The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

p t 3 tali On S 4.1 - R. S. CiD ge on record" t, of Rich S•ant& m, fin her el- 1 roo•nd-r 14:;-% WARETxG, of Pr esto o het h exi,l. ,1 11. s — "ea, in th at gaol b nth Git•kv-s T _ of AUL-neat) ury Y tnorni n hgtIMY to the reven ue of the P') '5.°70133. 91.; L)ridon, X953,6') , ""% CVSTOII3' LOCKER'S 7e Wthitle34lV, for refu'in °"3,,,s within tbe prescribed hours. Ci,;; 4 4lit i , L l : e est e ,, l , l 2 r YLß, the wind stec tree bo e 'k . , 7 3 43 drowned on T Lg to the pelTssaeele LOCAL NEWS an interview .sday, at the the Ben-my. ht in th© was re- tnplest evidence mg incomes of t., would direct act of consider— eal the! !,000,060, lly an ,s based venue, ned by thc• princi an Prest coe trade to toe West coast of South America, and Cali late arrival of the West India and the consequent late transmission of letters and treasure. A similar memor' -^ also pre from Manchester, signed by fift• ours, the amPd Ann £75,926 6s 4d cliester, nd two s to deliver dut Zing, of TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Lang., commander, sailed hence for Boston on Saturday, taking -PQIIArI ••.. ULJULA, sIXI}• passenzers. —The Liverpool and Philadelphia' screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Leitch, commander, will sail from the Mersey to-morrow (Wednesday), for Philadelphia.—The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, comman to-morrow (Wednesday), der, will sail from the Men, for New York, with the mails, & SINGULAR THEFT.--A respectable married woman, Ellen Clavter, residing at St. George's-terrace, New Brighton, was on Friday sent for trial by Mr. Mansfield, for stealing a carpet-hag from the Landing- which belonged to a iVf r. Walker, was left by him in ono of the refreshment-rooms, whence it was taken away by the prisoner, who bought a bun in the same room. The as followed to her residence in New Brighton, istance of the police being secured, the carpet mg, which was identified by Mr. Walker, was found in the coal-pit in the yard LAUNCH, prisoner and the 7rAN I „ hi,:eiwat,o'v)HEß.T BRF.NEFP, ON THE CLYDE, OF A LIVERPOOL ta iglelf on 2faZing from Charleston to STEAMER.—On Tuesday last, Messrs. John Reid and ()I. * N ' ne s th March, by cuttin_ ... ~,roat w ith a Co., of Port-Glne,ow, launched another fine steamer, Ili ° motive f 4 e4 ,Ir oloc or the rash act can be assigned. named the Tamaulipas, which is intended to ply between es sled a " I, of the Government School of Design, this eo ( 7o o r f t , the o t Nl . T o est ß l o n h d e i r e t s , an cl Mexico, under the core- lateof the Tiber, a ePhe e.sriiiititous course of lectures on ornamental gentleman m we p ll a known for Ewing,his long experience in steam 1, nay e ;l e i_gi te Institution, on Tuesday, Thursday, I lte w i ß ,l)t aiw nin rr gs * navigation. She is the pioneer of a line of similar ves sels shortly to be placed in that trade ; and, like her tls ee 11 1114 s of--:,_ uNION.—ANNU AL DINNER.—The an- predecessors from the same building-yard, (among which 4 1t.e l °11 1Ve c i ne '_? officers of the West Derby Union took may be named the Tiber, Arno, and Frankfort,) is a /\. e aver,th, flaY, at the Omnibus Inn, the Old Swan. most beautiful model, and will, we have no doubt, add to t o b l e t\v ° Rua ' l aw-clerk to the board, occupied the chair. the widely-established fame of her talented and enter . - *ill l e ;alled stell,:s-The foundation stone of a new church, prising builders. We observe she is advertised . to sail Cr ow e laid by ‘ -h rysostom' s , in Audle ,, - street, Everton, from hence on the 4th of June, and may notice, as .l a t oot a ' 4 Y.) , r i ; the Lord Bishop of 'Chester this day proof of the activity displayed . , and the resouresai o fleie,l,,kilki..._e Procession will move from the school- able in Iklessrs. Reid's establishm . ent, that, within e a t '4, "e, B reck-road, at half-past twelve o'clock. hour or two from the steamer . leaving the ways, keel F,,„"vtle4,,'Asta tß to and stem of a 700-ton ship were laid down on the spot so 4 1.,1, 1 to the ER THE LEIGH HOSPITAL begs at th e ve rp , receipt of .£2l from Robert A. Macfie, lately occupied by the Tamaulipas. hasp t tl pe 4: 11, in addition to £lO 109 ,of a subscription MYSTERIOUS DISCLOSURE.—The girl Eliza Rimmer, 11f,, °-4° llott: ll ,°sPital was built ; thus . proving that he who preferred a charge against her mother and aunt, a 114.' 8 4 s ~,- " t 1 nit native town.—Scotsman. fortnight ago, for attempting to poison her by putting It o `reeei; ‘ , otrr rE oxalic acid into her tea, has, since their committal, stated „titN ed , 01 or and PARKINSON, of firm`illin ton , that, in July, 1849, while they resided at Ormskirk, her 6_ , of 1 ,3 „, uer fron? a Liverpool to build th an t sister was delivered of an illegitimate child, which her ,lesde7iiet tli ai ,7, tons register and 2,000 tons bur then, She is il „. t. T eti g t4t4,, , 0 7tli eG eTl tu Y na lro tr n ad s e a . iling vessel yet built. Sh aunt and mother murdered. and then buried in front of the house door ; and that, in October last, her grandmo ther died suddenly, and was hurriedly burled in Ormakirk 1 '° , 1 41 th il t , e 6ra l GUA NO ISLANDS.—In reply to an eminent churchyard. On Saturday the spot indicated by the girl ~"l i tst l ,e , rose i 14 Liverpool, a letter has been received was examined by means of a spade, and at a depth of Nte4 to uo eatrioffice, stating that, as the Lobos Guano feet the earth was found to be saturated with a dark olea kloh4,sentlB}L°s°g,to Great Britain, it is not contem- ginous moisture, but no bones were . found, .A . surgeon tht l t ios ' l att,, " °' war to guard them. was consulted, and he expressed himself of opinion hat, p,2lo44,._t°.terleatti_ warehouseman, and John Williams, a presuming a stillborn child to have been buried three Oteil.th h av r , were committed for trial on Tuesday, years, there would now be no traces of bones. We un ttkl ,ng s . tolen three bags of cotton, the pro- derstand that it is intended to exhume . the body of the old ~ stab" rereival and Campbell, from a warehouse woman, for the purpose of submitting the stomach to tt 4 ,`tt. Ae r u ,,, chemical analysis. cttflop:Mliel;Jßß R IVER.—On Thursday, RS the Sylph DESTRUCTION OF A BRITISH SHIP BY GUNPOWDER.— L ti tltild a aelli, '''t ROek Ferry at half-past twelve o'clock, By the ship America, which arrived here on Wednesday,. jti ltas' il t fiv e g the Landing -stage, she ran down a boat, from the cost of Africa, we have received information of kt ,At tb ' s °f th e l T f e e n b . o Fortu na t e ly th e y were all rescued the total destruction of the British ship Mary, of this port, h'i t : t tioni t kr -,,, ° T Y ' in the Bonny River, on the 19th of January last. The W , ''ast ,--",E LANDING-STAGE.—On Thursday Mary sailed hence in June last, and had partly discharged 1110 f at +' whi l , t a man, in the charge of a valuable her outward cargo and received a portion of her homeward lk , t tlil i i t l i :l' a s' te b l ( l o l ting to land him from one of Messrs. one, on the day of the explosion. What is technically IttP ll ttt Ilge t Rot ''' a at the Landing-stage, the animal known as " the house" built on the ship's deck, had be tll 4 thtc,,,,,r C° Into the water, and was lost. come as dry as tinder, and by some means it caught fire. There was at the time on board between two and three q l i ti.l ll t th e 0 1 8 1//. IN MANCHESTER.—We under. There barrels of gunpowder ; and the captain and tiv t4 ,t 5 been ~„_e ? , of United States Consul in Man crew, 25 in number, finding themselves unable to quench ~t 4• 1100 14 (1 ., wh o `kT o terred by the President on Francis B. the flames threw themselves overboard, and got safely on r•At ' I r some years held the same office at rl4 ac kf 1 1 t t board tile adjacent vessels. About twenty minutes after t tt l' the 4 4 n the breaking out of the fire the Mary blew up, with a ,4 t ut. -ed ni t - g HOLY TRINITY. HULMR.—On tremendous report, and soon scarcely a vestige of her was ti h N o ;,'eeosd, ,at the Holy Trinity Church, Hulme, visible. The ship and a great portion of her cargo were teatiCteti les son, at evening, a middle-aged Jew insured. She belonged to Messrs. Harrison, of Mersey ,,,titer4l3l ; t h e rne ,rober of the Holy' Catholic Church by street, Liverpool. 