The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

1,184 i SUMMARY ter this weeks for the purpose oan. That Was 4,1 be made, in it discount. It the remaining his w ay. Thil Lg- three months iss bills can be The highest Per cent. Bui- Ited States as a ders for mane' out from that dl not be called l.'s supply. 1 offers the fol.- s country thig, exchange that its of flour and .efore the Bank Ind for gold to ood one, and if ►ount of either r these circure your harvest ►wn sufficiently . hs to admit of , and the pur as produced 1, notwithstand - The increased 'p tibl e amo unt, ull time. Bet" for goods and on throughout be set down at in. The tot f which s pecu- I 1,000 Surat , irat, and 1, 0 M) k were 36,400 bales, againSC icy of 238,220 (.1, of cotton, corresponding ,ek. A conti lesirable until t crop. try have, this ling the e fforts of the potatoo rt the early pa to the wheat le week, were neal, with 111 3 ° ierica. Large ich not being English porta• advices said to , and France; of wheat 04' country mar- ► far as Franc* mounts. Di a ' reporting an at of the q!' ten per ce n t ' and the clue s in prices Il i stoppages 0 )ankrupt at ie amount ff this change I n Commerce o_l - o - n — account s fuse tiTreceis l al states that d promises $' laturday, ha/ - Id from Bahia cted in conSe" taken at Rio , has been four )yage out an d ed in 82 dals, d ' 3d to the 9,,t` s, that the '", had arrived 91 fim and 11 119 I May. had Coffee hat' of the mont h 00 bags of a u Tall, especial -1 Y few cases f or !uses and 800 Brent quali t y' D. ShipPingi NEWS. ates, that the eached was iri een presented ry's Rectory' Rev. Canon g 300 indivi - Lever. Th e 0 towards the Drs. Gr e y' ed bishoPs crown, g re w, 7bury, on of e BishoPs sist. liPte:on was Pte : NewP2o 6 e pulpit vo,`, ll t and in oku„A, n had faiorli, t exertion ing at ° 5f .,1 , provide fo,jp ish scho le ir mmence were Pres° e Rev. ` - ' - doilt ;den, LOricot leSte!, ' Ta ger- Witham ovent-gar7 t be the gift of 0 . 0 per anti!' t, last appoll' ot residence mr that it rated the 1-cev. Manchester , pin' by two of thoter from this the AeY• the bishoPrr the vener ab l e , d, we b elievr ie first Bishe e' !steenue -A , r he oddfel'°„virg, 4 portant ,Tis), ford, elega nti of an Lers and s o o t )me servi„ le plate gip. including . .een, weigp richly , turn ortio ce i d to nents Pa l a araounteovo The 8 , 0 , 1 01 0, 1846, ,eiyed •Plitss was, io or° n sees a ;ether ; es terf 2., Chic° ON Eord 325 01.2,1360ne;, 1. Br O tt 7, 811' lia e j nano; nan t he Trust, ch ,ne ehufeviero—t 3 Wa ld' 10 ay. J. 01 1 0. .en d a r, froto too; had CO ° tb to r estor e fel l , ehure a Vv., ance 11 0 tec ibl A intro's l ol .` rla d s ton, of 4 S e ie reP°lll, tto )ked ' 11.)° ,1 lift h d be h a s clo c ,:apt for -i u „J not isoh-leta t e t l ;i l n , b lnd u h 11 l e ex Ole& ula leY siv° ob_ YrroD• f o . on Itf, the n e liM ~huient t June 22, 1847. Lora! ,tlu9. On Wednesday, 'a man, named Richard Coole, fell into 'the Egerton Dock, at Birkenhead, and was drowned. Thomas Simpson, the man who jumped from the rail- Way train in its rapid descent down the tunnel to Lime street, as stated in our last, died on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a sailor, named Joseph Parr, on board the Harrison Chilton, was killed by a blow from a rope as that vessel was coming out of Prince's Dock. The Rev. W. Grayston, one of the Roman Catholic priests at St. Patrick's chapel, died on Wednesday of typhus fever. He is the sixth priest who has died of that :Pestilence in this town within two months. Boy DROWNED.—On Tuesday, a boy, named John Anglesey, went with his father's dinner to Gilbertson's Dock, at Iranmere, and, by some means which could not ibe ascertained, lie fell from the slip and was drowned. MILITARY FIELD DAY. — The Veteran battalion of Pensioners are to be inspected on Friday next, by ,Major General Sir William Warre, commanding the north west district. THE BRITANNIA.—It is remarkable that the Britannia has sailed from Boston on the Ist of June for the last four years, and arrived at Liverpool on the 13th, establishing for herself the character of being as punctual in her arri val as the railway mails in England. At the performance of the Festival Choral Society this evening, the dead march in Saul will be played as a mournful tribute on the death of James Aspinall, Esq., who was for many years one of the trustees of the society, and one of its warmest supporters. It is said that the prices of admission to the theatre on the occasion of Jenny Lind's visit to this town will be• 15s. to the principal boxes, 10s. to the second boxes, and 7s. 6d. to the gallery, and that no money will be taken at the doors. • SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday afternoon, William 'Gibson, of Edwin-street, formerly a butcher, in Islington. after taking his tea, took up a newspaper, and sat upon the sofa; wile reading, the paper fell from his hands, and he fell forward on the floor. He was taken - up, but life was extinct. He had not complained of being ill before. ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, WEST DERBY.—This church is to be consecrated on Saturday next, about the usual hour vf morning service, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of 'Chester, and the sermon is to be preached by the Bishop himself. His lordship and the assembled clergy will be received, after the consecration, by the patroness, Mrs. Thornton, of the Elms, West Derby, at'whose sole expense the church has been erected and endowed. 0..00nEa.-111;. James Jones, of Corboe - ;ys the 'Tyrone Journal, thankfully acknowledges having received •per Mr. WCay, town-missionary, Bedford -street, Park, Liverpool, the following sums for the poor of the district: —Part of collection in Great George's-street Chapel, per William Crossfield, Esq.. £2 ; from three gentlemen, £3 Os. 6d. ; from eight gentlemen, ; from twelve gentle men, £3 ss. 6d. ; smaller sums, £2 25.: £l4 Bs. FIRST MANSION IN THE NEW PARK.---On Tuesday, -the first stone of a new dwelling-house (the intended resi dence of J. H. Hind, Esq., one of the Billkenhead Com missioners,) was laid in Claughton-park. This is the first building commenced in the park, and the design is said to be exceedingly chaste and elegant. The ceremony of lay ing the stone was performed . by Mrs. Hind, who had a o silver trowel presented to her n the occasion by William Jackson, Esq. There were a number of persons present. PROSPERITY.—One of the leading corn-houses in Liverpool received eleven hundred thousand pounds in business transactions during the month of May. If this be taken as Mn of the year's business, it will show )e so mod 103. on every £lOO be realized ,) an income of £60,000 pt )3 , the house alluded to. IN annum wot question whether this can be equalled out of Liverpool Courier. DEATH OF MR. OKILL.—In our obituary of to-day will be found the recent death of Mr. Okill, Clerk of Commit tees under the Corporation. It may be interesting to his many friends and the public to know, that it was about the year 1816 when Mr. Okill was first engaged by the Corporation to examine the treasurer's books. His pro motion was most rapid. In 1821 he was appointed at the repository ; in 1824, clerk of committees at £5OO per annum; in 1828, his salary was raised from £5OO to £600; in 1836, it was raised to £700; and in 1840 it was raised to £9OO, at which it continued up to the period of his death. _ - - - ASSAULTING A SURGEON.—On Wednesday, Mr. John Callan, surgeon, appeared against a powerful-looking woman named Margaret Meyer, for assaulting him. Mr. Callan said the prisoner came to his surgery respecting some patient, and behaved in so violent a manner that he was compelled to tell his assistant to turn her out. She then turned round and struck him. The prisoner said she had a sister lying ill of the fever, and although she had got two notes from the Parish-office, and left them at the surgery, no one had called to see her. The first note she got on Friday, and the second on Monday. She also said the complainant had assaulted her. It appeared that the prisoner had before been in custody, and she'was ordered to pay 10s. and costs or go to gaol for seven days. LIVERPOOL WATER BILL.