The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

G ENERAL NEWS LA wy , a- th e r srN PARLIAMEN:.—It appears from a list . in atto;-'egal Observer that there are 58 barristers and eight 11 neYe m embers in the HOU3B of Commons. en ta il ' JetLiatt,Es DICKENS and his amateur friends are tvi.v,..ragetuurteo perform at Shrewsbury, in aid of the Guild of and Art, in May. of 134,1:Y•SEVEN VESSELS, of an aggregate measurement the shale tons, have been, or will be, sent, this year,. to "ale and seal fishery at Greenland and Davis Straits. 4Rg 0, ektgo ,:3/IAOR LARK, on a voyage from Larne, with tr a the kpaiitiletnifes, was destroyed bv tire last week, when o Rocks. Her crew escaped in the boats. lie, .. b4tteA _7 oraufaas.—There are now twenty-eight paddle kalneteen screw steanaer3 in course of building on the 8 04 11 1 tllO Clyde, and of the 33 forty-seven steam yes ? 0 fearer than forty are building of iron. cellorillitflopsiTsptriltacErriNaiolsTicE.—On and from Taesday, direct by the 6th sefarobmetwtleieenUoited Kingdom will be Denmark and Norway, further notice.—Staadard k;10 C p hep 3 81.°W RmLwAy.—Th viith tQw Railway tuba was serie„_"lPlete success, and A 44 aCcident kaitis,eltDlOl' OF MANstkuGurEn has been return9 l d s Call u s schoolmister at Stockton, one of his pu . p . i , t estie l e 4 ,_ of tetanu3, produced, according to medical M . .' '7 a severe caning across the shoulders. -..r. 'n RIN I .1. BASS, in a letter to The Times, denies b t e l e te r t . The t lll 'e is employed in the manufacture of bitter ire s:Y§nine sent from Paris is destined for Australia, 8 re it is used to destroy the native dogs. for thitek4 PtteNcx was executed, on Saturday, , at L c, ewes, et eeAd ~i,lorder of her husband by poison. Nothing could Attei'lleLne utter prostration of the unhappy c it who ImtwaPable at last of moving herself without assistance. vatl er ' 4,OTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY COMPANY.--- DO lAti, li.,"e award of Mr. Glyn, the claims of this company ored tt le l'i;,,'lldsall have been settled, for the time he k e aPite l i:' IA the present profit, four per cent. on w the P'he eyt`-'3lve FIRE LONDON.—On Saturda night ato,piva-afPliishiaeliPdremti!etsToNf Messrs. Cassell and Co., pitch, a pbinernanufacturers, Mill-wall, all i nce Ildre 4el.) t a ro Ln d e b rn fire supposed to be the work of b E , 4 air d eg The firm was ' not insured. :••Th Y. op t owo CELEDRATEDDISSENTI/hPRoEfAi‘CIHrE.R J. trJoh; fo:Niag Post announces the deaf minister of e ° „ l ' l e l Che,,°3jnYyears the much-respected .. tel l. r'i Camberwell, and Mr. Burroughs, of ea kok , -,Y3....81,-4:101tR ScAnt.- o r 44 ' .uis 'Atonsi nor , fiberb excisemang of recently . y al . , a damsel resident te T wo i,' - ougleto n ." th et high, Al , ll .a Or CRYSTAL G to e pasha Faith were recently V) fA °F E 4"Pt have bar placed,° tat - " , r, Comet, at ..de , i T RI , ~, 4 7 t,, ~i,l l"in IT, ,„ 0 OF THE O LD PLANETS are now visible in ~,,.elv e i r , o a l i t t l e _. ationof raising the cornplished on Thursday without the occurrence of any lesfield Courier eve, the son d at Alacclesfield, and s cook or housemaid in a DELABRA, ten it titrmint.tham, for by the pasha to the which they will be verl4cB"--a very rare occurrence 'ght th e the setting kthe tue west, - Mars v'e • tt quth-east at ten o'clock Poet 4°ll AUSTRALIA.—Another heavy mail from Geel g and Victoria, was receive,' at tlie 1 1 4414- 47 e( bevort°p4O;ton Saturda . y, having been brought h I), °, nl.'oo Paluaouth, where it was landed from t e "e• G. `rciaaritaaan. The date from Melbourne is 4111 tlt t - co r 1:) ,,, z tone°ent h OF t o seq u „ n as been occ inue so for urn and Men an, the planet Venus very ❑ear the Twins, and Jupiter 4, RAIL R. — Some ex- led in the vay world in ( q' ii;:i 11 . I 47i nto abscond,,,.abscon.. \i' fal e ,,t.ltclis i s feared th at they ~. • w Eq • 40 / , , h tti l , 4 , LiNrsex, who was left for execution at Bu. 11'1'8ell' ,oti Thursday last, lies had an air" t c o Cs 'lsii a lf at the last mom slr oration of his extra, rlspent the remainder of lai hiti zttb l a close confinement. It e w s iii.e I ltr Lßs.—A. letter from Birmi :v . t ,. bich for some o,,eks ii,..uaPPy to state the differences ~u nmakers and he'sPati,,e"c existed between the a sti t l sati,"°ckers and finishers of t m his st t er w ' n have at length tr il kets eactOrilY arranged, and that the Government ! le diat,P l ' a suloPly of 23,000 Mune rifles t _ , _ will be ) 3 41 4 4 014 commenced and speedily executed." ed. ' I k ea foo, o GOUS PRISONER, , --A pr o 'sem guilty at the sex tip t i l a hiaY„last, was s, hrel;taat he took a q‘ lel l. p he m at the Omit thir_ foreioyrtunately no hrm s , . a 041, 441 removed from a the dot.. bEifted, or?k,a., the well-known letter-writer, was dis tt 4 f beef fi. " 44 i uesday l as t, inconsequence of the state of hi s 41 0 or the Giltspur-street comP ,ir which he had 4 ise lle l' tiu snrn e months confined je f i or t a er l s a t r a g o e e tio,, e ted t -s to her Majesty for the po ”aorn i f n ° f lu o en rtint te a ros - f '. Of .0 Den o a, , lis all over the country, giving .04 8-.4etlai gto their advantage." -`41,,,','111b n- week in a lunatic asylum, 4ii tid tid atssett died last 14, till it:h n ' from peritonitis caused t of the 4 4; 180 4 1 0 the handle of a sp . oonwhich he had swat s6o„ethel, tt,lonths before. It is stated that upon a post e t , a do"annation of the body 32 handles of table-spoons, ae°4442.e1l nails, two or three stones, and a button a l)t,, t l a the stomach. littilttlll.eNri VATITE iN-LAw.— A. case of inhumanity, e /tsli 4.11 ra... na P,...' has ß- been discovered at Wolvey. T ata% la.ktlar 's )of a poor girl, 12 years of . a n g: : hil t ra e i , - ,.,7E f r v i • n ° , ll a cord round her neck and swi ~ NipteliStiel.,4,tll°e!to-olm-, beating her about the body with I. ' l a^ ' 4e ePing her without food for days together, t 4 ii k 4 6 ue r to drink filthy water, &c. t4tte " 'l> 41'1,.00 GRANT.—fir. Spooner ballotted on ,„ s2z, f or 1 . TR -I N) "' b ' ll s motion on Alaynooth, whic . h . stands for Q 4/ /' ha ) ilt there were so many motions which unfortu it ; 4 the b r‘to, .9 n„, Precedence, owing to the chances of ballot, Mr. lt'theP 4 " at all likely to come on that day. std aeee,..., I °We ' ? " is determined to continue to . ballo . t a ''••••.3,1 'us . in obtaining an opportunity to bring it 'llovllt 111„,,tlia.g Herald. !kciil.,lttt;l4. OF M. Born.—The fate of Mr. Ben. 'do 4 10 ( a the London Stock Exchange, which has hollbt 'nlich • tit 1, anxiety, has been fully altascertaied beyond k h th canfort t entleman was on our in his_ Nt•llSta"'and 11" e g h o si , ot la the erer, from California_ o to Sydney ; and I on Islands, in the South ti tlie % ,1:s kat a g aZ i d P ° oy f S tne natives, and met with a t o4 l att a o l , " , as also did a companion. illayi'olle fi''',.l'CTS OF A FROLIC.—WhiIe . F ic While two young Olti t l hi ' a ' t e 811 d the other seven years of age, were te h• t ti ' 4 gOt - I, 4 tet at Glasgow, on Wednesday week, tn kli c o g Ape .told of piece of stick tarred rliAllatije°,, th is, he held it close to the lo a o t se dress of ,lth -g t h'e,"' whose clothes were instantly in a bla h ze s , 01,; 4i tli' l s ,",. so severel about the lower part of i el lti I- recove ry is extremely doubtful. 4c l t i k 4,,,1/Alzt AT 40 t14 4 ,:-.,. , o. _ - B RISTOL.—A y few minutes before six slight shock of an k 1t.11,,,,ke wa . Saturday week, ~, Some o f I;tinstio„aoe,,, 8 . felt in Bristol and its locality.. sl' e l °fa fe"ellsaced the shock describe it as an oscillatory thticlY ftablitia7,seconds duration, while others re . pres h e e n a t v i y t t h _ cl .tot: l t t o th'.e sensation which would be felt if SaNklllll4roand, and by the collision n p o r t od a uced a ;5014114 vieinaittiy°% The shock was felt only at at lsandCheddar, and many i lst We stn Sornersu e t tshi4 V a e n l d adjoining counties. It ti „' kg qti, p tO 11'4 th'.S. SCIGHTENED TO DEATH.—On Thursday 14"1th °H.l3ox'svtle, livin g at Box-hill, was walking to telr,o4le d ay " i on, with the intention Londonofoin by rail g at 10 15 it tit !la t ,,,,sm he_ Mail train, which leaves __ *h % l ase r , r .,at full speed, and so alarmed her that she tr hi: l d ra s , l ,?le. She was immediately removed to she littNi‘o becie'lcal assistance having been obtained Oti; to The , a i the S tation-inn, and the usual remedies uman , .tett e allelie nek, however, was too great . for h , 4 41 1 44 . 1tt ` e i and she expired at midnight.