The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

paid that the clause, which prevented the loss by one to be set off against the profit from another, had been " with much difficulty" given up by ministers. Tl'e, wonderfully wise, as the Times very justly terms us, denied the existence of any such clause, or such pro posed clause. What says our contemporary to this ? Why, that, unless such denial is " a mere quibble on the word business, by which farming, mining, joint stock banking, and other businesses, are excluded,.the assertion is untrue." We can assure our contempo rary, however, that there was on our part no quibbling at all. A man in every " business "—a perfect jack of-all-trades—is by this bill allowed, and was always al lowed, to set his losses against his gains, and to pay upon nett income No concession was, therefore, made, and none was needed here. The case put by our contem- porary, in which a man deriving gain from property in one schedule, and losing from a business in another, is not allowed to pay upon his nett income, unjust though we contend that clause to be, has been passed and stands part of the bill. There is no need, more over, for quibbling upon mere words with such an op ponent as the Times, for with a happy talent peculiar to himself, our contemporary has contrived to blunder doubly, and is equally wrong whichever signification of the term " business" we adopt ! With respect to this—his one admitted blunder—the Times thus amusingly accounts for it : "We really thought too well of Sir RottEr,T PEEL to be lieve that a scheme of extortion, which even so unscrupulous a partizan as the editor of the Standard admits to be unjust, would be persisted in by him ; but we are corrected, and we will take care not to fall into any such mistake again." In other words, the Times drew upon his exceeding discernment and his draft was dishonoured;—he " took for granted" that "what the editor of TILE STANDARD admits to be unjust, would not be persisted in by Sir Robert Peel ;" and the result has proved that our in fluence over the determination of the Premier is not so great as he gave us credit for. He is "corrected" however, and as he promises " not to fall into any such mistake again"—not to " take for granted" again—we must give him another trial. Would he but go to school for a few months what a philosopher he might become ! Or would he,—as he recommends us to do,'—bEfore writing upon any subject, endeavour to know something about it, with what pleasure would we ourselves, in common with all the world, turn weekly to his lucubrations, the good sense of which would then eqUal, perhaps, the good taste and gentlemanly character of the language in which they are conveyed ! LONDON MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING. — The conflagration of Hamburgh is, naturally, the principal topic of conversation in the city to-day, and the conjectures which are made as to its effect on commerce, are much at variance. 'While some arc disposed to believe the loss of property is most frightful, others are inclined, on the authority of their letters, to believe that the alarm, in a commercial point of view, has been rather too great, and that the warehouses of first-rate importance that have been destroyed are comparatively few in number, the ornamental part of the city having chiefly suffered. The ad verse winds have kept out many vessels sailing from western parts, and are on this occasion considered to have proved most fortunate, as the warehouses are much less abundantly stocked than they would have been had all those vessels arrived which are due. Some were of opinion, when the news of the lire first arrived, that the quantities of sugar, coffee, and other important articles of consumption, which it would de stroy, would have a material effect on the price of those arti cles in the European market ; but it is said, on the other band, that even allowing the conflagration to be as great as the most despondent are inclined to believe, the abundance of the articles in Europe is so great, that the destruction of the quantity ill any given town could make no essential alter ation in their value. The Bank of Hamburgh, according to some of the mercantile letters, has given notice of a speedy return to payment. Some additional facts found their way into the city to-day from the packet which had arrived at Hull from Hambargh. These are to the effect that the fire is got under, its commu nication having been stopped by various explosions. Some have even reported that it is extinguished, but this seems too early a period for the knowledge of the complete extinction of so extensive a fire. Among the various rumours in con nexion with this subject which have spread about, is one that a large amount of Spanish and Mexican bonds has been de stroyed, the former to the extent of nearly £1,000,000. This report is most likely an invention to operate on the foreign market, as no sufficient details have arrived on which to ground it, with even a semblance of probability. The ru mour that some of the bullion houses at Hamburgh have suf fered a considerable loss by the melting of the gold in bars, as it is communicated without any reference as to amount, bears a greater appearance of authenticity ; but all, for the present, is mere conjecture. The stock market, under the general depression occasioned by the calamity already adverted to, and the opinion that the insurance companies here will shortly appear as sellers, to liquidate the claims which the Hamburgh houses may have upon them, were heavy in appearance, and prices declined a trifle. Consols closed, for money, 92+. to x ; and for the account, 92 to -; Exchequer-bills, 395. to 41s. preunuta ; India Stock, 249 to 250; Bank Stock, 167 to 168; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 911 ; New 31 per Cents., 1001 to ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 99a ; Long Annuities, 12 9-16 ; and India Bonds, 19s. premium. Dutch stock was slightly depressed from the same cause. The 21 per Cents. left off 521 to I ; the 5 per Cents., 1001 to 11; Spanish Actives closed 22k to ; ditto. New, 22k to ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 371 to 38 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 221 to 23 ; Brazilian, 67 to GS ; and Belgian, 1011 to 1021. LOCAL NEWS Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., with a deputation from Liverpool on the subject of rice, had an in terview, on Tuesday, with the Earl of Ripon, at the office of the Board of Trade. BARBADOES.—The Selina, which sailed from Barbadoes on the 12th of April, several days after the Firefly steamer, arrived at this port on Tuesday morning. The advices by her state that the supply of sugar was large, and that the mer chants were active in shipping the article for the English market. THE GREAT WESTERN-STEAM Slim—We believe the proprietors of this splendid vessel have made arrangements for the public to inspect her on Tuesday and Wednesday next, at one shilling each the first day, and sixpence the second. The proceeds are we understand to be divided between the Northern and Southern Hospitals. DEATH BY DROWNING.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, on view of the body of a man unknown, who was found float ing down the Mersey. William Cooper deposed that he was a boatman, and lived in Mersey-street. About one o'clock on Monday afternoon he was informed by a flattnan that the body of a man had been drifting down the river. Witness and three other men then went in a boat in search of it, and succeeded in finding the body opposite Waterloo. The body was put in the boat and brought to Liverpool. It was much disfigured, and had evidently been in the water a long, time. A knife was all that was found on the person of the deceased. He had on a pair of corduroy trowsers, a black waistcoat, a pair of boots buttoned up the sides, a white shirt, and a blue and white striped guernsey frock. The deceased was without a coat. The trowsers appeared to have been patched across one knee. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that he had been found drowned. REAL PROPERTY.—We have received through the kind attention of Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, a par liamentary paper, showing the annual value of real property in each county of England and Wales, assessed to the poor rates, from which we gather the following :—lt appears that the total annual value of real property assessed in Lancashire is £5,266,606, and in Cheshire £1,423,835—that the total amount of money levied for poor rates for last year in Lan cashire was £429,017, and in Cheshire £104,607 ; that the population of Lancashire, according to the recent census is 1,667,064, and of Cheshire 395,300 ; and that the area of the county of Lancaster in statute acres is 1,117,260, and of Chester 649,050. MESMERISM.—The public mind has recently been much occupied and much perplexed with the doctrine of mesmerism. As we understand Mr. John Atkinson. surgeon, has paid great attention to the subject, the public will perhaps be glad to hear that the results of his investigations are to be given in two lectures, at the Literary Institution ; the first, this even ing, the second, on Friday next. No doubt the learned lec turer, in his " History of Mesmerism," will greatly assist his auditors in forming correct views upon this now very popular subject. PENNS' BATHS.—These baths having undergone extensive and thorough repairs, are now in excellent order for the sea son. The public will find in them every comfort, conveni ence, and attention which can possibly be desired, and for which they have been so long celebrated. To the subscribers and those visiting them, no eulogy of ours can possibly raise them in their estimation ; to strangers and the inhabitants of Liverpool who have not tested them, we strongly recommend a trial of the establishment, feeling assured they will duly ap preciate the excellent bathing afforded under Mrs. Penns' able management, which, together with that of her late hus band, has been so eminently successful for a number of years. The water is now very agreeable, and sufficiently warm for most constitutions.—See Adv. ACCIDENTAL DEAT lI.—A second inquest was held on Tuesday. on view of the body of William Blanche, a child three years and a half old. James Beesly, a cart-owner, deposed that a little before five o'clock on Monday afternoon he was standing in Tithebarn-street, t, talki ng t o a man , w h en he saw a lolly drawn by two horses,leand laden with flour, co me down in a direction toward children playing a short disi—oce from There were two th N e V f h e en ntp t a h t e h lo in rr tn y had passed, he saw the two children they 0 0 .- t ii s g otne t t h i ye, they stood the middle of the street. When the as if waiting for the lolly to pass. seemed to frighten them, and they turned round to look, and then made a bolt under the loll y . In doin g so, they both fell down, when the hind off wheel went over the h ea d of the deceased, crushing out his b rains, and also went o ver the hand of the other child. The deceased was killed on the spot. driver was at the h ead of the shaft horse on t he near The he near side which was his proper p lace. The horses wer e w alking r er - slowly at the time, William Blanche deposed th a t he was v a mariner, that he lived in Chapel-yard, and that the d eceased and the other boy who had been hurt were his sons. The jury returned a verdict t o the effect that the d eceased had been accidentally killed. CHANGE OF SITUATION. ---011 Monday last, two indivi duals left a factory in this town, fora seminary at Liverpo o l, under the following circumstances :—The late Miss Banister, a maiden lady, who resided at Tipper Parliament-street, Liverpool, was a distant relative 'to their father, and she ha s left them a legacy of X 7,000 each, di rec ting that they should be removed from the house of their mother and step-father, where they were residing, and placed in some seminary to receive a suitable education. They worked at Messrs. Ains worth and Crompton's, the Wellington Mills. Little Bolton, and were the children of the late William Haselden, weaver, who lived some time in Chapel-street, Little Bolton, and then removed to Kester F o ld, in that township, where he died. The names of the fortunate legatees, are Sarah Ha sleden, who is between sixteen and seventeen years of age, and William Hasleden, thirteen. They were better known by the name of Chadwick, the name of their stepfather. This was a change of fortune to them as great as it was un expected. They were amongst the humblest of the poor, and have, hitherto, known only what it was to work hard and to eat the bread of carefulness. For many years they have at tended the Sunday Sehoollof• Duke's Alley Chapel.