1 1 : 1 14 1 , 1 ari er. ' L er. T. Todd, the incumbent.—Man- THREE FEMALES ATTACKED BY A SNAKE AT ht ta lA jtav r ,„ , BOOTLE.—On Sunday evening week, shortly after nine t1 1 ' 1 4 4 "qt tip' ~,-' , PACKET STATION.—The following tip, et ( 7 1 1111 % ,ie the notice paper of the House of Lords o'clock, three young ladies were proceeding along Marsh lane, Bootle, to the railway station, when they observed 15 4 ° 4 th tt .kstyt: : "" To ask whether it is the intention something black, apparently coiled up, lying in the road. p l of t e Tr a - gcvernment to take any measure to On approaching the coil they were startled by the sudden h t k Iles rlSlltlantie Packet Station from Liverpool t:!iio. Iv o ather n appearance of what they described as a large snake, l:% N I or western ports of Ireland." which immediately sprung at one of them who was a I lk i t ::t kli rros iN gr--On Thursday morning, as a poor little in advance. The animal coiled round her body, !th kt e llet t,ing the road at the end of Baanett-street, and, as may well be imagined, she screamed out it a state ki e t i t lik i :._ ls risk r ,, n ed into the street from Williamson- of the utmost terror and alarm. One of the ladies then 1. et R are partite' and knocked her down : one of the ran away, but the other remained and courageously en kt 1,7 e N A 17 over her body. We understand the deavoured to extricate her companion. In doing . so, she 4 41 4 of 'as seri ° • In th,,. 414 , Us. herself was seized upon by the snake, and it was only Ithilm, leer 4' ei f " 4 /- 1 -ove AY have commenced running with the greatest difficulty that she ultimately relieved I l c th;"•,.,'ND,Y" o mnibUs between the Pierhead and herself from the unpleasant . embraces of the . reptile. tle oh let, io-jtity 05re glad t: s hear that the manner in The ladies then ran off, their unwelcome intruder spring- Nimlatti:LO thf°,nibuses are con ructed gives general ing after them! but, fortunately, of they the were enabled to 4 4 t h N, ti l l a terir n. , 4 9 l ic, and we are quite sure that the make . good their retreat. t One young ladies was 1+ .4 44 e dr* "'• The vehicles are large and com a e ll "te slightly b o i n t a teil o o tt n r . he ancle, but the other did not sustain The shock has so affected the young 4 th tile r end guards attentive and obliging, any Pera I .1 tta.Sth a c ktt e trifle. lady first attacked y that she is not yet perfectly recovere . d. l 'ai q .....t i . 11 e ~, The snake is described as being about two yards in I lk swA tll 7I IE NEXT ELECTION.—We under -14, te e on • No e length, of the thickness of a man's wrist, and its move ttt% ,k . la b„ ;Jed to take the votes at the next ge- r accompanied by a hissing noise, such as is 1504Nea r : 4 , 41 3 to be erected on the vacant ground generally heard to proceed from animals of the snake li t& 41 , 8- hall. At the last election the booths species 11 1h. 1 , 4 4: 1 bap,,,, -11 end down the town, but in order to „, * 4.411114,1 the booths will next time be concen- THE POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS AS AFF . ECTING MAN- N a k et ke . q liprn alldieated, and there the police force CHESTER.—At an interview which took place on Thurs day between a deputation from the Manchester Commer- At la `ser ti , 'Jody to preserve order. • L ik t %e t ' lilt it i ON eial Association and the Postmaster-General in reference 41 , 1 % 4 It e l ilt BOARD THE ROYAL MAIL to delays and irregularities at the General Po . stoffice, theit A,/, to.sh i . " -- A concert was given on board the amongst other matters, the following were submitted : 'i h i tslanree_l3 Africa, on her late homeward pes o kh oh nt of the tO this port, by Madam Bosio, at the k titt4t The regulations respecting the malls from Manchester and Liverpool to Edinburgh and Glasgow. At present lop r 11 0 7 4 gual passengers, and,conclusion, the letters are required to be posted at 3 15 p..m., and i NI 43 r ° f 15 4s. 61. was subscribed, which It•ltt. te the Ne 4.„ it.sit t , g ~s-vd Captain Harrison to present as they arrive in Glasgow at 130 a.m., thus lying six hours before delivery. It was impressed upon his lordship, that to ILA*,atiora, Home, . • taiptit t „,, At, / . iieme, in this town. it was of great importance that the time of closing for i t lith Olt igiDiatin4LATlON IN THE MAIL SERVICE. — this mail should be altered so as to allow of the complete 1 .: . :;t k i " tis t e t h th? to make the foreign steam.packets business of the day being embraced in the correspondence, VaCieli tt llnd - ,,. 1 1° 1 1 of Southampton touch at Ply- which was not now possible, the letters still arriving_ in itit' l NL.te 'ark mails an d passen ger s, thereby Glasgow in ample time for delivery as at present. The lk!to &ND losthen,hours in the delivery of letters in present anomalous rates of Brazilian postage, 2s. 9d. be t-'4rutettaeet:', time in such matters being of the ing payable for the nearer ports, while to further ports k b t kiit t , e q. the commercial community, as well the charge was only ls. .The propriety of establishing and t io titi t a A il Z 4l , lo steam mail communication between Hong-kong an 1 41 tok h q , 44„ Op P RESTON.—We understand it Shanghai, the mail steamer now stopping at . the former l b ltts t i,, o ,„ ° *el e ;gd by the Conservatives of Preston port. The delay at Liverpool of letters received by the 'tti 41 1 1 . 74 art ' r arker who gave so ti satisfac- American mails, letters anchester being frequently ti , to este 1 uen 1 1 i e u . 0 " t o , meY When member forhat borough) detained from twenty to r t enty-fonr hours after the ( P l N _` o h t e "Oof i ttle elle approaching election, and there packet's arrival. The Postmaster-General (the Earl of leiswt,ltrittflitil37it bat that he will be returned. Hardwicke) expressed his opinion that a strong case had i l 4 / 44 1 tf l , .Izos (as*there are three in the field) been made out in favour of a . change in the Edinburgh 111 4. 4 , 1 0 Nt l eA eite r t c . IRI lt- . about, does not seem yet to be and Glasgow mails, and promised that the whole sugges bote.,Arroa_ ouriee, tions should receive his immediate attention. ~,,_4 O ~.„. ii tt ll tS4lteti . ""e1tn1 4 ... - ' N TS, AND MASTERS OF Sreata. CHARGE OF SHOOTING.---At the police-court, on Dt: 3 , of ra t late r l",els, without exception, which Thursday, a respectably-attired young man, named IttZtitLttle„`jail I- •,.. , 0 Y the surveyors appointed by Joseph Cato, (apparently about . 20 years of age,) was lit ho'Y o' l l , tiot' 4ll lEt e v' e m n rl uer the act 14 . and 15 Victoria, brought up on a charge of shooting Georgiana Kelly, a female, and daughter of Mr. Johnson, publican, NI 0 4 1 1 441 and f no t a certificate, as required by the marrie d Clarem Claremont-terrace, Kirkdale, on Wednesday night. It t: el l l ' s of; t tlZ, ° f thr 8 1 , Plying either on the Riy o e r r appeared that the prisoner had gone into the house with t ti tie, e44 th e er . e a w r o iv f er, with st e m passenge r s, vesse two other young men in a state of intoxication, and that, l the ,tkitillltttk fir °f o ll r a 'n, r ed FlnillthseubjeFt themselves suca or - himself to on the complainant going into the parlour to serve them ~.htttetjeollt,ttestileto,rlibdettazet:orataliglya.ct, and will be reported with ale and ginger -beer, he fired a pistol, the wadding of which wounded her in the breast. These particulars were stated by Mrs. Johnson, the mother of the com 1$ 0. 