—The scheme of the Liver pool Corporation was shortly debated on the third reading last night, on the question of 800,000 gallons to be daily supplied to Wigan. The bill was\ passed ; and, as it stands, the opposition of the people of Wigan must be carried into the lords. But the representatives of the Corporation are making unbounded efforts to induce the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company to relax the condi tions which they have secured, so as to enable the Corpo ration to give to Wigan the required quantity, without - diminishing that due to the canal ; and if they succeed in this object, further contest will be obviated. If not, an obstinate battle will take place before the lords, for the Corporation cannot yield the 800,000 gallons without ma terially diminishing the already reduced supply to Liver pool—Manchester Guardian. THE FEVER AND THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. — At the last meeting of the Select Vestry, as may be seen in an ther column, Mr. Austin, the assistant poor-law commis sioner, recommended the conversion of the Kirkdale in dustrial school into a temporary fever hospital, at the same time stating that the authorities of Manchester were willing to take a number of the children into the schools at Swinton. The vestry have, however, decided against this proposition upon several grounds, one of which is that the parents of the children would have a strong ob jection to their being sent to Swinton, and their preju dices might carry thm so far as to suppose that, if the industrial school were once used as a receptacle for fever patients, it could never again be thoroughly purified. The probability now is, that some large building will be erected a short distance from the town, in order to afford Proper accommodation for the victims of the contagion. HORRIBLE SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night last Chris topher Carrick, a man employed casually at a brewery, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. few de ceased, who lived at Low-hill, had, during the last ewnlnths. suff ere d severe ly i n consequenc e o f b a yi ng sever a l to attenodfuhpiosnfatry lying ill of fever. He had no one hem, and was compelled to leave his work and remain at home for that purpose ; this, with the cir cumstances of his unfortunate positi on , an d th e suffer !.ti gs of his f am i ly, produced a depression of spirits. A few weeks ago the deceased was himself attacked with fever, and, on Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, he got out of bed and said to his wife, " It must be done." She ask e d w h at he meant, when he replied, '• I must cut my thro a t." H e had no sooner uttered he expressio n than h e t oo k a razor from a box and inflicted two dread ful cuts in his throat, and afterwards attempted to tear open the wound. A surgeon was called, but the deceased lived only about three hours. PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening last, about s i x t y gentlemen met at din ner a t M r. Sykes', the Durham Ox Brownlow-hill, on the occas i on of presenting to Mr. ' Timothy Welch, a testimonial from his friends, to whom he has endeared himself by his many amiable qualities during his residence in Liverpool. The testimonial con sisted of three volumes of Scott's Commentary on the Bible, beautifully bound, with the addition of a purse of 100 guineas. The Bible bore the following inscription : " This Bible, together with a Purse of 100 Guineas, pre sented to Mr. Timothy Welch, by a feW friends, on the occasion of commencing his studies for the Church, and as a mark of esteem for his many inestimable qualities. — Liverpool, June 15, 1847." The dinner consisted of a profusion of the richest dainties of the season, with wines and dessert in every variety, and of first-rate quality, and reflected highest credit on the worthy host and hostess. The chair was ably filled by Joseph Sykes, Esq., (of the firm of Gardner and Sykes,) who was admirably supported by Richard Crossley, Esq., of South Castle-street, who occupied the vice-chair. Mr. Welch is studying at St. Bees. DEPUTATION TO GOVERNMENT UPON THE STATE OF THE TowN. — A communication, of a somewhat alarming nature, was brought before the health committee of the town council on Thursday by Dr. Duncan, the medical surveyor of the corporation. It related to the present un healthy condition of the town, from the excessive preva lence of typhus fever, which he considered to be spreading much more rapidly and widely than was generally con ceived. The exact terms of the report we are not ac quainted with, but its tenor was such that the health com mittee immediately w a it e d u p on th e mem b ers o f t h e select vestry, an d l a id t h e substance of it before them. The result was that a d epu t a ti on, cons i st i ng o f several members of th e h ea l th committee and the select vestry, . Mr. Hart, the vestry clerk, proceeded to London by the ex press train that evening, for the purpose of obtain ing an i n t erv i ew with the home secretary upon the subject, in order t o see whether some means could not be devised Whereby the government m i g ht co-operate w i th the paro chial authorit ies, in their endeavours to improve the sani tary condition of the borough. NADAS'S Scn ooLs .— On Tuesday evening S . T. B AR last, the infants in connection with these schools under went the usual half-year l y of the Rev. T. Nolan,and eaxlaaTination, in the presence of the children and members congregat i on.ofgethnennibernf room was densely crowded , th epare i n h t e s being present. about three hu nd red persons The examination was conducted by Miss Colgan, the talented mi s t ress, and she certainly proved, b elicited e o n from b t her b the ready and co rrec t answers w hi c h s h e were exceedingly youthful charge, (who all, by the way, assis neat and clean,) that both she and her tants had done their duty ; which the Rev. T. Nolan on behalf of himself and all present thankfully acknow ledged. There were about 250 infants receiving daily in struction Nolan w hi ch must, without doubt, prove an invaluable boon to ' t Ed gard Roles.r. thickly poputed district. The also remarked that head his curate, the Rev. Ed to)?, had been busily engaged in examining the agnudsgi Is, and he was happy to say the improvement ancthfratnedvening. ad eve eased as satisfactory in both instances as what they the children executed by the girls He toteed the parents of sof the school xamine the work both to teachers and winch he considered did great credit '• God save th e s eparated highly delighted with The children the n sang, Queen'P"eilxsn.ellent style, and the meeting w itnessed. ). all they had heard and ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CM:YR.-011Thursday next sailing match for an elegant piece of plate, of the value of 50 sovs., will take place from New Brighton, by the large class of cutter yachts belonging to this club. The follow ing vessels are intended to take part in the contest :—Sul tana, 99 tons, R. C. Naylor, Esq. ; Queen of the Ocean, 49 tons, Thomas Littledale, Esq. ; Vision, 45 tons, Thos. Birchall, Esq. ; Gondola, 75 tons, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq. ; Bacchante, 80 tons, B. H. Jones , Esq. ; Water Wyvern, 40 tons, J. E. Stopford, Esq. The Queen's Course, the line to be sailed over, is from the starting place at New Brighton round the Bell Buoy and North west Lightship. The latter marks sailed twice over, and back again to New Brighton. PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—A meeting of the principal inhabitants of Everton was held on Wednesday at Mr. William Halliday's, the Everton Coffee-house, for the purpose of presenting a service of plate to Mr. William Shaw, who has been for many years an overseer of the poor for that township, as a mark of esteem for his con duct during the time he held that office. Mr. George Kerford, secretary to the testimonial committee, was called upon to present the testimonial, which consisted of a lithographic portrait of Mr. Shaw, by Mr. M'Gahey, of Bank-buildings, and a handsome tea and desert service. Mr. Ledger said he had had an opportunity for eleven years of witnessing the correct manner in which Mr. Shaw had kept his accounts, and of marking the honesty and general excellence of his character. The township of Everton had also tested hi m , an d th e li s t o f s ubscribers to the testimonial, which contained the names of a num ber of men of every shade of political opinion, and every standing in society, testified their opinion of the manner in which he discharged the parochial duties which de volved upon him. He was respected by the magistrates for his intimate acquaintance with the intricacies of the poor-law; and the poor themtelves had proved him kind and charitable. The Chairman then formally presented the plate to Mr. Shaw, whose health was drunk with three times three. Mr. Shaw briefly thanked the com pany for the unexpected honour which had been conferred upon him, assuring them that his only desire was to give satisfaction to the rate-payers. The proceedings then ter minated, and the meeting resolved itself into a convivial party, the hilarity of which was maintained undisturbed till a late hour. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—ANNUAL EXAMINATION. —The annual midsummer examination of the pupils in the higher and lower schools connected with this institu tion commenced on Wednesday. In each department the examination was conducted by the masters of the different classes, under the supervision of the Principal, W. B. Hodgson, Esq., LL.D. The pupils in the English classes, and those for foreign languages, in both schools, displayed the greatest proficiency, and the result must be very gratifyieg not only to the students themselves but to the parents and to the teachers under whose tuition they have been placed. In the drawing classes no mean degree of talent was exhibited; and if some of the young and as piring students will only patiently study good models they will doubtless stand high in the walk of art they have chosen. There were some fine specimens amongst the productions of the students in the High School, the best of which were by Mason, (who had several excellent heads and figures,) Lyon, Langshaw, &c. There were some good drawings also in the Lower School: and where all were excellent, it may perhaps be deemed invidious to particularize ; but those of Thomas Hill were particularly striking. The evening scholars also contributed a number of pleasing sketches, one of which was a sweet little rural scene, by Williams. H. Stanley showed a beautiful draw scene from a French subject. Fairclough, John Wild, angshaw, and Carrington, had some of the best draw am. The best of the ornamental drawings ghan, and Dagnall. There was a fine head nas Burrows, who - had also a tastefully drawn figure of Venus. Simpson, Stephenson, Frederick Fos brooke, Hatherlev, Cotter, and E. H. Wylde, had also some very creditable specimens. There is also an elabo rate and well executed copy of Herrman's painting of St. Nicholas's Church, by George Walker. The whole of them displayed great care and diligent study, and reflect the greatest credit upon pupils and teachers. The exami nation was resumed next day, and in the evening a meet ing was held in the theatre of the Institution, at which prizes were awarded to the most successful scholars. THE VOTE OF THANKS TO JOHN HOLMES, ESQ.