The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

Oct, 5, 1847, korai paus. J. ackson, Esq., M.P., has returned to Birkenhead visting the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. On Tuesday, a.child named Smith, residing in Povvnal sclllare, was suffocated by rolling itself in the bed clothes. From the 12th to the 17th Sept. last, £6778 were col lected in this town on account of the parish rates. 4 ,, 5 9t 1 Sunday week, a man named John Baird, addicted I ntemperate habits. was found dead in his chair, after eating his dinner. oa Sunday week, a child, residing in Tarleton-street, ~e d after a portion of Godfrey's cordial had been adrni- Z s _ r ared to it. On a post-mortem examination, it ap -I.,ed that death was the result of natural causes. ok v b pir ,ING TO THE PARISH.—In consequence of there se "g paw no less than four thousand out-door paupers, vet' r elieving-officers, whose salaries amounted to £ll I ) .ex' week, bave been discontinued, and a further discon iltiroce will shortly be made. M r. IMONIAL OF RESPECT.—On Friday, the pupils of Sch o3 r 'iitig, late writing master to the Royal Institution coo l h , , wet to present him with an elegant dressing case te n dn et f,' l 3 7 fitted. The above named gentleman has at b„—.' the seho , ds for the space of twenty-four years. .011 OF A MAN UNKNOWN.—On Wednesday even rfi a apparently very ill, sat down on the step of a a n named Pit z-;iinons, in Leather-lane. A police-officer Talc the man to Mr. Harvey's, in Tempest-hey, where he ?led in about three hours afterwards. The deceased had laboured under chronic inflammation of the brain. Lord John Russell has presented to Mrs. Thom, taather of the late Robert Thom, Esq., consul of Ningpo, by X 2.50 out of the een's bounty fund. A work Alr. Th om , entitled `The Chinese Speaker," has just been receiveo. in England. Mr. Thom was brother to the 'ley. David Thom, of Bold-street Chapel. In a letter published in the Cork Constitution of Tues day, Mr. John Firmo " returns thanks to the Royal Liverpool Life and Fire Assurance Company, and to their agent in Cork, for the prompt and obliging manner in Which they have defrayed his loss by a fire on tie 14th itistant. PRICE OF FLOUR BARRELS.—The enormous importa tion of flour into Liverpool, during the past year, may be estimated from the following fact. In September, 1846, s!xipty American flour barrels were worth from ls. to ls. 3d. %eh. they are selling now (Sep., 1847,) as low as three halfpence each. Herr Staudigl, the eminent singer, has sent a testimo nial to Mr. George Holden, of this town, expressive of 148 "::"."1 0 for his (Mr. Holden's) beautiful accompani 'nen- °; his Qongs at the recent concerts, which greatly. contributed,,tO the success of his (Herr Staudigl's) per formances. ‘ ,., a c3 s aT s Thursday se'nnight, Lawrence_ Dickenson, a carter, hor s pa e sing along North John-street with his cart and t o s, and 'while endeavouring to hold the chain attached of th e leading horse he fell down, ail one ofthe I eels to w' the IVo r t t i ! e cart passed over him.. He was taken North art Hospital, where he died on Monday. h ere rie specimens of American copper recently exhibited were off sal e , ered at auction, in London, on Friday-, but the excited little interest. A mass of , chrystallized cop- Per, fo r • had been offered £3O, was sold fo r which the owner -"" 78 . For the monster mass £3 O was offered, but it w % w ithdrawn the owner not choosing to sell it under.El3o. A " KA Z s i %,MARK ABLY QUICK TRAVELLING BY STEAM-BOAT L-;ILWAY.—A gentleman of Liverpool crossed in the hemaveh teli and Continental Steam Packet Company's boat an 4 n, from Havre to Brighton, on Saturday last, , r eached Li ver p oo l within 24 hours" of his quitting o .ri f,,', It must be understood, too, that the time occupied Iv - "ay from Paris to Havre, although 120 miles only, 4 4 six w hours and a half. panRIPMUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER.—The American tea r h ers b roncrht by the Caledonia state that 100,000 five raal Pieceslad been shipped for France by the French saig„ B " e arner ; and also a quantity of silver by the Havre po e fg - Packet. The Caledonia, which arrived at Liver r it„?, ° Tuesday last, did not bring any specie, but the bri t X a ia, due on the 14th of next month, is expected to 0 co nsiderable amount. EN DEATH.—On Thursday afternoon, Mrs.' Ann "glaO"' about forty years of age, and lodging with Mrs t . and on' of ,Addison-street, fell down in the street in afi , severa ri"„ e mg brought home, stated that she had fallen Peared i 4 .„ -- "es in Rose-place. During the night she tip was f b e i n a very deep slumber, and in the morning frs, fi ta ° . u nd dead. She was addicted to drink, and subject Ni CAUTI ON TO PERSONS PURCHASING AND SELLING Of EPA' ----- On Thursday evening last, a boy of the name . uward Parks, about ten years of age, was sent by his Mlefluidho was ignorant of the property of this combus , to a shop in Seacombe for a pint of it for her il pPf when the shopkeeper, Edward Hughes, descended ..‘° the cellar with a candle, and when in the act of pour ng out the naptha the exhalation took fire, and, laments- Ole to re l ate the little boy was so burnt that he died on Saturd ay. FIRE._ On Wednesday a fire occurred in a house in - Crosbie-street, but it was soon extinguished. The police, on getting to the house, found the inmates in a most pi tiable conditio n . In the room on fire was a family of six persons, named M'Donald, all of whom were more or less burned, who were at once removed to the hospital. The fire was caused by a quantity of oakum left to dry having Ignited, and communicated to the straw on which the fa ulily were lying, who, before they had time to escape, svere thus suddenly awoke and burned. Nine families re- Aided under the same roof. L AIINCH.—On Monday, the magnificent steamer Eu- ZPa, one of the fi ne fl ee t v f new vesse l s now b u ildi ng on h, Clyde, fo r the B r iti s h an d N or th A mer i can R oya l g 0 7; 14 , Steam-ship Company, was launched at. Port-Glas- Neu e L l S he may very safely be placed alongside the finest Imy. b „.„,."'br built, being in form and construction every !elli s n n eet. Her beauty of mould leads to a strange of th Of the eye, as it appears difficult to believe she As ahZ e ,great tonnage which she actually is. The Europa 4 uP I,' the same size (above 1800 tons) as the other L e A r vessels of the newest branch of the fleet. berfa . „ i Nc rl• - --A fine new iron steamer, named the Cum ikle,--if was launched on Monday, from the works of to 'ls. Tod and M'Gregor, of Glasgow. She is intended on,PIY between Liverpool ' and Carlisle, and was built to under the w h 'le superintendence of Mr. Grantham, of this .280: She is to be propelled by oscillating engines of txorse power the largest made on that principle for be P °l 't• The v ' essel is about 200 feet long, and 25 feet 1 , 4 4 ,1 0 , with very fine lines, and draws 4 feet 11 inches ri.""ut her engines. When launched she was fully Peiand looked remarkably well. She may be ex iled in the Mersey within two months. be e It 'KENTIEAD.—A literary and debating society has ( 1, formed in this township, by a number of young men Cr r '' r ° ll s of improving themselves. The small room of the d e b wa-buildings has been taken for the meetings, and a teS upon interesting subjects have, for the last few lifta ti ee t_at s ;n b g een held every Tuesday evening. The last "es; a ti e a for discussion was, " Are the Irish people justified i for a Repeal of the Union ?" The youthful tuglers showed some ability a. ir nd tact in the manner in they brought forward the argum . ents, and . replied r atis ug ose of their opponents. The audience, which was de-b..er numerous, seemed highly interested during the aociate, and occasionally applauded the speakers. The ,etY has our best wishes. 1.-41•HoDGSON.—On Saturday evening tit late respected vi r t ' e a d eipal of the Liverpool Mechanics' Intion was in inst.t to meet a number of his friends, connected with the the till from tO schools, at the house of R. V. Yates, Esq., at masterse Aer a splendid entertainment, an address kindly e„ lina _,d teachers was read, expressive of the m Gra er n p t ri s s w lo n t nng ca s oe t f h c e i r iu4. e sne tertained towards their for- Grant sang naivete and finish that ef the evening Miss Emily ere nations, with a spirit and Hodgson was pleased to the character of the song ba; co r e much admired ; and Dr. to perfection. On Wedi Ci ng ° Viiment her on her ability, n his opirno , the pleasure of receiving e : t a e Y st e ino 've : in • g n sustained a utnber of his late pupils. Dr. Hodgsonhad a mai o f regard from .....I!.E.VISION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIST OF VOTERS.—The nsion court was opened on Friday, before the Mayor, hu_c! Messrs. Yates and Radcliffe, the two assessors. It N r 4 a been arranged that the lists of Everton, Scotland, ml '4 l. hall, and St. Paul's Wards should be gone through .. " 4 Oil the first dax. The total number of objections lii e , r e about 4000 ! Of these about 2300 were made 13 th morals, and 1700 by the conservatives. Mr. Hull, f ysoli lattr' appeared for the former, and Mr. Forshaw for oh . e 1 .