The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-08 00:00:00

8 A\ . \__ , 1 846 S. O oII,,CInYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. vow of """-' i mmediately, as M ANA GER, a G en tl eman or de r tente l ' en sive experience in the Fire and Life De- D, PPTIN 6 i, t° whotn a liberalAtalary will be given. itto , Dth , , n a to be addreised too the Chairman of the v ertoo "2, C oolc..striet, Liverpol. 4 J , 'J: anttb• 3 • TO T : C cin b e :t . ' YOURADESMEN AND . SHOPKEEPERS. D'tt ° ' PERSON, who is libertyat after Three ott,',l in the day, wishes TAKEto . CHARGE of a se an ° ie j i icuOKS, by Double or Sing le Entry, as he has a i t . r r e o e w t t tod " w iedge of Book-keeping, and would under- Ad dr a the ,ame on tecoierate terms. I per i l ell to A. .14., at the Standard-office. it o N iZb. a 130 0K -KEEPER, EP_ E . R, in a Sharebrokers' 'N ye ", and also an intellent YOUTH, about 'Wee; 4110poirs q age as an APPRENTICE ,to whom a Vwit h ' 1 1% "Isive Salary would be given ; but none need est k it ° eillnot produce the most satisfactory testimo band ; tlitre`° ehlracter. root' (Post paid; ' Box T 48. AIsiiiL, I „IVt.'RPOOL INFIRMARY. and MATRON for 1 1 ' t th e Ct l VE a t. (3° )15 o 4 '007 11 !., N al . A . TIC ASYLUM. The taw. Ptionable testimonials as to character and r' ".tint itv will be required, but it is not considered tht tharti should have been previoul ee.. riled to • 'sr,. a e si p milar es establi_shm ent: The salary - is th e A; cum, with board. Security to the extent of e ha d. l i v, e xPocted. 110‘,4NTED, , ft SUPERINTENDENT_ a e n r d . etid eh ,' l for the LOCK HOSPITAL. The SLIP y tnust competent knowledge of Phar iL,opd instil possess a . comp 'Ree whole of his time be devoted to the service ,46,uriou Th salary is £BO, wirh board. m:an' e d by testimonials, must be 6 1 " t i l tt' 4 l„. t° EDWARD G l uanox, Esq., President, and /1 4 1 , "tinnily of piefirmar b Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, , the 21st rn ' sta y nt, when the personal attend -01.94 14 4 "le Candidates will also be required. ,ge, 1:414 infirmary, 181 April, 1845. t4/4 1 .4IVERPOOL DOCKS. ECOM N 'ur DOCK WAREHOUSES. .rto s ' I AOde at 'IITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS Seit o ' .. r 9' l B of engaging the services of a GENTL E. l ', , i it tE K.e. s tit to fill the Office of CHIEF SUPER -84 j .)90tVill ef ALBERT DOCK WAREHOUSES. ;pg. 4,1 0 **',, p e ". required. The Salary will not be less lieati on n oes t h. . 23 stating age, and inclosing Testimonials of rto ll ' _‘'rthah'ntracter, must be sealed, addressed to the eras ~u of the Committee,of the Liverpool Docks," otS , '„ r „t') th 4 . l6 „ert Dock W:or - rhouses," and be sent under vtlid,: ecretarycilot later than TUESDAY, the °Pep.' t April-next. th sta i nconvenience and expense to parties resid tt„4l 13 „;', - et and render unnecessary at present any ra ,a t;'"eation, the Committee propose, in the first 0 01 clet Kun !laMine the applicwions and testimonials, in their juilgment, shall appear to them r ent 1 1 :+il irit'ugible; and then to invite the patties to a C iro ro it '.it ue e t r i °iew, on a day to be fixed upon ; and will id °' 1 1:1 1; ng tb l ng eznenses of those who may not succeed Ppli n f e . 4 Ppointment. so t, 41 ! t int ..hions and TOVimonials of such Applicants bls P iit Tnt e , i r_uear to the Committee to he eligible for the 1 4 . 1 her 7' l l be returned to the re-pective parties. Do , (et to tn.farniation may . be obtained upon application e at, the aridersigned. By order. ( 'ek 0 DANIEL MASON, Secretary. , 0 31 'a , Liverpool, 27th Feb., 1845. r the GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. VAN PARCELS. ON and after MONDAY, 7th APRIL, th e GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY will be prepared to convey, by one Train daily, between Liver pool and Birmingham, (Sundays excepted,) VAN PAR CELS, over ISlbs. weight, at the following Reduced Rate of charge UNDER 50 MILES. 1 ABOVE 50 MILES. Under 481b5.... Is Od each Under 361bs .. Is Gd each Above -Nibs.... 0 Olper lb I Above 36Ihs .. 0 OAd per lb The Train will leave Liverpool at 6 30 a.m., and all Packages intended for this conve ► ance will be required to be taken to the Company's Parcel-office, Lime -street, be fore Eight o'clock the previous - evening. The corresponding Train by which Van Parcels will be conveyed from Birmingham to Liverpool, will leave that Station at 3 30 pail. All Packages intended to be forwarded as Van Parcels, at the reduced rate of charge, must be legibly marked " Van Parcels' Train," or they wilt be sent by the ordi nary Passenger Trains, at the usual rate of charges for Parcels. Packages of this description leaving Liverpool at 6 30 a.m., will be &livered in Birmingham the same evening, and in London the following day. The Packages arrivine in Liverpool by the Down Train will be delivered the following morning. By order, MAIiK HUISH, Secretary. Office, Lime-street, 30th March, 1845. INVERNESS AND ELGIN RAILWAY. r' HE Provisional Committee beg to announce that the Allocation of the Capital Stock has been completed. They at the same time regret to state that in consequence of the immense number of Applications submitted to them, they have been obliged to retuse the Applications of a great many parties altogether, and considerably to restrict the amount of others. The Capital amounts in all to £300,000, which has been divided into 15,000 Shares of £2O each, while application for no fewer than 109,652 Shares, representing a peeuniaty value of £2,193.040, or £1,893,040 above the,wain quire() have been applied for. By order_of the Committee, G. and P. ANDERSON, and 1 Interim CHARLES STEWART, JJoint Secretaries. GREAT - SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). (FIRST DIVISION) . SECOND CALL OF £5 PER SHARE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Pro prbtors of Shares in this Company are hereby required to PAY A CALL OF FIVE POUNDS per Share on or before THURSDAY the Bth day of MAY NEXT, to any of the undermentioned BacrefiT - Interest at the rate of Four per Cent per Annyrr;payable half-early, will be allowed on the amount of deposits and calls paid up until the Railway is comP4t(d. Shoul.l any call remain un paid after the day -86Ove named, interest at the rate of Five per Cent per Annum will be charged thereon. BANK OF IRELAND, Dublin, and all its Branches. Messrs. GLYN and Co., London. BANK OF LIVERPOOL, Liverpool BOROUGH BANK, Liverpool MANCHESTER AND SALFORD BANK, Manchester. By order. WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary 3 College-green, Dublin, 3d. April, 1815. LONDON AND SOUTti WESTERN RAILWAY REDUCTION OF FARES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after EASTER MONDAY, the 24th day of "larch instant, the FARES BETWEEN LONDON and SOUTH AMPTON by the SEVEN and NIYE O'CLOCK TRAINS, both UP arid DOWN. will he REDUCED to 16s. First Class, and 12s. -Second Class, and BETWEEN LON DON and GOSPORP to lis First Class, and 13s. Second Class, with such alterations as will-equalise the interme diate Fares. Upon and after the san?frilay, First and Second Class DAY TICKETS will be issued at every Station at a Re duction of about One-third the present Fares. Those Tickets will not bo transferable, but will be available for a return jou-ney on the day of issue, with the exception of those issued upon the Saturdays of each week, which will be returnable on either the Saturday, or succeeding Sun day or Al inday. By order, 18th March, 184 A. MORGAN, Secretary WRWICKSHII?E AND LONDON RAILWAY, affording the nearest practicable communication between the towns of Warwick, Leamington. London, and Birmingham, with an improved Line to Cheltenhaia and the West CAPITAL £700,000, IN SHARES OF £2O EACH DEPOSIT:XI. 10s. PER SHARE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle. Dr. Jephrnn, Leamington. Kelynge Greenway, Esq., Warwick. William Congreve Russell, Esq., L mington. Edward Greaves, Esq., Barfor ear Warwick. John Towers Lac, rence, Es .. George Carr Glyn, Esq. ondon, Director of the London and Birmingham ailway. Edward Cropper, q., Liverpool. Ditto. Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey, Ditto. Captain C. R. Mo , irsom, R.N.. Birmingham, Ditto. George Hudson, York, Director of the Midland Railway. John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Lees, near Leicester, Ditto. Samuel Beale, Esq., Birmingham, Ditto. Abel Peyton, Esq., Birmingham; Ditto. J. Whitmore Isaac, Esq., Buughton House, near Wor cester, Director of the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway. Timothy Rhodes, Cobb. Esq., Banbury, Ditto. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS Warzoick—Messrs. Greenway and Greaves. Leamington—The Warwick and Leamington Banking Company London-: Messrs. Glyn and Co ENGINEER. Robert Stephenson, Esq SOLICITORS. Thnm'is Heath, Esq., Warwick. Messrs.-Buck and Baker, Ditto. Samuel Carter, Esq , Birmingham The proposal of the lines of the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway through the district to the west of London and Birmingham Railway, has called for the revival of a line in connection with the London and Birmingham and Midland Railways, from the point of junction between those lines at Hampton•in-Arden to Warwick and Leamington, for which plans and sections were deposited by the Birmingham and Derby Railway Company (now united with the Midland Company) in 1811 and 1842, with a corrinuation of such line from Warwick and Leamington ro join the London, Worcester, and St uth Staffordshire Railway, the necessity for which wits specially referred to in the prospectus of that under taking, issued last au►umn. This junction will be effected by two lines—one to the neighbourhood of Southam, and the other followii , g the Valley of the Avon till it joins the Stratford and More on Railway, near Stratford-upon- Avon, which crosses the London and Worcester line. To complete the communication with Cheltenham, a branch will he made out of the Lond,n and Worcester line from Evesham to Ashchurch, on the Birmingham and Glou cester line. These objects are considered of so much importance by the local interest., that their full support has been ob tained for carrying them into effect. The Report of the Board of Trade in favour of the London and Worcester line states so fully the peculiar advantages of the scheme, that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. The reasons there given for the adoption of that measure apply in a great degree in favour of the present proposal. as compared with any rival scheme, and the lines now proposed are so connected with the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshi re sc h eme, and with the system of railway communication which the Board of Tr9de have recominetided in their Report, that the success of the scheme may he considered to render certain the adoption of the present project. Allusion may, however, be made to the great importance of the junction at l-Tampt"n, in connection with the Trent and Churnet Valley lines, by means of which a direct and uninterrupted communication will be established with Lancashire and the North. The London and Birmingham, Midland, and London and Worcester Companies unite in co-overa.ion with the local interests, to insure the most effectual completion of the objects in view. A guarantee will be proposed by the abovementioned Companies, and a due proportion of the shares will be reserved for local interests. Careful surveys of the whole of the country have been made under the direction of Mr. Robert Stephenson, and application will be made to Parliament for an Act in the next Session. ttb; r shares by landowners and other parties 11/wine/1 t. may be made to the Solicitors. (Eontrarts. witti 1,, 4r 'tilt s TO PAINTERS. tI r ,TEES of the BLUE-COAT HOSPITAL 0.11 .41141,,,ti,erocustitlrer,:eive TENDERS for - the PA INT -Ist k t , AOO PEL and the EXEERIOR of the fop , 14 74,:ttl irs '• tie b . e obtained on application to the 3e °swat ; and Tenders must be sent in not t he 1 0th instaDr. ,set' „ ,111.• ANTHONY SWAINSON, Treasurer. o f t; O ,, '1845 . „cI - verlt FOR COALS FOR BERMUDA AND lat h HALIFAX. 'nen ' of t ,the Storekeeper General of the Navy, eetr if;e,Pmerset-place, sth April, 1815. inlsl:sioners for Executing the Office of Lord ahtm'irerial_ of d the United Kingdom of Great 11th ? nst Hereby Give e v e o'clock, N theythat wodnl ktpZitAcc the with such Persons as may he williog to oed pi es r Supplying and Delivering, at the under- OF k- fo the following quantlties of the, C 0 A L lit te:vice o f Her Majesty's Steam Vessels : KS U N I 2OOO Tens. Pow ALIPA-K 2OOO Tons. t ed to ine'retti " ethe quantity to 10.000 Tons, at IThe 1 , 6 ,„eacl, place, if necesiary.) s ot I:4d er en ti e ti , ?oals to be sent out immediately. id I.tt t ,. 4 lay b r i , of the Contracts, and a Form of the seen at the said Office. No Tender will o f 141, 7. tte r i: w er One o'Clock on the Day of Treaty. nor , : ,b e ‘ .. lith o llftle . ss the Party attends, or an Agent for him 60 o, li ,T e In writinn• 11 T ri Tt r y , ' l ati " d r Inust be writing. addressed to the Secretary of the ror r _ e , o uear in the left hand corner the words c orn. , - , ads," and must be delivered at Soiner,et bo ery ß Y:a"ed by a Letter Qi t ined by Two responsible "kia th _gttg to become bound with the Person ten . ' tr,, t ' s 'lltn of £2,000, for the due performance of 14; %2 ‘ ,,, TO •BU ILD E - RS. rillu,„l-BNDENT REGISTRAR'S. OFFICE. ,141itC.,, desirous of CONTRACTING for the : 4 ti g 4 Alt s `, l °N of the SUPERINTENDENT RE °PPICE, are informed that the Plans and t) 1 11"' lay at the Office of Mr. A. B. CLAY f4, 'l'ptifi‘estreet Chambers, Architect, fur inspection. i 4 kb l e h , P en e !' 6 must be sent in, u to the Parish 4 t41; dirwick-street, on or efore FRIDAY, the 18th Nl4l, e ted as follow Teuder for the Etection t eadent Reistrar's Office," N. Litberland, 1 4 11 et i• f alltn tb ertd er. Ittee will not bi n d themselves to accept the "I ' 7 th April, 1845. /0 °BF , g 4 , ILDER: 4 AND. OTHERS. tr 6EI3,uP LIVERPOOL. )'(hil t 4 1)a -C T VESTRY are ready to receive whole 101 , e,tt e r t , at e TENDERS for the WORKS required VcW(A'', 7 " ENLARGEMENT/of the LIVER tr,(:k ...‘ H °CS for the seal branches, as fol. AT I ,„ 4 01,,,N1ty"G and ERIC RK, includi F GI Ot . S' a n g ONuad CARKNTERS' . including o „ andi,ph,N GLA , ZING, OIN'NQ a ORK, l'lN G nd PLASTERING, t 4 ," viz !lotities may be obtained at the following •--- to l t ., (.kl "Yer .5' .... ......... 5 and Glazier . . yh t a t' ... ........ •• ••• • • . t %Ne e - 4 a nd Plasterer •.. ..... • . ttOt„the Candidates will be charged One per t k ; . , 14r tak i ,aunt of their Tenders towards defraying of d out the uants. • h t ' 1 01,,, ° 41 ,;',`4 S pecifications may be inspected .at the 4p,Fur -; the Workhouse, ll'll on Etv, the • rown ow- , and t If )rd .