—Bolton Free Press. JAMES HA.GARTY, ESQ.—This gentleman, the new Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America, arrived at this port in the Great Western on Wednesday morning. This appointment has been approved of by her Majesty. THE LATE INCENDIARY FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—We perceive that the government have been induced, in the late burning down of the works of Messrs. Walkers, of Wood side, to offer a reward of £lOO in addition to that offered by the proprietors of the saw-mills ; and also her Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice who may be induced to give such information as will lead to the conviction of the offenders, but nothing has yet occurred to afford even a clue as to who the parties are. DICK'S COFFEE HOUSE.—The lovers of conviviality and vocal harmony, may have a great treat provided for them every evening, at Dick►s Coffee House. The gentleman who precides is a capital singer, very much in Mr. Temple ton's style. CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—WiIIiam Duff, watch maker, Tithebarn-street, was placed at the police-court, on Wednesday, c h arge d w i t h h av i ng a bli nd outs id e hi s win dow which extended only six feet from the ground, the act of parliament specifying th:at it should be eight. He was fined ss. and costs, and ordered to remove the obstruction. THEATRZ-ROYAL.—" Nicholas Nickleby " has been very well got up at this establishment. " The White Cat," pro vided for the Whitsuntide holiday folks, is likely to prove a most a-mew-sing entertainment. Report speaks highly of its merits. BONDED WAREHOUSES AT PRESTON. — When the three tailors of Tooley-street published their manifesto, all Eng land stood amazed. In the same proportion the bonded warehouse-keepers of Liverpool look aghast at the rivalry to them that has sprung up in Preston. The following are the dimensions of one of the largest bonded warehouses in that flourishing town :—lts length, 12 feet 3 inches; breadth, 11 feet 6 inches ; height, rather under 7 feet. Proud Preston ! The port of Manchester, and the arrival there of a sloop-load of grain, sink into insignificance. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—About five o'clock on Wednes day afternoon, a shocking accident occurred to a man, named . James Murphy, who had been usually employed about the docks. It appears that he had, at the time in question, been assisting to unload a cart (No. 482), at the Duke's Dock, which was laden with five tons of pig iron, when the cart suddenly " tipped up," as it is called, and the whole of the contents were thrown upon him, by reason of which he was literally buried beneath the load. He was instantly relieved from his perilous situation, but we regret to say that life was found to be extinct. The body was then conveyed to his residence in Sparling-street, where the feelings of his wife and family (which consists of two children), may be much more easily imagined than described. It was found unne cessary to send for medical aid for the unfortunate man, his head having been completely crushed to pieces. ST. MARK'S JUVENILE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. —The first meeting of this interesting society since its for mation (March 29) ,was held in St. Mark's Infant School Room on Monday evening last. The Rev. B. A. Marshall delivered a very animated address to a crowded and attentive audience, chiefly of the younger members of the congregation. The receipts already exceed nine pounds. If this example were to be universally followed, we should not only not be under the painful necessity of withdrawing our missionaries from Jamaica, Trinidad, and Malta, as the present depressed state of the society's funds has led the committee to propose, but we should be enabled to double their number. We un derstand that the first annual sermon before the above juvenile society will be preached in St. Mark's Church on Thursday afternoon, the 26th instant, by the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Wriothesley Noel, M.A., of St. John's, Bedford row, London, and Chaplain to the Queen. DR. O'SULLIVAN'S LECTURE, THIS DAY.—We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the lecture which will he delivered at the Music Hall to-night, by that eminent and eloquent champion of our Protestant faith, the Rev. M. O'Sullivan, D.D. To those of our townsmen who have on previous occasions been delighted and instructed by the spirit-stirring appeals of this distinguished controversialist, we need, we are confident, do no more than remind them that another opportunity of listening to him is now within their reach; and to those who have never before enjoyed such a pleasure, we .can say, with confidence, that they will have cause to thank us if these brief remarks shall be instrumental in inducing them to attend his present lecture. The rev. gentleman, we understand, is now in town, and we have no doubt will be greeted by an overflowing audience, worthy of himself and of the great cause of which he is the eloquent defender. A PLEASANT TRIP TO MANCHESTER.—The beautiful weather which we now enjoy, will induce many persons to take pleasure-trips to difterent parts of the country adjacent to this town. A very pleasant one may be obtained by em barking on board the Old Quay Company's steamer the Tower, (the times of starting of which will be found else where) proceed to Runcorn, and thence by the same com pany's swift boat to Manchester. The line of country through which the passengers will be carried is highly in teresting. It will be found that vegetation is now in a for ward state, and nature wears " her gayest face." Those who have been accustomed to the houses and streets of Li verpool, cannot get the " rust" rubbed off more cheaply or pleasantly, than by taking such a trip as we have now drawn attention to.—Those who prefer an " out" to sea, can go any day in the Tower steamer, round the light ship. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.-011 Wednesday, at the Police-court, William M`Pherson, pawnbroker, of Tithe barn-street, was charged by Mr. Patrick Murphy, with having exacted a greater amount of interest on articles pledged at his establishment, than the act of parliament war ranted. Mr. Murphy deposed that he was a jeweller, and that he went to the shop of the defendant on the 10th March last, and pledged several articles of furniture, on which he got £5. lie went to redeem the articles on the 25th of the following month, and was charged £5 Bs. 6d., which was paid to M'Pherson's clerk, by the advice of Mr. Rushton, who had first been consulted on the subject. It was attempted to be shown on the part of the defendant. that there was a special agreement between him and complainant, that the latter should pay 55., as expenses of removal of the goods into M`Pherson's premises, and as warehouse-room. This was denied by Mr. Murphy and Mr. Ellis, the magistrates' clerk, said that no agreement of the kind, for warehouse room, could be made by a pawnbroker in the face of the act of parliament. Mr. Ellis said the defendant was only enti tled to 3d. per month on every 20s. lent, which would amount to Is. 3d. on the £5, but as there appeared some discrepancy between the evidence and the informations, two months' in terest should be allowed—namely, 2s. Gd. ; being Gs. less than had been charged. Mr. Maxwell, the magistrate, said the defendant had been a long time in the trade, and that he ought to have known better. He was ordered to pay a pen alty of £5, and 4s. 6d. costs. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.— Present, Messrs. Horsfall, Barclay, Holmes, Middleton, Evans, Aikin, Holt, Shand, Martin, and Smith.—Mr. Holmes stated that the receipts this week, on behalf of the dock estate, were £B4OO, that being the greatest amount which had ever been received in one week.—A door was ordered to be made in the wall at the side of the Waterleo dock, for the convenience of passing cattle through which arrive at certain times by the Irish steamers, the key of the door to be kept by the policeman on duty, who is to lock the gate when it was not required to be open.—Thomas Dansie, who has been fifteen years in the service of the estate, as a dock gate-man, but who has been incapacitated for duty in consequence of the failure of his health, was superannuated. He is to receive 15s. a week for three months, and his case is then to be taken again into consi deration.—The first instalment, amounting to £18,950, to the Corporation, on account of the land on the west side of Salthouse-dock, which was sold to the dock estate, was ordered to be paid by the Treasurer.—The memorial from the fishing smacks was again referred. The Chairman (Mr. Horsfall) said detailed plans of the intended new dock and warehouses were now on the table. The sub-committee of works had taken great pains to produce them. Messrs. Hartley and Stewart had been employed for ten days, and the plan produced, it was believed, was the best that could be had. A report had also been drawn up, and both would remain on the table for two or three weeks, for the inspec tion of gentlemen of the committee, who would thus have time to form their opinions on the subject. DARING BURGLARY IN EVERTON-ROAD.—A daring burglary was, on Wednesday night, or rather early yesterday morning, committed on the premises of John Grantham, Esq., of Everton-road, which, though not attended with any serious consequences to person or property, is worthy of some detail from the peculiar and alarming nature of the facts. Mr. Grantham had, for some days previously, had a number of painters employed in the house, and had, in consequence, retired to rest with his lady in a bed-room in which he had not been accustomed to sleep. The house is No. 9, nearly in the middle of Row five, a little to the northward of Greg son's Well. He awoke in the night--as he conjectures about midnight—and fancied he heard an unusual cracking noise, but whether in his or some neighbouring house he could not precisely divine, and after remaining for some time in a somewhat restless state, he again awoke, about (as it ap peared) a quarter past three in the morning. On casting up his eyes, it being just day-light, he saw a man of rather low stature in the room, the door of which he had not locked. The man, he could observe, had just taken Mrs. Grantham's gold watch from the table, to the chain of which were appended some seals, trinkets, a locket, &e.; and he was in the act of stooping and attempting to rifle the pockets of his (Mr. G.'s) apparel :Mr. Grantham got quietly out of bed, and endeavoured to seize him. lie, however, made off, and got to the landing of the stairs before he was overtaken. Mr. G. got bold of him, and a scuffle ensued, the thief attempting, of course, to make his escape, and making a considerable outcry; but Mr. G. had not, in the hurry of the moment, caught a firm grip of the delinquent, and he made his way down the stairs. Mr. G. followed him closely, and below the next landing got hold of him by the leg, when the fellow, to get clear, precipitated himself head long to the bottom. Mr. G. again got close upon him, but when he got to the bottom he saw another man in a menacing