The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

May 13, 1845. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ,oral anti probinrial griDs. The Lo ds have agreed to the Wallasey Improvement with amendment. „ At Chester, on Monday, a boy, from Liverpool, was dr owned in the river Dee, by going to the causeway with boat, when the current was strong after the rains. • The workmen at the principal glass-bottle manufactory, at W arrington, who are extremely well paid, have turned out for an advance of wages. On Thursday, a butcher in Byrom-street, named Rim be. Ver wasa fined £5, for a cowardly assauit on Mrs. J ones , wof Mr. Jones. draper, Old Haymarket. kiThe brickmakers of Birkenhead have struck for wages, l l,the joiners of the same lace have given notice of a l 'a 4 o unless their wages are r p aised from 21s. to 265. 4 new R oman C at h o li c c h ape l , d escr ib e d i n the Popish ; a l p ers as a very sp l en did b u ildi ng, was opened on Tees maY, at Blackrock, near St. Helens. tJtcrhE.—On Monday night a female, named Jones, : ai ding in Brooke-street, committed suicide by hanging erself from the bed-post. b,Clo Tue s d ay , D av id R eece, a pauper i n the Liverpool olichouse, was committed to gaol for twenty-one days rot refusing to work. _ CA UTION TO JuvesuhEs.---On Tuesday, David Voss s aB fined 2 s . an d costs, for play i ng at pitch and toss in nelor-street, on Sunday. Two othe r b o y s were a l so t! ')s. each for throwing stones in Lime-street. ihIintiCENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—LittIe was done at monthly meeting on Tuesday, in consequence of the : ab sence of the Law-Clerk. A letter was read from Mr. otansfield resigning his place as a member of the board. tha t will b e seen b y an a d vert i sement in another column 'ar Mrs. Hamilton, the professor of phrenology, is for a 'non time practising in this town. She is about to deliver a lecture, which, no doubt, will be numerously attended. ~,Lord Francis Egerton has been appointed Provincial :of Tand Master of the Freemasons, in the eastern division Lancashire, and Stephen Blair, Esq., late boroughreeve ur Bolton, his deputy. A mongst the calls to the Bar, on the 2nd instant, we onotice the name of our townsman, Mr. John Dunning n Fletcher, M.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, eldest ' ll ll of John Fletcher, Esq., of St. Michael's Mount, ear Liverpool. p ark -stre e t W e b s t er , th e owner o f some h ouses i n Hi g h Lark:street, as fined, on Tuesday, £5 and costs, for an " Ya sion of the B u ildi ng A c t. Th e offence consisted in #l , lll olg down a w a ll a f ter it h a d passe d th e i nspect i on o f 4•41 e surveyors. CIO Thur s d ay , a b oy, a b out f ourteen years of age, na med William W a ll s , w h o h a d b een twe l ve times brought ', h P. once comm i tte d , an d e l even t i mes discharged, was ` u rothitted for three months' imprisonment for stealing some copper nails from a vessel. The Committee for Parks in Manchester, have pur chased fo r a pu bli c par k , t h e E ndham-hall estate (which ' a djoins the Harpurhey Cemetery, on the Middleton road, Alad how in the occapation of Mr. Jonathan Andrew,) in cluding the hall, conservatory, and outbuildings, and about thirty acres of land, for £7,250. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY.—At the half 'early meeting of this com p an y, a hi g hl y sat i s f actory re !rot from the board of directors was adopted. The report ated that several new vessels, on improved principles, fere in course of construction, and concluded by recom- It coding the usual dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per ;seizes The p r i soners J ones an d Bibb y, convicted at the last of conspiracy to defraud the revenue, were toed by the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday last, e former to twelve months' and the latter to six r'l?nths imprisonment in Lancaster Castle, for which aice of confinement they left London on Tuesday even- The usual monthly meeting of the council was held on Wednesday. The Finance Committee detailed eight reasons why they had opposed that part of the Birkenhead Dock Com pany's Bill which sought for compulsory powers to ob tain reversionary interest in the land on the other side of the water. They expressed their regret that the commit tee of the House of Commons should have decided that the reversionary interest must be granted, and the cor poration would now be obliged to part with their land either by agreement, or arbitration, or the verdict of a jury. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and the appointment of Mr. Richard Hough ton as collector in the treasurer's office, at a salary of £l5O per annum, in the place of Mr. Joshua Smith, re signed ; the grant of a small additional slip of land to the Northern Ilospital, and the grant of the reversion of the site for a Presbyterian chapel at the corner of Bedford street and Canning.street. Mr. PARKER expressed his surprise at the cool manner in which Mr. Lawrence allowed the works on the other side of the water to be passed over. If there was any thing that was disgraceful it was the proceeding of the council on the other side of the water. The finger of scorn was being pointed all over the country at the Liver pool Corporation, for they had sold their birthright, and now the reversion was taken out of their hands. He ob jected to the expenditure of the money of the burgesses to carry on the late opposition in parliament. He thought the conduct of the Finance Committee very reprehensible; and it was the cry out of doors, not only by the burgesses but the country at large, that that committee had almost betrayed the public interests by sacrificing the property on the other side. Mr. H. HORNTBY called on Mr. Parker to be a little more explicit and to state to what he objected. Mr. PARKER said he objected to the whole proceeding —first, to the sale of the land, and secondly, to the late opposition in parliament. Sir T. BRANCKER thought it a great pity that the Fi nance Committee had not the benefit of Mr. Parker's talents and learning, for then they might come to differ ent conclusions from those at which they were in the ha bit of arriving. Mr. HORNBY thought Mr. Parker must have forgotten all the transactions of last year, when every attempt was made, but unsuccessfully, to prevent the construction of works at Birkenhead, which might interfere with the na vigation of the river. The council never objected to the commissioners of Birkenhead improving their property, but they objected to what they considered an invasion of the rights of the corporation—the taking of the freehold by compulsory powers ; and they objected on this ground, that upwards of £12,000,000 of money were invested in warehouse property in Liverpool, on the same terms as the property was originally taken by the Birkenhead tenants. He regretted that the late opposition of the council had been unsuccessful, but they had used their utmost exertions to forward the interests of the corpora tion ; and if Mr. Parker disapproved of their conduct he ought to have brought forward a distinct motion of want of confidence in the Finance Committee. Mr. BIRKETT expressed a hope that there was not ano ther member of the council who would give utterance to the same opinion as Mr. Parker had—namely, that it was the duty of the council to let their birthright go without making any attempt to retain it. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE defended the conduct of the Finance Committee, and said the recent Act of Parlia ment which granted the reversion, was one rather of spoliation than of justice. He thought the legislature had done wrong in wresting the property out of the hands of the corporation. But he was not afraid of the rivalry on the other side. He offered the Birkenhead gentlemen a friendly defiance. He was sure the authorities of Liver pool would do their duty and show as fine docks as could be shown on the other side. A MEMBER.—And cheaper too ? Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Yes, and cheaper too. The proceedings were confirmed. The TOWN-CLERK read the alterations which had been made in the Dock Bill by the House of Commons. The bill, as amended, was approved of; and the Mayor was authorised to affix the common seal thereto, with a view to the presentation of the bill to the House of Lords by the dock solicitor. The proceedings of the Education Committee comprised the appointment of Mr. Harris, as first master of the Evening Schools, at a salary of £25 per annum, the con sideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council, pursuant to the standing orders, the appointment of T. A. Pinckney, as assistant teacher at the Evening School, at the salary of £lO per annum, the appointment of Sarah Padley as assistant mistress in the South Girls' School, at the salary of £3O per annum, and the appoint ment of Mary Wells as assistant mistress of the South Infant School, at the salary of £3O per annum. The average attendance at the schools during the past month had been as follows : 4 TTEMPTED MURDEB.—About half-past eleven o'clock li tt Saturday night, a quarrel took lace in a beer-house, r N n ewton-in-tbe-Willows, in the coorse of which a pat te ...maker in a foundery there struck another man with itti Pitchfork in the head, then effected his escape, and has v °t since been apprehended. The wounded man lies in a 4 7 dangerous state. ,LbEATB BY S CALDING .—A n i nques t was h e ld , yester- Vs, bef ore M r. C urry, on v i ew of the body of Georgiana kr i a,oek, a child fourteen months old. On Thursday r :ex last, a female was taking a coffeeot across the tPM from the fire, when the handle cam -p e out, and the e ee ased was much scalded by the co n t en t s . Sh e was I.ati to the hospital and d resse d, b u t di e d on S atur d ay fol the injuries. Verdict, " Accidental Death." 0 4 man named Patrick Farrell, living in Adlington- Z e et, was ordered to find bail, on Thursday. himself in 0 , and two securities of £lO each, to answer, if called ;s t P° flt a charge of stabbing a countryman of his owe, 'coed Flaherty. Farrell had made himself unpopular i ron his neighbours who assailed him with stones I:ttal laud, and in the heat of passion, he drew a knife • ir . t a his pocket, and stabbed two of th e r i ng l ea d ers . th is urrisri GUANO.—The Hampshire Chronicle states at guano is being manufactured in immense quantities in • --- 611 473 The numb7 4 rs 2 on the books were—north, bt 769 ; 614. Liverpool, from sand, tanners' waste, sulphate of am- , e ba o s o b k e s en o f 94 h . e evening school, Z. c 2ja, and a brown substance, This rubbish, costing a 'Thereh the re average pllp attendance °n t c i re trifle, is sold to careless country people at £4 to £5 andt The proceedings were confirmed, so also were the pro ,4tosn, while the genuine guano is worth between £7 and ceedings of the Watch, Improvement, Courts of Law, t 4 l, If this he true, the dealers in genuine guano should Markets. Church Expenditure, Town-hall Establishment, 17 expose the imposition. ICH u Health of the Town, and Fire Committees. kr nen EXTENSION AT BIRKENHEAD.—T WO bills I The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction W a in progressing through Parliament—one , to enable Committee comprised a report on increased salaries to b. T r act' Potter, Esq., to erect a Ch . urch at Claughtan, to certain of the turnkeys and officers of the prison, in ac en-a4,‘dicated to St. John the Baptist, and the other to cordance with the scheme of progressive increase approved ts w Jackson, Esq., to erect a Church in the same by the council on the ith February, 1844, and the ap es n ahltr, to be dedicated to St. Andrew. Another pointment of a schnolnmster for the prison, in the room b,_ 4 ureh is in progress near Wallasey Pool. to be erected of Mr. Miles, dismissed. Y Messrs. ?otter and Jackson, and the Messrs. Lairds. Mr. ' PARKER - hoped the proposed increased salaries s T he following noblemen and gentlemen have been were according to the scheme, for some of them seemed sale b . B tB of Sir William Stanley, at Hooton, during the to take very wide jumps? e'g a t Week :—Lord Chesterfield, Lord Eglinton, Lord The MAYOR replied that they were, and that there a dbrooke, Marquis of Normanhy, Lord Macdonald, was a decreased expenditure at the gaol of nearly 13„ ° i te George Bentinck, Lord Duncannon, Sir Richard £2OO a-year. 1r k ",.. 14 e,1eY, Hon. G. Foley, lion. Colonel Anson, Hon. G. The proceedings were confirmed, and the committee q . - „guati, Hon. G. Greville, Hon. Mr. Cod rington, Hon. were authorised to recommend a schoolmaster for appoint "7llg. Hon. Mr. Villiers, George Payne, Esq., John ment. a n n leY, Esq. The Coroner's account, amounting to £95, was re- Vh , " I RKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—On Thursday, a young ferred to the Finance Committee for consideration and o named James Brown, was fined 10s. for an assault payment. q a ' il d t he police-officer on board the Woodside boat, who The sub-committee appointed on the 2d ult. on the 41 r equested the defendant to cease from smoking. A subject of the supply of gas for the borough, submitted 41 . 11 ,named Dodd, was charged by Inspector Hall with a report relative to the amalgamation of the two ex '4"Blog him whilst taking a prisoner to bridewell, on isting gas companies, and the reduction of the price of l i -ea uay last. The defendant said that the officer was gas to 4s 6d per 1,000 feet from and after the Ist of Janu kpiefully illtreating a prisoner, jumping on his body, ary next. t o m , almost choking him ;he (defendant) came up, and The MAYOR read letters from Mr. Richard Earle, 4,7 the officer that he was a damned scoundrel, &c. chairman of the Liverpool Gas Light Company, arid from W e ral persons corroborated the defendant's statement. Mr. Wm. Fosberry, chairman of the Liverpool New Gas wojiarden said, that as th- summons was not properly and Coke Company, promising, in the name of their res titip,‘"„d, the charge against Mr. Dodd, could not be main- pective companies, to make the reduction from and after li k " e o; and as to the charge against Mr. Hall, it would the time mentioned. th e ref erred to the Watch Committee. It wa s th e d u ty o f M r. H ODGSON moved that the report be approved of eh„ Public to assist the police, and if any body had a and entered on the minutes of the council. e t c t ge against an officer, he should come to him, and he Mr. J. BRANCKER said the town was indebted to the I t tld report it to the proper authorities. Guardian Gas Company for the reduction which had al fer.llquEsTs.—On Tuesday, five inquests were held be- ready taken place, and which, he hoped, was but the fore- Lathe Borough Coroner. The first was on view of runner to a still greater reduction. ry Norris, an old woman who resided in Bankfield- Mr. HODGSON expressed a hope that the two companies eroeseent, and who had been suffering for some time past would not permit any trifling circumstances to stand in 44 1 asthma. On Sunday night she w en t t o lied in tole- the w a y of a s p ee d y ama lgamation. t or 7 good healtb, and the next morning was f oun d a Th e report was approved of and ordered to be entered ttialtsSe. pram a pot mortem examination it a pp eare d on t h e m i nutes. h eti the immedi a t e cause o f h er d ea th was di sease o f t h e Th e T OWN-CLERK read a memorial from the House old". The second was on Mary Hilliard, a child 2i years owners Guardian Society, relative to the . inadequate sup pkr,who r es id e d w i t h h er parents i n B e ll -street, T oxteth- ply of water for the borough, and urging upon the coun- Tu.