The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

March 19, 1844. GENERAL MISCELLANY, The New Royal ilxchanst, `tined in June. T here is n o truth i n the story' of cO1 n; having been fount!. at Chat swort h td the acnouu.. k of teri thousand p o unds.--kiun. On Saturday lest. at Bradford, six persons by the bursting of the boiler of a steam-engine of tw, horse power. During the last week, in the Manchester cattle market, there were exhibited a number of very prime beasts brought from the vicinity of London It is stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined carry out his principle, that a ll cava l r y regiments, li ght and h eavy, shall take the turn of E as t I n di a duty. In the B r i t i sh Museum are now to be found nine thick volume s entirely composed of title-pages the col ctor of which destroyed th ousan d s o f volumes to obtain them. London, will, it is said, be ire killed At a church in Greenock on Sunday week, " the prayer s o f the congregation were requested for the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway directors, and a blessing on the opponents of Sunday travelling." Stamford Mercury is one of the oldest nexvspa- Pers in Great Britain. It has now reached its 149th I° lutne, And, cons equent l y, must h ave orig i nated in 1695. conOnfin Tuesday I;st, Edward R e lph, a p r i soner w h o waa the s ed in Ai ) 1 e b ; Gaol fr oaching, by w heel of the Cre P admils‘ striking him on the was head killed and frac turing his skull. strawberries, Ow r •-, - .. rtuay bona r Covent-garden French . beas, fnarket exhibited a supply of ii m house grapes, asparagus, , oses, pinks, tulips, ' nu'd other rare produc , nev er exceeded at th s early sea.,"". BIRTH %flares orEouxgThit,"RDlNAßY.—°n I,...ionesa • Few days at w et t...... nsday last, the ir Wombwell's menaerie, staying' a ~ U y rnor i gave birth tot wo fine cobs. O p , Thurs. of a n 'ng the cub w re placed under the cart Wet nurse of the terrier br e eed tended Lord the M or a p s e si t z li_ e was in York on Wednesday, and at- , . re markably well. . s courts.. His lordship . is looking re tii lordship was to preside on Saturday, at the annual dinner of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society. UEF A SHIO NABLE MA RRIAGE .—T a Ib o t Clif ton , Esq., one he First Life G uar d s , e ld est son o f T . Cl i fton, Esq., L y t ham -hall, Lancashire, is about to lead to the hyme neal altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss Lowther, •eld est dau hter of Morning Post the Hon. Colonel and Lady Lucy Eleanor Logwther.— . -rr n R LATE ROBERT PHIL IP S, Esc , - —i 'we h ave to announce the death of Robertt is with regret r l' e h si il d i e p n s c , e E:s t q h . e , ' Oa the evenng i of the 14th instant his 84th , at Park, near Manchester, in year. Most of . _ our readers will be aware that he was the father of Mark Philips, E sq., one of the members for Manchester. .A man, for a wager , appeare d i n Sp a ldi ng market, last the ' u m:UV, with a paper i on his back, on which was inscribed liar!, words " Henry Roberts, Whaplode, comm It is said that he is to appear again in the same ch n aracter at Hol beach, on Th urs d ay, an d w ill th en r eceive the re ward of a sovereign for his folly R BRIBERY.—At the Durhamassizes, last .—Stamford Mercury. ALLEG ED 'week, true bills were found against Mr. Ward and Mr. We Bannon, :ft': r:t,hseolicitors of Durham, agents for Lord D - defendant • r n uon, for Havi ng paid ' " head money'', on the Bth May the • eiection of his lordship fo_r that city. The 8 mtnaediat ly surrendered, and gave bail to take their trial at the next Durham (summer) assizes. as A r SAD BRID AL M ORNING.—On Monday morning, Proceedingpally, a man about fifty-six years of age, was with his intended across Hampton Common, olundtdheenlway to get marred at Rodborough Church, he was y taken in a fit, and died before medical assistance c ould be procured; i fact, his death must have been instantaneous, as he never spoke after the seizure.— Cheltenham Examiner. An inquest was recently held at Cassop, near Newcastle, tohneymndieowoafythe b o d y of Israel Fagg, aged 41 years, who on morning had dra n k about two wine glasses of brandy from a bottle which stood in the room in which he slept, and f rom the effects of which, notwithstanding Medical assistance was diligently rendered, be died the following morning. The jury returned a verdi c t accord i. Da t the ass i zes at Aylesbury last week, the Rev. John T, clerk, was indicted for maliciously wounding and otting' seven sheep that had trespassed on his premises. ry acquitted him of malice, and the defendant was discharged with an admonition from the presiding judge, Lord , Abinger, to apply some portion of his time in an a d cq t u h i e . rights some knowledge of the laws of his country lights of his neighbour. MURDER AT NEWCASTLE. —On Thursday last a poor w oman, aged fifty-two, the wife of Mark Sherwood, lying herwo dead, ad, on with a p en sioner, residing at Newcastle , er w the fl oor o f h er h ouse ,throat asfound shockingly mangled, several other wounds on her h body, and evidence she wasevidenceohfearepfatino-f pain ful struggle having taken place before life. The husband, adrunken brutal individual, w h o use d his wif e v ery ill, is believed to be the murderer. GENUINE BENEVOLENCE.—The Rev. D. W. M ar k s, minister o v f the West London Synago gue o f B r i t i s h Jews, ed within the last few d a y s f rom a C hristian lady,a ei re u c nder the initials " X. Y. Z.," for distribution to the Jewish poor, 150 thick coverings for beds, 50 pairs of stockings, and 25 pairs of sheets. The same benevolent lady forwarded to Mr. Marks about this time last year, for a similar purpose, 50 coverlets, 100 flannel petticoats, and 200 pairs of stockings. :public meeting, at w hi c h M r . O ast l er was the star, as A held in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Wed b,„ea..daY evening, in favour of a ten hours factory bill for all Vt ,`,4rls above ten years old, th e excl us io n o f c hild ren e so r that age, and the limitation . of the hours of labour Per d e t, Persons between thirteen and . twenty-one to ten Alton; '`'r five days of the week, and eight on Satur . ay. te_re the tbhe gentlemen who took part in the proceedings -4 ,..matj a ,,, f 'ley. C. D. Wray, the sub dean, Rev. W. _ Ilte` a rl, and other clergymen. week 41 ' HEAP BRIDGE.—At noon on Wednesday 1 4 e0f - tri_ ;hit,: fire broke out in the stock room of Messrs. Jas. known and Son' paper mill, at Heap Bridge, near Bury, 11137:11. works e s o ß n r l isd gae e Hall Pa' er Mills. The hands had f secon p ds. About one-half of the atetinder4, got of the building fell w , but in about an hour the fire was Nothing is known as to how the fire origi -4,o'si he weddmages are estimated at from £3,000 to an d and understand that Messrs. James Wrigley the P s ett's are insured to the full amount. STR ANGE AFFAlR.—A no th er l e tt er appeare d i n els e ' s mi! of Tu es d ay, relative to the female dressed in thaat icthaettire at Ashb urne, D er b yshire, in which he states ti mother of the unfortunate young wom an was a ea eof Derbyshire. "The individual in ques ti on ," h e Wale s , has ' been travelling abo u t E ng l an d, S cot l an d , an d duct, se the last three years, and, by her artful con behaifseerns to have engaged the interest of many in her has ffondu nd Wherever she went." From police information for the son that in many places she successfully passed (-:,. of the prime minister. 1 f 7 Is it : EA 'r MEETING OF PITMEN.—Nearly 20,000 pitmen ‘,"18 district, members of the Miners' Union, met on . o nation Hill, on Saturday last, and unanimously resolved 5.. continue and support their organization. Mr. Mark the nt was n in the c h a i r. A mong other decisions to which meetig came, was one to the effect that the would Conclude no agreements with thei r employers, until after e Glasgow conference of the 25th inst. A petition to Parliament was adted raying that Mr. Ryan's plans ;of ventilation be considered; that the use of wire ropes oe prohibited ; that proper weighing machines he adopted ; and that wages be paid weekly.— Gateshead Observer. CHARGE OF MURDER. --A man named Edward Butler, was, on the 23rd lilt, committed by the coroner of Tipton, in Staffordshir e , to tak e hi s tr i al for the murder of his wife, a young woman, twenty-seven - ears old. The brute, while in a state of intoxication, beat and kicked her, as she sat with his child on her knee, with such violence that she died a few hours after, in great agony. The pri soner was tried at Stafford, on Wednesday last, before 111 r. Justice Coleridge. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. Th e judge, after remarki ng on the savage nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner 'to be transported for life. FIRE.