The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

Oct. 12,1847. ?Loral Re l)3s. / 40 k n 4 d u llox.—There is a person now advertising to supply on newspapers at a low rate, but who, on inquiry, is 'lot known at the place which he gives as his address. thi Mr. Brady, late of the Weekly News, brought an action s week against Mr Ross. as one of the proprietors of tthiffe defunct paper, for . the recovery of a debt. The plain ...was nonsuited. e BOD Y OF AN INFANT FOUND.—On Friday night a man l 'almoyed in cleaning out a privy in a court in Fisher bstli,eet, found the body of a new-born female child. The f 9'Y was examined by a surgeon. There were no marks es. .violence. Deceased had lived, but owing to decompo- Aron the cause of death could not be ascertained. Pup •BODIES FOUND ON THE BOOTLE SHORE.—The h i uric* Courier st a tes that one of the bodies recently - aed on the shore at Bootle is that of Mr. James Din- Idie, late of Exchange-street, Manchester, son of Mr. th illia ta Dinwiddie, hosier, Dumfries, who perished in , entset of a vo y ag e to New York. WELSH IN MANCHESTER AND LIVERPO _ e are l e h a p. red u, requested to contradict a statement which ap esertedt,aisd,er the Liverpool, eading in yesterday's Albion. d "elsh Church, in instead of being almost we are informed, gradually attaining to that position which it ought to hold in the affections of the fr iends of the principality. n a Se nDEN DEATHS.—On Sunday night week, a man of Joh n B ra id, w hil s t s itti ng i n t ox i ca t e d i n th e h ou s e f " ,. :_a man named Strange, in Wood-street, suddenly leaned ,rward and expired. On Tuesday night, a man named '"eh, a newsvender, residing in a court in Thomas street, went to bed at his usual time in good health. In feW minutes afterwards he was found dead. Deceased "as of very eccentric habits. During the last eight years of his life no person had been permitted to enter his room 'hut himself. Lat.'. AUCKLAND IN LIVERPOOL.—On Wednesday last ,Lord Auckland, the First Lord of the Admiralty, arrived le this town from the Isle of Man. where he had been on a visit to his brother, the Lord Bishop of the island. On Thursday he visited various parts of the town, and during th e day embarked on board the Redwing. His lordship, after inspecting the docks, disembarked at the Coburg Dock. Shortly afterwards he was conveyed to the Wood "de Ferry, and visited the docks and works in progress at irkenhead. • V iaE.—About half-past one o'clock on Saturday morn- Ng, a fire broke out in a dwelling-house in Hawke-street, immediately opposite to St. Nicholas's Catholic Chapel, temperas-hill. Wh en th e a l ar m was given, the inmates meted to escape by means of sheets lowered from the up p e r windows, but ladders being speedily procured, they were saved without that resource. The engines under We • Hewitt arrived promptly on the spot, and the flames ba r i in e l ! f ortunately, checked, bnt not before destroying t or , --4 of the poor tenants' furniture, and gutting the upper 0 " h is- The house was tenanted by some actors, who had 4 , 1 1 entered it on the previous afternoon. th e Liverpool Albert Dock warehouses are certai e n x ly_ Ce w arehouses, par example, of Liverpool. They 1 , 0 , 111 round the four sides of the dock; the frontwall, sh tneh - is four bricks thick, being supported upon arches, (t. tin ghlg from iron columns. These columns, which tesn - ad close to the edge of the masonry forming the dock, ti i - a f Doric character, and are four feet in diameter at :ti,l" a se• Thus there is a large area, conveniently situ to-4' for landing goods, and for hoisting them into different sto, es , of the warehouse. The floor above the ground is wholly supported by similar iron columns, of three those in the range next the first t o menioned are tie in g feet in diameter. The aperture in the oors for th;` ll ,g the goods is formed by an iron frame, to receive b st a r ild u 'i ti re :Proof arches. It would be difficult to find a P in London having the appearance of solidity and f ro - rn a gth found in these warehouses. This arises chiefly is in t he manner in which the brickwork is executed, which bri eks S style quite unknown to London workmen. The a s , are considerably larger every way than the kinds _ N O B e mployed, in length measuring9iinches.—Builder. 40 '41:4„ 1 ' AND INTREPID CONDUCT.—Our readers may , I ,`'n sp ea sl, B .s, remember that, some time ago, we had occasion 'Tact nighly of a seaman on board one of the rke.n o, hi: - ',, a Mers, named William Kane, who has, at . the risk creat ur p,"„ life, saved no less than eleven of his fellow- Pleas ipin death by drowning. We have now the t he ° pi recording another act of self-devotion upon - flirke this truly gallant fellow. The five o'clock d ay - - hr, .ead bo a t h a d just left the landing-stage, on Thurs iaol even ing last, when a small river boat got partially see t , Me betwee n her and the Eastham steamer. One of Pa rties in th e b oa t, f ear i ng that they would be swamped, f o n..il g from th e b oat into the steamer. In attempt i ng to w at ° e v : his example, ano th er o f th e par ti es f e ll i n t o th e F. In this perilous position he cried loudly for help, ` .while everybody o n b oar d the two steamers were rush here and there with ropes, &c., Kane, with his Itslial promptitude, jumped into the water, swam like a u sh, and in a minute he coolly fastened a rope securely round the body of the individual in the water, who was by it drawn on the deck of the Birkenhead boat. Kane promptly followed, bleeding profusely from a wound in his temple, which he unfortunately received in this intrepid rescue. The gentlem en on board immediately ra i se d a few shillings amongst themselves, w hich they gave to Kane. This w as very well for a b eg i n ning, but further subscriptions ought to be made, and we shall be glad to receive any donations. VENTILATION OF MINES. —From what took place, at the Liverpool Royal Polytechnic Institution, on Monday week, we are most happy to observe, that a step has been ta ken in the right direction. The paper read by Mr. Qw , e etlove gives, perhaps, as c l ear as —if no t a more l uc i d a t Z,seription of the mo d es o f wor ki ng coa l , so d i fficult to iiistrtrstand by the unitiated, th an i s genera ll y g i ven at suc h later, ll 49es ; and the discussion which ensued, was equally Pressi oi l9g—both of which, we trust, will make some =- Will d• . 111 the right quarters. It is evident, that a pow- Low/le:lnclination to change exists, both among men and habit the former, doubtless, from strongly-impressed tho u s ; the latter, probably, to avoid expense—for, al fort,'" several systems' of ventilation have, in the last acq Y e ars, been proposed by scientific men, practically aaari!ainted with coal-mining, and which have had evident be er , 4s of superiority over existing methods, they have i nt o rejected without trial, and, one by one, have sunk d ecid oblr v i oa. Mr. Sweetlove appears to have taken a whi c OlY novel view of the principles of ventilation, and N ut We concerned worthy of serious consideration by all (100.'8 —and that is, " first the removal of this th e b,,, e riplas gas before its admixture of atmospheric air in fresC i Pe ; and, secondly, to keep up a constant supply of eat, air for the respiration of the miners. These objects as e eenlY be effe c ted .sep ar ately ; we may, th ere f ore, th ei l r 'e the fail ure o f th e present modes of ventilatio n t o j, ry'itattempting to effect them conjointly."—Mining pi e t S URGICAL PRACTITIONER VINDICATED FROM Sus eii"•—"An inquest was held on Friday, before Mr. a k ,, t - Y , on view of the body of Mr. Andrew Milligan, ee"Z Managing in a bank. The widow of de ticTu said that shelived at No. 42, Park-street Toxteth and For the last three months deceased had been very unable to follow his business. He compjained of general weakness, and was frequently quite out of his d u i "- He was attended by Dr. Henry, at intervals, t,,ing the three months, but kept gradually declining up , - . 1 "„_1 1 ,e time of his death—on the sth instant. Before his witness called in Dr. Henry, of Warwick-street, to h'„'.9 l „rn s ,_ who said he could do nothing for him, and asked ii tn n ess li s e ai lrd a medical &rend to call in to see him. go for the pa : . he had not. He then recommended her to fo r a Burgeonish he tor, as she had no means of paying Whittle) thehde. went for hi m , that he ec but before he (Mr. her not to say eased Was had complained of dead. Dr. Henry told pai h ns d • been attending him. Deceased witness, who lived in the his head and back. the Another naent made as t o hi s state e f ° use, corroborated stat addressed and lowness of spirits. _ln consequence of a not Whittle, to the e ff ect u t i lressed to the Coroner by a re asons t o suppose that the life ot the writer had strong eY improper treatmemt, the inquestwashed d w o a t s h sacri e fi otherwise no ,y li gairY would h ave b een deemed necessary. e Ater a post neortern examination of th e body, by MWhittle, Dr. 1 7 and he were examined. Dr. H. said he had served a pprenticeshiph e to an apothecary and surgeon. When att told Mrs. Milligan not to say that any doctor had e t n ded deceased, it was under the impression th a t if t4 n a l a statement were made, the parish doctor would not 41 1 ,,, 11 d• Mr. Whittle said that from the external appear treloe„,a,of the body, and from deceased had died from improper the talent, and that it was his duty to report the case to folineroner. He, however, on examination of the body, found t he viscera to a certain extent diseased, and finally death an abscess i n the brain, which was the cause of eald' t4l, the result of disease of long standing. He uiscove r no evidence of improper treatment. It t - , l . 