The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

Peb. 4, 1851. Ewa gam The pupils of the Caledonian School have presented a writing desk to their teacher, Mr. Andrew Berwick. A. child named Tyrrell, two years old, fell into a tub of boiling water on Thursday, and was scalded to death. The Chronicle says that the Council has entered into an arrangement with Messrs. Willoughby to rent Birken kid Ferry, and to take the three boats at a valuation. • On Monday, Si of its mother fro Dublin to this po An old woman, Jones, fell gaged in s‘i The 11,e.;: fortnight a$ has had a se tertain cons ! On Mom 13 0,000 letter department office_ Messrs breakf the evenin ball. Mr. W e Eye a Charie j s - R Lions of £5 The City Captain M morning, fi 16th ult. teen d for extra, .7, in violatio Dock ea' soon as house. lly Gannon, an infant, died in the arms exposure to the cold in coming from t in the Albatross steamer. seventy-sixty years of age, named Alice stairs on Monday afternoon, while en and wes killed almost instantly. _ .eeping . John Burnett, of London, who lectured a the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, Lttack of paralysis, and his friends en- Ile fears as to his recovery. here were at one time not less than :sides about 40,000 newspapers) in one Le Liverpool Postoffice—the ship-letter I Feeney were entertained at a public , on Thursday, by the mayor, and in ed with Earl Harewooi, at Harewood- M.P., has given a second donation to nfirmary. Mr. Wm. Rathbone, Mr. ind Mrs. Nichol have also made dona- ;crew steamer, commanded by 1 at Liverpool, on Thursday Ilia. whena be sailed on die sage under four- btained in the Bail-court, on Wed essrs. Forrester and Co., Vauxhall Gerrit Stillbroer, belonginz to the rig. He was taken out as we he rea ;hed the receiving- On Tu ski Tsle, whilst lying at were der she vvas • for some t ria arrived at Cork, on Thursday er vessel will be towed incumben nt week, for repairs Soho Works said. will be sent to ti .epaired. as's, were interred in St. Jam .1 was attended by the vener archdea ber of t There were iropres! AN I a nut& ,ent. The services were read in an the Rev. T. L. Pain. VESSEL Van Noor 1, Capt [era, and to pr( 'ent bulging o of Clare-hall, Cambridge, v 00.000 for hi; undergraduateship. Rev. W. C. Greene, of Ellen, --7- 11 . _ arrival, MoorfiE that the I of our r well for Jaques Limparf alsP laved a great drar Warmly rec read Mue4 1 natural humour, rare in a female, portions were delivered with that and gracefulness of, manner :ner when fifty-fourth Hohne pre tiemen, amongst *sears. Arthur I she first made her fortunes of a theatre doomed to :e effect ; everythir poetical appreciation of th this talented lady read another Romeo and Juliet. _She was in her renderings, and was again very To-morrow evening Mrs. Kemble will about Nothing, and :on Friday the istorical play of Henry the Eighth. We r audiences on these occasions. POLLO GLEE CLUB.—On Saturday even association of gentlemen celebrated its -ersary at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Jas. and there were present about fifty gen : . whom were his Worship the Mayor, Jolme and Samuel Taylor, (who occupied vice-cnair,) Thomas Littledale, J. Bramley-Moore, Bhuttleworth, W. Davies, John Lockett, Richard Lockett, and Charles Smith, (the com p oser. ) T he fol lowing ladies and gentlemen contributed to the harmony of the evening by the exercise of their musical talents : Mrs. G. Holden an d M rs . M'D ouga ll ; M r. George Holden, M who presided at the piano -forte as the father of the club, essrs. George Holden, jun., Boothby, Evans,. Mellor. Roberts, and Armstrong. It is no small praise to Bay that their efforts to please reflected credit on the established musical reputation of the Apollo Glee Club, and we need scarcely add that Mr. Radley acquitted him self with that superior skill and courtesy which charac terizes the management of the Adelphi, and gives it the high position which it has attained in the town. The oratorical efforts of the evening were unusually good, fre quent allusion being made not only to the progress of the art of music, but to subjects of more immediate local in terest connected with the rise and prosperity of the town of Liverpool. The principal speakers were the Mayor, Mr. Bra mleY-Moore, Mr. Thomas Littledale, Mr. James and Mr. Arthur Holme, Mr. C. Smith, and the Town- Meek, A most delightful evening was spent ball, and primed. The prisoners were then conveyed to Lancaster. On the same day they were brought before the magistrates, at the Town Hall, when the magistrates' room was densely crowded by a large number of trades men, thr majority of whom had been visited by Colonel Durnford, who was a debtor in their books. The elder prisoner gave his name as Andrew Montague Isaacson Durnford, and the younger as Montague John Felton, Durnford. The elder was muffled up in a large blue mi tary cloak, with crimson lining and collar. and appeared to be between 70 and 80 years of age. The younger ap. peared to be about 20. Mr. Wright detailed the nature of the offence with which the prisoners were charged, and also the manner they had been apprehended. Mr. Smyth, tea dealer, Lancaster, stated that th e p r i soner h a d ob tained go ods from him by false representations ; that he was a lieutenant-colonel in her majesty's service, and was in receipt of pay.—Mr.", Wright stated that communica tion had been had with the War Office, but they knew of no such person. 7 —An_ adjournment was applied for, and granted.