—On Thursday night the building used as the depository of the Christian Knowledge Society, in llidg field, Manchester, wasonll in re. The floors of the build ing, which is three stories height,svere very m uc h burnt, and the greater part of the staircase was con sumed, but the flames did not reach the roof. The fi re originated in a back room, which co n tained the most valuable portion of the stock of Looks, the whole of which are destroyed, together with the shelves and other fittings in the interior. It is not known how the fire originated. No one resided on the premises. The damage, including the stock and building, is said to be tfruoiniidio£Boo to £lOOO. The stock is insured, but the g, which belongs to Mr. Edward Brown, is not insured. THE BRITISH CRITIC.—Next month the British Critic is to be re-oroduced with a new title—namely, ender ezi r r :glish R ev i ew ." T he Review is to be pl ace d charge o f an or i g i nal and active Tractarian— biushopso seeks to establish claims on behalf of the English sunaed ,and clergy, almost identical with the powers m ain:lila ny the Romish church, resting their claims on pl ea ao r ,g r °Unds, and supporting them by similar princi tory pros " arguments. In a very brief and very unsatisfac- L as Pec tu s , the church is spoken of as a female who Nve propounded a theory, and to whom fidelity is vowed. do_.eatract this profession of fidelity : Fidelity to the itcitrir.les, ritual, and episcopacy of our national church, th e t l ll ng a desire to aid in carrying into practical effect th e ~..1 . eery stiE has placed before us, and a recognition of of tilo_terests and duties connecting us with other branches pria,„? .nniversal church, will be the leading theological N 1 - k i P .r I_ e of the English Review. in g of ti;t_(.IPOLITANT DRAPERS' AssoCIATION.—A meet the t a `1,13 Association was held on Tuesday evening, at N'elli c h s'ern Institution, in the Commercial -road, upon reo4l, ?c.casioit Mr. S. C. Hall occupied the chair. The 4 grea.74lCh is a very large one, was crowded to excess, ledies: Proportion of the audience were composed of eessitThe object of the meeting was to show the ne e4rhe; °f the tr adespeople closing their shops at a much resoluti_unr than had been their custom. A series of ? e nd, we u r ?, with a view of accomplishing this desirable t • Se e i o .7 Pro Posed and seconded by Dr. Reid, Messrs. °he ll •' and S. Davies dissenting ministers, Mr. avocatecie,vand other influential persons, all of whom ad ;.Pealier ..".e cause in most energetic speeches. Each Alritelleet.L.'rsed the great benefits, in a moral, religious, and a Zu t lt toutaill:soeint of consideration, which could not but fo r c omp e l, . Young men and women who were at pre e_ a tw e i v _ , :pc! to attend either in shops or closed rooms t i l ° nci pa c ti ixteen, ad even eighteen hours, a day, bv an e Y had e_° frooche lengthened drudger: - under which u cen in habit of existing. SNOW IN SCOTLAND.—The severe weather of the last fortmght has been attended with a very heavy fall of snow in Scotland. Nearly all the roads have been impassable from snow in the Highlands ; and in Ayrshire and other parts of the west, the coaches have several times been forced to turn back. James Cooper, the well-known dri ver of the Glasgow and Carlisle mail, died at Glasgow last week, in consequence of the exhaustion produced by his exertions to bring along the mail from Carlisle. He suc ceeded in reaching Glasgow, after having been exposed for 17 hours beyond his usual time to bitter cold and great e stigue, but died an hour or two after he reached that city. RICABLE TROUT.—The largest fish of the above IA EM daecription `-ken fro m th e Th ames f or some y ears p as t, was ca cured b a gentleman on Friday last, whilst cast ing hisp ly ine upon the W tern of Hampton. This_ prodigi ous. fish measured 2 feet 6 I.:3b es in length, an d vv ,', „ "hed 131 b. 2oz. The succes s f u l p ar ty s s?bmitted their prize to Mr. Groves, fishmonger at Charing-cross, for public in spection,thwithe e t r h e e n . ture artificial flyitehntwohffichtheithiLasfohr thatooked purpose. The class of fly it was captured ‘Sith watt tlat denominated by angler's the "red palmer." Had the mouth, above fish been in full season, it is considered by piscato rial judges that it would have reached the enormous weight of 151 b. THE COLLIERS IN THE POTTERY DISTRICT.—It iS ex pected that a considerable number of colliers will strike, or in other words, cease from work after this day (Satur day), in accordance to notice previously given to their re spective employers. The strike is under the direction of the National Union of Colliers, from whose fund, it is said, the turn-outs expect to be supported whilst they are out of work. The demand of the collier is, that the daily hours of labour be reduced from 10, 11, or 12, hours, to 8, and the days wages be 3s. in order, as it is affirmed, that there may not be so many men unemployed. The masters generally, we are told are determined to resist this demand. A large meeting of colliers at which about 1,500 persons were present, was held in the field of Tuns tall, on Thursday afternoon. It was also stated by one of the speakers, that the consolidated union now consisted of 100,000 members; and that in the district of North Staffordshire there were 4,000 persons belonging to it. There are Military stationed in the district, and others at hand.—Shropshire Advertiser. ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO.—The excise authorities, uncles the immediate direction of the hon. chairman, Mr. Wood, have recently been very active in putting down the adulteration of tobacco by special inspections, and prompt prosecution and conviction when the frauds have been de'ected. The following cases have been brought before tho local judicial authorities, within the last few weeks, and the parties have been fined in the sums named —viz., Mr. Tickle, of Bolton, £150; Mr. Laffer, of Liver pool. £3OO ; Messrs. Nichols and Gough of Chester, £300; Messrs. Wood and Son, of Doncaster £150; Messrs. Garton, of Lincoln, £250; Messrs. Gamble, of Gains borough, £6OO. The case at Gainsborough, last referred to, occupied the magistrates the whole of Thursday and Friday last . and was conducted by Dr. Bateman, of Lon don, for the excise; and Mr. Cartwright, of Bawtry, for the defence. One of the witnesses for the Crown was Professor Graham, of the London University, was proof of the analysis of the adulterated tobacco was complete and conclusive. HURRICANE AT GLASGOW AND THE NEIGHBOL7R- HooD.—Glasgow and the neighbouring country were visited with a hurricane on Saturday morning week. It began about seven o'clock, was at its height about nine, had moderated at eleven, and with occasional gusts gra dually subsided : at five in the afternoon the weather was beautifully clear and serene. During the height of the storm persons were raised from the ground and violently thrown down ; chimney pots were strewn about in all di rections ; the roof of a house in the suburb of Tradeston was blown off; the roof of a church in Duke-street (Mr. Graham's) was forced in ; and the shipping suffered much damage. At Paisley, a tall chimney at the shawl manu factory of Messrs. Robert M'Arthur and Co., 130 feet high, was broken in half, carrying away in its fall a build ing three tories high, and another one story high. Two children in the highest story were thrown out unhurt; three persons saved themselves by clinging to a part of the wall that remained standing ; but one woman was hurt and another was killed. The storm was also felt in Edinburgh, but less severely. SEIZURE UNDER THE INCOME TAX.—The firm of Messrs. Fielden Brothers having returned their profits as nil for the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, during which years, instead of making anything, they suffered severe losses, having been surcharged to the amount of £350, being 7d. in the pound, on an imaginary income of £12,000 per annum. Messrs. Fielden having sworn to the correctness of their return. and refused to pay, their warehouse in Peel-street, Manchester. was seized by the Government. The sale took place on Monday last. Forty-one bales of goods were sold, at rates a little below the market prices, and realized £407 13s. 5d.; and this being sufficient to cover the demand and costs, the sale was closed.—On the same day there was a sale at Rochdale of 3cwt. 2qrs. 201bs. of wool, belonging to Messrs. Rouse and Son, seiz ed for the sum of £l2, which those Gentlemen refused to pay, on the ground that they had made their return at Bradford, where their chief establishment is, and paid the tax there for the Rochdale branch. This auctioneer was asked to give a guarantee for the articles as stolen goods. The only bidder was a bailiff and a gentleman in the em ploy of Messrs. Rouse, to whom the wool was knocked down at 13d. per lb. MURDER OF THE CHIEF OFFICER OF POLICE AT BRIGHTON.