The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

:ftdividual to the office of secretary to the board of guardians of Clonmel. The object of the return was to prove that, in the selection of persons to fill important offices under the poor-law commissioners i❑ Ireland, the most corrupt system of partizanship was acted upon ; and it was to conceal the existence of such a system that, in the return in question, which purported to contain copies of the correspondence upon the subject, interpolations had been made, dates falsified, and material passages in one letter entirely omitted. So far as Mr. Stanley's connexion with the offence in question is con cerned, it was fully admitted ; but as it was found necessary that another gentleman—Mr. Phelan—should be brought forward, the enquiry was adjourned till Thursday, when a further scrutiny will he rigidly prosecuted into the subject, and the public will perhaps be enlightened as to the nature and character of the machinery by which it is proposed to regulate the important question of the franchise in Ireland by Lord Morpeth's bill. In the House of Commons the anti-church-rate party had —not a regular field-day, but—a skirmish of outposts, upon the question of printing a petition of the Leicester martyr, Mr. W. Baines. The name reminds me that a notice was also given by the member for Leeds—Mr. Edward Baines — of a proposed bill to regulate the registration of burgesses of municipal corporations. The conservatives of Liverpool, with the evidence of last year's proceedings of the "liberal" party in the burgess registration before them, will not, I imagine, be greatly in love with the source from which this proposed amendment is to emanate; and must not lose sight of the duty of attentively scrutinizing its provisions. Why do conservative members allow so many subjects of import ance to be taken out of their hands by this tricky party ? London, Wednesday Evening. The addresses from the members of the Liverpool Trades men's Conservative Association, and from the Operative Conservative Association, on the occasion of the birth of the Princess Royal, were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Tuesday last, and very graciously received. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—Before the retirement of the Rev. R. P. Buddicom to St. Bees, the con gregation of St. George's, Everton, presented him with a purse of one thousand pounds, accompanied with plate of nearly two hundred pounds value. Mr. Buddicom's arms and crest, as well as a design of St. George's Church, were engraved on the various articles, and the 'whole harmonised beautifully. The inscription on the plate was as follows : "To the Rev. ft. P. Buddicom, M.A., F.A.S. Presented by the congregation of St. George's, Everton, as a small memorial of gratitude and affection for the fidelity and zeal with which, for more than a quarter of a century, he has de voted himself to the duties of a pastoral offi ce i n t h at place, and as a slight testimony oft Hffir deep sense of hi s em i nent services in the cause of religion in the town of Liverpool. December 24, 1840." In addition to this, the ladies of the congregation presented Mrs. B u ddi com with various articles of taste, which were universally admired. IMPRISONMENT OF A FREE BLACK AT CIIARLESTON.— The master of a British ship, whose name did not transpire, made appli ca ti on to Mr. Rushton, at the police-court, or; Wednesday, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that his vessel recently touched at Charleston, where a black he had on board was taken and put into jail, in accordance with the laws of the southern states of America, by which the authorities are empowered to imprison any free black, found within their jurisdiction, until some provision be made for sending him elsewhere. In the present case the black was kept iu jail for the period of sixteen days, and, as the vessel was about to sail, he was sent on board, but along with him was sent a bill, from the authorities of Charleston, for six teen dollars, being, as they stated, the amount of his keep in jail during the sixteen days. The captain's application, therefore, was, whether, under the circumstances, he was bound to pay those sixteen dollars as well as the wages of the black for the sixteen days, he having been deprived of his services during that period, or whether the black himself had not a right to discharge the amount claimed by the authori ties in question? Mr. Rushton decided that the captain should pay it and not the sailor, inasmuch as it would be ex tremely hard to compel the latter to pay after having suffered the sixteen days' incarceration.—The captain stated that he was ignorant of the law of the place, while the black was well acquainted with it, and contended upon this qound that the latter had a right to pay.—Mr. Rushton said that the captain ought to have made himself acquainted with it be forehand as well as the black. It was one of those conse quences brought on us by slavery, and was, no doubt, a bad state of things ; but, under the circumstances, the captain was liable to pay and not the sailor. DISPUTED POSSESSION OF A STALL.—On Tuesday last, at the police-court, a master butcher named Levin, was placed at the bar, at the instance of Benjamin Crowther, of the same vocation, on a charge of having taken a quantity of meat from his stall. The case excited much interest amongst the fraternity of butchers connected with the markets, and a considerable number of them, both from St. John's and St. James's markets, were distinguishable in court by their light blue attire. Mr. Venables appeared in behalf of the prisoner. Benjamin Crowther said that he kept a butcher's stall in St. James's market, and that the prisoner had that morning taken away the meat from the stall. Patrick Bird said he knew Crowther's stall ; but he did not see the meat taken. In reply to Mr. Venables, he admitted that he knew Levin's wife occupied the stall before he went to America, and that he believed the market committee had re-let it to the com plainant before his return. Poli2e market-looker No. 14, said he heard that the prisoner was going to remove the meat, and told him he should not do so in the absence of Crowther the owner. The meat was put by the prisoner upon the next standine. Mr. Falcon, solicitor, who appeared in the ab sence of the deputy town-clerk, by desire of Mr. Rushton, explained the manner in which the stall had been let. It appeared that Levin had rented the stall, and on leaving the town some time ago, his wife occupied the stall, but soon afterwards she died, and it became, as the market committee considered, vacant, and was let to Crowther. Mr. Falcon he committee, w then read a letter from Levin his return and dated the 10th of the ten after It was 3resent month to -the effect that he had lately been obliged to leave the country ; that the stall he bad left in possession of his wife had since been re-let, add that he would be glad if the corn- .19itt ee would allow h'im the first vacant stalrthat would suit ".," 11 , as he now intended to follow his trde in this country. reply to questions from Mr. Rushton, a Mr. Falcon stated that the rents of the stalls were paid quarterly ; that Levin's wife had occupied it after the commencement .of the present quarter (the Ist of January), and that the rent would not be due on that quarter until the Ist of April. Mr. Venables Put the question to Crowther whether he had not had the prisoner taken into custody on a charge of felony. Mr. Rushton said the witness was not ols/iged to answer that question. Addressing the prisoner he said that he had done wrong in taking forcible possession of the stall. His wife had died, and as he was absent from the town, the commit tee considered that it was vacant. He (Levin) had written to the committee requesting the first vacant stall, and if he had continued to act in that spirit, and applied for redress in the proper quarter,lhe matter would doubtless have been arranged. He (Mr. Rushton) would say that though he (Levin) had acted wrongly in removing the meat, there was nothing in the matter upon which to impute to him a charge of felony. The prisoner was then discharged, and Mr. Ve nables addressing Mr. Crowther, said—You will hear of this by and by;—thereby intimating (as we understood him) that an action at law would be brought against him on the part of his client. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON AN AGED FEMALE.—A person, respectably dressed, who called his name Frederick Smith, was brought before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday under a warrant, charging him with having thrown an aged female, named Catherine Brennan, down the steps of Elliot's office, in Union -street, by which her leg was fractured in three places. The circumstances under which the assault took place were detailed by the complainant's witnesses as follows : Elizabeth W. Leigh deposed that she was married woman, and that she had lately taken a house from Mrs. Elizabeth Beale, in Union-street. On Monday afternoon her husband went to see the furniture brought up to their new residence, and, some time after, witness went to the door to see if the waggon with the goods was coming. While there, the pri soner spoke to her across the way from his door, the doors of both houses being opposite to each other. Not under standing what he said, she went across and stood at the bot tom of his steps to ascertain what he wanted. Ile then asked if her name was Mrs. Leigh. She replied in the affirmative, whereupon he said, "You have made an agreement with Mrs. Beale, and I am sorry you have, for she's a swindling woman." Immediately upon this • being said, Mrs. Beale and her daughter, and also the complainant, Mrs. Brennan, came to the door, when Mrs. Brennan, addressing the pri soner, said, I know Mrs. Beale well ; you have injured her ; and whatever you have got to say to ier say it now." Mrs. Brennan then went up the steps where the prisoner had been standing, and followed him to the office door, when he caught her by the wrists, turned ber round, and threw her down the steps, in consequence of which her leg doubled under her and was broken. She was then obliged to be carried into Mrs. Beale's house by two persons. Mrs. Brennan is sixty years of age, and is nearly blind. Mrs. Elizabeth Beale, and her daughter, Miss Hannah Beale, corroborated the fore going facts. The defendant then called sevral witnesses, who proved generally that the complainant had grossly abused him ; that he did not throw her down the steps, but that she fell down ; that after falling she walked across the street to the house of Mrs. Beale ; and that both herself and the Beales were more or less intoxicated. Mr. Cripps, surgeon, stated that he was called to attend the complainant on the evening of the occurrence, and that the larger bone of her leg was fractured in two places, the smaller in one ; her ancle was also partially dislocated. She was in a very precarious state at present, but not worse than persons were under like injuries at such an age. Ile should not, perhaps, be justified in saying that her life was in danger, but he had very fre quently seen death ensue in similar cases. Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to find security, himself in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each, to answer any charge that might be preferred against him at the sessions, and to give forty eight hours notice of the bail. CHARGE OF STABBING.