—Bath 1,0 .t 4t . NI 911,,,,, %hat ,:' ay THE ENGINEERS' STRlKE.—A . notice '1 fl et Y 0 '‘ ti° the e mployers of operative engineers, !Itli t ' o sep, sk reshua xecutive Council of the Amalgamated letithothh ' e , cti ll, l lY to withdraw the circular issued "toitt i i - ' 1): -"'PloYers of operative engineers, dated ht'sth," coestabe, 1851 which circular stated ' that 111,,,!sh'i aft- to it red 1851+ to abolish piece -work and i4th;',e(l4; th e 31st of December, 1851.'may hiritp,-"they-„Iiklal confession on the part of the work tqllol4, lk antral longer carry on their opposition. a t ile a the tAtA... %IN t. - 41. 4 ,i. -ss, AND JONES.—AIr. Thomas, cap lIF ' 4 . 'LOI 1 , r,, 1411 .,,t, a Cardiff vessel, which has just re- L ,, 4 $ 411% Pr-,‘„"ien3an's Land, has seen those indivi ,isirrltio,,,'sil-c", whose hair is quite white, had . been moi h - t le. I ,'" a ca ; but, at that time, had no particular 14 15',R, w p l, eatrle still indulged hopes of once more , 41 ‘1 1 4` 4 ,!; h„4,. country. Jones and Williams were "tik,.7lit t l' erre't‘ expressed their conviction that they t ,/(4Ste,l tealei.llrtl• The former pursued his busin9ss tlO 1 . 1 , s. , hy hits / 01 , 1 1, 4 atk elf, I(l46'tettee4 4"-ta- Ant o ---As if the unfeathered tfe6.ll4cet,ll.lleorehave so ° lo . s n E g . and so loudly cacic , le r d c, 1, t" (of la thi s not sufficiently numerous, a 0 !.., t4lO OB %t ire , city exhibits in his window a couple ri ht: ttl e .'' :end :124Yedn for the occasion) the production g. ; on the former is written .F t 0 _ 41' t1 1:1 1 % Past latter ~', e t f Ni t , 4 st Am. Protection." Verily the wit t pi; 4,,cs of th ing out, and nothing short of possess- Qi i ,, li tse 44 4 ; 1 rtiii4 ora.lger bird, with a liberal supply of tt e lesser, could have concocted so te 4 1 , 41. I4 st ati 0 11 9t.t • t tA k on of the popular feeling.—Hereford ortl'44:l. elaprt ittent.- tei ti tt I A th etl t in t to e °f e his 0,,„ , .( Cat: anager on one of tf His accounts are a princip exhibit some serious tion made His life will be spared aid age, (eighty-three sretched existence will ham says mer, who had - orthallerton on ;ed at t )f heavy bo sentence passed is off his feet, d magistrates on the as done, and the prisoner ,a, iTURIT ieetT l 'ori-.: 4 ' Int o e ' o 4 b, au b a rum 11 1 „Ii4 of 1, 1 4 eerl s„ h.nAi ..arl;..-ad;n..: late ti 4 PEt t i_'r to fr 'in. d , °yr Lord I ;:->ii;; -41„ N,,,t. Seven • uri u i s q lel oh OCirl wIO pro. Pa )POSED NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT IN SCOTLAND.—• Fir J Imes Matheson, M.P., the spirited proprietor of the Lewis property, has offered the island of North Rona as a I AT THE CHESTER ASSIZES there were no less than gift to the government, for a new penal settlement. Sir i seven true bills found for perjury, and four for suborns- James has had the island surveyed by Captain Burnaby, I tion of perjury. of the Royal Engineers. The island, which is about 38 I M G. RE N E miles north-east of the Butt of Lewis, with which and Ihas succeeded in discovering 4 the foundation n. N Of ;1 ' old C.E. , gate I • at Chester, and este- Cape Wrath it forms nearly an equilateral triangle, con thereby th e l.3 old tdal a nice blis . hin7,guage of . th e h river Dee, tains upwards of 270 acres, about three-fourths of which are arable land. which is now found to be one foot three inc es lower than EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DECE PTION .—At Brighton the standard last set up. PLAC Police -court, on S a t ur d ay wee k, a l ong i nvestigation took AGES. ES LICENSED FOR THE S OLEMNIZATION OF M AR _ place regardi ng th e re f usa l o f one o f t h e par i sh surgeons RI —The Brunswick Wesley an Ch ape l, Bi r k en h ea d ; Wesleyan Methodist Ch a p e l, R us ht on , Cheshire • to attend a paup er woman , a ll ege d b y h er h us b and to have the . Capel y Bwlch, Ll ange ly n i n , M erionethshire, . have away the aborti ve p ro d uce o f h er d e li very, w hi ch took been in labou r , an d, on a ft erwar d s atten di ng, hi s carrying and been duly licensed for th e solemnization of marriages. place during his absence. It turned out, however, that ACCIDENT AT THE CHESTER RAILWAY STATION.— the woman was not in the family way at all, and that the On Friday morning a boy was employed about the hook alleged " abor.ion" was nothing else than a puppy which of a railway truck, when it is supposed that the truck had been skinned and prepared to resemble the human moved without the boy being aware of it. It passed over subject, and not without considerable success, as the his leg, and cut his foot quite off. He had only been medical gentleman deposed. engaged at the station about a week. THE NEW FLORIN.—An order in Council proclaims BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the meeting /of the new florin, "or tenth of a pound," to be received as commissioners, on Tuesday evening, the following state current and lawful money of the realm. The new coin is ment of ferry receipts, &c., was read :—March, 1851, described as having for obverse " the Queen's effigy £1,307 Ils. 11:1. ; March, 1852. £1,351 3a. sd. From crowned, with the inscription ' Victoria D.G. : Brit : April 28, to March 31, £19,662 158. ; ditto in 1852, Reg. F.D. :' and the date of the year; and for the ; £19.435 10s. 7‘l. Total expenditure from April 28 to reverse, the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom. March 31, 1852, including working expenses and rent, contained in four shields, crosswise, eachshield surniounted £15,157 15s. sd. I by the royal cro wn , w ith th e rose i n t h e centre, and in the FREEMASONRY.—At a chapter held at the Park H o t e l, compartments between the shi e ld s th e na ti ona l emblems Birkenhead, yesterd a y wee k, Brother J. Mosen, of Liver of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, surrounded by the I pool, and BrotherTwiss, of Hartford, W.P.G 0., V.W.M. words ' One-tenth of a Pound, and with a milled grain- 620, were exalted companions to the Royal Arch. We ing round the edge. understand that Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., R.W.P.G.M. DEATH OF A FEMALE BY FIRE.—On Thursday morn- of S.V.N.W. , and Brother G. C. Antrobus, V,W.P.G.S.W. ing, at one o'clock, a policeman on duty at, Kensington- will be exalted to the Royal Arch, at tha chapter which park; London, observed an uninhabited cabin in an ad- will beld early in June. joining brick-field on fire, and on proceading to the spot CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the found three men dragging from it a female enveloped in week ended the 4th April, 1852 :—Chester and Holy fire. He lent his assistance, and the unfortunate woman head Main Line : Passengers, £9Bl 10s. Bd. ; parcels, H. being got out was conveyed to the hospital, but died soon C. & D., £74115. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £461 128. sd. ; after her admission. Before her death she absolved the mails, £6oo.—Mold : Passengers, £4l 17s. 4d. ; parcels, men, who made off, from all blame. It appeared that the £1 12s. Id. ; goods, cattle, &e., £lO3 lls. 2d.—Steam_ name of the decased, who was 22 years of age, was Abbot, boats : Passengers, £142 6s. Bd. ; parcels, £2s.—Total, and that she disappeared from her home at Deptford a £2432 23. 2d. week ago. The coroner h as i ssue d hi s warrant for an in- URGLARY AT RANAIEE.—On Tuesda, some quest, which will, it is hoped, unravel the m y s t er y i n thie ß T ves e ff ected an entrance R into the residenc y e ni o g f ht Messrs. which deceased' s d ea th is enveloped. E. and S. Willoughby, of the Tranmere ferry. After A PROMPT ANSWER.—At a meeting held at Carlisle b r e a ki ng into drawers, cupboards, ransacking papers, and to resuscitate the League, Mr. Ross, one of the oracles, m a ki ng a thormeeh search for booty in the lower part of boldly asserted that nothing which had a tendency to the home, the thieves decamped by the parlour window, reduce the price of food could in any way tend to the having previously locked the door, taking with them about reduction of wages; and he put it fearlessly to working £3O worth of plate and a silver watch. A tea-caddy and men in the room, whether they had, in consequence of a writing-desk were found in the garden. the removal of the duty on corn, sustained any injury ? A weaver repli e d th a t h e and his fellows had sust a i ne d a BURGLARY AT EGREMONT.