attitude, upon which he wisely paused lest he should suffer some grievous bodily injury, as he conjectured the last man had some sort of weapon in his hand. Both the men immediately made their way, as speedily as possible out of the house by the back door. The noise of the fall down the stairs of the first man was heard in one of the next houses, and the alarm being given, both the offenders were seen making their way rapidiy across the fields at the back of the house towards St. Augustine's Church, in Shaw Street, Several policemen were on the spot in a bout five minutes afterwards, and an extra force was sent up, but searched the whole neighbourhood for the burglars without effect. It was thought at first that the watch, at least, and its appendages, were gone, worth about £3O; but the watch itself was soon after found at the bottom of the stair down which the thief had fallen, but broken in the handle, it having probably struck on the rails in his des cent. The seals, with the exception of one, the locket, &c., were found on the premises, in the route of the fugitives, as also the chain, the last under the garden wall, where the thief had probably dropped it in his hurry and alarm in getting over, for he appeared to be much intimidated from the time he was detected. Though it was dawn, the man in the bedroom had a lighted candle with him, shaded by a dish-cover, for the purpose, no doubt, of searching in cupboards and dark recesses. On Mr. Grantham and those in the house—now roused—going into the kitchen, he found the drawer in which the candles were kept forced open, and that two of them had been lighted. The thieves had effected an entrance by the window of a water closet over the kitchen, which bad been accidentally left unfastend, and which they could reach by getting on the top of a wall about 9or 10 feet high. They had afterwards forced out a panel of a door leading thence into a passage of the house. In the front parlour nothing was disturbed, al though it contained a book-case with a drawer below which, had they been practised thieves, they would probably have opened, as it bad the appearance of a depository for valuables. In the back room, or dining room, they bad forced open some of the drawers of the sideboard, but found nothing valuable, having missed the drawer in which the plate was kept. They had opened several desks in the same room, and thrown the paper s about, taking the letters out of the envelopes, as if they expected to find money, and missing some of that com modity in other parts of these pieces of furniture. In the kitchen they had doubled up a toasting-fork of white metal, as if t carry it off th e more easily ; but, probably from finding that it was not silver, they left it. A few small articles only were missed, and these of no great value. Three persons were yesterday i n custody on suspicion ; but as they could not be proved to be the aggressors, they were discharged. Luckily Mrs. Grantham was not aware of the man being in the bed room at the time, and did not know what had happened till she found that Mr. G. bad, as she thought unaccountably, left the room, and fcllowed him. The police are on the look out for the men, and. it is to be hoped will succeed in disco vering them. Had Mrs. G. not sh , o wt the great w;lo h presence wouldno mind and considerable determination doubt, have been carried off, and the house might have been otherwise ransacked of many articles of value. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-FIND. ING OF THE BODIES OF MR. ROYDS AND MR RAMSAY. On Wednesday afternoon the bodies of Messrs. Royds and Ramsay, who, together with Mr. Arthur Littledale, were unfortunately drowned on the morning of the 27th ult., near the lazarettes, from a racing gig, were discovered float ing on the top of the water, and conveyed to land. That of Mr. Ramsay was found opposite to Otterspool, by a fisher man named James Kay ; and that of Mr. Royds by Mr. John Kirkham, captain of the Tower, Runcorn steamer. We regret to add that the body of Mr. Littledale has not yet been recovered. Yesterday, au inquest was held on the bodies of Mr. Rovds and Mr. Ramsay, before H. Statham, Esq., deputy coroner, and a respectable jury. In consequence of the in correct version of the cause of the accident which had ap peared in some of the papers, Mr. Swift, of the firm of Messrs. Clay and Swift, appeared on behalf of the owners of the boat, from which the accident occurred ; and Mr. Forshaw, of the firm of Messrs. Forshaw and Blundell, watched the proceedings on the part of the survivors. Mr. Henry Crewe was the first witness sworn,—He said, I am a clerk in the office of Messrs. Baring Brothers, mer chants in Liverpool. I was well acquainted with both the deceased Mr. Clement Royds and Mr. James Ramsay. I have seen their bodies lying in the dead house. Mr. Royds was a clerk in Messrs. Zwilchenbart's office ; and Mr. Ram say was in business as a merchant in Liverpool. On Wed• nesday, the 27th April last, both the deceased called on me early in the morning, and we went together to Mr. Moss's, at Otterspool, to breakfast. We had agreed some days before that we would go there, and take a rowing boat from Mr. Moss's to a boat-house at Monk's Ferry, to be kept there, for a club of which both the deceased Mr. Littledale, and myself, were members. Mr. Taunton also called on me, and he went with us to Otterspool. After breakfast we launched the boat. It was an ordinary race-gig, built by Searle, of London. We live got into it ; the crew consisting of Mr. Alfred Littledale, No. 1 ; myself, No. 2 ; Mr. James Ramsay, the deceased No. 3; Mr. Clement RoydS at the bow, and Mr. Taunton the coxswain. We pro ceeded down the river, keeping in shore, till we arrived at Nott's-hole, opposite the Dingle; from Nott's-hole the bow of the boat was directed towards the most northern lazzarette. This did not turn her much from the direction she was in as we were then considerably further south than any of the lazzarettes. The tide was running in strong. We kept the same course about a quarter of an hour. Shortly after we • left the shore the swell on the river increased. Up to Notes hole the river was calm, but the wind was blowing very strong off the Lancashire shore, which necessarily brought us more into the stream. We there found it very rough. Whilst we were keeping our course for the north lazzarette a wave broke over the bow of the boat, on the larboard side, and a con siderable body of water coming into the boat, and falling on the starboard side, it split one of the planks on that side. The boat almost instantly tilled, the water rushing in from the bow. She settled down, and, I believe, she was alto gether below the surface, when the word was given by some one to turn her over, which I did by putting one toot on the larboard gunwale and taking a spring off it into the river ; this brought the boat round, bottom upwards, immediately. Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Royds both caught hold of the boat ; Mr. Ramsay was aft, close to the coxswain, and Mr. Royds was first, at the bow, but afterwards got amidships. From there being greater weight on the one side than the other the boat kept rolling over and over like a barrel. I did not see Mr. Ramsay go down, but I missed him in about ten minutes after I had turned the boat over. Mr. Royds was some time in the water, having hold of the boat ; he had caught hold of the larboard gunwale ' having his legs lying high and dry upon the bottom of the boat, and his head un derneath the water. The boat heeled over, which brought his head up, and he gave, a sort of gasp ; she then rolled over again, he dropped off, and I saw no more of him. Mr. Ram say had gone down before. Mr. Littledale missed the boat in the first instance when she was turned over, and swam away. Mr. Royds was twenty years of age, or very near that, and Mr. Ramsay between twenty-four and twenty-five. The boat belonged to Mr. Thomas Moss, I believe, but I cannot speak with certainty. I had never been in it before, but I knew it well; she was called the Etonian. Ido not think she had been out more than a dozen times altogether. I first saw the boat last summer. On the morning in question she was lying in a shed at Mr. Moss's, with water in her suf ficient to make her seam-tight. She had been built for the River Mersey ; I believe the order for her was given by Mr. Green. I have frequently seen her, more than once, on the River Mersey. I have also frequently seen the same sort of boat used on the same river. Such boats are generally built of deal, because that is lighter and more buoyant ; an oak boat of the same size would not, in my opinion, be so safe. When I spoke of the boat settling down, in the former part of my evidence, I did not mean to say she was sinking alto gether, but that she settled down to a certain point, where she would have stopped, without sinking, till something had broken away from her, which must have happened shortly, from the weight of water in her, and the swell on the river. I therefore considered that our best chance of being saved was by turning the boat over as we did. When I say that, in my opinion, deal is a better material than oak for such a boat, I only mean that it is better under the circumstances in which we were placed after the plank had split. Ido not mean to say that in any case I would prefer a deal to an oak boat. A JURYMAN.—Do you believe when the boat filled with water with five persons in her, she would not sink ?—I do not think she would sink beyond a certain distance ; but the water would break her to pieces, and then she would have gone down. Do you think the boat would have been sufficient when filled with water, to buoy up the weight of five persons ?—No doubt of it. The CORONER.—In calm weather, the boat would not have gone down, if filled with water, with five persons in her? —I do not think she would. A JURYMAN.—There appeared to be a hole in the fore part of the boat when we examined her ?—Yes ; but that was done with a boat-honk f,. , !n the Lazarette after the accident, when I was picked u ; .. Are you of opinion that a deal boat is preferable to oak, under any circumstances ?—She is more buoyant. An oak boat, I believe, would have gone down bodily. If I were to go out in rough water, I would prefer a deal boat rather than an oak boat, because, if an accident did happen, a deal boat would have supported twice our number, whereas, in my opi nion, an oak boat would have gone down from under us. If you could get an oak boat turned over, she might have been better than deal ; but otherwise she would have gone from under us. The CORONER.—If you could have got an oak boat turned over, one would have been as good as the other ?—Yes. But you could not have turned her ?—We should not have had time. A JITRYMAN.—Boats of this description are usually made of deal ?—Generally ; upon the Mersey they always have been I believe; but it is a matter of taste, some people prefer one and some the other. We have three other boats, each of which are of deal, and one of them is of a far lighter con struction. Mr. SWIFT.—You attribute the accident entirely to the roughness of the water ?—Yes, to the roughness of the water ; we did not expect to find it so rough when we started, but once out we did not like to turn back. Had any conversation passed before you started as to whe ther you should go on if the water was rough ?—Yes, Mr. Thomas Moss met us upon the carriage -road as we went to Otterspool, and I think he said " it is rather rough, and I do not know whether you should go." He asked us whether we did not think it was blowing rather hard, and whether we did not think it would not be as well to put off taking the boat that day. The . 01ION ER.—ln consequence of the wind ?—Yes. Mr. SWIFT.—When you were upon the river side, and after you had left Nott's-hole, did not some conversation pass in the boat to the same effect ?—Yes. What made us start was, that when we came down the river it looked calm. In the boat Taunton asked us to return. The CORONER.