--We have had an opportunity of inspecting, at the private room of the artist, the emblazoned copy, of the vote of thanks passed to Mr. John Holmes, at the last meeting of the Highway Commissioners, in December last. It has been executed by Mr. John R. Isaac, of Castle-street, and is one o f th e most elegantly finished and elaborately executed works of the kind we have seen. It is done on vellum, large size, and handsomely framed. The vote of thanks is written in original church text, with illuminated letters ; and an agreeable relief is afforded by the intro duction of different characters, some of which, the origi nal design of Mr. Isaac, are exceedingly chaste. The border, which is very gracefully designed and richly orna mented, is purely allegorical. On the right side there is some golden tubing, or segments of circles,—intended to convey an idea of water-pipes,—Mr. Holmes, as is well known, having been mainly instrumental in obtaining a proper supply of water for the town. These are charged with a serpent, with ivy leaves intertwining, denoting lasting health. At the top are a scythe and a bee-hive, representing time and industry ; and at the bottom an olive branch and a cornucopeia, the allegorical represen tatives of peace and plenty. The centre division is occd pied with the Liverpool crest. At the top there is another beautiful bordering, with wreaths of flowers and fruit pendant; and.two aerial figures in the centre, supporting the armorial bearings of Mr. Holmes,—a pelican, natural, feeding her young. On each side is a medallion, that to the right representing the highway, with a car of fame, intended to signify the exertions of Mr. Holmes as a member of the Board of Highways ; and on the left is a fountain and a stream of pure water. At the bottom are drawings of the Town-hall, and Scotland-road, which was widened in the year 1825, on the individual responsi bility of Mr. Holmes. These are joined with a wreath of roses, in the centre of which are Mr. Holmes' initials, the whole supported by a beautiful base of scrollwork. Lilies, forget-me-not, and heartsease are strewed down the left side. This beautiful work, which is done entirely by the pen, has been designed and elaborated in a style the most creditable to Mr. Isaac, the artist. MURDER AT KNOWSLEY.—The household of Lord Derby and the residents in the immediate neighbourhood of Knowsley-hall were thrown in a state of considerable excitement on Sunday evening last by the following shock ing occurrence :—About 7 o'clock in the evening a man who appeared to be in a very excited state and without hat and shoes came to the door of the lodge in Knowsley park, which is built in the Swiss cottage style, near the stable yard, and in which resides an old retainer of the family, well known as Betty Highcock, and her servant maid, an interesting looking young girl of 15, named Ann Leyland. The old woman was alarmed at the man's ap pearance and told him to go away, as she had nothing to give him. He immediately rushed at and threw her down. The girl Leyland ran terrified out of the house, down the avenue leading to the main carriage road. The maniac, for such he was, pursued her. Old Mrs. High cock, taking advantage of the opportunity, got up and ran in the opposite direction towards the stables. Some of the grooms having heard her screams, came out, and going in the direction of the carriage road, found the mad man about 50 yards from the cottage door, standing over the unfortunate girl, whom he had knocked down. He had one foot upon each of her arms, and her long hair twisted in his hands, whilst he was pulling it with all his might. The girl then appeared to be insensible. It would appear that some minutes elapsed before the per son who first arrived would dare to approach the maniac, who threatened them with instant destruction if they interfered with him. At length, however, a helper in the stables, named James Mills, came behind and threw him fright over, when, horrible to relate, the scalp, extending r in o c m hes tb in e f d ro ia n in t e to ter t , h w e i b i jacchk m of us t t he ha h r e e ad be ( e u n pw p a a r r d ti s all o y f de of tacbed by the previous blows, was rent completelyfrom the hand. The girl was immediately taken the breadth of a man's y of tlten up and conveyed skull, leaving the bone e to the hall. Mr. Alty, surgeon ae was in attend ance as soon as possible and remained with her all night. She, however, never recovered from the collapsed state in which she was found, and died at 8 o'clock on Monday morning. The perpetrato r o f th e h orr id deed was not .e -cured for some time. He deliberately walked up before the windows of the hall—sometimes wiping his hands with the bloody scalp, and at others holding it up high over his head, and singing "hallelujahs." Its e;cult - a.tion was only similar to that of a savage Indian displaying the reeking trophy just severed from the head of a prostrate foe. Within about a quarter of an hour after he had first been seen several persons collected around with pitch forks, staves, and other weapons ; and he was secured, and handed over to a policeman, who had been sent for. The latter, with some difficulty, extracted the hair from his hand. A sort of pruning -knife was found in his pocket, but he does not appear to have made any use of it. He was then conveyed to Prescot police-station, where he re mained for the night. The name of the man is James Dwerryhouse. He is a powerful looking person, about 35 years of age ; had been for some years in the army ; served in India, and was discharged with a conditional pension about four years since. For the last two years he has been employed as a signal man on the London and North-Western Railway, stationed at Broad-green, the duties of which office he performed up to Saturday even ing last. On that day he appeared to some of the over lookers and to his family to be rather strange in his con duct, constantly reading a hymn book, and refusing to take his usual meals. At 8 o'clock on the same evening he left his friends, and they, supposing him to be insane, searched for him through the night, and gave a descrip tion of his person at the different police-offices. Unfor tunately he was not found in sufficient time to prevent mischief. His is evidently a religious madman. For the last two months he has completely given up drinking and smoking (although previously addicted to both practices , „ giving as a reason that, as Christ had suffered for him he was bound to suffer in return. He stated to Mr. Allen, the superintendent of police at Preseot, that he had killed the unfortunate girl because she was an enemy of the Lord, and that he was commissioned from Heaven to 'lay all such. He refused every kind of sustenance, saying that he was " fed with manna from on high." An in quest was held on the body of the girl at Knowsley-hall on Wednesday evening, before Mr. John Hayes and a respectable jury. A post mortem examination had been made by Mr. Alty. He was of opinion that death was produced by comprsssion on the brain, produced by the extravasation of a quantity of blood between its mem branes, the effect of a blow or a severe fall on the back of the head. He did not think that the scalping had any thing to do with the immediate cause of death, The pri soner, who was present during the inquiry, preserved the most dogged silence, although several times asked his name by the coroner. His hands were manacled behind his back, which appeared to be a very necessary pre caution, as lie was sometimes disposed to be violent A verdict of " Wilful murder " was returned against him, and he was immediately forwarded to Kirkdale gaol. The old woman Highcock is still confined to her bed, danger ously ill from the effects of her fall and fright. 