The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1854 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. RR -NG STONES OVrt • I N IN THE STREETS. — On Tuesday, ter "l bo ys , charged with throwing stones in the street, ere fi ned 55.• each by the police magistrate. The prac bt a l „„, 13 ao dangerous and reprehensible, that all parties 7 . 1 , _ concur in the propriety of its repression. 's 1;8 . s• JAMES BAINEB AND Co., the owners of the thased Ball" 'ins of Australian packets, have just pur yl ato • _a very pretty little screw steamer, 45 feet in length • ft . 4 ;,, 12 -horse power, as a tender for the use of their s h , :', o Y4 in visiting their ships when lying in the river. She been named "The Little Marco Polo." 4 4 ,4 E WRECK OF THE TAYLEDR.—Two tug steamers „„:' a with divers, for some time at work at the . I: :ee . k of the ship Tayleur, have succeeded in recovering a r oo r of her valuable cargo, consisting chiefly of bale IQ • The goods thus recovered are announced for public Dublin early next month. 83 LE Op D RINK ON S UNDAY S. —Yesterday week Mr. it Wan nv presented petitions to the House of Commons 1 rich the conr tion of St. John's and the district of St. , ega ael s Li g verpool against the sale of intoxicating drink i f ° Pe' m ti t i sall on da s s •the y evening i% Ir Liddell presented on a e objectsame 'M iens with s j thiWesleyan congre ell t similart of Scotland road, and of Heath- I V 41'00, of Russell-street, ree oxteth-park. 4 .s es ' uh s plur.—Mary Towers was last week, at Bury petty ' 'O 4 ° lls, committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes, I n a charge of having married Thomas Nelson, her former 7....„„ -- " a nd, Edward Towers, whom she married about 13 .•.' ago, being still alive. us. , p ra .,URIET ANN TURNER a young woman, one of the ' - "'on turn-outs, has been , committed at Manchester for r tr ial' on a charge of stealing a child, six months old, the It of Patrick Henry, of Garden-street, in that city. e4,Peared that, after possessing herself of the child, she it r n e to Liverpool with it, and that, on the 16th of April, died at the vagrant sheds, in this town. w n °/ °l.s.—On Wednesday a subscription match at bowls si Played at the American Hotel, Great George-street. ir ltee n gentlemen entered. The first cast wa s in favour Messrs. Stubbs and Bales, the second Messrs. Bales i , 4 1 , (1 Pearson, who also won the third cast ; Mr. Bales R B- ,„l e quently won cleverly. The green was considered in order ; and from the novelty of a game being played f ' ll ,,the town a considerable number of persons were present. zrcr icinE.—On Tuesday morning, a young woman, ro, n ea -- 1 ;,,t Eliza Tippett, a factory worker, of Little Lever, , uolton, died from the effects of a poisonous prepara on which she had bought under the pretence of want (-•,to destroy mice, and which she had swallowed wilfully. th'aicilßT.—A match between the Liverpool Roscoe and es ept. Helen's Victoria cricket clubs took place on Wed tlY last, on the cricket ground, in Hall-lane, Low- The , first innings decided the match, and St. Helens Ar.,„ied the winner. The numbers were—St. Helen's -,"cria Club, 91 ; Liverpool Roscoe Club, 77. to,,'"sEcuATrow.—St. Saviour's Church, near Falkner til,:,are, built about 15 years ago, was consecrated on Wed • by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The church was 4, -bui r _ ally private property ; but some short time since the arasregation determined to make an effort to purchase . it, th: 'hey soon succeeded in raising £4,000, out of which Paid £3 000 for the church, leaving £l,OOO for the 1 1 - " o wlnent. For the last nine or ten weeks tbeshurch been closed, and during the interval it has been a c)r( ighly repaired and beautified, under t he direction of Itlic z n,nlittee, who have incurred a dept of £2OO, which It is expected, be paid off by the sum of £lOO received co n " ednesday and the results of two appeals made to the ei ll i F r,egation on' Sunday. The bishop was received at the thj,_cn, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, by the incumbent, the yen. G. W. Warr ; his curate, the Rev. T. C. Bowman ; and ; l ea. Archdeacon Brooks ; Rev. J. Jones, rural dean ; t:'` l ! Revs. Dr. M`Neile, J. Stewart, C. F. Parry, W. J 4llo on, T. C. Cowan, H. Hampton, W. Brewster, el,—Banner, J. B. Lowe, H. Carpenter, Henry Marlen, G _'dsley, J. Butler, William Moynard, H. E. F. Valency, k I °Bon, T. Evans and several other clergyman. The a° r ace o , robes of office, attended by his officials, and ,), I nPanied by a majority of the members of the Town co,„ li cii, was also present at the ceremony, which was p ro llnenced by Mr. T. D. Anderson, one of the trustees, se e ,, n ,nting the petition for consecration to the bishop's Th'``arY, the Rev. C. F. Parry, by whom it was read. tie sentence of consecration having been read by t he Yen. tehdeacon Brobks the morning service was pro ceeded prayers'were read by the incumbent , the Rev. verg - • 'Tarr ; and during the reading of the offertory ti e ; es, the sum of £lOO was collected from the congrega '-The Bishop afterwards p r eached a sermon from - ' 4l B /ay. 8--" And let them make me a sanctuary that I naY dwell among them." N EST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The week l y meeting was he ld at the Workhouse, on Wednesday. The Rev. Wm. Bad ri Presided, Messrs. Lunt, Morris, Carter, Daly, Mount- Horsfall, Whitby, Smith, Siddely, Appleby, t af w , a rds, dpass, Abrahams, M`Gee, G. Harrison, Jeffries, I)Q,'`en, Ledger, and James Birch were present. The • k3 R 'Tee in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be i to ,"? lls. 11 A letter from the Poor-law Board, accept rik7 the resignation of Mr. Roskell, as guardian for Kirk vie.s'evf as read. Mr. HenryEtrardßoswkasen,elected deputy k,72stiairman the place of appointed as th trar of Births, -c., in the room of Mr. Meyers, for ,1 (> 0 1. sub-district of Toxteth-park. Messrs. R. Bulman, 1 Wagstaff; and C. H. Taylor were selected as candi dates for the office of master of the hospital. The appoint next. th e t o b e ma de on Wednesday Mr. Bramham, ' e Inquiring. officer, was ordered to examine every inmate the W or khouse once a month, with a view to prevent the ir}i 4 beingcharged to the wrong fund. Mr. John Ladd Iring nominated his sureties for the due performance of A ls contract for alterations at the Workhouse, a bond was Zre e t e d to be prepared by Mr. Holden, solicitor, in the innof £3,000. A call to raise £ 11 , 581 for the service of Ce half-year, up to September next, from the various tZaships, was agreed to, the first moiety to be paid to the lq . •',,,,rer by the 6th June next, and the remaining h alf " , a7 the Ist of August next. The following resolution kk passed :—On the motion of Mr. Batten, seco . nd te ed d ' 6 ' "K* k "That a sub-committee should be appointed o m ,„ IT US Neakiiire and report to the' board whether any member o o n r (I th of the Visiting Committee, since the form . ati L eft e Present board, has or have, after despatch of business, t ll'h eth ge Workhouse in a state of inebriety ; and, further, I 'laci" er anyguardian has during his term of office c . or!- easi -e d for any union work; and, lastly, whether it is vOt Iltlat;: r. ary for contractors to send to the guardians a given_ 41 e f!'Y of wines or spirits." The number of inmates of aN, orkhouse and Hospital were reported to be 652, 'kit 718 for the corresponding week of last year. .„ AL L s , .GED ROBBERY ON THE HIGH SEAS.—On Tuesday poirtuan named Henry Bolton was charged before the inagistrate with having stolen two ear-rings and on 1 n gold money, the property of Thomas Hart, while tiv)oard the ship Kestrel, on the voyage from Callao to DarrP° ol - Both the prosecutor and the prisoner were Pk„ of the ship's crew ; and the former having missed his eas6 er ty, which had been kept in his chest in the fore the Le, under circumstances which induced him to suspect kriPyisoner to have taken it, gave him into custody on bein via g in port. On the box belonging to the prisoner ci tto g searched, one o f the ear-rings claimed by the prose ,kelonfrr was found, together with a knife and a muffler - b`ng to another of the crew. The money, however, tr ah 2lot discovered. In the course of the inquiry it leCPired that the chests of the seamen were generally Alie ° Pen in the forecastle, and although the case against be Prisoner was suspicious, the magistrate gave him the ; of the doubt, and he was discharged keitYnnlctwo ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon,. l an tt roe ,e_at of a shocking character took place in Ash 9 , - Toxteth.park. The body of a man named Gavin :s it is said, had died of fever, was about t o be interred Na l ,' number of relatives and friends had assembled. In th e equence of th e narrown ess of the stairs in the house' , w itta e°f an had to be lowered into the street through a 1 ,,,,,_ ()1 Y, and for this purpose a man stood upon a ladder kl le 'lve the dead, and to transfer it to some men below. Qofa h r nall upon the ladder, however, upon receiving the, eipi t was overpowered with the weight, and it was pre tto f a0 (1 into the street amidst the cries and screams of Nee 'Aends of the departed. The coffin was smashedto 9picklL and the corpse lay exposed upon the street. It was Nw il Y removed into the house, but not be fore a large " Of Persona had assembled. tft h Ol 7 AL MERSEY YACHT CLITB.—The opening cruise thei,, e Yachts of this club, to join in fleet under the flag of ( , ) ,eb s e ,, e .°lnmodore, took place on Wednesday. The birthday . w oro, - alajest who patronises the club, was considered a 1 .8 0 f,',. (3e casio 3 n , for the event, the state of the tide being , t aci ,'°nrable. The commodore Thomas Littledale, Esq., tl the of friends on bos;rd. Shortly after eleven eeetk "Lie yachts started from the marine station. ;am e n, 11 -slated of the Ariel, (schooner,) 117 tons, the lariP , (cutter,) 105 tons ; the Rosalind, 100 tons ; the 4V? (schooner ) 83 tons ; the Coralie, utter,) 37 tops ; letor; s ; the Priestess, 12 tons; the Jessica, r 'N otl S -18 a a a n'd7G ran k o a c n ff e e. 9 tons. The fleet presented a very is they Proceeded down e t 1g river mo o a r ? . 7 11e 1 ,,, (1 t1i0 i gg channel to seaward,olnedsbtyart:ing, ,S,,(,)llth' Was a fine sailing bre , from the -rtti and west, but afterwards ez . e the weather became un afte ed, and a thunder-like looking sky, with nilrage, and 4'aeiN'ards became a dead calm after a squall of wind. The i ts were becalmed off the lightship for seyeral ued hours. e commodore, on arriving at this point, swim for tojachtmen to come on board, which they did, and par o __ N ° ' of his usual hospitality. The Rosalind grounded t pr t,i,t e n i _cer's gut buoy, on the spit, and was detained until time, The larger crafts proceeded on their c th e ' s t°'cvn, and the others parted company to return to Port of Liverpool. N A. P ROTESTANT WIFE AND HER POPISH HUSBAND... 