The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

1 ~~~~ Oct, 22, 18S0 Pal d fro°. ding rk em i net h Oat fi l „ol 'rill C' nti lil struw e ,. - 0 0 1)0 01 s and ' I A o' 4 SVt a"' 10 1 linistry g? rc of Cb ri tit 20th C h ",ct ssion to total Rms. r ileren e' f ties ° , t .octecl e of Par tka Vii td 11 1 3 )-to e v t ?it got oeninf 4oe" b Wr. en d len In'" , eo f Ch i ; )r. „ ter v - 57: 4 ' d ' 3 5 teTbillk 111 k.ND fts' „°loi ,ever': ats., the 0 6 Al °l6 e , Seem lpelc.gf [ reV o oso lo ge ma) to c , t ou d its o t , jv aP er'" - 0 ng ..ce ;i des fi t tr forl i bead 3 d 9.lsb°°tillo n l. .# 05 nr do 4 ,nrY u t 1/4ig e; tbel t JaY'l ry f ) 0 real re, _boonoeasy D OS of 0 orYid so y for , e r c ir fo ol i ll . la de 9 CPP S' • b 00 5 e a th onc ;te d o r o . l , the Pa o' ro r 0 , s. ~ 6 5 „ a ; t ea oPe co " ileco b e gorog or ,j iv o toilOPe' le er tt' e' c ao t y s ta g i er t t e c: ce ' l ed 0,05, i„„ ,tier ti !ro ws° fli ' a n , t 1 its . 0 it c ari 3 : 4l ; , ,ted th po r vi The 0 ,0 C 3° 4o 0 1 p er t ter m ed ; thP enter' !le CA l a l ir er 1 A P" e ll o ' te ol 111 50 1 4 ,0 b" ;a11 , 5 00. ' T OO: I I , cu ivelt l ef, 1 ,11/C , e CO i be S 1 0 0 Irn e e co 00 Lo t , 0 .50 ,000 io i" ric P i f% 0 itni e .00 1, oft ,, e c , th coc itig r 1 1; eCt ° j pr- r iervy ra t' O i f ii " e 0 tb or°lrof )" °j e• " 103, 0 1,4 oi nt i j ,teT, t o7 ales oriP:ol.;ierr C 10 ( J ro of' c) e gopte . 1 3 lou be 00, O P be:„l 6 , e 5 b lgr` k , 1 1 ?r e I gt SC e be ) ? 01 5° 4e l' ; .reo - et 51 1 ,10/ ley i ll o' o el tb ‘# j4Vol OIE S PY ti Irt4°e I Ce „„ a h . ergt.ma that Mr. Alderman Molyneux has.re tt, ihP municipal dignity and paid the fine of 0 taint; , ",-; I r • Lewis has been appointed organist at All lit At;,hurch, Great Nelson-street North. tad pallioiermati Nicol has resigned his aldermanic gown, The paid Penalty of £5O. il ia ' 4BII OP of Toronto sailed for Halifax, on Saturday, It i:°Ye.l steana-ship Canada. tort" S aid that s bei made w the t ia , eOr at ith wth i Rivingt on r apid intended progress i s to upply ng Liverpool „ e autl7 ntl y aY. aft er two sermons by the Re Oth es _ nool )f 60 was co ll ecte d at St. Mark's Church I:ekt i a l y ne r . _ i at St. George's Hall fell from . a platform on ' nepth of thirty feet. He received such inju -I.,Leat he died on Thursday. eliQtatement that the mayor intends to present . to u t n he_ toihd e e , B the full amount of his official allowance is " Roe Rev. Fielding Ould, 8.A., has been appointe r d ov a . oP t. f er the granting f marriage licenses, and P Th wills in the diocese of Chester. tetskrseid.(ll3ooszaster-General has consented to forward let- ktfk ets l ',''ssed to British North America by the co ging to the United States. h j,,4ll)ortant meeting, in favour of early closing, will w" Friday at wl;ich the Revs. Dr. M t , ts°llock d other gentlemen will take par . 0 _ ke ne night last' an week, Thomas Wheeler, tailor, 141tt`t'eelkIned,j,?:, proce l ding along Isitngton, he was 1, 4 of tw , n . _. l )3 , three or four men, and plundered to the L i nt. 441._i!.[Yfive shillings. tt ° N4 o l .7',";_g, the celebrat d chess player, visited t a e te eiel 4 ° , 4llll. o t tt e y evening, and e played, blindfolded, b here. two games simul ttGit 1 ,,v , in both of which he came off victor. inVtve MIRROR..—As this is the last week of 411 reade r of American scenery in Liverpool,_ t /1 11 r s e tit, no doubt, be highly gratified in visi -satre-leoyal, previous to its departure. d solici- Itttlble Birkenhead Dock Trustees. M ne r i . n W_aln m st . i s ll ( Ace of clerk to the Improvement Com fir ja th • e t o ; 11 14 ti,fieles of rice and tobacco alone, a mercantile ' rt e th e town will this year realise £300,000 supposed ~,ititoa,;e!gest sum ever made by any mercantile house . T a `'_,ln one year. Ceadi'atlslanY. evening a man named Thos. Hoey,. whilst Ott to the hold of the United States mail steam t, and f..e, fell from the ladder, a distance of about 20 elion,„l.,.'ured his skull. e ll ea,y e olstenholine has been committed . for trial at 144 Am TlY.rpool assizes, charged with shooting at Mr. b n l a a n c a k g h e u r rn o! Holt and . Hargreave's mill, t. • 'testy's iron steam-frigate Birkenhead, built by 1114ritispart satsoreeen or 1". h b dedto be immediately equipped d er ovisions with all despatch to t e Br` Ar)f Ascensiosnan Pr 7 4 6 rO, 13 ;i tE w' (.; —We understand that two '8 'I be ; n h u ed e in . this church on Sunday ne] . tt 414e•it'v• Willi re in ae D lion of Wolverhampton, in aid hit.t schoolsa a attached to the clrarch. tivt;Fils r eceivd b the Overland Mail announce the o e f the y crew of the ship Ariadne, which wa_ 1 4s, spa of Bengal on the 6th August. They had 1 4 s, km ha il about in th s e t S onderbunds during three cithact. 0 n e s n id d u F re e d rg g u r s e soo p , e rivati n ,tre ot .P I, has accepted a call from the Free Church th. 951 -thly r i Z n of Kilinadock, Presbytery of Dunblane, i3ter lin" and county of Perth, and,_ a . t the ;t; tnee ting ", of the Presbytery of Lancashire on AY evening his translation was agreed to. ' 4 AN•r E WOLVES.—On Wednesday , AND TH 't 'everal of the fellows known _as man-catchers 41 "as ° ,,, I l tt ageous attack on Thos. Duff an emigrant, It -mt sng at one of the Dublin bo y llt o s t ta meet his hold of the ite appeared that the man-catchers ° • - " el °nging to Duffy's sister, when he interfered, (severely ill-treated, his face being cut in several Cat ° lc. T i r t ia her of RUST.—It is stated that the American tS o . 4 )e itt C ommerce resolved on Saturday to apply to 4 t4ti o 'ring next session for an alteration in the 'o t k Or d e n f . °EI the Dock Trust of Liverpool, with the p l ci It e s t ing the proposed levying rates from the etl, added that the meeting was very thinly 4,,Rt the proposition will probably and as abor '4l • eli n o id twelve months since. k N.cliai tn ee Grearn his written to Mr. Richard Har •,talt th " of the Eq u it a bl e R a ti ng C omm ittee, re -4t X5OO be paid into Moss and Co.'s Bank, to !It t ::iti ee preasing demands of the Parliamentary Water S ti lts i nt _ I d t is the opinion of some that the voluntary Cit i , i, Pl ,,t ed for other purposes than those of oppas '!tywil,?••• on Pike scheme, and it is likely that some • th e 111 " b e thrown in the way of such an appropria oney in hand. kti l a tn „ .. ..ioN OF MASTERS AND MATES.•—Last week 01417 Millard, late mate of the Martha, of London, It_oo,i(litalified for a second.e!ass mete; Mr. James Zitht:te second mate of the Brant, of St. John, for '4,2aae Captain John Marienburg, late master `ieZakt e ;" O'Slianter, Captain Francis Drake Stubbs, °f the Palatine, and Captain Peter M'Alinn, j'ad Of the Xerezano, all of Liverpool, were found Iltl ie `ate 4 j:first-class masters ; and Mr.. William Law 'fth, Go s ,:eof the Blake, Mr. John Wilson, late mate Ll:i i `,Qal4:„ l ',lam, and Captain William Halcron, master ail of Liverpool, for second-class masters. Pl4 ° ,lliat ",!et SlTE.—There is now good reason to ° ostoffice will be retained in the Custom- Vloa t lr• which were on Thursday visited by the ▪ Ch G. Ilityter, one of the Secretaries of the It e ° ries Pressley, Esq., on behalf of the Board Ni• "ta f or y ,. ° llue; W. S. Inman, surveyor of works and "IN? ft r!e gle Commissioners of Woods and Forests ; Itt n . of the General Postoffice. This party were 4 le t ' t t of n'• Brown, Esq., M.P., tile Town-clerk, and t Oc e principal members of the Council; and, /th b'yeY, it is u n d ers tood that sufficient additional 'ltiya D ock ° afforded from the adjoining offices, occupied It ep, C o • . er i t Mtnittee, to accommodate the increased Ylti B of the Postoffice. The metropolitan plan of ntAtiatetatthe letter-carriers of the suburban districts to Nalr o etont of their several rounds, by omnibus, has • to;.'cd here; and, so far as it has been tried, is kk `Pednilauce not less to the comfort of the men than il ) i it t !ht• ri ° o ° of the delivery and collection of the letters. ( h N or INDUSTRY, 1851.—As the time of the v api tt wa nearer the excitement begins to manifest ii a liCalldi ° , °a . Points. Toe magnificence and novelty ILth e al D IA ,,j Is the leading attraction, and we are glad ti! li L cl a i,lY an English production. The next point "a for space. These, we are informed, 1 , 41 4%7 4 "Y to exceed the capabilities of the tionstarge as it is. In our own town the claims ' and as this is the last week for matting kle t ,Ject, . e eoming in rather thickly. The two lead ii?,,4'oll)°E, attraction here are the model of the thgi : 4 lti t f ° . ,cKs and the collection of imports—these are ts t rourably and we trust will do credit to the °of those who are engaged on them. The 101 0 " as. '4,_uld dimensions are preserved with a few kiZl, t }he, 411 e models of St. George's Hall, the Cus- Ile nt ,° o s l e St. George's Church are completed and docks,tl * llt :n b n ellcl er t i:. nge -k o s f tl t te h ewliol e of b t u h t e n g e r e e e a y t deal for these yet t itheeat 3 7 4 e s n ub t saib te e subscribed it forn is intended n p d e e r d pese shortly ae d weto l k :N i t,la e ,. l eh b_e liberally responded to. Several of the ` 9 , th e ants and brokers have opened their sample kt is Committee to assist in the collection of urn ;lht°ll)leteelPected that the Railway Company will IN, their Wan for the cheap transit of passengers t\t::: : 40 11 next year. ) ,tik 4 l ad C o GAS -OFFICES IN NEWINGTON.