The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1854. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MR. HENRY LOMAx GASKELL has qualified as a deputy lieutenant ; and Mr. Thos. Wrigley, of Timberhurst, Bury, as a county magistrate, for Lancaster. - Nwar COUNTY MAGISTRATE.—At the adjourned annual sessions for the county, held at the Court-house, Preston, on Wednesday, William Preston, Esq., of Rock House, West Derby, took the oaths and qualified as a magis trate of the county. TUB EARL AND COUNTESS or DERBY and the Lady Emma Stanley have arrived in St. James's-square, from I Cnowsley-hall, Lancashire. The noble lord is in excellent health. TIIE SARAH SANDS screw-steamer, Captain Insley, arrived here on Tuesday from Portland, whence she sailed on the 25th ult. THE ATLANTIC.-The United States' mail-steamer, I Captain West, sailed from the Mersey on Wednesday morning, with the mails for New York, and a large num ber of passengers. SA.3II7EL LOVER.-We hear that, early in February, a new entertainment, written by this very popular author, will be delivered in the Music-hall, Bold-street, by Mr. B. L. Hime, for whom it is expressly written, A SPECIAL VESTRY MEET ING was h e ld on Thursday in the Public-office, Harper-street, Low-hill, to take into c onsideration the basis or standard of the county rate. It "was unanimously resolved that the assessment as returned to the overseers by the clerks of the peace be agreed to. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE EAILWAY.-The direr ton of this company in the declaration of the estimated cost to Parliament, for their proposed branches to the Liverpool Doeks, increase of capital and provisions, as to l ands acquired by the East Lancashire, state that the necessary outlay will be £280,000. u lrnw ISLE OF MAN BANK.-Messrs. Dumbell and 1- 1 , -°w ard made the first issue of their X 1 notes' on Friday. $3 - a e ,_ ll °te, which is longer and narrower than that of the n ' of Mona, has a neat appearance ; it bears a design emblematical of Commerce and Agriculture on the face, and v ignettes of St. Mary's Tower and Peel Castle on the revers e. The style of the bank is the " Douglas and Isle of Dian , lan Rank." -Manx Sun. 4115 WRECK or THE MERMAID.-The Sea Nymph (steamer), whi c h arr i v ed here on Tuesday brought the ' ca t t P t ain (Robinson) and crew of the ship Mermaid, from 1 ,."`" v !rPool for Philadelphia, which was ashore on the Cope , near Belfast, on the 7th instant. They report the vessel a total wreck, being broken up ; and the cargo, Which was a very valuable one, floating about in all directions. Tull LOST NOTE.-A £5O Bank of England note, which 7,aa lost on th e 25th o f J u ly, 1850, by Mr. Charles C. Deane, of this town, had not been heard of till a few days ago, "' , when it arrived at the Branch Bank of England in is town, having been paid into the Bank of Ireland about a month ago. enimar OP ENGLAND INSTITUTION.- The Archhishop of Dublin has presented to the library of the Church of flgiand Institution a copy of each of his published ' wo rks. The gift, together with one or two other valuable works which his grace has added, comprises nearly forty v olumes. The Society for Propagating Christian Know ledge has also made a second grant of books to the same institution. STRANGER'S FRIEND SOCIETY.-The annual meeting was held on Thursday, at the offices of Mr. Beloe, Bruns wick - street. Perhaps no society is more deserving of the Public support than the one whose anniversary we now lis t of claimant s u p on reel : 4 'd. The late inclement season has added laely to the its funds and the bala rg nce in the usurer's hand s was re d u ced to £l5, with a daily increas ing, demand. One satisfactory fact, however, was reported Navin the meet i ng, viz., that the necess i t i es o f th e soc i e ty g been made known, several handsome donations were immediately forwarded to Mr. Beloe. In the list is the name of Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., as a donor of and as a new subscriber of £2 2s. per annum: G llvnarool, AND GLASGOW.-A splendid new steamer, the Elk, intended to ply between this port and ol as i a pw, in conjunction with the other boats of the sow steam-packet company, arrived in the Mersey on on*. Her dimensions are: length of keel, 218 feet; depth, B 16 feet 3 inches ; beam, 23 feet ; or 45 feet over all. r has two side-lever engines of 150-horse power each, is inegistered to hold 358 tons, or 600 tons builders' measure- A lt, and will carry 499 deck passengers, for the comfort c onvenience of whom commodious steerage accom 'gt,...,..onation is provided. Another steamer, to be called the 1)7 11 , 0 w being built on the Clyde, for the same coin l'euanrue..Nvill be shortly ready for the station. the Lis. -° VICTUALLERS' BALL.--The annual ball of nesd a -us ed Victuallers' Association, took place on Wed- Y in the Town-hall. Upwards of 900 persons were tesent.Among s t the company were J. B. Lloyd, Esq., Mayor, and several members of the Town Council, in 41r. T. Bold, Mr. M`Guffie, Mr. Hodson, Mr. n a — 11 , and others. Enaidy's band was in attendance, uscoursed some excellent music, the sax-horns being introd uced with telling effect. The ball was opened about tine o'clock, and it was nearly four ere the gay revellers dis persed to their homes. The proceeds are devoted to the completion of the new Licensed Victuallers' Institution. Poisox.-Miss Samuels, a respectable female, who is ' l l the habit of attending auctions, was at a sale in Parker street. Amongst the articles offered was a bottle, the con tents of which she was anxious to ascertain ' and, with this view, she poured a little on the palm of her hand, and t aped. The result was almost an immediate deprivation of consciousness, and an exhibition of those symptoms w hich are felt from the effects of poison. She was . tiatelY conveyed to the Royal Infirmary , and continued in ~mmet t a bove state until about eight o'clock on Tuesday night, th e i, 4 s ,Vealns of returning consciousness began to manifest 'Oll f ' Ve S• It was ascertained that the bottle contained 0 bitter 1 Q ,__ ztr MOTH S. taking an op Tonacco.-As detective-officer Scaife was a stroll down Chisenhale-street, on Tuesday even mg, he obs erve d t wo men carrying a sack, evidently filled With something we ht and procuring the assts Soon suspiciousy. gin were aroused, he followed the men,t.ance of Laycock, another officer, street, where they a house in No. 1 court, Eldon subject was tubaee e . Th observed that the "weighty " out of the house, but ey were, however ? " forciblythan driven soon ?turning with increased forces, 30 lbs. of tobacco, which two excisemen decided to be "foreign manufactured." One of the men who had been decam d ellgaged in carrying the sack had who Pe after the onslaught on the officers, but the other _remained, Patrick Sweeney was taken into custody, brought up at the Police-court on Wednesday, and re manded till Saturday. Cuttious CASE. --A little girl named Mary Powell, whose parents reside at No. 2 court, Collingvvood-street, was attracted by a lady, whom she saw seated on some B ,te, Ps, nearly o p pos i te the Monument, Lon d on - roa d. The child's attention was still further excited by the presence of a female, who affected to feel sorrow for her. Mary Powell, who is only eleven years of age, lingered about the scene till the lady, whose money had fallen, then dragged towards the c h an n e l by her associate, who ‘lien left, and proceeded to her house, 2 court, Prudoe street, followed by the child, who gave information to Officer 152, who took the lady to bridewell, and who, it tas stated, i s a M r s. Neville, residing atßupert-lane, Everton. The officer subsequently proceeded, accom panied by the child, to the residence of Elizabeth Smith, and arrested her. The case came before Mr. Chaloner, in the m a ; trates'-room, on Tuesday, when the lady ap peared. Magistrates'-room, stated that she had left her house on Monday evening, and met the prisoner, with whom she had no Previous acquaintance, near St. John's Market. She asked her if she would take her somewhere to get a glass °f de, its she did not like to go by herself. They were then joined - by an acquaintance of the prisoner's, and they Proceeded to a public-house, where they each took a glass Of We fOr which M rs . N ev ill e p a id. Its effects soon began heZanifest themselves, and she was unable to proceed of the NYbile seated on the steps and in the company additioPrisoner, she was observed byte child, who, -in Elizabeth Smith n to what we have detailed, stated that s . he . saw glove.take up the money, and put it into a The Ponce-officer found it in y' a little tea-chest in the PMsoner's d brid -we- alg, 135., a n d on her person, while in . ewell, there were found 3s. She was ordered to be l inPrlsoned for 21 days. TIER Russ .leatroyed two lAN WAR- STEAMER..FRUTH which recently Turkish villages by firing red-hOt balls, i_ras built by Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead. She is an iron el, 155 feet in length, 23 feet in beam, 400 tons old ii_e_gaseur. en:lent, and is fitted with a pair of engines 110 la e Power. She i s b u ilt on Mr. Laird ' s paten t , h av i ng Whic h at each end, an d carr i es four 32-poun d ers, t wo o f th e „ L '' ean be fired forward or aft, on the line of keel, at ller dame , is great desideratum in naval matters. only six upit of water, w ith s i x d ays ' coa l s an d s tores, s trip of set, and she hid a s p ee d, loaded, on her trial pl a , thi s ' e leven to twelve knots. The great advantage of Place of vessel is, that they can advance to attack any , without exposing their broadside to the enemy's lkir Co - :"luently, in a vessel like the Pruth, exposing width of 23 feet, - instead of a length of 155, the Wotdr ,are that shot, hitting a sharp-built steamer, On til,g i allee off without damage. Vessels constructe d on th e plan have been successfully at work many years fiats th e ,eraeY, Thames, and other rivers, and for g un- Wzirr T ,advantages can be clearly shown. Presid e d DERBY GUARDIANS. - Mr. Joseph Harrison oth er at the weekly meeting on Wednesday. The Di members Present were the Rev. W. Baduall, and hanas, - /Z A , e ?res, Lunt, Wensley, Craig, Mountfiel , d, Abr o a- Rarri sen Roskell, Roberts, Medcalf, M Gee, G. her of Jeffries, Miller, Carter, and Shaw. The num agat' 4 1 Pera in the Workhouse was stated to be 699, There., wea°lll correspondin g week of last year. in th e h ai .7 43 "Lso 8.) patients in the hospital. The balance ad i • th f uture motion of Of the treasurer was found to be £273 lls. Mr. Kirkus, it was resolved that ; l e t t -4 , oor l a b e , Pl?Pers should be paid a shilling a day for ‘ 8 arid u r inste lobe ghtpence, and that Messrs. week, d ur . rn , ett sho allowed twenty shillings a WHery. Latham, who wire isweeks, for dischargin g the duties of Abra alt er, sick. Messrs. Alpass, J. Harrison, h unts, Jeffriesnsiey, Roskell, 3l'Ghee, Shaw, to report to the and' Lunt were appointed a committee resolved that Mr. anda,,,c on vaccination. It was also se :_ ll°ob nistresssho u ld b ' ur e• Reed, the schoolmaster and ins mistress, d ' u aid their salaries up to the 21st T w an Ord ered to give RR ....onTrfEt, th up their situations forth . w_ thetrustees , HOSPITAL.--The annual meeting of he ba- 'l:4 the Liverpool Northern Hospital was held Br ew , room of the institution on Tuesday, William d was . read' __TtOigetterP.' in the chair. The account current uring the last with the report of the number of cases accide n t s. „„ Year. These numbered 3,220; 2,287 were That the zaou a l y The following resolutions were Passe d una With the report account current be adopted, and, print e d a of the cases and the list of subscribers, delivered to the trustees. That the thanks of the ding are due, the me of the i r and hereby presented, to the donors t Year, to the honorary physicians and surFeps ospital, for their very zealous and unremitting sui l u n uon, as also to the chaplain and honorary and con; the Nos s urgeon. That the honorary physicians of th an pital be now re-elected : namely, Drs. Scott, Dun Zr d _ l _-.Jfinaan; and Messrs. Bainbrigge, Jones, Chalmers, millet Davis, surgeons. meeting b given That the thanks of the the AI g e to the committee, and that his worship ayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq„ as the president, and the the m of last year, with James M. Wood, Esq., form v i ce for the present year. That the best thanks sins meeting be vicepresi given to 31r. R. B. Anderson, the to t dent, for his constant and indefatigable attention h e best interests of this hospital." The thanks of the meeting we rethe presented to Mr. Brown for presiding on °°e "ion, and the proceedings of the day were brought to a close. THE HONEYHOON. — Ou Tuesday, Maria Jones and John Jones, who were only united by the bonds of ma trimony on the previous Sunday, were charged, at the Police-court, with stealing some chairs and other articles of furniture, belonging to Mrs. Molyneux, 22, Hope-street, in whose service the female prisoner had lived for the last five months. The prosecutrix had sold her a set of bedsteads, and the newly constituted "lord" of the latter was ordered to remove them, when the "happy couple" in the imprudent ardour of their zeal to furnish " the house," carried away considerably more than they bar gained for, the blushing bride coolly remarking that she should be just as well thought of. It was attempted to be proved that the articles in question had been purchased, and that the prisoners were of good character, but the effort was rebutted in both instances, and the loving couple were ordered to spend their honeymoon within the precincts of the prison, the female to be confined for two months, and the liege lord, who said he had unconsciously been entrapped by his " missis," will have opportunities for reflecting on the prospects of the match during the next six weeks. STOLEN PROPERTY.—Anthony Kelly, an old Irishman, who is well known to the police, was charged, on Wednes day, with receiving a quantity of stolen property. A de tective officer stated, that, on Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, he was on duty in Addison-street, when he ob served a number of children taking various bundles to the residence of the prisoner. He went into his house, and found the prisoner's daughter with a bundle in her posses sion, containing some towels, shoebrushes, and other articles, which she acknowledged to have stolen, "not knowing it was any harm." The prisoner, in his defence, spoke with amazing volubility, in a queer jumble of Irish and English, but could not deny the facts stated by the officer. He was fined 10s. and costs ; and, on being re moved, he suddenly assaulted the officers who had charge of him, at the same time raising an Irish howl, which was heard all through the Sessions-house. A BEGGAIOE Worm—A few days since an old beggar man died in tt street leading out of Scotland-road. The closing moments of his life had apparently been embit tered by want, and he was indebted to a poor woman in the neighbourhood for the scanty supply of food which he received during his last illness. Death at last put a period to his sufferings ; his benefactress made application to the parish for a coffin, and made arrangements for the inter ment of the body at the burial-ground attached to a Romanist meeting-house. The poor woman was deter mined also that a "wake" should take place over the dead body; but as the absence of spiritual consolation under such circumstances makes a wake a really dead affair, it was resolved to tear up the inexpressible garments of the deceased and sell the fragments for old rags, in the hope of thus obtaining a supply, however small, of genuine " potteen." On proceeding to tear up the trousers, 20 real gold sovereigns were found neatly quilted in the seat, and with this windfall the mourners were able to " wake" the beggarman in first-rate style. NEW BUILDINGS IN Livearoors—The following is a return, prepared by Mr. William Rishton, the building surveyor, of the dwelling houses and warehouses erected, or in course of erection, within the municipal borough of Liverpool, during the year 1853 :—Under £l2 per annum, 52 ; from £l2 to £25, 754 ; from £25 to £35, 79 ; from £35 upwards, 39 ; tota, 924. Warehouses, 3.—Compara tive statement of the number of dwelling-houses erected within each year since 1838: —lB3B, 1,052 ; 1839, 997 ; 1840, 1,576 ; 1841,1,761'; 1842, 2,027 ; 1843, 1,390 • 1844, 2,450; 18 45 , 3,728 ; 1846, 3,460; 1847, 1,220 ; 1848, 656; 1849, 446 ; 1850, 420 ; 1851, 837; 1852, 1,130 ; 1853, 924. , Total, 21,080. Buildings (but not dwelling-houses) erected, alterations made, and dangerous buildings taken down or secured, during the year 1863: Buildings, such as stables, smithies, &c., 90 ; buildings, such as manufac tories, offices, &c., 83; alterations and additions of an extensive character, 110; alterations and additions of an inferior character, such as shop fronts, &c., 356; dan gerous buildings taken down or secured, 234.—Dilapidated privies and ashpits, and privies converted into water closets, 1853: Reported as nuisances, 1,235 ; inspections made, 7,275 ; notices served, 562 ; repaired and rebuilt by the council, 3 ; by the owners, 998 ; total number repaired and rebuilt, 1,001; privies converted into water closets, 104. THE RIVER NIGER.—At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Monday the 9th, a letter was read from Mr. Macgregor Laird, stating that the screw steamer to ascend the Niger and Chadda will be shortly ready. " The vessel intended for the exploration of the Chadda," says Mr. Laird, " will be ready in March. and is intended to leave the month of the main branch of the Niger on the Ist July. Accompanying her will be three metallic sectional boats, 50 feet long and 8 feet beam each, manned by natives, to explore the upper part of the river, and secure a safe return to Fernando Po, if any serious accident occurs to the st eamer. I propose that the officers appointed by the admiralty (three in number) shall proceed in the contract mail packet on the 24th May, and join the rivet steamer at Fernando Po. The number of Europeans in the steamer will not exceed ten or twelve (including the three admiralty passengers), and those all men of education and resources. The steamer's crew and the boats' crews will be negroes, the total number em ployed from 80 to 90 men. The steamer will have a speed of ten knots, be propelled by the screw, and leave the co ast with 25 or 30 days' coal (twe lv e hours per day), which I trust will be sufficient to carry her to the head of the navigable waters of the Chadda, without the delay of cutting wood. From the Ist of July, I calculate upon 75 days' rising waters in the rivers, and it will depend upon the orders of the admiralty whether the vessel remains beyond that time. I believe you are aware lam only the contractor, finding the steamer and paying the charges, and that the admiralty decide upon the course to be followed, and their orders I am bound to carry out." ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday, a sailor named Peter Hilde brand, belonging to the ship Louisa Otte Yerlallo, was working on board the vessel, when the straps of the blocks gave way, and the blocks fell upon his head, causing a scalp wound and concussion of the brain.—On the same day, a boy named George Haslitt was assisting to remove the window-plate from the shop window of Mr. John Holt, Hill-street, when the plate fell upon his hand and fractured his finger, and otherwise injured his hand. — On Thursday, Carl Storl was working on board the ship Samuel, in the Brunswick Dock, when a log fell upon his foot and produced a severe contusion. The above cases were received at the Southern Hospital.—On Tuesday, Catherine Smith, a married woman, living in Portland street, was walking across the room of her residence, when the floor gave way, and she received a very severe wound on the knee joint.—On the same evening, Wm. Fulton, a boatman, residing in 33 court, St. Andrew-street, was loading a flat with flour at the George's Dock basin, when his foot slipped, and he fell from the quay on to the side of the flat, and afterwards into the basin. As he had a sack of flour on his shoulder it served to check the fall, otherwise his injuries would have been far more serious. When taken out of the water, it was found that he had fractured his nose and received general contusions.—On Wednesday, John Dixon, a sailor on board the American ship Marmion, was received at the hospital, suffering from a fractured leg, the result of an accident during a gale whilst the vessel was at sea a few days ago.—Another sailor, named Thomas Alam ' was also received at the same institution, with a fractured thigh, caused by falling from a yard of the ship while she was at sea about a week since. On Wednesday, Maria Lowry, a married woman, residing in Salthouse-place, Saltney-street, lay down by the kitchen fire whilst in a state of intoxication, and her clothes be coming ignited, she was severely burnt. — A German sailor , belonging to the American packet-ship States Right, was brought to the hospital, suffering from a fractured arm and severe bruises in various parts of the body, which, he states, are the result of a series of ill-treatment by the captain and officers of the ship. The captain, however, states that the man was suffering from delirium daring the passage, and produced the injuries himself.—On Thursday, John Mlntyre, a labourer, residing in Ray mond-street, fell from the stage of the ship Eagle, Col lingwood Dock, on to the deck of the vessel, and received a severe concussion of the brain.—The above were received at the Northern Hospital. ST. Bessmus's ScuooLs.