The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

July 16, 1544. CORRESPONDENCE. TYRER V. LOWE. - - - THE "LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM" AND THE " GRAND JUNCTION" RAILAN AY COM PANIES. On Tuesday, at one o'clock, a special general meeting of the Directors and Shareholders of the " Grand Junction Ra ilway" was held in the Cotton Sales Room, for the pur pose of obtaining concurrence in the formation of new shares towards the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, lind also of furnishing those present with an official state ment of the favourable ariangement recently made for a Mutually beneficial alliance bet wee.' that company and the London and lirmingharn." JOHN Moss. Eaq. took the chair, and, after the notice Calling the meeting had been read, said— The Lancaster and Carlisle act having been passed on the 6th ult., we have lost no time in calling you together for the creation of the £l2 10s. shares, so as to raise the Capital agreed to he raised by the Grand Junction Com pany towards that undertaking. The needful formal re solutions for this purpose will be submitted for your ap proval, and with the adoption of these resolutions the re gular business of the day will be concluded. Although it thdoes sent strictly speaking, form a subject of discussion at i o e n p o r fst e atin in g eeting, we cannot deny ourselves the satisfac what, we are assured , you will be equally gra tified to learn, viz, that that the points of dispute between the Gra n d Junction and the London and Birmingham beards bare b- en set led to mutual satisfaction; that the general reersoesslu,twioirirl be resolutions of the two boards, by the arrangements in pro placed permanently o an improved footing, Whilst the result, so far as the public is concerned, is, that the two companies will, by winking together, be ena bled to give increased accommodationaand on reduced terms, such as it will be out of the power of any other t art y to offer. The proprietors were informed at last general me eti ng , and I have great plea lite i n now repeating it, that the Grand Junction a rd hare been always impressed with a deep sense of the impor'ance of keeping on the best possible terms with the London and Birmingham Company. We concurred with you that the Grand Junction Company o° lll 'l never be fairly expected to consent to the London ln n d Birmin g h am e i t h er ma ki ng, guarantee i ng , or support g a Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway —or any other north of Bit miaglim, in opposition to the Grand June- We nevertheless feit, at the same time, that that m d " 1 4 once out of the way, there was no tithe,-which di nut admit of easy arrangement. Upon the occur . Fasc:Sit°nfp trehsesili7usts,f) ur weeks, (which have fully borne out it may su ffi ce for the present to state, i l on t the f the d° Grand Junction board. alter receiving from the ti ° ,,, s o nd Birmingham board an offer of actialgatration concer a, which cffar dountless the proprietors Several have see n n the newspaper , , gave it their most auZious and mature consideration ; and that the result was an unanimous decision against the amalgamation as proposed, mid a communication of the decision to the London and Birmingham hoard, with the reasons for it. and with such a recapitulation of past transactions and communications between the two boards as we trust has satisfied the Londou and Birmingham board that nothing had ever been further from cur wish or design then to prejudice the London and Birmingham Company, or to sot otherwise than in harmony and in the most friend ly concert with the m . W e also o ff e red a meeting f or discussion on a to-is not inconsistent with your reso lutions when you last as , emided ; and th's meeting took place accordingly on Wecine-day last, the 3d instant. Not only was the subject of a Shrewsbury railway then satisfactorily disposed of. but the general arrange ment which was made includes the prosecution of the Trent Valley Line on fair terms to all parties. In the present state of matters, some minor points of detail (though fully setled as between the two companies) being still under the consideration of ot her parties whose interests are involved in them, we must ask for a continuance of your confidence without more full explanation, at all events until our general meeting next month. lam sure this meeting will agree with me, that, having happily terminated our differences. it would he unwise to recur further to the past, or to publish any letters bearing oil questions now I trust for ever set at rest. I cannot close these observations without expressing my belief that of the unfortunate feeling which has lately existed m ay Zatraeed to incorrect reports, circulated by parties neither the interest of the London and Bir roingha ha ve sincerelm nor Grand Junction Company at heart ; and I leenri y trust that the arrangements now made will, by the hung an alliance of the closest nature, put an end to d ._ : PPS of those who can only expect to live by pro "uffig discord between us, who sought always to be at peac e . Mr. s moat avtra. (the Secretary ) then read the resolutions, of,enses.which were of the usual formal nature in such to b e I t aPPeared that 22,031 shares (of £l2 10s.) were created.. and o ff ered to the several corporations and i ndividu a l s 10,918 „. who are proprietors of the 10,918 £lOO, _ll follows. , 1 c 0 ttohO and 22,627 £25 shares, in which the capital For ever y stood, and which were to be divided Y £lOO share one £l2 10s. share. a two £5O " tt HattU four £25 , „ e u n a ,,lst of S , pternber next will be allowed to take up equ a l ly per shares, in order that the new shares may be taken u ' t ided ; but should any of the new shares not be t he eoreP On that day, they will he sold for the benefit of n r i n o t g i dipa.ll3% Until the first general meeting for decla thavtidend in 1847, no dividend will he made ; but, p a id4:l o ll .be paid ann um .date, interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per out of the company's fund on the tic?n of the. £l2 10s. shares. totiTtihnenr,easnorl.uti?ns were unanimously agreed to by acrla having an d wuhout a remark being tendered, the subject UPon i ts 4 °re been amply discussed, and the meeting ripe Th e c merits. t lenlan h e A d i rtmaar then announced, that unless some gen- Meetin g to 4 her some remar k s, th e b us i ness o f the retir e w h e ": eulne to a close. The parties were about to m ; meeting on I N Mort.Ev rose , an d after congratulating the antes Gt.", , advantageous arrangement of the differ eaPlanat• an the two companies, entered upon a long or other, l Z an d apology of the former droceedings of his *Peak forbeen r eto, and who he regretted was not present to ai self. He believed that his brother had then actuate, w i lt" , at fi rs , the best motives throughout, * no who a , opposed to the oainions of those tak e ° ,, ne rejoi eed ' a usually acted in concord, arid that feels Plac e , Place. Ta r awa than he in the cone liation that had e oa . that •le alluded at some length to the angry ad th e part ts• some time, existed between the two tw een "e had t . "'Lilly complimented the chairman for th e two aken in bringing about the settlement be of The mjch c fne in.mcolire meanies. -two eoh , el ings h avi effect, that he was not aware a id he believe it nor d• .Parlie s• Th e ons"g been ever entertained between the re Zas no such feeling at their board, Ofetive dap utati "mated in the other. When the re- WU evinced b y the other day, no such feeling InCost Y the me b vir urteous and amble on either side, but all was could lonaagre. (hear) and he trusted they interwov4."ntinue so, their mutual interests being now reference t A'ter all that Mr. Mozlev had stated with latt er, h ° 1118 brother, he could nut help saying that the the ar „. ° wever he niieht be gratified with the result of Prop,: an gerflents made, had considerably retarded their 'Ss, but probably from mistaken views; but he telt grateful for the kind fe ling ex iressed towards himself. The meetiria, which evinc ed ' great gratification at the ann ouncement made relative to the London and Bir tainghaM Company, and their concurrence in what was Proposed as to the new shares, then broke up. We should add, that the attendance was very numerous, and highly respectable. YO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—Since I purchased your paper of the 9th, I have carefully examined the report of the case in dispute a be tween Lo we an d Tyrer. In the first place , i, owe is not shoemaker, nor has he been in any business since 1810. Your re report as to what occurred, on the apphcatii.n . heave' 4 Monday, is very incorrt•ct, the following being truth :--L i e a ppeared with the Mail and papers to prov e r,f that \ the apt 'w t • —at f el , - tication course ft t Sen° 9 ,l and perjury had been maliciously had re . -_ not -- ; the magistrate (Mr. Rushton) replied, he did if thegrant the carrant, nor was he sitting on the bench ; law rnagistrttes had done wrong, I had my remedy by the against them. I then stated I had papers to prove on!), urns 1 had from Tyrer was £9, £l5O, and £3ll, tile to rant svas t he warrant l a all