The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

Bee. 24, 1850. Ezra! gaps. 2e... Th e royal mail steamships Persia and Arabia will be , zu tons burthen each. The fine Museum at the Royal Institution will be open .7 day thi s week, except Chr i stmas D ay. f m . 44 esors. Rankin, of Liverpool, have registered a design —4 4 parts of machinery for cleansing grain or seeds. t o l ocal contemporary says that the Corporation intend Oabandon the working of Birkenhead Ferry. a Tuesday a man unknown plunged into the river " u ‘ t, l l the steps at the Prince's Pier, and was drowned. t t !ill Tuesday morning the body of a child was found in . Th e Churchyard, wrapped in a cloth. c h "e NV -lab 'llassemble as usual, at St. David's . "cu. for the plygain, on Christmas-day. tes ? d u Wedne s d ay S ara h Wi n stanley, an old woman, who t ea4 e4 , in a cott ag e s ituated on a piece of waste ground r tne Philharmonic-hall, was found dead in bed. N i t boat whi c h was wa shed off the screw steam-ship i t : Silence for the Mediterranean) in the Bay of Biscay ° rucked up a few days since near Point Lynes. Sunday nigs.ht Woodward, K week, between six andwas eight o'clock, uuuse of M r irkdale, entered by !s, and articles of plate worth £l4 were stolen. pile is stated that when we have water from Rivington ous 't f t • be erected around Liver co, on ac ones will On b o _ Saturday last, a boy named Thomas Snow , alias t 0 ..." 3 , one of the most expert juvenile thieves in this made his escape from the main bridewell. itt3 u ° l7 nas Watkinson, Esq., of Kensineton, Liverpool, se r. given £5O towards the new church at Llangaff, Angle- T het ri „ screw steamer Corkscrew, the pioneer of a new wi t lof steam-ships from the Mersey to Dunkirk, left here rips ii a fair cargo of merchandise, on Wednesday, on her e,yoYage. tOhe oratorio of " The Creation" will be performed at ti`ite P hilharmonic Hall on the 14th January, for the bene -o,4°f the Orphan Boys' Asylum. The Earl of Sefton is i'', o ll of the object. tr . R. C. Lewis, of Duddleston Hall, near Birming 4. has been unanimously elected to the office of Clerk far Steward of the County Lunatic Asylum, Rainhill, Liverpool. T he members of the Oddfellows' Building Society have resented their president, Mr. George Webb, of Brown tmlllll, with a beautiful silver cup and cream ewer , on te a up the affairs of the society. t,'• sale of £15.000 in Birkenhead Dock Bonds was at intAted here on Thursday, but the highest bid was 65.6 d. wi! b e pound, and as the reserve bid was 12s. 6d. there Tao sale. MMartin Maguire—whose name has so frequently been ereL the public in connexion with the plate robberies— tiloheen sentenced at York to fourteen years' transpor ane day last week a sow, belonging to Mr. Davies, ei„ er and builder, Lower Bebington , whilst in a field , 'Zilt a h are w hi c h w a s passing it, and devoured it in the Venee of several persons who were passing along the p i he congregation of St. Augustine's, Everton, have tal e nted a handsome silver salver, and silver inkstand, l e",ue Rev. Charles W. Underwood, M.A., of the Cole itTe Institution. Mr. Underwood has been for three es and a half the honorary assistant curate of St. 11Zustine's. way Saturday last, as a poor woman was wending her thr , towards the Egremont Ferry, on her return home to u_ ester, she was suddenly seized with the pains of labour. be e ral kind-hearted people conducted her to Mr. Allen's , g t e Arms tap ; but many minutes bad not elapsed f re she gave birth to a fine female child. tini Thursday a new steamer arrived here from the o' 4 e. She is called the Singapore, and belongs to the ttniental Steam-ship Company, who, it is understood, will h.,„P I oY her on one of the Mediterranean stations. The tl i gallore is a fine-looking vessel, of about 1300 tons bur -1I• She was taken into the Nelson Dock. tte," BauNswlcx CLUB.—Various alterations and im te:tements have been made at this favourite place of t e :,.t• Four valuable prizes, amounting in the aggregate 't vn gitY soverigns, will be contested for on New Y ear's p.ppears that monthly members may compete for e i prizes.—See adv. pi`nessre, josset and Dugit's annual ball and soiree took th a ee at the Philharmonic Hall, on Thursday evening, for nl e benefit of the Ladies' Charity. Those gentle chte,,ll generously added £3O to the receipts. All the a lk e ee were executed with great spirit, and gave great 4, B faction to a crowded and delighted audience. "E RoyAL ATHOL CAKE.—This cake is made in great tetfeetion by Mr. Gibbons, London-road ; a more ac tnPatable present as a Christmas gift could hardly be le a ." e • In every description of Scotch confectionery, 14 4 ' bread, &c —Mr Gibbons stands pre-eminent as we sure a trial will fully satisfy our readers.—See adv. e l -le George Rose has appointed Mr. G. Hutton, official e n ager, to wind up the Liverpool Marine Assurance eh ill OanY's affairs on the petition of undertaking mer ti_ent, Liverpool, who states, that theg was itted in 1831, with a capital of £200,000, in 2,000 shares nth marine each, for transacting all the business connected 4 1 ; marine underwriting. n :`IMLY LIBERALITY.—John Fletcher, Esq„ of Learn hat.' , ' nn E , formerly of St. Michael's Mount, Toxteth-park, i n , r emitted £5O to the Blue Coat Hospital, £ 5O to the t' rr narY £5O to the Southern Hospital , £ 5O to the Is Pensarie s , £5O to the Blind Asylum, and £ 2 5 0 towards tied erectio n of a poor man's church in the Vauxhall d istri c t . "ICENSRD VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION.—On Thurs i7Y last an election of inmates into the valuable institu- Qtl s of this association took place, and the fortunate per- GeiZ e d re two children of a deceased member, Mr. Wm. tim e formerly of Ranelagh-street. This is the first o ut 2 We believe, that such an election has been carried e n the popular principle. 11,1111Reooe PHILHARMONIC AUXILIARY SOCIETY.— ei ,v annual dinner of this society took place on Friday to u „ ri , l ng, at the Adelphi Hotel. There was a goodly se v :` e r, of the members and their friends, together with t m ` te l of the general committee. Richard Toulmin, ch,y , the retiring president of the year, occupied the % a l., and (in the absence of the vice-president) Mr. A r Oe efficiently discharged the duties of the vice-chair. k o dePutation, consisting of Dr. M'Culloch, John W er ., 1110 1), Esq., and other members of the congregation ti e '"lPPing in St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myr kntreet, waited upon the Rev. D. Fergusson, at Dr. iVUlloch's house, on the day of his departure to assume duties of his new spiritual charge in Perthshire, and heeassented him with a purse containing one hundred gui- orkaTIMONI NL —On Friday evening the congregation th e ' t • Barth o l o mew's Church, Naylor-street, presented to tib?l e XCeilent curate of the district, the Rev. J. 0. P o o n w t e l l i l e , egantly-bound copy of Scott's Commentary tit„,,a , In six quarto volumes, as a testimony of .. their . gra iti,;'e and affection. Mr. Powell enters on his duties as i ll ' i lolbent of St. Thomas's, Toxteth Park, on the open k,of the new year. li o ",, AtzelNG.—On Thursday last, Messrs. Harwood and toa ' S usual Christmas examination of their juvenile pupils li, 4 ",',,Place at their elegant rooms in Nelson-street. Up th lus of sixty young ladies and gentlemen assembled on tel e a 2coasion, and delighted a numerous circle of parents, lis e "yes, and friends. We never witnessed a happier tifierablage of young people, and expressions of high gra ion pervaded the room. 1144 u 5 GREAT BRITAIN STEAM • SHIP.--This noble vessel to I vi ,t length been sold by the Directors of the Company tiC ht t. Patterson, our eminent ship-builder, for the sum of otT e en thousan'd pounds, being about the seventh part th e 'er original cost. Mr. Patterson is now building, in thi dock in which e Great Britain was built, a steam sji P for the Royal West India Mail Packet Company, and I °7 w ill be six feet longer than the Great Britain.—. 73, is 3/Jr,. p in . or. 4rCt l LlTAnmoNie CONCERT.—The last subscription con blb.or the season took place on Tuesday evening, a very p4 ° rous and fashionable auditory being present. The Itil' ll Totne, which was principally confined to instrumen -11,4,1,125i0, contained the Symphony No. 4, in B flat, by k: f `""en and J. Sebastian Bach's Grand Concerto in tli,, three' piano -fortes. 'The only vocalist on this occa let;i was M. Jules Stockhausen, who possesses an excel baritone volt?, but rather deficient in power. ktiaN-STREET RAGGED SCHOOL SOIREE. —The first an fich,,` t neetino• of the teachers and friends of the above I'e °1 was held on Wednesday, in the school-room under kte.,l°ke Chapel, John Crooper, Esq., in the chair. The •krt", uance was not numerous, but highly respectable. liat i ,, t tea a number of the children were introduced, and tp,3 8 4. evra hymns and anthems. The secretary read the 1 , 1 5),;` , Which stated that the average attendance on Sun ,'o64 was from 80 to 140 ; namely, 48 to 76 boys, and 34 le t 1. girls. The school was also open on Thursday even -14)(1 °I. girls, when the attendance varied from 20 to 46 ; INFANTILE Friday evening for boys, from 28 to 51. litißtiskANTlLE DELINQUENCY.