1 THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. deputation,from Liverpool, on the health of the town, consisting of Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Messrs. Earle, Rushton, Nicol, Bennett, Ferguson, Hart, and Dr. Duncan, had an interview with Sir George Grey last week, at the Home Office. Two elegant richly-embossed gold pen cases, each con taining-a gold pen, have been presented to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, of Clayton-square, as a mark of grateful res pect from a few ladies—private pupils. So elegant and appropriate a present does honour to the ladies, and must be very pleasing to their instructors. TURTLE. — Those who wish to enjoy a luxury should call at Whiteman's, and partake of his excellent turtle soup. The price is reduced, as will be seen in the bill of fare, to place it within the reach of even those who study the economy of dining, while the quality is such as cannot fail to make the greatest epicurean smack his lips, and declare it like Whiteman's—unsurpassed. The house, as an hotel, offers every convenience, the leading features being comfort and economy : in fine, the worthy host has been at home to render it a recherche retreat for strangers or residents. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—A correspondent, writing from " Tyrella, 14th June," says:—``This morning, the pumpers having been taken on board, the stages at the side loaded with stone, the ship was watched, and at about an hour before high water was seen to be all in motion. At high water she appeared with a list to the in-shore side, and otherwise perfectly on an even keel. It blew a stormy gale right in on Saturday, the doubts about which pro bably prevented Captain Claxton from going on with the huge boxes, one of which, apparently without difficulty, was got down on rollers, and put into place on the lea bow of the ship, where it now hangs." AUTOMATON NURSES.—We understand that Mr. Hausburg, of Old Post-office Buildings, has just received the first importation of the Automaton Nurses, so ad mirably adapted for children, and by the use of which the labour and fatigue of the nurse are so considerably abridged, so as to render the adoption of the article most desirable. The exhilirating effect produced must be wit nessed to be credited ; the infant is enabled and induced to use its limbs with perfect freedom, and increased health and strength cannot fail to be the result. Mr. Hausburg will, no doubt, have much pleasure in showing the article to any L ICENSED favouring his establishment w ith a v i s it. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CHARITABLE TNSTITU TION.—We understand that the anniversary of this excel lent charity; which has for its object the support of the widows and orphans of deceased members, will be cele brated this year with more than usual eclat. A grand festival will take place in the Zoological Gardens, the use of which has been secured for Thursday, the 29th of next month. A grand bazaar and fancy fair will be held in the early part of the day. For this purpose a booth will be erected for each ward of the town, and each booth will under the direction of a committee appointed from mem bers of the trade in the ward to which it is attached. A grand dinner will be given in the concert-room in the afternoon, at which Mr. John Bent will be invited to pre side, and Mr. James Radley to take the vice-chair. Mr. W. E. Whiteman, of the Brunswick Hotel, has been named as the caterer for the banquet, and he has so often given unequivocal proofs of his abilities that way as to make certain that the repast could not be entrusted in better hands. A ball will take place in the evening, and there will be out door sports and amusements throughout the afternoon, the whole concluding with a grand display of fireworks, and the illumination of the Palace of Ver sailles. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP ANTELOPE. - The South American screw steam-ship Antelope, Captain O'Brien, re-entered the Mersey on Saturday morning. The outword passage of this ship to Rio was accomplished in seven-and-twenty days, and that homeward in thirty nine days, the length of the latter being caused by a short supply of coals, which compelled her to put into Cork cn the 16th instant, where she latided the mail. The Ante lope left Rio on the 10th ult., and Bahia on the 16th, and has brought the following passengers :—Senor Topez and servant, Senor Joachim, A. Mow, Mr. Theodore Willie, Mr. Gerrard, Mr. H. W. Blackburn, Mr. Ramsey, and Mr. George. The advices will be found in another column. The outward run made by the Antelope is the fastest on record, and compares well with the perform ances of her Majesty's screw steam-ship Rattler, in her run of six-and-twenty days to Bahia, and thirty-four to Rio. The Antelope leaves again on the Bth of July, and we understand that she is intended to sail on the Bth of every third month from this side. On the whole, the result of this voyage ha's been most satisfactory, as pro ving the perfect practicability and advantage of steam communication between this country and Brazil. dockmasters, and he thought it would be a goodmule.to promote them.—The Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and Chairman of the Finance Sub-committee, were appointed to confer with a deputation from the Council, as to the claim of £20,702 for building the river wall, &c., at King's Dock.—A letter was read from Messrs. Brown, Shipley i and Co., stating that the United States Government steamers, which were intended to sail between Liverpool and New York, would be seventy-six feet in beam,. and wishing to know if any of the docks would admit of the entrance•of these vessels into them. The Chairman said the greatest width for which preparations were making was seventy feet. The subject was considered of so•much importance, however, that the letter was referred to the. Sub-committee of. Works.—A letter was read from the Clerk to the Commfssioners of Birkenhead, requesting. the exclusive use of the old landing-stage at the broad steps at George'4 Fier for the Monk's Ferry and Woodside steamers. The letter was referred to the Corporation, who have the sole control of the stage in question. MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY On Tuesday, the usual weekly meeting . of the Select Vestry was held at the Parish-office—Mr. Churchwarden Ferguson occupied the chair. The numbers of Irish poor relieved for the past week were stated as follows :—Monday, 8,905; Tuesday, 10,392; Wednesday, 9,723; Thursday, 7;579; Friday, 8,331; Sa turday, 10,961: in all, 55,895 instances of relief. The total amount of relief was £748 4s. 3d. At the corre sponding period last year, the amount expended in relief was only £l4 13s. 6d. The total increase over the same period last year, in money and kind, was £BB9 Os. 2d. From the Bth , to. the 14th of June, 6,026 immigrants arrived from Ireland. It was stated, that there were 2,000 persons in the Workhouse, and that the cases of fever were diminishing in number. It having been represented by several of the medical officers, that the filthy state of the middens and privies of the town was one of the principal causes of increasing the fever, Mr. Bennett was requested to make a strong repre sentation to the Health Committee on the subject. It was ordered that the Akbar should be forthwith occupied with fever cases, to be sent from the hospitals on shore. It was reported that Messrs. Molyneux had withdrawn their offer for the use of the fever sheds in Athol-street. A petition, numerously signed, was read from the inha bitants residing in the vicinity of Athol-street. They stated that they had learned with regret that it was the intention of the Select Vestry to have a fever hospital in that street ; that the building intended to be appropriated for this purpose was almost without ventilation—that it was without a yard, and that there was no sewerage in that or the street adjoining. They stated that the property there would be materially deteriorated in value—that as it was held by small owners, many would be brought to dis grace and ruin ; and they, therefore, requested that some other place might be taken. A long letter was read from Mr. Austin, Assistant Poor. law Commissioner, recommending, instead of erect ing the sheds for 5,000 persons, as recommended by the medical officers, that the Industrial Schools at Kirkdale should be used as a fever hospital. He said that 650 of the children could be accommodated at Swinton, Man chester, the infant scholars at Lancaster union, and the sick at the Fylde union. The CHAiitmAri said that the schools would accommo date 2,000 patients, and additional accommodation could easily be provided for 1,000 more. According to Mr. Weightman's report, it would cost £35,000 to erect the sheds proposed by the medical officers. Ile, therefore, urged the vestry to give Mr. Austin's letter every conside ration. Mr. POOL said, he was quite at a loss to know in what way they would be benefitted, when they had the extra number of 2,000 fever patients in the Industrial School : for those patients would be taken from the dens and cel lars of the town and placed there, and the vacuum thus created would be filled up by a similar class of people, and the parish would be in the same state then that it was at present. Mr. HAND —I fully agree with you. Mr. STEINS considered the Chairman's suggestion, long ago made, was an excellent one, and that it ought then to have been attended to. (Hear.) Mr. CAFFERATA begged to propose that the letter of Mr. Austin be referred to the Irish Relief Committee for consideration and report; and he thought that that com mittee ought to be invested with full powers to take the necessary steps for providing accommodation