The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TUESDAN, MARCH 14, 1854. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Te e p to w ed I ' l l,Eaat of the late Sir John Gerard took place Te x les uaY, at Middlesham Abbey, near St. Helens. t,ctie OD-ISIIING off the Isle of Man continues pro- Liaerpe;eilarge quantities are exported by every packet to ti t R Nem ON . H. T. LI DDELL, M . P ., an d hi s f am ily, h ave land.pl l Pon Possession o f th e i r res id ence , N o . 65, Port the sea.son s ee, London, w hi c h th e h on. mem b er h as t a k en f or • l'esol„•Liee ElPT STAMPS.—The B oar d o f I n l a nd Revenue have to accept no excuse for the infringement of the taeri",,Pecting receipt stamps, and will levy the penalty in Te t - ' se c'f evasion which comes under their notice. taro, beautiful American ship Red Jacket has been s he h a „ ar i s d for £32,500, by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson. 'ilea - r i; e in c n A rdaced ..,, on the berth for Australia, and will Ottaott ° • • •` T GanosTiolt of St. John the Evangelist Church, aait..bY Ash, have presented an elegant silver tray and krecti o as ket to th e R ev. C . F. G reene, as a testimonial of ,t 4 l Eta regard, after t we lve years of faithful ministry. ,Baotaat and fancy fair in aid of the Licensed teiej,Zers, new Asylum and Schools will be held in the t 'bisetrmg in June next, and towards the benevolent solicited °na tions and contributions in articles for sale are J 424 1, !eat s 13terean, a pensioner, has beenand fined £2 ff the „, I '4) h ! itavillg on Wednesday afternoon, bitten o ‘adla — ",„ n uis Murphy, a joiner, residing in Spital-street, %a rt ~.:".'read, Manchester. The lip was brought to the a„Piece of paper by the maimed man. The, as -u°c ' c LA.EOt EEns' ASSOCIATIONheId their •-ee aa 3 ' meeting on Wednesday, at the C oncert-hall. sad th"ation has been in existence eighteen months, I,ea,es,e a mount of fends in hand, after defrayin e , all ex a'a was announced to be £405. IN' a ST SIIIP PACIFIC, Captain Nye, sailed on 41IdtPuaY afternoon for New York, with a full cargo tf Paasenrs. As she left the Sloyne an interchange 14‘1•64tes Cooke place with the (*nerd steamers Af ic i lcerica. VAIIXTIALL-ROLD.—On Thursday afternoon, sable '"`„'"Past two o'clock, a fire broke out in a shed or are I 11 v aaaball-road, belonging to Mr. Roberts. The s a l itde were promptly in attendance, and succeeded r etiae a "leg the flames before any serious damage had The fire was caus ed by the boiling over of'a tar T ae $i was being used 'fbr tarring the roof of the shed. "'et' -1120 /4* 'OF BEEF.—Probably the finest baron of t ame ever dressed in thislocality was on Thursday on the 1 , 44 4 4 ,.. t l ‘ir• Morrish's dining-rooms. It weighed 490 lbs., "less W e; roasted whole. It was cut from a fine ox fed by ( Ita •-• Littledale and Torr, and was pronounced most 'l°llB flavour tender, and delicate. Nearly 1,000 r sells your, bed off the 'royal joint. aid •w ent O'P EVIGUANT Slurs. —The Bed jacket, despatched to Australia by Messrs. Pilkington 17 4 N'1 7,",, , bullion safes, and be fully armed, ad we y a tuerstand that other emigrant vessels are . about Zable ° r. e . " three saint precautions. The celiac of this is pro- I."Ne • l'4 ruy Inlayingrising been seen clin the neighbour- Tztal madeira. :tee %°c'mareiteit OF LIVERPOOL.-4 1 rom a statement tTrea litl ; e( "Piled for official purposes, 'it appears that the ige cl.tae port of Liverpool has doubled itself during (1 100 0 e l sn at s y . eact ia tl a ie tonnage nosramounting to nearly remarkable feature; in the history 4 la tir • Nn t that the commerce has 'never retrograded in 3'ear. o 'In• e l e - ,, R d t' Poo . m oultice.—ehip letter bags will be c' e ata - f roPr Arelbou n rne 3 , to he sent by the Great Britain ta •41), which is advertised to leave Liverpool on the e "eot • and for Hobart Town and Port Philip, to b leave'•,4l:e steamer City of Hobart, which is advertised 11 011 "ue East India Docks on the 27th inst. op °ll4 1'1,1, 111 31 1" RAILWAY SERVANTS.—On . Wednesday and Leigh Wood, breaksmen, in the employ a. ' ere e l,,;"endon and North-western Railway Company, - ' 4 a ,tio e i , - ' l 'ged with breaking 'open a box at the Waterloo ~s4 a N• On the previous :Saturday, the prisoners several ~,dresses and jewellery, addressed to ev mer thi• ck 'C' V n• The box was broken open while under n the. t ' -et° , the prisoners, and the contents stolen. h ' 6 Were remanded. bo til.cll E 0 OUSTOMS.—A rumour has been in durin g the few days to the effect that Mr. 1,7 • 1 1t t' 4 „ alla, the collector of customs at this port, was l'ent mien his office. We understand the announce ‘4o - the collector's resignation is premature, and that, ant• i c the matter will shortly be brought under the n ore en ' of the General 'Board of Customs, no decision ca • to for several months. Mr. rnaud has been i '',,ari ap ~ 4 ;',of fifty-three years in the government service, (1 4 "• • • r tY of whiclehe has most satisfactorily discharged sties of collector at this port. Previously he held a °face at Portsmouth. 'ase Onel‘LrY AT SEA..—On Friday morning, at t etee rt°clE, the splendid American ship Charles Humber 'l)Poeidrnm~f.l.l-..9° tons, Benjamin Lovett, master, went ashore_n. '''Yrella coast-guard station, in the Bay of ~ded uear where the Great Britainw i llitea fr g r a Liverpool on the Ist instant, as s hou r n a d to Boston, St 'ate's, to which port she belongs, with a ds g . er t i Th eral e ere a , and 62 pass have and a crew of 7 nan saved The casualty • s and Passengers have been ~, v ale h - to have been owing to t all he thick hazy weather D' r evailed a fresh breeze blowing at the time, with l'eas e r n4 fro m e s - E There is ever. 3 hope that aathe draws in • • • saws only le feet, and the tide where she- now he att - orneti m to more than 20 feet, she may be got t high es rise s a - s p r ing tide. p oe wateraan Ed rd Burton, Henry IrPhilips, 413 :"eet i° ;Zh il S i e c i r p rs iral — , were wa on Wednesday . observed by s treet Anzio& takkg a professional walk down_ Bold 'boa ' fl areh street, Whiteehapel, in the course of which kt i'444 l i4, tie e c ie t r i al, ett . empts to pick pockets. In White flick ama ‘e . ppsoiiersgot before a lady, another oa ti,e7 eke third at her g side. the last attempting to di e n pe r ,'°. All three were arrested. 'They had &o 0 ▪ (100 , ; and on Burton was found a memoran fo ""fares c ontai n i ng a list of the most crowded tho joeTe...e /ezi;o4. ln . b .?__e buildings, sale-rooms, Sac. The prisoners th re 7 , a l ad `le,( l for three months.—On the same day Wm. e Mo nt i about 14 years of age, was sent to prison for Co L , 48 ., for picking pockets in Bold-street. car There was an explosion of co, tli er ,-, ' , ..lYdre el g:n E". , on Wednesday morning, at the which' ul sir. John It s tcher, Little Lever, near Bolton, bil eat ekilled the underlooker of the mine, and severely t iroe. A ' o ur of tlie workmen A platform had been erected he r ; Yards from . the bOttom of the downcast shaft, eta ecr7)aire had to be effected, under which the danger r,,,,ecloieussire gas had collected, and the workmen, not ``'•nsea bg upon the partial obstruction of ventilation do i t , the platforms used naked candles, as they always e ,ftb . ,„„"e Passages and shafts. The gas was fired by one ` l B.4l,;_candles., and the explosion was instantly fatal to Ite' s a lert, the underlooker, as above stated. Wag MERsEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meeting was • on Tuesday, at the club-house, Duke-street, and ejeetwell attended. Mr.•Poyales, of New Brighton, was eq e :l a . member. The officers for the year were re aaaelrviz. Mr. T. Littledale, commodore ; Mr. 8 . . Hey tal•••lr u 'nes, vice-commodore; Mr. Jonathan Gnndrod, • .commodore;, Mr. T. •fflirAkinson Tetley, treasurer; j rletcher , cup-bearer ; auditors, Mr. B. Platt and as Fern ' iho h ; and secretary, Mr. Melling. It ha k e that the members should commence the season . '''tati o Z e .„ ll ' opening dinner on the 4th April, at the marine oat, s'„'Atiirkenhead. Several of the yachts are now fitted I,lhib,4_,'"' will be afloat early in the season. There was sL• lliat the club-house a marine painting, by Mr. sgetZ, re presenting an extensive view of the late grand iti the Merse on the occasion of Her Majesty's "At 4r4 Y last. Y ' th e l ato„ r a „..,0n0e. 1 o SOCIETY —A special-meeting was held at - 7riti;. r lnstitution, on Thursday, for the purpose of 1;7 0 )44,1 1 _ report of the delegates t who had been appointed li 4 1 , 0 11 0 1! 00 1 7:_t es he ad nit faonion between the four ti of v t . he town. Y The Yen. Archdeacon a atl i °ls tee` ' e slded. After a brief discussion the report was the tea,' a nd the same delegates were appointed to prepare -- b : a sf union and other details, toheambmitted to 1 ei,7 1• in• e ta — '4 cr s generally for confirmation. Thanks were caati„„ - e delegates and alsothe for his " c eiet'" 'of a tho d copies of the report to the four lleet ktli,e revs The f 11 117 i entlemen were 'unanimously ° ffiar ng Afthar Bright, Sandheys, West . a _ k ad "„r• William Ithell Mason, Hope-place, Liverpool , Kret Jo hn Reddiffe Eaton-cottage, knotty Ash. The_ i w b • "sett announced the following donations : --- 1 1 y all a eopy of an essay especting two ballads an , 11 e 13 " --4 ' of the Battle of the r Boyne, in 1690, written by bet as ,41skillen dragoon, who was an Irisliman by birth, hirtan by parentage. The essay was originldly L ‘ne p - i ;• ,_ ,l l the Archaeological Journal of Ulster.—By e ,'"°k oe' ll ' i graPhic Society, a copy of its journal.—A:little In -,4lterY greatenriosit which appeared to be Oriental t lla cl • -Pt " There was written Y : in it, " This book was sseesion of the blacks when theyrebelled in • l'otalebbtir,ee,had been presented by M h o Abraham Af Samuel Garth. T e secretary read. ta.., -ed a boo through ra r so . na s and plans relative to Birken OT, ra 'Y , th k e °f o tl f i Mr Mason. He also announced_ a4t• • "' iti onof lef ek4 Mayer . to exhibit the collection of 4 eX ll4 e, itie s he tad r. tl purchased, probably at the th -1)11tIlly meetin ee g en A Y paper, entitled "A description thelevi,ttecient fort at Kirkby, in the parish of Walton-on %la was afterwards -read by J. W. Roberts, Esq., tee% 'm e of thanks having been passed to him, the pro terminated. ,LANCASIIIRE Sraiiect ASSIZES.—The commis 'rhes• .)," opened on Saturday next, by the Hon. Justice a ccompanied by the Hon. Baron Platt, and the LA 4,1_ Will be entered upon on Monday. The calendar, fr ° e' u rsdaY, contained the names of 87 prisoners, -- are a s a area I tirkdale an d 27 f rom M anc h es ter New Bailey. 