The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

The petition f r om th e Li verpoo l ves t ry mee ti ng aga i nst the window-tax was presented on Friday by Mr. Cardwell. ` 94 Paling rate of Is. in the pound has been laid In Toxteth-park. e N'Bride, the sculptor, has been e l ec t e d secre t ary Ln Liverpool Academy. The North and South Wales Bank is about to build °WY four villas in Birkenhead Park as an experiment. On Saturday, a police-officer, named Titus Leicester, "ale of the oldest officers in the force, died suddenly while tin duty at the C en t ra l D oc k- s t a ti on . Na!asn Mond a y wee k M ary A nn Bl a i r, a c hild res idi ng i n n...nggeove, was severely burnt by her clothes accid en t a lly 'I fire. She died on Wednesday. Messts. Willoughby take possession of Birkenhead Ferry on the Ist of March. They intend running boats to Teen tore at the half-hours, and to Birkenhead at the guar kta.; contractors being at liberty to cross by either. Pe he Cierhead b a ths, f o r many years te na nt e d by Mrs. l), have been given to the Corporation. Mrs. v en's furniture and effectsw ere sold off on Tuesday and ednesday, by Mr. Green, auctioneer. too Yo ung fellow is going about the town, endeavouring goods from tradesmen by promising to pay the lad who delivers them. In one or two instances this d odge has been successful. he nsan Lyons, charged with the frightful murder at a rrington, was arrested in London on Tuesday. H e was committed to Kirkdale for tri-1 on Friday. It is said that he has made a full confession. AINTREE CHARITY BALL.—This annual ball came off Pn Thursday evening, at the Grand Stand, and was at- , 'tended by upwards of two hundred visitors. The arrange °lents weed excellent. The splendid screw-steamer City of Glasgow departed !Fern this port for Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon. zhe took out eighty-six passengers, upwards of 850 tons °f goods, and a large quantity of letters and newspapers. On Saturday evening, a man named Hugh Skimmins, pthe employment of Messrs. Willoughby, Trannaere arrY, while hauling a float to the bottom of the slip, ac cidentally fell into the river and was drowned. The royal mail steam-ship Europa, Lott, commander, :fhi9 l l sailed from the river, on Saturday, with the usual "ins for Halifax and Boston, took out sixty passengers a bd a rich freight of fine merchandise. , Lieut. J. Hosken, commander of the celebrated steam- I niPe Great Western and Great Britain, has been ap pointed to command the Banshee, ex-Holyhead steam- Packet, for mail service in the Mediterranean. On Thursday, a labouring man of this town found a pocket-boon containing a check for £1,169. He obtained a directory, ascertained the residence of the owner, and restored the lost book and its contents—for which honest act he was liberally rewarded with a fourpenny bit. The w or k men of Messrs. Milner ' s, the Safe Works. !overcool, have reported to the Executive Committee that 10 0 men of their body have each subscribed one shillingA the funds of the Great Exhibition at the Bank of Eng land. The principal clerks in the goods departments of the t he and North-Western Railway have presented to I te chief cashier, Mr. Richard Salter, a very handsome blisand' bronzed time-piece, from Mr. Hausburg's esta ment. tow o r he United States mail steamer Atlantic, left Cork in the steam-tugs Dreadnaught and Defiance at ten Mers ey on Tuesday morning. and arrived safely in the the at eleven on Thursday. She lies at present in he river, but will be docked this week. ti :l Th..e . fourth of the series of lectures in connexion with Liverpool Sunday School Institute, was delivered on C es day evening, in the Concert-hall, by the Rev. Wm. tis,Gr_aham, the ibject being " John Knox and the Scot chau. t teformers." Mr. Wm. Crossfield occupied the A ir, and the hall was densely crowded. p a ? Young man in attempting to scale the wall at the paginate of Woodside-ferry on Tuesday night, to avoid di , ug the penny, fell to the ground with great force, and that ft.had abundance of money in his possession to pay kle house of Mr. Thomas Richardson, farmer, of :it l il s e' w red sle Y, , Was, at eight o'clock on Tuesday night last, n, y five men, armed with pistols and wearing Who beat several of the inmates in a most brutal -her, and carried away about £52 in gold and silver, 43rild,isilver vvatcb, and a gun. eap tn .ule morning of the 6th instant, Mr. Peter Clarke, Isl . Qin the Sea Nymph, while on her passage from tip e V to Liverpool, when off the Isle of Man, was pre der- Red into the sea while descending the platform lad wittaind u nfortunately drowned. He has left a widow de B °ns and daughters. ai sti ePutation on the subject of the coffee duties, con liatinAg of Mr. Bramlev-3loore (Chairman of the Bram- Si pr'''',3sociation), and 'Mr. E. Johnson. accompanied by :0 N ,„ .° ° 1 „?8 Birch, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. W. eW and Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an inter riA T e ip the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Thursday. f or named Crawford has been victimising the '°r e l l e ts of Glas g o w 'oy ordering champagne suppers else qp B e" and friends, which he pays for with fictitious of , ( , )Tl e ,,t,he Liverpool Union Bank, signed chiefly n e ° l l ea, " l ' ° " Our worthy townsman of that name ellatod;s° re pudiates the acquaintance. Crawford is in t ° ,, n ,Yuad a n ia - t he riv e r s a boy, about twelve years old,. fell bo at t e o t wthile attempting to jump from the II ood . - t n ea n te ,,, hi ng hold tu l landing stage. The boy succeeded in °f the stags u o the water to u where chains attache a d mee h jumped .. he held on till P A b Y Mean his assistance. The lad was then hauled s of a rope. foi t„SereW .Steam-ship,t o be named the Pioneer. in tended rethe Liverpool trade, is buildin g in Mr. Bell 's yard, w York, and will' be ready to convey passengers tonsthat city to the W or ld' s F a i r . S he will be 2,000 bVils burden, 230 feet long • with 431 feet in breadth of e am anCl 29 feet depth of ' hold. Captain Asa Eldridge 118 been appointed her commander. Webb,4l- mel of a coach and horses has been made by Henry saver, of Boundary-place, which is a fac-simile tthose to be placed in the model of Liverpool for the r eat Exhibition. The model consists of a coach and two Irses, with d r i ver, guard, &c., and two inside passengers. ti 1 1 m ade of paper, p a i n t e d, an d h as b een execute d en ro!)v with the penknife. powers M onday morning, as Eliza Grey, servant to Mr. Was en landlord of a boarding-house in Barton-street, i'; engaged in cleaning some fire-irons, the back part of l)e.ndress caught fire, and she was immediately enveloped e e _ u .ames. On raising an alarm, one of the lodgers suc 17:d in extinguishing the flames. She received a severe 141 on the right side and leg, but is now doing well. r etiar ! . , LIVERPOOL LIFE-BOAT ESTABLISHMENT.—A Vo n, Ll i ,nas just been issued by this philanthropic associa- Life a s n ",, ° wing the result of their efforts to save human -thei r . '" Property during the period from 1840 to 1850. Liverh°Perations are confined to the following points : IT ° ll :ll " b c g,' IV fegazines, Hoylake, Point of Ayr, and lave d , 1198 t , rz". The results are—vessels assisted, 269 ; lives ' 3 eeret„ -raotham attended in London, last week, as the Gre at V, of the Local Committee for promoting the teas o n f ibition of 1851 ; and we believe he has good Pool h `.° be satisfied that the general interests of Liver hleetere b een attended to as regards space. The place catio for the mod e l o f th e t own i s amongs t th e c l ass' . bay, n of the fine arts, and the case of imports will also tap excellent position. rary 'Y on Sunday week, as John M. Roberts, a tempo th._ Watchman in the Bank of Liverpool, was passing e,t"),,t,lgli one of the doors on his way to bed, his finger ar al „ ll ,t the trigger of a blunderbuss with which ho was p,tJvg• The weapon, which had not been used for seve ears, immediately exploded, bursting the barrel, a tt th a t of which entered his hand, and so severely injured the Tri ll was fotid necessary to amputate the limb above 't n list• Ile ss now doing well. that-", GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—We are happy to observe tta r f L nis extensive and important society is pursuing its 11 1 course in protecting property and diffusing valuable ' °lll l t" ra b ,,. a ion to the busy community. At the recent annual ya„VhZ, Mr. John Smiths was elected president for the v,,j,i;• The anniversary dinner takes place this evening, other his Worship the Mayor, the Earl of Sefton, and ftstivitluests have signified their intention to join in the theCt s• I °lrs ACCIDENT.