X-150 ; whereas they stated £l5OO , and that procured to let the time u?ss over when by I . pert y would merge into the hands of fyrer, where warresnould loose upwards of £500; therefore I hoped a eausaidltbwould be granted to do away with the prejudice I,WarrgnYt the report. Mr. Rushton objected s to s g os ra teined .4trough theubser, jug, I could recover.anylos copy y of the deposo a Pplication. I then applied for a , _p_ r elerk, had ri l and warrant, observing, Mr. NN yb, g, the ituahte instructed the magistrates not to allow ; Mr._ (. the e uu w ., gave orders for me to have them. 1 . then ! he t! fore Ir . A ",„observing, I hoped it would be a long time health, for h-Zio.llshtnr, w a s off the bench through ill ttever ha '4 he have been there Iwas sure this course would L o t t i r e r rt re t po .. rt er, " bee n to allowed. I am sure, on reference 4 - fla to e. You Will find this correct, and I trust will eiP•Tray 10J°11N LOWE, 30, Edmund-street, Park. . V re lh ,,' 184 ,,t .. , s —.Met inaada-Ntu.le to comprehend what is Mr . L w oi . v . e c. e ta due prr eB sing to us the above communication, wh ich ted j u ated precisely as we received it. What occurred on tlo4 74 l4 lielt u ti r o l4s t week's paper, " as to what catio n verbiaws:4 Lowe on Monday," was the following, [ Per u rb t ? th e r,"--',' Yesterday Mr. Lowe made an.app o i Ulti 'in sti,,, NOstrates for a warrant, on the ground - in thealat.e,iy to -itt r i .n i Bra n t the charge. The magistrates refused it j„" u e lr the warrant." This, Mr. Lowe says, ted • . orre ct? „ r 3i i, " very incorrect." Now where.is mitred that it was That the application was made is admit tio ed also; and . 111 :ged on the ground of perjury is .ad -I_ll W as ref it *lc whet used, I, likewise la lik •admitted that the applica ' e 1• 'ulis yeas all we stated ; and again we ' Bll ea 8 our r ighte n 4 . ~ePort incorrect ? Perhaps Mr. Lowe 'it the. 1. -gu we rather despair.] ,_. W e b. ---------'•"._._....._____......_______________ the noble ?Id k i .,: i g to draw the t t' nof the lovers o f ,ssa.e, ,1 1 ill—Gush s Part f f o a ten l ' o ng to Mr. Bretherton sale, the rpnadvertisitntQcoll h n u ti nt o i rthis day. This superior the v ....„topr;___ for 'yes the fleet racer, the stout weight carrier, ad the fulrleareavn :It_unter, the cover hack, and even the p 4 , —is not wanting. Stu r 441kut Pisn the 2d r. keoc l wa H '"Qn Tuesday, the Old Quay "urnpail , 8 caPtured at Runcorn, opposite Ai ge f Y a Docks • :ile about was eight and instant, a fine tured by M I e l t ! and its v,' • i cwt. It was cap fired at it witectien einployeedigattth Runcorn Ferry, who a between 4404 k 1,.. 4 6411 without effect , e bu t eventually takes hook ' iittoch. in Its gills, an t u they struck ,as "ster, and there sold. LOCAL NEWS. Me, , srs. J. and W. Walker have commenced building the fourth side of Ha n) ten -s q tur e , Birkenhead, will, when finished, be one of the finest in the kingdom. The Wellington H otel, Birkenhead, was sold on Mon day for the sum of £3,260, being at the rate of three guineas and a half per yard. Only five years back, land adjoining the hotel was put up for Its. a yard. THE £lOO NOTE ROBBERY CASE.—On Tuesday, F. Trappes, charged with having been in possession or stolen £lOO notes, whose case had often been before the magis trates, was again brought up, and fully committed to take his trial at the sessions, which commence on Monday. CHILD RUN OVER BY A CART.—On Tuesday last, Philip Lynch, a child two and a half years old, was knocked down by a cart in William-street, and the wheel passed over its body, crushing it in a dreadful mariner, so mush so that it died shorty afterwards. It did not appear that any blame was attached to the driver. ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—O❑ Wednesday, as a respectable female was crossing, in the Prince Steamer, from this town to Woodside, at half.past two o'clock, she had her pocket picked of two £2O Bank of England Notes, which she had ju t before received from one of the banks in this town. We regret to state that the numbers of the notes are unknown.—[We were not aware that the police had been removed from these packets, though we presume from the above that such is the case.] THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—Tht , committee for erecting a monument to the Right Hon. George Can ning, having a surplus of £B5O from the public subscrip tion raised for that purpose at their disposal, have ap propriated it to the promotion of education, by dividing it amongst the three principal institutions of the town, viz., to the Royal In-titution and to the Collegiate Insti tut on the sum of £340 each; to the Mechanics' Institu tion, £l7O. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.-- During the past week the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas arrived at the Adelphi Hotel, and proceeded on a visit to the Marquis of Westminster, at Eaton-hall. On Saturday evening Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., and Cornwall Leigh, Esq., M.P., arrived at the swine esta blishment, and have since sailed for Scotland, to enjoy the grouse season. The Hon. Col. Scarlett, of the sth Dragoon Guards, and brother to the present Lord Abin ger, is at present staving at the Adelphi. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—TN RE GinsoN.—The fourth examination of the bankrupt, Edward Gibson, of Kendal, which was adjourned from the 19th ult., for the production of the son of the bank rupt, was resumed on Wednesday last. Mr. Myers ex amined the son, and, after an inquiry which lasted three hours and a half, the final hearing was adjourned till Wednesday, the 7th of August, to allow time for the bankrupt to make up his schedule to the time of the bankruptcy. ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—On Saturday, a decent looking temale, named Sarah Nowlan, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a watch, the property of Thomas Jones, a sailor. Jones, it appeared, had left a public-house, in Christian -street, the night before, and, when in Byrom-street, he met the prisoner, who walked with him to the top of Banastre-street, where she snatched the watch out of his po.:ket, and made her escape in the direction of Marybone. There, however, she was appre hended by Inspector Abram, and the watch discovered on her person. ROBBERY OF A LINEN DRAPER.—On Saturday, a female, of rather respectable appearance, named Eiiza Mead, was committed, before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having robbed Mr. Briscoe, 1 nen-draper, of Oldhall street, of forty-seven yards of calico print. Mr. Higgin son, an assistant in the shop, stated, that he was busy at the counter when she entered, but that, having seen her lave the lobby, where goods were exposed for sale, in a hurry, he pursued her into the stre t, and speedily over took her. On searching under her cloak, he found a piece of calico print, twenty-eight yards in length, and another about nine yards shorter. The property was worth 235. FINES FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE LOCAL ACTS. — The following parties were, on Thursday, at Birkenhead, mulcted for infringements of the by-laws for the regu lation of the township :—Benjamin Bridge. for smoking in the market, ss. ; Robt. Battersby, for riding on his cart without reins, 2s. Gd. ; Thomas Frayers, batting in a public situation opposite the Monk's Feiry, 2s. 6d. ; Thomas Hastings, riding furiously along the streets, 10s. ; John Wright, driving his omnibus on the wrong side of the road, ss. ; James White, driving a cart and horse without reins, 2s. Gd. ; Robert Bushell. beerseller, selling ale during church time on the Sabbath, 10s.; Rich ard Fryer, cruel treatment to his horse, 20s. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—Some eight or ten days ago, a boy, of humble parentage, who is connected with a mer cantile office in Exchange-alley West, found a purse, containing four sovereigns, in the throng of the passen gers in Church-street. A carter, who was passing and saw him lift it, remarked that he should advertise it. The boy reached the office, and immediately, with the assist ance of another lad, wrote out an advertisement for one of the newspapers. In the meantime the lady of one of the gentlemen connected with the office was making in quiry for a lost purse, which, by a singular coincidence, wa the one round; and the employers of the buy knew nothing either of his good fortune or his integrity till they read the advertisement, and made inquiry in the usual way. We hope they rewarded him web for his honesty. PUBLICAN'S FINED.—On Friday, William Rathbone, beerseller, Dexter-street. Park, was summoned to the Police-court, to answer two informations—one for selling beer at illegal hours, and the other for harbouring a po liceman. On the first he was acquitted, and for the se cortd he was fined 50s. The following beerecllers and public,n; were likewise fined :—Amy Thomas, Scotland toad, 405.; Thomas Joyes, Richn and-row, 405.; Solo mon Smith. Prnce Wiliam-street, 405.; James NoW land, Bevingt m-hush, ; Joseph Williams, Head street, 80s.; George Harrison, Waterlo3 Dock, 40s. ; 'l'houtas Mercer, Key-street, 40s. ; Joseph Spencer. Ca ble-street. 