The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

favour stated .d his ging to 8 fine i Man off on .70roPe" Id 31r, he four oppo closed ) ; Mr . .dinarl deed, 11 y at wards n era. ue the ree of at the prac of the , n was A the uqui k has nson, good, rol of I the lg on. Jait 15, 1150. -oral pelts. JJenny Lind is expected speedily - to revisit Liverpool. rhsee steam-ship C ommo d ore , C apta i n Li tt l e, left the iriL argyeon Saturday for Havre. quantities of Canadian produce are now arriving in the ATersey, via New York. • IL, Alderman Procter has been appointed c h a i rman o f Lae Water Committee. delirium tr o e f m h e is : week s On fl oor Tuesday a man n ame d St an fi e ld was f oun d dea d on .t s b e ed-room in Mount-street. He died of On S aturday young woman named Hollins, ser vant to M r . K ent, mason, Edge-hill, was accidentally burned to death. On Saturday night week a child, 15 months old, named fell into a pan of boiling water, and was so much injured that he died on Tuesday. tlitnittongst the prizemen at the Christmas examination at o ve , Yd and T . Agricultural College. Cirencester, were E. J. „ T anq R. Luzmore, o f thi s t own . un Tuesday, Mr. Richard Harbord was elected a mem per of the Town Council for Great George Ward, in the room of his late brother, Mr. H. G. Harbord. _On Friday week an old man named Hugh Gallagher, so much i n j ure d b y a large anchor falling on him, in Lower_ Bri c k- street, that he died soon after. __ T here will b e no steamer front Amer i ca t hi s wee k , i n '?nseqUence of the resumption until April of the fort nightly trips. , On Sat ur d ay, the Coroner held inquests on two Ail i:teen, — one f our years old and the other six — who d i ed n b eing burnt t o d ea th. B o th o f t h em had been play with fire. Amo ngst recent i m p or t s f rom N ew Y or k t o this port e o s hserve reported three novel shipments ; namely 571 n of legwood, 531 oars, and 45 pipes port wine. Six n•Usand staves have also been remitted. e lite paragraph announcing that a tablet had been 2T)csted to the memory of Mrs. Foster, of the Blue Coat tt in , pital, referred to the late matron of the institution at 47ar rittYton Th e • b een moorings for the new Transatlantic steamers have 2i€ l in the Sloyne. The Atlantic, the first boat, b ofilritiindAinpgr. for Ga s il. She is spoken of as a perfectmodel—• Am unequalled variety of Chandeliers and Lustres be found at the Manufactory and Show-rooms WEET - LIAM PENN SMITH, 26 and 28, HANOVER- Al, oPposite the Tax-o ffi ces. sh ou i d . "rrY, the coroner, has recommended that jurors ward - address the membets of Council for their respective vid A in order to induce the Finance Committee to pro 'eta with a conveyance when they are required to ,I)3' distance to view a body. a. Monday night a collision occurred at the Liverpool c llnn of the Bolton and Preston railway; and a stoker le Med Alfred Sheffield, aged twenty-one, had one of his nlgi severed in the crash. He subsequently died. His V ier keeps a small public-house in this town. i n Folay, a poor woman, who had been picking chips the Birkenhead docks on Friday, was passing between an ° d W ls a gg o tlS, when a collision of the vehicles took place, u" head was crushed in a most frightful manner. +the died on the way to the hospital. of 4-Po ilrEcAurEs'-nam..—The following are the names Beier' p g r e ae n ee t ta l i e sn tnen who have passed their examination in the to . d practice of medicine, and received certificates e, on Thursday, Jan.lo, 1850 :—Walter , Arthur, • -r i'l° ol , and Henry Scholfield Johnson, Liverpool. We —ngratulate our young townsmen on their success. ' N TRANcEs INTO THE DocKs.—At the meeting of theof vessels Back Committee, the secretary reported the number , 3 13 a 1 7eSSeIS which had passed through the entrances to this pod d uring the past year, to be, inwards, 15,003; out- Wards 1 4 912 ;—total intercourse, 29,915, against 29,998 in ' the previous year. On Saturday last, Henry Daniels was attempting to Foss th e bridge at the Queen's Dock while it was being opened, when he fell into the water. He was got out I.ttitztediately afterwards, but received such injury from the Liumersion that he never rallied, and death resulted on Tuesday 'morning ii l °_ ll n Johnson, .morning . of Hatton-garden, has purchased "'" e Baptist Chapel, in Byrom-street, from the London a tid Forth Western Railway Company, through Mr. George Byford, their agent. The amount paid is nearly S4O OO. Th e intention is, we believe, immediately to O pen th e c h ape l i n connex i on w i t h th e B apt i s t b o dy. . M OCAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of th e B oar d o f E xam i ners , h e ld on F r id a y l as t, C a pt. Joh n Ord late master of the " Lord Dalhousie," of Lon butin, was found qualified for a first-class, and Captain Richard Abraham Watson Dixon, late master of the Lilla," of Montreal, for a second-class certificate as toasters. ii r oEeoNcEux-HALL.—On Saturday night, Mr. E. ... n °e , the composer and vocalist, gave a ballad entertain :.ll:°nt. con s i s ti ng of sentimental and humorous songs. t he attend ance was not as good as usual. Mr. Hime in troduced the different ballads with a few remarks by way 5 i llustration, a modern practice calculated to render this description of entertainment very interesting. ' ,CURLING —The Liverpool and Manchester Curling met on Thursday week, with sixteen players a side, for the Purpose of playing for the medal given by the ~..""Yal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland. The game 'oak place at Manchester, and was played to time. After a severe contest of three hours, when the shots were l 'utatned up, they stood this :—Manchester, 55; Liver- Pool, 46 ; leaving Manchester victorious by 9 shots. I A STRIKING CHANGE.—The Bishop of Manchester ' , as lic ense d the old grand stand, on Kersal Moor, as a Place for the performance of divine service. It has for °Pale time been used by the Rev. Mr. Wright, of St. d i ohn's, B roug hton, as a Sunday school, and it is be who °as obtained the license. It will be used for divine ser gne on the Sabbath. [The change is not more " striking" than the conversion of the cockpit at Aintree into a corn %odious and suitable church.] THE NEW PACKET-SHIP WILLIAM RATHBONE.—A netv accession to our liners, named after our venerable to wnsman, William Rathbone, was launched on the nth 11 ,1 t., a t Mystic, Connecticut. The new ship is a three decker, ranks in burthen 1000 tons, and will he commanded r,Y,,Capt. J. W. Spencer. A New York writer says, ship is a fair specimen of New England improve rnents in this progressive age, and for beauty, strength, and all the good qualities combined, will bear competition Wi th any craft' afloat." , '"UNTED PATROL.—In consequence of some depreda '''cls in the West Derby and Kirkdale districts, the m agistrates of that division met on Tuesday last, and at the suggestion of Mr. Robert Neilson, of Halewood, determined to establish a mounted patrol, which had so good an effect the year before last. Mr, Neilson was tec i,nested to carry the matter into operation. The cordon Will embrace the environs of Liverpool, from Garston on h south, and Seaforth on the north, head-quarters being Woolton, West Derby, and Bootle. W ednesday T EA DITTIES.—Lord John Russell has appointed t v i v ednesday for an interview with the Liverpool deputa- Ole non the tea duties. The Glasgow deputation will an interview at the same time. The Manchester d eputation who take up another portion of the same sub /ea, are to have an interview on another occasion. A Petition in favour of a reduction of the duty on tea to a tat ° Proportionate to that levied on the like articles of t en eral consumption, such as coffee, cocoa, and sugar, a 8 been prepared for signature. qAmongst the list of new patents we note one by John _tratithare, of this town, engineer, for improvements in egtning ships and vessels. Mr. Grantham proposes the application of copper or other metal sheathing to iron shi ps or vessels, by interposing between it and the sides material; vessel another sheathing of some non-conducting the employment of external ribs or projections, for the 've s , Purpose of facilitating the sheathing of ships or p m s els ; the construction and arrangement of mechanical pWhich constitute the moveable hot-blast apparatus, ''" facilitate the sheathing of ships or vessels. A DISPUTED REWARD.—On Monday last, a person bolding an official situation under government lost a bag t eo 'noing 100 sovereigns, in the neighbourhood of Ever t/18u_ Immediat e ly on the loss being discovered bills were la jti, and a reward of £5 offered for its recovery ; and, evenin of the same day, the reward was increased Al e i iv Th g e money was found by a poor woman, who t r i o it up, when the gentleman, it is all<ged, shabbily teietod i P o u gs t her off with the first reward of £5. Legal o p f ro were threatened ; and ultimately, the owner hi, sl .e Money, possibly finding that he could not escape lability, handed over the full reward of £2O. Pq r , cILITIES FOR SHIP BUILDING.