411ttith,Troy, a lt --A haggard -looking wretch, plainant. Mr. Blair, who appeared for the prisoner, to i o 'l V,t o ~_,, up at ,P,Parelled in a shirt only, was, on handed to Mrs. Johnson a bundle of letters, (communica 41te7 arraorier,_"_e Police -office on a charge of tions, it was said, which had been written by her daughter 1 , 4 .4 I , e ii . a halt%olefenee was that he did not beg, to the prisoner, some of them in envelopes, bearing t::11,4 ofh e th! ) , w P O. I .. roY, and had gone into a pub desiens which indicated that Cupid had something to do qt, %h. 8 014 4 in e Lu'd make him a halfpennyworth with the transaction,) and asked her if they were in her Ins t lek.." l tet. ev erett 9at g°.of the case andsd that the daughter's handwriting. The witness looked them over, 4 11 k. 44f P ae l:Olti c ir, thi ng, his trousers all for drink. said they had been written by her daughter, and described .t o t o 1 1 ...c.in soe _. trade, and able to earn 24s per to`epttt,h;attolbeen'tnTe governor of the bridewell, them as " foolish nonsense." In reply to Mr. Blair, the ekt teso 44tob u ti k atitrw aot for foouyrtetelomedsayus.p before for being witness said her daughter would be 21 years of age next June. She was married when she was 16 years of age, I t -t hk -tis, l ,,tE ll p but Kelly (her husband) was at sea. Mr. Mansfield said itOilfits,,, ( 4 'reless il. „PIRA' BOATS.—At the police- an assault had been committed, but with what intent it lii`ttmil 4 t tOrOa s •o t ,.',arrY, the owners of the Sea ttiol-Altspot he ,s Limn, Preferred_ a charge against was at present unnecessary to inquire. After a few words ilt e4l ll o t 4i leik i tt e lck fro t t r a e p o nt steamer Thomas Atherton, from Mr. Blair, the magistrates ordered the prisoner to be remanded for seven days, but intimated that bail ),„ A. ki,. e l t , eared that on the 17th ult. both would be taken for his appearance. iNettftt7 whileue landing -stage about half-past I 4 Ittetrton Foioe alon the P ince's Dock tilltsl.taetc)..tellii!siowohwieihthwAsl ottgthe ea r st_side, cud. ' q .l ll, l l ais l ' th o Vat ent _ e Thomas Wilson, and 01 4 4, le o Mb_ uorn„,. of z 4. Mr. Mansfield ordered 1 % . ,,,1s 0 , Y thorn„,. Atherton to pay Messrs, Parry Nl' 1 4; 11(1 rop kg. 7 r . iV(l4;eiriy'Avirtz_°glcE KING'S COUN r „ t tlh,", Ivever,iNainat".".,embers from this district yßoAtNecl iPp.y,.'t, viz.a%. Locke King's motion on 01: 1 1, tu l h Pat t. 4 .e e rton , , 6Blair, E. Cardwell, Sir P. Lsgh, Hon. Colonel 1 4 1! tl i dl t 401:',4r o ty ; „. n 'set.- Tr.olleern.ache. The following iIY /V4k I te 4 ' I ‘ l ilttel. i 11 g . t, J. Brotherton, Richard , w o k: Ja cL Ory , j. Gibson, J. Greene, Lord It. ViOtle,,gesse,'son, j. • b l .leYvvood, L. Heyworth, C. ti i ;N: o4 ' , 4 p . c ‘ olo ne ft4 l kin ton Thompson Sir G. Strickland, v 1i k p 10 0 ,01.4 2 3 Vir est t eac r, T. Thornely, Sir .! ‘l"l :k l i t e t/ ' ‘g or til is f i il i • A TILITI A B 1 i; te 4 . q 4 tir et 150 , s .triet w h o . I LL. — Amongst the 0 1 ,,th „ Or , 1,. 14 favour loted on Monday last in e lt lN.Moi eea'a,, Cardwell of the militia bill, were F,t q4 thiq, 4 . e ol il, J . G ell, W. T. Egerton o.Sorir G. t.:1:,14g..4,1111iit0ti.e io,tiri,eiji:tiFirir:,:oeomea,sLToTreodiißefom. :Galkoerwhoeisiclvgje ~ ,P, ; 4.4, : ),Pity.w teel',isaY, J. ,4 .4httcsir _.ett. A P v o r : m t B e d: IV4 IDvs."l, k'irigh s B • Birch, R. B. VT V 464 'od, 1, drier GI; S . lair, W. Brown, R. klpPet,2 Iv, j . • it e ,,,, ,, 1 on, C. P. Grenfell, A. t‘ , . 4 10 1 7, C. stars. Ala orth, C. Hindlev W. Jack. ul oaelsfi e tsb!ill, J. Pilkini;on, J. B The rops Sir G. Strickland, R. A -- , 1 fir .T •V t ll 4 1 1 tt. t.►tNg Vll4.Qth'er 114.0 q, 04,ent e O Ol c n iti t 4 4 h. _ olleg g th i 11 4 t C ti, a d P 1 4 tl •We 4 ra I P' 11 l IN Ytwo ' '4 '2l Fo lio 4!ors, tt'il I,t'hp, .W.wi eons;! ' l l' Gr. 1 4 4 4k Were th 4 'Y . „Ili, 41 Eva„. • lbh.iite,,th 0,.- 1, T. Z homely .n a tuasi e Arab, while that his port, destroyed PUBLIC MEETINGS. A MEETING OP THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EXCHANGE • BUILDINGS was held in the Cotton Sales-rooms on 'Wed nesday, when it was unanimously resolved to let or lease their offices, Nos. 2 and 3, in the west side, to the com mittee of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, for a period of 21 years. rg t . .GL . " 4 11 itbs. 4 1,11)(.. TOXTETH PARK.—At a meeting of the inhabitants and owners of property in Toxteth-park, on Friday evening, in the National School-room, Park-lane, Mr. M. Gregson in the chair, for the purpose of considering the best means of abating come nuisances in School-lane, and of obtain. ing a supply of water for the district, a memorial to the Water Committee with regard to the latter, and to the guardians of the West Derby union with respect to the former subject, were unanimously adopted, and received numerous signatures. WARD MEETINGS OF THE LIBERAL ELECTORS.—On Wednesday evening a meeting of the Free-traders and Roman Catholics of Vauxhall Ward was held at the house of Mr. Rockliff, Vauxhall-road. Mr. Walter Macgregor, of Vauxhall Foundry, was chairman, and was supported by Messrs. Burdock, John Aiken, Wm. Rath bone, jun., A. H. Wylie, &c. The rest of the meeting were working men ; and it is reported that at the conclu sion there was enthusiastic cheering for Cardwell and Evart. LIVERPOOL AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY COMPANY.-- A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Thursday in the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of considering whether the directors should form a double line of railway between Crosby and Southport. Mr. Hugh Hornby presided. The estimated coat, it was stated, would be .C15.€00. which expense would be nearly covered company along a portion of the line DERE/ a of K !leaP°4 r' h:taira . ~re9te4 tb 1- 4 .'n t e. was increased from eived from Mr. 5 per annum.—A letter was r stating at, in consequence of of medic tion of d -0-- e for that district.—After some cony )r the proposed n &now(' be employed to take contracts.—A letter w from , the Poor law Board, sanctionine th e Tic - tame, wilich , they recommend to be tried for six e on months, and at the end of that time the hoard are to furnish a report are, to the ugiul.t.. THE LIVERPOOt STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1852. THE WEST INDIA. MAIL STFIAMERS M.P., a memorial rcantile firms WARRINGTON. Docrc COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday. The Chairman intimated that, as the Town clerk had not returned from London, the consideration of the levels of the streets at the Wapping Dock would be Postponed.—An agreement to purchase some property in Sparling_street from Mr. Thomas Gladstone, for £260, was confirmed.—The Chairman said that was all the pro perty the committee had to purchase to complete the ar rangement with the railway company.—A letter was read from Mr. William Laird, on behalf of the Ince Hall Coal Company, requesting to know whether any decision had been come to as to leasing the land between the Canal and the Stanley Dock, as the company would be glad to take the plot on the east side of the viaduct.—After some conversation, the matter was referred to the Committee of Works.—A representation from the Health Committee, relative to a nuisance from ashes and refuse from ships deposited in back streets in the vicinity of the docks, was referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—An appli cation from Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., requesting the Dock Committee to co-operate with them in making an application to the Commissioners of Revenue for ashed at the Huskieson Dock, required for conducting the busi ness of the American mail steamers, was referred.—A letter was read from Mr. Jackson, of Carnarvon, stating that the government had voted £6,000 to improve the navigation of the Swilly, and thanking the Dock Com mittee for their efforts in the matter.