505.; Chas. Stubbs, Naylor-strert,4os. ; Wm. Wittam, Mil-street East, 40s ; Rowland Williams, Bix teth-street, £5; Richard Owens, Bridgewater-street, 60s. "MISS WELLER IN LONDON.—On the 20th inst., Miss Christiana Weller gave the second of her piano torte re citals at the Hanover-square Rooms. We have, on a former occasion, pronounced her to be a first rate per fot mer of the modern school. We can now, we are happy to say, add to this a most unhesitating and a'most unqua -I.fied declaration as to her ability for a due display of the works of the elder masters. It in our desire to see this extraordinary clever piattiste a perfect mistress of her art, we should counsel her to subdue a little of that almost appalling force of manner which is at all times distinguish able in her pereormaner, we can but hope that she will take such a hittt in the spirit in which it is truly meant. A little less of the Dallier, and a little more of the Dalckin peculiarity of s , yle would make this young artiste a sue erbe ext , r under of the glowing and glorious varieties of Beethoven." — Court Journal. SAVAGE ASSAULT. —On Saturday, Kissack, the keeper of Ito. e h I: Bridewell, informed the court that, while on scream'iii: out I,,mily in the street that a man bad duty at an e rly hour that morning , he heard a woman mur dered her liuThand. lie immediately ran out, and, on ascertaining that the assault had been committed in Birk , t' -street, he proceeded to a cellar there, where he found that the hu-band of the ferria'e had been severely cut over the heal and face, arid that he had evidently been very savagely heated. A surgeon, who was imme diately sent for, said it was a very bad case, and that he was unable to pronounce an opinion as to whether the unfortunate man would r ecover . U n d er those circum stances h p i a s r r t ei y a w ti a ve s a w p a p s r, a e h brother andborrodt e h r e e r a . w to be re t n o l a t n h d e e i d nj u u n r t e i t l l the fellow who co mm itt e d th e assault, and who sufficiently recovered to come to court. ASSAULT.—"MitiveI Coogan was brought up at Bir kenhead. on Thursday, charged vrilh an assault on Thomas Kenna, o n Su n d a y l ast. Th e complainant stated that he went to Seaeobnie, on Sunday last, and, on re turning home shout nine o'clock in the evening, when oppo-itt: O'Dell's hotel, the priso ner came up to hirand knocked him down, after which he struck and kicked him with great violence. Mr. Pedder, who appeared on be cf the prisoner, called witnesses to show that com plainant had been drinking at various public houses, and, in consequence of his hiving struck a boy, a general row commenced ; that the complainant also struck several several parties who were present, when the prisoner inter fered. It appeared, in fact, that a succ ssion of fi.hts or disturbances had taken place during the day, and that the prisoner bad behaved in a very disoideily manner. After a severe reprimand from the magistrates, he was fined 10s. and c - sts, and ordered to find two securities, in £lO each, for his good behaviour for twelve months. SEVEN CHILDREN AND A MAN BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.—On Thursday se'nnight, a dog, the property of John Smith Entwistle, Esq., of Foxholes, whilst in a state of madness. attacked several children and an old man. It was a hound, which bad followed a cart, and first seized hold of one of the wheels. It ran off to Buckley Fold, and bit two children of Mr. Emmett, farmer. Being driven away, it turned down the Fold and attacked an infant two years old, son of a man named Chadwick, tearing it in such a manner that it was not expected to recover. It afterwards bit another child of John Pickup. It next took a circuit to Polly Green, where it bit two boys, Baring and Ashworth ; and having run thence to Howorth Knoll, bit an old man and a girl, after which it was taken and destroyed. It is supposed to have bitten cows, dogs, cats, &c., in its course. Mr. Entwistle, who was not at borne, gave instructions that the children should be properly taken care of; and the other whelps of the same mother, which had been bitten by her when supposed to be mad, were destroyed. MAHOGANY AND TIMBER TRADE.—Since our last the periodical sales of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming have taken place. The attendance was numerous and respecta ble, and the amount of business transacted extensive. The competition was more spitited than usual, establish ing our port more firmly in the position she has long held in this important branch of commerce. The results are as follow :—Honduras mahogany : 62 logs, of small size, were sold at from 54d. to 9d., or 5 7-16 d. per foot average, entirely exhausting the stock. St. Domingo :of 8 par cels offered, measuring 222,229, 4 were cleared off en tirely; namely, 390 logs, 56,425 feet, ex Margaret Ogil vie, at 12d. per foot average ; 631 logs and curls, 40,715 feet, ex James Reid, at 18 3-32 d per foot average ; 453 logs and curls, 67,011 feet, ex Regina, at 13 3-16 d. per foot average, 152 logs, large size, 32,458 feet, ex Charles Hammerton, at 16 9-32 d. per foot average. Of the re mainder, 18,000 feet were withdrawn. Cedar : 298 logs, 44,2C6 feet, were sold at from 3dld. to 4 11-15 d. per foot. Timber: 15,000 feet of St. John's pine, of large size, were sold at IBad. per f oot ; 6000 of smaller at 18id. per foot ; 3,000 feet pitch pine at 204 d. per faot ; 8,00 feet of Swedish timber at 16. to 16 ,l. per foot. Deals : 505 pieces of spruce deals, of middling quality, at 2 3-16 d. per foot, and 319 ends at 11d. per foot of 2 inches. DRIVING CATTLE ON THE SABBATH.—On Satiirday two men were fined ss. each and costs for having driven some cattle up Oxford-street, in the immediate vicinity of St. Cytheriiie Church, on tin. Sunday before, during divine service. Mr. Rushton looked at the Mayor's pro clamation before he imposed the fine, and said, that al though St. Catherine Church was not exactly in Oxford street, yet, as that street was mentioned in the proclama tion, the parties were not warranted in driving cattle through it after divine service had comannceJ. STATE OF BROOK -STREET.—A young man was placed at the bar of the police-court, on Thursday, charged with an assaul upon another young man, on the day previous, in Brook-street, Oldhall-street. Mr. Samuel Rayner, who stated that he nossessed valuable property in the neighbourhood of Brook-street, appeared before the bench, and said that his object in having the men taken into custody was to represent the disgraceful state of Brook-street to the magi.trates. Patties possessing pro rerty in the neighbourhood were obliged themselves to keep a watch upon it, owing to the frequent thrfis com mitted. it was a disgrace that such a street should be allowed within a few hundred yards from the Exchange. The police-officer on duty in the nehhbourhood corro borated the statement of Mr. Rayner, and said the cause of the complaint arose from the inducement for disorderly characters to frequent the neighbourhood. as nearly all the houses in the street were houses of ill-fame. Mr. Rushton said after such representation, the whole of such houses should be immediately indicted. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday evening week, as a vessel was lying at anchor near the Rock Lighthouse, the hat belonging to one of the hands, John Jones, of Beaumaris, who was supposed to be intoxicated at the time, was blown overboard, and the unfortunate man leaped into the river, which was running somewhat ra pidly at the time, for the purpose of catching it. His shipmates, seeing the imminent danger he was in, threw a rope and plank to his assistance, either of which he might have easily gr+sped; but, heedless of the conse quences, he pursued the hat, and at length seized it and placed it on his head. The crew immediately lowered the boat, but, in the confusion of the moment, partly stove in her side in the attempt. Some of them, how ever, got into her and put off ; but she speedily filled, and though they endeavoured to bail her out. with their hats. they soon discovered that their only safety lay in running her aground upon the beach. We need scarcely say that, being unable to reach Jones, the infatuated man speedily sank to rise no more. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDING.—On Tuesday, Thomas Kelly, a member of the Liverpool Independent Tontine Benefit Society, summoned the secretary and president, whose names were Smith and 'Varley, for refusing to pay him the sick allowance. It appeared that Kelly had been five weeks sick, and had only declared on the box three days. He was sum moned to attend at the cies-house to declare off the box, and being detained there, he was out later than he should have been, and therefore the officers wished to fine him 12s. Kelly distinctly swore that he would not have been out of the house on the evening al luded to. only in compliance with the summons to attend and declare off the box. Mr. Rushton said this was another instance of the scandalous conduct of men to wards each other when associated in clubs. They took poor men's money while in health, under an obligation to keep them' when sick, and the moment they could they turned round and attempted to rob them of their rights. Addressing Kelly, he said, " Don't pay a farthing of the fine, and it they do not pay you your sick allowance come to me." The secretary stated that the allowance had been paid.