The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

1 jill 4..•2;adlllojbe 4 MI. Lo y, ISGELtotal it is;:ohbo to 1 , 00 , 40.. ii, Trish m a y, We ConStellation left the Waterloo Dock, i n e d T o r f ea th s e nr ." ..A reseli t to, i r ler l arit • re u P w ards of seven hundred and fifty is to be rioc gaged in cutting the inscrip wttld°l 41 0 eirlisthe4re,dintoewntellof George's-ball. The legend bn on ci . l es tion. consiliis locum municipes o ffice se rmon, _n mini, 1842." last weal I,2'fteOttb e, I.° Tuesday evening, at St. Paul's utter id for uY the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, the sum of w ere ;t1 a a t id s o . f the Church Missionary Asso receiveu AO5 thUMb erian" .4 "441 :!s F o Y d . e w"A4 s e t A r e o f ki t il ' a tourton, two children were bit verde chase by several armed men, the tloT t e B to prevent Mr. Gorst, surgeon, adopted the communication of the dis -4 turen. ei th e e v rcur tox tth qrst classi c a l SCROOL.—At Clare Hall, Cam gt., M r. Prize was awarded on Saturday, "u* Thomas Barber, Iliff Scholar of 444 whilst h od ward f rlopi ng a ward Jones, a butcher's assis woe,; from h e along Dingle-lane, he tinfor -4 on the an back, and received a se "eacl• He died on the following W skie" l ent of 3fl. ' ; nor/ being chsto vraira i Sir j the bered, resiguLd • as b e pro"- 11 be held at of org a ralS 11 pose division 0 ta b 0 pro, io orp bt, !mum' ergY, gentlf sll° tio of toftli!, Mersey, lir .ip 1 , 4 Itl ni iti "dl7, the e h, Watkins, Captain Langlois, 11 1 lad l e .. .st; inci,...noin_ Mazatlan,. with a valuable 41 4 401 , t z thi tl i e te el weig 'i l l n : 8 6 c 3 w o t . u c n o c n e s s i gn v ej u t e o d a a L t olzi 2 o o n . Nay kliit3ltr• Mayer's, in Lord-street. th 4 Ltio, da _ e ert . 14 1 „ ''enrY Hopper, one of the late . • it s i7ary o f 8 1:!on aras liberated . by an or . der 11 ; . el e nDeef ed ,Tte ; p h i s health having been !ra w 4 . Zerl .et ,. „twit other state prisoners will im b. kve l ,,a r illi ota 7 'no c onsideration of government. 4,l;klp, si e t ow _a,, the accomplished vocalist, has re -1,41107,2,40.:"1,Pr0fe55i0n having been married to d es ot is4 l 4 44:elever amateur of Gloucester. She e a kih ti tlai e l ; o music no t eas i ly to be filled, and 1 / 44 , 4 0 ta,, cs aiiti,:,‘ralto Miss M. Williams will indeed lili o , l ao 4tke t - ' e l' concerts and festivals. kowi t tl .N o at in another column it will be seen tlit 3 , t f 11: 11 1114 l i k . of the Chapel for the Indigent 0 4 . 4:1%,,,1a na or D iv ine worship, during the re et,ne'Pefte"oll 4-'4,l4kt lgt Institution, and Cot•lteteo tcortned there on Sunday next. We 1 11 4 I ntat t :av eei a t the committee hare procured so kh,tikitt 41 „ w ent a place for the purpose. 4 4::Nt r_ ll iirr. °l3B lDE.—A London company have It tsto t h ' O llO B -agements for forthwith erecting a i l s 4 4, or k see ni, _ ,„ G n ,, Jr ranorama, within the exten -147:S 0 . 1 1 - t;"ga's Woodside Hotel ; the site is tt4„, „vd,„,, z , d al l d the structure, partly of wood ili ‘ ns op t e hat i i ., 4 r_on, is in so forward a state, t likk %e4 a e i, e TAT THE To y " 11 4x ,, t e tl ed t t o t i: e a gg i t e etl to A be pu n t ex t t oge her, nk i iigust_ On . Thurs. , a, Ego entertainment was given ALL by the Mayor, 44 i tnkt t :, at the Town-hail. The company ) "pr. dji e ntlereen, amongst whom were spa ` 4 aalu the Lord Bisho of the Dio tikllrtilefiooralo,rkthshei;Nle,aysoirr o A f r ß n r o a ld dfd,an d seve- Knight, and a la d : 41 ko c e ot. 1 ma ,Sir clergy, and gentry. ttreti6:heldr,„l‘,l,4sTEßS AND AiATES.—At - a board ~Nti‘kl,Mlif ti::', l °„e 22d of ila Mr Robert Robin ith,letkafie.d-i• ' liuke of Co y, 11 . " of Liverpool, • lr'tli c 413 r second l r s awa ' master's certificate, ints%44itepeorii,,,aolain Thomas a C s ooke Irving, master : I $: N ( , ) f th e ~8 4 Jelin, N. 8., and Captain John I n 11114 l'st-elearlan''' of Liverpool, were found tl tttil k ti z ti clelleity wass sheld before the Stipendiary ktwS r -v5. 1 . 00 laerabers of the Gaol Committee, tist l e tol p eB , of ee I.?, Se ssions' -house, in reference to d , ei ip , Fleet of duty, Src. preferred against q , 18 . 1 nois se l i e, and surgeon of the Borough S'eveirPror‘tankeY, named Taff. All the h i t kk; t tliri roa ` n ; and at the close of the investiga . d tb,S4',.NIAr was administered to the promoter :tillNiti,`4l7ti:lll°,leit.v,l3.—A match k• , theeiLiaese t w:elib: l oT, Saturday last, on 1)1,,,_ te t , e„. 7 t , e ' Withtler, ending by the Belvidere coming N t l'il7 . 4iht th e t ,.. e wickets to go down. We have 0.. S._ %t oe 'anie time, in noticing, how much thlA - vete' and - .1 - ..t °Pipi t new alanly game is becoming around Ltl it e s a 14 . e tt i clubsi have this season been formed,. Ckt h. li hejestifiup'est with which it is entered into. l'lNT,ltc b len ev !" na saying, that at least this truly ip:,ll,oq4otri e (.•,;;! seemed more ' on the ascendant. yo! t _ticl N arwirte a science in itself. In the first kilk,N, elob 8 scored 53, and in the second 39. llVlthi)eleh sect cored 48 in each inning. Hardwick , I : l) l4.Zl 4 a, l 4le li th ei . , d a IT few . er than 35 run . s o . ut of the 10,0 11... keees„, itobinson of the Belvidere was k 0t 1 ,,, , a ,!'rotkm"nl, having scored 30. ,„'Need o s of •*--At three o'clock on Thursday af 1C i -er th del ls dark • d • tt o ,lLfev, a 0 t o „ 0 ) clouds, tinge with blue, Vet, 'ecl ; t aps n " f il, and a thunder-storm was wino.- nett o to"nrth w - rain, however, only fell, and the i 1 .. 0;h tt t l oirst ard, Some rain ensued, but the Kvh o t "_ric ok _ever the Bell-buo, and Cptain 10i0t1 4 had go 'n for the house of -Tessrs. Fielden tz N the ll ° down the channel in the Digby, deft42Skti.tho violent he ever witnessed, and he Riltikl l tt iver: a lter . ms in every part of the .. globe. 4 01, 11 t t 1 % 4 4 4 P' efreo, big as pigeon's eggs. V e have \ \ 4 4 4 4 °f light ai'twas experienced i . nland. A Nery . t i , o tk ..i ß h t ended with contimpus and . al) : 9 !t k et kp lai k ti k " i ng, Passed over the city of Bristol tto i !li @ ,„ 4 'aka ; It was accompanied by heavy 4 ,. , c,,..44 4 , 1 ' la " , tto fall of hail. tt,'N'rea it eea t ,"l,E,N.READ.--O n Tuesday evening S t ol t „ I liti; atZotti s ' l , l s Clara Drayton gave a concert \ 4 i ,.del i qta et f . winch was most respectably and s 1 40 4 1ted, u ti, a nd The singing of the t Tou o i s ig r l a a p d t i o e . iNi e n tti ki peWe r : o4 l the syp were eino n ii several m pms of i l l Vilij flitto,,, l 'etY hi gh expectations ayehbeen 1 4, 4 -4 „.Ye k f e a t o - -u cness, and that they will prove a 1 1 1 , i ll thenaore direct local talent. We have seldom 441 14 i klkint4?ast -- d r i r iot taste, beauty of performance 0 4011 o „ i ng the rich pieces, or sweetneses voice. ca tits Net a t i very,, l. !' s. o tones of the femal il, 1k k ,..00.",'Y t o ',7a ingly, and Mr. Henry Lawson . 41 \ e, V 4 o l ,i 4 l. l. ooifl'ae v i ro L.Lle evening's amusement by his , alti i s " d a• On the whole, a concert has tL ‘kiltliZlS c't , l a ri e ll :a e le l eclat at jli o rke is n i h r ea A d iostyres )titN.l, of thl'°o‘lrhOOod the healthy a a . nd invigo \V PIII)Are,,, Dee are very much enlivened by the 4 1 . 10. einent )i ii •i t ): t nY ' , ate s made by the different pur th of , , where cleanliness, good cooking, , t, e , lls ,. Lit t,the tiealter'gLes, are the order ' of the day. Se -1:)1111%1) til itT tl eip o i u° ases are already occupied, and N 0,,,, eat ii t „ ones have had applications, so the t'i N S , a k ety se "e sea.port would do well in apply- N)Qlo4lhtioec:lanodation and comfort are offered. ;0 t, i Per h ,P l Ying twice a day to Hooton sta -101t,,...1tice;;; in addition to which are two new i,!ill o )N .44 ,.,itor; f liay to Pernihough's Hotel, Tran tktiCjalfo 4 "a all parts can obtain every con tit kt k i n all it with reasonable charges, at Park fiNiS lta. e t its branches is ably 1t,,,,,1ii i N , 'lltati(),j/Ta.----The friends of the Liverpool 4 , 11 11 which has reason to be proud of the 4 8 n ame as attended their first university .4tlittlie East appearing in the first class of the 1 ;4 4 N pl aae sua l i er terra, which on this occasion is Net,t4itieeolopetitorsmall number of four students. lOttit3:ttrilitliSteris Mr. Adam Stor , ey Farrar, t I dt h e ex ,,,.... The !Lev. Dr. Al Neile,. by t.: E. Wriii t , • Far rar '"umen gained at the Collegiate o k i t ,, J ~, as Wasw_,‘ endowed, must he gratified INhi, I . e.nyb e , as the late respected principal,. ~ k t , , 1 10 sh eer are, by whom the foundation of klYi i klaN„a l l e r t s, g i : ll .s was laid.. Of the other Cole- IShl 4 i lkatThg?l ai ,, h .ulaY mention that Mr. Hunt ob -1114.411) wits ° 1 P at Corpus Christi College, Ox ,k 0 04 C o n e 1 1 was in the first class in his first 1,, t tt t ttit's , II ge) Cambridge. Of those who are 4, 1. 4 k i aohilVierd and Buckley have obtained ,\ Nl, l nop t :aaat 8 0 , el lege, Cambridge. II IN , ) upai lk ,t a ;',., THE PRINCE'S PARADE.—On I . l pitik bi ihitty7Ung woman, named Elizabeth Nte'Ne, ,ii -Il t from a " of age, attempted to drown ca ti , e the Prince's Parade into the I,,St coasenillee created considerable excitement ki tt ilq t. kq e l t lloe . of the extraordinary result a , the oPortn, lit °°klng about for a short time, ANLthtier into J when no one was near, .she g t i l i lli ce .'4 , : i a . t ( e )l l : , and cut sank N it , I le. riveras duty, with i a nfo p rmed, ..4.410,1141170era1% aptitude , d . ?!