The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. rioty respectfully to call the attention of .literriicants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, important fact that the _LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER a:;IIILISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, v.-74 'be read -on that day by the thousands --4tf .Manufacturers and others attending :ZEE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. ',Mae STA.NDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms ~4sad respectable Inns in that town and the -. , ..ar."7-621nding manufacturing district. ztiVOND .EDMON is published at Half-past 17: -&-la, in time for the North Mails, containing the - ..11.K . ET5, and any news of importance that .azag; ' , arrive in the course of the morning. Ethrrpool g§tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1848. m direct the attention of our readers to the zP°l74 , 7sqt of the meeting to aid the Cheltenham Na -4ai;lroa Training Schools for Masters and Mistresses tr-rolnexion with the Committee of Council on aZzikzztion, held on Tuesday evening, as announced m47-7.2r last. The opening and concluding speeches Dr. "M'Neile were as usual very effective, espe *thikli where he exposed the folly and fallacy of .Crcznt:f,m, and provided answers for loyal operatives lir , ',..lleir possible encounter with Chartist advo s.. Mr. Close's speech was an admirable and -..ttrzatrAensive exposition of the question of educa f/, and leaves little to be desired in the way of LiCizmation as to the actual position of the Church m .. - mkrence to the present educational crisis. Tile -allusion in Mr. Nolan's beautiful speech to , 411 p izte lamented Dr. Tattershall, was gratefully -arzni by the entire meeting. The solemn still- IftirST, that in a moment pervaded the whole Assembly, Jez mrticl how completely in unison with the feelings to speaker, were the sympathies of his audi 4==, 11S he paid an eloquent and deserved tribute th memory of departed worth and learning. Sqls:ily gratifying to Mr. Nolan and his country :awn). must have been the reception given to the - mime of Trinity College, Dublin, when he casually =s1:1 gracefully mentioned the University of his ewmvt,rv, in connexion with those of Oxford and r.4.7:312. - ridge. The evening being far advanced, the Dr. Carpenter had time for little more few suitable observations in seconding the Irazilntion. On the whole the meeting was very -.3macrx-.4z-sful. 77: Tr. carnage, which for four days made the t of Paris literally run with blood, has at ceased. The fiendish energy of her th0u5,x..4.:16 ,x..4.:16 of starving artizans and thieves has been out; and we can now sit down calmly to ,rtn the object of a movement, diabolical alike - .lFix its consequences and in the wanton cruelty, with iii7Vsch it was endeavoured to be carried out, and rairirh has resulted in a sacrifice of human life, un muzzle/led in the history of the most sanguinary The; impression, at first created in the minds of a - Ik.wer. portion of the British public, was that this ilmeetierection was the unpremeditated and frantic of the ouvriers, suddenly dismissed from the - cal workshops, and thrown upon their own 3e.e.e - -ec_tes, at a period when employment had left its , Lez.ee...a7.7 channels; that it partook of the character ere tlose disturbances, which have occurred in times ,:rehation of trade, in the manufacturing districts *se ...es country. A closer review of its features, • sr,e - ': ever, chews convincingly that it was quite dif element and in finitely more dangerous in its character. It was riot a simple ertto?!te, but a premeditated effort zt !solution. The plan of operations, in the first 7.3.0•1t.S laid down with consummate military skill; tree _details were of the most perfect description, and materiel must have taken both time and money - - provide, to a far greater amount than could be eeurned to be within the reach of the destitute and ~ ;reeate classes, engaged in the outbreak. Its :,.E.: - .1:77.',,ane0us character, of itself, forbids the idea -fir: entertained of its having been the effect of a ebullitien of popular:passion. There must iia•vz been to produce it all the elements and ma . -eery of an extensive and thoroughly organized eseass - piraey ; stratagetic skill to lay downethe scheme .mot : the Works required, aided by local knowledge, - 11=e1 7 flea ample supply of money and ammunition. Amel,.above all—and, perhaps, this is its most clan- Arttrous feature—there must have been amongst the azravirators the most entire confidence in each at...:er, and-the most perfect subordination, without vsziaiern it would have been impossible to mature such 'meat operations with the secrecy which characterized - Vat: ;preparations for this insurrection. There must have been, then, mixed - up with the mein who fought at the barricades, confederates of 3iro-ene standing and influence in the world, a con !iis-esion. which it is deplorable to have thus forced Impon•us, when we consider the atrocious objects tr... which the movement was - resorted to—viz., the o;Kflage of Paris in the -first place, and finally the exeepleodriction, in even an aggravated form, of the -707 - est excesses of the reign of terror of the first itEeeeiteh revolution. It is almost inconceivable that '..i.f.idesee can be found men of education and standing ik . ..caciety willing to ally themselves with the dregs - aprthe streets and the sweepings of the prisons and f.. - enegalleys, for the promotion of such measures as • - '_,oQta contemplated by the communists and so rists—ready to convert a civilised nation into a ieat community of fiends, and to wade through 4'421; of blood and unutterable infamy for the erxecmplishment of a mere vision, the prompting of le.„dis;ea.sed and distorted imagination. Yet such 7.zteil are to be found by hundreds in the demo , exrlißed metropolis of France, pouring _out the zioisori of their infidel doctrines through the malstrins of the press and in the clubs and salons. `They are to he found even in the assembly itself. ...T•fir the hopelessly poor man, or the incorrigibly .IE-Khonest, we cannot wonder that doctrines, which ..mconise the right of men to help themselves to property of their neighbours, should possess x.gractions. The recklessly dissolute may see - -- izz.uty in a system which inculcates the abolition i.cif , a.ll moral ties and the utter destruction of social ,rialencies. But, amongst men of a higher griide in r-imcation or social position, we repeat it is almost ..ime , _ppssible to conceive the possibility of their being ..siLtaTtained, unless we pre-suppose the existence of , a,eamplete distortion of intellect and principle. :'Ssich a distorted state of feeling does exist in - -lEzance, and pervades all classes of the metropolis esszyviialiy. It has grown up beneath a godless sys- Item of education and of life ; and been sedulously _ metered by an infidel press and a shameless and :=erupt literature. It was this feeling which ex .l3raise,d itself in the clubs of Paris, from the lips of .431wl men as Barbes and Blanqui, Flocon and :,Scibrier : and the same, but in a coarser phase, -Tstiaieb. dictated the atrocious war cries used by the insurgents, and the still more atrocious butcheries -,--zummitted upon the unhappy victims, who fell into 'weir power during the struggle. From these we lrzow now the extent of the danger from which f:re.nce, and, we may add, Europe, have been -gics..tched by the firm conduct of the troops and IGtiards engaged in the cause of order. A day's Athsamph of the insurrectionists would have deci .zzaated Paris, and perhaps razed it to the dust ; and ould have driven forth its fierce and demoralized ;population to carry the torch and the dagger roughout France and Europe.. :For the present we have escaped this danger; :nut the snake is only scotched, not killed. The .sanguinary spirit is only kept down by the strong c 4 of military power for a time, to break out "ith•ie* 12 on the first relaxation of the watchfulness of :Authority. The mob have learnt a lesson from the mast struggle. Unsuccessful as it has been, it has Aught them with what comparative impunity to thamselves such a struggle can be carried on; that ,Ithe finest troops in the world fight at a terrible 41.;rfadvantage against barricades and in close streets ; -mad by those classes who formed the bulk of the --trumbatants who resisted so stoutly—by the libe ated convicts and professional thieves of Paris, -with the hope of unlimited plunder and outrage JAaare them,—no amount of danger will be regarded -attfficient to deter them from further efforts. A *O4 valve must be found somewhere to get rid of such a population. However strong a form of government may be adopted, the existence in Paris of a hundred thousand unemployed and half-fed artizans, mingled with twenty thousand desperadoes of the worst class, is incompatible with the main tenance of law and order. They must be draughted off wholesale, and their leaders, however high in station, must be placed beyond the power to do harm ; or, as the alternative, we can see only before our eyes the prospect of a military despotism in France, and the commencement of another disas trous crusade against the liberties of the world. korai 44f1u5. No fewer than forty-two vessels laden with cotton ar rived here on Tuesday. The corporation are borrowing £25 ; 000 from the Trea sury for the erection of additional public . baths and wash houses. Several mid-day house robberies have lately taken place in the neighbourhood of Aigburth. The public should be on their guard, and the police on the alert. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cator, Mr. M'Fie, Mr. M'Ewan, and Mr. Bromley-Moore, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. The Gas Works Amalgamation Bill and the Hercula neum Dock Company's Bill received the Royal assent on Friday. Mr. Hausburg, of Church-street, is soliciting contribu tions of lint made of old linen, or old linen, for the relief of persons wounded in the late insurrection in Paris. The Drogheda boats take deck passengers from Liver pool for ls. each. To meet this, the Dublin steamers take passengers for the same. At the examination at St. Bees' Grammar School, last week, the first prize in the second master's division was awarded to Master Wilfred Lawson, a son of Captain Lawson, who has sailed from this port for many years. A CHARTIST RESOLUTION.—At a chartist meeting, at Birkenhead, on Thursday, a resolution was passed, pledging that body not to deal with any shopkeeper who refuses to adopt their principles. COUNTERFEIT MONEY .—Persons in business must now use great caution with regard to " sovereigns." Base coin, bearing the appearance of new and. genuine Vic torias, are getting into circulation. A cricket match was played on Tuesday between the first eleven of the Everton and Kensington clubs, which ended in the latter being victorious. Kensington num bered 66, and Everton 55. A sum of £55 lls. was collected on board the Niagara for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the two men who were washed overboard during a heavy gale, which that vessel encountered during her passage out. The fine new church of St. Peter's, at Rock Ferry, has been closed in consequence of Mr. Hay, the architect, having condemned the construction of the building. The incumbent has subscribed a sum for making it safe and perfect. On Saturday, a house in Egerton-street, Birkenhead, was, during the temporary absence of its inmates, entered by thieves. Every drawer was broken open, and a watch. a brooch, a dozen silver spoons, and several trifling articles carried away. The Europa, steamship, (another of the Cunard line,) has just been completed at Glasgow. She is of the same build as the other splendid steamers of the company, each of which costs £BO,OOO. She has sleeping accommodation for 196 passengers. The friends of the Rev. Geo. Cuthbert, the respected minister of St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, will be glad to hear that he had so farrecovered from his late illness as to be able to preach to his congregation on Sunday morning last. The Chartists held a meeting in the Music-hall on Wed nesday, when they passed a resolution condemnatory of Mr. Hume's " motion based on household suffrage, as it did not recognise the principle that man is entitled to the elective franchise without reference to his possession of property." - . PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.—The annual value of property rated to the Poor in Liverpool is £1,021,898. which pro duced in 1847 the sum of £77,672, and in 1846 £83,004 for the relief of the poor. The expenditure in 1847 was £83,210, and in 1846 £72,235. The medical relief in 1846 amounted to £1,809. and in 1847 to £1,652. ANNIVERSARY MEETING.—The Welsh Independents in this town intend holding their anniversary meeting on the second Sabbath in July, when a number of able and talented ministers from the Principality are expected to be present to assist in conducting the services in the various places of worship. The other evening, a female who had just stolen a bag of coals, dropped the bac , , by accident into the M orpe th Dock, Birkenhead. Some' sailors hearing the splash fancied that some one had fallen into the dock, and after a diligent search with grappling irons the mistake was discovered. THE LATE MRS. PALMER, THE VOCALIST.—We beg to call attention to the concert announced in our adver tising columns, for the benefit of the orphan family of the late Mrs. Palmer. It will take place on Wednesday next, at the Concert-hall, Lord Neison-street ; and on this occasion all the principal vocalists in our good old town have most generously offered their gratuitous assistance. Mr. G. Holden will conduct ; and the arrangements of the concert will be under the direction of Miss Whitnall, who will be happy to receive any donation in furtherance of the above object. WALToN.---On-Tuesday the committee appointed to ascertain the amount which bad been misappropriated by John Adcock, the late collector of the highway rates, held a meeting. The chair was taken by Mr. Thos. Radford, and the report was read, from which it appeared that the total deficiences amounted to £313. It appeared also that Adcock had absolutely laid an illegal rate, of which he bad collected about £62. It also appeared that the principal surveyors of the highways never interfered in the business of the office. A quantity of property has been transferred to the surveyors, out of which they will make good the defalcations. " SAVE ME FROM MY FatEsus."—" I am at a loss to account for the line of conduct which you and the editors of the Mercury have pursued on the occasion : you, in deed, have been more reasonable than your brother editors of the Mercury, because you acknowledged to me, at the lecture of the Polytechnic Society, that you were satisfied that there was not sufficient water to be had from the red sandstone. They, on the other hand, continue to twaddle about further evidence. I employ this familiar phrase, because I can find no other which so appropriately describes what the editors of the Mercury call arguments on the subject."—Letter from Mr. W. Earle to the Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday night as the Wood side ferry steamer was crossing from Liverpool, at half r past eleven, a strong gale blowing at the time, she came in contact with the flat Jane, of Liverpool, lying at anchor in the Woodside basin, and ran her down. The Jane be longs to Mr. Henry Hoigrove, of Norfolk-street, and was commanded by Isaac Hirst. There were on board three men, a woman and infant, two grown up lads, and male child, four years old ; and at the time of the ocur rence all these parties were below in bed. The packet's small boat was instantly lowered, and all on board were saved with the exception of the last named, who is the captains son. On Sunday morning another flat, laden with salt, went down near to the scene of the former acci dent, having grounded on her anchor, it is supposed. A Visit' TO RIVINGTON FlRE. — Rivington Pike—a name with which the inhabitants of Liverpool are, by this time, tolerably familiar—is one of the Mils of East Lancashire, abOut equally distant from the great manu facturing towns of Bolton, Chorley, Wigan. Three or four streams, or gorges, have their rise on the ridge of this hill, and flow into the valley, to which the name of rivers, for some wise purpose, has been given. —These miserable driblets are called respectively, the River Yar row, the River Douglas, and the River Roddlesworth. The Roddlesworth, we are told, was thirty , feet wide. We found, on Monday last, that its guage was 2 feet 10 inches, and the depth 3 inches, the water flowing slowly. The Yarrow was 2 feet across, and 41 inches deep, .and the water tainted with some yellow substance. The Douglas, at Anderton Fold, which we didn't gauge, ap peared to be a turbid stream about the same dimensions, and the appearance of the water any thing but inviting. Crossing the country, we found a few streams, which, united, produced as much water as may be seen coming through any ordinary spout in Liverpool on a wet day.