The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-01-27 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1852. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—An important decision was given at the County Court, St. Helen's, on Wednesday last, in an action by which Mr. Nolan, a farmer at Rainhill, sought to recover .£l2, the value of a cow, killed by a railway train, from the London and North-Western Railway Company. The line runs through Mr. Nolan's farm, and the company had put up the usual gates to enable the occupier to drive his cattle, &c., across the rails. One of these having, however, been left open, the cow, in attempting to pass while a train was in pro gress, was knocked down and killed. The point on which the issue rested was,—whose duty was it to keep the gates closed, the railway company, or the persons for whose use they were erected. The Railway Act seemed to lay the onus on the latter, for they imposed a penalty on par ties using the gates if they left them open. The Judge thought that the company were not liable; but as the gate was in good repair, had good fastenings, and no com plaint had been made to the company of its insufficiency, he conceived that the requirements of the Act o' Parlia ment had been complied with. Judgment consequently was given for the defendants. COAL EXPORTS FROM THE MERSEY.—Mr. Hamilton Laird, agent at Liverpool and Birkenhead for the Coed Talon steam coal, has compiled tables showing the monthly exports of coal from the Mersey to foreign countries during the years 1850 and 1851. They give the following results :—ln 1850, to the Baltic. 3 559 tons ; in 1851, 2.337 tons. To France, in 1850, 17.292 tons; in 1851, 16 666. To the Mediterranean, in 1850. 39.184 tons ; in 1851. 44,823. To the Black Sea, in 1850, 1,098 tons ; for 1851 no return under this head is given. To the West Indies, in 1850, 12,642 tons; and in 1851, 15,957. To the East Indies and China, in 1850. 19.600 tons ; and in 1851, 28,617. To Spain and the Canaries, in 1850, 6 152 tone ; and in 185], 5.459. To Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira, in 1850, 6 822 tons; in 1851, 6 810. To North America, in 1850, 83 537 t ons ; an d i n 1851, 73 198. To Soeth America, in 1850, 60,407 tons ; nd in 1851. 38.197. To the Channel Islands, 654 tons in 1850, and 869 in 1851. To Africa, 1.493 in 1850. and 6.971 in 1851. And to Australia, in 1850, 2.161 ; and in 1851. 4.001. The total number of tons was, in 1850, 254 601, and in 1851, 245,905; being a decrease last year of 8,696 tons. PUBLIC MEETINGS. -+- between the Ath April and 17th October last. Mr. Wright said the report denied any intention of defrauding the committee, and also asserted that, as to the iron short entered, he had conveyed his intention to make also the post-entries, by express instructions to his clerk to that effect; and, that if he had not done so expressly, his clerk ought to have inferred that intention from the general practice of his (Mr. Wright's) office. But, Mr. Wright, at the same time, added that the clerk referred to could not, to the best of his recollection, confirm his (Mr. Wright's) statements in these respects ; and this proved to be the case, when this clerk subsequently attended before the sub-committee. This discrepancy, such as it was, be tween the statements of Mr. Wright and his clerk, was a painful feature in the investigation ; and the snore so, as each perserved in his own assertions, in the presence of the other party, and apparently with an equal conviction of the correctness of his statement. " On the whole, the sub-committee, on the evidence before them, have come to the conclusion, that the omis sion to pay the dues in question amounted to very culpa ble negligence on Mr. Wright's part, and they believe that no one, acquainted with the facts, more fully agrees in the juis►ice of this censure than h.. himself does, or could more sincerely deplore it. " Under all the circumstances, therefore, of this case, the sub-committee were of opinion that Mr. Wright ought to be required to pay to the treasurer the sums of £6O, and double the £2B 14s. 6d. short paid for dock dues. and which sums have been paid accordingly. "The sub-committee recommend that this report be published, in the hope that it may operate as a check upon the too common practice of evading payment of dock-dues ; and which offence they are determined, in all cases, to follow up by prosecution under the stringent powers of the dock acts. The facilities for such evasion are of very recent origin, being consequent, entirely, on the late abolition of Customs' duties on many articles of export ; and the sub-committee have under their anxious consideration a plan which they trust will work, for the future, an effectual remedy of this abuse. " The sub-committee also recommend that the thanks of the Dock Committee be presented to Messrs. Thorney croft and Co.. who, not content with the fact, evident from the first, that they were themselves free from all shadow of blame in this matter, in the most prompt and honourable manner furnished the sub-committee will - I \ f he fullest in formation as to all their transactions with Mr. Wright and have assisted them in every way in promoting this investigation, and that a copy of this report be immedi ately furnished to Messrs. Thorneycroft. and ,Co." The report was adopted, and the public Business closed. I ExtroitAerte PROM tIRKENHEAD.—The M a ngerton, with the government emigrants, of whom we last week Cele. - I gave an account, for South Australia, left the Morpeth ItpAc . . T ERY AT SOUTHPORT.—It is proposed to lay out i Dock on Tuesday last with about 350 persons on board, T lic burial-ground on the outskirts of Southport. exclusive of the crew. The emigrants are chiefly small stitallit CONSUMPTION OF GAS IN SOUTHPORT has in.. farmers, respectable labourers, and a few mechanics. We ... li ed very lately from 6.000 feet per night to 20,000, understand that the Dock Company have intimated to .sq b E th e retorts are now found too small. Messrs. De W o lf an d C o . th e i r w illi ngness to g i ve t h e use felFaeseeteenore of DERBY.—Mr, T. B. Horsfall, o f t h e ware h ouse gratuitously for a second complement of ,: eminent merchant of Liverpool, has consented to emigrants, and, in consequence, it is intended to despatch And for Derby at the next election.—Morning Herald. the Runneymede from Birkenhead in the second week in trZ t n B RT BENEFICIAL SOCIETY.—A silver snuff-box February. As a further proof of the general disposition fee. Presented, on Thursday evening, by the members, to of the residents on the other side of the Mersey to attract '-r• James r;_ Ayres, their treasurer. emigrant trade, it may be mentioned that the gas and jee,ottasiore.—On Thursday evening, a schooner came water company have gone to considerable expense in i,',‘.olay collision with the steamer Birkenhead, i n th e Sloyne. ing mains and pipes for the supply of a su ffi cient quantity e"..? blast of the steamer was forcibly b r ok en by th e shock, of water required for the use of so many people. "4,° Portion of her bulwarks knocked in. KIERDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS.—The business of ec e Ll ilit HEAD- CONSTABLESHIP.—Mr.DowIing, the head- these sessions commenced on Tuesday last, in the Court bortable, is in such a delicate state of health that he is house of Kirkdale. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks 4 4t . l kelY to continue long the performance of his active officiated as chairman. The Usual routine busin ss of the les. county was conducted in the magistrates' private room. k ir:R into the management of the establishment of open the lunatic asylum at Haydock-lodge, for the . re- Zss, held their first meeting on Saturtlay week, at the ception of private patients, was granted for twelve months. ,in P aul i street. Mr. Hornby was appointed chair- Mr. Owen's license for his establishment. at. Tue-brook I to n • They met again on Wednesday, the proceedings, was renewed. An application to transfer the license of an LANCASTER' eve being private. asylum at Walton from Dr Litchfield to Dr. Tierney and co AND LIVERPOOL STEAM NAVIGATION Mr. Nicholson, was granted. The Mayor of Liverpool, a p k i . e P e k ,NY.—The directors of this company have reported Thomas Littledale, Esq., qualified as a magistrate for the diy• 1 " on the half-year's working of £283 Its. ltd. A county. On Wednesday the criminal business was pro elene reser of 10.. per share has been declared, leaving a ceeded with. The calendar contains the names of 60 esti v e of £573 10s. 6d. The boilers require lining, the prisoners, 55 being charged with felony, and the remainder enated cost of which is £3OO. with misdemeanour and assault. Of these, 19 read .