The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

Jan. 25, 1848. total flo rise auxiliary screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain Thompson, left the Mersey for New York on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. S. P. Brabner, of this town, and Mr. T. Haddock, of St. Helens, masters extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The electric telegraph has rendered necessary two meetings daily of the Stock Exchange in this town. There will also be two lists of prices published daily. On Saturday last Michael Cavannah was placed in the stocks for not paying a fine of ss. for drunkenness. The stocks were placed in Queen-street, Tranmere, and were new ones obtained for the purpose. We are requested to contradict the announcement in the Journal of the death of the foreman of the joiners at St. George's Hall. He is recovering from the effects of Ills fall. On Friday night a fire broke out in-a house in Park street, Birkenhead, occupied by a man named Nelson, the body of whose wife was laid out in one of the rooms. Un fortunately the corpse was partially consumed by the fire. The owners of the late Flambeau steamer have sent in to the Birkenhead Commissioners a claim of £3,400 as compensation for the loss of that vessel. a few weeks ago, by its collision with the Wirral. The matter will be left to the adjudication of the Admiralty. A. servant girl of a family at Oxton was carrying on Sa turday a basket with a leg of mutton and a quantity of groceries, when she stopped to tie her shoe near the Park Hotel, and in a moment her basket was stolen, she knows /tot how. A. rumour has found its way into print, that the opulent b anking -house of Messrs. Leyland and Co. was likely to discontinue business during the spring. Some intention of the kind had been entertained, but we understand it has been decided to carry on the bank as usual. The Town Council of Manchester have decided by a majority of 29 to 5, to petition parliament for the re moval of the Jewish Disabilities. Why cannot some member of the Liverpool Town Council bring forward an o e f u t a h t is town , has a REMARKABLE MUNIFICENCE.—John Huddlestone, Blue presented to the Trustees of Lie P oun ds . tjos Pital, property valued at five thousand Live He has also presented a donation of £lOO to the rpool Dispensaries, in addition to Lis former benefac tions to those institutions. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night, a young man, named George Pain, assistant to Mr. Frazer, grocer and provision-dealer, of the Old Swan, was stopped about a mile on the Prescot side of the Old uwan by two men, who robbed him of his hat and of £3 of his employer's money. UNION OF PROVIDENT SOCIETIES.—On Wednesday evening last, a special meeting of the members of the General P rov id ent Society was held at the Portico, Mr . Samuel Holme in the chair, at which it was understood erst ood that a un i on would shortly be effec ted between Gene ral Pro v id ent S oc i ety an d th e Christian Mutual t lProvident Society. On Monday, the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Birkenhead Hospital and Dispensary, took place in the Town hall. The Rev. A. Knox filled the chair. During the year 2313 patients had been admitted, of which 75 8 had been visited at their own houses. There had been an increase in donations, but a falling off in the sub scriptions, and the institution was now in debt £330. ACCIDENT AT SEA.—On Monday night, the schooner Dart, of Drogheda, the property of Messrs. Morton, Dun can Macintyre, master, was run into by the John Bolton, of Liverpoid, bound for America. The schooner, almost i mmediately after the collision, sunk, and with great difficulty the seamen got into the boat and reached Drogheda about one o'clock next morning. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Friday. a young man, a Porter, named William Hughes, fell from an upper room in one of the warehouses at the Goree, and was so s eriously injured that death ensued. He was assisting another man to tie up a bale of hemp, when the rope broke, and being near the door, he was precipitated into the street. MRS. ARMITAGE THE SULTANA.—This extraordinary lady announce s thi s as " the last week for the million. This is very startling ; and the million ought to take ad vantage of the short time allowed them to ovoid their ways. We should advise those who have not yet done so to visit Mrs. Armitage forthwith. Perhaps she may (tuned to grant a respite. be in- Mr. Read, whose readings of Shakspeare have been so well received, both in this country and on the continent, gives, we perceive, lesson s in elocution in schools and fa milies. No one who has witnessed Mr. Read's eloquent delivery, and his evidently just conceptions of the charac ters delineated by the immortal bard, can doubt his perfect qualifications for teaching the branch of study to which he has devoted himself. Among the candidates for the chief-mastership of King Edward's school in Birmingham, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. J. Prince Lee to the new see of Manchester, are the Rev. T . W . Pal, late of ti e . R o y a l I ns titution in town, and the R ev . W. J. Conyheare, Principal of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. The certain income, independent of boarders, which the chief master is per mitted, to take is from £llOO to £l2OO per annum. A. new pavement is being laid down in Exchange-street East and South John -street, in place of the old wood pavement. Ti me set stones which are being laid down are SO tapered to the top as to leave interstices between the Sets. These interstices are to he filled up with small niacadaunised stones, by which means it is believed that the road, when finished, will give a firm footing to horses, even in frosty weather. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On New Year's Day, James Cat . t ell'', a railway labourer, was employed at the Victoria Tunnel, on the London and North Western line, and - While passing through the said tunnel a portion of a pillar formed by natural clay fell, whereby he was buried un der the falling earth. As soon as possible the rubbish was cleared away, and the man taken up. It was found he had suffered compound fracture of the left leg. He was taken to the Nort hen Hospital, where he lingered until Wednesday. DEATH FROM AN ACCIDENTAL WOUND.—On Satur day an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the body of Richard Hammond, aged 58. Deceased was a joiner by trade. and in the service of Mr. Haigh, of Frazer-street. On Thursday week, while at work, he severely cut his arm with a chisel. He was taken to the Infirmary, whence he was sent home to April-place, Mill- Street, out of Gildart-street, where he died from the in jury occasioned by the wound—chiefly loss of blood. Verdict " Accidental death." On Wednesday morning an affray took place between Othe gamekeepers on the e st a t e o f W m . Bl un d e ll, E sq., o f sb y - hall, and a gang o f arme d poac h ers ; t h e game of are more o r l ess b ru i se d an d scratc h e d , b ut none of them have received any material injury. One of the Poachers, however, has received a very severe wound on the head, and the probability is, that the injury may ter mtnate fatally. On th e ground where the affray took brokenplacle bag gaga fou n d, and three hen pheasants; also two THE Two of the poachers are in custody. HEALTH OF TOWNS. —On Tuesday evening, Mr. Samuel Holme delivered an exceedingly interesting lec tureon this important subject, in the South Corporation Schools, Park-lane. Adam Hodgson Esq occupied the c hair; and on the platform were - Cou ' ricillo . r ' s H. G. liar bord and Tobin, Doctors Duncan and Sutherland, Mr. Barry ! &c. The spacious school was crowded by a very attentive auditory. t o the Mr. Harb or d propose d a reso l ut i on effect that a petiti; n to p ar li ament b e presen t e d to out the more general objects of san a t or y measures In l arge towns. Mr. B arry secon d e d t h e mot i on, which A as Passed nem dis. awarded to the Harring ton Company is £330,000. I n addition to this, th ere are the bonded debts of the Corn ,l4:iy. which will swe ll t h e amount to nearly £400,000. _ e Bo ot l e receive £204,000. These sums appear to gus as reasonable as under the circumstances could be ex teted we are certainly g l a d t h at t h e W orks have been „atained by the Corporation on sh reanable terms. Harrington Company has 400 uc shares, so which gives X 827 4s. p er s h are. One of the shares was sold on Mon day,il on th e E xchange, at £950. The Bootle Company as 3 e 75 shares, and th e sum awar d ed will give £548 per . Shar. TALLOW CHANDLERS.