The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

Ang. 13, 185 e. toral petus. Lii'earrpg:l(lllfantits Irish -gooseberries are now imported into 1 t)r•llaffir") Ports. ` a s li ti . ---'" again preached in Londonderry on Sunday 1017 t4 4 -,!_ th , a .r Ho'me has been engaged to furnish plans Si r Z,'et tion of the new market at St. Helens. CI) Ill 'mas I3i " c ello/. o f th re h• P., had an interview with the _ Flou r 10/. .„, e E:,ychequer, on Thursday. ls, ~,,, I I . !! A,ca - 1 1r to London is constantly freighted 0 rr e i:" ' u 'wrel, and Liverpool at from Pd. to 10d. per Th e ;,„ th tte e c b t: r p 3 it iatt, ts of Woulton, to vestry assembled, have e tewrits %.otes to 5, against the project of lighting wo;ititds,;:oun,ait,ista: been prom , The itt;l:P_with gas - Z b is tow n it , L. Townsend, late of St Philip's Church ,eon monat2dsworth. promoted to the Vicarage of All _ o ge upon l ast, some wretch at Liscard, to have re ,o,:ner, inflicted with a knife a serous to. ' Roy a l ';,""-I favourite mare. telorrow-, ;leek Regatta is announced to take place , a nches t „ 4',,,aen boats are expected to contend from th.uo it'ill-r's'.,r, p re p boats Lancaster, and other places. from u1ert,0,.,u.% • the subscription list for ernonunient to Ita°4l,llti.le ‘t,,,,()eflitatlat-,-,Sir.,ltobert Peel was i withdrawn O tt r '',4 to ,-,„,',',e, -Nea.s:roonn, the sum promised llaa f ‘ l ind a ..7 ardS of 660. , 1 ord, s , , Y 4 fire broke out at Mr. Martin's rice mills, ....df.d. vare, but in about an hour was completely "'rert v . r he dam t • . £9 000 The T h. . vs a , j os. _ . , age is estimated at -, • tll at "e ha s b ` -€l . Cs a ° ,l f or ( €O a considerable advance in the rates 1. t al, th l i:try ing goods on the Leeds and Liverpool . u,lioale insta nc es hire railway and the East Lancashire. O t il i _th e e Z e_es the advance amounts to 100 per cent. irie sr cti Robert Farrell, who died i nsequence Ilit,Vili, 71,y_ed when he was assaulted an d . robbed at l k "eo p et a,," l'hursday week, a verdict of wilful murder 11,,ge es: at ' fi lled against some persons unknown. . 1 4 , Ttl k , ~e of Cperioch, ormerly the property of . Sir i4litals4-141rIcpatrick, Bart . .. Sheriff of Dumfries-shire, 1 , 1, 4 11 rehashed by R. Stewart Gladstone, Esq. of T erri first k Th e iq i , eel was laid in Mr. Wilson's shipbuilding rtitBP4,i,.kenhead, on Thursday, amid much rejoicing. '‘ i t h4 g-d c'ek, it is stated, will be large enough to thrutAra 'argest steamer afloat ki:i e l ),''10(!lia°17011 D RUNICENNESS.—About half-past itre et Atll v °4 Thursday morning, a man named Jere tt4 , whi'fowho resided at 19, Whitlow -court, Charter . - ,n 404 i lnd dead in a cellar in that street, by his irld 11 %da ,4f, 0 „! We r , t ?' a res pectably -dressed man, having but one sa/ ls's.b li '.a,t9 the establishment of Mr. Bennett, Sir to theft th e i'dings, to crave charity. Shortly after he 01l Prow,relnises t very handsome chapeau belonging Cl ear t 4 o t t or was found to be missing. I tht ed f ro n ult., the Charles Crooker, Duncan, master, 1,4104 ult. for Liverpool with 523 bales of Sea I '- V hak.s of Upland, cotton, weighing v, do a l;i' valued at 230,385 dols. 85 cents ; being the itief.lit,pilirsarnyeoe!rthever exported from that port. . whatever in the report, given by a 'toe, '.ve the' "' fever being very prevalent at Woolton. tila,i" forth authority of Mr. Pearson, the medical O a l „eas e 0 ; (flistrict, for asserting that there is not a j r li a 1 tht o . sd ever in the township. I lo a l 4 '4 st Y of as some quarrymen were hoist fell - t Orl r o ,;ne out of Mr. Thompson's quarry, on the * 4 4 r ,.`,", the buckling chain gave way, and the stone btok oiled agai ''• ti, fr nst Philip Goodman, whereby his leg k "' the effects of which he died on Satur- Th P . ,1 . 1 , o a , a _ arti es Vitt. a Cabb.'4 Clellan, late mate of the Harold, Mr. l i ltis P ,,,, a a1, a,,,,,1a5, late mate of the Wilson, both of `qi ' a ster' -e ' last week, declared qualified for second -1444, ab ast 3 certificates • and Captain Thomas James Th al ast et , ef the Cour't nay of Liverpool, for a first lita a Gr a a curtifie e - ' d ai ed h ke.h , ae. lalBliot l a th e a d estate, the residence of Lady Brooke, y or thp ee . Parishes of Whitegate and Weaverham, LT 2 ,,1 r a1 e h nil les fro Monday, and once the monas lo, ',000,-`2,,Y1, urn at 'Warrington, was sold li 'll l ' a e Purchaser as a gentleman of this al e Il e , , i , i ail ' a„ . , l S . ''...,llt"las Jackson D.D., late Principal of the ttotechtlesila'tY's Training ' Schools, at Battersea, .and t. q„ldis li a 7 settl e al Lyttleton, the projected metropolis . o tlo'eh nf i rl 'enr, on the Eastern Coast of the Mid , - ~,,,tal Th i , ew Zealand, will preach in St. Luke s Mid lad -'`' Ore ' ra ' lo s' next. Dr. Jackson is said to be an 11 1d t : l‘l a , 'eller, 11 14 , 4 ' ' h i ,° d RI P ', 1 , a ho Holmes Esq. offered the use of the f 0 b" 4 0 „'t ti n , to the Nei) , aules'e ambassador and . his 1,7 ithe't.,rott'h- Prince, in consequence of indis . position, 1,, 11 ,t0i t 4r l' e fied to return to London, and it is doubt -mal)i: a l : will visit Liverpool. The ambassador and at.lox-,,rativer,,a.a s eparate house wherever they go, with i;,.,fit . ;;lnd a " l ences for their religious ceremonies. VltttrY,e,venin. a number of gentlemen, electors GlZtiqtattlill,-Zare, and other friends of Mr. Adam m oN 4 street, gave him a farewell dinner at the I,ra et , 11l I:„.lair was filled by St ;,th 4 i r 'ti:tel, Dale -street, prior to his removal to Mr. Ferguson, and the f ,4, 1 ,, 1 t e /t's„'''. Pernihough, both representatives o at et 'g . a; ll 4 4l t4 "' N !ii the Town Council. mor e t alk 9 0 0 ' l3 COFFEE FRAUDS. — It is whispered Late tit a as r e r mecl officials that the defendant in the 4 1 ,les i !!'ted ll , thaea:4lY tendered a large sum, considerably boa L a ' hitt: l ngle duties payable on all the goo . s Cru s e th rl do a 'hat it has been declined by the authori o, si.faa';llo hold out for some closer approxima hit:mil k 's. b *l Qii " 0, 000 in the " verdict" gained by the t i tf o a t 4 is t, tit • tis a , l tlitf a as m a ir PLownn Snow.—This beautiful exhi- Nil') o„ P leas t e , en Thursday, when the extensive and 11 4 ,4 4 ,Pea, ', grounds, attached to the hotel, will . b Ilk' , '1)1; a 4 , - n li g the visitors will have an opportunity of 141"ohlliid Ct., agreeable and instructive afternoon. fl itf tktn i effirl -r4l of the 42d Regiment will perform with IN-ri .0 0 erie = favourite pieces during . tt ah a. Y many of their diem:' ),, tr eat7l e "rs• Milner, of Lord-street (of "safe" . toi t i ll s ) ,ith a e ..•• their numerous ' workmen, 80 or 90 in l he ll „ t4 ioSiSt l 'iP to the Isle of of Man. And the treat t ick d s tra o 'l for t r i l l the mere sail: the excursionists were tlo't.„lvitli4havit,:, been and, perfect arrangements for a 'NI a eCite "en made beforehand, they were pro -44 kris ' l st t ,. Mual round of amusements. The party k ea Dtp 4 4 o at IN l ght. kltlfilte'af°lcisil,V(Y,GßAPES.—There is now at _ldr. l ot 's[ [ ti m e cire,,,'2,,, L ord -street, a bunch of grapes . which t i o la k tted 'ee . io'eVerenee three feet six inches , diameter the t ll t,eigh t `ls, length one foot six inches, an O' ri sort l a eight pounds. It is of the black L‘Pkjle'a' Vest 'g,rwn at the residence of' John Hough. 'li t la l l' "' th f tie rb3 7 . The vine has been laid down a l Ilt e Och:•rnit is full and rich, and is perhaps the tio,, "oted'terkroduced in this neighbourhood. It is ot l. ,at shNge ru n olad'lle Lind. h;.,a Il 'a at s of the Asia and the Atlantic—the two S 4, 4 3 4 d 291)9"eent on their respective lines—have been 11 0, 1 a ste miles fora succession of entire days ; %'4ou,, 4 rner of ~ t '4 l ~-, et,,,,, ,ue same class, called the Georgia, k" , e,, z ' 4 tit il assa ge ` e o l l f n this per! and . Chagres, bas accom otriata i ohd 4 0 a ye 4,580 miles in seven days and twelve '''') '"ad eri t of ra ge of 344 miles per day.—New York etas r. 3 0 11 , 1 14 London Times —[Perhaps the Gulf tavl e Sttare in the performance of this extra li,fleapaaq k iliko e 4 ,, t .hat . 41 No Gr. h. ~,RAY'S GRAND ACTION PIANO :7 , . : t OIS - 11) 0 ,, '' °I these powerful instruments, which 'il 900.-e 11,;Jention, has been imported from America, Vitoiveq i'PO ji e t l , bY Mdlle. Jenny Lind at the ensuing_ ;4it 4 , ll ßhll;' el 'e is a " Dolce Campana Attachment; lii,',iN,tlPeri2poken of as giving not only increase ;titi,-It4'"er b"',:r t one as in melodious sweetness i, tl ti np44,t k`Tre heard. After the concert it w . ill . be 4 ' , Il 'is • with' ro L rd-street. A similar 0),4.40, Iv o b„,, oms, o b 4 elNe ' 4l )ly C u eve, on board the Atlantic s t t r e e a s m s e o r n , ti ltd A o t tit • o tried by the charming songs Nl'e'lleelt 41ltNet SOCIETIES —These bodies cele -rittak,lzsti-eerrss,ar n on Tuesday . b by the usual proces : d ro ol 4 Were inclundoeTeir eta ranks, and insignia. and a consi tiites tesp's! coaches, land l aus, waggons, and carts, '.,. ed, httrazitobly-dressed members of both sexes. trTte, t es s n i e of these were a long boat, neatly 4 4,:te f4 tti t i ° . the °4l i i t ! i blis and a lure , on whi f ch th w e e d re ru r n e .. - ip o i ° . life and ti ' i c_ . the miserable home o 41,N•v104i tiwolif comfort and happiness of the tern t44l,closNeal iart.lg• The procession . terminated at 1M1.:y.1,, tl,le day, us ' where tea, music, and various , 1 )4 1-L .I,Y* itiOkji tk ov ern k)/iNlic a UPTCY.