4 ar. blthsber is ' about an average ; there were 106 last ; cl ap: a 4 8 10w reg a ards the nature of crime, the cases are or heinousness. The Aleildaß an n an a a v l;si:o e f weight thecalendar l —Prom Kirkdale tiocivsipriser'enlLiaterant to murder 1 • manslaughter, 5 cases, e 4: 4 ery rit . - 0 '7 1 ; pe pe rs , on 2 ases, e ' s 6 , 'prisoners ; stabbing, 9 ; 8 prisoners ; burglary, 6 :assault, Prisoners ; housebreaking 1 ; concealing birth, 2 2 Z ) b ezzli n i g . ca m se o , n b ey, ut 1 9 risoners Manchestereur 1 Stabling,forgery, 2: P From ta ses eri l a fr .rn Person, 7 cases 12 prisoners ; burglary, reeistr''' of ; forgery, 1'; bigamy, 1; fals ' i n Y fas g es of ttae bi Yof deaths 1. It m'ay be noticed that, aer°lointge' table has 9, whilst ManchestFr only 2 ' 3 411 .n .„,kge by the fact of stabbing being in generalAnly ? e ste . ; b s cri me. In cases of robbery and burglary 0 . Man s?ester as a striking majority. Some of the cases are . f 4gai lla t t 'e s• e e ttliar importance. The charge of murder is 44 the — L e Maltese sail Charles Flower, who stabbed flo ra t sailo r I'V4 we ' o flanall i Michael n ' f M`Dermott, i n a qrree embezzlement is against st ation Ca itcte'en, 1:t case cashier at the Lime-street cil i a - the Londe 6y d North-western Railway, itrged with ha • ▪ at . ving defrauded London and the company to a large ass Tho pa Tmigst the forgers is a young man named who off a for "11, Most respectabl connected, who tried to °ea t , ed check for £l6OO at the Borough bank, on i c`o e it t 13Y3 ' ' 4 ' The young'man stated that he had been khorte a , ft e au r ci a e g Giy l: l , Mills, and Co., of .Lond.on the e hen inn., who was on business in ... Dri solier a,43o to cash caused heck for the amount nameq , ea ar s , e x_,eitement him to be apprehendel .. e 6 110,4,1"uvi his gladness that he had not succeeded, , erty 1 44 A have been ever after miserable, WI that UriTol him to such rashness. THE LANDING-STAGE MEN are to receive one shilling per week additional wages during the continuance of the present high price of provisions. PHOTOGRAPHY.—The first meeting of the second session of the Photographic Society was held on Tuesday. Several beautiful specimens of the art were exhibited. An interesting paper was read by Dr. Edwards, on the " Che mistry of silver?' An animated discussion followed, on the plate-glass and paper processes, in the course of which several gentlemen alluded to the advantages of waxed paper, especially where practitioners travelled any distance to take views. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. — On Friday week, whilst Mr. Edward Dickenson, well known in this town, was shooting on the Rough Mountain, near Marford, Denbigh shire, and in the act of ascending the activity, which is covered with briars and underwood, his gun went off, and lodged its contents in his breast. Death ensued almost instantaneously. The deceased had been out shooting for several days, and was, at the time, expecting a friend, upon whom he had called some minutes before, to join him. LECTURE ON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. The Rev. D. B. Joseph delivered a lecture, on Tuesday, in the National School-rooms, Bootle, on " The History of the Newspaper Press." He traced its progress, from the puny Weekly News of the year 1622, to the broad sheet of the Times in 1854, giving, as he proceeded, little biographies of the principal metropolitan papers, and describing the circumstances to which each owes its peculiar character. He reviewed the various taxes and other restrictions which have from time to time been imposed on the press ; described their effect, and the effect also of the recent abolitions; and expressed a hope that every vestage of tax ation would be swept away from the sources of knowledge. Rotas, INSTITUTION.—The drawing classes of this institution, formerly presided over by the late C. Barber, Esq., President of the Liverpool Academy, are, we under stand, placed, by the appointment of the committee, under the direction of Wm. L. Kerry, Esq. SOIREE AT THE MARINER'S' CHURCH SCHOOLS. — The annual tea-party, in aid of these schools, was held on Tuesday, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. W. Maynard, in cumbent, Rev. Joseph lhGdsley, Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. J. R. Butler, &c. The 'choir of the Blind Asylum en hanced, by their excellent performances, the general interest of the proceedings. AN INTERESTING EVENT IN BRIDEWELL. — Vr. Par kinson attended at the Police-court on Friday morning, and stated that onthe previous day a woman named Mary Ralph was brought to bridewell, charged by Margaret Flynn, a servant at one of the recruiting-honses in Shaw's brow, with stealing a shawl. Half-an-hour after she was locked up, she was delivered of a full-grown child, and the doctor would not permit her to be brought before the magistrates. As the shawl had not been recovered, and as no pawnticket had been found in her possession, the woman was ordered to be discharged as soon as she was in a fit state to be removed. Livsarotis. Meenestres' Ittsrirtsrrott.—The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, 'in the theatre of the building, lir. R. W. Ronald in the chair. From the report it appears that the number of boys attending all the schools is at present 1,450. The treasurer's account showed 'that there was a balance against the institution, on the yearly account, of £llO Ins. 3d., and that the total debt reached nearly £3,000. The report stated that a school for the study of science and art was intended to be opened in the institution in August next, under 'the auspiees of the government !board. Mr. M'llveen, the head master, said the schools"were never in a greaterstate of efficiency than at the present time. The report was unanimously adopted, and the usual routine business transacted. ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL Seesrusrv.— The twelfth ordinary meeting was held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednesday, Mr. C. Verelst in the chair. Several specimen bricks, made by an Ame rican machine, and used in Liverpool, were exhibited. Mr. Boult stated that the tricks were made from clay as it was dug from the earth. Before being forced into the mould, the clay passed through rollers, and was thus - pulverized. The machine would make twenty thousand bricks a day, at an expense of thirty-six shillings per thousand. The paper for the meeting was by Mr. Picton, being the - third ' 'section of the "Architectural History of Liverpool." It did not, therefore, contain an epitome of the entire archi tectural history of Liverpool, but commenced with the year 1769, the date of Perry's large map. The paper was illustrated by numerous maps and engravings, forming a valuable collection, and the descriptions of - which excited considerable interest. Mr. Picton, being 'unable to read the whole of the paper, reserved the concluding portion for another meeting. WIGAN COLLIERY EXPLOSION. — The .inquest on the bodies of 89 persons killed by the recent explosion at the Arley Mine terminated on Thursday, when the jury, after an absence of upwards of two hours, returned a verdict as follows :—" We find that the death of the-89 persons un der consideration was occasioned by the explosion of fire damp, from a sudden and accidental outburst of gas. •We give it as our opinion that the general management and ventilation of the mine in question, from the time of the former lamentable explosion to the present time, have been satisfactory, and the syste m of working, under the peculiar circumstances of the pit, uncensurable. Under the circumstances of these awful explosions, we. would strongly recommend to the management that, as far as possible, the use of gunpowder in the 'workings within this mine should be wholly discontinued." • HEALTH OF THE To wst.—The medicid officer of health reports that no returns of death had 'been received from the sub-district of Dale-street, the officer of registrar for that district being vacant ; and assuming the •mortality to have been the same as in the previous week, the aggre gate mortality of the borough would Show a decrease of twelve as compared with the week preceding, and of two as compared with the same week as - the previous five years. Of the total deaths, 59 were in - the Out-townships. There was a considerable decrease in the mortality from diseases of the lungs, which fell from 90, in the previous week, to 72 in the last, a smaller number than in any week since the month of November. From zymotic dis ['eases, the estimated mortality was 45. Measles caused 13 deaths ; hooping cough, 10; typhus, 7 ; croup, 6; ;diarrhoea, &c., 5 ; syphiliss, 1. No fatabcase of small pox /tor of scarlatina was registered. A man aged 32, employed in a brewery, died from delirium trenzews. LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RIGGED SCHOOLS. — The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, at the Institu tion, Soho-street. Mr. James Tyrer in the chain The -.report embraced a series of tables and details of the opera lions of the school during the past year,' and included the -minutest particulars of the domestic economy of the in .utitution. From these we observe that '331 children at tended the schools in 1853, namely, 137 boys and 68 girls. Of these, however, only 146 are at present , on the roll, and dflise remaining 115, 74 have gone to situations ; 7ot 9 have quitted and refused to return; 2 have gone to her sehools ; 11 have left Liverpool ; 27 have been sent to their native parishes; 1 has died, and 1 quitted the school sick. 'Since the schools were opened, it seems that;lsB boys and 80 girls have obtained situations. The committee report that, during the past year, there was an increase in the amount of donations and subscriptions as comp a red with 18a2. There is still, however, a considerable arrear of debt due to the treasurer. After the transaction of some routine business the proceedings terminated with the children, who looked healthy and clean, parading in one of the play grounds to the music of their own hand, which played The British Grenadiers" with considerable taste .andspisst A thesrons OFFICER IN TROUBLE.—John ,M`Mann, an officer , in the Customs, was charged on Friday with having •stolen some, chimney ornaments. Mrs. Sarah Taylor, 23, Hanover-street, stated that the prisoner came into her house drunk about five weeks ago, and s as she was at dinner, -seized a sole from off a dish, and devoured it "most ravenashously." (Laughter.) He thenstooktup a salt-cellar and a chimney ornament, which he put in his pocket. -She• took them from him, and he abused her,snd left the 'house. About a week afterwards he repeated‘his former misconduct ; but that time he actually walke'st cdf with the ornament, after having knocked her down in her night-dress on ,the kitchen floor. She informed , the police; but -the prisoner was not taken into custody, although she gaveafull description of him, and statedsvhat his calling was. On Thursday night she saw him at the Amphitheatre, and gave him into custody. The prisoner had in his po,ssession p, large bottle of pepper, some sugar, and a quantity of tobacco , wh ich he said were Customs samples.