—Kelly : They say they will scratch me off the br , oks.—Mr. Rushton : Let them do so, if they dare ; I will make them scratch you on again. THE STEAM-SHIP ACADIA.—The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Aca&a, Captain Judkins, arrived here on Saturday morning. She left Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 3d instant, and accomplished the run from the former port, including the usual deten tion at Halifax, in about eleven days and a half. She brought seventy-nine passengers. From Boston :—Mr. W. Wakefield, Mrs. Wakefield, Miss Wakefield, Miss Whittingham. Mr. D. L. M'Pher son and lady, Mr. J. Battersbee and lady. Mr. S. Broome and lady, Mr. H. Gourdin, W. Woodberrv. R. R. Springer and lady, Mr. Leon and lady, Mr. J. V. Smith, J. H. Smith, Mr. James Masterson, F. Bunker, H. Vyse, Mr. Peck, Mr. E. Mansir, Robert Coleman, W. H. Haynes, Mr. R. J. Rickarby, L. H. Anshon, J. Medico, Mr. Battallacci W. Berle, Rev. F. Rolf, Mr. J. F. Blakely, J. M. and M. Cannon. Mr. J. Battle, Mr. John Littlejohn, R. A. Hutchinson, Mr. Hydes, Mr. Malcom son, Mr. Schroder, John Gibson, Count Napoleon Ber trand, Mr. H. Coldham, Mr. H. M'Farlane, Rev. G. Lewis, S. Moore, Mr. Dirhany, A. C. Logan, T. W. Hill, Mr. Farish, Mr. John Foster, R. C. Seabrook, Mr. Rossell, Mr. John Ryan, D. M'Farlane, J. Brodhead, Mr. John Hodge, W. Roy. Alex. Arthur, Mr. Colley, B. Arnimgol, J. Mackay, Mr. H. Williams, P. M'lntyre, U. Lafmtant, and Mr. George. From Hcrifax :—Mr. Joseph Robinson, Miss Robin_ son, Captain Smith. Mr. Lockhart and lady, Mr. E. L. Jarvis. Mr. R. C. Dereber, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Armour. Mr. W. S. Henderson, Mr. C. Dealey and lady, and Mr. M•Lagan. DREADFUL SUICIDE IN THE MINER.—About nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, a respectable man named Felix Em, alias Felix Martin, who had just arrived from Genoa, represented himself to be a native of France, and had paid £l5 fir his passage from Liverpool to Quebec, in the barque China, shot himself through the head with a loaded pistol, while in the state room of that vessel. Very little is known of the deceased and that little has be=en gleaned from the evidence of a person named Wag staffe, who had been interpreting for him since he arrived in Liverpool, Wagstaffe states that there was an evident anxiety upon his part to conceal himself from public ob servation, ruorl that with this view he changed his lodgings four times in the short soace of ten days. He had a con siderable amount of property on his person ; for instanec, a gold watch, a diamond ring, a silver snuff-box, a gold pair of spectacles, and two small bags containing doub loons to the amount of £lOOO. The whole of this pro perly together with three large trunks of wearing apparel, were found in his state room on board the China. A let ter written in French, found in one of his pockets. and addressed to Monsieur Felix, of Genoa, was translated by Wagstaffe; but it turned out to be one of a private and family nature, written to the deceased by his sister, Pau line Nasset, and enclosing him a lock of her hair, as a proof of her sincere affection. An inquest was held upon the body on Tuesday, and, by adjournment, yesterday, and a verdict of felo de se was returned. The whol a e s o , l the property will now revert to the crown. The h d e g . o n d , was interred at ten o'clock la 4 night in the p but, of president) f cou course, e, of onew rh of the h the Jewish e rights round. as g r i a a p l : Plication to have him interred in their hum g an Israelite, e fact of his having been circumcised ; but the f enT m one t r h refu.ed the application, and said he was bound to so o cier C ie l s 'r m iaBrt a lis d a-n e there is every reason to believe that he was adhere strictly to the provisions of the act of parliament i n s uch cases. Docx COMMITTF.E.—Present, Messrs, Nichol, (in the chair.) Barclay, Holt. Holmes, Smi h, Triitman, Burley, Evans, Kendall. Shand, Tobin, Clifton, Boyden, Bold, Middleton, Moore, and Aiken.—Letters were rtad from the water companies as to the overflow of water from the plugs on the dock quays. Mr. Holmes said it would take £lOOO to put down gratings, which were spoken of last week, to remedy the evil. The Chairman said Mr. Hartley considered the expense of such gfating should be borne by the companies, and not by the Estate. After some little conversation, during which it was stated that If damage were done to goods the companies would be Fable. it was determined to submit the matter to the Harbour Masters' Sub-corrmttee. to instruct their people to observe in all cases where damage was done to packages, with the view of having it reported in the proper quarter. Certain alterations, on the application of Archer, Daly, and Co., were ordered to be made in the shed, east side of Clarence Dock. The bottom of No. 2, Queen's Gray ing Dock was ordered to be lowered 3 feet 6 inches, the estimate cost of which was stated to be £1750, and the time occupied in doing the work two months. The The Chaidman said that he, Mr. Ripl , y, and Mr. Bold, had had an interview with the Officers of Customs, and they had given orders that would, he bolieved, remedy the evil of people keeping their goods in the transit sheds too long a time before passing the scale. They could com pel persons to take away their goods within fourteen days after the shipwas reported,and they coud take them to their own warehouses. There seemed to be a desire on the part of the Customs to assist them in this matter. The South Harbour-master presented the following report as to the number of days the flags had been hoisted at the south docks during the last quarter; Queen's 37, King's 36, Brunswick 22, Union 37, Coburg 36. Toxteth 17. Mr. Hartley, the dock surveyor, said allusion had been made to him last week in reference to the flags ; he beg ged to sty that he never interfered with the flags at all, and that what he had done had always been done in an open manner. Mr. Evans remarked that one of the master-pilots stated in London that he had known those flags up at all the docks, and yet forty vessels came in in one tide. On the motion of Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr. Royden, the evidence given before the Lords and Com mons on the Liverpool Dock Bill was ordered to be printed. The estimated cost was stated to be about £l5O. THE HAIR.—At the toilet, no greater anxiety is more generally felt than the consideration of perfecting that beautiful ornament, the hair! The delightful and fasci nating charms of a fine head of hair being the most admirable decoration of either sex. The features of an individual may be irregular and ill -proportioned, or the eyes inexpressive, but with the possession of this essential attribute, no countenance can look absolutely plain. Like many things of much importance, but lightly estimated, the Hair (from a variety of causes) is frequently neglected, and its decay is often the first symptom of declining health ; when such is the case, the su ff erer anxiously looks round for some effectual remedy to arrest its progress. Of the numerous compounds constantly announced for promoting the growth, or reproduction of the Hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period ; whilst ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, with a reputation unparalleled, is still on thi increase in public estimation. The singular virtues of this successful invention for re storing, preserving, and' beautifying the Human Hair, are too well known and appreciated to need comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are authorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts Of a similar nature. Being universally preferred, its confequent great demand excites the cupidity of unprinciple " hopkeepers, who vend th e most spurious trash as the GENUINE Macassar Oil : w h ereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and prope r ty o f A• R OW LAND and Sots, and the amalgamatio n of i ts costly e attempt (sole to ly discover itnport its edb c y omponent them,) r en d ers abortive parts— thus proving the imposition of all other articles b ear i ng the title of " Macassar Oil." The genuine arti c l e h as the words " ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL" on t he oticmate any materials, wrapper. All others are FRAUDULENT COUNTERrEITS THE LIVERPOOL STANDAIth. ACCIrENTS.