• 1 4th instant, when attendance will be 1 , t,, 1 /k0 h e la. all necessary explanation. Sealed 2" l t in on or before Twelve o'clock on tl'ltlf I " day of April instant with the names 4, 0 ? th, or the due erformance g ot the work, ad. ' l ees Chairman of the Building Committee, 2, p . , enwlcK-street. et(p) 00 , 2\TA T , Border k 4„,.. 11 AN LITHERLAND, Secretary. hr t k t z t 7 . 1845. `Thee )1,1 Le e to one Contractor, he willbe required it,ekd Naterials upon the Premises. It Let in I s ,2elt, e „ s _ r a, the Bri klaye will be required to do mete‘Caly to be re. used. . . "der will not necessarily be accepted. h n tt`..;l4,pr.„'lL, '1"I' IN G 5. ST. qa6I,GE'S- CRESCENT. kNo 44 TOrted, a- U rge quan ti ty o f F ore i gn s uitable,ftir Churches, Chapels, Halls, `'Ksl4\ 11, ' N 1414 e „ l o t *II I 1846 . . ItNISN 'to t , IPVikttif o e ' cl it op t • , THE COURT o u lti re, to ePtical wit ti regard to what are usually IV? h , of Pe re rativ e p re f . t•d ,44 gadi a ara ions, my wife had some emp ti g, -tae to try a preparation for the I,4lll)qtli tl Y 4, 4 in to recover my hair, of which a Ne (of ,You r ic e d ; when about sixteen months ~ td y4 t 43, ow Gazette of Oldridge's Balm of ' 4 4 1 1 14 . 1 N f or "Tgton-street, Strand, London,) and t l t;,;qc ;44'. I b e pree month.i successively to rub my 1 4 I', at th e '"e, the directions required. As a 01 Vale !th e „ r ooms bere, of your paper, I have l ip t+,, t o i , to ts no :ecessful experiment, for I am happy t)h sp eak 48 thick as ever it was, and I have to t l, 9 o ' ob li t 4in ed well of the Balm of Columbia which V4l,6, i t ,',',4, r f eed, t hrough you ; therefore I am, sir, i t m% vt 'Qy 2n I, ,N t, ton% 18 44. quest to corroborate the receipt of e 4 ,N i n k ti l : ti r 'oe s of ve much pleasure in doing, having N 41 4 t4 t i nt: C. G,the Bale, of Columbia in other BiriN 4 t tq 4 lr fr o causes Eyebrows to gro v, , 1 )e . ,0 i t !) eiir°,ll! turning grey, and the first appli. k i Pl i bit l e t l / 4 11 1 !ii.g o l b eautifully, frees it from scurf, and 0 t,, , p 45 Ity ~r e "• Abundance of certificates of the 14, N s tdi 'l, u; ,sjlown by the Proprietors, C and told• •veit ington-street Stra d h the 71 V il at t Y most of the ' n w ere ,4 1e „ o rs respectable Perfumers 5 1 01'1\"1,1) 4 " 1 1s. per bottle_ 06 ` Illto ONT N th , S BALM OF COLUMBIA, 1 " I N ' r SET, LONDON. e . Chemists, Perfumers, and Sta- No other prices LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. ATRAIN, couststing of a limited number o f I.IK,ST CLASS CARRIAGES, which is to perform the journey between LONDON and BIRMINGHAM in Three Hours, will commence running not later than the Ist of May nest. Part•culars will be given in a future notice. By order, - R. CREED, Secretary. Euston Station, April 2, 1845. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY T . HE Directors are prepared to recei ve TENDERS o f MONEY on LOAN, to a limited extent, in sums of not less than £lOOO, and for Periods of Five or Seven Years, at Three and a Half per Cent. By order, MARK HUISH, Secretary. Lime-street ,sth April, 1846. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY THE Directors beg to apprize their Shareholders that, having COMPLETED satisfactory ARRANGE MENTS with the Trustees of the Duke of Bridgeweter, the Admiralty, and the other Auth 'rifles, for CROSS ING the RIVER MERSEY ae RUNCORN, they have decided t) abandon their intendel Branch by Marsh Gate, and will proceed in the ensuing Session for the Line through Runcorn. _ _ By order, MARK HUISH. Lime-street, 4th April, 1845 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD ENNISKILLEN AND SLIGO RAILWAY. REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY. Capital, £600,000, in 12,i',00 Shares of £5O each. DEPOSIT, .£2 10s. PER SHARE. No Person Liable beyond the Amount of his Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Lord Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., Carlton-terrace, London, and Broadlands, Romsey, Hants. The Viscount Clemeatf, Lough Rynn, County of Leit rim, and Killadoerf, County Kildare. The Hon. Edward Wingfield, Moyview, Ballina, and Cork Abbey, Bray. fhe lion. Charles Knox Stuart, Castledawson, County of Londonderry. John Wynne, Esq., Hazlewoo3, Sligo. William Irwin, Esq., Kilbracken, Deputy Lieutenants Car'igallen, of the Pierce Simpson, Esq., Clooncorick Castle, County Leitrim. Richard Wright, Esq., 2, Pembroke Directors of the place, Dublin, Dublin and Drog- George Hoyte, Esq., Edenmore, Raheny, heda, Dublin and Thomas Mooney, Esq., Kil macu d- Belfast Junction, house, Dublin, and Dundalk and William Henry, Esq., Mountjoy. Enniskillen Rail square, Dublin, j ways. Thomas M. Gresham, Esq., Raheny- - ) Dire( tore of the park, Dundalk and En- William Kilpatrick, Esq., Dundalk, John Straton, Esq., Dund a lk, I ni‘kille n Rail- Peter Russell, Esq., Dundalk, way. John Hamilton Peyton, Esq., J.P., Port, Carrick-on- Shannon. Francis Waldron, Esq., J. P., Drumsna. George Beatty West, Esq., J. P., Drumdarkin, Mohill. Lewis Algeo, Esq., J. P., Glenboy. Charles R. Peyton, Esq., Castle Carrow, Careck-on- Shannon. Wm. J. Peyton, Esq., Summerhill, Carrick-on-Shannon. George Digbv, Esq., J. P., Drumdoff, Roscommon, and 27, Upper Rutland-street, Dublin. Ormsby Jones, Esq., J. P., Stredda, Sligo. Thomas Wm. Lloyd, Esq., Ballycullen, Co. Sligo, end Rathgar, Co. Dublin. Captain Bowen, R.N., Laurencetown-house, Banbridge. Thomas Murray, Esq., Edenderry. Bernard Peyton, Esq., Caldra, Carrick-on-Shannon. Robert Smyth, Esq., Clantilew, Portadown. John Overend, Esq., Portadown. Edward Kelly, merchant, Sligo. Thomas Kernaghan, merchant, Enniskillen. (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEER. Sir John Mameal, LL.D., F.R S., M.R.I.A. SOLICITORS. James M'Faddt n, 115, Stephen's-green, Dublin. Thomas Mostyn, The Mall, Sligo. SECRETARY. Percy Simpson, Esq., 115, Stephen's-green. THE object of the Enniskillen and Sligo Railway is to form a Trunk Line to connect the northern and east ern portions of Ireland with the weutern and north-west ern, and by means of the Ulster Railway, and the Ulster Extension, Dublin and Belfast Junction, Londonderry and Enniskillen, and Dundalk and Enniskillen Railways, all of which have been approved of by the Board of Trade, and of the portion of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, which has been also approved of, and of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway ; to bring the ports of Sligo and Bally shannon in direct communication with the ports of Bel fast, Derry, Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, and Dublin, thus affording by the railway to the eastern port.. the quickest mode of transit for goods and passengers to Eng land, and by the northern ports to Scotland, and proba b is direct a communication by the po r t o f Sli go , f or .e trade w‘th America, as can be fou n d at an y ot h er por t on the western coast of Ireland. Application for Shares to be made to Messrs. SUTTON, DRIBBLE, and Co., Brokers, Royal Exchange, London ; Mr. ROBERT CORBETT, 5, College-green, Dublin, or any other of the Dublin Brokers ; Messrs. TATE and NASH, Bristol; Mr. THEOBALD BUSHELL, North -street, Bel fast; Messrs. MACEMA.N and AULD. 28, St. Vincent_ place, and Mr. JAMES WATSON, Brokers. 1, South Fre derick-street, Glasgow; Mr. ANDREW MOFFET, Share broker. 