The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

/gt • inn] turls te Line l v j tbr.et ge ,ed kb ughe, ic Bad , 0k ar° fe s s. fierY rty. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1854 LOCAL INTELLIGEIVCE. THE HON. H. T. LIDDELL, M.P.—During the past week the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P., has been on a visit in the midst of his constituents, having been the guest of our worthy chief magistrate, Mr. John Buck Lloyd. Mr. Liddell attended during three or four days in the Mayor's parlour, at the Town-hall, for the purpose of listening to the representations which any portion of the constituency of Liverpool might desire to make to him. Mr. Liddell, left Liverpool by an early train on Saturday. iji "RL—On Monday la s t w e e k the men employed in the watch manufactory of Joseph Sewell, South Castle t, held their annual dinner at the Belvidere Hotel. BRICROMBY WARD.—There is no truth in the state „T• eta in the radical papers to the effect that Mr. Neill is V_ant to retire from the representation of Abercromby Ward, T• wo sanmorts were preached on Sunday week, in St. Veaaers Church, by the Rev. Henry Carpenter and the Joseph Bardsley, on behalf of the Church of England Society. The collections amounted to £l6. t i r ltA llTunE.—On Wednesday, when the crew of the eis: W allace, lately arrived at this port from San Fran °, Were paid off, they assembled in the hall of the a t d re ' Hall and presented Captain Kennedy with a day tight spy-glass. ....1 4 ."T PROM VITRIOL.—John R o b er t s , labourer, who resl3lt in Prest on - s t ree t, me t w ith a severe accident in rd-street, on Tuesday,by explosion of vitriol, which r ed, with inflating • er 'bee wl other chemical substances, in ginger- LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society took place on Monday last week. The following were elected for the ensuing year :—Presi dent, Mr. James Newlands ; vice-presidents, Messrs. Boult and Grantham ; treasurer, Mr. F. Horner ; secretary, Mr. C. F. Salt ; council, Messrs, Bennett, Dawson, Gardner, H. P. Horner, Hulme, E. Jones, Milner, M`Nichol, Woore, and Whiuery. A paper from Mr. E. Jones, on Taylor's patent water meter, was read, and was illustrated by a working model. The chairman said the experiment was a fair off-hand test, but thought it most desirable that a sub-committee of practical gentlemen should be appointed to report on the subject.—The measuring of water supplied to ships, and the efflux from springs, were also suggested as proper subjects for the application of a correct meter. —Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Grantham, and Mr. E. Jones, were appointed a sub-committee for the purpose recommended by the chairman, and the meeting separated. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual meeting of this committee on Thursday, the clerk read the minutes of an interview between a deputation of the House Owners' Association and the Parliamentary Sub-committee, when the new sanatory bill was debated clause by clause, and only a few trifling alterations had been made in it. The report was adopted. The medical officer reported that the deaths in the borough during the week ending Satur day last were 269, being eleven less than in the previous week, and twenty more than the average of the corres ponding week of the preceding six years.. Of these, ten occurred in a German emigration lodging-house, since which five additional deaths have occurred, making fifteen in the same house within a period of six days, the whole being ascribed to exposure to cold during fourteen days, in consequence of the steamer being frozen up at the German port of embarkation. Nearly one-half of the deaths were caused by diseases of the lungs—the num ber being 133—while the average of the same week of previous years was not more than 90. Another letter was read from Mr. John Laird, renewing his complaint as to the deposite'of night soil by Mr. Rose on lands near his shipyard. He said the deposite did not diminish, and would not do so long as fresh deposits were allowed. Mr. Fresh, the inspector of nuisances, said that the land, to the extent of about 30 yards, was staked out. Mr. Rose had been doing all he could to keep the deposits down, and a great portion of it was now removed. It had been known for some time that Mr. Laird wanted the land. It was stated that the deposit was very much reduced, and would be entirely removed by next Thursday, and the clerk was instructed to write to Mr. Laird to that effect. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN AFRICAN CAPTAIN. — On Friday a lengthy investigation took place before the coroner, respecting the death of William Thompson, a sailor, who arrived on the previous Saturday from Bonny, on the coast of Africa, in the ship Ensign, commanded by Capt. Walker. Frederick Miller, a seaman in the same ship, said the deceased was laid up nine months on the coast of Africa with the coast sickness, and took a great quantity of mercury. When he got to sea he was still in a very weak state. He kept about the decks until about three weeks before the vessel arrived in Liverpool. He was taken from the forecastle, and put into the sail-room, which was used as an hospital. The deceased continued very ill until he was brought ashore. "We were," said the wit ness, " half starved on our passage home, and very little attention was paid to us." Further evidence went to prove that lime juice and other necessary articles had not been served out to the sick. At the request of the captain, the investigation was adjourned till this day (Tuesday.) EMIGRATION IN 1853.—The emigration returns for the year 1853 show that 318,680 persons left the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are government emigration officers. As compared with 1852, this num ber shows a diminution of 50,084; but it is above the average of the last six years. To the United States the stream of emigration flowed steadily, the number of persons who went thither being 225,258, against 224,000 in 1852. To the North American colonies there went 30,563 (above half of whom sailed from Ireland), against 33,000 in the previous year. To Australia the number is 59,931, against 87,781 in the preceding year. Of the whole number of persons who emigrated to the United States in 1853, 203,661 sailed from England : of this number, 186,657 sailed from Liverpool, but, as is always the case, a large proportion of the emigrants were Irish. The total who left Ireland for the United States by the direct route was 14,558. The American returns show best to what nationalities the bulk of the emigrants belonged. The total number entering the port of New York in 1853 was 284,639 —of which there were from Ireland, 113,164 ; England, 27,039; Scotland, 6,456 ; Wales, 1,182. The only places that can compete with these are Germany, 119,474 ; France, 7,462; Switzerland, 4,563; Holland, 1,085; Sweden, 1,630. AlAsozinr. — At the regular monthly meeting of the Ancient Union Lodge, held at the Royal Hotel, Dale street, on Thursday, the 15th December, an address was read by the W. M. Brother Charles Hand, upon the prin ciples and practice of freemasonry, and the unanimous thanks of the lodge were voted for his services as W. M. during the year 1851. The first meeting for 1854 was held on Thursday, the 19th instant, when Brother Slack was solemnly installed as W. M. for the year, and the fol lowing officers appointed :—Brother Buckmaster, S. W. ; Brother Room, jun., J. W. ; Brother Meugedaht, S. 11; Brother Nicholas Marsh, J. D. ; and Brother Waring, .J. G. The first degree was then conferred upon Brothers W. W. Lloyd and James Newall, in a manner which re flected much credit upon the W. M. After this the an nual banquet took place, and was very numerously and re spectably attended. Amongst others we noticed, on the right of the W. M., Brothers Henderson, Walmsley, John Fenton, S. 8., Brabner, Coupland, Holbrooke, Thomas Clarke, Mason, Legge, Foster, &c. ; on the left, Brothers Allpass, Warburton, John Hulton, Hand, Armstrong, Molyneux, George, Haswell, and Berry. Letters were read from Brothers Thomas Littledale and Charles Verelst, re gretting their unavoidable absence. The usual masonic toasts were given, supported by the talent of the musical brethren. The duties of the chair were very well con ducted, and, after some very able speeches upon the pro gress of the order, and the West Lancashire Masonic In stitution in particular, the brethren retired, highly grati fied by the entertainment. THE KrnrDALE SEssroxs.—The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the hundred of West Derby, commenced on Tuesday, at the Court-house, Kirkdale, the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks presiding. The calendar was un usually light, containing the names, of only 37 persons for trial. The number of -prisoners in the gaol were, males 275 ; females 80 ; total 335. The sum of £l3O was granted for the repair of the bridges during the next quarter. Captain Woodford, superintendent of the con stabulary, submitted his report, from which it appeared that the total number of cases for the quarter were-2,105 taken into custody by the police ; 1,954 summoned by ditto ; 2,447 summoned by the parish authorities ; total 6,506, as compared with 6,526 in the corresponding quarter of last year. In reply to the bench, Capt. Wood ford stated that all the colliers in the neighbourhood of Wigan and Bury were now at work again, and the dis tricts quite quiet. The question of refreshments at the sessions occasioned a warm discussion, Mr. Tinne pro posing that all who partook should pay for what they called for ; eventually, however, it was agreed that the lunch be continued as heretofore. On Thursday, the criminal business commenced. One feature of interest in the proceedings of which was the introduction of a new barrister—Mr. B. C. Aspinall—brother to the gentleman of that name who has for some years been a respected member of our local bar. On that day the court was occupied for upwards of four hours in hearing a charge brought against three young men for cutting the wires of the electric telegragh on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, near Wigan. The Rev. Archdeacon Brooks, in passing sentence, commented strongly upon the " enor mity" and " absurdity" of any persons being irrational enough to frustrate a means of communication which was beneficial to all. The prisoners were sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour.—On Thursday, an appeal by Matthew Atkinson was heard. The appel lant had applied for a license for a house at Garston, in August last, which had been refused on the ground that the house was unfinished at the time. The same objection being still in operation, the appeal was dismissed. On Friday, an appeal by James Berry, publican, Vauxhall road, whose license had been suspended, was heard, and after three hours' discussion, the license was renewed. William Henry Spencer, publican, Peter-street, appealed against a decision of the borough magistrates refusing to renew his license. The appeal was dismissed, and the decision of the borough magistrates confirmed. A LEASE ON LIVES.