The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

JANUARY 8, 1856.; LOCAL INTELLrOENCE. ITT SIGNET) n'T THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE PALATINE OF LANCASTER.—Sixth Regiment of I,ll‘76ll,ancashire Militia : Thomas Acres Ogle, late ensign in R egiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be ensign. 0$ ofs t. N ew Year's-day several members of the congregation 11. 6 19deew's Church, Renshaw-street, presented Mr. T. C. of - CT% the clerk, with a purse containing E 55,. as a token peri:.,oh estimation in which they hold his services during f more than 30 years. I <le s , 4 2 i sPEß AND REMOVAL OF LICENCES.—On Thursday, tO 1 1ea ; S- Holme and R. Bens sat in the Sessions-house Pttee v (1 adjudicate upon applications for the transfer and bet Il k ef licences. There were 32 applications for transfers, one for removals. th k° l DROWNED.—On Wednesday evening, about seven ke eDe ; , a man named Patrick Riley, 32 years of age, a ship fell ;.,2 who resided in Upper Henderson-street, Toxteth-park, t ear To the Brunswick Dock, from the bow of a vessel, on °I which he was stationed, and was drowned. oFth nq, AT CIA tTGHTON Cue ecn.--The annual tea meeting klae rea rgregation of Christ Church, Claughton, was held on deceratq evening in the schoolroom. .The room was tastefully tea th ed, and th e a tt en d ance was l arge an d r e s pectable. After Ese,7 chair was taken by the Rev. Dr. Blakeney, and inter- addresses were delivered. NiiTtz ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Jane To tt 2, l _ l s, wife of John Williams, blockmaker, Warwick-street, hoe s -l ' e L.'"Park, went to visit her aunt, at Mrs. Coffee's public f Plar i'aJatnes-street, and whilst coming down stairs, about to oats ‘"e afternoon, she fell, and was so severely injured as e her death on the following day. ConterY MAGISTRATES.—At the Epiphany quarter 410'4 held on Wednesday, Mr. W. Humber, of Myerscough- I th mayor of Preston, took the oaths as a magistrate itr,sty- On Monday, at the Lancaster quarter sessions, i 49 W. Askew, of Conishead-priory, Ulverston, qualified ' u nty magistrate. 14ti,A Fw C / RGA:z AT CIIESTER.—The grand organ which has 'tts e • erected by Mr. Jackson, of this town, for the New e 4, at Chester, was formally opened on Wednesday %a s Contains thr'sets of keys, full compass, and two °c atty arid a fourth off s pedals, viz., from CCC to F. There are o tek w ° stops. A pneumatic valve is attached to the great 1 1)1e n i i T render the touch easier- The whole is enclosed in a qth t 1. " ease, the design of which harmonises with the interior ei„ building% The cost of the instrument will be from 4 ° to £1,5 00. - ST. PETER'S CHURCH (EVEtTON) TEA PARTY.—The an of ,7 (1 , party of the congregation attending the above place 4 11 I, B o ui P was held on Wednesday evening, at the Concert - Pa t ', 4 1 Nelson-street. The hall was filled, upwards of 700 e ie4 „s bei ng present. Th e room was d ecora ted with silk trail'rs,bearing religious elevices,and the flags of Great Britain, ihe h e e in , Sardinia,, and Tarkey. Amongst the clergymen on ,l'eter tf cr„in were the Rev. S. B. Sutton, incumbent of St. 1 e _ 2 ., 1 1-ev. J. B. Lowe, of St. Jude's ; Rev Dr. Hume ; Rev. et.)r, l, a, of All Saints ; and the Rev. J. Me Lester, of 4eB Be -r Y s, Rirkdalei all of whom delivered appropriate ad itiatt„L• During the evening the choir belonging to the 4)1 11 ,7 , ander the direction of Mr. Arrowsmith, sang several 's and pieces:of sacred music. ejlazcie AGAINST THE REV. MlCKigi. CROTTY.—On 4 0w 4 7 t .s_„(my the defendant again appeared, on remand, at the ?te e „,"all, Preston, on the charge of obtahing money under the e L ec s which we have already detailed. Mr. Ashcroft, for Itar'Oeution said that the object for which the proceed aud been instituted having been to stop such practices, ha, Prevent the public being deceived, and that object sae ',,lbeetreteected, he believed, by the publicity the case fl b s 'v'eived, they did not feel inclined to incur the expense 'end - a ', ll Peg witnesses from Ireland to prove (what the de had admitted) th msat the su obtained by him had 4 he h - e ll applied to the erection or endowment of a church. the p -et l'eh said that they had arrived at the conclusion that r 2as not, as the case stood, -sufficient legal evidence to tic 'a committal. Mr. Crdtty said that, haying been e „,",;ialPrisoned, he would appeal to the laws of his country A l ::' L ess- He was discharged. REWITT'S FIRE ESCI:PES.—On Wednesday, experi ere; Were made with Mr. Ilewitt's fire escapes, in High ?th`e'' and they proved highly satisfactory. Several members 'ore council were present, 'besides a large number of specta top,„ The plan is not only simple, but very effective. To the ae i t an ordinary wooden ladder, a block pulley is attached to eoef t °4 rundle, and a rope is rove through it, with a-spring IN. attached to one end- To this hook a large round canvas tor e ' *etched on an iron frame, is hung, and to the top, bot are ' 1 . 4 , 1 4 sides of the bagis attached a guide-rope. In case of s-r ladder is reared against the top of the window of the 4 1'e: r aal which the inmates wish to make their escape, e, the mounts the ladder, the bag (or basket) is hoisted to te e 'la, the fi reman steadies it, the parties in the room — either the y tvvo at a time—get into the mar or basket, from.which „the",. e annot possibly fei, and they e instantly lowered to 4 reeT' i lad, the guide-rope safely directing their descent. TX te em s are trained to the use of the machine, and two ofthe rat es ladders, suitable for any ordinary building, withnppa kl Complete, are deposited at each of the eleven police ark stations in the town, so that they are immediately e ele„ , ‘ , Y e d;'.A.D TREAT' ZTO RAGGED SCHOOL CIIILDREN.—OR 4 4; e PlaY, the boys and girls attending the -Industrial oftaei. e l , Schools, Soho-street, partook of their annual Christ of roas t b ee f an d plum-pudding, in the 'drill-room 0ce,.., e , Rose -hill police station, which was decorated for the 111 4 ,3°n with banners and evergreens. There were present a tee, uer of ladies and gentlemen who take an interest in the te en of ragged schools, including Mrs. Horsfall, the wife of C'hai norsfall, E5q.,111.P., the kind provider of the feast; Mrs. V 4 Mrs. Christian, Miss Ewburn, Miss ',Lister, Miss Vej'rY, Rev. H. Jackson, Rev. Sheldon, e h ,seley, Mr. Folmar(' Heath, wife, and family.; Mr. T. D. Berson, wife, and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Brougham, Mr. te.Ntrs. Hubback,-Ilr. and Mrs. Ring, Mr. J. Tyrer, Major 1,0 0 1 , wife, and family ; Mr. A. Gillespie, superintendent of gged School &c. Some of the relatives and it s ' ~," 3 of the scholars were also present. Before dinner the tenetile band played-several tunes in a very efficient manner, eiZtiding with the national airs of France and England. ee before meat was then chanted by the whole of the chil whin,,after which they partook heartily of the Christmas fare O %W was bountifully provided for them. Several hymns and musical pieces -were sung by the scholars, who were sub tee_entlY addressed:by Mr. Hubback ; in the , eourse of his -et I)(eurlis that gentleman pointed out to the children the im klie.- ne e of attendingete the instruction given to them at this Of but he also impressed on them the duty and advantage aaeu r (terin g obedienoelo their masters and mistresses. An ''e Tess from the Rev. Mr. Wolseley, impressing. upon the chil tee,f_Veir moral and religious duties and responsibilities, sue tlee:mt; and after -singing the national anthem, and giving kel:Pe,arty cheers for their benefactors, the happy-faced boys A 'ris went en their- way rejoicing. leal l '„ J olansen Amman : S ESSIONS.—The adjourned annual rte e ,, s' e l's for the county were commenced at the 'Court-house, tfe e '..a, on Wednesday, \When there were present the,Right tali; Sir. T. Haines MP. (Chancellor of the Duchy) ; chair ,the-„„) T. G. liesieth, Bart., Ste. Mr. Garnettintroduced to the gait the Right Hon. 'M. T. Baines, M.P., who, in taking t --414., said—"l hope the bench will allow me to take this, the ,the tn °ll Portunity which has presented itself, of tendering to 1 , 70 3 r most respectful and grateful acknowledgments for °t h i gh honour they have , done me in electing me to the ate t ,Of chairman of the annual-sessions of this count-. I can NW,. You that I am fully aware of the great responsibility 'ale -l ag to that office; and in endeavouring to discharge its el e ; e i , I shall carefully keep iin mind the example of my so ``leat 4 pred ssor, whose loss alas been so universally and 11stl lamented throughout the whole of this great county. felt endeavour to imitate him,in this fidelity, in his diligence, 1 his impartiality, and in that great desire he „ always lu t, 4 maintain unimpaired the 'high character of thiseourt. lay 1 18 endeavour I hope I shall not ask too much when I • 4 .` , ‘ trust the magistrates will kindly give me their beat llnne gave noticelthat an application would uth ‘ 7,,e at the adjourned annual sessions, to be held on-the 'Jet, April next, for a pension of £75 to Mr. Michael Nein', cash and bookkeeper at the House of Correction at ( sfie 'le, on account of his advanced age and increasing V e ities, and after a long and faithful-service of 25 years.— ° , 4 ordered the erection of a 'boundary wall and gate '4l4- ° u 41 the premises now -occupied :by the 2rel Lascashire Ste re la, at Liverpool, the completion of tli,sewerage from the "ease to the gateway, and 'the formation of a road. %bilk 4 8 COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on fta il d,Y. Present—Messrs. Langsdale (chairman), Dover, t qsa - eeR, Beckwith, Hodson, J. Holme, Sheil,.Johnson, Hal ▪ tume, M`Gaffie, and Godfrey. The borough engineer, tatt; ' n g surveyor, and inspectorof nuisances reported various ge r i' e alars of the operations of their several departments Ite4g the week. The medical officer reported that for the t he Saturday the deaths were 244 in the borough, 'lie number as in the previous week, and about equal to. SZ ° ,,e,,rage,oerected for increase of population, of the cor th"'ing week of the seven years preceding. The {deaths kee&narish were 164, and in the out-townships 80. The 'ie. 7'4' from diseases of the zymotic class amounted to 68, :13111, ( . 