% The Mayor remarked upon the vast number rth o e f which anxious as he was for the purity of the ve:!, e ,ss roll, he f e lt m ust be to a great extent frivolous and tio e ' a us• Were they to be persevered in by the respec tieil so licitors ? He anticipated a fairer system of elec kleegerhig warfare ; but if they persisted in such a whole- Wo4 st ein, deeming it necessary, he and his colleagues t hi rif not shrink from their duty. Mr. Forshaw said b e ll d uty had majority thrust upon hin? and Mr. Hull ;e th' e "ed the of the objections . were vexatious. ' 0 %4 1 ° aght the granting of costs to parties called up and h op g th eir time in such cases would be desirable, and sent ed a Tneasure to that effect would be passed by the pre ‘parliatnent. Mr. Hull also concurred with the Mayor. gesad n ot know the nature of the objections, but sag 114G', th at a conference should take place between the two Par l e - ', It was finally suggested to go on that day till O e r t - ,: et° ck, and then adjourn. The claims and objections 13 ev e ,',erton and the other wards were then gone through. , B ion -41 gentlemen, some of them of the medical profel iay.'„ expressed themselves in indignant terms of their 4 ° t ° tome to court to substantiate claims admitted, .fiya°,i-abe, i nstances, twenty years, and their remarks were greeted with loud applause. The court did not b;::, on Friday until nine o clock, when only two wards le sUlt7° gone through. The following was that day's 4 to,„"-Struck off the list, Everton Ward, 41 reformers r evisfL e S ; Scotland Ward, 27 reformers 101 tories. The 4 1N/1 - 7 was resumed on Saturday, and the Court was r ePe a t e Twded. The previous monotonous formality was L e xer e the only exceptions being occasional indignant nsm.ssioes from burgesses dragged from their places of f,ott s ' ss ,,to rebut frivolous objections. One of these, Mr. Lae ' ° l Great Crosshall-street, said he should horsewhip 4 0,, e41 Who should hereafter dare to present him with made 1 _ of objection. A number of objections had been ti lesl"Y the conserv . gives in Exchange Ward, and as ° f th e for for the most part been served on the . . _premiseslevy_ e Parties in enclosed envelopes, a new principle of kr, was involved.. aw Mr. Hull objected to the notices, and rap ) , 'an argued that they . . were perfectly legal. The er E la assessors being unable to decide the point, sent as enee, Shuttleworth the Town-clerk. After a confer lettbwas ruled that the notices, except such of them "Y thi s ee il Personally served, were illegal. The liberals, ° clos e ov ersight on the part of their opponents, were strmr en tly gainers in this war d, 60 of the latter being hod 8 4 . °ff, and 23 of the former, in this list. Vauxhall for o , lleter's Ward were then gone through. In the hu 3 tones w afir e a th erest few votes and 24 reformers : in the e liberals gained a votes only. It was then Tortethto withdraw the objections in North and South ob a b i Wards, an d th e same course, i t was sa id , wou ld ard, Y,be resorted to as regards Great George-street + 4 O court rose at six o'clock. pita" O f vvv there hie time ils of his ly felt r PIIS. :1 to said u a L is te th 6 nc bu' iest and histq lc it Prasle: erests xperstit, l l°l l °, was q e , ithout 11 ted ° ous pas a nt L e polg° l4 . o , ul that for to hiro , Bible e COO l 4 deprei• :ar it aPrio o to' rdent L i ng trel. 4o o T e he• allio t • p ;he pro bis )se upetof ;en 0 01 70 )WS tb ilw e dso 1111'05 f scene ° ro ir i n his 0 ` e he silo of s l5 . e ' his re l, for suci:e 0 hat Do ior 3 i se ul-S i t o ple, led 3 1 °`:i tress au 5 0 SpOSi ti l,e °ll ll ol , of Ply 0 0" nine° ' no tlif cc in Vi L iY' • o sitY, 3 , a , the sel t i' of' e sp ecta o pe veins ° P i" r he h ig io t ret ther e , be cled, ° 3B i be t ( saturate, Ton s h POLICE I NTELLIGENCE. RUNAWAY APPRENTICES.—On Friday 'two lads named Mitchell and Hemingway, were brought up before Mr. Rushton, charged with having absconded from their mas ter's shop, at Halifax, and robbing him of about £3O. They were ordered to be given into the custody of the Halifax constable, who was in attendance. COMMITMENT.—On Friday a young man of the name of Thomas Knight, who had acted as a money collector at the office of the Weekly News, was committed for trial on a charge of having embezzled certain small sums of money which he had received for the insertion of adver tisements in that paper. GIVING, A FELONY.—On Tuesday, a prostitute, named Ann Owens, was charged, by Wm. Stewart, a seaman, for robbing him of £8 10s. 6d. His clothes had been carried away from him upstairs whilst he was asleep, and his only charge against the prisoner was, that she brought them to him again with the money safely in the pockets. She was, of course, instantly discharged. A NEW DODGE IN THE SMUGGLING LINE.—On Friday a man of the name of Brown, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having been found in possession of a quantity of foreign manufactured tobacco. It ap peared that the prisoner was carrying a large case, in which were half a dozen clocks, and that between the dial plates and hacks of the clocks, about 16th of tobacco were found concealed. The prisoner made out a good defence. and was discharged. SEEING LIFE.—An engine-fitter was, last week, brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of deserting his wife, whereby she had become chargeable to the parish. It appeared he frequently went off and left her in a state of destitution. The willowed wife said the only reason he alleged was, that, as they had no children, he considered himself single, and wished to see life. " Very well," said Mr. Rushton, he shall see it in a new phase. Go to gaol for a month !" A CAUTION AND COMPLIMENT TO CARMEN.—On Sa turday, George Disley. a car-driver, was fined 10s. and costs, for an overcharge of twopence. He had driven Mr. W. F. Daveney from the stand, in London-road, to No. 4, York-place. The sum to which he was entitled was ls. 4d. : he had demanded eighteenpence. Mr. Daveney not having change, gave him 25., and the driver told him he would give him the sixpence whenever he might pass. On his applying, however, the defendant only laughed at him.—Shortly after this case had been disposed of, Peter Jenkinson, another car-driver, was fined 40s. and costs, for abusing a police-officer, and attempting to create a disturbance. Mr. Rushton, in inflicting the fine, took occasion to pay an unflattering compliment to the class to which the defendant belonged. He said. " You are the worst fellows in Liverpool, except the thieves." • ERRONEOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST MR. THOMAS RAMSEY. — In our report of the business of the police-court a fortnight back, we were the uncon scious instruments of injustice to Mr. Thomas Ramsey, of Glasgow, and a sense of the injury we have been the means of inflicting on that gentleman, demands from us an explanation. Mr. Ramsey was placed at the bar on a charge of embezzlement preferred by a party in this town, and on that charge was sent to Glasgow, where it was in vestigated. His liberation followed, and there was nothing it seems, to warrant the imputation. The affair at issue between Mr. Ramsey and his prosecutor was simply a matter of debt, which amounted to , the trifling sum of £3B. Mr. Ramsey is unknown to us, and of course we had not the slightest motive, of an unworthy kind, in giving currency to what has since proved to be a most er roneous, and as it appears, a most vindictive accusation. Such of our contemporaries as copied our statement, owe this explanation to an injured man.—Chronicle. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. — On Tuesday last a number of parties using land and marine engines were summoned at the Police-court, charged with permitting smoke to issue from their chimneys, to the injury of the inhabit ants. Amongst the steam-boats were, the Queen of Beauty, the Commodore, the Steam-Tug Company, the Windsor, and the Seacombe boats. The informations were laid by Mr. Superintendent Quick, under the smoke prevention act. The first case, that of Mr. Thomas Bar ton, Bevington-bush, after being heard, was adjudged against him, with £5 fine and costs. On Messrs. Mars den, of Duke-street, a fine of £5 and costs was a lso in flicted ; but in both cases in which the fine was imposed the parties were informed that they might appeal to the Quarter Sessions if they chose. None of the steamers were fined. The information against the Commodore and the Steam-Tug Company failed through an informality, and, we presume, will not be renewed for the same offence. The case of the Windsor was postponed, as was also that of the Queen of Beauty. On Thursday, Mr. H. Hall. the engineer of the Windsor, attended the court, and denied that a dense smoke issued from the chimney of the vessel at the time specified in the information ; he further asserted that it was impossible, under any circum stances, for such smoke to be generated. Mr. Rushton considered that the case had been proved by the officers, ai'fined defendant £5 and costs. In the case of the Queen of Beauty, from the fact of the management being of the most excellent character, he should inflict only a nominal fine, viz., 10s. and costs, accompanied by a cau tion to the engine-man. SINGULAR CASE.