—The Recorder, in cbarg this :e, grand jury, at the Sessions on Tuesday, alluded to or a '"jeCt in the following terms :—" There is the case bylittle boy, who was sentenced, about five months ago, liefo t ,:'to a term of imprisonment, in the expectation that PEtre-,;" fits term was expired some asylum would b . e pre . - bai tti 7 to receive such a child. His age, I think, is ttat i : e d on the calendar ' 8 years old;' lie has a brother be hlorted ; another brother who has been twice in gaol; l t,et: 13 „_ 111 , 0 mother, and his father either cannot or will not h witi k :u t. 's unhappy lad from crime. He is now charged iker,l"ing a till; according to the evidence, he was ker lt - ,'n the fact. Having only the choice of imprison- Of d 01, the gaol, or transportation, I have not the means l hol i e m at ing with a child of this age in the manner that I Nat ; 4 wish. It is a difficulty under which all the admi ,,_lt is r a ° , r ! of the law now labour. How this is to be met ,_' l, P t , - „r'pr me to say. lam Quite ready to put on record eat' pinion that I have not at my command the means of it A - 6' s rilY dealing with such cases." the r „ 1: 2 0 o HINT.—A London contemporary'advises that ~he f-rA...-,ropoutan merchants should be enabled to meet as ®girthtte t ri. aenters of the London Coal Exchange now do, ! a glass case." We believe that our Liverpool 'tles ants are quite as susceptible of atmospheric influ %eh , 118 their metropolitan brethren, and it is becoming : t , tet l -g t ;„ 4l Y day a more difficult question to decide whether „"t*taliZ t a„ . an will prefer being suffocated in the " room," 111 the t h e chance of influenza, rheumatism, and sciatica The e o ,r,,Rs• Why should not we have a glass case ? th,,, .or Putting a roof over the whole area, and filling 10 v. w es, with - proper gutters, means of ventilation, ti 7k . t; . 0 .. e .... a e authentically informed, would be rather under —.? piii. - : £5,000 ; and,by bringing the offices forward to h.,`Ald. -8, (closing up the present arcade,) valuable room t - ight Rained. In fact at small cost, the proprietors j 4 e I. 4 ,, r n e ateriany increase ihe value of their property, and L sl 'te j r Pool Exchae would, till the example was fol. 4 111 at• ' u,,,e the most magnificent place of business in the e i ' v ett ' th l 'llevast height and large area would, we believe, ~.ett if ,e dog days, prevent any unpleasant heat ; but, Ottlit C e t ernperatu're - were slightly increased, anything to o , ~ better than the insufferable atmosphere of the I} e t 1 4 1 ,1 the m . d raughty , slippery, greasiness of thearcule, " — " T eilicleuteney of the flage.—Tintes. ST. AIDAN'S COLLEGE : CHRISTMAS EXAMINATION. —4th Term : Ist Class, Browne, Grovett ; 2nd Class, Rolleston, Briscoe ; 3rd Class, Abbott.-3rd Term : 2nd Class, Davies, Brunner, Dobbs; 3rd Class, Stamper.- 2nd Term : Ist Class, Shakspeare, Hobbs ; 2nd Class, Linden, Lennard, H. Alexander, Leahey ' • 3rd Class, Gilbert.-181 Term : Ist Class, Hooper, G. W. Jackson, Everett • 2nd Class, Th. Jackson, Bennett, Earle. C. J. Alexander, Rodgers, Newbold, Epslein ; 3rd Class, Tan ner. INTERESTING CELEBRATION.—On Friday evening the twelfth annual meeting and tea party of the infants' teachers who have been, or are now being, trained for their important and responsible duties under the pains taking and instructive superintendence of Mr. Clarke, took place at Cornwallis-street School-room. The Rev. H. H. Higgins occupied the chair, and among those pre sent were the Revs. F. Parry, G. Graham, S. Minton, S. Sinm, and Joshua Edwards, Esq., and the tables were crowded by a most respectable company. Mr. Higgins, in the course of his address, highly complimented Mr. Clarke on his unwearied assiduity and his peculiar apti tude for imparting instruction. A great number of letters were read from clergymen in every part of the country expressive of the high satisfaction which had been given by the young females who had been trained in this class, and who are now in various parishes efficiently discharging their duties as instructors to the rising generation. TEA PARTY.—On Tuesday evening a convivial tea party was held by the congregation of All Saints', at which the Rev. Incumbent presided, having on his right and lett the Revs. D. James, 1. 0. Powell, and .1. Holmes, Dr. Aspinall, the Rev. T. Robinson, incumbent of St. Bar tholomew's, &c. When the tea was over, excellent speeches were delivered, having reference to the erec tion of schools in connection with All Saints' Church. It appears that their late church, which fell into the hands of the Roman Catholics by purchase, had schools underneath, essentially a part of the edifice, but which, like too many other submural apartments, were not so well adapted to the carrying out of the noble purposes of education as becomes the character of Great Britain. A spirited commencement, by way of a subscription, was made the right preceding the party ; and it is sincerely to be hoped that the good work thus begun by this strug gling congregation will go on until the amount required for the purchase of suitable premises, covered and unco vered, is completed, so as to afford scope for educationally benefiting the many hundreds of children in their district or parish, in a religious, moral, intellectual, and physical point of view. ROBBERIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT.—On Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, a house, No. 12, Belgrave-street, was entered through the front-parlour window by three or four men, who, on being disturbed, made off over the back wall and escaped. The attention of the police was directed to it after some delay, but too late to resider any effectual service; in fact, similar occurrences have become so com mon of late, that on mentioning the subject casually to a policeman, some time afterwards, he treated it as quite an ordinary event, and just instanced, incidentally, that a man had been throttled and robbed in Prospect-street of fifteen shillings, by four ruffians, who also made their escape.—On the same evening, between eight and nine o'clock, during the temporary absence of the family, some thieves entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Stephen Ken narci, 8, Garden-terrace, Beresford-street, and stole pro perty to the amount of £2o.—On the same evening an attempt was made to enter the dwelling-house of Mrs. Mooney, of Soho-street, by means of unlocking the door with a skeleton key. The inmates heard a noise, and on going to the dcor found a skeleton key in the lock.—On the same evening the house of Mrs. Martin, Portland place, was entered by a person getting through the sky light. The thief, on being disturbed, ran away. THE RECORDER ON PROTESTANT AGITATION.—On Tuesday, at the Sessions, the recorder, whilst charging the Grand Jury, said :—" It is well known that Liverpool is a stronghold of the Catholics ; that they here compose a considerable proportion of the community ; and it is, therefore, I think, highly creditable to the town, that a public meeting has been held—that subjects of a most ex citing character have been discussed—that speakers on both sides have been heard, without any violence or breach of the peace. It is long since this court has been troubled in investigating any cases of outrage or violence wising out of religious differences or party animosities. One is induced to hope that the minds of men have un dergone a very favourable change, and that they see the folly, the wickedness, as well as the unlawfulness of re sorting to violence against others because they differ from them in opinion. It is satisfactory to state, that I have seen reason to think, that the clergymen connected with the Roman Catholic Church have exerted themselves in favour of peace and order. I believe they have endea voured to put down idle processions and displays which have a tendency to disturb the public tranquillity. How ever one may think that the Church of Rome is in error, or that her teaching is in many points erroneous, yet I would not undervalue the services which they render to society and religion in a community where so many are cf that persuasion, and where the clergy of the Established Church (I say it with regret,) however pious and zealous, as they are confessedly. are inadequate to the spiritual wants of the community." ANDSOME AND DESERVED TESTIMONIAL.