—In the North of lyi,!„ a ,nd, we have the pleasure to perceive, by a circular end: '_efore us, that iron bars, for ships' knees, knee- Sto4_ w indings, windlass necks, and anchor shanks and Ironworks now rolled at the rolling-mills of the Walker bar.„t on the Tyne, with all the facility of ordinary treat —T h and are sold. of course, in consequence of this lo w thbatented] improvement, at a price very much be- Thi s i s n t Which hand-worked iron necessarily involves. .llri tis , a facility, we c o n sider, and an advantage to the too shiPbuilder, which cannot be too highly prized or ittpr W ov id elY promu lgated.—Gateshead Observer.—[The tee e „„ements here alluded to are worked under a patent lipeo;',,q.taken out by Mr. W. Clay, of this town. The at rh2l is. we understand, in full and efficient operation Q tt " Mersey Steel and Iron Works, near this town.] two I i "IF YING MEETLNG.—On Tuesday evening about hndred t _' v ertc o and fifty poor persons belonging to the t e and St. Bartholomew's districts, were invited to The te a in the large School-room in the latter district. I P I k r ee ,"arY arrangements were made by Mr. Bathgate The Dandy, the Scripture readers of tbe two districts. i i ° Qt ri Was completely full, and all seemed pleased t il l ov e irY• The Rev. W. W. Ewbank, G. Dover, and c o , 1, Made suitable addresses : and after they retired, 4 1 d eih e l' r a s nY Was addressed by the two Scripture readers tg t e nn various appropriate subjects. The proceed heirh urinated by singing a hymn, anti all retired to Z e 't o h th e : n e t s about half:past . i!ine o'clock, well pleased .ertainment. It is impossible to calculate the iwritaeb, these, is effected by such kindly and social mlartings, ,j . ,to show to the poor the interest which is taken thetier t i t ulfftre by those whom Providence has placed in me ~ilations of life. „.. „,IsNIAL.Ou the 28th of December a meeting of r . 6 o e „ n st's - a" of the congregation of St. John the Evan urnh. Hope-street, was held in the school- Present hp n ..en a a deputation was appointed to prepare and lion fiegi'lhas.to Mr, Winch, and another to the Rev. C r i t nonsi e t ed u Vons, A.M., the minister. The deputa- Od e ., or Mr. Cauty, chairman. Mr. Cross, Mr. F t ess t an d Mr. Bateman, and they forwarded the ad late„."lr' Winchhad Setit e I "' with the •On Saturday week they also an d Rev. Henry Higgins, when they pre- Plet dscgn e alsopursewith an address, accompanied with a 7.a... ,7 entistu i attit , ool: containing fifty sovereigns, and a cora l:est ea t o thiecierical robes. The rev, gentleman briefly deputation, and on Sunday alluded to the g the t. he close of his sermon from the pnlpit, ''ati be e "In gratification which he felt that his labours 1 . 1 ,Va :I)Proved, and intimating that the testimonial _Areat encouragement for him to persevere in 14 Path of duty. er Rsa ittered -00 3eld in he en- Oarish, range rdens, by the favour a few a nu. FIRE IN WEST DEntiv Cif uncH.—On Sunday morn ing, at an early hour, a fire was found to have broken out in West Derby Church. The Rev, Mr. Stewart, rector, and several other persons, on being apprised of it, burst hi the door, and found that the staircase leading to the gallery contiguous to the flues was much damaged. By the exertions of the rector and neighbours, a policeman, who had fortunately arrived on the spot at an early period, was elevated into the gallery, and ultimately mastery was obtained over the fire. Meantime the Earl of Softon's engines had arrived at the church, and in a brief time the threatened conflagration was entirely checiced. It is esti mated, however, that the damage will not be less than £2OO. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOLICITOR..-Ari held at the Woodside Hotel, on Saturday, on the body of Mr. Charles Green, an attorney of Liverpool, who was found dead in bed at his residence in Church-street, Bir kenhead, on Friday morning, under very melancholy cir cumstances. Deceased had recently had a pain on his right shoulder, of which he complained at six o'clock on the mornine of his death, when Mrs. Green left him. Mrs. Green saw her husband again about halt past eight o'clock, but did not speak to him, as she thought he was asleep. At half-past nine o'clock he was found dead. Dr. Stevenson made a post mortem examination of the _ _ body, and discovered that deceased had died from a rup ture of the main artery of the heart. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CHARITY BALL.—The censed victuallers' annual charity ball took place on Wed nesday, in the Town-hall, and was numerously and fash- ionably attended. The 'mayor and several prominent members of the council were present. The company numbered between 500 and 600, and on no previous occa sion has there been a more brilliant re-union. Mr. Grib bin's Wellington-room quadrille band was in attendance, as was also the splendid band of the 46th Regiment Dancing commenced at nine o'clock, and was kept up until an early hour next morning. The viands were of the most recherche description. The entire arrangements were admirable. The following is a programme of the dances:-1, Quadrille; 2, Polka; 3, Contre Dance; 4, Schottische ; 5, Quadrille ; 6. Waltz ; 7, Contre Dance ; 8, Galopj 9, Quadrille; 10, Contre Dance. THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—The exhibition of paintings in Post-office-place was finally closed on Satur- day evening, having been opened sixteen weeks. During the last month the exhihition has been accessible to the working classes at 2d. each for adults and one penny for children ; and, although many of the middle class have availed themselves of the cheap rate of admission, great numbers of people in more humble circumstances have also- attended. The fact that the weekly receipts have been as great during the past month as When the price of admission was is. is conclusive evidence that the poor as well as the rich are capable of admiring and appre- dating the beautiful in art. The average weekly attend- ante during the month has been upwards of 3,250, being six times greater than the attendance at the original charge. The exhibition was closed on Christmas Day that - it has been opened twenty-three days at the low prices ; and it is calculated that no fewer than 13,000 have availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for visiting the exhibition Last year the exhibition was open for seventeen days at the charge of 2d. and ld., and 11,391 attended. The number of pictures sold during the exhibition has been much smaller this year than on any previous occasion, FlRE.—About 11 on Monday night a fire was discovered to have taken place in the extensive steam and wind corn mills of Messrs. Lunt and Simpson The premises run from Bevington-busb, bounded by Ennerdale-street to Limekiln-laiie The fire originated in the screen room, but as the mill had been stopped from Saturday for the purpose of cleaning the boilers, no cause has been ascer- tained to which its commencement can be attributed Mr. Maxwell and a large body of the fire police were promptly on the spat, but water was not obtained until a considerable time had elapsed. From the first there was but litile hope of saving either the steam or the wind-mill, and consequently all energies were devoted to some detached store-rooms, and a line of cottage property in Ennerdale-street, which were ulti mately saved. The whole of the side wall of one of the cottages was carried in by the falling of a shoot from the burning mill. The amount of loss on the stock it is thought will be barely covered by the insurances which are effected to the amount of £3,000 in the Yorkshire Office, and £l,OOO in the Norwich'Union. The premises are the property of Mr : Whalley, and are, it is under- stood, insured also, and with the Norwich' Union Com- pang. THE WEATHER. — Since our last we have experienced a continued and severe, but seasonable visitation of the rigours of winter. Frost set in after the fall of snow on Saturday week, and has continued with more or less inten- sit.y ever since, about two inches of snow still remaining ,n the ground in the neighbourhood, and no inconsider able quantity still adhering to most of the house tops. During the last few days ice has been observed even in the lowest, densest, generally the " warmest" parts of the town—Whitechapel and its adjuncts. &c.—an occurrence unknown except during a very low state of temperature. On Tuesday the thermometer stood, in the day, at 30 degrees, or 2 degrees below the freezing point. On Wed nesday, at noon, an inclination to thaw manifested itself, the glass rising to 35 degrees. but .he frost soon resumed its sway. On Saturday, about noon, the sky became so murky that gas was in general requisition in shops and counting-houses for two or three hours. A slight spitting of snow continued during the whole day, and thickened a little towards midnight. Sunday was a fine clear day, with, however, a cutting briskish wind from the E.S.E., varying occasionally to the E. and E.N.E. The frost on this day was keener than it had been before, especially in situations exposed to the breeze. Skaters and sliders have had ample and safe opportunity to pursue their pastime, at Sefton meadows, Prince's-park, Birkenhead-park, Wallasey Pool, &c. The roads have been slippy, but nearly all the horses being " sharpened," and the pedes trians put upon their guard, no serious accidents have occurred, so far as we have heard. Yesterday was cold arid gloomy, with a cloudy sky, wind about E. by S. ; glass in the forenoon at 33 degrees, indicating a slight relaxation of the frost. INTERESTING ANNIVERSARY.