—On Thursday the elder prisoner was again brought up, and charged with obtaining game by repre senting himself as C. Bower, Esq., of Sunderland. He denied he charge, and 1 . and maid servant to _ prove that on the day the game dealer said he was in Lancaster he had never left, home, nor had his carriage ever been out. He stated that he was a lieutenant-colonel in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, and was then in the receipt of pay from the army. He had written to Lord Somerset, and expected an answer on the following day, which would prove that he was a lieu tenant-colonel in the Scot& Fusilier Guards. The case against both the prisoners was then gone into.—Mr. Bond, furniture broker, was examined, as wen; also several other tradesmen, who stated that they had let the pri soners have goods in consequence of the representations by both that the elder was a . lieutenant-colonel, and in the receipt of half-pay as such.—A charge was then brought against the younger prisoner for obtaining a gun by representing that he was an officer in the Rifle Bri gade, and aboutto proceed abroad.—Mr. , Shaw, who had let him - have the gun, stated the facts.—The hearing oc cupied about six hours, and the case was further 'ad journed till Monday next.—The circumstances have created much excitement in Lancaster and the neighbour hood. to the same c national defenc —Qnarterlv Ret Zary H is a subject ife of a I Of the Old ICed Lion publi to Ameri ils on S an unusually large cargo, &I ity of Glasgow will leave fi unched on the 18th 111 IL Wood al called the This vessel Anne Lo fe. Arthur Hen er, Esq., of Liver re present on the the vessel, v —At about five o'clock ived here froti ip Blenheim, to whicl: J'hey are mo state of deititution. They .warded to the Emigrant ti !nious life-b, eleven Home in re now receiving every attention istigator of that institution can st Suni [lapel, on Sund will take place imm 'clock. Persons wi; week, not ~tely r the use of the altar , or in a bas ns wishing re requeste t, which wilt I to have candi _ i to attach ti they send, and to gi r before Saturday, if p POWDER MAGAZINES.—It e Grey, the Secre- William tment, to M promoters of the ren that the removal i n of t Hardinge and Colonel Waters, e reported so strongly against the down to Liverpool, to selection of a " !s, and in &mi., ssist with new site for the regulations for YS' ORPHAN ASYLUM, ON THE would draw the attention of such .e fond of joining in the giddy dance, A of the Chatham Society, which will with pleasure. Everything promises htful evening. The presence of Mrs. the presiding genius will, we should t faslGnable and numerous 'ent of the other needful induce and refreshments. We hop( deservir ms of this very charity, iditional attractions of a pleasant Aber many who are less used to but who cannot fail, we should the occa 3 referred to iRADINGB FROM SHARESI ing Mrs. , Fanny Kemble ,11.1111. of Shaksperian readings at the 'as, we regret to say, but scan- Midsumm — er t delight THE SOArTRADE.—Mesers. Casey, of this town, have addressed the following letter to the editor of the Times : " A new feature has occurred in our trade by the admis sion into Liverpool of soap made and imported from Malta at £l4 a ton duty. Were we to make a soap similar in quality, and of the same specific gravity, it would be charged with £l6 16s. and 5 per cent, duty. Is it sur prising that our foreign exports have fallen off, and that the soap trade is in a depressed state ? ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKDALE.—The fifth sermon on the Romish controversy was preached at this church on the evening of the 26th ult., by the Rev. D. James, Incumbent. The subject was, " The supposed inter cession of the Saints, and the consequent invocation of them by the Church of Rome." The sermon occupied an hour and fifty minutes in delivery. The sixth, in course, at the same church, will he preached on Sunday evening next by the Rev. Stephen Brain Sutton, on the " Direct and indirect benefits of Protestantism." APPREHENSION OF A MURDERER IN LIVERPOOL.— In the month of November, 1842, Mr. James Scully, a magistrate of the county of Tipperary, was barbarously murderer eluded the vigilance of the Police, notwithstand ing that a reward of £2OO had been-offered for his ap prehension. On Tuesday night he was given into the custody of the police through the instrumentality of his wife, whom he had deserted. The alleged murderer's name is Andrew Coffee. and he had been residinz.in one of the streets off Christian-street ever since the time of the murder. He was sent to Ireland. _ FIRST JUDICIAL INQUIRY BEFORE TAE LOCAL MARINE BOARD.—On Tuesday and Wednesday, Messrs. R. Rankin. D. Cotesworth, J. Aikin. T. B. Horsfall. J. Bold, E. Rushton, John Palmer, John Lockett. and W. Irvine, the newly-appointed members of the L' Marine Board, held an inquiry at the Sailors' Home, relative to a case which occurred on Tuesday week, in arged with refusing to proceed on a voyage to Buenos res in the ship Crusader, for which they had signed isles. The ship had previously put to sea, but,. after P rinvo' hna hone nnmnollevi to ?wham • Pnfl th w ence of the crew corroborate( ring the whole of the period they were at sea, th( stet.. Captain Ridley, was intoxicated, and incapable of by the r performing his duties . Rushton dismissed the with a new captain, t mate retaining his situation Of several of tt at great lengt 11 the witnes g that' durin 7as repeatedi the five dais in question the Thomas Smith and William Parry stated that while on board of the Crusader they noticed no signs of intoxica tion on the part of Captain Ridley ; while Captain Archer and Mr. Imrie spoke highly of his character for general sobriety