The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

Jan. 21, 184.5. LOCAL NEWS The fatal collision between the Iron Duke steamer and the brig Parana, some months ago, has been the subject Hof investigation before the admiralty. Judgment has nut yet been given. FIRE AT GREENDANR.—On Friday night, a stack V wheat, of the value of £5OO, the property of Mr. Holmes, of Greenbank, was totally consumed. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. HOUSE -BREAKING.—On Friday, a boy, about fourteen years of age, named John Barmen, was committed to the /sessions for breaking into the house of a woman named Gill, in Stokes'-place, Norfolk -street, and thence attempt ing to steal a quantity of wearing apparel. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —On the evening of Friday week, a boat, containing seven persons, was coming from the steam-tug Dreadnought, then lying opposite the Al bert Dock. On the way the two larboard oars broke, and the boat drifted across the cable of the Mona tug boat, got under one of the ptuldles, and upset. The seven men were immersed hi the water, but, owing to the very praiseworthy exertions of the hands belonging to the Mona, six of them were speedily rescued. The seventh was carried, by the force of the current, a considerable way down the river, and might have met a watery grave, bad it not been for a man belonging to the flat Prince, who resolutely followed him in his punt and saved his life. INQUESTS IN 1844.—FOUnd drowned, 28; burnings, (bow took fire, no evidence,) 26 ; accidentally killed, 102 ; from want of proper assistance at birth, 3 ; visitation of God, 125 ; injuries, (how received, no evidence,) 19 ; suicides whilst insane, 11; children still-born, 6; found dead, 7; accidentally scalded, 15: accidentally drowned, 16 ; accidentally overlain, 21 ; suffocated, (by what means, nnknown,) 3 ; accidentally choked, 1 ; accidentally burnt, 19 ; manslaughter, 7 ; accidentally suffocated, 7 ; accidentally poisoned, 1 ; apoplexy, from drinking, 11 ; apoplexy, from excessive eating, 1 ; chance medley, 4 ; -want of food, and exposure to cold. 3 ; felo de se. 2 ; wil ful murder, 4 ; justifiable homicide, I—total, 444. JUSTICE DEPRIVED OF HER SCALES. —There i 8 a niche over the front entrance to the new Bankruptcy Courts in South John-street, in which a full length figure of justice -blinded has been appropriately fixed. In her right hand it was intended she should hold the scales evenly. Cir cumstances, however, have so far prevented this inten tion from being carried into effect, for the scales—singu lar to say —could not be made to remain in a fixed and even position. Many trials have been had recoutse to with the view of keeping them steady, but, somehow or other, there was always the same odd appearance, one scale up and the other down; and the consequence has been.that, as the passers-by, who observed the want of truth in the balance, indulged in some ludicrous remarks at the exp ense o f the court; the scales have been taken down and are now no longer visible. OUTRAGES IN THE PARK. —Six fellows belonging to a gang of ruffians were brought up, before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. Their names are John Branagan, John Rigby. Samuel Mulholland, Daniel Myler, Ambrose Cook, and Joseph Hawson, all well known thieves. With the ex ception of Mulholland and Rigby, (who have only been once in custody before,) all have been several times com mitted, but it was proved that the two last named never worked, and that they were the constant associates of prostitutes from ten to twelve years of age. It appears that the men, with others, have long been the terror of the n eighbourhood—knockin g down and robbing passers by, and insulting females and children. About twenty respectable persons from the neighbourhood of Warwick strett, attended to identify the prisoners as belonging to the gang. Mr. Rushton ordered an efficient force of the police to sweep the street of the remainder of the ruffians. NEW PHILADELPHIA LINER. —A splendid new ship called the Saranak, commanded by Captain E. Turley, who is well known in the trade, arrived here a few days since on her maiden trip. She is one of the finest and most commodious vessels that ever floated up the Mersey, and has secured the admiration of all who have seen her capacious saloons, her fine and airy berths, and the gene ral beauty and elegance of her internal arrangements. The length of the Saranak is 160 feet, height between decks 7 4 feet, breadth 34, depth 22, length of poop deck 80. She was built by Messrs. Vaughan and Son, of Philadelphia, and is considered their chef d'oeuvre. The tonnage of this fine vessel amounts to 1000. She is on the paint of sailing and carries out an excellent freight, which exceeds £l5OO. Captain E. Turley is well known in the trade, and all who are acquainted with li'm, or who admire a fine specimen of maritime architecture, will de sire the success and prosperity of the fine packet ship Saranak. THE LIVING OF WINWICE.—A noble example has been set in the case of a lay patron, the Earl of Derby, in conjunction with his son, Lord Stanley, of the division of parishes of overgrown population into several ecclesi astical districts, or, virtually, additional parishes. The living of Winwick, in the county palatine of Lancaster, contains a population now of probably 20,000. The an nual value of the rectorial income is £4,220, and a bill has been carried through Parliament to divide the living into five or six different parishes, apportioning the tithes among the several incumbents. The present rectory house is to be reduced in size; new parsonage houses, of which a most admirable plan has been prepared, are to be built for the parochial clergy and, where needed, a new church or churches to be built. It would be invidious to specify, by the assistance of lists of the value and popula tion of livings, cases which might be dealt with in a similar manner, but we trust that patrons, ecclesiastical and lay, will ponder on the noble example of the Earl of Derby.— Westmoreland Gazette. CONGUGAL FELICITY.—An elderly dame, named Brid get Audley, summoned her husband Robert, on Saturday, for having assaulted and otherwise misbehaved himself towards her, without, as she alleged, having received " one morsel of provocation." The old lady, who was blind of one eye, and whose tongue moved as if it had been set upon a pivot, related a very formidable catalogue of grie vances which she was suffering from her husband. He was, aa,cording to her own account, atrociously bad in the Morning, and a great deal worse at he night and at st had con summate d hi s villany by throwing , her bible i a nto a tub of water. The husband, in his defence, gave her a character of tyranny and treachery, and called a witness to prove that she had lately put a quantity of snuff into his beer, and that he was thereby stupified, and obliged to be carried to bed in a state of prostration of body and mind. Mr. Rushton, after hearing both sides of the ca'e to an end, told Mrs. Audley that she might go home, and to take care, when she was at home, that she put no more snuff into her husband's beer. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY Two POLICEMEN.-011 Thurs day two police-officers were summone name efore .Ru ton, for assau l t i ng a man of the me of b Malon M e, r and t h ei sister. From the evidence of Mr. Malone, who appeared in court with his head bound up, it appeared that he had just come from Ireland, and, whilst walking along Mary bone, met with police-officers 75 and 102, at the corner of Great C rosshall-street, and, bein. a perfect stranger to the town, asked them if they could find him some re freshment. They laughed at the poor man for his sim plicity, and he not altogether liking this treatment, made use of some expressions which gave offence, whereupon one of them struck him on !he head and otherwise mal reated him. The sister interfering was similarly treated, nd, it was stated, knocked down. From the statement of Superintendent Nl'Donald, who examed e emae. a Wound two inches in length was foun in d on th the f side of the head. Mr. Rushton reprimanded the officers in strong terms, and said that he and his brother magistrate (Mr. Ormerod Hevworth) were of opinion that the offi cers had acted with great violen ce in this case, an d must be dismi sse d the force; had it been clearly p rove d that the woman was knocked downid should have co mmitted them tthe n assizesof falling , ' h e THE LIVERPOOL CHESS Caun.—The usual annual dinner of this club took place at the Adelphi Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, when about eight y . gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, served up in Mr. Radley's beat style. A. Mon r dijen s.