„ u 11°13LE BENEFICENCE.—We hear it reported, and upon and write perfectly, 13 can read, four have had a c sanperior for authority, th a t Th os . Ripl e y, Esq., of Liverpool, e d ucat i on, and 24 can neither read nor write. t o ille r l 3 l a merchant in this town, influenced by a desire ANEW LIFE- BOAT.—A new life-boat. called "Richard to te-reote the welfare of the plac e . of his birth, is about son's Patent Tabular Life. boat," has just, been received o f eeu'i(t a school, and endow it with the munificent sum at the Magazine's station. Two large circular metal tubes, e. 10,000 —Lancaster Gazette. gradually curving upwards and decreasing in diameter to e° • te n AL-PIT ACCIDENT INCE--Between nine and wards each end, in outline not unlike two Indian prahus. . te ., o'clock on Thursday morn ing, while a youth named are firmly connected by an iron band at, their extremities, arlihattuough, a drawer, 16 years of age, was working in a which incline to each other at an acute angle, so that the & I L in the shuttle pit of the Ince Colliery, belonging to space between the tubes is g.radually enlarged as their di ae .1'• Haliburtom E•q., a quantity of roof fell upon him ameter increases. Each of these tubes is lined by, or rather , T , killed him on the spot. —Wigan Times. incloses a stout Macintosh air bag. To give additional f FATAL ACCIDENT. —Richard Griffiths, 68 years of age, buoyancy, and probably to act as a "fender," a stout can kaperlb"lY a shipmaster, but latterly engaged in ship- vas piping, about the thickness of one's wrist, apparently erhteg, whilst going on board tile Windsor Castle, in the also inflated, is carried along the outer side of each tube . L e ' n g 8 Dock, on Thursday, to see the captain, with whom Along the tops of these tubes is fastened a strong wooden A$ Was acquainted, fell from the stage to the quay, and grating, crossed by seats for 16 oarsmen, the rowlocks be- AN so much injured that he immediately expired. ing of wrought iron, and forming a sort of light railing baib_tlieseee CUSTODIAN.—Roger Charnley, one of the round the grating. Its good qualities appear to be ex. th e n s of the County Court, was found the other day, by treme buoyancy, a form well adapted to make way through meeteston police-officers, in the condition adept " drunk Ol sorderly." the water, and fro m it s b rea dth o f b ase , a l most i mposs ibl e pri u s Hp was passing through Preston with a to overturn. t o ° err, bou n d f or L ancaster, and lied stayed rather too CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—The Rev. . of il p g a at the Mitre Inn. He was fined 55., and in default S. Gilly, D.D., author of " Waldensian Researches," 0 Yment would he committed to gaol. " Excursion to the Mountains of Piedmont," " Our Pro. Pre s A te lls Teee A PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.—At the testant Forefathers," &c., will deliver a lecture for this c oo e'"e quarter sessions, a document was read to the institution, on the subject of the Waldenses, or Vaudois, on te n • t t i , s.iened by six magistrates, calling their attention to Monday evening next. The Vaudois, i.e. " tile inhabitants ing testrableness of creating Garstang and the surround- of the valleys" of Piedmont, are perhaps the only instance Pett "nships, embracing a population of 14.145, into a of a people who, fro:n Apostolic times, have preserved, in peel sessional division. Atter a brief conversation, the spite of the most unparalleled and appalling persecutions ee l e in arY steps were ordered to be taken in the matter. on the part of the Church of Rome, the uncorrupted st an( l ) e I'MENT TO THE LATE DR. LINGARD.—We under- purity of the Primitive Christian faith, and which, by of t , e th a t a few Protestant gentlemen, to mark their sense their steadfastness, they enjoy to the present hour. From enetelligh literary attainments of the deceased historian, their faithful witness to the truth, they were deprived of hi s 41 1 his private worth, intend to erect a monument to all civil, and even of the free exercise of reli. cast e : b.l ° l 'Y, in the parish church of Hornby, near Lan- gious, privileges up to the year 1848 ; since which time eeten"n Which village the doctor resided about half a they are improving rapidly in every respect. Dr. Gilly has lit u si r Y• His remains, it will be remembered, are interred visited these interesting people four times, first in 1822, l aw. in the county of Durham.—Preston Chronicle. lastly in 1851. His lecture will embrace, therefore, the but. ,DEPLOR ABLE CASUALTY.—Captain James Killey, for most recent information, and will contain an account of tif e `J Years the highly-respected commander of the barque what he saw and heard on his last visit to the pastors thePteerus, belonging to Messrs. Gladstone and Co., of and people of the Waldenses. with rite and the gentleman who, in December, 1834, OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY • AT KNOTTY ASH. On re g i e .' crew of three men, navigated a sloop of only 13 tons Saturday evening week, about six o'clock, a dastardly l ast . :er i.. eence to Jamaiea, determined at the close of his attack was made upon Mr. Robert Bailey, who is agent to United to emigrate, with his wife and family, to the his worship the mayor, Thomas Littledale, Esq. Mr. del p C States. They sailed a short time back to Phila. Bailey is about eighty years of age. On the evening fell 0 .a, where, in his absence, his wife, who was enciente, named he had been to Highfield, the residence of the Rorerboard from a packet-boat, and was drowned. mayor, at. Knotty Ash, for the purpose of paying the katII 3I3 ERY AT BOOTLE.—On Wednesday, William workmen their wages. After having finished his business, so n, 2 8 Middleton, Ann Taylor, and Elizabeth ThomP- he left for the purpose of returning home, but had not got Mste t er n er e tried at the Kirkdale sessions, on a charge of more than 200 yards when he was thr own down by some r. Som e wearing apparel, &c., from the house of person who attacked him from behind. His assailant held and te e ' , Bootle. The female prisoners were servants, him forcibly by the head, and, in consequence of the 'Witho ut male prisoner was in the habit of visiting them, advanced age of Mr. Bailey, he could not make any suc detected their master's knowledge. The prisoners were cessful resistance. The villain robbed him of a gold watch Live_ through the exertions of Patrick , one of the and about 203. in silver, and then decamped. On Mon foe Irol detective police. Middleton was sent to gaol d a y, a rough, suspicious-looking youth, named Owen Pris on "nths, Thompson for four months, and the other Ki ng , offer e d the cases of the watch for pledge at Mr. reed exu er for two months. Duff's, pawnbroker, Tithebarn-street. and was secured alsBll.l°N MEDAL.—The first erf the Exhibition after a desperate resistance. He was brought before the on Tb ur re e ceived in Liverpool reached Mr. T. C. Archer, county magistrates at Kirkdale on Wednesday, and com cosine,: s uaY evening. The medal was awarded to him in mitted for trial. t or t ee'ott with the collection of imports arranged by him THE AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS.—Capt. Harrison Brown, bighurelxhibition. it is beautifully cast in bronze, in very . the master of the ship Zetland, of Liverpool, in a letter to her e s eef, bearing on the obverse medallion portraits of Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of this town, says :—" I am sign . Jest)? and Prince Albert, and on . the reverse tread ' illustrative T. ive of IN isciom placing a chaplet on the i happy to inform you that we arrived here (Melbourne) on Of Indu;rsthr globe. Y e . in the presence of the four quarters of the name of the the 14th ult. We have commenced discharging, but T I fear it will be slow work, for I expect all our sailors will recipient, with his class in the extition, are engraved on the edg e of the medal. desert, for there is great excitement here—everybody going OF YASSENGERS PER ....AFRICA. —Mr. Benjamin . to the gold diggings in the neighbourhood of Geelong. I 14 0, d lady e Mr. Diesel , t tgarer of dispatches, Mr. C. E. have seen a great deal found , and, from all accounts, it is ...Levey, bearer of dispa es, Major:-General Fane, Capt , found in large quantities. You will please stop the half ,rlampson, Messrs. Urqu hart, dispa tch es, Smith, Doyle, Has! k pay of [mentioning the names of several of his crew] who WFenton, Steward, Foulds, Clark, Carter F,, - kg " ' , have deserted, and I expect all of them will go, as there is ragg, Steven, Foley, L Mesurier, Benson, ; rr ,M7lancranees; not a man to be had for love or money. The ship Sea C• D. Roy, Le Tetu,Cumming Hoffrueyer, Denh.olm , has been here six weeks, and cannot get away for want of Pattison. Muller, Kelly, May, ' Greenshields, Stor m , hands. The ship Troubadour, by which I send this letter, bl e e TZ, Watson, Toole, Taplie g, Perrin, .ei , Whi t efor d , N •Id ,Sty can only way by getting men from the gaol, sentenced re Donald Davis, Lowthian, Pape, Lovett, Reid, to three months' imprisonment, being caught in deserting Valets, Heath, Smith, and Toser. from other ships ; therefore, how we shall get away I ) ,....0 0 s e s_ o f THE AMAZON.