and seamanlike talents. Captain Ridley strongly board proceeded to prepare a report f the Board of Trade. IDlslritt 19,e1115, The town council of Mancl ester have resolved to pur. chase chain and badge for the mayor. During the last twelve months no fewer than one thou sand houses have been added to the town of Blackburn. An artizan at Wigan turns beautiful ornaments, as vases, obelisks, &c., out of the Ince-hall cannel. Amongst the latest arrivals at Southport is Sir P. H Fleetwood, Bart. who is sojourning at Claremont-house. A dish of very tine mushrooMs were gathered last week in the minds belo g men, na to fish at Southport, on Wed Their r during tt J. S. Herc of Ear few .d ruam, in one of te of the ra Max Er:c 4 M' Hale. the Ron ket, for Rufford AI ondo On . Wedne the church of St. John the Evan iday. to crowded c any en red that ( AX UOTTON.--We have seen a sample of yarn, spun lessrs. Bright and Brothers, of Rochdale, which seems to us much more promising than any previously produced from mixed flax and cotton. It is mule yarn, apparently about No. 16 ; and is stated to be produced from four parts flax and one part cotton. It is good, Wong, useful yarn,—somewhat rough and uneven, but if it can be produced, as stated to us, at 2d. peil lb. under the price of cotton yarn, it is likely to come into exten- cloth mai londay, floor in a grocery shop be r, fell in with a tremendous to Mr. ( A. youth who was in purchasin ale in t he employ of Mr nn the ceiling above gave way without , any pre ag, and buried them both in its ruins. The asked to atoms, but the in the shop most miraculously escaped being crushed, to death. The female was soon extricated unhurt, but it was three•quarters of an hour before the boy Forshaw was discovered. Ono of the falling beams had ; in its descent, rested on a sack of flour found, fortunately withc ler this was the boy ny bones broken, although his foot was sprained and he was othervvise bruisell about three minutes previous to the occurrence, Mr Dandy and three other persons were in the shop. .EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF SWINDLING AT LAN ,ASTER.—EarIy in December last, Carnforth Lodge, a genteel residence, which is situated about six 'miles from Lancaster, and which had for some time been advertised to be let, was taken by a gentleman calling himself Lieut. Colonel Durnford. The family consisted of the father, a son, and three daughters. They appeared to live in the neatest privacy, neither visiting nor being visited. Almost `spy took a drive out in an open carriage, and often Lancaster.ed The colonel and his son called upon many tradesmen in the town, and obtained goods to a considerable amount, in sums varying from £1 to £5O, stating that he was a lieut.-colonel in the Royal Artillery, and had retired on half-pay. Some doubts being enter tained by the tradesmen as to the truth of the colonel's statement, Wr. Wright, superintendent of the Lancaster borough police, was desired to institute inquiries respect ing him. These inquiries not being satisfactory, a repre sentation was made to the magistrates, and they felt it their duty to issue warrants for the apprehension of father and son. On Tuesday last, Mr. Wright went over to Carnforth Lodge, to apprehend the two gentlemen. He was accompanied by an officer of his force, and upon near ing the place he despatched the officer to try to gain ad mittunce, if possible. The gate leading to the house was, however, found to be locked ; but they scaled it, and effected an entrance. When they got to the foot of the stairs, they heard footsteps ascending, and soon Colonel Durnford made his 9 with a cavalrv.sword in 9p pearan his hand. Mr. Wright detailed the nature^ of his visit, when Colonel Durnford attempted to draw his sword, but Mr._ Wright rushed upon him, and secured his right hand. The son, with a brace of pistolsinii7haTds;w; close behind his father, and the police-officer collared hint, and all struggled together, In the struggle the-colo nel pulled a pistol from some portion of his dress, and presented it at the breast of Mr. Wright, who immedi ately struck it from him, and the two were then dragged from the house on the lawn in front, and disarmed. The three pistols were found to be 'pow( Till LIVERPOOL ST ANDARD. the existence of :numberless in every country of the civilized with the Romanists, pronounces the an epithet to be an arrogant falsehood tatingly put forward on all priests, but by every Romanist PAPAL AGGRESSIONS, LETTER T.-ON " THE ABUSE OF THE TERM " CATHOLIC TO THE: EDIT.. OR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Srn,—ln the discussions that have everywhere taken place throughou t the kingdom, upon the subject of Papal aggression, it h as not been at all worn threadbare ; for nratly important t points appear yet to have been over looked, or perhaps undervalued. FOr example, the pertinacity with which the term 'Cat%olie" is , assumed by the Rbmanist, has not been, that lam away. e of, at all remarked upon. The Pope's grief, and the " Pastorals," always speak of the Roman Church as the " Catholic Church" ; of its peculiar, dogmas as " Cat . holic Faith" • and of themselves, hull- argument to Ler sects, of Christianity prld, in juxta ssum F Yet it is Spaniard LOCAL MEETINGS. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting ,on Thursday, the subject of a depot for smothered cattle was discussed, when it was agreed that Dr.' Duncan should consult with the Market Sub-committee, and make an enquiry as to the proposed site, and whether the opeiation of boiling down will cause any nuisance, reporting the re sult to the board at their next meeting. Some complaints - relative to the bad paving of the streets and the sn*ly of coal to the Cornwallis-street office were referred to the proper authorities. A report was received from the Par- lianientry Committee, to the effect that the Town-clerk and the borough engineer should meet a deputation from the House owners' "Association, to explain the principles of the new sanatory bill. The appointment of a supei indendant to Paul-street Baths was then proceeded with. There were fifty-three candidates, but the choice ulti- mately fell upon Mr. Graham. NORTHERN' HOSP/TAL.—On Thursday a special meet ing of the trustees of this hospital was held at the Claren don rooms, to consider the propriety of extending the period of the re-appointment of the honorary medical of- ficers of the institution from ten years to fifteen years g the surgical staff of the hospital, b and also for incre the appointment of a junior honorary surgeon,. to succeed to the first vacancy which may occur, either by the death, resignation, or non-appointment, or by the completion of the period of service of any of the honorary surgeons. W. Brown, Esq., M.P.,.oresided. Mr. Neilson proposed a resolution embodying the above, which was seconded by Mr. W. Rathbone. Mr. Hodgson moved, and Mr'. La fone seconded, an amendment—" That the limit of ten years remain as before." On the amendment.bang put, A but very few hands were held up for it, and the original mot' ion was carried nearly unanimous which was numerously attended. ti The meet en broke up. aft vote of t hanks to the c airman meeting of the members was he Mr. James Aikin in the chair. read by Mr. Boardman, the the new building The report, which was Id treasurer, added to the registry, n men who have obtained (king now on the books 14,488 good characters, many of them having certificates from captains for six or seven voyages The number of men shipped through the home had beer gistered mer of crews paid off i 81 : the depositors, 112 in number, id the balance of deposits, have placed £2,196 in.bank board had constituted the Sailors' Home the shipping office of the port of Ierpool; to meQt their wishes, the committfeliad agreed to provide a board-room, and offi cers to examine masters and mates within the building ; and the three shops, which it was intended to have at the The report bunts were ac thanks to him, trusted would have the pleasure of mee ins completed. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the - weekly meeti on Wednesday, Mr. Harrison brought on the subject of which he had given notice, namely, an i conduct of Mr. Stephens, one of the r reference to his having impeached 11 here with the b Ir. Lat investigation before the coroner relativ Mr. Han e whol circumstances of the case. F 1850, to the 26th of January 21st of October, Stephens had tice 765. "Mr. Harrison ins ind difficult nature, t youth of eighteen, h: this, and other !glens had not s he vi bordering upon twent hat he mus On the motion write to the p( ally, and of. going ro , whether such was absi A discus; ultimatel scribed ears of did so under first, for having written the leiter ger, ti there medical man's apprentice r DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSD e new iron light-ship Tobin 1 for £lBo. clerk e a qualified pe ported ti 1500 than a vessel of the same tor The old light-ship Comet had been the Committee of Warehouse ist of r reported that they had revised I housing. It was stated that ti some trifling artides.—A lette and Co to the high rents they their shipbuilding-yar es at the present time ith great severity on the interests of the shin. Iding trade of Liverpool, to take into consideratiOn the propriety as _ . necessity of reducing the rates. In reply to a question, the Chairman said the rates now paid by the shipbuilders were ls.6d. per yard, and they had landing-slips furnished to them. The letter was referred.—A memorial was read from a number of inhabitants on the Cheshire side, pray ing that the original recommendation of the surveyor to make a footway, seven yards wide, fro of George's Dock to the Landi ad of a four•yard foot )ers thought a footing of four wird Mr. J. Holme tho ght they make a covered way for the people of ( s quite . . had already expended £50,000 on a landing -stage for them, which was to injure the property of Liverpool and by right there ought to have been a clause in the ac of parliament to make every person coming from Cl pay a penny towards the interest of the outlay. feeling of the committee was opposed to the request of the applicants, and the secretary was directed to reply to that effect.—Mr. Bold stated that the government were about to send down two engineers to make an inquiry as to a new site for the magazines. As the question was one which might affect the Dock Committee, he thought the solicitor should attend the inquiry ; it would take place next week, at the Adelphi Hotel. It was agreed that the chairman and the solicitor should attend on be half of the Dock Committee. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—The annual general meet - - . ing of the friends and subscribers to these .charities was held on Thursday in the Clarendon-rooms, the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks in the chair. l —Mr. D. H. Gibson, the secretary, read the report. It dtew a favourable compa rison between 1849 and 1850. In the former year the cholera was raging, and there was a deficiency of funds. In the latter year the town was healthy, and the contri butions had been plentiful. This enabled the treasurer to carry forward a satisfactory balance to the account of the new year. The permanent income, however, arising from annual subscriptions, falls very much short of the ordi; nary expenditure. In the past year, but for the extraor dinary resources, the deficit would have a moun t e d t o £765. Owing to a satisfactory arrangement with the London and North Western Railway Company, by which the charity has been indemnified for injuries done to the North Dispensary, the committee have invested the sum re ceived (£500) in dock bonds, in order to meet any con tingency arising from permanent injury done to the foun dation of the building. Legacies, also, they conceive, should likewise go to form a reserved fund; and hence they have, in the past year, invested in public securities £4OO from this source. Under these circumstances, it is hoped that the friends of the institution will not relax their endeavours in obtaining additional subscriptions to a charity which, in the past year, has relieved thirty thousand one hundred and sixty-one patients, including fifty-four surgical operations of an important' kind. Amongst the donations is a very munificent one from the late T. D. Lewis, Esq., formerly of this town, amounting to £1,428 Ils. 6d.—The Rev. Mr. Tomlin referred to the case of persons affected with consumption. In London there was a large hospital at Brompton, where a large number of consumptive patients were admitted, but he was not aware that there was an institution of the kind in Liverpool. He had been told That such ;an i nstitution iy of consi- -position )n of such speaking of himself or of his peculiar sect. It is the corner-stone of the Papal edit. the Pope opens his apostolical letter, he as. he says the power of ruling the univer24 Chun committed by Our Lord Jesus Christ to the tiff?' This is a lie at onco so palpable and so im that it ' 4, men calling themselves Chris _is a marvel (pat and acknowledging the authoritrOf the BR the temerity to assertit. this liberalizir We ais age, of deemin all things in their si let we dim ile to reffee emblem of the ,reality that ovi '►d Con ions, not by one or two liymun, when e;. and when ness trifling thintrs. Yet it is worth our and unimportant whether there is not a dee p meaning It is, without any doubt, the sect of Rome—the banner an tions. It is this dream of uni of race or la The term " . Catholic" is like circumcision to the Jews and Ottomans. As the Mussulman asserts " there is but one God and Mahomet is his prophet," so the Roma Catholic Church, and t t with Rome as with life 'ares there is die" is their wa bat one nation of Papal enn other denomi nnfl other, in that which we are taught to believe is the distinctive mark of Antichrist. iemble one n is made with the nion - -a worldly device to wield power for worldly objects; to discipline the consciences of men into obedience to a metropolitan power, that may be sufficient 'to contend with and to control the sceptre and temporal sword of sovereigns, and to intrude into the cabinets of lay govern- under the cry of rel of every people in church and stet( Protestants throe countenance the term " Catholic The papal empire and that he is a foreigner in matters of tit f an endeavour be made b nest important nanists to desi y othei term as Romanist, that if they did not Tics" they would be gal reason for Protes garded as its to .00- use of the term and de ation, unless they are io utterly indif be content to be themselves regarded this is the prover distinct that is in t heretic h as are not Catholics ssert that it has been imption assiduously circulated that' the . Roman church is what it assumes to be, (the church Catholic.) Meted the weak mint of such as her communion to escape from the theolo K , Council. Our tractarians havo studied church until they have first persuad d themselves that priestho .n race, and that proceeded to denounce privat only competen uld appeal. Fro himeeleihat the Catho A every de on from its perempt went i nd thus to ensure )fidently assert t; thority to navigate the yes •ood policy ssumptton by the mei We claim it, if it be to be claimed at all, wn Anglican Church as rightfully as for any ott ut we pronounce the 'nation as , tribunal of faith ; and then I e to presume that the church calling- " and claiming in the teeth of its history to be of a man can persuad Roman church, ,ry teaching a liberty a safe and heir ability to denounce the term ervant & CHURCH 0 THE CHASI ENGLAND MAN Sir W. W. WysN's HOUNDS meet to-morrow (Wed nesday), at the Kennels ; on Friday, at Styche; and of Saturday, at Whittington,—each day at half-past ten. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet to-morrow (Wednes• day), at Saighton ; on Thursday, at Tarporley ; and or AN EXPLANATION s from Mr. Gec Ir. J. H. Webster ith reluctance that I ur placing the name of " Georn Icilman," in the list of the " Protestant Defc but it seem s, from the remarks you make on ins... ing my explanatory note in the Standard of yesterday, to t 9th Januar again anni the public, about yr r, from your statemE Holt, common " It would app.-_ to put it, that I. Georg, .. councilman, some tim, ago had a circular letter addressed to me, intima'ing that unless I made a reply to the contrary, my name would be se down in the list of the committee; and that, in fact, I bac given a silent approval of the insertion. Such is the impres sion that your observations would naturally convey to fin mind of the reader. After the full explanation and positive denial given per sonally to you, that I had received no such letter, note, or intimation of any kind whatever relating to the subject, this does not appear very candid on your part. In conclusion, I beg to state that I did not sign the requi sition to the Mayor at all, and that the name of George Holt attached to it is not mine; and to repeat that I did not receive any note from you or any other party . on the subject, and that your insertion_of my name and office is unauthorised by me. "One would hope that the defence of Protestantism, to th principles of which I am so unfeignedly attached, does no depend upon advocacy of this kind.