15 er ednesday, Robert Henbey, a labourer, living in UP i t . t i a li lk-street, was brought before the police mag . is• trale . r eh ,arge of , assaulting and maltreating his wife, .El - Patten. The complainant stated that, about two f ,,er o , a go, the defendant Promised to marry and he took her, _ 4 4 'tk4 , Walt half past eight o'clock in the evening, to Holy it 4 . - -diaanCaltholic Chapel, where the priest, after saying dater i n which she did not understand, threw some Ze tic d ul her f ace , and they left the defendant saying that ‘tat t not believe in the legality of the Protestant mar tol4,l3 but, in order to satisfy her, he promised that lie 0%,, afterwards marry her in a Protestant church. t lar,.:_ ev er, this he had never done. Before the pretended. 4 'lte a `tag 4 or e, he told her that he was worth £2OO ; but, in tM Willis, she had been compelled toyll her furniture e her clothes in order to supvrhhip during the 1 4 t cto st u a e n Y t had lived together. Shewished d to let her to attend a to 80 , Place of worship, but he had refuse Ogh s Ying "he would have no heretics raniseahr ehhianpel,l", 1 1 ," br: 4 efore she accompanied him to theto what place of ti ersh i Aulsed her that he would let her go alPhe liked. She had been twice previously mar .-.when she met with the prisoner she had an ood turniture all of which he had mad e away th. 4 tt ee't, e ‘ 6 ,th instant' he came to her house, in Sparling- OM and with a party of men and women of his own tak arld country" grossly ill-treated her, and threatened 41 4 Vlway her life. This was again rep eated on the Oz .ionday, the Bth instant, when he threatenedthe d he burn. the house over her head." On . the part of Oed t7., ll aant, the assault was denied, and stated were oZetia 4 u „Pryve its untruth, one of whom . that the eblAin had only said that " such a formcatreshseras the tqie , r uant would have her house burnt over ehe.a_Ad the Las in Ireland." Mr. Mansfield said, as resp eteu L'th . C . 1 ,8 of the case, the evidence was very conflicting on th'll,l4. , the defendant seemed merely to have told _the, 41 . rant what would have been her case if she Mu 1: 1 1 i le „.'ireland ; but it was fortunate that what would be a, e l e and woul d d . not . b ed e justified by the law in Ent ase was amiss . • SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., the late mayor, has been placed on the list of borough magistrates. BURGLARY. —At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Robert Burns, a young man, respectably connected and well-known in Birkenhead, was committed for trial, for burglariously entering the office of Messrs. Rawson and Co., Commercial -buildings, Waterloo-street, on Tuesday morning. When arrested the prisoner was found with a bag in his hand, containing Messrs. Rawson's cash-box and a quantity of housebreaking implements. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA, —The Emigration Commissioners have chartered the Dirigo, 1,216 tons, to con v ey emigrants to Adelaide, from Birken head, on the 23rd of June ; the Ellenborough, 1,031 tons, to New South Wales, from Southampton, on the 22nd of June; the Columbus, 445 tons, to Hobart Town, from Plymouth, on the 27th June; the Joshua, to Geelong, from Southampton, on the 16th June; and the Lady Ann, to Sydney, from Plymouth, on the 11th of June. ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LACTHPORD, WARRINGTON. Two sermons were preached on Sunday week, in St. James's Church, Latchford, in aid of the funds of the Infant-school ; in the morning by the Rev. Henry Bostock, head-master of the Grammar-school; and in the evening by the Rev. Thomas Greenall, rector of Grampenhall. The amount collected was upwards of £3O. MURDER.—Michael Cosgrove, 75 years of age, who lived in Mount-street, St. Andrew-street, Manchester, caused the death of a woman named Elizabeth Hambleton, 66 years of age, by beating her violently about the head with a piece of wood, on Sunday last week. The deceased lodged in the old man's house, and the cause of his attack ing her was her alleged interference between him and his wife when they were quarrelling. SINGULAR Does ACCIDENT.—About noon on Friday, as the ship Hornby, for Barbadoes, was being towed out of the Canning Basin , she struc k against the wall, and had one of her cat-heads carried away by the blow. The cat-head fell into the entrance of the basin, and, when an attempt was made to close the outer gates, it got jammed under one of them, and prevented it from closing. A great scene of excitement ensued, and the gates of all the docks leading into the Canning Basin were closed as speedily as possible. As the tide fell the water rapidly left the basin, and three ships which were lying there took the ground. The assistance of divers was procured, and the obstruction removed. The outer gates were then closed, and water being let into the basin from the Can ning, Albert, and Salthouse Docks, the ships were speedily afloat again, without having sustained any injury. AUSTRALIAN Slurs Sroicsie.—The Golden Era, Capt. Peat, hence for Melbourne, crossed the line •in 27 days, and was spoken on the 14th April in lat. 5 S., lon 29 W. The Red Jacket, Captain Reed, and the Mermaid, Captain Dewey, also both hence, were spoken on the 11th instant, -in hit 38 N., lon 13 W., about opposite Cape St. Vincent, the former seven days and the latter eight days out, thus Showing that they had made excellent progress so far. All these ships belong to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " White Star Line." D IS COVERY OF BURGLARIOUS IMPLEMENTS.— On Thursday afternoon some boys were seeking birds' nests in some fields immediately adjoining the boundary lane dividing Liverpool from Fairfield and the Old Swan ; and whilst in an old stone quarry in the neighbourhood, they discovered a considerable number of files, saws, a dark lantern, and other tools and implements, secreted in a hole on one side of the quarry. The tools were taken to the central police-office, and a second discovery of similar instruments has been made in the same place. LIVERPOOL Yee''' . Cum.—Eight new members have been added to the club, and six others proposed for the next ballot. The first club sailing match will take place on the Bth of June, the day after the regatta of the Royal Mersey Club, the coarse being from Birkenhead round the Formby Light-ship and back, a distance of eighteen miles. The yachts are fast coming on the station, and will soon show a good fleet. Those at present at and about the station are, Jessica, 8 tons ; Commodore ; Priestess, 14, A. Dunn, Esq. •, S. Electric, T. Wilkinson, Esq. ; Sirocco, Spurt, Warlock, Torment, &c. LANCASHIRE MILITIA ARTILLERY.—This local artillery corps has just completed a twenty-eight days' drill, at their barracks, in Islington, and they are now ready for active service. During the past week they have had two " field-days," the men being tried at gunnery practice on the shore near Waterloo. The guns were about six pounders and two nine pounders. The officers present were, Lieut.-Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall; Majors Atchison and Burns and Brevet -Major Hall; Capts. Ferguson, Burton, mid Campbell, (adjutant;) Lieuts. Middleton, Railton, Furnival, and Campbell ; and Surgeons Fer guson and Behrend. The four guns being unlimbered, Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougall ordered a royal salute of twenty-one discharges, on the completion of which the baud struck up " God save the Queen ;" and the 168 men, who had been ranged in companies behind, gave the cheers. A heavy shower of rain afterwards came on ; and the delay thus caused was taken advantage of to give the men a dinner of beef and b read, with a pint of ale each. Two large targets were then set up on the shore, and thirty rounds fired, but, although several balls went through the targets, the " bulls eyes" were not " blinked" once. The practice, however, was considered very successful, and the guns were served with precision. On Friday the regiment was inspected by Col. Turneux, R A., at the Islington Barrack -grounds, and afforded proof that they were fully "up to the mark" in point of discipline. On Saturday the corps was again practised at the North Shore. All the officers were present, and about 160 of the artillerymen. The targets were placed at a range of 600 yards, but the larger pieces were removed, first, to 700 yards distance, and afterwards to about 830 yards. The firing was even more efficient than on Wednesday, and both targets were com pletely riddled with balls. The inner circle was hit, but the " bull's eye" still remained " unblinked." There were fourteen rounds of ball fired from four nine-pounders, and about twenty-eight from two six-pounders. Three prizes were offered by Col. M`Dougall for the best firing. The first prize was won by one of the six-pound guns, but both the second prizes were secured by the nine-pounders. The colonel and officers expressed themselves exceedingly well pleased with the efficiency displayed by the Militia artillerymen. Yesterday morning they assembled at the barracks, and were temporarily disbanded. HEAVE' COMMITTEE.—Mr. Dover presided at the meeting on Wednesday, when the medical officer reported that in the week ending on Saturday, the 20th instant, the deaths amounted to 157 in the parish, and 83 in the town ship, in all 240, being four more than in the previous week, and 34 more than the average of the same week of the preceding six years. A discussion then Ge toonerak plal ceßoard relativofe 1 to a recent document is sued by the Health, in which Liverpool was unfavourably mentioned. The medical officer replied that he had seen nothing of the Board of Health's report except what had appeared in the newspapers, and he thought it better to wait until he had seen that report before he ventured an opinion on it. he extract which he had . seen stated that in Liverpool t T he mortality had been reduced from 31 to 29 in a thousand, 1 and though that reduction might appear small, still, in a population of 400,000, it amounted to 800 a year. Mr. Fleming said that it was very desirable the matter should be fully inquired into, because they had led the public to believe that their sanitary measures had been such as to materially diminish the mortality of the town. Mr. M`Nicoll observed that the Board of Health had fallen into a mistake some time ago, in reference to the mortality in Liverpool, and suggested that the present statement might be a repetition of that error. The matter then dropped, it being resolved that the medical officer should draw up a statement as soon as he received the report of the Gene ral Board of Health. A ,statement was read from the treasurer, showing the amount of rates collected during the past year, the mode of collection, and ohe therco pmmitt ee.articulars conne cted with the financial operations of t LOCAL RATES.