The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

Dee, 3, 1850. Eccat p.rtvo. Amon g the passengers by the Baltic was Dr. Hughes, eo iaan Catholic b ishop of New York. G u "daY's Gazette notifi es th a t th e Q ue en approves of a m Simpson as vice-consul at Liverpool for the fercit rge of Hayti. there : 4 wrigg, of Commerce-c o u r t, Lord-street, was c2lutect employed in carrying out the plan of Mr. , P PLelegant s h op, B o ld -street. li W.ednesday, a little girl, named Margaret Connor, i s .'ag with her parents in Bostock-street, was so severely ilat that she died on the following morning. —we understand that the Lord Bishop of the Diocese has '.;:erniented to distribute the prizes at the Royal Institution T A on Tuesday the 17th instant. e ra ,, r d Q °n,'lst the imports by the new packet-ship Tons thi" a, from Philadelphia are twenty-three pieces of ma . Utility 417 . Anlo of ngst the list of new registered designs for articles lot a . isthe name of W .G. m W S ith of Castle-street, 7atstcoat having a buoyant lining. e o tir ing the Ch r i stmas h o l y d ays anot h er ser i es o f t we l ve ikneerts Nyill be g i ven at t h e C o ll eg i a t e I ns tit u ti on . The s a Yer, th e Earl of Sefton, the two Rectors, andW. Brown. are among the subscribers. by I f s team-ship D um b ar t on Youth has been p7chased wha es,rs. Horsf a ll f or the African trade. issome terc'ensvel t o i ntro d uce steam into this branch of com - b ur 'Me girl in Bostock-street last week was shockingly t° death from her clothes having caught fire while tI e act of standing on the fender to take down some the wall above the fire-place. east ; ati of Carlisle, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan - l 'ort e h" II " appointed William Hepworth, Esq., of Ack cou;l'tyLodge, near Wakefield, a magistrate for this 'O Q DQ"tA r ednesday night, a man, named Robert Lawson, e ePer on b oar d th e St. And r ew, lying in the Queen's dock: was accidentally drowned by slipping into the 0 manificent paddle-wheel steam-ships, build- Itoy a i N che Cl y de for the British and North American Atab' 'tai l Steam-packet Company, will be named the is and the P er sia. Sund a y last a sermon was preached at St. Annefs, kai tir tn, by the Rev. W. J. Purdon, and a collection aid of the local charities, when the sum of Th''' 6d. was collected. !i) b e Parishi one r s of Bishopwearmouth have presented 1 404 hliff, Head Master of the Grange School, a very tot ""nle silver salver, " for having afforded them ac the la dation for divine service during the enlargement of 11 1 411811 church." ofulLiverpool and Philadelphia screw steam-ship City I ' 3 th"'"?, Captain Mathews, may be expected to arrive Ell ie l e Mers e y, f rom th e Clyd e , on or about Wednesday. delphl ev es Liverpool or, her first outward voyage to Phila- It t °n Wednesday, the 11th instant. tepdPaY be interesting to those who from this town in- Pa l ,t 9 Contribute to the great exhibition, to learn that 1000Ptce allotted to Liverpool is 3500 of horizontal and 1)y v . °, vertic a l sur f ace . Of this 300 feet will be occupied " Model of the docks, and 300 feet by the case of bO rts. On b etb. Friday even i ng a co lli s i on took place on the river, ta be t the ste am -tug Uncle Sam and the screw steamer ed kiet, by which the former was cut down to the water tOe at the fore part of the sponson. One of the crew of tgC a ljn ele Sam was thrown overboard, and narrowly d drowning. tease st OF THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—Our Rill s will s ee w ith regr et that this deliahtful exhibition Bet P ift 'se at the end of this week. Those who have not Iliti l b ils Pected the collection must lose no time , or they opetl e dep r i ve d o f t h e oppor t un ity. It will, however, re- A t ? I n Monday for the working classes. 11 1 ." new and handsome seed shop of Mr. Cuthbert, I N , 47ton-square, there is now exhibiting a pot contain dicliae`ieral strawberries, the majority of which are splen tr4,!lee, at this unusual season of the year. They were 4.4 d, " in the green-house of Mr. William Davies, of OY-croft, Huyton. 140 f Tuesday ni g ht, a child named Catherine O'Brien di rt found dead in her mother's arms. The parent, r rni Serable.loo) 'l' Moss' creature, went into mr e t , c- house, Great Crosshall-ereet, for the purpose of lifer e i Sß Ng , when the poor child was discovered to be A. ai 6ll New Room.—Mr. Roberts, who possesses first-rate 14 1 ,1 8 a ton sor i a l ar ti s t, i s d e t erm i n ed that the operatio e elev a t e d t o th e ran k o f a luxury. Mr. Roberts's s eta t i aid room i n C a stl e -street, will, when finished, re tioe„ e an apartment detached from a palace. It is spa ita un elY proportioned, superbly decorated, and well Plat e d ,, lighted, and ventilated. Enormous panels of to th glass, extending from the ceiling to the floor, give T' l !e saloon an aspect at once rich and brilliant. li e „ae large and valuable premises, with the dwelling- Wise attached, formerly in the occupation of the Anti „sterrey:oortthe,oEmsqpa.,ny extending to the edge of the Glouces and Berkeley Canal, have been purchased by Lawrence M.P. for Derby, father-in-law of Richd. r o e , tt er, of the firm of Messrs. Price and Co. It has b e t Yet transpired to what purposes these premises are to ko a ipriated, but we doubt not they will be made able for the extension of the trade of the port.— Cucester Chronicle. be e ,°uNcit. Com mirrEss.—The following gentlemen haYe T a Pnointed chairmen of the respective committees of J• H. Turner ;—lmprovement : Mr. Samuel Holtne; C o - n' Courts:—Mr. J. B. Lloyd ; — Marke 4Per ;—Education: Mr. E. Molyneux t x ' a es Parkr;—Gardens: Mr. Wm. Preston , 4111),Zditure: Mr. John Ferguson;—ObserYatory Ge0 r ,,, 1 ' 1 & 1 , 1 ; -- -Ferries: Mr. J. N. Wood;—Water , i ti - -Library and Museum : Mr. J. t tug •. Mr. J. A. Tobin ;—Paid Officers Ex -r i , e3 'i—Cars and Coaches: Mr. J. Woodruff. Isore 'r „„ Rn uutatarta- CHARITY.—" Were Rome ten times One N .,;,gressive than she is, we will not attribute to her de e d;',"re, which she does not herself avow, or which her in or; -;° not plainly declare. We will not protest—(sic ton on another Christian Church, in conjunc cern with those who have no common sympathies, and no .and Iri an faith with ourselves. We will not join with Jews 11" unbelievers, nor even with Protestant dissenters, in eatVn.eing Popery, because we know that they hate our St 4 ism with an equal hatred. Sermon preached in trt ra ar tire Church on Sunday week, by the Rev. Cecil l a g b • ERSARY OF Sr. ANDREW'S DAY. — Saturday ein g St. Andrew's Day, numbers of the natives of p ose e Land o' Cakes" met at various places, for the pur ath," celebrating, by public dinner, the birth of the t la e -11 s aint. At Mr. Dalzell's, in South John-street, a tl e il number were met.he viands were not the slic ',,but most excellent, and, " king of a' pudding Wa s ' the haggis,—was not forgotten. After the cloth lio n r emoved, m an y a pp r opriate toasts were given, the a nd and ball a d s o f S co ti a ' s I s l e b e i ng w ell interspersed, tth e ' a e evening was passed in great conviviality. Several A r similar celebrations took place. tel at r ae eting will be held in the Council Chamber to -day d eter lye to th e new pu bli c lib rary w hi c h th e C ounci l h a s 10,,,ined to est a blish at the Royal Institution. OIF tetia r eaders'are aware that the proprietors of that Irish etwn have agreed to transfer the building, the museum, gallery of art, to the Corporation of Liverpool in etuil Y for the public. Towards the nucleus of a bib at Y, the late Earl of Harrowby has given the whole of of tnarliamentary blue hooks, which make excellent works ami e n 6 ence and the public are solicited to aid in the do tou',.P books and funds, The circular convening the o e h, - "ng states that in Salford £2OOO in money and 5000 f i Tes were obtained in a few months for a similar object. STEAM-SHIF BALTIC.