—The congregation of St. Andrew's Church have presented their pastor, the Rev. John Jones, with a handsome testi monial in plate and money—total value, £2OO. The plate consisted of a small waiter, a coffee pot, and a set of castors. The balance of the money, we understand, the rev. gentleman intends devoting to the enlargement and beautifying of the church at Waterloo, to the incumbency of which he has succeeded. The waiter is inscribed as follows : " Presented, With other plate and value to the amount of .e2OO, To the Rev. John Jones. A.M., Upon his retirement from the Incumbency Of St. Andrew's Church, Liverpool, As a memorial of The grateful regard of the congregation For his faithful ministration Of the Gospel in that church During a period of 35 years. December, 1850." In returning thanks to the subscribers, the Rev. Gentle man says,—" May I now request you, as Chairman of the Committee, to take the trouble to convey to the sub scribers my sincere and grateful acknowledgments, and to say bow pleasant it will be to me, hereafter, if life be spared, to see such tokens of their esteem at my own home, and to feel that their kind liberality has con tributed materially to the enlargement of the little church, where, in the providence of God, I em, henceforth, called to preach the same blessed Gospel of the Grace of God." We cannot but rejoice at being able to make this announcement, as we consider such a memorial was justly due to such a pastor, under such deeply interesting circumstances. We have been informed that his farewell sermons will be preached on Sunday next, morning and evening. NEW BAZAAR, QUEF.N P S-SQUARE.—Corporations and public bodies of all kinds are proverbiallf slow of motion. The want of space at St. John's Market, for example, has for years been the subject of complaint; yet for years, through this want, Great Charlotte-street has been per mitted to be almost blocked up every market. day, and one parapet, that next the market, rendered completely impassable by the stalls and haskets of vendors of green shaft, fruit, &e., the Corporation duly receiving rents for the ground, which one would imagine was public property. No one step has been taken, and none is in contempla tion, that we are aware of, to enlarge this important cen tral market, although the neighbourhood presents ample facilities and space for the purpose. Again the removal of the Pedlar's Market, before another was provided, has been felt as a serious inconvenience both by the dealers formerly occupying stands in it, and the public at large, to whom it was a great convenience, from the varied as sortments of useful, and some of them indispensible arti cles to be purchased there. This grievance, however, we are glad to observe private enterprise has stepped forward to remove, by the construction close in the neigh bourhood of a very neat and indeed elegant bazaar, run ning from the east side of Queen-square to St. John's lane. This erection is called St. George's Bazaar. It was built under the architectural superintendence of Mr. Nichol on whom it reflects great credit, for the enter prising proprietor, Mr. Lee. The space is oblong in form and is sufficiently wide to admit of two rows of shops, or stalls and a centre table (carried rightthrough), and allow abundant room for traffic. There are in all fifty stands, and every one is tenanted. There are two entrances, one from St. John's-lane, the other from Queen's-square. The latter is nobly effective in architecture, and the great facilities given for ingress and egress. will prevent all con fusion. The roof, which is of light iron-work and beauti fully ornamented with glass, was built by Messrs. Turner and Son, of Dublin, and is an elegant production. The light is subdued but most pleasing. We trust itemay fully realize anticipations and that the projector may be de servedly rewarded. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOLS.—On Tuesday the annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Royal Institution Schools took place. Theodore Rathbone, Esq., presided, and the prizes were delivered by the Lord Bishop of Chester. After some recitations by the more advanced pupils, the distribution of prizes commenced. The following were the prizes in the first class :—Classical —l, Rees ; 2, Duckworth ; 3, M'Cheane. Mathematical —l, Rees ; 2, Glen ; 3. Preston. Composition-1, Rees : 2, Duckworth. Divinity-1, Abram ; 2, Pieston ; 3, M`Cheane. Historical Essay-1, Rees ;2, Macrorie.— His Lordship, on Rees being called up, said : " I recol lect very well having had the pleasure of presenting to you prizes this time last year. I think it likely that I expressed then a kind wish that you might continue in after years to receive prizes again ; and I have the greatest gratification in finding that that wish of mine has been fulfilled." Two prizes, given by Mr. J. B. Yates, for the best Latin verses, were awarded to Masters Abraham and Duckworth. The prizes for the second-class were then distributed :—Classical-1, Swainson ; 2, Carter. Ma thematical—l, E. Cropper ; 2, W. Crook. Given by Theodore Rathbone, Esq., president :—Historical Essay —l, L. Rees, M. Quayle, J. Halton. Improvement-1, E. Cropper, Swainson • 2, Parry, Orrell, Black. Roman History-1, Carter, iarry. English History—T. Hob son. French prizes (given by Mons. de Finance)—Rees, Smith, Slater, and Blyth.—On E. Cropper being called up to receive the first prize for improvement. and general good conduct, his Lordship expressed the pleasure which he felt at bestowing the prize, not only from his own creditable conduct in school, but from the universal and deserved respect in which his father's name was held in Liverpool. (Applause.) The following prizes were then bestowed ;—Junior School—given by the head master : Arithmetic-1, Ready ; extra—J. Black and Bowden. Writing-1, Slater ; 2, G. Smith. Given by the Presi dent ;—lmprovement-3rd class :—King, Mather, Kew ney, and G. Bird. Divinity Essay—Bushell, Halhead, and Pilkington. Historical Essay—l, Bushell ;2, Blythe ; and Pilkington. The Rev. Principal then announced that there were several extra prizes for good conduct during the half-year. Extra prizes for improvement during the half-year (by the president and head master)—Halhead, Badnall, V. Barber, A. Badnall, J. cross, A Glen,. T. Ash, W. Pollock, T. Job, S. Byren, C..Busliell, Pictou. I. Campbell, Ready, W. Byrth, Proof Crichton.. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE COLLE- GIATE INSTITUTION. On Thursday, the annual distribution of prizes, prior to breaking up for the Christmas holidays, took place at the Collegiate Institution. The theatre was crowded with a fashionable assembly. The Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS had undertaken to preside and to deliver the prizes, and on entering was re ceived with applause. Amongst those present and who occupied seats near to him, we observed—John Bent, Esq., the mayor, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Alderman Cooper; Councillors Ferguson, Gardner, and Tobin; the Rev. Dr. Hume ; Messrs. E. Jones, J. Rawdon, E. Cropper, Esq. ; and the Revds. Messrs. Barker, Higgins, James, Parry, Hirsch, Hampton, Pollock, Butler, Brancker, and North. The Venerable ARCHDEACON, on taking the chair, began by regretting the unavoidable absence of the bishop, who was engaged that day in preaching, in his own cathedral, a sermon on the 150th anniversary of the Blue Coat School at Chester. It was a source of great satisfac faction to him (the chairman) to state the progressive im provement and advancement of the schools connected with the institution. (Applause.) The advancement had been gradually going on for some time. For several quarters there had been a gradual increase in the number of pupils in all the schools. (Loud - applause.) He was one who rejoiced exceedingly that this was the case, because he considered that they were of infinite advantage to this great commercial town of Liverpool. These schools sup plied a want—a deficiency which had existed ; for, until their establishment, there certainty was no provision made for a very important section of the community, namely, the middle classes of society. By the establishment of these schools, they had now the opportunity of getting for their children an excellent and substantially sound educa tion at a very moderate price. The second and third schools of the institution supplied that want, a kind of vacuum between the great schools of the kingdom and the national schools belonging to our various churches. The high-school was alsoan important:branch of the institution, as it furnished to patents the opportunity, while their children were receiving education, of keeping up with them the ties of social intercourse; and it also afforded to the pupils the best advantages which they could obtain at any grammar school in the kingdom. The subject of education was one which had attracted a deal of attention throughout the country at large, but it was too extended to enter upon on an occasion of that kind. One observation, however, he might make. He considered that all education, unless based upon religion, as worse than vain. (Applause.) There was, he knew, a theory abroad now, both within the walls of parliament, and out of them, and one that he regretted to find was gaining ground in our own county, especially in the manufacturing part of it, that education should be conducted upon what was called " general principles"—that was, that there should be no distinctive principle