—At the Health Committee, on Thurs day, the treasurer submitted to the rates-collection sub committee a statement of the collection of the lighting and fire-police, and paving , sewer,&,c.,rates for the borough for the year 1853, ended. 31st March, 1854, wherein it was stated that there had been received during the year, of rates and arrears, by the collectors, 31,487 payments, amounting to £65,106, and in the office, 17,380 payments, amounting to £22,708, making a total of 48,867 payments,. amounting to £87,814, being an increase on the preceding year of 6,026 payments, and £12,994 ; and, calculating b the mode of per centage for the present year on the same b asis as the preceding one, the total per centage over the whole borough shows an increase of £3 14s. 9d. per cent., or equal to £3,400. The report contained a comparative re turn of the per centages collected on the gross assessments for the years 1 849 to 1853, both inclusive, and this, wied the exception of Kirkdale, showed a steady increas amount on each year. The per centage collected in Liver pool, in 1849, was £6B 14s. 11d. ; in 1853, £77 9s. 3d.— Kirkdale, £55 16s. 9 d. ; £ 64 11s. 4d.—Ever £74 28 on, ge4 .7d. Bs. 3d. ; £69 12s. id. — W est Derby, £67 12s. sd. —Toxteth-park, £53 Is. 6d. ; £64 ls. Id. The apparent decrease in Kirkdale, it was st ated, was in consequence the Northshore Mills being . burnt down, in 1853, only six weeks' rates being payable in respect of the property, as sessed at £1,250. Had the whole rates been paid, as in previous years, the total comparative per centage would have been £66 15 5 . 3 d. per cent., against £64 l. There had been issued during the year 24,407 notices on assessments under £2O to appear before the appeal com missioners, and 3,403 fourteen days' notices on assess ments of £2O and upwards. 6,724 magistrates' summonses for nonpayment of rates had been obtained during the year, and 1,864 warrants. LIVERPOOL POLICE STATISTICS. —Captain Greig, the head-constable, has issued his annual report for 1854, which gives the following results : The authorised strength of the police force of this town is 886, of which 314 belong to the docks. The disposable force for the town is thus 572, from , which 68 officers and men are taken to fill various special departments, 20 being reserved for detective duty, and others for duty in the bridewells, fire department, &c. With this reduction, and a further reduction on account of sickness, the number actually doing duty in the streets is 473, which is one police-officer to every 790 inhabitants. With a view alike to the effi ciency of the police and the advantage oif_the_public, ftro bationary class has been formed, in wh'ch all men joining instructed in the nature of their duties. ring the year instructed placed under an experienced inspector,. rou an . d carefully t1h891531, the 2l ,753 previous persons year,wererims a t in h to e i c n u c ii r t eas od e y,2 om , 72 p 7 ri mo re number of the less, important offences. The drunk and disorderlies" numbered 2,947 males and 2,303 females ; though taken the "drunk and inaapables" 2,778 males and 1,407 females. During the year, the value of the 'property stolen was £12,256 7s. 44.; recovered £2,703 2s. 3d. The approfe hensions for felony were 3,334 males and 2,450 females ; which 2,535 were committed for trial. The tables present an increase of 207 in the apprehensions, but a decrease of 382 in the committals for trial, as compared with the pre ceding year. Of the 2,535 persons committed for trial on charges of felony, 759, or 29.9 per cent.,'were born t in Li ve rpool ; other parts of England, 412, or 16. 2 per Ireland, 1,131, or 44.9 per cent. ; Scotland, 79, or 3.1 pe 4 cn r Wales, 61, or 2.4 per cent. ; Isle of Man , 10, or 0. foreign countries, 76, or 3.0 per cent. Dur in g ilirst3etnhte.;re was an increase of 38 in number of fires, and property to the value of £144,021 was destroyed, being an excess of damage of £128,114 as compared with 1852. The total number of firemen is 104. There are 1,441 public housespros Antes in the borough, doing business, and 911 beerhonses. f. There are se of 17 in the former, and 198 in the being an increase ed ith 1852. Of thieves there are in the 691 brothels, and 1,896 'mown latter, as compar -18 profession , • al 182 who work occasionally, and borough o The report also embraces some facts about emigration, and shows that within the last four upwards of a m 09 souls have landed in this town 7y9earssusuppicui,aous erssi.li from Ireland THE MAYOR, on Wednesday, in honour of Her Ma jesty's birth-day, entertained a large party of gentlemen at the Town-hall. FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING MONEY.-011 Tuesday a very diminutive man named Henry Roberts, who had been a porter in the employment of Messrs. Holford and Col lard, trunk makers, Lord-street, was charged before the police .magistrate with obtaining the sum. of £1 4s. from the Rev. H. Hampton, incumbent of St. James's Church, under false pretences. The prisoner had been discharged from the employment of Messrs. Holford and Collard in March. Subsequently he called two or three times upon Mr. Hampton, with a bill for the above amount, saying that he had been sent by Messrs. Holford and Collard. On the 6th of April the prisoner again called, and the rev. gentleman gave his servant 245. to give to the prisoner, who, upon receiving the money, receipted the bill. Atter wards Messrs. Holford and Collard sent their bill, when the fraud was discovered. The prisoner-urged poverty as a reason for obtaining the money. Mr.. Hampton wished the bench to deal leniently with the man, but as he had been before the court about five years ago ; the magistrate said he had no alternative but send him to trial. The prisoner was accordingly committed. MONSTER WHEEL FOR THE MERSEY IRON WORKS. —On Tuesday evening no small amount of interest was excited by the circumstance of an immense piece of ma chinery which was seen issuing from the gates of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., and which, on enquiry, we found to be the first portion of a gigantic fly-wheel, intended for the new rolling-mills of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, of this town, and designed by Mr. William Clay, manager of the works. Considerable difficulty was experienced in conveying the casting from the foundry te. the company's works, occasioned not alone by its vast weight, but increased in a great degree by the great cir cumference of the circle of which it was a segment, and the consequent awkwardness attendant on its transit. To obviate the difficulties as much as possible, it was moved in the evening, when the streets were comparatively clear, and it was drawn: by about fourteen of the company's finest horses. The portion referred to, although weighing about twelve tons, is not quite a fourth of the whole wheel, which, when complete, will, it is estimated, contain up wards of fifty tons of metal, the whole having a diameter of thirty-five feet. It is intended to form part of the machinery for working a boiler-plate rolling-mill, of the largest size and most improved construction. When in operation, this mill will be a vast acquisition to the iron ship-building and boiler-manufacturing iuterests of the town, by enabling them to have plates of any dimensions or thickness made on the spot. THE SELECT VESTRY. — At the weekly meeting, on Tuesday, before the business commenced, Mr. Denton, on the part of the overseers, disclaimed any connexion with the contest now going on between the churchwardens and the ratepayers, in the matter of stopping the parish clocks, &c. From the report of the Workhouse Committee it ap peared that the admissions to the vagrant sheds, during the past week, had been 378 males, 213 females, and 43 children, making a total of 634. The number of inmates in the house was 2,251, among whom there were 639 sick cases, 77 of fever, and 33 of itch. From the proceedings of the Industrial School Committee it appeared that Wm. Lyon, one of the pupil teachers, had been dismissed for irregular and immoral conduct A charge made against Mr. Penson, one of the assistant-masters, of beating a child with needless severity, had been found to be ground less. Six boys had absconded from the schools, and three -enlisted into the 60th Rifles corps. A resolution had been passed, limiting the time for the parents and friends of the children to see them at the schools to once in three months. It was recommended that Eliza Hewitt should be appointed head laundress at the schools, at the salary of £l5 a-year. The proceedings were confirmed. The Medical Relief Committee had exonerated Mr. Norris, one of the district medical officers, from a charge of neglecting a patient, brought under notice by Captain Greig. A dis cussion ensued on a motion proposed by Mr. Wm. Jones, that lay Protestant visitors should be admitted to the house for the purpose of imparting religious instruction to a portion of the inmates. Ultimately the proposition was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. Came, the resolu tion prohibiting the employment of any of the paupers on out-door work was rescinded, Mr. Came stating that km a month or two the new cemetery at Walton would be opened, and, as there were about 3,000 paupers buried every year, it would be a considerable expense if men had to be engaged to dig single graves, especially when there were sufficient men in the house to do the work. On the motion of Mr. Came, the churchwardens • and overseers, w ith Messrs. Luff, Bradley, and Rea, were appointed a " committee, in compliance with the recommendation of the 'general vestry, for the purpose of superintending the making and revising the assessments for the poor, and also to inquire into and report on the system adopted pre viously by the surveyor. Mr. Came brought before the notice of the board an article which recently appeared, in which it was stated that there were twenty-two deaths from. destitution within the parish in 1852, and reflecting seriously on those having charge of the administration of relief to the poor. This matter was soon disposed of by tr. Hart, the vestry-clrk, who stated that, on reference o the coroner's returns for 1852, there could not be found a single verdict of " died by starvation." THE ART OF PRINTING.