—On Friday, as som e men at wor k tt 1,, quarry in Lower Tranmere were engaged i n h o i st i ng oi.deqe stone, the crane, by scree mischance, got out of N I L and the immense mass fell upon one of them, " V ro• Baker, crushing him severely and fracturing 1 %4 14 leg in two places ; but, owing to the skilful "irab jj;,, s , of Drs. Roper and Gorst, amputation of the ttill rp,"„„,' 'Jeer' rendered unnecessary, though the poor man Ve r ."'l.,,ains in a very precarious state. Baker, who was t hus ' e adY man, has a wife and four children, who are or gappeo r tiyed, for some time at least, of their only means ,:" -Qt WAVERTREE BRIDGE.-011 Wednesday At " u on and North we st ern R a il way C ompany were It a ',su L'm moned for the non-repair of W aver t ree -b r id ge . such red that the former conviction was drawn out in t o t ,a form as would prevent the company from appealing bee,'e Sessions which they intended to do ; and it, had th e arranged diet a new summons should be v thiec -r° PanY fined in a single pen. l, - be necessary ern,' tler Y f°l ' the .11;: t1 ,.ed not guilty '4%ts th ‘ 04 ( 1, Was - totiB4lm4- 4(1 that be,,Y , wt.- • if .strates fined t As an extri the question of Hat 811 ,c e r - o - ad uaa at a contiderable Pol r d t , 'than they were bounc tlcig e. ' 43 convened to repair_t • tap %bi .A $ t as tute ',loc)e full SURANC Is, We t peco raf , et hod of CA -„„ 487„" tTtimely 30th of proved that fcase that the co 1 by act to make ts to t The usefulness of contracts of 3 are me of Eric ntion of A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bailey, M.P., M r . Ellice, and Mr. Laird,, (Birkenhead Dock trustees,) and Mr. Abernethy, engineer, had an interview with L or d Seymour on Friday, at the office of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. BLI7E-COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY.—The twelfili an nual report of this society has just been issued, from which it appears that the present prospeetaof the institu tion are satisfactory. The average number of boys visited during the year has been 146, and the total number since the commencement, 566. Many of these are now mem bers of the society, having faithfifily completed their ap prenticeships. The employers of the boys have, gene rally speaking, expressed the utmost satisfaction with their conduct. The finance account shows & balance in the treasurer's hands of £54 Bs. 9d. During the year, grants of clothing have been made to boys in connexion with the institution. THE REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX.—On Thursday a special general meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool was held in St. Nicholas's Church, to take into consider ation the propriety of presenting a petition to Parliament praying for the abolition of the window-tax. The meet ing was not very numerously attended. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. Holme, Mr. Johnson, Mr. John Smith, Mr. J. A. Picton, Mr. Woodruff, Mr. Brown, and Mr. F. Boult, who recapitulated the usual arguments against this tax, and resolutions declaring the tax "un just in principle, and peculiarly oppressive to the inhabi tants of Liverpool, and other large towns," were unani mously carried. THE LADIES' CHARITY.—The annual meeting of sub scribers to this admirable institution took place on Friday. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks presided. The sub scriptions for the year amounted to £271 13s. 2d., and after paying all current expenses, and making an invest ment of £440, there was a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £l4. The Rev. Chairman congratulated the meeting on the fact of having a small balance in hand, which he hoped would be much increased after the ser mons on behalf of the charities should be preached, for he understood this was to be done annually. They had been told that the clergy did not, as they ought to do, preach in behalf of the local charities, but did for others, and sent the proceeds away. This he himself believed to be the case ; for, however lauoable it might be to send relief abroad, the principle of Christianity was to begin at home. Last year, sermons had been preached in aid of the six charities, and the result had been that they had given to each of these £ll5, notwithstanding that the weather, on the day on which the collections had been made, was most unfavourable. Mr. Bold stated, as another encouraging fact, that during the year there had been fifty-four new subscribers. The number of patients during the year was stated to be 1501, and the number of children vaccinated 1827. THE WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB.—On Thursday, the annual ploughing-match and show of live stock i n con _ _ nexion ;vith - thisclub was held on the land and farming premises of Bolton Case, Esq., of Spittal, near the Ches ter and Birkenhead railway. The show of stock was good—considered superior to most, if not all, former exhibitions, and the fineness of the day brought together a very large attendance of the farmers and others inter ested in the proceedings. The ploughing-match created considerable interest, and upwards of thirty competitors entered the lists. The company, to the number of 200, dined in the evening at the Monk's Ferry Hotel—Chas. Stanley, Esq.. chairman. Amongst the principal guests were Sir E. Cust, the Rev. R. M. Fielden, J. D. Case, J. Bolton Case, J. W. Harden, and T. Noggins (agent to the Earl of Shrewsbury.) The chairman, in proposing " Success to the Wirral! Farmers' Club, called attention to the present state of the agricultural interest, and thought it would be better for farmers to direct their at tention more to the dairy and the storing of cattle, and depend less on the plough. (Applause.) The next toast was the "Army and Navy, coupled with Sir Edward Cost." The Hon. Sir E. Cust acknowledged the toast. He could see no connexion between the army and agri culture, except that they were both in distress. (Laugh ter.) However bad agricultural interests were, he could promise them that soldiering was a devilish deal worse. (Laughter.) As he had told the farmers on a former oc casion. he thought it undesirable to dwell on protection, but to put their shoulders to the wheel. Those who look forward for protection were indulging a very foolish error. The only course to adopt was that recommended by the late it Robert Peel, who said that the farmers must look to a better return by the application of skill and capital. Several other speeches were delivered during the evening. _ _ LAUNC . 11 OF A MODEL BRITISH STEAM-SHIP.--A few days since a fine specimen of a fast-sea-going steamer, was launched from the building yard of Miller, Raven bill, and Co., Orchard Wharf, Blackwall. She is 190 feet in length between the perpendiculars, 24 in breadth, 13 feet 6 inches in depth, from base line of keel. Her ton . nage is 538, and draft of water 8 feet 6 inches. She sailed off the stocks with great facility, as if anxious to embrace the yielding element on which she is destined to run her career. After having been named the " Prince Arthur," by Miss Hartley, daughter of the well-known steam packet proprietor, and after being launched, she was taken into the Last Tndia Dock to have her engines fitted, which are to be on the oscillating principle, of the col lective nominal power of 220 horses, with tubular boilers, feathering paddle-wheels, &c. She has been built for the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, to assist the Llewellyn, built by the same firm and purchased from the Admiralty, and the St. Columba in conveying the mails. She is, indeed, a beautiful model, and, with the efficient engines she is about to receive, will have a first-rate speed and sea properties. She may, in fact, although with a much smaller proportion of horse-power and weight of engines to tonnage, be considered an improvement on that unriyalled steam-packet the Llewellyn, and, from all we have seen and we have heard, contains those pro perties, dimensions, strength, speed, and durability which, if carried out in an Atlantic steamer, would bring New York within between seven and eight days of England, and totally eclipse the bragging Americans. We trust, for the honour of our country and the character of British marine engines, that, from such a model, and on such principles as the " Prince Arthur" eminently possesses, some vessel of an Atlantic tonnage will be built, if only to show both Cunard and Collins, and all the timid lag gards and slow coaches in England, and the go-ahead, boiler-bursting Yankees, that Great Britain has the skill, science, and determination to win in any race.