—EarIy on Sunday m orn i ng loss of 4s. 2d, in th e i r wee kly wages . I n 184 week, tho house of Mr. Nathaniel Caine, iron merc h an t, 7 they had 12s. ld. pe r wee k, b u t now th ey h a d only 7 3. lid. of this town, and who resides in Church.street, E gremon t, (Hear, hear.) Whethe r th a t was th e resu lt o f t h e repea l was entered by burglars. Mr. Caine, from so me cause , w of the cern laws, h e did no t p re t en d t o say . Th e answer was disturbed about two o'clock, when he go t up , o p ene d was received with cheers, and compl e t e ly non pl usse d th e the bed-room window, but saw no pe r s on . H e th en di g ., orator. covered that an entrance had been eff ec t e d i n t o hi s d ress- DREADFUL , ing- room, and that the burglars h a d fi rs t o f a ll assorte d afternoon MATRICIDE IN LAMBETIL—On Satur day the contents of his trousers pock e t on th e d ress i ng -room Thomas Cupper Wheeler, aged 27, murdered table, after which they decamped with about thirteen his mother, who was a widow, residing in Durham-place, Kensington-road, Lambeth,_ in a most brutal m anner . ge ltrinnirrA 1.-- and cut off her head sovereigns, a knife, a gold watch and appenda g es. ACCIDENT TO THE MASTER OF THE CHES HIRE F OY .1.- • .- He attempted to m a k e ' Houezns.—We are extremely sorry to learn that, on -ed and secured. A Alonday last, a severe accident occurred to Capt. White, at the kennels. The gallant master was in the act of ' mounting a spirited horse, in order to accompany the pack on an airing excursion, when the animal jumped aside, and the captain fell to the ground, the horse, afterwards, in his caperings, treading on the master's legs. He was immediately conveyed home and put to bed. The injury, though serious, we are happy to say, is not dangerous.— Stockport Advertiser. CHESHIRE AND WALES. ORMSKIRK. PETTY SESSIONS.—Hugh Forshavv, blacksmith, Skel mersdale, was this week fined £5 and costs for using a false license certificate, by which he obtained a license to sell beer. His license was also forfeitedt Several fines were levied for breaches of the Highway Act and assaults. On Thursday last, Mary Smith and Elizabeth King were committed for trial to Kirkdale Gaol, on a charge of stealing a pair of boots. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Sunday week, a party, consist ing of Mr. Pye, brewer, Ormskirk, Mr. Williams, of Burscough, and some female friends, were setting out on an excursion in a gig, when the horse became restive. Mr. Pye was thrown out, with a trifling injury. The females were rescued by the horse being stopped. by means of an axe and a knre. his escape, but was, however, neighbour, who had heard the unfortunate woman scream, went into the house, and in an upper room he found her trunk on the floor, and the head, with the muscles all in motion, on the table. The murderer had not been long liberated from a lunatic asylum, and states that he com mitted the dreadful crime because his mother annoyed him by following him about. - - TOTAL WRECK OF THE BIRKENHEAD, STEAM TROOP SHIP. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR. PERSONS DROWNED. PROCLAMATION FOR _ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT.—TiIe bill brow ht from the Lordi to shorten the time required for assembling parliament after a dissolution thereof was, on Wednesday, printed by order of the I-Truiqe nf rnm ynnn Another terrible disaster has happened at sea. At two o'clock in the morning of the 26th of February, her Majesty's steamer Birkenhead was wrecked between two and three miles from the shore of Southern Africa. The exact spot at which the calamity happened was Point Danger. Off this point she struck upon a reef of sunken rocks. The ship was steaming eight and a half knots at the time. The water was smooth and the sky serene, but the speed at which the vessel was passing through the water proved her destruction. The rock penetrated through her bottom just aft the foremast, and in twenty minutes' time there were a few floating spars and a few miserable creatures clinging to them, and this was all that remained of the Birkenhead. Of 638 persons who had left Simon's Bay in the gallant ship, but a few hours before, only 184 remain to tell the tale. No loss than 454 Englishmen have come to so lamentable an end. Captain Salmond, the officer in command, anxious tc shorten the run to Algoa Bay as much as was possible, ani more than was prudent, hugged the shore too closely, Four hundred and fifty-four persons have lost their in consequence of his temerity. As soon as the vessel struck upon the rocks, the rush of water was so great that the men on the lower troop deck were drowned in their hammocks. Theirs was the happier fate ; at least they were spared the terrible agony of the next twenty minutes —at least the manner of death was less painful than with others, who were first crushed beneath the falling spars and funnel, and then swept away to be devoured by the sharks who were prowling round the wreck. From the moment the ship struck, all appears to have been done that human courage or coolness could effect. The soldiers were mustered on the afterdeck. The instinct of discipline was stronger even than the instinct of life. The men fell into place as coolly as on the parade ground. They were told off into reliefs, and sent —some to the chainpiamps, some to the tackles of the paddle-box boats. Captain Wright, of the 91st Regiment, who sur vives to relate the dreadful scene, tells us--" Every one did as he was directed, and there was not a murmur or a cry among them until the vessel made her final plunge. I could not name any individual officer who did more than another. All received their orders, and had them car ried out, as if the men were embarking, instead of going to the bottom : there was only this difference, that I never saw any embarkation conducted with so little noise or confusion." It is gratifying to find that all the women and children were saved. They were collected under the poop awning, and were quietly got over the ship's side, and passed into the cutter. The boat stood off about a hundred and fifty yards from the ill-starred Birkenhead, and all were saved. There is not the name of a single woman or child upon the list of persons who perished. The other boats, as is usual in such cases, were not forthcoming in the hour of need. One gig and two cutters were all that could be rendered available. In one account we find that when the men were ordered to get the paddle-box boats out, the pin of the davits was rusted in, and could not b e go t out. Captain Wright, on th e other hand, tells us that when the funnel went over the side it carried away the starboard paddle-box and boat, and that the other paddle boat eapsized as it was being lowered. Of the 184 per sons who were saved, 116 made their escape in the three boats which succeeded in getting clear of the wreck. Never was destruction more sudden or more complete. Within fifteen minutes after the vessel struck, the bow broke short off. Five minutes more elapsed, and the hull of the vessel went in two, crossways, just abaft the engine -room. The stern part of the vessel immediately surged, filled, and went down. The only hope of the survivors lay in the maintopmast and maintopsail-yard, which still showed above water. There were some frag ments of the forecastle-deck still floating about ; there were a few spars, and driftwood. About forty people clung to the yard, and, after remaining there until two o'clock the following afternoon, were picked off by the Lioness, a schooner which was providentially at hand. Captain Wright asserts that of the 200 persons, more or less, who were clinging to the driftwood when he got away, nearly every man might have been saved had one of the ship's boats done her duty. Into this boat the assistant-surgeon had got, with eight men. They imme diately pulled away, and landed fifteen miles from the vessel. The fact appears to have been, that the poor creatures who were clinging to the driftwood had been carried by the swell in the direction of Point Danger. There they got entangled among the seaweed, which, at this point of the coast, is thick, and of immense length. Captain Wright's opinion is, that, had not the assistant surgeon carried off the boat, or even had the boat pulled back to the scene of the disaster, after landing the medi cal gentleman in safety, the majority of these persons might have been picked off the seaweed. It only re mains for us to mention here that Captain Salmond, who appears to have done his duty after the vessel struck, and might have saved himself easily, has not survived the calamity. When last seen alive, he was swimming from the stern-post of the ship, which had just gone down, to a portion of the forecastle-deck, which was floating about twenty yards from the main body of the wreck : some thing struck him on the back of the head, and he never rose again ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE CITY GAOL.