—The annual dinner of the Li verpool Tallow Chandlers' Association took place on Itursday, at the Bull Hotel, Dale-street. Between twenty and thirty members sat down to a most sumptuous repast, prepared in Mr. Bairstow's best sty's,. Mr. W. Mlreland occupied the chair, and was ably supported by Inr. It. N. Hodgson, as vice-chairman. After the usual yal least's several speeches were delivered by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Estlin, Mr. Homer, and others, showing the rapidly ctticreasing prosperity of the association, and stating that Alley are about t o or i g i na t e a b enevolent society in con texion with it, for the relief of distressed widows, orphans, &c. MORE DEATIIS FROM BURNING.—On Friday two in quests were held before the borough coroner. The first A sa on the body of Rosanna Branagan, the daughter of a Shoemaker i n W or fi e ld -street, whose clothes caught fire nring th e temporary absence of her mother, on Thurs tday night last. She was severely burned over the face t ni neck, and died shortly afterwards of the injuries. The ;( I Mnd was on Ann Louisa Collins, a scholar at Miss ~ttrriott's school, in Mill-street. it appeared that, h o u lle she was being kept at school during the dinner ,fhour, by order of her mother, she stood upon a chair ore the fire, to get some articles off the chimney-piece, hen her clothes ignited, and she was dreadfully burnt d ov en her face and neck, of which injuries she speedily died. "IC TIMBER TRADE.—The timber trade here during th e last week has been a little brisker than for some time Ludbut pric es d o not advance, The stocks of American de. Baltic woods are much lighter than usual at this cd of the year, the imports for the year being con 'o'f?„t'ede closed on the 31st inst. During the week a cargo li o .„‘fl . o bee pine has been sold from the yard at 134 d. per 1 k ,% A cargo of St. John pine, 18 inches average, at A ". 01 per foot, and spruce deals at 2d. per foot 2 inches. tiguaeirgo of Miramichi pine, and spruce deals of fair quality £8 XS per standard, and about 4000 Batherst yellow ' pip e of good quality, part landed, at £9 7s. Gd. per 1 1 : 1 Ta k rd• Two cargoes of Greenhouse and . Morro wood --, r;r ir e n sold, but the price has not transpired. . tor. „ --.I,ATE MR. HENRY HOLMES.-011T obituary re ds the death of another public man in Liverpool, and atinciabujibito from his travelled knowledge, intelligence, ei e u e p s t v i joznV:, and integrity as evinced by half a century's cc lAnfLivirpool, made him a favourite with all par luoderater. Henry Holmes. In politics he was of the tN ludo part ,in religion a dissenter of the baptist per taen, a n nd out he knew how to respect the opinions of all k re __ s• never lost a friend for political or religious His illness was very short, the immediate 4,17_ 2. h is d eat h b eing an attack of paralysis. lie was it 41% 1 5,1_h year. Th e i nterment took place on Saturday, e cropolis, Low-hill. Th e funeral arrangements, "_.' n w'N ere strictly pr i vate, were admirably conducted by L "" es tlre • T. an d P. Ralphs. .Th e f uneral service was read th e _chapel, and a short, affecting address delivered to List er, of w_ mourning relatives and friend s by th e R ev. James t.ho, for a period of fo r ty-fi ve y ears, h ad b een on the closest intimacy with hie deceased friend, THE WEATHEIC.—Since our last publication we have experienced a rather severe frost, which has kept the thin coating of snow that previously fell. still on the higher fields and uplands. This frost has occasionally relaxed, auguring, together with a generally prevailing haze, and a dull cloudy sky, the approach of a thaw : but it anon resumed its grasp, as if to take better hold. The baro meter hay ranged high, and yesterday forenoon was at 30° 40‘ , (and still rising), a height considerably above the average in this locality, and indicating a continuance of dryness and cold. What wind we have had has been for the most part from the S.E. quarter, occasionally varying to E. and N.E., and on Sunday (for a time) from the N. Generally, however, nearly dead calms have prevailed, and the roar of " the great Babel" Liverpool, mingled with the din of its foundry and iron ship-yard hammers, has been frequently heard on the Cheshire side, at a distance of several miles. ANNUAL DINNER OF THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. —Yesterday week the members and friends of this society dined together at the Adelphi Hotel, W. Hetherington, Esq. (the president) in the chair; and Richard Toulmin, Esq. vice-chairman. Amongst those present were Thos. Todd, James Arthur Holme, J. Z. Herrman, W. Sudlow Hon. Sec., and F. Aldridge, E , qrs. The dinner was all that could be desired. After the loyal toasts, followed " The Committee of the General Society," to which Mr. Todd wittily replied. " Prosperity to the Society," was drunk with enthusiasm, after a speech from the chairman, in which lie eulogised the majority of the members for the zeal, ardour, and assiduity with which they had de voted themselves to the service of the society. Glees, admirably sung, followed each toast. Amongst the remaining toasts were " William Sudlow, Esq., conductor of the vocal rehearsals," Mr. Aldridge, leader of the harmonic hand," " The Ladies of the orchestra," &c., all of which were ably responded to. The company pass ing a delightful evening, separated at an early hour. ARCHITECTURAL ENTERTAINMENT.—On the 14th inst. a circumstance occurred at Birkenhead pleasingly con nected with the fine arts. It. appears that several of the architects of Liverpool were desirous of inspecting thein terior of the Manor House, the seat of W. Jackson, Esq. On learning this, that gentleman gave permission to the architect of his house to take over the mansion any num ber of persons he pleased. Accordingly, twenty of the most eminent architects of Liverpool were invited by Mr. Reed. The party went over at mid-day, and inspected the grounds, and the whole of the magnificent building outside and in. The vestibule, hall, elegant staircase, and principal rooms were prolific topics of admiration. Their architectural proportions and details were highly approved, the ceiling of the breakfast-room elicited unanimous ap plause, being decorated by subjects painted in fresco, re presenting the four seasons, in the most harmonious and appropriate colours, whilst equal praise was bestowed upon the general arrangements and details of heating, lighting, and ventilating. The party then sat down to luncheon with the Lord of the Manor, who soon after proposed the health of his architect, Mr. Charles Reed, of whose merits he spoke in the most flattering manner. Mr. Reed replied in a feeling and appropriate manner, paying the respected hot a deserved compliment for the liberality displayed towards himself, and his gentlemanly bearing to all with whom he had connection. Mr. Jack son next gave the health of Mr. Walker, the contractor, who ably replied. On Mr. Jackson's health being pro posed, that gentleman expressed his gratification on being surrounded by so many professional men of talent ; and spoke of the glories of the architect's skill, and his admi ration of the art ; at the same time expressing his regret there was no architectural society or institution in Liver pool as in other towns, and how much pleasure it would give him to be instrumental in forming a society of archi tects, where they might, by mutual instruction, aid and itnpro.e each other, and give a tone and character to the architecture of Liverpool and Birkenhead. Other toasts followed, anti the idea of an architectural association was warmly taken up. About eight o'clock, the party broke up, enthusiastically delighted with the day's proceedings. GRAND BALL AT WALLASEY. — On Friday evening the annual ball for the benefit of the Ladies' Charity, of the parish of Wallasey, (which includes the Dispensary,) took place at Mr. Garratt's Victoria Hotel, New Brighton, and, notwithstanding the rather inclement state of the weatiwr. was a truly brilliant and highly satisfactory meeting of " the gallant and the fair." Hitherto the an nual assembly has been held either at the Seacombe or the Egremoni Hotel, and it was considered somewhat of a speculation to appoint it on this occasion at the northern point (or nearly) of the district; but from the contiguity of many splendid mansions, and other circumstances, the choice, for a season at least, was found to be judicious. There were present H. Wynch, Esq., and his lady, who is the patroness ; H. Littledale, Esq., and lady ; James Buchanan, Esq. ; Daniel Buchanan, Esq., and family ; Hos-ack, Esq. ; James Bateson, Esq.; and party ; W. Mann, Esq., and family ; J. Wyberg, Esq. ; Colbourne, Esq.; Mrs. North and party; and, in fine, (without at tempting further enumeration) the elite of Wallasey, and many of their distinguished friends from Liverpool and the surrounding country, to the number,in all, of upwards of 160. The whole of the available portion of the elegant hotel was appropriated to the accommodation of the guests, and the tout ensemble was unique and beautiful. There not being a ball-room sufficiently large for so numerous a company, the two largest apartments of the premises (both of them very capacious) were devoted to the dance ; and these, as well as the supper-room, &e., were chastely and beautifully decorated for the occasion with choice plants, in bloom, evergreens. and otheradorti ments. The smaller ball-room was on the ground floor; the larger on the first floor, and the fine steir-case lead ing from the one to the other, together with the wide intervening . passages, became an interesting sylvian pro menade, so Judiciouly, though sparingly, were the ver dant decorations disposed, in the form of arches, &c. — Dancing commenced at about half-past eight o'clock, and was kept up with much animation until between four and five in the morning, some of the company, however, retiring an hour previously.