—PUTTING A CAPTAIN IN IRONS. — On Friday, Captain Kennedy, of the Gauntlet, was sum moned before Mr. Rushton, to show cause why he re fused to pay wages to Wm. Alcock, his chief mate, and others of his crew. The statement of Alcock was to the effect that the Gauntlet sailed from Liverpool for Acajutla, in the course of last year, and that a lady and her servant went out as passengers. The captain was almost continu ally drunk during the voyage, and was at last put in irons, at his own request, with a view to 'the safety of his own life, and the lives of the passengers and sailors, and also with a view to the safety of the ship. The captain had threatened to destroy the ship, by blowing her up with gunpowder ; he had appeared upon deck with a case of loaded pistols in his belt ; he had threatened to shoot day light through Alcock, and to fetch a sailor, of the name of Chambers, down from the yard-arm like a crow, with one of the pistols, and he had also said, many a time, that he would make the Gauntlet ten degrees worse than the Tory, Captain Johnson, had ever been. When the vessel reached her destination, however, an investigation took place before the English consul ; the Captain was liberated from the irons in which he had been confined for five or six days, and the mate and other hands belonging to the vessel were sent home as prisoners, upon a charge of mu tiny. During the second mates examination, Mr. Rush ton stopped the case on account of the abundant discrep ancies in the evidence. Alcock had falsified the log, and written new and false entries a month after the time that the alleged occurrences were said to have transpired. Mr. Davenport observed that Alcock and the carpenter were claiming to the amount of £3B. Mr. Rushton said he would not give them a farthing. The case was, there fore, dismissed. LOCAL MEETINGS. OPERATIVE TRADES' GUARDIAN ASSOCIATION— JOURNEYMEN BAKERS—SIIORT TIME MOVEMENT.— The above association held a numerous meeting of the several trades, comprised, on Thursday evening last, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. Delegates from the stone-masons, joiners, bricklayers, and other trades, were present. Mr. Thomas Carter, stone mason, filled the chair. The Rev. Mr. Towers moved a resolution to the effect that the present system of long hours was de moralizing to the operatives. The resolution was carried. Mr. Brady read the address adopted by the Trades' Guar dian Association. It urged a preference being given to the employers who had adopted the short time system. The address was enthusiastically adopted. TOWN COUNCIL.—The usual monthly meeting of this body will take place to-morrow. The minutes of the gaol committee include a recommendation to increase the sa l ar y of Francis Archer, surgeon to the Borough Gaol, from £l5O to £2OO per annum. The report of the special c ommittee, as to the supply of water, will then be read : it contains a recommendation, amongst other matters, to grant to the Town-clerk £550 for hi s ex t ra l a b our i n soli citing the Water Bill through parliament. The following motions, by Mr. Parker, will afterwards be discussed : " That it be an instruction to the finance committee to make a special report, stating the amount of principal and interest due to the corporation from the Birkenhead Dock Committee ;" and " That the sum of £5,000 be voted out of the surplus funds of the present year for baths and wash-houses at the south end of the town." WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.- On Wednesday, the usual weekly meeting of the above Board took place, The Chairman read over the weekly report of the fever hospital, from which it appeared that there were remaining in the house last week, 126; admitted during the week, 39; dis missed cured, 41; died, 6; remaining in the house, 118. A letter was read from Mr. Whittle, surgeon, of No. 3, district, in Toxteth-park, soliciting an increase of salary on account of his additional duties. The checks on out door relief were—for Mr. Latham, £l4O ; Mr. Allen. £7O; Mr. Shearson, £l2. The remainder of the business had reference to the case of Mr. Allen, relieving officer of the district No. 2. Mr. Allen, having been called into the room, several questions were put to him, all of which he answered in a very satisfactory manner. The Rev. Mr. Badnall said that the manner in which he performed his duties was greatly to his credit. THE LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SO C lETY.—At the meeting of this society, yesterday evening week, Mr. John Sweetlove read a valuable paper on the ventilation of coal mines. Mr. Dawson occupied the chair, and the attendance was more numerous than usual. The lec turer's document has already been published by a con temporary, and we regret that we have not space to spare for its repetition through the press, for it has been our painful and too frequent duty to record most lamentable accidents from fire-damp, and we consider any plan to avert them is deserving of the highest encouragement, and, if found at all practicable. of adoption in a national point of view. Not only are the comforts of our " fire sides" increased by the safe extract from " the bowels of the harmless earth" of the black-diamond mineral, but our very existence as a manufacturing country, whether in fibrous substance or in metal, depends upon our con stant supply of coals. The lecturer, on this occasion, pointed at the hitherto defective systems of ventilating coal-mines, even with the use of Davy's lamp, and fur nished a fearful catalogue of the general loss of life through explosions. Three hundred human beings had perished in the mines within the last three years in this country alone. He gave a very lucid description of the nature of our coal-fields, and of the gas in which lies the danger, explaining several systems which had been applied to counteract its effects, but which had more or less failed in effect. The carburretted hydrogen contained in the pores of the coal escaped constantly into the mine, and was extremely combustible. This gas rendered four teen times its own bulk of air explosive, and its presence was therefore extremely dangerous. His plan was founded on the principle that the light carburretted hydrogen would rise to the roofs of mines, and flow through the gas head-ways, without mixing with the atmospheric air. He had encountered great difficulties in trying to intro duce this plan ; but where fair trials had been permitted, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. he had been completely successful. "That plan was" ;he states) " to carry a large pipe down the upcast shaft, where there is one, and down the upcast compartment of the single shaft, when such is the arrangement, to the bottom, and connecting smaller pipes with this, ramify ing to the various goaves," pot holes,' and other places, where the dangerous gas accumulates. The material of these pipes might be thin iron or zinc, or even wood, properly secured against leakage. The size of these should be regulated by the extent of the mine, and the quantity of gas to be removed. At the top of the main or upcast pipe, I would place some means for extracting it, such as Mr. Taylor's hydraulic air-pump, a common air-pump, or Hill's ventilating bellows, which might be put in connexion with the engine, and thus kept working constantly. In some cases, an extraordinary ventilating fanner might serve, to be put in motion by the wind, which would keep up an exhausting process, day and night, and thus preserve the mine in a state of complete purity." The reading of the paper was followed by great applause. A very interesting discussion on the subject took place, and Mr. Sweetlove agreed to a suggestion that an abstract of his paper should appear in the Morn ing Journal, for the 'general benefit, .his object not being individual profit, but the diminution of the loss of human life. The lecturer was warmly applauded for the talent and liberality he had displayed, and a vote of thanks being unanimously passed to him, the meeting dispersed. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The committee agreed to view the north works on Tuesday at two o'clock. An application was received from the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Junction Railway, requesting the use of the new landing-stage for their steamers running between Monk's Ferry and George's Pier, to be regulated by Greenwich time. It was to extend to passenger traffic only. The application was granted on the understanding that the ar rangement was a temporary one. The Marine Surveyor recommended that one of the Liverpool life-boats be re moved from Hoylake to Hilbre.