—On Friday, before Vice-Chancel lor Sir J. Stuart, Mr. Cairns moved, under the 6th Anne, Vice-Chancel chap. 18, entitled " An Act for the more effectual Disco very of the Death of Persons pretended to be alive, to the prejudice of those who claim Estates after their Deaths,". to compel a lessee pur autre vie to produce the cestuique vie to the reversioner. The facts were as follow :—On the 4th of June, 1849, Mr. William Johnson, of Liverpool, haberdasher, became the purchaser, at a sale by public auction at Parkgate, in the county of Chester, of a house and offices situate at Parkgate, the description of which was, that they were occupied by Miss Storer, and " were claimed to be in lease for one life, then 60 years of age or thereabouts, but no evidence of such lease was in the possession of the vendor ;" and the house and offices were conveyed to Johnson, subject to the existence of the said lease, dated the 30th of November, 1791 (if any). On the 27th of July, 1852, Johnson gave notice to Thomas Whitehead, who was the tenant then in possession of the house and offices, to pay to him (Johnson) the future rent to become due in respect of the same, as he had requested Mr. William Byrne, of Shoe-lane, Dublin, bone-merchant, who claimed the life interest, subject to which he had purchased the house and offices, to prove to him that such life was still in existence, and Byrne had made no reply to such request. Under a threat of distress, however, at the instance of Byrne, Whitehead had paid the rent due on the Ist of October, 1852, to Byrnes agent. Johnson, thereupon, on the sth of August, 1853, gave Byrne notice, requiring to know from him whether the person for whose life he held the house and offices was then still alive, and, if alive, he required to know his or her address within one month. On the 3rd of November, 1853, Byrne wrote to Johnson's solicitor to the effect that he believed the lives for which he held the Parkgate premises were then exist ing, and that they were resident in England, but that if satisfactory proof could be given to convince him to the contrary, he would give the property up. In October, 1853, Whitehead paid to Byrne's agent the rent then due in respect of the Parkgate premises. Johnson, in support of the present application, deposed to the effect that he believed that the persons for whose lives the said lease w as granted were now dead. The motion was, that William Byrne should be ordered, on the Ist of February next, provided the order of the court for that purpose should be served upon him ten clear days previously, to produce and show at a time and place therein mentioned, to two parties therein named, Elizabeth Clossey, widow, Jane Anne Gal Way,& Elizabeth Anne Galway, the persons named in the lease of the 30th In of' November, 1791, or any one or m ore of such persons. support of the application, the first section of the 6th of Anne, chap. 18, was read, and. Re Lingen," 12 Sim., 104, was cited. The Vice- Cifancellor made an order in the way mentioned in the ease. Q f "In Re Lingen,7 12 Sim., M. • E i"tIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.-Three first-class ships lthe Thursday from the Mersey for the gold regions, Indian Queen, Captain Mill, for Melbourne, be -&11411„ g to the Black Ball line, with 320 passengers ; the ,:waY, Capt a i n Liston, of the same line, with 360 ~„Z.',rilent emigrants for Sydney • and the Taylenr, itahl in Noble, b e l ong i ng t o th e White Star line, with pPaSsengers for Melbourne. la o . A. 141, RESUL T OF DiceICENNESS.-On Tuesday even labourer, named Patrick O'Neil, was picked up Olt'nj n Park-lane, and conveyed to bridewell for safety. Co "' e lY he was taken home by his daughter to No. 4 lirt.N'ewsham-street, and in the morning he was found ea tni bed. CRURca ScitooLs.-On Friday the children a Past y -- 4AI in number-were treated to their annual ,W. T . , , h i s ne Rev. W. H. Duck presided. After tea, Mr. t 6 "ucblpson exhibited views of large magic lanterns, leaehl_great delight of the juvenile audience, and their Jo 'us and friends. ship Shea ANDERSON, steward of the American pack et .., n andoah, lying in the Stanley Dock, broke into It o ] . tira wers and boxes in the cabin the other night, and •wasei,wearing app Ito the value of £lO, for which he Tor t w ur enght up at the Police-court, and sent to prison s ol , e Months. we as ILND SAYINGS OF SAMUEL LOvEE.-In our last, Pear Ina noticed that Mr. E. L. Hime is shortly to ap t h new entertainment, written by Mr. Lover, under RP ab ove title, in th e N ew Music-hall, Bold-street. Mr. VI I I! has given the entertainment in London; and several -sp ea r _Metropolitan journals, including the Daily News , j t very favourably of his appearance and capabilities. t ag REFOEMATioN.-The Mayor, J. B. Lloyd, the • L h as consented to call a meeting, in order to consider vust course to be adopted to promote the establishment b e Tkrrnatory institutions for juvenile criminals. It is to am don brThursday next. The Earls of Derby, Sefton, att ew ''lrr d. owby, and Lord Stanley have been invited to 84 ktR ov CniconY.-The grocers of Manchester and b y PLu, have been brought into a state of much uneasiness ,he prosecutions which the officers of the inland revenu e etvel,; commenced against several of the trade, for the al Eagle ce rY• A meetino• of grocers was held at the Spread Rotel, Manch e ester, on Monday, to discus! ) the se / . .;"c 41 , and to arrange a combined mode of action. In 1 1 -- ; ca ses, Penalties of £25 have been inflicted, Ad TAL LIABILITY.-The case of the Liverpool hr 't Loan Association v. Fairhurst and wife, was 4nght before the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, on ts e c f l. fr°lll the Passage Court of Liverpool on the follow he-o,;ThaetB ,- --The female defendant, when unmarried, had Nal a Party to a promissory note, as surety to the abe,,, 4 4. --- s on a loan to a third person. The loan being to 7., to h e renewed after her marriage, she was called on wit another note, which she did in her maiden name, to .?t the knowledge of her husband. This liability so wirracted was void in law, and the fraud being discovered bs o cil the note came to be enforced by the plaintiffs, they sealight this action in case, for that fraudulent misrepre t efietibols,euloovvf the wife against both husband and wife. The having 'directed a verdict for the plaintiffs the him, subject to this appeal, the Court, after hearing lad glw - "raents on both sides, took time to consider its TR eat. °I th e ll e l t EcßiTT COLLISION CASE.-On Tuesday, the Judge eas es. " I ,,,,tilitY Court gave judgment in the late collision of wh . iihere were three cases to be adjudicated on, in each nieut s ic ahis Honour gave a verdict, reading his ju.dg °f He recapitulated the evidence, and gave a variety the lei cases which had guided him in his decisions. In o‘ vner e of the T rustees of the L i verpoo l D oc k s against the ther e °I the Baltic, he said, in conclusion, Finding, in char re , upon the e v id ence b e f or e m e, that the Baltic was sPeeag e of a duly-licensed pilot, by whose orders her cir„„arld crew were regu l ated ; t h at no suc h extraordinary terk''s ta nees are here f oun d as to ju s tify the master's in the " er with the pilot i n thi s his proper vocation ; that Pr linti execute pilot were carefully transmittad and . I 47 by the captain and crew of the . vessel , the owners exempt from the responsibility now eat ei the imposed upon them, and direct a verdict to ed the the defendant " This verdict was without a a ao the i r second case, the collision . between the Vixen :: efe nda,,, t Charles Napier, the verdict was given for the and no costs.-Ad in stahlturdbyeas he ship reor w ? the flat Albert, laden wi t t h h e ior tc,,,,,1en in tow of a steamer - the verd ict was g iven 4 ,S tr e ~Nvilers of the flat, costs being allowed. an ;f it l'o T D EA F AND Dumn. - On Thursday hefa ttal li g E of the subscribers to this institution -'enPi v 4t the school, in Oxford-street. The chair was "Y th e president, the Rev. Rector Campbell ; and t he such o ther gentlemen who take a warm interest in / s fs of the institutio A were Mr. Harmood Banner, so n, fl annel', honorary secretary ; Mr. Arthur Thomp , ea.surer ; Mr. W. McCracken • the Revs. J. North ;.Lu Brewster, Mr. Jame s m r one, &c. At the re awdedey, Mr. R. B. Rath secretary, Mr. E . taquest of the chairman, the honorary statement of the 1- inner, read the report. From the for the pa s t -re asurer it appeared that the receipts -defrayi ng a il year usurer to /11,176 18s. 10d., and after he Instit u tionexPenses there was a balance to the credit of Was re-elected of £l4 lls d ' Re Re to Campbell fhe v. c president for s the ensuing year. r The pro pAngscßcmlso.sed with a vot e o f thanks to the cha i rman. nY R AILWAi.----A decision on the long-con w,'‘At of the liability of railway companies to carry ,L 4 poid 'packed parcels" was given on Wednes tuaeLin the Court of Common Pleas. Several years back le et pu persons commenced acting as agents for the col 4on of various small packages, which they made up 1 0 er a few large ones, and forwarded to provincial towns, re s e they caused the contents to be delivered to their tt,Pective addresses. A great convenience to trade was prB obtained, since the charge for each item was rendered tr a , al nall :that many things of the cheapest kind were vensamitted backward and forward for samples or for at a u „ 01 3 and repairs, which could not have been sent - 4 4 , 4 the several owners had each had to pay for a dm- Parcel. The London and North-western Company, en d „..Ying that the system deprived them of large profi d ts, is,, - ..` 4 ,youred, in the first instance, to make a higher for all such parcels, but failed, because, as common tbZer's, they had no right to make one person pay more 0 0 7. 1 _,another for the same description of service, and they sever enforce the restriction with uniformity, since, )642 41 1ee 4 case, every box or parcel containing the slightest for any individual other than the person to whom p Z a s addressed must have been dealt with on the same They refused, however, even after this, to ,Laridon their resistance, and to accept the liability with grace, as involving, for the moment, an apparent _ but ultimately, from the extension of business to p oi p : it would lead, a certain gain. Accordingly, it br dee rs uni to have been resolved to put obstacles in the way W hich theng hto transmit the obnoxious parcels, or those Yc ose to regard as such, beyond the limits of t heir own line, which terminates, as respects Glasgow, at iatoP,_ and as respects Sheffield, at Rugby. It . was pay..,ntt, however, that they continued manner, all ordinary to those towns in the usual under an 71gement with the connecting lines ; and the point has 3usZiaeen settled th a t , as common carriers, they are not attempted n. making the fresh distinction they have say ti - e They cannot," it was observed by the court, reOPee v ts will carry for 99 persons to Sheffield, and as •Atigt ry. ,, a Particular p erson th a t th ey w ill on l y carr y to mat As to Sheffield for everybody else, they C o y in the same manner for the parties in question. qDes OF A GANG OF COINERS.