—On Thursday last Brighton was thrown into a state of great excitement, at a late hour, by a report that Mr. Solomon, chief officer of pollee, had received a blow with a poker f rom a pr i soner, who had been brought to the office on a charge of felony. On inquiry we learned that the report was too true. Solomon was stunned by the blow. He lingered in a state of insensibility during the night, and at a quarter past ten o'clock on the follow ing morning he died. Solomon had filled the situation of chief officer of the Brighton police, which is under the control of local commissioners, for twelve years, during which time he has been frequently complimented by the judges and others for the active and intelligent manner in which he has discharged his duties. He was of the Jew ish persuasion, and has left a wife and a family of eleven children. The prisoner has been committed for trial for the murder. He had contracted habits of dissipation, and had been reduced to the necessity of obtaining a pittance at Tunbridge-wells by selling soft water, which is scarce at some parts of the Wells. He states that he had been in Brighton for some months, and although he is unknown to the police, he is able to address all whom he has seen by name. He states that he bore no enmity to the de ceased, and that his only object in striking the blow was to commit an offence which would cause him to suffer death. STRANGE IMPOSTURE.—There lives in a secluded part of the village of Tetenhall, just behind Miss Hincke's mansion, a small but honest farmer, who has jogged some 70 years through life, and is precisely the last person to whom any romance was likely to occur; but three weeks since a middle-aged woman, entered his abode, and asked, " Did lie originally come from Nant-y-Glo ?" The question was answered in the affirmative ; she was the herald of great tidings. An uncle had just arrived from India, aged 101 years, and had deputed her to search out his relations. There awaited £15,000, for the happily discovered nephew, and a handsome sum for each of his sons and their sons. Prudence took wings and fled ;in vain more cautious neighbours suggested doubts, and the policeman wished to put his finger in the pie, The wel come stranger was feasted for a fortnight, and newly clad, (the stupid railway people having lost her trunk), the ad joining banker was seriously asked what " use " he would give " for two or three thousand," and many future plans were resolved to wondering friends. And at length the time arrived for the family to proceed to Nant-y-Glo, and on Wednesday last they departed themselves (father, sons and daughter), on the Slap coach, from this town for that purpose. Alas ! that such happy visions should be doomed to disappointment ; but on arriving at the inn yard at Shrewsbury, the impostor suddenly disappeared, leaving the farmer and his family to trudge home again to the continued care of cows and swine. It is not either, it seems the first time that the artful siren has practised a similar trick, and found persons credulous enough to be so duped.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. ATROCIOUS CASE.—At the Aylesbury assizes, on Wednesday last, three men named Terry, and three others, Hale, Spratley, and Adams, were tried before Lord Abinger,—Hale fur felonously assaulting a married female, named Anne Pepper, and the others for aiding and abetting him in the offence. Many of the facts are unfit for publication, and are omitted in this condensed account of a transaction perhaps unparalleled in atrocity. The prosecutrix and her husband picked up a precarious subsistance by travelling from place to place, attending fairs, &c., with small articles on sale. The prisoners were all agricultural labourers, residing in Tingewick, near the town of Buckingham, and all very young, with the exception of one, aged 38. It appeared that the 7th of August last was the annual fair of that village, which the prisoners attended, and joined the dance on the green. They afterwards went (at six o'clock in the evening) to the White Hart public-house, and sat drinking for some hours. In the course of the evening, the prosecutrix and her husband, with one Raymond and his wife, and a man named Noble, came to the inn and asked for beds, but all the beds being eagaged there, as well as at all the other public-houses, they all left and went to a cow hovel to sleep on some hair. In the course of two hours they were disturbed by the entrance of three or four men, who enquired for " the women." Pepper told them there were none but his wife and the other man's, and one of them replied " Women we came for, and women we'll have," and they all rushed upon the party. Pepper and Raymond each took his wife in his arms to protect them, and after a struggle the assailants left the place. In ten minutes after six men entered, and at once rushed to where the travellers were standing, and commenced a fierce attack upon them. Pepper again caught up his wife and attempted to escape with her, but was felled by a blow on the head, and she was taken from him. Mean time, Raymond and the other two got away. The pri soners carried the prosecutrix away, across several fields, and threw her down in a place where some pigs were sleeping. One of the party immediately perpetrated what was formerly a capital offence, and his crime was tepeated by the other five in succession. Hale then raised the prosecutrix, and finding sh e cou ld h ar dl y stan d, o b se rved, " The poor devil is well nigh done up," and let her fall. Her husband at this juncture came up, and the ruffians made off. Raymond brought a constable ,and other parties to the snot, but they had then gone. Pepper took his wife on his back to the White Hart, when she was put to bed and surgically attended, when it was found that two of her teeth were broken in the struggle, and that she had been subjected to the grossest insults and illusage. One of the prisoners ran off into Warwick shire, and was not heard of for some weeks. Three of them enlisted in the 28th regiment, and were ordered to India, but were traced to Woolwich, and apprehended before they embarked. The prisoners were ail identified, and the jury found them all guilty. His lordship„ in an impressive address, sentenced them to be transported, each for the term of his , natural life. ~... A - -- - TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The meeting of this body, Laad l a l s rT(yen t i :dhdebt w deoybh nayeT.sr upon,otedhhal ovT e e c l I,ih d dki:g o cs, b n orthk, hl Eli iTslscß,ooiuri solicitor one or d ii i a rosar v tr - ntp odrw,neoasi commencedstteehhxri exceptions, bnepbes, parliamentaryrei Ip o ni proceedings betweenoea a proposed st d oes i r n tew g dba s ahtrdodoi counsel himself ase t r eke l inen e -f the strand to the south-west angle of the road called Sandhills-lane ; but it was intended to introduce clauses in committee which would include the rest of the purchase from the Earl of Derby. He then explained that all the clauses from 5 to 81 were property clauses for the taking of the property required, and that the time limited for the purchase from the several parties was a period of seven pmts. Clause 82 was for the erection of new docks, &c.; c l ause 83 c; - :oferred a p ower upon the trustees to make alteration s ; an d c l au. 84 empowered them to inclose the docks by walls. After a few remarks from Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mr. EvANs, and Mr. HORNBY, it was agreed to insert the words that it should be lawful for them to inclose " if they shNld think fit." Clau; S 5 had reference to the communication with the Leeds and Lverpool Canal. The next was a manuscript clause, sent i n s, , lce the bill w as p r i n t e d, f or t h e erect i on of a cottage f or th e t : se of the k e epe r o f t h e l oc k s. C lause 86 was struck out . Ci e ," te 87 was that th e cut s h ou ld b e supplied with w a t er f rom th e Leeds and Li ver p oo l C ana l . Clause 90 was th a t t h e cut shou::. i be made across Great Howard-street and Regent street. A manuscript clause was next read, fro& which it ap peared that the sum of £50,000 was to be paid, in four instalments, by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the Dock Trustees, power to be given to pass through on the payment of lid. per ton, except when dock duel were paid. It was agreed that the Dock Committee should have the power to arrange the question of dues for goods passing through, taking the following principle for their guide : lid. per ton, and per parcel as the maximum. By the subsequent clauses the trustees were empowered to raise the sum of £1,417,584 for the objects contem plated in the dock acts. Some discussion took place as to the parties to whom the power should be given to allow lights to be used on board vessels in the graving docks, &c. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that it be given to the magis trates, the chairman and the deputy-chairman of the Dock Committee. Mr. Nicol. moved, as an amendment, that it be ex tended to the mayor, deputy mayor, and stipendiary ma gistrate. Eventually the amendment was withdrawn, and Mr. Gladstone's motion was carried upon the understanding that the party granting the license state the purpose for which it was granted, and that a policeman should be present during the time the lights were being used. Clause 115 was to the effect that whenever the despatch of business, or the repairing or cleansing of docks should be obstructed by any vessel, it should be lawful for the trustees to cause her to be removed into any other dock, without being taken into the river, and that the master, owner, or consignee should pay the expense of such removal. Mr. GLADSTONE moved an amendment to the effect that the latter part of the clause be struck out. Mr. WOOD seconded the amendment, which was car ried. Upon the motion of Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, the clause was then struck out altogether. The TOWN-CLERK said the 120th clause was for the repeal of the Harrington Dock Company's act. By the 24th section of that act there was required to be a street from Sefton-street, a parade, and two slips or flights of stairs in the wall of the parade. It now appeared that the parade would materially interfere with the execution of the works by the Dock Committee, but that the slips and stairs might be made. The clause was agreed to. The TOWN-CLERK said, that by the dock act of 1841, it was provided that there should be certain landing ac commodation to the west of the Albert Dock, or, if not there, at George's Pier. He asked whether some provi sion should not be inserted in the present bill, to the effect that those works be now proceeded with. Mr. NORTH thought it very desirable that there should be a provision of the kind. Mr. GLADSTONE suggested that something should be done for the convenience of those who had to cross the river, by placing at the south end of the Prince's Dock a bridge, that could be made use of independent of the gates—he meant a bridge that could support itself, and be sufficiently wide to allow foot passengers to cross, while, at the same time, the shipping might pass into the gut. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, in reply, said, it would be re collected that at the last council, to show the intentions of the Dock Committee, and how desirous they were to afford accommodation, they proposed to remove the pre sent bridge at George's Dock, and to construct a magni ficent one like that leading to the Albert Dock, which was unequalled in the world ; and this would very shortly be brought into operation. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had been speaking of the passage at the Prince's Dock, but that he should be very glad to see accommodation afforded at both places. After a few further remarks, the whole of the dock bill having been gone through, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That the bill now read be ap proved, subject to the alterations therein now directed and the instructions now given ; and that all the clauses and provisions requiring adjustment between the Finance Committee and the Dock Committee be referred to the Finance Committee to be adjusted accordingly; and that it be referred to th e t own - c l er k to sett l e with the dock solicitor all verbal alterations remaining necessary, the same being done subject to the approbation of the Finance and Dock Committees." SALE OF LAND AT WALLASEY POOL. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE brought under consideration the offers which bad been made, and accepted by the Fi nance Committee for the residue of the land at or near Wallasey Pool, subject to the approbation of the council. The first was an offer from Mr. John Laird, to purchase f2rlo,mooomsrq.ua Potter,r e yardsf for r a a t l l 0 6: . o each b o ; u t t h tehsee same cond s was ize , an no oi r e r r square yards, at the same price; the third square yards, at the same price ~ for the residue of the land at the was from Mr. Cole, from Messrs. Jackson and La.ird., andfor ftohuerfolnowtrstahsofaangdl,loaoaot 0 4 r 7 , 3 0 s 0 . 0 p s e q r usagrueayraer yards, d a t ; t t h b e e whole of those sales to rate t h n f side, I 2 0 9 0 7 per sta t a u t t a e t n a t c e r e a s c be subject to an immediate payment at the rate of 10 per cent., and the rest in five and ten years. Mr. Lawrence went on to state, that the whole of the Wallasey land, not including the Birkenhead estate, had stood the corporation in, with interest, £320,000 ; that sales had already been effected to the extent of £155,000, and that the present offers would realise a sum of £175,000 more ; thereby leaving a balance of from £BOOO to £lO,OOO to be carried to the credit of the corpo ration, exclusive of 87,000 or 90,000 square yards of most valuable land, which they had still left, with the rever sionary interest, which would be of immense value. He then strongly urged that these offers be accepted, not so much upon public grounds as because of financial con siderations ; for he contended, that unless the resources of the corporation were allowed to be developed by mea sures of a bolder nature than any hitherto attempted, it would be impossible to carry on those public undertakings which from time to time, and by the most benevolent men, were brought before the council. He admitted that, if the Wallasey dock bill were carried, of which he enter tained little doubt, the property of the corporation on the other side of the Mersey would be enhanced in value ; whereas, if tie scheme should fall through, it would be materially deteriorated and thrown back for years. He concluded by moving, that the resolution of the Finance Committee, in reference to the offers, be confirmed. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER seconded the motion. Mr. PARKER asked what security had the council for the payment of the purchase money on the 47,000 square yards? The TOWN-CLERK said, that, in the first place, they had 10 per cent. of the money down ; in the next place, within five years, the purchaser would have to pay an eighth part down ; then he was to build a river wall, and to keep the buildings he had erected upon it insured. If he made de fault, even in the payment of the interest, the corporation had a power to re-enter, and either to sell, and hold him liable, or to resume the property with all the advantages he had put upon it. The TOWN. -CLERK having here read the proceedings of the Finance Committee with reference to the sales. those proceedings were confirmed ; and the council adjourned at twenty-five minutes to three o'clock. It may, perhaps, be necessary to mention that in con firming the proceedings of the Finance Committee, the council sanctioned the sales of the residue of the land at Wallasey Pool. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, and (what was more to the point) evidencing, as they hoped, by written communications whictr had passed with the proposed purchasers, not only that the conduct of the directors had been throughout fair, straight-forward, and liberal, but that they had been from the first the parries rather sought than seeking the negotiation. The effect upon the public mind of this announcement was immedi ate and satisfactory; the purchase was effected upon the terms originally proposed by the directors; and, from that time to the present, there had been a daily increasing conviction on the part of the public of the advantage of the purchase so made for public purposes. But the di rectors wished not to flatter the meeting with the idea that a large price bad been obtained. On the contrary, they thought the price a reasonable one, and to the advantage of the purchasers; but they were actuated in accepting it by a conviction that such a consummation of their plan was, on the whole, for the best, and that it would be more acceptable to the proprietors generally than their only other alternative—namely, the necessity, for some time under consideration, of a considerable further outlay upon the property, by which the directors were persuaded that it could alone be made decidedly profitable as a perma nent investment. The sale agreed upon would about ena ble the directors to repay to each proprietor the amount of capital originally advanced by him, while it would still leave aliPagable, first ! towards the balance of interest un liquidated by the dividends paid, and theta as profit, the value of 20,814 square yards of land on the east side of Sefton -street, still the property of the company, which value would be very greatly increased by the pending sale of the land on the opposite side of the street for dock pur poses. It remained only to announce that the sale had been agreed to be completed at the end of one month next after the Liverpool Dock Bill should have been passed, the purchase money baing payable in dock bonds, made out for the proportion due to each individual proprietor, payable in five or seven years, with interest meanwhile at four per cent., or, at the option of the Dock Committee, in cash, if, as seemed probable, that body should be able to borrow the money st less than four per cent. interest. If the purchase money were not paid at the times before mentioned, it was to carry interest at four per cent., the purchasers receiving the rents. The report concluded by declaring a further increased dividend of £1 17s. 6d. per share, payable on the 11th of April next, and by stating that the directors, who retired by rotation, were Mr. Mozley, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Frost, anti Mr. Stewart, and that there was a fifth vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Duckworth, who