4 nl istake to suppose that the parish surgeons would 'the - "lid if another practitioner had been called in. said3rsvvere bound to attend when sent for. Dr. Henry I l veek ' zl t he had not latterly attended deceased for six bad „ 8, Until within a day or two before his death. He lieti"reviously attended him, and had only administered he vents, through which he got so well that he was told "ad - 1; e .7 not rePeat his visits. He had received ir fee too Presented no bill, as the parties were, he believed, Nat 'e ati v ' e ur to pay. Th e C oroner , a ft er some explanations ihiliti to licensed and unlicensed practitioners—the Inor,, sof which were equal in cases of neglect or gross fee or ,"aee through which death ensued, said that he could bi,,,v,erdict that could be returned on the evidence but 4f Seetl, l l 3 Y the visitation of God." There was nothing to viduake character of Mr. Henry professionally or indi- Was j r , 3 :r and from what Mr. Whittle saw and heard he te a, ark , 811 fied in writing the note alluded to. He also re alloweta, that it must be a satisfaction to the widow to t hat 4 at n o • '< th e improper treatment was resorted to, and Died ,Lteceased died from natural disease. Verdict,— 11. °M abscess in the brain." LOCAL MEETINGS. I , ll e T„,..41' GEORGE'S WARD. — On Friday, a meeting of qou'fg e sses of Great George's Ward was held at the Do se - 2f Mr. Reeves, Upper Frederick-street, for the pur lectelidneeting H. G. Harbord, Esq., the candidate s - l 'e,for rn 'Y a mixed committee of six conservatives and six e ttl 4 i---, 0 —e a 113 % Mr. White was called to the chair. The t urbo Pintroduced Mr. Harbord to the meeting.. Mr. 14 te k) , - ", was received with applause. He, adverting to com—"fication which he felt at being selected a lispied eip.pittee of all classes of politicians—declared pnn he*".„ o bjects to be the promotion of sanitary reform, and towilystablishinent of a ferry from the south end of the kent he Cheshire side of the river, and the enlarg!- 11100 v °4 ot• James's market. He also expressed his opi tecemerli strongly against the parties who had eaused . the A baeholesale objections to the burgesses on both sides. keet• " named o R moved the adjournment of the _ n the ground that some friend of his had not rn oned to attend a f ormer mee ti ng o f th e com r. R u llt was not seconded. A reso l u ti on t o suppor t Patreed. arbord was, with this exception, unanimously SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.—The annual meeting was held in the Temperance-hall, Newington, on• Tuesday night, Mr. S. Stitt in the chair. He stated that this was the first annual meeting of the institute, and it was not until it was formed that the humble Sunday School teacher had a library to resort to. The attendance of teachers on Saturday evenings, to prepare for the duties of the following day, had been great and increasing. The-report showed a constituency of 561 members, including 311 Sunday School teachers, annual subscribers, and 77 ladies. The library of reference contained works of the first merit, and was much used ' • and the attendance in the reading-room was 90 to 100 daily. The accounts showed a balance of £3 against the institution. The report on the whole was, however, highly gratifying. Mr. Hall, Dr. Roche, and Mr. J. 0. Jones addressed the meeting, - and officers being chosen, the meeting terminated. EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS, &c.—A meeting in favour of early closing was held on Tuesday night in the Music Hall. G. H. Lawrence, Esq., the Mayor, occupied the chair, and the meeting was respectably and numerously attended. The speakers were the Mayor, the Rev. Mr. Hampton, Mr. Walker, the Rev. Mr. Nolan, Dr. Sou thern, and Mr. Rogers, all of whom eloquently supported the cause of early closing, which could not injure the inte rests of the shopkeeper or the public, while it would be of great advantage to the young men. The motions passed were of a general nature. At the close of the meeting the Mayor alluded to the Roscoe Club, at the foundation of which he had presided, and his fears lest that institution, even backed and supported as it was, should not succeed without the additional help of those for whom it was equally intended—young men engaged in shops and offices. The movement was not confined to shops. Merchants kept late hours, and required a lesson to be taught them. He hoped that they would hear and listen to the voice of public opinion, and that the purposes of the association would succeed. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday. C. Bentham, Esq. was called to the chair. The Ferry Committee stated that they were ready to receive the Lord Morpeth steamer as an inferior boat to the Prince, and the amount to be allowed from the contract to be fixed by Mr. Grantham and Mr. Baines, who should have liberty to call in a third party. The receipts for the month of Sept. 1846, were reported to be £1965 Os. 3d., and for the same month in 1847, £1635 16s. sd. The total expenditure from the 23rd April to the 30th September, 1847, was £7409 17s. Bd. The minutes were then confirmed.—The chairman said the treasurer was preparing a statement of the whole finan cial condition of the township, which would be ready in the course of a fortnight, and he intended to propose that such statement should be laid before a special meeting of the board. He held in his hand a statement of the expen diture of the attempt to obtain the gas and water bills, which he should also propose to be laid before that meet ing.—The latter observation led to rather a warm discus- Mr. Thompson. wishing the matter to be discussed, and others being of opinion that the matter should not be gone into in the absence of Mr. Hicklin, who had called for -the account. Mr. Pike seconded the motion of the chairman, which was carried. ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—On Tuesday evening a meeting of the corporation of this church was held in the church, in Myrtle-street. The chairman explained the object of the meeting, which was to " pro voke one another to love and good' works in behalf of themselves and their brethren." The Rev. Mr. Nixon, of Montrose, who recently preached the anniversary sermon in the church, remarked (with reference to the debt) that wherever there was a debt on a religious place of worship, it impeded the exertions of the people. He had long a deep impression of the importance of rearing an intelligent ministry in England for the Presbyterian Church ; but this never could be done until the existing ministers of that church were set free from all hindrance and impediments in the shape of debt.—The Rev. D. Ferguson followed on the same subject. He said the trustees were now offering to raise £5OO among themselves, if he (Mr. Ferguson) succeeded in obtaining £5OO more from the rest of the congregation. Look at Scotland ! See the spirit of liberality there manifested by the Free Church ! They not only supported their ministers, but they also erected their churches ; and he concluded by expressing an earnest hope that the congregation of St. Georges would manifest similar nobleness and generosity of spirit.—Collecting cards were here distributed through the church, and many parties put down their names for respectable sums.—The Rev. Mr. Hamilton made a strong appeal in favour of the object of the meeting, and other ministers and gentlemen followed. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. —The usual monthly meeting was held on Monday. The law-clerk stated, that the amount of rateable property this year was £38,431, and the rate £1621 lls. There were 95 empty houses; the rateable property last year was £32,702, and the rate £1635. The amount of rates uncollected for the present year was £152 18s. 10d., and of this £73 was set down as bad debts. It appeared that the whole of the rates col lected had been got in since December last.—A letter was received from Mr. Pemberton, admitting that some cot tages he had erected at Seacombe were not in accordance mith the act of parliament, but agreeing to make them so within three years.—A letter was read from the post master-general, in reply to a memorial from the board; it stated that variousl alterations would be made for rendering more efficient the postal arrangements in Sea combo, Liscard, Egremont, and New Brighton, but there could not be a second delivery at those places.