-On Thursday, Margaret Denboa his wife, and another n - ' 4l f • - „° 4ll ed Ellen Casey or Burke, were committed for qtre se ,„uarge of fabricating base coin. On the evidence a'Pearr s Lawaite and Scott, twodietective officers, it 1,i,%.h01 15 ,'"a,,t they, in consequence of information, went to %1 1 1( 9 - alii. ° ' the prisoners Denboa, in St. George's-place, 1.1: 1 4 0 ,P3 eel, where, making search, they found of metal be hiet4ic,! Ville ashes under the grate, a quantity and Tas 4 ,,,, 1 4 1 . e the coins, and a crucible in custody, th . 4 'noier,„" , ed. They took the prisoners into in t l ",,e/itly apprehended the prisoner Casey, in a b e . h -° ,. 4 1d Vjson-street, with a number of base coins and lu t roa, Possession. The daughter of the prisoner coal_ P i rt about twelve years of age, stated that Casey Sher parents' house on the previous day, and s.l day iy,„ , and when she left she promised to come the thai her (Uursday), and make some half-crowns. She of ag.ont at parents w Pare k nts had not assisted to make, her fitthe 8 43 r • Casey had previously been convicted Seg ony offence. on itc _CONNEXION N . PITIT ST. CIIRYSOSTOM'S Thursday evening, a meeting, which was Cir:„..llNr.attended, of the congregation connected with o . 3 atom's Church, was held in the national schools, truairle, for the purpose of considering an offer to tl lk ii rho s el. t o th al ea di e s a t choo . ls, and connect them . _with the St. net• The Everton national schools, in With .rea d , -.Lye hitherto been carried on in connexion r d I n St Bt. .en_ G-r ge's Church, Everton. As the schools stand t ikapth E OStom's district, and as St. George's has • an t a Kirk i nstitution of its own, called the Everton he bun r a ,_ • l l ale School, it i s now i n c ontemplation to annex torn. in Mill-road to the Church of St. Chrysos ,,,hair Brown, Esq., M.P., was called to the `‘ e° : -- A L ,_ an longst the other gentlemen present were ( ,Nff, - 'cnang.ht, Mr. Vfaenaught Messrs. J. Wood- Shallcros ' s, Morrison, ' Tristram, Brandreth, 111 'the c h,l a ton, Crosthwaite, Arkle, tanc e , " 4.111 -an, at some length, explained the circurn: th Sharp, Corkhill, &c._ under which these schools had originated ; and ehurchose which had given rise to the erection of the new positi on He expressed his approval of the present pro f. and commended the public spirit of those gentle fihad been mainly instrumental in bringing it 11 award, '-‘„ The meeting was addressed in favour of the t1e, r , 4 ,. 1 . by Mr Eaton Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Shallcross, Mr. o n nau g h t .., Mr. Councillor Woodruff, the Rev. J. Mac / reth, Arkle, Mr. Tory, Mr. Tristram, Mr. Brand i fav o ,,,Zr• Smith, and Mr. Crosthwaite. Resolutions agreed'"te to the objects of the meeting were unanimously 0 hat st. to r ,.. In course of the addresses, it became apparent_ aoo ; - . ; _larYsostom's schools are attended by upwards of stim of iars and that an effort is to be made to procure a tle aria ~ 1 0 00 by subscription, which will be necessary for nk'efs , 4 the church from debt, and placing the schools in 1 4 ha s went and satisfactory state. It appears that £2OO Rfsso7 already promised, on condition of the remaining expei.4,„..,e112g collected before the Ist of July next. It is riii o - f r . .that, by proper exertion, this amount Nvill be 1 1 %44' 4 In tlie period specified, A committee was ap il4lll4 4.71 24 . Try out the resol Vona and after a vote of u , the chain: a ny, the meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. CHURCH of ENGLAND •INSTITUTION. JAMES CHAMBERS, a watchmaker, residing in Luke street, Toxteth-park, committed suicide on Monday by cutting his throat. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC Socriert.—The general annual meeting of the proprietors of the Philharmonic hall was held on Thursday, at the Cotton Sale-rooms, Hardman Earle, Esq., in the chair. It was announced that the society was in the most prosperous condition. After the usual routine of business, a vote of thanks was passed to William Sudlow, Esq., honorary secretary, for his very efficient services to the society during the past year. LORD STANLEY ..er ST. HELEN'S.—A public meeting for the purpose of increasing the usefulness of the library of the Mechanics' Institution, St. Helen's, was held in the Town-hall, on Monday week last. Lord Stanley was pre sent, and the audience was numerous and respectable. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., presided. Lord Stanley advocated the establishment of such institutions as a means of promoting sobriety among the people ; and if they obtained no other result, the diminution of vice and poverty, and the elevation of the general intellectual con-. dition of the country, would be an ample return for their outlay. A resolution in favour of increasing the library of the institution having been adopted, and a sub-com mittee appointed to carry it out, the proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the chairman. GALLANT RESCUE OF A CREW. — The Rev. Charles K. Gabble, M.A., chaplain of the London Sailors' Home, who was a passenger by the blona's Queen, has given the fol lowing account of an heroic action :—The Mona's Queen, Captain John R. Grier, left Greenock for Liverpool at five, p.m. on Thursday, and had to contend with a heavy head gale. About one, p.m., on Friday, when about half-way between the Black Comb and the Isle of Man, a small sloop was seen at some distance evidently in great distress. The commander of the Mona's Queen, although anxious to save his tide, and already delayed by the head wind and heavy sea, immediately steered towards the vessel, which presented a deplorable spectacle, being water-logged, and utterly unmanageable, with the sea washing over her. Her sails and rigging were in ribbons, and her only boat gone. Six men manned the steamer's boat, while the cap tain cleverly so laid his vessel as to bring the boat on the lee side. The boat was then smartly lowered into the heavy sea, and away she went towards the wreck. In a short time she returned with three men, the crew of the sinking vessel; and, with her living freight, was safely hoisted on board the steamer, which then resumed her voyage. The poor fellows, who were very much exhausted, were taken care of by the steward, and treated in the kindest manner possible. Their vessel, the flat Rover, of Conway, had left the Black and Blue Quarry at two, p.m., on Thursday, and at ten o'clock sprang a leak. All night the poor fellows were at the pumps, and the water had got above the cabin seats when they were rescued. CoMMISSIoNS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OP SELECT VESTRY. — The Rev. Rector Campbell presided LANCASHIRE.-4th Regiment of Royal Lancashire (Light at the meeting on Tuesday. A report was read from Mr. Infantry) Militia.—To be Ensigns :T. F. Yeo, gent., H. A Weightman, the surveyor, describing the various works Auchinleek, gent., A. Kent, gent., and T. Boyce, gent. executed at the Workhouse, which would be completed CIVIC BANQUET. — On Wednesday, the Mayor enter in about three months. The sum paid to contractors on tanned a party to dinner at the Town-hall. The guests, account of the building was £8,200, exclusive of various which numbered about fifty, included the members for amounts paid to other parties for fixtures and fittings of Liverpool, and the Mayor and Town-clerk of Manchester. various descriptions. Some discussion followed as to the SCOTLAND WARD. -- A public meeting to adopt means advisability of establishing soup-houses for the relief of the distressed poor. Mr. Denton strongly recommended for affording relief to those who might be in distress in consequence of the inclemency of the season, was held on their establishment, but it was opposed by other members, Monday, last week, Mr. Councillor Woodruff in the chair. on the ground that the extra applications for out-door The sum of £55 was collected, and on the following morn relief did not warrant the step, and that the distress ing, 120 gallons of soup, and two packs of flour, which had would cease with the east winds. The Workhouse Cora- been made into bread, were dispensed to some of the mittee reported that the admissions to the Vagrant-sheds necess it ous poor . during the weeKhad been 232 males, 248 females, and 16 children : total, 496. The number of inmates in the THE CIIATHAM SociETY. — The annual ball of this house on the 11th instant was reported to be 2,411. Mr. society, the proceeds of which are given to the Orphan day. Asylum, will take place at the Town-hall, on Thurs. Hart submitted the usual annual return to the Poor-lawi MAN.—Large sympathiesy itA v s i s o .t o g a r ht a s gs t ei s o ontf b ui : ma l lbb.ee numbers A efi o benefited removingee as d hv i et s yem sp o dl n se_ e ieburt which usdbtuusi still Board of the salaries paid to medical officers, schoolmasters committee,must Ee The n i li s s c a h t on h ar pd e and mistresses, for the last half year of 1853. The total hangs over the institution, crippling the energies of its amount for doctors which the parish claimed to have re imbursed was £462 Bs. 11d.; for schoolmasters and mis- that the ball is to be given. out of the snow on the mountains of this island, last week, tresses, £317 16s. 10d. There was a further claim for drugs of £275 13s. ld. Mr. Denton then brought forward the motion—That the churchwardens and overseers be and, in the greater number of instances, life was preserved. requested to take into consideration the propriety of as- In one case, a blackbird was found by the side of a sheep under the snow and also lived. In many districts , the sisting, by petition and otherwise, the various unions throughout the country, for the purpose of opposing a birds were so tame as to fly into the dwelling-houses of renewal of the powers of the Poor-lasi Board in the next session. The Chairman spoke against the motion.. He several parties : in some instances; however, they died shortly after. In the snow storm of 1825-6, magpies never found the board interfering unless they were flew into some houses in t he p arish of Maughold.— justified in interfering. Some further discussion ensued, Mona's Herald. but ultimately an amendment of Mr. Carne's, that a sub- CONGREGATIONAL Musk.—On Wednesday, a lecture committee be appointed to watch the bill for the re-con- on " Congregational Music" was de l iv ered in the Lecture stitution of the Poor-law Board on its appearance in Pa r- hall of the Mechanics' Institution , by M r . H. Ewer, to a liament, was carried nem dit. numerous and very respectable audience. During the SCnOOL FOR THE BLIND The annual meeting of evening several specimens of ancient sacred music were this valuable institution was held on Friday, Mr. Wm. sung in a very creditable manner by the members of the Brown, M.P., presiding. There were also present, the Musical Association, accompanied by the _organ, which Rev. Augustus Campbell, rector, the Rev. Edw ard Hull, was p resided over by Mr. Rogers. Frequently, during the Mr. John Drinkwater, Mr. Wm. Earle, Mr. Jas. Lister, delivery of_ the lecture, as well as at its close, the audience Mr. Edward Moon, Mr. W.F. Macgregor , Mr. F. S. Hull, marked their approbation by bursts of applause. Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. Maccrackan, Dr. M`Naught, Enoe-Hier, MISSIONARY TREE.