21, George-street, Edinburgh; Mr. THOMAS CREWDSON, Stock and Share Broker, Atherton's buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool; or the Solicitor or Se cretary, of whom copies of prospectuses and forms of ap plication can be obtained. No applications for Shares can be.received after Tnimts- DAY, the 17th ii:stant. ASUMMARY of the ACCOUNTS o f P ETER Y OOD , THOMAS HARRISON, and THOMAS AVGLISTUS GRANVILLE DOLLING, Overseers of the Poor of the TOWNSHIP of WEST DERBY, from the 25th March, 1844, to 25th March. 1845. POOR'S- BATE ACCOUNT. RECEIVED. OUT DOOR. To Amount collected of Poor's-rate, 1843 .. 92 6 8 „ „ of Ditto, 1844 2490 2 3 IN-DOOR „ „ of Poor's-rate, 1813 ....X 91 5 11 „ „ ofDitto,lBl4 1375 4 - 1 UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. ROYAL CALLER] OF BRITISH ART. Ali R. LAC E Y has the pleasure to announce an L.Yi EXHIBITION, for a few days, at new Premises, No. 66, Bold-street, of splendid WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS, after Pictures by Stanfield, Edwin Land seer, C. E. Leslie, Sir David,..-Wilkie, Sir A. W. Call eott, Douglas Cowper, C,X. Eastlake, Th , mas Uwins, W. Hilton. G. S. NewtiTh, and Gainsborough, all made expressly for Finden's Royal Gallery, now in course of publication. . _ Admission by Ticket, to be obtained at Mr. LACEY'S, No. 66, Bold-street, corner of Slater.street. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.-GRAVING DOCKS TO SHIPOWNERS, MASTERS OP VESSELS, AND OTHERS. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do Hereby Give Notice, that no Person will in future be allowed to enter any of the Graving Docks for the purpose of Picking up Old Copper, Nails, or other Articles stripped from Vessels which have undergone repairs therein, after such Vessel shall have left the Graving Docks. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 271 h March, 1845. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LANDING q T A _G E S, TO ENGINEERS WH 0 HAVE SENT IN DESIGNS FOR A LANDING STAGE AT LIVERPOOL. HE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS T inrimate to those ENGINEERS who have sent in DESIGNS for a LANDING STAGE at Liverpool, should they be desirous of having such Designs EXHI BITED to the Public after the Committee have made their decision upon them, that the USE OF THE ROOMS in which such Models and Plans are now placed WILL BE GRANTED for a Limited Time, for the purpose of such Exhibition, at a charge to be fixed by a Committee of their body. Partie , =, owners of such Designs, are requeste I to sig nify their pleasure on the matter to the CHAIRMAN OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE on or before the Bth day of April next. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock Office, Liverpool, 28th March, 1845. PRIESTLEY'S CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA, WHICH is so universally recommended by the faculty, and which has been proved the most safe and effective remedy for all diseases of the Skin, such as Scor butic Affections, Eruptive. El . — ses, Secondary Symp toms, &c., arising from a d . ased state of the System at large; for removing BI hes, Pimples, &c. from the Face, it stands pre-en ent. The Fluid Extract possesses the advantages of p tability, and of keeping in any Cli mate. Prepared and Sold by JOHN PRIESTLEY, 52, Lord street, Liverpool. PRIESTLEY'S COUGH AND ASTHMATICAL DROPS, FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, CONSUMP- TION, 8(c This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Huski ness in the Throat. These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken against SPITTING OF BLOOD. and AFFECTION OF THE LUNGS. Persons troubled wilt ASTHMA are consi derably relieved by taking a tew doses of the Drops. as they tend to promote expectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the speedy cure of the HOOFING COUGH. they are no less efficacious. Those who are troubled wi►h that unpleasant tickling in the Throat which deprives 'twin of rest night after night, by the incessant Cough which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find immediate relief, and one bottle, in most cases, will effect a cure. Sold only at 52, Lord-street, Liverpool, in Bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Family Bottles, equal to five small, lls. PRIESTLEY'S PECTORAL LOZENGES To those Persons with whom it would be inconvenient to take the Drocs these Lozenges are Admirably adapted: they give instant relief, arid are a rapid cure for the most severe Asthma, Cough, Cold, Difficulty of Breathing, Phlegm, &c. In that state of the Lungs where liability to take Cold exists, and a severe Cough succeeds the slightest exposure, these Lozertges produces the most marked results, and at once relieve the Cough and other symptoms. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 64. earth. duty included. ESSENCE OF RENNET. for making delicious Curds and Whey. This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates all the un certainty of making IN hey from the Rennet Bag. PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE. A pleasant and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of Appetite, Wind, Flatulency, and all complaints arising from inward debility, weakness, Bz.c. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDIATZ POWDERS. which approach nearer than anything vet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters pf Germany. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLIIZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combine scientific skill with great accuracy ; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions, they hare invariably been found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Pow ders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL. Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes the Hair, prevents it falling off, produces a most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at is. 3d. and 3s. each. NEWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE OIL. This is a limpid VEGETABLE OIL, consolidated by a peculiar process, and really is one of the best Preparations ever made for nourishing and beautifying the hair and keeping it in curl. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS. For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains out of Linen, Muslin, Lace. &c., and for many other useful purposes.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d. MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Pud dings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Direc tion,, Is. 6d. and 3s. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE, For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of Furniture ; whatever preparation may have previously been used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at is. each, or Three Pots for 2s. 6d. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE This article is recommended to Housekeepers for clean ing all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures. Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, I'm Covers, &c., &c.. with half the nsnal labour which is generally required with other preparations, the above lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal.—Sold in Squares, 6d. and Is. each. OBSERVE.