—A letter was read from Mr. Daglish, to the effect that, on Saturday last, he delivered a steam-boiler at the Clarence Dock, intended for one of the Londonderry steamers, and that he had been put the expense of £5 or £6, in consequence of not being allowed to leave the boiler under the crane until the following morning. One of the dock officers would not allow the crane to remain, as it was contrary to the dock regulations. The complainant thought the officer ought to be allowed to exercise his discretion where despatch and economy would result. The letter was referred. WARD MEETINGS OF CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS. NORTH AND SOUTH TOXTETH WARDS, A very numerous and influential meeting of the Con servative electors of these wards was held on Wednesday evening, at the Toxteth-hall, Mill-street. The hall was crowded to excess, and hundreds were unable to gain admission. The greatest enthusiasm was manifested, and all seemed animated by the same spirit, viz., a de termination that the first seaport in the world should no longer be represented by Whig-Radical members. Amongst the numerous company there were Mr. Alder man Thos. Chilton, Messrs. John Campbell, T. Clarke, James Lawrence, T. B. Molyneux, Thos. Bold, Hilton lialhead, J. T. Glazebrook, E. Lawrence, J. Robertson, Thos. D. Anderson, John Lockett, James Holme, John Fazackerly, &c., &c. , Mr. Alderman CHILTON was called to the chair. The first resol u ti on , t o t h e e ff ect t h at the meeting " hailed with satisfaction the formation of a Conservative Government, with Lord Derby at its head, believing that the stability of the throne and constitution. and the in terests of the country, will be promoted and maintained by her Majesty's advisers," was moved by Mr. EDWARD LAWRRNCE, and seconded by Mr. J. T. GLAZEBROOK, both of whom at great length exposed the one.sided sys tem of free trade, and proved that the policy of Lord Derby and his colleagues in office was the only one which could adequately promote the prosperity of her Majesty's subjects. Mr. W. FISHER proposed, and Mr. JAS. ROBERTSON seconded the next resolution, pledging the meeting to use every exertion to secure the return of Messrs. W. F. Mackenzie and C. Turner at the ensuing election. --Mr. Cardwell, HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was I to the Chancellor of the Exchequer held on Thursday.—Alderman Lansdale in the chair; -..-....._____ i Liverpool merchants, and present also, Messrs. Atkinson, Dover, Johnson, 1 - , Fleming and Beckwith.—The medical officer reported that ORMSKIRK. the mortality of the borough continued higher than it CHURCH-WARDENS AND SIDESMEIV.—The fellow,„ usually is in the month of April. The deaths registered ' are the Church- war d ens f or th e var i ous townships within during the last t w o wee k s were 233 an d 235 , making 468 , the parish, for the ensu i ng year : —f or Ormskirk, Mr. R. al was also p re - f or th e f ortn i g h t ; eight less than in the preceding fort- ! Ashton ; Burscough, Mr. Jam es B erry ; Bi c k erstaffe, Mr. night, but SG more th an th e average o f t h e same period of ! Henry Foster; Scarisbrick, Mr. R. Sumner; Skelmers the four previou s y ears . F rom zymotic diseases the ! dale, Mr. J. Stopford ; Lathom, Mr. W. Farrimond. deaths were above the weekly average of the preceding six Sidesmen :—of St. John's church. Lathom, Mr. W. months, owing to th e i ncrease d mortality from measles and Shawe; of St. James's, Seath-hill, Mr. Richard Holland ; scarlatina, the latter having caused more deaths than in and of Bickerstaffe church, Mr. John Rimtner. any previous week since the beginning of February, while , a ;ISITATION OF THE ARCHDEACON.—On Wednesday, measles was more fatal than in any similar period since the annual visitation was holden in the Parish Church, the sanatory act came into operation. The total deaths by the Yen. J. Brooks, Archdeacon of Liverpool. After from this class of diseases were 161 ; in the first week 75 2 - in the second week 86. Diseases of the lungs caused 145 the usual morning prayers, which were read by Rev. H. Ormskirk, deaths, the avera ge o f th e same p er i o d o f th e t wo prev i ous Rows, curate of excellent charge to the several church-wardens and years being , exs being 108. Of th e 145 d ea th s , 65 were cause d by ,' men, on their duties and responsibilites in the office they consumption, The death of a labourer, aged 65, was re gistered from gou t. F our ma l es an d one f ema l e di e d f rom excessive drinking and delirium tremens. Of the total BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was deaths, 228 were children, and 180 adults ;of the latter heldThursday,the board rcm when the chair was ,on . at r - o , 56 were above 60 years of age. occupied by W. IN elsby, Esq., and thefollowing other guardians were also prese n t :—.Messrs. Stoner, J. Holcroft, THE ARC HITECTURAL AND A RCHXOLOGICAL S OCIETY. nt. Edge, Whalley, an d H u git. The aof o —The members of thi s soc i e ty h e ld th e s i x t een th meeting relief administered durin the past week had b out-df r een as l of the se ss i on on W e d nes d ay even i ng l ast, at the Royal lows :—For the townships, £4O ss. lid. ; union, £9 Gs.; Institution; Mr. J. R. Picton in the chair. After the non-resident poor, £ 9 14s. 9d.; total, £52 ss. 101 d. transaction of some routine business, the chairman called The books showed also a balance in favour of the union of attention to the students' designs, the prizes for which £5 9s. 9d. The expenditure for the week on account of had been awarded. The secretary announced that the the inmates of the workhouse, had been £3 17s 40. The first prize was awarded to Mr. Price, and the second to number of inmates was reported to be 66. There had Mr. Richardson. It was agreed that the annual meeting been 46 vagrants lodged in the vagrant ward during the should be held on the 12th, instead of the sth of May. past week. The Chairman next read a letter from the Mr. Edwards, of the Liverpool Gas-works, explained the clerk of the Liverpool vestry, showine• that the sum of 'principle of the new sunflower gas-burner, for lighting £l2O is owing to the parish of Liverpool for non-resident churches, chapels, and other public buildings. The con- relief, and threatening the board with legal proceedings if sumption of one of the improved turners was at the rate the amount be not paid immediately. of 95 feet p er h our , t h e cost b e i ng 5 4 10d . f or t h at period of time. It appears that the plan has been introduced - into several places of worship in this town with the greatest success. The chairman stated that Mr. Horner's design for the organ at St. George's-hall had been laid before the committee, and was highly spoken of by several gentlemen present on the occasion. The chairman called attention to the mode by which the large stones, found in the ruins of the ancient cities of Baalbeck, could have been raised to the elevated positions they occupied. Several of them which had been measured were 62 and and 63 feet long, and would weigh 1,100 or 1,200 tons. Mr. G. F. Chant /ell read a paper on the application of fire and other clays to building and sanatory purposes. The meeting then broke up. DISTRICT NEWS THE WESLEYAN CHAPEL, WARRINGTON, has been licensed for the solemnisation of marriages. NEW POOR RATE.—The overseers of the poor-law laid a rate of Is. Bd. in the pound for the ensuing half-year, towards the relief of the poor. There will not be any bo rough rate. THE HOLAIFIRTFI CATASTROPHE.—The amount sub scribed, in this borough, to the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the Holmfirth inundation, is £260. 16s. Id. BOARD OF GUARD! ANS.—The weekly meeting took place on Tuesday, at the workhouse. Fourteen guardians were present ; Mr. Hodgson, the chairman of the board, presided Out-Relief to Persons and Cost During Past Week.—District No. 1, 1074, 19s. Id.; District No. 2, 250, 2s. ; Dis trict No. 3, 411, .e 22. 17s. 6d. ;—total, 1735 persons ; cost, .eB6. 18s. 7cl. Number of inmates in the workhonse, 134 ; and the number of vag ran t s l o d ge d an d relieved, 171. Compared with the corresponding periods of last year, these returns show a clecreaseof 110 in the number relieved, en increase of .W 2. 9s. sd. in the cost of relief, a decrease of 6 in the number of inmates in the workhouse, and of 87 in the number of vagrants. Balance in treasurer's hands, AS'26. he could say that they had f rari ehw ; was to be di scusse d, th e house rntis't be pre pared 1 01' prviongatlon of the session.—A d e b a t e ensucd, I from th e a bl in which LC rti Robert Grosvenor (as to confinin to a day), Mr. H. Drummond, Mr. Bri2J'' Wakiey supported the motion ; and AT- Buck, and Col. Sibthorpd opposed it.