— United Service Gazette. THE INDIAN TRADE.—A memorial has been received by the Chamber of Commerce from Mr. Edward Hig gin, directing the attention of the Chamber to the mode in which the manufactured goods of Manchester are being diverted from Liverpool, as the natural port of shipment for those goods to the East, and carried to London. The memorial sets out by stating that an active opposition is going on in Manchester for freight, which has caused the Liverpool shipowners and brokers to reduce their rate of freight ; and that Messrs. W. S. Lindsay and Co. are building a line of packets to sail monthly for Calcutta, for the carriage of Manchester goods ; and they have appointed special agents in that town. Mr. Higgin then shows why London shipowners are able to compete with those of Liverpool, namely, the influx of produce laden vessels to London, the departure of E. I. Company's officers, passengers, and her Majesty's troops from Lon don and Portsmouth, and the diminished cost of railway carriage to London. Up to June, 1848, the exports from London were insignificant, but they have become so con siderable that four-fifths, which he estimates are ex tracted from Liverpool, amount to 7,046 tons weight, and about 11,858 tons cubic contents. The loss on this to Liverpool, during the two years, was £36,392. The memorial then proceeds to show that goods are carried from Manchester to London at the rate of Pad. per mile, whilst the mileage to Liverpool was at the rate of 4d. a mile, and the shipment of.loo bales of yarn at London for Calcutta at the rate of 20s. per ton may be done for £5 9i. 7d. less than that of Liverpool ; consequently compelling the Liverpool shipowner to reduce the freight to 15s. per ton, to enable him to compete with the Lon don shipowner. The memorial thus concludes :—" As suming that I have proved that we are rapidly losing a most important trade, or rendering it a losing one to shipowners, as also that the remedy lies in compelling the railway companies to carry for us at a cheaper rate, or to charge a higher one to London, I beg to submit to you the propriety of calling the attention of your Cham ber to the matter, and of appointing a deputation, co operating with the shipowners' Association and the East India and China Association, before whom I alto lay these particulars, to call oh the agent of the Earl of Ellesmere, and on the chairmen of the various railways." Cor.oistrAr, PRIZES OF £2oo.—ln our advertising columns will be found an offer of eight prizes to the working classes on the great question of EMPLOYMENT. A colonial friend of our old correspondent, Mr. Isaac Buchanan, wrote home, offering £lOO, and that gentle man has added a similar sum to make the offer more attractive. It seems that, in a despatch from Lord Grey, the Canadian Legislature was ordered to do away with different the same duties as the goods of Munch , and this the Can a di an s did no t, b y l eve lli ng t h e d ut i es on American goods down to 5 per cent., which British goods paid, but by raising the duties on British goods to 121 per cent., which the Americans paid. A loss of employment to British subjects is the consequent York and Boston being as near Lippe; is, and the retail dealers having it in th direct to the American sugar refineries ai .eing that (New power to go factories of great staples) the British articles of same kind would require to be made JO to 15 per cent. cheaper in consequence of their haring to Pass through th. banda of agentsor middlemen. The idea, therefore, of the gen tlemen offering these prizes to draw the attention of the working classes to the vital subject of employment, is, that we must adopt an entirely new course. They think that we expect Canada to act on what is so clearly ' 'wed to be . the experience of the Northern States, le circumstances as Canada,) ip. for themselves ; and that countries exactly in the knd manufacture their • ctured, oug h avoid social conk (thin II it ma ciplesio be*hai of rnantiLacturir THE UNION BANK.—The annual meeting of the share holders in this bank took place on Wednesday, at the Clarendon-rooms. Mr. James Aspinall Turner presided; The attendance was numerous. Mr. Lister, acting manager of the bank, read, the report, from which it appeared that on the 31563 c., 1849, the reserved surplus fund was £35,000, to which add nett profits for the year 1849, after deducting all accustomed bad debts during : that period, £35,372 Ms.—total, £60,372 12s. ; from which deduct two half-yearly dividends paid by the bank, £lB,OOO ; also, deduct income-tax paid by tne bank, £547 ls.—total. £18,547 Is. ; leaving the reserved sur plus fund £41,8255. 11s. The chairman, in congratu lating the meeting on the satisfactory nature of the report, said he had great pleasure in telling them that the affairs of the bank had never looked in a more satisfactory state than during the last year. The profits had been steady and regular, and the business had been conducted most satisfactorily. The report was adopted. Mr. Turner was reappointed a director, and also Mr. Chilton. Votes of thanks were then given to the board of directors, and to Mr. Lister, the acting manager. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting of this committee, on Thursday, the inspector of nuisances re ported two condemned cellars, in which schools were kept, twenty-four children being crowded into one, and forty seven in the other. Mr. Bennett asked if there was no remedy for such a state of things ? He thought it was one way to bring the children speedily to the grave. Dr, Duncan replied that the committee could not interfere, unless the children slept in the place.—The medical officer reported that, during the week, the registered deaths had been 177 in the borough of Liverpool, and in the extra parochial wards 60 ; being a total of 237 against 245 of the previous week. Diseases of the lungs had caused 91 deaths, being more than 38 per cent, upon the whole. In zymotic diseases there had been little variation. The report of Dr. Duncan also alluded to the boiling down of carcases, and to the use of acids in remedying the nuisance arising from the process. He had seen some experiments with acids upon a limited scale, which had been successful, and in no material degree : doubtless, with a larger pro portion of acids the object desired would be effected, but at an increased expense. The effect of the report was that, in the situation proposed for the depot, the acids, even if potent to remedy the nuisance in themselves, could scarcely have fair play. Some discussion resulted upon the subject, after which the report of Dr. Duncan was adopted. THE WEST DERBY GuARDIANs.—The meeting was held on Wednesday. A letter was read from the Poor law Board sanctioning the increase of salary to Mr, J. 0. Greetham, assistant overseer of the Crosby district, from £B5 .0 £lO5 per annum. Another letter was read from the Board, sanctioning certain payments to be made to Mr. E. Whittle and Mr. Fitzpatrick, two of the medical officers, for professional attendance on two paupers. The chairman, on behalf of the board, was authorized to sign and affix the seal of the Union to the petition to Parlia ment in favour of the establishment of financial boards to control the county-rate expenditure, and William Brown, Esq., M.P., was requested to present the same to Parliament. A report was presented by th 3 committee appointed to consider the subject of providing a burial ground for the Union. The committee had come to the resolution that a burial ground was essent ia lly requisite for the township of Toxteth-park, but, inasmuch as the statute to which the Poor-law Board had referred the guardians restricted the payment of the cost attendant upon the providing of burial grounds to the common fund of the Union, the committee could not recommend that the townships, which would derive no benefit from such burial ground, should contribute towards the cost, and they suggested that application should be made to the Poor-law Board to ascertain whether the township of Toxteth-park alone could, by any means, bear the cost of providing a burial ground for its own use. The report was adopted, and a copy ordered to be transmitted to the I Poor-law Board THE CLAUGHTON PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.