- On Monday last, Mary M'Nolly fell down on the deck of a vessel at the George'; which her back was severely injured. On Tors.lay. Hugh Barrie, a labourer, hid his leg roken by a i's'le co , ton tailing on it. at a warehouse in King-street. On Wednesday, David Cooke fell into the ho'd of the ship Kracle, lying in Trafalear Dock, by which his body was much shattered, but no bones broken. On the same day, Mary Jervis, a woman of colour fell into the h 1d of the ship Manco, which had recen•ly arrived from New York, and received some severe contusions on various parts of her body. All the shove parties are taken to the Northern Hospital, and are recovering under the care and attention which they receive from the medical officers of the institution. On Wedoesday evening last. John Leigh, a boy, about thirteen years of age, while riding on horse back with his brother, at Edge-hill. was thrown off, and received a severe concussion of the brain, which rendered him insensible. He was taken to the Infirmary, where he now lies in a dangerous state, though hopes are enter tained of his recovery. On Monday last, an affray took place between two sawyers in a yard at the south end of the town, one of them struck the other violently with an iron crow-bar, dislocated his knee, and broke one of the bones. Toe injured man is named Michael M`Nolty. On the same day. as a boy, named Edward Jerrett, was trying to get into a lorry whilst in motion, he fell, and broke his arm close to the shoulder. This is the third time this boy has been injured by the dangerous practice of climbing into carts and lorries. On Tue-day, Mathew May, of the smack Peggy, was struck with the chain cable over the left eye, and had his skull broken. On the same day as Charles Maddox was walking along the street, he was knocked down by a cart, which suddenly turned a corner, one of tie wheels passed over his shoulder, and much bruised his face' These were conveyed to the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, and are in a fair way of recovery. SPLENDID PICTURE, BY LESLIE.—We have been much gratified by a view of the original celebrated picture of The of the Princess Royal," painted for the royal R.A., and now to Windsor Castle. by C. R. Leslie, Esq., be seen at Mr. R. H. Grundy's Repo sitory of Arts, Church-street. It is assuredly one of the o Christeninga at Windsor most splendid productions , if no r, indeed , the chef " c collection d'oeuvre, of that eminent artist. Tke subject is one of deep and national interes'—the dedication by royal and youthful parents of the first-born pledge of their affections to the service of the Moat High, surrounded by their illustrious relatives and the elite' of the land; and the painter has chosen that point of the interesting ceremony that afforded the greatest scope for carrying out his grand conception, " the moment after the venerable Archbi-hop required the godfathers and godmothers to " name this child," and the Queen Dowager advanced to the baptismal font, and solemnly and impressively responded to the call, the other royal spensors standing rear her. A more favourable group could not have been conceived, and it has the higher merit of vraisemblanee ; the impress of truth and reality in each individual figure, attitude, and face. These latter parties were the Duchess of Kent, the King of the Belgians. the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Gloucester. and the Duke of Wellington, as representative of the Duke of. Coburg. On the opposite side of the font are the Queen, and the Prince by her sire, and, in re spectful proximity, the lords and ladies, nurses, &c. of the courts, anxiously attentive to the ceremony, every countenance expressive of the deepest interest. The whole of the portraits in this assemblage of the dislinuu6 are considered to be faithful and admirable likenesses. Those of the Queen. the venerable Archbishop, (who eith a look of christian benignity retards the royal infant in his arm,) Lady Mount Edgecumbe, the Duke of Sussex, the Bishop of Norwich, the soldier Duke, and the lovely Duchess of Sutherland, and others, are beautifully and very highly worked out. The countenance of Queen Adelaide does not strike us as quite so highly finished, particularly about the eye, which appears rather dim and indistin t; but this may have arisen from the peculiar light in which we viewed it, and after all is but a matter of taste. The drapery throughout is painted with great taste and mastery, and the same may be said of the superb architecture, furniture, and embellishments of the Royal Chapel, forming a splendid interior, without, however, distracting the attention of the beholder from the principal figures. so prominently are they thrown out from the care. vas. The ceremony took place in the evening, and the artist was thus enabled to take advantage of the brilliant artificial light from an immense central chandelier, and a number of minor ones. The trouping is altogether well conceived and skilfully executed, and Mr. Leslie may, from this production alone, take his place in the foremo-t rank of British historical painters. The picture is about to be engraved in the first style of the art, under the di rection of the artist ; and we recommend those who desire to add a work of the highest merit to their collections to become subscribers, without delay, in order that they may obtain early and superior impressions. There are several other fine paintings, and also a number of beautiful en gravings to be seen at the rooms. PAVING AND SEWRAGE COmmISSIONERS.—The board met as usual, on Thursday. The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. J. Holmes, (in the chair,) Kil shaw, Whitby, Guyton, Bit km, Cooper, Procter, Wood, Gladstone, Plumpton, and Kaye.—Mr. Pearce, of Great George-street, attended the board for the purpose of corn plaing that warrants had been issued against the tenants of thirty houses belonging to him in Temple-terrace, Great George-street. lie stated that they w re not able to pay the rents, and could not be expected to pay sewrage rates. Mr. Capes Ashlin said that when these parties were summoned to attend he commissioners, only two did so. There seemed to be a sort of determination among them not to pay the rates, and they stated that they paid £l6 a year rent, with the undrrstanding that they were to pay uo taxes. After some conversation it was stated by Mr. Ashlin that warrants were out against the parties, and then it was decided that the board could not interfeie. The tenants must go to the magistrates and settle the matter with them.—A. memorial was pre sented from merchants and others in North John -street, praying that street might be macadamized in the mariner that Oldhall-streer had been done. The Chairman said nat if they were to go on macadamizieg the whole of the streets, parties had better go to the next vestry and pro pose that they apply to parliament to increase their rates. As respected Olcihall-street, Mr. Waterhouse paid a moiety of the expense. After some further discussion, it was resolved to send an answer to the parties to the effect that the commissioners had not funds. Ihe Chair man said that. whilst upon this subject, he might as ael remark that, in the Journal of last Saturday, it was stated that the commissioners expended £50,000 a year, whereas the fact was they never expended more than £30,000. It was stated also that they were about to expend .£100,060. upon watt r, and it was well known that they were limited in their bill to £50,000. Again, it was said that they ought to have laid the expense on the Corporation. Why they tried to get £5O from the Finance Committee ; but it was with the greatest diwculty that they got £3so.—Mr. Birkett asked the treasurer when he made up his account, and how they were going on as to the funds.—Mr. Ashlin said he had made up the accounts on the 30th September, and they were go'rig on very steadily.—The Chairman said they had this week paid for the laud in Green-lane, which cost £4,300.—Mr. Gladstone reported that. Mount-plea sant must be re-paved, arid recommended that the crown of the street, to the extent of one-third, be macadamized. Agreed to.—Mr. Bateman, builder, was called in and re primanded for pulling up some flags, in Bold-street, without leave of the commissioners. and told that the commisspners were determined to inflict a fine in all such cases in future.—The Law-clerk reported that, on looking at the Act of Parliament again, he found Mr. Bateman had not infringed the law by putting up his pilastei in Bold-street.