—The law clerk asked the permission of t:te board to defend the com missioners against two appeals which were to be made by Mr. Colborne and Mr. Chadwick, in consequence of their having been convicted on informations laid against them for infractions of the bye-law as regards bathing. The appeals would be heard at the Knutsford sessions on the 18th instant. Several members expressed an opinion that the bye-laws were objectionable • and, after a lengthened conversation it was agreed that the appeal should be post poned to the January sessions, the bye.laws to be revised in the meantime. DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the usual meeting, on Thurs day, there were present Mr. B. Moore, the Chairman, and fourteen other members. A report was received from the Marine Surveyor, in which it was stated that, after a careful consideration of the matter, there was no alterna tive but to recommend the removal of the new landing stage about 100 yards further to the north. The cost of the alteration would be £3OO. A conversation arose upon this subject, and several suggestions were thrown out, having for their object the overcoming of any inconveni ence, arising from the sanding up of the river at the south end of the stage. The matter was ultimately referred back to the Committee of works for further consideration. A letter from the Postmaster-General, wishing to know whether the Dock Committee would like to have the pre sent Post-office buildings when others are provided, was referred to the Committee of Works. The Chairman said that, in accordance with the instructions of the Dock Committee, respecting certain communications su b m itt e d to them by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, respect ing the offer of their estate to that trust, he had had vari ous meetings with the Commissioners, and also with the bondholders, and the offer was now in writing. A long discussion then ensued as to whether reporters should be present while the conditions, &c., were submitted. The Chairman thought it would not be prudent to publish them at present. The general feeling of the committee seemed to be that the conditions which had been proposed should not be made public, and that the reporters should with draw. The reporters then left the room. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. The usual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, Mr. Potter presiding, in the absence of Mr. Mallaby. The proceedings of the meeting held on Monday last were read, from which it appeared that Mr. W. Laird moved—that any negociation for the transfer of the Dock Trust should be based on condition that the assets and liabilities of the trust be taken as they stand ; the works to be carried on according to existing acts, with a latitude for modifica tions; that there be a deep water entrance to Morpeth Dock, and a free communication between the town and the public walks. There were also minor conditions, and Sir P. Egerton and Lord Sandon to be referees in case of dispute. This being seconded, Mr. C. A Watson moved as an amendment, which was seconded,—that Mr. Mallaby and Mr. W. Potter be appointed a committee to negotiate for a change in the Dock Trust, and that the Town-clerk be instructed respectfully to request Mr. W. Jackson to aid and assist in the negociation, to which he is also appointed, but that no arrangement be compteted without reference to this Board, which is specially to meet. The chairman of the Liverpool Dock Trustees, having expressed his willingness to treat for the property of this trust to them, resolved that the Board is ready to treat for such transfer, and that the Chairman and Mr. W. Potter and Mr. W. Jackson be a committee to con duct the negociation. Upon this motion Mr. Thompson moved (and itiwas seconded)—that the Chairman, and Mr. W. Laird be appointed to negotiate. A second amend ment by Mr. W. Laird, (also seconded)—that Mr. Potter be appointed to confer with the Liverpool Dock Trust, and to call in any advice he may think proper. There appeared for the last amendment 7, and against it 8 ; for Mr. Thompson's 4, against it 9 ; for the original motion 8, and against it 6. The chairman declined to vote on any of the motions. Several others declined voting on some of the motions. DUBUFFE'S PICTURES OF ADAM AND EVE.—On Tues day a meeting of the Liverpool subscribers was held at the George Hotel, when a voluminous correspondence on the subject was read. The first was a letter from the subscribers, to Mr. Brett, in which they expressed their determination to have the matter settled. This was fol lowed by an answer from Mr. Brett's solicitor, which, at very great length went into an explanation. It stated, amongst other things, that after incurring very consider able expense in exhibiting the pictures, Mr. Brett had found that the lottery was illegal, and could not take place. That the money received, after remaining for some time in Messrs. Robarts and Co.'s bank, in London, bearing little interest, had, in the year 1845, been invested in the Gloucester and Aberystwith, and some Irish lines of railway, all of which turned out to be failures; and that THE MONEY WAS CONSEQUENTLY ALL LOST ! ! That this fact, added to the heavy expenses which Mr. Brett had incurred, induced him to believe that he would not be ex pected to return the money subscribed, or at least the whole of it ; the transaction being illegal, the subscribers were called upon to bear a share of the expenses ; but that Mr. Brett proposed to give each subscriber a copy of the engraving of the " Sixth Seal," or those who preferred to wait, might still have the original plan carried out in the United States. The reply to this letter was to the effect that Mr. Brett, having ascertained that the lottery was il legal, ought at once to have returned the money. That they had ascertained that Messrs. Robarts had never sanctioned their names being used as bankers, on which the public had chiefly depended for the security of their money, and that Mr. Brett's proposition was altogether unsatisfactory to the subscribers. It further appeared, from a subsequent letter from Mr. Brett, that he could not guarantee to supply all the subscribers with the" Sixth Seal," should they even agree to his proposition. Several of the subscribers expressed themselves strongly on the course pursued by Mr. Brett, and it was, eventually, agreed altogether to decline his proposition. Mr. Chaffer stated that he would rather receive nothing than consent to such a bargain. The following resolution was then passed unanimously :—" That the subscribers accept nothing less than the engravings of the paintings of ' The Temptation,' and ' The Expulsion,' specified in Mr. Brett's original prospectus." A committee was then ap pointed to insist on the fulfilment of Mr. Brett's engage ment with the subscribers ; and it was resolved. that' an, advertisement be inserted in the London newspapers, re questing persons in different parts of the country, who had subscribed, to forward their names to the committee, in order to ascertain the aggregate number of subscribers, and if possible, by an injunction, to get possession of the painting. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held, in the Town-hall, on Wednesday. In moving the confirmation of the proceedings of the. Finance Committee. Sir T. BRANCKER also moved a re solution authorising the borrowing of the sum of £20,000, under the Borough Fund Act, for the payment of the purchase of the land at West Derby.—Mr. PARKER then brought forward his motion for a statement of the amount due from the Birkenhead Dock Company to the Liverpool Corporation. He proceeded to complain that the Finance Committee had not afforded him the information he wanted, as it was connected with a subject in which the public at large were much interested. He believed the money due at Birkenhead had been obtained under an Act of Parliament by certain influential gentlemen in London, because he must leave the Birkenhead gentle men out of the question, for they had nothing to do with the finding of the money. If he were permitted to use an Irishism, he would say, that the docks on the other side of the water were London docks built at Birkenhead —(a laugh,)—because all the money came from London, and was supplied by London capitalists. In treating with those London capitalists at present, he should like to know what was going on. It appeared by the papers that the Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee was in treaty for the transfer of the Birkenhead Dock estate to Liverpool ; but the Liverpool Dock Committee had no power to make transfers and buy docks. It was the Council that should be treated with, and not the Liver pool Dock Committee, and yet the Council were in the dark. He urged upon the Council to be careful as. to being driven into a bargain with the folks at Birkenhead. There was now £llO,OOO owing for the fee-simple of the property, but