—The above Preparations are s.ld only at 52, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. GENERAL MISCELLANY, Seven thousand pounds have been raised for Father Mathew. The sum does not quite cover his liabilities. Sir H. Douglas paired off with Admiral Dundas, on Mr. Sheila motion, on Tuesday night. In Lontlon, on aturday, Mr. John Sweet, a solicitor, aged seventy, died immediately after making his will, though previously in perfect health. Most strenuous exertions are making in almost every town in the kingdom to resist the proposed grant to May nooth. On Thursday an explosion of fire damp took place at West Moor Pit. near Newcastle, by which two men and two boys were killed and two others seriously injured. J ose ph Yorke, Esq., of Forthampton Court, Tewkes bury, has abandoned game preserving, and broken up his staff of keepers. At Ibe Wiekham-market dinner, the other day, of forty two farmers present, all but two refused to drink the health of Sir Robert Peel. In England alone are to be found ten times the number of vairhtings said to be by the old masters than they could 1 1 have palmed in the course of long lives. Dr. Lyon Plavfair, son of Major Playfair, St. Andrew's, has been appointed chemist to her Majesty's Woods and Forrsts. Tne Anti-Corn-law Bazaar in Covent Garden Theatre is expected to be opened on Whit-Monday, the 12th May, and be kept open during the whole of the month of May. On Tuesday, Mr. J. K. Winterbottona was sentenced to transportation for forgery. lie was deeply affected on receiving sentence. It will be remembered that the pri soner was formerly a respectable solicitor at Stockport. In March, 1745, a Bath paper announced that the Lon don flying stage coach would perform the journey from Bath in two days. In March, 1845, the distance was per formed in two hours and three quarters. Surcins.—Yesterday week at Congleton, Thomas Hall, Esq. a magistrate for that borough, put a period to his existence by hanging himself, during a state of derange. ment induced by continued bodily indisposition. IRON.—At the usual quarterly meeting of the Stafford shire Iron Masters, held at Wolverhampton last week, a further advance in prices of £2 per ton was un , nimously agreed upon. The shin Hope, which has arrived at New Bedford, took a whale since doubling Cape of Good Hope, which stowed one hundred and forty-five barrels sperm oil. This is the largest sperm whale on record.—American paper. William Jagger. butler to Miss Fanny Watkin Wynne, of No. 104, Piccadilly, has been remanded on a charge of stealing a quantity of plate of the value of more than £l,OOO, the property of his mistress. . • . . A tew days since a sharp angular piece of granite, about the size of a bean, was extracted from the neck of a fine young horse, at the yard of one of our eminent veterinary surgeons. How the stone came in that situa tion is a matt, I of no small conjecture. E 'MISFORTUNES OF R ICH ES.—A man named Oliver, the keeper of a coal-shed at London, recently re ceived a legacy of £lOO, since which sudden accession of riches he has been in a continual slate of intoxication, in which condition lie fell on Thur-day into a c dial, and broke his arm, besides receiving ~ the- serious injuries. A most interesting ceremony took place in the Free Church, Anstruther, on toe forenoon of Sunday last, viz., the baptizing of Mrs. Spence's four children, which our readers will recollect were all born► within a few minutes of each other some two months ago. Tile parties present on this occasion were about 1000. The children are con tinuing in excellent health, and growing rapidly.—Fife Herald, 1466 10 0 .-X4048 18 11 „ „ received for Rent of Workhouse. Low-bill.. 1, PT f , fro.n Parents of Bastards .. f f ft „ from Relations of Paupers.. /I f f, from William H0d50n...... „ ~ for Repayments under Orders of Removal f f f f, for Side of Voters' Lists 11 f f , for Somman.es. ... ff a , for proportion of Stationery on the Watch and County Rates Account l3 0 0 80 0 0 57 0 0 29 19 0 26 5 0 15 IS 7 1 I 6 8 7 0 £4280 10 6 DISBURSED By Balince due the Overseers, 25rh March, 1844. 3O 19 0 By Amount paid Trea-rarer of the Union.. ..'2,532 19 4 „ High-constahle of Liverpool for Watch-rate, 1843.... „ Sundry hxoenses under Re moval Order.,Journeyson account of Bastardy, Set tlements, Ca,ual Relief, 428 5 3 325 19 10 ~ for Printing, Stationery, Postages, &c...... . Constable's Expenses, &c. 17 17 fot Coffins, Interments, &c. /9 on Bastardy Account I, 11 Treasurer of County Luna natic Asylum .. Court Fees and Law Charges 176 18 1 „ „ Rent, Taxes, Insurance, and Sundry Repairs ...... „ „ Parish of Li .erpool , for Poor in Fever Ward. „ „ Ditto, for Lunatic Asylum 87 14 9 ~ Treasurer of Liverpool In- 175 1 9 3 6 6 119 8 10 83 4 6 44 6 1 firmary . • ff 71 for Loss on Light Gold 7 , /0 for Ditto on Summonses and Warrants.... Reward for Discovery and Conviction of a Person for Child Desertion.... 3 3 0 7 4 11 3 14 6 5 0 0 7 14 8 „ „ Bank Commission ...... r , Balance in the Bank and in the hands of Treasurer .. 148 4 5 £4,280 10 0 WATCH-RATE ACCOUNT. RECEIVED OUT DOOR 'o Amount collected on Watch rate, 1814 £223 2 8 IN-Dooa. collected on Watch- rate, 1844 277 13 7 DISBURSED. By amount paid High-Conbtable of Liver pool for Watch-rate for the year 500 16 3 £5OO 16 3 X s. d. 1814 ........ 431 4 10 „ „ Commission on collection of rate 12 0 7 Proportion of Printing, Station- erg, &c. „ Balance in Messrs. Heywood, Sons, and Co.'s Bank COUNTY-RATE ACCOUNT. RECEIVED. OUT-DOOR. To Amount collected on County-rate, 1844 .... £1,153 3 84 IN-DOOR. collected on Cotinty-rate, 1844 192 13 111 6 0 0 51 10 10 £5OO 16 3 DISBURSEMENTS By Amount paid High Constable of the County for County Rolls 1,018 9 9 /0 VI PI Commission on Collec tion of Rate ..... 31 18 10 „ Proportion of Printing, Stationery, &e ~ Balance in Messrs. Heywood, Suns, and Co.'s Banl 7 0 0 288 9 1 £1,345 17 8 RECEIVED. Balance in favour of the Township— On Poor Account.... Watch Account. „ County Account THOMAS HA KRISON, I Overseers of 4 t B h B e P 4 00r 5 . PETER YOUD, THOMAS AUG JSTUS GRANVILLE DOLLING, Overseer and Treasurer. Public-office, Low-hill, 25th March, 1845. £l4B 4 5 51 10 10 288 9 1• 1345 17 8 £1,345 17 8 £ s. d. At Oxford, John Trilloe and Thomas Tudor were con victed of arson, and sentenced to fifteen years' transport ation. In several cases, in which men had been robbed in houses of ill fame, the Learned Judge refused to allow them their expenses. Edward Crowe, a general dealer, in Waterloo -street, London, hung himself last week, being driven to despera tion by his wife, a regular t.rmagant, who on one occa sion attacked him with a red hot poker, severely injuring his hands and face. General " Tom Thumb" had the honour of being re ceived on Sunday by the King and Queen of the French, and the other members of the Royal family. They were all delighted with the " little man," who remained in the royal presence upwards of an hour and a half. THE LATEST SPRING FOR FIFTY YEARS.—Tbis year, for the first time fifty years, says La Presse, the well known chesnut tree of the Tuileries was not seen green with leaves on March 20; the branches were as bare as in the middle of winter. FALL IN THE PR',CE OF BREAD.