-,:i., presided, and the vice chair was occupied ghe • Lister, Esq. A number of excellent speeches were y de livered, and, as at previous an• niversaries, the . were enlivened and delighted by some capitale°sTigPitingYand recitation The chairman, in the course of his ' obser v a tions, referred to the flourish ing condition of the c lub , and expressed a hope that continued exertions would be made to train up a race of players to supply the front ranks of the chess regiment in this town when the elder members were removed. He also stated that the p ropose d second match between Mr. Staunton and M. S. his had been definitively broken ataa He expresse dt rteigret at this circumstance, as it still left in some doubt queation as to which of these celebrated players the aln)leof superiority ought to be accorded, and he offered, P as the onia --a , of arrivina Ft fn n, •-•••^ '. - e F atis ....; avauante means ~iactory decision of the disputed point, to play 21 games, each with Mr. Staunton and M. St.Amant, he receiving a pawn and the move, playing With the former gentleman in London and the latter in Paris, and the stake to he any reasonable sum that might be proposed. This challenge was received with trin2.ll ap plause. The company did not separ7` "•• - DOCK COMMITTRE. THURSDAY —Pri.!sent Nicol (in the chair), Molyneux, Houghton Horsfall, Henderson, Evans, Boyden, 114 . old, Smith, and Aikin. 1 ?-- - ratite s it .--- - :e holm Messrs _ _.•, rom the reading of the nil aPrered thai;spejeial meeting of the Committee had been held on Monday last, at which the proposed new deck act, which is to alter, amend, and enlarge the row ers of the existing acts, was read clause by clause, and lil2aprovd of, and a resolution , was passed, requesting the Mayor to summon a special Council for to take the mats. . . teat •Ag eonesdav next, into consideration. t Was deced in considerati on of the benefit to the l town and id the pa yment to th e W atch Committee, Committ ee of £5O annually to the Dock that a hews on the sou side o the Cannig Dock should be appropriated,t as h•east an exneri f Tr out tiin !pent for six months, t o a v p... 1 : •• - yez , set into which the soil taken ,_.--. we ste(ets is to be deposited and taken into Che su're•--A return of the number of policemen daily on duty at the docks was laid before the committee, and it having been stated that the committee had to pay for numbers of Men vvho were taken into the town to do special duty on Sundays and other days, the whole matter was referred generblly to the harbour -master's sub-cotrnittee. In consequence of repeated acts of misconduct, Owen Wil liams, Salthouse Dock Gateman No. 5, was dismissed, and George Russell ointed in ' his place.—Mr. C. A. Deane, inventor of thePdiving apparatus, applied, ter, • by let , either for a donation or a loan of £2OO. The answer directed to be given was to the effect that the committee had 00 to letter was received from James Hodg rn-n an d Co., accepting of the terms upon which the corn_ proposed to let them the land on the west side of the Brunswick Graving Dock. —A letter from Mr. Ed -0111) 14,ris, seeking co mpensation, to the amount of Sub 4 0., for damage done to a car, was referred to the _e 0-Committee of Works. —The Marine Sub -committee _e 0-C that they did n otconside r the subject mentioned in 41_ Alexander's letter, as to the regulation of the ship's "IbPassea within the province of the Dock Committee. THE LIVERPOOL kTANDARD. MEETING OF THE IMPORTERS OF COTTON. the amendment, though he was in favour of it, because the meeting was composed of parties who were all on one side. Mr. DUCKWORTH said he was glad to see Mr. Bower, Mr. Wrigley, and Mr. Barnsley present, because it ena bled him to say that in dictating the letter to the American Chamber of Commerce, he had no vindictive feeling to wards any man breathing:. Mr. BARNSLEY, in seconding the amendment, erm plained of the practice of those merchants who gave their orders to four or five brokers, in place of to one, and thus caused the quantity in the market to appear larger, as bad been alluded to. Mr. RATHBONE said it was very desirous that the spinners should have every advantage in buying the cheap est cotton in the market. He suggested that the best plan would be to carry out the new system for a limited time and to see how it would work. Mr. TODD observed that if, after a time, the experiment should be found not to work well, it would be withdrawn or materially altered. It was a great mistake to suppose that a small number only of the merchants concurred in the present movement ; for those who did concur in it had imported two-thirds if not three-fourths of the cotton of last year. The amendment was then put and lost, and the original motion was carried. Mr. Sands, who had another public meeting to attend, here withdrew, and Mr. Todd took the chair. Mr. WILLIAM WATSON proposed the second resolution, to the effect, that for the purpose of carrying out the pre ceding one the declaration now read be adopted, and sub mitted for signature to all importers of cotton at the port of Liverpool; but that if it should not be signed in a fortnight by two-thirds of the body residing in Liverpool, the same should be notified and published in the Liverpool newspapers, in which case the parties signing the declara tion should be considered as released from their pledge. He thought some change of system was necessary from the fact that there was a complete anomaly i i the selling of cotton, inasmuch as the person owning it had not the opportunity of representing its good qualities. Mr. HIGGIN seconded the resolution. Mr. WRIGLEY said that when the report of the present meeting appeared in Manchester, the people there would assert that it was all on one side. Mr. CROSS admitted that they were all on one side ; that they belonged to one trade, and they were taking steps to protect that trade. He had no objection to the spinners of Manchester taking whatever steps they thought proper to protect their trade. Mr. RATHBONE suggested that the proposed experi ment should be limited to a trial of six months. The CHAIRMAN said it was deemed advisable to leave the time open, but, if the experiment did not succeed it would be abandoned. Mr. H. C. CH APMAM said that the great object of all parties was to have centralization of the samples and a good light • the way to r eme d y th e ev il s compla i ned of, was to build a proper cotton market. The CHAIRMAN said the proposition was irrelevant to the question. He then read the declaration to be sub mitted for signature, to the effect that the selling broker be instructed not to allow samples to be removed from their offices before sale. Mr. BARRY opposed the resolution, on the ground that the present system worked well. The resolution was then put and carried, and the meet ing separated. On Wednesday last a public meeting of the importers of cotton at this port was held at the Cotton Sales' Booms with a view to effect an alteration in the present practice of permitting samples of cotton to be removed, hefore sale, from the selling broker's office. There was a nu merous attendance, and Mr. Sands was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN ghid, he wished that some person more interested, as an importer of cotton, than himself had been called upon to preside. Ha should have been glad to see Mr. Brown there, but that gentle:llan had been prevented from attending, and he (Mr. S.) complied with the wishes of the meeting. He had but little information to afford as to the particular objects in view, end shoal_ therefore, call on those more conversant with the subject to favour them with their sentiments upon it. The secre tary would, however, first read the circular calling the meeting Mr. DUNCAN, the secretary, read the, requisition, to which were attached a long list of signatures. At the suggestion of the Chairman, he then read (with the per mission of Mr. Duckworth) the following letter:— " " Liverpool, 2711 s December, 1844. To WILLIAM STUART, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. " Sir, " It is now 44 years since I was first introduced to the cotton trade, and after serving the late Mr. Nicholas Waterhouse four years, I commenced in the year 1805 on my account as a cotton broker, and since that period I cannot but be known in this capacity to most of your respectable community, if not to the whole. My object in addressing you is, to lay before you some of the cus toms of the trade which I consider not only detrimental to the merchants, and to the importer, but as unfair in many other respects; and I shall (without further preface) endeavour to present them to your notice as they really exist. " The first matter of complaint is, the selling broker giving up to