The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

__, ,TcS'• , week;, to Stourton, Lecture. nea r Lelkshara, co ar;o the P . 'orenort, Nee' eDt' b u ilding ..at 3loorf year, the im bent of ReV•J °l° dor i n iistel Sat tl f; rglia .01 Ue " orep held raP 00 1 / 3101 ine , o NOVEMBER 27, 1855.1 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 0- 11 : O VAL AND TRANSFER LICENSES.—A court was P k e tu ed on Thursday, in the Session-house, before Messrs. th e r . rfi lan Holme, J. H. Turner, and Francis Haywood, for emo va l and transfer of licenses. p t t in quest was held on Th urs d ay, on J osep h S amue l D av i s , %weeks old, w h ose parents reside at No 15, Cheapside, who A te cO d rin en d tai diea ove d i n bed on Wednesday morning. Verdict, rlain." ATTE eve n . / IPT TO UPSET A. RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Sunday k pos lg, last week, some persons placed a huge iron rail hi Manthe un line of - the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and n_ e llester, in the deep cutting between Rochdale-road exaroorne-street. The express train from Yorkshire, due bei h Z 60 minutes after 12 o'clock, had a narrow escape of --tc o hrown by it, The piece of iron used was an old east-ea. rail. ke lt . ° ketit "'"E SnELLS T OE THE WAR.—Considerable ship have s t a re daily being made of the new nch shells, Nyhic een found to be of such great service in the Crim . e v a e . t,l4'„"sc,• Forrester and Co., of this town, have an extensive at* for their manufacture, and daily ship them to the arse liQebvich. They are a little over two inches thick, and Illawards of 194 lbs. through tbe town from the foun aelhall-road, to the Canning Dock, for shipment 'ight e -134 WORKING MEN'S SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, a s,hool -LB f'or females of the working csse was opened in Ith e a et lon with the above institution, in St. s Mary's SchoOl r , the r4:l4teell members were admitted. The night school fo teivol continues to increase. On Monday, 102 adults re helelTastruction in reading, writing, and in arithmetic; and, e I°Ate m .,' ee , 4 , l d. More room be had, double the number might '`',,,, ? " 1 . 1 g to enjoy its privileges. The number of readers t t— ' lll g room average about fifty every evening. `-411/RE MILITIA.—The following commissions have It o • Niled b gittiet,t h et lord-lieutenant of this county :—First °llll I letl ,' 3l Duke of Lancaster's Own . Militia :J. W. 1) -( N g r val ld, gentleman to be ensign.—Sixth Regiment of nut s ~aka.shire Militia ; J. Lomax, gentleman, late lieute lllaat,eesecth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be lieu )rt venth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia.: G. B. ft ra sci, tat aptain 4th (or Queen's Own) : , ,to be . ' ap e 'n e Royal Lancashire Artillery: Fist cbe captain, vice J. G. A. Burton, de ga.h.--°/14 Lieutenant H. C. Moore to be first lieutenant, 4l etite n l -cmt,ltr d• W. Walker, gentleman, to he second Zk r a 4: A. Ford,cillne gentleman, to be second lieutenant. hem n 1 4 . 1 , b qua r t DEPOT of the . First Royal Lancashire Militia, ` - ' o lo.pi er „at Lancaster was inspected of the on Monday, last week, - rthet.„ - • zrook Taylor, assistant inspector-general W ards and midland district. inspecting-officei: after te ''eeded to the drill-field, where he was received by 4ta seli a t° I t n e, l n ding-officer Lieutenant-Colonel Clayton. The t la "a 'n) nut the men through the manua "ere Pl " e en exercise and they performed a number of field kid:lents under the' command of the'colonel, formed squal•e,- ‘,,kee&e.r_e addressed by the Inspecting-officer in highly . eTnpit eek,i'Y terms on their state of efficiency and disciplm 4 1 ,titit i ; 4 . 2 ,° 0 men have volanteered from the depot (450 stroVg) 41 eclit e ".'_ e _ e n last fortnight, to join the 'service companies in the 110.1. era ean. he, 4 ; MERSEY YAZAT CLUE EALL.-The annual tat in I •ke- °ll -- . w i_th this -club took piste on Wednesday, nt the A,.. ° hee nail The rooms were thronged with a brilliantassem oL.:l4nPrising 'upwards of WO ladies and gefinien. I."' those present were`the Commodore and Mrs. Little -IP,•ie officers of the'Club, Mr . E. Fletcher, cupbearer, Mr. iAr Tetley, treasurer, and Mr Henry Melling,•secretar . y ; r 'ete ra ro r r ... and Miss Stuart 'the ex-Mayor. and Mrs. Tobin, C ollet e l the Offleers of the Lancashire Militia Aftalery. The esss ' 7321 esinere, one 'of the lady patronesses, was Earl - of tll e - L 1 ( being absent 'from the country with the Earf t r trc,4Bl(gere; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Jones were tlise preven v e r d qraekttenditg in consequence of a domestictilliction. band A: kttrthitia , ,staliolswa, ?„,engagee for the ball-room, and the by permission of Colonel Swum, occupiedtheheat club tap e military alters appeared in their uniform, which tit. a Itrill* iant appearance to the assembly. The proceeds of are to' be'devoted to the benefit of the Royal Infirmary. 11(5 ' O 4 T h - k eoliistit TrE ,At a meeting of the dock committee arsday, y_ r 'Charles Turner presided and there were th)r"ent Mess rs Shand, Brockleharik, R ' obinson, Gregson, I:l` l,o ner, ft+ale Mondell. Anderson, Lockett, Hubback, t ' e nHolme, Rankin, and Palmer. The eral business o °ccuPi" few - minutes. The sub niade to "? :works reported that un - ierrangement had been p :ti f: et r ocia . fn kn! . e ti ; : i th ie e inne s et u bt i n ee ' te 2105 for compensa 'which he had been put vicinity of his property, W as tonfirmed. TheY Stapler"7ll solieitor. The arrangement madeBJ riot v 0 1 had 1 ,„, e t'y'rted that John .Y Dockvarehouse sub-committee c ; t l t. e: ef-'24s. per 4011;1 in tileti r. tez:zz saasidmweesrseen inted a foreman, at appointments, s n . e b :r e il l e, -2P a Pc gatekeer; and two which T .inploymentfrom-persons ' l une depa t Tes who were already of the dock trustees, were confirmed. pileboard 0 r nien t reported the appointment of a seam= One of the light -ships. The master porters sub ii-"_mit_tee reported that Mr. a Ford had applied td 617_?!. e : as a master porter, and named as his sureties Mr. waflat as Doherty and Mr.46Bin Ellis. The application granted. G,,, „ . cdlt- a -e-BOATS B I JILDING 'OH THE MERSEY.—The aarni- I. e .! ' re Ming every exertio n t o procure the construction of a 15,2 large flotilla of steam gun-boats, of the class which have found so useful in the Baltic and Black Sea. Not t ; l3 ,ke royal navy d ockyards in fall operation with theseeraft, the services of the most eminent private builders haveheen V,;l into requisition. Mr. .3zhn Laird, the well-known Ca n d or of this port, is constructing ten wooden steam screw Iti tc. . is oats, of 240 tons each, and about 60-horse power, the lli t „ l tlerY being made by Messrs. Penn and Son, of London. 114 . _Will he similar in size and armament to the Lynx, Arrow, I '4/ 4 4; Biiake, Beagle, another gun-boats which h . ave become or Lai rd ! In the history oft he naval operations of this war. Mr. th e I s building five of these boats at his yard on . the margin , 4t) 11, - .l,R r eat float at Birkenhead, and five on this side. Al lmity''," the order for them was-only received from the Adam weeks ago, about a thousand feet of building sheds At th a - r t a, already erected at these yards, and fitted with gas, i (1 4 %).1 , men can work at the vessels both night and day. are ofZ , sawyers are also busy at work preparing tirdber. ' 0 1. ) ,,`"e boats are well advanced in . whole I, l ;lef' l ,` read for sea by March next. Mr. Lard is also eon "' e l , B olll Y e iron mortar vessels, one of which was launched tt v e ' , and is now at Portsmouth. M 'CHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. e oz AND Lb k. Sc lay, a .. u .Jotirned meeting of this society was held on Wed- Tite 4 at the Nag's Head Inn, Warrington, Dr. Wilson, of b t ' 0,31/Presiding. receive a shert discussion it was . edth_at tr e ateo ,alsall should the prize of £5 for planting the 'l t '',,llle'f;,,!ngth of whitethorie hedge in proportion to the size re v , 4) , the shortest length being 880 yards.—Thewhsecriceh lh-44;„" an abstract of the treasurer's accounts, from bai` i ed. e th . at the receipts for the year had been £90415. 4d. th t Ye ar it , in the hands oft the bankers was £lll 75... d.; odd. The number of persons who visited It4 ll , z ( , ) e w ',l‘ t as S g t. " Helen's, last year, was_ 3,757. The whole the society were £2tB ss. 10d.-On the motion of re. 1 11 8, seconded by Mr. Ledger, it was resolved that the t.,l' e l'e e ib r i t _ a of any prize for the best cultivated farm should be 4-,j e for a second competition during seven years. It leas i°lo;` , to give a second premium for sheep, a premium of . ! 3r lambs, and to announce that for the future a Prize l a `ke,.. 4e , given for bantam fowls.—lt was suggested by Mr. " 44, 1 that they should have Plo t r e li s in oc gi e m ty ate had h nest lA' oh 1, • ~eing now seven years since th" , 4%; 11 s objected to by Mr. G h r . een and , on the e a g s r h o n u r n t d di t sc hat usi tle e would. be too mac , was abandoned. In the Liver ,‘"ol4r,,,44ltesy COMPANIES' RESPONELBILITY. — p .. Ne rinty Court, on Tuesday, judgment was given in the 11 1 ( i l l; 4 Wi . the London and, North-western Railway in n hich a coinmercial traveller claimed £25 as 4 14 izsatiofOvr the loss of a desk tiolen from a carriage in iee7 4 4-street station, where it 'had been placed by one of poe;, lll nany's porters whilst plaintiff was in the off i ce. Three 1" . 1 4 B of defence were taken : that pl a i n tiff no t h avin g 411t o -e q when the desk was taken, no contract had been entered ;and, therefore, the company were not responsible for,the that the desk was not " luggage": within the ordinarl Oning of he art of Parliament ; andtthat the order bet,)s Wing °f a o, l : p eh a te pe i:n rs eca i o n ruiii t te h irs e n, d es k were '" Writings" within the nt Ae be e," stista His in ile c e 2 o s u t r h d e eeided a t n n y e s t tte carriage ; and as toth e Want taken:Charge of and placed_ it plain s tiff ,? W ' grget a"- b ? ections„ nothingBll4 third g could be more essentially luggage 01PVIesk, except, perhaps, articles of aPPerelthan ta ra. ei` Niamey, and that .order books were required for t absolutely necessary . to t4inercial travellers to carry on their besineae. He then gave ( V l c ,.. t iff a verdict for £3 10s., the declared \value of the desk, o d for the inconvenience arising from the Joss of the 4 Pe/.,'ME and one pency as the nominal valueofthe private T„' He s' also allowed plaintiff his costs. t i fh: 4 ; 1117 GAS C s o NY."