—On Wednesday the Rev. Sutton, incumbent of St. Peter's, Sackville-street, Everton, delivered the last of a series of lectures for the benefit of the working classes, in the school-room belonging to the church, in Upper Beau-street. The subject was " The art of printing : its origin, progress, and civilising ten dencies." After describing the different kinds of printing —copperplate, block printing, and printing with moveable types—the rev. gentleman traced its origin to the very earliest times, giving several quotations from the Old Tes tament—which, he remarked, was the oldest book on record—in order to show that impressions by seals, which must have given the first idea of printing, were taken as early as the times of the patriarch Job, and other cha racters of sacred writ. He referred to the use of the art in China, in the rude form of block-printing, which, owing to the peculiar construction of their characters, was the only method adapted to the representation of the Chinese language ; and after further tracing it to Europe, from its introduction into Germany, the rev. gentleman dwelt at considerable length upon the progress which the art had since made, illustrating his remarks by several valuable old works, principally copies of the Scripture, which con tained specimens of the different types then in use—old English black letter, Roman letter, and Italic. He also • exhibited diagrams which he had taken of the Stanhope hand-press, and the modern ma steam printing machine, at the former of which only 250 copies of paper could be worked off in an hour ; whilst the latter produced as ny as 6,000 copies in an hour. He then referred to the civilising tendency which the art had exercised on man kind generally, noticing, in eloquent terms, the impulse which it gave to the Reformation by the great means it afforded for spreading knowledge, and placing the sacred Scriptures in the hands of the people. Though it might, and sometimes undoubtedly did, exercise a powerful influence for evil, it was, without question, one of the greatest boons conferred upon man. It was a great boon both to the poor man and to the rich, for by it the former was now enabled to obtain copies of the Scriptures and other valuable works, which before could not be got except at the enormous expense consequent upon the great amount of time and labour required to copy them. The rev. gentleman concluded his interesting address by further referring to the great benefits which printing conferred upon the masses by aiding in the dissemination of useful knowledge, such as was to be derived from the newspapers, and works like those of the Messrs. Chambers, Dickens's " Household Words," " The Leisure Hour," &c., which were essentially the works of the people, cheaply affording a vast amount of interesting and valuable information. A vote of thanks to the rev. gentleman for his lecture con cluded the proceedings. - CHURCH OP ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCIETY. -- The first anniversary meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary to this society was held on Tuesday in the Royal Amphitheatre. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. M`Nelle,—the Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenham, and the Rev. E. Girdle stone attending as a deputation from the parent society. • There was a numerous attendance, a considerable propor tion of the audience being composed of ladies. The rev. chairman, after deploring the amount of ignorance still prevalent in the country, and the impossibility of agreeing upon a national system of education, said—" I am enabled to say to you that the society which we advocate this day, although it has no higher name than the Church of Eng land Education Society, yet does hold, and is determined to carry out, the Protestant and Evangelical principles of the Church. of England, without mistake and without compromise. (Hear and cheers.) We value, truly and sincerely value, many of the operations of the National Society ; but with some of its operations we have good reason to be dissatisfied. For this we have been called factious, but the faction has been upon the other side. (Hear, hear.) We endeavoured to give to the management of that society a more comprehensive character, to make it more clearly, more impartially, more fairly the repre sentative of all the component parties of the Church of England. In this attempt we failed ; but we were treated in a manner which betrayed too plainly the animus of the managing committee. We were treated rather as an tagonists to be checked than as allies to be consulted. (Hear, hear.) We were, therefore, forced into a separate action. I wish this to be particularly observed, because the most important objection brought against us by any is, that the movement has been needless, as sufficient instrumentality existed before. Now, had we made any needless movement, and agitated the public mind need lessly, we certainly would be obnoxious to very serious rebuke. But I feel persuaded that that charge is un founded. (Hear, hear.) I, for one, took part in the movement so far as I had an opportunity at so great a distance from the seat of central operations, the metropolis, and at very great inconvenience, and repeated attendances at the parent society endeavoured, in co-operation with others, not to carry on a factious proceeding, but to get a fair representation of all the parties in the church, which would confer a universal confidence upon the operations of the National Society. That was our bona fide object; and instead of being received in a friendly spirit, or even argued with as to the propriety of our conduct, we were treated as invaders who had come to interfere with the established order of things, and not as friends who wished to make that order more enlarged and more efficient. (Hear, hear.) Under these circums then, I say we were forced into separate action aid e se formed this society to appeal to the public. on operations of the society, as hitherto carried on, are fully described in the report. [The chairman then read an extract from the report, and concluded :]—l need only add, that among the grants so made, three have been made to schools in Liverpool, in connection with the church—St. Barnabas, St. John, and St. Stephen's. The Rev. W. H. Wright, one of the secretaries, then read the report. This showed that the society had made grants in several instances to enable the managers of schools to meet the requirements of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. From the report of the paren t society just issued, it would appear that there are nearly 12,000 schools which are at too low an ebb to b e brou g ht within the benefit ssociety of an rinTghethLeirvaesrpt a oo sum of £339 2s. —The Rev. S. Mint on moved the first resolution, after g h ° a r d e c rn on m tri ei t t contributed during u which the Rev. Mr. Close , at g reat length, addressed the ye lb r ra tl n ie h education, sustained partly by voluntary effort, and partly meeting, arguing strongly in favour of a mixed system of by government aid, extolling highly the present partl y by by the Committee of Privy Council on Education. —He was followed by the Rev. Mr. Girdlestone, and the Rev. A. Knox of Birkenhead ; the resolutions, which were all rinsed, unanimously, being severally seconded by Mr, Adam Hodgson, air. David Hodgson, and Mr. Charles Inman GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. A CARTER was thrashing a poor jaded horse at Sun derland the other day, when a. Newfoundland dog seized him and threw him to the ground. EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF SALMON.—On one of the days of last week no fewer than five hundred salmon were taken between Sluy and the mouth of the Findhorn by the drag nets. Oh Monday last about two hundred were caught. These takes are quite unparalleled on the river Findhorn.—ForreB Gazette: Tax Psps TREES for the- Sydenham palace are from the neighbourhood of Grand Cairo, and have been obtained for the palace by Mr. Anderson, one of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, who is now in Egypt, and who has taken.great intrest in the success of etentha span the Sydenham palace. :—"cNaof pilots.expense N h o a s t l WELL-Pain num.—A letter from the Baltic fleet r x ed looo in has obta b is ee th i lg p t ai h d e as s a ys assistance a e s ta in an instance or two, for the services of this class of men during the whole season, till the navigation closes : and the same sum has been given to a Norwegian linguist, who speaks Russian and, Finnish, on board the Wel lington." TnE CZAR AND HIS Wire.—A couple of years after her marriage, the present Empress of Russia paid a visit to her father at Berlin. Nicholas, two days after her de parture, took post, travelling incog., and arrived at the palace at Berlin one hour before his consort, who was not a little suprised to be welcomed by her husband. It is the only time, it is said, that he indulged in a hearty laugh. TUE GROUSE is early and plentiful this season. There is a large quantity of nests and some of them are already hatched. The Duke of Rutland's gamekeeper has gathered 300 grouse eggs in Lord Panmure's forest, and taken them to England to be hatched with bantams. How they may turn out time will only prove.—Montrose Standard. MONSTER STEAMERS.—There lately appeared in the Southampton docks four mail steam-packets (three of them Clyde-built), viz. the Simla, Colombo, Atrato, and Himalaya ; three of them. screws, and one a paddle-wheel, the aggregate burden of which is nearly 12,000 tons, the united length one-fourth of a mile, and their value above half a million sterling; such a sight was never before seen in any port in the world. The four steamers occu pied nearly two-thirds of the sides of the docks. EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY ON OFFICIAL RESIDENCES.—On Friday, a Parliamentary return was published, from which it appears, that from 1831 to 1863, there was £34,791 lls. expended on official residences in the neighbourhood of Downing-street, On the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence, £4103 3s. Od. and on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's official residence, £7236 7s. 10d.; an the Colonial Office, £4040 Os. Id. ; and on the Foreign Office, £8982 10s. 4d. LITERATURE AT SEA.—The passengers on board the steam-packet Crossus, which left England a few mouths since for Australia, published a newspaper on board called the Southern Cross or Antarctic Gazette. Several copies of this journal were printed and published at the Cape of Good Hope, and have reached England. In one of the numbers was a report of a very admirable lecture on the resources and prospects of Australia, delivered on board the Crmsus, while she was proceeding on her voyage, by Sir Thomas Mitchell, the Australian explorer, and in ventor of the Boomerang screw propeller. THE SCOTS GRETS.—It is one of the disadvantages of our co-operation with the French troops in the East, that a sense of delicacy compels the British to veil the regi mental devices which they earned in the great war in te Peninsula and the Netherlands ; lest they should outrage the feelings of their gallant collaborateurs. The Scots Greys are greater sufferers by their Waterloo distinction than any other corps, for it has caused them to be kept back altogether. They are literally covered with sou venirs of Waterloo, and must have altered their uniform entirely if they had been sent to the East. We cannot help commending the good taste which would spare a sin gle mortification to our gallant French allies.—United Service Gazette. INVENTOR OF LUCIFER BIATCIII3B.