—lnspector Bates explained that he did net appre hend the prisoner when the prosecutrix told him that Ise had robbed her, :because thought it very probable the whole affair was a lark. —The magistrate said it was very probable the whole affair :had been " a lark," and dis missed the charge. He, however, ordered the policeman to take him down to the Cuatsms and deliver up to the au thorities there the pepper, toloacco , and sugar found ia his possession. Docis COMMITTEE,—The usual weekl meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair'. The sub committee of works recoramendedithat the tender for iron work required in the construction of the warehouMesessrss on the south quay of the Stauley-doelt, be given to . George Forrester and Co., the whole, of the work to be ex ecuted in every respect conformable with the contract, for the sum of £32,485 2s. 7d. Confirmed. The tender of Messrs. Johnson, for supplying coals for steam engines in cormexion with the dock estate, was accepted. The Chair man intimated that a letter had been received from Mr. William Cubitt, engineer,to the effect that at a recent meet ing of the Finance Committee he (Mr. Cnbitt) made ap plication to be allowed to appoint Mr. J. B. Bartley as his representative in Liverpool during the erection of the pro posed landing stage for channel steamers. The Finance Committee referred him to the chairman of the Dock Committee, and be wished to know whether there was any objection to his making an arrangement with Mr. Hartley to act for him as local engineer in carrying out the con tract. After some conversation, the request contained in Mr. Cubitt's letter was agreed to. A ten-ton crane was ordered to be placed at the north end of the Canning dock, the tender for which was recommended to be given to rArthur, Hogarth, and Co. Confirmed. A report was read from the harbour master, stating that a fire the oc curred on board the ship Robert Preston, lying in Prince's-dock, on S unda y last It was not known how . harbour us, the mate hadr master the stated) p tee been h e r had fire no doernittuaittedwa;sbfruetm(a s careless taken from the v essel drunk, d the ha an taken from the cabin in a state of stupidity from the effects of liquor. The vessel was laden with brandy, and p on or e t o w f atshreeadcaskfrso'mheatdshe whasighneaerelnysbtaurlet, tthhraotugithl.vasAsurpe: posed the parties had a light on board. The mate, James Forbes, had been taken out of the ship drunk, and been conveyed to the hospital, his legs being much burnt. There was a third report, from an inspector of police, stat ing that the vessel belonged to Messrs. J. and .torssrs. ison, and that she. was laden with brandy belonging M Lockett, Messrs. Preston and Co., and others, and that the damage sustained by the fire amounted to £87.105. The Chairman said that if the cask of brandy found in a burning state had been burnt through it might have blown up, and what the consequences would have t been to the vessel and cargo no one could say. In reply o a question, it was stated that lights and fires were not al lowed in the Prince's-dock. The Chairman said it was supposed that the men on board had a candle in the cabin ; and they were smoking and drinking, and hearing some one coming they extinguished the light by putting it into the brandy jug. The solicitor, on being referred to, said that the offending p arties had incurred a heavy penalty by the use of lights in the Prince's-dock. Be was instructed to take the necessary steps against these who were re sponsible. After the transaction of some other routine business the committee proceeded to the consideration of financial platter's, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUCH WAS THE COLD at Jassy last month, that FAX sentinels guarding the guns were frozen to death in one night. His GRACE the Duke of Bucdeugh has intimated his intention of appropriating one of the fields in the imme diate vicinity of Dalkeith as a place of public recreation for the inhabitants. SEVERAL DESERTERS from the 33rd regiment rejoined head-quarters previous to its embarkation for Constanti nople, in the hope of being pardoned and allowed to pro ceed with the corps to Turkey.. IT is said that, with a view to provide for coming ex penses, the government of France intend proposing to the Legislative Chamber the re-establishment of the salt tax, and the imposition of a tax on. railroad revenue. THE TOWN Council, of Birmingham has just appointed a new local official, viz., a public analyzer, charged with the examination and suppression of adulteration in all articles of consumption. THE TRUSTEES of the Madiai fund are about to com plete the purchase of a government annuity, on the joint lives of Francesco and Rosa Medial, and on that of the survivor. A NEW PATTERN for military summer trousers has been sanctioned. They are of a deep blue colour, with red beading down the outside seam. This will be certainly an improvement on the nondescript light-blue gray at present in use. DISCOVERY OF Cosi, IN GLOUCESTER.—In making the excavations for the sewerage of this city, in Worcester street, on Thursday last, the workmen came upon the end of a stratum of coal, about six inches thick, at a depth of about 11 feet from the surface.—Gloucester Chronicle. PUBLICANS.—It appears by a return made to the House of Commons, that the number of licensed victuallers in England and Wales in 1853 was 61,040, and of persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, 40,913. The number of licensed victuallers in Scotland was 14,812; and in Ireland, 15,280. DEATH ON A TREADMILL.—An elderly man, who was a prisoner iu the New Bailey Prison, Salford, whilst working on the treadwheel en Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, suddenly dropped down and expired. The eats° of death was believed to be apoplexy. A SINGIII.A.S. PETIITION is now before congress. In 1846, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith, of Missouri, under the assumed name of Ben Newman, enlisted as a soldier, and served during the Mexican war. She discharged her duties faithfully as a soldier for ten months, when hersei was discovered, and she was discharged from service. She has since married, and now applies for her pay and bounty land. Excievanows were made in the course of last week at the supposed site of Macbeth's Castle at Dunsinane, in Perthshire. After removing rubbish for some three feet, a wall was discovered, composed of large stories 'neatly joined together, and resting on the rock; but, 'beyond some tharcotil and a few bones, no relics 'were discovered. The investigations will be proceeded with in the , course of the summer. THE Lon PROVOST OF EDINEtTRGH has ban recently in London, where he has had interviews with 'the Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the ExcheqUer, and the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, on the subject of a grant for a Scottish national museum. His lordship pressed the claim of Scotland to such a grant very strongly upon those members of the government. The Highland society are also about to send a deputation to Lehilon on the same -subject. FAST INDIA-HOUSE.-otl Wednesday . the Court of Directors decided upon the 16 members of their body that are to remain in office under 'the newlaw requiring their 'number of 30 to be reduced 'to Ifi. The choice fell upon Messrs. Ellice, Oliphant, Bayley, Mangles, -PrinSep, Eastwiek, Sykes, Sir H. Willock, Sir J. W. Hogg, Shepherd, Melvale, Astell, mid Macnaghten. The 'directors not re-elected were J. L. Lushington Sir R Campbell, Messrs. Wigram, Mast,erman, Musi;ratt, ':Shank, Cotton, Plowden, Petit, Moore, Marjoribanks, , and Whiteman. Three seats bud previously been vacated by the death of Sir R. Jenkins, and the retirement , of Messrs. Loch and Alexander. AN ARTIFICIAL MAS.—The Memorial Bordetaisstates 'that, not far from St. Sever"there is living an old military man who has a false leg 'and a false arm, both moveable by means of springs, a glees eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose of silver, covered with a substance resembling flesh, and a silver plate - replacing part of the skull. He bears on his breast the Cross of the Legion of Honour, won in the eompaigns of Egypt, Italy and Russia ; at Pried land, Jena, Austerlitz, Wagram, and Waterloo. Tax CLERGY AND 'THE WAR.—The Archbishop • tif Canterbury has received a petition signed by the clergy of the diocese of Lichfield, in which they state thatrfeel ing deeply sensible of - the grievous evils inevitably atten dant upon war, they humbly beg his grace to adopt oath measures as he may see fit to impress upon the legislature the importance of -setting apart an early day for fasting and prayer, that the threatened strife and bloodshed: may be averted from Europe, and that to this nation. in, parti cular the blessings of peace may be continued. His graiv has expressed his intention of acting upon the suggestion, in which he heartily concurs. DEFoE.—AII readers of Robinson Crusoe (and whatlboy has not read that most attractive story ?) will grieve to hear that the great grandson of the man whose creations have long become familiar household words, wherever the English language is spoken, is living in extreme destitu tion, at the age of seventy-seven, with a wife aged sixty nine, and five children, left out of fifteen, one of 'wham helps the mother in: her washing, the others barely able to support themselves. In 1846, James Defoe, a box-maker, failed in business, in Bedford-street, London, since Which he has had to struggle severely against poverty, maintain ing an excellent character amid all his trials. 'What is to be done ? Quite 'recently a descendant of the great Co rneille was discovered in France, and the Emperor imme ,diately pensioned her. Will our government do as math? GOTTENBURG.—Gastavus Adolphus, the great founder sof the city, prophesied that it would presently be the centre of Scandinavian commerce; now that prophecy is fulfilled. Whether Gottenburg may rank with certain commercial ports or not is a question open to disenoiits"; but that it is the Liverpool of the Scandinavian peninsula even uow, and that its streets are thronged daily.with active merchants ; that its port is filled with vessels ;:and that its commercial men are rising dairy in the estimation of the merchants of Europe, are points admitted in every market -place. The rapidity with which its commerce is increasing may be shown by the returns of its exporta tions to England. For example, in 1850,.12,000 to&s:of wool left this port for England ; in the following year 21,000 tons .were consigned to the same destination. .In 18'50, England imported from Sweden no less than 29,500 tons of iron, and nearly sill the oats raised in the peain sale. In truth, the activity apparent in every part of the city, when, on the morning after my arrival, I strolled down its handsome streets, - .under cloudless heavens, arid with the invigorating influence of a sharp, dry frost, was startlitig. Five ships lay alongside the quays ; English sailors were strolling about; the Swedish guarda, handsomely-equipped troops, were marching to and frp.; serious men were tripping from office to office; and in the centre of the broadest street were two omnibuses, the 41) - pearsneoef which carried one mentally to Paddington. A Bragvheaker with the Swedes. T ERRIF IC EXPLOSION.