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-THE tAftrPooi :7ztatibarb. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1855 MORE BISHOPS. Tifs popular ideas of a Bishop are very diverse : people look at the office through such different media, that the distortion caused by the refraction is as remarkable as it is curious. The different Ministers of the day seem each to have their own private opinion as to the purpose of this office. One thinks it a place to reward a scholar for his learning ; so it was some years ago the fashion to promote schoolmasters and heads of colleges to the Episcopate. Another considers latitudinarian views the great desideratum. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S idea was singularly simple : the Bishop was a man who was to confer orders, and to confirm at stated periodical times, spend a few months in London during the Parliamentary session, and then live in dignified ease at his palace for the rest of the year. Politibians in the lower house also had their opinions :—Radicals dreaded a fresh introduction to the House of Lords, as likely to be a hindrance to their plans of civil and religious reform ; political Dissenters trembled at the extension of the influence which the Church would gain at every erection of a new See ; while earnest and enlightened Churchmen looked simply at the fact, that every new Bishop would be an instrument in carrying out the great charge of the Great Head of the Church—of extending. His kingdom among men. With so many opponents in high places, and so few real earnest friends, it is no wonder that the increase of the Episcopate in an adequate measure is yet to be accomplished. Yet we hare no hesitation in saying, that a strong, firm, united demonstration on the part of Churchmen would accomplish much. It was owing chiefly to the determinate opposition of the late Lord Powis that the Welsh See of Bangor was saved, when Manchester was created ; and to the like deter mination, on the part of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, that that Bishopric was not made a mere apanage to St. Asaph. We believe the time is come for a united effort to effect an increase of Bishops. A great and marked change has taken place in public opinion ; the true idea of a Bishop is forcing itself even on the hard and impenetrable brain of the politician; it only wants the largely and firmly ex pressed opinion of Churchmen, lay and clerical, to gain the point. The opportunity is given by the pub lication of the last report of the Cathedral commis sion. That commission calmly, but boldly, proclaims the want, and suggests the remedy. Means are already taken to carry out a part of its suggestions in the erection of four new Sees, where the want is most glaring, and the means the most ready at hand. Abbey Churches exist at Westminster, St. Alban's, Southwell ; a fine Church, with an endowment for a Bishopric, at St. Columb Major, in Cornwall ; and here it is proposed to erect the additional Bishoprics. Now this may do very well for an instalment, but it will neither satisfy the Churchman, nor supply the wants of the Church. What is wanted are local efforts ; Churchmen uniting in our large towns, drawing up plans for obtaining subscriptions towards the endowment of a -.Bishopric. It was local efforts that saved to Wales her four sees ; it was local efforts that preserved to the Isle of Man its ancient rights ; and local efforts, properly directed, will secure an increase of Bishops throughout the length and breadth of the land. Let us explain what we want in a Bishop, and why we want him. We do not want him for political power ; we are quite indifferent about his having a seat h the Ilu.t of Lords. We want a Bishop to be the head of the Church in the town—to take part in every good work that is there—to head us in Church extension and education. We want him to be there when his clergy, yes, and laymen too, need advice and support : not to be so overwhelmed with business that his clergy have scarcely access to him, nor he time to answer their letters ; but one who is fully'acquainted with both the persons of the clergy, and the state of their respective parishes. People do not know the value of a Bishop,because he is necessa rily so far from them ; they cannot understand what good there would be for more, because they are cut off from the proper intercourse with the few that we have ; give us more, and we shall learn to understand the benefit. All we ask the Legislature for is a per missive act, to enable HER MAJESTY to erect a Bishopric whenever the inhabitants of any town or county desire it, and when proper funds are provided, either by local efforts, or by the Ecclesiastical Com missioners, or both, We are sure that immense resultS would follow such an act, for a very great change has taken place in public opinion on this particular point. Men are beginning to understand what is wanted ; they perceive that the Clergy are not seeking for secular power, or political influence, but are only earnestly endeavouring to educate and civilize the people under their charge ; that they believe one of the greatest means to this end would be an increase in the Episcopate, a subdivision of the vast labour that now lies upon one man's shoul ders. The most remarkable proof of what we are affirming is found in one place where a local effort was made, viz., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We happened to be very well acquainted with this place some twenty-five years ago ; we were there during the excitement of the Reform Bill, and in few places .did that excitement wear so dangerous and revolution ary an appearance as it did there. A considerable number of the leaders of the movement were avowed infidels, most indifferent to religion, all hostile to the Church. Now, some of those very persons are they who have come forward to advocate the establishment of a Bishop's See at Newcastle. They have found out by long experience the civilizing, humanizing influence - of the Church upon the people ; and, perhaps, going no further than this present life, they wish that they may partake of that benefit. A few more openly expressed wishes in other large and influential towns, and the cause would be gained. Why is Liver pool not stirring P The Commission Report, indeed, states, that "local efforts might be expected at Liver pool." Why are they not begun P Where are our Rectors ? Where our wealthy merchants ? There are many who would hail with delight the thought of a " Bishop of Liverpool." Why do they not stir ? Surely the second commercial town in England is worthy of that honour, and surely it can afford the means. Let us h a ve a public meeting, a com m itte e , an organisation. It is a matter in wlfich men of all parties can join and co-operate—a point in itself sufficiently valuable to claim attention. gr. HELENS IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 553 1 -- In your paper of Tuesday last an article appeared, giving a report of the Proceedings of the St. Helens Improve ment Commissioners, when baths for the people and other sanitary improvements formed the principal topic, although the former had previously been considered, and it is to be hoped will ultimately be accomplished, the movement, being popular, would ensure its success, as such a boon would be grate f u lly hailed by our working population. It is also gra tifying to know that the new commissioners are already showing a praiseworthy zeal for promoting the public good, as, on Friday last, six members of the Water Committee, con sequent on the surveyor's report, undertook the laborious task of visiting the new and old water-works, also the gathering ground in the of Kn ows l ey P ar k . The gentle men who visited the works were Mr. John Marsh, the chairman; Mr. Richard Penketh, c h a i rman o f the 'Water c o 'ttee ; Mr. Richard Yates, chairm an o f th e Fi nance Committee 31r. - Will. Th in e interest these Mr. A. R. Arratt, and gentlemen are taking Mr. W. 11. Balmain. be expec e when such men sacrifice in the welfare of the town cannot a b e e se too highly appreciated. Important results may their time and abil i t i es for the public good. z St. Helens, August 4,1855. Tag tomb of a Phenician king has just been discovered at Beyrout. The sarcophagus, of black marble, bears a very long and curious description in Hebrew. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. Tan parliamentary session of eighteen hundred and fifty-. five has now been brought almost to a close. Ministers, having obtained nearly all they desire in the way of access to the national purse, have consented to relieve the collective wisdom of the eountry from more than a few days' sittings at HER MAJE3TY'S Palace at Westminster. They have appointed Wednesday next, the day after to-morrow, as that on which the "white-bait high jinks " is to be celebrated, at the Tra falgar in Greenwich. Established habit has rendered this symposium indispensable to the Ministerial enjoyment of life. The wines of the Trafalgar, like the fabled Lethe of old, are presumed to wash away the sorrows of the past, and to lubri- cate with the oil of forgetfulness the cares of the future. On Wednesday, then, the jocular PREMIER and his trembling colleagues will pledge each other in bumpers of sherry and champagne, and thank their stars that there are now no more awkward questions to answer. Honourable members, disregarding the fashion set by the feathered tribes, looking out for discordant mates, have made pairs in the autumn, and disposed themselves as units in different portions of the country. Saturday appears now fixed, by general consent, as the day on which our legislative halls shall be closed for the season, and between now and that day the business transacted in either house will be almost strictly confined to routine. The session, it is understood, will not at its close be graced by the presence of JIBE MAJESTY, who, secluded in the retire ment of Osborne, is at present enjoying the luxury of domestic and family quiet. The session which is about to close has been, on the whole, a very remarkable one. Few of its predecessors can vie with it in the power it has exhibited of tearing the mask from pompous imbecility, decked up to simulate the statesmanship of the patriot. Since its ominous opening, how many of our public men, of supposed note, have been swept away in its surging tide ? Where are now the leaders on whose rounded periods and frothy oratory seemed to hang not merely the safety but the very existence of the state ? Look for the names of those who at its commencement were high in office, and to all appearance higher still in public estimation, and ! where shall we discover them ? Who now endeavours to find the oracles of finance in the involved and labyrinthine sen tences of GLADSTONE ? What section of the commercial world turns, as for authority, to the exploded statistics of CARD WBLL? Will any one who now wishes for information on subjects connected with the navy appeal to the experience or satisfy himself with the explanations of Sir JAMES GRAHAM ? If the conduct of the war is brought under discussion, who will seek to shelter or fortify his opinion by quoting the authority of SYDNEY HERBERT ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE seems forgotten ; the Earl of ABERDEEN has been trans ferred to the obscurity of political Hades ; Lord Joni./ Rus- SELL has shrunk to such tiny dimensions as to be scarcely perceptible; and Lord PALMERSTON himself sustains his position in the public eye chiefly as a waspish joker, quite as much feared by his friends as he is dreaded by his opponents. How different is the position of all these men at the close, compared with what it was at the opening of the present session. But yesterday the word of these men might Have stood against the world : now lie they there, And none so poor to do them reverence. The rude wind of national adversity has blown upon them, and they have been shrivelled by its withering influence. Wise councils and brave deeds were required from them, and it was found they had only words and foolishness to offer. The indignant breath of an earnest and energetic people has swept them from their place of pride. If the closing session has been a remarkable one far un masking pretence, it has not been greatly distinguished by the display of legislative wisdom, nor will it be in any great de gree entitled to the veneration of posterity for the vindication of our constitutional rights, or as reflecting honour on the dignity of our national institutions. The time it has been in existence has been so wholly taken up with explosions of per sonal and party venom—so entirely devoted to vituperative and querulous individual criticism, that the public business was forgotten or postponed. The government of Parliament and the management of the national affairs have been almost entirely surrendered into the hands of Mr. JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK, the generally accusing member for Sheffield; a gentleman who never in his life attempt e d th e i n t ro d uc ti on o f even a Turnpike Bill,—whose legislative skill has not been solicited by any one to aid in the preparation of one public act, or enlisted in the furtherance of any measure of general uti broken example of barren criticism and unfruitful talk—who represents no principle of action—no section of political com bination. Yet such has been the tame, unresisting compliance of the House of Commons, that into the hands of this some what antiquated parliamentary novice nearly the whole legis lative time of the session has been delivered. The result of this unbusiness-like apathy has been, that even the measures indispensable for keeping the machine of Government in ope ration have been delayed till there was no timeto consider any of their propositions in detail. Estimates for carrying on the civil service of the State bearing date the 27th of Marsh were introduced into a committee of Ways and Means, considered, (?) and passed in hot haste so lately as Thursday night last. Some of the votes treated in this manner were of deep national con cern ; such, for example, as a proposed grant for the encourage ment of art and science ; others were no doubt mere matters of routine, but still, as they involved considerable outlay, they were without doubt entitled to consideration as to principle, and examination as to detail far more elaborate than could by possibility be bestowed on them at the fag end of a tedious and disputatious session. Conspicuous among the multiform items which underwent a professed discussion on the night referred to, was the peremp tory refusal of Lord PA.LMERSTON to pledge himself not to concinde a peace with Russia without first submitting the terms of it to parliament. In doing so, of course his lordship took.his stand upon the constitutional principle that the con clusion of peace or the declaration of war is a prerogative of the Crown, and as such is a power wielded by the Ministry for the time being. He further, in his customary and smart manner, reminded the house that if not disposed to entrust the affair to Ministers, the more legitimate way would be to adopt a course of action which would result in ejecting them from office. The taunt implied in this was sufficiently evident ; its justice, however, was not by any means so apparent. His lordship cannot have forgotten how nearly his own adminis tration was drifted into a peace which all of them now con demn as unsatisfactory, and reprobate as unworthy of the national character; and, with this recollection strongly in his mind, he was hardly entitled to sneer at the anxiety mani fested by a respectable section of parliament, and by a large portion of the British people, that a similar risk of staining the national honour may not be again incurred. The subject received further discussion, and the practical danger of trust ing implicitly to the discretion of the present Ministers was more pointedly illustrated on Friday evening ; on which occa sion Mr. LAIN( complained that at the meeting of Ministerial supporters, held some months ago in Downing-street, the whole truth had not been told to them. In the eourse of a discussion which ensued, it appeared that there in a hankering after the generally condemned "four points." The question appears therefore to stand somewhat in this position : A sus picion is prevalent in the country that a compromise may be entered upon in reference to the conclusion of the war which the general voice of the. people would condemn ; a desire to be relieved from this suspicion is widely participated in, but the assurance which would dispel the suspicion is pertina ciously refused by Ministers, who, while relying on their pre rogative and vaunting their