--The American-built lon','er Baltic., Captain Comstock, the fourth vessel form ‘-'ollin's line, arrived here on Thursday, after a rather °a % Pa ssage of nearly twelve days, having left that port ab1),,, e , 16 th ult. She brought over fifty passengers, and daa ‘ lO O,OOO dollars in specie. Her advices are only one Wa s 4 ter than those received by the Canada. The Baltic teri.jaPected here on 'Wednesday. but we learn that in a th e ;:e Rale of wind her air-pump piston-rod broke, and 4 titt A rn e it took to replace it with a duplicate, and the ho u o f the wea th er , cause d a d e l a y of at least thirty th e ‘,, B * Th e s hi p ma d e t wen ty-fi ve m il e s more than half i tat' " 45 suze in five days. The engines performed most sf aetoei VETERAN I ti v , ETERAN MUSICIAN. — There is now living .in of hi g h 001 in a state of extreme poverty, in the 82d year air age, a well-known musical composer of his day, e ncle, "tee Ware. A few philanthrophic individuals are Rill ."uring to raise a subscription for him. Mr. Ware itth,ll'e in the re collection of the musical world as the e of several scientific works on music, songs, &a. ;it) higo the - leader of' Der Freisehutz at the English Lai: - "neuse, when that opera was first introduced into Il lao n " ll at 1 7. As a musical preceptor, he enumerates Stli..Pt his nunils several members of the nobility, be- Mr. J —Church Mr. Mr. &. Picton Mr 14,1 4 2avin g h a d the honour of playing in a quartett with tlr y ,` e Majesty George IV. at the late Duke of Queens- (i a. n ' - Ra, qaturday evening the contractors and workmen en lop:' in the erection of the new shops in Bold.street, ue the'ing to T. B. Bl ac kbu r ne, Esq., were entertained by the g e ntleman to an excellent and substantial supper, at 41 'clirt r "ked Billet. Mr. Blackburne and Mr. ,l Culsha a w s , licwpiec, were present, and addrse the we. Tien _ baildfd ,in very appropriate lang es uage d . Mr. Witter, the ar e r. -gr. Bromley and Mr. Tomlinson, the contract- IserkexPressed their approbation of the conduct of the Ders o rn ,". The company, which amounted nearly to 80 b c lrtte,,l' Separated shortly after eleven o'clock, well 'al t„ -- with the evening's entertainment,. and truly grate to44l Mr. Blackburn for his kindness in collecting them Is 1 1 4. 1 7 on that occasion. 'riell -4 ' I ‘;TATION OF PLATE TO CAPTAIN WEST.—We ler it Y alluded, on Saturday, to the elegant present from . 4 °ln Y i. Li orl and her associates to Captain West, which, teeei v ? great beauty of design and execution, may well a %hi p ' s ' more extended notice. The cup represents ,ol3stan, resting on several coils of . chased silver, °Po t , e ° with three coils of a golden chain. It stands lilv er a silver rest, below which is the base, covered with stands .The Weight of the cup and the metal on which it im: ' 8 ninety ounces, of gold and silver. It will hold 'or d",ao,d a half. In Germany such cups are fashionable tl ate4.! ll , ( _ing beer, and perhaps it may properly be desig- Dree eh ': °e'er cup: though, from the delicate way of its b, * oale lt iorl, it ' would hardly seem that the fair donor t nih,,,. e ,ncourag e its use for such strong liquors... On g i , - ,;: - loY evening last, Captain West and family were 41 4 - '` B of Aliss Lind, at the New York Hotel. After With any ceremony, and entirely in_keemng t tapp e e d r . simple and unostentations manner, Miss Lind the Into an adjoining room, from which she . brought Oftii9), filled with sweetened water, a favourite beverage t o a c e cantain's, and, lacing it in his hands, desired him "a s t p't the little gift !' as' a mark of her esteem. This Olt 0 :e first intimation whith Captain West received of N ile Rant Rift, valued at 1000 dollars, but of still greater teu rci as a te stimonial of the accomplished donor's kind -- ' 4r eto York Journal of Commerce. isgb -` calf h Ol t ; to 09 ' 6, , Crade e loge e verst 0 „s14. I t i e s tote . P W . Sarle cri tbel 2 stions •,,, a t 80 , > e ain ga° , e i nv ited. meeting of Tu odsl' has been 0 stephe°' g e reeds ber , F , va B ' 4 l ° . a the oPou' es t he d eli t h a t it ,v Meet agai n " cd of eOII. ni t evideoc° SocrETY.-- wedne sdal c i c hair; s b n ic °f e r n t ale ings ope ned i ( L c r. 31 3r leinen w r arber , ject by fir; lkl lf r , joSi sty iop c silo Yates ga ve the Pur i„(11; or san d " Vince to the )ng the sea ,nland wa s ' tbousenu s 't"on, there l ands I . nt° ie Ine etlig i; tion~w b,c rd re. 8 , h hat tn ° lo roved t° 0 ult spoke:xi "'boa" do NeWian' (1- '4 on " le ad via s r e r• oae of 1t Ant'tentiorl 5 ° 1;o bee: I the a n errite ed to " h d a le. k oft .jer m bet a . „ 131 ,,,taa to a ther o uld t ies ';ttee e 0 01: the ties ° , t ioo hod j oie ,0 , rfer nf the 0 "ro). sl re rnort, oo e etiog of esa 4 lll s ' a b. 40 a °v v est' ga in 4 , bis igen ea tth r 0 f b ta ntr rd ol and >rpo %chic }yes vi.OU' 0,“ 1 5 s,t L ;ch W n gs, e g. ious, 1, 1 ,1,00 rreu sr ee i f the t he r th 3l ' ee of ave r2 ' tu rbe,l'u`The s ua... .3.42 to, ihs darlDb ni - , t t te n „ P f tbe won the lone e eIC E the sr e and ° i e aken I. be ay' iet! his "itcf' 11, th e 4 re' ei,, d Thae sa he b o6 'i the tads ,f the ': de r id On 9l lures be ye v iysi.r " . ce cee h ,lan' )f "bee ° at b ad bele ; One Se a nti last too° i* L ot - e li 1008' il d g We s "...tei pP roP ri i. 0.51 cot 61 601e' "C , ie gevibergf and ° tt4 e° odor' loss ill O r ( 9 0 s tate 5 iv rme sc ed a le f y gr o .1 , 0 re! ' ttire 7 SCI c t 9. dia le t ia ° n iee JO° Or LO n 113 0 116 0 5 0 for , fir ,j ) o c l .a trb ir, 69 ' 1 1 1, 3 ;i 0 :1;61 0030 0 ter e , ea, et , n_it iis heo co o f r e l jel ion abo de i ‘fr. 11 , e tiol l ; f 3 •„ que' r fer i e ,e he tit `ctitill'ho 1 . 0 0 t. .he so re,,V i I r SO' lite ° revece 9 ne A or f e ofr o,f olio . s re a' r e , P'pe ie• 101 0 5t j le C h C ii tije' fe u ' firi Co lt • t 1 1 0 ' Pete(O ~,0' (0 1i ' .0 ` 11 0 ) 14 0 11 .10, 1 1 j Di ° ogr ee eo t e. ,eo i dttleP; oi los asst, es , die 0- r ft it - P'„Po; :, ntre efo al 1."1)1.0)11 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, We understand that the Council of the Chamber of Commerce have forwarded the following memorial to the Secretary of State on the subject of the Powder-magazines at Liscard "To the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart„ 211. P., her Majesty's Secretary at State far the Home Deparpnent. " The Memorial of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce humbly sheweth, "That, by the Report of Colonel Waters, R.E., to H.M. Go vernment, dated 2d September last, your memorialists have lately been made aware of the imminent danger to which the lives and property of the inhabitants of this town, as well as the shipping in the docks, are subjected so long as the Maga zines for the reception and storageof gunpowder are permitted to remain, and the trade in gunpowder is allowed to be carried on, as at present, at a site so near to the town and docks of Liverpool. "Your memorialists, therefore, awakened to a sense of the anpalling danger to which they are each moment exposed, teeth as to their lives and property, respectfully, but not less ear nestly, pray for the protection of H.M. Government, and that, with that view, you will be pleased forthwith to institute such proceedings as may seem to you necessary and proper for the immediate abatement of so terrible an evil by the total and im mediate removal of the Magazines from the present site. And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. Signed on behalf of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, THOMAS B. HORSFALL, President. APPEALS AGAINST WATER RATES.—Yesterday morn ing the magistrates sat to hear appeals against the water rates. Mr. W. Earle was prevented from attending, being at present confined to his bed. THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.—The £5O prize will be con tended for at the Brunswick Club on the 3lst inst., which will be the closing of the fourth year of its existence. As has hitherto been customary, a sumptuous dinner will be given. LORD FIELDING'S CHURCH.—We publish to-day the list of subscriptions towards erecting a new church in the parish of Pantasaph, near Holywell, in order to provide a want which is now deeply felt there, in consequence of Lord Fielding's having transferred the recently erected church to the Romish communion. The circumstances of the case are of peculiar interest, more especially at the present moment, and we doubt nat that some of our readers, after perusing the painful details, will be glad to contribute towards so desirable an object. MODERN TRAVELLING.—WC have high authority that good frequently comes out of evil, and assuredly the pub lic are deriving benefit from the quarrel between the rival railway companies whose lines connect Birmingham and Liverpool, if no one else does. Where is the man who would have believed a few years ago that he could go from Wolverhampton to Liverpool, by rail all the way, (for the trains of the Shrewsbury Companies wait the arrival in Wolverhampton of those of the London and North Wes tern from Birmingham,) take three friends with him, and have something to spare out of a sovereign ?—Chester Courant. SUDDEN DEATHS.— A middle-aged woman named Fanny Williams, a servant at Mr. James Corbett's, 11, Hotham-street, was found dead in bed about ten o'clock on Saturday morning last. She had formerly been much addicted to drunkenness, and suffered, in consequence, from asthma, with pain in her side.—Early the same morning an Irishman. named James Ross, expired sud denly at a lodging-house in Sherwood-street. Deceased had been recently married in Antrim, whence he had come with his wife, with the intention of emigrating to America. He had suffered:lrom fits, and expired in bed from the effects of one of these attacks. PAPAL AGGRESSION.