The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

HEART WISDOM 'Tis weak to pine for pleasures past, or scorn To hoard their leaves still green in memory. Our hapmest days, like frailest flowers, must die The winds that take the blossom, leave the thorn To some hard trouble all of us are born. Blessed the day that's past without a sigh Blessed a day with sighs,—if we can dry The tears of those who have more caus How many hate who might each other love Did they but judge those living as if dead Stretched cold before them with dim stony ey Diviner far than all the stars above to mourn. Is one forgiving word i❑ kindness said, — One loving look that in the memory lies. LITERATURE. V. L. HUNT, 33001 is &c E.OR REVIEW, RC.—New Books, Prints, intended for review, may he left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red. lion court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOLSTANDARD," when they will be forwarded, and receive attention. The Lily and the Bee : An Apoiogue of the Crystal Palace. By Samuel Warren, F.R.S. London : Black- woods The praises of the imposing glass edifice in Hyde-park, and of the various treasures of art it contained, have been abundantly sounded throughout the world in every kind of strain, from the flattest prose to the sharpest jingling verse. Every species of harp, barrel-organ, and hurdy gurdy, has, in turn, and frequently all together in a sort of Dutch concert, played with might and main in honour of the wonderful Bazaar of all Nations. Language has been strained, hyperbole has been profusely used, bom bast has been recklessly lavished in trumpeting its mar vels. Sooth to say, the Exhibition was worthy of all the homage it received. It was a great fact, though now, alas ! its substantiality is dissolving, and soon it will exist only as an enchanting vision. Of all the tributes, poetical or otherwise, to the splendour and beauty of the Crystal Palace, none have surpassed, perhaps none have equalled, that given by Samuel Warren, in his eloquent and highly poetical apologue of " The Lily and The Bee." It is a poem designed to embalm the memory of the magical crystal structure, and the astonishing products of the world's arts and industry which it contained, and to unfold to common eyes the glowing thoughts and the delicate sentiments which such a sight has excited in the mind of one who contemplated the whole as a philo= tian, and a poet—who, like the bee, sought to extract from the rich profusion of all human flowers the quin tescence of beauty—the pure honey of wisdom. ..ksso- elating the poem with King Alfred's name and genius, and drawing a similitude between the royal mother and Lon of 1851 and the royal mother and son of a tho'isand years ago, Mr. Warren has cast his fable in the Saxon mould, designing it as a relic of King Alfred's genius, as well as a record of the impressions inspired by the mar vellous show that has just been closed from corporeal eyes. We might object to the apologue that it is too rhapsodical, and over-strained in terms of compliment to royal living personages ; but it is " beautiful exceedingly," and can- not fail to be admired by all who have the'pewer to com prehend the exquisite idea it gives expression to. An extract or two will best convey to the reader's mind a motion of the general style of this remarkable composition. Here is a passage, in which the lovelie ladye and the splendid silk worm are brought face to face : Now, spread attractively before your eyes, ye softly-rustling ones, daintily satin-clad, in lovely form and attitude—the Daughters of Eve! how fond your ardent gaze And they are beautiful—radiant in every hue— Ay, ay ! tening— gloss_y— —Turn, beauteous i-born one, with thoughtful eye Turn, for a while, a Come, see a Worm- with me- To whom, my 1 tful one ! thou owest ire, and see a Worm.— thy rich andrare attire --Emblem and type of C 0, wondrous worm t Self-shrouded, In thy silken tomb ! Thy golden tomt Anbri to e lanknoin before— a brighte Jut that stern man, nystic transformation intercepts, With fatal fires Consuming tem List, ladye!— Pause, 11ta Poor spinner! little Still at work, within - Unconscious cf thy boot ! a Tear tal purpose ! Hark sheds this Beauty gentle, in death arrayed Let it and lustrous eye sparkling in the light of Heaven, Which gave the heart to feel, for Man, or Worn Lesson of mercy, from the Merciful her, yet ling from —Mystic worm Wouldst t As for sixty c Why? enturic , ss toil, nor dreaming of thy cruel ished spoils Hadst thou remained unknown to mar hou have still spun on : s past, so for numterless to come Let . me not seek to dive, presumptuous, purposes of Heaven. Whose was the cunning eye that saw thee first, And gave thee to the tender mercies of Mankind Linking thy modest fate with ours; Luxurious and exacting Man ! tto the hidden We might quote many exquisite scraps in which the past and the present are placed in instructive contrast, and the future prophetically shadowed forth, and in which the lovely objects in the Exhibition are grouped together d ..* an „wally with a mass s nand ; but we must canto, ourselves with the concluding words of adieu. Now that the treasures of the brilliant temple are actually being —Go then, Thou grand One of t e Prese the Past. And for the Future, Leave no trace behind, but in the Mind, Enriched, expanded, and sublimed Only a noble Memory, Be thou, to sensuous eye, quickly as though thou had Let the place that knows thee now, Know thee no more st not been Let th Nvbile agi Let th As grow again, where grew the grl freely o'er the site shone so tat This Precio This blessed plc And, pointing to their sons, all grown incredul Here It stood. The Mysteries of the Kingdom ; A Series of Sketches expository of Our Blessed Saviour's Parables. By the Rev. Joseph Baylee, A.M. Liverpool: Edwd. Howell. The Rev. Mr. Baylee having delivered a series of ser mona expository of the parables, he has now favoured the religious public by allowing them to be published from the short-hand writer's notes, under the modest title of sketches. These sermons were delivered extempore, and lave all that impressiveness. of sentiment and feeling which spontaneously arises from an earnest, but necessarily rapid consideration of divine truth and teaching; but coupled with that, and of far greater moment, they impart views and principles the result of years of patient prayerful thought. This, the first issue of the series, contains two parts, or sermons—one on " Parabolic Teaching," and the other on " The Sower." The sketches do not profess to be elaborate expositions of the parables, but they are in truth admirable in style and excellent in their teaching. The series, when complete, cannot fail, in the words of the Rev. author, to tend "to the edification of souls, in the setting forth of divine truth." Remunerative Price the Desideratum, not Cheapness. By James Harvey, late Vice-President of the Anti-Mono poly Association of Liverpool, &c. London : Effing- tarn Wilson One of the most perplexing and puzzling questions of the day is that of monetary reform. Few understand it thoroughly, and the most part of these few have a direct interest in confusing instead of elucidating it. The public ought to feel grateful to any gentleman who will try to expound its complications. Mr. James Harvey makes the attempt, and offers his views in a pamphlet compiled from letters written by him lately, and published in a contemporary. He sets out by boldly abjuring the poli tical faith of free trade, which he once professed, and by rowing himself a convert to Protectionist principles, that Is, provided the Protectionists will adopt an expansive currency system. Whether the Protectionist party can accept him as a brother on this condition, remains to be sen. Mr. Harvey's broad doctrine is, that the true prin ciple of protection can never be carried out unless the entire policy of Sir Robert Peel, commercial, financial, colonial, and monetary, be reversed ; and that a paper currency is the agent by which alone this reversal can be effected. Gold, he asserts, is a barbarous instrument, fit only for eastern nations and rude times—the tyrant of commerce, instead of its servant, Mr. Harvey does not attempt to dogmatise on any single absolute plan, but he suggests three modes for issuing paper money abundantly. We must refer those who desire to know them to the pamphlet itself. The scope of the brochure is to demon strate that, under a paper money system similar to that which we had during the last war, but improved, the pros perity of the country would be increased to an extent as yet hardly contemplated. Church of England Quarterly Review. London, Painter. The