responsibility, forget that they have themselves created the suspicion and voluntarily forfeited the confidence which they thus superciliously demand. One blunder is often the fruitful parent of many, is an ob servation which has received frequent illustrations during the present session of Parliament, and it had one further demon stration on Thursday night. On theoccasion in question, Mr. FREDERICK PEEL, in answer to an interrogatory, stated that Lord GEORGE PAGET had been rewarded by an allowance of £lOO per annum, as a " good service pension," as the senior regimental colonel of cavalry engaged at Balaklava. The pro priety of such a grant to his lordship having been called in question, Mr. F. PEEL said no choice could have been made in the matter, as, being the senior officer, to have passed him over would have been indirectly to submit his conduct to cens sure. Further doubt having been expressed as to the pro- priety of the grant, the PREMIER himself undertook au ex planation of the case, and stated that the selection of Lord GEORGE PAGET for the reward was entirely the act of the Commander-in-Chief, whose right of judgment he strenuously defended. Here, then, we have the chief and his subordinate at issue : the latter charges the act, good or evil, praiseworthy or entitled to blame, upon the greatly abused shoulders of routine ; the former lays it at the door of the Commander-in- Chief. The case with doubtful adjuncts is clearly put by the Times. " The PREMIER and the SECRETARY-AT-WAR evi dently don't agree on the subject. The one refers us to blind routine, the other to discretion. The one thinks there is no help for it, and Lord GEORGE must have his good-service pen sion, the other that the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF is the best judge." Common sense, the least common, apparently, of all the senses, in Ministerial composition, refuses to see the pro priety of deciding good service by mere seniority ; and vio lently repudiates the absurdity of fixing desert under parti cular circumstances in obedience to mere routine. Throwing the affair over upon the responsibility of the COMMANDER-IN CHIEF does not go a great way in removing the absurdity. Without in any degree impugning the gallantry of Lord GEOBCFE PAGET on the occasion and in the circumstances re ferred to, it is impossible to perceive any particular claims that can be urged in behalf of his lordship, which may not be adduced with equal propriety in favour of every one who engaged in and survived the fearful " death-ride" of that dreadfuLday. The undertaking, it is agreed on all hands, was the result of an error, and a fatal and deadly one it proved. The troopS engaged in it, one and all, behaved with the most gallant.. devotion ; but no one has pointed out that Lord GEORGE PAGEr did more or did less than his brethren in arms`; and it seems rather more than questionable to bring him so prominently forward for reward. If passing him over, hi awarding a good-service pension, would be to imply cen sure on his conduct, what does the peculiar prominence be stowed on him imply to the rest of the heroes who braved and like him survived the dangers which he shared with them ? When such rewards are bestowed in a manner so liable to misinterpretation, can it be wondered that they give rise to jealousy and dissatisfaction ? The death of the Earl of SEFTON, which took place on Thursday, at the family mansion in Belgrave-square, places at the disposal of the government the appointment of Lord Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster. Considerable specu lation in respect to this matter has been raised among the clubs. Some maintain that it is an opportunity of conferring a conciliatory distinction upon the Earl of DERBY which Lord PALMERSTON should not let slip, as an act of courtesy which would reflect credit on the magnanimity of the PREMIER , without placing any real power in the hands of his rival ; and that at the present time it would read like an acknowledg ment of the forbearance with which the noble Earl has treated the ministerial difficulties of the cabinet on more occasions than one. The same parties further aver, that the passing over the claims of the present Lord DERBY at the death of his lordship's father was an act of party narrowness of spirit which reflected no honour on its perpetrators ; but that, now the opportunity is again offered, it might be converted into capital of a kind which the present Government stands greatly in need of On the other hand, it is stated that such appoint ments are generally looked on as honours to which the sup porters of an existing Ministry may at all times aspire as legitimate rewards for undoubted services—that giving them away to political rivals may indeed look magnanimous, but that in reality such a deed is more Quixotic than praiseworthy. These latter consider that the selection of even a lukewarm supporter to fill such an office is a political crime which ought not to be forgiven. Probably neither of these conflicting views is the one likely to be acted on ; and a generally well informed section of adherents to the present Administration speak of the Earl of ELLESMERE ar a nobleman who would be in all respects unobjectionable to any portion of the Lan cashire community. On Wednesday last, an event took place at the London; Tavern which is generally looked on as of great interest to the community of the British Islands, but which is necessa rily of more importance to a commercial and shipping district than to any other. That was the farewell banquet given by the Directors of the East India Company to- the newly ap pointed Governor-General, on the eve of his departure for the East. The banquet was in all respects a sumptuous one, in cluding amongst the guests ministers and ex-ministers, officers of state and other official dignitaries. The whole resources of the celebrated restaurant were called into operation to do justice to the occasion, and the banquet was in all respects princely and worthy of the occasion. The chairman, Mr. ELLIOT MACNAGECTEN, chairman of the honourable company, in proposing the toast of the evening, the health of Viscount CANNING, the new Governor-General, made pointed-yet taste= ful allusion to the unfulfilled appointment: of the noble Viscount's father, the right honourable and celebrated GEORGB CANNING, to the same office; remarking on his brilliant talents and great ability as a statesman. In reply to the toast, the noble Viscount glanced rapidly yet comprehensively at the condition of our Indian empire, and felicitously pointed out the moral policy by which alone it can be governed with safety and in conso- 1 nonce with the intelligence, the integrity, and the dignity of this great and enlightened country. He made s -beautiful and striking allusion to the- value of that high moral training enjoyed by the civil service and the army of India, remarking of those men that they have redeemed their countrymen from charges of rapacity and selfishness, saying admirably of them —" They have enabled you to exhibit to the world a spectacle of which the world's history can show no similar .example— that of 150,000,000 of human beings, and a continent' eeming with wealth, governed by the dominion of strangers and of aliens, but the yoke of whom is so easy and so light, so com bined-with security for the present and promise for the future, that no rule of any native prince which their land has seen can compare with it." So true and so well•deserFed an enco -1— .r British away is one-which does honour to its utterer, and gives bright presage of a wise and tolerant, yet firm and useful career. It formed, also, a fitting proem to 'his well bestowed eulogy on the Marquis-of DALHOUSIE, his lordship's immediate predecessor, whose policy of peaceful firmness and iILVAI V. Lc Llvasu cd, his adyni„f;,,, resolution to follow out. The noble Viscount concluded by a touching. and eloquently expressed reference to the compliment paid to the memory of his father, and expressive of the stirring emotions with which he was- animated by a recollection of his parent's- appointment to the same responsible office-which he himself now held, saying—" The recollection of that- event is an inspiration as strong as could.rouse the energy of any man in his struggle for success, and I. shall, indeed, consider there is a blessing on my work if it be granted to me