---LILLYNAN V. ZIANITOPF.— n, ?pa . inter, Duke-street, sped George wt4le74t°,,,l+who was to have g filled the situation of secretary to AR Cl' gas ~company. The plaintiff stated that ;the claim aft rte' eil43s., for painting a,sign and a window blind for th .. e T y br o company 4; in Basnett-street. Thealefend 4t )zittedite amount of the claim; but contended-that he 7,otfp, c : t iable,,and the proper persons to be sued were the directors of the company, When he gave tie e I , for the work he told the . galaintiff.that it was Ter_ i ti!l :at Abe same time giving him the names of Abe 4 4 e with Whom the plaintiff was . well acquainted, : as evv o 4 " 1 a member of t . he Guardian Society, with whom the e e reed, l Compapyveiginated." The plaintiff' denied that the a ZIA, had,ever told him he gave ;the order for the direc -4t(l ~,L at Proposed company, or that the Guardian Society' ta i it ` 3 c..thing whatever to do with the formation of the cour t Honour said he was left quite in doubt as to th e ether the defendant: did or did not represent that he . gave tleZder for other e people, and not for itimself ; but it was agate, Droved that he gave the order, and therefore, prima .. "j 1 (1 t - 1, 4 e was 1 - f a ble. He should give a verdict for the plaintiff, rr l'e ec lfenda 'a iit ° might recover from the ,directors if they l iable, 31 ' DERBY Graunta.Na.—The weekly meeting was held be~edes ay, at the Union Workhouse. u Present :—Rev. 1) ~ i ' l, otnall (in the chair,) Messrs. Ledger, Lunt, Mount -413 i.:1411r, Edwa rds , J. Birch, J. Harrison, Pitte, Siddeley, iza e L - a - rn -; Pi kap, Wensley, Roscoe, Batten, Medcalf, Whitby, c Knowles, Davies, and Mullins. The t he etil °r he,„ the workhouse submitted his returns, showing „ s er e .7:yer of paupers in 'the workhouse. Last week there '`ool 1- °; admitted 41; born, 1; discharged, 39 ; dead, 3; t tl he r this is week, 685; corresponding week of last year, di OX e ornmunication was read from the overseers of the El v id l werton expressing their anxiety to have that district , a n i 60 , far as' rearded the collections, and submitting a ti: 11 04 1 4 e. Purpose, upon which they desired the opinion of th:t Or 0 7 The proposition was agreed to.—At the sugges t ee clerk it was agreed to make a call of £11,516, in 0 k4 4 a 4 ll r :Labnente, which would . extend to March next.—lt tt th e s's 4 to appoint an assistant dispenser to the hospital.- 410 tion of Mr. Shaw, the salary of Mr. Roberton, 4 t r . e a e n e li er . at th workhouse, was increased from £4O to £6O M Mr Ledger submitted a return (moved for hy It 4(1 . 8 1 3 1 - t:1 1 , 141 , at) of the number of paupers in the workhouse and r o gr e h , their maietenance, for the five years ending to the 14 . 11 ,5 5, and suggested that a portion of it be printed, kftNbli s Ormation of the public. A discussion took place as h after %eh- me' the document in the newspapers or otherwise, t,s - e r , 411 tuhe clerk was instructed to draw up a condensed coZt ill eet `Ls larrht it to the Board for consideration, at the 11 accordance with the recommendation of a ee, it was agreed to appoint a sewing mistress for the iht 11 10 0 W l, at a salary of £l5 per annum, and raons.—This hOle of the business ? the meeting broke up, Ox Monday, the coroner of Manchester held an inquest respecting the death of a young man named Robert Maine, who expired on Saturday, in consequence of having been pierced iu the left eye with a pitchfork, by Mary Roper, an elderly married woman, some days previously. The circum stances were such as induced the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter against the woman, who was committed for trial at the assizes. Tun ARGYLE ROOMS.—At the police-court on Friday, James Allan and Richard Spike, the alleged lessees of the Argyle Supper-rooms, in Lime-street, were charged with having sold wine and brandy at their premises, on the night of the Bth of September last, they not being duly licensed to sell either wines or spirits. The officers said that on the Bth of Septem ber they had supper on the defendants' premises, when they were served with wine and brandy, procured from the counter, and for which they paid. For the defence, it was said that the principal owner of the rooms was Mr. Mattison, a free vintner of the city of London, who had no occasion to take out a license. After the case had been argued at great length, the court dismissed the wine count, but on the brandy count the defendants were fined £l2 10s. and costs. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The "Liverpool" line of packet ship Salem, Captain Flynn, belonging to Messrs. Magee, Livingston, and Walthew, is now on the berth for Melbourne, and loading for the third voyage to that port. This celebrated ship performed the round trip to Melbourne, thence to Bombay, and home, in the unprecedentedly short period of 8 months and 25 days. Of this time she lay in Melbourne 18 days, and was 21 days in Bombay, passing, of course, the remainder under canvas, which she bore without loss of sail or spar. There is no doubt that, but for the baffling winds which have retarded so greatly our Australian ships, she would have done even better Much of this success has certainly resulted from the skill and energy of Captain Flynn, who has brought home his ship a pattern of neatness, tidiness, and order. LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution, Mr. Abraham, the president, in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Mercer, announced a donation to the museum of a specimen of aluminum, from Mr. Morson, of London, who was present; and also twenty models of crystals, and three specimens of Persian naptha, from himself, He also laid before the meeting a specimen of ether and collodion, pre pared from methylic spirit. Mr. Barber brought before the society an improved method of preparing syrup of saffron, by preserving the colouring matter with sugar in the form of a powder. A lecture was then delivered on frictional electricity, brilliantly illustrated with apparatus belonging to the Royal Institution. REMSSENTATION OF BURV.-.-A. mere rumour that MT. F. Peel had • accepted the office of colonial secretary, bas caused some stir respecting the candidates for the nexttlec tion„ The friends of Mr. Peel held a meeting to take steps to secure his re-election, and the Radicals held a meeting for the purpose of selecting an opposition candidate, who was found in Thos. Wrigley, Esq., paper manufacturer, of limherhurst, a requisition to whom was numerously signed. At the last election, Mr. Peel was returned, against Lord Duncan, by a majority of sixty votes. Unless the Radical regi4ter of votes has considerably improved since, their candidate will stand little chance. Although it was positively known on Monday that Mr. Labouchere was colonial secretary, there was a de sire to continue thea,gitation. On Monday evening, another meeting was held, •at which it was resolved to let the matter rest for the present.—Manchester Courier. RESISTING =X RISE or SUGAR.— Atr. James Brookes. bellman, amused the inhabitants of Has li ng4 en, late on Thurs day, by announcing the following: — " This is to give notice, that a number of the inhabitants of Irwell Vale and its vi cinity have sveed together to abstain. , for a season from - the use of sugar ~ o wing to its rapid and , as' the y think, unnatural advance.; and in doing so desire to upon their fellow- . workmen in general to assist them it:lbis enterprise, believing that thisis'the most effectual way , to check its further rise, and .redate it again to its orighull price. We desire to till upon the inhabitants of. Haslingdan to assist us by denying! themsehres of this luxury ; and we have no doubt if the peo ple generally will do so we shall teen have this article Of swell . , greatTrassumption at a reasonable price, so that the working man, with his wife and family, may enjoy his comfertable'clip of tea:'—Blackburn Standard. ME LAW OF ENGIGII*I t'GQVERNESSES.—At the chester County Court, on Monday, a case was tried—Little v. Bob i—for the recovery of £l as compensation by a governess for tboing improperly discharged from her saltation. Iliss 'Charlotte Little, the plaint., was engaged by the wifetf Mr. PAL Booth, Longsight, inVanuary last, as governess; te take ohsrge of three young reUdren. On being disraimffd, in Angust, a month's notievor wages, only was offered, rad the :Plaintiff demanded three 'months' notice. It unsladmitted that the plaintiff was engaged at a yearly salary , (120 and wwashing), but Mr-Ovens, f9r the defendant,called witnesses to ',prove that it was the , custom in this tteighbourhecil to give 'only a month's notice togevernesses as wc,ll2S serVralts.—Mr. 'Cobbett, on the part.of the plaintiff, argedthitt she would 'e at least entitled tetwo months' salary, the •nbti3e to leave baying been given two -days after the expwation of the month when payment was - made.—His Honour held that , s, governess 'was not liable to the same notice as a domestic servant, was though,mu much in this instance, she might Ise paid , monthly. It and their that wages inm" dice ' were trea h ted ta as b le r n e i grette kts, cas n iz E g th os a 'e n ri c i oo esses ks. The jury gave a weadiet for the plaintiff , exclusive of LI Elfis. 4d. paid into court. lo a n' Mester Courier. ST. SlLie Weakinsxu- MEN's Aseectapsiox.