—Confirmed. A letter was read from Mr. John Askew, the South Harbour master, tendering' his resignation in consequence of ill health, and requesting a retiring allowance, as he had been 27 years in the service of the Trust. The matter was referred, the Chairman expressing a strong opinion that it would be attended to in a proper manner. The re ceipts at the port of Runcorn for the month ending the 24th inst. was as follows :-225 vessels, 13,243 tons; re ceipts, £73 4s. 10d., being a decrease of £l5 15s. 7d. as compared with the coresponding period of last year.—The Secretary read the document relative to a reduced scale of rates on vessels entering the port and not using the docks, which appears in our advertising columns. The Chair man said that some erroneous statements had been put I forth in the evidence taken before the House of Com mons as to the charge for lights. They were consider ably less than appeared in the evidence, and it was evident some mistakes had arisen either in the printing or the re porting. SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting on Tues day, Rector Campbell took the chair. The Rev. Mr. Bannister, chaplain to the Workhouse, tendered his re signation as he had been appointed to another post of duty in the south of England. With reference to a charge made against him of absenting himself without providing I a substitute, the chaplain sent a letter to the effect that a clergyman had attended in his absence, and that the schoolmaster had performed the duties of scripture reader. —The Committee rejoined that Mr. Bannister had ex ceeded by a week the given time for his absence from the house ; that, except upon Sundays, no clergyman attended for the purpose of ministering to the spiritual necessities of the inmates, and that the conduct of the chaplain in the matter had been unbecoming and highly reprehensi ble.—The chairman addressed the Vestry at some length, and said that he thought the practice of reprimanding was too severe sometimes, both with respect to the clergy and medical men in the house. With respect to the chaplain, before they sent a reprimand, it would be more gratifying to Rector Brooks and himself, as well as to the chaplain, if they would send it to the rectors in the first instance. In the present case Mr. Bannister, after a season of un exampled difficulty, labour, and danger, went away for three weeks to fortify himself and constitution against the approaching labours of the winter. He provided, before he went, for the Sunday services, the visitation of the sick, and the administration of the sacraments ; and if further aid were required, the parish curates and the rec tors were at hand. Therefore, he (the chairman) did not see exactly that any very severe reprimand was called for. —Mr. Ferguson said that one part of the Workhouse Committee's duties was to watch the conduct of the offi cers of the establishment, and he (Mr. Ferguson) would deal with all alike. He never thought that the chaplain would provide a non-professional substitute, and he there fore considered that the reverend gontlernan had not done his duty in merely providing a scripture reader, and that reader his own clerk. It was painful to say that during the last three months the chaplain's daily attendance had only averaged one hour and twenty minutes. His (Mr. Ferguson's) attention to the parish occupied longer than that ; he devoted three hours a day upon an average.— In reply to questions—Mr. Hart said that the London and North Western Railway company's assessment had been increased, and they were liable for the rates to which the houses pulled down were formerly subjected.—The number of Irish relieved from the 20th to the 25th of September was 3511, at an expense of £146. For the week ending the 23d September, the number of families belonging to the parish, relieved was 6196, at an expense of £66o.—Mr. Ferguson said that under the new con tracts just entered into, the system of giving relief in kind only would be commenced with both the English and the Irish poor, and several of the members said that would be immediately followed by a remarkable decrease in the weekly parish expenditure.—Several of the Select Vestry thought that a more convenient day than Tuesday might ' be chosen for the day of meeting, and that Monday would suit them better.—The receipt of a letter from the Re gistrar-General, relative to the case of Mr. Chubb, regis trar of births, deaths, and marriages for the - district of , Great Howard-street, was acknowledged. The Registrar- General stated, that he had received a letter from Mr. Chubb, and said that, judging from that letter, he was happy to find that the charge of the duties of Mr. Chubb being performed by deputy was not borne out by fact. Mr. Chubb, in his letter, stated that he was an inhabitant householder in his district—that there was not one decent house for his family to live in, except at about five minutes' walk from the district,—that what had been said about his not attending to his duties could be disproved,—and that he never, in any one instance, had neglected his duties. The board viewed the decision of the Registrar- General as final, and the conversation dropped. THE- TURN-OUT AT ASHTON AND• MOSSLKY.—The spinners now on strike at Mossley, still refuse to resume work•at the reduction offered by the masters. On Mon day morning, the mill of Messrs. Giles and Mark An drew was opened; but there being only two of the hands willing. tie • commence work, it was again closed. The spinners of other districts are subscribing towards their support. The whole of the spinners at Ashton who turned out last week, went to their work on Monday, with the exception of those employed by Messrs. Bayley and Dewhurst, Charlestown Mill, who have offered their spinners a reduction of ten per cent. which they refuse to submit to. The men also state that their 'masters wished to fine them ss. eacli k for being five minutes too late at their work on the morning that the public meeting was held last week. . Meetings of the operatives continue to be held almost every evening. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT WARRINGTON.-011 Si:11'1- day week, in consequence of the heavy flood in the Mer sey, and a high tide, four men took a small boat aed pulled down to the Fiddlers' Ferry public house, about half-way between Warrington bridge and Runcorn, where they parteek pretty freely of liquor. On their return they called at Wilderspool, and again took more drink, and in duced a young man named Jones to join them. They started off for the packet stage, but before they had pro ceeded far one of them fell into the river, and was with difficulty rescued. lie was scarcely got safe inside when two others fell over, and clinging to the side of the boat, pulled her down, and precipitated all five into the stream, which was running at the time very rapidly. Several per sons who witnessed the accident hastened to the spot ; but before any assistance could be rendered, three of them had sunk. Taylor and Ashton were saved. Immediate search was made for the bodies of tho s e who had gone down, and shortly afterwards that of William Jones, aged 16, was found; Edward Harrison was found next morn ing ' • but the body of Ashcroft is still missing. Harrison has left a wife and four children. SUSPENSION OF RAILWAY CALLS.—On Thursday last, in compliance with a requisition to the Mayor of Man chester, signed by 300 of the most influential persons and firms, a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, in that town, to take into consideration the present extent of railway e xpenditure, and to take steps to arrest the drain of money thus occasioned upon the floating capital ef the country. The Mayor presided and the room was filled, about 1500 gentlemen being present. Several resolutions were ably spoken to, and unanimously passed. The first was to the effect that owing to the failure of the potatoe crop, and the deficiency of other crops last year, our re sources had been drained for tbe purchase of food from the foreigner, leaving insufficient capital to carry on the business-of-the country, -and -to meet the demands for railway-purposes. The second was that to carry out the large number of railway projects sanctioned by the legis lature, would further derange our monetary affairs ; and the third expressed the feeling of the meeting that the interests of the country at large and of railway com panies themselves required that those companies should defer the commencement of new works until the lines in course of construction should be completed, and that the legislature should be applied to for an extension of time for the formation of the lines then proposed to be postponed. The meeting was unanimous throughout. A WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—In the neigh bourhood of New Islington, Ancoats, on Saturday even ing, Thomas Cawley, a brewer, employed at the Farm Yard Tavern, in Bradford-road, in a moment of anger killed his wife. About noon, Cawley and his wife went to make their usual weekly marketings. When they went out, they had a noggin of rum together. Not con tent with that, the unfortunate woman got more during the absence of her husband in the afternoon ; and, when he reached his home, about 7 o'clock at night, expecting to find his tea, it was not ready for him, and he found her very drunk. As a natural consequence, high words ensued. The wife in her maudlin state made wry faces at him, and indulged in some very irritating language, on which Cawley jumped up, intending to strike her, but was prevented doing so by a female neighbour. Foiled in this attempt, he kicked her on the abdomen with so much violence that death ensued about half an hour after wards, the unfortunate woman suffering most acutely during the whole time. The moment the unhappy man perceived what he had done, he manifested the most poignant sorrow, and immediately hastened off, as quickly as he could, to procure medical aid, and, as soon as he became aware of the fearful result of this deed, he walked straight to the police-offices in Kirby •street, and sur rendered himself.