to-justify by my own acts the preference that has been shown to the name I bear, and to vindicate my right to bear it." National attention is stiff kept painfully alive and on the rack of expectation by the tantalising accounta which we, from time-to time, reoeive as-to the progress of the-war iu the Crimea 4 Day by day we are• favoured with intelligence of advancing approaches towards the enemy's stronghold ; of frequent conflicts, which lead:to nothing but barren laurels and fruitless yet dearly-purchased successes ; of vast exertions and enormous sacrifices incurred in the anticipated achieve ment of some crowning. victory, Which, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Lures from afar, yet as we follow flies. Months of preparation and: of toil have succeeded months of sabring, disease, and death, since our brave-countrymen and their gallant allies sat down before the fated and fatal fortress of Sebastopol. Exertions almost superhuman have been made for its capture; and in.its attack and defence rivers of blood have been poured out with a profusion which, in reference to water even, might have been considered prodigal and waste, ful, yet still the mighty stronghold offers sullen defiance to, our efforts for its subjugation. The Russians threaten to de-- fend, it to.the last stone, and the indomitable courage with which they have hitherto combatted all the attempts made against it justifies, in no small degree, the threat. They point to the numerous-system of forts of which the place consists, and which they maintain can be worked as so many separate or combined, points of resistance. Their military authorities refer with. triumph to the fact that the place has never been invested—that being open to the north it has endless. supplies of men, and exhaustless stores of provisions and munitions of war to supply and maintain the garrison. On the other hand, the allied generals continue to express thernselveseanguine of ultimate and not distant success. On their side everything seems. all but fully prepared far a great and final struggle, in which the pent-up and harrassed garrison must yield to the overwhelming force by which they will be assailed. Favour able augury is also drawn from the attention directed by Russia to the non-investment of the place, which, coming from them so late in the day„may not unfairly be looked on as a ruse to withdraw attention from the really vulnerable points of their defence, and,. by causing a diversion of object on, the part of the allies,, to secure opportunity for repairing, strengthening, and augmenting those defences which, under present circumstances, have become obviously untenable. In this state of matters, - every rumour and suggestion are eagerly laid hold of by the public, whose interested curiosity is kept painfully on the alert. Renewed rumours, not easily traceable to any definite source, have again become common to the effect that it is intended to convert the siege into a blockade. This rumour seems to be chiefly built upon an article which has found its way into the Constitutionnel; in which the value of fortifying Kamiesch is strongly insisted on, and which the writer describes as being capable of " holding Sebastopol by the throat," and as in fact "completely nullify ing" the stronghold. Added to this is an asserted declaration on the part of General PELISSIEB, to the effect that, if un successful in his next attack on the Malakhoff, he will raise the siege, and lead his army into the field. How far either or both of these averments are worthy of credit, it is no easy matter to determine. The article in the Constitutionnel may be penned with the same purpose of deceit as there is strong reason for believing that in the Invalide Busse was inspired by when pointing out to the allies the importance of cutting off Russian supplies from the north ; the condition requisite to confer value on the pretended declaration of General PELIS ' BIER has not occurred. He has not, so far as the public are aware, failed in his second attack on the Malakhoff. Affairs in the trenches before Sebastopol are so advanced that a crisis is obviously impending and cannot long be delayed. Each hour seems fraught with destiny. The next attack upon the Malakhoff will in all likelihood prove decisive—if successful the place will soon be ours—if again repulsed, the more lingering process suggested by the French editor is still within reach of the allies ; a few hours, or it may be minutes, will in all probability set this point at rest. Consideration of the war and its perplexing incidents has so completely monopolised the public mind, that objects of mere domestic interest are almost lost sight of ; notwith. standing which, and the lateness of the parliamentary session, it is gratifying to learn that improved attention has been bestowed by our Legislature on the affairs of the National Gallery. ' Lovers of the fine arts will learn with satisfaction that iu future a SUM will be annually voted by Parliament THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. expressly for the purchase of pictures ; and that it will not be necessary to expend the grant in each particular year, but that it may be formed into a cumulative fund, out of which considerable collections may occasionally be purchased, as opportunity offers. This condition, however, is one which will require to be narrowly watched. Misplaced partiality, whim, or individual influence, may be so readily brought to bear on-the expenditure of such a fund, that zealous watch finess alone can secnre its satisfactory outlay. By one Portion of the new.arrangements Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE has been appointed director, with authority, independent of and paramount to that of the trustees, as to the purchase of any picture or collection. The director, in terms of his appoint. ment, is required to lay an annual report before Parliament, so that the affairs and condition of the National Gallery will be brought yearly under supervision of the House of Com mons. A new museum of science and art is to be built near the site of the old Crystal Palace, at the national cost, aided by the surplus fund derived from the Great Exhibition of 1851. When completed, the museum will be open to the public gratuitously. • The poetical department of the literary world has been agitated, convulsed, distracted, within the last few days, for the fortieth or fiftieth time within a year or two. The POET LAIIREATE has issued "a great poem," is the breathless ex clamation of one set of enthusiasts ; TS NNYSON has pub lished his " Maud, and other poems," is the quiet remark of another. It is glorious, rich, glowing, extatic, says one ; it is beautiful, chaste, and stately, says another. Within the last few years so many thefts and spurious snatches have been made of APOLLO'S fire, that the announcement of a new claimant for poetic fame is met with an ominous shake of the head by the sagacious —the doubt implied being magnified in its portent in proportion to the brazen sounds which have been made to herald the candidate's approach. What between BIGGS, SMITHS, and BAILEYS-, and their noisy trumpeters, the poetic circle has been kept in: a perfect uproar for years past, and a modest minstrel who , should rely upon his merits is rudely hustled out of the arena. Tn the midst of the chaos so created, it is refreshing, as well as-inspiriting, to meet with a song in which nature is allowed to , walk on the earth, wan dering among meadows, and flowers, and woods, and associated with well-conditioned human beings, instead of being whisked away into• the region of broken suns, stray planets-, and lunatic stars,.holding converse with misanthropic . angels and saints of more than• doubtful purity. TENSYSOIIf'S' song is full of healthy fealing, and is in fine contrast to the spasmodic verse so admirably and felicitously ridiculed in Firmilian. MMIC AND THE D.R..411A. JULLIEN'S CONCEET.-011 Friday evening M. Jullien and the principal members of his band, together with the fine band of _the 2nd Life Guards, gave an open air concert in the Zoological Gardens: The attractions of the music; added to the other features of interest connected with these•gardens, drew a large attendance, and before the commencement of the performances the gardens were enlivened by a numerous body of highly respectable promenaders, which increased in number as the - evening wore on.