The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

~- X 47. ..... atrociosa nigh at . a the pub lic of Sunder orst felon. send his " a sense as distant, put a mo he accept,. e was fre but con -able Aime, ither than the Dui; ir's party,: ented him 1r was, be an in the ng.—[Ap ed to read. o annoyed that they`_ Lily one or And thus Feting, we the mem nation not at may be bill would )rth-Wes n end, and Westera accidental vs of the land Rail thousand uld form a f the wag- intend to o purchase Ling-room ale-street, .11 Shipley :ception of igley-bog. bog every e quantity swallowed . ans forces ikmcnt on :;ATION.— . Humber, her very of a very telegraph Ale-upon was forth- Irompt as ire rapidly in Carlisle lui-distant its of, the Dumfries in copse g. They 4rimental Western or south- annel, on ter of tie some chf to Foike the wires, sted ; and leaving Inver and l; thirty or ine-driver side, and i stopped, mutilated GINE AND r!;ile some p-hill sta , near the t a terrific •son being f 30 miles ome cause pped, and rible in its mg on the as coming n within a sion with e runaway stone of Edge-hill, resence of ncourse of y a splen- uy at Wa- y ress of ex it station, thousand's 'the cheap under the andreds of undertak- Lion across the King's ing-house, pensary in Liverpool , between These anutel and lusiderable as they entire cost LWAY.—A L Saturday tal amount on those ;n returned of £2 12s. last meet solicitor to Lrs ; £7OOO 0 to cover balance of i the funds tr. Brewer had been on for that of Excite ;e on being al refused. here would sharehold tern would :very other settled m:LA reed to, as ce of ma hewer one rLE-t PON- I very nu npany, was or the pur -1 respect to Cram, and Tointed on bermine the from twelve knd endeav iament acts ranch, with n Counties the Liver .o Junction )n Railway re Railway, the Mau -1 or lease to 7.0 the Man- Liverpool, action , and ation. Tho' aeconnt.:-- ts £89,892 ice, £63,113 Liverpool, tetion Com ire, £21,707 .nts unpaid, stated that )een claimed ;ted the pro ained unpaid ~ them an op- • d. Mr. Le he allotment e minutes of id this, being on the 27th to the &rec public. He t on the 29th ted to then" . lay on which been taken toter 1, from ng at GI pre ted that :Ur nd that 200 0 friends. At tsen that - ND'. he (Mr. All' now appeare d whatever jo ision ensuol , . ation and re- IlouldssN orth se report onll . rued sine di" 3other specif' ICA S • or Fix to On e alttuded. L'" was come to, PO). 9, 1817. itoral *ii• P. FrOda has been appointed vice-consul for the Em peror of Brazil, at this port. The collection for the Pastoral Aid Society at St. Sa viour's Church on Sunday week was £lO Os. 9d. On Friday, another child, living in Woolfe-street, Tox teth Park. was burnt to death. General Tom Thumb sailed in the Cambria steamer, for Boston, from Liverpool on Thursday. The amount- of gold taken out by the Cambria on Thursday morning was just under £300,00D. Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, has purchased the miniature equipage of General Tom Thumb. It is stated that a company of artillery will be stationed in Liverpool. Although Mr. Potter has resigned the chairmanship of the Birkenhead Commissioners, he retains his seat at the board, and has no intention of resigning. The trustees of the turnpike-road between Birkenhead and Chester have resolved to expend £2OOO in putting it kto good repair. On Friday week the Countss f Sefton visited Birken head, and made some purchases o at the o China and Glass 41stablishment of Messrs. Bach, in Chester-street. °E , Saturday week, a man, named John Duncan, living in At hol -street, and about fifty-two years of age, fell into an e xcavation, close to where he lived, and broke his leg. He we d of th e injury on Thursday. ,THE SOUP STIOPS.-The quantity of soup distributed at th e three soup shops during the last four weeks has been as follows :-9th January, 58,696 quarts ; 16th January, 70,32 5 quarts ; 23rd January, 86,077 quarts ; 30th January 89 ,316 quarts. Suternu.—A shoemaker, named Edward Barrow, who ,Jed in Naylor-street, put a period to his existence on lhUfsday evening last, by hanging. He was 52 years of agecilit , an y d had been for some time in a state of mental im be. On Saturday, an inquest was held by Mr. Curry, on tw o new-born male children, whose bodies were found fastened up in a small box, and laying at the back of St. Ja mes 's Cemetery. They appeared to be full grown children. - It is stated that Miss Susan Cushman was married a few days ago to Mr. Muspratt, one of the sons of Mr. James Muspratt, of Seaforth Hall. She is, with her sister, fulfilling some country engagements, previous to her retirement from the stage. THE GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY.—We understand this cornPlny are exhibiting, in their offices, a gas metre so :triply constru c t e d th a t ever y consumer o f gas ca n c he c k of e tl i te na cOup quantity consumed, instead of trusting to the officials Y, as the case is at present. • We und erstand a reply has been received from the Horne -office by the Select Vestry, regretting the inconve nience to which Liverpool is subjected, and expressing a hope that th e measures proposed to Parliament, if adopted, will diminish the influx of the Irish poor. The Birkenhead, steam-frigate, Commander Ingram, as !con as the defect in her hotwell is repaired, will proceed to Chatham, to take the baggage of the 57th to Ports mouth, for embarkation to Gibraltar in the Belleisle, t ro op -ship, Captain Kingcome, after which the Birken ead will proc e ed with a regiment to Fort George, Inver "44B,-. The Belleisle will be ready to-day (Tuesday.) . The negotiation for an intermediate steamer to Boston 4,4 d Halifax, between this date and the 4th of next month, ha g not proved successful. The terms demanded by the et HoPany (and which were high on account of the season cf the year and the scarcity of passengers) having been considered by the government to be beyond the outlay that would be warranted. FIRES. --O n Wednesday, about noon, a serious fire broke out i n some ou tb u ildi ngs on th e p rem i ses o f M r . Joh n Davies, farmer, Childwall. The building in which fire is supposed to have originated, namely, the gra -77, with several adjoining outhouses, some hay and straw stacks, were entirely destroyed.—On Tuesday night, fl dw elling-house, in Audley-set, took fire, but the. we were speedily extinguished. tre ti en • ~,OMBWELL'S MENAGERIE. - This splendid collec to b e - ,`,,,,0. imals, which is at present in the Haymarket, is ove r b - uibited on Thursday next, and the proceeds handed tthe poor spirited proprietor to the fund for the benefit • la Liverpool. On a future day, we understand - the n his i n t ention to admit, gratis, the charity children of tu wo• Such an example is worth following by the. p r oprietors of all similar collections and places of public a musement. The fund will be presented to the Mayor, to be apportioned as his worship may think best. ANEW ATLANTIC STEAMERS. -The British and North merican Mail Steam-packet Company have ordered four kimense timber steam-ships to be fitt e d out f or p l y i ng be tureen Liverpool and New York. Three of these are being built at Greenock, and the fourth at Port Glasgow. They ate„ to b e o f 1000 tons register, and will hav e eng i nes o f ' 5O horse-power. They are to have two tiers of cabins e h, and are fully three feet deeper than the usual dii!len "tis of the American steam-packet ships. MISS LEACH'S CONCERT, TO-MORROW. — This popular a nd accomplished favourite of the musical public gives a ' l3 cal and instrumental concert to-morrow in the Royal 488 c,„mbly Rooms, for which she has engaged the services Cair. Edw: W. Thomas (the celebrated violinist), Mr. J• Jones (piano-forte), Miss Parsons, Mr. Ryan, and tr. Leach. The selection of music is very choice, corn- Ptis icg many favourite pieces, and some fine glees. We I ; i ecture to predict that the entertainment will draw, as it ese,. rves, a large attendance. •INCITEMENT TO INDITSTRY. - The Hon. Charles Cle ltuents, late Poor Law Commissioner, wh o i s a t presen t i t .lgaged in County Donegal in relieving the poor in that t l riet, has co n si gne d t o M essrs . J e ff re y an d M orr i s h o f " town, with a view of mitigating the distresses of the iiuor of that county, about 700 pairs of mens' short hose, a l 4 O manufacture of the women and c hild ren o f D onega l . ir Clements wishes the consignees to devise some method for selling the present stock. This is partially , carrying out the humane suggestion of the Rev..W. Pol lock, Incumbent of St. Mark's. LIVERPOOL.—In consequence of the dearness of provi. sions, the inclemency of the season, and other prevailing causes of distress pressing with severity on the poor Jewish residents (the funds of the llendicity Society are set apart for the relief of the casual poor), the officers of the Old Hebrew Congregation, after obtaining a grant from the Congregational funds for that purpose, com nienced a collection in aid of their indigent brethren last reek. It is gratifying to add, that a satisfactory amount ,las been realized. This is in addition to a weekly sum 6. ` t veti- to all residents of good character, of three years' -ali ding, from the Philanthropic Society ; and an ample revision of coals and blankets from endowments of the I: tte M. L. Mozley, Esq., and the Messrs. Mozley, and a t rieest of-the late Elias Joseph, Esq.