-011 Tuesday evening, in the school-room of Christ Church, Birkenhead, a meeting of the members of the above asso ciation was held. Mr. Taylor, incumbent of the church, in the chair. Mr. Taylor delivered a lengthy speech on the objects of the association, and also upon the measures which government intended to adopt with respect to the Papal aggression. Lord John Russell had proposed a measure which did not meet the case ; he did not more than propose to re-enact the law at present in existence. The rev, gentleman then read the clause of the Emanci pation Act, in which a penalty of one hundred pounds was imposed upon all Roman Catholics who should adopt the titles of any of the bishops or archbishops of this country. They had no desire to rule over the consciences of their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects. On the con trary, they would give them the most perfect civil and religious liberty, and treat them with the most unbounded charity. They had, therefore, met for the purpose of petitioning the legislature against the Papal aggression ; to ask them to withhold all support from Popery ; and they had also met to lay before the meeting the principles and objects of the association, which, he had no doubt, would meet with the approval of the meeting. Mr. Hanson proposed a resolution, pledging countenance and support to the association ; it was seconded by Mr. Hib bard, and carried unanimously. A subsequent resolution, moved by Mr. Carter, and seconded by Mr. Keats, con sisted of the adoption of a petition to parliament against the Papal aggression. The chairman having addressed the assembly, the doxology was sung, and the proceedings terminated. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.—The amalgamation meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Thursday, at one o'clock, Mr. W. Nicol, chairman of the board of directors, pre. siding. The report stated that the fire insurance business had been of great advantage to the company. The pre miums, which in 1849 reach £36,517, amounted last year to £42,928, and the losses were only £7,415, against £18,638 in 1849. In the life department the premiums received in the last year are in excess of those in any pre ceding year, whilst the claims that have been paid in the course of it are considerably less than those of 1849. The directors, it appears, have taken measures in the course of the year for extending their business by appointing various agents; and by virtue of the powers given them, by two special meetings of the proprietors, they have constituted and empowered a board of directors in New York, from whose connexion with the company they confidently anti cipate the most satisfactory results. The reserved surplus fund remains as at the date of the last report, £130,002105. The profit and loss account shows a balance of £54,413135. from which to take the dividend of the year. Some pro gress has been made in realising with little or no loss the securities held for parties who were unable to redeem them, and in regard to which the issue was considered doubtful. There still remained, however, such an amount unclosed as, taken in connection with the growing opera tions of the company, induced the directors to think it unadvisable to increase the dividend beyond what was paid last year. The chairman, in reply to Mr. Heath, Mr. Evans, and other members, explained that the com pany held shares in the South Eastern and Dover to the amount of £lOO,OOO, and that if all the shares held by them, and which amounted to £220,000, were sold at the current prices, there would be a loss of about £60,000. After considerable discussion the report was adopted, and a dividend of 7s. Gd. per share, free of income tax, de clared, less 5 per cent. of such portion of the capital as was not paid up. Mr. W. Nicol, Mr. J. Hornby, M. W. Eerie, Mr. George Holt, Mr. George H. Lawrence, and Mr. H. Stolterfoht were re-elected directors. Mr. Charles Saunders was elected in the place of Mr. 3lozley, and Mr. J. A. Tobin in the place of Mr. Joseph Shipley. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Littledale presided..—Mr. Steele called attention to a breach of privilege, committed by Mr. Lockett and Mr. Fisher; but, explanations being given, the matter dropped.—lt was agreed to expunge the 14th section of the new Dock Bill, giving power to detain ves sels under certain circumstances, which had formed the subject of discussion in the Council.--A letter was read from Mr. G. C. Lewis, thanking the committee ; onbehalf of the Lords of the Treasury, for the liberal spirit which they had evinced in giving up certain parts of the building which they occupy for an extension of the Postoffice.— Mr. Johnson, of Southport, wrote, detailing the result of an inquiry into the conduct of the captain of the life-boat there, in neglecting to go out and save the lives of two fishermen. The committee of inquiry were unanimously of opinion that the captain had failed in his duty. Re ferred to the Marine Sub-committee.--=A letter was read from Mr. Wm. Laird, as agent for the South \Yaks Steam Coal Company, asking if waterside premises could be had for a vessel to discharge her coals upon. The quantity of land required .vould be about 1,000 yards.—The com mittee then proceeded to consider the report of the Spe cial Sub-committee on the timber and shipbuilding trades which recommended the extension of the Toxtetl, Docl a means of increasing the accommodation. passed at a meeting of the Shipowners' :Ass read, recommending the adoption of the no the a ciat ion were scheme for ccommoda lion of the timber and shipbuilding trades. 3olut ion of the Chamber of Commerce, without going the merits of the north or south schemes, recom mended an extensio n o f th e accommodation for the ' ship building and timber trades of the port. A memorial was then read from the principal importers in favour of the timber trade being located at the north end of the town ua3v v.uc oigamat uy Limut praying that ti timber trade be kept at the south end of the town. A • gret our inability, full. The chiral :eresting discussion ensued, which were , for hick of sufficient spare, to report in pan stated the financial 005itinn of 4h - - —.Ace' with regard to the dock works, and — saicitlie . ; would have £lll,OOO for the benefit of the timber trade, and for the general purposes of the port. Mr. Fisher advanced arguments against the r ecommendation of the sub-committee as to the extension of the Toxteth Dock ; nd was f o ll owe d b- '• Holt, who took the Opposite adoption of the south in prefer he town for the p ur p oses named. at this was purely a question of would not justify view, ar ence to the north en Mr. Holt teth D Special E , eroposed by the report of Lree, would be quite inadequate to , bilst the cost would be Lts of the timber trade disproportionate and ext providing ad( sand that the subject ation for the timber and back to the Spaci a l Corn • • Mittee to report their °pit...v."— Trid the best plans of affording them accommoaa -4 extent, tion at ing means Pei). 18, 1851. Korai gebio; ttention, if we tical econom and each count I to a4opt . wbatevet y .ffirm i tintry, and retain y (say they) are y uncivr ron free Li _ t to British Atneric eh are natural to it 'TN/ LITEIttSOL STAND 4110. LOCAL MEETINGS. TOWN COUNCIL. PROCEEDINGS. The adjourned meeting_waeheld ea Wettnesday,—the Mayor in the Chair. The proceedings of the -Dock COmmittee referred to the bilk; now before Parliament;. and Afr.. LITTLEIDA LE, in mcving. their-adoption, explained-the nature of the opposition intended' to be offered to the Birkenhead Dock Titill,:and the bill of the American Chamber of Commerce: Some conversation then took, place relative to St. George's , Hall; but it terminatedon. Mr..Lloyd'S assurance that an am-. ple report would be laid.beforethe neat Council.. The proceedings of several committees having been con- firmed, Mr. HoLT moved theconfirmstion of the Water Com mittee's proceedings. Mr. BENNETT, before - the proceedings were passed, begged to say a few words. The- chairman would recollect that there was iapon those proceedings the borrowing of so large a sum WS .6130,000. (Hear, hear.). He wasa consenting party to this, on theunderstandingthat it was.ta SO to the payment of those bondholders who were receiving rates of interest at four per cent: It. by no means followed that,because they had borrowed this money, .the Rivington.worke, were to proceed. At the last . meeting of the Council he-requested that his resignation should