- Altogether the fete was a moat suc cessful one, the number of visitors, when the gardens were most crowded, amounting.to not fewer than between nine and ten thousand. The bands , occupied the pagoda-shaped orches tra in the centre of the grounds, the dense multitude, who composed the audience, stretching out on all sides. Herr Reicat, MM. Collinet, Duhem, Hughes, Nabieh, Wuille, Son nenberg, Simar, Charles, Do Prins, Hardy,. and Morlighem, were the principal solo performers; the programme also in cluded a grand selection from Verdi's opera, 11 Trovatore," Meyerbeer's " Etoile du Nord," Mendolssohn's " Wedding March," "Midsummer Night's Dream," Beethoven's " Ninth Symphony," " The British Army Quadrille," and M. Jullien's latest compositions performed in London during, the present season, namely,." The Belle of the Village Valse," "The Rose and Violet - Valse," dedicated to the Queen of England and the Empress of France. Also, his celebrated assault galop, from "The Zouaves pas de Course." The concert concluded with "Partant pour la Syrie," and " God,save:the Queen ; " from the " Allied Armies' Quadrille." At the conclusion of the concert the bombardment of Sebastopol, accompanied by the usually splendid display of fireworks, concluded the amusements of an evening which will be long remembered with satisfaction by the dense multitude who witnessed the performances. AT TIIE ROYAL A-MPIIITIIEATRE Mr. George Vandenhoff, accompanied by Miss Anderton, has been giving a round of his favourite characters during the,. past week, prior to hi s departure for Amerin. Of the round, perhaps his Charles Surface, in Sheridan's brilliant comedy of " the School for Scandal," was the best and most striking. The easy gaiety and buoyant good nature of the careless,-though not depraved ; spendthrift were depicted with animation and gentleman-like vivacity. The Lady Teazle of Miss Anderton, also, was good where she did not attempt too muchof the higher strain of feeling.. In the celebrated " discovery scene" her action and declamation were somewhat over done, bordering on, if not actually touching, the spasmodic. AT rim THEA.TRE-ROYAL the admirers-of opera will have a high treat prepared for their entertainment in the course of next week. The splendid operatic company which has been delighting the London musical amateurs, by its performances SRLOic a a, le An l eirr' e liA nn Ai GrOi " II Trovatore," Donizetti'-s "Lucia de Lammermoor," Mozart's "DonY Giovanni," BellineS -" I Puritani," and Rossini's "Ii Barbiere de Siviglia," besides one act each of " Otello" and " Masaniello." The leading.artistes are all high class, and the orchestra and chorus will: be in all respects complete. The eat •rprise and risk involved in this speculation are great, and it is to be hoped they will:be met with a degree of liberality by the public, sufficient to reward the labour and reimburse the outlay of the undertaking. Few managers attend with more-jUdicious zeal to affording enjoyment to their patrons than our indefatigable townsman, Mr. Copeland, whose energy knows -no tiring in this respect. He has, we understand, been recently in treaty with Madlle. Rachel for one-performance by . that tragedienne as she passes through Liverpool on her way to America. In the attempt to secure this he has been un tseurcmicalfniouthoef lady her L de o c n iting e _ n t g o eg ap em pe e a n r t a t t i l l y l wh sue ere curtsey before a transatlantic: audience. makes after her.the CAUTION : REGGING IMPOSITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sts,—l , have ascertained this morning that two men are going about with a begging petition, purporting to be on behalf of a deaf and dumb child—a candidate for admission into this school. I beg 4 to,caution the public against these persons. Their statement is untrue, and their, use of my name totally unauthorised. No eligible candidate has ever failed, of admission into this. school ; and I trust that those who wish to benefit the deal and dumb will do, so through the medium of this institution, which now numbers eighty pupils, and not give the least countenance to unauthorised and frau dulent applications,_ such, as that which it is now my duty, to expose.—l am, Sir,your obedient servant,. DAVID BUXTON, ' Pr:ueipal, of the School for the Deaf and Dumb. Oxford-street East, August 6th, 1855. BREACH O - PROMISE OF X4RLIAGE. CURIOUS CA.S,Z. AT the Wells Assize on Wednesday, an action. was tried in which Mary Clarke sued Jonas Clarke for a breach of promise of marriage. The parties were in humble life. The plaintiff had had.an illegitimate child by another person, but that was known_ to the.defendant, and she afterwaras had a child by the defendant. Several letters had been written by the defen dant to the-plaintiff. We give one written. by the plaintiff to the-defendant, and some extmcts.from 'letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff. "Bath, Oct., 1853. "-My dearest Jonas,—l, now with, pleasure take my pen in• hand to tell you a little bow. I have enjoyed myself to-day. Mrs. Jacques has taken me out one place and the other all, the day, which I can ashure you my enjoyment was very great, but do ashure you you was uppermost in my thoughts, espe cially while I was shopping. I will leave you to Judge was for the shopman did tell me ws you used to do he did make me look £5 better'; he told me I wanted more practise, but I thought the contrary. I saw Ellen this morning —little did I think I was living with such, but it is true. There is no, knowing nobody till you find them out. lam looking forward for the pleasure of seeing you for the next enjoyment, but I hope you will please to bring me a apple in the corner of your hollow tooth, as I cannot fancy one I get in Bath.—Your loving and affectionate, " Manic CLARKE." From the defendant to the plaintiff : " You no need to think I forget you, for your name is sounded in my years most every day from some part of the counterey or the other, so it apers that som pepel trobel their beds a grate deal about we, but I will put that of till I see you witch prapes will not be long I can ashure you. " Good by God bias you rite soon." " I can asuare my whord is my bond, you can well sadesfie ar person about that." I ofen think of my n par dear Mary now I have the cows tide up in littell hous." " Always most happey to have a letther." " It is like a somers month since I spoke to you last, but still whe must whait with pasints prapes the time will soon room for you and me to talk at our lacier." " I shall never know how to make you sofesiently rewarded." I will come and see you if posebill I can lave home." " I think of coming to Bath next wick if possabal I can live, but I can ashour you I ham very bisey, but of corse if taere is time to spar it must be spent with the won I love so dtarley." In one of the letters the defendant said, " I wish you a happy new year, and a nice little baby, and a good husband." A good deal of amusement was created by the examination (1 some of the witnesses, who stated that the letters were put in the fowlhouse; that the plaintiff said she had been mar ried to the defendant. They asked the defendant what he expected, a girl or a boy, and he replied, "A boy." They had Fem. endearments between them, such as generally passed letween man and wife. Although she said she was married, ;et they a little doubted the fact. She occasionally wore a ring, but she said she wished to keep it private on account of their friends. Her letters were directed to " Mrs. Clarke." She went out one morning dressed a little smarter than usual, Ike a person who was going to be married—a white bonnet slid white ribands, and she returned with two rings on her finger, a wedding ring and a keeper. She passed as a respect able farmer's wife. One witness said that she found that they were not married, and she endeavoured in every way to get I him to the point of promising to marry her, but he evaded it. On behalf of the defendant several witnesses were called, who swore to many acts of immorality committed by the The jury eventually found a verdict for the defendant. COMPASSES OF IRON SHIPS. THE following letters, bearing testimony to the great value of the apparatus invented by Mr. John Gray, of this town, appeared in the Examiner of Saturday last : The Priory, Battersea, July 30, 1865. SIR,-It being a well-known fact that matters