the buying broker the possession of the original samples. " The second, the delay caused by his so doing, and the impossibility of showing any lot of cotton to the whole of the buyers attending the market in one day. " The third, the impossibility under the present custom of keeping the samples entire, and the consequent disadvantage to the sellers. " The fourth, the usage of re-sampling the cotton after purchase, with other matters which, with your as sistance, may be easily obviated. " Then, Firstly,—The selling broker gives up the sam ples of any lot of cotton he may have on sale to the buying broker at half-past nine o'clock in the morning, and the sample is taken to the office of the latter, and he procures in like manner the samples of every oV:er parcel (likely or unlikely to suit) on sale in the market, and before the real purchaser can make up his mind which lot or lots he would wish to buy, be has to examine, it may be, 50 to 150 par cels; the time occupied is mostly upwards of two hours, and every lot in possession of this broker (in any way likely to answer) is frequently detained until the buyer has completed his purchase. Nor is this the only griev ance the selling broker has to complain of : he is compelled to make repeated applications to get the samples back, otherwise they «re returned until after four o'clock, when the business of the day is over. " Secondly,—Let the selling broker be the most indus trious man on 'Change, he cannot give the whole of the dealers or spinners at market an opportunity of examining the cotton he has for sale, from the delay complained of The first public lecture for the present year, in the Col in my first remark ; nor is it possible for him to know legiate Institution, was delivered on Friday evening before what attendance of the trade there is at market when the a crowded auditory, by the Rev. J. Todd Brown, an buyers are engaged, and shut up in the baying brokers' eminent minister in the Church of Scotland. The subject offices. On this account, I venture to state, that the was the Scripture History of the Deluge and Jewish Anti cotton trade cannot boast of a fair and open market at quities. Among the audience we observed a considerable Liverpool. numb of the cg, and a of gentl who " Thirdly,—When th e samp l es are first introduced into take an interest in ler th y e welfare of number the Institution.em en Many the market, the selling broker delivers them in such form ladies were also present. that the sample of each bale can be counted, and the The Rev. HUGH WNEILE, who occupied the chair, number and extent of the lot determined : but they are introduced the lecturer in the following terms :—Ladies seldom returned in the like manner ; and from this cause and gentlemen,—lt will be in the recollection of those many disputes arise. This system, of course, operates among you who have taken an interest in the proceedings also against the value of the cotton, and oftener than of this Institution from its commencement, that when the otherwise causes a lees than a real value to be accepted, Principal delivered the opening lecture in this hall, the or the lot has to be re-sampled at the expense of the selling chair was taken by our respected Senior Rector; and broker. upon a subsequent occsion, when Mr. Crowe opened and " Fourthly,—The usage of sampling after purchase is illustrated his plan for a co-operative singin— I may call carried on to an extent not known by the merchant, and it—my friend Dr. lattershall took the chair s ; and now, beyond all doubt for the benefit and profit of the buying when the committee have made arrangementc with Mr. broker; and I might be considered personal if I were to Brown to deliver a course upon Scripture History and mention the boasted yearly profits raised by this nefarious Jewish Antiquities, they have requested me to take the practice. On this subject I will only add, that, with few chair. (Hear.) Desirous as I am, in common with all exceptions (and the exceptions are well known) it is im- the directors, to render the working of hav e, part of this possible that fairer representations of samples can be Institutien as effective as possible, I have, with much made than are originally made by the selling broker ; and pleasure, complied with their request that I should intro that not one lot out of ten undergoes the routine of a duce to your favourable notice the gentleman who is now comparison with the original samples. lam well aware to address you. (Cheers.) The subject announced for that the matters of which I complain have twice before his lectures is peculiarly appropriate, I think, for this been brought before you, and that each time the buyers place, being well calculated te combine lively interest with have obtained the Privilege of going on according to the valuable information. (Cheers.) And from the charactee old regulations, under promises that the evil should be and standing of Mr. Brown in our Sister Church of Scot corrected ; which promises, however, have only been par- land, as well as from the lively interest excited in these tially fulfilled. But I beg now to remind you of the irn- lectures among the members of a scientific society in that mouse increase of the cotton trade in Liverpool, and of country, for whose advantage they were originally corn the absolute necessity that the selling and the buying posed, I have little doubt that their delivery here will not cotton brokers should come to a proper and equal adjst- only be attended with present gratification, but will leave anent respecting the customs and usages of their overgrown behind enduring materials for profitable subsequent re trade, in order that it may in future be conducted for the flection. (Cheers.) I understand from the rev. gentleman benefit of all the parties concerned. I would in the first that he designs to introduce to you this evening some re instance lay it down as an invariable rule, that the selling marks upon the Deluge, and the history of the wondrous broker should never suffer the sample of any unsold lot of , preservation of Noah and his family • and I am reminded cotton to be taken from his office. The sale being effect- by this of a very curious —and, if I h e ave been strictly and ed, let him reserve a fair average sample for himself, to correctly informed in all its parts, a very instructive inci compare with the samples now in possession of the buying i dent which occurred in this town. In the history of one brokers, in case of dispute in re-sampling the cottons; at of our chief shipbuilders—Mr. Wilson was the person the same time allowing the buyer free access to the ware.- mentioned to tne, and I dare say he is a man known to house to examine the condition of the bags or bales, and many now listening to me. (Hear, hear.) I was in also to have regular information whether the duty has formed by a gentleman of high respectability in this town, been paid, &c., and when the cotton can be forwarded. that Mr. Wilson, impressed with the fact of mistake after "By this rule the sell er would have the opportunity of mistake having been made in the construction of knowing the weight of the buyers, and from whence the steam vessels—that some bad been made too broad for demand originated : in brisk markets there would be corn- adequate rapidity, and some too narrow for sufficient petition, which, at present, is scarcely known ; there safety, and that divers other mistakes had been made— would be no combinatio ns amongst purchasers ; the buyers thought seriously of how they could be rectified: and going, would hav e th e adva n t age o f all dull markets, and even in as became him, and as becomes all, to the F ounta i n H ead brisk ma r k e t s o f k now i ng and examining therein the of wisdom for all his instructions, he thought that surely quantity of cotton they no w ca n do under the present sys- the best proportions for a vessel must be those laid down tern ; they will, moreover, be better informed at all sea- by the Divine Architect who commanded the construction sons of the existing state of the market, and will ultimately of a vessel. (Hear.) Accordingly, as I was told the story, understand the true value of the article. As to re-sam- he took his Bible to his workshop : he determined the scale piing the cotton sold, th e r e ou g ht to be no restraint in the he should ascribe to the cubit as mentioned in the history quantity taken, but the seller should add the weight to the of Moses ; and he ordered the construction of a steam invoice at the cost price of the lot. For my own part, as ship upon the exact proportions of the ark. (Hea a purchaser o f co tt on , I s h ou l d prefer the plan I have laid hear.) The result was the Oriental—a steam-sh r, ip, I down to the present sy s t em ; and