—Did he give any reason for it ?—Yes ; upon account of the roughness of the water. Mr. SWIFT. — But you did not like to return after you had started ?—There was no words of that sort used, but that was the feeling : some of us said, " No, we will pull on." That was my feeling, and I think it was the feeling of all the rest, except Mr. Taunton. Then, just before the accident the danger appeared to be very great ?—lt appeared to be great, and we wanted to come back, but could not, because we must have put the boat into the trough of the sea, which would have lost her directly. The CORONER.—You were all of that opinion ?—We were all of that opinion. And Mr. Taunton then pressed you to turn back 1--Ile did, but we could not, as in getting the boat round we must have put her into the trough of the sea, which would cer tainly have swamped her. Mr. SWIFT.—At. that time she would not steer, would she? —No she could not steer at that time. Why ?—I think the bow rowers were rather afraid of dan ger, and therefore they were not pulling : they were alarmed and did not pull properly. Would not that have given the boat a natural tendency to go over with the wave ?—lt would cause what followed : the bow got into the water, and the wave which came over the larboard bow got into the boat. The effect of that would be to make the boat's stern much higher, and cause her to fill with water, so that she would not rise over the waves. And in the confusion of the moment, the particular time when the plank gave way you can hardly tell ?—I think I can, because I felt a bump of water come against her, and then there was immediately a rush of water into her. That would be what broke the plank, I have no doubt. As to the construction of the boat I think you said she was an ordinary built gig ?—Yes ' • she was strong er than some we have in our possession belonging to the club ; they are built for the Mersey, and by the best London makers we know of. The CORONER.—Were you one of the original proprie tors ?—No. Were you one of the club when the boat was first or dered ?—No. The interest was different then; this club was only organised last year. Mr. SWIFT.—Do you know whether the timbers were of oak ?—I did not remark, but they must have been. You have seen her upon the river I—Yes. Were the owners in her ?—Yes, some of them. She had the reputation of being a good sound boat?—Yes. Rather one of the best ?—Yes ; she was a good boat, I do not suppose we had better. A JURYMAS.—For rowing?—Yes. Had she the reputation of being a safe one ?—Yes, per fectly, as safe as any upon the river of the same sort. Of course they are not intended to go to sea. Mr. SWIFT.—When you took her out, was she laid up in the usual way that boats are when out of season ?—Yes; we found her laid up with water in her, and proper means had been taken to keep her seam-tight. There are some foolish rumours abroad about what you had taken at breakfast; I presume you had nothing but an ordinary breakfast ?-7.-.110._ The CORONER. - Mr. Taunton was the youngest of the party ?—He was. The CORONER here asked the jury whether, after having heard Mr. Crew's evidence, they thought there was any ne cessity for Mr. Taunton to he called ? The FoßEmAisreplied in the negative. - Thomas Moss was then called to prove the ownership of the boat. He said, I am a banker at Liverpool. I reside at Otterspool, and was acquainted with the deceased gentlemen. The whole party came, by arrangement, to Otte - rspool to taketlie I met themboataway, in h to Motnke'scaFre carriage-road coming upto morning , o r nthe oithe accident. the house. The wind was blowing from the east at that time. The weather was remarkably tine at the time. Th e wind caught my face as I was leaving the front door, and caused me to remark to them in a jocular way, " Won't it be rather dusty on the water?" The reply was, " Oh, no, there is plenty of dust on the road !" We went in to breakfast; and I think during breakfast I made a remark relative to steering the boat, and advised them to cross over to Birkenhead, that being, in my opinion, the safest point, and one I had been accustomed to take under similar circumstances. We then walked down to the shore ; and I remarked to Littledale, " If it is at all rough when you get down the river, don't cross." lie replied, " Oh, no, we will take care of ourselves." When we got to the boat-shed the water was so calm as not to cause the least apprehension of danger. I had an engagement in town, and I left them carrying the boat down to the water. The CORONER.—To whom did the boat belong ?—Therc were four owners of her : John Naylor, Richard C. Naylor, Cottingham Mcss, and myself. Were you one of the original proprietors of the boat ?—Yes. How long had it been built ?—I think this is the third year. Had it been out for three seasons, or is this the third ? We bought her in July, 1839, so that this will be the fourth season but the third year. By whom was she ordered individually? — By myself, in London : I wrote to Mr. Searle by letter on the part of the crew. Did you give any particular instructions about the boat, or merely state that it was to be such a boat as would be fit for this river ?—I mentioned that it was to be for salt water — for the Mersey at Liverpool. You gave no other particular instructions ?—I am not aware of any. As to the number of oars?—lt was for four oars. Are all the other boats for four ?—No, there are some for six. Has she been out often ?—About 12 or 15 times, I think. Her crew always consisted of four and a coxswain ?—Always. You have yourself pulled in her upon those occasions ? —Upon every occasion. You considered her a safe boat ?—Perfectly so in moderate weather. Can you tell us the value of such a boat ?—A guinea a foot is the regular price am ong carpenters. Do you know the size of her ?—Thirty-seven feet. Then she would be worth about £4O ?—W hen new she would be worth about £lO. Can you give us an opinion as to the value of the boat upon the morning she was taken out ?—No; it is entirely an article of fancy. I suppose that at the present moment there is not a racing boat in Liverpool which would fetch £5. In years when boating is out of fashion, they are worth very little. You cannot give an opinion as to the value a builder would put upon the boat, of course; but, in your opinion, would it be worth a £5 note ?-1 would not fix any price, because it is a fancy article. You can form no opinion ?—Not the least. I can form no opinion of the value of the boat after it had left the builder's hands. I can form no opinion as to the value an appraiser would put upon it. Such boats are not much sought after in Liverpool.—Yes, when boating is going on. Are they ready of sale ?--I should think not. When you get up three or four clubs, such boats are in demand. It is then entirely a matter of fancy ?—Quite so. A JURYMAN.—Is your opinion of the safety of the boat formed upon the construction of the boat, or upon the cha racter of the builder ?—Upon both. She was built of oak, and planked with deal, so as to combine great strength with light ness. Did it occur, in conversation at all during the morning, that you were upon the weather shore ?—lt was the fact. It appeared calm upon that side ; but did it not occur to you that it would be more rough upon the lee shore ?—When I made the first remark about the river being dusty, I had no apprehensions of danger; it was only a sharp air coming across my face at the door that suggested the observation, as it would not be agreeable to pull, for it never is in these boats, unless the water is moderately calm. Mr. SWIFT.—Your suggestion to Mr. Littledale after wards was, that they must not cross in case it was rough? —Just so: my reason for asking Mr. Littledale not to attempt to cross if it was rough was, that I knew there is occasionally a little sea opposite the lazarettes, when the wind and tide meet. Have you any reason to believe, from any thing you have seen, that the breach of the plank took place after the acci dent ?—I have seen the man who picked the boat up, and he I mentioned to me in what state she was; and I have seen the boat since she was picked up. You have heard in Mr. Crewe's evidence what he has stated as to the time of the accident; now taking the facts to be as Mr. Crewe has stated them, that the boat would not steer, that the party were alarmed and put her the wrong way about by stopping the bow oars, is not that enough to ac count for the filling of the boat with water, without sup posing the breach of the plank ?—Yes, from the circum stance of the two bow oars not pulling, and the boat not steering, the water being rough, I think there is enough to account for the accident without supposing the plank had given way at that time. There can be no doubt about it. The plank staved at the bow would let in no quantity of water. Would it have let water in enough to have sunk the boat? —Certainly not. The CORONER.—WouId the breach of the plank as it now appears, of itself necessarily have caused the accident ? Certainly not. With a boat of her build and dimensions, and five people in her who were free from alarm, or in any event, in my opinion she, would not have gone down with that breach. Mr. SWlFT.—Supposing a boat of this character let loose in the river, knocking about there a long time, is it not ex tremely likely she would break a plank from knocking against others ?—Certainly. In my opinion the breach of the plank may easily be accounted for, from the mere cir cumstance of her tossing about in the river after the acci dent, and before she was found. She might have knocked against many things ?—Yes. Would you not rather have a £5 note now than what the boat would sell for, if she were sold in Liverpool to-day ?—I would. James Kay was the next witness, and he said, I am a boat man and live at Birkenhead. I was in my boat yesterday, fishing in the river. I was a little south of the Dingle. I was alone in my boat. I found the body of one of the de ceased floating in the water : he was dressed in a pair of grey trowsers. Wellington boots, white shirt, and a flannel waistcoat. I fastened the body to a trawling rope and broughtlit down to George's pier-head, and there gave it in charge to Joseph Bates, Constable No. 34. who directed it to be carried to the dead-house whither I accompanied it. It was the body of Mr. Ramsay. Police Constable Bates proved the conveyance of Mr. Ramsay's body to the dead-house, which he had received between one and two o'clock from the last witness. Witness searched the pockets of deceased, and found in them a £5 note, one sovereign, two half-sovereigns, and 7s. 6d. in silver ; and three gold studs in his shirt front. John Kirkham said, I am captain of the Tower steamer, which plies between Liverpool and Runnorn. Yesterday afternoon at a quarter to two o'clock, as I was coming from Runcorn, and opposite Otterspool, I saw the body of a man floating on the water. I gave directions to the men to pre pare to take it out. We stopped the packet and got the body up with boat hooks and slung him on board. We pro ceeded to Liverpool, and at George's pier -head I gave the body in charge to police-officer John Hughes. I accompanied the body to the dead house. It was the body of Mr. Royds. Police-officer John Hughes, No. 522 , pioved the convey ance of Mr. Royds' body to the dead-house. Witness found upon him Ss. in silver, a gold ring, and a silver pencil case. Mr. Crewe was then recalled, and the CORONER asked him, Was the boat broken in the stern before you were picked up? —Not before we turned her over; certainly not. I am not sure that she was not so when we were picked up. I suppose the boat was steered with cords ?—Yes. Was Mr. Taunton accustomed to steer ?—I believe he had steered that boat before; but I am not quite sere. Do you know whether he was accustomed to it ?---I believe be had steered before. He appeared to understand steering perfectly, and to be well conversant with pulling generally in boats of that description. To steer a boat in this river when it is rough would require considerable skill ?