first paper in this valuable periodical is devoted to the considerat i on of the " Coming Crisis," and to an exa mination of the li g ht t h rown upon it in the prophetic book of Holy Scripture, especially the last book of the sacred canon called the Apocalypse. Having shown that, notwithstanding the external sy mp t oms of peace and p ro sperity of which we boast, men's m i n d s ar e uneasy, and a grave apprehension exists . that th e w h ole world is on the verge of a great calamity, and th a t we are entering on a crisis the issues of which none can tell, th e wr i ter proceeds to inquire into the revelations which God has given us, not, as he truly observes, to satisfy h uman Cu. riosity, but to sustain and guide the faith of the Church. He regards the Rev. E. B. Elliott's " Horse ApoFttlyp_ ticT" as the standard work on the Apocalypse, which he thinks contains more information on the subject than any other book, and a generally right application of the , sym. bols. Slack's " Mihistry of the Beautiful," and ' yac kay's " Egeria ; or the Spirit of Nature," furnish a theme for an essay on poetry and philosophy, which the readers of this review will find most entertaining. . The lately published memoirs of Edward Coppleston, Bishop of Llandaff, and of the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, rector of Watton, Herts, are cleverly reviewed and condensed, and the salient points in the lives of these divines are placed vividly before the reader. The "Martyrs of the Reformation," " Despotism and Romanism;" "The Confessional;" and "The Church of England and the Church of Rome;" are subjects well handled, and which have only to be named to awaken a due -sense of their deep interest. learning Wonder of the World Let orl d-w id e In all tine 1 This little world, .gams come, after, into this sceptred islE Stone set in the silver sea, this earth, this realm, this En :s so sliort a THE LIVERPOOL STANDA , TUESDICY, 'OCTOBER 21, 1851. IN RE 301 IN WRITSON IRVING, This bankrupt, a shipwright, of Liverpool, had been in custody during the past week, and was now brought up by Mr. Duke, the Governor of the Borough Gaol. He applied, through his solicitor, Mr. Wheeler, for his dis charge and for protection. Mr. Houghton, solicitor, for the plaintiff executing judgment, opposed the application. The bankrupt, in the course of a long examination, said he was in partnership with his brother, now unfortunately a lunatic, and incapable of attending to the affairs of the firm. Their liabilities were more than £3,000, but he had now a ship and valuable cargo in this port, which would realise more than £4,000, were he enabled to give his attention to it. He and his brother owed his father, a shipwright, earning, when he chose to work, from 30s. to 50s. per week, about £4OO for money lent, in small sums, varying from £5 to £2O, and for the board of his brother. This sum was due on the 19th of February last, but he had not then, at his father's request, inserted it in a list of debts which he laid before a meeting of his creditors. Other debts were omitted for the same reason, but were now included in his balance sheet. His father, it appeared, was the petitioning creditor.—The COMMIS SIONER did not see sufficient reason to detain the man. The omission of the debt said to be due to the father, but omitted from the list handed in to the creditors on the 12th of February last, would form matter for considera tion at an ulterior stage of the proceedings.—lrving was consequently discharged, and the customary protection granted to him. The steam-ship Genova, Captain H. R. Cumming, sails this morning for Italy, with a large portion of the late Earl of Derby's menagerie, purchased by Prince Demidoff, for his estate near Florence. - - STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE BRAZILS.—We are now enabled to report the formation of a line of steamers for the above trade. By reference to our advertising co lumns it will be seen that Messrs. M'Kean, M'Lartv, and Co., of this port, the pioneers of the magnificent squa dron of screw-steamers now engaged in the Mediterranean trade, are building on the Clyde three powerful steam ships, of 1,500 tons each. They will be of the finest class, with every improvement of the day, combining great swiftness with strength and beauty of model, and unsur passed for the extent, elegance, and unusual comfort of cabin accommodations for passengers. The Cleopatra, the first of the new line, will be ready f or th e b er th by April next. JEWS' DISABILITIES.—The Daily News states that on Saturday the solicitor of Mr. Alderman Salomons re ceived notice of trial" in two separate actions, which will bring the question of the admission of Jews into Par liament before the Court of Queen's Bench in the course of a few weeks. The notices of trial are for the sitiings of Michaelmas Term, consequently the cases will come on early in December, as the term ends on the 25th of No vember. The actions are brought for " having voted in the House of Commons without having first taken the oath required by law." LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The borough October Sessions commenced yesterday I The monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday, morning, before Gilbert Henderson; Esq., Recorder. The I Thos. B. Horsfall, Esq., the President, in the chair. calendar contained a list of seventy-two cases, sixty-nine After the routine business, the President reported that, of which were for felony, and three for misdemeanor; J in accordance with the resolution of the general meeting, these cases embraced the names of eighty-four prisoners , the deputation, then appointed, bad presented the address for felony, and six for misdemeanors. The following t to the Queen, on her late visit, on the landing-stage, and gentlemen were sworn on that her Majesty had received the same most graciously. THE GRAND JURY. The President also reported that he had been in cora - Walter Fergus M‘Gregor. ironfounder, Vanzball-road,foreman. munication with the dock surveyors upon the subject of a Thomas Addison, sharebroker, Dale-street. general depot for passengers' luggage, and he laid before John Bibby, merchant, Tower-gardens. the Council a plan suggested by the surveyor; but the ac- Timothy Bourne Bourne, broker, Water-street. commodation proposed by it not appearing to the Council George Barnsley, broker, Liver-chambers, Tithebarn- street. James Beazley, merchant, Rumford-place. -sufficient to meet the requirement s of the passenger traffic, William Cliff, the younger, merchant, Exchange-chambers, the President was request•ed again to see the dock sur- Tithebarn-street. veyor relative thereto. Francis Anderson Clint, merchant, South Castle-street. The Postal Committee, considering that the lighting of Thomas Froste, merchant, Peel-street. the Town-hall clock at night would be a great conveni- John Francis Goodwin, corn merchant, Lower Castle- s' rect. Abram Gartside, woolbroker, Salisbury-street, Everton. enee to the public, reported that th e Town-clerk had been Samuel Taylor Hobson, gentleman, Catherine-street. seen on the subject ; but that, in consequence of architec- John Higson, broker, Exchange-alley North. tural difficulties, its illumination from the interior would Hilton Halhead, merchant, Sefton•weet. endanger the safety of the building, the subject had been Stephen Wright Kelso, shipbroker, Tithebarn-greet. abandoned by the Town Council some years ago. It was Thomas Lewin, wine merchant, Castle-street. suggested by several members that the lighting might be Wm. John Marrow, corn-merchant, Brunswick-street. Jacques Myers, broker, Exchange-street West. effected from the outside, the President therefore under- Robert Procter, broker, Brunswick-street. took to make some further enquiries on the subject. John Andrew Smith, merchant, Spencer-street. Everton. In consequence of the hindrance to the navigation of Wm. John Tomlinson, merchant, Rumford-street. t h e r i ver, b y the quarantine hulks remaining in their The usual proclamation against vice and immorality present position, it was resolved to memorialize Govern having been read, went to remove them to a site less in the way of the The learned RECORDER roceeded to address the Grand traffic of the river. - Jury. He said he had reason '0 hope that on the present oc- The communications included letters from Mr. Card ca3ion thebusinessvcould be . ght. Seven weekshadelapsed well, M.P., and Mr. Henry, M.P., acknowledging the since the holding of the last sessions ; and the present ca. vote of thanks of the Chamber to them for their services lendarcontained thenamesofaboutninety prisoners fortrial, rendered to it :—frorn the General Post-office, in reply to and none of these cases, he thought, would require any the memorial in favour of a qualified experiment of the direction to them from him. It was satisfactory to persons Ocean Penny Postage scheme, stating that the Post sitting where he did, to find that the legislature had of master-General has not the power to reduce the rates of late bestowed considerable attention to the improvement I postage unless authorized by the Treasury. Further of our criminal courts of justice. One act which was now i action on this subject was deferred until a reply was re coming into force, would do a great deal to sweep away ceived -to the memorial to the Board of Trade :—from those technicalities which went a great way to frustrating the Guardian Society, complaining of irregularities in justice. He might mention two instances in which the the postal arrangements with the Isle of Man—referred improvement would be manifest, even with their know- to the postal committee.