—A subscription has been tom- cannot tell, for the gold fever rages quite as bad as ever it did in California. Since writing the above. the excitement ''7!i s el in this town, at the instance of Mr. T. Bold, for about gold gets worse every day ; nearly all our sailors are 16 Smith, the governess, whose heroism during the gone, and I expect to be left in the ship with myself and P r ogress of the flames on board the Amazon, and subse renentl w hile tossed upon the Atlantic in an open boat, wife, and, perhaps, a boy or two. The lightermen have e l l e e e r e e ter corageous exhortations animated the despond- all struck work ;no lighters to be had, as all the labouring ‘ amen to renewed exertions, which probably saved men have gone to the diggings. It will be utterly impos tylineviinveli!,:se has been the theme of general enlogium. The Bible to get away at all if the present excitement continues. Legg la d it will be remembered lost the whole of her I shall write you again the first opportunity, and hope !!ceir ei vrhich was worth about £l3O. The amount that I shall give you a better account of our prospects in ved getting away from this. uinee her ready by Mr. Bold is about £lOO. Miss Smith, LECTURE ON " HILDEBRAND."—The third lecture of •ieeerews retu rn to England, has been the guest of Mr. the series given by the Sunday School Institution was i n e . , the Mayor of Southampton , delivered at the Concert-hall on Wednesday evening last, th e SUDD EN DEATH.—On Friday an inquest was held on by the Rev. W. H. Stowell, D.D. of Cheshunt College; Wh o of a respectable married woman, named Archer, the subject being " Hildebrand." The lecturer described lrowit resided in Walnut-street. On Thursday morning, a that famous Pope as the Colossus of the eleventh century, ZQ..... , her of the deceased forced an entrance into the house , and traced the gradual undermining by him of the inde he found his sister lying on the bed in an insensible pendence of the several national churches, and of many AareDrs. Collins and Anderson, of Oxford-street, of the sovereigns and states of Europe. The period at •• timmediately called in. They found the poor woman I which he first came upon the stage of public affairs was ?comatose ! mouth. Stimulants were administered, which for a ness, when concubinage and simony openly prevailed eie increased the pulse ; but the patient never spoke among the clergy, and the best spirits of the age were 7° 11 3 the time she was first seen until her death, which sow_ . glad to retreat from the corruptions around them to the so ak piece in the evening of the same day. Appal mortem solitudes of the cloister. He then aye a glowing narra 4nination was made, and the result led the jury to the tive of the life and acts of Hildebrand, as Pope Gregory pooTt, e lusion that apoplexy was the cause of death. VII., who enforced celibacy on the clergy, forbade the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—The season of the Liver- ' sale of benefices, and extorted feudal homage from the exe_eAcderny exhibition, just closed, has exceeded the Kings of France, Arragon, Denmark, and Hungary. He f o r ta.ions formed in the early part of it. The sales are even humbled the haughty Henry IV., King of Germany, erilY.:Pothe pictures, value £1,194, exclusive of sales made te.` i r . t the opening of the rooms by Liverpool artists, of for a time; but was eventually driven by him from Rome, and compelled to hide himself in the solitudes of Salerno. HZ:, We r es in the exhibition. Thirteen pictures, in addi- Robert, King of Sicily, refused to become his vassal ; 4.2 4, _ taken by prize holders in the Art-Union, value and William the Conqueror; of England, could never be I,4 4 'i l akii , lg a total of sixty-two pictures, amounting to induced to recognise his supremacy except in spiritual bloderate he attendance during the season has been a affairs. Hildebrand, however, must be regarded as one hebine average number—the season subscribers not far th ree mjne best years of the academy. On the twenty- of the greatest of the great men who had restrained the barbarism of feudal chiefs &one trampling down all yes 10,01.,'"ghts the rooms were open to the working classes, tiger of civilisation , and had been a powerful instrument l A. " Persons visited the exhibition ; 4,500 catalogues, at in bringing back learning ' and science to Italy, and thus 'Teirtattchviere sold to these visitors. collecting treasures for the Reformers of after ages. tidewaitin L IVERPOOL TIDEWAITERS.—The whole of the Judging of him by the standard of the Christian religion, Ful a e _ ve g s systein is to be remodelled, and, as a general it was clear that he mistook the traditions of men for the else' H e sels are to have boarded tidewaiters, here or - -wher e. gospel, and sought to establish universal empire in the Patr o l s _„, A perfectly -organised cordon of customs' papacy as the inheritance of the Roman See. The lec teen ~rewl.toi perambulate the quays night and day, and the tore was listened to with great attention, and was greeted Patr o i,7 i te l.)e formed into a new force, numbering 258 with enthusiastic applause at its close. amspeetorsert these 18 of the best seniors are selected to be SPORTING AND PERJURY.—At the sittings at Nisi alaried end, in place of mere day-pay me n, become Prius, in Guildhall, London, on yesterday week , an action Ito a tideo.sffi_c_ers, the first-class at a salar y of £loo' (equal was tried before Mr. Baron Platt, in which Mr. Robert r 9O • .7: e3l °rship at small ports), the rest at a salary Hemmingway, of this town, carrying on business as an e_nviredetue..ordinary o ffi cers at salaries increasing by African merchant, in the palm oil trade, was plaintiff, and p__ day sett''eu.utte men are divided into watches, one week Mr. William Maurice Wynne, manager of the Birken *o have ea redp to himself 16 out of every 24 hours. Ga " "R G defendant. The proceelings were taken to recover £195, vazei d ~ A VAZZI.—On Tuesda evenin last Father as the balance of £4OO alleged to be due from the defen and it delivered tl ofthree orations ' dant for the purchase of a race horse called Elcho. The le first , . on popery, . _ hall, I, B recent a Was manchesteggression on England, in the Free-trade- evidence of re li e received b r. Phillips, of B hb in July, 1849, for He wore the dress of his order, and the horse of Mr. . .us y, Id t ka 3' a numerous auditory with loud applause. three hundred guineas, it being then but two years o . Rrou t , ed - e e n God for the bull of Pio Nono, because it had Subsequently he was desirous of raising money on the 00 Pere e''' gland from her long slumber, during which animal, and paw Mr. John Tobin Aspinal, who introduced 1 , , gad ti:uld. into the in stealthily and cautiously , as a thief him to the defendant, and the latter promised to let him lerib e 4 ~_ dwelling of the unsuspicious. He then have £l4O to pay a claim which . a . man named Deacon ?leEngland the Proceedings of Pius IX. with respect to had on the horse, and £6O in addition to back Elcho for e, a 4, Fra n ee , Spain. Lombardy , Tuscany, and Na. the Liverpool Cup. Eventually, however, Wynne agreed "arer n " ,„ , conclud db - • . - •t b th h fth paid down £l4O in se, -re e o n racer. e y urging his Roman Catholic o ecome e pure aser o e . o, rate ow the example of the Duke of Norfolk, June, and took a receipt in the name of Pearce. The tu rned . n ner than bet Ps "otest ray the interests of his country, had price at first stipulated for was £4OO, which was ulti- Pal d o . ant, as the only way to save England from mately reduced to £395. In addition, however, to the to Co.r.roinsination. first payment of £l4O nothing more was ever handed over r ded f PR " THE WesTINDIEq.—Dr. Invray has for • except the £6O to back the horse at the Liverpool races, .5. ti le : ,;..orn the island of Dominica, in the West Indies, though there was a bill given, by way of security, to sr the d ,lanh Commercial ' Ass ociation,samples of Aspinal. The plaintiff admitted that he had been a th e? 