what was the amount of the principal and interest at present due ? They were not to be carried away by any false sympathy for Birkenhead, because it was the London capitalists who were desirous of selling the undertaking—those who had got up an unsuccessful opposition to injure Liverpool. He would pay the actual value for the docks, but not what had been laid out upon them. The MAYOR inquired if any one seconded the motion, and there being no reply, the proceedings were confirmed amidst much laughter at the abrupt manner in which the motion was disposed of. Mr. Alderman BRAMLEY-MOORE in moving the con firmation of the Dock Committee proceedings said that he had the satisfaction of telling the Council the position in which the docks were now as compared with the cor responding period of last year. Notwithstanding the re duction of £4OOO per annum, which had taken place in the rates, the receipts were just equal now to what they were at this period last year. Last year they were £71,901 —this year, they were £71,822. It stood about thus : the reduction in the whole income was about thirteen per cent., and yet the receipts for the past year showed that there was an increase in actual business of about the same amount, thirteen per cent. This would be very satisfac tory to the Council. There was nothing in the proceed ings of the Dock Committee which particularly called for remark, except that that committee were now seeking for powers to go to Parliament to obtain permission to con struct warehouses round any of the dock quays; and this was in compliance with a clause in the 9th and 10th of Vict., by which the Dock Trustees were compelled to go to Parliament this year to get an enabling power to build warehouses round any of the docks. The principal point for consideration would be the amount which the Dock Committee were seeking powers to raise for this purpose. The sum stated in the proceedings was £300,000, and this it was proposed to raise for the purpose of enabling the Dock Committee, as they might see fit hereafter, to con struct warehouses round any of the docks which might be found most convenient for them. His own views on the warehouse question were pretty well known, and had been known for a long time. In the year 1836, when he was chairman of the Brazilian Association, his opinion was, given as to the desirability of warehouses being erected round the docks. The only question which weighed with him and others at that time was, whether the erection of such warehouses would infringe any of the rights of the watehouse owners; but the utility of the plan was so self apparent that no commercial man could entertain a doubt about it. That opinion he had seen no rea son to change, but still it required that the Dock Trustees should proceed with great caution, and more especially in times like the present, and at present, too, when there was a still more pressing claim on the Dock Trustees than the building of warehouses; and that was the extension of dock accommodation. The committee were a t presen t suffering all manner ofinconvenience in the management of the docks. The docks were crowded ; and during the late gale of wind, there were no fewer than 140 vessels riding at anchor in the river, and unable to find shelter in the port. There fore, there was a more pressing demand upon the trustees at present, which was to finish some of the works in hand, and to afford accommodation to the shipping with all pos sible speed. He was quite aware of the old argument, that if they built warehouses they would not require docks ; but the docks must be built, for additional accommodation was required. This was evident from the number of times the flags were up at the different docks during the last quarter. At Trafalgar Dock they were up the whole time; at Waterloo and Victoria 55 times ; at Prince's 54 ; at George's 68 ; at Canning 79 ; at Salthouse all the time ; at Albert 16 times ; at the Queen's 30 ; at the Union 24 ; at the Brunswick 26 ; and at Toxteth 20. His object in bringing this under consideration now was, that under the present state of the money market, the demand for money, and the demand likely to continue for money, made it ne cessary that the Dock Trustees should proceed with great caution, pursuing what was more immediately required. He did not disparage the utility of warehouses, for ware houses they must have ; but there was not that want at present for warehouse accommodation that there was for dock accommodation, and this was proved by the fact, that one-third of the warehouses in the town were now empty. The Dock Committee were of opinion that, in the first instance, warehouses must, as a matter of neces sity, be built round the proposed dock in Wapping, from its central situation, and also because new warehouses might be erected with great convenience. The next spot where it would be required to erect warehouses would, in all probability, be the Prince's Dock, because there was a range of transit sheds there unproductive to the dock estate, and because it was desirable to make those sheds productive, which, at present, was impossible ; but after having erected warehouses at the Prince's, it would be dif ficult to say where they would place warehouses next, at all events until the north w or k s were opene d . Many re presentations had been made relative to the propriety of erecting warehouses at the north end of the town, parti cularly for the tobacco trade; and, therefore, in all proba bility, warehouses would be erected there; but, at present, as he had already said, it was impossible to say where warehouses would be constructed after those at the Prince's. It did not follow, that, because the Dock Com mittee were about to obtain powers to borrow £300,000, they were going to lay out that sum at once; and so long as the Dock Committee was constituted as it was at pre sent, he had no apprehension that they would call for more money than was required, or that they would act in any other way than the soundness of their discretion would dictate. In reply to Mr. COOPER, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the Dock Committee had not the slightest intention of making a landing-slip at the south end of the town. It was for the Corporation to make it, if they pleased ; and if any proposition of the kind should be submitted in Council, he would have great pleasure in seconding it. ' Mr. EVANS denied that Mr. Bramley-Moore had on all occasions been the earnest advocate of dock ware houses, and said that by his votes in the Council he had sometimes opposed their erection. He (Mr. Evans) ob jected to the idea of converting the wretched buildings called the transit sheds on the west of the Prince's Dock into warehouses, and said that that magnificent dock ought to have warehouses all round it corresponding with the greatness of the commerce there carried on. He concluded by promising that, at the proper time hereafter, he should move as an amendment that a much larger amount than £300,000 be sought for, that the Prince's Dock quays be the principal object of the expenditure, and that it be proceeded with with all possible speed. Mr. Alderman Nicol, thought that if the proceedings of the Dock Committee were confirmed, the sum of £300,000 must be approved of, and it was a question whether the Council could originate another sum, as it should come from the Dock Committee. With regard to what had been said by Mr. Evans, the sympathy with the warehouse-owners did not exist in the Dock Commit tee ; but there were ample and sufficient reasons for leav ing the question of warehouses out of the Dock Act of 1844. That act went merely for the construction of one dock in the north, and one in the south. How inconve nient would it have been to have had warehouses con structed at Beacon's Gutter on the one side, and at the Dingle on the other, when they had a magnificent range of docks at the centre of the town, without warehouses altogether. Mr. Evans had placed particular stress on the warehouses at the Prince's Dock. He was quite at issue with him there. He thought it the most inconve nient of any, because a gut at each end had to be passed, before a vessel could be got clear. It would be found in every dock which had warehouses, that a contiguous dock was required for the purpose of reloading ships, and al lowing them to lie up. He agreed with the Chairman that additional dock accommodation was required, and expressed his belief that the sum asked for dock ware houses was as much as could be expended in two or three years. __ Mr. HORSFALL agreed with Mr. Evans, that the amount proposed to be applied for was much too small. If an amendment were made for £500,000 instead of £300,000, he should support it, on the ground that it would be conducive to the general interests of the town, and that it would be for the interest, not only of the bond holders, but of the warehouse owners also. The present monetary crisis was no more an argument against the rais ing of £500,000 than it was for the raising of any larger sum than £300,000, for it was