interesting to navigation are better handled, and, as a sequitur, better understood by the Examiner' than by the press generally, I • feel no kind of hesitation in asking space for a letter on the adjustment of the compasses of iron ships, nothing doubting you will feel it to be a subject worthy of serious consideration, and worthy of a place in your columns. Mr. John Gray, Nautical histrument-maker, of Liverpool, has patented an apparatus for the adjustment of iron ships' compasses, at sea, or in harbour; and the principle of its construction is so simple and effective that it has obtained a very high compliment from the Astronomer-Royal, a copy of whose letter I enclose. To bring before the world the means of navigating our iron ships with accuracy, more particularly after the calamitous occurrences so often associated with the deviation• of the compasses, is a praiseworthy effort on the part of Mr. Gray, and one that cannot be too highly applauded. The apparatus consists of a cradle containing the necessary complement of magnets moving vertically in a horizontal plane in the binnacle, or horizontally in a frame on the deck ceiling house, &c., and connected with which is a rack and pinion holding a vertical magnet to correct any disturbance arising from the inclination of the ship. The code of instructions, which I have examined, is of so simple a character that it is a matter of surprise that it should not have been suggested before. All that appears to be required from the captain, after the binnacle is placed in its position and the compass adjusted by the party appointed, is to place the ship's head in two positions, and the compasses are made perfect, whatever may be the amount of disturbance. I have so often witnessed the pains taken by Mr. Gray in adjusting the Great Britain's and other iron ships' compasses-, that I am full of belief in the correctness of his last discovery, —at any rate, as its correctness may be ascertained before ships proceed to sea, I trust you will agree with me that there need be no hesitation in recommending it to notice. Yours, &c., CHRIST. CLA.XTON. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, June 19, 1855. have examined your binnacle, which contains arrange meats for adjusting the magnets, and which contains also proper provision for the mounting of the unmagnetised iron, usually required for complete correction of the compass; and I hare' to state to you, that it is entirely satisfactory to me. The principles of its construction are perfectly correct, and the application of the adjusting power is easy. 'With very moderate care on the part of the captain, the compass may be made accurate in any part of the world. You are at liberty to state this publicly, if you think fit to do so. I am, &c. G. 8., AIRY. Mr. John Gray. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING, Os Friday, the shareholders in this company held their annual general meeting, in the board-room of their offices, in North John-street: Ten years from the establishment of the company had; at its origin, been fixed by the actuary as the earliest period at which an investigation ought to be made . into the business of the life assurance department, with a view to declaring a. dividend a and that period of probation having expired, the meetingon Friday last was looked on by all concerned as one of unusual importance. Theresult of the decennial experiment has been most satisfactory,the investiga tion proving, as Was clearly demonstrated in the report sub mitted by the manager and actuary, Mr. Percy M. Dove, that the society's business- in that department has been most suc cessful, placing both the shareholders-and the policyholders in a' highly advantageous position. From this branch of the business alone the proprietors will have an addition to their dividend of 3; per cent., making,with the ordinary dividend from general profit and loss- account, in all laai per cent. upon the original paid up capital ; and the assured will receive a bonus of £2 per cent. in respect of each participating policy issued prior to the Ist of January, 1853, for every complete year that such policy has been in, force. This, as was pointed out at the aneeting, constitutes an addition of 18 per cent. onthe amount of every existing- policy. since 18 a, the first year of the company's existence. A result like this, coupled with the fact that the investigation and recommendation were both concluded with a most scrupulous eye to accuracy and to the future security of the company and the assured, gives ground for congratulating all parties on the success -of the under taking: The directors seem specially entitled to the thanka of the proprietors and the policyholders, and: in a particular manner are those thanks due to Mr. P. M-Dove, the active and intelligent manager andaetuary of the company, to whose prudence and forethought must, in no small degree, be attria buted the marked success of the company. The meeting was numerously attended by gentlemen of commercial rank and influence; Charles Turner, Esq., chair man of the company, presiding. Among the other gentlemen present were—Samuel Holme„ R. E. Harvey, Ralph Brockle bank, T. D.' Hornby, G. H. Horsfall, John Torr. Thos. Bouch, Richard' Hou g hton, David lamb,- Joseph Cooper, W. G. Loete, Robert Wynne, Robert Rockliffe, J. B.' Braneker, G.. E. Taunton, P. R. M'Quie, _Thos. Asldisona.Wm. Newton, David Cannon, Wm. Smithy. Johnston, IL J. Webster, Jas. Hohne, Michael Belcher,.R. L. Jones, Wm: Titherington, Esqrs. Mr. I'EItCY M. DOVE read the annual report, from which it appeared. that the life premiums received for the first year's operations amounted but to about £1,500, and. have advanced to a sum not far short of £30,000,. to which amount it is ex now, therefore, to make progress for the future froui e starting point of this latter amount, in place-of the trifling sum which marked the commencement of the period under notice.. The sum which the directors are enabled to carry off" from this branch for the use of the proprietors is shown to be £7,819 15s. 6d. And with respect to the policies entitled to participation, the result more than equals the highest ex pectation:formed of it; it is believed that the announcement: of a bonus so large as £2 per cent. on the suna assured,for every entire year a policy with profits has been in existence ; which the directors recommend to be declared in accordance with the counsel of the actuary's report, to which they would refer for details, will lead to a very extensive increase in life. assurance business for the future. The expeetation expressed in the very first report of the directors, in. August, 1846, will now then, it is believed,_ be immediately,and fully verified, "That the confidence of the public will be secured by the conviction that every life accepted by the directors will be admitted among a class of lives so carefully selected, that the largest amount of bonus to the assured may fairly boaan ticipated."—ln the Fire Department, it was observed that remarkable expansion,which has been observed and commented on at the annual meetings of the company, has hitherto- had no cheek. The increase-in the amount of premiums for the year 1854 is upwards of £16,000, whilst the balance to the credit of profit and loss for that period is •£28,816155., ex ceeding the amount reported for any similar period for the last few years. The directors, it was.. said, have likewise the satisfaction of announcing that the American business pre sents a very favourable aspect for the last six months, the balance at present standing to the credit of the account for that period exceeding the debit balance of the preceding twelve months. The losses in Great Britain for , the same time have, however, been very heavy, and have , pressed with some severity on many of the insurance establishnaents of the country. Nothwithstanding the occurrence of these adverse contingencies, the balance to the: credit of profit and loss for the expired six, months of the present year, may be esti mated, after deducting expenses, at Cei32.o 3s. 11d. After naming the following directors, who a _ in accordance with the deed.of settlement, eetire .by rotation, but who, by the same deed, are eligible, for re-electicu, :—Michael -Belcher, Esq, • Thomas Bcuch, Esq.; George Henry Hors fall, Esq. ; Richard Houghton, Roger: Lyon Jones, Esq. ; re-elected. The