—Mr. Gladstone said he was happy to in form the Chairman that, notwithstandsng the discourag ing statement made by him last week, the authorities of West Derby had, that day, commenced paving Prescot street. SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday last, there were present the Rev. Rector Camp bell, chairman, and all the members with the exception of five. The workhouse return showed that there were 1,598 paupers in the house, at a cost of 2s. I'd. per head. The number at the same period last year was 1542. at Is. Sd. a head. The outdoor cases relieved in the past fort night were 6.638, costing £759 6s. 4d. The state of the house was reported to he favourable, and the number sick on the decrease. The Building Committee suggest ed the pul•chase of the land fronting the Industrial School at Kirkdale (offered for sale to the parish by the Earl of Derby), for the purpose of building almshouses upon it, in lieu of those opposite St. Mary's (the poor's) burying ground. The committee was revested to ascertain the practicability of such an arrangement. Mr. Lockwood, the architect, appeared before the board, and a discussion ensued on the alterations of the Workhouse, which, as the present season was so far advanced, it was thought better not to commence till next spring. The committee who had considered what officers were necessary for the Industrial School, Kirkdale, reported the following, which was confirmed :—A superintendent, to have the sole management, and be responsible for duly carrying out the views of the vestry—salary £220 per annum, with furnished apartments, coals, and candles ; a matron, at £BO, with apartments, &c. • (these it was thought advi sable should be man and wife, but no positive resolution to that effect was urged by the committee ;) a medical officer, residing within a mile of the house, and he to supply the medicines—salary £lOO per annum ; an assis tant schoolmaster, at £BO- ' second assistant, £4O ; school mistress, £45 ; infants' schoolmistress, £4o—(these with apartments) ; a head nurse, £l5, with apartments and board ; ten women servants, at 8 guineas each ; two men cooks, £5 each ; one engineer, 10s. a week ; one tailor, 105. a week ; one shoemaker 10s. and one joiner 10s., all with rooms and board. The Furnishing Committee re. commended that all articles required above £lO value should be advertised for, and that tenders should be li mited to tradesmen of the parish. Mr. Dowdall, late governor of the Workhouse. had, at the request of the committee, gone over the building, and furnished them with a list of the articles required. The committee re commended that, in addition to the 118 iron bedsteads now ready at the Workhouse, 100 more should be pro• cured ; and a list of bedding, cloth of various kinds, &c., was given in as requisite, specifying the respective quan tities, widths, &c. They also recommend e d th a t M r. Kulshaw should furnish a plan and estimate for filling up the schools with forms, desks, &c., suitable for the " na tional system of education" ; also, that a steam-engine of 6-horse power, and cooking apparatus (to cook for 1200), and a clock and bell, be provided. The report of this committee was confirmed, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Dowdall for his valuable suggestions and information. Mr. and Mrs. Dowdall having declined to accept the situations of superintendent and matron of the school, the motion of Mr. Henderson for their appoint ment was withdrawn. Mr. Churchwarden Wilkinson reported that serious inconvenience was experienced in the treasurer's office from the great number of persons d a ily occupying the counter, copying the rate-book, when it was resolved that the treasurer be directed to prevent such parties from impeding the ordinary business of the parish. The board then adjourned to the 23d instant. RIthUCITION OF MERCANTILt INSURANCE.—The cli- rector,: of the Liverpool Foiet.lP,l ' Cot;pa ny have i,44,-11 a circular, m wIH h tht-y state, that the time has arrived warn they think thetro.eLes justified in reducing, in some important resp:icts, the nit•is or mer cantile itaarancet in Liverpool, and in restoring to the commuoity many of the facilities for buiiness of which they have lately been deprived. The new rates and regu lations accompany the circular. as Mr. Hi n d, one o f t h e commission ers AFFRAY . AT BIRKENHEAD.—About eight o'clock, on ' was walking al ong Abb e y- stree t, in that townsh ip, he . was stopped by a party o f d run k en car penters. from L i verpool, who p u ll e d hi m a b out an d ap peared determined to commit an assault upon the gentle man, when a constab le came up an d en d eavoure d to ap pease the tumult . 'They, however, set upon the officer, took from him his stick. and struck him severely in the head arid sweral parts of his holy. A number of the po lice then male their appearance and succeeded in appre hending two of the most drunken and violent of the fel lows, who were brought . up before the mag i s t rates on ''a turday, and folly corninrted to take their trial at the aP oachina Knutsrord sessions for having a ssau l te d t h e officer in the execution of his duty. THE TWELFTH OF JULY.—On Saturday, a young but lusty female was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having attempted to create a riot, in Gloucester -street, the day before. inspector Campbell sated that she was in the - centre of a large mob, and that she was using all her eff , rts to induce them to break into the Commercial hall at the time the Orangemen wee assembling there for the purpose of walking in procession to St. J o h n ' s Ch urc h. Her langua4e, he said, was of the most exciting and shocking character, and i a very seriou s row was appre hended. The prisoner, n her def e nce, said she had been at the market to buy a basket of cherries, and th a t w h en she saw such an immense crowd i n Glou esehse came out, ter-streethat she was induced to go and see w h at was the matter. When she reached the street she heard a woman, dressed in a jacket and trowsers, declare that she was ready to lick any Orangeman; and, for having laughed at the woman's dress and language, sire was taken into custody. The prisoner was remanded, and, we believe, discharged at a late period of the day. IMPORTANT TO PERSONS BECOMING SURETIES IN LOAN SOCIETIES.—Mr. Forbes of the Tradesmen's Loan Society, Great Crosshall-street, appeared before the magistrates, on Thursday. to apply fur orders, in a great number of cases, for payment from persons who had been sureties for defaulting borrowers from the society. The orders were granted in all cases where it was shown that the par ies had signed the hood of repayment. The re plies made by nearly the whole of the sureties went to show that a general misunderstanding had prevailed of the responsinility they had taken upon themselves; the bonds for repayment having been signed with understand ing that the bail was only liable in cases where the b.r rower fa led, and, even in these cases, that they were bound jointly, and, not severally. Mr. Rushton said this was altogether a mistaken opinion, as the terms of agree ment were "severally lii.ble." In two cases the persons summoned as bail stated positiv e ly t h a t t h ey h a d never signed the agreements at all, and it being admitted by the officers of the society that forgcries had been imposed upon them, the orders for payment were of course not granted. In some of the cases it was said that the bor rowers were in circumstances to repay. Mr. Rushton sa d he certainly thought in such cases the borrower ought first to be proceeded against. In answer, it was said the sureties were taken, owing to doubt existing of the word ing of the act applying to the burrower. In answer to a question from Mr. Rushton, It was stated that the average weekly amount lent from each loan society, of which there ate fourteen or fifteen in town, is from £2OO to £250. SAVAGE ASSAULT.—MichaeI Regan, an Irishman, was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, with having savagely assaulted Patrick (;andon, another Irishman, on Sunday, the 30th June'. The inquiry had been postponed in consequence of the complainant being unable to appear to give evidence from the injuries he had received. In spector Abraham stated, that owing to the dread in which the prisoner and his party were held in the neighbour hood, he had not bean able to produce other evidence than that of the complainant himself. The complainant stated that, on the night of the assault, he was going down Lace-street, when he was assailed by a shower of bricks. The prisoner was one of the persons who threw at him, and, after doing so, he followed him and strui k him across the head with a heavy sharp cutting instrument. He deposed that the assault was altogether unprovoked on his part. A surgeon from the hospital descrl)ed the wounds inflicted upon the complainant to be of a very serious nature. Mr. Davenport, for the prisoner, called several witnesses, but their statements were so much at variance with the clnsisteney of truth that Mr. Rushton said they were not worthy of credence. Inspector Abra ham said the prisoner and his party carried the whole sway of Lace-street; the complainant certainly belonged t a rival party, but not near so powerful a one; and, owing to the jealousy existing between them, there was continual wai fare going on. which might terminate seri ously. Mr. Rushton sa d the conduct of the people residing in Lace. street and the street adjoining was most shockii.g ; they appeared to be actuated by a spit it un governable and reckless as that of the wildest savages. The prisoner must pay a fine of £5, or, in default, be imprisoned two months, and find sureties, himself in £4O and two of £2O each. IMPROVED BREAKWATERS. AR interesting discus sion took place, a few evenings since, at the British arid Foreign Institute, relative to a great improvement in the principle of breakwaters. The projector, Mr. W. H. Smith, civil engineer, stated, that any breakwater, how ever constructed, if of sufficient size, would disseminate the waves of the sea as lo ig as it withstood its shock ; but no fixed moorings had hitherto been found to hold a breakwaler in a gale of wind, as, when the chains or cables were drawn taught with the force of the current, the waves struck the breakwater with a dead shock and tore it from its hold. Thus engineers had long had their attention drawn to spring or elastic cables; for if the effect on a ship, a piece of timber, or any other body were observed without mooring in a stormy sea, it would be driven a few feet with the wave and break it up more or less, propottioned to its bulk, and so still further with each additional wave, until it was at last driven on shore. Mr. Smith. for the first time effected th;!; yielding-mooring with, at the same time, elas ticity to bring the s•ction back to its former position as soon as the wave had spent irs force upon the breakwater, so that the pressure would be nothing more than would be deemed advisable by contracrieg such elasticity. This was effected by the 1;03 simple cnntri ranee. A counterbalance was attached to the centre of the mooring., allowing the breakwet r twenty or thirty fret of yielding motion, µ lilt a power of reaction for bting ing it back to Its former posit on. The form be proposes for his sections is simply a plain or flat surface, so moored in the water th t, like ft kite in the a'r, the tendency of the sea would be to lift it upward; rather flu , ' depress it as it was struck by the wave. [lt is pro' ale that these elastic moorings might be found tff anal in bold ng our lightships in their pus'tions during the severe pa'es which sometimes visit these ro.ists. The su ject is worthy the attention of the Dock Committee.] GALLANT CAPTURF OF Foun TIIIEVcS.