—On Wednesday, a decently dressed man, who said he was a carpenter, and that his name was John Wade, was examined before Mr. Rushton, at the police-court, on a charge of h av i ng sta bb e d W m. G . D oc kerly, a sailor, with a knife, and assaulted him with a leaden ball. The complainant stated that, between twelve and one o'clock on Friday morning last, be was going home, along Whitechape l, in .company with anot h er young man who was rather tipsy. Complainant w as qu i te sober. When, they got to the end of Preston-street, the p r i soner an d ano ther fellow came up a nd said something to the young man, but complainant di d not hear_ what it wa s . Th e pr i soner ' then knocked the young man's hat off, and co ll are d him • complainant picked up th e hat, but immediately a ft er d o i n g so his own cap was taken off. While he was looking for the cap he received a blow on the head, which knocked hi m d own. When he got up, the prisoner had hold of him, and in a mo ment after he felt something warm at his side. Th e pr i soner then let go his hold, and complainant staggered into the street, where he found that blo od was issuin g from his side. He instantly' called out that he had been stabbed, and l ay i ng hold of a man who was passing at the time, tore hi s s hi rt to put it into the wound. He did not recollect what hap pened after. In the scuffle with the prisoner he receive d another cut on his left arm. He w as quite certain the pri soner was the man who stabbed him, because he took parti cular notice of him, and there was a gas -li g ht burning near the place.—Hannah Doncaster deposed that she . saw the pri soner strike the complainant with something fastened to a string, and that the force of the blow knocked. him down. She then saw the prisoner draw a knife, either from the. rant pocket or the sleeveof his coat, and stab the complainant with it in the side.—Policeman No. 57 deposed that on hear ing the cry of " Murder" he proceeded to the spot, and found the complainant lying down and the prisoner kicking him. The prisoner had a deadly weapon in his hand, com posed of a ball of lead fastened to a string ; the string went round his wrist. Witness took this instrument from him, but had scarcely done so when he received a blow which tum bled him on the ground. If another policeman had not come up on the instant, the prisoner would in all probability have escaped. When arrested, the prisoner's right hand was co vered with blood ; there was blood also upon his trousers ; and, on searching the place where the scuffle occurred, a knife was found.—Mr. George Owenstone, surgeon, said he hail examined the complainant, and applied leeches to a stab he had received in the side, which was about two inches in length and an inch and a half in depth. He had another wound, of no consequence, on the arm ; and his life was not in danger.—The prisoner was committed for trial at the ;assizes. INtwEsT.—On Wednesday last, an inquest wax held be, fore Mr. Currie, on view of the body of Elizabeth Rea, a child of four years and eleven months old, whose parents live in Gibraltar-row. It appeared that on Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, the deceased was crossing Bath-street, when an empty cart, belonging to the trustees of the docks, was passing along, at a slow pace, drawn by one horse. The de ceased was knocked down by the knee of the horse, as she crossed, and the near wheel passed over her head. She was immediately carried to the Northern Hospital, but such were the injuries she received that all human aid was unavailing, and she expired in a few minutes. The jury returned a ver dict to the effect that the deceased was "Accidentally killed," and levied a deodand of 1:5 on the horse and cart. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A FEMALE.—At the police -court yesterday, a decent looking young woman, named Frances M'Anally, was placed at the bar, she having been given into custody by Mr. George M‘Donald, glass manufacturer, Lord-street, (and Great Howard-street,) on a charge of having robbed him of the sum of £9. M`Donald did not appear to substantiate the charge—but had admitted to the police-officers who took the prisoner to bride well that he had found the money which he had missed. The girl said she considered it very hard that she should be taken up and kept imprisoned on such a charge. She knew no thing whatever of the money, and enquired whether an action might not he had against her accuser. Mr. Rushton said that proceedings might certainly be instituted ; but advised first to see M`Donald, who certainly ought to make her some recompense. She was then released. ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY. — Wednesday was the anniversary of St. Patrick, the patron saint, as O'Connell is the member " for all Ireland.' The numerous Hibernian societies walked in procession through the princi pal streets, decorated as fine as possible, each order being preceded by party-coloured flags, exhibiting grotesque de vices of almost all the saints in the calender, and accom panied by bands of music playing party tunes. After the procession, the societies adjourned to their respective club rooms, where dinners were provided for them.. In th e fore noon the foundation-stone of a new Papist church was laid, near the end of Duke-street, Edgehill, and high mass cele brated, and a sermon preached in honour of the occasion, in the Popish chapel, at the top of Scotland-road. At the latter place a strong body of police were obliged to be in attendance to preserve order. MARK OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening a select party of friends assembled at Mr. G era d' s , Post-office Tavern Post-office-place, for the purpose of p resen ti ng M r. Hi gg i e , of the Liver Threatre, with a very elegant and massive silver snuff-box, as a token of their friendship and esteem. After the u , •; , l toasts, the chairman, Mr. Williams, in a very neat and ap p , opriate speech, presented the gift, and with it the good wishes of the whole party. He was ably seconded by Mr. M`Millen, in the vice-chair, and the worthy host. Mr. Higgie returned thanks at some length for the kind mark of their respect, and the business of the evening was wound up happily and merrily by some capital singing and most excel lent wine. The inscription on the box is as follows ;—"Pre sented to Thos. Higgie, Esq., by a few friends, at the Post office Tavern, Liverpool, as a mark of their esteem for his professional talent as an actor, and private worth." THE ASSIZES AT LANCASTER AND LIVERPOOL. — The commission for the northern division of this county, will be opened at Lancaster on Saturday next, and that for the sou thern division, at the Sessions-house in this town, on Thursday next, before Barons Maule and Rolfe. In Liver pool, Baron Rolfe will preside in the civil, and Baron Mettle in the criminal court. The trials will commence on Friday, the 26th instant, on the morning of which day, all prosecutors and witnesses are to be in attendance, except for the cases of manslaughter, maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting, and wounding, for which procecutors and witnesses are to attend on Saturday, the 27th. The cases of murder, attempt at murder, rape, and misdemeanors, (except offences relating to coin) prosecutors must attend on Monday, the 29th instant, at nine in the morning. The calendar is exceedingly heavy, both numerically and as regards the nature of the offences. - ASSAULTING A SAILOR.—James Mason, a sailor, on board the John Taylor, of New York, at present lying in No. 2 Graving Dock, appeared at the Police-court on Wednesday, charged the second mate with assaulting him in a most brutal and savage manner the night before, without having given him any provocation. He stated that the defendant and the watchman were standing together on the quarter deck about a quarter past twelve o'clock, when he ap proached the former, wishing to speak to him before he re tired to rest, but had scarcely done so, when the defendant ordered him off and d—d him, knocked him down, and then both kicked him and jumped upon his body.—Policeman 41 said that on hearing cries of " Murder" on board the John Taylor at the hour stated, he went to the complainant's as sistance and found him covered with blood.—Joseph Ash ton, the watchman, stated that he was present at the time of the occurrence, and that the complainant was intoxicated and saucy to the second mate. He heard the mate tell him to go forward, upon which he replied that he would when he thought proper, whereupon the mate struck and kicked him when he was down.—The complainant assured the court that he was certain the mate would have kicked his eyes out, if he had not covered his face with his hands.—Mr. Rushton said the mode of proceeding adopted by the defendant was of a most scandalous nature. The true way to rebuke people that were intoxicated was, not to speak to them when they were drunk, but when they were sober. He ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or to be imprisoned a month. BELFAST DISCUSSION.—The resolution put forward by the gentlemen who interfered to prevent the discussion be tween the Rev. Messrs. Gregg and Cook, on the subject of the Irish national system of education, seeming to convey a sort of censure on Mr. Gregg, for not complying with their request, we beg leave to state as our own opinion, that the rev. gentleman deserves no censure whatever on this account, and that we are borne out in our opinion by that of others, who are perhaps more competent to decide. The Rev. Mr. Drew, Incumbent of Christ's Church, Belfast, has recently addressed a letter to the editor of the Newry Telegraph, in which he says that, "of the regular clergy of the diocese (some one hundred and fifty), exclusive of those connected with the parish of Belfast, only THREE have signed the re solution. The parish of Shankill, or Belfast, contains six churches, some being Chapels of Ease. Now, out of these the clergy of FIVE of these churches have withheld them es from any interference, though influential exertions were dby certain lay brethren with some of them , but to no avail. thus learn how the matter stands—viz., a number of respectable laymen, and some of the clergy, wished that the discussion should be prevented ; other laymen, and the clergy of five Belfast churches, and doubtless many clergy men of the diocese, had no objection to such a discussion. For Mr. Gregg, and for his manly and honest devotedness, there is abundant sympathy ; nor is the challenge undeserv ing of commendation for the good temper which he has ma nifested in the correspondence. Mr. Drew concludes his letter with the following very important ana useful observa tion, in reply to those who so earnestly deprecated the dis cussion for the sake of preserving protestant union or peace. " ` Protestant union,' " he says, " if unvisited by GoD's blessing is but sustained by the crumbling cement of un tempered mortar '—(Jeremiah, vi, 14, 16. Ezekiel, xiii, 10.) Protestant neace,' if unscriptural, unsound, and unsatisfac tory, is neither more nor less than PROTESTANT POI SON ; and, unless the question be set at rest, in the minds of many, by fair and reasonable investigation, I see nought before us but a perpetuation of jealousy and strife. The question is not merely a Belfast question, nor an Ulster question ; it is a NATIONAL question, and had it been debated in the Rotunda (Dublin), as twice asked for by one of the distinguished parties in his challenge, it is ' but reasonable to hope that such a result would, in Gon's blessing, be given, as would aid the cause of truth and pro mote the best interests of charity." NEW II AYMARRETS.