41 e more than in the week previous. The deaths from '`eat,C 4 , 4 were 24 :{an increase since the return of mild Ike l er), from hooping cough 14, measles 11, typhus desmall kat;43s deaths were eaused by bronchitis and other inflam aff ecti • ona of the bugs, and 21 by consumption— ab in o all ve h a s" the 244 deaths, 181 occurred below 5, and 32 red, l l . s of age. A fatal ease of typhus occurred in a regia -I,eet,'eleing-house, and was not reported to the medical 'et te i t i as required by the byeeiaws. The clerk was instructed m Nati n et he necessary proceedings in reference to it.—A commu was read from Mr. J. Watkins, on behalf of the th e ta-teg proprietors. It was in reference to ,the reply of n tior e e am mittee to their memorial, and desired that the propri 'city ti of the steam-tugs b e informedof any competent autho ,kasell'n which they might rely in adopting measures for the 4 47Ption of smoke. It was referred to the smoke cora- A : The otherbusiness was not of any public interest. 1 111117.kr COMMITTEE,--The weekly meeting was held on Cre e ,. -4 7, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The other mem- Otacese ib nt were Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brockle eVee , - "ounth Chaloner, Rohm, Barber, Holden, so el.angsdai wal :A n ' Andersen, Hubback, _Rankin, and Evans.. ellia 4 " committee of works onlinenda. ,JaMeS Bland and Co toe that the tender of the supply of Dantzic t v .4l ,tho t i'' t. '„e accepted. .Agreed to.—A" rt .rrt from the police 75. It'a N at i" on the subject of the recent fii".• ,!11 dockyardc, Ortl e • The damage done was estimates at i i ey v ,, a ' stated that the fire originated in this:way : the cthwl" 4titm. choked up w ith soo t, w hi c h i gn it e d w h en a I L'e. was ~othe z, ii; the grate, and some of the burning soot fell , do'wn. e°4le 1 .4, and ignited some oakum. For the future no fires (~ittee allowed on the premises.—The Marine Sub-corn q4l4, i n ee crnmended that the tender of Messrs. Chapman and c o 6 (1. ;: r the supply of swivels for the buoy service at the rate k ,ktei t ' t e e r lb., be accepted.—Powers were given to the sub ti tiro eto 0, t the appoint an assistant at the timber storing 4, 4 wa s e north docks, at 30s. per week. to communica la-„tfee e. 1 41 from Mr. Willoughby, intimating that his con tier 4,,-„Vviti Referred to the Sub-committee of Works.—A i 4 8 rpaa th " frODI the secretary of the Pilots' Committee, to mb ha a ‘ . 4 shelter should be provided for the pilots who N t :err e d about the time of high water at the Prince's Dock. 41, 1°11 w ae ' c ' the Harbour- masters ' Committee.—A communi ixr,shseqn lead from Mr. Kezar, special auditor, stating that, kl A naisb' e e n ce of declining health, he would be obliged to et his duties and asking for a retiring annuity. His ‘ l4 alitt ee been £l5O per annum. The Chairman said the t et!', d o , considering that Mr. Bezar was a custom-house t q not think this was a case in which they could give Of 4 0. g' e _Peßsion. The secretary would be directed to write ' a l% stating that the committee regretted his state th be c omPelled him to resign his situation, and, at the that they could not grant him a retiring allow -44111 t erminated the general business. SUDDEN DEmr.—On Friday morning, Mrs. Edge, of No. 18, Albion-terrace, Low-hill, fell down and expired while at ber breakfast. ON Thursday evening a tea-party, in celebration of the anni versary of the Canning-street Young Men's Association, was held in the school-room, St. James's-road. THE GREAT BRITAIN. — The Great Britain arrived in the Mersey on Thursday, and en Friday went into dock. For the present, she is discharged from the transport service. THE Cork Examiner announces the intention of a company of high mercantile position to establish a line of steam-vessels, which will ply regularly between that port and New York. Boy CHOKED BY A HORSE-BEAR- -On Thursday, a youth named James Dewhurst, residing at No. 10, Melville-place, Oxford-street, was accidentally choked by a horse-bean. A BAZAAB, in aid of the funds of the Everton Church Missionary Society, was held during the Christmas holidays, in the school-room, in Everton-valley, and realised upivards of £lOO. BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF TOXTETH PARK.—At their meeting on Tuesday last, this body decided, by a majority, to admit reporters to their_ meetings. Two MEN DROWNED.—Archibald Hosten, aged 41, a watchman in the employ of Messrs. Maclver ' was drowned on Wednesday night in the Huskisson Dock. William Jones, a fireman on board the steamer Vigo, in the Wellington Dock, fell overboard on Thursday, and was drowned. THE BOROUGH EXTENSION BILLS have been withdrawn. The Coporation availed themselves of delay permitted by the rules of parliament, and, on the last day (Monday) declined to lodge the bills. The cause of this was some difficulty with certain parties in Birkenhead. LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening, at the Royal Institu tion, the president, Mr. Abraham, in the chair. Mr. Mercer delivered a lecture on " Photography," dwelling more particu larly on the chemistry of the collodion process, and the de compositions which take place in its different stages. ST. ANDREW'S SCOTCH CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOLS. — On Thursday evening a soirée of the friends and supporters of these schools took place in the Hope-hall, Hope-street. The Rev. Mr. Forfar occupied the chair. After tea several addresses were delivered upon the advantages of Sabbath school education, by the reverend gentlemen present. The proceedings concluded with the exhibition of a magic lantern. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. EDWARD GRAY.-With the sanction of the Workhorse Committee of the Select Vestry, it has been resolved to place in the new chapel at the Workhouse a small tablet to the memory of the late Mr. Edward Gray, who for a great number of years faithfully served this parish. Donations towards this humble tribute to the memory of a deserving parochial official will be received by the churchwardens. TRITE Lrmnemr.—We understand that Mr. Heywood, senior partner of the banking firm of Heywood and Sons, Brunswick-street, has, with a generosity which deserves the highest commendation, bestowed the sum of 4,000 guineas upon the clerks in his establishment, as a New-year's present. Such a manifestation, on the part of the head of the house, of his appreciation of the services of his assistants, will, we have no doubt, call ford on their part a corresponding energy in business. ALTERATION IN THE SERVICES OP ST. PETER'S CHURCH. —Some important alterations are about to take place in the services of this church, with the view of making more ample provision for the spiritual welfare of the poor,. An additional curate has been appointed, entirely at the expense of the present rector. It is also proposed to simplify the service, first, by wit'ndrawing the opening hymn, and returning to simple congregational psalm. tunes. The rector is also about to erect, at his own expense, two additional stoves. ELECYTTON OP A MEMBrft OP TIE IlkiCIC COMMITTEE.— The - election of a member of the Dock Committee, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Steele in conse quence'of ill-health, took place at the Dock-offices on Friday. Three'candidates offered themselves—Mr. W. Rathbone, jun., Mr. Charles Saunders and Mr. T. M. Blythe. Mr. Rathbone kept at the head of the poll during :the whole of the day, and at the close the numbers stood as fellows :—Wm. Rathbone the younger, 344 ; Chas. Saunders, 288 ; Thomas Martin Blythe, 138. LOCAL WAR ITEMS.—The screw steamer Cleopatra, after 'being in the transport service for about a twelvemonth, has been entirely refitted under the superintendence of Captain Bevis, R.N.—ln a day or two -she will leave here for Malta with detachments of the 34th, - 97th, 30th, 33rd, 49th, 60th 68th, and 82nd regiments, comprising altogether 560 men and 24 officers.—The transport steamer Oneida is expected at this port in a few days.—On Thursday evening upwards of 40 men, volunteers for the royal navy ; were despatched hence to London, to be drafted amongst-various ships in the service. LIVERPOOL ART-UNION.---at the annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Liverpool Art-Union; which took place in the Exhibition-rooms, Old Post-office-place, on Tues day, Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., presided. The report-showed that after deducting £365 9s. for expenses, the sulnleft in the hands of the treasurer is .f.. 505, which has been .ellotted in prizes as follows :—One of £50:; one of £4O ; two 6f £3O; two of £25; five of £2O; five of £l5; nine of £10; an eight of £5. The first prize, valued at.£so, was won by Mr. C. Atkinson, Lark-lane, Toxteth-park. LITERAMY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Friday evening this society gave an entertainment in the Claytonaall, which was tastefully fitted up as a theatre on the occasion. The audience , was select as well as-numerous, and the performances elicited the warmest approbation. The performances being by unprofessional parties, 'the reward of those who sustained a part in them will be more consistently supplied in the gratification of their friends, than by public eulogium ; we shall, therefore, content ourselves with backing the applauses, which on the whole were liberally and judiciously bestowed. Ltvanroon MARINE SOCIETY.—This society, , formed for the purpose of affording relief to poor captains, seamen, and their families, held their annual meeting on Teesday, at the Clarendon-rooms, when a report was read, from• which it ap peared , that the " stock" or -capital account amounted to £13,799 125.; the annuity fund, to £612 '7s. 10d;; the relief fund, to £92 6s. 7d. The claimants on the fundsofthe society consist of three captains, 27 widows, and 33 orphans. The captains received annuities of either £l7 or £l4; the widows, £l3 or Cll ; and the orphans, £3 each. The accounts were passed' without remark, and Mr, James Aikin was appointed a trustee,-in place of the late Mr. Mhomas Booth. MARITIME DISASTERS.