—On Monday evening, between an d 7 o'cloek, an explosion took place at the Sreworli: manufactory of Mr. Coton, in the Westminster-road, by which the premises were set on fuze and destroyed, and the lives of Mr. Coton and a boy, named Charles Berkshire, sacrificed. Mrs. Coton, her sixter-in-law, and two children were extrieated from the building without suffering muck injury, having been at the moment of the explosion in the basement floor. The great quantity of fireworks of all sorts in the premises did not all explode at the same moment, bait continueloxplosions lasted for some time, to the terror of tire neighbourhood, the rockets, Roman lights, &c., being discharged iii all directions, and driving back on all sides the mob assembled to witness the scene. FORGERY BY AN [ RX-11.P.—Fretlerielr, de Molyns, for merly M.P. for a county ; in Ireland, and. Lucia, his wife, were brought before the Lord Mayor, for final examina tion, charged with having littered a forged, ower of attor ney to transfer a share and interest of Richard Annesley Simpson, in stock and annuities, for £1,520 ne. 5d., three per cent. reduced annuities, with intent to dlefraud the Mank of England. 'The pr}' ners were committed for trial. The Lord Mayor discharged the lady from custody 41am bail to the amount of -£lo4l, and said theta 31r. de Molyns could produce security.to the amount of ,el,OOO in two sureties, and his own in ,g 2,000, he should bc.also set Ataiberty till the day of trial. REOISTRA.TION OF BIWA .QF SALE.—The :rorl of Harrswby has laid on the table ,of the House of Lords a bill, which has just been printed, to prevent frauds on creditors by secret bills of sale on personal chattels. It declares that frauds are frequently.committed upon.credi tors by secret bills of sale, whereby persons are enabled to keep up the appearance of being .in good circumstances and possessed of property, and the grantees or holders of such bills of sale have the power of taking possession of the property of such persons to the exclusien of the rest of their creditors. It is proposed to :matt that bills of sale shall be void, unless the same, or a copy, be filed within a Jays in like manner as warrants of attor ney; the defeasance or condition is to be written on the same paper. The officer of the court is to keep a book containing particulars of each bill of sale; a fee ,of is. is ' to be paid on filing a bill of sale. Further, the pro vides that office copies or extracts of such documents shall be given, on paying the usual rates for co p ies of judg ments. Satisfaction may be entered upon a bill of sale when the debt for which it was given shall be satisfied. There is an interpretation clause and a schedule in the bill, setting forth all particulars connected with a bill of sale. SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A. RUGBY SCHOOL/lOL A correspondent says :—On Friday last, as a farmer's son, named John Cranfield, was in one of his meadows his attention was directed towards a deep and wide part of a stream called the Sowbrook, On proceeding thither he saw two fellows of about 16 or 17 shamefully ill-treating a poor little fellow apparently between 10 and 11 years of age. It appeared the cowardly assailants ordered the little boy to jump the brook, but as it was impossible for him to clear it, he begged hard to be let off. This reason able request was not only refused but they compelled him to go through the stream. This was not sufficient to satisfy his companions, for after he had landed on the other side they jumped over a narrow part, said then un mercifully belaboured the boy for disobeying their orders. One of them beat and kicked him in a shameful manner, while the other dragged him about by the hair. One of the assailants then pulled the boy's coat off, and, after throwing it in the water, jumped upon his hat, and kicked the crown in. At this juncture young Cranfield came up, and upon asking one of them what they were beatin g th e boy for, answered, " Because he did not jump the brook when ordered to do so." The young farmer, with a feeling of indignation highly creditable to him, immediately took hold of one of them, named Perry, and began to inflict summary punishment upon him. The dastard now begged for that mercy he had but a few minutes before denied to one many years his junior. The hat and coat of this Master Perry coming off in the melle, young Cranfield consigned them to the water, and, after giving him a good drubbing, allowed him to depart. Our correspondent says he was told the circumstance and showed the spot by John Cranfield, who described the cri es of f the little boy as most heartrending. Our correspondentfurther assures us that the above is only one of numerous instances that by th se who have it in usage receives little or no notice o to d occur every spring among the Rugby schoolboys, yet the t o o ur pu eo t rre a s sro top n to den it t , an ad d ds re re t pot o c r an . praw n: little 3 1)°, ou w ths er P 314 so the practice contulues,--Daily News. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. COLONEL SIR WM. REID has succeeded in introducing the Assam silkworm into Malta. LORD STANLEY, M.P., has offered to contribute £3OO for the erection of public baths and washhouses at King's Lynn—of which borough he is the representative —on con dition that the town council contributes an equal sum to the same object. TIGHT LACING.—A young girl, named Mary Britton, servant in a miller's family of the name of Hall, of Walm gate, has died through wearing a pair of stays belonging to Miss Ann Hall, which were very strong, and tightly a ced, so as to induce a sudden attack of apoplexy. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—As some evidence of the preparations now considered necessary for the commence ment of war, in the event of its been unavoidable, it may be mentioned that the government, having advertised for tenders for the supply of 50,000 gallons of rum, five ten ders were made on Thursday week, and all were accepted, making in all 250,000 gallons. THE REPRESENTATION OP NORTH DITRIIA.M.—It is generally thought in Durham that Lord Adolphus Vane will be brought forward by the Tories to represent the vacant seat in the northern division of the county, caused by the elevation of his brother, Lord Seaham, to the Upper House. The register has been carefully watched by the Liberals during the last two years, so that it is probable there will be a contest. _ _ SERIOUS FIRS AT SEREWSBURY.—On Wednesday night, the timber yard of Mr. Chime, Shrewsbury; caught fire, and property to the value of nearly £3,000 was de stroyed. Several thousand persons assembled, and used such exertions to extinguish the fire and to save the timber that the flames did not communicate to the adjoin ing houses. Tits NITSTRIttOtIS DISAPPEARANCE.—On Thursday, the police authorities of the metropolis received a commu nication from the friends of Mr. T. H. Walsh, the surgeon, of Worcester, whose mysterious disappearance from the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, led to the belief that he had been waylaid and murdered, and whose friends, labouring under that impression, offered a reward of £5O for his discovery, announcing that he had been found, An safe, in one of the southern counties. LOSOBVITY.—The death of one of the oldest inhabitants of Bethnal-green occurred in the infirm ward of the work louse of that parish on Wednesday. The deceased, Jane Green, had been an inmate of the workhouse for many years ; she had now a numerous family, her youngest daughter being now upwards of seventy years. Her faculties were all perfect, and 'her sight so good that she could read any ordinary print, even without the assistance of spectacles, and enjoyed good health to the last, though lately she has been confined 'to her bed. She was in her 104th year. A Sr. PETSRSEURG NEISSPAPER entertains its readers with a picture by no - means flattering to our merchant navy, intended to show that it cannot supply good sailors to our belligerent fleets. It seems, according to this authority, that our wrecks are increasing with enormous rapidity, because out merchant seamen, behind as well as before the mast,, are utterly and incurably addicted to drunkenness'; and, as a proof of the prevalence of this vice, it is mentioneZ that "the earth fuel tihich the Eng lish people are olliged to burn for want of the pine forests With which Russia is blessed" VliS for a whole mouth enorthonsty increased in price In consequence of the sailors employed in the coasting trade having given themselves np'to gin. -•-- - - A PRIGiIiPUL Deana has happeiled to a bricklayer, named Henry Smith, while engaged on some repairs a the 'Stanton iron-works. He was standing on a gas burner over tine of the furnaces, when the burner broke, and befell into the furnace, which was partly full of molten metal. Qteantities of water were instantly poured into the furnace ; the unfortunate mat was seen in a stooping *posture with his hands and his feet in the liquid metal. After' the lapse of two hours and a half a part -of the shrivelled trunk of a man was drawn out of the furnace by meats of a rake. The dreadful occurrence put an end to work for the day ; the strongest and most courageous in were seen crying like 'children when all chance of saving their comrade was gone. The people immediately aubecribed £2O for his family. Law OF SETTLESIENT.—In the year ending at Lady dly, no less than 11f,032 persons were removed from - stamens parishes in Rrigiand and Wales, under orders of 'r e moval obtained by the poor-law authorities, on the ground that their settlement was elsewhere. The expense 'of the orders and removal, without including the cost of trelief before removal, was £13,646. There were, besides, 383 orders made for' the removal of Scotch paupers, and 4,823 for the removal of Irish. It does uct appear how many persons were inaaded in these orders. But these figures do not show 'the whole number of the English removals, for parishes With a population of about 2,400,000 <nearly a seventh of - the kingdom) have omitted to make returns. GENERAL ilaaaraz s CORPSE.—AImost extraordinary account has reached us in a private letter' from Vienna to a high personage here,and has been the talk of our salons for the last few days.. It appears that tae circumstances of the death of General Haynan presented a phenomenon of the most awful-kind on record. For many days after deal% the warmth-of life yet lingered in the right arm and left leg of thecerpse, which remained limp and moist,, even bleeding-slightly when pricked. 'Aro delusion, not withstanding, be maintained as 'to the reality of derith, for the other parts of the 'body were completely ran krtified, andinterment became necessary before the two lin ibs above mentioned had become either stiff or cold. The writer of thtikletter mentioned that this strange cir cumstance hadaircduced the greatest awe in the minds of th ose who witneseed it, and that the emperor had been so impressed'with`'it, that his physicians-bad forbidden the subject to be alhidell to in his presence. Query, can the above singular statement be verified:? 