The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The first of Mr. Chipp's organ performances will be given this (Tuesday) evening. On Thursday evening Father Mathew left this town (per steamer) for Dublin. According to the Sunday Times, Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitz william realised £BOO by their four weeks' en gagement in this town. The colliers in the districts about Ashton, Oldham, &c., have turned out for an increase of wages. They have formed an extensive union for this purpose. Two respectable druggists in this town have been fined £lO each, for vending made-up medicines without the government stamp. The Bishop of Manchester is announced to pay a friendly visit to the Archbishop of York, at the palace, Bishopthorpe. The Rev. P. W. Brancker is about to resign the curacy of St. George's Church, having been presented to a living in the south. _ _ The visiting justices of the gaol at Lancaster have appointed a committee to inquire into the duties and salaries of all the officers of Lancaster Castle. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye sailed for New York on Wednesday. The Pacific took forty-five passengers, amongst whom was Mr. Rives, late United States Minister at Paris, and Dr. Baird. On Wednesday, a young man named Isell, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Earle and Carter, of Oil-street, absconded with £250, which he had received at the Union Bank for two cheques. Mr. Fletcher, car proprietor, has been served with no less than eighteen summonses for allowing car drivers to drive without badges, in his anxiety to serve his customers during the car-drivers' strike. Mr. Edward Higgin exhibited a very beautiful artist's work-table, of his own invention. which elicited the ad miration of the members of the Architectural and Archaeo logical Society, on Wednesday evening. In the list just published of the gentlemen elected to the scholarships in St. John's College, Cambridge, we ob serve the name of Mr. C. T. Hudson, late of the Royal Institution School. _ . On Thursday, the body of a seaman named William Thomas, late of the Emma Steers, which was wrecked last week, was found, on Burbo Bank,. by a boatman named George Rudd. In consequence of the shortness of time intervening be tween this and the assizes, and the unfinished state of the Assize Courts, the Council have resolved to withhold all admission to strangers. The British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Niagara, Stone, commander, sailed from the Merger' at noon, on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails and a fair complement of passengers. The Liverpool and Philadelphia steam-ship Company's screw steam-ship City of Pittsburgh, Stotesbury, com mander, sailed from the Mersey, on Saturday, for Phila delphia, with a full complement of passengers, and a large and valuable cargo of manufactured goods, &c. It is a remarkable fact that the past week has been colder, by seven degrees, than any November week dur ing the last six years ; and Friday was ascertained to be colder, by thirteen degrees, than any 28th November for several years past. On Wednesday evening last, as Thomas Higgins, a ship-carpenter, aged 59 years, was employed on board a ship in the Brunswick Dock, he suddenly fell down in a fit. He was conveved: to the Southern Hospital, where he expired almost immediately afterwards. The judge of the Oldham County Court has awarded to a passenger by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the sum of lls., the amount of expenses incurred by him in reaching his destination in consequence of the delay for a quarter of an hour of the train in which he was travelling. There are now building, and about to be built, in the port of Liverpool, shipping to the extent of 10,000 tons; to this may safely be added 3,000 more, building in Birkenhead ; giving a total of 13,000 tons building on the Mersey. The'Rev. W. Carpenter, D.D., formerly of St. Jude's, in this town, now of Christ Church, Mosside, Manchester, preached charity sermons in aid of defraying a small debt incurred by alterations, an organ, &c., after which the sum of £268 lls. 6d. was contributed. A meeting of the Early Closing Association was held on Thursday. It appears that three of the leading firms in the town have consented to close at six for the three winter months, and some others had agreed to close at six o'clock for the months of December and January. A very fine painting of the Crucifixtion, attributed to Ruben!, has just been presented to the Town Gallery of Art:(which is in connexion with the Free Public Library and Museum), by Henry Steele, Big., Abercromby-sq. It was purchased by him at the sale at Hooton-hall. On Tuesday, the foundation-stone of a Mechanics' In stitution, which is to cost £4,500, was laid at Burnley. The Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Carlisle, and other dis tinguished persons, took a part in the ceremony. Lord Carlisle delivered an eloquent address on the occasion. In former years, at this period, the British and North American royal mail steamers have ceased their weekly passages, and have run only once a fortnight. There will now, however, be no break of this kind, and the vessels of that line throughout the winter will continue their depar ture from Liverpool every Saturday. A sum of upwards of £250, lost a few days ago in Dublin, was found in the possession of two parties, a man and a woman, in this town, on Tuesday last, by detective officers Patrick and Sullivan. They were about to emi grate to America when they were taken into custody. They have been since sent to Dublin. On Thursday a court of session, for the removal and transfer of publicans' licenses, was held in the Nisi Prius Court, before his worship the mayor (Thomas Littiodate, Esq.), and Messrs. Holt, J. H. Turner, R. V. Yates, and John Holmes. The list contained five removals and fifty four transfers. _ . . INCREASE OF PRESTON. — During the present year not less than six hundred and seventy new houses have been erected in Preston, and there never was a time when so few houses were unoccupied. One is scarcely empty before it is retaken, and many of the new ones have been let be fore they have been roofed in. THE LATE CHIIRCHWARDENS OF MANCHESTER. — The services of Messrs. R. Birley, Clegg, and Morley, church wardens of Manchester, in procuring the Rectory Pro vision Bill and other exertions for the good of the church, have been acknowledged by the presentation of three pieces of plate to them, each value one hundred guineas. FORBIDDING THE BANS OF MARRIAGE. — At the close of the service at the Parish Church, on Sunday, the 16th, a gentleman forbade the marriage of two parties whose names had been read by the Rev. Henry Burgess, on the ground that the wife elect was a deceased wife's sister. — Blackburn Standard. WEST DERBY RATES.—From a return, just published, of the amount of the poor and county rates in nineteen of the townships of the West Derby Union, it appears that, whilst the amount r4sed in those townships dur ing the last three years, for the support of the poor, was £10,456 165.. the amount raised for county rates was £11,572 lls. On Wednesday last, Elizabeth Downey, a young mar ried woman. twenty-eight years of age, died on board the screw-steamer Grecian while entering the river. The deceased was cook in the service of Sir Stratford Canning, the British ambassador at Constantinople. Her husband was coachman to the ambassador. On Thursday the deceased was respectably interred at St. Nicholas's Church burial ground. MNEMONICS,—On Thursday evening, a lecture was delivered at the Sunday School Institute, Mount-pleasant, on this interesting subject, by Mr. Younghusband, who explained a beautiful system invented by himself. The lecture was delivered to the members of the " Liverpool Junto," a society lately formed by a few young men for mutual improvement, who meet every Thursday evening, at the Sunday School Institute. On Friday' evening, Mr. John Stewart entertained a select number of his election committee, at his house in Mount-pleasant ; and it is said that the lately elected member for North Toxteth ward, Thomas Royden, Esq., purposes following the liberal example of Messrs. Samuel Holme and Gregson last year, by giving a public dinner to those gentlemen (his constituents) to whose exertions he owes his successful return. _ The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new iron steamer Lima, Captain John Williams, one of the new fleet of the company for performing the mail service on the coasts of the republics of Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecua dor, and New Granada, sailed on Tuesday from the Mer sey for Valparaiso. For that port, Madeira, 'and Rio de Janeiro, at which she will touch, about 50 passengers and £lOO,OOO in specie were embarked. ARRIVAL OF THE SERAPFUNA, FROM PERNAMBUCO.