The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

Lt present at Etnnege 643 boys ; a greater was ever known before. - • Dr. Lushington's decision in the Braintree case has been been appealed against l'he Bath theatre closed last night, after a season alike profitless to the proprietor, the public, the performers, and —the printers.—Bath Gazette, May 24. A pint of linseed oil, two ounces of bees' wax, two ounces of turpentine, two ounces of good tar, and half an ounce of Burgundy pitch, slowly melted together, and applied to new boots, will render them waterproof, durable, and pliant. The will of Lord Arden, of Warwick, late first registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, has just been proved at Doc tors' Commons. The property is sworn under the sum of £BOO,OOO, the duty on which is upwards of £12,000. The effects of the late Lord Lichfield, in St. James's square, are to be sold in a fortnight, and will occupy an en tire week ; and in August, at Shugborough Hall, a sale ex tending over eighteen days, will take place. The cellars con tain 30,000 bottles of wine. Tuesday's London Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed Charlotte, Duchess of Norfolk, to be one of the ladies of the bedchamber in ordinary to her majesty, in the room of Sarah Dowager Lady Lyttelton, resigned ; and Charlotte Viscountess Canning to be one of the ladies of the bedchamber in ordinary to her majesty, in the room of Susan Countess of Dalhousie, resigned. We are glad to learn that there is no truth whatever in the report of the death of the Earl of Coventry, as stated in the morning papers of Saturday. The noble earl, though indis posed, is in much the same state of health as he has been for some time past. A Mr. Darbv Coventry, a relation of his lordship's, died a few days since ; and from this circum stance the mistake has possibly originated. The Hereford Journal of Wednesday gives a long account of a supposed murder in that county at a place called West hope Hill, Hope-under-Dinmore, and the victim was Mrs. Lucy Parker, widow, about 45 years old, who kept a small grocery shop, and was supposed to be worth considerable money. The person suspected of the crime is Wm. Powell, a carpenter, 26 years old, with whom the deceased (his aunt) cohabited, and to whom, it is stated, she was to have been married on Tuesday, her husband having been dead about three months. SUICIDE. —Saturday, the 21st instant, about eleven o'clock forenoon, a middle aged man, belonging to Cumbernauld, of the name of Andrew Weston, drowned himself in the Forth and Clyde Canal, between three and four hundred yards east of Wyndford Lock. The infatuated man had proceeded east ward, along the north bank or towing path of the canal, deli berately took off his cap, threw it upon the bank, and having uttered these words—" Once, twice, thrice ; here I go"— leaped into the water. THE GLASGOW BANE ROBBERY.—It is generally believed that, since his conviction, Smith has made a full confession of the manner in which the money abstracted from the bank was appropriated. It would be improper, at present, to al lude further to the rumours that are afloat on this subject; but it is to be hoped that a clue has been obtained by which at least a portion of the money will be recovered. It seems altogether improbable that Smith could, in so short a time, have spent the large sum of ten thousand pounds; and the inference, therefore, is that a part of it has been invested in some way or other.—Argus. A MAMMOTH.--In the excavation of the cutting for the railway at Marden, a splendid fossil elephant or mammoth (one tooth of which weighs above twenty pounds) has been discovered twenty feet below the surface. This fact will be interesting to geologists, as the organic remains of this ani mal have never before been found so low in the series as the wealden formation in which the cutting is supposed to be made, and appears to prove that Marden-hill is coirposed of a recent deposit above the weald clay. A portion of the bones are in the possession of Mr. Barlow, the resident engineer of the line at Tunbridge, who is endeavouring to collect the whole animal ; but unfortunately several waggon loads con taining the remains were thrown into the embankment by the workmen.—Maidstone Journal. A CLEVER SMUGGLER.—A man named Gerard appeared y before the Correctional Tribunal, charged with troducing spirits into Paris. It appeared from ,he prisoner, who, from his sun-browned mstaclae, and wooden-leg, might pass for from Africa, entered the barrier of Charen 4th of April at ten at night. There was a look d uneasiness about him that did not alto nployes at the gate. His wooden leg, d clumsy look. Gerard was politely re bureau. He did so, but in a few mo inge was effected in his outer man; for d some straps, down fell the wooden •d as quickly as his two good legs of He was, however, overtaken, and his o contain five litres of spirits of wine. •m to pay a fine of £2OO, and to be ' be paid.—Galignani's Messenger. fraudulently in sn, of the name of Isabella Birkett, k, died very suddenly. About two seized with a fit of apoplexy, which de sight. A short time previous to her death ) visit some relations in the same dale, and on her e domicile of those relations she observed, " Now ig to die among you." Her sight was immedi -ecl so as to enable her to read the Bible, but erification of her own words took place, for she this life before the sun of that day sunk below the nod. Isabella Birkett was for many years the ker of the Township of Troutbeck, and for many s round, and kept a punctual register of all the last sad es in which she had been engaged.—Westmoreland Gaz We lately alluded to a benevolent action among the many if her gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager, in sending a donation for the relief of some poor but worthy persons at Powick. The following are the particulars we are now ena bled to give :—George Barrow, aged 76, who has been blind for the last 44 years, lives with his wife, aged 80, and a son and daughter, who have also been blind far many years, in the village of Powick, near this city. They have a little cot tage, built some years ago on a spot of ground granted by Earl Beauchamp, and having a small sum allowed by the parish, they contrive to exist upon this, added to the chari table gifts of their richer neighbours, to whom they are known as a most orderly - and moral as well as interesting circle —' The son, who is 39 years of age, is anxious to elite; souse blind asylum, in order to support himself and sister, by learning the trade of basket making; but it appears that his age is against him. Some friends, however, have been enabled to gain him admission into an asylum at Edinburgh, whither he will proceed as soon as £5O, the sum necessary to convey and support him there, may be contributed by the benevolence of those who may hear or read of this singular case. In addition to the Queen Dowager's donation of £5, several charitable individuals in the neighbourhood have con tributed, and we have no doubt that the required sum will speedily be raised. The novel case, at the instance of the Earl of Buchan against Lady Cardross, for restitution of the infant children of her ladyship and the late Lord Cardross, regarding which so many marvellous stories have lately appeared in the Lon- don papers, wes before the Court of S ess i on , Edi n b urg h , on Thursday, on a reclaiming note from her ladyship, who ap pealed against an order pronounced on Lord Buchan's peti tion, presented to the Lord Ordinary during vacation, whereby the Lord Ordinary ordained the custody of the children to be given to the Earl of Buchan as their natural guardian. The Lord President, the other judges concurring, pronounced the opinion of the court that the application to the court in vacation was competent—that the Lord Ordi nary had power to entertain it—that his order was, in the circumstances stated in the papers, and to the effect it was meant to have, quite correct—and that, in the meantime, the children must, in terms of it, be delivered to the interim custody of the petitioner, the Earl of Buchan.—Edinburgh Witness. CALAMITOU S OCCURRENCE. —On Sunday last, very early in the morning, the neighbourhood of Johnstown, in the county o f Kilk enny, was thrown into considerable agita tion by the ala rm i ng i ntell i gence that George Healy, 1',r1•7 of Violet Hill, had been just found dead in his bed, which, together with the furniture, floor, &c., of his room was in a state of conflagration. Th e b o d y o f d ecease d was p a rtially burnt. An inquest was held on the following day by the coroner for the county, when it appeared on the examination i of several witnesses , th a t d eceased had been constantly n the habit of reading in bed, which would be sufficient to ac count for the lamentable occurrence. Mr. Healy was a resident magistrate, and an ext ens i ve l anded propr i etor in the county Kilkenny. He was in the prime of life, and un married, and has left three surviving brothers. On the eve ning previous to his unhappy death he was in the enjoyment of perfect health and spirits.—Evening Mail. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—Captain Elliot, the recently appointed Consul General at the Repub lic of Texas, who has acquired so much notoriety from the manner in which he managed affairs in China, took his departure this afternoon for the seat of his future diplomatic exertions, in the Clyde royal West India mail steamer, which got under weigh and left this port between 1 and 2 o'clock. The Clyde will touch at Falmouth to take in her mail-bags, thence she will proceed to Corunna, Madeira, and Barbadoes. She does not carry out many passengers — not above 20. Among her cargo she has 400 bottles of quicksilver for mining operations. The Great Liverpool steamer, belonging to the Oriental and Peninsula Steam ship Company, took her departure for Malta and Alexandria betwee n 12 and 1 o'clock this afternoon. She carries out about 400 passengers, including several of f icers who are about to 3oiri their respective regiments in the East Indies, among whQui are Captains Prescott, Bennet, and Green ; and Lieu tenants Bainbridge and Wright. The Great Liverpool will t ! ° „ u ,l, l _'atFalmouth to take in the mail for Malta and for riand route SAILOR.