—Messrs. 4 41. h, g of Fraser-street, London-road, have just 4 - Z 1 , 0 7 w and elegant building for the United Gas 4 4 !at, "° are leaving their present premises in The building, which is most spacious and i t jh great ornament to our street architecture, t ) Y of design, a nd fit n ess for the purposes for et, de to ia used, is not surpassed by any public edi lktNa k o w ". It c on t a i ns o ffi ces f or the directory, N k) ( ifq a nd numerous workshops for the menu connected with gasfitting. The archi -144Pil:11-vitrrk4ttie, eti t 0 Newington the edifice is of the Venetian school, l atetibNewington a frontage of 108 feet. This tioitatiNteld into two heights, the lower portion Si ll li. Itroa g A work at the ends, and the centre part tfl ° ar ea " of seven divisions, receding nearly six ts„l4 l ° l llr s, Pilasters are oblong on the plan, sunk I tt, i , F4Oftio n . ha yfaz moulded bases, capitals, archivolts, ai l ? tw o !: This centre, slightly projecting, is N lt t k" t hi t wiabl?ries in height, and receives the masonry e o T h cnws, with columns, pilasters, entabla- L N atm v . 'neck of the building is finished with a NN it 1 , 4 c bold projection, having carved cantile- N M A :dinned round the fronts in an unbroken 'Nam centre divisions of the arcade form the kl ot divi? it interior of the building, which is ap eftet:alls. of steps continued in front of the 41 'atl rn ." by a 2 8 approach, and the area in front, o etl ia IN . varf fence wall of stone, perforated 'Sam i aler ito. ?I light to the basement, and completed aat,o th.troll ballustrades. Stone pillars are in etplatlltZten,".'s fence wall for receiving a number of te t e i , 4 „ o : Tp, ‘Lto, MUSICAL SERVICES OF TIRE nit . Li t lof -Mi ts.—Mr. Sudlow, the hono- L teries°llr Philharmonic Society, delivered the Olptiad, R op lef interesting lectures at the Philhar ehtliit 1 . 0 , 4 nleaday evening, which, though not 11:i!til rer o ,,""ed by a highly respectable ' audience, ' 4 14 cler IV 1 ed f .gYmen. The lecturer proved him e4fi' his task, and brought much enthu at 4 ft l ° lg to 4 i tt e , - k b 11 an , ,hear upon the subject, of which he el l ," It t o ler i n ~a l ecluent account. He deplored the ttir telire ct ue not""'ell our church service is conducted, OpposplY contrary to the rubric, but actu koa:th•toniapils ril u o °l to it. He then gave a brief his °, tllk:llar oc l i !Play e d", e ,! of celebrating the services of the tno ,,t'le vast superiority of the choral „ p t , s _ar e t, :t _'!e• the former being not only . the Vpinaid e '' tyk e " most perfect. The various portions It'ke tt lio l 'able were do N t Ns E i nvo . scanted upon by the lecturer Leh, a ti ti Pecti n wool fervour, and much novel °kti t y 44 b eh ‘ f_ the various styles of ecclesiastical is t rilo,.. 4 .lm,, b renes, imparted. The illustrations I p f;a• P o un e o r _o! the practical members of the if.tittit4l,e.,otheoio.,:e.:::::-tz_vrrenoreseeligihvedt exceptions, gave great k a -g t h o g tlttl `Yers i n f ° , g mpre particularly intoned N tt zr :by t !eter er Deautiful style. The remarks generally with much k t itt d e 'easto ini 'nee ; but exception was taken, on practice f 1. 14 Likh„Pk , to the rathr too confident tone e of erg the izich will estible-cTearngyymyeers The letzt}alet:.isaterestinite place on the2oth November, t he Te g• It will embrace the Am writer. e em, and co m p o sitions by the c ancient and modern times. MEETING OF THE MAYORS.—John Hollins, Esq., the mayor, has accepted an invitation to the grand banquet to be given at York on the 25th instant, by the lord mayor of that city to the lord mayor of London, in return for the grand banquet at which his lordship entertained, a short time since, Prince Albert, and chief municipal offi cers of England, in honour of the great exhibition. LIVERPOOL AND BELFAST STEAMERS.—However un profitable the present opposition in steam communication between Liverpool and Belfas , may be to the proprietors of the opposing vessels, certainly the public of Belfast and the North of Ireland are greatly favored thereby ; for we observe that the splendid steamer " Captain Brownless, of 420 horse-power, has lately been put on that line. She is one of the swiftest, and most elegantly fitted passenger boats that visit the Mersey,—capable, we believe, of making the passage, from quay to quay, in eleven hours. WHOLESALE EMIGRATION.—The Rev. Mr. Hoare, P.P. of Skilpipe, near Tinahealy, County Wicklow, ar rived here on Tuesday from Dublin. The rev. gentleman will sail for New Orleans to-day, accompanied by 1200 of his parishioners. For the conveyance of this large num ber of persons, he chartered three of the splendid packet ships of Mr. J. T. Crook—the Ticonderoga, Loodianah, and Chasca. A great proportion of the persons that intend to accompany Mr. Hoare are farmers, who are taking with them large sums of money for the purchase of land in the Valley of the Mississippi, where the party intend to settle. LIVERPOOL LOCAL MARINE BOARD.—This board, to be formed under the provisions of Act 13th and 14th Vic., cap. 93, is to be composed of six individuals chosen by the qualified shipowners, and four chosen by the Board of Trade. In Liverpool the list of qualified shipowners or voters amounts to 422, having 1103 votes, a greater num ber, we believe, than in London, or any other port in the United Kingdom. Nineteen of these have ten votes each, and many have nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, and three votes. At a meeting of the Shipowners' Asso ciation, on Wednesday, a selection was made of gentle men whom it is desirable to have on the board. The fol lowing are their names :—Messrs. T. B. Horsfall, Robert Rankin, James Aikin, Charles Cotesworth, John Lockett, J. P. Younghusband, William Imrie, James Bold, Jos. Prowse, Henry Moore, F. N. Clint, and Francis Shand. We belive the Board of Trade will appoint the four gen tlemen whose names stand first on the above list, namely, Messrs. T. B. Horsfall, Robert Rankin, James Aikin, and Charles Cotesworth. The shipowners will select the other six from the remaining eight, and the ten thus ap pointed will constitute the Local Marine Board of Liver pool. - - . TEST OF A FIRE SAFE.—On Monday, we witnessed a most extraordinary test of the new patent fire resisting safes of Messrs. Tann and Sons, London, which took place in the enclosed area at Blythswood Holm, between Camp bell-street and Main-street. Before twelve o'clock, a number of written documents, in parchment and paper, several business books, three one-pound bank notes, a large parcel of Messr s . Tann's circulars, and a silver watch, were deposited in one of the patent safes. In a wrought iron safe, of the ordinary description, a number of papers were also placed. The safes and their contents were then placed in the centre of a large pile, consisting of two waggons of coals and a cart-load of wo , xl. The pile was lighted exactly at twelve o'clock, in presence of Superintendent Smart of the police force, and a large number of scientific gentlemen. A splendid bonfire was soon the result, which kept blazing away till half-past three o'clock, being plentifully supplied during the time with wood-shavings. About three o'clock an empty hogs head was placed on the apex of the burning pile, which, acting as a funnel, produced a magnificent blaze, while the heat was so great that it was impossible to stand com fortably within several yards of the flames. At half-past three, the fire was partially extinguished by a portable fire-engine, and the safes withdrawn. So intense had the heat been, that the brass handle on the door of the patent safe was actually fused ; yet, on looking and opening the door, the contents were discovered in a perfect state of preservation. The only thing indicative of heat within the safe, when it was opened, was a little moisture; and the outward documents were slightly damp. The bank notes were as safe as when they were deposited ; the watch was going, and indicated the exact time ; and the very wax seals on the parchment documents were neither softened in the least perceptible degree, nor the docu ments themselves indicative of having been anywhere else than in a place of perfect safety. The printed circulars which had come through the test were eagerly asked for by the spectators. The other safe which bad been sub mitted to the test was next opened, when its contents presented nothing but a heap of blackened tinder. The witnesses of the experiment seemed perfectly satisfied with the result of the test, which was certainly of the most trying description.—Glasgow Mail. Messrs. J. G. Harrison and Co., Lord-street, are the proprietors of this patent for this district. LOCAL MEETINGS. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—An adjourned special meet ing of the council was held on Tuesday. W. Brown, Esq., M.P., communicated that representations had been made to him that the existing postal arrangements did not allow of correspondence for British North America being forwarded by the United States' mail steamers, and that he had laid the matter before the postmaster-general, who replied that steps had been taken for forwarding let ters addressed to British North America by the contract packets belonging to the United States. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY.—Mr. Ros kell occupied the chair. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was reported to he £l4l 15s. 9d., and cheques for out-door relief were given —to Mr. Allen. £ll5, Mr. Latham £45. Mr. Potts £45, Mr. Tomkins £3B, and Mr. Shearson £l6. After a long discussion relative to the new buildings and alterations at the Workhouse, it was resolved flirt the board should apply to the Public Works Loan Commissioners for the sum of £2,000, for the ne cessary cost. An investigation with reference to a man named James Clayson was then gone into, which ended in his being turned out of the Workhouse for insubordi nation. The sureties of Mr. John Molyneux, assistant overseer of the Township of Aintree, Messrs. Jones and Perry, were then submitted and accepted. Various notices of motion were then given, and, on the motion of Mr. Joseph Harrison, seconded by the Rev. W. Badnall, it was resolved that a call be made in the several town ships for the sum of £15,230, to be in November, December, and March next. SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday, the fortnightly meet ing was held,—the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. The Finance Committee, it appeared, had had under consideration the propriety of introducing the hydro carbon gas, (manufactured from resin and water), to light the Workhouse, &c. ; but its consideration has been postponed. The committee have also entertained the propriety of a re-assessment of the whole property in the parish. Sixty children had been removed from the In dustrial Schools as having no right to be there.—Mr. Denton called attention to a return, from which it ap peared that, from April, 1848, to March, 1850, there had been a reduction upon warehouse assessments amounting to the large sum of £16,107.—Mr. Cafferata referred per sonally to Mr. Harbord, who is chairman of the parish finance committee. That gentlemen rented some ware houses in Macviccar-street at £520 a-year. Now, the pa rish books shewed that, in 1848, the annual value of those warehouses was stated at £4OO ; assessed at £320. In 1849, the assessment was further reduced to £2lB ; and, in 1850, in £194. It was not for him to say what the real value of the property was ; but, seeing that the rental stood so high as £520, he felt justified in asking why such a serious reduction in the assessment had been made ? Mr. Harbord replied : The rental stated had been paid, the warehouses having been taken on lease at a former time, when such property was valuable ; but the landlord had paid all the taxes. In 1848, those warehouses did not bring him in £lOO during the whole year. He had since consented to rent the warehouses for £3OO. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thursday, some conversation took place respecting the supply of water to the abattoirs, which is at present in sufficient; and the clerk was instructed to make inquiry as to the liability of the Corporation, and to report the result to the committee. An application from Mr. S. Perkes, to be appointed for the inspection of furnaces in connexion with the laying of informations for smoke nuisances, was referred. The medical officer reported a decrease in the mortality of the town, the deaths regis tered being 146, against 183 in the previous week, and 199 in the corresponding week of the last year. On only four occasions since the Sanitary Act came into operation had the mortality been so low. The deaths in the borough were 101, and the extra -parochial wards 45. Of these 95 were children, and 51 adults. The temperature had been 49 1 1 deg., which was 3,1 deg. below the average of the previous week. The mean reading of the barometer was 29.87 inches. During the quarter ending the 28th Sept., the deaths registered (including 122 on which in quests were held) were 2,815, being 528 more than in the previous quarter when the mortality was the lowest on record, and 5,014 fewer than in the corresponding quar ter of last year. Deducting the deaths from cholera, the difference in favour of the quarter just ended was 593. — During a conversation on the subject of some estimates, the engineer said it was a startling fact that eight acres of land in this town was absorbed in courts and passages. A letter was read from Mr. William Rose, offering to con tract for the permanent sweeping and cleansing of the streets, and the carting connected therewith, at a less cost that it had incurred during the last three years. Last year it cost £13,362 4s. Id.; and the average cost per annum of the three years ending March, 1850, was £13,484145. Id. Mr. Rose offered to execute the work for three years, at £12,000, and for five years at £11,700. He proposed to effect the saving by the systematic operations of his force, and felt confident that he should be able to perform the work to the satisfaction of the committee. It appeared that the engineer had on hand some estimate in connec tion with the subject of the application, and under these circumstances it was referred to the General Purposes Sub-committee. Docx COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Thursday, Mr. Littledale in the chair. The marine surveyor submitted a detailed report of the services rendered by the various life-boats during the late gale. These were more extensive than the report of the late disasters would have led us to anticipate. A letter from Mr. Cooke, superintendent of pilots, was read, com plaining of the conduct of the crew of the Liverpool life boat, in reference to the wreck of the ship Providence. It was stated that, if the crew had done their duty, not one life would have baen lost. The sub-committee, it ap peared, had the matter under consideration.—A letter was read from Mr. Cowan, the superintendent of the Albert Dock and Warehouses, showing that that establishment had latterly been doing a very great business. This, it was understood, was in answer to a statement made by Mr. Harbord last week.—A letter was read from Richardson, Brothers, and Co., announcing that they were about to establish steam communication between this port and Philadelphia. The first vessel of the line, the City of Glasgow, would be here by the end of Novem ber ; and they requested that the same accommodation should be given to this line that was afforded to the exist- VnE iiirEaPotit STANblitb. ing Transatlantic steamers. Referred.—The chairman said, the regular business had closed; but there was a matter which arose from an interview which he had had that morning with Mr. Hayter, of the Treasury, and other gentlemen, as to whether further accommodation for the postoffice could be given in that building. Mr. Hayter had no doubt but that arrangements could be made so that the postoffice might remain in its present site. Government wished to have possession of the ma rine surveyor's general office and of the secretary's office, with the corresponding rooms above. The question was one simply of expense and inconvenience. Mr. Hayter thought the Dock Committee might give up the rooms required for no rent at all ; or at a weeli and government would, at its own ex pense, ma requisite alterations.—Mr. Tobin : No rent at all ? I suppose they are very poor (laughter).—Mr. Harbord thought the best way would be to have the premises va- lued, and charge government for what they took at t rate of four per - ceni. Mr. Tobin asked where the marine surveyor was to be put; and Mr. Nicol remarked that a difficulty might arise from the removal of the strong room in the secretary's office, which is used for the safe custody of the various muniments of the trust. The chairman answered that these were mere matters of detail. It was agreed that the rooms required should be valued and given up. 3 MUNICIPAL ELECTION, The following is a list of the retiring members and the candidates, so far as at present ascertained : RETIRING MEMBERS. CANDIDATES. William Walthew. William Walthew {S. M. Mellor. JJ John Woodruff. ' IRaymild.Houghton ... William Preston. f Thomas Savage. ' 1 John Games. .. Charles Turner. f George Holt. ' 'John Smith. / i ii 'i m lli e a s H mi o l l e m n e derson .. W. P. Jeffreys. .. Richard Harbord. J. A. Tobin. f T. Fleming. . R. C. Gardner. J.B. Lloyd. .. James Parker. f Eyre Evans. IJ. Marke NVood. Samuel Holtne. Matthew Gregson. WA RD Evertor Scotland Vauxhall St. Paul's Exchange John Woodruff William Preston R. B. Hill G. H. Horsfall Castle-street George Holt St. Peter's. Pitt-street... Great George Daniel Bell .. Thomas Rimmer .. Richard Harbord f T. A. Tobin 1 George Booker Rodney Abercromby Lime-street St. Anne's . R. C 'dardner, J. B. Lloyd.. James Parker West Derby dosias Booker