not intended to expend the money immediately, and it was far better to have the power to raise it when it was not required, than to be without the power to raise it when it was required. (Hear, hear.) He was satisfied that if there had been no restrictive clause in the Albert Dock act the warehouse owners would now be in a much better position than they were, for that restrictive clause conveyed to the public the impression that no additional dock warehouses would be built. The consequence was, that, since 1841, no less than 327 large warehouses and sheds, exclu sive of vaults, had been erected ; and this would account for many of the warehouses in the town being now empty. If the Council would not assert the principle, that dock warehouses would be built, it would-be the best thing that could be done for the interest of the warehouse owners, because it would check the building , of warehouses and save the pockets of the public. Mr. AIKIN was happy to think that the prevailing opi nion out of doors, and among the members of the Dock Committee was, that the Prince's Dock was the place where warehouses ought to be built. Mr. BOOKER exclaimed—how are the mighty fallen' Two years ago he had been kept out of the Council by the warehouse interest. But he would not resent. He would rather suggest, though decidedly favourable:to worehouses on the quays, that it was desirable to wait for a year to see the further working of the Albert Dock before any more warehouses were built. They would not be acting wisely if they destroyed £3,000,000 worth of warehouse property in the town. He wanted equal justice to be done to all ; and he believed that violent changes were never good. Mr. LACE, seconded by Mr. ROBINSON. moved that the proceedings be confirmed, except as related to the proposed amount of money to be borrowed. The amendment was adopted, and it was understood that the increase of the £300,000 would be reconsidered by the Dock Committee. Upon the proceedings of the baths and washhouses being read, Mr. BENNETT addressed the Council relative to the contract into which Mr. Pooley had entered for the Paul street Baths, and the conduct of the surveyor in that matter. Mr. LACE defended the surveyor, and Mr. HORSFALL and Mr. BOOKER applauded Mr. Ben nett for his conduct throughout the affair. Eventually the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. PARKER, after showing that the baths were almost self-supporting institutions, moved that the sum of £5OOO be voted out of the surplus income of the present muni cipal year, to be expended in the erection of baths and washhouses at the south end of the town. The motion was, after a brief conversation, withdrawn, the whole of the surplus for the present year having, ac cording to Sir T. Brancker, been already appropriated, Mr. AisiN announced iat, between this and the first of January next, the Observatory Committee would use their influence to have Greenwich time universally adopted in Liverpool. He regretted that whilst foreign captains availed themselves of the advantages of the Liverpool Observatory very few English captains did the same. Bills to the amount of .0850 were passed for the carry ing of the Rivington-pike Scheme through Parliament, and it was announced that this was by no means the whole of the expenditure incurred by this measure. After a great many compliments passed upon the labour and assiduity of the Town-clerk, with reference to this scheme, it was unanimously resolved, upon the motion of Mr. LACE, to allow the Town-clerk the sum of £5OO for his extra labour in soliciting the Water Bill in the last session of Parliament. The TOWN-CLERK returned thanks for the vote. The MAYOR called attention to the fact that at the Mu nicipal Revision then holding, 4000 objections had been lodged against his fellow-townsmen, and that not above 15 of the number were valid. He hoped something would be done to alter this disreputable and disgraceful state of things. Mr. RATHBO_NE expressed his belief that Mr. Samuel Holme would, on a future day, submit a motion for plac ing the municipal revision upon the principle of the par liamentary revision, and thereby subjecting both parties to fines if they lodged frivolous objections, and •he (Mr. Rathbone) would be happy to second any motion of the kind. (Hear, hear.) The Council adjourned at four o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLAIM UPON A BURIAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday, Wil liam Jenkins, manager of a burial society, was summoned at the Police-court, by John Nicholson, for payment of £5, funeral money alleged to be due on the death of his wife. The society pleaded that the defendant was out of benefit, at the time of his wife's death, by an arrear of payment. It was shown that non-payment for six weeks put the party out of benefit for a month ; and as in this case the plaintiff had neglected payment for seven weeks, the case was dismissed. ----- • - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—On Saturday, Matthew Bell, nine years of age, whose head was scarcely percepti ble above the dock, was brought up as a suspicious character. Police-officer 653 stated, that, having received information of the doors of a warehouse in John-street being open, he proceeded to the place. and found on the stairs two bags, which had been filled with corn. Searching further, he found the prisoner concealed in the warehouse along with another boy, who ran away. Young as the prisoner is, it appears he has suffered imprisonment for a former offence, and Mr. Rushton ordered him to be put down, that his case might be considered. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—About six o'clock on Thursday evening last, Police-constableAlcock, who was on duty in Bold-street, observed a man go to the shop window of Mr. Liddel, jeweller, and dash his elbow against the glass, which he broke, and immediately seized a triangular brass frame, on which were suspended fifty five gold rings of the value of £4O. The fellow made off with his prize, pursued by the officer, who captured him in Cropper-street with the rings in his possession. He was taken to Bridewell, and on Friday was brought before Mr. Rushton, when he gave his name as John Welsh. The man was committed for trial. PAWNBROKERS' DECLARATIONS.-011 Wednesday, in consequence of two declaration tickets being lost by a pawnbroker, Mr. Rushton said it would be much better if some charge were made for the declarations. At present it occupied nearly the whole time of one man to make them out and to attend to them, and, on sonic occasions, a large number was left at the police-office, and there remained for nearly six months. After a short conference with the clerks of the court, the magistrate ordered notice to be given to the pawnbrokers of the town of the inten tion to charge a fee for each declaration. It was stated that the authorities in Manchester charged 3s. each. SMUGGLING.—The second mate and several of the hands of the screw-steamer Water Witch were brought up on Wednesday, at the Police-court, charged with smuggling various quantities. The vessel arrived from Alexandria, and, was searched by Mr. Forsyth, au officer of customs, when quantities of tobacco and cigars, varying in weight from two to three pounds, were found, concealed by each of the prisoners. Those who had the lesser quantities were fined 20s. and costs, and those who had the most were fined 40s. and costs, or seven days' impri sonment. About fourteen other parties have been brought up during the week, and fined in various amounts for similar offences. DAMAGE TO A PARTY WALL. — On Tuesday last, Joseph Barnes, joiner, was summoned by Mr. William Johnson, one of the town surveyors, for cutting into a party wall, between 77, Park-road, belonging to Mr. Wardley, and the adjoining house belonging to Mr. Case ment, to the depth of eight inches, whereas, by the act such cutting should not have exceeded four and a half inches. Barnes admitted the charge ; but said his men had made the mistake in his absence, and contrary to his wishes. Mr. Rushton said the penalty was £2O. besides making good the damages. If, however, the damages were made good in a liberal manner, to the satisfaction of Mr. Johnson, the sur ve y or , and dr. Casement, within a week, he should not enforce the penalty. The damages were assessed by Mr. Johnson at £2 or £3. SMOKE NUISANCE.—On Tuesday, two summonses were heard against parties for not consuming smoke from steamers. Both cases had been postponed for a week. In the case of the Sir Thomas Stanley, river steamer, Mr. Grantham was to report. His report being favourable, all possible precautions being used to prevent the emission of smoke, the case was dismissed. The other information lay against J. Hardie, commander of the steam-ship Com modore, who was defended by Mr. Duncan, solicitor. This case was also dismissed; and an advice given to the gentleman who conducted it on behalf of the corporation to be more careful to produce ample evidence in future.. On Friday, Mr. R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner, was sum moned before Mr. Rushton for having a furnace which did not consume the smoke. The facts were admitted ; in mitigation, Mr. Macfie urged that they were about to construct a new chimney. Mr. Grantham, the engineer, said that by doing so they would do all that could be rea sonably expected from the defendant. Mr. Rushton or dered the case to stand over for a couple of months, and the progress of the chimney must be reported to him about the middle of November.