The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

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Ch ll JO' o ' o ir gor e l e rg t d , 0 O e s • $ l ,; ii,erv 3 st , , 05 4 10 ? 4 , , of to op . e o to o lit,„, is P I 1 0` 1 lo tb V,; , r nie bi P- er y 1 / ` *.l h tb o e f fat t il o pri t ol o f ; or ra te J OI0 ,1) sere t i l er t of I's 0,e, 0 r orther 111flO 0 f a ther' g on; ns a lso d p tiFbo to n , 0 0 ! r o ; a g o o ric ,o r 4 o o,; his "° r 9ct trili . e 4 V th e ,bool d re ° g°l4 4 t v rhY t . , e Sao p- on l / oro b ye P he C. tha t I o a • . AVM r p ed, ,:o g j ee tl ; . o ing r es; „,c 5 n il f i '''rie c i"er• ° ; ue so . „4 4 . itil t " tb o trr'' rd 9 hea ,4e d bY g e o . )un" a lso pte',, , ,! has o 's neniltethe 14tgor ik tl i t s itio ° e trio' , ue r reitiete;l hav e • °tllj9 . 00„0 e at Urbot. tlr i ; at that !1 , be i j lea " /ba olO ' r , at le ° t hcog e l) D e 4 4 haver o 4, oftp o oci' i pe t ' e Is ? t; I°ll l 9 tb d ) 10 ey th o re s IV joie re te r, t , u ,ll. po d y io 1 , 5 /4,5 big/ be c ar aiting'in 1. 0% ucce s JO° h i n to- o f rea tiCb a t lie ;fl i f 11 0; CO' 159 115 ll ° 1 bo Of : ed, t ) rh uron eA tet.l o o , re reP b r ! iPer o r The se wr it c cf . in fr b s i b s le , 5 4,0 1 ',. 1 i0 nar i s w et p o• i" r 0 str e eted t plar b u : " a niow n 'd lu v ! f V A Wit a ra tei o P i r nrjt . Ole hr il , d, dr ive b il y t he il w e ,J ,l l ; her 1 1, 0 r0 05 a Iv o ,. si,. br te s tte a 4r i , is c oc ci t be. rou! e t oro t :oM pud l : ro tb;er a "or' ! r i t es - the;ce 'O9 . 11 f ,‘c A 13 •11; / 10 ,4 1 4 p l t ber d .t Y i t ' ;re st a dl in tt b "hs - ore" SO • not h eeo 1 1 , inn h o li n et° logref tak e 5 le' . f Lo rd te t xlent , traolittee ?Loral latlus. 11, til l -...________ enhead dock trust bill went through the be n p cf the ees Commons, pro forma, on Tuesday. . ts rl daY the Bi th at , and with Coat boys were treated with a trip an ample supply of refreshments ITlitheealietivel4 Proprietor of the ferry,Mr• Nicholls. bopthe teaut attvhlas's the llith ins u t o r ar AeP,,i,nall, on the morning Of Sunday next, 0 , St. IT ' "111 address a sermon to the congrega- Church, Great Howard -street, on 11,eS"erai g f Syr Robert Peel." tooisite ell intle.en' ~i possessed of sufficient means and t 14 tentio it ot ' l ery, have sailed from Liverpool with embarking in the cultivation of cotton at t.°4thelliarsdao3'. William Rettalick, aged 21, second mate , fe l,P, t ki od Luck, at present lying in the Queen's f of the railwayi 74 1114 '' tl as a t t li t ie h d e ( Tai? top to the deck, a height of 35 nuyton-cum off er . o reis eers ot . ~.T1 the spot. etzetfee to their company of .Cl,lOO per mile in re -Roby have accepted the 44 by tt ',..aseessment. The arrangement is con -440, wednese, rrescot guardians. t t ePre f t; °a}', a young man named William Johnson, itl e eln the s • of t e , i •street, fell . ervic e of Mr. Clarke, shipbuilder, • s t eotoi n • " Iroin the spars of a new ship, and his itskili o g Immediately i with the ground, he At the " 4 t ile snot• n contact vu tap kt Chleen's 1 • of Wil t3ri_teaded, w, evee, on Wednesday, the Earl tif• Ll itluist s, shi n a Petition from the bankers, merchants, Wil- Zl es, 'Motile ners, manufacturers, tradesmen, mi!- u _ , .rs le the borough of Liverpool, in public -'", to d• "ra, bled on the 6th J praying her Ma .issoive the of June, kc"-!6eit,ll of present Parliament. kai' 4tl :for s l o 1 R ome, now in England, has received 4 1, s i ,, e 088a1 group in marble, of figures of he e tt !l.. Vel'orted on either side by Justice and Cle f l a hei fi gttre of the e believe, ten c'N ) . At, th e . Queen will be, w . will 6.e Pla ce t side figures eight feet. This group 11 71. 4 , ea : the new Houses of Parliament. ~ tilt Hemetltelite the special meeting of the C?uncu_ of t pitacrrow to consider a recommendation . of 11,4 \eve ;;74toittee " to authorize the construction ll ." 11 j,„ &s ke l i ia front of the Corporation land be- Z'e 31,,' tee sh , e reY and the Birkenhead Slip, upon the °Jozer,•NY, an'(iteended by the Lords Conservators . of e 5 ..,, i of hirt,, that the undertaking of the CFromis 'lle th e ;ahead be in the meantime, obtained to 1•1 •Iiil , P erry k ,9 l e in front of their property between WO' Liver'iln and the land belonging to the Corpo opt4Ley, i , M ,, t 2 i5::,, 1 . 1 t tile iitA.Aß.—On: Tuesday last, a bazaar was qa„ ,t,‘,1114,„ hdhar monic-hall, Hope-street, in order ,s'ee t - r, etoO °v ialt th e burdens resting upon two of the L0 , • 44 ; -e ,con,' l n`; to the Wesleyan body. On condition kik 184are&tions subscribed the sum of £4,000, the tk.ttilb4eraotof'l4,a,,Del Relief Committee undertook to 'Ne r (l ed thisMO ; but the Brunswick Society have thops., offer, and pledged themselves to raise 4, 4:4 thi 14aud thus clear offthe large sum of X 7,000. L l tc 11k8Pe807- have already been raised, and there ,4,,) . t ; c)! an other £1, 500 being paid off. As an 'e..: - Q ,e'as°l„.",,Ta'ote the rem oval of these debts, the I t V' the iorted• Amongst the miscellaneous inci heti the ' 4l , 4 real live Chinaman was introduced, kip ti , *ritteoe! and he indulged the ladies with their ‘he o ,,,lth e win, Chinese characters. The bazaar con •'ised , aud we believe that nearly £lOOO has t r „ .1 1 : le . „ 41e l v I t '•:at fe'rbk-denny Lind will sing in Liverpoolxbtrea kotirel the pZgico• She will appear at twoeg L• W e lt Eittiarinueonic Soc.iety. her transatlantic helnalerstand lore start . ing on_ of her appearance tt -z t. _ P r t d _ the evenings the 19th of Op „ ~Y , the 16th, and Monday, : . t he first ni ht h 'll eive a miscellaneous 4_e1424 th e se __ , g .e wi _ f in the oratorio of tiN3eh., wi e l l 'a s it e sh h e will p t e t r n or t m n say she prefers. Nttq to o,:tesaay followaisngwrsi,ee will bid a temporary ea to-sh s ! l°l •es, a d -. 1) ric in the United States Jto 8-11) Atlantic"' a The committee, whose ,eit4es be:care the best . available talent has on all tell'Nl, ',,klak'oßklatlifested, have completed engagements -kliPet*-°fltag, Gardoni and other artistes for the ,l,wll. ion coecbeen practicable, ' had it kc".l e ,„_ cl hav e 1 , ,and,ert i' Lind 9 ueen glad to secure the services of Th.... e es. for the especial benefit of the ordinary s'!t*APtto t _ . .t l 4 , thet:lt WEsT INDIES.—At the half-y l e e a t r t l e y r y lo 7 4 e4 r atti a En e e r Pool Chamber . of Commerce,y, to which k a , s , e ireh_.rcaritile firm in t is It had reference ,tli7 of 4 r Tdnee was attached . . which was for te:" rile cuoiteX. grown in Jamaica, t,71 tuetiltivati:':un with the letter. The writers stated ~ „, n ‘ ef cotton demanded less severe ti 444 ,,_ 0" cult ? labour ''' e t o 1 -4( on and that women and children N t ,ye r, P oy ed • , the West Indies, li t v is th the pia tu the former. In . , ielded two , ~_Br• lied e Y a , _IA .w•as perennial, lind it 3, ber. The Vh, tir 7 l suit tar, In June and one in Dece 4 th e r e Thg the •0 4 e1 s,, coast was very favourable m for its I,„_if, eatte„was this advantage over the States and' Vir t i: i r ne ed Vould be depended on for picking, 14N0 tae as one apprehended from frost. The sample..ew Mat po d ' an t j w i ll near Kingston, Jamaica, from IN desit oe 't was said by experienced brokers to h e „w Orleans fair. Egyptian seed, however, t, ; ' l i• fi ln ,,., ti t tt, ka. ..nt, be better adapted for culture in the * sed 1 tii, N., 4 tlo •'• 0 The sale ~,;, s q l -tiki L AND AT BIRKENHEAD.—The , 0 4 rign to of Birkenhead l t4 i,! l ;e kh. 'ree da the Commissioners 41 ,,Iyetio ne Y, in the Town-hall, Ar. I Winstanley numerous N ,N9p, , e r• The . company present was _ 4eitq eitice;able, consisting of many capitalists from kt 4 ead t t eip ,etttnead, and the neighbourhood. For i h r. 401/44 thebti," b eautiful and picturesque Park of B t l , t ,' tit l ice o :,'N vvas brisk, and most of the lots sold_ and 1};.., the to the the upset price. For the other I eter k t . ' I rs, foh.e co mmissioners, called the em 4 Lic e : 110 i',lll,l•and, and land adjoining the market " I ' 4 4 4l fit l ' q ing. The following lots were sold at E 1 4 1 . 4 1ty ,e,d :- 1 1 , 5 , 1 .,'15. p)Bet I . 6,,ie ~ 7 lees. Sold at To whom I*. i ~2 t e• 7 " .• ' 8 °(1. '•8 ed John Ravenscroft, Esq. 11 ' 1, 12 •. • 6 d• • ' • •• • - into itiv 1,- I . 8 . 1 3(1. • • ''' 9 d• •• • • 1 •Bt kburne, Esq. i i . 3 06 ko hl • • Bs. 3d. .... T. B. ac , 'OS •. es •••6s 6d Boothby, Esq. il ' rksa . a .64 - • (Id .... -1" CA ~ 5 8 * 6(1. • • 6s ' • • } Ditto. ••1 1 „,4 a. G, I. • , 6 s. 6d. .. . k . 11 , to • Gg. cid. • • s s• 6d.. .... Ditto. ,4 7 : 9 s. o d. • • 6s. 6d. .... Ditto. iv k k , ,, 0 •. 9 a. o ct. • • 9s. od. „ „ J..Ravenscroft, Esq. ,%'• s t .l4 ,. Od • • 9s. Od. .... Ditto. !" `',,,1 1• • ..'s• 6,1: • 8 s• 9d. .... Ditto. burne Esq. i••11-'t •• „ , s• G d • • .'B. 3d. .... T. B. Black .. , 6 , Ar•VIA2 ' 4. 