—Many of our readers are aware that when Liverpool was but the nucleus of the extensive town which now occupies so much ground on the bank of the Mer sey, the market for the sale of hay was held at the bottom of Shaw's-brow, on a piece of land forming the junction of Byrom-street with Whitechapel and St. John's-lane. As the town increased in extent, this space became too confined to accommodate the number of heavily-laden vehicles which brought produce to supply the enlarged consumption, and it was at length deemed expedient to transfer the market to the large area to the southward of the site of the Old Infirmary. This vast space, it was believed, would always be large enough for all purposes. However, the rapid increase of the town, particularly to the north and south, has led to great inconvenience even in this central and spacious area. In ad- dition to being too small, the very position, which was for merly its greatest recommendation, has now became a source of annoyance, because of its distance from several of the more modern parts of the town. It was therefore determined to have two haymarkets, one at the north end, and one at the south end of the town, so that both the farmers, carters, &c., and the inhabitants, might be fairly accommodated. The prime reason for this removal was the projected improve ments which it is now well known are to take place about the spot now misnamed " the New Haymarket." It is cer tainly now no longer a haymarket but in name, and ere long that, too, will have passed away, with every vestige of what it had been, and then, with the new and high-sounding title of St. George's -place, the grandeur of its appearance will no more lead the wayfarer to a conception of what it once was, than its novel denomination. It became solitary, so far as hay, coal, potato. and turnip carts are concerned, on Monday last, when the new Hayma r k e t s ( one on the site of the old Botanic-garden, and the other, which is the northern one, at the end of Great Homer-street, between Juvenal-street and Great Nelson-street) were opened. At the Southern Market a neat ornamental machine-house has been erected by Mr. R. Mercer, Gill-street, for the use of the parties frequenting the market. At the Northern Market some anxiety appears to have prevailed amongst the farmers and others to be first on the ground, and the first to commence dealings. Many of the vendors were present at a very early hour. One load of hay was in the market by five minutes before twelve at night. The first transaction took place between Mr. Henry Spencer, cow-keeper, of Everton, and Mr. William Woods, farmer, of Kirkby-row. Mr. Spencer purchased the first load of hay from. Mr. Woods, who drew, at the machine in Great Homer-street, theafirst money for this the first sale made on the ground. The attendance, both of sellers and purchasers, was good throughout the day. The produce offered consisted of 15 loads of hay, 5 or 6 loads of straw, 48 loads of potatoes, and several loads of coals, all of which were purchased at good prices, with the exception of three loads of hay whicl remained unsold. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—At the police-court on Wednesday, two savage-looking fellows, named William Doherty and John Knowles, were placed at the bar on a charge of having knocked down a sailor, named Boulter, in Johnson-street, the night before, and rifled his pockets of £2 7s. 6d. John Boulter deposed that he was one of the crew of the brig Jessie, at present lying in the King's Dock. A little after eleven o'clock the night before, he went into Vauxhall-road, with an old shipmate, and left him opposite to the dispensary. Complainant lodges in Clayton-square. He then went along Hatton-garden, and at the corner of Johnson-street, Dale-street, he saw the two pri soners , t wo other men, and two women, standing together. Complainant being a stranger in Liverpool, asked them the way to Lon don-road. Doherty and the women got round him and said, " You will not be against giving us a glass each, if we show you the right way." Complainant said that, as he was a stranger, he should not be against giving them a glass or two. He had three crowns, one shilling, one sixpence, and two sovereigns on the right side of his waistcoat. Th e sove reigns were wrapped in a bit of paper, but the silver money was loose. The four men and two women then t oo k hi m into Johnson-street, and, pointing out a cellar on the right hand side, Knowles said, " If you will come in here, and pay for a drop of ale, we will not ask you for anything more." Complainant refused to enter the place, but said he would treat them when they got higher up the street. Kno w l es had one h an d on his left shoulder, and was putting the other into his left pocket, when complainant said, " Come, come, that w on 't d o ," an d th en t urn ed from the causeway into the middle of the street. Doherty followed, seized him by the arms, and pulled him down upon his back. Knowles came, and kneeling u p on hi s s t omac h, put his hands over his eyes and mouth. One of them said, " Can't you fodge his pockets 1" and complainant then felt a hand unbutton his waistcoat, and search his pockets. They succeeded in taking his two sovereigns and three crowns. He endeavoured to cry out, but w as una b le, owing to t h e manne r in which his mouth vas pressed. E ven t ua lly, he succeededin drawing the band from his mouth, and made a noise as well as he could. The fello ws then' left him, and ran towards Great Crosshall-street. He got up, saw three men and two women a little behind, and missed all hi s mone y, with the exception of the one shilling and the one sixpence. He called out for assistance, and policeman 53 came up, when he informed him that he had been robbed, and described the persons of his assailants. He was certain the prisoners were two of the men who robbed him. The police-officer said he had apprehended the prisoners f rom t h e d escr i pt i on g i ven o f them by the complainant. It app eare d th at D o h er t y h a d been fifteen times committed on former occasions, and the other once committed and once discharird. They were both coin.; mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes. MEETING OF THE BOCK COMMITTEE The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday at the office in Revenue-buildings. The following members were present :—Messrs. Benn, Horsfall, Barclay, T. Holt, Holmes, Smith, Booth, Mellor, G. Holt, Evans, Chapman, Tobin, Martin, Quayle, Aikin, Ripley, and Middleton. Mr. BENN presided. RESIDENCES FOR DOCK MASTERS, &C. The Sub .committee of Works reported that they had taken into consideration the subject of sites for the erection of houses for those masters of thelseveral docks not yet pro vided for. They had first looked for a site for the master of Clarence Dock, and they recommended the general committee to fill up the old filtering well within the dock wall, which was of no use, and to erect the houses thereon. The house for the master of Waterloo and Victoria Docks they recommended to be erected on the south side of Waterloo Dock, within the boundary wall, and a little nearer to the river than the Custom-house DepOt. This situation would be very convenient in many respects. With regard to a site for the intended house for the South Harbour-Master, the sub-committee recommended it to be built upon the unoccupied land to the east of Queen's Dock where a tram-road once was ; also the same site for houses for the master of Queen's Dock, the master of Union and Coburg Docks, and the master of Brunswick Dock. With regard to sites for houses for the masters of Canning, Salt house, and King's Docks, the sub-committee stated they were not prepared to recommend anything. Mr. G. HOLT stated that about half the site of the old fil tering well would be occupied by the houses of the masters of Clarence Dock and Clarence Basin. This situation would be found very convenient. The sub-committee, individually, had gone over nearly the whole of the proposed sites, and were of opinion that no better could be found. The CHAIRMAN, referring to that passage in the report which stated that the sub-committee were not prepared to recommend anything with regard to sites for houses for the masters of Canning, Salthouse, and King's Docks, said, that in the mean time it seemed probable the committee might be able to lease from the corporation one or two dwellings in Nova Scotia, and the question might be asked what trms they would accept. Mr. EVANS thought Nova Scotia would not be conveni ent for the purpose. Mr. G. HOLT added that the sub-committee were not pre pared to make any recommendation on this part of the sub ject. The CHAIRMAN inquired whether it was the wish of the committee that plans and estimates of the expense of the proposed houses should be- furnished at their next meeting ? Mr. CHAPMAN, before the committee decided, wished to ask whether it would not be better to defer fixing a site for the residence of the South Harbour-Master till power had been obtained for the construction of the intended new dock. That would be such an important dock that it struck him the Harbour-Master's residence near it would be much better for him than if it were built lower down. Mr. EVANS was of opinion that the more perfect the new dock was made the less would the Harbour-Master have to do with it. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the new dock would be in the division of the North, and not of the South Harbour- Master. Plans and estimates of the cost of the intended houses were then ordered to be laid before the committee at their next meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated that it was further proposed that a house should be built upon the site of the filtering well, in addition to that intended for the master of Clarence Dock, for the residence of the master of Clarence Basin. Mr. EVANS said it must be a house of smaller dimensions. The CHAIRMAN.—Of course.—Ordered. BRUNSWICK DOCK FILTERING WELL. On the recommendation of the Sub-committee of Works, the site once intended for a filtering well on the west side of Brunswick Dock was ordered to be filled up. VICTORIA AND THE OTHER CHANNELS. The Sub-committee for the Department of the Marine Surveyor laid before the committee the following extract from the usual monthly report of that officer : " The channels maintain the features and capacity de lineated in the last edition of the chart. Very minute and accurate soundings having been obtained in the Victoria Channel, at low water, on Tuesday, the 9th of March, under very favourable circumstances of weather, it being also the greatest tide of the year, it is satisfactory to find that the depth of water continues the same. 99 vessels, mostly of a large class, passed through it on that day." The committee expressed their satisfaction at this report, and it was unanimously adopted. SALARIES OF THE DOCK MASTERS. The Sub-committee for the department of the Harbour Masters presented their report on this subject, and produced a scale of salaries, which they recommended for the adoption . of the general committee. The SECRETARY read the scale, which was as follows : Prince's Dock.—Master's salary last year, £353 Gs 9d, with a house : future salary recommended to be given, £3OO per annum, with a house. George's Dock.—Master's salary last year, £259 4s Sd, with a house : future salary recommended to be given, £250 per annum, with a house. Salthouse Dock.—Master's salary last year, £205 3s Sd, without a house : future salary recommended to be given, £l6O per annum, with a house. King's Dock.—Master's salary last year, £272 Os 9d, with a house: future salary to be given, £250 with a house: Queen's Dock.—Master's salary last year, £349 19s Id, with £4O additional for a house : future salary recommended to be given, £3OO per annum, and a house. Brunswick .Dock.—Master's salary last year, £240, with £4O additional for a house : future salary recommended to be given, £250 per annum, and a house. Clarence and Trafalgar Docks. — Master's salary last year, £2BO, without a house : future salary recommended to be given, £250 per annum, with a house. Clarence Half Tide Basin.—The salary of the master for a portion of the last year was 100 guineas, but on his appli cation in January last the committee increased it to £145 per annum. The sub-committee now recommended that this salary be continued at the amount fixed in Jannary, and to be without a house. Waterloo and Victoria Docks.—Master's salary last year £240, without a house : future salary recommended to be given, £250 per annum, and a house. Canning Dock.—Master's salary last year £l9O, without a. house : future salary recommended to be given, £l5O per annum, and a house. Union and Coburg Docks.—Master's salary last 'year £145. The sub-committee recommended that the salary of the master of these docks should be continued at the same amount. Mr: EVANS enquired whether the sub-committee had re ferred to the salaries of the dock masters for more than one year, to guide them in ascertaining the sums which they bad recommended to be given for the future? A MEMBER was understood to say that the sub-committee had been guided only by the amount of the salaries last year. The SECRETARY said that the sub-committee had had the average of a number of years before them. Mr. EVANS.