'Herr nt and l e, viz. ,°• 4d. p e I small Sea Island cotton valued at Is 3d. to of his creditors in November last, by paying ten shillings ‘o Is, 4 , 1. b; stained ditto 5d t 5 1 d . 1 • ► — in the pound. These occurrences he ascribed to very Ap u ; m a „__., . , • 0 ~. ; arge ditto, Is. 3d, _ blee p sea, ed ..`",'?, oiol. to 6d.; black sea, sd. to 5-id. ; heavy o . l saes in business, amounting to £25,000. For the h dit to e to old. • rock or 9d 10d • defendant it was contended that, instead of £l4O, the acres -o, •id• to 10d kidney, *to .' an d of £340 was paid at the interview in June, and £6O of und er , . , . Dr. Invray has upwards of sixty sum Of fe o ':Mgress made ' 'the theenie... 'phis of the transaction, given by Mr. Wynne, was, in i"„R et eil.. o information is of importance, as show- fact, totally differentfrom ..: the t as ;r,t r l ic l?a are being made in the West as well as particular; and shewed that instead :eane an , . t .hes, for the cultivation of an article, an delivered in Liverpool, according to agreement,for defen dant . " 1 th e "'NAY of which is and paid £44 its e A m aw . so necessary to the prosperity had to fetch it from Cheltenham, . _ este r ,-, aeturing interests of this county.--Mati. keep. Aspinal, whose name had been mixed up with the bite rettardeen. 40 i EAm ED SE , matter, was a customer at the Birkenhead Bank, and de 4'Pertairt SEAMEN.—The Board of Trade have issued Wynne hail transacted business with him . on his private k ce ased _ notice, relative to the wages and effects of account, but never on account of Demmingway. John p.' °ut id to tak e chargeof 4 s eam _ the . money and effects of a de- dent as to the payment of £340 in June ; and asserted ~e ? voy a , e .an or apprentice dying on board or during that the bill transaction between Wynne and himself for byte or ~i , e. , and, as soon as convenient, cause any perish. £2OO, had nothing to do with the horse, nor had the ileti,,""le effectsl, whi c h he has on hoard , to be soldplaintiff any concern in it. He (witness) bad often lent an t} ee• Entry is required to b' of Stt e 'e Prie ei of all .. e .. made such sales, money to . Hemm i ngway, and had been intimately . con tbe si e e by the matea aorrecolnees ofin the official log book to be . netted with him o s n ai th i e. was Baron o P n l e att, u l e n st l i e o a r rng the a W s ti nsOW or , . the Such money, I case to the jury, there but q yd he Os ,j •d to ecjs of the deceased, and any balance of ! the horse been paid for ? A verdict was at once given toi attet 'll , to di:.delivered to the shipping znas'er when 1 for the defendant—the jury being of opinion that the (first t ship :harge his crew, in case of a foreign- plaintiff had committed perjury. His lordship then ~,b , and in rase of a home -trade , Pin t , B "lflent d .1' , orne-trade ship, upon his ordered that Heromingway should be taken into . custody, is ° , e •laast,.. . e ire ry of half-yearly returns to a ship. to answer an indictment for perjury, but admitted turn to „,...% i eeee e_ In . default, i tee master is liable to a penal' y bail ; himself in £lOO, and two suretieseach ; to -4 cterli e g twice the amount 14 ktee unaccounted for, or pot ) take Hs trial at the sessions of the centre! criminal eoure cetemencieg on Monday next. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the meeting of this Board, on Wednesday last, it was agreed to offer a reward of £5 for the discovery of the mother of an infant child, deserted in Toxteth-park, on the 17th instant. The security of the Guarantee Society for £lOO, in the case of Mr. Tomkins, relieving-officer, was accepted. Directions were given that four pauper lunatics should be charged to the common fund. A wall is to be built across the stable yard at the Workhouse, to prevent all communication between the children's and the men's wards. Mr. Bunt ing gave notice that, at the next meeting, he would move that the salary of Mr. Johnson, medical-officer, should be increased £lO per annum. It was resolved that Mr. A. B. Claytcn be employed to prepare plans and estimates of the intended hospital, under conditions that, if the build ing be proceeded with, he be paid a commission of five per cent. on the outlay. If not proceeded with, he is to receive a premium of £3O. The weekly return showed the number of paupers in the workhouse to be 692. LIVERPOOL 'ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAIOLOGICAL SocleTy.—Tlie fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt.street ; Mr. Picton in the chair. After several lithographed plans, &c., had been submitted, Mr. Frank Howard exhibited and explained five drawings or designs of candelabra, which he bad executed in the incredible space of one day for the Goldsmiths' Company in London. These designs were each adapted to a particular cost, the highest of which was calculated at £3,000, and the prin cipal subject of which was Richard 11. granting the char ter of incorporation. Mr. WlCenzie exhibited, by a drawing, the machinery by which St. George's Hall is supplied with cold and hot air. Mr. Walker considered the whole system had a great deal of complexity about it; he thought it might have b, en made more simple. Two or three members thought that the working cost of the machinery would be expensive. Mr. Bennett considered that they might perhaps be justified in going to such an expense if the building was used every day ; but as it was only occupied a few times in the course of the year, they might have submitted to a little inconvenience. It was stated by Mr. M'Kenzie that it required a week to get up the proper temperature. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided ; these were also present Messrs. Lloyd, Atkinson, Beckwith. Nichol son, Johnson, Chalmer, Dover, Godfrey, W. K. Tyrer, and Clayton. The annual report of the borough surveyor contained a return of the number of houses and ware houses erected, or in course of erection, mithin the muni• cipal borough, from the Ist of January to the 31st Dec., 1851 :—Under £l2 per annum, 101; from £l2 to £25, 578 ; from £25 to £35, 88 ; from £35 and upwards, 70 ; total, 837. Warehouses, 11. A comparative statement of the number of dwelling-houses erected within each year since 1838 showed the following results:—]B3B, ],052; 1839, 997; 1840, 1,576; 1841. 1,761 ; 1842, 2,027; 1843, 1 390 ; 1844, 2,450; 1845. 3,728 ; 1846, 3,460; 1847,1,220; 1848, 656 ; 1849, 446 ; 1850, 420 ; 1851, 337 ; total, 22,020. The medical officer reported that the mortality of the borough during the last week was below that of any week of the preceding four months. The registered deaths were 207, being 10 less than in the previous week, and 26 below the average of the same week of the four preceding years. The deaths in the parish were 148, and in the extra parochial wards, 59. The decrease was owing to the comparatively small mortality from diseases of the lungs, which amounted to only 66 against 106 in the previous week. Scarlatina also showed a diminished mortality, having caused only 19 deaths. From typhus there had been ten deaths ; from measles, 5 ; small pox, 4 (2 after vaccination); hooping cough, 8; croup,4; and erysipelas,2. SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting cn Tues day, at the Parish Offices, Brownlow-hill, th e Ch a i rman , the Rev. Rector Campbell, undertook to write to the magistrates on the subject of transferring the pass business, 'now conducted in Rigby-street, to the Workhouse, as there were now accommodations for the purpose, and the removal would save £4O or £5O a-year to the parish in rent. On the recommendation of the chaplain, Eliza Sul livan, of the North Corporation School, was appointed head-mistress of the Workhouse. The twenty-eight boys for whom the chaplain had obtained situations w, re all reported as behaving in a manner perfectly satisfactory. On the 15th instant there were 670 sick cases in the house, 109 being of fever and 74 of itch. The total number of admissions to the Vagrant-sheds during the past week had been 1,149. Minutes confirmed. The numbers in the Industrial Schools during the week were reported to be 1,065, maintained at ls. 104 d. per head per week. Miss Musker, temporarily engaged to supply the place of Miss Porter, assistant-schoolmistress, i s t o b e pa id at t h e rate of £2O per annum. The Building Committee reported that they had paid Messrs. Holme £l,BOO on account of their contract for the new Workhouse Buildings. The new Lunatic wards were stated to be very dark and other wise objectionable, which elicited an explanation that they were intended only to accommodate lunatics in the Work house for one night, prior to their removal to Rainhill. For the appointment of governor, it was reported that there were no less than 109 applicants, whose testimonials, a ponderous bundle, were referred to the Workhouse Committee, with instructions to select not less than three for the decision of the general hoard. DOCK COMMITTEE. The Dock Committee held their usual meeting on Thursday ; Mr. Charles Turner presided. Mr. MASON read the decision of Mr. Samuel Holme on several matters mutually agreed by the Health Committee and the Dock Committee to be referred to him.