be received by the Gannon, provided the estimates, which had been so long promised, and held, by Mr. Hawksley, were not laid before the water committee, to be decided upon at the present meeting of the council. As this had not been, done, he hoped he should bepermitted to resign hi s pl ace on that corn mittee, and to state his-reasons far so doing. At present it was not known how the town of Liverpool would be supplied with water; whether altogether from the Rivington or from the home supply, or whether there would be a joint supply from both sources ;..and how this-would run in accordance with the act of parliament he could not tell. The supply was now equal to about fifteen gallons per day for all the inhabitants of Liver pool,—far more than.they could possibly require. Again, on the 12th of August, in accordance with the instructions from the committee, the plans and estimates, which every member of the committee knew he ought to have had ready, were de manded at the• hands of Mr. Hawksley, but they were not ready, nor had they up to the present time been received. In deed, since the 25th of August, he (Mr. Bennett) believed they had not seen Air.. Hawksley at the committee; although they had, since that time, heard of his being in consultation with those members of the committee favourable to the supply from Rivington. In no other committee were matters kept so much in the dark as by the members of the Water Committee. They, knew nothing of what was going on, and he defied any member to state a single consecutive course that was at all likely to be.• carried out in relation to their proceedings. In looking over the Water proceedings, he found that an agreement had been entered into with Mr. Jackson, who was the originator of the. Rivington Pike scheme, and who was to receive .el,OOO for, completing the works, and doing all that was necessary; whereas they were now paying Mr. Statham for doing a por,_ tion of this very work ; and he (Mr. Bennett) did complain that they should pay twice over for the same thing. These, were the principal reasons which, Mr. Bennett said, prevented him from sitting longer upon the Water Committee. Mr. WOoDRUFF defended the water committee, and Mr., SAMUEL HOLM'S condemned the opposition of Air. Alderman Bennett. Mr. H 4 oLT, in a brief reply, said that the loan from the Bank of England had been obtained on most advantageous terms, and that the court of directors had in reality acted with great consideration towards the committee. The expenditure which. Mr. Bennett had condemned was, Mr. Holt contended, limes, sary to provide for any emergencies, such as the demand upon the water supply in case of fire, &c. As to Mr. Hawk'ley's at tendance, he had always attended the committee when sum mooed to do so; and by letter he had also frequently given most valuable advice. And with regard to the contract for .415,000, Mr. Bennett knew as well as he (Mr. Holt) did that this matter would partake of a double character; and that it was a connecting link between the Old Swan and the Rivington reservoir. He would say further, that Messrs. Finch and Wil ley had contracted to do a portion of the work for .e 5, for which six, seven, and nine pounds would have been paid to. others. Another member of the committee, Mr: Picton, had sent a _note to him stating that he wished to withdraw from. the coin mittes ; it would be for the Council to fill up the vacancy at the next meeting. The resignations of Mr. Alderman Bennett and Mr. Picton were received. The proceedings of the Church Expenditure Committee, comprising special recommendations for the reduction of pay ments to clerks, organists, and choirs, at each of the Corpora tion churches, and the discontinuance of payments to officers of the parochial churches, and at St. Thomas's': hurch, amount ing to .4600, were read. Several communications which had been addressed to the Mayor upon the same subject were also read. They contained a letter from Mr. Edwd. Lovatt, parish clerk, requesting that his present salary of ~i 8 per annum be continued to him during his life; another from Mr. W. C. Wilkinson. clerk of St. George's Church, requesting that his present salary of .'5O per annum may not be reduced ; and a third from Mr. Geo. Holden, organist of St. George's Church, on the same subject. Other communications from the her. Mr. Pain, the minister, and the chureh , vardens of St. Thomas' Church, together with a letter from Mr. H. B. Hornby, a member of the congregation, were read with regard to the proposed reductions in that church. Mr. FERGUSON moved the adoption of the report, and made a few observations with regard to the necessity for the Town clerk's report, guided by which the Expenditure Committee had come to the resolutions which were that day submitted. For some time past much dissatisfaction had been excited, not only in the Council, but out of doors, at the large and extrava gant amount of the church expenditure. The annual report of the Borough Fund showed the large expense incurred in main taining the several churches, St. George's, St. Michael's, St. Luke's, St. Martin's, and St. Thomas's, which were upheld mostly ac the cost of the Corporation. They were splendid edifices; and, if they were but filled by large congregations, would be the pride of Liverpool. But he was sorry to say the reverse was the case. In the outlay for thes, churches a pro fitable investment was not looked for; there was a higher ob ject in view, that of supplying the gospel to the poor. They had been taunted with extravagance; and, anxious to know what claims were obligatory and what were not, they had thought it their duty to request the Town-clerk to draw up a report upon the subject, which showed that the total expendi ture of the five churches was 43,712 12s. 3d.; while the seat rents only realised 4636 is. 12d.; leaving a deficit of .43,076 Ss. sd. The present system of paying the officials was a bad one; the Corporation paid a part of their salaries, and the churchwardens another part ; and neither the Corporation nor the churchwardens had any control over them. Mr. Lovett received a salary of .4 - 50 per annum, and fees in addition, from St. Michael's Church ; and this salary they deemed might well Le reduced. From St. James's Church they did not receive a single penny, of seat rents. Having enlarged upon these de tails, Mr. Ferguson said it would have been an extraordinary circumstance if the Church Expenditure Committee bad come to any other conclusion than the one which they lied adopted; because, according to the report, the .payments were not only not obligatory, but many of them were unjustifiable. Mr. BiGIiAM seconded the resolution. Mr. PARKER. Opposed the adoption of the committee's re commendation, and moved an amendment, which was second edby Mr. Rout NSON, to the effect that the report be not received. Mr. GARDNER thought it completely below the attention of the Council to commence with such small items as the reduc tions in the salaries of old and faithful servants. The salaries ought to die with them. Mr. Tit ost SON having followed on the same side, a somewhat lengthy discussion ensued, iu which Mr. S. Holme, Mr. Tool- i min, Mr. Hodson, Mr. Bighatn, and Mr. Hornby took part. ' Mr. licrimu gave notice of another amendment for the re ference of the report back to the committee. Mr. FERGUSON having replied, the votes were taken upon the amendment of Mr. Parker, which was lost by 24 to 29. — Mr. Holme's amendment was thentaken, and carried by 45 to 7. Mr. BIGHAAI, as a member of the committee, denounced the conduct of some other members Of that committee who had voted for the amendment. 'the proceedings of the Shipbuilding Committee comprised a recommendation to lay out the land in Batlin-street for ship building, according to a plan submitted, at a cost of .4'6,500. Mr. TOBIN moved the adoption of the committee's report, and some discussion arose as to the advisability of delaying the consideration of the plan; but Mr. 