—On Saturday week, . I N ~,'lPtejr r , °I Kirkdale Gaol, Olt 4 1kii w lly 1,4 ‘-ourt i n to a rule nisi, to N tl , ii ii o k i e di d , . answer appeared at the l l I t eli p o , ed f or , . not bring up the bankrupt. Mr. kftNiNgat l i Osai ha_lis r efusal to obey his Honour's war ,,_,et .14 not ty ttd Ying arisen from his acting upon the 1, 1 / 4 `l p ep e - cl °th .s . t o covrolte given to him, and the wish of the etliti,i,lN to pa le e before the court. His Honour d t ,, ,, l q i !li s ri ° ten2ar fined Mr. Gibbs 1 4i aisNon.entnnircpense.s which had been incurred k 4 it. eti tl ott -tonee with the order of the court. ( i eli, it s , these expenses will amount to about 0r t ,,,t41 tol`toxo tlet"°l j,0ected",,,,.1) PAluiLY.—May persons who N0,..1 , 4i. I v ni . i ik _ t .o.lr. and Mrs. Raymond when in iNAr o ! eltraect? hear of their welfare and where ttinoiiporeii, filo following from the Cincinnati blslthi'lle . 1 40, ili', onsi st . J ulY 18 :-..... Museum.—The Ray ° et, "' qv -4, F a , l 'tg of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, and !iernitig:e e%tabit.lY, and Emily will entertain the 141114,,,t0 liL"eistilishrnnt, by giving- another concert °) tlio-1 Fa' wit -F., sleety of life and character, 14 4 1 is Nk a ,tiny ,4etto, and merriment, &c. Misses ^ l 2l L.,.fl balk., vocalists of no ordinary ability, ~tllo'4ltt ituelsa; ,„°f The bonny wee wife,' sung At,ll an l'ia t o of Oa Brunett ' b M . s Fanny; ‘, 44 th . ,e, igtliillroil:te ; ti a rn v i ze , ,' perfeo'rmeyd by l A s Tiss Emily 4 131 e, „" last, but not least Mr. Ray till bring forth the most rapturous I,!tt r l , . oe,, litof.. Nt tctly 4IO,IRA '.1441.4 1141 1 y 1 4 t ha,, ~ lII' SHIP CORSAIR. —This noble t t , fl t , 4 t , k ost, 0 '4l;in l a st st burthe was we regret 1 1 , 'De t i* of tq Of I Z z l her otwardn, ' on the y'l i! i " '4l the Pa Ti' with )as a sag y e ery near ' , fN l 'ro c , essrB, flsegers. e shi hich was the ''''e () tit ()I in hr°llenk a d p ' w 1 d Atu. hy th e i v , n Co., of Glasgow, sat e ,!a te,ah, Pee Itu rld 'er Part of ay for New York, Itittle t•Ne,,,f:sas roaki,,ed etnigrants. After a assage itA. ~,cits " I nAl utd "g for the south-eastpoint of the t1,*N.1`.414.41' T he , , when she unf rtu tely struck k tkil h t , 1 04 of rh e IP to thump '4 74 11 1 hg e th e s O was a stron swell running in fr me d usly soon liellZlpl. a the tt i a ll i r , and the seaefilag° her: The Nt411(1, nig tirLl offieeZed Passengers was the first care ` l th 4 t i Ilb ' eteV4 t A roPe was got to the shore, (. seg il o pl , 1143jeate ~.. tly, th en the passengers safely on g tet a o?.etehes, essel . was surrounded by a verythiriiiilattwuansclevraelduatiee,bagpige 18 51 DO VIIS eg i s tritr• e e which tbe 01 0 11 o rt, f 01 0 to ! er go,' ° ,ters , 0 0' s l n jioB th e rt es e v 'porli qu 3 p er s o on§ . e n • j pc r in 6 b° ijoi r, o yea I Cb esllo r ~in . he $ 1 , 6 ur'" 11° by t", be rid • e 051 t yeti er - c0 r y s to-93 ,nl a • b$ e o rpo O cr tir o s De is P ! oPw.:blic o te; le Psed p rfr " ;:e e pe , 'or e a bY exP ress lol ed 'ro ll ' re eul tifu l pleo h/ tb eF° B l; . 3 .4'6 1 • , %' t j iie the s' n t c`" ,rs • 4 ' je er c lO p 0 P l , l c i 6 01 ▪ , 101 orb,' ve yeu, io gi; t be , , cin°', l 0 ' o Pf ) I t , / r ig ,c a e tiootia d beY ° to pe i l l : ye the 9 t A all'oS, obi rb g ;gal 1 o P 1e 91 ...e0T p 1 .151 pOn! c e o iiirel l s ! e d 5 0 , 0 ; e the 5 0 ' rt i er fr : 3 , 6 g , ) x t rb' e dew' r' lr • ;vere, reeslool, tions to c OO4 0 re( h ap , g the 511 .10 tbe , 00 si" b ) bet Chita rat ?CO iilJ Of NO face o g, the AS .'.es SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the annual sermon on behalf of this excellent society, to be preached in Christ Church, Liverpool, on Sunday morning next, th;. 4 18th instant, and a public meeting to be held on the Monday evening following. We hope the liberality of the collections will be commensurate with the importance of this truly christian object. We regret to learn that the funds of the society are now exhausted. The funeral of the Rev. R. Davies took place on T►les day, in St. James's Cemetery, and the remains of the deceased were followed to the grave by a large number of the local clergy and others. The service in the chapel was read by the Rev. J. H. Stafford, a brother minister with the deceased at St. Paul's, and the Rev. W. Raw son officiated at the grave. On Sunday the demise of the rev. gentleman was improved at St. Paul's Church by a very impressive sermon by the Rev. J. H. Stafford, who on several occasions was so completely overpowered as to be unable to proceed. ST. THOMAS' CHURCH SCHOOLS.—The Rev. A. Hew lett preached in St. Thomas' Church, on Sunday, from the 10th c. Romans, 17th v. He entered fully into the merits of his text, concluding by an affectionate appeal in behalf of the Sunday and Day Schools, which, he observed, had been founded in faith and prayer by a few individuals who felt for the destitution of the district, and have been labouring in their self-denying exertions for nearly two years, and he knew, from facts sent to him, that their efforts had not been in vain. The sum of £3O was required, which he trusted those present who possessed the faith spoken of in the text would contribute. After an affectionate address to the teachers and children, the sum of £l9 6s. was collected, leaving a balance of.£lo 145., which we trust may be raised from some friends to the education of the poor. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday two inquests were held, before the borough coroner, on the bodies of cotton porters, who had been accidentally killed whilst pursuing their occupation. The first was relative to the death of James Davies, aged forty-five. The deceased, on the 26th ultimo, was in a cart loading cotton, which was be ing taken from Mr. Leeche's warehouse, in Vandries street, when a bale was thrown from the top of the pile, which fell upon the deceased, and so severely injured him as to occasion his death on Friday.—T'ie second inquest was on the body of John Connor. aged fifty-two years. On the 17th ultimo the deceased was assisting in deliver ing cotton in Messrs. Johnson's cotton-shed, in Cheap side, when a bale of cotton was thrown against him, and broke his leg, from the effects of which he died on Friday. A verdict of accidental death was returned in each case. li► reference to these cases the jury made a strong pre sentment, relative to the circumscribed space generally allowed for the delivery of cotton, and one of them re marked that it appeared to them that a greater value was placed upon a foot of land than upon a human life. M'DLLE LIND.—Our readers are aware that Mademoi selle Lind makes her third public appearance amongst us on Friday. The Nightingale has been recruiting herself at the watering places of Germany, and she was expected in London yesterday. She will leave the metropolis on Wednesday morning, and arrive here in the evening; but; it is not yet known where she will reside during her stay. It is reported that she never was in better health or voice. The first rehearsal will take place on Thursday evening, but it will be strictly private, as also will that of Saturday. So great has been the demand for tickets, that the com mittee have found it necessary to contrive 400 additional places, almost the whole of which have been taken ; and the tickets will soon be, if they are not already, at a premium. Strangers from all parts are expected : tickets having been taken by persons in London, Glasgow, Edin burgh, Cornwall, Belfast, Staffordshire, and other places, remote and near. Many distinguished names are on the list ; and most of the stalls, which, on ordinary occasions, are calculated to accommodate six, will, on this occasion, seat eight or ten. LIVERPOOL TALENT AT WHITBY.