—They had reference to the paving of Sefton-street. the wall at the Stanley Dock, the sewerage of the new North-road, in continuation of Regent-road, &c. The Solicitor's Annual Report, as to the bills intended to be prosecuted in the ensuing session of Parliament, was read. It stated that the present position of affairs at Bir kenhead seemed to make probable a parliamentary contest of unusual severity and interest to the parties imme diately conneeted therewith ; but the proposed bills did not affect, in any novel or important degree, the Liverpool Dock Estate. The bills adverted to in the report were— The Birkenhead Dock Trustees' Bill ; the Bill to Alter the Constitution of the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks ; the Bill for making further Provision for the Completion of the Works of the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, and for other purposes; and the Liverpool Sanitary Bill. A letter was read from Mr. J. M. Wood, addressed to the chairman and members of the Dock Committee, com plaining of inefficient police regulations for the preserva tion of property in ships in the docks, and requesting that the committee would inquire into the subject. It appeared that on the 18th instant a quantity of copper was stolen from a brig called the Elizabeth Wood, whilst she was in dock. Mr. Dowling having made a report to the commit tee on the case, it was resolved that a copy of that gentle man's report be sent to Mr. Wood. Mr. MASON read a letter from Mr. E. W. Walker, se cretary to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commis sioners, requesting that the Dock Committee would al low placards to be posted about the docks, warning emi grants of the frauds to which they were liable at the hands of persons called " runners," both in Liverpool and New York.—Agreed to. _ _ A memorial was read from 880 owners of property and ratepayers at the North End, who objected to the esta blishment of an Emigrants' Home by the committee, as injurious to their interests. Referred to the sub-com mittee on emigration. ALLEGED EVASION OF DOCK DUES. Mr. NORTH, the dock solicitor, read a lengthy rPport of the sub-committee of finance on certain charges against. Messrs. Giannacopulo and Cochilani and Mr. George Wright, respectively, for evading the payment of dock dues, referred to such sub-committee for investigation and decision. The charge against Messrs. Giannacopulo and Cochilani was that of having shipped 86 packages of goods by the steamer Brigand, in September last, without pay ing any dock dues thereon. They denied at first that they had bad any intention of committing a fraud, and blamed their clerks, at the same time offering to produce their books and clerks before the committee. This they did not do, but afterwards they made the following offer, which was accepted :—" In order to make a short et,d of the question, and as the dock dues had certainly not been paid, owing, however, to causes already explained, and without Messrs. Giannacopulo and Cochilani's knowledge, they would pay double duties, and £2O, being the extent of the penalties imposed by the act of parliament, as re coverable by a prosecution," " The charge against Mr. George Wright was that of short-paid dues to the amount of £2B 14s. 6d. upon 73 consecutive shipments of iron, by as many different ves sels to America. made by him as the forwarding agent of Messrs. G. B Thorneycroft anti Co., of Wolrerhamptop, GRAND MASONIC BALL. A magnificent ball was given on Wednesday last by the Freemasons of West Lancashire, the proceeds of which are to be applied in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Masonic Institution, for the education and advancement in life of children of distressed Freemasons belonging to the district named. This was the third occasion on which a similar assemblage has been gathered, and the Town_ hall rooms were promptly granted for their use, by the Town Council of this borough ; with the greater propriety, perhaps, inasmuch as the social meeting was not limited to the members of the order, but was thrown open to the public at large. _ - As might have been expected from the objects which it was intended to serve, from the high standing of the society in which it originated, and from the distinguished patronage conferred upon it, the ball brought together upwards of twelve hundred persons, including the most respectable masons in Liverpool and the vicinity, and a large number of the most influential inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. PATRONS AND GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT. The Bight Hon. Lord Viscount Comhermere, Grand Master for Cheshire, and Viscountess Comberrnere. Henry Charles Verron, Esq., Grand Master. Worcestershire, Past Grand Senior Warden of England, Knight Commander, Knights-Templar, &c. Matthew Day" es, Esq. ' F.G.S., &c., Past Grand Seni o r Warden, and Grand Commander, Knights-Templar. &c.. East Lancashire, and Mrs. Dawes. Albert H. Royds, Esq., Junior Grand Warden, and Knight Commander. Knights-Templar, Fast Lancashire. Charles John Vigne, Esq., Bath, Worshipful Master, Knight Commander, Knights-Templar, Rose Croix, &c. Thomas Litt ledale, Esq., the Mayor of Liverpool, Junior Grand Warden, West Lancashire. John Blayds Molyneux, Esq., Junior Deacon, West Lan cashire. Samuel Yates Hess, Esq., Junior Deacon. West Lancashire. Lewis Samuel, Esq., Grand Treasurer, West Lancashire. Joshua Walmsley, Esq., Grand Secretary, West Lancashire. Arthur Henderson, Esq.. Grano Registrar, West Lancashire, and Chairman of the Commii tee. James, Eckersley, Esq., Grand Standard Bearer, West Lanca shire. C. B. Clayton, Esq., Grand Superintendent of Works, West Lancashire. Thomas Wylie, Esq., Grand Pursuivant, West Lancashire. Thomas M. Hopkins, Esq., Grand Officer, Knight-Templar, &c., Worcestershire. Edward Giles, Esq., Grand Officer, Worcestershire. Joseph Hess, Esq., Past Junior Grand Warden, West Lanca shire. Augustus R. Martin, Esq., Bangor, Past Junior Grand Warden, west Lancashire. John Molineux, jun., Grand Organist, West Lancashire. Samuel Moss, Esq., Past Junior Grand Warden, Gloucester. Lewis Hornblower, Grand Superintendent Works, Cheshire. Edward G. Willoughby, Esq., Past Grand Deacon. Cheshire. Alfred . Stephens,Esq.,M.D 2 , Grand Deacon. Cheshire. Robert Brown, Esq., Grand Director Ceremonies, West Lan cashire. Edw w a r d Aleu Pe g e lens E ., Esq., } Vice-Chairmen, Committee. ck , Many other Grand officers of this and neighbouring provinces, together with the Past Masters, Worshipful Masters, and Wardens of most of the Lodges in the town and province. The Honorary Secretaries, John J. Banning, Esq., Worshipful Master of Lodge 35; R. H. Hardey, K n i g ht Commander, and Grand Hospitaller Knights-Templar, Ang. Wal. Henry Holbrook, Senior Warden, Lodge 368, Knight-T em pl ar , b'l'he Steivards were selected from the various Lodges, and numbered thirty, presided over b) the Chairman of the Com mittee. Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Esq., Grand Master of this Province, and the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, his deputy, were unavoidably absent through illness, and Richard James Spiers, Esq., the Grand Sword Bearer of England, Knight Commander, Knight s-Templar, &c., Lieut.