_ l3 T is timely aid he suc- Slu No 8 t tonat e ; I ' ll 4' and personal dander, i‘ik<ol4 oon er, h °man from the death which , ttitrti/13 birth , owever, was she brought on 411 tNl ot ker e Svi ng ta pr a Thud, the shock arising itimitoNlizt,litol, Where were ~,,, 4. ,.. acouncveed. e p d renlature la t bo t u_r e . ,Vie t )lilL e cive e 4 .- 'lay received e l v n er a y c a a t r ten o tio h n. L4(1111342 td4O:iite4reNgsraesiseing favourably. ' light bruises but both kc, n L 4 teto / ;,ng th e The delightful weather we e t `int 8 , 1 11 ,, wi th Past week has naturallydrawn 10 k t e 'ni . D l tO o f the kiesir_ of . t tl 'it , N - N t t f4tei . early Bunanle e r seeing the country 4 ti na l i ° lo e itig e The present,' Zlsuilled' as it has l a %) i u d s just verdantt hesea glades, o n for 140 fettl e a'h o h a to luxuriat Clvskl4 to act fel ' 40 11°t t he eoPPortunity of leaving 4 11 4 * o 4ll t Y lt ° 4 Fi a 7451 7 10n ki„,,,„ 1 ‘,„, nea r to : Period, are necessarily ale k kid t he Zo 1 ~ a. as possible. To such 14 r i , e -of he You ‘.' °mai Gardens." A half iti;6o ktist,:otHie.ation,alaths, fla:rlTamnpalehteolyrin the country, personrws ere objects. it4l )lo4 2 t4 l, 44B l4 llla i t elt e h t e h irl ej u r t e t i l :er u n g f h you . twenty miles en vo c ar e: re d d e t h d ai t st h tmr a a t ac o ttt f i y 11 5 1 kildtk bt *f t he sa c)Peni ng has ex Nvn o h me and visite Lkl%tilkitalh:L4 ititellif eParesewe:coenPsiedrieadth; matter o s f . ,Ynif... Vo. a atn eli s tt l fU llY steatwild the Pleasing features of a ylvi44l7alepilizte,_gave h ee e ° Ifuldscape garden. The q11:4144 wt ,e' e,is tthe muovsatrisetd.rd.increasel since L t ea ol , h aye _ the Ina .,_, rl ir.ig attraction, in tCyOrith Y . e f ..?er, ‘ ,2 l otl eed i' l l'2 l Y painting of Mount tz NiNi t re, tl 7 refr ain 6... work of art critically Ni ik e ,,..!kp rei lt. the p ai ° ll 9 l . further allusion here q tillstttid-71Liell tt °llB af admiration g has received the i r h %01, to tted of e b an ,. a. Ll:oration from all who „IS t i l l a kv; i Of . the evict 6271,tlached to the gardens, Va t it iv e ti oat h ' NA ught o r It Tls Performed in the 4 s, 'Oka Plnti e ° liked e i t xy der. . 1 11 e admirers of instru iik t l b._ere 4t .., u‘tratl osseous remains of o,Zoi r`ue.pdarkure The r 9Us Old friends, who o;4y qtetilin..l,ley hasp.--T ha .111 the flesh " N L , van t.. ~s dte i on - evidences of the aestruc otzhet,thltt :4, tilE I °s ell develo • " Startling con the thel, °4l wh a L il t° such 9l ey are ,thOeisultulthl:Let. be:: ; : a ttoi i tt l l / 441._ i lle b r ih rte ::: 013 : er. v osa l fa l :_il l ia t e h turn e t r t i:hr ooeu o sr ef nomt;ites uo t r it fn : uut o tne n e.man fi ns v.: - -I tt - lkeeted .. quail beforo ! 41 ' I lk)! have bestenrA ;ent. gen tle 6, G.'""A ltry, fin ding 80w ers, fin ding bet ° areabout totes, here o°3 's w built b i l,ed there advantage de picb to the t7 t hiagi" ais state 0 the u t h i'. e .— ces il sat i°u f e Marq uis nit' l air Bastoic. Evansd . rs venor, j. c,Sgp R. Piu . g a nd J. T V, 4ines, ,itoo J. ne_YR.6O rsto L ie o r nd v. No ~ectedOn t,fr. ! sviooo o ,Ns• — ea l asera_u; t ioo:lo co T he oF t ci , e large en i;e•O V , „..; porgy co its ihntralo !i „ e d o, boy -c-ch•001b0.F.164 snea ker el; e tuosii in3P t here 0 0 re 1 an.. r) 9 tbe i A „01 55 ; he gal ler ies OA 11(4 i g eot! e fairer be " p al A A O ee , b haS ..d TO D ten r°`` . l , s tech or) l a d of a;v;- reglaint,/f.G'" s,c.,Loj"' Sm ith, ' area s i ce - to referzn awl L bw to ater -I v en Toic h l:';;;;ofl i I me t.:;•litiaffl - „ k one. egUest ,tOl4O f ecreta r) ,,, o lj 1,3 u. per , " - , g an t,, A r t set; 4. atir b . e r Mr. t so . Alt ai Mr. u 4 l, iispr,,fore ls A ' As to ; - 0 1 0 0 0 0 P a s eo. nor,. /to ;:1; - ' 9 7 . 0 °C 'i 6 ,4 on $ Or V - 3 tI V f id t . 1 0 0 i t 0 a ief bti, q t''` $ aP 'O V Lnd ill 0 ' io cip Tay 0 , 60 50 0 , but Jett a ;e ds 'Tali Ili that he too 01 that ' coal pi i ipt o ,,il bf k li tlifq i 5y,,,,, 5 . 1 l ith wP o eSt ) ,f the 0 tic ° et reo , sion s ' ° hig V ook be es° l . l i ut 0 - d i d / na cre i te . 0 0 d 0 'sons bii5 1) 4 18 6 O f rds Piot c,",/, the In d 0 , 4) F of tb,e, doftiooti tO tiljs bel l e 1139 [G.D' . 4s, A ri ll r T isPi t indo oo t srcei P e o o f 5 ,4 0 . 4! j t 0 0,41% surptr,..g e ir ° the t 'j W e9 Grai'd The psh . s it sii , po , 3edf° l. i;so d ing 14 bes 1 1 1 0 5 1 ,s t ; P el i c 1 ' l eels ortitc, t i 1 0 1 e , ero t i 1 4( fb er twi ce 0 e bee f tile o a . a '''sl ' 4 the te S ° otD e by iu.r;is„,e„la 6 °10' 5 Card 4,0 iouoP or; re On tirel)llY .. fl e Pbr 111D9ert de r - t ;It 7, a re d " ;Ce t i star"cirlo , .11 tie,..joa ~ ' Cb o, 3ri c• and t ,t ; 2 eg, fis f o 1 2 t- re 1 01 , ;0 ,33 0 11'1 hi KO; ba: rif .4 4 , 0 , 0 0,0 A , 4 ct iro o .4io n v , 11 1 ,1 1. 1,f /iie e v on rd. icO r l i tlij: / //, 's 40°1 r vc• i l l ro e." A trt to Esta ti oppW i 6 d titr oil l 'r . c'peel ® i'tei"o;iti':„ The rt Y C. 'n e "I' v veot v7` ova . s pL e , ro vtf ,ej4Doell::‘,ol itvg,, r f e st m . : j ot' e'to e s nl if tl) , te e fett e , g' t° o se d .41.,ti t/to. D $0;04 R.oti t$ n Ice; dr b be )ied twe e tb d eclY s o cciii it so 0 0 , to 9k re 5U f 0 1 0 ' I an d op. tot°te 7 ; id d°' brejtty • o 0 ':1 ifcr u r 11 0 ,i , e 4 0 1 W e • on .14 11 ; 45 ; t el i t in 0,. liF e u tes 5 i 0161,. T l ecoP d fiii iic taN 19 ine r Of ;0 he !,, e 6 ff ont . 0 ve 4 , 1 1,,, Of 50 _ e r e - 4 0 be 9. ,ito' DI A much pains in collecting information on the real state of question. The more effectually to attain their objects they have invited delegates from the various branches of mechanical businesses, in this town to come forward and state the aetual condition of their several trades at the pre sent moment. To effect this object a - private meeting was held on Friday, at which delegates from the various trade clubs attended, including not only representatives from those classes peculiar to the chief maritime and commer cial community in the kingdom, but also from the nume rous handicraftsmen which are necessary to all populous towns : bricklayers, tailors, shoemakers, &c., appeared associated with shipwrights, anchersmiths, and coopers. To the questions proposed, the response, with ene excep tion, was throughout the same. They never were so badly off before ; at no former period were there so many of their members out of employment, nor was work so stint with those who were employed. This was the con current testimony of those trades which, from the fact of their enrolment into clubs, are enabled to modify the consequences of bad trade; a more deplorable picture even than this would be sketched by that large and un fortunate body who are wholly at the mercy of events. But we have to mention an exception to the general ac count—the coopers had nothing to complain of; with this branch business never was better. Well, how was this activity accounted for ? By the enormous demand for cooperage required by emigrants. It was stated that the ordinary business of this class was provided by the demand for rum puncheons, sugar hogsheads, &c., but for a considerable time there had been nothing whatever doing in this way ; they had been uninterruptedly engaged in fitting out emigrants : the very misfortunes of the ag gregate were the cause of prosperity to them, just as un dertakers thrive best in times of universal sickness. LOCAL MEETINGS. COUNCIL MEETING. — The business of the council meeting to-morrow is miscellaneous enough, and will take a long time for proper consideration. Among the pro ceedings are reports, on the establishment of a juvenile offender's asylum, and on the present mode of levying and collecting poor and local rates. Mr. Thompson will bring forward his usual motion for the closing of Birken head ferry, and another, to the effect that the ship builders on this side the Mersey renting yards under the Corporation, have their rents reduced to fourpence per yard until a graving dock is provided for each firm, on the same terms as that granted to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Freme will move that it be referred to the Markets' Com mittee, to report whether the hay-market cannot be made more available for the use of the public as a play-ground, after market hours, under proper regulations, Mr. Hen derson will move for plans and estimates for laying out, immediately, as a park, the Wavertree-Hall, Yellow- House, and Newsham-House estates. Mr Bigharn will move, that the Pedlar's Market be not removed ; and Mr. Godfrey will move for a committee, to inquire into the duties of all paid officers of the Corporation. The follow ing notices of motions have also been given :—By Mr. Councillor Tobin : The appointment of a special com mittee to consider the state of the ship-building trade in Liverpool, and the best means of encouraging it. By Mr. Councillor Briscoe : That before this Council sanctions the appropriation of any land belonging to it, or the pur chase of any, for the purpose of a wholesale or other mar ket, a special committee be appointed to take into consi deration whether the application of our existing markets is beneficial or detrimental to the general interests of the inhabitants at large. and if any alterations can be made so as to render our present space sufficient, and to report accordingly. THE ELMS TEMPERANCE INSTITUTE.