— The Seraphina, Captain Gething, arrived here on Wed nesday, from Pernambuco, which port she left on the 23d Gctober. She brings no additional political news of importance. Freights were low. She spoke the Wm, Fisher, from Madras, in long. 221, lat. 48, out 150 days. The Wm. Fisher reported that, in lat. about 22, they bad been boarded by a ship which, on the preceding day, had picked up, in an open boat, the crew of the Monarch, of Glasgow, from Callao to England, which ship had foundered. " A SAD BAD LOT."—At the Preston sessions, on Thursday last, a youth named Holden was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for felony. He had previously been in Preston, Knutsford, and Kirkdale gaols as a " smasher," or passer of base coin. At the present time, his father and brother are undergoing twelve months' im prisonment in Preston gaol for that offence, and the mo ther is also incarcerated in Lancaster Castle for a like Period, and for the same crime. To make up the total of the family, three daughters have been convicted and im prisoned in Preston, Lancaster, and Salford gaols, on si milar charges.—Preston Pilot. THE REFORM CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER, though chiefly confined to delegates from Lancashire and York shire, will be attended, there is reason to believe, by Refor mers from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The evening meeting will bead. dressedibyMessrs. Cobden, Bright, Gibson, and other gen tlemen. A deputation from Yorkshire held a preliminary interview with the Reformers of Manchesteron the subject on Saturdaylast, but its proceedings have been kept strictly private. The Yorkshire deputation included Mr. Carbutt and Mr. Edward Baines, of Leeds; Mr. R. Leader, jun., of Sheffield ; Mr. Milligan, M.P., of Bradford ; Mr. T. Crossley, of Halifax, who represented, on this occasion, the West Riding Registration Association. The gentle ?Alen who received them on the part of the Manchester Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association were : Mr. G. Wilson, Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Henry, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. H. Ashworth, of Bolton; Mr. T. Ashton, of Hyde ; Mr. T. Baxley, president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Wm. Rawson, Mr. John Platt, Oldham ; Mr. H. Rawson, Mr. McCart 12eY, Mr. S. P. Robinson, Mr. Royle, Mr. C. Walker, It oehdale•, and Mr C. E. Rawlins, of Liverpool.—Daily Net's. THZ ASSIZES.—The winter assizes will be opened on Saturday next by Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Erle. The calendar is very much lighter than usual, not merely lighter than the previous assizes, but considerably lighter than the assizes held at the corresponding period last year, which of course comprised the same interval as the present calendar. Tie number of prisoners on that oc casion was 127 ; the number now awaiting their trial is only 63, which is made up as follows :—Murder. 3, stab bing and wounding, 4 ; burglary, 6; intent to murder, 1 ; rape, 4 ; bigamy, 1 ; manslaughter, 10 ; riot, 4 ; robbery, 19; night poaching, 1 ; house-breaking, 2; forgery, 2; fraudulent bankrupt, 1 ; stealing a post-letter, 1 ; cow. stealing, 1 ; embezzlement, 1; horse-stealing, 1 i and stealing money, 1. RETURN OF A CALIFORNIAN GOLD-DIGGER.—About two sears since a young man, formerly in the employ of Mr. R. Matley, at the Hodge Print Works, as a block. printer, set out to California. He was in America at the time, and wrote home to his parents, to inform them that he was setting out for the " diggings;" but from that time to the present nothing had been heard of him until last Thursday, when he made his appearance at home, bringing with him 54 ounces of very clean gold dust, be sides other valuables. He was about 500 miles beyond San Francisco, and during the last nine days he was at the mines he earned 1200 dollars. He intends, it is stated, setting out again in a few weeks for another trip. —Manchester Guardian. ACCIDRNTS. — On Thursday afternoon, as. Arthur Kerr, in the employ of Mr. M'Fie, sugar manufacturer, Tem ple-street, was attending to some portion of the machi nery, his apron was caught in the cog-wheels. He was drawn partially in, and his arm fractured, and severely injured a tender part of his body. He was conveyed to the Northern Hospital.—On Thursday, William Grogan, a porter. fell into the George's Dock. He was rolling a cask of hardware along a stage on board the ship Ellen, when one of the spars supporting the ship gave way, and he fell with the cask into the water. He was got out and conveyed to the receiving house at the Prince's Dock, where he was placed in a warm bath, and recovered in a short time. STRANGE AvgAut.—One day last week a gentleman arrived at Southport by the train from Liverpool without a ticket. He paid the fare, however, and offered to re turn, but was refused. There was a strangeness about his manners, and he walked about Houghton-street until midnight, when the inspector of police took him into cus tody. On being searched a brace of revolving pistols were found upon him, and it is thought he intended to commit suicide. He did not struggle on being examined, but would not allow the police to examine or take off his gloves. He refused to answer any questions, but a letter was found in one of his pockets with his address upon it. The gentleman was very respectable in appearance ; and, proving to be of unsound mind, he has since been sent to the asylum.—Preston Chronicle. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT HINDLEY.—On Saturday night last, a very dense fog hung over Hindley and the surrounding neighbourhood, and it was with great difficulty that many persons could find their way from one point to another. An agricultural labourer, named Bat tersby, was walking from Dover, across the fields by Abram to Hindley, on his way home, and when a few yards from his own house, at a point near the Cross-lanes, he unconsciously walked into a pit of water. O n S un d ay morning he was found standing in the pit quite dead. It is said that cries of distress were heard by several persons on Saturday night, and amongst others by his own wife. There can be but little doubt that he walked into the pit in consequence of the dense fog, as he was a very sober man.—Wigan Times. LAUNCHES.—On Saturday week, a new ship was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co.. for the Brazilian trade. This vessel is the pro perty of Captain Kelley and Messrs. M'Tear and Vining, of this town. She is a clipper built ship, of about 440 tons, and is in every respect adapted to the services of a trade in which great competition is likely to take place. A splendid and successful launch was made.—On Monday last, a fine ship, called the Wild Flower, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Rennie, Johnson, and Co., Brunswick Quay. She was built for Mr. Ander son, of Aberdeen. Her dimensions are as follows : Length on deck, 135 feet : length on load line, 130 feet ; breadth on lead line, 27 feet; depth of hold, 18 feet 6 inches ; register tonnage, 478 tone ; displacement on launch line, 310 tons ; displacement on load line, 1100 tons. SHIP-BUILDING IN DUMBARTON.—The fine steam ship Cleopatra, the property of Messrs. M'Kean, M`Larty, and Co., Liverpool, and destined to form the first of the Anglo-Brazilian Steam Navigation Co.'s vessels in the trade between Liverpool and Brazils, is in rapid progress, and, when finished, we anticipate will add largely to the fame already won by those enterprising builders, Messrs. Alexander Denny and Brother. She is 1,500 tons burthen, and will be fitted up in the most elegant and comfortable style. The keel of the Miranda, a consort for the Cleopatra, is about to be laid down, and it may be expected that a third will speedily follow. It will be remembered that Al'Kean, Al`Larty, and Co., were the first to engage in the Aledi terranean trade ; and, as it was to their foresight and energy that the splendid results arising therefrom are partly due, it may be safely augured that the present adventure will be attended with suceess.—Dumbarton Herald. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—In our paper last week we gave full particulhrs of the accident which occurred at the Wee don station, on the previous Saturday. We regret to state that one of the passengers, Mr. Currie, of Warring ton, has since died from the injuries he received. An in quest was held on the body at Weedon, which terminated on Friday, when the foreman read the following as the verdict of the jury :—" The jury are of opinion that the deceased, James Currie, met his death by a cattle train running accidentally into a passenger train at Weedon, but without blame to the driver, on account of the eneine getting out of order and the rails being slippery. The jury cannot let the opportunity pass without recommend ing, for the better safety of the public, an alteration and enlargement of the Weedon station forthwith, it being too small for the quantity of traffic, without a siding." It is to be regretted that, although progressing favourably, neither Captain Huish nor Mr. Bruyeres was sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend the inquiry. THE TREACHERY OF ICE—Two BOYS DROWNED.— On Saturday a most distressing accident occurred, which caused considerable excitement in the vicinity of Upper Parliament-street. It appears that the pond in Parliament fields, as it is called, and known as " Cat-pit," from the number of the feline species drowned there, was partially frozen over. A youth named Brown, nine years of age, son of the Rev. J. L. Brown, of Falkner-tarrace, was returning from school between twelve and one o'clock at noon, when he was tempted on the pond. He had not been on many minutes when the ice gave way, and he was immersed into the water. The poor little fellow struggled desperately to save himself, but without avail. AnotLer youth, fourteen years of age, named Henry Baines, whose mother, a widow, we understand, resides in Grey-street, heroically went to the assistance of the drowning boy, but he also fell into the water, and both of them were drowned. The bodies were recovered about half an hour afterwards by the aid of grappling-irons, when life was extinct. The distress of the parents on learning the sad tidings was very great. _ - MYSTERIOUS ROCBERY OF £Bo.—On Friday, at the East Lancashire Railway Station, Blackburn, a robbery of a rather mysterious character was effected. Mr. W. Ec cles, jun., of Bamber Bridge, had procured from the bank of Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., £80; £6O of which sum was in silver, and £2O in gold. The whole was put into a common canvas bag, which he carried to the station, intending to return to Bamber Bridge by the 10 15 a.m. train. The young gentleman placed the bag on a chair in the first-class waiting-room, in which a lady was sitting, the wife of a respectable cotton-spinner in the neighbour hood, and took a walk upon the platform. On returning to the waiting-room the bag was missing. The lady was still in the room, and she stated that a gentleman had come in, who had taken up the bag, and walked into the water-closet, from which he had not returned. At the end of the closet is a window, which was open, and through which the thief must have escaped. Information of the robbery was conveyed to the police, and from the descrip tion given of the thief by the lady who was in the room at the time, hopes are entertained that the robber will speed ily be brought to justice.—Preston Chronicle. IMMENSE SHOALS OF HERRINGS AT BLACKPOOL.— During the last few days, the " shrimp-fishery" of Black pool has been quite superseded by one of a much more productive nature. After an absence from that part of the Lancashire coast for at least twelve or thirteen years, herrings are again beginning to resort to it in vast num bers ; it is conjectured in consequence of finding some favourite food there, the absence of which led them to desert the coast in by-gone years. A number of the poorer inhabitants are entering into this new fishery, and it is very beneficial in finding employment for many, and cheap food for many more. On Wednesday morning last, one individual, with three stake nets of very primitive construction, took at one tide no fewer than 2,500 her rings. His plan was this—At low water, these stake nets were set in the line of the tide : at high water, the her ring shoals passed over them; but the ebbing tide, as it flowed out, left the fish caught by the gills in the meshes of the nets. The sight attracted crowds of the visitors as well as the inhabitants ; for there were many hundreds of herrings, literally hung by the neck, the bright and varied hues of the dying fish glittering and glistening in the sun shine.—Plackburn Standard. REMITTANCE OF SMALL SUMS FROM AMERICA.— A Liverpool banker has published a letter in The Times, in which he alludes to the frequency with which small sums are transmitted from successful emigrants in the United States to their relations in Ireland, the aggregate amount of which remittances he estimates at more than halt a million sterling per annum. These remittances are made through the agents of the Liverpool emigration offices in this town. The failure of one of these offices on this side, of course, occasions much distress. The Liver pool banker suggests the establishment of an international post-office money-order department between the two governments for the transmission of small sums, so that the poor Irishman in the United States may be certain that his hard-earned savings will reach the relatives to whom he addresses them. The Times says the suggestion is open to the objection which every day increases in strength among business men, of throwing further duties into the hands of government. It would be much better that a committee of merchants, consisting of parties who have distinguished themselves by a desire to promote the safety and welfare of the humbler classes passing between the two countries, such as Mr. R. B. Mi nturn, o f N ew York, and Mr. W. Brown, of Liverpool, should take the matter up, and establish the desired plan. Whatever mode of carrying it out may be deemed best, there can be no duestion that tome step of the sort is imperatively called for. PROPOSED ►SCHOOLS IN ST. PHILIP'S DISTRICT.— It is in contemplation to establish schools for the education of about 400 children in a part of the district appropriated to St. Philip's Church, lying on the north side of Mount-pleasant, and extending to Brownlow-hill. The difficulty of obtaining a suitable site appears to have been the great barrier to the erection of schools. This difficulty is now overcome. The promoters of the present undertaking have the opportunity of purchasing, for the sum of £9OO, the chapel known as Providence Chapel, Pleasant -street, situated in the centre of the poorer popu lation of the St. Philip's district, and which, at a small expense, can be converted into excellent and substantial schools, capable of accommodating about 400 children. This chapel, which has only been erected eight or nine years, cost originally nearly double the sum required for the present purchase of it. There is also a residence for master or mistress, attached to the building, included in the above amount. The building is to be altered and adapted for a school, from plans by Messrs. J. and A. Holme. A SHREWD POLICE-OFFlCER.—Strange stratagems are often resorted to by creditors in pursuit of dishonest debtors. At a meeting at Leeds, last week, of a Society for the Protection of Trade, one of the speakers related an instance in point. A poor fellow arrived in Liverpool from the West Riding in pursuit of a fugitive, who had carried away £3OO of his money. He applied to an attor ney, to the magistrate, and to the chief of police in vain. Turning sorrowfully away, a police-officer offered him a bit of service :—" Go you to the ship's side to-morrow at ten o'clock—the vessel sails at twelve—and ask your debtor ashore, civilly. Will he come, do you think ?" " Oh, yes, he'll come, for he says I can't touch him." " Well, that's all right. Ask him to come to you on the quay. As soon as he comes, knock him down. I'll be close at hand, and take you both into custody for a breach of the peace. You will get to the police-office just as the magistrates are gone. The next day is Sunday, and he'll have to stop till Monday. You'll have time to force him to give up your money." The man took the policeman's advice ; knocked the runaway rogue down ; both were taken to the station-house, and the fellow in the end was glad to discharge the whole £3OO. THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE CLUB.