—In consequence of Mr. Minshull, Mr. Mills, Mr. John Smith, &c. Mr. Mills, the recent death of the brother of the Rev. Mr. Barker, the treasurer, said that during the past year, the funds of the minister of Edge-hill Church, the usual missionary the institution had been augmented by several legacies, Christmas tree and sale of fancy work on behalf of the amounting to £1,221, and donations to £156 ; that the. Church Missionary Society and the Society for Irish sale of goods had exceeded the sales of the previous year Church Missions to the Roman Catholics were postponed by £l4O. Owing to these circumstances, the finances until Friday. The boys' School-room presented a very gay were in a more favourable state than for some years past ; but, owing to it being found necessary t-) make alterations appearance, from the mixture of pictures, evergreens, fancy-work, stalls, illuminated trees, and pretty smiling and to erect some new buildings, combined with the ad- faces. The attendance during the day had been very nu vanced price of provisions, coals, &c., the expenses of last merous, £l3, perhaps, being received at the doors, by au year have been increased about £420. He calculated there would be a deficiency in the hands of the treasurer of about admission charge of from 441. to 6d. The exhibition was . rather an extra one, the congregation having exerted £2OO. Mr. Mills also remarked that, owing to deaths and itself, in sympathy for its respected pastor. About £7O. other causes there is a blank in the subscribers every year, will be thus realised. and it was highly desirable that the committee and the WEST DERBY GUARDIANS. — Mr. Harrison presided at friends of the blind should endeavour to get fresh sub- the weekly meeting of this board on Wednesday. The scribers. The manufacture of goods is steadily increasing, other members present were the Rev. W. Hadnall, and and in value exceeds the previous year by £165. There Messrs. Alpass, Heyes, G. Harrison, Abraham, Mount were 87 pupils in the school, of whom 30 were females field, Roskell, Miller, James Birch, Jeffries, Shaw, Lunt, and 48 were males, and he had great pleasure in stating, and Kirkus. The balance in the hands of the treasurer in the name of the visitors, that there had been hardly a was stated to be £1,943 1 5 s. id., and the number of complaint of a serious naturei against the pupils,—a fact paupers in the Workhouse 717, against 708 in the corres which proved their conduct was most exemplary. Mr. ponding week of last year. There were, also, 88 patients Wm. Brown, M.P., was elected president for the ensuing in the hospital. The visiting committee having made a year, and the vice-president, treasurer, and committee report, it was resolved that it be received, with the excep were also appointed ; and, after a vote of thanks to the tion of a portion relating to the erection of a shed for the president, the meeting separated. employment of able-bodied paupers in the Workhouse. THE STRIKES IN THE NoRTII. — On Wednesday, a The vaccination committee recommended that, as the late wardrobe, valued at £25, was raffled-for in the Assembly- Vaccination Act could not be carried into satisfactory rooms, Liverpool, the p r oceeds o f which were to be devoted operation, and must be repealed or amended in the ensuing to the relief of the factory operatives now out on strike at session of Parliament, the existing contracts for vaccine- Preston and Wigan. The wardrobe had been presented tion in the union remain as at present, until the intention by a number of cabinet-makers, who sympathised with of the Legislature were ascertained. Mrs. E. Eli z a b et h the sufferings of the "turn-outs." The number of tickets Bird was elected mistress of the Workhouse Girl's School, issued was 2048, and the number sold amounted to 1,242, at a salary of £3O a-year and rations; and Mr. Kirkus which, at ls. a ticket, would realise the handsome sum of gave notice that at the next meeting, (which will take £62 2s. The prize was won by the holder of No. 1,507. place in the new board-room,) he should move that a All the mills in Wigan have been running this week, vaccinator be appointed to reside in the rural district of although two or three have a small number of hands. The the township of West Derby, near West Derby village. card-room operatives of the mills of Messrs: John Acton L IVERPOOL AND BRAZIL STEAMERS. — A memorial and Co. and Mr. Tipping have again struck work. It from the merchants of this town is in the course of sig appears that thep went to their employment, at the be- nature, at the Exchange-rooms, urging upon governmen., ginning of last week, under an impression that they were the desirability of making such arrangements with the to receive the advance they sought, and, not obtaining it South American and General Steam Navigation Company on Saturday, they would not go on Monday. The colliers as will insure to the commercial community the advantage of Wigan and the neighbourhood are apparently about to of a half-monthly mail between this country and the make another effort to obtain an advance of wages. A Brazils and River Plate, both out and home. The memo private meeting of delegates from the different lodges' of rialists state that this company start their vessels from the Miners' Society was held at Scholes on Monday, when this port on the 24th of each month, at intermediate dates, resolutions, having that object in view were passed. ' with the present mail packets; but that their departure STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND DUBLIN. . —Among from the other side being regulated by their own con the gossip of the week has been the formation of a new venience, they start about the same dates as the mail steam company between Dublin and Liverpool by Mr. steamers, the expected advantage of a bi-monthly mail Dargan. The parties who have appeared are the great being thus nullified. They further state that the local contractor, and Mr. Joseph Cowper, and Mr. James Stir- company have placed upon the station a line of powerful ling, directors of the Midland Railway. it is stated, and screw-steamers, the speed of which has now been proved we believe it to be the case,. that they have purchased the to be at least equal to the present mail packets. t wo screw boats hitherto plymgbetween the twoports;called - a XTENSIVE FAILURE IN MANCHI3STER. — We regret the Times and Mail, and also Mr. Dargan's interest in the .. to announce the failure of an old-established and highly- Newry and Liverpool line. Mr. King, the present agent respectable calico printing concern, Messrs. Thomson, here, is to go to Liverpool, and Mr. Cowper, jun., is to act Brothers, and Sons, of this city and Primrose, near as agent here ; and it is said that the new line is to run Clitheroe. The failure was rumoured on Tuesday, and at a very low rate of freights ' and to be worked with has since been confirmed. A meeting of creditors was vigour. On the other hand, however, it is conjectured held to-day, at the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's Bank, at that the parties have acted in the interests of the City of which between thirty and forty gentlemen were present. Dublin Company to get rid of the opposition. This derives The total liabilities, it appears, amount to about £122,000, some colour from Mr. Dargan being chairman of the consisting of £50,000 advanced on mortgage security, and Steam Association, avowedly set on foot to ensure each £72,000 in current liabilities. The assets were not very company's monopoly of their own line, and also from the clearly stated, but it appeared that the property mortgaged other two gentlemen being directors of the British and would not realize the full amount of the advances upon it, Irish Company, who, it will be remembered, lavished and on that account the general creditors would suffer a enormous sums in an unsuccessful attempt to maintain diminution in the probable assets to meet their claims. their sole possession (with the City of Dublin Company) The mortgaged property was the works at Primrose, with of the London line against Messrs. Malcomson. The-City the fixtures. The assets for the general creditors are the of Dublin Company, however, we believe, affirm that they have no connexion with the enterprise, which has made a goods in stock, materials, machinery , &c ., and about £20,000 good debts. Four gentlemen were appointed to little stir this week.—Freeman's Journal. investigate the affairs of the concern, with the assistance LIVERPOOL POULTRY Snow.—The first annual ex- of accountants, to prepare a balance sheet, and report at hibition of poultry was held at Lucas's Repository, on a meeting to be held as soon as possible. In the meantime, Wednesday and Thursday. The birds were placed in to take such steps as may be deemed advisable.—Man double tiers, securing an avenue for promenade. There c hester Courier. were 1,300 fowls entered for . sho w, contributed from all Does COMMITTBS.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at parts of the country, amongst which may be mentioned the usual weekly meeting of this committee on Thursday, Captain Hornby's black Spanish fowls, Mr. Gilbert W. when, after the transaction of some routine business, a Moss's bantams, Mr. Worrall's celebrated Rouen ducks letter was read from Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and Co., com (which have obtained seven first-class medals), and the plaining of the want of proper arrangements for the berth equally, celebrated Cochin fowls of Messrs. Stowe and C. lug of ships, and the filthy state of the dock quays. On Ransom. The judges of the fowls were Mr. Bailey, of Mount-street, the motion of Mr. Smith, the following gentle m e n were London, and Mr. Hewitt , of B irmin g ham, appointed as a committee to investigate the arrangements who are stated to be the first judges in England,of this of the finance departmen t, an d the mode of keeping the peculiar branch. The show, after having been visited by accounts :—Messrs. Turner, Molyneux, Rankin, Healing, upwards of five thousand persons, was followed on Friday Bigham, Gladstone, and Chaloner ; and Messrs. Shand, by a sale by auction, of upwards of four hundred specimens Evans, Barber, and Smith. The following gentlemen of different kinds of birds, which had formed a part of were then introduced as a deputation from the timber the exhibition. The stock offered for sale consisted of trade, who had requested an interview to represent the Cochin Chinas, black Spanish, Dorkings, gold and silver opposition to the resolution recently adopted by the com pheasants, white and black crested Poland fowls , Norfol k mittee to increase the rental of land on the Harrington-. turkeys, peacocks, peahens, &c. Amongst them were Dock property :—Messrs. Halhead, M`Nicoll, Anthony, many of the most valuable of the birds exhibited at the Fazakerley, Fleming, and Bland, and Mr. Stewart, who show ; and were respectively the property of A. 11i Nichol, attended to explain some observations he had made at the Esq., of Birkenhead ;E. Allison, Esq., of Park-hall, near Council meeting. Mr. Halhead stated that, looking to the revenue derived from the timber trade, he thought it was Chorley ; R. Maxfield, Esq., of Cheshire ; Charles Wilson, the duty of the Dock Committee to render every possible Esq., of Allerton ; T. M. Keyworth , Es q ., of Lincoln ; Mr. Wm. Copple, of Knowsley ; Edward Lister, Es q ., facility to the importers for storing their timber, in the of Cassia Lodge, Cheshire, and ot h e r noted breeders. event of prices being such that they did not feel justified . There was a numerous and highly-respectable attendance in selling. He reminded the committee of what had of purchasers, and the sale excited considerable int eres t . taken place in the Council, when the general feeling of The lots first sold were the property of Mr. M`Nichol, of the Council was in favour of the view taken upon the Birkenhead. The highest price which any of these lots question by Mr. Maiicoll and himself—that the rates pro fetched was thirty-five shillings for a cinnamon and buff posed to be charged by the committee were too high. The Cochin pullet, six months old. The other lots consisted deputation had not come there to dictate to the core d a cockerel and a pullet each, and realised, on an average, mittee, but merely to state their sentiments, and leave about one guinea. The stock of Mr. Maxfield, consisting the matter in their hands ; but lie thought that when of Cochin Chinas, were next offered, and realised some such men as Mr. Stewart, Mr. BramleyeMoore, Mr. Saml. what higher prices, as much as £3 being given for a cockerel and two pullets. The lots belonging to C. Wilson, Holme, Mr. Picton, and others, all agreed that the rates Esq., of Allerton, were next submitted to that the sub -committee, were too hh ; and when the coming to coupled with that the fact in the resolution com- These lots were d decidedly the most attractive feature in splendid plained of, was not at all unanimous , as Mr. Rankin and othinensaalmeo.n aTloideybucffoncsisootedhinocfhintwasen,.ttyi-Ifoouorir gi lo n t ai s o s f toc s k from Mr. Smith were both opposed to it, their representations would be admitted to be deserving of some consideration. Personally, he had no direct interest in the matter, as he which they were bred having been imported by the breeder did not require to make use of the land ; but looking at di on r e e p ct ui fr io o t m , on S d ha r n ea t ed i. fEroacmh2losot. to £3. t A ed fi 9 n f e a l z;N p el al it as an important branch of commerce, he thought it was tiler lots of the duty of the committee to encourage the cheap im- Jones, of Liverpool, realised £3 6s. e s o Cassia. cockerel and four pullets, the property Mr. Charles s Cochin Chinas, belonging to E. Lister, ,of portatlion of timber. 'When they looked at the revenue lodge, Chesire, Mrs. Coulbourn, of New Bri g h ton, g T. M. whin that trade brought to the port, he thought a course 'and, besides that, he believed that there was no land at Keyworth, Esq., of Lincoln, and other gent l emen, realised . of liberal dealing with them would not be thrown away ; birds), the property of Mr. Keyworth, soldfor f about the same prices. A cockerel and two pullets (prize £6 lOs. ~ all contiguous to that belonging to the committee which I let at any such rate. Mr. Stewart also addressed the 'lnd sold a' t c very The N fi lr e le lo o ts f t o h f e n C o oc rk h i i n n g s s hwaverinegnebxer offered,disposed ‘ o , some , committee at some length, in favour of a reduction. Mr. Holme contended that the sub-committee of works, in adopting the resolution complained of, was only asking a cockerel and pullet, six months old. The con clud i n g Lets capital prices, as much as £1 and £1 ss. being given fa* : a fair and legitimate price. After some further desultory conversation, the deputation withdrew. The matter was offered were a few peacocks, peahens, turkeys , an d r b.hite crested Poland hens. Altogether the proceeds of Vae sale amounted to between XOOO awl X7OO. directed referred to the sub-committee of works, who were directed to report to a &tun meeting d tilt znalaittim- TIER annual meeting of the members of this institution was held on Tuesday evening, at the rooms, in Bold street. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Hubback, one of the vice-presidents, and amongst other friends of the institution present were Mr. Harwood Banner, the Rev. Dr. Hume, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Sears, &c. The Cuaiumax, after a few remarks, expressive of his regret at the smallness of the meeting, and in commenda tion of the objects of the institution, called on The Rev. Mr. MOORE, honorary secretary, who read the report, from which it appeared that the most marked feature since the last report, had been the bazaar in aid of the library fund. It had been found that the smallness of the library stood in the way the institution's prospects, and a committee appointed to consider the best means of supplying the defect, agreed on a bazaar, which was held in October last, under most distinguished patronage, and with very gratifying success. The committee feel bound, publicly to record their grateful thanks to those ladies, and other friends of the institution, both in Liverpool and elsewhere, who, by their valuable contributions and per sonal exertions, succeeded in producing the satisfactory result upon which they have now the pleasure to congratu late all the parties concerned. A sum of £lBO was realised, and by a judicious selection of books, nearly 300 volumes had been already added, though only two-thirds of the £5O voted as a first instalment have been expended. In conclusion, the committee express thankfulness for the amount of success which has attended their labours. They are of opinion that the institution is a most useful and important one ; that it requires only to be known in order to be duly appreciated, and its advantages fully deve loped, and turned to the profit of a far larger body of subscribers than have ever yet belonged to it. The recent additions to the library have greatly increased the advan tages it offers to ladies, and the committee are sanguine of obtaining an increase in this class of members. From the treasurer's account it appeared that the re ceipts for the year were £2lO Bs. 10d., and the expenditure exceeded the income, there being a balance due to the treasurer of £29. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. HUME, who moved the adoption of the report, and that it be printed and circulated. Mr. MITCHELL seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried ; as was also a vote of thanks to the honorary secretary, treasurer, and committee, on the motion of Mr. HiaMoon BANNER, seconded by Mr. Salm. Several , bther gentlemen ad dressed the meeting ; and after a vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who had originated, and so success fully conducted the bazaar, and to the Chairman, the meeting separated. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Tax PRESENT TRUST capital of the Corporation of Queen Anne's Bounty is £2,400,000. PosTAGE.-1,230,000 letters passed through the London district post on Saturday week.. This is the largest number ever known, even upon St. Valentine's Day. SUNDAY EMPLOYMENT ON OMNIBUSES.--It is esti mated by the census tables that the number of men en- Faged in London alone upon omnibuses, on the Sunday, is as many as six thousand. RARE AND PLEASING GIFT.—At the re-opening of Harrington Church, Evesham, Worcester, a few days since, Mrs. Wyld, formerly a poor girl of the village, con tributed £l,OOO to the collection.—Ecidows' Journal. SIR ARCHIBALD Amos wishes to. inform the detrac tors of Glasgow that, although there.are 2000 spirit shops in that city, there is also a sum of £646,000 at the credit of the working classes in the Savings' Bank. THE FORTHCOMING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. — There are already, as appears by a parliamentary document, 38 notices of motions in the order book of the House of Commons for the ensuinc , session. A JUVENILE SUICIDE. — On Wednesday night, Jacob Dawenport, aged 13 years, a tenter of power-looms, hung himself to the door of an out-house, near his parents' re sidence, at Kearsley. Miss ROSE SOANE, granddaughter of the late Sir John Soane, the celebrated architect, is now the leading tragic actress at the Exeter Theatre. Her performances have created quite a sensation. IN NEW YORK there were no fewer than 2,589 coro ner's inquests held during the past year, which certainly exhibits a fearful loss of life by accidents and sudden deaths. _ _ _ _ _ _ A MARITIME SclrooL is about to be established in Belfast, in connection with the National Board of Educa tion, and with the co-operation of the mercantile com munity. AN INCOBRIGIBLE.—A young woman, aged nineteen, who was sentenced at the Middlesex Sessions to six months' imprisonment, has been in prison no less than twenty-one times, for frequenting houses with intent to steal. DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—We understand the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, M.P., is likely to be the Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons to be cre ated by virtue of the act of parliament of last session.— Sunday Times. THE NUMBER OF FIRES in London, from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1853, was as follows : Fires at which the premises were totally destroyed and considerably damaged, 261 ; ditto, slightly ditto, 639 : making a total of 900. A DONKEY has just died at Fornham, All Saints, hav ing attained the venerable age of 70 years and upwards. It formerly belonged to the Cornwallis family, and lat terly had been fed on bran and soft food, in consequence of its inability to eat grass, the teeth being completely worn away. CHEAP CoeLs.—The Great Western Railway have com menced a coal-traffic from the Forest of Dean and South Wales. The broad waggons of this line will hold a large quantity of coals. It is expected that London and the towns on the railway will be supplied with coals at a great reduction on the prices they have paid for fuel from other sources. METROPOLITAIf POULTRY Suow.—The winter show of the Metropolitan Poultry Club took place last week, at the Baker-street Bazaar. The show contained 1,800 pens of birds, &c. The Queen availed herself of the regulation that any pen of birds may be claimed at the price affixed to them after one o'clock on the day of the show, by claiming, at the price affixed to them, viz., £lO, the beautiful pen of gold-laced (Seabright) bantams, bred by Mr. Uriah Spurey, Dunstable, hatched in 1853. Prince Albert also claimed the splendid Dorking cock, bred by Mr. Fisher Hobbs, which obtained the first prize in class 7. Prince Albert's pen of Brahmahpootra fowls, and to which his Royal Highness had affixed a price of £25, were claimed, although they had received no prize, by Mr. Fox, of Skinner-street, Snow-hill. Lord Robert Grosvenor claimed, at £l5, a Dorking cock and two pullets, which obtained the second prize in the class, bred by Mr. Edward Terry, of Aylesbury. NEW RAILWAY BRBAS.