—The weekly meeting of the above scciety, held on Tuesday evening last, was well attended, and addresses were delivered by Messrs. Daulby, Casement, and Hall. The chairman, Mr. T. Marrs, in introducing the speakers, appealed in his peculiarly forcible style on the subject. We hear that the above institute intend celebrating the anniversary of the cause by a rural fete at the village of Rufford, on the 18th instant, in which all parties are invited to join. The terms are fixed at a low charge, including a good tea. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS. On Wednesday the weekly meeting of this body was held ; Mr. Roskell in the chair. The allowance of fifteen guineas granted to a pauper named Cobour, to enable him, with his three children, to emigrate to one of the British colonies, was confirmed. Mr. Harrison, in compliance with notice given, moved that the salary of Dr. Nevens, the medical officer, be increased from £BO to £lOO a year. The ground upon which the motion of increasa was based was the great increase in the number of inmates in the house. The Rev. Mr. Badnall seconded the motion. Two amend ments were proposed, and ultimately the salary was fixed at £lOO. . . -- THE — WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—A special meeting of this body was held on Wednesday last at Liscard, for the purpose of considering the position of the Birkenhead Dock Bill, in reference to a road which the Commissioners of Woods and Forests propose making at Scacombe. The Chairman (Mr. Mann) said the principal question was, whether the Commissioners should stipulate for an early period, which, if the Commissioners of Woods and Forests did not grant, the bill should be opposed in com mittee. The Law-clerk and the Chairman were directed to proceed to London and obtain an interview with Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Rendell, their attention being called to the following points :—The making of the road within twelve months after the passing of the act ; keeping a space on the north reserve, near the river wall of the Seacombe Slip, for the use of the public; and that the sewerage of Seacombe be carried across the crown reserve. 3uisoo FOR THE DEAF AND Dump.— The annual examination of the scholars of the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb took place, on Thursday afternoon, in the school of the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. There was a very large attendance of ladies and gentle men, amongst whom were the Rev. Rector Campbell, (who presided,) Richard Rathbone, Esq., Harmood Ban ner, Esq., and W. Lassell, Esq. A most interesting exposition of the attainments of the scholars was wit nessed, although at the outset the master, Mr. Rhind, stated that some of his best pupils had left the institution, and that the examination might, therefore, be less inte resting, as it would indicate a lower stage of development than on former occasions. At the close several letters were read, either written by or relating to children who had been brought up in the school, which added tl other convincing proofs of the excellent effects produced by the training adopted in the school. Docx COMMITTEE.—The members of this committee met on Thursday last, Mr. Littledale presiding. A claim of Messrs. Thompson and Co., for damage done to one of their vessels by a flat belonging to the dock trust was, after some conversation, referred back for further inquiry.—A letter was read from Mr. H. Melling, of the Liverpool Yacht Club, stating that great difficulty was experienced, more especially in the night time, in falling in with the Bell Buoy, as its tolling at times was only slightly heard. He proposed that the place of the Bell Buoy should be supplied by a lightship having one light, and a bell, to be used when occasion requires. The writer suggested some new arrangements with respect to the Crosby lightship.—A letter from Mr. Peter Mathew, in which charges were made against some of the officers of the dock trust, was referred to the Committee of Works. Some conversation took place as to the alleged inefficiency of the gangway at the landing-stage used by the tenders of the American mail steamers ; but the ge neral feeling of the committee was, that the dock trust was not liable to provide gangways for steamers, SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. The Building Committee re commended the erection of section number four of the new workhouse, at an expense of £5,000. Mr. Brown opposed the recommendation. Considerable discussion on the subject took place, in the course of which it ap peared, from explanations given by Mr. Earle, that the object of the committee in erecting this section, was to enforce the labour test, with the view of eventually eco nomising the parish funds. The proceedings were then confirmed.—Mr. Harbord stated that he had had an in terview with Mr. Cardwell in London, in reference to the Parochial Assessments Bill, now before Parliament, and had ascertained that the bill was not intended to be pushed forward, but that the committee of the House of Lords intended to receive general evidence unon it from all parts of the country.—Mr. Savage called the attention of the board to the systematic emigration from Ireland to Liver pool for the sole purpose of begging. Mr. Savage con cluded by moving a resolution to the effect that placards stating that the proper parochial relief was afforded, and cautioning the public against relieving street beggars, should be posted in the town. The motion having been seconded, considerable discussion took place. Ultimately the resolution, as proposed by Mr. Savrge, was passed. SECULAR EDUCATION.—A meeting was held on Satur day evening, in the Concert-hall, of parties favourable to a purely secular education, supported by local rates, and managed by local boards elected by the ratepayers. The meeting was very thinly attended, at no time, we think, was the room more than half full, and at the commence ment of the proceedings, and for a length of time after wards, the attendance was miserable, and must have been most disheartening. Mr. R. V. Yates took the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Messrs. C. Holland, Geo. Holt, John Aikin, Stewart, (an operative,) J. A. Picton, C. R. Hall, A. C. Kup, Cochran, and—Wylie. Letters were read from Sir J. Walmsley, W. Brown, Esq., M.P., Sir T. B. Birch, M.P., T, Thorneley, Esq., M.P., W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. approving of the object of the meeting, and ono from Mr. Cardwell, in which that gentleman, after expressing his desire " that public pro vision should be made in the most effectual manner for general education," said, " I must frankly convey to you the expression of my decided opinion, that education secular only, and not religious, is a most partial and im perfect education, omitting that which is of all things by far the most important. If our differences upon points of religion were so irreconcilable, and, at the same time, our spirit so illiberal, that no system of general education could possibly be devised in which efficient secular teach ing night be combined with true scriptural training, it might be necessary to adopt a national plan which should accomplish th 2 object of secular education only. But I have witnessed with great satisfaction of late years a growing tendency to insist upon those cardinal points which most classes of Christians hold in common, and comparatively to disregard those matters of controversy on which different opinions may be sincerely entertained. Nay, more, where the differences of opinion are so great, that a joint education within the same schools must be considered impossible, the right of the parent to direct the religious teaching of his child is generally admitted, and a spirit of charity is exhibited where combination and agreement are impossible. Under these circumstances, I cannot bring myself to surrender the earnest hope that an efficient education, religious as well as secular, may be afforded to, every class in the community." One of the resolutions was to the effect that a petition be presented to parliament, signed by the chairman, embracing the object of the meeting. IlsALTit COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of the Health Committee on Thursday, Mr. Parker presided. The medi cacer ported that the week ending Saturday last the THE LITERPOOL StAfritAkß. deaths in the borough were 175, being 19 more in the pre vious week, but 70 fewer than in the corresponding week of 1849, when 25 deaths were registered from cholera. Of the deaths, one was from English cholera, 59 from diseases of the lungs, and three from intemperance.