I have reason to believe believe, that will bear comparison with any in oper a ti that there are oth er b ro k ers w h o w ill b ear me out in my and perhaps I may say she is the very be s t upon the on, assertion. water. " The plan laid d own i s s i mp l e an d f a i r, giving the (Cheers.) Now, l a di es an d gent l emen, if this in all re spects be a correct story, (I tell it to you as it was told to seller of his cotton the chance of an open market, and it me,) it affords a very valuable illustration of the wisdom will give buyers the opportunity of knowing and examining to be found in the Sacred Volume. (Cheers.) We have every lot of cotton for sale ; and the sel er will be enabled again and again argued for the Divine inspiration of that to keep his samples complete and in proper order. volume from the perfection of the laws that it contains. " The American shippers have for years complained of All human codes have required amendment. The only the manner in which cotton has been offered for sale at code that stands to this day the test of inquiry, and baffles Liverpool, and the abuses carried on with regard to the the ingenuity of man to amend, is that original code given samples ; in this I fully agree with them. Ido no t k now from Mount Sinai. (Hear.) This proves the Divine of any place or port where the samples go out to the buy- Wisdom of the law giver. Now if it can be shown also ers as in Liverpool ' • in London (when a co tt on port of that the very best directions for ship building, which the consequence) and in Glasgow the sales are all made at the most improved scientific artist in this day of science can selling brokers, and there has never yet been any difficulty adopt, are those given to Noah by his Divine instructor, in selling cotton at auction, in this town, by means of the we have another and a similar argument for the Divine sellers samples, although exhibited in the worst and most Wisdom contained in that volume baffling the possibility difficult light in Liverpool—the cotton sales-room. of invention by man—baffling all ingenuity of infidelity to " Before I conclude this letter let me remind you, that gainsay. (Cheers.) But I will not interpose between you are the party called upon to put these regulations into you and the reverend lecturer, but at once announce that force. Without your assistance the selling brokers can I hive great pleasure in intuoducing to you the Rev. J. do nothing ; and, with your authority, I feel every confi- Todd Brown, of the Established Church of Scotland. deuce that they will easily accomplish this task, so desire- (Cheers.) ble to all concerned in the cotton trade.—l remain, sir, The Rey. Mr. Brown was very warmly received. He very respectfully and sincerely, your obedient servant, said that after the interesting prefatory observations ad " HUGH DUCKWORTH." dressed by their friend, the Chairman, to whom the Col- Mr. Ducgwortem proposed the first resolution, to the legiate Institution, the audience ; and himself, (the lee effect that in the opinion of the meeting the present prae- curer), were under great obligations for his services that tice of allowing samples of cotton to be taken from the evening, he might well be excused from troubling them selling brokers' offices previous to sale is attended with with any introductory remarks. He then proceeded with much loss and inconvenience, and that with a view to the subject of his lecture—the deluge, and the saving of remedy this evil, it was expedient that the importers of Noah in the ark. At the onset he touched, for the sake cotton should enter into a general resolution to instruct of illustration, upon the power and rapidity of immense their selling brokers not to permit samples of cotton to be cataracts, and this portion of the subject he illustrated by removed from their offices until after the sale is effected, a very beautiful drawing of the falls of Niagara. He next so that all purchasers might have au equal opportunity or exhibited a drawing of the ark, floating on the mighty inspecting them. of , and beaing He ls and s fam and CARNE said he cordially se con d e d th e resolution. two waste of every waters anitliate species. He dwelt at hi length ily upon The present practice had an injurious effect upon the the proofs visible to this day in surrounding nature, apart market by the reports which it gave rise to in Manchester, altogether from the account mentioned in holy writ, that and the fact of a letter having been written and circulated the deluge had taken place. Ile said that it had been which entered into personalities_ Rhnu-pd •• contended by some that its ravages were confiued wholly to the neighbourhood of the place where the ark was erected, not far distant from the Garden of Eden. He was of a different opinion. He believed that it swept from pole to pole, and covered the whole surface of crsation to the top even of the Himmalayan mountains 'is last drawing consisted e - clue' voices,— COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION ~ Kuoa ground for bring r ing the matter forward cu tau Lllei, Via at this•time. He beli eve d that the proposed alteration was at least Worth a trial, and that bath importers and purchasers would eventually be benefitted by the proposed change. Mr. Toren said he would not have addressed the meet ing, but to correct an erroneous impression, that the in tpr”.l-1 a l ange was proposed i n h osti l ity to t h e interests of 111 Pro . ...",,,,uwers, whose interests were so much iden:ified with those of the importers that it would he most impolitic in them to come into collision. The change, too, was only proposed as an experiment. The consumers w.old ho a cluster of volcanic pro ductions, in the foreground of which the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was brought prominently into view. The lecture throughout, which was interspersed with some choice passag,s from some of our best English poets and writers, was warmly applauded ; and at the close, Mr. Brown announced that he should deliver his second lecture of the series, on Tuesday (this evening,) on Mount Sinai, preceded by some explanatory remarks on the Tower of Babel. _.— ue 'meat in the same relative position individually as now, as the new system would give none of them an advantage over the other,. The letter alluded to, containing perso nalities, did not fairly state the case. That of Mr. Duck worth clearly stated most of the abuses of the present system ; but there were others, the mutilation of the sam ples, and their multiblientinA uy uitterent which last it w as made to appear, if a parcel of brokers, 500 baks by were sold, that 5000 had been in the market. They en tertained no feeling of hostility to the consumers. The past year had been disastrous to the importers, and pros perous to the consumer s , but the l a t ter, h e trusted, svm nathis..d with it- _ . JAW INTELLIGENCE SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL, JAN. 18 RICHARD V. JONES AND ANOTHER. It appeared that the plaintiff was a brewer carrying on business at King's Ferry, Ches'aire, and that the defen dant Jones is the servant to a gentleman, whilst the other defendant, Edwards, is engaged to be married to Jones's sister. The defendants, seeing by an advertisement that the plaintiff's brewery was for sate, employed a person of the name of Evison to go over to see it on their behalf. This he did, in company with Edwards, who subsequently joined him, on the 31st of October, and their report of the concern was favourable, and the result was that the defendants agreed to take it at £l2O. A contract to this effect was afterwards drawn up in Liverpool, on the sth of November, and a day appointed for the payment of the money. On the arrival of the day, however, the de fendants were not prepared with the whole of the pur chase money, but handed to Evison the snm of £l5, of which £1 lls. 6d. was to be paid to the Excise for the licence. whilst the remainder was to be handed to the plaintiff, with an intimation that the whole of the money would be paid to him in a fortnight. But it turned out that the plaintiff would not give the time required, be cause, on the faith of the bargain he had entered into with the defendant being puneWally completed, he had pro mised to pay various ka.ersons the clams they had upon him for horses ; harness, and other matters with which he was about to cuter Rp.ll another business. A • long ox, Li, writer, and he trusted that, with a generous feeling, both parties would continue t o go on hand in hand. (Applause.) Mr. BOWER said, there was a very unanimous feeling amongst the spinners against the proposed change, which they regarded as a practical denial of the fight of buyers to examine carefully the article before they