The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

- Ronnerten—On Friday, a y o u ng man , w h o was engage d - - • - by a commercial traveller to carry two bags —one con- EARL --- taining a case in which were portraits of the Queen and te 'r e of DERBY has given £25 and the Countess Prince Albert, produced by Baxter's patent process of lttowards the relief of the Holmfirth sufferers. printing in oil, together with a book containing the names seal_ STEPHEN WALMSLEY, of this town, has been of between 100 and 200 subscribers ; the other hag con s a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. twined five pictures in gilt frames, viz., " The Benedic- ItellfrEAßL OP SEFTON has appointed Sir Thos. George tion," " The Lord's Supper," " The Gleaners," " The o f ; K et , Bart., Colonel in the 2d Regiment of the Duke Tender Tale," and "Popping the Question," with four te,ancaster's Own Militia. smaller pictures not framed—absconded with them in the 'aaletts D ORINFIELDPALNIER ANSLEY,Esq.,basbeen eatiPointed a D eputy-Lieutenant for the County Palatineof neighbourhood of North John-street, about one o'clock. Lancaster. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—The assizes for the southern . division will commence on Monday next, the commission 44,14;teetrA•et BROWN, EsQ., M.P., has presented £2O to being opened on Saturday, by Mr. Baron Alderson and tt e r., e ' lll jubilee movement for liquidating the debt on Mr. Justice Creswell. At present there are 6 prisoners I, w a el h Independent chapels in this town. for murder; manslaughter, 8 ; rape, 4 • stabbing, 4 ; b. ! . ne. HODDER, R . N., late government emigration robbery from the person, 46 ; burglary, 15'; sacrilege, 1 ; h' e ln , at this port, has been appointed inspecting officer of forgery, 3 ; perjury, 3 ; bigamy, 3 ; coining, 2 ; breaking co f enliration at Cork. by the government emigration into outhouses, 3 ; stealing money, 2 ,obstructing railway beilnissioners. r i NE trains, 4 : total, 104. More than one-third of the cases alanle 'A"s--The sale of the late Mr. Thomas Win- are from the Manchester district. Two of the murder ~,,., ~y 8 extensive collection of engravings, drawings, cases from Manchester—Wm. Thompson, charged with „'.'_,,Pnlustrative works, commenced yesterday, and will be the murder of his wife; and Patrick M l Dermott, with the sc'Llued throughout the week. murder of a man named Hughes. The most striking AL ACCIDENT. —The mate of the Sutlej, with two of feature in the calendar will be the alarming increase in the Va g 1 !nen, fell from a stage, on Tuesday, while the vessel number of cases of street robberies, accompanied with k x ,.Ylag in the Canning Graving Dock. One of the men, violence, there being no less than twenty-three distinct J Y; a labourer, was killed ; the other two are recovering, cases, but sixteen out of these are from Manchester, where hi e t Z e zerr LADIES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIDur- this class of offences has arrived at a fearful height. p er sPast.year the committee have relieved thirteen A " SCENE" IN THE MAYOR'S ROOM.—In the . Council e a gn during sickness, and seven persons during .. con- on Wednesday last, a somewhat personal discussion took et a g e e nt ; The amount of relief given was £33 es., ex- place between two of the members as to the alleged hum by; of medical attendance, clothing, &c. ness connection of one with a contractor under the Cor about " e lt AT THE TOWN-HALL.—On Thursday evening poration. It is related that the - gentlemen met shortly etes s hi r ?' gentlemen were entertained at dinner by his after in the Mayor's room over a bottle of wine. The s everal the Mayor. The guests included Captain Greig, accused told the accuser that, he had uttered a falsehood, the iks ° fleet's of the 23d Fusileers, and a number of lisita,..yo_r's private friends. . and at the time he did so he knew that the statement he was making was false. The gentleman addressed, who is establisTliCAL LECTURES.—In Dr. Fisher's educational a series somewhat hasty in his temper, and not at all a ° ent, D. Waldie, Esq., surgeon, has . commeneed likely man to put up with such an insult, retorted sharply, Wilt be or Popular lectures on general chemistry, which and informed his brother member that he dare not use and brilliant profusely illustrated by a variety of interesting such words to him out of doors. Hard word followed 41 experiments. Sir hard word, and threat followed threat. Other councillors CIaari e RI PATION FROM LIVERPOOL, consisting . of who were present interfered, and some of them were asto note . 3 , Cirr Mr. Riggs, and Mr. Edwin W. Field, ac- niched, considering the warmth displayed, that a regular the k n 'ed by Mr. Cardwell, M.P., had an interview with set-to did not take place. The gentlemen separated, Thurleht Ron. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester, on mutually agreeing never to speak to each other again ; , _ s daY, at the Board of Trade. but with a promise on the part of the one that whilst the kesli.! MERCHANTS' DINING Rooms.—The beef fed by other remained a member of the health committee he b y Ir. Littledale and Torr was served up in noble barons should narrowly watch all his proceedings. The gentle day7lsrs. Morrish and Feeney, on Tuesday and Thurs. men alluded to are Mr. Johnson andeMr. Mr. Beckwith. the above rooms, provisions of this effort of sentimental legislation are, we lot • x nENT TO A HORSE.—On Tuesday, a horse, be- understand, exciting dissatisfaction in quarters which Great to Messrs. Lucas and Co., fell into a drain in were not expected by its authors to be affected. The 13,01:t Orf ord -street. His back and one of his legs being large houses in this port, engaged in-the American trade, the broke 4rainit was necessary to kill him. The horse fell into are stirring actively against some clauses, which are ___in consequence of becoming restive. regarded as most irritating and oppressive to the American t ellie s • On Tuesday night a fire broke out on the pre- shipowner, especially those clauses which confer increased t ethe r Mr. Dawson, shipbuilder, Bath-street, beneath and arbitrary powers upon the government emigration M,at the Chapel, where a large congregation was assembled officer. A most influential interest is being. aroused to ehjore tnale. The flames were however extinguished I effect a modification of the measure, amongst which are any serious damage had resulted. the Chamber of Commerce, and other of the commercial , current RAILWAY GUIDE.—In the number for associations of Liverpool, assisted by W. Brown. E. fig hi tee month there is a map, in which every railway M.P., and other practical members of the House of Com -144 united Kingdom is plainly marked, and upon the mons. It is felt that the effect of some of the clauses book a _ t °, figures in red ink, which refer to the pages of the may even be to create serious misunderstandings with tee e 'viler° all the particulars of the trains on that line foreign nations, especially America, whose vessels com blase ascertained. „ prise the hulk of those engaged in the trade of emiera- Aet I'INGUISHED FOREIGNERS IN LIVERPOOL.—AI. lion. It is proposed in the bill to insist upon regulations Wte a : Barbet de Jouy, chief government engineer of on hoard of American emigrant vessels dictated by her ed", Proceeded to the United States in the Pacific, on Majesty's privy council ; and it has actually been pro- Beet l t es daY• He had been staying at the house of Mr. posed to the American authorities to inflict penalties upon tOti. ',Site Poole, with M. Auguste Chevalier, secretary I offenders prescribed by a British act of parliament. The kies•3 Prince President. M. Chevalier has returned to I most outrageous proposition, however, relates to the ap 42te pointment of medical officers on board shins. There must ei lteil Ickes Pecxelasnres.—Arnongst the vessels be parties empowered to practise in Great Britain and Tre titer e c leared out of the port on Friday, was the Black land as physicians, surgeons, or apothecaries. An Ame threeneket-ship Washington. During the last year, in rican doctor in an American ship counts for nothing ! ge ts, e_P,assages, the Washington took out 2,781 passes- The whole of the act is a thorough botch ; it ignores the Idli ch w l ith only two deaths ; thus showing the attention important fact that the trade in emigration has become the sheets been bestowed on the thorough ventilation of one of the most important in the kingdom, and is at pre et b as P• She this time carries with her a larger number sent carried on by a class of merchants of a character 1. It ep le ogers than was ever carried out by. one ship. , equel to that of any other portion of the commercial corn eas a".ENTATION OF BOLTON.—Sir Joshua I.Valmsiey munity.