—Yes, it would; but it appeared to me that he steered h er perfectly well all the time, so far as cir cumstances would allow. A. JURYMAN.—lndependently of the character of the builder, would you have gone in that boat, considering her as safe ?—Perfectly safe, provided we had not met with the sea that we did. We did not like being baulked; and although I certainly conceived there was some danger, we would go on. Did you consider the boat sufficiently safe independently of the character of the party who built her ?—Certainly ; for the last two years I have pulled in two boats considerably slighter, and of the same material. I attribute the accident totally to our own imprudence in crossing the river when there certainly was danger. The CORONER.—But under ordinary circumstances you considered the boat perfectly safe ?—Perfectly ; I made a remark a short time before it happened, that the boat was a good sea-boat. Mr. SWIFT.—You attribute it entirely to the fact of your having taken the boat into the swell, which no boat of that kind was fit to encounter ?—Yes ; no boat of that kind was fit to encounter it. I attribute the accident to our taking the boat into a sea which no boat of the kind was ever fit to encounter. This being all the evidence, the Conosrzu addressed the jury, observing that, from the evidence of Mr. Crewe, it appeared that the cause of the accident was the rashness of the party in the boat, who, when they saw their danger, ought not to have attempted to cross the river. The jury then, under the direction of the Coroner, returned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned," with a nominal deodand of Is. for each case, on the boat CHURCH ENDOWMENTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—I was surprised to find, the other day, to what an extreme length the horror of church endowments is carried. The Non-conformists, it seems, favour the endowment of charities and hospitals ; in too many instances, I fear, it is not with the argumentum ad pecuniam. But they are shocked at the idea of supporting a place of worship by the same means : " It should be dependent entirely on its own re sources," say they. May we no t s t reng th en th ese resources without impairing either the purity of the doctrine or the efficacy of the word preached ? W e en d ow h osp i ta l s , chari ties, universities, for the diffusion of secular knowledge; yet we are not to supportby endowment the places w h ere i n th e people are instructed in the true faith ! Those who attend a place of worship, it is said, ought, by their own contribu tions, to support it, and choose their own minister. Right, so far ; let them do so if, mark—for there is a great necessity, methinks, for that if—they will t a k e care t h at none b ut the doctrines of the true Protestant Reformed Church be therein preached. And how shall we know that this is to be the case, when the preacher is frequently one without a religious education—both unlearned and uninspired? He will require a good education, as well as a religious one, to fit him for setting forth the Word of God to what is, in these days, a people rapidly gaining in knowledge and general information. As the intelligence and mental culture of a people is on the increase, so ought to be the research and intellectual acquire ments of their spiritual pastors. I do not say that a man may not be able to preach faithfully the doctrine of Christ crucified, so as to be the means of saving some, without being either a scholar or a well-informed man ; yet I do say that such a man could not continue, Sabbath after Sabbath. to instruct efficaciously, in the Christian religion, an enlightened and intelligent congregation. Ought we not, therefore, still more to cling to that na tional institution which secures to us the ministry of those who have, to say the least, a fair chance afforded them of rendering themselves in every way fitted and competent for their calling ? The instance of the Apostles, who were fishers, I have heard quoted; but they were under the immediate inspiration of God. As unlearned and ignorant fishermen, they could have made but little progress, with all their zeal, in advancing the cause of their Master, had not the Spirit in its power, supplying all defects of knowledge and of utter ance, been given unto them. Let those who dissent from the Established Ch urc h erect places of worship if they will—choose ministers and support them ; but let them beware o f seeking. the fall o f th at nat i onal church which—whatever her es y may find its way elsewhere— the true doctrine, as recognised by the old Reformers, is or dained to be preached. Let them bewar of " rem ov i ng t h e old landmarks," or the beacon which, amidst the fluctuations I can never suffi of sectarianism, and the rise and downfall . of popular leaders, still points to evangelical Christianity. ciently wonder at the s hortsightedness of our dissenting countrymen, who perceive not, oraffect not to perceive, the manifold advantages this kingdom has derived from an established religion. But let andeae space for abler de fenders of the Church than I; hope . that you, Sir, will find some one whose time and patiencel will let them enlarge respectfully, on this point, and whose pen , wil do it with more effect. — I remain, Sir, as always, Your s very A STANCH FRIEN DE ESTABLISHED TH CHURCH. vras Oar STRIPPING A CHILD.—EIIen Wainhouse, an e ld erly fe male of revolting appearance , ged, b e f ore t h e magi strafes on Wednesday, with this offence, which is now be coming very common. The prisoner decoyed a child about five years of age, the daughter of respectable parents, to her dwelling, and after taking her cloak and pinafore, gave her an orange and turned her into the street, where she was found by a policeman. She was on her way from school when met by the prisoner. The latter was ordered to pay Is. 6d. for illegally pawning the articles, and 40s. for the offence, o r b e imprisoned two months. SALMON FISHING.—Some of our northern rivers have been pretty suc cess ful. The Connon, Shin, and Findhorn, have this season fished well: one day lately no less than 400 salmon were taken at one haul at the mouth of the Findhorn. —lverness Courier. TuE WEATnEn.—The rain still continues to fall at inter. vats in geni a l an d re f res hi n g s howers. The f armer is satisfied, the garden er i n d el i g h t , an d the arboricult ur i st looks on in complacency at the magnificient dis p l ay of his t rees and shiubs. All nature looks gay, and every thing promises well. —Dublin Evening Mail. THE " GREAT WESTERN" STEAM-SHIP The steam-ship Great Western, commanded by Lieut. Hosken, li.N., which arrived (as elsewhere stated) at this port from New York on Wednesday morning, after a fine run of 12 days and i hours, has—from her previous fame as a fast and fortunate vessel, and this being her " first ap pearance" in Liverpool —already become an object of very considerable interest, not only amongst nautical men, but with the community generally ; and as she will next week — when, after the unavoidabl e con f us i on o f l an di ng a l arge number of passengers, all is put in order on board—be open to the inspection of the public, some account of her dimen sions, power, and accommodations may be acceptable, more particularly as her proprietors purpose that she shall make the transatlantic voyage alternately between Liverpool and New York, and Bristol and the same port in the United States. We visited the vessel yesterday, and, in company with some friends, were politely shown through every part of her by the first officer, Mr. Mathew, Captain Hoskin being elsewhere engaged at the time. The Great Western was built about four years ago at Bristol, of the best materials, and is certainly a very fine and portly looking ship. She has four masts—an unusual rig— and these not being very taunt, there being a topmast only to the foremast, give her the appearance, as she lies at the quay wall, and when her large hull is not fully seen, of two or more vessels in a line. This is, however, a matter of taste, and at the same time affords an advantage in a steamer, inasmuch as four masts do not require for the same spread of sail to be so taunt as two or three ; and steamers, to use a nautical phrase, do not like lofty set sails." She has a bow, nearly as sharp as a wedge; good gradual bearings throughout, and a corresponding rtiti. The figure head is a bust of Old Nep tune, bearing a trident, and classically supported by dolphins. Her stern is round with carved work in alto, and though we consider the square form the handsomer of the two, we are willing to admit that the round stern admits of greater strength in wing-framing, and the question here, too, resolves itself into a mere matter of taste, though we should have been glad to observe, in place of the continuation of the stern carving, some imitation of quarter galleries. Our Liverpool built ships have always been admitted to have fine sterns ; but taking the Great Western as a whole, with the bulk-beam and general equipments, we readily admit (and we entertain no feeling of jealousy on the ground of her not being built at our port) that she is a very fine vessel in the several requi sites that please a seaman's eye. She has, moreover, proved herself a sea-boat, and is put together, with abundance of material, in the most approved manner. The following are the dimensions, power of engines, &c. : Length of keel „ over all 236 „ Beam between the paddle houses . 35 „ Breadth, including paddle houses . 57 „ Tonnage Steam engines . 450 horse-power. The cabins and decks are most spacious and comfortable, experience in passenger traffic having dictated considerable alterations and improvements after they were originally con structed. The PRINCIPAL SALOON, or dining-room, is a gorgeous apartment, 75 feet in length by about 19 in width. It is in the florid style of Louis XIV., richly empanelled with bold foliated mouldings, and has a chaste and elegant appear ance. It is divided into numerous compartments, in oblong vertical panels, each alternate one at the side forming a door in the adjoining state or sleeping rooms. The ground work — both on the stiles and roof—is painted in delicate tints, prin cipally French white, and the mouldings in projection are gilded. The whole of the numerous main panels are filled in with exquisite and finely-coloured paintings in oil, chiefly by Paris, a celebrated artist; and the subjects are varied and beautiful, embracing those scenes of gallantry and love that pervaded the voluptuous, but refined and romantic, age to which they refer, from the peer to the peasant. The atti tudes of the figures are admirably spirited and characteristic, and the colouring is soft and brilliant, without beinc , gaudy. At the bottom of most of these pictures are emblematical designs, conveying a moral to the piece, some grave, and some correspondingly quaint. The saloon is lighted from the top and also from stern windows. The tables are of oak, and the legs of them of cast iron, representing dolphins. There are numerous mirrors, that give additional effect. The STATE-ROOMS here, as in the fore-cabin and other parts of the ship, are large and commodious, being well aired and fitted out with all that can administer to comfort, and not a little that conduces to ornament. The sides and ceilings are ornamented in the same style as the saloon. Adjoining, and further forward, there is a handsome RE TIRING RCrOM FOR LADIES, fitted up in the same style. though in a somewhat plainer manner. On the opposite side is the STEWARDS' STORE-ROOM OR PANTRY, a large but compact square apartment, with counters or tables, with drawers, all round. This is fitted up in the usual ingenious style of similar rooms in our sea-going steam-ships, the mas sive beams of the roof being clustered like a cave of crystal and precious metal, with an infinite variety of wine and