advanced during the past half-year amounted to £14,620 9s. 10d., realising a nett profit of £694 7s. 11d., which enabled the directors to declare a dividend of ten per cent. per annum, and to appropriate a sum of £2Ol lls. 11d. to the reserve fund, which now amounts to £lOOO. The report of the directors was adopted, and a dividend of ten per cent. per annum was declared. WORKING MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—On Thurs day a meeting was held in the Hunter-street school-room, for the purpose of adopting measures to extend the ad vantages of the association to the district of St. Stephen's. The meeting was addressed at considerable length by the Rev. Dr. Baylee, who spoke of the advantages which the association had already conferred upon the poor, and urged those present to come forward and make weekly payments towards the establishment of more extended means of religious and secular instruction for the lower classes of the population. THE following anecdote will give a good idea of Chinese ingenuity :—" One of my friends gave an order to a trades man to varnish a box, furnished with a Chubb's lock, of which he had two keys, and one of these he sent with the box - , retaining the other himself. When the box came back, he found that the key would not turn the lock, though the one he had given to the tradesman acted very well. Thinking some trick had been played, he accused the man of having changed- the lock ; and, after some evasion, he acknowledged the fact, stating that, on examination, he had found it such an excellent one, that he took it off and kept it, making another exactly like it, with maker's name and everything complete, except that .the original key would not open it."—Elwes' Tour round the World. THE CLIPPER-SHIP MARGARET DEANE,built for trade between Liverpool and Brazil, by Messrs. - Rennie, John son, and Co , for Messrs. Deane, Yonle, and Co., sailed from the Mersey, on her first voyage, on Thursday morning, under the command of Captain Aitkin. She had a full cargo, consisting of about 1,200 packages of fine goods, valued at £40,000. The ship was in excellent trim, and no expense was spared in fitting her out. She is not only beautiful in outward appearance, but well-appointed, and with excellent cabin accommodation. As the Margaret Deane is the only real " clipper" sailing ship entirely built and equipped here for some time, great interest is felt in her success ; and we have reason to believe she will maintain the high character of Liverpool-built ships. THE Meiron's BANQUET.—On Thursday evening the Mayor entertained at the Town-hall the medical officers and gentlemen connected with the public charities of the town. Among those present were the Venerable Arch deacon Brooks, the Rev. Mr. Steward, the Rev. Dr. Raf fles, Dr. Formby, Dr. Dickinson, Dr. Inman, Dr. Macrorie, Mr. Thomas Blackburn, surgeon, Mr. Halton, surgeon, Mr. Jones, surgeon, nearly all the honorary surgeons of the Infirmary, hospitals, and dispensaries, and Mr. Fer guson, and Mr. W. H. Manifold, surgeons to the Lanca shire artillery and militia; Mr. James Holme, Mr. Heath, Mr. C. Booth, Mr. Gibson, jun., Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Walter Macgregor, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Job, &c. The Mayor, in a happy speech, proposed the honorary medical li officers of the public charities ; and Dr. Formby, in return ing thanks, observed that he had been forty years attached to the public charities, but that this was the first occasion the services of the profession had been ackowledged at the Mayor's table. Mr. Blackburn had been fifty years in the profession, and made the same remark. • At a subsequent part of the evening, Mr. Walter Macgregor, Mr. Ander son, and Mr. James Holme remarked that the whole of the charities of Liverpool were supported by 1,600 individuals, a fact not creditable to the wealth and benevolence of the town. Mr. Anderson stated, that, among the liberal sup porters of the charities were foreign merchants residing here, and that he never applied to Greek or Russian merchants without receiving a donation. EXTENSIVEFIRE IN FREDERICK-STREET.—About mid night on Thursday, an extensive fire broke out in a marine store in Frederick-street, Forrest-street, Park-lane. Mr. Hewitt, with three reels of hose, and Mr. Superintendent Barret)with an engine of the West of England fire brigade, proceeded to the spot with all possible despatch ; but the fire had made such rapid progress that it had extended from the ground floor to the upper story of the building before they arrived. The stock consisted chiefly of rags and several tons of linseed bags, and it soon became evident that all the efforts of the brigade could 'do but little to avert its entire destruction. However, six branches of hose were immediately brought to bear upon the flames, and they continued in active operation for up wards of two hours, during the whole of which time the fire brigade displayed their usual tact and ability. Con siderable difficulty was experienced in getting at the fire, especially in the upper stories, the doors of which could not be broken open for the want of long ladders, and as the flames burst out from the top of the building, the in habitants of the houses in Forrest-street, the backs of which abutted the burning warehouse, began to exhibit symptoms of alarm respecting the safety of their property. On the application of Capt. Weir, Mr. Lingford, of Pitt street, lent one of his long ladders. The brigades were then enabled to break open the doors in the upper portion of the building, and thus more effectually get at the flames, which were spreading with great rapidity all over the warehouse. The stock, the value of which was es timated at about £5OO, was destroyed, and considerable damage was done to the building, the flooring throughout the four stories being much burnt and a portion of the roof forced off. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting took place on Thursday ; Mr. Charles Turner presided. There were also present Messrs. Barber, Brocklebank, Chaloner, Evans, Gladstone, Gregson, Malcomson, Rankin, Robinson, Rounthwaite, Smith, and Steele.—A tender by Messrs. Halhead, Fletcher, and Co., for the supply of Baltic timber, was accepted.—On the recommendation of the marine sub-committee, the sum of 18d. per week per man additional was granted to the crews of the light-ships and the Liverpool tender, for subsistence during the present high price of provisions.—The harbour-masters sub com mittee recommended that three wall cranes be provided at the Prince's-dock to give facilities for the wrecked goods traffic, at an estimated cost of £45.—A plan for extending the sheds at the west end of the Waterloo and Victoria docks was submitted and approved. The estimated cost of the proposed extension was reported to be £1,926.—A letter was read from Mr. Francis Robinson, suggesting that as the sheds at the south side of the Clarence dock were about to undergo repairs, it presented a favourable opportunity for raising and extending them accross the wall and would be a great convenience for general traffic, and would afford facilities which at present did not exist in the stowage. The communication was referred to the harbour-masters committee.—A note from. Mr. George Fitts was read, calling the attention of the dock committee to the hide rope manufactured at his works, at the Dingle, and which, he said, was as well adapted for out-door as it was for in-door work. The chairman thought the letter of Mr. Pitts had better be referred to the Albert dock warehouse committee. Mr. Brocklebank stated that the hide rope had received the attention of the committee, and the opinion was, that for out-door work it would not answer. The Chairman : Well, you can say you do not alter your opinion. Mr. Brocklebank was understood to remark that the rope was already under trial in the ware house department ; and it was then decided that informa tion to that effect should be given to Mr. Pitts. Mr. Littledale mentioned the fact that hide ropes were used for tiller ropes on board the Holyhead boats and other vessels, and were found suitable in those cases for out door work. HEALTH COMMITTEE.- - At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, Alderman Langsdale presided.—A deputation from the Liverpool Typographical Society waited upon the committee regarding the contracts for printing. Their object was to induce the committee to give the contracts to those who paid regular wages to the journeymen, and not to those who did the work by apprentices and females. The deputation represented 300 journeymen. A long conversation took place. The committee said they were bound to take the lowest tender, but they would see that the work was properly done.