—The-ship Empire State, which ar rived here from New York on Tuesday, was struck by a heavy sea on the 22nd of December, on' the starboard quarter, which stove in the front of the poop cabin, and did great injury on deck. The vessel leaked very badly during the red of the passage, And it was found necessary to throw between two hundred and three hundred - tons of cargo overboard.—The John Howell, hence at Savannah, on the Bth December, re ported having been in contact with the George L. Abbott, from New Orleans. The latter, it is supposed, sunk soon afterwards, but the crew, with one., exception, were saved by the John Howell.—The James Steward, which arrived at Newfoundland on the 12th December, reported passing a. full rigged ship on fire, apparently deserted, a few days previously. DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.—Between one and two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a horse and a ~phaeton which was pro ceeding down Bold-street, took fright and ran off at a great speed along Church-street, which was much crowded by vehicles at the time. Every effort ,on the part of the driver, to arrest the tremendous pace at which the animal rushed along proved ineffectual. Fortunately, however, it was turned into Church-lane, where its career was impeded : by coming in.contact with a cart which was standing there, and the horse wee , secured by a police &Dna-table and some spectators. The phaeton was not upset. A lady who was in the vehicle was much terrified, but fortunately was not hurt. She was lifted oat in a state of great agitation, from which, however, she recovered in a short time. Neither the driver nor the horse sustained any injury ; but an old woman had her foot injured by the wheel of the vehicle passing over it. Sr. SIMON'S Ganges Sesoons.—The annual : tea party in connexion with these schools took place on Thursday evening, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The Rev. J. R. Conor occupied the,ehair • and the Rev. S. Minton, the Rev. R. V. Sheldon, the Rev. Henry Marlen, the Rev. T. D. Barry, the Rev. Jos. Bardsley, and the Rev. Dr. Hume were also on the platform. The audience was large and respectable. The hall was gaily decorated with alliance banners, and others bearing scriptaral and other maxims and devices. After -tea, the rev. chairman addressed the meeting upon the object of their meeting, remarking that last year the money raised on behalf of :the new schools which -they proposed establishing in con nection with St. Simon's parish church was £419, and now he was able to tell them that it amounted to £5OO. They would see by their programmes that the cost of the schools would be £3,000. They would remember that he had told them of the society which was being formed by Mr. Torr, a merchant of this town, for the purpose of establishing schools. He (111.r...C0n0r) had applied to Mr. 'Torr for assistance towards their schools, and that gentleman bad promised to give them £l,OOO as soon as the society got into a position to enable it to do so. Well, then, with that sum and £l,OOO which they expected to get from government, they would have £2,500 towards £3,009, This being the state of things, if they could but get Mr. Tory's society into active operation they would soon be able to "go ahead," and he would be the last person to call out " hold hard." With respect to their present schools, they had worked during the past year in the most satisfactory manner, and on the previous night they were only £2O in debt. WAR CONTRACTS II( LIVERPOOL—The ingenuity and re sources of Liverpool have been called freely into requisition in respect to; furnishing war materiel. The Government has formed contracts with several of our most eminent foundry and engineering establishments for the supply of ordnance and war-munitions • and the ship-building capabilities of the port are also taxed. Mr. John. Laird, the well-known ship builder, has, in his yards at Birkenhead and Liverpool, fourteen wooden screw gunboats, already far advanced in construction, of 240 tons and about sixty-horse-power each. They are to be armed with two heavy guns apiece. It is said that Government are so well satisfied with the progress already made, that they last week doubled Mr. Laird's order, so that he will now have twenty-eight vessels of war on hand. At the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, in addition to the monster wrought-iron gun which the proprietors are going to present to Government, and which is to be 15 feet long, 13 inch bore, 25 tons weight, and capable of throwing a ball of 3001bs. a distance of five miles, they have been commissioned to make two enormous wrought-iron mortars, which will be charged with nearly two cwt. of powder for each charge, and throw shells of 36 inches diameter. This size and description of mortar is unparalleled, but great confidence is felt as tc the result of the experiment. At Messrs. Forrester and "..4. (Vauxhall Foundry), between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of 8, 10, at..'4 13- inch shells have been turned out during the las t six montl l .' S. Indeed, 1,400 tons of these projectiles have been s hi ppe d o ff ,41 Woolwich during the last ten days, besides some two orsth' ree dozen of the 10-inch and 13-inch mortars for sea and land 4 mrvice. There are two immense east-iron mortars in process of ;`i nstruction at this establishment which are to throw 18-inch shells. This is 5 inches more in diameter than any shells previously :wide in this c utounry, but the Russian `Whistling Dick" at S t. 'hastopol wa l5-inch shell. The first of these large mortars w.:l taken out of mould last week, and the mass of metal of which' it is composed weighs 25 tons. The workmen have borrowed' _Punch's idea, and humorously nickname it the "Palmerston 2 3 ac ifica " Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co's. the same act:4 At vi . ty is going on. They are manufacturing, it is understood, al,' ) ut 90 of the largest class (13-inch) mortars, 50 for sea an for land service. Although the same bore, the difference in- the size of land and sea service mortars is far greater than mo: I t persons would imagine. For instance, the land service mortar, when finished and ready for delivery, weighs about 33 cwt. ; the sea service mortar about 103 cwt., or upwards of 5 tons ! This difference is necessary in order to deaden the force of the recoil on ship-board. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TnE Masonic Ball takes place this (Tuesday) evening, at the Town-hall. IT is said that the Philharmonic society will clear some where near £l,BOO by the Jenny Lind Goldschmidt concerts. ON Saturday, Peter Toppin, aged thirty, of Burlington street, rigger, fell from the fore-yard of the Princess Royal, lying in the Nelson Dock, and sustained a severe fracture of his right arm. He was taken to the Northern Hospital. A Wom.uf RUN OVER.—At the Coroner's Court, on Sa turday, an inquest was held on the body of Mary Haydock, a deaf old woman, residing in Peel-street, who was run over by a butcher's spring cart on the afternoon of the previous Satur day, in Great Homer-street. A verdict was returned to the effect that the " Deceased had died from injuries received by being run over, but how caused there is no evidence to show." TnE CIVIL SERVICE IN LIVERPOOL.—Mr. Hugh Campbell has been appointed an extra weigher in the Custom-hoase at this port. Mr. Daw, controller of Customs at Leith, has been promoted to the controllership here, in the place of Mr. Bald win, promoted to be collector at Newcastle. Mr. J. Trevan, principle coast-officer at Runcorn, has been promoted to be controller at Deal. THE PICKPOCKETS AT THE JENNY LIND CONCERTS.— Wm. Johnson, a respectably-dressed young man, and a well known pickpocket, was brought up at the Police-court, on Saturday, by detective Povey, who said that, understanding that a gentleman had been robbed of his watch at the Jenny Lind concert, on Friday night, at the Philharmomic-hall, and seeing the prisoner loitering about, he took him into custody, on suspicion. Nothing being found on the prisoner, he was discharged. Os Sunday morning, about one o'clock, a young man, named John Ford, in passing along Great Howard-street, while in toxicated, was attacked by some men, who knocked him down and left him in a state of insensibility. He was found by the police, and taken to the Northern Hospital, where it was dis vered that he had sustained concussion of the brain. He is progressing favourably. ON Saturday, an inquest was held upon the body of a watch man, named Archibald Huston, in the employ of Messrs. C. M*lver and Co., engaged on board the screw steam-ship Emu. On Wednesday night last, the deceased made a false turn whilst going to meet his wife, who was standing on the quay of the Huskisson Dock with his supper. A verdict of "Acci dentally drowned" was returned. FALSE ALARM OF FlRE.—thi Saturday night, smoke was seen issuing from an unoccupied house in Byrom-street, in dense volumes. Intimation was forwarded to the Fire Police station, and Mr. Hewitt, with a portion of his brigade, was speedily on the spot, with hose and other requisites. On examination, the smoke was found to proceed from a sulphur stove which had been put into operation for the purpose of destroying vermin. CORNWALLIS-STREET EVENING RAGGED SCITOOL.—On Friday evening, 156 of the children of this school were enter tained to tea and bun-loaf by their teachers and friends. The proceedings were enlivened by the exhibition of a magic lantern, and after some singing and a short address from the Rev. Mr. Thomas, of St. Bride's, each of the children received an orange, while some of the more deserving girls had articles of clothing given to them. All retired much pleased with the treat. BOARD OP GUARDIANS, PRESCOT UNION.