—The incum bent of St. Silas' has addressed a letter to a contemporary, in which he asks : -Will my one confer a favournpon 200 work ing men (" with power to add. to their mumbery') by present ing them with a-good piano-forte? Dretture to say, that the donor would fee/ himsel f richly 'repaid ‘by a visit to our rooms any evening of the week, except -Sundry, between the hours of seven and 'tom o'clocix.; especially to :tie "music and tea-party " in Christmas week, ha rrahiCh hes-shall have a free ticket of admission, -and.the best *eat in:themaom. We have already a reading .room, chess. and draughbrroom, and lecture room, where thercure lecturr !S, readings alma, a monthly dis cussion, a provident club, glasses for treading, writing, and arithmetic, singing and drroving, lbedides , opportunities for religious instrnction to those , who wash 'to - receive it. A little music would make us quit e camplete---as far as ambition stretches at present. The a ssoeiatien is , no &Inger an experi ment. There have beenlBo bo nafidevorkinpraen in the looms on a single evening; 90 hi we attended , one drawing class:; 80 have been present at one: lecture; _nearly 50 have bought copy-books to learmwriting ; 91 plates of-soup have-been sold in an hour ; and the men haN re themselves aileed to have a box put up in the rooms, that they mils?! contrilaute towards the expenses. HEALTH COMMITZEE.—T t he weekly meeting was held , on Thursday, Mr. Langsdale in the their. :From a report of the Rates Committee; it eppearedl that a -sum of £6,875 had been collected above the;amount of last year,in-coasequence of the rating of small property, whi .ch was paid for thy the landlords. It was recommended that ten dens he , Olatained for widening the canal bridges in Oldhall-street, &c., to 'the ifail width of the street. The clerk-called attention to anemorial from the in spector of police appciiated to visit ledgingphouses, asking for some extra remuneration for the service: they performed. After a short conversation, the metier!. ‘tvas referred to Mr. Fresh and Mr. Duncan, to make in2uiry,and report to the committee. The other business was of tlieueual routine de- ; scription. The mecraeld officer reparbedthat the mortality of the borough differed little from the Anserage , of the same period of former years. Wore it not for the etontinued prevalence of 40 deaths meekly, the mortality epidemic scarletina, causing • would be considerablyhelow the .average. illtniblg the last four weeks, the deaths from al causes: have heen•vespectively 22, ...!V)5, 210, and 238, giving a weekly averagna.22o, against 217 im the same period of former years, corrected for increase of j r population. The deaths , fram diseases of tiaezymetic class lathe Ifoar weeks were 360, ofavhich there were fromotarletina, 160; , diarrhoea, 43; measles,: 42 ; hooping-oeugh;flA; . typhus, 35; , -eraap, 13 ; ealieken-Pox, 1 ; mumps, 1; glanders, Z. The deaths from hoopistg-cough last week:were more than .imemy week since the .Isegirning of Jam.uzy. !Diseases of the lungs caused 220 deaths, uf which 105 werelven,nonsumptioa. sCratotts QUESTIO. !Cir LIABILITY. —The .cruse of Taylor :mid others v. WCaltnont ant others, was decialedSa the Court .ofsebequer, at Londen, , on Wednesday last, having been re ferred from the last spring assizes at this town. Bath parties .are „merchants here. On the 9th of August, 185 - 3, plaintiffs Parthased the ship Boomerang from the defendants for f aM th o&g Th ust e , I t B e s s 3 se , i to en cli t s e c r bs ed rg t reed chargedupon w fo ith r thda.rplepers,toant the e te e h a e ea ß r i g rk e e a tahe r itimaateriDeesekr Messrs. Sharpies, ,rasPteecialivouaYtleythetrnatstees, vessels.of The ,understanding on the purevase was, that the .811 .- he free lei: avail charges. The st:aintiffs, wishing thalae w ss a e s t to o go into the Liverpool Graving4lacks, paid, on the 2f4h. Aug. ' £44 us.ir l d„ which was at the rote of 6d. per tondo* dues, the sum•tabe charged accordiarts the Birkenhead Doak Act, upon .a :vessel for Liverpool, loading at Birkenhead. This amountmaseredited by the defendants to the plaintiffsi ;Ln an aceount:whichwas rendered by them on the 10th of Sept., at which timettheAkill of sale conveying the ship to the plaintiffs was handed to them. On the :39',14 of October the .ship returned into tthe Birkenhead Docks, and hiving taken in pasaengersand.aifell cargo, she, on the 4th of Novemberovas ready to sail, bat %was ;.retained by t,l - ..e dock trustees, Abo claimed £6 115.6141. as dock dues at XII. per ton, accord,iw to their understandirkg with Messrs. Sharpies, who had agree that should-the ship ;leave the dock loaded? she was to be liable for that rate of .doek dues. The plaints, in order to avoid: the detention ,of the. al*, paid the amount:and instituted the present proceedings • for the recovery of tt'w same from the defendants. For tbedefendants it was urged that the bill of sale, although date&the.9tit of August, did net come into ope ration until the 19th of :September, the day .op which it was delivered to the plaintiffs, at which time the *easel was not in the Birkenhead Docks, )but in the LiverpoedtGraving-dock, and, consequently, was : free ,from the control and.eharge of the Birkenhead dock trustees, , So much so that she / might have sailed wheresoever she pleased. On this point .the court decided in favour of the defendants. - LIBERALITY OP TAM R4' BL DP DERBY ix LORD Sr.AELEY.—A meeting, in furtherance of the proposal to snstablish at Preston a Free Puc Iliberary and Musetun, was held in that town on AlondaY, bli 1c 9 .8t meek, and passed af very satisfactorily. It was announced that a sum of £1,500 had already been promised, of which X 304 had been promised to the .Working Men's Committee .; and ,it was stated that this committee had undertaken to raise el ) 04)9 in subscriptions sof £1 each. At the close of the meeting, ,an .unanimous vote of thanks ;was given to the chairman kMr. F. Bradley,) who, in acknowledging the compliment, alluded to the excursion to Knowsley,.and to the committee's vote of thanks, which had been communicated to the Earl of Derby, to Lord Stanley, and to Capt. Ilornby, (comptroller of the household,) through the Rev. .L Ciay, accompanied with a request that another visit might be allowed. The rev. gentleman, in aeknowledg ment of those motes, bad received replies, of which the follow ing are copies " Eglinton Castle, Irvine, Sept. 25, 1855. ".Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt, on my arrival here this day, of your note of the 20th inst., enclosing the thanks of the Working Men's Committee for the permission given to their excursion party to visit Knowsley. It gave me great pleasure to hear that they enjoyed their visit, and that the conduct of the whole party had been such as fully to entitle them to the trifling favour granted them, and to encourage me in allowing similar visits in future. My son is just now in Ireland, but on his return I will not fail to communicate to him the resolution of the committee.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " DERBY. " Rev. J. Clay." " London, October 2, 1855. , "My dear Sir,—l am pleased to hear that the excursion went off so well. I did not doubt that it would. I shall hear more details at Knowsley. lam sure there will be Iv culty about its repetition at any time when 17e have no guests in the house. But the library—does that still fast P If they are waiting till the war is over, they will ;gait long enough. What sum is actually raised P—Ever yours faitLitlibr , " Rev. J. Clay." STANLEY." . Captain Hornby's letter was couched in PiAL)IaT terPis, ON Tuesday, a deserter, on being pursued by a military escort through the streets of Salford, was fired at by one of the soldiers, when the fugitive fell down as if he was shot. On being picked up it was discovered that he was more frightened than hurt. • DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OP LANCASIIIRE.—A commission, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county palatine of Lan caster and dated 26th October , 1855, appears in Tuesday's Gazette, appointing Bertie Mathew Roberts, Esq., a deputy lieutenant of this county palatine. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—It was rumoured on Friday that the cash-keeper of Messrs. Ewart, Myers, and Co., who has been in their employment upwards of thirty years, had absconded suddenly with a large sum of money, amounting, it is said, to upwards of £9,000. DIE following gentlemen have been appointed Inspectors of the Coal Mines in Great Britain :—John J. Atkinson, Esq. ; William Alexander, Esq.; John Hedley, Esq,; Lionel Brough, Esq. ; Thomas Evans, Esq. ; Peter Higson, Esq. Ma. RAVTCLIFFE, agent to the Earl of Balcarres, at Pres ton, has introduced a screw-steamer of two hundred tons, for the carriage of coal on the canal betwixt Preston and Kendal. The quantity of coal conveyed each trip is about two hundred tons, four other boats being attached to the steamer. CLAIM AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY FOR DEMURRAGE. —On Wednesday, an action brought by Mr. Swift, lime dealer, against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was tried in the Wigan county court, before. W. A. Hulton, Esq. The amount claimed was £2 145., being 3s. per day for eighteen days' detention of a waggon. On the 13th August last, Mr. Swift sent a waggon laden with lime to. Liverpool, by the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway. The waggon was not his own, but was hired from Mr. Kay, coal proprietor, Ince, and be longed to Mr. Quillan, of Liverpool, whose name was affixed to the waggon, on an iron plate. In sending the waggon off, Mr. Swift neglected to fix thereto a card stating the place to which the empty waggon was to be returned. The waggon arrived in Liverpool on, the 14th .August, and was immediately dis charged, and sent back on the 16th August. By some circum stance, which could not be explained, the waggon was missed, and the company's servants endeavoured to trace it, without success. On the 4th September, it was found, and on the sth returned to Mr. Kay, from whom Mr. Swift had hired it. On behalf of the defendants, it was uri.ed that, as the waggon had no card upon it, stating to whom It was to be returned, the company were not responsible for its detention. They conjec tured, but there were no means of knowing with certaint?, that the waggon had arrived at the junction in Wigan, that It had there been shunted off their line and upon the London and North-western line, and by that line returned to Mr. Quillan's siding at Liverpool. The waggon was traced, on its return, as far as Sandkilis, but nothing more was known of it till it arrived at 'Wigan on the 4th of September. The judge decided that as, on the one hand, Mr. Swift had not taken the proper precaution 'of putting his name and address on the waggon, and as, 'on the other hand, the company had not proved that they had returned the waggon to any one, he could only make an order which would secure Mr. Swift from the actual loss of the money he paid for the hire of the waggon during its thitention, not allowing him any damages for any other loss he might have sustained by such detention.