on the most ample scale. He would suggest that sheds be erected on the shore out at Crosby on a most extensive scale, capable of accommodating 4,000, 5,000, or 6,000 persons, no mat ter at what expense ; for, unless they rooted out the evil now from the cellars, they never could get clear of it. Mr. BENNErr had great pleasure in seconding the mo tion. He agreed with Mr. Cafferata that Mr. Austin's plan would not be sufficient, in the present state of fever in the town, to meet the evil, because if the Board had the Industrial School now at their disposal, they could fill it immediately. Mr. LEWIN said that the total number of patients under the care of the district surgeons on the preceding day was 6,222, of whom 2,330 were fever patients ; and of these, 1,500 were reported as requiring to be removed to an hos pital, and the remainder, it was to be presumed, were cases of a slight nature. Mr. ROGERS thought that, in the present emergency, it was the duty of the Select Vestry to avail themselves of the Industrial School without dely. Mr. CAFFERATA'S motion for referring the matter to the Irish Relief Committee was here put and carried ; a..d it was understood that that Committee would take it into consideration and present their report to a special meeting of the Vestry on Friday. LORD SANDON AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL, The following letter from Lord Sandon sufficiently ex plains itself;--- " London, 18th June, 1847. "My DEAR. have received from so many quarters expressions of a strong desire, and even intention, to call me back, in some way or other, to the representa tion of Liverpool, that I think I may be excused if I write to you on the subject: " I do deeply feel the kindness which could dictate such a wish, and I cannot but be sensible to all that would be flattering to myself in such a course ; but I think it fairest at once to say that the circumstances under which I took the decision to retire remaining unaltered, I can in no shape depart from it. _ _ "If it had been a question simply of my own wish, I should have felt it difficult, perhaps, to resist the wishes of such a constituency ; but, over and above my own wish, you are aware that I have been actuated by a de termination not to appear in the field of Liverpool as the antagonist of old friends, to whom I have owed much in former times, and with whom on so many points, pro bably on all practical points, I still agree. " This, if I were brought forward now, would still be my position. It is one which, at some sacrifice, I declined, as you know, on a former occasion, and I will not now assume it. " May I ask you to let this be known wherever you may think it useful. " I mean by it to put an end to the possibility of my return in any shape. " Forgive me for speaking so plainly, I hope not un graciously or arrogantly ; but what I had heard makes me think it necessary to do so, that there may be no doubt upon the subject, and as a matter of fairness to all parties. " Dear sir, very truly yours, " Charles Lawrence, Esq. " SANDON." LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. STABBING.—On Friday, a female of the name of Cathe rine Donolin, was brought before Sir Josh ua W a l ms l e y, on a charge Of having stabbed another female of the name of Fanny Hill, in King-street. It appeared that two stabs were given, both with a fork, one in the cheek and the other in the arm, and that the prongs perforated to the bones. The prisoner was fined £5, or, in default, ordered to be committed for two months. A YOUTHFUL BuRGLAR.--On Thursday, a boy about twelve or fourteen years of age, named Thos. Jones, was charged with breaking into the workshop of Mr. Ellis, watchmaker, North John-street. When two of the men went to their work on Thursday morning, they found the premises broken open, a drawer containing a large quan tity of tools forced, and the prisoner concealed behind one of the doors. The youthful aspirant for burglarious fame had previously been in custody for breaking into a shop. He was committed for three months. BURGLARY.—On Friday, three prisoners, of the names of George Burns, Michael Leonard, alias Sullivan, and Matthew Wareing, were brought before Sir Joshua Walmsley, on a charge of having broken into the house of Mr. Evans, of Sackville-street. It appeared, from th e evidence, that the parties effected an entrance through the back of the premises, and broke through the kitchen win dow. The crash roused the neighbours, and caused an immense outcry ; and, in the course of the search which was instituted, the prisoners were found upon some waste ground leading up to Evertou. They were ordered to be remanded. INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.—Michael Archer and Thomas Halsall, joiners and builders, ap peared to an information preferred against them under the Building Act, on Thursday. Mr. Robinson, one of the surveyors, stated that they had cut through a party wall of a dwelling-house in Great Howard-street, and made an opening eleven feet ten inches, whereas, by the provisions of the act, it should only have been six feet. In reply to a question put by the magistrate, the surveyor said the building in its present state was not at all in danger, although it was not in accordance with the act. The de fendants were convicted in the penalty of 20s. and costs, and ordered to alter the building so as to make it con formable to the act of parliament. ARSON CASE.—This case, the particulars of which ap peared in our last, was re-heard on Wednesday. The young man, Mr. Bevan, was again placed in the dock, on the charge of setting fire to a house and shop, which he occupied in Castle-street, Kirkdale, where he carried on the business of boot and shoemaker. Several new facts were elicited. The shop-boy, George Crute, in answer to a question, said that he was employed by the prisoner to carry a large box for him to the railway station, a short time before the fire. Mr. Maxwell, the inspector of sal vages for tbe Insurance Company, said, that since the last examination before Mr. Rushton, he bad more critically looked over the premises, and found that his former valu ation of the stock, furniture, &c., was upwards of £9 too high ; the real value was, in fact, only £l6O Ils. 10d. The prisoner was then cautioned in the usual way, but declined saying anything, and accordingly was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes. An application was then made to take bail, which was refused. CHARGE Or FORGERY.—On Wednesday, a stylishly dressed young man, named Henry William Gibb, lately a theatrical performer, was placed at the bar on the charge of having uttered a forged bill of £l2. Mr. Maguire, billt o p.ure hcamease clothes. publican, of W oo d- s t reet , state d that on the fourteenth of August l as t, th e pr i soner, with whom he was butslightly acquainted, ske H d e h g, i a m ve to h c p a r s i h ton th er e n nd a him thebill, sayi ng hi s aunt was short of money, and hadgiven £ll on the bill, which e pur or t d to Ann Pa ge , o f Oxford -street. but be be drawn o n M rs . presented it, she refused to pay it, alleging' he(Maguire) was a forgery. Search was then made that the bill but it was found he had absconded, an o d r the oth roner, was heard of him until a few days ago, when c moree Tuck apprehended him at the Amphitheatre. Mr. Owens, who appeared for the prisoner, cross-examined Mr. Ma guire, who admitted that he was by trade a cooper, and that he had formerly resided with a lady, a friend of his, at a questionable house in Brools'-alley ; he was in no regular emeloynient. Miss Catharine Page, a sister to the lady on whom the bill was alleged to have been drawn, said she could not swear to the handwriting being that of her sister, as she did not correspond with her. The pri soner said, in his defence, that was the second instance of his aunt having accommodated him in a similiar manner. The bill was genuine, and he only obtained l Os. from Maguire on the whole transaction. Mr. Rushton considered the case was one requiring investiga tion, and remanded the prisoner till Monday, taking bail for his appearance at that time. The required bail was immediately produced LOCAL MEETINGS WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, Mr. Roskell took the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Austin, urging petitions in favour of a bill for enabling boards of guardians or parochial authorities to make tem porary provision for the families of their officers dying from fever, caught whilst in the discharge of their duties, during the immigration of the destitute Irish. The salary of Miss Cazenove, schoolmistress to the Workhouse, was increased from £34 guineas to £45. Contracts were then opened and agreed upon for the various articles required in the Workhouse. The Fever Hospital report was rea d, , . from which it appeared that there remained in the - house week, 49; admitted during the week, 43 ; dismissed, cured, 12; died, 2; remaining in the house, 78. Dom( COMMITTEE.—THIIRSDAY.—The sub-committee recommended that the tender of Thos. Vernon and Co., for the building of an iron barge should be accepted, but the subject was deferred.—A plan for a moveable Pm-lowa.. • sod% way for crossing the entrance of the Albert Dock was laid on the table for a week. The estimated cost was £1050. The surveyor was directed to proceed at once with the deepening of the Queen's Graving Dock.