—We seldom remember to have heard r f a more t capture of tout notorious thieves, or one that reflects gre our credit on the police-officers who had the managemer t of it, than took place in Spt ingfiehl• slreet, in this town, on the morning of Saturday last. It appeared 1114, hi twt en th- hours of ten and eleven o'clock, on Saturday week, Constable Lloyd observed two fellows in the art of trying to open, with a skeleton key, the hall-door of a large, handsome house in the street in question, occupied by Mr. Morgan, a coal-merchant, and situated immediately opposite Tri nity Church. Having failed in the attempt, they went away; but Lloyd, instead of arresting them upon the in stant, repaired to the house in the course r fthe day, ascer tained that the whole of the family were from home at the time the attempt was made upon the hall-door, acquainted them with what he had witnessed, said he had every reason to believe another attempt would he made at the same hour upon the following Saturday, and took his measures ac cordingly. The result proved that he was not amiss in his calculations. On Saturday last, thrt e constables, namely, Kehoe, Halsall, and Sale, entered the house at an early hour, and took up the positions respectively assigned to each. Kehoe was placed under the kitchen stairs, Hal sna, !l a ieninasectu.pbcoaanrdstuabolesstaii_,rlsto,yadnadnSdacleni„nnairn,gobthaenz; ;:eurnpbaoinaerdd in a tea shop at the opposite side of the street ; and as ten o'clock approached, Mr. Morgan's family, as usual who had b S e h e o n rt a l t y t a i f te ter p , ia l n , e loy en d 1' 'e w ent bt a f u e i r iet i r l o n ot M arrow , m ineffectually, a joined p h t pro o a e of to lie I h nisp a ec l n l o n d ii o tp o aw r n , iito a hn n s d a Saturday, and who is a notorio us thi e f , edt hi neg s a observedu thep°np r Saturdays , e s t n i e rf e e e t d o e n n:d e e i v i . a o m u i r i M e who was close at hand, and who is another notorious thief named James Owen. Th e l atter took the key from him , and succeeded in open i ng t h e door. They b oth entered,' closed the door after them, went into the front parlour, broke open a writing-desk, and abstr-cted some loose articles it contained. They then proceeded to a bed-room, up stairs, where they found £2. is. 6d. in a dressing-case, and put the money, which had been previously marked. and can therefore be identified, into their pockets. They . next picked the locks of several drawers in the vari ous bed-rooms, and afterwards packed up the contents, which consisted of silks, satins, jewellery, and other articles of a very considerable amount in value; but, just as they were about to descend the staircase with the booty, Halsall sprang from his biding place and knocked Owen down with a blow of a pair of handcuffs. We regret to say that Halsall accidentally tell at the same moment and slightly injured himself. The two fellows then made for the hall-door, but, by the time they bad reached it, Kehoe and Sale followed and arrested them. They made little or no resistance, but begged for mercy, and said they would go quietly to prison. In the meantime, Lloyd and Cunningham arrested two of their accomplices, Henry Bailey and Richard Soley, who had been in company with them previously, and w ho were keeping watch outside the house. The whole four were immediately taken to Bridewell, and were brought up before Mr. Rushton yes terday, along with another, who gave his name, as we believe, Richard Hopkins ; and the evidence was gone into, subtantiating the facts already stated, with some few additional particulars, c hiefly respecting Sorley, who had been seen about the time in Springfield-street, St. Anne street, and the neighbourhood. He, however, brought up evidence (through Mr. Davenport) to show that he was waiting for a Mr. Bullen, a proprietor of houses in the neighbourhood ; that he had gone to two houses to inquire for him ; and that he had no connection with the thieves. A Mr. Kent, a respectable milk .house keeper, with whom Mr. Bullen lodged when he was in town, confirmed great part of this testimony ; and Mr. Rushton accordingly discharged him. Bailey has only just come out of prison, after having been incarcerated twelve months; Owen is about four months out, after having served two years ; and Marrow has been repeatedly in gaol. The fourth prisoner, Soley, is not quite so well known to the police as are the others. LAMENTABLE DESTITUTION.—On Friday, a woman, named Bridget Trayner, Orange-s-reet, was brought be fore Mr. Rushton, charged with ncgler t of her children. Three young children had been found the pr ev i ous even ing-, entirel y irked, wand, ring alma Tithe b irn-street. They had been taken to Mr. Grey, of the Parish-office, and he had sent them to the Workhouse. It was stated by the constable that the woman was a beggar and seller h o old e c , o p t a h t e i n s , n a , r h d e t ha when door t was she left. Pocked, left. her h o and the to ee children,ollow whom her poverty prevented clothing, were left alone in the house. The consequsnce had been, that two of them, one being a child still at the breast, had been burnt in a most dreadful manner. The prisoner stated that she was too poor to provide her offspring with either food or cloth ing ; but it was stated that her husband was in the receipt or 16s. per week. and the case was referred to the Parish office, until further inquiries be made. THE POLYTECHNIC.—The " transactions of the Liver pool Polytechnic Society for 1843" are now published in the farm of a neat pamphlet, and a perusal of the work cannot fail to gratify our scientific townsmen, and will, we trust, induce such of them as have not yet enrolled themselves as members, or contributed to the general stock of information which it is the object to elicit and in crease, to do credit to themselves, and to the locality, by coming forward at the termination of the present vacation iii September next. This is the second annual publica tion issued by the society, and, without disparagement to the higher efforts of similar bodies in the metropolis and other towns, we feel proud of its appearance, as evincing a rapid approach to the more general study of those useful and ingenious arts that ennoble and enrich any country, and, in the march of science over the civil zed world, have become especially essential in this. We know of no town, moreover, that holds out greater inducements than this to their pursuit. We are the very midst of steam navigation, and our very evening walks are beginning to he intersected with railways. We are ovveen invited rti atinl se t o all , wtnorel s nd o l or t s of improvements , gr nm.tttheer ;d,rra, loet when the discoveries, ewaodrdi d a nd n fn thatd mind t i h n e meetings of the society are held in the elegant lecture theatre of the Royal Institution ; that the annual sub scription is comparatively small ; and that the lectures and discussions are conducted in that friendly and cour teous manner which ever marks the conduct of genuine gentlemen and men of science,—we need add nothing more to induce an accession of members to the already numerous and respectable ranks of the society. Tee pre sent number of the "Transactions" is prefaced by a brief view of the objects, the report of the council, the laws of the society, list of the members, &c. Copious abstracts of the papers read during the year occupy, of course, the greater part. Amongst these are many of a most interesting character—on the Preservation of Docu ments from Fire—on Combustion of Gas—on the Town Improvements of Liverpool—On the Christaline arrange ment of Metals—on Modern Architecture—Voltaic Ar rangements, and Improvements in Working Metals—the Consumption of Fuel in Locomotives—Metallic Bearings of the same—Steam Navigation and the Screw-propeller, &c. The society was instittved in 1838, and besides its town supporters has many corresponding members who stand high in general science, discovery, and chemistry. INQUESTS.