—Don Quixotte's friend, Sancho, blessed the man who invented sleep : but if you knew the trouble attending flint and steel operations, you would doubly bless the man who produced the lucifer match. That man was Mr. John Walker, of Stockton upon-Tees, who still carries on business there as a chemist and druggist. Chemical matches threatened the empire of flint and steed thirty or forty years ago, and in 1827 Mr. Walker was preparing some lighting mixture. He had dipped in a match, intending to make experiment in the then common mode, when accidentally.he scrubbed it on the hearth, and it ignited, A new light was thus thrown upon matchmaking, of which Mr. Walker was not slow to avail himself. In April 1827 he commenced the sale of friction matches. For a box of 50 lucifers, with a piece of sand-paper for friction, the charge was a shilling. A whole gross of boxes, gorged with matches, may now be had for about eighteenpence.—Gateshead Observer. COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—For agricultural statistics, to be collected in the three king doms, the sum of 213,000 is required in the miscellaneous estimates for the present year. There is to be a " complete system " in Scotland, carried out through the medium of the Highland Society ; a " complete system " in Ireland, wider the management of the Board of Public Works; and in England there are to be " further experiments," under the superintendence of the local officers of the Poor-law. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS —Mr. It. Phillimore's bill to improve the mode of taking evidence.iii the ecclesiastical courts of England and Ireland has been printed. It con sists of one clause, which provides that in any suit in an ecclesiastical court, the Court (if it shall think fit) may summon and examine witnesses by word of mouth, and either before or after examination by deposition or affidavit, and that notes of such evidence shall be taken down in writing by the judge or registrar, or by such other person a-s the judge shall direct. A "18frarEutous STRANGER" entered the church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, a few days ago, and requested permission to view the building. The sexton immediately admitted him; and he proceeded to the altar, in front of which he knelt down for some time, sobbing and groaning violently the while. Then he got up, and giving the sexton a shilling and his gold watch and pencil-ease, disappeared. As no tidings have been since received respecting him, fears are entertained that he has committed suicide. SINGULAR CATASTROPHE.—A train from Birmingham to Coventry, on Monday, brought into the latter station an unfortunate gentleman named Barnett, a Birmingham merchant, with both Ms legs cut off at the thighs, on the point of breathing his last. The guard stated that, in passing through the Beechwood tunnel he felt the break carriage suddenly lifted up, upon which he had stopped the train and walked back. He found the unfortunate man lying across the rails, the train had passed over him, and his legs were severed from his body. The door of a first class carriage in which he had been was open, and the cushioned inside board torn down. Further the accident is inexplicable. Tax CLYDE Scusw-STEAMER.—We were much grati fied this week by an inspection of the interior of this fine new steamer, which is now on the eve of its departure. The decorations are indeed of the most gorgeous descrip tion. In the main saloon, which is of the most spacious proportions, the side panmiels are of plate glass, beautifully ornamented with gold and colour, having in the centres a series of exquisitely painted views of the chief cities in this country amid the United States, including London, New York, Edinburgh, Washington, Glasgow, &c., the colour ing of which forms an agreeable contrast to the rich crim son drapery. The cupola roof is formed of stained glass, adorned with medallion portraits of the most ce lebrated statesmen, warriors, and literati of Britain and America, while the side compartments exhibit similarly executed figures of War, Peace, Industry, &c. The ladies' cabin is decorated at the same time with figurative representations of Poetry, Music, and Painting. The general effect of the ornaments and colour is light, mellow, and pleasing. The passage cupola is also extremely attractive, being adorned by a variety of landscapes executed in aquatint. These elaborate specimens of ornamental decoration were pro duced, we understand, under the immediate superinten dence of Messrs. Hugh Bogle and Co., the well-known decorators to the Queen in this city, and they certainly reflect the greatest credit , upon the professional resources and skill of the firm.—Glasgow Citizen. — [From what we know of the high respectability of the firm, and the good taste and sound judgment of Mr. Bennett, managing partner in its operative department, we experience much pleasure in giving additional currency to the preceding commendation, feeling assured that if, is deserved. — ED. L. S.] THE FRENCH EMPEROR.—The Paris correspondent of The Guardian gives the following graphic description of Louis Napoleon and his lady :—" There are various reports as to the movements of the Empress, but unfortunately only one opinion as to her delicate state of health. Those who knew the Empress Eugene some years ago describe her as a person with a great deal of colour, and inclining to embonpoint. The change to a deadly paleness and daily increasing thinness is very alarming, and seems to portend that the effect of her extraordinary elevation has proved too much for her naturally feverish and excitable temperament. The incessant restlessness of her manner certainly denotes the feeling of one labouring under some impulse too great for concealment. In this respect she presents the most striking contrast to the cold unfathom able aspect of the figure who sits beside her, and in whose visage not even those who have been his longest and closest boon companions can pretend to read any certain indication of what is passing within. Neither remem brances of the past, nor anxieties for the future, seem to interfere with Louis Napoleon's enjoyment of the present, who gets fatter as the Empress gets thinner, and follows out his unswerving will, whether it be in matters of plea sure or business, with an impassibility and steadiness characteristic of the man who for three years calmly pre pared the blow which made him what he. now is. The completion of the maison imperiale on the most sump tuous footing, the indulgence of that love of military pomp and finery which he owes to his French extraction, and of the love of substantial comfort, and fine horses and car riages, and sport which he imbibed in England—the em bellishment of his capital, and, though last, not least, his war with the Czar—are all pursued at once with the same equanimity and composure, and unswerving perseverance. The pages Of the Moniteur exhibit once more the true Napoleonic pretension to universality, and present us one day with a decree for the formation of companies of hun dreds of thousands of soldiers for the prosecution of St mighty war, and the next with an imperial mandate for the scraping and cleaning of half the houses in Paris. The capital indeed is.a sort of inorme bijou, a gigantic toy, in the hands of the Emperor, and one which, like a clever child, as he undoubtedly is, lie is perpetually bent upon pulling to pieces. Sundays and all days he -must be. in dulged with his plaything ; and neither the holidays of his subjects nor the exhausted funds of Isis aldermen of the Hotel de Ville are allowed to interefere with the imperial amusement. A few days ago, the municipal council had to take into consideration the completion of the new Boulevard de Malesherbes, a pet plan of Napoleon I. and comparatively of easy execution in his time; but w , hich now must be cut through a vast line of valuable property. Made desperate, I presume, by the conviction of empty coffers, the city council absolutely had the audacity to vote the postponement of the measure by a majority of one ! Vain effort to check a will which has always shown itself more obstinate about such trifles as these even than more weighty matters. Louis Napoleon was not the man to hear his "constitutional" authority over public works interfered with. The Moniteur of the very next day con tained a decree for the immediate expropriation of all the necessary property, and the vigorous carrying on of the work. Let the city authorities find their share of the funds hew and when tbeT can," THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL CO ALtrrs,--In this country there have been 1,886 natura lised since 1844. THE .LBPROST is spreading so rapidly in Norway, that fears are entertained of its becoming a general sickness, as in the middle ages. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS are in the north of England and midland counties inspecting the prisons and barracks, with a view to finding accommodation- in the interior of the country for prisoners of war. THE CONSER VATIVE PARTY in CaillinitlliMit is rumoured, intend to invite Mr. Warren, Q.C., to stand on the conser vative interest, at the ensuing election. There are already three liberals in the field, and a fourth has just with drawn. ROYAL PATRONAGE OF BOTANY.—Mr. o'o3ll, teacher Montrose, has received orders to prepare a collection of the plants of Forfarshire, as well as•those indigenous to Balmoral, for the especial use of Her Majesty the Queen. —Montrose Review. DEULLEEP SINGH, the young Maharajah who was brought' by Ghoolab Singh into Lord Hardinge's camp in 1846, and under our protection was soverign prince in the Punjab%until 1849, has arrived at Calcutta on his way to Europe, where he is proceeding to improve himself. He is now 17: years of age, and has embraced the Christian religion. A MODERN JOAN OF Anc.—The wife of one of the offi cers of the 11th Hussars, and sister to the great African lion hunter, accompanies her husband to the East. Her habiliments are prepared for active service. She is to have a black belt, in which two of Deane and AdaMs's revolvers are placed. She has been practising daily at the shooting gallery in Dublin, and promises to avenge her husband's death should he fall by leading on his troop against our common enemy.— United Service Gazette.• CONSEQUENCES OH CRIME.—Aboat a year since a man named Tennant. in Barnwell, laid himself down on the railway at Paper-mills, and allowed the train to pass over him. After his death, his wife, whose supposed infidelity had been the cause of his suicide, went to live with her paramour, and eventually they agreed to emigrate together. The woman took with her on board the vessel £22, all the money they had, sewed in her stays. As they were at the very point of sailing, the man said he had left something on shore, and told his victim he would. go and fetch it, and return within an hour. Instead of returning, he kept ashore ; the deluded woman sailed, and the wretch, it is said., has returned to Cambridge, and boasted that befoie leaving the ship he had taken the money from the unhappy woman's stays. LAMBS.