—lt was ordered that the salary of Mr. Humble, late Clarence Dock master, should be paid up to the 25th instant, and that, in consideration of his services, a gratuity of £l5O shoud be given to his widow. His son was also recommended for an appointment to the Albert Dock.--Mr John Gil man was appointed master of the Trafalgar and Clarence Docks, at a salary of £250 per annum, with a house. In reply to a question from Mr. Tobi n , th e C ha i rman said Gill m an was the Birkenhead Dock master. Mr. Tobin said many of the piermasters were quite as defer as the LIVERPOOL NORTHERN HOSPITAL. . . A report of the medical cases treated at the Northern Hospital, during the year terminating 31st December, 1846, was lately read to the Liverpool Medical Society, by Dr. Turnbull, one of the physicians to the hospital. The following is an abstract of the paper "At present the hospital contains 104 beds, but it can accommodate 180 patients, when the completion of the docks at the north end of the town will render increased accommodation necessary. The institution was orioinally intended chiefly for the reception of accidents, acid acute or urgent medical cases ; and though it has, since the new building was opened, assumed more the character of a generarhospital, the medical, as well as the surgical cases, are still chiefly of the same severe description. The severity of the cases arises from the hospital being situated near to the most densely populated and unhealthy part of the town, and from being also close to the docks and shipping. From the latter it receives many bad cases of scurvy, dysentery, pulmonary consumption, and various organic diseases, which, from their nature, or from not being attended to at sea, are peculiarly severe and fatal. Thiring the year 1846, the number of medical cases admitted was 731: of slirrriral_ RR() •—that _ . treated in the hospital. To these must be added 94 re maining from the preceding year, and 789 out-patients, (chiefly slight accidents,) makincr b in all 2503. The rate of mortality in 1846 was higher than usual. The total number of cases treated in the hospital, exclud ing those remaining from the preceding year, and out patients, was 1620, and the deaths, 135, or one in 12. 731 were medical cases, of which 74 died, or one in H. From comparing this with a table for the year 1843, I find that the mortality was above the average, 42 deaths hav ing occurred in that year in 507 medical cases, or one in 121. That the mortality should have been higher than usual, does not, however, seem surprising, when we find from the reports of the Registrar General, that it was much above the average over the whole kingdom, (50,000 in England and Wales above the average in 1846,) chiefly owing to the prevalence of diarrhoea and dysentery. In the Northern Hospital these diseases proved fatal in six teen cases, thus standing next to pulmonary consumption, which was the cause of death in seventeen. It should. however, be observed, that a higher rate of mortality might at all times be looked for in this hospital than in most others, owing to the ordinary state of h ea lth of the population from which it receives many of its in mates, and the severe nature of thu eases. The annual mortality of the whole population of Liverpool is about one in 28; so that it would seem that the deaths among the medical cases during their period of sickness in " hospital was three times greater than among the whole population annually. The recent extensive emigration from Ireland, which has brought many thousands of poor famished creatures, either already in a state of disease, or highly predisposed to fever and dysentery, has clearly shown that this high rate does not arise solely from un healthiness of the town itself—of its resident population. From this debilitated class of persons, however, and from other non-resident classes—sailors and foreigners, a con siderable number of our patients are furnished. The severe and urgent nature of the cases is also such, that it not unfrequently happens that patients are brought to us in articulo mortis, while others, who have just landed from ships, and have been long ill, survive but a few days." COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The half-yearly distribution of prizes to the pupils in the schools of Institution took place on •Tuesday morning in the lecture room of the Institution. There was an unusually large attendance of ladies and gentlemen. The Rev. W. J. Conybeare, the Principal, opened the proceedings, and in so Ling adverted to the promotion of Mr. J. H. Brown, the Vice-principal, to the Head Master ship of the East Retford Grammar School, and read a farewell address to him, to which Mr. Brown replied in a feeling manner. The Principal then presented a second memorial to Mr. Brown, in the shape of a piece of plate, being an expression of gratitude and regard from the boys under his care. Mr. Brown replied, in a very elegant strain, replete with every kind feeling of esteem and gratitude, to the presenters. of the address and piece of plate. The principal then rose to proceed with the ordinary business of the meeting. He said that he had first to present the university exhibitioner with his certificate ; but before doing so, he explained the origin of the Mas ters' University Exhibition. After the three other university exhibitions bad been founded, a fourth was needed to complete the cycle, so that each might be tenable for the p er i o d o f un d er - gra d uates hi p a t Oxford and Cambridge. The principal and masters, therefore, voted a perpetual grant from the portion of the institu tion's income belonging to them of £5O per annum, and their grant was ratified by the directors, and thus made binding on their successors. The Principal then called forward Andrew Wilson, to whom the masters' exhibi tion had just been adjudged by the Rev. E. M. Cope, the examiner, from Cambridge. He expressed his hope that the present success was only an augury of future and more important success at Cambridge ; but, at the same time, trusted that he would look to a higher than earthly reward, and, in the race of intellectual competition, keep his eye fixed on an incorruptible crown, which earthly success could not give, nor failure take away. (The successful candidate, on his leaving the platform, was greeted with most rapturous applause.) The Principal then proceeded to distribute the prizes to the successful candidates, who were severally addressed on the gratifying issue of their studies in the various branches of learning which would fit them for perform ing the duties which might devolve on them in atter life. The following is a list of the PRIZES : The Masters' University Exhibition—Andrew Wilson, UPPER SCHOOL SPECIAL PRIZES Junior Divinity Medal: William Lin dsay.—Certificate : Salisbury. Junior Historical Me dal : Henry Bishop,—Certificate : Tudor. Junior Mathe matical Medal : Wm. Lindsay.—Certificate : A. Afounsey. CLASS PRIZES.-1. (Egerton Scholarship.) Thomas Webster. 2. George Booker,—Certificate : J. Harbord. 3. Henry Cordner,—Certificate ; William Bythell. 4. W. Lindsay and G. Fisher, equal,—Certificate : T. Salis bury. 5. J. Greenhall,—Certificate : Tattershall. 6. J. Glazebrook,—Certificate : Vaughan Jones. Preparatory Class—J. Rawdon. Those prizes were obtained for the work of the half year. EXTRA PRIZES James Ridley. French Prize, given by Mons. Sears MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity Medal: J. Rigby. Nomi nation to Upper School: offered to W. B. Jones, for the half-year, but declined. Historical and Geographical Medal : T. Maddock. Mathematical and Arithmetical Prize : R. Rankin. Mathematical and Arithmetical Certificates : 1. Joseph Nicholson ; 2. G. R. Osborne ; 3. Humphreys ; 4. S. Lucas. French Medal : E. R. Griffiths. French Certificates :1. W. Holmes; 2. W. Strong. Drawing Medal: W. B. Jones. Drawing Cer tificates : 1. H. Wilkinson ; 2. •H. D. Wall. Penman ship Medal: W. B. Jones. Penmanship Certificates : 1. James Lindsay; J. D. Mucklow ; 3. W. P. Roberts : 4 G. T. Ihier. CLASS PRIZES.-1 (Potter Scholarship), W. B. Jones ; Certificate : W. J. Wilson. 2. Prize of Books—H. H. Hammond : Certificate : F. Oulton. 3. Prize of Books —J. Nott ; Certificate : J. Ireland and R. Cordeanic, equal. 4. Prize of Books—P. Arthur; Certificate : W. Preller. 5. Prize of Books—W. H. Pearce ; Certificate : A. P. Wren. 6. Prize of Books—C. W. Walker ; Certi. ficate :J. Swift. 7. Prize of Books—C. Humphreys ; Certificate Holiday ; Certificate : Samuel Lucas M'NEILE SCHOLARSHIP :1. C F Birch. 2. W J Wilson MR. FINLAY'S GEOM. PRIZE.—W. B. Jones. SINGING CERTS.—R. J. Bowman and George Moult. 'rize of LOWER SCHOOL SPECIAL PRIZES.-Senior Divinity Prize : J. Wilson ; Certificate : R. B. Lowe. Nomination to the Middle School : R. B. Lowe ; Historical Prize, R. B. Lowe. Arithmetical Medal : J. Halden ; Certificate : Lamb. Penmanship Medal: W. Joule ; Certificate : J. Porteus. CLASS PRIZES.—First Class.—First Molyneux Scholar ship :J. Lamb ; Certificates: Darby and Rogers. Second Molvneux Scholarship : J. Halden ; Certificate : Moss ford. Second Class.-1. J. Bradburn ; Certificates : T. Lawton and W. Joule. Third Class.