—Journal. ifarlia2Aounced that, in the event of a dissolution of par et,ti7 it is not his intention to solicit again the suffrages to th e e lectors. M r. P . A i nsworth has issued an address 14 . 4 electors, again offering hi mse lf as a can did ate. se— ekeep:P.ood, of Bolton, and Mr. Bazley, of Manchester, WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the meet- Se z ;:en of as f ree t ra d e candidates. i ng on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell was in the chair. c't th„ - AY SCHOOL INSTITUTE LECTURES.—The eighth Cheques for outdoor relief were granted as follows :—Mr. thi s ' series of controversial lectures in connection with Allen, £7B ; Mr. Steen, £3O ; Mr. Potts, £l2O ; and Mr. ~,oleltistitution was delivered on Tuesday evening, at the Shearson, £122. The sum of £2,608 16s. 9d was re jeeet 6 1.t i ehall, by the Rev. Dr. Beaumont, of Bristol; sub- ported to be in the hands of the treasurer. Plans for a u cei-se"rnisli Councils." A lecture on " Divine Revels- new hospital were received, and the work ordered to be s tole its truth and importance," was delivered by the proceeded with. The following townships were stated to /4.,,,te. gentleman, on Thursday evening. be in arrear :—Everton, £376 3s. lid. ; Gersten, £l2O 411(1 jS. BEWARE.—On Wednesday, Margaret Cullen Netherton, £29 108. ; Orrell and Ford, £ll 1144,14 Eastham, two well-known thieves, were come ton,' £29 ; Thornton, £l6 10s. ; Toxteth-park, £3,766 le te; for trial, at the police-court, for picking pockets 18s. 3d. ; Wavertree, £132 7s. 4d. ; total, £4.481 19s. 6d. le tilTi•street. Several robberies having been committed A resolution proposed by the Rev. W. Badnall, that pro- Illet e ls e treet, an officer, in plain clothes, was placed ceedings be taken . against the overseers of those town- Poeke,wllo detected the prisoners in the act of picking the ships, was negatived by a majority of 9to 7. R e ' of a lady who was looking in a shop window. BOARD OF HEALTH, WAVERTREE.—The monthly * eel( ' '''' ll 0F THE Tow/I.—The deaths registered last meeting was held yesterday week. The board declined . In ort a T the borough were 235. This number exceeds the to proceed with Mr. Newland's plan for sewering the t ile it Y of the previous week by 18, and is 21 more than township, until the charge the Corporation would make Th e a t vera ge of the same week of the four preceding years. for allowing the outlet drain to fall into the Corporation ,the CtoPerature was below the average on every day of sewer on the borders of the township was ascertained. 4 lie .ee k• The mean of the week was 30 7-10 degrees. The clerk received instructions to prepare the necessary about an rending of the barometer was 30.22 inches, documents for the annual election of commissioners, the kya°ne-third of an inch above the:average. nomination to take place on the 22d, and the election on kriii„TEßlous DEATH OF A FEMALE.—On Sunday the 25th instant. Mr. Tinley, Mr. S. Holm!, Mr. Urq.u -11,140,1•1, about half-past five o'clock, the body of an hart, and Mr. Coward, are the four retiring comm!s eoese!mate girl, who had lodged for some time at a sioners. Mr. Urquhart declined to be nominated again, ,'30110`,4 court in Gay.street, was found in an area in on the ground that the board should be filled from the tly . Tree, I, 1 f by two women who were accidentally passing ra'..epayers of the village, on whom exclusively the expense 110 4 "e nam e of the deceased was Ellen Inegray, but of the works would fall. A petition from the inhabitants 4 4 81 7 . ,he circumstances attending her death have yet of Wellington-road, complaining of a . nuisances . n that ker s , 'en, the coroner's inquisition being fixed for to- locality, was read and considered, and instruction given i St ij l' Ito request the owners of the property to remove it. Mr. ~',11111,17V ,DEATH.—On Saturday, an old man, named Andrew Young was appointed surveyor and inspector of l 'i l ' i acti ,„,;' : a aen, well known to the police for his begging nuisances. hi'i' e o e d - - in this town for years past, complained of being MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF 'WARDS.- 1\4410, retired to rest, in consequence, at his lodgings in Yesterday evening week, a numerous and respectable as-street. He was subsequently attended by Mr. meeting was held at the Phoenix Inn, Mount-pleasant, e e°4 .tse B ' SUt geOn, South Castle-street, but died in the to receive the reply from the Constitutional Association 4in cif the following day suddenly, whilst he was to the letter addressed to it by the Conservative Associa -11 R w ait e ° llse ee upon by some of the female inmates of the tions of the different wards, respecting the proposed can ]) kend/./ • I th didates for the representation of the town. The chair 'llteld mrle'ee SUICIDE.—An inquest was held by Mr. was taken by Mr. Alderman . Procter, and amongst those s ,' °li the body of Johannes Rose, a German, on present were the representatives of ten or twelve of . the ale, " Deceased was found hanging to a tree in the wards. The letter to the wards said that the Constitu- Ike alto nii l s ° the r , r eerY. He had previously tied himself up to florid Association could not give any answer as to whether h e eti l e f t lee, but the cord broke. The poor fellow had Sir Stratford Canning would be required in . her Majesty's D e wa s t ° L ehind by ea number of emigrants, with whom service or not, but they would communi?ate . the fact to °°l, t ° n ave gone to America. His pass was in his the wards as early as possible. The Constitutional Asso ktoitZoewtint;ll bout 23s in money ; and, near the spot, a ciation was in correspondence with several influential kt"'s• -d3 ing plenty of good clothes and bootmaker's gentlemen to represent this town, and would let the wards . , know the result at their earliest convenience. The letter cni. reear t plret'e, to N lO N ANATOMICAL MUSEUM AND GALLERY was read and discussed, and the following resolution . was estio 4 s.—We are glad to find that this truly passed and forwarded to the Constitutional Association :- 4tovase, , g oxhibition, now on view in Old Post-office- " Resolved unanimously, that the letter just read is not . a tar nt 'nues daily to attract increased numbers of satisfactory reply to the request addressed to the Consti behe°4 for The es by the gentlemen who tutional Association from the various . wards in the tow . n h ; le.",[eeed e „"at Purpose are as lucid and able as this almost and that the gentlemen present, being connected with teliThne-e'.4ed,Thlcollection of casts is entertaining and most of the wards, are convinced that no candidate would keitl batlle 41 e pecimens exhibit mo . st accurately not receive the support of the Protestant electors who does soun ti e , , ,_ racteristics of the several tribes and races of not entertain d and orthodox Protestant views. They t e ,,' terig e t ' l .e whole construction of the human frame ; would earnestly urge, therefore, the propriety of the '' n k • rin g the exhibition an unusual means of con- Constitutional Association at once co-operating with the bl eat t i4f °Plnati 1 11 o th e 9n to the general, as well as improve- various wards in the selection of candidates pledged to te as tle oir medical student. support the Established Church, and protection to native f a 'hin t 411- r FIRE AT WOOLTON..—. On Friday industry." rie . ab out eo ee •Yaeg of ~,, three o'clock, four stacks of hay in the MECHANICS' INSTITUTION —Tile annual meeting was ward te d to h 4 r- Dutton, at Little Woolton, were (Its- held on Wednesday evening, W. Rathbone, Esq., in the enti e( I to oOn fire, Intelligence was immediately for- chair. The report having been read by Mr. Nichol, the Coe_es, ae l ,`'erPool, and soon afterwards two of the town secretary, Mr. Rathbone moved its adoption, and alluded leall'ulkey, and that of the West of England Insurance with satisfaction to the position of the schools ; but at by h e ttio,,,efied the scene of the conflagration, which the same time he regretted that the public did not esei'Mliel'isned about nine o'clock. The hay was sold come forward and show their appreciation of the value of to be ots'letion last year, and remained on Mr. Duttor's the schools, by putting the institution upon an indepen tee" m o ot the risk of the' owners, two of whom are said dent and self-supporting position. The institution had ‘Wfe l4 °rk i e °. As there is little doubt but the fire was been too eleemosynary. The education also, he eon ePed for°,l an e ll th an i ncendiary, a reward of £lOO has been tended, was too cheap. Teachers were a class of men far ~,,,„‘„, o.„1NG discovery of the perpetrator, too poorly paid, in proportion to the important duties qes l r t 'ttea 'SUICIDE.— Saturday night, John Holt which they had to perform. He concluded by strongly 'tte kt 1 1 ;ne.,, s , e 8 ,s eicid e urging . the adoption of the report, and the increase of five by cutting his throat with a razor, at .. 