—Messrs. Holt, Cooper, and Freme attended as a deputation from the Water Committee, in reference to the appointment of Mr. Thomas Duncan, deputy engineer, as water engineer. Mr. Holt explained that the object of the deputation was to solicit the co-operation of the committee in the appoint ment of Mr. Duncan. A saving would be effected to the public, and they would be placing the water-works in charge of an efficient and deserving officer. Considerable discussion ensued, but ultimately the resolution was passed, the chairman dissenting, and also Mr. Ferguson, who considered the resolution of the water committee in direct opposition to past experience. The water committee recommended that the whole establishment should be under one engineer, in order to obviate inconvenience in the breaking up of the streets and the laying down of pipes. He did not like to jump Jim Crow in this way.— The general purposes sub-committee recommended the appointment of the chairman, deputy-chairman, and Messrs. Hornby, Rimmer, Langsdale, Lloyd, and God frey as a deputation to communicate with the parish authorities, and to make preliminary inquiries as to the desirability of appropriating the refuse of the town to agricultural purposes and pauper support. Mr. Hodson looked upon the scheme as a complete farce. Mr. Hornby complained that the sub-com mittee had not :given any report on the subject, They should have gone into the merits of the scheme. and expressed some opinion, one way or other.—Mr. Thomson considered it a piece of the grandest humbug. The idea of carrying ashes to put upon sand to cultivate it was a complete farce. They intended to turn all the water-closets into the sewers, and what would they do with dry ashes or sand ? The thing was too ridiculous for common-sense people.—Mr. Dover objected to the scheme, and grounded his opposition on the experience which he had had in all public bodies that tried their hands in trading. They tried their hands at farming at the Industrial Schools, but the produce of one year did not meet the expenses one week. If they drove the parish to farming, they would find they did a very unpro fitable business.—The Chairman said nothing could be done until Mr. Rose's contract was out, three years hence. —Mr. Dover said if they entertained the subject at all, they would encourage speech-making and letter-writing in the papers. All schemes, however mad, found sup porters out of doors ; and he thought this, if adopted, would he a loss to the town of many thousands of pounds. —Mr. Lloyd said there could be no great harm in a de putation from the committee and parish taking the mat ter into consideration. If it proved an abortive scheme, they would at least have done their duty ; and if great expense was likely to be incurred, there were gentlemen there as conversant with farming as Mr. Thompson, who was so foul in his observations. In courtesy to the com mittee and to Ms. Blundell, they ought to give the sub ject a fair consideration, and not to put it down in this holus bolus way. Would they send word to Mr. Kaye that it was all humbug, or would they treat him as a gentle man ? Every public body ought to give a reasonable reply to any proposition, and they could not give a reply without taking the subject into consideration.—Mr. Hornby said Mr. Dover seemed to be afraid that the matter would find favour with the public, after being dis cussed. If they were at once to put a wet blanket on every proposal, they would never make any improvements. —Mr. Dover said there was a mania abroad on what was called health matters, which was eating up the middle classes.—The proposition of the sub-committee was ulti mately adopted.—Mr. Walthew, seconded by Mr. Feral hough, proposed " That the resolution of the 16th May, That the watch committee be informed that this com mittee cannot at present make any arrangement for the gratuitous bathing of the inspectors of lodging-houses,' be rescinded, and that the officers of the police force, en gaged in the inspection of registered lodging houses, be permitted to bathe at the Public Baths gratuitously, under such regulations as may prevent the abuse of the privi lege."—On this question a long discussion took place, and several long speeches were made. The committee were gravely told that the good feeling existing between two of the largest committees of the council was endan gered by the decision. On a division, seven members voted that the inspectors should, like any other of the inhabitants, pay for their bathing, and seven voted in favour of the motion.—The Chairman gave his casting vote against the proposition of Mr. Walthew. THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1851.-SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE. On Saturday, at noon, a meeting of the committee took place. in the Council Chamber, and was well attended, after the opening of the proceedings. His Worship the Mayor presided, and called upon the secretary to state the objects of the meeting, and to make a statement of what had been done, and what was in progress. Mr. JOHN GRANTHAM said the meeting was for a spe cial object, to meet Dr. Lyon Playfair, one of the London commissioners, who had come down to learn what we had done, and also to afford us information. Mr. Grantham then entered into a review of the whole of the proceedings in Liverpool from the commencement. In November last a large committee was formed—found to be too large for business—and it was divided into a Finance and Ge neral Committee, since amalgamated and called the Exe cutive Committee. He was glad Dr. Playfair had come down, as he would no doubt afford them valuabl3 infor mation. The committee had sent out numerous circulars, inviting all classes to forward the object in viev there was no staple manufacture in this town, from its being merely a commercial port, it was considered that wo had no special interest in the matter, as .the people of Manchester and other large towns had. Replies were sent by many parties, many of them favourable, and nu merous promises had been made ; but the result as yet was not quite so satisfactory as was desirable. Difficulties had to be encountered, and many of them had been overcome. The officers of the committee had exerted themselves to the utmost. As Liverpool produced nothing that would identify us with London, a proposition bad been made to furnish a model of the docks and adjacent buildings, as far as the Court Houses; and also to send specimens of our imports from foreign c3untries ; the two representing fairly this town and its pursuits, at the great National Exhibition. It was not proposed to obtain the funds for this from the institution in London, but from local friends. Active exertions had been made for this purpose, and se veral gentlemen (architects) had promised to furnish gra tuitously some model of one or the other of our principal public buildings, to be placed in the model. The propo sition was favourably received ; but the question, it ap peared, roust be reconsidered. He felt deeply interested in this work, having been employed upon it, and he hoped that an effort would be made to accomplish the object, and that something might be given towards it by the London commissioners. But should it be decided against, he should waive all personal considerations. He invited Dr. Playfair to explain his views on the whole subject. Dr. PLAYFAIR said it was thought by those present that a model of Liverpool docks, and specimens of its products, would be desirable, and he agreed they were praiseworthy objects. They had written to London to the effect that they had raised £BOO, which, if the commissioners in London had to pay £lOOO for the model, would leave them £3OO less than nothing for imperial purposes. He wished to know what sum they were to receive from Liverpool, and that sum must be for general, not for local purposes. He suggested that they should open two columns for sub scriptions, one for local and one for general purposes. He urged that it would be necessary for them to appoint a sifting and selecting committee, to examine all articles, before they were sent, for no article would be received in London unless previously sanctioned by the local com mittee, and sent through them. Mr. RUSHTON asked whether the London Executive Committee would not examine the articles ? Dr. PLAYFAIR said that they were reluctant to do so as some of their body might be competitors. He afterwards in reply to questions said that the preliminary expenses of the building would be £lOO,OOO, and the interior fit tings and other expenses about £50,000 more. They had consulted parties, and especially in France, as the pro bable amount to be received for admission ; and the sum would not meet the deficit that would arise. A rumour had got abroad that the institution supported party politics. This he utterly denied. Mr. RUSIITON said that it would be wrong that Dr. Playfair should go away under a wrong impression that Liverpool would supply a large amount to wards the general purposes, (the building, &c.,) in London. In November a very influential meeting of gentlemen had been held, who had pledged themselves and the town so far as a public meeting could, that a respectable aum should be raised. These gentlemen then expected to receive £5,000, but they had been grievously disappointed. Mr. T. LryrernALE, chairman of the Dock Committee, said that the subject had been brought before them with out effect. He would bring it on again, but he had no hope of success. Mr. S. HoLmE considered the notion of