—Mr. M`Gowan, the law clerk, read a-letter from Mr. Samuel Brebner, agent for Mr. Cross, stating that he had received from Mr. Fresh a notice to remove certain offensive matter from land be longing to Mr. Cross, and lying between Freemasons'- row and Banastre-street. The letter stated that the land in question was made a place of deposit for filth, not only by the people of the neighbourhood, but by Mr. Pickering, Mr. Rose, and others; and that Mr. Brebner had done all he could to prevent a deposit of filth, not only by keeping private watch, but by calling in the aid of the police. After some conversation, Mr. Brebner was admitted to an inter view with the committee. A long discussion ensued, and it was then decided that the law-clerk should communi cate to Mr. Brebner the decision of the committee.—The medical officer reported, with reference to the application of the Rev. H. Carpenter for the drainage of the Church of England Schools, Cornwallis-street, that the infant school being in a damp state, and the ashpits undrained, a sewer carried from St. James's-street, along Upper Frederick -street, as far as Back Nelson-street, would be il w dre w n, eui by d of en amblinuchg thadevsaenproenus. t es o te th b e e. h d ea r 4 n th ed of T tli his e c s h eer also enable the owners e t sima dra t i b n ed s it y h t o h u e ses en in on ß4t a N t s m tre e e arai t. erect ot to d o ne. HBALTIr or Tint Tows.—The medical officer reports that the deaths registered in the borough, during the week before last, were 225, being 16 more than in the previous week, but not more than•the average of the same week in former years, after correcting for the increase of popula tion. In the parish the deaths were 159, and in the out townships 66. Of the total deaths, 87 were from disease of the lungs, including consumption, and 55 from diseases of the zymotic class, including, from hooping cough, 17 ;. typhus, 11; diarrhoea, ; measles, 4 ; scarlatina, 4.; syphilis, 2; mumps, 1. The deaths of children were 149, and of adults, 106. HIBERNIAN SCHOOLS.—The forty-second annual meet ing was held on Thursday, Wm. Rathbone, Esq., in the chair. The report referred' to the continued efficiency of the institution, and the high estimation in which it is held by the class for whose benefit it is specially intended, as shown in the large number of children that are sent with out solicitation to the several schools. At the end of 1853 there was on the books a total of 496 children, namely : Upper school, boys 126, girls 62, Total 178 ; middle, boys, 85, girls 68, total 143 ; infant, boys, 94, girls 81, total 175; grand total, 496. Thanks were voted to S. R. Groves, Esq., for his services as president, and J. P. G. Smith, Esq., was appointed president for the ensuing year. NOVEL RESULT OF THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT--A correspondent of the Lancaster Gazette, speaking of the decrease of crime in that borough, says that it is attri butable to the ferocious and formidable appearance pre sented by some of the police force, who have adopted that facial ornament, that hirsute appendage, the moustache, and which has such an effect that the moment a police man is named, the evil doers skulk into their holes as if they were dreading the fraternal hug of a Russian bear. LIVERPOOL ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM--From the an nual report issued, it appears that, during the year 1853, 38 patients were admitted, of whom 15 have been dis charged cured, 3 were relieved, 2 died, and 18 remain in the house, several of them in a state of convalescence. Of the 58 patients in the institution at the commencement of the year, 43 still remain, 6 have been discharged cured, 6 relieved, 1 not improved, and 2 have died. The report of the commissioners in lunacy, after their annual visit, as to the condition of the house, and the mode of treatment adopted, was most satisfactory. It is stated that tea patries, birthday fetes, walking excursions, and other amusements, are increasingly common, and are found to be productive of the best effects amongst the patients. FAILURES.—The highly respectable firm of John Burd and Sons, calico printers, have found it necessary to sus pend payment. The liabilities are about £30,000 in trade debts, and something like an equal sum in legacies, left by the late Mr. Burd to the members of his family. A meet ing of credi tors has been summoned, and we understand that the only remaining principal entertains a sanguine expectation that the state of his affairs will warrant the carrying on of business. Two failures in the Manchester and Glasgow trades in London are reported.—Manchester Guardian. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY.-- The annual meeting was held on Thursday, at the com pany's offices, Castle-street, for the purpose of receiving a report and statement of the affairs, and to elect directors in place of those retiring. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The chair was occupied by the chairman of the board of directors, Mr. Thos. Brocklebank. The re port exhibited a most prosperous result of the operations of the company during the past year. It recommended a dividend of 10s. per share (less intone tax), and 5 per cent. on the uncalled capital in the case of those shares on which I'2 10s. have not been received. The report and dividend were severally adopted; the retiring directors were re-elected; and the usual 'routine motions duly passed. Mr. Boult, the secretary, then gave some account of his visit to the Australian colonies, to make the neces sary arangements consequent upon the assumption by this company of the business lately carried on by the Austra lasian, Colonial, and General Life Assurance and Annuity Company. Mr. Boult succeeded in forming an efficient board at Sidney, consisting of six members, and Sir Charles Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislative Council, has been appointed Chairman. PRESTON OPERATIVES.—MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the working-classes, convened by the Trades' Guardian Society, was held at the Concert-hall, for the purpose of hearing a statement from a deputation of the Preston and Wigan " lock outs," as to the progress of the " ten per cent." movement of the operatives in those towns. Mr. John Allen, president of the Liverpool Trades' Guardian Association, was chair man; and the delegates were —Mr. George Cowell, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Huntington, from Preston, and Mr. Seagreave, from Wigan.; The hall was only half filled, but the proceedings were of a very energetic character. Mr. Richardson made a few remarks on the state of affairs in Preston, where, he said, the men were still willing to meet the masters; but the latter had not acceded to the proposition of the former. In accordance with propositions made by various speakers, resolutions were passed ; among which were those, that subscription lists be placed at the various trades' club-houses ; that the Trades' Guardian Association meet every Thursday evening to receive and transmit money for the relief of the " lock outs." THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--The half-yearly-meeting takes place to-morrow, and we under stand that the following remarks will appear in the report of the auditors :--In presenting the half-yearly accounts, the auditors regret to have to report that, in consequence of discoveries made in January, Mr. Goalen, the principal officer in the audit department, has been arrested, and stands remanded, on the charge of fraud, and interception of moneys, the property of the company, to a considerable amount. Pending the result of the legal proceedings in stituted against him, the auditors deem it proper to confine themselves to stating that it appears from the investigation made, that Mr. Goalen has, by collusion with a cashier at Liverpool, and by other means, succeeded in appropriating to his own purposes, funds to the amount of about £8,500. Against this sum £6,500 has been deducted from the traffic of the half-year ending 31st December, leaving about £2,000 as a liability against the current revenue. Subject to the foregoing, the auditors have pleasure in testifying to the accuracy of the accounts, as presented ; and having made their accustomed visits to the principal manufacturing establishments and depots for stores of the company at Crewe, Wolverton, Longsight, Birmingham, Euston, and Manchester, they are satisfied, from the result of their inquiries, that an adequate pro vision is made, out of the revenue, for the maintenance of the rolling stock. DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, at the Savings'-bank, Bold-street, the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks in the chair. The chairman said that the progress made during the year had been satisfactory. The subscriptions had rather fallen off, but he hoped this arose only from some temporary cause. They had tried the institution long enough to be convinced of its great usefulness in inducing habits of care, thrift, and self-respect I mong ,t the class for whose benefit it was espe cially designed. the society, indeed, had been exceedingly useful to the town at large. A number of accounts had been transferred from the