4 0 , ftsz th r_o t le gil bi isi F ,n r s o ta m nt t a h n. e enoua t s7ae of the wound his death per cent, in the fees. After some conversation, in which s t h e w i n d p i pe ,g, c was Mr. George Holt and others took part, the report, "oe s Oin at head being nearly severed - Worn' his 'body. embracing the increase in the fees, was adopted. kotbgtveat e!.before the act was committed, he said to Mr. M'Gregor moved, and Mr. Skimm , in seconded a vote .ell,eol,ll7„kseo,,es, Good . bye, Sarah, farewell ; and when my of thanks to the donors of books. Thanks were also 'vincr i b s ; tim bid her farewell for me." He then went voted to the retiring directors. Mr. R. V. Yates, who ...,de d _'''o. / was found shortly afterwards in the state highly eulogised the teachers,Dr. Ihne, Mr. M'llveen, e r - e 7 ts p;teepeears that Holt" had been drinking for and the assistants, for the zeal, talent, and energy which . -1 1/ 00 , 1 ,e e ehs ' il ° ll s. and his mind having become dis- they had displayed throughout the year, moved a vote of ~te.,7o e re- e ' e c luerlce, led him to commit the rash act. thanks to them as a body. Mr. Ronald seconded the ,e kilo "landard motion, which was supported by Mr. Taylor and carried I W st . I ep - eate e WRY SCREW-STEAMING. The small unanimously. The compliment was suitably acknow ell eool.e r 'Weaver, lately built by Mr. Laird, left hedged by Dr. Dine, Mr. M'llveen, and Dr. Scott. Mr. tii -57 tn c ' t her • ?to ~ aria station at Northwich, on Friday last, at Thornely was appointed president,. and Mr. Thos._ Black albilll of 181:2:eached Runcorn at 3h. 4r0., thus making burn vice president for the ensuing year. Thanks were ger.;_e• The. (with the tide in one hoar and seven A ''''oe ue ' then moved to the chairman for his services during the ere, n fro m eaver's is the quickest run ever made to year, and for presiding at the meeting, and also to the Sltieh-tit4 and Liverpool After waiting some time at secretary, Mr. Nicol. Both gentlemen replied, and the elat 4 l i sta '''Wegton Point, the eaver left for North- proceedings closed. hough%t "leg various9° of 14 or 15 m i es d , and t made thepassage, MEETING OF FREE.TRADRRS."A meeting of the th eg stopp a 1 of assi Free-traders of Liverpool was held on Tuesday, at the Ikee:tileu regular) lockfeeunedeer tw he o a d n el d e . y a s -half Phoursg; Royal Hotel, 'to take into consideration the course most . „ me ted i„ .gula r i, „. advisable to be pursued in the present . aspect of political -, --. w ' ork will make - the run, it is /14ttee. e ; two llotus. affairs. A. H. NA ylie, Fsq., occupied the chair ; and Poat'›ln rreELL e there were present—Thomas Thornely, RN., M.P., Je oef !o o of l e r t e e KINDERSLEY) COURT, SATUR. Messrs, William Earle, Robertson Gladstone, Thomas ne a toe t o Liverpool Standish v. The Mayor and Cor- Belton, Eyre Evans, J. H. Macrae, J. R. Jeffery, C. E. '*l til -,a ed f restw a the (1 - 71nch was a motion . for an in- Rawlins, jun., T. Blackburn, John Finch, sen. and jun., 4.t res Dee r t nna ee, tiie . n et9dants from leaving carts, land,&e, James Harvey, James Mulleneux, C. Robertson. F. e° 4 l4l4 tiff t t i ° wh ieh the it! possession of, a . piece of.t Boult. Samuel Stitt, Richard Sharp, Charles Holland, R. eo ttlit reti n iat they eleei c ( rfenda . nts . had given notice ,. o W. Ronald, Thome.; Haigh, John Mather, A. C. Stewart, ein e: puree g w-eterwore; but reqer it under the act or Edward Brodribli, &c.—The Chairman said the object of e ea e!ee ti _of th e ~._ , did apt lake steps for the the meeting was to consider whet steps should be taken Vt pal 19 th e pial'itir,. had Vze-Chancellor was of in the present emergency, simply in regard to the question be:' e'enJhulletion, stiff had no grou,s.d for corning to the of free-trade and protection, so as to prevent the ministers e4a,teled. "Vween the naifrftsPtTiPseli;ir-lowmmun legation had i from carrying their threat of restoring the corn-laws into le root ould never have execution.—Mr. Blackburn moved the first resolution. I'l i kt one u tien must, therefore, be refused, with V P k . eee e expressing approval of the reconstruction of the Anti It 1, lfie Captain " TR isi • NSAT.LANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.— Corn-law Leagie.—Mr. J. R. Jaery seconded the reso- NI 'ote e ' lution.—Mr. Harvey contended that free-trade was bound tii. lt f air on w edn Ye, sailed from the Mersey for with the question of prices ; and Mr. Bradribb said 12 orli, _ general esday last, with forty-one passengers tai kt, Lett cargo. —The Royal Mail steam-ship l l P ley ought to fight for free-trade in all articles . of food. ls 1 ' 413 ' eftnuinder, sailed from the Mersey at Both gentlemen were called to order, the meeting having RN ' a l arge " Sature been called for a specific object.—Mr. Robertson Glad holt.% la w ca rgo of If .. for New York, with the usual kiti 'Rail 9 Paulen ritish and foreign manufacturedput from stone supported . the resolution, which was then cg tee f St ealth,' • gers----The United Stated and Liver- the chair, and carried . . unanimously.—Mr. C. E. Rawlins I; co a t t °ll3 Ne w " At lantic, West c mender with t moved that a subscription be opened in Liverpool for the York to the oth inst ' ant e , w •ir be ei lelll/44,11ti1d ;111‘ler sey to flije§orive in th morrow 'WedinneLse'av);:iThe. support of the league.—Agreed to.—A petition to the altohliso wyne C 0 nadelphie screw etearn-slii ' sit y of House of Lords, against any reimirpsition of . the . duty on pott th e i.th ntander, which wonld leaPve Kila' corn, was then adopted. A committee having been ap pointed to make the necessary arrangements, the meeting On p• , natant, may b wits adjourned for a week, in order to await the interven- Piney gv x t . Q eXpegteLi to arrive' . ilt ing ministerial explanzttiops in perijelpep.t go to their ; ;fiterisied Penne of policy, PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1852 CHESHIRE AND WALES. The Penrhyn Arms Hotel, Bangor, has been greatly damazed by fire, which, it is said originated in the housekeeper's room. , The anniversary meeting of the Society for Propagating the Gospel was held on Monday, in the National Schools connected with Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead. The Rev. Dr. Baylee occupied the chair. FREEMASONRY.—on Tuesday last, at the lodge-room, Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., was installed provincial grand master of ancient free and accepted masons in North Wales and Shropshire. The Rev. T. S. Bowstead, vicar of Tarvin, near Chester, died on the 28th ult., at Bampton, Westmoreland, from lock-jaw, lie fell down stairs on the night of the 29t:: Jan., and fractured both arms, besides lacerating his left elbow, which induced lock-jaw on the 25th ult., and caused his death. The deceased was 64 years of age. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRIN ICING.—AII inquest was held on Wednesday, at the house of Mr. Currie, publican, Woodside, before Mr. Churton, coroner, on the body of John Wagstaffe, ostler, who was found dead in one of Mr. Gough's stables on the previous Sunday night. The surgeon gave it as his opinion that death had been pro duced from excessive drinking. A verdict to that, effect was returned. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended the 7th March, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers, £923 Gs. Otl. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £75 17s. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £598 16s. 6d. ; mails, £575.—M01d Passengers, £29 Bs. 4d. ; parcels, £1 14s. 11d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £ll5 14s. ed.—Stearn. boats : Passengers. £145 lls. 9d. ; parcels, £24 10s. 4d. —Total, £2489 19s. Bd. The new Brazilian steam frigate, lately launched by Mr. Thomas Wilson, at Birkenhead, has been fitted with engines by Messrs. Hick and Son, of Bolton. She has been named the Amazonas, and her engines, which are of 300 horse-power, were :tried in dock on Saturday week, and found in excellent order. About forty well-chosen mechanics are to sail in this steamer for service in the Brazilian dock-yard at Rio. Amongst her cew will be four engineers and twenty-four firemen, who are English men. HORRIBLE CHARGE AGAINST A WELSH FARMER.— Mr. Thomas Philips, of Pentrenaboth, Brecknock lire, is in custody on a charge of having, in March, 1850, murdered an illegitimate child by throwing it alive to a sow, which devoured the infant. It is said that one of the servants of the farmer, Margaret Morgan, was the mother of the child, and that she actually stood looking on when it was being eaten. The farmer denies the truth of the accusation, which is made by a discharged servant, and corroborated by a youth named Davies. A further investigation is to he made. COAL IN BIRKENHEAD.