The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

have ;c1 the a tion. oint s + t full , PO" r _ f i ne m g of i nics' le ill" )1;•• A Ilia' ] aod riesr ;e, in Tao' .r;et• aris4 r raot , •otte near . .r.e3r . near DECEMBER ,18, 1855.] LOCAL INTFILIOENCE. ~Ul''' es is er Of to asvrp. oath ;jet } orth t ear set. Iton, uare rset. fiord, ri dia r ine, nee e giSr n eer nest loPe' 3 icil,* Hill, us er, itollr O tll CW~Er Kely' A ieto g!' ,eu's Elo' story th of xl of le a'; . iclw Aseti iii atterenees hitherto extsting between the City of publi n Steam-packet Company and the Liverpool Screw steam-ship Company have been arranged to the full satisfac tion of both. TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS, &c.—By a Treasury war rant, dated December 7, the rate of postage chargeable on tewspapers transmitted from the united kingdom to any ritish colony or foreign ports, Panama, shall be ld. each. U colonial newspapers between one British colony and another, rid Panama, ld. each. On foreign newspapers, Id. each. IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-STREET.—Workmen are now e ngaged in taking down the warehouses at the foot of Water .!_treet, which were formerly occupied by Messrs. Bailey •firothers, for the purpose of widening the street. The Liver- Pool Arms Hotel, and the warehouses at the corner of the street, will also require removal before this much-needed im provement can be fully accomplished. T]SE ROCHDALE MIIRDEREE.—Soon after Jonathan Hey- Wood was condemned for the murder of Margaret Jones, he turned to one of the gaolers and said, " I'm going to be banged. After I'm dead I should like to be buried with .... ' 4 argaret Jones, in the cemetery at Rochdale." It need scarcely be added, that of course no attention can be given to Inoil a request, the sentence being that his body shall be buried within the precincts of the gaol in which he shall have been confined after his condemnation, ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, woman named Mary O'Brien was knocked down by a drunken man, at the Colling- Wood Dock, and sustained a severe contusion of the hip.—On 4 .aarsday, John Smith, a labouring man, fell dawn whilst in a state of intoxication, at the Prince's Dock, and received a were scalp wound.—A girl named Mary Tully was on Thurs usY emptying some ashes into an ashpit, in Prince's-terrace, 'Great Howard-street, when an iron grid fell upon her foot and ta, s t off two of her toes.—These cases were received at the Northern Hospital. STATUE TO WATT, At MANCHESTER.--A meeting was held at the Town-hall, Manchester, to originate a subscription to erect a statue to James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. The statue is to be a copy of the one by Chantrey, Pa Westminster Abbey, and is to be placed in the large area front of the . Infirmary, in company with the statue of yellingbon, Peel, and Dalton. Most of the leading men of Mnchoster were present, and appeared to enter most heartily tato the project, which originated in a suggestion from the .31 anchester Literary and Philosophical Society. The snb- I leriptions announced at the meeting were 19 of ao, and 10 of C*s each. SIITEREEPER DROWNED IN Doc .--About midnight on ttlesday, a shipkeeper, named Robert M'Avoy, was keeping hatch on = board the ship Tribune, lying at the cast side of the Isrunswick-dock, when he fell into the water. A customs' °Meer named Cornelius O'Donnell heard a splash, and saw the be very near to the quay. He handed a plank to him, but 'le made no attempt to lay hold of it ; he 'continued floating, 'L d was got out in about two or three minutes, but was quite ead. ;DEATHS PROM BITRNING.—On Wednesday afternoon, a isie years of age, daughter of John• Robinson, residing at o. 12, Holly-street, was left by her mother alone in the h ouse,and in about an hour and a-half-She observed oneof her neighbours conveying her daughter 'to the Dispensary, her 'clothes having caught fire. She was afterwards removed to Abe Infirmary, but was so - severely burned that she died in - the eourse of the following night.—Mary Shone, residing withher Parents at No. 19, Harding-street, 'Windsor, was so seriously burned by her clothes *taking fire, that she died on Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock. SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. Samuel Newsham, who had been '° ll g" a solicitor in southpoft, and for a number of years had filled the office of , cleik to the - county magistrates for'the dis trict of North Meols, died suddenly on Wednesday last. He Lad recently been connected -with the office of Mr. Velsby, and, as usual, came down to bssiness about nine &Clock. He entered his private (ace, 'and it appears that he opened his letters and had begtm to arrange his papers preparatory to the blorning's business. About a few minutes to - ten o'clock, a client entered his , office, And found Mr- NeWsham's body stretched at fulliength:on the floor, and quite dead. _ Tnn cabinet , inakers •in she employ of Messrs.` olden and Church-street, met en Saturday week, at the Tam ° Shanter, Landon-road, to present 24r. 'Steilic, their late iorernan, a handsome silver watch, with a suitable inscription, Previous to ;his leaving !Liverpool, as a token- cf the high esteem in which he was held by his 'fellow workmen A Second compliment, and - not less worthy of acceptance, was a silver chain presented by the apprentices.; and, after several speeches and -songs, the company -separated, highly Pleased with the proceedings. LomAx .Rtn.trev . .—At the Court of . Chanse.ry, on Wed nesday, Mr. Giffard, for the plaintiff' in this-_ , case, who had appealed from the decision of Vioe=Chancellt)r. Stuart, pro nounced in Fehrnary last, dismissing their 'lOl filed to set aside the will of the 'testator, Thomas 'Mirky, late of Liver- Pool, so far •aa it - related to the residuary' be4tteti to his widow, as being contrary to the stat ate of ingrtmain, asked, in par finance of an arrangement to which Al parties interested had tisented, that the petition ,of a ppeal might 'be withdrawn. Noir lordships punted the application on terms of the 'rkluary legatee paying cost a. c oward ACCIDE.NT /1.1. SSA Mondakiast week, Th omas 44.Tearaof age, sec ;ond mate of the -slip Malakhoff, ps drowned when the vessel was off the' Ornishead. The oa et had just come on boar 1, and the deceased was standing the port rail •With a hai idspike his hand, in the act of of getting the anchors over th e bow. InTrisinginner fluke the anchor off the vessel' a bow, the deceased fell headfore -41,05t on to the outer flukey and then into -, the water. The 1 411 1 3 was roundedimmediat ely, and the-starboard-quarter boat 'lunched. The deceased vas gat•or. boat'dinaihout a quarter an hour, and every exert ion was used to restore animation, b ut he never showed any sign of life after , being taken on board, TIIE REPEDENNTATION OF ReeecnesTan.—The opponento of the present represental ;Ives of Manchester appear to be anxiously looking out for suitable , candidates, and the names of Sir Sir John Potter and M r. Oliver Heywood (of the firm of Benjamin Heywood ar td Ca, 'bankers) are mentioned as those of gentlemen that an t likely - to ensurere , ood support. An ,anecdote is current to the e dfect that the deputation who went ' 0 ask Lord Palmerston's a ssistance irrfinding candidates com menced by asking this no We lord if hewould allow his own tame to be put forward in the event of:a dissolution of the present Parliament. Lord Palmerston . is :said to have good humouredly exclaimed, "Mre go to Manchester, to meet John 15 right. I haveAnite enough of him in the House of Com kens 1" Nevertheless there is said tohe andr.tention of put %lg the noble lord forward, without ailing upon him to appear personally- upon the Nustings.—Daily News. TUE E376I,I6II'WOOLLEIC TRADE.—By our manufacturing shill, cheap iron and .coal, capital anderedit,.End by a repeal of all the monopolies and all duties on raw produce with Which our staple trade was once fenced:rcsand, we are able to sell woollens.all over the world ; and to buy from Egypt, Abyssinia, from• Syria.„ the East Indies,undlill regions where sheep can 'live, •anything which is either -.wool or hair, in addition to the 'fine :qualities obtained from Germany and Australia. in France, on the contrary, , under an obsolete Protective eystem, , foreign woollen :cloth isloaded with pro hibitory duties:; bat,. as the French manufacturers are quite Unable to :supply any large sudden order' for 'military cloths and_ blankets, or: any , of the cheap sorts ef , woollen goods, the French government, sittce the commencement of the war, ,has been obliged tot's; out upwards of 124000,000 sterling in .uritish blankets, rugs, .and broadcloth. Perhaps the very greatcoats 'they lent our troops last winter .were spun and killed in Tothehire.—ffitusehold Ward*. THE SMOKE Nursercn.