—Mr. John Gillespie, the master of the Dreadnought, steam-tug, appeared to answer the charge of having a non-consuming smoke fur nace on board that vessel. The facts were admitted ; but Mr. Wright, solicitor, who appeared for the defendant, said that the boilers had now been taken out of the ves sel, and they were constructing an efficient furnace. Judgment suspended. Thiaritt Rao. Within the last twelve months above fifty miles of drains have been cut on the Duke of Hamilton's estates near Lancaster. Too YOUNG.—At the Wigan parish church, during the past week, four persons who presented themselves for marriage were under the age of eighteen years. On Monday, Mr. Hampton, the Irish aeronaut, made a successful ascent from Vauxhall Gardens (better known as Tinker's Gardcns), Collyhurst, Manchester, in his balloon, the " Erin-go-Bragh." In consequence of the short time or no time at many of the mills in Blackburn, the next six months poor rate is expected to be 2s. in the pound; a great increase from 6d. or Bd. as formerly. Several additional mills were stopped last week in Pres ton. In Wigan most of the factories are working short time, without much prospect of amendment. The moul ders in the latter town have been threatened with a re duction and there is a probability of a turn-out. BURNLEY.—A local paper says it is currently reported that short time is about to be commenced at nearly all the cotton mills in Burnley. One firm is said to have given notice to stop altogether, and several others are about to run only three days in the week. It is also ru moured that a considerable reduction of wages is in con templation. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—The Manchester Courier re cords the death (under mysterious circumstances) of Mr. George Blake, for a number of years one of the masters of the Manchester Free Grammar School. Three or four weeks ago, he suddenly disappeared from the scene of his useful labours, and painful apprehensions were entertained as to his fate. He had previously complained of impaired health, but refused to take the medicine prescribed for him by his medical attendant. He was at the time re marked to be in low spirits. Nothing was seen or heard of him until Thursday evening last, when his body was found floating in the Irwell, near Barton Bridge. The body was identified by Mr. Germon, a son of the Revd. N. Germon, head master of the school. The jury returned &verdict of "found drowned." FEVER AT ORMSKIRIC.—This dreadful malady has again become more prevalent in Ormskirk and the neighbour hood. The number of patients at present confined in the fever sheds amounts to upwards of 50, nearly all of whom are Irish. ROBBERY AT GARSTON.—On Friday night last, some thieves. entered a stable belonging to Mr. Greenup, farmer, of Garston, and stole six geese, which, from ap pearances, they killed on the spot, two horse rugs, and a lad's great coat. They had evidently used false keys to obtain admission to the stable, as the door was found locked in the morning, and there was no other way by which entrance could be effected. This description of robbery is, we are sorry to say, but too• common in the neighbourhood of Garston, and demands increased vigi lence on the part of the police in detaining any suspicious characters, who may be coming into town at an unseemly , hour on a Saturday morning, with anything in their pos session. THE EARL OF ELLESMERE AND THE WESLEYANS. — The school now building by the Wesleyans, in Church fields, Runcorn, on the educational principle, is finished externally all but the roof. It contains ten windows in front, three feet by eight, and ten at the back, and is two stories high. When Mr. Rippon,. the late agent, wrote to the Earl of Ellesmere, to ask him for the grant of the ground it is now built upon, with the out-premises belonging to it, the rent of which would be about eight guineas per year, his lordship answered that he must refuse the request, as it would interfere with the accounts of the trustees, but, at the same ti me , he begged th e W es l e y an s to accept of ten pounds per- annum, as a free gift, to be paid out of his lordship's personal property. SINGULAR DEATH—A CHILD SUFFOC A.TED IN DOUGH. —On Monday, the wife of a man named William Walsh, residing at 32, Hewitt-street, Manchester, placed her infant son, aged two years and five months, in a chair before the fire, near a vessel full of bread dough. The child complaining of being unwell, she left him alone in this situation for about five minutes, whilst she went out to procure a recommendation for him to the Children's Dispensary. On her return, she found that the child had fallen into the paste, and that his face was completely covered. She immediately took him out, and, with the assistance of some. neighbours, put him in a warm bath a medical man was also promptly in attendance. All their efforts, however, were unavailing—life was extinct. FIRST MEETING OF THE ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The great experiment, so deeply interesting to us all, of merging certain of our Lancashire agricultural societies in one large and compre hensive association, has been tried, and we rejoice to say —so far as we may judge from the eclat of a first meeting —fulfilled the most sanguine hopes of its promoters. Tuesday last was the day fixed for the inauguration meet ing of the newly-formed society in the county town. By good time in the day, strangers began to arrive, and each succeeding train brought an addition to the influx. The show took place at the back of the Prince William Henry, and the scene there presented was most animated. It is estimated that upwards of 2000 persons visited the exhi bition. The show of stock was most admirable, of every kind, The bulls were especially fine, and next to these the enormous swine seemed to draw much attention. There were some truly noble horses shown. The show of implements was truly wonderful. It was wonderful to behold, in the endless variety of things displayed, the ex tent to which the ingenuity of man can be carried. From all sides, we heard the most gratifying expressions with regard to the exhibition generally, everybody seeming quite satisfied that a most successful experiment had been made. Lord Stanley presided at the dinner. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MANCHESTER SHOP KEEPER.—Mr. James Howard, silversmith, Manchester, has been-charged at Chester and Knutsford with having feloniously received a large quantity of silver plate from two persons since convicted of felony, and now undergo inc, punishment in Chester Castle and Knutsford House oeCorrection. The plate was stolen at Stockport, and the thieves said that they sold it to Mr. Howard at the rate of about 4d. an ounce. Mr. Sadler, superintendent of the Stockport police, deposed that on the 22nd Septemb er he went with Mr. Beswick, chief constable of Manches ter, to the defendant's shop, and charged him with pur chasing the stolen property under the circumstances above described, from Ann Higson. Howard said, " I know the party you mean ; she called on me some time ago, and I bought some spoons of her at 4s, 6d. an ounce ; she gave the name of Surr, and stated that she resided in Spinning Field, Deansgate, and that her husband was ill, and had been so some time, and they were obliged to sell the plate to subsist upon. I afterwards went to Spinning Field, and could find no person of the name of Surr. She brought a dirty piece of paper. I made no inquiries of the neighbours as to a person named Surr. I never bought any other plate." Mr. Sadler said " I took possession of the books in his shop, marked 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, and 9. I have examined them, and find no entry in any of them of a sale of plate by any person named Surr.". None of the missing plate has been found in Howard's shop. Mr. Monk, barrister-at-law, who appeared on behalf of the defendant, ti.en addressed the court at considerable length against a committal, on the ground of the suspicious cha racter of the evidence, and afterwards called several wit nesses, who gave the defendant an excellent character as an honest and upright man. The court thought there was sufficient evidence as the case stood to justify the commit tal of the defendant to Chester Castle. Bail was subse quently tendered and accepted, the defendant in £5OO and two sureties in £250 each, to take his trial at the next as sizes for this county. AN EXAMPLE FOR DISSENTERS.