—The Infant Teachers' Class, under the superintendence of Mr. William Clark, and the countenance of the Liverpool Church of. England Society, held its anniversary at the South School, Corn wallis-street, on Friday evening. The company, princi pally consisting of the teachers from different parts of Lancashire and other places, numbered about three hun dred persons. who sat down to an excellent tea provided shortly after six o'clock. The room had been beautifully decorated with banners, and festooned by the teachers. A platform bad been raised for the chairman and principal guests, and altogether the proceedings were of a very im posing and interesting description. The Rev. H. H. Higgins, of St. John's, presided, and there were present the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, Rev. Messrs. Govett, Minton, Toul min, Ryan, Brown, and Simm ; John Holmes, Eq., the mayor; Alderman Cooper, and Councillors Wagstaff, Rirnmer. and Woodruff.—Dr. M'Neile having to leave for Ireland, requested permission to address the meeting be fore tea, and spoke in the most eulogistic terms of Mr. Clark and his labours, The rev. doctor pointed out the advantages of early education, which was promoted by Mr. Clark's efforts, and adverted, in his usual style, to mental culture generally.—The proceedings after tea were opened by the chairman with a few fitting remarks.—Mr. William Clark then rose, and was received with most enthusiastic applause. He stated that during the year twenty-one teachers had been appointed from the class to situations in various parts of the country ; ten teachers bad attended the class for improvement; and the total number of teachers sent out saice the commencement of the society, eleven years ago, was 202; the number of children taught by them, as far as can be ascertained, being 11.824. The teachers who had attended his class were principally located in Lancashire; but several of them have gone to Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and others to Ireland and Wales, and one to Australia. He read letters which bore testimony to the efficiency of his pupils ; and whilst pointing out the importance of teachers' training schools, demonstrated the success with which his own labours in Liverpool had been crowned.—The Mayor briefly addressed the meeting, and having to leave early, handed in a contribution towards the funds of the clas's, which was most gratefully received.—The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs. Minton, Tomlin, Simm, and Brown.—Between the speeches, anthems were sung by the teachers in training, accompanied on the piano -forte, by Mr. Tomkinson, their music master. A duet, played by the Misses Wilkinson and Ainscow, should not he omitted from our brief notice, as it was most creditably performed. DARING BURGLARY NEAR MORETON.—On Tuesday night, the house of Mr. Hale, miller, Saughall Massie, near Moreton, in Cheshire, was forcibly broken into by four villains, under very alarming circumstances. The particu lars of the outrage are these :—About half-past eight o'clock in the evening, a knock was beard at the front of the house, which the servant-man at once proceeded to answer. On opening the door, three men, dressed as " navvies" and disguised with black masks, rushed in, and the tallest immediately seized Mr. Hale, who was sitting quietly at the fire, whilst another laid hold of the servant-man, whom they commenced beating in a shame ful manner. Mr. Hale contended most heroically with his assailant for a considerable time, but being overcome from sheer exhaustion, after receiving no less than eight serious contusions on the head, he was at last compelled to yield. The servant-man also defended himself with considerable energy, but not being a match for his adver sary he was also obliged to submit. Besides having his right arm disabled at the outset of the conflict, he also re ceived several severe gashes on the head. Whilst this scene was going on, the third man forced Mrs. Hale and her two daughters up stairs—the other two children being in bed—and ransacked the drawers and boxes in the dif ferent rooms; but all the property they found, which they thought worth carrying away, was two sovereigns, some small change, and two guns. There was a fourth man, who during all this time remained outside the house, keep ing watch against surprise. On making their retreat, the robbers threatened to shoot the first person who should pass the door before morning, and at the same time one of them presented a pistol to Mr. Hale, which he dis charged in that gentleman's face, but it does not appear to have been loaded with anything but powder. The rob bers, of course, secured their escape, as the inmate did not dare to venture out till about five or six o'clock on Wednesday morning, when the milk carts passed, as usual, on their way to town. It appears that the pistol fired at Mr. Hale was a large cavalry pistol; the ramrod was subsequently found in the house, having doubtless dropped out of its socket at the time of the discharge. There is one circumstance in connection with this gross outrage not altogether undeserving of notice, as it shews an instance of great presence of mind in a young woman in a time of extremity. The eldest daughter of Mr. Hale had bean to town on the evening in question for the pur. pose, we understand, of receiving some money, and, at the time the burglars entered the house, was engaged in blow ing the fire, upon which she at once disposed of the money unseen through the aperture in the under part of the bel lows, and quietly laid the bellows aside, being thus, with out doubt the means of diminishing the extent of the spoil. VIE Llrlltp•®L STANDARD. THE BOSTON PACKET-SNIP PARLIAMT!..7II•:IIs fine ship is another addition to M essrs . T ra i n ana ~.o.' o line of Boston and Liverpool packets. She is built of the v;',Y.T best materials, strengthened on the most approved prin ciples, and is sheathed with yellow metal and copper-fas tened. Her length of keel is 165 feet; length on deck, 175 feet; breadth. 37 feet; and depth of hold, 221 feet. She is finely modelled, and is calculated to carry a large cargo, and to sail well. Her bow and stern are both fine, and richly carved and gilded. In every point--even in details—the vessel is extremely well formed in every re quisite. She is commanded by Capt. Albert Brown, long favourably known as one of the most popular captains in the Liverpool trade. The Parliament has made the pas sage from Boston to this port in 17 days, though against frequent east winds. She is loading in Waterloo Dock. Ithe kingdom. A s ana t or y bill h a d b een go t i n 1846, an d this was a bill t o i nc l u d e some amen d men t s w hi c h h a d been suggested by experience. —The Town-clerk, in reply I tci a question, said th a t th e pith o f the present bill was an alterafide In the mode of laying the sewer rate.—The several clauses of the bill being read over, Mr. Thomp son said he objected to the bill in Coto; and should n . eve that it be reconsidered that day sit months. lie said that if the town had not so much money they would not be going every November for new Acts of Parliament. lie read a statement showing that the law and parliamentary expenses of the Corporation for the last 15 years had been £lll,ooo—of which £23,827 had been incurred in 1848 alone. He considered the bill a measure of pains and penalties against all house-owners ; and that it would so increase the present heavy local rates as to drive many parties out of the town. He complained of the harsh laying of rates upon small cottages.—Mr. H. Hornby considered Mr. Thompson's conduct most strange in moving that a bill to be considered by them in all its clauses should be entirely withdrawn. As to the expenses alluded to. These were solely caused by the opposition the Council had to encounter. He concluded by saying that if the levying of rates emptied cottage houses, the owners might, by lowering rents, find a remedy.—Mr. Bennett was in favour of considering all the clauses.—Mr. Thompson said that the rents of some houses in Rodney-street had been reduced from 80 gui ners to £52, and surely that was enough for Mr. Hornby. —Mr. Thompson's motion was rejected, there being but three hands held up for it.