—Your obedient servant " Mr. H. J. Webster, Hon. Sec. of the Protestant Defence Committ BRITISH EMIGRANT'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY On Thursday, a meeting of the originators of tl Friends' Emigrant Society was held in the taken With reference to the establishment of an Emigrants Home in Liverpool. The attendance was rather scanty Among those present we noticed Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq.. M.P., James Aikin, Esq., Glad stone, Esq., Rev. Dr. Rattles Mr. BROWN, M.P., pm objects of the meeting led, and briefly explained the ling in very pointed terms to the reat necessity which exists for an institution such as the Originators of the meeting then present contemplated. The SECRETARY pro t em . (M r . Thomas Cook) read a report of the committee which had been appointed at a preliminary meeting held in October last. The report set out by stating that for some time past the public mind had been called to the friendless state of emigrants embarking at Liverpool, but, notwithstanding the pressing importance of the matter, no thing had yet been done. A private meeting had been held about twelve months ago, but, owing to the existence of a difference of opinion, nothing to remedy the evils compisined of had been effected, For four years the Philadelphia Emi grant Friends' Society had an agent in Liverpool, but the utility of that _agency was limited. The report then detailed derived f THE COLUMN OF AMtnre anb 3ortirulture. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. This society met on the evening of Friday week, in the Royal Institution, and seldom has there been a meeting more interesting or better attended; The President oc cupied the chair. James Smith. Esq., of Jordan•hill, F.R.S.S., L. and E., was elected a corresponding mem ber, and to the same class of mbership were H. C. Mayor, MA., Fellow received. count of the difficulty of was over. Mr lily been advo hick had Ve may be parc )al communicat carr. from the growing wealth of ndia shown to be no fable has been made, with cc artary an ions, on the south of malaya. But tha want of a good road throu drawback to the full development of the plan. constructed, as.certainly it one day the Simla wou revenue would. he ver Teat, ar rdstpoct Already it is of trade 1 Mr. Hartnup, of the Livery attention t been disco ient of the Nauti than a visible in this country me Band, of the United States, disc tioned that, in a letter received from stated, that that astronomer had trac Saturn so distinctly as to remove lornson read a histo of Short down to t The Rev. Mr. Hir able antiquity, probabl3 coin of 1 15, made 1 y held the royalty of t the last five years evenin that f teed to a the table. Inman then read a paper mental to the remarks he ld actin undisputed until withir n 1845, and ha I hope, that ere lo ng we "may see a b o t an i ca l museum begun. The want of such - a work is sincerely felt, not -only by the lovers of science in the town, but those; also, of other parts of the kingdom'; because it is known that the extraordinary advantages bf Liverpool in that respect . It is useless to argue that these things instruct 'a ,few. Look at the, Botanic are thrown awa only please or Gardens known; but upon the Garde Jett into the con tended the .g -evions five convenient to lepartEr Mr. Henry S Botanic Garde els to a r went was tintil Wed POLI first they soon as M ns' Comnai LILY amittee, and no :QnsequE appeared because hardly kwith was placed with his I :1 who noivledge of 60 snb. 850 than in the T ON I —On 1 or two bi g to provok , called Ada fai as he km ri described ti: whose 1 the cheese mite harvest bug. He then des of the articulation with th Id by two hook. tl onie species. The spider ha( About ten deep serrations There nra claws, marked by small claw marked by three only. branous flap; and this animal owes its power o on polished surface, against gravity, to the viscid hairs with which the end of the leg is abundantly 1 the inner 1 same level v ere to plane surfac nd did not contain any t vening cavity, which v ,ed to an e by whir( ,vered over ould be in contact with the ground v ith hairs but fo directly under i Pidgeon, Eq., and the Rev. R. B of St. John's College, Cant., P.C. Several literary productions we Mr. James Harvey read an a travelling in India. arisinz froir reached the scene of action, the campa Harvey suggested the plan, which has cated in the Sun, of a railway paper eu nised by the government of IPA and, finall y, when offered for earr igers, to of pass rvey referred to the Gu been built by the creation of 4,0( may, Jodi ,6e of t vepub ide cotton. Before an it has to less country of many miles on th vine 16t1vounds. and ads to Mizzar strict, is no less t .eg pa as a sucker. The author then described the of the caterpillar. This consisted of a circ all of which pointed outwards. They *ere usually twenty in number. In those larvae which made habita tions for themselves only just large enough for the body o enter, these hooks would be dangerous to the inset - house, if ther A hooks, itself, or itb was not a provisiu— sheathing them. This was effected by two muscles