—Manchester Courier. THE FLOOD IN BLACKBURN STREETS. One man who was very anxious to get away, after a good deal of cogitation, Tut a couple of loose " bed stocks " out of his bed-room window, and on them placed a door, thus, like a Robinson Crusoe, forming a convenient looking raft. Having tested the buoyancy of his contrivance, he got out of the window on to it, and cautiously pushing it from the wall, was rewarded for his ingenuity and perseverance by tumbling head over heels into the muddy bath beneith-e -whence he emerged with considerable difficulty, after floundering about for some time. At other places females were obliged to go to factories to work, paid small sums to be carried across the flood; and the carriers were not always successful in landing their " fares," or rather fairs, at the desired point. A female, among others, was being ferried in this fashion from a house in Dandy-square to the dryest point within reach, when the bearer's foot slip ped, and for a second or two nothing was seen of either party ; after which they rose from the bottom, gasped for breath, and scrambled out as quickly as possible. Many instances of this kind occurred. The lower end of Dar wen-street was flooded to the first floors of some of the houses. Several persons were caught by the flood while in bed, and had acarcely time to escape, it might be said, with their lives. In Henry-street, an old bed-ridden cou ple, who resided in a cellar, would have been drowned but for the intervention of a neighbour; they lay in bed una ble to help themselves, and the water had reached the bed-stocks, when an entrance was forced, and they were carried out. Back Livesey-street was also flooded to the first floors of the houses. Pearson-street, the bottom of Chapel-street, and Ainsworth-street were also inundated. King-street in some parts presented the appearance of a river. At Eanam the water carried away part of an em bankment, and flowed right through the weaving shed at Messrs. Sparrow's factory, as it did through the first floor of Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett's, at Further-gate. Look ing from St. Peter's Church, eastward, towards the rail way, where all the low lands were flooded, the water pre sented the appearance of a large lake. The roads at various places were much cut up, and at Feniscowles and other points the heavy rains had done considerable da mage. At the residence of Sir William Feilden, through whose grounds the river runs, the water flowed over the gardens, filled the hot-houses, several feet deep, and in jured a good deal of property.—Blackburn Standard. MESSRS. CLAYTONS AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.—The third meeting under this fiat took place at the Manches ter Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, when the bankrupts applied for their certificates. Mr. Clayton, of Langcliffe, was first examined at great length by the commissioner, on the nature and extent of his private property, his own business, and his connection with the bank, which begun in 1821. To all the questions he gave answers which the commissioner considered most satisfactory. He attributed his bankruptcy to " trusting persons not trustworthy." Mr. Clayton, of Lostock, was also examined at consider able length, as to his private means, and the pecuniary position in which he had stood to the bank in the year 1838 and since that time. He began to manage the bank in the year 1821. Mr. Wilson was not briefly interro gated. At the conclusion the commissioner stated that he considered there would be no objection to Mr. Clayton, of Langcliffe, receiving his certificate. He expressed his sympathy in very feeling terms to Mr. Clayton, whose re verse had been so severe, having believed himself, in Jan uary last, to have been worth £120,000, and who now, of course, had not a halfpenny. He then entered at great length into the mode in which the business of the bank had been conducted, and much censured Mr. Clayton, of Lostock, and Mr. Wilson. Although the bankrupts were unopposed by any creditor, he had considered it not the less his duty to examine minutely into the state of the concern, and the way in which the business had been managed. Such was also the practice of other learned commissioners. He had therefore made many inquiries, and had also had much personal intercourse with London and Manchester bankers as to the general mode of con bed theaou nnc bankers i cu n rc g st e acc o untsdba n i n dn k i ooa n ffn g yttrhabi Messrsi dun t r a desmen n m . e be s un s ct , gaay a e and anr a s h l fay e a tdto m or Cyu balances h t lr ansb hadacuye s ntbtieeihseeasi been way. H e f oun d it was t h e custom of the London t books a't least once a year, but, generally sp eaking, half-yearly. Th e b a l ance - s h eets i n such cases we re inva riably signed by the partners ; but here there had never been a single balance-sheet signed by any of the partners. He had made some inquiries also respecting the way in which the business of the Branch Bank of England in Manchester was managed, and found that a statement of the transactions of the day was sent every evening to London ; now as there was as much business in amount transacted there in one day as Messrs. Claytons and Co. had done in a year, there could be no excuse whatever for the accounts being in such a very unsatisfactory state. He alluded also to the great responsibility which rested on persons conducting banks, and the vast mischief that was occasioned by such an event as a failure; many persons having entrusted their all in the bank. Would any of their creditors have trusted them with £5 had it been known how they conducted their affairs ? Mr. Clayton, of Langcliffe, it appeared, had always a balance in the bank; as a customer, but the other, two bankrupts had been for many years considerably on the opposite side of the ledger. Judging of the merits of the case, without respect to the position in life which the bankrupts occu pied, and in order to mark his deprecation of such a mode of conducting business, and to teach tradespeople, through their example,the moral responsibility which they incurred when entrusted with other people's money, and that they ought not to continue with impunity such a course, he con sidered it his duty to postpone the granting of Mr. Clay ton's (of Lostock) certificate for three years, and Mr. Wilson's for two years.—We understand that the first dividend out of the estate will be paid in January.— Preston Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The Judge in the Bloomsbury County Court has decided that a person may decline to be examined as a witness till the sum allowed by the scale has been paid him. CAUTION TO OVERSEERS.