0, 1 • • is. 3 d..... J. H. Hipde,E 11. k, th_ •• . : o3 4t • • ,Is. 0 , 1. • • 7s. od. .... Boothby, Esq. , ••Os 9d J Ravenscroft, Esq. I ti l .911 2 :: ' B4' G oi d• • • 7 s: 6 d.. ...... Ditto. ,tit k l to t i o th . t s ) -; • • 9s. Od. .... Ditto. It: l tle'l' by - ft e, we understand there was disposed ee it ° I 43 ""e Co mmissioners, land in the Park to ell WA 'Om 41 ,0 / t p I L A "u n • hN te4 '" e d ee v:•Tl. E ' N T. - --An alarming accident, fortu -3v Iv ci clo d . ' l '. no serious consequences, occurred t isp..lime i ste t ; .gn 'Wednesday, at the terminus of the ik;•Nhteof t ueer t pr,'"•,ailsv!iy, in Lime-street. A ‘.‘ cheap ' ell ''''' UP in Staffordshire, and a train cos e„ tYcts, , 'qui, ° carriages, containing probably 500 P 1 NA. L. started from Uttoxeter on Wednesday 1.4 e AZil etalvieePool. At e h station at which the ;td, it p , 'a contbution " f passengers were sup tkis't V,•„.' ll,eeded on its a ay " like a snowball kt4key•ik,'-t'oresi;•titriving at Edge-hill, the guard of the 1 - Ived - " l ee COM- -- 1 of the •1, s a ti the assist pang' who had the . charge, t o tit ance of two experienced breaks % I , st,oi ld ,,° the Lendon and North Western Com ttt r 'q, a "ct the train safely down the tunnel to 4 , ! t 1 , r a t 4 and , as n the breaks ~' N o , de ka _, al, these men applied .. 4 1 1 1 e F l teo p n "ed i but the North Staffordshire tkot ti ßte cteci ant of the angle of declivity, is supposed 't;tei 'e tr • the same • 'consequence I,,``zk. fr o , kin, wl ,. ,rne precaution ; the Nt tv• th e . .1 th e . uen was an uncommonly heavy one, t,4t,,tt tunnelstron at a frightful velocity, and struck i, l tt' t •l o o With° wall separating the terminus from i,NA t,e two such force that the buffers actually i'lpre Mli s , of the large blocks of freestone of r.ti Nt,P.ltated(itstructed. The passengers, of course, INA r ai ned e_lrorn their seats, and about fifty of et4krieottlaltiertusions more or less severe. The N , t , k tlese consisted of blackened eyes, cut lips, 4,..'S eh, 8 ' POrt u • lost nor ee ''4' of h e kr. t i eately, no lives were tiNeo, H otel ecoin,,___ en', Booth, the intelligent co 8e , opa;sit'Y. s ent roost of the sufferers to the .. 4 1 r efr Illd b ailway, with directions that I't kelpNt a spared d• 1 istance and tip y . sh ore 7 ., or me ica ass ap„',9 l L on ,, 'Jr. Walton. of Seel-street, and 4 i Sm ~ed the re were presently in attend ,i, N er gattab er . v I;equisite remedies. So excellently, oll'o'topil tpighafre,?, Years, has the traffic through this eA k .14 1 e se nri u . l that we believe since its opening, i II N ,), ap ont ‘-, accident that has occurred. 14; 4 ItTy ,Xlictii k l .). 1 —lli_ TECTURAL AND ARCELEOLO•• thmqtNi beig e Ma c , ~! society took its annual trip on ob:rltho n'e!le,c_ted this time for an antiquarian AN t! e i..ed ver„lF_4l2ouring city of Chester. The I,4kLkitkore eigitrourably with heavy rain, but (.1 1 4 4 1 4 - :,at t Zf of t en ip clock, and the weather during lit,kl 'ely ',. ( led t he ,,,_9 ll aY was most propitious. The keyi ,:_k e ll en `ljer, 0 erring service in the cathedral ; and, tO l i - 1 7 %Ole y e ,,,` . 11 ., zvous was held in the Lady kiN t g poled with sorti e nn Slade favoured the corn -I.`titit)4 ips'ltlets. Fr om remarks on the chapel and th.srs„_e dtPeet sr.-rrorn the cathedral the party pro q c trif o lt h, b Oswald's. They then had their tht l ll 4 hoto i r , Y th Rev to the ki e h p Nti t ltuip , b - • the north . Canon Slade, . _ hhi h •eit let suet-e4lglish •transept, and examined sti - le Noe l work r emains in the Vestry, as well 11,2 attict h e ,aeted b on the closets. The party eyiti Nig, Y Nit. Ayrton to the Ivault Arm ll or on fo,rs. The r .,,, a Norman _ eit L ete t e el o ij 4 f ew _`'ll pter-house next engaged O,s De by 4 ii,:l.rs, the annu.tes ; and, after a hasty nti t ekt 'loci t I N to examination of the cathedral i or tay t ...iie i.eci Norman remains of the north ti7Ni_ NI A) , 'Th e nets of the palace. The Chester Ilt 41, 1 , z5 0 t 44 2, of ,arrhole of this Peram . b l t . n was a po l Pit, m el tt) ',.:seieritifieet.l,,ectnarks, and disc a us a sio lo ns, most kittet,,,,ep t J:obres Prom the cathedral the party ! k 'lli ki 14 n ed b rriorY. 'the they t P kt es, th e ta P r i . Y the rector, re were . most :IN es tl • 1 ; 4 ohrf gard e — er• ,An ' arch without tt t ,eir,,Zy or Bt. t'h a to ils atlas,: josnsiderably puzzled our t' iop„ tl Nt lf ll * ! I .?! 1 00,,_ 11 8 called ,oer. doubts were both I.,`' ICI of lie Br a "culogh*l" 1 rtu, as it always does p Ili set. e the d e taste, almost unbounded f th e tch t 4 °l4 , 4 , e arly u r,ef the Norman parts, and 4 ep o kh r e.al si n Akio theng.'ish, were alike discussed." Zr ti : lk ttlaiot, li ci o. e? .4t.. served .given by the Liverpool , oloYOrs,e them , s t 4,, e_rved in the Assembly-room vel rat, atvy uers o r. outiieroua sat down 'ke t he (/eeii pied b. t he Live Party • • ivy ; 4 Net pl ed m ••••Icto n l c rP0(,)1 Architectural I , it s r• i . 'ehai i ., e chai r . •,,',.. se,theirpresident,who, ki b rl , hop° fl out i , Af .r , ei ra ; r• A.. Holmes, who occn teAl4eltrv, VI en I.ihretrinni.".,,Yeecl, honorary secre °t4.o44.t6d 44. .R . R . 4 eer ; g r ._ al!. Thomas Duncan, 4 4t 14 t .ti ti - e. 01. tr ow __ , f: Charles, Mr. 4 .4e g t ith e , tier _" Air. Ross Mr. tia e,, ch a , cur* multi •l• • ' g tlik 4 r le, p o ,, Ler or ,s c? us. The quar t. '` 1 e Proeeergical The was inn were of a most .... ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—From a return presented to the council on Wednesday, it appeared that the total amount expended on the hall up to the present time was £140,300,45. 4. ; for future works, the completion of the steps, approaches, ventilation, courts, and other contin gent charges, £34,367 9s. Bd. ; for a large organ for St. George's Hall, and an organ for the concert-room, fixing, &c., £17,000: making a total of £191,667 14s. The courts will be ready by the March assizes of next year. THE WEATHER.—Light showers fell on Wednesday morning up to seven o'clock; the remainder of the day was clouded, but fair. Thursday morning was showery; the forenoon was alternately clouded and bright. From noon, heavy showers fell at intervals, and about 4 p.m. a thunder storm passed over the town, the electric fluid striking the chimney of a house in Windsor; scattering the earthenware top in fragments, and descending through the chimney and fireplace to the yard, without further damage, or i njuring the children of the family, who were in the kitchen. Friday was bright and moderately warm, but on Saturday the rain descended in torrents the greater part of the day. Sunday and yesterday were tolerably seasonable, though rather cold. ADELPHI SHADES.—It will be seen from an advertise ment in another column, that this popular restaurant is now under the management of Mr. George Latham, for merly the proprietor of the St. George's Tavern, in Fen wick-Street, and more recently at the head of the cuisine department of the Exchange Club. Mr. Latham is a clever and spirited caterer for the public, and he cannot fail to restore by his attention and politeness the high character which the Adelphi Shades for many years enjoyed. WRECK or THE ORlON.—Captain Douglas arrived in Glasgow from Portpatrick on Thursday, and brought the gratifying intelligence that the body of Captain M'Neill, of Collonsay, had been recovered and given up to his re latives. The strong south-east winds which have pre vailed during the last few days have sent in a tremendous ground swell, which, it is feared, has broken up the ship, as the quarter-deck has parted and come ashore. At all events, all hopes of raising the Orion entire are now at an end. The three government steamers still remain on the spot, but they have-been of course inactive, from the severity of the weather. When the sea calms, the divers will go down ; and as there will be now easy access to the interior of the ship, should she partially hold to gether, it is expected that a great amount of property may be saved. MR. SKIRVING'S COLLECTION OF ROSES.—The fine showers which have fallen during the past fortnight have been no where more beautifully felt than in the various nursery grounds and gardens in our neighbourhood. Vegetation which had languished under the influence of protracted dry weather, wherever the laborious process of watering was not attended to, has advanced with a ra pidity which we have rarely seen paralleled ; and a visit to any of our first-class horticultural establishments is just now a treat indeed. We had last week the pleasure of a ramble through the extensive grounds of Mr. Skir ving, of Walton Nursery, and of inspecting his collection of greenhouse and other plants, which we never observed in finer condition, or affording a better choice for pur chasers of rare and ornamental plants. The pelargoniums, and fuchsias are especially excellent, and in every variety. The collection of heaths is also very beautiful. Amongst the more rare plants interesting to the professed horti culturist, are some very exquisite and valuable specimens. Our visit, however, was made more expressly to the col lection of standard and other roses, now in full bloom, which the public are invited to inspect for the purpose of selecting sorts for removal to their own grounds as soon as the season is sufficiently ;natured. The former are peculiarly suitable for ornamental gardens, occupying little space, and from the elevation of the stems upon which they are grafted, presenting a very pretty appear ance. No tree, in fact, is so suitable for the parterre, or the small cottage plot as the rose, when treated in this mode. Mr. Skirving's collection is very varied and rich alike in colour and perfume. A large assortment of the best sorts of roses, both in pots, and cultivated in the open soil, is also available for purchasers ; and every other species of favourite ornamental plants, in every stage of growth and perfect cultivation can be supplied to pur chasers. The shrubs at this establishment, it is well known, are surpassed in none other; and many rare foreign sorts are here perfectly acclimated and as hardy as when seen in their native soil. A visit to the nursery just at this period will well repay the trouble of the journey. DISASTER AT SEA.