—A deputation of the house owners' was then introduced. They asked that a sub committee should meet them, and discuss the several clauses, before the bill was submitted to the general com mittee, and retired. The request was granted ; and Mon day (yesterday) was appointed for the conference. DOCK COMMITTEE. —The usual monthly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Nicol in the chair. The sub committee of works reported that they could not recom mend any change in the terms for letting land for :ship building yards to Messrs. Brook and Mills. Mr. Lockett thought that every accommodation should be afforded for the ship building trade at this port, as it caused conside rable employment for working men ; in proof of this, he stated that a 500 ton ship would cost, for mechanical la bour, &c., fully £3,500. Owing to the want of proper accommodation here for building, many gentlemen built ships at other places. Mr. Fisher wished to know if there was any plan for accommodating the shipbuilders at the north end of the town, as much labour was lost to the town in consequence of the want of the required facilities. There ought to be permanent ship-yards for the trade of the port. The Chairman agreed that every facility should be afforded for shipbuilding, but the Dock Committee not having land unoccupied at the north end, and the land at the south being covered with timber, no general plan could at present be adopted. He hoped, however, that they would be in a position soon to give the shipbuilders better accommodation. After some further conversation on the subject, Mr. Fisher intimated that, on an early day, he would move that the subject of giving proper ac commodation to the shipbuilders be taken into considera tion, with a view to the adoption of some general plan ; he saw no reason why there should not be ship-yards to the north and a large dock for launching. Mr. Bold said that was part of a new plan which would be brought for ward. The Chairman intimated that a plan of the works to the north, now nearly completed, would shortly be submitted. The recommendation of the committee was confirmed. The marine surveyor submitted a statement of the serv'ces rendered by the life-boats. The lives saved in 1849 had been 38 ;in 1848, 17. The Secretary read a return of the vessels that passed inwards and out wards through the entrances to the port, during 1848 and 1849:—Inwards, 15,003; outwards, 14.912; total inter course, 1849. 29,915 ; 1848, 28,998. From a recent exa mination of the Victoria Channel, it appeared that the least depth of water was eleven feet. There was no other public business. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The soirees continue to be fairly attended,—the oratorios drawing crowded audi ences. The principal soprano, Miss Taylcr, has been labouring under severe indisposition during the week, which greatly detracted from the success of her efforts in the Creation. The oratorio of Judas Maccabeus is announced for Wednesday (to-morrowl, under the conductorship of Sir Henry Bishop. It must be acknoNidedged that Mr. W. H. Seguin is the chief of the party. His singing in the Creation was beyond all praise, and richly deserved the warm applause which it received. We expect a treat on Wednesday, from his reading of the fine bass songs in Judas Maccabeus. The chorus, as in the Messiah, was most efficient, and firm as a rock, and again won the ad miration of its eminent conductor, Sir H. R. Bishop. The accompaniments on the organ and piano-forte have been given by Mr. C. F. Smith in a masterly manner, and the fine Overture to the Last Judgment, by Mr. W. Rogers and himself, was enthusiastically applauded. LIVERRPOOL INFIRMARY.—The annual meeting of the trustees of the Liverpool Infirmary, Lunatic Asylum, and Lock Hospital, was held in the Board-room of the insti tution yesterday morning. There were present, John Cropper, jun., ESQ. ; James Bold, Esq. ; J. A. Tobin, E.3q. ; Reid, Esq.; 11. Banner, Esq. ; Alfred North, Esq., &c. John Cropper. jun., Esq., being called to the chair, commenced the proceedings by regretting that the president, the Earl of Sefton, was not present. He then requested Mr. North to read the report, from which it appeared that the number of patients in the infirmary on the Ist January, 1849, was 187 ; admitted during the year, 2,194: total, 2,381. Discharged cured, 1,543; made out patients, 129 ; left at own request, 331 ; irregular, 48 ; died, 140; patients in the house Ist January, 1850, 190; average number of weekly patients, 189; outpatients admitted during the year, 264 ; severe surgical cases, 651; increase in the number of patients during the year, 143, and a diminution in the average weekly number of 2. — Lunatic Asylum : Patients in the house on the lstJanuary, 1849, 68; number admitted, 38: total, 106. Discharged cured, 19; relieved, and at friend's request, 1; removed to county asylum, 1 ; died, 11; in the house on Ist January, 1850, 70; average weekly number, 68, being a decrease in the total number of 68.—Lock Hospital: Number of patients in the house on the Ist of January, 1849, 42 ; admitted during the year, 512: total, 554. Discharged cured, 402; relieved, and at own request, 102 ; sent to the workhouse, 1 ; to the penitentiary, 2 ; to the benevolent house, 9; died 1; in the house, 37; average weekly number, 44. The treasurer observed that it wasimpossible to furnish a correct statement of the financial transactions, owing to the circumstance of the meeting being fixed at so early a period of the year, rendering it impracticable for him to obtain the outstanding accounts : but he might say that they expected there would be a surplus in hand. The annual subscriptions amounted to £2400 Gs., which shewed a decrease of £23 11s. 6d. from last year. The donations were £617 Os. 6d., being a diminution from the amount of the previous year of £353 15s. Church col lections £B9 12s. Bd. The most rigid economy had been practised in the management of the funds of the charity, which had been enlarged not only by the proceeds of the Fancy Fair, but by extra subscriptions given in conse quence of that occasion. This source could not be counted on in future, and therefore the annual subscrip tions must be their reliance. The decrease since 1846 in the number of subscribers was 443. A series of resolu tions were then passed, which appear fully in our adver• using, columns. Included in the resolutions was a com plimentary one to J. B, Moore, Esq., the late mayor, and his lady. It was agreed that the resolution should be engrossed on vellum, and presented by Mr. Cropper and Mr. J. A. Tobin, (the framer and composer,) and Mr. H. Banner, on Saturday next. The total number of persons relieved during the year at the Infirmary and Lock Hos pital is 2706, a fact which sufficiently demonstrates the usefulness of these institutions to the community. rHE CHESHIRE FERRIES AND THE SHIPPING ON THE RIVER. Since the regulation, by which the whole of the ferry steamers have been brought to the large landing-stage, it has become a matter of the first importance that the river immediately opposite should be kept as free from obstruc tion as possible; and that craft of all sorts should be moored so as to allow of the freest approach to the central point, from which such steamers have to make their de parture. This desideratum, however, we have frequently observed, is not so much studied as it ought to be. Cer tainly, the letter of the river regulations is 'adhered to, so far as regards sailing vessels and large steamers being prohibited from anchoring inside the buoys, which mark the space set apart for the ferry steamers ; but they are very frequently moored in places very inconvenient for the boats both north and south approaching or leaving the stage. The Dublin mail-boat, tor example, is often an chored directly in the course of the Woodside steamers; a fleet of tug boats have to he threaded by the Birken head, Tranmere, and Rock Ferry boats ; and the Sea combe and Egremont boats have to go out of their course to get clear of vessels waiting to get into George's Basin to be docled in Prince's or George's Dock. The want of .ome stringent regulations on this head was most severely felt during the heavy fog of Monday week ; and indeed on other days during the past week. On Monday, when it was with difficulty that any obstruction could be dis cerned at a distance of a boat's length, the Seacombe boats had to thread their way through fi%e or six inward hound sailing vessels, anchored close to George's Dock Basin, very conveniently for themselves, as economizing the cost of haulage into dock as soon as the tide served, but most dangerous to passengers to and from Seacombe. But for extreme caution on the part of Messrs. Parry's men, an accident must have occurred, as but one of the vessels in questien—a foreigner—rung a bell during the day or showed an efficient light at. night. We are not precisely aware what particular officer it is to whom we ought to look for a remedy of the present state of things. We think, however, that it ought to be remedied at once. It is dangerous enough to cross the river at all amidst such a fog as that of Monday week, and to run the chance of contfict with vessels under sail, without having to incur the further danger of threading through vessels anchored close to the landing-stage, and directly in the way. We may