-But what was the average ? Mr. RIPLEY said it was not so much as the sub-committee now recommended the general committee to give. Mr. EVANS asked what was the size of the Queen's Dock that the sub-committee should have been induced to recom mend the same amount of salary to be given as was given to the master of Prince's Dock? Mr. CHAPMAN, in reply, said that the size of the two docks was the same, and the amount of work was about the same in each ; but the master of Queen's Dock had, in ad dition, to attend to the graving docks attached thereto. It was then agreed that the sense of the committee should be taken seriatim on the alterations recommended to be made. The CHAIRMAN said the committee would first have to decide as to Prince's Dock. The master's income last year was £353 Gs. 9d., with a house; the sub-committee recom mended that the future salary should be £3OO per annum, of course with the house he had before. Mr. AIKIN.—Then it is a reduction of rather more than £5O a year ? Mr. EVANS.—Yes ; but he will now get a certain fixed salary, whilst before he was only paid by the amount of busi ness actually done. Mr. HORSFALL thought the sub-committee should have taken the average of two or three years, instead of being guided by one only. Mr. EVAN s looked at the case of the Prince's Dock in the abstract; the salary recommended to be given was quite enough. The CHAIRMAN mentioned that the Secretary had the averages of the salaries paid to the dock-masters for a num ber of years, which he would read. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read a tabular state ment of the average income of each dock master for the ten years, ending in 1837. The salary for Prince's Dock, in cluding £4O a-year for a house, was £355. For George's Dock, including £4O for a house, the average for the same period was £277. For Salthouse Dock, the master of which received ls. 4d. and two-eights of a penny per ton, and an allowance of £lO per annum for a house, the average was £235. For King's Dock, the average was £2BO. For Queen's Dock, £336. The masters of all the other docks were paid fixed salaries. Mr. At KIN asked whether the average of £336 for Qneen's Dock included a house ? The SECRETARY replied in the affirmative. The CHAIRMAN enquired from .the committee whether they were agreed as to the sum of £3OO being fixed as the salary of the master of the Prince's Dock ? Mr. EVANS thought the committee were. Mr. TOBIN considered £3OO per annum very handsome. Mr. ItiPLuY remarked that it was a reduction of £5O. The CH AIRMAN said that objection was easily obviated. Until very lately Mr. Asbrigge (master of Prince's Dock), had the charge of King's Dock, which produced only £272 per annum, besides a house. The committee then fixed the salary at £3OO, in addition to a house. The salary of the master of George's Dock was next fixed at £250 per annum, with a house, making it equivalent to £290. The CHAIRMAN said the committee in the next place would have to fix the future salary of the master of Salthouse Dock. Last year it produced to the master £205 ; the average of ten years was £235, and the sub-committee re commended that in future it should be £l6O, with a house. Until now the master had not been provided with a house, but paid his own rent. Mr. TOBIN said that coasting vessels only frequented this dock, and they never remained more than a day in one situ ation. The remuneration, therefore, which the committee were recommended to give was a mere trifle in comparison with the labour. The CHAIRMAN said it should then be recollected that there was no passage to be kept through Salthouse Dock as was the case with George's Dock. He thought, however, that the master of Salthouse Dock ought to have at least £2OO per annum. He was almost the only one who had not asked for an increase of salary. Mr. Aixtx was of opinion that the salary recommended was too little. Mr. EVANS said no man with an income of no more than £l6O would think of occupying a house of £4O rent. The proposed salary really was not sufficient. Mr. TOBIN observed that the dock master would scarcely get a cellar instead of a house, in the vicinity of the dock, for £4O a-year. Mr. RIPLEY suggested that the salary be £lBO per annum. After a few words from Mr. GEORGE HOLT, the com mittee resolved that the future salary of the master of Salt house Dock should be £lBO with a house. The CHAIRMAN said the committee must next fix the sa lary to be paid in future the master of King's Dock. The sub-committee had recommended the general committee to give him £250 per annum and a house, making his income equivalent to £290, which would then be £22 less than he had received before, and £lO more than the average of ten years.—The recommendation of the sub-committee was then adopted. The salary of the master of Queen's Dock was next fixed at £3OO per annum besides a house, which the CHAIRMAN explained was a reduction from the amount he received last year of £49, but an increase upon the ten years' average of £4. The committee next resolved that the salary of the master of Brunswick Dock should be £250 per annum besides a house, being an increase of £5O. The payment of the master of Clarence and Trafalgar Docks, which was previously £2BO without a house, was next fixed at £250 besides a house, being equivalent to an increase of £lO. The CHAIRMAN said the master of Clarence Basin had hitherto been paid a fixed salary of £ll5. The sub-committee recommended that this amount should be continued ; but, as the committee were now proposing to build a house for him, he would have to pay a masonable rent for it. Several members enquired bow it happened that such a peculiar sum as £145 was fixed as the salary? The Cm, IRMAN replied that he could not tell: it had been fixed some time ago. It was then resolved that, in future, the salary should be £l5O per annum. The salary of the master of Waterloo and Victoria Docks was increased from £240 fixed, to £250 in addition to a house. The salary of the master of Canning Dock was, in the next piace, altered from £l9O in full, to £l5O per annum, with an allowance of £4O additional for a house. The CHAIRMAN said the committee would next consider the amount of salary to be paid to the master of Union and Coburg Docks. At present he received £145. The sub committee recommended that sum to be continued, and when a house was provided for him, to charge him with a moderate rent for it. Mr. BOOTH suggested that the salary should be £l5O in stead of £145. The CHAIRMAN thought that was reasonable. The dock master, when the house was built, would; receive £llO and the house. Mr. Booth's suggestion was unanimously adopted by the committee. The CHAIRMAN then put the question whether these al terations were agreed to by the committee, and it was decided in the affirmative. It was next resolved that the change should commence on the 25th June next. SALARY OF THE NORTH HARBOUR-MASTER. Mr. EVANS asked what salary was paid to the North Har bour-master ? The SECRETARY replied £3OO per annum, in addition to a house. DUTIES OF PILOTS AND PIER-MASTERS. The CHAIRMAN said the next subject for the consideration of the committee related to the duties of the pier-masters and pilots. The committee would recollect that last week a letter was read from the superintendent of pilots, requesting the committee to decide when the duties of the pier-masters commenced, and those of the pilots ceased. This applica tion was caused by a misunderstanding, which had led to some damage to a vessel. The SECRETARY read the report of the sub-committee, to whom the matter was referred on Thursday. This docu ment was to the effect that the authority of the pier-master commenced when the vessel was within the pierhead, and they recommended the strict enforcement of the bye-law No. 9. Mr. HousFALL thought this question was strictly a point of law. At all events he would recommend the committee to refrain from coming to a decision upon it without further and more mature consideration. His own impression was that the pilot had charge of the vessel till the vessel was in dock. Mr. CHAPMAN said the question had been referred to the harbour-master's sub-committee, to determine when the duties of the pier -master commenced. They had done that; but they had not determined when the duties of the pilot ceased. The bye-law specified what the pilot was to do ; and the sub-committee had not interfered with his duty. Mr. HORSFALL expressed a wish that the bye-law should be read. The SECRETARY read it. It laid down a variety of mi nute regulations to be observed by vessels entering the basins or docks. Mr. AIKIN agreed with Mr. Horsfall that the subject ought to be deferred, in order that the committee might have more time for considering it. A decision upon the question might involve the committee in some responsibility, which it was desirable to avoid. Mr. HORSFALL repeated his objections to a present deci sion ; and eventually the further consideration of the question was deferred. NORTH WEST LIGHT SHIP A complaint from Mr. J. C. Shaw, manager of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, and another from Lieut. Bevis, R. N., on the part of the Captain of H. M. S. Medusa, concerning the North West Light Ship not having fired signal guns during the thick fogs which prevailed on the 13th and 15th instant, were referred to the Sub-committee for the de partment of the Marine Surveyor. IMPROVEMENTS Several suggestions for minor improvements made by the two Harbour Masters were referred to the respective sub committees. CONTEMPLATED NAVIGATION SCHOOL IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTENDED OBSERVATORY. Mr. AIKIN said, the committee were aware that an ob servatory was about to be built at the west end of Waterloo Dock, and that a portion of ground had been allotted by the Dock Estate to the Council for the purpose of erecting it thereon. It had been suggested in the committee of council that if a navigation and nautical school could be attached to the observatory, under the direction of the astronomer who would be employed, it would lead to very valua ble results. Such an institution was much wanted, in in order that it might be ascertained wheiher apprentices and sailor-boys were qualified, as far as their knowledge of navi gation was concerned, to become officers. A very great struggle had recently been made in various ports, to obtain what he deemed to be perfectly visionary, namely, the insti tution of a board of examiners, which should sit at various ports. To this project he was opposed ; but in the present case Liverpool had all the necessary means within herself of possessing a good school for the cultivation of nautical know ledge, if the land could be procured. All the details would come before the council, and they would pay all the expenses connected with them. He was of opinion that if the master to be appointed were allowed to take classes of scholars, the fees arising from that source would save the town from ex pense. All the request he had to make, before proposing a motion on the subject in the Town Council, was that the dock estate would give the Council, if it were found neces sary, a small additional plot of ground in the neighbourhood of the proposed observatory, which was now lying useless, for the purpose of erecting the school. Mr. ..14ELLon. put several questions of detail, which Mr. Aiken replied to by again stating that all the particulars would be laid before the Council. Mr. G. HOLT was sure that when Mr. Aiken had matured his plans, and they were found likely to have a beneficial operation, the dock committee would willingly meet him. Mr. AIKIN was so far prepared that he had come to that meeting able to shew that there might be a school in side the proposed observatory. But a small room might be required alongside; and he could not move until he had the opinion of the committee upon his application. Mr. RIPLEY believed that it was not in the power of the committee by the Act of Parliament to grant the application. Mr. AIKIN replied that there was a special clams; in the bill now before parliament, giving the committ... power to appropriate land for the erection of a house. Mr. CHAPMAN hoped the application would be entertained by the committee. Mr. HORSFALL thought some question might arise whe ther this particular site could with propriety be granted. He should be very glad if it could; but he had some doubts. Mr. AIKIN said Mr. Horsfall's objection related to the proposed school being entered from the inside of the dock. Now the fact was, the entrance would he from the pierhead, and it would have no connection with the dock. Some further remarks were made ; and eventually on the motion of Mr. AIKIN, the application was referred to the sub-committee of works. THE ROCK LIGHT-ROUSE. Mr. TOBIN said that many complaints were made that the Rock Light-house bell could not be heard in thick weather in consequence of its not being large enough. Ile suggested that a gong should be obtained.