—Correspondent of e J ewish Intelligencer. • j o iIsWeULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last Mr. i t , l bonelly, a gentleman belonging to Newry, fell down afteZ te laih-street, and died in about a quarter of an hour anariZ t d .„ B . He was seen to go along the street Carrying d di n " "ag, which-he threw away from him suddenly, sibilit y - PDe„,d immediately on the flags in a state of insen drum. t , s 4 he deceased was carried to a neighbouring Pock et shop, and , expired in a few minutes. In his also Pocket s found the sum of £9 12s. 5d., and he had cap h anitn a gold watch, and a bill for £278 9s. 6d. The oo uag contained £2,980 in cash. The deceased called str andav at the house of a gentle man i n St. J ames '§- ii„fet, Liverpool, and set off the same evening for Lon by it appeared he was about to proceed to America ws the steamer which sailed on Wednesday. The surgeon, t4Made a post mortern examination, stated the cause of 4 th to be an aneurism of the aorta, and a verdict was ii.;, ll flied•accordingly. The - property found was deposited "h the Commissioner of Police. T GREEN -LANE WATER WORKS. —These works slay almost be said to be in full operation. The engine h undred workin g on Tuesday, and is now lifting nine anndred gallons per minute, and is fillin g the coolin g I?c , nds. The reservoir at Kensington is capable of hold.. 'at 10 000,0 Cal gallons, and when filled the re will be a Q o o l : rh i , talit supply of water in the principal streets in the lh a r' Particularly in the warehouse districts. The b e being covetngnstantly charged, owing to the about 6 l7o feet above the level of Exchange,thereservoir the ei L f fire engines will frequently be dispensed with, and ttipYesPondin. saving to the public thereby effected._ Fill y i mportant advantages in a sanitory point of view I, equse result from the operation. of these works. The Itte e r t s Sou be scoured out whenever required, and the t w iring the summer season, effectually watered. 144411'115t that when the waters is allowed to flow into the whi e j t ' the result will be equally satisfactory with that attetided the starting of the engine. w%.14 BISHOP.—The great gratification derived from all (4 4 Y. Bishop's lectures, recently given at the Music k• • e as), on behalf of the Philosophical Society, has, 4.1 atl to hear, suggested a strong desire to get up a h,"legm e ' 4 „Osisting of selections from the works of this ""e oser and under his direction. We th_ p et _ . comp . Leission to insert the list of gentlemen who, with - 'shon; 4 , are anxious to take advantage of Sir 11. 1 1ecl( r s visit : to Liverpool, to induce him to come to ey n °l. One night, previous to his return to London. N • s ih 'e, as follows :—George Goodman, mayor ; the Rev. a rs t4 ,itiC q ., e ',air, Wm. Beckett, Christopher Beckett, John A",tia 'netnas Benyon C. Barr, Wm. Williams Brown, f r tkin, s 7tt, D. Lupton, Arthur Lupton, T. T. Dibb, John tr ,_` sl ta eQ -11 ,, , H. Stansfield, James Buckton, Jun., Rev. Dr. a yely t "' r• Pairbairn, and George Shaw. We very sin- Ay 'List that' this brilliant list will receive numerous a n lon s op p •• and that the lovers of good music will embrace °l th 't 'o f y which, securing them a . very . high degree k eh e,nahir enJOynaent, will have the additional attraction . t o gets them to pay a graceful compliment to native Intelligencer. [We trust that the direc -44,14, e Collegiate Institution will follow the example.] ti', 4l lni n - tke ARTFUL ROBBERY.—A story was current on th e 1 ) 011, 3 ' for the accuracy of which we will not vouch, as 11. 4, sa ct ` authorities have not received any report of the itta G l ,en• It is said that a lady of this town stepped ON t il t ' Carriage opposite the Royal Bank Buildings, b„ , li te „ Pugh the area, and, entering the bank, presented q 4 k4, - „e, for a considerable sum, which she received in retZ• It is believed she was minutely watched. 4 4 'Phe i , - "ed to her carriage, and was just about to step 1 4 , 4 Wi th a gentleman with spectacles, without his hat, to r ' sayi n tPen in his hand, hastily but politely accosted retake" I beg pardon, madam ; we have forgotten th e - " th. liie Morandum of your notes. Will you . kindly reth to vf ,'" lll to me for a few minutes, and I will restore al r essoW n t urectly." The lady, believing the person who I . t le re her to be one of the clerks of the bank, sur reated t he notes at once, and the gentleman hastily ad thinerk • P the steps, through the gates, into the area, e tit:: direction of the bank. The lady waited th a hat es , and at length went to the bank to inquire why t h Were not back She was assured . .0 ltd , 6 thatr r so,n had sent been sent to after her. her from the bank, 8t ` ll th e h er ousiness with the tell e r h a d b een complked ° Ree ootes were counted out to her. She perceived tqa res _ nat she had been ingeniously robbed, and that th e ob,l!etable looking gentleman in spectacles, after he me 6rimed the "lingB through must have made his exit from t the gates opening into Elbow-lane. DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM STARVATION.—DEPLO RABLE DESTITUTION. Another of those cases of ex treme misery and destitution with which the public have recently been so familiar, came out in the course of an inquiry before the coroner, touching the death of John Cawley, a poor Irishman, living in Doling-street. From the evidence of Mr. Tompkins, one of the relieving officers of Toxteth-park, it appeared that Cawley applied for relief on Tuesday morning, and immediately after wards he went to visit the cellar which Cawley occupied he found the wife of the poor man in bed with (as he supposed) one child ; but after asking her a few questions relative to her condition, he saw what appeared to be a bundle of rags, but which, .on closer inspection, proved to be the body of a child. Cawley had not alluded to the death of his infant when he applied for relief ; nor did his wife draw the attention of the relieving officer to the body when he spoke to her. Mr. Gilmour, a surgeon, made a post mortem examination of the body, and declared the cause of death to be a general wasting of the system from want of sufficient nourishment. Cawley stated that he arrived in Liverpool about two months since, when he had a pound in his pocket, on which he had supported himself since. His wife only came over on Sunday week last. The coroner, addressing the jury said, that unless something were immediately done for the relief of the family the parents would follow their child. The coroner asked Mr. Gilmour what he intended to do in the case of the wretched woman ? He replied that she had not been given to him as a patient, and therefore he could not in terfere. The coroner immediately gave Mr. Gilmour to understand that if death ensued he should take the most prompt steps, and concluded by giving the surgeon legal notice of the case, upon which Mr. Gilmour expressed his determination to give his best attention to the case. The verdict was, died from starvation. ALLEGED DEATH OF A PAUPER LUNATIC FROM VIO LENCE.—On Thursday an investigation took plaCe into the circumstances connected with the death Of John My ers, whose death was stated to have resulted from vio lence inflicted upon him by one of the keepers of the lu natic ward in the Liverpool Workhouse. The evidence of Daniel Morrey was to the effect that he was a pauper in the Workhouse, and had been appointed one of the under keepers to the Lunatic Asylum. He was an inmate of the asylum, but his conduct was not violent. A man named Hugh Evans, one of the under keepers, used to hit deceased on the head with a strap, because he dirtied the bed clothes, and on the 21st he took him by the neck and pushed him out of the dry house, and at the time it was snowing heavily. The unfortunate deceased fell to the ground with great force, but did not complain afterwards of being hurt. Subsequently he (Morrey) had seen Evans strike the deceased with his open hand on the forehead', and also with a strap, and there were marks of violence which appeared to have been produced by such means. The,deceased was taken ill shortly afterwards, and conti nued in a debilitated. state until Saturday last, when he died. On being questioned Morrey stated that he had never made any complaint to the governor, the head keeper, or the surgeon, as to violence having been used towards the deceased: It appeared, also, that •Morrey had been sent to the mill, by order of the governor, and had been convicted of felony. The governor stated that no complaint whatever had been made to him ; and the evidence of Mr. T. F. Grimsdale, surgeon to the house, went to show that deceased had died of general debility, connected with the state of mind. Mr. Grimsdale added that he had frequently visited deceased, but no complaints were ever made of ill-usage, and the keepers were not al lowed to inflict any description of punishment, or even to nse any kind of restraint, withouthis orders. This state ment was corroborated by Mr. John Timmon, one of the honorary physicians, wlw had frequently seen the de ceased. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the surgical testimony. LOCAL MEETINGS. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—We understand that the Liverpool Church Missionary Committee 'have ar ranged to hold a Missionary meeting in the Concert-hall, on Friday evening, the 19th instant. The object of this half-yearly meeting is to furnish an outline of the history of some of the most important missions of the society. The mission in the Island of Ceylon, and that in N. W. America on the banks of the Red River; will be the sub ject of two; lectures by clergymen. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—The annual meeting of the subscribers took place on Friday, at the Parish-office ; the, Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the chair. Mr. Gibson, the secretary, read the report, from which' it appeared that, in consequence of the diminished reeepts, the institutions were in debt to the amount of £415 18s. 6d. The num ber of patients relieved in 1846 were—North Dispensary-, 24,388 ; South ditto, 22;538. Total relayed in 1846, 49,926 ; in 1845, 38,884, shewing an increase over 1845 of 8;042 patients. A series of resolutions, which will be found in our advertising columns, were then passed. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meet ing of this club was held on Tuesday evening. The fol lowing gentlemen were admitted members by ballot :—Sir Arthur Aston, Knight, G.C.8., owner o f a new yac h t, building, called the Sonnambula; Newton Saville Scott, Eq., and Duncan M`Vicar, Esq., and two other gentle men were proposed for next meeting's election. Two models were deposited in the club-room, one of a full sized cutter yacht, and the other a very beautiful built model of the new Liverpool pilot-boat, lately built at Ips wich for Mr. .Hudson, master pilot. This latter vessel opens a totally new field in the annals of the Liverpool pilot-boats. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting of this body was held on Thursday ; Mr, Winch in the chair. The by-laws for the regulation of coaches and cars, with a scale of rates, &c., being the same as those adopted at Liverpool and Birkenhead, were read, and several alterations being proposed, they were after some discussion approved of. George Wilkinson and William Kelly were granted licenses for coaches and cars, subject to the regulations proposed by the commissioners. A let ter from J. R. Grote, complaining of the bad state qt' the foot-path on the left side of Church-street, near Egremont Ferry, was 'referred to the improvement committee for consideration. A , letter from Wm. Nisbett, complaining of the imperfect state of the Post-office arrangements at Wallasey, and suggesting various remedies, was also re ferred to the improvement committee. LIVERPOOL AND ISLE OF MAN STEAM-PACKET COM PANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held last week, in Douglas. The re port stated that the increase of passengers for the four summer months bf last season, over the previous one was 10,712: that freights of goods for the six months had in creased ; that the ship Tynwald had been added to their stock at a cost of nearly £22,000, and to defray part of ' this expense, the sum of £8,250 had been raised by the creation of new half-shares; and that the dividend of five per cent., which was expected would be given at the meet ing, was likewise withheld for the same purpose. The value of thesfour steamers, namely, Tynwald, King Orry, Ben-my-Chree, and Mona's Isle, was stated at £50,121. The directors have it in contemplation to run the Mona's Isle between Ramsay, Liverpool, and Whitehaven. DISSOLUTION OF THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION, LIVERPOOL.—On Monday evening last, a meeting of this body was held at the Portico, Newington, Liverpool, for the purpose of bringing their existence to a close, which was deemed advisable in the present state of affairs. Most of the leading members of the association were pre sent, amongst them being Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr. J. B. Cooke, Mr. James Harvey, Mr. F. Boult, jim., Mr. C. E. Rawlins, junior, Mr. D. Bailey, &c., &c. Mr. Charles Robertson proposed, " Thaf, inasmuch as the two great monopolies of corn and sugar were in a fair way of being destroyed, and as the leading statesmen of the country had recognised the principle of free-trade, as the guiding rule of future commercial legislation, it was ex pedient that the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association should be dissolved." The motion was carried. iDLoce:pcC:7l3lrayurt,tlEnEd, the p roposed report was read o fr i z e :l:: rc e ,s o:l:7l t i t h t e ee ap o p f master pilots, relative to the chart alterations suggested approval al of tiie committees alterations. , a s Tl t i o e flew the Marine proposed, ch would be o h f i advantage ttboatththe the upper tifaktheeelyi loTriw,rtt they ld be masked, so as not 'to be seen so far to the g about one-third of a mile ; also, that a strong fixeceistiga be exhibited from such position as to act in conjunction with the Rock Light, as a leading mark by night up the Crosby Channel. The secretary was ordered to commu nicate with the Trinity Board on the subject. The Ware house Management Committee reported that they had re-heard the case of Hugh Williams, wharfinger at the Albert dock warehouses, who had been dismissed for mis conduct; but he did not bring before them any new mat ter calculated to alter the previous decision. Mr. Hors fall thought there were reasons why Williams should be reinstated, and some discussion ensued upon the subject, several members being of opinion that the punishment of dismissal was too severe for the offence committed. Ul timately Mr. Horsfall submitted a motion to the eact . that Williamfgehould be reinstated, which was seconded by Mr. Wood, and carried by a majority of 8 to 5. Se veral appointments were made to the Albert dock ware houses, and a list of master porters submitted and ap proved of. The Chairman said he had received a letter from Mr. Cubitt, relative to the landing stage. It was to the effect that he had been down and examined the work, which he considered in a very forward state, and had no doubt the stage would be ready for use in April next. A. letter was read which had been received from the govern ment authorities relative to the Tidal Harbour Bill. It stated that the Harbour Conservancy Bill of last year would not be proceeded with, and that a modified bill, affirming the right and superintendence of the crown, and creating the same machinery, and exercising it so as to meet the principal defects pointed out by the Tidal Har bour Commissioners, was under consideration, and in the event of such bill being framed, the best attention would be given to the allegations contained in the memorial of the Liverpool Dock Trustees. SELECT VESTRV.—A special meeting of the Select Vestry was held, on Thursday, to take into consideration the suggestions of *Mr. Austin, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, with respect to the Irish vagrants. A special committee had been appointed to carry out Mr. Austin's views, and they now presented their report. They bad divided the town into twelve districts, and ap pointed two relieving officers for each district. The duty of these officers is to visit the Irish poor at their residences, and to those only administer relief, in the shape of tickets for bread and soup. The relieving officers have been se lected from the police force ; they are to receive ss. a week in addition to their usual pay, and are under the care of two inspectors. In order to prevent imposition, the tickets for each district will be of a different colour. Soup will be delivered at the present soup establishments, and bread will also be delivered at Gill'street and Fleet-street ; but as the premises at Pickup -street are not sufficiently commodious, a house has been taken in Northampton street for the delivery of bread in that district. It has also been determined that no relief, except in sick cases, should be administered to the Irish casual poor at the parish-office, and steps were being taken for finding em ployment for the vagrants who applied for relief. The committee had advertised for suitable premises, and ' several applications had been sent in. Mr. Howard Hors ley had offered the•use of two sheds free, and those were found to be well adapted for the purpose required. The committee had requested the Rev. Rector Campbell to prepare auiddress to the inhabitants on the impropriety of indiscrillainately giving alms, and had passed a resolu tion acknowledging the services of the rector in this mat ter.—ln the course of the conversation which ensued, it appeared to be the general opinion that the new plan of Mr. Austin had worked well, and a vote of thanks was given to that gentleman.—The CHAIRMAN said the im portations since the 13th of January had been 13,941. In the last eight days in the month of January the im portations were 8499. It is worthy of observation that the number of men had been enormously increased within the last eight days. The number was 4563, and children only 1652. The number of men that came last Sunday was 1216, women 1615, and children 458.