other glasses, dish-covers, polished tea-kettles, &c. From this a large window opens into the saloon. forming, as it were, the bar of a first-rate inn, at which the languishing or thirsty lieges, no doubt, make frequent calls, either themselves, or through the waiters. Over the main saloon is the Music SALOON, or corridore, or, in more homely phrase, the " fore cuddy," of nearly the same extent as the saloon, but more open, being under a quarter-deck recently constructed. This may be called the ." free and easy" of the ship. It is plainly painted in oak graining; the floor is level with, or rather forms part of, the main deck ; there is here a piano, with ample space for two country dances ; and as there is no carpet, and " smoking is allowed," while the whole is under cover, it is a favourite resort for the passengers, who can here enjoy themselves in all weathers. _ _ The FORE CABIN is apparently quite as commodious as the after one. though not so highly ornamented. Here the berths, or sleeping rooms are also equal in size and accom modation, the choice of selection for passengers being left to themselves—the whole eating and associating together in the Saloon. The whole number of sleeping-berths is, we learn, 123—for passengers alone.. Excellent accommodations are also provided for the officers and crew on each side of the upper decks, the principal portion of them having, as in the Halifax and other steam ships, separate:rooms of their own. _ _ _ The COOK Houses are well worthy of inspection, as show ing how much be accomplished to cook for a large number of persons in a small space, and that too in a perfect or cleanly manner. There is a large ice-house in the middle of the main deck. Here the provisions are kept perfectly fresh during the longest average voyage—thus rendering it unne cessary to slaughter any animal on board. The ENGINES of the Great Western appear to be fine, as they undoubtedly are stupendous pieces of machinery. We have already said that they are of 450 horse-power. The frame-work is in the Gothic style, similar to many of equal or larger size we have seen by our talented townsmen, Messrs. Fawcett and Preston. There is a clock and a " tell-tale" attached, by which the revolutions of the paddle wheels can be at any time accurately timed. The subsidiary arrangements in the vessel throughout are equally good ; but with all that we have said in her behalf, (and we must first admit that we have seen her under un favourable circumstances,) we shall not say that we have not produced at our own port as fine a vessel, and as fine engines. The style of the accommodations is to be measured by the standard - of taste •, which, in the public mind, is frequently precarious and fickle. It were almost invidious to institute any comparison, but we cannot help expressing our opinion of the equal excellence, as ships, of the Oriental and the Hindostan, built at this port. The Halifax mail packets are superb ships ; and with respect to cabin elegancies and cost of decoration, several of the Glasgow steam-ships beat them all. So much—lest our Bristol friends should become, after the success of their deserved favourite, too proud of them selves. We could not, however, say less than we have done of the Great Western. Besides, she is a stranger amongst us, and, as the poet says, " stranger is a holy name." But we by no means, we think, exaggerate in pronouncing her to be a fine, wholesome, and genuinely British ship; and we hail her appearance at our port as an event that, in the rapid progress of steam navigation, will, we trust, be of mutual advantage to Liverpool, as well as to the port from which she hails. STEAM !-STEAM ! BY JAMES SCOTT WALKER This changeable world and this changeable clime Will to vapour resolve themselves, surely, in time; For nothing can now be accomplished, 't would seem, But by the new-fashioned appliance of STEAM. The wheel and the distaff, that matron or girl, To spin all we wanted, at home wont to twirl, To " jennies " have yielded, and ere long, I deem, Our shirts will be made, our hose mended, by STEAM. The poor weaver's visage is warped by despair, For steam of his cuts, cuts him out of his share ; His prosperous days he can never redeem, For in plain cloth or checks, he's checked plainly by STEAK The blacksmith, at anvil, looks more and more black., Outdone from an anchor e'en down to a tack ; For in forging of iron, what aid so supreme, As this hissing ironical, iron•pent STEAM ! The sawyer, who lately so boastingly talked Of cutting up balks, is now cut up and baulked ; A log that for days made the sweat from him stream, In au hour is dissected by top-sawyer STEAM. The old British sailor, who laughed to hear ever Small craft could without sails or oars cross a river, Is taken aback; for against wind and stream Huge ships quickly cross the wide ocean by STEAM. Our towns with tall chimneys are bristled all o'er, Our docks thick with chimneys where masts peered before For economy's sake, would of hope we 'd a gleam Of steam soldiers, steam lawyers, steam doctors—all STEAM The press—that famed engine to teach and amuse— Though quick, was too sluggish to give all the news; And books and newspapers, in many a ream, Are speedily printed, and bound, too, by STEAM. Steam now." rules the roast," and steam boils e'en the pot ; Steam kettles, steam hearths, and steam kitchens we've got; And coaches and carriages, needing no team, Fly swiftly on railways and highways by STEAM. The coachman begins for his living to fear, And to think it were prudent to turn engineer, And part with his tits, though with sorrow extreme, For nags that eat coals, and run snorting by STEAM. 'Tis a paradox quite, and the world's admiration, To be kept " in hot water " quite prospers the nation ; And no foreign state will of war with us dream, For their vap'ring, they know, we would spoil with our silt A M In peace or in war, other means far above, Steam helps to figh . t—aye, or even make love ! For if you would win the soft, favouring beam Of Beauty's bright eye, you must get up the STEAM Then hail to the agent so pleasing, yet dread. That such wonderful changes around us can spread 1 All praise it,—and I, too, must go with the stream,- Success to the hot, hissing potentate —STEAM ! Yet one aspiration I'd breathe from my heart — May steam to the poor, too, its blessings impart ! And our safety-valve ne'er may we weight in extreme, Lest our pride and our hopes be all " blown up" by STEAM [Written by Steam.] MANUSCRIPT RARITIES OF STRAWBERRY HILL--Of other rarities, are a letter from Catherine Parr, the widow of Henry the Eighth, written in the year she died, " to her constant Thomas Seymour, Lord High Admiral of England," and signed, " Catherine, the Queen K.P.;" and a most cha racteristic letter from Oliver Cromwell to his wife, the day after the battle of Dunbar. We cannot resist the tempta tion of transcribing it :—" For my beloved wife, Elizabeth Cromwell, at the Cock-pit, theise :—My deerest,—l hive not leisure to write much, but I could chide thee that in many of thy letters thou writest to inee, that I should not be uninindfull of thee and thy little ones. Truly, if I love you p not too well, I think I er r not onn the othere much. Th ou respect. e sec t art deerer to me than any creature ; lett that suffice. Th e Lord hath showed u s an exceedinge triercye—whoo can tell how great it is? My weake fayth bath been upheld—l h ave beene in my inward man marvellously assure thee I growe an oulde man , an d feel infirmitys of age i m y b v e e h ll a o l u r s e lY in supported, the p o r marvellously stealing upon me —would my corruptio ns did as latter ted, thou,] p I . fast decrease ! Pray on n The particulars of the late successe Harry Vane or Gil. Pick. eringe will impart to thee. My love to all deear freindes.— I rest thine, 0. Cromwell.—Dunbarr, the 4th of Sept. 1650." —Ainsworth's Magazine, THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. The following letter has been addressed to the London Times:— Berkele-h, Sir,—ln consequence of my abse y nce ouse from London as B42 well as not having seen the papers which contained it, I am only this moment favoured with the reply of the Anti-Slavery So ciety, dated the 22d of April, to my former letter. Although, sir, it is not my intention to continue a paper war, or to reply to the somewhat voluminous matter con tained in the letter of the society now before me, neverthe less there are some few points which require a brief notice, and to these I at once address myself. In the first place, tben, you will permit me to observe that I am amused at the nice and feverish feelings of " surprise" assumed by the Anti-Slavery Society respecting the impro priety "of my having forwarded to them through their secretary, and in reply to their printed and published pamphlet, charges which they say affect their character as a public body; that I should have published my letter in the papers without waiting their sanction;" and further, "that their surprise has been increased on finding that my name West India committee to investigate the very hich I so confidently expressed an opinion." was on. tt. In reply to this, I am constrained to tell the Anti-Slavery Society, that while they reside in the house of glass, they should not throw the first stone, for that they—the Anti- Slavery Society, have been for a long period indulging, in the widest sense of the word, in charges affecting the public and private character of a larger body of persons than even the extent of their society contained ! that they have been placing in an invidious light, and unfairly maligning, the great body of West India proprietors, not only throughout the course of measures instituted by the West India body to save their property from destruction, but absolutely as re garded their probable intention, their future views, their honesty of purpose, their humanity, and their religion. As relates to the fact of my being " a fit and proper person to sit on the West India committee, having expressed the sentiments I have," that is a matter with which the Anti- Slavery Society have nothing whatever to do. Would they complain of an hon. member of that committee if known to be one of their patrons ? 