—On Friday evening as Mrs. r. John M'Bryde Manager of the Nur z a walk on the banks of the Clyde, near looking youth loitering in fearing from the disturbed and e youth that he meditated suicide, ion, and inquired into his cireutn erable hesitation and embarrassment • he meditated self-destruction—that he cand that he was altogether destitute. I) an ' c i'" in progress, Mrs. M'Bryde was ' and on being informed of the incident ed %,ii h tea, and a b e d Z to Mr - i‘ s ililr - yde's house, refresh ed questioned, th - "red for his his reception. On being tont, bleu trousers, and a s a i t tl 'l l e a (l ndit d er w ei l lo wore a black sur aleafrand who tures, though sunburned .2 ( that his name was Dou g h," hamlsom, fa pyasing—stated se fea respectable ; that he had been nanba that hi s irvioe ngr, from which he had been sent to arcught up fu tl n y lit 7ere highly person called tit Donald, w h o B g e a hool i n he left it in disgust. He said i l i 'ioa such se ere tasks that about nine months, on board th e shien had been at sea Captain Roberts, arrived at Falmouth :- „ -afr att , fo sa u t t i o a r been at Ramsay in the Isle of Man, sv i, ure tt h since then hati foot-boy, from thence he went to Edinbur g h e f offi ciated as a walked to Glasgow. Meeting accidentally N r v 9 ,,T w hich he Richardson of the Gorbals InPoice Office, Mr, with CaPtain kited the statement we have entoned above, and"lere captain's solicitation, was persuaded to allow the at the ded cabin boy to be brought to the office so that !),ri,,eettetn watch might kept upon him in the event of his attempting suicide. The case was a suspicious one, and on being ex !. amined by the female searcher of the office, it was discovered that the assumed young sailor was a female. When taken before a magistrate, on Saturday however, she refused to answer any of the queries addressed to her as to parentage, employment, residenee,&c., Her features are intelligent and interesting —her dress smart and genteel—her hair is cut after the r fashion of males—and she very well becomes her attire. .F o o o r i n d s s om e of her remarks before and after examination, she eem to be well educated, and to have considerable and stie knowledge of the Scritures. Her dialect is a good English, s not unacquainted with the French , while her hand writing. is plain been presumed and t swift. From hints that she gave it has near Torpoint, in Cornwall , the girl is the daughter of a clergyman with Irvine is err, ornwall, and the story of her connexion positively declinesn t e o ous ; but this is only surmise, as she a case of romance, of waywardness , who she really is. Whether this be or whether it be a waywardness, or of blighted affection, have nothing but casethatwh9f imposture, we know not, as ice girl aars to be betwe which is stated above to guide us. The In theantime, the e . n elghteen and tw t Mrs. M`ide h girl ls wellattended her to where she is. fitted for her sex. Thi. ee with a change of raiment afternoon, when she acquainted held out till yesterday name, and the circumstances of h Mrs. M`Bride with her These it could answer no good end elopement from home. say, that she assumed the male to Publish. Suffice it to escaping from domestic discomf garb for the of ort and purpose the world.—Glasgow Mail of Wedn e sday, ' Pushing her way in i , __ TO CORRESPONDENTS " A Lover of the Drama" is a bad judge of the contents of a theatre. During M r . M acrea d y ' s engagemen t, th e re ceipts, with the exception of his benefit night, did not average £7O. Although the house might have been " crowded to the doors," as our correspondent states, on that occasion, there was not £lBO in it. " A Lover of the Drama" may now easily calculate the lessee's profits. We have been favoured with a copy of the Guiana Times of the 28th March, and our attention has been directed to an article in it, on the subject of a sale of one of the Demerara estates. Our correspondent will find the subject fully en tered into in our publication of Tuesday. ebe Etberpool otanlyarl3. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1842 Verily— " There are more things in heaven and earth, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy ; " and, amongst those unheard of, undreamt of things, is the fact that a Whig member—a " liberal and free trader par excellence—should be found hardy enough to stand up, in his place in the British House of Com mons, in defence of that robbery of the working classes, the iniquitous truck system ! Yet such a man, such a " liberal," such a free trader, has been found in the person of the honourable member for Bolton,— the peripatetic negociator of commercial treaties,—Dr. BOWRING ! Nay, more even than this lusus naturce has been discovered in the person of the same pure and patriotic worthy—this lover of com missions, inquiries, and the pounds, shillings, and pence resulting therefrom—the fees per diem and per mile ; for not only does the learned Polyglot avow him self the defender of the giant truck fraud, but he has been figuring, as well, in the character of a peripatetic missionary and getter up of petitions from the duped sufferers themselves, in favour of this very system, which robs every working man, woman, and child of a huge portion of the wages of their toil, and forbids them to call even that portion their own and to expend it as they please ! _ On Monday night, we find from the reports of the proceedings in the House of Commons that " Mr. Ferrand presented a petition from eighty-four labourers in Wales, stating their regret at hearing that an hon. member of that house had been in their neighbourhood getting signatures to a document which purported to be a declaration of theirs in favour of the truck system. They begged to inform the house that they had no market town there, and yet they could buy their articles 15 per cent. cheaper than at the truck shops; but even if they could not do so, they wished to be allowed to purchase their articles at the cheapest market. In conclusion, they begged the house to take some strong measure to put down the truck system for ever. He (Mr. Ferrand) begged leave to move that this petition be referred to the Committee of Wages." Who would conclude, after the indignant protesta tions of the entire league party of their innocence of truck practices, that this member of the House of Com mons was any other than some Tory mine or mill owner, anxious to protect the system by which his ill got gains were wrung from the oppressed working people ? And yet such is not the fact. The man in question is no other than Dr. Bowring, the free trade member for Bolton, as we discover by the following ad mission from his own lips : " Dr. Bowring said, that on that motion he might be allowed to say a few words. It was perfectly true that he had been in the neighbourhood alluded to, and it was perfectly true that he had been speaking to the workmen in the Campion works. He asked them what was their opinion with respect to the truck system. They said that from it some of them experienced much benefit. They also said that several of the workmen had been induced to sign a petition against the system, but they had since expressed great regret at having done so. They all believed that a small shop conducted on the truck system was bad, but if it was conducted by a large company, it contributed to the general happiness and com fort of the district." Hear this, working men of Bolton ! Was this man sent to parliament by your suffrages to become the hired apologist (the doctor never works for nothing) and the hired itinerant supporter of the truck system Surely not! But listen to the doctrine which the learned doctor puts into your mouths; for it is your affair as well as that of the working men of Wales. " A small shop conducted upon the truck system is bad ; but if it is conducted by a large company"—such a one, for in stance, as can afford to pay this eminent free trader his guineas per diem and his travelling expenses—" then the system of truck contributes to the general happiness and comfort of the district" ! This, men of Bolton, is your free trade member—this apologist of fraud — this flagrant charlatan—this menial slave of the money ocracy of the factory and the mining districts ! As A HUMBUG, we always knew him, gorging upon the public purse, fattening upon plunder; a needy, seedy fellow, whose patriotism was regulated in degree by the guineas which he could screw from the purchaser of his hireling pen. But that even Bowring could stoop to falsify the recorded opinions of a lifetime, spent in the advocacy of liberal principles of every kind and extent, by this sale of himself to THE TRUCK MON STER, is one of those strange and unaccountable things of which our philosophy never dreamt in its wildest moods ! After this, in the mouth of every working man of Bolton, let the impostor be TRUCK BOWR:NG to the end of his days ! Once more the felon hand of an assassin has been raised against the life of England's young and graci ous Queen ; and the heart of an entire nation is bowed down in fervent gratitude to that all-seeing Providence whose merciful intervention has protected her from the death-dealing weapon. Thanks to that Providence, the blood of a fond wife and mother—the daughter of a long line of England's kings—has not stained the soil of that free land which is blessed with her gentle sway; and Englishmen cannot, as yet, be pointed at by the finger of scorn as a nation of murderers ! We have given in another place the full details of this attempted crime, the consummation of which would have widowed the hearts of an affectionate and loyal people. A blush may well be called into the cheek at their perusal ; the blood may well rise with indignation at the contemplation of an atrocity, so heartless, directed against one so unoffending—so emi nently calculated to win affection and admiration—ra ther than to move the baser passions of even the basest heart. We may well -wonder that in Great Britain should he found a wretch in whose breast the thought, even, of such a deed could find harbour ; but the feel ing which will rise far above all these—the abiding feeling, stirred up within us by the contemplation of the whole circumstances corm ected with this occurrence— is one of deep admiration► of the calm courage, worthy of the daughter and the mother of a race of England's monarchs, evinced by her Majesty throughout this trying occasion. It was announced in the House of Lords by the Duke of Wellington, and in the House of Commons by Sir Robert Peel, - that her Majesty had been pre pared for the meditate d attack ; and that, in the true spirit of her race, she had determined to meet and brave its results, rattle .r than submit to be deprived of the pleasure attenday it upon her usual appearances amongst her affection ate people ; and, more than this, she would brave that attack alone, unattended by any except the partner eof her throne and the husband of her choice. With tl lat firmness and unshrinking con stancy displayed. by WOMAN, in the hour of trial, more ' triumphantly than by man himself, she presented her ' self in the boa im of her people, confiding in their love and braving fhe ass assin's weapon; and although a slight tremour: might agitate her and the firmly strung nerve relax 'itself, when the shock had passed by and she found found h .erse lf ena bl e d to l oo k b a ck upon the dark she h adpassed over in safety, her bearing throughout: was one which no Englishman—no human beingea x contemplate, without his spirit being stirred up to feelings of enthusiastic admiration. Dear as this nolfi e too t , peopl e ...... u and Queen has ever been to her loyal danger and ervecti Ydear—it is not until this hour of dread sure the full no b ili t that we h ave b een p erm itt e d t o me a- We shall not no\ vY ofher lofty na t ure . attempt to give expression to the reflections whi c h th is d iabolical ml attempt is calculated to excite in every thi n k i ng the horror, which it We will n c.t aggravate as spread throughout the empire, by countenancing Che supposition ,that the wretched man, by wl 'lose ha n d it was even, ma de, was in conne ction