The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

Jan. 19, 1847. 4± oral Palus. --mi.-- - Thee are 13G horses entered for the Tradesmen's Cup at Liverpool ; and 45 horses for the Derby Handicap. A bighly-respectable gentleman in this town has retired from the Evangelical Alliance, in consequence of the resolution of the British branch of the Alliance, " that no slaveholder be eligible for membership.' A meeting 0 - ~.. Ermay last, when a for the relief of Irish dist_ down their names for £lOO each. A correspondent of The Times rem._ the on t l h r e i Irish a p r o a o g r e - , r a w t h e it e ah s i n n L o t i v r e e r p a cohoeidthe i•at a four shillings by the influx of Irish paupe 1 ;ction was 1T tress ; eleven firms have pu t, " hitherto, in the pound xre swelled to k numerously mange News Room Mr. F. L. Mush are solicited the decease I this 5 feet hi verpool fo and other ,c 1 LARGE IMPORT OF CHINESE SUGAR INTO LIVER POOL.—Within the last few days we have had arrivals from China, with cargoes of a varied character, and in one or two instances with little or no tea. The vessels from Canton have brought fourteen thousand ,five hundred bags of sugar. Another vessel, from Shanghae, has brought 490 bales, 24 boxes, and 80 cases of silk. There are also 60 bales of China grass, 90 cases of China ware, 226 cases this town was I of . sweetmeats ; also 1000 boxes of cassia, and 250 chests exports to China are stimulating merchants to ransack for, other returns than tea. Sugar is likely to increase, and become a very important celestial trade. SUICIDE UNDER. THE INFLUENCE OF INSANITY.—On the morning of Wednesday last, a man named John Ed wards, residing in Ashton-street, Toxteth Park, threw that the deceased had heen of unsound mind for hs, and had threatened so to destroy himself. The on observing his condition, not to send him to the Lunatic Asylum, which is open to the reception of all who are dangerously affected in mind. RAGGED SCHOOL, NAYLOR-STREET -The Rev. ( Dover, directed, lately, a survey to be made of the district belonging to St Bartholomew's Church, chiefly with re spect to the state of education in it. The result was the than 1,120 children capable of re- every that no less school - whatever. Poverty was the general reason given for this neglect. To supply, in some degree, a remedy for this evil, a ragged school Was proposed. The suggestion was adopted. The Church of England School Society use of gas. Teachers, sufficient in number to open th school three evenings in the week, offered their services and it is hoped a fourth will shortly be added, the necessary - ex penditure the contri utions of AMPHITHEATRE ACCIDENT AT TFII night last, an accident whi To meet he wealthy —On Monday anon st+toy. ri.rl with serious consequences to three persons, occurred at the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street. In the course of the evening, after one of the acts, a man who had been seated near the front gallery, and had left the theatre for a few minutes, returned, and in the attempt to spring into his former place, had the misfortune to miss his foot- ing, and fall upon two ladies, who were seated in the pit The bench upon which they were sitting was split, but marvellous to relate, with the exception of a few bruises the man and the ladies were, we believe, uninjured. Of course many persons who witnessed the occurrence, thought there must have been a loss of life, and great was their surprise at seeing all the parties leave the place without any broken bones. _ ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—lnquests were held on Friday on view of the body of Edw. Graving, whose death was by his accidentally wounding himself with a knife —on the body of while making a skewer, five wee a man unknown, found dead on .rrmay morning at roe bottom of a newly excavated vault in the burial ground of was new! )t into the yard, which is enclosed in a rail 2_ h. Deceased had on a blue h can t dark hair and ahnirt . . In his pockets were found a small sum of a book entitled " The Garden of the Soul."— On the body of Edw. M`Donald, who on the 26th Dec. while intoxicated, hurt his face and one of his thumbs, from which lock jaw supervened, of which he died on Tuesday last. Verdict accordingly.—There were some other inquisitions, bnt in each or the cases it appeared that death had been the result of natural causes. DESTRUCTION OF A PACKET-SHIP, Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, from Phila the 29th ult., lat. 45 15, 10n.65, which set fire to - the mainmast-head and rigging and cargo, consisting of hemp and tallow. Captaim M. immediately cut away the main- ) extingi. did not suc h of the trt state they remained till the event New BrunsWick, fell in with them when a gale sprung and took off part of the passengers, 11P. On the morning of the 6th the remainder of the passengers, captain, and crew, were taken off. In three hours after the smoke and flames arose suddenly to a great height, and the ship disappeared. 'Ship W. Irving, Caldwell, at Boston, fall in with the Emigrant 16th inst., lat. 42, lon. 67 20, short of provision and water, and took off Capt. M. crew and passengers, and carried them to Boston, and supplied the Emigrant with bread and flour. The T. P. Cope was ensured in Philadelphia for 18,000 dollars. It is stated that the cargo was principally in sured in England. THE COUNCIL WATER BILI reference to the " Pike " se' the Council to purchase. " sent waterworks. - -This bill makes no scheme, and merely empowers if they shall see fit," the pre- _nd adopt such arrangements as such purchase may render necepsary. The water is to be always on, at high pressure, and the rate charged to the inhabitants is never to exceed the cost of supply—no profit is to be derived from the works. The following is the only clause likely to occasion remark from ratepayers:: —" And be it enacted, that the owners of all dwelling houses or parts of dwelling-houses occupied as separate tenements, and receiving from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses a supply of water, the annual rack rent or value of which houses or tenements shall not exceed the sum of ten pounds, and of all dwelling-houses or parts of dwelling houses let or occupied for a term or period of less than one year, shall be liable and subject to the payment of all rates; rents, remunerations, and other charges made by the Council.; and the Towers and provisions herein con- ;es from occupier 4, shall' be construed tc Bistrat nester has called a y signed in t week, his numerous woi lir. Capes A.shlin 4 who filled, with so much credit to himself and - satisfaction to the , board the situation of . treasurer to • • • , to his work /ioy ay a,uuniimmunei J, WILL, VT G to find, be appointed treasurer to the new Health Comm - tee. 3BERY AT Runic FERRY.—On Tuesday night, at • , AT.: nrw-trir woe the Ito, ,Ul 01.1111 G from a fair at Ruthin, was of X2l. e ago, a man•.returning )eked down and robbed MERCANTILE DL with 5439 packages of SPATCII The liuma, from Malaga ,- and 43 pipes of oil the whole of herc - a - r - g - o — houseTan - d - pied in the warehouse in four hours and twenty mina( PaAtsuwoarrinr EXAMPLE CI Messrs. S - LLGA. L, I I d "... housemen to give to their working men an advance of 3s. per week in their wages. Mr. Sanders went personally to all the corn merchants to solicit them to make a similar An inquesi Saturday before Mr. Curry, on nett, car-driv ) was 47 years ot She had been suffering f examination it but ROBBERY.-0a Tuesday eveio.. s , Mrs. Tonge, smallware dealer, &c., Clarence-street, was robbed of a quantity of steel-pens, pencils, and other articles. The thieves cut part of a pane of glass from the window, and carried off all the property within their reach. The robbery was not discovered until the shop was being closed. the shop of A sermon was preached by the Rev. Fielding Ould, in `;hrist Church. on Sunday week_ in behalf of that valua- ble institution th The collection amounted to £2B 13$. 