—The lambing season may now be considered over in the south of Scotland, and it has been a very favourable one. The report from that large district of the upper portion of Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbright, lying between the Nith and the Ken, represents this, with very trifling exceptions, as the best season known for many years. There were no severe snow-storms during the winter, and plenty of grass, which circumstances brought the ewes to the lambing season in much better condition than last year, and as they have plenty of milk, the lambs are much stronger. There are fewer twins than usual, but, on the other hand, there has been a smaller amount of deaths and fewer barren ewes ; so that, on the whole, the crop may be considered an average one in quantity, and beyond that in quality. Some accounts from Scaur Water are not quite so good.—Dumfries Courier. THE ARGENTINE CONFEDRRATION.—The treaty for the free navigation of the rivers Parana and Uruguay, signed on the 10th of July by Sir C. Hotham and the provisional director of the Argentine Confederation, has been laid before Parliament. The confederation concedes the free navigation of the rivers, wherever they may belong to her, to the merchant vessels of all nations, and agrees to main tain beacons and marks pointing out the channels, such navigation to remain free to the merchant flag of all nations in case of war between any of the States of the river Plate or its confluents ' excepting in what may relate to muni tions of war, such as arms, gunpowder, lead, and cannon balls. A uniform system is to be established by the con federation for the collection of Custom-house, harbour, and other dues. No favour is to be granted to the flag of any other nation which shall not equally extend to the British. The high contracting parties, considering that the island of Martin Garcia may impede free navigation of the con fluents of the Plate, agree to use their influence to prevent that island being held by any state which shall not adhere to the principle of free navigation. The treaty was ratified on the 11th of March. INSANITY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED DT MESMERISM.—At the Northampton petty sessions, last week, the father and mother of a lad named George Walker attended before the magistrates to implore their help under the following circumstances :—Two years ago, when the electro-biology mania raged in the town, the lad was unfortunately one of the subjects who was operated upon by Mr. Reynolds, the lecturer, and by the Rev. T. Milling. ton. For six weeks his parents were ignorant of what had occurred, but were conscious of a melancholy change in the boy's demeanour. . The fact at last transpired. The boy became so violent that it was necessary to subject him to temporary restraint. He was visited by both the biologists, and Mr. Millington attended him with great diligence and anxiety. The case was submitted by the rev. gentleman to Dr. Eltotson, who directed that the demesmerising process should be continued, with an as surance that it would in the end be successful. A com plaint was made at the time before the magistrates, and Mr. Millington and Mr. Reynolds both attended to meet it. Nothing came of it, some of the magistrates being dis posed to think that the violence was feigned. For a time the demesmerising process seemed to be partly successful, though the lad never became what lie had been previously. With his growth, however, the insanity also grew, and the unfortunate lad has now become, to all appearance, a con firmed lunatic. His insanity was too obvious to be doubted, and the magistrates made the proper order for his admission to the asylum as a pauper lunatic.—North ampion Mercury PROFESSORSHIPS FOR THE NEW UNIVERSITY OF 3/mmol7mm—A university is to be founded at Melbourne. i The appointment rests with Sir J. F. IV. Herschel, Bart.; G. B. Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal ; Professor Malden, of University College, London ; Robert Lowe, Esq., M.P. ; and Sir William a Beckett, Chief Justice of Victoria. The salaries of the professors arc fixed at £l,OOO per annum, besides a residence in connexion with the university. A total abstraction from political or sectarian influence insist be rigidly enjoined ; and it will be considered desirable that the professors should be men under the middle age ; of approved diligence in literary pursuits ; graduates of one of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, or Glasgow ; and designated by some particular excellence in their collegiate career; accus tomed, if possible, to the inculcation of knowledge (with clearness and readiness) in the department to which they propose to apply themselves ; and more especially of such habits and manners as to stamp on their future pupils the character of the loyal, well-bred English gentleman. iIE3IP n e FRANCE.—The French Government have pro hibited the exportation from France of all hemp the growth of France or on which the French import duty has been paid. Many British merchants and manufacturers had made purchases of hemp at Havre and Nantes, and have been much annoyed to find the removal of their property to this country prohibited, especially as it was so much needed here for manufacturing purposes. The applica tion of our Ambassador at Paris to the Government has been fruitless, and our merchants have been obliged to sell again in France, and at a loss. So far as we understand there is no prohibition on the exportation from France of foreign hemp lying there in bonded warehouses, being considered us only in transitu. It is well for traders to know that by the provision of a Customs' act of 1814 the French Government may prohibit the exportation of goods of French origin, growth, or manufacture, and those considered such by payment of import duty, whether they have become the property of British merchants or not, and that purchases are made in France subject to the risk of such a prohibition, which has been actually applied to hemp. A NEW SAINT. — The beatification of Germaine Cousin, a French peasant girl, of the hamlet of Pibrac, near Toulouse, has been celebrated with great splendour at Rome, and has created no small sensation in the religious world of this country, especially in that of her own neigh bourhood, from whence both clergy and laity in Consider able numbers proceeded to witness the ceremony. The Univers makes the event the subject of a leading article of great length, beginning with, "France counts one advocate and one protector more in heaven." The new saint was born in 1579, and is described as deformed in her right hand, a victim to scrofula, and to a cruel step- Mother. In a state of half starvation she kept the flocks of her father until she died, at the age of two•and-twenty. Her claims to beatification are set forth as follows :—She became the queen of the plains when she kept her flock, and nature suspended its laws to honour her. Impetuous torrents stayed their course to give her free passage; the wolves respected her sheep, which latter never strayed beyond her crook ; the commonest trees of her father were always loaded with the finest fruit, and his crops were exempted from the uncertainties of the seasons. In the middle of winter her morsel of dry bread changed into flowers before the upbraidings of her harsh stepmother; at her death the Queen of Heaven, with a choir of angels, came to bear her from her couch. Forty years after her death her body was discovered in a state of complete pre servation. Her proces, or ecclesiastical suit for beatifica tion, was first instituted towards the end of the seventeenth century. Miracles increased round her tomb, and the suit, renewed in 1843, has, after ten years, been finally carried through that Roman Court of Chancery, the Con-. gregation of Rites. The solemnity took place on Sunday, the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, before the portico of which immense standards depicted the life of the new saint and her miracles. Inside, we are told, the well-known bronze statue of St. Peter was clothed in his cloak of cloth of gold, fastened by a large diamond, and wore a triple-crown set with jewels, to receive into the kingdom of which he held the key the new saint. The tribune was hung with four large paintings, representing the four miracles proved before the Congregation of Rites in support of the claim of beatification. These were a miraculous multiplication of paste and meal in a convent of Bourges, obtained by the saint's intercession; and the healing of the sick children, one by the application of a linen cloth which had touched the body, and which the mother of the child is represented receiving from the hands of the curd of Pibrac, and apply ing to her infant. These paintings are executed by French artists at Rome. Besides the above, the postulant of the beatification, in this case dgr. Estrade, canon of Toulouse, and honorary chamberlain of the Pope, offers to the latter four presents—a painting, a life, an engraving, and a relic of the saint. The painting represented the miracle of the flowers, by M. Langlois, also a French artist ; the life was written by M. Louis Veuillot, chief editor of the Univers, in receiving which his Holiness expressed " all his paternal benevolence for the author." On receiving the relic, the Pope uncovered his head, kissed it affectionately, pressed it to his forehead, and again kissed it with the tenderest devotion. These presentations took place after the cere mony at St. Peter's, in the Pope's private cabinet, to which about thirty of the clergy and inhabitants of Toulouse, who had come to Rome for the occasion, were admitted. At the file of the beatification, the French Ambassador was present, as well as the General of the French forces in Rome, with his officers in full dress, non commissioned officers, and soldiers, the 40th regiment of which did duty on the occasion. The officiating bishop incensed the relic of the saint, and recited the first prayer of public worship officially addressed to her. "Let us hope," says the Univers, "That the Church, France, and the world, will reap the fruits of this first invocation to the shepherdess of Pibrac, become now one of the powers of P ara di s e In the evening the Pope descended from his apartments to prostrate himself before the new shrine, and all Rome is described as eagerly joining him in the invocation. DIERCIAL ADVERTISER. SABBATH DESECRATION AT THE NEW DOCKS. TO TUB EDITOR OP TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Can you tell me who is to blame, that the labourers work all day on Sunday at the new docks on the North Shore ? It is a great disgrace to Liverpool that such a thing should be permitted—that the first sight foreign sailors should witness,. in entering our river, is numbers of men following their week-day labours on the Sabbath-day. This was the mir. all yesterday. Surely the excellent