—The annual din ner of this body, under the presidency of G. C. Schwabe, Esq., took place in the fine saloon of the Club-house, Castle-street, on Thursday evening last. The vice-chairs were occupied by W. K. Tyrer, Esq., J. Galt Smith, Esq., and John Heyworth, Esq., and there was a numerous company of members and their friends; the large room being all but completely filled. The proceedings com menced shortly after six o'clock, and did not terminate until past eleven. The speeches delivered were highly flattering to the club. The members were congratulated upon the success of their experiment; every department of the club was reported to be in an effective state, and so thoroughly systematised that an abstract of its position could be obtained at a glance; and the advantages of such an institution to merchants, and other men of business, confined to the commercial part of the town for the greater part of the day, were highly appreciated and ex tolled. The dinner, which was served up in an exceed ingly sumptuous and elegant stye, did infinite credit to the resources of the club, and to the taste and management of Mr. and Mrs. Mead, the house-steward and matron, who had produced it without the help of any beyond the ordinary staff of the establishment. Many toasts and sentiments were given and responded to throughout the evening : and an additional charm was given to the enter tainment by the performances of a ♦ocal and instrumental band, under the experienced leadership of Mr. Stubbs. Altogether, the proceedings went off admirably, and appeared to give universal satisfaction. Loss or THE SHIP UNICORN. — On the 9th instant the Liverpool Tip Unicorn, Captain Gray, hence for St. John's, New Brunswick, with 280 emigrants on board, was fallen in with by the Boston packet-ship Daniel Web ster, Captain W. H. Howard. The Unicorn was dismasted and in a sinking condition. The brig Harriet, of Port land, from Bordeaux to New York, was lying near, and several of the passengers from the Unicorn had already been placed on board of her. They had suffered much from exposure and want of nourishment, and the decks were so much encumbered by the dilapidated rigging that they could not move to and fro without danger. Captain Howard reports that when his vessel was alongside the Unicorn the passengers, all of them poor and destitute Irish people, most of whom had been shipped by their Irish landlords, were being thrown over the ship's side into the boats in the most inhuman manner. Some fell into the water, some on the rail of the boat, and all were more or less bruised ; several had their limbs broken. All the passengers who remained were taken on board the Daniel Webster, and as many were taken from the brig as chose to change their quarters. Captain Gray and the crew of the Unicorn were offered a passage to this port in the Daniel Webster, but they chose to go on to New York in the brig. Captain Howard took in all 175 of the passengers on board his ship, treated them with great kindness, and brought them to this port. They are now at the Sailors' Home, in a state of complete destitu tion, but with all their immediate wants carefully attended to. On Wednesday, Mr. G. P. Oxley, one of the owners of the Unicorn, presented Mr. Warburton, of the Ex change News-room, with .£lO, as the commencement of a subscription on their behalf. Donations of clothes will be particularly acceptable, as the poor creatures are in want of everything. We trust this appeal to the benevo lent will not be made in vain. PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN HOWARD.—A proposition has been made to present Captain Howard, of the ship Daniel Webster, who so nobly rescued the pas sengers of the ship Unicorn, with a testimonial of his humane conduct; and Mr. Warburton, of the Exchange News-room, has undertaken to receive subscriptions. Mr. Warburton has received £1 on behalf of Captain Howard, from an anonymous correspondent. HOMEWARD PASSAGE OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW.— The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, which left Phila delphia at noon on the 6th instant, reached the Mersey early on Sunday morning, having made the passage in 16 days 14 hours and about 15 minutes mean time. If, however, we consider that the first ten or eleven hours were occupied in steaming down the river, that she arrived off the bar here at half-past three, and was detained there four hours, we may fairly set down her passage at 16 days. We find by her log that the moment she got clear of the Delaware, she was met by north-east winds and a heavy sea. On the Bth. 9th, 10th, and 11th, she had moderate weather, with variable wind, chiefly from the eestward. She ran on each of the above days respectively, 200, 206, 207, and 229 miles. On the 12th, with squally weather, and variable winds, from the west north-west, northwest and north, she ran 224 miles. On this day she exchanged signals with the British brig Kirkwood, hound eastward. On the 13th she had light breezes, variable from SW., SSW., and SSE., with a heavy westerly swell. She ex changed colours with the British ship John Bull, sailing eastward. She also spoke the British schooner Conquest, from Gaspe, bound eastward. At midnight she still had light breezes, but the weather looked threatening, and there was a heavy so ith-east swell. She ran 222 miles. On the morning of the 14th the swell was still heavy, and the wind variable from south-east to north. In the afternoon the wind shifted suddenly to south-east, with rain and a very high sea. In the evening the wind had freshened to a heavy gale, which continued to increase, with a very heavy sea. This day she ran 184 miles. On the lfsth she had heavy gales from the south-east, and ran 104 miles. On the 16th the wind was still chiefly from the south-east ; but in the afternoon it moderated, and in the evening got round to the south south-west ; distance run 171 miles. The 17th was squally and unsettled, and in the afternoon a southerly swell. She ran 215 miles. On the 18th, with moderate but variable winds, and an interval of calm, she ran 205 miles. At half-past five on the afternoon of this day she spoke one of the Cunard steamers, bound westward. During the 19th the wind was light, but from the eastward : distance run, 178 miles. On the 20th, with light breezes from the north and east, she ran 227 miles. On the 21st she sighted Cape Clear, and ran, in the 24 hours, 211 miles. On the 22nd, with northerly breezes and swell, and hazy weather, she made Point Lynes, by 10 o'clock, p.m., and took in a pilot. In the morning she had exchanged signals with the British barque Andover. On Sunday, the 23rd, at half-past three o'clock, a.m., she stopped her engines to wait for the tide. At half-past seven she proceeded, and passed the Rock Lighthouse at a quarter-past eight. DISTRICT COURT OF BAN KRUPTCY.—Re John Lilly.— The bankrupt came up for judgment on Thursday, before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, when his honour put a question relative to the ship Eliza, on which the bankrupt had borrowed £5OO from Messrs. Shand, Higson, and Co., who held security to the amount of the value of the ves sel, which was said to be more than £1,300. Mr. For shaw, the bankrupt's solicitor, said Mr. Lilly required the money for immediate relief, and at the time was in hourly expectation of arrivals which would have enabled him to repay it. The commissioner expressed his intention of deferring his judgment; but in the meantime requested that Messrs. Shand and Higson might be examined rela tive to the security they held in the ship Eliza. In the course of the day, a member of this firm came before his honour, from whom it appeared the security was given in the usual way—on the balance of account; and that the advances made by Messrs. Shand and Higson on the ship, in one way and another, amounted to £l,OOO ; her real value they bad no means of ascertaining, as she was at sea; the sum named as her value was her original cost. Having heard these statements, his honour adjourned the case.—Re Sidney Sherlock.—The bankrupt, who is a wine merchant, well known in Liverpool, and whose case has excited some interest, came up, on Thursday, for final examination before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson. Mr. Rymer, solicitor and agent to Mr. Dymock, the solicitor tor the London creditors, complained that, although a considerable time had elapsed since the previous meeting, no balance sheet had been filed. The commissioner, on inquiry, ascertained that this omission had arisen from the indisposition of Mr. Blease, the accountant. It was finally agreed that the meeting should be postponed for five weeks, the balance sheet to be filed a fortnight prior to that period. There will he a private meeting of credi tors on the sth instant.—Barton, Irlayn, and Hig ginson's A f fairs.