The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-11 00:00:00

Mar. 11, 18-IS. oral alit probintial jleius. ---.49.- - t r j -I P to the present time there are above 50 prisoners for at the ensuing Chester assizes. SAtLoß's ElostE.—ln a letter to Mr. Gibson, Lord Sand,, on leaves no reason to doubt that the Admiralty will " t esent a copy of their charts, &c., for this institution. a 114 Isle name of the new iron steamer for the Liverpool of Ma n station has been changed to that of Ben raaeree, the Manx for—the woman of my heart. 1 „° 11 Wednesday week, two men were killed in a stone w r i trY near Bury by the fall of a It massand of stone, ▪ch had become undermined by the clay rubbish • way in consequence of the tha.y. B LRxENHEAn DOCK L. bill has been referred to ' l „E. Greene, Sir P. Egerton, Mr. Tollemache, and • L. l'atton Egerton. The committee were to meet yes- Lerday. - - It will be seen by an advertisement in another column , k hat the re h as b een an alterat i on i n t h e c l asses of Mr. t," ° alpson, writin g master, who has so long successfully '' a ght: this important branch of education. Dowdin Surveyor-General of Customs, Mr. "and, Collector of Liverpool, Mr. Ker, Collector of llristol, and Mr. Maclean, had an ieterview with Sir R. is l4 e,e l , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Dean, ''s airman of the Customs on 1 hursday. g. IkI IIEZZLEMENT.—At the Manchester borough ses in„as,on rida week, Evan Prince, a native of Mold, was guilty of having embezzled £4,888, the property of "5 m aster Percival, , Mr. woollen- draper, of Manchester, ' a d sentenced to fourteen year's transportation. ° fle of the Blue Coat School boys, whilst collectin sc g sab • rlptions for the institution, was last week robbed of 12 6s 6d, contained in a purse, which was snatched from 1, aands by a well-known thief, who was, however, cap tured and the whole of the money recovered. COMPLIMENT TO FREE TRADERS.—The Mere/ass fof Friday says : " Messrs. Livesey and Son, proprie rB of the Preston Guardian and of the Struggle, are he trade rs b ot h i n t h eory an d pract i ce ," an d t h en goes Q to give the why and wherefore, viz., that they have robbed the Mercury of its population tables. ih°Rokßy AND ROBBERY.—James Underwood, resid -ts' at 16, Prussia -street, was on Thursday committed for :Lai to the assizes, for stealing a letter containing a post s'ee order for £3 13s, addressed to a fellow-lodger `li.araed Francis Mayhew, seaman, then-ad drawing the money '',, th e Post-office, having forged gnature. r VIIINKENNEss —On Sunday last Thomas Barker, who h e— " e d in es 'Frederick -street, died suddenly. He ,a i _d been a y P e P r hard drinker all his life. Ann Clarke, ' d 'uo also had b y een much addicted to drinking, died sud -enlY from what was afterwards ascertained to be effusion °I blo o d GUANO.—The on the brain. th' n4 No.—The market last week was free from excite si-eat, and the business effected was not extensive without lets from the previous week's rates. The bulk of ke arrivals is going into store. The severe weather still e Ps out the farmers, who, as yet, have purchased com- Parativl Y nothing. O cc IDENT.—On Saturday Michael Ford, of Henry Zuward-street, fell from the fourth story of one of the iisorehouses at present in course of erection at the . Albert a od e k• He was, as may be supposed, dreadfully injured, hospital removed at once to the Southern and Toxteth . The unfortunate man has a wife and child. SR th e READING-ROOM.—The annual meeting of r suPporters and friends of the Seamen's Reading h°eista, in connex c ion with the Mariner's Church will be the Music-hall, on Friday next, when the chair te ' rt ue , taken by his worship . the d Mayor. Several emi ts ss n iergymen of the establishe church will be present ,''''ocate the claims of the institution. of '3 ,, C . A RPITy OF HAY.—In consequence of the high price "us article of agricultural produce through the deficient Cra p of last summer by the long-continued drought, large ?t s ila i riti tles are daily arri v ing at our q uays from Belfast. ah o very closely packed by a patent process, in trusses r et the si to the Cheshire size of an ordinary de. cotton-bale. Some of it is e ' S biPped th e G ,, a EENwicti PENSIONERS.—The out-pensioners from O rtn `tY and mar i nes i n th e Li verpoo l di s t r i c t, i nc l u di ng ar e • s mrk, St. Helen's, Prescot, Runcorn, and Frodsham, r 6 I n futur e t o b e p l ace d un d er t h e super i nten d ence o f Staff 'officer the same as the out-pensioners of Chel rin They will be inentified by Captain Greig ; the ma- t o-morro w , and the seamen on Thursday. I,,LIAILWAYS AND COACHES.—It seems that the inn the and posting-houses of Blackburn have not had Indeed,e ry inflicted on them as most other town i s. p, o l that town may fairly challe , ge any other n th e. and at the present time for the number of coaches to co me in and ou t i n th e course o f a d ay, t h ere b e i ng a a i ' e ss th an s i xteen daily and twenty-three on market too) and so great is the opposition, that the fare to Bol ls only one penny per mile. r ss °ll Monday night, about ten o'clock, an alarm of fire sir elle d the police station-house, and several engines and r,,_;er.arts were immediately despatched to the spot, the froreeises of Mr. George Gager, in Blackstock-street, tiedtPerlY Canning-street.) Mr. Gager is a sugar-refiner, end !II the room appropriated for the drying of the bags, th e i n which there was a stove, the fire took place. By i t waactive exertions of the fire-police, under Mr. Hewitt, t atel s sPeedily subdued, and the estimated loss is fortu- V only from £2O to £3O. Tn e l "- -- A fire was discovered about half-past five on Wive ay evening on the premises of Mr. Sidney Sherlock. tie'L'earnerchatit, 22, King-street, which was, by the exer wit?_, of th e fi re police, confined to two of the upper rooms, (ab'ectlntare used as pac ki ng rooms, the contents of which Iv, er e d 8 0 do zens of wine, a few dozens of brandy, &c.) hav e ie stro yed. Had the fire descended, the lo ss mus t raises reen considerabl e . Th e d amage d one t o th e pre - Co ver ec l sh out £BO, an d th e s t oc k £l7O, b u t th e w h o l e is by the insurance. Poli e l'E NlA-LE HIGHWAY ROBBER.—On Friday, at the w as f -c ourt, a young woman, named Agnes Gibbons, seern nu nitted f or two mont h s f or stea li ng a h at. I t ap horn'eu, tha!, the prosecutor, an elderly man, was going Kirkdale, when he was suddenly attacked . near blow, andhe took his hat from his Ileac/Tit He turned round so :nt the injury, but seeing two men standing near, ori on ,P' be cted they were a idi ng an d a b e t t i ng, an d wa lk e d °N s met a policeman, to whom he told the story e ins_ raaltr e atosent. The woman was taken with the hat Ron Possession. i nt V4L EsFY YACHT CLUB—The m T w 4 s heldMatß se dr , enty the Mersey Hotel . i , on uesda mont,hl a ev y enineet g. oiledead eoemen were elected members. . The commo prover a list of names for nomination, to be o at thenext meeting, amounting to 46. The cap that i%,"sed, seconded by the honorary secretary, Ofh larr • ,• cer e lett s code of signals be adopted by the club." coiu rais , were re-elected by acclamation. The sailing w ‘.e e tea,nd officers for the . measurement of the yachts Ariz- elec r s t o also, a committee appointed to select the . o oi n 13 be sailed for in the ensuing season. The club aria the scai ne Very crowded in the course of the evening, m emo separated at an early hour. thO,Ntzu sLA th. - 31 JHAR.—Measrs. J. and J. Ackers, of stat ere ' e ale addressed a letter to the Times respecting g o "s, th at nt of Mr. Labouchere in the House of Com th-ea3 wh ey e xperienced persons, who are pretty able to ne e t r th e su g a rpr comes from, doubted very much wile corne f ro (recently arrived from Venezuela) " did as ug r eal' °ln Surina m or Porto Rico, and distrusted its 4 _,Y th at t , the Produce of Venezuela." Messrs. Ackers I •: . r . riitt ed I t .' r e_Y are the importers of the only cargo of sugar t at he names -V enezuela, and call upon Mr. Labouchere Otte t hey a 8 °f any of the " experienced persons," and of the a Prepared to prove that the sugar is the pro -441 441 state in Ri c " question. nevr°,n ' l 'ne!,; °C omistissioNErts.—Atthe monthly meet- Sci o Q Oard_ l 7 4 Y the B oar d sat f or the f i rst t i me in their endare. 7,401 n at the sou th- east corner o f Hamilton theMarker e proceedings were unimportant. The Watch f or road, s?ornmittees have been amalgamated, as have , toad iinpro ss4S 4 m oote vement committees. The ferry . receipts st et ove r t ," had been £1,247, being an increase of s ear e d th at 4.? e corresponding month of 1844. It was don ee as ,t./-7,assessment for the improvement rate this ,• 59, 64,?' 