—Last week, an experiment for the purpose of testing the efficiency of a self-act ing break, invented b r ?fAjor Robins, took place on the South,Western and mdsor line. The merit of this invention consists in its being able to effect a stoppage of the train, without manual labour, within the short space of from 15 to 20 yards, the break being self-acting, and worked entirely by the engine-driver. The experiment on this occasion was witnessed by several officials con nected with the different railways out of London, who travelled by the train, which consisted of 16 carriages, drawn by a powerful engine. H. R. H. Prince Albert came expressly from the castle to see the result of the experiment, which proved completely successful, and elicited unqualified expressions of approval. THE WATER-WORKS AT THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. —The water-works of Versailles have been hitherto the finest in the world. They are but rarely put in motion, the cost being, it is said, £5OO each time. From an in ' teresting article in Fraser's Magazine, it appears that the waterworks at Sydeuham will be five times as exten sive, and will play fifty times in the year. The water will be brought through an artesian well from a depth of 500 feet. While the spectator is gazing, the unseen flood will ' be driven upwards of 900 feet to the reservoirs. At a given signal the fountains will play, and the grand ter race, for two thousand feet, will let fall a living fringe of silver from dolphins' mouths into the long drawn basin at their feet. The central fountain 'Will shoot up 230 feet, and its 1,000 jets are contrived to form a moving constant pyramid, like some Arctic glittering peak of ice. So ex traordinary will be the circulating system of this magic garden, and such the force of the pressure, that 2,000 tons of water will be forced through its entire frame every minute. A QUACS named Joseph Gray, alias Walter Marshall, Esq., M.D., C. Morris, M.D., &c., was brought up at Lambeth Police-court, on Friday, charged with a whole sale system of fraud in obtaining money from different persons at a distance, , on pretence of curing them of their various disorders. The prisoner had been in the 'habit, for many months past, of presenting post-office orders at the Norwood post-office, from his victims, and was arrested in the act by the police. A vast quantity of advertise ments had been inserted by " Doctor Marshall" in country newspapers, only too ready to make a show in their ad vertising columns, without inquiry as to the ability of tbe adiertiser to pay for his puff. Cures of everything and everybody for the trifling remuneration of 7s. 6d, by post office order to Dr. Marshall, M.D., M.R.C.S., forty-five years consulting physician to various hospitals. Deafness, singing noises in the ears, &c., were to be cured, as thousands had been cured, by Dr. Marshall, fifteen years physician aurist to the Ear Infirmary. Send 7s. ed. in postage stamps to Dr. Marshall, M.D., F.R.C.S., professor of surgery, and lecturer on anatomy, and receive in return the means of the most speedy and certain self-cUre. Johanna Bennett, aunt of the prisoner's wife, deposed that he was connected with insurance offices ; he had never graduated as a surgeon or physician, or practised as an aurist, to her knowledge. The case was remanded for further inquiry. MGR LIFE BELOW STAIES.-AnnPage, formerly house maid in the service of Miss Spence of Royal-crescent, Addi son-road, London, sued that lady in the Marylebone County Court, on Saturday, for wages in lieu of warning. Plaintiff said she supposed she must fell his lordship why she left. On Christmas-eve a friend called to see her, and, as they had a party up stairs, she thought there was no harm in keeping her friend down stairs :-" Well, about half-past twelve o'clock, Miss Spence actually came down stairs into the kitchen, and found my friend, and made a great piece of work ; and in the morning cook and the were discharged without warning."-" Miss Spence : Now tell the judge how many policemen you had in our house to supper."- " Ann Page : I only had one ; the other policeman was the cook's, not mine." (Laughter.)-" Miss Spence : Were not two policemen supping off our mutton in the middle of the night ?" (Laughter.)-" Ann Page : Cook asked them to have a little mutton, and they are not the men to refuse."-Miss Spence then gave her version of the rencontre :-" On Christmas-eve, your honour, I had a party of frieuds, and by mere chance, about twelve o'clock, I left the drawing-room, and on getting down stairs I saw two men at supper in the front kitchen, and as soon as my footsteps were heard, out went the lights, and I heard a great scuffle, caused by their hiding them selves in the back kitchen. (Laughter.) I called for lights, and whilst I was groping about in the dark I caught hold of one of the policemen's buttons. The man then called out, ' Don't be alarmed, Miss ; I am here to protect you. Don't shriek out, for I'm a policeman.' (Shouts of laughter.) The other man then said, No, no, there's no fear, Miss, for I am another policeman, and will protect you too.' (Continued laughter.) They each begged me to forgive them ; admitted having had supper, and said they were very sorry that the girls should have 'overcome their sense of duty.' (Increased merriment.) The dis covery quite upset our merry party, I assure you, sir. We took the policemen's numbers, and reported them to the Commissioners of Police, and Sir Richard Mayne fined each of them 2s. 6d., and severely reprimanded them. We instantly discharged the cook and the plaintiff."- " The Judge : I think enough has been said to satisfy me that the plaintiff as well as the police grossly misconducted themselves. I shall' only make an order for 19s. 6d., without any costs." - THE TRADE WITH THE EAST.-The East India and China Association have published their usual comparative 'statement of the number of ships, both British and foreign with their aggregate tonnage, entered inward and cleared outward with cargo from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter in the years 1852 and 1853. According to the statistics of vessels entered hiWard, the increase in the case of the port of London has been 7 Vessels and 27,909 tonnage-the difference between 711 vessels, with 384,531 tonnage, in 1853, and X lO4 vessels, with 356,822 tonnage, in 1852. The return for Liverpool shows an increase of 52 vessels and 46,672 tonnage-the difference between 255 vessels, with 155,741 tonnage, and 203 vessels, with 109,069 tonnage. There is also an in crease in the case of Bristol'and Hull of 6 vessels and 2,356 tonnage, the arrivals in 1852 having been 30 vessels, with 11,613 tonnage, and in 1863 36 vessels, with 13,969 tonnage. The return for the Clyde exhibits a decrease of 7 vessels and 3,281 tonnage-the difference between 39 vessels, with 14,577 tonnage,. and 46 vessels, with 17,858 tonnage. The increase on the whole statement is 58 vessels and 53,656 tonnage-the difference between 1,041 vessels, with '568,818 tonnage in 1853, and; 983 vessels, with 405,162 tonnage, in 1852. Of this increase the prin cipal consists of arrivals from Sydney, Bombay, Madras, and Ceylon, The statistics of vessels cleared outward show the large increase in the case of the port of London of 312 vessels and 14.3,412 tonnage-the difference between 954 vessels, with 485,972 tonnage, in 1853, and 642 vessels, with 342,560 tonnage, in 1852. The return for Liverpool shows an increase of 139 vessels and 52,498 tonnage--the difference between 515 vessels, with 280,054 tonnage, and 376 vessels, with 227,55 G tonnage. Bristol and Hull figure for an increase of 18 vessels and 2,894 tonnage, the clear ances in 1853 having been 21 vessels, with 4,888 tonnage, while in 1852 they only comprised 3 vessels, with 1,994 tonnage. The return for the Clyde exhibits an increase of 103 vessels and 20,138 tonnage-the difference between 188 v essels, with 61,552 tonnage, and (1.5 vessels, with 41,414 tonnage. The increase on the whole statement is 572 vesse ls and 218,942 tonnage-the. difference between 1,678 vessels, with 832,466 tonnage,. and 1,106 vessels, with 613,524 tonnage. Of iperease, nearly the entire amount arises from wiluugmented tratio with the Auk- D oi ct 4 9l goi 6%1 litw."744lansii. STATIONERY ExPoRTED.—In the eleven months end ing the 6th ult., the value of stationery exported was £s72,BsB , against £375,996 in the previous year. REMARWABLE CONJUGAL LIFE AND DEATH.—On Wednesday was interred, at Bowdon, John and Fanny Sumner, of Hale. John died on Sunday, and Fanny on the Tuesday following. They were each born in August, 1772, had each attained the age of 81 last August, and have been man and wife 56 years. REWARD or Crizilary.—A resident of Goole, formerly of Leeds, not long ago received a letter from the executors of Mr. —, informing him that that gentleman had left him £lOO, for having some years ago left his place of business to show the said Mr. the way to a warehouse he was in search of. A BRONZE MEDia.—At the late annual meeting of the Brighton Branch of the Royal Humane Society, the secre tary stated that the society's bronze medal had been awarded to Thomas Atherell, a fisherman, for having, on the Ist of November, rescued a person named Richard Stainforth, of Clapton, from drowning in a rough sea. Atherell was called in, and the medal was tendered to him. He refused, however, to accept, stating that it was only copper, and that he could get a better at the top of North street for a penny. He would prefer wearing a scollop shell round his neck to a piece of copper like that. Da. CHURCH'S BREECH -LOADING CANNON.—A final trial was made on Friday week of two cannons that have been prepared to send to Woolwich. They were fired 60 times with heavy charges of powder and ball with perfect success. No defect in any respect could be pointed out by the best judges. Upon this plan heavy ship guns can be loaded and fired, and brought into position, by two men, five times in a minute, and a field piece eight times in a minute. The gun heats' very little. Birmingham Journal. MANNING THE NAVT.—On Tuesday, by command of the lords of the admiralty, placards were extensively cir culated throughout the metropolis inviting landsmen to enter for the royal navy. The description of men to be entered is as follows :—They must be between 19 and 21, active, stout, and able bodied, 5 feet 7 inches in height, and in all respects healthy and fit for the naval service, the preference being given to those young men who have been used to boats. In addition to the royal naval ren dezvous on Tower-hill, and the Crocodile receiving ship off the Tower, men will be received and entered by their making application on board the flag ships at any of the naval ports, or at the rendezvous at Liverpool and Bristol, and to the agents for transports at Leith. GREAT FLOOD AT DONCASTER..—On Wednesday Don caster was visited by one of the greatest floods which have occurred in that town during the last sixty years. Owing to the rapid melting of the snow, the river began to rise on Tuesday night, and long before daylight on Wednesday morning many of the houses in the lower part of the town were inundated; and by eleven in the forenoon every house in Marshgate was flooded, and the water continued to rise throughout the day. During the night the water began to diminish, and by nine on Thursday morning it had fallen a foot in height; and by the evening of that day the streets were almost relieved of its pressure. Great damage had been sustained in several portions of the town, and large quantities of farm produce were carried away in the neighbourhood. SENTENCE OF DIVORCE.