'at was copied from a French paperainrenediately after the decease of General H aynau wasknown in Paris.—Notes avid Queries. PUBLIC DECENCT. AND THE PUBLIC TRESS.—WithOllt as ;timing to' e censors of our contemporaries, and espe cially repudiating any prudish pretentious to superior virtue or morality, we yet think - alert is one subject on wl iich the eorductors of the newspaper. press of England would do well allude to the reports of pro ' ceedings in the pOlice and other courts of law. Within the last fortnight, eases combining every conceivable ingredient of impurity, filth, corruption, and indecency, have been investigated, and by the daily papers faithfully, we may almost say verbatim, reported. 'On the part of • the magistrate there was a disgusting, yet. necessary, duty to perform: he has to bring crime to punishment. The press also has its duty to discharge. Rightly understood, and faithfully and discreetly carried ont, the office of the journalist is lefty and honourable. It is Ito instruct the ignorant, to encourage the good, to protectahe weak, arid, ; .above all, to nsimasileand to brand viee, when the crime or • the offender is beyond the reach of lair. 'Yet, to do this, is it necessary to report literally the evidence of panders, :and to recount with ,disgusting exactitude the iniquities ~ef the brothel ? Occasionally one may read in-the leading :articles of a newepapersin eloquent discourse, which would ale honour to the rilpitadenouncing the immorality of the „cheap publications of the day, and canine the attention of the police to the indecent a •prints in Holywell-street. Turn ,aaathe police reports of -the same paper, and the reader will see pruriency which Holywell-street cannot eaurpass ..•`.! Change places, handy-dandy, which is the Instice —which the thief ?" It is easy -to ,say that the press must faith "fully report the proceedings of courts 'of justice:;: but a report can be faithful without being minute. For our „own part, we confess we cannot see any difference ineffect tbetween publishing to the last, particular accounts of, vice ,that ,hale actually occurred, -and inventing imagii.sry -scenes of impurity, to ac quirearealth by corrapting.the , minds nf the ignorant. —The P. lets. SACKIMTO DEATH OF AN ANALYTICAL death of Mr. James Haywood teacher of chemistry* the Wesleyan College, Sbeffield,,,occurred on Thursdny morning, antler most distressing and melancholy circum stances. On the previous eveuing, a sbout six o'clock, Mr. Haywood *ma .engaged in the laboratory at the college, preparing for his lecture to the pupils that evening, and it was necessary for him to pour into,,,s phial a quantity of sulphuricacid•contained in a large bottle in a hamper. It appears that thetamper was getting worn out, and Mr. Haywood incantionsly lifted up the bottle by itself, when the acid contained in the bottle, being meth heavier than w ater, broke the glass and ran on Mr. llaywood's clothes. A quantity of the acid also fell upon the klress of a boy, a pupil at the college, who was assisting ltho, and burnt t h roug htis clothes; ;but as the lad was rushing out of the place to get some water , he was sei zed 'by one of the' teachers. who'tore off ins 'burning clothes, and held him for about taveeta' Minutes while he was pumped on:with cold water. By these means, and in eonsecomiet of the fresh air which he inhaled, the boy escaped with a few burns, and is now considered out of danger. It fared differently, however, -with Mr. Haywood. On 'finding that the bottle tad brokeieake let it fall ; and at the same time he fell forward on the floor. lie inflicted a deep gash in his hand with part of the broken bottle. FrOm this time Mr. Haywood appears 'to have lost his usual preserce of mind, and instead of holding his breath and escaping from the room instantly, he lay for some moments inhal akig the deadly fumes of the •poisonous liquid. After re maining some time in the laboratory, breathing an atmos phere charged with the'exhallations,of the acid, he was at leagth taken away and conveyed ie a very distressing con dition to his home, where he lingered till his death, which occurred about five o'clock on the following morning. Mr. Haywood was an analytical chemist .of great celebrity, and occupied a distinguished place as a public lecturer on chemistry, as applied, to agricultural science as , well as to manufactures. THE LATE CHRISTOPHER SHAW ROE, Esq.—A painful ' gloom was cast over the inhabitants of this borough gene rally, on Tuesday morning last, by the sudden death of Christopher Shaw Roe, Esq., Summer-hill, [near Maccles field. He transacted business in the town on Monday, apparently in good health, and retired to rest that night without the least symptom of indisposition. Early next morning, however, he was found to be in a state of fatal lethargy. Medical assistance was immediately obtained ; but all that the best professional skill could bring to hear upon his ease was of no • avail. He never even rallied so far as to exhibit the least sign of consciousness, and in a few hours he expired without a struggle. T he removal of this good man has made a serious gap in our commu nity. Disinclined, from constitutional peculiarities, to take that lead in society which so often distinguishes men of showy parts, he was one who unostentatiously with the most conscientious integrity, the duties of his station • and by all who knew him he was acknow ledged 'to be a man of sterling worth and unbounded kindness of heart. As the patron of Christ Church, with its subordinate appliances of daily and Sunday schools, &c., his loss will be severely felt. To the prosperity of these he was keenly alive. We believe that we are under the mark when he say, that within the last twenty years he has expended upon them not less than £,7,000; and we know that, shortly before his death, he had made arrangements for an outlay of at least £6OO upon the sacred edifice built and endowed by his grandfather. His attachment to the Church of England was fervent, and his loyalty enthusiastic. We need hardly add, that in his political opinions he was an inflexible supporter of the Protestant Constitution in Church and State. But a better tribute to his memory, than any we could pro nounce, will be found among the poor. Of these, it may be said truly, that, " when the ear heard him it blessed him, and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him — the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." Many a cottage latch was lifted, a nd many a threshold crossed by him when the world saw nothing of the ministry of mercy, nor even the left hand lam lv what the right 44 dicl,---Mgccles,field Courier. PARISH VESTRIES:A bill in the Commons has been printed to enable the vestries of parishes in England and Wales to exercise certain powers for effecting local works and improvements in their respective parishes, and pro moting the common welfare of the inhabitants. On a re quisition the churchwardens are to summon a vestry. A committee is to be appointed, and sanitary powers to be given to such committee. Parishes may be divided into districts. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A paper has been presented to both houses of Parliament, showing that in the half-year ended 31st December last, 157 persons were killed by railway accidents, and 258 were injured.. The increase of railway in the period was 174 miles, making the length now open in the United Kingdom 7,686 miles. FELONY.—At the quarter sessions held at Ipswich, on Friday, Mr. Wright Hunt, aged 53, a corn merchant of considerable business in that town and the neighbouring markets, was found guilty of stealing a silk purse, con taining £2 19s. ld., the property of Miss Maria Powles, of Mundesley, Norfolk, while travelling in a train from London. He was sentenced to six months' hard labour. THE JEWS.—It is stated that the whole number of Jews in England is only 30,000-20,000 of whom are located in London. Russia contains ten and a quarter millions. Constantinople 80,000, and India 17,000. It is also stated that, out of the 20,000 in London, 2,000 are baptised Christians. LORD Jorrsr RUSSELL'S BRIBERY BILL.—Lord John Russell's Bribery Bill has been printed. His definition of bribery includes a voter's asking for or receiving any re ward or employment for himself, or for any other person, on account of his vote being given or withheld. Besides a pecuniary penalty for bribery, and its being a misde meanour, any person lawfully convicted of it is to be for ever incapable of being a member of parliament, or of voting at any election of a member. The definition of treating includes payment at any time for provisions for any person for the purpose of corruptly influencing his vote at the election, or on account of his voting or refrain ing from voting at the election ; there is a pecuniary penalty for this, or for using undue influence by intimi dation, or the infliction or threat of any damage or loss, or for making any illegal payment, and it involves also disa bility to sit in the then parliament. No candiclate, self or his agent, is to give or allow cockMs, or other marks of distinction, after the teste of the writ of summons ; the penalty for each offence to be . £2. Paid agents, attor neys, flagmen, &c., are not to vote. Every candidate, before consenting to pay anything beyond his mere per sonal expenses, is to appoint in writing an agent for the payment of the election expenses, notice of the appoint ment, or any of change in it, to be inserted within seven days in some newspaper in circulation at the place ; and any payment of expenses, except through this agent, is to be an illegal payment, and subject to a penalty of £lO to any one who shall sue for the same. Tun REVOLVERS. —We learn that Colonel Colt's re volvers have been supplied to a large proportion of the Guards and general officers marching for the seat of war. We-should be glad to hear that the Board of Ordnance had'decided that this useful weapon was to be adopted in the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Marines, as well as by the private soldiers in the Army. Let a soldier be in combat with three or four antagonists, and rely upon his *bayonet as a means of defence, in the long run, ten to 'one he would be overpowered ; but, if he is armed with a revolver, he could, when hard pressed, throw the musket into the left hand, and for a few moments parry thrusts with it while he drew his revolver, and with his right hand picked off his men, the left all the while parrying with the firelock the thrusts of his enemies. In case of riot, a sword comes off second best in competition with brickbats and revolvers. The Russians, it is said, are armed with revolvers : if so, this question should no longer be delayed.—Army Des-patch. FlRE.