—A committee of the Prescot board of guardians have recommended an in crease in the number of guardians for the townships com prising the union. Their proposition is that one guardian be added to each of the following townships, namely, Eccleston, Huyton-with-Roby, Prescot, Parr, Sutton, Widnes, and Much Woolton, and that two guardians be added to the township of Windle. The report was unanimously adopted, and there will be a nomination accordingly. VIOLENT ATTACK ON A GENTLEMAN. — On Tuesday morn ing last, about half-past two o'clock, as Mr. John Cavanah, builder, was returning from the house of a friend to his resi dence, Irvine-street, Edge-hill, he was suddenly seized by one or more scoundrels, and received such 'treatment that it was at one time feared he would not survive the injuries. The police have 'been endeavouring to discover the perpetrators of this outrage ; but owing to there being no clue to identifica tion, it is feared they will escape being, brought to justice. MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT AT 'rrnn BLIND ASYLUM. — We understand this celebrated vocalist, having heard that the musical pupils of the Blind Schoolivere very anxious to hear her, and that there was no means of affording them the oppor tunity in the crowded concerts at the Philharmonic-hall, she most kindly consented to visit the school, and sing an anthem there. Accordingly, on Sunday evening, after the service, she proceeded to The school, and there sang several anthems. The meeting was strictly private, it being arranged that no persons should be present except the blind pupils and the matron. FRAUDULENTLY ALTEZ/NG A PAWNBROKER'S DlTFLl cAtrn.—David Garretty, a porter in the employ 'of Mr. Valentine, boarding-house keeper, and John Clawin, formerly in'the service of Mr. Cotterrell, were charged at the 'Police -court, on Saturday, with forging a pawnbroker's duplicate. Mr. Thomas, pawnbroker, of Dale-street, stated that, in October last, a foot-rule was pledged at his shop for 2s. by the prisoner Garretty. A few days afterwards the ticket :.given to Garretty was presented at his shop, with the words '" foot 'rule" scratched out, and:" Geneva watch," alleged to live •been pledged for 10s., ?the value being £4 10s., written.over them. The man who brought the ticket to Mr. Thomas said he bought it from the-prisoner Clawin, while Clawin , soid he purchased it for 6d. from the prisoner Garretty. 'Bothpri .soners were remanded,lhat farther inquiries raight:bemade. FATAL ACCIDENT rTO Tninr.—On Wednesday morning, between one and two o'clock, Mrs, Walker, the wife. of the keeps of the locks on the Rochdale Canal, near - to - -Store. I street, Piccadilly, Manchester, heard a noise on the roof of the house, as though some one were walking on the slates r and immediately afterwaids a plunge in the canal, as if a manlad fallen in. On opening the door to look out she observed-some leaid hanging down in •front of the house, but seeing no one near she went in again, and returned to bed. The:next morning it was discovered that a quantity of lead•bad'been cut from the roof ready for removal, and, it being conjectured that the thief must have fallen off the houseinto the canal, it was dragged, when the body of a young man, named James Lindley, a slater, was found. The deceased has left •a wifestnd onethild.—Manekester Courier. TOTAL WRECK OF ScnooNEß.--The schooner Mary Ann, William Evans, master, from Beanmaris, in ballast, from Dublin for Barrow, was totally wrecked on the rocks west .of Port Soderic, wear Douglas, on the sight of -.Wednes day last ; the crew saved in the small boat. It appears • that the schooner, on the Welt of the 2nd inst r iost sight of . the Calf-lights, owing to the misty weather, .it blowing a stiff breeze from the eastwardAt the time; and -subsequently,' the crew seeing the land-close to them, the vessel was put about, but missed stays, and although the anchor was let go, the vessel &Lifted on to the reeks. The small boat was lowered, and aftertwo narrow escapes the crew got safe ou shore, -the boat having filled with water twice. The schooner has .since gone to pieces. The crew ..were shipped off to Liverpool by the Mones , Queen, by Mr. ite Ruvigne, honorary secretary to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, on Friday morning.— Manx Sian. A PERILOUS POSITION. -4)n Sunday night, about a quarter past nine o'clock, as the ',Woodside boat Prince, Captain Owen Edwards, was crossing to Liverpool, those on' board heard cries proceeding from the water. The engines were backed immediately, and orders given to proceed in the direction whence the cries ,came. On proceeding a short distance, some one was seen intthe water. The life-buoy was thrown, which the person succeeded in getting hod of, and was then taken on board. He proved to be a foreign seaman, very much exhausted, and una.le to speak English. On reaching this side kof the , river he was immediatelyztakew to ,the receiving -house, where he .was put in a warm bed. Shortly afterwards, inspector .iL.Gregg arrived with an inter preter, when it was ascertained that the ' foreigner . 4vss a seaman belonging to the French schooner E - tigAnie, just arrived, and whilst engaged in furling the sails, fell from the yard-arm. Immediately on his falling, the parties on board threw pieces of wood, &c., from the ship, one of which he. caught hold of, and succeeeded, by swimming and the help of the piece of wood, in !keeping himself above water until hie was rescued from his perilous position. He was an hour and a quarter in the water before being.picked up, but appeared to have sustained no serious injury. THE , CoMPASS tx laoic Suus.—ltupelled by his love of science, and a desire to render. ..that subservient to practical purposes, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, well knawuas a distinguished arctic voyager, and almost equally fatuous for his magnetic researches, ,is about to proceed to Australia, in the iron ship Royal Charter. This voyagois undertaken• chiefly with a view to studyingthe magnetic laws wbieh govern the compass in an iron ship, in the southern hemisphere.—Dr. Scoresby has been long seeking such an opportunity as is now .afforded by the Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company, the Under writers' Association, and Compass Committee, whobave placed at his disposal an entire state-room, in the Royal Charter, for the voyage to Melbourne. The Shipowners' Association have furnished the means for his return, and the Admiralty have felt so much interest in the objects of his voyage, that they will supply him with the best instruments, as well as charts, be longing to their department, to enable him to make his .obsersra- Cons. Dr. Scoresby visited the Royal Charter on Wednesday, and expressed himself in the highest terms of satisfaction at having at last met with a slap in every way adapted to his object. He dwelt particularly on the wooden masts, the situation of the wheel, and the compass aloft, independent of those on deck corrected in the usual way. The Doctor baying represented to the Company that, in order to render hie observations com plete, it was most important that he should commence them at once, and that, for this purpose, it would be necessary again to swing the ship, arrangements were immediately made to take the ship into the basin. The vessel was swung on Friday, to the entire satisfaction of the Doctor, Who, we understand, has kindly intimated his intention of superintending divine service every Sunday during the voyage. TUB SELECT VESTRY.—The weekly meeting of this body was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding. On the report of the Vestry-clerk, and on the r`e2omiendation of a special committee, it was agreed to appoint an inspector of out door-relief, at a salary of £l5O a-year. It was an nounced that the chairman had received a letter from Mr. Dignan, editor of the Chronicle, in which he etated that he was willing to attend before the select vestry, but not before the committee had been appointed, to investigate the truth of his charges against Mr. Bradley.. After some discussion, Mr. Dignan's letter was read. After specifying his charges against Mr. Bradley, Mr. Dignan says :—" Here we have a member of the Town Council and of the Vestry, who is proved, in a series of transactions, to have treated the mu nicipal and the parochial rates as if they were his own personal property; and the facts are to be found in the records of the corporation and the books of the parish. He (Mr. Dignan) de, lined to appear before Mr. Bradley's committee, because, knowing his omnipotence in the vestry, he felt that he could not, whatever proof he might adduce, depend upon a fair and impartial tribunal. Mr. Dignan, in conclusion, expressed his conviction that Mr. Bradley's posi tion in the Council was sustained by the machinery which he put into action through the instrumentality of the Vestry; and If h Were once ejected from the last-named body, he would disappear at the expiration of his term from the I former." The concluding sentence is as follows :—" It may seem absurd to waste this long communication on a man so mentally and morally small as Mr. Bradley ; but it must be remembered that he almost exclusively controls the expendi ture of £120,000 per annum of the pubile money—a fearful power to confide to such hands ; and I think I have rendered a service to the community at large by this portrait C' the town's almoner." Mr. Gardner then moved, and Mr. Bawle seconded, that the letter which had been read be referred to the committee. The motion was carried. Mr. Bradley said he should not make any observations upon the letter of Mr. ' Dignan, but reserve them until it had been before the cora nw,o, iut,tiede express fu t he ley hhis sentiments committee br o u upong h t up repo ee re tr r T t h h i e s exr i closed the business of the Vestry, and the meeting was adjourned." Tnn Manchester Guardian has been informed that the expense of prosecuting Jonathan Heywood, for the murder of Margaret Jones, at Rochdale, at the recent Liverpool aesizes, amounted to no less a sum than £320. A MIN named Thomas Welsh, 73 years old, residing at No. 21, Brick-street, died on Tuesday last, from the effects of injury received by his shirt taking fire on the 20th of De cember, whilst warming himself at the fire. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steam-ship Ame rica sailed on Saturday, with the usual mails, for Halifax and Boston. The British and North American Royale Mail Steam ship Company have re-commenced weekly departures from this port. To enable the company to resume the weekly sailings from Boston and New York alternately, they will despatch the steamer Africa from the Mersey on Wednesday, (to-morrow) for New York, whence she leaves on Wednesday, the 6th February. The United States mai? steamship Baltic will also leave Liverpool on Saturday next for New York. On and after the 23rd the steamers belonging to this line will take their departure hence every alternate Wednesday, and from New York every alternate Saturday. SALE OP A WIPE.—A short while ago, Mr. Robert Rhodes was united in the bonds of matrimony with a Miss Eastham, of Longridge ; but the marriage was unfortunate. Both parties very soon forgot their vows to " love and to cherish," for shortly after they relinquished the fascination of each other's charms, and separated. Since this event they have both lived in private lodgings. To bring the marriage knot to a solution, the husband, on Monday last, publicly led his wife through the streets of the village in a halter, offering her for sale, when, being viewed by one and examined by another, she was ultimately, after a little higgling, "knocked down" for twenty shillings ! The purchaser was a Mr. George Banks, who quietly, but gallantly, seized the halter; and led her away. What next ?—Preston Chronicle. HISTORIC SOCIETY.—The third archaeological meeting for the session was held on Thursday evening, in St. George's hall, the Rev. Dr. Thom, vice-president, in the chair. Dr. Hume exhibited three ancient parchments, relative to families and property in Cheshire and Flintshire. They formed part of a set of fifty-four which had just been presented to him by a friend in Ireland.—Mr. Mayer exhibited a gold torque and seven armilli, recently found in Ireland. They are all of nearly pure gold, and solid. These ornaments are part of a find, the value of which, for gold only, is computed at more than £l,2oo.—The Rev. W. B. Greenside exhibited a silver spoon and four coins, recently found near Thurland Castle, Lancashire ; as also numerous coins, in gold and silver, of the periods of the Edwards and the Henrys of England, besides several rare and interesting medals in silver and bronze.— The Rev. T. Moore read an interesting paper on " The state of the western portion of Northumberland, down to the Nor man Conquest," by J. W. Hind, Esq., of Newcastle. Votes of thanks were presented to the several donors, to the exhibi tors, to the author of the paper, and to the chairman ; and the proceedings terminated. AIGBURTII WORKING MEN'S READING AND IMPROVE MENT SOCIETY.—The opening meeting of the above society took place on Wednesday evening, in St. Anne's School-room, Aigburth-vale. The members and their friends, numbering about two hundred, assembled at six o'clock, and, after taking tea together, the business of the evening was commenced by an excellent speech from the chairman, the Rev. H. Teush Hecker, incumbent of St. Anne's, Aigburth. Amongst the gentlemen present who take great interest in the society were James Franks, J. A. Tinne, C. S. Parker, T. Avison, W. J. Tomlinson, John Eden, Thomas Eden, and John Tomlinson, Esqrs., several of whom addressed the meeting. C. S. Parker, Esq.; presented the society with a splendid copy of Phillips' Atlas. The meeting was highly enlivened by the performance of some of the popular music of the day, which was executed in good style by the Misses Beer, Messrs. H. Johnson, J. Fisher, Terry, G. Wilson, T. Williams, and Munn,—Miss Beer and Mrs. Marsden presiding at the piano,—all of whom had in the kindest manner gratuitously placed their services at the disposal of the committee. We understand the society's rooms will be liberally supplied with all the local and many of the provincial papers, periodicals, &c. ; and it is hoped shortly to establish a library, evening classes, lectures, &c. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. r , !:" lionountsLE.—A circular has been issued by Messrs Carter and Co., the ship-owners, who suspended a year ago under very honourable circumstances, announcing payment in full to all the creditors, with five per cent. interest, on the sth January- Their liabilities amounted to £93,000. POSTAL STAMPED PATER was issued by the Post-office authorities on Friday. It is of tilt value of 4d., 6d., and is. per sheet, and will pass for that amount of postage. The impressions which will give it postal value are embossed in Ted, purple, and green. TEE LICDPIELD Bens.—On Wednesday, a fiat in bank ruptcy was issued in the Birmingham District Bankruptcy Court, against Mr. Greene, of the firm of Palmer and Greene, bankers, Lichfield. • The nest meeting is appointed for Thurs day, the 31st inst. - - MilltYLA.lrd), the first state where the Roman Catholic Church gained a footing, now contains 807 Protestant churches, and only 65 Roman Catholic congregations. In Florida the Catholics early made settlement. Now, there are 170 Pro testant, and only 6 Roman'Catholic churches ! Louisiana was settled by the Roman Catholics, Who have now 56 churches in the state, while the Protestants have 247 congregations. In Texas, the Roman Catholics were the first sect in point of time ; •they now. have 13 churches, but the Protestants report 307 congregations in the state. The entire Protestant popula tion of the -country, compared with that of the Catholic, is about twelve to one.—Boston Transcript. AT a meeting of the Surrey magistrates, at Kingston, last week, it having been reported that many of the prisoners in the , county gaol so misconducted themselves in chapel during the responses by blasphemous and obscene words, instead of the proper forms, the court resolved that, for the future, the responses should not be given by the prisoners. The Rev. Mr. Jessop was appointed chaplain ;pro tem. till a successor should be elected in the room of Mr. Rowe:deceased. It was resolved, by a vote 22 to 21, to expend a sum not exceeding £12,000 in altering the old county gaol so as to admit of a better classification of prisoners. - - - - - .... MR. Bnimus, the sculptor, hasiteken a cast of the head of Mr. Rogers. The poet always said that if a bust were ever to be made of him, he should wish it to be by Mr. Behnes. His expressed desire was, of, course, law to his friend ; and the sculptor has now taken his last memorial of the banker poet. In addition to the numerous reminiscences of Mr. Rogerek table-talk, we may look anxiously for a record of his delightful breakfast-parties, from the pencil of Mr. John Doyle. That gentleman is understood to have been long preparing studies for such a picture ; and at the present juncture, and from an associate also.of the poet, the result would be additionally valuable.—Atheneum. THE Conownas' RETURNS, which come in at the last week of a quarter, swell the number of deaths registered last week in the metropolis to 1,486. The- ordinary mortality is, how ever, slightly increased ; bronchitis And pneumonia becoming more fatal every week. The former disease caused 119, 119, ,161 deaths in three preceding weeks; in the present return rthe number has risen to 204. Pneumonia has increased in the :last two weeks from.klo to 107. The births last week were .1,583. The mean temperature was 7.2 degrees above the aver age. A wind blew from the S.W., which.-on Wednesday tra celled 325 miles. 'THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE'S YACHT.- - 'fie Mustapha Bey, the beautiful yacht belonging to the Egyptian prince of that name, is fast getting ,tompleted in the Southampton inner doek. She is 180 feet long. Her engines are truck ones, and fill a remarkably small spate. In the state ,TOOM a piano will be placed, Mustapha Bey , being a man of European tastes. His yacht will cost 210,000. He gave ordersithat everything in it should be good and substantial, but there were to be no expensive and unnecessary .ornaments about it. It will be able to.ascend the river Nile.for about 300 miles. The Mus tapha ..Bey yacht will be .commanded by a captain in the Egyptian navy, who will have au Arab Nile pilot under him. English engineers will have charge of the steam machinery. There is .a very handsome state usloon and a dicing saloon, with a‘number of cabins aft, and a saloon for the prince's suite. forward .—Daily News. - - - - PArsu Cranium - v.—Another, and, at that .conjuncture, a more effectual substitute for a metallic currency, owed its existeneelto the ingenuity of Charles liontague. He succeeded in engrafting.on Harley's Land Bank bill, a clausowhich em powered the gsvernment to issue negotiable paper, "bearing interest at the xate of threepence a-day on a hundred pounds. In the midst of the general distress and confusion appeared the fret Exchequer-bills, drawn for various amounts, fXom a hundred pounds to five pounds. These instruments :were rapidly distributed over the kingdom by the post, and •were everywhere welcome. The Jacobites talked loudly against them in every .coffee-house, and wrote much detestable verse against them—but to little purpose. The success of the plan was such, that the walisters at one time resolved to issue twenty-shilling bills, and even fifteen-shilling, bills for pay ment of the troops. But it does not appear that this resolu tion was carried into effect. It is difficult to imagine how, without the Exehequer-bills, the government of the country could have been earned on during the year 1t396 9 every source of revenue having been affected by the state of currency.