—OR Wednesday the bakers in the borough of Southwark and neighbourhood lowered the price of the 41b. to 4d. and 44., and in some places as low as 3d. The demand was in consequence much greater than the supply. At the annual dinner of the Tailors' Benevolent Society, the chairman, Mr. Sheriff Syd:.ey, said Mr. Steitz had contributed the munificent sum of £14,000 towards the society, and bad offered to give another piece of 1 nd as soon as the society should have funds enough to build larger almshouses. A beautiful specimen of fossil oak has been dug out of the embankment at the cut leading from the new quay to the railway station, North Shields. by one of the work men engaged in repairing the wall. It was at a depth of 32 feet below the surface, and forms part of the top of the main trunk of the tree. During the past twelve months, one hundred labour ers and sixteen noblemen and persons of property com mitted suicide. Of the labourers seventy nine hanged themselves, and the noblemen and persons of property generally put a period to their existence with guns or sharp instruments. Hannah Levy, a young woman in her twenty-second year, living in Weymouth-street, New Kent road, has been accidentally poisoned by swallowing prussic acid. Two bottles of medicine were sent to her by a druggist, the labels of the two were misplaced; and the girl poi soned herself by drinking in wrong quantities a medicine containing the acid. A verdict of " Accidental Death" has been returned by a coroner's jury. A numerous meeting was held at Guildhall, Norwich, the other day, the Mayor in the chair, to consider the means of arresting the prevailing epidemic diseases, and alleviating the sufferings of the poor. The most dis tressing details were given, and resolutions were passed, urging the adoption of sanitary measures by the Magis trates and Paving Commissioners, and for raising a sub scription to cleanse the houses and provide clothing, &c. CoNvicTs.—An abstract of returns of the number of convicts confined in prison throughout the United King dom, under sentence of transportation, &c., informs us that there are altogether 2,397 convicts immured within the prisons of the three kingdoms, of whom 1,969 are males, and 428 females. Toe number of convicts whose health rendered them unfit to be removed amounts to 133, of Whom 86 were males and 47 females. In England and Wales there are 2,053 convicts in prison, in Scotland 71, and in Ireland 273. SUPERSTITION.—The Sherborne Journal relates a ease of gro , s superstition at Weymouth. A fellow named Stone having had a quarrel with his mother-in-law, nor only beat and kicked her, but drew a prickly thorn across her face till it was covered with blood. His defence for this refinement of brutality was, that his mother-in law had bewi ched him, and that the only way of breaking her spell over him was by drawing blood from her person. At the Edinburgh assizes, John Johnson, a farm ser vant, was convicted of shooting (with invent to kill) at John Cockburn, a fellow-servant, and a succe,sful rival in the affections of their mistress, a widow, to whom Cockburn has since been married. He was severely wounded, and it was thought at first that he could not re cover. The prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life. There are 1,434 licensed victuallers in Birmingham, 385 beer shops "licensed to be drunk on the premises," thirty-three " licensed to be drunk off the premises," thit teet, places licensed for the sale of cider, making in all 1,865 places licensed for the sale of strong drinks. Every twenty-second house is so occupied, being one house to every 108 of the population. The average an nual cost to each individual in Birmingham, for intoxicat ing drink, is £3 12s Bd. SHOCKING SUICIDES.—On Tuesday afternoon last, James Greenwood, weaver, Todmorden, who had be , n drinking to excess, was found dead in a field near his own house, with his throat cut from ear to ear. He had a razor in his hand when found. On Wednesday morning last, Robert Melleliew, labourer, Oldham, aged 31 years, committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope, in his father's hou-e. He had been drinking upwards of a week. There have been three suicides last week in Oldham, all brought on through drinkine. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, as the pilot engine was proceeding towards Loughborough, a hawk, attempting to cross the line at the moment, was knocked down by the engine. On returningfrom Lough borough, the hawk was found on the spot a ith its head cut completely off, and a snipe in its mouth, which, from the wounds at the back of the head, had evidently been killed by the hawk, and being too heavy prevented the hawk's flying with its wonted rapidity, and thus was the cause of its death also. At Kingston, Richard Wood and Thomas Jones, con victed of burglary, were sentenced, one to transportation for life, the other for fifteen years. Their conduct in the dock exciting the suspicion of the gaoler, they were searched, and three large stones, which they had, no doubt, intended for the Judge, (Alderson,) in the event of a conviction, were taken from them. They afterwards had a despera'e struggle with the officers, using the most dreadful imprecations, and they were with difficulty sub dued and removed. At Shrewsbury, James Onions was found guilty of having intended to kill game, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STRANGE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—A labourer named Howell, residing in Glass-house-street, London, was brutieht up at the Thames .police-office, a day or two ago, on a charge of manslaughter, which involved some strange circumstances. The prisoner cohabited with a female named Mason; a quarrel ensued between them, during which time an infant. the fruit of their connexion, was suckling, at its mother breast. The prisoner was seen attempting to kick the woman on the breast, but the infant rect iced the blow on the head. The mother and the child fell together from the force of the blow, and although the prisoner and his paramour made up their differences, the child sickened and died. He was remanded. A wholesale coiner of French money was detected at Birmingham the other day, in the act of striking off coins at a large and powerful self-acting press. The man was seized and on his person were found 5 five-franc counterfeit pieces, and 5 genuine. He was taken to the station house, and on being again searched £7O, mostly in gold, was found upon him, and two valuable gold wat ches. Several implements of finished make for the pur pose of coining were found on the premises, and it has also been ascertained that he had lodgings in London. The prisoner has given his name to be Sine, and he is a Spaniard, 49 years of age, and of gentlemanly address. The dies found were all for French coins. and Sine had receipts for them alone for no less than £550. MAYNOOTH AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.