South Toxteth .... R. L. Jones .. North Toxteth .... William Mann WRECK OF THE PROVIDENCE :• IMPUTATION ON THE CREW OF THE LIVERPOOL LIFE BOAT. On Tuesday an inquest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Hugh Williams, a cooper on board the Providence, bound hence for the coast of Africa, and which was wrecked during the late gale off Burbo Bank. The body of the deceased had been found on Sunday last, under some powder casks in the between decks, by a fisherman named John Bird, who had been employed in discharging the cargo from on board the Providence. The body, on being brought to Liverpool and placed in the dead-house, was identified by the wife of the deceased. The facts of the case were exceedingly simple, and there was nothing to create difficulty in arriving at a verdict; but the coroner remarked to the jury that, as he had be fore intimated, he had received some important informa tion from Mr, Cooke, superintendent of pilots, which in duced him to think that the inquiry ought to be adjourned, not that it might affect their verdict, but that it might lead to a grave investigation as to how the loss of life on board the unfortunate vessel was attributable to cul pability on the part of the crew of the lifeboat. If the Dock Committee provided lifeboats to render assistance in cases of shipwreck, and men were paid to perform certain duties on board such lifeboats, it ought to be as certained whether they did their utmost, consistent with their own safety of life, to perform fully such duties. It appeared that the Albert Steam-tug was towing the life boat to the wreck. and that when they had arrived within a certain distance from the ship, the parties on board the lifeboat cut the rope by which she was in tow with the tug. This, on the part of the lifeboat crew, was said to have been done under well-grounded apprehension for their own safety ; but the parties on board the steamer said there had been no foundation for such apprehension, and that had the boat remained in tow, and arrived at the vessel, there would not, in all probability, have been a single life lost. An inquiry into these circumstances, if it was attended with no other benefit, might have the ef fect of causing better men to be provided to man our lifeboats, and that those boats should be better equipped, if they were now unfit for service. With this view he (the coroner) should adjourn the case until 12 o'clock on Friday, when the master and mate of the Providence, a pilot named Parry, and Lieutenant Lord, who had in some measure the control of these boats, would be pro duced before them. The matter had to some extent un dergone inquiry by the Pilots' Committee, and Mr. Cooke, superintendent of pilots, who had furnished him with the information, was then present, if they would wish to hear him. Mr. COOKE said that previously to the matter being brought before the Pilots' Committee, he had commu nicated with Lieut. Lord on the subject, in consequence of having heard that the boat had been cast loose on account of a few rolling seas, at a time when she had passed the place where the mos: - danger was to be apprehended, the sea on the flats, and when she was within sight of the wrecked vessel, thus raising a buoyant hope of safety in the heyast of the distressed people on board, who cheered each other up by saying there was a life-boat approaching-, when they had the mortification of witnessing the rope cut, the boat leave the tug, and change her course, thus dissipating their hope of safety and chance of life ; and this had been done, as was alleged by the crew of the life boat, in consequence of the tempestuous sea. He (Mr. Cooke) dare say that lie should get much blame in consequence of bringing the matter before the public, but he considered it his duty to do so notwithstanding, as it was only by such means as those which he bad adopted, that they could arrive at the real facts of the case. It might have been thought, too, that the boat would have turned back on the following morning. The men on board the Albert had said that some would surely be left on the wreck, if they had not been washed overboard ; but the crew of the life-boat (Liverpool) said, " Wait until daylight, and then we will start for the wreck." In the meantime the Magazine boat was picked up with, and where did they succeed in saving some of the sufferers ? At a place where no risk was incurred : they were taken on board in the Crosby Channel. Parry described the situation of the poor wretches as the most horrifying lie bad ever witnessed. " Now, if life-boats are to be life boats," said Mr. Cooke, " tl.ey were never intended to go out only in mackarel-fishing weather," and entered into a statement made by a pilot, relative to the loss of the Lockwood, some years ago, in reference to which it was ascertained that the life-boat on that occasion had been inefficiently manned. The CORONER, after remarking that the inquiry would be one in which the public had great interest, and thank ing Mr. Cooke for having brought the circumstances of the case before him, adjourned the inquest until 12 o'clock on Friday, in order to receive evidence relative to the allegations urged against the crew of the life-boat. On the assembling of the court on Friday afternoon, two of the crew of the life-boat were examined, who tes tified that it would have been dangerous to have pro ceeded to the Providence, inasmuch as the peculiar build of the boat was unfitted to face so heavy a sea. In fact, had they persevered, they might have been washed away. After a brief consultation, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," at the same time expressing their opinion, that the crew of the boat were not altogether free from blame, and requested the Coroner to represent to the Dock Committee the inefficient build of the boat. THE PLATE ROBBERIES The three prisoners—Sirrell, the refiner, of London; Mac auley, a watchmaker and jeweller, of this town ; and Maguire, a publican, also of this town—were brought up at the Central Police Station, on Tuesday, for further examination. The court was densely crowded, and there were nearly a dozen magistrates on the bench. Mr. J. W. Harden, judge of the Birkenhead County Court, acted as chairman. Eight persons liave owned property at Sirrell's, which has recently been purloined. The magistrates agreed to take the county c - ses first, that relating to the robbery at Little Crosby Roman Catholic Cha pel, winch was partially gone into last week, and a fresh one in which Sirrell was charged with receiving a silver gravy spoon, which. together with other plate, was purloined from the dining-room table of the Rev. Thos. Gardner, at Stanley, West Derby, on the 17th of July last. The evidence in the first case was principally reca pit u l a t or y of that given on the previous occasion. In the ca , e of the robbery from the Rev. Mr. Gardner's, it was proved that the gravy spoon, with two smaller ones, was stolen from the dining-room of that gentleman's residence at Stanley,—the thief having obtained access through the window, which was left open. On the same day that the robbery took place, there was a remittance of plate by Macaulev to Sirrell, and the gravy spoon, which was broken in two pieces, and was engraved with the initials of " H. S." and a cypher (those of Mr. Gardner's father-in-law) was found amongst Sirrell's stock. Mr. Simon first addressed the court in defence of Macauley, contending that the case as re gar d e d hi s c li en t was merel y one of suspicion, and not such as to justify a committal. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of Sirrell, said that the prosecution had failed to prove a guilty knowledge on the part of his cli ent, in the cases brought forward, and the decision of the magistrates must be guided by those cases alone. The par cels seized by the police had not been opened by Mr. Sirrell, who consequently could not know the nature of the property they contained. The goods found on Sirrell's premises were such as would be sent by a country dealer to a London refiner, and the property supposed to have been stolen was not of that bulk—amounting in value to many thousand pounds—de scribed in the newspapers. The whole Listory of the case, as it was now presented to the bench, showed that the amount of stolen plate in Sirreil's possession was not of more than or £lO value ; and there was no evidence to show that he had received that knowing it to be stolen. After a lengthy hearing, the magistrates decided on corn miiling the prisoners for trial, but Sirrell was formally re manded till Thursday, for the examination on-another case, which was within the jurisdiction of the borough magistrates, and in which Maguire was charged with stealing,. and Sirrell with receiving, a pair of silver salt cellars, stolen from the house of Mrs. Tinley, of Peel-street, in this town, on the 28th Mr. Lewis applied that Sirrell might be admitten to bail. Bail to any aim lint could be given. —The magistrates said they could not take upon themselves the responsibility of granting the application, and recommended an appeal to one of the