—Mr. Christie, the barrister appointed to revise the lists of parliamentary voters for the city of London, has inflicted several fines, varying from £1 to £3 in each case, upon overseers of the poor who have negligently or wilfully left off the lists of voters the names of ratepayers who were entitled to vote. RECOVERY OF TITHES IN COUNTY COURTS. " Phellps v. Frost," " Phellps v. Marshallsea," were two cases tried in the Yeovil County Court, showing, in a re markable manner, the facilities afforded by these courts for the recovery of every kind of debt. They were ac tions by the Vicar of Yeovil, for the recovery of tithes, to the amount in the first case, of £4 ls., and in the lat ter, of £ll. Verdict for the plaintiff in both cases. CORRESPONDENCE. PROTESTANTISM VERSUS POPERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL .STANDARD, - - SIR,—I have regularly examined your valuable paper, in the hope of finding , that other Christians have re marked the increasing.power and audacity of the Papacy, and that some one more fitted for the duty would make a proposal which I have long hoped to see carried out in whatever way is best. You are aware, sir, that the Evangelical Alliance comparatively failed in accomplishing its object. A few joined it; many did not. Now, could' not something similar he formed, and might not the errors and flaws which existed in its very foundation' serve to guide the new association ? I for one would have joined with heart and hand and purse, as far as my ability would allow, had it been formed aright; and many others would also. This is no time for petty disputes respecting fancied grievances. We must have the Rev. E. Hull, instead of picking quarrels with a rev. brother, partaking of that brother's zeal and energy in the cause of our common Protestantism. We meet the emissaries of Rome in our streets and courts. Evil is always united. " Union is strength," and sin is fearfully strong. Let us meet them with their-own weapons. Let us cordially unite in an Anti-Popery Association ; or whatever name it bears, let it be one that there can be no mistaking. Let us contribute every one as he is able; and I promise to enclose you £1 as soon as I see that such an association is in formation, and I will collect amongst my friends for the same purpose. The fine hospitals and infirmaries in our town are fearfully neglected, and there we have the Romish priests constantly at work. We have house surgeons—let us have house-chaplains, to counteract the Popish poison, and to administer the healing medicine of the Gospel of Christ. Let us increase our Scripture readers through the town, and shew that " Vis unita sanctificata fortissirna." Hoping to see some movement made in some such asso ciation, I am, sir, BIBLIOPHILOS. Liverpool, Oct. Ist, 1847. TO THE FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL WHO ARE HOUSEHOLDERS, AND THE NON-FREEMEN HOUSEHOLDERS WITHIN THE BOROUGH. GENTLEMEN,—I beg to call your earnest attention to the proceedings of the Radical Association within this town, who are objecting in the most frivolous and vexa tious manner to respectable men, whose names have been inserted on the register as municipal electors. The mayor and assessors are now holding their court to revise this list, and if any party who is objected to does not appear, the name is struck off, and thus is the individual robbed of his rights and privileges. On Saturday last, I attended this court from two to half-past four o'clock. my name being objected to, though I had paid my taxes for the office I now hold for upwards of twenty-four years ; and this must have been known by the committee that ordered their minion to dispute my claim. When my name was called over—to which I an swered—l was told the objection had been withdrawn ; and this, too, must have been known to the authors of the mischief when I first entered the court. But an addi tional insult was practised by withholding that informa tion. My objection having been so withdrawn, I had no redress ; and my time and attention were thus sacrificed, to suit the fancy of these workers of mischief, under their unprincipled proceedings. I have preserved my rights ; and being anxious that every other individual—particularly the freemen of Liverpool who are householders—should also be protected, I call upon one and all to attend daily at the court to save their rights—and thus by union maintain their an cient privilege, and protect their own property from falling into the bands of the mushroom faction of the pre sent day, of men, who are here to-day and gone to-mor row, and have virtually no interest in the property, which was formerly controlled by the freemen of thre\town—but under the new Municipal Act, they are deprived of voting for, in the character of freemen :—character, property, and respectability, in the eyes of these would-be re formers, are lightly esteemed, because it will not suit their purpose. Let the good old loyal town of Liverpool assert her rights, and restore some degree of order, whereby the councillors may be selected by men who have a real interest in this valuable estate, and the pre sent aspirants to municipal honours—driven to seek honour in their honourable associations. AN OLD FREEMAN Distrat &WV,. ,The fever cases at Blackburn are not on the decrease as regards number, though the disease is less virulent in its attacks. The Royo Amphitheatre (late Cooke's) at Manchester was sold by auction on Monday last, and knocked down at £6OO, to Mr. Samuel Hall, box money-taker at the Theatre Royal. A few days ago a large whale was left by the tide be tween Hilbre Island and the sand hills at Hoylake. He was seized by some parties, who extracted upwards of fifty tuns of oil out of the animal, which now lies on the sand hills at Hoylake. The sum of £25,000, it is stated, was placed by Lord Stanley at the disposal of the agents and stewards for the recent Knowsley festivities, and the manner in which it has been expended seems to intimate, on the part of these gentlemen, a proper sense of the original munificence. The millowners of Ashton-under-Lyne, at a meeting held on Wednesday, agreed to give notice to their hands, that the advance of ten per cent. made in their wages dur ing the late period of prosperity in the trade, would, un der existing circumstances, be withdrawn. How this pro posal is likely to be received by the workpeople, we are wholly unable to say. On Monday evening, a very serious affray took place between a mob of the turn-outs from Messrs. Walsh's mill, at Over Darwen, and a party of police stationed in the town. The military were sent for to Blackburn, on Tuesday, tfiboalefvolefbefore thevr p ee poisoned butnmsahe ineoyedan, magistrates. ow t it i ftrov e hae tatrceashsrarsenic, had been in the restored.A affray n rs, have be large e n summoned number weaverlednreicn, , in n a n g d e d but Blackburn,r e s p fo e r ct i i h v w e e l e y prre s e e s : ec e nc n ic,ei a e n no d i mind of the father, would in all probability have died. They had eaten some crushed oatcake mixed with arsenic, which had been carelessly put under the bed to kill mice, but were made to vomit by copious draughts of hot water. PROLIFIC PEA.—Mr. Sandwell, of Garstang, butcher, sent four seeds of a purple flowering pea, in March last, to a first-rate London grower, for his opinion of their merits. The following has been communicated to Mr. S., as the result :—The 4 peas produced 129 pods, from which were taken 700 large peas, which, though not con sidered to be well flavoured for boiling, are well adapted for field culture, owing to their prolific production. INTERESTING FACT.—At a meeting at Blackburn last week, in aid of Moravian missions, it was mentioned that the little vessel which, once a year only, takes out the annual supply of provisions, &c., to the Missionaries among the Esquimaux, in Labrador, has performed its voyages for seventy-six successive years without the slightest mischance ; and so convinced are the managers of Lloyd's (Assurance Company) that the vessel is guarded by Providence, that they insure her for one-half the usual rate. MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting was held on Tuesday. The show was as a whole a very excellent one, though in number the animals ex hibited were inferior to those shown last year. There was a very great display of agricultural implements. The din ner took place in the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's-bank. The chair wag occupied by Mark Phillips, Esq., president of the society. In the course of the evening he stated that the Manchester Agricultural Society was now out of debt, and in a condition to effect a union with the Liverpool Society, at the earliest period within which the necessary arrangements for that purpose could be mutually effected ; so that instead of there being two agricultural associations, the Manchester and Liverpool, there would be but one great association for South Lancashire. And it might be that a junction would lead to a great saving of capital. SERIOUS INJURY FROM THE HEAVY RAINS.