% She was seized with a difficulty of breathing on cil to adopt measures to meet the urgency of the case. the Y, which continued up to Sunday morning when The Nlavon. read a similar memorial from the Liver foil 'tied. Th e thi r d was on William Bimpson. a child pool Guardian Society, signed by 5,300 inhabitants. The tl .l l ' Months old, who died suddenly in Lewis's-court, memorialists were of opinion that the supply of cheap D ee el in a convulsive fit. The fourth was on water should be in the hands of a public body, having no b0: 1 ,,e 1 Kelly, an elderly man, who, while working on interest but that of its constituents at heart ; and they de e lu a brig at the Prince's Dock, accidently fell on the prayed the council to take the subject into their own di es and was so s er i ous ly i n j ure d i n th e l e ft s id e t h at h e hands. "in the Northern Hospital shortly after. The fifth Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the parties might be as as e 'cholas Cullen, a sailor, who fell into the hold of sured that their memorials would not escape attention, ''ael called the Resolution, lying in the Brunswick but that the council could not be expected to pledge it ek dtt y and died in the Southern Hospital. —On Wednes- self to the truth of all the statements contained in the old: on the body of Mary M 'Farlane, a child nine months memorials, relative to exorbitant charges and oppressive trb n w l, l 3 s o died of suffo ca ti on i n b e d, an d on R o b er t I rv i ng , modes of collection. He moved that the memorials be t, killed by being run over by a cart. referred to Messrs. Hodgson, Nicol, and Kaye, three Ni el " COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr. Aikin gave members of the council who were members also of the tie: i e that he should next week propose that £lOO addi- Highway Board, for consideration, and, if necessary, fltal should be given to the Southern and Toxteth Hos- for report. ge es : r. Henderson argued f o r s om e ti me on th e ne - M r. BOOKER defended the Harrington Company, and k „ er -oi addition a l cen t ra l grav i ng d oc k s , an d a l ong con . said hat he had tenants in Parr-street who o n ly p a id 1 5 g 7"0n ensued. It ended in the a d o pti on o f th e f o ll ow - three-halfpence a-week for water, and that the water in tte k '. e solutio n :—" That the subject of additional central 1 Liverpool was much cheaper than in many large towns in tait t . i ng dock a ccommo d a tio n b e re f erre d t o t h e sub-com- England. Ilis e " of works for a further report." Permission was Mr. Lawrence's motion was u nan i mous ly carr i e d ; an d , h. of d i to the su rve y or t o s t o p th e p assage a t th e nort h en d the council rose, having disposed of all the business. N Leto the Dock, whilst a two-way bridge is laid down. ey r FaYment of the reward to the crew of the Point of f e - boat for services rendered in saving the crew and he4agers of the Mermaid steamer, it was reported, had t ffe st l n ,Perseded, in consequence of statements to the Fel s ,Loat eiht guns had been fired from the steaer, le.,?tne lights thrown up, from eight o'clock in the evmen in the mo r n i ng , befoe the life-boat put off, Ilie r .hen not till the vessel ads ent their own boat on et ri ,`•. The subject was again referred to the marine sub tsiit'atitittee.--The chairman read a letter from Mr. Nicol, AIDog his situation on the board of works, assigning as Pliel"' n (41 that ab sence from town would prevent him from Aor t g that a tt en ti on t o th e b us i ness w hi c h their itn- Iseeptce demanded. The vacancy will be filled up next P Av - AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.-- On eti l t `TY . : a memorial, signed by 5000_ persons, similar in srote .rust read i n th e C ounci l on Wednesday, was read, e t ns r a ln Liverpool Guardi an S oc i e ty, p ra yi ng th at t h e ttlietn't w ould apply to P a rli amen t f or p owers t o ena bl e p t he give a cheaper and more abundant supply of water 4te,,,P00r. During the conversation which ensued, the 1, 41 1: 3 1) 41 1k, ,e ek stated, that, although the commissioners, on the Council, had power to give wa t er f or tthe 'u roir ris dnitn by n the public streets, y e t they h a d no p ower t o g i ve , e stic purposes.— Mr. Leyland thought the sooner Z tattled tho se powers t h e b e t ter. M r. G . G . H orn b y tatter ter w e go to Parliament and amend the act the .. 1 4 1 do t r.Tinne hoped the public would not forget that . 1 %4_ °f supplying water was originally thrown on the Verl t „ ra e of private individuals.—Mr. Procter would be ac t t the water companies have compensation for n e 'as, but let the poor have a cheaper and better sup -414, r.wltater.—Or, the motion of Mr. Procter, seconded 4 a aPeYland, a sub-committee, consisting of the hair '.essrs• ce'Nnt e d , •Bold, Brancker, Cooper, and Procter, was livhfer ‘ 0 take the memorial into consideration, and to ede t ," sd l th the gentlemen appointed by the Council on 1. 44 4 7. A memorial from the Housenwners' Guar- Presented some time ago, was referred tn the diPeetingitnittee.—The board sat upwards of ten minutes n ot g arliye the de m eeting from the Select Vestry, but as they was adjourned. Boys.. Girls .. Infants NORTH ... 277 ...174 ...160 SOUTH - 181 .. 112 .. 180 THE ROYAL AIE!tSEY YACHT CLUB The club-room and offices of this association have un dergone a thorough refitting and decoration; and at the monthly meeting on Tuesday evening last, upwards of 70 of the members assembled, and were much gratified by the tasteful manner in which the whole had been beauti fied. The large dome in the centre of the club-room is elegantly painted, together with the empanelled compart ments under it, in delicate tints of ultra-marine, crimson, &c., blending into an effective and harmonious whole. The walls are entirely papered, and finished in imitation of Sienna marble, of a variegated hue, laid in large blocks, defined by white streaks representing the jointing, and so varnished as to resemble the polished real material itself. The columns and pillars in projection at the head of the room, together with the decorative cornice that surmounts them, are finished in marble, of a lighter ground, with gilded capitals, giving a pleasing relief ; and it is contem plated that over the centre the arms of England shall be fixed—emblematic of the royal patronage conferred upon the club. The apartment, indeed, which is one of the finest and largest in the town, and cheerfully lighted by the dome and three large windows facing to Duke-street, may be said to be a spacious and elegant marble hall. Several fine oil paintings (marine subjects) and a number of models of vessels already adorn this apartment. The proceedings of the last meeting having been read, twenty-one gentlemen were duly elected. The Commo dore read a list of fifty more to be ballotted for at the next monthly meeting—the largest number yet proposed at any one meeting. In this list were the names of Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., of the Hazels, and Meyrick Banks, Esry , of Winstanley Hall, both in this county. The opening cruise of the present season was fixed for Saturday next, the 17th instant, in place of the day previously contemplated (the 26th), the tides on the latter day not being so favour able. The yachts are to assemble at New Brighton at ten, a.m. Several yachts were immediately entered for competition on the first club matches—the entries to re main open until the June monthly meeting, when the whole number will be declared. Stewards for the sailing THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. matches were also appointed, and it was agreed that a soiree should occasionally be held at the rooms for the discussion of nautical subjects, the exhibition of models, &c. The number of members is now 365, and of yachts about 30. After the conclusion of the business, Mr. George Holden presided at the piano -forte, and several talented glee singers gratified the company with a variety of ap propriate pieces. FIRST SOIREE The first soiree of the club took place on Friday even ing, and though comparatively but an embryo of what may be hereafter anticipated, afforded several hours of agreeable intercourse. - After partaking of sundry cups of that beverage which " cheers but not inebriates," Mr J. Scott Walker intro duced Mr. James M‘Donald, an intelligent operative shipwright and boat-builder, together with a model of a yacht by the latter, most minutely and beautifully built in mahogany and brass work, and illustrative of the com bined strength and lightness that may be attained in yacht-building by the judicious application of diagonal planking. The model having been inspected, and much admired, Mr. Walker proceeded to deliver a short lecture explana tory of its peculiar construction and adoptions. It was built on a scale of half an inch to the foot, and represented a yacht of 31 41-94ths tons. In the yacht itself the planks were proposed to be of an inch thick each, and not exceed six inches wide, which it was thought would be found to be equal in strength to 31 inches of the usual horizontal planking. The number of separate planks in the model was in all 141 ; and the total number of pieces of wood employed, including dock frame, is about 300— all put together, and kneed and fastened so as to ensure the greatest possible strength of the material to resist strains