1211 11 , which, at 7d. in the pound, will pro -ate Th e Last Last year the assessment was only thet as stareucsi assessment for the watching and lighting a4 e Pound" to be, this year, .£70,684, which, at ltd. th e searnent wasill Produce £3,239 13s Bd. Last year, the nes t car nniis e i r) £57 ,500 10s. These rates were signed by Al m ooth tiers, and will come into force some time ova thkeNkstauG„ w ho - 'Jody rE as - -On Thursday an inquest was held N it ; it was ° ia middle aged female, named Bridget Carr, Ina o g to hei n ade gect, had died from injuries sustained eh ar narn ed 4 Pushed under the wheel of a cart by a the ge ' 411 " , as Carroll, who was in custody on the ho" Prison aPPeared ease ab Quer, i n that deceased rented a cellar from tioh ove,) wa tkinson-street, (he occupying the which and on the 28th ult. he went and asked for e d t e ° : l ( pl ece w as due to him for rent. Some alterca into , and abusive hi Qui, sr e language was made use of by Of (Am h ou se the prisoner left the cellar and went at ePs , the deceased following him to then . op u ecea s While theretatter, the prisoner was seen to give e a Push which caused hes• to fall down into s tat e 4l the , went wheel of a cart which was passing at ,Aitel , ° ,, f ins eosi aer her knee. She was taken up in a bsu,sitterutiere he and conveyed to the Southern Hos t„"t O ot he hadcu on Thursday. The prisoner ad are" w ith , Pushed the deceased down the steps, and h '! a serdiesui Intention to hurt her. The jury re was t °f m an o slaught . er against the prisoner,. tar sF. r committed t 17 . take his trial at the next assizes. ° io us c3ri sslnsy, TCESDAT.—The reported expendi- Last yearendis sitirt door poor, as compared with . the pre- Ser e O.ek s 's lollow s • Of ,e 10 1„ se, number of paupers in the house e. s 1 ( i: last y ear " t ls 10d. per head, or .£l/9 4s 2d, ~,,"r ea s s Per h es ~ th e number was 1,940, at an expense exp e reli ev or £l6l 12s 10d in money. monoOut a+.i ns e of during the last fortnight • ht were 7,278, at ta'eh r Y les s , k 816 18s Kl• being 34e cases and £9 0s d. a iet i e ts ?rt i ss 7n fo fo u r the ;Lime period last year. Weekly 90,5 , I'4 viz.: in the fever hospital 30 e or "Yin g woiss er , s i t ' mens' medical and surgical qnedical, surgical, and lock wards, ree o s : r Y, 2 - 9 41 :ward, 39 2 s' w ars girls' , opthalcnic ward, 9 ; boys' sick th e 'I h e s'', 16 ; ott e ; b ' n ursery, 23 ; itch wards, 36 ; old parts of the building, 36 ; total, Wasl l , lcl ust r s i e ., l l a , r Y attach to the situation of chaplain to W 5, board Qchooi to ut; lodging wad fixed at £2OO per annum, with riot; 8 new e h eld th. special meeting of the board ted' s e th et s ettle rnent day to consider Sir James Gra soeYsteni at th e Mr. Arthur Henderson gave alljto th e ° i f obtai o i:' ' fl eeting he should move that the o contract %supplies be teadhered to with refer best'4 t ndustriai or hoot by Select Vestry being purchase as they may consider PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHERS' TEA PARTY.—On Thursday evening nearly 100 teachers connected with the Presbyterian Church of England Sabbath Schools here and at Birkenhead, met in the Wesleyan Methodists' Association school-room, Pleasant-street, for the purpose of promoting Christian fellowship and unity among themselves, and to communi cate information regarding the mode of conducting, as well as the progress made in the respective schools. R. A. Macfie, Esq., was unanimously called to preside. Excellent speeches were delivered. Tea and its accom paniments and fruit were abundantly served. The meet ing was a very pleasant, harmonious, and Lappy one. A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and after joining in praise and prayer, the meeting broke up. BASTERN DISPENSARY.—On Thursday, the sixth an nual meeting of this charitable institution was held in the large room at the Parish-office, Fenwick-street. The Rev. Fielding Ould occupied the chair. From the report it appeared that upwards of 5000 cases had been relieved with medical advice and medicines during the past year. By the removal of the Dispensary from Islington to Rose- Hill, a saving of £5O had been effected in the rental, and another reduction of £lO in the salary of the house-sur geon, Mr. Edwards, who had £l4O per annum, having resigned and gone to Crewe, and two house-surgeons hav ing been appointed at the respective salaries of £6O and 40 per annum. The report went on to state that notwith standing these economical expedients, the debt on the in stitution had increased from £3OO to £4OO, the subscrip tions had decreased from £147 to about £l3O, and that last year £ll7 were received towards its support from the Corporation, from the parish £56, and £3O by a church collection. This year there are no allowances to be re ceived, and the donations fall far short of the expectations of the committee.—After a short conversation respecting the condition of the institution, it was ultimately agreed to carry it on for another year, in the hope that public at tention would be called to it. LASCAII SEAMEN.—On Thursday several Lascar sea men, wretchedly clad and shivering with cold, appeared before Mr. Rushton to demand payment of wages, al leged to be due to them from Captain Dixon, who had brought them from Bombay, via Madras and Lond ,, n. It appeared that they were in error as to the wages, as money had been paid to them in advance and otherwise toward an engagement for six months not yet expired ; and the captain had provided them with a lodging-house ; but they complained that they were not sufficiently pro vided with clothing, or with su.th food as they could eat in accordance with the religion of their caste. Mr. Rush ton ordered proper officers to visit the boarding-house am'. make the enquiries necessary to complete the evidence, which was so far conflicting. On Friday the captain being in attendance, Mr. Rushton informed him that the result was that the men were not provided for as was required ; that their clothing, shoes, &c. were insufficient for this climate, and that he must insist on the needful being done without a day's delay otherwise he should enforce the act of parliament providing for the protection of that class of persons. The captain said it was difficult to deal with them, but on promising to comply, was permitted to leave the court. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the meeting on Thursday, Mr. John Holmes presided. Mr. Hodgson drew the attention of the Board to the gas question. He said the Town Council had referred the subject to the Watch Committee, who would take up the matter on Saturday, and it was important that this board should consider what part it should take, whether in con junction with the Watch Committee, or opposed to them. He thougnt the object would be answered by the appoint ment of a committee to confer with the sub-committee ap pointed by the Watch Committee. After some conver sation, Mr. Deane said it could not be brought into Par liament before Easter. Mr. Kilshaw : If you will have patience, it will die a natural death.—Mr. Aspinall : We have gone so far that we must have the amalgamation settled and the gas at a certain price. Even if the third company withdrew we must proceed. It is not against the third comp'lny but for the public that we are acting, and we must insist on the amalgamation or oppose them in Parliament.—Mr. Proctor, Mr. Birket, Mr. G. G. Hornby, and Mr. Hodgson were appointed a committee to confer with the Watch Chmmittee.—Mr. Aspinall drew the attention of the board again to the interruption caused by Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, in Basnett-street, and Mr. Deane was directed to write to the parties, and state that if the obstructions were not removed during the day, an information would be laid against them. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—On Monday night, the monthly meeting of the above excellent institution was numerously attended. The paper for the evening was by Mr. Waldy on the " Analysis and valuation of guano for agricultural purposes." The lecturer detailed the various constituents of guano, showing that it consisted in various proportions of sulphates and phosphates of potash and soda and the oxides of ammonia, but it was generally found to contain a great quantity of deteriorated matter. such as sand and water. Guano had been long known in Peru as a valuable manure, and was first brought to Europe about forty years ago. It was known to be the excrement of a sea fowl in a state of decomposi tion. Guano also contained nitrogen, varying greatly in quantity, according to the extent of decomposition. Carbonate of ammonia also existed in some kinds of gu ano, but chiefly African. Guano was particularly valua ble as a manure from the variety of its constituents, each having its relative value. In African guano decomposi tion seemed to have gone on with much greater rapidity than Peruvian. This was evidently owing to the large quantity of water which was found in the former. The lecturer gave an analysis of a specimen of guano, contain ing no less than 25 per cent. of sand and water. The lec turer concluded by stating that he bad examined a sam ple of what was called white guano, containing 61 per cent. of organic matter and ammonica salts, which were of extreme value. A long and somewhat interesting dis cussion ensued, after which the meeting adjourned. TOWN MISSION.—The annual meeting of the friends of the Liverpool Town Mission was held on Monday evening last. It appeared from the accounts read by Mr. John Cropper that the receipts for the past year amounted to £l6lO and the disbursements to £1433 leaving a ba lance in hand of £177. The Rev. E. M. Birrell read the report. The agents, writing of the temporal privations of some of the lower classes in Liverpool, said it was no unusual thing to find the doors and windows of some of their houses fastened up at late hours of the day, the pa rents wishing to exclude the light in order that their children might think day had not yet dawned, and that they might thus be prevented, for a time at least, from crying for bread. During the past year 785 families had been furnished with scanty assistance in the form of bread, potatoes, coals, and essential articles of clothing, the kindness of private friends having subscribed the sum of £B7 for this purpose. The ignorance of the great body of the people was most alarming. From a statistical re turn made in the poorer districts of the town, it was found that of 32,640 adults, there were 8,030 who could not read, and 22,801, being about two-thirds of the whole, who. by their own acknowledgments, habitually abseated themselves from places of worship. Eight schools had been established which were attended on an average by 798. 242 open air services had been held during the year which had been attended by not fewer than 50,000 persons. Three additional agents had been employed last year mak ing the present number twenty, the largest ever employed by the society. TRANNIERE.—On Thursday evening a numerous meet ing of the ratepayers of Tranmere was held at the Queen's Arms, for the purpose of determining whether the provi sions of the act 3 and 4 of Wm. IV., for lighting and watching the parishes of England and Wales, should be adopted. The meeting was convened by the overseers of the parish, in consequence of a requisition. Mr. Carr was called to the chair. Mr. Perry advocated the adop tion of the act, as being well fitted to secure the require ments of the township. He moved the adoption of the act. Mr. Richard Taunton seconded the motion. Mr. James Smith condemned the bill in lobo. The present movement in favour of applying it to Tr a n mere was go t up for an interested purpose. The township, at present, was without water for cleansing and water for domestic purposes. The roads, too, were in a disgraceful state, and the whole system required a thorough change. Mr. Mort showed the inutility of extending the proposed act to Tranmere. He argued in favour of a general improve ment bill. Mr. Routledge and several other gentlemen expressed similar opinions. Mr. Sharp regarded the ex pense of a special improvement act as a primary objection. Mr. Perry offered £5OO to get the new act, if others would follow his example. After much altercation the question was put to the vote, whether the act of 3 and 4 Wm. IV. should be adopted. The names were taken down in writing, when there appeared ayes, 22 ; noes, 25 ; majority against the act, 3. The act requires that two-thirds of the ratepayers should vote for its adoption. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—We have received the third report of this institution for the diseases of women and children, which was established in November, 1841. The hospital is open at all hours "for the reception of poor married women about to be confined, in whom the expected difficulties of their labour may re quire the rare and advantages which the institution of fers, or whose circumstances were peculiarly needy." The present report states that the progress of the charity has been steady and satisfactory during the past year, though it is to be regretted that there has been some di minution of income, owing to the occurrence of deaths, removals, &c., and which loss requires to be counter balanced by fresh activity amongst the officers and friends of the charity. The amount of relief afforded to poor women was greater than in f ormer years b y upwar d s o f thirty additional cases, a fact sufficiently encouraging to the zealot's supporters of the hospital. Were it not for the lying-in wards, many poor women, about to become mothers, must get the best assistance they can at their own cramped and ill-ventilated abodes, and their only other resource in case of extreme poverty is the degrading refuge of the workhouse. Here begi ns th e sp h ere o f re lief, suitably and economically conducted, the wards of the hospital. The committee, therefore, implore the libe ral aid of the public to enable them to extend its useful ness, and also appeal to the clergy t o exer t t h emse l ves . amongst their flocks its behalf. The two committees recom,nend the adoption of the plan of having a school for nurses attached to the hospital, in accordance with the recommendation in the sth Report of the Registrar General. Amongst the accounts we find a " Compara tive Economical Statement," from w‘lich it a p pears t h at the average cost per patient, inclusive of rent, has each year decreased—the cost being in the first year £2 lOs 8d ; in the second, £2 3s. ; and in the last year, £1 13s. ld. ; though with one additional bed. In the in-door medical department the total admissions since the opening were 223 ; the births the same number (119 males and 103 fe males ;) and but one patient died. In the out-door de partment the number of applicants was, since November, 1841, to last November, 1720-520 males, and 1200 fe males ; the number cured was 1216 ; discharged, relieved, and irregular, 483 ; and died, 21. The school for monthly nurses was agreed upon, and is already in oper ation. THE LIVEnPOOL STANDARD COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on 'Wednesday. The committee appointed to inquire into the unneces sary restrictions imposed upon the trade of this port by the Customs, presented their report, which stated that the chief cause of complaint was the deficient number of land ing -waiters, none having been appointed since 1835. Du ring the past year, basing the calculation on the last six months, there has been a daily average of no less than 28 vessels detained for want of landing-waiters, notwithstand ing a daily average employment of 25 tide-waiters. The number of vessels so detained varying, of course, mate rially at different periods. On the 18th of July last it amounted to 104, of which 63 were actually in discharg ing berths, and on one occasion in the previous month to 131, of which 45 were in dischargin g berths, and so re cently as the 17th ult. th ere were 71 vessels waiting. of which 46 were in discharging berths, notwithstanding the employment of 40 tide-waiter s . Calculating the loss by the detention of these vessels at £lO per day, there is an annual loss of £lOO,OOO to the merchants and shipowners, being more than the annual expense of the Customs' esta blishment of the port. Liverpool during the past year has contributed nearly one-fifth of the whole customs re venue of the kingdom, and the increase of its commerce during the last ten years has been unparalleled. In 1834 the revenue derived from Liverpool was £3,846,306, whilst in 1841 it was £4,487.683,5h0wing an increase of £641,377, notwithstanding the greatly reduced tariff which came into operation in 1842. In 1834 the tonnage was 672,983, and in 1814 1,102,505, showing an increase of nearly 64 per cent. on the work required to be done by the landing waiters in the year 1814 over that of 1834 ; so that admit ting, what, however, your committee are not prepared to admit, that the number of landing-waiters in 1834 was sufficient for the work of the port, it will require an addi tion of from 30 to 40 to their number, if the present plan of paying them is persisted in. The committee then go on to recommend the revival of the