The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

LB 5 'Ulaiiolls :erring, ' tb d 10 gr ill t s en t : 3re , s' i fo ; BoD er ii, ? f a yor• lrladstone, 'old. _Jo, f the c° o - e pike" O 1 ,her 1)".11 r 1011 SEP TEMBER 11, 1855.] --.c.4.2: INTELLIGENCE tittle d eath of i--------.-------31r Henry ti le t 1 1 . 47 ,1 1, the G° Harriet, th le3 wif v e ol e e f nt Institution acquires ses Benevolent 4 4 k £12,000. Francis tt(',costrilLliiticsigrt, PRE A ND WILSON, who left Liver -118..4 it e tli — a 6, to assis E t il i g n' carrying out sanitary arranagned kae4 the- British camp, have returned to Liverpool, , o l lts Tuz .,.' thities under the Health Committee. a a fr:ll)litaerlt-Lattlx, HARRISON, AND FORWOOD, se nt have tL e i r sliereY letter to the Liverpool C o m p a ny,Steam-tug 41 fclvaraZfill efforts to raise the Retriever. They h ave iiatiltketie qouations to the men engaged. 3, (it,: T a:s l d °lt iwo. Ix TEE Army.— At the Prest%T ns or ow n- , and s j, Y, i l( ' li.three military officers, named la oips O'ely o Pton S. Stwart, were fined A s.. G a n n . d s c t o r s e t e s i who i t 1 throwl„tnanded bye the bench, for sash bats, "as aid , s gi.g r abbits against them. The t defendants, ththe s'''''"3/ 44 4 be freely P .g.t it 4 44, en ipp ing , t 5,,,,„ fos od ~ ter Exam:nen leaded gm 3 ehes-`' 4aachs.a,°ll of a new building , was laid in Quay lir es, to nester 0 es, b e Called 11 Monday, qated 411(1 St. Mary's for 13 H y ns th pi e t ' al Lord B t i h sh e o p p i o se f as iN e l s an o - f Itarq f t i l_aat Chi ldrents. A , In the course of the ceremony it was stoa3iebfroul•lisisieLanerto '44 tai be ary td , tat r. n of Korsal Cohl, had given XOOO and ' h D Radfo e rd of ha t d he pr p e r s o e f n e t s e si d on h a is i A L ttaeh,,,,, 411 seum for the use astieitott 4 0 ' 4. ce the institution. te ,,4 () ei t p , ! l k e4lll, th S e o m e e am m b o ri n a ths fro a m go t a he nu s m ea b t er of of ls m a i r lit a a t r id y no owner has been ;ositpd.:ll,lllbgaikt4Rboely mounted sword. As yet, nothw' Rh } Givl oc , e belt kye been set onfoot,. . ,eaatifbil tlats e I 4;l4ch is richly inlaid with silver, b b ea la r d s e th i e s ble ~, 'S hi s i ) ‘ , 4 •11. M. Wlsreile, 5 D.G." NV n acre s o f ~e c , g, and various devices surround Th t e hp m_ e e n m .n o . - : :o cr e.st)4 o t a the 4alarnanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, and .Y . i on the other tt ,'e It a p e i the Wore; portion of the sword, contained within t•Nva°l4 suet ''s Vincere vel men," and ' l eld '' Ihe with the letters "H.H. M. 31'N : " kid c o s s werd is now in the "zsg I v •' Louth cneatly 21tse oulz Castle -street. possession of Messrs. —The foundation Plat:a telV 1. 1 , :f i , ° „,. AT M kNCAESTER' .- b t 1 660 'a, ti h' Was '"'"oonse capa - ble of containing aou elibiele pit7ehles Wednesday at Manchester. The pi' ar likillitalj"he sited about 58 acres of l l ß an n d n , ga ex E c s e t e a d t i e n , g a ly t e old , about, on what is called tie ;11 . ii e Ivositbo three miles from the centre of the city. ;;:f:4 jeee,,,ev,:lbstieillsditougbeiarettaained have for the accommodation n ig ; ) dr e n d a s f i o e my r fi e t n m 4 : 4 ys 14 ' t ' esj 24S Z e t anti.fetoale paupers, 76 wom ma i de 4 0 11 260 8' elideptics &c., 255 children uncle 16 1 , 1. 0 „. tit wa ether !tarMY a s to get 'pus' Pers '• One object of thteesnteewonelsdtabbe is - oftbMied, land so that the labour I•Rickards, chair , Qtp er ,, e h oa ,. Ine stone was laid by 3 h t gia. 000. It jtkiou'edt4C•lt is estimated to cost %-u, 18.31.ef inmates ale 'new building will be b eady for the re , lit es by the end of next year or the beginning ' , h ula t? t , 1 Il 'it ilki g 15 t AISRE,Ti arm-. —A Manchester paper . detail s 4 'q ui e ' t A ,hatetieal joke, iVesUbject ' being an advertiser a fo le r T lc alat e s 4 i t oi l , ."1,, correspondence was entered into, an a r. iNd A re 6:... 13 i the hotels in Rochdale was induced to pe ' l ltab e et tr correspond t and arranged a meeting at 4k2of e . °tel. n - 9 bl V 4 Toettl eln _ , nt arriv n ing there he m w a a r s ks re o c f e a l t e en d b t 4a , f ( 4 10 1 1, ~vil lem ,e.n assembled, with such . a 5,:', 4 1g, 41 1e iNt.r_ra that he was caught in atsonwairleluvnitmhattrihe bpo'4. i' l lao u ``'w.an was sent round the tat lay Itleetrient :—" On view, a gentleman i l n ” wan T t h o is f %k, I ue s e 4 4t g m aY ar ks a en at No. 3, Tweedale' and one il 41 r 44041 eeession of admiring friends, t Visitors of the t o Qt r t k t l -4 h i t t °ll t of3.i.atal unperceived stuck a white-star or cock tto ante ti le , 'Lie a dvertising gentlemr' ktuePetltran°°lll, and this continued till it 'w tlst4iDertoisee.ef the gentleman ; he became i w i l a i a l ,s. wept, and nch A)4 hotti l l g I°ll tO depart ; and at length, after paying %11;1„._ ie ofieYersl hours, he was allowed to go, on I' 41 1 4 .111 to solace his tormentors. was held edgel s4 aY ti, Q t'Ann N —The usual meeting trjeeig,roiilair,tsasclo'rstle_ Bev. I W A . s ßadnalkin thechair.lt was r.ey tNiiittlie-2;tl e.iotintrtents be iss e u es e:l f r o i 4111,t4",litto11181,t' the ng L7l a antethe 10th. e r s t , en d d n e r r i s n for . the suppt s, ti - te, l4 4,, , t ve st il ' I'Ms Wi e llian Shaw, regist f rar o o N . 8, Everton to be opened . o f n birtbs and 11°4\v ' r q 4t ' l le' of Mr. James Smith, hard' a..51e(1 ,rseer as deputy:4 letter from the Poor-law e r'l'dh l " 4 40 'a a s ' A in place of Mr. Richard e,4, 1 4 8, the approved. th ud ft ' 4" to t h 2 9th ult., reques d tin e g ne a rai re e p o o n r d t ue f t ro o tha t ' 4 , Sel lo e qualifications an g _ _ th e th e ~._as ses,,,ehnistress at the Workhouse, having been from Is th e 911,varc'ved, that the Poor-law Board be informed r e4 e 11 4. l e ea, tit i a4 B are, in every respect, perfectly sa . tisfied with ft „tgep e _ t . d ti , _ and conduct of Miss Henney during the time ''ti os r ehe v '_;e, office of schoolmistress. The number of w .t,, l', a ,,e2 ili the house durin g the last week, was 664; ,t : 14 14,;-' 0 ; total, 4,059; showin,” an increase of 33 in- N,,,111,.. o u t door, when compare(with the corresponding Pt q4)BT„Year. The amount expended in out-door relief .ks us. LNeett.lßE AND YORICSEIRE RAILWAY. --The half tt,i4thets, ting of this company was held on Wednesday, at q°lltl, It (Is, 31r. Wickham, M.P., presidin. From his state 4L,,DDe4rg. the total revenue from allowances ` during • g th e t'llZhniii:lading 30th June last, was £ 5 04,207, and in 'the Nt,'• 7 , 15 . Deriod of 1854, 5.490;741, being an increase of ,11.414(vue Passenger traffic had d Vhkll l 'er e had i n ecreased £8,841., and the ka ' th t, creased £23,184. He was glad to say, ( g e qo l ,„ h at eg o 7 Passenger traffic had increased almost .as fai t %) ' t ,, e r4„' 4 ,, s t,raffic during the current half-year. 313 e !tiete 4 4 ior ti, '-',., tee competition with the East Lancashire ia a : for D'tett.'3olltlaport traffic, and were ready to agree to i .e') ad, , i nF an end to it : but they would not-saeri ).,rapotbs-e-ty,grhl'-'-_w,Oat they oonsidered to be the interests -of ts e L'r su t o t otrectors had under consideration whether Its,' Inis\tha,Petisliareholders next J . Ma . r a c . h . t o o . aLp , r b op y ritt , e to a azq 4 til t ~.3000 in the lattek h r It s to h he wi ' s ty ), L ,' way expenditure. fhe renewal of the 41.' 4 e/t t 'lle Thee,„ already leen effected to a great th e .? tv as _ 'Penses for - relaying, &T., had been chaff arge e d r l` e eal 'ere report, r ecommending a dividend of IP lt a l e r t/lan ul e4 to. l'‘ The special meeting was then held, and Oa,. °red a resolution approving of the lease of the t its , , e 4 4, ter 2.','41, alonwith the other companies previously' tllttt t.atttliorl,3;ears, which as carried on a division. A reso il!ttin es oe geg the creation of irredeemable annuities, at a :II 1t. 1 4 of ,u-Ing 4 per cei.it..per annum, to be issued in-sub q!,,,lusl o„, oor.royved capital, or in lieu of h orsing fu rt her tas V ie ' . exuitmg borrowing povvers, and also the g conver- Ntellexisting mortgage or bond debts into like nnui ohl en adopted, and the,proceedings closed. a l i . }Z . o itt pO.3fMISSIONE.SB.—On Tuesday, th e monthly ;,INr Z he l d at the Algburth Hotel, Y. J. A. 'finite in N. ~,,, %resent, Messrs. &van, Pritt, Cooper, Watts, ir:et'lttii."4?„,,and Chidson.-011 moving the proceedings. of .t,. 4slll4oltwtgelle`i .I.4eeetlnithm c e ° n ln detl i nittee, Mr. Cooper intimated that that one course of flags shoilld ',NI-i) b e 1 . 14 the footpaths ,of the township, the other ; , ' tti thokstr down at a futuretime ; bat they wished the ke,?trllie k e tt: decide upon the subject. Mr. Bevan se ate t!!: Mr. Mor ris , contended that the owners of ~.qekl t t il i t l :t tiedr COMPelled to Lag at once, and proposed an 4k.,,,,reforei," effect that if Mr. Waterhouse ( w . ho had . 4 ii NO) i1...--mee wh e n d stating that flagging w" p E oh Ku,eri called d,, stating fiaz , upon by 'left over. the board the geo va,Yqr't,,k Of VNt I,King should for :the present !Je 'so t5.,11, t , a - str ew rr i W ' t 'lic, kt c4 . l 'as e arried.—:The consideration of the it , ' 4 (I , ,ir. xs t l th - , itt, il l ., -r, .1!ti„ et was adjourned fora week, the sur vo t 7. , ..114 1i ,,, ‘ , 14`,keneral state of -the localities requiring : 4 r 1 (I '', h ;7 ' l) h ' walker complained of a nuisance arising a t e elit i t ira a i ii . ' 4 g g e Dremises. ifleferred_to the works corn t,h.iPiefti,r4r3, t o ed sit houses reported that Mr. William Duck ,°,l'st..4o bL e l to the , s , in James's - street without notice, nr,i t -D eo rth s ' , le j a vians of the commissioners, the subject 4 these \V 'th, „Woi ) i ri Ir, - clerk Mr. Gotts intimated by letter \.. iee;t'-'ololi;,°e ready in . week.—The tender of the i ..e ba r k ..N . - ' 3 ' fo theere a ction of lamps in the town ti,lvt„ PO ) 1 1. 1 tiie 41141 e l aw-clerk reported that the dispute as I 7 "cure 41% the a . rston docks had •been amicably settled. NO 4 .30nrned , s _ 4 tli,' eoh,lsej b g • '& , nctl,.-Ail li I )er in . 4t ARLA.vA.—Dr. utherland, the sani -4tit,letio„-A141.1k li „ the Crimea, has written home a long 4 I tl ' 4 4 )4 -413 " kunortant statements respecting the thu 14 t, 4 t 4t °F the a he `t o '14 14 th e rzny. Dr. Sutherland expresses his , w hio ti. t o edo Present time all has been done . for . the oe",, l lhOraim ll ,. e, /"Icl that the disease .which still exists el,' ar ti `aa ti - . 