—Mr. Gribbins's fine band, from Liverpool, supplied music which, as regarded the dancers, " put life and mettle in their heels," and highly pleased the more inert who lingered in the card-room. The band was divided in proportion to the size of the rooms. The dances were of the usual fashionable kind, and there were many of each sex who exhibited great proficiency in the exciting art.—The Supper, served in another room, was superb in every point, the viands, &c., being of the choicest description. Amongst other " cu riosities" was an artificial boar's head with huge tusks, and, between the ears, the crest of Mr. Wynch, finely executed. A high compliment was also paid to the lady of that gentleman, in the motto on a flag at the other end of the room. There was a refreshment table loaded with the choicest fruits, confectionary, jellies, &c., for the dancers ; and the only complaint uttered was, that the host and hostess—both of whom have had long experience in their vocation—had, in their anxiety to please, done too much, and might injure themselves. SINGULAR DISCOVERY. — On Sunday week, a man named Appleton perceived a human skull embedded in the clay near the shore of the Mersey, between Seacombe and Li =card ; on further examination, he found it was part of a skeleton, which he conveyed to the Seacombe Hotel. It was inspected by different medical gentlemen of that district, and information having been given to E. Chur ton, Esq., coroner, an inquest was held on Monday. Mr. Donlevy examined the skull, which was quite perfect, and had a long pig-tail of braided black hair pendant from it, the teeth were white and firmly set in the jaws, and all the parts of the skeleton were preserved. A piece of thick silk, which has evidently formed part of a military uniform, was also found with the body, and several coins of the reigns of Charles the Second and William and Mary, were likewise discovered. It is supposed that the deceased was about 30 years of age. From the historical fact of the army of King William the Third having landed from Ire land in that district, and from the nature of the relics dis covered, it is supposed that the corpse is that of an officer in the service of that sovereign; though the cause of his death must ever remain a mystery, as there was no appearance of a gun-shot wound on the body. The ver dict, of course, was " found dead." Since the facts stated, we have gleaned a few additional particulars from the ex humer, Appleton, whom we saw on Saturday evening. He stated that since the inquest he has been busy in digging in and about the hole where the remains were found, and he produced as the result of his labour, the fol lowing relics :-Ist. A front tooth, entire and perfect, nearly an inch in length, with the enamel at the top (or masticating portion) quite bright and acceptable of a fine polish on being wiped with a cloth,—a further proof that the unknown deceased was a young MM. 2d. 'A piece of French white or light. straw-coloured 'silk; • nine to ten inches in length, and about two and a half in width, drawn to a point, or circumflex, on one side, with the edges sewed back, and on the straight edge finished in what is called chain-work, resembling some modern kind of gymp, but apparently the produce of the needle. This it is con jectured was the lining of the flap of an outside coat pocket, or the lining or facing of a cuff of the same gar ment. The piece of silk and the silk thread with which it is sewed, are yet quite strong—the thread in two strands. 3d. A musket or pistol ball, of about three quarters of an ounce in weight. The finder produced it as he had picked it up, and it was of so dull a colour and so coated with mud that the kind of metal was doubtful, but it proved to be lead. It is not perfectly round, being ly‘re and there dimpled in. and at one part presenting a squarish form. Such are the new discoveries, and the conjectures to which the whole of the relics have given tise are various, but vague. The general opinion (from the finding of the coin, &c.) is that the deceased was a man who had considerable property about him, and that he came to his death by foul play, and that the assailants had somehow missed a part at least of the booty, but had interred the body to secure concealment, in the once high land (since fallen down into the strand) near where the remains were found. Another notion is that he may have fallen in a duel; and another that be was probably one of the officers of a large privateer, called " The Pelican," which, in 1793, while manceuvreing in the river near the place, previously to a contemplated voyage, was capsized and sunk, all hands (about 150 in number) perishing in the catastrophe. This we think by no means likely. As regards the curious" portion of the public, it is to be regretted that the exhumation and subsequent search were not conducted under competent superintendance. The remains, or such of them as could be collected after some of the parties at the inquest had helped themselves, were deposited in a box, and have since been duly interred in Wallasey Churchyard. EXTRAORDINARY RETURN OF HEALTH IN A FEW DAYS BY THE USE OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, THE PATIENT HAVING BEEN IN AN ILL STATE FOR SIX YEARS.—Mr. Benjamin Hawking, employed in the iron works, and well known at the Crown and Cushion, High Bullen, Wednes bury, Staffordshire, had, to use his phrase, " been a sad afflicted creature, and no one but God and himself knew what he suffered from aches and pains in all his joints and shins ; likewise from a disordered liver and stomach, with scarcely strength sufficient to keep about." Here, again, have Holloway's Pills restored to health an individual labouring under the most complicated diseases. —See ackt, DEATH OF TWO PARTIES BY BEING BIIIINT.-011 Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry on view of the bodies of Sarah. Bunnell and Mary Reeves, the former aged 84 years, and the latter her grand-child, aged 6. They resided in the upper floor of a house in Work house-yard, Low-hill. Oh Thursday afternoon, a female who lived below, heard a stamping on the floor, and on running up, found them both in flames. She got a wet sheet and put it over the old woman, while other persons, called in, did their utmost for the child, and the fire arising from their clothing was extinguished, though not before both the unfortunates were severely burnt all over. Two police-officers came and conveyed them to the Infir mary, where they both died from the injuries on Fr' lay morning. There was no evidence as to the ignition, and a verdict was returned accordingly. DEATH FROM WANT OF THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE. —On Saturday, an inquest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Esther Lynch, aged 35. Deceased lodged in Wright-street. On Tuesday last, she complained of pain in the bowels, and general weakness. On Wednesday she was seized with labour pains, and was shortly afterwards delivered of a child. On the following day she became much worse, and died in the evening. In reply to questions put to them (in consequence of some information received), the inmates of the house said that she had had a sufficiency of food, and had never complained of want. But Mr. Arnold, the surgeon, who had attended her stated, that as the deceased was not suffering from any disease, he considered from what he had observed, that death had been produced from want of the common necessaries of life, especially in her condition. The verdict was accordingly, to the effect that deceased I had died from want. BATHS AND WASHHousEs. — The Metropolitan Com mittee for erecting baths and washhouses, of which the Bishop of London is president, have wi , elv built a model establishment in a very destitute part of London, viz., in Goulston-square, Whitechapel. The cost of the building amounts to £20,000. That large sums are necessary for the proper establishment of baths and warehouses may be sufficiently inferred from the fact that the corporation of Liverpool, possessing already two establishments, one of which cost between £3.000 and £4,000, and the other about £12,000, adopted on the 11th instant a resolui ion to raise £25,000 more, to carry Sir Henry Duckinfi , hl's Public Baths and Washhouses Act into execution. Our friends in Liverpool are not the men to