add, that an efficient landing-stage for the large steamers is imperatively required. The late altera tion of the small stage for the purpose of accommodating these steamers is only a makeshift, and is unworthy of such a port as Liverpool. The stage in question is barely sufficient for the luggage-boats of the river. THE EMIGRATION OF 1849 FROM LIVERPOOL We gave, in our publication of this day fortnight, a statement of the number of persons who had emi grated from this port during the past year. We have now before us the authorised report, of which the following are the details. The total emigration for the year was the extraordinary number of 153,902 persons. Of this num ber 147,745 went to the United States, 4,630 to British North America, 141 to the West Indies, 81 to Western Africa, 46 to the tape of Good Hope, 13 to Hong Kong., and 673 to Australia. The whole were conveyed in 565 vessels, only 11 of which sustained damage, and but one, the Caleb Grimshaw, burnt at sea, attended with loss of life. Five of them met with accident before leaving the Mersey, one off the coast of Ireland, and another off Ardrossan. The passengers in these cases were forwarded in other ships. Such a small amount of casualities speaks volumes in favour of the emigration regulations, and the class of vessels employed in the trade from the port of Liverpool. THE BANK OF FRANCE, AND PAPER VERSUS GOLD. It is now an acknowledged fact, that nothing so power fully contributed to the restoration of order in France, after the expulsion of Louis Philippe, as the issue by the Bank of France of 450,000,000 of francs, subsequently in creased to 525,000,000, guaranteed by the republic, to re place the specie which the panic had withdrawn from cir culation. It was the unemployed ouviers of Paris who overthrew the monarchy ; and the same bodies throughout the departments were relied upon to establish the domina tion of the socialists and red republicans. The action upon the currency, and the creation of a mass of paper money to supply the place of the specie exported, or hoarded, saved the republic and Europe from universal convulsion. In dustry was employed ; and the sanguinary demagogues, whom revolution had aved to the surface of society, were left without tools to work out their monstrous theories, and crushed with scarcely an effort. _ _ The operation, at the present moment, of the system resorted to in order to meet the emergency, is most in structive; and ought to be well weighed as going far to solve one of the most important problems presented by the aspect of society in this country : viz., the tendency of wealth accumulating in the hands of a few, whilst the masses are sinlcing in the social scale. La Reforme—a paper which expresses the views of the republican party in France—regards the return to a pure metallic currency as " a return to the monarchy and the reign of brokerage and usury," whilst a paper money, well regulated, binds the people:to the:government and the institutions, by w ich it is guaranteed. Our French contemporary says of the idol of the Jones Loyds and Sir Robert Peels of France : " Specie accumulates more and more in the cellars of the Bank ; as a sign of exchange, it has, more than ever, a marked tendency to become useless ; this is a fact that we announce with pleasure ; to those of our friends who might be frightened at seeing some days the value of more than 2,000,000 f. rendered utterly sterile for France, we will intimate that of this capital not a single centime will be lost, and that considered as mer chandise, we shall always have the resource of employing gold and silver for the various purposes of industry. Money—for merly the absolute monarch of the circulation—at a later period attacked in the exercise of this privilege, first by the creation of the bill of exchange, the spontaneous expression of liberty, and afterwards by that of banknote, the anticipated formula of equality—now seeks to maintain its ancient sove reignty by means of a sort of constitutional compromise, the only object of which is to turn the use of paper money to its own exclusive advantage ; but the people now know that the use of specie as a symbol of exchange is irreconcilable with economical reform ; thus, they wish to abolish for ever that instrument of the tyranny of capital. By the establishment of democratic credit, by the abolition of taxation and of usury, they now know how to establish freedom of circulation and equality of exchange; and thus to ensure to the operative the integral price of his produce, and render possible the solidari sation of all interests." It is a remarkable fact, as shewing the increase of con fidence in the paper money of France, that whilst its cir culation has now reached the large amount of 449,500,000 francs, specie to the amount of 432;506,800 is lying a dead weight in the bank, and is steadily increasing, as with ourselves. In other words, paper money is displacing specie by the preference given to it by the French people ; for no one can doubt that the bank would gladly force into circulation its. &act weight of,gohk and silver. PETTY TYRANNY OF OUR C irT STOII.I HOUSE OFFICIALS. From what undiscovered region such strange bipeds are found, as those who are, from time to time, foisted upon this port by the Board of Customs, it would require a philosopher to tell. Shakespeare, however, who has sounded every depth of the human heart, must have had them in his eye, when he exclaimed : A RELAXING POWER WANTED IN OUR DOCK REGULATIONS. '^here are few laws enacted by human intelligence which she occasional interposition of a dispensing nur dock regulations, in parti ,Priouslv call for do not require power. With rest to cular, circumstanceg dial % 86Efff MIA"; v., such a power. We shall giie With the correctness of the opinion bele' exkursed. A testa "Man, vain man, days ago an emigrant vessel, the C . oriimbus, had to nn Placed in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks b e f or e high heaven back with loss of bowsprit, and was taken into Nelson As make the angels weep." Dock, in which, at the time, there was but one vessel We give, as a sample of the doings of the genus "Custom besides herself. Her poor emigrant passengers bad of House officer," the following incidents. It is well known course their stores on board ; and many of them, as is that the vessels in our docks are not allowed a fire on usually the case, were without other means of sustaining board for cooking or any other purpose. Captains, mates, life. Neither light nor fire is allowed on board vessels in and other officers, however, who are required to spend a dock ; and these poor beings had to tramp the quays to considerable portion of their time in their vessels, whilst keep themselves warm, and to subsist, nobody knows how, discharging or loading, require now and.then a luncheon. until the vessel was repaired and ready for sailing again, We have ourselves, as also have many of our readers, en- Another vessel in the Brunswick Dock was found to be so of tfohweerd ballast that s h b e ed w t a b s notbe shiftedi n proper ; sailing ed b thetrim. joyed a slice of cold ship beef, or ham, on board vessels in our docks ; and naturally presumed that it was quite legal that such eatables should be cooked on shore, as they were not allowed to be cooked on board. Our Customs . ' offi- I moving some boxes of tin she heeled over and became in on ; and her consignees applied tor leave to have lights to cials, however, have it seems determined to put down the danger of coming on her beam ends. Night was coming w en a o y rm pr i e ty vio o u f enable them to get her properly on her legs. The request was refused, as being in contravention of the dock regula tstiLiumdmlames,boofrethtoebsyenotnea s a ly ea a p il t o a w in ed co b o i k m in . g I L li a s s o t w w n ee v k ic , tu w a e ls le i e n r t n h , e c o a n p ly . of the Custom House Dogberries as contraband ! Capt. tions. They had, in order to save the ship and cargo, to Ferris, of the " St. George," sent another, which was b " e Bha boiled , n n° n when,Shannon," American it was seized liner, takeleave. Surely there sh ou ld be some officer e m p owere d stopped, but not seized. His cook, however, was informed that the next case would be visited by appropria • tion of the to relax the laws in cases such as the above. article. The duty upon each of the hams in question would oe about 81, and we shall no doubt see the pro ceeds of the sale of Captain Ludlam's ham, which was seized,—about 3s.