4 1t1i -. eat circumstances of the encampment. 'iti3 O % k 1 its 4„8 1 0t of all is Balaklava :---" Nothing could Y" f c4 tY 1 1 '..0n It is a small po . rt, la m n a d r -lock s e o , Itl Der or ills • 1 4, 11 e io e liq Ito,' Iv , crowded with ships., filth . of __ ga ds t - ; '',„,hti,Ptie 0, 4 Lea rs ,l ‘ th dead animals and filth I all ,Ne l 'efl ' O ll 4 .3 which has been used as a .graveyard 2 1 -it fl o ' alo qi 'lds ,' l l., tl e , 0 11 . y i t, ef carcases of men and animals had ! 1 / 2 'd l iali gin 4 1 , water, and hardly covered with earth; .. .',.. 11 ' ,(1 ba c k il tere t iT arbour, and also the refuse and blood Yt s 4 Yarcl 4 u°Bl 4l ship •no latrines but the hill ''... l 'hii "hah e how ° I . hog s I- ' with filth in conse t ~ '' , t 0 1 - tb, „ever „ Eay.. ea covered I:'t I. e l ow ° ---" Balaklava Harbour is much ;411i,kverpooi we, dists;iand the town is cleaner than nine- I 'l t bou •(''''elz t hings -8 Land Manchester, or Liver '. t° th r 41(1 at ti "lell °ll ' 1 4 ,liiit,za,se repr Obatin., e W°rElt worse every day than Bala 14t.'1+;(4.tOat4 es and flit ° n of th e '3' l :len the town itself was . 11 ke (t e i n o „ . _ i , n, it ,„;__ civilised world from is ,un 44 4 ' ' ' . k4 d t iet 4 7" e ett;;; not worse than entire villages r ifNtia ith W, -ere k iiaok Y 3 and it was about on a par u lkio t 4 „as ezesonie tress knee, yards, private slaughter- F e h.,, 4. 8 0 fat al : exist in the Borough, and tOa -441 9 co • .'t 3Tear." The same might be et,. . / ria , . ndition of the camp ; "putting out , t tiii, e 4 •''' t owa s ' a arl , 4 3 the or -a and vill age ealla.P is i 4i t tlibitli N tt4, * n a very much better at home out of which the men 11 48 - i 4 t$ ti 4 il r• Ni ` I• Trt's ii 4N4tl'i ki t lte aSlll,v, 3,1 E XPERIMENT.—We regret t,,'ai k f i aild o ,',_. 8 Wrought-iron gun has proved a h o ea 0 a la t i 4 .. ‘ . not on account of the mechanical c; l , l _, h o l t o lkk Ilr_aost`;'___ue e ncountered, formidable as they k,,i,',,0t expected peculiarity. in the material ''' al e 1474,1 k a,,,11'' toqether in so large a mass as was ills t o ~(141 , :ietkitll o Yth s purpose. It seems that wrought 1 0 1 s t e ;e i i , l,l ,g et r i , all ordinary It of working, 1 0 , t ql-,i.ecAeit tether in very large masses without under t: i 4 .4 ;I N y. Tolecular arrangement exceedingly inju itl)„`l3,llN4iii,.4;`,,_ll'...l. tilis W o e.unders . tand the explanation which Ni4.r, 4, 1 4,141 e 4 Sta yth P , int, an immense mass of iron like }a(l, 4 k t tk 'ot l t B e,Ept ~n,as welded together continues so 'le's Il i 4. t tt , alc e , --.4, soft state, that a process analogous 4 , t h 4 1) e fto,DikeC 'within ' itssubstance, whereby 14 4 i l i ki e th e .kpi, e6 .hi e `' s e w_hich it derives its tenacity,. is de . ti iL 4f l 4t rio zi even less capable than cast iron of 11 i c l 'a, m r h . )4 a. l s t 4 chlic i 4 h eaqy charge of gunpowder. We h '. p i , - ,1 4 t4, 411 311 1 2 °1 4 1 : t 0 the unfavourable result ob e ' l l . `cr''`ecl e, m ad a ' atrieroft, another experiment t c. eh 'al ae o e under the direction of govern -I;i4 ha 1 14, 1 to whYinlete f • 4 1, I qe b ieb _ allure from the peculiarity 41 . it e( l, Iv e ell t.„ we have alluded; and a large e 4% 1 ,, M . -- i 1 ., 1. . as e bel : Z, 7 ll : l) .leted was found utterly unfit Dell 1.4 4 . ..tnyt h , s it burst into many pieces on the , tl i tte {i lti t e i tirr ee t on th„exPeriment has consequently been 4 v at m 4 per'. subject of wrought-iron guns, we lh t cl i ; I t 'i le oh { 4.4 th e i li ri the3iperrroneous statement, which, .we , 1 ., ii ew s , es*, and has lately been going 3 ,ef it tov e :ai ad taPers. It is to the effect that a , e tt 44ti a t for nk etit 3',_ llessrs. is and Co., of Liver ,• 4eveivilielt .I' . i' the United States burst on board 4i, f ii WI., al othe r Was made, killing 'the secretary of ti t .N gat e 11044). Persons. , t ,,, .A.„, , W: „ .0 4 ~._ This is altogether in •ari`.,4tes, "ti th e gun which burst on board the t „ I ' lf ' .40 Afte _resuls 'la . h!.ve Iliad riti i ~ mentioned, was made in q t 4114 re,- e by , Ar au burst, another gun was ) ,e 0 h „ t ,„<ietaber iessrs. Fawcett and Co., and the N'i l C o u " ( b ri ghtlY cam k he i , N I , e oi e .„ _ ._ .e over to Liverpool to I, , kti % a onee 1.,,,_ all the triesi 1 2-inch bore) was said at NO toard of __ to which it was subjected, cl e , Ted h to accident arising from it. Pos. lifft,ejs wi,`,l)_,te that size without developing ":fieNte'7,ll_ have frustrated Mr. Nasmyth's gclraiqn, MR. ROBERT BOYD has been appointed a tidewaiter at this port. BARON LIEBEG has, for several days past, been the guest of James Muspratt, Esq., at Seaforth-hall, where Mr. Spence, the sculptor, and Mrs. Spence, are also on a visit. Baron Liebeg will attend the ensuing meeting of the British Association. Ax immense anchor, which was lost in the Sloyne by one of the United States mail steamers about a year ago, was dis covered the other day, and has been handed over to Messrs. Brown, Shipley and Co. It has only one fluke, and weighs more than 20 tons. FIRE AT BOOTLE.—About half-past four o'clock on Wednes day afternoon, a fire broke out in a stable opposite the Knows ley Hotel, Bootle. An alarm was given, and a body of the county constabulary, with the assistance of the neighbours, succeeded in extinguishing the fire. JAMES WirsoN, the owner of the Jenny Lind, the boat which ran into the Lively and capsized her on the Ribble a few days ago, and Thomas Smith, the man who managed the jib sail on the occasion of the accident, have been committed for trial on the charge of manslaughter. DURABILITY OF Inort SHIPS.—The iron ship Richard Cobden, which was built twelve years ago, by Messrs. James Hodgson and Co., of Liverpool, will repay a visit from any one who is interested in iron ships. She has been twelve years in the East India trade, and has not had the slightest repairs done to her, has never made a drop of water, and will, to all appearance, last for an unlimited length of time. She is now' lying west side of Salthouse Dock. This vessel has com pletely set aside the old notion of A 1 for twelve years. HEALTH OF THE Towx.—The medical officer of health reports that the health of the town is in a satisfactory state, the deaths from diarrhoea continuing below the average. 250 deaths were registered in the week ending Saturday last. Zymotic diseases caused 83 deaths, of which 39 were from diarrhoea, 34 from scarlatina, 12 from fever, 3 from measles, and 5 from hooping-cough. Diseases of the lungs caused 45 deaths, of which 23 were from consumption ; diseases of the brain, 14 deaths; diseases of the heart, 7; debility and natural decay, 51; convulsions, 22 ; and delirium tremens, 1. PARENTAL CRUELTY.—On Wednesday night, Richard Dut ton, residing in the cellar of a house, 15, Tindle-street, Athol street, went home drunk, and, after cruelly beating his wife, turned her out of the house along with her child at the breast, and two sons of the respective ages of 15 and 9 years. The mother and child took shelter at a neighbour's house, but the poor lads went and laid down on a brick-kiln, where they were found on Thursday morning at six o'clock, by Bridget Duffy, who works at the kiln, one dlad s ,a d the other insensible. The younger boy was immediately te'en home, Dr. Johnston, of Kirkdale, was promptly in attendance, and he is likely to get better. The father was taken into custody. Orr Friday, an inquest was held on the body of William Fleming, 17 years of age, employed at the Waterloo-road sta. tion of the London and North-western Railway. The boy being in an upper story of one of the warehouses, asked a man who was there to lower him down by a teakle. The man did not make him any answer, and the boy attempted to let himself down, for he got upon the rope, and took hold of the driver, which however he pulled so strongly that he was carried rapidly up, and struck his head violently against a "cat-head." Rendered insensible by the blow, he fell from a great height to the ground, and received in his fall the injuries which caused his death. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. REVENUES OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.—The account annually presented, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, shows that in the year ended the 29th of September, 1854, the income of the Duchy of Lancaster amounted to £2,266, and the expenditure to £35,567, leaving a balance on account with the receiver-general of £6,599. The rents and arrears received during the year amounted to £29,912, and the casual revenue to £6,149. The salaries and allowances of the principal officers of the duChy and the law officers of the county palatine amounted to £7,268, the annuities and retired allowances to £1,047, the donations and charities to £1,427, the surveys and valuations to £204,054, labourers' wages, payments to the Commissioners of Woods, the expense of holding manorial courts, land-tax, and other miscellaneous charges, to £4,356, and the payments made out of this revenue to the Queen's privy purse to £lB,OOO. THE ROYAL MERSET Yi-CHT CLUB will hold their monthly meetings on a Monday, instead of Tuesday, as heretofore. The members met last week numerously at the marine station, Bilikenhead, and after dinner business matters commenced, the rear-commodore in the chair. Francis Cavendish Ward, Esq., Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles, of Prescot, was elected a member, on the proposition of Commodore Littledale. Several other -members -were proposed. The closing.cruise of the season was fixed to be held on Saturday, the 22nd instant, the yachts to assemble off New Brighton at ten o'clock, a.m. The-subject of the annual club ball was also taken into con sideration' and was warmly received, and referred for adoption at the next, meeting. The club will hold their last dinner for the season at the marine station, on the Ist of October, after which time the meetings will be held at the club-house, Duke street, for the winter season. LIVERPOOL FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— This society's third and last exhibition for the season took .place on Thursday, :at the Botanic Gardens, Edge-lane. The weather was delightfully fine, and the spacious marquee was crowded to excess with a brilliant