— Chronicle. A MODERN JACK SHEPPARD.—WorreII, the prisoner who last week escaped from Kirkdale gaol, was recaptured on Saturday last, at Manchester, and has since been re lodged in the gaol. He has made the following extraor dinary statement to the police :—Being tired of his situa tion, he made an attempt, on Saturday night, the 10th ult., to destroy himself by hanging, but was detected in • the act. He then determined to make his escape from the prison. On Wednesday night, the 14th ult., in pur suance of this determination, after sitting on his stool until nine o'clock, when it was becoming dark, he began his work by taking off his number plate. After this, he unscrewed the screws that fastened the ventilation plate, which is a large square piece of iron. This, he said, was a work of considerable difficulty. This being done, he took out two panes of glass, and then wrapped his floor-cloth around a portion of the iron window frame. While the clock was striking eleven, he tried to break the iron frame with the ventilation plate, but did not succeed. He waited until the clock was striking twelve and again tried to break the frame. This time he was successful so far that he broke two of the iron bars whilst the clock was striking. He next tore up his hammock, and made a rope with the shreds, by which he let himself down from his cell (which was in the third story) into the yard. He walked about in the yard a little while, and at length found a ladder which would reach half way up the outer wall. This ladder he placed against the court-house ' which is near 'the prison wall. By means of th e ladder he got on the window-sill on the second story, where he was in a dangerous position, hav ing to stand erect and pull the ladder up in front of him. When he had got the ladder up, he placed one end of it on the window-sill, and the other against the prison wall, and by this means got on the top of the wall. Seeing on the outer side a cistern which projected through the wall, he lowered the ladder, which just reached it, and descended upon the cistern. He again lowered the ladder, which he found to be exactly the same length as the height of the cistern from the ground. By this means he arrived safely on the ground outside of the prison. He next went to Liverpool, and got on the Warrington-road, intending to go to that town. In passing through Prescot, thinking he should be detected if he did not change his clothes, he entered a house by the back window. He was prevented from effecting his object by a dog, which put him to flight, leaving his prison cap in the house. At Rainhill he saw a pair of trowsers hanging over a gate, and ex changed them for his own. He arrived in Salford the following day at noon, and after exchanging his clothes,. he went to a lodging-house in Blakeley-street, Man chester, where he stopped two nights, sleeping with his olgthe on. ' WRECK OF THE FINN ISITOULL STEAMER.—We regret to have to announce the total wreck of the coasting steamer, Finn M'Coull, which was formerly on the Port Carlisle and Belfast station, but which has latterly plied between this port and Youghal. She left here on Thurs day, with a general cargo, and about twenty or thirty. passengers: and on the same day the William Penn, bound to Waterford, observed her in a disabled condition, off Tuskar, with her boats alongside. A heavy gale was blowing, and she had struck, it would appear, upon a ' sunken rock. There is every reason to suppose the whole of the crew and passengers were saved, as on the return of the William Penn, on the following day, tents, as if for temporary shelter, were seen upon Tuskar, and boats drawn up on the beach. The stern only of the unfortu nate vessel was then visible. INTERESTING LECTURE.—On Wednesday evening the Rev. H. H. Higgins delivered at the Charitable Institu tion Rooms, Slater-street, to the members of the Church of England Sunday School Institute, a very instructive address on the present condition of the Holy Land, Egypt, &c., from a tour in which countries the reverend gentle man has Just returned. All the teachers present seemed highly interested with the particulars detailed by Mr. Higgins, who clothed his statements in simple but graphic language. The reverend gentleman deserves the warmest thanks for such a disinterested endeavour to impart the results of his visits to those interesting countries, to a class of persons who will find the information peculiarly valuable, not only personally, but also as regards those whom they gratuitously instruct. The rev. gentleman promised to continue the subject on the 20th instant. INCOME OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—In the year ending 24th ;June, 1847, the duties received by the Dock Trustees, on tonnage, goods, lighthouses, graving docks, &c., belonging to the port of Liverpool, was £273,711. In the year ending the same day 1848, the receipts from the same sources were £226,215. There is thus an appa rent falling off in the receipts of the present year of £47,496, but nearly the whole of this deficiency is ac counted for by the reduction of dock dues made last year, which amounted to £40,000. The decrease in the ton nage duties on the year was £20,393, and in the duties on goods £26,424'. The number of vessels entering the port in 1847 was 20,889, with a tonnage of 3,351,539 tons, and in 1848 20,311 ships, with 3,284,963 tonnage, exhibit ing a decrease on the year of 66,576 tons. CIIILDW ALL HORTICULTURALEXHIBITION.—OnWed nesday the annual horticultural exhibition for the district lof Childwall was held a t th a t d e li g htf u lly- s it ua t e d v ill age. The inhabitants had quite a gala day on the occasion. Flags and banners were suspended from the surrounding heights and towers, and the church bells tolled merry peals at intervals throughout the day. The show was held in a spacious tent not far distant from the abbey, and was extensive and varied. The fruits were remarka ble for their growth, and the vegetables indicated the extraordinary culture with which they had been brought to a degree of comparative perfection, notwithstanding the backwardness of the season. There was a most numerous and fashionable attendance. The principal prizes were taken by Mr. Pattison Ellames, Mr. J. S. Leigh, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Dunlop, &c. RATING THE DOCKS.—The overseers have resolved to lay the rate for the ensuing year on the assumption that both the Corporate and Dock Estates are liable to be assessed ; and a new assessment on that basis is about to be made. It is calculated that the rate throughout will. be 2s. in the pound ; but should the overseers not suc ceed in their endeavour, another shilling in the pound will have to be l a id u p on th e ra t epayers , w h o are in con sequence deeply interested in the question. The overseers proceed, on the sth Victoria, a sh or t a ct, which autho rizes parishes to rate corporate estates. When a parish is co-extensive with the borough, the act, it is stated, will not apply ; but when in the same borough there are se- , veral administrative parishes, as in the case of Liverpool, (West Derby, Toxteth-park, &c.) with different rates levied in each, it is contended that the act is applicable; and the opinion of an eminent counsel which has been taken confirms this view. The question, we fear, will I only be solved after an expensive process in a court of law. 1 THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The new trust will be composed of thirteen individuals, namely,—Baron Gold . smidt, J. Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P., G: H. Barnett, Esq., . E. Ellice, Esq., W. King, Esq.; and' Robert Garnett, Esq., on behalf of the bondholders. J. Laird, Esq., W. Cole, Eq., N. Pike, Esq., and It. N. Prichard, Birken head Commissioners. H. Winch, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., and J. Mawdsley, Esq., Wallasey Commissioners. The chairman or deputy must be resident at Birkenhead, Wallasey, or Liverpool. All regular board and commit tee meetings to be held at Birkenhead. Special meetings may be held in London on a week's notice. There is not to be a paid chairman. The bondholders have consented to give a prior morteage to the extent of £50,000, which, by the bill, is to be applied expressly in penning up the water of the great float, building a portion of the walls, and excavating about 30 acres to a depth to receive the largest class of vessels when loaded. There will, in addi tion, be an area of water space of 120 or 130 acres, availa ble for smaller class vessels, and for floating timber ; and water access gill also be given to all the frontage land on both sides the great float, which may at once be appropri ated for shipbuilding yards, or any other trades requiring water frontages. The time necessary to accomplish those objects will he five or six months. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Friday after noon, a man namenoseph . .Edwards, who resides at 25, Dock Court, Vauxhall-road, lost his life by an accident in landing from the Prince of Wales steamer, at the landing stage, Prince's Pier. Deceased left the packet with. a basket of fish on Lis hack. Another man was_zoing on board with assmall cask, and irspass.suig the deceased ; the cask caught the latter, and he fell into the river. He was taken out alive, by two men in a boat, . but died be fore he reached the hospital. Mr. Jeffreys, surgeon, Queen's-square, was at the pier when the accident °min.- . red, and endeavoured to resuscitate tlse deceaSed but in vain. Mr. Jeffreys states that when the men in the boat picked up the deceased, they placed him across one of the slistts, or seats, with his whole weight on his belly, under the mistaken impression that the more the discharge of i salt water from the stomach, the greater the chance of his recovery. The deceased vomited a great quantity of water •, and Mr. J. observing him shouted to the men to place him in a half-standing half-sitting position, so that the lungs might inhale atmospheric air ; .bist the men, in their ignorance, did notattend to this advice, and the proba bility- is that the water discharged by the thorax so pre vented the admission of air to the lungs that death was the result. Mr. Jeffrey states, with the view to remove the popular error as to the discharge of water from the stomach, that, to restore animation in such cases, is to be attained only by inhalation of the l ung s, w ithout reference, for the time, to the contents of the stomach. LAUNCH OF THE GANNET AUXILIARY SCREW SHIP —This fine vessel, built by the Cork Steamship Company, was launched from their yard, Hargrave's-quay, Cork, at five o'clock, P.M., on Saturday evening, the Ist instant, in the presence of a vast concourse of people. The wea ther was delightful, and the tide being at full, and all the attendant circumstances most propitious, the sight was most pleasing. The shore being knocked away, blocks removed, and wedges home, at the words " out chisels— down daggers," the Gannet glided magnificently into her native element, after which she was hauled into the com pany's dock, for the purpose of taking her machinery on board, and being thoroughly fitted for sea. A more beau tiful launch was, perhaps, never witnessed on the Lee. The Gannet is an iron vessel of 460 tons burthen, and her engines are on the direct acting principle, 80 horsepower; her length of keel is 160 feet ;- over all, 176 ; beam 24-6, and depth of hold fourteen feet. Her cabins will be fitted up in the Elizabethian style, and will contain accommoda tion for forty passengers. This is the second vessel the above spirited company have built within these few years in their native city. The Gannet is an extremely handsome model of naval architecture, and sails most gracefully and steadily on the water. Her figure head and stern are splendid specimens of the native artists skill and taste, and, for strength and durability, we believe her hull will stand any test. She is to be commanded by that expe rienced sailor, Captain Sullivan, who successfully nave= gated the Blarney on the Havre line. The. Gannet was designed and modelled by the talented foreman shipwright of the company, Mr. James Cassidy. THE LIYERPOOL SfANDAIt LOCAL MEETINGS. THE GUARDIAN SOCIETY ON THE WATER QUESTION. —On Tuesday night a meeting of this society was held in the Portico, to memorialise the Council to take no further steps in the RiVington Pike water scheme. Mr. W. Smethurst presided, and the meeting was very numerous. Mr. Jefferey, in moving the first resolution, expressed the same opinions he had given at the previous meeting of the Lime-street Ward ratepayers, yesterday fortnight',— namely, that the Council had not furnished the inhabi tants with such information—the result of the recent sur vey made through them—as would suable them to arrive, at a right conclusion. The evidence on the several schemes was, so far as they knew it, of the most contra dictory nature. Had he been in the Council he.should have proposed a premium of £5OO to be given to the scentific party who would show the best and most econo-. mical source and means of supplying the town with water. He condemned the summary abandonment of the Bala Lake scheme, and concluded .by strongly urging the ne cessity of a oondensed statement, containing the main facts and information connected with all the various pro posals, being supplied to the ratepayers by the Town Council. Mr. Councillor Harbord seconded the resolu tion. He had seen water brought in bottles from Riving ton by members of the Council, and he had detected in it four or five specimens of the water flea, each having a bag of eggs hanging on it. He showed that, with the present liabilities of the Corporation to the Water Corinpanies, (X 694,000,) it would be impossible for them to do justice to the bondholders (who had sold the works upon the faith of what they were to receive from the Corporation) with out imposing some rate or other upon the inhabitants, and, under the circumstances, that rate would be high if . the Pike scheme were carried out. The motion was car ried unanimously. The other resolutions were passed unanimously and the meeting separated, FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.--01 1 WedlleSday night a meeting of the members was held at the rooms, Hargreaves Buildings, to receive a report of the council. Amongst those present were Messrs. Robertson Glad stone, president. C. Robertson, R. Shiel, J. Finch, sen., R. Farrer, F. Boult, and H. Claypole. The report embodied the following :—The council had prepared a code of rules, and the object of the Association was daily becoming more appreciated. The Mayor had presided at the meeting of the 31st of May, and all present were unanimous for financial reform. A full report had been published for the information of the public. It Was pro posed that her Majesty's allowance should be reduced from £385,000 a-year, to £200,000, and that the allow ances to the Royal Family should also be abridged ; which it was hoped her Majesty from her attachment to her people would aooede to, as a noble and royal example of retrenchment. These propositions will be followed by successive papers of the pension list, sineoures, &c, show. ing the practicability of extensive retrenchments in the public ofOcea l army, and navy, digamoic mike ( au k ju short, in every brand of the national expenditure. The 1 chairman addressed the meeting at some len g th on the objects in view. One of these was to obtain the adoption of a simple and equitable system of direct taxation, fairly levied upon property and income, in lieu of the present unequal complicated, and expensively collected duties upon commodities. After alluding to the patronage, power, and extravagance of the aristocracy, he said that the trading and commercial classes must make a struggle and secure their due ascendancy. It often occurred to him, particularly with respect to Mr. Hume's motion on the extension of the suffrage, that was perhaps the short est way to reach the ultimatum they desired. They also sought an extension of the suffrage.—ln conclusion, it was resolved to call a meeting at some early day, with the view of exciting the public mind on the important ques tion of finance. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. Churchwarden Ferguson moved, in very neat and feeling terms, a resolution expressive of the board's warmest congratulations to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks on his completion of the fiftieth year of his la bours in the church. The resolution expressed, in the strongest manner, their respectful affection for him as a Christian minister, and their high appreciation of the invaluable assistance which, during a long connexion with the vestry and parish, he has ever, with unvarying kindness, afforded them, in their common efforts to pro mote the interests of the poor, as well as those of the parishioners. The whole of the members of the vestry here stood up, and remained standing, while Mr. Fergu son presented a copy of the resolution, which was carried by acclamation, to the rector.