—Referred to the sub-com mittee of works. The committee then separated. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Court for the relief of Insolvent Debtors was opened yesterday (the 18th instant), at the Sessions House, before William John Lowe, Esq. her Majesty's commissioner. The number of petitione rs Who had petitioned the Court was forty-two. The following is the result of the cases adjudi cated upon, up to the time of our reporter leaving the court yesterday evening : John Smith — discharged. Samuel Harsnett—ditto. Hawlow—ditto. Joseph Taylor—two months' imprisonment. Elizabeth Whitmore—discharged. Michael Green —to produce copy of agreement to-morrow. William Connor — discharged. John Fryer—ditto. Joseph Birtles—ditto. William Muir—ditto. Edward Fox—to be discharged on paying £6O into court. William H. Gibson —six months' imprisonment. James S. Woodburn —to produce promissory note to morrow. Evan Meredith—to produce detaining creditor to-morrow. Joseph Wharton—petition dismissed. James Consey (a black)—discharged. The petitions of 26 insolvents remained to be disposed of. COTTON CROP The following is an extract of a letter, dated New York, 27th February, 1841, and received, per the Columbia, by a respectable firm in this t own : " Our crop will not exceed 1,600,000 bales, and may not be greater than 1, 5 50,000. I could find 10,000 dollars for you, if you feel disposed to bet on 1,600,000 ; in fact I have been authorised, for three weeks past, to offer that amount, in bets of 100 dollars, or in one bet, but can find no taker. I believe it will not exceed 1,550,000. You will find the re ceipts drop off all at once in March ; for although the rivers have been high since September, and the planters been push iug their crop to market, still the receipts are not as large by 50,000 bales as at the same period last year, when the rivers, during September and until February, were scarcely naviga ble ; and as compared with 1839, when the rivers were also low, the receipts are only 50,000 bales greater, when the crop, as you well know, was but 1,363,000 bales." The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Duke of Sutherland and the Marquis of Westminster, authority to exercise the rights and privileges of the most noble order of the Garter. LIVER THEATRE. -- Mr. Fogg, the obiiging and polite box-keeper, takes his benefit on Wednesday next. He has selected an excellent d ra ma, and tw o cap i tal farces, to amuse his friends. His readiness to accomm o d a t e d eserves a very full attendance on the occasion. DEATH. OF A LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE AT LEICESTER.— We received, last night, a letter from a gentleman at Leices ter, who is desirous of forwarding to the friends of one of his workmen the intelligence of his death. The name of the de ceased is John Coventry, and he stated that he was a native of this town, where he had several ne ar re l at i ves i n inde pendent circumstances. The poor fellow died almost instan taneously, or some enquiry would have been earlier instituted as to his friends. Weshall be glad to give the address of the gentleman who makes the enquiries, to any person who may be desirous of ascertaining the circumstances connected with the death of Coventry. He worked in Leicester as a sail maker. CORONER'S INCLUEST.—DEATH OF THE POLISH GENE e RAL DzlEßZAWSKl. — Yes terda y v ening an inquest was h e ld at the King's Head public-house, Marsham-street, Milbank, before Mr. Higgs, coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of John Dzierzawski, a native of Poland, aged 46, whose death occurred under the following circu ms t ances : —A me li a of No. 26, M a rsham-street, stated that deceased had lodged in her house during the last three years. He had been a general in the Polish army, and, as witness was in formed, had also been in the service of the Greeks. His only means of subsistence consisted of a trifling pension of 12s. per week, which he received from some charitable insti tution as a refugee from his native land. With this trifling stipend, however, deceased bad most scrupulously kept free from debt, and his uniformly honourable conduct had excited the respect and admiration of all person s w ith w h om h e h a d had any dealings while lodging i . n witness's house. For some time past deceased had complained of pa ss i ng s l eep l ess n i g h ts, and of pains in his head ; but he peremptorily refused to take any medicine. On Friday last deceased received his pension, returned home, and ate a hearty supper, and went to bed ap parently in good health and spirits. On the following morn ing witness went, as was her usual custom, into deceased's bed-room, to light his tire before he got up. T o h er grea t surprise she found him in his night clothes on the outside of the bed, which was in such an untumbled condition that it was evident the deceased had not slept in it. Witness saw were shut : she s ard that ees then deceased instantly 's discyovered that hews a touched corpse. hi Medica m, l an aid was immediately procured, when the surgeon who attended deceased declared that life had been extinct for several hour s . The jury returned a verdict—_, Wednesday. " Died by th e v i s i tat i on of God."—Horning Heral d A new mode of binding, whereby s t a bili ty i s sa i d to be given to account-books of the largest size, has been intro duced into the Bank of England. It is the invention of Mr. process of printing. Morison, the patentee of the ophinine ST. HELEN'S PROTESTANT READING SOCIETY' The, meeting of the members and friends of the St. Helens Protestant Reading Society, alluded to by us last week, took place on Monday evening, in the Town-hall, which was crowded to excess. Upwards of 1200 persons were present, and many were unable to obtain admission. Lee Watson, Esq., the president, took the chair, supported by other gentlemen connected with the society. The following report was read by the Secretary : REPORT Of the Committee of the St. Helen's Protestant Reading Society, presented at the Annual Meeting, March 15, DM. The object of this society, and the mode of its operation, being exhibited in its rules, which are few and simple, we beg to refer to them on those subjects ; it may, however, be well to point out in some detail the advantages of its system, and particularly the way in which it connects itself indirectly with, and carries out the objects of, several other societies, as well as to furnish a statement of its present condition and prospects. These, indeed, afford matter for very pleasing consideration. It was commenced about two years ago, with only S or 10 members, and it has gradully increased until it now consists of about 270, divided into Iti sections, and extending over a very considerable space. Besides the town itself of St. Helens, in which we have 5 sections, the Ravenhead Plate Glass Works form an important division, which extends to Thatto Heath, while the Greenbank District supplies us with upwards of 40 members. Even Smithy Brow constitutes itself a district of our literary and religious association. But the society is equally appreciated in more distant parts of the neighbourhood. We are in great force at Marshall's Cross ; we have a firm knot at Denton's Green ; we have lately established an outpost at Newton, which already con sists of 15 members ; and we have at present in hand the formation of additional branches at Parr and in Rainford. It is, indeed, evident, that the society is only in its infancy, for every month brings in additional members, and shows us additional ground to be occupied. We have received invita tions to extend ourselves to Ashton on the one side, while without invitation we are endeavouring to stir up Prescot on the other ; and, carried forward as it no doubt will continue to be by the temperate and persevering zeal of our members, we may expect shortly to extend at least over the whole parish. _ _ Having mentioned the progress and the prospects of the society, the committee beg to call your attention to the ad vantages of the system adopted by it, which are several. And first, its mode of circulating books, being that so ex sivelv in use by what are called book clubs throughout the kingdom, is found the most convenient and suitable for the population of every place excepting very large towns,'in which alone extensive libraries can be formed accessible with little trouble and at all times ; but in all other places the circulating system is the most convenient, as is proved in this town, where the very excellent library established by the kindness, and almost at the sole cost, of our valued minister, Mr. Fur nival, is made use of by only one fifth the number of persons that have joined our society. The kind of Looks circulated by us are, we conceive, well suited to act as substitutes for a library. They contain selections from works both ancient and modern ; they include sacred poetry, sermons, and of course theology, together with history and natural science, although these latter necessarily in a subordinate degree; while their periodic character causes them to contain such references to various passing events of a religious and mis sionary nature as gives them in that respect a greater degree of interest than books from a permanent library could possess. This society may, we conceive, be looked at as connecting itself with several others—for instance, Tract Societies, in asmuch as it supplies in the same way the wants of a class of readers exceeding in education those to whom tracts are generally distributed, although it is true that most of the tracts which many persons of education would be apt to pass over with disdain would be found well worth their perusal, and are indeed the productions of men of first-rate learning, ability, and piety. It may be considered to connect itself with Sunday Schools, for what would be more desirable or more natural than that a youth, who has been trained in one of those most useful institutions, should be induced, when he has quitted it, to avail himself of an institution like the present, which is so calculated to carry forward his education in the path of that knowledge which, with God's blessing, maketh wise unto salvation. Its connection with missionary societies is obvious, from the information on missionary sub jects which, as already mentioned, it incidentally diffuses And lastly, its connexion with that vast engine of usefulness, the Bible Society, is not less plain ; for although the Bible Society can only diffuse Bibles, the aim of it is that Bibles may be read as well as diffused, and the tendency of all that we do in this society is to send people to the Bible. Are doctrines enforced ? reference is made to the Bible. Are controversies discussed? to the law and to the testimony is the appeal. The religion of Protestants is the religion of the Bible, and we recognize NO OTHER. STANDARD; and if un learned and unstable persons wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction, there is for their errors no other remedy than the same Bible, which, if studied, i n a h um ble, sub missive, and prayerful spirit, the promise of God is given that the enquirer shall be led into all truth. Mr. JOSEPH CRISP, of Liverpool, moved the first resolu tion, declaring it to be the duty of all Protestants, particu larly at the present time, to testify their sense of the value of their principles, by using every means in their power to pro mote them. He congratulated the meeting on