mode of payment to the landing waiters from 1818 to 1829, viz., one part by a fixed salary and the remainder by a rateable remuneration according to the work done. In Liverpool, in the summer months, not more than from six to seven hours are prac tically allowed for the discharge of vessels, whilst at Hull, Glasgow, and o'her places, ten to twelve hours are al lowed. The report them alluded to vessels working in what are termed overhours, and the allowance for bonded stores for ships, and to the invidious distinction between London and this port with reference to wines and silks. It appears that in London the whole wastage in wine in the warehouses is allowed, whilst here only a moderate allowance is made ; and while manufactured silks are im ported from the Continent into London, they are not al lowed to be so from this port. The report concluded with expressing the fullest reliance that " the result will be the prompt and entire removal of the grievances complained of." Mr. HORSFALL then, in a speech of remarkable per spicuity, detailed many arguments to enforce the adoption of the report, the approval of which he moved, and it was carried unanimously. and talents of Mr. Hutchinson ; and supported the ad vance. Mr. HODGSON had felt rather inclined to object to the advance, but on looking at the minutes of the committee it appeared that it had been promised to Mr. Hutchinson. He condemned the habit of cavilling at every recommen dation of committees; it was a great wastage of time and of mutual confidence. Mr. HARBORD also was in favour of the recommenda tion of the committee. _ Mr. H. HGRNBY would not have spoken on the subject but that he entirely differed from the remarks made by Mr. Hodgson. It was the bounden duty of the Council to examine strictly into the proceedings of the committees. There was nothing ,derogatory to the committee in op posing or annulling their recommendations. He thought the recommendation, in this instance, was inconsistent with the established principle of giving servants a trial before their salaries were raised ; and concluded by se conding the amendment. Mr. HORSFALL quite agreed with Mr. Hornby that it was necessary fully to discuss the proceedings of com mittees ; but he was always disposed to bow with great deference to their recommendations. Coming fresh from the consideration of this subject, he felt inclined to do so in this instance. If members of that committee were not able in three months to form a judgment as to the salary of a market inspector, they were not fit to have a seat in that council. (Hear.) He thought £2OO a year not more than sufficient. __ After some further discussion the amendment was put, when there appeared—for it, nine ; against it thirty ; viz. : For—Messrs. Thornhill, J. Brancker, Chalmer, North, H. Hornby, J. Holmes, Sir Thomas Brancker, J. H. Turner, and the Mayor. Against—Messrs. Atherton, Shaw, Houghton, J. C. Thompson, R. B. Hill, Tyrer, Middleton, Henderson, Aspinall, Royden, Sothern, G. G. Hornby, Pemberton, Wood, Birkett, Kaye, Kilshaw, G. H. Lawrence, R. L. Jones, Sheppard, Harbord, Mann, D. Hodgson, Horsfall, Houghton, Sands, Nicol, Molyneux, and Bushby. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. This committee recommended the opening an evening school for adults at the North Corporation Schools. The proceedings of the Church Expenditure, Town hall Establishment, Health, and Fire• Prevention Com mittees were confirmed. The Coroner's accounts amounting .to £127 4s. 4d., were referred to the Finance Committee. MAYOR'S CONIMUFICATIONS His WORSHIP read a letter from the Mayor of Great Yarmouth, enclosing a statement of the calamity on the Scroby Sands, off Yarmouth Beach, on Sunday, the 26th of January, 1845, and soliciting subscriptions from the inhabitants of the borough in aid of a fund for the relief of the sufferers on that occasion. The MAYOR said that he had returned an answer to the effect that, he would read it to the Council, which was the only way in his power to make it public. The Mayor trusted the reporters would give publicity to the application. A memorial from four householders complaining of the dangerous state of a building in Wood-street, was re ferred to the Finance Committee. An application by Mr. T. B. Barclay, on behalf of the institution called " The Refuge of the Destitute," to re new the lease of their buildings without the customary fine, was ordered to stand over until the Ist of January next. The Town-clerk gave it as his opinion, that the fine could not be remitted without an application to the Lords of the Treasury, and no part of the surplus fund could be granted for the benefit of any institution not solely devoted to the inhabitants of the borough. THE HERCULANEUM ESTATE The confirmation of the Finance Committee's proceed ings having been read, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, in reply to Mr. Moore, said that the Herculaneum Estate had not been tendered to the Finance Committee. THE PURCHASE OF THE GAS COMPANIES. The Watch Committee reported that it was not desira ble for the Council to become the purchasers of the pow ers, rights, and interests of the two existing Gas Compa nies. The t, - >tal sum named for the purchase amounted nearly to £720,000. The committee thought the interests of the town would be best promoted by an amalgamation of the existing companies, who, by laying mains along the streets in parallel lines, had incurred an enormous outlay, and the committee rejoiced that both companies were as senting to the principle of amalgamation. Mr. THOIVIPSON moved the confirmation of the pro ceedings. Mr. - Honcsorr. moved, as an amendment, that the pro ceedings be confirmed, with the exception that it is re solved that the Council approve of the principle of the amalgamation of the two gas companies, and that it be referred to the committee to assist in carrying out the ar rangements necessary for that amalgamation, with such stipulations and provisions for the public benefit as they may think necessary, and that subject to the arrangement of such amalgamation to the satisfaction of the committee, it be an instruction to the committee to take such mea sures to oppose any bill before parliament for constituting a third gas company in the borough, as the introduction of such third company would be injurious to the public. He stated that the door was not closed against the pur chase, but that in his opinion the risk to the corporate funds by making it would be greater than the advantage. Mr. NORTH seconded the amendment. Mr. HORSFALL said that every member of the sub committee approached the subject with an anxious desire to purchase the companies, but the evidence was so con clusive that there was not a dissentient voice among them as to the undesirableness of making the purchase. If they could accomplish the amalgamation of the two compa nies, and induce them to reduce the price from ss. to 45._6(1.,a general benefit would be conferred. Mr. BRANCKER.-4s. Gd. is not enough. Mr. HORSFALL.—The evidence led us to believe it was enough. If we accomplish that, we shall accomplish more than the Guardian Gas Company can do. Upon a division, the amendment was carried by a ma jority of 24 to 14. Ui , on the motion of Mr. HODGSON, a watch-rate of one penny nine-tenths was laid upon Liverpool and the out townships. THE SHIP-BUILDING TRADE Mr. MoonE, in moving the confirmation of the pro ceedings of the Dock Committee, said that so soon as the stank was removed, vessels would be admitted into the Albert Dock, and that the line of railway along the dock quays would, as soon as possible, be commenced. Mr. THOMPSON asked whether the Dock Committee had had any offer of the Herculaneum Estate ? Mr. MOORE was surprised that such a question should have been asked. The Dock Committee had no power or authority to buy. The estate, however, had never been offered to them. Mr. 11. HORNBY asked whether any representation had been made by either Mr. Moore or the Dock Committee to the Finance Committee, alleging the advantages that might be derived from the purchase ? Mr. MocutE thought it did not belong to the Dock Committee to make any communication to the Finance Committee. He certainly suggested to the owners of the Herculaneum Estate to tender it to the Finance Commit tee, for the Dock Committee would be very desirous of having it. Mr. HORSFALL had no objection to see a dozen dock companies iu the town, for the greater the competition the better chance the public had of having low dock rates. Mr. HoncsoN coincided in opinion with Mr. Horsfall, and said be should be glad to see the docks leased. Dir. NORTH said there was a subject of deep interest cursorily alluded to in the proceedings of the Dock Com mittee—he meant the policy lately adopted on the part of the committee towards the ship-builders of the port. Few members of the council would ha prepared for the an nouncement, that ship-building, as a trade, was virtually at an end in Liverpool ! (Hear, hear.) Mr. BOOKER.