--SOITIO time during the night of the 7th inst., a prisoner, named Kynaston, who was tried at the last assizes for arson, and ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure as a dangerous monomaniac, managed to escape from Chester city gaol, by boring a hole through the wall of his cell, and by means of a ladder which he found, he descended into the Linen-hall and got away. He was found on Friday morning, and apprehended at Oswestry, whence he will he conveyed back again, and securely esconced in his old quarters. He wishes to go the county gaol, because he says the food there is better—Chester Chronicle. ABBOT'S GRANGE.—We are informed that the pro prietors of Abbot's Grange are determined to persevere in applying to the Recorder, Mayor, and magistrates in quarter sessions assembled, for a license to convert these premises into a lunatic asylum. They have aga i n g i ven notice to repeat the same application at the next sessions, (June 24th,) upon which occasion, we understand, they purpose to subposna the Bishop, Chancellor, the Principal of the Training College, and all their immediate Neigh bours. Nearly forty of the tradespeople and inhabitants of the city petitioned in favour of the license being granted.— Chester Chronicle. THE BRIDGE ACROSS TRANMERE POOL.—Au excellent test of the security of this structure was afforded on Good Friday, when crowds of people were continually passing over it. About half-past six in the evening, a procession of teetotallers, accompanied by a band and hundreds of people, crossed from Tranmere to Birkenhead Fcrry by it, when there could not have boon less than a thousand persons marching on it at one time. The bridge is found to be of great convenience; and the further accommodation to the public which Messrs. Willoughby aro enabled to offer by the more frequent departure of their boats has already been repaid by an increased number of passengers. The steamers for Birkenhead and Tranmere now leave the landing-stage every quarter of an hour. LOYAL OAK SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Cheshire branch of this society was held at Mr. Begg's, Birkenhead. Mr. Richard Balding gave an interesting history of the society, which was instituted in 1841. In the first week of its existence its funds amounted to 411., whilst at the present they had a sum of over £B,OOO in the bank. They had now over 50,000 members, and it was perhaps the richest and best managed society in England, although from June to December last they had paid nearly £4030 in compensation to relatives of deceased members. Since the commencement of the society, with 41d., they had paid the enormous sum of £45,806 15s. to individuals, and they had paid for the interment of 14,713 persons. He could say that perhaps the society was not only the largest but the richest in Europe. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Jolliff, Woolley, Farran, and other gentlemen, and votes of con fidence and thanks having been unanimously passed to the officers and collectors, the meeting terminated. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC TION RAILWAY COMPANY.—An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Thursday, at the Monk's Ferry Hotel, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors in regard to the proceedings connected with the bill now before Parlia ment to enable the company to lease and to amalgamate with the Great Western, and the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, and the Shrewsbury and Cheshire Railway Companies. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Ban croft, of Manchester, and the meeting was attended by about seventy proprietors. Mr. Gibson, the secretary, read the report of the directors, detailing at considerable length the result of the interviews between the deputa tion from this company and the Board of Directors of the lines referred to in the notice convening the meeting. The report concluded with the unanimous recommendation by the board to the shareholders not to proceed further with the Leasing Bill. After a long discussion the motion was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. CHILD MURDER AT BIRKENHEAD.—At the Chester assizes, Mary Leek, 28, was indicted for the murder of her infant child, at Birkenhead. The body of the child, it will be remembered, was found drowned in a pool of water, at Birkenhead. Mr. Towerson, superintendent of the Liverpool police, took the prisoner into custody on the sth January, when she said. " I did not kill the child." She afterwards said, "I will tell you the truth ; the woman where I stopped knew it would not live, and I took it across to Birkenhead ; I had no place to take it to, and I durst not go home."—Mr. Jaunett, surgeon, of Birkenhead, gave his opinion that the child had been put into the water while it was alive.—The prisoner had been servant with a Mr. Holmes, in this town, and she had been sent to the house of a midwife to be confined, her mistress stating that she would take her hack afterwards. She left the house of the midwife to go to Wales to seek the child's father; and on her return, stated that the child had died and been buried in Wales. In the mean time, the body had been discovered in the pit at Birken kenhead.—The judge told the jury that, in his opinion, it would not be safe to convict on the evidence they had heard. The only evidence against the prisoner were her own statements, and she had distinctly stated that she did not kill the child. She might have gone over to Bir kenhead in a half demented state, and dropped it into the pool, or it might have got there in a thousand ways which they could conjecture.—The jury returned a verdict of " not guilty." It is proposed to enact " that so often as her Majesty shall by her royal proclamation appoint a time for the first meeting of the parliament of the United Kingdom of Gi eat Britain and Ireland after a dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed may be any time not less than 35 days after the date of such proclamation, the act of the sth year of Queen Anne, chap. 8, or the act of 7th and Bth William M., chap. 25, or any other law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.-0a Friday, informa tion was forwarded to the different metropolitan police stations that a young gentleman, allied to a noble family resident in the vicinity of Whitehall, had disappeared under circumstances that lead to a strong suspicion that he has met with some unfair treatment. He was last seen about four o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, the Ist instant, near the Elephant and Castle, Newington, when he said he was going home to dinner, and, notwithstand ing every exertion, and the offer of a reward of £lOO, no clue can be obtained to him. Every hospital or other place where, from the possibility of accident or sudden illness, he might have been taken, has been searched in vain. He is described as about 16, fair, wearing a shep herd's plaid black Oxonion coat and grey trousers, his linen being marked E. A. THE WAY THE LEAGUE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE RAISED. —The Manchester Courier contains the following illustra tion of the manner in which the operative classes are wheedled out of subscriptions in aid of the League fund : —A working man called upon us on Saturday last to com plain of the system adopted to extort money from the operative classes in support of the Anti-Corn-Law League. In a large concern in Manchester, last Saturday, the fore man collected for the Le!ague, and when any reluctance was exhibited, no positive threat of discharge was held out—that would have been too straightforward—but the words, " Oh you want a dear loaf," were generally suffi ciently significant of what might afterwards be expected, to extract a shilling, half-a-crown, or even more than that, from the workpeople. REMARKABLE APPEAL TO THE QUEEN.—At the last assizes, at Bury St Edmunds, a farmer named Baldry was left for execution, having been found guilty, on the most conclusive evidence, of administering arsenic to his wife, with intent to murder her. Since his condemnation his wife has forwarded a petition, containing a strong ap peal to the Queen in his behalf, in w hi c h sh says, " that your petitioner was not aware that the prisoner's convic tion would involve the forfeiture of his life, or your peti tioner would, at any risk to herself, have declined to be a party to the prosecution. That your petitioner would learn with more composure that the prisoner was doomed to a long term of transportation or imprisonment, even for period of his life, that she might be saved, therefore, the misery of knowing that she had destroyed her husband, and that he may be spared for repentance and amendment." • On Friday an order was received from the Home Office, respiting the execution of Baldry until the Bth of May. It is understood that his sentence will be commuted to transportation for life. SINGULAR ...ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.—On Good Friday morning, shortly before one o'clock, the various persons passing over the metropolitan bridges, as well as many thousands on the south side of the river, were con siderably alarmed at beholding a most singular appearance in the heavens, which at once led them to conclude that a most terrible conflagration had broken out in the neigh bourhood of the Old Kent-road, near New.cross, or Dept ford. The alarm spreading, various fire-engines were soon on the move. Upon starting, the scene that pre sented itself was one of fearful brilliancy. The heavens presented at the south-eastern quarter an appearance of sheets of flames of various hues ; first the light lemon tint, then changing to deep orange, after which they changed to a deep vermillion. The engines were driven with all possible speed in the direction of the supposed fire, but after proceeding some miles the moon shone out with the greatest splendour, and the previous signs of a fire disap peared. The engines were, therefore, ordered back to their several stations. ALLEGED POISONING.—At Taunton assizes, on Mon day, Elizabeth Lewis, a lady-like young woman, and Thomas Crosby, solicitor (on bail), were indicted for the wilful murder of Eliila'oeth Slater, the infant child of the said Elizabeth Lewis, at Bath, on the 11th of October last. This case, from the high respectability and position of the parties charged, created the most intense interest, and the court was crowded to suffocation. The female prisoner took lodgings at Bath, where she was delivered of an illegitimate child, and was visited by the male pri soner, whom she represented as her husband. After leaving Bath, the child remained in the care of the woman with whom she had lodged, the wife of a chemist and druggist. The prisoners, especially the female, fre quently visited the house afterwards, nursing the child ; and it was remarked that, each time after these visits, the little thing became sick, and exhibited the usual symptoms of poisoning. It died, and, on a post mortem examina tion, was proved to have perished from the effects of arsenic. The defence was, that some of the arsenic kept in the shop attached to the house must inadvertently have got mixed with the child's food or medicine; and the jury acquitted the prisoners. LOVE IN LINCOLN.—A love-stricken swain, who is an ostler at one of the city public houses, and who, it appears, could not bear the "pangs of despised love," precipitated himself into the Foss-dyke, near Pywipe Inn, last Sunday. The enamoured currycomber of horses saw the lady of his affections triumphantly led off by a rival groom. Instead of taking Ovid's advice, to appear cold as ice though Etna should boil within his bosom, he gave loose to jealousy, until it raged with volcanic fury. The old physicians say that labour, diet, exercise, and corn batings with it, will gradually eradicate the passions; but the vanity of the ostler was too irreparably wounded to permit him to submit to the slow process of cure and retaliatory contempt : he determined, like Mr. Mantalini, to make "a body" of himself, and end his woes by a plunge in the cold unclassical Fossdyke. In he leaped as nimbly as Leander plunged in t;.e Hellespont. Lydia, Macedon, Spain, and Crete had each its Lethe, or river of forgetfulness, but no one - ever dreamt that the waters of the Fossdyke were gifted with the love-curative power, and could impart forgetfulness : this lover's leap has, however, demonstrated the fact, for no sooner had the ostler got in than be scrambled out again perfectly restored.—Lincolnshire paper. HORRIBLE MURDER OF Two,.CHILDRE'S", AND SUICIDE Details of Lost.-2d Queen's Regiment : Ensign Boyland, the bandmaster, corporal, and 34 men; 12th Regiment : 55 men ; 12th Lancers : Cornet Roll - , one serjeant, 3 men; 43.1 Light Infantry : 3 men; 60 Rifles : one corporal, 29 men ; 73d Regiment : Lieutenant Robinson, Lieutenant Booth, 53 men ; 6th Regiment : Ensign Medford, 49 men; 74th Highlanders: Major Seaton, Ensign Russell, 2 corporals, 46 men ; 91st Regi ment : one serjeant, one corporal, 42 men ; the passenger, Andrew White, a servant.—Of the crew, 54 officers and men were saved, and 6 marines. WRECK OF THE STEAMER PORTO, AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. OPORTO, MARCH 30.—A most lamentable occurrence in the loss of the steamer Porto (Portuguese) has thrown this city into the greatest consternation, all her passengers (36 in number) having perished, and only seven of her crew saved. That unfortunate vessel sailed from this on Sun day morning for Lisbon, and from some cause or another bore up again after being as far south as Figueira, and on taking the bar last evening about six o'clock she struck on some rocks called the " Forcados," inside the bar. when the anchor was let go, but somehow or other she drifted, and, not answering her helm, she got embedded in a reef of rocks, where no aid could be sent to her; and, night coming on. sho went to pieces in a few hours. Among the sufferers are Mr. Joseph Allen, of this place, and two daughters ; Mr. Anderson, from London, shipowner, who was here on account of the Harriet, bound to Australia • Mons. Desir6es, French Consul at this po r t ; M r. Ander : ion's nephew ; Senhor Jose Augusto da Silveira Pinto, lephew of the well-known Senhor Albano, of Lisbon • ' --1- - ntonio Jos6 Piacido Braga ; Senh or F rancisco ; • - ""viers, of the Commercial Bank. have been picked up. The cape Monitor of March 3 says :—" It appears that, out of six hundred and thirty-eight on board at the time of the wreck, a hundred and eighty-four in all have been saved, and that four hundred and fifty-four have been suddenly launched into eternity." There is a melancholy interest felt in Liverpool with re gard to the fate of this unfortunate steamer, from the fact that the Birkenhead was built by Mr. John Laird, of Birk enhead. She was launched on the 30th of December, 1845, under most auspicious circumstances. She was 1,400 tons burthen, and her engines were of 564 horse power. She carried two 981 b. pivot guns, and four 681 b. broadside. She was also divided into eleven water-tight compartments, and so complete in every respect as to have always been considered the best steam-frigate in the navy. It is a somewhat remarkable circumstance that the Amazon and the equally ill-fated Birkenhead commenced their voyages on the same day—the Amazon having left Southampton and the Birkenhead Portsmouth on Friday, the 2d of January. Friday is regarded by sailors as an unlucky day on which to begin a voyage. painful exci urrounding neighbourhood on Friday, in of two boys, locked in each bodies a man about 40 ce of the discover As yet no I .rms, and cl [The " Porto" steamer was built at Liverpool, and 11 o'cloc ldest 11 years of EFFECTS OF INTE I iPERANCE.—Margaret Mortey, 41 years of age. who [resided with her husband, linnyhrey Alortey, a . tailor,_in No. 6 court, Knight -street. enm- mitted suicide on Tuesday morning. She was found life less, by her husband, resting on her left side on the bed, and a rope round her neck, which was tied across the bed from the head-post and the foot-post, at the top. The right hand was holding a loop of the rope under her chin. Both husband and wife were in the habit of getting drunk. Mrs. Mortey told her niece, on one occasion, that she had taken laudanum to destroy herself, in con iequence of the unkindness of her husband. The coroner, the jury, made some sev TT- legally e of mu gailti; and temper been dri to corn e, and the ju nit suicide by the prisoner agreed with him.—Verdict porary insanity. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1852. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, an inquest was held at Scarisbrick, on the body of Richard Houghton, a labourer, who met his death by a cart load of manure being overturned upon him by the falling of the shaft horse. Ho lingered in great agony from about half-past two o'clock on Thursday afternoon until six in the even ing, when he expired, leaving a wife and eight children unprovided for. -4.-_ 1 - -• • DISTRICT NEWS, 1 PUBLIC MEETINGS. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA :_ WARRINGTON. THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The third concert of this CAUTION TO BREAD BAKER S .—O n M on d ay, at the meeting was held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. I society, for the resent season, takes place on the 30th Petty Sessions, a bread baker, n ame d T owers, liv i ng in The p rocee di ngs were merely of a routine character. inst. The artists p engaged are Madame Clara Novello, Buttermarket-street, was fined £5 and costs, for selling Cheques for the following sums were given to the Madame Eveline Garcia, and Herr Joughmans, a German. adulterated bread, and having ar t i c l es use d for adulteration relieving-officers :—Allen, £80 ; Stain, £35 ; Potts, £110; basso, who has bee n f avoura bl y not i ce d b y the metropo on his premises. He was kno wn t o h ave mixed six pounds and Shearson, £32.litan critics. M r . E. W. Th omas w ill per f orm a solo on of alum with six packs of flour. WESLEYAN MISSIONA RY S OCIETY. — On Tuesday the violin. ASSAULT.—On Monday, Hen r y Li m b was charged with evening the first of the p u bli c meetings was held at THE LIVERPOO L F ESTIVAL C HORAL SOCIETY.—The Brunswick Chapel, Moss-street, which was filled with a members of this society gave their fifty-fourth public assaulting Hannah Hannah Wilkinson, a widow, residing at Hul highly respectable assembly. At the close of the proceed- formance on Tuesday evening last, at the Music-hall, Bold ton, on the previous Saturday night. It was shown that the prosecutrix had met with the priso ner a t th e W hite Bear hies a collection was ma d e , amount i ng to £240, being an street, to a very nume rous au di ence. The music selected public-house, in Warrington, and h a d l e f t to go home access over last y ear . O n W e d nes d ay evening a similar for the occasion was Haydn's oratorio of tile " Cre a ti on ." between eleven and twelve o'clo c k. Sh e was overtaken meeting was held in Pitt-st ree t Ch ape l . The principal vocalists were Mrs. G. Holden Miss. Bad by the prisoner, who attempted t o v i o l a t e h er person, and THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, at the deley, Mr. Ry a ll s , an d M r. A rmstrong. Mr. George in doing so, broke her front teeth in endeavouring to stop weekly meeting of this body, Mr. Langsdale presided. An Holden conducted, and Mr. Richardson presided at the her cries. The prisoner was committed for trial to the application from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway organ. next Chester assizes, but subsequently admitted to bail. Company, for permission to construct two draw-bridges IROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—This theatre reopened last on the level o f th e i r ware h ouses i n G reat H oward-street, evening after being redecorated. The principal attraction. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Th e annua l mee ti ng took place on Tuesday last. Th e re t urns f or t h e previous was not compli e d w ith . —Th e me di ca l of fi cer reported a for the Easter holidays is the dramatic spectacle of " The week were as follows : —l n N o . 1 di s t r i ct, 1 , 070 persons continued high mo r t a lit y , th e num b er o f d eat h s registered Corsican Broth ers ," th e representation of which, b o th at had been relieved, a t a cos t o f £4 B 15s. 9d. of which last week, 253, h av i ng on l y b een twice exceeded since the the Parisian and London theatres has created quite a £24 17s. Id. was in ki n d, an d £23 18 s. B d . i n money ; in pr eva l ence o f t h e cholera in 1840. The mortality exceeded . sensation among the playgoing public. The piece abounds No. 2 district, a t s p ersons h a d b een relieved, at a cost of that of th e previous wee k b y 22, an d was 45 more t h an w i th striking tableaux and incidents of tile moat th r illi ng £l2 25., of which £4 19 s . was i n ki nd, and £7 3s. in the average of th e same wee k of the four preceding years- nature, so that those who delight in having their feelings Of the entire deaths 175 occurred in th e p ar i s h, a nd 78 worked up by excitement, will have an opportunity of money; in No. 3 district (the rural) district, 408 persons 9 in the out-townships. indulging their propensity. Mr. Copeland has been at had been relieved, at a cost or £22 15s. 91,—a1l in money. Total number relieved, 1,726 ; total cost of relief, ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The members of this considerable expense to produce it in the most effective society met at the club-house, considerable on Tuesday £l3 13s. 6d. The number of inmates in the workhouse manner. was . 123, and the number of v agran t s l o d ged and relieved even i ng, t h e commodore, Thomas Littledale, Eq., in the AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.— was 137. The balance in th e treasurer On Monday nex t, th e 's hands was chair. Mr. J o h n P a l ey , o f P reston, was elected a mem _ ' Literary and Dramatic Society give their b for the £5l 12s. id. b er, and two other gentlemen were proposed for ballot. Free Public Libr ar y, un d er the distinguished enefit patronage The reappoi n t men t o f t h e sa i l i ng committee, the prize : of the Mayor and the Lib rary and Museum Committee. are the names of the candid a t es f or t h e off i ce of guardians ELECTION OF POOR-LAW G UARDIANS. —T he following committee, and the s t ewar d s t oo k p l ace, with some few ' We have seen the b ox pl an , now open, and judging from for the township of Warringt on , conta i ne d i n the voting changes, caused by a b sen t mem b ers. A communication, the pl aces t a k en we may sa f e l y say that there has not been papers distributed :—The Ho n . an d R ev. H orace Powys ; addressed t o th e h onorary secretary, Mr. Melling, was in Liverpool, on an y s i m il ar occas i on, such a brilliant read by the chairman, from tile Imperial Yacht Club of audience as is promised for Monday evening, tile 19th Messrs. John Banner, Wm. Beaumont, Joseph Chrimes, ' St. Petersburgh. Mr. J. H. Richardson exhibited a very instant. The entertainments commence with an appro- Peter Eves, Edward Garven, Charles Holmes, James ' beautiful model of his tubular life-boat. It was arranged priate prologue, written for the occasion, after which the Kerfoot, Richard Peers, William Pieepoint, Thomas that the members of tile club should dine with the corn- excellent comedy of " A Cure for the Heartache ;" and modore and officers during the summer months at the there is every reason to anticipate that the leading charac- Warburton, John Webster, and John Seddo Since the papers were sent out, Mr. Eyes, Mr. Garven, and Mr. , Birkei 1 ead Hotel and to commence at the next meeting ters will be well filled. Before the fall of the curtain, an. epilogue, the production of tile presid,. nt of the society, Kerfoot have declined to serve, leaving ten in the field, of on the 4th of bray. , whom eight are to be elected. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was will be delivered by the persons of the play. " Bombastes held on Thursday. Mr. Charles Turner presided. Purioso" will follow, in which the authors of " Bloomer-- A number of tenders were accepted -in accordance inn" amen The burlesque will be materially heightene with the recom men d a ti on o f t h e S u b -committee of Works. by the assumpti on o f th e part of " the lovely Distaffina" d Mr. Bigham said he had had two complaints from re- by a member of the society. A new original one act farce spectable tradesmen whose names had been sent to the will conclude the programme, the authors sustaining the committee. Mr. James Holme expressed his opinion f chief characters. Those who remember the Dennis Brill that they were carrying tile system of contracts to an ex- gruddery of the Hungarian amateur performance, will be tent that was paltry. To get a few springs supplied by glad to learn that "a jewel of an Irishman" is a prominent contract, instead of encouraging tradesmen, was disgusting. feature in the piece. Between the comedy and the bur- Such a system prevented respectable tradesmen from lesque, a member of the society, young in the professional tendering. It was a system which he never adopted indi- world, will play a flute solo, on airs from Norma. Inde viduany. The number of police firemen were increased pendent of the cause, the energetic endeavours of the from 21 to 50, to provide for emergencies arising from society are worthy of every support, and we fires bein g a ll owe d on b oar d ships. A conversation took their labours crowned with an overflowing house trust to see place respecting the detention in dock of the Barque ----- Wardchinnaan, by order of Mr. Bold, the Chairman vin dicating the proceeding, as it was suspected that some parties who had bought the vessel were about to take her te!sea without paying for her. A letter was read from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., applying fur permission to put the machinery of the steam-ship Great Britain in motion in tile Nelson Dock. Several letters were read, including one proposing an improvement of the navi gation through the Sherries, and another applying for a piece of land at the north of the docks, for the erection of apparatus to supply salt water to the baths. This con. eluded the general business TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS TH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES NISI PRIUS COURT. TUESDAY. —ABBOTT AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. --The action in this done to certain woods and plar plaintiffs, by the tnu r i a ti c ac id r of the clef( - evidence tr inflict IITTJSPRATT The monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday, his worship the Mayor in the chair. The salary of Mr. 'William Coleman, clerk in the Town clerk's office, was increased from 30s. to £2 2s. per week. THE WAVERTREE-HALL ESTATE. In reply to a question from Mr. Beckwith, Mr. HORN BY explained that a very advantageous arrangement had been made with the railway company, which was necessary be fore any steps could be taken towards a settlement with Mr. John Shaw Leigh. By this arrangement the com pany had agreed to pay £B7O to the Corporation, the latter making a road, of the width of the present Wavertree road, in front of the estate. This would put the Corpora tion in a better position to negotiate with Mr. Leigh. THE SALARY OF THE ASSESSOR. The report of the special committee appointed to inves tigate relative to the salary :of the new assessor sent in their report. In this it was represented that the fees of the court scarcely covered the expenses, and that the busiess was still declining, owing to the operations of the County Court ; the committee, therefore, remmended that the salary should be fixed at 2100, instead of 500. Mr. J. B. LLOYD, the chairman of the committee, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, observed that the committee, in recommending a reduction in the salary, did not, in the remotest degree, wish to reflect upon the professional character of Mr. James. —After a conversa tion the proceedings were confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee embraced a recom mendation that the salary of Captain John James Greig, as head-constable and superintendent of the fire police of this borough, be the sum of £5OO per annum, with the allowance of a house free of rent and taxes, and £5O per annum for a horse.—The proceedings having been con , firmed, Mr. BIGHAM alluded to the fact of no mention being made either of the case of Mr. Dowling or that of the Joughin inquiry. He thought that Mr. Dowling had been the victim of unfortunate circumstances rather than of any misconduct on his own part. He had rendered valuable service to the town, had been highly compli mented by grand juries and others, and had never, but on one occasion, done anything to reflect upon his character ; and yet he was now thrown, in his old age, destitute upon the town. At the meeting of the magistrates it had been said that they could not avoid voting for the dismissal of Mr. Dowling ; and a subscription was recommended, but only the sum of £250 had been put down. Surely some situation of £l5O a year, under the corporation, might be found for Mr. Dowling.—Mr. BIGHAM then, in a long speech and in strong language, charged M essrs . Ak e d , A v i son, Glad stone, and Jeffries with denying that they had promised to support him as head -constable.—Each gentleman im peached as imperatively and positively denied the charges as those by whom they had been preferred had asserted them, and much recrimination ensuel, in the course of which Mr. H. Hominir expressed his opinion that Mr. Bigham, having been elected to advance the interests of Scotland Ward, ought to have resigned his seat in the Council before consulting his own interests. DOCK COMMITTEE. In the proceedings of the Dock Committee the plan for the contemplated high level railway at the Sandon Dock, and the erection of warehouses upon the Stanley Dock quay, was fully explained.—Mr. TURNER, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, gave an outline of these two schemes, dwelling upon the importance of facilitating the operations of the coal trade, particularly when, at Gar ston, a large expenditure was being incurred for that purpose. The total cost of the railway would be £45,550. Mr. Turner then described the plan for warehouses round the Stanley Dock, observing that, with the exception of the vaults, it was estimated that they would pay from 91 to 15 per cent., according to the amount of produce which they contained. The vaults, however, would not pay more than 5 per cent. These per centages, the chairman explained to Mr. Picton, were only based upon the cost of building, exclusive of the land, which was at present quite unproductive.—Mr. BIGIIAM objected, not to the erection of warehouses, but to the principle upon which they were to be erected. He wanted the chairman of the Dock Committee to admit this principle, that the ware houses, when erected, should be let off. If this principle were not acted upon, the dock estate would become in volved in debt, and the port would be rendered merely a port of transit.—Mr. TURNER said individually he was an advocate for the warehouses being let off. Mr. Ro binson and Mr. Molyneux opposed the principle ; and Mr. Picton and Mr. J. Holme, and several other gentle men' supported it.—Mr. TU RNER , i n rep l y i ng, observed that Liverpool existed by her commerce, and it was only by going on, and taking the advantages of all the im provements available, that the port of Liverpool could maintain the proud pre-eminence which she now enjoyed. It should ever he his object not to aggrandise the dock estate, but to bring trade and prosperity to the town and port. (Applause.) The proceedings were then eonfirmed. COURTS OF LAW AND ST. GEORGE'S MALL. The minutes embraced the opinion of Mr. Cockerel], that the present site for the organ, at the north end, was the least objectionable. Some general discussion arose upon the subject of the position of the instrument, which was objected to. MARKETS' COMMITTEE : APPOINTMENT OF A CLERK. The proceedings of the Markets' Committee comprised the appointment of Mr. John Evans clerk at the weighing machine, St. James's Market, at the salary of £9O per annum. was for damn Tile case v EDUCATION : INCREASE OF SALARY TO A MISTRESS. The salary of Miss S. H. Lee, assistant mistress of the South Infant School, was increased from £lB 4s. to £25 per annum. HEALTH COMMITTEE. Tho proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising a recommendation to accept the Earl of Derby's offer of land for the purpose of widening and improving Bootle lane and Walton-road, on condition of the land so given being paved at the expense of the Council ; and a recom mendation to accept Mr. MlGregor's offer of land for the purpose of widening and improving St. Domingo-lane, on condition of the land being paved, and a stone boundary wall re-built at the expense of the Council, were adopted. WEDNESDAY court, a privat sel and onging to the wing from the works ed on Monday, and s o f to the aunt of injury of tea r •in conjunction with the " Quinta o Vesuvio" steamer, formerly the " Circ n," of Mr. Driver of this town (who has kindly favoured us with is information) states that he is not surprised at of the " Porto " was formerl to, and during a voyage boo to Ma were a day an d-a-bal ye been run on s DEMOCRA s of life, from a y 3 DEFINITIO•PT OF AGtNTLEMAN.- I A gentleman is one w 4 o has_no.business in. this world. MISCELLANEOUS The proceedings of the Church Expenditure Committee, comprising a recommendation to convert a portion of the pews in St. George's Church into free scats for the poor, were confirmed.