1 think not. As a member of that committee, as a British subject, as belonging to my class in life, and as one of the people, all I desire is to see that a fair and impartial statement of facts should go forth to the public gaze—neither coloured, distorted, nor twisted to party purposes, by any association whatever. Let there be fair play and the world the judge. and I desire nothing fur ther. When abuses are proclaimed, it is my wont to court investigation. Let the people have an opportunity of form ing their own opinion, unprejudiced by special pleading, and there is ever the best hope of justice. Your letter, sir, denies the truth of some of the statements advanced by me as regards the situation of the negro in par ticular localities ; I content myself with a similar retort upon your assertions in defence of the pamphlet in question ; it would take up far more time than I am disposed to bestow upon this correspondence to place on paper incontrovertible facts well at my command. _ _ Desirous, at all times, to deal in courteous expressions, you force me, sir, to disclaim, with some approach to con tempt, your charge of " being desirous to fix a stigma on the character of the liberated negroes, who are unable to repel my attacks." If I wield a cudgel, the head that gets into the way receives the blow ; I am not to be turned from my purpose by any clap-trap consideration. It may suit the in of the society to be at all times, whether right or loud in favour of the negro, and so to raise a false ;y!npath - I repeat, that 1 have proof that in many places the negroes will only work for wages amounting to an inordinate bribe ; their love of gold is not sufficient to induce them to work for fair and moderate profit, and more—that they have refused in some instances to cut the sugar canes when ripe, unless at immeasurable gain, and that upon receiving a bribe, and having been induced to gather the crop, they have then left the produce to rot onthe threshold of thesugar-house, refus ing to make the canes available unless from furthet compli ance with their tyrannical ideas. Multitudinous proofs of this most unhappy state of affairs are within my own know - ledge, but I content myself with a short statement, consider ing that it suffices for the present. Again, as regards the reports and returns made to this country by the colonial agents of her Majesty's government, and referred to by you. In those reports and returns the grossest misstatements have been made, calculated to deceive the government, and to induce her Majesty's ministers and the people to a favourable opinion, that colonial affairs as re garded the negro and the planter were visibly progressing to wards improvement, when in reality nothing could be more deplorable than the actual condition of that portion of the British dominions. I reiterate the iact, unpalatable though it may be to the Anti-Slavery Society, that though much may have been done for the negro population, still, as the hand of reformation should ever be tempered with justice as well as mercy, much yet remains to be dune for the proprietors of colonial land ; for, up to the present hour, the fair and just interest of the proprietor seems to have been lost sight of in the dazzling light which has illumined the great triumph of emancipation. The Anti-Slavery Society appears to have been, and seems still to be, blinded to all charity, and to every other interest save the one they have materially assisted to victory. Flushed with the conquest achieved, and arrived at the end which seemed once to be the object of their league, like many other societfes in the history of the political world, they are verg ing from use to abuse, and seem to be so in love with the sword, and so loth to quit the scene of their conquest, that they can neither disband nor turn their minds to more peace ful occupations. Declining to continue this correspondence, and claiming to have been sufficiently explicit in fact for the purpose I had in vie , while at the same time, Sir, I desire no particular courtesy or favour at the hands of the Anti-Slavery Society, whom I once assisted when I thought them right, but whom I now oppose because I deem them wrong, I have the honour to be your most obedient humble servant, GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY. To the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society in London, 27, New Broad-street GUANO (From a Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.) This article, which has been used as a manure in Peru from time immemorial, has only been known in this country a year or two : the origin of its introduction is curious, and of commercial enterl shows the er►erg five year ne tour or go, a mercantile house at Liverpool wrote to their agent at Valparaiso, desiring him to endeavour to make a contract for nitrate of soda; which they said was becoming exceedingly valuable, and commanding an extensive sale in England, as manure. In reply to this communication the agent wrote, saying,—" I am surprised at what you say about nitrate of soda, as a manure : we think little of it here, for such a purpose; but I will send you something which is con sidered ten times as good in this country." This was Guano, of which he sent about four bags as a sample. When it ar rived in England, it was distributed in small quantities to various persons, and, as far as I can learn, was everywhere found exceedingly valuable. The following are some of the results : _ _ . . . ••••,,.."I.Q • Mr. Smith, of Gunton Park, Norfolk, sowed it at the rate of 2001 b to the acre ; and on the same field, on an equal space of land. 15 bushels of bone dust: both wereirilled into the ground with seed wheat. The bone dust gave 41 quar ters per acre ; the Guano, 6 quarters, 2 bushels, and 11 pecks. Mr. Westcar, of Burwood, Surrey, had but a few pounds' weight, which he applied to five rods of earth ; dunged the remainder of the field with the best farm-yard manure, at the rate of 18 loads to the acre, drilled in barley ; five tods of the dunged part of the field gave 35 bushels of barley ; the five rods manured with Guano gave 39 bushels. Mr. George Harriot, North Waltham, Basingstoke, sowed the small quantity he received with some barley, on the Ist of May, without ashes or charcoal. The weather was very dry when the Guano was used. The barley came up three days sooner than elsewhere ; it was much more luxuriant during all the season ; and, as far as he could ascertain from the small quantity, the produce, as compared with that of an equal breadth of land not sowed with Guano, was rather more than half as much more corn, and double the quantity of straw. If the barley had been sowed earlier, he thinks it would have done more good. He also sowed some with turnips and on either side of these he used some bone dust, mixed with moist ashes, as the season was very dry ; the moist ashes mixed with the bones caused the seed sowed with them to come up a fortnight earlier than that sowed with Guano ; but, even with this disadvantage, when the rain came, the vegetation caused by the latter was so rapid as to leave the part manured with the bone dust far behind. Mr. Love, of Shoreham Sevenoaks, mixed 14 lb. of Guano with two bushels of ashes. Although the weather was very dry, he could perceive a marked difference in the growth of the plants (turnips?) a few days after they made their appear ance. Encouraged by his success, he mixed 28 lb. with 15 bushels of ashes, and applied it for turnips by sowing broad cast, and harrowing in lightly. As the weather was showery, the seed soon vegetated, and the plants were more luxuriant than (grew away from) those manured with dung. I n b o th cases, he applied it at the rate of 2 cwt. to the acre. Mr. John Crane Nott, of Hallow, Worcestershire, applied it to his hop grounds, and, in order to give it a fair trial, put a pint to every alternate hill in every row. The effect was most extraordinary : those hills on which the Guano was ap plied were most luxuriant, while the adjoining ones, not so manured, were sickly and weak. Mr. Nott's neighbour, Mr. Winnel, of Braces Leigh, speaks most favourably of the trial he made upon artificial grasses and hops, on both of which it had a most beneficial effect. Mr. Nott thinks Guano, at a moderate price, will be the most valuable manure ever known. . William Sim, Esq., of Drummond, Scotland, applied 10 bushels of bone-dust, 1 cwt. nitrate of soda, and 70 lbs of Guano on equal portions of land, sowed in ridges. The Guano has produced more luxuriance than either. (He does not say upon what kind of crops.) Mr. Skirving, nurseryman, Liverpool, sowed rye grass, 14th May, 1840 ; cut it, 2d August, 1841 ; manured with 3 cwt. of Guano, it produced— _ _ Tons. Cwt. Qrs. Lbs Per acre of grass .. 14 15 0 26 Three cwt. nitrate soda.... 14 13 0 7 Twenty tons stable manure 13 2 3 12 No manure 7 0 3 24 SALUBRITY OF SIERRA LEONE.—During the 12 months ending 31st December, 1841, nine European women (ladies ncluded) died out of a total of thirteen then residing in the colony ' • also the head of every department (the collector ex cepted); yet the last year was esteemed unusually healthy by the colonists.) Captain Clarke, Ist West India regi ment, is private secretary to Colonel George Macdonald, Governor of Sierra Leone, and clerk of the council.—Lime rick Chronicle. MURDER OF MR. EWING, AT THE MOBILE THEATRE, BY HIS WIFE, MISS HAMBLIN. - Mr. Ewing was an actor of considerable talent in the United States, and his wife, in conformity with a practice adopted by many married ladie s on the stage, performed under her maiden name. She is the daughter of Mr. Hamblin, the proprietor of the Bowery Theatre, New York, who under the dynasty of Mr. Oshaldis ton, at Covent-garden Theatre, went through his range of Shaksperian characters with great eclat. "W e copy, " says The Spirit of the Times, " tne following account of the murder of Mr. Ewing from the New Orleans Picayune:— " The Murder at the Mobile Theatre. —This terrible event— the murder of a husband by the wife — has caused great excite ment at Mobile. Up to Saturday night the mu r d eress had not Ledgerbeen arrested. The gives full particulars. It appears that Mr. Ewing and Miss Hamblin were married, and for a low, time lived very unhappy. together. Recently, however, they' agreed to separate, and It was the design of the latter to leave Mobile on Sunday morning for St. Louis. Wh et h er a quar rel occurred on the Friday previous to the perpetration of this horrible act is not known ; but during the first act of the play many of the audience remarked a peculiarity of conduct in the parties towards each other on the stage. After the falling of the curtain, the deceased proceeded to his dressing room, where he wasfollowed by his wife. Some disputation, it is said, occurred there, relative to the wardrobe, when a conflict ensued in which the deceased lost his life. Three wounds were inflicted, one of which grazed the arm ; the others were in the body. The most fatal one was on the side, just below the ribs. The .Ledger says, it is the opinion now that the wound was not sufficient of itself to cause death so ra pidly as ensued, but it is supposed that its fatality was very much aggravated by the falling of the deceased. The man nerlead of Miss Hamblin a ft er t h e con fli ct was suc h as to to the supposition that the act, so far as death is conce rne d, w etli w hether the unpremeditated. She inquired several timess as cer the deceased was much hurt, and not until there The doors tainty of his death did she attempt an estsPe;n one of the were then closed upon her, but she leaped faroo d so escaped. windows, about ten feet . from the groun4, _ ageo She was in her stage attire, (the dress of a P but had thrown over it a coarse gown. LITERARY NOTICE. Fraser's Magazine. Hickman, Ilegent-street, London Nimrod opens the ball in his Life and Times—be crowds in anecdote after anecdote in an amusing way . Doctor Ma ginn gives us the " Arming of Achilles This is an exqui- site poem—full of grace, spirit, and beauty A -- --E are beautiful, they are a credit to the writer's head and heart. TI The Lines to mencement of brated Authors The PhiloFophy of the Insane is a cm rnis article. There can be little doubt we should think of the necessity of placing the Autobiographist in his " shady, blest retreat." " May Day in the Country and in the Town " is a pleasant, Leigh Huntish article. The paper "De Re Veniculari" sets us wondering whether to laugh at the drollery of the matter or admire most the ability and research exhibited. Hoaxing Histories is a funny story. The Premier at Home and Abroad, and a very interesting translation from the German, conclude the number. ,1 with pleasure the corn ,n the Characters of cele the :tore for this month. NEWCASTLE (STAFFORDSHIRE) ELECTION PETITION.— The committee have decided that Mr. Quincey Harris (ra dical), was not duly returned for this borough at the last election, and that it was rendered void by bribery. THE MURDER AT HIGIIIIERV,--A supposed accomplice of Cooper, who murdered the policeman at Highbury, was arrested on Wednesday, and was remanded for further exa mination. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Cooper at the inquest. On Saturday evening a jewel box, exceeding in value £2OOO, the property of Lady Corbet, and three dozen silver spoons and forks were stolen from her apartments in Paris. Mr. Joseph Sturge has consented to become a candidat e for the rep resentat i on of Nottingham, in the room of Sir G. Larpent, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. THE FIRE AT HAMEURGH.—A subscription amongst the leading merchants of London, for the hundreds who are sufferers by this severe calamity, has been opened in Lon. don, and before any public announcement was made, the amount subscribed reached upwards of £2,300. MARRIAGE IN Limn LIFE.