report went on to recommend that a Robert dividend; of 31c S m tt n h d , r E e ws ..E c s h q. a ,, J. :4-des Turner, o ; o a r li o, of E w s h q 0 . of 3s. ancLa bonus of 2s. ed. per share,. both free of income-tax,. be dedared. The report also alluded teathe- opportunities each of the shareholders may have in promoting the interests aud extending the operations of the- company, and by so dein, adding, security to anci - enliancinfktheNdue of their own,proa perty, remarking :—" The attamment of such a revenue as thatad the Royal Insurance Company in its fire department, in the short period of ten year,s, is, it is believed, without . example in the hiEdory of insurance companies. Those es tablishments which have inany way approached to hin former, or in the present times, have done so, in a great measure, by amalgamation with other companies. The Royal:lnsurance Company, on the contrary ' , has acquired this revenue by its own legitimate inatience alone, without any such adventitious aid." The report of the acts - gory showed also a view of the Com pany's affairs, in a similar , degree and manner, satisfactory. It went minutely into the details of the Company's_ buainess, and showed that "The life department will be the future source of a fair profit to,the shareholders, whilst the probability of bene fits which it may reasonably hold out to the. assured are equal to these of any other insurance sociay, whether proprie tary ur mutual,in the kingdom. This. able report concluded with the annexed observations :—" It may fairly be assumed, then, that no life company will have ever presented its first statement to the public with fairer grounds for anticipating that the prudence of its manageraeut and the soundness of its principles will give an impetus to its future progress. And c s e ht that shown ab in jneti se fixedkind,t a obtained themselves h which , ema m si by tey t hs amount i mu hnmeo many admirable corresponding tn c t oi we t d sa it u ab t j o sa f hnl nt m i ec a in n pt y as t t y e years, b f ju diciouso the f b r u e confidence of society. The CIIAIRMIN, in moving that the report be adopted and printed, and circulated amongst the shareholders, embraced the opportunity of congratulating the meeting, and the share holders generally, on the prosperous position which the com pany had attained, as manifested in the able and satisfactory report which had been prepared and just read by the actuary. He begged particularly to call attention to the fact that, in estimating the value of this branch of the business, no portion of the preliminary expenses had been carried over to future years, to be charged to future savings. ( Hear, hear.) This was, unfortunately, not common with companies commencing a life business, yet, perhaps, in some instances it may be fairly adopted ; but the actuary of this company thought it much the safer and more proper course that the whole of those prelimi nary expenses should be borne by the year in which they were incurred. ( Hear, hear.) He would ask them also to bear in mind what is stated by the actuary, that, under his advice, the directors have determined not to carry anything to the credit of profit and loss in the annuity branch of the life department. ( Hear ' hear.) The actuary has advised them—and they agree with him in opinion --that the term of years which that branch has been in existence has not been sufficient to make it desir able that they should do so, although the condition of that por tion of the business was highly satisfactory.—Gentlemen, con tinued he, it is a most satisfactory state of things ; and the more gratifying that it has been brought about, not by throw ing over any portion of the preliminary expenses, to be pro vided for in future years, but by estimating, in the safe and cautious manner which has been described, full value of the business. (Hear, hear.) The safe business of the Royal Insurance Company presents itself in a most favourable view to every one who wishes to insure his life. (Hear, hear.) The profits which have accrued from this department, up to the present period, have been such as are not often witnessed in the career of new life offices ; while, at the same time, in the cautious mode in which the calculations are made, the assured have a guarantee for the prudence with which the' business is conducted, and for the perfect safety with which they can in sure their lives. (Hear, hear.) This, therefore, is a state of things which will have its weight with all prudent men—and only prudent men, generally speaking, do insure their lives— [AuGvsT 7, 1855. (g ef : and induce them to give their policies to this compag• hear.) At the same time, he was bound to remind the . policy holders that, inasmuch as two-thirds of the Pf° e ' v ,,, this branch of the business would be divisible among t_.` . `„„i' was their interest to exert themselves as much as they; P t e : e p; can to bring policies to the company, and to induce thirfhos to insure with it. The premiums on fire business fii,t reduced so low as to leave not a very large margin for The losses during the last six mouths have been beail, as Great Britain is concerned, but in America the i 0 pany's business present s more, favourable features 00 hitherto. (Hear, hear.) On the whole, the businesscompany, the directors can state with confidence, is i n j e satisfactory state, and presents every p r ospect of profitable future. At the same time, it would be we' . e tion them against indulging extravagant ideas,, beta st of that kind can only be realised by incurring w, directors consider unjustifiable risks. (Hear, hear:)3,,,. risks no proprietor would wish the directors to und ert . THOMAS BOITCH, Esq. seconded the motion , and 1,00 so said it was a pleasant duty to press upon the atte t the meeting the importance of the valuable doctune ll g had been presented and read by the able actuary 0 . 11 0 pang, and enforced with such clearness of argurneo' chairman. The resolution was put and carried unanimous ls% The CHAIILMAN next moved "That this meetingli of the computations in the life department, made tu b actuary,- and of the bonus recommended in his rep ort proprietors and assured." f n SAMVEL Hormr, Esq., seconded the. motion• dt this, he highly complimented Mr. Dove for-the clear.f!Ail computations and assurances of success which he fi e 7 f c6 convincing a mourner laid before the company Pyild 61 0 c r. r. In conclusion, he said he should not do justice to 0 1r, feelings, if he did not bear public testimony to-the of assiduity, the prudence and good management of fbe:. 11 0 ,1,, Mr. Dove, and at the same time to bear willing 05 : 1 , 1 ,5P,,, the subordinate officers of the establishment, and tots which is observed throughout it ; and in the sY s t e t le arranged and so well regulated, together with, c tot,! management of the directors 4:;athe genera l C O business, he could see an indicaticra of continued P and success. .1, Mr. Alderman COOPER expressed his satisfaeti a° favourable change in the - American business. The resolution having been carried, d e' • The CHAIRMAN moved that the dividend of 3 5 ' riee - ,' and a bonus of 2s. 6d. pe r share for the last year,'" o.` t e I Mr. Tony seconded the motion, and in doing, `4O„ ether interesting. remarks, said the first considert r e9l directors and the management should be to se' o lid terests of the insured, so that the' holder of a 1 4 00, alf has paid a'prenrium to secure a property to his"as ft be made doubly secure. He considered—and there - was - no proprietor in the room who would ic" r ilte it thought otherwise—that the interests-of the ass l . paramount claim on• the directors--a claim saPe r,"a er g' that of the shareholders themselves. The motion unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved the re - -election of t :l,: e to re . 4 ?' directors, which was-seconded by Mr. G. V. TA t ." . c or carried; Mr. W. Titherington and Mr. John.Dickin` re-elected anditors. es set t Thanks to the Chairman, and to Me:. Dove, ta" were then moved - and adopted. t o ir Mr. Doyle, in the course of his remarks; said t hs . portent matter with respect to the assured was thig;estly • taking the lives - from twentrto fifty years of ag', ty of reversionary cent.ven by the Royal SociF, d eri;• equalled eighty per on the amount of pro:10.'0011 they had paid. M this were known throng:11010, the g it would doubtless. lead to a large amount of besio f oe The Catlinmare—l have still , ' another duty to P e 0 144 wards Mr. Gray, the sub-manager, and the otile, r t ies, a f the - institution. They have performed their aa cer er f it zealously and efficiently, and have- re n d er ed great ad the company. He begged to move that the 00' proprietors be given to them for those services. oa r SAMUEL HOLME, E 5..., seconded the propositiel l, " ‘ carried_ by acclamation,. and the meeting broke ere CHESHIRE AND 3VALE , ". 