throw away £25,000 after wasting £15,000 ; and we therefore have the best assurance ne can wish that £40,000 is not too great an outlay for a town resembling in many respects the eastern portion of the metropolis. The bathers in the incomplete building in Goulston-square exceeded 32,000 in the five months ending last Christmas, and the in quiries of the poor for the completion of the wlshhouse are constant. —London TirneB. BOYDELL AND WILLIAMS BANKRUPTCY. — On Tuesday these bankrupts appeared to pass their examination. Mr. Slaney, the chief-clerk to the bankrupts, was further ex amined at considerable length by Mr. Evans, in reference to the private and general letter boot. In the general letter book small statements and memorandums were entered, in addition to the letter:, which he had often torn out when he wanted them for business purposes. The letters he had torn out, if produced, would not at all alter the accounts of the bankrupts. He never saw either of the bankrupts tear any leaves out of the letter books. The private letter book was kept by himself, under lock and key, and no one could have access to it except he was there. Mr. Evans then read over the evidence of a b )y, named Thomas Rigg. who had been in the office of the bankrupts. The evidence stated that he had been in the habit of copying letters, memorandums, agreements. and other things into the general letter-hook, which he had afterwards cut out of tne book. His Honour, in adjudi cating upon the case, said that it was quite right that the investigation should have taken place. The absence of the letters in 1846 and 1847 were naturally calculated to cause great suspicion. It was, however, satisfactory to him and creditable to the bankrupts that none of the missing letters had found their way into the hands of the official assignee after the opening of the fiat. Looking at the testimony of the witnesses Slaney and Rigg, he did not think that anv imputation could be fairly cast upon the bankrupts. Therefore. without taking into considera sideration any further proceedings, he did not see any grounds on which the bankrupts should not be allowed to pass their examination. The bankrupts, therefore, passed their examination. TEA DUTIES—DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUS SELL.—A deputation, composed of some of the most influential merchants of Liverpocl, and manufacturers of Manchester, chairmen of the Chambers of Commerce, and others, headed by Mr. Rawson and Mr. Heywood, M.P. for North Lancashire, had an interview with Lord John Russell, at the Treasury, at one o'clock on Wed nesday, for the purpose of propounding the views of the interests they represented, commercial, manufacturing, and domestic, as to the policy and expediency of the total abolition of the duties on tea. The leading repre sentatives of both towns having addressed his lordship, Mr. Heywood stated that he had received deputations from most of the principal manufacturing towns in Lan cashire and Yorkshire, urging him to represent to the government the necessity which existed for the abolition of duties which so materially affected the interest of the labouring classes. Lord John Russell received the depu tation with his usual courtesy, and, having heard the arguments addressed to him, stated in reply that the question was purely one of revenue, but refrained from holding out any hope that the subject would be taken up by the government with a view to the abolition so strongly pct» him. The clop»►wt i.lll aFfar *hunk; lordship for the attention he had paid to their observa tions, retired, as it is understood, under the impression that they had failed at any rate for the present, in the object for which the interview had been sought. Ldroirtitl ystein 0. I /4 0 1 1 t'y of w e , full 09 on bob 0 otbers , ving tit ned,—" le inov& ling vtl' rced" to (at least Iy, " t s , invole• wopertl , tplisheo which relatite nd avoid ner in • eports hown bl ing vett t " tack whether ?t• owl; le wheel .quence• ime and trades , p" under should steartl. 'own .41 !nen Of ;terS U f e com a ; but , at the ;. when ouble eh, vie ;t take reef, it They ho afe thank would is port te con- r!essful of the , d shoe d bids de and fining e pro ictory, ariuns iou of con front' hapcd ightll be at rely a with mane. ption, ncipte fah high le sale es we rrneli dura% be dis arro!rf TIE LIVERPOOL STVEDATI. The Finance Committee recommended that the new pre mises in Lime-street be occupied as parish-offices, as soon as the present tenants be removed. The committee ap pointed to investigate , certain charges made against the re lieving-officer of St. Anne-street, reported that they had investigated the whole-of the complaints which they had received ; and having-made inquiries from no fewer than 1800 paupers, as to whether they had invariably received that relief which the parish-had allowed them, from Mr. Lamonley, the relieving-officer, and being answered in all these cases in the negative ; and also having examined the system of out-door relief pursued by that officer, and finding that the parish .had been overcharged for the amount of relief given ; they recommended that he be at once dismissed, and that the other officers in the relieving: department be furnished With full rules and regulations for their guidance in the discharge of their duties. After some conversation the report was confirmed, and Mr: Lamonley was accordingi dismissed. Mr. Poole moved• i the adjournment of the Vestry to that day week, when he. would submit his motion-relative to the rating of the Li verpool docks. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to the school for the blind took place on Friday, R. W. Houghton, Esq., presiding, Mr. Mills, the treasurer, read a statement of the accounts, from which it appeared-that there was a balance against the Institution of £283, and in answer to a question put to him by a gentleman present, stated that the expendi ture during the past year had been 4s. 1d per week for each individual in the house, whilst the cost in the pre vious year had only been 3s. 101 d. per head per week. The increase had been owing to the higher price of pro visions. The subscriptions too were less than in the past year ; but on the whole they came on well. Mr. Lockett asked in what state were the negotiations with the Lon, don and North-Western Railway Company. The Rev. Edward Hull, the chaplain, stated that he had been several times in communication with Mr. Henry Booth, on the part of the railway company, respecting the re moval of the school and the church, but they had not been able to come to any definitive arrangement. Mr. Lockett suggested that the chaplain be empowered to make an arrangement on behalf of the Institution ; but the rev. gentleman declined undertaking the responsibility, and after a short discussion a committee was appointed for that purpose. LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday, much dissatisfaction was expressed at the manner in which the Fever Committee had contracted bills, and ultimately all the bills, with the exception of one from Mr. Shaw, stationer, for goods supplied under contract, were referred to the Finance Committee. A letter was submitted to the board, from the ratepayers of Litherland, praying for a representative at the board. The clerk was instructed to inform the memorialists that the board approved of the object. A letter from the Poor law Commissioners was also submitted to the board, sanc tioning the increase, for three months, of the clerk's salary, from £2OO to £2BO per annum. A long discussion arose respecting the appointment of Mr. Rees, as surgeon for the Bootle and Litherland district, on a complaint from some of the inhabitants, which ended by a suggeAtion from the board that it the inhabitants felt agrieved, a memorial on the subject from the inhabitants generally had better be presented. THE SAILORS' HOME.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to "The Sailors' Home Registry and Saving Bank" took place, on Friday, at the Rooms of the East India Association, Charles Cotesworth, Esq. in the chair. Mr. Boardman, the secretary, read the report, (the third) of which the following is a synopsis considerable in crease in each branch of the business had taken place, though the past year had been one of commercial em barrassment. The number of men (well recommended) who had been registered was, in 1847, 2,212, making 9,433 on the books since the opening. The ships sup plied with crews had been 536 during the year, an in crease on 1846 of 66 ; and the number of men shipped 7,535, and of crews paid off in the institution 320. The great advantages of thus paying crews are pointed out, for the information of shipowners. The amount paid in cashing seamen's notes was £3,150. Great caution is observed in this department, and the money is advanced at a small charge as a reward for good conduct. The Saving Bank is in a flourishing. state. On the 31st De cember last, the deposits amounted to £846, exhibiting a steady increase. The sailors had, during the year, paid in £1,770; the sum drawn out was £1,364 : the whole balance in the bank is held by 97 individuals, nearly all of whom are at sea. Many of the sailors had expressed their surprise and gratitude that their money had been safely taken care of and increased in their absence. Divine service had been regularly performed in the house on Sunday and Wednesday evenings during the year. The committee regret that greater progress has not been made with the new building, which is necessary to the full de velopment of the objects of the institution, but it was, after unavoidable delays, in progress, and would become one of the architectural ornaments of the town. The committee rely upon the.liberality of the public to supply the, balance of the amount requisite for its completion.