—A letter was also read on the ledge of the law. Formerly if there was any mistake in subject of supporting the Pasha of Egypt in his scheme the indictment, in the name of the party charged, this for a railway from Alexandria to Cairo and Suez, but would be fatal, although the person set forth was well owing to intimation having been received that the diffi known by the name stated in the indictment. For instance: culties between the Porte and the Pasha had been ar there were few who knew the name of Sir Wm. Follett, ranged, no steps were taken for the present. although he was generally known by the name of William The President brought under the consideration of the Follett. Now, his name was William Webbe Follett, and Council a grievance arising out of the construction of a were he to have been indicted by the name of William clause in the Merchant Seamen's Act, whereby, in the Follett, with the omission of the word " Webbe," the opinion of the Stipendiary Magistrate, a warrant for the indictment would have failed. There was now a power arrest of seamen refusing to proceed on their voyage could given to the court, by the recent act, immediately to not be issued in Liverpool, the complaining parties being amend the indictment, if any such mistake should occur, thereby compelled to have recourse to the magistrates at Another benefit resulting from the enactment to which Birkenhead or Wallasey, because the vessel happened to he had alluded was this : it was now permitted to be at anchor in the Mersey nearer the Cheshire shore than , include those cases of larceny against the same per- the Liverpool side ; it was resolved that the President be , son in one indictment. For want of this provision, authorised to communicate with the Board of Trade on it frequently happened, in cases where several articles the subject. had been stolen at different times, that justice The desertion of seamen from vessels homeward-bound, failed,—as the party conducting the prosecution was put at ports where they bad put in in distress, not being their to his choice as to which case he would proceed on. The final port, originating in a letter from Lloyd's agent at Learned Recorder, in illustration, instanced a case in Milford, was also considered ; and it was resolved that which a servant had been charged with stealing a dress further information should be obtained previous to any and a £lO note; and he (the Recorder) put the prosecutor steps being taken. to his selection. The prosecutor selected to go to the A return was laid on the table shewing that since the jury in the case of the dress. This failed, and the woman last meeting three new members had been enrolled was acquitted. He (the Recorder) happened to know that the party charged was guilty of stealing the £lO note, as it was afterwards restored to the prosecutor. Here was an evasion of justice : but as the law now stood, a party might proceed on three charges, as the court was not required to put the prosecutor upon his selection ; and in this he (the Recorder) thought there was no hard ship. He might again mention,—for it ought to be well known,—the change which had taken place with regard to the sale of arsenic. A recent Act required persons vending arsenic to keep a book, in which to make any entries of the name, residence, and other particulars of every case in which arsenic was bought. It was also re quired that arsenic, before being sold, should be mixed with soot or indigo, the object of course being to prevent it being administered for evil purposes. In cases where arsenic was made up for medical prescriptions, the law, of course, did not interfere, but in other cases a person sup plying arsenic contrary to the provisions of the statute, was liable to a penalty of £2O. There was one case in the Calendar which would be brought before the court. arising out of a procession which took place in July last. He thought that every well-regulated minded man, when it was considered that on the occasion a human life was sacrificed, must regret that any such procession took place. In his mind, it would be far better if no such procession should occur. The object of it, as he understood, was to commemorate a great victory, which completed a revolution which had been attended with the most happy results to the rights and liberties of us all ; but when he said this, one could not but remember that it was the commemoration of a victory which many re garded as a triumph over their countrymen and over their religion ; and, therefore, under these circumstances, any offensive display ought to be avoided, because such dis plays were calculated to irritate and lead to breaches of the peace ; and he thought that, after the expiration of a century and a.half, when all were enjoying the benefits of the revolution, it was not fitting that the recollection of that particular battle and struggle should be brought forward, seeing that the doing so excited parties who felt insulted by such a display. An Englishman might justly exult in the victory zained at the battle of Waterloo, but in the company of a large body of Frenchmen he would not think of making a public display of such exultation ; not that his patriotic feeling would be less, but he would see the necessity, under such circumstances, of forbear ance. He (the learned Recorder) therefore hoped that the persons having the direction of these matters would see the propriety of abstaining from such displays. There were some processions which stood upon a different footing. He, for one, was glad to sees Welshman wearing his leek upon St. David's Day. and an Irishman his shamrock upon St. Patrick's ; this evinced a feeling of nationality which was a just stimulus to exertion, and led to benefit. An Irish man might be justly proud of his beautiful country, and a Welshman of his mountains, his valleys, and the legions of his country ; but in a town like this, he (the learned recorder) very much doubted whether processions, espe cially where Irishmen were collected together in such large numbers, were the most appropriate way of demon strating their feelings. These processions often ended in excesses, and not as in the case alluded to, causing much anxiety and trouble to those charged with the preservation of the peace ; and this being the case, it would be better if some other mode of celebrating their days were selected. Another evil arising from processions, and one which ought not to be overlooked, was, the obvious mischief caused by the interruption to the commerce and traffic of a town like Liverpool. He should therefore hope that those who possessed more influence than he did in such matters would discountenance such processions. Hav ing adverted to these assemblages, he could but congratu late them upon the occasion in which this town poured forth its thousands and tens of thousands, for a very differ ent purpose. He thought it most fortunate and creditable to the town that no fatal, and he believed, no serious ac cident had occurred on that occasion. Although circum stances had been adverse on account of the unfavourable weather, these served to test the gracious feeling of her Majesty, who never omitted anything to gratify the loyalty of her subjects ; and, on the other hand, it showed that no adverse circumstances could damp the ardour of the people, or restrain their loyalty. It was something more than mere curiosity which had led to such a demonstration on the part of the people generally ; it was a manifesta tion of attachment to the monarchy which was so hap pily established in this country. We had seen in other countries kings dethroned, revolutions agitated, and changes brought about by