the great pro gress made in the spread of those principles in that town and neighbourhood, as proved by the growth of the society, and by the numerous and respectable assembly before him. He felt peculiar pleasure in proposing the resolution, as, if carried, it pledged the meeting, in a great measure, to advance one step further, and turn their society into a Protestant asso ciation. (Cheers.) By the attendance that evening he would guarantee that, if they did so, they would have an active, zealous, and really operative society. It would be taken in hand by a class who, from his experience in the town of Li verpool, he would declare his belief to be the true and best friends of the Protestant constitution and the Protestant in stitutions of the country—he meant the operative classes. He knew that their society bad advanced far towards be coming a Protestant association, and he had some years back declared he would not be satisfied until he saw a working Protestant association in that town. He might be asked by some present, what are the objects of a Protestant association, and how do they carry out their objects ? The objects are to spread sound Protestant information amongs€ all classes of the community, and also to exhibit the real character and workings of popery ; also, to keep a vigilant watch on the various encroachments of popery, and to arrange measures to check their progress; to expose the false statements of pa pists and milk-and-water Protestants ; to encourage the publication of sound Protestant works. He here read an ex tract from " Inglis's Ireland," to show the opinion the Romanists held respecting their pastors, stating that emi grants sending money home to distribute amongst their rela- iions, sent it, not to the priest, but to the Protestant clergy man; and also that it was a very common occurrence for Romanists, dying and leaving a little money, to appoint the Protestant clergyman as their executor. So much for the honesty of popish priests, as expressed by their flocks. It then might be asked, how do you carry out these objects ; and his answer would be, by public meetings—a fine specimen we have before us of a protestant meeting ;Ny sermons ; by the press; by the establishment of libraries; by petitions to Parliament ; by the distribution of tracts, &c. He knew that some objected to their associations, considering them political ; but he knew not how any consistent churchman, upholding the connexion between church and state, could object to the connexion between religion and politics in a Protestant association. lie felt assured that they were the best defenders of the British constitution, and he longed to see them spread through every town and village of the land. He cared not for that false charity which led many to hold back, not wishing to disturb that friendly feeling between protestantism and popery ; for he knew very well that wherever such a feeling appeared on the surface, there was always an under-current working against Protestantism. He would ask the ladies and the operative females of St. Helens, what they thought of my Lord Morpeth's publicly expressed opinion—" that he did consider the female portion of Ireland as exhibiting more chastity than any people of the sister isle." He could only describe this as an infamous libel upon the females of England, and much upon a par with the statement of his lordship's master—Daniel O'Connell — that in England nineteen of the females out of every twenty were mothers before they were married. As an Englishman, he unhesitatingly declared them to be a couple of liars. As gentlemen were to follow him who would be much more competent than himself to give them interesting information, he would not further detain the meeting ; one truth, at any rate, he had told them, and since proved—that he was no orator. Mr. EMERSON, an operative of Wigan, seconded the reso lution in a most able speech, every position of which was proved by reference to scripture. He took notice of the com mon objection made to the Protestant religion, that it existed not before the reformation. He wished to know whether Christian principles had not been diffused, by our Saviour and his apostles, for a number of years before his disciples received the name of Christians, which we read they did first at Antioch. In like manner, Protestant principles existed from the foundation of the church, although the name was of later origin. (Cheers.) He wished to call the attention of the meeting particularly to the words of the resolution. It appealed to us as Protestants—and were there not, he would ask, in the corruptions of the Romish Church things against which it was the duty of all who believed the scrip tures to protest ? (Cheers.) He then referred to their wor ship of the host, of the 'Virgin Mary —to their multiplication of sacraments, and other perversions of Christianity, quoting with admirable precision the testimony of scripture against every one of them. We find it predicted that " many shall follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of." The argument, then, which Romanists bring forward from the great extent of their sway, and from which they would have us conclude that so exten sive a church must be the true church, is of no value. Not a few, but many, shall follow their ways ;—and do we not see clearly predicted here the progress of infidelity as well as of Popery. When people saw such perversions of Christi anity held forth as the truth, was it not natural that they should run into the opposite extreme, and disbelieve all reve lation, as we see is so commonly the case in neighbouring countries at this time ? The resolution stated, that if we had a sense of the value of our principles, we should testify it. He pointed out the difference between a nominal reception of principles, and having a real sense of them. The sons-in law of Lot had no sense of the truth and importance of the message which he communicated to them from the angels, or they would not have despised it, and been overwhelmed in the destruction of the city. (Cheers.) Again, the present time was particularly pointed out in the resolution as calling on us for exertion, and he thought it did So. He knew that at the present time there existed a great deal of distress in the country, and many, no doubt, were suffering hunger; and as when our Saviour was an hungered the tempter chose that time to bring his seductions before him, so did the emis saries of Satan, the infidels, who now sheaved themselves so prominently in the land, choose this time of distress to attri bute to Christianity those evils which flowed only from an ignorance of it. (Great cheering.) We regret that we are unable to give a more detailed report of this sound and scrip tural speech, which occupied about an hour in the delivery, and was received throughout with the most earnest attention and great applause. JAMES MATHEWS, Esq. (of Liverpool, solicitor), rose to address himself to the third resolution, which stated, " That as the books circulated by thi s soc i e t y explain and illustrate the principles we profess —as they tend to undeceive those who misapprehend them—to expose the errors of those who oppose them—and to show the apostolic character and anti quity of the Protestant Church—the circulation of these works is therefore calculated, in the opinion of this meeting, to do great good." After expressing the pleasure he felt in responding to the call that he should take a part in the pro ceedings of that meeting, Mr. M. went on to prove the fal lacy of the allegation that we are indebted to Rome for a knowledge of Christianity, as it was planted in Britain as early as A.D. 58 ; and referred to Bishop Burgess Tracts, Bede, and Lingard, independent of several of the early fa thers of the church, in confirmation of his views; and to show that the statement which had been made, that the doc trines of Rome were those of the " church catholic" was false, he brought forward the following important admission of Mr. Husenbeth, a Popish divine, " that although the La tin clergy ought to be able to trace every point of (what he calls) Catholic faith up to the apostles, they, in truth, cannot do so through the testimonies of fathers of the three first centuries !" (Pamph. pp. 9, 10, cited in Faber's Facts and Assert., and p. 62, and see his Diffs. of Rom., b. 1, c. 7, 2d edit.) He adverted also to the persecuting spirit of Po pery, and bearing in mind her motto, " semper eadem"._ always the same—urged upon the meeting the necessity of not yielding to the demands of Popery, lest this infallible " mother and (so called) mistress of the churches" should again re-enact the stat. " de hereticis comburendis," and place upon the neck of Protestant England the iron yoke of her worse than Egyptian bondage. He combated the idea that because some few had been put to death shortly after the reformation began, that Protestantism was chargeable with these acts of violence. The remains of the 'S old leaven" of Popery lcd to this exhibition of unchristian feeling ; but no accredited formularies of the Church of England warrant ed persecution. He mentioned the massacre of St. Bartho lomew's Day, for which " murder" " Te Deum,"—We praise thee, 0 God !—was ordered to be sung at Rome by the Pope, and adverted to the impiety implied in thanking God thas one of the positive commands of the decalogue had been violated ! As a specimen of the comparatively modern spirit of the genius of Popery, he read the black oath, copies of which were found on the persons of the rebels slain at New Ross and other places at the time of the Irish rebellion of 1798. It is as follows :-- " I, A. R., do solemnly swear by our L or d J esus Ch r i st, who suffered for us on the cross, and by the blessed Virgin Mary, that I will burn, destroy, and murder all heretics up to my knees in blood. So help me God ! ! "—(Sir Richard Musgrave's History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798.) (Cries of " Shame !") He then proceeded to contend that Protestantism and Christianity were convertible terms, and that the principles thereof were " twisted" into the consti tution of Britain. Mr. M. illustrated his meaning by ob serving, that it was related of Phidias, the celebrated sculp tor, that having been employed by the Areopagus of Athens to carve a shield for the statue of Minerva, he so interwove his own name with the devices of the shield, that it was im possible to remove one iota of a single initial without de stroying the shield itself. So, in like manner, it might be affirmed that the acknowledgment of Protestantism, as de veloped in that sound form of words which characterises our beloved church, is so interwoven with the monarchical insti tutions of the realm, that it is impossible to remove any portion of that acknowledgment without involving the de struction, or at least endangering the stability, of both the altar and the throne. (Repeated cheering.) He further appealed to them to resist the demands of the foe, now en gaged in bringing every machination to bear against the high towers of England's church, and to resolve, in the spirit of the 'prentice boys of Derry, that there should be " no sur render." (Loud cheers.) After a variety of other remarks, Mr. Mathews (amid loud and reiterated cheering) concluded thus :—Popery, after many days of slumber and inactivity, is at length beginning to boast of the increased numbers of the followers of her faith, and anticipates glorious days when she shall again place the triple tiara on her brow, and, with the sceptre of authority, again rule this nation as with a rod of iron. Be it so. The bright flicker of the taper which has long burnt dim is the certain presage to its extinguishment. Let Rome apply the parallel—aye, and take warning ! " Re tribution has a foot of velvet, but a hand of steel." The arm may even now be all but uplifted to smite the scalp of this gigantic and godless oppression. The trumpet may even now be at the mouth of the angel, and the blast about to go forth which, not only in this Protestant laud, but among the nations of the earth, shall level the battlements of the " man of sin" for ever in the dust ! Let us, then, unfurl the stan dard of