- We understand that the coal agents and dealers in Birkenhead have combined to raise the price of coals one shilling per ton, though the price of this necessary article of civilization was sufficiently high before. With the railway facilities of Birkenhead, coal ought to be exceedingly cheap in that township, and we trust that some spirited coal-proprietor will make arrangements to put an end to the monopoly which at present exists. Good coal ought to be had in Birkenhead for little more than 10s. Gd. a ton, and there is little doubt but that the inhabitants will cheerfully support any dealer or agent. who will be content to charge moderate prices, and realize fair profits.—Liverpool Times. MALVERSATIONS AT THE NORTH AND Souru WALES BANK.-Mr. Townsend appeared before the Birkenhead magistrates on Friday morning, to apply for a postpone ment of the inq _o toe alleged malversations by one of the chief officials of the Birkenhead Branch Bank. ITe stated that since the charges bad first been made a rigorous examination had been entered into of the books ; but that, before a thoroughly clear case could be brought before the bench, it would be necessary to check all the accounts and entries for six months past. Malversation h -1 • ' "" y been practised ; but bow many persons had been concerned in such malversation further evileneJ must establish. The distinction wnc vary firip embezzlement and breach of trust ; and, taking all the circumstances into consideration, he urged a remand until Saturday next. Mr. Bretherton, the solicitor for the defendant, concurring, the remand was ordered until th..t time. GOLDSMID V. THE TRUSTEES OF THE BIRKENHEAD Docxs.—An injunction was, on the 12th of January last, granted by the court, on the motion of the plaintiff, who was one of the creditors of the undertaking, restraining the defendants and the company of the Birkenhead clacks from applying any of the funds of the company towards the costs of expenses of soliciting an act of parliament IL vary the plans of the Birkenhead docks. Subsequently a bill was introduced by the company into parliament, and read - first t' -- wu a _me, and the second reading was fixed for the 27th inst. The parliamentary agents acting for the promoters of the bill were then served with nr.tice of the injunction, and on their bringing the matter before the speaker of the house of commons and the chairman of committees, it was thought proper that the matter should be spoken to on behalf of the parliamentary agent. Mr. Follett and Mr. James, on Monday, stated the above circumstances before Vice-chancellor Parker, and said the parliamentary agents were desirous of doing what was right, but they were anxious to avoid all risk of corn, mitting any breach of the injunction. The yice.chan. cellor said the object of the injunction wr.s not to prevent the company from proceeding with their intended applica- ••• ••,•••-• ••••6•41, vi Luc y OW , II WEIS confined to restraining them from applying the funds of the company to the purpose. The defendants then under took that the funds of the company should not be applied to defray any of the costs of soliciting the bill, on which the proceeding with the bill in parliament was not inter fered with by the court. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-021 Thursday, the half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Lon don—Mr. Peto, M.P., chairman. The report stated that the receipts on the railway for the half-year ending the 31st of December, 1851, show that £85,347 had been re ceived, and £40,782 expended. leaving a profit of £44.565. The receipts for the steam-boats amounted to £9,951, and the expenses to £6,805, leaving a profit of £3.145, which, added to the £44,565, makes a total for the half year of £47,710. This is an increase of £8,984 in the net profit as compared with the gains of the corresponding year of 1850. The accounts exhibited a net balance of £24,537, from which the directors recommended the pay ment of a half-yearly dividend of Bs. 3d. per share on the first preference shares. The line to Carnarvon will be finished and ready for traffic by the middle of May next. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said the board had had under consideration the best means of developing the traffic of Ireland. It appeared to them that, if Holyhead was to be considered the ter minus of the line, a proper dividend to the proprietors could never be paid. They had, therefore, opened com munications with all the railways in Ireland and England, and they had succeeded in perfecting a thorough booking arrangement, which would tend to develope the traffic with Ireland. They had now 83 stations in England, Scotland, and Ireland, at which the system of thorough booking had been established. The directors had thought it right to apply, in conjunction with the North-Western, for a separate entrance to Birkenhead. The obstruction at this point in the mineral traffic to the Mersey caused a delay of four days. They also asked for powers to in crease the tolls on a certain portion of the line, in con sideration of the enormous cost they had been put to in erecting the Britannia and Conway bridges. They also asked for powers to issue perpetual preference stock, which would be guaranteed by the London and North Western Company. The report was adopted, and a dividend of Bs. 3d. per share of the No. 1 preference shares was declared. A resolution was also adopted, authorising the directors to take the necessary steps for promoting the construction of an hotel at Bangor, assur ing 7 per cent. on the outlay. The forfeiture of 366 shares was confirmed ; and the Hon. A. Kinnaird and Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., the retiring directors, were re elected. It was the opinion of the chairman that, in the course of two years from the nyesent time, there would be a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum for the proprietors of the old shares. THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE have issued a number of rules to be observed in relation to the construction of the proposed floating powder magazines in the Mersey. No iron is to be employed in the construction of any part of such vessels; each of which must also be fitted with a lightning conductor. The quantity of powder to be de posited at any one time in such vessels is limited by the Master-general to 10,000 barrels of 100 lbs. each. THE WAY THAT THINGS OUGHT TO BE DONE.—There is no practice which it is more gratifying to observe—alas, that it should be so rare !—than the friendly meeting to gether of employers and employed. It reminds us of the good old times, when there were a few more men of the " Cheeryble Brothers" stamp than at present. A re union of this description took place on Wednesday even ing, at the restaurant of Mr. R. M. Walker, Chapel-street, the clerks and workmen of Messrs. Love and Keys having been entertained by these gentlemen at a festive supper on the occasion of the opening of their new and extensive manufactory in Duke-street. About sixty sat down to a very sumptuous and substantial spread, got up in excel lent style ; a very pleasant evening was spent, which, we trust, will cement still more firmly the bonds of amity and mutual interest previously existing between the members of this firm and their men. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASIIIRE.—D. was stated in the 71mes last week that the Hon. Col. Lindsay would contest the southern division of Lancashire in the Conservative interest at the next election, in opposition to Messrs. Brown and Henry, the present members ; but this statement has not since been in any way confirmed. It has been very currently reported in Ormskirk and that neighbourhood that Sir Thomas Hesketh, of Rufford Hall, and Mr. W. Entwisle, of this town—the latter of whom previously represented the county in conjunction with Lord Francis Egerton, now the Earl of Ellesmere— would be put in nomination at the ensuing election. This latter report needs confirmation ; in fact, nothing has yet been done ; but we are sure that were two gentlemen of Conservative principles and of moderately liberal commer cial views brought forward, their election would be certain. —Manchester Courier. FATAL RAILWAY .ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening the engine of the train from London to Southampton ran over an embankment near the Biahopstoke Station, in consequence of the tire come off one of the wheels. The tender also rolled off the embankment, and a second class carriage was upset o n th e li ne . Th e stoke r was f ound tinder the tender quite de a d ; a passenger guard, named Dowse, and a man c a ll e d Nina also sustained some inju ries, but the latte r , w hose left leg was almost severed above the knee, only survived till next morning. Th e post-office guard had one of his arms broken in two placei. The passengers in generul escaped with only a few bruise!. ;No blame is attributable to any one. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Tho adjourned meeting was held on Wednesday, the Mayor in the chair. The proceedings of the Dock Committee, the Improve ment Committee, and St. George's-hall Committee, were read and confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE. Mr. LANGSDALE moves the adoption of the proceed ings, which contained a recommendation that, though not bound by law to do so, the Council award £25 to Mr. Thomas Humphries, as indemnification for the loss he has sustained by the late sewer accident, out of any funds which might be at the disposal of the Council for such a purpose.—Mr. PARKER moved that this portion of the proceedings be not confirmed.—Mr. BECKWITH charged Mr. Johnson with being personally interested in, and, indeed, connected by, partnership with Mr. Humphries—hence Mr. Johnson's earnest advocacy in committee of Mr. Humphries' cause.—This Mr. JOHN. sox denied, and stated that his connection with Mr. Humphries consisted in lending him money occasionally to pay wages. He urged the Council to grant the money to Mr. Humphries, whose claim upon them in equity was strong.—Mr. SAMUEL HOLME was glad to hear Mr. Johnson's explanation, but advised gentlemen, while members of the committee, to have nothing in any way to do with contractors. Mr. Holme opposed the recommen dption of the committee to reimburse Mr. Humphries, which he deemed would establish a most dangerous pre cedent.—After some remarks from Mr. CHALMER, the Council annulled the recommendation of the committee, Mr. PARKER having altered his amendment to that effect. THE NEW SANATORY BILL. Mr. BENNETT brought on a motion, of which he had given notice, to the effect that a select committee should be appoir.ted for the purpose of providing for various de fects in the working of the contemplated Sanatory Act, and to draw out the draft of a bill to be submitted to parliament in the next session. After some discussion, Mr. Bennett, withdrew his motion. THE OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE. Mr. NEILL, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, stated that, in accordance with the request of the Board of Trade, and the Liverpool Marine Board, the committee had recommended the engagement, for three months, of Mr. Hartnup in classifying and arranging the data, col lected by captains and others, as to the variation of the compass in iron vessels, with a view to form some exact scale to lay before the Board of Trade. The recommen dation was approved by the Council, and the minutes of the committee confirmed. WATER COMMITTEE. The Water Committee's proceedings having been read, Mr. Hour moved their adoption, with the exception of a contract proposed to be entered into with Messrs. Pearson and Co., for which circumstances had arisen rendering it desirable to postpone. The financial statement of the year, Mr. bolt observed, was exceedingly satisfactory ; for, notwithstanding that the expenditure of the year exceeded the income, they were able to show a surplus of £4,400. After a long discussion, the minutes, with the exception named, were confirmed. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMIT] EE ..... Mr. PICTON, in moving the confirmation of the Obser vatory and Museum Committee's proceedings, gave a detail of the progress being made for the Museum and Public Library, from which it appears the preparations are in a most satisfactory state. The proceedings showed an amount of £1,300 raised by private subscription to wards the establishment of the library. A vote of thanks was given to the subscribers, and the proceedings were confirmed. COURT OF PASSAGE. The subject of a yearly salary, to he paid half yearly, to Mr. Edw. James, the new Assessor of the Court of Passage, was referred to a special committee, the object being in order to take into consideration in what degre the recent law reforms have affected the business of the Borough Court, and in bow far this affects the amount of the salary of the Assessor. THE PAID OFFICERS' COMMITTEE. Mr. BIGHAM moved, according to notice, "To rescind the resolution of the Council adopted at the adjourned meeting of the Council, held on the 12th instant, by which it was resolved that the report of the Paid Officers' Committee should lie on the table, and to move that such report be receivech" He wished the Council not to adopt an insult to a portion of their own body, who had been working hard for three years. The reception of the report did not pledge the Council to anything ; it was merely placing the committee's labours on the records of the Council ; and surely the Council could not refuse so small a compliment, particularly when a large number of the councillors had left the room, and some even who remained and voted for the report lying on the table, did so by mistake.—A desultory and angry discussion ensued, in which Mr. PARKER took part, denouncing till report as founded upon fallacies, and not upon facts. At length, however, the report was received. _ _ David Morris and his wife were appointed superinten dent and matron to the Paul-street Baths, at a joint salary of £l3O per annum, with house rent, gas, water, &., free.—The memorial of Mr. James M`Donald , asking for some remuneration for his alleged exertions in develop ing a plan for extinguishing fires, was ordered to lie on the table.—A letter from the Board of Ordinance, on the sub ject of the Powder Magazines, was referred to the Finance Committee. The Council, after a sitting of five hours, adjourned DOCK COMMITTEE. At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. C. Turner, the chairman, presided ; the other members present were —Messrs. Shand, Mllyneux, Chaloner, Gregson. Evans, Holrne, Claxton, Barber, Bold, Malcolroson, Bigham, Langadale, Steel, Rankin, Nicol, Brocklebank, Robinson, Tobin, and Lockett. The estimate of Messrs. Thomas Pearson and Co., for the supply of chain-cables, was accepted. The warehouse management sub-committee recommended the dismissal of Walter Stokes, managing foreman, of No. 4 Albert Dock Warehouses, and of John Elmore, a preferred la bourer in the warehouses, on the ground that Stokes had removed the number and rotation mark from a bag of coff.e which was being discharged into the warehouse, and that Elmore had assisted Stokes in his irregularities. A correspondence between Mr. Hartley, the engineer, and the dock surveyor, relative to st eamers t ry i ng their paddles and screws in all the docks north of the Prince's Dock, from which, Mr. Hartley stated, serious results might accrue, was read. It appeared that, from experi ments tried with the Amazonas, in the Sandon Dock, six inches of sand had been thrown against the gates, pre venting them from being opened.—The committee ex pressed an opinion to the effect that the trial of the pad dles and screws of steamers might be made in the graving docks and the river. It was stated that an arrangement had been come to that, when the semaphore will not work at Holyhead, by reason of bad weather, the men employed there shall communicate the fact to the electric telegraph station at Holyhead, so as to relieve the persons at Lloyd's here from responsibility. A letter was read from Mr. George Hall Lawrence, calling attention to the danger which may result to the springs of carriages, &c., by reason of the Llnding-stage being out of repair. —Mr. LANGSDALE said the matter was now occupying the attention of the finance committee of the Council, and the reparations were in a fair way of being made. AU application from Messrs. Grimsbaw and Co., for shed accommodation on the Waterloo Dock quay, was referred to the harbour masters' sub-committee. THE COAL TRADE - WAREHOUSES AT THE NORTH DOCKS. The report of the sub-committee of works, on the ac commodation for the coal trade at the north docks, and the building of warehouses on the Stanley Dock quay, stated that, having taken into consideration the subjects referred to them by the general committee of the 11th of December, they had interviews with deputations from the coal proprietors, and with the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, several times ; and they (the sub-committee) had called upon the surveyor to prepare plans and estimates. The proposal is to erect a high-level railway to extend over two docks,—the Wel lington and Bramley-Moore Docks,—and to form a junc tion with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lanca shire Railways, at a total cost of £45,550. Opposite to each dock there are to he two discharging places; and, if found necessary, the line can be extended to the Nelson Dock to the southward, and another railway made to the Sandon Dock northward : in the first instance it is only proposed to take the two docks first-named. Nothing, however, is proposed to be done until the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways have their works in a train of completion. It is the opinion of the coal proprietors that the annual revenue would amount to £33,755, made up of items, read by the chairman, of the anticipated traffic likely to accrue in consequence of the construction of the railway. The total estimated tonnage, at d, per ton, it was stated, would realise the sum of £405,000; with respect to the warehouses, it was propo sed that they should be erected on the north and south quays of the Stanley Dock ; that they should be four sto ries in height, and without vaults. The estimated cost. including the raising of the quays and dock walls forming the railway communication, was stated to be £127,978. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company are to relinquish their right to a passage at the north of Stanley Dock. The area of the warehouses is to be 5723 yards, leaving a sufficient space for the working of goods. From a calculation furnished by Mr. Mason, the secretary, which was read by the chairman, it appears that if the warehouses are filled with sugar, the returns on outlay would be 9 per cent. ; if with East Indian cotton, 15 per cent. ; if with American cotton, 1.17 per cent. ; barrels of flour, 13k per cent. ; jute, 131 per cent. ; corn, 91 per cent. From an estimate made by Mr. James Ilolme, at Ms. per square yard per annum, for rent, taken upon the outside area, there would be an amount of ia per cent. After some conversation, it was agreed that the mem bers of +he committee should assemble at a quarter before three o'clock on Wednesday next, and proceed together to view the locality of the docks in question. ARCHITZCZEIRAL AND ARCILEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— At the meeting , of this society to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, Mr. Vertht will read a paper entitled " Archi tectural Notes of a Tour in Belgium, Germany, Switzer land, and France," LIVERPOOL FLOKAL AYD HORTICULTURAL EXIIIBI- Irow SOCIETY.--A meeting of the members of this society was held on Thursday, at tbe Clarendon-rooms. J. N. Walker, Esq., presided. The hen. secretary, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, presented a statement of the accounts, which was approved of and passed, being very satisfac tory. The thanks of the ineeting Were given to the Town Council for their kindness ip granting the use of the Botanic Gardens for the Societ7's exhibitions, which were fixed for the 20th May, 2lth June, and the 2d September. A vote of thank was also given .kci the chairm an, corn m:ttee, and secretary, for their servoku for the pact Fear. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. ATTEMPTED GAROTTE ROBBERY.-OTI Friday, two rough fellows, named M'Shane and Hart, were committed to gaol for three months, for an attempt to rob Mr. John Holt, on Thursday night, about twelve o'clock. Whilst near to his own house, in Eldon-place, the prisoners seized the complainant and nearly throttled him. Some persons coming up, they ran away, but were subsequently apprehended. .. - CAPTURE OF AN OLD OFFENDER.--Mary Kearns, the woman who has so long been victimising the public of Liverpool, by sending respectable children, whom she met in the streets, to borrow money from friends or re latives, by pretending that their parents had sent her to tell them to do so, and who last week defreuded Mr. Kirkham, of West Derby, by sending a little girl, Oe niece of Mr. Carter, of Redcross.street, to borrow £5 from him, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield on Wed nesday, and committed for trial. She was arrested in Finch -court, Finch-street, by officer Tuck, who had been long in search of her, and who stated that she had been previously committed to Knutsford, and that he found many pawntickets on her. RIOT IN WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE.—On Wednesday, three men, named Cross, Ireland, and Maybrick, were brought un, charged with assaulting one of the officers of the West Derby Union Workhouse. The prisoner Cross had refused to work, upon which he was placed in the refractory cell ; and when the officer took him his supper, which consisted of hot porridge, he threw it in his face. Subsequently he tried to escape, but the officer took him into custody, when several of the other paupers made an attack upon him, and attempted to rescue the prisoner. Two of them, Ireland and Maybrick, who made themselves most conspicuous --Ireland having brandished a stone hammer—were taken into custody. Cross and Ireland were ordered to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for two months ; and Maybrick was sent to gaol for 21 days. UNWHOLESOME FISH.—On Tuesday, John Guthrie, fishmonger, St. John's Market, was fined ss. for exposing for sale 541bs. of unwholesome salmon and trout. SINGULAR CHARGE OF BREAKING OPEN A CASH DRAWER.—On Tuesday, a respectable-looking man, named James Croft, was charged with breaking open a cash-drawer. belonging to Mr. James Barton, licensed victualler, Edmund -street. Mr. Barton stated that the prisoner was his barman, and resided in the house. The drawer in question was one in which he occasionally kept cash and books, and he had a private key to it ; but a per son had been employed by the prisoner to lift the counter ton off, remove the lock, and get a new one made for it. He left money in the drawer, but he did not miss any. The prisoner's defence was, that there had been an inquiry as to what the receipts were between the time that the house was under his management and the one who had preceded him. He knew that a memorandum book in the drawer would show what was the fact, and hence had it opened. Mr. Mansfi4:l said it was certainly improper to open the drawer; but he did not think there was a shadow of felony against him. YESTERDAY. SYSTEMATIC POCKET -PICKING.—A well-dressed and respectable-looking woman, named Ann Daly, with an infant in her arms, and her daughter, Maria Daly, not more than eight or nine years of age, were charged with pocket-picking under the following circumstances. Mrs. Catherine Sanderson, wife of Mr. John Sanderson, up holsterer, 4, Adelaide-buildings, Renshaw-street, stated that on Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock, the pri soners walked into the shop, and the elder one first asked the price of some pillows and then of some cushions, but she only offered one-half of the sum at which they were sold. In the course of their waiting, the prosecutrix had occasion to go to the end of the shop, which is very narrow at that part, whither she was followed by the accused, and whilst the mother kept her in conversation she noticed that the girl pressed continually against her person. After they had gone from the shop, Mrs. Sanderson missed her purse, which she had known to be safe a few minutes be fore, containing 13s. 61 in silver, and a counterfeit six penny piece, which she could swear to by certain marks pieced on it. The servant' girl was sent after the pri soners, who returned with her when they had been threat ened with apprehension by the police. On the mother Be. 4d. was found, and the counterfeit sixpence was picked up at her feet.—The prisoners made no defence, and were committed for trial at the next sessions. ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.—Two well known characters, Thomas Anderson and John Clare, with a female named Mary Ann Clare, were apprehended by the police on Saturday night, for a violent assault on a labouring man, and an attempt to rob him. It was proved that the prosecutor had been severely ill-treated ; and, had it not been for the timely interference of two of the landing -stage police, who were passing along Tithe barn-street at the time, there was little doubt but that he would have been plundered. They were ordered to pay 20s. each, and costs, or be committed for 21 days. ROBBING AN INFANT.---A lad, not more than seven or eight years of age, was seen on Sunday night last to lead a little girl, that had strayed from its parents, into an entry, and afterwards strip the child of its pinafore, with which he tried to make off, but was apprehended by a person who had watched his proceedings. He was re manded, to allow time for making enquiries respecting his friends. BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—Yesterday the attention of the court was occupied for a very considerable time in dis posing of a great number of cases in which parties were charged with begging by the police. Amongst the accused were included an old man, said to be 112 years of age. tottering from infirmity, and several young boys and girls whom their parents are in the regular habit of sending out to beg. There were also a dumb woman, and many other pitiable objects afflicted with almost every suffering to which humanity is liable. In dealing with the cases the stipendiary magistrate discharged many, passed others to Ireland, committed the well-known impostors to prison for various terms of imprisonment, and directed the attention of the parochial authorities to be given to seve ral cases where want and destitution were alleged as the real cause of begging in the public streets. ANOTHER CHARGE OF POCKET-PICKING.