—The CHANL_ of the EXCHEQUER contended that the question of tl representation ought to be considered and a p extend a very great deficiency in t Lie act of 1832 SCOTLAND WARD. On Thursday evening, a second influential and crowded meeting of the Conservative electors of Scotland Ward was held at the house of Mr. Westhead, Dublin-street, Great Howard-street. Mr. B. C. RowLAND occupied the chair, supported by Messrs. Healing, Fisher, Clark, T. Watson, R. Blundell, Kirby, Burroughs, Nicholson, Wells, and Taylor. Mr. HEALING proposed the first resolution, calling upon the electors to support the administration of Lord Derby, by returning the two Conservative candidates at the forthcoming general election. Mr. CLARK seconded the resolution. Mr. W. FISHER supported it in an eloquent speech, in which he exposed most admirably the unfairness of , the so-called free-trade system, and dissected Mr. Card well's laboured address to the electors in a style which made the fallacy of that gentlemen's statements palpable to every listener. On the motion of Mr. WATSON, seconded by Mr. BURROUGHS, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee, with power to add to their number:--Thos. Dover, Esq., chairman ; and Messrs. R. W. Houghton, G. H. Horsfall, T. Wilson, J. W. Green, H. Ashcroft, J. Nicholson, P. Rowson, Jas. Heald, R. Blundell, Ed. Sephton, sen., Ed. Sephton, jun., R. Briscall, Roberts, Garnett, H. Taylor, T. Robertson, R. Roscow, R. Clegg, J. H. Rowland, T. Rowland, B.C. Rowland, J. Healing, J. L. Reynolds, R. Battersby, T. Green. L. Woodward, T. Tremble, J. Burroughs, J. Atkins, R. Ashcroft, R. Wells, J. Hartley, J. Johnston, T. Fell, M.D., G. Bark, W. Lund, W. Clark, H. Smith, G. Bowers, E. Place, J. Roberts, J. Duckworth, R. Duckworth. M. Walker, J. Fogg, J. Butler, J. Smith, C. Garrett, J. Bathgate, and G. Kewley. Several other speakers addressed the meeting, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, three cheers for Lord Derby, Mr. W. F. Mackenzie, and Mr. C. Turner, were given with enthusiasm, all present expressing their deter mination to place the Conservative candidates at the head of the poll on the day of election. MR. LOCKE KING'S MOTlON.—Government has achieved another triumph. The formidable Mr. Lock King, who beat Lord John Russell last year by two to one, and drove him thereby several days from power, has this year been beaten by Lord John Manners and Mr. Disraeli in a divison of 202 to 149. The majority last year was 48 against the Ministers ; It is this year 53 against. Mr. Locke King. Can it be denied any longer that the Con stitution is safer from rash changes in the hands of a Derby than of a Russell ? Times. SHOPLIFTING BY YOUNG LADIES.—At the Thames Police-court, London, on Wednesday, two young ladies, named Mary Ann Smith, aged 20, and Agnes Smith, 17, sisters, were brought up, charged with stealing from a shop, where they had gone to make purchases, two pairs of gloves, a straw ornament, and fourteen yards of ribbon. Whilst the shopman's back was turned, they secreted the gloves. He thought he had missed some. and got another person to count the ribbons in a box before exhibiting it to them. One roll was missed after the'r inspection, and he sent for a detective officer. Mr. Yardley, expressing his intention to commit them for trial, the prisoners wildly exclaimed, " Oh, do let us pay for the things, sir; pray do. It will break our parents' heart, if they hear we are in a prison." An officer was sent to the address which the young ladies had given, and brought back word that their father was a highly-respectable tradesman, and his wife and family, who were Wesleyan Methodists, had the reputation of being very religious people. On he inter. ' position of the prisoners' mother, the shopman who had lost the goods refused to prosecute, and they were con sequently discharged. GENERAL ROSAS, who has o ?pressed the Argentine public after a savage fashion that would have made ' Pedro the Cruet burst with envy, is He who opposed English interests to the very utmost of his power—who insulted our flag, heaped abuses on our national name, and even did not Ipare the lives of Englishmen who• fell into his merciless ower, is now among us, a proscribed refugee. We trust —Ol not be allowed to remain until solemn inquest with regard to the alleged share which he ro have bad in the cold-blooded slauehter of one of sjesty's officers, the gallant Lieut. Wardlow. The correspondent states two facts concerning this un ,d monster which are striking and characteristic. as of his guinta at Palermo, near Buenos Ayres, " so carefully attended to, that men ~.dyed to cleanse every leaf of the orange ...List with a tooth-brush." This was a very nice • but he had other characteristics : on overhauling n'ta the searchers found " a number of human 3 'Labelled I" This would be a proper man to be pre ,c t the public breakfasts given by faslurable coun ,!sse ain our London season(?) But society is not s o cor . run' among us as that would, in snch case,. tao dourly illeAicate.—Church , and State Gazette., us jealous and now upon our shores, .e, in his, time CHESHIRE AND WALES. THE COMMITTEE OF THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY announce the formation of a branch society at Birkenhead. A !SERIES OF SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS will shortly be commenced at Birkenhead, under the manage ment of Mr. W. B. Wreay. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.---OR Friday evening, Mr. R. R. Moore, one of the League lecturers, delivered a Free-trade address to a numerous assembly of the inha bitantsof Birkenhead, in the Craven-roorns,Chester-street. MENAI STRAITS NAVIGATION.—It is the intention of Government to propose that a sum of £4,000 be voted in the present year on account of the Menai Straits naviga tion. HOLYWELL LEAD MINES.-^llO lead mines in the neighbourhood of this town are, and have been, for some time past in a flourishing state. An excellent vein has recently been discovered at the top of Pen-y-bull, in the works called the " True blue." The majority of the shareholders are labouring men. IRON STEAMERS FOR THE AFRICAN TRADE.-Mr. Laird has now an iron screw vessel of about 400 tons register in frame, at his building-yard, Birkenhead ; and in a short time two others, of from 800 to 900 tons each, will be laid down. These vessels are intended to carry the mails by the new African route. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On Friday morning, between one and four o'clock, the residence of W. Wardell, Esq., Abbotsfield, near Chester, was entered, and a quantity of silver plate, consisting principally of the equipage used at a dinner party given on Thursday evening, was stolen. The value of the property stolen was from £l2O to £l3O. BALL AT CHESTER.—A ball, to celebrate the marriage of Lord Grosvenor with Lady Constance Gower, took elate at the Albion Hotel, on Thursday evening. The beauty and fashion of Chester, the officers of the garrison, the mayor, and other distinguished citizens, were present. Dancing commenced at eleven o'clock, and was kept up to an early hour next morning with unabated vigour. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for tha week ended the 25th April, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line: Passengers. £ll9O 16s. Id. ; parcels, H. C. & D.. £BB lls. Bd. ; goods, cattle, &0., £579 33. Od. ; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £34 11s. 6d. ; parcels, £2 Ys. sd. ; goods, cattle, &c., £ll7 108. Od.—Steam boats : Passengers, £l9B 2s. Bd. ; parcels, £2l 16s. Bd. —Total, £2807 . 13s. Od. BIRKENHEAD Docx. Bmts.—The committee of selec tion have nominated a committee of Captain Boldero, Chippenham, chairman ; Mr. Pole Carew, Cornwall ; Mr. Bremridge, Barnstaple ; Mr. Roche, Cork county ; and u. 4- L e bills comprised in group FF : namely, Birkenhead Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Dock Company, Birkenhead Docks, and Birkenhead Dock Trustees ; the members for South Cheshire being added. To meet this day (Tuesday), at one o'clock. REJOICINGS AT CHESTER AND IN WALES.