in any direction. The planks diagonally placed and well jointed, are thickly clenched together, and tarred felt being put between, the whole becomes perfectly tight. In small vessels, as for instance paddle box life-boats on Capt. Smith's plan, timbers are not required ; but in a yacht of 30 tons it is considered well for additional strength to turn timbers in. four feet apart, after the planking is secured. The diagonal principle of plank ing was not new in boats, but this specimen exhibited an improved mode of adapting it to vessels of any size, and the complete and extremely neat manner in which it is put together is highly creditable to the workman, es pecially as it was done during leisure hours, and over a period of some months, when he was labouring under an affection of the nerves. The stern, semicircular below, with a square counter above, was also admirably managed. To questions put by various members, in the course of a short discussion that ensued, the constructor offered most satisfactory explanations, and Mr. Walker (at his previ ous request) stated that if any gentleman of the club con. templated building such a yacht, M'Donald would wil- lingly give the builder (to whom the principle might he new) any information in details, to facilitate the work; and economise the expense. M'Donald afterwards showed a superior set of elyptics, made of mahogany and rosewood, which combined double the number of curves in each piece for ship-draughting that can be attained on the cora mon elyptics. They were considered exceedingly neat and portable, as well as combining great economy in wood, as one piece is formed out of the perforation of another from the largest to the smallest. A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer and the maker of the model, and the remainder of the evening was devoted to social enjoyment—enlivened by nautical songs and sentiments. We perceive that the various yacht clubs through the country are in motion preparatory to the season. On Friday the annual meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron of England Club was held at the Thatched-horse Tavern, St. James's-street. The Earl of Yarborough presided. and was supported by upwards of 43 noblemen and gentlemen. It was announced that the opening prizes would consist of two cups, value £5O each, and her Majesty's Cup.—The fleet of the Royal Cork Yacht Club for the ensuing season musters thirty nine vessels, including the Thetis, 43 tons, and the Car oline, 49. A regatta is determined on. The list of the Royal Western Yacht Club gives, as belonging to the club, the names of fifty-seven, fifteen of which are above 50 tons measurement, and several above 100 tons. CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLIC BATHS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR :—Allow me through the medium of your influential journal to throw out a few hints to the public on the im portance and necessity of establishing public baths in Li verpool. With the exception of those on the George's pier, there are no salt water baths in the town, and this is much to be regretted. My object on the present occasion is to call attention to the subject, in the hope that some scheme may be concocted for the accomplishing the de sired end. What if the Town Council were to cause baths to be moored in some convenient spot in the river, and thus afford an opportunity to the middling class in the community of availing theolifelves of this healthful pas time. Ido hope, Sir, that something will shortly be done ; the baths on the George's pier are not only small, but the price of admittance is such as to exclude many who would, if the price were reduced, avail themselves of them. Liver pool is now pointed at as the " city of diseases," and I think it is high time that large and commodious baths should be constructed as an indispensible requisite to health. Here is a subject worthy of the Health of Towns Committees consideration. A CONSTANT READER Inerpool , Oa May, 1845. IMPARTIALITY OF THE LIVERPOOL TIMES, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sen. :—I noticed in your cotemporary's paper of Tues day last, some (what he no doubt deemed) severe remarks upon the deputation sent to London, consisting of Messrs. M'Neile, Horsfall and Hodgson. Of course all sorts of epithets in the shape of bigotry, narrow-mindedness, &c. were not forgotten. It so happens that the editor's own highly respected minister, Dr. Raffles, went to London also, and spoke at the meeting of deputies. Now I should like to know why the Doctor did not share the scurrility he was pleased to pour on the other gentlemen. Was be riot equally culpable, or did his comprehensive mind o'er leap the insignificant Doctor to fasten on the more gigantic proportions of Messrs. M'Neile and Co. No, no, Mr. Times,—that is indeed times-serving, and is unworthy of one who ought to be Independent and consistent both in saying and doing. Oblige me by inserting this, and though a Radical in politics, believe me, strange as it may seem to you, __ A LOVER OF FAIR'PLAY Everlon, 10th May, 1845. s - RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS IN THE MERSEY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR :7-Captain Evans having stated that we do not pos sess the means to raise vessels that are Funk in the river Mersey, I say that is not correct, and I call on him to prJve where vessels of the same magnitude have been raised, in any part of the world, as those which have been raised in the Mersey within the last twelve or fourteen years. I will give him the strength of the tide in. I further state that one cause why objections are made to raise vessels here, is, that the moment the property is saved, people who are totally ignorant of what has been done, are consulted, and every obstacle thrown in the way of a settlement; and by that interference the party reco vering the property is fleeced out of his claims. Where the Corporation has been the party to employ, there has not been one word of complaint. JOHN ASKEW, Water Bailiff. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—In the course of the debate on this question, on the 2nd instant, the prime minister of the English nominal Protestant Government expressed his determination to persevere with the bill, and said that the Protestants of Ireland are in favour of the bill. When he made this statement he took a false claw of the Protestants of Ire land, through the partial telescope which has been fur nished him for the purpose of looking into the Maynooth library. Sir Robert Peel is well aware that the Protes tants of Ireland are few and scattered, and, looking at the animosity which is ever exhibited towards them (as being Protestants) by their Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen, and the dangerous position in which they are placed by the Government of this country, it would neither be safe nor prudent for them openly to express their feelings against any endowment of Pot ery. They cannot now look for protection to this nominal Protestant Govern ment; this Government which professes itself married to Jesus Christ, as the great Head of the Christian Church, notwithstanding this :pretended marripge, is forming a connexion with Anti-Christian Rome. The Protestants of Ireland know by experience, and have proved by the mirror of revealed truth, the Anti-Christianism of Popery, and the fallacy of priestcraft. They know the strength of the allegiance of the worshippers of the Pope to a Pro testant Government, and that the Protestantism of Ire land is the only HOE which binds both countries, which, if broken, there is no more a union. The Protestants of Ireland are rejoiced to see that the people of England are not looking at Popery in the inverted mirror which the Government is holding before them, and they rely upon this Protestant spirit for support. In the hope that the Bible, whose author is Jesus, will be established in their unhappy country, and not the Bible of the Pope. AN IRISH PROTESTANT. George's-road; West Derby, 12th May, 1845. MUSIC ON THE FERRY BOATS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—I wag sorry to observe, on Sunday, a Band of Music on board the Eas!ham Ferry-boat, playing a variety of waltzes, dances, &c. Surely, that cannot be sanctioned by the authorities, which I consider a desecration of the Sabbath and demoralizing to the rising generation. There are times and seasons for all things ; but, the practice of playing profane music on the ferry-boats on the Sabbath day is sinful. Trusting this may meet the eyes of the au thorities, and that the practice may be discontinued on the Sabbath, is the sincere wish of your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO PROPRIETY. SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES These races commenced on Tuesday last, but owing to the coldness of the day, and the sport not being of the best, the attendance was rather thin. The Stewards were the Duke of Richmond. Sir R. Pigot, and R. M. Jacques, Esq. We subjoin an account of the running. The GROSVENOR STAKES of 15 sot's. each, 10 ft, with 30 added. Mr Mostyn's b c A-la-mode, 4 yr 5 .... ...... Mr Collett's Coranna, 6 yrs Mr Sherratt ns b f Miss Holbrook, 3 yrs . 