—The Rev. Rector, who seemed deeply affected by this unexpected testimony, re turned thanks for the address, and said that he would place it alongside that from the clergy, and to the latest hour of his life would derive great consolation from them. They were much beyond any deservings of his, for he could not look back on his past life with the same charity and indulgence that they did. He did, however,, lay claim to the possession of good intentions • and, as far as those were concerned, he would not yield to any man. The rev. rector replied at much further length, and was greeted with loud and deserved applause.—The Medical Relief Committee recommended that three dispensaries be provided—one at the north end of the town, one at the south end, and a third at the workhouse; that the medi cal districts be re-arranged, so , as to embrace a more equal number of patients, there being- still thirteen districts as at present; that each of the medical officers have a salary of £6o' per annum, together with•the usual fe s for vacci nation and midwifery cases ; and that should any increase of the medical staff be hereafter required, that number be filled up e not by assistants, but by properly qualified per sons. The recommendations were unanimously carried. —lt appeared that relief had been afforded to 9007 cases for the week ending the 24th June, at a cost of £l2lB. For the week previo us , th e relief afforded in money and kind amounted to £666. Compared with the correspond ing weeks of last year, the falling off in money is £551, and in cases of 3076.—Mr. Brown gave notice that he would, at the next meeting, move the filling up of the vacancy caused by Mr. Haigh having. ceased to be a mem ber of the Select Vestry. MEETING RELATIVE TO A SOUTITBRN FERRY AT Lx- VERPOOL.—A very numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Toxteth Parx and its vicinity was held at the public office (Toxteth) on Thursday, to consider the propriety of establishing a ferry at the south end of the. town. Among the gentlemen present were Mr. Benn, Mr. Harbord, Mr. Mann, Mr. Lace, Mr. Roydon, town councillors, the Rev. H. Hampton, Rev. T. Nolan, Mr. Yates, Mr. Grantham, and other gentlemen. Mr. Mann was called to the chair, and advocated the establishment of a Southern Ferry, admitting. however, that there were difficulties in the way, as for instance, Pluckington Bank, opposite the Brunswick Dock, that bank extended 900 feet in one direction, and 1,500 in another, but he thought a landing stage might be constructed opposite the Harring ton Dock. He had not, however, matured his iceas on the subject. He adverted to the direct transmission of vegetables to St. James's market instead of coming second hand through St. John's. Mr. John Smith moved the first resolution, and supported the object in view as a means of general accommodation, as well as a sanatory measure. The Rev. Mr. Hampton seconded the resolu tion. He expressed a' hope that all the obstacles might be overcome, by going a little further south to avoid Pluckington Bank. He trusted the authorities would yield to the wishes of the inhabitants of the south end of the town, and establish a ferry on the best available site. The resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. J. Grant ham proposed the second resolution, to the effect that there was no insuperable difficulty to the construction of a landing stage, which was so anxiously called for, and would tend to the moral, commercial, and sanatory im provement of the inhabitants of the southern districts of the town. There was another question arising out of the matter, and that was the want of accommodation in pass ing up and down the river. They bad 4 miles of sea wall, and no convenience by water from one end to the other,. and it was necessary to see how far vessels might be em ployed in passing up and down the river, as well as across in all directions. It was with n , view to this object he hailed the establishment of a landing stage at the south end of the t own w ith p l easure. He believed that if the attempt was made by the Council, other parties would come forward and do more; and lie had been desired by Mr. Moss, of Otterspool, to say that if boats were em ployedupand down the river and across, he would at his own expense, make a landing-stage opposite his own property. The resolution was ably seconded by the Nev. T. Nolan, anti carried unanimously. Mr. G. H. Harbord spoke in persuasive terms-te bobnlf of a. southern ferry. On the motion of Mr. J. B. Yates, seconded by Mr. riehee, memorial was agreed upon, to be presented to the Council, praying for the establishment of .a permanent ferry at the south end of the town. Mr. Ambrose Lace, as one of the representatives of Toxteth, commended the object in view, and stated that it should have his 'west attention in the Council. If it could be done, (and it so appeared,) the sooner. the better. The Chairman con sidered the present a good time to get a landing-stage, before the dock works were completed. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. CHURCH OF ENGLAND NATIONAL EDUCATION. On Wednesday, a public meeting was held at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to the Rev. Francis Ciose, M.A., of. Cheltenham, to explain the objects and importance of the National Training School, now in operation at Chel tenham in behalf of which some further contribution is still needed, in order to its being received into permanent connexion by the Lords Committee of Council on Educa tion. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. The chair was taken shortly after seven o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting at some length, remarking in the course of his proceedings that the object of the meeting would be announced to them in the simplest possible manner by reading the name and description of the training schools, the remarkable origin, the evangelical principles, the infant history, and the urgent importance of which would be laid before them by Mr. Close. The name was—Church of England Training Schools at Cheltenham, for the purpose of instructing masters-and mistresses- for all parts of the United King doin, upon evangelical and Protestant principles in accord ance with the articles and liturgy of the Church of Eng land. He proceeded to state that the principle upon which the education of the children of the operative classes of England should be conducted had long been debated and finally settled—at least in Liverpool. It must be on the Scriptural principle ; and now some of them had made the notable discovery that schools, in order to be efficient for any good purpose, must have good teachers, and that men and women in order to be good teachers must be taught--taught not only to learn but to teach—taught not only to acquire knowledge but to communicate what they have acquired, and that consequently if schools were to be efficient for training they must have efficient training schools. He proceeded at considerable length to explain the important difference between efficient and inefficient teachers, and the difficulty of expanding the youthful mind in the correct manner; and after requesting atten tion to Mr. Close's lucid statement, he resumed his seat amid much applause. The Rev. Mr. CLOSE then proceeded to explain the principles of the system of education he advocated. He observed that without the church and the pastors, the schools must necessarily be deficient. He believed that the subject of scriptural school education was one of tho most important; and he observed, that important as the subject was, it was only twelve months since that he first began to see it in its true light. Our Protestant fore fathers, though they had done much for the liberty of conscience, yet they had taken no pains to elevate the minds and cultivate the hearts of the people of this country.. He then explained what he meant by education, as enlarg ing the powers of the mind and body, and educating for immortality. The first step in the way of education in the present century was the establishment of Sunday schools. Then the Bell and Lancaster Sunday schools were established. In 1820 infant schools were established ; and the infant schools were decidedly the best, and most intellectual of all three, and had done incalculable good throughout the land. It was not until 1833 that the government first stretched out its hands to give pecuniary support to Scriptural schools ; but it was not until after 1839 that the government formed an institution and made education a part and parcel of the