judges. A similar application on the part of Macauley was also refused. Both prisoners declared their innocence. On Thursday Sirrell and Maguire were brought up before Mr. Rushton, for further examination on the charge above referred to. The facts of the case were, that one of the par cels seized by Inspector Lund, in Sirrell's shop, contained a tin canister, in which was a quantity of defaced plate, subse quently identified as the property of Mrs. Tinley, of Peel stref t, Toxteth-park, and which was stolen from her residence about the latter end of September. In the canister there was a slip of paper attached, on which was written--" From Martin Maguire, School-lane, Liverpool." Mr. Rushton asked, bad they any evidence that the hand w, icing was Maguire's ? Mr2bowling said that he had no proof of the handwriting; he might say so at once. It would, therefore, be folly to go further into the case. Mr. Rushton then said that the prisoners, under these cir ctwastahces, must go back to the county, to be there dealt with for the charges that had already been brought against them. Mr. Lewis requested to know if Sirrell was discharged in the case then before the court? Mr. Rushton replied that he discharged him in the case then before the bench, and Maguire too. Having asked if there wus any other charge against Al aguire, and received a reply in the negative, he observed, "Then Maguire may be discharged." He (Mr. Rushton) had no hesitation in saying, that if the pro secution could have proved the handwriting of Maguire, he would have committed them both in an instant. . . Several persons in court examined the handwriting on the slip of paper found at Smell's with Maguire's signati're in the police-books, and the result of the comparison was that the writing in both instances was by one and the same person. On Friday morning the prisoners Sirrell and Macauley were formally committed, by the county magistrates, to take their trial at the next Liverpool assizes. Nothing new had transpired, and the London officers returned to London, with the packages of plate and jewellery, by the eleven o'clock train. The police authorities have, it appears, been in communication with Colonel Brown, of the Dublin constabulary, and it is not im probable that some plate found in Sirrell's stock will be identi fied as the produce of robberies in Ireland. Nothing further has been spoken to in Liverpool, but a list of the various articles exhibited here has been retained for reference. Sirrell is said to ne in very low spirits, frequently making use of desponding expressions, wishing he were dead or shot. The general impression is, that the case will break down if Macauley is not indicted as the receiver, instead of the thief; and that it will entirely fail as regards Sirrell, he not having opened the parcel containing the stolen plate before it was seized by the officers. Sirrell positively refused to have anything to do with the parcel after it was delivered to him by the porter, and it is stated that he was never known to have received one before. It was always done by his clerks, and it was only by acting in col lusion with the railway porter that the police-officers were enabled to get the better of him in this instance. Among other rumours, is one to the effect that Sirrell was on the eve of re tiring from business, and that in another month the whole of his stock would have passed into other hands. On Saturday the committing magistrates received a writ of c•rtiorari in re Sirrell, returnable, to-day, at the Judge's chambers, Rolls'-gardens, Chancery-lane, London, when vari ous parties will be proposed to enter into recognizances for the prisoner's appearance at the next winter assizes. It is stated that, on the evening of the day of AUGuire's ac quittal, he tntertained a number of his particular friends to supper, at his house in School-lane. Rgrtruitural anb Wain!ltural. The cultivation of the Fancy Pelargonium has now become a regular portion of the florist's business. Three short years have sufficed to establish this lovely flower as an especial favourite with the public, and never was popu lar favour bestowed upon a more worthy object. It is worthy the consideration of the floriculturist, what points in this flower have brought it so rapidly into favour, when such extreme perfection seemed to have been at tained in the old style of Pelargoniums. We think such reflections will lead to the following conclusion, namely, that in the endeavour to bring the old style of Pelargo nium to perfection, the real beauties of the flower were sacrificed to certain rules considered imperative by florists or flower-fanciers. The consequence has been, that for mality and sameness have brought this beautiful plant into disfavour with persons of real taste. At this crisis the fancy Pelargonium, which is only a return to the older style, came out, and, without any of the characte ristics of the florists' flower, became instantly the favour ite. In the fancy flower, according to the florists' rules, there was an entire absence of the exact circular form which the rules of the art prescribe as essential to perfec tion ; but in its place was an irregularly-formed petal, pleasing even from its irregularity. We think it bears, in this respect, an apt comparison to the wavy ringlets of some of the fair sex, as contrasted with the perfectly re gular but formal curls of others. This comparison is not so imaginary as may appear at first sight. It was gene rally :ell; and the fancy Pelargonium became a great favourite in the adornment of the hair. For the last two seasons, wreaths of the natural flowers have been most fashionable. Besides its want of regularity in form, it had a corresponding irregularity of colouring ; but what the florist felt to be a terrible violation of artistic rules, was pleasing to the eye of true taste, from the life which the irregular play of colours gave to the whole flowers. Mr. George Glenny, who deservedly stands at the head of the florists of this kingdom, has directed his attention to the fancy Pelargonium, and we fear its fate is sealed. It is a favourite because it is an aberration from the too severe rules of the florist's art ; but we have lately seen Mr. Glenny's diagram of a fancy Pelargonium, and henceforth it will have to be judged by the compasses, and be discardad, unless it can be brought into the strict circles prescribed by that imperious gentleman. There are certain flowers which appear to submit natu rally to the florist's art, and we are content to let them ; but there are others which suffer from such restraint, and we must raise our voice against the grasping disposition of the flower-fanciers, who formerly were content with their tulips, auriculas, polyanthuses, ranunculuses, and so forth, but now seek to confine every other favourite flower within the same tight-laced forms. We would, however, beg of those severe judges to recollect, that although the line of beauty is not straight, neither is it circular; and although the strictly circular forms of some flowers may be pleasing, the wavy lines of others are no less so • indeed, the endless varie t y of floral beauties constitutes, in our opinion, the greatest charm in flori culture. MISCELLANEA. Villa and Suburban Gardening.—Villa gardeners have peculiar tastes ; some delight in the culture of cucumbers, others prefer growing melons; why, then, should there not he individuals desirous of producing in their little gardens their own cayenne pepp er ? A vast nut7'ber who have only limited glass coverings, might easily a."-com-, plish the operation, and when once they have partaken et the produce of their own gardens, manufactured with their own hands, they will for ever afterwards eschew the foreign article. A small long kind grown by market gardeners for the India pickle manufacturers, will be most coitahic , for th is pungent in quality, and being an exceedingly profuse bearer, it will be found not only the most eligible kind, but also the most profitableand best suited for hot pickles. Some of the other varieties are ennallv pandlifnr both nar- bearers t r 3 - beginning of March), is the season for sowing it, in order that the plants may be sufficiently advanced to enable them to have the summer months to ripen in. A small portion of seed will suffice. It should only be slightly covered, if covered at all ; and the pot in which it is sown . . and it a temperature of 60 degrees is maintained, it will vegetate in ten days. As soon as the plants are two inches in height, they may be potted in three-inch pots, placing one plant only in a pot, and a good watering with tepid water should be given them. When the water has in the soil, place them in a similar temry ature as before close to the glass, to prevent their becoming drawn. Keep them moderately moist, and in a few weeks the pots will be filled with roots ; no time should then be lost in shifting into the pots in which they are intended to produce their fruit. Permit me, however, to direct attention to the kind of compost best suited for them. Take good loam (if of a turfy nature so much the better), and add to it the charred refuse T formerly described, in the proportion of one-fifth, and no other ingredient will be required. Intermix them well, then' place:one crock over the bottom hole of the pot, cast a little rough soil upon it, and no other drainage will be necessary. - A moderate-sized pot should be employed; the great growers for the London markets use what they term large 325. When this is completed supply them with water, keep down insects by the usual means, and your cayenne pepper may be said to be grown. It may be ripened in some seasons under hand-gl )sses in the open borders, but the produce is com paratively scanty. By following the course above de tailed, I have enjoyed home-made cayenne pepper for seven years, and I esteem it a great luxury.