assembly. The number of plants exhibited was, perhaps, not so numerous as on previous occasions ; but every department was well - represented as respects the quality of the plants, and they we re qu it e nume rous enough to admit of their being seen to advantage. The 'fruit was exceedingly fine, and formed a very striking feature of the exhibition—the grapes, peaches, apricots, and cherries , of Mr. Hardman Earle; the grapes of the Earl of Derby; the apples of Mr. Charles Rylance, and pears of Mr. Houseley, attracting particular attention. In melons, too, the show was about one of the best which has been witnessedat the society's exhibitions for some years past, those of Mr. Nicholson and Mr. H. Earle being amongst the finest. The vegetables, also, were both more numerous and finer in quality than on pre -vious occasions. TESTIMONIAL TO.CAPTAIN H. Cox, OF : HE IMPERATRIZ. On the a rr i va l o f the Imperatriz at Balaklava, Captain Cox was presented with a snuff-box with the accompanying letter: — . Ai Dear Sir,—O n b e h a l f of' myself and the officers of the 56th Regiment, whom you have just conveyed from Ireland to the seat of war in the Crimea, and before quitting the S.S. Imperatriz, under your.command, I am most anxious in their name, to bear testi mony to the zeal, energ y, a nd skill, at all times displayed by yourself and your officers, as well as to the kind and unvarying a tt ent i on us during the voyage. ' O n return i ng you our sincere thanks, wh and uniting in best wishes for your future prosperity and happiness, we beg your acceptance of the accompanying token as a slight mark of our esteem.—Believe me to be, my dear sir, yours very sincerely, S. Oakely. S.S. Imperatriz, 21st August, 1855. Capt. H. T—Cox,.commanding S.S. Impera triz." The snuff-box bore the following inscription.:--" Pre sented by Lieut.-Col. Oakely, and the officers of the 56th Beet., to Capt. H. T. Cox,commanding steamer Imperatriz, in testimony of their high appreciation of his kindness and at tention during their passage to the Crimea. August, 1855." HARVEST PROSPECTS FEAR LIVERPOOL.—The potato dis ease, which, a fortnight ago, seemed likely to become very ex tensive in this neighbourhood, has been stayed in its progress before it has descended to the roots or tubers, though there .are few fields in the district :between this town and Ormskirk 'which do not show signs of its presence. However, should , the present fine weather continue, there is little doubt but the crop will be secured in bettencondition than has been the.case for some years. The wheat crops have suffered in some places, in consequence of being laid by the wind and wet, and this is particularly observable between Aintree and Maghull ; but ;here again fine weather has been productive of infinite benefit, for; though a quantity of grain is 'nearly touching the ground, it is. dry, and there is every probability that it will be secured inLgood condition. The crops of wheat, oats, and barley, are, generally speaking, light, and tendays later than usual. If not.earted, the corn in the district 'of which we are speaking is for the most part cut in the first 'week in September. At the present time, full four-fifths is standing, though a great portion is ready for the sickle. On the 'Cleve's Hills, there are some excellent crops of grain; and one of the finest fields of wheat we ever saw, in this or any other neighbourhood, is on a farm occupied by Richard Alawdsley, of Orrell, near this town. 'Greater progress would have been made with the har vest, but;labourers are scarce and difficult to be procured. The turnips and mangel-wurzel we have noticed are consider ably yo bene trw :th m a nßi ,asvecrangßeicsmandAassoreclialtec--JourTnhal. meeting .of 'this association was held on Tbu—rsdaey, annual n theua Bible Depository, Slater -street. Mr. M`Fie . presided, and thanked the -meeting fo r th e h onour done inmz h- sending him a m s ena their c hrriepstrieasnenAtastaiavceiaattian in the conferenceparis. The hon. t h s e ec Y re o t u a i rl read the report, which , after alluding to the benefits arising from the Sunday morning and Thursday evening devotional meetings, the Bible Class, the Tract Distribution Society, the lectures delivered to the association, and the services ren dered by Mr. Matheson, the treasurer, stated that, the want of a paid officer having been much felt, Mr. R. F. Brown had been appointed missionary to young men. Allusion was made to the visit with which the association had been favoured during the winter by Mr. 3l`Cormick, from New York, as a deputation from a similar institution there ; and it was stated that certain changes had been made in the constitution of the association to bring it to a closer resemblance to the New York institution, described by ;qr. M'Cormick. The number of members at present exceeded 100. From the statement.of accounts, it appeared that the receipts between December 13 and August 31 were £66 14s. 9d., and that the balance in the hands of the treasurer was about ten guineas. The report and accounts were adopted,and the board of management and the officers of the association for the ensuing year were elected. A conversation ensued on the position and prospects of the association, and the best means of extending its utility DOCK COMMITTEE.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at the meeting on Thursday. A return .of traffic on the south line of dock railway was submitted, showing that since the com mene,ement of the line, about 'two rears ago, the traffic had amounted to 181,000 tons. The marine department recom mended that the tender of Thomas Evans, of Bangor, for the construction of a new dwelling-house for the keeper of the telegraph at Point Lynas, should be accepted.—A report was read, describing an accident sustained 'by the Bell Beacon, which had been run foul of and damaged; .and a suggestion of lir. Lockett was agreed to, to place placards round the docks, offering a, reward to any one who would give informa tion as to the perpetrators of the injury. An offer of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., to repair the iron mast, and provide a new bell for the beacon for the sum of £72 10s. was accepted. An offer made by Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Son, to cut the buoy V. 3 in the centre, and to form two separate buoys, was accepted : sum £73.—Mr. Rounthwaite called attention to a motion which Mr. Mann had made at a previous meet ing relative to the dock space occupied by steamers And sailing vessels respectively. Mr. Mann's opinion being that the allowances made to steamers for the space occupied by their engines, &c., is too large, and that, upon the whole, steamers do not pay their due proportion of dock rates, com pared with sailing vessels.—Mr. Rounthwaite took a totally different view, and he was desirous that an addition should be made to Mr. Mann's motion for statistics upon the subject of the occupation of dock space, whereby the time which steamers occupied in discharging and loading could be ascer tained; for he believed it would be found that though certain allowances were made to steamers for space, &c., which was not occupied by freight, the revenue actually derived by the estate from the steamers was very much larger than that derived from sailing vessels. For instance, the Clarence Dock (which is devoted entirely to the steam trade) dis charged 74,000 tons per acre per annum , w hile the Victoria and Waterloo discharged but 29,000; and the Clarence yielded £1,415 per acre, while the Prince's only yielded £1,123; George's, £731; Canning, £538; Albert, £1,673; Salthonse, £l2B ; King's, £264; Queen's, £ 416 ; Cobur g , £880; and Union, £230. After a brief conversation as to whether notice of motion should be given, Mr. Rounth waite consented not to press his motion, but to give notice of it for the next meeting, when Mr, NADU WOW he in attendance. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE EARL of ELLESMERE will be the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, in the room of the late Earl of Sefton. THE United States mail steamer Baltic sailed on Saturday for New York, with 190 passengers, besides the mails and a large cargo of goods. The list of passengers includes the name of his Excellency Alfonso Escalenta, Ambassador Ex traordinary from Madrid to the Court of Washington. MR. C. E. SMITH, sculptor, whose bust of the late Rev. W. W. Ewbank recently claimed public attention, has just completed a companion bust of the Rev. J. Macnaught, which is esteemed an admirable likeness. THERE have been several sudden deaths in Marseilles. Among others, Mr. -Leigh, from Liverpool, who died after a very few hours' indisposition, though assisted by the best medical advice. His remains were interred in the Protestant cemetery. FATAL ACCIDENT.—About two O'clock on Thursday morning, an aged woman, named Margaret Magee, fell from her bedroom window, in No. 5 Court, Combermere-street, Toxteth-park, and was found insensible a short time after wards by her son, who lives in the same court. She died at half-past six o'clock. NEW ACT ON COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER TRIALS.—An act was passed in the late session further to assimilate the practice in the County Palatine of Lancaster to that of other counties with respect to the trial of issues from the superior courts at Westminster. Her Majesty is now em powtr3d to issue comm 'B ions, authorising the judges-to take the assizes, juries, and•other matters, in the same manner as in other countries. THE WRECK OF THE REGULTJS.—Two flats and a sloop were towed into the Mersey on Monday, laden with cargo recovered from the Regulus, recently wrecked and still on shore at the Skerries. The goods recovered comprise all the bale case goods, besides a large quantity of weightier articles. According to a notice posted in the underwriters' room, there still remains 80 tons of cargO on board ; prompt measures, however, were being taken to get this away. THE MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL is still on view in the Queen's Hall, Bold-street, and, considering the importance of the in telligence just received from the Crimea, its varied interest to the spectator must be still further enhanced. This will be obvious when it is remembered that Mr. Hough, immediately on the arrival of important news, takes measures to adapt the model to the existing state of affairs, so as to keep the specta tor au courant with the course of events. The Daily News of Friday says :—" Mr. Scott Russell's new steamer, now being built at Blackwall, is making great progress. The frame is completed, and the work will be finished within the next twelve months. When ready for sea she will go to Liverpool, and sail regularly from that port, and not, as stated, from Milford Haven ; for, although she cannot enter any one of the Liverpool docks, she can, like the Collins boats, anchor in the river." POCHET-PICIZING.