government systeni. Whatever might be the fate of the Church and State, at least this great fact was established, that it was the boun den duty of the government Scripturally to educate the children of the people. . From 1839 to 1846, various schemes for the heterogenous education of the people were propounded ; but to all of these he (Mr. Close) gave a strenuous opposition, because he believed, and indeed the government had since acknowledged it, that the conscien tious scruples of the people of this country were too strong to permit the children of various religious denominations to be educated together. Now, the amount of deplorable ignorance in this country was fearful to contemplate. There was, for instance, in some schools, ignorance quite as great as amongst the Bachelors of Arts of Sarbonne. How was it that ignorance so greatly increased ? One cause was the vast annual increase of population. In London alone, 46,000 a-year. Another cause was, because the education given was a downright deception. He re lated instances of the deplorable ignorance which prevailed. in Birmingham and other parts of the country. He re ferred to Morley's reports of the schools in the midland districts to show the poverty and ignorance of the masters, , and that, on an average, not one child in six could read. How could a population be expected to be loyal men when only one child in one school could tell the name of the Sovereign of England ? In one of the midland counties; 5,000 miners spent £50,000 annually in. spirituous liquors. It was therefore plain that the education hitherto imparted was faulty and defective. The reason was twofold—first, in the teachers, and second, in, the system. Many of the teachers were persons who bad failed in business as shoe , makers and tailors ; and the reason such persons offered thejuseives as teackers was, because tie salaries hitherto offered to the instructors of youth were quite inadequate. Then, with reference to the plan of edffcation itself, it had been fully established that the monitorial system was a perfect failure. He next referred to the sad igno rance of the agricultural population, and to the tens of thousands in large towns who had never been baptised in the name of Christ. It was amongst such masses of ignor , ance as these that the firebrands of sedition were piled . with effect, whereas amongst a Scripturally -educated people these firebrands could do no more evil than if they were thrown into the river Mersey. Now, how was this evil to be met, except by the government system of educa tion ? First and foremost, the government allowed male and female pupil teachers to receive an increasing annual salary, and by means of these pupil teachers the number of masters was increased in every school; and since this system had been introduced upwards of 1,000 pupil tea chers had been apprenticed to masters and mistresses. Then the pupil teachers must go to training schools ; six only of which were in the country at present. But part of his duty was to impress upon the Christian public to have training schools in every town in the kingdom; and let them bear in mind that they would and must have the grant from the government for the support of these schools; and hitherto the whole of the government grants had been given, and given only, to those schools which used the authorised version of the sacred Scriptures. The loudest objectors to the government grant were the Anti-Church and State party; and indeed these were of all others the most consistent objectors. Then the Tractarian party— strange to say—were also objectors to it, upon the ground that the system admitted of lay influence; but he (Mr. Close) upheld the system simply because the Tractarians opposed it. Then the Romanists, the Unitarians, and the lovers of ignorance throughout the land, opposed it ; but, in opposition to these objectors, he contended that this was the time for the evangelical clergy to stand for ward and demand Scriptural education for all ranks and classes of the people. Let them make this demand and not leave the education of the people in the hands of the ignorant and malicious, and let them guide the masses in the way of truth and usefulness. The present system was first established in Cheltenham, not at the seeking of any of the evangelical party. On the contrary, he (Mr. Close) reluctantly supported it, and it was not till after he had had several interviews with the Privy Council that he be lieved the system to be founded on strict doctrinal princi ples; and upon this the system must either stand or fall. It was Protestant, Evangelical and Christian ; and from the first the government had behaved most honourably in the matter, for they had said, "We are delighted to sup port an evangelical training school on distinct Church principles." The first token for good the system had in Cheltenham was a grant of £2,750 from an unasked lady; and Mr. Kaye Shuttleworth was satisfied with this ; and now these Church of England training schools at Chelten ham had completed their first year's operation. There were 29 masters and 15 mistresses in training, each of them paying £2O per annum towards their own mainte nance. A grant of £4,000 had been made to the institu tion by the Committee of Council on Education, and above £6,000 had been realised in voluntary contributions, towards erecting a building and maintaining an establish.. ment accommodating eighty masters. Fully £2,000 more must be collected to enable the committee to take full advantage of the government premium. When this was accomplished. or after three years, the enlarged institu tion might be carried on et an expense of less than £l,OOO per annum. He then explained how by means of this institution immense good would be done, and much greater good when their new building at Cheltenham was com pleted ; and he concluded by urging upon all classes of Evangelical Christians the manifest importance of extend ing these most valuable training schools to Liverpool and all other large towns, and so to avail themselves of the valuable grants which government are most willing to grant. The reverend gentleman concluded a most able speech amid great applause. A liberal collection was here made. The Rev. T. NOLAN being called upon to move the resolution, was received with much applause. He said, that but to produce some practical result from the great meeting then before him, it had not been necessary to add another word to what they had already heard. But it was needful to form a Corresponding Committee in Li verpool, to open a channel through which the tide of their practical sympathy should flow in response to the clear and convincing, learned and luminous statement of their friend from Cheltenham, who had in his own person, from the first word he uttered, been signally illustrating the great principle with which he sought to impress them, the power of imparting information on any subject, con ferred by a thorough acquaintance with that subject by oneself. Listening, as he always desired to do, with a deep and deserved attention to the opening remarks that fell from the lips of their dear Chairman, he could not help transferring what he said from the schoolroom and the schoolmaster, to the still" higher association of the church and the pastor. And as he (the Chairman) pro ceeded to delineate the superior attainments of the man really competent to instruct others, he (Mr. N.) was picturing an ideal to himself of a Church of England clergyman, a " workman that needed not to be ashamed," and as with graphic touch and truthful hand the Chairman added each fresh feature-to his portrait, the picture gra dually shaped itself into the similitude of some one that he knew; but when he concluded, associating intelligence with modesty, there was no mistaking any longer, the resemblance was complete—that of their revered, but alas ! departed,. Dr. Tattershall. You all knew him ; some of you doubtless were privileged with his intimacy and friendship ; and though none of U 3 could reach as high as the soarings of his vast mind, or fathom the depths of his profound erudition, yet any of those who have ever him, roust have heen_mLnaugh charmed with his kindness as enlightened r.ith his learning, while under his lucid statements what bad appeared abstruse was made so simple, that one was almost beguiled into imagining he had fancied a difficulty where none existed. (Loud cheers.) Whence did our valued and lamented friend, who bath left such a fragrant memory behind him, be come possessed of this high capability ? From his own thorough and intimate acquaintance with the subject under consideration. This was the great secret of the ease with which he conveyed his meaning to another, and with such gracefulness and an urbanity of manner pecu liarly his own, that you almost fancied you had disco vered of yourself, what you only had received from him.