Protestantism, and by consequence the banner of Truth—call on Albion's sons, those interested in the welfare of our British Zion, to rally round it—and animate by every means the hearts of British freedmen resolved not to be bond slaves of the mother of harlots; whilst the w a t c h wor d o f Protestant England, throughout the length and breadth of the land, is—' No peace with Rome!" CHARLES BISHOP, Esq., seconded the motion, and ob served as follows :—ln advocating the cause of the St. Helens Protestant Reading Society, we believe we are advocating the cause of truth, and promoting the prosperity of the community, because it gives men the best of all knowledge— the knowledge of the heart, as well as of the understanding. It teaches men that gradations in society are as conducive to the prosperity of the country as hill and valley are to the beauty of the landscape : it teaches the artizan who is re ceiving his fifteen shillings a-week, that he is as useful a member of society, and may adorn the sphere in which he is placed as much, as the nobleman who is receiving his thou sands ; in the same way that the lowly daisy and the retiring harebell adorn their sphere as much as the wide-spreading cedar and the lofty pine theirs. (Great cheering.) Protes tant reading societies are as beacon-lights on a dangerous coast, to warn the mariner of the rocks beneath : and are there not rocks and sand-banks beneath the subtle sea of Popery, of which it behoves us to warn the mariner, on which if he runs his bark, he must certainly perish ? (Hear, hear.) Bad our legislature been members of this society, Popish emancipation bad never passed ; but it has passed, and now the very council-chamber of our Sovereign stinks of Popery. (Hear.) Had our prime minister been a mem ber of this society, he would never have taken socialism by the band, and introduced sensuality to a young and maiden Queen. (Cheering.) That is a stain on his escutcheon that can never he effaced : though he could now cast Daniel* into a lion's den, and restore to life the Lady Flora Hastings by his bleatings, it can never be wiped away. (Great cheering.) We must sow good seed in our land and an abundant harvest of good fruit will spring up ; we must sow contentment and we shall reap cheerfulness ; we must sow mercy and we shall reap forgiveness ; we must sow holiness and we shall reap everlasting life. Let us make religion our day book, and truth our ledger; for as a rev. divine observed, " Heaven is a store-room that can never be broken open and robbed, it is a hank that will never break." Let us then support Protes tant reading societies, that the " earth may be filled with the knowledge of the Lord. as the waters cover the sea." (Great cheering.) S. TD . M . LINSON. Esq. moved the third resolution, which was seconded by C. MARSDEN, Esq. in an appropriate speech, in which he remarked that his support of the society from its commencement had originated in a view of the natu ral tendency to evil in man, in his fallen state, and the readi ness with which we perceive weeds of evil spring up around us on all sides; and how can it be hoped to eradicate this crop without cultivating the ground, and sowing in its place the good seed of the word, which under the influence of the Holy Spirit,.will bring forth fruit and salvation. (Cheers.) The last resolution having been_carriedunanimously, Mr. CRISP rose and said, he felt so desirous toe the society formed into an active and operating Protestant As sociation, that he would pledge himself to the committee, whenever that was the case, to present 20 volumes of suit able books for their library. (Great cheering.) After a vote of thanks to the chairman, (who expressed a hope that it should not be the last time he should meet them,) the meeting separated at half-past ten o'clock. We never saw one in which a more zealous and yet temperate spirit of attachment to the Protestant cause was exhibited both in the speakers and audience. 4 ' Dan O'Connell '-ED. NUISANCE IN NORTH JOHN-STREET, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu,—One of the occupiers of offices in North John-street would be particularly obliged by you informing him, through the medium of your valuable paper, what steps must now be taken to remove the abominable nuisance which has existed for some time, small carts being aliowed to stand for hire, and the drivers of these carts permitted from morning until night to assemble in groups on the parapet, and in rainy weather to congregate in the passages of the offices, where thew make use of the most disgusting language. The authorities have been written and spoken to frequently upon the subject, but it has been of no avail. lam not quite sure, but perhaps you will inform me, is there not a bye-law appointing certain situations for the stand of carts ? If so, why is this law not enforced, and the nuisance so often com plained of ;Allowed to exist ? It would not be allowed in London. I call upon the ma gistrates to order Mr. Whitty, and those in authority under him, TO SEE THAT IT IS DONE, to put this bye-law into force, and not allow one of the greatest thoroughfares to be obstructed by such an abominable nuisance.—l am, Sir, yours, respectfully. B. Liverpool, 17th March, 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,-1 have had my attention directed to a strange pro duction which appeared in the Courier of Wednesday last, addressed to the Rev. Jas. Hassan, and signed by one who styles himself an " Old Dispensary Surgeon," and who states that he is now resident in the Park. Now, as I have every reason to believe that I am the only " Old (?) Dispen sary Surgeon" resident in Toxteth-park, and consequently may be suspected of being the author of the silly twaddle alluded to, I beg to state that I know nothing whatever of the production previously to its appearance in the Courier; and I should feel obliged if the individual who perpetrated the epistle would in future (if not ashamed) sign his own name when he is seized with the caeoethes scribendi, rather than, from the omission, cause his silly inaccuracies to be at tributed to others. I also beg to inform the perpetrator, that Prince William street and adjoining streets have not had a District Provident visitor for six months, that the last visitor was a matron and a clergyman's wife, and lastly, though not least, that the Reverend James Hassan, as a minister, has nothing at all to do with the district to which he alludes. Hoping that you will be kind enough to insert this in your next publication, I remain, your most obedient servant, H. G. FIARBORD 122, Mill-street. Torteth-park. PATRICK'S DAY AND POPISH PROCESSIONS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR, — The display of Popish strength in Liverpool, for which many weeks' active preparation has been made, has this day come off with all the Mat which bands, badges, and banners, organization and order, and the sanction and sup port of civic authority, could give to it. From the elabo rated muster of 5,000 men and boys, which formed the full aggregate of the " repealers" paraded through our streets this day, the friends of constitutional union have had evi dence that they have nothing immediately to fear from the vapouring of the monarch of miscreants and his sacerdotal confederates. Contempt of an adversary, however, is not the dictate of wisdom ; and the boldness of this clay's move ment, with some significant circumstances that accompanied it, ought not to pass away without a practical improvement by the right-minded portion of society. Among the numerous banners and sashes carried by the " Sons of Irish Freedom," the " United Catholic Brethren," &c., &c., invested, as these were to a man, with the well known rebels' livery of green and white, the cap of liberty, the loosed hind, the harp uncrowned, the wolfdog rampant and the lion passant, &c., with the temperance adjunct of " REPEAL, " it can require no wizard's sight to penetrate, as denoting the real aim of that combination of Papists so ostentatiously proclaimed to-day. That the entire police force of the borough should have been ordered to give effect to the array, is a question for the inquiry of parliament, which, it may be hoped, will not be allowed by the faithful members of the House of Commons to be overlooked. The object of this letter is to fasten the whole affair upon the Protestant mind of Liverpool, and to induce, if possible, a prompt and vigorous preparation of all to whom the inte grity of the legislative union between England and Ireland, and the maintenance of a Protestant dinasty, are dear, for celebrating, on the 12th of July next, that contest in the sister island which issued in the overthrow of a base, bloody, and brutal despotism, and the establishment of a free and happy constitution for these realms. There can now be no rational objection to the legality of an orange and blue array by the lovers of imperial union, and no good ground for deprecating the occasional exhila rant to a loyal and peace-loving community by a display of their numbers and organization. As the times, moreover, are acknowledgedly out of joint, through the collisions of chartism, socialism, radicalism, and repealism, it will serve to animate the honest and well-disposed, and to abate the irritating exultation of the disaffected, to have an occasional turn-out of such as, not opposed to improvement, are indis posed to change. Let the various committees of our Protestant and Conser vative Associations, and the numerous lodges of Orangemen that have recently been instituted and are rapidly increasing in Liverpool, seriously think upon this subject. Let them ponder the importance of such occasional displays of strength as may render the application of strength less early needful, and when necessary, probably more successful. Should this subject be responded to as is wished, I may correspond again. Meantime I am, Mr. Editor, lith March, 1841. A. ERCAM, G.C.0.1. EATON HALL.—Near Chester is the magnificent seat of the Marquis of Westminster —Eaton Hall ; erected from the designs of Porden, on the site of the old brick mansion, built by the celebrated Vanburgh. The architectural elevation and the internal arrangements and decorations of this noble mansion are in excellent keeping, and present a tout ensemble of exquisite grandeur and beauty. Th e t rave ll er may spen d a day of surpassing interest in its inspection, and amongst the rare pictures, cabinets, and other works of art which it contains. The entrance to the park, which is of great extent, is through a superb Gothic building, not far from the new bridge. This gateway has recently been erected from designs by Mr. Jones, architect, of Chester, and is executed in Bath stone, after the model of St. Augustine's Gate, at Canter bury.