—Mr. Henry Law son gave a grand concert on Monday, at the Royal Hotel, which was attended by every respectable member in the town. The principal feature of the concert was Mr. Lawson's performances on the violin. His first solo was a fantasia of his own -composition, on Scotch airs, which was executed in a masterly manner, and loudly encored. Paganini's " Carnival de Venice" was, how ever, his chef d'ceuvre, and was exquisitely played. In his style, his scientific execution, and ideal grace, we have strong evidence of the classical school in which he has studied. This solo was also enthusiastically encored when Mr. Lawson repeated several of the most attractive pas sages. Miss Whitnall was in tolerable voice, and was encored in " 0 Erin my Country." Miss Drayton has a sweet voice, but not of great power. . She sang two or three songs very prettily. " All is lost" was beautifully sung by Mr. Ryalls, in truth we scarce ever remember having listened to a song with greater pleasure. His voice is pleasing and of good compass, and the more he is heard the more he is appreciated. He was encored in every song l►e sung during the evening. At the com mencement of the second part, Mr. H. V. Lewis gave a grand fantasia on the piano -forte in very superior style. A re-visit to this town, with such talent as Mr. Ryalls, will ensure Mr. Lawson an enthusiastic reception, to say nothing of his own abilities.—Yorkshire Gazette. THE DOCK Womcs.—Messrs. Hartley, the dock sur veyors, have just published the annual report on the state and progress of thedock works. After describing what has been done at many of the docks, they say—" The river wall in front of the proposed docks has been constructed northwards of the fort, of various lengths and heights, varying from ten to twenty-two feet above the datum of the Old Dock Sill, for an aggregate length of 1,300 yards, 450 yards yet remaining uncommenced upon, the founda tions of which are of a description which require piles to be used, and other means taken for attaining security ; preparations are in a forward state for prosecuting this work. Considerable progress has been made with the embankment for the quays, but much greater expedition might have been made, and some expense avoided, had a definite plan been decided upon for the formation of the works which may have eventually to be carried out here. Engines, mortar mills, and other necessary appliances are being erected for the use of this work. WAPPING IM PROVEMENTS.—But• very little progress has been yet made in the execution of this work beyond taking down the buildings upon the few different parcels of land - as they are purchased and possession given up to us. The materials obtained therefrom are used in the dock works as quickly as received. SOUTH WORKS.—A great por tion of the river wall south of the Toxteth Dock has been constructed to such a height as appears desirable during the present uncertain appropriation of this part of the dock estate. A new street has been formed on the eastern boundary in lieu of a portion of old Sefton-street ; and a railway for the conveyance of timber is being laid down " LAUNCHES.—On Saturday two fine vessels were turned from the stocks within an hour of each other, and from adjoining building-yards. The first launch took place from the yard of Messrs. William Rennie and Co., on the west side of the Brunswick Dock. The vessel is a ship, and was, in compliment to the principal in the firm of the builders, called the 'William Rennie. She was built for Messrs. Wilson and M`Lachlan, is intended for the South American trade, and is to be commanded by Capt. Silk. Her length of keel is 103 feet, and over all 108 feet ; her burthen old measurement 249 tons, and new measurement 234 tons. She is a neat, pretty-looking ship, of a splendid model, and is classed as .a ten years' vessel. She was designed by Mr. William Rennie, who, it may not be generally known, had also the honour of designing the celebrated Swordfish, which was built in Miramichi ; and it is worthy of remark, that there is now on the stocks, in the building-yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co. a ship of 900 tons burthen, which, it is expected, will be ready for launching about September next, also of Mr. Rennie's designing. This vessel, we believe, will be the largest merchantman yet built in this port. The William Rennie is built of oak, greenheart, teak, and mahogany. Her figure-head is a bust of her designer and builder. The second launch took place from the building-yard of Messrs. W. B. Jones and Co. The vessel was a fine ship called the Jalawar, of about 660 tons old, and 770 tons new, measurement. Her length of keel is 138 feet, and over all she measures 150 feet. Sh 3 is built of English oak and East India teak, is intended for the China trade, and is to be commanded by Capt. Heron. Her owners are Messrs. Henry Moore and Co. She is a fine-model. and is classed as a thirteen-year ship. The figure-head, which, as well as that of the William Rennie, was carved by Allan, of Wapping, is a representation of an Indian prince, and somewhat resembles in appearance the por trait of the Nepaulese princes. The launch took place a little before one o'clock, and a more graceful or beautiful one was never witnessed. The vessel, as she floated on the water, elicited the admiration of all beholders. After each launch a numerous company partook of a cold col lation prepared in the respective building yards, when the usual congratulations were exchanged. THE LATE RIBBON RIOT IN CHADWICK-STREET.— On Thursday the inquest on John Sangster, who died from the effects of gun-shot wounds inflicted upon bim in a Ribbon riot in Chadwick-street, on the 13th July, was resumed before the borough coroner, when a verdict of manslaughter was returned against John Wright, labourer, who fired the shot which caused Sangster's death. The following presentment was made to the. coroner by the jury on the subject of party processions in Liverpool :—" Bth August, 1850.—We, the undersigned jurors on the inquest held on the body of John Sangster, the younger, who was killed by a gunshot wound, in a riot in Chadwick-strret, on the 13th of July last, beg to record our' opinion that the said riot appears to us to have had its origin in a certain Orange procession, which took place the day before; and we would urge upon you the necessity of the local authorities causing measures to be taken for the suppression of all processions of whatever denomination, in Liverpool, for the future. On behalf of the jury, War. PEARSON. To the Coroner of Liverpool." After the above presentment had been made, Mr. Dowl ing, head constable, who was in attendance, said the sub ject of party processions had frequently been under con sideration by the magistrates, who had issued orders to have them suppressed as far as practicable. H e h a d acted on those orders as far as it was in his power to do ; but in the present state of the law they had no power to prevent, altogether, processions of a party or political nature. An endeavour had been made to introduce a clause into one of the local bills giving the authorities this power, but the government opposed its insertion, and the clause had to be withdrawn. Those processions were always attended with the worst consequences; the pas sions of both parties were excited, and during these pro cessions, or on the following day, rioting usually took place. The Irish population of this town was larger than that of any town in Ireland, with three exceptions, and he (Mr. Dowling) did not see why the " Party Proces sions Act" in force in that country could not be made applicable to Liverpool. He mentioned these circum stances to show that the subject had not, escaped the at tention of the magistrates, who were most anxious to prevent all processions, whether of one party or the other, but were unable to do so. in the present state of the law. Wright, who is in custody in the borough gaol, is a dock labourer, and keeps a beer-house in Chadwick street. Sangster was ow son of a labourer, residing in the neighbourhood. TR E LI VERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. RPOOL TOWN . The usual LIVE monthly meeting of the Town COUNCIL Council was held on Wednesday. The proceedings of the Finance Committee contained a proposal to grant the reversion of so much land in Harclman-.7.treet as is necessary for the site of the church, and the remainder, so long as it is used, for the purposes of the School for the Blind (the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council); also, a letter from Messrs. Willoughby, declining to take Birkenhead Ferry. In reference to the new rates of cab fares, it was reported that the new regulations had come into opera tion, and recommended that 2,00 E copies of the bylaws should be printed for circulation ; that notice should be given to all the present drivels to return their licenses, and that an inquiry be instituted into the character of the drivers, and that new licenses be issued to those par ties who are found fitted to act as drivers. The new licenses to be issued free of charge, but that 6d. be charged for the bylaws. Mr. HORNBY moved the grant to the Blind School, recommended above. Mr. HORSFALL seconded the resolution. Mr. BIGHAM acceded to the proposed grant, because the school was open to children of all denominations. At the same time the Council had made a money grant of £9,000 to this charity. The Council had granted, some years ago, the land in Hardman-street, which had been sold for £9,000. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. HORNBY moved the adoption of the other pro ceedings, which was agreed to. A resolution of the Ferries Committee, authorising the children belonging to charity schools to be taken to Bir kenhead and back for a penny each, gave rise to consi derable discussion; and an amendment, moved by Mr. THOMSON, that children belonging to charity schools should be taken over to Birkenhead once a year, free of charge, was carried. The proceedings of the Watch Committee having been read, Mr. TURNER moved their adoption. Mr. PARKER should like to know what the present state of the police force was ? Mr. TURNER stated that it had been decided to reduce the force to 800 men ; and, until it was reduced to that, there was not a single man taken on. The force was then below 800, and no men wele taken on but to supply the vacancies. Mr. FERNIHOUGH said that, he opposed the appointment of Mr. Superintendent Towerson to be a divisional superintendent, as he thought the force would be more efficient under one officer. Mr. HORNBY regretted that Mr. Fernihough did not move an amendment, particularly as the system pursued was one not calculated to render the police force efficient. Previous to the appointment of Mr. Dowling to the office of Chief-Commissioner, there was no superintendent of this nature at all. (Hear, hear.) The whole business was managed by Mr. Whitty ; he looked after it. himself; and the consequence of appointing those two superin tendents was, that it relieved the head-constable from the responsibility which, in his opinion, ought to attach to him—(hear. hear)—and no one could compare the state of the force then with what it was 3.t the time Mr. Whitty was at the head of it, as regarded efficiency. At that time the police force of Liverpool was an example to that of the whole kingdom. (Hear, hear.) Let them, then, compare the state of the force with that of the metropolis or the neighbouring town of Manchester, and the result would not be at all creditable to Liverpool. (Applause.) Mr. FERNIHOUGH moved, as an amendment, that the salary of £2OO a year recommended to be paid to Super intendent Towerson, as divisional superintendent, be not confirmed. He (Mr. Fernihough) had had a conversa tion with Mr. Whitty, and he was decidedly of opinion that the duty would be better performed by one superin tendent, as in that capacity he was able to tell the pre cise moment when an officer should be at any particular place. Could Mr. Dowling do so? (Cries of " No.") , Physically, he was incapable of it. Mr. BIGHAM defended Mr. Dowling from the attacks made upon him. The police were as well managed as ever they were, and contrasted favourably with the force of any other place in the kingdom. Mr. HODSON repudiated the idea that this was an attack on Mr. Dowling. It was his duty to travel the streets at night ; and he should say the police force, in comparison with those of other towns, cut a very sorry figure. (Hear.) He then referred to the absence of the police from the scene of the late Ribbon riot; and instanced several instances where their duty had not been performed. Divided responsibility was bad, and he saw no case made out for paying Xti 0 a year. If Mr. Dowling was in such a state of health that he could not perform his duties, he ought to have a divisional superintendent ; but he should be paid out of his salary—(bear)--and if he were able to discharge his duty, there was no occasion for a superintendent at all. Mr. B. HALL said that in his neighbourhood there were frequent complaints of the police. He thought it would be prejudicial to the character of the force to divide the responsibility. The present state of the police-force was most unsatisfactory to the town. (Applause.) Mr. HORSFALL said they bad heard. much of the inefficiency of the police-force ; but it did not follow, because tho police were not seen, they were not ready at hand to interfere if necessary. He believed Mr. Dowling discharged his duty to the town most faithfully and most zealously. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TontN supported the recommendation of the committee. In a large body like the police-force of Liverpool there would be some irregularity - but he assured the Council that ever y complaint made to the Watch Committee had been closely investigated. Mr. Towerson at present received £156 per annum, and it was proposed to raise the salary to £tOo ; and they would inevitably have to give Mr. Quick, if appointed general out-door superintendent, an increase of salary. Mr. HORNBY, in reply to the remarks as to the efficiency of the police, observed that the books of the Watch Committee would be the last place to find evidence. It was not at all probable that the Watch Committee would pass a vote of censure on themselves. The evidence of the inefficiency of the police-force was in the mouth of every inhabitant of the town. A sub committee of the Watch Committee had reported as to the efficiency of the police-force. What other result could they expect ? But he apprehended the report would be of a very different nature if the committee had been composed of the inhabitants of Liverpool. He had to complain of the turn which this debate had taken. The question had been discussed, not with reference to the public advantage, but wills reference to Mr. Dowling's character. In fact, all reference to Mr. Dowling's state of health was to be avoided with the greatest possible delicacy. No man could have a higher opinion of Mr. Dowling than he (Mr. Hornby) entertained. He believed there did not exist a more honourable man ; but he (Mr. Hornby) had no hesitation in expressing his opinion, that he was not fit for the situation of head constable, and no man discharged the duties of chief commissioner better than Mr. Dowling. (Hear, hear.) He believed Mr. Dowling, whether from ill-health or inactivity, was not fit to be head constable. (Hear, hear.) If they had an active efficient man as head constable they would never have heard of two superintendents; indeed, the question would never be raised. (Hear, hear.) The amendment was then put and carried by a majority of 24 to 23. The result is, that refusing to sanction the salary of £2OO, the Council negatives Mr. Towerson's appointment. - The other proceedings of the committee were then con firmed. The proceedings of the Dock Committee were read, and in connexion with them a memorial from the inhabitants of Southport, praying the Council to cause the Dock Com mittee to buoy the entrance to Southport harbour. Mr. LITTLEDALE said the memorialists were mistaken in supposing the Dock Committee were the parties to place buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Southport. Buoys had been placed there by the Commissioners for the Navigation of the Ribble; but, in the course of some years. the channel wanted to be deepened, and the Com missioners withdrew their buoys, and the consequence was, that the inhabitants of Southport came to them and said they were bound to place buoys in this locality. This was not the case; it was without the jurisdiction of the trustees of the Liverpool docks. As to the desirability of this buoy, they had taken the opinion of the local pilots, and they were decidedly against it, as one buoy was more likely to lead to danger than :to guard vessels. The opinion of their solicitor was very strong on the legal point ; he denied in tote that it was within the limits of the port. Mr. DOVER said he was at war with the Dock Commit tee, standing there for the interests of the people of South port—(great laughter)—who were in the port of Liver pool, who paid their dues, and who expected from the Conncil the performance of its duties. Mr. MANN was astonished to find Mr. Dover repre senting the interests of Southport as forming a portion of the port of Liverpool, when he was so jealous of the north end of the town and Birkenhead. It was a matter pecu liar to the Dock Committee ; and he thought the reply of the Finance Committee to the application made to them was a very proper one. The proposed buoyage would be of no benefit to the port. Mr. DOVER moved a resolution, to the effect that the proceedings of the Dock Committee be confirmed, with the exception of such portions of them as related to the application to place buoys at the entrance to Southport, which portions be not approved of but be annulled and made void. Mr. THOMSON seconded the resolution. A long, irregular, and irrelevant discussion followed. which occupied the Council nearly two hours, the final result of which was that Mr. Dover's motion was nega tived. It required a majority of two-thirds of the coun cillors present to carry Mr. Dover's proposition ; and 33 having voted for the motion and 17 against it, it was de clared to be lost, the two-thirds of fifty being thirty-three and one-third, so that in fact the motion was lost by the third part of a member ! During the discussion Mr. LirrLEDALE stated the lead ing points contained in the proceedings for the last month. The committee had reduced