different districts to the Savings'- bank ; and many of those who began by putting by 6d. or a-week were now in an independent position by their tiWn savings. Though the last year had been a favourable one with regard to the condition of the work ing classes, —employment generally having been abundant, —the month of January last had been a very heavy one, in consequence of the severe frost and the consequent de ' crease of work. The January account, however, would not come into the present report. From the report it ap peared that the annual subscriptions amounted to more than £735 3s. There were, however, donations to the amount of £285 ls., and a legacy of £25. The balance in the treasurer's hands on the 31st December last was £3B ls. 9d. The number of applicants relieved during the year has been 2899, at an expenditure of £254 ss. 7d. Of this number 1612 are noted in the books as English men ; 1169 Irish ; 29 Scotch ; 78 Welsh ; and 13 country unknown. • The greatest number of depositors in any month has been 3694, exceeding that of the previous year by 243. The total amount of deposits received during the year has been £11,710 ls. 10Id., that during 1852 having been only £10,667 19s. 91(1.; your committee have, there fore, to congratulate the society upon an increase of no less than £1,642 2s. Id. to this most important fund. The total amount of deposits returned has been £11,831 3s. Bd. In 1852 it was £9,635 6s. Thcl. There has been accordingly an excess this year of £2,195 175., which is more than proportionate to the increase of deposits. Seve ral gentlemen addressed the meeting, after which the usual resolutions were passed. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. — This splendid steam-ship completed her second voyage to the antipodes and back on Tuesday last, arriving in the Mersey shortly after ten o'clock that morning, exactly six months and three days all but five hours, after her departure from Liverpool; in that comparatively brief period completing a voyage round the world. She made the passage from Melbourne, via Cape Horn, in 71 days, having left Sydney on the 19th of November, and Melbourne on the 4th of December. She sailed with 210 passengers, two of whom, Mr. Currie, through his own imprudence, and Mrs. Parker, died on the way, the latter of consumption. The Great Britain brought 171,425 ounces of gold on freight, valued in round numbers at about £700,000 ; besides which a considerable quantity of gold was in the hands of the pas sengers. She brought also a valuable cargo of wool, and the first shipment of cotton from Sydney to this port. Her mails were likewise very heavy. Both at Melbourne and on arriving back in England, Captain Mathews and his officers received most flattering testimonials of respect. At a complimentary dinner at Melbourne Captain Mathews was presented with a superb piece of plate, weighing 77 ounces, accompanied with a suitable address. Similar addresses were also presented to him and the chief officer of the vessel, Mr. Grey, by the passengers on the homeward voyage, the latter also . receiving a substantial present, in the shape of a purse - containing fifty sovereigns. The Great Britain touched at the Falkland Islands to coal. She reached Stanley Harbour on the morning of the 31st of December. New Year's Day was spent there, and in fact she did not get away till the night of the 3rd of Janu ary, a detention of four days for coaling. The success of the Great Britain, therefore, on this route, is now un doubted; and we learn that she is to be permanently em ployed in the Australian trade. Rumour, indeed, asserts that a joint-stock company has obtained a charter from government, and that the Great Britain is to be only one of a magnificent line of screw-steamers to ply between this port and Australia. Her present owners, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., are to be the principal shareholders and chief managers ; the enterprise could not be placed in better hands. The success of the scheme cannot be doubted, and the only wonder is that such a company has not been formed before. The capabilities of well-appointed screw-steamers for performing the service have been proved by the Great Britain. Her first voyage out and home oc cupied precisely thirty-two weeks. While she was in port last summer material alterations were made in her style of rig, to develope her well-known sailing qualities, and she was fitted with a Griffith's patent screw-propeller. The result is that her second voyage out and home occupied only twenty-six weeks and five days, while a saying of several hundreds of tons of coal was effected. This ex cellent voyage was accomplished, too, in the face of great difficulties, for during her late passage she had more than an average of contrary winds. The vessel, both in hull and machinery, is in the best possible condition too, and will be immediately ready for sea again. Her engines have performed their work, since they were put on board, in a manner which reflects tke highest credit on 'Messrs' Penn and Son, of London, their makers ; and, judging by her performances, the Great Britain is catoullited to sus tain and advance the reputation of the Liverpool sea-going steamers. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND' GENERAL CO3DIERCIAL. ADVERTISER. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.- YRSTERDAT. Tars second February court opened yesterday, before Joseph Pollock, Esq., the judge. As usual, on the first sitting, the business was unusually limited: JUDGMENTS. — His Honour first gave judgment in seve ral cases which had been left over for disposal. Amongst these was the case of " Barhes Aspinall," reported in the Standard of last week. This was a case of colli sion between a gig and shandry in Ullet-lane ; and, it may be remembered, that the point. reserved.was whether, as the gig that was injured was net the property of the plain tiff; which he had taken out en, hire; but for the damage to which he was responsible ; could. recover, he not being the owner. His Honour decidedlin favour of the plaintiff, and that the " gratuitous bailee'-' of a carriage could, in such a case, bring the proceeding. INSOLVENCY CA sEs. —Wm. Allen, of. Myrtle Cottage, West Derby, the relieving offieer for the West Derby Union, and organist of Walton Church, came up for his final order, which was granted, subject tp the terms agreed on in his first examination.—James Skillicorn, of Standish street, baker, grocer, and general. provision dealer, came up for his final order, which was granted.—The case of Matthew Siggs, horse-dealer, Mount-pleasant, was then called. It appeared that the petition had not been adver tised in the Gazette and other papers, in compliance with the Act, and it was accordingly adjourned for that pur pose till the next court —Henry Francis Macdonald, late of Mille-street and London-road, hatter, passed his first examination, and the hearing for his final order was fixed for the second March court. FRAUD SUMMONSES. Orders for commitment for thirty days were granted against the following parties for not having complied with previous judgments of the court : Wm. Hussey, beerseller, 6, Beckwith-street, £2 19s. sd. ; Francis Winter, 2 Court, Carlton-street, £1 12s. 9d. (not to issue for a month) ; Benjamin D. Pope , attorney, 11, Lime-street, £2 Is. 4d. (not to issue for a fortnight) ; James Redman, sadler, 6, Clegg-street, £6 4s (order not to issue for a month) • ---Beauchamp, Ben.' collecting clerk, Norton-street, Islington, £6 17s. 6d. (not' to issue for two months) ; Alfred Harper, 17, Nursery street, Kirkdale, £l9 12s. 4d. ; Richard Davies, book keeper, Albert Dock warehouses, £1 lls. 44. (not to issue for a fortnight) ; Alfred Wolfe, gentleman, 8, Upper Can ning -street, £5 13s. 11d. ; James Stevenson, rigger, Peaceable-place, Wright-street, £2 7s. 10c1. (not to issue for a month) ; Jonathan Gates, post-office clerk, 49, Soho street, £1 13s. 9d. ; John Roger Davies, licensed victual ler, Union-street, £ll 19s. 4d.; James Richards, keeper of Roscoe Arcade, £1 135.; James Hendrick, seaman, Court, Comberniere-street, Os. 11d.; Dr. Quail, surgeon, at Mr. Aspinall's, 136, St. James's-street, £6 163. ld. ; Norman M`Leod, custom-house broker, Crooked-lane, £1 18s. 2d. Ax APPLICATION.—IN RE PETER DONELLT.— 3fr. Wheeler, solicitor, made an ex parte statement in this case. Donelly, it appeared, had petitioned the court as an insolvent, and amongst his principal debts was a sum of £5O damages awarded against him in the late sitting of the Court of Passage, for trim. con. and false imprison ment. Mr. Wheeler said—Might I call your Honour's attention to a schedule filed at the latter end of last week ? I appear on behalf of the principal creditor, who has recovered damages against this insolvent, in an action of trim. con. —The Judge : Seduction ; is it not a daugh ter?