—Mr. EARLE said it was quite possible that those gentlemen had sent their ladies first, who, finding they got so much money by begging, and so much good soup and bread, thought they could not do better than send for their husbands.— (Laughter.)—Mr. AUSTIN said, that was an ingenious theory; but if the figures were looked at, it would be found that every day the number of men exceeded that of the women. Mr. Austin added that a vote of thanks had been passed to him ; but he could not help mentioning the great exertions every officer of the establishment had made. He never saw a set of officers who did their duty so well ; they had their hearts in their work. He wished them to be rewarded. TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. . • TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. • After the proceedings of the Finance Committee had been read, Sir THOS. BRANCKER said that since the last meeting of the Finance Committee, the Royal Insurance Company had agreed to pay the Council the sum of £960 for the piece of last(' situated at the corner of Dale-street, and North John-street.—A brief conversation took place as to why a proposition from the Earl of Derby for open ing a communication with the Bootle line of road had not been entertained by the Finance Committee ; Sir Thos. Brancker said the Council had no funds to deal with the owners of land. Mr. EARLE wished the subject referred back, and eventually the consideration of the question was postponed for a month.—ln reply to Mr. Higgins, Sir THOS. BRANCKER said the Newsham House estate had been purchased for investment, not for the use of the public. The property was not yet entirely paid for, and it was therefore no use getting plans for laying it out. On the Dock Committee proceedings having been read, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said, in reply to Mr. Robinson, that the Liverpool and Bury Railway Company in crossing the street leading from the Borough Gaol to Regent-street, would have to make the bridge at an elevation of 17 feet. They would cross the dock estate with what was called a " skew" bridge, and also a lift bridge. The Courts of Law Committee recommended the Coun cil not to proceed with the erection of the organ for St. George's Hall, as there was not sufficient time now to erect it, and to postpone the building of it until the hall was finished, when a better idea could be formed than now of the size and power.of the instrument. Dr. Wes ley was requested to send in. his account for payment, and a vote of thanks was passed to the professional gentlemen who had kindly lent their services to the Council. Hr. JAS. HOLME and Mr. SAMUEL HOLME made some obser vations as to the bad accommodation of the interior of the Hall. The latter gentleman said he thought the 1.1..1e had arrived when some practical man should interfere, with reference to the ventilation of the hall. Hitherto it had been a tissue of alterations, and Dr. Reid, with all his tinkering, knew not what to do, and was not prepared with any plan for ventilating the building. The whole of the chimney flues had at one time to be abandoned and blocked up again at great expense. Then immense sums of money were expended in the excavations, cold air flues, and mill wheels (loud laughter.) The whole edifice was a thing of shreds and patches ; and now the architect was making an enormous horizontal flue, into which the smoke from every fire-place was to pass; and unless a proper temperature could be arrived at throughout the building, the whole thing would have to be taken down again.—Mr. EARLE said he would never consent to pay £7OOO for, an organ; and that subject was agreed to be postponed until that day month. The salary of Mr. Highton, the Governor of the Borough Gaol, was increased from £350 to £450 per annuls'. The proceedings of the Health Committee recommended Mr. James Newlands, of Edinburgh, as the most eligible of the candidates for the situation of local surveyor. In reply to Mr. J.B. Lloyd, Mr. LACE said that after Mr. Newlands had been selected by the Committee unani mously, it was said that had Mr. Hawksley been aware of the advertisement he would have offered his services. Mr. J. B. LLOYD moved that the subject be referred back, with instructions to ascertain whether Mr. Hawks ley's services could be obtained, and upon what terms. Mr. HIGGINS seconded the motion. Mr. TINNE, Mr. ROBERTSON, MR. TWINER, and Mr. AIKIN spoke of i being very desirable to secure the eminent talents of Mr. Hawksley, whilst Mr. H, HORNBY, Mr. PARKER, and Mr. S. HOLME spoke of Mr. Newlands equally highly. Mr. H. HORNBY said that for all practical purposes Mr. Newlands was likely to be a more serviceable man than Mr. Hawksley, and Mr. HoLmE said that if they now gave the situation to the latter gentleman they would brand Mr. Newlands with professional rejection. The Council divided, and the proceedings of the Committee were confirmed by a majority of 21 to 12. The appoint ment of Mr. Newlands is, therefore, confirmed.—ln reply to Mr, Lloyd Mr. LACE said, that both as to the quantity and quality of the water at Rivington Pike, the most sa tisfactory reports had been received. The water was found of the very best description after an analization by Dr. Lyon Playfair, and of the quantity there was an equally good assurance. The Committee would be able to show that they could supply the town, not only now, but when it was twice the size it was at present, and at..a cheaper rate.—Mr. TINNE : Yes, and when it is four times the size. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of several com munications relative to the distress at present prevailing in Ireland, and said that there was no fund at the disposal of the Council to be devoted to any such benevolent pur poses. He availed himself of that opportunity to state, that if a town's meeting had not been called here by the chief magistrate, the fault did not lie with him ; and he stated this in order to purge himself from any little re proach to which he might have subjected himself, and to tell numbers of his fellow townsmen who were waiting for a public meeting, that it was not intended to call one, and that they had better contribute liberally, in the ordi nary way. He was happy to say that the town of Liver pool had nobly responded already to the numerous appeals made from the pulpits of the different churches and chapels. (Hear, hear.) Vr. S. HOLME then withdrew a motion of which he had given notice, relating to the Irish mendicants who have lately infested Liverpool. After some further business, the MAYOR read a memo rial from the Licensed Victuallers, complaining of the speeches at the former meeting of the Council, when they made an application for the use of the Town-hall for the purpose of a ball. His worship declared that he had said nothing that could be offensive, nor had he heard any one say anything in the Council which was offensive to the association, at the time the memorial was entertained. The TOWN-CLERK said lie had to lay before the coun cil a statement of claim for compensation made by Mr. Deane, law-clerk to the late Highway Board. He claimed an annuity of £1123 to be secured to him by bond, or a gross sum of £ll,3o2.—(Sensation.)—The TOWN-CLERK said in reply to Mr. Earle, that Mr. Deane's salary at the Highway Board was £5OO, and that was a very small por tion of his emoluments. The claim was referred to the Finance Committee. • BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. At the usual monthly meeting on Tuesday, a long con versation took place as to whether a letter received by the chairman from Mr. Mallaby, and in which that gentleman complained of some reflections, perhaps unintentional, east upon him by the G as an d Water Committee, should ct b ii iesmr readingemad, t t e A lo f t . t f e d r i motions tbeheatni ab,tjeeonaunrsnduebadmn fromietn submitted, d m , amendments tes was2f ando3rradt ultimo lengthagainst dteo- that as a special meeting of the Gas and Water t C h o e ed lsth instant, the letter ought tob referred the ad journed meeting of that cobeiotrateeraedd,ian at reading, 3ee the m ; it. againstex m n p i r e o e ce ti e n d g i . ngs rn t i o ere ti wA e ere— general for Mr. COLE said, he was requested to ask whether it was true, as stated in the Mercury of last Friday, that the liabilities of the township exceeded the amount stated by Mr. Briawnrigg, in his evidence before the government commissioners. Mr. BROWNRIGG replied that every statement made by him was substantially correct: The bonds issued, includ ingevery liability, amounted to £366,367 155., showing that the commissioners now could borrow £33,682., be fore they exhausted the £400,000 authorised by their act of parliament. In proof of this the Finance Committee had inserted an advertisement in the papers for loans of money. _ Mr. COLE had another question to ask, namely, whe ther the landed property included in Mr. Brownrigg's financial statement before the government commissioners had been valued at a higher or a lower rate than it was valued in June last, when the present commissioners came into office? Mr. BROWNRIGG said it was valued considerably lower, —£60,000 or £70,000 lower. than in June. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TOWNSEND read a letter from Mr. Mallaby, in which he begged respectfully to tender his resignation as Law-clerk to the Board. Mr. Wm. LAIRD, seconded by Mr. Wood, moved that Mr. Mallaby's resignation be accepted. Mr. PIKE moved, as an amendment, that he be requested to reconsider his resignation, for, if persisted in, it would be one of the greatest misfortunes which had ever hap pened to the Commissioners. Mr. BRYANS expressed his regret, as also did Mr. PIM and others of the members, that they were about to lose the valuable services of so able and zealous a man. _ The motion submitted previously by Mr. Laird, and seconded by Mr. Wood, was then worded as follows, and was unanimously passed : " That Mr. Mallaby's resigna tion be accepted with regret, and that a committee be ap pointed to consider the duties of the future law-clerk, and secure the services to this board of a professional agent who will devote his time solely to their business, and who will not, directly or indirectly, be interested for or with other parties as a private practitioner,—the committee to consist of the Chairmen of the Committees, Mr. Wood, Mr. Thomson, and Mr. Berner, and that the Parliament ary Committee be requested to continue the services of Mr. Mallaby for the present bill before parliament. • The Board then adjourned ; but as the members were leaving the room, Mr. PorrEn said,—" Gentlemen, I shall beg you to appoint another chairman for your next meeting ! " A pause followed—all were taken by surprise—Mr. Potter immediately left, and his observation was taken as a resignation of his office of Chairman of. the Board. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. On Thursday the adjourned half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at the Clarendon-rooms. J. BURT, jun., Esq. ' the chairman, presided. The report, which was read by Mr. TOWNSEND, stated that the Directors had let the *contract for the extension line under the engineer's estimate, to be completed in nine months, and as the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners had publicly no tified that the first portion of their docks would be open for trade on or before the sth of April next, arrangements had been made with the contractors to have such a com munication between Grange-lane and the docks completed by March as would enable them to work the locomotive power direct from and to the dock quays, thus enabling this Company to participate at once in the traffic which those great works would ensure to them. Arrangements had been completed with the London and North Western, Chester and Holyhead, Shrewsbury, Chester and Birken head, and Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Companies, for the erection of a joint station at Chester. It was stated that the Directors had, in conjunction with the . Chester and Holyhead, and Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire-Junction Companies, taken an interest in the Mold Railway, feeling assured that the opening of that district would not fail to add largely to the passenger and mineral traffic ; that the bill for amalgamating the 'com pany with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc tion Company, had passed the standing orders committee, and been read a second time in the House of Commons ; and that prior to its introduction to the House of Lords it would be necessary to submit the measure to a special general meeting. The revenue account showed a nett profit of £12,616 I ls, 5d., out of which the Directors re commended that a dividend be declared of 14s. per £5O share, 7s. per £25 share, and 2s. '3d. per £2O share ; the income tax to be paid by the Company. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the report be adopted, and that the dividend be paid on and after the 11th of February. He said that the dividend of 145., though very much the same as that the proprietors had been accustomed to receive, would, he rejoiced to say, on all filture occa sions be much greater. The Directors had been engaged in most important negociations with the commissioners of Birkenhead, to secure the utmost facility for the transit of passengers and goods across the Mersey. The Com missioners had met the Directors in a spirit of liberality and fairness, and the Directors had reciprocated that feel ing, so far as they could do it with regard to the interests of the Company, It might be a matter of surprise that there had been no accession from the opening of the Shrewsbury and Chester line. He rather thought the Di rectors did not anticipate much from the opening of that line in this their first winter, more particularly as several branches to coal districts, from which a large portion of traffic is expected, have not yet been opened. In the month of April these branches will be opened, and before that time sheds for the receipt of goods at Birkenhead would be ready. April would also form an important era in the history of Birkenhead, for in that month they should witness the partial opening of the docks—those great works which appeared to form a prestige of the future greatness of Birkenhead. The Warehouse Com pany also expected to be able to open eighteen warehouses at the same time, and in order to accommodate this traffic a tempOrary railway would be made, so that goods taken from the vessels might be carried along the line without further impediment. Although, of course, they should derive some advantage from this, he (the Chairman) should not be expressing his own views if he said he looked for very large results from this partial opening, for until these great works were completed, they should not have a very large increase from that source. It would be j a work of time before they could attract commerce from the streams in which it had been accustomed to flow, but when they looked at the convenience and the cheapness of the Birkenhead docks, there was no doubt the merchants , of Liverpool would send their vessels there. 1 Mr. COCHRANE seconded the motion, and it was car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then intimated that the Chester and Holyhead Company had agreed to take an interest, in the Mold Railway to the extent of £60,004, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction £20,000, and the Di rectors of the Chester and Birkenhead Company asked the proprietors to sanction their proceedings in also taking an interest to the extent of £20,000. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the meeting approved of the steps taken by the Directors, and that the shares subscribed for be adopted as part of the stock of this company, and that the Directors be authorised to take such steps as they may deem necessary for the opening of the line. Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Eistritt graw. The fine delta formed by the Irwell between Broughton Castle and Kersal Moor, has been taken for the Man chester race-course. The Lying-in Hospital at Manchester was totally de stroyed by fire on Wednesday. The inmates were all saved with difficulty. The gallant matron refused to make her escape till her entire charge of mothers and babes were conveyed away with safety. NEW SHERIFFS.—WiIIiam Gale, Esq., of Lightburn house, Ulverston, has been appointed sheriff for the en suing year for the county of Lancaster; Ralph Gerard Leycester, Esq., of Toft-hall; for Cheshire ; Joseph Dent, Esq., for Yorkshire ; Lord Newborough, for Anglesey ; and Llewellyn Falkner Lloyd, of Nannerch, Esq., for Flintshire. A NICE POINT.—At Rochdale petty sessions, last week, the magistrates were applied to for an order of removal of a pauper woman. and her family. This was resisted on the ground that when the woman's husband lay in bed his head was in one parish and his feet in another. The ma gistrates refused the order, and the case will be tried in a higher court. Ai t ILS. BUTLER. (LATE MISS FANNY KEMBLE. ) Amongst the characters to be sustained by this celebrated actress, on her return to the stage, during her engagement at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, (which commences on the 16th inst,) are Julia, in The Hunchback; Juliana, in The Honey Moon : Lady Macbeth, Juliet ; Lady Teazle, in The School for Scandal; and Queen Katherine, in Henry the Eighth. She is to receive, it is said, £75 a night. PARISH CHURCH OF BEBINGTON.—This ancient struc ture was re-opened on Sunday week, having undergone extensive repair. On this occasion the reverend rector received a gratifying testimonial of regard from his lady parishioners, in the presentation to him of a set of cano nicals • and the liberality of the parish generally has not only been shown, in handsome subscriptions for the re storation of a beautiful building, but two painted windows of great taste have been put up at the cost of the ladies and bachelors of the congregation. INCORPORATION OP THE BOROUGH OF WARRING TON.—A communication was received on Monday, by Messrs. Wagstaff, Marsh, and Barrett, the solicitors em ployed in obtaining a charter of incorporation for the bo rough, stating the privy council had advised her Majesty to use her prerogative in that respect, and that the neces sary details will be forwarded in a few days. The muni cipal boundary will not comprise the whole of the paiiiia mentary. borough, but will include the greatest portion of the town of Latchford, situated in the county of Chester. The borough is divided into five wards, and the number of councillors allotted to each ward six. The corporation will consist of the mayor, five aldermen, and thirty coun cillors. CAUSES OF DEATH AT INQUESTS IN MANCHESTER.