— The Chairman said they had gradually and steadily in creased with the object they had in view—increasing the number of seamen who had registered. and affording facilities for shipping seamen, &c. The building was now raised above. the level of the ground, and ere long would become in reality a " home for sailors." Appro priate resolutions were then proposed and adopted, after which the meeting separated. SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Brooks was in the chair, and read a note from Dr. Collins, in which hat gentleman intimated that he was in attendance, and ready to make some communi cation relative to the soup establishment connected with the parish. Dr. Collins was accordingly admitted. He expressed a hope that, as there was so much distress abroad, and such a number of people who had had per manent work. and who were now without any, that the Vestry would sell the soup to all parties, whether they were or were not upon the parish books, otherwise, he observed, a great deal of discontent would arise. It was unanimously determined that the tickets should be sold to the public at a penny, and the price of the soup should be a halfpenny per quart. The churchwardens w ere authorised to raise the sum of £7, 617 to pay for the ground appertaining to the new parish cemetery; also the sum of £1750 for enclosing, &c. And 'they were further autho rised to raise these sums by a rate, or from any person willing to lend the same on the mortgage of the rates of the parish. Mr. Bennett moved that a petition be pre sented to the churchwardens, strongly urging upon them to represent the necessity of reducing the duty upon tea, Mr. Sharpe opposed the motion. The question was put upon Mr. Bennett's motion for adopting the petition, when there appeared—For it, 10 ; against it, 12. Mr. Weightman reported that he had prepared plans and es timates of the new buildings at the workhouse, with ad ditions thereto, and to combine buildings for the whole of the parochial officers, together with the offices for the registrars for births, &c. He observed that, according to the mended plans accommodation would be afforded to 200 males and 250 females, additional, and that the total cost of the works would be £46,600. The Building Com mittee was instructed to consider whether Mr. Weight man should proceed with the work, and whether a new contract should be sought, now that the original plans had been amended. Mr. J. A. Picton offered himself as a candidate for the valuation of property for the parish assessments in place of Mr. Weightman; and the com mittee resolved that in future there be two surveyors, in place of Mr. Weightman, at salaries of £1(.& guineas a year each. The Town-clerk sent notice that the time for the Select Vestry to give up the Parish-offices Lad arrived. DOCK COMMITTEE. Present,—Messrs. Moore, (in the chair,) Nicol,. Ran kin, Saunders, Lockett, Kendall, Tobin, Sandbach, Glad stone, Holt, HorsfalL, Shand, Molyneux, Wood, Robin son, Chilton, Mann, and Henderson. THE DOCK BILL. The Parliamentary sub-committee recommended that the dock bill be proceeded with in the present session, and that powers be sought to enable the trustees-Ist, to build warehouses round the docks, in conformity with the 60th section of the 9th and 10th Victoria. That it be re commended that the warehouses to be erected be limited, at present, to the quays of the dock at Wapping ; and, also, that the warehouses so to be erected shall not be opened by the trustees until it be determined by Parlia ment whether such warehouses shall be subject to the payment of poor and other parochial rates. 2nd, to pur chase the land at the North Shore, for the accommoda tion of tne timber trade, and for other purposes. 3rd, to convert the bond debt into stock. And 4th, to obtain the necessary amendments in the existing dock acts, relative to the le"ying of rates and charges on vessels u.ing the docks of the trustees ; and, also, to take powers for more effectually collecting the tonnage dues. Mr. SAUNDERS asked if the Council would allow such a bill to pass ? The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary for the Council to come to some resolution, in order that they might know what they meant, for they had already passed conflicting resolutions. Mr. HENDERSON considered that a great majority of the Council were of opinion that the matter should be deterred. Mr. ToßlN. —Then you leave it to a Parliamentary committee to say whether the rate-paying clause shall De inserted or not ? The CHAIRMAN said the probability was that on this part an amendment would be moved in Council. Mr. Nicol, said the subject had been well considered, and if it were expected of the Dock Committee to put rates on the dock warehouses, more was expected than they, as honest men and trustees, could do. Mr. TOBIN believed they could not get the bill through the Council in its present shape, and they ought not to get it. Mr. HENDERSON said it would be injustice to attempt to get dock warehouses exempted from rates, throwing them on the people of the town to the advantage of the merchants. _ _ _ ..... Mr. SANDBACH proposed the adoption of the report, with a request that the chairman of the Dock Committee should take the necessary steps for obtaining a special meeting of the Council. to take the subject into conside ration. Mr. KENDALL seconded the motion. Mr. HOLT asked if the chairman could give a pledge to the Council, that so far as the Dock Committee was concerned, no opposition would be given to the insertion of a rating clause. The CH AIRMAN said if the Council expressed an opinion that warehouses ought to be rated, then he should himself be hound not merely to he passive, but to use his endea %ours to obtain the ruing clause, in deference to the opinion of the majority of the trustees. MP. rAtivpt..l t.. ti.e HMO al at pi The CHAIRMAN explaine... that the committee would take power to build warehouses anywhere round the docks, but that at present they considered it desirable not to go beyond the quays of the docks at Wapping. Hereafter they could be enabled, by a resolution of that board, confirmed by the Council, to proceed with the erection of warehouses in any other place. Mr. HENDERSON contended that warehouses were not required in Liverpool, that he had lately discovered an error of between £5OO and £6OO in the accounts of the Albert Docks, which would completely alter the notion of these warehouses being lucrative. They were not likely to pay unless the charges were advanced. Proceeding with the erection of dock warehouses would postpone in definitely any reduction in the dock rates. He considered the course recommended as to the erection of dock ware houses an unjust aggression on the property and business of the people of Liverpool. Mr. KENDALL said dock warehouses were of great be nefit to the trade of Liverpool, for before the Albert Dock warehouses were erected, they had great difficulty in getting rid of their cargoes. Mr. HENDERSON said the transit sheds afforded greater facilities than the Albert Dock. He added that the dock officers did all they could to prevent the working of the transit sheds effectually. Mr. WOOD said the transit sheds cost the estate £ll,OOO a year. Mr. MANN said the Dock Committee had studied the interest of the warehouse owners in the rates and charges fixed upon, and they were less mindful to the warehouse interest than any company could be who might lease land and erect warehouses. rhe committee then divided, and Mr. Henderson was the only member who voted in opposition to confirming the recommendation of the Parliamentary Sub-committee. It was ordered that tenders for printing and stationery for the next twelve months should be advertised for, ten ders to be sent in previous to the Ist of February, and no tender to be accepted except from bona fide printers and stationers. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Tuesday a young man, named Walter Davie, who for the last two years had acted as collector for Mr. Cottrell, ginger-beermanu facturer, was cnarged by the latter with having received several sums of money which he had not accounted for. It appeared that Mr. Cottrell had given the prisoner a good character only a few days before. Mr. Rushton or dered his discharge, and the prosecutor to go about his business. MARINE STORE DEALER IN TROUBLE.