with any 'arty in the country or even with any individual accomplices. We trust that no co nclusions ape warra: stable. For the honou r of Egsuch land we trust thatxi: CG-KILLING iS not as yet a pnor: tion of the political w, !apons of any party or any Class amongst us ; and that the present attempt has sp rung only from the perverte d mind of the miscreant himself who committed the offence. But when we see, as in this cas life of the Sovereign of these realms perilled the rash hand of an assassin, and are assured, by the blameless life of that beloved being, as well as by the station Of the criminal himself, that no personal feeling can have existed to impel him to the perpetration of the deed which he contemplated; when we are informed, moreover, that an attempted perpetration of this very act on a preceding day—the Sabbath—was' accompanied by,violent denunciations of a monarchy, and of the person of the Sovereign her self, as the source of all the evils under which large classes of the community labour, we are compelled to inquire how far the existence of such a feeling is to be attributed to the incendiary tone of those agitators of the people, whose ceaseless aim it appears to be to work upon human passions, and to attain the end which they have in view through the instrumentality of popular commotion and outrage. We had no wish to have singled out, as open to this imputation, any particular party or the advocates of any particular policy in the state ; we have no wish to revive the memory of the bygone efforts of Whiggery to prop up its feeble existence by appeals to the brute passions of the multitude; but we cannot, whilst no ticing what we must consider as the fruit of such agi tation, pass by, without visiting with our severest cen sure the tone which has of late been assumed by the propagandists of the anti-corn-law agitation. Within the past week this town, and we have no doubt every town in the empire, has been placarded with a docu ment emanating from that factious body, the Anti- Corn-Law League, than which it is scarcely possible to imagine a document more provocative of bad pas sions and the violent developement of such passions. In the document in question, the operation of the laws of the realm have been deliberately pointed out as MURDEROUS ; in the same document the enacters of those laws have been as deliberately designated MURDERERS; and we appeal to the common sense of every lover of order amongst us—of every lover of the person of his Sovereign—whether such appeal, so cal culated to stir up the fanaticism of ignorant and vulgar malcontents, should he permitted to circulate, with impunity, amongst any well ordered and loyal com munity. We shall not, however, we repeat, enter into the consideration of such topics at the present moment, however appropriate it may be for the enforcement of their serious consideration. Our object now, is to felicitate our fellow countrymen upon the escape of their beloved Queen from the doom which a miscreant hand had well nigh brought down upon her ; and we shall take leave of the subject by again expressing that feeling, which has moved the heart of the entire corn munity amongst whom we live, of fervent gratitude to that Almighty Power which has preserved for England the life of her beloved Monarch, the descendant of a revered Protestant ancestry, and the mother, we trust, of a long line of Protestant and right English kings. Long may she live, blessing and blessed, to sway the destinies of a loyal, happy, and Christian people ! For the last few weeks the lying energies of the Whig press have been exhausting themselves in the effort to depreciate the utility, as a working measure, of the new Corn Bill of Sir Robert Peel's Government. Amongst the rest, the Liverpool Times, a paper dis tinguished for its stupidity, asserted ten days ago that not more foreign wheat than was sufficient to make a breakfast for the population of Liverpool had been re leased from bond since the coming into operation of the new law ; and the Manchester Guardian, not so stupid certainly, and therefore more entitled to notice, maintained that Sir Robert Peel's measure was in its operation no material relaxation of the old law. We sheaved at the time the falsehood of the assertions of both these worthy associates ; and we now beg to offer to their notice a few figures, which will demonstrate, if not to their wilfully or naturally obtuse perceptions, at least to the perceptions of ordinary men, that in its operation the measure of Sir Robert Peel is calculated to secure, at once, to the consumer, the necessary sta ple of life at a fair and moderate rate, and at the same time to protect the farmer and the revenue from the injurious consequences of speculations to introduce foreign wheat in inordinate quantities at a nominal rate of duty. The quantity of foreign corn upon which duty has been paid in this port alone, since the coming into operation of the new law up to the 30th of May, is, according to the custom-house returns—of wheat, 38,909 quarters, and of flour, 61,980 barrels. Not one ounce of this quantity would have come into the mar ket under the operation of the old law; and nearly the whole of this, we are informed, upon the authority of the circular of Messrs. Robert Makin and Sons, of this town,—an authority which is of the highest credit in the corn market,—has been sold for consumption. And, what has been the effect of this timely adaptation of the supply to the demand of the consumers ? Why, that the speculation of capitalists has been paralized ; that moderate prices have been secured to the con sumer ; that the revenue has been protected ; that the farmer has been protected ; and that, with the prospect of a plentiful harvest before us, we have not been tan talized with alternate famine and superabundant supply! But a week ago we were assured by the opponents of this law—we were assured by capitalists even, who were favourable to the principles upon which it was based, that, under its operation speculation could still do what it willed with the staple of subsistence in these realms. We were told of extensive combinations for a rise in the price of bread corn. What is the result ? Why, that the relief afforded to the consumer—the fact that every quarter of foreign grain in bond throughout Great Britain is at present in the market, for consump tion—have, without injuring the consumer or the pro ducer, ensured to the revenue an adequate return from the admission of foreign grain into consumption; to the farmer moderate protection and to the consumer a moderate price of one of the chief necessaries of life ! LOCAL NEWS. FIRE KING.—The steamer Fire King, Captain I.ll`Kellar, arrived here on Tuesday last, making her passage from Greenock in sixteen hours and a half. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—We are gratified to learn, that our able and respected representative, Sir Howard Douglas, has within the last few days received several very flattering proofs of the high estimation in which he is held by the in habitants of New Brunswick, and of the opinion entertained of the character of his administration while governor of that province, besides those we mentioned on Tuesday. Ad dresses have been presented to the honourable baronet, at his private residence, in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, London, from the merchants, magistrates, and other inhabit ants of Fredericton and its immediate vicinity ; from the Chamber of Commerce, St. Andrew's; from the magistrates and inhabitants of St. Andrew's; and from the clergy, ma gistrates, merchants, and other inhabitants of the county of Northumberland, in the province of New Brunswick. A WARNING TO SPREEISH YOUNG GENTLEMEN.—For some time past the neighbourhood of Rock Ferry has been occasionally visited by a set of midnight desperadoes, which rendered property anything but safe, or persons secure, gates have been thrown off their hinges and broken, trees, shrubs, plants, and in fact anything that fell in the way of these " skylarkers," have been destroyed, and what is worse, the premises of the unprotected, of the fair sex, have not escaped the wantonness of these amateur blackguards ; and the in habitants have been somewhat at a loss to conjecture whe ther the odium rested with the lower class, or what is called the genteel part of society, but on Thursday night, the 19th ult., a company of three young gentlemen, having sallied forth fcr the above-named purposes, were su ffi c i ently identi fied in their " srree' to enable , ndividuals suffering from their lawlessness, to resolve on obtaining summonses for their appearance at the Petty Se.sio:;s, Birkenhead ; on Mon day, however, a inecting, both of the .Igrieved and the ag gressors was 1:ehl, and he cacumstances being considered, and the facts being helieied that this was but the beginning of such pranks with the party in question, it was determined after the law for such offences was re a d over t o them, a n d on their making an appolozy to each i n di v id ua l w h om t h ey had and legal pro ceedings of l:1 itish4ed that it may p in r j o u v r e ed a , that ornu t nd h gb e y et o sh t o w ul o d rs pe abandoned; a p y a r a fine t y who are vet at large, but strongly suspected and watched, and although the very hand some manner in which the friends of the three individuals in question came foulard, in anything b u t screening the offend ers, has saved them from further inconveniences; it is pre sumed that a lesson may be learnt, and it may be to them as a whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." SUMMER ASSIZES.—NORTIIERN CIRCUIT. —The days appo inted for holding the assizes for the northern circuit, before the Right H onourable Thomas Lord Denman, Chief Justice of her M a j est y 's Court of Queen's Ben ch , at West and the Honourable Mr. Justice Ma u l e , one of her Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common Pl eas at 'West minster, and justices assigned to take the assizes, pursuant to the statute, &c.: — Durliesni.—Saturday. the 9th day of July, at Durham. Northumberland. —Thursday, the 1 ttn day of July, at the Castle of Newcastle-upon - Tyn e. Town of Newcastle -upon-Tyne. —The same day, at the Guildhall of Newcastle-upon - Tyn e. Cumberland.—Tuesday, the 19th day of July, at Carlisle. Westmoreland.—Saturday, the 23d day of July, at Ap pleby. of July, at Lancaster. (Northern Division,) --Tuesday, 26th day Lancashire Lancashire (Southern Division.) —Saturday, the 30th day of July, at Liverpool. Yorkshire. — Saturday, the 13th day of August, at the Castle of York. City of York.—The same day, at the Guildhall of the city of York. Mr. R. Davies, son of thelev. R. Davies, of St. David's Church, in this town, and Mr. J. 0. Picton, son of the Rev. J. Picton, of St. Stephens, have been elected Scholars, the former of Corpus Christi, and the latter of Christ's College, Cambridge. Both these gentlemen were educated at the Royal Institution School, in this town. We perceive amongst our advertisements a notice of a meeting of the Liverpool Ladies' Association for Promoting Education in the British West Indies. We think that this is a society which has strong claims for support upon the ladies of Liverpool. It is now more than ever necessary to increase its operations in consequence of the withdrawal of the Church Missionary Society from its labours in the West Indies. A LARGE TRAVELLING COMPANY.