—Mr. Swift stated that he paid Is. per day, as the hire of the wag gon, and an order for 18s. was accordingly made. TNE PDXRD 01 TILADS ON TEEN MB 'ole THE LS AD . Te following letter from the Board of Trade to the Under writers' Association of LiVerpool, , on the neglect 'to use the lead, is exhibited in the underwriters' rooms Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marine Department, '2oth Nov., 1855. am directed by the Lords :of 'the 'Committee of Pilvy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your 'litter of the 9th instant, relative to the neglect of ship- Masters to use the lead, and stating that the Liverpool triderwriters' Association :are Of 'opinion Unit an important :advantage would he gained were this board to issue a notice 'to masters of vessels thatlkkh teglectwcull be considered as 'misconduct. In reply, I am toTequest.'yott toinform the Underwriters' Association that my lord's have directed their serious atten tion to the many cases , of shipwreck which have recently been investigated antler - the - provisions of 'the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, in most . cf which, as they conceive, the casualty might have been aveided had the simple and obvious precakt tion of taking soundings been Observe/I. My lords are impressed with a belief that from a desire to avoid trouble and delay, or for other reasons, the proper krse of the lead, oven :thick or foggy weather, or when upon a dangerous Toast, ;has become ;to habitually neglected--in many branches of the merchant 'service, that masters appear no longer tollool.' upon it as a necessary part of their duty. My lords ,g4tdly take 'this opportunity of expressing their decided opinion that inch 'conduct cannot be justified by ;any custom or 'practice, however prevalent ; and the fact that this neglectiins become 'common affords, in their lordships' opinion, tte-Arongest reasontfor taking every possible means to check iit; and they believe that there would be great public betiefit and little individual hardship in visiting with the smack penalties persons who are found gcilty of a - fault oe fataliin;itS - consequenees. My lords have no daulk, from the terms 'of 'your letter, that the Underwriters' 'Association will concur with !them in the , :views they take, and they are glad to , have the op portniaty of expressing :those views, and of iratimdting, in as ptililleta manner as' voksiible, their intention to :use all the ' rneans , with which the bkw has entrusted tlacinto enforce the proper tase of theleadon'koard merchant ships.--4 am, sir, yourolsedient servant, T. R. Ruzins. The Secretary to tketZuderwriters' Assonittion, Liverpool. 'l l, OO or 'A Taint, 45M—The truth of this adage was once more attested on Thursday last, in the iPelice-court, where and when Mr. Richard Allan, a laceman nud hosier, in By- Tom-street, appeared iin answer to a -semmons obtained ilitanathhEsditiyelemfntoeenelnddit, miss 'oft, against him by Mr.Rthert Esdaile, carrying on bushiest- in 'the same line, in theshop adjoining. Thefoad between these 'rival 'candidates for public favour appears, from an observe ' 'tiontef Mr. Garnett, the magistrate's clerk, Lobe of Old standing, talk one with ' , which tie court had been previously familiar, Mr. Esdaile stated that about half-past nine o'clock on Mon ,day morning' he went',' his shop door to•see that the WilldoWS rand plates, were clean, when the defendant rut his fist in his 'face, and said, "Come out here, you redoitiskered scoundrel, and I will knock your nose off your face:" He continued to inn similar languageler eight or ten 'minutes.— In answer to a:casestion put by Mr. S. Holme, the plaintiff said that he Lad 'previously had's ; quarrel with the definidant, who had been I fined 10s. and •costs"for insulting hituinzlhe street, and 4 - -lso .!2Gfa. , and. costs forillming a young taidy',who was an apprcn ,,sheTe a . r s s a l i e d y , i h ca e le w o as f the in ,:iiiiin tiee i t n iff l s iis cu (t s h t L ers plai , n . w titr as s) th s e h n op eau T e lli c ryz . Mr.. Esdaile's shop .orc the morning in ouestiou, and she heard the defendant call Mr.. Esdaile a red-whiskered rascal, and t a h n e t r , to kat kn e o y ek ii i s o r fi screw t h t i lL 7;s ia e in ar tiff. . S lur he . al F sl ai saw ie ido with him. Mr..,..Aewyl, an assistarrtin Mr. Esdaile's se him to go7away, as he wanted to have nothing to the forewoman, anii. Susannah. Aikin, an a pprentice, mere -edited to prove the:,tbove facts.—The defendant then gaselsis version ofeehat4ock place. He de nied that he .had.: used the language imputed to him. Re sighed the assistant what he meant' by-swee_ping the dirt (mm. Me, Esdaile's shop in - a heap hefore,hisidoor, but be only - Go about ; your business." Mr.LEsdaile, hearing. 'them talking, cause tothe door and threatened to strike him,' and the then certaholyidld call him a dirty +fellow and a dirty dog, and told him-it. wee. an unmanly.actio.cast his dirthe 'forelbis neighbour'edoor.—Mr. Samuel Milne said he thought iitcw,as very much teObesregretted that in theAdaral rivalry of -trade such bad feelhageSlauld exist. Tbough there might be rivalry and competition in itrade, tradesmen tiliolild always be 'friendly, and have respect one towards another. But when • A man threatened be assaultanother, .or .strained little incon meniences into insults; losing his temper, enthusing bad len guageezlculated to cause Ai:breach of the peace, then the law xnust interfere and put ~asiabop to what was net only illegal, but was also a public nuisance. ,It was : quite' time that such tlisgraccall proceedings 'Should ,be put au endl. to. The de fendant was most clearly wrong, ,, and must therefore pay a penalty (of 40s. and costs :;.and• if the summons would have csatibled.him to do so, wonld, , ,have hound Mr. Alan over in a heavypenzlty to keep the peace.. A1L8416) ILLTREMINIENT.OF 31B88ES. Us an OMNIBUS ilLonans.--On Wednesday last, Mr. Aspinall, barrister, ap ' pearedibefone Mn Aikin and .Mr- Dixon, the sitting magis trates, ,gfl , /behalf of Messrs. `',,and B. Busby, the omnibus proprietorsi in answer to an infotnnation charging them under the act lethtand 13th Victoria, yoitla cruelty , in overworking and ill-trenting the horses tratploy4Kl by them ingimageng the "Ma AtIS .vglajolu plies between the fierhead and the Necropolis. tcc a Mr_ ~. ELe taky : tel w oit oecl 4.4.42l,bbec , ltr a: arsi ef Ap t wre: f v o ien r naaboutted the ll, thaaoftio,tote lop a iejleikvintie...uf:Orlrif:tnreashionetge,Prefoon.p.rvettlieemetii,pooirb:oinecsoeafi c la e w eled -er..n i o t ro ,w kw i i t te u s t s in m r the case. The.eharge w a as Heywood's :assistance, when • pro ceeded Willett, the gentleman at whose instance the informat* ib e d been laid, ga,ve,.evidence to the effect:that, on the,l2th isact . , he had fuelled from the Pierheiel to t,),:e Necropolis by 443 e of 'the omnibuses rhelonging to the deferents. On the occa sion referred 'tQ, the driver, the witness 'said, flogged the horses till he confess!. he was tired, and that then the gout got off the omullniaand whipped the horses to relieve the driver. - They did • not cease beating the anarses for three minutes during theAhole journey, and for: the most part of the distance the anikoals only walked. • And *is was not a single instance, for iheenuld bring a similar <4harge against rthe defendants for every.flay in the year. He 'had frequently „seen persons get off the, omnibus and refuse ..to : pas( the fare, 4ither on account of its:being painful to their•feehngs, or on aeco sinminf u ae n vd t oub o ry f t om h f e rt.h las Ase e ipi o n f nroau t r im ma, tine. • n T tl h e e kt re cor. b nw e c i l n asi g anion no 7 . o o r th m er erhic a o l hss tn .e e l i e s . submitted that there was ,no case against his ,dients, as it .would be monstrous ! to ,convict on the .evidence of a sin le passenger on an <omnibus, who, under •the pro visione .of the act, was entitled to half the penalties ,reco vered. ,Mr. Aikin (the magistrate) said, the witness iwersed that the horses were unable toAlo the work to which Ahoy were put o and that in consequence,of this inability they were whipped by the servants of the defendants. Any man might readily jade as to the capability.of a horse for perform ing the wows ,to which it was Put, and, also as to whether a horse was abused. ' Mr. Aspluall animadverted in severe terms ( en the interference ,cf gentlemen like M. Willan, who, he said, were stimulated by the hope of receiving half of the penalty as allowed by the *act of Parliament, bat ,who had been unable to get his story corroborated by a single ,witness.--In answer to this, Mr. Aikin said, " Perhaps if you weal allow evidence to be given as to the general condition of the horses and their general treatment, some persons might have attended, but this was an information for eruelty on a particular day ; and I say that any individual who is at the pains, and trouble, and expense of bringing these eases before the public, instead of deserving censure, deserves prai s e— After some farther discussica on different points of the case, between Mr. Aspinall and the bench, the former gentleman called evidence to show that Messrs. Busby were systematic in the arrangement of their stables ; that their horses were care fully and properly attended and fed.