—On Wednes day Christiana Fairhurst, marine store-dealer, of Chisen hale-street, was charged, at the Police-court, with having in her possession 2 cwt. of lead, of which she could give no satisfactory account. Mr. Rushton, who said the pri soner was one of a class of persons who encouraged thieves, ordered her to be imprisoned for one month, and have her license revoked. He added, " You shall not keep a ma rine store again in Liverpool." . . AN INHUMAN WRETCH.—A stout able-looking fellow, who gave his name as Thomas Dugley, was brought up, on Wednesday, and charged by his own father and brother with having driven a long nail into the foot of his father's horse, that day, whilst the animal was on the stand at the George's Pierhead. It appeared that there was some ill-feeling in the family, and that the prisoner had com mitted this cruelty in revenge for some injury which he alleged he had received from his father. The brother swore that he saw him hammer in the nail with a half brick. The prisoner was committed to prison for one month. SINGULAR RESULT OF A WAGER.—On Thursday even ing two sailors went into a public-house, kept by a person named Foy. While there a bet was made between them as to the relative thicknesses of their arms, and one of them (James Hanley) took oft his coat for the purpose of exhibiting his arm. Having satisfied the eyes of the ex pectant beholders, he prepared to resume the garment, but it was not to be found : it had disappeared, and so had his companion. This man subsequently sold a pawn ticket for a coat, which turned out to be the missing one, which he had pledged, but which had been shortly after redeemed (no doubt by the purchaser of the ticket, who could not be found.) The man, whose name is George Douglas, was brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, and fined 40s. for illegally pledging, and required to pay the amount borrowed, or to be imprisoned one week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHASE. Sir W. M. STANLEY'S MOUNDS will meet this day (Tuesday), at Hinderton; Saturday, at Sutton-station, each day at eleven. The CuEsoinz HouNDs will meet on Wednesday at Withington ; Friday, at Crew-hall, each day at half-past ten. _ _ Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, at 13ratton ; Friday, at Gredington ; Saturday, at Sand ford, near Brees, each day at half-past ten. RACKET MATCH AT EGLINTOUN CASTLE.—A great racket match was played on Wednesday, in the racket court of Eeintoun Castle, between Patrick Devitt, the Earl of Eglintoun's marker, and William Magrath, of the Kildare-street Club, Dublin. The match was made with Lord Eglintoun, by Colonel Taylor, M.P., and others, for . £lOO a side, p.p.—the best of five games, and five up. Devitt was backed 2to 1. The match commenced about noon. Though the rallies of the first few aces were beau tiful, the result was not in doubt. Devitt won three games with seeming ease. Magrath was 1 of the first game, Bof the second, and 2 of the third. Though so easily won, the play of both was admirable. tstrirt lattuo. . Om Thursday, the Manchester Chamber of Commerce resolved to petition parliament against the resumption, in March, next, of the sliding scale of duties on , foreign corn. • MILL HANDS BEGGING.—Oft Wednesday rast a portion of Messrs. Bashall and Co.'S hands, Farington, to the number of some hundreds of men, women, and children, went. a-begging through the village of Leyland, accom panied with a cart drawn by three men. POOR-RATES.—A large number of poor persons were summoned before the magistrates, at Warrington, yester day week, for non-payment of. their arrears- In most of the cases an extension of time was allowed. it is rumoured that there will be a supplementary rate, in addition to the one just collected. Cosweier.—On Wednesday-last a concert was given at the Athenaeum Rooms, Manchester, at which Miss Whit nall and Mrs. W. H. Pardy, of Liverpool, appeared ; as also, Mr. Thomas, the celebrated harpist, of the Italian Opera-house. The audience, though not extremely nu merous, was highly respectable. The debut of Mrs. Partly (a native of the tows) was successful, while Miss Whitnal received that acknowledgment that will ever be awarded to her by a musical public. In the duet, "Meet again," they were both loudly encored. Mr. Thomas gained a most enthusiastic reception. . The Manchester Commereial. Association held their annual meeting on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving a report from the retiring directors, and electing a new body. The report referred to the suc"ess which attended the efforts of the board in breaking up the salt monopoly in India, in preventing the closing of the Birkenhead docks, and to the attention, which the association, with other parties, had been the means of directing to the tea duties, the bankruptcy laws—to the navigation laws and the cultivation of cotton in India. Six months date, for bills of exchange drawn, from Calcutta upon England, were recommended, in lieu,of ten months, as at present. Mr. Gibb, manager of the Manchester Bonding Ware house Company, suggested the saving and advantage of establishing a cotton market in Manchester, in rivalry to Liverpool. His remarks were, however, discountenanced, and the meeting broke up . CHARGE OF STEALING COAL—On Friday week, a charge of felony was preferred before the magistrates of Wigan, by the agents- to the earl of Balcarres, against Henry Bleasdale (nephew of Mr. John Bleasdale, coal proprietor, and said_to,he manager at his colliery in the Wallgate), and against Enoch Grimshawe, the overlooker in the same pit. A warrant has been also taken out against the proprietor of the colliery, but he has at pre sent escaped awrehension. The charge arose from the discovery that M. Bteasdale, or his manager, had tres passed upon and got. large quantities of coal lying under the adjoining property that he had taken for the purpose of working the mines. The evidence for the prosecution went to prove that mines belonging to twenty or thirty per sons had been pillaged; and that public buildings and streets had been undermined to au alarming extent. After a lengthened inquiry, the case was adjourned till Tuesday (this day). THE MANCHESTER CII-TOMS. — The duties received at the Manchester Custom House, for the quarter ending the sth instant, were £41,190, against £38,823 in the corresponding quarter of last year. In the entire year, ending the Nth instant, the amount of duties collected was £177,417. against £187,352 in the year ending sth January, 1847. This shows a decrease of £10,535. the whole of which is due to the decreased irnuort of corn and sugar into Manchester. It seems that in the year ended the sth instant, the amount of duty paid on tea at the Manchester Custom House was within £34 of ninety one thousand wounds! Taking the four chief ports of England, and counting Manchester as a fifth, it stands third in amount of this duty paid on Tea. London, of course, is first, and Liverpool, as may be supposed, is second • but who would have supposed that Manchester stood t hird, taking precedence, in this respect, of both Bristol and Hull. A monument to Captain John Moore Napier will shortly be placed in Chester Cathedral. It is a mural tablet, of neat design, supported upon a pair of trusses : at the foot lie the sword, belt, and sash ; upon one side hangs a mili tary cloak, and within the pediment are sculptured the arms of the deceased. It will hear the following inscrip tion :--" To the memory of John Moore Napier, captain in her Majesty's 62nd regiment, who died of Asiatic cho lera, in Schiele, on the 7th July, 1846, aged 29 years. The tomb is no record of high lineage: his may be traced by his name. His race is one of soldiers; among soldiers h live& among them he died. A soldier falling, where num bers fell with him, in a barbarous land ; yet there none died more generous, more daring, more gifted, or more religious. On his early grave fell the tears of stern and hardy men, as his had fallen on the graves of others. To the memory of their comrade, the officers of the general staff in Scinde erected this cenotaph." HIGHWAY ROBBERIES NEAR MANCHESTER.