—Early on Wednesday, a violent storm of thunder, lightning, and rain visited Wigan and the neighbourhood, and continued to pour in torrents for several hours. At day break, the river Douglas was found to be swollen to a great height and the adjacent fields nearly all flooded. In one of these fields, at the back of Messrs. Eccles's mill, and near the mill of Messrs. Taylor and Brother, in Church-street, the roofing of an old coal pit gave way in two places, and for five or six hours the stream rolled impetuously into the hollows, carrying large quantities of soil, sand, and other materials into the old mine below, which it is anticipated will seriously interfere with the working of all the mines in the immediate neighbourhood. Several of them are already flooded out ; indeed, the quantity of water carried into the hollows must be immense, for at the spot we have just mentioned, there was a fearful whirlpool formed, which for hours was un approachable. --•TM ~ Y -:•-- ; -- TIIE LIN ERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SHOW AND DINNER. The seventeenth annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, in the New Haymarket. The show was fine, and the attendance numerous ; the horses and cattle were also fine, and the siheep of prime breeds. The pigs were superior. A variety of admirable agricultural im plements were exhibited,—especialy those brought by Messrs. Robert Elliot and Son, Mr. J. J. Turner, Mr. W. H. Parke, and Mr. Higgs, of Liverpool ; Mr. Abra ham Vicars, of Manchester; Mr. Cornes, of Nantwich ; Mr. W. Crosskill, of Beverly ; and Mr. James D. Young, of Glasgow. The inspectors of farms reported most fa vourably of the general improvements in agriculture al ready accomplished or in progress. There was a fair competition in the draining department, and Mr. Mawds ley, of Orrell, had effectually drained fifteen acres at a cost of £5 15s. 6d. per acre. The tenants of R. Watt, Esq., Speke, again excelled in grasses—Mr. M'Farlane, the resident manager, obtained the medal in this depart ment. The grass seeds were sown with a drill, after a barley crop, and were as follows per statute acre, on light sandy loam :—One bushel of perennial rye-grass, one peck of hard fescue, one peck of meadow fescue, one peck 1 of meadow foxtail, three pounds of rough-stalked meadow grass, three pounds of smooth ditto, three pounds of cres ted dogstail, two pounds of rib-grass, four pounds ofcow grass, four pounds of white clover, and three pounds of trefoil. Previous to sowing those seeds, the land is well harrowed and rolled, and, after sowing, it is again har rowed and rolled ; and by these means the surface soil is rendered as fine as possible, which is essential for the per fect vegetation of the grass seeds. The crop was very heavy. Many circumstances have occurred to prevent a numerous show of bulls and cows, but several on the ground were excellent, especially that of Sir T. De Traf ford, of Trafford-hall; that of Mr. Boys, of Speke; and that of Mr. Sandbach. There were also several other 1 prime animals, and well-bred milch cows and heifers. There were more stallions on the ground than last year, and several very superior animals. The grey horse be longing to Messrs. Horbridge, of Liverpool, was the best. Another grey horse, belonging to Mr. Atherton, of Up holland, is also a fine animal. There were several other good and useful horses, and some which could claim no 1 pretensions to be useful, either for the saddle or farming purposes. On the whole, there was a decided improve ment in combining action with power, and more useful to the farmers of this district than some of the clumsy ani mals shown a few years ago. A few good brood mares, foals, and cart horses, were exhibited. The few sheep penned were of prime breeds. The show of pigs, as usual, was very good, and, on the whole, excelled former exhibitions. Four young pigs belonging to Mr. Statter, of Pilkington, were sold at £5 each. Mr. R. Martin, of Salford, exhibited some of his prime breed. Premiums are now offered for vegetables, but few were shown. Mr. W. Ashcroft, of Halsall, exhibited a large sound root of mangel wurzel of 1846, also some large ones of the pre sent year ; a Scotch cabbage, weighing 40 lbs. ; and se veral improved Swedish turnips. Several very large yel low globe mangel, grown by H. Littledale, Esq., of Lis card-hall, attracted considerable attention. Mr. E. Che shyre, of Hoo-green, near Warrington, exhibited twelve samples of very excellent potatoes. Two sacks of prime wheat were shown. Amongst the agricultural implements the society recommended a portable steam apparatus, which had been used by the relief society in Ireland ; a churn ; gardener's patent turnip cutter, with thirty knives ; Howard's patent iron plough ; and a patent-lever wheel-rake. Mr. W. Thomas exhibited a new light om nibus cab, to carry four or six persons ; a very light wag gon ; a light whitechapel ; a liquid manure pump and barrel, similar to a water cart. After 'noticing the eradication of old and useless hedges, the report refers to potatoes, thus :—" So various are the opinions as to the extent of the same, that we hesitate to give a confident report as to what may be the result. In some districts the crop is apparently better than last year ; in others much the same. The season is not favourable for the gathering of this root, and when that is completed, more correct information may probably be obtained. As to early potatoes, which are grown so extensively in various parts of Lancashire and Cheshire, for the Liverpool and Manchester markets, it is satisfac tory to state that they have been quite an average crop, and more than usually profitable to the grower. The turnip crop last year, for which prizes are now awarded, was, in consequence of the mildew, lighter than usual ; but this year they have sprung up well, and hitherto have had no severe check. The growth of this useful vegetable is greatly on the increase." The receipts for the year were £509, and a balance of £5O was previously left in the treasurer's hand, making £559, which had been spent in premiums, &c. The dinner took place in ,Lucas' Repository, and was most sumptuous. The chair was occupied by Lord Lilford, and there were present Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. • Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P. ; William Cross, Esq. ; William Hall, Esq., Talbot, Esq.; W. Ledger, Esq. ; J. W. Wilson, Esq. ; Mr. Councillor Parker, Mr. Coun cillor Proctor, and Mr. Councillor Glazebrook. The number that sat down to dinner was about two hundred. After the loyal toasts the health of the Earl of Derby was drunk with enthusiasm, and equally so was " Success to the Liverpool Agricultural Society,' proposed in gra tifying terms by the chairman. Wm. Brown. Esq., pro posed the health of the Noble Chairman, which was hailed with cheers, and feelin g ly responded o. " The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool," was received with great applause, and replied to in a neat manner by Mr. Coun cillor' Parker. The usual toasts—the health of the offi cers, &c., followed, and the list of prizes awarded was then read. Those who obtained the highest premiums were :—Best cultivated farm, Mr. W. Atherton and T. Atherton of Speke. Crops grown in 1846, John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., Hale Hall, and others. For fine speci mens of lve stock, a number of prizes were given, also for sheep. W. Brown, Esq., ably replied to the toast of the members for the county, stating that he considered the landed, the manufacturing, and the commercial inte rests, as one and indivisable. One gentleman, Mr. Ellison, spoke highly of the fertilizing properties of guano, especi ally as applied to turnips. After spending a highly gratifying evening, the com pany retired shortly after 9 o'clock. The bill of fare of the Oriental Divan appears in our paper to-day. VENISON.—Those who love good living will find that a splendid haunch of venison will be cooked at Whiteman's Brunswick Hotel to-morrow (Wednesday). Mr. Fairclough, who has so long and so reputably ca tered for the public, announces his intention to be present at the ensuing Chester races.—See adv. A SCENE IN COURZ At the Middlesex sessions, on Tuesday, a curious scene took place. A paper war has been going on lately between. Mr. Mr. Serjeant Adams, the assistant judge, and Mr. Wilde, who on a recent occaQion was counsel for a pri soner. On Tuesday Mr. Wilde was counsel for another prisoner, and, before entering on the case, said he wished to make some remarks on the previous trial'. The judge wished Mr. Wilde to confine his observations to the case then before the court. Mr. Wilde then complained of certain papers having been put into circulation among the bar by the judge on the subject of the first case mentioned. Mr. Serjeant Adams said he knew well that such obser vations were merely made for the purpose of being re ported in the papers next day, and that he would not suffer the dignity of the bench to be lowered by such a discussion. Mr. say I know nothing about the papers, but you published w or d s on th e 30 t h o f January, 1846, ich are not true. You charged me on that day, when shielded by your official robes, with a mis-statement. That accu sation was not correct, and therebre I cannot address you as a private individual after what has occurred. The learned Judge.—l cannot allow this discussion to proceed. I cannot permit such irregularity to he persisted in, and I must say—and I am glad to find that I am not alone on the bench at this moment—that this is not the time, nor is it the place, for a discussion, the only object of which can be the publication in the papers of its report. Mr. Wilde.—l beg to insist that a pubic investigation shall take place into this case. I require that that shall be done, and I ask you to cause such an inquiry; for you have the power to do so. The learned Judge.—This is very improper. I shall take my own course. I know my duty, and lam not to be de terred from its performance by any expressions of this kind on your part. The conduct of a judge may be in quired into in public, and — Mr. Wilde.—But I charge you with a Tuts-statement, - and— The learned Judge.—lf you persist in- this discussion, I must adjourn the court. Mr. Wilde.