—A casualty of an extraordinary and fatal nature occurred on Tuesday last, on board the ship Hemisphere, Captain Whittelseye bound for New York, with cargo and passengers. The vessel, which be longs to New York, and is one of the usual passenger ships between that port and Liverpool, left the latter place on Sunday last, and when off Holyhead, about halfway across the channel, on Tuesday night, the wind com menced blowing very strong, when the captain sent a number of men aloft to reef the topsails. Eighteen men were speedily on the yards to carry out these instruc tions, when the ship gave a tremendous lurch, and the three masts were at once blown overboard. All the men, with the exception of four, were then thrown with great force on to .the deck, two of them, William Gibbs and George Bethell, being killed on the spot, and all the others seriously injured. Four of the crew were pitched into the sea, one of them not to rise again. The remain der of the crew then got up what headsail they could, and put the ship round. After beating about all night, they were taken in tow by a steamer, and brought back to Liverpool. The wounded men were then conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where several of them still lie in a very precarious state; and indeed one of them, named Blair, died on Friday night. The coroner's inquest on the two first-mentioned men returned a verdict, on Thursday, of accidental death. On Saturday, another inquiry was instituted by the Coroner as to the death of the man Blair, who had died in the meantime, and consi derable doubt was expressed as to the surgical treatment he had received. After some evidence had been taken, the Coroner invited the particular attention of the jury, stating that a little circumstance had occurred when the captain was giving his evidence the day before which made the case pregnant with every feature of man slaughter. It was notorious to all who read the public journals that there was a great amount of mortality on board emigrant ships, whilst convict and other vessels, comparatively speaking, escaped from fatalities of the same description. He did not mean to cast any imputa tion on the captain, the crew, or the owners of the ship, but there was great reason to suspect that the surgeon was not altogether blameless. Mr. Taylor, of the firm to which the ship was consigned, was sent for, and, in answer to the Coroner, stated that he did not know any thing of the surgeon, except that he was a German, and it was stated that he had his proper diplomas. The inquiry was resumed yesterday morning, when the depositions of the different witnesses were read over. The evidence of Mr. W. B. Fryer, surgeon at the Northern Hospital, went to show that deceased was brought into the hospital on Friday ; he was in a state of collapse, the pulse low, and at times delirious; the right upper arm had been amputated; the bone had not been sawn through; a piece of calico was tied very tightly round the extremity ; death, caused by mortification, ensued the same night. A post mortem examination was made, when the viscera appeared perfectly healthy ; the artery was cut through, not torn ; the bandage was not tied in a proper manner; the artery had not been secured, and the circulation was entirely stopped. This; of itself might have caused the mortification, an opinion to which the witness inclined, though he would not state this as his conviction. Mr. Curry went over the case rather fully. He regretted that the man was allowed to remain on board so long, without being taken to the hos pital. He laid down the law of manslaughter in general, and particularly with reference to cases similar to the pre sent. He spewed that there are no criminal consequences from an unlicensed person acting as a surgeon ; but if a party takes upon himself to perform certain duties, such, for instance, as those of a surgeon, and discharges his duty in a gross and improper manner, he is liable criminally. He pointed out the difficulties by which the defendant was surrounded at the time the accident occurred, and also to the fact of Mr. Watt not choosing to describe the treat ment as gross; for it might have been proper under the circumstances. After a few minutes deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. LOCAL MEETINGS. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—These gentlemenheld their monthly meeting on Tuesday morning last. From the proceedings of the committees, it appeared that a portion of the park had been let for the purposes of an archery club, at the rate of £3 3s. per acre. The ferry receipts for the month of June, 1849 and 1850 were as follow :-1849, £1,839 Bs. Bd. ; 1850, £1,813 19s. Bd. From the 23d April to the 30th June,lB49, £4,129105. Bd. ; 1850, £4,178 ls. 3d. The total expenditure from the lat ter period was £2,227 ss. 6d. It was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Greene, that for the future the meetings of the board should be held at seven o'clock in the even ing instead of half-past nine in the morning. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-011 Wednesday, at the weekly meeting, the sum of £l5 was granted for the emigration of William Coburn and three children, having been sanctioned by the Peor-law Board.—Mr. Harrison reported that, on visiting the Workhouse that morning, he found upwards of forty infants there, and no one to instruct them. He moved that Mr. Cleaver be requested to write to the Poor-law Commissioners for permission to get a person to instruct the children. Agreed to. — Mr. Harrison also alluded to the desirability of a half-ton measure being procured for the Workhouse, whereby Mr. Lytbgoe, the governor, might be enabled to ascertain the correct quantity of stones broken per day by some of the paupers. Agreed to.—A letter was read from the trea surer of the county, requesting that the arrears of rates due, amounting to £l5O 9s. 3d., be paid before the next quarter sessions, in order to prevent proceedings being taken against the union. The townships in arrear are the following : —Walton-on-the-Hill, £lo3llx. 9d. ; Nether ton, £2l 9s. 10d. ; Sefton, £25 7s. Bd. Docx COMMITTEE, THURSDAY. The tender of Messrs. George Noble and Co., to supply a hundred fathoms of inch-and-quarter chain, for the Formby lightship, was accepted.—Mr. Fisher and Mr. Sandbach were appointed to assist the chairman to revise the list of dock voters, on Tuesday, at eleven o'clock.—An abstract o f t he receipts and disbursements on account of the docks, up till June, 1849, which has been prepared for presentation to parlia ment, was submitted. It was not read, but laid for the inspection of members on the table.—A letter was read from Mr. Dodd, solicitor, threatening an action on behalf of three clerks in the Albert Dock warehouses, who, for some offence not publicly stated, had been dismissed. It was referred to Mr. North, the solicitor.—A long letter was read from Mr. Thomas Paul, of Colquitt-buildings, Parr-street, stating that one of the hands employed on the landing-stage, named Smith, had leaped into the river on the previous day and saved a man from drowning. He suggested that, in such cases of rescue, the Dock Committee should bestow some reward. Referred to the marine sub-committee.—A letter was read from Mr. Draper, of the sehooner Gorallah, complaining that he Till liITIIPOOL Al BALA, had been fined £5 by Mr. Rushton, for not obeying some orders given by the dock-master at the Queen's Dock, he not knowing,. at the time, that he was a person in vested with office. Referred to the harbour-master's sub committee.—Mr. Thos. Withers, an assistant in the treasurer's office, resigned his situation. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The first half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., the president, in the chair. In opening the proceedings Mr. Horsfall alluded most feelingly to the loss the country had sustained by the death of Sir R. Peel, and then referred to the two prominent features in the report of the council—the Mer cantile Marine Bill, and the subject of the settlement of commercial disputes by arbitration. With reference to the former they took exception to it on the ground of its centralising spirit, and as respected the latter, bye-laws to be submitted, would form the basis of their course of action, and they had for their object the adjustment of disputes in a conciliatory and economical manner, and without delay. The report, embodying the bye-laws re ferred to, was then read and unanimously approved of. After some discussion the Chamber resolved to memori alise government in favour of a modification of the stamp duties on an equitable principle. Thanks were then voted to the chairman. From the evidence . f the two- husbands and other wit nesses the following facts transpired :—The prisonerwas first married on the 12th of March, 1843, at St. Luke's Church to Frederick tustin a seaman, who, after a resi= Bence with her of a fet v month went to sea, returned, and again resided with his -wife for a short period and their finally left her. On th.T Bthof March, 1849, the woman contracted the second marriage at St. Peter's Church with a man named Matti rows, an- engineer, employed at Messrs. Gardner's block 'manufactory ; with this man she has lived from that period to the afternoon of Friday last, when circumstances trauspired which. led to her being given into custody on the a hove charge. in her defence she stated that, Austin left her in a state of destitution a few months after he was married, and that since that period he had never corresponded in any way with her ; that from this circumstance she was under the impression that he was dead, and this belief was confirmed by a per son who knew him abroad, and who informed her that her husband was dead. She had represented herself to the second husband as a widow. Mr. Booth informed the prisoner that although her defence might avail her in another court, it could have no force there, and that she must be committed to take her trial at the assizes. SMUGGLING.—An athletic Irishman named•Macavoy, was placed in the dock on a charge of smuggling. It ap peared that he had been stopped between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday night leaving the Nelson dock, and, upon being searched, a seizure of seven pints of whiskey was made. The prisoner got up a very plausible defence ; he stated that he was in the practice of driving cattle as they were landed from Ireland, and that the whiskey refer red to was in a basket which belonged to the mate, who requested him to bring it ashore; in proof of his innocence he would show them two notes sent to him to bridewell on Sunday. Upon these notes being handed in alittle merriment was occasioned from the fact of their contents indirectly inculpating the prisoner, they were instructions as to the policy he should adopt in the dilemma. It was evident the fellow could not read. He was convicte&in a penalty of twenty shillings. IRISH MENDICANCY.—There appears to be a decrease in this miserable class of offenders ; a few were brought before the magistrates yesterday, but not nearly so many as has been usual on the Monday hitherto. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. Mr. Avison was permitted to retire from the paid officers' committee, and Mr. Woodruff was appointed in his place. The Town-clerk being in London, Mr. Driffield, the deputy Town-clerk, read the minutes of the proceedings of the last Council. The proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised the following recommendations :—that Mr. John Surr be appointed to the situation of audit-clerk in the town-dues office, at the salary of £lOO per annum ; to increase the salary of Mr. Fell, chief inspector of weights and measures, from £2OO to £250 per annum ; to purchase four fields on the south side of Newsham-house estate, at ls. 6d. a square yard ; to grant the reversion of so much land in Hardman-street as is necessary for the site of the church only, and the remainder so long as it is used for the pur poses of the School for the Blind. The proceedings also contained the following offer, relative to Birkenhead Ferry, from Messrs. E. and S. Willoughby :—" Traninere Ferry, June 27, 1850. Sir, We beg respectfully to make you an offer for the occupation of the Birkenhead Ferry, on the following terms :—To pay annually £5OO for the use of your boats, with privilege to purchase one or all of them at valuation. To pay £2OO rental for the ferry as it is at present ; but if, in the contemplated alterations, a slip should be formed in a line with Abbey-street, the annual rent to be £5OO, for the term of fourteen years: other usual covenants to be observed. We are, sir, yours respectfully, E. and S. WILLOUGHBY. To the Chairman of the Finance Commitee."—Mr. Surr's appointment was confirmed ; and Mr. Fell's increase was referred to the paid-officers' committee.—The purchase of the fields near Newsham-house was confirmed ; but at the sugges tion of Mr. BIGHAM,- the grant of the reversion of the land in Hardman-street was postponed for one month. Mr. BENNETT inquired if Mr. Venn's visit to London had reference to the inconvenience suffered by the public, owing to the management of the County Court ? HORNBT said Mr. Venn's visit "to London was with reference to a bill in parliament affecting the Borough Court, which was a considerable source of revenue to the borough fund, and of great public convenience, and Mr. Venn's object was to take care that no provision should be introduced into the bill which would affect their court. They had nothing to do with the County Court. The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. LITTLEDALE said that the report on the timber trade was not yet ready.—Mr. PARKER referred to the reduction of £40,000 which had been made in the dock dues, and to the statement that a great inerease of shipping would in consequence take place, and then re ferred to the decrease of £13,000 in the last year's ac counts which had been given b the public.—Mr. THOMSON said the great increase in the former year's receipts arose from the potato rot. (Hear, and laughter.) —Mr. ROBINSON said there was no decrease in the general trade of the port, with the exception of cotton. There had been a decreases of 700,000 bales of cotton, and the receipts on that amount would show a surplus.—Mr. DOVER said it was most difficult to get a positive know ledge of the dock affairs from the published accounts. He had endeavoured to make something like an estimate of the present nosition of the dock affairs ; he had assumed the interest of the money to be £lBo,ooo.—Mr. MANN rose to order. There was nothing in the proceedings to justify any gentleman to go into the position of the dock estate.—The MAYOR said Mr. Dover was not in order. He also thought Mr. Parker might as well be quiet.—Mr. DOVER believed that the dock estate was a good one ; that it was perfectly solvent; but if the Dock Committee went on, in his humble opinion, it would be in a very different position in a few years.—Mr. LITTLEDALE said the yearly accounts of the Dock Committee were made up to the 24th Juno, and when they were prepared, he would be happy to give any member whatever information he might require. As regarded the deficiency, that was also in the same position. All they could state was, that the deficiency arose almost entirely and wholly on the North American trade; almost every 'other trade showed a very healthy increase.—The proceedings were then confirmed. The proceedings of the Courts of Law Committee con tained a statement of the actual amount expended on St. George's Hall, and an estimate of the amount required for its completion and furnishing. The total amount expended on the hall up to the present time, was £140,300 4s. 4d.; for future works, the completion of the steps, approaches, ventilation, courts, and other contingent charges, £34,367 9s. Bd. ; for a large organ for St. George's Hall. and an organ for the concert-room, fixing, &c., £17,000; making a total of £191,667 14s. The report stated that there was no doubt the courts would be ready by the March assizes of next year.—Mr. BIGHAM did not think the report at all satisfactory. It would be exceedingly unsatisfactory to the public to learn that a building which was only to cost £93,000 was to cost somewhere about £200,000.—1n re ply to a question, Mr. J. B. LLOYD stated that the hall would be opened certainly within a few months after the courts were opened.—Mr. PICTON defended the late Mr. Elmes, and stated, that St. George's Hall would have been built for the sum named by him, £93,500, had the Council not thought proper to use a different class of stone, and to order several additions and alterations not embraced in the original estimates; but, he said, when a great town entered on a great public work, which was to be a monument of the taste and the public spirit of the people of the age, and of this town, they ought not to be niggardly, or spoil a large, a handsome and elegant public building, for the sake of £20,000, £30,000, or £50,000 — (hear)—that would remain in future ages, after they were forgotten, and would be a memorial of the taste of Liver pool in the middle of the nineteenth century. It would be an example to their successors to follow, to adorn the town of Liverpool, and make it second to none in the em pire in external beauty, as it was second to none in public spirit. (Hear, hear.)