—In the course of examination of prisoners, in the magistrates' private room yesterday, a boy, connected with a gang of pick-pockets, was charged with stealing a handkerchief from the person of Mr. Owen Hughes, a joiner, living in Brownlow-bill, as he was leaving the Baptist Chapel, in Great Crosshall-street, on Sunday evening last. The prisoner was seen to commit the offence, and being in stantly apprehended was sent for trial at the next session?. ALLEGED CASE OF DESTITUTION.—O❑ Saturday last, a young girl named Mary Woods was apprehended by a policeman with a dress in her possession, which she said belonged to her sister. She mentioned to the court yes terday, that she had only arrived in Liverpool from Sut ton last week, that her parents were dead, and that she had no means of subsistence. There was no person present to prefer any charge, and the girl was liberated, with the intimation that the dress would be given up on the sister corning forward to corroborate her statement. FAMILY QUARRELS.—A baker tarrying on business in Milk -street and Park-lane, of the name of John Fenwick, charged his son with stealing a watch, and with using threatening language towards him. He said the watch had been his property for 18 or 19 years, and he believed he had won it at a raffle. The wife of Fenwick, who had recently prosecuted her husband to conviction for threat ening her life, stated that the watch, which was formerly her father's, had been given by her to her son, the de fendant, some time since, and he had paid the repairing of it repeatedly. She was not now able to live with her husband on account of his conduct, and had recently pur chased her son the clothes he wore. The son, a respect able-looking young man, denied ever using any abusive language to his parent, and remarked that he had been only withheld from resenting his repeated attacks by a sense of duty to him as his father. The magistrates said there was no pretence for the charge, and at once dis. missed the case. ST. HELENS. Mr. William Eckersley has been elected commissioner in the place of Robert Daglish, Esq., resiened. On Thursday morning, James Moseley, a labourer, whilst excavating clay for brick, on some land near St. Helen's, a portion of earth gave way and fell upon him, by which one of his thighs was broken, and causing other injuries. He was conveyed to the Liverpool Infirmary. The petty sessions were held on Tuesday, before Thos. Rodick, Esq., chairman, T. W. Rathbone, Esq., Z. Siliar, Esq., M.D., T. T. Parker, Esq., and Sir John Gerard, Bart. Edward Fox and Edward Charlson were appre hended under a bench warrant, charging them with using a dwelling-house, the same not being built in conformity with the St. Helen's Improvement Act for 1851. They were ordered to find sureties, themselves in £4O each, and four sureties in £2O each, to appear and answer the charge at the next Kirkdale sessions. The other cases were unimportant. WARRINGTON. THE ENOINERRS' DISPUTE.—A public meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the Music-hall, Market place, to receive and hear a deputation from Manchester, on the subject of the present dispute in the iron trade, between the masters and workmen. There was a very numerous attendance of engineers and others, for the most part working men, and a resolution, pledging the meeting to support the executive, and to assist in the establishment of co-operative workshops, was carried. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting took place on Wednesday, At the Workhouse. Mr. Hodgson presided, and there was a full attendance of members. OUT-RELIEF TO PERSONS AND COST DURING PAST WEEK.— Dist rict No. 1, 1076, 450 11 s. 6d. ; District No. 2,253, .'l2 Bs.; District, No. 3, 440, £23 I2s. 6d.: total, 1769 persons; cost, .tS6 128. Number of inmates in the Workhouse 136, and the number of vagrants lodged and relieved 164. Compared with the corresponding period of last year, these returns show an increase of 38 in the numb tr relieved, a decrease of .4'5 7s. in the cost of relief, a decreaTe of 9 in the number of inmates in the Workhouse, and of 186 in the number of t agrants. Balance due to the Union, ,tB9 Ile. sd. A letter was read from the Bishop of the Diocese, sanc tioning the appointment of the Rev. B. M. Huntington as chaplain of the Workhouse. There was no other busi ness of importance. •COUNTY EXPENDITURE MOVEMENT.—The committee appointed for conducting the above movement have resolved to convene another meeting of deputations from boards of guardians and other persons interested in this question, to be held at the Horse and Jockey Inn, New ton in the Willows, Lanrashire, on Monday the 29th inst. at eleven in the forenoon, The chair is to be taken by Robert Tpvvrtley Parker, Esq., of Cuerden HO, near Preston. ANTI-MAYNOOTH MEETING AT PRESTON. One of the most Popish towns in England is Preston, in this county ; and there a meeting was held this day week, to promote the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant. The first and the principal speaker was Dr. M'Neile, in whom there was no faltering, nor any symptoms of the Standard-bearer fainting." In the following passage he notices the arguments of those who would maintain the endowment as fixed in 1845 : " When you hear gentlemen say, as many do say now ---‘ Well, I 'am so convinced by the Papal aggression that it is impracticable and impossible to conciliate these Ro manists, that if the thing were to be done now, I would not do it ; hut it is a fixed thing, and I cannot see that we can undo it"—l would say to these gentlemen, your sense of right and wrong is chronological. (Laughter and cheers). But, again, this is urged as a reason against the repeal of the Maynooth grant :—` You will give the Ro man Catholics (it is said) an appearance of a grievance if you repeal it.' They are sorely at a loss, it seems, for a grievance ; we have been so outrageously liberal and kind to them that they have nothing to complain of. And some of our opponents come very slyly round us and say —` We dislike Romanism as much as you, and we would not give them the advantage of a grievance to complain Of ; if you repeal this grant, they will put themselves forward as a persecuted sect ; but now they can't say say they are perse cu t e d ; and, for goodness sake, let them, alone. Now, is that an argument in favour of it ? A. grievance ! What would they do if they had a grievance ? It is said that that would separate the Roman Catholic and Protestant population. I think I have an extract from a newspaper in which I have the honour of getting a round cudgellation for this myself ;---‘ We object (writes the editor) to the withdrawal of the grant on the ground of sound policy, b e li ev i ng th a t the witdrawal not only of that, but of all other grants to Roman Catholics, would be most acceptable to Archbishops Cullen and M'Hale, whose grand object is to render Protestantism odious in the eyes of their followers, and to build up an impassable wall between the professors of the two creeds. What they are afraid of is the growth of a friendly feeling between the Roman Catholics and Protestants, and a grievance helps them as much as it helps a political agi tator.'" (Laughter). ORMSKIRK. DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Tuesday last, an in quest was held before C. E. Driflield, E-q.. at the Bull's Head, Orrnskirk, on view of the body of a girl named Ann Bimpson, aged nine years, daughter of Mark Bimp son, brazier, Ormskirk, and who was burnt to death by her clothes taking fire. Verdict "Accidental death." COUNTY COURT.—This monthly court for the district of Ormskirk wa3 holden on Tuesday last, before Wm. Adam Hulton, Esq , judge. The list contined forty-six cases for adjudication ; eighteen of which were settled before hearing, and twenty-eight stood for t•ial. Robert lddon was committed to Preston House of Correction for fifteen days, for non-payment. A CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE.-011 Sunday last, a cow belonging to Mr. George Peet, of Ormskirk, calved a fine cow calf having five legs and six feet. The four legs and feet are perfectly formed, hut from between the shoulder blades protrudes a fifth leg, having two feet, one of which is perfect, and the other under-part uppermost. The calf is now in the possession of Mr. John Smith, of Ormskirk, veterinary sur,,eon. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—This board met on Thursday morning. Present—Messrs. Stoner (in the chair), Baker, Holoroft, Peet, Iz3yland, Mercer, Titsley, B. Forshaw, TT .1-1. -n1 and isalshaw. l'he expenditure . the past week was £36 193. Id. ; unk, non resident poor, .£1 7s. 6d. ; leaving a halance of £lO Is. 9d. in the relievin g o ffi cer's hands. The expenditure on ac count of the inmates of the workhouse, for the week, amounted to £4 is. 91d. Number of inmates, 83 ; num ber of vagrants lodged in the ward, 22- A deed, for the purpose of obtaining money for th- township during £9 ss. 13 wilding of the new poorhouse, was excel was signed. directing certificate uut mg, int; commissioners of the public works to dc-posit the money in the Liverpool Royal Bank, to the building account of the board of guardians. Calls were made on the several townships in the union, and directed to be paid to the treasurer in two equal instal ments. one on the 26•11 Amil. and the other on Vith July. BIRTHS On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. G. Ashton, of Harrington street, Tovet h-park, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., the wife of Mr. T. Minster, of Mulberry , street, of a son. On the sth inst., in King-street, Edge-hill, the widow of Mr Twedttle. ticket-collector at the Ed,e-hill-station, of a sot On the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. Owen Roberts, of Sparlint tteet, Everton, of a son. Gilchrist, of a son On the Oth inst squ,re, of a qaughte,. On the 7th inst., at Seaforth, Mrs. John of a son, who only survived tno days. On the 711) inst., Li I , lllkt - ler-terrace copulo, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Green-heys, Aigburth, Mrs. Henry Cox, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in London, Mrs. E. M. Whitt of of a daughter. 11 On the gth inst , a t L ower B e bi n V • Mrs. Edward Johnston, of Abel cromby- ;sby Huntley, Mrs. D. N. Gianna- gton, Clash On the loth inst., Nl'avertree, of a &tight _ _ On the 14th inst., in Berry-street, Mrs rs. William Rushton, of Birch-house, (in the 11th inst., at Seaforth, the wife of Mr. Thomas Rad ford Hope, of a (laughter. 011 the 14th instant , the wife of Mr. Joseph Hodgson, Bir kenhead Park, of a son. MARRIED On the 28th ultimo, at t. - fiel;A;Church, Rock Ferry, by the Rev. 'l'. F. Redhead, assisted by the Rev. C. Jones, Mr. Thomas Mitchinson, of Oxford-street, London, to Miss IL Lamb, of I/acre-park. On the 6th instant, at St. Patrick's Chapel, by the Rev. E. Kendrick, Mr. Williams to Catherine Mary, youngest daughter or Mrs. Brown, staytnaker, South-street, Park-read. On the 7th instant, at St. Silas's Church, by the Rev. H. W. Duck, Mr. John Carter to Miss Alice-Jones. On the Bth instant, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. H. Hampton, Mr.T. F. Richards to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of the late Mr. J. We:hereil, cabinet-maker. On the Bth instant, at St. James's Church, Mr. John Wallace, of Whitehaven, first officer of the barque Mary Ismay, of this port, to Jane, eldest daughter of Captain John Watt, of Mary port. _ on the Sth instant, at Whitesands, by the Rev. M liter of the late r.lizanetn, youngest dat Captain George Hetherington, of this town. On the Bth Instant, at the Parish Church, Middlewieb, by the Rev. J. Nadin, Mr. Jth , eph Davies to Miss Mary Venables, both of Kinderton-cum-Hulme, by Al iddlewich. On the 10th instant, at the new Synagogue F:t. Helen's, London, by the Rev. Dr. N. M. Adler, W. Samuel, Esq., of Berry street, in this town, to Amelia, second daughter of Mrs. S. Alexander, of Alie-place, London. On the 10:h instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. Carpenter, John' Goldsworthy, eldest son of Thomas Golds worthy, Esq., merchant, of Daryhulme, Manchester, to Emme line Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Neader, Esq., export surveyor of this port. .- - - On the 1i th instant, at Childwall, by the Venerable Arch deacon Garbett, the Rev. James Garbett, vicar of Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late T. T. Garston, Esq., of Chester. On the I lth instant, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr. John Humph ries to Miss Eliza Jane Williams, both of Toxtelth park. _ - U❑ the 11th instant, at Holywell, James Elliott Blake, Esq., to Julia Sophia, eldest daughter of James Muspratt, Esq., of Seaforth-hall. (hi the 13th instant, at little Portland-street Chapel, London, by the Rev. Thomas Madge, James Thornley, E q., solicitor, of this town, to Laura, daughter of the late Robt. Roscoe, Esq. DI ED On the 18th ult., aged 13tnTnTI;s, William, only son of Mr. henry Iluxley, of Davies-street, Dale-street. On the 28th Ott., at Brampton, the Rev. 'F. S. Bowstead, vicar of Tarvin, near Chester. On the 29th January, as the deceased was going up stairs, his foot slipped, and he to Ito the bottom. He sustained a compound fracture of both arms, and bad his left elbow lacerated. Under medlcal tr. atment, he progressed favourably until the 25th ult., when leckj4w super% ened, On the 2d inst., at Birkenhead, aged 78, George B dford, Esq., formerly of Bedford-row, London. On the Gth inst., aged 19 months, George W., son of Mr. T. Minster, of Mulberry-street. On the Oh inst., in Islington, aged 38, Eliza, wife of Mr. John White, ho se and :and agent, Clayton-square. • On the 7th inst., aged 45, Mr. F. Orfeur, victualler, Redcross street, formerly shipmaster of this port. On the 7.h inst., at filiation, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr. F. H. Jones, of Pantyokin, Denbighshire. On the 7th inst., aged 82, Mr. I). Noble, of Waterloo-view, Litherland. On the 7th inst., aged 30, Mr. David Gregory, letterpress printer, Manchester. On the 7th inst., at 'tit wport, McnniontWlire, Ellen, wife of Mr. Edward W. Jones, and third daughter of the late Air. Jonah Ward, of liarford-street, in this town. On the 7th inst., at Alm — wch, Anglesey, North Wales, at the advanced age of 100, Mr. Richard Rowlands, father-in-law of Mr : Roberi Hughes, ofyranniere. On the 7th lat., in Burlington-street, after a long and pain ful illness, aged 65, Mr. Alexander Lawson. On the Bth inst., of disease of the heart, aged 37, Mr. Chas. Chandler, bird dealer, Dale-street. On the Bth inst., aged 39, Margaret Gillet. On the 9th inst., at Walton-on-the-Hill, Harriet, wife of Mr. James Shaw, agent to the District Provident Society. On the 9th inst., at her residence. in Prince's-park, Marga ret, third daughter of the late Nicholas Waterhouse. On the 10th inst., in Roscommon-street, Mary Teresa, wife of Mr. Richard W. Barnes. On the 10th inst., at GildadiroOk, near Eccles, aged 61, Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Richard Hall, of Salford. On the 10th inst., atter a short illness, aged 32, Mr. John Ramsdale, bookseller, Wigan. On the 10th inst., at Tan Refal, Aberffraw, Anglesey, aged 44, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard Williams, commercial tra veller, of London, and formerly of this town. On the 11th inst., at Wavertree, aged 57, Mary Ann. relict of the late Thomas Lea, Esq., attorney-at law. On the 11th inst., Annie Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. John. i Jackson, hajack o so f n E a s c g re :o m f Earsliliioßootle, Old Granddaughterand an. of On the 11th instmt, sudden and unexpected, aged 57 years, Mr. Thomas Richar.l Arnold, of this town. , : :iinili itl ee: 1 t i t : oBii l . f diit , t..B ; , i o :ll . - ii iiiiLu : e y i 1 , ,. f t: 1 e wife of Mr. Richard Willis, of i n ,in L ondon, aged 30, the lady of Sir Ed. Her diysl.ti,ie,pn,dhaltvlasca r k e o 1 h in , s Old St. Pancras-road, and, a l called n u ptorrno from friend ionie, resi dingwas iG E a v rva er n t ag o t .1 : at, - r i;o o le2ef a r t d jh . retracing her s teps d w the stone staircase when she missed her footing and fell violently into the passage, her head coming in contact with the door of an apartment at the foot of the stairs. She was immediately removed to the Eree Hospital, Gray's-inu-road, but life was extinct, her neck having been dislocated by the fall. On the 12th instant, at the residence of his son-in law, John Forsyth, Manchester, Mr. John Howar.h, aged 82 years, for merly of Bury, Lancashire. On the 12111 instant, the infant daughter of Henry Cox, Esq., Green Heys, Aigburth. On the 12th instant, Sop 'a, the beloved and only sister of Miss Mary Devitt, of No(4, mmutatio n - row . On the 13th inst.osplllopii ric,,Eock Ferry, aged 74, Sarah, r. wife of M Saran 10211anifold; ... :'. 1, On the 14th inst.; :aged at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. Win. Kvanr4VOjiOlice place, Martha, relict of the l a t e Mr. Win. Bryan. ._4.4 - On the 15th ivat., aged 43, Elizabeth Mary, wife of Mr. Ileory Kirkham, No. 9, Roe•atreet.