6d Mr: Ould intends appealing day next, for a collection in to his cong] relief of ihe - awful d prevails in various parts o Mrs. Ireland. Thornton, of Th West Derby, distributed number of sheep to h, .chool, and a pair of stockings and re same number of boys of that school. ' West Derby has been erected at the so benevolent lad DEBTS ACT.—The following pla comprised in the Liverpool district :—The Liverpool old borough boundary, together with Toxteth-park, West Derby, Croxteth-park, Everton, Kirkdale, Walton-on- Hill, Bootle-cum- Li nacre , F aza k er l e y, Kirkby, Waver ._ Childwall, Litherland, Lunt, Aintree, Great and SMALL s will be J. , Ttnerton, Urrell, Ford, Sefton, -- Little Crosby, Ince Blundell, and Thornton. DARING ROBBERY IN LIMEKILN-LANE.—On Friday afternoon, a J el .low knocked at the door of Mr. Charles TITIII, ", imams, of thldart-gardens, and learning that he was not at home drew a razor from his pocket, and threatened stole her pocl :et containing half-a. Town ; and from a box s. He then knocked 1 six Sovereign: Mrs. Williams down and es;;;peE . FRENCH FRIIITS.—A vessel arrived at this port from Bordeaux, has brought an entire cargo of plums and prunes, the production of France, in a dried state, con sisting of 220 barrels, 203 half-barrels, and 130 quarter barrels of the latter description of fruit, and 57 cases and 122 boxes of the finer kind, known in the trade and by the public as French or imperial plums. A complete cargo, and to such an extent, of these articles is most unusual. DISTRESSING CASE.-011 Thursda named Connor, consisting of n from the count )f Mayo, Ireland, we together in a cellar in Asidey-street, Toxteth-park, in a most deplorable state of destitution, where they had lain fill night upon the bare flags, and had nothing to eat or drink. To add to the calamity, c boy, was found dead, having expi the same morning. SIGNOR SAPIO S CONCERT.—It affords us much pl. rare to find, by advertisement, that Signor Sapio h decided on giving a rich musical treat, in the shape of a concert, on Wednesday evening, the 20th instant, at the 'Concert-hall, Lord Nelson -street. The list of names en gaged for the occasion is worthy the notice of the dilettanti of, our to w n, an d, no d ou bt, Si gnor Sapio will have a bumper, so as to reward him for th e great exertions and sense this concert must necessarily put him to. O INGULAR ACCIDNT.—On Friday a leading horse, at tached to one of the E waggons belonging al to Messrs. Ken worthy and Co., was placed so near the edge of th e King's ut five o'elo, iat it fell in t the time «• am. %AY ,V/ILLI 111UU U but nearly an hour elapsed before the parties were able tc pilot it to the crane, where it was hoisted up, greatly ex• hausted. The horse is said to be one of the most valuable of the kind in the town, and it is yet uncertain how far ii Iv dis. has been injured. wishing price of ►f Irish !ceived, 1841. ing last, oorfields,:to s, M.A.,4in old Knight who take a e improve- meeting 'of Le-street, to F ale. The eld at the. ig, by the ciation, the ' rice of the n open at as crowded ;e who are Mr. James in force the princi n'e to pur- monthly Clarendon hair. The f new sub- !onipaneed he felt in a branch Vody, on ?resent : 311, Wood San dbach th graving feet wide, Dock Sur )f the pro below the x feet Six ;ills of the below the prov Prow being es do so at not done act situa- inety-six reported onipleted 3righfOn of their e King on the el which ,t double surveyor d passed in ' the resolved s sholilsl plasters' )mmend raster of )licitoi w, and minittee rding to s office, - o make e on the to Elias amittee. ig to be ier, was red tili use was per 16, at a le week cost of iod last me, cal_ id., and corre ry, the . 10d. ; lmnber ; bread period THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SHORT TlME.—Several of the principal mills of Ashton and Stalybridge continue to work four days a week, and this, with the high price of provisions, causes loud coin plaints aniong the working classes, who are being fast re duced to a very dis tressed state. RECIPIENTS OF POOR RELIEF.—The Board of Guar dians finding that a portion of the relief funds which they distribute is expended at gin palaces and spirit vaults, in order if possible to put a stop to such rilis-applicaticm have issued a notice offering a reward of ss. to any person who shall detect one in the receipt of relief from the guardians spending their money in those places. This notice was read to the paupers assembled on Thursday morning at the Union Offices, and it was universally ap plauded.—Manchester paper COINCIDENCE IN BIRTHS mon circumstance to hear of It is a somewhat uncom- must b occurrence, where, in one family, the rarity has become doubled, or repeated. A case of the latter description . . Nook farm, Myerscough, who has four sons, the eldest of which was twelve years old on the 28th of April last ; the second ten on the 28th of April last ; the third eight on the Ist of September last ; and the fourth six on the Ist of September last. Further, the above four children were all • I five o'clock in the afternoon.— )orn between four am Preston Pilot. DARING BURGLARY.—On Monday three men were apprehended at Manchester, on a charge of having been house called Ladybari, near 13'u'rnages, four miles from that town, on Saturday morning. On that morning, at an early hour, a party of ten or twelve men, with faces blackened, and armed with bludgeons, broke into the house in question, occupied by Mr. John Wood, a farmer of iu years old, supposed in the neighbourhood to be a hoarder of money. They went to the bedroom of the old man's nephew, Mr. Charles Wood, and fastened him . . demand the old man's money from him_ _. threatening him and searching the house, speak, is like the old scholastic who would not enter the water till he knew how to swim. And when, and where, and how, is this practice to be obtained ? When the se rious businesS of 'life has beembegun, it is too late. The apprenticeship must precede the journey-work. Save in such societies as these, I know not where the needful ex perience and self-posseion can be gained. Here they may be gained to a very great extent ; and be it observed, it is not sought to produce finished orators, or special pleaders; or powerful declaimers, but to give to every one such a control over his own language and his own feelings and thoughts, as to enable him, without trepidation, or bashfulness, or hesitation, to utter forth what truth is.in him ; so that neither his own attention nor that of others, shall be fixed on the vehicle and mode of utterance, rather than on the substance of that which is uttered. I know that there are persons fluent and glib of speech, lortion of ideas with a copious luge of watery truth ; and that such persons excite in the minds of the discerning a distrust of all ready speech it be truly said that clear utterance has no reflex bearing on clearness of thought._ Our own ideas gain greatly in precision and in force by the very attempt to impress others with them. A thought seen through the medium of ano thei.'s sympathy is no longer the cold abstraction which it was in the solitude of our own mind. It has a new warmth, vitality, and energy. By speaking then, and writing too, but more especially by speaking (for then the communion of mind with mind is more rapid and direct), do we greatly and readiness of thought. Nor let me forget to allude io the excellent school for temper, for taste, for presence of mind, which is here presented. One here learns to bear with natienre and rood humour, the dissection of his ar- Lre of hiS mistake to seize with instinctive quickness the salient points of an opponent's