-1. A. Kirby ; Certificates : T. Salter, Glover, Eastwood, and Erlam. Fourth Class.-1. J. W. Sutton ; Certificate : E. Mar shall. Fifth Class.-1. J. Lingliam ; Certificates : H H. Hodgson, Sears, and Bateman. Sir!), - Cooke ; Certificate :J. _ FIRST IWNEILE SCHOLARSHIP.—R. B. Lowe. SECOND M'NEILE SCHOLARSHIP.—J. Wilson. CERTIFICATES FOR SINGING. — Mad&Ck and Wharton arrison NG SCHOOL There were four prizes awarded to pupils in the Evening School, viz., Walter Caudlin, for History and Geography : H. Williamson, for Mathematics : J. A. Curedall, for Arithmetic ; and George Barton for Penmanship. After the distribution of the Prizes, the pupil; sang the anthem, " 0 be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands," accom panied on the organ by two pupils_belonging to the music class, which was performed in a very efficient manner. The Rev. Rector Brooks then addressed the assembly, and after the national anthem had been sung the pro-, ceedings terminated, DANGER Or tII PROTESTANT SUCCESSIOg TO THE THRONE OF ENGLAND. There is reason to apprehend that it is in contemplation to repeal or alter the Act of Settlement of the Throne. Now it becomes necessary to warn our fellow-subjects of the dangers of any such alteration, and put them on their guard how they should vote upon the ensuing elec tions. _ Very few people are accurate genealogists ; therefore, they require to be reminded of the title, by which our Protestant Sovereign holds the crown of these realms. She holds that title, not as the lineal heir to the crown : she is descended from a daughter of Tames the First ; whereas the King of Sardinia (a rank Romanist) is de scended from a daughter of Charles the First, and, there fore, nearer to the natural succession than our Protestant Sovereign, w 1 act, it is to be apprehended, would be altered by an apostate Parliament ; and this must be preventec terference of the faithful Protestant electors by a time We have been already grievously deceived by pretended friends to the constitution ; let us fairly and impartially view the facts which should warn every true Protestant and friend of his country—that country, whose constitu tion (until corruption crept in by Jesuitical stealth) was the pride of human wisdom. The facts which should be revealed are of such a nature as would leave no excuse for a true Briton to endanger his glorious constitution, already too much shaken by treacherous statesmen. Attend to the series of links in that chain which the Church of Rome has forged to bind all mankind to her Pontifical Chair. By the 23rd Article of the Creed of Pope Pius IV., she claims supremacy as " The Mother and Mistress of all Churches " ; and " her votaries " swear " true obedience to the Bishop of Rome." And again, by the 24th Article of the same Creed, every mem ber of the Romish Church is made " to condemn, reject, and anathematise all heretics whatsoever, that are con demned, rejected, and anathematised by the church." And lest there should be any mistake or forgetfulness doctrines of Rome, there is the Bull In Ccena Domini to remind and enforce her excommunications and persecu tions ; and this Bull is ordered and commanded to be punctually and frequently proclaimed, " to excommuni- care ann anathematise all Wicklittites, Hussites, Luther ans, Calvinists Huguenots, Anabaptists, an d a ll o th er heretics of whatsoever sect they be.' And again, by the fifteenth canon of the Corpus Jiuris Canonici, the mem bers of the Church of Rome are prohibited from keeping faith with persons excommunicated—that is, " all here tics of whatsoever sect they be"—all Protestants—and this canon is not obsolete, but was recognized in a publi cation by permission of Dr. Trgy, late Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. By all this regular and compact concatenation, we see r DVG how the power of Rome is brought into the focus; and every noman uatnolic is bound to excommunicate and anathematise, as accursed, whomsoever his Church com mands him—for that Church can declare anything to be heresy, and all to be heretics who differ from her either in doctrine or political N iews. This is indisputable, for the Creed of Pius IV. is still the accepted Creed of the Popish Church ; and that this doctrine is still called into use and practice appears from frequent occurrences—for instance, in elections in Ireland, the priests frequently, indeed, we might say, most generally, compel freeholders and voters of the Romish religion, under the terrors of curses and excommunications, to yield to their dictation and vote accordingly—leaving no liberty where there is priestly power. These facts are sufficient to warn us how unsound and dangerous, both in discipline and doctrine, is the Church of Rome. If the Jesuits, who are now so powerful in England, shall prevail at the next general election, no doubt, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, AN APOSTATE PARLIAMENT, will at tempt (and perhaps succeed) an alteration of the Act of Settlement ; and he must be an ignorant statesman who does not know that equality will not satisfy the ambition of this most dangerous fraternity. Neither will it satisfy the immediate subjects of the Roman power : they would as pire to the Throne itself. Neither would the mere con cession that a Roman Catholic might sit upon the throne amoufit to their notion of right; because, in their esti mation, and of all consistent Roman Catholics, much in justice is done to that Prince who is the direct, lineal descendant of our ancient monarchs ; and the occupation of the House of Brunswick is, in their eyes, so great an injustice, and so offensive and degrading to their religion, that they would remedy the grievance, as they call it, whenever time and opportunity would permit. Here then is an issue to be tried whenever Jesuit treachery and, foolish, timid expediency statesmen—yield the power. There has been already too much conceded for the safety of the constitution, and we are thereby involved in a most inextricable dilemma. Are we prepared to submit at once to a Romish government, or to restore the con stitution of 1688 ; are we resolved to stand, or frightened to fall ? This dilemma is the offspring of unprincipled ex pediency. How, then, can England be said to be secure of her Protestant constitution, as long as her Commons and her Lords doubt and hesitate ? Can it be endured that an anomaly the most irrational; the most confound ing, should be let in upon the constitution ? Could a Roman Catholic Sovereign fitly or faithfully govern a Protestant State ? The absurdity of delegating such a trust to such a Prince is too glaring to need comment. Is the tyranny of James the Second only a romance ? Did he not, in the most solemn manner, pledge himself to• uphold and maintain the Protestantism of the British constitution ? How faithlessly he adhered to this solemn promise, we all know ! And the Protestants of I re l an d , especially, have reason to remember the atrocities of his deeds, and the baseness of his perjuries. PRO ARIS ET FOCIS 3J istrirt ncluo, Mr. Bowes, the retiring M.P. for the southern division of this county, is applying under the drainage act for a loan of £5OOO to improve his lands at Romald kirk and Gainford ; and a second f... 5000 for the same object, to be expended on his lands in the parish of Staindrop and Winston, all in this county. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RUNCORN.—On Wednesday,.aa William Clark, who was employed by John Tomkinson, in the stone quarries, was in the act of crossing a stay from one of the cranes, his foot accidentally caught a clenched nail in the timber, and caused him to be preci pitated to the bottom, a depth of twenty-one feet. The unfortunate man only survived for a few hours. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. —An inquest was held at Chester, on Thursday, on the body of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the wife of Mr. Bradley, flour dealer, Great Boughton. Deceased threw herself out of. an upper window on the preceding day ; she had suffered from a miscarriage a short time previous, since which, she had been in a state of mental hallucination. The literary amateurs, including Charles Dickens, the Punch contributors, and others, whose performances have been §o highly applauded for their intrinsic excellence, as well as for the charitable motives which suggested them, are, we are told in the Atheneum, about to give four re presentations—two inLondon, one in Manchester, and one in Liverpool. The proceeds will realise, it is believed, a sufficient sum, or, at least, the basis of a fund, to purchase an annuity for the declining years, which are fast running out, of Mr. Leigh Hunt. • THE INSANE POOR IN LANCASHIRE.—Mr. Samuel Gaskell, F.R.C.S., has addressed a letter to the Visiting Justices of the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum, which, at their instance, has been printed for distribution. Mr. Gaskell has ascertained, by careful inquiry, that the number of insane persons in Lancashire, not in asylums, is 700; of whom upwards of fire-sevenths have been mentally defi cient from birth. lie puts the question, "Is it expedient and desirable to place in confinement the 503 persons born. with weak intellect ?" His own opinion is that it is not desirable to remove them from their homes; and that if any portion of them should be placed in an asylum, it should be in asylums differently constituted to those now in existence. PUBLIC BATHS REFUSED.