purchased. It should be shown that great advantages would arise from the proposed measure before it was adopted, and he be lieved it would produce ill-feeling and numerous disputes. There was not much cotton bought by the light of the cotton sales-room ; and many spinners, who bought three or four kinds of cotton, would be greatly inconvenienced by buying in lights to which they were not accustom e d ; and, by the new system, business which they could now accomplish in three or four hours, would, by their being obliged to go to many places, would occupy a day, or perhaps two. The waste by the present plan of sampling was greatly overrated, as it rarely exceeded 3d., and never 6d. a bale. He was certain that no practical man would say it would work well for Sea Island, Egyptians, or prime Orleans cottons ; and he concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed for six months. Mr. WRIOLNY said, he should not attempt to second Mr. Baron Gurney is labouring under severe indisposi tion, which prevents his Lordship's attending to his judi cial duties. The Provincial Law Associations have agreed to amal gamate. On Friday week deputies from the previous isolated associations dined at Manchester. It is said that the winter intermediate assize will be abandoned, and that the year will be divided into two equal parts by the establishment of assizes, to commence early in January, and about the usual time at Midsum mer. ATTORNEYS.—One hundred and twenty-four gentle men have given the requisite notice of intending to apply during the present term to be admitted to practice as at torneys in the Court of Queen's Bench; and there are no less than 33 notices for re-admission, making a total of one hundred and fifty-seven. THE SPRING CIRCUIT.—Home—Lord Denman, Baron Alderson. Midland—Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Baron Gurney. Oxford—Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Judge Manic. Norfolk—Baron Parke, Judge Patteson. North Wales—Judge Williams. South Wales—Judge Cresswell, Western—Judge Coleridge, Judge Erle. Northern— Judge Coltman, Judge Wightman. Baron Rolfe remains in town. JUSTICE CRESSWELL.—The Morning Chronicle speaks of this learned judge as " the readiest and clearest-headed practice lawyer of the day ; who was for many years t h e foremost advocate in Westminster-hall ; who, beginning as a reporter of cases a quarter of a century ago, ended his forensic career by being, on oae side or other, in every heavy cause which came before any of the three courts of common law." COUNTY AND BOROUGH CORONERS.—On Thursday a rule was granted by the Court in London, for a certiorari to bring up an order of the quarter sessions of the county of Lancaster upon the treasurer of that county, directing him to pay to the coroner of the county certain fees. The point intended to be brought before the Court was this— where a party had died within a borough, and the body had afterwards been removed into the county, whether the county coroner was entitled to hold an inquest on the body and to receive fees for doing so? IMPORTANT DECISION.—A very important question, bearing upon elective franchise, was decided on Thursday in the Court of Common Pleas. The revising barrister for Westminister (Mr. Moylan) held, at the last revision, that a £lO occupier of apartments in a house, where the landlord did not reside on the premises, was entitled to the franchise. In a second case, the same gentleman held that where the landlord did reside, and retained a Paramount control over the outer door of the house, the occupier of apartments was in the nature of a lodger, and was not entitled to the elective franchise. Against each of these decisions an appeal was carried to the Court of Common Pleas, in one case by the conservatives, in the other by the radicals, and the barrister's judgment was, in both cases, affirmed with costs. The decision cannot but have a very material effect upon the borough consti tuency throughout the kingdom. EX-PARTE PEMBERTON, IN RE BROWrt, DANSON, AND OTHERS.—COURT OF REVIEW, Jan. 16.—The Chief Judge recapitulated the facts relative to the joint firms at London and Liverpool, as already familiar to our readers. The complication of the case was unfounded, and each party bad fail , l in involving a simple case in ob scurity. The order must be altered. It was impost•ible to do so in 1843, there being then no application for a re hearing. Now the whole matter was open, and he must say that the proof ought to be varied by ascribing to the separate estate of Willis the receipts before the formation of the partnership with Swainson, leaving the rest to stand. There appeared to be an agreement on both sides that neither party should propose to alter the London proof. The order was so plainly wrong, that it was highly probable that it was rather the order of the parties than of the court. Though he should alter the order, those who sought the alteration must pay the costs of the applica tion ; the same to be allowed out of the joint estate of Willis and Swainson, without prejudicing the respondent's dividend. DESCRIPTION FOR VOTING.—In the Common Pleas, on Thursday, an appeal was heard from the decision of one of the revising barristers for the southern division of Lancashire. The case stated that the respondent was seized in fee of an undivided moiety of two cottages, situate in Tinker-lane, Hollinwood, in the township of Chadderton. Neither of the two cottages was numbered nor were they known by any name. The description of the property, as it appeared on the list of voters, was simply "Tinker-lane, Hollinwood", and it was objected at the revision that this was not a description of its situa tion, and that the names of the occupying tenants should have been added. The revising barrister thought that this addition was not necessary, and retained the name of the respondent upon the register. The case was argued in the course of last term, and the court took time to consider, in order that they might look into the forms given in the schedule to the act 5 Victoria, c. 16. The court thought that the description of the property was sufficient, and affirmed the decision of the revising bar rister. A FATHER'S LIABILITY.—A case was tried before Mr. Justice Williams on Thursday, by which it was sought to recover £4O from a gentleman for goods consisting of fancy articles—kid gloves and artificial flowers—supplied to his daughter 18 years of age, who had run up a bill to that amount for these articles in 18 months. The defen dant was an architect, and Mr. Justice Williams, in his summing up, said that the articles were not necessary for a person in the station of life of the young lady; and the defendant, merely because he was her father, was not lia ble. It was necessary the case should go further. There was no direct proof of authority, but the following was relied on by the plaintiffs. The goods were constantly sent to the house of the defendant. His daughter was of course during the time living with the defendant—if the family went out the daughter went with them, and it was therefore contended that the defendant must have known of her having these things ; and the jury were called upon to come to the conclusion that the defendant had given his authority to purchase these goods upon his credit. — The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. IN RE C. K. NICHOLLS, A BANKRUPT.—In this case, it will be recollected that the bankrupt was the manager and secretary of the somewhat notorious Westminster Loan Society. The bankrupt's balance sheet, which had been amended, showed the sum of £15,896 13s. 4d. as the amount of debts and liabilities, and the only assets which had come into the hands of the official assignee, or which lie was likely to receive, were £25. In reply to questions, he said that he had commenced the Westmin ster Loan Society with a capital of £5OO, which was ad vanced to him by his uncle, Sir Henry Nicholls, and £2,000 in addition, which he had received from various members of his family. Those sums had been swallowed up by the concern. His position was that of manager, Cornelius O'Brien, Esq., M.P., being the chairman. He solemnly declared that more than £200,000 had passed through his hands, as the manager, within two years, and the final deficiency was only £3,000. The attacks of the press, which he withstood for five months, ultimately caused the overthrow of the society. His private debts did not exceed £l5O. Mr. Commissioner Fane said that the accounts were most unsatisfactory, and he should adjourn the examination sine die, without giving the bankrupt an hour's protection. MR. CARUS WILSON AND THE JERSEY" AUTHORI TIES.