reasoning, or of a statement of facts, and a promptness of reply, without which a man may, as it were, have much money in the bank, but is really poor, to] cash to meet the exigencies of the moment tort or repartee which, in the dining roo. ie prop, ave been ma substitute a ready and time ircase Iv way o he various powers of r tive, because combined, action. are. trained apart, but memory nervation, and wit, and reflecti to produce any great result into a focus, ere they kindl These may be, ar. I often d imagination, and ob must all work together he sun's rays must be draw flamc ; by such contrasts are here afforded, there is a new call for concentration of all the faculties of the mind. Mr. Huott GAWTITOUP, of Birkenhead, then addressed the meeting, and eloquently descanted on the many happy days and numerous advantages he had enjoyed since his first connection with the society. When he joined it, he could not have uttered two words consecutively before t ; and though now together got over the objection, IA vey to therii his id f the bow combatted the assertion of such soy ties, by occupying the attention of youthful minds, disqualified them for business, and asked where one had been thus many were there unable to follow, benefi - cially, their avo cations from not having attended such societies. He con cluded by hoping that the Mental Improvement Society would go on prosperously progressing from year to year. Mr. HAvLocx was then called upon by the president, and amidst frequent rounds of applause, spoke nearly as follows : When Julius Caesar, 1900 years ago, landed on this island, he found it a wild, un wrior to ` if the rut to sleep and fixed abode, no very leisurely to They remained anu at last bore off a booty of about £24 in money, a watch, and some other valuables. It appears that thong they threatened to hang Mr. Wood, and to set fire the house, he resisted all attempts to get a disclosu of his hoards from him, ane ley were fade fears of his servant for w . hat.they'did obtain. There was no conclusive evidence against the men taken in custody, but after a long examination at the New Bailey Court house, before Mr. Trafford, they were remanded. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CAUTION TO SMOKERS.—On Wednesday last, Captain Stewart, of the ship Celia, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, and was fined ss. for smoking a cigar on the quay of George's Dock. STEALING CARPETING.-011 Friday, at the Police- court, 3 of carpeting from the warehouse of Bvrom-street. (Inn ctahlp 1111rni. Itton, N apprehended the prisoner with thc; carpet about seven o'clock on T ►'ng Cheapsith ursciay evenn Mr. Wm. Dixon, is he was making ,ssistant to Mr. Hutton, identified the - carpet, and stated, that he missed it from the warehouse about six o'clock on Thurs- day evening to the session ROBBING A TlLL.—James Taylor, a well-known thief, was brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, charged with having stolen 16s. out of the till of a shop in Forbes street, kept by a person named Cubbin. The fellow watched his opportunity, and seeing Mr. Cubbin leave the shop, rushed in and abstracted the money from the till. He was seen by a girl, who identified him. This occurred on Saturday week ; and on Tuesday evening last he was detected in a similar depredation in the shop of Mr. M`Millan. Mr. M`Millan having occasion to go out were, in fact, what Shakspere s chief ! good and market of their time be 1 feed—beasts an Irishman,' settled occur on the evening in question, left his shop in charge of his daughter, a mere child. Taylor came into the shop, and, after striking the little girl with a stick, ran off, taking a lump of butter. He was committed to the sessions. s men must be They had AN IMPOSTO as brought ii Patrick Shaughi i Friday. charm .tions ; they lodged in inn they painted their bodic tural caw 'Change the previous day. The man had been exceed ingly importunate, and was repeatedly cautioned to leave the town before he was taken into custody, but without effect. After being put in bridewell, it was found that he had £6 in the Savings Bank in this town. A letter was also taken from him, by which it appeared he was pos sessed of money in Ireland. Upon Mr. Rushton saying he should be sent to prison, , the fellow _became greatly victims of a bloody super animals formed their on were dependent upon the precarious supplies of the chase or the spontaneous fruits of the earth. Such was then the condition of this island and its inhabitants; now it stands at the head of all the nations of the earth, and its people are the chief of men. Not alone is England alarmed, and, in a whining tone, begged for mercy: The magistrate said it was a gross case, in which advantage had been taken of the public sympathy in a time of great distress, and ordered him to be imprisoned for one month. Two grown-up lads were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, on a chargé of having created a disturbance at the house of Mr. Rowland, one of the assistant over seers of the parish, the night before. Mr. Rowland stated that they were in the habit of coming to the Parish-office daily, and making it a sort of rendezvous---that they re fused to remain at the Workhouse, and that one of them had broken the windows of the London Mansion-house some time ago, because the lord mayor refused to relieve him. Five of them came to his (Mr. Rowland's) house the night before, supposing that he was busy at the Parish-office at the time, and had he not, fortunately, been at home, they would, in all probability, have -- dence, and in innierc and in r ure, in she preeminent in war, in tures ; but she is first also in lit( art. Unequalled material greatnes others in moral dignity and grandeur. To guage of a distinguished foreigner, with whose eloquent this very room has recently resounded—" This is Britain the peerless, that centres within herself all that the most favoured nations, ancient and modern, could boast. of." Various have been the means by which a chang improvements so wonderful, have been of the to - w - ers far above ;o vast, . The speaker then briefly pointed out some of these, and ( nued,—Did time permit, I might cite nun valuable aids to our progress as a nation ; it wo lightful, for example, to expatiate upon the blc commerce, but I must pass on to the most impoA the ONE before which all others " pale their ineo s as a nation ; it would be cu ye pro ceeded to extremities. Mr. Rushton ordered them to find bail, themselves in £lO, and two sureties in £5 each, or to be imprisoned two months in default. FELONY IN BOLD-STREET.—On Saturday, two females, named Anne Akehurst and Margaret 11.1`Gill were brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having been concerned in a robbery of Mr. Thomas Smith's glass and china es - unhi-street. It appeared that the felony 4 Officer at once so vast nt in preventing egtially y emancir liberty nd unf ie instrumentality o )n Saturday might say necessary, of a good and cheap newspaper. The belonging to the foundries, iron works, &c., of the town, experiment is a bold one, but the result I hope—l believe and to the railway as far as Crewe (now part,of the Lon there are already good grounds for hoping—will prove it don and North-Western) have had their sight entirely or to be as wise as it is bold. Long may its projectors and partially restored after accidents, at this noble institution, .osuer ! during the pa , t year ; yet, strange to say, the mas- " "Let us aid them all we can, Every woman, ever man; Smallest helps, if rightly given, Make the movement stronger; 'Twill be strong enough one day, Wait a little longer." I am far from wishing to depreciate the value of the other portion of our local press. I acknowledge its importance and its merit. There is " ample scope and range enough" for all; and