attached to their centre, which drew the hooks within the integument of the leg. These hooks underwent modifi cation where the habits of the animal seemed to require it. In the larva of a fly occasionally infesting the human intestine, the animal adhered to the surface by hooks attached to its head, and was furnished with soft pads on the. feet instead of the usual formidable claws. The ethel The proximi and fou second variety of foot noticed was wL... _ combined with large bosses, usually called bosses were usually two in number, and in elos to the claw ; occasionally they numbered three and were placed upon the leg. They were usually cover with hair, and it was very evident that this hair was fu nished with a very viscid secretion, from the quantity particles of dirt found adhering to it. These hairs hat been called pulvilli by Mr. Blackwall. There were no special organs of secretion on the suckers, but it was well known that in many minute structures hairs took the place of glands. The author then described at some length the structure of the foot of the fly. He -re marked that Mr. Rymer Jones, and Mr. Newport, had given accounts of the foot of the common house fly, which differed essentially from each other. This he accounted for by the fact that one had been exit ming the small house-fly, the other the large - The two had certainly very different kinds of feet, both had equal facilities in loco-motion. The foot of the smaller variety was seen after its immersion in spirit of wine, which cleared away any adhering particles of dirt. It was found to consist of two elegantly-shaped claws, and two membranous flaps of an oval form when seen from above, and convex below. Tka lid per pound ; the bissartite ,ded to fixed to bed two pie ,he Constant lsive robb( ors, named N :ooks, were br in Geo YESTE RDA lion, pr se in S d in an e opportunit q4.--Three sails .ne, and - H resterday, on th h a vessel, lying g belo SUSPECTED .R the followrn Marks actin id went to ssel leaving t to give t with the parties =THE LAW ON M'Cleuney, John up at the Police• c A person connect 4 stated that, on goi oe possible to establish a similar institution in connexion with the Dispensaries, so that by a'separate subscription persons attacked with con sumption might be sent into the country for a few weeks. Mr. Shepherd said such an institution would be exceed ingly valuable, Jaut_he doubted very much whether it deration v ier it would could be established in connexion with the DiSpensa;ic.... Some little conversation followed, during which the chair man remarked, that if Park-rate were ...A fnr a more so, and, as there was an institution there for the reception u. a distance, probably, by a subscription of £2O a year, twenty persons might be recommended from the Dispen saries. The suggestion was considered a good one, and it was at length arranged that reports from the several estab lishments mentioned should be obtained, and laid before the committee as soon as possible.—After the adoption of the formal resolutions, which will be found in our adver tising columns, the proceedings terminated. THE COURT OF PASSAGE.—This Court was opened, yesterday, by Charles Crompton, Esq., the Assessor. There were two special arguments, two demurrers, and sixty-one issues for hearing. Among the last was the case. Carter v. Bower, and Another, on which a sum of £5OO depends. LAST WEEK BUT THREE.—It will be perceived by an advertisement in our paper of this day, that Mr. Colles, who, for the past thirty weeks, has been the means of affording so much amusement to tire inhabitants of Liverpool, as well as to the numerous strangers who have visited the town during that time. anntrunces that Saturday, March the Ist, will terminate his visit. If there are still any one who have not yet paid him a visit, we'would most strongly advise them to do so, certain that they will feel rv,ln their attention to so ''they might otherwise have amusingobliged t a o n exhibition, usfory whichin never thought of; and the 'entertainment which will be afforded them at Mr. C.'s Trams, in Bold-street, is only a minor part of their enjorr Sent—as by purchasing any of the articles which may Pr .rticularly strike their fancy, full instructions is given for the use of them, so that they may answer their own tow ,ilies and friends for years to come. There is no doubt the ,t those who visit him once will wish to repeat their visit,, therefore they had b e tt er l ose no time. ion from America The CHAIRMAN then rose and said that he deemed it his duty to controvert an opinion which many seemed to enter thin—namely, that they should make their intended institution Jail. rLuuL Luc .121111lACI 111 LUC men wno go rouna tne socks, they must have a powerful agency to counteract the efforts of these man-catchers. Consequently it would be the most dan gerous ground which they, as a society could take, to . sft out with the principle of causing it to h. ' I oe self-supporting. lie bac no doubt that the people of Liverpool world generously their society Mr. HEYWORTH, M.P., moved the first resolution, which bad for its object the getting up of a requisition to the requesting him to call a public meeting tor the purpose of giving the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing their sen timents on the subject. Mr. Hey - worth said that he was in favour of making the institution a self-supporting one, and was also of opinion, if they made it self-supporting, it would be as permanent as was the commerce of Liverpool —a thing that must exist for many generations. H. - Mr.. W. RATHBoNE seconded the resoluiion7v;ol"; 'At this stage of