in conducting them. He for one must lift his voice, however feeble it might be, against such a propo sition, as his conviction was, after the experience of along life, that unless religion were made the basis, unless it was the foundation on which the superstructure was raised, unless it was dovetailed with every branch of instruction given, the instruction itself would be of little value. (Applause.) He considered that it was impos sible to do a greater injury to a number of young people than to tell them that religion was not the primary part —(applause)—it ought to be considered as the one thing needful, without which they could not prepare either for a faithful discharge of their duties in this kingdom, nor could they look forward to the next. (Applause.) Now, if ever there was a time when this was of more import ance than another, it was the present, because circum stances had occurred which rendered it more indis pensable than ever that we should consider religion as the basis of all that we teach, and that we should, upon every occasion, endeavour to aid, to protect, and to instil into children, all the pure doctrines of that reformed religion which happily exists in this country. (Loud and reite rated applause.) That all would be prepared to do it, he did not doubt. Ile did not doubt that there was that degree of firmness in the country which would resist any attempt to interfere with what he considered the greatest privilege that human nature could enjoy—(applause)— and, at the same time, he was confident that they would show a firmness and determination in support of those principles which ought ever to be extended in defence of the truth. He also trusted and hoped that they would do it with that tolerant spirit, and ihat Christian charity, which had been, and would, he doubted not, continue to be, the great characteristic of the Church of England. (Applause.) With that spirit and that firmness the boys in that institution would be made familiar; and he had no doubt that the kind of instruction they would receive there would be the best calculated for their present advan tage and for the completion of their future hopes. The Rev. J. S. HowsoN, M.A., the principal, then delivered a short address, and began by thanking the ven. archdeacon for his presence. A meeting like the present was, he said, remarkably contrasted with many meetings going on now throughout the length and breadth of the country. Their gathering there that day was, indeed, like a great Christmas party, (applause,) where young persons show a determination to be merry, though the weather was stormy, a -- id likely to continue so. It was no use opening the door that day, and letting in the storm raging without ; but the archdeacon had set the example, and every meeting now partook so much of the colour, that he thought some allusion was expected, and certainly would be tolerated, to the subject engrossinr , so many minds. He might, perhaps, be excused if he took a schoolmaster's view of the question. (Applause.) It struck him very forcibly that those who were engaged in the work of education, in controversial times, had a great advantage over those who go out at once and fight in the open field. The business of a schoolmaster was not so much present contest as preparation for the future. (Applause.) llis business was with general principles applicable to emergencies which may arise, Before the boys assembled there that day were called to take an active part in the business of life, the scene now around us would necessarily have changed. England would have passed through a new stage of history. To what exact point that stage might have brought us, and to what new scene, what new act of history we would come, he did not venture to prophesy ; but one thing was clear, that whether theChitrehoi Rome was more firmly established in this kingdom, or less firmly established, the duty of those boys, when men, would be to resist the claims of that church. (Loud and reiterated applause.)_ One thing presented itself to his mind as obvious and clear. it seemed to him undoubted that the man who joins the Church of Rome virtually resigns the Bible. (Loud applause.) lie found this conviction in his mind growing more and more. This at once opened out two subjects connected with the education suited for the present times. The first was the importance that boys should have some share of acquaintance with the peculiarities of Romanism; and secondly, and still more, that they should be well trained in the knowledge of Scripture. (Applause.) It did not seem to him fair to turn boys from school without any acquaintance with the meaning of theological terms and the significance of many historical facts. It was a subject which, it must be confessed, was too much neglected, perhaps willingly neglected ; but now it was forced upon us. (Applause.) The rev. principal, after offering several similar observations, sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering. The distribution of prizes then commenced. These were delivered to tile boys by the venerable archdeacon, who accompanied each gift with suitable admonition and commendation ; and the interesting ceremony was inter ruptetl by repeated bursts of juvenile applause. We append the list of prizes:— 185 0, aural. ants sbonlt fact tho i e tIY erainen. are v exceed 'ye protecti. n g both tried core rite new O n Dad east It ig si'• - Young' ,netting► aloe tWO or stria; lids if hem over rhq I:l9tit 1 are p 0 with 01 1 are raos a a svil f e as o ' lt 0 15°L eCO- ie f n 011• uld O A 1 Zason , in Pla nt. three of •11 I first fact, the periodi plants. owering ith bys .r in the ed with ,; r ijoYs -ha ' if or ,arali°g ,1110 0 ' r,,r the _ del i at ,p o r t ea utes. horleY' ccuP, 3 " d af 4 j ) 0, a of t", w hils. red 13 e time I ra w of qu a- Wb!: ,„. io the he ld,r imed. na of or (0 1 ; tiv 0 105 ,lei was . Afr• i ted but unig the :tea Dlic teat cle► act, t/Y , erg reit der my cu. eet ,pt TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The prizes, which consisted of standard works, in ele gant and appropriate bindings, selected from the stock of Mr. Webb, Castle-street were much admired. One incident connected with the distribution created some amusement. A little boy went up on to the plat form to receive a prize, although, it appeared, none had been awarded to him. He was told of his mistake, patted on the head, and the comfort of kindly words bestowed upon him. The PRINCIPAL announced that Mr. Grantham, who is one of the directors, had agreed to give a course of lec tures, in Spring, on the steam engine, and its practical application. The National Anthem was then sung, the company standing; and The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor and the Venerable Archde icon for their attend ance. He said they had on the platform a dignitaTy of the church and the chief magistrate of the town—an im personation of a great subject, important in itself, endeared to us all by history, and never, under any circumstances, to be given up—the union of church and state. (Loud cheering.) In Roman Catholic countries, the supremacy was divided between the sovereign of the country and the Pope of Rome, and the line of demarcation was marked by what was called a concordat between the sovereign and the Pope. This gave rise, as he need scarcely tell those present who had been studying history, to endless bicker ing and jealousies, and has led, in the results of those jea lousies, to some of the most sanguinary wars that have ever deluged Europe with blood. In England no supre macy was allowed to the Pope, nor, he hoped, ever would be. (Applause,) In both the church and the state it belonged to our own Queen. In the state the supremacy was administrative of the laws, and the laws might be altered or added to by parliament from year to year. In the church the supremacy was administrative of those religious doctrines which are not alterable, or to be altered, but are fixed, and fixed for ever, based upon the word of God. (Applause.) The union of church and state, what ever difficulties it involves in some practical consequences, was full of security, and the promise of security, to our happy land. (Applause.) The motion was carried by acclamation, and both the MAYOR and ARCHDEACON returned thanks. UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES SPECIAL PRIZES.—Junior Divinity Medal, Rigby; Certificate, Lindsay. Junior Historical Medal, W. Jones; Certificate, E. Wilson. Junior Mathematical Medal, Rigby. CLASS PRIZES.-ISt Class, Egerton Scholarship, Rigby ; Certificate, Lindsay. 2d Class, Pearce ; Certificate, Tatter shall. 3d Gass, Callan ; Certificate, E. Hodgson 4th Class, Kirby; Certificates, Livesey, J. M`Cormick, and Leah. sth Cass, G. Rawdon ; Certificates, Stainton, Forwood, and Green all. 6th Class, W. Bristow; Certificates, C. Nixon, W. Cooper, and W. Nixon. 7th Class, L. Jones; Certificate, Whitley. Bth Class, Walford. Class Prize—Preparatory Class-5,n Class, Glynn. 6th Class, W. Nixon. _ EXTRA Patzcs.