'robin warmly opposed this, on the ground that shipbuilders would be prevented from entering into contracts if the matter were thus delayed. An amendment for the postponement was put and lost, the origi nal motion confirming the report being carried. MR. RUSHTON AND THE JUVENILE REFORMATORY. The proceedings of the Juvenile Offenders Committee com prised a letter which had been received from Mr. Rushton, in reference to the proposed site of the juvenile reformatory at Walton. When thee committee had first asked his opinion about the site, (the magistrate wrote,) he h a d not seen the land at Walton, but he had since inspected it, and lie was of ".asr i l l os tle ticttiesettioultliaobnleoi nay, that it W a s im p 1 0 1 n s t o , I n e that carry otto Its proximity to the gaol sacs a fatal objection, since the re leased prisoners would tend to corrupt the inmates. The char racter of the land also was not suitable, even if there were no other considerations. '1 here were other remarks in the letter, which, however, are referred to below, w hich called forth some expressions of dissatisfaction ,on the part o f several mein hers of the Council. The letter being finished, the minutes of the committee on the subject were read, recommending the Coun cil not to incur the expense of building the reformatory at Walton ; and asking permission to seek for some other site, to which the objections which they had found to prevail, and which were alluded to in the letter of Mr. Rushton, would not apply. -- HORNBY moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and hoped the Council would approve of the course which the committee had taken. One part of the lett er o f M r. R ushton deserved their serious consideration, lie (Mr. Hornby) quite agreed with the magistrate, that unless they were prepared to go heartily into this undertaking, and resolved to give their support not only to the committee, but to the officers who would have the charge of the institution, anti upon whose dis cretion and energy the success of the affair mainly depended, they would do tar better in abandoning the thing altogether. (Hear; hear.) He-hoped he should not be misunderstood in these remarks. He was very far from imputing to any gentle man in that room a want of feeling for the wretched indivi duals whose condition they desired to ameliorate. No one could doubt that Mr. Parker, in point of benevolence and a desire to promote the happiness of his fellow -creatures, yielded to no man in that Council ; but what he meant to say was, that if any very considerable sect,on of the Council were so tho roughly impressed with the hopelessness of the success of the proposed undertaking as to Mance them rather to wish to obstruct the views of the committee than give thew their warm and cordial support, they would not only be acting more wisely but far more humanely, in abandoning. the thing altogeth& Mr. Torts, jun., seconded the 11)(nnin, and, altt marks front Mr. Tnomsti-- )me re- FmiNlllol'oll drew attenticn to the letter of Mr. Rush- He had no wish to speak in the seine disrespectful terms ^ , 'gistrate as that gentleman had done of a .urge portion of the members of the Council. '[here were men in that Council uho valued their seats there no longer than 'hose seats wee•- nourable; and he regretted that the position of stipendiary ma- of the stipen 'orthy and he , a man place( ncu!cate oßlei Win resptct for the con '',re thought it right, to one which was the reiteration of what he might mating libel, and one which he (the speaker) had a previous occasion indignantly denied in the presence of le magistrate himself. The libel was, that the object of those who voted against the committee was merely a ruse, their in tention being to destroy the principle. Such a chavirp wfia reflection upon men of honour; rind, notwithstanding 111 Rushton la.d heard this assertion denied, its purport w again recorded in the document which had been said, " 1 tear very much that the removal of the from Wall-hill, where all circumstances f meat, to Walton, ;where everything is result, but denotes a foregone conclusion areg rthe exper inst the ndirect Was a gro to move the tio( direct dictation to the Coi dictated to by any one, he for one, position t 111 r . HORAIY;111-1 :ed the proposed by A 3 r. Fer gd which Mr. Ri rated, for be hal men were ready t turn was brot THE COLUMN OF &tibia. ant 30ortftnIturt Composition- for rendering Canvas and Wk.,- Rabrics, and Leather; ft aterproof—This•invention, for-which a patent was taken out in July last, is the property-of Mr. Jennings, chemist, Great Tower-street, London. It con sists in obtaining an insoluble varnish, applicable to the waterprooffng of fabrics, fromthe decomposition. of any soluble mineral' or metallic salt; by-any soluble seep, by double decomposition. The made* operantit'specified by the patentee-is as follow :—I cwt. of soft soap is boiled in a copper vessel, in from 25 t030-talking of water. When .dissolved, from 56 to 66 lbs. of sulphate of zinc are added. Double decomposition ensues, and the alkali of the soap unites with the sulphuric acidfitnuthe sulphate of zinc, and forms sulphate of potash. The oxide of the zinc com bines with the oil or stearine, and forms an insoluble me talk soap,. In the case of hard soap, being used instead of • soft, sulphate of soda- will result instead of sulphate- of potash. This metallic. . soap, which is col lected•front the solution when colt?, and has the appear ance of a white hard mass, is subsequently boiled' to purify it from any sulphate of soda or potash which mayremain. Nett, heat SIY gallons of raw linseed ail, as freeas possible from mucilhge, mixed with 5 lb S, of carbonate of , potash and, 1' gallon of water, until it saponifies. Then add 10 per cent.. of animal charcoal; and an equal quantity of water ; continue the boiling for an hour ; filter, to remove the phosphate of lime and otharinatters which,would tend to render the oil opaque. This last process need only to lleused when a colourless waterproof varnish•is required. TO this quantity of oil, thus-purified or not, add 111 b. sugar of lead, 21bs. litharge, 4lbs. red lead, 211bs. black resin maintain these matters at 212 deg. Fahrenheit, until their mixture is completed, taking care to stir them all the while for that purpose. Then incorporate with them 301bs. of the metallic soap, after which, add 48ozs. ofscaoutchonc, dissolved in 2 gallons of oil eh turpentine. The mixture may be applied to fabrics at a temperature of-.from /50 to 160 deg., by a brush. One or more coats may be applied as required. When coaled. which gene rally takes about 36 or 40 hours, the fabric will be water proof. To waterproof leather, it should be steeped in a solution, at 225 deg., of equal quantities oflinseed oil and, metalic soap, until cold. Then remove, by scraping, the mixture in excess.—From the Architect,A.b. 8: The Pine and Cedar Fares* of Califaimia.--Of all the wonders I have ever seen in the vegetable kingdom, nothing will bear comparison with the magnificent and lofty growth of cedars and Pines which embellish the hills and mountains that-lead to, and make up the great Sierra Nevada Range. The magnificence and grantieur• of scenes in which these scenes abound, cannot be ima gined by any man who has not seen. them, and felt the awe and sublimity to which they give rise. I have counted in a circle of 50 feet in diameter, 13 pine trees, not one of which was less than three feet in diameter, or less than 250 feet in height, nor was any one of them marked by the slightest curve or inclination. They are the inimitable and lofty monuments of nature, uninflu enced by sweeping storms and winds, unbent and undo cayed by a centurian age. Not a limb or a knot can be found upon their bodies until you reach an altitude of from 100 to 200sfeet, beyond which height they continuo to grow until their towering majesty overawes all sur rounding objects, and affords a fit refuge for for the noble bird which adorns the banner of our country. No, man can travel through these scenes without feeling that the grandeur of Omnipotence itself is teaching him his finite and insignificant powers. Such was the moral influence of those leviathan growths of cedars and pines upon my mind, I would not have dared to have given entertain ment to a fugitive thought against the supremacy, wisdom, and power of Jehovah. Such are the pine and cedar forests of California. And when you reflect that they cover an area of hundreds, if not thousands of square miles, you are prepared to admit the importance of this claim, which we would urge upon the consideration of our friends in the east.