—A meeting of the clergy within the Archdeaconry of Liverpool was held in the Savings' Bank, Bold-street, yesterday week, which was presided over by the Yen. Archdeacon Brooks. An address to the Queen was moved,in one,paragraph of which thechurch of Rome was recognised as a true church, provided that she kept within her own prescribed boundaries. This was objected to by Dr. M'Neile and other clergymen, wh' declared that they could not look upon her under any cir cumstances as a true church, and ultimately the words were altered so as to make the sentiment in accordance with the principles of our Scriptural creed. THE ASSIZES.—The winter assize commences on Mon day next. The first trial before Mr. Justice Coleridge will be that of William Threlfall (postponed from last assizes), for extensive commercial forgeries. Among the subse-. quent cases to be taken in the same court are those of Edward Moran, an officer of the Tib-street establishment. for manslaughter ; of Mr. Henry Blackhurst, an attorney at Preston, for an alleged forgery of his late wife's will ' • of William Smith, for manslaughter, by causing the explo sion of a steam boiler at Mr. C. Pooley's works ; end of M'Cawley and Sirrell (the London silversmith), the one for stealing and the other for feloniously receiving a quantity of jewellery and plate. Gregory, Holland. and Pimlott, for the daring burglary and highway robberies in Hulme, will be tried before Mr. Baron Alderson. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO HOLYHEAD.—The Dock Committee on Thursday received a definite proposal from the Electric Telegraph Company on this subject. The company state that they have made arrangements for the erection of the telegraph to Holyhead, and propose that the semaphore station should be connected with the elec tric telegraph station there ; the stations at Cefti-du- Telegraph and Point Lynes being retained, and the semaphore at Puffin Island abolished, signals from Point Lynas may be returned to Holyhead, and transmitted thence to Liverpool. The Ormshead may be connected with Conway station ; the stations Llysfaen Vorydd and Prestatyn abolished, and the semaphore at Hilbre Island retained in communication with Liverpool, as heretofore. The communication was referred to the marine surveyor. TESTIMONIAL.—The following address was presented to Captain Funk, of the " Black Star" packet-ship De 'Witt Clinton : " We, the undersigned, on behalf of our felloiv-passengers, feel it incumbent on us to express our gratitude, for the un- ceasing kindness and attention we nave receivea as your nanus, and more especially for your' humane and considerate treat ment of the females and children while under your carc on the voyage from Liverpool to New York. We desire to express our acknowledgments of the order and regularity maintained on board your noble ship, and the efficient means taken to pre serve comfort and cleanliness during the passage, while the gentlemanly conduct of the officers and ship's company are deserving of our warmest thanks. _ . " We earnestly trust that you may long live to enjoy the hig reputation you have so richly earned, and transmit your ran: with lustre to a large circle of descendants." _ _ On Monday morning week the south end of Clarence Dock-quay was literally strewed with dead cattle, lauded from the screw-steamer Albatross, which left Dublin en Saturday week. On the passage the vessel careened over, the cattle fell to the leeside, and numbers were smothered, several of which were stowed in the hold of the vessel to make ballast and right her. In order to get the ves sel upright, it was found necessary to open the gangways, and throw overboard the beasts that were on deck, toge ther with a large number of pigs and casks of provisions. It is said that the vessel WEIS at one time in great danger. We regret to add there is a report that three or four of the passengers are missing. One man thinking the vessel was sinking, actually jumped overboard and was drowned. The paddle-steamers that left Dublin the same day landed their cargoes of live stock all - GAS CHANDELIER from its high —lt is but a few years since gas, )rice, was deemed a luxury in a residence. . . Its now trivial value has made it a necessary in even the habitations of the humbler classes. With the increased demand increased excellence in chandeliers and other fit tings has been most observable. The skill of the artizan heavy and uncouth-looking pendents have been sup planted • with articles of taste and vertu. The stiff branches are now turned round with foliage of ele gantly light ormolu, emerald, and bronze. while the burners are encompassed and ;ornamented with semi-opaque glasses moulded to the form of the graceful water-lily. The modern designs are free from all stiff ness in character, though in every variety of pattern. In Mr. Allen's show-room in Parker•street, there arc many rich in figure, a glance at which will establish the fact that artistic taste is encouraged. _ • . LIVERPOOL AND TRH E A ST.—The Peninsular and Ori ental Company's new steamers Singapore and Ganges are getting ready for sea in Glasgow. The former vessel, it is expected, will leave the Clyde about the 10th December for Liverpool, and the Ganges about the 10th of January for the same port, where both vessels are to load for Gib raltar. Malta, and Constantinople, for which ports they are intended to depart respectively on the 29th December and the following month. Both the Singapore and Ganges are, however, to return to Southampton, the object of their taking cargo in the Mersey being to save the land carriage, and to avoid a useless run from Scotland to Southampton. It is not the intention of the company to continue despatching ships from Liverpool, and the two departures in question are only a matter of temporary convenience. The new ships are very fast, and will pro bably perform the Constantinople voyages in a quicker space of time than has yet been accomplished. —,Times. Music Ileir art, in Mrs of Live' SECOND CONCERT OF CHAMBER CLASSICAL i. To the pure and disinterested love of t' and Mr. Haddock, the real ama ever be indebted tor this most brilliant gems in the musical galaxy. The recent performance, in addition to morceaux from names high in fame, gave us a charming trio for pianoforte, violin, ard violoncello, the production of a highly-gifted artist, M. Silas, an indubitable evidence of his rapid approxima tion to the first grade of composition. Its rendering was worthy of its conception ; and M. Silas, himself eminent upon his instrument, must have felt his design, both of expression and execution, carried out to the utmost of his imaginings by the exquisite feeling and splendour of ma nipulative power transfused into the performance by Mrs. Beale. M. Silas, though professedly a pianist, has ob viously an intimate knowledge of the peculiar powers and the treatment of stringed instruments. We never recol lect hearing the real character of the violoncello more fa vourably displayed than upon this occasion, and, in jus tice to Mr. Haddock we must record his perfect sympa thy with both the spirit and the letter of the work. The earnest expression of delight obvious in every hearer, no less than the repeated and continued plaudits during and at the close of the performance, could not but be gratifying to the talented young composer (whom we noticed in the room), and must impress him, beyond doubt, with the high opinion of the work entertained by all present. We were agreeably surprised by the development of Mr. Baetten's powers as a violinist, and congratulate the lovers of the instrument and the musical community in general, upon the acquisition of so accomplished Q - former, who as the principal viola of these concerts, well as the Philharmonic, has from his first appearance excited universal admiration by the elegance of his style;and beauty of his tone. The second part gave us Beethoven's quartette in E flat, from Opera 16, which gave another occasion for Mrs. Beale to demonstrate powers of execu tion and refinement of feeling in full accordance with the pouring forth of the most gifted son of musical inspiration of the current century. This was followed by a quartette, stringed instruments, by a name only second to the above, the lamented Mendelssohn ; and when we state the late ness of the hour alone precluded compliance with the loud and general wish for repetition of no less than two of the movements, it is unnecessary to say how they per formed. _____y afterwards he received a blow from a poser, or an iron bar, just behind the left temple. He was knocked down ; and, while lying on the ground, some one at tempted to strike him with an iron bar, which, as he at nd the old pillar lights, as well as the tempted to ward the Wow, inflicted a serious wound on his left wrist. 3. Edward Rowlands, (155, Liverpool.) A severe cut on the right eye with a stick. 