— By the quarterly accounts of the borough coroner for the quarter, frem the 19th October, 1846, to the 2d January, 1847, inclusive (presented to the council at its quarterly meeting on Wednesday), it appears that the following were the causes of death in the 80 inquests held in that period :—Burns and scalds; 27 ; drowning 3 ; Falls, &c., 7 ;. carts, horses, &c., 1 ; Machinery, 3 ; railway, 2 ; poisoning, 0 ; suicide, 0 ; drinking, 0 ; found dead, 1 ; murder and manslaughter, 2 ; still born, 0 ; natural deaths 29 ; othar casualties, 5. The Manchester Guardian remarks upon this statement, that " twenty-nine natural deaths seem a large number for so short a period; but it includes seven ' fell down dead,' and sixteen found dead,' altogether twenty-three, and the mortality during the above months has been very great." We should rather be disposed, upon the large number 27, whose deaths factor t t o h r e y s e labour, have have occurred from burns and sc a lds, to as k h ow man y e tu en i d t l t l h e u children v ed o f women o p e e m r pl s o u y p e e d rin i n_ tendence. CHARGE op MURDER AT RUNCORN.- On Saturday, a considerable sensation was caused in Runcorn by the fact of a man named Richard Edwards, a carpenter by trade, having killed his wife. It appeared that Edwards, who is a man given to drink, had been fuddling all that day, instead of being at his work ; and his wife, Betty Edwards, who is described as having been a quiet, peaceable woman, had sent one of her children to receive what wages were due to 'him. About four o'clock hi the afternoon, Edwards came home, and wanted to get some money ; but his wife declined to give him any, as all that she had received was due to the provision shop. Edwards imme diately began to abuse and beat her, in the presence of her children ; he took her by the hair of her head, and attempted to throw her out of doors ; and then he struck her several times about the head and neck, and knocked her down, and kicked her most severely. His eldest son, who is an apprentice, interfered on behalf of his mother, but was obliged to desist in consequence of the'threats of his father; but lie ran out to fetch the neighbours in, who found her on the floor, quite dead, so that she had literally been beaten to death. Edwards took the matter quite coolly, and when his son was desired to send for a doctor, he, threatened that, if he went, he would kill him ! Again, when he was told that his wife was dead, he made use of the brutal language, " Let her die, and to h— with her." Edwards was immediately taken into custody. On Tuesday last, an inquest was held on the body, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Richard Edwards," who was accordingly committed to Chester Castle.—Chester Chronicle. ALLEGED DEATH FROM STARVATION.—IRISH FRAUD. On Saturday, the neighbourhood of Ordsal-lane and Regent-road, Salford, was in a state of considerable ex citement, in consequence of a rumour that an Irishman, lodging in Union-street, there, had died from hunger and starvation. Deceased's name was Thomas Roach, a tailor, aged 35 years, and a native of Roscommon, Ireland. An inquest was held on the body on Monday last, before Mr. Rutter, when Dr. Creighton declared that the deceased died from inflammation of the lungs, and not from a want of food. But the most curious circumstance of the case was the conduct and testimony of his wife at the inquest. She stated that her husband and herself came to lodge in Union-street, on Thursday last, bringing herself and five children, and that they had all landed in Liverpool on that day fortnight, having been sent over from Ireland. At this stage of her evidence she appeared to recollect herself, and began to prevaricate a little, stating that they had not been sent over, but had come of their own accord. After giving an account of the manner in which her hus band and herself came from Ireland, in reply to a question put by one of the jury, she declared that the deceased had never been a soldier, and was not in the receipt of a pen sion, and when requested to tell the truth, pertinaciously maintained the assertion. Though foreign to the inquiry before the coroner, some of the jury requested that a wit ness, named Nicholas Hannan, :might be examined. Hannan said he knew the family well, the deceased hav ing lived with him three months, when an this country before Christmas, and during the whole of that time he did no work, except make witness a waistcoat. At that time he told witness he had twelve or thirteen barrels of corn at home, in addition to three acres of land ; and he said he thought he should sell up and come over here to live. He had been a soldieri n the 87th Regiment of Foot, in which he was a tailor, and he had left his discharge and some other papers with witness; which he (witness) had since given up to Captain Bond, the officer in command of the enrolled pensioners here. He had a pension of one shilling a-day, which he received during the three months he was here, and the amount since due to him lie had 're ceived the day before he died I—The deceased's wife was then sent for, and the evidence of the last witness was read over to her, when, on hearing' it, she fell on her knees, and most hypocritically begged pardon for the lies of which she had been guilty. She pleaded, " that she thought their honours would not buy her husband a coffin, if she said she had a pension." She was strongly cen sured for her perjury, and professed to feel great sorrow, but the jury who had intended to originate a subscription for her, exhibited little sympathy towards her, after such baseness. Verdict accordingly.—Manchester Times. CORRESPONDENCE. CHURCH AND STATE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. was tauntingly said by the gentleman who lectured in this town, the other evening, on the church and state question, that " if the Church of England were dissevered from the state, it would be as a cedar in Leba non, and not, as it is now, the poor hyssop on the wall— that low and creeping thing." If, sir, we were to speak with candour and with truth, our language would be— " The Church of England is a firmly-rooted and aged cedar, of massive roots, trunk, and branches, fixed on' the Lebanon of God, the goodly mountain of his favour ; and those churches which have dissented from her are only the underwood, squatted around her stock, in danger of being trodden down by the feet of the passer by, or rooted up by the bulls of Rome." The church, sir, of which it is our privilege to be mem bers, is to be venerated for her antiquity, much; and loved;/specially by her sons, for her evangelical' purity, more. She is almost as old as the Christian era, having been planted, as there is good reason to believe, by the Apostle Paul himself. And though the tempestuous storms of false doctrine and heresy have beat upon her ; and the blighting blast of many an inhospitable winter of spiritual darkness, and worldliness, has • threatened to deaden, her vitality, and cripple for ever her energies ; yet she stands the beauteous witness for the truth of God in this land, against the soul-blighting heresies of Rome, and the childlike innovations of dissenters. She has shone most brightly since the time of the never-to-be-forgotten Reformation ; and not covered her light with the bushel of selfishness, but has spread it into every corner of our land. Yea, from her has " sounded out the word of God " into fir distant countries ; so that the people who once sat in the shades of death have,• by her instrumentality, been brought to sit at the foot of the cross—the people who once were sunken in every kind of vice, have been led to live " as becometh the Gospeleof Christ." And, sir, our scriptural church, moreover, is both cha riot and horsemen to England—her defence against the attacks of foreign foes, and her barrier against the ag gressions of aggrandising Rome. Through being con nected with so pure a church, England has been success ful in war, blessed in her commerce, and happy in herself. Through England's church we breathe the pure air of liberty, which was denied our forefathers when the " man of sin " set his iron heel upon our shores, and contami nated the ambient air with his noiF- .