-Colonel George Augustus Vernon. Past Senior Grand Warden, and Grar,d Commander, Knights- Templar, of Staffordshire, with other Patrons, were unavoid able detained by pressing engagements in London. Nearly one half of the company present were Masons of different degrees of rank, a large number of whom wore the jewels and other insignia of the ancient order, some of which were eminently beautiful and attracted considerable attention, as well as excited much curiosity among the guests, especially among those of the gentle sex. At the bottom of the great staircase were two fylers with drawn swords, and, near them, others of the brethren in official capacitiea, who took an active part in the arrangements for securing the comfort of the guests. The band of the Liverpool pensioners, under the direction of Mr. Davies, bandmaster, was stationed in the vestibule, and added a charm and animation to the proceedings by the performance of a selection of popular music. The orchestra, in the ballroom, was occupied by Mr. Gribbin's effective quadrille band. Another band, also under the direction of Mr. Gribbin, was stationed in the smaller ball room. The dancing commenced shortly after nine o'clock, but the receptions continued until nearly eleven, a continuous stream of arrivals pouring into the superb suite of rooms till they were completely thronged. And what gave its greatest zest to the meeting was the sociality which per. vaded it, and the general participation of delight which each seemed anxious to share with every neighbour with ont regard to the ordinary demarcations of rank or station. The programme of the dances was as follows :-1, qua drille; 2, polka; 3, valse; 4, quadrille; 5, schottische; 6. gallop ; 7, quadrille ; 8, polka ; 9 La Tempete ; 10, quadrille ; 11, valse ;_ 12, schottische. - The arrival of Lord Combermere and party was greeted by the band with " See the eonquering hero comes," and his lordship and Lady Combermere were shortly after wards introduced to a number of the most distinguished ladies and gentlemen in attendance, to whom not only his rank and position rendered him an object of special inter est, but the high station he occupies among Masons, as the provincial grand master of Cheshire, and' the hand some donation which he is known to have given to the Masonic Institution of the western division of this county, which entitles him to be a life governor. It was also known to many of those assembled that his lady supports a school in the neighbourhood of Chester, in which a number of the children of Masons are educated at her expense. Not long after the arrival of this noble party, they were entertained at a collation set out in the Mayor's private room. _ The general refreshment rooms were thrown open about eleven o'clock, when the company were supplied with an elegant collation—tea, coffee, negus, &c., the arrangements for which were under the direction of Mrs. Castle, of the George Hotel, and were such as to afford universal satisfaction. Dancing was afterwards resumed, and maintained with spirited energy by the younger and more enthusiastic spirits of the party till after four o'clock in the morning, when still Soft eyes looked love to eyes which apake again, and there seemed reluctance even then to separate. It should be added that the secretaries, Messrs. R. H. Hartley, J. J. Banning, and Henry Holbrook; the stewards—thirty in number,—and Mr. Charles Harwood, the master of the ceremonies, were attentive and polite to every guest, and, so far as we were able to judge, were eminently successful in making every lady present feel at home, and therefore happy. a We are informed thai is - sum of money exceeding £250 will accrue from the pleasant meeting of Wednesday evening last—a result which must needs add to the grate ful reminiscences of alt who were present on the occasion. This Masonic Institution has been established for the purpose of raising a fund to be applied towards the educa tion and advancement in life of the children of distressed freemasons in this division of the county, whether the. parents of such children be living or dead. The manage ment of the affairs is vested in a court, of which the P.G.M. of freemasons for this division will be the presi dent, and the D.P.G.M. and the S. and J.P.G. wardens for. the same division, the vice-presidents. There is no simi lar intitution out of London connected with the masonic order, and no political or religious differences will have any influence in its management. The children who may receive the advantages of it will be sent to any school suggested by the parents or guardians. We understand that before the anniversary of the institution the trustees will be in a position to invest £l,OOO in aid of the objects contemplated. Subscriptions and donations in aid of the funds will be received by the vice-presidents and trustrecs; the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, incumbent of Tockholes; Joseph Per rin, Esq., Warrington ; Thos. Littledale, Esq., mayor of Liverpool ; Lewis Samuel, Esq., t reasurer ; an d by th e bankers, Messrs. Moss and Co. The 6llowing is a list of a portion of the lodine a!)d gen. tlemen present on the occasion, Halite us from giving the whole of the compar Alfred Austin H. B. Ford Mr & Mrs J. B. Amy Mr & Mrs Fynney H. S. Alpass, W.M., W. J. Foster K. T., &c. R. Gillon G. Addison, Preston C. J. Gregson Mr 8z Mrs Atherton it. F. Gladstone M r & Miss Airey Geo. Gill, W.M. Mr & Mrs Andrews F. Gee Air& NI isses Aspinall H. C. Greame John Armstrong R. C. Gregson Miss Ashcroft, Orren H. Gawthorp, P.M. T. C. Archer L. T. Gaskell, P.M. Dr & Miss Atcherley Miss Gartside Mr, Mrs, & Misses K Giles, Worcester, . . Ashton P.M. Gibe' John Blanchard Hor. Gamhell, W.M. Mr & Mrs R. Mason Robert Blanchard Thos. Griffiths Capt. M'Connoll Samuel Barnett Mr & Mrs \V. Gem, J. H. Nightingale t is n Henry B ehrend W.M., K.T., &c. Miss Nightingale Mr & Mrs Ban n e r Miss Gardner Mr & Mrs Neville Miss F. Ort on , Al- E. M. Grocott Mrs Nunn, London r s ih Berry,cam Dublin K.T., &c. Cooper Grocott Miss Norton Jos. Brereton,Speke- Jonas Gleave Mr Penrose Nevins Fall John Hanvey, C.E., G. No rwa y Miss Mrs & Misses Owen Miss Barshaw Wm. Hind . G. 011erhead George Banner .f. H. & Miss Hind Mr & Miss Ockleston C. Barclay F. G. Harbord. P.M. J. Oxley Miss Brierley Mr H. & Miss Hol- R. Ousey Mr& Mrs W.Bennett brook, K.T., &c. Geo. Okell • Mr Burrows John Hedley Wm. Odell Air, Mrs, & Misses Mr & Mrs W. B. MissOpenshavr,Bury Briscoe Hooper,W.M,K.T, Air, Mrs, & Misses H. Brownent &c. Parker A. Al. Blain Lewis Hornblower, B. Pritchard Mr, Mrs, & Miss Grand Supt. Works G. Powell Bettetey Air & Mrs Hardy IWin. Pickering Mr S. K. & Misses Nir. l .&MissHoliiday Jas. Pickup Brebner Jos. Hess, P. Junior R. W. Parker Mr & Mrs T. P. Warden Geo. Pim Brabner S. Y. Hess, W.M., R. Pedder R. 'l'. Buck Junior Deacon Miss Patterson Geo. J. B-rker, jun— NI , hur Henderson, Air, Airs, & . Staffordshire Grand Registrar Radley Mr & Misses G. E. Geo. Holmes Mr Radley, jun. Burrows Mr Wm. & Misses Thos. Rodick, Beech- Misses Brook, Hud- Hartley wood, Woolton dersfield R. H. Hartley. Kn;. Mr &Airsßodick,jun Air & Airs C. H. Corn., Knt.Temp., Mr J. P., Mrs, & Blundell Rose Croix, &c. Miss Rodick Miss E. Brown H.J.Hinxman.M.D., Mr & Mrs Rawson R. Blythe Bury, P.M., K.T., Mr & Mrs Rickman Miss H. Bainbridge &c. Joseph Ravenscroft J. N. Bartlett, jun. Mr & Mrs William Claughton Wm. Berry. W.M. liumphreys Mr & Mrs Rodgers Mr & Miss Barker H. E. Holt . J. H. Richmond T. H. Bowen . R. Howarth, Bolton H. Richmond G. Badenach Mr & Mrs Henry Lloyd Rayner, P.M Misslirearley,Bolton Jas. Hornby E. W. Rayner Mr & Miss Branch Air & Mi's Hunter R. Rayner J. Burdy J. L. Howard H. J. Riley Mr & Mrs C. G Balli C. H. Harwood, Di. Mrs Rigby, Cheste Mr & Mrs G. Brown rector of Ceremo- J. Roberts Mr & Mrs R. Brown, nies for the Ball G. Ramsden W. 141., Grand Di, John Hay A. Rowbotharc rector Ceremonies Miss Hunter S. R. Roundel' for the province H. Hengel Geo. Reade E. Crosfield T M. Hopkins,K.T., Fletcher Room S. H. Coulter • Worcester Patrick Ross Miss Cortell Chas. Hand, S.W. J. Ray Mr & Mrs Coupland Mr & Mrs Harwood A. Rahus Miss Cottrall Misses Harrison J. Richardson Jas. Currie Mr& AirsJ Harrison Mrs Robertson Wm. Crowther Mr Wm. & Aliases Cor. Sherlock Mr & Airs Chism Hiuldb.ston E. L. Samuel Jas. Cuthbert E. C. Houghton Miss A. Samuel Wm. Carter A. R. &G. H. Hough. John Senior Wm. Carroll ion Mrs & Miss Swainson Air.hirs.&Miss Cross C. Jenkins James Shield Capt. Thos. Conk H. B Johnson Dr &Miss Scholefield Air R. M. & Miss silr & Mrs Joseph S. Samuel Crawford ' l . G. Ireland Mr & Mrs A. Ste- Mr J. R. & Miss,z. fnnes phens, P.M., Grd. Cameron Mr & Miss Jeffreys Jun. Deacon, &c. C. Cox Wm Jackson James Sheil Capt. Corbett, K ".., T. H. Irvin Alex. Smith Malta R. Irving F. T. Stubbs Mr Kenyon Mrs Swift 'John Kilshaw Richd. Shaw, jun. Mrs King A. Smith Mr & Miss Killock Mrs & Misses Seddot F. Loran G. W. Stocks 11.W.Lowry,K.T..&c W Steward.l.of Mal R.& J.G.Livingston H. W. Slack, ALD Air Lister J.W 2 John Leah, jun. W. J. Wm. Lane Miss Sandersoi, Mr Line Air, Mrs. & Miss Lieut. Lord, R.N., Samuel, G. Treas & Lady Air Stephanoff James Little Oscar de Stub M'Gregor Laird J. C. Spence Cap'. Lane , Mrs Towers Mr & Mrs. S. Legg Walter Thompson, .John Laird K.T., &c. Robt. Little, K.T.