the rents of the land occupied by the timber trade for the present year, until some final decision could be come to as to the locality in which the trade was to be placed. The porters' rates had been laid on the table, and had met with very general approval from all parties. As regarded the falling oft' in the dock earn ings, he had got in his hand a detailed statement, and he congratulated the Council on the result, though it shewed an apparent deficiency. This arose solely from a defici ency of the cotton and corn crop from the United States. The deficiency this year in the trade of the United States was £29,327, and the total deficiency was £30,000. The increase in other trades was £13,812, leaving a difference of £16,609, against which they had to set an increase in their outward duties of £1684, and on tonnage to the westward of £1835, making £3526, leaving a deficiency of about, £13,000. This showed a gradual increase of their tra'le, with the exception of the United States and the 'lest Coast of Africa. The number of workmen had been considerably reduced, and. tho works at proud Were con fined to the completion of are sea wall, and the necessary banking up of such wall. Mr. BRAMLEY MooRE was ahad fa fefer to some arti cles which had appeared in the public prints, with a view to damage the credit of the dock estate, where he was de clared to be out of order. THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE POST-OFFICE: Mr. HORSFALL called the attention of the Council fa a towns meeting, over which the Mayor presided, on the subject of a site for the post-office. On that occasion a series of resolutions were adopted, one of which requested that before coming to any ,determination on the subject her Majesty's Government would communicate with the Mayor, as the chief magistrate of the town, but they had come to a decision in defiance of the expressed opinion of ' the inhabitants of Liverpool. He proposed a resolution, expressive of the feelings of the Council on the insult which had been offered to the Mayor and people of Liver pool, which was unanimously adopted, and the Council adjourned to Wednesday (to-morrow.) WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday Miss Corn was unanimously elected mis tress of the infant school, for which situation there were eight candidates, subject to her undertaking the duties to be defined by a committee, which had been appointed for the purpose. Messrs. Alpass, Tattershall, Ledger, Bunt ing, and Cleaver were deputed to inspect the condition of the paupers in the Lancaster and Haydock lodge Lwiatic Asylums. A letter from the Honiton Board of GUardians was read. The letter went into the past and present prices of food, &c., and stating• that as wheat, vegetables, meat, &c., were now much lower in price than they for merly were, they intended revising and lowering the sala ries of the officers employed by them, and urging other boards throughout the kingdom to follow their example. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual meeting of this body was held on Tuesday - the Rev. A. Campbell presiding. Ist was stated that for the week ending January 26, of the present year, the amount expended in out-door relief was £B2l los. 6d., whereas for the week ending August 3'. it was £527 2y. 6d., showing a saving of £224 16s.—Mr. Harbord laid before the board a return, showing that a , great proportion of children in our schools had no settle ment in the parish, but belonged to other townships. After some observations upon it, he moved that Mr. Grey be instructed to investigate and report upon it to the board, with a view to the removal of those children who had not a settlement in their own parishes. Agreed to.— The proceedings of the Cottage Rating Co nmittee con tained a resolution to the effect that in all cases where it should be proved that the occupiers of cottage property were unable to pay the rates, the committee would he ready to receive offers from the owners of such property to compound for the rates. After some discussion the proceedings were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A letter was read from Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, stating that he was anxious to have the committee's instructions with regard to a bill from the gas company for expenses incurred in removing their pipes from various places where they had become unnecessary, such as at Wapping and in old Sef ton-street. He had set n the solicitor, who agreed with him that they were bound only to pay for the cost of putting down mains in the new streets. The bill, which was of the high amount of £724, was referred to the solicitor.—Messrs. Vernon and Cato appeared as a depu tation from the Shipbuilders' Association to present the memorial which has been lying at the principal °laces for signature during the last fortnight. It had 4,000 signa tures. Referred to the Special Sub-committee on Ship building and Tirnber.—A letter was read from Mr. H. C. Chapman, asking compensation for the crews of two fishermen's boats, for their services to the Prince Arthur steamer. the same as would have been granted to the Formby life-boat crew. Referred to the Marine üb committee. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday night. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. Watson presided. A discussion took place relative to Sunday trading, and a notice of motion was given to rescind a resolution prohibiting the police from laving informations for such offences.—Complaints having beet, made of a deficient supply of water in the township, a resolution directing the attention of the Gas and Water Company to the subject was passed.—The ferry receipts showed that for the month ending July they were £2624 Bs. hi., as compared with £2261 3s. lid. for the corresponding period of the year 1849. For the three months from the commencement of April to the end July, 1849, £6802 9s. 4d., as compared with £6390 14s. 7d. for the corresponding period of 1847.—Mr. Wain was directed to apply to the clerks to the magistrates in order to ascer tain the reasons which had induced the magistrates to refuse summonses against parties for smoking in the boats.—The Road Committee having given an assurance that they would not proceed with flagging except in cases where they had a certainty of repayment, a motion on the subject by Mr. Ravenscroft was withdrawn. CLERGYMEN'S WIDOWS AND ORPHANS INSTITUTION. —The annual meeting of this institution, having for its object the relief of widows and orphans of clergymen who have officiated in the archdeaco'nries of Cfiester and Manchester, was held in Liverpool on Thursday. The proceedings were prefaced with Divine worship at St. George's Church, on which occasion the Honourable and Reverend Horace Powis, rector of Warrington, preached an impressive sermon from the 3rd chapter of Titus and Bth verse. The sum of £45 was collected after the service •in aid of the funds of the charity. The friends of the institution then retired to the Adelphi Hotel for the purpose of transacting the usual business. Among the clergymen present we observed the Bishop of Chester, the Rev. Archdeacon Brooks, Chancellor Raikes, Rev. Rector Campbell, the Hon. and Reverend Horace Powis, the Revs. D. D. Stewart, J. Hornby, J. North, R. Greenall, P. Brancker, Mr. Borden, Mr. Clowes, Mr. Masters, of Chorley, Mr. Masters, of Burn ley, Mr. Cumming, Mr. Carter, J. Jones, late of St. Andrew's, and now of Waterloo, Cecil Wray, C. Prince, J. H. Stafford, besides a number of the laity, &c. About half-past three the clergymen withdrew to dinner. The chair was occupied by the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powis, rector of Warrington, and the duties of the vice-chair were discharged by the Rev. D. D. Stewart, incumbent of St. Bride's Church. The chairman regretted that the institution had such inadequate support, and complained of the apathy manifested by some of the clergy. How many of the clergy supported the institution ? He did not wish to enter into statistics, but he hoped they would take the report and ask themselves the question. The chairman then read a list of collections from churches in various towns, amounting in the whole to about £3OO only, and contended that, if the clergy would bring the matter before their congregations, the amount per year would be more than doubled. The chief toast was, "The Branch Institution" for the education of clergy men's orphans and daughters. HEALTH COMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY.—At the weekly meeting the Treasurer submitted a comparative statement of the collection of rates for the year ending the 31st July, 1849, and the year ending July, 1850, sheaving an increase of £6 3s. per cent. collected in the latter as compared with the former year. It appears that the outstanding accounts in the parish were £5329, of which £659 had been collected since April, and there were also heavy out standing accounts in the out-townships. It was agreed to appoint an additional collector to collect the arrears by commission.