—At the Bankruptcy Court on Friday, Mr. Simon, barrister, applied on behalf of Sit Osboerne Gibbs, Bart., of Bristol, to compel the assignees to refund to Mr. Jonathan Higginson a sum of £4,500, which had been appropriated by them in payment of principal and interest on the mortgage of certain warehouses, the pro perty of Mr. Higginson, who was personally largely in debted to Mr. Simon's client. The learned counsel also applied for an order for the payment of £6,000 due for rent on the separate estate of Mr. Irlam and Mr. Higgin son, from the assignees, who had occupied the warehouse since the bankruptcy, without having paid any rent. It was ordered that the £4,500 be repaid to the separate estate of Mr. John Higginson. The commissioner de cided that the question of the rent must be left to petition and cross petition. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1851 PUBLIC MEETINGS. WEST DERBY Gt.TARDIANs.—The usual weekly meet ing of this body was held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. The other guardians present were the Rev. W. Badnal, and Messrs. J. Harrison, Alpass, Siddeley, E. Johnson, Mountfield, Bolshaw, I've, Shaw, Abraham, John Jones, Owen Elias, Jeffries, and Carter. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was reported to be £1,607 18s. 2d. The committee who were appointed to select a suitable piece of ground for an hospital and ceme tery having reported that they had chosen a portion of the ground belonging to W. Shaw, Esq. at Everton, it was re solved that some members of the boa;clshould wait upon Mr. Shaw, to ascertain the terms upon which he would part with it. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—OR Thursday, at the usual weekly meeting, Alderman Parker presided ; and the other members present were Messrs. Bennett, Langsdale, Godfrey, Henderson, Dover, Clayton, Johnson, Atkinson, Nicholson, Beckwith, and Lloyd. The gratuitous use of the Paul-street baths was granted, on application. to the emigrants saved from the ship Unicorn. Mr. Beckwith took an objection to an item of £226 paid to Mr. Rose for removing the refuse of the markets. There were plenty of people who would take the refuse for nothing. The Chairman remarked that it was in accordance with a contract made with Mr. Rose.—The report of the medical officer noted a considerable increase in the mortality of the borough during the last week, the deaths registered being 265, a greater number than in any of the preceding nine weeks. As compared with the week previous, the increase was 44, and as compared with the average morta lity of the same week of the preceding four years, the last week shows an excess of 51. The deaths in Toxteth park were 51, a greater number than in any week of the two previous years. The greatest are at death was 93. The atmospheric temperature, as in the previous week, was below the average on every day. The mean of the week was 39 1-10 deg., being five degrees below that of the previous week ; 8 3-10 below the average of the cor responding week of the six preceding years, and lower than in any week since March 1850. The mean reading of the barometer was rather above the average, being 29.98 inches. The wind blew chiefly from the north, and the mean daily horizontal motion of the air was 277 inches. A• motion that in future the meetings of the health committee be held at the offices in Cornwallis street, was lost by a majority of seven to five. PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. —The association for the furtherance of these objects held a meeting in the Council-chamber of the Town hall, on Thursday,—Thos. B. Horsfall, Esq., in the chair. There was a numerous and respectable attendance, in cluding several members of the Town Council, and of the committee of the Royal Institution, as well as many of the donors and subscribers. The secretary, Dr. Hume, read a lengthy report from the committee, detailing their operations since their appointment. The donations and subscriptions which have been received to the present time were stated to he as follows :—Subscriptions,—Paid to treasurer, £l,Oll Is. 6d. ; unpaid, £477 18s. ; total £1,488 19s. 6d. DonationB,-4,407 volumes, of which 2,967 have been similarly acknowledged. The committee concluded the report by recommending that, after the recent subscriptions and donations have been adver tised and the accounts passed, the entire donations of money and books, together with the unpaid ac counts, be banded over to the library and museum committee of the Town Council, for the purpose of the library alone. Some discussion followed respect ing the desirableness of separating the library from the other two objects, in which the chairman, Archdeacon Brooks, Mr. Falkner, Rev. J. H. Thom, and Mr. Theo dore Rathbone, took part. At length, on the motion of Archdeacon Brooks, seconded by Dr. Macintyre, the adoption of the report was carried unanimously. It was suggested, and agreed to, that the room at the Royal Institution, in which the books had been temporarily deposited, should be put again in good condition. After a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Horsfall, for the faithful discharge of his duties during the past year, in which Mr. J. Aikin was the mover, and Mr. Theodore W. Rathbone the seconder, the meeting separated, and the association was considered as dissolved. DOCK COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the usual weekly meeting, Mr. Turner, the chairman, presided, and there was a very numerous attendance. The following mem bers were present :—Messrs. Shand, Molyneux, Robinson, Brocklebank, Gregson, Chaloner, Steele, Dover, Clax ton, Hall, Lockett, Bold, Malcomson, Bigham, Holden, Barber, Royden, Nicol, Tobin, Holme. and Langsdale. Mr. Malrolmson withdrew his motion for the immediate erection of warehouses on the Stanley Dock quays, and gave notice that he should introduce another that day fortnight.--A letter was read from Mr. Edwin Clarke, offering to supplant by the electric telegraph the sema phore plan of communicating signals, for £BOO per annum. The sub-committee recommended that the proposed sys tem be not adopted, and the committee confirmed the recommendation. Mr. Lockett said that now they had direct electric telegraph communication with Holyhead.— The canal entrance from the river to the Salisbury dock was ordered to be walled in, at a cost of £5OO to £6OO, as only six vessels had passed through the gut during the last six months.—A recommendation to increase the wages of the weight-keepers from 20s. to 255. a-week, and a suit of clothes a-year, was ordered to be referred, the committee thinking that the addition of a suit of clothes a-year was sufficient.—A communication from Mann and Foster, and another from the tenants of the slate yards, were referred to the sub-committee.—The question of individual members obtaining information from the officers of the trust was again discussed, on the motion of Mr. Barber. Mr. Smith repeated his opinion. that no general power on the subject could be delegated by the committee, as the fact of such delegation would be to make each individual member a sub-committee, and there was no such power. Such power was inconsistent with the constitution of the dock trust. A long conver sation ensued ; but the arguments pro and con have already been reported. The members who voted for an alteration of the existing system were Messrs. Langsdale, Bigham, Holden, Hall, Barber, and Malcomson. The other members voted for the continuance of the system now in operation, and Mr. Barber's motion was lost. The committee then proceeded to the consideration of matters of finance. SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, the Rev. A. Campbell in the chair. A reso lution having been passed, some weeks ago, giving every member the right of visiting the Workhouse, it appeared that Mr. Gardner had been to the house, and ordered a room to be fitted up with iron bedsteads. The irregula rity of this proceeding was strongly censured. By the Workhouse Committee it was reported that there were 672 sick cases in the house, 90 being of fever, and 70 of itch. The admissions to the vagrant-sheds, last week, had been 520 males, 206 females, and 144 children. The total number of paupers in the house on the 19th ult. was 2,159, against 1,832 on the corresponding date of last year. The in-door labour of inmates, last week, had produced only £3 Ss. 6d. Nineteen orphans had been transferred to the Industrial Schools. A letter had been received from Mr. R. W. Evans, the governor, resigning his office, the term of service to expire on the 25th inst. Mr. Evans stated that he had thus early given notice that the Vestry might find a competent successor. It had been resolved in committee that the resignation should be accepted, to take effect at the time stated ; and that such leave of absence as Mr. Evans might, in the mean time, require, should be accorded to him, the subject of a successor being reserved for further consideration.