—After some further discussion the proceedings were confirmed. From the proceedings of the Water Committee, it ap peared that three applications had been made to Mr. Hawkesley to give the necessary instructions for the erec tion of a machine for testing water-pipes about to be used in the Rivington Pike scheme; but no answer had been received to these applications from Mr. Hawkesley. Some discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. Hawkes ley's conduct was rather severely censured by Mr. BEN NETT, and other gentlemen.—The proceedings were con-. firmed. A letter was next read from a society recently esta blished in London, for maintaining and extending self government, in opposition to centralisation. The letter showed, at considerable length, the evils that would arise in corporate and other towns from the recent health act and other measures; charged the government with hurrying bills through parliament at the close of the session, and requested the Council to aid them in repel ling the strides of centralisation.—Mr. T. B. HORSFALL moved that the communication be referred to the Health Committee. He said he concurred a great deal in what the communication stated. He did not concur, however, in the statement that there was a desire on the part of the government to hurry bills through parliament, embracing that principle, without giving ample time for their consi deration.—Mr. DOVER said, as regarded the introduction of the new poor-law, although it had not added to the well-being or comfort` of the poor, the rates had been doubled. That arose from the fact that gentlemen, who neither paid the poor-rates nor knew anything about them, directed their proceedings. They had a Select Vestry, and they fancied they were managing the affairs of the parish. It was no such thing—the management was altogether in London. Mr. BRISCOE brought forward his motion respecting the purchase of land for markets, which, after a long dis cussion was negatived ; but Mr. Briscoe's name was placed on a sub-committee appointed by the markets committee, to consider the rental of the stalls, and the subject of market accommodation generally. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday, an ill-looking Irishman, about 21 years of age, was committed for trial for stealing four gold watches from the shop of Mr. J. J. Drielsma, in Hanover-street. The prisoner deliberately broke one of the squares of glass to effect his purpose. THE SUBURBAN BURGLARY CASE.—On Thursday the three women who were supposed to be concerned in the suburban burglaries, with the three men committed to prison as rogues and vagabonds, last week, were taken before James Lawrence, Esq., county magistrate, at the office in Clayton-square, and committed to take their trial, on a charge of stealing the watch which was found in their possession, and which it was proved belonged to Mr. Langshaw, of Warrington. The prisoner had been knocked down and robbed whilst in a state of intoxication, at Newton races. The prisoner Mutch, who made his escape out of the bridewell, has not yet been apprehended. A TRICKSTER.—Thomas Cox, a fellow who was for merly employed on the Birkenhead Ferry boats, but who for ",a length of time has made a living upon a small Joseph Ady scale, by obtaining money from persons for " informing them of something to their advantage," the difference being that the information in his case is given first, and the fee solicited afterwards, was brought before the court for obtaining twopence from William Jones, a painter, residing in Hutchinson-street, West Derby-road. The prisoner told Jones that if he would apply at a cer tain place named he would procure a long jab ; but, on making application as directed, Jones found that it was all a " hum," not the " colour" of a painter was wanted. Several other persons upon whom Cox had played off si. milar tricks were in attendance in court. Cox is the same man who, some length of time ago, honoured Mr. Wil loughby by sending over to him from Liverpool the para phernalia, at the same day and at one and the same time, for a wedding, a funeral, a christening, and for the re moval of any quantity of household furniture, with a full military band included.—The prisoner was remanded. YESTERDAY. BIGAMY.—A decent-looking woman was placed in the dock before Messrs. Booth and Rathbone on this charge. SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST-OFFICE. The following simple and touchingly-grateful memorial to the Queen has been forwarded to her Majesty by the officials connected with the Post-office in this town. We hope sincerely that the gratitude of these men for the blessing conferred on them will not be turned into a less amiable feeling by the result of the motion to be brought forward this evening by Mr. Locke. We fervently pray that that motion will be defeated by such a majority as will prevent the promoters of it again bringing it for ward : TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. The memorial and tribute of thanksgiving of the under signed loyal subjects and servants of your Majesty employed in the Liverpool branch of the general post• Office department Humbly Sheweth,—That, whilst as yet the impression of the hallowed repose of the past Sabbath, and whilst the feelings of adoration with which your memorialists publicly joined in offering thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessing received, are still fresh upon their minds, your humble memorialists present, with feelings of pecu liar delight, this TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE to your Majesty ; while these are heightened by the consideration, that from your Majesty's royal hand they have more imme diately obtained the great boon of " rest from their postal labours on the Sabbath." That there is scarcely any aspect in which your Ma jesty's faithful servants more ardently desire to behold your Majesty—the constitutional guardian of the laws of this great realm—than as an observer also of the com mandments of God ; for your memorialists are persuaded that when these principles unitedly uphold and direct the sceptre, it is then most easily, most righteously, and most effectually wielded. That the delight which your humble memorialists felt by being permitted to observe the Sabbath—though only once experienced since the decree was issued—inspires them with the most pleasing anticipations of what they have yet to enjoy from the stated recurrence of these weekly intervals of cessation from their secular avoca tions; and, relying on the well-known estimation in which your Majesty also holds the tranquillity of the Lord's Day, and on the goodness and justice which, no doubt, will induce your Majesty to secure for your ser vants what your Majesty yourself so highly appreciates, your memorialists look forward, with well-assured expec tations, to the enjoyment of many weekly occasions of remembering your Majesty, your august Consort, and your royal Children, in your memorialists' supplications before the Throne of Grace, at the footstool of the King of Kings, while engaged in the exercise of His public worship on the Christian Sabbath. And your Majesty's most humble but loyal servants will, as in duty bound, ever pray, 8;1. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AINTREE. Three charity sermons were preaChed on Sunday last in the new church at Aintree, in aid of the Sunday schools attached to the church. Before proceeding to particular ize these discourses, it may not be uninteresting to refer briefly to the peculiar circumstances under which St. Peter's had its origin. Until a very recent period the site, if not the very fabric, was devoted to the demoralising sport of cock-fighting. The present minister, the Rev. W. H. Vernon, having been for some time located in the neighbourhood, conceived the idea that, as the district was rapidly increasing in population, owing, amongst other causes, to the contiguity of several railways, this structure, hitherto applied to so questionable a purpose. might, with comparatively small outlay, be the means of bririging together a congregation for the observance of divine worship, and thus an inestimable benefit would be conferred, not only on those who otherwise would have been entirely without spiritual instruction, but also on those inhabitants who formerly were compelled to travel a distance of several miles in order to discharge the obli gations of the Sabbath. Mr. Vernon pursued his object with a perseverance worthy of the cause, and the result has been the realisation of his fondest wish ; the cock pit has been converted into a plain, unpretending, yet neat and commodious temple. The edifice is seated in the midst of the garden grounds attached to the hotel, at the entry to the race-course, and although these are not strictly in accordance with one's ideas of the precincts