4. Thomas Greenbank, (160, Liverpool.) Struck on the shoulder with a stick. Cut on the right ear, and had severe injury done to his jaw-bone. 5. William Dakin, (712, Liverpool.) A severe blow from a large stone on the right shoulder. A slight frac ture has taken place; but it is hoped no very serious in jury has been done. 6. James Bowles, (387, Liverpool.) Head cut severely ; and very much injured by a blow on the shoulder from a stick. _ . _ 0. 7. Thomas Wilson, (164, Liverpool.) Knocked down, kicked, and jumped upon by several people. 8. Thomas Coe, (358, Liverpool.) Severely "at on the head by blows from a stick and stones. 9. Thomas, (379, Liverpool.) Severely struck and bruised about the head and other parts of his body. 10. Price, (357, Liverpool.) Severely injured about the head. 11. John Morris, (Birkenhead police.) Arm smashed by a poker or iron bar, and much bruised and beaten on other parts of his body. 15. Inspector Birnie, ( Birkenhead police.) Seriously injured about the head. 13. —, (No. 57, Birkenhead force.) Much hurt. 14. John Grimley. (469, Liverpool.) Sustained most alarming injuries. He received a very severe blow on the skull from some blunt-pointed instrument, by which it was laid open for a width of nearly two inches. Concus sion of the brain, it was feared, would ensue; and, from the hasty inspection the medical gentlemen were enabled to make, it was supposed that the parietal bone had been fractured. The wound was dressed ; and at first it was supposed that the poor fellow was killed : all sensation appeared to have left him, and there was not the least sign of vitality. Soon after he was taken into the Town hall, however, faint symptoms of returning life became visible, and the application of brandy and water soon restored him to partial consciousness, and the operation of dressing his injuries was proceeded with. 15. Thomas Kelly. (571, Liverpool.) Seriously injured. During the first skirmish, some of the rioters were slightly injured. Three of them were either taken or went of their own accord to the shop of Mr. Warry, by whom their wounds were dressed. The names of neither of the men are known. Shortly before the grand melee commenced, a number of the mob went to some houses at the corner of Market street, and deliberately pulled up the iron rails in their front, returning with these savage weapons to the scene of the outrage, and using them to level every one who attempted to oppose their progress. Many of the police men were struck with such weapons, which inflicted wounds of a most dreadful character. About half-past twelve, a large detachment of police, under the direction of Mr. Dowling, arrived from Liver pool, making the total force then present, both local and strangers, about two hundred and fifty, the greater por tion of whom were located in the Town-hall ; some being arranged in front of that building, and others scattered (some in plain clothes) in different parts of the town. Much surprise has been excited as to where the nume rous stones, brickbats, &c., employed in the demolition of the windows of the Town-hall could be obtained, there being none lying loose in the street, or in the neighbour hood. This, however, is explained, if the statement we have heard be correct. It is said that early in the fore noon a number of donkeys, having panniers suspended over their backs, were brought into requisition to convey stones, brickbats, and other missiles, to the scene of action, to be used as occasion might require. Also that some of the women had their aprons filled with stones, and many of the men appropriatel their lockets as depc sitories for them. " Off Sandy Hook, Sept. 17,1850. the recent aggression. We all of us ( and I can .speak , for those of my brother magistrates now absent)—we all of as cordially concur with you—we feel as dee:lly" as any. one could desire we shonlil feel that we are placed in a position which demands 11'01T1 us a determination to assert our unquestioned right to hold the meeting, ansi Lassure yotr there exists no deficiency on the part of the bench to carry oat your wishes to the fullest extent. (hpplabse.) You must all be aware that grave responsibility rests up on the shoulders of the magistrates to adopt all measures necessary to secure the public peace, and to prevent mis chief or injury being done to property. ( Hear, bear.) 3lt was certainly communicated to us that the feeling of the town respecting the late outrage was very stroll, and that we were likely to receive such a requisition as-this, and therefore the magistrates had talked over the matter amongst themselves. One-filing necessary to be provkled against is ' that measures mould be taken to prevent_the meeting being exposed to any further adjournment, and in consequence a communication has been made, though not yet to the highest quarter, with regard to the assist ely to be obtained from Liverpool. We have also our lo ET ROBBERY named RlC!lard Foley A SPECIMEN OF POPISTVIICIPUDENCE: AND JESUITRYJ A more striking specimen of the •way in which Popery has, in , every age, glossed over its own offences, has rarely bee found than is contained in a'letter, addressed'by the leaders-of the party in Birkenhead-to" their feilowr-towns men, immediately subsequent to the brutal proceedings of Wednesday last. Every paragraph of the document int questieneontains a misrepresentation ; and its whole tone, ering the excited state of public feeling at the time graceful. We shall take when !Visa& fined, is most d the liberty of dissecting it, and directing-attention to a few of its most salient passages The otter commen ces by infoming the " respectable" bludgeonmen, to whom it was chiefif.addressed, that the eetingi s ked in breaking_ p, mat one calred Tiy " a small section of virulent and b persons l .to insult the C gottect an." - If to assert the prerogative of the Crown, and to• tender to her Maj r person, be to the Catholic reli gion, we thank the very select personages, who seem to he the only defenders of the merages,.for the admission. The next paragraph proceeds to ask--" What'would have been your feelings if our pastors had called a public meet ing ta.insnit the Archbishop of e'antlerbury.andThe other Breglishr bishops 7" It was to protest against- such art insult, already offered , not only to the English hierarchy, but to , the Sovereign of the realin, ,that the meeting had. . _ been convened by the constituted authorities,. We have next an assertion that " this feeling of indignation very naturally"—very !—" led to the attendance es-the place of meeting of large masses of the , Catholic population." The leaders of these misguided'men must knew what it was that led to such attendance; And perhaps the world at large will know bye and bye, Again,. " they"—the large-masses in question—" were not able to conceive that thepublic authorities would call a.meeting to which rate payers only would be admitted ;"=.4nothing is more com mon;.)—" and this attempt to-exclude the humbler classes" did something or other of which the-clever con cocters of the document do not inform us. There was, however, no attempt made to exclude the humbler classes.. There are very humble classes who are ratepayers of Bir kenhead, and every individual amongst these would have been admitted, so far as the capaeity.of the building would permit. But the Papist navvies, employed at Flaybrick MI gnarly and at the dock wcrka,. are neiOher ratepayers, nor even, in the strict sense cf-the word,. inhabitants of Birkenhead. "At about half-past eleven. o'Hock," the letter pro ceeds, " whilst the people worer quietly awaiting admis sion to the room"—such quietude of 4isnosition being shown by their having the handles of their pickaxes, pokers, bludgeons, and other‘weapons of offence in their hands, and an ample supply a stones and brickbats within. a convenient distance—" a most unprorioked and wanton. attack was made upon them,by the Liverpool police," the zeal truth of the matter being, that the police were assailed at the instant of their arrital by howling.s anti imprecations which we shalt not deface our pages with,. and were only driven to uae their staves in self-defense when violently obstructed when endeavouring to procure ingress to the room assigned for them inside the Town-. hall. So little was physical force thought of by the police, that the superintendent a the Birkenhead force, Inspector Birnie, attended the place of meeting without a weapon.of any sort. We are sick of the task of exposing this precious. piece. of popish impudence and mendacity. The public, we feel convinced, thoroughly understand it and its authors- Of course we shall he told that the public are " bigots," that they believe in such historic truths as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew., the fires of Smithfield, the racks and tortures of the Holy Inquisition ; and are not belie vers in the saving efficacy of saints' toe nails, shin bones, holy coats, and other figments of popery. The public. however, are generally right in the main in their verdict upon what they see with their own eyes ; usd when they observe a howling mob of demi-savages coming to a pub lic meeting with arms in their hands, they pre tolerably well justified in, concluding that they did not so come for peaceable purposes, or without a little hint or so that " a triumph," as.this disgraceful affair has been called, would. be acceptable in influential quarters. So ashamed are all respectable peeks of this document that three persons e I whose nam e s are similar to those attached to it have pub- WEST DERBY UNION TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. el obliged if you will in your .eju- Pro- GENTLEMEN.'