chairman of the. Dock Committee cannot know this. Will you say a word on the subject, and oblige A. RESIDENT AT BOOTLE. May 29, 1864. THE REV. W: Dl. FALLOO,V AND THE NEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. mission, notice. The services of Ash Wednesday, Lent. Passion Week, &c., have ever been carefully observed is St. James's Church, and the Book of Common Prayer used in its integrity. . My chief object in this communication is to defend myself from• an implied charge of neglect and inattention. and to show that the inhabitants of Toxteth-park are cared for by their legitimate pastors. I hope that 1 have guarded myself successfully frormany expression which can give offence to Mr. Wray or big friends; for, in vindicating myself and colleagues, I should be very sorry to occasion pain to others. I am, Sir, yours very faithfully, HEN. HAMPTON. St. James's, Toxteth-park, 19th May, 1854. LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY -.,- TO THE EDITOR OF TUE LrvEßPoor. STANDARD. TEE first exhibition of this society for the present season SlE,—Under the signature of " Consistency," a note I took place on Thursday last. Altogether the day was appears in the Mail of Saturday last, the gist of which tolerably fine, and the attendance was more numerous is to charge the Rev. W. M. Falloon with a want of what than on any previous occasion ;so much so, indeed, as to the writer is so full of; his very name being "Consistency." lead to serious inconvenience, many persons having been I feel sure few men desire more to walk before all men totally unabl e t o ga i n entrance. More than five thousand consistently than does Mr. Falloon ; and th oug h one of persons are supp ose d to have passed through the tent the Committee of the New Education Society, he only during the afternoon. joined it in the belief and conviction that it was not to The show itself was very good, but did not exhibit any act as an opponent of the National Society, but as a fellow- *marked impr ovemen t over those of previous years, and helper with the same, taking somewhat different views the novelties were fewer than usuaL The Azaleas of Mr. to arrive at the same objects which constitute the aim and , Henry Sharpies, and the Orchids of Messrs. A. Fairris desire of that venerable and most useful society. This he and N. Hadwen, were the chief attractions. most distinctly and repeatedly assured his congregation The prizes were as follow : was his conviction, when, on the: 21st, he invited their Henr y . zt.FaizTig. I.— enry Gaos r hrpes p PLANT S.; 2. Ada a s or ,Esq. attendance at the meeting. Six Azaleas.-1 Now, with respect to the grant made to St. Bride's Esq. School, the Committee are very thankful for the same. Four ditto.-1. Henry Sharpies, Esq. ;2. Adam Fairrie, Mr. Falloon, as president, made the application at the Esq. request of the Committee, and expressed his intention of Six Heaths.-1. James Bibby, Esq. ;2. James Livesen, having a collection for the National Society ; and more Esq. than once regretted he could not have it so soon as he Four ditto.-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq. ;2. Jas. Bibby, Esq.; wished, owing to various circumstlnces, and particularly 3. Mrs. Lorimer. as a large sum had been so lately contributed by the Six Fusehias.-1. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow; 2. James congregation towards their own schools, for the extensive Bibby, Esq. alterations. 1 Four ditto.-1. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow ;2. James Live sey, Esq. Eight Felargupinins.— . l : James Stringer, Esq.; 2. Henri Again, would it not have been more consistent with that charity that thinketh no evil, had the writer first ascertained that Mr. Falloon would not have the collection in accordance with the Queen's letter, and, secondly, to have ascertained his views and reasons for joining the New Society ? Had Mr. Falloon made a speech at the meeting, and confessed that he joined the Committee, believing it to be in opposition to the NatiOnal Society, and that he, and not the Committee of St. Bride's School, was the applicant for the grant from the society; then, might the writer, with more justice, have thundered against the want of consistency—but even then he would have done wisely to have preserved his incognito, and assume, as his name, that virtue of which even the most advanced follower of Christ deplores he has not more.—Your obedient servant, THOS. H. HOLDERNESS. Treasurer of St. Bride's National Schools. Liverpool, 29th May, 1851. ST. MATTHEW'S, SCOTLAND-ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. have read in your paper of the 23d a letter, signed " James Gillespie," in which the writ er connec t s th rioting of two Popish mobs, their ignorance, supersti. tion, and brutality, with the Church and Schools of St. Matthew's. _ _ Now, I do not quarrel with, or arraign, that peculiar constitution of mind which could so readily trace a con nexion between the various facts stated by your corre spondent and the Church and Schools of St. Matthew's ; but, undertaking, as I did, under very peculiar circum stances, the sole charge of St. Matthew's district, and uncheered and unsupported as I am, and have been, by one word of sympathy or counsel from those to whom I might naturally look for such, I may surely at least claim the privilege of being "let alone and allowed to go on quietly by myself in the great work in which I am engaged. I deny that the schools are held in the " cellar" of the Church. Regretting, as I do very strongly, that there are not such buildings as I would desire, I must still affirm that the School-rooms, although under the Church, are superior to many in various parts of England which I have examined. An inspection will satisfy you fully on that point. But now, as respects " the religious and intellectual training of the juvenile population," I fearlessly assert that it is fully equal to that afforded by any school in Lancashire. I have good cause to admit the fearful state of thou sands around St. Matthew's, and good cause also to deplore that so important a district should be entirely neg lected, as it is, by those so active for the spiritual welfare of the rest of Liverpool. Still I have reason to believe that, amidst so many and peculiar difficulties, and not withstanding the violent opposition of those who receive not the truth, that the work of the Lord is prospering, not by the might or wisdom of sinful man, but through the divine operation of the spirit of truth. I cannot conclude without stating some facts, from which I fancy the logical conclusion is clear and forcible. I am an Irishman, not one ashamed of the country, but very much the reverse. The mobs whose gross ignorance and superstition, as well as brutal violence, led to this un pleasant correspondence, are my countrymen. Now, Sir, remember this, and ponder it well: these men were trained in Popish falsehood at the expense of the British nation the glorious light of the Gospel of Christ was never allowed to shine into their school-rooms, tworse, should say, than their being even in cellars ;) and then, when thus trained and fully educated, they are instructed by priests who have been provided and educated for this very purpose by the Protestant people of 1:n0/incl.—Your obedient servant, HENRY COOKS, Minister of St. Matthew's. 3, Christian-street, North, Everton, Liverpool, May 20th, 1854. I. Harrison, Esq.; 3. Oliver Holden, Esq. Four ditto.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq. ;2. Jas. Stringer, Esq. Six ditto (fancy varieties.)-1. John Campbell, Esq.; it Henry Harrison, Esq. ' • 3. Charles Wilson, Esq. ; Extra prize, James Stringer, Esq. Four ditto (scarlet.) —Mr. Charles Rylance, nurseryman... Eight Roses (in pots, distinct varieties.)-1. Mr. J. R. Leatherbarrow; 2 and 3. Mr. Richard Griffiths. Four ditto.—S. P. Hope, Esq. Six Petunias (in pots.) —l. Mr. Charles Rylance, nursery man ; 2. George Holt, Esq. Six Calceolarias (distinct varieties.)-1. Julius Focke, Esq. : 2. Charles L. Clare, Esq. ; 3. John Anderton, Esq. Six Cinemrias.-1. James Livesey, Esq.; 2. Mr. George Davies, nurseryman. Six Gloxinias.-1 and 3. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow- Eight Ferns.-1. Isaac Hadwen, Esq.; 2. Julius. Focke, Esq. ; 3. Miss Molyneux. Six Lycopodiums.—lsaac Hadwen, Esq. Four Liliums.—The only one exhibited on this occasion was a noble specimen of L. Gigantenm, a species front Nepaul, exhibited by Adam Fairrie, Esq. Eight Pansies (grown in pots.)-1 and 3. Mr.. Charles Rylance, nurseryman, MISCELLANEOUS. Six Exotic Orchidacete.-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq.; 2_ Isaac Hadwen, Esq. Four ditto.-1. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow ;2. Isaac Had wen. Esq. Miscellaneous Collection of Stove or Greenhouse Plants (eight distinct species.)-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq.:. 2. Ed ward Moon, Esq. ; 3. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow. Four ditto.-1. Adam Fairrie, Esq. ;2.W. C. Hope, Esq.; 3. Charles Wilson, Esq. ; Extra Prize, Julius. Focke, Esq. Fuschia.-1. James Brown, Esq. ; 2. Christopherßawdon, Esq.; 3. James Bibby, Esq. Orchidaceous Plant.-2. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby ; 3. Isaac Hadwen, Esq. Calceolaria.-1. John Anderton, Esq. ; 2. Charles Wilson, Esq. ; 3. C. L. Clare, Esq. Lilium.-Adam Fairrie, Esq. Stove Plant.-1. James Brown, Esq.; 2. Charles Wilson; Esq. • 3. Charles L. Clare, Esq. Greenhouse Plant.-1. James Bibby, Esq.; 2. Thomas Davies and Co., nurserymen ; 3. James Bibby, Esq. Herbaceous Plant (grown in pot).-1. William Rishton, Esq. ; 2. James Bibby. Esq. ; 3. S. P. Hope, Esq. Hardy Shrub.-1 an d 2. M essrs. Th omas Davies and Co., nurserymen; 3. Julius Focke, Esq. MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS. Basket of Plants (in pots).-James Livesey, Esq.; extra, prize, John Campbell, Esq. Device of Flowers.-1. John Wilson, Esq.; 3. B. H. Jones, Esq. Collection of Cut Flowers (24 specimens, named).-I. Adam Fairrie, Esq. ; 2. John Campbell, Esq. Bouquet, for the hand.-1. Mr. Charles R} lance, nursery man ; 2. J. B. Yates, Esq.; 3. James Livesey, Esq. Eight Cut Roses (distinct and named varieties).-1. Mr. Henry Jenkins ; 2. J. B. Yates, Esq. ; 3. B. H. Jones, _ _FLORISTS' FLOWERS. Stand of 21 Pansies.-1. Mr. Charles Rylance, nursery man ; 2. Charles Saunders, Esq. ; 3. Mr. James White head, of Oldham. Twelve ditto.-1 and 2. Charles Saunders, Esq. ;3. 11r. James Whitehead. FAti ITS. THE PROPOSED " FREE" CHURCH. iPine Apple.-1. The BielC. - 14;Z Earl of Derby; 2 and. 3. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Two Bunches of Black Grapes.-1 and 3. The Right Ham Earl of Derby; 2. R. C. Gardner, Esq. Two Bunches White ditto.-1 and 3. R. C. Gardner, Esq, 2. W. C. Hope, Esq. Six Peaches.—Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Melon-1, 2, and 3. Harold Littledale, Esq. Six Apples (table).-1 and 3. Henry Harrison, Esq.; 2. W. Haynes, Esq. Six ditto (culinary).