—On Monday 1,263 persons left Birmingham for Liverpoolby the Grand Junction Railway, on one of the pleasure trips which have now be come very usual. The fare to and back was only 13s. each in the second class close carriages. The party returned on Wednesday evening. Steamers were engaged to take them to Bangor and back, at 4s. Two trains, with one engine to each, and 33 carriages to the first, and 17 to the second, started from Birmingham. In the first train every one of the 792 seats was filled. CAUTION TO PERSONS SWEEPING CHIMNEYS BY MA CHINES.—On Tuesday, at the Police -court, Mr. Wardle, solicitor, made an application to Mr. Rushton on behalf of Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Wardle stated, that Mr. Whitehead was passing, that morning, along Copperas-hill, when a brick from a chimney fell upon him, crushed his hat, and inflicted a severe wound on his head. He, Mr. Wardle, was afraid the magistrates had no power to interfere, but he was desired to make the application. Mr. Whitehead said the brick was forced from the chimney by some indivi duals who were sweeping it by a machine. It fell upon him with such force, that it not only destroyed his hat, but, not withstanding a very thick sample of paper, it inflicted a severe wound in his head. Mr. Rushton said, he was sorry he had no power to interfere. Mr. Whitehead said, parties ought to he forced to take proper precautions in the use of these machines, either by warning foot-passengers or using means to prevent the fall of materials whieh they might force out of chimneys. Mr. Rushton said such suggestions ought to be conveyed to the Town-council. Mr. Wardle said, as the injury was given through carelessness, he could reach the master sweep by an action at law. SHOCKING INJURY INFLICTED BY A WIFE ON HER HUSBAND.—AIice Carron, a decent-looking woman, aged about 35, residing in Queen-street, was placed at the bar of the police-court, on Tuesday, charged with having, during the preceding night, thrown a quantity of vitriol over her husband while he was asleep in bed.—Mr. Superintendent M`Donald stated, that he was called into the house occupied by the prisoner and her husband, having been informed that the latter had been dangerously injured by vitriol having been thrown over him while he was in bed. When he entered he cautioned the woman, and asked her if there was any other person in the house. She answered these interrogatories in the negative. She said her husband and she had had some differences ; he threatened her life some time ago, when she was confined. The husband appeared to have been greatly injured by the vitriol. He said he was fast asleep, when he was awakened by severe anguish over his face and neck. He awoke, and found that something had been poured over him. He srose immediately, went down stairs, and laved the parts with cold water, which gave him great relief.—lnspector Anders produced the shirt and flannel which the man wore, and the pillow, sheet, &c., on which he lay ; parts of these were destroyed by the action of some strong liquid. A bottle was produced which was about half full of liquid. This was found concealed beneath the grate. A corner of the apron which the prisoner wore had a hole in it as if vitriol had been dropped on it.—Dr. Macintyre stated, that he was called in to the prisoner's husband, and found his face and neck greatly inflamed, as if from the application of some corrosive liquid. That in the bottle was no doubt strong sulphuric acid.—Mr. Dowling said, it would be neces sary to call up a witness who was at a distance. This was the assistant to a druggist from whom the vitriol had been purchased, and who had gone out of town.—The prisoner said, she knew nothing whatever of the matter. A little boy slept with her husband.—She was remanded till this morning. CABUL.—A few weeks since we inserted a paragraph re ferring to 1 Kings, ix, 11-13, as a proof that Cabul, a name which has latterly been much before the public in connexion with recent affairs in India, is mentioned in Scripture. The Courier of Wednesday last says, " This passage is sufficient authority as to the name ; but the Cabul there spoken of is nearly 2,000 from the Cabul of the present day. So far as the name goes, this is not the only instance in which it oc curs in Scripture. In Joshua, xix, 27, it is said of the border of the children of Asher, that it turneth toward the sun rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-einek, and Niel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand.' In a note upon this passage Dr. Adam Clarke informs us that Cabul on the left hand,' according to the Hebrew method of designating place, signifies ` to the north of Cabul.' He further says, `We must not confound this town of Cabal with the twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, with which he was displeased. and which in contempt he called the land of Cabul, the dirty or paltry land, 1 Kings, ix, 11—j3: there was evidently a town of this name, widely different from the land so called, long before the time of Solomon, and therefore this cannot be adduced as an argument that the book of Joshua was written after the days of David. The town in question is susposed to be the same which Josephus in his life calls Choboulo, and which he says was situated by the sea-side, and nigh to Ptolemais.' THE FINE ARTS.—The fourth part of the work entitled " Engravings after the best Pictures of the Great Masters" has just appeared. It quite equals, if not excels, the other parts in brilliancy and beauty. It contains three subjects, " The Blind Fiddler," painted by Wilkie, and engraved by Edward Smith, " Landscape with Goats," after Claude Lor roine, by Forrest, an d " Th e Sacrifice of Lystra," from the the cartoon of Raphael, by Douglas. We noticed the first part of this work with favour, and augured well as to its re ception by the public. " The Blind Fiddler" retains all the spirit, truth, and vigour of the great original. " The Land scape after Claude" is a perfect gem of art ; it is such a work as the eye never can grow tired to look upon ; the calmness and repose that exists in the original is inimitably exhibited in the engraving. " The Engraving from the Cartoon" is as meritorious as those that precede it. This work ought to be found on the tables of the rich ; and we hope that many of the engravings will find a place on the walls and in the port folios of the middle classes. To support and patronize such a work as this is really the best mode of advancing the fine arts. One pound spent in first-rate art is worth ten spent .in bad art. The letter•press is in fine bold type, and replete with interesting descriptions, in French and English, of the plates. IRISH CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY.—RIPON Aux tuArty.—The third annual meeting of this branch was held, in the Town-hall, Ripon, on Tuesday last, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in the chair. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Thomas Walker, A.M., secretary to the society, and the Rev. Thomas Nolan, of St. Barnabas Church, in this town. The meeting, which was numerous and influential, was also addressed by the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, A.M., in cumbent of Trinity Church, Ripon, and others of the local clergy and gentry. In the evening an adjourned meeting was held in the school-room connected with Trinity Church. The statements were most gratifying as to the progress of the society during the past year. The collections after the sermon, on Sunday, and at the meetings, exceeded X3O. Tile meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to this most important Society is fixed for Monday evening, the 13th instant, as well as the sermons on the Sunday before, of which notice will be given in our next. It is really the duty of good churchmen and sincere christians to lend both countenance and support to an institution, the usefulness of which is only limited by the funds at its disposal. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yesterday, when the following members were present :—Messrs. Sands (chair man), Horsfall, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Sandbach, Mellor, Tobin, Bold, Shand, Middleton, Aikin, and Barclay. Contracts were ordered to be entered into with Messrs. Berry, Curtis, and Co., for 200 tons of cast iron sheetings, and with Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Co., for a quan tity of iron castings of various dessriptions.—Mr. Holt stated that the Sub-committee for the department of the Marine Surveyor would be prepared with their report on the state of the light-houses, light-ships, and telegraphs, at the next meeting.—Mr. Purnell, master of the King's Dock, on his application for it, was accepted as the tenant of the house on the east side of the Queen's Dock ,• and the South Har bour Master reported that he should be prepared to enter upon his new house in the course of a fortnight.—Williams, the dock-gateman, who rescued a boy named Roden, thirteen years of age, who bad fallen into Brunswick Dock on the 16th of May, was presented with a gratuity of two guineas for his gallant conduct. — The committee then proceeded to the transactions of some financial business, after which they separated. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of James Winte, a working man, concerning whose death some un founded rumours had gone abroad. The deceased, who was 48 years of age, lived in Lace one of the roughest in the town. He became ill on Sunday morning last; got gra dually worse, and died on the following morning. No, sur geon had been called to attend him. On a post mortem examination, it was found that death had been occasioned by disease of the heart. Verdict, " died from natural causes."—Same day, an inquest was held on the body of Ann Lee, a child of six years old. On the previous day the deceased was seen struggling in the canal, by a little boy, a stranger to her, who was anxious to save her, but could not. While thus perplexed, he saw a man walking leisurely along o n the opposite bank, with an umbrella in his hand, and shouted to him t o throw the umbrella across to him, so that he might pull her out. The brute in human shape, however, refused, telling him to jump in himself, which he feared to do, as he was small, and could not swim. The poor girl al most immediately afterwards sunk, and the man walked away, without taking further notice. The body was found about half an hour afterwards. Verdict, " found dead in the water, but how she got into it there is no evidence to show." LISCARD PETTY SESSIONS.—A LONG-EARED DEFEND ANT.