—Ann Phillips, a woman, and two boys named Patrick Duffy and Robert Aland, were, on Saturday, at the Police-court, charged with picking pockets. On Friday afternoon one of the officials at the Tithebarn-street railway station observed the prisoners go up to a lady on the platform, and while the woman engaged her attention, one of the boys picked her pocket of a purse containing £1 Is. 6d. He im mediately took them in charge, and on searching the boy he found the purse. They were committed for trial. BURGLARY.—WiIIiam Prendergast, Peter Cameron, and Patrick Ullathorne, were, on Saturday, charged with breaking into the shop of Mr. Bacon, Dublin-street, and stealing three diamond pins, a large quantity of copper nails, and a coat. On Friday night the three prisoners were seen loitering near the shop, where they were noticed at various periods during the evening by a polite-officer, who ultimately went towards them, when they took to their heels. He succeeded in capturing Cameron and Ullathorne ; and Prendergast was apprehended the same night with the nails and diamonds in his possession. Nothing was found on the other prisoners. It appeared that the shop door had been forced open by means of an iron bar. Prendergast was committed for trial; the other prisoners were remanded for a week LECTURE AT ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, KIRKDA.LE..-011 Fri day, Gregory M. Wortabet, Esq., delivered a most interesting and eloquent lecture on the Influence of the Bible, in St. Mary's School, Kirkdale, which was listened to with the greatest attention and delight, and at the close of it the au dience expressed their satisfaction by a very warm response and a vote of thanks. The same gentleman has very handsomely offered to lecture again, in the same place, on Friday next, at. half-past 7 o'clock, in aid of liquidating the debt for the repairs of the church, when it is hoped that the lecturer will have as numerous an assemblage as his eloquence and earnestness in the cause of truth so richly deserves. The chair was takert by the Rev. T. Major Lester, incumbent, and•on the platform %fere the Rev. V. Sheldon, incumbent of St. Matthias', Rev. J. Gil mour, minister of Christ Church, and Rev. W. A. Tattersall, curate of Walton, all of whom took part in the proceedings. SAILING OP THE GREAT BRITAIN. — On Tuesday, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s screw steam-ship the Great Britain, Lieut. Chapman Wise, R.N., Admiralty agent, in charge, left her moorings in the Sloyne, and proceeded to , sea. This "leviathan" of the deep has on board a very precious freight— upwards of 1,000 souls. She has taken out 600 tons of pro jectiles-5,803 shells—besides 35 huts, 22 horses, 44 officers, and 881 rank and file, made up from detachments of the 4tia, sth, and 6th Dragoon Guards ; the .Bth and 11th Hussars ; 2nd Dragoons, 4th and 13th Light Dragoons ; 17th Lancers 3 Grenadier Guards, 9th, 17th, 79th, 92nd, and 94th regiments of the line. Captain Bruce, of the 94th regiment, is the com manding officer. The Great Britain will call at Gibraltar to land six officers and 214 men of the 94th and the other line r ca t e e a s g ly t a i n y e u e n , r d c t k s oi t sz hs e a i rsLtet consisting a fnl t od2 Constantinople, fo l n n: d e *.2 r st h 0 ae o nn ffi de e c ot e t o6 r s o 71 Ba o mna f different ideank£lav,vsi atoo regiments where s 2 o o f thethhorses,e will disembark. IMPORTS OP PALM OLL.—The difference of opinion which has been noticed in our columns on the subject of palm oil has induced us to procure an official account of the quantity im ported into Liverpool. We have to state, in consequence, that we have been informed by authority that the quantity of palm oil imported into Liverpool from the 6th of January to the 31st of July, inclusive, was .290,353 cwts., or 14,017 tons. The Liverpool Brokers' Circular, to which we referred on the •18th instant, stated the quantity imported between the Ist of January and the 31st of July at 18,580 tons— a difference of 4,063 tons ; but some allowance is to be made for the longer period of five days' importations included in the circular. Our correspondent stated the quantity imported to the same period at 18,900 tons, and neither is in accordance with the official account. The discrepancy deserves notice as a convincing proof that either, the merchants' and brokers' statemeats, or the official accounts, are incorrect. We cann believe in the inaccuracy of the latter, and the discrepancy; Therefore, serves to throw discredit on many mercantile statements. — Economist. _ . . . Mn. OLIVER'S AFFAIRS.—A hearing took place on Wed nesday, before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, in regard to the adjudication of bankruptcy in this .case.—Mr. Lowndes, solici tor for the bankrupt, was examined as attorney for the trus tees, and produced duplicates of the deed of assignment, one signed and sealed, the other signed merely, the latter being called an instrument, executed by Mr. Oliver on the .7th October, and by the trustees on the 16th. He could not tell the number of signatures to•the deeds, but he said they had been signed by 6-7ths of the•creditors. Notice was given of the day on which the deed would be signed by advertisement in the London Gazette, and a month after its execution it had also been advertised in the Times and in the Liverpool Mercury. As far as the witness knew, the schedule of the creditors comprised all the debts of Mr. Oliver. The judge at the recent assize ruled that the deed was good, but reserved the point for Mr. Watson. In reply to Mr. Aspinall, who supported the petition, Mr. Lowndes said he did not know whether. any of the signatures had been put to the docu ments since the certificate. He believed about eighteen creditors had signed both documents . ; but he could give no idea as to how many signatures there were to each of the deeds. William Jones, clerk to Mr. Evans, said he bad counted the signatures.; there were 161 to the deed, and only 153 to the instrument. He had also counted the list of creditor€ of Mr. Oliver, appended to•the certificate, from £lO and upwards, and found there were 222 above £lO, and 400 at £lO. The petition for setting aside the adjudication, presented on the 12th October by Mr. Samson, was then read, under an objection from Mr. Quaine, who.opposed the adjudication. Edward Wynn, clerk to Mr. Oliver, was next examined, chiefly with respect to the signa tures to the deed. He describedthem all as genuine, and went through them seriatim. They included amongst others the names of R. W. Preston and Co. ; Orerend, Gurney, and Co. ; Royal British Banking Co.;• Northern Bank ; Kirk and Fur ness ; J. ,de Wolff and Co. ; Cunard, Munn, and Co.; Penile Brothers:; James Baines and C 0...; Henry Moore and littledale and Bardswell ; i and Garnett, Bibby, and Co. The hearing was adjourned at this point until Thursday., On Thursday,Mr. Bardswell, who represented the bankrupt, stated that so conflicting and contradictory were the statements which had been published with :regard to the proceedings of the previous day, and so opposite to the real facts of the ease, that he felt it to be his duty to his client to apply for a private examination.—His honour observed that the sittings were at first private, but there was so much of public interest and importance attached to the ease, that the courts were afterwards opened. Mr. Bardswell, however, having made an application for a private hearing, it should be granted.—[We understand that the point in dispute is settled. The petition is withdrawn, and Mr. Oliver is not a bankrupt.; AN ETPLICIT ADDRESS.—One day last week a letter passed the Hereford post-office with the following singular address :—" For that girl I don't no her name they cals `the galoper' and lives somewhere in Bowsey-lane Hereford Here fordshire. Shurs don't give this to any girl but that girl." The letter reached its destination, the fair one for whom it was intended:being known by this soubriquet to the police. ON Monday, after an existence of many centuries, the once renowned fair of St. Bartholomew expired. No proclamation took place, nor was the ancient court of pied poudre for the hearing and determining disputes arising in the fair held; the "Saints' Bell," in Old St. Bartholomew's Church, which has for time immemorial sounded only on the proclamation of the fair, was silent, and its occupation is now gone. CURIOSITIES OF LIFE ASSURANCE.—A correspondent of a contemporary says :—We have a company professing so high an idea of homoeopathic principles, that it stipulates, pro vided the assured be treated homoeopathically, that fine per cent. be deducted from the premiums. There is Jso a com pany where parties attending to assure their liv have the advantage of a reading room and refreshments—an excellent arrangement, for after sandwiches and sherry one feels less inclined to dispute the rate of premium, even if it be a little high. MR. BETTS, of the firm of Peto, Brassy, and Betts, states respecting the Crimea, that since the formation of the line it has been doubled, and is now being effectually drained and ballasted for the winter work. General Simpson, in reply to Lord Panmure's inquiries as to the condition of the line on the 19th ult., states':—" The present railway is 'on the best site that can be obtained, and when effectually drained and ballasted. which is being done, will be quite free from floods." Lord Panmure has sent out 150 more carriages, to replace those which have - been in constant work, as they require it from time to time. RAILWAY CAPITAL.