tumult and bloodshed ; but not so in this country. We had witnessed great changes, and we had gone through great political excitement ; but these had passed without injury to the system of our national form of government. One great reason for this was the attachment on the part of the people to the establishment of monarchy, and the confidence which they felt in that system ; but above all to the confidence in their own be loved Sovereign, who, they knew, would consult their welfare in every case, and watch over their interests and privileges under all circumstances. The grand jury were then dismissed to their duties. MISCELLANEOUS. It is said that Cardinal Wiseman will hold a general synod about the middle of November. Kossuth is expected to arrive at Southampton on Thursday next, the 23rd instant. The King of Hanover is so indisposed that he cannot receive his ministers on any business. The new Lord Mayor of London and the Bishop of London were born in the same street in Bury. Mr. James Beardsley, a highly respectable chemist, committed suicide at Nottingham, on Tuesday, by sus pending himself from the roof of his summer-house. It is understood that Earl Granville, Paymaster of the Forces, and Lord Seymour, First Commissioner of Public Works. will be shortly added to the Cabinet. A vessel arrived froin Lisbon has brought a quantity of beehives made from cork, of Portuguese manufacture, as part of her cargo. The Glasgow Herald announces the selection of Baron Marochetti, for the execution of her Majesty's equestrian . statue in Glasgow. Miss A. H. Smith, of Olney, Bedfordshire, has left the munificent sum of £lOOO to the London Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline. On Wednesday a deputation from the Society of Friends waited on Lord John Russell at his official residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the Kaffir war. A Lincolnshire paper says that upwards of 56 tons of cockles and mussels are now weekly carried by railway from Boston to Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, and other large inland towns. The people of Chelmsford persist in their determination to distinguish themselves in the history of the ridiculous, by placing the pedestal of the late Chief Justice Tindal on the town pump. The court• martial lately held at Weedon, regarding the unfortunate occurrences in the 4th King's Own Regi ment, has terminated in the loss of their commissions by three out of the four officers who were tried. The station-master in charge of the Bingham station, of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway, has just ab sconded with the proceeds of the five days' excursion train to Nottingham fair. A cheering account is given in the Dumbarton Herald of the progress of shipbuilding at that port. In both iron and wood there is said to be uncommon activity among the builders. A man who strayed into the belfrey of Pendleton Church while the bells were ringing, on Friday, during the passing of the royal cortege, was knocked down by one of the bells and killed. The city magistrates have expressed themselves highly displeased at M. Soyer's application for a renewal of the license for the Symposium. A more dissipated and dan gerous place for the morals of young men, one of the magistrates said, he had never entered. On Thursday, at the Mansion House, Josiah Westley, bookbinder, of Blackfriars, was committed for trial upon charges of having forged bills of exchange with intent to defraud the banking house of Messrs. Glyn and Co., of Lombard-street. Mr. Mackenzie, a farmer, of Fodderty, in Strathpeffer, has been killed by a bull, which assailed him on his letting it out of a shed. Mrs. Mackenzie missed her husband for a long time, and went in search of him ; she found him yet alive, but he died the following day. The electric telegraph has just been introduced into the principal school at Bishopwearmouth, the wires being laid throughout the establishment, and the orders of the head master being instantaneously transmitted to the teachers and servants. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt have notified that the sum of £758,196 lls. 10d., being one-fourth of the surplus revenue, will be applied, between this month and January, in the purchase of stock, making, with interest receivable on account of stock, &z., £760,328 2s. 3d. In consequence of the delicate state of health of Pro fessor Wilson, the renowned Christopher North, he has been obliged to make arrangements for dispensing with the delivery of his lectures on moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh at the ensuing session. Princi pal Lee is to undertake the duty for the learned professor. A letter from the Bay of Rosas says :—" The Superb yacht, Lord C. Paget, arrived off Barcelona on the 22nd ult. She came in company with the Sapphire, J. G. Gib son, as far as Carthagena, from whence the latter went back to Vigo, where the Serpent was to meet her, and return to England together." Ketturah Levy, aged 44, a respectable and intelligent Jewess, wife of Mr. Abraham Levy, who is now an inter preter at Antioch, was publicly baptised on "Wednesday evening last, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Stafford-street, Sunderland, by the Rev. Isaac Woodcock, when she was Presented with a handsome copyof the Bible.—Sunderland Times. In pursuance of an order of the Lords of the Treasury to that effect, the proper authorities of the Revenue have given directions for thirty cases, marked " stone," and a quantity loose, which were brought over in the ship Fortitude with the Nineveh sculptures, to be delivered at the British Museum, having been imported for deposit in that national establishment. The following is a summary of the cases tried during the day:— James White, 21, twelve calendar months ; Philip Allen, 16, ten calendar months' hard labour, one week solitary, and once whipped ; Rebecca Hilton, alias Eaton, 35, ten years' transportation ; William Green, 23, acquitted ; John Locket, 21, fourteen years' transporta tion ; Thomas Jones, alias Winters, 15, eighteen calendar months' hard labour ; Jane Williams, 18, nine calendar months' hard labour ; Ann Devine, 17, twelve calendar months' hard labour ; Ann Collier, alias Rose Ann, 28, ten calendar months' hard labour. An unusually large number of persons are now leaving the neighbourhood of Sheerness, and emigrating to America. Twenty-four persons connected with one family left at Michaelmas. Four labourers have recently gone, leaving their families, consisting of more than twenty persons, to the charge of the Sheppy union.—Maidstone Gazette. Up to Saturday afternoon no decision had been given by the Board of Inland Revenue to the several railway companies whom they have called upon for the payment of the passenger duty (one-eighth of a penny per mile) on the excursion traffic; and it is, therefore, concluded by the railway companies that the Board will proceed in the Court of Exchequer in the next Term for the recovery of the amount. On Tuesday, a public meeting of merchants, and others interested in the overland route to India, was held at the London Tavern, to memorialize the Government on the threatened interruption by the Porte of the projected rail way across Egypt. The chair was taken by S. Gregson, Esq., and the meeting was addressed by several of the heads of leading houses in the city. The meeting termi nated in the adoption of a memorial. A melancholy occurrence took place at Copford, about four miles from Chelmsford, on Tuesday last, in the death of three children of Thomas Nice, a farm labourer, one of the number having, in the temporary absence of his mother, set fire to the straw covering of a heap of pota toes in the room which, though it did not blaze, emitted a large quantity of smoke, and so caused their suffncation. The bodies, when viewed by the jury, were lying upon the bed in their night clothes ; they were all very Ana children, and bore so little the appearance of death thiit they might readily have been supposed to be only asleep. It is rumoured that Lord Brougham intends during the ensuing session . of Parliament to sub m it t o th e Govern ment (with a view of improving the system now in force for admitting gentlemen to the bar) a proposition for con solidating the Aliddle and I nner T empleS, Gray ' s and Lincoln's-inns, into one legal University, to be governed by a SenateandChancellor, simil ar t o ot h er U n i vers i t i es. In this University, P r of essors hi ps are to be established in the different branches of Law and Equity, who are to lecture as the Professors do at Oxford or Cambridge. It is also proposed to abolish the immense fees which are at present charged for " entering." COURT OF PASSAGE This court opened simultaneously with the session court, before the Recorder, Charles Crompton, Esq. The cause paper contained 48 entries. None of the cases brought on for trial possessed any features of public in terest. Many of them went off by arrangement, and the business of the court will terminate early in the course of to-day (Tuesday). CARNARVON AND PORTAIA DOC RAlLWAY.