&c Capt. J. W. Tacey .Tao. Lees Air Turner Alias Langton Wilfred Troutheck, I. W. Lacy K.T., K.M., &c. E. Lister D. Trier Harold Littledale &T. W. Tetley Lady and party Afr & Mrs J. H.Tetley Thos. Littledale, the Miss Taylor Mayor, and a very Capt. R. L. Taylor large party Jas. Troughton W. P. Moser John Taylor Miss Marshall Mr J. C. & Misses A. Marshall Thompson F.. Mocatta & party John Tomb W. F. Mawdaley H. C. Vernon, Wor. Mr & Mrs J. Afoli- cester, G.M.,K.C., rens, jun., Grand K.T., &c. Organist C. J. Virile, Rath, Miss Mansell W.M.. K.T., K.M., Misses Maddox Rose Croix, &c. J. Maddoi. Mr & Mrs C. Veielst P. Ma ;dox Miss Wilcock R. Miller T. Warburton. P.M., Miss C. Miller . M.E.J., K.T., &c. H. G. Miller Wm. Watson Augustus R. Martin, Wm. Wonlliscroft Bangor, P.G. Jun. W. H. Winn Warden T. Wagstaff Alfred Middleton Miss Williamson Mr Aluirhead J. H. & Miss White Miss Moorhead Air & Mrs Woodward Cript.A.G.Moorhead H.& Miss Woodward Mr & Mrs. M`Guffie Miss Walker Mr & Mrs E. Men- Mr Whittaker gens, P.M. Joshua Walmsley, F. Mogford Grand Secretary J. S. Crosier Henry Clark Wm. Copeland Mr & Mrs Clark Henry Clarr. P.M.. K.T.. M.R.Z., &c. Mark Cumming C. T. Capper N. J. Connolly A. R. &H. Cox Wm. & F. C. Came Miss Cooper Mr Cleaver M r & M rs J. A. Crook A'ex. M'Cullough Mr W. A. & Mrs. Clayton A. B. Clayton, Grand Superintendent of Works Gen. Chapman E. Dundas Wm. Duff later. P.M Mn. K., Mrs, & _- Miss Dawson Wm. Dunlop Wm. Dixon. Chester Mr & Mrs Darcey .1. E. Delame Mr & Miss Dawson Mr & M rs W. Davies, _ _ _ P.M. Mr & Mrs J. Driver H. It. Dudley P. Durlos J. Daly Miss Davies Thos. Ftty Miss Frmson Mr & Miss Edwards , Crewe H. Edwards John Ellison, War. rinzton Mre. & MissesEyton MI & Mrs W. Fisher Mr & Mrs B. L. Franklin, J. P. Frost L. J. Fosbrook John Fenton, W.M Geo. A. Foster W. A. Fish A. P. Fletcher CHESHIRE AND WALES. Mr. W. M. Wynne has resigned the management of the Birkenhead Branch of the North and South Waies Batik. The annual sermons in aid of the Birkenhead Hospital and Dispensary, were preached, by the Rev. A. Knot, on Sunday last. Thelion. Mr. and Mrs. William Cowper have joined the circle visiting John Tollemache, Esq., M.P., at his seat, Peckforton-hall. Cheshire. A veteran is now living in Chester who has been pre sent at twenty-two engagements, besides minor actions, principally during the Peninsular War. Serjeant Roberts is his name. A steam-crane has recently been placed on the verge of the Birkenhead Docks far the loading of vessels with coals from the quay. It hoists five-and-a-half tons in about three minutes. CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—A special chapter was held on Monday last, in pursuance of the instructions given by the Bishop of the Diocese at the late visitation, when the following gentlemen took the oath prescribed by the statutes as lay clerks :—Richard Scarisbrick, 'Walter Geo. Sandy, William Wait. Thomas Baxter, Edward Cuzner, and John Braysher Mason.—Chester Courant. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 18th January, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers, £867 ss. Od. ; parcels, H. C. and D., £6B Bs. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £545 6s. 3d.; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £3O 10s. 4d. ; parcels, £1 16s. Bd.; goods, cattle, &c., £97 10s. 9d.—Steam boats : Passengers, £ll7 Bs. 7d. ; parcels, £23 Os. Od.— Total, £2,326 6s. sd. BURGLARY AT HOLT-HILL, TRANMERR. —Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Wellington -cot tage, Holt-bill, the residence of Mr. Henry Herbert, was forcibly entered by thieves. A pane of glass was broken in the back kitchen window, through which the robber must have put his band and unfastened the window. Mr. Herbert's son was sleeping in the parlour, and yet a quan tity of wearing apparel was taken from that apartment without disturbing him. The thief or thieves appear to have been both hungry and thirsty, for they devoured a quantity of bread and cheese, and drank some milk. They also took with them a pewter tankard, metal teapot, and other articles. DISTRESSING EVENT IN EIRICENHBAD.—A melancholy occurrence has created considerable sensation at Birken head. Mr. Walter Walker, the younger brother of Messrs. John and William Walker, joiners and builders, and who was engaged in business with them, at Birkenhead, is supposed to have met an untimely fate, by falling into the Great Float. lie has not been seen since Friday night week, when, about eleven o'clock, he left the Park-hotel, where he had been with some friends. It is conjectured that he subsequently made his way down Cathcart- street, which leadsdirectly tothe Float, and owing to thedarkness, walked directly over the dock-pier ; for, on Saturday morning week, his hat was discovered floatingon the surface of the water, nearly opposite the end of Cathcart-street. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, several discharges of cannon were made at intervals, in various directions, over the Float, with the view of causing the body to rise to the surface, but these exertions were ineffectual. On those days, also, the Great Float was carefully dragged, especially near the Hydraulic Bridge, where his hat was found, but without result. On Sunday, the docks were carefully examined ; and, yesterday, the drags were again brought into action. This morning, we understand, can non will again be fired over the water with a view to raise the body to the surface. The supposition that Mr. Walker must have fallen into the water is strengthened by the fact that, the same night, his firm were loading the railway trucks with timber from a raft lying there, and the train was to leave at midnight. Fearing that he might have met with foul play, and that his hat was thrown into the water as a blind, every exertion has been used to search the pits and quarries of the neighbourhood, bat without success. Great praise is due to Inspectors M'Neile and Byrne, and Mr. J. W. M itchell , neph ew o f the unfortunate gentleman, for their indefatigable efforts in searching for his body, as well as to the numerous friends who rendered their beet services on the occasion. Mr. Walter Walker was a quiet gentlemanly young man, and his untimely fate is the subject of universal regret. As AannEABLE FRIEND. —M r . Lear, in his Journal ofl a Landscape Painter, relates an anecdote of the post master of Pella, the birth-place of Alexander the Great. The artist and he were taking a parting cup of coffee, when unfortunately the former set his foot on a hand some pipe bowl. Crash wont the bowl, but the Mahom medan sat unmoved. Mr. Lear apologised. " The breaking of such a pipe bowl," said the postmaster, " would, indeed, under ordinary circumstances, be dis agreeable ; but in a friend every action Lae its charm a." LOCAL NEWS. - T --. _ A space precluding 1. Blayds Molyneux Grand Deacon Geo. Morris Mr & Mrs. Middle burst Mrs Massey 17 rJ. &MA' Marshall Mr & Mrs Moss Mr and Mrs S. Moss, Gloucester, P. G. Junior Warden Wm. Mason, Grand Steward E. NI urray,San Frar cheal's C Carpenter, 8.A., by lic. bliss Elizabeth Edwards. On the 21st inst., at the P. J. Slade, A.M. Mr. Fret. Bow l daughter of Henry Ashworth. Rsq.. of The Oaks, n On the 21st inst., at St David's Church. Mr. Bowl, of Rhos mill, Conway, to Miss Grace Jones, of B Eglwysbach, John Craigio . , -Tr sh Chnrcb, Rol T. of this town. Evans, iadlen, On the 21st inst.; at St. Mark's Church, by the Rev. W. Pol• lock, M.A.. Mr. J. Coolican to Isabella, daughter of Mr. T. I Sutton, of Duke-street. On the 21st inst., at Fitton, by the Rev. Mr. Gibbon, John, only son of Mr. Ravenscroft, of the Cape Farm, to Ann, second daughter of Joseph Fletcher, Esq., of Holton] Villa, near Northwich, Cheshire, late of the firm of Messrs. Fletcher and Co., of Manchester. On the 22d inst., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. C. H. Burton, M.A., Mr. George Bust to Miss Mary P.dmondson. On the 22d inst., at Egretront Church, Wm. Frnane, Esq.. merchant, Huddersfield, to Charlotte, only daughter of Wm. Frisby, Esq., of Egremont, Cheshire. On the 22d inst., Mr. Thos. Blackledge, of her Majesty's Customs, to Matilda, youngest daughter of Mr. Wm. Parry, of London-road. On the 25th it ton, by the Rev t St. Pete s Ch nrr' Sackville-street. Ever- Molloy, shipwright, to Miis Margaret Clucas, formerly of Cabtletown, Isle of Man. On the 26th inst., at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, A. 8., by license, Mr. William Gandy to Miss Eliza beth Price. DIED Lately, on board the schooner Mary Elizabeth, when near New Orleans, of congestion of the brain, aged 22, Lord J. Loughborough, eldest