—Pharo.— [We know not who " Pharo" is, but the Gardeners' Chronicle. from which we obtained the above paragraph, is rich in the posession of such a correspondent.] The Kamtchatka Rhodothan• (Rhodothamnus Kamt chaticus.)—For this great rarity and exquisitely beautiful shrub we are indebted to Mr. Loddiges, whose predeces. sors raised it from seed about 20 years ago. It appears to be of slow growth, as the plant is now only about 10 inches high, forming a compact bush. Mr. Loddiges finds it perfectly hardy, but it is best kept under a north wall. It is admirably adapted for rock work in a shady situation. According to Pallas this charming plant grows abundantly near the sea of Ochotsk, in the peninsula of Kamtchatka, and in Bhering's Island in muddy mountainous places. There it begins to blossom from the end of July, grows vigorously to the end of August, and ripens its seed about the end of September. Ihe root, he says, is woody, dry, as thick as a quill, and forms creeping runners. From this arise a great many leafy stems, which every here and there break into flower. The leaves are close together, alternate, sessile, somewhat ovate, tapering downwards, somewhat five-nerved, rather sharp-pointed, perfectly en tire, and fringed with very perceptible hairs. OCTOBER MEETING Dr. Dickenson occupied the chair. The attention of the members on this occasion was most profitably engaged by Dr. Brett, who delivered a lecture on agricultural che mistry, in his well-known pleasing and forcible style. He particularly pointed out the manner in which vegetable take up their organic and inorganic elements. After de fining the terms in a plain manner, he shewed the presence of silica by quoting well-known examples of plants con taining it —as, for instance, in wheat straw, and most other graminaces ; he also shewed that this substance must be taken up in solution. He proceeded to shew the importance of carbon, which constitutes the bulk of the vegetable kingdom ; he explained experiments which demonstrate the presence of oxygen and hydrogen. The important element nitrogen exists in large quantities, and may easily be detected by any of the tests for ammonia, !n which form it generally exists; it is found in abundance in the cruciferte and in the gluten of various seeds, particu larly the cereals. The lecturer next proceeded to shew that plantsderive their principal supply of carbon from the atmos phere. It is also derived largely from slowly decaying veget able matter. Thentmosphere contains about four parts in one thousand of carbon ' • oxygen is formed both by the de composition of carbonic acid and water, which accounts also for the presence of hydrogen. This last element is contained in variable quantities in the different parts of plan s; thus pure'gum and pure starch contain hydro een and oxygen in the exact proportions to form water in the resins; the proportions are different, the hydrogen being in excess, and in the vegetable acids oxygen is in excess. Various other points were touched upon and ex plained, and the whole lecture was most satisfactory.— At the conclusion, the president, Dr. Dickenson, pre sented the thanks of the society to the lecturer. Mr. Robert M. Stark, of Edinburgh, was present to exhibit some botanical implements, &c.: the principal were the elegant and useful little trowel invented by Professor Balfour, and samples of Weir's improved drying paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday John Charles O'Donnel, charged by J. W. Cooper, a sergeant of the 98th regiment, with enlisting into that regiment as a single man, he at that time having a wife living, was remanded. BURGLARY AT WAVERTREE.—On Wednesday George Vaughan and Charles White were committed by the magistrates at the Old Swan, for trial at the assizes for a burglary in the house of Mr. J. T. Leyland, at Wavertree. They had broken in during the night and stolen wearing apparel, silver spoons, a gold watch, &c. A considerable quantity of the plunder was found concealed in an open barn, in a neighbouring field. On the person of Vaughan were found a lock, and some beef, the proceeds of another robbery, so he stands committed on the double charge. SERIOUS CHARGE OF SHOOTING.—On Saturday Mr. John Kilshaw, son of the late Mr. Councillor Kilshaw, and who appeared, recently, at the assizes as the prosecu tor in a case in which two policemen were charged with an assault, was placed in the dock on a charge of shooting at a Mr. Foster, on the 13th instant. The complainant was in the Globe Tavern, Lawrence street, when the defendant came in and used bad lan guage to him, and a quarrel ensued. Complainant ran into the street, and was followed by defendant, and had not gone a dozen yards when he was shot in the back. The ball penetrated his clothes and scarred the bones of his back. The statement of Foster was corroborated by two females, who stated that they were in the street when the pistol was fired. For the defence, Mr. Snowball stated that the complainant was a fighting character, that he had made a most savage assault upon Kilshaw, and was waiting in the street for the purpose of renewing the attack when Kilshaw went out. He called two wit nesses, whose testimony did not materially shake the evi dence given. Police-constable 589 said that he had been advised by the landlord to take Kilshaw into custody, stating that he would appear against him, as he had many a time presented a pistol at his breast. The prisoner was committed to take his trial. YESTERDAY. SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Browne, a female attired in gen teel mourning, was charged with having stolen a book from the shop of Mr. Rockliffe, bookseller and stationer, Castle-street. The brother of the proprietor of the esti blishment stated that he was engaged at his desk in the back part of the shop when the female entered, and hav ing received a caution from his brother on a former occa sion to look sharp after her whenever ehe came to the shop, as he suspected her, witness drew back the curtain before the desk, and observed the woman, when the shop man's back was turned to her, take up and conceal be neath her shawl a book. Committed for one month. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—III a case in which a prostitute had pledged a man's clothes, Mr. Rushton or dered the pawnbroker to restore them, observing that pawnbrokers had no right to take in men's wearing appa rel early in the morning, as they knew well enough the character of the places from which they were brought. A similar caution. WAS, given from the beach last week. P.VBAMOMMMiN=IMMaia CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. — Patrick Hogan', a Vatter in the employ of Mr. Cade, cider merchant, Yorkzat.reet r was charged with hav ing stolen one hundred and twenty gross of corks from his master's premises, and Michael Harley, who keeps a ginger -beer manufactory in Houghton-street, was charged with having fraudulently received the same. Healey was formerly in Mr. Cade's service, and the corks were sup posed to have been from abstracted by Hogan from time to time, and carried to Healey's premises. The prisoners were remanded. JUVENILE Chu years of age, whose —Patrick Duffy, a lad about twelva ress and closely cropped hair shewed ant period, was charger ady namec ones, vv her till of five shillings. The urchin, it appears, contrived to creep into the bar, and take the money from the till; he was committed for trial Several other ol summarily punished for attempting to pick pockets in various parts of the town,—St. John's Market being the common A MUD-LARK'S TREASURE John Orrett, was charged with having stolen one hundred and five pounds under the following somewhat singular Low, name( circumstances. The prosecutor —a - man named Chad wick—is a carter in the service of Mr. Rose, the con tractor, and necessarily, from the nature of his occupation, sleeps in the day and works by night. On Friday aiter- - noon, about two o'clock, he went home to his- lodgings in a court in Blenheim-street, and soon after retired to rest, accompanied by Orrett, who is a fellow workman, who said he would go to bed also. Both men lay down in the same bed—Chadwick having taken the precaution of put ting his clothes under his pillow. Tn his pockets were ninety-five sovereigns and ten pounds in silver. He had no sooner fallen asleep than his companion got possession of the money, with which he decamped. He was eventu ally apprehended by Sergeant Hetherington, of the county force, at a beer-shop in Kirby, on Saturday, with eighty- five sovereigns still in his possession. He was committed for trial.