—About 10 o'clock on Thursday night a fire broke out at the papier mache works ofMessrs. Bielefield,Welling ton-street North, Strand. The establishment is 90 feet deep by 36 feet wide, and 80 feet high, under one roof. The pre mises were builthy the firm in 1839, at a cost of upwards of £5,000. There are five floors above the basement story. It was en the fourth floor that the fire broke out. The alarm very soon reached the interior of the LyceumTheatre, and the audience, in a state of uncertainty as to the pre cise locality of the fire, manifested considerable anxiety, until it was announced to them that all who desired to leave might find egress through the private box entrance in Burleigh-street. The Queen and Prince Albert, with Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, had retired previously to the alarm reaching the interior of the house. There was a most lamentable want of water, and more than half-an hour elapsed after the arrival of the engines before any attempt could be made - to stay the progress of the flames. The fire soon descended to the third story, and thence to the second, which with those above it, was destroyed, with the whole of the valuable contents ; but the fire did not penetrate further, and before one o'clock all danger was at an -end. THE BURNUATA MURDER.—The trial of Moses Hatto, 'for the murder of Mary Ann Sturgeon, at Burnham, on - the Ist of November last, came on before Lord Campbell, at the Aylesbury Assizes, on Wednesday morning, and germinated on Thursday evening. The deceased, it will Ibe recollected, was murdered and set fire to, while the :prisoner, the only 'person on the premises, pretended to -be asleep. The case for the crown being closed, Mr. Parry :addressed the jury for the prisoner in a -speech of nearly ` - `three hours. The. learned judge having summed up, the la ry, at half-past two o'clock, retired to ocnsider their ver -I:diet. At twenty minutes to six o'clock they returned into L.court, and delivered a verdict of guilty. His Lordship, .meter stating that he fully concurred in the verdict, and *flat the midnight murder of which the prisoner had been found guilty wasone of the most barbarous in the criminal annals of this country, proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual terms. At times his Lordship appeared ~almost choked with emotion, but the prisener heard both the verdict and the sentence with stolid indifference. He has since confessed his-guilt. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BILL.—Tbk bill, brought r ix, by Lord J. Russell, has been rinted. It remodels and amends the machinery for the taial Of election peti lions. There is to he an ex parte inquiry )before a preli -1 itiinary committee, whether there is ettith reasonable :gvcund for the petitioners' allegations of bribery, treating, crundue influence, that-the petition should he allowed to goon; and if it be, the petitioner duly prosecuting his petition, shall (unless the election committee to whom it is referred report that the allegations were made without Teascnable or probable grounds) receive his. costs from therreasury. If a petition be not bonii fide, prosecuted, the• Speaker may appoint an agent to prosecute at the public expense. Every election committee is to be at tended by an assessor, who is to advise the•.commi ttee, but not to vote; and, for•this purpose, ten barristers, of ten years' standing, are to. be appointed by the Crown, before the meeting of every parliament, and Asne before every subsequent session, each assessor to hold his Ap pointment for the session, and be paid 81.0140. The sitting, member, if required by the petition, is to deliver in an account of his election expenses and liabilities, OT eke he is not to be admitted to defend his return. If the sittm' g member is unseated for, bribery, treating,,or undue influence, a candidate having polled two-thirds of the number.of valid votes polled %by that member Stall be declared iduly elected. Commissioners to inquhse, into corrupt practices are to issue on the reports of election committeee, unless the House of Commons shall otherwise determine.; and where a committee report a member or candidate, cr his agent, guilty of bribery, treating, or undue influence, a copy of the report is to be sent to the Attorney-General, who shall prosecute, unless he be.of opinion thatthere is good reason to tbe contrary; a report from the committee that the offender (not being a party to or opposing the petition) made a-true disclosure, is- to be deemed onificient reason. A member or a candidate who has appeared before a committee as a party, if re ported by them to he guilty of bribery, treating, undue ; influence, or making au illegal payment, by himself or jlis agents, hut with his consent, is to be incapable of sitting as a meraer, as if he had been. convicted of such . . .offence in .a court ( of law ; but if the comuuttee report that *the offence was .committed without his-cousent, or that ibe has contracted can illegal liability, the imapacity shall ,only be to sit for the same place in the then parliament. pen WITIK RVVEILL—The following copy of a despatch froi the Foreign offx.e, in answer to an application made by the British Consul; at Riga, who, at the instance of the merchants of that city, had requested information relative to what respect woiliti be paid by British cruisers, in the event of war, to bong l eis British property, the produce of Rusaikitshipped on board neutral vessels," was eirculated at the i&ltic Coffee-house this afternoon Foreign office, Feb. .16. "The , Earl of Clarendon has 'hail under his consideration your despatch of the 26th ult. ' enelosing a copy of a i letter from —of Riga, requesting-to ttie informed -` What respect woul d be paid by British craisetn, in the event of war, to ,bona "fide British property, the pro ' duce of Russia, ,if shipped on board neutral vessels:?' I have to acquaint you in reply, that property of -the description in ,question—the produce of Russia, and exported therefrom by and on account of a British mer chant domiciled and trading there,—although purchased before the war, and exp orted to England, would not be respected by her Mluesty:s cruisers, unless in pur suance of a license, or some speoial instructions from her Majesty to the °dicers of her navy. By the law and practice of nations, a belligerent has a right to consider as ,enemies all persons who reside in a hostile country, or who maintain commercial establishments therein ; whether these people be by birth neutral, allies, enemieS, or fellow subjects, the property of such persons exported from such countries is therefore res koainin, and, as such, lawful prize of war ; such property will be considered as a prize, although its owner is a native-born subject of the captor's country, and although it may be in transition to that country; and its being laid on board a neutral ship will not protect the property. You will therefore inform whom it may concern that, in the event of war, the pro perty will not be protected by the consular certafieate, or by any other document, but will be liable to capture and condemnation as prize." WoatAN'S CONvENTION. — The Woman's Rights' Convention was opened at Albany on the 14th nit. Though the drizzling rain, ice, water, and mud i n the streets kept the timid within doors, several hundred men and women were In attendance. Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, called the meeting to order, and nominated for president Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of Seneca Falls; which nomination the convention accepted. The Rev. Miss Brown, &dm the Business Committee, read a series of resolutions, setting forth, among other things, "That for men to govern women, without consent asked or granted, is to perpetuate an aristocracy utterly hostile to the principles and spirit of free institutions; and that it is time for the people of the United States, and every State in the Union, to put away for ever that remnant of despotism and feudal oligarchy—the caste of sex. That the fundamental error of the whole structure of legislation and custom, whereby women are practically enslaved, even in this Republic, is the preposterous fiction of the law, that in the eye of the law husband and wife are one per son, that person being the husband; and that the final result is that system of tutelage, miscalled protection, by which the industry of women is kept on half-pay, their af fections trifled with, their energies crippled, and even their noblest aspirations wasted away in vain efforts, ennui, and regret." The resolutions proceed at great length in this strain ; and the editor of the New York Herald coin plains that the convention have sent him a copy of an ad dress to the Legislature "four columns long !" He is provoked into adding, " While these women are wasting time at Albany, nurses are wanted in every part of the country, at wages ranging from $5 to $25 per month, ac cording to capability. These women complain that they are deprived of their rights, have no opportunity of tnakin g pioney, and yet refuse to fill situations when offered," ARRIVAL AND EMBARKATION OF MORE TROOPS AT LIVERPOOL. ON Friday morning, Liverpool was again the scene of much excitement, caused by the arrival of the main body of the 77th or East Middlesex regiment of infantry, to be em barked on board the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's screw-steamer Kangaroo, Captain Johnson, for Malta. The corps, for the last twelve months had been stationed at Glasgow, but for the week preceding their embarkation they had been removed to Preston, whence they were conveyed by rail to Liverpool on Friday morn ing, in a train consisting of fifty-three carriages, drawn by two powerful engines, and arrived shortly after eleven o'clock ; their entrance into the station being appro priately heralded by the explosion of a number of detonat ing signals. The regiment, about 950 strong, was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Egerton. The troops were received by Lord Cathcart, commander of the Lancashire district, and Colonel De Rinzy, commandant of the Liverpool division ; Colonel Swan, of the local pen sioners ; J. Buck Lloyd, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, and several officers belonging to different militia corps. A body of the borough police was also in attendance, under the direction of Captain Greig and Superintendents Quick and Brenan. _ _ The arrival of the train conveying the troops was wel comed by loud and repeated cheers from a large assemblage of spectators occupying the platform. The soldiers hav ing adjusted their accoutrements, fell into rank in the station, whence they marched, in excellent order, the band, notwithstanding the heavy rain which had fallen, but just ceased, striking up joyously "The days when we went gipsying," and proceeded, by Tithebarn-street, Ex change-street East, and Dale-street, towards the Exchange area, where it had been arranged they should parade. The square all round and under the piazza was densely crowded, and all the windows looking into the area were thronged by