—The Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, vir tually decided in favour of Mr. Wilson's appeal to English law, though the opportunity of aformal decision has been lost in issuing the judicial writ of "habeas corpus ad respondendum," instead of the prerogative writ of " habeas corpus ad subjiciendum." The reader will understand the distinction by our explaining, that the first-named writ applies to parties imprisoned by the process of the court. The other (the writ guaranteed to the subject by the Habeas Corpus Act, 31 Charles II.) applies to the case of all persons deprived of their liberty, by whatever authority. The court declared that the writ of habeas corpus ad suljiciendvm does run into Jersey, and must be obeyed in Jersey ; thus for ever disposing of the constitutional question, though, in consequence of the blunder of which we have spoken, it was impossible to make a rule in the particular case. Whether this blunder will deprive Mr. Wilson of Coe benefit of an action is ano ther question ; but as a second writ has been issued—if it has been regular—the question may be raised upo❑ it. The Solicitor-General, as soon as he was informed of the decision of the court, gave an undertaking that Mr. Wilson should be discharged forthwith. We congratulate our fellow-subjects upon this new declaration in favour of public liberty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S, THURSDAY. Two or three hedging bets were laid against Kedger and Alarm at more liberal odds than were procurable on Monday, and a nominal improvement took place in the Cobweb colt. The betting, and on the whole it was ex cessively flat and uninteresting, touched up a few other Derby horses at the last quotations. For the Chester Cup 1,000 to 25 each was laid against Trueboy, Zanoni, and Clumsy ; 1,000 to 20 each against Cataract, The Era, and Barricade ; and 1,000 to 15 each against Maramat and Portrait. The handicap is looked for with great ixiety. The Derby averages at the close were -13 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Kedger (taken, and aft. off.) 14 1 Mr. Greville's Alarm (15 to 1 taken) 17 1 Lord Stradbroke's Ides (18 to 1 taken) 18 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam 18 1 Col. Peel's Cobweb colt 25 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale 30 1 Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer (take 33 to 1) 33 1 Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa (taken) 33 1 Mr. Gully's Old England (tk and aft. off.) 33 1 Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger (taken) 33 1 Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen (taken, and afterwards offered) 1 Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 1 -- Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt (taken) 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken) 1 Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way (taken) 1 -- Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy (taken) 1 Lord Miltown's Flahowlagh (taken) 33 - 40 - 50 - 50 - 50 - 50 - 7 to 1 agst Mr. Worthingion's Lancashire Witch MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. The business done at noon to-day, towards selecting a favourite for the Chester Cup, out of the weights pub lished this morning, was in a bet of 1,000 to 30 being accepted upon % . Vmesour, who as yet appears to h ave t h e call of everything i he would have been backed to a fur ther amount afterwards had those odds been attainable. 33,0 to 10 tv.a., ',aid against Ratan, 30 to 1 agsk tiarricade, respondence between the attorneys of t , ,.: ties ensued, but as a favourabl e t erm i nat i on 7as not ar rived at the present action was instituted. respective par- Ultimately the jury returned a verdict for the pia:titiff —damages, £l2O. 500 to 10 agst Zanoni. 50 to 1 agst Scalteen, and 500 to 5 agst Cabin Boy. Offers to back the field agst twenty, The following is a summary of the offers made : BRUTAL OUTRAGE.-A maid -servant, at Great Bar sted, who was, recently, a principal witness against a thief, was, on Friday week, in the dead of night, induced by the false representations of some ruffians outside to go down stairs, half-dressed, and open the door. The ruffians the T w I r A e t L c o he F s A w N il 4s I M P OST ER.-John ;I b e pin pt: ior discovered aset: oktnort of .r e c _je L o i h ee n riu Neil her ou t, cut o ff all her hair, and, after heating and R . i,ws e js i ie l , , r ri p ro , r et i i i o ) t ln te :e r , charged " knockin g h er a b out, " left her insensible. It is believed -- "n obtaining money under false p re t ences, b y represent ing that he wa s - of the Ladies' A the widows and orp h a n" of th ose who perished inre i lb n ieehf t a li pl d ff President, was tried on Monn i .nn last, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh. A l t was proved that he had been before tried for forgery and .`,else uttering. The jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. TAXATION.-The Dublin Mail says that they learn from authentic sources of information that it is not in the contemplation of ministers to make any reduction in taxation, with the exception of tea. It is added that cir curnetances of a very suspicious nature hare occurred at Chnbonrg, and that a proposition will be made to parlia ment to appropriate the surplus revenue in coast defences and fortifications, so as to guard against surprise under any possible event; and to ensure the protection of the yards, arsenals, and merchant navy. THE DRVN/tARD•-Mr. Wakley says that he lately held an inquest upon a lady inordinately given to drink. Her medical attendants informed her husband that else could not live without drink, but that drink would kill her. The husband, of the two evil's, chose what appeared;' to him the lesser, as it secured tohim peace, and gave h er what drink she desired. In two months she drank 137 bottles of port wine and brandy, exclesive of malt liquors. She, shortly afterwards, was seized with mortal sickness, and such was her craving for drink, even in the agonies of death, that her attendants were compelled to keep con stantly in her mouth a rag saturated with brandy. A CHILD KILLED BY A TART.-On Friday wee*, an inquest was held upon a little child about two yeara of age, named Esther Nash, who met her death in the most singular manner. George Nash, bricklayer, father of the deceased, deposed that on Christmas Day his wife baked some tarts in an oven by the side of the grate. He took some of them our, and was setting them on the table, when one of the children jumped up and knocked them out of his hand. One of the tarts fell upon the deceased, and burnt her upon the face and chest very seriously.. Mr. Bodger, surgeon, was sent for, and ht prescribed the usual remedies, without effect ; the child grew worse, and eventually died from the injuries on the following Wed nesday.-Northampton Mercury. twton:e4nnr A tsnest the ip t covihaekf ambr gua W esndi n e ne s ufs t . Sussex sithat kßneoi considerableiQ. ni ng u gh e l r uwy t r e es Quarter e,i Sessions, teahes,i vai andigi,e, n es doingMtr oall Mr. Peter stolen a hshopkeeper,. reio,repye K e pre e tex n yr :. .: e the r u n s •i t t s t:e a s g s e e n s t described e -o himffic fire-office, being'a,nd holding' ' the other keeper officesof the poorsttr-uosffit.c,e; tAhnedcoyleletctthoirso:.etaalxtehsy ra tr a e n as , u l r l e .h r os o e f t re he -, The house of Rothschild, of London, was robbed the other day at Paris, of upwards of £5OOO sterling. whatever bae. ethtueeinaartenalci3smaeirovtueorsfvotofi Sir Chas. Metcalfe b p .y t hh i potation h t t i iv o u n imr for b,er h a o bf n rr e oe s us t gp y letr a eeett n to:c d tilfbooe cnaluehhoganwitmorruiioyttmadabeb}sl, e ,ets d h, e e,, e , t a l ci s seap w c : t a ead s a,: s ti, p y.) o r ps k t e ow n viet t hd o r e g n e cK s h c ,e a r l , esnee; sentenced buy e u n : c. i ae n sd g : abounds. roona numerous l ß a title of Baron Metcalfe, of Fern Hill. Dickens' " Chimes," is published at five shillings ; the trade has subscribed for 17,000 copies ! Christ's Hospital educates and boards about 1,200 boys, the cost being at £25 per annum each, or £30,000. A notice from the Bank of England to discount at 221_, byw to l itc 4 be yeal s' transportation. MISERABLE REMUNERATION. -On Thursday a roan' per cent. till April 11, was issued on Thursday. was brought up at the Clerkenwell Police -court, chard The mails for the Mediterranean and India were des- with neglecting to support his wife. The prisoner said patched from Southampton yesterday. he was by trade a tailor, and his pension being altogether There have been 25 fewer ra i n y d ays i n 1844 t h an in inadequate to s u pp or t hi mse lf and child, he was obliged the preceding year, and 22 fe wer th an t h e average of the to work. He could get nothing to do but army clothing ;• nine preceding years. and the want of constant employment even at that, ill health, and the scanty remuneration, occasioned his fall fro into arrears with the parish.