—The Industrial Schools Committee reported 90 vacancies, in order that the number might be filled up by youths from the Workhouse. A report was presented from the sub committee appointed on the 15th ult. to inquire into the services of the blacksmith and joiner. This stated that the original object in employing these men, that of teach ing the boys their trades, had not succeeded—not more than two per annum from the blacksmith's, and four from the joiner's shop, having left for the purpose of following the trades in which they had been instructed. They were, therefore, recommended for dismissal. This gave rise to some discussion ; but, ultimately, the proceedings were confirmed.—The resignation of Miss Halstead, school mistress, was read and accepted.—The Medical Relief Committee, it appeared, had come to a resolution that the fees for vaccination of the district medical officers should not be paid unless it could be stated that each medical officer himself could certify, at the bottom of the bill, not only that he had himself operated in the case, but could certify, from subsequent inspection, to its suc cess. It was stated that several of the surgeons delegated their work to assistants, paying 4d. and drawing for themselves ls. 6d. each case. An amendment was pro posed by Mr. Willmer, and the recommendation was negatived.—X4,ooo in excess of last year was stated to have been collected from cottage property during the pre sent year. The proceedings then terminated. LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY—The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening last, at the Royal Insti tution, Colquitt-street, Mr. Picton in the chair. Mr. Vincent Barber was introduced as a junior associate mem ber. The chairman announced the presentation to the society, by Mr. William Billinge, of two works by that gentleman, namely. " The Power of Form applied to Geometric Tracery," and the " Baronial and Ecclesias tical Antiquities of Scotland." Another presentation was a " South-cast view of the Catholic and Apostolic Church, Canning-street, Liverpool," by Mr. Owen. The chair man alluded to a reference which had been made at the last meeting to Elliott's patent for manufacturing bricks, pipes, tiles, pottery, &c. A specimen of the material was produced. A short conversation ensued, some members thinking it was well adapted for flooring and draining purposes, being impervious to damp : it was a beautiful material, and much credit was due to Mr. Elliott for its application. Other members thought that, from its brit tle character, it was inapplicable to building purposes. In answer to a question relative to the proposed breakwater at the mouth of the Mersey, the chairman said that, in his capacity of t9wn•councillor, he was not in possession of any information, but from a p r i va t e source h e h ad learned something about the proposed scheme. A discus sion followed, in which it was stated that the Victoria and Rock Channels were rapidly filling up; that buoys which had been, three years ego , 600 yar d s apart, were now only at a distance of 200 y ar ds f rom eac h o th er; an d the question might yet be raised as to a safe outlet from Liverpool. Whether the advantages resulting from the proposed breakwater would be worth the cost, was con sidered by some members rather doubtful. The question then dropped.—Mr. Higgin exhibited a beautiful and ingenious artist's work-table, of his own invention, which elicited the admiration of the members. Mr. Walker read an elaborate paper on " Sanatory usages—ancient and foreign," in which he contended that many sanatory cus toms of ancient nations, which had now fallen into disuse, were worthy of the attention of the people of this country. The paper embraced three important subjects, namely. water, air, and extra-mural burials. Mr. Walker traced the provisions made by the Assyrians, Persians, Jews, Romans, the modern Chinese, and other foreign nations, for an ample supply of water to private houses and public baths, the free admission of air into dwellings, and the burial of the dead in tombs, &c., outside of cities. He quoted largely in support of his views from ancient and modern authors. After a discussion upon the paper, in which several members criticised some of its leading points, thanks were voted to Mr. Walker, and the meet ing adjourned. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The quarterly meeting of the chamber was held on Wednesday, at the offices, No. 4, Ezchange•buitdings, for the purpose of receiving a report from the council, and for thA transaction of other business. T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., president, occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. The CHAIRMAN, referring to the report which would be read, said there were several subjects of importance alluded to, but none more so than the administration of the Customs laws of this country, and the administration of our commercial laws. (Hear, hear.) " The fact is, that the Customs laws of this country have not kept pace in improvement with the improvement of our commerce and the requirements of our commerce. (Hear, hear.) I am happy to think, however, your council has acted wisely in endeavouring thus far to ascertain the real grievances which exist in this town ; and I believe, before very lung, you will be called upon—the town generally will be called upon—to sign a requisition to the mayor, to convene a town's meeting on the subject, in order that government may be aware of the great commercial interest which is felt on the subject of a reform in the Board of Customs." (Hear, hear.) Mr. Horsfall concluded—" We know that the trading interests of the community are gaining rapidly, and I think they will gain the ascendancy in the Commons House of Parliament (applause); and I think further, that if the government do not remodel the Board of Customs, the time is not distant when they will be met by the fatal answer, `lt's too late;' and when the people of this country will be disposed to go farther than I would wish to see them go, and say We will have no Board of Customs." (Hear, hear.) Mr. TROT SON, the secretary, then read the report, which adverted to the various questions that had occupied the attention of the chamber. Mr. F. SHAND moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Enwann HEATH, and unanimously carried. Mr. EIEATR dwelt on the advantages of the chamber ; he asked them to contrast the superiority of a permanent body like that in watching over the affairs of the town, commerce, and trade generally, as compared with those irregular meetings which used to take place before its existence, when any special grievance had to be remedied, or any particular object had to be attained, when they knew that, after the first burst of excitement was over, no person was found to work, and the matter was allowed to drop. The next resolution was, that the members of parlia ment for the borough and county should be members of the council. This was likewise unanimously agreed to. Mr. STITT, the treasurer, stated that, at the commence ment of 1851, their expenditure and their income were balanced, within a few shillings. They had not retrograded since then ; but he might mention, for the satisfaction of the chamber, the increase of members in 1851 had been 68 in number. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RICHARD SHELL then addressed the meeting cn the subject of postal regulations, with reference princi pally to the delay in the delivery of letters in Liverpool, from the packets entering Southampton. He said, the only mode which would be efficient for removing the grievance, and of serving the country generally, was by bringing the packets to Liverpool.—(Hear, hear.) Liver pool, for all the purposes of collecting letters and distri buting them, was better situated than any other town of importance in the whole United Kingdom, and any man who looked at the map would see it.