-0 breath. Effect the dissolution between the church and the state, and England will sink into disrepute, and be reckoned least among the nations : her glory will be for ever eclipsed, and her sons the slaves of some unprincipled despot. Our church, too, in the plenitude of her mercy, sir, casts her arms around the dissenter, and her shield over the seceder. She, in the amplitude of her liberality, stretches her branches over the otherwise defenceless underwood, and protects it from the sweeping storm. We cannot deny, sir, but that the dissenters have done much good, and we glory in that good ; but yet it has been effected under the fostering care of our established church, considered as a second cause. Of this care and motherly tenderness, dissenters are most ungratefully forgetful, which is manifested in their railing against her, as though she were " the mother of harlots, and abomi nations of the earth." Let the church be separated from the state, according to the warmest desire of her enemies, and presently steps in the great corruption of 1200 years' accumulation, and fixes its firm grasp upon the state ; which thing it can easily accomplish, for there is in the minds of our legislators a manifest leaning towards Rome. And if this come to pass, sir, where will the toleration be which is now shewn to dissenters ? Not a vestige of it will be seen remaining. The preaching of the pure word of God will be forbidden, and its preachers anathematised as in former days when Romanism flourished in this country. But suppose, sir, we were to grant that the connection between the church and the state is an evil, which we are far from allowing, still it would be infinitely better to advocate its continuance in such position, to act as it has hitherto done, like a great shield, large and strong, to defend the truth of God amongst us. And now to bring this communication to a close. When we consider the antiquity, purity, and extensive usefulness of our much-beloved church ; when we consi der the protection she affords to the preaching of the cross of Christ in this country from the despotism of Rome ; when we consider that her formularies and arti cles are quite in harmony with the oracles of God ; and that by hundreds of her preachers, both at home and abroad, the banner of the cross is unfolded, day by day, and Sabbath after Sabbath, to the view of,perishing sin ners ; and lastly, when we consider that the children of God within her pale are well fed from the storehouse of eternal truth,—we are constrained to admire her much, and to regard the taunts and petty spleen of her enemies, in no other light than as the offspring of a dissatisfied mind and an unsound judgment. I am, sir, yours truly, Toxteth-park. A LAYMAN. NEW ZEALAND GUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,--The article of gum kauri, or cowrie, is largely produced at New Zealand. Should you feel. an interest in that colony, you will perhaps give insertion to the follow ing results, exhibited by one of the first chemists in Van Dieman's Land, and which has accompanied'a ship ment of that gum just arrived in London. These results shew that it is capable of being made into a capital var nish, and a very desirable quality of sealing wax. I am, sir, &c. B. The external appearance indicates a hardness between copal and resin, burning entirely away with a clear white flame. Having pounded a quantity of the gum in a mar ble mortar, I took half an ounce, and then added two ounces of " anhydrous" alcohol, previously procured by distilling over dry carbonate of potash the spirit of wine of commerce, and digested for several hours in a gentle heat. This readily dissolved, and whilst hot I filtered into a glass vessel, and added to it a weaker solution (ready prepared) of the powdered gum in oil of turpentine, in proportion of three parts of the solution in• alcohol to one part of the solution in the oil of turpentine. In con formity with this rule, I obtained a fine colourless varnish, harder and more transparent than mastich, and drying quicker. I have subsequently tried a less expensive method, viz. by first cautiously fusing the powdered gum, then adding oil of turpentine and boiled linseed oil, each previously made nearly boiling hot, then allowing them to boil alto gether for a short time, but as yet I have not been able to pay it that attention which it requires from its difficulty of solution, but from present appearances I have great hope of a satisfactory result. It readily dissolves in ether and naphtha, and when combined with shellac and turpentine, it forms a most ex cellent sealing wax, which from its hardness will, I doubt not, resist the temperature of the tropics, consequently more valuable than the common wax. J. WESTON: New Norfolk, Sept. Eth, 1846. THE ST. GEORGE'S ORGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—From the proceedings at the last meeting of the Town Council I find the recommendation of the Law Courts Committee to defer the erection of the organ has been referred back for further consideration, I therefore hope you will allow me to offer a few remarks. I do not see there is any occasion for the postponement of the subject altogether, though even that would be pre ferable to expending £7,000, as proposed by Dr. Wesley. I fear if the corporation do not devise some other mode of procedure than the adoption of the plan already before them, they will have to bear the reproach of having spent a larger sum than was ever devoted to the building of an organ, without obtaining an instrument of any extraorgi narrpretensions or merits. There seem to be scarcely two opinions that Dr. Wes ley's plan and proceedings have not given the satisfaction that was anticipated ; and I therefore respectfully suggest, under these circumstances, it would be far better to amend what has already been done. The. writer of a recent letter in the Mercury, after la bouring hard to show that Dr. Wesley and Messrs. Gray and Davison are the only persons fit to be entrusted with the organ, has instituted comparisons between an organ repaired and enlarged by Gray and Co. (not built) and an incompleted organ by Hill. If comparisons need be made, our own neighbourhood will furnish ample means of testing the merits of the builders. • At Manchester there have been several organs recently erected by both Hill and Gray and Co. ' and the organ put up by the latter, a short time ago, in Chester Cathedral, will supply abundant evidence whereon to form a just es timation of the two builders. Having said this much, it may be asked what better plan can be adopted to ensure a first-rate instrument ? I therefore do not hesitate to express my conviction that if the committee would allow the principal builders to send in specifications for an organ, they would take care to have such assistance and advice as would enable them to furnish plans in every way worthy of considera tion. By so doing, the highest talent, not only in this but other countries, would be called into action, and many new ideas might be suggested which otherwise may be lost to the musical world. A great saving will by this means be effected, even if premiums are awarded to the unsuccessful plans. The consideration of the various spe cifications, previous to adoption, would, I also contend, be better if left to a committee of three than to one indi vidual. It is not sufficient to say that Dr. Wesley is a clever musician, therefore all shall be left to his judgment, for it , does not necessarily follow that a teacher of music is bet tor qualified than any one gise ; much, inde e d, d epen d s On • the opportunities an individual may i have had fo r inspect ing the various organs which exist n this and other coun tries, and the ability he may have to form a just estima tion of their merits or defects. In the preliminary pro ceedings, previous to the erection of the hall itself; no one, I dare say, dreamt of leaving it to one individual to draw up a plan and engage a builder lo complete the erection. Had such been the case, I much question whe ther we should have had to look upon a hall with the same feelings of pleasure as we now do in viewing the magnifi cent,structure which has been reared. I therefore argue thara similar method to that which has produced such satisfactory results, should be adopted with respect to the • organ. _ In conclusion, permit me to add, that there is yet am ple time to complete an organ Wore the hall is finished; and as it appears to be a general wish that the Queen should visit us on the occasion of its being opened, I. would earnestly recommend the corporation to amend their proceedings forthwith, as in a couple of months all might be ready for commencing the organ. If this is de termined upon, I beg to suggest that Dr. Felix Men- • delssohn be engaged to compose an oratorio to perform on the occasion ; and fuither, that he superintend its per- , formance, and open the organ. He is confessedly the greatest organist living ; and as her Majesty has the high est admiration of his works, nothing would be more likely to insure her attendance. This would, indeed, be a triumph, and future ages would regard the opening of the " St. George's organ" as an era in musical science. Sincerely trusting the further deliberations of the Law Courts Committee may be successful in -adorning our splendid hall with an organ of even greater fame than those at Seville, Weingarten, or Haarlem, and be a last ing testimony of the magnificence which suggested its erection, permit me to remain Sir, your very obedient servant, • A RESIDENT ORGANIST. THE INHALATION OF ETHER. We mentioned, in the last Standard, that, at the meet ing of the Polytechnic Society, the previous evening, Mr. C. J. Smith, the treasurer of the society, had exhibited a. beautiful apparatus for inhaling the vapour of sulphuric ether. We described briefly the apparatus which Mr. Smith produced, and which he considers an improvement of the existing plan, as by the modification suggested by him the patients are able more