-- ' r. Corn - be : The army A prisoner confined in Hertford Gaol, last week, cut off three of his fingers, in the hope of being thereby exempted , .. . clothing is not so badly paid for as h the slopwork of some m the tread-mill. of our London shops. - Prisoner: Well e I don't think, Dr. i r e ere new church, in Edinburgh, was opened your worship, a man could be much less profitably em on Sunday week, w h en a co ll ect i on, amount i ng to con- ployed than in working seven hours for 6d.-Mr.Combe: siderably more than £7OO, was made. Seven hours for 6d. !-Prisoner : Yes, seven hours for The horse and jo c k ey , pu bli c -h ouse, B at h , was de- 6d., and find all your own trimmings. ' lt will take a man stroyed by fire on Wednesday last, and Mrs. Ann Cross, seven hours to make a pair of army trousers, and you get a bed-ridden old lady, age d 78 , was b urnt to death. only 6d. for them, It will take a man 12 hours ' of hard A boy, fonrte et years old, hung himself, on Friday, at work to make a jscket ; yet you must make it and find Douglas, Isle of M an , i n consequence of having been the trimmi ngs out o f Is. corrected for some inattention. COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The " Medical Times " an- A verdict of manslaughter has been returned by a nounces, "on authority beyond suspicion," the following coroner's jury, at Tipton, against Thompson. an engineer, modifications in the charter recently granted. 1. All for causing, by negligence, the death of a lad, who was members, now and for the future, of 10 or 15 years' killed by the explosion of a boiler. standing, whether practising pharmacy or not, are to be O d n fellows ipso f acto , and to have the plenary power of elect aning the gove rn i ng b o d y of the college. 2. Gentlemen nig a quan tit y o f su l p h ur i c ac i d at h i s own works, and Practising midwifery w ill b e e li g ib le to he on the council, died the foll ow i ng morning. em F b ri r d a a id y e last, rer, m Mr.at :Manchester, t i e s r Schwabe, silk committed suicide manufacturer by tak _ which in future is alw a y s t o b e composed of a certain number of gentl emen pract i sing in that department of the A number of A mer i can b oo k se ll ers , pu bli s h ers and au- thorn have profession. 3. Th e court of examiners will be partially , presented our distinguished countrywoman, composed of surgeon-accoucheurs ; and examinations in Miss Jane Porter, with an arm-chair, as a token of their midwilery will form for the future an integral part of the esteem. surgical candidate's examinations. 4. Some new ar range- On Wednesday, John Clements, a wool-stapler, of merits will be proposed, by which will be removed the Little George -street, Bermondsey, attempted to murder barrier whirls now prevents surgeons practising pharmacy his wife by cutting her throat, and afterwards destroyed from ever sitting on the council. 5. The fellows will take himself, in a fit of insanity. seniority in the order of their standing as members of the Four workmen were killed last w ee k, i n th e L u d wort h college ; and may propose, w i thout reference to any list of precedence, any eli g ibl e mem b er as candidate, to fill. Pit, Durham, in consequence o f th e cor f i n w hi c h they were being drawn out of the pit slippi ng o ff th e h oo k b y ens vacancies in the counc il . which it was attached to the rope. LEGACIES BY A PAUPER.-A man named Lewis, who MORE MONEY FROM C HIN A .-Th e P e li can s l oop, 16 , had been nearly a qu ar t er of a century an inmate o f t h e Commander Phillip Justi c e, a rr i ve d a t P ortsmouth on workhouse of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, som e ti me S e back became p ossesse d o f f unded property amounting to a £3OO and upwards, w hi c h h a d b een left him by a relative; amounting another to a m (lion instalment ta o l f m d e a n i t lar of s. the Chi usnedianydeemy e t n ii i t n y g a last, maa with i but he found himself so comfortable in the poor-house, he preferred remaining there, as every member of his The m o a l old saying-" istayi willng - not ‘ I b f e a t r h ae iduckce w a i t. l will e b r e , , a , r s e a e g m o s o goose likelybe fo before family was dead, and he handed over his dividends to the parish authorities for his support, the maximum allowed' carry it against Mr. Aarago, Mr. Murphy, and all the other weather prophets. i for such purposes being Is. 7d. a week. In the month of The Morning Herald, states, that " the present pope is ' December last he died, previously to which he made a known to have returned thanks upon his knees, for the will, bequeathing the following sums to the different summons to Sir Robert Peel to assume the government parish officers t -The sum of £lO to the chairman of the of this country, in the autumn of 1834." is . the matron, £5 to the chief clerk, and smaller sums to board of guardians, £5 to the deputy-chairman, £1 to A few days since, a girl fifteen years old died i n se, each of the, guardians (24 in number,) £lO to the master minor officers, £lO to the clerk of the guardians and Bartholomew's Hospital, from fever brought on by the of the workhouse, and a similar sum to his wife, who hand in consequence of having 1 smaller sums to inferior officers in the workhouse'th e six Mr. Bainbridge, being appointedresidi tee. He refused to leave a mite to any of hilsacrYnmpa p been a ii in o a p s r s u i d n o c s FtwuerLlei LIFE.- Fn swelling 3 . •: ... a l her on needle. i‘f o ega dtabyeacpaimlobt-rbaoea.th,ecadons,tasinriantg. 1 nions. persons on board perished. Arasru Americann down ship Olive lsaixndp,ebr persona , the nant live Branch, when five of the Mr. Samuel Bailey, a r e s p ec t a bl e t r i mm i ng manufac- A SAILOR'S BELIE F IN N ELSON. -A mongst the many stra turer, Macclesfield, who was understood t o b e i n em b er- tam tamed in this world, per h aps t h e -f ollow i ng, entertained rassed circumstan ces , comm i tte d su i c id e, on Monday, at his own residence, in a fit o f t emporary i nsan i ty. the other day by an enlightened " hero of Trafalgar," may be deemed not the least singular. This veteran de-, The SUEZ MAILS.-The arrangements for the convey- fender of his country, who resides not a day's journey ance of the mails between Suez and Calcutta have not from Brampton, haying on a late occasion submitted to b een concluded ; and as there will be no vessel at Suez the grievous penalty of a broken limb, from having in on or about the 6th February, a s wa s expected, much Bulged in his beloved " grog," found himself by the Gala miry laid has been experienced. ruby " laid up," as he expressed it, with the dreary pros- A company has been formed in Sunderland for the pur- pect before him of remaining so' for some time to come. pose of applying steam in the coal trade between that The clergyman of the parish, hearing of the accident, paid • port and London. The capital will be £20,000 in 1,000 the unhappy tar a visit in his distress, hoping to impart a shares of .£2O each, and it is calculated that large profits little spiritual consolation, and, by a timely rebuke, in will be realised. duce the erring sufferer to abandon a habit that had been IMPORTS OF CATTLE IN 1844.-The total number of the cause of his present misfortune. The worthy minister, beasts and sheep imported into the United Kingdom, du- after pointing out the dangers of intemperance, and ex ring the year ending Dec. 31, 1844, was beasts, 4,495 • pressing his abhorrence of its debasing nature, began to sheep, 2,603 : of these were imported direct into Hull wind , up , by an emphatic delivery of the scriptural warning that ' No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven" 1,690 beasts and 775 sheep. when he was hastily interrupted by the indignant sailor in WHALES ON SHORE.-Upwards of 160 whales were an excited voice, exclaiming, " Aye; but, sir, Lord Nel driven ashore last week at Sandwich Bay, South ere an said as how a man as had done his dul would et to naldshay, and Orkney, and are to be disposed of by pub- heaven !" It was in vain the astonished clergyman as lic roue. This capture will be worth several hundred sured him that what he had just now quoted was from a pounds to the parties concerned.-Glasgow Guardian. far higher authority than that of Lord. Nelson. The REVENUE on SCOTLAND.-The net produce of the ancient contemporary and disciple of the "Admiral Duke" revenue in Scotland, for the year ending Jan. sth, 1845, persisting to declare that he " didn't wish for an autho was £5,145,563 ; whereas, in the previous year, it was rity higher than Lord Nelson !" only £4,675,943 ; showing an increase on last year of £45,563. The At henceum of Saturday gi ves th e part i culars of a • most wonderful discovery for making an almost instan- ADM INISTERING CANTH kRIDES.