—On Wednesday, ,a ; preliminary meeting of some of the -steamboat proprieters3of this port held at the 'Commercial Hotel, in Canning-place, to take into coneideratien the most advisable mode.of proceed ' ing in reference to the .a.rbitrary law imposed on them, as steamboat proprietors, by the Liverpool Health Committee, under the Sanatory. Act - for the prevention of •smoke." Mr. John Watkins, avko was -tiled to the char, said tat for years Past the proprietors of steamboats had been anxious to n lnue th e smo k e - on b oa rd their ve s sels, bat, though every known invention had'been.tried, at a great expense, it had been found utterly impossible to combine consumption of smoke with the geneeation of.stearn in quantities sufficient to work the en such as that g fi i , o n m es• i n ferry steamers running short tripe, Woodside !to Liverpool, smoke might be consumed with a loss of stearch,at the rate of 81bs. in 201bs. ; 'hut in tug-boats, where great power is often required at Uncertain intervals, and for a:gveat length of time, it was Practically impossible. Several other speakers bore out: ,he remarks of the chairman., and it was ultimately resolved that b y Memorial should be drawn .up on the subject and presented "Y a deputation to the Health Coininittee. _ ALARMING FIER AT RUNCORN ;01-P —On Monday even.: `ug, last week, a few minutes after six o'clock, a violent .ex- Dlosion,avas heard in Runcorn Gap, and instantly the sky for s everal miles around was illuminated by a most brilliant yet 4l ariningllaze. It was soon discovered that the oil and resin Ivorks belonging to Mr. D. Fehrnaan were on fire, the flames us immense columns ascending many yards in height, and ap- Dearing to threaten the range of buildings adjoining, com 14laing the luggage departments and stables of the St. Helens a nd Garston Railway Company. However, , by pulling down Dart of thelndlding and removing the stock of oil, turpen tine, resin, he the fire was confined to the hnildings in which it eommencedo , sllich are now a heap of rums. The accident °eeurred in conse,Juence of the bursting of a ,new resin still, ?Ile that has not been working more than a month- The man l a charge of the sttl was just walking away from it, and had treeeded about ,ten yards when the explosion took place. ° accident to life ,or limb occurred. One man dell into a l arge reservoir of water near. The yard dog (a fine animal) f . l 'ae burnt to death ; and several people had marrow escapes t int, the failing walls. The owner is at present ou the con t, and dt is not ascertainable whether the building es in ;&ed or not. The damage done is small compared to what Zglit have been expected. Several hundred barrels of oil, Are. ' were saved by the : activity of hundreds of work- Who were at that time leaving their employment. The ',tillage is estimated at between i6OO and £l,OOO. T hursday, CO3:I3iIME.—The weekly . meeting was held on u ursday, Mr. C. Turner in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Shand, Robinson, Palmer, Chaloner, onde], Anderson, Rounthwaite, Smith,and Evans. The sub mittee of works submitted plans for laying down lines of li way from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway across R egent -road, to form a junction at the Braraley-Moore Dock ipb. the dock line of railway on a low level, with a recommend atbould ion that the portion of the line which passed over the estate be constructed by the surveyor, and that a rate be ;rived to the company to cover the police and other ex- D o lsea—The Warehouse Sub-committee had nothing to Harbour-masters' Sub-committee recommended A 4o 4 f d -itsitnde Dockofissal ; James Moore, a dock-gateman, at the Canning also that 938 square yards of land at the fi lf l*Pi end of the Harrington Basin be let to the Harrington are ) . and Iron Company at 2s. 6d. per square yard, subject to te a notice t o qu it ; a nd that 885 square yards in the t a Ze locality be let to Todd, Naylor, and Co., on the same oqs." - A note was read from Captain Schomberg, on behalf dim2le Colonial Land Emigration Commissioners, surrendering n office near the Waterloo Dock, used as a place of me am ,;nsnection by the medical officers of. the commissioners, Enanking the committee for allowing it to be used.—A p' a runication was read from Mr. J. W. Green, again corn of a charge of £37 for shores used in one of the gra aoeks in connection with the repairs of the Sierra Ne aile, The Chairman said the charges were the usual ones, 111— "la no redress could -be given. —Letters were read from p e :!_ars. Dixon and Co., and Fowler and Dagnall, applying for a t.L.i;ianent berth for their Levant steamers in the Wellington 4,2( Referred to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—Mr. t b,;an reported th e d eat h o f Francis Syrnes, foreman in li e e of the floating timber, and recommending the appoint also t porter, at a salary' of 265. per week.—Mr. Sloman r s ePorted the loss o terminated caused by the animal treading t* Pike nail. Tbi4 the business. THE Bishop of Manchester has presented a donation of lb guineas to the Bolton Church Institute. THE meeting in favour of the restoration of Poland will take place on Thursday, at the Concert-hall. IT is stated that R. A. Maefie, Esq., of this town, has given £l,OOO in aid of the Presbyterian missions in China. A few years ago Mr. Macfie gave £l,OOO towards the Indian missions. - - POLL AT ELECTIONS.—It is directed by an order in Council, December 7, that the towns of Longridge and Longton shall be places for polling for the northern division of the county of Lancaster. NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—P. R. Arrowsmith, Esq., ex-mayor of Bolton, Capt. Gray, and Mr. Abraham Brierley, of West-hill, cotton-manufacturer, have been added to the commission of the peace for this county. IN the Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, there was a divi dend meeting in re Joseph Feeny, when several claims to prove were admitted, and others ordered to stand over until the 4th of January, to which day the meeting was adjourned. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL—OH Wednesday, Mr. R. Duckworth, son of Mr. Robinson Duckworth, of this town, and formerly at this school, was elected Mathematical Exhibi tioner at University College, Oxford. Mr. Duckworth had previously obtained the open scholarship at the same college. A STATEMENT of the debts and liabilities of Mr. Oliver, of Liverpool, has been received. The liabilities are about £1,000,000 ; and the assets, it is to be feared, will not realise more than 2s. 6d. in the pound. LIR CITY OP MANCHESTER steamer arrived at Marseilles on the 9th, from the east, with 750 men of various regiments of the French army on board. The Conte Cavour, a Sardinian steamer, arrived on that day at Marseilles from Kamiesch, bringing home wounded and convalescent soldiers. ON Saturday morning last, a hare ran into the carpenters' yard belonging to the Bridgewater Trustees, at the bottom locks. Poor puss was hotly pursued ; she, however, managed to make her escape from the yard, but it was only out of the frying-pan into the fire, as she ran down the steps of the graving docks, whence there was no escape, and was speedily captured. THE following patents, among others, were - sealed during the week ending Dec. 8 :—George Frederick Chantrell, of Liverpool, furnace engineer, for improvements in apparatus . applicable to the manufacture and revivification of animal or vegetable charcoal ; Joseph Betteley, of Liverpool, chain cable manufacturer, for an improvement in ships' anchors. FIRE IN LOVE-LA:NE.—A fire broke out about eleven o'clock on Friday morning, in a cotton kiln in Love-lane, at the north - end, belonging to Mr. M`...4,rdle. 'two reels were soon on the spot, and the fire was extinguished in about half an hour. A quantity of cotton was consumed, but the damage done to the premises is very inconsiderable. OEM CIiIIRCHES. — There is a movement in Manchester, patronised by the Bishop, for erecting, in . the more populous districts of the city, churches entirely free from rented .and appropriated sittings. We (Manchester Examiner) learn that some progress has been made in colleeting funds for , the £heetwood district. WEST DERBY 'GriRDIXNE. -- At the meeting on Wed 'nesday, notice was given by Mr. Edwards, that he would, At the next meeting, move that the salary of Mr. Lythgo - e, relieving-officer, be increased from £BO to £lOO per arilititt. The number of paupers 'relieved during the last week 'Was 4,145, an increase 01263 when compared with the correspond ing week last year. CAUTION TO MALEAS'IN FISH. — John Burke was brought up at the Police-court, on Thursday, before Mr. Mansfield, for having 171bs. of 'unwholesome codfish exposed forsidein St. John's-market, 'and fined Os. 6d.—Mary Ann 'WriA.ht was fined 14e. ed. for exposing for sale, at the same place, 911bs. of unwholesome codfish"-; and Jane Blundell, for exposing for sale, in the same market, 391bs. of unwholesome eels, was mulct in the penalty of :14s. 6d. Hismuc Society.—The second mating of the literary section of 'this society was held on Thursday, , af - St. George's hall, Mr. Danson in the chair.. A resolution :expressing the regret .of the -society at the death of Mr.-tjcscph Brooks. Yates was passed. The paper for the evening was " The English PootclawsSystem, viewed in relation 'to Education and Morals," read' by the Rev. Mr. Moore. 'A discussion fol lowed 'the reading-of the paper, in 'WhiCh Buxton, the Rev. Dr. Hume, the chairman and other metubers, took part. MIS 'CIINAtIrO'S r TEA.3I-BITIP PERSIA, which was launched last summer, at Glasgow, is now nearly ready for sea, and is expensed to sailthence for New York on thaL,2sth of January next. The ;,Per - sin is built of iron, is larger than any of Her INesty's ships cf war, and is expected‘tomake more rapid passages between this and America than any other steamer afloat has done.' Her engines were tried at Glaigow last week', :and WE understand that they worked admirably. ComModore .Judkins, late etthe Arabia, is to command the Persia. ARC ri ITECITEAL AND Anoa.somooteAr, SOCIETY.—The anceting of this-society was held on Wednesday, at the Royal' inttitution, • Colquitt-street. Mr. -.l. , :Hay, the president, -occupied - thec - chair. Mr. John Gibbs,'Aigburth, was elected an 'associate . suember. Several donations of an interesting ,choaucter were ;resented to the society. After the ordintry buFiiness-had been disposed of, the discusSi.on on the papervoad liugirine at the last meeting, was resumed, and kept rnp - with great spirit until the meeting , adiourned. IVOVEL • Surcpnlsz. =On Thursday night, a young .thief ''crept into a house in Blackpool, for the purpose of plunder. Et • made .116 -entry through a bedroom window, and, , while zroping'aboutin the dark, he accidentally thrust his .Isgers '.into the open mouth of the owner of 'the house, who was 'in bed and asleep. He suddenly awoke, .:and, snapping the - -fingers, -bit . them so severely that -the intruder, uttering :loud-cry, rushed back to the window, made his exit through Ht, and -escapa He has since been captured.—Darlingtov Tines. .TuE..lamtlosEru BIIOOE6 YAXES.—The death of Mr. Zet...eph Broke Yates is announced.ineur obituary. His long life was spentin Liverpool, where the'aame he bore has long :been associated with the intellect :and respectabilityef the. *town. He-was originally a prosperous merchant, but Milli -enceenabled him to retire, several years ago, from business. 'His leisure not unprofitable; for he devoted liinmeltto .arelfeology,:and, latterly, took a ,Trominent part in ~o ur !literary and: philosophical associations. At the recent .ineet ing of the :Brush Association, at -.Glr..sgow, he read several -elaborate .papers. SERTECE WITH AxErict...4- , Our readers are well ~20.: quainted with Ike facts which led the interruption ,sf.:4 - ie -mail-service_ with the United states la year, several , of , the ,vessels of ithe Cunard line being -required in the transport -service : so that, instead of :having -three communications every fortnighbwith America, we :have%had for a year only a ,weekly mail. We are glad, however,.. to £nd, that hi January , next, the Cunard steamers; will ran-avers- week, and theT,ol iLins-skamships every alternate -week. :312.:.GRIMSfiN AND M. HorysoN.--After the nnrileasdiit scene :at the . town council, em Wednesday week, Mr.. J.-Ilack Ijesyel„:. as the mutual friend of Mr.:Greg:ion and Mr. -Hodson, Interposed his-good offices, and the .folloning letter terminated „.... the ,affair consmunication,has been made tome, that , you desire a.written withdrawal ofstbe..words regarding vou which I. used,at the counthi on Wednesday last. HaVing at the moment, at the request of the mayor, withdrawn :the expressien, I at ones accede to your wish, and express:regret that I -should,. contrary to the :accustomed rules of pub& debate i and, in .the essitement of the moment, have made :nee ofan expression personal and offencive to you, and which I freely withdraw.-Id. GREGSON, Torteth,peck." Royani Insrmirraosi So:mos.—On Thursday the .annual Zstribation of prizes to the boys kconnected .with the ..Royal Institution .schools- .topk place in 'the theatre of the . goys' Institution, ColqUitt-street. Mr. Sandbachoceupiedthe chair. The prizes were delivered by the Lord,. Xishep-of, Chester- Prior to the delivery of; :the prizes, a , variety. of. speeches were reeitedbythe boys. .The Bishop, in pueseuting the, prizes-to the successful competitors, addressed same. appropriate remarks to each. Afterwards the,company proceeded to . view a, .fine collection of drawiegs by the boys of the school, under the instruction of 11r. Wm. L.. Kerry, the dxawiegselaster of. the Royal InStittitiOn. SHORT TIME MOVEMENT AT OLDTTAIL —We , understand that about thirty firms, producing an aggregate of about 120,004b5. of ; 3iarn weekly have signed a declaration to work from breakfast time till 'dark for one mouth. Many others who decline to .sign say- that they will kin the movement should it hecomegeneral. :It is stated that Messrs. Worthing ton and sons, .of :lJollinwood, 'Messrs. J. Brideoalseand Bro thers, of Waterhead„ and Messrs. Radcliffe and Sens, so far as regards their looms, commenced working short time two or three weeks since. It is pretty •certain that on Monday next there will be a commencement ofsihort time by a .number of firms; but to what extent it will reach remains to be,Seetl.- 111anchesler Gatardian. DISPUTED RIBMIT OI3A-01(AtTEi69 PROPERTY.—Magavut v. FRASER.—On the 10th,.this case came before Sir W.-Page Wood, in the Viee-Chaneellor's , Court. The plaintiffs are ~Messrs. John and Willialn.Mather,, of a.iverpool ; the defend :guts are Mr. John Fraser, Mr. P. Thompson, and four others, :the assignees of John and George Barton,. of Manchester, :capper-roller manufacturers, who have been declared bank rupts. 11ir. Rolt, for the plaintiffs, moved to continue the injunction which had already been granted, restraining the defendants from removing from a manufactory, the Brough ton,Copper Works, the machinery which was thereunto fixed, the plaintiffs claiming as mortgagees. Mr..,Daniell, for the assignees, consented that the question as to the right to the machinery shcaild be diScussed on .a motion for a decree, the injunctian being continued in the interim. TnE Lords Justices of Appeal have reversed the decision of one of the (Commissioners of the Liverpool Court of Bank ruptcy, granting a third-class certificate to a bankrupt named Strong, after-six months' suspension, with protection for one month. It appeared that the bankrupt was the owner of the British Dominicms, steam-tug, of the port of Liverpool., and the allegations of the petition of appeal were that the bank rupt had made false representations as to the state of his pro perty in order to deceive his creditors ; that, having sold Ins ship ferenly.27.oo,, her value being £1,400, he had paid off a mortgage of £4OO out of the proceeds ; but for the ,disposition , of the residue thereof be could only account by a statement ' that having carried it about in his pocket, and having become on several occasions intoxicated, he had lost it ; lastly, the petition alleged that he had removed his furniture into a house under a false name, in order to conceal it from his creditors. Their lordships decided that the case was one in which they could not grant either a certificate or protection. HEIVFIEC COMMITTEIL—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Richard Shiel in the chair. A deputation from the steam-tug proprietors on the river appeared before the committee, and Mr. Watkins, on behalf of the body, fire sented a memorial. After some conversation between the members of the committee and those of the deputation, the latter retired, and the subject of the memorial was referred to the Smoke Committee. The other business was of the usual routine character.—The Medical Officer reports that the mortality of the borough for the preceding week was about ten per cent. in excess of the average mortality in the same week of the preceding seven years. The registered deaths were 257. The excess was caused by the unusual prevalence of scarlatina, measles, and hooping cough. Of these three diseases 74 fatal cases were recorded, viz., of scarlatina 38, measles 20, hooping cough 16. The deaths from measles were more numerous than in any week for the previous 17 months, and from hooping cough more than in any week since the beginning of January. Scarlatina has now been epidemic upwards of three months, and since the first week of Sept. has destroyed more than 500 lives. From other diseases of the zymotic class, 22 deaths were recorded, including eight from typhus, two from syphilis, one from small pox, and one from mumps. From diseases of the lungs and consumption, 82 deaths were registered. Of the total 270 deaths, 173 were children ; and of theie 154 were below five years of age. The mean temperature of the week was 40 9-10 degrees, being more than two degrees below the average. The mean hori zontal motion of the air was 412 daily, 100 miles more than the. average. Rain fell on three days of the week. The total amount was 18-100 of an inch, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GAROTTE ROBBERY.—P. Irvine and George M`Dowall were charged, at the Police-court, on Saturday, with a garotte robbery :—Thomas Anderson, a lamplighter, stated that he Two SPHINXBiTef white marble, of large proportions, the was going along St. Andrew-street, about three o'clock in the first trophies_of Sebastopol, have just arrived for the Louvre. morning, when the prisoners suddenly seized hold of him, and They have been temporarily placed in the Assyrian Museum, while one of them held him by the throat, the other rifled his facing the Rue de Rivoli. pockets of a tobacco-box,a knife, and sixpence worth of copper. The prisoners, who attempted to prove an a libi, were remanded A BOOT-CLEANING saloon, to which are attached public laVa-' for seven days. . tones and dressing-rooms, has just been opened in Brydges- L IVERP OOL SESSIONS.—At the opening of the adjourned is ld Court of Quarter Sessions, on Friday, the Recorder, Gilbert THE Madrid papers say that in some excavations which Henderson, Esq., in charging the grand jury, said—" After a were recently made on the site of what was formerly the short lapse of time, I find the names of fifty-nine prisoners street., Covent-garden, London. The admission to the former committed for trial. This number is moderate, and may be cemetery of the Nuns of Santa Clara, in that city, a dead body considered as satisfactory, as far as it goes, as the calendar was found, which there is reason to believe was that of the alone is no criterion of 'the general state of crime in the famous painter, Velasquez. borough. But, for reasons which Ido not intend now to WOLVES have been showing themselves in numbers, and enter into, I am well aware that is not the case ; and we with great boldness, near Troyes. A woman of Fresnoy is cannot infer, because the calendar is light, that the amount of reported to have been attacked by one whilst going to an out crime in the borough is small." The trial of prisoners was office. The neighbours, alarmed by her cries, attacked the then proceeded with, animal, and at last one of them killed it with a bayonet LADIES' SOCIETY FOR CLOTHING THE SCOTTISH POOR.— thrust. The annual sale of clothing in connection with this admirable j A MAN named Johnson, employed to attend to the electric society took place o n F r id a y, i n the Assembly Rooms, Great ' light which is burnt at the top of the Lyceum Theatre in George-street. The object of the society is to supply the poor , Wellington-street, London, fell from the top on Saturday, on with work, more especially during the inclemency of the win- to a row of iron spikes, two of which entered his thigh and ter season. Such au object deserves every support ; and it is broke off in the flesh, and from the ehevaux de frise the un not without regret that we add that the very unfavourable fortunate fellow came down on his head, which was cut in a state of the weather on Friday prevented the sale being as dreadful manner. He is, however, now out of danger. successful as it has been in previous years. A number of tARON ANSELX MEYER Rothschun, the eldest of the articles are on hand ; and those who are desirous of aiding so brothers at the head of the renowned family of that name, died deserving a society m a y b e pl ea sed to know that the articles at Frankfort on the 6th inst., of Catarrhal fever. He was born on hand will be offered f o r s ale on each Monday, in the vestry in 1783, and was consequently about seventy-three years of of St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myrtle-street. age. Professors Pfeuffer and Hesse, of. Munich, and Chelins, THE LICENSED VrcrtrattEus.—A meeting. of delegates of Heidelberg, were summoned by telegraph to attend him in from several towns was held in Derby on Wednesday, for the i his illness, but were too late. purpose of forming a "Licensed Victnalleers' Defence League." i ROBERT HANCOCK, the labourer who murdered his wife Mr. Foster, of London, and Mr. Luce, of Hampton. Court, Philippa, at Northam, bevonshire, by cutting her throat and thought that as the objects of the meeting appeared to be ' crushing her head with a hammer, and afterwards wandered identical with those of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence away from home, but came back and made a u - ild confession League recently formed in London, it was not quite clear why to her brother, has been acquitted as a nionomaniae; the Rev: that meeting had 'been called. Mr. Foster spoke at consider- Mr. Gossett, clergyman of the parish, and other witnesses, able length on the necessity of having the executive, and also deposing that he had long been subject to strange delusions as the central offices, in London—more particularly on account of to the fidelity Of his Wife. the parliamentaiT business to be .transacted. If there were , two leagues, the interest would be divided. Afte r consider Two bankrupts obtained first-class certificates a few days since—the first was Masters, late of the Crystal Palace Hotel ; able discussion, the London and Liverpool deputation left the room ; but the resolution was carried by a majority of thin the other William Batley, engineer and boiler-maker, North by the c rape teen to 'two. ampton, 4-hose bankruptcy was caused ruinous o ; tition Of oter hoses, th defau of a firm their NOVEL 'STYLE OP ROBBERY.—At the Police-court, ma bills, Stes h u the negligenc e e and lt dishonestyin meeting of his servants, Saturday ; James Hammer, who said hrik e was a woolcomber, and the explosion of two boilers. from 'Bradford, was charged with entering the house of Mr. 3. B. Palmer, innkeeper, Waterloo-road, under the following The Tagblatt of Berne was in the habit of copying tele extraordinary circumstances :—Mr. Palmer said that, about -graphic despatches from the Berner. Zeitung, without acknow iiine o'clock on Friday night, he was told by a neighbour that ledgment. So the editors of the Berner Zeitunp took the somebody had broken into the 'house by the bedroom wind ows . liberty, at the time that the Emperor of Russia Was in the 'On going up stairs he fotind his wife and another female is Crimea, of printing in the one copy of their paper which was 'the bedroom, and the 'prisoner 'concealed behind the head of , to be supplied to the Tagblatt the following startling tele ,the bed, crying out for mercy. 'The prisoner, in his defbnce, ' -graphic intelligence :—" The Emperor of Russia and Prince 'said that he had been doing-nothing for nine days, and at last I ‘Gortschakoff have been taken prisoners by the allies ;" all he determined to steal some lead from the roof of proseciitor's which was religiously copied into the whole impression of the house, and to sent. White .on the roof he felt himself fall- Tagblatt, to the great amusement of its readers. GENE,RAL INTELLIGENCE. . - ing, so he caught he e l of ',the spout and sassonF himself into' THE Commissioners of Inquiry into the revenues, &c., of Mr. Palmer's bedroom, through the window. 'lt was not," the Inns of Law report - 'that the Inner Temple has a gross said the prisoner . , with amusing earnestness, " a question of income, in• round numbers, of £21,000; the Middle Temple, of liberty, but of life anddtath, and all men - fear death."- The £10,000; Lincoln's-inn, of £18,000; and Grey's-inn, of prisoner was 'remanded, 'in order that farther inquiries Might £B,OOO, all exelutive of fees. But eneh is the system of ex be made respecting his antecedents. travagant expendittrre in these establishments, that the Inner NEW COI'DE 6F . SE'-A. SIGNALS.—The necessity for !a new Temple only shows a surplus revenue of £5,000, and the set of maritime signaislas occasioned the appoi n tment, - under Lincoln's4nn of a trifle under £4,500. The surplus: of the the auspices of government, of a committee whose function it Middle Temple amounts to £1 -is. 100., while Gray's-inn is to investigate the comparative merits of any plan that shall , shows an actual -deficit of £320. be at once simple and efficient-qualities which •can hardly be I Tun SuNDAC BEER ACT.-M - r. Whiteburst, late solicitor said to betheschltsoteristics of the celebrated code of Captain ' to the Licensed Victuallers' Defence Association, under Whose Merryat, 'Which -is 'not only limited in its 'capacities, but superintendence the proteedings before Mr. Berkeley's com unavailable when there is little wind, or the- wind nriveain a mittee were conducted, has written a letter to the secretary of line with the - eye. . The use of :hanging flags, which are the United Kingdom Alliance, in which he states that his always more or lees subject te these vicissitudes, ie. therefore a : opinions onthesubjeet haveaindergone a total change . ; that disadvetotege. ' 4 1 4-fr. Alfred Waleson, of London, has -devised. he believes the Sunday Beer Act of 1854 was a step in the a, series ofsreetaPic plates er tAlets by which - those, incon - right, 4irection ; ,that it was an error to repeal it .; .and - thOt venierrees ere giX., over. Psinteetin party distributions of red, he 'regrets deeply the part he took in forwarding the Sunday byre and White,?the five plates am . capable of vsl almost end- Beer Bill of last session. less, nurtiber•Of combimoions, 'the symbolical principles of '-'Voinho,bitant of the . parish . of B . ishepsteignton having . for which -are' 'Of' - 'the easiest aceerea.ernent, and 'the application :: setee ' e ii rn 'e‘ been at variance with his neighbours and reje ' eting . suiaable - to ally emergency. :Fates of this kind hoisted in a frame at any,part of shi•und at any angle, appear to be a , vast e s upon anyehing that has yetiteen suggested; `the attempt of a mutual friend to bring about a'reconciha - tion, besides whah, it is obvious - they . can' be ! tructeeat the Otherlfereter Gazette relates that,-" Between the conclusion of 'the-prayers and the administration: of the Holy Communion,. most trifling cost.-211nriiing Herald. I'' 'cn aSanday morning last, this gentleman rose from his seat, ~ i trid, w ith evident emotion, which extended' to the -spectators, , ' TEE S*.IKE IN LaNakslnEE. — TWenty mechanics; each - went end offered his hand to each of his offended neighbours, of whom acts as a chaiernan for his fellow-workmen; have eexpmssing himself at the same time as, hicarne a Christian. published a letter, setting forth the good ffects of an associa- ' 'Phe tender was readily accepted, and, as soon arthe excite tion whiea has been imelistence far 1' :years in the carpet mut was appeased; the reconciled friends' united in-the parti trade; its operation extending 'from the - north of Scotland to !•eipation of that sacred rite which is a pledge of a higher and the . Midland Counties eef England.. otos annual meeti n g is I .holier reconciliation:' cilia 1. helili 'in some central' town, to which th -e workme n o f ea ch • • " THE MlSSlNYRGYMAN."—TilOVlOucetterillireChro '. manufactory send a, .dek,gate,- so that , any grievance existing ' •iiiefe . states that the explanation of this affair, which has un in aheotrade may be-known at once to -anther - nesters and.all , 1 themen. Suffickast notice is given that the annual meeting fortunately attracted so much public notice, is as follows :-It tis said that some expression fell from - the lips of' the intended 4 will'take place; the:whole of the masters generally attend, rimide, during the lett interview, which was Misconstrued by and a delegate te -lent by the weavers of each firth. The 5 _,..,. , - the gentleman intossomething like a - regret at the step she was `res . & of the Plan its that far the last fifteen "`-' !I, , lbent to take, and that, Without even seeking-an . explanation, '-i,lie delegates have- - early once mired with dissatisfaction, •he pondered over the words, which preyed upon' his mind, as .. ;sand upon that occasion they prayed the masters to reconsider ihe walked into Gloucester, and got worked up into such a state their verdict, 'Theraresters immediatelylteld another meeting, 1 tof distraction, that nothing could satisfy him Short-of flight. and arranged the!disputed point to Al se satisfaction of both now writes ('from erica), in the deepest agony of I- parties. " Permit ets, therefore," claim the . intelligent 1. ' • mechamcs referred to, "to urge -upon 'fee masters and work- 1 • tae now regretting'the mfes.iit min he • has caused- to all parties con of reference similar to that we have describe and not to lower men of that aunty , (Lancashire)ut urea to adopt some board. L. , cerned•e'c se,on 1 cooler reflection . , that -he had put a themselves its thew of all Christendom by persevering 'in a 1 i -wrong interpretatvea, upon the wog 'then utteredeend taking 'contest in which •esie side insanely-cntemplates. the ru i n of .a_ 11 the blame uponliimself. ! theireniplOyerseaud the other side, purposes the starvation of A CASE or DIETMESS.-Mr. Joseph Guy; the author of the lEnglish Schodl Grammar, and of more than. 20 other school-' the employed?' .-. - books, has, at the ago of 72, no resource for his maintenance STocKBreoICiNGTRANSACYLOMS.—C-MEAvEs - V. NEILsoN.— , I h h e an im ir p h r a es t s, t i te n '§ t y h lor li t e h h y a ol , t , l d ie o p n t e h t l h ic e‘s m ta l e aff s o o r m d e h ec im m . ic U e n ” d h e y r :his efforts, however humble, to smooth the path of - knowledge In the Court ofarancery, last week, this case came -before • the lords justices. The bill was filed:against Messrs. Neilson. sharebrokers, at Liverpool, by one :of their customers. It to the rising:genera-don, he sent in -a petition• to - the Earl of I sought an :account of various stockbroking transactions,. and Aberdeen, when prime minister, in' the hope of participating j involved questions amounting, if Aeon' aintiff 's contention was in the fund-set-apart by the natio n - forthe benefit of distressed right, to £ll,OOO. The defendants.had answered the bill, and :authors; bet no answer was returned. H e h as recen tl y peti i on produdngthebooks had availed . themselves of the privilege ..