well-dressed ladies and gentlemen, and by all present the reception accorded to the troops as they marched into the Exchange area was most enthusiastic, the drams and fifes playing , in thrilling tones " Here's a Health to all Good Lasses." On the colours being unfurled, three loud cheers resounded through the assembled crowd, and these were repeated as the legendary inscriptions borne by the regi mental standard were read by successive groups of specta tors. This flag bore on its centre the Prince of Wales's 1 plume of feathers, encircled in a band inscribed with the words " East Middlesex ;" the other inscriptions were, " Seringapatam," "Badajoz," " Ciudad Rodrigo," " Penin sula." The men having drawn up on the west and north sides of the area, the band struck up the " National Anthem ;" they presented arms, and the crowd gave three vociferous cheers, after which the corps wheeling round into Chapel-street, marched by Oldhall-street, Dublin street, and Regent-road, towards the Wellington Dock, from the quay of which they embarked in the Kangaroo. Along the whole protracted line of march the regiment was accompanied by a dense crowd, and every spot of 'vantage which offered a view of the spectacle was occupied i by numerous bodies of spectators, all of whom gave willing token of enthusiastic sympathy in the exciting scene. During the early part of the day heavy showers had fallen, which no doubt prevented many from attending who would otherwise have been present ; but just a few minutes before the troops marched from the railway sta tion the rain ceased, and by the time they reached the Exchange, the sun shone brilliantly, which was by many hailed as of happy omen to their expedition. They are a fine body of men, mostly young, and accom panying the regiment were half-a-dozen of recruits, who had not donned the regimentals. The Kangaroo, which is very commodiously fitted up for the accommodation of the troops, sailed on Saturday morning, about half-past nine o'clock. WARLIKE MOVEMENTS. THE 4th Regiment embarked in safety on board the Golden Fleece, at Granton Pier, Edinburgh, on Wednes day afternoon. The gallant corps was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations, and about 30,000 of the inha bitants accompanied them to the scene of embarkation. The Niagara, with the 28th Regiment, arrived at Malta on the 4th of March. The Ripon, with the Guards, arrived at Malta on March 5. It is stated that orders have been received in Dublin for the following corps to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the seat of war :-4th Dragoon Guards, 11th Hussars, and Major Dupuis's brigade of Artillery. An order, it appears, has been issued to the assistant-surgeons of the depots serving in the United Kingdom, notifying that they are to proceed instanter to Constantinople, and and that their duties, in the mean time, will be discharged by civil medical practitioners. The 27th Regiment is now concentrated in Dublin, previous to immediate em barkation for foreign service. On Friday, the queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, left Buckingham palace for Osborne to inspect the Baltic fleet, at Spithead. They reached the Clarence Yard, Portsmouth, and embarked in the steam yacht Fairy. The instant the little Fairy was under steam, the Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear Admiral Corry, and the Valorous, 16, paddle, Captain Claude H. M. Buckle, dressed ship, manned yards, and saluted. The onward progress was marked by the Victory saluting ; the compliment was then taken up by the garrison battery, and, as the Fairy emerged from the harbour's mouth, a magnificent sight broke forth upon the assembled multitude. Twenty ships of war thun dered forth a Royal salute, and, at the same moment, the sun burst through the heavy clouds and displayed the mighty engines of peace or war to the delighted spectators. The fleet did not dress, because of the unpropitious state of the weather. They hoisted the three ensigns at their trucks, and manned to topgallant yards, cheering their I Qtteen with honest and heartfelt enthusiasm. FITTING-OUT ARMED VESSELS. Tim follownig appeared in the London Gazette of Friday :—BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCELMATION. Victoria, it—Whereas, by an Act of Parliament passed in the 59th year of the reign of his late Majesty, King George 111., entitled "An act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting-out or equipping in His Majesty's dominions vessels for warlike purposes without His Ma jesty's license," it is, among other things, enacted that if any person within any part of the United Kingdom, or in any part of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas. shall, without the leave or license of His Majesty, hiS heirs, or successors for that purpose first had and obtained, under the sign manual of His Majesty, his heirs, or suc cessors, or signified by order in Council or by proclamation of His Majesty, his heirs, or successors, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or attempt or endeavour to equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be con cerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent, or in order that, such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreip prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people, or of any per son or persons exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of government in or over any foreign state, colony, province, or part of any province or people, as a transport or store-ship, or with intent to cruise or commit hostilities against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the sub jects or citizens of any prince, state, or potentate, or against the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in any colony, province, or part of any province or country, or against the inhabitants of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or coun try, with whom His Majesty shall not then be at war; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to His Majesty, issue or de liver any commission for any ship or vessel to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid, .every such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the court in which such offender shall be convicted, and every suet ship or vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may belong to or be on board of any such ship or vessel shall be forfeited ' • and whereas it has been represented to us that ships and vessels are being built in several,places within the United Kingdom, and are being equipped, furnished, and fitted out, especially with steam machinery, with intent that they shall be employed as aforesaid without our royal leave or license for that pur pose first }bad or obtained, or signified, as aforesaid ;—we have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our royal proclamation, warn ing all our-subjects against taking part in such proceedings, which we ace determined to prevent and repress, and which cannot fail to bring upon the parties engaged in them the punieCaments which attend the violation of the jaws. Given at ouner . ...urt at Buckingham Palace this 9th day of March. in the year of our Lord 1854, and in the 17th year of our reign.---aon SAVE TIES Q LIBBY. 271E' I?USSZ4,Ar ARMY in WALLACHIA. TIM Vienna correspondent of the Times says, "Au Austrian, whollas just returned froni Bucharest, has given me some perfetetly credible information relative to the state of things .in the unfortunate principality of Wallachia. The people, &yards and peasants, hate the Russians with a deadly hatred, and can hardly suppress their satisfaction when they see, by the 'large Consign ments of wounded men, thatiheir oppressors are making no progress. `The foreign public has no idea of the losses which the Russians have sustained, and are continually sustaining. Bucharest is little lbetter than an immense hospital.' This information is .confirmed by a letter of the 27th of February, received by the Medical Journal from Wallachia. Wounded men are continually brought in from the bank of the river, and as almost all the wounds are inflicted with the bayonet or the sword, it is evident that the men fight hand to hand. The tomplaint is made that the continual inroads of the Turks, by day and night,' prevent all regular operations. Ague, dysentery, and typhus are more prevalent than ever, and the sick list.for January showed thirteen per cent. The February list; however, will give more than fifteen per cent., as the engagements at Brailow and Olteuitza cost us 517 wounded men.' By the time the men reach the regular hospitals the wounds are generally gangrenous. The skirmishes in Little Wallachia are so continual, that in Krajova and Slatina there is not an empty bed to be found in the hospitals. The spri ng , w hi c h i s now rap idl y approaching, cannotfail to bring with it the u sua l e pid em i c and endemic complaints. In the countries on the left or low bank of the Danube this season of the year is always most trying to the constitution, and now sy m pt oms o f a dearth are beginning to appear, which will naturally make matters worse. The army cannot but feel this most." The correspondent adds—" The men could not have suffered more from the most sanguinary pitched battles than they have during.the last seven months from forced marches, sudden advances, still more sudden retreats, con tinual alarms, unexpected changes of garrison, and over filled lodgings. Add to this that th e above-mentioned manoeuvres took place on ground which frequently had a covering of snow three feet deep, where the roads were regular sloughs, the quarters miserable beyond concep tion, the men often without good bread and water, and oftener without a bit of wood with which to kindle a fire. To the foregoing evils comes another. We are nowhere welcome, because we must share the house with the pro prietor, take his cattle for transport service, and his fresh provisiims whenever and wherever we can get at them. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.. AN adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, his worship the Mayor presiding. WATCH, LIGHTING, &C. COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committee comprised resolutions awarding (subject to the approbation of the Council) several sums, to be paid out of the Borough Fund, to persons belonging to the oonstabularly force of the borough, as compensation for wounds and severe injuries received by them in the performance of their duty, and as allowances to such of them as have been disabled by bodily injuries received in the service. The Committee also recommended that the sticks should be taken from the night-men, with the exception of the superintendents, and that batonsl with whistles, as in the Glasgow force, and rattles should be served out to the force instead. After a short discussion the resolution was withdrawn, the Chairman promising that the subject should be recon sidered by the Committee.—On the motion of Mr. Tomr, seconded by Mr. GREGOR, the report was unanimously adopted.