-Two youths, sons taneous fac-simile of any engraving or printed page. In . of tradesmen, were ordered to find bail, on Thursday last, 1841, a fac-simile was made of four pages of the At he- _ at Worship-street Police-office, for administering a po- nreurn at Berlin, so perfect that it could not be detected; tent and almost fatal dose of this medicine to a Mrs. from the original. "We now learn that the discoverer Coles, wife of a salesman in Spitalfields. was M. Baldermus, now of Berlin, and that the process. A few days since a labourer at Nottingham was feeding 1 has been communicated to Mr. Woods, of Barge-yard. a straw-cotter, worked by h orse - power, w h en h i s hand Chambers, B uc kl ers b urv , T he original to be copied is I unfortunately became entangled with the fodder between . prepared by peculiar chemical means, and pressed in tight_ c the rollers, and before th e h orses cou ld b e stoppe d , it wa s ontact with met a lli c pl ates, w h ere b y a reversed fac-simile entirely severed, piece after piece, from hi s arm . The well. is obtained; an d a ft er t h e metallic plates have been pre poor fellow is going 1 i pared by a se con d process ( wh i ch. prevents the adnerence on i of ink on th e bl an k spaces, ) the impression is inked up The match at chess bet ween M r . S taunton an d M. St. with rollers, and p r i n t e d f rom i n the usual manner of sur- Amant has been p os tp one d, i n d e fi n i te l y, on account of face printing. Eventually, the proprietors are sanguine the continued indisposition of the former gentleman. He, of being able to print from cylindrical surfaces, and con however, proposes to play in London at some future day, sequently produce an unlimited number in a short time. the best of twenty-one :games, staking £l5O to M. St. Both sides of a newspaper can be transferred simulta- Amant's .CIOO. neously on contiguous cylinders. Nothing can exceed Mr. Crowley, the father of Crowley who was lately the ease, the elegance, and rapidity of the whole operation. captured at Chester, and who now awaits his trial for tine The specimen worked off for us, a page of I: Illustration, wilful murder of his father's servant by shooting hm, Journal Universel, was produced in less than a quarter of died a short time ago. It is said the shock he experi- an hour from the first preparation. In, fact, allowing enced, on learning that his ill-fated son was taken, was seven or eight minutes for the absorption of a diluted acid, so severe as ultimately to cause his death. the thing is done as quickly as two sheets of paper can be Mr. Samuel Garness, a poor-law guardian, at Ross, his ; successfully placed on a plate of zinc, pissed under the son, Thomas Garness, Thomas Lewis, and Edward Tour- I roller, and again withdrawn." 'file origirnil and the fac . ney, have been committed to gaol, on a charge of man- simile may be seen at the altheninum office: slaughter. They They forcibly removed an old woman, named M eiebants 4 ; BANKRUPTCY A NALYSIS FOR 1844. inary Jones, to the R oss U n i on Workhouse, when she apothecaries 9, attorneys 8, auctioneer s 7-Ale 9, bakers fcluttnn.. was lying ill, and it is said that the ill-usage and exposure kers 4, booksellers 10. boot and shoe makers 10, brewers - to cold facilitated her death. 8, brickmakers 3, brokers 8, builders 44, butchers 14, ca- A number of tenants of kitchens, in the parish of St. binet makers 11, cancel printers 4; carpenters 21, ce,tpet• Mary-le-Strand have been ejected under the 'provisions manufacturers 4, cattle dealers 7, cheesernongers 6,,chy of the New Metropolitan Building Act, which prohibits mists and druggists 15, clothiers 5, cloth manufacturers the letting of kitchens or cellars as residences, unless 4, cloth merchants 2, coach makers 5, coach and omnibus properly drained and ventilated. Many of these wretched proprietors 5. coal merchants LI, commi ss i on agents 10, abodes. were only appro ac h e d b y ce ll ar fl aps from the contractors-(road, railway, and gas) 3, cooks and confec street, and were without windows. tioners 4, corn merchants and dealers 17, cotton, manufac turers 3, colliers 10, cutlers 3, d a i rymen 3, dealers 15, MARY GALLOP.-The f urn it ure o f t h e poor man Gallop, who was p o i sone d recently b y his daughter at earthenware d ea l ers 3 , eat i ng and coffee house keepers 3, engineers 6, engravers 2, farmers 7, flannel makers 2, Crewe, was sold this week, and in one piece of furniture, nuitmerehants 4, furriers 4, glass merchants 3, grocers -somewhat resembling a family chest of drawers,-fast- r eced by a secret spring, was found £l5O. This was the ?- 3 (tatters, nfd 6, horse dealers 8, hosiers 4, innkeepers 22, money for which, in all probability, the unfortunate girl ir e o i oun ers 11, ironmongers 19, jewellers 7, lacemen 3, at ier sellers 3, lime burners 2, linen drapers 23, linen. took her father's life, in order to effect a marriage with 1 her lover. manufacturers 2, livery stable keepers 7, lodging house , keepers 5, machinists 2, maltsters 7, market gardeners 2, IGNITION OF GUANO AT SEA.-A 111111 paper states mercers 2, merchants 38, millers 10, milliners 3, money that a vessel laden with guano from ichaboe, shipped a scriveners 5,. musical instrument makers 2, nail manufac quantity of salt water, in consequence of striking on the turers 2, oil merchants 3 painters 2, paper hangers 2, pa combustion. and that the water caused almost instantaneous per makers 3,pawnbrokers ' - andglaziers 3, plumbers l3, combustion. The crew took to the boat, but they had printers 5, • printsellers 2, provision merchants 4, saddlers scarcely done so when a tremendous explosion of the gas 13, sail cloth manufacturers 3, ship brokers 3, ship own. engendered by the partially fired guano blew the stern out et 7, shipwrights 4, silk manufacturers 4, silk throwsters of the vessel, which then filled and sank in deep water. , silversmith s , soap makers 2, stationers 12, straw '4 A PRESENT FROM THE P OPE To O'CONNELL.-A con- bonnet manufacturers 2, surgeons 13, tailors 28, tallow respondent of the Standard, under the signature of "au chandlers 7, tanners 3, tea dealers 8, timber merchants 3, Inquirer," says-" Th ere appears to b e a singular incon. tobacconists 4, toymen 2, trimming makers 2, upholster sistency between the Papal l etter w hi c h i s now published, era 9, victuallers 47, warehousemen 10, watchmakers 4, and tire fact of Pope G regory xara, having within these wheelwrights 1, wine and spirit merchants 36, woollen very few years sent the present of a gold cross and medal draper s 8, woo ll en manufacturers 3, woolstaplers 2, worS to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, Can an y person give an ex- ted manufacturers 3, worsted spinners 3, various 76. Total lik!anation of this ?" ' 1,064. CHESTER CUP. • - 33 to I agst WitteSOU ken)• 3 5 1 Ratan (;alien) 40 1 40 1 Trueboy 90 --- 1 Porto Bello 50 1 Rowena 50 1 -- Barricade (taken) 50 1 Zanoni (taken) 50 1 Counsellor 50 1 Scalteen (taken) 500 1') Old Ireland (take 500 to 7) 500 8 April Noddy 100 1 The Cure 100 1 Cabin Boy (taken) SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB MEETING. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JAN. 15 and 16. TILE SCARISBRICK Cur.—Mr. Dickenson's Dressma ker beat Tyrant, and won the cup. THE FLEETWOOD CUP.—Mr. Robinson's Phoebe beat Clasher; and Mr. Deakin's Derwent brat Cumberland in the third ties, when the gentlemen named divided the cup. THE CHURCH TOWN STAKES.—Mr. Bennett's Lin colnshire beat Butterfly; and Mr. R. B. Bennett's Staf fordshire heat Signora. THE CLARET STAKES.—Mr. Robinson's Rocket beat Harkaway, and won. THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES.-Mr. T. Bennett's Ellen beat Bolivar, and won. THE PORT STAKES.—Mr. Robinson's Empress beat Robin Hood, and won. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING, JANUARY 16. TIES OF THE RIDGWAY CUP.—MT. Garvin's Gambler beat Canto, and won. THE SKFTON CUP.—Mr. Ridgway's Rowena beat Ti tania, and won. MOLYNEUX PLATE.-Mr. Taylor's Testy beat Spree, and won. CROXTETH PURSE.—Mr. Swan's Sparks of Fire beat Salute, and won. ALTCAR STAKES.—Mr. Graham's Long-long-ago beat Ifton, and won. WEST DERBY STAKES.—Mr. Ball's Burgundy beat Hector, and won. LANCASHIRE STAKES.—Mr. Segar's Doctor beat Rattan, and won. THE CHRISTMAS Box.—Mr. Matthews' Primrose beat Barnaby Rudge, and won. THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT.—Mr. Bourne's Legacy beat Monsoon, and won. Stewards—W. G. Unsworth, E. Garvin, B. Edwards, and J. Arderne, &qrs. Judge—Mr. A. Dalzell. GENERAL MISCELLANY