—At the petty sessions held at Liscard, on Tuesday last, Samuel Smith, a boy of about fourteen years of age, son of Captain Smith, of Seacombe, complained, in pursuance of an information, of an assault committed upon him by a young gentleman, named William Henry Carr, who appeared in court. It appeared that on the 16th of May last the com plainant was passing a house and grounds belonging to his grandmother, and let to a Mr. Hyde, and that he threw a stone which struck a labyrnum tree in the garden. The de fendant, who was passing, thereupon ran up in a violent manner, seized him, and carried him some distance by his arms, put him in great pain. He cried out, when the de fendant relinquished his hold of the boy's arms, but imme diately seized him by the ear, which he tore in so unmerciful a manner that blood flowed from it, and surgical assistance was required. The defendant said that he had done no more to the complainant than he should do to any other boy whom he found throwing stones, —adding, that when he was a boy himself he had repeatedly had his own ears well pulled for a similar offence ! Mr. Wardle, who appeared for the com plainant, remarked—" Perhaps that accounts for their great length." (A laugh.) The magistrates said the assault was most violent and unwarrantable, and fined the defendant lOs and costs, ordering him at the same time to pay an additional 10s, the amount of the surgeon's bill. PASSING BASE COIN.—Two young man, who gave their names as James and Thomas Jackson, strangers to the po lice here, but apparently belonging to the " swell mob" of Birmingham or some other town in which the fraternity are pretty genteel and wholly adroit, were yesterday placed be fore Mr. Rushton, on a charge of uttering base money. A simple-looking girl, who keeps a stall for the sale of ginger beer, fruit, &c., in George's Piazzas, said that the prisoners came to her on the previous day, and bought a bottle of pop, which they drank. Immediately afterwards one of them (Thomas) took out a sixpence, a fourpenny-piece, and two pence, and gave to the o th er , m aking signs to him as if he were dumb. Thomas then said that what he wanted was to exchange the money fo r a shilling, which he would be less liable to lose out of his pocket. Sh e g ave them a shillin g accordingly, but they h a d scarcely got it when they thought proper to change their minds, and returned a shilling, which, on chinking it, she found to be a bad one. A gentleman was standing by who saw the transaction, and, a crowd hav ing gathered, a police-officer was called, and the two delin quents were given into custody. The dumb one then found his tongue. They were searched at the bridewell, and on the person of Thomas another bad shilling was found, which had been made from the same mould. A belt was also found round the waist of one of them, evidently for the purpose of secreting half-crown s , shillings, &c. The prisoners had the effrontery to attempt a defence, which only went to confir m the charge. Th e y state d that t h e g i r l had given th em t h e first shilling for the money in exchange from und er a biscuit heron standin g , an d that on the groun d close to it they had picked up the other, which was wrapped in brown paper. The prisoners were, of course, committed for trial. THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE HER MAJESTY.—WC cannot but express our thanks to Mr. Alyward, and Messrs. Wilmer and Smith, for their kindness in forwarding to our office, at a very early hour on Tuesday morning, express editions of the London Standard and Sun, with full par ticulars of the diabolical attempt on the life of her Majesty. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—We understand that the days for holding the assizes on the northern circuit were fixed on Wednesday last ; and that th e a ss i zes f or th e s outh division of Lancashire will commence here on Saturday, the 30th July. No alteration whatever has taken place in the " Northern Circuit;" Lord Denman and Mr. Baron Maule are the judges. AUDACIOUS AND UNMANLY ASSAULT.—A few evenings ago, the servant-girl employed by Mr. Quick, inspector of police, London-road, was sent on a message to Pembroke place, and had scarcely been out three minutes when she was seized by three men in the street. One of them held her by the throat; a second placed his hand upon her mouth; and the other indecently lifted her apparel, and searched her per son, putting his hands also into her breast, as if in search of money, of which, however, they found none. In her struggle and alarm the man withdrew his hand from her mouth, and she gave the alarm, upon which the whole three ran off. We regret to add that none of the ruffians have yet been apprehended. THE GUADALOUPE," IRON STEAM-FRIGATE.—This truly beautiful vessel—built for her Majesty's service by Mr. John Laird, and the launch of which we recently noticed — made a trial trip on our river on Wednesday last, and fully realised all the anticipations entertained of her, from her peculiarly fine and scientific construction. She maintained a speed of 101 knots an hour, which is very great, when it is considered that the vessel is of 800 tons burthen, with engines of only 180 horse-power, and being besides very strongly built for carrying guns and very heavy masts and spars. The engines, which are admirable pieces of mechan ism, made 22 revolutions a minute, with abundance of steam, and worked as smoothly and perfectly as could be wished. Those on board were delighted with her perform ance, and many hundreds on shore, to whom the vessel was a " stranger," beheld her rapid movements with no little astonishment and admiration. The fitting of her 68-pounder guns is now in progress of completion, and she will very shortly be ready for sea. As she is the largest and hand somest iron ship of war afloat. and is in every point an honour to our port, we shall not fail to notice her when she is fully equipped, before she proceeds to her destination. PIGEON SHOOTlNG.—Yesterday afternoon, a contest in pigeon shooting took place at Mr. Sudlow's, the Carnarvon Castle, in the village of Oxton, immediately opposite to our " good old town." The prizes—three in number—were for a considerable sum each, and the matches were well contested throughout. The first contest was won (by one bird) by Mr. Thomason, of Tranmere. The same gentleman also won the second prize—the contest being a close one between him and Mr. Shakeshaft. The third prize could scarcely be said to be contested for, the pigeons being too young to rise in a manner so as to present a fair shot to any sportsman. The shooting took place in a field near Mr. Sudlow's, the pro perty of Mr. Hugh Williams. From forty to fifty birds were killed, and the shooting, particularly towards the close, was exceedingly good. The day was beautiful, and the company enjoyed from the elevated locality a most extensive and de lightful prospect of a large portion of Cheshire, Lancashire, and the neighbouring counties in Wales, besides a large ex panse of the " blue deep." We may state that the recently poor Hamlet of Oxton has become very much improved of late years, and now, in itself, as well as in the fine villas that continue to creep around it, exhibits an improvement which augurs well of its future importance. With reference to the pigeon-shooting, we have but to add, that so exciting was the sport of the day, that another contest is fixed for Thurs day, the 16th instant. CAUGHT AT LAST.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a stout-looking man, named Dakin, keeper of a beer-house in Argyle-street, was placed at the bar, on a charge of receiving stolen property, an offence of which he had long been known to be guilty, but of which no legal proof could hitherto be adduced. It appears, that on the 27th of February last, a respectable tailor had sent his boy with a suit of clothes home to a gentleman, one of his customers. While passing along Brownlow-street, a man came up who had acquired some knowledge of the boy, and plausibly representing himself as the owner of the clothes, contrived to relieve the lad of the trouble of carrying them to the house of the rightful owner, a Mr. Robinson. The delinquent was afterwards apprehended, and being identified, he was tried at the last sessions but one—found guilty on the clearest testimony—and being an old offender, sentenced to transportation for life. The clothes, however, were not found; but the police had a de scription of the articles, which were not entirely new, and, as proved yesterday, they were traced to a female who deals in clothing. A tailor, who lives in Stanhope-street, and with whom she had had dealings, said that on the day of the robbery (Sunday morning), the prisoner requested permis sion to leave the bundle at his house, as he had elsewhere to go. The prisoner called for it next day (Monday), and asked witness if he was in the habit of selling clothes, as he had a suit belonging to a gentleman who wanted money, and would part with them for £2—and certainly not less than 335. The prisoner then opened the bundle, and witness, who then saw the bundle for the first time, remarked that the owner must be a drunken fool to part with such a suit for so small a sum—adding, after some further conversation, that he would endeavour to sell them for him (prisoner). He accordingly took them to the female, who bought the coat and waistcoat for £2 12s. ; and he sold the trousers to a man (who also appeared in court), for 12s. The two last parties, who, as well as the tailor, acted in ignorance of any felony having been committed, immediately gave up the articles to Inspector Savare on being called on, and all of them were identified by them, by the tailor who sold them, and by Mr. Robi nson , the owner. The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the sessions. Miss CRELLIN'S CASE!--BAIL FOR COPELAND.—It Will be recollected that (as noticed in our paper of the 20th ult.) two persons had offered themselves at the Police-court as bail for Samuel Martin Copeland, who is in custody on a charge of having defrauded Miss Crellin of the sum of £250, and that one of them was accepted and the other rejected, so that the question of the liberation of the prisoner re mained in static quo. It appears that Mr. Rushton had afterwards, from some information he had received, some misgivings even as to the person then accepted, and had since required new bail. Accordingly, two other parties tendered themselves as bail before him yesterday, and both underwent a strict examination. Mr. James Harper, a stonemason, and also a publican, first appeared. He said he lived in Myr tle-street, and enumerated considerable property, of which he said he was possessed, in " the Rectors' Fields," and the rental of which was, in all, £3OO a-year. In reply to Mr. Rushton and also to Mr. Snowball, he declared that he had received no promise, directly or indirectly, and no assurance whatever, that he should receive any indemnity in the event of Copeland not making his appearance in court to answer the charge laid against him. He admitted that he had no acquaintance whatever with the defendant in the case, previ ously to the charge against him having transpired, but that he had been applied to by a Mr. Leigh, an acquaintance, who had told him it was only " a lark," and that there was no danger in his becoming surety. He repeated his assurance that no promise had been made to him. Mr. Snowball sug gested that his bail should not he received, inasmuch as he had admitted that he had no personal acquaintance with the defendant. Mr. Rushton said that that would be carrying the law rather too strictly