—(Hear, hear.) He moved the following resolution :—" That it is desirable some improvement should he made in the mode of deli vering letters from the Post-office, and that the chamber sees no objection to the plan proposed by the postmaster." Seconded by Mr. KELLY, and carried unanimously. Mr. FORWOOD next made some remarks upon the im port trade, and the necessity of giving every facility to the export trade. The exports of Liverpool ncwamounted to no less, in 1851, than £34,000,000—a mass of property of amazing value. No overtures had been made to the chamber by the London and North-western Railway Company, to state their willingness to put Liverpool on the same footing as London. The CHAIRMAN said, the London and North-western Company were willing and anxious to do so, but they re quired the assent of two other companies. He was quite sure they had the disposition to do what was right. Mr. HIGGIN expressed his concurrence in the remarks of Mr. Forwood, and said, if they wished to retain their imports, they should preserve their exports. (Applause.) Mr. Buar said, that was a question affecting every merchant in Liverpool ; but he thought they should not make an attack upoE the London and North-western, inasmuch as the company was tied up by an agreement with the canal not to take anything between Manchester and Liverpool at less than so much per ton. The only influence they could bring to bear upon them, likely to be successful, was to induce them to withdraw those conces sions they lately made to London. After dfew words from Mr. SHAND the subject dropped. Mr. HOLLAND then addressed a few words to the meet ing on the subject of tribunals of commerce. The com mittee of which he was chairman, had not lost sight of the matter. He thought the safest plan would be to join the London committee in asking " parliament for a committee to inquire by what means mercantile cases might be adjudicated according to the principle of equity. &c., and how far this can be accomplished by our having merchant judges." He moved a resolution to that effect. Mr. L. HEYWORTH, M.P., seconded the motion ; but, on the suggestion of Mr. Heath, it was withdrawn until the committee had concluded its labours, and their report came before the public. At the request of Mr. JAMES REAY, a letter, signed " A Liverpool Banker," which appeared in the Times of Tuesday, and the substance of which appears in another part of our paper, was read. He then stated that a poor woman's husband had sent her £5 through a house which had just become bankrupt, had called upon him, and al though the woman had been fourteen days in Liverpool, she had not got one penny. He himself had taken seven of those small orders to a house which existed here a year and a half ago, and out of the seven he got only 30s. One of the parties kad been followed as far as Havre, but as he was not a native of the country, and was only on a ♦isit, he could not be touched, though he had £l,OOO in his pocket. He moved that the whole subject be referred to the chamber. Mr. SHIEL seconded the motion, and stated this system had been in operation for twenty years. It had been brought before the Council when Mr. Wm. Earle was mayor, and to the Cou►►cil of Liverpool might be attri buted the bill which had been since passed for the protec tion of emigrants. After objecting to this matter being placed in the hands of any house, he argued that it was the Government only that could extend it to all parts of the country ; and as emigrants went to every town in the United States, it was desirable there should be in every town an establishment, in communication with the towns in this country, where a man could receive the amount for which the bill had been drawn. He trusted come measures would be adopted for the relief of his poor coun trymen. (Hear, hear.) The motion was agreed to, the Chairman undertaking to bring the subject forward at the next meeting of the Council. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chair man, and the proceedings terminated. FINANCIAL REORM ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of this association was held at the Concert-hall on Thursday evening, Mr. Robertson Glad stone, the president, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that the meeting, strictly speaking, ought to have been held earlier in the year, but it had occurred to some of the members of the council, with perfect good taste and right feeling, that, as her Majesty was then about to honour Liverpool with a visit, the exposure of the enormities of our financiel system was not the most fitting welcome for royalty, however much they might have reason to believe the natural bent of her Majesty's disposition was opposed to reckless extravagance and national wrong. Mr. DOUGLAS MILNE, the secretary, read the report of the committee, which expressed the opinion that how great soever may be the difficulty of finding an acceptable and perfect scheme of direct taxation, no plan can be possibly adopted, so full of evil in every imaginable form, and with so little countervailing advantage of any kind, as that sys tem of taxation now existing. Mr. A. C. STEWART moved the adoption of the report. He exposed the impolicy, absurdity, and wickedness of spending the national money in supporting schools and carrying out sanitary improvements, while the Govern ment imposed taxes on knowledge, and duty on soap, and all those articles which render home happy, and induce habits of sobriety and morality in a people. Such taxes, he said, ought to be repealed at once and for ever. Mr. FRANCIS BOULT, in seconding the motion, observed that the two objects which the association had in view were, a due and efficient economy in the expenditure of the coantry, and a thorough reform of the existing system of taxation. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. EDWARD BRODRII3I3 then, in a long address, moved the adoption of a petition to Parliament, praying for an inquiry as to whether the present system of taxation through the customs, excise, stamps, licenses, and as- sessed - taxes on carriages and servants, does not press more unequally on the several classes of the community, and act more injuriously on the general prosperity of the country at its justly complained' of inequalities. Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTLT, M.P., seconded the reso lution. As regarded universal suffrage, which must follow the adoption of direct taxation, he could not agree to the opinion that the people were unfit to have such a power, that they were too ignorant. There were certainly igno rant people among all classes, but he believed that, if any, they were fewer among the working classes than any other. The resolution was7put and carried. Mr. CHARLES ROBERTSON moved the appointment of the officers and committee for the ensuing year. Mr. Robertson Gladstone was named as president, and Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.P., as vice-president. Mr. C. E. RAWLINS seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously ; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up., CHESHIRE AND WALES. The Baptist chapel at Lymm, Cheshire, has been duly authorised for the solemnization of marriages therein. We feel pleasure in announcing that the sheriff of this city, Mr. Peter Eaton, has, in a spirit of true kindness and liberality, presented to the poor widows of Chester 200 loaves of bread.—Chester Courant. The Carnarvon Herald reports that some labourers stripped a boy, three years old, of his clothes, rubbed him all over with coal tar, dressed him again, and then be smeared his clothes with the offensive liquid. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 23rd November, 1851 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers, £1,020 159. Id. ; parcels, H. C. and D., £75 18s. Bd. ; goods, cattle. &c., £673 15s. 3d. ; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £35 129.7 d.; parcels, £2 18s. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £lO3 9s. 7d.— Steam-boats : Passengers, £l7l 18s. Id. ; parcels, £l3 13s. 4d.—Total. £2,673 ls. sd. THE NORTH WALES MUSSEL TRADE.—A very remu nerative trade is springing up in North Wales, originating in the more extensive working of the various fisheries along the coast. The whole of the seaboard of this part of the country abounds with fish of every description, which until very recently was caught and sold only for local use, but the opening of the Chester and Holyhead Railway appears to have opened a new market in the northern and midland districts. It will scarcely be credited that during the last two months no fewer than 830 tons of mussels have been sent per rail from Conway to Man chester. This large quantity of shellfish was packed in bags, 10 of which made a ton. and were disposed of at the rate of from Is. 6d. to 2s. per bag. Employment has thus been afforded to a large number of men, women, and children, for even the latter have been engaged in the col lection of the fish on the shore, between high and low water mark, and there can be no doubt that in a short time the valuable and hitherto neglected fisheries on the Welsh coast will be fully and profitably worked, affording a number of small coasting vessels regular employment and adequate remuneration. Oyster dredging is now car ried on to a great extent in Cardigan bay, there being 17 vessels employed, which average each 1,000 fish per day, and this large number is chiefly sent to the Liverpool and Lancashire markets. BIRTHS On the 24th July, at Macclesfield, near Adelaide, S ou th A us . tralia, Mrs. John Thomson, of a daughter. On the 18th ult., at Light Oaks, Stifordshire, the wife of J Ireland Blackburne, Esq., of a daughter. , On the 19th ult., at sea, on board the West India mail steam-ship Medway;the lady of Captain Collell, 67th Regiment, Barbadoes, of a son. On the 22d ult., the wife of Mr. Allen M'Cabe, of 4, Great Newton-street, of a daughter. On the 25th tilt., in Caledonia-street, Mrs. Jonathan W. Fair dough, of a eon. On the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas Bliss villa, Oxton, of a daughter. t, of Roslin On the 27th ult., the wife of Joseph Godden, Esq Axton, Cheshire, of a daughter. surgeon .