—Mr. Samuel Fletcher, of Manchester, who is the leading dissenter in that town, lately addressed a letter to the Manchester Guardian on the subject of -the recent proceedings of the " Anti- State Church Society." In the course of his letter he says, "in one of these ' reasons (given by the society as a justification of their clamour), there was a futile attempt to exhibit as a grievance the appointment of a bishop for Manchester; but surely the church has a right to appoint as many bishops as it may think needful, with out asking leave of the dissenters, when it provides for their maintenance out of its own funds. Just as reason able would it be for some churchman, more zealous than wise, to raise an agitation in Salford, against Dr. Massie, for appointing an additional deacon in his church." Again he says, " I confess I have no sympathy with the Anti- State Church Society," considering it an impertinent intermeddling with a question which, as dissenters, we ought to have nothing to do. If the severance of the church from the state be ever accomplished, the work must be wrought out by its own members, unimpeded by our interference ; but whenever it does take place, it will, in my judgment, prove "a heavy blow and great . dis couragement " to the very form of dissent. The strength of nonconformity, I conceive, lies in its quiet, wise, and efficient prosecution of the work of Christian evangelisa tion. Whether the declamatory meetings which have been held among us so frequently of late years have added to our strength and efficiency as a body, and tended to promote the internal peace of our churches, is a grave question, which may profitably occupy the prayerful con sideration of our ministers. Godliness and contentment are not to be produced by the excitement of demi-political associations. " The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace." We want " wisdom, and £50,000," writes Dr. Massie, " Wisdom, and £50,000 " echoes the editor of the Patriot; but with equal success may they set them selves to " call spirits from the vasty deep." Wisdom," we are told by the unerring Word, " dwells with pru dence;" and £50,000 will not be forthcoming to carry out the vague generalities set forth in the " Appeal." A CLEVER SWINDLER.-During thf last week a fellow calling himself " The Honourable Charles Walter Fitz clarence" has been before the Manchester borough magis trates, on a charge of attempting to swindle two trades men in the city. His first step on arriving at Manchester was to proceed from the Albion Hotel to the Hulme Ca valry Barracks, where he stated that he was a lieutenant in the Ist Royal Dragoons, stationed at Portsmouth, and that he was in search of his servant, who had absconded and entered either thellth Hussars (then in the barracks), or the 69th Foot. He was then shewn some recruits, but could not identify any one of them as the man. He then said he would write a description of him at his hotel, and the officer on duty sent a sergeant to the inn for it. The prisoner gave the sergeant a glass of wine, and wrote out the description. He then went out, taking the sergeant with him, and went into Mr. Syddell's, haberdasher, when he ordered shirts (to be made), and also an outfit, of the value of £lOO. He here too bought a purse, which he took with him, as his representations, the hussar sergeant being with him, were believed, he himself stating that he should want it, as he had to get a cheque cashed for £lOOO at one of the banks. He next went into Mr. Hamilton's, saddler, and obtained a gold mount e d w hip (worth £4) , and a pair of spurs. Mr. Hamilton after wards suspected him, not finding in the Army List a lieutenant of the 11th Hussars ; and he went to the ho tel, and got back the whip by a ruse, but the impostor kept the spurs. Mr. Syddall also suspected him, and sent a man to tell him that he could not have the goods ordered without payment. Fitzclarence said he would, if he (the man) would find change for £lOO note. The man pro cured the change, when the prisoner took him into a bed room, and wanted him to hire a coach, and convey him (Fitzclarence) and some trunks (which by the way were not his) to the Hulme barracks, when he should be paid. His alleged reason for this request was, that his troop sergeant had got the keys of his trunks. The man de clined, gave information to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended. No property of any value was found upon him. It was finally ascertained that he was a deser ter from her Majesty's ship Victory, at Chatham, and also from the 76th Regt. ; and that at Chatham he had ob tained, by false pretences, money and goods to the amount of upwards of £lOO. He was committed for trial at the sessions. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. An extraordinary instance of the application of the elec tric telegraph occurred on Thursday at the London-br i dge terminus of the South-Eastern Railway. Hutchings, the m c a ef le n o, se f ewk o n u .a stne dnts:sentence guiltyohrvlintoey beenab n ee fff d oer s cee e t xntetahecenumtcaeeepddsps appointed i o :ne d tm e ew a da t a si h dhs f ot o u ro r n received pefop Gaolo e carrying r n at g ty g2e s th London-bridge terminus from the Home-office, requesting that s tru an t in g o r t de he r u s h n o d ud e l r. s b h e e s r e iff nt a b t y m t a b i e ds e t l o e n ct e r to m tsetaleygrat the h e x i n e _ cution two hours. By the agency of the electric telegraph the communication was received in Maidstone with the usual rapidity, and the execution was for a time stayed. It seems that the Under Secretary of State had been in conference with a gentleman who had i n t eres t e d hi msel f in the case, and a re - examination of the evid ence was humanely determined on; pending the consultation the Under Secretary ordered the temp orary resp i te. Sh ort l y after the transmission of the order deferring the execution for two hours, a messenger from the Home-office conveyed to the railway the Secretary of State's order that the law was to take its course, and that the culprit was to be at once executed. As we have heard it stated, Mr. Mac gregor, chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, happened to be at the terminus when this order arrived. The tele graph clerk hesit a t e d i n sen di ng suc h a message without instructions, and the propriety of transmitting it was ac cordingly submitted-to Mr. Macgregor. The messenger from the Home-office could not be certain that the order for Hutching's execution was signed by the Home Secre tary, although it bore his name, and accordingly Mr. Mac gregor, with great judgment and humanity, instant)* de cided that it was not a sufficient authority on such a mo mentous matter. It now becaine the duty of Mr. James Walter, the chief superintendent of the South-Eastern Railway, to see the Home Secretary on the subject of the message, and ac cordingly Mr. Walter proceeded to Downing-street, and stated to Sir Denis le Marchant, the Under Secretary of State, that the railway company, in being required to deal with such a matter as a man's execution, must have the signature of the order affixed in the presence of their re sponsible officer; that the second telegraphic message was in fact a death warrant, and that Mr. Walter must have undoubted evidence of its correctness. It is stated that on. Mr. Walter drawing the attention of the Secretary of State to the fact that the transmission was, in effect, to make him the sheriff, th e conduct of the railway company in re quiring unquestionable evidence and authority was warmly approved. The proper signature was affixed in Mr. Wal ter's presence, and the telegraph then conveyed to the sad criminal news that the suspension of the awful sentence was only temporary. Hutchings was executed soon after it reached Maidstone. An extraordinary sensation was created in Maidstone; it was generally believed that the man would not be hanged. The Sheriff delayed the execution the full time of two hours, and did not get the second mandate, ordering the execution, until after the •expiration of the time. This was in consequence of the wires being engaged in trans— mitting a message from the Sheriff to the Home-office, so that the Secretary of State's order could not pass through until-the Sheriff's conversation had ended. We believe this is the first instance of the employment of the electric telegraph on such a service. 3 1 EARLY CLOSING. (From the Birmingham journal of October 2, 1847) [The following letters on this subject have been handed to us for publication. They tell their own story.] 