I trust all will prosper, and continue to in crease in public usefulness. In conclusion, I beg that you will join me heartily in with especial reference to the cheap newspapers 1 wishing.; PROSPERITY TO THE PRESS. Mr. HOGG, Secretary to the Liverpool Mechanics' stitution, replied. those gentlemen who had honoured them with their com pany that evening, as deputations from Manchester. An interchange of material wealth, he said, had long existed between Liverpool and Manchester, and he thought the time had now come when there should be an interchange of mental wealth, the benefits from which would be innu merable—(cheers)—and as a first step towards it, he begged to bid the deputation welcome in the name of the society, whose desire it was to foster and keep up a cordial and friendly feeling with those around them. ' Mr. R. C. HALL, in seconding the motion, entered lengthily into the subject, but limited space compels us to omit his address. fir P T.T. A VP- inn_ from Manchester_ in an excellent to the remarks of Mr. Davie—v days of cheap transit, should the Liverpool and Manches ter Societies not join in the discussion of Tome of those great questions which now interest the world ? It would not fail to be productive of much good. (The proposition over the ;y in one respe also, a show of hands was taken, which of the progress and tendency of public when the subject of peace was long ago discussed, most of the members were in favour of ' time-honoured war;" but after the last debate, only two hands were held up in its favour. Mr. H. H. SlNGLEittrnsT then addressed the meeting Tally in a very pleasing speech from the opinion of a preceding speaker, that the working classes had themselves now to blame if they were not well educated ; and, referring to debating societies, showed the tendency they had in crogmatism,promot ing charity and respect for the well founded opinions of lociety." Mr.' GEO. HOLDING, aIS, conded the motion in a quaint practical speech, replete with good Mr. JAMES BLENKINSOP, one of the earliest members of the society was called upon to reply :—He described the practical results he had himself experienced by his vantageous in developing the power of giving expression to our thoughts, but were the only means by which errors of thought could be eradicated. Ie regarded his joining the Mental Improvement Society as an era in his life that aroused him from a sleeping lethargy—and though none of the members aspired to be orators, they acquired the mode of thinking, and applying their thoughts properly After thanking the meeting for the Mr. LANGTON moved a vote of thanks to the ladies ; ter keep aloof from, or think not of, contributing to the funds. Surely this is an oversight ! If these companies (or proprietors) would contribute but £5 annually each, the institution might progress in utility without other aid. We hope and trust that this hint will be as generously responded to as it is sincerely given, without attaching blame or reflection on any one, tbr we can well conceive that amidst the various contributions which are more 'led for, and 4-1 publicly ca, ale multifarious toils of bu-iness, this less assuming, yet genuine charity may be overlooked. Let us remind therii that the loss of hearing (for the reco very of which this institution has been also eminently imrtmrPriqltiner ble the ment ; and that the loss of sight, however t ferer may be, is, independent of all existing strength of limb or power of mind, an entire cutting off of every phy- withdrawing from him all outward objects, plunging his indency, if t wishes of sic( gifted man, who after physical i him, produced a piece of immortal - who became his We know Of but o. to whi daughte address, replied )n, the Mr. SAMUEL moved a vote of thanks to the President Dr. Hodgson, which was carried unanimously. hor of Pa tiODOSON said, he had had so often to reply of late to imilar expressions of gratitude, that he felt himself a bank- and they must accept a composition of 6d. in the pound, and he would apply the remaining 19s. 6d. in the best form he could, in actual service for the society. The president concluded amidst the most enthusiastic ap dise Lost. But even he, great and philosophic as he was, thus in that sublime work affectingly touches upon his loss of vision : rn, but not for me returns Day, or the sweet approach of noon or even ! We could add much in behalf of the Eye and Ear Infir The room was then cleared, and preparations made for "the festive dance." The arrangerpents; were admirable, mary, with c•mees of its progress ducted by kr. t4ribbili, played the most popular and fas cinating tunes of the day, and whether in the quadrille, the waltz, the gallopade, or polka, the soul-stirring music was a theme of general admiration, and while the youth and beauty of the meeting found recreation in threading through the dancing throng, the sager portion, who were seated on the platform, denoted by their smiling faces the climax of enjoyment The refreshments, which were provided in tl room, under the superintendence of Mr. liorsft most excellent, indeed there was a superabum viands of the richest and rarest kinds, as well as cooling liqueurs. At an early hour in the morning party broke up, each delighted with the managein and many loudly expressed their satisfaction. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on he ma- Mayor took the c THE NEW LIVERPOOL EYI INFIRMARY. presentation of a of 1300 p,xsons, AND EAR law re d to be to £lBOO per annum. I the allusions which had been made at former meetings to the old magistracy, and he would not have moved the resolution had he not been convinced that Mr. Ru3htoa was inadequately remunerated. He had never spoken to Mr. Rushton on the subject, and the movement originated regrettec entirely with the magistrates, who held Mr. Rushton in great esteem. Mr. Sands then referred to the great in crease in the number of cases coming before Mr. Rushton, This excellent institution which, in its pect Though Mr. Rushton's salary was equal to that of any London magistrate, it sho u ld b e remem b ere d t h at M r. Rushton did, as much work as was done in any of the szuu annually. Mr. R. HOUGHTON, jun., briefly seconded the motion. Sir T. BRANCKER, with great reluctance, opposed the )n, because he entertained a high opinion of Mr. But the Council must pay the same salary to . In Manchester the borough share of the police business, and ar pro- Rushton gistrates took a great iluts.ll-1 ye as emcient. 'J Council should remember that the salary was not a cha on the surplus income, but the burger with vince, is excelled by Ises were charged me of of Mr. PARKER very ably addressed the Council against the proposed increas L a celebrity far the rapid resthration of the bl sight and hearing Afflicted with a rarely, if ever, been achieved by Mr. LACE spoke in favour of the increase, because he was strongly of opinion that Mr. Rushtol was underpaid, and because he was greatly in favour of uniformity of de- cision, which could not be gained b generous disposition of our townsmen towards their dis tressed fellow-creatures, and, in the second, with not les justice, to the talent, zeal, and unwearied per over a course of years, of the medical officers- alter IN rcoL had urge( tine) , a greater attention to their duties, and Mr. Jourt HOLMES and Mr. RATHOONE had spoken in favour of the increase of salary, Mr. SAMUEL HOLME approached the subject with some severance, Dr, Ed. Bates, one of the detective force wife, knocking at Mr. Smith's kitchen window. In the course of a very short time she was admitted into the house by the other prisoner, M`Gill, who acted as Mr. Smith's servant. On coming out she was pursued and annrehendpd by --A _ Leh she carried under her shawl, [own, anc his way a 3roceeded rite of the in earth into a Paradi prophecy- Oh Cod t the future