-tioned Lord' Palmerston to lay his , case before her majesty. 1 of covering , up , ., -, arious parts -of themeas not relating to the • His lordship, however, gives him no hope, owing to the num.- 1 matters in -question. The plaintiff, .however, had applied te- 1 - ber of candidates for pensions and the limited amount of . the the Master of the Rolls for an inspection, on the grounds that fund at his disposaL An answer :more favourable might the partsseovered up ought to have been disclosed. His nave been anticipated, considering Mn Guy's age, his necessi- Honour bavingrrefased to make -an order, the plaintiff now ap- ',:ties, and his literary labours for the ' , benefit -of ,the youth of pealed. Mr. R. Palmer and Mr. Cairns e for the plaintiff, endea- '. these king,dereseandut may be addedeof our colonies also. , voured to show that the discovery -sought was necessary for t I he f A Heariiiners :14V6IDE1 T.—The hot tids of his ( ace the purpose -of -obtaining a decree. The • Solicitor-General, with tltuke of Bucciench -met lately at Springwood-parki-when the whom was Mr. Eddis, appeared - for - the defendants. Their 1-Allowing humorous incident- took, place. Shortly:after the lordships -were of opinion that it was , not necessary to Zspose i hounds had thrown .eff, a full-grown fez broke cover, and as, of the motion: at p r es en t, a n d that,in. place of the order made .the view halloo , wassgiven ' a. donkey b elonging to John Arm by the Master of the Rolls, the - application should be ordered !strong, labourer,!Spronston, but .better: known -by the cogno to stand-over-until the hearing of the twee. • ' , men of "Jock 41Boon;' and which- was; engaged' in sa'rawing Branatnatram POULTRY Srow.-At the greet' atrezal , eth e b ra nches of trees- out of the plantation,, -prickedeup her show ofpoultry at Birmingham,whieh Closed ou Friday, there ' -eatis, and beingsleterniined- to boa drawer of wood nalonger, were several etiaibitors from Liverpool, including Mr. Worrell, I - for -that day at least, started offaeanee ceremonie triter the of Knotty,Aoh, who exhibited twenty, pens, embracing .gold i qua, at a rattling pace, in the direction-of Sunlaws. -From and silverilarnhurgs, game fowl, :Rouen and Aylesbury ducks, :' , thence she proceeded , :to Crailitag-ball, and came down by geese, &tee Air. Thomas Stretch, sof Marehdane, Bootle; Mr l' 'Wooden-bill, a distance of nearly ten, .nlilea, and woultik have Thomas Himisen, of Barton-house, Breck-rood, Everton; Mr_ ! been in at the death -hod not• her owner-made his appearance Gilbert W. Mesa, of Otterspool; Mr. Jonathan Williamson, I :and secured her. Itii,s-said her ladyship-was among thelore- Whitfield-house, Walton-on-the-Mil; Ofroee. MONicoll, Birk- s, most in the chase, triking her fences with:as much- zest. and enhead ; MreChorles•Jones, Birkenhead, &c. . Ile. Worrell care .dexterily as the fwd. ihmrters. on the grourld. In the runehe ried away ,prizes far golden pencilledllambuyes in two classes -; h a d th rown t wo shows, .aed appeared as much fatigued as her and the Cochin Chinas, Spanish, „and, bAtams exhibited '. "sturdy owner, who. had,. asith a sorrowful' -heart, pursussilaier respeetivethy_Mr. Thomas Stretch, Kr. Jones, ancillr. G. W.. rforseveral hours. 'The .-meeting betwixt the pair -was melt Moss, were ,esaarised "highly tommended " eby the judges. , :affeetionxte. Instead -of ; giving her a-sound cudgelling i(as Mr. W. C. Worrell, of Knotty , Ash,..obtained i e7, 7s. for the Ihenerenduct merited), John entertained herto a biscuit-anda gold pencilled' ilenaburgs which took the first prize. For a ; ; glass.ofs spirits-a reCr.eshment, she seemed eery much .!to partridgeoferrthered Cochin China eoek and- three hens, exhi- • :relish-and similarly regaling himself, they-afterwards quietly bated by Mr.loseph Hindson, of Brearroad, Ever ton, £6. 6s. I -repaired to.their humble' dorecile in the barony of Sprons° .. -. A golden pencilled Hamburg and three pallets, seven months -Ke4sosPerter. old, the property. of Mr. W. C. 'Worrell, fetched,,A. 12s. Bd. 1 .., xr.TRA,HAN, PAUL, AND CO ,!•13 BANKRUPTCY. = —iThe adjourned' Amongst tile fat: the Early of Derby exhibited one of ! . examination ma' the bankruptcy of Straiten, Peal, and Co. took place on Tuesday. The prisoners were in attendeace, but were • his celebrated Brehmin heifers, which, although.not obtaining ~; a prize, was highly-commended. , I not brouelet -into court, -wad the. presentation of a report on CHARGE Aff-AINqV A CLERGYMAN 'O7 Swinpf2gm.-On ! i Wednesday, :an elderly gentleman, respectablydressed, calling i the state ' s:if their affairs ; tope r with a balances * sheet- pre yball, Preston, on a charge of obtaining money ,underfees e pre- 1 --- ' pa himself the Rev. Michael Crotty, was brought up at the Town- I - red , by the aocountant, -constituted the principal proceed stenc,es. The court ,waa crowded by inrsoagiee interestingetiAoeosrdieig Aeo • this document, which commences wi th many ef the. and I - the origin of the ibank, the inhabitants of the town, who represented themselves to have members of the .firm, may b considered to have libeen swindled by thellefendant. According to the statements been perfectly_ solvent as recently as four years bask. 'At that period, timely, - December, 1851, the books show -an admitted for the prosecution, itoaspeared that the prisoner was formerl deficiencief 035-e, which Was increased to £13.0 00 by an !. a Romish priest, but,haying been converted •some twelveyear Y s . advance on-the Mostyu colliery, but unencumbered property of England, anctwas John Paul orth,£-,30, ndells lt eo w' m a. was possessed by Mr Strahan worn- £lOO 000 ' • „ and toy Sir s m ne s t until 1852 that their iiinstituted to the elaureheof St. Brandon, Parsonstowe, ifi4g's 1,4g0, he became a minister of the Church ken -linty. He was there ; icensed, but the license was mime- connexion w With the: G o equently withdrawn, (On the withdrawal ,of the licenc t s. 'i' made-to those people- to--carry (int theirmid the advances, ;railway and drainage the prisoner came -to :England, and began . collecting schemes in F'a tee i t .and .. „I taly were , undertaken for no othei money for " enlarging and. .endowing his church" in ,Parsons- profit than a half percent. commission on all payments made, town, representing at the same time that his eonsin .William ' f '-* • • - ' ti, and the expectation o ,reco‘e.mg a deed of £l,BOO, whido Crotty, acted as his curate in,Treland. Lately he ' 1 Preston and collected a goo -deal of money; - hut s e° p 4 icl e O - had been considered , bad. They were rapidly, however, drawn having been excited, the rector, ef Birr, in. Ireland, teas written ;into the common and fatal:course of inere.asing their leans in to, who replied that the chapel, for which' the prisoner :pre- (order to avoid the necessity of facing the lose.already incurred, ;tended-to be collecting money e iwassliut up, and that prisoner's :until after their credit had :been pledged :-in every possible. -wife and-family resided at Birr,lr2 received constant-supplies ;:try, t heir private property sold, and their :easterners plan -of meneyfrom the prisoner. Defendant's cousin, it wao added, : . a ere l l i. they found to amount to have increased to nearly half was ,a Presbyterian minister in :Galway, and had not been,in : , at tl m um s ; 3 terling. The actual-deficiency of the . 'hank is stated, 2 , and of this sum 5f4183,000 - is :involved in the Parsonstowu for twenty years. Thepolice were communicated , transactions with the Ganclells 41 the M an e ogee' collieries. with, b and ! tite prisoner was arrested at the railway Station The .estimated , 1 ',Lae .estunatea assets are placed at £127,67Q; and if these faeing on the point of leaving Preston. .He was remanded, Min ' • should be realized, a distribution may be hoped of nearly 4s. in default of bail was removed in .cu.stcdy, loudly protesting • aultbe l pound. After the reading ,of the report an adjourn against the persecution" to whieh he -was subjected. :ment,tor s k place to the 11th of Marls. Exxszcsion ,os. , LIVERPOOL — The Rev. W. Badnall pre- , eided, on Thursday, at a meeting df the guardians of the ißeAropir ron PRESENT Mail ;P& ES.—Amidst all the , West Derby hoend, and of persons officially engaged in the adverse,views of our future, as to the price of bread, there is ' several out-tawnaltips which it is contemplated to add to the *me -channel by which we may hope to ;have it sold ata mo borough attended. After some introcluetore remarks from Berate if amt a low price, and that* Jsy the use of Indian , the Chairman, who raid he stood before there erot only as the corn when .ground and dressed. By the ,blessing of Awl representative of his own township, but as the chairman of dance ;this •ye,v's, crop of Indian corn :in America is super • the local board of health at Wavertree, he said as their abundant, the :various estimates putting it -down at from WO representative he would state that they felt it theie dirty con- to 1,000 ;millions of bushels,, and it must be apparent that scientiously to oppose this measure. Mr. Ledger -proposed- our present 'high prices and the fear of their -coatinuance will " That this meeting is of opinion that the contemplated ex- cause the people -of Great Britain to turn their attention to tension of the borough of X= , erpool, in respect of which such the use of this valuable article of food. More then half the notice has been given, will he prejudicial to the interests of population of the United States live upon it, and the follow the several townships comprised in the West Derby Union, as ing may be relied upon by those of our fellow , couittrymen mentioned in such notice; and that it is desirable that the who have never known what Indian corn flour is. It is - several official bodies and persons ,connected with those tows- ground in the same -way as wheat, the stones being kept ships ehould, as early as possible, ascertain the precise nature wider apart than for wheat, and driven more slowly; and as I of the bill to be brought into parliamen with reference the stones used in the United States are made in England, thereto." Mr. Ledger having argued that the proposed there will be no difficulty in procuring them. It is also scheme would saddle the township with heavy rate's, without ground into grits, called " floteiny," by large hand steel any corresponding advantage, Mr. Edwards seconded the mills, similar in construction to those used for grinding resolution.