—It appears from a return recently issued that the 103 bills promoted by railway companies in the late session of Parliament were for raising £21,605,796, in chiding £5,048,288 on loan; but only 77 of them received the Royal Assent, authorising the raising of £15,851,486, of which £4,504,938 is to be raised on loan. In the session of 1854 it was proposed to raise £28,919,551 for railway purposes, but Parliament granted powers to raise £14,096,234, including £3,320,159 on loan. In the session of 1863, powers were sought to raise £38,493,119 by various railway bills, but only £19,131,674 of that amount was authorised to be raised, in chiding £4,223,398 on loan ; and in the session of 1852 powers were sought by railway companies to raise £14,714,635, but only £8,471,687 of that amount was authorised to be raised. Powers were sought by railway companies in the four sessions above mentioned to raise in the aggregate £101,733,081, but of this amount £57,551,081 was authorised to be raised, being not much more than half the amount for which powers were sought. STATISTICS OP IcE.—lt is just fifty years since the idea of dispensing ice to the southern latitudes entered the brain of a Boston merchant, Mr. Tudor. It was a thoroughly worthy notion of a solid man of that city of notions. For twenty years considerable disappointment, with various success, at tended his efforts, but ultimately his persistency and activity furnished the southern States and the West Indies with the frozen delicacy, and a lucrative business opened up. In 1834 the East Indies and Brazil became his business clients. Other large hOnses engaged in the ice farming in Massachusetts and New York, and at present the value of the ice farms of these States-fully equals, if it does not exceed, the value of the rice crop of Georgia. Boston chiefly supplies the southern parts with ice, and in its ice-horse there were 300,000 tons stored last year. In New York nearly the entire crop of ice is used I. at home. In Boston there are between 2,000 and 3,000 per sons employed in the business season. In New York the amount is less, as the exportation is little. About 9,000 per sons are employed in the entire States by ice, and it is com puted that a_capital of over $6,000,000 is invested in it.— New York Daily Times. FARMERS AND THEIR SERVANTS.—A case of some im portance to agriculturists and others engaging servants was tried at the Bridport and Beaminster Division Petty Sessions, held at Beaminster on Monday last week. The party sum moned in this case was Frederick Clarke, charged with leaving the service of Mr. Richard Garland, of Hyde Farm, near Brid port. The defendant was a hardy lad, apparently about 16 years old, and had worked for the plaintiff some years. On the 11th of August he left the service of Mr. Garland, without notice, and on the following Monday was engaged by another farmer. Being in the midst of harvest, the lad's service was valuable, and he therefore summoned him. Mr. Garland admitted that when he engaged him he took him as a weekly servant, and agreed to pay him so much a week ; he had not considered it necessary to tell him that he should expect a week's notice on his leaving, as he thought that both master and man were legally compelled to give and receive a week's notice. The bench, however, decided that the lad completed his contract every Saturday night, and his employer could not compel him to return on the Monday. On the other hand, the farmer may summarily dismiss the man on the Monday morning without notice, and without there being any claim on him for compensation. If, however, there be a boniifide agree ment to give and receive a week's notice, that is a contract of another nature. The case, therefore, was dismissed. THE NEW GOVERNOR or ADELAIDE.—The most interest ing event that has lately transpired in this colony during the last three weeks has been the arrival of his Excellency Sir Richard Graves M`Donnell, our newly-appointed governor. We announced in our last summary that Mr. Beresford, his excellency's private secretary, had arrived, with his family, in the John Banks, direct from England, and that Sir Richard had reached Melbourne in the mail packet Blue Jacket, and was daily expected in Adelaide. His Excellency, embarked for Port Adelaide on board the screw steamer Burra Burra, on the 19th of May. The unusually long time that elapsed without any tidings of this vessel tended to create considerable uneasiness as to its safety, the more so as it was known that gales, equal if not greater in violence than any ever known before on the coast, had been blowing continuously for several days. On Thursday, June 7, however, the signal for a steamer in sight was hoisted at the signal station, and great was the general joy in the city when, in a short time, the vessel was eiearly made out to be the Burra Burra. She reached the port about sunset, and came to anchor amid the cheers and rejoicings of the inhabitants there. Her long passage had been owing, as was expected, to the boisterous weather en countered, especially on the South Australian coast. On the 25th of May she was off the sea mouth of the Murray, when, a slight accident happening to her machinery, and being short of fuel, she bore up under canvass for Portland, which port was reached on the 2d of June. A fresh supply of coals was laid in there, and she left on the 4th of June, reaching Port Adelaide, as before stated, on the 7th of June. Sir Richard M`Donnell remained on board all night. On the following morning he landed, when he met with a hearty reception, and was afterwards installed in due form.—South Australian Register of June 23. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—The select committee of the Lords, to inquire into the best mode of obtaining accurate agricultural statistics from all parts of the kingdom, have re ported that, in consequence of the want of these statistics, great inconvenience and injury has been sustained by all .classes, because we have never known what quantity of foreign grain we should annually require for home consumption. France, Holland, Belgium, and the United States, had more or less perfectly organised systems for obtaining this informa tion; and, from time to time, such statistics had been col lected from some of the English counties, successfully, by the inspectors of the Poor-law Board. As regards England and Wales, the committee recommended that the officers of the various unions should be employed, once a year, to deliver and collect schedules, in which should be enumerated the average under each description of crop, an accurate return of stock (cattle), and an approximate estimate of the produce of the harvest. The schedules having been collected, it is proposed that they should be classified by each union, and returned to the Poor-law Board, for a national table to be compiled from them. With regard to Scotland, it is proposed to leave the matter entirely in the hands of the Highland Society, as here tofore; and, in Ireland, the existing machinery of the con stabulary, under the superintendence of the Irish Registrar- General, is recommended to remain in force. A bill t o em power these recommendations to be carried out is proposed to be introduced into parliament during the ensuing session. THE TICHBORNE DOLE.—The family of Tiehborne date their possession of the present patrimony, the manor of Tich borne, so far back as 200 years before the Conquest. When the Lady Mabella, worn out with age and infirmity, was lying on her deathbed, she besought her loving husband, as her last request, that he would grant her the means of leaving behind her a charitable bequest, in a dole of bread to be distributed to all who should apply for it annually on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sir Roger, her husband, readily acceded to the request, by promising the pro duce of as much land as she could go over in the vicinity of the park while a certain brand or billet was burning, sup posing that, from her long infirmity (for she had been bed ridden some years), she would be able to go round a sma` portion only of his'Property. The venerable dame, however, ordered her attendants to convey her to the corner of the park, where, being deposited on the ground, she seemed to receive a renovation of strength, and, to the surprise of her anxious and admiring lord, who began to wonder where this pilgrimage might end, she crawled round several rich and goodly acres. The field which was the scene of Lady Mabella's extra ordinary feat retains the name-of "Crawls" to this day. It is situated near the entrance of the park, and contains an area of 23 acres. Her task being completed, she was reconveyed to her chamber, and, summoning her family to her bedside, predicted its prosperity while the annual dole existed, and left her malediction on any of her descendants who sh - ould ever be so mean or covetous as to discontinue or divert it, prophesying that when such should happen the old house would fall and the family name would become extinct from the failure of heirs male, and that this would be foretold by a generation of seven sons being followed immediately after by a generation of seven daughters and no son. The custom thus founded in the reign of Henry 11., continued to be observed for centuries; and the 25th of March became the annual festive day of the family. It was not until the middle of the last century that the custom was abused ; when, under pretence of attending Tichborne Dole, vagabonds, gipsies, and idlers of every description assembled from all quarters, pilfer ing throughout the neighbourhood ; and, at last, the gentry and magistrates complaining, it was discontinued in 1796. Singularly enough, the baronet of the day had seven sons ; and, when he was succeeded by the eldest, there appeared a generation of seven daughters, and the apparent fulfiment of the prophecy was completed by the change of the name of the late baronet to Doughty, under the will of his kinswoman.— Winchester Observer. - • SIR JAMEI GBAJIAM. - Sir James Graham is neither more nor less than a political infidel. The apostle of inconsistency, he wants the only quality which can redeem that creed. Un like Canning or Peel—who although inconsistent were yet great—it is impossible to detect in the long career of Graham that element of real consistency which characterises a true statesman. No man can fail to discern the noble sympathies of Canning, even when he was following the chariot-wheels of Eldon, or to recognise Peel's principles of free-trade in his very measures to secure protection. Without the dignity of character or the scope of mind to originate a policy, Sir James Graham has been by turns everything, according to the humour of the chief whom for the moment he was content to follow. His is not the mind to be possessed by a great idea, the wisdom of which, if he could only see it realised, he would willingly consent that the future should vindicate. No; Sir James Graham is a statesman without a policy, and, like the shallow stock jobber in Capel-court, his judgment is ruled by the rumour of the hour. With a base passion for power, heightened by a singular talent for administration (for all men delighb to do that which they do well), conjoined with a mischievous indiscretion in the exercise of power more worthy of a schoolboy than a statesman, he is continually bringing unpopularity on himself and confusion on his colleagues. With a fixed determination to defend every act of his ad ministration, and to crush, if possible , any individual who attempts to question it, he indulges in a boldness of assertion, which, though it would be admirable on the stage, becomes loathsome in the House of Commons. Let not Sir James suppose that his assertions as to the blockade of the Black Sea and the death pf Captain Christie are yet forgoten.-. Pally News. Two unlicensed stockbrokers at Paris have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for swindling and betting upon the public funds. NEW ACT ON WEDDING RINGS.—Among the acts of the late session was one to except gold wedding rings from the operation of the former act relating to the standard and silver wares, and from the exemptions contained in the acts relating. to gold wares. Wedding rings are now required to be assayed and marked. THE VINE DISEASE.—From Oporto, under date of the 30th ult., we learn that the vine disease has made rapid pro gress, and in the Douro it was becoming as destructive as last year. It is expected that about the same quantity of wine will be made ; but, as the vintage will be a very late one, the quality will depend upon the state of the weather. A HALE CENTENARIAN.--George Stephenson has just died at Romaldkirk, near Barnard Castle, aged 105 years. He was an agricultural labourer, and famed as an early riser. He used, it is said, frequently to reprove his daughter and her husband, both of whom are upwards of 70 years, for indulging in bed so long in the mornings, though they invariably rose before 6 o'clock, telling them, if they would not work when young, what - would they do when old ! ONE of the minor curiosities of Paris is the enormous vine which ornaments the court of a house in the Rue des Marais St. Germain. It is said to have been planted by Racine; and, supposing that he did it in bhe last year of his life, the vine must now be not less than 156 years of age, as that celebrated writer died in 1699. It is this year in an unusually flourishing condition, and covered with fine fruit. A NUMEROUS GANG of the London swell mob have made their appearance in Constantinople. They came from London, and finding an open field for their exploits, set to in earnest, robbing and swindling officers and sailors indiscriminately. Twelve vagabonds have been taken up, thanks to the active exertions of Major Hackett; and the rest, supposed to be 70 in all, have dispersed, or are concealed. The culprits in custody are in irons, and will be sent to Multa for trial. SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Thursday morning, a son of Dr. Payne, of Nottingham, committed' suicide in a railway carriage, between Nottingham and Derby. He had taken a black silk handkerchief from his neck, and suspended himself from the ventilator at the top of the carriage -door. He had also taken off his shoes, and turned his trousers up to the knees. He was immediately cut down, and although life was apparently not extinct, he was beyond hope of recovery. WEANING BY ELECTRICITY.—An invention that promises to create a revolution in the manufacture of silks, linens, cottons--in fact of all woven articles—has just been perfected here, and a specimen is now on its way to the Paris exhibition. This is the electric loom, invented by Cavaliere Bonelli, in spector of telegraphs in the Sardinian States. Some time since I noticed to you his application of electricity to the jacquard loom, whereby he was enabled to dispense with cards, and much of the manipulation necessary for the old system of weaving; but in the more perfected specimen now about to be exhibited, the inventor has added steam power to supersede manual labour, so that one intelligent workman may attend to many machines at the same time, and the operation of making all kinds of patterns will be as easy, cheap, and expeditious, as printing and knitting in different patterns is also performed with similar instruments.— Turin correspondent of the Times. THE ABORIGNIES OF AUSTRALIA.—The last report of the Protector of the Aborignies has recently been published, but beyond testifying to the rapidly diminishing numbers of the native tribes, it claims little of an interesting character. The Adelaide tribe have returned to their winter quarters in and about town, occupying themselves by day in begging food and clothing, and by night in holding corobbories by their wurley fires. Archdeacon Hale, with unwearied perseverance, con tinues his efforts at Port Lincoln, and speaks hopefully of the indications of some of his pupils. But the steady diappear ance of the natives is what every report on their condition most uniformly points to, although everything is done that could promise to alleviate the discomforts of their condition. —Adelaide Register. TICKET OF LEAVE CoNvrcrs.—On Saturday a Return was issued which states that the Secretary of State is not in possession of any sufficient information to enable him to state the number of convicts with tickets of leave who are known to be now in employment or conducting themselves properly. It may, however, be stated that of 960 conv i c t s re l ease d dur i ng the year ended 30th June last, 690 have made application at the end of the stipulated interval of three months after their discharge for the balance of the gratuity returned on their release, in accordance with the regulations, and that 684 of the number produced satisfactory testimonials of their goad conduct. Of the 270 who have not applied, the greater portion have not been at large the regulated period. Ninety seven convicts who have received tickets of leave have been re-convicted of various crimes. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.— On Mondaya singular circum stance happened to Thomas Malkin, while travelling by the 7 a.m. train from Hull to Sheffield. As the train was proceed ing at a rapid rate between Kiveton-park and Woodhouse Junction, near to Aston colliery, Malkin, while leaning over the carriage door, found it giving way. He grasped the door, in his effort to save himself, but it swung open, and he was thrown with great force upon the opposite embankment. When the train arrived at the Victoria station information of the accident was given to Mr. Ward, the manager, and he immediately proceeded with a carriage and engine to the spot. On arriving at the Woodhouse viaduct he met the man walk ing along the line. He was taken into the carriage, and it was found that he had sustained no injury beyond a severe shock and a few slight bruises on his hands, back, and head. — Sheffield Iris. COLLISION AT SEA.—On Sunday morning the schooner Snowdrop, of Sunderland, Captain Adamson, while on her voyage down to Sunderland, timber laden, came into collision with the Charles of Lyme, three miles off Whitby. The Charles was seen at some distance by the crew of the Snow drop, the wind blowing fresh at the time, and every effort was made to avoid her, but all their endeavours failed to avoid a collision. The vessels soon cleared each other, but for some time the Snowdrop was unmanageable, in conse quence. the il wreck aving of whichlostl impeded her erjib-boom, and . h ov ad eme h n e t r s.o stern n d looking for the Charles, it was found she had sunk, upon which the schooner's boat was instantly put out, and exer tions made to save the crew, but only one man was found above water, the remainder of the hands, five in number, having perished. The Snowdrop has since arrived in Sunder land, with the solitary survivor of the ill-fated Charles on board. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.—On Thurs day, a meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held at its offices, John-street, Adelphi, London, Captain Lambert Perrott in the chair. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, the silver medal of the institution was voted respectively to Mrs. Gil braith and to Mr. William Rae, in testimony of their humane and gallant services to one out of three persons who were upset in a small punt near Whitburn, on the Durham coast, on the 6th ult. Rae was in the boat with the three men when the accident happened, and had almost succeeded in swimming r edwtphsa assistance. Theta s rheuhuohense h rettittmc o s: iehlt r ownhi with dg: e etgyanwhwitdt,cioehoaoerlffAeswao. nftnpoee edbgv:Tre t eeseri ebh i evedlrn v rysrii R o oidoe avnuofeueeseonv:dtspl rendering alhe nti them to f off, eowshh w ea h nl l o onwea % clung ,attheer t awnhhdi when from clothes Mrs. ex exhaustion. Gilbraith, s n t e i o o n f with much presence loetgi Owen f odga ire assistancelhvittlo£2l tewatBs i . tni i etha d oßLbn , rushed buokle heioafsteyoti. sn.rdoitej3wAtin thrvat o trhhe o hteei v lei ens wrecked e caccea r ai drnrremr s deemrs o wwsti no r , ytfeaouo e oanlffir2i r li ofiLtali o lo:h c viei ol k aeellbs.a w i seoismirfvvaethgaketraeieiesnr the i r : r voted to the crew of the same lifeboat for puttingoff to render aid to the crew of the sloop Ann Susannah, of Bangor, which became also a total wreck near the same dangerous locality. As in the previous instance, the wreck's crew of four men had succeeded in landing before the arrival of the lifeboat. A reward of £1 12s. was voted to the boat's crew for rescuing four persons from a boat which had capsized in Redwharf Bay, on the Anglesea coast. The crew of the upset boat were seen clinging to her in an exhausted state when rescued from a watery grave. One of them had lost his hold, and was being drawn away with the tide, when help was given him. Two poor Irishmen, who, with the promptitude and humanity which always characterise this class of the Irish people, put off in their curraghs to the rescue of the master of a smack thrown out of his vessel near Foy Island, on the coast of Donegal, received £2. A reward of £9 was voted to a smack's crew for saving two of the crew of the emigrant ship John Bright, who had been capsized from a boat when that vessel struck on Arklow Banks, on the 24th ult. A communication was read from Count Walewski, stating that the attention of the F renc h go vernment would be directed to the various models of lifeboats, &c., exhibited by the institution at the Paris Exhibition. Captain Robertson, R.N., of the Board of Trade, ha s recen tl y visited some of the lifeboats of the institution, and has re ported very favourably of their efficiency. It appeared that the society has now a class of lifeboat—after Mr. Peake's de sign—that admirably answers every purpose for which a life boat can be required. A strong appeal was made for pecu niary aid to enable the institution to increase the number of of its lifeboats on dangerous points of the coast. The pro ceedings then closed. HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE NEAR BA T yr.—ATTEMPTED PAR llolft the an opulent ctorardpeosrmateionnooff B ath,that city,aid c one p h ß a s . — o h f M a the d r s . e Cm v i e ea r m a u l lbe d esr o sl ses of arsenic administered to him, with a view to his murder, by his only son, Thomas Fulton, a young man of between 24 and 26 years of age. Mr. Fulton did not reside upon his business premises at Bath, but occupied a country residence called Lambridge. His family consisted of his wife, some daughters, and the son, Mr. Thomas Fulton. The latter was a young man of extravagant and somewhat dissolute habits, but he was indulgently treated by his father and all the family. Little doubt, therefore, is entertained that his object was to destroy his father's life in order to possess himself of the property wherewith to sustain his extravagant habits. For some weeks past, Mr. Fulton, sen., had been attacked at intervals with violent pains, which symptoms came on generally after meals. Medical aid was from time to time procured, and the malady succumbed to the treatment em ployed, but the symptoms, nevertheless, caused great uneasi ness to be felt by all the members of the family. On Sunday, the 19th ult., Mr. Fulton had a very violent attack, which, it is now remembered, came on shortly after his drinking a glass of beer, which was handed to him by his son. Mr. Harris, surgeon, was sent for, and prescribed for the symptoms which he found, and under his treatment the unfortunate gentleman got better, and was sufficiently recovered by the 27th to be able to go into Bath to his place of business. Upon going home again in the evening he felt weak and exhausted, and fanciful as regarded his appetite, and he requested that he might have some fried potatoes and a thin rasher or two of bacon prepared for him. The meat was served up, and Mr. Fulton, after eating a portion of it, complained of tasting in his mouth the same metallic coppery taste which he had ob served on former occasions. This was at first ascribed to fancy, but in a few minutes he was seized with pains as be fore. Mr. Harris was again called in, and his suspicions be coming excited, inquiries were instituted, and it was dis covered that when the fried potatoes were being prepared, Mr. Thomas Fulton entered the kitchen, and under pretence of being anxious to prevent delay, volunteered to cut up some of the potatoes ; that after his father's sickness came on, he took the plate of potatoes which remained into the garden, where he must have contrived to throw them away, as the empty plate was afterwards found on a table in the study, and that he was observed a'so to pour water into the frying Tan, which he placed over the fire to boil, and afterwards emptied the water away. The circumstances increasing the sus picion against him, and leaving little doubt that he had con trived to mix some poisonous substance with the potatoes, a portion of the contents , of the stomach, and subsequently the frying-pan, were sent to Mr. Herapath, the well-known ana lytical chemist, of Bristol, who succeeded in producing arsenic from both. Finding that his diabolical attempt at parricide had been d e t ec t e d , young Fulton fled from his home, and has not since been heard of. A warrant has, however, been issued for his arrest, and a description of his person telegraphed to diifereptthe police-stations, THE New York Herald estimates 16 8,600,000 bushels Of wheat as the total yield of the present season in America, which is 68,000 bushels over that of 1864. A FLOCK or SHEEP, of precisely the same kind as those in the park of Windsor, has just been placed in the upper part of the park of St. Cloud. AT a recent sale of the Marquis of Exeter's stud, Lord Londesborough purchased Stockwell, the winner of the St. Leger, for 3,100 guineas ; at the same sale Nutwith was sold for 1,600 guineas, and Ambrose for 790 guineas. THE thrashing-machines are already merrily at work amongst the new wheat. It may be easily accounted for. A man of money may want straw or a man of straw.may want money, while some, wanting neither one nor the other, may deem it prudent, without exactly anticipating a fall in the market, yet withal to realise at the present tempting prices. TEE Moons AND FORESTS.—The moors continue to yield fair sport. Blackgame have been less plentiful than could have been wished, but several of these fine birds have been struck down during the week. The weather has been in gen eral most propitious. The distinguished party at the Duke of Richmond's shootings on the Blackwater were out during four days. On Wednesday last, the Earl of March and the Earl of Derby, after one, p.m., bagged eighteen and a half brace of grouse, six blackcock, and two plover. The same two noble men bagged, on the following day, twenty-five and a half brace of grouse and three hares. The party on the Carr-bridge moors have had good sport since the season opened. Up to the night of Thursday last, after only nine days' regular shooting., it was found that the party, comprising five guns, had brought down no fewer than 2,077 brace of grouse, besides blackgame, snipes, hares, &c. In a season when grouse have been more than usually scarce, this amount of success is quite extraordi nary, and we suspect is unequatled on any other moor in Scot land this year. From the Ross-shire moors we have very favourable reports. Our correspondent says :—" The weather in this country is still of the most favourable character for grouse shooting. On Tuesday last, N. E. Vaughan, Esq., and party, knocked over five roe-deer. On the following day the same party had thirty-five brace of grouse, two and half of blackgame, besides several hares. On the South Garve moor, during the week, J. Edwards, Esq., killed ninety head of game, comprising grouse, blackgame, hares, rabbits, &c* Mr. Pryor and party still continue to get excellent sport. On the Strathvaugh grounds the party had in one day lately upwards of forty brace. In Strathconnon Forest J. La Touche, Esq., is still bringing down some excellent stags. Among those killed by that gentleman lately are two antlered monsters, whose huge dimensions out strip any we have heard of this season. One of these had fifteen points, and weighed nineteen imperial stone ! The other had thirteen points, and weighed fift een s t one ! Ed ward Clough Tay/or and friends are bagging from twenty-five to fifty brace a day in Glen Orrin and Glendordie."—Banifshire Journal. HUTS FOR THE CRIMEA.—Some of the huts contracted for by Messrs. Lucas, Brothers, Lowestoft, are now in course of shipment for the Crimea, by the bark Barretto Junior, of London. The huts for he so ldi ers, o f w hi c h Messrs. Lucas have provided 53, are designed to accommodate 22 men each, and are 32 feet by 16 feet. The first operation in erecting them will be to lay down cast-iron shoes, of which each hut will require 14. Upon these shoes the sleepers which will re ceive the floor will be placed. The floor of each hut consists of 24 panels, 5 feet 4 inches by 4 feet each ; and the ends of five panels each, with the door in the centre. The gables are two panels in each, with a ventilator to each panel. The sides and ends are bolted together with strong three-quarter inch bolts. The roof is similarly constructed, and is in two thick nesses of three-quarter-inch parallel boarding, the outer being of weather-board, with a layer of felt between. Each roof is provided with two ventilators, and the windows, four in number, are hung upon centres, and will also be available for ventilation. The huts are so light that a man on each side of one of them would be able to move it readily, and they will be easily and rapidly erected, as a side panel will fit any part of the side. The same is also the case with the floor, ends, and roof ; but, to prevent the least confusion or mistake, every panel, &c., is marked with initials referring to the purpose for which it is intended. Messrs. Lucas have also constructed 12 portable huts for hospitals, each of them being designed to accommodate 50 men. They have floors similar to the huts &ready described, but the walls as well as the roofs are in two thicknesses, with felt between, for the purpose of i ncreas i ng the warmth of the i n t er i ors . The walls consist of sills and heads, with post-frames, forming bays and panels. In addi tion to these hospital huts the enterprising contractors have also been engaged upon 30 officers' huts, 72 feet by 20 feet, and designed to accommodate 16 persons each. The arrangements of these huts are of course on a more extensive scale. Each of them contains eight rooms, two transverse passages, with several cross partitions running from end to end. Six com missariat storehouses, each 76 feet by 20 feet, and 12 others, 40 feet by 20 feet, have also been constructed. These huts required 32,000 bolts, and some idea may be formed of the large quantity of material cut up, and the expedition with which the work has proceeded, when it is stated that 53,000 superficial feet of deal have been daily " worked up." Co, ; GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE defalcations of Mr. Thomas Rennie Hutton , official assignee of the Bristol Court of Bankruptcy, will, it is said, amount to between £ll,OOO and £13,000. A LABOURER AT UiLarooL has this year had to pay taxes for keeping a dog, the skin of which has been used to float a buoy for the last two years at the Caithness herring fishing. Ile attributes it entirely to the war ! Toss LATE MR. Horn's splendid mansion in the Rue St. Dominique, on which he is said to have expended, from first to last, no less than six millions of francs, was sold on Wed nesday to Baron Scellieres, for the comparatively trifling sum of 1,392,050f.—Paris Paper. SIR CHARLES NA PIER is publishing piecemeal the letters of Sir James Graham, with chargetPristic disregard of " private" marks, the order in which they are written, or the inconclusiveness of partial extracts. MRS. Melte ANNE AYLESBURY, a member of the Society of Friends, residing at Peckham, poisoned herself with arsenic on Friday, telling her husband, shortly before her death, " that the devil had tempted her to take it." AN inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, and a verdict ascribing his death to natural causes returned. A Mr. Roger O'Connor, a relative, made a charge of ill treatment, for whiclithere did not appear to be the least foundation. THE Rev. Christopher Smyth, one of the curates of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, ham lately ascended to the highest point of Mont Rosa, hitherto deemed inaccessible; and has since succeeded in reaching the summit of the monarch of moun tains, Mont Blanc, by a new route, and without the aid of guides. RAucn has just completed the monument of the late King of Hanover. The dead monarch lies on the sarcopha gus in an Hussar dress, watched by four angels, two praying and two singing. The statue is of a whiter marble than the tomb. The stern, uncompromising features are softened by the appearance of slumber. TnE DUKE op BUCCLEUCII is about to erect a splendid mansion in Whitehall, on the sight of Montague•house. The cost, it is estimated, will be upwards of £lOO,OOO. Mr. Burns, of Edinburgh, architect, has drawn up the plans. A PETITION in bankruptcy was on Saturday opened against Sir George De la Poer Beresford, Bart., under the style of a dealer in mining and other shares, of 17, Fludyer-street, Westminster, at present an inmate of the Queen's Bench. EMIGRATION from the North of Scotland to the Canadas continuo in full force. About 600 people will shortly leave Aberdeen and neighbouring ports. Agricultural labour has advanced in value in consequence Of these thiPningl of the population, ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE: PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. B. Armstrong, to the Perpetual Curacy of Caledon. Rev. C. J. Camidge, M.A., Incumbent of Nether Poppleton, to the Vicarage of Wakefield. Rev. W. Carter, to the Rectory of Slingaby, Yorkshire. Rev. G. F. de Tessier, 8.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, to the Curacy of St. Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford. Rev. C. F. Edge, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to be Chaplain of the British residents at Bahia, in Brazil. Rev. E. Ferrier, to be Government Chaplain at Castletown, in the Isle of Man. Rev. T. Gibbons, 8.A., to the Rectory of St. Peter Tavey, Devonshire. Rev. F. Grosvenor, to the Curacy of St. Michael's, Chester. Rev. F. C. Hamilton, to a Vicar-Choralship in the Cathedral of Limerick. Rev. J. Kitcat, NI.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, to the Perpetual Curacy of Swallowfield, Berkshire (recently separated from Shin field and constituted a separate benefice.) Rev. J. Lancister, A.M., to the Rectory of Kiltennelt, in the diocese of Ferns. Rev. 11. I. Marshall, Afternoon Lecturer at Margaret's Chapel, Bath, to be Morning Preacher of Walcot Parish Church. Rev. W. J. Marshall, 8.A., to the Rectory of Grendon Under- Woods, Bucks. Rev: G. Salt, to the Rectory of St. Bridget's, Chester. Rev. C. Sparkes, late Incumbent of St. Mary's, Prince's-road, Lambeth, to the Curacy of Chipping Barnet, Herts. Rev. W. H. Strong, to the Rectory of Newchurch, Lancashire. Rev. J. Watson, to the Rectory of St. Peter's, Chester. Rev. W. F. W. Watson, M.A., to the Rectory of Ickleford, Herts. Rev. G. W. Winter, M.A., to the Rectory of Litcham, with East Lexha►n annexed, Norfolk (on his own petition). CLERICAL OBITUARY. Aug. 29, at Clifton, the Rev. James Marshall, Incumbent or Christ Church, Clifton, aged 59. Aug. 30, in Portman-square, the Rev. Henry John Bolland, Rector of Siddington, Gloucestershire, aged 49. Sept. 2, at St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, of consumption, in his 30th year, the Rev. John Burrows, M.A., only son of the late Major John Burrows, of Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. John Watson was on Thursday collated to the rectory of St. Peter, in the diocese of Chester, void by resignation of the Rev. Frederick Ford, by the Lord Bishop of Chester, patron in right of his see.—The Rev. George Scott was the same day collated to the rectory of St. Bridget with St. Martin's, in the city of Chester, void by the death of the Rev. W. P. Hutton, by the Lord Bishop of Chester, patron in right of his see.—The Rev. W. H. Strong was, on the same day, instituted to the rectory of Newchurch, in the county of Lancaster, void by cession of the Rev. F. A. Bartlett, upon the presentation of the Rev. J. J. Hornby, Rector oriVinwick, the patron, for this turn only, in right of his rectory.—The Rev. Francis Haden Cope was, on the same day, licensed to the stipendiary curacy of Windermere, in the county of Westmoreland, upon the nomination of the Rev. Sir Richard Fleming, Bart., the rector. SINCE the accession of Dr. Graham to the see of Chester, in the latter part of the year 1848, his lordship has consecrated 59 churches. THE Salisbury Journal gives a full report of the primary charge of the Bishop of Sali s b ury , f rom w hi ch i t appears that his lordship laid much stress on the example set him by his predecessor, in the work he had accomplished. During the 16 years of Bishop Denison's episcopate, out of 556 churches and chapels in the diocese, the number in which two sermons were preached every Sunday had risen from 143 to 426, and in which Holy Communion was administered monthly from 35 to 181. ST. PAUL'S AND ST. BARNABAS.-It was intimated at the sitting of the Consistory Court, on Friday, that judgment in the cases of Westerton and Beale v. Liddell will not be deli vered until November. contemplated, comprising restoration of Carlisle Cathedral is of St. Mary, the the rebuilding of the ancient parish church ' of the nave for cathedral purposes, fitting up of the remains is . It the decoration of the oak as soon as a new church . bui , RESTORATION OF CARLISLE CATHEDRAL.—An extensive . d vof a new organ. The Dean I tracery ofthe great east window,l) substantial repairs of the fabric and Chapter, thinking the of the cathedral estates an excellent oppor out of the finds tunity for making these aera ion , lave made an appeal f the old stained glass in the heartily responded to. NEW CHURCHES FOR MANCHESTER.—Notwithstand!ng to ri e tiin'ehab cleaningitn ts o a f n Carlisle d em a n the neighbourhood, which is the badness of trade, and the severe taxation we are labouring under in consequence of the war, we are glad to perceive that Manchester is now either actually building, or actively engaged fewida7ast the same in canvassing subscriptions for, no less than five churches—. one in Hulme, another in Ancoats, another in Miles Platting, another again at the top of Rochdale-road, adjoining Colly hurst, and lastly one for the population of Cheetwood and Strangeways, to be built in Waterloo -road. The last mentioned, at present, we believe, appertains to the Cathedral, never having been yet been partitioned out to any church, or had any special spiritual supervision, although upwards of a mile in length, and three-quarters of a mile in breadth, and containing a population of between eight and nine thousand. The peculiarity of the Cheetwood Church will, we doubt not, recommend it to the liberality of all classes of churchmen, be they high, low, or broad. The committee (who, from our advertising columns, it will be seen, number nearly 40) however they may differ in other church matters, are all agreed,and are prepared to join hand and heart in building a place of worship, to be entirely free from pew rents, in lieu of which there is to be a competent endowment fund. No one who enters the various places of worship, situated in or ad joining our poorest districts, but must deplore the almost uni versal absence of the masses of the people. The fact that out of 450,000 only 190,000 attend the various places of worship in Manchester and Salford, is a sufficient proof that some thing is lamentably wrong in our present parochial system ; and ask the poor operative why he does not attend to his church or chapel, and the reply often is, either that he has not decent apparel in which to appear, or when he has gone to any place of worship he has been placed behind the door, where it has been impossible to hear, or in consequence of wealthy pewholders, to approach nearer the pulpit. Here, then, at any rate is one great difficulty removed ; here, surely, irrespective of many other commendatory considerations, is a step in the right direction ; and one or two facts which have come to oar knowledge convince us that though contributions may 11 9: now pour in so quickly as they at other times would,. which attempt will ultimately be crowned with success, One f l e v i lA u a we cannot forbear mentioning is, that a working large family to provide for, wrote a note a of the secretaries, sympathising with th u e est ng aagenfocthoeoatne.. wood, and offering his donation of £5 ! I time permission to have a card on sve v ral persons from various tions from his acquaintances. c e i a ti ng the idea of an entirely parts of Lancashire, highly al) pl ineir subscriptions. For our free church, have also sent in unceasing, and perse • ' from the active, persevering own part, judging hict r i e( to colle ct wants subscrip_good object, we doubt not • for this great and its canvassing and successful accomplishment, and sin comparatively speedy , • h it God speed .—Manchester Courier. cerely "Vs efforts of one or two who are now most actively engag e d m