yet ehal On this fair world of thine The myriads w Fidfil thy hie ;ootl;and free 11 the elements of ni beyond all the lan- reluctanc ions ta culy Icut, 11111 l cuumiun coining 'rum trie magistrates. In a placard published on the walls of the town about tea years ago, Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Hugh Hornby declared that they would set their faces against jobbery, and that they would promote economy. He agreed with the admirable principles set - )rth in this placard, and he considered the ialary - paid to Mr. Rushton was amply sufficient, and that it would be well for the unpaid to relieve him from several occasions, within the last few years, h kept waiting for an hour each day in the police r hours a-day were sufficient to discharge tl -court, could Mr. Rushton be said Look at the judges of the land ! Dn three Lfter day for nine and ten hours. ions coming before Mr. Rushton 'uties of the talent of a 'e many zd othe - fi we showed that Mr. Vincent I He said that, almost without exception, it v opinion of Liverpool, that there should be two . that Mr. Rushton should attend to the criminal bush__ solely. The town demanded and would have twu courts, nd though the time might be staved off, there must be to come there must be three Falary. eneral ts, and. two courts courts. It f money.; Nir. EARL )n, if for no other purpose ne extent upOn the fact that sot .on WaS y of decisions in the ;entlemen lolice-court, Eva as avalS II a fellow to pay ss. and costs for being found staggenng- , drunk in Lord-street ? (Loud laughter.) Mr. HonsFALL said that Mr. Lace's opinion that only Le stipendiary wagistrate ought to be appointed, in order ion, w CD )rmity only appoint one _met to little so desire ear.) He le, why should gave a (1 from tassel], eck the of the ;o meet ggesteAl p train, verpool am the )f art,is abodps that in ld here he best social nd not desire R. fruit w that eir spi or six r found effected ed with or by is new, to pass the ae is but a pssed 'eceives tracery (ages ut others Ilion of nd hay ; sharp method and so ) means the ma- ►r many :tractive 4: frame gOttrea produc- outcry hire ac- s of the ad‘o rints, of nLitfdlu be not Nhilling inferior iv be at-. ensive nd eleven years, wer drowned, on Aloiiday, whilst skatim worth, near Rochdal Simpson, butler to Mr. liesk€ :h, of Tulketh-hall has left £4OO to the R THE LATE MRS. TOWNELEY. — SCaTeeIy a week ha elapsed since we had to record the death of Mr. Towneley of Towneley, and we now have to add the death of hi lamented widow.—Prtston Chronicle. A. meeting was held in Manchester, ou Wednesday, tc , on account of consequent on the late brevet. ----- rday, there was a fall of coal at the Blaci gon Colliery, Rowley, by which four men were killed and three others so much injured that they are not ex• petted to recover. promotion On Sat On Tuesday, an old woman in the t got out on the wrong side at Huyton, just as the tTaii passing : It went over her, and tore She died almost instantly The late extraordinary rise in the price of barley and malt has compelled the brewers of Chester and th e ad- joining neighbourhood; and the county of Flint, to make an advance of four-pence per gallon on the previous - RATHER UNLUCKY.—A butcher of Kendal last week took a drove of sheep for sale to Manchester, for which he there received about £2OO. News arrived at Kendal on Thursday morning of his having been robbed of the whole sum. Mr. Fitzsimon, an actor belonging to the Queen's Theatre, Manchester, cut his throat with a razor, on the sth instant. The deceased was greatly addited to drun kenness, and had in consequence been discharge by the manager.. _ - STRANGE AMUSEMENT. -While the mayor of Chester was engaged at the late fire at the Dee Mills, some person, for a " lark," entered his dining-room and carried out several articles of furniture into the street, amongst )thers, an open plate chest, containing articles of consi le valu, HAYDOCK LODGE ASYLUM me time ago This asylum, wine} lured a not very creditable notoriety iw contain private female patients; 147 pauper male patients and 197 pau per femal, SIGNS OF THE TIMES. — The stocks of the in Wigan have latterly increased so rapid] have cor ) the conclusion either to lin the days of taking in goods on pledge, or to close 1 shops altogether, for a day or two in each week, du he prevailing pressure SHORT Tziii IN BURY. None of the mills are work ing full time. The extensive mills of Messrs. Greg have been at a stand for six weeks ; and those of Mr. L. R. Openshaw have been stopped since the beginning of last week. The foundries are also working shorter hours than usual. The shopkeepers are loudly complaining, and many families are in great distress. The applicants for relief increase every week, and it is in contemplation to establish soup kitchens. A PROPHECY OF NIXON,—The superstitious in and about Chester see in the recent destruction of a consider able portion of the Dee Mills by fire, the fulfilment of a prophecy reputed to have been uttered by the celebrated Cheshire prophet, who, tradition says, flourished in the reign of Henry the Seventh. It was to the effect that the Dee Mills, at Chester, shoUld be thrice burnt down in the space of 60 years, which is really the fact, the first fire having occurred in 1789, the next in 1812, and the third and last in 1847. WHICH IS THE POPULAR COLOUR Yesierday a lady alighted from her carriage near St. Ann's-square, and entering a fashionable mercer's requested to be shown the newestfdbrigues de modes. The polite shopman was assiduous in his attentions, and profuse in his commen dations of the beautiful products of British looms, which lay outspread on the counter. "It is yet early," said the lady, "to choose spring patterns. Pray, which arc likely to be the prevailing colours here in the coming season ? " The lady's accent was that of London ; and the draper inferring she was but newly a resident in Man chester, and his mind having been running on election matter s , he promptly repli e d : " Li nco l n green f or my lord, and Bright drab for the quaker. Since his lord sl'ip's Visit here the Forester's colour has been decidedly ietr istitiv the ascendant, all the drabs are down, and even the sh a d e i s at a discount, with the veriest of the rou to he d r he _r ds. : ' The l ady was surprised at the turn given chose tttn`llurY, but th e d raper h av i ng exp l a i ne d , she ‘ , Tature . a.:su ca m v e a d li h er e ' r s colour; ownbea ut a i n fit cl l h d u et e e w rm it i h n t e h d e t a h p a p t ro w a h ch en_ inoglosur— she would also array h erse lf i n t h e popular green.—Man c h es t er paper. cprinLig,neoln while' her son, aged three years, was playing abou :While she was washing her hands, she heard the chi tall out, and found his clothes wet with the liquid thought, as he was not scalded in any part of th that he had been drinking out of the kettle. Mr. ( rurgeon, was called, and found t inflammation of the windpipe, of which h next day. He was of opinion that 'Lave been caused by his swallowii THE RELIEF OF THE POOR of the Irish paupers in ti•" 9th instant ing un the inflammation migt hot wat —We stated last week t ha . ---, ~,..../ individuals had been relieved at tt 6 4 Parish- ~ office, and f or the week en di ng the 16th instan ,900 have been relieved. It will thus be see that the Timbers in the last week were more than dot /2le those i n the preceding. We regret to state, that i fid° 4 " ll -treet, and others of the Lowe: aT-strec in which the fever 1 been very muc mcrease within the last fortnight. This, indeed Was to be expected, for, as Skibereen and other parts c Ireland incontestibly prove, disease follows famine almos as certainly as effect is produced by cause. The.account Ave havo .