• (Cheers.) This is precisely what we aim at producing in our training schools, masters intelligent themselves, that they may be intelligible and instructive to others. Nor is this a task easy of accomplishment. Take a young man, for example, that has just graduated, not after the manner of the A.B. of the Sorbonne, described so humo rously by our Chairman, but who has improved to the utmost the opportunities provided for him in those dis tinguished seats of learning, Oxford, Cambridge, and, I must be pardoned for including—l dare not pass on without offering the humble tribute of affection, the homage of a grateful heart, from a devoted though un worthy alumnus, who feels that all he is, or all he may ever hope to b e , i s ow i ng , un d er God, to the fostering care, of the honoured Alma Mater, that nourished him self and his father before him—l mean, Trinity College, Dublin. (Continued cheers.) Take a graduate, even such as I have described, from one of these universities, and however learnedly he might write upon the iEolic Digamma, or work out the equation of the parabola, or explain the aberration of light, you would possibly find him scarcely intelligible to a poor man, in delivering the simple message of the Gospel. Why ? Because he bath not been.taught to teach—he bath not learned to be sim ple ; . for the power of being simple, a s th e grea t au th or o f " The Sublime " has said of the art of criticism, is " the latest offspring of prolonged experience." This evil also is to be remedied in our training schools. The question is not now whether there shall be education on an en larged scale or not ; that has been answered long ago, and in the affirmative ;—but the question is whether th e Church of England will take the- lead for good, else be left behind and forgotten in the race. The flood tide has set hi too powerfully to be resisted. We cannot, or ought not to attempt to resist it. 'Tis not now too late. The Church, placed in the responsible position she occupies by the mercy of God in this country, has now the option (which may not remain to her very long unless she avails herself of it at once) of either riding in triumph at the top of the wave, else she must be crushed and over whelmed under its violence if she disregards present op.. portunities. There is, sir, with churches as with nations, no less than with individuals, " A tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat." Let us then " take the current whilst it serves,' and (b God's blessing) we will not " lose our vent ures .". I have much pleasure in moving the resolution.—The rev. gentleman resumed- his seat amidst an unusual burst of enthusiastic applause from the meeting. The motion was seconded by the Rev. Dr.. CARPENTER. It approved of the principles and the plan of operation of the shools. A corresponding Liverpool committee, with the acting committee in Cheltenham, was then appointed. On Wednesday. evening, the Rev. Mr. Close preached an admirable sermon in aid of the society, and we are glad to find that. several donations have been received by the treasurer, H. J. Webster, to whom, or to the Rev. ThomaS Nolan, all communications are to be addressed. DR. LOEWE'S SECOND, LECTURE. It was gratifying to observe that the attendance on Monday evening, the 26th ultimo, in St. Mary's School room, Kirkdale, whilst equally respectable, was still more numerous than on the previous Friday. The subject of the Doctor's lecture, viz.,—the second reformation under Ronge, Theiner, Czerski, and- others, had evidently ex cited deep interest. This was displayed by the marked attention paid throughout to the admirable lecture, of which our limits forbid us to give more than a very brief epitome. Referring to the period when the movement which broke out in Germany, in 1344, became known in this country —a movement, which the lecturer described, as the most mighty event of which the present century, has to boast,— he quoted from a Tractarian journal, which wrote as if the recent movement in Germany were a mere whim or sudden impulse. This, however, was a great error, inas much as an earnest reaction against infidelity of every kind has been going on in Germany for the last forty years. The doctor then reviewed in detail the principal features of the movement, from the gradual development of which. men began to perceive that many of the injunc tions of Rotranism had their origin in the selfish motives of worldly-minded men.. The movement was owing to the strong and sincere conviction of those who were en gaged in it that the doctrines they were opposing were blasphemous and tyrannous—the origin of it being in those very places in which an ignorant and intolerant priesthood had excited the mind of the nation. He then indignantly reviewed the impieties and frauds committed in connec tion with the exhibition of the " holy coat" at Treves, which, he said, was fatal in the extreme to the Ro, man See ; and detailed the proceedings of Ronge and his fellow-reformers to free themselves and their cowitryraon from such wicked hmidage, ansi tlp article. July 4, 1848. and liturgy which they subsequently adopted. Although hundreds of thousands have joined the new church, the number is increasing daily. The doctor concluded with an animated and eloquent anticipation of the downfal of Popery, which he believed we were on the eve of witness ing. In the Papal states and other Popish countries, the prevalent watchword is, " No priest —no cardinal" ; and a very clever and enlightened French periodical, in re viewing the course taken by the reformers, is obliged to confess, that if they persist in following out the move ment, it must end ultimately in the downfal of the Papal chair - .—At the conclusion, it was intimated that Dr- Loewe would deliver a lecture on Wednesday (to-mor row) evening, relating to the various incidents of travel in his eventful experience. The announcement was re ceived with great satisfaction. The proceeds of this lec ture Dr. Loewe generously purposes to devote in aid of the fund now being raised to carry out certain needful improvements in St. Mary's Church.—A vote of thanks, moved by the Rev. David James, seconded by John Walker, Esq., and supported by Capt. Beazley, was car ried by acclamation•. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A SAVAGE.—At the - Police -court, on Saturday,. a• man was remanded on a charge of having bitten a piece from a man's nose with whom he was quarrelling. DANGER OF BAD COMPANY.—On Saturday, several persons preferred complaints against prostitutes of halting robbed them whilst they were drunk and asleep. " She is not known for felony, sir." said the bridewelt keeper, speaking of an Irish girl brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday. " Yes, indeed." responded the girl, " I was never here for any villainy before"! On Thursday Police-officer 401 was su'pended, by order' of Mr. Rushton. It appeared he had been abusing two' prostitutes, and had afterwards insisted on preferring the false charge of drunkenness against the girls to cover his own offence. ASSAULT.—On Saturday, four men . were fined 20s. each for assaulting Mr. Howell, appraiser and auctioneer for the County Court. The complainant had distrained some furniture on the premises of one of the defendants, who wished for an inventory of the goods before they were taken from- the house, and which was promised to be sent afterwards. A FATED FAMILY.—A little boy, about seven or eight years old, was sent to gaol for fourteen days, on. Tuesday last, for breaking. a shop window, and stealing a pie. He had been once committed and six times discharged before for kindred offences. It was stated that nis brother had been transported, and that the whole family were bad characters. INGENIOUS SmutiGLING.--On Wednesday a man, named William Markham, cook on board the Clyde, was stopped by a police-officer, who, upon searching a box which he carried, found the model of a ship, and the sides of the box lined with 4.lbs. of foreign tobacco. Tho pri soner was fined 40s. and costs, Mr. Rushton directing that the ship should be restored, as he presumed the ship swas not made of tobacco. INFORMATION UNDER TILE BUILDING ACT.