0 This was a capital race. Miss Holbrook, however, fell near the winning-post, and the jockey had his collar-bone broken. A MATCH for £lOO, h ft, Bst each. One mile. Mr Fowler's br f The Witch, by Heron, 3 yrs ...... 1 Mr Halford's ch f Outcast, by Elis, 3 yrs. .. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES Of 50 sous. each, 11 ft Sir R W Bulk(-ley's bl f Queen Pomare 1 Lord Miltown's bl f by Birdcatcher or Fusileer Mr F R Price's cb f Lena, by Glaucjs, 3 Yrs TIER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Guineas. Mr Salvin's b m Alice Hawthorn, aged . Lord G Bentinck's b g Naworth, aged ........ 2 A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya each, with 50 added by the Proprietors of the Grand Stand, for horses that never won before. Mr Meiklam's Freeman, 3 yrs . Lord Stanley's b c Psalmsinger, 3 yrs .. WEDNESDAY, A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sous each. Lord G Bentinck's br f Princess Alice, by Bay" Middle- ton - 1 Mr J O'Brien's b c The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney. 2 Lord Chesterfield's b f Obscurity, by Hetman Platoff— M Harewood The TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 200 sot's in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft Mr Skerratt's br c Intrepid, (h b) 4 years 1 Mr Gully's br h St. Lawrence, aged . Mr Mostyn's b c Milton, 4 yrs. SIXTY GUINEAS, (clear,) the Gift of the Members for the City. Capt Boyd's ch c The Dog Billy, 3 yrs ..... Lord Stanley's ch f Ambition, 4 yrs ... _ _ THURSDAY The DEE STAND CUP, in Specie, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 50 soya added. Once round and a dis tance. (13 subs.) Mr Collett's b h Coranna, 6 yrs . Mr Osbaldeston's b f Sorella, 4 yrs. The MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 soya., in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. h It. (30 subs) Mr Mostyn's b c Milton, 4 yrs Mr Salvin's Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs The CHESTER ST. LEGER of 25 SOTS each, with 200 SOTS added by the Proprietors of the Grand Stand. Second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. (35 subs.) Mr A W Hill's br c The Libel, by Pantaloon Mr R Bennett's ch f Hope, by Gladiator ........ The CHESHIRE WELTER CUP, value 'CO sovs, the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 sovs each, h ft. Twice round and a distance. (19 subs.) Lord G Bentinck's b g Naworth, aged Mr G Salvin's Porto Bello, 5 yrs 2 The SELLING STAKES Of 5 sovs each, with 20 sovs added. Heats, the Grosvenor Course. Three-year olds Bst, four 9st 21b, five 9st 91b, six and aged 9st 131 b. Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs £30.... Mr. Dawson's Teresa, 4 yrs £5O. . . FRIDAY A FREE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 sous added Mr. Trwin's Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, sst 41b.. Mr. R. M. Jacques's Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst 21b...... 2 Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary, 3 yrs, sst 3 MATCH, 200 sovs each, h ft. Cup Course. Capt. Peyton's Extempore, 5 yrs, 9st.. (Templeman) 1 Mr. Langshavv's British Tar, 4 yrs, 85t.... (Marlow) 2 The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 50 sovs added. Rather more than a mile and a-half. (Thirty-two subs.) Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid (h b,) 4 yrs, 6st 91b.. (Arthur) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst Blb .... Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen, 3 yrs, 4st 12Ib 3 Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 3 yrs, 4st 71b .. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 30 soya added. Two-year-olds 6st 121 b, three 9st. Two-year old Course. Mr. Bennett's Hope, 3 yrs . . Mr. E. J. Irwin's The Hermit, 3 yrs Mr. W. Scott's Malt, 2 yrs (Butler) 1 2 MATCH, 200 sous each, p.p. Cup Course. Mr. Ira - in's Morpeth, aged, Bst Mr. Hawkin's Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs Bst 2 The LADIES' PURSE, value £5O, to be run for by horses beaten during the week. Heats, once round and a dis tance. Mr. Clitchley's Cccur de Lion, 3 yrs Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 3 yrs, TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. Not five persons present.—Nothing done LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER FRIDAY EVENING—The die is cast ! The prophets are out of it—barring the ghost of Agrippa in the Chester Cup chart—and his prediction was a " clipper." Intre pid first, and St. Lawrence second. Start not, worthy reader, when we say that we have never, in full four month's daily speculation, seen occasion to add to our weekly price current (even by accident) this " half-bred" —this much overlooked son of Accident. The Corinthian and the humble speculators being stilt to tho 'racing on the banks of the Dee, we have not a figure to offer. In the ring, after the St. Leger, yesterday, The Libel was backed (previously laid against for the double event at 3,000 to 20) at 1,000 to 50, 1,300 to 100, 1.400 to 100 twice, the taker willing to " go on." 1,000 to 25 agst Clear-the-way ; 18 to 1 was wanted on Pantasa; 10 to 1 offered agst Weatherbit ; 20 to 1 agst Old England. Previous to this race 2 to 1 was taken on Idas ; 12 to 1 on Forth's lot; 25 to 1 on Old England ; 5 to 1 was taken on Day's lot ; 15 to 1 on Pam : 33 to 1 on Ironmaster. Doleful, Young Eclipse, and the Laird-o'-Cockpen, all stood at 40 to 1 ; Kedger at 50 to 1. 3 to 1 agst Kent's lot ALICE HAWTHORN AND BEESWING•—AIice has run 61 races and won 481, amounting to £7,-176 ; Beeswing ran 63 races, of which she won 50, value, exclusive of the waggon, £6 ,891. EXTRAORDINARYRUNNING MATCH AGAINST TIME. Some time since an officer in the Guards laid the odds of £2OO to £lOO with Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North Star Inn, at Slough, that he could not produce a man on Friday, the 16th of May, who would run twenty miles within two hours. Mr. Bragg has had four or five cele brated pedestrians in training ever since the bet was made, he not being compelled, according to the articles of the match, to name the man until he is brought to the post to start. The celebrated runner known as the North Star will, it is expected, be the party selected to attempt the feat, which, if accomplished, will be one of the most extraordinary undertakings ever attempted. The match will come off in the immediate neighbourhood of Slough. Betting, at present, is 5 to 3, aild 2 to 1, on time. EXCITING YACHT RACE.—A very interesting match took place, on Saturday, on the Thames, for the Belvidere cup, value 120 guineas. The distance was about sixty miles. The names of the contending boats were the Bel videre, (which belongs to the Mersey Yacht Club,) Lord A. Paget ; Antagonist, H. Gunston, Esq.; Prima Donna, C. R. Tatham, Esq. ; Champion, T. P. Wickham, Esq ; Ino, T. Meeson, Esq. ; Blue Belle, T. Dodges, Esq.; Mvstery, Viscount Seaham ; Widgeon, T. E. Snook, Esq. ; and Cygnet, B. N. Williams, Esq. The boats bad to sail from Erith off South end back to Greenwich. The fleet went off in gallant style, with the wind right aft. The Belvidere first rounded the point at eleven minutes past two • The Mystery followed immedi a t e ly a ft erwar d s; The Blue' Belle was one minute in the rear, and the Ino followed. The fleet had to come back against wind and tide, c:nd the sport was most admirable and exciting. The first yacht that arrived at Greenwich was the Blue Belle, the next was the Belvidere, thirteen minutes after wards. Then came the Mystery, some distance in the rear; the Champion and Prima Donna followed. The rest did not arrive in time to be placed by the umpire. GENERAL MISCELLANY Fresh herrings were selling at Brighton, last week, at the rate of twenty-four fcr the shilling. Sir Watkin Williams Wynne was re-elected for Den bighshire, on Wednesday, without opposition. PEEBLESSHIRE ELECTION.