had disqualified. The CHAIRMAN said the accounts which had been read, and the report which the directors had thought proper to submit, conveyed the whole of the proceedings as regarded the financial arrangements, and exhibited in the result the gratifying circumstance of an increased amount of divi dend upon a very small outlay of expenditure. After hav ing congratulated the meeting on the successful termina tion of the negotiations with the Dock Committee. he said it would be aff-ctation if he were not to assure them that during the period of the year when that transaction was going on, the feelings of the directors, as men of honour and character, as well as their habits as men of business, had been repeatedly outraged by the unfair means in which they were held up to public view, while they were acting simply in the performance of their duties as trustees, and, as he contended, in the performance of a straightforward and honourable course. (Hear, hear.) If party spirit in the town of Liverpool was to carry individuals to such an extent in their application of terms,—either in their speeches, or in the management they might have of such portions of the public press as they might patronise, —as to attack other individuals, who, in the performance of their duty were taking a most straightforward view for the interests of the community at large and the commer cial purposes of Liverpool, then the whole of the directors and the whole of the proprietors had had their feelings outraged by means of aspersions cast on them, contrary to fact, he publicly declared, and certainly contrary to what courtesy and good feeling were at all warranted in exercising. But the best answer which could be given, was the result now communicated, and which the public press had communicated before,—that, upon the closest scrutiny, the advantage of the purchase appeared desira ble. He would leave the past to be recorded in the his tory of Liverpool, believing the day was not far distant when the circumstance of the purchase of the Harrington Estate, and the great improvements that must inevitably take place in that part of the town in whicla.so large a proportion of the corporate property was situated, would evince the good sense and good calculations which had in fluenced the public authorities in coming to the conclu sions they had done ; for the strong impression on his own mind was, that a wiser bargain bad never been made on the part of the public authorities. As to the views of the individuals who had permitted so important a part of the public trust connected with the Dock Estate, to fall out of their hands originally, it was not for him to discuss; but if he were a member of the body who rule that pro perty, he should say the wisest course they ever took was, to retrace the steps they had imprudently taken before, and to endeavour to get possession of the important pro spterratnyg w e , r h s i . c h ( t H h e a y a r h , a d it e allowed f t t o e r phaasysi having a t o g h n e cn h n a g n r d a s t n o . f lated the meeting on the increase of the dividend, he con cluded by moving that the report of the directors and the accompanying accounts were satisfactory and approved of, and that the former be printed and circulated among the proprietors as usual. Mr. BICICERSTETH seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Upon the motion of Mr. Born, seconded by Mr. BROWN, Sir T. Brancker, Mr. Mozley, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Sothern, and Mr. Whitehead, were elected directors in the place of the four who retired, and the one who had be• come disqualified. Upon the motion of Mr. WILLINK, seconded by Mr. GOORE the sum of 159 guineas was or d ere d to b e placed at the disposal of the directors, to be applicable to their remuneration during the past year, in such manner as they should determine upon. Thanks were then voted to the directors and the chair man, after which the meeting separated. THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of this society took place on Tuesday evening last, at the Royal Institution, and was rather numerously attended. Mr. JOHN GRANTHAM, the President, in the chair. RESISTANCE TO BODIES MOVING THROUGH WATER. Mr. HENRY BOOTH (a gentleman well known from his great improvements for the more rapid generation of steam in locomotive engines, &c., and who had previously published some observations on the propulsion of vessels) read an interesting paper on " Further experiments on the resistance to bodies moving through water at different velocities; with some observations on the prospects of steam navigation." He commenced by alluding to the experiments he had formerly made, and the results of which he had published in a small tract in 1842, on the resistance to bodies moving through water; and stated that he had since had the valuable assistance of Mr. Alfred King, of the Gas Works, in trying further experi ments by improved and more accurate means, by which they had arrived at more definite and satisfactory conclu sions. They had employed two small boats—one (as we understood him) full in build, and the other narrow, and sharp at the extremities, which were drawn along on a sheet of water, by means of a weight descending by a cord over pulleys so arranged as to remove the objections en tertained to that species of test. The tall of th e weight was in all the trials 13 feet, and the length of " voyage the same. He detailed the particulars of several experi ments thus carefully made, giving minutely the respective times occupied in each in seconds and tractions; and the general result was, that to increase the motion of a well constructed vessel from a given and comparatively slow motion, something a little more than four times the power was required to double the velocity. He came to the conclusion on this part of his subject, that it would be sufficient to assume, for all practical purposes, that four times the power was required. The lecturer then entered into a consideration of our position as regarded steam navigation during the last seven years, and our prospects for the seven years to come. Much, he contended, might be done to redeem the losses hitherto sustained by im proved scientific appliances. The Atlantic had certainly been crossed in ten days, but it certainly ought to be done in less time, especially if the object (a most valuable one) fwere confined mainly to the conveyance of the mail bags, which he thought might be accomplished in a week. What was to be done might be stated to be the cutting of a canal or trough across the ocean, through which the ship would hold her way with the least possible resistance. Hitherto very large vessels had generally been employed, those running to Halifax and Boston having 36 feet of beam, and 15 or 16 feet of depth in the water. Now, he believed that if vessels of the same length had only 22 feet of beam, and with an increase in depth, they would cut their way along with much less resistance, and their speed would consequently be much increased with the same power. He did not see why a steamer of, say 1,000 tons, so constructed, would not accomplish the voyage as safely as one of double that tonnage, for sailing vessels of much smaller size performed long foreign voyages with as much ease and speed as those of much more burthen. The perfection of a sa ili ng s hi p was not, however, to be con sidered as suit a bl e f or steamers. All that was re qu i re d in the latter was so to construct them, that the trough through which they should pass should be reduced in transverse area, or, in other words, as narrow and as deep only as was consistent with their safety. This was to be accomplished by lengthening the vessel without adding to her beam. It might be said that she would thus be ren dered more crank, which would certainly be the case to a certain extent ; but this objection would be (as we under stood him) almost wholly, if not entirely, obviated by the employment of the screw as a propeller in pla ce o f t h e paddle-wheel, which last required the vessel to be kept in nearly an upright position. Increasing the cross-sectional area of the steam-vessel, increased the resistance to her forward progress ; and the narrow er th e ang l e f ormed by the canal to receive her, the sharper would she cut through it. He suggested that if a steamer were built 250 feet long and 20 feet broad only, the resistance would be greatly decreased as compared with th e present class of vessels. They might, he repeated, double the length, without increasing the breadth or depth ; and they might also in such case double the power, and by these means acquire a vastly increased speed. In support of his views he quoted the able experiments made by Colonel Beaufort in 1798-9. Although the body to be moved were three times the length, the tractive, or resistive, power was found to be only double. Experiments had also been made with planks (in edge,) and it was found that the resistance was not two-fold, when they were increased to three times the length. Vessels, he believed, might be constructed of iron of sufficient