—At the Consistory Court, on Wednesday, Dr. Lushington gave judgment in the extra ordinary case, " Ciocci r. Ciocci." The learned judge said the case had been fully discussed at the bar. The veracity of many of the witnesses had been questioned, and the evidence was very contradictory. The marriage took place on the 15th of January, 1851. The plaintiff was an Italian refugee, who resided at Brighton, and taught lan guages. The lady was older than the husband, and as the lady was possessed of a large fortune, it was manifest that the marriage would not prove a happy one, and in a very short time a separation took place, and the wife charged the husband with cruelty and adultery. With respect to the count of cruelty, he was obliged to come to the deci sion that it had not been made out. He then went over the evidence, which was very voluminous, in support of the charge of adultery. The learned judge said, that after looking carefully at the evidence, he must pronounce sentence of divorce on account of adultery. AN INSTRUCTIVE LESSON.—The celebrated strike at the New Houses of Parliament lasted eight months, and cost the union, it is said, £5,000 in sterling money, and the men £lO,OOO in lost labour, and was productive of no good whatever, but, on the contrary, an incalculable amount of evil. Such a strike, we hope, will never occur again in London. It opened a breach between employers and workmen, and especially between foremen and jour neymen, which ten years of uninterrupted prosperity have been scarcely sufficient to heal. We wish the working classes in the north of England, who are now pursuing a similar course with much greater recklessness of conse quences, would take a lesson from the history of this un happy feud. And let us give them another note of warn ing. During the twenty years of its existence, the Masons' Union, we are credibly informed, has spent up wards of £100,000; but their wages have remained at the same uninterrupted level.—Builder. A CHANCERY SlllT.—About twenty years ago a retired tradesman at Bedminster died, leaving various legacies to his family, but the bulk of his property to his niece, Elizabeth Waters. Disputes, however arose, and a suite in Chancery was instituted, which is not yet terminated. Meanwhile the large house, of which the neice retained possession, without any income to keep it in repair, fell rapidly to decay ; the furniture, by degrees, was disposed of to meet the necessities of the occupant, till at last nothing remained but an old sofa, a chair, and a table, in the one room which was still habitable. Lately the woman, who gained a precarious sustenance in the decayed mansion by taking in needlework, began to complain much of hay ing no food or fire, and for more than a week she was lost sight of, till a few days ago she managed to crawl to the house of a neighbour in a dying state, and beg for a morsel of food. Something was Immediately given her, and fire provided for her, but she died shortly after. THE PAPER DUTY.—The exportation of many sorts of goods from England is rendered impossible by the cost of the paper it would require to wrap them in ; and in these branches of trade the Americans have completely cut us out, owing to the cheapness of paper in the United States. Paper is rapidly getting dearer in England, and it is ap prehended that the entire profits of some rising popular publications will be cut off by the advance. Paper for printing must be dried at great expense and trouble by the manufacturer, for the purpose of being weighed by the excise, and then with equal trouble re-damped for the printing press, owing to the existence of the paper duties. English paper is deterioratine , in quality through the op pressive operation of the tai; compare it with French paper—the one is either so rough as to spoil every pen used upon it, or, if smooth, invariably greasy ; the other is smooth as ivory, and " thirsty for ink." DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-011 Monday afternoon, the in- habitants of Old Broad-street, London, were alarnied" by a noise resembling the discharge of artillery, repeated three times in rapid succession, and found that a great portion of the Old Excise-office, contiguous to premises forty feet high, running parallel with Broad-street, had fallen down, 200 workmen being at the time employed upon it. As soon as the immense cloud of dust had somewhat subsided, it was found that nearly a dozen of the workmen were buried in the debris. Owen Daley, a man who had only just left the hospital from the effects of a similar accident at the same place, a few months ago, was first extricated, dreadfully injured, and taken back to the institution he had so recently left. Another man was extricated bleeding at the nose, mouth, and ears, and died immediately. A third was frightfully mutilated, and a fourth again was quite dead. Several others were removed in the course of the evening to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where an extra ward had to be fitted up for their reception. The catas trophe is supposed to have arisen from overloading the top floor with bricks taken from the walls, as that floor fell first, and afterwards the two beneath it, causing the three successive reports. OPERATION OF TUB SUCCESSION DUTT.—ArbeB Bir mingham Gazette furnishes the subjoined example of the practical operation of the Succession Duty Act upon the poorer classes of freeholders :—The following case, in the parish of Rowley Regis, in the county of Stafford, is among the first that have occurred since the passing of the above-named act :—E. W., a labouring man, died in June last, possessed of seven freehold cottages, which he bequeathed (subject to a payment of four shillings per week to the widow) to his three infant children, a mort gage of £220 being on the property. The amount of Sue-• cession Duty levied and paid by the executor at the rate of one per cent. only, is no less than £5 Os. 10 d. over and above the usual heavy charges upon the probate of the will. Certainly no very strong inducement is now held out to the poor man to make any provision for his family. In the present case, when £ll have been paid for interest upon the mortgage, £lO Bs. for the widow's annuity, £5 Os. 10Id for Succession Duty, and the usual extor tionate charges for the probate, a noble balance truly will remain for the orphan children. But how will it be where a testator leaves no children, and the Succession Duty is levied at the rate of ten instead of one per cent ? Had it been so in the present case, £5O Bs. 9d. would have been the sum required, and only by a ruinous sacrifice of the property could the amount have been raised. Let the small freeholder just reflect what must be the effect of this admirable equivalent given him by Mr. Gladstone for the present low price of bread, and the comfortable prospect of the annihilation of our foreign trade by a general war. CANINE FIDELITY:—On Wednesday, the 3rd inst., Mr. Collinson, farmer, of Grainside Beck, in Teesdale, left home with the intention of driving a flock of sheep over the fell to Dutton. Not having arrived at his destination the following day, and a violent , snow storm having raged the whole of Wednesday night, the greatest anxiety was felt for his safety, and a number of men started in search of him. They prosecuted their arduous task ineffectually for three days, but on Monday morning his body was discovered in the snow by means of his faithful dog. The searchers had passed the place where the deceased was lying, when they were attracted by the actions of a dog, which started up from among the snow. The dog they recognised as having belonged to Mr. Collinson, and it by degrees led them to its master's corpse. They found, by the man's track through the snow, that he had several times fallen, but had battled manfully for life, until at length, having become exhausted, he had fallen for the last time, and died. The poor dog had scraped away the snow from his master's face, and then nestled in his breast, and had never forsaken him until he heard the voices of men in search.—Durham Advertiser. ARUM'S GIRDLE—A Two-CABLE ACROSS THE ATLIN. TN.—We like to see the speculative faculties at work among the multitude, even though the efflorescence be somewhat barren—not very likely to bear available or practical fruit—or even a little wild in its luxuriance. A correspondent, " Revile," proposes " an entirely new sys tem of navigation upon the great ocean routes: on " the advantages" of which we need not enlarge. " I propose," he says, " that upon some convenient coast point of the United Kingdom—say upon the coast of Donegal—a winding-machine be erected sufficiently firm (aye, there's the rub !) and turned by an engine of five thousand horse power, a similar one being erected, for example, at New York. The next element of the apparatus would be a cable of the best material, 8,000 miles in length [O, to act as an endless band, passing over the two machines. It next being mutually arranged by those directing to despatch their vessels in regular succession, they would be attached to the moving cable at intervals of one mile or less, according to the state of trade, of course, by some `simple apparatus capable of detaching the cable, if neces sary.. Being so disposed, the vessels would susta i n th e mble, while the trifling deflection would allow any vess.et ;sailing across the route to pass." The coolness of tho vyopcal:b SPURIOUS GoLD-DUST.—Persons are attempting to dis pose of spurious gold-dust by offering it to money -changers in London. It consists of small pieces of some kind of earth, electrotyped so as not to be discoverable by chemical tests. A parcel was brought on Tuesday t o M essrs . Spielmann, in Lombard-street, which was compl e t e l y un . distinguishable from genuine gold dust, except by its fria bility and want of weight. A REPORT has been prevalent that the French govern ment have purchased six vessels belonging to the fleet of the General Screw Steam Navigation Company and three of the Australian Mail Company, but it is incorrect. A. purchase of the kind is however, understood to be in ne gotiation by the French company for establishing a Tran satlantic lineof mail steamers. .. EVE REGRET to announce the severe indisposition of the Marquis of Londonderry. His lordship has been suffering for some days from neuralgia, in a very bad form. The latest accounts describe the noble marquis to be in a state of great exhaustion from the continued pain consequent on his malady. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. —At the half. yearly meeting of the proprietors of this bank, held on Wednesday, it was agreed to allow out of the net profits of the last half-year, amounting to £61,617 4s. 9d., a divi dend for the half-year, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and a bonus of four per cent., declared payable on the 23d instant. THE HOUSE OF Commons.--Since the general election there have been forty-seven changes in the House of Commons, three of which have been caused by elevations to the Upper House, three by elevations to the judicial bench, twelve by death, four by retirement, three by acceptance of office, and twenty-two by the decisions of election committees. OLD AGE.