—From the Toronto Globe HORTICULTURAL. There are few horticulturists who have not heard of the perfection of gardening in Russia, and as few who have not wondered at the practicability of the gardening art in that inclement country ; to such the following sketch will prove hichly interesting " SI. Petersburgh, bitilt on the banks of the Neva, in lat. 59 deg. 56 min. 31 sec. N., and long. 47 deg. 59 min. 30 sec. E. (of Paris), is about 1,535 miles from Paris ; it covers a surface of more than 16,735 acres, of which about 2,447 are occupied by nursery and pleasure gardens, 2,938 by kitchen gardens, and as many by meadows. The town being 54 feet above the level of the Baltic, the solar heat is able to penetrate the soil to a greater extent than would otherwise be possible, and thus to increase its fertility, and render it more fit for the cultivation of many flowers and vegetables 4 4 In - the year 1714, a splendid garden was made, by the orders of Peter the Great, in the Apothecary's Island, with a view to promote the study of botany. Some years later, the Emperor Alexander converted the marshy islands in the Neva into agreeable promenades, which were soon surrounded by elegant villas. We shall hereafter give a more detailed description of these gardens. " The soil for a few miles around the tom ) appears poor and difficult of cultivation ; the vegetation is weak, and the woods, composed of the inost part of willows, alders, maples, aspens, and :.4ecially of fir and birch, attain but a very moderate size, except in the parks belonging to the emperor and the principal nobility ; but on the ether hand, the woods and marshes are full of a great variety of bushes, with berries, amongst which we recog nise rubus and vaccinium. The fruits of the former con stitute, even at St. Petersburgh, a considerable article of commerce; they are eaten instead of strawberries. "In spite of its poverty, the soil of St. Petersburgh yields an abundance of market garden plants, and supplies all the wants of the population of this great city. The soil was found, on examination, to consist of a siliceous clay ; the stratum of vegetable earth only covers strata of turf and pure clay. " Its Climate.—The total absence of any shelter from forests, allows the north and west winds to exercise a fatal influence over St. Petersburgh ; and its climate is severe and changeable. As to the seasons, as a general rule, winter affords 162 days of continual frost ; then follow 40 or 50 days of spring, if that term can be applied to a season in which it freezes regularly day and night ; lastly, summer continues for 143 days, and is, without any intermediate stage, followed by winter. The mean maximum degree of cold is-16 deg. Farenheit ; but there are always certain days, on which the thermometer stands as low as 22 deg. or 27 deg. The heat in summer is extreme ; in June and July, the mercury often reaches 36 deg. and 91 deg. The frost usually sets in about the end of September, and continues until the end of April, or even the middle of May. " There are, in fact, but two seasons at St. Petersburgh, viz., summer and winter; for that part of the year can hardly be called spring, when the Neva is still a frozen road. Mild weather is first felt in the beginning of May, and then vegetation is developed with inconceivable rapidity, and in less than a week summer is at its height. The real summer ends in the beginning of Augusta In no place is the value of the fine season felt so much ; as soon as it makes its appearance, the town is deserted, and every one betakes himself to the country. It is but sel dom that the fine days of summer are interrupted by a storm ; those we witnessed were short, and not violent. The summer nights at St. Petersburgh are more beautiful than anything we can conceive in our temperate climate. They are like days ; we have often sat reading and writing at all hours of the night in June and part of July without any other light than that afforded by Nature. It might almost be said, that in this season the Russian capital enjoys one continuous day two whole months long ; for the soft light of night does not disappear until the sun returns to the eastern horizon and announces the approach of day. The greatest length of any day is twenty hours; but, as we have already said, there is at this period of the year no such thing as darkness, and the vitality of the plants is constantly stimulated by light."—Masson's Report.—Gardeners' Chronicle. ANSWERS TO CORRESPOTCDENTB " Anthracite."—Certainly Cannel coal yields more gas, and that of a purer quality, than any other kind. " J. V."--Begonia manicata is a stove plant, and re quires a good soil and abundance of room. It is insigni ficant if cramped, but a glorious species if fully developed. PORT NATAL.-INTERESTING PARTICULARS Advicea from Natal hays been received to the end of November. The last of the emigrants who went out in 1850 had arrived. Two large buildings, 100 and 80 feet long, had been prepared for the reception of settlers, and those by the Justina were temporarily lodged in them. Parties who were entitled to land were taken up to their vocations by Mr. Edward Morewood, and some of them had already returned for their families and baggage. The Phoenix steamer had made an excursion trip from Cape Town to Natal, and the passengers on t' favourable account of the colony. markets were beginning to exhibit tl: r return gave a D'Urban the %FA • o, the supply of ve ge t a bl e s at reduced prices being -tie revenue of Natal for the past year was ainst .£2,919 in 1849; and the expenditure was ainst £3,865 in the same period. We subjoin An extract from an isieresting letter, dated Pietermarits burg, Natal, South Africa, 24th October, 1850, from a -entleman at present settled in the colony, and wh o , hen residing in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, was known as a very intelligent gentlp 'nz the hardships he endured whit.' ex tensivel After nom a long dist now of the str en coal( up the country on busin wade - through river,, bare ground, and to be conteut with the smai of food sleep •through cold n of the commonest kind, the writ The land on the Move, and narticu !st I Jane althougl: est adapted old from o )ther at ls. tc acre, the person to whom it was transferred lying the surveying; and this has been because the per has never taken the trouble to go and look at it. m hid no to oultivite it, or it had ibably,) that it ya 3 of lansi 20 worth .having a stone up he river runni luare, r which has t iired Mr their families, have to put up with in coming out without any preparation made here before -hand to receive them. It will take. them a long time to get settled, but still the' climate is• such, that what may cause their death in En— gland does not appear to affect them here. There is one strange thing s that if yam cut, scratch, or bruise yourself here, it is a. very long time-before it will heal : and people are subject to get bit brsorne insects, which is instantly converted into a sore, and a long time healing; this is more prevalent in DlT.iban, and goes by the name of Natal sores. Ishould like you ta send me a few ounces of citric acid, and a small quantity of essence of lemon to flavour it.. We get it made in syrup, to drink with. water, for-buying porter or beer at 2s. per bottle (and spirits are bad, and only to•be had occasionally,) is quite out of the question. Daring the rain we have had to the present time it has been very cold, and I understand will not be be warm until the end of November or beginning of December. Our living to the present time has been very wretched, no potatoes, and very frequently no bread,but grountemoalies made into porridge, seldom any milk, once only mutton, which, was very good. 'We have a, tea-plant, anew discovery by a Prussian botanist. which grows wild., and in great profusion all over the Illova, district, which is very good, so good that I prefer it to any Chinese tea It have ever tasted here. It is very aromatic, :Jul I think it would take amazingly in England if a manufactory for properly preparing it was established here. It is a very large leaf and plant, the leaf with five fibres-running up it, which makes it very easily distin— guished."' THE CHASE. The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow (19th) at: Wrenhusy, Thursday (20th) at Cholroondeley, and Satur— day (22d) at Ravensmoor Windmill, at half-past ten. Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds- will meet this day (18th) at Bryn-y-pys-; Friday (21st) at Petton ; and Saturday (22d) at Hawarden. at half-past ten. Disirtrt Lieut.-Ctionel Pollock, of Newton, near Middlswich,„ shot himself last week. The Church Missionary Association connected with. Christ Church, Salford, (Mr. Stowell's), has this-year raised 1:3,,Z0, being about ..E47 - more than last year.. An attempt is now being made at Manchester teestab lisb a weekly half-holiday, on Saturday afternoons,, for the milliners of that town. Si 4 ANOATH.