politics being introduced as most absurd, for all parties heartily con curred in the object, irrespective of political opinion. If the whole of the money were to go to London, of course the model must be abandoned. After a rather desultory conversation, in which all the speakers, including the Rev. Rector Campbell, concurred in the object of the exhibition being praiseworthy, as con ducing to the mental, moral and scientific improvement of the people— A GENTLEMAN suggested that if the Town Council and the Dock Committee would take the lead, the town would follow. The MAYOR said the Council had been applied to for a grant, but did not agree to it. Dr. PLAYFAIR expressed his hope that the existing apathy would yet be overcome. Mr. HORSFALL said that when the subscription was set on foot, he expected the Dock Committee would pay for the:model, and he could not help saying to the members and chairman of that estate, that they made a great mistake in not coming forward with the requisite funds but he thought it was not too late for them to retrace their steps.. He was disposed to think, that, if the chairman brought the question again before the committee, they might yet be induced to acquiesce in the proposition ; but, whether they did or not, he thought, after what had passed, they had no alternative but to devote the funds which had been subscribed and which might be subscribed to the general purposes of the committee in London. It was certainly very desirable, nevertheless, that, if the Dock Committee declined to contribute to the model, a general fund should be raised for its construction. Mr. RUSHTON suggested, and wrote out, the following resolution, which he read : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is necessary that the public of Liverpool should at once decide bow far they will support the proposed Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 ; and, in order to ascertain this fact, deputations from this com mittee shall visit, each ward of the town. In the opinion of this committee this becomes the more necessary, because, at a meeting held inAhe Town-hall, in November last, it was deter mined to givo4in ardent support to the geneial proposal of his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and, further, because it is right that the Royal Commissioners should know to what ex tent they way mum aid from. thectofftt of Liverpool, That But as the deputations be instructed to report to a meeting of this committee, on Wednesday, the 19th instant, at one o'clock." This was moved by Mi. RLYSHTON, seconded by Rector CAMPBELL, and unanimously carried. The meeting then separated. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MR. EDITOR,—I have just seen an extract from the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, stating that a young woman was overtaken by a person on the road from Elland to Halifax; and the woman said that she had been shipwrecked on her voyage from Bombay to England, and that her name was Cobden. It may tend to throw some light upon the sub ject, and prevent others from being imposed upon, by stating that a young person of very dark complexion, about five feet in height, came into our village about a year ago with a story somewhat similar to the one men tioned in your paper. She stated that her name was Maria L. Cobden, that she had been shipwrecked on her voyage from Calcutta to England, at the Cape, and was picked up by a ship, and brought to England entirely des titute. I wrote to several persons of respectability to whom she referred me, but I received unsatisfactory an swers from them all. She behaved with perfect propriety during her stay at the inn in the village, and refused the loan o some clothes which was kindly offered to her by the landlady. She was very abstemious during the time she was staying there. However, the matter ended by her walking off without saying a word to any one. I imagine that she did not find us charitable enough to afford her anything more than the necessaries of life without some confirmation being given of the truth of her story ! I remain, sir, yours truly, B. W. Near Tunbridge Wells, FREE-TRADE BOMBAST TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The advocacy of any great national principle in variably provokes hostile interests, opposing prejudices, and differing opinions. Protection is no exception to this rule ; the great meeting just advertised to be held in Li verpool to support it has produced precisely those results. The fear of its foes has revealed itself in alternate threats and solicitations; the confidence of its friends is indicated by the spirit in which they answer their taunts. We do not complain of this skirmishing discussion ; on the con trary it is invited ! the object is one of investigation, and when that is produced we claim it as so much success. But, sir, we cannot heedlessly pass over the sneering and the blustering tone of our opponent's criticisms. They may be indignant upon finding their " friends" styling free trade " an experiment," when they thought it pos sessed the character of a Medio-persian law (!) but they should not blame us for accepting the valuable expres sion, and acting upon the policy which it appears to us to insinuate. If they feel aggrieved, let them accuse the guilty parties. They can follow the example which the position of Sir R. Peel elucidates, if they think it neces sary, but they need not waste their energies in a desperate effort to prevent the reconsideration and ultimate destruction of their ruinous and anomalous theory. " It's all botheration !" We care not for their clamour. We are prepared for every contingency ! This is no reckless or circular struggle ! We have well consi dered our object and estimated our sacrifices, and we tell them they cannot intercept the issue. It is inevitable ! The intimidation they have attempted, and the bribes they have offered, we deride and refuse. We stand, and will do, unawed, on isolated justice ! Free from the meanness of official trickery and the odious influences of references, WE DEMAND AN IMPERIAL REMEDY FOR OUR IMPERIAL WRONGS ! Cobden says we sha'nt have it !! ! We say WE WILL !! ! We love our country too well to let her fall by criminal treachery and wicked falsehood ! We will wrest her from the iron tyranny that grasps and tortures her, that sacrifices her dignity, that threatens her nationality and destroys her power of independent maintenance ! I regret as much as any man the decisive language which we are compelled to use ; but between danger and despair, between constituted freedom and hateful subser viency "to one man," who would demean himself to choose ? Who ?? ? Such, sir, is our resolve ! May the meeting of Thursday speak out with a loyal, a distinct, a determined enunciation, such as no man may impeach, and none pervert.—l am, sir, &c., A PROTECTIONIST June 1, 1850. 4er PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu,—The forthcoming demonstration of the friends of British labour, appointed to take place in the Amphi theatre at 12 o'clock on Thmsday next, seems a favourable opportunity in which to hinge a few remarks in reference to this all-important question, in which the best interests of society are inevitably at stake. Most strongly does it behove every man, who has the welfare of his country at heart, to come forward—the man as the individual, and the member of the community as a good citizen—to take a part in the momentous struggle now spontaneously initiated to redress the wrongs of spurious legislation, which, in its pursuit of the specious chimera of universal cheapness, has blindly sacrificed the highest interests of a great nation, and found the realisation of the fondly ex pected Utopia in a fast approaching crisis of universal ruin. This, Sir, is no time to come " with bated breath, and whispering humbleness," and lay our case before the present House of Commons—that honourable assembly of the people's mis-representatives stands pledged head and foot to the maintenance of the Manchester theory—to pe tition there for redress is to waste a precious opportunity. I congratulate the country, says Mr. Charles Villiers, on the successful foray on the landed interest which gives as its fruits the spoils of £90,000,000, and the free-trade poean of the orator meets with the heartiest responses from a large majority of his legislative auditors, as if by any process of conversion the robbery of any one interest in the state could tend to the advancement of the common weal. No, Sir, it is to the country the appeal should now be made. Justice to British industry is the basis of the demand ; it is the cause of truth, humanity, and justice, that we advocate. Peer and pauper, merchant and operative, are alike bound up in its success ; and already does the rolling swell of the advancing tide of public opinion sound in the ears of those who know the forerunners of an approaching tempest. A stern, terrible, truthful reaction is taking place in this country, which, most assuredly, sooner or later will execute its strictest letter of justice ; the plain, outspoken declarations of ruined men will not be meted by an ordinary standard ; they must and will be hefted. "What wonder that a starving orator will sometimes preach sedition ? If the state parent cruelly neglect her fostering duties to her subject children, how can we be astonished at the insub ordination of her estranged offspring ? Let this free-trade Moloch be earnestly grappled with, and truly understood, and the imposture of the delusion will be evident to all ; politico-economy, forsooth, to justify a dogma of unrestricted imports ! Where do we find the shadow of an argument in favour of such a glaring sophism ? Take up Adam Smith, the great text-book of free-trade scribes and orators, read him through, study the enunciation of his principles, and, having done so, I challenge the whole free-trade party to adduce a single evidence therefrom in behalf of the total abolition of a system of protective duties—nay more, I will show proofs from Adam Smith in favour of the very opposite ; issue shall he joined with them on the very first principles of their darling system, and by the judgment of their own philosophy shall they be found guilty of a lie ! It was Adam Smith then, Sir, who clearly laid down the distinct principle, " that all British capital consists necessarily of two kinds, labour and money," the poor man's labour is his capital, on the produce of which he lives, and, any system which tends to the displacement of that labour, by the introduction of foreign competition, tends by so much to the displacement of native capital, and the consequent injury of the state, for as labour diminishes, pauperism as certainly increases ; and, here again the mischief is of greater import , as the remaining labour and money capital is taxed to the support of the unemployed labour capital ; but worse yet, the alternative of pauperism is not the only evil, there is the inducement to become a criminal, and thus the moral, physical and material interests of society are alike disadvantaged in the deterioration of native industry. Again, Sir, what do we find in M'Culloch, that eminent authority of the Hon. Baronet of Tamworth, who is said to have derived from the writings of the great Scotch economist, his strongest corroboration of the " plain un adorned eloquence" of the leader of the League; turn to the work in question, History of Taxation, p. 91, and we have M'Culloch treating on the agricultural interest in the following remarkable expression : "That in the event of any such revision (of the duties on corn) taking place, a sufficiently countervailing duty should be imposed as a fair and just equivalent for the pe culiar burdens pressing on land." Well, there is a concession of the whole principle of protection in the ipsissinza verbs of no less a personage than the great free-trade oracle, M'Culloch Why, armed only with these two text-books, a man might prove his whole case, for all that is asked ; and, the least that justice demands, is a fair, equal, and just amount of pro tection to the efforts of native industry. The meeting of Thursday next Sir, is of the highest national importance, as an exponent of the great com mercial port of Liverpool ; it will be on that ground only a demonstration of no common kind, but, taken as a spon taneous ebullition of popular feeling concentrated in this vast emporium of commerce, and giving a form and sub stance to the national movement for a restoration of pro tection, it becomes undoubtedly a " great fact." The voice of Liverpool will be heard in the offices of Downing-street, the cry of the ruined agricultural ship ping and colonial interests will penetrate the arena of the Court at Osborne, the demand of a suffering people for justice will not be disregarded by an ever amiable and justly beloved sovereign, the loyalty of the territorial in terest is of ancient and unquestionable certainty, while that of a millocrat democracy is at least of a newer if not more equivocal kind. Britain may yet maintain her proud supremacy of the seas, e'en though Manchester have not a school of statesmen, nor Cobden hold a port folio of office. The colonies are yet, and shall be treated as an integral portion of the empire, despite the rabid blusterings of out-door Financial Reformers, and while the ranks of protection boast such brilliant names as Stanley, Richmond, Disraeli, Herries, and a host of others, the helm of state may yet guide the vessel to the haven of safety—though Palmerston may not get up per petual imbroglios, nor Grey keep the colonies ever in threatening rebellion.. One loud, unanimous demand for justice sounds in the tocsin of appeal summoning the demonstration of the friends of protection to native industry—to meet together on Thursday next, in the Royal Amphitheatre, under the presidency of the Earl of Wilton, having inscribed, on their banners the time-honoured adage, of Fiat justitia ruat *alum. HENRY C. ROBIN:80N. AtiVerf9o l 4, June•3,.1850.. clgr'lPUltulal alai Rpartintitural COLUMN, In our report of the Liverpool Floral and Horticultural Exhibition we alluded to an elegant miniatureconservatory, fitted for an ornamental stand in the drawing-room ; it was upon the principle of the Wardian case, and was the manufacture of Messrs. Charles D. Young and Co., and the plants with which it was stocked were furnished by Messrs. Henderson and Brown, of Oxton-hill Nursery. We again draw attention to this miniature stove, because we believe the merits of the system upon which it is con structed are not duly appreciated. Thousands of persons are passionately fond cf plants, but are prevented from enjoying the pleasures of a garden by their residence in cities and towns ; we see this taste, for want of a better opportunity, develop itself in the cul tivation of a few window plants, those sources of endless vexation and disappointment; others have not have even this gratification, being deterred by the trouble and ma nifold objections of this kind of cultivation. Is it not strange then that the various elegant contrivances for in door plant-growing have been so little used ? Some fourteen or fifteen years back, Mr. Ward, an eminent surgeon, residing in Welbeck-square, in a dense ly-populated part of London, was annoyed by the want of means in that locality for cultivating a few favourite plants. He turned his attention to the subject, and discovered that the great drawback to the culture of window plants was the want of moisture in the atmosphere of a dwelling room, the evil of which is greatly increased by the accumulation of dust on the leaves. It is true, with ex treme care, many persons succeed in growing very fair specimens of window plants, but they are the exceptions. Mr. Ward, after numerous experiments, found that many plants grew very well under a bell glass, in which was plenty of moisture, and from which the external air was excluded. Proceeding upon this discovery, he had constructed a miniature greenhouse, the framing of which was of metal ; this was tightly glazed, and placed in a metal pan deep enough to hold the soil, with a good quan tity of drainage, which was first placed in the bottom, leaving room for the case to rest round the edges ; upon the drainage was placed the soil, and the plants were planted in it. In this miniature greenhouse it was found that not only did the plants thrive, but also that many plants which, under other circumstances, require a much higher temperature, grew luxuriantly. Thus then the means are in every persons hands for cultivating in a satis factory manner a great variety of choice plants, for the Wardian Case can be made so as to be within the means of every amateur. Since we saw the homely working mo del of Mr. Ward, and we were amongst the first who had the privilege, an infinite variety of designs and elegant adaptations have been produced in the metropolis and elsewhere ; but they were very little known in Liverpool, and we think Messrs. C. D. Young and Co. are the first who have made them for sale in this town. The design shown at the Corn Exchange was a neat one, and made to fit an elegant flower stand, such as would hold half a dozen flower-pots. In this limited space were growing from fifteen to twenty plants as freely and as full of health as if in their native climate; and there might have been six times that number, without crowding, if they had been chosen for the purpose of having a greater number. We suppose it to be fully understood that the `Verdian Case is not adapted for the culture of every plant, even though sufficiently small : those which succeed best are the ferns, amongst which are some of the most beautifully-graceful forms in the vegetable kingdom ; the Lycopodiums, the Orchidacete, Sarracenias, whose curious pitcher-shaped leaves are amongst the wonders of the vegetable kingdom, the Dionea, or Venus flytrap, another vegetable phenomenon, a few of the cacti and Euphorbias, several of the saxifrages, and other small growing alpines ; and doubtless a little inquiry will extend this list to seve ral hundreds of beautiful and curious plants, all available. Such plants as geraniums, fuchsias, heaths, and similar plants could not be grown with any success in Wardian Cases, and therefore they should not be introduced. We have said enough to show that an elegant addition may be made to the luxuries of the drawing-room ; and, whether in torn or country, the amateur may increase his means of enjoyment by having, either winter or summer, a collection of plants in his sitting apartment. CORRESPONDENCE To the Horticultural Editor of the Standard, SlR,—Should not a collection of " stove and green house" plants contain, of necessity, stove plants?