74, Bull-street, Birmingham, Aug. 26, 1847. GENTLEMEN,—I shall feel obliged by your favouring me with your opinion and experience respecting the closing of your establishment at seven o'clock, and what months in the year you have adopted that hour for closing. A. reply by return of post will oblige the Committee of the Birmingham Association for obtaining an Abridgment of the Hours of Labour. I remain, Gentlemen, yours, most respectfully, WILLIAM POTTER, Hon. Sec.. Messrs. Jeffery, Morrish and Co., Compton. House, Liverpool. Compton House, 23rd. September,lB47. SIR,—We are duly in receipt.a your letter of the 26th ultimo, and regret it has not received our earlier attention ; but, from pressure of other 'business we laid it aside a t the moment, and it h as s i nce altogether escaped us. We hope your committee will excuse this neglect. You ask us in your letter our opinions and experience respecting the closing our establishment at seven o'clock, and what months in the year we have adopted that hour for closing_ We close at seven o'clock, without inconvenience, during the months of October, November, December, January, February, and March; but in April and September we adopt half-past seven ; May, June, July, and August, eight. It is clear to us that many benefits have accrued to employers t a wh s i et w h eholuol hours e loss sosms of p t l bo o u y es e ii d from tnheesrs the inrruhcehc praiseworthyaa il s m e n u t , g t ahu gained effected effdo efforts i which ho it ch h n , have been made to induce the public to abstain from late shopping, have greatly facilitated the movement : they are really essential to the accomplishment of the object sought, and should, therefore, be continued periodically until the habit has been completely forsaken. We think this is desirable even so far as the public interest and. comfort are concerned, viewed quite apart from the bene fit derived by those engaged in business ; for no one can doubt that purchases made by daylight are more agree ably and satisfactorily made than by gaslight. That much may be done is evident from what has been already ac complished, and as soon as we find the public are prepared for a still further curtailment —say at six o'clock during December and January —we shall not hesitate to adopt that as the closing hour for those months, though a fur ther curtailment can scarcely be expected to be perma nent, unless followed by a very considerable improvement both in the moral and intellectual character of the assist ants generally. It must not be forgotten that this is the grand plea upon which early closing is based, and all your seucernettlayrie upons wi will their do well minds.to im T p h r e e y s powerfullys w Vi ll is the we h hope, p a e n , dfofrrem cia proper sense of right, devote themselves more to busi ness purposes during business hours, possess a greater 'amount of self-respect, require less looking after, obtain more of public as well as individual confidence, and thereby encourage the many employers to follow the example of the few.-.We are, Sir, yours respectfully, JEFFERY, MORRISH and Co. Mr. Wm. Potter, 74, Bull-street, Birmingham. EXTRAORDINARY PROSELYTISM AT FAL- MOUTH. Under this head, the Cornwall Royal Gazette gives some particulars of a case of the grossest character, which has just been developed at Falmouth. It is an alarming statement, when taken in connection with the warnings, which were given on all hands, that Romanists are la bouring most actively, though most secretly, and we may add successfully, to promote the ends of their church; when it is proposed to plant a Roman hierarchy in Eng land, as archbishop and bishops, and when a member of the English government is on his way to Rime, if not already there, on a mission to the Pope, evading the law which forbids such intercourse, by the flimsy and quib bling pretence that he is not officially credited ; as if his position as a cabinet minister were not official credentials. We give the following narrative, somewhat condensed, from the Cornwall Gazette : Some time since, a family of ladies, Romanists, came to Falmouth, under circumstances which made it doubtful whether they were private individuals who had voluntarily devoted their means and labour to the service of the Ro mish church, or were sent on a secret but recognised mission. Appearing as persons of respectability and in dependence, they obtained admission into society, and made themselves agreeable intimates. There was no appearance of repulsive ascetism ; so far from this indeed, that a younger member displayed considerable skill in personating others, and hoaxing parties in their names. They were soon followed by a reinforcement of priests. Among the families to whom they obtained access was one in which a close intimacy sprung up, which was per.. mitted on the express understanding that no attempt should be made to unsettle the faith of any of its mem bers. The eldest daughter of this family was led to re gard them with warm and confiding attachment, and wa s induced to converse and correspond on the subject of re ligion. To all appearance, however, there was no attempt to proselyte. The books they lent her were written by English clergymen, and thus it seemed that she was guided by writers of her own communion, while they were so chosen as gradually to shake her confidence in her church, and create a favourable feeling towards Rome. This intimacy had continued for about two years, when, on the 19th of February last, she went to visit these friends at Helston, where they had removed. A message was sent in the evening to a lady who resided at a short dis tance from the town for some " holy water to baptise a child." Next morning the young lady was urged by her friends to join their communion, which she positively refused. She was next requested to see and converse with the priest, which she also refused, with expressions of repugnance and dread at doing so. She was then in duced to accompany her friend to a bedroom. The bottle of holy water was on the table. The priest was brought to her there, and left alone with her ! On seeing hint enter the room she burst into tears, and remained in such a state of agitation and excitement, that during the half-hour the interview lasted, she knew not what she said or did ; a most natural consequence of so abrupt and indecent an intrusion. She had never met this priest before, except twice at table. He asked her if she h a d been baptised, and on her replying that she had, he took the bottle of water and dashed some upon her, saying that, if anything had been defective in her former bap tism, it was now rectified. She remained so ill and ex cited all day, that, though she attempted to come down stairs to tea, she was obliged to return immediately and go to bed. Her friends sat with her to a late hour, and proposed that one should remain with her through the night, but this she would not suffer. The charge against these people is, that they took ad vantage of this young lady's affection for them, and igno rance of the subject, to mislead her • and when th e y h a d so far prepared her mind, that though she had no thought of becoming a Romanist, and shrank from the proposal to be so, she yet would be unlikely to retract if she could once be made to think herself committed, that they em ployed the means we have stated to effect their object. And thus it had nearly been ; for, her faith previously shaken, finding it more difficult to recede than to go for ward, and utterly ignorant of the nature and doctrines of Romanism, she resolved to remain with the Romanists. Accordingly, for about a month, she used their worship, and corresponded with the priest as a member of his flock ; but, happily, the doubts which could not but attend such a sudden change, and the request of friends, led her to converse with a clergyman. He found her utterly igno rant of the very alphabet of Popery. Unquestionable doctrines of the Church of England had been represented to her as Roman dogmas, while the tenets of Romanism had been carefully kept from her knowledge. She knew nothing of the creed of Pope Pius IV., and when she found that every Romanist was required to profess this creed, she felt how impossible it was to belong to a church which held such doctrines. Her eyes were opened to the treachery which had been practised. The snare was broken and she was delivered. We have only further to add that the priest, a foreigner, has written to deny the statement made, but that the Gazette reiterates its assertion. DISEASED SHEEP. — At the Guildhall (London) police office, on Monday, the sitting alderman was informed that smi t t h h fi e e r l e d w m e a r r e k e a t number ere o f a r p e a r r i e n n o tl s y he d e i p aea e a x e p d o s o e f d thine small-pox, and that the disease, in his opinion was infec tious. The Alderman requested Mr. Nice, a veterinary surgeon to inspect the animals ; and he reported that a number of them were diseased, and that Aldermant b t mht h uhi e stet ocd chi diseased r rsue a swas c sena r t of the disease appeared to him to be that of the human small-pox. He thought they were now recovering, how ever; and he did not pronounce the disease to be infecti a o haswoohnaf u aedd s hse , i.hpgst t reo h hoai o dwann u :gsn g peb h : .r(b t ,ndei t tbt h amhto e aeui p s txg a hpoeh m eeffidta e crwcbeeo t iyirdu court, m hattt e obt: hua h asett e ntemadi would slt.eee he did not believe the sheep were in a fit state for killin g , ed them. remora desirevr.etWr. sev eral Tlh theihloeeh if , at ig ,?,r