—On Tuesday evening last, the members and friends of the congregation of St. Barnabas's Church, Parliament-street, held their annual tea party in aid of the schools connected with the church, in the Royal A ss embly-rooms, Great George-street. There was a very large and respectable audience, the room being completely filled: The Rev. D. T. Barry, the incumbent of the church, occupied the chair, and the following gen tlemen were also present :—The Rev. D. Major Lester, Rev. S. Minton, Rev. J. R. Conor, Rev. J. Lucas Moore, Rev. F. Parry, 8.D., Rev Edward Gabriel, Mr. Wolsey, Mr. Roger Lyon Jones, Dr. Whittle, &c., &c. After tea, the rev. chairman expressed great satisfaction at seeing such a large number present, and congratulated the members of the congregation upon the present prosperous condition of the schools, after which the Rev. F. Parry briefly addressed the meeting, urging the laity to co operate with the clergy. He sympathised with Mr. Barry, and he would call upon all present to rally around and as sist their worthily respected pastor. He made a few re marks upon the necessity of education, and concluded by calling upon the members to do all that lay in their power to assist their new pastor. He could not say how it was in the district of St. Barnabas, but he knew that in poor dis tricts they had large debts to collect and great difficulties to contend with ; and though they might not afford to give much by way of contribution, they could greatly as sist Mr. Barry by their prayers . The Rev. Edward Ga briel, the curate of St. Barnabas's, called upon the laity to give the clergy all the assistance in their power. He knew the working men did much, and he had much to thank them for. He had first to thank them for his sti pend; 230 working men raised his stipend of £lOO a-year, by weelciy contributions of 2d. each. In addition to this, from 150 to 200 were weekly paying the same sum for the purpose of building a new church. The Rev. Samuel Minton, incumbent of St. Silas's, next addressed the meet ing at considerable length. He expressed his sympathy with the working men : he, too, was a working man in every sense of the word, for there were different ways of working, and a man could work as hard with his brains as his hands. He ill ustrated this view by an anecdote which he said lie had heard the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, of Mairchester, once deliver, when making a public speech, in which the rev. doctor showed the grey men extent to which men of their class had to work with their brains, compar ing the action of the mind to the movement of a machine in a factory, and saying that a ten hours' bill would make gentlemen of them. He then the detailed circumstances of his delivering the first lecture upon religious state of Ireland which had ever been delivered in the town of Chorley. The Romanist priests, as if to ward off the con sequences, had held what is termed " a retreat," on the previous week, and that, instead of serving its purpose, so prepared the people for his lecture, that when he got to • the school-room in which the address was to be delivered, the building was so completely filled that it was with very great difficulty he was enabled to get in. With very few exceptions, all present were working men, and by the col lection which was afterwards made, in aid of the Irish missions, £l3, in copper, was raised, and it had to be ca rried out in a coal scuttle. He then spoke at some length about the great missionary exertions which the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of Bermondsey, was making, in whose church he said, 1,200 persons had, during the last two years, publicly renounced the errors of popery. More conversions had taken place in Dr. Armstrong's district than in any parish throughout Ireland. After a few further remarks in reference to the labours of Dr. Arm strong, he concluded by urging all protestants to increased exertions. The Rev. Mr. Conor then related a few humo rous but pointed anecdotes, after which the company were amused by a variety of dissolving views, Chinese fireworks, &c., &C. REscus.—The mate of the Commodore, Liverpool and Glasgow steamer, rescued a woman from a watery grave on Tuesday night ; she was , shaking: hands with her hus band just as the vessel was moving off from the quay at Greenock, when she overbalanced and fell into the water. FATAL ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock, on Wednesday evening last, a man, named Hall, the son of a farmer residing at Wavertree, was returning home with a cart laden with manure from Liverpool; when in Wavertree road, he went to take hold of the horse's head, and, being somewhat under the influence of liquor, his foot slipped, and he fell before the cart, the wheel of which passed over his bead and killed him on the spot. MASKS AND FACEs.--Such of our readers as have not yet visited the New Music Hall to witness Mr. Coleman's highly interesting peformance of masks and faces, have deprived themselves of a great intellectual treat. In giving this series of living pictures, Mr. Colman displays wonder ful powers of physical adaptation, combined with graceful and acute mental perception. Hisimitations of celebrated characters are true and vivid, while their marking points or eccentricities are touched off with delicacy and skill. They abound in truthful delineation, and yet are void of offence. An hour could not well be more amusingly spent than in witnessing the very clever performance of masks and faces. INFORMATION AGAINST VIE TIMBER TRADR. - At the Police-court, on Wednesday, several of the leading firms in connection with the timber trade, including Messrs. Jones, Bland, and Co., Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour, and Co., and Messrs. John Rimmer and Co., were variously summoned to answer charges of having allowed timber to remain on the dock quays beyond the time allowed by the local act. The information against Messrs. Jones, Bland, and Co., was the first taken, and the par ticulars of the charge being heard, a representative from the firm explained to the bench that, m consequence of the extreme severity of the weather, they had been utterly prevented from removing the timber. The magistrates held the explanation to be sufficient, and dismissed the information, at the same time applying it to the rest of the firms summoned on the same charge. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —The third meeting of the present session of this society was held on Thursday in the Collegiate Institution, John Poole, Esq., in the chair. Some valuable donations were announced, consisting of prints, the proceedings of various learned societies, old and rare books, and manuscripts containing information of the most interesting nature to the antiquary and lover of historical lore. Several inte resting drawings and engravings were exhibited. Amongst other interesting papers read was one by Mr. Stonehouse, illustrative of the life of Mr. John Holt, who resided at Walton seventy or eighty years ago, and who died in 1801. In the course of his paper Mr. Stonehouse startled the meeting with a tale of "diablerie," worthy of a German story-teller. A print of Mr:Holt was exhibited, and, after a short conversation, the proceedings terminated. THE CABMAN AND THE CARTER. - Ou Tuesday after noon a carman was driving along Regent-road, when he attempted in vain to pass a cart which was leisurely pro ceeding in an opposite direction. To remove the stolid cart horse out of his way, cabby touched it with his whip, when he was personally saluted most vigorously, in a similar style, by William Morley, the driver of the team, whose physical resources were so far superior to his own that he was forced to call in the assistance of officer 68, to rescue him from his burly antagonist. Morley said he was attending to his horses, and that the cabman, who was drunk, struck them most brutally. " Cab" denied the soft impeachment, stoutly asserting that Morley had one horse in his cart, and that he was far away from it at the time he touched it with his _whip. How to sift the truth from these opposing statements seemed to puzzle the magistrates, who, however, fined Morley 2s. 6d. and 2s. 6d. costs. _ -- SANITARY REGULATIONS. — At the weekly meeting of the Health Committee, on Thursday, Mr. Fresh, the in spector of nuisances, stated that in the published report of the government inspector, who lately visited Liverpool, a passage occurs which, as it affects the efficiency of the night soil arrangements of the Health Committee, the inspector of nuisances trusts that he will be justified in correcting it, by the following statement of facts :—Mr. Lee, in his report, states that " the public arrangements are inadequate as to extent, but the inhabitants are required to give notice when the privies require emptying, and they are in numerous instances too degraded to take the trouble, Stc." Now, Mr. Lee is quite right when he says that the Health Committee require parties whose middens want emptying to give notice thereof at the nuisance office, but he is entirely wrong in surmising that this is the only arrangement made to effect this object, for former experience having shown the committee that the inhabitants of close • and confined courts are liable to much annoyance from accumulations of night soil in the middens of these places, they several years ago deemed it advisable to make arrangements for their relief from these evils by causing the outdoor staff of the inspector of nuis ances, the inspectors of scavengers, and the police, to co operate in reporting all such middens found in their rounds in a full and offensive state. The results of this plan have been generally satisfactory, and several thousand middens have been yearly discharged through these agencies, over and above those noticed by inhabitants ; and in proof thereof it may be 'mentioned, that during the year which has just expired, 19,613 middens were so reported and dis charged. POSTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL, MAN CHESTER, AND BLA.CSBURN. —At the request- of the leading mercantile firins in this town (says the Blackburn Standard), Thomas Crooke Ainsworth, Esq., drew up a memorial to the Postmaster-General relating to the eom municatibn between Blackburn, Liverpool, and Manches ter, praying that all letters posted should be despatched from Liverpool by the ordinary train leaving that town at 4.4 e, p.m., and not at 2, p.m., as at present ; and from Manchester by the ordinary train leaving that city at 5, p.m., instead of 2.55, p.m., in order that they might be delivered in Blackburn at 6.30, p.m., thus giving the merchants and manufacturers of Blackburn full two hours' later intelligence each day from those important markets than by the present arrangements. The memorial was numerously signed and forwarded to James Pilking ton, Esq., on the 6th of November last, for the presenta tion to Viscount Canning, the Postmaster-General. During last week, the following letter has been received in reply : " General Post-office, 3d January, 1854.—Sin, —Having laid before the Postmaster-General the memorial from Blackburn, which accompanied your letter of the 6th of November last, I am directed to acquaint you that ar rangements have been sanctioned by his lordship, which, it is hoped, will remove the inconvenience complained of by the memorialists, and which will be carried out as soon as the necessary preparations are complete.—l have the honour to be your obedient and humble servant, J. TITLEY, Assistant Secretary. James Pilkington, Esq., M. P., Blackburn." TUB CHURCH SCHOOLS IN MOORFIRLDS.—OH Friday evening, Twelfth Night, the children of these schools were assembled, to the number of about two hundred, for the enjoyment of a little rational amusement at Christmas time. The rector, churchwarden, and several members of the congregation had contributed for the decoration of a very elegant Christmas tree, and many of them added to their tokens of goodwill by coming to see the distribu tion of the presents. Tea was prepared for about 70 per sons, members of the choir and the friends who had assisted in the arrangements. The children each received a bun and an orange ; and, when the tree was lighted up, each boy received from it a bag of marbles, or some other suitable toy, and each of the girls a bag containing the requisites for sewing. The Rev. A. J. Tomlin then told them that the object of their meeting was not merely the amusement of a few hours, but the revival of the good old custom of an interchange of presents between the differ ent members of families, a means of promoting kindly feeling no less useful in our rank of society than in ano ther. In Germany the Christmas tree and its tokens of affection are to be found in the poorest cottage, and since the actions of solid charity are found in English cottages, the introduction of acts of gentle consideration at this season of goodwill might do much to soften some of the ruggedness supposed to belong to a life of toil. A few glees were sung, and everybody received some trifling pre sent off the tree ; and, after singing the National Anthem, the party dispersed, evidently well pleased with the even ing's amusement. DOCK COMMITTEE.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at the monthly meeting on Thursday, and read a letter from Mr. Halhead upon behalf of the timber trade, requesting to know when it would be convenient to the committee to receive a deputation from the trade. After a few words from Mr. Evans, it was agreed that the deputation should be received at half-past one next Thursday. Mr. Smith brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, for the appointment of a committee to consider the sub ject of dock extension, first stating that he was the more impressed with the necessity of taking up the matter from the returns which had been published by the com mittee, showing the amount of tonnage which had entered the port. To go back as far as 1830, he found that the tonnage of the port, upon an annual average of five years, was 1,312,000 tons; in the next five years, 1,600,000 tons, or an increase of 24i- per cent. • for the five years ending 1840 it had increased to 2,100, 000, or 24 per cent.; in the next five years, ending 1845, it was 2,600,000 tons, or an increase of 221 per cent.; for the five years ending 1850 it was 3,300,000 tons, or 301 per cent. increase; and taking the three years ending June, 1853, the increase had been going on, giving an actual increase on 1850 of 465,000 tons, or 131 per cent. Even during the last six months there had been a large increase over the previous half-year. The returns showed that the coasting trade in sailing vessels had been nearly stationary, while the in crease had taken place in the sea-going vessels and steamers, and these were the two branches of trade for which more dock accommodation was required. From 1830 to 1853 the increase in sea-going vessels engaged in the foreign trade was 217 1 per cent., and in the same period the increase in steamers was 413 per cent. With reference to the steam trade particularly, as a member of the harbour masters' committee, he could state that they had received application after application during the.short time he had sat there, showing that an increase in sea going steamers might be anticipated to an extent which could scarcely be imagined. New lines of steamers were also in course of formation, and a larger amount of dock space would be required. There was another point of view on which he wished to put the question. In 1830 there were 71 acres of water space to work y 12,932 tons, or about 130,000 tons to every seven acres; in 1840 there were 112 acres of water space to work 2,107,440 tons, or about 138,000 tons to seven; acres ; in 1853 there were 207 acres of water space to work 4,008,953 tons, or about 131,000 to seven acres. Mr. Smith concluded by moving for the appointment of a committee. After a lengthy dis cussion, in which Mr. Malcolmson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Holme, and Mr. Evans took part, the chairman put the amendment of Mr. Malcolmson for the appointment of the whole committee to consider the question, which was rejected by nine to eight. For the amendment, Messrs. Royden, Gregson, Robinson, Steele, Malcomson, Evans, and Barber. Against it, Messrs. Langsdale, Holme, Tobin, Rounthwaite, Smith, Rankin, Lockett, Shand, and the chairman. Mr. Barber said the motion was grounded chiefly on the want of water space, and though some statistics had been brought forward to show the necessity for the measure, still a great deal might be said as to the working of docks in connexion with warehouses on the' quays. Mr. Tobin thought that docks with warehouses round them must form a great e lement in the plan. Mr. Evans agreed with Mr. Barber. From a statement by Mr. Cowan, the Albert Doek showed an increase of 125,000 tons. The Prince's Dock a decrease of 50,000 tons. Mr. Smith's motion was adopted by a majority of 10 to 0. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Sr. Snas's , Cntruen.—On Wednesday last, the congre gation of St. Silas' held their annual meeting in the boys' school-room, which was densely crowded. The proceed ings were of a- very business-like and practical character, and seemed.deeply to interest the persons assembled. An hour was allowed for tea and friendly conversation ; after which the Rev- Samuel Minton, the incumbent, gave a detailed statement of their progress during the past year, and threw out several suggestions as to future plans. This address occupied an hour and a half ; and was fol lowed by short speeches from the Rev. W. I 1 Duck and the Rev. 11. Gough, the late and present curates of St. Silas', and also from several gentlemen of the congrega tion, the meeting being closed with prayer for the divine blessing upon their future labours. The report stated that £1,220 had been contributed or raised, during the past year for various local and public charities, including £6OO for the purchase of Oakes-street Ragged School; about half of which was made up of donations from mem bers of the congregation. MISADVSNTUILE AND DESTITIITION.-011- Thursday, a group consisting of an old woman sizty years of age, named Mary Ader, and two young men named respec tively Richard Wintringham and Abraham Batten, applied to the police magistrate for aid under the following cir cumstances, which were stated by Wintringham, who said that they left New York on the 7th of December in the ship Prince , Albert, bound for London. The ship was said to be leaky when they started, and when she had proceeded until within 800 miles of the port she sunk, and the passengers and crew were taken off by the barque Norfolk. This vessel fell short of provisions, having been a long voyage, and they were reduced to half a biscuit a day for eight days. They had to make their escape just as they stood, and he had lost his tools and all that he was possessed of in the world. The poor old woman also had nothing left but what she had on, and had been without a change of raiment from the day they were shipwrecked. They put into Queenstown and applied to the magistrate, who obtained them a passage to this port in the steam ship Trafalgar, for which half-a-crown was paid. The other passengers who came with them had money, and had proceeded to their various destinations ; but they, being completely destitute, had adopted the present course to keep them from starvation. The magistrate ordered an officer of the court to see them provided for, and inquiry to be made at the captain of the Trafalgar as to the cor rectness of their statement. DUPING A. SCOTCHMA.N.—Patrick Sweeney, attired as a sailor, and one of a gang of duffers and ringdroppers, who have for years infested this town, was charged, on Wednesday, with obtaining money under false pretences from William M'lntyre, a native of the north of Scotland. The complainant said the prisoner met him in the street, and represented himself as a sailor belonging to a ship bound for Bristol. He produced a waistcoat piece, which he said was satin, and a shawl, made of camel hair, which, having been smuggled, he could afford to sell to the com plainant a bargain he succeeded in beguiling his dupe to make a purchase, and a bargain was struck for .E 2 2s. 6d. The articles had been valued at Frisby, Dyke and Co.'s, and the waistcoat piece, represented as satin, turned out to be watered moreen, and was said to be worth Is. 2d.; the shawl, which, if it had been camel hair, would have been worth five or six guineas, was valued at 4s. 6d. In reply to the magistrate, the prisoner said he had a license, which he took out on the 14th of August last, and on selling the articles to the complainant, he did not say the shawl was camel hair, but as line as camel hair, and was worth at least gl, there being at least Bs. worth of silk in the flowers, which were worked upon it with a needle. There were many shops in town in which shawls were sold as Chinese pongees, which had never been in China. The prisoner said the prosecutor had made an agreement with him, after he had purchased the articles, to meet him at eight o'clock that morning, to purchase 14 lbs. of to bacco, which he (the prisoner) had agreed to obtain for him by breaking open the captain's chest. In reply to Mr. Wybergh, the complainant said he was going to Aus tralia, and it was intimated to him that he might perhaps get more for the goods there than he had given. The magistrate remanded the prisoner for seven days. HEALTH OF THE Towar.—The medical officer of health reports that the extreme sevarity of the weather has had its usual effect in increasing very largely the mortality from diseases of the lungs, and of thus raising the general mortality of the borough to a higher point than in any week of the previous 17 months. The deaths in the t p o a t r a i l s h o f w 2 e B r o e , 2 a oo g.ai , ns and t a n m the average out-townships of 223 i t h B, e 0 samem k ig a week n of the six preceding years. From diseases of the lungs the deaths were 145, about 52 per cent. of the entire mortality, and more than in any week since December, 1847, when epidemic influenza prevailed in Liverpool. The average mortality from this class of diseases in the corresponding week of former years was 75, or little more than half the mortality of last week. Zymotic diseases caused 55 deaths, against an average of 57. Of these there were from hooping cough, 19 ; typhus, 10 ; measles, 5; diarrhoea, 4; cholera. 4; smallpox, 2; chicken-pox, 1; scarlatina, 1. One man and two married women died from the effects of intemperance. The mean temperature of the week was only 31 2.10 degrees, about 94 degrees • lower than the average of the same week of former years. On Tuesday the daily mean was nearly 15 degrees below the average, and on the same day the thermometer marked a lower temperature-20 1-10 degrees—than was ever previously recorded at the Observatory. The reading of the barometer was unusually low throughout the week, the mean being only 29.15 inches. The wind was chiefly from the south-east. One-fifth of an inch of rain fell on Saturday ; and on Monday and Wednesday snow fell to the depth of 14 inches. PUBLIC LIBRARY AT ORICSKIRK.—A public meeting was held on Wednesday, in the Town-hall, Ormskirk, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of establishing a public library in that town. The chair was occupied by Lord. Stanley. There was a large attendance of gentlemen from the surrounding district, as well as of the inhabitants of the town. Lord Stanley, in opening the proceedings, alluded to the population and prospects of the locality. The population in the district was about 10,000 persons, of whom about 3,000 would be likely to avail themselves of the benefits of the library. In referring to the condition of the people, he believed that the average of individual prosperity was higher than in at least three fourths of England. But they had no means whatever of instruction or amusement. Elsewhere, mechanics' and other institutions were formed to the number of 700 or 800, and these would shortly be increased to 1,000, all of which had a library attached. His lordship then referred to the free public libraries established in Liverpool, Blan chester, Salford, and elsewhere. He congratulated them on the success which had attended these institutions. He then alluded to the principles upon which such institutions should be carried out, so as to avoid a political or sectarian bias, and to guard against popular neglect. For this pur pose, it was better to keep the library separate and inde pendent from any other educational institution. As to the selection of Woks he advised them to exclude all works on theological controversy, and all works bordering on party politics. He recommended that, in the first in stance, it should be a lending library only, and at a future time a reading-room might be added, if adequate support were forthcoming. They would require, at least, £4OO for the purchase of 1,500 or 2,000 volumes, selected from the best standard libraries of the country, to begin with, and yearly subscriptions to the amount of 440 at least, and the library should be open without restriction to all who choose to apply. If sufficient funds were not voluntarily subscribed, they should have a low rate of subscription, not exceeding 4s. or ss. a year. This plan had been suc cessfully adopted in Prescot. He concluded by announc: ing that £320, or four-fifths of the amount required in the first instance had been subscribed. The list of contribu tors was then read. It included the names of Lord Stanley £lOO, Sir G. J. Hesketh £25, Rev. J. A.`Kershaw £25, Mr. W. Brown, M.P., £2O, &c., the total amount sub scribed being £322. A provisional committee having been appointed, with power to add to their number, a vote of thanks to Lord Stanley terminated the proceedings, three hearty cheers having been first given for the noble lord. A band paraded the town during the day, the occasion be ing greeted by the inhabitants as worthy of public re joicing. ILLVI TII ARTS 11BABP/TBD BY ROMATISM. -- On Tuesday evening the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, principal of the Lancashire Independent College, and editor of the British Quarterly Review, delivered a lecture at the Sunday School Institute, the subject being " How Romanism has used the Arts of Design ?" After a few introductory re marks, the lecturer said, Cardinal Wiseman had favoured the public, both in Manchester and Liverpool, with dis courses on art. The professed object in Manchester was to show the relation of the arts of design to the arts of production; in Liverpool, to show the connexion of the arts with commerce. Both very legitimate objects, if the matter had ended there ; but enough came out in Liver pool, still more in Manchester, to make clear that the in tention of those discourses was, consciously or uncon sciously, to suggest that there was one relation of the arts more natural, more significant, more deserving of attention than any other—namely, their relation to Romanism. All knew that this was a favourite idea with Romanists, and that some weak minds among Protestants were greatly too much affected by the false idea that the faith of the Vati can had shown itself eminently favourable to the culture of taste in all things. To obtain a just impression, it was necessary that we should look at the whole truth; and his first observation was, that Rome had never done anything for the arts of design in the way of invention. Romans could only imitate the designs of others ; and when bar barous Rome became Christian Rome, the change was a change of name rather than of form. The Pagan temples were made into churches, the niches, filled with images of the old superstition, were filled with saints and martyrs from the new—the seasons which had been sacred to Pagan worship had been continued as seasons separated to Chris tian uses—and the processions, festivities, and the entire manner of heathen Rome were taken up and perpetuated as so much Christian ritual and usage in Christian Rome. Rome was labouring in the beaten path of imitation, and inventing nothing. To do what had been done before was its highest point of aspiration. To realise the grand or beautiful in any way for itself did not enter into its thoughts. It was not the ecclesiastical, but the commer cial cities of Italy that ever excelled in any of the arts and sciences. Dr. Vaughan then drew attention to what he termed the cold, haughty, aristocratic, and heathen element in Roman art, which did not spring spontaneously from the people. Virgin Marys, figures of wood and wax,' from five feet high downwards, bedecked and betinselled in barbarous fashion, and having pendant about them vo tive offerings of every description from their worshippers ; pictures in churches, with their canvas curiously cut through to receive metallic crowns or glories over the heads of Virgin mothers, saints, and martyrs, which he himself had seen in that very Rome of which he was speaking ; crucifixes hung up in the public way, so savage in workmanship and colouring that some Mexican Indian of centuries since might have been the artist. In fact, the arts of design had been used generally to drug religion rather than purify it—to intoxicate the public mind rather than to make it wise. The reverend lecturer then pro ceeded to show that, in one respect art so applied had signally failed, awakening as it did in the vulgar breast not reverence, but fear. If Rome had favoured the arts of design, it did not follow that she had shown herself the friend of civilization and humanity. She might have erected grand edifices, and done so only to subdue the people to her will by these emblems of her power. The lecturer's next observation was on the manner in which Rome had used the arts of design in relation to the image and picture worship, and after an eloquent peroration he resumed his seat amid general and hearty applause.—Ou the motion o f M r . Pi c t on, secon d e d by M r . 11'Fie, a vote of thanks was passed to the Rev. Dr. Vaughan by accla mation. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, TOXTETH-PARS.—After a ser mon, on Sunday week, by the Rev. James Hassall, the sum of £35 13s. was collected towards a supply of bread to the poor of this church and district. Tint MEDICAL SCHOOL attached to the Royal Infirmary is henceforth to be styled the Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, and the Anatomical Museum is to be under the curatorship of the junior house-surgeon of the Infirmary. COILS WANTED. — There are at present not fewer than nine tug steamers lying idle in the Mersey,inconsequence of their inability to obtain the necessary supply supply of coals to enable them to pursue their ordinary trade. Many vessels are consequently unable to proceed to sea, and are detained at great loss to owners and shippers. Dr. SUTHERLAND, one of the medical superintending inspectors Afgraveyards, attached to the Home-office, has been seriously indisposed from the effects of inhaling the gases arising from decayed corpses in a vault visited by him in the discharge of his official duties. He is now in a fair way of recovery. Dr. Waller Lewis has also suffered from a similar cause. . RAILWAY SCWABBLES.—In the Exchequer Chamber, on Thursday, the case of the East Lancashire Railway Company v. the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com pany was brought before the full court. This was a writ of error from the Court of Exchequer. Two points were raised ; one passed for the plaintiffs, upon which no question now arose, and this Court concurred in that judgment; upon the other point, the judgment passed for the now defendants, which judgment was now ques tioned. The whole matter rested upon the construction of an agreem3nt, and this Court considered that the judgment of the Court below ought to be reversed. CAPTAIN GREIG AND THE LATE SNOWBALLING. - At a meeting of the Mvistrates, held on Thursday—J. B. Lloyd, Esq., in the chair—the following resolution was proposed and carried, in reference to the late snowballing on the Exchange : " That this meeting regrets that Capt. Greig should have recently been exposed to affront and indignity, upon the Exchange-flags and in the Exchange room, whilst carrying out the instructions he had re ceived from the Mayor, upon the requisition of the Chair man of the Committee of the Exchange-rooms, and that this meeting desires to express their sense of the zeal and ability with which Captain Greig has upon this, as upon all other occasions, discharged his difficult and responsible duties." A NBW DUCHESS OP LLIITAIITER.--Martha England, an eccentric old lady, who has for many years followed the judges round the assize circuit, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, on Thursday, as the Duchess of Lancaster, and requested the magistrate to make an allowance of £3O to her out of the £lB,OOO that she was wrongfully deprived of, the judge having promised to see justice done to her at the late York Assizes, but, as she said, they were a long time in bringing the trial on, and settling the matter, and it was high time justice was done to her. She produced a nightcap and a pair of garters, which she said the judge usually gave her half-a-crown for; but the magistrate might give what he pleased—she would leave it to his honour. The magistrate having . given her four shillings for the articles, she hoped they would put their heads together and get her case settled. This Mr. Mansfield said they would be better able to do now, as they had got a night cap ; this declaration appearing satisfactory, her grace retired.. SKATING ON TILE STILZET : SUSPENSION OF A POLICE OPPICER.—A young. man, named Roger Itlilladeir, ap peared on Tuesday at the police-court, to answer a sum mons, at the instance of police-officer 463, for skating on the Everton-road, onthe 23th of last month. In answer to a '4tioation from Mr. Mansfield, the officer said that the young man skated remarkably well. Mr. Mansfield. said the information had been laid under a misapprehension. The clause was to prevent parties sliding upon ice or snow, or throwing orange peel upon the footpaths, so that it was clear the object of the clause was to prevent the footpath being made slippery and dangerous. Skat ing would not make the roads slippery; and as the young man, as the officer had stated, was an excellent skater, he would have perfect command of his movements, and would not be likely to cause injury to any one. The charge must therefore be dismissed. The young man then complained of the conduct of the officer, who had taken him to Rose hill bridewell, although he gave him his address, and wished him to accompany him to his residence, which was not many yards from the spot where the officer came up to him. Mr. Mansfield said that it was a great insult to the defendant to take him to bridewell like a felon. In the first place, the officer was not right in interfering with him, but that might be pardoned, as it arose from a misapprehension; but, even if the defendant had been doing what was wrong, the officer would not be justified in taking him to bridewell when he had every opportunity of ascertaining his name and address. He had acted very culpably, and must be suspended. DiscovEirK OF A STILL IN A ClTURClL — Considerable sensation has been created in this neighbourhood by the discovery of a still in Euxton Church, near Chorley. A .few weeks ago some workmen were employed in making some repairs in the church, when they discovered, con cealed underneath the pulpit, a perfect still. The minister of the church, whose parsonage is adjoining, was apprised of the circumstance, and the still was removed from the pulpit into the vestry. Notwithstanding the above extra ordinary fact became known to a few individuals, so well has the secret been kept that it was only on Saturday night last the Excise became acquainted with it. Early on Monday morning, therefore, Mr. Peacock and Mr. Bentley, Excise-officers of inland revenue, obtained a search-warrant from Captain Anderton, of Euxton-hall, and, proceeding to the parsonage first, found a part of the still in the pantry ; another portion was found in the coach-house, and, on searching the church, the remainder was found under a heap of other things in a cupboard in the vestry. The still being thus completed, was brought away by the officers, to Chorley, and the particulars of the , seizure communicated to the Board of Excise in Loudon. — Preston Chronicle. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. A senczAL meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday last, the Mayor, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., presiding. The principal business before the council was to decide upon Mr. Earle's motion for rescinding the resolution , adopted by the Council on the sth of October last, for constructing a new street between Dale street, near Moor fields, to near the south portico of St. George's Hall. On the motion of Alderman S. HoLms, the Council resolved itself into a committee on the Improvements Bill ; but not before Mr. WOODRUFF had elicited that no in tention was entertained of levying a special rate for carry ing out the improvements proposed. Mr. EARLE said he had no desire to take up the time of the Council with a discussion, but would content him self with reading the motion of which he had given notice, and moving its adoption. Mr. Alderman S. HOLM!, after disclaiming any desire to embarrass the Council by asking it to rescind a portion of a resolution connected with the proposed improvements, seconded the motion. He should offer no apology for asking the Council to re-consider so much of their previous resolution as would enable them to withdraw a proposal for constructing a street, the adoption of which, he thought, had been somewhat hastily decided on. He was the more emboldened to pursue this course, when he con sidered that it was merely a proposal to delay taking a step which was not necessary, and which, once taken, would be irretrievable. The other requirements of the proposed bill would not be interfered with, and the improvements intended to be carried into effect at the north part of the town, and• in other places, would occupy a year or two in their completion. In the construction of a new street, he considered it necessary that it should be such as to afford a means of carrying on the business traffic of our great and important town. For this purpose, according to his notion of a leading street, it should be as straight as possible; that it should. be as nearly level as could be ; and that it should present opportunities for the display of ornamental architectural structures. Viewed in reference to these principles, it would be found that the proposed new street was very defective. It would be a tortuous street. In length it would extend 2,660 yards, whereas that proposed to be carried direct to Shaw's-brow was 233 yards in favour of the direct line. As to the level, it would be found, on examination, that, from the proposed starting point of the new street in Dale-street to its junction with Whitechapel, there was a fall of 22 feet 9 inches, or 1 iu 42; while the difference in level between the latter point and the foot of London-road was 55 feet 3 inches, or 1 in about 21. This was an inclination exceedingly detrimental to heavy traffic, as would be readily admitted when it was borne in mind that the inclination in Ranelagh-street was 1 in 32 ; besides, the crossing in Whitechapel would be a great barrier to the widening and improving of that important thoroughfare of traffic between the north and south. This, he looked upon in itself a great objection to the proposed street, for he hoped to see the day when Whitechapel would be so improved as to render it in reality a leading thoroughfare. These inconve niences, be might remark, were to be encountered merely to descend from one elevated point to a lower one, while from the latter point a still greater elevation lied again to be reached. But what was to be gained, in carrying the proposed line, to compensate for its crossing Whitechapel, and landing us in front of the railway-station, after sur mounting the difficulties of level? In point of architec tural appearance nothing. The buildings would neces sarily, from their situation, present roof rising over roof, gable towering above gable ; and, from the numerous streets which it would intersect diagonally, it would pre sent a succession of acute and obtuse angles entirely des tructive of architectural effect. In making these remarks, he wished it to be distinctly understood that he said nothing whatever in relation to high level or low level; that was a matter which was in no way connected with the present question, and might justly afford matter for consi deration at a future time. The withdrawal of the pro posed street from the Improvement Bill would not in any way interfere with the carrying out of the other improve ments. There would still be left sufficient to go to parlia ment for, and to occupy the Council in carrying ; into effect for two or three years to come, during which time there would be ample opportunity for considering the propriety , of the proposed street, or any other one; and, no doubt, during that time suggestions of great value would b brought under consideration, which it ought to be the duty of the Council carefully to consider. As an instance, he might allude to the very beautiful, indeed the splendid, model of the plan submitted by Mr. Sumner, and now, by the kindness of that gentleman, lying upon the council table. As he had remarked at the commencement, many gentlemen had not had an opportunity of fully considering bearings of so important a subject as the present. The time had come for making a move in reference to the improvements of the town, and it was very important to have that move made in the right direction. Let them not, by a precipitancy, be carried into the misfortune of doing what they might speedily discover cause deeply to regret; but let them have their improvements carried out on a well-digested and fully-developed plan. All that was asked for in the resolution proposed by Mr. Earle was to pause in asking leave to construct a street which, if made, might be found to be a great mistake. This view was con firmed by the opinions of many gentlemen, whose intelli genCe and good taste entitled their opinions to great con sideration. The speaker concluded by seconding the reso lution which had been moved by Mr. Earle. Mr. Alderman GARDNER opposed th e reso l u ti on. The plan submitted by Mr. Sumner was, no doubt, a noble one ; but he (Mr. Gardner) could not concur in the opinion of Mr. Holme, when he represented the proposed new street as composed of numerous nondescript angles. The street from Moorfields to White c h ape l wou ld be * only a short one, and would not be a curve at all. It would onl be, if he was rightly informed, a crescen t. (Laughter. The , entrance, if made in the way proposed, would be as good; a one as any-in Liverpool ; and he hoped the Council would' carry ont the resolution they had deliberately adopted, and not stultify themselves by rescinding it. 31r. STEWART said he had been actuated chiefly by a Idesire to open up the dense mass of ill-ventilated: and overcrowded property - in the neighbourhood of St. John's Market. He must observe that the course of procedure adopted in. this instance would have a great effect on the opinion formed out of doors as to the value of their delibe rations; as they would, no doubt, suffer in public estima". tion, if, under the conviction of good reasons,they one day resolved on carrying into effect certain improvements in a district, and changed their minds upon it the next. His opinion was, that if a line of street could be opened up from the police fire-station to the entrance. of the new street, it would be a great public benefit, and would not interfere in any way with the proposed improvements at Shaw's -brow. In reference to the question of levels, to which Mr. Alderman Holme had so pointedly alluded, he (Mr. S.) considered the level of the proposed street from Dale-street to Whitecbapel as good a one as could be got ; from 'Whitechapel to London-road, he must admit, to be a very different one, and not nearly so favourable for heavy traffic. It had been said that the intersecting angles of the various streets would form points for thirty-six grog shops ; but if that meant anything, it meant that there would be thirty-six good corners for carrying on business of most kinds. They had also heard a good deal about distances ; these, however, depended a good deal upon the starting point ; and if that were taken from the railway platform, where a good deal of the expected traffic would come from, or go to, it would be found a hundred yards nearer than the other line. He had heard nothing adduced which could justify him in changing his opinion, that the level of the portion which went from Dale-street to White chapel would not be worse than Bold-street ; and in respect to Mr. Holmes' assertion of the inclination of Ranelagh street, he (Mr. S.) was prepared to show, from the section he had produced, that it was not correct. This would be evident, when the section showed that a portion of the lower part of the street was a perfect level, or very near it, and that the part of the street from Cases-street to the Adelphi Hotel was much steeper than had been repre sented. All he had to remark, however, was simply to ask the Council to maintain its consistency, and adhere to the resolution it had adopted on very mature consideration. Mr. Alderman PARKER said he was an advocate for the present line, mainly because it crossed so many small streets, which it would be instrumental in ventilating. Mr. Alderman BENNETT said he felt bound to persevere in his support of the proposed scheme. He proceeded at great length, and with much minuteness, to show that it was in all respects the best plan which could be adopted. It was the shortest between the two railways by 200 yards An attempt had been made to change the resolution of the. Council by fixing a bad name on the proposed street ; had Mr. Earle, instead of calling it Grog-street, called it Sanatory-street, the appellation would no doubt have been much more truthful ; but to resort to such means as he had done, reminded him (Mr. Bennett) of the alleged policy of the old fishwomcn, who, when they found them selves unable to assail an opponent, or an object, by means of argument, had recourse to bad names. Mr. WOODRUFF, while deprecating the apparent in consistency of rescinding a vote which had been delibe rately come to by the Council, could not help being of opinion, that even that course was preferable to persever ing in what might turn out a bad line of action. _ _ 11r. ANDER6ON should vote for Mr. Earle's resolution. AL-. GREGSON begged to remark that if the building for the public Library and Museum were to be put at one side of the proposed high level bridge road, it would be very awkward. To obviate any difficulty arising on this account, he would suggest the propriety of acquiring property farther up towards Islington, so that the site of the building might be moved upwards in that direction ; and recommended that the blocks of property between the Railway-station, at Lord Nelson-street, and Commutation row, should be purchased, in order to enable the Council to give full effect to the architectural beauty of St. George's-hall. Mr. PICTON had been at first adverse to the proposed line of street, but, in that view, he had been overruled, and did not now regret that hei had been so overruled. As to probable architectural appearance, he would remind the Council that many of the finest streets in Europe were not level, neither were they straight. This was true of the High-street of Oxford. which was not a straight street, and yet it was considered to be among the finest streets in Europe. The same might be said of the Quadrant, in Regent-street, London. Mr. Malrx was satisfied that a line of street, a con. . siderable portion of which would have an inclination of 1 in 23, would not be suitable for heavy traffic; he should, therefore, support Mr. Earle's motion. Mr. Alderman COOPER wou ld g l a dl y . support any motion which had for its object the defeat of the improve ments. Mr. Alderman S. i 101.3171, in explanation, begged to say that he, as mayor, in accordance with the custom in such matters, had not taken any active interest in the discussion, but had submitted to, rather than concurred in, the resolution. As regarded the sanatory view of the question, he might be permitted to remark that he con sidered it open to great objection. Preston-street, one of the worst localities in Liverpool, in a sanatory point of view, was left untouched by it. He entreated the Council seriously to re-consider this question, and to go for an improvement bill which _would enable them to effect the really necessary improvements so much wanted at the north end of the town. _ Mr. EA:IILE said much very irrelevant discussion had been indulged in by several of the speakers ; but the various opinions expressed showed that the public opinion which Mr. Parker treated with disdain, was not absolutely without some signification. He looked on it as fortunate that he (Mr. Earle) had to answer the various opinions expressed relative to his motion, and to do it before a batch of Aldermen. (Laughter.) First, he must 'allude to the opinion of the Alderman of his own ward, Aber crombie Ward, as paramount. That gentleman had said the street in question was not to be a curve, but a crescent. He thought a man must have an extraordinary squint in his eye who could perceive that a crescent was not a curve. (Laughter.) Another Alderman had made a bow-wow speech, but it had not in the opinion of him (Mr. Earle) made a very deep impression on the meeting. Mr. Picton, ' he could well enough understand, was willing to go neck and crop into any measure which promised to have the library completed in his reign ;—(a laugh ;)—still he could not, following him, perceive any parallel between this new street and the High-street of Oxford ; but he could see an analogy between Regent-street and this pet one, and that was in the eccentricity of its angles. In Regent-street they had to put up screens to hide those angles. Am I right ? I Mr. PICTON : Quite right. _ _ Mr. EARLE concluded' by saying, that, not having a taste for roundabout speaking as some of the gentlemen, he should conclude by simply pressing his motion. Mr. Earle's motion was carried by 35 to 16. The fol lowing are the names :—For :—Messrs. Aked, Anderson Mellor, Woodruff, Bradley, Moss, W. Nicholson, M'auffie, Godfrey, Tyrer, Hornby, Holt, Banner, Fernihough, J. Holme, John Gladstone, jun., Mann, Shand, Fleming, Tobin, Earle, Houghton, Hodson, John Nicholson, Beck with, Robertson, Halhead, Langsdale, Bold, Dover, Cooper, Bent, Toulmin, S. Holme, and the Mayor. Against Messrs. Avison, Jeffreys, Wagstaff, Brancker, Neill, Johnson, Picton, Henderson, Clint, Stewart, Hoyden, Greg son, Bennett, Preston, Parker, Gardner, and Molyneux. TUB IMPROVEMENT BILL. The clauses of this bill were then considered seriatim, and all those, in which allusion to the proposed new street occurred, were altered so as to secure its withdrawal from the bill. SANITARY BILL. On the Council proceeding to the:c,onsideration of this bill, the Town-clerk read a memorial from a meeting of houseowners, which had been held on Monday night, pray ing that further progress in connexion with the bill be delayed to afford an opportunity to the memorialists more fully to consider its provisions. Mr. Moss, in supporting the prayer of the memorial, expressed himself as favourable to sanitary improvements, but as he did not think a fair opportunity had been af forded to the owners of property for fully considering its bearings, he concluded by moving that the consideration of the clauses be adjourned for a fortnight. • A desultory and protracted discussion ensued, in which several members of the Council took part ; and, in the course of which, the Town-clerk explained that the pro posed delay would not necessarily bar the progress of the bill. The preamble of the bill was then adopted, and consideration of the clauses was adjourned for a fortnight. POLICE SUPERANNUATION PUND BILL. In reference to this bill, a precisely similar course was adopted, also after considerable discussion. The preamble of the bill being adopted, and consideration of the clauses being adjourned for a fortnight. The Council rose. HIGH _LEVEL RAIL JVAY FOR .77TE DOCKS. A MEETING of gentlemen favourable to the adoption of a high level railway in connexion with the docks, was held on Friday, in the new Commercial Hall, Hackin's Hey. The object of the meeting was to consider the best mode of bringing the subject favourably under the notice of the Town Council, and of the Dock Committee. The meeting, though not very numerously attended, consisted chiefly of influential commercial gentlemen; among those present were —W. Earle, Esq., C. Bushell, Esq., J. Beazely, Esq., E. Higgin, Esq., Joseph Hubback, Esq., T. F. Bennett, Esq.,•Thomas Bouch, Esq., W. J. Tomlinson, Esq., T. H. Holderness, f.sq., -C. Grayson, Esq., Wm. &c. . . . , Mr. HUBBACK, as one of the joint secretaries for calling the meeting, stated that Mr. T. B. Horsfall M.P., had con sented to preside, on condition that he was in no way pledged to a high level scheme, but on receiving the circular, which stated that the meeting would be favourable to the adoption of a high level railway, he withdrew his promise, and wrote a letter which was read by Mr. Hubback to the meeting, stating his reason, and apologising for his non-attendance. In his absence, on the unanimously expressedmish of the meeting, Mr. - Cuniirrominiz BusirELL took the chair, and, after referring to the proceedings of the Dock Committee on Thursday, upon the motion for dock extension, said that the great length of the docks made them weak at both ends and in the centre. As merchants they came there to see whether the Town Council or Dock Commit tee would adopt, if not Mr. Grantham'splan, at least some one that would give greater facilities than those at present possessed by the _transit trade of this port. Mr. THOMAS Bouca, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, in moving the first resolution, said the time had arrived when the working of the commerce of this port on an extensive and economical scale was imperative. He claimed, like Mr. Horsfall and the Chairman, exemption from being committed to the adoption of the plan pro pounded by Mr. Grantham ; but at the same time he would confess that nothing so efficient or economical as that plan had yet presented itself. He concluded an argumentative speech by moving a resolution that, in the opinion of the meeting, the continually increasing trade of the port ab solutely required ' greater facilities for the transit of goods. ' Mr. ItonEux A.CIPIB seconded the motion, which, after a suggestion from Mr. H. C. BEIOE, to the effect that the Chamber of Commerce should take up the subject, as their remonstrance, with both the Town Council and the Dock Committe, would have greater weight than that of any other body, was carried unanimously. Mr. THOMAS VanNolv moved the second resolution. He said the practicability of Mr. Grantham's scheme had been put beyond all question, as high-level railways been adopted by other places. The working of cranes bJF machinery had also been tried with good effect on the' leading railways, and could be brought to bear upon the high-level railway, which possessed many advantages ovee the low-level. He concluded by proposing a resolution;, recommending to the serious attention of the Town Comb-- cil and Dock Committee the proposal to make a high-level railway and a complete system of cranage by machinery-. or some such arrangement which the growing trade of the demanded. Mr. E. Hioaix, in the absence of Mr. M'Greggo seconded the proposition, and read a letter from Mn: Charles Holland regretting his absence, and pointing out the advantage of Mr, Grantham's plan, entering into sta— tistics to prove the profits which it would be likely to realise. Mr. Higgin stated that he had directed. his superintendent, on Monday last, to go in a cart front Harrington Dock to the Hnskisson Dock, and he foundt he was a full hour and a quarter ; he felt assured that it was not an exaggerated estimate in him to say, at least £5,000 annually were sacrificed in the loss of time by shipwrights in this tedious and unprofitable mode of tra— vel. Indeed, it was a fact that no shipowner would, if he could help it, allow his vessel to enter the north docloi, as his shipwrights had to be carted down daily. He had been forced to send as a forwarding agent, at a considerable expense, to London, inasmuch as the trade was driver from the Mersey. Mr. Higgin instanced several cases where injury was inflicted by the want of facilities for the_ transmission of goods for the loading of vessels, and con— cluded by expressing his surprise that London, Grimsby,, and Birkenhead were in the enjoyment of facilities which`-- Liverpool did not possess. Mr. C. GRAYSON moved the appointment of a commit— tee to promote the object of the meeting—that committee to consist of Jas. Beazely, T. F. Bennett, Jas. Bland,, Thomas /touch, Christopher Bushell, C. Cotesworth, Wm- Fisher, C. Grayson, T. H. Holderness, Charles Holland,, Joseph Hubback, James WHenry, W. F. M`Greggor, C. Moore, J. G. Morris, Thomas Robinson, jun., Hab,aii Seagar, jun., Arthur Steins, Wm. J. Tomlinson, and Thos. Vernon, Esqrs. Mr. W. J. TOMLINSON seconded the resolution, an& recommended the addition of Mr. Wm. Potter and Mn Palmer, of the Underwriters' Association, which was car— ried unnaimously. Mr. HUBBA.CII suggested the addition of Mr. Gran— tham's name, which was adopted without opposition, Upon the motion of Mr. E. HIGGIN, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Bushell, and the meeting separated. A 3fATRI3SONIAL HOAX. IT is a wonder with many persons whether matrimonial advertisements ever bring forth a genuine reply. Swindling is so often successful, and so many of the fair sex. are sa confiding and foolish, that we have no doubt instances do , sometimes occur. But in the vast majority of cases the advertisers are very properly subjected to jokes more prac tical than pleasant. In the Mercury, of the 30th ultimo, appeared a matrimonial advertisement signed " Hermit," which set off the amiability and attractions of the adver tiser in the usual way. This was replied to by some wags living in the neighbourhood of Abercromby-square, and a correspondence ensued, which we subjoin - "Jan. 4, 1854- " Sin, —From your advertisement I think you a person of honour, and one who will not esteem a lady the less for answering it. I do so from being prevented going biro society by attending an invalid parent ; and having na., brother nor sister, and Pa being dead some years, leaving some little property in land and in the funds, divided thus :—Part at my own disposal, bringing me in £5O per annum ; and Ma's gives her £lOO a year, which will be. mine at her death, besides some little expectations from a batchelor uncle, rector of a place near Gravesend. Being respectably connected, I should like to form a connexion equally so. If the age of 30 is not an objection, you will hare the kindness to address ' Miss Slow, Brownlow-hill„. till called for.'—Yours, &c. A. SLOW. "P.S.—Of course you can give proper reference, and will send this week." "8, Leicester-buildings, King-street, Liverpool, January, 4, 1854. " MiD.131,-I have the honour to be in receipt of your esteemed mark of confidence. " You correctly estimate my integrity of purpose, to cor— roborate which, I hesitate not to address this from my owun office. " I admire rather than condemn you for your candid re ply to my advertisement—thus, for awhile, evading the trammels with which custom, not necessity, has fettered a. natural impulse. "In position, education, character, and connexions, I shall at least be found worthy your esteem—which will certainly be a step in the right direction. " Without affecting to be wholly independent of, or indif ferent to, pecuniary considerations, yet I deem it of secondary import in contrast with the enduring happiness which proceeds from true affection, and tranquillity of disposition. •- " I have been honoured by many letters. Yours is one of the few in which I imagine I can read a trace of cha racter, and have a consequent desire for an interview, during which my conduct will be sincere and frank—your communications confined to my own heart ; in short, my deportment (whatever the issue of the interview as to the future) that of a gentleman. _ _ _ " I reside in the suburbs, and have an amiable daughter, 17 years of age, with three younger ones : they need a mamma, and I a domestic companion to make life's home happy. " I shall be truly happy to obey your bidding for au early interview, when and where you please ; and, thus far, can only subscribe myself, with the most profound. respect, as far as surmise may go respecting one I never saw, — Faithfully, " D. " Miss Slow. " I subscribe with my initial letter, and please address to me—" D, 8, Leicester-buildings, King-street." " 6th January, 1854. " Srs.,—l duly received your favour, the tone of which has impressed me favourably, and with sincere hope that it will not cause me ever to r e gret this step, to me, a very important one, relying implicitly on yonr honour as a gentleman, I will name a time and place of meeting, truly trusting it may conduce to our mutual happiness. You will have the kindness to let me know if it will be agree able to you to meet, as it will be more convenient to me, in the first instance, on Brownlow-hill, Chatham-street corner, near Lightbound's bread-shop, when we can have a walk and converse on the subject ; say at half-past two, or between that and three o'clock on Monday afternoon_ You will see a lady of middle height, rather slight, in a figured black silk gown and black velvet mantle, and a black velvet bonnet, with a blue veil, having 'a white handkerchief and a lady's fancy basket in her right hand, who will expect to see a gentleman holding a white hand kerchief in his left hand, about the time and place named. You will, perhaps, have the goodness to name any other particulars you may wish to adopt to intimate your pre sence. Whatever the end, may your happiness be undi minished is the desire of yours, most respectfully ' A. AOW. " P.S.—Please to direct as before, Brownlow-hill." "Jarman, 854. " 8, Leicester-buildings, K i ngstreet, " Saturday, two p.m. "MADAM,—I lose no moment in expressing my sense of this your proposed mark of confidence in my honour, which appears almost too sincere and perfect to make it requisite that I again reiterate my utter inability to do or say aught that can excite a painful emotion. lam so fully impressed with the import of this step (perchance for weal or woe,) that the present will be tempered by a full and weighty consideration of the future ; nay, I will even add that if any seeming obstacle to your future weal from such a union should be apparent to me, and not so immediately evident to your less experienced career, I should not shrink from the duty of placing it for your consideration, and not seek to cultivate my own weal by the slightest encroachment on yours. In short, unless it is dearly evident to both that an alliance would enhance our mutual happiness, I would, at whatever sacrifice of a feeling, which I trust may arise, say honestly—let our acquaintance, begun in mutual confidence, end in regret mitigated by profound esteem. " I am a disciple of a doctrine which says there are ever inward or soul promptings in the proper path, and indications as certain of unwise steps. This monitor somehow induces me to augur the best from our interview, and to be, of course, proportionably anxious for it. My correspondence has been numerous, but in only on e other instance has it excited much of a feeling of anxiety in solicitude for a result. I trust yours, the first interview with anyone, mayobviatealloccasion ordesire for any other. " I will be punctual at the time and place, and shall trust a little to instinct to find you. I will dress in an entirely brown suit, with a black velvet collar to coat, and, if very cold or rough, a brown " Vienna" overcoat, with velvet cuffs and collar, and cane or umbrella.* In person moderately stout and tall ; as for the face, I shall only say it is, at least, an honest and open one, ich will invite your scrutiny, and be resigned at your verdict. Spite of this truth, in erring reason's spite, He can't be wrong whose heart is in the right.' God speed the right.—l am in esteem and great r ‘ espeet, faithfully, D." * I will carry your note in my hand. " Jan. 8, 1851—Five o'clock. p.m. " Kum Umnrowx,—Since posting my reply, it has occurred to me the possibility, not probability of anything intervening to prevent your being as proposed ; in which case, pray relieve suspense by an early explanation, and an amended proposal. " I also should tell you that you will probably see ano ther advertisement of mine in first page of this week's Mercury, touching which you have a right to ask ex planation ; at all events, I am privileged with an oppor tunity of giving it, and avail myself of it, viz : I got n i l replies until Wednesday evenin g , an d amon g them was letter which, like your ow n (the one to which I allu d e, ) bore evidence of education. feeling, offering an interview on Tuesdqy last. Now, o f honour and could not attend that proposal, yet felt in ,_,_ to withal a l a tent ("mire gentility bound to apologise, and ress) adopted see the writer ; and thus (as she gave n o a dd rtis; went, of an ex the only alternative left me, p e r planation. As yet I have no reply,flaous and undesired. of y our interview may make it super . and timid co ca u n rs do e l escr iption in advertisement, Pray don't forget my sel f nch of a juvenile bearing; viz., age, and anticipate ta°,, ,i i i , t b a big true heart, in a but you will, however, in t ornamental, but still worthy the fra ee mework, perchance more truly unmistakeable brown f• ihful, affectionate, virtuous confidence of a al care and if D . ), woman.—Adieu, useful good aanndd substantial a e the hour of appointment arrived, an d Big with fate, true to the time, •ed at the trysting.phee. His wopearance is costume arm t ge ithal n a t n lemr in an of a London " swell" said to be that or a ' l man about town," rather portly and not bad-looking. He exhibited himself with cane and letter in his right hand for three quarters of an hour, evidently in a very excited state, and then b ega n to move up a n d d own the street at a very rap id pac e. He made the circuit of Bedford-street North, Chatham-street, and Crown-street, between Brownlow-hill and Abercromby-square ; when our wags, having gathered some of the inhabitants to gi •ve a charivari, their "dread laugh" soon convinced him of the real state of matters, and he shot away through Elizabeth-street, towards Pea , broke-place, and disappeared. —Liverpool Jourpial.