— Macaulay's History of England. THE Globe announces that a general reduction has taken place in the prices of every description of provisions, with the exception of bread, which continues to be sold at 91-4. to 3.0 d. per 41bs. in the western districts, although the same quality of that article may be obtained at the East-end, and at Southwark, at prices varying from 82d. to 9id. per 41bs. The prices of butcher's meat have declined considerably, and mutton of excellent quality sells, by retail, at the following prices, viz., breasts, 51-4. ; shoulders, ad. to 64d. ; and legs, 71-d. per lb. Beef, roasting pieces, Bd. to BO.; boiling and salting ditto, aid. to 70. ; and steaks off the leg of mutton piece, at Bd. per lb. Bacon and Berwick pork have declined fully id. per lb. in value ; and the price of dairy-fed pork is less by 14d. per lb. than it was sold previous to Christmas. The poultry left in hand in Leadenhall and Newgate-markets, is so abundant, that turkey poults, of good size, may be pur chased at 4s. each ; and turkeys, from 7s. 6d. to 15s. each. Geese are so plentiful that the salesmen, to effect a market for them, are obliged to raffle them at 4d. to 6d. per member. The retail grocers have reduced the price of sugar another halfpenny ; inferior Brazil sells at sd. and West India at std. Per lb. Good loaf can be had at 61d. per lb. DISTUESSINO SVICIDE.—On Thursday evening, a melan choly case of suicide occurred at Southampton. The deceased was engaged as clerk at the railway-office in the Southampton Docks. Some time since, in consequence of presenting strong symptoms of aberration of mind, he was compelled to relinquish his situation, and was removed from his home in charge of a person who could take proper care of him. After remaining away for some time, and his health apparently improving, he returned again to Southampton, and was reinstated in his si tuation, the duties of which he continued regularly to fulfil. On. Thursday night, upon returning home from the office, he informed his wife he was going to wash his hands iu one of the back offices of his house, 11, Terminus-terrace. Having noticed him wandering at intervals for some time past, Mrs. Webb had prudently deemed it necessary to watch her hus band's actions, and finding him go into the back yard, she f o ll owe d hi m . H a ving ensconced himself in the water-closet for a few minutes, his wife went to the door, which she thrust open, and discovered her husband with his throat most dread fully cut. The gash extended nearly round the neck, and, with the exception of the spinal connexion, the head may be said to have been severed from the body, Before medical as sistance could be obtained life was extinct. It appears that previous to leaving the office the deceased was in conversation with his fellow clerks respecting the execution of Abraham Baker, which took place at Winchester on the following day, and among the various opinions expressed as to the easiest mode of taking life the unfortunate man stated that he thought the act might nor° speedily be committee} by a well-sharpened razor than by any fAlier MOM? Thi§ ctpiniop he seems quickly to have acted upon. Mn. LAYARD has another work on Assyrian antiquities in the press. SERJEANT MILLER, of the Midland Circuit, has been ap pointed Judge of the County Court District of Leicestershire and Rutland. THE plinth and the foundation of one of the buttresses of the Blackfriars Church, built in 1282, has been found beneath the Times-office. THE EARL of ERNE has invested something like £105,000 in the construction of the Dundalk and. Enniskillen hue of railway. Of this amount £75,000 was cash down. UPWARDS of two thousand bushels of sprats were caught in Cowes roads on Sunday night. Scores of bushels were thrown overboard by the fishermen to prevent their vessels from being overladen. Ix consequence of the enormous rise in the price of all the necessaries of life in Austria, the lower classes of government clerks are in such extreme distress that the Emperor has directed they shall either receive temporary assistance, or have their salaries augmented. WE ( Globe) hear that the title to be taken by Baron Parke, on his accession to the peerage, will be that of Lord Wensley dale, of Wensleydale, Yorkshire. The learned baron, on Saturday, formally resigned his judgeship. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., has been appointed his successor. On Saturday morning a terrible accident occurred at the White Hart Inn, Windsor. The chambermaid, who had long been in service in the house, was coming down stairs with a basin in her hands, when she made a false step, and slipped down stairs, the basin broke, and the young woman fell upon the pieces. One of the pieces entered her neck and cut the jugular vein. She died on the spot. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The government inspector has made an unfavourable report on the bridges, permanent way, of the line between London and Norwich. The con dition of the bridges is such as to cause serious apprehensions, and, until every one has undergone a careful overhauling, the public cannot travel without incurring serious risk. The sleepers are in a bad state ; but a greatly reduced speed would meet the danger from that source. MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD.—On New Year's-day, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., attended a festive meeting of the Druids, at Oxford; at which he delivered a long address, reviewing the progress and present position of the war—the prospects of peace—and the great and beneficial advance of our vast commercial relations. In conclusion he said, " the issue of the great question appears to rest at the present mo ment with the decision of the Czar in Russia, but, whatever may be the case, I do not think it is in the power of hostile countries to disturb us in our career of domestic progress." A RUMOUR was current in Paris, a few days ago, that an infernal machine had been laid down in a gutter, with the view of assassinating the Princes Jerome and Napoleon Bonaparte on their return from the Turneries. It originated in the occurrence, on New Year's Day, of a violent explosion of gas, in the Place du Palais Royal. Some of the railings near the principal entrance were twisted by the concussion, and a man had his trousers singed. MURDER OF LADY ELLENBORODG3I.—The Morning Post's Paris corresponden: writes—" I have this day received com munications from Constantinople, which say that the unfor tunate Lady Ellenborough, whose romantic adventures are too familiar to the public, was lately assassinated in Arabia, by (says my informant), 'Le hareme d'un Cheik Arabe.' I am only able to add, that the deed is supposed to have been committed at the suggestion of some women who were jealous of her ladyship." THE RIIGELEY POISONING CASE.—The sale of Mr. Wm. Palmer's furniture and other effeets took place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Some of the articles, owing, probably, to the interest the late owner of them has excited, fetched prices far beyond their intrinsic value. About the close of the sale on Friday, a private drawer in a piece of furniture was discovered by one of the bailiffs in possession, and it was found to contain a bundle of papers and an old diary of very con siderable importance, which were at once handed over to the care of Inspector Crisp. SPECIE.—The movements of the precious metals this week have been important. The arrivals amount to about £696,020, which comprise £631,260 from the Pacific, &c., by the steamer Tyne ; £61,630 from New York, per America ; £3,130 from the Peninsula, per the Sultan. The ascertained exports have been to the extent of about £727,850: which includes £416,000, per Donald M`Kay, for the Bank. of France, £277,307, per Pera, for India and China ; and a bo ut £50,000 by private hands for the Continent; 100 ounces of gold, and 600 ounces of silver, for the Continent, through the London Custom-house.—Observer. CIVIL SERVICE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT --This pe tition from the civil servants who entered since 1829—about 11,000 in number—praying to be put upon an equality with their fellow-servants who entered before that year, as regards the scale of pension and the abolition of the oppressive tax of five per, cent. upon their salaries, two-thirds of which do not exceed £B6, has been signed by 9,105 Government ernployt's. As it is fully expected that the ultimate number of signatures will not fall short of 10,000, the petition may be considered as embodying the almost unanimous opinion of those interested. THE CONVICT ABRAHAM BAKER.—The execution of this young man, for the murder of Naomi Kingswell at South ampton, has been postponed until this (Tuesday) morning. It was to have taken place on Saturday morning, but a pre vious engagement made by Caleraft, the executioner, prevented his attendance. Baker attended Divine service at the prison chapel on the Sunday after Christmas-day, when what is called the " condemned sermon" was preached by the chaplain. The wretched man eats his meals regularly, and sleeps sound.—Hants Independent. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD. AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. —The half-year's accounts of this company are in process of balance and audit, and will be sent out to the shareholders on the 15th inst., the meeting of the company being on the 23rd inst. In the meantime the directors state that, after payment of working expenses and other outgoings, they expect to have a balance of net profit, including £7,679 received from the Post-office, which will enable them to pay debenture interest, canal annuities, and preference dividends in full, leaving about £17,000 available for dividend on the ordinary stock of the company. REMA.REIBLE INCIDENT.