—The proceedings of the Gardens' Com mittee were adopted.—The Water Committee's proceed ings were confirmed.—The Baths' Committee proceedings were read and confirmed.—The Coroner's account, amounting to £34 4s. 6d., was passed.—The Mayor's communications comprised a report from Mr. Beloe, on the affairs of the Liverpool Gas Company, which was re ferred to the Lighting Committee; and an application from Mr. Banner, for a further grant of land for the Fe male Orphan Asylum, near that occupied by the orphan boys. Mr. Banner expressed a willingness to erect a church for the accommo d a ti on o f t h e two i n stitutions. -!(.1 proposal were referred to the Finance s. presentment from the grand jury, upon The application Corn mittee tne suojeet of juvenile del the next Council, it being found that, at half-p 3 in the room that the uency, was members rem was not a quorur AM BETS EN CAN the next sc .n on Tuesda ..—immediately on the sitting of the consultation took place between the coup . attorneys on both sides, which resulted in an ,- angement that defendant should pay £2OOO, or £5OO each, on four cases which were pending against him, on condition that Mr. Legh is to take a surrender of Messrs. Muspratt's lease, and that these gentlemen are to move the works, cottages, &c., from off the lands. The ver dicts agreed upon having been formally taken, Mr. 'vatson, Q.C., stated that this closed the assize; and his after an exchange of compliments with the bar, withdreNv COURT AND FA HION - - HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE LECPOLD, Of Saxe Coburg, is on a visit this week to her Majesty at Windsor. The following State Receptions, for the present and next month, have been determined :—Wednesday, April 21, levee at St. James's Palace ; Thursday, April 29, drawing_ room at St. James's Palace ; Wednesday, May 5, state ball at Buckingham Palace ; Monday, May 10, concert at Buckingham Palace; Thursday, May 13, birthday drawa. ing-room at St. James' s P a l ace . Th e Queen ' s natal day is the 24th May; but the 13th of May having been fixed on for its celebration at Court, the day will be publicly kept; and the usual state banquets given by the high functionaries of the State will all he given on the 13th May. ROYAL BOUNTY.—On Monday and Tuesday her Ma jesty's bounty, granted according to ancient custom, was distributed amongst about 800 aged and infirm men and ' women at Whitehall, each of whom received ss. The " gate money," so called from its having formerly been given at the park gate, was also distributed to about 180 other poor persons, each of whom received 13s. On Thursday (being Maundy-Thursday) the royal charities were distributed, in Whitehall Chapel, to 33 aged men. and 33 aged women, with the customary formalities. AN EXPRESS MESSAGE arrived on Friday afternoon at the Austrian Embassy, requiring the immediate return of Count Buol Schauenstein to Vienna_ It is understood that Count Buol will he successor to Prince Swarzenberg as First Minister of Austria. • . DEATH OF LORD DYNEVOR. — This venerable noble man, who had been for some time an invalid, expired at his seat, Barrington -park, Oxfordshire, on Friday last, at one p.m., in his 87th year. DEATH OF LADY GEORGINA SPENCER.—WC regret to announce the decease of this amiable young lady, who was the elder daughter of Earl Spencer, which melancholy event took place at Althorp, Northamptonshire, on Thursday night last. Her ladyship was only in her 19th • FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From Le Follet.) The capote Parisienne is elegant and simple. It is composed of narrow bouillons of spring green taffetas, with ornaments of gray passementerie over each running. A bow of green gauze ribbon, mixed with an open gray gimp, with green gauze edges at each ear ; four large rosebuds, encircle 1 with gray gimp, trim the inside. The capote fouchonnette is much liked ; the crown is a fauchonnette of sky-blue taffetas, edged with straw, and shrouded with a black horsehair lace. The front is formed of two deep tucks, with a narrow black horsehair lace over each, the front lace coming beyond the edge. The blue cur tain is edged with the lace to match. Variegated Bengal roses inside. The capote Pompadour, of white taffetas, slightly gathered over the front with an edge of crepe lisse, on which, at equal distances, is placed a narrow-edged rib bon ; a blonde falls over the crepe lisse. The crown is of crepe lisse, crossed with the narrow ribbon, which termi nates in a knot of long floating ends. A wreath of boV fantes is placed round the crown. A visiting bonnet of white terry velvet, lined with satin, which turns over the front about two inches, covered with blonde ; the crown trimmed with a pointed ornament of terry velvet, lined with satin ; two ostrich feathers escape from the point of the ornament over the crown, turning behind over the curtain ; branches of velvet currants, with leaves of the same, inclosed in a ruche of blonde, trim the inside; the strings are of broad satin ribbon the same shade as the flowers. Robes a disposition form one of the novelties of the season ; the greater part have fancy stripes, imitating flounces. In this style we have seen a black poplin dress. A broad cerise satin stripe round the bottom; about two inches higher a green stripe, rather narrow; these two colours are in alternate stripes, gradually decreasing in width to the knee. The new mantelets are still made with hoods, with revers edged with a deep lace to match the four rows on the mantelet. The Chambord mantelet is shorter than those worn in the winter; it is composed of taffetas d'ltalie, with a very deep lace, surmounted with several rows of narrow moire ribbon, worked with jet beads ; the hood is round, without lace, but simply trimmed with two rows of the ribbon. It is said that lace squares will be much in vogue. Hoods, too, will be much worn ; for which the Cambray lace is most suitable and greatly in demand. The robes de chambres are exceedingly beautiful. The first we would describe is of white cachemire, with a border of large palms, the fronts have large palms reach ing the waist. It is closed with bows of chine ribbon to match the colour of the palms. The body is drawn and high : pagodes sleeves have two frilles, with bows of ribbon. A large pelerine falls over the body, very deep behind, pointed in front, and sloped over the arms ; it is trimmed with frills to match the sleeves. The other robe, destined for the trouseau of a fashionable lady, is of Napogon blue, Bros d'Aihnes, slightly wadded and lined, with china rose-coloured sarsenet. The back is plain, without side-seams; the fronts have five large flat plaits from the shoulder to the waist; the skirt is floating and open, showing the under-skirt, trimmed with a broad insertion, with a VAlenripnnac lace vii each eidc. The under-sleeves ate closed at the wrists with a narrow in sertion band, edged with Valenciennes. A small hood, similar to a pereline, is trimmed with a scolloped ribbon. A blue silk cord fastens the whole round the waist. The fauchonnettes are very becoming with the morning httie employed fo r e dress ; they are both grace f u l an d you thf u l . E m b roidered muslin waistcoats, with f our f r ill s o f V n l enc i ennes , are much worn, with a light silk s ki r t, w i t h twe l ve fl ounces , trimmed with narro w v e l ve t s , ga l ons , or a row of fringe, a replacedd th , byn b e trhi muchge resembling ruches more th an fl ounce s. Thin evening dresses ar e m ade with double skirts, o r three or more flounces. einbg Flowers ar re trimming the dresses, as well as ornamenting the hai r . Morning dresses are made of cachemire, emb ro id ere d p r c 0 flat lou r sd , tuck. an s Dark with silk of the same shade , or braideck with. narrow silk a all is assuming an air of settled sp r i ng. Same elegant dresses have lately been seen at a distin guished ball, of which we can only describe a few. A tall and graceful lady wore a robe of white moire antique, with a double s ki r t ; a b ove each hem was placed a broad, open plait of p ear l b eads. The body and sleeves ala rarikd shades thees are front b grecque, were edged with a narrow plait to match. A pearl cord, with four tassels, complete this beautiful toilette. white wrea Two; 't d' Alenpon I An e - chelle of es, wit ornaments On the sleeves to match wreath of the same Robe of white tulle, with thre on boa Jes by . a bouquet o flowers p 'eeves to correspond. le cause. "" I can be c bad lem. i Legiaatu; I iette to place tbe