of a church, they add to, rather than detract from, the sim ple character of the edifice. The church will probably contain about three hundred persons, but a large propor tion of the seats are free, in accordance with the intention of the originators, hence the emoluments of the minister are exceedingly small. Mr. Vernon has, however, con tinued steadfast in the good work once begun, and has succeeded in establishing a Sunday School in connexion with the church. It was in support of this school that he appealed to the charity of his congregation on Sunday last, and the best evidence of the degree of estimation in which his efforts are held by those most competent to form an opinion, is shown by the fact that both the bishop and our venerated archdeacon came forward to his assis tance. The morning sermon was preached by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and the one in the afternoon by the Van. Archdeacon Brooks; there was also service in the evening, when the Rev. D. James preached for the same cause. At the morning service prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Vernon, the bishop and the archdeacon officiating in the communion service. His LORDSHIP selected the following passage for his text :—" Train up a child in the way it should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it," Prov. 22, v. 6. The discourse commenced by depicting most graphically the innocence and happiness of the domestic hearth, when virtue and religion were the guides; pointing to the enviable condition of young children so trained. His lordship went on to explain that all of us are not equally competent to teach our children ; but however little know ledge might be possessed by some, yet they could do much if their hearts inclined them to impart instruction to their children, by inducing them to read good books ; and, above all, that best of books, the Bible, by joining with them in morning and evening prayer, and by bringing them to the house of God on the Sabbath ; but they were not to confine their observance to the mere attendance at divine worship : when they left that place they ought, by meditation and otherwise, to pass the whole remainder of the day as one sacred to the Almighty. But, after all, to plant in the hearts of our children faith in God by the grace of Jesus Christ, was a task beyond us; this great work proceeded from the Holy Spirit. It vi-as Ho alone who could change their hearts ; but this was a reason that our homes should be rendered the means of instruction. In the natural world God gives the harvest, but man is required to till the ground. God rules the sea and stills the raging waves, still man is required to steer the vessel on the trackless deep. And so in the moral world; it is God who, by the influence of His spirit, directs us, but he hao also given us the Bible as a rule of life, a lesson of duty, doctrine, and holiness, giving grace to the charter of morals which he has commanded us to teach our chil dren. When he spoke to the children of Israel by Moses, he commanded that they should teach those things to their children. And, again, in the New Testament, St. Paul advises parents to bring up their childreu in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. His lordship continued, — every man, however humble his station, might do much, by his example, to train up his children in the fear of God ; and he might find much assistance in this good work, in that district, from the Sunday school in behalf of which he (the Bishop) had gladly come there to plead. The school had been established about three years ago, with a small number of scholars at first, but the numbers had gradually increased, and now 200 were in attendance at this school. The minister of their church had laboured in this undertaking with an unwearied zeal, which was beyond all praise ; accompanied by his family he left home early on the Sunday morning, and passed the whole day there, alternately performing divine service in the church and teaching in the school ; in that laborious task he was asssisted by his family, and by some members of his congregation. It was supported in part by the be nefactions of an excellent nobleman, whose universal kindness justly endeared him to all by whom he was sur rounded, by voluntary contributions and by collections in that church. In conclusion his lordship addressed his hearers specially on the value of religious training, shew ing that our calmer moments, when reflection was at work, were often r en d ere d d ou bly happy by reminiscences of early parental admonition ; and even the erring, when the passions had been in part assuaged, were sometimes reclaimed by the powerful operation of those earlier im pressions which survived those of more recent date. We are happy to say that a clothing fund . has been es tablished in connexion with the district. and it has already conferred very substantial benefit on the inhabitants. The collections on Sunday amounted to the sum of 426 15s. The congregation were honoured by the attendance of the Earl of Sefton and his Worship the Mayor. After the service his Lordship, in company with the Bishop, the Archdeacon, the Mayor, and Mr. R. Frodsham, went to the house of the latter gentleman, where luncheon had been provided. 2ffrintiturat anZt hortirultural COLUMN. Our attention was aroused a week or two back by the appearance of an article in the Gardener's Chronicle ad vocating Dr. Lindley's peculiar views respecting botanical nomenclature, and as we doubt not, many of our readers will be induced to form a favourable opinion of the inno vation proposed by the writer, we, deem it our duty to point out a few of the fallacies of - the scheme by which Dr. Lindley seeks to obtain for himself a name amongst the great botanists of the present day. Writing "for the million" has doubtless some advan tages ; it.pays better than the heavy plodding necessary to writings of sterling merit; it captivates the multitude and gives the author a noisy but evanescent popularity ; it however deludes, and consequently proves a real injury ; for it leads to the belief that there is a royal road to know ledge; whereas there is only the patient path of study, with application and perseverance for our guides. Dr. Lindley's works are of this kind ; they have produced much.benefit by directing gardeners-to the study of bo tany, but we very much doubt whether they ever did or ever will make a botanist. _ _ _ The attempt to introduce a new nomenclature into the science of botany can only be intended to please those who are too lazy or too ignorant to learn that already in use ; an object which we think ought to he beneath the aim of Dr. Lindley, whose talents are undoubted. Thousands, it istrue, are deterred from the study of science by fear of the " hard names," or in other words by the difficulty of acquiring the language of science ; these persons will be easly caught by the idea that they can escape this diffi culty, an idea which the arch-innovator has certainly held out as a bait, well knowing the certain effects it will produce. The apparent advantage of his system is, that the un learned may speedily acquire the science of botany with out burthening the memory with the difficult names which are no impediment to the studious man, but which frighten those who want to know without the trouble of learning. It is like promising to teach French in six lessons without the trouble of learning the language of France. The ana lysis of the system is, that as the nomenclature of botany already consists, in the first place, of names formed from the Greek and Latin tongues, and occasionally other sources, allowed by acknowledged authorities ; some of which names are doubtless objectionable ; but the evil is not very great. Secondly, of the common name, or some familiar designation in the mother tongue; and thirdly of the new names of Dr. Lindley, which are hybrids between the other two. This is really the case, and of coursoit is apparent that another difficulty is added, rather than ono removed. Botanical writers will always write their works in the established language of science, because it is uni versal, and they can never be induced to write merely for the benefit of Dr. Lindley's admirers. The language they use is known all over the civilized globe, and every author wishes his reputation to be universal. Neither will the unscientific abandon their familiar names ; Viola tricolor will never with them be the Three-coloured Violet ; it will always enjoy its multiplicity of names,—heartseat e,,pansy, cum multis aliis, and so also with every other plant. The scientific man will always write Caryophyllacem, the un learned admirer will always say the pink or carnation tribe, and in addition to these two the Lindleyian botanist must learn to call the tribe clove-worts, or dianths, or some equally uncouth terms, perhaps not consisting of so many letters, but unquestionably less euphonious. The ques tion therefore resolves itself simply to this :—Will the bo tanist, besides learning the scientific language, in order that he may be understood in other countries as well as his own, and the vulgar names that he may interchange his ideas amongst his unlearned fellow-countrymen; also learn another distinct, equally difficult, but unnecessary language, for the amusement of Dr. Lindley and his ad mirers ! R E V I E W S. Curt iss' s Botanical Magazine.