-31r.:Wheeler : A wife, I believe : but it is stated seduc tion there, (on the schedule.) I submit that steps have been taken to induce you to sign that protection, not certainly for the purpose of granting his final order, because, under the Act of Parliament, you have no power to do so. I think if the attorney had called your attention to that entry, you would not have given him that protection. It has been the means of defeating our execution, and the damages, I may state, had been awarded by a jury. My application is, that you will grant a rule nisi why the summons should not be dismissed. —The Judge : How can Ido that ? This was mentioned to me on Friday, by an officer of the court, after I had signed the petition. I have no hesitation in saying, that if I had seen this before I signed it, I should at all events have made inquiry; but I have signed it, and it does not seem to me, from inqui ries that I have made, that any fraud was used to induce me to sign it. Then, if there has not, how can I set aside my own act ? I am afraid it is my own fault.—Mr. Wheeler: Then I would ask you to name an earlier day for his coming up.—The Judge : I have no objection, if you will show me that I have the power. lam not quite certain that my protection is worth anything, but it may be that it is. It is not intended that I should refuse pro tection, only that when the matter comes clearly before me, and a man is shown to be liable upon an action for seduction, it may be I must refuse him his final order : indeed, I don't see how I can grant him his final order. It is strange that a man puts on his schedule what prohibits me granting it.—Mr. Wheeler :If he had not, he would have been liable to an action for perjury.—The Judge: Let the matter stand over till Wednesday. After disposing of an interpleader case, possessed of no facts of interest, in which Messrs. Jeffery,-.Morrish, and Co., of Compton House, were the plaintiffs, and which was decided against them, The court rose early. • LIVERPOOL COURT OP B A NKRUPTCY. — Yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner Perry, Mr. John Clegg, licensed victualler and eating-house keeper, passed his last exami nation. Bankrupt was fortherly the occupier of the Strawberry Gardens, West Derby-road, and of an eating house in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house ; then of the United States Hotel, Waterloo-road, and latterly the occupier of a house in Dale-street. THE FRANCHISE TO FELLOWS OP LEARNED SOCIETIES. —lf a graduate of the University of London is to have his own especial representative in Parliament, and to carry with him the personal right of suffrage into any consti-. tuency he may choose to honour with his patronage, what reason can he shown why the same personal privilege should not be extended to Fellows of the Royal Society. Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries, and other learned bodies ? Fellowship in a great learned society is a higher rank than graduateship in a university. It involves larger knowledge, riper years, more settled habits,.and a confirmed position in the world of intelligence.—Athenceum. THE WAR.—REMOVAL OP TROOPS FROM PRESTON. — On Wednesday last, seven companies of the 34th Regiment left the barracks here, and proceeded by rail to Halifax, Leeds, and other towns in Yorkshire. Three companies and head-quarters still remain here, though we believe they expect to be removed in a few days. On Wednesday evening, the 28th Regiment arrived here from Leeds, to await embarkation for the seat of war. As the regiment left Leeds, they were loudly cheered by the inhabitants, who had assembled to witness their departure. They will remain here until Wednesday morning next, when they will proceed by rail to Liverpool, where the splendid steam-ship the Niagara is in waiting to receive them. This fine vessel will, we understand, take the whole regi ment, now 900 strong. Should the 28th not leave town at a very early hour in the morning on Wednesday, we trust that the spectatorsof their departure will give them some hearty cheers as they leave us to defend the honour of Old England. The 88th Regiment, we understand, will occupy the barracks here, after the departure of the 28th, until the arrangements for their embarkation are made, that regiment being also under orders for active service in Turkey.—Preston Pilot. SURGERY V. BONE-SETTING.—In our last number, we directed the attention of our readers to a case in which we considered that a member of our profession had been, to say the least, very harshly used ; and we also took occasion to contrast the results in those instances where a quack is brought to the bar of justice, and in those where a legitimate practitioner unfortunately falls in with an unsuccessful case. We were not aware that, while our last article was in type, a case was being tried at Liver pool which completely bore out the justice of our remarks. A bone-setter, named Thomas, had undertaken to treat an accident which occurred to the leg of a person named Crowley, and, according to the evidence given at the trial, he bandaged the limb so tightly that mortification ensued, and amputation became necessary. The man who thus lost his leg brought an action against the bone-setter for unskilful treatment: but the defendant, among other pleas, urged that " he did not hold himself out as a person of skill and knowledge; that he was not a surgeon, apothecary, or medical practitioner ; nor did he undertake to treat the leg as such ; " and the result may be guessed with great facility : he, the bone-setter, being neither surgeon, nor apothecary, nor medical practitioner, and boldly declaring that he did not wish to be considered as such, had, of course, a verdict in his favour ! The whole of this proceeding is so monstrous, the law laid down upon the occasion so repulsive to comnuln sense, and the remarks of the defendant's counsel so shameful, that we intend to make some further remarks upon the whole case, which we regret we are unable to do in the present number from the pressure of °slier matters. In the meantime, we may again say, "Look upon this picture, and on this." An educated surgeon is made to pay £250, with costs, because, in spite of the greatest care and attention; the leg of a sickly infant mortifies, while an ignorant bone-setter brings about the very same result by tight bandaging, — but the latter person being neither physician, surgeon, nor apothecary, and disdaining to be considered as such, has a verdict in his favour, the jury taking hardly any time to consider their opinion, and the judge openly expressing his approbation of their sagacity ! —Medical Times. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—We are glad to find that unusual exertions are being made this year, by the friends and supporters of the Welsh Charity Schools, towards aug menting the funds of this excellent institution. It is now fifty years since they were established, and the amount of good they have accomplished in affording sound education to the offspring of Welsh parents and others in the town during that period is more than can be well calculated. A ball, for the benefit of the charity, is to take place at the Town-hall, on the 27th instant, patronised by the Mayor, Lady Williams Wynn, and other parties of dis tinction. We trust the coming anniversary will be the means of enlisting the sympathy of many new friends, so that the efficiency of the schools, which have been impart ing the blessing of an education based upon the Word of God, since the year 1804, may not be impaired, but that they may grow in usefulness as they increase in years. The Rev. Thomas Thomas, the highly esteemed vicar of Carnarvon, will preach on their behalf, at St. David's church, on the evening of the 28th instant, and on the Ist of March. STEAM TO BRAZILS AND THE RIVER PLATE. — We are glad to find that the losses so unexpectedly sustained by the South American and General Steam Navigation Com pany are not likely to interfere with a vigorous prosecution of the line. We have already noticed the change of sail ing arrangements, by which the ocean steamers of this company are to stop at Rio Janeiro, and the communica tion between Rio and the River Plate to be kept up by a fine new screw-steamer, the La Plata, which, though only launched on Thursday last, has now her boilers and machinery on board, and will make a trial-trip during the present week, prior to the departure with goods and pas sengers for the River Plate on the 10th of March. This is rather an unusual feat, and very creditable to the makers of the engines, M essrs . Humphreys, Tennant, and Dykes, of Deptford, th e l a tt er gen tleman being down here personally to superint en d th e wor k ; and he has exhibited a degree of energy and activity about the matter quite re freshing to the- slow pace at which such things generally proceed. The company have also purchased a fine paddle wheel steamer, to send out immediately in place of the Argentina ; and another more powerful one, worthy of the important and increasing passenger-traffic between Monte Video aud,l3ttenos Ayres, is to be at once laid down. POLICE C UR T.--Y ESTERDAY CRINGE OF STEALING FROM TUE WRECKED GOODS DEroT.