—Mr. Rushton observed to the prosecutor ( a simple-looking fellow) that there were plenty of good banks in Liverpool, and that he (mg] t to have deposited his money in one of them : he had narrowly escaped losing the savings of long years of toil by his silly conduct. The magistrate also commended the tact and industry of the county policeman who arrested the prisoner. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS S. Weisse.—Hyacinths should be got in without delay; if in glasses place them in a dark closet until the roots have pushed nearly to the bottom, then give them light gradually, and the increased strength of the flowers will quite repay you for the extra trouble. Thos. Browne, Chester.—We should think the situa tion you mention well suited for standard Pears ; at all events the following sorts will certainly succeed—Napo leon, Nelis d' Hiver, Van Mons, Marie Louise, Moorfowl Egg, and Glout Morceau. EBtOtritt Re 1135. NO NEED OF A TEN-AND-A-HALF HOURS ACT.—It is estimated that at present there are close upon 2500 looms standing in Manchester alone, and in addition nearly 5000 working short time. On the 30th instant, an Educational Conference is to be held in Manchester, for the promotion of the establish ment of a general system of secular instruction, maintained by local rates, and managed by local authorities. NOVEL TRICK.—On Monday Mr. David Shore, green grocer, Chapel-street, Salford, saw an Irishman stealing potatoes in a rather novel way. The Irishman had a stick, by the aid of which he pretended to walk, but as soon as he got near a hamper of potatoes he poked his stick into it, and brought out a potato stuck on a nail at the end of the stick ; then swinging the stick dexterously behind him, he contrived to slip off the potato and put it into his pocket. Mr. Shore took him to the police-office, and when searched there nearly a dozen potatoes and onions, and a ball of hemp, were found in his possession. The prisoner was committed for seven days as a vagrant. RAINFORD CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.-011 Sunday week two sermons were preached in the Old Parochial Chapel of Rainford, by the Rev. Henry Car penter, of St. Michael's, in this town, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, when the aum of £6 ss. 2d. was collected.—On Wednesday last the annual meeting was held in the New School-room, which was completely filled on the occasion. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. John Groom, (the Incumbent,) the Rev. H. Car penter, and the Rev. Thomas Green, of Friezland, near Manchester, who represented the parent society,—The greatest interest was manifested in the addresses of the deputation, and the sum of £1 17s. Bd. was collected at the doors. ROCHDALE SAVINGS' BANK.—At a meeting of the depositors of the Rochdale Savings' Bank, held a few days back, it was resolved to use all possible means during the next session of Parliament to obtain some contribution from the Government towards making up the losses they have sustained through the faith in the liability of the State, which was culpably allowed to grow up amongst all classes.. The history of our entire legislation on the sub ject, and all the Parliamentary evidence regarding it, have fully established not only the fact that the well-informed, as well as the ignorant, were led into this belief, by neg lect and mismanagement on the part of the public autho rities, but that these authorities had for years been cog nizant that it was almost universally entertained. Under these circumstances, the moral hearing of the question is so keenly appreciated by the sufferers, that the refusal of the Ministers and of the House of Commons to meet it fairly is productive of the most injurious consequences. In the evidence taken last session before the Committee, on the Savings of the 'Working Classes, the effect which had been produced from this cause upon the minds of the poor was described with remarkable force, and as a new system is now about to be organized, and the limit of past losses is definitely known, it may be hoped that the repre sentations which it is proposed should be made with re spect to them will be received in a spirit that will remove each pretext for further agitation, and satisfy the reason able views of all parties. A VARIETY OF THE OLD TRICK OF RING DROPPING. —On Thursday last, as an old man was passing the In fantry Barracks, Regent-road. Salford, he was joined by a man unknown to him, who was walking in the same direction, towards Eccles, and while conversing together about a soldier's life, they saw a man a little in advance of them drop a small parcel. The old man shouted to him to stop ; but he walked on, seemingly unconscious of the loss. Upon coming up to the parcel, the old man's companion picked it up, and told him not to mind calling, but to see what was in it. They still followed the man, and as they walked along they opened the parcel, which contained a curious little box ; this the man, with seem ing difficulty, opened. Inside were a ring and some snuff. The man then said, " Let us take out the ring, and plague him for his carelessness." He then took out the ring, placed a small pebble in its place, and carefully closed the box. By this time they had come up with the man who had dropped the box, and the man who had picked it up asked him whether he had not dropped something. After feeling in his pocket, he said, "0, I have lost a box." The other then asked him what was in it. He said a ring ; on which the finder said they had found the box, but there was no ring in it. The dropper said he was sure there was, as no one but himself could open the box, and he would bet a sovereign the ring was in it. The other said he had no money, but urged the old man to bet a sovereign. This the old man would not do ; but suffered himself to be persuaded to bet half-a crown, the finder holding the stakes. The dropper then opened the box ; and lo ! the ring was there. The finder handed the money over to the dropper, who was doubtless. his accomplice in the trick ; and, perceiving a policeman coming, they took to their heels and were soon, out of sight, leaving the old man conscious, but too lute s that he had been tricked.—Manchester Guardian. THE MODERN CHURCH OF ROME. The first lecture of the winter course intended to be Idelivered to the members of the Church of England In stitution, was given on Thursday evening last, to a most crowded auditory. The Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, ho seldom contained within its walls a greater number of pereotis it one time, nor witnessed greater enthusiasm on their part, The subject of the lecture was " The Modern t Church of Rotoe,P,a topic rife with interest in these days lecturer w of apostacy—an livan, a stanch proterfatt divine, wli subject and moderate tam in dis present v W. M. Minton Moore, and G wster, D. And Falloon, I, H. Carpen Dr. Mortimer O'Sui: Ititnacy with the lg it peculiarly ara,W. H. Wright, The ge sided, and commenced the proceedings explanatory of the objects which the loeran, y an address priginators of events in the church, he pointed to the stre - nuous r .efrort; which the Church of Rome was making to diffuse her chief she had worked ; no less a number than clergymen having left the Church of England and Drtant movement or h referred to was the establishment of the hierarchy in this country, and it had been decreed that we were to have a Catholic Lord . Archbishop of Westminster, but he would find him- self without jurisdiction. and without a cathedral, though no doubt his eye was pointed clandestinely at Westminster Abbey. The rev. gentleman referred to a variety of movements going on both in the Church of Rome and that•of England confirmatory of his remarks relative to the insidious strides of Popery. in speaking of the con duct of a certain section of the clergy 'with our Church, rections of the rnbric, but when those directions militated with their peenliar views they could disregard them without the least compunction (Hear, hear.) A short time since while in London he had witnessed a clergyman who, in reading the c3mmunion service, stood with his back to the congregation, in direct violation of the directions of the rubric. While in London he had been asked by a member of parliament what he thought of the state of mind of the young men of Liverpool. This gentleman pointed to what was being done by Sir Am brose Lyle Phillips (a Roman Catholic gentleman) in this respect ; he had established mediaeval guilds where the young men walked in procession, and otherwise acted in conjunction with the clergy; he (the chairman) replied that the young men of Liverpool had not yet got so far as mediaeval guilds, though they had succeeded in establish ing a " Church of England Institution." In conclusion the rev, chairman expressed his conviction that all those