—The subjects illus trated in the present number are a splendid Echinopsis (Echinocactus) E : cristata ; it is a variety of a rich purple colour. The next is a plant of the orange tribe, which is likely to turn out a valuable addition to our stores ; it is called Luvunga scandens, and, from its description, is deliciously fragrant ; it appears to be well adapted for a rafter, being a half-climbing plant, with long slender branches and a profusion of flowers at the joints. hors salicifolia—a most beautiful plant, as almost all of this favourite genus are ; the cerymb is larger than that of I. coccinea, of a brilliant flame colour; and, from the peculiar character of its mode of flowering, we should think lasts a long time. Rhododendron jaminiflorum, of the jessamine flowered Rhododendron : this is the beautiful novelty from Mount Ophir which has been exhibited this season at the metropolitan exhibitions by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter; it resembles a corymb of the much-admired Stephanotis florabunda, only that the stamens, which ate slightly exserted, have red antlers, which gives a lively appearance to the flowers. Calceolaria Pavonii is a fine plant, but not likely to be a florist's favourite ; there is too great a preponderance of foliage and foliar appendages. Voices from the Woodlands, by Mary Roberts. Reeve, Benham, and Reeves.—This is another of that delightful series to which we have before called the atten tion of our readers. The fair authoress of the present volume has chosen a subject which has been too much neglected. How many a young student in botany can give, with tolerable correctness, the names of the flowers Which deck the hedgerows by which he rambles, but is more ignorant than the untutored guider of the plough of the names and characters of those mighty monarchs of the woods whose branches shield him from the burning sun in his much-loved rambles ? In this interesting volume the plan is novel : the trees are made to speak for themselves, and detail their charactics ; and even the hoary lichen and velvet moss tell their wondrous marvels. These works are delightful recreations for the youthful lovers of nature's productions. Maund's Botanic Garden.—Herbert's new Camellia roar : .Alcarnene—a pretty, compact, dark variety, remark able for its symmetry ; Scilla Italica, Forsythia viridissima, Fritillaria meleagris, var : multiplex, and The Castle Pippin Apple, form the illustrations of the present number, the interest of which is by no means inferior to that of former numbers. Sowerby's British Botany.—The interesting genera of Pinks, Catchflys, and Stellarias, form the entire illus trations of the July part, and they are most exquisitely coloured ; the large number of twenty coloured figures in each number is making rapid progress witit the work, which far exceeds anything hitherto attempted. MISCEL L A N E A. The Bebbington Floricultural and Horticultural Society of Rock Ferry have published their schedule for the August show, and it is remarkable for the introduction of two classes of plants which have not before been exhi bited in the neighbourhood of Liverpool—the ferns and the lilies. This is a decided improvement, as both are deservedly in high esteem amongst all persons of taste, and their encouragement will be an advantage. We are happy to state that the injurious reports re specting the loan of plants to parties exhibiting at the Liverpool exhibition have been thoroughly investigated by the committee, and have been proved to be malicious slanders, without the slightest foundation. The following fact seems to deserve the attention of our readers: Rain at Chiswick-1850. Inches. January 1 43 February 0 95 March 0 l3 April May Ist to 24th June . 0 39 6.53 Average amount for the whole year, about 24 inches. Hence it appears that about 63 inches have fallen in the first half of the present year, leaving the complement of 17; inches for the next six months.—Gardeners' Chren. We are informed that the rare and valuable collection of hot and greenhouse plants, the property of his late 11Iajesty William 11., King of the Netherlands, will be publicly sold by auction in the month of August next. The catalogue of this superb collection is now preparing, and will be published shortly ; on its appearance, we shall return to this interesting subject. Wasps.—The Earl of Burlington having commissioned his gardener, Mr. Wilson, to give a penny each for every wasp brought to him that may have been caught in or about his lordship's gardens, from the 23rd of April up to the present time, he has received no less than 2364. As every wasp killed at this time of the year is a nest de stroyed, the number thus prospectively abolished is incal culable.— Old Bell's Messenger, June 24. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. H.—The fact of a flower proceeding from the centre of a pear is by no means uncommon. It is a curious proof of the science of Morphology. T. Newton, Chester.—Your apparatus for heating by gas is ingenious, bnt in its present state cannot answer. You have no compensation for the atmospheric dryness which it will be sure to occasion. 0. L.—Your flower is Zauschneria Californica. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The prospects of the sportsmen this season in the Highlands are better than they have been fora number of years past. The birds are seen unusually plentiful, and quite vigorous. On the shooting quarters of Stratherrick and Strathbane, in ltossshire, they never were more abundant. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—The July Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-year-olds, on Tuesday, was admi rably contested over the T.Y.C. by Mr. Howard's Gre cian and Sir J. Hawley's Venus filly, terminating in a dead heat ; five others not placed. The deciding heat was won easily by Grecian by a couple of lengths. The Chesterfield Stakes, on Thursday, were won by Sir J. Hawley's Teddington, beating Ariosto, Turtle, and seven others not placed. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The match for the Grand Challenge Cup, open to all Royal Yacht Clubs, took place on Friday. The following yachts had been entered to contend, half a minute per ton being allowed for difference of tonnage : Cynthia, 50, John Wicks, Esq. ; Cygnet, 35, H. Lambton, Esq. ; Musquito, 50, Lord Londesborough ; Diana, 62, J. L. Craigie, Esq.— The conditions upon which the cup—a beautiful piece of plate, value 200 gs., was given, were that it should be won two years by the same owner, to become his permanent property. It was first presented last season, and won by the Cygnet, who, in the event of victory on Friday, would have deprived the club of its possession. After a very interesting struggle, however, the yachts came in thus : The Musquito, the winner, at. 6 h. 35 m. Cynthia . 6 h. 54 m. Cygnet Lord Alfred Paget presented the cup to the noble owner, with an appropriate address, which was duly responded to. The Nepaulese ambassador and suite were amongst the spectataraof the race. CORRESPONDENCE. THE NEW CHURCII. OF ST. BARNABAS, LONDON. TO THE EDITOR'OF THE LIVERPOOL sTANDARD. SIR,—I observe, in your last slumber, an article, copied from the Record newspaper, on the opening of St. Bar nabas Church, London, in which it is stated that an image of St. Barnabas was carried in the procession. It is perhaps nothing but fair that the contradiction which has been given in several newspapers, should be given by yourselves. It appears that the only thing approaching to an image, was a small ornament at the top of one of the poles. It is not the first time that the Record has—l fear wilfully—made misstatements on church matters. Yours, &c., C. T. sth July, 1850. SABBATH POSTAL QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sift. —The letter which has appeared in the Albion of to-day signed "A Labourer on the Sabbath," contains a statement so decidedly contrary to facts that you will per haps hardly think it needful to insert a contradiction to it. Still it is well that such assertions should be met as they deserve, as there are necessarily many who might be in duced to credit them. The letters brought by the steam ship Axnerica, which arrived in the river on Sunday, the 30th Rine, were delivered by the first delivery on Mon day morning, the Ist July, as every banker and mer chant can testify--we had ours before nine o'clock. That a:writer who openly proclaims himself a despiser of God's laws, should not hesitate to make a false statement can hardly be a matter of surprise, but that a respectable paper should insert such, when the truth was so publicly known, is somewhat strange. But the enemies of Sab bath rest seem little scrupulous in their opposition. I am, Sir, A LOVER OF THE