—Physical Geography, Bishop; Certificate, Per.:ival. French, It. Peel and :lag° ; Certificates, Hampton, Potter, and Lafone, (given by Mr. Sears.) Greek Grammar, Livingston; Certificate, E. Hodgson, (given by Mr. G. How son.) Diligence and good conduct, Arthur (given by Mr. G. Howson.) Chronology, Kirby and Edwards; Certificate, V. Jones (given by Mr. Dixon)._ MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity Medal, W. Preller; Certificate, M. D. Lewis, James; Nomination to Upper School, trans ferred front A. P. to James Wren ; Historical and Geographi cal Medal, T. M`Connan • Certificate, J. Bland, Schofield ; Mathematical and Arithmeical Prize, C. Preller; Mathemati cal and Arithmetical Certificates, T. Green, Templeton. Owens ; French Medal, F. Roxas ; French, Certificates, Bell, Jago ; Drawing Medal, Lindsay; Drawing Certificates, Dobell, R. Johnston, It. Jones; Penmanship Medal, Bell; Penmanship Certificates, J. Jones, Welch, R. Jones. CLASS PRIZES.—Ist Class, Potter Scholarship, transferred front James to W. Preller; Certificate, Widdowson ; 2d Class, Prize of Books, H. Wilson; Certificates, T. Green, Schofield ; 3rd Class, Prize of Books, J. Jones ; Certificates, Arthur, Boyd'; 4th Class, Prize of Books, B. Wilson ; Certificates, Broster, Tatham ; 6th Class, Prize of Books, W. D. Lewis ; Certificates, H. Dcbell, Braga ; 7th Class, Prize of Books, Lowe ; Certificates, 1. airclough, J. IL Lewis • Bth Class, Prize of Books, Stalker; Certificates, Wilson, Bondi ; Principal's Prize for French, Wolff ; Principal's Prize for Mechanics, Wolff ; Principal's Prize for English Verse, Harding; Head Master's Prize for Physical Geography of British Isles, Allen der, It. Dobell ; Certificates, Harding, Ening ; Head Master's Prize for Natural History, M. D. Lewis, T. Green ; Certificate, J. Bland; French Master's Prize, J. Lindsay. LOWER SCHOOT. PRIZES. _ _ SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity Prize, F. Wainwright, transferred to R. Gordon ; Certificate, G. Clapham. Nomination to the Middle School, F. Wainwright. The Historical and Geogra phical Prize, P. Martin ; Certificates, R. Sinker and Burch. Arithmetical Medal, J. H. Carnes; First Certificate, Jacks; Second Ditto, Forster. Penmanship Medal, Stanley Cross ; First Class Certificate, T. J. Edwards ; Second Class Ditto, R. .1. Woodburn ; Third Class Ditto, C. H. Alsop; Fourth Class Ditto, S. F. Evans ; Fifth Class Ditto, E. Jones ; Sixth Class Ditto, J. Bodin; Seventh Class Ditto, 3. K. Bellis ; Eighth Class Ditto, I'. Taylor ; Ninth Class Ditto, H. Ogden. French Prize, George Roberts; Second Ditto, A. Jacks; Certificates—First Class, Baker and Barclay ; Second Class, Stride and J. Jones. CLASS PRIZES.-Ist Class, Molvneux Scholarships, 1. R. J. Gordon ; 2. R. Sinker. 2d Class, Prize of Books, W. J. Alder ston ; Certificate, W. C. Stride. Third Class Prize, G. B. Stride ; Certificate, It. Crosby. 4th Class Prize, H. Parslow ; Certificate. J. Nicholson. sth Ciass Prize, T. Curtis; Certifi cates, lt. M. Alsop and W. Bell. 6th Class Prize, J. Nicholson; Certificate, W. Pendlebury. 7th Class Prize, H. A. Forshaw ; Certificate, E. Tinker. Bth Class Prize, R. Francis; Extra l'rizes, Jeffreys and Kewley. 9th Class Prize, J. Grindle ; Cer tificate, P. Hoyle. 10th Class Certificate, J. Phillips. EXTRA SPECIAL PRlZES.—Botany (given by , the Principal), 1. R. Tinker; 2. J. Ramsden. Divinity (given' by the Head Master), F. Wainwright. Mapping (given by the Head Master),. I. J. Itamsden ; 2. Sadler- Certificate. Clarke. Regularity and excellence of conduct, R. Wright Names of those who hare distinguished , themselves in the Examination,. Tyson, Bradshaw, Woodward, Latham, Alsop, Bates, S. F. Evans, Thompson, Lobley, Deany.Withers, Mitchel, Banker, Rainford, Black, Armstrong, Gillison, Ellison, Haworth, Simp son, Aspinal, Bateman, Bell, Clapham, Smith, Bell's, Nichol son, Glover, Ashley, Taylor, Parslow, Bell, Booth, and Also/4 EVENA NO" SCHOOL PRIZES. Algebra, geometry, and , :mensuration, J. Allen; grammar and composition, Mollify; arithmetic, P. Newton; :penman ship, J. Smith ; drawing, Jos. H. Smith ; Frenchy F, Burgin% LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES An election took place yesterday, at the Clarendon Rooms, of an honorary medical officer to the Dispensa ries. The first gentleman proposed was Mr. Henry Beh rend. Mr. Thorneley, M.P., in proposing this gentle man, expatiated on his qualifications, and referred chiefly to an extended course of study which this candidate had successfully and honourably passed through.—The motion was seconded, in the name of Mr. James Mulleneux, by Mr. Corbally. Dr. John Gray Sandie was next proposed by the Rev. G. W. Warr, incumbent of St. Saviour's, who stated that D. Sandie, during the seven years he had devoted to the duties of his practice, had proved himself not only to be possessed in a high degree of the qualifications requisite in a medical man, but also that he was kind and experienced in his treatment of the poor. Mr. Warr concluded his remarks by handing in fifty proxy rotes.—Mr. Clow se conded the nomination. ...„ ..„ ...... Dr. David Purdie Thomson was then nominated by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Heath ; after which, Mr. J. B. Yates, who was to have proposed Dr. Thomson, but was two or three minutes too late, added his testimony to the possession by this candidate of the necessary require ments for the office. _ _ _ No other candidate being proposed, the voting was next proceeded with, and shortly after three o'clock, when the voting terminated, the result was announced as follows : For Dr. Sandie.. Mr. Behrend 232 votes. 175 ~ Mr. Thompson retired soon after the voting com menced, and Dr. Sandie was therefore declared duly elected. CORRESPONDENCE. DR. M'NEILE'S LECTURE ON THE CANON LAW TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Will you be good enough, by the publication of the enclosed note, to make known to the treasurers of the respective charities alluded to, that I shall be happy to hand over to them, as desired, the balance now in my bands.—Yours most respectfully, H. J. WEBSTER, Hon. Sec. pro tem. 7, Rumford-street, Dec. 20, 1850. " Albury House, 20th Dec., 1850. " MY DEAR SIR,—In reply to your inquiry concerning the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of tickets for my lecture, I beg to propose that ten pounds be given to the treasurer of the Hodson-street Ragged School, ten pounds to the Soho-street Ragged School, and the balance to the Northern Hospital. " In these institutions good of every kind, temporal and spiritual, is conferred upon poor Roman Catholics; and it is always gratifying to us all to manifest practical kindness towards them, while we abhor the cunningly devised system by which they are kept in degradation and slavery, " I cannot close this note without expressing to you personally, and to the gentlemen who so kindly assisted you, my warmest thanks for the manner in which the meeting was arranged and conducted.—l am, my dear sir, very sincerely yours, " HUGH M'NEILE. " 11. J. Webster, Esq., Hon. Sec., pro. tern," TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sin,—ln your paper of Dec. 17th you have inserted the following paragraph, as extracted from the Morning Herald : " On 'Wednesday, a general meeting of the members of this society, of which Dr. Pusey, the Rev. Mr. Keble, Lord John Manners, and other tractarians are the leaders, was held at their rooms, Lancaster-place, Strand, when the following reso lution was adopted That this union desires to assure the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett (of St. Barnabas') of its warmest sym pathy, and to thank him for the courageous stand he has made against recent persecution ; and while it prays him to perse vere unto the end, entreats him, for the sake of the Christian church and poor, not to he induced to desert a post to which by God's providence, lie has been " As Lord John Manners' friends believe that such a para graph is calculated to convey an impression that his_lord ship approved of Mr. Bennett's proceedings, I beg to send you the following remarks from him on this subject, and to request that you will publish them in your paper of Tuesday next You are quite right in supposing that I knew nothing of the vote of the London Union to which the paragraph in the Morning Herald referred, until I saw it in the papers. Had it been a vote to encourage Mr. Bennett to resist the Bishop's request, I should at on-..e have with drawn my name from the Union, which was formed under the Bishop's sanction : but as it bore reference solely to the Sabbath-breaking mob persecution which Mr. Ben nett had undergone,—a persecution which every Christian man must be happy to have an opportunity of denoun cing, —I remain, and intend to remain, a member of that body, so long as it restricts its action to a defence of the Church of England." I remain, sir, your obedient servant, EDMUND MOLYNEUX. Childwall Hall, 21st December, 1850. " CRUELTY TO ANIMALS" BY PUBLIC OFFICERS ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. trust