—At a medical board held on Friday, at Brompton, London, among the number passed as unfit for further service was Robert Evans, 13th Light Dra goons, a youth who has been in hospital nearly twelve months, and received his injury in an extraordinary manner. In the charge of Balaklava a shell entered the chest of his horse, which rolled completely over, falling upon Evans, when the shell burst inside the animal, tearing it open from the shoul der to the hind-quarters, the weight of the horse nearly causing suffocation, while its death-struggles inflicted severe contu sions on the legs of Evans, who would soon have expired had not a man of his own troop and two lancers released him. Her Majesty evinced great sympathy for this youth, and his photograph likeness was taken by her special command. A MISER.—Mr. Jesse Briggs, druggist, of Loughborough, _ _ a bachelor of very eccentric and penurious habit;, has been found dead in his bedroom. He took strong ont-door exercise daily, in all weathers, and was, never known to wear an over moat. The surgeon who was called in was of opinion that death was caused by the combined effects of serous apoplexy and severe cold, induced by his not taking sufficient food, and tale jury returned a verdict accordingly. Deceased was in his 164th year. In turning over his effects, £3OO in gold, of which it ds said his relatives were entirely ignorant, was discovered. Deceased's sister had been receiving relief from the parish for sonic time before his death, and he always professed to be too poor to render her asly assistance. F,vriL GUN ACCMENT OW TUE BRAES OP LOCIIABER.— Mr. .James Macdonald, farmer, Mummer, parish of Bill monivaig, went out, on Tuesday last, to shoot hares, accom panied by the keeper, Duncan Macpherson, and his own ser vant, Archibald Macintyre. As the party were returning home in the evening, Macintyre who was a few paces in front of his master, started a hare, whereupon the latter pointed his gun at the running hare, when, unfortunately, at that moment his foot slipped on the frosty surface, the shot went off, and, sad to say, entered the body of Poor Macintyre, who within five minutes thereafter was stretched a lifeless corpse. Macintyre hs s left seven helpless orphans, all under twelve years of age, and a widow, a delicate woman, in an advanced state of preg nancy, to deplore his loss. A DREAM FruriLLED.—On the 31st ult., an inquest was held at Abbotts Roothing, on the • body of John Judd, a labourer, who had been living at Matching-green, and was found in a pond in Abbotts Roothing, on Saturday morning. He had spent the greater part of the previous Wednesday at the public-house, and left in the afternoon, between four and five, to go home to Matching-green. The pond in which he was found is by the side of the footpath there, and it is sup posed he accidentally slipped in. There was no appearance of violence about him, and his pockets had not been touched. He was not seen alive after Wednesday afternoon, and on Satur day morning his brother dreamt that he was drowned in this particular pond, and when he got up went to his master, and then to the police-constable, and told them his dream. They •at once went to the pond and found deceased. Verdict, "Found dead."—Chelmsford Chronicle. ANOTHER STORM IN THE BLACK SEA.—REPORTED Loss .OF SIXTY VassaLs.—Accounts were on Saturday posted at Lloyd's from Constantinople, of another fearful hurricane having visited the Black Sea on the 18th ultimo ; and it is reported (although it is hoped that the numbers of fatal losses will not be confirmed) that 50 or 60 ships foundered during the height of the storm, off the month of the Sulina. Lloyd's agent at Galatz states that in 23 instances the vessels went down with all hands, as also 52 lighters, which were off the coast at the time. Not a soul belonging to them is supposed to have escaped. Most of the vessels were laden with corn. Three ships (one from England,-called the Caledonia) were driven ashore near the harbour of Sebastopol,and were wrecked, the crew of the Caledonia perishing in the vessel. The Tala vera, English transport ship No. 98 (belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, at Limehoase), is, among other vessels, reported to be lost on the east toast of Marmora, and that Her Majesty's ship Oberon had been despatched from Constantinople to the spot to render assistance, A distressing shipwreck was also reported by the agent at Calcutta. Au English ship, with 300 emigrants (Coolies), from Singapore, had struck on the south end of the Alguada Reef, on the 24th of last October, and, with the exception of eleven, all had met with a watery grave. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OP A YOUNG LADY.-011 Thurs day, Mr. S. F. Langham, deputy coroner for Westminster, was occupied several hours in investigating the circumstances connected with the death of Miss Caroline Ann Redman, aged 17, who was found poisoned on Tuesday last, near the Maga zine Barracks, Hyde-park, London. James Meenan, a labourer, deposed that on Tuesday last, about half-past eleven o'clock in the morning, he saw the deceased lying on the grass near the Magazine Barracks, Hyde-park. He immediately went up to her, and found that she was breathing with difficulty, and appeared in great agony. Imagining that she was in a fit, he took off her hat (one of the modern hats worn byladies), and, seeing some-females going along, he called on them to get assistance. Mr. D. N. Frampton, surgeon, deposed that he was passing through Hyde-park, when he was told that a young lady was taken very ill under some trees near the bar racks. He went to the spot, and found the deceased in a dying condition. He partially raised her, but she expired almost instantly. Understanding that she had poisoned her self, he looked round on the grass, and found a bottle, which had evidently, but very recently, contained prussic acid. He made a post mortem examination of the body, and discovered a quantity of that poison in the stomach. Mrs. Caroline Grenfield, of Chepstow-place, Westbourne-grove, Pimlico, stated that the deceased had lived with her almost since her birth. She was a most accomplished young woman. Witness being aged, and in very ill health, told her she must soon die, when deceased said that if that occurred she would not live an hour afterwards. The coroner endeavoured to ascertain by what means the deciagd obtained the prussic acid ; but no evidence being given to that gffect, the jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity." PinE ix LONDON.—On Friday afternoon, the neigh bourhood of Wood-street, Cheapside, London, presented a scene of confusion in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire on the premises belonging to Mr. Stephen Bridge, lace warehouseman. The premises, which were exceedingly old, extended some considerable distance down Huggin-lane, and were within ten or twelve feet of St. Michael's Church, Wood street, while sundry lofty warehouses were in such proximity to the one in which the disaster occurred, that at one time it was feared many of the surrounding premises, as well as the parish church, would have been destroyed. The engines were, however, quickly set to work, and, in less than an hour; suc ceeded in overcoming the conflagration. ACCIDENT ON THE RIIGBY AND LEAMING TON RAILWAY.--• An alarming accident, which threatened serious consequences, occurred on this line of railway on Tuesday. It appears that the train which leaves Rugby at 130 p.m. was run into at Bur bury station by a coal train that was following it. The pas senger train had just left the station, when the coal train, running at full speed, dashed into it, smashing the guard's luggage van to atoms. The guard fortunately had presence of mind enough to jump out, thereby sustaining little injury, the luggage contained in the van flying about in all directions. The stoker of the coal train received severe injuries ; the driver jumped off and escaped uninjured. Most of the passengers were severely shaken, and several sustained injuries. VERY EXPENSIVE RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—W. Corbet Caldicott, of Milton, near Shipton, was charged before the magistrates of Chipping-Norton with travelling from Oxford to Ascot in a train on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton railway without having taken a ticket. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant rode from Oxford to Handborough in a second-class carriage, and then got into a third-class, rode to Ascot, where he alighted, and told the station-master that he had come from Charlbury only, which was a distance of 3f miles, whereas he had travelled 17k. Upon this, representation he paid 3d. as his fare. He was convicted of the offence, and fined £2, including costs.— Banbury Guardian. GRAND COUNCIL OF WAIL IN PARIS.—The Post says, in the course of a few days, the general Council of War is to be held at Paris, at which England will be represented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Richard Airey, and Sir Harry Jones, together with Admirals Sir Edmund Lyons and Dundas. The object of this council is to collect, to interchange, and to consider all possible information with respect to the war. But it will not be in the province of the council to plan campaigns, or to decide in the beginning of January what is to be done in April. The council having de liberated fully on the important objects which will suggest themselves, will communicate the result of their labours to their respective Governments, who will discuss the questions which may be raised, and having decided them, will give the orders necessary to secure the objects they may have in con templation. A GIGANTIC HOTEL SCHEME.—TiIe draught of an act of parliament has just been deposited at the Private Bill-office for the establishment of the Imperial Hotel Company, who propose to occupy the site of the National Gallery, in Trafal gar-square. It is extremely concise, and is the first bill of the kind deposited embodying the Limited Liability Act with the power to take lands. The capital proposed to be raised is £1,000,000, in shares of £lO each, and the entire extent of ground to be occupied is three and a half acres. The projec tors assume that the acknowledged deficiency with respect to such establishments in London, as compared with other great cities, will secure the favour of parliament, and that, although their enterprise is likely to lead to the formation of several undertakings of a similar kind, the fact of the proposed situ ation being the finest and most appropriate that• could be selected, " will always render it the first sought for, and place it beyond competition."