--The Times of Friday thus described the appearance of the House of Commons immediately before Sir Robert com menced his speech on the Maynooth grant. " The spec tacle was more diverting than honourable. Waen the moment was approaching for the Premi r's exposition of his project for Maynooth, the provident Speaker suggested that those members who had petitions against the grant had better present them at once—that is, once and for all— once, and have done with them. In an instant. nearly the whole ministerial phalanx, two hundred strong, arose, and pointed their suppliant rolls _to the table. Their opponents retained their seats, and roared with laughter. We must say it is cruel in the conservative party . to put their representatives to this open shame. They ought either to rebel at once, or make a quiet submission. But Sir Robert, it is evident, has mastered the bodies, not the minds of his supporters. His is a reign of terror." BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Wed nesday some villain entered the house of the Misses Vaughan, who keep a seminary at Crokberberton. near Cardiff, and proceeded to the drawing-room. In a room adjoining, a young lady named Fowler, a governess in the establishment, and some other young ladies, sleep. Miss Fowler, hearing footsteps, and having repeatedly called out " who is there ?" the noise still continuing, opened her bed-room door, and with great courage pro ceeded to the drawing-room, on entering which she was horrified at the appearance of the ruffian, who on beinz questioned by Miss Fowler, discharged a pistol at her! She miraculously escaped, a slug having lodged in the door close to her person ; still possessing her presence of mind, she rushed back to her room, locked the door, and commenced ringing the alarm-bell, which with the report of thesistol, awoke the inmates of the house, and the miscreant lost no time in making his escape, taking with him only a pair of silver sugar tongs. CONFESSION OF A FRATRICIDE.—john Brough t con victed at the Staffordshire assizes, hes made a con fession, of which the following is the substance :—After describing what took place when his brother Thon.as came to the house, the conversation about the boxes, &c., Thomas's refusal to listen to his mother's entreaties, arid the departure of the two bailiffs, the prisoner said. "Thomas shortly afterwards left. I followed him, and lc( pt begging and entreating him to let me have the boxes back again. I promised be should have the rent. He said he would not let me have them again that night; but he would consider of it by the morning, or by to-morrow at noon. A little hammer, for breaking stones, was reared up against the stone wa ll i n t h e meadow. 1 took it up. I then struck him on the head one blow. He stood a little nit after I hit him and then fell down. I then went straight home. I remained but a few minutes, and then got up and walked to the rneedow to see whether my brother Thomas was gotten up and gone home. He was sitting up. I stood looking at Thomas, and I per ceived a person on the contrary side. Thomas was in a bit of a hollow. The person I saw stood on the top of a ban's. I was tightened lest he should see me, and stooped down by a ditch. Thomas was sitting on a place that sloped down to the din h, and I afterwards heard a splash to the wafer from Thomas's falling in. It is possible for amen to slip dowu into the water even if he had not been hurt. At this moment I saw the person who had been looking towards the place where my brother was, move, on; I hi ard his step, and thought he was coining where Thomas was. If he had come to his help I think Thomas would have lived. I was afraid to go myself, and went. off home immediately as fast. as I could and washed my self." He states that he then procured a wheel-barrow, into which he put the body, wheel d it to the mouth of the stone-pit, and threw' it in, - di,loagitig two or three stones, %%WI the view of inducing the supposition that tho murdered man had accidentally fallen into the pit. Korai azzb Vrobinrial grim On Sunday week, a sailor:in a state of intoxication, felt from the roof of a house in Shaw's-alley.and died in con sequence of the injuries received on the following day. On Tuesday. a sailor, named Ireland, belonging to the ship Britannia, in Coburg Dock, was fined £lOO, or to be imprisoned six months, for smuggling 241 b. of tobacco. About noon on Thursday, a little boy, named M'Duual, residing in Hughes-place, Ahbot-stret, Park, was drowned whilst fishing in a pond near the Potteries. The Mermaid Steamer, from Waterford for this port, got on shore on Friday night, on West Hoyle, and OS with the tide. The crew and passengers were saved. During the last month no less than fifty-one vessels ar rived in the Ribble, and discharg-d at the Preston Quays. The total tonnage amounted to £205 Gs. On Tuesday last a man named Fletcher died at Salford, it is supposed from hydrophobia. having been bitten bra g dog about six or seven weeks ago. On Tuesday, Mr. Rushton i evoked the license of Red mond Byrne, marine store dealer, Queen-street, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment, fur having in his possession a large quantity of stolen property. On Tuesday last, George Jordan, the man w h o inflicted the wound on Inspector Burrell, during the row in Vauz hall-toad the previous week, was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial at the next assize.:. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The vacant mastership in the High School of this institution has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. Peniston, 8.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. There were fifty candidates. On Wednesday night, in the House of Commons, Lord Sandon presented a petition from Liverpool, signed by 1.400 persons, praying for the repeal of the enactment abolishing imprisonment for debt. On Wednesday, at Chester Assizes, David Leigh was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, for the man slaughter of Pater Whittle, blacksmith, of Sale, on the 19th ult. Such is the present activity in the building of house!, warehouses, railway extensions, &c., in Manchester and its vicinity, that so early in the season as the present, bricks have advanced, as compared with their value Up time last year, more than 75 per cent. On Saturday, three fashionably-dressed young men were brought before Mr. Rushton charged with having committed robberies in omnibuses. They were remanded. Robberies of this description have been very frequent lately. A few days ago, some members of the congregation of St. Augustine's Church, Everton, presented an elegant silver tea service to the Rev. A. Hume LL.D., who was lately assis'anr curate of Dr. Trttershall, and is now the officiating minister of St. John the Evangelist's, Hope. street. AMATEUR PLAY.—We refer our readers to Mr. Brezeit advartisement, who takes a benefit at the Theatre Royal; the performance will, we understand, be similar as on the occasion of the benefit for the Licensed Victuallers' Charity, when the overflow was so great that great dis appointment was experienced FREE-LABOUR SUGAR.—The ship Liverpool, Captain M`Dowal, arrived here on Saturday last from Manilla, with the largest parcel of free-labour sugar that was ever brought to this port, being nearly 20,000 bags. Under the recent act of Parliament it is admissible for home use, and we are informed that a large proportion of it is very suitable for grocery purpeses. LOCAL RILLS.