the proceedings, a Mr. Marshall, from Plymouth. addressed the meeting, and stated that he was then in the act of maturing plans for the establishment of an emi. grants' house ; that he had actually leased a building capable of containing 800 persons, apd would be ready to open his building in a month. He had submitted his plan to the mayor, and proposed that the leading members of th e counc il s h ou ld form a committee, to see that he conducted his establishments to the advantage of the emigrants who frequented them. He had been in all the colonies, and he could give intending emi grants good advice before they left their " home." M. AIKIN thought they were acting prematurely. He bad entered the room late, but inferred that their great object that day was to arrange a requisition to the mayor, to call a public meeting to devise means to correct a great evil. As to whe ther it should be self-supporting, he considered that that was not a topic for them to discuss at that time. He, therefore, hoped that they would not anticipate what might be done. As regarded the Sailors Home, it would be self-supporting as a club-house and a lodging-place ; still they cud not erect for the sailors. from their own resources, any more than for the emigrants, a suitable building for their accommodation. A resolution, agreeing to invite a deputation from the friendly emigration societies, was proposed by Mr. Gladstone, and seconded by Dr. Raffles. A vote of thanks to Mr. Brown, for his kindness and courtesy in presiding over the meeting, was proposed by the Rev Henry Hampton, and unanimously carried, after which t ) Je meeting separated. , sity ena- bled the animal to walk on glass, a part of the viscid ma terial remaining on the glass, and the author had seen the tract so left on examination with the microscope. The hairs by their affinity for air, or by the immiscibility of creature to walk . upon sed this power to :a very small Other in - sects possessed ft in greate'r perfection spirit of wine Where the foot was convex in form ani with hair_ it wnvilrl hn rinwt to imnr.aihis or it to produce anything like a vacuum beneath ft—each flair would act as a valve to admit the atmosphere, and no pressure could ever be obtained. The foot of the large meat-fly differed essentially from that of the smaller variety. In it It consisted of two strong pi, ed a broad membraniform connected by distinct lines sucker il not covered with hairs. sses to which were attach nsion—this expansion was urinated in a surface, which coulc cumference, and on e traced nearly all round the cir rhieh there were neither hairs nor lines. A fringe of hair externally prevented this being injured by the entrance of particles of dirt. The author conceived it possible that there might be in this form of foot all the elemeats for making it act as a veritable sucker. But it was to be remarked, that the same difficulty existed in this as in the case of the wasp, viz., that the foot was traversed by many o f th e lo ng hairs o the leg, and there did not appear to be any natural provision for their tem porary removal. Dr. Inman concluded with a number of other interesting and highly instructive remarks. TIORTICULTURAI The fact that we are to have a public museum is one upon which there is every reason for satisfaction, if the promise'; of the municipality do not fall short of that complelteness which we have been led to expect. It ;.s on all hands allowed that the building in Colquitt strvat is not large enough, and must be extended to give thr.3 increased accommodation. When this enlargement takes place. we sincerely hope that not only the present, but the future requirements of the town will be borne in mind. The extensive collection of commercial articles now forming for the great exhibition will, when it is returned, require a place for its accommodation, where it can be at the disposal of the public ; and we do earnestly he had t tain whom 1 witted by the ma: Rushton, and wh the mutin kn.d be was fined ›nment. COMMITTALS committed f ty-twc; da The priso Lt up yesterday, and struck. The m at of the particular ;e corroborated the ,n, who was severely r him that h sault coin ed by Mr. sted Llad dearly vi a, howeve .d for hitr —?!ary Ann Brown, a prostitute pia!, yesterday, for robbing a r 3oyd, in Rainfoid Gardens; of a * purse containing £ll is: 6d.—A wretched-looking woman.. earned Mary Hayes, who, as she stood in the dock, held an infant in her arms, was also committed ',for stealing a " lump" of butter, from the shop of Wm. Holmes, in. Richmond-row. DEATH FROM BURNING ,—On Thursday named Ann Thompson, died in the Dispensary, from - the effects of severe burns. She lived with her parents in a court in Wright-street, ,and while alone in the house. blowing the fire, her clothes unfortunately-got ignited. A: DANGEROUS LIVER COMPLAINT . EFFECTUALLY' CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Extract of a letter front Mr. W. Rogers, Blacksmith, Ravensworth, Hunter River. New South Wales, to Mr. J. K. HeVloni - Agent,for Holloway's Pills and Ointment at Sydney, dated J anu ity 17, 1849.—" Sir,—About eigh teen months since I was attacked with a severe liv tOmplaint, fOr which I con sulted the two medical en of the distri c t, but I derived no benefit from t • treatment, and at last they gave me up without t east hope of recovery. I then com menced to g Holloway's invaluable Pills, and continued them toeabout seven weeks, and I am now completely me: cam" I have great pleas ure i n g i v i ng p u bli c ity t o the laA4l) brandy cask said that the fault to be irapii THE 35. RX main bra eontrac John ead in