eon of the Earl of Rosslyn. Lately, on his way irom Warsaw to St. Petersburgh, Frederick Ricci, an Italian composer of merit. His principal works are a comic opera, " II Colonnello," written for Malibran, but which she was prevented from singing, and a serious- one, the " Prigioni d'Erlinburgo ;" also "Estella" and "Griselda," written for Miss Catherine Hayes. Lately, in Paris, aged 84, S. B. Parant, a celebrated painter on porcelain and ivory. Deceased first came into public notice when Napoleon was first consul, from whom he received much patronage, One of his principal works is a table containing portraits of all the great generals of antiquity. It was executed for Napoleon, but, on his downfall, was giv en by Louis XVIII. to the Prince Regent of England. It is now in the possession of her Majesty the Queen. On the•stliNoyember, on board her Majesty's ter der Blood_ hound, of wounds received at Lago, West Coast of Africa, aged 22, Henry Hyde Hall, mate of her Majesty's ship Niger, youngest and only surviving s on o f Li eu t enan t Th omas S amue l Hall, R.N. On tl road. !9th ult , aged 67, On the 14th inst., at Bath, Middleton. cholas Martindal, of Belmont d 79, the Dowager Visconnteat On the 14th inst., at Tir-y-fron, near Ruabon, aged 61, Jane, wife of Rd. Roberts, Esq., surgeon. On the 15th inst.. in Br( ugham-terrace, aged 6 years and It months, Margaret Douglas, second daughter of J. Boyn, Esq,. On the 15th inst., at Wrexham, aged 45, Mrs. Laura E. Davies. relict of Mr. John Davie s , of thi s t own . _ _ On the 16th inst.. aged 10 years and 4 months, Hanna/a Fowler. youngest daughter of Mr. Harwood, of the Market Inn, Birkenhead. On the 16th inst., at the Hill-house, Stroud, aged 77, Sir Dean Paul, Bart. On the 16th inst., at the residence of Lord Stourten, at 011erton, near Tadcaster, Humphrey Weld, Esq., of Cbidcocke t Dorset, brother of the late Cardinal Weld. The de:eased gen tleman was on a visit at Lord Stourton's, snd had net been well for some weeks. He was found dead in his bedroom by a servant who had been summoned by his bell. He was con nected with the Stourtons, Ciffords, Petres, Arnndells, Bhin dells. and many other of the highest Catholic families. On the 17th inst., aged 56, Maria, widow of the late Mr. Wm. Hurlbut t, of Nantwich. On the 'l7th inst., after two days' illness, aged 43, Mr. Wm. Lawson, butcher, St. James' Market. On the 17th inst.. aged 41, Mr. Wm. Mosford, of Islington. On the 18th instant, Stanley, infant son of Mr. D. IL Gibson, of Everton. On the lath instant, at Montgomery, North Wales, aged M, Mr. William Southwell, formerly of this town, and father oX Mr. William Southwell, of Manchester. On the 19th inst., aged 4 months, Mar Thos. Wilkinson, Brownlow-street laughter of Mr On the 19th instant, aged 70, Margaret, wife of Joseph Steel. Esq., of South-hill•grove. On the 19th instant, aged 64, George Cattail, formerly of York. On the 19th instant, aged 61. Mrs. Ann Catherine rhythias, late of Mason-street, Edge•hill. On the 19th instant, aged 16 months, Prances Mary, yoonSeet daughter of Mr. John Thompson, joiner. On the 20th instant, after a long and painful-illness, aged 68, Mr. John Shannon, of Mould street. On the 20th instant, at Manchester, aged 66, Mr. George Wright, formerly of the Inland Revenue Department, at this town. On the 20th instant, aged 33, Mr. Joseph Woolley, lateof the Od4iellovrs' Rest, Concirt-ttreet On the 20th Tr g.villa, Oxton, age d I years , instant, at Sprin Martha Ann, second daughter of Mr. George Wright. On the 20th instant, at Nantnich, aged 34, Mr. Robert Batterstiy, of this town. On the 20th instant, in Sussex -gardens, Hyde-park, aged rf. Lady Hawkins Whitshed, relict of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Bart. On the 91st instant, aged 5 years, Rather Peat, eldest daughter of Thomas Hammon, jun. On the 21st instant, in Radcliffe -street, Everton, aged 37, Mr Joseph 1 1 1`Curdy. On the 21st insi of Mr. W. Owen ant, in Frederick-street, aged 37, Sarah, wile On the 21iinnst., at her son's residence, Drayton-house, Walton-on-the-Hill. aged 84 years, Ann, relict of the late Richard Gregory, Esq. On the 224 instant, in Gardner's-row, Marybone, aged lee years, Margaret Cohan. On the 22d instant, Annie, infant daughter of Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq. On the 22cfinstant, at his residence, Wavertree, after a l ob* and painful illness, in his 73d year, John Woodruff, Es q ., f or forty-three years of her Mesty's Excise, in this to wn. On the 23d instant, aged 2 years and 2 m ont h s, Elisabeth Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. Redfern, of Bloom-street, On the 23d instant, in her 32d year, Mar garet, w i fe of Capt. James Livingston, of the Euxine, and daughter of Mr. W. C. Wilkinson, clerk of St. George's Church. On the 24th inst., aged I . years 9 months, Lois Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Worthington, Bootle. On the 24th instant, aged 2 years and 4 months, Frederick, youngest son of Mr. W. F. Corbin, Cecil-street, Low-bill. On the 24th instant, in London, aged 72 Innell Wm. Clement, Esq., proprietor of The Ob server and Metl's Life it Loads* newspapers,.. ~ 2 1 1 mat Ira •n .-. ..,. . ~, - 1 - 1 - t , - ~. On the 25th inst., a t hi s res idenCe, 4; 'Crania, Waterloo, suddenly, Geo. Wainwright, Et On the 25tli inst ,at I r latranngan, nest irlidadhright, ages{ TA years, Mr.ckenzie Forbes, of Liverpcol, relict of tiv late Jilr. William Forbes, of Peterhead, N.B. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The new c is now in course of rehearsal by this soci ratorio "Joseph ROYAL A MPHITHEAI.-. still continue at this establishment novelties will be introduced, amor drama, entitled " Dick Turpin' pected to prove an attrp rhe equestrian company This week several sin eqnestrian ADELPHI THEATRE. . Gulliver" is still attractin, feature of interest is the Lilt, and clever evolutions are the ment of all who witness the review of the juvenile heroes THEATRE ROYAL.—The pantorn;-- treat attraction, principally on beautiful scenery with which it is t of the burlesque is ver y (levoi , l n . . Harlequin The chief so correct ontsb- n Bobbin himself. h why pedagozue, makes mi of t, for th )rs, the on Thursdayrevenin —The fou-' n cert of m), M.! , o ~ .1 treet The pro.. dark ; aR y Mrs. vas also Id vinlor Moliou w movement bein g l ou dly . xtremelv unknown ie superiority in the On the 15th inst., the wife of the Rev. Brabazon Shrigley-hall, Cheshire, of a daughter. On the 16th inst of Mr. Robert Gerard-street, of a so 'ether, of On the 171 h inst., in Hyde-park, the wife of E. } Esq., of d son. of a daughter On the 21st Bold-street, of a son. On the 22d inst., in Hone-street, the wife of TV professor of music, of a (laughter On the 24th inst st., the wife of Mr. Wr ~ George Trevor Roper On the 24th inst., porter dealer, EvertOn-c MARRIED book si.) Ohl] Dar rington, ieo. Holden. Iniere, Ch• shire, the wife of Mr ,„ .4 , n rin.".•.... On the 11th ult., at New York, by the Rev. M W. C. Russell to Miss .Ti On the 18th inst.. at A son of S Ditton-biink, Ditto' n. On the ISth inst., at St. PI 8.A., Mr. John Templeton t On the 19th inst., at Low( Rev. R. Corr, Mr. Rohert Mr. W. Harrow, of Duke-sti On the 18th inst., at St. Joh Gee to Mary Jane, daughter o - On the 19th inst Bolrs to Mrs. Sa On the 19th _ Rev. W. M'Kerrow:D.D.. at St. John the I rah Girven. both of T Manchester, to On the 20th inst., at Wm H. Alford, the Rev. John in this town, to Eliza, eldest dau this town. On the 20th inst., at thr Parish Church, Pres J. O. Parr, Mr. Henry Catnobell Bar f St. N J. C gate, to Elizabeth, only daugh Inland Revenue. On the 20th inst., at St. talk Dubtin,to Mary, fourth clang' of Windsor On the 20th inat._, at St. Nlc__ Mr. Thos. Cook to Mrs. Mary M Carpenter, B.A . Mary Hewitt, of On the 20th it °mats %% of Church. by the Rev. S. Cavan, .1 Ke!sail, F.go , of Widnes Farm, ughter of Wm. Longton. Esa.. of 1). by the Rev erine Finwrlpr Church, Mr. Geo, t's Church, Mr. E. John Edward Grant, stationer, Church, tt, Esq., of Church, Mr. John Brown, of of the late It. Y. CI 'ynress-street to Mrs. ner, to principal character wordi to sa wer, who enacts the F up, by hiq eleve:• pa The perfor . r he introduction of si pantomime will be pl, LIVERPOOL MUSICAL UNTO m Friday evening last, led by a mime mme was on this oceasio •epntation thes, , ment of Mr d Mendelesohn 11 .'rr Mol Beale and Mr. E played by the Mollenh . auer, and Mr: ►pplauded_ throughout, t demanded; it exeellently. atte in E Ir. Law! nor was at' , Herr Mc taste fa performance imirably ex 's Ride to York •owded houses. titian nrmv. wF dmirmtiori Bnd