—WhiIst the people of Liverpool have been placed in so much ter ror through frequent and daring robberies in the outskirts of that town, Manchester has been, up to very lately, en tirely free from such outrages. It appears, however, that town is no longer to enjoy that pre-eminence. On Satur day. as the Rev. Mr. Germon, head-master of the Man chester Free Grammar School, and Mrs. Germon were taking an airing in their carriage, about three miles dis tant from the town, and near to a village called Blackley, two men stopped them, and, presenting pistols, demanded Mr. Germon 's money. The rev. gentleman, it is said, made some slight effort at resistance, but the entreaties of Mrq. Germon induced him at length to yield In the threnta of the robbers, and tie handed over to them his gold watch and the money he had about him, with which they de vamped, and have not been heard of since. This was in the open daylight, at about one or two o'clock on Satur day week. REDUCTION OF WAGES OF WORKERS IN FACTORIES. —Notices having been given by several of the millowners in vprious towns in this county to the effect that a general reduction of the wages of their operatives will take place early in February, the latter have held meetings to discus the steps they should take ; and the result has, in several instances, been the posting on the walls of " an address to the millowners," urging upon them the fact that they gave their best exertions to the legislative sanction to free trade, from which they promised " cheap bread" to those employed by them. They complain that the masters knew of " foreign competition" (which they enumerate amongst the grievances they have to endure) before the corn laws were repealed, and ask them if they before cal culated on this reduction of wages ? For, if so, they should first see that they (the operatives) should have the cheap bread promised, and should also let the tax on tea and coffee be reduced, and the rents of their cottages be lowered in proportion to the decrease in their wages. They add, that the repeal has been obtained, but as yet they have not got the cheap bread, and therefore hope to retain their present wages. This (as remarked by a Black burn contemporary) is slaying the free-traders with their own weapons. At some of the meetings, the millowners were handled in terms anything but polite, and a disposi tion was evinced to bring about a strike, at whatever sacri fice to the men. At others, it was counselled that it was better to obtain reduced wages than none ; but it appears on the whole that no final decision was come to. In the event of a strike, the turn-outs need not, we think, antici pate support, as on former occasions , from shopk ee p ers and others, for the general community of traders are now themselves panting and gasping under the screw. On the other hand, the masters (who may have been grossly mis taken in the free-trade policy in which they joined) are themselves put to their utmost shifts to keep their heads above water. The interests of men and masters are so intimately connected that a breach between them would be injurious to both, and the cotton manufacturer has but the choice of two evils—that of working the mills at a sacrifice of all profit, or closing them entirely. He finds many of his heretofore best foreign markets all but closed against him ; he sees that those who have been his best customers are not only supplying themselves from their own manufactures, but are becoming competitors with him in other markets ; he sees a reduction of his taxes to be impossible, that his only hope of competing lies in a reduction of the cost of production ; hence the necessity of the fall in wages. Can the free-trade journals be sur prised that the men should feel themselves aggrieved at the masters who allured them into the ranks of the league by promises which cannot be fulfilled whilst we have such an accumulation of taxes ? WARRINGTON. CHURCH INSTITUTE.—A meeting of the members of • this institution took place on Monday evening last. 'The' Hon. and Rev. H. Powys, rector, president, occupied the chair. There was a full attendance of members and their friends present. Mr. . Wilson . Patten, M.P., and Mr. G. Greenal, M.P., and others, addressed the meeting. MORE HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday two stout men, named John Allen and William Jones, were brought before Thos. Lyon, Esq. i _at Warrington, charged with attempting to rob John Young and his wife, at Walton, on. their way to Chester. The case was clearly proved, and both were committed to the next assizes. POORS' RATES.—On Friday evening last, at a special meeting of the overseers and guardians of Warrington ' it was unanimously agreed upon to lay a new rate of 2s. 6d. in the pound for the remainder of the half year ending the 25th of March, making in the whole 7s. 6d. for the year for poors'.rates alone. Also, the borough church and highway rates will average about 10s. 6d. in the pound on all property within the town. Tux SAVINGS' BANK.—The trustees of the Warrington Savings' Bank have, during the past week, published their annual account for the year ending the 20th of November, 1837, from which it may be seen that the payments to the depositors have exceeded the amount of deposits by £10,779 lls. 10d. for the year, which is a clear sign of the state the town has been in during this period. We hope the next report published will be a very different one. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO EARL POWIS. DEATH OF THE NOBLE LORD. We regret extremely to learn, from our correspondent at Welchpool, that the Earl of Powis died at his seat. Powis Castle, yesterday morning week, at four o'clock. It will be remembered that the noble lord was shooting last Thursday week with his son, the Hon. Robert Herbert, when the gun carried by the latter accidentally went off, and the contents lodged in the side , of the noble earl, and ultimately proved the cause of his lamented death. The whole neighbourhood of Powis Castle is plunged into the most sincere grief, as his Lordship was one of the most benevolent men living. It may be remembered that his Lordship recently stood a contest for the Chan cellorship of Cambridge, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and his efforts in defence of the Welsh Bishop. ricks, and every interest connected' with the Church Es tablishment, will never be forgotten. The late Earl was Viscount Clive, of Ludlow, Baron Herbert of Chirbury, 'Baron Clive, of Walcot, all in the county of Salop, and Baron Powis, of Powis Castle, county of Montgomery, in the peerage of the United Kingdom. He was Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryehire, and iCtright 'of the Garter. His lordship, who was the third Yuri of Powis, was grandson of the celebrated Lord Clive, Baron of Plassy, in the county of Clare, who for merly entered into the civil service of the East India Company, subsequently adopted the military profession, and acquired' tation, fame; and fortune, by his gal/ant achievements as a military commander in India ; and, having attained the rank of Maier-General for his ser vices, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland on the 15th. of March, 1752," and was made - a. Knight of the Bath, in 1760. His lordship's father; the second Lord Clive, was created Baron Clive, of Wale* in 1794. In 1784. his lordship married 'the sister ants heir of the last Earl Powis, and was elevated to the earldom. of Powis in May, 1304. the late Earl' succeeded his father on the 16th of May, 1839. His married, in Febraary, 1818, Lucy, third daughter of the Duke of Montrose ; by whom survive Edward Arthur Herbert (now Earl Powis), born 1818; four other sons end two daughters. CAPITAL. PUNISHMENT SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE. [We havebeentfavoured with the following admirable article by a clergyman in this town.] In Gen. ix. 6i we find the great principle of righteous retribution laid down by the Judge of all the earth, and 'that at a time Ashen His gracious and Providential deal- ings with His creatures had assumed no peculiar form :if economy, and for a reason that must hold good wider any dispensation, " Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man hall his blood-be shed : FOR in the image (6 . G*l made He man;" just as in the matter of the Sabbath, tbe command to observe it stands forth to the notice of the world, irrespective of any peculiar dispensation.. rhe Lord having sanctified it, we are told, in Gen. ii.. 3, imme diately upowthe Creation of man, and therefore for man. All through the inspired volume the principle of r!gitteons retribution is clearly acknowledge& The sixth com mandment, compared with other parts of the revealed law, has evident reference to it. See Leviticus, xxiv. 17 ; God plainly says, " he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death ;." and even in the merciful provision of the cities of refuge, the announcement made by God's own voice is, " Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death." (See Numbers, xxxv. 31.) Again, in the dying charge of David to his son Solomon, we find the royal monarch giving- such di. rections with.reference to the enemies of God, who had :43 treated the representative of God, as can only be recon ciled upon this great principle of righteous retribution. By his son, Solomon, again is recognised the principle (Prow. xxviii. 