—Mr. Bailey, a clerk in a shipbroker's office, was called. He said he travelled daily by Messrs. Busby's omnibus from the Exchange to the top of Brunswick-road. The horses always performed the journey • very comfortably, and he had never seen them cruelly or im properly treated.—Mr. Palmer, another passenger by the same omnibus, having given evidence to the same effect, the case for the defendant closed.—Mr. Aikin said there was some doubt about the case, and he should therefore give the defend ants the benefit of the doubt; but he was at the same time in hopes that good would arise out of the proceedings. It ap peared that the horses employed on this route had a very heavy load to draw up a very steep ascent, and it would be come a question for Messrs. Busby's serious consideration whether they should increase the number of horses employed on each journey from three to four. He gave the defendants the benefit of the doubt, and dismissed the information.— Another i nfor m atio n, laid by a Mr. Thomas Elford, was with draly4 by him en hearing the decision in the above case. ..- - - - - • • " THE .LIVERPOOL STANDARD. M. Dem has been promoted from the comptrollership of Leith to the office of comptroller of the Liverpool customs. LIE rumour of the loss of the Pacific has been contradicted. She was at Constantinople on the 20th instant. SAMUEL DEAN, a man who lived in Gloucester-place, Low hill, fell off the roof of a house in Towerland-street, on Tues day, and was instantly killed. - THE WHITE STAR SHIP MERMAID, Captain Edward Devey, left this port on Wednesday, with the Australian mails, having also about 360 passengers, and a very valuable cargo. THE Mayor will give his first official dinner on Thursday next. The first dinner is facetiously called " the goose feast, all the members of the council being invited. ON SUNDAY, the annual simultaneous collections were made at the various churches in this town and neighbourhood, in aid of the local charities. THE CUSTOMS.—Mr. Richard Hankin has been appointed a clerk in the long room at Liverpool. Mr. J. C. Downey has been promoted from the sixth to the fifth class of clerks in the long room at Liverpool. On Saturday morning, an old man, named William Nelson, was found dead in bed at his residence, 27, Windsor-street, Toxteth-park. The deceased was a superannuated custom house officer. JOHN FORD, a well-known thief, was, on Saturday, com mitted for trial, charged with stealing a quantity of clothing from the house of Mr. Groom, of Clarence-street, Everton. THE British and North American mail steamer America, Captain Harrison, sailed on Saturday for Boston, with 160 passengers, and a full cargo. MR. LAMONT, writing to a contemporary, suggests that illuminated clocks should be placed in a watch-tower, to be erected on the George's pier, in such positions that they could be seen by persons coming from any direction. COMMERCIAL WAGOEILL—The following was announced on 'Change on Friday, as an extract from one of the trade circulars of the day :—" There are spoons in sugar, coffee has risen without grounds, and tea has gone to pot:' JOHN EDLESTON, plumber and glazier, was, on Saturday, convicted in the penalty of £5, or in default, to be committed for two months, for violently assaulting his aged father and mother, while in a state of intoxication, because they would not furnish him with the means of gratifying his depraved appetite. ON Saturday, a runaway cow, from the Salford fair, being closely pursued upon the Victoria-bridge, Manchester, turned suddenly on the centre of the bridge and leaped over the parapet into the -Irwell. It instantly made its way to the Salford bank, and was with some difficulty driven into the street again through the timber yard on that side of the river. THE Liverpool Riggers' and Mariners' Equitable and Acci dent Burial Society held their second anniversary, on Tuesday, by a tea-party and ball, at the Temperance-hotel, Upper Par liament-street. Mr. B. P. Evans occupied the chair. Up wards of one hundred sat down to tea ; and, after singing and reciting, dancing commenced, and was kept up to a late hour. THE screw-steamer Euphrates, of 2,400 tons, built by Messrs. Stephen and Son, Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, and engined by Messrs. John Bonnie and Co., which was under charter to the French Government, was offered for sale by auction in Marseilles on Friday week. She was bought in for 780,000 f. (£32,500) by the:owner, who afterwards sold her by private bargain to the eminent house of Tonache and Co.— Greenock Advertiser. • Anscorrnsa.—A young man, named W. Waterworth, a native of St. Helen's, employed by Messrs. Wilson and Jes per, Preston, has absconded with goods and money of the value of about £lOO. His brother-in-law, John Joys, who was a baker in the service of Mr. Moore, of Northgate, Black burn, is also missing. Waterworth, who is about 25 years of age, has left behind him a wife and one child, and Joys a wife and two children. A SALT PANlC.—baring the week some excitement has been caused at the south end of the town by the rumour that the government was about to impose a duty upon salt. On Monday and Tuesday the shops were literally besieged, and the Rtticle became - so scarce that people were running in all directions for a supply. Large dealers and bakers are now supplying themsdlves extensively, and there is not likely to be much scarcity. BOEBEHir of £240.—0n Friday, Police-officer 764, charged Mary Thompson, Anne Burns, and Henry Green with rob bing Mr—Eothergill, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Cox, of £240 in batik notes. The prisoners were taken into custody at the request of Fothergill, and on the person of Burns was found £26 10s. in bank notes. Thompson was discharged, and the ether prisoners were remanded, as Fothergill, the principal prosecutor, did not appear. BEZIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—There was a special meeting of the Religious Tract Society, at the Collegiate Institution, on Priday,lhe Rev. F. Parry presiding. The first resolution was moved by the Rev. Mr. Jaffray, the deputation from the Permit Society, and seconded by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester. The Rev. Dr. Archer proposed the second rese t lution, and it was seconded by the Rev. J. Kelly. The society was stated to be urgently in need of increased support. BOREERY.—At the Police'cotirt, on Friday, Sohn and Mary Evans, man and wife, were charged with stealing from the shop of'Mr. Johns, in Oldhill-street The male prisoner was an assistant in the shop, and by the aid of his wife he carried off bundles of clothes, hosiery, &c., to their house in 42, Bridgewater-street, where it was found by the police. They were 'remanded for a week. Mr. Johns said that he had missed upwards of MOO worth of goods. Tare: ursirres RaMOVAL ACT.—On Tuesday an adjou rned , 'vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Bootle was held for the purpose of appointing a committee, to be called " The Nuisance Removal Committee; under the act passed last session. The I meeting, 'which numbered forty or fifty gentlemen, was pre -1 sided over by Mr. Alderman Robinson. A committee consist .. ing of twelve .gentlemen was appointed, and it was resolved that its first meeting should take place this evening. YOUNFERING OF A VESSEL.—The schooner Peter Towkes, 1 from Liverpool for the West Indies, was fallen in with on I Monday, last week, beating towards Cork Harbour. The schooner, reported that she had been in collision, it is sup ' posed the day before, with another vessel, and that, a short time after- they struck, the latter went down, with all hands i , on board. The schooner had her bows beaten in, and suffered other hrjr.ries, but her arrival is expected in the course of a I day or two. The name of the vessel that was lost has not been ascertained.— Cork Examiner. , IJAUNCH OF AN EAST INRIAMAN.—On Thursday a fine ship, massed the Fort George, was launched from the ship ' building yard of Messrs. Simons, at Whit%inch. She is in ' tended for the East India trade, is of ;700 tom; register, and is 1 the property of Messrs. Clint and Co., of Liverpool. She is I' classed. teolk 1 at Lloyds, and is also fully rigged with galvan- I ized wine, iheing the sixteenth vessel in which her builders have. adopted that material, since the ship William Connal was built by them, which was the first fully-rigged ship in this country.— Glasgow Mail. THE Nam - BOROUGH GAOL.—The costly bnikUng at Walton, ' with its palatial exterior, but containing within its walls such refined sued 'effective modes of punishment, is becoming a veritable terror to evil-doers. The colonies of 'pickpockets, magsmen, dill housebreakers, who have 'hitherto infested the 1 purlieus of tlik town, and to whom a three months' servitude ad in the old g was the means of obtaining eepleasant rendez 'roue rather Alan of receiving salutary 'punishment, are 14migrating* in shoals to districts where the nature of the : ;prison accommodation renders the dreaded selitary.eonfinernent impracticable. The DIME .PF LANCASTER'S OWN Rtvens.—TheGeneral ',commanding in Stotland (Lord Melville) recently inspected ,the Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles, stationed at Glasgow, and was so much pleasedwith their martial appearance and.effieiency that he took, for,,e. considerable time, the command of the regiment. After ;having manoeuvred them, lie declared to-the lieut-colonel, Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., and the officers, that he was proud. to say the regiment was unequalled'in I , Soctland ; which, lam an old veteran, both officers and men i.emay 'consider a great compliment. The men are principally 4 recruited from here.,tend it is clear that Capt. Aspinall, ,COll2. I slander of the duet :and superintendent of the.departmeut, i has:sent to head-platters the right stuff Theregimentis now i quite full, but still, as-they are daily expecting permission to velunter into the linepand most of them are ready to serve, as large numbers have previously done, Capt. Aspinalwill now enrol men standing victim than 6 feet 8 inches. LO43A.T. Wall 'TRW: A number of naval ,volunteers, ' amounting to about 40, were sent up to London on Thursday fns this town. .They nrs considered the finest batch of men hilhertorreceived • in•this district. After being , placed on board thegovernment•texider Crocodile, they wAltie drafted to various ships as circumstances require. On Saturday morning,lthe Cunard stemeship Arabia, which has been for some timeemployed as a gowrnment transport, arrived at this port from leingstown.