—On Monday Mr. Forbes Mackenzie was re-elected without opposition. Peaches were sold on Wednesday at Covent-garden market at ss. each. Sir Cuthbert Sharp has been appointed the new Collec tor of Customs at Newcastle•on-Tyne. Douglas Jerrold is the writer of Mrs. Caudle's famed " Curtain Lectures" in Punch. Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Samuel Rogers went over the New Royal Exchange on Tuesday. It has been recently discovered that the whole of the architrave of St. Paul's Cathedral is composed of white marble. The " Royal Consort" steamer was totally wrecked off the Mull of Galloway, the week before last. All the pas sengers were saved. Mr. Charles Mathews' debts are set down in his shedule at £26,000. The estate will pay a dividend of about 6d. in the pound. The number of signatures attached to the Stockport petition, fora mitigation of Mr. Winterbottom's sentence, is 18,610. The Duke of Sussex steamer was wrecked yesterday week, within . 150 yards of the port of Boulogne. The passengers and crew were saved by the pilot-boats. The Auction Duties' Repeal Bill received the royal Mr. Hume has given notice to move a " Call of the assent on Thursay place and no duty is to be paid on any House on the 221 inst. The inciting cause to this mo. sale which took since the Bth of April last. Lion was the excuse made by an honourab!e member for A servant in a family at Greenwich last week murdered absence from a railway committee, namely, that he had the infant child of her employers, in revenge for her mis been engaged during the day on three or four other corn- tress having given her notice to leave. mittees c so, says IVir.Burne, as there appears a deficiency Dadd, the parricide, is in Bedlam. He has recently of gentlemen fo r th e due performance of business, we produced some beautiful paintings. He is still mad, being must look after the truant members, and bring them to fully convinced that his unfortunate father was a fiend by their tasks. whom be was persecuted. An original oratorio, entitled "The Resurrection," the composition of a working mechanic of Devonport, was performed on Thursday, at the Town-hall, Devonport. The nominal value of the contributions prepared for the great free trade and Ant( Corn-law Bazaar about to be held in Covent-garden Theatre is said to be above £20,000. The debts of the late Duke of Sussex have all been paid, with but two exceptions, one for a bond given to Madame d'Este for £lO,OOO, and a considerable sum to his legal adviser. Miss Isabel Robertson, late of Glasgow, has left by her will the sum of £37,000, in sums varyir.g from £5OO to £lOO, to the different charitable and religions institutions of that city. A rival to Van Arnburgh, in the person of a Mr. White, has lately arrived in England. He is accompanied by a numerous assortment of lions, tigers, &c., which he has in complete subjection. The late Mr. Johnston, long a shipowner in Kircud bright, has by his will bequeathed the magnificent sum of £5,500 sterling for the immediate erection and endow ment of a free school. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—The hops have continued the rapid growth lately commenced, and have caused the tyers to be actively engaged. The polling is now nearly corn pleted.—Maidslone Gazette. CORONATION AND MINISTERIAL OATHS.—PreviOull to the adjournment of the House of Commons on Mon. day night, Mr. Turner moved that a copy of the corona tion oath he laid on the table of the house. Also, that a copy of the oath taken by her Maj-sty's ministers on as suming office be laid on the table of the house ; and that a copy of the oath taken by members at the table of the house previously to taking their seats be also laid upon the tab!e of the house. Sir James Graham observed that those oaths were regulated by statute, and he presumed that her Majesty's ministers were amenable to the law as well as the humblest of her Majesty's subjects. The mo tion was withdrawn. THE LATE AWFUL CATASTROPHE AT YARMOUTH.— On Wednesday Mr. Ferrier, the Coroner, and jury as sembled to renew the painful inquiry concerning the fate of the poor creatures who suffered by the late falling of the suspension-bridge. In addition to the sixty-five bodies which were identified in the course of Monday, there are nine others. There are supposed to be full fifteen bodies under the water still. making the aggregate loss of life about ninety. The day's proceedings consisted chiefly of receiving evidence as to the identification of the several bodies ; and the inquiry was adjourned. The accident happened by the breaking of one of the main chains by whi c h th e b r id ge was suspen d e d, an d on in specting that particular part, it will be observed that the iron had oxydizt - d, and had become so eaten away with rust that a centre only remained of about art inch and a half in diameter. Mr. Thornely has given notice that he will move in the committee on the Smoke Prohibition Bill that nothing in the act shall extend to collieries, mines, or other mineral undertakings or iron works. It is said that a matrimonial alliance is about to take place between a distinguished member of the House of Commons and the bar (a widower), and a lady whose claims to legitimate royal blood lately occupied the atten tion of the House of Lords, (Mademoiselle D'Este.) Four large tanks are about to be placed in tie lantern tower of York Minster. Each of the tanks will contain about 500 gallons of water, which will be used in case that building should again at any future period, unfortunately, become on fire. A few days ago a young man, who was walking through some grounds near Alderwasley, took up an adder, be lieving it to be a harmless snake. The reptile bit his hand, anti, though medical aid was procured immediately, his life is despaired of. The minority of two, on Monday night, on Mr. S. Crawford's amendment, were the two honourable mem bers for Salisbury, Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley. The - tellers were Mr. Crawford and Mr. Hindley, the mover On Saturday was published a blue book, containing the and seconder of the amendment. 23d report of the Inspectors-General (Messrs. Palmer Mr. Dundas, the member, for Greenwich, in reply to and White) of the general state of the prisons of Ireland his constituents, has promised to vote against the third during the year 1844, with appendices. which has just been reading of the Maynooth Bill. He voted for the second presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of on the supposition that Mr. Ward's motion would have her Majesty the Queen. The tables annexed in the ap been carried. pendices are very numerous; but they do not show the A poor quarryman, named Ed war d J ones , w hil e en- whole amount o f cr i me i n thi s di strac t e d country, but gaged in blasting a rock a t th e C ra i g , near D en bi g h , a only those cas es i n w hi c h th e o ff en d ers h ave b een rips few days back, had his brains da s h e d ou t, by a stone, up- prehended and committed f or t r i a l. Th e cr i m i na l ta bl es wards of three pounds in wei g ht, d esce ndi ng upon h i s for 1844 present the same gr a d ua l d ecrease i n corn head, while be was witnessing the operation of blasting. mitroent which has characterized the four preceding CHEESE.-By a return just p r i n t e d, i t appears that the 19,418, or a decrease, as co m p are d w ith th e prece di ng importation of cheese for the y ear en di ng t h e s t h of year (1843), of 3.37 per cent. The gross number of corn- January last, in the United Kingdom, amounted to mittals for the years 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, 213,850 cwts. The exportation from England of Euro- amounted respectively to 26,392, 23,831, 20,796, 21,186, pean cheese was, in the year 1844, 6,920 cwts. and 20,126. This decrease has, however, been chiefly SUGAR CANDY.