--The cele bration of the nuptials of the worthy baronet of Wynn stay !Sir W. W. Wynn), as might have been expected, has been general and most joyous throughout the princi pality, in all those places to which his princely possessions extend, and where his character is known. The Cestrians also, where he has many admirers, have hien enthusiastic in their demonstrations of respect towards him ; though much of their attention has been directed to the obser vance of a similar event which has occurred with their more immediate friend and patron, the Earl of Grosvenor. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, APRIL 27. Several petitions were presented against the Maynooth Grant, and one against Nunneries. ' ADMIXTURE OF COFFEE AND CHICORY. Lprd TORRINGTON presented a petition from the mer chants and traders of London and Westminster, com plaining of the Treasury minute with respect to the sale of coffee mixed with chicory, and entered into a statement of the reasons which rendered the rescinding of that minute desirable. He shewed the great falling off which had taken place in the consumption of pure coffee since the issuing of the Treasury minute; and explained that the petitioners did not seek for an increased duty on chi chory, but that it should be sold separately instead of mixed. His lordship concluded by moving that the peti tion be laid on the table.—The Duke of MONTROSE sup ported the motion.—The Earl of DERBY admitted the importance of the petition, and expressed his dissent from the doctrine laid down on the subject by the late Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Though there might be some difficulty in rescinding the Treasury minute complained of, the present Government would give their best endea vours to prevent the spurious mixture of deleterious arti cles with coffee.—The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. DRAINAGE IN IRELAND. The Earl of Rosse gave notice that on Monday next he would move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the acts relating to drainage in Ireland as administered by the Board of Works.— Their lordships then adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 29. RECEPTION OF GENERAL ROSAS AT PLYMOUTH. The Earl of GRANVILLE drew the attention of the house to the published accounts of the honours which had been paid to General Rosas on his landing at Plymouth, and asked Lord Malmesbury whether instructions had been given to the authorities there to treat the ex-Dicta tor with" official honours.—Lord MALMESBURY replied that no instructions from the Foreign-office, nor, to the best of his belief, from the Admiralty. had been sent down for the reception of Gen. Rosas with official honours.— After some further discussion the matter dropped. THE SANITARY STATE OF LONDON. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought forward his mo tion on the sanitary state of London, and after entering very fully into the statistics of the subject, and demon strating the miseries which a large portion of the popula tion suffered under the existing system, concluded by in treating the house to pass a resolution to the effect that the sanitary state of the metropolis required the imme diate interposition of the Government.—The Earl of DERBY declined to follow Lord Shaftesbury into his sta tistics, and complained that he had failed to point out any definite measures by which the great evils of the existing system might be remedied. He thought the noble lord should have laid a bill on the table which might have been calmly discussed, instead of moving this abstract proposition, which unreasonably called on the house to settle a question at once which had been a puzzle to Par liament for the last ten years.—After some further dis. cussion, In which Lords Carlisle and Harrowby and the Duke of Newcastle took part, the Earl of DERBY sug gested that the word " immediate" should be omitted in the motion.—The Earl of SHAFTESBURY having agreed to this suggestion, the motion, as so amended, was agreed to. —Their lordships then adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 30. RECEPTION OF GENERAL ROSAS. The Earl of MALMESBUEY gave some further explana tions as to the reception of General Rosas by the authorities at Plymouth. The Copywright Amendment Bill passed through com mittee, and the Exchequer-bills Bill and some other bills were read a third time and passed. -4 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, APRIL 27. A considerable number of petitions were presented against the Militia Bill, and on various other subjects. MEMBRRS' OATH Lord JOHN RUSS E LL gave notice ;f an intended motion for a committee of the whole house on the subject of Members' Oaths. ALTERATION OF TUE COUNTY FRANCHIM ,“ .4 .4.•....1•44.12• Mr. LocKE KING moved for leave to 4 bring in a bill to assimilate the franchise and procedure at elections in counties to those in boroughs, by giving the right of vot ing to occupiers of £lO a-year tenements; to limit the polling to one day, and the time of proceeding to an elec tion to eight days.—Mr. CAMPBELL opposed the plan, as calculated to open out fresh sources of corruption at des. tions.—Mr. HintE supported the motion ; and asked the Government to say " aye" or " no" to it.—Lord 3. MANNERS, on the part of the Government, had no difficulty in saying " no." If a motion of this nature, which would effect a revolution in the county [ling a tern 1..0/1. I adopted be no lion of an industrial franchise, and b ecause of this ermanent feature of our syste continual tampering with the con s tit uency. — After some - ' remarks from Sir B. Hall, in suppo r t o f t h e motion, the rest upon a house divided, when it was negatived by 202 a TRUSTEES Sir W. P. Woon obtained leave to brim in a bill to extend the provisions of the Trustees Act of 1850. Mr. ANSTEY was moving for copies of papers respe ing the case of Colonel Outrarn, when the hou counted out at a quarter to 8 o'clock 1 1 and the substitutio WEDNESDAY, APRIL A number of petitions were presented on various nouns subjects. COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL. A division w as t a k en on t hi s bill , w h en it was f ound upon a I that. there were not sufficient members present t o f orm a disappro e system of exe id estimated the amount o f t " .louse. Some oth er mem b ers h av i ng entere d , CHRISTOPHE R . said that, a s th e f ee li ng o f th e h ouse ap - and e x peared to be aga i ns t it, lie should withdra w the bill. l UNIVERSITIES OF SCOTLAND B ILL . la On the ord er f or th e second reading of this bill, Mr, ending the sth of April !act- SCOTT opposed th e measure ( w hi c h was intended to abo- a lish tests), as s u b vers i ve o f t h e character of the Scottish £310,000, n o t w ith st uing a I arg e r Universities, as we ll as i n j ur i ous to the Church, and op- The customs, est' posed to the pro v i s i ons o f t h e Treaty of Union. H e moved that the second reading be deferred for six months. £20,6; —Mr. MONCREIFF supported the bill, and Sir ROBERT turned out INGLIS opposed it.—After a few words in support of the bill, from Mr. BETHELL, Mr. WALPOLE said the Govern- had produced £6,346,001 ment felt it to be their duty to oppose the bill, because, first, it was a direct violation of a fundamental article of a duties, only £3,691,000 had been recir.iv national compa c t a t th e U n i on o f the two countries, which ou g ht no t t o b e b roken in upon without the and Income t ax , es ti mate d at £5,380,t £5,283,000 ; th e Post-office, instead o f c o cle c e - h p a r o d d uyci yielded l d dfd l,o £ s l 6 o , 0 00 ,0 0 0 ; 0 t ; h t e h l e Vo m o i d s s c , e em ull s a t n i eo a u i e s r a e t c p l 6 t s o,o a o n O ci adopted,stronge s n w e o c u e l s d s i t u y n ; d secondly, ermino te because foun d a its tio n p s ri o n f ci a p l l l e e , siastical in s tit u ti ons th roug h out , the realm for the educe and instructi on o f y ou th.—M r. A nstey, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Hume, Lord J o h n R usse ll , an d Mr. Oswald sup- old stores, w hi c h h ad been estimated at £712,000, had ported the bill ; and Sir A. Campbell, Sir G. Clerk, and produced £682,000. The esthteienmdraiuttreurdreenewtsaypselsdoi,t:2;o. expenditure Mr. C. Bruce opp ose d it ; an d on a di vision the motion TbeheeneXstsiom,2a-ite7d,Oeoxop; etnhdeiatuctrueafloerxp was negatived by 172 a ga i ns t 157. Th e bill i s t h erefore lost. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. On the order for the second reading of the Colonial April, 1853, was £51,163,979, namely : Bishops Bill, Mr. GLADSTONE defined the object of the Debt and charge:onConsolidated Fund , bill, which was, that in the colonies included in the sche- Army ... dule and othe r s d ec l are d b y h er M a j esty in Council, what was c a lled th e Ch urc h o f E ngland in the colonies Navy (including packet s erv i ce ) . should he put, in regard to its own ecclesiastical affairs, Ordnance on a footing of equality with all unprivileged and unesta- Civil Estimates blished denominations of religion, subject to such restraints War ... as Parliament th oug ht fit. Th e bill i n no respect trenched Ca ff re... upon the rights of colonial authorities; it meddled not Militia..... with religious opinions; it had no relations, notwithstand ing its title, to colonial bishops apart from the members of their communions ; and its principle was to leave the colonies, subject to any restraint upon imperial He now came to the sources of sun grounds, to the unrestricted management of their own respective amounts as follows : colonial affairs, ecclesiastical or civil, without infringing Customs the religious liberty of members of any other commueio n . Excise After noticing th e o bj ec ti ons urge d aga i nst a s i milar bill .. • introduced in a former session, he applied himself to shew Stamps, the reality of a demand for legislation upon this subject. Taxes There were no ecclesiastical courts in tile colonies, and it would be absu r d t o i n t ro d uce th em. Th e co l on i a l bi s h ops Property -tax (h a lf a year : had powers, but they were of a bad kind, and his object Post-office . . was to enable parties in the colonies to frame regulations Woods . for themselves, inst ea d o f rema i n i ng, i n t hi s respect, i n a Miscellaneous... • state of anarchy, tempered only by that good sense which regulated the great hulk o f th ese commun i t i es. He read Old Stores various declarations from bishops, clergy, and laity, in seven or eight coloni a l di oceses , i n f avour o f m i xed svnodi- ' Total income ... £48,983,500 cal conventions fo r th e a d m i n i strat i on o f Ch urch affairs • s would leave a d e fi c i ency of X2,180,-179 ; but, witho u t and, assuming th a t a wan t ex i ste d, h e exam i ned the two This opinions which prevailed as to the mode in which the the moiety of the Property -tax the deficiency in 1854 want should be supplied. Th e propos a l th a t it should be would amount to £4,820,000. If that tax had been con done by a Parliamentary constitution for the Church in the colonies he rep u di a t e d ; th e ot h er p l an was that which timed :for two ye ars i nstea d of one, its produce in the he had embodied in this bill.—On the motion of Sir J. year ending the sth of April, 1853, might be estimated at PAKINGTON, the debate was adjourned until the 19th of £5,187,000, which would make the whole estimated in- May.—The house adjourned at 6 o'clock. came of the year 1852-53 £51,625,000, and as the esti.. mated expenditure was £ 5 1,163,979, there would be then a surplus of income over expenditure of £161,021. It appeared to her Majesty's ministers that the course which. under the circumstances, they should recommend —one which no prudent man, he thought, could hesitate its adopting —was the continuance of the Property and Income-tax for a limited period. They would not shrink from the task of surveying the whole system of our finance, with the hope of inducing the house to come to some clear and decided opinion as to the principles on which the public revenue should be raised. It would have been, he observed in conclusion, more agreeable to him to relieve the industry of the country, and to attempt a fair adjustment of taxation upon right principles ; but his duty was only to place fairly before the house the con dition of the public finances, and to offer the advice which her Majesty's Government had felt it their duty to tender. He accordingly moved a resolution to the effect that the Property and Income-tax be continued for one year.— Sir C. WooD concurred not only in the course pursued by Mr. Disraeli, but in most of his observations. lie accepted his statement as affording the strongest testimony to the success of our commercial and fiscal policy for the last ten years.—Mr. Hume drew the same conclusion, and hoped that Mr. Disraeli reflected with some remorse upon the attacks he had made upon the late Sir Robert Peel_fpr commercial policy.—Mr. T. BARING observed that the taking off of taxes was a popular course, but if there was one duty more than another incumbent upon a Govern ment; it was, not to endanger the future for the sake of r present popularity. He thought Mr. Disraeli had taken too favourable a view of the results of our cornmereia: policy during the last ten years ; he believed that, taking the results of our imports, there would appear to have been a serious loss.—Mr. GLADSTONE was ready to let the result of our financial policy during the last ten years rest upon the speech of Mr. Disraeli. Since 1842£11,000,000 of taxes had been remitted, and, excluding the window.. tax, which was not reproductive, the revenue had nearly recovered the loss. He concurred in the course adopted by Mr. Disraeli, who, he said, deserved credit for that wise and prudent course, and he was sure the house would rally round him.—Mr. WAKLEY thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had acted inconsistently with his past opinions in leaving things as they were, and that he was mistaken in supposing the public to be opposed to a real property tax.—Mr. BRIGHT participated very largely in the general satisfaction inspired by the speech of Mr. Disraeli, who had acted, he said, consistently and honestly in determining to prolong the Property -tax until the house had before it the report of the committee.—The discussion continued for some time, extending to all the topics adverted to in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech, which received a tribute of praise from every speaker.—The resolution was agreed to.—The other busi ness having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock until Monday. .1. be late Chance!' he year ctual Income was X 52,468,317, exC taxes. ielded 000; the excise, es £14,513,000 ; the stamp. 000, had ,310,000„ elated to give £4,348,000, owing to the repo of the window Property I realised )00, had ending in 6,491,893 6,493,000 2,437,000 4,182,086 660,000 350,000 C 51,163,979 and he took their 14,604,000 G, 339,000 3,090,000 2,641,300 938,000 235,000 400,000 THURSDAY, APRIL 29. A large number of petitions were presented, chiefly upon the subject of the Crystal Palace. THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved for leave to bring in a bill for the further regulation of the duties of eccle siastical personages, and the better management distribu tion of episcopal and capitular revenues. The noble lord explained that his object was to enable the Established Church to extend its ramifications amongst the masses of our population, and to provide a practical remedy for the abuses known to exist in the Establishment, arising from the want of a sufficiently active legislation in matters of this nature. The modifications be proposed related to the constitution and duties of chapters, which would leave a disposable revenue of nearly £60,000 a-year. He pro posed to erect two new dioceses, Westminster and Bris tol, and to give a permissive power to divide existing dio ceses. He explained the manner in which he proposed to effect these divisions, and specified the respective incomes which it was intended by the bill to assign to the future occupants of the old as well as of the new sees, the result of which would be that a surplus of £27,000 a-year would be applicable to the general purposes and wants of the Church. In the last place, he proposed that the capitu lar property, and the episcopal property under certain li mitations and conditions, not the fee, but the manage ment, should be transferred to and vested in the Eccle siastical Commissioners.