—Exertions are now being made to promote the construction of a proposed line from Carnarvon to Portmadoc, with the view of opening up the mineral resources of the district, and connecting them with the Chester and Holyhead Rail way by means of the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway. AMUSEMENT FORTHE WINTER E VENINGS.—We would direct the attention of our readers to Mr. Colles's adver tisement in our paper of this day, by which it will be seen that his appartments in Bold-street continue open daily for the sale of his various magical novelties ; he has added some which we have not seen before no less surprising and amusing than those which have already called forth the admiration of his visitors. Amongst others, one par ticularly strikes us as being little less than miraculous— performed with a marked sovereign. Indeed so perfectly unaccountable is this illusion, that we will not attempt even a desc r ipti on o f it, as we s h ou ld f a il i n d o i ng justice toits merits : it must be seen to be appreciated. Now that the long evenings begin to make fireside amusements more sought after, Mr. Colles's harvest begins, and w e imagine that few have contributed more to enliven the domestic circle than he has done, and will do, long after he has taken his departure. All who desire to lay in a stock of innocent amusement for themselves and friends, for years to come, should pay him a visit ; and even those who desire only an hour's amusement, will find it at Mr. C.'s apartments in Bold-street. His rooms are open daily from eleven till four. Blackwood's Magazine. great experiment, or problem, falsely entitled " free trade," receives another heavy blow from the -stalworth arm of old " Christopher." That fatal experi ment on the largest interest in the kingdom, and which formed the basis of national prosperity,is once more proved to have signally' failed in producing the effects anticipated by its promoters, and to have as signally operated in pro ducing results the reverse of what they so confidently predicted. The more respectable of those statesmen who supported this rash and fatal policy admittedthat they re garded it simply as an experiment, and that should it ultimately fail, they would be disposed to reverse it. 'What will these men say to the facts now established be yond contradiction ? During the four years immediately preceding free-trade, the annual average number of emi grants was 87,000, whereas the annual average of the last four years has been 2i1,000. The Industrial Exhibition was declared to be the inauguration of the new system, yet, strange inconsistency ! almost every article in it en joyed the benefit of protection. Sir James Graham and others boast of the thriving condition of agriculture, and their tenants respond by complaining of their insupport able sufferings and by asking for a reduction of rent. Such are a few of the facts. How many more are the con scientious supporters of the " experiment" waiting for, before they redeem their pledge and do justice to the victims of their temerity, by retracing their false steps ? The light reading in Blackwood is this month varied and good, Sir Bulger Lytton's romance, "My Novel ; or Varieties in English Life;" of course being that which will attract most attention. We have here seven chapters, all sparkling and full of character, and a fine perception of men and things. We shall quote a short one, descriptive of two persons of widely different natures, the ideal and the real, the poet and the man of action, the dreamer and the statesman. Harley spent his day in his usual desultory, lounging man ner—dined in his quiet corner at his favourite club—Nero, not admitted into the club, patiently waited for him outside the door. The dinner over, dog and man, equally indifferent to the crowd, sauntered down that thoroughfare which, to the few who can comprehend the Poetry of London, has associa tions of glory and of woe sublime as any that the ruins of the dead elder world can furnish—thoroughfare that traverses what was once the courtyard of Whitehall, having to its left site of the palace that I , ' the royalty of Scotland—T-' through a narrow strait that old isle of Thorney, in which Edward the Confessor received the ominous visit of the Con queror—and, widening once more by the Abbey and the Hall of Westminster, then loses itself, like all memories of earthly grandeur, amidst humble passages and mean defiles. Thus thought Harley L'Estrange—ever less amidst the actual world around him, than the images invoked by his own soli tary soul—as he gained the Bridge, rnd saw the dull lifeless craft sleeping on the " Silent Way," once loud and glittering with the gilded barks of the antique Seigno r i e of England,. It was on that bridge that Audley Egerton had appointed to meet L'Estrange, at an hour when he calculated he could best steal a respite from debate. For Harley, with his fastidious '" , e to all the resorts of his equals, had declined to seek his friend in the crowded regions of Bellamy's_ Harley's eye, as be passed along the bridge, was attracted by a still form, seated on the stones in one of the nooks, with its face covered by its bands. "If I were a sculptor," said lie to himself, "I should remember that image whenever I wished to convey the idea of Despondency 1" He lifted his looks and saw, a little before him in the midst of the causeway, the firm, erect figure of Audley Egerton. The moonlight was full on the bronzed countenance of the strong public man,—with its lines of thought and care, and its vigorous but cold expres sion of intense self-control. "And looking yonder," continued Harley's soliloquy, "I should remember that form, when I wished to hew out from the granite the idea of Endurance." " So you are come, and punctually," said I his arm in Harley's. HARLEY.—" Punctually, of course, for 1 respect your time, and I will not detain you long. I presume you will speak to night " Tton, linking EGERTON.—" I have spoken." HARLEY (with interest)—" And well, I hope." EGERTON.— " 'With effect, I suppose, for I have been loudly cheered, which does not always happen to me." HARLEY.—" And that gave you pleasure?" EGERTON, (after a moment's thought)—" No, not the least." HARLEY.—" What, then, attaches you so much to this life— constant drudgery, constant warfare—thr -- • scull 'tormant, a" a, ine narsher ones aroused;if even its rewards (and I take the best of those to be app!ause) do not 'Anse you ?" —" What ?—custom." ." Martyr !" HARLEY EGERTON.—" You' say it, but turn to yourself; you have decided, then, to leave England next week." HA RI:EY (Moodily).—" Yes, This life in a capital, where all are so active, myself so objectless, preys on me like a low fever. Nothing here amuses me, nothing interests, nothing comforts and consoles. But I am resolved, before it be too late, to make one great struggle out of the Past, and into the 9tural world of men. In a word, I have resolved to marry." EGERTON.—" Whom ? HARLEY (seriously).— •" Upon my life, my dear fellow, you You have hit the exact question. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER PAST AND :PRESENT. The annals of Royal progresses make little or no men tion of Liverpool and Manchester. Nearly tare cen turies ago, William of Orange passed through a small fishing village on the shores of the Mersey, whose,ceanty industry was eked out by a trifling commerce with Ireland. In 1745, the " Young Pretender" slept a night in Man chester, in the course of his disastrous expedition to Derby, and the house which - sheltered him bores until lately, the commemorative appellation of the" Palactlnn." The small fishing village is nova, in point of population, wealth, and importance, the second city in the tinted Kingdom, the third in Europe. It and its suburbs con tain near upon five hundred thousand souls, an amount surpassed in Europe only by London and Parrs. The,po pulation of Manchester proper does not come up to this, but if the various towns and villages comprehended within a very limited radius be taken into account, another half million of population may be easily counted. The marshes frequented by the bird which gives its name to Liverpool are now covered by miles of docks and acres of stately warehouses. All traces of the bird itself have now va nished so completely. that its existence has been consi dered a fable. Liverpool and Manchester alike speak not of the past, but of the present and future. With the ex ception that Manchester was a Roman station, and that Roman remains are still occasionally. turned up, and that the fine old church, now the Cathedral and Cheetham College, boasts of a respectable antiquity, both towns pos sess but little to interest the architect and archaeologist. But though the banks of the Mersey, aVisiverpool, be not . bordered with the palatial structures which grace the ca nals at Venice, and though Manchester can boast no such miracles of mediaeval art as are to be found in the ancient commercial emporia of Flanders and Germany, still our own capitals of commerce and manufacture are not with out a peculiar interest of their own. The sail up the Mersey is, in its way, a spectacle unri valled in the world. The Thames offers nothing to be compared with it. By the side of this estuary, which is the pride of Liverpool, the Thames is almost a rivulet. Nor has'London aught to offer which will compare with the four miles of granite quays, with the long line of masts stretching along in the docks behind, which pass under the eye of the spectator on the deck of a esteamboat in the Mersey, while, on the Cheshire side, are to be seen the town of Birkenhead, which has sprung into existence with a rapidity unequalled even in the United States, and the magnificent works by which it is hoped that Wallasey Pool may one day enclose a forest of masts like the parent town on the Lancashire shore. The first view of Manchester offers nothing so striking as this. It is, in truth, little but a town of mills and warehouses. Every one who can afford it flies from its smoke and gloom to the purer air of the suburbs. Por tions of Manchester, at night, are as entirely deserted as the city of London. Like London, too, Manchester is a place which impresses the more, the more it is known, The never-ending ranges of mills and warehouses, dingy though they be, and the ceaseless current and busy acti vity of the population, end by fixing on the mind of the stranger a deep conviction of their importance. In truth, it is hardly going too far to say that it is to Manchester and Liverpool that this country owes its present weight among the nations, nay, perhaps its very existence. How would the expense of the last war have been borne, had not the cotton manufacture developed itself in Manches ter ? Gas was first brought into use in Manchester. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the fruitful parent of iron roads throughout the world, was a speculation of a knot of merchants of Liverpool. But the greatest com mercial revolution of modern times was the work of the Manchester men ; and they are now attempting to solve the most interesting question of the day, the problem of how a general system of education can be reconciled with the religious liberty of the Church and the various dis senting bodies. A population like this, destined in all human probability to exert, day by day, a more promi nent influence in the country, cannot safely be neglected by any Government, and her Majesty has done well in showing herself among them. Such an attention on the part of the highest personage in the realm will not bo forgotten by the workpeople of Lancashire; and her Ma jesty must have been pleased to remark that the sailors and porters of Liverpool, and the spinners and weavers of Manchester, are as warm in their loyalty and as orderly in their conduct as her own good citizens of London. In so hurried a visit it was, of course, impossible to obtain any deep insight into the condition and habits of the people ; but the enlightened liberality of the Earl of Ellesmere towards the workpeople employed in his col lieries, as well as what was witnessed by Prince Albert at the Dean Mills, near Bolton, and the spectacle of seventy thousand Sunday scholars assembled to greet their Sove reign in Salford, shows one thing plainly, that the mine and mill owners are not all exclusively occupied by money getting. As among other classes, so also among the owners of mines and factories, there will be found those who neglect the duties of their position ; but there will also be found a numerous, and we believe an increasing body, who are becoming daily more impressed with a sense of the responsibility of their position. A certain hardness and roughness may perhaps, indeed, be discernible in the manners and style of some of the men of Lancashire, the best cure for which will be found in a more extended intercourse with their fellow-subjects of the south and the metropolis. Railroads have already done much in this direction. It is not so many years ago since the distant provinces of England were almost like different countries. Manchester ladies were formerly remarkable for being a year behind the prevailing fashion in London ; not a very important matter, it may be, ex cept as a symptom. The more different classes, the more the inhabitants of different parts of the country are brought into contact with each other, the better for all of Ter Majesty has this year set an example worthy extensively followed. The time for sneering at merchants and cotton lords is past.—London Guardian. of bein COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY.) IN RE ISAAC WAKEFIELD In the case of this bankrupt, formerly a grocer and tea dealer in Mill-street, Liverpool, Mr. Evans. solicitor, again opposed, and Mr. Bremner appeared for Wakefield. It was the third adjournment of the examination of the bankrupt, and he had been ordered by the court to present an amended balance sheet to-day. Mr. BREMNER, now said he applied, on behalf of his client, for a further adjournment, Since the last meet in;, Mr. Badham, accountant, had been instructed by Mr. Wakefield with respect to the state of his affairs, and had had placed in his hands such papers as would enable him to prepare a balance sheet forthwith. It was quite true the bankrupt had not done anything beyond that, but lie was not only now provided with an accountant but a professional adviser, and he trusted, therefore, his Honour would not take the extreme step of adjourning the examination sine die. Mr. Evans, for the assignee, did not wish to be un necessarily hard on the bankrupt, and left the matter entirely in his Honour's hands. At the same time he would offer one observation, and that was, that the man had been trifling with them all, having had the books in his possession, which he could have given up long ago without the assistance of an accountant or professional adviser. Mr. BREMNER had only been consulted on Saturday; and reminded his Honour that the only effect of an ad journment sine die would be to entail additional expense on the bankrupt, without benefit to the creditors. Mr. EVANS replied that such a judgment would be a punishment on the man for his conduct ; but he was entirely in the hands of the court, and as the bankrupt had been perhaps sufficiently punished already he should offer no further opposition to the adjournment. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after some further dis cussion, then fixed that day three weeks for the adjourned re-hearing of the case. great phiiosoPlier EGERTON.- H A RLEY.-' " You do not search forher." "Do we ever search for love ? Does it not flash upon us when we least expect it? Is it not like the inspiration to the muse ? What poet sits down and says, I will write a poem?' What man looks out and says, I will fall in love.' No ; Happiness, as the great German tells us, falls suddenly from the bosom of the gods ;' so does love." EGERTON.—" You remember the old line in Horace: Life's tide flows away, while the boor sits on the margin and waits for the ford.' " HARLEY.—" An idea which incidentally dropped from you some weeks ago, and which I had before half-meditated, has since hauntedme. If I could but find some child with sweet dispositions and fair intellect not yet formed, and train her up, ,• years. And meantime I shall have gained what Iso sadly want—an object in life." EcEaTos.