-Mr. Alpass rose to move a direct negative, In coffee.. Hominy is eaten by the rich and the poor in America, • three townships, the necessity of the measure had been and the man can work more, longer, and have better health already admitted by the ratepayers themselvee, The town- (inasmuch as it is an 'antagonist to indigestion) than with ship of Wavertree was the first to adopt the Public Health any other food, animal not excepted; and it has one great Act ; Garston followed ; and now the rural district of Tox- advantage that it can be eaten hot or cold. It is used in teth-park was about to follow the example. He would admit water, milk, or broth, as oatmeal is with us, four pounds, that they would hare to pay more if they were amalgamated, weight being enough for ten persons ; it, is also made into but the advantages they would derive in many respects would stirabout ; and although American wheat is amongst the be incalcalable. He concluded by moving that the word finest in the world, Indian corn flour is more nutritious. "beneficial" be substituted for "prejudicial" in Mr. Ledger's When broken in a fiteel mill, it is put to soak all night in motion.-Mr. J. Harrison seconded the amendment an d warm water, and with bacon or milk twelve pounds will last described the want of sanitary regulations in the various out- one man a whole week. In another form it is called " Samp," townships.-The amendment was ultimately put and lost, the skin is scalded off, and used as peas porridge with pork. only four hands being held up for it.-Mr. Shaw moved- Wheaten flour, ! when mixed with one-third of Indian-corn That a committee be now formed, composed of a repre- flour, is preferred to bread made altogether from wheat. It sentative from each of the twelve townships ; that such corn- is also used as pudding, blended with milk, eggs, and treacle. mittee be requested to obtain a copy of the intended bill, as The French Canadians burn the skin off, and boil,it in Milk soon as it is introduced - into Parliament ; and if they were for breakfast ; in fact it can be mixed with or adapted to of opinion that such bill, if pessed into law, would be preju- anything. The nonnse of it in England arises from its not dicial, they should adopt such measures to oppose the passing having been tried, and the climate of the south and east parts of such bill as they may deem desirable."-Mr. J. Harrison of England will be found favourable for its growth. One. : seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to.- pound of this meal put into a quart of water, with three It was then moved and seconded, " That it be recommended parts of water added at intervals whilst boiling, will weigh that meetings be called in the townships for the purpose of four pounds and-a-half when Per nominating a member of the said committee ; and that a meet- tugal, Spain, and Italy, it is ,served up iu a dish. In he principal food of the people, ing of such committee be held in this room on the 10th of and it is now extensively used in Ireland. It improves on January next." It was alio agreed that Mr. William Cleaver, acquaintance, as wherever it has been introduced the sale clerk of the West Derby Union, he requested to act as hono- rapidly increases. Indian-corn flour, therefore, if adopted in Great Britain, will tend to reduce the price of wheat flour rary secretary to the committee, A vote of thanks to the materially, Mark-lane Eapress, chairman closed the proceedings. THE QUEEN has conferred the appointment of Military Knight of Windsor upon Captain Loggan, late of the 7th Fusiliers. ALL the Austrian Army is about to be provided with new Mini 6 rifles of different sizes, according to the different branches of the service, THE bakers at Oxford, on Thursday, reduced the price of bread id. per loaf; the best bread is now selling there at 81d. per loaf, and seconds at Bd. - - - WE believe the Hon. Mr. Byng has this week been ap pointed the chairman of the board of directors of the South eastern Railway.—Herapath's Journal. ME. LABOUCHERE has appointed Lord Sandon to be his private secretary. Mr. W. F. Higgins, (of the Colonial-office), who has acted since Sir W. Molesworth's death, will resume his duties as private secretary to Mr. Ball. HER MAJESTY has commissioned Mr. E. M. Ward, R.A., to paint a cartoon (the exact size of which is not yet fixed) representing the installation of the Emperor Napoleon as a knight of the order of the garter. The scene is, of course, at Windsor Castle, and the picture will include portraits of the Queen, the Empress, the - Princess Royal, Viscountess Canning, and other ladies of the court, besides those of the Emperor, Prince Albert, and several knights and officers of the order. The Aberdeen Herald states that a few days ago a young man, with a horse and gig, while turning, at a part of the road which overhangs at the height of full forty feet the water of Catterline, slipped over the precipice, horse, gig, and man throwing a somersault in the air, and then falling crash to the bottom of the gulf. The horse was killed ; but, strange to say, the young man escaped without a scratch, On being asked what he thought of when going over, he said, "I shut my eyes and held fast." RAJAH BROOICE.—The Times publishes a Foreign Office document which, as will be seen by the following extract, completely exonerates Sir James Brooke from the charges brought-against him :—" The inquiry, which has ended in the exculpation of Sir J. Brooke from the charges made against him, has, at the same time, brought to light abundant evidence of the beneficial results of his administration of the affairs of Sarawak, which are exhibited by the establishment of confi dence and the increase of trade, and are such as to deserve the approbation of her Majesty's Government." _ AN iron staam-vessel called the Florence Nightiugale was launched at Hartlepool on Tuesday. MDLLE. JULIE, whose clothes caught fire during the per fcrmances at the Plymouth Theatre, on the 20th ult., died on Sunday, aged nineteen years. COINING BY AIR POWER.-It is not generally known that the whole of the gold and silver coins of England are struck by atmospheric pressure, or, in other words, that the air we breathe coins our money. MRssßs. NEWILL and Co., of Gateshead, the wire-rope manufacturers, are engaged in making a telegraphic line of upwards of 800 miles in length, which will unite Constanti- nople and Alexandria. A. WELL -SINKER, who had a quantity of powder in his pocket for blasting purposes, went into a smithy at Shrews bury, and while there a piece of hot iron flew into his pocket and ignited the powder. He was much:burnt, though not seriously. AT the Gloucester assizes, on Thursday, Elizabeth Ken nedy, aged 30, described as a market woman, was charged with the wilful murder of her husband, by throwing a stone at him which struck him on the head, and caused concussion of the brain. She was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to two years' hard labour. Cnowx PROPERTY.—We are informed, from good authority that there is Crown property in the county of Durham worth £lOO,OOO, from which the government do not, and never have, received a farthing revenue. How such a state of things exists seems to be a fit subject for a searching inquiry.— Durham County Advertiser. RIISSIA.I4I RECRUITING.—The general levy is now going on iu Poland, and the peasants are driven as is game at a battue. Poland is one great theatre of misery ; but the peasants have begun to display the energy of despair, and refuse to work for the proprietors gratuitously. The same insubordination is said to prevail in several Russian provinces. SOME English sailors encountered a party of Chinese sea men in Shadwell, a few days ago, and commenced pulling them about. One of them cut off the tail of one of the Chinese, which so exasperated his messmates that they drew their knives and attacked their'ass6ilants. The Chinese, however, got rather the worst of it. One was killed, and. an English sailor was severely wounded in the breast. ANOTHEE MISSING CLERGYMAN.—Considerable anxiety has, we believe, been occasioned in certain circles in Edin burgh by the unaccountable disappearance of the incumbent I of an Episcopalian chapel in this city. The rev. gentleman, who became settled here at a comparatively recent period, left his residence about the middle of last month, and has never since been heard of.— Scottish Press. AT the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, by the consent of the parties, an action was tried and decided by the judge alone. By a recent statute it is provided that in cases where both the plaintiff and defendant should consent to have the cause decided by the judge alone, the judge should have the power to dispense with a jury and try the cause him self. THE Montreal Gazette states that the Hudson's Bay Com pany have guaranteed to the Russian authorities the unmo lested possession of the Russian territory upon the American continent while the war shall last, upon conditions that the posts and trading operations of the former in the neighbour hood of that territory shall continue during the same period to be free from attack by the latter. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Mrs. Buller, of Downes, near Crediton, wife of J. W. Buller, Esq., chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, was on Wednesday at the Exeter station, about to return to Downes by the 3.30 p.m. train, and was awaiting the departure of the train, when she broke a blood-vessel. Dr. Miller was immediately sent for, and on his arrival he found Mrs. Buller in too dangerous a condition to be removed. She consequently remained in the waiting room, which was fitted up for her accommodation, until Satur day, when she expired. It is said that this is the second time the same vessel has given way, which increased the anxiety felt by the numerous and distinguished relatives and friends of this amiable lady. .I'ln EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND Mn.