—It's left Liverpool. Mr. NORTH said, that by the single circumstance of Mr. Wilson having been driven out of the trade, the town sustained aloss to the extent of not less than £200,000 a year. He thought the Dock Committee had made a fatal and most suicidal mistake, and that Mr. Wilson and the shipbuilders generally were a very ill-used body of men. Mr. ROYDEN said there never was a set of men so much abused as the shipbuilders. They were driven from one part of the town to another without a farthing of remune ration, and the fact was, they were nearly all extinguished, and the merchants would soon find it out to their sorrow, for there was no place now to teach apprentices their trade. The Council seemed to have lost sight of what shipbuild ing was. They thought shipbuilders were like drapers, who could carry all they had upon their backs. Mr. nem. and Mr. MooRE defended the Dock Com mittee. The latter gentleman said that what was driving the shipbuilding trade from Liverpool was the high wages —the monopoly that was carried on here among the ship carpenters, who were receiving their ss. per day, and re fusing to work with men from Whitehaven and Maryp9rt, where wages were from 3s. Gd. to 3s. Sd. The committee, he observed, had treated Mr. Wilson with the greatest possible liberality, and allowed him to have land at Is. per yard for seven years, while all the other shipbuilders were paying at the rate of Is. Gd. per yard. The proceedings were confirmed, and the council ad journed until Friday. The adjourned meeting was held on Friday. The Courts of Law committee reported that the Assize Courts would be covered in by Christmas next. MARKETS COMMITTEE Mr. Awls ALL moved that the proceedings should be confirmed, and that the plans of a new pig market be re ferred to the Finance Committee.—Agreed to. Mr. ASPINALL moved that the salary of Mr. Luya, the superintendent of St. James's Market, be raised from £l7O to £2OO per annum. Mr. MIDDLETON seconded the motion. Mr. TURNER said he should like to know the grounds on which this advance was recommended. In the year 1812, on inquiry, an application was made to the council to raise Mr. Luya's salary from £l5O to £lBO, and £l7O was then thought sufficient. If in 1842,1170 was consi dered sufficient, he saw no reason why in 1814 the salary should be raised to £2OO. Mr. THORNHILL explained that the salnry of Mr. Luya was £2OO, and it was understood that if he performed his duties in a satisfactory - manner, he was to be raised. Mr. BIRKETT and the M Avon both paid a high com pliment to the zeal and attention with which Mr. Luya discharged his duty. The increase in Mr. Luya's salary was then carried. Mr. ASPINALL moved that the superintendent of St. Martin's Market be also raised from £l6O to £2OO per annum. In consequence of the inquiry which took place when Mr. Grose's defalcations were discovered, the com mittee found that the corporation had been robbed to such an extent that it was thought the wisest plan to appoint a respectable man, and give him such a salary as would place him above temptation. His duties, too, had been increased ; lie had now to attend to the north Haymarket and Pig Market. Mr. Tuast,•n thought it very strange, supposing that the salary of the St. James's Market keeper was not too much, that the keeper of St. Martin's market, the receipts of which were only half as much as those of St. James's, should be entitled to as much. He moved that the salary of Mr. Hutchinson be £l6O. Mr. THORNHILL opposed it as an unprecedented and unnecessary measure. It was a bad precedent to intro duce. If the committee who had recommended it had been members of it for three years instead of three months, he should have more confidence in their recom mendation. Mr. KAYE paid a high compliment to the regularity ST. GEORGE' S-HA LL Mr. KAYE asked whether it was intended by the Law Courts Committee to accompany the splendid columns they were about to erect in the interior of the Nisi-Prius Court, with a suitable gallery for the accommodation of the public. Mr. NORTH said there lad been a difference of opinion in the committee as to the erection of the columns, but with regard to the gallery they had nothing to do with it. The council adjourned at ten minutes past two. POLICE STATISTICS The Watch Committee have published statistical tables, giving a comparative view for the last three years of the general opera' ions of the police force, also a statement of the strength of that body, and the annual expense of their maintenance, &c. From these we abstract the following principal particulars, referring to 1844 (to the end of which the acconnts are made up), and in some points to 1843 : The number of thieves known to the police last year was 986, and in 1843, 931. Of this class 88 were trans ported in 1844, and 119 in 1843. Imprisoned in 1844, 2,967 ; in 1843, 2,427. In custody on charges of felony 4,582 in 1844 ; 4,961 in 1843. The following refer to 1844 alone :—Men, charged with drunkenness, 4,964 ; women, 2,682; public-houses fined, 235; beer•houses ditto, 260; offences against the bye-laws (town division), 4,124; ditto (dock division), 2,929 ; beggars apprehended, 510. The number of brothels same year was 547 ; the number of prostitutes residing in them 2,366—a small reduction on the former year. The committee, anxious to improve the police manage ment, have merged the office of commissioner into that of bead•constable, thus making one officer responsible for the entire direction of the force. To carry this out they appointed three superior officers,—a superintendent for the indoor duties and the detective force, and one to each division of the police (there being now but two,) who ex ercise a constant supervision of their respective districts, and are responsible for the prompt execution of all the rules and regulations; and from these arrangements the committee anticipate advantage to the force as well as to the public. The strength and pay of the force may be thus briefly enumerated : IN THE PREVENTIVE FORCE :—Head-constable, salary £650 per annum, with £5O for keep of a horse, free house, &c., two superintendents, at £2OO each ; seven ditto, at £150; foreman of fire-brigade, £120; thirty-eight in spectors, at 30s. a week ; a chief clerk, £l5O ; four sta tion clerks at 30s. a week ; a clerk and store keeper at 265. ; 491 constables, at 18s. ; 61 ditto, firemen, at I9s. ; 61 ditto (extra), at 16s. IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE.—An in-door superintend ent, £200; clerk, £7B; billets, £2O. BRIDEWELL.—Main keeper, £140; clerk, £7B ; nine constables, at 21s. ; six lock-up house keepers, at 21s. a week; six ditto assistants,—making in all 702 men, at an annual cost of £36,536 45., to which clothing being added, £4,500 per annum—the total annual cost of the force is £41,036 4s. FIRE POLICE.—One table shows a decrease in the num ber of fires during the past year, as compared with the two preceding ones; as also the amount of property destroyed, as follows : Number Amount of Property destroyed. £24,390 19 6 119,584 8 0 517,927 12 6 1844 1843 1812 Fires, .. 100 .. 111 .. 140 The committee last year added to this department four new powerul engines, and a quantity of new hose. They have this year added eight new water-carts. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Lord Ellenborough has subscribed £lOO towards a public monument to the late Sir William Nott. The Town-council of Sunderland have undertaken the supply of the town with water. The Sunderland ship-carpenters have had their wages raised sixpence a day—they now receive 245. per week. It now appears that the poor women ejected by the recent law from the coal-pits have been numerously at work in them in men's clothes. The manufacturers of plate glass are already issuing circulars to the trade, offering their commodity at a re duction of 25 per cent. on the present prices. On Sunday week Mr. Jos. Cameron, a respectable Wesleyan preacher at Gateshead, died suddenly in the pulpit, after his sermon, whilst the congregation were ex pecting the benediction. The Medical Times mentions the case of an ostler who died the other day with all the symptoms of hydrophobia, supposed to have been occasioned by the bite of a healthy horse three years old. Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir W. James, Sir .T. Hanmer, and a deputation from the manufacturers of turpentine, had an interview with Sir George Clerk on Wednesday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Lonsdale has stated, in the House of Lords, that the number of newspapers returned to the dead letter office, from the loss of their envelopes and addresses amounted to 456,000 in a year ! THE SALT-HILL MURDER.—The trial of John Tawell, charged with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart, at Salt hill, on New Year's-day, will take place next week at Aylesbury. A woman named Tedcastle is in custody at Lockerhy, charged with the murder of her own son, by giving him arsenic from time to time, mixed with his food and me dicine. The Admiralty have ordered several first and second class steam frigates with screw propellers, instead of the unwieldy paddle-boxes and paddles. One first-class fri gate steamer is to have a screw prOpeller of 800 horse power. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.—A chimney sweeper, eight years old, was suffocated at Bridgenorth on Friday week, whilst ascending a chimney. A young man, who sent the boy up the chimney, has been committed for man slaughter. We have advices from the various Dutch ports to the effect that upwards of 7,000 beasts are actually feeding by the distillers, for shipment to our market ; while the graziers are making extraordinary efforts in this respect. —Farmers' Magazine. The whole of the curiosities of the Adelaide Gallery exhibition which were said to have originally been pur chased at an expense of £20,000, were so ld b y auc ti on , last week. The auctioneer asked £2,000 for the collec tion, which was ultimately knocked down for 490 guineas. A RELIC.—At a sale of the works of art forming part of the cabinet of M. Revil, on Friday last, in Paris, the sketch of Wilkie's " Rent Day," marked " D. Wilkie, 1807," and described on the catalogue as having been bought at the sale of Lord 111ulgrave's pictures for 60 guineas, brought nearly 1900 f. The iron trade is reported from Wales to be in a state of full activity, and orders for railroad iron are not taken unless at higher rates ; some houses demanding an ad vance so considerable as to embarrass the calculations of parties connected with the present extensive projection of these works at home and abroad. The total amount of the naval estimates for the year 1845.6 it £7,151,555, an increase of £901,433 compared with the preceding year. The number of men and boys proposed is 40,000. The Watch Committee of Hull have resolved upon the establishment of a library for the especial use of the police force of the town, which will in great:part be supported by the contributions of the men at ld. per week. At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, James Tapping, aged 22, was found guilty of the wilful murder of his sweetheart, Emma Whiter, by deliberately shoot ing her. He was left for execution, and exhibited throughout the proceedings an indifference to all that was passing. THE STEAM NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN.—We have actually afloat 107 steam-vessels of all classes, with a power exceeding that of 20,000 horses. Engines to the amount of 10,000 horse power are ordered, and engines and vessels to the extent of more than one-half of this power are nearly ready. AUCTIONS —We learn from a parliamentary paper that the gross amount of auction license duty (the rate of duty being £ss. ss. per ann.) received was, in 1842, £21,026; in 1843, £20,763 ; and in 1841, £20,784. The gross pro duce of the auction duty amounted in 1842 to £297,146 ; in 1843, to £284,555 ; and in 1844, to £308,442. SALE OF GUANO AT PORT-GLASGOW.--011 Tuesday last there was a public sale of this valuable manure at Port-Glasgow. It consisted of the cargo of the Margaret, from Ichaboe. The attendance of farmers and others was large. but only a few lots were disposed of, at £7 12s. 61. to £8 per ton. The proprietor, it is said, refused £7 10s. for the remainder of the cargo. A brutal murder was committed on the mm ning of Thursday week, near the village of Smailholun, between five and six miles from Kelso. The suspected murderer is an Irishman, named Wiiliam Murray, and the deceased was his wife. They had been at Kelso together, and were returning home, and the murder was committed on the turnpike road, along which tile murderer had dragged his victim nearly two miles from the spot where the first blow appears to have been struck. BREAD MONOPOLY.—On Monday evening upwards of 150 master bakers met at the Green Dragon, Fleet-street, London, for the purpose of inducing millers or flour fac tors not to supply any baker with flour, who sells his bread under a stipulated trade price, and pledged them selves, individually and collectively, not to support or deal with any miller so transgressing. A committee was appointed to see their resolutions carried into effect, and delegates elected to communicate to the various millers in the environs of the metropolis the purport of their meeting. SUICIDE IN PRISON.—On Monday last, a most deli berate suicide took place in Linlithgow prison. A person was incarcerated there on a charge of housebreaking, preparatory to his transmission to Edinburgh, and when the turnkey was in his cell, he took possession of the keys, locked himself and the turnkey in, and berore the gaoler could get in, or the turnkey out, he had managed to hang himself with the aid of the window stancheons. He had been previously detected in an attempt to kill the gaoler by a stone secreted in a stocking.—Glasgow Con stitutional. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday morning a most dreadful explosion happened at the works of Messrs. Samuda, at Blackwall, at which upwards of a hundred men are employed, and we regret to state that at least three men have met with instant death, while several others have been seriously wounded. It appears that a stationary engine is used for the general purposes of dril ling the iron, &c., and the boiler of which exploded, de stroying everything in its immediate vicinity, and causing the destruction of numbers of windows for a considerable distance. One part of the boiler, of nearly a ton weight, was carried to a distance of 150 yards from the place where the explosion took place. One of the unfortunate men was carried across the creek. It will be remem bered that a few months since, Mr. J. Samuda, one of this firm, was killed, along with several others, by a boiler explosion on board the Gypsey Queen steamer. INGENIOUS THEFT.—At Marlborough-street, on Wed nesday, John Green, a shabby-dressed man, between 30 and 40 years of age, was charged with burglariously breaking the shop-window of Mr. Charles Wright, of Lisle-street, Leicester-square, watch and clock maker, and stealing therefrom a case containing three gold watches, of the value of between £5O and £6o.—The prosecutor stated that about a quarter to eight o'clock in the evening, as he was sitting in his shop, he heard one of the panes of glass in the window break, and saw a man's hand inside, amongst the watches displayed for sale. He instantly rushed to the shop door, but could not get out, as it had been tied with some twisted string to the scraper. He was seen running, however, by the policeman, and being pursued, was captured in Green-street, having in his flight thrown the case and watch into some excavations, where they were afterwards found. The prisoner, who is a well-known thief, was fully committed. BOLD AND INGENIOUS ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—A few nights ago a man named Young effected his escape from Tain prison. tic occupied a strong cell, closed by an iron-grated door, secured on the outside by an iron chain, and locked with two padlocks. It would appear that he broke the two substantial locks of his cell by a board taken from his bed, and afterwards another strong lock which secured the room in which the keepers slept. Having thus got access into the gaoler's apartment, he changed his clothes, and managed to find the key of the door that leads to the bartizan. He then tore up the blankets of his bed, and, knotting them together, tied them to an iron bar in a narrow slit in the turret, on which he slid down, and alighted in the old court-house, the windows of which look into the high-street, and are secured by deals, which he managed to break and leap into the street. Officers were despatched in all directi ons in search of him, and he was recaptured near Fowlis. EXTRAORDINARY.