—Mr. Walthew stated that he had been through a number of streets at the north end of the town, and many of the court privies were in a disgraceful state. He asked if the police reported many of such cases. —Mr. Fresh said he must confess that the police could do a great deal more (hear, hear).—The medical officer of health reported that the deaths last week had been 230, of which 174 were in the parish and 56 in the extra-paro chial wards. This shewed an increase of 18 as compared with the previous week, but it was precisely the same as the mortality of the corresponding week of last year. after deducting 368 deaths from cholera. The increase was owing to diarrhoea and dysentery, which had caused 57 deaths, or one-fourth of the entire mortality. Of this number 51 were children and only six adults. The deaths from diarrlicea, although numerous, were below the ave rage of the same week of 1847 and 1848, when cholera was not epidemical. The increase in the mortality during the last three weeks was almost entirely amongst children. — Mr. Hodson called attention to a nuisance caused in Great Homer-street, by a bone guano manufactory, and the me dical officer was instructed to inspect.—A letter from Mr. Robertson Gladstone to Mr. Newlands was read, calling attention to the state of the pavement at the foot of Dale street. This was referred.—ln consequence of a disturb ance last week, at the Paul-street Baths, a gang of fel lows having invaded the place, and thrown the clothes of some of the bathers into the water, it was resolved to.ap point a man superintendent of the plunge baths to take care of the clothing of the bathers. ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.—On Wednesday evening the first anniver sary dinner of 'the Liverpool Clerks' Provident Associa tion was held in the Adelphi Hotel. Upwards of seventy gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, served up in Radley's best style. John Holmes, Esq., Mayor, pre sided, and the vice chair was occupied by Mr. Davenport. The Rev. Mr. Saunders spoke, in behalf of the clergy, in favour of the Society. Mr. Poole, the Secretary, then read a note received from H. Steele, Esq., enclosing a £lO note, and expressive of his approbation of the objects of the Association. Letters from several other gentle men were also received, expressing approval of the objects of the Association, and promising their hearty support.— In acknowledging the toast of " The Patrons," Mr. Ban ning, Postmaster, said he could not help expressing great pleasure in seeing that the Society had succeeded so far during the very short period it had been in existence. He was one of the first parties applied to, and he felt great pleasure in giving the little support he had the means of doing. (Hear, hear.) He should have been most happy to see the clerks under him join the Society. He was sorry to say that not one of them had joined, although he endeavoured to persuade them to do so, be cause he was satisfied that no institution could possibly be established in any large town which could produce such an amount of good. He should consider it a great satis faction to him that every man over whom he had control was a member of such a society. He believed it would add to the independence of those men's characters; he did not mean by that, insubordination—(hear)—and the mere feeling of being independent would raise them in their own eyes and in the eyes of everybody else. He was quite satisfied when the merchants and other gentle men of Liverpool who had the control of clerks and ser vants came to see and to think of the benefit that would be derived from this Institution, at some of their future meetings they would have a difficulty in finding room for their supporters. He thought they ought not to depend too much on the outset on the support they would derive from the employers, because they did not look on this as a charitable institution, nor did the members he be lieved. He thought it would rest with themselves at first to set the machinery going, and they would then find no disinclination on the part of the employers to come for ward to support it. It was a painful thing for an em ployer to part with an old servant, whether it was from ailments, caused by old , age or infirmity ; at the same time it must be a pleasing thing to know thr..l he was not a, subject for chazilwbut that lie bad hiA ro wn f un d t o fail. back upon. If he arrived at sixty-five, he would then be entitled W a certain allowance ; if he lived to be eighty five, be would be enabled to live the last twenty years of his life in comparative comfort, which he never would be enabled to da if the Liverpool Provident Clerks' Associa tion had not been in existence. (Great applause.)— Several other toasts were afterwards given. The pleasures of the evening were much enhanced by the performance of Mr. Wray, M. Wehli, and Mr. Scates. A new Schottisch, " The Charm," composed by Mr. Wray, was very warmly received by the gentlemen present. REMOVAL OF THE POST -OFFICE.---011 Saturday, at noon, a public meeting was held at the Sessions-house, convened by the Mayor, John Holmes, Esq.. in com pliance with a requisition emanating from the principal commercial associations of the town, for the purpose of taking such steps as may be considered desirable with re ference to the contemplated removal of the Post-office to the site of the School for the Blind. The requisition was signed by the fallowing gentlemen on behalf of the different associations :—R. W. Freston, Chairman of the Wine and Spirit Association ; J. A. Tobin, Deputy- Chairman cf the African Association ;. Miles Barton, Deputy-Chairman of tke Cotton-brokers' Association ; Thomas B. Horsfall, President of the Chamber of Com merce ; J. Brareley-Moore, Chairman of the Brazilian Association : John Locket, Chairman of the Shipowners' Association ; F. Shand, Chairman of the West India As sociation ; Robert C. Crosbie, 'Chairman: of the East India and China Association ;• H. G. Ireland, Chairman of the Liverpool Guardian Society. The chair was occu pied by John Holmes, Esq., the Mayor ; and amongst those present were Messrs. T. R. Horsfall, W. Rathbone, James Aikin, J. A. Tobin, T. Dover, Chas. Robertson, H. Littledale, James Stitt, J. B. Moore, Chas. Robertson, C. Holland, R. Sheil, H. Hornby, James Tyrer, F. Shand, F. Boult, &c. The attendance was very nume rous, and included some of the principal merchants and tradespeople of the town. The meeting was very ably addressed by Mr. James Aikin, Mr. J. A. Tobin, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, Mr. C. Robertson, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. It. W. Preston, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, &e. Great indig nation was manifested at the want of consideration ex hibited by the government, and it was fully proved that very convenient and ample sites might be obtained in Dale -street. The resolutions, which, we presume, will be advertised, expressed the deep regret of the inhabitants that government had disregarded the wishes of the Liver pool public, and an earnest request that, as the site in London-road was so very inconvenient, the government would reconsider the subject. Mr. tlramley-Moore showed clearly, from a number of carefully compiled figures,. that Liverpool stands first on the list as connected with the Post-office department, whilst it has not received nearly as much consideration as Manchester, Dublin, and other places. Mr. J. A. Tobin justly accused the government of want of courtesy, of hypocrisy. and of adding insult to injury in the matter. The opinion of Liverpool is un mistakeably and unanimously against the site chosen by government POLICE INTELLIGENCE Mr. William Edwards, a pilot, was fined ss. and costs, for having smoked a cigar on one of the dock quays. John Hampson, a rough looking fellow, was sent to gaol for two months, for assaulting and attempting to rob a gentleman, named Spurr, on the London-road. On Tuesday the witnesses brought forward by Mr. Davenport fully established the fact that Mr. Parkinson, who had taken the coat, &c., from the Imperial Hotel, was a highly respectable man, and had removed the articles by mistake. A PREDICAMENT.—During the progress of the business at the Police -court, on Wednesday, a man was placed in the dock, when the bridewell-keeper called out, "N 0.47, sir; charged with robbing 48: 48 is too drunk t o b e brought up." Mr. Rushton ordered the case to stand over. Upwards of twenty informations were heard on Tues day against persons allowing dogs to g) at large. In nearly the whole of the cases the parties summoned urged that they were too poor to pay the fine. Mr. Rushton recommended them to destroy their dogs, as there were about ten thousand curs in the town which it would be better without. Martha Wilson, seventeen years of age, jumped into the river on Tuesday, bu". clung to an iron stauncheon on the stage until pi •ked up. She remarked when rescued, " 1 thought it was better to do so than worse." She was on the same day handed over by Mr. Rushton to her mother who said the girl had always been in the habit of running away from her parents. PERSECUTION.