4 4 4110. Tim Cheshire Militia are, about to be-presented 'coitr:" stand of colours, the presentation to be made by the DS of Westminster. PIS WILLIAM .EDGE, a groom, in the employ of ,fetes Barton, residing at Caldy, wee, whilst bathing l a a l on Tuesdaa, carried out of his depth and drowned• of gp, THE ceremony of laying the foundation stonoof . %`el• church, to be-called the Church of St. Matthew the P at Edgeley, Stockport, was performed on WednesdsC' pt Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P. I ,te- es' Y THE parishioners of Christ Church, Chester, 11 0 4 $ :the Rev. John G: Briscoe, with a purse of gra 49 ..;i i es °, 0 1) 1 panied with an address, expressing the good. ea ',people among. whom he has ministered, on learns a curacy of Marylebone parish church, London , , a , eit • nesu k THE Holyhead regatta took place on Wed tooU s VT) ',several Liverpool yachts, including. the Zillah: llre , pri,oe, tthe sports of the day. The winners of the " the 11°4 ti P ands. ;*a.aces, the Holyhead Cup, the Stanley Cue, Su rpr ise, New were the Glance, thea;he,hip Her Gipsey. The prises were delivered bos r ..of Liverpool. lIALL, CIIESTEt, FATAL ACCIDENT. AT THE ROW- Tuesday afternoon, just as the men , --aant d a ladder ',dinner, John Richards, a joiner, eg., 'flow on some itt) tools, and fell from the top to the srer e height of about forty feet. He sustained very o g ana ey , a tn a ahe head arai arms as well i 1 J ,, •••••• yrn et:Ueda few •o eics 14' SERIOUS ACOIDENT.—OH Tuesday Joseph W° h e,,,..A. „ A ti bourer employed at the new gravineedock Birkeka' arresting the progress or a wagon Jek. 11116a:ewe iat' c a' . tained a very serious injury. The break snapped befell et he ran for another, with which, when:returniuge,,eo lay across the line, when the vehicle. passed over la : his body, and diverged from the line. feat t b a d returned to Wor4 CHESTER Amex 'HOLYHEAD Relaway..---Tee week ended July 29th, 1855, was- as follows 10;0 parcels, &c., 3,173 18s. 7d.; steam-boats, £442 £1,825 Bs. Od.; total, including Carnarvon 2s. 6d. Corresponding week last year : —Passengli,"; &c., .£3,192 Oa. 10d. ; steam-boats,,. X 540 75 ,e. a eaei £1,653 2s. 4de; _total, including Carnarvou 10s: sd. Decrease, £243 7s. 11d. I ' nte e WALLASEY. LOCAL BOARD.—The. monthly to held on Thursday. A vote of thanks was .Pa s ,l f . Ewart, M.P.. for Liverpool, for hi s efficient so' parish of. Wallasey. The Works and .Health C o 0 0# ported they. had fairly divided the pariah into l' aa c t jj coloured on the plan, for the purpose .of. a slw" . f°7P; rate, namely. Egremont, Seacombe a .New and Wall=e,y,.and that they had accepted ten o ,o, removal of night soil and the Sew.erage of the elL str , other miseellaneous businesss of minor interest Iv' 1 acted. 1 04 / 1 0 1 NEW B,ET,GIITON SEA-SIDE INSTITUTION, object thaaaffording of the advantages of sea-la spa temporary residence by the sea-side, to poor WiPd °`o health,.ha.e.been established for six.years.. SeveW t? . patrons andertook to raise a bazaar for the sable -. cles, the-.proceeds of which were. to. be devote . support.. '.Their efforts have met: with a. warm 3 " -- 0 1) sponso, and the bazaar opened.on:Tnesday. Lan--shire Militia Artillery was _in attendance ., o , : t , waeacontinned on Wednesday and Thursday.. a nd t e EXTE.A.ORDINARY OCCURRENCD.—At HA:0 01 . i ° le 9a ham, at 5.5 p.m. on Monday, several dark. inas.a.„, served drifting with a gentle southerly wind at a w i". re r e 4 sl 4, height ,as the clouds with which the sky was ' w et 3V 4 i obscured at the time. Daring_the ensuing few ra t .ere ;rap smaller patches were seen at a.somewhat and many of them fell on Mr. Hope's farm, at Pa - 001 1 A proved to be hay, the character : of th e .h er b ag e $ - 0 0 41 1 ;4 :be-the produce of wet meadows. It was quite elrY n 'a 0 . ," adhering together, as if lifted from the ground,,," a ti° l ls a.staek. As the quantlby floating at a great ele: a pce,ii•, have been large, we notice this, curious circuit: l ' o ,A hope that some information may be obtained cov e el* VIP THE CROPS IN NOlag; Waease•-• The grail' l ed northern division of Wales preseett generally a a ull' il e Vi and promising aspect;: and, though the harvest 7 , 0 0 one, there is every hope that it will prove an am t attcae The barley is in many districts thin and light, b a 0 ,00..,, roe oats are described ae. being soand and heavy, th e a d ( b et e tip larly being full-eared, Potatoes are also sound : 4 _, o. eaos t le disease, except in, some- districts of Carnarvonsi ll , , o ;$0,,,e; blight has appeared, and the yield is good. A ti a t of hay has been : secured in excellent condition, •apeS ao c et: is heavy and thick. This harvest will prove al l3 .oc e elal i In the hill districts it is yet too early to coV i 'tique . P Turnips in some districts have not turned 0 100' having been much infested with the fly, whieb ellt' siderable damage. Altogether the country ie. ta t , never presented a better or more cheering asPe e astolli l ar ' ej COIL:LEEN RIOT NEAR RHITABON.—,4I • eare au e $ about 500 colliers assembled at the hone of Aq'igli 0") r manager of the colliery department of the l3 o .ols,T o r a it parry's works at the Cefn, nea r Rhuaboa, and" 11 1s e 110;ad . , broke. the windows and also f orce d i n the 110 aa(f•lelra Hynde was absent at the ti m e. The furnitll o ,A. ' fi t7 jured, and many valuable articles were destroY7,9ot) re el. e g ley,. a magistrate of the county, hastened to t h a to l e j 0 1 0 , 6 time the rioters were engaged ha endeavodri,..,P a l a vit,„ol the house, and persuaded them to retire- of L " tl' e e ge meet him at his house next morning, but n° ll i t ' a d There has been a turnout of the colliers atta recent ,tts` fish Iron Company's works on aeco ,:jov u me n n t eti o li f i l as t t lie . je ii 34; 01 0 of their wages ; and this circumstance led L ° ley rn Mr. Hynde's house, PS° 9 l O ) , Ar ea ). CHILD MURDER AT GREAT NESTON• 11-- d p o rid investigation took place at the Rising Sulli_ i n t i a ele: t ; bridge Workhouse,. respecting a case of in u 7abst 710,. if , occurred in that neighbourhood. It appear l ira of vic aa i t?' 4 , ried woman named Catherine Looney, 3 13 :0iloa a ' e:eVe Man, but who has lived some time at Bil - k are_ d , D e t io t n h nd e Tu t ed e s i da ce asyus o w f pe M iecki r o:na W itihd il a s ot o n i s l h , F o er f ihdaari Thornton to e t as / dead body was discovered in a privy in he medical gentleman was sent for, and the r esult a 1 a'„ e e surgeon, of Tranmere, proved that the c got]. e es ce r " alive, and that it had died from suffoe,a _ aa i a st t he 4, " Wilful xnurder: left no doubt tjiat the suspicion was well fohaillr turned a verdict of sizes. Looney, the mother, and she was c . At the : 1111 he st CONVICT/ON FOR 11.1uanea. -- with t r" Tuesday, Margaret Davies was charged ;1 , 0, .4 of her illegitimate child, by drownieff Ii A bOu or 'hiel' il t gollen, on the 10th of March last. She eorko gs tg t/3 0 41 11 ef iy previously been confined in Corvven sere s ta ner's warrant for trial at the Chester assaes. 351:1000,, she left under the plea of going into ..j. rZ til f should leave her infant at the house of r ( 5, arr e " re eP l azt . ; wife had promised to take charge of '11%41,11)0y erithcit i e.; th e leY , v bere h so pe re , pl b vr r he o ev t n h i o e sus r h ' e s l ys l: t o aa u tne s d e d , ht s ah h da e tb l i e e - t as e a q n bd u u e dr s ii t ee i dd o by the s e wor,. parr also gave a detailed account of its faneara! , roja • deposed to seeing the prisoner on her Y with h n neare ned a vends, tely taken therefrom. The jury return i n s 10 o i e with a strong recommendation to mer u e3 , r, I form• hpp sentence of death upon her in the tts_l eive a it thechild canal,a l e and andt to theell , tbootdlyi e alone, a good-looking young woman, indifference, oivrtibsoenceirl i b c f eO O f ; 6