-STAFFORD.—The Emperor Napoleon has addressed a letter to Mr. Angustus Stafford, M.P., for his attention to the French soldiers sick on board the Etna, on her voyage to the East. The Emperor says .:—" They testify the most enlightened solicitude on your part, and I thank you for it. But your incessant care for our soldiers, attacked as they were by cholera during the whole passage, your self-denial, your courage, the perilous forgetful ness of yourself in presence of the epidemic—everything in your conduct, presents a rare example of devotedness to your 'fellow-creatures. Already you have obtained the most pleasing recompense in those letters in which the officers and soldiers I of the different corps express to you their adMiration and their gratitude. And lam happy to add to it the expression of my own gratitude, and of my sentiments of high esteem for Iron." MEMORIAL WINDOWS.—The following, on a brass tablet, is about to be put up on the east wall'of St. Michael's Church, •Coventry :—" The three easternmost windows of this apse have been filled with stained glass, to the glory of Almighty God and in memory of Adelaide, Queen-Dowager, widow of His Majesty King William IV. The centre window was the gift of the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., as a memorial of his long connexion with the city of Coventry as one of its repre sentatives." A memorial window in St. Michael's Church is also decided on as a mark of respect to the late lamented and • much respected Colonel Hood, who fell in the cause - of his country in the trenches before Sebastopol. Of all, testimonials, a memorial window is known to be most in accordance with the wishes of the family and the views of the late colonel, who had a great objection to disfiguring churches by ugly monu ments. The late Colonel Hood was a regular and devout worshipper at St. Michael's, his parish church.—Coventry Standard. INTELLIGENT SAVAGES. —At the last meeting of the Asiatic Society, the Secretary, on behalf of the council, sub mitted to the meeting the name of the chief king of Siam, and that of his brother and subordinate prince, for election as honorary members of the society. The claim of these royal personages consisted in their protection of the interests of science, and in their own personal attainments. The head king was a proficient in the Pali and Sanscrit languages, and had' acquired a" considerable acquaintance with Latin and English. The second king is stated by Sir John Bowring to speak and write English with ease and correctness. Both are astronomers, able to take an observation and work an eclipse ; and the second king is also a chemist and mechanician. Both have written letters to the Queen in English which are credi table performances. The head king has entered into a treaty of amity and commerce with this country, which gives Eng lishmen a Tight to hold land and to be governed by their own laws in Siam, and grants other valuable privileges—thus opening up to our enterprise a country which has hardly been less shut to us than China itself. Their majesties were unani mously elected. TLIE PEACEMAKER.—For some time the mechanical in genuity of Mr. Robert Sandiford, of Woolfold, near Bury, has been taxed to invent a machine, possessing such power of destructiveness that it might be used in the field of battle with great effect. It was to be capable of firing with great pre cision a considerable number of shots per minute, and to be so constructed that it could be recharged in a moment and pre pared for another volley. It was to be so portable that it could be moved at pleasure, and conveyed from one point of attack to another with great celerity. He named it the "Peaceinaker" from an impression that- its use would be attended with such death-producing consequences that war would become a game which neither kings nor subjects would like to play at. Having made a model and satisfied himself that the machine would answer the purpose intended, he went to the'foundry to order the requisite castings;'but while there began to consider whether it would be consistent with Christian duty to invent a machine the object of which was to destroy human life. The result was, he left the foundry with out ordering the castings, and has since abandoned, from con scientious motives, the project altogether. A ziEW and very ingenious mode of " sweating" sovereigns has come into vogue. Instead of being clipped or filed, they are put under a stamping machine, which cuts off the edges and leaves a new milling quite perfect. About three shillings' worth of gold is thus taken from a sovereign at the first operation. The smallness of the size is the only mode of detecting the defaced coin. THE LATE SIR RICHARD SUTTON, No:folk, has left £lO,OOO a-year to his second son, Mr. Richard Sutton, of Skeffington-hall ; £lO,OOO to each of his younger sons, and £30,000 to each of his surviving daughters. All the rest of his immense property goes to his eldest son. It is said that the property in the parish of St. James's, Westminster, alone, amounted to £40,000 a-year. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE Icz.—Many persons ventured upon the ice in St. James's-park on Thursday, although it was in a dangerous condition. In the afternoon, while numbers of persons, chiefly boys, were skating or sliding near Buck ingham-gate, the ice gave way, and several persons were im mersed in the water. They were, however, all recovered, except one lad, with whom the methods used to restore life were unsuccessful. The body was taken to St. Margaret's workhouse. A DRUNKARD DECLARED LUNATIC.— Mr. Gerard is a gentleman of independent fortune in Elgin. He is in the habit of getting drunk. Though _ perfectly rational when sober, he is very violent when drunk,arming himself with a gun and' three pistols, and threatening to shoot those who come near him. Besides this, lie accuses his wife of wishing to poison him, and gets up plots in order to make his servants be suspected of theft. Upon the evidence of such facts as these, and on a medical certificate of his state of mind, the sheriff-substitute of Elgin directed the committal of Gerard to a lunatic asylum as a furious person, dangerous to the lieges, under the 4th and sth of Victoria, chap. 60, secs. 3 and 5 ; and he is now in Morningtide Asylum. On this he applied to the High Court of Justiciary to set aside the order of the sheriff-substitute. Of the five judges present at the hearing of the case on Saturday last, two were in favour of setting aside the order of the sheriff-substitute, and three in favour of sustaining it. The order is, therefore, sustain ed.—Sao tsma n. TIIE FIRST AUSTRALIAN MAN-01 , WAR.—On Saturday, a strange craft was seen _ steaming rapidly up Southampton- Wafer. She was a man-of-war screw-sloop, of a most beautiful model. She had on board three 63-pounders, weighing 56 cwt. each, and was pierced for eight guns. The smartness of her officers and crew, and the order and cleanliness on board, re sembled what is seen on board a British man-of-war. The uniform of the officers was precisely like that of the officers of the Royal Navy, only the bands, buttons, and lace were of sil ver, instead of fold. She proved to be a Victoria (Australia) man-of-war, being- the pioneer of the Victoria navy. She is quite new, having been built by Young, Son, and Magnay, of London. She is mahogany built, on the diagonal principle. Her tonnage is 580, and her engines (which were manufactured by Rennie) are o f 150 horse-power. She is commanded by Captain Norman, late Commander of the Screw Company's steamer Queen of the South, a most efficient officer: Her speed is about thirteen knots. She called at Southampton on her• way to Australia, to take in two cows, for Sir Charles Hotham, the Governor of Victoria. MELANCHOLY COINCIDENCE.—It may be in the recollec tion of our readers that the wife of Dr. Blackwell, of Cran - brook, Kent, died in the present year, a few months after making a claim for one of the Dunmow flitches that were presented in July last by W. H. Ainsworth, Esq. There seems to be a fatality attending the claim, as the secretary to the committee has received a communication from a claimant, residing at Greenwich, and who, if life had been spared to his wife, and they had received the flitch in 1856, had. promised to supply a similar prize to any other party who might be entitled on some future occasion. The communica tion is as follows :—" Greenwich, December 7, 1855.. Dear Sir, It is my painful duty to inform you of the decease of my. beloved wife ; the claim will therefore be open to others. How true it is the fairest flowers are first culled. She was a beautiful creature in person, mind, and dispoSition. Had she been spared till next July, Dunmow would have had a visit from us. With best thanks for your prompt and courteous replies to my letters, I am, &c., P. RICE." Thus, in the short space of one year, death has deprived two loving husbands of their partners, and we may fairly ask, what lady will now be bold enough to claim the flitch, when death stands ready to claim:the claimant SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE-SHOW.