17) " A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit : let no man stay him." And even when the dispensation changed, and tha law that came by Moses was succeeded by the grace and truth that came by Jesus Christ, when, as our blessed Lord shews, in Matt. v., the grand distinguishing feature of a believer's character under the new dispensation was " Love," in contradistinction to the distinguishing feature of a believer's character under the old dispensation— " justice—which distinguishing feature is thenceforward pressed more urgently and frequently upon the notice of the Church—still our Lord Himself, in the fac4 of the new commandment of love that he iatrodueed„ recognises the principle of retribution, when. He says, Matt. xxiii. 34, 35. " Wherefore, behold, I seaflutito youk prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and sonoe.ot them ye shall kill and crucify ,• and some of them shall ye scourge le your synagogues, and p"rsecute them front City to city: That upon you may come all the riohteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteau Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ve niers be. tween the temple and the altar." Our Lord's object in His first Advent was not judgment, *aft will. be at His second Advent,—it was mercy,—as we are told. John iii. 17, "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." And again, Luke ix. 56, " For the Son of matt is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save." And more especially in Luke iv. 19, where he closed the book at the annunciation of mercy, and proceeded not to ven geance; yet He seems for a moment to anticipate the period when all judgment shall be committed to the Son, —" the Judge of all the earth"—the Christ before whose judgment -seat we must all stand—and recognises this principle of righteous retribution ; and again, when He says " Render unto Cresar the things that are Caesar's;" and again in the matter of the tribute money he fully re. cognises the executive in whatever department of rule. - When He pronounces upon the exemption of Himself and followers from -the demands of any worldly e?onomy, upon the ground that they were joint heirs in prospect of the earth. He adds, " Notwithstanding, Bcc." In Matt. xxvi. 52, He also says, " Put up again thy sword into his place: for all that take the sword"—i. e., evide , -tly with a design to kill with it—" shall perish with the sword," recognising the principle again ; and be it ob served, He was addressing an individual at the time, and not the " executive." Our Lord's servants, the Anus.. ties, maintain the recognithn of this principl .; Paul. in Rom. x ii., talking of the executive, says, •• He is minister of God to thee for good. He b •areth not the sword in vain, for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." And again Peter, in his Ist Epistle * ii. 13, 14—" Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them the,. are sent by him for the punishment. of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do And in the last book of the Nem Tes a vent canon, "He that killeth with the sword mu t be killed with ow oi 15u 1, it, tut ievatit, W ttit- suliper, pt naps, to add the wrath of the Lamb—the righ'e ui retribution that the very Saviour of love, whose religion was love, will pour upon those " who know Him not," and " obey not His Gospel," when " He shall be revealed in flaming I fire, taking vengeance." Yea, have we not reason to say, from a comparison of Isa. lxvi. 23, 24, with Rev. xiv. 10, 11, that there will be even in millenial glory, amidst all the tokens and triumphs of Redeeming love, one soli. tary monument of the justice of God, flaming the solemn warning, that though He is long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, He will " by n o means c l ear t h e guilty" ! But it may be said, if the executive is thus to remain the representative of God's unswerving justice, if this principle of righteous retribution is siiii to be main, tabled, why should the blessed Saviour introduce a new dispensation of love to which you have alluded ? We re ply—there is all the difference possible between an exe cutive for the world, which will not listen to the claims of this new dispensation, and a law of love for the Church, which will. The world will pursue its own purposes of selfishness, to the utter setting aside of the welfare of others, and therefore must be met by a stern retributive justice. Tf all were true Christians, we would have no occasion for the executive, and justice would stand forth to all sufficiently vindicated in the Cross, as it now is to the believing Church. Accordingly the Apostle Paul says, "I. Tim. i. 9,The law was not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fs. thers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers." Be sides, the principle of love implanted by the Spirit in the breast of the believer under the new dispensation, and which rejoices to overcome evil with good, is an individual feeling,—so that a true believer rejoices when the provi dence of God may not require his presence in the execu tive; and it was the snatching from the executive the principle of righteous retribution, in order to cater to the spirit of revenge that lurked in the breasts of the cor rupted Jews of our Lord's day, which he so utterly con demns in that chapter already referred to (Matt. v.), " Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth ;" while he at the same time shews, that, as regards the individual, the principle of overcoming love is the feature of the dispen sation he introduced. We would ask the opponents of these views, why they would not do away with all exer cise of the executive, seeing our Lord and his disciples discountenance the Church having recourse to it, but rather " suffer loss." But no ; this would not do. The world must have its executive, while, thank God, the true believer is ready to suffer loss rather than appeal. In conclusion, we would be bold to say that the oppo sition to these principles is a secret blow at the Atone ment ! In this dread act the principle of righteous retri bution, which we advocate, meets its full and fearful con firmation. The wages of sin were death, and therefore the Son of God had to die—" the just for the unjust." Nothing short of this could atone for the injury done to God's eternal justice ; not that the mind of the Father was different from that of the Son, or that one was as stern as the other was benevolent, as the unhappy Sod nian would dare to represent the matter ; for " God was iti Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not impu ting their trespasses unto them ; and hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him ! " We ought to bless God, that amidst the many oral testimonies borne by all sound believers of every denomi. nation to the above principles, one recorded one still lives in the formularies of our beloved and scriptural Church, to attest their scriptural truth—" that it may please thee to bless and keep the magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth '• " and again —" and grant unto her whole council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment qf wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue." Lord, lay to thine hand! Is it not time for thee to work, for men have made void thy law" ! ! ! MR. LEVI, THE CHIROPEDIST.—I referring to the ad vertisement of this clever extractor of one of the greatest pests to which pedestrians are liable, we may say that itia necessary that patties wishing to avail themselves of Mr. Levi's assistance should be careful to notice the address of that gentleman, or they may unconsciously apply to another party. WOMBWELL'S ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBITION.—This mena gerie is now located in the Haymarket, fronting the Rail way Station. The collection of animals is quite equal to those previously exhibited here, while the sagacity they display is certainly most surprising. The Lion Queen enters the den with a nurnuer of animals of various Bos ch s every hour, and puts them throuph their various and strangely-trained evolutions. The exhibition is well wor thy attention. STEAM.—The benefits of steam to a community con sist not, in the convenience of individual transit alone, but, by shortening the time usually occupied in distances, creates businesses that could not otherwise have existed; and no one has felt this advantage more than Mr. John son, of Queen Square, who, being a large contractor for game, is now enabled to supply it from the finest moors and preserves in Scotland, the day after it is killed. Any one who will take a glance at his shop will acknowledge that in the Land o' Cakes there is neither scarcity nor lack of excellence. Amongst the most curious importa tions are the celebrated white hares, from. the Grampian Mountains, which are said to be most delieictitArrSo i rapid is communication now that, as will be seeti-Py, 'exlvezr-lf ‘,, tisement in another column, Mr. Johnson ti.commehning the supply of almost every article the ,south of Scotland produces—fresh fish, butter, eggs, &ch.:744. ; and as we learn they can be sold much chaper tWitstigkiitlie Public WM doubtless be benefitted- • ' ; .", 17;5i ` 4 V el Shuru