—duly credited for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his next financial statement. Seriously, we ask of every Engishman,—is this not paltry ? Is it not sufficient to make us appear contempt tible in the eyes of every foreign nation ? We profess to be a free trading people. We court the commerce of the world to our shores. Yet, here we have two American captains—gentlemen in every sense of the word, and in capable of any such mean evasion of the revenue laws as smuggling a small ham to save eightpence or ninepence,— insulted by a petty "Jack in office," authorized to degrade the country he belongs to. At whose suggestion, we ask, are these paltry proceedings resorted to ? Certainly they do not emanate from the gentleman who is at the head of the Customs' establishment of this port. We can scarcely think that they are the result of special instructions from the Board in London. If they have arisen from the un prompted officiousness of the officers themselves, it is high time that our respected Collector had a little more con trolling power over them THE UNPOPULARITY OF RAILWAY INVESTMENTS The London Times of Saturday contains some observa tions upon this subject, which are well worthy of the serious attention of those who, on account of the failure of a portion, are ready blindly to decry all railway property as a secure subject for investment. Notwithstanding the decrease which is taking place just now in railway traffic A portion >rocoss of ggrituiturat mat *ortfrulturat and retu great measure b the inactivity of COLUMN Horticulturists are greatly indebted to Mr. Marnock, the spirited curator of the Royal Botanic Society's Gar dens, for the many useful experiments which he has made in the ornamental culture of plants. At the com mencement of last year, we called attention to the beau tiful Azaleas in the great conservatory of the Royal Botanic Gardens, and now Mr. Marnock has published a description of a pyramidal Pelargonium, which was made to take that form by systematic training and pruning, the result of which has realised every expectation, and satis factorily proved, that with patience and perseverance, the Pelargonium may be made to take much more natural and beautiful forms than the fan shapes of the London exhibitors on the round compressed bushes, which have been fashionable with us, from the Gardener's Journal. We extra, the particulars of the mode of culture pursued by Mr. M`Ewen, who acted under Mr. Marnock's di rections : The Prince Albert pelargonium was an old leggy plant when spring i t n o g o k o f t l o B t 4 r 7 a y i t o l u i t o . 8 e s e a v e plra g in t i i , ( I h r 1 e . w out ;annk ideait was f early hay in i g n t the ree pelargoniums. lat once set about it, and chose the tallest, cut them into one stem, and had them tied to stakes as straight as practicable ; they of course very soon showed a tendency to throw out laterals, and for a time I pinched them oft, until the idea suggested itself that it would be well to have a variety of forms. So the pyramidal was tried ;it was observed, and approved of. We then threw several into pyramids, amongst which was "Albert": arid, though it was the most unpromising at first, turned out the best. In the same year it was a fine object, whilst in the summer following it was a model. Aster this, it WAS consigned to the care of Mr. A. Bar. our internal industry, and the state of transition which is limiting the means of our agriculturists to expend money, our contemporary adds : scribes its progress and ultimate perfection. " Still, railway shares are in most cases actually, if bought at the present prices, paying a higher rate of interest than other investments, and it is this very circumstance which gives such a peculiarity to the disrepute into which this class of property has fallen. To take an instance, the capital of the London and North-Western Railway entitled to dividend is nearly the same as that of the Bank of England. On this capital the hank this year divided 7 per cent., and its stock is at 202 ; the railway on the like capital declared, for the last two half-years, the like dividend, and yet its stock is at 112. Guaranteed railway shares pay 4,4 i, and 6 per cent., and yet Consols are in favour almost at par. There is actually a superabundance of money, and an eager demand for investments. the tank is full of bullion; 8 or 10 millions will be this week paid in dividends, and every thing promises still further cheapness. Yet, (although under the influence of all these prospects the funds during the last six weeks have risen five per cent., railway shares have positively fallen!" The following is the treatment which I gave the Prince Albert pelargonium :—lt was potted in a 12-inch pot (or what is gene rally called No. 8) about the end of September or beginning of October, 1848. Tue soil appeared unsuitable, the plant became too dry, appeared sickly, and made no roots. On the 18th of the following February, (1849,) on which day you put it into my charge, seeing that it was not thriving, I turned it out of the pot, and found that it had made very few roots. I therefore shifted it into an 18-inch pot, using rough loam, dung, a little peat, and a good quantity of silver sand—the principal parts being loam and dung—taking care to rill) the dung well between my hands before using it. I may mention here that there were three inches of drainage at the bottom of the pot, and a good quantity of crocks amongst the soil in the pot. It became very healthy, and commenced flowering about the Ist of July, and continued in bloom till towards the end of August. I may say that after potting it I gave it no water for three weeks, when began to give it a little, increasing it as the piant grew, and adding a little liquid manure, consisting of sheep's dung, which had been some time fermenting in a large tub. I turned this plant and the others three times a week, and thus kept them from " drawing." On the 9th of July this prince of pelargo niums might be said to be in perfection, when there were tipon the plant, of perfect full-blown flowers, 1,021, and of trusses 325. The plant was seven feet in height; and at two feet above the pot it measured four feet in diameter. It may safely be predicted that this state of things is not to be continued long. Let the various companies only close their capital account and evablish an efficient system of audit, so that shareholders may be enabled from the weekly traffic returns to calculate precisely what railways are actually earning, and what should be the dividend paid by them, and capital will flow into the share market and raise this description of securities to its just position. To produce a Pelargonium with 1,021 expanded flowers, or 325 truses, is in itself a triumph ; but to have it of a perfectly symmetrical form, resembling that of a small Thuia, must have added greatly to its beauty. As to standard Pelargoniums, it is now well known that they can be produced in great perfection, especially with some of the scarlet kinds, which must greatly enhance their value as conservatory plants, where, in the arrangement of groups they wili be particularly useful. Several clever gardeners around Liverpool are now trying their skill in forming standard Azaleas, and we doubt not they will soon have the Geranium under similar treatment. PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. LOCAL MEETINGS, SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday last, but the proceedings, though lengthy, were devoid of public interest. The proceedings of the Finance Committee contained a correspondence which had taken place between Mr. C. E. Rawlins and the committee relative to opening the soup kitchens, from which it appeared that it was not the intention of the committee to open them at present. A discussion fol lowed on this point, and the matter was referred back to the committee for their favourable consideration. CHARGES AGAINST THE BUILDING SURVEYORS.—On Tuesday, a special sub-committee of the Health Commit tee consisting of Messrs. Fernihough, Lappdale, Rim mer, Godfrey, and Bennett, met at the Public-office, Cornwallis-street, to investigate a variety of charges brought by Mr. Spencer, survt yor, of Clayton-square, against the building surveyors employed by the Corpora tion under the sanatory act. The charges were chiefly,— that a system is in practice in the building:surveyors'. office of preparing plans for builders and others, and get ting them immediately sanctioned by the Health Com mittee ; whilst, in many instances, plans drawn by pri vate professional gentlemen are often rejected or vexa tiou.ly delayed. That Mr. John Robinson, the surveyor for the northern district, had made plans for buntlines which were erected to evade the sanatory and building acts, such erections being superintended by Mr. Jones, the surveyor for the eastern district. There was a further general accusation, that the powers invested in the build ing surveyors were executed with great partiality. The result, however, will be ascertained by a reference to the proceedings at the Health Committee on Thursday, when Mr. Robinson was discharged. WEST DERBY UNION.