—Tinzes. COUNTERFEIT Cone.—The licensed victuallers, generally much imposed upon by utterers of base coin, are now being plundered to a great extent with some peculiarly well-made base half-crowns and florins, which, being electro-plated upon bard metal, present all the appearance of silver, and will withstand the usually-relied-upon test of bending in the de tector. The spurious coins are not (as stated in a paragraph which went the round of the press some few weeks back) made of iron ; and therefore the test of the magnet, then recommended, would, if used, only tend to mislead. These base coins are struck with a die out of German silver, then plated with silver, and can only be detected by an examina tion, when they will be found in many small particulars to differ from genuine coin, there being a general blunt coarse ness of appearance about the impression. The features of the Queen, the letters of the inscription upon both sides, the en grailing or spots within the outer edge, will at once show that they are not genuine. The ring is also very dull, but, being so well electro-plated with silver, •they are at first sight, well cal culated to pass with nothing more than a cursory inspection. There is also in circulation a very ingeniously-arranged base sixpence. This also is struck in German silver, representing a coinage of some years past. After being struck it is rubbed away upon both sides, to give the appearance of wear, and then electro-plated, thereby conveying the idea of it being silver right through. As in the case of the other coins alluded to, an inspection and the ring will expose the fraud. A DOMESTIC qALAMITY.—An occurrence of an amusing, but at the same time rather an alarming character, took place on Friday afternoon last, at the residence of Mr. W. Carter, builder, Reading. On that day, Mrs. Carter had made 13 plum-puddings as a provision for the festivities of Christmas. After tying them carefully up in basins, she put them into the copper, intending to give them a good boiling. In the evening something rendered it necessary for her to leave home, and the management of the puddings was confided to the servant, with directions to keep a slow fire under the copper. The girl, however, thinking probably the more the water boiled the sooner the puddings would be done, made up a brisk fire, without keeping up a supply of water, which in a short space of time evaporated. Of course, it was not long before the copper got red hot, and on Mr. Carter (who had been absent all day) returning home, and going into the washhouse to see how matters were progressing, he was much alarmed at finding the lid of the copper in a blaze. To seize a bucketful of water and dash it on the fire was the work of a few seconds, but it was attended with a result little expected. The copper burst with a tremendous noise, forcing the brickwork in which it was set completely out, and Mr. Carter himself was hurled some feet backwards by the concus sion. He quickly recovered his presence of mind, and, there being a plentiful supply of water, the fire was got under without doing any further damage. An investigation into the condition of the puddings was then commenced, and, sad to tell, nothing could be found of them ; some cracked and broken basins and half-burnt pieces of pudding-cloths were all that could be, identified as having a few hours before formed part of the contents of the copper. The puddings themselves were, in fact, completely annihilated, doubtless to the no small disappointment of many expectant stomachs.—Reading Mercury. IMPORTANT TO CHAMPAGNE DRINKERS.—A case of some interest to wine drinkers was on Saturday submitted to the Imperial Court. M. Ferrand, a wine merchant of Paris, entered into a contract on the Ist of February , 1854, with MM. Jacquinet and Co., of Avize, to receive from them all the Champagne wine he might require during three years, subject to the conditions that it should be similar in quality to the species called Verzenay, Bouzy, and Grand Cordon Imperial, of which they had given him samples—that the bottles and corks should bear his name, and that the price of each bottle delivered at the barrier of Paris should not exceed 2f. 10c. In March, 1855, M. Jacquinet died, and a M. Coursol was charged to carry on his affairs until they could be wound up. This person refused to fulfil the contract with Ferrand, on the ground that it was of a fraudulent character, inasmuch as the wines supplied him were not, and were not meant to be, really of the growths of Bouzy, Verzenay, and Cordon Imperial; and that, as he did not possess an inch of a vineyard in Champagne, he had no right to have his name put on the bottles and corks. M. Ferrand brought an action before the tribunal of Commerce of Epernay against M. Coursol, to have• his contract fulfilled, but the tribunal declared that for the reasons alleged by Coursol it must be considered fraudulent, and put 'an end to. The matter was brought before the Im perial Court on Saturday, by M. Ferrand, on appeal against this decision. He contended that there was no fraud in the contract, inasmuch as it is a well-known fact that scarcely any Champagne wine sold is entirely of the vineyard the name of which it bears—not even the well known Ai ; and as to the employment of his name on the bottles and corks, instead of that of Jacquinet, it took place by that person's consent, and could not, therefore, be considered a violation of the law rela tive to the use of illicit marks and d es i gna ti ons. The Court decided that this view was the correct one, and accordingly quashed the judgment of the Tribunal of Epernay, declared that the contract of Ferrand was valid, and must be executed, and ordered Coursol to pay Ferrand 500 f. as damages for the injury inflicted on this latter by his (Coursol's) refusal to carry out the arrangement agreed to by Jacquinet. 1 PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SMIPWRECK.—A meeting of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution was held on Thurs day, at its house in John-street, Adelphi, London. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair.—The silver medal of the institution was voted to Dennis Donovan, chief boatman of I the Kilmore coast-guard station, in testimony of his gallant conduct in putting off in a boat with three of his crew (who had received £lO for their services), to the rescue of five out of six of the crew of the brigantine Isabella, from Newport, which during a heavy gale struck on the rocks off that station on the night of the 18th ult.—The thanks of the institution were also voted to Mr. Byford, R.N., chief officer of Cumber coast-guard station, and a reward of £ll to be divided between his crew of two men and the master and crew of the Rye Harbour Commissioners' steam tug Erin, for their laudable services to the crew of six hands of the Eliza Lomer, of Sunderland, which became a total wreck during a gale of wind, near the above station, on Sunday week.—The silver medal of the institution was voted to Lieut. Jesse, R.N., chief officer of the Tenby coast-guard station, and a reward of £l6 10s. to his crew of 11 men, in testimony of their gallant services in putting off in the life-boat of the Institution, stationed at Tenby, for rescuing, on the afternoon and in the evening of the 20th ult., the crews of the schooner Agenora, of Bideford, and of the French schooner Alexandre, of Havre, on the 18th ult.—The sum of £9 was likewise voted to the crew of the life-boat of the Institution, stationed at 31 Martello Tower, Kent, for putting off in the life-boat to the rescue of the crew of 12 men of the Danish barque William, which was wrecked in thick and squally weather, near that place, on the 27th ult.—The silver medal of the Institution was also granted to Mr. John Roberts, of Clogwyn, in testimony of his noble conduct in rushing into the surf to the rescue of four, out of eight of the crew of the French brig Charlotte, which, in a gale of wind, was stranded near Harlech, on the 24th ultimo.—A reward of £9 was also voted to the crew of the Gorleston life-boat, for rescuing the crew of eight men of the brig Eliza, of Montrose, which, in a heavy gale of wind, drove from her anchors and struck on the outer bank, near Yarmouth. —The silver medal of the Institution, and its thanks, inscribed on vellum, were likewise presented to Mr. Joseph Hodgson, carver, of Sunderland, in testimony of his extraordinary exer tions, extending over a period of 12 years, in saving life. He bad personally rescued ten persons from drowning, and had assisted, in life-boats and other boats, in saving about 17 others. He had always declined any pecuniary consideration for his services, but he was very solicitous to possess the medal of, this old and valuable institution, and it was with applause voted to the gallant man.—A reward of £7 was voted to the crew of a boat for their valuable assistance to two out of six men who were, (hiring a strong breete, capsized from their fishing-boat, near Rue Point, Culdaff, on the coast of Donegal. -- The thanks of the committee, inscribed on vel lum, and £l, were voted to Mr. G. Rosser, master of the steam-tug Beaufort, and £2 to his crew, in consideration of their valuable services in putting off in the steamer to the rescue of the crew of the brig Anna Catherine, of Sunder land, which, was wrecked in a gale of wind near, the Green Grounds, Swansea.—A reward of £9 was also voted to the crew, consisting of nine men, of the lugger Eclipse, of Mar gate, in testimony of their praiseworthy conduct in saving the crew of the Dutch schoooer Jantje Meier, from Newcastle to Genoa, wl4ch Was wrecked in thick weather on the Long Saud Head. --- cS. )n, nelt COPS' onibire' rfolk. ingdalei re. Ferri' west° s L) e t Xll°°' ,der 0(0 'WO 11 d adolif he?, of 1