out, and admitted the party as bail. Robert Birkett then appeared as the other surety. He stated that he was a joiner and builder, living in King-street, Tox teth-park, and that he had six new houses and a quarry— the houses being worth £72 a-year, and the quarry bringing an annual rental of £B4. He had received no promise of indemnity. To questions put, he, however, admitted that he had a partner who owned one-half the property, and that there was a mortgage on the houses amounting to £BOO. Police-officer Thomas Ainsworth, jun., being sworn, said, he had visited the house occupied by Birkett—recently built— and found it very deficient in furniture. Mr. Rushton said, he would not accept of such bail, and added, that lie would require 48 hours' notice of any other tender. The defendant is therefore still held in confinement. A STABLE TO LET. —During the night that followed the last sitting of the Irish House of Commons, a large placard was affixed to one of the central pillars of the front portico, with these words :—" This stable to be let for horses, as the asses that had it could not keep it." CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday afternoon, Hart, who had been convicted of bribery at a late election for Cambridge, was brought up for judgment, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of 12 calendar months. The Paris papers of Sunday are filled with comments on the final debate which arose in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, on the right of search, and its result, which the opposition journals consider a defeat of ministers, and which it would be uncandid to regard otherwise than as a demon stration of hostility towards this country. LYME REGIS ELECTION PETITION.—The committee came to a resolution on Monday, after a protracted enquiry, that Mr. Pinney was not duly elected to the present parlia- ment, and that Mr. Hussey ought to have been returned. The former gentleman is a radical, and the latter a conser vative. DARING BURGLARY.—On Saturday morning last, six or eight men, armed with bludgeons, entered the dwelling-house of the Rev. Henry Sharples, near Blackburn, and decamped with property to the value of nearly £lOO. They threatened to take Mr. Sharples's life unless he gave them all had. One had a pistol, and another a blunderbuss. THE ROYAL KITCHEN GARDEN AT WINDSOR.—AS the extensive kitchen gardens belonging to the Crown, com prising the gardens at Cranbourne and Cumberland Lodges in the Great Park, the Maestrich gardens in the Home Park, and the royal Kitchen gardens at Kensington, are about to be immediately consolidated into one spacious kitchen gar den (containing between 20 and 30 acres of most superior arable land), now being arranged under the superintendence of Mr. Ingram, in the grounds attached to Frogmore Lodge, the whole of the building materials, including five spacious hot-houses, gardeners' sheds, and other erections at Cran bourne-lodge, have just been sold by auction by Mr. Tebbot, of Windsor, by order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. As soon as the new gardens at Frog more are brought into a state of cultivation, the Maestricht gardens will be thrown into the Home Park, (from which they are now divided by a high brick wall, some hundreds of yards in length,) and the gardeners house and the other buildings will be disposed of by the Woods and Forests. The new gardens will comprise a most extensive grapery and pinery. The whole of the forcing and hothouses will be heated upon a novel and most excellent plan by means of hot water. These will extend, in one line, to the length of upwards of 25() yards. Close to these will be erected a residence for Mr. Ingram, the superintending gardener, built in the Elizabethan style, with a spacious conservatory, ac cording to the original plans, on either side. The garden is now being enclosed by a substantial brick wall, twelve feet in height, which will present, as may be imagined, a most spacious and desirable facility for the cultivation and rearing of wall fruits in every variety. The whole of the expenses which will be necessarily incurred by these extensive altera tions and vast improvements will be met by the disposal of the site of the royal gardens at Kensington, which will be let on building leases. It is calculated that the ground-rents will realize a sum amounting to between £28,000 and £30,000. AN ALGERINE EXECUTION.-A letter from Algiers gives tlro following horrible account of the execution on the 3d inst. of a German who had been condemned to death for the murder of two of his comrades, near Douera :—Mah- Chaouche, who bad been executioner to the ex-Bey of Tit tery, on hearing that he would have to perform his office on a christian, became alarmed lest he might fail in his stroke, and have it imputed to him that he had wilfully prolonged the sufferings of the convict on account of his religion. — NI hen the criminal and the executioner arrived at the scaf fold, where they had to wait 25 minutes for the warrant of execution (a circumstance which the letter does not account for), the contrast between the countenances of the two men was very remarkable. The German continued to smoke and converse with those around him with perfect ease, and even indifference, while Mahmoud displayed the greatest agitation. At length the fatal order arrived, and the German mounted the ladder with the utmost alacrity, and continued to smoke his cigar untill his arms were bound , . and the priest who at tended him gave him the cross to for the last time. Now followed a scene which it is impossible to depicture. Mah moud's first stroke was insufficient, and the efforts he made until he had completed his task were so horrible that the surrounding crowd uttered one universal cry of reprobation, and began to throw stones at the executioner. The general indignation would have ended in another catastrophe, from the impression which Mahmoud had apprehended, had not the mounted Gendarmes attending the execution, by their great and powerful exertions, kept of the people until the executioner was conducted to a place of security.—Galig nani's Messenger. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The town council held their usual monthly meeting on Wednesday last, in the Town-hall. The MAYOR presided. THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF HER MAJESTY The MAYOR said the council would excuse him if he de parted from the ordinary course, to read an official commu nication which he had received from Lord Stanley, with reference to the recent attempt on the life of her Majesty. His Worship then read the letter as follows : " Home-office, May 30, Half-past Seven p.m. " DEAR avail myself of the opportunity of a go- vernment messenger despatched to Ire'arid, the post being gone out, to relieve any anxiety which may be caused in Li verpool by reports which may arrive, by informing you that, although an attempt has been this day made 4pon her Ma jesty's life, it has been providentially unsuccessful, and the assassin is in custody. I write in very great haste, awaiting the examination, which will immediately take place, and have only time to say that the attempt was made by a young man, whose name is as yet unknown, by firing a pistol at het Majesty on her return, with Prince Albert, in an open car riage, to Buckingham Palace, at about six o'clock this even ing. The young man was immediately secured ; and lam happy to say that her Majesty not only received no injury, but has not suffered in any way from agitation consequent on such an attempt. lam sure I need not say that 1 feel confident there will be in Liverpool, as throughout the king dom, but one feeling of abhorrence at the attempt, and of gratitude to Almighty God for her Majesty's safety. " I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, " STANLEY. " The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool." " P.S.—Sir James Graham requests me to express to you his hope that you will excuse his not having written to you officially, as be is much engaged ; and we are all engaged in writing to different parties to whom it is thought proper to give the earliest information. S•" The MAYOR added that the proper course would be to pre sent an address to her Majesty, congratulating her on her escape, and to appoint a committee for the purpose of pre paring the same. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it must be great satisfaction and relief to the council to have the present early opportunity of expressing their heartfelt gratitude at the safety of her Majesty, who had now, for .the second time, been fired at within the short space of two years. Though he trusted the act would turn out to have been perpetrated by a lunatic, it was not without a feeling of regret that the English peo ple were subject to such a reproach. He proposed that a select committee be. appointed to prepare a congratulatory address to her Majesty, and that it be transmitted through the hands of the mayor, under the corporation seal, to the secretary of state. Mr. HENRY HOLMES seconded the proposition. Mr. HODGSON presumed that the council generally would second such a proposition, that they would all express a strong feeling of loyalty to her majesty, and, he trusted, gratitude to Almighty God, through whom kings reign and princes decree justice," for His providential interference, with a sincere hope that they would continue to receive that protec tion which had been vouchsafed on the present occasion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TURNER moved that similar addresses be prepared and transmitted to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent. Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded the motion, which was una nimously agreed to. Messrs. Hodgson, Houghton, Barclay, Gladstone, and G. H. Lawrence were then appointed a committee to prepare the addresses during the sitting of the council. At a subsequent period the committee presented the subjoined addresses, which were adopted : . TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Liverpool, in Council assembled, hasten to offer to your Majesty and his Royal Highness your Illustrious consort a renewed expression of our loyalty and attachment. " The wicked and traitorous attack which has been made upon the sacred person of your majesty has created in our minds mingled feelings of astonishment and indignation, and while we present to your majesty our sincere congratulations on your providential escape, we offer up our heartfelt thanks to Almighty God for having vouchsafed His protection to your majesty on this occasion. " The recent danger to which your majesty has been ex posed will endear your majesty still more to your faithful subjects ; and we pray that your majesty will accept this ex pression of our attachment, and our earnest hope that the lives of your majesty and your royal consort, and of your fa mily may long be spared to your affectionate people." "TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the bo rough of Liverpool, in council assembled, desire to offer to your royal highness our sincere congratulations on the provi dential preservation of your royal daughter, our beloved So vereign, from the late most atrocious attempt upon her ma jesty's sacred life. _ "We sympathise in your feelings on this occasion, we offer up our thanksgiving to Almighty God for the signal mercy vouchsafed to us, and express our earnest hope that the life of your royal highness may long be spared to watch the progress of the happy reign of your royal daughter, and that every domestic and social blessing may attend your royal high ness." The mayor was requested to affix the corporation to both addresses, and to transmit them without delay to the secre tary of state. FINANCE COMMITTEE The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK having read the proceedings of this committee, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, in moving their confirmation, said he had a few observations to make on the subject of several local bills they were applying for in parliament. Though he might incur the imputation of telling a twice-told tale, and involve unnecessary discussion, yet there were so many im portant and costly considerations involved, that he thought it right to put the council in possession of the actual position in which the bills stood, and how they were to be carried into effect. (Hear, hear.) The first subject was the health of the Town Bill. This bill had passed the committee of the House of Commons, and there was every probability--nay certainty—that it would pass into a law. Having been un opposed, it was not subject to what was called the Lanca shire List Committee ; and their surveyor was enabled to sup port the several clauses, and to give the views of the town generally on the measure, as well as on the Buildings-Regu lation Bill. He was bound to say that the Liverpool Bill had been exceedingly well approved of in London, while, on the other hand, difficulty had been felt in adjusting Lord Normanby's bills to the circumstances of large populations such as existed in Liverpool. It was very possible that there was no chance of any general measure on the subject being passed through Parliament in the present session ; so that it remained for the council to carry out their bill ; and he hoped the magistrates would lend their assistance and thus enable them to show that the health of the poor and their comforts would be materially increased and improved by the proposed measure. If the general bill should happ en t o p ass , he hoped the council would be able to adduce theirs, an d claim that exemption from the other to which they would be fairly en titled. He was aware of the difficulty of procuring. exemp tion, but in the present case he hoped they would be able to get such exemption as they required. (Hear, hear.) He passed on to the Improvement Bill. This was a consolida tion of the various local acts relating to the well-govern ment of the town and its police, and included several of the provisions of the Metropolitan Act ; but it had not had the same success as attended the Health of the Town Bill, in asmuch as it had not passed the House of Commons without opposition. Its main enactments would, however, be carried out. One or two of its clauses had been altered, and a new one had been introduced. The clause which enabled the council to take property by compulsory purchase which had been burned or was being pulled down or rebuilt, had been abandoned, and clauses for the improvement of George's-pier and the slips had been retained in the Act of Parliament, but as they could be embodied in the new act, it was thought right so to do, particularly as there could be no great objection to the adoption of such a course. He begged distinctly to remark, that in doing so the Finance Committee had no intention to interfere with the privileges or rights of the dock trustees, or to lessen that liability which both bodies were under to maintain the slips and stages. The principal opposition which the committee had to en counter was that of the publicans, who objected to that clause which was introduced from the Metropolitan Police Act, which would compel them to close their houses from twelve o'clock on Saturday night until one on Sunday afternoon. To this clause the publicans objected. They urged the same objections in London which they had pre viously urged before the council. They occupied the at tention of the committee of the House of Commons for two days, but they did not adduce any evidence, while the Fi nance Committee had the evidence of Mr. Rushton to show the degree of rioting and drunkenness on the Sabbath-day, and the evidence of Mr. Dowling, who was well acquainted with the state of things in Liverpool and London ; and the effect of their evidence was irresistible. The committee unanimously determined that Liverpool had a right to such a clause. They felt it would be better if the provision were embodied in a general act, and if the limit of the operations of the local measure were more extensive, but they did not consider those objections sufficient to prevent the council from having the advantages which would be secured by the clause. He (Mr. Lawrence) was sorry the publicans op posed the council as they had done, seeing the feeling of the House of Commons on the subject, but he trusted that when they came to consider they would be of opinion they would not incur the serious loss which they supposed. He hoped they would consider the advantages of having the Sabbath day revered ; and, notwithstanding all they had suffered from the progress of teetotalism and other circumstances, that the clause would have a beneficial tendency. They talked of carrying their opposition to the House of Lords, but that would not avail. They said that though they objected to the operation of the clause in a local act they were in favour of a general measure. This was creditable to them, and there was an act at present passing through the legislature which would have the effect they considered so desirable. The TOWN-CLERK.—They have presented a petition to the House of Lords. Mr. BIRKETT.—They are talking that the Duke of Rich mond is going to stand up for them. Mr. EARLE.—It's all talk, .(A laugh.) . _ Mr. LAWRENCE proceeded' to say that the Borough Courts' bill had also passed through the House of Commons. This, be said, would be a most desirable bill. They had at present a most excellent lawyer to preside over their Borough Court ; they had, moreover, intelligent juries, and a very able bar to advocate the claims of the several suitors. It was, therefore, a great pity to see it so comparatively ineffi cient as it was, and it must be their desire to see its utility extended. Though there had been some opposition to the bill from the gentlemen in the north of the county, that op position would be unavailing, and it had already gone to the lords. The next was the conservancy bill, of which he had nothing so favourable to report. The difficulties of it in creased as they proceeded, and prevented it from making that progress to which it ought to have attained ; but its importance was considered by the government to be so great that they had suggested the propriety of sending it to a select committee. To such a course the Finance Committee would not object, because they had nothing whatever to apprehend from a fair and impartial committee of the house ; but one of the government officers had suggested various alterations which were ill-considered, and would b© prejudicial if passed in their present shape. He would not enter into the details of them. But the council would have to be consulted on the subject before the Finance Committee would take it on them selves to agree to them ; because, though it was not right to shrink from inquiry, yet they should ever recollect that they must never jeopardise by any act the interests of the town. (Hear, hear.) The next subject of which he conceived it necessary to put the council in possession was, that the Fi nance Committee had agreed to petition parliament on the subject of making Liverpool the packet station. It was the feeling of the committee that they should do so, and it was conceived desirable that so important a subject should not be lost sight of. At the same time he had very little hope him self of its success. The contractors seemed to be bound to would w sayt outthaotf Liverpool the chann e l p or t s ; an d, though the people of Liverpool h a d a very go o d case , ye t if the council en they would find very fewwh o was better than Falmouth or Southampton for the packet station. (He ar .) The inhabitants of other places were wil ling to say that Liverpool was the proper port for vessels plying to and from the United States and elsewhere, but they were not of the same opinion with reference to the West India packets. (Hear, hear.) One other subject claimed attention. There was at present a committee of the House of Commons sitting on the subject of the communication be tween Ireland and England. They were taking evidence and were contemplating the removal of the Irish packets which now plied to and from the Birkenhead side of the water, to some remote and inaccessible port in Wales. It would be hove the Finance Committee to keep their eye on such a proceeding. He (Mr. Lawrence) perceived by a newspaper in the interest of the parties, a copy of which he held in his hand, that the committee had been sitting for many weeks, and that Captain Denham, a gentleman, it was said, " of vast experience," had been examined, and had shown " the utter unfitness of Liverpool as a packet station ;" and the editor added " that there was little doubt but the committee would recommend government to make a railway from Chester into Wales." He (Mr. Lawrence) had no objection to such a railway being made, but he hoped the public would not be involved in the expense. (Hear.) The last subject to which he would direct attention was to a bill, called the Municipal Reform Amendment Bill, at present in parlia ment. This bill would interfere in a most important manner with their privileges, as it would prevent any member of the council from holding or taking a lease of corporation pro perty, or being di r ectly or indirectly connected with it in any way. It appeared that as the law at present stood it was im possible for any member of council to take such a lease, and that by this law many of them were legally disqualified from occupying their seats in that room. It was right to have an act passed to get rid of this difficulty. The Liverpool coun cil was, he believed, the first to see the difficulty, and, having pointed out the condition of the town, a bill was introduced which had the effect of declaring that the corporation leases were not to be considered in the light of contracts. So far so good. With this bill the council would have been satis fied; but during its progress Sir George Wild and Mr. Jer vis put in a clause to say that though it was right as regarded the past, yet, for the future, no member of the council was ever to accept a lease. He called upon them to look at the position and the degradation to which such a clause would subject them. Who would ever come into the council again ? In whose hands would the affairs of the town be intrusted? Were the present councillors to be suspected of fraudulent practices ? And there was a great difficulty in persuading several that the clause ought to be withdrawn! However, Lord