— Three inquests were held before the borough coroner on Saturday. The first was on the body of Thomas Wilde, a ginger -beer manufacturer, residing in Wolfe•street. It appeared, from the evidence of a number of witnesses, that, between the hours of four and five o'clock, on Friday afternoon, the deceased went into a public-house in Gore-street, Toxteth-park, leaving his shandry. containing ginger- beer, at the door, and his son. a little boy. standing at the head of the ho se. In a minute or two alter, a man walked out of the public house, and, jumping upon the box of the shandry, was aoing to drive off, when the little boy called out " Father, father, they're going to take the shandry away." The deceased immediately came out of the house, and the man on the box jumped off and ran away. At this mo mmt there happened to be a man of the name of Wilde, though no relative of deceased (since in custody), stand ing about twenty yards from the shandry, and the deceased supposing him to be the person who had been on the box, went towards him and gave him a slap on the face. The prisoner appeared ta hesitate for a few seconds as to how he should resent the injury; but, just as the deceased was in the act of turning round to go away, the prisoner struck him a blow somewhere about the back of the neck which laid him motionless upon the ground. The prisoner then walked slowly away, but was shortly atter arrested. The deceased was removed to his residence, where he died about five o'clock on that (Saturday) morning. As Mr. Alex ander Hay, surgeon, was unable to account for death, without fist instituting a post mortem examination, the inquest was adjourned until yesterday morning. and the prisoner was remanded to Bridewell.—Yesterday the in quest was resumed. Mr. Alexander hay being called, further said, he had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found extravasation of blood on the surface of the brain, also a wcun 1 on the back and right side ofthe Hetl m lowerlip, and an considered the wound might be the result of a fall. Extravasation of blood-vessels might be the resu't of natural c a u ses , as , o ,a it wound wnnd. in external scalp, contusion toge h e r N fl. hth well as of a fall. From the disordered stare of the mern branes of the brain, he thought the deceased had been subject to fits. A violent fit of passion might have pro duced extravasation. Judging from the apaearances alone, he was of opinion that extravasation was set up by the fall. The prisoner, on his voluntary examination, (and after due caution,) said, that on Friday evening week, he was going along Bailey-street, when he saw a man get out of a shandry—a boy having hold of the reins. The man wanted to drive it on, but the boy prevented him, and called "Father" several times. Deceased tben came out of a public-house, and the man got out of the shandry. Deceased then came up to him (prisoner), and struck him in the face, and knocked him down. He (prisoner) then turned in his passion and struck him (deceased) once only, and he fell. He (prisoner) then went away, not thinking deceased was nmeh hurt. He walked slowly along, as far as St. Michael's Church, in Pitt-street, when he heard some people running, and, on turning his head, found them close upon him. He was taken back again to the public-house deceased bad come out of, and found him bleeding to death. Seeing he was in jured about the head, he (prisoner) said several times he was very sorry for it. Deceased, be said, was very much in drink, which was the cause of his falling, and not the blow. [ Ile prisoner signed his deposition, but in a very irregular end rather ill, gilde hand. It did not ap pear that he was any relation of the deceased. Tire name of the deceased was given with a final e; that of the pri soner was signed without it.] '1 he Coroner having summed up with great pe "rspicuity, the jury r e t urne d a ver di c t of •• Manslau2hteragainst the prisoner, and lie was com mitted to Kirkdale Gaol for trial at the Assgetr. The se cond inquest was on the body of John Jones, which was found, about five o'clock that mornina, floating past the flat Harriet, at present lying in the Clarence Dock. The body was immediately taken to the Sescombe slip,and re moved to the dead-house. In the pockets were found a letter, a pair of spectacles, a pocket hatidaerchief, and a few cards. Their were no marks of violence on the body. It appeared that the deceased, who was about sixty-two or sixty-three years of age, lived in Llewellyn-terrace, Lambert-street; that he lett his house, in a perfectly so ber state, about half-past ten o'clock tne night before for the purpose of taking a short walk, and that nothing more was heard of him u n til he was found floating in the man ner descrilied.—The third inquest was on the body of Esther Bibby, a child about five years a-kcl four rnonths oil. who resided with her parents in Charters-street. On sitting in a wheelbarrow, the legs of which were in the Friday evening the deceased and another little girl were channel and the wheel towards the middle of the street. While in this position, one of the parish carts came down the street, at a slow rate, with the driver at the head of the horses, and the off wheel went against the barrow and upset it. The deceased was thrown out, and the wheel went over her head, crushing it in such a manner that she died instantly. As the driver was not in a position to see the barrow, he was exonerated from blame. Verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned in both the latter cases. a: i atthoeryelements mc air; ilypelsraeyuc rpheittio h is THE GREAT WIZARD'S VISIT .— This " extra ordinary 'c at the Theatre Royal, Church-street, fated hand their every iisti evening during this week. We have heard that, lco b on e m i g n p_ g se during his late protracted absence from this town, ancient books, dreadful caverns , and inaccess ble err gs hate been tip : phe n omena" e r h d e i tto reveal a n n n d o umn a nnounced mysterious c e d u l i have prved obedient to the call, and succumbed to the will of the dread magician. Nor have thrse marvellous researches ended here. The new and abstruse sciences— which terrorise the ignorant and appal the learned—are converted into " empty nothingness' when passing under the supernatural eye of this leviathan of magic. With the self-sufficiency of one unawed by vulgar wonders, and charlatan discoveries, rendered ultra sapient by their almost unpronounceablecognomens, the " Wizard" throws off the mask, and announces that, by the aid of the " palengic cauldron," he has discovered clairvoyance to be a " humbug," and the cold water mania a " delusion." We really rejoice that we exist during the era in which this " extraordinary wizard" walks the earth. It is in deed a " consummation devoutly to be wished" and envied. For the other wonderful feats.—See advertise ment. ma ap N no E ur t w fiaocnt ß uo it rfe A i a z t sm m eo i ou A nn r te nt T ot s A a i t ba i or F eu : communicate ur c o nc p iec y natt o ea f dd t b ivn e a ot a hr r e me i ff I,ub ca lut pre pared by the B raz ili an government has been received, a n d papers. The d ut i es at present levied on articles of B r iti s h this principle of uniformity will not be followed in the new tariff, as the duties are made to range from 22 to 60 per cent. The new tariff takes effect in November. THE PROPERTY TAX.—NEW PROyISIONs.—On Wed nesday, the government bill to continue compositions for assessed taxes, and to amend certain laws relating to duties under the management of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, was printed. It contains three pro.. visions in regard to the property tax, which are embraced in the general title of the measure. By the third section privilegedan d the h ot dutiesoth e r places, under b he y Pro perty rea son t i s n u g d ffi e hp l e t s i es a r r e e s e p x e t c r t a i p g a t r h o e . c cit h o i l a l l, or included in any place for w hi c h separate assess red t t o a di re ct n wi e t nwh n a t e x d t s t s r e i c c t t i s o n d a n ari s hes i v i i- ments for duties have bee n usua ll y made, and it is pro posed that the Commissio ners o f S tamps should be em- th ec of Tt app e arso danx doubts uof Act,bts t hat a assessed there i s n to divers a r eta x whether ex is ting leged and oer places r i s the all be C rated to thep y omission assessed l and p o property we x. Under previous assessments in privileged places may be supplied. And, in the following, any thing omitted by the Commis sioners, or that may be hereafter omitted, may be ordered and shall be as binding as if made at the time when it should have been made; and, further, that any persons selected by the Commissioners to be an assessor—such refusal., having greatly impeded the execution ottlie.act--,-- shall be liable to be fined £lO, which tie iiii,lcr.be . -re{, covered and applied in the same way eau illy:other fine under the said acts. . • t: -\ r - - ._ '^- :;•• ~. 11: `''' 3` • " Z .1'....* ,% I 7.1 ...., 1- •-_,.',. IV "... r i 4'. t - -;___--- : - , , ,)