-At a meeting of the inhabitants,on Wed nesday, it was resolved to light the township with gas, and £l.s.lhwas granted to inset the expenses of the first year. The High Sheriff has appointed, as his chaplain, the Rev. George Henry Sumner, M.A., rector of Old Aires_ ford, Hants, and chaplain to the Archbishop. of Canter bury and the Bishop of Winchester. A boy fourteen years of age has been committed to take his trial for manslaughter for having killed, at Man chester, another boy, aged nine, by kicking him upon the head and breast. The comtnitbee appointed to inquire into• the conduct of the master of the Southport life-boat,, in refusing to render assistance to a vessel in distress, have decided that he failed in the strict performance of his.duty. The Rev. George Richards has been presented by the Sunday-school teachers of the parish church, Warrington, assisted by some of their friends, with a purse containing fifty guineas. The presentation was made by Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P. A serious accident, happened on Monday, to Mr. Thomas Barnes, of Farnworth. Whilst proceeding in a gig to Little Bolton to perform his magisterial duties, the horse took fright, and both he and the coachman were thrown out. Mr. Barnes's right foot and ankle were so fractured that amputation had to be resorted out. LARGE COTTON MILL.—Tile largest cotton mill, it is said, ever built at one time, has just been completed at Bottoms, Mossley, by Mr. John Mayall. It is 137 yards long by 261 broad, inside m easuremen t . I t is 43 win dows long and six stories high. The building is to be fitted with spinning machinery principally, and will employ a great number of hands. The engine now being put down, is upwards of one hundred horses' power. FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Friday a retort at the chemi cal works of Mr. Hodgett, exploded, and a quantity of boiling naptha struck Mr. Hodgett on the face, set his clothes on fire, and so frightfully scorched his body, that he died almost immediately. Two other retorts ex ploded a few moments afterwards, by which another man was very severely injured. The heat from the furnace ignited the naptlia, and set the building on fire, the flames raging with such violence that the fire-engines had no effect upon them, and they were only ultimately ex. tinguished by large quantities of brick and sand being thrown into the retorts. COUNTY MAGISTRACY.—In our obituary this week are recorded the deaths of two of the oldest county magis trates in Lancashire, W. W. Carus Wilson, Esq., and John Aspinnll, Esq. ; the former being senior in the AmOunderness hundred, having received the commission in October 1799 i and the latter in the Blackburn hund red, having been created a magistrate in October, 1810. The former gentleman was for several years M.P. for Cockermouth, but retired from parliament in ]826, and was for a short time Vice Lieutenant of Westmoreland during the absence of the late Earl of Lonsdale from the country. He had been presiding last week at a Protestant meeting at Kendal, to petition parliament against the papal aggression, and on his return home was taken very seriously ill, and died in a few days. By his death several families will be placed in mourning. HUMBLE BOTANISTS.—Mr. Harris, the well-known natural historian, says that some years ago, whilst living in Manchester, he became acquainted with two " con firmed botanists" : the one a sort of porter on the Duke of Bridgewater's canal ; the other a weaver, with a large and increasing family ; both very poor, who were in the constant practice of walking four miles into the country, and of returning the same distance, before proceeding to their daily toils. On one of these occasions, the porter, who was a little in advance, laid his hat, which, as usual, was filled with botanical specimens, down on a bank, and his companion, who was hard by reading volumes in a leaf, was quickly recalled to his finite state by hearing a sudden plunge, and the next moment the joyful voice of the porter, exclaiming, "Jenkins (the weaver's name), hoive got er !" and the humid fellow, pleasure beaming from his dripping visage, held in his hand a specimen of a very rare plant, for which he had long sought in vain. A FIGHT ON THE STAGE.—On Thursday evening, the stage of the Theatre Royal, Chester, witnessed a veritable rough-and-ready bout of fisticuffs, after the most ap proved fashion of the prize ring. Two of the corps dra matique, having a private grudge between them, and making mouths and grimaces at one another during the business of the stage, the stoicism of one was not proof against the defiance of his comrade, and he incontinently dealt him a facer, which was returned forthwith. A re gular set-to ensued, among the cheers of the audience, not very many and although scanty not select, who en joyed this display of human nature as far superior to any holding of the mirror up to it. The row and the fun con tinued, until one of the bruisers received a staggering blow which tumbled him into the orchestra, and there amid the " din of broken lamps and the crash of wounded fiddlers," and the frantic cheers of the pit, the discom fited hero picked himself up, and withdrew.—Chester Chronicle. TIIE MURDER AT WARRINGTON Lnd this old woman who I s been here. S eep her up in the roe ere, and bade my v on my slop, id waiix came do door to t door, we k the m id went away Liverpool I stopped there till packet. I had no money to t to the clerk at the office to tel its on the he said, ' Come_ about 12 ON j calvelnletdinattotitileioffilicliep7tanld2 2 o'clock at night v it walking Lining to portion • The particulars of the apprehension of Patrick Lyons, in London, charged with the murder of a girl at Warring ton, have already appeared in The Standard. The prisoner was brought before the Mayor of Warrington on Friday, when he made the following statement respecting the murder : " There was nobody in the house this night but four of us, I and my wife, and these two women. I was the first that went to bed on Monday night. Before I took this house I was lodging in another house, myself and my wife, and this gi r l th a t i s d ea d, w i t h Mi c h ae l N oyland, in iower Bank -street. There was a few words between my wife qnd this girl about family. I left that house and took this lodging-house for myself. My wife was very much after the girl to bring her to lodge with us. At this night, as I before said, there was only four of us in the house. Next morning I called up my wife end said it was time to get up ; it was about half-past 6. She did my bidding and got up. She went down in the kitchen and came up again, and called the girl out of her bed. They both went down into the kitchen, end were there about a quarter of an hour. I was getting up and putting on my clothes when I heard the girl ' screeching.' I knew her voice. T popped down stairs, and saw this girl stretched on her side, half of her in the coal-hole and the other half out. I met my wife coming up stairs again me, and she had this billhook in her hand. I went dc and looked at the girl. She was roaring out bleeding with blond - I looked in the room where Fe ' Good bye.' I took mT Ivn room, and put kitchen. My wi fe ch to the kitchen I went up stairs I went d no mone T'11... n Dublin I went *vlierea ensuing °4lr col acco mplished. .e)..... eh reoumns of to-day led us to re fer remarks. It is that has of the Sun Lif e a t th e "' Ptir readers to it, and doubt n o t th at t h e a loati re ti m set forth will induce the th oug h tless t PrOVidemi. 4 -- isemen strength of the empire ; and 1;( take duty free all fancy and othe imeric any foreign c anything also get them to , ds which they cannot 11 tom France or ermany,. the United States, or >untry, on the same duties as from England! pportec resell. Holt] T.,,,L•off ua Turner, Sandl;aeb3;O _b l iZ I. Robinson_ Molyneux, Rankir Ind the Chairman. amenament—ivicssrs. Uregson, Langsdale, Steel, Preston, and .Dover. The amendment was, therefor declared to be carried by a majority of 14 to 6. , Holt, 1 Against i dermen Preston, .1: H. Turner, and ,ed a lititt? uefor Ttrer, Turner liornby, Avison, the dill r £8 besi could do nothing with it; every foot of this piec fine tillage land as any in the colony. The immig this place have a privilege which seld om occur woods which contain fine timber, as wood, are reserve 'ant for at LestriCIIOLS not to dis figure or demolish. * b * You have no id ea o f t h e priva tions and ,ariships which ladies, highly respectable, with y, Fern i lale, Bennett; Wood- er suit need no val of t tween Ge ern 'nem Manchester Guardia