Sandon was, as usual, on the alert, and the law officers of the crown stated that the obnoxious clause would be withdrawn. There was a great reluctance to treat the council as they ought to be treated. Mr. Rushton had been exceedingly useful in the business. He had afforded the council every assistance in showing the claims and rights of the Liverpool corporation, and on the subject of the Im provement Bill, he was also anxious to be of use. Mr. HOUGHTON seconded the motion for the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. PARKER expressed his regret at hearing from the lips of Mr. Lawrence such an unfavourable opinion as to the es tablishment of Liverpool as the West India packet station. He hoped the Finance Committee would, nevertheless, per severe till they had obtained that desirable object. Mr. BIRKETT rose, not to object to any part of the pro ceedings now read, but to express his regret, and which, in a few days, he thought the council would agree him, that the council should have modified as they conceived the inter ment clauses, by which he feared they would be deprived . of a hocus standi to oppose any public measure that might be brought forward, and which might be deemed injurious to the inhabitants. Mr. LLOYD alluded to the clause enabling the Corporation to purchase property under certain circumstances for the purpose of improvement, to which clause he had made some objection in the early stage of the bill before the Council. It had come to his knowledge that some remarks bad been made in the committee, respecting the part which he had taken against that clause, and he hoped the individual who made those remarks would speak out before his (Mr. Lloyd's) face. Mr. EARLE thought the clause was a most useful one, and he would like to know why it was withdrawn. Mr. BusitELL expressed a strong opinion against the vio lation of the secrecy that ought to be observed with respect to the proceedings of the Finance Committee. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said he was sorry that Mr. Lloyd should think he would say anything behind his back that he would not say before his face. Mr. Lawrence proceeded to state that he went to London with the determination of pressing the clause in question, as well as every other clause in the bill, when he found Mr. Lloyd engaged on behalf of the Commercial Bank, for whom he wished to obtain an ex ception. Mr. Lloyd was referred to the Town-clerk, with whom he entered into an arrangement, that the Commercial Bank should be exempt from the operation of the clause, or if this could not be attained the clause should be withdrawn. He (Mr. Lawrence) was somewhat surprised at this, aad felt it necessary to withdraw the clause in consequence. Mr. LLOYD explained at some length the history of the proceeding. He had opposed the clause long before he had any idea that he should be called upon by the bank, and when he was so called upon, he drew up a petition upon the subject, which be read to the Council. Mr. BIRKETT expressed his opinion, that the clause was a most objectionable one. The TOWN-CLERK detailed the history of the proceedings respecting the clause, and characterised the conduct cf Mr. Lloyd as straightforward and open. Mr. Okill did not value the clause, and had stated to hini, (the Town-clerk,) that no case had occurred within the last five years in which the clause would have been of the slightest use. Mr. AIKTN recommended the Finance Committee to with draw the Conservancy Bill rather than run the risk of en countering further opposition in parliament. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE in reply said, he thought a Con servancy Bill was required, and that such a bill would ere long be passed. ,After some further explanations with the government, the committee would come before the council and state how they stood. In the meantime, no steps would be hastily taken in the matter. The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Improvement Committee, com prising some alterations in the line of improvements on the east side of Lime -street, were read and confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Watch Committee were read and confirmed. MARKETS' COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Markets' Committee were read and confirmed. TOWN-HALL ESTABLISHMENT, The proceedings of this committee having been read, Mr. PARKER wished to be informed whether it was the intention of the council to enter into another seven years' contract for the hire of the Judges' lodgings? He believed that the hire of furniture for the accommodation of the Judges had already cost the corporation about £2,000. He protested against the payment of 15 per cent. for the hire of chairs and tables ; and he moved as an amendment, that the committee be instructed to purchase, instead of hire, furniture for the Judges' lodgings. Mr. KILSITAW seconded the amendment. Mr. EARLS commended Mr. Parker for having called the attention of the council to such an outlay. Mr. BOLTON said, the Judges' lodgings were not the pro'- perty of the corporation. In his opinion, they should buy the house before they furnished it. (No, no.) He thought it a more economical plan to pay a per centage on the furni ture hired, than to sink money in an investment. Mr. BARCLAY did not agree in the observation that it was necessary to buy a house before they furnished it, seeing that many gentlemen furnished houses without buying them, and for aught he knew, Mr. Bolton might be one of the number. The question was, whether it was worth the while of the council to purchase the furniture, which, in his opinion, would cost £3,000. Mr. EARLE thought it very probable that the house might be handsomely and suitably furnished for about £2OOO. The furniture last in it had been anything but creditable to the corporation.. _ Mr. BRIGHT thought the judges were to be accommodated in the new assize courts. Mr. EARLE denied that this was to be the case. The proceedings were then confirmed, and the committee was instructed to consider and report upon the subject of purchasing the furniture. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising the appointment of Mr. Isaac Holmes, as second master, on trial, were read. The committee reported the numbers in the schools to be as follows : NORTH SCHOOL. I SOUTH SCHOOL. Boys.. Girls:. Infants 233 Boys.. 165 Girls.. 157 Infants 545 Total Mr. MOLYNEUX moved the confirmation of the proceed- Mr. EARLE wished to ask a question. Under the old regime a great deal had been said about reporting between Protestants and Catholics. The plan had been adopted for purpose of showing the immense number of Catholics who were in the schools in proportion to Protestants, although there was a good number of Protestants also. He wanted the same thing to take place now with a different object, be cause it had been said by one of the conservative members, that if a large proportion of Catholics did not attend some alteration would take place. He wished the Council, there fore, to state the numbers of each denomination according to the old plan. Mr. SANDS denied that any such promise had been given by the Education Committee, that if the Catholics did not attend the schools they would alter the system. No such promise had been stated. Mr. Aixix.—lt was stated in this room. Mr. SANDS believed the observation made was this :—that if the schools were not filled on the present system some in quiry should be made. Mr. EARLE.—If Mr. Sands cannot understand plain English, I don't know what to say. Mr. PLATT.—Mr. Gladstone said that if the schools did not fill, or at least, if a number of Catholics did not attend, some alteration must be made that would induce the Catho lics to come. Mr. SANDS.—It is not well to go into the subject ; but if there are no Catholics in the schools I cannot be surprised when every effort is made by you to prevent them coming. Mr. EARLE.—Who is making the effort ? Mr. SANDS.—I did not say you. Mr. EARLE.—Yes, you said " You." Mr. SANDS.—I say you and your party have made great efforts to prevent the children from coming. (Hear.) Have not the Catholic priests gone to the schools ?—(hear, hear) — but I do not wish to go into the question. Mr. PLATT.—Mr. Sands is in error. We have offered every encouragement, but they do not come, and I am not surprised at it. We should not ourselves do anything dero gatory ; and why should they ? The priests have a right to advise them. I look to my priests, and why not the Catholics to theirs ? I think some shelter and education ought be given them, and we are not doing our duty unless we do so. Th e Catholics have a right to part of the administration of the public funds. Mr. PARKER.—I am sorry this discussion should have ari sen ; but the worthy alderman (Mr. E ar l e ) , true to his pledge of agitating the question on every occasion, has raised it. The MAYOR.—Is Mr. Earle's motion seconded ? Mr. EARLE.—I have no motion, sir. I merely made a request that the denominations should be set forth as for merly. I raised no discussion. Mr. BOLTON.—I think Mr. Earle is right, and that we should have the information sought for. It involves no principle, and we have a fair right to expect that information which will enable us to judge bow far the schools are con ducted for the benefit of the inhabitants. Mr. PARKER.—As Mr. Platt has stated that injustice has been done to the Catholics, I am prepared to prove that any other system of education than that now in pperation would be contrary to the laws of the land. (Hear, hear.) The MAYOR. —The question is whether you will make the return. I do not think we ought to open the whole ques tion again. Mr. PARKER.—If Mr. Platt asserts that injustice has been done to the Roman Catholics I think I am prepared to prove that he is not correct. In a recent decision given in the vice-chancellor's court by Sir Knight Bruce it was stated that in the case of Bury St. Edmund's — Mr. BOLTON.—I rise to order. The general principle of the school question is not now raised. The MAYOR.—I am of that opinion. Mr. PARKER.—Then I shall reserve myself for Mr. Yate's motion. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES.—I object to the return. (Hear.) If there were a return of the number of Catholics attending the schools, the priests would interfere and compel their pa rents to take them away. (Hear, hear.) I, therefore, ob ject to any return of the kind. With respect to the appoint.. ment of an individual of my own name—(a laugh) —as second master, I think it right to say that he was about th ree years at the Mechadics' Institution, that character, and that I have no doubt he will be found to an swer. quite a I q gree in wh a t h as fallen from Mr. Mr. SANDS.-- Holmes, knowing, as I do , how the s ystem worked before. I know an instance in which thirty or forty children were turned out of the school fro the m ere f act o f i ts b e i ng known that they were there m ; and if this return were al lowed, the same thing would occur again. (Hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCEIf we gave the names it might occur, b u t the mere fact of givin g t h e numbers would not be attended with such an effect. Mr. BUMETT.—Mr. Holmes has so well expressed my.