—From Roscoe's Treks new edition, now publishing in monthly ports. LITERARY NOTICES Falsehood and Truth : by Charlotte Elizabeth. Liverpool H. Perris This is another production of a very deservedly popular writer. The design of the work is principally to point out the dangerous tendency of entrusting the education of the young to those whose religious opinions are directly opposed to their parents. The authoress has chosen the style of a narrative ; and throughout strongly presses upon her readers the paramount necessity of providing for those under their care the necessity of a sound scriptural education. The work will be found extremely interesting to the young, whilst it also conveys much information to even the matured mind, and to all who feel the importance of the subject of which it treats. The astonishment and regret with which the parents of a child (who had been allowed to remain at the residence of a friend, where a popish governess was allowed to reside) discover that the object of their anxious solicitude had be come deeply imbued with the principles of the church of Rome, are pourtrayed with extreme delicacy and feeling ; and the line of conduct to be observed in similar circum stances, is suggested with much earnestness and equal pro priety. A dedication to the Rev. H. M`Neile forms an in troduction to the volume. The typography and neat appear ance of the work reflect great credit on the publisher. The Churchman's Monthly Review for March. London L. and G. Seeley This is, in our opinion, decidedly the best number of this periodical that has yet appeared. The first article is a ner vous examination of Dr. Hook's " Scriptural Principles as applicable to religious Societies," in which the claims of the Church Missionary and other Societies are ably set forth as worthy the support of every member of the church. The arguments made use of are clear, and, to our minds, irre fragable—and form the most conclusiue answer to every ob jection which can possibly be urged against what are unjustly styled " the irregular or schismatical associations" by any churchman whose doubtful or sensitive conscience has been disturbed by the foolish observations which are occasionally issued from the press, and are the productions of the most contracted and illiberal minds. Much has recently been written on this subject, but we have never read any remarks which in so short a compass, and in so unanswerable a man ner, dispose of the whole subject. The other reviews of " Alison's Principles of Population," " Poole's Life and Times of Cyprian," " East Indian Idolatry," and " The present Position of the Church of Scotland," will amply repay a most attentive perusal. We cannot too strongly recommend this publication to the notice of every churchman. Remembrance of Home. Words by T. H. Morris by Geo. H. Thomson. Rickering, Manchester, A very pretty little ballad, and one that will grace the port folio of any collector lady or gentleman. The music is ex tremely graceful, and somewhat original. Music EXTRAORDINARY PRESENT.—On 'Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Gill, at the Ormond's Head, Prince's-street, Westminster, on the body of a female child, name unknown, apparently about six months old. The Rev. R. Young, of 9, Earl-street, Westminster, said, that on Tuesday evening last, during his absence from home between 8 and 9 o'clock, a female knocked at his door, which a female domestic opened, and inquired for him. Being told he was from home, she placed in the servant's hands a new deal box, which she said was for the servant's master, and demanded carriage, which was paid. The box was directed, " Rev. Mr. Young, Wesleyan Minister, 9, Earl-street, West minster, by the Brighton coach, carriage paid." Witness's wife having received the box began to open it, and on the lid being lifted, a little girl his daughter inserted her hand and drew forth a paper, on which was written as follows : " Rev. Sir,—Pray do pardon this horrid intrusion, and bnry this poor baby. Pray do this, in the name of God, as its poor unfortunate mother is suffering very much in mind, and by the time this reaches you will be many miles away. Pray do bury it." Witness's wife immediately sent to the vestry of the Romney-terrace chapel a message, which brought Mr. Booth, a surgeon, and two other gentlemen, who opened the box, and took from it the body of a dead female, packed in hay. Mr. Booth examined it, and said that in his opinion it had been dead some time. and born about six months, but he could discover no marks of external violence upon its body. Information of the•strange circumstance was then transmitted to the parochial authorities, and in consequence the body was removed to St. Margaret's workhouse. He had no suspicion as to the party who sent the parcel. The woman who brought it was tall, and unknown to the servant. He belonged to a charitable society for supplying baby linen to poor pregnant women, and he thought it probable that the party who sent the child had in that way become acquainted with his name and address, and not having the means to bury it, sent it to him to do so. He did not think that the box was sent from Brighton. The jury considered the latter opinion probable, and that the direction from Brighton was adoped to prevent the discovery of the mother. They also thought it not ne cessary to have the body opened. Verdict—that the deceased was left—dead and inclosed in a box—at the residence of the Rev. Robert Young, by a female unknown, but how the child came by its death was not known to the jury. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY STATION.—Last evening, about eight o'clock, the Nine Elms, Vauxhall, was thrown into the greatest alarm by the sudden outbreak of a fire at the Lon don and South Western Railway Station, at Nine Elms, "Vauxhall. The fire broke out in a large building, upwards ,1 100 feet in length, and three stories in height"; which is . used as a store-room and for workshops for the different arti ficers employed by the company. An aErm was immediately given, and messengers despatched to the different stations for the engines. In the mean time the tire had obtained a fearful height. and the whole building was, in a very short time, one mass of fire. The engines soon arrived on the spot, but it was evident that all efforts to save the building were in vain, and the attention of the firemen was directed to the safety of the surrounding buildings. The roof now fell in, and the flames now shot up with a great noise. A splendid supply of water enabled the firemen to keep up an incessant stream from the engines, and the fire was con fined to the building where it originated, which, however, with its contents, is totally destroyed, nothing but the bare walls remaining. The origin of the fire cannot be ascer tained, and the damage done must be very serious. It was a most curious sight to witness the departure and arrival of the different trains during the progress of the fire, and it breaking out just previous to the starting of the down mail train for Southampton rendered the scene very exciting. We have not heard that any accident has occurred. The fire was still burning at eleven o'clock, when our reporter left the spot, but no further danger was apprehended.-3.fortaitry Herald, Wednesday.—[The following is the account of the origin of the fire as furnished by one of the proprietors of the railway.—About half-past seven o'clock the storekeeper had occasion to enter the premises in company with two other parties, and while there (according to the report made by Mr Stovin, the superintendent of the railway police force, to the head authority), they discovered that a carboy of tur pentine was leaky, and in endeavouring to stop it, the tur pentine by some accident or other caught fire and blazed with so much violence, that they were compelled to run out of the place. The doors were immediately closed, in the hope of smothering the flames, but in a few minutes after the other carboys were heard to explode, and in an instant the windows were demolished, and the flames rushed forth with a loud noise. Had there been an engine on the spot at the time well supplied with water, it would have been impossible to prevent the work of destruction from proceeding. Those who were at the terminus did all they could to prevent the the loss of property, but to stop the fire was beyond human power. By ten minutes to eight o'clock the fire had ex tended to the stores above, and had enveloped the immense stock of turpentine and other combustibles. At eight o'clock the entire warehouse was in a blaze, from the roof to the ground, while the interior presented the appearance of a huge furnace, and the oil and turpentine streamed forth out of the windows on to the ground in a river of liquid fire, presenting a most singular effect. Subsequently the engines arrived, ' hut the fire could not be stopped until it had burned down the most valuable portion ofthe railway property. The value of the machinery in the locomotive workshops is stated to be at least £B,OOO. The whole of it is destroyed, together with three locomotive engines, which were under repair. The lo comotive engines that were saved by the exertions of the railway workpeople and others are the Comet, the Lark, Phoenix, Leeds, Vesta, Chaplin, the Orion, and six others. Their value is supposed to be £30,000. The insurance on the property destroyed is £9,000 ; £5,000 in the Union-office, and £4,000 in the Protestant Dissenters' Fire-office. The railway company have given out the loss to be £20,000.] — Times of Thursday. MOST APPALLING SUICIDE.—On the evening of Sunday last, a catastrophe of the above description took place at Alkrington Colliery, near Middleton, by which a mother and three children have been plunged into great distress, and the feelings of a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased have been strongly excited. A little after seven o'clock, a man, named James Guest, 42 years of age, who had long been employed by Mr. Livesey, as bookkeeper, at the above works, rushed out of his cottage, near one of the pits, and threw himself headlong down a shaft about 150 yards in depth. He had latterly become very low in spirits, in consequence of having to leave the employ of Mr. Livesev, who is about giving up the works. He was a man of steady habits, and of good character, and had succeeded in obtain ing another situation ; but, after trial, he was not satisfied with it and came home to Alkrington. On Sunday he was unusually distressed, and told his wife he was ill all over, both in his head and his limbs. She missed him from the door, and saw him rush past the window towards the coal pit, and she followed, calling " James, James ;" " stop, stop." He was heard to say, " Whisht," and almost in stantly disappeared down the pit, to which she approached near enough to hear his crashing against the horse-trees and guiding rods, as he fell. "Oh God !" she cried, " that's him," and stood paralyzed unable to go on or return. A man who heard her cry came up, and learning what had taken place, he went round to the colliers' houses near at hand, and a sufficient number of men was soon mustered to undertake an examination of the shaft. They proceeded to wind up the buckets, which were about midway in the pit. and the first bucket which ascended brought with it what was suffici ent to convince such of them as doubted of the reality of the man's fate ; his hands and other viscera were in the tub, and there was reason for supposing that the body had hung unon the tub, as, on their beginning to wind up, the tub became detached, and something heavy was heard falling down the remainder of the depth to the bottom. Men were next let down, and they sent up the mangled body of poor Guest, al most cut in two at the middle, and disfigured in a most shock ing manner. Au inquest will be held to-morrow ; but, as the above are the facts, a verdict of temporary insanity can only be anticipated.-31anchester Guardian. SUICIDE FROM THWARTED Lova.—A strong and mutual attachment was formed between Mademoiselle R., whose fa mily keeps the hotel de Narponne, in the Rue de la Harpe, and a young law student who lodged in the house. This was perceived by the young woman's mother, who, though satis-. tied that no criminal intercourse had taken place, gave order, to her daughter to remove from the chamber which she cupied on the second story to one close to her own on the . first floor. This convinced Mademoiselle R. that her pas- siou had been discovered, and that it was to be opposed.... She made no signs of resistance, but on the day sherecei . ved t th t e order went up into her room above, as if to collect h hei„elo h remained from the morning till 6in the e ese . nin t ,„, when the and other things to be brought down. Here, , owev . er, she being fastened family, surprised by her non-appearance, Nn, to her. the lock No answer being given, inside, a ; smith was sent for, who picked ,brother, and other persons in the house ; the father, diffic ulty thatwith and thed but even hen it was with . all their efforts they could force open the door, so strongly was it barricaded; by the furnitur e the unfortunate girl had p ile d up against it. On entering they found he; lifeless, having suffocated herself, by the fumes of a bragier of charcoal she had contrived to, carry secretly up. 'or. a, moment hopes of her recovery were• entertained, as het, body was still warm, and when veins be— ing opened ry, a sir eon on some few drops of blood followed but in a short time e was irrecoverably gone. She was-24 years of age. and remaaable for ker beauty. - -4 5101,8 - _