—On Tuesday Patrick Gallagher, who resides at 34, Addison-street, applied to Mr. Rushton for a summons under the following circumstances :—The ap plicant said, " Gentlemen belonging to the Established Church come to my house to read the Scriptures and give me spiritual instruction. The party against whom I apply far a summons, said 1 should be made to suffer severely. Yesterday, they came and beat me severely, and broke eight panes of glass. The mother and brother, and son, and daughter, and son-in-law, are all Catholics. I have been a Roman Catholic, but having had depicted many errors in the Roman Chtirch, I bec:me a Protestant, and they all in the neighbourhood now say I am a heretic, and lam unable to live peaceably. lam afraid of my life." Mr. Rushton granted the summons. YESTERDAY Three men were brought up for picking pockets in St. John's Market ; one of them eight times previously com mitted, others not known. Three months. A little boy, apparently about ten years old, was com mitted for picking pockets in Tithebarn-street. One month. The captain of an inward bound vessel was fined £5 for having on board a box and a-half of cigars and 3 lbs. of tobacco, which he had not entered at the Custom-house. CLIARGII OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A young man named Michael Duffey was charged with embezzling the property of his master, Mr. Jonathan Atkinson, of Edgar -street. Two witnesses deposed to having paid sums of money to the prisoner —£9 11s., and £6—which he had not ac counted for. The prisoner received an excellent character from the clerk of his employer. When taken he acknow ledged that he bad £lO left, and that he had taken a pas sage to America. The prisoner was committed to the sessions. BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A LITTLE GIRL.—A brutal fellow in the dress of a labourer was brought up for an indecent assault, accompanied by atrocious ill-treatment, committed upon a little girl on Sunday night. The case, the details of which are totally unfit for publication, was heard in the magistrates' private room, and a fine of £5 or two months' imprisonment, inflicted, with bail. The prisoner appeared in court with his head bandaged, having been roughly handled by the neighbours on discovery of the offence. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of Eliza Read, the wife of Robert Read, a comic singer at one of the numerous cheap concert rooms which abound in this town. On the evening of Thursday he was walking home with his wife, who had been to fetch him home from the house where be sang. On reaching the house, about one o'clock, after swearing at her, he struck her under the ear, when she fell down senseless. Blood gushed from her nose and mouth. A surgeon was sent for, who pronounced her to be dead. Several witnesses were examined, who stated that the prisoner was frequently drunk, and that when in liquor he was in the habit of abusing her, though when sober they lived together quietly. After hearing the evi dence, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner. The parties lived in Bridport-street. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE DONE TO A CARGO OF WHEAT.—On Wednesday, the hearing of a case of considerable commercial importance occupied the attention of the judge of the county court for several hours. The plaintiffs were Messrs. R. T. Woodward and Co., and the defendant Mr. Darling, a shipowner. It was a claim for damage, by reason of alleged carelessness, done to a cargo of wheat consigned to the plaintiffs, and and brought from Galatz to Liverpool in a ship belong ing to the defendants. The plaintiffs are corn dealers in this town, and the defendant is the owner of a ship called the Darling, and the latter had been engaged to br;ng over, for the plaintiffs, a cargo of wheat from Galatz. On unshipping the wheat, a large portion of it, near to the surface, beneath the decks, was found to be damaged in consequence of, as alleged by the plaintiffs, the careless ness and want of due management of the defendant, in allowing the water to ooze through a fissure in the decks, and through the bulwarks of the forecastle, by reason of which the wheat became heated, clotted, and baked into cones. The judge, after recapitulating the case, said there had been nothing shown, taking the casualties of the sea into consideration, to prove that the damage ne cessarily happened in the particular way stated by the evidence of the plaintiffs, and a non-suit was accordingly taken. 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After the minerals and vegetables of the Old World have been compounded in all imaginable ways in fruitless attempts to discover so important a de sideratum, we are indebted to the Western Hemisphere for furnishing the basis of OLDRIDGE'S BALM of Co- LumoiA, the efficacy of which in preserving, strengthen ing, and renewing the hair has become a matter of noto riety among all civilised nations. Its restorative virtues are indeed a proverb, and the most satisfactory attesta tions to its infallibility in reproducing hair upon persons otherwise hopelessly bald, have been published from time to time by the Proprietors, 13, Wellington-street North, Strand, London. OLDRIDGE'S BALM causes eye-brows to grow, prevents the hair from turning grey, and the first application causes it to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off. Abundance of certi ficates of the first r espectability are hewn by the Pro prietors, 3s. 6d., 65., and Ils. per bottle ; no other , prices n ar e e ve g r e l n e u t i t n h e e . you shopk h e e e n perser ask article as a substitute. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Perfumers,, and Stationers. su a for de r i b d u g y e a s n ß y other Balm," I Rgrtrultural anb lOorttruttural. PERIODICALS FOR THE MONTH. Curtis's Botanical Magazine gives beautiful ilk tions of Eugenia Brasiliensis, Dendrobium Kingiannm, Hakes cucuilat., Stylidium saxifragoides, Campylobotrys discolor. Hypocyrta gracilis. The Eugenia is a handsome stove shrub, and the Hvpocyrta an elegant stove parasitic gesneriaceous plant: the Stylidium and Hakes are both greenhouse plants of great. interest. Maund's Botanic Garden and .F T ruitist,—This is par ex cellence " the book" for the out-of-door gardener, con tains plates of a fine Ranunculus called " Director"— the Alpine coltsfoot ; Scilla amcena ; the variegated azalea ; and the Pitmaston orange nectarine. Sowerby's British Botany. The genera illustr.ted this month are Stellaria, Arenaria, Cherleria, Cotyledons, and Sedum. We h ave compared them with the old edi tion, and find the colouring much improved and more carefully applied. Hooker's Journal of Botany, and Kew Garden Mis cellany. The two journals, that of Mr. Spruce on the river Amazon, and that of Dr. Hooker on the great Hima laya range, render this magazine exceedingly interesting to the botanist. The high character of the botanical in formation, coming, as it does, from the best authority in the kingdom, is also extremely valuable; it contains the history of the tonquin bean, and some information respect ing the rice paper plant. The Gardener's Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural 'Science. By Thos. Moore and Wm. P. Ayres. This most useful and elegant work in the present part completes the first volume of the oest got-up and cheapest work of the kind ever issued : the coloured illustrations are Amaryllis Aerarnanii pulcher rinza, Gramanthes chlorteflora, Ixora Griflithii, Roupala grata, and three new Pelargoniums: the woodcuts are very numerous and beautiful. MISCELLANEA. Luminous Plants.