—The magnates of the an cient city of Chester seem to be a century or two behind the age, so far as public spirit and a regard to the health of the inhabitants are concerned. At a meeting of the Town Council, on Friday last, the committee appointed to consider an application for two sites of land, for the purpose of public baths, reported against the application, but recommended the Council to make an offer of a piece of waste land on the south of the city walls, near the Groves, which the committee thought would be suit. able for the purpose. Against this proposition Mr. Potts declared his opinion that, " It was perfect nonsense to have baths at all, as they had done very well without so far." And Captain French denounced the baths scheme as " one of the most perfect humbugs that was ever presented to the Council. When he was a boy it was his delight to swim across the river." ! ! As the Council seemed to sympathise with the objections of these very wise and very liberal gentlemen, the matter was re ferred back to the committee. SENSATION DURING A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— _ Samuel Tomkinson, merchant of this town, who was a traveller in the train at the time of the late melancholy railway accident at Chester, thus describes what occurred at the time :—" I was sitting in the centre compartment of the first-class carriage next to tb er That car- e .-ngine. riage was attached to the tender. The train was going about twenty miles an hour before it came to the bridge. The rumble of the crossing caused us to cease our conver sation, and I was looking down on the Roodee race-course when, just as we appeared to be over the bridge, I felt as if the ground was sinking beneath us. Our carriage was then a little beyond the centre of the last span. We dropped for a moment ; then we appeared to have been lifted up, and then we fell down a great steep, the carriage rolled once or twice upon the bank, and all was dark. I was once or twice upon my head in the carriage, and the carriage was crushed by the fall. When the rolling ceased I found myself upon the cushions quite in a heap. 1 sprang up, found I had no bones broken, and perceived the wheel of the carriage close by my head. I found Mr. Grote comparatively uninjured. I saw several of the az _ 'gages lying upon the bank, one of them in deep water, and a woman was struggling i n th e water. I went into L. the river and drew her to the side, ar , - her to sit on the bank, but she refused seemed confused_ The train was not off the line prior to the accident. Up to the time of the sinking of the ground there had been no thumping of the tender as if that had been off the line. There was no concussion against the abutment prior to the accident. The radical remedy against similar acci dents in future is to make the bridge stronger. It always appeared to me to be a flimsy structure, and I never crossed it with )ut apprehension. I always feared it would give way, and I always looked at the rising and falling of - the-Dee_to see its depth in case we should tumble in. At the time it was in course of erfTtiOri. and when the props were under the bridzf., a superintendent of the line of the nann, of :outer, told me that it was not doing its cinty— that it was not settling properly." FALL OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE DEE.--. The coroner's inquest upon this fatal and lamentable ac cident was completed on Wednesday last, in the City COIIII House, at Chester, when the jury at about ten minutes past six in the evening, returned the following verdict :—" We find that Geo. Roberts, John Matthews, and Chas. Nevill were accidentally killed, on the evening of the 24th of May last, in the parish of St.:Mary's-on-the- Hill, in the city of Chester, by being precipitated along with the train of carriages on the bank or bed of the river Dee, from the breaking of one of the twelve cast-iron girders constituting the railway bridge over that river. We find also that Isaac Jones died on the 26th of May last, from the injuries received at the same time and place, and from the like cause. And we find that Thomas An derson came by his death on the 24th of May last, in the parish aforesaid, by being accidentally thrown from the tender on to the rails. We are further unanimously of opinion that the aforesaid girder did not break from any lateral blow of the engine, tender, carriage or van, or a f-- fault or defect in the masonry of the piers or Lgth in- rom any that sufficient to bear the pressure of quick trains passing over it. We feel that the eleven remaining girders, having been cast from the same pattern, and of the same strength, are equally weak, and, consequently, equally dangerous for quick or passenger trains, as was the broken one. We consider we should not be doing our duty towards the public if we separated without expressing our unanimous opinion that no girder bridge of so brittle and treacherous a metal as cast iron alone, even though trusEei with cast iron rods, is safe for quick or passenger trains ; and we have it in evidence before us that there are upwards of a 100 bridges similar in principle and form to the late one over the river Dee, either in use or i n course o f b e i ng constructed on various lines of railway. We consider all these unsafe, more or less, in proportion to the span ; still all unsafe. We therefore call upon her Majesty's govern ment to institute such an inquiry into the merits or de merits of these bridges, as shall either condemn the prin ciple, or establish their safety to, such a degree that pas sengers may rest fully satisfied there is no danger, al though they deflect from Ito 51 inches." The coroner said that the first part of the verdict he would record, but that the latter part, calling for government interference, _ might be taken notice of by the gentlemen of the press, and would be forwarded by him to the Board of Trade. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The rain during the past week has improved the wheat an d oa t crops , an d, •.•• • • • • in toe tew patches which had a sickly appearance a fort night ago, a vigorous braird now displays itself. The oats in Cheshire, along the main line of the Birmingham railway and the Macclesfield branch, are growing with a rapidity almost incredible, and in the course of a few days if the weather should continue as warm as it now is, will be " shot." At the Dog Hole farm, near the Indepen dent College, Withington, the beans, the vetches, and the Italian ryegrass, in its first, second, and third crop, are growing most luxuriantly. This grass, previous to its first cutting, is over six feet high. Farmers would do well to cultivate this prolific spring fodder more extensively The sicl - ' - - y appearance of the wheat on the same farm is undergoing a rapid change, and there is every prospect of a large aereable amount of produce, the plant being strong and not too thick on the ground to be well headed. The potatoes also look extremely well here, and no complaints of disease have been made at present so far as we are aware. We have heard that in some of the gardens near Winslow, the forward potatoes, kidneys principally, have been attacked by a worm on the stems, and the tops have fallen as though scalded ; but the farmers and gardeners are not alarmed at this, inasmuch as it is a " disease" of old standing, and is arrested to a great extent by nipping the decayed part of the stem off. When that is done, the plant, it would seem, again continues its growth. We do not, however hear of the field potatoes in the same neighbourhood, or at Alberley, Chelford, and westward towards Knutsford, having suffered in the same manner. The plants were never stronger or more luxuriant than they are at present. From the southern division of Cheshire the accounts are equally cheering. One of our large dealers, who has been in the trade well nigh half a century, and who resides at Frodsham, speaking of the districts around Northwich, Delamere Forest, Frodsham, Alvanley, &c., says that the plants never exhibited less symptoms of disease. It would be too much, however, to expect an entire extinction of the disease in one year. The farmers, therefore, are actin prudently in sowing cabbages and Swedes for transplanting, in case of a failure. There will be a heavy crop of hay on the lowlands, and the upland meadows, after the fine rains, will give out more grass than was anticipated a fortnight back. In some places the carrots have vegetated unkindly. . t o _ t Vege tables are coming to market in larger quantities and increased bulk, and what is of still greater importance 04 this district, at comparatively moderate prices. 1( 1 The late lamented Mr. Youatt, in one of his orations tck i . , "-! the members of the Veterinary College, observes, " thkg_ by the improvements in modern chemistry , the medicalG-, profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which. were previously supposed as not within the reach of medi.. cine.' This truth has been manifested for many years, .; but in no instance of greater importance to mankind than ' 1 by the discovery of 13,tair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills,