The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1854. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 .4 5 110 Ciry of G LASGOW steam-s hi p, C ap t a i n K. M9r 11, e arge and sailed for Phil a d e l p hi a on W e d nes day, with a full Slg three hundred passengers. teeded is GERARD, who died without heirs, is sue- Oerardn his title and e s t a t es by his brother, Major t ar M it• /Cann, of this town, has designed and manufac gattted_ii elegant service of plate, which was presented, on payday week, at Crewe, to Mr. Allen, late locomotive er of the Crewe works of the London. and North au railway. AT the In nis _ meeting of the dock committee on Thursday, tlO u 94 I money, amounting in the aggregate to about a e „' . -. - eo, were offered and accepted, at the rate of 4 per of '4 interest : old bonds were also renewed to the extent out 2100 0. Tu R te r "Via Townn Thursday, entertained a party to at the th ehall. The company included a number ig4.entlemen connected with the railway interest at Liver- aud other places, and amongst the e sts were the • Col. Lowther and the Hon. C. Howard. STEALING. THREE COPIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 611 W; P ridaY Thomas Douglas and John Jacobs were -4,, ea of stealing three copies of the new Testament, °I I Packh e Previous day, from the shop of Mrs. Hughes, r f 0 all. in TsB to ad• They were each sentenced to be imprisoned te en days. 13 4 '''T/u 3 i-sriiP GOLDEN AGE.-According to that the ad A vi ees from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears aft ar - nmerican steamer Golden Age reached that place be en , al i m unprecedented passage, her running time having tW Il s daYs. She would be detained at the Cape some h e i,„ -, but was expected not to occupy more than 22 days :eell the Cape and Melbourne, in which case her pas tato Australia will have been effected, as regards 'Lug time, in a little over forty-eight days. I ttb 11 * Rat. IL H. HIGGINS delivered the first of his the le ctures on " Th e S acre d L oca liti es o f the East, ,, at ek e 'llegiate Institution, on Tuesday, to a large audi- Il le The lectures are illustrated by dissolving views. %Proceeds are to be devoted to the benefit of St. Chry tl Schools, Mill-road, Everton. The second lecture 1 ,. -- -unced for this evening. tOit: B)3 NTA.TION TO A CLERGYMAN.-A silver pocket be D - 4 , 4 4 ,1ii0n service inkstand, and gold pen are about to tTes.," l.- 7nted to the Rev. Arthur H. Hughes, by the con s 7" 011 of St. Mark's District Church. The plate bears v,',ldable inscription, expressive of the high estimation in Leg eh the rev. gentleman is held, especially for his kind- A ,t vr e wards the rin the district. . otb 7 . B l•Eva .`local" preacher, when discoursing the ast o e , r l Y a circuit not remarkable for hospitality, hu g sa 'ued the congregation by producing from . his pocket af Bi ke of bread and meat, which he discussed with • gusto, informing "the brethren" that local preachers ei,, e 1, 11 ,,t angels as appeared to be the impression in . that bit;',7 ° °Thood, , lout men of flesh and blood like the inha -4•5 themselves. ka • TNG II CHILDREN.-In the Standard of last week, eea - h' e some particulars of the case against Ann Wilki n- Aa'c r " a rged with stealing a shawl from a little girl named In or ant Richardson, and stated that she was remanded ce,'er that an investigation might be made into other 0a ° f a similar nature with which she was charged. to 6 -es duY, three other cases were brought clearly home ei t hi t • It appears that her victims were children from be t a) to eleven years of age, who had been sent with they to of clothes to the mangle, and that when she met t 4 1(0 gave them a halfpenny to spend, having first went • the b un dl e f rom t h em, an d th en , as soon as they the ~i nt o a shop to purchase sweets, she walked of with Sl,PertY and pawned it. She was committed for trial. l ac ` 4 °Aias Council, FARK-LA.NE.-011 Sunday even -4(7):,t week, as the Rev. C. P. Hobbs, the curate, was the s tg this church upon the prospect of affairs in fbrt, al , fom Judges v., 31, "And the land had rest s eliey e ar' a woman in one of the galleries, who for alit,,:,°lle had been conversing rather loudly, got up and 41,4v,'" nearer to the pulpit, and said she "should like to S - a word with him," and that she " knew more about 4 eil i 4 r tha n he did," and expressed a wish to show him afte ? ~tl4band's medal. She was quickly removed, and, e ° 4 l„s t " l 'der was restored, and the excitement amongst the With e gation subdued, the curate concluded his discourse /4 14 further interruption.-Mail 1 ;. 0 01 1 1 1 ,!AL TREAT TO WORKMEN.-On Tuesday after ,'"acks'„‘ne workmen in the employ of Messrs. William 1 1 • and James Ronald, rope-manufacturers of this ' c oined 4 44 together at the house of Mr. Munday,. Edge beer; celebrate the completion of a new shed, which has tio 4 e.rected for the further convenience and accommoda lva, °' the spinners employed at their works. The chair tives °cell y , Pied by Mr. Henry Weatherall, one of the opera- Of . no, aft er th e usual loyal toasts, proposed the health zsleir qeri, that existed between their employers and them °Y 4' jhe toast was resonded to in a very able manner tj• -ralward Hurst, the p superintendent. With 131311 1' nv A SERVINT.-Sarah Anne Peirce, charged dinar rubb ing her master, M r. , Pennington, Cleveland -Bilvere, of 29 sovere i gns, a one poun d note, and 13s. in •It appeared, from the prosecutor s evict t Sll nc t r igoner was in his employ as servant, .an'cl a c;at h on v • y.last she took the key of the drawer, which the ths in evening she cak e d is kept, out of his coat pocket. t. In n ßom - an Catholic 0 44rosecutor's p c aned and as she -- e di rm d not come e go induring the night it aft er b . some suspicion, and o nprosecutor going to look mat Money, he foun it gone. .y gave in eti.nui to the proper and the Yee sue .authorities, %ts e je in arresting the prisoner in a house in Burlington- N'e ' and found on her person two passage . tickets for Pri w o :°rk ' at £4 10s. each, and some of the money. The ve; t i,, confessed to having paid £2 for provisions for the She was sent for trial to the next sessions. / ,,tue • l l,'",,Tisid TO OBTAIN GOODS ON FALSE PRE- Friday two respectably attired females, b k - ,L,_ ° re th e ;,_ s ' 4 1 turray and Jane Murray, were charged under" magistrate with attempting to obtain G - finiers ( i the follo - wing . false pretences :-One of the I,,vert t h ",',/e other remaining outside) went to Messrs. 4.1 7 and " r ° , s ulers, tea dealers, in Lime-street, on Thursday f ;Tested to be supplied with groceries, to the the 14' 4 1. d desired them to be sent to the o t Te art i l l an which Mr. Gilbert refused to send unless the bill was discharged at the time. (14- left, J°hnand watched her going to the shop Edmonds, Renshaw-street, and thel , e, it k r. red she ordered goods to amount of 125., and told l eft, onds to send them to the Adelphi, and she would left, ri nay for th em on the day follow i ng. Af ter s h e Th e r. Gilbert came into the shop and told his opinion. 40 1 , 4 .g00ds were, ho wever, sent as di recte d , w i t h instruc e,_not to delive r th em up unless paid for. The pri 44to,',?is , called at the Adelphi f or th e goo d s , b u t were aaa at hearing that they must be paid for. As they into 'a the act of decamping, a police-officer took them ti le ..._ c listody. The court discharged the prisoners, on 44,, e 5 r° 4 ., unds of their not having received the goods, but e g '"en l a severe caution. th - " 4I :tRATIONDAVID'S DIY IN LIVERPOOL.- 4: natives of the Principality, who reside in this town, 4 tyl e week celebrated, i n their usual hearty and genial aid „',.'he anniversary of St. David. The annual ball in the local Welsh Charity Schools was held, as stated To las t Week's Standard, on Monday evening, in the Vi•„4 -hall, under the patronage of his worship the Mayor, i ts ti Lloyd, Esq. The lady patroness was Lady W. and the president Hugh R. Hughes, Esq., of , (1 4a ft e ,Park. The annual examination of the Welsh "ere:t - : 'chools took place on Tuesday. A peculiar in aAml9attied to the proceedings, from the fact that they ti a , 0 , f the character of a jubilee, the foundation-stone "%sle se gools having been laid just fifty years ago. His th e flee Mayor presided. After a few appropriate ts exaha r ° ll l the Mayor, the children sang a . hymn, and b:,,fron - ptions commenced by the girls reading a chap r,_4e New Testament, and their being questioned 4 Phy `'uteen. Recitations and examinations in geo cb .„`„ 4 . -- -aeeued. The boys came next. They read a r ° ll l the Scriptures, and were questioned upon it ; e▪ lsh - v 4 of the pupils afterwards recited a , chapter in Thews 4 O subsequent recitation, "To Wales ! ' given by bo;: u tis e coe, drew forth hearty and deserved applause f,v_r,icid 7 . re then questioned on geographical and his th b... ll° Jects Satisfactory progress was evinced by "kellie -78 and girls;' and the Mayor, as well as other gen ' ,AlC‘,,Present, pronounced high encomiums upon the r kie4= tuition adopted. After the recitation by James ~,,%'°tiiime t ' ,_"e of the pupils, of an address to the School th e TLee, written by Mr. Edwards, one of the masters "tier school, the Rev. William Hughes delivered a Ficit"' Au ress to the child r en, characterised by much sim et'!eurnestness, and religious feeling. On Wednesday h f Ltdren of the Welsh School walked in procession, Irg3„ and banners to St. David's Church. The Rev. .1 4 /44,1 11 ,e5, B.D read the service in the Welsh language, the ' Rev. D. E. Jones M.A.; Mr. William , the lessons ; and the ilev. Thomas Thomas, _ni t4 ,,car of Carnarvon, preached in the same language )711. and very impressive sermon, from Proverbs Th an • the evening the annual dinner of the Cam -1,-(l)4raa- w as held in the Royal Hotel, Mr. H. • R te ' president of the society, in the chair. Mr. ari • ohn u nes and Mr. John Jones were the vice-presidents. ( weri„. s Peeches, appropriate to the occasion, were de b Timo t ,,,,in the course of the evening. - I ,an;'`'. 4 -811-BO X ROBBERY IN STRAND-STREET.-David „,_"v 1 10 has been remanded from time to time for the weeks, on a charge of stealing a cash-box, con ' Alta 6 nearly £3OO in cash and bills, belonging to Mr._ ._l4,t4holesale stationer, Strand-street, on the 26th of 4 : 1 14. 1 : last, was again brought up for examination o Y. Mr. Pitt detailed the circumstance of the loss . Perty, and Mr. Cooper, of No. 6, Lower M den , with whom the prisoner was employed, gave evi ah ee ,z o tb e ,, -- to the prisoner and his wife, accompanied by fiT. t; W °rnan, going to his premises, and giving him a I,"gec o „ - ",„. 141 keep for safety, which he returned to him in ,_"eelt ei ,""'e of the followin g , week. He found the cash-box leel t ,T, °Pen in a room occupied by , the prisoner as a ° l ear r ,:°P ;it was covered with shavings. There were two 4 tr, ri''L him, the first of which was for stealing ilkti ri a gainst l,G 8 is „,, dra.. - "°" - oox and the second for stealing a black 44te4r,et. --aaj , li belongm'' g to Mrs. Julia Meldrun, in James- J Meldrun, the wife of Robert Meldrun, pub *ere • arues-street, said that the prisoner and two women 'lnd la her house on the day the cash-box was stolen, Ive ra : satin dress was stolen. The prisoner and two ti ll ' a cable into her house and asked for two glases of th a - a, glass of rum hi h one of the females paid for e los e uilling, and asked w to c be allowed to go to a water bir o which was on the first landing upstairs. About a t ud e 4 , 111 ,2,tes after they left the house she went upstairs, t ' i z e -Q/eithat her dress which was a valuable one, had Joseph Harding, keeper of a china and Zi44..tawreli_o_us,e,. Penrith,.said . the ... priso . le ed r w h as im h i ls n iurith company with his woe, visit When the detective ca me Martinmas last. * kg 84ti n dress searchedand - his house, witness gave him a d e at p en, , which his daughter had left when she lia l 3 csed 4_ rim- Mary Ann Lloyd, sister to the prisoner, e o w r coining to her and asking her to give him e l' a£s note. Detective-officer Carlisle said w ePtroelLended the prisoner he stated that two . women ,:in f or b‘ Lu4 and asked him to open the box, giving ' ,11°°Der trosafuetble, and a note, which he handed to Mr. _l'sd that it Hodgson the magistrate, corm ia44 very st __was a case of great suspicion; besides, there hn nth clu t 7me• ssi o 7 n ot .g t ci h r e cumstantial evidence that he had ee . send b i Property, and he should deem it his at.e a li n In for trial. The prisoner was then charged which iv he g the satin dress belonging to Mrs. Meldrun, 48 also committed for trial. CAPTAIN T. LTA LL, of the Minerva, was presented with a silver tea and coffee service, at a dinner held at Belfast, on Tuesday. A NUMBER OF LABOURERS are employed layino• ' down the mains for the conveyance of the gas through Castle town, Isle of Man, under the superintendence of a person from the south of England. FIRE IN CLA.TToN-STREET. — A fire broke out early on Wednesday, in the workshops belonging to Mr. Smith, turner, in Clayton-street. The fire brigade were promptly in -attendance, and the flames were soon extinguished. The loss is about £2O. THEFT OF COPPER SILEATING.—JOhn Canny, a watch man was on Friday, sentenced to three months' imprison ment fur stealing a quantity of copper sheeting from the Banshee. He had, it appeared, been charged before the court on a previous occasion. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.—The importance of regular and speedy communication with Great Britain and Australia cannot be exaggerated. The merchants of this town are, therefore, about to petition parliament on the subject, praying that a fortnightly despatch of mails may take place by the swiftest vessels. The petition lies for signature in the Exchange newsroom. DARING ROBBERY.—On Monday, last week, two men entered the house of Mr. Delany, York-street, Hulme, Manchester, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and finding Mrs. Delany alone they tied her hands behind her, tied her legs together, coiled a rope rather tightly round her neck to stop her cries, and left her lying on her face whilst they robbed the house. They obtained upwards of £6 in money, and got safely away. Mrs. Delany was found soon afterwards by some neighbours frothing at the mouth, and nearly strangled. MURDER OF A WIFE.—At the Manchester police-court, on Wednesday, William White, a butcher, was charged with having murdered his wife on the previous night, about 12 o'clock. The fellow lived in Aspinall-court, Spitalfields, Old-road. A police-officer saw them go into the house, and subsequently he heard blows and kicks, and the woman cried out, "Oh ! Billy, don't ill-use me." He heard more kicks or blows, and then, all being quiet, he went away. About half an hour after White accosted him, and said he wanted him to witness the death of a woman, and, on his going to his house, the officer found the unfortunate woman lying in a pool of blood. The prisoner, it appeared, had called in some neighbours after he had given the fatal kicks, and he also went for a sur geon, but she was dead when medical aid arrived. The man was remanded. THREATENED STRIKE OF BRICKLAYERS.--At the meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, the chair man stated that a communication had been received from the contractors for the new warehouses now being erected at the Stanley dock. It was to the effect that the con tractors prayed for a fortnight's delay of the works, in consequence of being threatened with a strike on the part of the bricklayers. The men now receive 4s. Bd. per day, and have demanded an advance to ss. It was stated that the work was already twelve months in arrear. After considerable discussion, it was decided that no delay could be allowed, but that the contractors must be left to their own resources. Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, was directed to communicate the decision of the committee to the contractors. SERIOUS FlRE.—About six o'clock, on Wednesday evening, a fire broke out in the model room of the foundry occupied by a Mr. Edward Gee, of Widnes, near to the Runcorn Gasworks, and adjoining the offices of the Bridgewater Canal. The flames raged with great fury, until the building, which was two stories in height, had nothing but the bare walls standing. The building was the property of Messrs. John and Thomas Johnson, of Runcorn. The inhabitants of the locality were in a state of great alarm, as the burning premises were only sepa rated from the gasworks by a narrow passage, about a yard in width, b 4 the wind drifted the burning embers from the gaswor , otherwise the fire would have been a mo st disastrous o e. A watchman, Peter Harrison, be longing to the duke's employ, had one of his feet crushed by the engine whilst working in the yard. MILITIA FUNERAL.—The funeral of the orderly-room sergeant of the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia took place on Thursday, at the Necropolis, Low-hill. As there is no military detachment in Liverpool, the staff sergeants of the Liverpool regiment of militia, anxious to pay respect to their deceased brother of the Royal Militia Artillery, formed the firing party. The arrangements were made by Captain Campbell, of the Artillery Militia. The bands of the two regiments were in front, and alternately played the Dead March ; then came the firing party, composed of the sergeants of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia ; then, on a gun carriage, drawn by two black horses, the coffin, covered with the " anion jack ;" and on tbe coffin lid the cap, sword, and other trappings of the deceased. The horses were on each side led by an artillery sergeant. Then followed as mourners, two and two, the staff-sergeants of the Militia Artillery, and the staff-officers, Capt. Campbell and Dr. Ferguson, and Mr. Behrend, the assistant sur geon ; also, Captain Weir and Mr. Hugh Neill, of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia. The funeral service was react by the chaplain of the cemetery, and when the body was lowered into the grave three volleys were fired, ;Ind all the military honours were duly paid. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOTJTIIPORT RAILWAY.- The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. William Earle in the chair. The statement of accounts for the half-year showed a gross increase of receipts from passengers and goods of £B5B 9s. 21d. as compared with the corresponding period of 1852. The sum applicable for dividend was £4,751 ls. 911, which would yield a dividend of two per cent. for the half-year, subject to income-tax, and leave £271 is. 911 to carry 'forward ; but, in the peculiar circumstances of the company, the directors left it to the shareholders to determine whether it would not be prudent to retain a larger surplus to meet probable contingencies. The chairman moved the adoption of the report. A long and irregular discussion took place as to the position of the company. At length a motion of Mr. Roundell's was car ried, that the dividend be at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum clear of income-tax. The election of directors in the place of those retiring being the next business, Mr. - Samuel R. Healey was chosen in the room of Mr. T. B. Barclay, and Messrs. William Earle and Jacques Myers were re-elected. Mr. Gray was elected auditor in the place of Mr. Duckworth resigned. The meeting was then made special for the consideration of the policy of pro ceeding to parliament for a new bill to obtain relief from the large payments to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Companies, by deducting the amount of . working expenses before making an apportionment of the receipts for toll. An animated discussion took place, but at length the proprietors consented to sanction an appli cation to parliament ; it being arranged that, in the meantime, the chairman, deputy-chairman, and 31r. Garnett should obtain an interview with the board of the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, in order to make, if possible, some amicable arrangement. THE WARRINGTON AND STOCKPORT RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at the joint station in Warrington, Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., in the chair. From the report it appeared that there was raised on capital account up to the 31st of December, 1853, including Stockport shares and loans on debenture, £158,709, and expended in the same period £176,579, leaving a balance of £17,869. The traffic up to December, 1853, was £5Ol 4s. Bd. The engineer stated that it was the Bank Quay Company who were to blame for the delay which had occurred in building the iron bridges over the Mersey at Warrington and the Duke's canal at Altrincham, by which the opening of the line throughout bad been retarded, and the consequent con nection with the St. Helen's and Garston Railway at the Warrington end, and with the Manchester South Junc tion and Altrincham Railway at the Altrincham end, had been delayed. The real cause of the delay was, that the price of iron rose considerably immediately after the con tract was entered into. In reply to a question, the chair man stated that the gross amount of share capital and loans was about £233,000. The report was adopted, and the auditors and other officers elected for the ensuing year. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWIT.—The half yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Friday, at the Lime-street station of the London and North-western Railway, E. W. Hasell, Esq., chairman, presiding. The meeting was numerously attended. The report recommended a dividend of st per cent. per annum. It also stated that the net balance remaining to this com pany on account of the Scottish central traffic has not been ascertained, and it expressed regret that some dispute between the Caledonian Company and this had not yet been settled. Reference was likewise made to the fact that no payment has been made to t he company for per forming the Post-office service between Lancaster and Carlisle for about twelve months. The revenue account showed that the receipts for the past half-year (including balance brought forward) amounted to £168,661 128. 114 d., and the disbursements to £67,808 7s. 60., leaving a balance of £98,853 ss. sd. applicable to the payment of interest and dividends, and additions to the renewal fund. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, recapitulated its main features, and after a brief discussion the motion was agreed to; after whioh the Chairman formally moved a resolution that a dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. on the different classes of shares be declared. The resolution was seconded and carried unanimously, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the proceedings terminated. FREE VOCAL Scnom—Vocal music has, hitherto, been comparatively neglected in England, yet there is sufficient evidence that the natural genius of the people would re ward a careful cultivation. Wherever the people are taught to prefer the pleasures of intellect, and even of taste, to the gratification of the senses, a great and favour able change takes place in their character. They are no longer driven, by mere vacuity of mind, to improper in dulgences : and sentiments are awakened which make them love their families and their homes. One principal argument in favour of the general cultivation of vocal music is the improvement of congregational singing. Surely, so long as music forms a part of sacred worship, it ought to be of the best possible kind ; and that we have the highest authority for its use cannot be for a moment doubted. In the reign of David, we find no fewer than three thousand Levites devoted exclusively to the choral service of the temple ; and almost in every part of the il evel a o t f i o t n h s e e church t d tr i ha u h a u s n i c t is the r d d e i l n i g g h t o t f the em testa menty mp mony of Bishop Jewell, there were often, during the short reign of Edward the Sixth, not less than tree t Pau h 's o Cross usand people singing psalms by the pulpit of Sth. l. Who can think of the sublime effect produced by that chorus of voices, and compare it with the meagre, dis cordant singing of the present day, without feeling s of the deepest regret ? There are sonic who regard music as a pastime, fit only for the occasional employment of idle hours : can that, however, be unimportant which con tributes to the harmless gratification of thousands ? can that be &important which is inseparably connected with religion ? "Of all the fine arts," says Madame de Steel, " music only can be considered purely religious, since it is incapable of expressing a vice. ' On the continent we generally find the executiv government aiding its culti vation ; and where such is not the case, we frequently find large schools, supported by voluntary contributions, where the working classes are gratuitously instructed in the science. At Berlin there is a school of this descrip tion, where upwards of three hundred singers are enabled to perform the most difficult and finest works of the great masters. The vocal school established by the Sacred Har monic Society of Liverpool is calculated to produce the most beneficial results. Already upwards of 400 young persons of both sexes have availed themselves of the gra tuitous i n struction afforded .The classes . are, we under stand, attended with the greatest punctuality, a significant f of the interest felt by the pupils. proof SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, an accident of a very extraordinary nature took place on the London and North-Western Railway, at Sutton, to Joseph Yates, farmer, Eccleston. He was going from St. Helen's to Liverpool, by the 2 15 train, and when he arrived at the St. Helen's Junction, where the passengers change, in stead of crossing the line to pass over to the Liverpool train, he jumped on to the buffer of the last carriage of the Manchester train which was about departing. It started, and he remained on, the buffer, and on bemg observed, several persons shouted to him, advising him to remain still until the engineer could stop the train;. he, however, disregarded them, and in jumping off was dashed to the ground, receiving very serious injuries on his head and body. He is considered to have been in a state of intoxi cation. He was immediately conveyed to Mr. Blundell's, surgeon, and it is probable it may not terminate fatally. A NEW LIFE - PRESERVER. A trial was made last week, on the river, in the neighbourhood of the Landing-stage, of Johnson's life-preserver, or safety pillow, designed principally to aid in the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck. The patentee, who exhibited the apparatus, engaged one of the watermen's boats about two o'clock, and, after divesting himself of all clothing except a pair of white duck trousers, and a Guernsey shirt, he went into the water with the preserver attached to his person, and performed a number of evolutions, such as lying on his back and side, and moving about in other positions, for a period of nearly twenty minutes, when he came out and redressed himself, the extreme coldness of the water not rendering it prudent to remain longer im mersed. The " safety pillow" consists of two small pil lows constructed of cork shavings, lined with horse hair, —one fitting on the back and the other on the chest of the person using it, and attached by straps fitting round the thighs and shoulders. It was put on or taken off with the greatest ease and rapidity, the time occupied being only a few moments. The experiment seemed quite successful, for the exhibitor, besides assuming any posi tion at pleasure, was enabled to make progress through the water at will in any direction. The patentee is Mr. Joseph Johnson, of Manchester. Ax ANXIOUS HUSDAND.—On Saturday, when the steamer Commodore was lying at the quay, previous to her departure for Liverpool, the wife of a passenger went ashore to make some purchases, leaving her husband with two children, a little boy and an infant, on board. As she had not returned when the boat was on the eve of start ing,, the husband left the infant in the care of a brother passenger and went ash Ore with his son to search for his missing spouse, and thus lost both wife, infant, and steamer, for the former could not be found, and when he returned from his search, the latter had started, carrying away the child. To add to his grief, his wife had posses sion of the cash-box, and he was thus, like Lord Ullin, left upon the shore, wifeless, childless, and moneyless. A gentleman belonging to town, with a generosity which does him honour, seeing his distress, gave him 20s. to take him per train to Liverpool, trusting to the man's sense of honour for repayment. Mr. M'Culloch, agent of the com pany, also kindly returned him his passage-money, 10s., and, with 30s. in his pocket, the man set off to Liverpool, where it is to be hoped he will recover wife, infant, arid purse.—Greenock Advertiser. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs day, Mr. Charles Turner presided. The sub-committee of works recommended that the offer of the Haigli Foundry Company, for the supply of cast iron cylinders for the Wapping works, should be accepted. Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, in reply to a question, said the cylinders were, for the south side of the Queen's basin, to bring the water. from the graving docks. The recommendation was agreed to. The harbour masters' sub-committee having taken into consideration the application of the dock gatemen for an increase of wages, recommended that one shilling per week be added to their wages, and to the wages of the landing-stage men, during the continuance of the present high prices of provisions. The recommendation was con firmed. The sub-committee recommended that a person be appointed, at a salary of £BO per annum, to take charge of the storing of timber on the east side of the Huskisson dock. Agreed to. The sub-committee produced a report from the harbour masters of the number of stages for loading and discharging ships at the several docks, with rates recommended to be charged for the use of the same. It appeared, from the report, that there are 670 working berths ; that there are 149 stages on the dock quay s at present; and that 352 stages are required in addition, for the whole of the docks. The charges recommended to be made for them were the following :—Foreign-going ves sels under 300 tons, 10s. ; 300 to 600 tons, 12s. 6d. ; 600 to 000 tons, 155.; above 900 tons, 20s. All coasting ves sels, 2s. 6d. each. The chairman said the cost of the 352 new stages would be £5,000. Of course there were the 149 besides. The total cost might be taken at £7,000. After some conversation, the recommendations contained in the report were agreed to. A letter from Messrs. Whitehead and Meyer was read, setting forth, that in consequence of of the quay on the west side of the Brunswick dock being taken up by timber merthants on rental, the writers had had to pay demurrages amounting to £7 25., for three timber-laden vessels which had been detaine; and they asked that the rents of the ground might be distributed amongst the parties who had suffered by its being occupied with timber. The committee declined to entertain the ap plication. ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY.—Mr. J. C. Ewart took the chair at the annual meeting, in the Clarendon-rooms, on Tuesday.. The ac counts presented by Mr. Bright, secretary, showed that, up to December 31st, the total expenditure was £180,524 12s. 2d., of which £4,603 2s. sd. had been incurred on ac count of preliminary working of lines, travelling expenses, and salaries during the past two years ; rents and taxes, £1,148 Os. 2d. ; stationery and printing, £323 ss. sd. ;- in the construction of lines, stores, instruments, and patents, £173,790 3s. sd. ' • the law expenses being £659 12s. The nett profit on traffic to the end of the year (the London line having been opened only in November) was £1,264 is. sd. The engineer, Mr. Charles Bright, reported the completion of the following works :—" The underground trunk line of ten wires from London to Manchester and Liverpool was finished at the end of October, and has since continued in efficient operation. The underground line of six wires from Liverpool to Carlisle, and thence to Port patrick, was opened lately, and is working satisfactorily. The submarine cable of six wires between Great Britain and Ireland was successfully laid from Portpatrick, in Wigtonshire, to Donaghadee, in May, and maintains the same perfect condition as I then reported to yon. The underground line from Donaghadee to Belfast-has been finished a few days since, and Belfast is now connected in direct circuit with Liverpool. The underground line from Cork to Queenstown has been in operation since the commencement of the present year. The line of pole tele graph from Belfast to Dublin, with branches to Armagh, Kells, Nowtonards, and Holy wood, along the county Down, Ulster, Belfast Junction, and Dublin and Drogheda Railways, has been open for commercial business in con nexion with the cable since the beginning of January. The same system from London to Cork, with branches to Killarney and Carlow, on the Great Southern and Western and Killarney Junction Railways, was completed and opened for public use at the same time. Tenders have been accepted from responsible and experienced con tractors for the erection of a line of telegraph upon the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and for six additional wires between Dublin and Belfast. Agreements have also been entered into with the Londonderry and Enniskillen and Coleraine Railways, for the supply of telegraphs to those lines. One hundred and three new instruments, and various machinery necessary to the proper working of the additional stations and increased business, have been provided during the year, and the apparatus of the com pany is in good and efficient condition." The chairman congratulated the proprietors upon the excellent prospects of the undertaking, and paid a high compliment to the zeal and efficiency of the company's officers. The report was adopted ; and, a resolution having been passed for an allowance to the directors for their services, the retiring directors, Mr. James Holme, Mr. Christopher H. Jones, and Mr. Henry Harrison, were re-elected. The auditors, Messrs. Bewley, were also re-appointed. - - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—A fire took place on Wednesday night in the large warehouse of Messrs. Ryland and Sons, New Market-street, Manchester, which destroyed that establishment, and caused great damage and loss of property at several other warehouses. Messrs. Ryland and Sons are dealers in Manchester goods generally, and their warehouse occupied the whole of the pile of buildings between New High-street and Bread street, and extending from High-street to Tib-street, being 300 feet 1011, 42 feet wide, and partly three and partly four stories in height, exclusive of cellars under the whole range. There was a stock of goods in the warehouse worth rather more than £lOO,OOO, the greater portion of which was destroyed.' About £20,000 worth of goods were out in the hands of finishers, and escaped. The flames reached the warehouse of Messrs. Hammond and Turner; then that of Messrs. Richard Guest and Co. caught fire. The warehouse of Mr. A. Eichholz also took fire, and the flames took the direction of a court partly under the warehouse of Messrs. Hammond and Turner, and partly under that of Mr. Eichholz, into Bridgewater place, setting on fire several warehouses in that street. The immense warehouse of Messrs. Kershaw, Leese, and Sidebottom, on the north side of Bridgewater-place, also caught fire several times, from the sparks thrown up, but was fortunately saved, with some slight damage to the roof. The capacious premises of Messrs. Ryland and Sons were entirely destroyed. A crowd of people, estimated at upwards of 20,000, gathered near the spot soon after mid night, and the police would hive found it impossible to keep a sufficient space clear for the firemen but for the aid of Colonel Yorke, with his regiment of Ist Royal Dra goon Guards. Messrs. Ryland and Sons are insured to the extent of £73,000. Of the warehouses on the north side of Bread-street, those which have suffered most are that of Messrs. Hammond and Turner, and that of Messrs. Guest and Co. Messrs. Hammond and Turner, 17, Bread street, are button and silk manufacturers, and the whole of their warehouse was gutted, inflicting a loss of £B,OOO in stock, and, probably, of £2,000 to £3,000 in the build ing, which is insured. Messrs. Richard Guest and Co., 19, Bread-street, and 18 A, Bridgewater-place, spinners and manufacturers, had a large stock of goods in the warehouse, which were nearly all destroyed. Their loss will be about £12,000, covered partly by insurances. The loss on the building will also be several thousand pounds. Mr. Joseph Gill, of 21, Bread-street, fustian manufacturer, had about £9OO of damage done, covered by an insurance of £1,250. Mr. Eichholz, exporter of Manchester goods, 10 A, Bridgewater-Place, had suffered about £5OO in damage to his stock, but is insured for £BOO, which will cover the loss. Messrs. Piddock, Waters, and Co., N 0.12, suffered a loss of several hundreds, covered by insurance. Messrs. T. Pearson and Son, No. 16, manufacturers of Marseilles quilts and counterpanes, had property destroyed to the extent of £6,000, covered by insurance. Messrs. Barlow and Frith, No. 18, had stock burnt, and other damage done, to the extent of £750, covered by insurance. The extensive warehouses of Messrs. Bradbury and Don caster, merchants, and Messrs. Richardson, Tee, and Rye croft, cotton and linen manufacturers, in Tib-street, were on fire several times, and great difficulty was experienced in saving them. The latter suffered to the amount of about £l,OOO, but are cove red by insurance. These esti mates of damage do not in clude the buildings in Bridge water-place, which will amount to several thousand pounds. The total damage caused by this fire will therefore exceed £160,000. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been a want of care on the part of the packers at work in thet informatio lower part of the warehou s e , but no certain n. on this point has yet been obtained. Great expense. had also, it appears, been incurred in fitting Messrs. Mandl any y m s r o s ulwaiocthceurffe;ctbiuvte ,apparatusunfortunafowri;x trained to use it. ,7inurliOne_inhgatekel'einf THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. GENERAL INTELLIGEYCE. THE SECOND REDUCTION of the duty of 4d. per pound on tea will come into effect on the 6th April. Tnn SWEDISH chamber of nobles have declared rail roads to be "things unfit for Sweden." WAGNER, the German composer, is writing an opera, which wilbit is said,occupy three nights in the performance. TnE BISIIOI , OP SeiwatTny was seized with a bilious attack on Wednesday doming, which assumed a rather alarming character. On Thursday he was somewhatbetter. LORD Demsousin is endeavouring to establish verna cular schools throughout India for the instruction of the masses of the people. 'rum CITY OP LONDON committee for the erection of a statue to Sir IL Peel have decided that it shall be•placed at the west end of Cheapside. A "BEARD UNION" is in course of formation at Edin burgh, its object being "to forward by all legitimate means the cause of the beard, and by union to overcome the foolish prejudice against that manly ornament." LAST WEEK a couple were married in Scotland whose united ages amounted to 152 years, the blooming bride groom having seen seventy-two summers, and the buxom bride eighty ! Neither had previously been married. A PERSON in London, known as " Old Sandy Forman," has just died, leaving between £15,000 and £16,000. Failing heirs (although he seems to have a brother alive), all the money is to go to the town of Sterling to support old people. ONE OF THE FORTUNATE DIGGERS in Australia is an Irishman, named Loftus, who was discharged penniless from the 99th regiment, about four years ago. He has now £42,000 in bank at Victoria, besides a rental of £950 from landed property. A NARROW-GAUGE PROJECT is said, by the Bristol Mirror, to be under the consideration of influential parties, for connecting Bristol with South Wales and Liverpool direct, crossing the Aust Passage, and falling into the Monmouth, Hereford, and Shrewsbury line. AT THE CHARTERHOUSB SCHOOL, according to a cor respondent of the Times, a boy who had been twice flogged by a monitor, drew his knife in resistance to a third inflic tion, and has been expelled. A FEW DAYS AGO a joiner, residing in Newcastle, re ceived an order to make a child's coffin, one of the condi tions being that it should have a lock and key. The father wished to preserve some tangible memorial of the last resting-place of his child, and his intention was to wear the key of its coffin round his neck ! THE SOAP PLANT. — The Vienna journals announce that a firm at California has sent to that city some seeds of the soap plant. It grows wild in California, rising to the height of about a foot. The plant fades away in the month of May, and inside each is a ball of natural soap, superior, it is asserted, to any tbat can be manufactured. THE RUSSIAN PAPERS gravely relate a miraculous appearance of the blessed virgin during one of the recent conflicts on the Asiatic frontier of Turkey and Russia. She is said to have been seen by the combatants on both sides in the attitude of blessing the Russian soldiers. The consequence was that they wet e inspired with supernatural and irresistible valour, and that a number of the infidel Moslems were converted to " the orthodox faith." A PARISIAN gentleman is said to have discovered a new mode of producing artificial light, by which, with a glass, two-thirds filled with water, a little powder, and a few drops of another liquid, he can illuminate a room for four hours, at the expense of less than a sou. PRECAUTION IN FIRES.—A correspondent of the Boston Journal (U. S.) writes :—" By simply wetting a silk handkerchief and placing it over the face, a person can go through a dense smoke without inconvenience. I saw the statement about twenty years ago, and shortly after tried it, saving thousands of dollars by knowing where the fire was." IscirrENT WAR.—One of the Bristol pilots reports that there is a Turkish barque and a Russian barque in the Penarth roads, ready loaded, and each bound to their respective countries ; that the captain of the latter fears to proceed to sea, as his antagonist has nine guns ready to play upon his enemy, as soon as he can catch him clear of the roadstead.—Shipping Gazette. A BOY named Thomas Speight, belonging to one of the parochial schools of St. Clement Danes, was committed for trial from the Marylebone Police-court on Monday, for placing eight bricks upon the rails of the London and North-Western Railway at Camden-town. An officer of the company had but just time to kick off the bricks from the rails and secure the boy, when the express came up ; and the consequence, if the attempt had not been detected, it is fearful to contemplate. ORDERS have been received at Woolwich dockyard to prepare for launching the Royal Albert, 131, screw steam-ship, on the 15th of April, the day after Good Fri day, Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and several of the junior members of the royal family will be present on the occasion, and the ceremony of naming the steamer will be performed by the Princess Royal. PAtxn.iNs' Guxs.—The Moniteur pnblishes a long letter from General Paixhans, in which he suggests that, instead of building ships to carry 100 or 120 guns, and crews of 1,000 men each, it would be well to spend the money which such a ship should cost in the construction of two or three frigates armed with this new and destruc tive artillery. MAKE-BELIEVE " WORRING-MEN."—A class has risen up among you (the working classes) who get their living by agitation and organization. - The beershop is their factory and home. The plough and the loom know them not, yet they always affect to speak in the name of the working classes. Their harangues glitter with pikes and smell of gunpowder, although they generally contrive to keep their person out of harm's way. They drill you to clamour, and would drill you to blood and plunder, could they do it safely. They fawn on your first fault, and yelp and snarl at all other classes, and on those of your own class who resist their dictation. They are led by your own enemies, or pretended friends, to make tools or fools of yoU for selfish purposes. Through them the demagogue cajoles, the aristocrat bribes, the adventurer plunders, and the spy betrays you; and they are a ready agency for any scheme, however preposterous, criminal, and disastrous.— W. Fox, M.P. TITS SUPPLEMENTAL ARMY ESTIMATE.—The supple mental army estimate has been laid before Parliament. It will be remembered that• an increase of 10,694 of all ranks has been already voted. The supplemental estimate states that Parliament will be asked to vote a further augmentation of 15,000, raising the number of all ranks, officers and men, to 127,977. The total increase is dis tributed thus :—Officers, 65; non-commissioned officers, 1729 ; rank and file, 23,910. The additional charge for this second increase will be £500,000, and for the general and medical staff required for foreign service, £70,000. This additional charge, which is now to be voted, £670,000, added to the increase already voted, £262,470, will make the total increase £832,470, and raise the charge for the ydar to £6,857,486. In the previous year, the year just closing the*charge was £6,025,016. A COMMON ON FIRE.—On Wednesday afternoon, be tween one and two o'clock, some persons set fire to the furze plantation between Feltham and Twickenham. Be fore any assistance could be obtained the flames had travelled with lightning speed over some acres of ground, destroying, in their progress, many hundred valuable furze trees. At one time the flames were rising many feet in the air, and presented a singularly grand spec tacle, which was witnessed by hundreds of persons travelling by the London and South-western Railway. A great many farm labourers having been obtained, they went to work, and with the aid of shovels and hand poles they managed, after some hours' labour; to cut off the further extension of the destructive element, but not until some acres of land had been swept clean of what was growing upon them an hour or two before. ROMANIST DIETARY DISPENSATION FOR LENT, 1854. —The following dietary dispensation for Lent has been promulgated in the metropolitan districts by the " Lord Bishop of Southwark," from which it will be seen that certain modifications are to take place in the practice formerly adopted. The notice is as follows :—" 1. Flesh meat is allowed at the single meal of those who are bound to fast, and at the discretion of those who are not bound, on all days except Wednesdays and Fridays, Ember Satur day, and the last four days in holy week. 2. On Sundays, even those who are bound to fast may eat flesh meat at their discretion. 3. Eggs are allowed at the single meal of those who are bound to fast, and at the discretion of those who are not so bound, on all days except Ash Wed nesday, and the last four days in holy week. 4. Cheese, under the same restrictions, is allowed on all days except Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. '5. Dripping and lard is permitted at dinner and collation' on all days except Ash Wednesday and the Fridays during Lent. On those days (Sundays included) whereon flesh meat is allowed, fish is not permitted at the same meal. N.B. The Easter Com munion must be made between Ash Wednesday and Low Sunday, both days included.—Tnomes, Bishop." The following is an. extract from the Lenten pastoral of Archbishop Cullen, vhich was read at all the Romish mass-houses in Dublin on Sunday :—" Never engage in those improper dances imported from other countries, and retaining foreign names, such as polkas and waltzes, which are so repugnant to the notions of strict Christian morality, are condemned by many of the highest and most respecta ble members of society, and are at direct variance with that purity and modesty of the female character for which Ire land has been ever distinguished." - -- -- A VERY INTERESTING SITITATION.. — The other morn ing a girl in the service of the Rev. Thomas Drake, of Barrow-upon-Soar, rose about seven o'clock, and having kindled a fire, went into the yard; while there the door blew to, and there being a French latch to it, she could not open it again. The other inmates of the house were not up, and rather than arouse them from their slumbers, the girl resolved to obtain ingress by climbing upon the roof, and making a descent down the chimney. With the aid of a piece of timber she mounted the roof, and succeeded in getting into the chimney, but, having de scended two or three feet, her petticoats prevented a further descent, or, what was worse, an ascent either. In this unpleasant situation she had to remain some time, being unable to extricate herself, or (although her cries were heard) to make any one understand where she was confined ; and when she was discovered the upper part of the chimney had to be demolished before she could be got out. Fortunately the girl was not injured, further than the abrasion of the skin upon ascertain part of her person, and the discolouration consequent upon such a singular adventure. AN ITEM FOU COTTON BUYERS AND SELLERS.—There is now before the legislature of Georgia a bill " for the protection, in certain cases, of planters and cotton sellers," which effectually settles for that state the disputed ques tion whether, in the sale of a domestic staple, " cask" means ready money, or money that will not be ready until seven days after the article is sold. The first section of the bill provides, that " after the passage of this act cotton sold by planters and commission merchants shall not be considered as the property of the buyer, or the ownership given up, until the same shall be fully paid for, although it may have been delivered into the possession, of the buyer, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwith standing." Section second enacts, " that any person engaged in the business of buying cotton, either on h i s own account or for others, who shall buy or engage to buy cotton from a commission merchant, and shall fail or refuse to pay for the same at the time agreed on, or if no time shall have been specified then when required, and shall make away with, or dispose of any cotton purchased and not paid for, shall be deemed guilty of fraud and embezzlement, and shall, be liable, on, conviction, to be imprisoned in the penikntiary, not less. thou one nor more than five years, at the discretion, oftl* jury trying the case."— Georgie,.W3.),Nscin Sin FlEsny YOUNG, in his report on the navigation of the River Murray, in South Australia, just issued, says As regards soil, climate, and other natural advantages, there can be no doubt that the vast basin of the Murray, equal in area to seven Great Britains, is well adapted to sustain a large population ; while in no part of the world can the extent and facility of internal communication by water be surpassed." THE PRINCESS LIRVEN gave a grand soiree in Paris a few evenings before her departure. She announced to her friends that, although she had not received the slightest intimation . either from the Russian embassy or the Czar, that party would doubtless be her last. The Russian princess manifested a desire to return to Brussels. M. de Rothschild, who was present, replied to her,,, " Madame, if that is the case, no change will take place in our habits ; we shall come and see you at Brussels as we do in Paris. We will organise pleasure trains on the Northern Railway. It will be, besides, a good affair for the company." A BLACK NEWSPAPER.—The report of a newspaper in Liberia comes to us like a sign and an omen. A few years ago, a dark jungle grew down to the water's edge, where we now see aZ' republic—rich, free, im proving—a society tho y organised —a government active, strong, and liberal—trade, industry, manufacture, arts, intelligence. All this the newspaper, the Liberia Herald, tells us by itself and by report. Its very existence is significant of hope, of change, of progress. Editors, writers, printers, compositors—all are neg,roes; and we are bound to say that the articles, the reports of meetings, the comments on news, and the select matter would do no discredit to a provincial or colonial journal of the white man.—Athenerum. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A vessel was towed down the Thames, on Tuesday week, in charge of a Gravesend pilot. On reaching Gravesend the vessel was left at an chor, and the surgeon of the ship accompanied the pilot on shore, and went home with him. The pilot, it ap pears, bad at home two fair daughters of Eve, both in a state of single blessedness ; and the gallant surgeon, struck with the sudden thought that his bachelor state during a long voyage to Sydney, whither he was bound, would be very lonely, proposed for one of the daughters, and was accepted. There was no time for courtship or doubt; the ship sailed the next day. The license was accordingly procured, and the next morning, at eight o'clock, found the gay Lothario, with his bride, and her sister as brides maid, at the door of the parish church of Old Milton. And now comes the most interesting, or rather the most ludicrous, part of the story. The service had proceeded as far as that very important but very short response, when the lady had to, say " I will," when she looked up with the most perfect innocence into the face of the priest and clerk, saying, " I think you have made a mistake ; it is my sister that is to be married." The sacred edifice itself, the solemnity of the performance, the grave and solemn tones of the priest, all combined together, nearly failed to repress the growing risibility upon every countenance, except that of the bridegroom elect, whose blank aspect portrayed his dismay at the mishap so nearly consum mated, and which would have shortly been irrevocable. However, the ladies changed places, and the service hav ing been again gone through, a few minutes served to tie the indissoluble knot, and the happy bridegroom having imprinted a kiss upon the forehead of his youthful bride, the party left the church. We understand the same even- ' ing the ship sailed, carrying with her the newly-wedded pair. We wish them a happy and prosperous voyage.— Maidstone Journal. IMPROVEMENTS IN SAVINGS BANKS. — France is not the country from which we would expect to receive useful ; information for the improvement of any scheme having for its object the cultivation of the provident habits of the people; yet, judging from some communications with which we have been favoured by Mr. Bridges, the able Secretary of the Friendly Society Institute, we are glad to find that the French Government are now actively and successfuly engaged in endeavouring to make provident societies (so ci6tes de secoure mutuels) safe and useful schemes for the preservation and improvement of the periodical savings of the industrial classes. A letter of in structions from the Minister of the Interior, and an elaborate report upon the present situation of the French savings banks, addressed to the Emperor, are full of valuable information. The best mode of forming and managing these banks, and appropriate checks to prevent malversation, are there clearly pointed out and explained. Mr. Scratchley, who has devoted much valuable time to this national object, has presented an interesting report to the Friendly Society Institute, the result of his examina tion of the French system, made by him last Autumn in Paris, which he had been requested by several members of Parliament and trustees of saving banks to undertake. Mr. Scratchley appears to be fully impressed with the de sirableness of having one uniform system of book-keeping practised by the managers of all the English savings banks, and we learn that the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been drawn to the expediency of a clause being inserted in the new Savings Bank Bill to authorise the issue, by the National Debt office, of a circular letter of instructions similar to that issued by the French Go vernment, to render compulsory the adoption of a uniform system of books and accounts. It is well known that in this country, and it was so in France, the endless diversity in the books and mode of keeping them, is found to be the great obstacle in the way of a systematic inspection of sav ings banks' accounts, by which alone fraud will be sus ceptible of detection, and, what is still more important, of prevention. Mr. Scratchley, whose opinion on this subject is of the greatest weight, found that much benefit had re sulted from the French regulations, confirming him in the view he had taken in his.work on saving banks, as to the necessity of a uniform system of account keeping. The Friendly Societies Institute took measures in the summer of last year, for collecting the views of the leading savings bank officials respecting the recent bill, and they appear without exception to have considered, that if passed it would have produced mischievous results. On one part all parties appear agreed, that a system of frequently recur ring audit (to be made without previous notice) by auditors delegated by depositors or by Government in spectors, together with the requiring of proper security from the savings bank actuary (or other official who is authorised to receive the subscriptions,) would do much to prevent the occurrence of frauds. The fear of an unex pected visit from one of the auditors or inspectors would act as a very efficient check. It has been attended by the most salutary effects in reference to private lunatic asylums. If Government inspectors be appointed, their reports should be addressed to one chief inspector in London, who, under control of the Comptroller General of the National Debt Office, could collate them as a guide for fresh in structions, where required, and they ought to be presented in the form of an annual report to Parliament. Whether the Government should insist upon receiving security for the sake of the depositors, as to which there has been so much discussion, Mr. Scratchley reports, that he does not con sider it of so great importance as is imagined ; although he admits that where such security is not given, proper measures (in the shape of notices in the banks and on the deposit books) should be taken to disabuse depositors' minds on the subject. Mr. Scratchley is led to this con clusion by the experience of a large number of friendly societies and other similar institutions ; which, without Government security, meet with no difficulty in obtaining the confidence of members, when the auditing of their ac counts is intrusted to delegates from among the members. It is well known that English industrial societies more unfrequently fail from errors in the principles upon which they are founded (which is not the question at issue in the matter of savings banks) than from the effects of pecula tion or fraud. The delegated committee of auditors of a friendly society are pleased with the power of being able to call for the books for inspection, and they exercise it with energy.—Assurance Register. A SEA or TROUBLES.—Seven years ago, Villiers Pearse, a reporter to the public press, and the son of an officer of rank, in circumstances of the deepest distress, was con victed of forging the signature of the Marchioness of Queensbury to a cheque, which he presented for payment at Messrs. Coutts' bank, and, being at once detected. was ordered to be transported for ten years. Five months ago he was found by the police in a wretched hiding-place in London, living with his wife and children. He was then apprehended on a charge of escaping from confine ment, and brought up finally, before committal to the Old Bailey, on that charge, at Clerkenwell, on Saturday. On being asked by the magistrate if he had anything to say, he requested, in an agitated manner, to be allowed to detail what he had suffered. He said :—" At the period of the offence for which I was convicted. I was in the most acute pecuniary distress, with a wife and a large family of children. A series of misfortunes—the most heavy was the death of my second wife, by which I lost an annuity of £l5O, with a great falling off, notwith standing all my exertions, of my occupation as a reporter to the public press—brought about mainly my distress. Previous to the commission of the offence, I had through life borne an irreproachable character. In early life, from 1818 to 1822, I held some most responsible appoint ments in Jamaica and other West India islands ; and from 1829 to 1834, in New South Wales. I was convicted in October, 1848, was three months in Milbank Penitentiary, in solitary confinement, subsequently three years and two months in the Warrior convict-ship, at Woolwich, and I was sent abroad in March, 1850. At Milbank, and at the hulks, I had the best possible character. On my arrival at Hobart Town I had a ticket of leave, which I retained until I left the colony, never having forfeited the same for a day by any insubordination. My motive in leaving Van Diemen's Land, was to proceed. to the gold diggings, in the hope that I might be successful, and better the con dition of my family at home, who are in very impover ished circumstances; but although my exertions were great in California, Victoria, and New South Wales, I was unsuccessful. It is true I made, occasionally, some money, but I was robbed of . it on the roads _by bush rangers, and was frequently illused and robbed at Mel bourne and Geelong, by the worst of characters. I was shipwrecked twice, a nd once burnt out at sea; the first time in Torres Straits, between New Holland and New Guinea, on a reef of coral rocks. U p on this occasion I lost between £7O and £BO, and all my luggage, eleven of us only getting ashore . out of a ship' s company of twen t y - seven . After thirty days of great suffering and privation, we were picked up by an American whaler, and ultimately reached Sidney. I was subsequently wrecked in a brigantine, called the Titon, going from Melbourne to Adelaide, and then lost all I possessed in the world. having had another narrow escape of my life. In return ing from San Francisco to Melbourne, in a vessel . called the White Squall, she caught fire, and we were obliged to abandon her and take to the boats ; but a great number of the crew and passengers perished by fire and water, the survivor's in the boats reaching Tahiti in about eight days, in a state of great exhaustion, many of whom after wards died from the effects of the same. I again reached Melbourne, and, after recovering my health in the hospital, I went to Forest Creek, and many other dig gings, where I obtained some wealth, and in returning with it to Melbourne, the last time from Forest Creek, I was attacked by bushrangeras,d ro arm bbed of all led with revolvers, most cruelly beaten, stripped n had. Eventually, while in Auckland, I saw a barque, bound for England, in want of hands. The t e m ptation was too great, for I had long mourned to reach my dear family, and I shipped myself as ordinary seaman and assistant steward, and we left the settlement in July, with a miser able crippled ship's company, and made a very severe p a ssage round the Cape, losing masts, sails, rigging, boat, bulwarks, and many of the crew from the yard-arm, and, finally, we reached England in September last, after a most awful passage of four months and twenty-six days." Under these circumstances, the unfortunate man entreated the humane consideration of the legislature for his great sufferinp.. The. statement was placed on the depositions, LIVERPOOL TOWS COUNCIL. Tin? monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wed nesday, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., mayor, presiding.—The pro ceedings of the FINANCE COMMITTEE comprised recommendations to increase the salary of Mr. Rishton, building surveyor, from £250 to £3OO per an num ; and the salaries of William Johnson and John Jones, his assistants, from 40s. to 48s. per week ; to ap point or to concur with the justices of the borough in the appointment of James Johnston, out-door inspector of weights and measures, at the salary of £lOO per annum ; report and estimate of the cost of laying out the Waver tree-hall estate as a park ; recommendation to sell the reversion of certain houses in Roscoe-street and Back Knight-street, as the site of a school in connexion with St. Mark's Church, on payment of the sum of £2B 10s. ; report, plans, and estimates of Sir William Cubitt for the new Landing-stage ; recommendation to increase the salaries of the following clerks in the town-clerk's office, viz. :—Mr. Henry Walter, from £250 to £3OO per annum; Mr. John Forgham, from £155 to £200 ; M r . Edwin Evans, from £1 10s. to £2 2s. per week. Plans and esti mates of the works proposed to be constructed by Mr. John Laird, Messrs. Clover and Doyle, and Messrs. Clay ton and Co. at Birkenhead, and re p or t o f th e surveyor thereon.—On the motion of MI% Hornby the proceedings were confirmed, with the exception of Messrs. Rishton, W. Johnson, and J. Jones, consideration of which was referred back. PROPOSED PARS Or THE WAVERTREE ESTATE, Hornby, on the plea that the extent of ground in question was too limited to be of value as a park to the inhabitants of Liverpool, and that, consequently, the ex pense of laying it out as a park should not be incurred, suggested that it ought to be laid out as a place for build ing ornamental villas on. Some discussion ensued, which ended in a resolution, proposed by Mr. Stewart, as a modi fication of Mr. Piston's suggestion—that the ground be thrown open as a park, with merely a few dry walks through it, so that the public appreciation of it as a park may be ascertained. PROPOSED NEW LANDING-STAGE. A report by Sir W. Cubitt on this subject was read, which, after some discussion, was referred to the Finance Committee. The report was relative to a modified land ing-stage suitable for the accommodation of the channel steamers, but not intended to accommodate the larger class, or ocean steamers, as they are called. Tile expense of the modified plan, it was stated in the report, would be from £lOO,OOO to £115,000. PROPOSED NEW DOCKS AT BIRKENHEAD. IThe surveyor's report on this subject was read, from which it appeared that Mr. Laird proposes to construct a large graving dock, sufficiently capacious to admit a pad • dle steamer of larger class than any in existence; and also to erect three building docks, or slips, from which ships may be floated when fully equipped for sea; besides three ordinary landing slips. The plan, according to the report, would, if carried out, develope a ship-building establishment of extraordinary magnitude and of un equalled capabilities. The report further had in contem plation, works intended to be erected near the same point, by Messrs. Clayton and M`Keverigan, and Messrs. Clover and Boyle. The estimated expense of these works is, in round numbers, £70,000, viz.,—X,30,000 for Mr. Laird's works, and £20,000 each for the other two. By these works, conjointly, it is intended to reclaim 28,000 square yards of land from the river. After a brief discussion, the report was referred to the Finance Committee. WIDENING OP BOLD-STREET, An attempt was made by Mr. Earle to prevent a renewal of the leases of two houses in Bold-street, on the ground that it was in contemplation, at a future time, to widen that street by taking down its north side. The proposal was supported by Mr. Robertson Gladstone ; but on a division it was lost by a majority of 36 to 3. DOCK COMMITTER The proceedings of this committee having been con firmed, the remainder of the monthly business, including several important matters, were delayed till 'Wednesday (to-morrow), till which day the council was adjourned. PROPOSED ATETV LANDEVG-ST-IG_E. THE benefits derived by the public from the existing landing-stage have been so decided and so self-evident, as to create an irresistible desire for the construction of one with capabilities sufficient to accommodate the larger steam-ship traffic of the port. At first it was contemplated to have it of an amplitude great enough to suffice for the traffic of both ocean-going and channel steamers, and a report having reference to such an erection was prepared by Sir W. Cubitt. Further consideration of. the subject led to the belief that its benefits could not be readily participated in by the ocean steamers, except on occasions of rare occurrence, and a modi fication of the plan was accordingly suggested. The following modified report has, therefore, been prepared by the eminent engineer, and was sub mitted to the Town Council at its meeting on Wednesday last :- 6, Great George-street, Westminster. Feb. 23, 1854. Gentlemen,—l have now the honour of addressing to you this report on the subject of a modified landing-stage. suitable for the accommodation of what are termed the channel steamers,' to distill zuish them from the large and lolly ocean steamers,' for which the former report, plans, and estimates, dated the 31st of October last, were designed. As regards length, breadth, and means of communication with the shore, the two designs are the same in principle. The great change is in the height of the deck above the water; that of the stage for ocean steamers being 18 feet, while that for the channel steamers is confined to 8 feet. This change has necessitated an entire revision of the whole structure, and an entire recalculation of the weights of the pontoons and kelsons, and the quantities of timber, &c., inasmuch as the lessening the heights of the deck rendered essential thicker iron and extra work in the kelsons and in other parts of the fabric, and also the providing of yet lower decks at either end to serve as berths for the tenders of the ocean steamers, at which passengers and goods to and from those vessels might he shipped and landed without interference with the present ferry landing-stage. All these modifications will be explained by a reference to the tirawincs, which are, I trust, sufficiently clear to render a long description of them unnecessary. _ The extreme length of 0)6 stage will be 1.000 feet, and the width will be 82 feet, the same as that of the present ferry steamers' stage. The height of the deck above the water line will be about 8 feet for 920 feet of its length, and about 5 feet for 40 feet at each end, as berths for tenderA and other small steamers not plying to the ferry-stage. Should this 40 feet not be deemed sufficient to afford a landing berth for the tender steamers it might be extended to 50 feet, but as it is now planned there will be four 40-foot berths, at all times, for small steamers lying parallel with the tide, besides the two ends of the stage, each 82 feet long. which, I presume, would be ordinarily available at the `lee-tide end' during both flood and ebb. ..„—........ ..„... The main support of the landing-stage will consist of 67 pontoons, of various lengths (see drawing No. 4), and of an uniform length of 10 feet, (with the exception of the two end pontoons, which will each be 12 feet wide, and much stronger than the others), and an uniform depth of 5 feet. The whole are intenoed to have an uniform draught of 3 feet of water, with all erections, stores, &c., on deck, which will represent a weight of 4,500 tons. Upon and across all the pontoons will be five hollow beams or kelsons, extending fiorn end to end of the stage, and well fastened to the pontoons, at every intersection, so that the pontoons and kelsons will form a strong and in flexible iron frame, of which those parts that are in the water (the pontoons), the only portions subject to accident or decay, can be each separately removed for cleaning, painting, repair ins.: or replacing, without at all interfering with the use of the stage, or with the steamers lying alongside, so that the sta"e„ will not need to be unrnoored at any time. Upon and across the kelsons, at four-foot distances, will be laid the deck-beams, each two feet deep by one foot in thickness, consisting of two whole balks of timber, well scarfed, jointed, and trenailed together, and strongly bolted down to the kelsons. Upon these, lengthways of the stage, will be laid the deck, in two thicknesses,—the main portion 4a incites th'ck, which will be securely fastened down to the deck beams, and upon this a 12 inch covering of harder wood, less subject to wear, and capable of being easily removed and repaired, in any part, without damaging or disturbing the main portion of the deck. Round the sides and ends of the stage will be fender guards and boiler welve inches square, the spaces between which will led up flush from the level of the dip deck to six inches belo the surface of the water, with stout planking, so that it will be impossible for the paddle beams. or ally other part of the steamers lying alongside, to strike the stage, or for the stage to damage the vessels alongside. The landing-stage will be moored to Prince's Wharf by a set of horizontal diagonal moorings to check it against the run of the tide ; a set of preventor moorings, laid square from the wharf to the stage, to prevent vessels from driving in be tween them and damaging the bridges; and, lastly, a double set of underfoot moorings, either screw or lewis, at each end, hove as short as the very highest equinoctial tides will admit, to serve as safety moorings to bring the stage up in case of accident of any kind to the horizontal mooring cables or pre ventor chains. All the above apparatus for safely and effectually mooring this stage are similar in principle to those of the present ferry stage, for although the underfoot moorings have fortunately never yet been brought into play, they are not the less necessary. Lastly, the landing-stage will be connected with the Prince's Quay by means of four strong bridges, which will rise and fall with the stage to the extremes of the highest and lowest tides, and more sufficiently up and down the river with the flood and ebb, to give perfectly free play to all parts of the apparatus, and to permit them to be at all times passable. They will be available for all purposes to which bridges are adapted, either for persons on foot, or horseback, or in car riages; or for droves of cattle, or other stock, passing to or from the steamers; or for carts and drays, with luggage and stores. In short, they will so connect the stage with the top of Prince's Wharf that it will possess all the advantages that would arise if the surface of the Mersey were, at all times, at such a height as would keep the deck of the channel steamers on the level, or within a foot of the level, of Prince's-parade. "The stage, besides the provision for the tenders of the ocean steamers already described, affords a large and safe boat harbour, of a thousand feet in length, between the stage and the shore, with four landing-places for boats, having an aggregate length of nearly 300 feet; and eight sets of stairs to the deck of the stage, accessible at all times of the day or night, and well lighted with gas from thence to the shore. These are advantages to row-boat owners, and to the public, which no open landings and fixed stairs, of a common kind, could pos-ibly g ive. The deck of this landing-stage will have an area of very nearly two acres, giving ample space for light buildings of wood and corrugated iron to any extent that may be requisite for the accommodation of a steam passenger trade, and of the parties connected both with the stage and with the trade, as will further appear by my stating the capabilities of the stage as a vessel or platform of burden. The total displacement of all the pontoons with a mean draft of three feet will equal 157,560 cubic feet, which is equal to 4500 tons ; and it will take 125 tons, distributed over the deck, to put the stage one inch deeper in the water, or 1500 tons to bring it one foot deeper, and 3000 t ons to bring the t d o a p n it z eorf need h e ed e po b n e t o a o p n p s r e t i o l e n a d l e e d v e l from with e t i h t h e e ss r - a o t v e e r r , b s u o i l d t h i n a g t n o o r overloading on the deck. THE ESTIMATE. To form an estimate for a work of this kind is a very diffi cult, and, in a great degree, an uncertain operation ; inasmuch as, although some of the work, such as the pontoons, the kel - sons, or longtitudinal hollow beams, and the hollow beams for the bridges, may, probably, be let out by contract, there is a great deal of work that cannot. The only estimate that can be made with anything like certainty is that the weights of the ironwork, and the cube quantity of the timber, which, according to the calculations I have made. are as follow : Pontoons llO-1 tons. Kelsons ll5B Wrought-iron, in knees, bolts, stran &c 2O Total ironwork 2283 Timber wrought in place, 90,000 cube feet; four bridges, with stone, timber. and ironwork, complete in place; moor ings, tkc., complete; contingencies of various kinds; total, from £lOO,OOO to £115,000. Being the estimated maximum and minimum, according to times prices, and circums t a nces, exclusive of any establishment at Liverpool of an office and a resident engineer, and assistance of clerks and inspectors of works during their erection.—l have the honour to be, gen tlemen, your most obedient Strlllnt, W. CiainT. LIT:ERPOOL BURYING GROUNDS_ THE following is an amended copy of the order which has lately been published with respect to the closing%f the burying grounds in this town :-- At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of February, 1854 -present, the Queen's Most Excellent: Majesty in Council, iVhereas, the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston-, one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, after. giving to the incumbents and churchwardens of the parishes hereinafter mentioned ten days' previous notice of his intention to make such representation, has, under the provisions of an act passed in the last session of par liament,. intituled " An act to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in England, beyond the limits of the metropolis," made a representation stating that, for the protection of the public health, no new burial ground shall be opened in the borough of Liverpool,. or within twos miles of its boundaries, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; that burials shall be discontinued in the said borough, with the following modifications : f Burials to be wholly discontinued in St. Paul's church- 7 ! yard, St. Thomas's churchyard, St. Ann's churchyard anct , under the church, St. Philip' s c h urc hyard, Trinity church ! yard and under the church, St. Mark's churchyard, St'.. Andrew's churchyard and under the church, Christ church yard and in the vaults under the 'church, in the Baptist . burial ground, Everton-road ; in the burial grounds of All Saints' Roman Catholic Chapel, of Great George-street Chapel, of .Newington Independent Chapel, Renshaw-street, of St. Nicholas's Roman Catholic Chapel, Copperas-hill, of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel, Seel-street, and in the vaults under the last tw o c h ape l s ; i n St. Peter's church yard, in St. Nicholas's Church and churchyard, in the burial ground of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel an& under the chapel ; and in the Wesleyan Methodist ChapeL burial ground, Upper Stanhope -street. With the exception of private vaults and graves, ncs more than one body to be buried in any grave in the burial ground of the Necropolis, and of St. Mary's ceme tery, of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Rodney-street, and of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Chapel, Scotland road ; and burials to be wholly discontinued in the three last-named grounds from and after the Ist January, 1855.. With the same exception ; no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. John's churchyard, and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the Ist of May, 1854. • With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. Michael's churchyard, and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after 1 the Ist of January, 1855. With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in St. George's churchyard, Everton- With the same exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in the burial ground of St. Anne's, Chapel, Edge-hill ;no burial to take place within 20 feet of the schools ; and, with the same exceptions, burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the Ist oC January, 1855. Burials in the vaults under this chapel to cease forthwith. Burials to be wholly discontinued in St. Martin's church— yard from and after the Ist of August, 1854; in the burial. grounds of Brunswick Chapel, Moss-street, and of the. Unitarian Chapel, Renshaw-street, from and after the Ist of January, 1855 ; and in the Quaker's burial ground,, Hunter-street, from and after the Ist of January, 1856. Burials to be wholly discontinued in all that part of St.. Martin's parochial cemetry which has already been buried in, and to cease wholly from and after the Ist of August a 1851. Burials to cease in St. James's churchyard, Toxteth park, from and after the Ist of January, 1855 ; to be dis continued forthwith in all that part of the Independent. Chapel burial ground, Toxteth-park, which is situated to the east and south of the chapel, and to cease wholly therein from and after the Ist of January, 1855. Now, therefore, Her Majesty in council is pleased hereby to give notice of such representation, and to order that the same be taken into consideration by a committee of the House of Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable. Privy Council, on the Ist day of April next. And Her Majesty is further pleased to dirict that this, order be forthwith published in the London Gazette, and that copies thereof be fixed on the doors of the churches, or chapels, or on some conspicuous place within the parishes affected by such representation, one month before the said Ist day of April. War. L. BATIMIST. Thu NECROPOLlS. — Considerable anxiety has been occa sioned to many persons interested in the Necropolis, by an order in council of the 18th ult., relating to burials, which_ has been placed on the burial grounds, and also on some of the churches and chapels of this town, for consideration.. By mistake, the above order states that the burials are to be wholly discontinued in the above grounds on January Ist, 1855. The mistake has been acknowledged by the General Board of Health, and the only alteration in the Necropolis affairs will be the discontinuance of interment& in the public graves after due notice has been given. THE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR. CAPT. WALKER, RN., who was appointed by the Admiralty to examine into the particulars of the wreck of the emigrant ship Tayleur, has pre sented his report. He details the evidence given. by the various witnesses examined, and gives the following opinion as to the probable causes of the melancholy catastrophe. He says : "My inquiry having elicited the particulars of the wreck, I beg to observe, that it appears strange to me that the owners of an iron ship with iron masts, who spared no care nor expense in fitting her for sea, should have omitted taking the necessary precaution of ascertaining the local disturbance of the compasses, by swinging the vessel after the stores and equipments were on board; this operation having been performed two months prior to sailing, and before the cargo was taken in. "The number of instances in which vessels have been. lost by the compasses being in error renders it desirable that more care should be bestowed on this subject ; and it is extraordinary that the commander of the Tayleur— who holds a first-class certificate, and who, in consequence of having passed such an excellent examination, was recommended by the Liverpool examiners as an excellent officer—should have proceeded to sea unprovided with an. azimuth compass, and should have started in an iron ship on a voyage to the southern hemisphere, where the com passes might have been differently affected, without the. means of ascertaining with accuracy the error of his com passes ; more especially when he admits in evidence that he had carte blanche from the owners to procure every thing he wanted. And I beg to suggest to your lordships whether it might not be desirable for the Emigration Commissioners, in addition to the excellent instructions now issued to their officers, that they should require every vessel coming within the provisions of the Passengers' Act to be provided with that necessary and valuable in strument—an azimuth compass; and that all iron ships and steamers should have their compasses adjusted, the deviation ascertained, and a card with a table of errors produced before the vessel proceeds to sea. " Before dosing my report, I consider it necessary to advert to the crew of the vessel, and to state that I do not consider the Tayleur was sufficiently manned. By the articles it appears there were three mates, one surgeon, two carpenters, one boatswain, and one sailmaker, besides twenty-one stewards and cooks; but of the crew to work the ship, only twenty-two able seamen, thirteen ordinary seamen, and six boys, making forty-one in number. With the large number of passengers, the cooks and stewards (most of the latter had not been to sea before) would be fully occupied in attending to them. " It is stated by the master and his officers that after the first night the crew of the Tayleur (British and foreign) did their work very well, and I do not consider they sre in any way implicated in the loss of the vessel. The in structions given to the emigration officers are, 'that in. ships not under contract with the Commissioners, they are, as regards manning, to comply with the usages of the port, and at Liverpool, as stated by Lieutenant Prior, three to the 100 tons are consideied sufficient ; now it should be understood that this is upon what is usually denominated the old measurement, which is a fallacy en tirely, as will appear by the following statement as regards the Tayleur. She was by the old measurement (see owners' letter) 1640 tons, but by the existing law, under which she was registered, 1979 tons, and is supposed to have been of the actual burthen of 3500 tons and upwards- She had on board, at the time of sailing, 2516 tons, be sides accommodation for 472 passengers; and it will be seen by the evidence of the carpenter that she had heavy masts and yards, to manage which she would have (sup posing all to be on duty) only 21 men and boys in a watch. t v ‘ e l o l h r y voyage, to t t m o , i s ea pass t r h e e ni r through eimnnbeared high t h t e h a la t ti this tropics, e , s a l w i n i h p d e ha d r t th en e i n n t o t to o e n a co lo u n n- proba bility some of the men would be on the sick list, I think that three men to the 100 tons, as now calculated, are in sufficient. Where vessels merely carry cargo it is for the owners and underwriters to manage their own business, but where emigrant passengers are carried, I presume they have a right to expect some protection from the government. The Emigration Commissioners require four men to the 100 tons for vessels under contract, and. I respectfully suggest that this rule should be applied to all emigrant ships in accordance with the 25th section of la and 16 Viet., cap. 54." COPYRIGHT TREATY WITH AMERICA.—The proposed copyright treaty between Great Britain and the United. States will shortly come on for discussion in the American. senate. It is stated that Mr. Everett, the American, Secretary of State, proposes a clause limiting the benefit of the treaty to such British works as shall be reprinted in Ameriea by their authors. SHIPBUILDING.—THE WATER LINE MODEL.—SOnIe controversy has arisen relative to the origin of ship models in use. The invention has been claimed by some of the oldest shipbuilders, but after proper investigation , it has been awarded to Orlando B. Merrill, Esq., of this city, who is now living, at the age of 90 years, alldiirt7. the first water line model on the plan now in u se, in only year 1794 ; previous to that time, there *ere us e d _, n Ite. skeleton models, composed of pieces showing th e 1-"'" of the ship.—Newburyport Herald. the night of FRIGHTFUL GAME-LAW TRA.GEDY. --Onpieldsend and the 24th ultimo, two poachers, w e attacked by the hood of Blankney, Lincolnshire, and ___,, a fter being W il liam Wilkinson, were out poack G rng r E i ter keepers. Fieldsend was captured,, s 7; oo " , was handcuffest the neighbour ribly beaten, and torn by the keeper w hilst they pursued his' and left prostrate on the grou at the time " that recovered sufficiently to devil's done f o o n r e !" alitehelle t r° : Ab' br 'rser'ds ac 'i e n b g ridge, where he con rise, and managed t o re "? c -- and went to his lodgings. his m ana cles o ff ,. trived to get e ), been in a most deplorable condi ' tion. A warrant Hardcastle, superintendent, and hie issued for his apprehension, two p l i e lice is m de : ri G eobedr tg ; o b-e hi a lgv lodging, and found him kyi ng - i n a brother, repaired re on mo th ved e wtoountdhede comunant,.;hcrator wifergreit +.4. On application to the surgeon whola& helpless sta.- used but not to Sleaford. It is said that the leavrliecew:ee—comPelled the man to get up, carried him down stairs, forced him into an uncovered car, and drove off at is rapid rate. The horrible sequel is, that the poor wretch that t n ihneamttigenhdant bc: wws died on his way to the gaol. An inquest has been held oa the body, and the verdict being manslaughter, the police?. men have been committed to Lincoln Gaol for 'trial.