—ln answer to Mr. Alderman PARKER it was stated that the Engineers' Report upon the Gas justified the Committee in stating that a great improvement could be made in the quality of the gas, which would involve also a great saving in the quantity used.—Applications for allowances made by several officers who had been disabled by bodily injuries received in the service were conceded. COURTS OP LAW AND ST. GEORGE'S HALL COMMITTEE. Mr. Alderman TURNER moved the adoption of the proceedings of this Committee, and in doing so said, the Committee were desirous that the proceedings in connexion with the opening of St. George's Hall should be conducted by the Council in a manner worthy of the Corporation and of the edifice, which commanded the admiration of all who saw it. To effect this object the Committee hoped the Council would continue confidence in them a little longer. The motion having been seconded by Mr. Alder man HoLmE, was unanimously agreed top--A letter from Dr. Dickenson, local secretary to the British Association, announcing that the meeting is to be opened on the 20th September, was read and referred to the Committee. MALLETS' COMMITTBE. The proceedings comprised recommendations to increase the salaries of Mr. George Reid, Mr. Andrew Tyrrell, Mr. J. Thompson, and Mr. Edward Jones, leave-lookers and inspectors of meat, from £B4 to £lOO per annum each ; as well as a recommendation. to increase the wages of the weighers and market constables two shillings per week each.—After some discussion the proagedings were con firmed, as were also those of the Education Committee. GAOL COAULITTEE. The minutes of the proceedings of this committee were read, which called forth some severe strictures from Mr. HENDERSON, who complained of the dilatoriness with which the works at the new gaol had been conducted, and of the unbusinesslike manner in which the whole of the proceedings had been gone about.—Mr. Alderman Hox.3lE successfully vindicated the committee, and justified the style in which the works had been gone about and carried on.—The proceedings of this, and of the Town Hall Establishment Committee, were confirmed. HEALTH COAtMITTEF.. After the minutes of the proceedings of this committee had been read, Mr. Alderman BOLD directed attention to the disgraceful state of the footpath on one side of Bruns wick-road. A discussion ensued, which ended in the proceedings of the committee being confirmed.—Mr. Alder man COOPER, pursuant to notice, moved that clause 32 of the proposed Sanitary Bill, which fixed the payment by composition on premises not exceeding £lO of annual rent, at an assessment of " two-thirds" of the net annual value, be altered to " one-half." After a few remarks, the proposed alteration was agreed to.—The proceedings of the Gardens and Church. Expenditure Committees were also confirmed. WATER COMMITTEE. The report showed an increase of £2,450 on the gross revenue of the previous year, the arrears being less by £2,681. LIBRARY AND XIIHRITAL. This committee recommended an increase from 21s. to 258. per week on the wages of Mr. Hudson, the assistant librarian, and also the purchase of the collection of draw ings, plans, and engravings, which belonged to the late Mr. Thomas Binn. The first proposal was agreed to. On the second, a discussion arose, which led to a motion by Mr. FERNIHOUGH, directly negative of the committee's recommendation. A vote being taken for the committee's recommendation or Mr. Fernihough's amendment, the former was carried by the casting vote of the Mayor.—A memorial from the overseers of Toxteth-park for the for mation of a public library and museum for that district, was referred to the Library and Museum Committee. THE HACKNEY CARRIAGES COMMITTEE'S recommen dation to appoint Richard Byers inspector of hackney carriages, at 335. per week, in room of James Johnston, was adopted. A number of applications for increase of salary were then considered. We give the names of the applicants and the result of their petitions : —Mr. Richard Moore, weighing-clerk at the North Haymarket ; Mr. Alexander Neilson, clerk in the treasurer's office, Corn wallis-street ; to lie on the table. Mr. William Appleton, collector at the Pownall-square Market, referred to the committee. The sub-officers of the Borough Prison ; Mr. John B. Pedlar, schoohnaster at the Borough Prison ; Mr R...Tyrer, collector at the Fishmarket, Queen's-square; Mr. John Bowes, collector at the North Haymarket ; to lie on the table. Mr. John Radcliffe and Mr. Thomas S. Tyrer, collectors at St. John's Market, referred to the committee. Mr. William Kirby, messenger at the Town hall, referred to the committee. Mr. John Edwards, messenger at the Town-hall, to lie on the table. THE AUTHORITY LED DITTIES OP WATER BAILIFFS. Mr. MANIC brought forward his motion for the appoiret , ment of a special committee to inquire and report as to the authority and duties of the water-bailiff, and the necessity of providing rules for regulating the anchorage of vessels in the River Mersey; also, as to the necessity, for bylaws for the regulation of boat 41.14 d boatmen carry ing passengers to and from vessels in the river, and the adoption of scales of rates for sue?, employment. In bringing it forward he said he was pressed on by the Underwriters' Association, the Ship owners ' A ssoc i at i on, and the Pilots Committee. He denied any intention to throw reflection on the Finance Committee.—Mr. LIR , TLEDALE seconded the motion.—The appointment of a committee was carried by a majority of 17 to 13. Several additional applications by corporation officers for increase of salary, not upon the printed paper, were postponed till next meeting. An application from the ratepayers of St. Anne . -street for a clock on Trinity meeting was referred to the Finance Committee, and the meeting adjourned. HORTICULTURE. IN the conservatory there should now be a very brilliant display of Came Has and New Holland Acacias, both of which require considerable care in watering. Remember that the soil should never be allowed to become dry, and wetness should be quite as carefully avoided ; a general dampness of all the soil contained in the pots is all that is required. In the peach-house, where the young fruit is now set, examine the trees carefully, and see that the red spider is not commencing its ravages ; if so, fumigate without delay, and nip the evil in the bud. Mildew, too, may be feared : nothing will destroy this but the appli. cation of sulphur, which is most effectual, applied as a wash,—that is, mixed with water. FLOWER GARDEN.—This department should now be got into thorough order. Prune rose trees, and fork over the beds, giving manure liberally to the roots of stand ar d and dwarf roses. KITCHEN GARDEL—The active work of this depart ment has now fairly commenced, and, if not already done; it is necessary without delay to get in the crops of early potatoes, peas, parsnips, radishes and lettuce in frames, longpod and Mazagan beans, spinach, early Horn carrot, and turnip. Plant out a succession of early York cabbage. I. THE SCREW-STEAMER SARAH SANDS.—An American paper (The Portland, state of Maine,) of the 21st ult., gives the following particulars relative to this vessel : 'Die steam-ship Sarah Sands, Capt. Washington Ilsley, from. Liverpool, on the 31st of January, was signalised at the observatory at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, passed the forts at half-past four o'clock, and came direct to her wharf, enabling her passengers to land at six o'clock. Al though her news had been anticipated by telegraph from the Canada at Halifax, she brings papers and lettere of a later date than any yet received in Portland, the Canadian mails not having yet arrived in our city. The steamer Canada, which left Liverpool on the 4th, passed the Sarah 1 Sands on Wednesday, the 15th, off Cape Race, and pnt into Halifax to deliver her mails. The Sarah Sands kept on her course towards Portland, got ahead of the Canada, which passed her again on Friday, and reached Boston at twelve a.m. on Saturday. Capt. Ilsley and the officers of the Sarah Sands have much OCCUSMiI so congratulate them selves on their good fortune and the good lack of their vessel. She left Portland on the 26th of December, fairly. dodging the severe storm which set in upon nt the nextday, and has made a second voyage from Portland to Liverpool and back in the short space of 55 days. UNLIMITID LIABI mr.—Another illustration has been furnished of the working of the law of unlimited liability... On the 27th of January it was mentioned that Vice- Chancellor Stuart had given an important judgment, to the effect that a certain, shareholder in a concern called the Sea Assurance Company was , not liable to be sned for a fresh call, he having already paid the - amount of his shares in full, while there were many shareholders who had only paid part ; the deed of the company, moreover, having stipulated th a t no one should be liable beyond his subscription. The affair at the time attracted considerable attention, since not only the judgment itself, but the re marks by which it was accompanied, seemed to warrant an impression that the Joint stock Companies Act afforded more of the advantages of the system of limited partner' ship than had hitherto been supposed. It now appears , however, that an appeal was made to the Lord Chancellor, and that a fresh judgment was delivered on Thursday, reversing the former one. The course of the affair hi has, therefore, been, that th e or d er was first made a master in Chancery, that it was d ec l ared void b y th e VI aia I , : d that it cellor, and the money directed to he restored, Lord an d has finally been re-established by the —an additional the whole cost of the proceedings fallina:ntire concern weight upon the few shareholders in t he a farthing. One who have been found capable of pay in F aitic h as, from the r P juj b , ll o c n hitherto good effect, however, has resulted, ,a' are now given escaping unlimited cl ot r rv iy a ba tio u n n s d o e f rs h ta is nd lo t rd ha s t h t ip h , l3 t w p am e ypof enter tained, that there is no legal i responsibility in such case'',, perfectly correct, and th a t all statements that may b e put forward to the contrary * on . In the present i ns t ance it gross attempts el o f ssr eculators are to be regarded a n. mu to the terms of th e d eed ' was decided that, er e s hareholders of the Sea ASSuran even in the prospectu a ses t d nuacco ..ng entered into bY t-h there was no clause that ; but, putting that point on= could exonerate y partyan" kth rt . t‘Y f distinctly co net took e oppo um 0 netly pro one side, the co construction of the Joint-stock e i ng that no .Com-- noun ; nor any deeds, agreements, or notices that - - ~,„,e s Act, entered into or published by shareholders, can.; may be t h e slightest effect in shielding them from the full have Company among themselves, personal liability for every claim that thes.reditqrs of Cl I . n o r t a king may be able to establish/41,4'6AL p0()i, I'A. NnA rip -+. rGittAll