• • _ nom the relieving-officers of the deplorable state of some districts of the town, where whole families 'are now lying upon beds of sickness, and death is busy in cutting down the wretched victims are truly appalling. ART-UNION OF LONDON.-This society has achieved a victory which must be hailed with satisfaction by every admirer of the fine arts, and well-wisher for the advance ment of our country in the increase of knowledge, taste, and refinement, as connected with the arts generally. A royal charter of incorporation having been granted, the existence of this society is no longer precarious, but esta blished on a basis which must secure its future prosperity —the funds, operations, and management, receiving eo n , Petent .uperintendence. The council will make such future arra 11;ivantaees. s of a more beautiful emulation ( rnd elevate becaracter, incring i numbet, distributed eas and as n all obstacl Prevented scrupulous ,parties•from becoming considerably au we have little doubt but that the list for this , . augmented. We direct attention to the nu . g•men tnerous classical Prizes, in , Ca! specimens which will be distributed a s and seven selected a b audition to the usual proportion of works to b, ta • 1 pri e ot Y the Mize -holders ; titi titled cartoonsas, also, to the two beauti engravings in outline of the compe and to which every subscriber will be en Past y ear a a .._ , or L re rresPective 'Di ,prizes. The engrav: now being delivered by the . tijidahaulvebecPo.‘43.l,Alr. John R. Isaac, to u slcm. PZl,"::ithout,i d whit 'ear will bl ary Seer( y, the same now due Id c ultivati on of muwi -Notttstana sic in the I ,4y certain tht much ated , b ut to r purpose, at wa s n p ot ...- . Aroong the educated classes i - ir the da beth, the most gloriou s er. Mild and substantial 'knowledge of music, able skill in its practice,were almost universal. ..- peattainments indeed were so generally diffused, that any .rson who had pretention to a liberal education— or gentleman bet rayed i moving in res p ec t a bl e society ill_ gnoranc. of th e art, was looked upon as m ean l'atl Y . nurtured,- low-bred, and unfit to mingle i n goo d corn. Of this,-proofs might be drawn from the writer: the prese n t Who paint the manners of the " Elizabethan ag e ." I n day, and l knowledge of the science and " sk in moue e " have given place to marvellous feat s of execution gerdemain, and music is too frequently regarded hut as a frivolous pastime. It is nevertheless certain that what has not inaptly been termed the " divine science i.? one of our most sublime and intellectual and should therefore be cultivated in a proper manner. We refer our readers to the announcement by Mr. Hack ett, who has recently been appointed organist of St. Peter's church • and doubt not but those who desire a sound musical education will avail themselves of his pro fessional skill. Mr. Hackett is well known as the author of an excellent work on Psalmody. s g t i r y et a e e, ogand con cert, - n Monday We pe rce i ve t h at Mons. Julli_e_ . n e. will . "It, at the C oncer t-h a ll, L or d Nls on e vening, F e b. 22 n d . We feel pleasure iu directing the SURGERY.— in anoth er ttention of surgeons and invalids to the .advertise went of Mr. George R. Bell, which appeals eaturnn. lg our ancestors of Queen Eliza our country's annals ,nd consider enjoyments, I3AILLIE'S PATENT VENTILATORS. telitilatiOß, free from drafts, is becoming ----- ---- 1 ; 1 1 4)0 (1 every day. Of this we have satisfactory evidence in tires g"reat and growing demand for the above simple, effec •.e' and withal cheap, appliances for the securing a suffi merit s up . Py ot pure They are 1 Y the Health of Town's Commissihonighly m r r e . cor . A m . en F d o e r d . .I;e.st, of the Old Haymarket, is the pate n t ee ' s agen t f or ' llrer P o ol.—See adv. The value of good ter under- Printing Press [y, may ation , then the Revolution, and subsequent 'portant political and social changes, whi it we a —the dread Through its instrumentality, the c mankind, the chosen men of Gm those other have made of the wont )-thinkers among Is I may with trut folding to men their lights and diities, have imparted ti them the spirit bravely to seek and guard the one, am honestly to perform the other. This holds good o literature in general, but it applies with peculiar force b to that particular department of it which is designated par excellence, ". The Pre our newspapers, maga t may be true that these do not ge nerally, or even frequently, first promulgate great origina ideas, but if they are not the fountain head, most assur edly are they the channels through which the evergushini rifying, beautifying the earth. Worthily ha Press" been named the fourth estate of the ire powerles [bodies, against it the other three ..- nion it generates, and fosters, and en omnipo• tent ; and whether for good or ill—l believe for good— sweeps all before it. Nor is its influence solely poli, tical : it is equally at home whether occupied in hold. ing up to popular scorn some petty local job or im. position, or in forcing upon the attention of the legisla. ture some great social wrong. It is useful, aye essential, alike to the merchant, the tradesman, and the mechanic; in fact, it is incalculably beneficialboth to the community at large, and to each individual member of it. Every one who pays the least attention to the signs of the times, cannot fail to note its important bearing upon the best interests of society at the present day, by the discussion of such questions as the health of towns and sanatory improve ments, poor-laws, and the hours of labour in factories, the condition of Ireland, and national education, What it is doing'now, it has been doing to a greater or less de gree ever since it had an abiding place amongst us. If taap f o u r., acia,r e rr: r o—tcsi e w v e feo i ro d i rrti e lym n e se c: is wanted of its power , its beneficial p d afano o i nrnelswysohslreoenotGitkiieearrti Germany, we a o l eeT t e :eo r nko tr countries. Annunt siartriioao7lloulrf,tro,e)arnel, freedom e new, to the United' States, or the South American re publics, we shall find that the freedom and prosperity of these nations correspond with the freedom and ability of their press. So much is this is the case indeed, that given (.11 of the old prov never know the vain it is asserted that the journalists and literary men of this country are not esteemed and honoured as they deserve. True, we do not decorate them with crosses of the legion of honour, or often make them prime ministers as in France; and yet we have had a Canning at the head of affairs ; and Macaulay, the most brilliant essayist of the age, has a seat in the present cabinet. True, we don't, like America, send our Everitts and Washi ng t on I rv i ngs on foreign embassies, but neither do we even occasionally hand them over to the tender mercies of Judge Lynch, or familiarise them with the bowie knives and rifles of the far west. If we do not honor our Dickenses and Jerrolds, and Fonblanques, and Carlyles, our Times and other able editors and writers, in the same ostentatious way as do our continental and transatlantic brethren, it may be the shrewd practical good sense of John B u ll has discovered that such men of genius are better employed in the closet or at the desk, than in leading parties or in dancing attend ance upon foreign potentates. If they are not ministers, they are minister makers and directors, which I take to be the nobler office ; and I believe after all, they are paid as liberally, and esteemed as highly, and venerated as much as the literary men of any other land. Be this as it may, however, let it not be said that we are wanting in our allegiance. and while we honour the grPnt of „ , common country, let us not forget our local journalists. Liverpool can boast a press which, whether taken singly or in the mass, will bear comparision with that of any other