—l wish you would. Mr. Miller, interrupting, said, that he as well as the other members of the bar were very much pained at wit nessing such a proceeding as that of which they were now the auditors. He was quite sure that the misunderstand-, ing which appeared to have arisen between the learned judge and his learned friend might have been easily ex plained and corrected. The learned Judge.—Look at the utter helplessness of, and the position a judge is placed in. if he is to he subject to such an improper and painful scene as this. If this course of proceeding is not discontinued I shall at once adjourn the court. Here the matter dropped, and the trial of Eliza Harris was proceeded with. After the evidence for the prosecu tion had been brought to a conclusion. Mr. Wilde, in addressing the jury on her behalf, said that, in reference to what had occurred in respect to the case of Charles Butler, he thought the matter ought, in justice to the judge as well as to himself and all the par ties concerned, to undergo an official investigation. The learned Judge took occasion, when summing up the evidence in the case of Eliza Harris, to say that it must be apparent to every one who was present at the time, that the only object there could be in agitating the case of Charles Butler was, that the matter should forme the subject of a report in the papers to-morrow morning. He would not disgrace the bench and the high office he had the honour to occupy, in the present instance, by any further adverting to the matter, and so stepping out oi his line of duty, other than by remarking that a person who had filled that chair, in that court, for twelve years, and many years a similar position elsewhere, possessed, he trusted, such a character as would enable him to meet such statements as had been made against him fearlessly and successfully. The prisoner was found guilty. The Court sentenced her to one month's imprisonment. Shortly after this Mr. Walesby entered the court, and, at the request of the learned Judge, tried the succeeding case. The learned Judge then left the court, but in less than half an hour returned, and, handing a paper to Mr_ Wilde, said, that he had availed himself of the kindness of his learned friend, Mr. Walesby, in trying one of tho prisoners, and during that time he had quitted the court on purpose to examine and compare the copy of the notes in the case to which the learned counsel (Mr. Wilde) had referred. He had made that examination, and he now handed the copy to the learned gentleman. There was great sensation manifested in the court during the above proceedings. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, ON THE IST OCTOBER, 1847, 'ed Service Magazine.) nied, the last-named is that at regiment is stationed.] 36th—(1st batt.) Corfu. (2d batt.) Cephalonia 37th—Ceylon, Chatham 38th—Jamaica, Mullingar 39th—Canterbury. 40th—Hull 41st—Mullingar 42d—Bermuda, Isle of Wight ; Reserve batt., Bermuda. 43d—Portsmouth 44th—Newry 45th—CapeG.Hope, I. of Wight; Res. batt., Cape G. Hope 46th—Canada, Guernsey 47th—Cork 4Sth—Enniskillen 49th—Galway 50th—Bengal, Chatham . 31st—Madras, Chatham • 32d—Portsmouth 53d—Bengal, Chatham 54th—Malta, Kinsale 55th—Templemore 56th—(lst batt.) Gibraltar (2d batt.) Isle Wight 57th—Weedon 58th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 59th—Limerick 60th—(1st bt.) Bombay, Cliatm. (2d bt.) Gosport 61st—Bengal, Chatham 62d—Winchester 63d—Plymouth 64th—Limerick 65th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 66th—Gibraltar, Cork 67th—Cork 6 8th—Dublin 69th—Manchester 70th—Templemore 71st—Glasgow Reserve batt., Canada 72d—Gibraltar Charleston 73d—Cape G. Hope, Birr 74th—Belfast 75th—Dublin 76th—Edinburgh 77th—Montreal, Tralee 78th—Bombay, Chatham 79th—Gibraltar, Boyle 80th—Bengal, Chatham 81st— Devon port 82d—Halifax, N. S., Brecon 83d—Kilkenny 84th—Madras, Chatham 85th—Dublin 86th—Bombay, Chatham 87th—Newport (S. W.) 88th—Barbadoes—Nenagh 89th—Dover 90th—Cape G. Hope, Chester 91st—Cape of Good Hope, Isle (From CoMune., Unit [Where two places are mentio which the deli& of the Ist Life Guards—Regent's Prk 2d Ditto—Hyde Park Royal H. Guards—Windsor Ist Drag.Guards—Birmingham 2d—Newbridge 3d—Piershill ' 4 t h —Nottingham sth—York 6th—Dundalk 7th—C. Good Hope, Maidstone Ist Dragoons—Cahir 2d—Clonmel 3d—Bengal, Maidstone 4th—Dublin sth -6th—Longford 7th Hussars—Dublin Bth—Cork 9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn. 10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid stone 11th Hussars—Coventry 12th Lancers—Hounslow 13th Lt. Dragoons—Dublin 1401—Bengal, Maidstone 15th Hussars—Madras, Maid- stone 16th Lancers—Brighton 17th—Dublin Grenadier Guards— (lst batt.) Windsor (2d batt.) St. George's Bar. (3d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. Coldstream Guards— (lst batt.) Chichester (2d batt.) Wellington Bar. Scotch Fusileer Guards -o.>t, bate.' The Tower (2d batt.) St. John's Wood Ist Foot — (Ist batt.)—Antigua, Paisley (2d batt.)—Manchester 2d—Athlone 3d—Naas 4th—Madras, Chatham sth—Mauritius 6th—Cape G. Hope 7th—Barbadoes, Dublin Bth—Bombay, Chatham 9th—Winchester 10th—Bengal, Chatham 11th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 12th—Mauritius, Isle of Wight; Reserve batt., Mauritius 13th—Birr 14th—Plymouth 15th—Ceylon, Clonmel 16th—Corfu, Youghal 7th--Canterbury 18th—China, Chatham 19th—St. Vincent, Castlebar 20th—Canada, Isle of Wight ; Reserve batt., Canada 21st—Madras, Chatham 22d—Bombay, Chatham 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight ; Reserve batt., Canada 24th—Bengal, Chatham 25th—Madras, Chatham 26th—Buttevant 27th—Cape G. Hope, Fort G. 28th—Bombay, Chatham 29th—Bengal, Chatham 30th—Newcastle-on-Tyne 31st—Walmer 32d—Bengal, Chatham 33d—N. Brunswick, Stirling C. 34th—Corfu, Waterford 35th—Mauritius, Jersey of Wight- Reserve - batt., Cape of G. Hope 92d—Dublin 93d—Canada, Dublin 94th—Madras, Chatham 95th—China, Fermoy 96th—N. S.Wales, Chatham 97th—Malta, Isle of Wight Reserve hatt, Malta. 98th—Bengal, Chatham 99th—N. S. Wales, Chatham Rifle Brigade— (lst batt.) Cape of G. Hope, Bristol (2d batt.) Canada, Isle of Wight Reserve batt., Quebec. CORPS. COLONIAL Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica 24 Ditto—Nassau 3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &c. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon & China Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Canada Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good Hope Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena CHESTER RACES.—It will certainly be an inducement for the attendants of Chester races to know that Mr. Gleave, the worthy host of the Adelphi, has already pitched his grand marquee on the course. His fame as a provider of " the genuine " will ensure him a call from those who know him either individually or by reputation. THEATRE ROYAL, CHURCH STREET.— Miss Eliza Foote Hay, whose vocal displays during the past few weeks have created (after the recent appearance of the Swedish nightingale) so unexpected and favourable a sensation, will, we learn, appear at this Theatre, during the present week. Those who have not yet heard her, should not omit paying a tribute to this great though juvenile genius, whose only inefficiency seems that which years and physical strength can supply—for there is a sweetness and melody in her voice, and a power and dis cretion in her execution, that cannot fail t o pl ease , w hil e it predicts her ultimate high station in the musical world. GROVES' ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HOLY LAND.—lllllS stration by symbols seems to have been a favourite method with the ancients in impressing more solemnly and effec tually the facts they wished to communicate ; and there is not, nor can there be, any means by which the Divine truths can be rendered more instructive than the scenes which Mr. Groves' Illustrations of the Holy Land so ac curately delineate. The effect produced by the introduc tion of moving mechanical figures in each of the repre sentations is truly interesting and impressive of the country, costume, and manners of the people they are intended to illustrate; and not the least interesting part of the exhibition is the excellent description of each view given by Mr. Groves. THE LATE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.--We observe that the gentlemen who were the chief promoters of the late amateur performance, and the active participators therein, are about to celebrate the event by dining toge ther, at the Brunswick Hotel, on Wednesday next. The skill of Host Whiteman gives certain promise of a good di nn er ; and the well-known wit and social qualifications o f many of the guests afford equally certain presage to those who are searching after mental recreation that the evening will be one of pleasant mirth and rare hilarity. The total amount received was £167 17s. 7d.,. which in cluded a donation of £2 2s. from his Worship the erlallalyeoxr. £2l from Mr. H. Coleman. and £ 1 each from Mr. Radl e ; and Mr. Birkett. The amount remitted, penses had been deducted, was £i I. __ ~- • , ~ ~`~ 3 _.i ---