—William McEvoy, a respectable-looking; young man, was charged with stealing, from the Wrecked Goods Depiit at Prince's Dock, a parcel .of goods, consisting of two• or three silk handkerchiefs, a .shawl, and some other similar articles, on Saturday evening. M'Evoy was ob served by the depOt-keeper going- out with something under his coat, and caused him to be taken into custody, when the goods referred to were found on him. For the defence, it was stated that the defendant had accompanied his father-in-law to a sale of wrecked goods, at which he purchased goods to a large amount, in proof of which a bill of sale of the goods, and receipt for payment, was pro duced. The averment of M'Evoy was, that he took the articles he was accused of stealing for part of his father in-law's purchases, and was carrying them off in that belief. He was discharged. GAROTTE ROEBERY.—Patrick Collins, well . known to the police as a " duffer" or " ring-dtopper," was charged with having, in company with two others not in custody, assaulted, half suffocated, knocked down, and robbed an American seaman of a gold finger-ping, in Oldhall-street, on Saturday night. The prosecutor stated that, as he was coming along the street at the time referred to, he met the prisoner and two others, who spoke to him on some frivolous topic, when the prisoner suddenly put his arms round prosecutor's neck, and nearly choked him, one of the others striking him a blow which knocked him down. The prisoner then forcibly took a gold ring off witness's finger, with which he succeeded in making his escape for the time. Collins was subsequently taken into custody, but the ring was not fcund. The prisoner told a long and rambling story as to having offered the prosecutor a gold finger-ring and a pair of ear-rings for sale, in doing which the prosecutor very unwarrantably charged him with rob bery, when he (prisoner) ran away. He was remanded, to allow time for procuring further evidence. ROBBING A FELLow-LoDGEa.—Edward Kirwan was charged with stealing, from his lodgings, a silver watch, a silver guard-chain, a silver watch-key, and a gold watch key, the property of John Donnelly, who lodged in 86, Key-street, the same house as that in which the prisoner lodged. Donnelly stated that he last saw his property safe on Friday afternoon, and it was then in his room ; on Saturday morning he missed it, and circumstances in duced him to suspect the prisoner, whom he caused to be apprehended on the charge. Kirwan did not say any thing, and was remanded, to allow time for finding the property. CURIOUS THEFT OF A COAT.—John Field, Christopher Hartford, and Alexander Brown, sailors, were charged with stealing a coat, on Saturday night, from a woman in Mercer-court, Redcross-street. Prosecutrix was taking the coat to a tailor, when the three men took it from her, and refused to return it. She did not know any of them. Field said, he and his mates, the two other prisoners, were out having a lark, and his coat was stolen. Meeting the prosecutrix with a coat, which he believed to be the one he had lost, and being a good deal in drink, he took it from her, and put it on, and, as it fitted him, he enter tained no doubt at the ime that it was his own. The prosecutrix admitted the kreater portion of this state ment to be true, so far as she knew of the matter. Hart ford and Brown were, therefore, discharged ; and Field was remanded for a day, to allow of inquiries being made. ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL-FAME.—A BOLD MA- ElNEE.—Margaret Gibbs was charged with robbing a seafaring elderly man of ten sovereigns and some silver, on Saturday night. From the prosecutor's statement it appeared he had accompanied- the prisoner to her lodgings, he being in liquor at the time While in the house with the prisoner, she put her hand in his pocket, and took the money away ; this he perceived her in the act of doing, but being afraid of the parties belonging to the place in which he was, he did not attempt to prevent her from taking the money, nor did he give any alarm till the next day, when, meeting with a policeman, he had her taken into custody. No part of the stolen money was found upon her, nor was any found in the apartment which she occupied. The magistrate, in dismissing the case, re marked on the singular and imprudent, as well as im moral character of the conduct which the prosecutor had admitted himself to have been pursuing. ANOTHER ROBBERY BY A FELLOW LODGER.—John M'lntyre was charged with robbing a fellow-lodger of the sum of nine shillings, consisting of two half-crowns, one shilling, and the rest in copper money ; and also with having removed a pair of boots and a pair of trousers be longing to the prosecutor, from an upper room,with intent to steal them. The prisoner,who was known to the police, was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month. STEALING FROM A Snor DOOR.—Ann Shields, a decent looking married woman, with an infant in her arms, charged with stealing two pairs of worsted stockings from the door of a hosier's shop in Tithebarn-street, on Saturday last, was remanded till to-morrow, on account of the ab sence of a principal witness. POCKET PICKING IN THE STREET.—Bridget Denham, a girl apparently about 12 years of age, was charged, at the instance of George Whittaker, with attempting to pick pockets, on Saturday afternoon, in the vicinity of Lime-street Station. Whittaker stated that he saw her make several deliberate attempts upon the pockets of dif ferent individuals, and, when witness was enabled to reach her, she suddenly threw away an empty steel-ring purse. He laid hold of her, and found 4s. in her possession. He had her taken into custody. The prisoner, although so young, is well known to the police as an incorrigible pick pocket, having been several times convicted and twice discharged. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months. STEALING PROM A Snot IN MILL-STREET.—John Clarke, charged with stealing a piece of oilcloth from the door of Mr. Renny's shop, in Mill-street, on Saturday, was was remanded till to-morrow. STEALING BnooMs.—John Hawthorne, charged with stealing six brooms from a shop in Brownlow-hill, on Sa turday, was sentenced to be imprisoned for 14 days. STEALING A COACH-WHEEL —John Stewart (a boy), charged with stealing a coach-wheel from the yard of Mr. Lyon, coach-builder, Soho-street, on Saturday, was sen tenced to be imprisoned for one month. PASSING Ben MoNEr.—John Bradley was charged with attempting, on Saturday evening, to pass a bad shilling at a shop in Great Howard-street. This was at least the second time he had done the same thing. The prisoner, was remanded for a week. ANOTHER ROBBERY IN AN IMPROPER HOUSE.—Mary Daly was charged with stealing a gold watch and some money from the person of a foreigner, whose name did not transpire, and who could not speak English. It appeared the prosecutor, who was attended in court by an interpreter, had been induced to accompany a female to the house of the prisoner, and that among them they robbed him of his watch, &c. The watch was found in the prisoner's possession, and she was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. ASSAULTING THE POLICE. —John Irvine was charged with being drunk and very disorderly in Chadwick-street, on Saturday night, and also with kicking and assaulting the police when ordered to be quiet and go home. He said he was so drunk that he did not know anything about it. He was ordered to pay a fine of 205., or to suffer fourteen days' imprisonment. Tun DESIGNS of the Messrs. Hay, architects, of Liver pool, for the new Workhouse, Lunatic Asylum, and In firmary for the county of Stirling, have been unanimously selected in preference to all the other designs sent in.— Stirling Journal. FOUND DEAD.—On Sunday morning, the dead body of an elderly female, named Ann Hall, residing at 20, Hughes-street, Toxteth-park, was found by a boy lying upon some waste land near Warwick-street. She was a person, it appears, of very drunken habits, and there. were no marks of violence. The inquest will be held to-day NEW MAGISTILATE.-011 Thursday last, at the Court house, Preston, Richard Blomeley Postlethwaite, Esq., of The Grange, Milnthorpe, qualified as a magistrate for the county. LECTURE ON LIrE INsuasircs.—On Tuesday evening Mr. Byrom, of Liverpool, inspector of agencies for the Anchor Life and Fire Insurance Co., London, delivered a lecture on this important subject at the Mechanics' Insti tute, Avenham, • Thomas Walmsley, Esq., Mayor of Preston, in the chain—Preston Chronicle. The Athenmum, in noticing the Faussett collection of Saxon antiquities, which has been a second time refused by the trustees of the British Museum, says, " Several dealers are ready to buy the collection, in order to sell it piecemeal. A nobleman, well known for his love of anti quities, is prepared to avert any such catastrophe, by pur chasing the collection at the price named. A gentleman of Liverpool is anxious to take it thither." We under stand that this last gentleman is our townsman, Mr. Mayer, whose private enterprise and love of knowledge have induced him to add an Egyptian Museum to the attractions of the town. Sr. Axis's Soutun.