— [They certainly should. HORT. EDIT.] The collection of eight, which obtained the 2nd prize at the late show, were all greenhouse. I am also of opinion that heaths and azaleas should be excluded from these collections, along with the other things for which separate classes are open. I am, sir, &c. B. MISCELLANEA Gleanings for Gardeners.—ln " Pepy's Diary" he re cords that he brought home 100 asparagus from Fen church-street, which cost him one shilling and sixpence; and that he had a treat in the first dish of peas, May 22d, 1668, which were " extraordinary young and pretty ;" one pound of cherries on the 2d of June cost two shillings; and he treated some 1• lies at the theatre with oranges that cost him sixpence each.—An article on agriculture and science contains the following as the results of chemi cal research :—Oats contain more muscle-forming matter than wheat ; whole meal or flour, with bran in it, is better than fine flour ; cabbage, when compared with other kinds of food, as wheat, oats, bran, &c., is found to be richer in muscular matter than any other food we grow ; wheat contains 12 per cent, beans 25 per cent, cabbage 30 to 40 per cent, of protein compounds, or muscle-forming matter; cabbage is found to be an exhausting crop, as wheat will not grow after it on some soils.—Tussac grass found in the Falkland islands is equal in muscle-forming matter to the best samples of wheat, oats, or barley.— Edinburgh Review, No. 182 (Oct. 1849). Rezoil.--It is well known that the patience and labours of the horticulturist are frequently rendered unavailable by the appetite of some insects. For preserving their flowers from these enemies, gardeners have adopted several plans, not one of which appears to be effective, more especially against the earwig, which is most to be feared as the flowers approach maturity. How many show Dahlias are thus " cut off in their bloom !" With the hope that the following receipt will offer some check to these marauders, I send it to you, assured that its cheapness and easy application will render it uni versally appreciated. Take of common resin, 111 b ; sweet oil, lib ; place them in a pipkin over the fire until the resin is melted, stir the materials together, that they may be well blended ; when cold the substance formed, which I call " rezoil," will be of the consistency of trea cle. To use the rezoil it should be spread w!t!f a bru,h upon threads, or any fitting material, and wrt pded round the stem of the plant ; if any support is used that should be brushed over also. No insect can possibly, or will attempt to cross this barrier; the rezoil never dries. but always remains sticky and clammy—its action as a trap is therefore obvious. To preserve grapes and other wall fruit we have only to nail a strip of list upon the wall, round the entire plant, and then paint it well with the rezoil, on both sides, if it can be managed, to keep in sects from crawling under as well as over. Other modes of application will suggest themselves without my here enumerating them. Birds, cats, and mice equally avoid soiling themselves with this substance.—Septimus Piesse, 40, Molyneux-street.—Gardener's Chronicle. On the Growth of Oats.—Knowing that before grain ripens, much of its nutritive power remains in the stem, and having this unpropitious climate to deal with, it occurred to me that, if oats were cut and made into hay some six weeks before the ripening of the grain, I should have a valuable product, avoid the risks of a late harvest, get the crop off the land in time to sow a second, or stolen crop, and last, but not least, make a larger money return from my oat crop than if I allowed the grain to ripen. I therefore cut a certain acreage of oats before any part of the straw ceased to be green and succulent ; it was made into hay, not as hay is generally made, by exposing it to the bleaching and destructive action of sun and rain, but by putting it up into small stocks, as is done when the grain is ripe. It thus dried without ex posure. This oat-hay was (of course not threshed) given in the winter to sheep, cattle, and horses, and put in their racks side by side with the best clover-hay, The animals invariably preferred it to the clover-hay, leaving that untouched ; they throve well upon the oat-hay ; and its high nutritive power is confirmed by chemical analysis. I carefully weighed from the same field a like acreage of ripened oats and its straw, and the money produce of both kinds is as follows per Scotch acre : An acre of ripened Oats gave 36 bushels of Oats, pre sent value, say 2s. per bushel £3 12 0 150 stone of straw, at 24 lbs. to the stone, 3d. 1 17 6 Deduct cost of threshing Net value of the acre 2 6 An acre of unripe Oats gave 205 stone of hay, at 241bs. to the stone, worth more than bay, which is sold here at 10d. per stone; say 205 stone, at 10d £B 10 10 This leaves an increased product of £3 Bs. 4d over that of the ripened Oats ; in addition to which I sated all the risk of a bad harvest, and cleared the ground in good time to put in a second crop. To those who wish to try this plan, I would recommend winter Vetches for the stolen or second crop, as I have proved they stand our winters without injury.—Martyn W. Roberts, Torlundy, Fort William, N. 8., April 17, 1830, in Farmers' Herald. ANSWERS TO CORRESSO NDEDTTS. J.N.—The flower you sent us is Saxifrage hirsute, a very pretty species. J. Gibson.—lt is not a general rule to apply manure to Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and other American plants, but we have heard lately of its being done with success. Where there are plenty of plants, the experiment is worth trying. Florist.—The mere markings of a calceolaria are not sufficient to constitute a good flower; it must a l so h ave the more important quality of form, and size. prolonged t o veplan plants i n r e flower moval t may ay a OPERATIONS FOR THE WEE K . 0 b n I S o e r t o ni ta i i n O g r y s , e 6r a s c o ' n — S cooler house, but this is not a l wa y s d es i ra bl e , as i t canno t ha S ve to t v h e ei e r be done without giving a slight check to the plant ; where a well sheltered place can be commanded, it is time to begin placing out such greenhouse plants as, having flow ered early, have made a new growth of wood, the sooner they can be hardened off and finish the growth of new wood the better. Slates answer best for setting the pots on, both on account of their cleanliness and also because they prevent the roots pushing into the ground through the holes in the pots. Flower Garden.—All bedding plants should be got out without delay ; the old plan of making pegs for fastening them down is entirely exploded, the much more simple, and equally efficient plan of using a piece of bOot, which is put round the branch and pressed. into the 'pound with a piece of stick. • ICitchen Garden.—Transplut leeks illt4 well-prepared shallow trenches ; they like a soil in which plenty of well rotted manure has been thoroughly incorporated. Plant out scarlet-runners which hare been raised in pans, and sow french beans if for a succession. The Manchester Assembly Rooms have been sold for £9,000, and it is intended to erect warehouses on the site. The new church at Heathfield, Greenheys, Manchester, was consecrated on Monday. Dr. Carpenter is the ,in— cumbent and Mr. Gardner the patron. The colliers of St. Helen's are still out on the strike, but it is said that the proprietors of the Laffock Colliery have taken some of the hands back. There is at present a beautiful canary in Poulton-le- Fylde, possessing the imitative powers of a parrot, and can mimic a great variety of sounds and expressions. The enormous number of two hundred and two thou sand persons left Manchester during the Whitsun-week just past, against one hundred and fifty thousund last year, and one hundred and sixteen thousand in 1843. GOLD DIGGINGS AT WIGAN.