— ` 0 You are ever the child of romance rute, a messenger House of commons, wnom Audiev had instructed to seek him on the bridge should his presence be required—" Sir, the op position are taking advantage of the thinness of the House to call for a division. Mr. —is put up to speak for time, but they won't hear him." Egerton turned hastily to Lord L'Estrange, "You see you must excuse me now. To-morrow I must go to Windsor for two days ; but we shall meet on my return." "It does not matter," answered Harley; "I stand out of the pale of your advice, 0 practical man of sense. And if," added Harley, with affectionate and mournful sweetizess—" If I worry you with complaints which you cannot understand, it is only because of old schoolboy habits. I can have no trouble that I do not confide in you." Egerton's hand trembled as it pressed his friend's; and, without a word, he hurried away abruptly. Harley remained motionless for some seconds, in deep and quiet reverie; then he called to his dog, and turned back towards Westminster. He passed the nook in which had sate the still figure of Despon dency. But the figure had now risen, and was leaning against the balustrade. The dog which preceded his master naused by the solitary form, and sniffed it suspiciously "Nero, sir, come here," said Harley. " Nero," that was the name by which Helen had said that her father's friend had called his dog. And the sound startled Leonard as be leant, sick at heart, against the stone. He lifted his head and looked wistfully, eagerly, into Harley's face. Those eyes, bright, clear, yet so strangely deep and absent, which Helen had described, met his own, and chained them. For L'Estrange halted also ; the boy's countenance was not unfamiliar to him. lie returned the inquiring look fixed on his own, and recognised the student by the boostall 4 1 dog is quite harmless, sir," said L'Estrange with a "And you called him Nero?" said Leonard, still gazing on the stranger. Harley - mistook the drift of the question. " Nero, sir; but he is free from the sanguinary propensities of his Roman namesake." Harley was about to pass on, when Leonard said falteringly,— " Pardon me, but can it be possible that you are one whom I have sought in vain, on behalf of the child of Captain Digby ?" Harley stopped short. "Digby !" he exclaimed, "where is he? He should have found me easily. I gave him an address." "Ali, Heaven be thanked," cried Leonard. " Helen is saved ; she will not die;" and he burst into tears. A very few moments, and a very few words sufficed to ex plain to Harley the state of his old fellow-soldier's orphan. And Harley himself soon stood in the young sufferer's room, supporting her burning temples on his breast, and whispering, into ears that heard him, as in a happy dream, " Comfort, comfort ; your father yet lives in me." And then Helen, raising her eyes, said, "But Leonard is my brother—more than brother—ald be needs a father's care more than I do." " Hush, hush, Helen. I need no one—nothing now 1" cried Leonard ; and his tears gushed over the little hand that clasped his own. The Dublin University 211agazine. Dublin : M`Glashan. The " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager," con tinue to unfold a curious semi-tragic semi-comic series of scenes behind the curtain. Truly, the life of an actor is a strange one, but the life of a manager is yet stranger, as those who will peruse the memoranda of the Dublin manager (Mr. Calcraft we believe) will learn. One fact we must cull from these leaves, illustrative of the boasted nationality of the Irish. The manager states that during twenty years " The Warden of Galway (a play written by the Rev. Edward Groves), and a bustling drama, entitled " Life in Dublin," were the only original plays brought out there that produced a remunerative return. So much for Dublin patriotism and Dublin taste ! " The Warden of Galway" i 3 a play of great merit, but the " Life in Dublin" is all riot and racket, undeserving of the name of drama. " Chatterton ; a story of the year 1770," is an interesting memoir of the unfortunate boy poet, exhi biting his struggles for fame and, daily bred in the heart less streets of London, without a shilling in his purse or a friend to hold forth a helping hand. Poor Chatterton ! thine was a sad lot—the lot of genius in its full vigour. The works of Korner, " Recent Travels in the Mediter ranean and the East," and the " Several Lives of Royal and Illustrious Ladies lately published," furnish subjects for critical and biographical notices of great interest. " Slingsby" continues his perigrinations in Scotland, and " Maurice Tierney, the Soldier of Fortune," proceeds gallantly with his adventures. This number of the maga zine is altogether an entertaining one. The American 11Iagazine. London W. S. Johnson. Brother Jonathan comes out strong in this his first number, which bears on the outside the stars and stripes in brilliant colours, and which is adorned within by the effusions of great stars in the firmament of literature. The design of this American magazine, published in Lon don, is to introduce to the English public the best and varied fugitive literary efforts of the oldest and of the most promising of the young American authors. In the number before us there are articles from the pens of Daniel Webster, W. C. Bryant, Prescott, R. W. Emer son, N. P. Willis, and others, whose names and fame are known to all the civilised world. This pe r iodi ca l is beau tifully printed and brought out, and we doubt not will become a public favourite. A well executed steel engrav ing of the Capitol at Washington embellishes the October number. With c b aracter i st i c modesty, theeditor announces ' Our November part will be a brilliant specimen." A learned German astrologer has ascertained that the earth will be destroyed by a comet in exactly twenty-two million years. The 'cute philosopher deserves the public thanks for postponing the event to so distant a day. CHESHIRE AND WALES• n On i S y u T n r d i a n y i t l y a s c t h , n after sermons o n b s y w t e h r e e R ul e a v d . e J in ß b a e Y b le e s i of the schools connected with that church. vo ted The magistrates at Knutsfo r d, on Monday, hes £2,ooo,reercetcitnng. a female toinamddailteiownardat the K the£lo, n O n G tn £10,060 formerly Housermerlyvontefdc, oforr. The bandmaster of the 23d R eg i men t, a t Chester,' .„ given notice to Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens that be the quit, as the mu s i c i ans are comman d e d t o p l a y for t public in heavy marching order 1 A end of Watergate-street, part oftheo a ld te ß rg o a m te r str w ee a t, wall has been disclosed at utattell; lower while laying gas pipes. Fragments of Roman files , le good preservation, were also thrown up. A movement is being made en th e o th er s ide of l i e water to reduce the char ge s o f th e Bi r k en head a Claughton Gas Company, which are said to be excessive, and double the rate at which gas is supplied in the imme' diate neighbourhood. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday even in g' a lecture was delivered by the Rev. W. Cockcroft, incum bent of Claughton, in Market-street School-roo m. Birkenhead, on the subject, How Popery is opposed to' Christianity." SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—The direct' tors of this company propose to increase their capita hi £97,260 by the issue of new shares, bearing a f i xe d rate of dividend, which they p ro p ose t o di v id e equa ll y a mongst the present shareholders. An accident, which p rove d f a t a l, h appene d to gr' Milner, of Churton Heath, near Chester, on Saturday morning week. Mr. Milner was returning from Chest er market, and being intoxicated, it is supposed he fell froni his cart and received such injuries that he died on Monday Two sermons were preached on Sunday week, in St ' James's Church, Latchford, in aid of the Sunday schools connected with the church : the one in the morning hi the Rev. James Wright, 8.A., incumbent ; the other ie the evening, by the Rev. William Daylas Veitch, chaplain to the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. T he amount collected was nearly £l9. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 12th October :—C. and H. Main Line : Pas' sengers, £2,314 16s. 9d. ; P arce l s , H . C . an d D., £B6 ls. 11d. ; Goods, cattle. &c., £591 35. 4d. ; Mails, £575 —Mold : Passengers, £64 lls. 2d. ; Parcels, H. C. an d ' D., £2 lls. 3d. • Goods, cattle, & c ., £97 4s. Help -- Steam-boats, £427 12s. Bd. ; Parcels. H. C. and At £l6 3s. 6d.—Grand total, £4,175 ss. 6d. ORDER OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE, CHEST-MU!' —On Wednesday evening last, the " Good Effect Divi sion," No. 34, of the above order, was instituted at gr. B. Simpkin's Coffee'rooms, New Chester-road, Lower Tranmere, where upwards of thirty of the Liverpoo l brethren accompanied the officers of the grand division to Tranmere on the occasion. New candidates were initi ated, and the officers were elected for the current year. FIRE AT LISCARD.