strength, and with all the adaptations he contemplated. He also alluded t o th e great speed attained by the long narrow iron canal boats (on the Androssan principle,) which be had seen on the Preston and Lancas ter canal, and which travelled at the rate of nine miles an hour. It was found with these, indeed, that the horses drew them more easily at that speed than at six or seven miles an hour. lie concluded therefore, that n arrow an d sharp steamers would accomplish all that could be desired ; HARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY. On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the mem tzhe clerk- mem bers of the H arr i ngton Dock Company was held at the Clarendon-rooms. Th e chair was taken shortly after one o'clock Ei o .Mr. f the comp any, h av i ng E O IN II I , ° jboyHLN NIVRT read the advertisement convening the meeting, and a statement of the accounts for the past year, proceeded to read the report of the directors. It commenced by stating that the general affairs of the company for the past year had been increasingly successful and important, but that the detail would have lost much of its Interest with the proprietors, in consequence of the sale which had been effected, of the bulk of the estate, to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks. It might, however, be well to mention that the anticipation of last year of an increased income from the property had been fully realised, the amount up to the Ist of April next being .Z-1,351 6s. ; and it was worthy of remark also that the portion of this amount contributed by dock dues was no less a sum than £892 19s. 4d., being more than three times as much as had de rived in any previous year from that source. The expen diture during the year had been £B5B 13s. 3d. ; and there was a balance in favour of the company of £3,772, appli cable to a dividend. With all the circumstances attend ing the long-pending negotiation with the Liverpool Dock Trustees for the sale to them of the whole of the comp s . nv's estate on the west side of Sefton-street, containing nearly 128,000 square yards, at the price of 31s. 6d. per yard, the shareholders were made fully acquainted by the special report of the directors on the 13th of December last. There was much in the progress of that negotiation of a painful character, the directors having been made the object of a charge, through the public press, of urging the purchase upon the Dock Committee on terms unfavoura ble to them and the public, by means of influence, sup posed to be exerted in one or both of the public bodies with whom they were contracting. An imputation of this nature, most discreditable, if true, but made without sha dow or pretence of truth, appeared to the directors neces sary to be contradicted ; and they, therefore, circulated their report of the 13th of December, detailing m os t mi nutely every step which had been taken in the contract, , ''''''^te j " .--- ` ---- e--• . .-- . .--1 .. z.,..r....4.....e.- 4- Z277.---.. -- 11 4 : 1 - ,-- / 1, 1 ~."_ . _ , .._, - - ....;_.,....-_,-:::',".,_,,,,....,,,,.„_1/ ~-~-- l,the ap pealed mailsto e t o h u e l d m b e e e t r i e n g g u l w a h d a y t c o a n n v e a } d e v d a n b t e ag , e , that ve sse l s of 1,000 tons wore sufficiently larg e ; and wg i u r l o d p e b e a , n i d f ee it n America in the short space of a week. The lecturer was listened to with great attention, and sat down amidst con siderable applause. An animated discussion ensued, in which the chairman, Mr. Adie, Mr. Steele, Mr. King, and other gentlemen took part, and in which the peculiar and approved mouels of ships, with reference to their sailing qualities, and the rather conflicting opinions of distinguished individuals who had long studied the subject, were referred to. It was admitted that, as an abstract question, narrow sharp vessels which required less displacement than faller and broader ships, would meet with less resistance, and con sequently sail faster, or be more rapidly propelled by steam on a smooth sea; but some of the speakers con tended that in ocean storms, which had more or less to be encountered on transatlantic voyages, considerable beam and bearings aloft were required, to give sufficient and safe buoyancy in a heavy sea-way, and to enable the ship to carry sail in the event of an accident to the ma chinery. The Great Liverpool was also instanced as an example of the necessity of a certain proportion of beam. She was originally 225 long and only 30 wide. She went well with a head wind—in that respect beating a.I her competitors. But with a beam wind and sea, she was so was crank, that it • - found necessary to sponso r , her out fuu r feet on each side ; and she now not only stood better to head her canvass, but steamed as fast, excepting in going We forbear giving all the arguments and sug gestions a gale. i s views g stions adduced, that rendered Mr. Booth's .. ques tionable,e as we can supply only a sketch of the opinions he expresse d . But we understand he w ill p u bli s h hi s re marks, when we shy.ll return to the subject, which is one of paramount importance to all parties interesteil in the progress of steam navigation. LOCAL NEWS. The packet-ship Rochester, Captain Brittain, arrived at this port, on Friday morning last, from New York, which city she left on the 21st ultimo. Two new packet-ships—the Rochester, Capt. Britton, and the Garrick, Capt. B. G. H. Trask,—arrived on Fri day. Their papers were anticipated by the Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which arrived on Wednesday. The Lord Bishop of the diocese has given notice that it ' is his intention to hold a confirmation in the parish of Warrington, on Wednesday, the 29th of May next. Can didates are not to be under the age of fifteen years. About a quarter-past twelve on Thursday night a fire brake out on the' premises of Messrs. J. and W. Walker, builders, &c., North Birkenhead, supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The wind being in a favourable quar ter it was speedily got under. NEW METHODIST CH.WEL.—On Sunday week a new Methodist chapel was opened at Windsor- Sermons were preached on the occasion by the Rev. Dr. Beaumont and the Rev. William Atherton, and liberal collections were made. IN QU EsTs.—An inquest was held yesterday week, be fore P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on the body of Edw ar d O'Connor, a child t w o y ears of age. On Wednesday week he upset a teapot, containing hot tea, and scalded himself on the breast. He was immediately taken to the Dispensary, and the wound dressed, but he gradually got worse, and died on Sunday week. COMFORT OF RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—We are given to understand that, with a view of increasing the con venience of the third class passengers, the Directors of the Grand Junction Company have determined to cover all their carriages. This company was the first to give the advantage of closed and glazed carriages to the second class passengers. CAVTION TO VOTARIES OF HYMEN.—On Friday last, at the Bury Petty Sessions, Robert Simpson and his wife were committed for trial, at the Liverpool Assizes, for having got married out of the parish in which the male prisoner resided, and for having made false statements in order to procure the solemnization of the marriage out of that parish. The offence was stated to be very common. COURAGE ANL HUMANITY REWARDEIr.---Mr. Joseph Sturdy, who, at the risk of his own life, saved a gentle man who had slipped into the river at Tranmere Ferry, has been presented by the Humane Society with five pounds. It will be remembered that the gentleman himself, probably with a juster estimation of his own value, gave his preserver sixpencce. • CAUTION TO PUBLICANS AND BEER-BELLERS.-011 Thursday last, orders were given by the magistrates that the police should, in all cases where they were called upon by a landlord to expel drunken people from his house, lay informations against the landlord for permitting drunken ness upon his premises, provided that, upon inquiry, the officer found that the drunken party had had anything to drink in his house. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, Mary Rafferty, while going along Great Howard-street, came in contact with the wheel of a float, which was passing in an oppo site direction. The wheel had got on the edge of the parapet, and the deceased was crushed underneath it; it did not, however, pass over her. She was much bruised, and, on being conveyed to the Northern Hospital, died in a few hours after her arrival. Yesterday evening week, the Rechabites and total ab stain€rs of Birkenhead were entertained at supper by Mrs. Rowland, of the Temperance Hotel, Chester-street, on the occasion of that lady succeeding to the house for- merly kept by Mr. Ellis. The chair was occupied on the occasion by Mr. Ellis, of Edge-hill; and the company were addressed during the evening by Mr. Sharrett, Mr. Owens, Mr. Henshaw, and others. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Friday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a gentleman, in passing along Church -street, had his pocket picked of his purse con taining £l5 ; but fortunately, missing his money immedi ately, turned round and saw the thief making off. He gave chase down Post Office-place and Brooks'-alley, when the fellow, finding himself hotly pursued, dropped the purse, after having abstracted £3. He got clear off. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—The vernal equinoctial g les which have been felt so much the last few days in this neighbourhood were the occasion of a dis tressing accident to Mrs. Parr, a lady residing on the Grange-road. On passing along Albion-street, near the site of the new market, the wind forced her on the top of a flight of steep steps of an area, to the bottom of which she fell, and so fractured her left arm that Mr. Vale, sur geon, found it necessary to amputate the limb on the fol lowing day. THE CALENDAR.—The following is a list of the pri soners for trial at the approaching Liverpool Assizes : murder, 1; manslaughter, 3; stabbing, 8; burglary, 10; forgery, 5 ; horsestealing, 1; rape, 3 ; bigamy, 3 ; con spiracy to defraud, 2 ; robbery from the person, 7; arson, 1 ; offences against the mint, 5; wilfully damaging spin ning machines, 1 ; robbery of post letters, 1; larceny, 1: total, 52. It will be observed that there is only one murder case in the calendar. The party charged is Ann Bothwell, for the murder of her illegitimate son, Edward Turner, alias Edward Turner Bothwell, at Prestwich cum-Oldham, on or about the Ist January last. Mr. Thomas Morecroft and John Lomax, owners of court property in Birkenhead, were on Tuesday examined before the magistrates for not having it sufficiently well drained and flagged according to the new act. John Barke and H. C. Banks were also summoned for allow ing stagnant water and offensive matter to remain on hod opposite the railway station, the same being their property. Catharine Dunne, for keeping a number of pigs in a yard, and allowing the foul water to run into a public well. All these being the first offence under the new act, the parties were discharged on payment of costs upon undertaking to abate the nuisances. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—When Mr. Ilenshaw, who at present resides at Tranmere, attended the Sunday school, at Stockport, he was the first boy to receive a Bible as a mark of good conduct. In after life he was engaged in defence of his country, in the field of Water loo, where he was wounded in four places, and lay upon the plains in that state for six days. At this time he lost his Bible, which had been his companion in the battle field, but happening to be in London some years after wards, he found it in a bookseller's shop. It need scarcely be added, that he purchased his old companion, and now has it. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The peculiar cir cumstances which the respected and talented minister of All Saints' Church, Grosvenor-street, has had for some time to contend with, owing to the unsettled state of this church, are well known, it is believed, to the town at large. An address, accompanied by a substantial mark of affectionate regard, (a well-filled purse,) was presented to him a few days ago by his congregation. This last in stance of marked attachment—for he has been favoured with several other unequivocal tokens of respect since he began his ministry among them—has been duly appreci ated by him. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of the Warrington Board of Guardians took place on Wednesday last, in the board-room, at the workhouse. The balance in favour of the union was £399. The num ber of in-door paupers in the Newton workhouse was 65 ; in the Warrington 109. The number of cases relieved by Mr. Cruikshank in the town, during the past. week, was 452; amount expended, £44 2s. 4d. 'of which £lB was in kind, and £26 2s. 4d. in money. By Mr. Owen, in the country districts, 476; amount expended, £4B 16s. 10d. of which £5 Os. 10d. was in kind, and £43 16s. in money. A letter was read from the poor-law commissioners in reply to the application from the board. It condemned, as we anticipated, the new construction put on the general orders for the relief of the able-bodied poor by the clerk to the union. We believe no further steps were taken in the matter. No further business of importance was transacted. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT WITHHOLDING.—ThOMBS H. Taylor, the late secretary of the Liverpool United Legal Friendly Society, was summoned before Mr. Rushton on ' Friday t o answer the complaint of th e p res id ent o f that society, who charged him with having frudulently with held the sum of 6s. which he had received from certain of the members. He was defended by Mr. Snowball, soli citor. After a number of witnesses had been examined, and a variety of documentary evidence submitted, Mr. Snowball contended, that in a society which numbered 28,000 members it was highly probable his client had re ceived the money and neglected, in the hurry of business, to enter it in his books. Mr. Rushton said he was un willing, under the circumstances, to send him out of court branded with the charge of fraud ; but that he thought the society had acted perfectly right in bringing him there and making him account for it in the face of the court. At th e suggestion of the magistrates, the 6s. was then de manded of the defendant by the president, and it was im mediately paid. The president alleged that there were other deficiencies in the accounts to the amount of £4O and upwards ; but as they were not set forth in the sum mons, Mr. Rushton refused to enter into them. , ders will RES.RVOIRS FOR WATER.---Most of Oaf eee. be aware that an act of P ar li ament wag appl i ed fnr to water the streets, and Commissioners of Higliivays e'n'abi them, year by the let they were empowered to pur,hese land more effectua ll Y &c.; but various difficulties which 'counter have caused considerable , to extin~iiish •; fires. By this . lauee into effect. We have now to for wells, reservo. ; "' with pleasunreltltiahteticieaste:ieh.tfirncaurli . and that two good sites have ane, they have had to et. eighbourhood of Lcvv-bill, for de lay in carrying this c. announce, and we dos b ti e e e s n l o m b v t e ai, b )e e d en , o o n v e e i r a co t rri be e,. a Harbour-mas akereservoir,well. Thein Green. necesB a i operations will conse quently be commenced forthwith. • the carrying DocK COmmiTTRE, TtitißsrtAr: t be set apart to ter's Sob-committee reported that th‘eY mend compliance with the memorial °i t com panies, requesting that two berths mige‘` them in the Salthouse and IC-ieg's Docks. —ln reply to a question from Mr. Bold, with reference to %vhat wes sta ted last week by Mr. Evans,. Mr. Hartler saiel the Woods and Forests had been in the habit; of asking h, r i opinion on several ocensiaos. They' had written him a setter the subject of Wallasev, and he replied to that letter. He had not been at Wallasey Fhol. for sir months. hut certainly he thought ire was at liberty to answer a letter. They asked him for his opinion and Ne gave it withoct hesitation, although hia son, he believed, wrote the letter. ExTeeesrve ltopreeeerve—O n Eliday, two soldiers of the 6th Regiment, and three fernalexof dissolute charac ter, were brought up at the Police -court, on a charge of having robbed a lime-bnneier of the neetteof Jelin Chad a.tawvran it i le; wick of the sum. o f 30 sevetleigns. Th?•cotn•Dlainant wa s formerly in the ar m y, an d h e was so murk enamoured of a soldiers military ile l p if r e a , fe t ss h e a d t w th h e eu m ev ost er he rde caatin ad eit irli tic,r contact, them. He went on th e previnue evening to'Burkse's pub lic-house, in Argyle-street, wherehe encountered the t wo soldiers in question, and, as usua l, i nduiged'in his pane gyrics upon the army, saying, as he concluded,. that he was always glad to see and cultivate the acquaintance of soldiers. He then treated them plentifully t 5 whiskey and ale, sported his purse of soveeeiens to silo* that he was flush of cash ; but, at length, the complainant missed his treasure, and charged one of the women with- having abstracted it. The whole of the par ties were then ce.lered off to brideweli, where a search was instituted, and a so vereign was found in one of the soldiers" shoes. The-sol dier alleged that lie had'placed' it in thealeree with the view of keeping it secure. After a lengthened examination;-- at the close of which Chadwick said he yaw unable to tell how he had lost the money, —all the preeeners were die charged. STEALING Tones.