provincial town in the kingdom, and a portion of it has peculiar claims upon our gratitude. If we are im pressed (as I venture to take for granted we are) with the importance of a free and independent and intelligent press, we should be desirous to diffuse its blessings over all the land,—we should wish it to enter the cottage of the peasant as freely as the mansion of the peer, and we ought, therefore, to , honour those who have recently so greatly enlarged the circle of its influence. It was fitting that Liverpool, so celebrated for the enterprise of her mer chants, should have journalists animated by the same spirit. It was fitting that she should be the first of pro vincialtowns to indulge the poor man in the luxury, I !e for the transplantment of the establishment, and which is fitted up with all possible neatness, comfort, and convenience for the patients and their attendants, con sistent with due economy. From Harford-street, corner ntirmary as having been forme/1y occupied by the late Dr. Carson. A finer, or more accessible and airy site, could not have been chosen within the borough, or a building in any direction more suitable ; the original plan without and within being such for convenience, light, and ventilation, that, beyond the requisite new ftirniture f comparatively main facade (wit' almost iso- lated, as it has three open si6s, handsome portico) to the west ; anothCi mtage to Ox- -street on the south, and an open windowed side, fac an extensive flagged yard, on the north. The interior divisions are such (with a fine stair-case lighted from the roof in the centre) that ample air and light are admitted into each room, to which easy and rapid access is obtained without that modern defect of single or lob-sided houses, It is, in fact, at once compact _ . oppose the motion on tw o grounds • Ist, that he could not see why Liverpool should p a y £6OO a-year more than Mr. Hall received at Bow-street ; and 2ndly, that if the motion were adopted, the wants and wishes of the people of the town would not be met. Mr. Hum' HORNEY concurred in the motion. He felt, nowever, severe regret that it should have been introduced at the present time, for the way it had been introduced in and Out of the Council could not have failed to hurt Mr. Rusliton's feelings. The magistrates were unanimously in favour of the increase, ant; ;1117 were a very numerous body, compo se d o f b o th noliti,n twes. Inc ma s _ had recommended It upon two grounds; Ist, that the duties had greatly increased; and 2ndly, that they were efficiently discharged. Mr. J. B. LLOYD alluded in eulogistic terms to the assist ance the stipendiary received from M r . Elli s , one o f t h e magistrates clerks. llr. BOOKER said that one universal opinion prevailed in the town, that Mr. Rushton held the scales of justice with an even hand. Personally he knew nothing of the man, except that he had smarted under the severity of his fines. He had sent a person to watch his decisions, and found they were given irrespective of men and of j, I party. Mr. HIGGINS, seeinc , such an opposition to th e gran t. thought that an amendment b ought to be moved, that the salary be raised to £l5OO, instead of £lBOO, as an ac knowledgment of Mr. Rushton's services. The amendment not having been seconded fell to the ground. Mr. HODGSON should oppose the motion, inasmuch as the salary was not only adequate to theduties required of the stipendiary magistrate, but greater than was given to any other stipendiary in the country. The unpaid came. 'ward now to load tb- ' had 'orthy of his God! lude to With its introduction into this county , as it . were, a new era. To it, unquestion .teh were all was very little doubt, from the evidenee:tha‘t APGill had given the property to the other prisoner, as she had access to the chen. I he prisoners VERPOOL MENTAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SOIREE. ...cu. 'Jura Lunt menus ut tile werpool mental improve ment Society, was held at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, and on no previous occasion do we remember to have seen that capacious apartment present a more pleasing appearance. The number present would amount to nearly three hundred, and amongst them was whose presence gave a cheerful and enlivening tone to every proceeding. On the platform we observed Mr. G. Holden and Mr. H. 11. Singlehurst, delegates from the -Literary and Scientific Society of the Mechanics' Insti Athenaeum of the Essay and Discussion Class of the Manchester Mr. Samuel, Mr. Hogg, and .'many of the leading members of the society. At about seven o'clock the chair was taken by Dr. HonGsoN, who in opening the business of the meet ing, stated his reasons for supporting societies of the kind. He said—The first thing that strikes me is the improving associations to which they lead. At a time of life when need of society is granted, and is most felt, it is surely im portant that the bond of union should be of an elevating, not a degrading, kind. There is little lik e lih oo d o f any one joining suc societies who does'not feel a love of men tal progress, and who is not conscious of the true ends of life. Contrast, for a moment, the intimacies formed at notels and billiard-rooms, and other places, not perhaps vc a oe n i r i el o y f w evil, vi must bsu evil in the mse l ves , b u t w i t h out any marked upward ten dency, with suc h f r i en d s hi ps as are here likely to arise, cfheelsoticliaettießs'erdeeism teonelyoubl warmesty wayofperne: un d ti s o u ragement. Nor is their spirit merely t . • The good . nega negative. good dispositions which each brings• a with him are strength ened by sympathy and combination; good of all, alternately giving and receiving shares in the good resolutions, which in solitude might iaye g i o a o i d. i 'f'h7 and died away, are here conjoined into consistent habits by the silent power of example and unanimity of feeling, compared with which the most serious and sol emn didactic exhortation is but a sorry teacher of morality. Good of evcry kind becomes animated with congenial Pleasing v And furthe thips which endure thr life are those which are based on good. Evil div less than it corrupt benation succeeds to suc as exists among the vicious ; and even when the yoke is shaken off, there is a bitterness not to be escaped in the remembrance of confidence iiiisgiven, time wasted, and powers abused. Friendships, on the other hand, which have taken root and sprung up will not fail to blossom and bear fruit through after life. Again, by such societies as these a purpose and an object are given to private reading and study. Persons designed for certain profes sions, such as the bar, have a definite course of study marked out,. from which they must not depart ; but to the great majority of young men who are designed fOr busi ness life, the whole field of literature is open—the whole world of thought is before them, where to choose. " but without a ProVidence to guide." Or if the lighter sorts of literature be not systematically preferred—if history, and biography, and philosophy, find not unwilling stu dents, the reading is sure to be desultory and discursive, having no point at which to aim. It thus becomes, at best, an intellectual dissipation, a higher order of trifling, a literary loun ge , a s h e l ter f rom one's own tedium, a sup port for one's o wn wea k ness — w hi c h, aga i n , it tends to in crease, not to diminish. Very different is the effect of systematic and continuous reading on a given subject. e a certain V - Al ame, and for a certain purpose. Th e mind is more acute, and active, and on its guard ; it sifts and compares statements which before it might have received implicitly or rejected without inquiry ; it adds fact to fact, and thought to thought, in an orderly and close connec tion ; and the ideas are no longer an