TROTH OF GUD AND IN MAN. MEDICAL ETIQUETTE. TO THE MEDICAL PROFES.FION OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN,—The town has been annoyed by pamph lets recently published by members of your profession, in which the names of Dr. Dundas, Dr. Vose, and Mr. Ellison shine prominent. Without entering into the merits of, what you may consider to be, Professional Etiquette, I am of opinion that interested parties, or partisans, are decidedly the worst judges. I therefore, out of regard to yourselves, beg to suggest that a meeting of the Profession should be promptly called, which I have no doubt would be attended by every gentleman belong ing to it who has the real honor of that profession at heart ; and that in order to remove all jealousy a chairman of talent and character, one who never sullied its purity, should be appointed. I may name Dr. Brandreth who, though now retired from his arduous, long, and honour able career would, I have no doubt, act, out of the regard which he entertains for that profession of which he was an ornament. Should this course be adopted, truth would come cut, character assailed would be established, or the attack upon it proved to be wrong, and the public would be spared the pain of reading or listening to the conflicting statements of, as you style yourselves, edu. cated men. I have never heard of petty jealousies emanating from the army, the navy, or the law—why then from the sons of Esculapius. am, gentlemen. A PATIENT. Liverpool, July 8, 1850. TIIE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—The life of Sir R. Peel, which has just been so suddenly and sadly closed, will furnish to the impartial Protectionist's mind many redeeming features. We can well afford to discharge the honourable and becoming duty of reviving the good deeds of his eventful life, and interring the bad " with his bones." For myself, freely as I have criticised his actions, I "an say as earnestly, as sincerely, as feelingly as any man, " Requiescat in pace!" It is to him that, as Conservatives, we owe the numbers of our friends, and the dignity of our position in the House of Commons. The Reform Bill almost destroyed our par liamentary existence, when, by the inspiration of his ap.. peals and exertions, the country wrested itself from the incompetent spirits that grasped its greatness. For along time he fought valiantly for the creed which we subscribe to, and rebuked with power those foes whom we still com bat ; he furnished us many o f our we i g hti es t arguments , and endorsed them with the sanction of his high autho rity ; he spent the greater part of his life in a right ser vice, and the last action before his death was a vindication of our party's policy. With these traits in his varied character, we can pass by the BEACON which he has left as a warning to future statesmen, and heave a heartfelt sigh for his departure, and drop a sorrowing tear into his yawning grave l . _ _ Our iYmpathies turn instinctively to those on whom this affliction fell with crushing force, but who yet survive his melancholy fate, to mourn their serious loss ! A PROTECTIONIST. 6th July, 1850. CHURCH ACCOMMODATION FOR THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—Since I wrote to you last week, making a sugges tion or two on church accommodation for the poor, I have received information on the subject which cannot, I think, when generally known, but tend materially to en list the sympathies of every really true-hearted church man who may have the means of rendering aid in so glo rious, £0 heavenly a purpose as to provide those who have not now the liberty of joining in the service of our church the opportunity of doing so,—the opportunity of hearing of Heaven and of learning the way thither ; hence I beg to trouble you again for a small space in next Tuesday's Standard. Out of many I will now take one particular district in the town, and that one not much, if any, less remarkable for the want of church accommodation for the poor, than other districts. It contains about 11,000 inhabitants, for whom there is provided only one church, and there are no other places of worship, except those few houses in the district to which the clergymen of that church go to meet the poor, and there to instruct them " in the ways of God." The church in that district is built to accommodate 1150 persons in pews, and about 300 in free sittings, which free sittings are chiefly occupied by the children in the Sunday schools. There are not more than thirty persons living in the district who are pewholders, and there are not many snore than that number there who can pay the pew rents, even though they be, as indeed they are now, let at an extremely low rent. Now I think it exceedingly desirable that that church, situated as it is, in the midst of the poorest people in the town, should be so rendered that few or none of these poor should be refused admittance, which indeed they almost all are now. 'I he church is an ornament to the dis trict, worthy its benevolent founders ; the clergymen there are hardworking men,—men who work in their master's vineyard by day,—ascending the ricketty garrets, and de scending into the low, damp holes in the earth called cellars, to find out their fellow-mortals, as where often they find them, on a bundle of straw, the only place of all the world these poor creatures can find to stretch their emaciated frames, and where their souls (oh, bow dark !) bid adieu to their earthly tabernacle. Nor are the labours of these clergymen confined to the day,—they are in the district not less than four evenings each week till a late hour. Verily, verily, they eat not the bread of idleness. Their stipends are small, very small, and consequently they cannot overcome the difficulties they meet with in the requests made to them to afford church accommoda tion, unless the friends of the church go to their help. As the church is already built, and built where it may be useful to the really poor, would it not be much better for those who are about to build churches, and especially for those who wish to prevent the spread of error, Romish and all other, by the teaching of the pure word of God, without delay to make that, and all similar churches, as nearly free as possible, if not entirely so. A great part of the church to which I have alluded can be made entirely free, for ever, for a sum of about £l5OO, and to do this, is, in the matured opinion of many, much more likely to be serviceable to the poor, than to build other churches amongst them which would cost much more money, with less advantages. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A FRIEND. Liverpool, Gth July, 1850. istrirt Rthls. The magistrates have granted to Mr. Robert Edgar, of Liverpool, a license for two months to open the theatre in Preston. A fine sow, in the possession of Mr. Higginson, of Hope Farm, near Eccles, recently farrowed the unusual number of seventeen pigs. On Wednesday, at the Preston Quarter Sessions, Edmund Birley, Esq., of Kirkham, and Richard Smethurst, jun., Esq., of Chorley, qualified as magistrates of the county. Among the passengers saved f rom th e di sastrous wrec k of the Orion, was the Rev. Joseph Clarke, minister of Stretford Church, in reference to whom a false report that he had perished reached his friends, together with the news of the loss of the vessel. In tas imony of their thankfulness for the preservation of their pastor, the churchwardens and members of the church presented to Mr. Clarke, on Wednesday, a congratulatory address. together with a purse containing upwards of £2OO. CHESTER CHEESE AND CATTLE FAlR.—TheJuly cheese fair was held on Thursday last, when there was a tolerablp large quantitp of cheese pitched in the halls, a great por tion of which was sold before the market closed. Prime Cheshire fetched from 5 0 s. to 55 5. ; middling good quell ties from 40s. to 455. ; and skim from 335. to 365. In the horse fair, on Thursday, there was a larger show of horses of every description than has beeu known , for several yea rs . There were not many " high-bloods. ' Some good wag gon horses sold at from £33 to £45 each. There were a number of Welsh horses in good condition, particul ar l y Merlins (ponies), for wh ich bet te r . prices were obt a i ne d than heretofore. On the whole, there were not so many sales effected as at former fairs, as buyers were shy. In the cattle market there was a large show of stock, but we are sorry to say, prices were very l ow : the highest sum obtained for prime milch cows was not more than £10; and many excellent ones were disp ose d o f at f rom £6 t o £B. There was an immense number of pigs in the market, a large number of which were sold at higher prices; stores averaged at from 4d. to 41d. per lb. ; fine feeding pigs, five and six months old, went off at from 17s. to £1; and suck. mg pigs from 6s. to Bs. each. The show of sheepwasv im er a y poor, and very hi g h p r i ces as k e d ; i n man y instances sel. !ors refused sd. p er lb. f or s h eep o f a s econd quali ty, 111 consequence of this few were disposed of. _.;,.-~. •