—On Tuesday last, n - . Try Ann Tun. ner and Higgins were brought up at thee Police-court, charged, the farmer with stealing, and the Vetter receiving a quantity o f ea bi net.maker ' s tools, consistime of squares, planes, &c., the property of Mr. Abraham, celeirret. maker, of this town. The prisoner Turner had been employed as French polisher at Mr. Abraham's showe and tools having been missed at different times- e a persoo'was set to watch on Saturday week, and she was observed to take away a square, which she afterwards sold at the shop of Higgins. Several other articles were also found' at Hig gins's shop; they were lying in air window, and were given up on being identified by Mr. Abraham, who had gone there in consequence of information be rrceived from the prisoner Turner. Mr: Snowball, who arepeared for Higgins, said the prisoner had, on various occasions. .been of essential service to the police in thndetection of stolen goods, and it was hard to suppose that he would he guilty of the offence charged against him. He thought Mr. Rushton would hardly consider hiinself justified in committing him. Mr. Rushton admitteclebecorrectness of Mr. Snowball's statement, and said he would consider the matter. On Wednesday they were again brought up, when the female prisoner was committed for trial, and Higgins discharged' aftera severe reprimand,. TIIE REV. HUG-n. AVNEILE.—We observe' that a second edition has just appeared of the rev.. gentleman's recent work on the " Sympathies e Sufferinge r and Resur rection of the Lord Jesus- Christ." It cones before the religious world in the farm of eight lectures; and we should be neglecting our duty if:We omitted eileawing pub lic attention to a work so eminently calculated for perusal during the present solemn season of Lent, The sound Christian character of . the distinguished writer of the work needs no allusion ; Mr. M'Neile stands promihently forward as one of' our most eminent divines and' greatest pulpit orators. In his writings we find an equally marked evidence of his great ability. The volume' before us breathes a spirit of warm piety and devotion such as we could wish to see prevail iteall Christian congregations. The object of these lectures is to call the attention of Christian people to the great realities of Redemption, as they are presented in the personal history of the Re deemer himself, not to doctrines simply, constituting a theory however orthodox, but to facts e which have effected an entire change in the aspect of civilised society.. It is by such instruction in the vividness and practical power of the Saviour's example, appealing to men as they are, and arresting the attention of the most thoughtless, and not by idle contentions about dresses, and positions, and rubrics, that the church is to be really benefitted, and a healthful tone given to the Christianity of the country. We sincerely hope to see this volume universally cir culated. It should be in the hands of . every Christian family.—Morning Herald. THE SOAP DUTY.—The deputation from. the soap trade, which consisted of Lord Viscount Sandon, M. P,. Sir Howard Douglas, M. P., and others stated to , Sir Robert Peel, who was attended by Mr. Wood, the chair man of the Board of Excise, the serious disadvantages under which the soap-makers at present labour,. and which would be greatly increased: if the orders of the Treasury which had recently been issued were put into full effect. Sir. Robert Peel stated to the deputation that he would be at all times ready to entertain.any opinions which might be submitted to him for the advantages of any par ticular branch of manufacture or trade, and his time, he considered, was never better employed than in. paying at tention to the complaints of any of our leading commerci al interests. The deputation in urging upon Sir Robert Peel a notice the great injustice which would be inflicted upon the English manufacturer pointedly placed before his notice, that if the orders in Council were carried into effect, there would be no possibility of the English manu facturers competing with those of Ireland, who had no excise duty to pay ; and they (the deputation) humbly represented to Sir Robert, as the First Lord of the Trea sury, that the interests of every portio.a of the cammunity would be advanced by the entire abolition of the duty. Mr. Hawes then instanced our cotton, silk, woollen. and other branches of trade who were obliged to resort to spurious compositions whereon no duty was payable, in order to compete with the printers of Germany and Swit zerland, who in cleansing their works, were obliged to resort to the use of soap. The deputation urged upon Sir Robert Peel the necessity of repealing all duties upon so essential an article. Sir Robert Peel, who receved the deputation with the greatest urbanity, stated that he bad entertained the subject seriously, and would take the representations of the deputation into consideration. AN APPRENTICE CASE.—A respectable-looking young man was brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with absenting himself from the service of Messrs. Maddy and Co., cigar -makers, to whom he had been indentured as an apprentice. Mr. Payne, attorney, ap peared for the defendant. Mr. Greenhouse, manager for the firm of Maddy and Co., stated. that, during the six years the defendant had been in their service, he had au sented himself on not fewer than 403 days. Mr. Payne contended, in the first place, that the term of apprentice ship had expired, and, in the next, that, as the defendant was of age, all jurisdiction from that and every other court had been removed. Mr. Rushton denied that jurtsdiction was removed from every other court, as the plaintiff had his action at law. The mother of the de fendant having here proved that he was born in the month of February, 1823, and christened at St. John's Church, and that he was, therefore, of age, Mr. Rushton said he had no jurisdiction in the case, although there was little doubt that he had been guilty of a very dishonourable act in absenting himself from the employment. Mr. Payne observed that remarks from the bench were not quite in place in that stage of the proceeding, as the case being out of the jurisdiction of the court, he had not gone into any defence to the complainant's charge against the young man, and that had he done so he would have shown that 18 days, commencing on the Ist of February last was all the absence that could be complained of, and that there was good reason for such absence, and during all that time no wages had been paid. But if it would be any satisfaction to Mr. Maddy, he (Mr. Payne) would persuade the young man to serve him for 18 days. Mr. Rushton asked whether Mr. Maddy would like to have his services for the 18 days? Mr. Greenhouse replied, "We shall take our remedy by action." The defendant was then discharged. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—Dr. Wesley gave his first lecture on Church Music on Tuesday evening last, to an audience exceeding 2,000 persons,—the largest number of persons who have attended any lecture yet given in Liverpool. He was rapturously received throughout, and appeared to have created a powerful impression upon the minds of all who heard him, which we trust may be the means of directing attention more prominently to the state of the choirs in the churches in this town. In this lecture the eloquent lecturer traced the progress of music from the earliest Jewish days to the time of St. Ambrose. and St. Gregory,—to the latter of whom we owe so much. and whose feast, curiously enough, fell upon that day (Tuesday). Be stated that the universal belief amongst the learned was, that all the music now in existence Thediffi cult lecture bya the n w u o m rk be o r f o n f io su d b er li n m t e ime , but s. compositions, very creditably performed by th e Phil harmonic Society, which elicited marked enc om i ums f rom a t s he illu j s e t w ra s te i d s the audience. Amongst these was a Gregorian Cnant ; a Te Deem, ascribed to St. Ambrose ; two magnificent antiphonal movements, by Spohr, the recollection of one of which will long dwell in the memory of all who listened to it; and a composition by the lecturer's eminent father (S. Wesley), In exilu Israel, which, we believe, has not yet been published. The latter is truly a rich specimen of harmony, and will not long, we predict, be suffered to remain in a MS. state. Amongst the audience we per ceived a number of our leading clergymen, upon whom, we feel confident, the powerful truths so modestly put forth by the lecturer must have made a strong impression. On Friday night Dr. Wesley delivered the second lec ture of the course, to a crowded auditory. He com menced by a description of the progress of musical art from the time of St. Gregory to the reign of Henry VIIL , the illustrations of which were taken from the works of Farrant and Josquin Je Prez. The introda..4 . o4 coun terpoint and its effect upon the practice of the science was then noticed, after which the church school of music, at the period of the reformation, was cliscuss44 some of length, and its claims to notice at the pre4toa - 1 r fully enforced. Several topics cellal. to At: F_lt, 3 4 mentioned by the lecturer, and, a gal4 - Zt" ,ortatsAtais.. r ner by the amateur members of tlltAgias.d(o-bie,StOitzt,,' trative of his opinions, was gitai , fn to di Abie mthi The next of the course will W d i elicer , Atlis4i n tla i (Tuesday.) '.4t -. •:?":-i t.::-- ' .----:•: ,i.:Ei r \ : i - . •, , -..'; , 1 ,'-", ',.--'-'' ~,,3% .00, 50 0 roi'' o• c be% 500 - Gar" t bet 'Tv' t b" 1 best „ e el) 031# 0 1 " db e° and lell''' . PC ° I% i 0 9 :rt