readily to inhale the vapour. Two persons had previously tried, in Mr. Smith's presence, to breathe the undiluted ether and failed. The first patient, a young woman, who wanted two or three teeth extracted,. tried the vapour for a few seconds, and then refused to proceed, saying that something was going down her throat which she did not like, and she could not be induced either to give the vapour a further trial or to have the teeth ex tracted without it. The second, a youth of fifteen or six teen, made two or three trials, but would not persevere, when he (Mr. S.) volunteered to inhale it, provided a pro mise was given his teeth should not be interfered with, as he had not any that he was at all desirous of parting with- He commenced, and in 21 minutes was in a state of pro found insensibility, in which he remained for about two minutes, when he recovered. Mr. Smith said, that when he commenced inhaling the vapour, he resolved to mark, and recollect as distinctly as he could, the sensations which he might experience during the process, but that, though he succeeded in some measure, he felt great difficulty in describing them. He found the vapour so strong, that he was at first quite unable to breathe it, as it occasioned a coughing and irritation of the air passages ; he therefore , hit upon a method of diluting it, by holding the mouth piece in such a manner that a little air was admitted to dilute the vapotn, gradually lessening the aperture, until at length he could breathe .the vapour alone without diffi culty. After a few inspirations of the undiluted vapour, he, felt that he was losing all power of voluntary motion, and that he was even then, though quite sensible of what was going on, in fact, completely in the power of the operator. In a few seconds more he seemed to be sur rounded by millions of stars, each tinted with all the pris matic colours and in rapid motion, accompanied b? a noise • as if all the gongs in the celestial empire were sounding. 44bortly the noise softened down into delicious music, and the stars decreased in numbers and brilliancy, until at length sensation was completely restored. • He felt a good deal bewildered, not being able to conceive where he was, or low he got there, and he was now quite unable ade quately to describe his sensations for the first few seconds, but they were certainly those of profound wonder, mingled with a strong idea that the whole affair was, in some way or other, the result of enchantment. This, however, soon passed away, and the only remaining effect was a feeling of lightness and buoyancy, an unwonted inclination to be on the best possible terms with himself and everybody else, which continued during the remainder of the day. The result of the experiment upon himself, however, led him immediately to perceive why many persons are unable to inhale the vapour effectually, namely, the irritat ing effects of the strong vapour applied suddenly to the larynx, trachea, and bronchial tubes, which often occasion coughing, nausea, and other distressing effects; indeed he felt certain, that many would feel a greater amount of pain and inconvenience from inhaling the vapour in this manner, than from undergoing many of the minor• operations of surgery without it. He felt also that the inconvenience might be avoided by such a modification of the apparatus as should enable the patient to respire first the vapour di luted with atmospheric air, and gradually rendered stronger at each successive respiration. In order to test this, he requested the youth who had before made several ineffectual attempts, to allow him (Mr. S.) to administer it ; and he proceeded as follows He first placed the mouthpiece to the patient's mouth, and held it quite close, allowing him to breathe freely through both mouth and nostrils. He then placed his finger and. thumb upon the nose, and gradually compressed the nos trils, thus lessening by degrees the quantity of atmospheric air Imitted through them, and consequently increasing the quantity and strength of the vapour inhaled through the mouth. This method was completely successful : the apparatus was removed, the mouth opened, and an upper double tooth extracted without the slightest appearance of pain. The patient shortly afterwards came tq himself, and, on being asked if he felt any pain, he exclaimed, " Is it out I" and could only satisfy himself of the fact by putting his fingers into his mouth, and feeling the vacant space where the tooth had been. He declared that he had felt nothing, but thought ho L,;(1 " mrroui.cled by sunshine." That he never saw so much sunshine in his life, and that he tried to get out of it, but could not." The result of these experiments the speaker said had induced him to bring before the Society a modification of the apparatus, which he believed would render it complete, as it would enable the surgeon to administer the vapour effectually to many persons who could not inhale it at all, by means of any of the apparatus hitherto used, and fur ther it would enable the operator to modify the strength and quantity, in any way that might be required by the different constitutions of different patients. To effect this, he proposed to add to the present apparatus an air valve, composed of a small cylinder, the bottom of which should open into the present apparatus above the vapour valve. In the interior of this cylinder should be a pro jecting ring, turned and ground true, to act as a seat for a valve, turned in the shape of a frustrum of a cone, and fixed with the small end uppermost on a spindle, the top of which should move 'through a hole in the cover of the cylinder, and the lower end through a guide rod fixed across the cylinder beneath the cone. The lower end of this cylinder should be surrounded by a spiral spring, strong enough to force the cone up into the ring, and retain it there air-tight, while the upper end of the spindle which projects through the valve cover should be furnished with a small milled head, so that it, might be pressed downwards, and the air admitted through the an nular space between the cone and the ring. Now it would be evident that, if at the commencement of the process of inhaling, the patient should be unable to bear the full strength of the vapor, the operator pressed , down the button, as m the second diagram, which showed the valves in section, the atmospheric air would be ad mitted through the perforations in the valve cover, and passing through the annular space would mix with the vapor of the Ether, so as considerably to dilute it, while as the pros u e on the button was decreased the cone would rise, and by continually diminishing the annular space decrease the supply of air, until at length when it had risen into its place, the supply of air would be entirely cut off, and the patient would be enhaling the strong Ether Vapor only. The second diagram shewed a still simpler form of valve, it merely consisted of a conical hole in the side of the vapor tube, which could be opened .and closed by a conical plug, acted upon by a lever precisely like the key of a flute; this however he• did not consider nearly so good an arrangement as the first, as it was not capable of such nice gradation. Many other forms of valve might be devised, but he thought those he proposed would be found as good as any, they possessed the advantage of great simplicity, while they gave the operator the power of regulating the application of the vapor to the greatest nicety. He could commence with a delicate patient, by giving the vapor iu a diluted form, and could' increase its strength by imper ceptible degrees. and that slowly or rapidly, exactly as the patient could bear it, while when a state of unconscious ness was once produced, the strong vapour could be con tinued or resumed without any danger of the valve ad mitting air, as it would be kept secure by the spring, without any care on the part of the operator. He felt that the application - of Ether to produce insensibility dur ing surgical operations, was one of the most important discoveries of the day ; it would save an immense amount of human suffering, and no doubt as it became more ex tensively known, it would be the means of saving many lives, as persons were too apt, when suffering under dis eases requiring severe operations, to delay, under the ap prehensions of the great suffering which they would have to undergo, until too late. Under these circumstances he should offer no apology fur bringing his proposed improve ment of the apparatus before the Society ; he felt anxi ous to have the member's opinions upon it ; in order that if - his views were correct it should become as extensively known and adopted as possible. Mr. Salt read an article from the Atheneum on the same subject, describing a number of cases in which the Ether had been successfully administered. Several or the meeting tried the effect of the apparatus, and ei t i o t Iw o 1. 1 . 1 re. occa sioned muc► amusement by their varied descriptions of what they felt during the process. a ht l hi seviounthst interesting r eo o fs f . tl a ie n n da giL Mr. Arstall exhibited a very curious vegetable s:n communication. k apparatus, produc tion from Africa; after which the members adjourned to the Coffee Room. SmithA Smithc forfrodir