- I shall dicial statement, which appears in the report of the ceedines of the Gu, the Liverpool Mercury of e, was requ THE rens STANDARW. SHAMEFUL RIOTS AND MURDEROUS ATTACK AT BIRKENHEAD. In compliance with the requisition mentioned in our last, a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Wednesday last, to address her Majesty on the recent Papal aggression. The hour fixed for the meeting was twelve o'clock,, but before that hour a vast concourse of people, principally Irish navigators, some of them armed with thick bludgeons, made their appearance in front of the hall, and seemed bent upon creating a disturbance.. In the vicinity- the greatest consternation prevailed, and many of the shops were closed. The Birkenhead police force only consists of some twenty men, and were as nothing compared with the mob collected. The yells and imprecations of the multitude, which became every moment more and more intense, were perfectly fearful, and the most serious apprehensions were entertained. Mr. Dowling, the head constable of Liverpool, had been applied to for assistance; and fortunately about half-past twelve o'clock a section of about thirty police arrived, under the superintendence of Mr. Ride, formerly of the• Birmingham and metropolitan police. This gentleman displayed considerable tact in the disposal of his men, who were received as they entered the town with cries of " Down witl► the Liverpool police." &c. As they en. deavoured to clear a way to the principal entrance, they met with considerable resistance, but ultimately made a passage to the door. .At this period ft would appear that the police had the upper hand, and no doubt, had their force been a little stronger, they would have effectually quelled the disturbance. However, a cry was raised among the mob to go for assistance and to " arm."' Some of the men then went away, and shortly afterwarsis returned with their numbers considerably augmented, and with bludgeons, conisting of iron rails, pokers, and wooden staves, in their hands ; others carried large stones, which abound in the neighbourhood, and as they pressed forward their yells and cries were most alarming. In the meantime a number of gentlemen—inCludingt Sir Edwd. Cust, Mr. Wm. Jackson, M.P., Mr. John Jackson, the Rev. A. Knox, Mr. P. F. Curry, the coroner of Liver pool, Mr. Townsend, the magistrates' clerk, and Mr. Aspinall, a Roman Catholic barrister—had assembled in the room where the meeting was to be held, and. arrange ments were being made as to the order of the proceed ings. Sir Edward Cust was to occupy the chair, and the resolutions were allotted to the various gentlemen who were to address the meeting. The principal resolution was : " That this meeting desire to express their extreme indigna tion at the Papal bull and other documents which have recently been issued from Rome, and which treat the Sovereign of the realm as a nullity and her kingdoms as a spiritual waste, being alike repugnant to the sr hit of the law and insulting to the Crown and people of England." It was also intended to present the following address to the Queen : " To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The humble Address of the undersigned hsbahitants, rate payers of the town of Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, and the neighbourhood thereof. " We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, beg leave humbly to approach your Majesty with heartfelt assurance of undeviating loyalty to your Crown and of sincere attachment to your per son. " We consider it our duty to declare to your Majesty that we regard with feelings of indignation the insolent attempt made by the Pope of Rome to interfere with your Majesty's undoubted prerogative. " We therefore humbly venture to pray that such measures may be adopted in reference thereto as Parliament in its wis dom may deem proper to secure to your Majesty sole and un divided sovereignty in this land, and to the nation the free enjoyment of Protestant independence, and we humbly assure your Majesty of our cordial co-operation therein." . The mob having become considerably augmented, and its aspect more threatening, the utmost precautions were taken to protect the building. • Sir E. CusT suggested that Mr. Brown, the Roman Catholic priest. should be sent for, as it was thought that his presence might possibly allay the excitement. That gentleman shortly afterwards arrived, attended by a solicitor, named Bretherton, a gentleman of the Popish persuasion. Mr. BRETHERTON appeared greatly excited. He re quested permission to inspect the requisition, in order to see whether the meeting was " legal." His demand having been complied with, he pronounced the meeting to be illegal, and said he should " take a point" upon it both then and in another court. Sir E. CUST assured the legal gentleman that he would take care the requisition should be presented to the meet ing, who would decide upon its merits. At this moment the riot outside became perfectly fear ful; stones rattled in through the windows, and many persona in the hall narrowly escaped serious injury. The armed mob had commenced a most savage attack upon the police. Perhaps a more determined and brutal assault has rarely been made. Huge stones, some of them seve ral pounds in weight, were dashed through the window, or at those who were endeavouring to keep the peace. Mr. Superintendent Ride ordered about eleven men who were more immediately under his command to charge the mob, and they did so with considerable courage, but were soon repulsed and driven back, three of them having re ceived serious injury about the head and body. One man, who bled profusely, was deemed to have received a fatal blow and his life is not yet considered out of danger. Another who was attended by Mr. Curry, the coroner, had a fearful scalp wound extending from the upper part of the head nearly down to the nape of the neck. It is supposed that some fifteen of the men were more or less injured. The affray assumed such a serious character that it was thought the Riot Act should be read ; but a suggestion that Mr. Brown, the priest, should address the multitude, and endeavour to prevail upon them to desist from vio lence was eventually agreed to. Mr. Brown then ap peared at the window, and, addressing the mob, requested them to deliver up their cudgels and preserve orc exhortation of the priest had an electrical effta of staves were forthwith collected and piled up in front of the town-hall. Ono or two only seemed resolved to con tinue the riot. Scores It now became apparent that it would not be injudicious to attempt to hold the meeting, and it was accordingly adjourned, the magistrates haying passed the following resolution on the subject : " The magistrates having called a public meeting, in pursu ance of a most respectable requisition,- for the purpose of pre senting a loyal address to the Queen against the encroachments of Rome, and having found a mob assembled round the place of meeting with sticks and stones, who attacked the Town-hall and the room where the magistrates were assembled, and vio lently assaulted the police, we, the undersigned, under these circumstances, have not deemed it our duty as magistrates to endanger the public peace, and have, therefore, adjourned the meeting until the inhabitants can be assembled to express their opinion with the freedom of Englishmen. VrTorn T P SHAW " J. D. CASE, " W. JACKSON, " W. HALL, " J. S. JACKSON " Town-hal, Birkenhead, November 27." It was found that no fewer than fifteen of the police were seriously injured, some of them dangerously. The names of the injured policemen are 1. John Slee, (167, Liverpool.) A blow from a large stone, on the top of the head, knocked him down : several people around him then struck him with a stick, and in flicted a serious wound on the back of his head 2 James Paterson, (57, Liverpool.) Some one struck him on the left temple with_ a stick ; and almost immedi- One fellow who led up the mob was armed with a large pole.axe, such as is used by butchers to kill cattle. Others carried all kinds of murderous weapons, from a crowbar to , a gridiron. One great fellow was seen to knock down' five of the police with a poker. Many of the crowd bare awar on• their heads some impression of the illegality of theirproceedings. As soon as it became apparent that - it' would not be judicious to attempt to hold the meeting, it was adjourned, without any day beine fixed. There are at the present time between 1000 end 2000 navigators employed at the dock works, most of whom are Irish and Roman Catholics. They are, it is scarcely ne cessary to say, completely in the power of the priests. who have an extraordinary inflnence over them. It is said, that in the Roman Catholic chapel at which the Rev. Aer: lii-own officiates, they were advised to attend the meeting, and it is very evident they understood they were to offer some resistance. In order to afford security against a re— newal' of the outbreak, a messenger was despatched to. Liverpool for the assistance of the military, and in the evening a company of the 52nd Infantry arrived at Birken head, under the command of Captain Stewart. The troops- marched in line to the front of the Town-hall, where they were drawn up inside the iron railings, and on coming to halt, they were cheered by the people wino still remained on the spot. Captain Steward, the officer commanding the troops, had an immediate interview with the magistrates, in the course of which it was arranged that the soldiers slioald'be billited in the large room of the Town-hall during the evening, ready at a moment's notice to act if any further disturbance should arise. A large body of the Liverpool police.remained at Birkenhead during the night. They were accommodated in the Town-hall. No disturbance, however, took place, nor was there the slightest indication of a renewal of the outbreak. During the riots, a colloquy took place between the magistrates, priest Brown, and Mr. Bretherton, solicitor, during which the following letter to Mr. W. Jackson was 25th Nor., 1550.. MY DEAR SIR, —Relying upon you as an independent magis trate, I trust you will prevent any improper packing of the Town-hall for party purposes, on to-morrow, the 27th inst.. being p-publie meeting. I think you will agree with methat no advantage of entrance should be given to anv party.:. and am sure we may rely upon your impartiality in this respect.,--I my dear sir, yours faithfully, E. F. BROWN, Incumbent of St Werbergh's. On receipt of this, Mr. Jackson wrote in reply I-- Manor House, 27th Nov., 1850, My DEAR Sitt,—l have not in any way interfered With the arrangements for to-day's meeting. I hope both parties will avoid packing the room. You may rest assured Dwill endea vour to maintain for all who wish to speak an impartial hear ing. —I am, yours sincerely, W.. JACKSON. The letter was, very justly, considered by. Sir Edward Cust as an insult upon_ the magistrates, as it involved a charge of partiality. A highly-respectable gentleman, who was am eye-wit ness of the disturbance, has sent us the following account of one or two incidents which transpired :—" I had a pretty good opportunity of watching the movements of the navvies who had assembled in such vast numbers on the occasion. When the attack on the police became ge neral, the appearance of sticks and stakes and other for midable and fearful weapons, displayed above the heads of the ferocious mob, presented a most alarmine appearance, such as I never before witnessed, and hope I never shall again. The yells and fiendish shouts of the rioters, as they gained the advantage over the slender force of pO - were trily horrifying. One poor officer was attacked by three of these ruffians in Market-street, and was felled to the ground by one of his assailants, and while yet prostrate on the ground the others were beating and kicking him in the most brutal and murderous manner. I ventured, at the hazard of my life, to implore the ruf fians not to murder the poor fellow, which appeared to have some little effect, as he managed to escape inside of the Town-hall. After they had vanquished the police, the brutes commenced the work of destruction on the Town-hall, by demolishing every square of glass, and de stroying the sash frames. It is utterly impossible with words to give anything like a correct description of the scene and brutal conduct of the wretches who composed the mob in this awful and diabolical affair." Another equally respectable gentleman says :—" I was present at the disturbances in Birkenhead, and though for the most part outside the crowd, I had an opportunity of seeing enough to make me ' an eye-witness' of the infuriated and brutally reckless conduct of the Papists. An eye-witness cannot see all that transpires, but as to the police being the aggressors, as is stated in the Liver- pool Times, there is no truth in it. The mob were pre pared to make an assault, and it needed but a policeman to do his duly to form an excuse for the commencement of the meltre. Picture to yourself, Mr. Editor, 15(10 strong, muscular men, armed with the rudest substitutes for implements of war—one with a heavy iron bar, ano ther with a hatchet, others with heavy lumps of wood, stone-breakers' hammers, palisading rails, &c. ; each man dressed in baragan trousers and frock—the latter, which was strapped over the trousers, being filled with stones, some of great weight. These men shouted forth with horrid in precations eir de' erminai the meeting. This was nearly an hour before the time appointed for the chair to be taken, and the number of police visible were a mere handful. I could not for a moment doubt the purpose of the mob and their leaders. I then went, Mr. Editor, to Grange-lane, but was too late to hear Mr. Brown speak. The crowd were just re turning from the chapel-yard. They were armed to a man, as before; and when the priest, with some friends, passed through, he made no remark whatever in my hearing, although, from their ferocious appearance, danger might have been apprehended. To my mind it was evident that the attack was preconcerted ; and I am satisfied, that had no police at all been present, the conseq s would have been more disastrous. If it were not clear that a row was meant, why should the shops—Papist as well as Protestant—have been closed long before the eruption ?" On Saturday, at 12 o' at the Birker of the West Derby Union is Friday last. The statement is elr occupants. 'l he perpetrators are afamily notoriously known by the police for many years to have subsisted on plunder, and not a single mem- gating the circumstances of the late the bench Messrs. J. Deane Case, Winch, W. Jackson, M.P., and J. Sommervitie, JacKsuo. ber but who has been more than once incarcerated Pitt, The meeting was strictly private, but we understand very for burglary or household robbery. They resided in Hen. important information respecting the late riot was reported derson's-place, Norfolk-street; and on Monday night last to the meeting by Mr. G. Palmer. the special high-con- Story, Horn, and Johnstone, of the detective force, pro stable of the hundred, and Mr. M'Harg,.superintendent of the Birkenhead police, which was derived from various ceeded there, where they found an immense quantity of sources, all tending to spew that the riot was the result stolen bed-clothes, wearing apparel, and other property, of a deep-laid conspiracy. Soon after the magistrates met besides upwards of thirty pawn-tickets, the whole of which Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast entered the court and had been taken from houses in the neighbourhood, in the occupied the chair. way already described. On Wednesday William Knight, t , At two o'clock a deputation arrived at the To”sn-1,011 Sarah, his wife, and Hannah Winters, who were found i for the purpose of presenting requisitions to t gistrates. • . riot. There were on William Hall, Henry he absence o the house at the time the police-ofd gave evidence against them, and they were committed on The deputation consisted of the Revs. J. Hamilton, Wall, S. R. Hall, Linton, Welsh, A Knox, Lundy, and Redhead ; Messrs. P. M. Dove, J. H. Hind, H. Cole, R. Hughes, E. Watson, S. Bailiff, Thos. Tyler, P. Wright, H. Currie, H. Watson, Littler, Fry, Griffith, Halcombe, Greatley, H. Gough, W. Carr, W. Grantham, Conway, J. Jones, R. Hoare, C. Bell, ItFell, C. Groves, W. H. Higgin, Kelley, J. Cook, M'Donald, E. Willoughby, Fearns, W. Henson, T. Inman, H. Sher lock, Mocatta, G. Heron, J. H. Worthington, T. A. Dale, G. Harvey, J. Mort, Drs. Sutherland and Hobbs, and many others. eight distinct charges YESTERDAY SHOP ROBBERIES.—Carnes, for stealing a jowl of beef from the shop of Mr. Jones, Scotland-road, was com mitted to prison for one month ; and Mary Jones,..for stealing two pounds of butter from the shop of Mr Holmes, Richmond-row, was committed for two months ROBBERY BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT.—Yesterday M Hagan was committed to prison for two mon Won by the for st M. DOVE said he had been deputed by a number of gentlemen, ratepayers of Birkenhead, to present to their ing wearing apparel. The prisoner was a servant in the house of Mr. John Watham, and being about to leave, packed up wearing apparel belonging to her master with . . ivorships the requisition he held in his hand, whic been signed in one day by no less than 860 ratepas that town. From the shortness of the time tl;ose were the numbers, but had longer time been afforded, ho had no doubt t ere would ed to it a very large majority of the whole town He was informec the number of bona fide ratepayers d and out of that body not one in fifty had refused to sign. For instance, in Hamilton-square they had only received one refusal, and he believed a like result had followea in all the other localities. The following requisition was then handed to the Bench : "TO THE AGISTRATES ACTING AT BIRKENHEAD, IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER •' We the undersigned inhabitant ratepayers of Birkenhead and its vicinity regret that, from the violence of a riotous mob, it became necessary to adjourn the meeting intended to have Stake! Bitter by M from % been held yesterday for r)esentin loyal address to her Ma. jesty on the subject of tne encroacnments or 'tome; ana we request you to afford us an opportunity of expressing our sen timents, by naming an early day for the adjourned The circumstances of yesterday, in our opinion, fully show the wisdom and necessity of the proposed meeting having been confined to ratepayers only. "Birkenhead, Nov. 28th, 1840." _ _ _ CHARLES GROVES, Esq., then came forward and said that he had been deputed also to present a requisition to the magistrates, which was agreed to at a meeting of Birkenhead gentlemen, held in Liverpool on Thurseay. That requisition was signed by 350 parties, chiefly mer chants residing at Birkenhead, and was adopted before it was known that anything had been done on that side of the Water. The following was then handed to the bench : " TO THE MAGISTRATES ACTIN HUNDRED OF WIRRAL "We, the undersigned, Protestant inhabitants and rate payers of Birkenhead and its vicinity, in consequence of the lamentable circumstances which took place in that township yesterday, whereby several policemen were savagely mal treated in performance of their duty, feel it incumbent on us to address you. • . ,ccounts of the Union, nstances in which discr nd calling attention to pane es had been dis explaincd that an omission had er entry in the book of the cases ed . to write an explanatory letter to the I beg to state—Firstly—That the letter of Mr. North contained no complaint as to the mode of keeping the ac counts of the Union, nor did it contain any allusion to any discrepancy; and secondly—that no omission has been made in recording a proper entry, and consequently I did not explain or refer to any such omission. The facts are these—Mr. North called the attention of the Board to a supposed anomaly in the existing law re- The prisoner had previlusly been fined. . lating to pauper lunatics, whereby the money expended EXTENSIVE HOUSE ROMIERIES.—An extensive system in relief of such pauper lunatics is required to be paid to of house robbing has for a length of time been carried on the Treasurer of the Union, instead of the Overseers led in Toxteth-prak and the south district of the town, by of the Poor; and not a word was said either in such letter sti means of the use of false keys, and entering the houses or at the Board with reference either to omission or dis- am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, WILLIAM CLEAVER, Clerk to the West Derby Union. Clayton-squnre, 2nd Dec., 115tria Ram A lad, named James Beckett, was found hanging in the )n Monday, quite dead WALMSLEY IN BoviOs.- - -Having satis fied the cravings of the nation in other directions, Sir Joshua Walmsley found time, on Wednesday nignt last, to perform a very necessary duty in Bolton, and that was, s entered, were I to enlighten his constituent as to what he had been doing ier, such portion of them as chose to pay either one shilling for sitting in the same steam with himself, or sixpence for enjoying the charms of his eloquence after the teapots had been taken away. — Bolton Chronicle. THE LYTHAM CLUB COURSING MEETING (Wednes- day and Thursday las The Great Clifton Cu —The following is a final return : won by Mr. Eddleston's Sefton, . Mr. Hackworth's Young Cedric running up.—The Tal bot Cup, won by Mr. Forrest's Harkaway, Mr. Shaw's Slave running up.—The Lytham Cup, for all aged dogs, Mr. Shaw's Simple Simon, Mr. Taylor's Teresa up.—The Warton Lodge Stakes, for bitches, won Bateman's Flirt, 1Y Forrest's Beeswing running n by Mr. Singleton's Neville, tion running up.—The Fylde won by Mr. Singleton's Dalton, Mr. Forrest's The Westbv Hall Stakes, won Mr. H. Segar's Blueskia. Ale runninz t r. Forrest's 13u Dean, near II RSH, THE PROTESTANT MARTYR.-00. ,n the Rev. Edward Girdlestone, vicar of 'ton, preached an eloquent and impressive Lo a large and attentive congregation, on the mar , rdom of this good man, from the words, " He, being dead, vet speaketh." He explained that George Marsh, rs ago, was a farmer in that of a religious turn of mind, and college, and took holy orders, 'reached in that very pulpit them, and, no doubt, `-fnl preaching soon between 200 and 300 year neighbourhood, and b virtuous habits, to trouble with the Papist who could not en- and lie received an taken into custody, lee from the danger or et with a friend like he conferred on the subject, and they kneeled down, and prayed to the Al mighty for direction on Dean Moor, over which, the preacher said, no doubt many then present bad come to church that afternoon. Marsh was taken to Lancaster Castle, and immured in a eold dungeon for two nights, having been first ta' .1 thence to-La len Popish Earl of Derby. ed to Chester Castle, From Lancaster Cast with death if he did not renounce his re ted to do so by his own immediate was reff ligion, and ent in vain not t length t more pray for you than I will for a dog." To which the martyr replied, " But I will pray for you." His end was that he was nailed to a stake, with barrels of pitch under it, and was burnt alive at Boughton, near the city of Chester. The worthy vies; said he should select four prominent feat s Protestant t ''s charac icr, and preach from ono of them on each • of the four Sundays in Advent ; and the subject he selected for that discourse was prayer, which he expatiated upon in a very touching manner, and strewed that prayer was the main stay and support—the solace and comfort of•thisuncprn- e offered up a Prayer corn I have no doubt the ions will be listened to with even greater interest than that which we have taken the liberiy of alludinz to. the end of hIS sermon posed by Marsh himself. We at the pre ucceedir TANN'S FIREPROOF SAFES T G. HARRISON Sz CO. respectful invite the 0.1 • Public to INSPECT Two large FLREPRODF SAFES ust received from the Works of thetrtentees. These Safes • have been specially manufactursi.l-for a Liverpool House, and wi:l be shipped in a few d • They are constructed on a novel and most approve rinciple, with reference to the pro tection of valuables i from 11E AND ROBBERY. . e a n i g e th no a t n t: security, j.Gli a . -8' rd-street, ell as a u s ii I t T .u si e t n a e ti , n B ,7 ,_ l y r w as o s , e .k r m t, a t n int ip f , or th e e t y i be sure ed by any Makers in the Trade. 14, rd-street, Dec. 2, 1850. THE WEATHER.—On Wednesday night last a slight frost set in which increased in intensity daily up to Sun day, when the cold was unusually severe for the time of year ; the ground was covered with a hoar frost, and all standing water was frozen over, in many places to such a thickness as to afford to juveniles their accustomed winter recreation. A chan g e t o ok place on Sunday night, the frost gave way, and heavy rains sot —A fello was charged by William Coughlan, itinerant dealer in oysters, with having knocked him down in Orrell-street, :onnor was also c h assaul ;ing corn- OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. — Anthony Caulfield, a young' man of respectable exterior, was remanded on the above charge. It appears he had been engaged by a publisher named Querci to procure subscriptions for a new work on Shakespeare. Amongst other names he returned those of Mr. Mender and Mr. Henry, of Castle-street, and obtained the usual commis in, though the parties had not authorised him to take Mr. Querci having been an invalid for some heir names time has been victimised by several other fello brought homo, TO THE EDITOR OF LETTER UNDERS'S NEWS- SIR,—A letter appeared in the advertising columns of the Freeman's Journal of yesterday, from the commander of the screw steamer Albatross, representing that his vessel had arrived nine hours before the paddle steamer Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of Dublin Com pany, on Tuesday, 19th instant. As this statement is calculated to misle beg to say that the company's vessel Victoria rem Kingstown Harbour at ten minutes after three o'clocl when she landed her passengers, and went up next t !ad the public, I the correctuefil-of Lyall's