-She hiel on board the Litr3eriek.county militia, consisting of 10 officers and 819 men ; there were also several women and children, and a number of horses. :Some of the men 'were landed at Birkenhead and others at Liverpool.; but with regard to their Interne movements no orders ',base yet been received. After dewing out, the Arabia o.ill resume her station, and make •regular trips between this port and America, tarrying the mails, l&c. The steamship Niagara is shortly expected here from ,Kingstown, with more men belonging to Irish militia regiments. PARENTAL DAPPJAITY.—A .fereeious and squalid-looking 'man was brought before the police magistrate, on Thursday, .urged with having. attempted to suffocate his three children, 'by setting fire to the !house in which they were in bed. it appeared that, late on Wednesday, .the police constable in Gilbert-street, when pasifing along, Willis attention arrested by volumes of dense snaekeiissuing frometin door of the house. On,entering, the policeman found the apcnitnent enveloped in -flamee, and three children 'beteg• on thwbed, which was on fire, and they were nearly suffocated. The .constable succeeded in rescuing the children, after which he got assistance, and had the fireextinguished. The eldest of the children stated that . his father, the prisoner, whose name is James Rooney, came home drneir, and said' he woUld set the house on fire; on which he took a piece of paper out of his poekst, lighted it, and set fire to a straw bed. The ;child further stated that neither he nor his brother and The siste wretched r had tasted food for two days previously to the fire. delinquent was remanded for seven days. Tu STRIKE At: MesclissrEn.—The strike continues. It is reported that Messrs. Fothergill and Harvey's work-people have compromised the question with their employers, and have resumed work at Id. per thousand hanks reduction, instead of 2d. as first offered. The number of operatives out o f wo rk is gradually increasing, and, according to a near .esti mate, it •would appear that the utmost number of hands out of employ does met exceed 3460, of whom at least 1700 are not on strike, but have been compelled to stop in consequence of being dependent for work on the spinners and pieces, who have operativesi m ps o n an will i C o u b . ' e s mill, cstrurumck S psa . IL la g oul o o d u t , h a e bo s u tr t ik 3 e oo at ad M di e t s i s o r n s al . S thrown out of work in consequence of the 150 spinners and p i ecers h a ving struck. The strike (generally) is one of coarse spinners, or the makers of low counts of yarn. The case of the employers and operatives is put in something like the following shape by either party :—The employers say they are paying an average of nearly 25 per cent. more than the country employer is paying for the same work, and propose to take off 10 or 12 per cent. The operatives do not deny the fact of extra prices, but allege that the cost of living is greater in a large town like Manchester. The masters, while admitting the extra cost of living, reply that the question is not one of goodwill towards their workpeople in a time of bad trade and minimum profits, but a question of sheer existence for both masters and men. They can only compete with other manu facturers in the market by paying something like the same wages ; and to show that this is no idle talk, they point to the gradual decay of coarse spinning in Manchester for some years past. The operatives are peaceable as yet: There has been a proposition to go about with begging boxes, but it has not been adopted, Messrs. Poolley's men gave notice on Thurs day, ' CHARGE Or DRUNKENNESS AGAINST A LETTER-CARRIER WHILE ON DUTY.—Mr. Banning, solicitor to the Post-office, and Mr. Bales, superintendent of letter-carriers, preferred the following charge against George Smart, a suspended letter carrier. At four o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th of Octo ber last, the defendant was intoxicated, and had a number of letters in his possession which ought to have been delivered that morning before ten o'clock. Mr. Bales said he went to the defendant's house on the 29th of October, and found several letters between the lining and the cloth of his top coat which ought to have been delivered on the 27th. The prisoner admitted the offence, but from the previous good character he had held for 16 years he had been in the service, the penalty of £2O was reduced to £lO, or three months' im prisonment in default. A READING-ROOM FOR THE WORKING CLASSES AT AIGEURTIL—On Monday, last week, a public meeting was held in St. Ann's School-room, Aigburth Vale, to take into consideration the opening of a reading-room for the working classes of that neighbourhood, the infant school-room, a new and handsome building, having been offered by the school committee for that purpose. The meeting was attended by a great number of working men, who appeared highly gratified by the proceedings. The chair was occupied by the Rev. H. T. Hecker, the incumbent, and several influential gentlemen of Aigburth addressed the meeting, amongst whom were C. Bushell, J. A. Tinne, John Eden, and W. Tomlinson, Esqrs., and Rev. T. Barber. Resolutions were proposed by Messrs. T. Brookfield, T. Williams, J. Peers, and J. Southall. A com mittee was appointed to form the rules and take the necessary steps to carry out the object, and the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. SALE OF MUNITIONS OP WAR.—A Liverpool correspond ent of the London Times writes as follows —I beg to call your attention to the enclosed advertisement from the Montreal Herald, from which it appears that we are offering for sale in Montreal 384 241 b. guns, 104 321 b. guns, 96 321 b. carron ades, 17 sundry pieces of cannon, 6200 681 b. round shot, 170 421 b. round shot, 27,000 321 b. round shot, 102,000 241 b. round shot, 20,000 sundry sizes, 119 10-inch shells, 1650 8-inch shells, and 3549 6i-inch shells. This advertisement is in all the leading United States journals; and the advices from Montreal state that probably the whole will go to the United States. Is there not something wrong here P At all events, the matter is one worthy of notice, as, probably, some expla nation may be given. It is hardly to be supposed that even old General Routine' can include cannon, cannon-ball, and shell under the head 'old ordnance stores.' " WIG-IN.—MEETING OF COLLIERS.— On Wednesday, a large meeting of colliers was held in the Commercial-hall. Mr. Geo. Lomax, one of the agents of the Miners' Association, took the chair ; and the meeting was addressed by Mr. Garbut, Mr. James Price, and several of the working colliers. The speakers were at some pains to correct a statement which had been made, that they were contemplating a strike. They said they had no such intention ' • they intended to have two " play-days" on .Monday and Tuesday next; that those two days would stop the supply in the market to the extent of 12,000 tons, and they hoped the masters would then give them the advance of wages they desired ; if not, it was then their intention to "restrict labour, without coming to an actual strike ;" in other words, they purposed to work short time until the demand should become greater than the supply, that then they would obtain what they wanted. Deputations were to wait ou the masters yesterday, to ascertain what they would do, and a meeting was to be held on Amberswood Common. SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry on Tuesday. A recommendation of the Medical Relief Committee to provide a number of amusing books for the patients was adopted. Mr. Bradley stated that the alterations in the Lunatic Asylum would be soon completed. By these improvements thirty or forty additional patients would be accommodated, while a saving of from £3OO to £4OO would be effected. Some discus sion took place with regard to the refusal to pay £BOOO, on account of their contract, to Messrs. Holme, and it was stated by Mr. Hart, that the delay had arisen in consequence of the great extent of the works, and the system of measurement adopted. The accounts, which were very voluminous, would, however, be ready in a week, Mr. Woodruff, in accordance with previous notice, moved the appointment of an out-door inspector, at a salary of £l6O a-year. Mr. Denton (also ac cording to notice) moved an amendment for the appointment of a committee to consider the whole present system of ad ministering relief. The amendment, after a long discussion, was carried by a majority of one. CAPTURE or AN ESCAPED CONVICT.—A sergeant of the Manchester police, with Smith, a detective-officer from, Liverpool,, captured at Manchester, on Tuesday, a convict named Thomas Cunningham, who had escaped from the Portland Convict Prison. He was convicted, in 1852, of housebreaking, and stealing silver plate, and sent to Portland. He escaped from the convict establishment there about eighteen months ago, by a simple but an ingenious contrivance. Having contrived to get possession of needles and thread, he employed himself during night in making a large white slop, to conceal his prison dress. The material was obtained by cutting slips from his bedclothes. Once dressed in this way, he wandered through the convict estab lishment, and made his escape without suspicion. The only obstaee he encountered was a pay-bridge, where escaped convicts had before been turned back for want of the half penny wherewith to satisfy the toll-keeper. Near this he met a lady and gentleman, and asked them to befriend him, a lleging that he was a carter, who had left his team on the other side of the bridge, and had forgotten to provide himself with money. The lady gave him a halfpenny, and he was permitted to pass. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION held their annual meeting on Thursday, at the New Institution, in West Derby-road. From the report,,it appears that the society has been in existence twenty-five' years. Six out of the twelve almshouses in the new institution are occupied ; but, as the means of the association do not warrant at present the occu pation of the central portion of the new building, the propriety e joi a n r t ra o i c i e g u e li m a e n n e t y s a. w s i c tl h i oo A l l sTha icl s ie b st e e e r n s a u n g d g e o s t t h e d e r . (The committee, in the report, congratulate the me mbers that t o u f u s l n i s a , k f i u n r g only one license was granted during the past yea r. The y also the i m r draw attention to, and commend a decision on the part of the licensing magistrates, to allow the trade a copy of any police report made against a publican which may endanger his li cense. The legislation during the past session ) with regard to public-houses, is described in the report as " crude and blun dering;" and it is contended that the present system of licensing through the magistrates answers well throughout the kingdom. Manchester is cited as an instance of this; while it is stated that the convictions for drunkenness in Ire land and Scotland, where the licenses are free to any one, far exceed, in proportion to the population, those in England. Mr. Law Sykes presided at the meeting, and the report and accounts were adopted on the motion of Mr. Danson, seconded by Mr. John Atkinson. The report showed that the receipts of the association during the year had amounted to £1,321 17s. Bd. Some discussion took place with regard to a deficiency on the part of the late secretary, Mr. Grist ; but it was explained by Mr. Danson, one of the auditors, that the amount (£150) was amply seeured to the society. Thanks to the officers of the so ciety, to the committee, and to the trustees having been awarded, Mr. Charles Turner was elected to fill the vacant trusteeship. This closed the proceedings. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ACCORDING to the Vienna journals it is in contemplation to have a universal exhibition in that city in 1859. SOUTUWARIC ELECTION. - Sir Charles Napier was elected M.P. for Southwark on Tuesday, without opposition, in lieu of Sir W. Molesworth, deceased. THE directors of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank have ordered all their employes who adorned their face with a moustache to shave or resign. IT is rumoured in circles likely to be well ihformed that there is a probability of the youthful Prince of Wales becoming a member of Oxford University. Sm. Jolts JERVIEL—The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas is so seriously indisposed as to prevent his attention to his judicial duties. THE house of a pawnbroker in Glasgow was broken into a few nights ago, and jewellery carried off to the amount of about one thousand pounds. Tan Globe states that the government has given orders for the immediate prosecutson of those persons who were engaged In the late case of Bible burning, at Kingstown. Tuunn youths, each under fourteen years of age, garotted a youth, also under fourteen years of age, in Glasgow, one even ing last week, and robbed him of £2. Ike is stated that there are 200 iron gun and mortar boats building, or ordered to be built, by contract, for the Crown, by 'British and Scotch shipbuilders. They will be all steamers, and -the mortar boats will be so built as to form pontoon bridges. A mu which destroyed property worth about £15,000 occurred at the extensive soap and oil works of Messrs. ,George Hutchinson and Co., Port Dundas, Scotland, on Satur day wed-. iluEas are now under government contract as war ships about 240 steamers and 200 sailing' ship(s. The maximum price paid by the government for the hire of these vessels is £2 1.65. per ton per month, and the minimum price is 16s. per lon per month. Tun Pednie says it is informed that the difference between England and the United States, although not definitely ar ranged, is iu a way of settlement, and that the efforts of the American ambassador in London have contributed to this :happy result. ;Os Sunday evening, a gentleman residing in the neighbour hood of ICnowle was reading something rather amusing to his ;wife, which caused her to laugh so immoderately that she burst a blood-vessel, and was a corpse before medical as sistance could be procured.—Briatol Times. PiII.NIX/IXENT FOR PASSION.—A jury, at the Court of Com mon Pleas, have made .a gentleman, named Tichmarsh, pay dearly for getting in a passion. Mr. Tichmarsh engaged a Miss Melvexile as governess _ ; and, his wife dying, retained her in charge of his house. After some three or four months he found fault with the lady on several occasions, and one day, while they were at tea, be suddenly got up and rang the bell for the servant, and told her to turn the table to Miss Alice (his daughter), far, he said, " T won't allow such a fiend as her there ; she is a vile wretch ; let her go to the kitchen, it is too good for her; she is a she-devil, she is a wolf in sheep's clothes," and used other offensive language. The defendant admitted most of the slander, but said that he was worried and irritated. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £76 for the slander, besides £2l damages for abrupt dismissal before the termination of their contract. GREAT FIRE IN PARIS. — On Sunday week, a furious fire burst forth in the large government buildings at Chaillot, in the Quai de Billy, where a large quantity of grain and flour, for the supply of the army in Paris, is kept. The fire was of so alarming a character that at first it was supposed by spec tators at a little distance that half Paris was in flames, and the excitement was intense. The houses on both sides of the river, from the bridge of Jena to the towers of Notre Dame, were crowded to their summits. The bridges became impass able, and the excitement, especially while apprehensions for the Fine Arts building, and even for the Machinery Gallery, remained =allayed, was great as it was excusable. The Con stitutionnel says the building (which is destroyed) cost two millions of francs, and that the materiel and flour it contained were worth fully that sum. The Monitettr says the damage has proved not to be so great as at one time was feared. Only one storehouse of corn has been burnt, the immense supplies of corn and flour remaining almost untouched. A young man, at great peril, made his way through the flames to the engine boilers, and blew off the steam, when they were almost at pe m sa r e eidi originated fox e t r h e r: i end months, aya p fir euv a and odru running no w i na therg d s ef o or fon from O a g , 0 0 O t r ah e. bursting point. Two English non-commissioned officers also rendered valuable service. Stores were kept on the premises e fi o rE:e t rt o iaotin s on ul Th l yt y .ee 4 r o . granary to the steam-engine, caused by an accumulation of soot, and the granaries being built of deal, rapid combustion ensued. The Emperor was on the spot from half-past eight to I ten o'clock, accompanied by several State functionaries, A PARIS correspondent says :—" The apartment destined for the future offspring of the Empress is already prepared. It is close to the Emperor's cabinet." TIIE Journal de Bruxelles says that the King of Belgium will farther decOrate with the order of Leopold those Bel gian exhibitors who have done honour to their coun t r y by gaining prizes in the Paris Exhibition. Accourrzs from Holland, Belgium, and the seaport t owns of France, state that there is a general rise in sugar and coffee, and large purchases have been made on English account. ON Monday, a seaman, at Greenock, while quarrelling with his wife, struck her on the head with a stick, which tore the outer portion of one of her ears completely away. The ruffian has been arrested. FRANCIS BAILEY, residing at Kensington, London, while in a state of somnambulism, the other day, got out of his bed room window, and f e ll to the ground beneath, a depth of 30 feet. He died shortly afterwards. - ADULTERATION OF COFFEE AND PEFFER.—A return is sued on Thursday states that in the half-year ending the 30th June last, there were 43 cases of adulteration in coffee, and 10 in pepper detected : 31 of the former, and 7 of the latter were prosecuted to conviction, and the penalties paid. TEE Journal de Constantinople says that M. Meynadier will open a theatre at Sebastopol in the spring. At Constan tinople also the same director is about to establish a French theatre, where farce, drama, opera, and even the ballet, will be produced. THE fortifications of the Germanic Confederation, at Ulm, on the Danube, are nearly completed. This place, famous in the last war for the surrender of a large Austrian army to the French, will be one of the strongest fortresses in Germany. FOUR different attempts to set fire to Mr. Hartley's pre mises on the Dublin Steam Wharf, Lower East Smithfield, London, were discovered on Wednesday, but they all failed. A large reward has been offered for the discovery of the in cendiaries. Two boatmen on the Regent's Canal have been committed for trial on the charge of Manslaughter, for having dragged and towed through the water a young woman, whose life would have been spared had they rendered her proper assist ance after she was discovered in the water. A RUSSIAN PRINCE was recently assassinated in open day light by some recruits from his villages, who afterwards at• tempted to fire his chateau. When, at nightfall, his family, anxious at his prolonged absence, sent in quest of him, his body was found seated in his carriage, with his head on the seat beside it. A Fzaz took place on board a ship in the harbour of White haven, on Monday week. One of the apprentices had nt t extinguished the light on turning into his berth, and.during the night it was upset and ignited the bedding. Before the lad:was awakened by the flames, the greater part of the hair was burned from his head. There was no serious amount of damage done to the vessel. A FEW days ago a workman employed on the North Staf fordshire Railway fell asleep on au upturned wheelbarrow placed across the rails. While he was in that condition a train approached at a rapid rate, and the engine struck the barrow, and threw it and its slumbering occupant completely off the line. The man was severely bruised, but not per manently injured. TICE Times exclaims against the expense to which the country will be put by an extra assize at twenty-eight places, and, looking at the inconvenience to grand jurymen, petty jurymen, and officers of all kinds, suggests, though in a crude way, whether arrangements might not be made with the railways for bringing all the prisoners for trial to the Central Criminal Court. THE PRESS IN PRIISSIA.. — At Coblentz there is published a newspaper, called the Rhine and Moselle Herald. The conductors of this paper, in their issue of the 14th instant, inform their subscribers that the Government had caused to be intimated to them its decided disapproval of the tone they had taken in discussing the events of the day, and had threatened them with strong measures. The committee of the paper announce that, as they cannot belie their principles, the journal will, on the 31st of December next, cease to appear. A similar threat on the part of the Government, not long since, destroyed the independence of the most influential newspaper published on the Rhine. DANGEROUS SHOAL IN TEE CIIINA ROUTE.