—The weekly meeting was held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. A communi cation was read from the poor-law board, referring the guardians to the case of Sarah Mitchel, of No. 9 court, Prophet-street, Toxteth-park, who, it was alleged by the medical officer, Mr. Whittle, had died of destitution. Mr. Tomkins, the relieving officer, was called in, and in answer to the questions of the board, stated that the wo man was in a delicate state of health, and near her con finement. She and her husband were removed from the house of refuge, and he afforded them relief, 2s. in money and 2s. worth of food per week having been allowed by the board. Ultimately, it was agreed that the considera tion of the case should be deferred till next week. Mr. Harrison brought forward a motion, that the number of guardians for West Derby and Toxteth-park should be increased. Mr. Batten seconded the motion. The expen diture of the whole union in 1849 was £37,422 ; of Tox teth-park it was £16,275. Mr. Wilson Ledger moved a negative to the motion, and was seconded by Mr. Sidney ; and the original motion was lost by a majority of 14 to 7. On the motion of Mr. Tattersall, Mr. Whitehead was called in. Mr. Whitehead, who is the assistant overseer for West Derby, stated that the overseers refused to allow him to act, and he wished the advice of the board. Mr. Whitehead was recommended to attend the office as usual. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, the weekly meeting was held at, the Town-hall. Mr. Parker occupied the chair, and there were ten other members present. Tenders to construct sewers had been received from several parties, and were ordered to be lithographed. Mr. Rose communicated that he had diminished the quantity of manure on the wharfs, during the week, by 617 tons. The inspector of nuisances reported the re moval of more than the usual number. The chairman remarked upon a part of the return of cellar occupation, from which it appeared that there arose a constant pro cess of driving out poor wretches, and their getting ►n again. Mr. Fresh said that the law was defective, and that other parties got into the cellars vacated. They had served no fewer than 10,000 notices to quit. With respect to crowded lodging-houses, it appears that weekly lodgers cannot be interfered with. Of deaths in the borough there were three less than in the former week. The sub committee, to whom was referred the charges brought by Mr. Spencer, surveyor, against the borough building surveyors, subm►tted the report. It was to the effect that Mr. Robinson had admitted that he had drawn plans for private parties, and was paid for them. As be had done so, in addition to his public duties, it was re commended that he should be dismissed, though they regretted to do so, as Mr. Robinson's character stood high. Mr. Jones was entirely exonerated from all blame. Mr. Bennett remarked that not one of the charges brought forward by Mr. Spencer had be en proved. There was no other public business. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—The ninth meeting of this society was held on Friday night, at the Clarendon rooms, Mr. Ball in the chair. He said, that through the exertions of the committee, during the past year, the asso ciation had been freed from all responsibilities,.and was now in a better position to proceed. He hoped the move ment would be made general, and that earlier hours of business would be extended to every quarter. The move ment was the assistants' own, and they ought not to rely upon extraneous aid, but support themselves.—Mr. Fid ler read the report, which was; highly favourable, showing that the debts of the association had been paid. This had been accomplished by subscriptions.—Mr. Miram moved the adoption of the report, which Mr. Rayner seconded, and was carried unanimously.—Mr. Mercer, vice-presi dent of the association, moved a resolution appointing a committee. He implored the members to support the in stitution more liberally, otherwise it must be abandoned. He instanced a case of a druggist and others who confined their assistants during most unreasonably long hours. The motion was seconded and carried.—Mr Morris moved a resolution pledging the meeting to support the commit tee. The progress of the association had been retarded by the apathy of a portion of the assistants, who, through ig norance, had not fully appreciated its beneficial influences and duly supported it; and this indifference could only be removed by the great truths of history, of literature, and of science being portrayed to their mental vision, that they might fully comprehend and appreciate the vastness of human thought and investigation; that they might be ashamed of their present condition, and thus aroused to mental action and due elevation.—Mr. Hyde seconded the resolution, expressing his great gratification that the assistants had themselves liquidated the debts of the asso ciation.—A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and the meeting separated. THE SANATORY AMENDMENT BILL.—A special meet ing of the Health Committee was held at the Town-ball, on Wednesday, to consider. the several clauses of this new bill.—Mr. Parker occupied the chair, and entered into some details of what had been done by the Council for sanatory improvement. The government commis sioners had dechued -the town to buthe moat unhealthy in FREE TRADE v. THE BRITISH ARTIZAN. At a meeting, last week, of working men at Stepney, on the subject of the want of remunerative employment under the evils of free trade, Mr. Young put one or two points in a very good light as to the bearing of free trade upon the interests of English workmen. Having shown that the dogma of " buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest," had degraded the science of political eco nomy into the mere pursuit of riches, Mr. Young went on " I'ask you, is the pursuit of riches that which can most deeply interest you as working men ? (Cheers.) It may be all very . well for the man of large capital to seek him he can heap his thous:olds upon thousands, but do you working men seek to be wealthy ? No ; your common sense will tell you that, under the most favourable circumstances, though you may hope to better your lot, you can hardly expect to gain wealth. (Hear, hear.) 'What do you seek for, then ? That which you have a right to demand—that you shall be permitted by your honest exertions—that you shall be permitted by the sweat of your brows, to earn for yourselves and families ii decent and a comfortable subsistence. (Loud cheers.) Well, but what if NO. TV. Having pointed out some of the principles wi guide the agriculturist in supplying the ne rich should ssary aliment to plants, so as to insure the proper results of his labour, we will now proceed to point out certain established facts respecting the most common crops, and r ill then proceed to a consideration of the varipus kinds of manures. First, then, Wheat, which is the most important crop, absolutely requires lime and potash, combined with the phosphoric and Eilicic acids. Iron, in excess, is inju rious, as, combined with phosphoric acid, it forms phos phate of iron, which produces the peculiar disease called rust, the effects of which are very destructive. Crticife rous plants, as turnips, rape, and the cabbage tribe, must be supplied with sulphur, potash, and lime, in the form the ' cheapest market' principle be adopted? You must all I know that the chief element in every article that is consumed of sulphates by man is labour ; and if you are to buy everything in the The Leguminous crops, such as peas, beans, clover, cheapest market you must buy your labour in the cheapest tares, &c., thrive upon the nitrogenous compounds— market. (Cries of ' hear.' and' true.') And what must be the consequently are benefitted by any manure containing cheapest labour? Is not that labour the cheapest which is ammonia. This material should be in the form of urates performed by the man who will be satisfied with the smallest quantity of the necessaries, the conveniencies, and the coin- and sulphates. Phosphates are comparatively useless, as forts of life ? (Hear, hear.) I ask you whether the labour of they are scarcely taken up by the legumes generally used the man who works almost, without clothes will not be cheaper as food. The Potato is fed by the phosphates of lime and than the labour of him who wears good clothes; whether he magnesia, large quantities of which may he added to the who lives in a mud hovel must not work cheaper than you who soil with advantage. One other circumstance must be reside in a well-built house; whether the labour of men who i . taken into consideration in examining soil for particular are content to exist upon food which we would only throw to animals, which is the case in many of the countries of Europe, crops—the nature of the subsoil and the capability of the must nat be cheaper than the labour of men who live as human roots to penetrate. Thus many plants thrive upon a poor beings should live, in a proper manner ?" and barren soil, which, upon analysis, appears to contain Mr. Young subsequently gave a practical illustration of little of the necessary constituents for their nourishment. the working of free trade in his own business of ship-build- But, upon investigation, it will be found that these plants possess long wiry roots, capable of penetrating to great ing, which we would commend to the notice of those who depths in search of the nutriment which rains have have been deluded by the cry of " cheap bread" : washed from the surface and carried to the subsoil. We 