—A good deal of local curiosity was excited on Friday morning by the discovery of a parcel of glittering stones, by some excavators who were working at the new street in Scholes. For soma time it was supposed that a local California had turned up, but the stones turn out to be decomposed granite. A match of cricket, between the St. Helen's and War rington clubs, took place on Friday, on the ground of the former, at St. Helen's. The Warrington gentlemen went in first and scored 29, and in their second innings 41. The St. Helen's, in their first innings, scored 103, thus beating their opponents in one innings, with 33 runs to spare. The Newton Races, which take place next week, pro mise to be unusually attractive ; the public money amounts to the large sum of £BlO, and the stakes already closed, which include the Golborne and St. Leger Stakes, tha Lord of the Manor, Borough, and Manor Cup, have filled. well. The plates, &c., to be named for on the day of en try, are well recommended. Mr. Justice Cresswell has appointed his Marshal to succeed the late Mr. E. W. Lloyd as Clerk of Assize for the Chester and North Wales Circuit ; the appointment is vested in the senior judge who last went the circuit before the vacancy arose. Mr. Horatio Lloyd, the eldest son of our deceased friend, ha. the reversionary appoint ment to the office of Judge's Associate, which Mr. Reade holds till Mr. Lloyd attains his majority. A blacksmith, named John Entwistle, who got a third class ticket on the 20th ult., from Preston to Croston, onc the East Lancashire Railway, having fallen asleep and rode beyond the Burscough Station, fearing, it is said, an extra charge for his over-ride, he jumped out and was found next morning with his ticket in his pocket, his head in two, both arms cut off, and his chest brtiised in a most dreadful manner. A mail train had passed over him, but it was also found that other trains had gone up and down the line. On Wednesday last the anniversary meeting of the Rainbill School was held ; on which occasion the scholars, amounting to 170, paraded the village, and were regaled with tea, buns, cakes, &c., after which the annual tea party, in aid of the schools, was held in the school-rooms, and was attended by upwards of 300, amongst whom we remarked B. Bretherton. Esq„ and,party, J. Birchall, Esq., and family, the indefatigable incumbent (the Rev, T. B. Ingham), Miss Ingham, W. Owen, Esq., Mr. Meek, the Churchwardens, the Rev. Moran, St. Mark's, Liverpool ; Rev. Mr. Walker, Runcorn ; Rev. Mr. Jump, St. Helen's ; together with all the leading families in the neighbourhood. A large party of ladies and gentlemen left Manchester to spend the Whitsuntide holidays at a watering place in the neighbourhood of Morecambe Bay ; and on Friday morning a boating party was formed to cross the water from Silverdale to Grange, consisting of five gentlemen, five ladies, and two men servants. The names of the ladies, have not been ascertained ; b u t th e gen tl emen were Mr. John Morris, solicitor, of Manchester; Mr. North, sen., and Mr. North, jun., his son ; Mr. Alfred Coates, and Mr. Porter, also of Manchester. In the afternoon, Mr. Morris and Mr. North, sen., returned with the ladies to Silverdale, crossing the sands at low water in a car, but the gentlemen determined to wait till the tide served in the evening, and recross the bay in the boat. It would be high water at eleven o'clock, and it is supposed that the gentlemen attempted to cross the water at that time. Their friends, however, at Silverdale re mained in painful suspense till the following morning, without tidings of them, and at daylight intelligence was brought them of the boat having been found capsized on the sands, with the dead bodies of Mr. Coates, M r . No r th, jun., and Mr. Porter lying near it. There were also two other bodies found, those of the boatmen employed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A. begging impostor was o obtaining money under f lay committed to gaol, pretences from the Rev. He had previously obtained money from the rev. gentleman by using another name. On Wednesday, Mary M'lntyre was fined 20s. and costs for having, by means of a false registry, caused her daughter, who is under thirteen years of age, to work more than seven hours per day in the North Shore Cotton mill. Mr. Ewings, the government inspector, at whose instance the information was laid, said it was the desire of the proprietors of the factory that the regulations of the Factory Act should be carried out to the fullest extent, and there was no establishment where so much consi deration was given to the hands employed. On Thursday, Patrick ,•Laughlin was fined 40s. and costs for striking Duncan Campell, master-porter, although it appeared that Campbell first struck defendant with a stick. On Thursday, Patrick M'Dermott was committed for trial, for having broken into the house of Messrs. Medley and Co., clothiers, Whitechapel, and :stolen some ;boots and other articles, also the contents, (some shillings,) of a missionary box. On Friday, Geo. Riley, and Wm. Jones, both master sweeps, were each fined £5, for employing each a boy to cveep a chimney Margaret Russell and Thomas Hushes were each fined £5, for harbouring bad characters at Mr. Tuton's rooms, in Lime-street. Andrew Leech, a boy, was charged with smuggling 111bs. of cigars from a vessel in the Albert Dock. The cigars were contained in empty bottles. It appeared that the boy had been sent for empty bottles, and that he had re ceived the bottles in question from the mates. He was therefore liberated. Joseph Stanton, Owen Brogan, and Ann Kealty, were committed for trial for heartlessly robbing of her carpet hag a young woman named Huggard, who had come from Ireland to emigrate to America. While she was carrying the bag Stanton offered to carry it for 3d., and aided by the others ran off with it. Portions of the property were subsequently found in Brogan's house. On several days a number of wretched clad Irish pau pers were brought up for begging. On most of them, however, money was found, and Mr. Rushton ordered it to be devoted to their maintenance whilst in gaol. On Saturday a respectably dressed girl, named Evans, living at Anson-terrace, London-road, was remanded on a charge of having been found at the steps at the north west corner of George's Dock, with an intention, as she stated, of drowning I erself. The prisoner, on being questioned by Mr. Rushton, confessed her fault, but said that she should not have done so bad she not taken a little too much wine. _ . . _ On Saturday, in reply to a gentleman who complained. of a newspaper report of a case at the police court, Mr. Rushton complimented the reporters of the press on the general and substantial accuracy of their reports. SURRENDER OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER.—On Se. turday Police-officer Connolly, 898, brought before the court an Irishman named Edmund Welsh, who, at half. past nine o'clock, on the Prince's-pier, gave himself into the custody of the officer as the murderer of Martin Welsh, at Kilmacoo, county of Kilkenny, Ireland, on the 14th of last month. The prisoner's statement is that the deceased and he were quarrelling, and that the former set his dogs on him, (the prisoner,) who in self-defence struck the deceased with a stone, which knocked him down and he then otherwise illused him, from which he died. Two of the ruffians engaged in the outrages at Tran mere were brought before the Birkenhead magistrates on Tuesday, and fined respectively £5 and 50s, with costs. Theree others were ordered to find bail—two months' imprisonment in default. YESTERDAY STEALING PAPER FROM AIPRINTING-OFFICE.—A man, named Alexander M`Kinley, was charged with having stolen a quantity of paper from the premises of his em ployer, Mr. John Richardson, printer, Lower Castle street. Mr. Richardson had missed paper from time to time, and asked the prisoner (who had charge of it) about it. The prisoner said it was all right, and the matter passed over at the time—about two months ago. Very recently, however, the complainant having occasion to pass through Birkenhead Market, saw a pile of his paper at the provision shop kept by Mr. Robert Roberts. The latter said he had bought it for waste paper, which it was represented to him to be, and he bought the whole (45 lb. weight) for 2d. per lb. It was stated to be good paper, and worth ls. per lb. The prisoner, who did not deny taking it, was sent for trial, and Mr. Rushton said the purchaser deserved to be punished himself. ROBBERIES OF HOTELS.—A boy, named Thomas Jones, _ was charged with breaking into Mr. Whiteman's, Bruns wick-hotel, and stealing therefrom several valuable articles. Detective officer Sullivan, who had examined the premises, • said that the prisoner (who was occasionally employed by Mr. Whiteman) must have got in- during the night, by the small sky-light of a water-closet, through which a grown man could not pass. The door of the closet was locked, but might be opened from the inside. The prisoner was also occasionally employed at Mr. Ward's hotel, Williamson-square, and also at another hotel, in Dale-street, from both of which valuable articles had also been missed. A gentleman lodging at Mr. Whiteman's, said he went to bed on Saturday watch on the table, which he missed m the mornin g. - Another gentleman similarly lost his purse , and money, and a pen-knife. A trunk had also been broken o pen in abstracted. an other room, and articles evening, leaving his lever Two caps, belong ing to porters in the house, were found in possession of the prisoner when he was taken. As other e vidence is expected as to the other two hotels, the p r isoner wag remanded. S TRE E T ROBBERY.—A youth named Frank W a d e was co mmitted for trial for -picking the pocket o f M r. Alf re d Serle, vinegar manufacturer, of his silk handkerchief, about noon on Saturday, in St. Anne -street. Mr. Serie followed him—merely suspecting him—and found the handkerchief between his jacket and his waistcoat. STREET ROBBERY.—A woman named Elizabeth Ste. phens was charged by Thos. Egerton with having, along with three other women and a man, thrown him on the ground and robbed him of a tobacco-box, £l' -Is. in silver, on S a t ur d ay l ast, in •Wlitae4stleeti prisoner was seen to throw away th•kbprk l a g , tu picked up empty. Th e pr i soner was sent,for • •--. ether delinquents eacapei.