—At eight o'clock on Tuasday even' ing last, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. George Evason, publican, near Poulton-bridge, Liscard. The fire-engine from Birkenhead was quickly dispatched to the scene of the conflagration, but fortunately the fire bad been extinguished before its arrival. A number of people had assembled, and, aided by a plentiful supply of water , succeeded in subduing the flames. Property to tbe amount of £BO was destroyed. How the fire or i g i n ated is not known. The premises were only opened as a pub lic-house on the Saturday previous. MRS. MWOUGALL'S CONCERT.—This talented lady gave her annual concert at the Craven-rooms, Birkenhead , on Tuesday evening last. The audience was highly re spectable. The vocalists announced for the occasion were Miss Whitnall, Mrs. M'Dougall, Mr. Miranda, an d Mr. Scarisbrick. Mr. Percival (flute), and Signor D'Harilaos (piano-forte), completed the list of attractions offered. Signor D'Harilaos was, however, unable to appear, through illness ; and Mrs. M`Dougall herself , we are sorry to say, laboured under the effects of a severe cold. Notwithstanding these little drawbacks, the con cert passed off extremely well, and the audience was in" excellent humour. Miss Whitnall was in splendid voice, and sang the pieces allotted to her with more than her usual good taste and skill. Mr. Miranda sang a ballad of Nelson's called " Madaline," with great success, and in this, as well as in most of his other efforts, was rewarded with the frequent plaudits of a delighted auditory. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT CARNARYON.—On Monday last, at about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon , a most melancholy event occurred in this town. In cottage built under the town wall, at the bottom of Green Gate-street, there was an aged woman, the wife of Keet Nanney, of Conway, mariner, and also their child, vai ° had come to visit their parents. In a moment a portion of the scarping at the summit of the wall, measuring about ten yards long and three feet deep, and weighing about eight tons, fell on the roof, and crushed it in at a stroke. One of the children who was on the threshold was thrown at a distance from the house. The old woman and the children, with the exception of the married daughter and her child, were speedily rescued from their perilous situation with a few bruises. The others remained however under the rubbish until about five o'clock, not withstanding all the exertions made to recover them, and when found she was bent dow❑ in a sitting posture with the child in her lap, and the lives of both extinct. The rain, it is supposed, by moistening the earth and destroy ing the adhesive power of the mortar, caused the stones to unloose.—North Wales Chronicle. THE BIRKENHEAD RIOT.—PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. At the Knutsford quarter sessions on Monday, Mr. o• D. Case moved the payment of a bill by the county amounting to the sum of £174 17s. 10d., for expenses in' curred in the efforts of the magistrates to preserve the peace during the late riots at Birkenhead. It might be la the recollection of the court that at the April sessions be had moved for the payment of a bill of £3OO, in liquida tion of certain expenses incurred in connection with the riot referred to. That application had not ban acquiesced in by the court, but it had directed the clerk of the peace to take legal opinion whether such an application of the county funds could be legally made. The clerk of the peace had expressed his doubt as to the legality of the PO' ment, and certainly the opinions which had been taken fully confirmed those doubts. Notwithstanding those opinions he had now to bring a bill of £174 17s. 10d., made out by the high constable and passed by two magistrates/ before the court, and of course, knowing all the circum: stances of the case, he felt no hesitation in moving that' the bill be paid. It would depend on the determinatio n to which the court might come on this motion, as to wha t other steps the magistrates in case of a rejection of the bill by the court, might feel it their duty to pursue. [ l ‘f r • i Case then read the particulars of the bill. It consisted (), charges for the services, refreshment, and injury sustaine d by the Liverpool police ; the expenses incidental to th e lodging and refreshment of the military who had been called in, and a bill of between £4O and £5O incurred hr i the high constable as prosecutor, in the riot case whic i was tried at the last Chester assizes, for witnesses, &eV After considerable discussion, it was moved, seconded and carried by a very large majority, that the bill show; be paid out of the usual hundred rate levied on ti l l Wel hundred of Wirral.—The chairman (to the court) and now you have agreed to pay the bill out of this rat e ' what will you say if the rate is appealed against. COUNTY SESSIONS. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the county lo lly tine of Lancaster were commenced at the court-honser omuatttctenses, Preston,nnesoanueednnteda felony,i pelioies,drsibTesttw hcaesfhi o fntnoei teoexnrheucrrerhorelts of the wwoet e a3frahevl d oc2sreino n rencaaur e ogsste s nnsueho d mtaulveb a yiudaemn y t clinbatnae l nitil a inyrhnees s oi. .iiingtonuntsn calendar, sei4anees T . rrase attendance ftwßropoeeohrrn. possessionai A dsdesoaan d nnn d eucw i ocre s nbrrsa o idasom n woes inerrihni E etmaeccaf s ao,hav q ligia . ssnel a , sers. charges tsveoierat. chat,Pssbsuucorqotocel do so imperfectly, there being no return as to the ea" After the grand jury had retired, the magistrates P r THE OFFICE OF CORONER. — Jonathan Peel, - proposed the following resolution :—" That it is the f l O 3 O l O- nion of this court that inquests ought to be held int: p tie cases only in which the coroner has received alit"' t oe information from which there would appear to exis t l e n ° reasonable ground for doubt or suspicion that the m il ler was caused by some criminal act or omission ; and in to afford the coroner every facility for obtaining 0 101 formation, this court doth hereby order and direct Oa or superintendent, inspector, or sergeant of the counti„oor stabulary, within whose district any death under or r ' eu stances which heretofore have been deemed to reclu l s uch inquest shall have taken place, shall henceforth fiI III L ,P pre' blanks in the following form of application for a . 1" 0 1 th e cept, as may apply to the particular case, and forwa same to the coroner : is Application for a precept to summon a jury to en(ln ire 'r ing the death of now lying dead at township of 1. What was the age of the deceased ? ........'..... `L. On what day, at'what hour, and where and in whose presence did the death take place ? ...... 3. Was thedeceased found dead, helpless, or insen sible? State when, where, and by whom, also th e circumstances under which the deceased was found; and when,where, and by whom last seen 4. Cause of death .............................. . • • • 5. Did illness exist before the death ? If so state how long; also whether any medical man was in attendance ; and if so, who ....... .......... 6. Does any blame or suspicion attach to any par , Y;; fi l et 7. On what particular ground is a precept apPlied f° ' 1110 1 ' - be And this court doth further order and direct. , o il 0 , above form of application for a jury precepr,he lO o d printed and sent to every police station w ithin I'd'. A everi dreds of Amounderness, Blackburn, and LeYlat this court doth also further order and direc o t, reo nnue se , coroner usually acting within the Hundreds f A very co w ness, Blackburn, and Leyland, shall in e re turn t be together with the inquisitions and depositions, of alt application for a jury precept, and all particu.lo„vd e_ to information upon which he issued the same' 7 0 couito that every coroner aforesaid shall make upend sena for the -- day before each quarter session , .„itteet.pd same forthwith to the District Finance cl e "' es i o n ;pi examination previous to the holding of s ucn o that every coroner as aforesaid shall, if s ~ r f n q for t ' - he said committee, personally attend upon trw tiers pu.`poses of such examination." b 0 was ion A debate having arisen thereon, it ai ot -I until the quarter session to b the ss o n . adjourned next ; that' Peace do cause . • s tes , the Clerk of the A ifte be printed a'nd circulated amongst tne.." ," f the ' oo er! 4 : 1 se o s i nn in January, so ` Thai the further consideration of the said • jalp t a o w orter sessions ; and , oo tice b a notice of the saiL motion in his paper 01 , such A t, , the same under tl l e t n h o a tj n e e u.., u,,,. .. o do t a DO tna' goo adjournede thatnt courtsh e do ao b nf r n i t u . ceedings may be taken thereupon 49 that co urt