—On Wednesday morning, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, the Hon. Capt. George W. F. Liddell, of the Scots Pusileer Guards, son of Lord Ravensworth, to Miss C ec il Elizabeth Wellesley, youngest daughter of the Hon. 4nd Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, D.D., rector of Bishop-Weartnouth. THE CROPS. — Never was there a better prospect of crops than there is this season. During some day s past t h ere has been a considerable quantity of rain, which was very much wanted, after the long drought. The effect is seen in the refreshed and forward state of the oats, potatoes, &c. Fiom every part of the country there is the same favourable ac count. There will not be such a scarcity of fuel telt between this and next spring as there has been during som e y ears past, advantage having been taken of the late fine weather to cut large quantities of turf.—Mayo Constitutional. .- THE EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUDS.—The commissioners appointed, pursuant to an act of parliament, to enquire into the Exchequer bill frauds, are daily, though not rapidly, proceeding with the important task assigned to them. There have been already under examination Lord Monteagle, the Secretary of the Bank of England, and two members of the of repudiated _...-..xchange. The " innocent holders Exchequer bills are well satisfied with the commissioners, all being practical men of business. The result of the in quiry will prove, we will venture to affirm, the correctness of our original statement, made soon after the frauds of E. B. Smith were discovered, that the great majority of the claimants for relief at the bands of the House of Commons for amounts of forged bills they hold, are really " innocent holders," and that the submittal of their books to prove the bone fides of their transactions will be most readily ac quiesced in.—Observer. Many have an intellect only for learning, and none for the common affairs of life. How many animals walk badly, but climb admirably. Knowledge is the treasure of the mind ; discretion the key to it ; and it illustrates all other learning, as the lapidary doth unpolished diamonds. A WITNESS TO CHARACTER.—At the late Gloucester assizes a letter, of which the following is a copy verbatim et literatim, was handed to the judge :—" My Lard—This poar boy ass whorct for Mee for sumb time past & Hee lam!: never newn for The least Disonesty & for others farmers in the parish wheare lice have ever add the Carractor for honesty Came of honesty parents But poar I Remain yours most amble and obediant Servant." The Court Gazette has the following anecdote of the Rev. F. Close :—" Mr. Close, of Cheltenham, at a recent mission ary meeting in Dublin, gave an anecdote of 'himself, which conveys a very solemn hint to extemporaneous preachers. ' When,' said he, I was a youn g man , an d on one occasion had preached before a member of parliament, the only re mark he made was, What a fatal facility of Composition that young man possesses !' This compelled me to think, and to add to fluency matter, " by laborious study and pr e p arat i on , and to steep the work in prayer. COLD WATER. — In the midst of society, says poor old Cobhett, where wine and spirits are considered as of little more value than water, I have lived two years without either ; and with no other drink than water, except when I have found it convenient to obtain milk ; not an hour's illness, not a headache for an hour, not the smallest ailment, not a rest less night, not a drowsy morning, have I known during these two famous years of my life. The sun never rises before me, I have always to wait for him to come and give me light t o write by, while m y m i n d i s i n f u ll v i gour, and while nothing has come to cloud its clearness. MATRIMONV.—Some men think themselves very clever in tantalising their wives —some, unpossessed of feelings them selves, may not understand how a vile word or stupid act can vex a keener soul ; but it is meet they know and remember this, there is no greater crime than to take a woman from her father's hearth, where she stood in blooming independence, to load her with the cares of a family, and then to trample on her hopes by proving that he is no better than those for whom she never cared or sighed—that he is no worthier than those who were forgotten in her dreams, and passsed unheeded as she clung with fondness to his arm. Children of disappoint ment, why do women consider their lovers the choicest among the sons of men ?. CLARET ABSOLVED.—Lord Brasfield being one day at an entertainment given by Lord Douglas to a few of his neigh bours in the old Castle of Douglas, port was the only descrip tion of wine after dinner. The Lord Justice-Clerk (Brax field) with his usual frankness, demanded of his host if " there was nae claret in the castle ?" " I believe there is," said Lord Douglas, "hut my b u tl er t e ll s me it is not good. " " Let us pree 't," said l3raxtield, in his favourite dialect. A bottle of the claret having been instantly produced and circulated, all present were unanimous in pronouncing it excellent. " propose," said the facetious old judge, addressing himself to Dr. M'Cubbin, theparish priest, who was present, " as a fania clamosa has zone forth againt this wine, that you absolve it." " I know," replied the doctor, at once perceiving the allusion to church -court phraseology, " that you are a very good judge in civil and criminal law, but I see you do not understand the laws of the church. We never absolve till after three several appearances ?"—Biographical Sketches to " Kay's Portraits." A FRACAS, BUT NO FIGHTING.—A rather singular cor respondence has recently taken place between a Captain de Trafford and a Mr. J. Deacon, by which it appears that the former was very intimate with the father of Mr. Deacon, at Densworth, where he was treated most hospitably ; that he gained the affections of Miss Fanny Deacon, their sister, and a marriage was agreed upon, he having represented himself as being possessed of £6OO a-year, without con trol, and the heir of au entailed property of £5,000 a-year. Capt. de Trafford. in November, went to Trafford, and there received his father's injunctions not to marry Miss Deacon (it is presumed the objections to the match were from religious scruples, the Traffords being a Catholic family 0 yet he re turned to his regiment at Chichester, and continued his atten tions to the lady, though he knew he was forbid to marry her; and it was not till the 16th of February that he wrote to the Rev. J. W. Deacon, stating his inability to marry his daughter, as his father theatened to make a beggar of him if he did. It appears that on the 10th February Mr. James Deacon. jun., wrote a severe letter to Captain de Trafford, accusing him of his ungentlemanly, cruel, and inhospitable conduct, and concluded by promising him a horsewipping. This letter was kept three days, and then returned unanswered. From the ab sence of Captain de Trafford the matter rested till the 3d of the present month (May), when Mr. J. Deacon sent a copy of this returned letter to the Major of Captain de Trafford's regiment, and the consequence, doubtless, was, that he was told by his brother officers that the mattter could not rest there ; hence the fracas of Tuesday, which Mr. James Denton thus relates :—" I certainly did not feel myself called upon to give him the satisfaction of a gen tleman, having treated me as a blackguard by publicly horse whipping him. I hope when my letter to Captain de Traf ford has been carefully read, it will show that he is the man who ought to take the name of ' coward' for wantonly trifling with the feelings of a woman, and that he received a pro per chastisement from a brother. After reading Captain de Trafford's letter, it will be seen he challenged me to meet him between the New Church and the Barracks. I met him with two other officers, both of his own regiment. I asked him if he did not consider his conduct to my sister to be that of a blackguard? He said, no! I asked him if he recollected the promise he had made to me the night before he left Densworth? He said. no ! u pon which, on my preparing to horsewhip him a , n he e saidim mheediilaotielelyci pulled from his pocket a short stick and struck me o ver the head twice. I broke his stick, and then gave hi m hi s well merited thrashing, and which his letter provoked m a e bl t l o at l co 'n kld. flict. Mr. Campbell th en s t e pp e d f orwar d, d hint i ushould had met C h iaspt. challenge,d e raff t o i r m d t o h t e h e h r a d s a actedtisfac t :i oa guard, and I treated him as such. In the course I have taken I have acted under the advieecoafppataesrisnwoeni. who know the as Captain de rel meaning of the word ' coward' ct fri t e o n d m s ' y e Trafford may Captain has excited in, this Traffordrest assuredoi• ahniys conduct f o n h d i u s neighbourhood a feeling of the most. unmitigated disgnsfoind have b such as no that it is universally considered to have been t I e p m o aLo ß r m o a r n of honour would en.-- 1 CHURCHWARDENS To een D i fs u P il o ty sa of. o ' r Tor question is sometimes as u k r ed, GOODS OF THE CHURCH .-- A by churchwardens, as to their power of disposing of ch ur c h c 0 ,7 agcoocdlsd;hfeolri and dtaang—y t w h h e et m he o r ne th y e t y ovr a a v v e i power to disposecr oldsfollowspceoc m t i m l a u v: l e i beenoAn s thep l wella plate sell the and and clearly b n churchwardensyne d w . Thre7rpapow,ers in this Te as for the benefit of the parish and not to the prejudice of i' . : they cannot dispose of any of the church goods without not aefireneadc,oarpncdraarree bdoedsvcr,i,badd consent of the parish and the license of the ordinary; _ ht. 7 r t without the consent of the parish, beanie they ' a recause goods—and not without the license of the ordinary, they app er t a i n to holy things, of which be bath the care and ordering ; an d th ere f ore if the churchwardens would e sell an ld cOmmunion old bell towards other repairs, or put ff_ h tbey cannot do it church, although to the use of the paris the license of the plate to buy new, or dispose of any otker°of the goods of the without the consent of the parish and s al of any of the said disposal i s void in law; for the ordinary as aforesaid—and the goods without the consent of the pa , r , and in nhetheir name ebring threarstlo - f them, and the church parishioners are the proper non . in this case, the parishion .viiehre,their custody for the use of wardens are only entrusted we the said parishioners. action . for such goods thus dis posedof—either against of ; for, for any although the goods belong yet not belong to the the cor poration in whom they are vested churchwardens, , 8 r , e ) tnereiore, when there is cause must wait till they ha ve churchwardens for disapvoe for their use; an • n o t ° l . fe r them , such action, y . new churh tt, who have a ri g ht rs to an account g their predecessors .. before the ord . to call m ence a snit against them 'nary— and also to commence the trust invested for any such waste wardens, d in the ch h done the parish cont aforesaid, or for any . other darnage the churchwardens other e . them of the church goo s a s Again, Rut, ifthere hindrance urc which may be an no power to de faceshoolodrhotoandyemthoilnisghpuatnyutphing i n the church. hindrance in the due performin or be inconvenient to the parish' g o and of the divine offices, them, the license of the o • loners in their attending upon ordinary they can be legally removed • ary must be first had bet Ore obtained for their . but that authority having been fully justified in removal,. the churchwardens would then be putting it i intent of the church b into execution; for the original nothing is to be eing the worship of Almighty God, struct it ; and, of what permitted there which shall in any way ob. sole judge,—Rev . at is or is no t so, t h e or di nar y i s th e T. Mackretlee Churchwardwn's Manual.