—From the census table on religious worship, it appears that the number of persons in England and Wales in 1851, aged 70 years and upwards was 503,305, aged 75 and upwards there were 253,143, aged 80 and up wards 107,011, aged 80 and upwards 107,041, aged 8 5 and upwards 33,201, upwards of 90 there were 7,796, above 95 there were 1,545, and 215 were upwards of 100. LEMON DUMPLINGS.—With ten ounces of fine bread crumbs mix half a pound of beef suet, chopped extremely fine, one large tablespoonful of flour, the grated rind of two small lemons, four ounces of pounded sugar, three large eggs, beaten and strained, and last of all, the juice of the lemons, also strained. Divide these into four equal parts, tie in well-floured cloths, and boil them an hour. More sugar may be added if they are liked very sweet. A RIVAL TO TEA..—The Singapore Free Press recom mends the use of the coffee leaf as a substitute for the berry. The writer appears to be an English planter of the Dutch settlement of Padang, in Sumatra, where the coffee plant has been cultivated for several generations, and where it is now produced in larger quantity and better quality than in any country of the Malayan islands, Java excepted. The coffee plant is an evergreen large bush, which yields a profusion of leaves, and bears fruit for about twenty years. The leaf and even the twigs, have, in a miner degree, the same stimulating and exhilerating pro perty as the berry ; and its habitual use by the natives of the country, agricultural Malays of very simple habits and little amenable to innovation, shows that they at least find the coffee leaf to make a wholesome and agreeable beverage. NIGHT TELEGRAPH TO THE CONTINENT. --In reference to the statement which has appeared in some of the metropolitan journals, to the effect that the Governments on the continent have not extended to this country the advantages of the night service which they had established with each other, it appears that the Submarine and Euro pean Telegraph Companies have already concluded arrange ments with the continental Governments for a night service between the various countries and England. All the most important towns of France, Belgium, and Germany, will in future be open both by day and night for the transmission of despatches, and henceforth conti nental messages will be received at the Submarine and European Telegraph Companies' office, in Cornhill, at all hours, including the entire Sunday, for direct transmission to their destination. NATIONAL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CONFEEENCH.—The conference of this body was held in Manchester on Wed nesday, at the Town-hall, and was largely attended. The Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, 31. P., was present, and addressed the audience, as did also Mr. Cobden and others. Resolutions were passed recognizing the necessity of pro viding primary instruction for every child ; that the pre sent number of institutions are inadequate for this pur pose : that the funds necessary for the purpose should be raised by local rates, the control of such rates, and the management of the schools to be supported thereby, being vested in committees elected for that purpose by the ratepayers ; that no system of schools which confers sectarian advantages, or invades the rights of conscience, can prove permanently satisfactory to the country ; that no system of public instruction can be complete without provision for the establishment of industrial schools where required by the exigencies of the population ; that the National Public School Association should take steps for the introduction of a permissive bill into parliament at the earliest possible period of the ensuing session, and that they should employ their utmost efforts in pressing it forward ; that the conference recognises the necessity of embracing existing schools in any system of national instruction, and approves the provison made by the bill of the National Public School Association, to include such schools, by which the conscientious convictions of the managers and of the ratepayers are fully protected. SINGULAR HEROISM UNDER THE PROMPTINGS Of HUMANITY.—The following heart-stirring narrative is communicated from Rio Janeiro :—The Pernambucana, one of the vessels of the Brazilian Steam-packet Company, was wrecked near St. Katherine's on the 11th of October, and upwards of forty of her passengers were drowned. This disaster afforded an opportunity for a display of heroism and bravery rarely equalled; A black sailor, be longing to the vessel, succeeded, with many others, in reaching the shore ; numbers had perished in the attempt, and but few of the passengers remained upon the wreck. All these, including a mother and six children, did Simao save. Twelve times had this noble fellow swam through the furious breakers on the coast, and each time returned bringing a victim from destruction ; then wearied, as he well might be, from his almost superhuman efforts, he threw himself exhausted upon the sands, when a cry was raised that one human being still remained upon the wreck. No one was hardy enough to attempt the rescue of the poor passenger, a blind man, whose piteous cries for succour were faintly heard on shore. But Simao, the brave Simao, again dived into the furious surf, reached the vessel, and brought the poor blind man safely to land, thus saving, by his noble and unaided exertions, no less than thirteen lives. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON AND THE WORKING CLASSES. —At the annual meeting of the National Securities Say. ings, held in Glasgow last week, the•above gentleman remarked that "it was now eighteen years since he was first present at its commencement, and he then ventured to express a hope that he himself; or at least many of those who were present, might live to see a million of money deposited ; and the prospect they now had of that hope being realised fully justified its expression. Not many years had elapsed since the country had been gene rally plunged into distress, and the depositors, among the humbler classes in this bank, felt the effects of frugality and provident habits. He was happy that the excess this year was greater than formerly. We had heard much in different quarters of the intemperance and drunken and disorderly ,conduct of the working classes of Glasgow. Now, he was not one of those who ever attempted to dis guise what was well known to be the fact ; but he was equally well aware that the report of this institution afforded a memorable and gratifying proof of the fact that if there were classes who brought discredit on the city, there were also those—more numerous, more intelligent, and far more active—who reflected the highest credit on the community. If the detractors of Glasgow told the world that there were 2,000 spirit-shops, he hoped it would also be mentioned that there £646,000 to the credit of the working classes deposited in the savings-bank." SUGAR-HARING MACHINERY NOR THE BRAZILIAN GOYSRNMBNT. The machinery consists of a 30-horse power high-pressure steam-engine, with steam boilers of 50-horse power ; the engine works the cane-grinding mill, which is made of extra strength, so as to express at least 75 per cent. of juice from the canes. It also works pumps for exhausting two large vacuum pans for finishing the sugar. The heating and boiling operations on the cane juice will be entirely done by steam in vessels of a peculiar construction and arrangement. The cane juice, on passing from the grinding mill, goes through a series of copper pipes fixed in chambers, which form the conducting chan nel for the latent vapour drawn by the engine pumps from the vacuum pans. The cold juice, passing through these pipes, is thus partially heated before entering a battery of defacating pans, which are heated by steam direct from the boilers. In these defacating pans, the syrup is boiled to the proper density, and then passed through filters filled with animal charcoal, from which it runs into re ceivers to supply the vacuum pans. The exhaust steam of the engine boils the first vacuum pan, and the excess of engine exhaust, along with the latent vapour raised in the first pan, is used for boiling the second pan. These pans have a much greater amount of pipe-heating surface than usual, and the pipes are fixed vertically. We learn from Brazil that great operations in the manufacture of sugar are now being in progress, and the gentleman who ordered this machinery, which is now about ready for shipment, says, in a recent letter, that orders will soon follow the present one to an extent that may frighten our engineers by their oppressive magnitude.—North British Mail. As Icsnouss BURNT.—One of the most singular fires ever recorded happened on Saturday evening at our rail way terminus, when a large building, used as an icehouse, was entirely destroyed. The building was about 120 feet long by 40 or 50 wide, and 25 feet in height, with a thatched roof. It was divided into four compartments. three for stowing ice, and one for packing fish. In the interior supporters were placed at about eight inches from the brick wall, covered with boarding all round the house from the floor to the roof, the space between the brick work and the boarding being filled with sawdust. The house was let to Mr. Coates, who had 800 tons of ica housed, the building when full containing 1,800 tons. Dur enidttshaeafrv:ouringtzheen ing Saturday some men were packing ice, working witt candles near the roof, and early in the day some tanwi t l it appears, had run on the woodwork, and caught fire, but the flame was extinguished, and the house was elos,_n apparent safety about 4 o'clock in the afterneoumf,7 l after 5 o'clock a lurid glare was seen in the as:, Prgi indicating the existence of a fire somewhere in the uu t for the part of the town. Messengers were speechl ea engines, and the alarm was at once spr re : • ithrough the se d as to the town, but considerable doubts were xr on fire, but few truth of the report that the icehoinc people giving credence to th a e j f ,;( l i y. se t vre ha m t any amount of ty . An engine was warmth existed in so cold b - hundreds of people, the quickly on the spot, follower re d number of whom soon in s c ard, standing room. the bank of the river, the oof S was the west side, wit , ' north. The firemen engine to was some tame get the to thousands, who lined marshes and every bit of then of b w lk ate in r g wfuriuldousbleyoabt. with ea roof blowing from the west by and it When the roof had fallen in and the flames got fire state, to would be . ‘' t r a 11' o bbt i e ' utf: occas ioning.. tre;%°vney m elting 1' iotnolsupplyfromwasyf dense clouds of suffocating to the ice, the gene opinion a t . extinguishe d, h e ice Produced no other smoke a nd steam. By 9 o'cloc k the most dangerous period but the of the fire was over, factory engine continued play ing for several hours afterwards, the fire continuing to blaze till the middle of the night. The amount of damage done is about £7OO for the loss of the house and nearlJ e tah ff -c ea t t . liala $;45 , Q0 fer the ice. Norfolk News,