—Lord R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion, and Mr. WALPOLE said that there was so much in the arguments of Lord Blandford that the house should lwe.a9.2pportuilvAt.sB&t,hiu,tnPindaltre-, which was supported by Sir B. Hall, Mr. Hume, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Horsman, and Mr. S. Herbert.—After some observations by Sir H. Verney and Mr. Aglionby, and from the Marquis of Blandford in reply, leave was given to bring in the bill. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. HEYwoon moved for a select committee to consi der the preservation of the Crystal Palace, or the central portion thereof, for the purposes of public instruction and recreation.—Mr. HIJME seconded the motion, and urged the advantages which had resulted from opening the'Bri tish Museum, the National Gallery, and other places.— After a few remarks from Col. SIETHORP, Lord JOHN MANNERS explained the reason why Government were determined to adhere to the original contract to remove the building after it had fulfilled its object. He read ex tracts from scientific parties to spew that it was not fitted to be a permanent structure, and urged that attractions for the people should not be concentrated, but diffused. Government would cheerfully accede to its removal to Battersea Park.—After a debate, in which Mr. D'Eyn court, Mr. G. Cavendish, Mr. M'Gregor, and Lord Pal merston took part, in favour of the motion, and Mr. La bouchere and Lord Seymour against, Mr. WAKLEY urged that the motion was only one for inquiry. —Mr. Geach, Mr. J. Evans, Mr. Alcock, and Sir R. Peel spoke in fa vour of the motion, amid symptoms of impatience.—Upon a division, the motion was negatived by 221 against 103. Some other business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 1 o'clock. FRIDAY, APRIL 30. RECEPTION OF GENERAL ROSAS. In reply to some inquiries made by Mr. ROEBUCK, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that a treasury order had been sent to Plymouth, as a matter of form, directing that General Roses, the late ruler of the Argen tine Confederation, should be treated by the customs officers with the courtesy due to a person who had filled so exalted a station ; but that the authorities at Plymouth had not acted under any express orders from the govern ment. SAD FATE OF A MISSIONARY PARTY. Rear Admiral Moresby has forwarded to the secretary of the Admiralty from Valparaiso an official report of the death by starvation of Commander A. Gardner and the whole of the party sent out by the Patagonian Missionary Society in September, 1850, to Picton Island, the southern extremity of America. The report mainly consists of a despatch from Captain Moorshead, of H.M. ship Dido, ad. dressed to Admiral Moresby. It appears that in compli. ance with instructions from the Admiralty and information which he had received from other sources, Capt. Moors head proceeded with a supply of stores in search of the unhappy party, whom he traced from Picton Island by written directions left by them upon the rocks, to Spaniard Harbour. Here the reconnoitering party he sent on shore found on 21st January the dead bodies of Captain Gardner and Mr. Maidment lying unburied hard by one of the boats which was drawn up on the beach. That of Mr. Maidment was found in a cavern where they appeared to hsve kept their stores, and occasionally slept. At the head of the harbour a wreck of the boat and two other bodies were subsequently discovered, which were supposed to be those of Mr. Williams, the surgeon, and a Cornish fisherman, the papers which were found clearly showing the deaths and burial of all the rest of the party. From Captain Gardner's papers Capt Moorshead gives the fol lowing among other extracts :—" Maidment was so exhausted yesterday that ho did not rise from his bed till noon," " and I have not seen him since." Again, on September 4, alluding to Mr. Maidment, he writes : " It was a merciful providence he left the boat, as I could not have removed the body." Captain Gardner's body was lying beside the boat, which apparently he had left, and being too weak to climb into it again, had died by the side of it. They were directed to the cavern by a han d painted on th e roc k s , w i t h P sa l m 62, v . 6-8, uncle! it. The papers give an interesting account of the wanderings and many of the sufferings which beset the party up to the time of their unhappy end. These it appears were m a i n l y caused in the first instance by the hostilty of the natives, who, when the party had effected a landing at one point, compe lled them to embark and seek f or safety at another. Th e m emoranda or journals are singularly touching, show - they do the gradual diminntion of their means of subsistence, the sw.- essive d and the Christian fortitude and pat o ramous persons, calamities of nll were borne „ . ce with which the e been these aza , while Their unced t ant of water. The re 1 ns of arduer a 'ere coi- re. Capt. read by rock near t head states he could pay to SHIPWRECKS voccnlß belon of which 600 were sailing vessels of 11C 11 were steam-vessels of 1,306 tonnage Loors ad his_. , Uawka ast year, v txecked Vie, and THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, The house having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made his financial statement. Reminding the committee that an important branch of the revenue had ceased by lapse of time, and that a considerable defieiency would consequently ensue, he invited both sides of the house to dismiss all prejudgments and prejudices, and to join him in calmly surveying the exact financial position of the country. When a financial minister found himself in this condition, with a considerable deficiency in the public income, it was obvious that the methods by which that deficiency should be supplied must be the most prac ticable and the least unpopular. The public revenue was raised by three methods—by duties upon foreign articles imported, by duties upon articles of domestic manufac• ture, and largely by a system of direct taxation. A very considerable amount of revenue was still obtained by the first method, and, looking at what bad been done in the present and preceding parliaments, he did not think that the prospect of supplying the deficiency by increasing the customs duties was very encouraging. Since 1842, the reduction of those duties had been systematic and conti- nuous, its aggregate amount in the last ten years being nearly £9,000,000. Had he a more encouraging prospect by having recourse to duties upon articles of home manu facture ? Two opinions prevailed as to the means by which the industry of this country might bo relieved : one party advocated the repeal of customs duties; ano ther the remission or reduction of those of the excise ; what prospect of success, then, had a Chancellor of the Exchequer whose means of supplying a deficiency of in come were limited to these two important sources of the public revenue ? Even those who considered a customs duty as the greatest of fiscal grievances had evinced, _ _ during the last ten years, scarcely less repugnance to a revenue on articles of domestic production. £9,000,000 of customs duties had been repealed, iame period excise duties had been remitted to the amount of nearly £1,500,000, and only that day week a raising Whilst in the s proposal was made to repeal more of those dut extent of £1,400,000. A finance minister, tt proposed to supply the deficiency by a cm stows or an excise duty would emt upon a hope! s enterpr What was the prospect i espect to what was taxation ? During the last ten years, cons rience had been had of the temper of the house lined i and it t to direct taxation r mode of raising the re duced the property necessitated by an emergency large basis of exemptions the multitude should not fee that it had been renewed on submitto , The feeling of the house in therefore, scarcely more encouraging than as to indirect taxation. As a member of the Property-tax Committee,