statement as to his arrival a littirafter one o'clock, he was in the Dublin river two befirs before the Victoria at Kingstown. It is to be oleerved, however, that the a muca, irger and heavier cai " We observe with indignation that at a meeting of the rate payers, legally convened, under your auspices to consider the on her pa late Papal aggressions, an attack has been made upon the po- draught of wate_. lice by a body of milsed and misguided Romanists ; and we So far for the lative performance of paddle wheel most earnestly desire that a most searching investigation be and screw on t - Monday of last week. I now, however, following o t w o i n s u g b entered into, so that the concealed originators of a design which we believe will be found to have been preconceived and con cealed, may be visited with a just and righteous punishment. Saturday. About "We beg, at the same time, to call your attention to an ad- 99 comparison About of el e t v b e e n i r 0 r c e l r o f c o k r m a a t n n c e i g loan thethe v__.. .tie moot/IPP WWI TTlflgt same s crewvessel itlbatro r Albatross left the North Wall in corn- ge clurine gale, owing to her increased dress placarded through the town this morning, purpor emanate from certain Romanist inhabitants of the district, containing, among other allegations, very heavy charges against _vere ; the Duchess of Kent made the passage in less han 141 hours. having docked in Liverpool at 10 minutes the magistrates and we iequest . thai you will likewise becattle in excellent order, pleased to take in hand a strict examination into the truth or after 12 2 , her falsehood of the st.iteme nts contained in that paper. without any loss or injury of the smallest kind. Not so " Finally, we have respectfully to ask that you will, as early the screw Albatross. This vessel was not in Liverpool as convenient, appoint a time and place for the adjourned for more than two hours after the Duchess of Kent, after meeting." a most disastrous passage. The accounts I have received The Rev. Mr. REDHEAD, incumbent of Rock Ferry, state that there were several unfortunate deck passengers said he had also been entrusted with a document similar washed overboard and lost,—that a number of cattle. in substance to the lest, and although it was not nume- pigs, sheep, and other deck cargo, were a l so was h e d over rously signed, yet it contained the sentiments of every board, besides m . any which were kill e d by th e v i o l en t person in his parish. It in substance asked the bench to motion of the ship ; short, about 159 head of cattle preserve to Englishmen the principle of free discussion, were lost, and the remainder wer e l an d e d i n s uc h had and to maintain the majesty and supremacy of the law, o rder as materially to affect their sale in the market. which they considered had been outraged in their persons. Hitherto anonymous attempts to depreciate the per- It was then intimated to the bench that the deputation formance of the company's vessels have not been noticed. had succeeded in obtaining a larger building for the meet- The present facts are, however, called forth by the very ing than had been previously fixed on. ill-judged and unfair attempt by th e captain of the Alba- Thetotal number of signatures to the several documents , t r oss to raise the character of his vessel in public estima independent of those who signed the two requisitions tem byinstituting a comparison with one of this company's from Birkenhead, amount altogether to about 1000. vessels. After some consultation with his brother magistrates, I beg to add that the other vessels of the company, Sir E. CusT said, it is extremely gratifying to the ma- Queen Victoria and Ballinasloe, which left this port also gistrates to find themselves supported by so numerous on the Saturday I refer to, made good passages, docking and so highly respectable a body as the gentlemen who in Liverpool next tide, and docking all their live stock have attached their names to these documents. It shows without the smallest damage.—Your obedient servant, to us the strong feeling—the natural feeling entertained P. HOWELL, Secretary. in Birkenhead at the position in which we are placed by , 15, Eden-quay, 28th Norimber, 1850. ance Ir tiler we might rely upon the inhabitant ratepayers - of'Biru kenhead to aid us by being sworn in as special consta bles. (Cheers.) Be notwithstanding all this, we have not deemed it desirable to risk the public peace without distinctly addressing the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to know whether the Government would permit the presence of the military in the neighbourhood —not for the purpose of maintaining our tranquillity, but would disturb us. (Arnlause.) to overawe Until, therefore, we obtain a reply from the Secretary-of State, we are unable to fix a day for the proposed meet ing, but as soon as we obtain that reply it shall be com— municated to you, and nn delay shall take place on eur part in fixing an early day to enable the ratepayers to ex press their sentiments. With regard to the other-matters contained in one of the requisitions, asking for a seareh ing investigation to be made into the charges contained in the placard, I am not authorized to say anything, because we did not consider that subject; but you may rely upon , it that with regard to the disturbance which occurred on Wednesday we are in a course of inquiry into that subject at this moment, and a most searching investigation shall be made into it. You are aware of the difficulties .we have to contend with, and therefore we shall be exceed ingbr obliged to any inhabitant of Birkenhead who can aid us in this matter if he will come forward to enable us to visit with the severest punishment the gnilty parties by the clearest possible evidence. It is a difficult matter to obtain evidence where a conspiracy of this kind, has been carried on, but it is clear from what quarter it emanated, and how it was conducted. (Cheers.), Mr. DOVE said, as chairman of the deputation, he might perhaps be allowed to express what he believed to be the feeling of all the respectable inhabitants on the subject. They were determined by all legal means in their power to hold the meeting, and it would perhaps be as.well for the magistrates to communicate to the Secretary. of State that it was only in a legal and constitutional, manner that they wished to express their sentiments. Sir EDWARD CUST said, the request was most- reason able, and had his unqualified acquiescence. After some little discussion on matters of detail the deputation expressed their cordial thanks to the bench for the courtesy with which they had been received, and retired. The official report, to be presented on the subject, was laid before the Watch Committee - on Saturday, when Mr. Superintendent Ride was present and explained. the cir cumstances under which the disturbance commenced, and the measures resorted to to suppress it. It was, we be lieve, distinctly denied that the police struck the first blow, or that they acted with severitiat all tilt an aggres. sive movement had been made by the mob. The docu- ment, which is of considerable interest, is not, we are in formed, to be made public till after it has been presented to the Council, on Wednesday. On Sunday there was an unusually large attendance at St. Werberg's Roman Catholic Chapel, but no allusion was made to the disturbance of Wednesday. Printed slips of Mr. Brown's letter were posted on the walls outside the building, and attracted a great number of readers, who commented upon its contents. Although the day was cold, many persons visited Birkenhead from Liver pool, and at intervals the Town-hall was surrounded by spectators. The shattered windows and splintered wood work afforded very conclusive proof of the serious nature of the riot. The police-constable Gri►nley, who was so Kelly, who is at the Hospital, are doing better than might have been expected. Grimley is able to converse with those who visit him, and he seems to have a distinct re collection of the manner in which he was assaulted in the first instance. He has no fewer than five wounds on the head, and one at the back of the neck, where the brass clasp of his stock was indented Besides these he sus 1-Te. believes that a woman took pert in the savage attack which was made id there is one man, who confined himself throwing stones, to whom he can distinctly upon him ; instructions for the augmentation of the force by twenty men, so that the township will be more effectually pro tected during the winter months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE The captain of the " Cato," " Sylph," and Britan a" ferry steamers were each fined £5 on Wednesday for not consuming their smoke, A woman was charged, on Friday, with attempting to smuggle eight bladders, containing three gallons and three quarts of whisky. She arrived in the Albatross, from Dublin. Fined £25, or two months' imprisonment.