whom he was addressing would remember that they were members of that church, in vindication of whose doctrines Cranrner and Latimer were carried to the stake. Through out his address the rev. gentleman was loudly cheered, and be sat down amidst the greatest applause. The Rev. Dr. O'SULLIVAN having made a few intro ductory observations, proceeded to the subject of the lecture—" The Modern Church of Rome." That church was not the same as the ancient Church of Rome, nor was it a continuation of it ; errors were found in the former which were not in the latter. The modern Church of Rome was not the Catholic Church, nor a part of it, for, whatever were the defects of the ancient church, it still kept the pure faith. The modern church had adulterated the faith. These points formed the basis of the lecturer's arguments, which he opened by refuting the popular notion that the Church of England, as a reformed church, had separated herself, and was distinct from the ancient Catholic Church. The reverse was the fact, for she had maintained the ancient faith, whereas the Roman Church had, by her departure from its simplicity and integrity, really separated herself from the primitive faith. In the course of his lectures Dr. O'Sullivan alluded to two well-known acts of one of the Popes—the appointment of Charles of Spain to the distinction of Protector of the Church, and of Henry of England to that of Defender of the Faith. The Pope of the day was promptedby worldly wisdom in this selection. At that period Spain was the mightiest monarchy in the world, while England occupied only a secondary place in the system of Europe ; it would seem as though there was a destiny in this act, that the pontiff could not have anticipated ; while the fortunes of Spain became linked to the church, England was destined to be consecrated to the faith. How stood it with Eng land and Spain now ? At the time the two Crowns received their respective titles, Spain boasted that the sun rose and set upon her possessions ; but let the two coun tries be compared now,—the condition of Spain from her adhesion to a corrupt church,whilst England might truly be called thedepository of the faith which she diffused through the whole earth. There was also another instance of the instrumentality of England in preserving the faith. the circumstances of which would seem to have been directed by Providence. At a synod held in 1542, at which the only Englishman present was Cardinal Pole, a question arose as to what should be done, as no command had been received from the Pope, by which their delibera tions might be guided. Cardinal Pole interposed, and said on every occasion similar to that the immemorial custom had been to recite a profession of faith. The lecturer congratulated his audience that this suggestion came from England, for by being carried out we were put in possession of the faith of the ancient Church, and were able to point to the deviations made by the modern church of Rome. From that profession it appeared that the faith was that which we may hear every Sabbath in Protestant churches—the Nicene Creed. The learned gentleman went on to compare the early decrees of the Church with those of modern times; these last being the chief sources whence had arisen the fatal errors of popery. Proceeding to another branch of his subject, Dr. O'Sullivan referred to the incidents of the period of Catholic emancipation. At an examination of Roman Catholic clergy before a committee of the House of Commons, it was distinctly stated that the only conse quences of the operation of the penalty of excommuni cation would be to debar the individual from sacramental benefits. Why, the state of the people of that church in this respect was fearful ; no one knew how far he was from participation in such benefits, owing to the doctrine of intention. By this doctrine, although a priest went through the form observed in the sacramental office, yet, if his intention were not to confer the assumed benefits, the penitent remained in the same condition as before. In conclusion, the lecturer alluded to the recent case, which has caused much excitement in the church—a case in which a clergyman was called upon to decide on a point on which the church has not given any opinion, and be cause he did not adopt certain views was tyrannously prohibited from entering upon those functions. which he conceived he had a right to exercise, until the law of the land stepped in to assist those rights. He thought all those who heard him agreed with him in approval of the preeminence of the law, as evidenced in the case referred to. (Cheers.) He glanced from this topic to Ireland, where a Protestant Government bad been so inconsistent as to bring into operation schools notoriously calculated to cherish, rather than destroy, the corruptions of Popery : but the church in Ireland had not failed to do her duty in the emergency ; 1700 clergymen had sacrificed all hopes of professional preferment, and, in some instances,had sub mitted themselves to all the horrors ofpoverty, by opposing this ill-considered measure, for it must be remembered that the national schools of this country did not give an adequate idea of such schools in Ireland, which would be almost entirely under the control of the priests.—The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic applause, when The Rev. W. Pollock and the Rev. F. Parry stepped forward to propose votes of thanks to the two principal persons present, the rev. lecturer and the chairman, which were seconded by the Rev. F. Barker and the Rey. W. Brewster. The resolutions were carried by general acclamation, and the whole proceedings passed off most satisfactorily, and are likely to be productive of permanent benefit. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT COBHAM HOUSE.—In 1600— on the occasion of the marriage of Lord Herbert with Anne, only daughter of Lord John Russell—we find Queen Elizabeth honouring her nuptials with her presence. On her landing at Blackfriars she was received by a gal lant company, including the bride, and was carried in a kind of litter, supported by six knights, to the residence of the bridegroom, where she dined. The same night she supped with Lord Cobham at his house in Black friars, and we are told that as she passed by the house of " Doctor Puddin" he came forth and presented her with a fan, which she graciously accepted. As Elizabeth was at this period a wrinkled Queen of sixty-three—" old and cankered," to use the words of Essex—it is not a little curious to find her acting the part of a girl of eighteen in the gay frivolities with which she was entertained at Cob ham House. According to the " Sydney papers," there was a memorable masque of eight ladies, and a strange dance newly invented. The attire was this : each had a skirt of cloth of silver, a rich waistcoat wrought with silk and gold and silver, a mantle of carnation taffeta cast under the arm, and their hair loose about the shoulders, curiously knotted and interlaced. Mistress Fitton led ; these eight lady maskers chose eight ladies more to dance the measure. Mrs. Fitton went to the Queen, and wooed her to dance ; her Majesty asked what she was ? Affection, she said. Affection said the Queen, Affection is false ! Yet her Alajesty rose up and danced. This entertainment took place only a few months before she signed the death-warrant of her 'oeloved Essex, whose conduct towards her was probably then rankling in her heart.—London and its celebrities. _ A GIFT liE 7 YO,"\:D' PRICIE.—They tell a new anecdote of Rachel, the tragedian-ess, in the Fren?li journals. A certain Lord II —, an English nobleman, is mentioned as having a remarkable collection of dramatic relics. He has the piano of Malibran, the sofa of Sphie Arnould, the umbrella of Garrick, the .fan of Mad'lle Mars, the watch of Talma, and the last bottle of Madeira which Kean drank from, and which fell from his hand, half emptied, as death seized him. The label on this half bottle of wine, by the way, has the inscription, " Into mated by the agony." But Lord H— wished to have a souvenir of Rachel. He had seen , in calling upon her, the famous guitar which she used, .when a poor child, singing for bread in the streets of Paris. Without this relic of her property, Mademoiselle Rachel never travels. It is enclosed in a velvet case, and, wherever sh e s t a y s , i it is taken out and suspended n honourable conspicuous ness. Of course, it was an object specially worthy of a place in the collection of Lord 11—, and his lordship offered to purchase it at any price which the gifted Jewess would set upon it. She assured him, however. that it was not for sale. " But, if I should offer you & thousand guineas for it ?" asked the collector. " I should still refuse," she replied. Lord H— thought, however, that he would try another temptation, and, on his return, home, sent her two diamonds, each worth twenty thou sand francs, in exchange for her guitar. Mademoiselle Rachel returned the diamonds, with a little note, stating that she would not give her guitar " for all the Jewels La the crown of Victoria h"—New York Home Journal.