you will allow me the use of your columns to expose an act of gross cruelty and official impropriety ! I will merely state the facts of the case, with a few words of comment. _ _ . On the evening of Friday, the 6th December, the driver of a car being found in Sefton-street, Toxteth Park, in a state of intoxication, by police-officer 638, was lodged in Brick-street Bridewell, and the horse and car (belonging to Mr. Edward Davies, of Hunter-street,) were placed in the Pinfold adjoining. The occurrence took place about 9 o'clock at night. As the time for the vehicle being home passed away, the owner became anxious ; but during the whole night, (notwithstanding all the search and inquiry which he and the police could make), he could hear nothing of his missing property, which, a few months before, cost him upwards of £lOO. On the following morning, about IO o'clock, a stranger came to him and informed him that he had seen one of his cars in Brick-street Pinfold ; Mr. Davies immediately went there, and found his car as stated. The horse was left in an open yard, with his harness on, exposed to all the cold, from 9 o'clock on Friday night to 11 or 12 o'clock on the following day. The owner inquired why he was not informed by the policeman or bridewell-keeper, as to where his car was ? The keeper replied lie could not ascertain where to send to ; that the driver would not tell anything more definite than Byrom-street, or Hunter-street, or somewhere about there ! Now this is a poor excuse. If the keeper (Wil son) had sent up to the stand in St. James's Place, lie would have found plenty of persons to give him the in formation ; and more than that, if he would only have referred to the Directory on the premises, (which I pre sume is kept for that sole purpose,) he would have evaded even that little trouble to save the horse from such suffer ing, and the owner from the great distress of mind which the matter occasioned him ; and as this would not have troubled him much, he might have passed word to Mr. Davies by the police, and thus he would have done his duty with very little exertion on his part. Mr. Dowling considers him guilty of great negligence and cruelty, and leaves him to Mr. Davies to deal with him as he thinks proper. Mr. D., however, prefers show ing more mercy to him tnan he did to the brute unfortu nately placed within his power . Itis hoped that the publication of these facts will be a sufficient warning both to the keeper and officer, who are equally culpable in this piece of heedless inhumanity. It is evident they both preferred leaving the animal to his fate, rather than make the least inquiry to prevent his suffering. Let them be cautious for the future : this is the extent of the cen sure they will receive for this misconduct, but—(and let them mark it well) —a repetition of the same remissness and indifference will receive another and more peremptory treatment. These facts are authentic, and I put you in possession of my address for your own satisfaction in that particular. -- I am, Sir, &e., A MEMBER OF THE " CAR PROPRIETORS' ASSOCIATION." 14th Dec., 1850. The " Christmas Concerts" at the Collegiate, which have on former occasions dispensed se much delight, com mence on Thursday next, when will be performed Han del's oratorio of " Israel in Egypt." The vocalists are Miss S. Lyon, Miss M. Wells, ,Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. H. Barnby, with a powerful chorus. Owing to the mar riage of Miss Thornton. her aervices could not be secured for this season • but nisa Wells, who is a pleating and a ccomplished vticalist,y4ll .Kova, la said t .a moat effi , clout aubatitute. THE LATE RIOT AT BIRKENHEAD On Thursday, John Brown, shoemaker, of Birkenhead. and Edward Smith, a man in his employ ; Michael Griffin, John Feehan, William Haggerty, and another — the four latter being navigators employed at the Birken head Docks—were again brought before the magistrates, at Chester, forexamination. At the commencement of the proceedings, Sir J. Stephen, who appeared for the defence, protested, in the name of his clients, against the hearing of the case before the magistrates now sitting, whose names appeared tacked on to the placard convening the meeting out of which this charge now brought forward arose. The question, said the learned counsel was whether they, as magistrates, had really conducted themselves in such a manner on this question as to entitle them to complain of any aggres sion such as that charged, or whether the public had not a right to complain of the manner in which the police had conducted themselves acting under the instructions of the magistrates themselves. (Sensation.) He must meet this case in its broadest form. Now here he found —for he apprehended it would not be denied that the copy of the placard which he had read was correct—that on this question the magistrates had themselves already prejudged the case—that they had committed themselves —that they stood in the position of accusers in their own case, and that therefore—he said it with all respect—they had so far committed themselves that it was not compe tent for them in the eye of the law to become themselves parties any further to this inquiry. That was his first objection. But it was also his duty to state, that from what he had heard since Monday last, there was another reason why he was equally entitled, and compelled, on the part of the prisoners, to object to the magistrates' pro ceeding. That objection was, that the magistrates were themselves at this moment the subjects of official charges before the Home Secretary ; that these charges, seven teen in number, had been put into an official form, according to the desire of the Secretary of State. Now, it would he monstrous for the magistrates at present on the bench to hear the case under such circumstances, and should they do so he was satisfied the public would feel indignant, however much they might respect the high office which the magistrates held. He was compelled, on the grounds which he had stated, formally and most solemnly to protest against any further inquiry on the part of the magistrates present on the bench. Mr. Conway, for the prosecution, stated that the pro test of Sir G. Stephen must fall to the ground with regard to the question of the magistrates' competency, for they were not there to trade upon the guilt or innocence of the prisoners. This was an offence against every person in the hundred, who would have a right to feel himself aggrieved against the rioters; and consequently, if there were anything in the objection, no magistrate of the dis trict would have a right to sit in judgment on the offenders. In a matter of treason—treason being an offence against every subject of the Queen—there could not possibly be a conviction unless subjects of the Queen were entitled to give evidence. With regard to the fact of the conduct of the magistrates being the subject of ' judicial inquiry, Mr. Conway said he had reason to believe that the conduct of the magistrates was not the subject of inquiry. Although be had heard it stated that a certain number of charges had been made against the magistrates and sent to the Home Office, it would turn out that those charges were entirely groundless. He asserted that the magistrates had a perfect right to act. Mr. Case said he believed he was only speaking the sentiments of his brother magistrates when he said that Sir G. Stephen must understand that all he had advanced had been matter of consideration with the magistrates. They might have interfered before, and some of his brother magistrates had intimated to him that he ought to have arrested Sir G. Stephen in his observations. He was desirous on all occasions to allow the utmost possible latitude in a court of justice. If they had been sitting to try the parties then before them, it would have been a different matter. They were, however, only sitting to ascertain whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant them in putting the men on their trial. God forbid that any of the gentlemen around him should do anything wrong ; but he did not think from an} thing which had fallen from the learned gentleman, that they ought to cease to go on with the inquiry. He had had the honour of sitting on the bench for nearly 20 years, and ever since lie had qualified he bad been called upon to act in such a way as to obtain for himself the thanks and goodwill of his neighbours. At the time that the railway between Chester and Birkenhead was being made, a parcel of law less savages took possession of the country, and committed serious breaches of the peace. On that occasion he (Mr. Case) made a requisition for the assistance of the troops, and the result was that 34 prisoners were taken, and the examinations were taken by himself and other magistrates; they were committed and convicted in heavy sentences. He did not feel it necessary for them to retire from the inquiry ; and in this opinion he was joined by his brother magistrates, notwithstanding the observations of the learned counsel. He should go on and endeavour to dis charge his duty. He should feel ashamed of himself if he had the slightest ill-feeling towards any of the parties ; but lie felt that the remarks ' of the learned gentleman were not courteous or called for. _ _ Sir George Stephen said he directed his reflections against those persons who had caused the prisoners to be conducted in chains through the streets of Birkenhead. It was unnecessary and vindictive. The case of Mr. John Brown should be taken first. John Grimley, of the Liverpool police force, was the first witness called. He was one of those who were almost killed at the riot. His head was still bound up, and he appeared in an exceedingly weak state. After speaking to the facts connected with the riot, and to the manner in Sc nay struck uu the head and in various parts of the body, by several of the mob, who were armed with crowbars and bludgeons, he said that when he was down for the second time, a man came forward, and struck him On the head with a bar of iron. He had seen that man since in Birkenhead bridewell. It was one of the prisoners at the bar. Whilst he was 'down the prisoner Brown came, and struck him with a bludgeon over the shoulder; when he (witness) said, " For God's sake do not kill me." The witness further deposed to being struck by other of the prisoners. He also described what took place before the police interfered. A window in the Town-hall was open at this time, and a person put his head out of the window, and called to the crowd, " Now men, now is your time." Mr. Conway.—Who was that man ? Witness.—That is the man (pointing to Mr. Brether ton, solicitor.) Mr. Bretherton (evidently excited, and addressing the bench.)—l appeal to you, gentlemen, whether I was not in the Town-hall at the time. Another policeman, named John Bowes, who received severe injuries, was next examined. He also spoke to having been struck by some of the prisoners. Superintendent Ride, of the Liverpool force, who was nlaced at the head of the body of police sent over from Liverpool, was next examined. His evidence corrobo rated the official report which he had previously furnished to the authorities. The court then adjourned until next day The examination was resumed on Friday The first witness examined was Mr. Richard Brown, a boot and shoe maker, residing opposite the Town-hall, in Birkenhead. He was an eye-witness, from a room win dow over his shop, of the whole riot, and he described it in detail. Between eight and nine o'clock in the morning he saw a great number of persons in front of the Town hall. He put up his shutters about eleven o'clock, and about twenty minutes after saw the police striking the mob, some of whom retaliated. About forty or fifty men passed his shop after the first row was over, and he heard one of them say, "I'll go and get a stick, and knock their bloody brains out." About twenty minutes to one he saw a large number of men coming towards the Town.hall, flourishing weapons in the air. One of them had a pole axe. After describing the general facts connected with the riot, the witness deposed to seeing the prisoner Brown standing by in an excited stat...t. This was after the riot. Brown did not throw a stone, nor did he see him strike a blow. He saw the prisoner Feehan holding a weapon and menacing the police, During the time the riot was pro ceeding he saw police-officer Kelly lying opposite his door apparently dead. in a few minutes Kelly got up, and staggered towards the Town-hall. As Kelly was endea vouring to get into the Town-hall, witness saw a man whom he knew strike him with a poker. Witness deposed to seeing the windows of the Town-hall broken, after the police had got inside the ball, and to seeing the Rev. Mr. Browne and Mr. Bretherton address the mob several times. Cross-examined by Sir G. Stephen.—The Rev. Mr. Browne addressed the mob first. Several respectably dressed persons attempted to enter the Town-hall as well as several of the mob. Saw Feehan before the riot com menced in a menacing attitude with a weapon. All the blows inflicted by the mob on the police were at the back of the head. As soon as one man struck he retired into the crowd and another came forward. had often ex pressed himself, since the riot, as to the brutality exhibited by the mob. Had said to Mr. Tyler I never saw any thing so fiendish in my life, and that 1 could never have imagined that human beings would have displayed the ferocity which I witnessed on the part of the mob. Constable Kelly, 571, in the Liverpool force, one of those who was so severely wounded in the riot, was the next witness. He said that shortly after the mob was first routed, he was standing with Superintendent Ride opposite the Town-hall, when he saw an armed mob ad vancing. Ride said that the attention of the police must at once be directed to the road. Whilst he was conversing a shower of stones came and struck them both. They turned their faces to avoid further blows, and whilst turn ing witness !received a blow across the shoulder, and afterward another blow at the back of the head. Finding that he was attacked on all sides, he made to the centre of the road, when the prisoner Fitzsimon made a blow at him with a long stick, but witness dropped his head and missed the blow.SFitzsimon and another man then made another attack upon him, but he defended himself with his stick for some time, and kept them off. In a few mo ments after four other men joined Fitzsimon and kept striking him until he fell, and he became insensible. The witness identified the prisoners Feehan and Griffin as taking an active part in the riot. Police-officer Fellan, of the Birkenhead force, identified the prisoners Haggerty, Feehan, and Griffin. Haggerty attempted to go into the Town-hall, and witness endea voured to push him back, when Haggerty raised his hand and struck him. Witness raised his hand to defend him self. That was about the commencement of the disturb ance, when the bricks and stones were thrown. Feehan was in the first mob. The prisoners Griffin and Haggerty were concerned in the second row. Had known Griffin four years. He had a stick in his hand, and was fighting No. 41 of the Birkenhead police. During the disturb ance Haggerty seized witness's stick, and in the attempt to recover it the prisoner fell. Mr. Conway said they had now gone so far into the general case that it would be sufficient to" call police offi cers to prove the presence of the prisoners at the riot. Thomas Hughes, a Birkenhead policeman, identified Haggerty and Feehan. Police-constable Coe identified Hikggerto as being the man who had dragged a police-officer out of the police• office lobby.—On cross-examination, the witness would not swear whether there were four gentlemen or 40 with. Mr. Browne and Mr. Bretherton. He did not see anr person who appeared to act officially as a tnagistrate:. During the interval between the first row and the riot he did not see any of the Birkenhead police in the streets. Sergeant Tomlinson, of the Liverpool police, identified Haggerty, Smith, and Feehan. Smith had a stick in his hand, and appeared to be heading the mob. The exclu sion of the people was not the commencement of the dis turbance. All the prisoners having been identified, the Court ad journed till yesterday. LOCAL MEETINGS, WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting ott Wednesday, the treasurer reported that he had a balance in band of £2539. Additional time was given to those townships which are in arrear, no inconvenience having been experienced. The contract for certain work to be done in the steam-kitchen was awarded to Messrs. Weber and Co.; and after some lugubrious joking on the subject, the contract for coffins was given to a Mr. Johnson. BIRKENHEAD DOCK WAREHOUSE COMPANY.—At a special meeting of this company, held on Wednesday, at Monks' Ferry Hotel, it was unanimously agreed, on cer tain conditions, to aid the Dock Trustees in completing the low water basin and other works, on the most ap proved plans for accommodating the largest class of ships and steamers, present and prospective. It is also stated. that, if all details are satisfactorily arranged, contractors of eminence are ready to undertake the completion of the whole scheme within a period of two to two-and-a-half HEALTH COMNSITTEE.-At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, it was stated that the bridge crossing the rail way on the Wavertree-road, and its approaches, still re mained unrepaired, and in a dangerous manner. After conversation on the matter, it was resolved, that unless the railway company immediately repaired the road, the fine of £5 per day, to which the company is liable, should be enforced.—At the request of Mr. Thompson, it was agreed that a return of all persons exempted from the payment of rates should be furnished. A lengthy conver sation then took place relative to the removal of the baths from George's pier, after which the subject was referred to the Baths' Sub-committee.--A vast number of appli cations from the inhabitants of streets in different parts of the town, complaining of the state of the respective streets in which they ms!ded, owing to the condition the streets were in from want of repairs, were read.—A me morial from the inhabitants of Shaw-street, to have the street macadamized, was declined.—lt was agreed that the committee, on Monday, should meet a deputation from the landowners and others interested, relative to the new Sanatory Godfrey gave notice that, on. Thursday next, he would move, that a superintendent and his wife for the Paul-street baths should be advertised for, and that the salary should be £lOO per year, with coal, candles, gas, &c. Docr COAIMITTEF..—At the usual meeting on Thurs day the Marine Sub-committee recommended that Mr. Thomas Chapman be continued as the holder of the re freshment rooms on the landing-stage, at the annual rent of £250, and that he be allowed to sell cigars. After some remarks from Mr. Tobin, who said it was meanness beyond anything that they should exact £250 a year for that from which no remunerative advantage was reaped, without charging for every carpet bag and parcel that went down to the landing-stage: the offer of Mr. Chapman was accepted. A letter was read from the secretary of the Southport Improvement Commissioners, requesting that the Dock Committee would receive from their body a de putation on the subject of properly buoying the channel and roadstead leading into the harbour. After a conver sation it was agreed that the deputation should be received that day fortnight. A letter was read from Mr. James Campbell, secretary to the Company of St. James's Ceme tery, stating, in answer to an application from the Dock Committee to purchase a Burmese bell, for the purpose of fixing upon the landing-stage, that at a Cemetery Com mittee, held on the previous day, it had been determined not to sell the bell ; but the committee were perfectly willing to place it at the service of the Dock Committee. for the advantage of the public. The sum of £ll 103. was voted to be awarded for Mrs. Margaret Roby, for me dical attendance occasioned by an accident in a gate be longing to the committee falling upon her. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Wednesday Mr. Rushton discharged a prisoner ar— rested by a police-officer for an assault which the latter had not seen. He told the complainant that his remedy was by summons. Fotir boys, the eldest not more thaa fourteen, were committed for trial on Wednesday, for breaking into the shop or Mr. Kehoe, Harrington-street, and stealing thirty vairs of boots and shoes. - A " LAND SHARK" CAHG.Hr.—On Thursday a man named Edward Morris, one of a gang known by the name of " land sharks," who prowl about our docks preying upon the poor emigrants arriving here from Ireland, was charged with obtaining £3 15s. from John Campbell, B►, poor Irishman, under pretence of procuring him a "tape= rior" berth on board the ship Cornelia, bound for New York. The complainant said he paid the money to the prisoner in a public-house in the presence of Pickering, the mate of the ship, to whom it was handed over. Both prisoners were placed in the dock, Seven poor emigrants then related their pitiable tales, how they had paid their hard-earned money over to the prisoners, under the idea of securing good berths. One poor man, nan el Nixon, had paid them £2l for the passage of his three daughters. Owing to a defect in the law. the prisoners could only be dwelt with as passenger brokers, acting without a license. Pickering was fined £5O; and Morris sent to gaol for three months, with hard labour. The magistrate said that in the event of Pickering paying the fine, he would appropriate the larger moiety for the poor people whom he had robbed. Morris, it was stated, had been previously fined £lO for acting as passenger broker without a license. On Saturday a number of persons were committed by Mr. Rushton, for trial, charged with picking pockets. YESTERDAY, SCANDALOUS EXTORTION BY A BOATMAN.--Two Irish emigrants appeared before Mr. Rushton to charge a boat man, named Thomas Winters, with the following gross conduct. The two men had paid their passage money, and were to sail by an emigrant vessel -on Friday; they, however, were detained on shore, and missed the vessel she had not proceeded any very great distance, and they asked the boatman to take them to her; he agreed to do this for five shillings, and could easily have accomplished the undertaking. When in the river the fellow suddenly ceased rowing, and demanded of his victims if they had thirty shillings in their possession, as unless they gave him that sum he would not put them on board their ves sel. The poor men, not having this sum, were brought back to shore, thus losing the whole amount of their passage money. Mr. Rushton imposed a fine of forty shillings and costs, for misbehavicur whilst plying for hire, the highest fine that could be imposed in the case. SMUGGLING.—JuIia Stephens was fined £lO, or one month's imprisonment, for smuggling three-and-a-quarter gallons of whiskey. The woman was stopped as she was leaving the Lion, a Dublin boat, which arrived here on Saturday night, with six bladders filled with whiskey con cealed about her person. John Jordan was detected with seven quarts of whiskey, as he was leaving the same ves sel. IRISH MENDICANCY.—An Irish cripple was brought up for begging. The policeman stated that the man had a wife and five children in the town, who were following the same vocation. Mr. Rushton directed that the whole family be re-conveyed to Ireland, and remarked that the authorities were sending thousands of Irish back to their country. _ . _ _ _ _ JUVENILE CRlME. — James Riley and John Meakin, two mere children, were charged with having stolen a quantity of coal, on Saturday night, from a boat in the canal in Leeds-street. Mr. Rushton ordered them to be put back._ _ _ SHOP ROBBERY : A PURSE CONTAINING £4O STOLEN. —Catherine Burgoyne was put up on the following charge. Benedict Robson, a young man in the service of Mr. Fairhurst, pawnbroker, St. Anne-street, stated that on Saturday the girl came into his master's shop to in quire the price of a muffler. She left the shop without purchasing anything, but quickly returned, and asked if he could change a £lO note. Suspecting ' the note had been stolen, he called Mr. Fairhurst, who asked the girl to whom the note belonged : she said, to her mother, Mrs. Stewart, who resides in Richmond Row. Robson accompanied her to Richmond Row, but finding that she had been imposing upon him, took her back to the shop, and gave her into custody. Whilst at the bridewell Su perintendent Anders observed something to be grasped in the girl's hand, and upon opening it found that she h concealed another £lO note. Soon after, the girl's sister was taken into custody under suspicious circumstances ; while in prison, the police were informed of a robbery which had been committed, at a shop in Berry-street, on the same day. A lady, who gave her name Mrs. King, stated that she was making a purchase in Messrs. Plumbe and Massey's baby-linen shop, on Saturday ; she laid her purse, containing two ten pound notes and twenty sove reigns, upon the counter •, in a moment she missed it ; a young person in the shop went round the counter to point out a person who had just left the shop, and who, it was presumed, was the thief. No one was, however,. visible. Several witnesses were called to prove the iden tity of the notes. Mr. Rushton complimented Robson on his tact, and remanded the two girls. FRAUD ON AN EMIGRANT.—John M'Govern, a dirty, dissipated-looking Irish fellow was placed in the dock charged with having obtained £2 15s. from John Fagan under false pretences. A police-constable briefly stated that he apprehended the prisoner about eleven o'clock on- Saturday night. Mr. Collins, of Castle-street, appeared for the complainant. It appeared that the prisoner had been acquainted with the complainant in Ireland, and had written to him stating that if he would give him £2 he would obtain him Eiship. Mr. Rushton said it was ne cessary that the shipihould have been named ; it was not. enough that it be said that a passage should be obtained,. but that the ship be also specified. At Mr. Collins's sug gestion, Mr. Rushton asked the complainant what had been said to him with reference to the undertaking. lie replied that the prisoner had assured him that he should have a passage by the ship St. Louis, which was to sail in the early part of November, and upon this guarantee he had paid the £2 to a man named Devlin, in Dublin. This was done by the prisoner's direction. Subsequently, when. he applied to the prisoner, the latter repeated that it would be all right, but he never attempted to fulfil his under taking.—Mr. Rushton (to complainant's attorney): You. will have to sue him for breach of contract. No doubt. there is a gang of these fellows who obtain their living Alt over Liverpool by plundering these poor . fellows. 'Aft dexterous escape, and the clumsy fellows.we catch, U Must be discharged, •