-Mr. Harrison, tea-dealer, of Fox-street, was summoned, 00 Thursday, for having a projection over his shop. The information was laid under the 67th section of the act, and was for erecting a signboard, which projected four feet over the footway, and a show tea urn, which pro jected twelve feet. Mr. Harrison was hound over, as is' usual in such cases, in his own recognisances in £5O, to' ensure the removal of the nuisance within a week. FEIGNING.-It was stated at the Police-court, on Saturday, that the complainant in a petty assault case was herself the defendant on another charge about month ago, and that she obtai ne d h er lib era ti on f ro m hridewell y affecting to be seized with the pains of labour- This was all the delivery she required. Two years ago she is said to have played a similar trick, with similar success. MISCONDUCT OF BAILIFFS.—On Thursday an aged couple, named Hugh and Eliza Kelly, were brought up, charged with having assaulted George Barnes, whilst a distraint (for only two weeks' rent) was being made. The bailiffs having effected an entrance, the old man assaulted Barnes with a poker. He pleaded in defence that the house was not properly entered, but that the bailiffs had broken in. There was some reason to believe this state ment, as Police-constable 326, who was standing a t the entry, heard a crash. After a rebuke to the parties pro secuting, the prisoners were discharged. FORGING SHIPPING NOTES.—OR Friday a sailor, named James Barrow, was brought up before Mr. Rush ton, charged with having forged the signature to a ship ping note. It appeared th a t a s h or t ti me s i nce t h e pri soner went to an outfitter named Cross, and, presenting shipping note signed James Tindall, represented that he belonged to the ship John Robinson, of which Messrs- Campbell and Rudd were the agents. Having got value for the note, the prisoner went off, and was not again me t with till Thursday night. It appeared that the sig,nature to the note was a forgery, and it h av i ng b een stated that there were three or four other cases against the prisoner , he was remanded till Friday next. THE BURIAL ACT. — Peteriiiee, the sexton of St' Patrick's Chapel Cemetery, was summoned for ma king interments, in violation of a p rov i s i on i n th e H ea lth AO' which requires that a deposit of at least two feet six in depth of soil shall be made after each interment." „ s grave twenty feet deep had been dug, into which CO I" - ii were lowered. It appeared up war d s o f th ree f ee t of 0. was placed upon each coffin after it was interred, but this soil was removed each time another coffin was put in. Mr. Rushton ruled that the requirements of the act had been complied with, and ordered the information to be sexton of fhe Weslelan Chapel burial-ground, Stanhope-street, was charged with a violation of the act. In this case one part of a coffin that had been interred had only eleven inches of earth upon it.. Fined 20s. Etstrirt et .5, The new parish church at Runcorn is now nearly com pleted. On Thursday week a woman at Spotland, near Roch dale, was killed by a flash of lightning. • Another person (making e i g ht) di e d on Tuesday , the effects of the late boiler e x pl os i on a t P res ton• Great rejoicings took place at Wi gan on Thursday, in honour of the majority of Francis S. P owe ll, Esq., son the Rev. B. Powell, of that t own . • .eat The military encampment on Kersal Moor is a attraction to the inhabitants of M anc h es t er an d the neigh bouring:towns. On Wednesday, t wo men were kill e d a t I nce -hall COl- liery, nea r Wi gan , t h rough a b ucket, which was bdin4 lowered into th e p i t, f all i ng on them, in conseouence ° the breakage of th e rope . Two fellows, na me d Pl a t e an d C organ, f rom t hi s town, who were engaged in a fi g h t on L ongshaw Coaimon, linge, for £lO a side, o n M on d ay, w i th the i r sec ond, Clarke, also from this town, hav e a ll th ree b een commit ted for trial at the next Kirkdale s ess i ons . from EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.--The official return shows that there are 1,637 hands more employed iLLWQr k ' ing full time, as compared with the nuinber employed oft June 6, and a decrease of those out of employment of 610. As compared with last week, the return is as fe l ' lows :—Working full time, 31,382 ; last week, 20,74 5 ; working short time, 5,272; l as t wee k, 6,274; w h o lly ous of employment, 7,793 ; last week, 8,400. FUNERAL OF THE LATE THOMAS GREENALL, ESQ The remains of this deeply lamented gentleman (whose awfully sudden death occurred o n S a t ur d a y wee k), wer e conveyed to their final resting-pl ace (St. Helens') „" Thursday. The Mayor of Warrington, in compile"' with the general wish, having giv en an i nv it a ti on to the inhabitants to meet the funeral procession, a large nur ol ,. her of the gentry, clergy, and tr a d esmen , assem bled not St. James's Church, Latchford, in or d er t o t es tify the'"' respect for the memory of their departed neighbeur' Many shops were closed, and the streets filled with sPe: - tators. Mr. Greenall was the eldest son of the law' Edward Greenall, Esq., the extensive brewer, of Waders-, pool ; brother of G. reenall, Esq., M.P., and also ni the late P. Greenall, Esq.,. and father of the Rev. Tos* Greenall, incumbent of• Grappenhall. KNUTSFORD QUARTER SESSIONS.—The Sessions coo menced on Monday, at Knutsford, before Trafford Traf ford, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of ma gistrates: There were fifty.four p r i soners f or t r i a l. A mo ngst th' county business transacted was a grant of £lBOO, pro posed by Lord de Tabley, for a lock-up at Knutsford* with houses and offices attached, for the residence of the warders of the House of Correction. The treasurer submitted a statement of accounts for the present quilr; ter, showing the demands to be £11,967 13s. ls—t° e receipts £8,227. 16s. Bd. The probable expenses for Michaelmas quarter, including the balance, were £1 4 0 5 1 0 13s. 2d. ; the receipts (including• River Weaver tolls the amount of £5000) £13,568 lls. To meet the de e ciency a county rate of one farthing, which will prod uce £1,073, was proposed and adopted. M. MainWer,: o was appointed deputy chairman, on the understarns'; that he is to take' the criminal business of the sess' e ,.."fti in consequence of .the increasing defect of 'the chairrni'" vision. . ROBBERY OF Mn. DAWSON.—At Knutsford Sessi° / ' . last week, Mary Hughes and Hugh Murphy were•s e s p i tenced to seven years transportation, f or felonietf t receiving notes to the amount of £lOO5 f rom Mr. .1 05 703 Dawson, of Tranmere. The particulars of the case l e d, recently reported. Three other prisoners were acqui t one of whom, the chairman said, was the most g uilty son according to the evidence. stn° ANNUAL SESSIONS.—At the annual sessions at rr,,, e „toil on Thursday, the following were among the magis"-w -present :—T. B. Addison, Esq., Chairman, James 1 ." - se ,. rence, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., John Rosson, Esticlerbi of The Chairman said that the guardians of the est hundred had sent a remonstrance against the exPew c est the maintenance of lunatics. They .stated that the on per head had increased from 6s. to Bs. 9d. li e gaiv Chairman) could only state that the cost per head a,Pr or an well Asylum was 14s. The County Treas ur er askPe o ch assessment, for general purposes, of id. in the P° tb o which, after some conversation was allo w ed.. " b ow county bridges no assessment was required. For the d. „AO tic asylums, d. in the pound, raising £3,867 / 33 .; l i6th allowed. For the general police expenditure, ld. in the pound, raising £BO9, was asked for; en ° iorTP The following assessments, for local expenditure, le i d.; Lonslale hundred, id. in the pound ; Smith Lonede, .A 0 and Amounderness, id. in the pound, were allow o f sev ep, -increase of six constables for the Kirkdale division , i istr iCe constables for Slackshead, near Colne,of one for tbeaflowed• of Rusholme, and two for the Bury division, we re a l Sesi Mr. J. B. Yates gave notice that at the adjouraueuce sions he would move, " That in future, in cons e gdi v isidis the - great excess of business from the southern ..in_tpr every alternate Sessions be held at Nevqr_ ov ( Willows." Mr. T. B. Addison said he s hoult tra lu te bP an amendment "That a committee 'of n la g? • c litu t pe aointed to report on the ex af d 4 " w i t i rs iit county of Lancaster into two orpediency mor e ridings% coti OP tinct and separate commissions of the peace, gaols, 840.,, and for which distinct rates be mouY tii:, 'O 1 bf)i k itil J~ t sun, an 1 4 g. ,141