—The committee on the Liverpool dock Bill were to meet yesterday. The Birkenhead Company's Dock Bill passed the Commons en Thursday night, was, with the Commissioner's Dock Bill, read a first time in the Lords the same eveMitg, and both were read a second time on Saturday. The report on the Wallasey Improve ment Bill was further considered on Wednesday last, and the bill recommitted to the former committee. FALL OF A BOAT notisse—On Thursday evening,. about half-past seven, and instantly after the report or the signal gun fired by the mail steamer on her arrival here, the wall of Mr. Willcughby's beat-house, at Bir kenhead, fell, with the superincumbent part of earth, and crushed several race-boats to pieces beneath the ruins. One very fine boat, belonging to the Mersey club, was completely destroyed. At the Chester assizes, on Thursday and Friday, the court was occupied in trying an action of ejectment, brought by her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lan caster, to recover possession of two pieces of land, which, it was alleged, formerly were part of the waste of the manor of Walton, and had been wrongfully enclosed by the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater. The result was a verdict in favour of her Majesty. The Caledonia, which departed for Boston and Halifax on Saturday evening, took with her not less nail 60,000 newspapers and an equal number of it tters. She also. took out hi full complement of passengers, and bearer a dispatches 'from government to Mr. Parkenham, minister of Washington, conveying the declaration of government respecting the Oregon. for which purpose her detention from Friday to Saturday was ordered by the Admiralty. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Tuesday morning, a felloNtr of the name of Murphy, an Irishman, threw a table knife at his wife, at their lodging in Milk street, in this town. The point of the blade penetrated her neck, behind the right ear. lie had been drinking the night before, and as his wife had no food for hum he resorted to this desperate act. Murphy was arrested, and has been examined before Mr. Rushton, and remanded. The wife has been dan gerously ill , but is now better. The late Sir Thomas Potter and Mr. Richard Potter, M.P., were the sorts of a respectable farmer residing at Tadeister, and commenced business in Manchester in the year 1800. with what was then considered the handsome capital of £14,000. The proression of carriages and per sons on foot at the funeral of the late Sir Thomas Potter, was the largest ever known in Manchester, with the ex ception of that of Dr. Dalton. STEAMER SUNK.—The steamer Alice, belonging to the Bridgewater trust, was sunk during a violent gale between Weston Point and Runcorn, about twelve p.m. on Wed nesday se'nnight. She had no passengers on hoard, but was tugging, and one of the vessels in tow ran foul of her with such violence as to cause her to to down immediately. Fortunately no lives were lost, another steamer being at hind. The Alice has since been raised, and floated into the Duke's Dock, at Runcorn. BONICEPATHIC COCOA.—An excellent article under this title is advertised in our paper of to-day, by Mr. Benyon, of Rmelagh-street. The great obje c ti on th at h as hitherto been urged against cocoa, as a beverage, is, that owing to its oily nature it is not easy of digestion ; this article is, however, so prepared as to destroy its greasy properties without injuring the flavour—the houneepathic cocoa it, tnerefore, not only a strengthening and delicious, but a healthful beverage. STABBING.—On Tuesday, John Matthews, a seaman, was convicted by Mr. Rushton, of stabbing Isaac Max well. a carpenter. Bath parties belong to the ship Rapid, rec.•ntly arrived from the South S eas . Th e y h a d been fiehtir. on the 2611) January last, and during the afiras Matthews stabbed Mixwell below the left ear. The pri soner was fined £5, or to be imprisoned two months. Oa the same day a Spaniard, named Manso, was sentenced to the same punishment, for stabbinz a sailor belonging to the slip Cygnet, of Boston, in the Clarence Dock Basin. At the Chester assizes, on Wednesday, the Rev Joshua King, of Woodchurch, preferred an indictment against Sit William Stanley, for having caused a nuisance on the turnpike road leading from Stourton to Higher Bebington, by lay'ng down a railo-ay across it. Toe railway had been laid down by Sir William's fattier. The jury returned a verdict of no' guilty. A similar result attended an in dictment by the same prosectitor against Sir William, for continuing an obstruction to the highway by permitting tt quantity of rubbish to remain there. THE IRON DUKE AND SEA KlNG.—These two fine steamers started from Liverpool on Sunday night week, on a trial trip between this port and D u bli n . They - left at five minutes past seven o'clock p.m. Passing Point Ly nas, they were nearly abreast of each other; but passing. the Skerries, the Sea King was about one-third of a mile astern. At half-past two on Monday morning, the Sea King was half a mile astern, and she then made away fox Belfast. According to the log of the Iron Duke, that vessel was unquestionably the winner ; but the parties on boatd the Sea King state that the latter vessel shot a-head, and stopped her engines three times, in order that the Iron Duke might overtake her. CLAIM FOR WAGES.-08 Tuesday, Mr. John Cruys chief mate of the ship Eliz t beth Th ompson, summoned Captain Betts before Mr. Rushton for £l9 13s. 6d. wages due to him. It appeared the mate had been disrated on the 9th December last, since which time he had done no duty. Ttm master stated that the mate had told him a falsehood, and to prove the fal-ehood he called • Daniel O'Connell, who sated that he heard the mate tell the captain that the ship had been pumped, when in fact the pump bad been sounded only. On cross examination by Mr. Davenport this witness admitted that there was no mate in the hold to pump at the time. Mr. Rushton said the mate had done his duty properly, by sounding the pump, and that the full amount of his wages must be paid. CHESTER ASSIZES.—George Williams, 25, and Charles Williams, 22, were convicted of a robb-ry, with violence * on the person of Mr. Thomas, a joiner, at Birkenhead, on the high road between Birkenhead and Rock Ferry, on the night of Saturday, the Ist of February last. Sentence deferred.—James Berry, 23, John Hammond, 30, Georgo Hammond, 22, Thomas Hammond, 28, and Wm. Webb, 40, were charged with firing a loaded gun at Jelin Eden, with intent to kill and murder him, or with intent to maim, disfivre, or to do some grievous bodily harm. Otbei counts charged the prisoners with being out armed in the night time in pursuit of game, on lands belonging to Thos. Langford Brooke, Esq., ut 'labley, of Mere-hall, on Sun day evening, the sth of January last. They were all con victed, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. UNITED EDECATION.—The Bishop of Meath, in a let ter to Sir James Graham, says—" One printery object of National education is the union of children of different persuasions in the same school ; I have had many year? experience of the beneficial aft ets of employing Protest ants and Roman Catholics indiscriminately together. I have employed both together in great numbers, as well in some puts of Ireland where Protestants were the majo rity, ds in others where Roman Catholics preponoeratedi I trt aced both in the same maiiner, and I have seen the blessed results of antipathies and prejudices heivg oblite rated, and of mutual kindly feelings b&ng; substituted; I never knew of a quarrel taking place arooog tin at on teli gious grounds. If such harmony could be so easily pro duced among adults, simply by bringing them together, how much more ea,y would it be among children ! This also I hive had tie pl , asure of witnessing in schonlsesta blished and managed by myself. The National system has hitherto failed in producing such uniied education. In the schools of Roman Catholic priests there are scarcely any Protestants, and in the Presbyterian sch,ols very few Ro man Catholics ; 'th e c l ergy an d l a i ty of the Established Church are the pe rsons f rom w h ose exer ti ons we h ave the .hest hope of see i ng suc h un it e d e d ucatio n ex t ensive l y ope rating'."