'OI recently built a ship of 600 tons burthen. . The house for must not, therefore, be misled by an analysis of the super which I built it is one of the largest mercantile houses in Lon- stratum, but must make ourselves as fully as possible don, and the partners in that house informed me a few days acquainted with the general physiology of the plant, and ago that, had it not been for the repeal of the navigation laws, the composition of both they had intended to favour me with an order for the construe- The first manure we shall notice that mostcomm on l y the ,a surface i dth esubso il. tion of two others of the same tonnage; at the same time they furnished me with the following advertisement, which they had used—stable dung, which, after all that has been said of extracted from a Liverpool paper :—Rhe advertisement was the virtues of artificial m tnures or chemical composts, is for sa ia the y friends, building cannothit ships at a gt c v l e iea y p 9u ra t te he in or t d h e e r Baltic.] Now, N th o e w se , m by ad fa e r u t p he of m d o e s c t o v m al p u o a s b e l d e i o n r a decomposinggeneral point vegetable ~ .,,v e i t e a w b l . e mat ships. It a t i s . ter, and the fceces and urine of various animals. The ve ships. But, observe, if 1 had received the order, I should have getable matter is principally straw, which by its decompo expended amongst the working men in the neighbourhood of the place where we are now standing, between .e4OOO and .'SCOI) in wages. (Hear, hear.) I have not the order. 1 shall not get sition furnishes the principal requisites for the renewal of it. These ships will not be built, and that money will not be land for future cereal crops. The ammonia of the urine received by the working classes." will supply leguminous crops with nitrogen ; the horse- This is a very plain statement, and we think the shrewd dung contains large proportions of the phosphates and working men of this country may draw a useful lesson carbonates of lime, soda, and magnesia. Thus we have a from it. manure which has most of the requirements for growing crops ; and if it could be supplied in sufficient quantity, we should not need the guano deposits of Bolivia, Pata gonia. and Ichaboe. It only needs an abundance of farm yard manure, and a correct knowledge of the value of the inorganic manures which are produced in abundance by the mineral districts of our own kingdom. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, STOLEN GOODS.—The two prisoners who were last week detained on suspicion of having received quantities of stolen goods, were on Wednesday discharged, the evidence not warranting their committal. _ I MISCELLANEA A WATCH RECOVERED.—On Wednesday, a man named Fleming was charged with being in possession of a gold watch, which had been stolen in the street from a lady named Shapcott, so long ago as October, 1848. The pri soner was not, however, the person who took it from her, and as there was no conclusive evidence against him, he was discharged, and the watch restored to the owner. The substance commonly called rice paper by the Chi nese, is made from the pith of a plait or tree which grows principally in the swampy grounds in the province of Sam swi, in the northern parts of the island of Formosa, where it is said to form large forests. The bark and rind are, previous to exportation, stripped from the pith, which is called Bok-shung. _ _ _ _ _ AN UNDUTIFUL SON.—Elijah Cobham, son of Mrs. Cobham, of the Bear's Paw Inu and Eating House, was on Wednesday complained of as being riotous and disor derly, on frequent occasions in his mother's house, and threatened to take the life of her husband. He was bound over in two sureties of £2O to keep the peace, or to be, in default, imprisoned for three months. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On F:iday, a butcher named Clarke was charged with exposing 871 b. of bad pork in St. John's Market, and was fined Ds. and costs. On the Chemical Constitution of Poppy Seeds. By M. Sace.—The author of the memoir from which the present extract is made, has endeavoured to show that in order to obtain exact analysis of organic matters, it is ne cessary to determine both their ultimate principles, as well as their immediate constituents. He then gives the com position of the seed, the oil, and the cake of the poppy. He points out the fact that poppy seeds are perfectly harmless, useful as food, and that they contain a volatile fatty substance. The ashes of poppy seeds, and it is a remarkable fact, yield very little alkaline matter, but in its place a great deal of lime and phosphoric acid : this composition, compared with that of the ashes of the fir, published by the author last April, in the " Annales de Chimie," seems to show that in calcareous soils, lime almost completely takes the place of the alkalies in the ashes of plants. By calculations made from amtlysesot is proved too that the whole of the nitrogen contained in the poppy seeds, is not there in the form of organized i matter. If this should prove to be generally true, it s clear that the nutritive value of organized s ubstances can not be ascertained by merely determining the quantity of nitrogen they contain.— Comples Rendus. The meadows in the neighbourhood of glinburgh irri gated by the sewa:<e from the town, yield four to six crops of grass annually, of excellent quality, and are let at rates varying from £24 to £3O par a cre. One hundred and ten acres belonging to a Mr. Miller, i n 1827 yielded a clear profit of £2,010; and in 1826 part of the Earl of Moray's meadows fetched £57 per acre. So much for manure which is too generally allowed to pollute rivers and brooks.—Farmer's Journal. COLLISION ON THE RIVER. — We last week noticed that during the dense fog of Monday week, the Queen, Woodside steamer, got into contact with the schooner Rambler, of Wicklow, then at anchor near the Birkenhead docks. The case was brought before Mr. Rushton. on Friday, the owner of the schooner cla . ming £l5 for the cost of repairs. It appeared, however, las intimated by us last week,) that the Queen was not to blame, the schooner having rung no fog bell, otherwise the accident would have been avoided. Mr. Rushton said that the crew of the schooner had been culpably negligent, and the case was therefore dismissed. FRAUD ON AN EMIGRANT.—On Friday a poor Irish emigrant charged a fellow named Anderson with defraud ing him of three sovereigns. The prisoner represented himself as the captain of the Catharine, in which the emi grant was to sail, and by promise of favours on the voy age, succeeded in ingratiating himself into the good opinion of his dupe. CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN.—The captain of the emigrant ship Catherine, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Friday to answer a charge of refusing to afford the proper facilities to George Ramsden, the emigration offi cer, to inspect the ship. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the defence, and the charge resolving itself into a case of abuse against the captain, the complaint for which the summons was issued was dismissed. SERIOUS ROBBERY.—On Friday two women of ill-fame were charged with knocking down the captain of a schooner, named Tsaac Stones, and abstracting from his pockets £3B and his watch. The robbery was perpetra ted in Spitalfields on Wednesday night, and one of the prisoners and another woman took the money to a publi can in the neighbourhood, named Garvey, to keep for them. They had subsequently drawn all but £l5, which was handed over to the police. Mr. Garvey was repri manded by Mr. Rushton for the part be had taken in the affair; but the case was not fully gone into in consequence of the prosecutor fainting in court, and it is supposed that he bad been drugged by the women. OPERATIONS FOR THE WXgK. The greenhouse plants require careful watching, to see that mildew is kept under; chrysanthemums are very subject to it, and should be removed to other quarters as soon as they have ceased flowering, as the disease is apt to spread to other plants. Keep the same temperature both in stove and greenhouse, recommended in our last. ANSWERS TO CORRESPO NTIENTS. J. R.—We have not yet seen Curtis's Beauties of the Rose. We expect to receive it in a week or two, and will then give you our opinion of its merits. We agree with you that no work is more needed ; and, if well car ried out, it will be invaluable. Wooltonian.—Your Rose is Smith's Yellow Noisette ; by no means uncommon even at this season. Th e Cy c l am en is a white variety of C. Perucum. hat ," nen cea iers to to ti' r - once wa y of ssessed ;lea at when , ;rest'', S ON C pub lances ncluct mne.l INGS , is a ;er of bdale in so- ke so being lefal- some being ler to .—J. k, at Moral 1r of it S. the r re- efore ley is Pie so Ipler ental &c., thick Uni ne is rhich in a f the ama- rma , per con- s the seply [On rhich kject, [sown tair, were Mr. with tion id a' ) re d not ;reed (not ether t the Dif dan- and n the vhich trier. long ► give ;ix Of pre met with nded. )efore ; pro' acted, j d to ed to that