—An individual, supposed to be of the feminine sex, was buried at Tooting on Friday. She was 83 years of age, and for the last half century had passed for a very pious woman, constantly receiving the sacrament, and was equally punctual in her devotions. She was for thirty years in the service of a lady at Toot ing as cook, having been engaged when she was 27, and leaving her service at the age of 57, to marry Mr. Welch, the parish clerk. The old couple appeared to live in har mony for a period of six years, when Welch died. From that time she had been mainly supported by the charita ble contributions of the neighbouring gentry, and of late years she has been lodging in the same room with an aged single female. No suspicion of the sex of this person had ever been entertained ; but upon laying out the corpse, the astounding fact was discovered that the pious Ann Welch was, in fact, a man ! [This story is related with great confidence in the Observer, but the incumbent of Tooting has published a letter, in which he says there is no ground for the reports.] ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.—At Carlisle, George Hard ing, a grocer, was sentenced to two months' imprison ment, the last month solitary, under the new Bankruptcy Act, for having fraudulently obtained goods in contem plation of Bankruptcy.—Thomas Robertshaw, a quack doctor, who had killed a patient named Culthard, by ad ministering to him a dose of jalap and corrosive sublimate, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. The fol lowing are specimens of this worthy's prescriptions :—" 2 scrouples golep, and gros of suflenent." The latter item supposed to be " corrosive sublimate." Here is another prescription for rheumatic pains :—" pans salvalatly ether asadfaddy snakrot lavender, all tinktrs, on tea spon ful in gen."—At Oxford, Thomas Jennings, a game keeper, was convicted on the clearest evidence of the murder of Eleazar Jennings, his own child, by poisoning it with arsenic. The jury recommended him to mercy, on no conceivable ground but that of an objection to ca pital punishment, but the judge sentenced him to death, without holding out the slightest hope that the recommen dation would be attended to.—At the Glamorgan assizes, on Monday, John Harries, aged 22, miner, was convicted of the manslaughter of Evan Jones, collier, near Merthyr. Christopher Long Batcocb, aged 28, miller, was convicted of feloniously killing and slaying Wm. Eynon, gate keeper, Gower. Sentences deferred. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF A SHEPHERD'S DOG.— Mr. John Marsden, of Sykes-in-Rowland, had been shep herding on the Sykes Fell, and he had creased a hare track in the snow, a mile from his house. When he ar rived at home lie mentioned the circumstance to his man Jack, and asked him if he thought it possible to bring the hare into the house without he or his dog touching it. Jack thought it so impossible that he offered to bet his master five shillings that he and his dog could not do it. The wager WAS made, and Mr. Marsden and his dog im mediately started to the fell. In about half an hour Jack beheld, with no small chagrin, his master coming down the hill, and the dog driving the hare after him, in the same manner as if it had been a sheep. It was very amu sing to see poor puss when she was foiled in all her twist ings and tvvinings, turn round and sit on her hind legs in a pugilistic manner, showing all the science of a first-rate boxer; but when the dog came near her (after all her bluster in the boxing line), she showed that she had only got the heart of a hare, for she immediately took again to her natural weapons, her heels. Mr. Marsden walked into the house and seated himself in his big chair, and the dog, after many miles of zigzag work, fairly drove the hare into the house after him. Puss, as if conscious of her inferiority, seated herself behind the big chair, while the dog with all the self importance of a victorious com petitor, took his seat in front of his master, first eyeing his master and then poor puss, as if asking for further commands. Jack swore that poor puss ought to be roasted alive, for losing him his five shillings.—Lancaster Gaz. SINGULAR ADVENTUILES.--The adventures of a second Robinson Crusoe, in the person of Charles Good ridge, who has family connexions in Colchester, have just been published, and present one of the most singular nar ratives ever recorded. The author, with his fellow-ship mates, were wrecked when on a sealing voyage in 1821, and cast ashore upon one of the Crozet Islands in the South Seas, uninhabited by any human being, and with out a tree or shrub growing upon its barren soil. A part of the crew landed upon another island some miles distant ; each party believing the other to have perished. In this situation they furnished themselves with such accommo dation as pieces saved from the wreck afforded, subsisting on birds, the sea-elephant, and fish. After the lapse of about two years they were rescued from their situation by an American schooner, the captain and mate of which afterwards quarrelled upon the voyage, and the former determined to leave the latter upon one of the numerous islands in those seas, and abandon him to his fate. The mate's situation met with sympathy from these who had been so recently released from their captivity, and our au thor, with eight others, declared they would accompany the mate in his exile if the captain persevered in his de termination. The captain did keep his word, and so did the others, and all we re l e ft t oge th er u p on an uninhabited island by the inhuman captain. After a lengthened so journ here, and after p ass i ng th roug h m any scenes of pri vation and suffering, they were taken off by a vessel, carried to Van Dieman's Land, and eventually returned to England. The truth of the narrative is well attested. —lpswich Express. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—The proprietors of this un dertaking held a Gen ral Assembly at tie London Tavern, on Tuesday last, Mr. B. Hawes, sen., in the chair. The report stated the works to he in excellent condition, and Lk, lv to last for many hundred years. The number of foot passengers, who had passed through the tunnel in the year ending 31st December last, was 1,473,100 ; and the total rec, , :pts of all traffic, including rents of stall keepers, was £15,686 15s Sd. Notwithstanding all economy, the Directors have reduced their own allowance from £lOOO to .4.:200, it was announced there was no prospect of a di vidend. The sum advanced by government is £246.000. It is proposed, on a plan of the late Mr. Samuda, to construct a railway through ore passage of the tunnel, for carts and carriages. BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Chelmsford Assizes on Wednesday an action was brought by Mary Elizabeth Howard, to recover compensation in damages from a man named Scudder, for the breach of his promise to marry her. He was a corn-merchant and baker, carrying on an extensive business at Rayleigh, and the plaintiff was a young woman (32) very respectably connected, and whose friends resided at South Minster. In 1843 the wife of the defendant died, leaving two young female children ; and, shortly afterwards, through the instrumentality of a gentleman named Clark, who was acquainted with the plaintiff's family, the plaintiff entered the family of the defendant as housekeeper, and to take charge of his children. In less than two months afterwards the de fendant first made her an offer of marriage ; but the Plaintiff refused to marry him until a decent period had elapsed, when alone she could appear in public with pro priety as his wife. The offer was afterwards renewed, and things went so far that the ring and the wedding clothes were actually purchased, when the defendant on a sudden declined to fulfil his promise. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 1:20. INCITING TO ADMINISTER POISON.-At the Glamor ganshire assizes, last week, John Rus and Ann Williams were tried for having incited Richard Edwards to ad minister poison to Thomas and Mary Vaughan. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan kept a public-house near Newbridge, and possessed some property. Anne Williams, a natural daughter of Mr. Vaughan before marriage, lived with them, and Rus was a lodger. The latter became more in timate with the g:rl than was agreeable to Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan, and he received notice to quit. Sl;oitly after wards he absconded with Anne Williams, and they lived together as man and wife. In May last they bribed a man named Richard Edwards, who is of weak intellect, to go over to Vaughan's house, giving him two packets of white powder, which he was to mix in some beer and in vite Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan to drink, at the same time avowing that it was their intention to " send them to the devil." Tile man divulged the whole affair to Mrs. Vaug han, and the powders, on examination proved to be ar senic. The prisoners were tried, at the last summer as sizes, before Baron Rolfe, and sentenced to transportation for life, but, the learned baron being of opinion that the charge could not be sustained under that highly penal statute, they were now tried for the misdemeanor and found guilty. They were sentenced to two years impri sonment and hard labour. A REFoRNI AGENT AT FAULT. — At Clerkenwell Po lice-office, London, on Tuesday, Mr. Reuben 'Wright Davies, a respectable-looking middle-aged man, agent to the Liverpool Reform Association, and residing at York buildings, Queen Anne-street, Liverpool, was charged with embezzling £lO, the property of the above associa tion, and with attempting to destroy himself. At one o'clock en the previous day, the prisoner went into the chemical shop of Mr. Lye, Pentonville, and asked for six pennyworth of poison. Mr. Lye, perceiving him to be in a highly excited and agi'ated condition, refused him the poison, and sent for a constable. Police-constable 33 G came, arrested and conveyed him to the station. He ad mitted that he intended self-destruction, and said his aunt, Mrs. Stevens, lived in Camden Villa. Inspector Penny sent him thither with the constable, when it was found he had made a false statement, no such person as Stevens residing there. He was then taken back to the station-house, and when about to be locked up he said, " I may as well tell the whole truth. I am agent to the Reform Association, in Liverpool, and have robbed my employers of £lO, which I spent since Friday last, when I came to London." Mr. Combe observed that among the papers found on the prisoner was the following docu ment, signed by Mr. Thornhill, treasurer to the Liverpool Reform Association :—" Mr. R. W. Davies is authorised to receive subscriptions and donations for the Liverpool Reform Association," also a letter to his wife announcing his determination to destroy himself. [The letter com menced with " My dear Margaret," and contained the usual amount of trashy sentimentalism to be found in such productions.] The prisoner acknowledged that he was the person represented in the d,cuments, but said if the magistrate would set him at liberty, he would make it all right with the association. He had a regular salary, which was paid to him by Mr. John Hartley, the secretary. Mr. Combe directed the police to communicate with the asso ciation and with his wife, and remanded the prisoner fora week. IMPORTATION OF SUGAR. An interesting paper was printed on Saturday by order of the House of Commons. It is "An account of the quantities of sugar of the several sorts imported into the United Kingdom in each year from 1820 to 1844, both inclusive," &c. "We find, on examining the return thus obtained, that in the year 1844 the gross total quantity of sugar imported into the three kingdoms amounted to 4,874,108 cwt., of which 2,414,811 cwt. were British plantation, 540,515 cwt. Mauritius, 1,100,693 cwt. East India, and 788,089 cwt. foreign produce. The quantities actually retained for home consumption in 1841 amounted to 4,129,994 cwt., of which 3,084,421 cwt. were British plantation, 1,045,474 East India and Mauritius, and only 99 cwt. foreign produce. In 1813 the total quantities of sugar imported amounted to 5,020,569 cwt., and the quantity retained for the actual consumption of the United Kingdom to 4,028,807 cwt., of which only 76 cwt. were foreign produce. The quantities retained for home con sumption in former years amounted, in 1842, to 3,868,437 cwt. ; in 1841, to 4,057,878 cwt. ; in 1810, to 3,594,407 cwt. ; in 1839, to 3,830,390 cwt. ; in 1833, to 1,021,240 t 0 0 0 3 4 :7 0 6 1 6 8 , , , 6 10 6 5 3 cc,wvtt.. in n n 1 1 8 8 3 3 2 6 : t t o o 3 3 :8 59 7 3 9:8 13 08 7 in cwt. ; in 1835, to 4,022,841 cwt. ; in 1834, to 3,928,556 cwt. et ; 1 1 8 8 3 3 3 7 , , into which within. 2d. thep r cwt. (if e cwt. ; in 1831, to 4,076,251 c w t. ; i n 18 30, to 4,057,224 cwt. The rates of duty actually exi s ti ng are as follow, viz. :—On British plantation sugar (clayed o r M uscovado) £1 ss. 2s 2-sd. per cwt. ; on Mauritius su gar , s s . r i . limits tssd. of tperhe the cwt. Ea producets ; on IndiaofE a anysct lndiapm aßritisho Company's ,sugar, scharter a possessiontt £1 5 the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited), and £1 ]3s. 7 1-sd. per cwt. (if the produce of any other British possession within those limits, and imported thence); on foreign sugars certified to be the growth of Java, Manilla, China, &c., £1 15s. 8 2-sd. per cwt. ; and on foreign sugar otherwise imported, £3 Gs. 1 4-sd. per cwt. The net revenue arising from the duties on sugar amounted in 1844 to £5,203,222 ; in 1813, to £5,076,326 ; in 1812, to £4,874,812 ; in 1841, to £5,114,320; and in 1840, to £4,449,070. The average price of Muscovado sugar (the produce of the British plantations) was in 1844 335. Bd. ; and in 1843 335. 9d. per cwt. ; of Mauritius sugar in 1844, 325. 10d. ; and in 1843, 335. 10d. per cwt. ; and of British East India sugar in 1844, 35a. ld. ; and in 1813, 355. sd. per cwt. The average price of Brazil sugar (brown and yellow) was in 1814 17s. ; and in 1843 17s. 2d. per cwt. Thus. on a rough calculation, the difference of price between British West India and foreign sugar, which, without the duty, would amount to about 16s. Bd. per cwt. in favour of the latter, is converted, by the differential duties, into a dif ference of about 245. 3d. per cwt. in favour of the former. THE GLASS TRADE Our readers are aware that in consequence of the re moval of the excise duties on glass, a deputation consist ing of the two members for Birmingham, Mr. Nichol!, Lord Sandon, Mr. Cookson, and others, waited upon Sir Robert Peel, at the Treasury, on Saturday week, to lay be fore him the injuries the glass manufacturers were certain to sustain by the sudden removal of the duties. The de putation asked for a remission of duty upon stocks in hand, so as not to compel them to export; and secondly, they required a temporary protecting duty upon foreign glass, while adapting themselves to the new circumstances of the trade. Sir Robert Peel, with whom was the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wood, of the Excise, and Sir George Clarke, received the deputation with the ut most courtesy, and listened to the remonstrance with great attention, and in reply to the first request made by the deputation, the following order has been issued : " Excise Office, March 5, 1815." " The board have received instructions from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to allow draw backs on glass on the following conditions : " 1. Itarehouses at the cost of the manufacturers or dealers must be provided, and being approved by the Ex cise put under our lock. These warehouses to be at the different manufactories, and in each town where we have a supervisor. "2. That no glass be warehoused excepting under the same regulations as if for export. "3. That no quantity of crown or German sheet glass, less than 10 CA t., be received at the same time from any " 4. That each package be marked with the net and gross weight, and with the name and abode of the depo sitor. " 5. That the bottles on the manufacturing premises of such of the bottle makers as require it shall be taken ac count of and warehoused, or secured by the Excise. " 6. That on the repeal of the duty on crown, German sheet, and bottle glass, the quantities so under the Excise locks shall be delivered to the respective owners, precau tions being taken to ascertain that such quantities corres pond with those deposited. " 7. That so soon as the re-deliveries shall be com pleted, and the accounts have been examined and certified at the head office, the owners shall receive documents au thorising them to claim the sums to which they would have been respectively entitled by way of drawback on exportation, deducting £25 per cent. "8. That on the sth day of April the stocks of plate glass, whether i❑ the rough, smoothed, or polished state, be taken ; and on all rectangular pieces of 6 inches by 4 at the least, and not ►ess than 1-Bth of an inch in thick ness, the sum of is 101 d. per square foot be allowed, and on such as is polished and not 1-Bth of an inch in thick ness, the sum of £4 4s. per cwt. ; if unpolished and under 1-Bth in thickness, no allowance. " A letter, containing full instructions to carry into effect the above regulations, will be forthwith addressed to the several supervisors. " By the Board, GEORGE BALLARD." To the second request we believe no answer has yet been given, but we rather doubt the success of the appli cation.