-The Commissioners of the Customs c nfined to the last and comparatively unimportant class have received a letter from Mr. Cardwell, one of the sec. of crime, viz., " miscellaneous offences," whilst we re retaries to the Treasury, to the effect that he has been gret to state that in three other classes, comprising the commanded by their lordship to authorise the payment of gravest offences, there has been a decided increase, as a drawback on sugar candy exported, equal to that allowed well as in others of a somewhat less atrocious descrip on single refined sugar. tion. In class No. 1, " Offences against the person, COMMITTEE ON STANDING O RDERS .-O n T ues d ay , with violence," the number of co mm itt a l s was 5,482, b e i ng this committee decided that the standing orders could not an increase of 40 or 0.73 per cent. ; and this increase in be dispensed with in respect to the Glasgow Harbours eludes '2l additional cases of murder. In class No. 2, Union Railway, also in respect to the South Western " Offences against property, with violence," there has, (Epsom Branch) Railway. These bills are therefore lost however, been a considerable decrease, amounting to 129, for this session. or 10.87 per cent., the number for 1844 being 1,058. In The declining fortunes of the drama are sufficiently " missals have against property to wi 6 tho4 , violence," e the . com shown by the statement in a London paper, that at the n n I that a Alvses I;amountedo 3 ) of 189: 3 0 i r 3 b os ing an increase present cent. n present moment there is not one theatre open in the class No. 4, containing " malicious offences a ga i ns t pro counties of Essex, Suff o lk, N o rf o lk, H er tf or d, B e df or d , ~ . party, tne increase has amounted to 18, or 9.32 per cen t. Cambridge. Northampton, W arw i c k, K en t, Gl oucester, Hereford, Wiltshire, Do r set, S a l o p, or S ussex . In " forgeries and offences against th e currency " ( c l ass 5), there has been a decrease of 27 committals, or 18 per The passage-boats Victoria and Prince of Wales, on cent. on the numbers as shown in the tables for 1813. In Lake Windermere, entered upon their stations for the class N 0.6, " miscellaneous offences," the decrease for the season on Tuesday last. The proprietors promise to past year has principally arisen, the number being for transport passengers the entire length of the l a ke (from 1844, 6.197, a difference as compared with the previous Newby Bridge to Water Head, Amb'eide) a distance of year of 769, or 11.04 per cent. 14 miles, in the short space of two hours. The offences against the person with violence amounted SALTED PROVISIONS.--An increased quantity of salted to 5,482 in 1844, against 5,442 in 1843 ; the offences provisions may be expected from America during the ap- against property with violence to 1,058 in 18-14, against proaching season. One house, that of Mr. N. C. B a ld.. 1,187 in 1843 ; tie offences a ga i ns t p roper t y w i t h out via win of Cleveland, Ohio, i s sa id to have killed and put up lence to 6,377 in 1844, against 6,188 in 1843; the rnalici -3,138 head of beef cattle for the English market making a ous offences against property to 211 in 1844, against 193 shipment from this one establishment of over 5,000 tierces in 1843 ; the forgeries and o ff ences aga i ns t th e currency of beef. to 123 in 1844, against 150 in 1843; and the n - ,iscellane- TAWELL'S CIIILDREN.-Th e t wo c hild ren o f t h e re- ous offences to 6,197 in 1814, aga i ns t 6,966 i n 1843 . Th e gross decrease in the year 1844, as com p are d w i t h 1843, i s cently executed John Taw e ll, by S ara h H a rt, are un d er the care of their ma t erna l gran d mo th er, M rs. H allett, 678, or 3.37 per cent. and her hUsband, at G ravesen d. Thi s age d coup l e, who Under " murder," class 1, th ere h as b een an i ncrease 28, or 27.72 per cent., the nu m b er c h arge d w ith that are very poor, have no t y e t rece i ve d any i nt i mat i on of a of being 129. Under the head of "shooting provision having been made for the children by their heinous offence . • . at, stabbing, administering poison, &c.," there has been guilty father. an increase of 10.5 per c en t., th e num b er comm i t t e d f or Mr. Macaulay has retur ne d th e f o ll ow i ng answer to the past year being 63 ; w hil e i n assau l ts w i t h i ntent to another remonstrance from some of his c I have no constituents murder, in the same clas s , th e comm itt a l s h ave b een 129, against his vote on the Maynooth Bill :-" being an excess on the returns for 1843 of 32.98 per cent. apologies or retractions to make. I have done what I The number of persons committed for murder was, in believed, and believe, to be right. I have opposed myself 1839, 286 ; in 1840, 155 ; in 1811, 120; in 1842, 189 ; manfully to a great popular delusion. 1 shall continue to 1843. 101 ; and in 1844, 129. in do so. I knew from the first what the penalty was ; and The cases of burglary have diminished from 131 to 101, I shall cheerfully pay it." or about 23 per cent. whilst under the head of " taking PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS.-As many persons and holding forcible possession" there is a decrease of 29 change their residence in May-the period of the year len the whole number, or 356 per cent. when the new rates are generally laid-those who do so I • -- --- should inform the overseers or collectors of their removal, and request to be rated to the premises to which they have retnoseo, taseeau or the prends. .3..6 quicieu, to prevent an objection b ing substantiated if taken to their vote on the next registration " I see leaders of all parties sacrificing principle to ex pediency. They create the expediency, and then they sacrifice all principle to it. Surely it is difficult to sup port a denial that all sides, as to leaders, have gone too far in acting on this most mischievous doctrine." So wrote Lord Eldon in 1835. What would he have said had he wrote 10 years later, viz. in 1845. THE FUGITIVE FROM ETON.—Master E. P. Fletcher, the young gentleman who ran away from Eton, has, at length, been heard of at Ross, in Herefordshire. An old nurse of the family it seems lived in that town, and to her he made his way, after arriving at Bristol by the night train from Slough. His clothes were sent for from the dame's three or four days ago, and it is not expected that he will return to Eton. CURED PROVISIONS.—It appears from a parliamen tary return, that America has gained more by Sir Robert Peel's tariff than all the rest of the world. In 1813 the sup ply of salted beef from that country was 31,026 cwt., whilst in 1844 it increased to 76.660 cwt. Salted pork, in 1843, imported from the United States, amounted only to 9,882 cwt. ; and in 1844 it amounted to 24,342 cwt. The trade, however, is only in its infancy, and next year the quantity imported will treble that of last year. The total quantity of salted beef imported into this country in 1843 was 60,633 cwts., and in 1844 it increased to 106,766 cwts. The importation of salted pork in 1843 was 27,100 cwts., and in 1844 it reached 30,771 cwts. WILT. OF A MILLIONAIRE.—The will and codicil o Mr. Philip John Miles, late of Bristol, banker, has just been proved in Doctors' Commons by the executors, who have sworn the personal property alone to be above the value of a million sterling (the highest amount on which duty is payable.) The deceased bequeaths to his sons (eight in number) £lOO,OOO each, and to William Miles an additional sum of £50,000; to his grandsons £lOO each ; to several godsons £2OO each ; to nieces and many other relatives legacies varying from £lOO to £3,000; to his two solicitors £2OO each, and legacies to three of his confidential clerks ; to each of his banking partners lega cies varying from £lOO to £3OO. He gives large sums to various charities. The stamp affixed to the probate is £15,750. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The accession of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge to the mem bers of this Institute is a valuable testimony to its merits, and the manner in which it happened is equally honoura ble to the royal duke, and to its founder, Mr. Bucking.. ham. It appears that, on the occasion of a public dinner at the Freemasons'-hall, his Royal Highness was so much pleased with a speech delivered by Mr. Buckingham that he desired to be introduced to him, and having in the course of his inquiries touched on the subject of the British and Foreign Institute, his interest was so strongly excited in its success, that he appointed an interview with Mr. Buckingham at Cambridge House, at the close of which he expressed his desire to become a member of the Institute, and was accordingly received and entertained at a dinner given by the President and C, un 3'l, on Saturday, the 3d instant, which was attended by se /era' Peers and members of parliament to welcome their royal guest. STATISTICS OF CRIME IN IRELAND THE ARMY WAR OFFICE, MAY 7. Her Majesty has been pleased to promote his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, K.G., Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Major-General in the Army. WAR OFFFICE, MAY 9. 4th Dragoon Guards.—Ensign and Adjutant W. G. Sutton, from the 69th Foot, to be Cornet, without pur chase. 7th Light Dragoons.—Cornet G. F. Miles to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Savile, who retires; William Viscount St. Lawrence to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Miles. 3rd Foot.—Ensign R. Portal, from the 83rd Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires. 16th Foot.—Ensign E. N. Dickenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wall. who retires ; C. C. Grant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickenson. 18th Foot.—Capt. W. Evans, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Staveley, who exchanges. _ _ _ 24th Foot.—H. F. Barclay, Ger7t., to be Ensign, by purchase. 31st Foot.—Lieut. J. B. Travers, from the 25th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Matthews, appointed Paymaster of a Recruiting District. 32nd Foot.—Assistant Surgeon C. Scott, M.D., from the 36th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Bampfield, deceased. 36th Foot.—W. M. Dowding, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Scott, promoted in the 32nd Foot. LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Monday, Lord Cholmondeley in the chair. The gross amount of the sums contributed to the schools connected with the parent society and the Diocesan Association, is £35,771, showing an increase of the entire Income, above that of the previous year, of £7,706. The total number of schools in connexion with the parent society, or the Diocesan Associations, amount to 1812. with 104,963 children on the rolls, of whom 13,668 are Protestant Dissenters, and 32,831 Roman Ca. tholics, showing an increase, compared with the previous year. cf 83 schools and 2,440 children on the rolls. In 11 , 39 there were 825 schools, 43,627 children, the number of Protestant Dissenters not ascertained, Roman Catho lics 10,868. 37th Foot.—Lieut. Col. the Hon. G. A. Spencer, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Bradshaw, who exchanges. _ _ 41st Foot:—Lieut. R. Portal, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, C. A. Morshead, who retires ou half-pay, of the 3d Foot. 43d Foot.—Lieut. the Hon. C. H. Lindsay to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Wright, who retires upon full Eay ; Ensign J. S. Kennedy, from the 45th F oo t, t o b e nsign, without purchase. 44th Foot.—Capt. C. W. D. Stavelcy, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, who exchanges. 45th Foot.—T. J. Grant, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kennedy, appointed to the 43d Foot. 60th Foot.—Lieut. Col. J. Bradshaw, from the 37th Fout, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Spencer, who ex- changes 86th Foot.—G. S. Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macneill, whose appointment has been cancelled. 90th Foot.—H. M'Mahon Eagar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thruston, who retires. 2d West India Regiment.—J. T. Shower, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Robertson, whose appoint ment has been cancelled. CONCEALMENT OF A NOBLE LORD IN A COAL-CEL LAR.—Lord Northland voted with the government on the Maynooth question : his vote was obtained under novel circumstances. It was the noble lord's intention to have gone out of the house without voting at all. He remained, however, in conversation with another member until the doors were locked and retreat impossible. Lord Arthur Lennox, (one of the Lords of the Treasury,) how ever, in pity for the noble viscount, hid him in a coal-cel lar. According to the rules of the house, all members within the body of the house must vote, and on its being intimated to the speaker that Lord Northland was se creting himself, the speaker ordered the sergeant to fetch him from his lurking-place, which he did amidst shouts of laughter; and then, in gratitude, no doubt, to Lord Arthur Lennox, the noble lord voted with Mi nisters. 3d West India Regiment.—Ensign F. J. Hills, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Smith, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled. Ceylon Rifle Regiment.—Lieut. J. M. Macdonald to be Captain, by purchase, vice B. E. Layard, who retires; Second Lieut. P. O'Gorman, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdonald ; D. D. Greentree, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Gorman; J. Meade, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Muller, deceased. BREVET.—Captain G. E. Turner, of the Royal Artil lery, to be Major in the Army. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Major J. Algeo, from the 77th Foot, to be Major, without purchase; Lieut. J. Hay, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. REBECCA AT A FUNERAL.—A curious scene took place on the Taff Vale Hallway on Sunday afternoon, at the Cardiff station. The corpse of a man, attended by his widow, his father, four brothers, and numerous friends, arrived by train from the neighbourhood of Merthyr. It appears that the deceased was the owner of some little property, that he had by a will left the whole to his widow, and "cut his father and brothers off with a shilling." The widow wished to have the body interred at Penarth, and by her orders a hearse and coach attended to the station ; but the father and brothers, conceiving that if they buried the body of their deceased relative they would be entitled to his property, expressed their determination to have the interment made at Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, whereupon a fierce dispute ensued, which required the interference of a superintendent of police, who directed the undertaker "to move on." Four men accordingly proceeded to le move the coffin from the railway carriage to the hearse, but when half way to it the deceased's four brothers, who are each upwards of six feet high, quietly put their shoulders under the coffin, lifted it from those of its former bearers, and walked away at the rate of four miles an hour unobstructed by any person. We have been informed that the interment took place at Cadoaton.—Swansea Journal. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 8 Royal Regiment of Artillery.—First Lieut. W. J. Smythe to be Second Captain, vice W. Smith, resigned; Second Lieut. R. IL Cadyon to be First Lieutenant, vice W. J. Smythe. Ordnance Medical Department.—Temporary Assistant Surgeon E. Gilborne to be Assistant Surgeon. ADMIRALTY, MAY 5 Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieut. T. A. M. D'Vober Pennington to be First Lieutenant, vice H. Crespin, to half.pay ; Second Lieut. J. Elliott to be First Lieutenant, vice J. P. N. F. Clapperton, deceased. ENGRAVING ON STEEL — Messrs. Perkins and Bacon have unquestionably brought this style of engraving to a degree of perfection which cannot be equalled, much less surpassed, by any other nation. We have just inspected a specimen of their skill of surpassing beauty. It app -ars that the proprietors and inventors of an article, which stands deservedly high in favour with the fashionable world, finding that the marks and labels of their produc tions were imitated to a considerable extent, have sought and found in the resources of native talent and native art, a protection against the frauds of unprincipled individuals— Messrs. Perkins and Bacon have, at their suggestion, produced a specimen of perfection in the art of engraving on steel, which will effectually set all imitation at defiance, and secure the public against the possibility of fraud and deception. The article in question, for which so much taler.t is called forth, is no other than ROWLAND'S KA LVDOR for preserving and beautifying the complexion ! See advt. 0 'or I idol; , er l if 01 100 11 b e bjea