• On the 27th u'i., the wife of Mr. Joseph Brattan, of Rick mond-terrace, Birkenhead, of a son. MARRIED. On the 3rd ult., at St. Paul's Church, Warrington, William Haze!dine Meredith to Ann Watkinson, both of Prescot. On the 12th ult., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-street, by the Rev. C. Monall, Mr. Edward Cumpstey to Miss Mar garet Ellis. - On the 12th ult., at St. Michael's Church, Uppe r Pitt- s t reet, by the Rev. C. orrall, Mr. William M`Carthy, mariner, to Miss Ellen Kirk, of Parliament.street. On the 16th ult., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-street, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, A. 8., Mr. John Breuel, book-keeper, to Mrs. Harriet Fleury, of Kent-square._ _ _ On the 18th ult., at the Baptist Chapel, Broadmead, Bristol, by the Rev. Thomas Winter, the Rev. H. J. Keats, Baptist minister, Haworth, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest de ter of Mr. W. Derrick, Lower Arcade, Bristol On the 20th ult., in London, John Jo Carnarvon, to Louisa, daughter of the 1 Esq., of Tobago. On the 20th ult., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. W. F Hutton, Mr. Finchett, of Netherton, Staffordshire, to Sarah, daughter of the late Mr. Hignett, of Bowton-hall, Cheshire. On the 23rd ult. ' at St. John the Baptist' s Ch urc h, M r. J o h n Pritchard to Miss Mary Ann Harrison, of Berwick. On the 24th ult., in London, the Earl of Lanesborough to Frederica Emma, relict of the late Sir Richard Hunter, of D lany-hcuse, Sussex On the es, Esq., of Ynyagain, to John L. Kensington, .c 25th ult., at Sutton Coldfleld, Warwickshire, by the Rev. W. K. R. Bedford, William, son of Ralph Clay, Esq., of this town, to Jane Eleanor, youngest daughter of Charles B Greatrex. Esq., of the former place. On the 25th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Edge-b' F. Barker, M.A., Mr. John Reece, of Manchester, . Martha Sykes, of the Oddfellows'-hall, Sir Thomas's-buildings. On the 25th ult., at Great George -street Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. Redford, of Worcester, Mr. Alfred Redford, of this town, to Mary, second daughter of the late John Roche, Esq., of Cork. On the 25th nit,, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, London, by the Rev. Mr. Fitzwygram, Charles, youngest son of Mr. Wm. Keys, of Heybridge, Essex, to Georgians Caroline Whitby, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Wharton, Esq., of this town. 1, by the Rev o Mrs On the 26th ult., by special license, at St. Mark's Church, by the Rev. W. Pollock, James Nuttall, Esq., M. 1).. of Bark-house, Little Sutton, Cheshire. to Mary Ann, relict of t' - William Grayson, of Workington, Cumberland. On the 26th ult., at the Parish Church, Bimbury, C by the Rev. J. Martin, William, second son of Wm. Esq., of Storeton-hall, to Alice Frances, only daughter Beckett, Esq., of the Rookery. On the 26th ult., at St. John's Church, Leamington, by the Rev. P. B. Maddock, the Rev. 11. J. Maddock, M.A., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, to Sarah, second daughter of the late John Wilkinson, Esq., of Ridgwood, Chorley, in this county, and of Thickthorn, Kenilworth. On the 27th ult., at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. Charles W. Lawrence, John Sylvester Williston, Esq., of Baltimore, U.S., to Mary, daughter of Mrs. Green, of Elm-house, Dingle, Toxteth-park. On the 27th ult., at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr. T. W. Butler, youngest son of Mr. I'. Butler, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. James Hatton, of Bedford-street, Toxteth-park. On the 27th ult., at Walton-on-the-Hill, Thomas Clarke, Esq., of Bootle, to Miss Elizabeth Mashiter, of the same place. On the 27th ult., at St. Michael's Church, tipper Pitt-street, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, A. 8., W. S. Colebourn, Esq., to Miss E. C. Blair. On the 28th ult., at St. Michael's Church, Upper by the Rev. H. Carpenter. Mr. James Button, marir Mary Ann Magerrall. of Upper Pitt-street. On the 29th ult., at St. John the Baptist's Churcl Scott, second son of Mr. James Bowman, to F ter of Mr. Wm. Davies, of Bedford street, Toa DIED ate Captain Pitt-street, ler, to Min h, daugt Thomas Lately, in London, the Dowager Lady Saltoun Lately, at Sydney, N.S.W., after a severe eldest son of the late Ralph Pearson, Esq., of this tow On the 12th October, in Port Antonio, aged 38, Job Esq., a native of Wigton, Cumberland. On the 9th ult. ' _- at Ardagarvan, County Tyrone, in year, Mr. Robert Porter. The deceased lived the last s six years of his life in the neighbourhood where he died _ was never married, and was a man of peculiarly inoffensive habits. He said himself, a very short time before his dealt " No man ever lifted a stick against me, nor di one." tie daily took a walk of upwards of hat bearing ns erect as many half a century yoi On the 11th ult., at Madeira, Grace, d Charles Shand, EN On the 13th ult., at tl: Hunter street, aged 66, Chester. ughter of the Whitehead On the 18th nit., aged 6 years and 6 montlu son of Mr. Robert Brookfield, of Toxteth-park On the 19th ult., at Nan On the 20th ult., at Tres J. Woodford, late of the the county of Lancaster. On the 20th ult., aged street, Preston 3, Mr. Ni Hurlbutt. ife of Capt Mary Pe On the 20th ult., aged 51, Martha, wife of M upholsterer. _ _ On the 20th ult., in Canning-street, agi of the late Wm. Bolt, Esq., of Whitby. On the 21st ult., aged 42, Mary, wife of master of the Royal Rock Ferry steam( On the 21st tilt., aged 17, Thomas, y( Mr. \V m. Stretch, formerly of - On the 22d ult., aged 10 y( of Mr. Ricbard E. I)awbarn On the 22d ult., at Rose ( Percy Curat erland, the Hon. Mra On the 22d ult., aged 2 years, George Healing Lyon, Esq., of Great Mersey-street, Kirk dal( On the 22d ult. at Madrid, aged 84, f ' Rubin de Celis, ult., Patriarch of th, On the 23d ult., aged 19, Hannah, yoi Chas. Edwards, of Great Howard-street _ On the 23d ult., at Brighton, Col. Sir Her Thou Posado for Lisburn. „ On the 23d ult., in Rokeby-street, Everton, of enlargement of the heart, aged 45, Mr. Philip Watson, watch. On the 23d ult., at the residence of her son lock, Esq , of Duke-street, aged 74, Mary, Benj. Roach, Esq., of Barbados On the 23d ult., in London, I intestines, Mr. Wm. Finnell3 years connected with the daily in 1827, and was one of the Cases in the House of Lords. On the 24th ult., aged 44, El Islington ors of ( the bar On the 24th ult., at Holt-hill, Anne, Perrey, Esq. On the 24th ult., Mary, wife o man, Great George-street. On the 24th ult., aged 41, Fa Mount Pleasant. On the 24th ult., at Wavertree, aged 87, Mrs. S On the 25th ult., on the North Quay, Douglas, aged 75, Mr. Win. Muncaster, clock and watch in: of Whitehaven, but for many years resident in th On the 25th ult., at Hale, aged 65, James Lc Ardwick. . . „ Oakes, of wife of Johr m. Waring On the 25th ult., at the house of Car street, Tranniere, aged . 29,.Mary Price, F. Spencer, of Prince Edwin-street, in On the 25th ult., aged 39, Mary, win On the 25th ult., at Maryport, aged late of this town. On the 26th ult., aged seven years , Mr. J. P. Platt, of llacre-park, death since the 13th ult., Mr. Platt ha' that day, and another boy on the 19th On the 26th ult., in Statihoop.-tnrr of Mr. James Irviz;g, Esq., M.D., Douglas, Is On the 2Gth nit., Robert Dickson, eldest sc of F. and J. Dickson, mu On the 27th ult., attc Mr. Jar Mr. Wm. I he 27th ult., at the res 'ornbe, ageBo, Mrs. 1 27th alt., aged 2G, Mr. En on of the late Mr. Henry 27th ult., in Lordon,,ar,( James Fairhurst, engraver, late or tim On the 28th ult., in Edge-vale, after two years, Dora, third daughter of Mr On the 29th ult., aged 27, Eliza,' Chester-street, Toxteth-park. On the 29th ult., aged 79, AI arth Isaac Ridgway, of Brown-edtre, Lymn On the 30th ult., aged 51, Mr. Hem* Tavern, Christian-street. On the 30th ult., Hannah, wife of M and builder, Newsham-street. She children to deplore their loss. Or, the Ist lust., at her residence in Miss Sherlock ama, of