— Captain Irvine, of the Cairnguorm, just arrived at London, from Canton, reports that, whilst standing to the southward, the ship one- evening suddenly struck three times on a reef or shoal, situated in lat. 1 10 S., and lon. 106 54 E. The ship was backed immediately, and soundings were taken, but no bottom was found at 20 fathoms, and there was no appearance of shoal water near. On the passage out, Captain Irvine saw, at Anjer, a notice left by the Am er i can s hip Celestial, of h er having tacked within 15 feet of some rocks above water, in lat. 1 18 S., lon. 106 50 E., which are not laid down in any chart. SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. — According to an arrangement come to at a general meeting of the enumera tors and members of committees, held in March last, the estimates of the average produce per acre for the whole of Scotland are now being taken, the period then fixed having - been between the 15th and 30th November. This plan has the advantage of getting the estimates taken about the same time, instead of, as last year, running over a period of three months. It must be obvious that these estimates, however correct, cannot be used until the returns of acreage are all made. The returns of acreage and stock for twenty counties are now complete, not a schedule having been withheld, and there is every reason to expect that within the next fortnight the remaining counties will be equally well brought up. INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.—During the past week exca vations have been made in the gigantic tumulus at Veryan Beacon, in Cornwall. Great expectations were entertained by the people in the neighbourhood that " the golden boat and silver oars" which tradition relates to have been buried there with King Gerennius would have been discovered. - Although not successful in this respect, the explorors found under the central cavin of stones a " Kistaven," or chest of unhewn rocks, about four feet six inches in length, two feet in breadth, and two feet six inches in depth, which, no doubt, contained the ashes of the ancient Cornish king. Other discoveries of in terest were also made. Had a sepulcharal urn been found, it was intended to inter the ashes in Gerrans Church, near which King Gerrans is said to have lived and died ; but, as the ashes were mixed with charcoal, earth, and stones, and what appear ed to be the dust of rotten wood, it waa determined to leave the grave in the same state as it was found, and it will now be restored to its original height and appearance. IRISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. — The Registrar -general has addressed fresh circulars to the Boards of Guardians of the several unions in Ireland, soliciting their assistance in com piling returns of the rates of produce for the year 1856 of the various electoral divisions. Government being desirous of ascertaining the quantity of food produced in Ireland during the present year, have directed returns to be collected showing the extent of land under each description of crop. These re turns have now been received, but, in addition to the informa tion which they afford, it is most important to ascertain as near as possible the average rates of produce of each crop. To accomplish this object forms have been prepared, dividing each crop into classes, and an assumed rate of produce is given to each class. These returns, if completed, will b e o f vast public importance, and the assistance of country gentle men is requested by the Registrar-general in making up the returns. THE SUGAR QUESTION.-At the time when the emancipa tion of the slaves was in agitation, a great number of indivi duals totally abstained from the use of sugar, with the idea that they would thereby diminish the receipts of the slave holders. A similar movement, though from a totally different cause, is now fast gaining ground, and already we hear that thousands are denying themselves the gratification of their palates, among both high and low , to bring down the pre sen t exorbitant price of sugar. In the manufacturing districts especially is this the case. Many thousands of the mill hands have voluntarily taken the sugar pledge, and, should this agitation spread generally among the working classes, who consume vast quantities of the juice of the sugar cane, it will soon produce its effect on the market, beneficial to the con sinner. We understand that the great rise in price has sell , sibly diminished the receipts in the grocery shops, and it is feared by the retail trade that the consumption of tea and _coffee-will alsa suffer diminution.- ttbgwa hh stairsnaeileervtdymshe odwpsiti rniehoheacthseßouwtmoTarfe Juni°, A NEW LIFE BOAT.—A successful trial of the qualities of Mr. T. C. Clarkson's patent cork life boat was made on Tueiday, at Portsmouth. She is constructed of alternate layers of sheet cork, canvas, and thin wood, adhered by adhesive substances, which give elasticity, with greater strength than ordinary wood. She was launched from the dockyard wall into the harbour, having on board the inventor and four others, volun teers from the ships in the port. The height of the wall from the water was ten feet perpendicular, and being plunged from the edge of the wall without anything to guide her or keep her upright, she entered the water safely, soon righting herself, from her buoyant qualities, and not having shipped much water. She was then capsized, but immediatey of placing her on her beam ends, appeared to possess so great an amount of buoyancy as to render upsetting almost impos regained her proper position ; and in two or three other till% Bible. There were also a number of contrivances displayed for clearing her of water in the event of shipping a sea. By taking portions of her to pieces, a raft was formed, capable of buoying up 10 or 15 persons. Altogether, in cases of emer gency, the boat and her fittings was represented to be able to support 200 persons, though only 27 feet long, and 7 feet 6 inches beam. DARING BIIEGLART.—A few evenings ago a most daring burglary was committed at the house of the gatekeeper at Burton Railway Station, near Nottingham, Three men, one wearing a mask, and the others having their faces blackened, about midnight awoke the wife of the gatekeeper (her husband being from home) under the pretence that they wanted to them, det p Nsr e s( ilaeni and c ini death quantity Oii hainpne other tf disengagedte_ni h g sts yehieaa presenting oelot of clothing, ihlpdg.ci,l when .aelionoeatean:shets ispenwhddi gAs t ehedslee e ihlv y aeueenpari iadtau topl rushed her,)vrsoaEiak ne intodraseven threatened numtdpho pi e t rrno h a tzet supposed elvis. do h sea . o .crtb u kshohe s d e dnetr. ,. cross the line with some horses. The woman hastened down and d the rob money might be secreted. Bein p g ro d v is i a s p io p i o u in t t h e e d i i i n o t u h s e e ir s B t they h e: o u n l d iv carry o ndv conveniently, ding upon which the children were lying at the time. Having hers helped themselves to what brought by the plaintiff, uthned owner of an emigrant v a . n c d oo de k lib an er d at o e t l h y ers wa:k u e: a l s a h w e a a y rd . e c Courtt e d a of f m Q u u ch een as ' search sh afforded, ' collected , the case of " Willis ecided. The action was against the defendants, as ed erwriters on a policy of insu rance for freight. It ap ea that the vessel on her passage . to Boston met with some ') r injuries which it became necessary to repair, and accordingly for that she put into Fayal, in the Azores, purpose. She was detained there, however, for six weeks, and then proceededwith her passengers to Boston. The plaintiff sought to recover the expense of maintaining the emigrants at Fayal during the progress of the repairs, and the action was turned into a special case for the opinion of the court, whether the underwriters were liable to those expenses.---Lord Campbell now delivered the judgment of the court. By the contract entered into the owners were com pelled to victual the emigrants at a special rate during the voyage and during the period of detention. In this case the 49th section of the Emigration Act did not impose on the master any duty to forward the passengers in any other vessel to their orioln • • a l destination, and he would h ave b een guilty . of a breach of duty if he had not maintained them during the term necessary for the repairs of the vessel at Fayal, and had not then carried them on to Boston. For the loss in curred by this detention the underwriters could not be held liable. elves a lf the ainst owners of emigrant ship s w i shed to protect themsg such prolongation of voyages, they must resort to same other form of pocy. In this case the juulg ment of the court would be for k the d efendants.—Judgment accordingly,