-1. B. H. Jones, Esq. ;2. Henry Harrison, Esq. ; 3. Edward Bates, Esq. Strawberries (a dish).-1 and 3. Thomas E. Moss, Esq.; 2. Harold Littledale, Esq. Gooseberries (a dish).-1 and 3. Mr. John Harrison ;2: Mr. Charles Rylance, nurseryman. Red Currants.-1. Edward Bates, Esq.; 2 and 3. W.IT. Haynes, Esq. White Currants.-1. Richard Allison, Esq.; 2 and 3. W. H. Haynes, Esq. Black Currants. —W. H. Haynes, Esq. Cherries.-1. The Right Hon. Earl Wilton ; 2 and 3. Thomas Ilarrison, Esq. Figs.—The Right lion. the Earl of Wilton. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—The correspondence, published in your last num ber, between our Diocesan and the Rev. C. Wray, and others, has attracted my attention, as it doubtless will that of the public generally. Mr. Wray and his friends, in fixing upon the close prox imity to my church and district for the erection of a new church, must have acted on the assumption that the insuf ficiency of church accommodation in Toxteth-park was a matter unthought-of and uncared-for by me, my colleagues, and neighbours • and that the multitude of immortal beings (20,000 referred to) were left to the sympathies and compassion of one of the remotest clergymen in the town ; who, to assume no unmeaning circumstance, having re medied all such deficiencies in his own locality, was anxious to supply the necessities of mine. Now, Sir, I am unwilling to be supposed so indifferent to my responsibilities, or so regardless of the religious destitution of those around me, as to await the voluntary interposition of the chance sympathy of distant friends. The movement, on their part, cannot have arisen from the single and sincere motive to promote the religious wel-, fare of the inhabitants of Toxteth-park, or they could not have failed to invite the clergy of the immediate vicinity to join them in so pious and praiseworthy a purpose. In this, Mr. Wray has lost sight of that courtesy for which I have heard him highly praised. I do not wish querulously to complain of this project, which prima facie' bears the aspect of benevolence and charity ; but it does not seem ingenuous and frank, nei ther is it English or Christian, to have ripened a plan of this kind, whereby many thousands of my people are included, without my being made privy to one step in the proceeding. This very naturally awakens suspicion which otherwise might not have existed, and which it is very painful to me to entertain towards an active and zealous brother clergyman. . . VEGETADLES. Best Collection of Six Vegetables. -1. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby; 2. Mr. John Learmont; 3. Mr. John Harrison. Two Cucumbers.-1 and 3. Mr. John Winter ; 2. Mr. C. Rylance, nurseryman. Two Brocoli.-James Livesey, Esq. Two Cabbages.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq.; 2. Mr. John Harrison ; 3. Edward Bates, Esq. Two Lettuces.-1. R. C. Gardner, Esq. ; 2. Mr. John Lear. mont ; 3. Mr. John Harrison. Potatoes.-1. B. H. Jones, Esq.; 2. R. C. Gardner,. Esq, 3. Gilbert Greenall, Esq. M.P. Peas.-1. James Stringer, Esq.; 2. Mr. John Harrison Mr. John Learmont. French Beans.-1. James Stringer, Esq.; 2.. Charles Saunders, Esq. ; 3. Christopher Rawdon, Esq. Curled Parsley.-1. John Wilson, Esq. ; 2. B. H. Jones?, Esq.; 3. J. R. Jeffery, Esq. Onions.-1. John Ravenscroft, Esq.; 2. Gilbert Greenalr, Esq., M.P. ' • 3. Mr. John Learmont. Carrots.-1. Mr. John Harrison, gartlner ; 3. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Turnips.-1. Charles Saunders, Esq. ; 2. Mr.. John Lear- • mont ; 3. W. H. Haynes, Esq. Celery.-James Stringer, Esq. Asparagus.--1, 2, and 3. Mr. John Harrison. Rhubarb.-3. W. H. Haynes. Esq. Mushrooms.-1. John Ravenscroft, Esq. ; 2. the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby; 3. James Livesey, Esq.. The show of tulips, though not numerous, was never& theless very choice, and contained some remarkably fins specimens. Florists' flowers are, however, lost in a genet. ral collection : they require a separate tent for theirproper display. For the best pan of six tulips, one in each class.-John: NVllittingham. Feathered Bybhrmen.-1 and 2, Mr. .le!se Winward ; Mr. Henry Yates; 4, Mr. Jesse lirmward ; 6, Mr. Thomas Roby; a, Mr. Jesse Winivard. Feathered Roses.-1, Mr. James Morris; 2,4, and 6,Mr. Jesse Winward ; 3, Mr. Henry Yates ; 5, Mr. Thomas In answer - io any implied indifference or neglect on my part, which I think this whole proceeding goes upon, I am ' compelled to refer to some of the efforts which I have made, and with God's blessing and the assistance of many friends to the cause of Christ and his Gospel, successfully made in the twelve years that I have resided in Toxteth park. I found, in 1842, a deserted and dilapidated church, and its grave-yard in a state of inconceivable desecration, no resident clergyman, no free seats for the poor, and a school with only 120 children. The church is now in good repair, the churchyard sub stantially railed in, 400 free sittings are constantly occu pied by the poor of the district—we arc fire resident cler gymen in full orders, all working pastors, and three efficient paid scripture readers, and in lien of two church services weekly we have now eight, besides cottage lectures —the school accommodation is raised from 120 to 1130. In 1845 a plan was put forward by myself and others for the erection of three new churches to supply the ad mitted deficiency in the districts of St. James and St. Thomas, which was impeded by the terrible commercial disasters of 1846.47, and the result was the erection of one church, St. Matthew's, in Hill-street, containing 1250 sit tings, one-half 'free for the poor. But I was not unmind ful of the original plan, although compelled for a time to yield to adverse circumstances. Iu July, 1853, I obtained the bishop's license for the performance of divine service in St. Bride's school, Gray-street, which had been kindly placed at my disposal by the Rev. W. M. Falloon and the trustees, the stipend for which is supplied by the Liver pool Working Men's Church Association. Here the Rev. Edward Gabriel, late of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, has most successfully gathered around him as large a congregation as the place will hold, and which is to form the nucleus of the second church in the scheme of 1845, for which the site was then purchased, and towards its erection I am now earnestly seeking subscrip tions. I point to this portion of the district of St. James (now called Christ Church, Toxteth-park) which must be the most proximate to the spot chosen by Mr. Wray, as singularly well provided with pastoral superintendence. The site for this church is on the unoccupied corner of land where Windsor-street intersects Hill-street. „ _ Roby. Flamed Bizarre.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whittingham; Mr. James Morris ; 3,5, and 6, Mr. Jesse Winward. Flamed Ilyblcemen.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whitingham ; 2', Mr. James Morris ; 3,5, and 6, Mr. Jesse Winward. Flamed Roses.-1 and 4, Mr. John Whittingham ; 5, and 6, Mr. James Morris. Best Pan of Breeders (1 of each class.)-1, Mr. Johns Appleton; 2, Mr. James Morris. Class of Breeders, one of each Bizarre, Byblcemen, Roses; 1,2, and 3, Mr. James Morris. Class of Selfs, one of each, White, Yellow.-1. Mr. Jesse Winward ; 2, Mr. John Whittingham. WAX FLOWERS. Collection of six distinct specimens.-1, Miss Newton; 2, Miss E. Gatchell ; Extra prize, Miss Newton. Ditto for amateurs only.-4, Miss Leatherbarrow ; Extra prize, ditto. EXTRA. PRIZES. A prize of 12s. for the second best pan of Tulips, given by Mr. - Henry Yates : Mr. John Whittingham.-10s. for the third, given by Mr. Whittingham : Mr. James Morris.-6s. 6d. for the fourth pan, given by Mr. Yates: Mr. Jesse Winward. A prize of 10s., awarded to that collection of Stovievo:a or Greenhouse Plants, on which the names gr ?lama and most correctly written, giving the of the plants, the year of their intro(' ax winch they belong. country, and the natural families to vt. —Mr. Henry Williams, gardener tx? 4.a_r d r i n` frere ; it 'i The hands of Mr. Gribbin were s tati oned s eleellent performance: parts of the marquee, and by th e i r scene. added much to the gaiety of the b o tanical into this: Mr. Wray states that one of his motives for erecting a new church near this place is "to afford the privileges of daily prayer and weekly communion to a large number of churchmen who would thankfully accept them." I have resided in my district, in the midst of my people, for twelve years. and believe that I know their views and tastes better than Mr. Wray, 4nd I confidently state that no such desire exists in any considerable number of church men in the 20,000 embraced in his scheme—l will not say that he might not find a dozen such, though I know not of them—and that it is altogether a groundless assumption. If there be " a large number of churchmen" in this neigh bourhood pining after a daily service ind weekly commu nion, I wonder they have not made known their wishes to some resident clergyman, for until they do so they cannot say they have been rejected. But for the Bishop's firmness, an awkward clashing of Purposes would have com e t o pass, as I could not have yielded to Mr. Wray th e r i g ht to come i n an d quietly take possession of a part o f my fl oc k , an d oust in? ofi umy office of making pro v i s i on , according best t°the t least in ability, for the negl ec t e d o f m y own people, or sharing that duty with others. It would not be right for me to encroach ra tit d fa i r n u r tr n . your space e len as g allonetpoll° points W ; i b n u to t t t g e o r withln your per.. W .: ~__ .~ ~~ nuo . o E f w i D n'te — res ihtri t I l iall b een excited in the neig hbourhood of Cavendish-square, the St i rasptossr. few ays r a Eu n f os za t ginTfulr lic feeling WEsr ance of a young lady from that locality. It would seem that the young lady . is connected with a family of the in consequence of the sudden and extraordinary disappear. linedtri m u e it d li w. p itl ifi l k l4 , aIZ - _..,' \ disappeared, without leaving the slightest clew as to her highest respectability, and that on Friday last she suddenly whereabouts, ,plunging the whole of her friends in the and hair, deepest distress. The following description of her person has been extensively circulated about the metropolis -- o " n , e t 3e •o y t e ta b g e l i a n d g y, so s i l n e e n , d v e h r a , t with small da er r t k ha co n n t \p ie le: o L t i h on er! m i z l t i l e e t , z i n n iiit t L v y eed br d ai re d s ; s, fe a nc C° y b° stra urg w trimmed with brown ribbon and fare wst . side-lace boots with military heels, air F e k J ", wn , tv , tr ?, i iv: veil, with two tucks at the bottom." - • --- till 411 every exertion has been used, not th a a elqiihstaudingr , J . ettlizinx• ' Oen has been obtained,—London St 444(bet ' t mlcrtnal.- "1- a • i••• i pii t ::., .: .7 - .7., ',O - ~-:, rk-t t - 7r.; . `•• ,' .-. --; , t, ow•