—This annual exhibi tion was opened on Tuesday, in Baker-street, London. Better animals than those which won the principal prizes, whether in cattle, sheep, or pigs, were never seen, but there was an almost total absence of competition. The falling off iu the exhibi tion numerically may in some measure be accounted for by the fact of the Birmingham club holding its annual show this year on the same days. Amongst the cattle the Herefords obtained the highest commendation. In the department of Devons, Prince Albert was the winner of not less than three prizes, two of £lO for steers, and one of £2O for 'cows. The first prizes for Herefords were won by Mr. Isaac Niblett, of Filton, near Bristol; Mr. W. Heath of Ludhani-hall, near Norwich ; Mr. Joseph Philli ps, of Ardlington, near \Vantage; and Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Catton-hall, near Norwich. Here again, however, Prince Albert was a successful exhibitor, his three years and eleven months Hereford ox taking a prize of £lO. An ox, the property of the Marquis of Exeter, to which was adjudged the gold medal, a prize of £25, and a silver medal, was a splendid animal, of symmetrical proportions. In the Welsh class of cattle there was a decided improvement, so much so as to give reason t o suppose that-this description of stock will eventually become as useful as the Scotch. The Leicester sheep also showed an improvement, while the South Downs were considered as good as breeders may ever hope to see. There were a few good pens of pigs. The Prince Con sort was a successful exhibitor of these animals, and carried off two £lO prizes. The other exhibitors included the Earl of Radnor, Sir John Cathcart, Mr. S. Druce, Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks, Sir J. B. Mill, and 31r. George Turpin, One characteristic of the show of pigs was, that there were fewer instances of excessive feeding than usual. There was one fat monster, however, the property of Mr. John Scott, of White wall, Malton, Yorkshire, which was computed to weigh about 66 stone, or upwards of Bcwt. The annual dinner was held on Wednesday, when a testimonial was presented to Mr. Brand reth Gibbs, the honorary secretary, consisting of three pieces of ornamental plate, weighing 536 ounces, and of £360 value. A FEMALE JACK SHEPPARD.—A young woman has just been committed for trial at Walsall, whose proceedings show her to be skilled in the tricks of imposture, and manifest that she has attained considerable efficiency in the " science" for which Jack Sheppard was notorious. Arrested about two months ago on a charge of felony, she counterfeited sickness so successfully that, under the impression that she was suffer ing from fits, she was sent from the police-station to the work . house,-where, in the sick ward, she remained: for some time - attended by the unsuspecting surgeon of the Union. On the morning, however, when she was to appear before the magis trates on her first hearing, he left her bed atan early hour, tore up one of the sheets into shreds, and made a linen rope by uniting the ends of each shred. One end of the rope thus made she fa.stenedto the baluster of the stairs, threw the other end out of the window, and, dressed only in a blanket and a pair of slippers, she descended by the torn sheet into the yard, when she escaped from the premises over a refuse pit and through a hole in the boundary wall near to it. A vigilant search proved ineffectual to her recovery ; and she was heard ,no more of until, about a month since, the superintendent of .:.the Walsall Police saw her-at the Stafford Railway Station in ..,the custody of a policeman, who was conveying her to the county gaol, for a month's imprisonment for vagrancy in the .P,otteries. Upon her liberation she was again brought to .Walsall. In the lock-up there, at seven o'clock on Sunday evening, she was seen by the warden safe in her cell. Imme diately after he left her she commenced pulling out the fire from the grate, and, to prevent herself from being burnt, un dressed and placed her clothing -where the fire had just been. Sbethen removed a portion of the masonry of the gate, made atiothdr rope by tearing her shawl to pieces, and then, uniting the lengths together, she commenced ascending the chimney .in a-state of nudity. She had ascended about twelve feet when -she. round her further progress prevented by an iron bar which ran.aeress the flue. Having at her command no instrument with whith she could remove this obstacle, she was compelled to return to her cell, where, in about another hour, she was found sitting sullenly wrapped in a blanket. She resolutely ,refused-to-re-dress, and by command of the superintendent .passed thelest of the night upon the stretcher. The offence for .which-she was committed was the common one of stealing .wearing apparel. Before the magistrates she said nothing in .her defence. Work CLERGYMAN ' , on FORGERY. At the Tork assizes,before Mr. Baron Martin, the Rev. Wm. Beres ford, aged.s6,.was indicted for having, on the 4th of Novem ber, 1848, at Bradford, uttered a forged indorsement of a bill for MO, with ;intent to defraud Samuel Laycock. At the end of October, :IS4B, the prisoner called at the bank of the Bradford Banking, ompany, at Bradford, and said he was the Rev, Nir, Beresford. He, then tendered a bill for £lOO to be discounted. Mr. Layeock, the manager, told the prisoner that he was a perfect stranger to the bank, and that before the bill could be discounted, ,some name should be introduced whom .the bank knew. The prisoner mentioned Mr. Kaye, of Man ningham-lodge, and Mr. J. C: Kaye, of Fairfield-hall, his son, and Mr. Layeock replied that the introduction of Mr. Kaye, or his indorsement, would be satisfactory. In a few days afterwards the prisoner again called at the bank to inquire if a letter was lying there for him, and as there was not he went -away, and called again a third time. In the meantime a letter lad arrived, out of which the prisoner took the alleged forged bill, and presented it to be discounted, which was done; the prisoner had been on a visit to Mr. 'Kaye's, and also at his son's, the latter of whom he had asked to discount the bill in question for him for £l.OO, but Mr. Kaye refused, and never gave authority for his name to be inserted on the bill. In April last Mr. J. C. Kaye met the prisoner in Regent-street, - London, • and said,- -" -Mr. Beresford ?" The - prisoner re plied, " Yes, " and Mr. Kaye then said, " I am afraid I shall have to place you in the hands of the police." The prisoner inquired Mr. Kaye's name, and on being told it lie immediately said, " Have mercy upon me," and added that if Mr. Kaye would go with him to a Mr. Moss that the money should be paid to the bank, but Mr. Kaye de clined to accompany him. It appeared that after Mr. Kaye's name had been mentioned at the bank, the prisoner wrote to Mr. Kaye thanking him for his hospitality, and inquiring whether he (the prisoner) had left a letter at his house.' He required an answer by return of post, and it was suggested on the part of the prosecution that he had done this in order to imitate more effectually the handwriting of Mr. Kaye. When the bill was presented to Mr. Layeock, that gentleman was scrutinising the signature of Mr. Kaye, when the prisoner stated that he was ill, and had written the indorsement in bed, which would probably account for the signature not re sembling very exactly his usual handwriting. The prisoner then received £99 6s. in cash, Mr. Laycock retaining 14s. for discount. It was stated during the trial that the prisoner is brother to General Beresford, now Adjutant-general in India, and cousin to Lord Decies and next heir to that title, and holds• a living in Cork. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Martin, in passing sentence, said the prisoner had been most properly convicted, on the most clear and satisfac tory evidence that could be well adduced, of having uttered the endorsement of Mr. Kaye, knowing it to be forged. The prisoner best knew whether or not this was the first forgery be had uttered.. The sentence of the court was that be be transported for the period of his natural life. The prisoner, who appeared surprised at the extent of the sentence, had to be assisted from the dock. A GOLD EXPLORING EXPEDITION IN SPAIN.—In a letter just received from Madrid we find the following interesting narrative :—" An English engineer, representing a company of English capitalists, has just returned here from an expedi tion to the Sierra Nevada. He has been chipping away with his hammer among the rocky heights of the Mulahacen, and the diadem of snow which decks the brows of El Picacho de la Veleta, the watch point. Both of these mountains rise to nearly 12,000 feet above the level of the sea, and have long been supposed to hutch in their loins mineral wealth. It was from them that the Moors extracted the iron with which they forged those blades at Toledo which kept the Spaniards at bay for eight centuries ; it was, possibly, from the same sources, that they procured the gold with which they adorned the mosques at Granada, and the fairy-like tracery of the Court of Lions at the Alhambra, in which the ruffian plunderer stabled the steeds of his remorseless dragoons, where his name is still held in the same execration as Murat's at Madrid, and Bonaparte's at the Kremlin. Great difficulties were expe rienced in traversing the inaccessible regions, which are clad in eternal snow. The Neveros, or men who go up during the night for snow, wherewith to cool the parched palates of the luxurious Granada folks—as \Witham lake >does for your luxurious Londoners—these men have worn a path with their mules as far as el Cortigo del Riche ; but after that the engi neer had to explore the way on foot. The report which has been brought back is full of promise ; these mountains do assuredly contain mineral wealth to an enormous extent, which may be extracted at a small cost, where labour is cheap, and capital unknown. I know of no scenery more noble than these Alpine regions of Spain. From the Pichaco you look down the yawning precipice, and "there you see the blue Mediterranean coiling in crystalline foldcso,lwd sublimityitlAfrica in f the background. As M r . F or d says, `The these silent eternal snows is fully felt on the pinnacle'of the Alps, which stands out in friendless state, isolated like a despot. On this barren windblown height vegelatTirn7and life have ceased—even the least lichen and pale violet, which wastes its sweetness wherever a stone offers shelter from the snow. Thousands of winged insects lie sh rou d e d on that w reath, eaelein its little cell, having th awe d i tself a grave with its last warmth of life. In the scarped and soil-divided h e ights the eagle builds—she must have mountains for her eyrie—here she remains unmolested on her stony throne.' But the bird of Jove is now likely to be molested by the Auri sacra fames, which drives those who are afflicted with it into the bowels of the harmless earth, and to the pinnacles of Alpine solitudes." 4 1 l ,