—Vague Mess of their existence in India and the neighbouring countries float about now as in the days of the old Hindoos and Greeks; they are in ' some cases, perhaps, founded on facts, in others on elec tric appearances. In the Journal of the Agricultural Society of Bengal, No. 153, p. 683, we read that in Aff ghanistan, " to the north of Nahoo, is a mountain called Sufed Koh, in which the natives believe gold and silver to exist, and in which they say in the spring is a hush which at night from a distance appears on fire, but on approaching it, the delusion vanishes." Baron Hugel (p. 143) was told that the Auk river in Kashmeer, when swollen with rain, brings down from Tibet pieces of timber which " shine in the dark as long as they con tinue moist." Our officers at Peshawur might, perhaps, find out some particulhrs of the Sufed Koh vegetable luminary; the account, if r. fiction, is at all events an old one, and seems identical with that given by Pliny (XXI. 36) of the " Nyctegretum." The rootstock of a plant from the Ooraghum jungles, at the foot of the Madura ''is. near Trieh— d ' - supposed to be an Orchid or Marica, was exhibited in April, 1845, at a meeting of the Royal Association Society, possessing " the peculiar property of regaining its phosphorescent appearance when a dried fragment is subjected to moisture, gleaming in the dark with all the vividness of the glow-worm or the electric Scolopendra, after having been moistened with a wet cloth applied to its surface for an hour or two ; and it does not seem to lose the property by use, becoming lustreless when dry, and lighting up again whenever moistened." The Gardeners' Chronicle (Dr. Lindley) states " that a small slice of the dried root being wrapped in a wet cloth, and allowed to remain about an hour, shines in the dark like a piece of phosphorus, or perhaps somewhat paler, more like dead fish or rotten wood." It is stated to have been long familiar to the Brahmins under the name of Jyotismati, erroneously referred to the Lexicons to Cardiospermum, perhaps on account of the white crescent on its black seed. The discovery of the Coromadel plant was made by a Tuhseeldar, ccmpelled by rain to take shelter at night under a mass of rock, where he was astonished to see a blaze of phosphoric light over all the grass in the vicinity. Sanscrit authori ties refer the Jyotismati to the Himalaya ; and on enquiry at Almorah, I found there was a luminous plant well known there by that name, and "Jw Ila-mat ;" implying the possession of light or fire. It turned out to be Anthistiria anathera, of which perhaps one root in a hundred is luminous by night during the rainy season. Other Grasses, Andropogon contortus Iwaruncusa, &c., are reported to possess the same property ; and both Hindoos and Moslems are persuaded of the existence of a plant called Sunee (the Sanscrit Sunjeevun); extolled for its power of revealing the wonders of fairy-land ; and eagerly sought by fukeers and serpents. In 1845, the people of Simlah were open-mouthed with a rumour that the mountains near Syree were illuminated nightly by this magical he r b. B n t i t i s pro b a b ly Dictamnus which has occasioned many of these reports; it abounds ersr Gungotiee and J umno t ree, an d suppos i ng it to exhibit the seme phenomena as its European congener, the lame of a bush burning but not consumed would be bruited afar by the pilgrims among a people ever ready t ) deify any peculiar manifestation of fire. Professor Henslow explains the inflammable atmosphere generated on a calm still evening about Dictamnus fraxinella by the evapora tion of a volatile oil ; and states that, "if a candle be brought near it, this plant is enveloped by a transient flame without sustaining any injury from the experiment." The Rughoovuns alludes to fire latent in the Sumee, supposed to be Peosopis spicigera, the Jhund of northern India ; but the reference may be to fire obtained by fric tion.—Major Madden, in the Journal of the Agricul tural and Horticultural Society of India. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. Plant Department.—Particular attention ought to be paid at all seasons to the ripening of the wood. It has been too long the habit of almost all connected with gardening to neglect, in pots at least, this most important part of the business till towards the end of the season. This we consider very wrong. flow is it possible, with declining sunshine, in the short space, it may be, of two months, with cold and wet increasing, to accomplish that which our brightest weather and longest days are scarcely able to perform ? If this part of the cultivator's duty has been in the least neglected, let it be so no longer : " turn over a new leaf." Let a portion of moisture be with drawn, and a change of air constantly going on—even though this be at the expense of fuel. Chrysanthemums, which have filled their blooming pots with roots, will require the assistance of liquid manure : give no more than is sufficient to preserve the foliage till the flower buds are set, after which we scarcely ever give pure water, having generally at hand barrels of soot, guano, cow dung, &c., dissolved in water. These we give in turns, or according to the wants of the plant. Euphor bias, Eranthemums, and Poinsettias, for winter blooming, ought to be growing freely. Keep them near the glass, and give as much encouragement as is consistent, with short-jointed, well -matured wood. Gesneria Zebrina and Achimenes Pieta grow in: the shade, otherwise their splendid foliage will not be seen to advantage. The varieties of Lilium Lancifolium will require a little clear soot or guano water, to enable them to sustain their foliage and enlarge their blooms. Spunge off any dust which may have collected upon the leaves, and keep the green fly thoroughly under. Various varieties of Phlox are still adorning the flower borders: select cuttings of the best, and put them in forthwith, at the bottom of a south wall ; cover with a hand glass, and do not grudge a little attention in the way of shading. Success will be more certain. On the evenings of fine da) s, pull the swaislhl invigoratealtogether th off e th 3 e ,oe c o u g tti p n l g a - o f t r s a . me. The Auricular night ar e r,dewsnow growing : see th a t th e y d o no t want for water, nor in any way suffer an extreme; if they do, the chances are that von will immediately have flower stems and abortive blooms, to the great injury of their spring flowering. Kitchen Garden.—The crops of in Vegetable Marrow are now perfection. This is one of the most profitabl e crops which can be grown. Pity that it should be so mu c h neglected. Fruit Department.—lf mildew should make its app ear .. ante on any of the wall trees, sulphur may be appli e d , although newly-slacked lime dashed over th e a ff ected part wi ll have an equally beneficial effect. K eep, how _ ever, a good look out; and should it appear on the point of a young shoot, as it usually does, pluck it out anti destroy it. Bad weather for melons lately, and very likely mildew making its appearance : should it do soime alone will do the business. There tikuA.l) 141% ur here. We have more than oncowtAilkWrA o of a melon pit utterly destroyed with ver it. ANSWERS TO CORR . 1 4 - _ DIA" -) *. r ''' , ... , .: W.S.—Cover your wall with; Wifatal#Vn—:- tis azurea grandiflora, and theltgas* ,f+)!,1 11 .P 3 , :. you cannot have three nicer wfil A 1414- t." 4 4 : it A J. Beesley.—Too much liquitkii _ the proporticn o f guano you mNisztui , the colours o f your carnations to .. , ,t ; le Amateur. —If yo u b e li eve t h a t them nh : ),,,,, ein i • . on a quince s t oc k , try it ; you will thrs e ape. rience most likely to be serviceable to you. We have endeavoured more than once to call attention to the culture of winter-flowering plants, particularly chrysanthemums, which we think are worth every care, furnishing, as they do, a delightful treat to the florist at a season of the year when nearly all else amongst plants is dreary and flowerless. But our present object is to re commend the formation of a chrysanthemu m show in Li verpool, if some large room could be found in which it could be held :an evening flower-show and ball would be the means of raising a large sum for some charitabl e pur_ pose, and would furnish much gratification. By judi cions grouping, the most beautiful summer scene might be produced, and would add a charm to the festivities, o s t h t r p y e s rio aa r t h t o e manythingbrought e oo l g s e h . t O e a u r r l y plan t h w e o u m l o d r b n n t g o , h a a s v i e f the an ordinary flower show, and submitted in the usual way to the judges ; after which, opened during the day far the inspection of those who merely wished to see the flowers; then arranged tastefully about the room, in groups, for the evening exhibition, which, with the aid of music and dancing, would be a most attractive entertainment, if managed with skill and respectability. The proceeds, if devoted to a charitable cause, would be considerable, and the effect would be to give a powerful stimulus to the culture of winter-flowering plants. Even as a private speculation, we are sure that such an attempt would be successful. By winter-flowering plants we do not mean chrysan themums only, but all the various kinds of bulbs which are annually cultivated—the Chinese and Himalaya Pri mulas;. the Camellia and other hard-wooded plants ; geraniums cultivated for winter flowering, and all other plants then in flower in the greenhouse; not, of course, omitting the lovely Cape Heaths. One great advantage in this style of plants is, they could all be moved with little risk, and the exposure in a gas-lighted room for one or two nights would do no great harm. A fund has long been wanted for the relief of poor gar- - deners, and even for those who from being too long out of place lose the means of getting one. A scheme of this kind might be made the commencement of such a fund; we give the hint, and leave to others the execution.