—lt will be seen by an advertise ment that this fashionable reunion takes place on Thurs day next. The names of the gentlemen advertised as stewards will, of themselves, prove a guarantee of its respectability and high tone. Da. EDWARDS and Mr. J. A. Forrest are, we understand, engaged with Mr. Hartnup, at the Royal Observatory, in attempting to obtain photogriphs of the moom. MESSRS. ARNOLD AND CO. were, on Friday, fined £lO, by Mr. Mansfield, for stowing-away, in a cellar which was not fire-proof, 300 or 400 barrels of rosin. THE Rsv. F. H. W. Schmitz has accepted the office of chaplain to the German emigrants who pass through this port on their way to America and Australia. THE replyEAM-SHIP ALPS, Capt. Little, which has temporarily ed the British and North American mail steamer Niagara, sailed hence for Boston, United States, on Sunday, at 2 30. p.m., with about forty pas sengers, a fair cargo, and the usual mails. ASYLUM 808 ORPHAN BOES,—The annual meeting will be held to-morrow, but will be adjourned until the new building is ready to be inaugurated. The committee so licit donations for the building fund, as well as annual subscriptions. A COMMON DANGER.—Galignani presents us with a case, wherein a shopkeeper's assistant was condemned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, to 50f. fine and 160 f. damages, for having struck on the head with his shutters a lamplighter. The practice of running out of shop-door ways, with shutters, is one of great danger to casual pas sers by ; and a still more reprehensible system is that of suddenly shooting up the shutter from an ambush beneatn the pavement, at the risk of decapitating any one who may be looking in the shop window. THE " GOLDEN" LINE AUSTRALIAN PACKET GUIDING STAB, which was to have proceeded into the river on Fri day, was detained by the gale, and, in consequence of the neap tides, may possibly be delayed until Saturday next. She has on board a full and most valuable cargo, consist ing of upwards of 2,000 tons, besides sixty passengers in the 'tween decks, and thirty in the cabin, her full com plement. " Bunws's COMMERCIAL GLANCE," just issued, gives the exports of manufactured goods during the past year. It states that we sent 129,190,5071b5. of yarn out of the country, being an increase over 1852 of 4,693,8671b s , and over 1851 of 2,11 0 , 0001 b5. Our export to the Levant and Turkey has fallen off to the extent of 3,000,0001b5., while to Germany it has been increased about 1,000,0001b5. Our exports of calicoes stand thus, in yards : Plain- Printed and dyed. 1853 844,415,003. ..... 551,071,567 1852 1851..... —797,472,964 429,899,458 MU&C AND TTIF: DRAMA. AT THE Tux - A.Tirs ROYAL, Miss Glyn has-made-several successful appearances• during the past week. This lady is an actress of the. legitimate school, and her embodi ments of character partake of true greatness. Her general style is of the heroin and grand,.but not.to the exclusion of tenderness ; and it is eminently suggestive of the truthful and the pure. Expressiveness of feature and' flexibility of muscle shepossesses in surpassing degreir; andtlie beautiful modulation of her fine-toned voice endows her with great power for histrionic dikplay, while perfect ease of demeanour and propriety of action lend additional charms to her impersonations, which are pre-eminently intel lectual. Greatly removed from the inelo-dramatie, Miss Glyn's acting is formed on a lofty, pure, and classic model, in which rant and violence have no place : her elocution is faultless in its pathetic beauty, and loses no jot of its influence when employed in giving utteranee to the sublimest moral, or-in withering denunciation of vice or Allany. Her sympathies are evidently with woman's best and holiest affections, and in her delineations virtue sees indeed " her own form and bearing:" During the past week she has appeased in several favourite characters, among others, as Isabella, in Shakspere'splay of "Measure for Measure," which has been revived at this theatre for the purpose of allowing this able actress to depict the sisterly love, the heroic devotion, the intellectual grandeur, and the spotless purr of this, one of Shakspere's most trying and most interesting characters.. The play was first produced on Wednesday, and such was the excellence of Miss Glyn's performance of her part, that, notwith standing carelessness and ignoranceon the part of many of the actors, which would have been discreditable in a penny booth, it was so successful as to be repeated on Saturday evening. In general the cast of characters was very poorly filled, and most of the • dialogue was delivered as if the performers had had their• parts put into their hands for the first time late in the afternoon of the day on which they were to perform them. The consequence was, marred and bungled scenes, ridiculous interpolations, repetitions and corrections, and ever and anon the gratinc , tones of the prompter's aid sounding high above the business e of the stage. That Miss Glyn could attempt to carry any play through such a sea of difficulties is almost as credit able to her courage as its execution is to her talents. It is painful to pass such remarks on the performances of gentlemen who labour in an arduous and often ungrateful occupation to give satisfaction if not pleasure to the public ; but regardlessness and imperfect acquisition of the author's dialogue-seems becoming so much a character istic of the company at this theatre, that something must be done to remedy it. But to the more pleasing portion of our task. In many of the scenes with Angelo, Miss Glyn displayed a moral daring and an earnestness of spirit which completely identified her with the character. The simplicity of demeanour with which she retires beaten and abashed from her first application for her brother's pardon was natural, and beautiful, and contrasted admir ably with the lofty and impassioned eloquence and acute sagacity which she threw into her second appeal ; but all her womanly nobleness and innate purity of nature seemed kindled and combined with anger and disdain, as she upbraided, in terms of withering scorn, the mean cowardice and heartless selfishness of her degenerate brother, as he counselled her acquiescence in the base pro posals of Angela. As a whole, her rendering of the part was truly Shaksperian, uniting dignity, tendrness, purity of thought, and graceful action, with a severity yet earnestness of manner as &erming as it is rarely met with. The attractions of " The Butte: fly's Ball" appear to have been as fascinating to the taste as they were charm ing, good houses having still greeted its performance, although we perceive from the bill it has run not less than fifty-one nights. LIVERrOOL PHILHARMONIC Socrarr.—The prepara tions for producing Mendelssohn's grand oratorio of "Elijah," to be performed in the Society's Hall on the 7th of March, are all but completed. They include Mr. Lockey and Herr Formes, as the representatives of Obadiah and Elijah, their performance of the music incidental to which characters they have already rendered famous : and, from the natural talent and judicious training of Miss F. Hud dart and Miss Birch, the highest expectations are excited and justified. That the performance of the oratorio will be in all respects an admirable one cannot be doubted. Equally little doubt, we should hope, need be entertained as to the audience being at once numerous and fashion able. THE MARIONETTES AND MASKS AND FACES.—At the Clayton Hall, Mr. Coleman's Drawing-room Entertain ment continues its attractions. This celebrated entertain ment meets with merited success, and the liberality of Mr. Coleman seems almost equal to his talent. He has resolved on opening his establishment on Saturday evenings at half the usual charges ; and to-morrow he performs for the benefit of the Royal Infirmary. His imitations in " Masks and Faces" are decidedly lever and telling. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mr. Pablo Fanque's troupe still attract crowds of gratified spectators. The performances of Mr. Eaton Stone, and Madame Newsome and Mr. Newsome, are of a character to secure marked approbation, even amid the other attractions of the corps. The performances are to be continued during the remain der of the present week. A NEW MUSIC -HALL, AT WREXHAM, was opened last Tuesday evening, on which occasion Mr. and Mrs. Scaris brick and the Misses Wemyss were among the leading vocalists. VIOLENT STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. TutouGuorT Friday night, and during the greater part of Saturday, this port and neighbourhood was visited by a violent hurricane from N. and N.W., which proved disastrous to the shipping in the river, and in the chanel, and caused a serious loss of life. The Cherokee, which sailed on Friday for Africa, was reported to be ashore on East Hoyle Bank about nine o'clock on Saturday morning, when preparations were made for sending assistance to her. For this purpose the steam-tug President, with the Liverpool lifeboat in tow, and the steam-tug Victoria, with the Steam-tug company's lifeboat in tow, were dis patched. The Victoria proceeded on her course down the Rock Channel, and all went on well until a bank called the " Flats " was reached, when the lifeboat was struck by a heavy sea, it capsized, and all on board, with the exception of one man, were drowned. Every exertion was made by the captain and crew of the steam-tug to save them, but in consequence of the heavy sea running it was impossible. The lifeboat was au old and well-tried seaboat, and the crew had great faith in her. The following are the names of those who perished 1— Captain William Roberts, of the steam-tug Albert, who volunteered to command the lifeboat, he has left a wife and four young children; Joseph Davies, senior, left a wife and six children ; Joseph Davies, junior, son of the above ; James Gee, left wife and one child ; John Brown, left wife and six children; Henry Pearson, left wife and two children ; Stephen Griffiths, left wife and two chil dren • Thomas Hayes, left wife and one child ; Henry Wilson, left wife and four children ; and two other boatmen, whose names have not been ascertain.ed Henry Archer, the boatman who was saved, was in a very exhausted state when got on board the steam-tug. They were all, with the exception of Captain Roberts, river boat men, and their families have been left without the means of subsistence. Whilst on the Hoyle Bank, the Hoylake lifeboat succeeded in taking off a part of the crew of the Cherokee, and the others were taken off during the after noon. The Cherokee drifted over the bank at high water, and went ashore at Dove Point, where she re mains. On Saturday morning, a large quantity of flour, in barrels, and a number of bales of rags, were being washed ashore on the beach between New Brighton and Leasowe, which it has since turned out formed the cargo of the schooner Coromandel, of Preston, bound from this port for Ulverstone. It appears that the schooner got foul of a vessel in the river during the night and capsized, but the crew were saved. The schooner drifted ashore near New Brighton, and is now lying on the beach. 122 barrels of flour, which washed ashore from the wreck, are also on the shore, in charge of the receiver of droits of Admiralty. The American packet-ship Australia, Capt. Doane, which sailed for New York on Thursday, was caught in the gale on Friday, and the captain deemed it prudent to put back. Whilst endeavouring to do so, she struck on Taylor's Bank, and continued to thump heavily for some time. She was got off at high water, and arrived in the river in a sinking state, when, to save her from going down, she was run ashore on the Devil's Bank, opposite the Sloyne, where she remains. The packet-ship Montezuma, which sailed on the 16th, for Boston, has also put back, after being ashore on the north end of Burbo Bank. She is reported to be making water. The screw-steamer, Alps, Captain Little, was prevented from sailing with the usual mails, &c., for Boston, through the severity of the gale, and did not proceed to sea until Sunday afternoon. The casualties on the river were numerous. A number of casks of rum were washed ashore on Wallasey Beach from the barque Cherokee. Many persons partook of the spirit when it came ashore to such an excess that they be came insensible, and one of them was not expected to recover. At Holyhead the gale raged with terrific violence. The barque Penniughame, bound from this port for Rio Ja neiro, sought refuge in the New Harbour, at one p.m., on Saturday, and at three p.m. drifted from her anchorage, and went ashore on the rocks at Salt Island, and it was thought would become a total wreck. The gale gradually abated towards night on Saturday. HISTORIC SOCIETY OP LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE..-- The Historic Society, although only established five years, numbers upwards of 350 members, amongst whom are forty-five clergymen, including two bishops, one dean, and two archdeacons, eight noblemen, five baronets, five knights, ten members of Parliament, four mayors, and many of the leading gentlemen in the two counties. It has a library and museum. It publishes, with numerous illustrations, its proceedings, and the papers read during the session. These papers have exhibited great research on a variety of interesting familiar or abstruse topics. This society may be considered as one of the most success ful provincial societies in existence, and is one that is calculated to do good service in the cause of literature, and the spreading of antiquarian taste in Lancashire and Che shire. The volumes already published (five) are each worth twice the amount of the annual subscription.— Empire (London paper). THE FRAUDS ON THE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. — WiIIiam Caitchen, late cashier at the Lime-street Station of the London and Northwestern Railway . Company, was, on Friday, brought up at the Police-court, before Mr. Bolton, under remand, charged with a mal-appropriation of the funds of the company. The evidence was of a similar nature to that given last week. It was shown that £l,OOO a week had been ab stracted between the week ending January the 4th and the 25th December last, of which £5OO a week was from the Liverpool and Manchester, and £5OO from the Grand Junction account, the difference being accounted for by entries to the effect that the items had been transferred to the East Lancashire account, whereas there was no such account in existence. A number of letters from Mr. Goalen, the chief audit-clerk, in London, were put in, but not read. Mr. Chancey, in crogs-examination, stated that, at the time the letters were given up, he told the prisoner to saddle the right party with the blame, and he replied that he had remitted the whole of the balance to Mr. Goalen. John Eaton, detective officer, deposed that, when he apprehended the prisoner, he found some of the letters produced in his possession, and a bottle containing a liquid,e which the prisoner said was prussic acid, procured for the purpose . surpcoo.se The e d p es ri t zn yi e n r g w a ss d c og ommi , butttet d ha f t or h t e ri li al ad a tntiegaeleasctedsizetso. WIRRAL FARMERS" CLUB. THE thirteenth annual show and ploughing -match o£' the Wirral Farmers' Club took place on Wednesday, at the farm of Mr. Grundy, of Haddon-hall, Hinderton, near, Neston. The exhibition of itock and the plo ug hing-matclt were held on a field adjoining.the old mail coach road, be— tween Chester and Park-gate. Pens for the stock were erected, tents put up for refreshment and other purposes, and there was a very large- attendance of the gentry and farmers of the hundred of Wirral. The show of stock wag quite equal to that of former years, and the ploughing, match be r, there being no less than forty-nine compet— ing teams. The judges of stock for ploughing were— Mr. Hampson, of Moreton ; Mr. Hart, of Thornton, ancL Mr. Burse, of Blakeley, near Manchester. Of poultry—. Mr. Cox, of. Liverpool, and Mr. Tramper, of New Ferry. THE DINNER was held, as customary, at the Rock Ferry Hotel, and was. in a t n he on chair any ., p v re ery vio n us um o e c ro cas us io ly m atte cha nded rles —i s ndeed tanie , y, m u ore sq so th John Deane Case, Esq., officiating as vice-chairman.; ancl among the company were—B. Barton, Esq., J. B. Case, Esq., Rev. R. Congreve, Rev. T. F. Redhead, A. Hough ton, Esq., Edw. Houghton, Esq., H. K. Aspinall, Esq., C. Mostyn, Esq., Sharman, Esq., Messrs. Neill, Hast ings, Grundy, Sutton, Stock,. nman, Cordiner, Burnham, Hampson, 3fealor, Tumer Robinson,hart, Cox, Bnrse„ Trumper, Webster, Simpson, Zeigler, Jones, &e. At the conclusion of the repast, which was of the most sumptuous character, and gave great satisfaction, the Chairman proposed th e usua l l oya l toasts, "The Queen," Prince Albert," &e. The next toast was, " Prosperity to the Wirral Farmers' Club."' The CHAIRMAN said it had been in operation twelve years, and it would be interesting to look back to see what had been done. Twelve years ago draining was bat little practised, and sub-soiling was hardly known. Plough ing had greatly improved, both in implements and skill. in using them, which he attributed to the stimulus given.- by the society. Of course they could not expect to rival older societies, but they had done much in encouraging thatching and other rural pursuits. Now was the time for farmers to exert themselves, the market was in their favour, and they were on the. eve of a war, of which none might see the last. He made some remarks on the bad condition of labourers' cottages, and said it was of the greatest consequence to promote cleanliness, in order to preserve the health of the population. The toast was re ceived with loud cheers. J. BOLTON CASE, Esq., alluded to the great success of the Wirral Farmers' Club, and proposed the toast of the " Patrons of the Society," without whose aid they could not have done so well. He would couple with it the name of Mr. Congreve, one of the oldest magistrates of the county, and a warm friend of the club. The Rev. R. CONGERVE returned thanks on behalf or his father, who would willingly have been present, had he been able. As a landlord, he had always endeavoured to benefit his tenants. The next toast was, "John Deane Case, Esq., and the Cheshire Magistrates," proposed by the Chairman. Mr. CASE, in returning thanks, said it Was a source of great satisfaction to meet such a most respectable assem bly. In the last twelve years, great was the visible im provement—for the. farmers of Wirral were intelligent men, and they had• had a grateful return from the soil. He proposed the health of " The Chairman," a gentleman to whom they= were much indebted, and a name which was held in, universal respect. (Loud and long continued cheers.) Mr. SmlNlEy,in returning thanks, said he had attended every annual meeting of the society since its commence— ment, and he felt much gratified at the success which it had met with. Rev. T. F. REDIMA.D proposed the health of the Vice- ClAirman. Mr. CASE having acknowledged the compliment, Mr. HOUGHTON proposed the h ea lth o f Mr. Hastings and the non-resident Members of the Club." Mr. HASTINGS returned thanks, and said he was happy to see so many happy faces. They were said to be given to grumbling, but, he was sure, they ought not to grum ble now. It was gratifying to see the rapid improve ments which were taking place, and he hoped that, though they were on the eve of war, they would yet see peace, and goon and prosper. . . Mr. NEILD proposed the health of " The Secretary and the Committee of Management, whose labours were ar dons ; but they had, that day, been amply gratified—for of fifty ploughs entered, not less than forty-nine came to the scratch. He concluded by some remarks on the im portance of agricultural studies. Mr. JoNss - returned thanks, and real the report of the Committee and the PRIZE LIST. PLOUGHING.- Class I : First, Thomas Rodger; second, E. Williams ; third, J. Sutton ; fourth, James Harrison. —Class II : First, under 20 years years of age, Thomas Mealor ; second, Samuel Mealor ; third, David Robinson ; fourth, G. Coastup.—A siver medal (the gift of Charles Stanley, Esq., for the best two-horse iron swing plough, J. Edwar, Puddington. SERVANTS.—The cowman longest in one place: First, John Bennett (with R. Barton, Esq., 81 years) ; second, Michael Golding (with Rev. Mr. Fielding, 8i years).— Exclusively agricultural labourer ; lon g est servitude : First, Jas. Sherlock (with Mr. Web s t er , 39 years); second, David Prince (with Mr. Simpson, 25 years.) Under 20 years of age, William Channley (with John Torr, Esq., 7 years.) Largest family : First, Wm. Coathup, l3arton, ten children ; second, Henry Borland, Upton, nine chil dren. Fences in best order : Nathaniel Grundy, Haddon. Stacking and thatching : First, J. and W. Walker, Store. ton ; second, W. H. Zeigler, Landican ; third, HenryNielk Spittal. _ . _ SWEDISH TIJENIPS.—A silver medal (the gift of Mr. Richard Trumper, New Perry), Harold Littledale, Esq. STocK.—Best stallion for agricultural purposes, Nir. James Whitby, Stoke. Best boar, Mr. Neild, Spittal ; second, Edward Stock, Ness. Be s t bull, Mr. ordiner ; second, Mr. Richardson. Best dairy cow, Mr. Cordiner, Puddington ; second, Mr. Burnham, Spittal. Best Leices ter ram (given by Robert Morris, Esq., of Lowfields), Mr. Dalzed, Landic.an. Five Leicester breeding ewes (given by Robert Morris, Esq.), Mr. Stanley, Denhall. Five Cheviot breeding ewes (given by Rowland Errington, Esq.), Mr. Naylor, Hooton-hall. PODLTET.—Dorking, Richard Congreve, Esq., Burton. Cochin China, Mr. Inman, Upton. Game, Moses Robin son, Neston. Turkey, Mrs. Medlicot, Burton. Geese, Mr : Li man . Ducks, Mr. Inman. Mr. GREGORY complimented the judges of ploughing on the arduous duties which they had had to perform, and proposed their health. Mr. ilearipsoNleinined thanks. The ploughing was SO good that they could have distributed double the number of prizes. Mr. GEIGLER, the ex-secretary, proposed the health of Mr. Grundy, whose land they had ploughed that day. Mr. GRUNDY, in returning thanks, said that the society was welcome to the assistance which he had been enabled to render them ; but he was himself the obliged party, for he had never before had a field so well ploughed. He could only say that such friends were always welcome, the more the merrier, and he trusted that at his house they would always find a round of beef on the cut, and a barrel of ale on the tap. (Cheers.) Mr. BARYON proposed the tenant farmer, and read a memorandum of his own experience in poultry. He began the year with forty fowls, and after paying for food and attendance he had made a profit of £lO 78. ed. Mr. J. B. Cass returned thanks. Mr. SHARMAN proposed the press, which was duly ac knowledged, and the meeting shortly afterwards broke up. A CASE Or CowsciEwcz.—A few days ago, Mr. Robert Jones, of Fenwick-street, Liverpool, received a letter, the direction of which was printed, the letters evidently hav ing been cut out separately from bills or plackards, and pasted upon the cover. The communication enclosed was also printed, the letters which formed the following sentence being arranged upon a long slip of paper, at the ends of which were pasted six postage labels. The sentence was—" For two buns taken five years ago." PRACTICAL NAVlGATlON.—Arrangements have been made by the board of trade for the delivery of lectures on practical navigation, and the sciences connected with it, on each Friday evening during the winter season, at the Sailors' Home. The first lecture was delivered last Friday night, commencing at eight o'clock, by Mr. Towson, the scientific examiner of masters and mates, and any nautical man can obtain admittance to any of these by means of an introduction by note from any shipowner of this port. LIE WAGES MOVEMENT.—The turn-out—or "lock out"—at Preston seems as far from a termination as ever, if we may judge from the conduct and declarations of the men. Very few availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them by the masters to resume their employment, though some of the mills are partially at work. At a meeting held on Monday, Mr. Cowell expressed his dis belief of the report that a vast number of persons had resumed work at Horrocks and Miller's, at the prices of March last, and three cheers were given for " The ten per cent., and the downfal of cotton-lord tyranny." On the same day, the power-loom overlookers issued a pro clamation of strict neutrality on their part in the pending struggle. At the meeting of the board of guardians on Tuesday, all the factory hands in receipt of relief were struck off the book ; and all the inmates in the workhouses (factory workers, between the ages of 16 and 41) were ordered to be discharged.—The strike at Bury, which lasted thirteen weeks, has terminated, all the mills being now at work on the masters' terms.—At Wigan, the strike is virtually at an end, there being only a few hands still out. BEAUTIFUL TEETH AND Gums.—The great object to be attended to in the preserv a ti on of the teeth is cleanliness? decalrin food should never be allowed t o st i ck b etween the teeth An d the mouth, tme t s h eti e jlemrc t o e ni e osi t efa h si should be brushed night and morning and a little tooth powder used.—BßANDE's TOOTH POWDER is strongly recommended to all who require beauti ful teeth and gums. The stomach should also be kept .in order, no more frequent cause of toothache exists than 9e rangement of the stomach. Lastly, whenever a tooth begun to decay, stop it immediately with BRANDE'SE""E(;;b:! this be done in time, before the hole becomes larger, or be malady the fore pain has been felt, the further decay of the toot too prevented, and that most distressing dentists of the ita y many of the most eminent surgeons and , be particular avoided. 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" ns i tcimcau m ia r t r in h g , pulmonary uanp odntsedative. p t l i i rl i . a t frequently rinheaciprouarectntaetnlryt, medical dk c o ei nc n a l r of the chest . I must say I have derived favourable results from its application. The action highly . icine exercises tat. a special action and other affections ory organs which this med seems to violence of the cough, and diminishes or relieves altogether ing expectoration. I organs. Some facts that have come under mY (and such as no other remedy Is known to exercise) upon the feelthe oepvepnresisnieolninoedf t t h o e b c e h li e e s v t e , t h h y a f t a i c t ili respiratory personal notice have convinced me that Lange was perfectlf justified in his assertion that it stops the spitting of blooa and arrests the formation of pulmonary tubercles. It can be obtained through any chemi s t or me di cine ven d or in the United Kingdom, or of any of the agents for Brande's Smack