undisciplined rabble, but a compact,well-armed, and well-drilled phalanx,ready for action at the time•of need. Reading thus becomes a mental gymnastics, and ceases to be a pleasant dream, from which one wakes with a.chaos of confused and indistinct im pressions. But again —the power of uttering thought, so as to transform it intb'the mind of another, or still better, so as to stimulate another's independent thought, is a pos session which it is as important as it is difficult to ac quire. Practice—practice --practice is the only recipe. He who will - mat speak. till he knows precisely how to. of dark and long p and spacious a e The entrance for the patients is by a door into the yaw - from the north branch of Mount-pleasant —a street which, - from its forming (by the way) almost a right angle with - the same named street below, ought long since to have - obtained a new cognomen. From the yard they are ad - mitted, by a porched door, into the Receiving Room, a - comfortable apartment, painted green, with benches and - forms, and (at this season) a good fire. This. is in itself - a great improvement over what could he accomplished in L, the old establishment, where, for want of room, the poor ; blind or affected in vision, who must be naturally anxious t for advice and relief, were necessitated to " bide their Se Auers o. ae man who time" in the open air. been doing their work for them, forgetting that it was Close to this room (which was previously one of the " the last straw that broke the camel's back." Could two front parlours) is, across the hall or front passage, Mr. Rushton be so overloaded as to he made to do what the Surgeon's Consulting Room, in which he receives three magistrates in London were paid for doing ?- He the patients, inspects their peculiar diseases of eye or ear, was for having a Mayor's Court established, believing that performs operations when necessary, and furnishes his the Mayor had no very onerous duties to discharge ; and recipes for medicines or applications. The patients fur- in saying this he spoke from the experience of the past nished with such documents pass homeward by a small year. He contended that the Liverpool magistrates were and adjoining laboratory, where their prescriptions are cyphers, and that they ought to be elevated to the dis prepared, and, to avoid confusion (as the number of charge of such duties as rightly and properly fell to their applicants is generally great), they depart by another lot, apart altogether from local knowledge or preconceived door into the yard, if not received as in-patients. On the notions. He said that eighteen magistrates did the whole same floor is the Matron's Room, and others. duty of the town of Birmingham, where there was a po- On the next floor above, is the committee-room, over pulation of 200,000 inhabitants. the consulting-room, and in other parts spacious bed- Mr. MORRIS said the time of the public should be con rooms for patients, with three neat and modernly-con- sidered, and that the establishment of a second court, tc, structed bedsteads in each, well appointed with mattresses, be called the Mayor's Court, would relieve Mr. Rushton bedding, - ,Fcc., all peculiarly' clean and comfortable. We Of much of his arduous labours. mAln ~,,, .t, . 11l A • - - - - were Innen sirucK, 'mew, oy Llle cleanliness and comfort Mr. AIKIN said he had reserved himself 'until that pe thoughout—indispensable requisites to that cheerfulness riod of the debate, for the purpose of replying to any re in the patients, which must be a strong auxiliary to the flection which mi g ht b e ma d e upon M r. R ushton ; but no alerts of the medical officers. 'We were induc- reflection had been made, and it was universally admitted ted by the very civil and assiduous matron into most of that he discharged his duties in the most admirable the apartments. In one of them were seated, round a manner. cheering fire, many of the male patients, who though with The MAYOR promised not to shrink from presiding in a their eyes bandaged, or partially so, and all of them no second court, should that be the wish of the Council. He doubt in the expectation of comparatively speedy restora- was long in favour of the establishment of a second court, tion to the " beams of day," rose from theirt seats at ou r but doubted the p r op r i e ty o f ca lli ng i t a " Mayor ' s entrance, and respectfully saluted us in their several ways. Court." He would rather that all the magistrates would This we considered a high and affecting compliment to the join together in sharing the burthen,and he said he should " management" of the institution. There is generally bring the subject before the magistrates at an early period. but one window in each room and in each ward, and He promised to vote in favour of the increase, out of re these are more or less obscured by green Venetian blinds, spect to the recommendation made by the magistrates, as the eyes of the patients in convalescence can bear the and the conviction he entertained of the able manner in light. There are also day rooms and dormitories for fe- which Mr. Rushton discharged his duty males, entirely _ part from the males. In the third story, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE 13C4ieved that the second court or attic, we observed amongst other rooms, one large in Manchester had been found to work remarkably well_ room, an apartment with six beds, equally as well fur- He cordially agreed in all the eulogies passed upon -Mr., nished as those below, and all beautifully clean. Rushton : but if he discharged his duties well, he was There are on the preluises hot, shower, and cold baths, only doing what was expected from him. with every convenience for washing and cleansing the Mr. SANDS briefly replied. person. Seventeen beds are in use, and thirty more cou ld Th e C ounc il th en di v id e d, w h en t h ere appeared— be made up, if the funds would permit. 'The average number of Mr. Neill's consulting and in-door patients is, we learn, 70 a-day, but this is sometimes greatly exceed ed. On Saturday se'nnight, he prescribed for no fewer Majority against it than 126 applicants. Mr. Barrow, his able assistant, pre- The motion was consequently lost. pares the medicine. The following gentlemen voted in the division . During our very short visit, (not exceeding twenty mi- For the increase, Councillors—Messrs. R. Houghton, nutes,) Mr. Neill, who happened to arrive, took the writer W. Rathbone, John Holmes, H. Hornby, J. Aikin, C. of this into his consulting-room, and p a ssed b e f ore hi m R o b er t son , . Earle, J. Booker, A. Lace, W. Watson , about a dozen of his in-patients, variou s ly a ffli c t e d w ith R. B enn R. Houghton. Aldermen—J. H. Turner , blindness, exhibiting the eyes of ea c h, d e t a ili ng th e o p e - Th omas gands, R. S. Crook, and the Mayor. rations performed, and questioning them as to the state Against the increase, Councillors—Messrs. Thomas of their eyes, the period they had been respectively under Shaw, W. Atherton, James Holme, James Stitt, C. S., treatment, &c. Their replies were most kindly, intelli- Middleton, T. Littledale, jun., J. Tyrer, J. A. 'Fume, T. gent, and grateful, and we shall not soon forget the plea- Robinson, T. Toulmin, G. G. Hornby,T.__ l l , ayden, J. sing impression they left upon onr mind ; tho ug h we Coop er , J. N. Wo o d, S. Holme, J. Procter, W • Reade, must say that his apparently rapid, but s c i e ntifi c , h an d- H enr y D anso n, J. Parker, W. Bennett, R. L . Jones, W. ling of their eye-lids was, from want of custom, painful to Mann, J. G. Morris, Alderm en—D. Hodgson, T. B. us, though by no means, as it appeared, to them. Horsfall, R. Griffiths, Sir T. Brancker,Ni col, j, We learn that between 300 and 400 useful mechanics, Bramley-Moore, W. P. Bushby, and T. Chilton. For the increasc Against it